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Its too bad there wasn't a WNBA lockout too, that way hockey fans wouldn't feel so bad. Cause there'd be two strikes to make fun of. Or would it make them feel worse? Anyway, I think it almost would be better for the sport for the NHL to go a year without a game. If approached correctly - with a few teams contracted, it could be a "new" NHL. There's a product rollout opportunity there.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 10:30 PM) I'm quite fine with no more Bulls bandwagon threads. Damn people that have been following this team for a whole 3 weeks. Wait, Chicago has a basketball team?

Holy crap, we agree?

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 21, 2005 -> 10:50 AM) Shouldn't he be charged with public intoxication as well? Go to Prague and see. I think you get a ticket for public soberness there.

You're missing the point, its not that we're gathering intelligence. It's the method in which we're doing it. You can not rewrite the way the government works without approval from those who represent the people that the government is supposed to be of.

Guster: A band that showed promise on its first album "Goldfly" and considerably less on each successive release.

Behind The Music: Studio 54

Yeah, but the Iraqis afraid to live in Iraq will get to vote. I'd say that's 100% but I mean the people who actually live outside the country.

There are a lot of whispers about Bill Cosby. You should hear the one about how he got his Ed.D. degree at Pitt.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 21, 2005 -> 09:54 AM) Al Qaeda was just an example. Iran has had their own group of clerics stirring the pot ever since the Revolution in 1979. It isn't that big of a stretch to imagine groups of the same breed operating in Iran. They have had the same religious upbringings in the madrasses, they have had the same America=Satan lessons, they have watched the horrors of Iraq on Al Jazzera, there is plenty of hate there to fuel these kind of groups. And they don't have to be government sponsored or condoned. As long as the clerics in charge of purity approve, the government is impotent to stop them. Actually, they are. They have been. There's always a large difference between Rhetoric and action. Islamist states are no exception.

He also wrote Le Freak, as a member of Chic. It's actually a reaction to not being let into Studio 54 one night. However the label didn't like the original chorus of "f*** Off." True story. Thank you VH1.

Shut up, it's our myth! Don't take that away from us

Oh and to answer your question. The answer is no. Big Bird is 6.

This is the same James Dobson who took credit for Bush's victory in November. Enjoy the next four years, until Dobson tries to make your lifestyle illegal too.

Now, with all due respect, you aren't looking at this as a political scientist either. What you are misunderstanding is that Al-Qaeda is not a rogue wing of the Iranian state. Although they may tolerate an Al-Qaeda presence in their state as a matter of political expediency and security, they do not hold the same sway there that they did in Afghanistan or even do now in US occupied Iraq. As unpopular as this sounds, the nature of countering trans-global terror is infact inherently an international criminal investigation. You can't manhandle state sovereignty to guard against every threat because the stakes there are too high. Its a risk assessment situation. This is a situation where diplomacy and possibly a tightening of US embargo against Iran could do wonders to producing a situation that would be better for combatting terror. If the US embargo was tightened to not allow US businesses to do business as a multinational in Iran, or not allow multinationals with serious US operations to do the same. It's a more effective stick because an Iranian government already dealing with pretty massive outcry over its repressive social policy would have a crumbling economy to deal with which would ultimately only infuriate more people to revolt against the Iranian revolution. At the same time, a policy of limited engagement with Iran may do wonders in terms of getting the help necessary to more closely monitor non-state elements that seek to do us harm and operate within their borders. Sadly the Bush administration has tried neither of these tactics because I don't feel that they adequately understand the nature of the threat. They have reacted in a very cold war fashion to a very non-cold war threat. You don't win this fight with a smash and grab policy.

I don't have a problem with College players not getting paid. I have a problem with schools who rake in tons of cash, exploiting them to cash in even more. (Mich, ND football - MSU, Duke, IU basketball...)

WSCR is fourth in something? That article makes little sense to me. WSCR has really been an underperformer since it moved over to 670. But I think its good news.... just two more bad books til Air America moves in on WSCR.

I think we really need to stop coddling our pitchers in the league. It seems like pitchers used to make a ton more starts, throw more innings and still give up less runs than now. Imagine the difference in the league if we pulled back the fences and started using more durable pitching staffs. Teams like the White Sox would do much better and staffs with glass arms, like the Cubs, would have more problems.

So, WD-40 to stop the coke and you know about the red and black lights to keep people from shooting Heroin, right?

Thank you very much. 2. I'm not arguing that Hersh may be off base on some of the nuts and bolts of his vague operations detail, but his track record is generally pretty good. 4.-5. I don't understand why anyone is even worried about Iran bringing a dirty bomb in this country. It would be literal state suicide. People are looking for a reason to take Iran out. A lot of people would argue that we already have that reason. The fear of Iran going nuclear is not a nuclear Iran but rather a nuclear region. If Iran has a bomb, Egypt will want a bomb, Syria will want a bomb, Turkey will want a bomb, and so on. Many of these countries had nuclear programs previously and its never a good idea to see proliferation in unstable regions. In fact, this could be part of the reason that Israel has never declared its nuclear arsenal. Probably it feels the best way to never have to use it in defense is to never have to admit that it has the bomb in the first place. The concern here isn't a nuclear detonation. The concern here is nuclear proliferation. Unfortunately the US has a poor track record over the last four years of acting to prevent this proliferation. (See North Korea and Iran). Not that I'm saying the last ten years have been any better (See India and Pakistan). 7. Military intelligence is not subject to Congressional oversight beyond the budget. I don't believe Congress is entitled to any information regarding what military spooks uncover overseas as opposed to the CIA. In the event that military action of some significance takes place, it would be very difficult for the Congress to follow the paper trail to explain why we went in the first place. Doing spook work this way creates an opaque internal review system which would remove the checks and balances from the system. Multiple intelligence sources are fine, as long as the intelligence is reviewable by members of the legislative branch as well. I am most disturbed, however, about Blankley literally calling for a jourrnalist, something he's never been to be put to death for reporting on a significant change in the way the government does business. He has the right to say it under the first amendment, but what a jackass. If Eleanor Clift or Paul Begala called for Bob Novak's execution for what he did in compromising a CIA agent's identity in 2003, the outrage on the other side would be deafening... and they'd probably lose their job. As it is, two other reporters who didn't go to print with that story are under contempt of court orders for not revealing sources in that story that they didn't write. Yet Novak isn't... interesting. QUOTE(whitesoxmurph @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 10:00 PM) A few things... Both Blankley and Hersh are a bit off base. 1) Winodj is correct the war on terror is not a declared war, so Blankleys case against Hersh does not standup. (The Big Hurts Foot is on more solid ground). 2) Hersh on the other hand makes a leap in logic from the fact that there are most likely a few Spec Ops troops on the ground in Iran for Recon and Target ID purposes to a massive task force roaming around the outskirts of Tehran doing the Hokey Pokey. If there are troops on the ground in Iran it is probably a couple of 2-4 man teams and no more. A larger force would be to easily detected. 3) Hersh makes it seem like he has inside info, but everything he says is simple logic, an Infil through Afganistan is the safest route with the least number of people milling around herding goats The Gulf of Oman or the Persian Gulf have to much traffic and there is to much going on in neighboring Iraq. 4) Iran does not have to smuggle in a dirty bomb, all they have to do is smuggle in a few pounds of nuclear material ( which anyone crossing into CA, AZ or TX from Mexico could carry on their backs) and make the bomb here in the good old USA. 5) If that did happen and we did believe that Iran was the culprit, they could do very little to prevent us from taking out most of their land based missiles and aircraft. ( and would be done strickly with conventional weapons). 6) Even if they did get off one of their long range missiles, the chance of them actually hitting anything is remote. This missile would be aimed at Isreal as everyone knows. (Maybe we will all be lucky and it will over shoot its target and land in Paris or Wrigley Field) 7) The military is under as much, if not more congressional oversight than the CIA. Spying goes on all the time, and has since 1775.

Don't it though? I done never thought noone wouldn't catch them grammatical type mistakes.

1950s - Minoso 1960s - Minoso 1970s - Harry Carey (I know he didn't actually play but he did do his broadcasts from the bleachers with a net and getting soused on Falstaff) 1980s - Carlton Fisk, Ivan Calderon, Ron Kittle, Bobby Thigpen 1990s - Frank Thomas, Bo Jackson, Jack McDowell, Ozzie Guillen 2000s - Frank Thomas, Paul Konerko, Jose Valentin, Shingo Takatsu

QUOTE(retro1983hat @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 12:24 PM) Yes, I have heard this as well. I tried to stay away from national celebrities, because they are almost all Cub fans. (John Cusak, Jimmy Buffet, Joe Mantegna, etc.) I think John Cusack is a baseball fan. He's been at a couple Sox games, in some really s***ty weather. I saw him at the rainy Toronto doubleheader wearing a good guys hat.

The worst thing about this thread is that its eating my brain. I walked up to my boss at work today and told her about Grimace's extra arms and shake stealing ways in a completely unsolicited way today. I also gave her my old record copy of "The Partidge Family Album." Which makes me wonder what the hell is wrong with me in the first place.

I saw more Stars and Bars in Northern Michigan than I ever did visiting friends in North Carolina. Of course, I never met too many smart folk up there neither. So take that for what its worth. Oh yeah, I'm allowed to bash those guys - I lived with them for a year.