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I'll give you six million reasons why it is a bad idea.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ May 15, 2007 -> 02:26 PM) According to Bloomberg's proposal, driving your car south of 86th Street, and you'll pay $8. $27 if you are a truck. IIRC it worked in London, I didn't realize that any US city was looking at it.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ May 15, 2007 -> 02:07 PM) Big controversy in NYC this past month as Bloomberg proposed Congestion Pricing tolls. I legitimately don't think Bloomberg is running for President next year. Like I said, the local rumors are about governor - not President. Congestion pricing tolls? Sounds interesting.

QUOTE(Cknolls @ May 15, 2007 -> 02:12 PM) http://www.floppingaces.net/2007/05/13/rap...ion-and-murder/ When will BIG AL have a say so about this?...... Jesse? What a horrific story.

Happy Birthday!! Happy Birthday!! Happy Birthday!! Happy Birthday!! Y'all . . .

I don't believe it is fair to apply current understandings and values to actions from a decade or more ago. The world changes, far more important is how people face those changes and learn from past mistakes.

Gee, it couldn't be that soldier in the field are using those avenues to portray less than Hollywood versions of event in Iraq? Why the hell wasn't Soxtalk blocked? Damn, we have to recruit more soldiers, This is the kind of spontaneous publicity we need! Our name in print! That really makes somebody! Things are going to start happening for us now.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 15, 2007 -> 01:21 PM) Sorry to change the subject but what if people gloated over the death of Bin Laden? Would the mods have to curb those types of responses as well? Would we have to? No Would we? Probably, depending on the comments.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 15, 2007 -> 12:32 PM) Its not just the rich, the powerful, or anything like that. How many drunken Irish, or stupid Polish jokes do you hear? Its OK to portray all Jews as money hungry, and all Indians as either taxi cab drivers or 7-11 owners. How many rich taxi-cab drivers do you know? Exactly. And that is where my concept of a scale comes into play. The worse the plight of the group, the less we are willing to accept those insults and racial slurs. The "easier" it is for the group, the more willing we are to ignore the insult. Using these examples, the average Jew in America isn't subjected to many barriers, not denied many advancements, plenty of Jewish people in high level government and private jobs. So as a society we are slower to react than if the attack is against Blacks. Again, not saying it is necessarily fair, and your comment about creating a disadvantaged group was brilliant. We should be more careful about allowing comments about all groups.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 15, 2007 -> 12:40 PM) A #9 in the AL is the #8 in the NL and I'm sure even the numbers would show that. Your worst hitter is your worst hitter only difference being there's usually 1 guy who's even more pathetic than your worst offensive player when you are an NL team. Even the worst hitting starting position players in the American league are still going to hit over .200 in a lot of cases you're not even getting a .100 batting average from your starting pitcher. Obviously the pitcher comes out and is replaced by a DH. But is taking that entire gain valid? For example, if Frank Thomas had been drafted and played in the NL. He would have been forced to play the field. He'd be a positional player.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 15, 2007 -> 12:28 PM) The one thing you can look at is the one guaranteed automatic out you have when pitching to an NL lineup, a luxury you don't get in the AL. Have you peeked at the bottom of our order? One mitigating factor is the bottom of the NL order forces small ball. Sac bunts, etc. Would it be more statistically valid to compare a DH to a pitcher or a #9 to a pitcher?

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ May 15, 2007 -> 12:18 PM) While watching "Lockup" on MSNBC last night, a thought came to mind: are prisoners now banned from smoking? I know that they have made exceptions for state-run nursing homes so that they can smoke in their own rooms still. Depends on if the state uses an electric chair or lethal injection?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 15, 2007 -> 12:01 PM) Are you serious? Who was the last person President who won the office on a shoestring budget? The Presidency has been bought every four years for a long time now. I tend to agree with SS, but it is all part of a bigger picture, I think a great candidate can overcome some spending differences. I'm not certain where the balance is, but I don't think that money alone can win office for a poor candidate. I'm struggling for the correct words here, as usual. Take two candidates A is 20% "better" with 20% less money. I believe A is still the winner.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 15, 2007 -> 12:00 PM) I know that it is much easier to miss the big picture, and just jump on the outrage train with everyone else, but I still don't get how this is OK for some groups, but it isn't for others. You mocking me just proves that point. It is OK to slander people as long as they aren't one of the groups who are under the spotlight now. If they aren't in that spotlight, it is OK, no scratch that, socially admirable, to joke about them. The thing is it is just as bad when you do it about one group as another, no matter what the TV tells you is funny. If you want to be outraged about the T-shirts, fine, but I hope you stand up everytime this happens instead of joining the mindless hypocrates who don't see anything wrong with their actions. You raise a great point. I believe there is a scale that society has and is using. What suffering has this group endured, how justified was the suffering, how recent, how severe, and what is balancing it? So while it would seem to be unfair to negatively portray WASPy millionaires, we accept it on some cosmic balance scale. Figuring they can go home to their nice homes in the suburb, polish their Mercedes, and feel better about themselves. Conversely, negatively portray a disabled person who has been denied employment, denied a quality of life, liberty, and happiness, and we feel a need to "protect" that individual. I'm not saying it is fair in any way. Beautiful, white millionaires have feelings too. But we cheer for the underdogs, protect the weak and helpless. There is a certain humanity that I believe works for us.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 15, 2007 -> 11:07 AM) He'd also be too busy whoring himself out to score treats and belly rubs. Who did he learn that trick from?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 15, 2007 -> 10:34 AM) Lame. Partly because it's offensive, but mostly because it just wasn't very creative or funny. The ironic twist is Anglos took a reasonable somber Mexican holiday and turned it into a Mexican Mardi Gras, then used the anglicized version and attempted a lampoon of Mexicans.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 15, 2007 -> 11:04 AM) Then please explain demand increasing with increasing prices. Fear of loss? Get it now or possibly not get any? I'm thinking of Middle East flareups, hurricanes, etc.

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Good points.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 12, 2007 -> 01:25 PM) Dogs at the park >>>>>> fireworks You don't want to spook the dogs and have them s*** and piss all over the stadium.

Which coaching staff do you get? Walker could work some magic with that Cubs lineup . . .

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ May 14, 2007 -> 03:52 PM) I'm not addicted at all. Once I realized some of the questions were flat out wrong, I didn't even have the desire to keep trying. Think of it as a memory test, it doesn't matter what the question/answers are.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ May 15, 2007 -> 07:51 AM) I was really far into the original game. I was half way through Naxx, I had completed Zul Gurub, Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, AQ20 and AQ40. I was decked in tier2 or better and wiped the floor with most people I encountered 1 on 1...it was like working toward a goal and being rewarded by becoming one of the strongest in the land -- I also decimated battlegrounds so much that the person below me had half the kills and damage dealt in the battle. Then Burning Crap came out and everyone with their non-epic greens and blues were just as strong -- if not stronger than me -- and did absolutly nothing to earn it. Meh. I'm level 70 -- still have a character that can hang, but I just got bored after all that time. How do you mention that on your resume?