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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 09:48 PM) ok? What are you trying to say here? And I also think that you have to give Obama an assist on the upward tick as they didn't do anything without him knowing about it. Just an interesting graph I saw. I'm not sure why Bush/ Reagan, Bush II and Obama are colored red.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 09:33 PM) Also: spending is bad if you raise taxes to pay for it, but ok if you lower taxes without lowering spending and create a gaping hole in the deficit. Until a Democrat takes over, then the actual cause of the deficit is irrelevant. Isn't that basically what Reagan did?

This discussion reminds me of this article: Bench Quentin for Owens http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64387 At the time, it seemed like an incredibly stupid article. In retrospect, its probably one of the dumbest articles I've ever read.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) This isnt something that is new. If you look at many of the first Supreme Court cases they cited Blackstone and other British legal authors because you have to get precedent from some where. I think what Ginsburg is saying is that she would use foreign law the same way a state uses another states law. In Illinois, only Illinois law is binding, while all other states are merely persuasive. It does not mean that you cant cite an Ohio case in Illinois, it just means that if there is an Illinois case on the same topic, the Illinois case is more authoritative. As Northside said, most of these cases are cases of first impression where there is very little if no case law on point. So does it really hurt to cite other international courts reasoning? Probably not as the Supreme Court can interpret the law how they feel. That's the part that most people are missing. Sound reasoning is sound reasoning, whether it comes from our precedents or someone else. There's a lot of Republicans freaking out about this today who apparently don't understand how legal systems work.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 01:54 PM) Yeah after 2 WEEKS of Sox fans and Media alike complaining that Wise WAS NOT THE RIGHT GUY FOR THE LEADOFF HITTER after Ozzie named him the leadoff. Important point. Most of the Chicago sports media were starting the "Wise is not a leadoff hitter" talk, and I'd say that's where the average fan gets their info.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 09:54 AM) What are the odds KW makes a move soon for a competent CF? QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:00 PM) *cough*

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:46 PM) Wise/Getz was explained as people arent booing Getz because they are more patient about someone who has a higher ceiling. But if it's a booing of front office decisions, they should still be unhappy with an unproven guy being put in there. After all, they had similar recent AAA numbers. Are we really to believe that those people booing in that stadium have this huge problem with Wise being 31? They want the Sox to win the game at hand. Wise is being booed because he is 31 years old and hasn't shown MLB-level starting talent, yet KW was apparently relying on either him or Owens. Getz is not being booed because he is a 25 year old rookie who has shown a lot of potential.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:29 PM) Then I don't get all the complaints from you and your Soxtalk nazi brotherhood! Look, we weren't getting anyone else...so this is what we have. Pods or Owens (or Wise when he returns) as backup for Anderson (unless Anderson blows his chance). The very real fear is that Ozzie will now use Pods as the full-time CF and lead-off guy. The links in the OP are down and I can't find any other source for this.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 11:56 AM) In Germany, there's actually a penalty for how much you talk about the Holocaust. It's a free speech restriction made in hopes of bettering their society and repairing things. I just wonder how anyone learns about it if they're afraid to speak. There's strict laws on Holocaust denialism, but speaking about the Holocaust is unrestricted. Germans are very aware of that part of their history and make efforts not to whitewash it. QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 14, 2009 -> 12:20 PM) As a 22 year old I can say that this is just 100% incorrect. I don't know about kids in their mid teens but nearly every Sox fan I know of the same age (including MANY on this board) attribute their White Sox fandom to Frank Thomas. The 2005/2006 offseason was one big love fest for Frank. I'm only 23 myself and my earliest baseball memories are of Frank Thomas hitting monster HR's. The fans still love him, even if there's bad blood with the organization.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 13, 2009 -> 12:55 PM) So would wrestling, but only if everything about wrestling wasn't absolutely retarded

What does Edmonds have against the Sox?

I detected some sarcasm coming from Thomas there. It still didn't make much sense, though.

If Anderson isn't playing ~70% of the time or more, I'm going to go back to hating Ozzie. If Owens is just a stop-gap because their 4th OF'er got injured, I'm not as annoyed with this move as I was at first. Either way, something needs to be done to shore up OF depth in the organization.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 13, 2009 -> 05:25 PM) And no U.S. company backed the invasion that stood to gain from it either. They were all 100% patriots. France was illegally skirting sanctions/ embargoes on the country and didn't want the gravy train to end. It's a little different in my eyes. Back on topic, this is a step in the right direction. Just end this stupid, failed embargo once and for all.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 13, 2009 -> 04:33 PM) UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH That was the exact noise I made when I heard this on the radio.

There was some soldier who was going to refuse to obey orders from Obama because of that whole "forged BC! Secret Kenyan Muslim!!!!!!" tin-foil-hattery stuff. My guess is that ends in a court martial. Crazy internet blog with a WND article on the topic QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 13, 2009 -> 03:19 PM) and of course RedState.com always has 100% reliable and unbiased reporting? If you track the links, RedState links to TheMinorityReportBlog (reliability of this site?), which gets its info from Floppingaces.net (a site I've never heard from) who gets it's info from an unnamed source. Great reliable reporting if you ask me. And I get ripped for referencing the HuffingtonPost. At least they do some actual journalism instead of linking through different blogs. That is why I hate blogs.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Apr 13, 2009 -> 09:40 AM) Really? I see post after post after post after post after post by these same people who think foreign folks should have the same exact rights as our citizens. When the equation comes out in a different circumstance, well, then, we step over the line? What does that have to do with this situation? Our citizens would have been treated the exact same way in a hostage situation.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Apr 12, 2009 -> 06:57 PM) I know I'm knitpicking, but his name is Fields. Therefore, it should be "Fields'". Sorry. Actually, to nitpick a little more, for proper nouns that end in "s," the correct punctuation is usually 's, as in Fields's. English being English, there are always exceptions. Oh yeah, go Sox!

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 11, 2009 -> 11:08 PM) Damn, thats about as dumb as trying to justify driving home drunk. What an idiot.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 11, 2009 -> 10:44 AM) But that also means, with COBRA, you have to pay up front until coverage begins. Hard to do with tens of thousands of dollars for surgery. Really though, I don't see this article as an illustration of a major problem with health care here. I just saw it as a sign that, apparently, Zales is a lousy place to work, and this regional manager (or whomever made the decision) is an asshole. Yeah, it really comes across as Zales being a bunch of assholes, not a broken health care system.

lostfan could have ghostwritten that paragraph as my opinion. I'm sure if we dug down deeper we'd all find disagreements, but his post is basically my opinion as well.

None of those charts have their axis labeled. What am I looking at there?

Listening to the 8th inning on my way home from work made sitting in traffic on 294 much more enjoyable. Thome!

So what's KC's pen look like this year?