Texsox

Spiff who? Happy Birthday!!

I'm starting to understand Rex a whole lot more . . .

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ May 18, 2007 -> 08:47 AM) ok, so you are a pker.....but I have a secret. so depending WHO you are (Ghoulius Caesar is my next guess) I'm actually winning, by a lot. wait.... yosemiteclimber?? I have waaaaay less time in the game then you do.

Even if the offended person handles it without complaining that doesn't make it right. I once asked a few of my Mexican-American Scouts why it was the Anglo kids in the Troop that were madder than they were when some kid started calling our guys wet backs and other slurs. They replied if they got upset every time they heard stuff like that they would be walking around mad all the time. The fact that they didn't complain or get upset doesn't mean they were not offended and hurt. It also doesn't mean those comments should be condoned.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2007 -> 08:26 AM) I liked it! I liked it!

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 18, 2007 -> 07:58 AM) Why debate a spokeskook? Usually it isn't a wise choice. I can only think of a few cases where it makes sense. If it is your only opponent in a political race. And if you are involved in a pseudo sport like Wrestling or NASCAR. BTW, I think I will trademark spokeskook. I can think of soooo many.

Again, it appears we protect those that we believe need protection and allow the others to fend for themselves. So "breeder" gets a pass and "that's so gay" doesn't. Americans usually pull for the underdog, we don't beat puppies, and don't drown kittens. We creat an elaborate system to produce hamburgers from one animal and an elaborate system to save other stray animals. Middle class white males with all the advantages are ok to satire and poor retarded children are protected. Not certain it fits anyones definition of fair, but that is our society. Work to change it. Some would say we work to change it by allowing anyone to insult anyone, others would want equal attention when they are referred to as breeders. Two totally different solutions.

A little Alice Cooper? Nice touch YAS

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ May 18, 2007 -> 07:35 AM) ? Not me. And btw lifetime, we're even.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2007 -> 07:31 AM) I love oxymorons. A stretch, but nice

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 18, 2007 -> 07:32 AM) So many people thought a President should give repeated audiences to Cindy Sheehan, also. And like now, I disagreed with 'so many people'. I didn't think she should have had one. And even if you ardently agreed with her, there are so many better spokespersons for the anti-war stance, why send a spokeskook?

guess again.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 18, 2007 -> 12:48 AM) You say far left and looney tunes left like there is a difference. Yes, Thompson used it as an easy way to score points with conservatives and moderates. That's still no reason to dignify the far left Moore with a debate. It would only serve to legitimacize him. No one right of San Francisco would bother. Yet so many people thought a President of the US should answer the debate call.

A couple getting hot here and there throughout the summer would be fine.

Very good veteran players average out over a season. Every team hits a slump. Eventually veterans like Konerko, Dye, Gooch, AJ will come close to their career numbers, meaning they will have to heat up over their averages as much as they have been under. That's what you pay for in veterans over rookies (BA for example) All in all, at this point in the season, I am feeling optimistic based on three decades of watching the nation's pastime.

Winning series isn't a bad way to stay in the hunt.

Link?

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 17, 2007 -> 06:20 PM) I have seen the Cubs and Dusty Baker endlessly mocked on this site for over using Wood and Pryor down the stretch of a pennant race yet, now I see Ozzie being criticized for protecting a good young pitcher instead of using him in an oh so important rivalry game. It is always different YAS, it's always different. QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 17, 2007 -> 07:03 PM) McCarthy. He did pretty well too. A windblown homer beat him. I could not remember if it was B-Mac or Rausch.

We've brought up guys for this same series before.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 17, 2007 -> 05:44 PM) na, no one will buy those. you wanna go with the Goracle stickers. Talk about a vote that didn't matter. My area is about 95% Democrats and Texas leaned a lttle toward Dubya in the last election. I knew before casting my vote that my County would be overwhelming to the Dems and the electoral college vote would be to Bush.

The The McAllen Monitor, a newspaper on the border. McALLEN — Local leaders and immigrant advocates said the U.S. Senate’s plan to offer 12 million illegal immigrants green cards and more visas for skilled and educated workers would do little to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States. “The waiting lists for green cards are currently 10 to 15 years long,” said Vaughn Cox, spokesman for the labor group La Union del Pueblo Entero. “That is not a realistic hope for someone who has to migrate.” Senators reached a bipartisan compromise Thursday that will most likely be debated on the Senate floor Monday. It would allow the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States to stay for eight to 13 more years, as long as they pay a $5,000 fine and a processing fee. President Bush said he supported the bill. In return, the head of the family would need to leave the country at the end of the period to await their green card in their home country. Children under 18 and spouses will be allowed to wait in the United States. The time period for that wait hasn’t been set yet. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) was one of the senators involved in the three-month long negotiations, said his spokesman, John Drogin. In a conference call Thursday with reporters, Cornyn said the bill is a “work in progress” and that a better job needs to be done to battle identity theft and document fraud. He also called for doubling the size of the U.S. Border Patrol and boosting worksite enforcement, both components the Senate’s plan requires before implementing any new immigration law. “I do not support a repetition of the amnesty that passed in 1986,” Cornyn said. “Granting legal status to 12 million people is problematic.” The plan also includes a new guest worker program that would allot 400,000 visas a year. Workers could renew that every two years, for a maximum of three times. These visas would be awarded based on a point system that values skilled and educated workers more than families, which currently have a more likely chance of obtaining temporary visas. Agricultural workers would be covered under a separate program. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), one of the lead negotiators, said the compromise, which is 380 pages long, would most likely be demonized by critics for being too lenient or too harsh. “It has been a prodigious effort over the last three months,” he said during a nationally televised press conference. “No matter what we craft, we will be attacked.” The bill is more of a security bill than an immigration bill, said Michele Waslin, director of immigration policy research for the National Council of La Raza. Visas for temporary workers would be handed out on a point system that shifts weight to high-skilled and educated workers, making it less likely for families to get visas, she said. “It really undermines our whole foundation for our immigration system right now,” she said. “We think it is very problematic that it allows people in for a short period of time and then forces them to leave; we don’t want to create a second-class worker that has fewer rights and is vulnerable.” The Mexican government declined to comment pending a review of the proposal, according to Miriam Medel-Garcia, spokeswoman for the consulate in McAllen. The U.S. House of Representatives is set to begin debating its bill once the Senate approves its own bill. It’s estimated that will happen around June or July, said U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, whose district includes Starr and western Hidalgo counties. He and other congressmen were briefed on the Senate compromise about an hour before an agreement was reached. He would not specifically comment on the Senate version, but said he supports any bill that enforces border security, enacts a guest-worker program and deals with the 12 million illegal immigrants. “If (illegal immigrants) follow rules, pay taxes and don’t violate laws, we will let them into our community,” he said. “I am glad that the Senate has started some type of process to legalize the 11 or 12 million illegal immigrants.” ——