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QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 05:37 PM) Is the one piece the top or the bottom? Dirty ol' man! er, I mean

Thank you, Balta, for clarification.

Trappist brewers friggin' rock. That's all I need to say on the subject – no, thats' all I CAN physically say on the subject at the moment (re: afternoon Chimay party!). Kid Gleason can back me up here. And, he could probably hold me up at the moment as well. Did I mention, Afternoon Chimay Party? Brother Theadore!

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 02:11 PM) Early 1700's. My Uncle's been a geek about geneology for the past 15-20 years. Crap, that's a lot of generations back.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 01:15 PM) Then, I seek reparations for the untimely deaths of my ancestors while defending the North and ending slavery. When did your family line arrive in America? we didn't get here until the 1870s, so no Civil War reparrations for me...

I can't answer the NRA question, because I cannot find their charter. In their stated mission to protect the 2nd ammendment the best way tehy see fit, however, I don't see anything that would suggest they are at least nominally anything but party-neutral. In reality, since there's not a whole lot of gun control activity originating from the right, it can be assumed that is the direction most of the membership leans. Amnesty can truthfully state they are government-neutral while still decrying the policies of a government. Of course they are going to as an entity take a stand against the ongoing prisoner rights violations alleged in US detention centers. They can't use the organizations funds to try to topple the administration or anything, but the private citizens that form the entity can work within their legal means (as we all can) to try to elect the person who they feel best reflects their values.

QUOTE(sec159row2 @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 01:22 PM) and even if barry was "joking" that's even worse... can you imagine a white player saying he doesn't sign for african-americans...even if he were "joking"... it would be all over the press, jesse jackson would be picketing stadiums, and the white player would be forced out of the league... ps... stef... you should be ashamed of yourself for comparing frank to barry... Well, we all saw what happened when John Rocker (a man who always said just the right things, didn't he?) obliquely referred to Randall Simon as a "fat monkey" when they were both on the Braves. You're correct, the press and the public were not very forgiving of that. Or his statements about gays, immigrants, etc...

I think Amnesty has done amazing things during its existence, and prisoner rights' abuses worldwide would be orders of magnitudes worse than they are now without groups like them, Red Cross, etc., monitoring conditions. I don't believe any of their number are any less prone to err than anyone else, but I don't see that anything here could be construed as likely to change the focus of the organization. It's refreshing to see people walk it like they talk it. At least you know where people stand on things. Would anybody be surprised to learn that many of the Board of Directors of the NRA made private donations to the Bush campaign? Private money and personal beliefs/causes = no conflict as far as I'm concerned. And the $2,000 limit on personal donations is a reasonable safeguard against a few extremely wealthy individuals buying candidates.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 12:34 PM) Of course you would feel the same way if the tables were turned, right? I would. I wouldn't have a say in the matter. Most people are allowed to have personal political party affiliations even if the entity they work for cannot, unless clearly stipulated otherwise. That said, how hard is it to guess at the political leanings of groups like Amnesty or the ACLU – or the NRA – for that matter? Is it really a big shock that ranking members of an organization whose goal is to protect the human rights of prisoners don't support in their role as private citizens/voters/donors a president who considers the Geneva protocols antiquated and a nuisance?

Two individuals, Schultz and Pitts, gave donations to those campaigns. Not Amnesty.

QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 11:03 AM) I have been called out on grammer before I just wanted to see if it felt good to do it to someone else well... how was it?

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 11:02 AM) I'm going with....plethera (sp?)... As in, I have a plethera of Frank Thomas Rookie Cards Sadly, I have a dearth of the same. Perchance you could send me some surfeit from your copious cache?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 10:08 AM) Actually that could be a fun contest. Predict a million? Have people pick a date that the 1 millionth post will occur on. Maybe Kap can set a hidden doomsday switch that will completely GUBAR ("Gaged Up Beyond All Repair") the site with the millionth post.

How about a prize for the millionth post? Should be coming up sometime next season at the current pace, right?

QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Jun 2, 2005 -> 12:31 AM) You must also be a big fan of Balleyhoo as well That (spelled Ballyhoo) is the name of my once and future acoustic bar band. Good word that. I'll go with "beefy" as my favorite adjective these days.

Belated Happy Happys to all

Aren't you a couple Jack Daniels shots behind, Nuke?

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 12:53 PM) Does anyone else get the feeling Ron made that whole entire thing up? I don't. Putting Williams, Baker, etc., at the scene by name suggests that he's fairly confident of the facts or it could bite him in the arse down the line. I don't suppose Bonds is like this all the time, and I also get that "I don't sign for whites" is hyperbole as Steff's comments confirm. It does seem like Kittle happened to catch him on a major asshole day rather than just a normal ninor asshole day.

Yeah, pretty ridiculous.

QUOTE(winodj @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 11:43 AM) But I do know that my troop registered kids that were in their mid 20s when I was a scout... Canteen Boy?

on a more micro scale, I found it really amusing to see that Dreamworks SKG stock value dropped sharply yesterday on the news that Madagascar only racked up $70 M in its first weekend. The lesson is that no film should open within a month of a Star Wars installment I guess.

Doesn't anybody besides me think this is just another Twins fan attempt to sway Minny voters into voting for the new ballpark? The fans are bringing banners out to every game with slogans like "Take me outSIDE to the ball game" etc., and the state lottery is giving fans $100 dollars worth of instant lotery tickets to get on tv at the games and demand a new ballpark. WWhat better than to try to add a little controversy by suggestting HHH needs to be torn down because there's a blatently racist emblem in the center of its roof? Just my two cents.

QUOTE(Punch and Judy Garland @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 02:14 AM) I mean, I know he hit a rooftop shot but that doesn't make him Paul Bunyan either I think he hit like seven of 'em, if I'm not mistaken. As a 16 year old in 1983, he made me a lifelong fan with his rookie of the year performance that year.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jun 1, 2005 -> 12:43 AM) Dave Grohl is a fantastic musical mind, don't think many can argue that. The man can just flat play, drums, guitar...whatever....I've been a huge Grohl and Foo fan for a long, long time.. 2 weeks until "In Your Honor" drops....2 discs, 1 acoustic, 1 reg......sounds nice A birthday present to myself, methinks. My guilty little secret is that I've always liked Foo better than I liked Nirvana.