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QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 07:50 AM) We/they need to keep trying, but I really don't believe it will ever happen. This "war" has been waged since the time of Abraham. I'm not holding my breath, but for the innocent people's sake, I hope it happens. Too many people who want exactly what I mentioned have died because of these wars.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 07:39 AM) I know there were extenuating circumstances for the original amount that they donated, all I'm saying that compared to other countries' donations, America looked a bit stingy (in the eyes of others) for the amount of money they contributed, when you consider how much money they put everyday into Iraq. And if you want to focus on one situation at one moment in time, you can make anyone look bad. How much did the Aussies send for the US hurricane's relief? I'm not going to hold that against the Aussies.

Its sad that one man seems to have been impeding the process so much. Hopefully this breakthrough will lead to two independant states living side by side in peace.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 07:28 AM) No offense, but what was the original donation America made to the countries affected by the Tsunami Disaster FWIW? If you want to nitpick, everyones donations went to one upping things... No one realized the scope of the disaster early on, and everyones donations kept getting revised. Not just the US. And that doesn't even begin to change all of the work that the US does around the world everyday, and not just when their is a natural disaster.

After yet another Anthrax Kenny Williams hatefest post, YASNY gives this gem.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 8, 2005 -> 02:20 AM) If the Sox won the World Series and there was a ticker tape parade thrown for them, you'd blame KW for the litter. Your blatant hatred for KW is moronic. :headshake LMAO... Quote of the month material right there YAS.

It shouldn't surprise Kenny at all... While they have done their best to wish Maggs well, try to resign him, and not make his info public, Borass and Maggs have been on a one sided slander mission ever since last winter to try to win pity for this chump. Finally the Sox organization gets it right in handling a parting with some respect, and Maggs can't even return the favor. Like I said before, its a sad day when Sammy Sosa can handle leaving Chicago with more class than Magglio Ordonez can :headshake

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 03:16 PM) From the head of the independent investigation on UN Oil for Food in an AP article on February 3, 2005. The UN does some great work. Believe it or not, aside from the corruption which should be eliminated and those involved, punished, it was an incredibly effective program. And the US leads the world in giving as a country. Even as only 5% of the earths population, they lead the world in money given to charity. The US is always the first to respond to disaster, and rebuild countries after wars and famine. Does that mean they can use that to justify the crap they get into? The Catholic church gives an inordinate amount of money to charitable organizations, feeding much of the worlds poor, housing at least hundreds of thousands of orphans, and giving shelter to many homeless. Does that mean would exempt this organization from the sex scandals? Bill Gates leads one of the most ruthless monopolies in the world, yet gives billions of dollars out of his own pocket for causes around the world. He is doing everything from putting computers in classrooms, to preventing AIDS spread from mother to baby, to vaccinating 3rd world kids. Does that make Microsoft exempt from crushing smaller companies who don't follow their whims? The ends obviously doesn't justify the means.

Joan Cusak is the 6th sign of the apocalpse... And you know where to find me...

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 06:33 PM) I had one and it got shredded to death by my mom's cat. Ah, our cats are obsessed with them as well. Ang actually has to put them in something or they take off with them.

QUOTE(Mr. Zero @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 06:41 PM) You guys banned him already, at least show the decency to not talk behind his back. Yeah you're right... we'll leave that up to them.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 05:07 PM) Why would he want to come back, he's got his own site now With like 6 members... and knowing Knuck, he is probably 4 of them.

Oven Mitt>>>>>>>>>>Kick in the nads>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Joan Cusak.

QUOTE(GASHWOUND @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 06:31 PM) Agreed..The Twins got no big boppers and haven't had any in years and they've won....We go in the direction of the Twins and all of a sudden all the critics say we suck now cause we got rid of some big thumpers.. Why is it Minny can win with speed and D but we sculpt our team in that same manner and we suck? And we still have I think more pop in the line-up then the Twins ever had even with Maggs and Lee gone. More balance . The Marlins are a great example of not relying on the HR.

