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QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 12:09 PM) What happens to Contreras if El Duque isn't around him next year? If AJ returns, nothing. AJ is the difference in Contreras, I'll swear to it.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 11:58 AM) I use the "f" word at WSI, and here, and I've never been banned there. I've also been negative, critical, and even at times I attack Henry - although he deserves it Yet I somehow manage to do all that within their "rules". It's not that hard, really. On another note.. they close and move any threads discussing Soxtalk or s***ting on the mods from here to their roadhouse to die. Some professional courtesy perhaps... And therein lies one of the big differences between Soxtalk and WSI, we let people talk about what they want to talk about, even if not all of us like it. Personally I don't care what WSI does, and could care less if I ever see a thread about them again. I see it like they have their own thing, and we have ours. People can make their decesions about which format they like better. I can see the appeal of WSI to some, especially when you consider there are a whole lot worse places that people could go for their Sox fixes. The thing is, as long as people are being decently respectful of each other while talking about this, I don't see this as any different than any of the other conversations that we do let go on here.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 10:28 AM) Thanks. Do you know the date that players must be protected by in order to be safe from the rule V? I believe rosters get set sometime quickly after the World Series ends, but don't quote me on that.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) I'm donating my time today to volunteer at an American Cross blood drive, donate $50, then give some blood. Hopefully I can now be forgiven of being a huge cynical asshole. Actions speak louder than words.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 11:20 AM) Have I not been better under the new rules though? I don't think you were ever a problem poster in the first place. You might not be the happiest guy in the world, but you have never gone after other posters that I know of. Like I said, you are OK in my book

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 11:19 AM) My apologies, I just wanted some feedback from Sox Fans and didn't know where to put it. Please go ahead and move it to the appropriate forum. #3: Thanks. Not a problem. We try to keep this board for strictly Sox stuff. SLaP is the wide open area for anything that might be on your mind. Another thing is that if you ever have any concerns about stuff here, you can always PM any of the mods/admins or post your concerns and we can adress them appropriately.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 11:15 AM) So you're saying it's a good thing I don't post over there? Fathom, I would give you a 5 post under/over... And I'd bet the under

A few things. #1.No you would not have been banned here. #2.We really don't want to see someone's dirty laundry from another site aired out here. If you want to rant, we ask that you keep it to the off topic board, Sex, Lies, and Politics. #3 Welcome to Soxtalk

This will probably throw a little gasoline on the fire, but it is interesting to see the local angle examined in the response to Katrina http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/344065p-293598c.html A couple of things that blew me away.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) Or my sleeper team, the Toronto Blue Jays. But yes, unless Mike Illitch keeps spending and spending (and it's actually on some difference makers), Ordonez probably won't be around in Detroit in the future. Its Borass history. He goes out and takes the biggest deal he can find for a client, dispite the make up of the team that bids highest. Then he complains when the team doesn't win and tries to get them traded somewhere else.

Blurp from cnn.com

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 10:03 AM) Wonder when that rumor will pop up again that Maggs wants out, if Detroit can't get above .500 in the near future......... Within two years, Magglio will be a Yankee or a Red Sox. Book it.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 6, 2005 -> 03:56 PM) Join me, Mike. De_troit_sucks! De_troit_sucks! HELL YEAH!!!!

No big surprise. A guy like Borchard could get a legitmate shot with a bottom dwelling team, that he never will get again here. Later Joe, we'll always have the 504 foot homer!

The Sox are also back to their season high mark of 35 games over .500

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Sep 3, 2005 -> 10:02 PM) boy thats blatantly out there, its a wonder that more hitters dont pick that up. Wonder if its hidden better from a frontal view From the batters box, that ball would still be behind his head, and the motion is so quick, it would be almost impossible to pick up.

Some encouraging notes from New Orleans... In some areas the water has receded by up to a foot. Also the city is down to only 60% flooded, versus 80% at the height of the flooding.

Congrats to AJ and Lisa

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 08:30 AM) Iowa doing it's part. Awesome. Wow does Iowa suck so bad that even people with nothing don't want to go there?

QUOTE(Balance @ Sep 6, 2005 -> 05:49 PM) If 64% of Americans wanted to teach our children that there are 30 letters in the English alphabet, should we teach that? If 64% of Americans wanted to teach our children that God does not exist, how would you feel about that? To further this point, there was a point in this countries history where a majority of the population thought discrimination was OK, does that mean if 50% +1 think that blacks or anyone else is an inferior race, that is would be OK to discriminate against them?

QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 6, 2005 -> 07:34 PM) ...calculus is dumb and stupid and i hate it. explain to me why i need to take this for a business major? Two words. Quantitative Analysis.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 6, 2005 -> 04:01 PM) Roberts said abortion is "Settled law" while he was not in a position to do anything about it. The fact that he was willing to enforce that ruling while he was working for a lower court says absolutely nothing about how he would vote were he given the opportunity to restrict or overturn it. His lower court rulings on that issue are TOTALLY IRRELEVANT. Then why is everyone so worried about digging up every piece of work he has ever done if his previos rulings are totally irrelevant?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 07:51 AM) And here's the heart of the matter. There apparently was no mechanism in place to assess ahead of time or in the immediate aftermath that this crisis obviously was exceeded the threshold to be considered catastrophic in the largest sense of the word, and since a coordinated, centralized (i.e., federal) response was absolutely imminent anyway it should have been THE primary response. The traditional strategy, where local officials try to control a situation, and fall back on state, regional, and federal support is certainly the preferred method for manageable situations. Wildfires, at least in the early stages. Unruly mobs, tornadoes, etc. Officials at all levels knew this was huge once the city evacuation orders were given, and that try/fail/ask for more help reiterative strategy should have been thrown out the window. It's easy to say it's all hindsight and how could anybody know etc. But we've spent BILLIONS of dollars on homeland security precisely so we would know how to handle response to catastrophes of this magnitude. None of us here were part of any of that preparation, but we don't have to be to be able to question how effective it all was as we see the results. It's been said before, but saying, 'who could have predicted the levees wouldn't hold' is as incredible a statement as Condi saying, 'well who would have thought they'd fly jet planes into buildings?' In both csaes, Plenty of people with expertise in those areas hade precicely those concerns. The ironic thing is dispite the supposed heirarchy outlined in that quote, there is still a power struggle going on between the Governor and the President over who is going to direct operations, which is dividing resources and personel, and I am sure that isn't helping to end all of the confusion. Heck it even took until yesterday for the mayor to order out all of the remaining people in New Orleans... why did that take so long? Why are there still 3 layers of government giving orders and directing operations? And we wonder why there is still a mess of things down there... There needs to be one group in charge, and everyone else needs to work for that group, and out of the three layers of government, FEMA is the closest thing to being ready for this, dispite their response so far. Once again everyone is so busy trying to look like their care and are doing the right thing in front of the cameras, that they people are suffering for it. This is a big enough mess by itself, 3 different responses to it are too many cooks in the kitchen.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 07:42 AM) I agree 100%. But to go from the lonely funk to nirvana takes some baby steps along the way. You meet the nicest people while volunteering. People with big hearts who also volunteer. If you hang around nice people, you begin to have nice friends. Nice friends become those that deep personal bonds are possible and lasting. Better than hanging around people who are more likely to be takers and just using you. But instead we waste our lives on Soxtalk :banghead