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QUOTE(TLAK @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 07:13 PM) The last guy I remember coming out of the booth to take over a MLB GM job was Ken Harrelson. Remember how well that worked out? Stone wouldn't be GM, Jim Hendry is staying on in that capacity.

5 years $50 million is a good place to start.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 03:14 PM) So what happens if they knew some things, like knew that something inappropriate was going on (i.e. by having seen some of the less-suggestive emails months ago) but not knowing the full extent? It sure seems that Hastert et al. had knowledge to some extent of something going on. They had the same email that when Judicial Watch got their hands on it...they sent it to the FBI. 5 years ago a Republican staffer warned pages to watch out for Foley and “don’t get too wrapped up in him being too nice to you and all that kind of stuff.” (ABC news). A lot of these people seem to have had suggestions that there was a problem for months, maybe even years...but basically by just turning their backs and not asking anything else they probably didn't commit any specific crimes. So what happens to them if what they did was basically sit on their hands and just expect it to go away, but without impeding any investigations? Judicial watch sent it to the FBI, or the Repubs sent it to the FBI? Regardless if there wasn't a crime committed, there isn't much you can charge them with. Really it comes down to the court of public opinion at that point. What should they do unless there are actual accusations, I am not sure what they could do. Plus if there were actual allegations, and the FBI was called in to investigate, (and seemingly must not have found a reason to charge the guy with anything, because they didn't do anything before.) how far can you go before you get into slander/lible type areas?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 03:05 PM) Before the whole contract mess...would people have considered Ordonez to be a class act? And he was, at least publically, until he started lying to, and about, people.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 02:46 PM) So, what do folks think is the appropriate way to deal with the key Republican leaders including Hastert and Boehner who seem to have at least known that something inappropriate was going on with Foley much earlier this year but yet took no action? It all depends on what they knew and when they knew it. If they knew "everything", and knew it early they deserve to be charges as accessories to the crime. Too bad we don't hold people to that standard, or the entire Catholic church leadership would be winding its way through criminal court right now, as they should be IMO.

I caught a byline on TV that said this was revenge for something that happened 20 YEARS ago??? WTF?

QUOTE(WinningUgly85 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 01:38 PM) well it sounds like we just want him to have surgery so that we can get him for less. s*** if hes not hurt just resign him for the money. Whats he asking anyway. If we lose Crede I can't think of one person who can replace his glove and bat. Or we want him to have surgery to allieviate back problems that have caused him to miss games for two years in a row now...

QUOTE(G&T @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) It would make sense and it would be a great PR move. But it looks like Hendry is staying for now, so I don't know where Stone would fit in. I don't see Stone as a GM, but as a team President/VP anyway. This is a perfect fit for him if it all works out.

QUOTE(G&T @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 11:31 AM) When Stone was on with Murph last week for his usual meeting, they talked about Stone going out to dinner just a few days earlier with McDonough, and Stone said he is one of the few people he is still close to over there. Murph asked him about coming back to the Cubs in some capacity and Stone did not rule out anything. After everything that has started happening, I would be shocked if Stone was not at least asked if he wanted to come back in some way. Whether Stone would accept whatever might have been offered is a different story. Interesting. I hadn't heard that. If there is anywhere that Stone belongs, its in the Cubs front office.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 12:47 PM) So...I'm surprised no one has brought it up yet... How did things go the last time a player for the White Sox took Scott Boras's advice on medical issues? Good point. Maybe this time we could at least get honest answers when it comes to medical problems? Meh, I doubt it.

Nice thread Life is what you take out of it, and if you dwell in the negative, that's how your life will be.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 12:39 PM) Yep. And... yep. Hey SS2K5, can you work on that for us in MC? Me and the wife are there are the front lines doing everything we can to connect with our youth. I mentioned it in my schoolboard thread, but some of the stories you hear from these kids are just heartbreaking. I can't really share too much because of confidentiality, but suffice to say things you think of as "can't/doesn't happen here" are often happening right next door, and all to often. I can't imagine living the lives of many people here, and it just tears you up when the youngest don't have a chance.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 12:30 PM) Wow. I thought this was going to be a joke when I saw the unlikely thread title. Add today's incident and I think we are up to speed. Not going to derail this thread, but I think that among many other societal problems, we have a gun control problem in this country, folks. I think we really have a problem with anger control in this country.

Who in the f*** would ever want to kill Amish people? That's just sick.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 11:03 AM) 11716 and rising... Yeah, they have printed through it again today a couple different times, but it just can't get the big momentum push to get over the top. As a matter of a fact we are there again at this moment.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 10:49 AM) Think the Yanks would take Crede as part of an A-Rod deal and move Uribe to third or let A-Rod play third??????? ASSUMING A-ROD TANKS IN THE PLAYOFFS! 7 days a week, and twice on Sunday.

Damn. This is sad, but you could see the lights of the train coming for miles now... Ah well, we will always have the Rally Crede.

Yeah, maybe it is time to reopen Trade Winds too as all of the rumors and inuendo starts to fly...

QUOTE(fathom @ Oct 1, 2006 -> 05:11 PM) McDonough is going to take over for now, but the rumors of Steve Stone becoming team president are already starting. They pretty well ran Stone out at the crying of a couple of players, aren't those bridges pretty well burned?