QUOTE(JimH @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 06:19 PM) Mike, I don't think that's the case. No arbitration offered = no draft pick compensation if I understand it correctly. Duh... nevermind. scratch the draft picks.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 03:47 PM) Jesus Wite, you put a ton of time into this thread, and what happened with hawaiisoxfn? It was a troll who had been banned prior who snuck back in...

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 05:47 PM) Booo, SF1, you got me all excited, just went and got the mail but my guess is it takes just a little longer to come out to the left coast, lol. Even quicker than that would have been buying them while you were at the fest

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 05:44 PM) Buerhle spoke lovingly about the Cardinals and Frank has spoken about being mistreated and the club not showing respect. The Club alllowed an All-Star player to leave with zero to show for it. You would think the guy single handed stopped the team from a World Series. Geez, he got a better deal somewhere else and took it. No one is calling Hermanson a greedy sob for turning down his last offer and becoming a free agent. Give the guy a break. If Maggs had accepted that 5/70 deal odds are Garcia and Contreras aren't here. The money he left on the table is teh money that got us two more starters. I hardly call that zero. Plus we are getting draft picks for him.

QUOTE(YoungstownIndians @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 03:09 PM) Hey man even in the PM I sent back to you I said you could! I am here to post. Thats it. The sig is just there! And I got the right to say I hate the Sox. Even without a link! hey Jas did this guy just buy Soxtalk from you and not tell us? The only "right" you have here is to go somewhere else if you don't like the rules. It really isn't that complex. This is a troll free board. Period. If you want to talk baseball respectfully, that is great. If you want to go around saying that the Sox "suck" you won't last here at all. And that is the way it is here.

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 03:04 PM) And how many scandals are going on in our own government? You act like the Bush administration is as clean as the driven snow. If you wanna make arguments about being independent investigations on UN activities and not on the Bush administration, you'll conveniently forget that the GOP Congress hasn't allowed any to take place. The UN has. Apparently, one is more concerned with transparency and accountability than the other... When I have I ever said the current government shouldn't be held accountable? When have I ever said this admin was clean? I am not that stupid. I said many times during the election if there would have been ANY electable canditiate worth a spit, I would have voted for them. I have been all in favor of impeaching anyone in the Bush administration who is connected to illegal activity. Rumsfeld should have been raked over the coals for Abu Grahib. People's heads should have rolled over WMD intel. But much like past Admins, this group did everything it could to stop it, surprise. And a big, big difference between the two organizations is only one represents itsself as a nuetral organization. If you listen to Bush or any other President talk, they ALWAYS talk about the good of the USA first. The whole exsistance of this country is for the betterment of the this country. The whole reason for the UN to exsist to mediate and improve the world as an impartial bystander. That doesn't exactly work when the leader and past leader of the UN are connected to bribe taking scandals.

How about throwing monopoly money at him? That has always been one of my favorites.

If I am understanding it right, the last two years are team options. I think the max they are stuck with is $75 mil.

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 02:54 PM) You act like the US did something about it when it was happening. I don't know if you understand this, but the US is actually a member of the UN. The US is the most powerful member of the UN, and as a permanent member of the Security Council, it can really undergo no action without the US' support. Yet there was no movement on behalf of the Bush administration to investigate and fix Oil for Food. Even after they were made aware of abuses in the system in 2001, 2002, and 2003. To take a look at 6.5 billion dollars worth of fraud (approximately 7% of the total money raised by Oil For Food) and have that completely invalidate a multinational organization that this government stopped respecting in 2001, is like saying that the election in Iraq is invalidated because the Coalition Provisional Authority can't account for over 8 billion dollars in Oil money raised in its 14 months of existence. Do you honestly believe that this is the only scandal like this going on? Do you honestly believe that all of these countries and UN officials all managed to get wrapped up in this just one bad thing going on at the UN? Come on.

QUOTE(winodj @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 02:41 PM) Actually abuses for Oil for Food were reported to the Security Council multiple times. The Security Council did nothing. And it took the US to start pressing for investigations, and start procecuting people for this stuff. The UN has stonewalled it at every step.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Feb 7, 2005 -> 02:33 PM) And unattractive. That one I DEFINATELY agree with