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QUOTE(daa84 @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 09:00 PM) i honestly believe that in 4-5 years, alot of teams in baseball will be in the 130-140 range in payroll...including the white sox...regardless of where arod ends up As of right now, there are exactly two teams in that range. Maybe in 5 years, but not now.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 04:26 PM) na, Dodd or Edwards takes that honor. but i'm biased, Giuliani 2008 Lol, Dodd, what are you worried about Duncan Hunter too?

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 08:16 PM) I'm pretty sure, that unlike the government, you wouldn't be told about what they're petitioning for. Personally, I see no need for Congress to be in session five days a week if things are getting done, or it means that your elected representative is more accessible to the people who elected him or her. Unfortunately, that's too often not the case. And if they were getting anything done, I might b**** a little less...

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 11:21 AM) Damn, I totally forgot that September stats don't count. Sorry guys. Listening to what was said about Gavin Floyd, I could see how you would think that...

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 06:35 PM) You're comparing for-profit employees with government elected officials? The expectations of work are actually higher with elected officials versus anyone else for me. These are the people running the entire country, instead of just one company.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 04:36 PM) I don't know why anyone would vote for someone who proposed extending their term in office for six months because of a tragedy that happened two months before an election. Or someone doing an endaround the consitution to get a 3rd term in the White House...

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 04:34 PM) I've worked with a number of people who advance and staff elected officials. Good Congressmen - even in safe districts - work a lot. And are doing a lot in district when they aren't on the floor of Congress. I've worked with a lot of executives who make similar salaries, and I don't think I have heard them petitioning their bosses for less hours.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Oct 28, 2007 -> 08:00 PM) I really think thats not as true as some of you believe, maybe he could of done more but if it was really a problem we would of heard something from skiles or something. And I know at times in the off-season Tyrus was spotted with Deng so they had to be doing more than watching WNBA games. How many times has Skiles been quoted as saying that they need more from Thomas? I know I have seen articles about needing him to play more focused and more consistantly. I also remember seeing stuff about them being upset that Tyrus didn't work out with his teammates at the Berto Center this summer. What else should be said?

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_con...ttle_about_paul

So the leopard is a little ... spotty?

Its a little old, but they dug back up because of the Boston win... http://www.slate.com/id/2176843/

The gf pulled it off, but you look like the dude from "Chuck"

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Oct 28, 2007 -> 10:16 PM) I don't think he would have gotten that much. ESPN is saying it is because Arod was concerned that the yanks were going to go into a rebuilding type of phase (with Mariano, Jorge, and others being gone). I figure he just doesn't want to play in New York. LMAO at the Yankees "rebuilding" being an excuse for opting out. Even if Posada, Rivera et al, do not return, does anyone think the Yankees won't go out and spend that money on other players? I see the Yankees making a move after Johan Santana right now. They could put together an offer of Wang, Cano, and another one of the young pitchers, and still have the cash to extend Santana easily.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 11:51 AM) ults are what matters.hey can do that during a Saturday morning BBQ, I'm happy. Working 100 hour weeks doesn't mean a thing if the results are not there. So I wasn't impressed when they announced the new longer hours and I'm not too upset when they announced new shorter hours. Parkinson's Law and the Peter Principle all come into play here. I am glad you agree with me then, that is unless you are satisfied with the results coming out of Congress...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 29, 2007 -> 11:45 AM) I'm not certain exactly what that means. If that means they are free to work in their offices, return to their districts, etc. Isn't that a good thing? I guess it is up to the individual official on how they use the Fridays. So if the GOP wants to make a point, let's see them using that day productively. I don't read anything there that would prevent them from certain activities except voting. Its not about GOP or Dem. Its about getting paid 5 times what the middle worker in getting paid in the US today, and then crying about being away from your family and working too many hours. Last I checked, Washington DC was where our governence happens, so I am not quite sure why the are surprised that they have to go there to work, otherwise why would they be complaining about something they knew full well of when they decided to run for office? Heck I am guessing most people who are making $150k + a year work a little more than 40 hours a week in the first place, so I don't get why five full days of work is such a difficult standard to uphold. It almost makes me wonder if a reason we have had such substandard governence is because our elected officials are content in working just a few days a week while jetting home for the weekend our on dimes.

So the longer workweek is already biting the dust amidst bi-partisian b****ing. Apparently making 5 times the median wage doesn't mean they feel they need to put in 40 hour work weeks. The whining about family stuff also bothers me. This is a choice you make. If you choose to run for political office, you know that you will not be around your family nearly as much as you want to. Its not like you were held at gunpoint and force to work in Washington. If your kids are that important, do like the rest of the 300 million people in America do, and find another job. Meanwhile for $165k plus incredible benefits, I expect some work to actually get done. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/27/washingt...agewanted=print

2007 was the slowest years for tropical cyclone activity in the last 30 years. There are a bunch more charts and graphs at the link. http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/tropical/

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 24, 2007 -> 09:19 AM) Teams survive on the hometown fanatics. Vegas is too much tourism. San Antonio has done well in supporting the Spurs, through thick and slightly less thick. I'm not certain about the San Antonio / McAllen reference. McAllen is 4 hours from San Antonio and I'm not certain how that would fit in. Las Vegas has over 1 million people there now.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/...=rss-topstories

The man is insane.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 28, 2007 -> 09:45 PM) With Iowa and New Hampshire playing leapfrogging jackasses, who knows when the primary season actually starts? The primary season pretty much begins the 3rd Wed after the 1st Monday of every 4th November.

The St Paul Saints... we can dream, right?

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Oct 27, 2007 -> 11:38 AM) Bossard was interviewed on MJ&H yesterday and he discussed his changes, among them: 1. Lowering the field 14 inches. He says this will improve sightlines. 2. The problem with drainage at wrigley is that the main drainpipe for the field is only 15 inches in diameter, and that cannot be changed. What Bossard has done to help with this is install some water storage tanks around the field so that they can handle up to 60,000 gallons of water until they begin to drain into the city drainpipes. He kept referencing a microburst raining an inch, which was the equivalent of 60,000 gallons of water. 3. Mentioned the new grass and clay from KC. 4 Also mentioned that besides the goalposts, he also found some whisky bottles that he estimated from the mid to late 1800's They were probably from their last world series celebration.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Oct 27, 2007 -> 04:43 PM) Don't compare Tyrus to Shawn Kemp. Kemp used to snort coke in the locker room. He also got really fat. I think Tyrus is a little brighter. It is amazing what's expected from a guy who would be a junior in eligibility had he remained in college. Tyrus spend the majority of his summer back at home which isn't surprising. I read that when he went to LSU, he hadn't been out of the 100 mile radius around Baton Rouge. One of the worries with him in the draft was how he would adapt to life in the big city. He probably is a little arrogant and probably very naive, but he's still a kid, and kids make mistakes. He's such an athletic freak, he won't have to add much to start dominating. Skiles won't let him blow his ability. They are both similar players at the resepective stages of their careers. Kemp came into the league straight out of high school as a skinny kid with freakish athletic ability, an incredible amount of potential, and not much refinement in their games. Kemp's problem's were two fold, one he was a complete idiot, and two, he let success go to his head. Thomas already seems to be not understanding what he needs to be doing, what is going on around him, and what is being asked/expected of him. How he procedes from this point could very well determine what level of success he will have at the NBA level.

http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/751369.html