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Sep 30, 2006 -> 09:30 PM) Mike -- just a few questions from a Commie liberal union monkey teacher. I looked at Joy Elementary in a Google search. Is the high free/reduced lunch count (57%) and the high mobility rate (33%) normal for the district? If so, you may want to check out this book called Saving Our Students, Saving Our Schools: 50 Proven Strategies for Revitalizing At-Risk Students and Low Performing School. We had the guy come in for a workshop and he has a lot of practical things that can be used. Might be something to look through for the school board run. Have the district schools been meeting AYP? If not, in what areas are they failing? (subject matter and/or racial/educational sub-categories cuz if any sub-category fails, the entire group gets a FAIL) How would you help those groups pass so the schools meet AYP? What would your plan be to decrease class sizes given the current budget that you discussed in Michigan City? Is there a PBIS system in place in schools there? (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) It has different things to reward kids for positive behaviors. Does their system work or is it a whole lot of people saying 'We gotta do X, Y and Z!" and then not follow up at all? Some quick thoughts... more later MC is a strange community. There are a couple of ultrarich areas up on the lake, and then the rest is pretty poor. The socioeconomic gap is huge, and the middle class is gone with the collapse of manufacturing in the 70s and 80s. The school my wife teaches as actually has a 70% rate of free and reduced lunches, so yeah, some of the schools are really bad off. There are some terrible stories I have heard about some of the lives these kids lead/led. AYP acheivment is spotty based on where your school is at. The ones in the poor areas are bad, with some actually missing passing becuase of attendance. The rich schools do very well. One thing that has never really been adressed is MCAS has a bloated bureaucracy. We have way more administrators than any of the other schools our size in our area of the state, yet when cuts have come it has always been from teachers/staff positions. They really need to look at those numbers more closely. Another problem is that MCAS doesn't have a person who searches for grant money full time. With our demographics there are tons of grants we should/could be after, but it takes the teachers taking charge to actually get something done in that regard. Its sad really. Adressing those two things could go a lot towards putting more teachers in the classrooms. PBIS is pretty much nonexsistant as far as I can tell. Almost all of City's programs are based either on getting poor kids taken care of, or keeping at risk kids in the classroom at different stages. The big thing as of late is the big preschool program that they are opening. The problem is they took funding away from the elem schools to do it. They also put them in a building they called too dangerous to house the alternative school just five years ago. Thanks for the questions, and it gives me a lot to think about. I do have appearences up coming for the Chamber of Commerce, League of Women voters, and a local township, so that should be interesting.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 08:42 AM) And the magic excuse is... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061002/ap_on_...sman_e_mails_79 "I"m an alcoholic!" Whatever. A**hole. Hmmm so alcohol makes you want to touch little boys. That is just pathetic.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Oct 2, 2006 -> 08:09 AM) How do you respond to the people that say you are infringing on my right to free speech if I privately fund a commercial for my candidate? Think someone like the Swiftees? You have free speech still. YOU can go tell anyone you want to go do whatever you want. What wouldn't be able to be done, is for you to call your party chairman to get the gameplan straight. Also I have made this arguement before, but I have a hard time buying the arguement that free speech=$. It is an inherently unequal from the start when the ability to spend money is equated to free speech, because not everyone has disposable income. It literally becomes a separate but equal situation in my mind.

QUOTE(kwolf68 @ Oct 1, 2006 -> 11:08 PM) This has to be a joke. It's the Detroit Tigers job to win the division for the Detroit Tigers. It isn't the White Sox job to go out and perform for Detroit. Detroit is the over-rated, over-achieving team that was exposed in the 2nd half of the season. Their lineup is pedestrian, they don't manufacture runs, and their starting pitching isn't looking so Seaver-like these days. They'll be dispatched quickly next week. They have only themselves to blame for losing this division. Had the Sox had even a mediocre 2nd half then Detroit would be gearing up for vacation...they should be happy they are even in the playoffs, short-lived thought it may be. That's how I see it. The Sox more important role after elimination was on field talent evalutation of their rookies. They want to get those guys ABs and see how they respond on the field... beyond that, nothing else matters. The Twins and Tigers have their own business to take care of, just like the Sox do. Besides if the Tigers can't beat the Royals once in a weekend, they didn't deserve to win the division anyway. Hell we did Detroit a favor by beating the Twins two out of three games in the Dome anyways, in reality, whatelse should we have done?

If you really want to protect against being fed the same crap during the election cycle, this bill doesn't matter. If you really want to change things, get rid of private funding for races. Set it up so the government gives a base amount for an election cycle of a particular race, and type of office. After you have spent that amount, you are done. That way the race becomes about message and debate, instead of who can raise and spend the most money.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Sep 29, 2006 -> 11:50 PM) Actually they have an episode on that as well. Pretty good stuff Even if it was completely made up by scientists? The courts dismissed the whole study because it was faked. If they were doing the show just for ratings, why would they put it on SHOWTIME? Watch the show yourself, be objective, and make your own conclusions. I hate smoking, I don't like smelling like "the bar," but I don't like it when Governments control businesses and base it on pre-deteremined conclusions. Ah good advice. There are plenty of studies about this stuff, why is the "faked" one the only one that matters? There have been tons of studys that link smoking and all of its affects. Focusing on one at the expense of the others is a gross mischaracterization of the scientific field of knowledge at hand here. Besides with the lawyers that tabacco companies have on retainer, if this were 100% true, they would have never lost a case, let alone settled with the government.