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QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 01:17 PM) Update on the discussion of the drought in Georgia and the south... Anyone else see this guy? He was using... wait for it... 440,000 gallons of water a month for his residence. That's 14,667 gallons per day, 611 gallons per hour, just over 10 gallons per minute or a gallon for every 7 seconds or so, every second of every day. This is what I was getting at with people lacking an undertanding that natural resources are not unlimited. I mean, is he running two showers 24/7 or something? WTF is this guy doing with all that water? Anyway, good news is, county authorities have dropped the hammer, and this guy now has his consumption down to 121,000 on the last monthly bill - still more than 4,000 gallons per day. Unreal. It never does say if he is paying for all of that usage. As I understand it in Chicago, people don't actually pay for their usage, just the service, so there is no incentive to cut back.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 01:12 PM) Since it's the GOP only thread I won't excerpt, and I expect to be torn to shreds somehow, but here's Paul Krugman's response and links to his work on the same subject. It is pretty funny actually. He doesn't actually refute any of the information provided, or even the results gathered from the information provided, he just provides an antecdote where the theory fits the conclusion he wants to give. There is no meat to that at all. Its all a misdirection away from actually proving anything of substance. It would have at least been interesting if he had actually tried to disprove the information instead of that pie in the sky stuff. He's usually better than that.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/fe...ml?id=110010855

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 09:42 AM) With Cabrera, I think whether or not you give up a huge package of prospects like the Angels or Dodgers have would be dependent on signing him to an extension. You can have all the prospects you want, chances are most will be busts. Cabrera is no bust. Compare him to White Sox young players. He's younger than Floyd, younger than Fields, 2 months older than Richar, younger than Owens. He's only 2 years older than Danks. Getting him with an extension would be a coup, even if you had to get rid of 3 or 4 prospects. If you trade that much for Cabrera, you have already started laying the foundation for an extention at very least.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 11:34 AM) Link I wonder why he didn't tell us who shot JFK while he was at it?

No reports of damage or injury thus far...

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 09:53 AM) First, we need to secure the borders. No illegals, no issues.

QUOTE(dasox24 @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 02:12 AM) Awesome, thanks for posting that. I can't wait for "Lost" to come back on! I really hope the strike doesn't screw up this season. Its bad enough waiting 9 months for an episode, if the strike disrupts the 16 weeks, it might ruin the show for a lot of people.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 09:27 AM) Want to make a thread worthless? Bring up Chris Young Or any other axe to repeatedly grind...

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 14, 2007 -> 09:04 AM) I'd vote - but I'd vote for a different party or candidate. It would be a huge chance for legit third party candidate as the negatives for each candidate are through the roof. It might literally be the worst election choices in US history.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 13, 2007 -> 10:27 PM) Ok, I'm pretty sure no one beat me to the punch on this one. Putting popcorn into Microwave. Yet another reason why Rudy does not need to win the nomination. Its like electing another Clinton with all of the personal problems and scandals bubbling under the surface, to go along with the shifting morals and platforms. Please no.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 13, 2007 -> 06:58 PM) The military doesn't control anything now more than they did. Heck, even these articles that think its about the surge... have you seen any that made any sort of point as to anything the military has done to "take more control"? They haven't. Heck, when the surge started, that wasn't even a goal - the goals were about more penetration, saturation of chosen areas, etc. Deaths are down because the bringers of that death are on voluntary hiatus. I sincerely hope that hiatus can become something more. You don't get anywhere politically until there is a law and order in a country. That isn't just Iraq, that's anywhere. The surge put a cramp into plans of the organizations who were terrorizing Iraq to the point where a political solution started to sound much more attractive then when they had free reign in large swaths of the country. But the other side of the coin is that there isn't a lasting peace until there is a political solution. You might be able to take control of a sitution short-term, which is what I believe happened, but then you need the people to work it out from there, which seems to be happening as we speak. Will it last, who knows? But I do believe its not a one sided thing, (military or political)as much as each side would have you believe. These are mutually dependant.

Spitzer is running from the licenses for illegals now... http://www.nypost.com/seven/11142007/news/...s_on_l_9236.htm

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 13, 2007 -> 04:17 PM) Did you even read my first post in this thread? The recent progress IS political, and not military. Even if you want to say the progress has come because of political manuevering, I believe it was made possible by the military getting control and forcing people's hands.

I would be shocked if Hunters final deal is under 5 years and/or under 75 million

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 13, 2007 -> 02:27 PM) The hidden gem in that statement is that if Torri signs with someone else, then we know KW's plan sucks. OR someone offered him a lot more money than we were willing to spend...

The only way Jones would sign a one year contract is if it were for some outrageous amount of money, I talking at least 20 million dollars. Other than that he will get at least 5 years. It is the way that Borass operates. Check out the history of his clients.

Al Gore and his enviornmental profiteering. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22663

I am confused, when Ahmendinijad was here he told us that there were no homosexual people in Iran :rollseyes http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle2859606.ece

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21730004/

I like how Richardson said you can't use falling death totals as a measure of progress, but then used death totals to bolster his arguement from the downside. That's the kind of doubletalk that I thought we weren't going to get with this guy...

The WSJ seems to be calling "top" on oil prices, there is also one more very intersting tidbit that is buried in the article that I haven't heard anywhere else so far... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1194976258...=googlenews_wsj

Wow, that wasn't much of an attempt. The Sox aren't interested in Eckstein anymore, and the whole world knows they are going after Hunter. The thing that is really missing is relief pitchers. The Sox are going to go after at least one guy, if not more.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 13, 2007 -> 09:30 AM) Those make sense. Definitely agree on Giuliani, and Romney/McCain is interesting. Didn't someone say Paul announced he wouldn't run as an independent? Bloomberg could cause a load of trouble for both parties. Romney needs someone with a long resume to counterbalance the flip-flop stuff he is going to encounter as the nominee. McCain was the first name that came to mind. Someone with deep south or midwest roots would be nice too. Both Bloomberg and Paul have said they won't run, but they have both made similar runs in the past. They both have pretty much had to say those things to stay where they are in the respective spots. If Paul said he would consider going indy, his fundraising would dry up. If Bloomberg said it, NYC would throw a fit over divided loyalties. I think one of them will be convinced because at least one of the parties is going to have a significant base mad about who their nominee is.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 10, 2007 -> 04:13 PM) I'm fairly certain that Clinton already hand-picked Evan Bayh for her VP. On that topic, I'm willing to be Obama's pick for VP would be Richardson. I agree with that. One of two things is going on there... Either they are putting out fake signals to hide who they really want, or this thing has been a done deal since the day that Bayh dropped out. I think if Romney wins the nomination, he needs an older established guy, with a long list of credentials to make up for his flip-floppingness. A John McCain could be a great fit here. If Guiliani wins the nomination, judging by the Robertson endorsement, I think a deal has already been done to get a right-wing religious guy on the ballot with him. I could see a few guys being out there, but a Huckabee or Brownback makes good sense, as does a Sonny Perdue. I am also going to go out and say that the Unity Party snags either Bloomberg or Paul to run as their nominee.