StrangeSox

QUOTE (Friend of Nordhagen @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 06:47 PM) Folks, this is the start AFTER the start on 3 days rest. This is the same one he got lit up on the last time he went on 3 days. Once again, Ozzie and Cooper juggled their rotation so that Danks would not pitch in this series and everone else would go on 3 days rest at least once. Still dumb. I'll never understand why they did that.

McCain is sinking like a lead balloon in the polls. Fox News' latest poll has him at only 39%. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/20..._obama-225.html

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 10:19 AM) Palin is a straight talker. (I know, that's a bad pun from the "Straight Talk Express"... but read me out). What I mean by that is, and I think Rex said it best in another thread, she gives a POLI 101 answer to a POLI 401 question, she talks plainly and simple. She doesn't give the "political bulls*** answer" that you'd hear from any of the other three. What does that mean? Most Americans, it's nothing - as a matter of fact, might even be somewhat refreshing. Our darling media? It means they will lamblast every freaking answer she has on anything until the cows come home, because she's not "sophisticated". Is that good or bad? It's both, frankly. I have to disagree with that. She gives the POLI 101 answer because she doesn't understand it at a higher level (imo). Ignorance is not refreshing to me. You can have a very solid understanding of the issues at hand and still be able to explain things in simple terms. Some people have great knowledge but are poor teachers/ explainers. She appears to have a simple understanding of the issues, hence her simple explanations.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 12:43 AM) Vazquez was absolutely terrible tonight, and I don't care if he didn't have his best stuff. FSN North had him registering around 88-92 with his fastball, and I don't remember seeing him use his changeup at all. That Kubel AB was pathetic too...I wonder what happens when you throw a good fastball hitter 6 straight fastballs...? Griffey has a use on this team, but it's as a backup outfielder or pinch hitter late in the game. He should be no where near CF tomorrow - hopefully it's Anderson or even Swisher or Wise - but I strongly doubt it and expect a similar lineup tomorrow night. That's a piss poor lineup the Sox are throwing out there. I also wouldn't mind seeing either Wise or Ramirez in the 2 hole tomorrow...AJP is a cheater because he is cheering for the Twins. The stoppers are going in the next two, and Blackburn got f***ed up his last start. Time for Buehrle to earn his moneys. Vazquez used his changeup at least once. That was the meatball he spotted high and right over the plate for Kubel's first HR.

More awesomeness.

f***ing. Awesome.

We all know that was the only chance to score this inning.

How many mistakes have they let him get away with?

Javier Vazquez is just a bad pitcher, period.

JVINAA

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 11:08 AM) Not so much that, the term irrelevant was wrong for me to use. But even in a blowout race in a local or state election, it feels like your vote at least counts. In the electoral college, it's moreso a case in a blowout state like Illinois where the 20 someting electoral college votes all go to the winning candidate in the state, and that's the end. It feels like your vote didn't count. That's the argument the other way against the electoral college. Candidates would spend most of their time in places like Chicago, New York, and LA. Why would they ever bother with rural Nevada or Iowa?

I have a very serious dislike for Sarah Palin and the way they are trying to completely shield her from the media. I'm glad her favorability ratings are plummeting.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 23, 2008 -> 09:47 AM) I was just listening to a student talk about those. I could not believe they are allowed. The local loan sharks offer better deals. I was at a currency exchange last summer for some car-related stuff. They had a sign on the wall for their payday loans and it broke down the APR. Since it cost you $15 to borrow $100 for a week, the APR was something crazy like 450%. Insane.

Does anyone know a good source of information for local election issues? I have no idea what I'm going to see on the ballot this November, who's running for what, what taxes they're going to ask for, etc. Does the Tribune or anyone else cover this stuff?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 22, 2008 -> 07:17 PM) So then here's an alternative. We're dumping $1 trillion or $2 trillion or something like that in to the economy. The U.S. has a $12 trillion mortgage market, IIRC. If the problem is bad mortgage debt, why not take the $1 or $2 trillion and instead of handing it over to banks, use it to pay off a chunk of the mortgages for the people who are falling behind? IF the loans are paid off, if the loans don't go bad, then the people on wall street don't win because the profit from those loans was processed a long time ago, but they also don't lose because the loans are paid off. I'm sorry, but why should Joe Taxpayer pay for these peoples' houses? If they can't afford a home, you, me, and everyone else on Soxtalk shouldn't be forced to buy it for them, to the tune of $5,000 of debt for every single taxpayer.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 22, 2008 -> 01:37 PM) That's kinda misleading. What you just witnessed there was a nasty short-squeeze combined with bad news. The second month contract was only up $6. All of the people who were short through the selling had to get out today and got killed by the dollar getting sold off. If this wasn't October last trading day, that last $20ish worth of rally doesn't happen. So does this mean we're likely to see oil come back here?

Are seller-financed down payments really what got us into this mess? I realize the correlation between them and foreclosure, but isn't there a better way around this than banning this practice? If I were going to be buying a new home and the builder wanted to offer me $5000 towards the down-payment, why shouldn't they be able to, and why will that make me more likely to default? Couldn't they reform the rules so that you can have this payment assistance only if you are well-qualified? I also just realized that every sentence (except this one) is a question in this post.

There's a plethora of editorials out today blaming the Democrats for everything wrong with the economy. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=new...d=aSKSoiNbnQY0# http://townhall.com/Columnists/NealBoortz/..._meltdown_story

FBI Searches Apartment in Palin Hack Case

FWIW, there wasn't really a "playoffs" in 1906, since you just went straight to the World Series.

I enjoyed Burn After Reading, especially the final scene.

Will the Fed. be guaranteeing 10% S&P 500 returns next? So how much is this going to hurt the American taxpayer in the long run?

I'm also missing who the ACLU would even be going after here.

QUOTE (AssHatSoxFan @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 12:29 PM) Route 47 is too slow with too many cars and stop lights/signs There is a better route my dad has taken for 20+ years and it is more direct than 47 Yeah, but you get to tour scenic Straw, population 100.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 18, 2008 -> 10:55 AM) ACORN is a very corrupt organization, and it defies logic that they haven't been investigated yet and that someone isn't in jail. But then again, the give big to Dems and like to register Deomcrats, real or fictional, so there is your answer. They have faced prosecution before and have been convicted. Ironically, they were sentenced to community service in at least once case. From wiki: