Texsox

QUOTE(Reddy @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 10:59 AM) i cannot believe there are still people in this country that would applaud for Karl Rove. it's disgusting. I wish he worked for a candidate I liked. He will be regarded as one of the most brilliant political minds of this generation. He just, IMHO, used his powers for evil.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 10:13 AM) What do the Spitzers and former NJ Gov. McGreevey and his wife have in common? (Other than the obvious scandal): See: Wearables awesome thanks for posting

Every player who does not live up to potential "screws up the Sox".

Hate to see anyone injured. I hope he gets back quickly. I wish he would come back and post while he's doing nothing.

^^^^^ what he said

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 02:20 AM) Is it just me, or did Peter Gabriel circa 1971 look just damn like Kelly Leek from the Bad News Bears? For those of you wondering, Jim was just laying in bed, studying the posters on his ceiling . . . grow up old man . . .

Amazing how much hatred and misinformation there is for the south around here. You guys are so full of b.s. it isn't funny.

For those of you thinking that Gov. Spitzer's undercover investigation was perhaps the greatest ever undertaken by an elected official or celebrity, I remind you of this specially deputized undercover narcotics agent and the President®* who made it possible. * just for Alpha

I think it is a style issue that each newspaper should decide. If you are writing a story in Chicago about Daley, do you need the (D)? That gets redundant. Personally, if it is just for identification, I wish they would never mention it. How many people waited to see what party he was from before deciding how they would react? I just don't see editors sitting around making changes based on which party it is.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 09:28 PM) They are the only ones who can spend $50,000,000 for a job that pays $100,000. It's only $50 mil because the printers are getting rich

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 09:30 PM) God no, I want no part of that contract, it's hideous! It will look like a bargain in two years, just like Maggs.

How about a Crede for Rowand trade

We do like electing millionaires.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Mar 10, 2008 -> 11:05 PM) OK,. check this out. ABC has a slide show of 13 political sex scandals. Guess how many of them who are Dems actually are named as Dems? And then guess how many who are Repubs are named as repubs? No cheating, guess before you look. If I counted right, they picked 5 Dems and 7 Repubs. How many of each were named as such? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Blotter/pop...x=1&page=13 And for all those liberal who claim that there is no bias, the old media can put a stop to this any time they want by instituting a style guideline, that says something like a politician's party affiliation must be mentioned inthe first paragraph or when their name is first mentioned. But they don't, so they can just move that little D or R around to wherever it seems to fit best for them in the story, paragraph 1 or 15. So in your opinion the media should look at party affiliation and make certain that each party is mentioned equally? Clintion would have loved that during the Monica reporting.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 08:18 PM) I think it is HIGHLY unfortunate that the deep south is still so racist. It's staggering the Black/White divide in the south. I am glad to see Obama win these mostly white states, but it kinda hurts to see him win these southern states with such a divide. Just goes to show that after nearly 143 years, there is still such rampid if not secret racism. I saw way more racism in Chicago than I do in Texas. Boston is in a class(less) by themselves.

They have to get to work, shop, take the kids to baseball practice, and hookers have to drive to the Mayflower to meet the Governor . . . If I was living in an area that was paying $.60 more per gallon than other areas of the country, I'd be pushing for a temporary reduction in the taxes.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 12:33 PM) Ummm, but we are all posters on a message board, and that is it. Mariotti is a professional journalist for one of the two biggest papers in Chicago. Objectivity should be a part of his job. Nope, he writes an opinion piece, not a news article.

no, those poll numbers are for his health care plan. Kap posted in the past day or two that Hispanics are still supporting Clinton in a big way in Texas, and I posted that Obama won areas with sizable Black populations. Anyone that has been reading for more than a month should know that neither Kap or I are racist. It is a damn shame when someone can point to something like this, comment in it, and then be called a racist. And the obvious retort is that Clinton is doing really well with women, so that cuts both ways. And there are a lot of white males voting for McCain. Duh The majority of people are most comfortable with people who look, talk, and act like they do. That is a huge edge in any popularity contest. And people are not studying the issues and carefully coming to a conclusion.

What sometimes is forgotten is those foreign cars are sold by Americans, are delivered via trains and trucks by Americans, are serviced by Americans. It isn't like a total loss. And, if you live on the border, hookers are legal in Mexico, I like imported beer, so I guess I have to start smoking.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 06:24 PM) Actually, I for one would argue that it is too low. But there is sort of an artificial equilibrium that will establish itself no matter what tax rate you set that will hold the price the consumer pays roughly constant. If you raise the gas tax, then the price of oil drops somewhat as demand drops, bringing the price at the pump back to where it currently is. If you lower the gas tax, the price of oil will go up as demand increases. I'd argue that the drop in demand associated with an increase is desirable on its own, but that's sort of how the market works. There's a feedback either way that is going to push the system back towards the current point. Constant? Then why are gas prices ranging, today, in the US, from under $3 to over $3.50? I paid $3.05 today, I imagine your price is higher. The taxes are different in every city in America. So what you are saying is if California lowers their tax on gas, people in Mississippi will be paying more for gas? So if Mississippi raises their tax, then California will pay less? So looking at the current prices across the nation, http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 06:15 PM) What that would be likely to do is drive U.S. gas demand sharply downwards...so hypothetically, that would drive the price of a barrel of oil downwards...but the problem is, we're up against a monopoly, so they'd simply cut production to make up the difference, thus keeping the price of oil high. Of course, there may be other benefits to that sort of tax (i.e. significant decrease in greenhouse gas emissions ) worth thinking about in the process as well. So we magically have the perfect tax level on fuel, not too high and not too low. /faints

So what we need is to increase taxes on gas so they can't raise our prices too much. Perhaps slap a $1.00 per gallon tax on and what OPEC drop prices like a rock?

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 12:26 PM) In exchange for a couple hours of verbally taunting you...I bet we could come up with that from this site. screw that, it's free every day

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 12:08 PM) Yes, it is the same family. Then I would never vote for him, his daughter, or one of the family ladies, kicked my ass in a tournament in Aurora Rep I assume?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 11, 2008 -> 12:03 PM) On a side bar, I could hardly believe my eyes for the endorsements in the special election for Hasterts seat. The ST endorsed Oberweis, and the Trib endorsed Foster. Is Obereis from the dairy family? If so, he was a huge supporter or chess in the area. Nice man IIRC.