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AJ, tough, big, and quick. Plus, he is probably smart enough to keep all the gear on

Growing up, the Sears Toy Catalog

Holiday Inn for nostalgia and then Christmas Story. And who can say no to Charlie Brown? That was the major TV event of the season growing up.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2007 -> 09:13 AM) I would be much more interested in some actual changes in policy versus some hyperbole and rhetoric towards a friendly government. Exactly. We have to really stretch our definition of "friend" to include any major oil exporting nation, but the Saudis are about as good as it gets (sadly) and ripping them to grab some votes seems short sighted and not what I'd want from a President. I'd love to be energy independent in 25 years, as long as we still have vehicles and a decent environment.

You may select more than one.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Nov 26, 2007 -> 09:07 AM) Or maybe not so curious after all.... Turns out that if you leave the Senate by the end of the year, you are not beholden to the new ethics rules which prevent sitting Congressmen from becoming lobbyists for two years after you leave office. Always an angle

Nolan Ryan

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Nov 26, 2007 -> 08:39 AM) Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me) - Crow Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 09:43 PM) I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 08:26 PM) so are we talking about surfing or sex? I guess you haven't done either

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 24, 2007 -> 04:48 PM) I always think it's fun with Mariotti articles to go through the records of him. A non-trivial percentage of the time, you can find 2 completely opposed articles on the same issue a few months apart. He just goes after whichever side makes him look correct at the time. Look at the Garland and Cabrera threads, some poster went through that in a matter of hours

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 06:26 PM) I rode on the DC Metro this past week. I was reminded how clean, quiet and reliable that system is. Did a little research though - they get a LOT more money per track mile than the CTA does. And their infrastructure isn't nearly as old either. Yet the assumption is the CTA is corrupt and mismanaged. Which may be true.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 05:22 PM) My wife took our boys to see her father in Branson, Mo last week. He is very sick, so this may be a last time for them to see him. Her and her brother are going to stay another week, so I drove to St. Louis this AM to meet her half way and bring the boys the rest of the way home. Left the house at 6:30 AM, and saw zero cops the whole way down. After we had lunch and loaded up to head home, saw 28! They sure didn't have to worry about too much speeding with all that freezing rain crap coming down! Rain freezes? Hey Kap, ain't that crazy s***?

And just think as THE Leader of Australia, he's about the 1,348 most powerful person in the world

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 05:02 PM) Probably half those 3 million don't pay taxes, or almost nothing, so you can double your savings to almost $70! But another 25,000,000 tourists and suburbanites pay sales taxes, so now it works out to about $1.50!

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 01:50 PM) Back to back Led Zeppelin! Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin Same Old Song and Dance - Aerosmith

QUOTE(The Critic @ Nov 23, 2007 -> 12:10 PM) I don't do Black Friday, but my wife and her Mom picked up a bunch of stuff for the Secret Santa thing we're doing for an underprivileged family. They got toys for the son, gifts for the Mom and Dad, clothes for all three, plus food and sundries, all for under 150 bucks. If you really cared you would have froze your ass off at Black Friday sales and brought home twice as much stuff. But I guess underprivileged kids don't deserve your best efforts. Oops, sorry, I thought you were John Edwards or Al Gore.

a few 2GB USB drives for $12.88

I will agree that the few thousand professional philosophers will pick a fellow professional as the best of our generation. But who is having the greatest impact today and on the greatest number of people? Clearly it will not be someone publishing only for academics. To have any impact, and therefor something beyond theoretical value, it has to be in the hands of the common man. Why does almost every American poet give props to Whitman? Because he not only wrote great poetry, he also made poetry accessible.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 01:29 PM) Its nice in theory, but the repairs to the mass transit infastructure was pegged a something like $6 billion recently. It wouldn't even make a dent in what is needed. That is a great point, with a population of three million, even a 100 million dollar naming deal would be less than $35 per person. Hardly much of a tax savings.

^^^^^^ What he said.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 01:35 PM) Not a bad laugh! But responding to that seriously -- plenty of people know about modern philosophers. Academics, students, those with a significant interest in contemporary philosophy. I don't count myself a student of philosophy. I prefer poetry for concise, vague insight. The last philosopher I really became acquainted with was Leo Strauss, whose ideas I was espousing at work without knowing it and my boss, who is big on the Greeks, said, "Oh, you should check out Strauss!" so I did. He's alright. He's also in my general realm: politics. He's known by some as the forefather of neoconservatism but I disagree with that, though that's a whole nother story. Anyway, I'm just saying -- lots of philosophers exist and know about each other. I mean, did the average person know about Hobbes and Nietzsche when they lived? Does the average person know? That sort of intellectual discourse isn't made for Vanity magazine or websites but there are a lot of people involved and knowledgebale about it. Maybe I'll ask one of my Professors about philosophers of today on Friday, since this is a guy I met by chance who I talk baseball with since he's completely crazy about the game and I am as well. (we also talk a little politics and a little life.) That's all I've got on the subject. Like I said excellent points, but millions more will be exposed to the philosophy of Thom Yorke and he will have a greater impact than someone writing a dusty academic tome that will be read by dozens.

All very good points, but if no one knows about them, do they exist? Isn't there some criteria about impact? If all they have done is write a couple books that no one reads, can they pass the test of time.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Nov 25, 2007 -> 12:45 PM) Tex, Did you really just say that infomercials, websites and Robbins are today's philosophers? Please elaborate. Gregory Pratt No, I said that the philosophers of our day would have a website, perhaps an infomercial, a viral video on youtube, a myspace account, etc. Those are the popular forms of communications today. I don't think it would be to tough to apply most definitions of philosophy to Robbins. However, his philosophy probably will not extend past his life. I also am not saying his philosophy is good, valid, rational, or anything else. But even a poor philosopher is still a philosopher, just like the guy who dgraduates last from medical school is still called Doctor. Or as was penned four decades ago And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls"