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QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 11:16 AM) He was already under indictment and bonded out. They brought him in because they were concerned about some money movement. It certainly isn't good to have his name resurrected, but, its not anything significant. It definitely looks like a good move on Obama's campaign's part when they sent around that picture of him with the Clintons. Sort of takes the edge off the accusations a bit, and helps them out here. Obama's involvement with Rezko wasn't that big anyway. I don't know that I would go that far, there was some strange dealings with the purchases back and forth of their lands.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 11:06 AM) I think you are correct. It's old versus new. Owed a chance versus not owed anything. I still like McCain's chances, the more people see him, the more they will like. I think it is more like the more they see of the other candidates, the more they realize that McCain isn't that bad...

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 11:43 AM) God I love having the NYT on my side. It's remarks like this that just make it all worth it. 2nd paragraph. A slight bit of analysis is applied: Envy of Most presidents = envy of his father, it appears. So what did it look like if you threw out the Clinton recession/post 9-11?

QUOTE(bmags @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 09:41 AM) I disagree it couldn't ever happen. He showed a good eye through the minors and here in the majors. If he hits .300 and up I see that as a realistic possibility, and I don't think it's so set in stone that he's a .270 hitter like many on the board have given him. He HAS to learn how to bunt if he wants to be a major leaguer. If he can get good at it, he can have an Otis Nixon, Brett Butler type of career. If he doesn't, he won't amount to much, besides a specialist type bench player.

QUOTE(Hawkfan @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 12:45 AM) I thought I read a long time ago that talking about the hiney bird guy was not allowed on soxtalk? Nope, wrong site. We don't tell people what they can and can't talk about on Soxtalk.

QUOTE(The Beast @ Jan 27, 2008 -> 10:16 PM) I too am surprised that there was absolutely no discussion from SoxFest. I am guessing a lot of the younger fans have been priced out of Soxfest...

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 28, 2008 -> 08:06 AM) Yeah, I usually watch, even when I know its going to just frustrate me. I just feel obligated. And the speech itself is sometimes OK - even proposes some good stuff. Then it is inevitably followed by the live version of the infamous BushCo signing statements, where some press rep comes out and basically says "he didn't actually mean any of those things". 2009 can't come soon enough, in terms of politics. Let's just hope whatever happens, we aren't talking about 2013 by this time next year...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080127/D8UE7I2G0.html

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jan 23, 2008 -> 05:35 PM) I totally agree. I mean Swisher is 27 (and signed for 4 years with a option for a 5th), Quentin is 25, Fields is 25, Owens is 26, Richar is 24, Danks is 22, Floyd is 24, Jenks is 26, and Buehrle is still only 28, and we've got a top 10 pick in this years draft...no future whatsoever. Good post. All of those guys are under our control for a long time.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Jan 25, 2008 -> 06:39 PM) What are people who live in Dallas called? Dallasians? Dallasites? Metroplexxxenos? Mostly assholes

I am going to see if this gets anywhere or not, but this is a place to talk about the cool White Sox merchandise that is out there, in order to make everyone else jealous. I saw this book in the kids section of Barnes and Noble and had to get it to begin the brainwashing of the little ones. http://www.fansedge.com/Chicago-White-Sox-...1457741_PD.html

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 26, 2008 -> 11:32 PM) And your respect-o-meter just dropped a couple notches simply for actually having some respect for mario before he knocked ricobenes Hey, anyone who picks on the Gage, deserves at least a little respect. Plus he is a White Sox fan, so he has two big up marks in my book

A part of me was hoping it was Peterson's body so that they could use the evidence off the body to start to make the case against her murderer. I also want to see closure for her friends and family.

I'll watch it as usual. We'll see what it is worth.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 27, 2008 -> 05:19 PM) Read some of the responses... they are interesting. That's the one that is most interesting to me because Hillary is still in control of the party as a whole, IMO. Yeah but they can only go so far. If Obama wins a majority of states and regular delegates, what would it say for the Dem party if they went against that popular choice and picked Hillary instead? It would be a disaster.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Jan 27, 2008 -> 02:22 PM) But who absorbs them? How do we suddenly handle the shock of hundreds of thousands of people without work? Oh no problem, the state handles Unemployment Insurance. All these mandates that the Federal government requires of individual states... wouldn't those end up unfunded? Wouldn't that basically mean a higher state income tax rate? The reduction of waste will more than make up for the jobs lost. The private sector creates many more jobs, and it creates them smartly.

QUOTE(BureauEmployee171 @ Jan 25, 2008 -> 07:13 PM) Our market is and always will be a cycle. You are absolutely correct. But, what you don't understand - unless you are even more vested with knowledge of economics than myself (and no offense because I do doubt it, simply, because I have my Masters in it from Harvard) - what you are missing is that the Feds ability to really "affect" and "do what you're used to seeing it do" is really coming to a halt. The fact is that the Fed has toyed with the market so much, and created "artificial" boom & bust cycles that it has reached a point that it is beginning to not have any control over it. They are, and have, thrown a complete overload of money into the market that we simply cannot sustain it - no matter what we do at this point - because it has caused a ever increasing credit/deficit problem that can no longer be contained. They need to drastically raise the rates, get the foreclosures done, kick people out that have tried to live above their means & get an equilibrium back into the market. They can no longer "lower the rates" to help. They can no longer flood the market with money to help. The economy, based on advanced economic research, has reached a point that it is too late to do these things to help. Putting off the recession is only making the impending recession much, much, much deeper - to the point that we're risking a depression that is worse than our economy can take. We can no longer fund what we do as a nation. The Federal Reserve has lost its ability (which was destined to happen, if you study economics well enough to understand why) to control the market as it could. Its not a result of something in the last few years. Its simply the "snowball rolling downhill" effect that has happened over the past 50-60-70 years. We've tried to "control" something that is not controllable. You can contain it for some time, sure. But in the end, this control is simply an illusion. This stimulus package is just another straw on the already broken camel's back. The War in Iraq is a bag of bricks dragging behind the camel. We simply do not have the funds to pay for what we're doing & that is simply the truth. We, as citizens, paid over 1.2 Billion in income taxes last year & not one penny - not ONE PENNY - was spent on anything to aid the country/citizens. All of it went towards the INTEREST alone that our country owes on its credit. The most basic economic principle: 'When you live above your means, you are destined to live below your means' America, simply, has been living above its means - living on ever mounting credit. Citizens & the country alike. This credit is something that has taken years & years & years to catch up with us as a nation, but the time is nearing when it will break us down & nothing the Federal Reserve creates in terms of market rates, money controls, or government stimulus packages can stop what is happening. Its sad, yes, but it is true. Those folks who live in a class above where they should - with moms/dads working 2-3 jobs will be the hardest hit. They, quite simply, are living above their means - if they need to work this hard to simply pay for their house, their car, their children - they're simply living above where they are 'destined' to live at. That is economic fact. And, when nothing more can be done - a time that is approaching in the ensuing years - these will be the first who will live below their means. It is hard, I suppose, for the younger generations to really understand this - because they've never seen it & are mostly unaware that it really can happen. Not that I'm old by any means, far from it, but with my background in economics - I know the ramifications for what we've been doing as a country. Those who haved lived above their means (which is a SIGNIFICANT portion of the population now about $15,000 in debt) - will be living below their means. Layoffs will reach record highs, unemployment will soar even more, the dollar will eventually crash & in turn, the cost of living will skyrocket & there will be no jobs or money out there for most everyone to keep up. And that means MOST of you/your parents who view this site. The worst things that can happen right now: Fed drops rates, the War in Iraq continues, socialized medicine passes, tax increases, & more stimulus packages. I understand, during these times, its nice to get that check for about $1,000 - but that is part of the problem. You should NOT want the government handing you this check - because it is only going to make matters that much worse in the future. They're going to be bad, but the government, the war, and the Federal Reserve are only making the impending issue that much worse by trying to stave it off a bit longer. We need to simply let it come. People are going to lose their jobs, people's lives are going to be wrecked permanently. People are going to lose their homes, their cars, etc. The problem is - in human nature - we don't want this to happen & rightfully so - but, by trying to put off & escape the problem we are only going to ruin a deeper & more vast group of lives in the end. That's funny. I had a finance prof, who just happened to have been a Rhodes scholar who went to Harvard, and he seemed to have a completely different point of view, and he wasn't a condesending jerk about it. Then again what do I know. I just studied economics myself.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 26, 2008 -> 10:43 PM) And as I said, they knew this was going to happen, and the spin was in place long before today. South Carolina means NOTHING, IMO. They knew they were going to lose SC, but they didn't think it would be an asskicking of biblical proportions. They aren't going to be able to spin this one. I wouldn't be surprised to see Barack taking leads in a whole bunch of super Tuesday states by Monday's polls.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 26, 2008 -> 01:32 PM) Oh god...I can't wait till I move to Chicago. That is some good s***, despit what Scalise says. WHAT? My Mario respect-o-meter just dropped a couple of notches. Don't hate the Breaded Steak.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jan 26, 2008 -> 09:13 PM) Gagne was better, he died a closer's death. Troy Percival, Robb Nen, Matt Mantei, Armando Benitez, Eddie Guardado, Keith Foulke all had their arms blow up in one manner or another. K-Rod is due. Thank you. Closers are a dime a dozen. There is no way I give a long term deal to Jenks, with the way he has abused that body.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jan 26, 2008 -> 07:30 PM) Heh. http://bp0.blogger.com/_W6YuhWU3sm8/R5mX5J...ascot-Anger.jpg No b****es? For shame.

75% of the vote is in and Barack is still holding the two to one lead. Wow, this is an ass whipping of biblical proportions. Even the biggest polls I saw were only 18% wide. Clinton is going to have a hard time explaining this one away.

Obama now leading by a two to one margin (54% to 27), with Hill only leading Edwards by 7 points.

25% lead with 15% in.

Obama is just troucing Hillary. He is up 22% pts with 7% of the vote in.