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So as the Hsu scandal grows by the day, instead of giving back just the $23,000 given directly by Hsu, Hillary thinks it is a good idea to give back the near $1 million that was bundled by this guy. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070911/D8RIVR8G0.html

Too bad we as a country haven't looked harder at replacing the illegals with people who really NEED to be here. There are so many people in the world who are victims of genocide, war, famine, etc, and could really use the break of coming to the United States and starting over. I know the detractors will throw money and practicality around as issues, but in reality, any solution is going to cost a ton of money, whether people want to admit it or not. If it doesn't matter who is doing the work, I would much rather see someone escape from rape and murder in Darfur, versus someone who is stealing SS numbers and filing false tax returns. Either way we are going to see a massive increase in costs of products and taxes as the government expands to take in all of these new citizens and labor begins to pay people what they are supposed to be paying, include benefits and unemployment. Think of all the good will around the world we would make by rescuing people from unimaginable situtions? Think of all of the lives we would save. I'd rather see my taxes explode for that versus the system we have now.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 11, 2007 -> 08:52 AM) The "I Still Wonder" quote? OK, I figured there had been something more than that. Yes, he still isn't sure, nor should he be. That is different than saying he doesn't believe it. That is just Ozzie being smart - not trusting its permanent, and keeping Gavin on his toes. Because we all know Ozzie has a problem saying what he means... Good lord that it some creative reading. If Ozzie doesn't like a guy, he won't hestitate to throw him under the bus, get into the bus, start the bus up, and procede to drive over the player about 50 times.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 11, 2007 -> 08:35 AM) So, in other words, we should all not ignore his previous debacles, but you are going to ignore his recent success? Got it. Ignore what makes me look bad, and tout what makes me look good. Gavin Floyd is the new Jon Garland. Hopefully the final result is the samething, and not Kip Wells.

Floyd has the best arm on the team, assuming Contreras doesn't find a fountian of youth somewhere. The kid is showing signs of improvement, as he has shutdown a couple of real good offenses in Cleveland and Detroit. He needs to work on his testicular fortitude and practice out of the stretch. Overall I like the progress we are getting, and I can now see him in the rotation next year.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 02:03 PM) Yeah, I do remember being surprised the Sox landed Cintron for Baj. Uh oh. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Cintrons days here are numbered anyway.

The interesting thing to me is in bold. You would think with the China fundraising scandal that included Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and John Kerry at various points, that the Clinton campaign would be really interested in making sure this isn't happening again. They seemingly ignored people calling to tell that this person might not be legit, who raised over a million dollars for the Dems. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-na-hs...=la-home-center

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 02:51 PM) Debate for Hispanics, on Hispanic television, why speak Spanish? It would be like a Republician debate at Oral Roberts where the candidates were told not to mention God. Personally I would be curious to see besides Richardson who is actually bilingual, or more.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 02:19 PM) In case some weren't aware, there was a debate on Sunday, which was translated to Spanish and focused on issues effecting Hispanics, among the Dem candidates. The GOP apparently turned down an offer to have a similar debate. One interesting thing not noted in the MSM about the debate, but brought up here - the two candidates who actually speak Spanish (Richardson and Dodd) were specifically prohibited from doing so during the debate. This caused an interesting turn - Richardson accused Univision of an English-only bias. LOL. If you are going to pander, at least pander right!

I also came across this... JFK, the ultimate supply-sider.

Here is a little closer look at those uninsured numbers we got told about last week. It turns out about one in five of them are not US citizens in the first place... Here are some other interesting things. http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp...#39;s+uninsured

Leave it to the bloggers to provide a little more information on this... http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/drilling-for-justice.htm

If you follow the link there are a lot of hyperlinks embedded into the story. http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2007/09/09...s-it-a-forgery/

With a complete lack of cooperation this is how we are going to get our news, which is way worse for baseball, because instead of one big headline, it is headline, after headline, after headline...

Samething as everyone else... traced shipments of HGH over a period of time to his house...

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Sep 10, 2007 -> 12:06 PM) Who was on the better end of these deals? I'd give them credit if they released this guys to make a point but they traded them away and got equal return. Glaus was a salary dump and they got a pretty good return in Hudson. Wasn't Grimsley still active on their roster when he was arrested? They said "suspected" users. Seriously, who would have suspected Grimsley before he was busted?

Somehow I think I won't be getting an invite :0) http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?Sectio...amp;TM=41914.51

QUOTE(Dogfood22 @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 11:32 PM) It all depends on how much movement he has on his fastball IMO. Paul Byrd is nothing special but he's had success in the Majors. He'll never be a highly rated prospect because of his low velocity and the odds will be more against him, but I wouldn't say that he doesn't have a chance. Paul Byrd didn't get to the majors throwing in the mid eighties either. He threw harder than that, and slowly but surely lost that speed.

You aren't comparing Crede and Cintron as offensive equals are you? Joe is way better defensively and offensively. It is not even close.

Lin doesn't have a chance if he is in the middle eighties in the minors.

Abreu makes no sense unless he can play CF. Josh Fields is our 2008 LF.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 04:44 PM) Well, the one from this week was him saying something along the lines of Iowa was first in the caucus and primary season... And to top that off...his defense of those remarks when he was asked later what he meant...he didn't even go with the "Botched joke" one...he just came out and said "oh that was just pandering". Not the biggest gaffe in history, but certainly something that would have gotten him laughed at had he been higher in the polls. That pretty much tells you that a guy is dead and buried when he can screw up and no one notices...

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2007 -> 05:52 PM) So in other words, you have no idea what he's talking about either, but if he was making sense it'd be really cool? But the 72 year old guy they quoted from SD, he knows what is going on there...

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 05:48 PM) And that plan seemed pretty dumb when there is a gold glove firstbaseman on the roster. QUOTE(29andPoplar @ Sep 7, 2007 -> 06:50 PM) Honestly this is pretty straightforward. They would have used him sporadically at 1B or in a unique situation when it would have been beneficial to get his right handed bat in there. Konerko could be given a day off or if he was dinged up or whatever and you have a righthanded bat in there. If something happened to Pierzynski you could have moved Hall back behind the plate. All it was, they wanted more flexibility and it was the plan to try and have Hall be more versatile so he could get more AB's and help vs. lefthanders which was and still is a weakness. There is nothing wrong with what they did. Erstad was and is the primary 1B backup but it is not unusual to need more than one and having a RH bat was a plus. Hall and everybody associated with the team blamed no one and said it was a freak thing. It is telling when someone blames Guillen for this of all things. That was the whole point. Ozzie wanted to be able to load up against guys like CC and Johan. He wanted another righty bat in the line up.

Fields is meh at best. Maybe he could develop with time, but give the kid an in-between hop, and it is bouncing off of his chest at this point.