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The B-Mac thread keeps producing gem after gem. QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Dec 24, 2006 -> 11:39 AM) And the next time you call me out like this, we'll exchange phone numbers and arrange a meeting...... QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Dec 24, 2006 -> 11:45 AM) Hahaha, talk about puffing one's chest out. Irony thy name is MSHAWKS. And unfortunately I can't give you my number and arrange a meeting because I'm not interested in guys. Sorry. Ziiiiiing

So Mariott agrees with 90% of the posters here that the trade sucks, and he's still and idiot

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Dec 24, 2006 -> 10:41 AM) Sounds like Somalia issued a deadline to Ethiopia, and Ethiopia said no. But I would agree with your line, who would have thought Ethiaopa had jets?!?! And an army?

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Dec 24, 2006 -> 10:33 AM) Or, perhaps you are giving some of the people here who claim to have "inside knowledge" too much credit. Perhaps you are giving too little credit to the White Sox, who recognize that these message boards (not just soxtalk, there are a couple others) are an important marketing tool, and the people who run this board.

While I can't comment on the above poster and his motives, I can agree that the trashing will begin shortly. It always does. And IMHO it occurs by fans of every team. QUOTE(TLAK @ Dec 24, 2006 -> 10:19 AM) You're the second guy in this thread to dis Jon Rauch as if he was a complete bust. He isn't a super star but is maturing into a good Major League pitcher. Jon was second in the National League with 85 appearances last year, throwing 91.3 innings with an ERA of 3.35. He went 4-5 on a team that lost 91 games. The National's GM Bowden has been talking about adding him to the rotation for 2007 but will leave it up to new manager Manny Acta. Rauch was traded along with Gary Majewski (now with Cincinnatti) for Carl Everett in 2004. He headlined a group of talented young pitchers that caused more than one national publication to call ours the best minor league system for young pitchers. I don't mean to dis Jon, but many had him as the second coming of Cy Young. He is also around here an icon of someone who "couldn't miss". While he is emerging as a good pitcher, he isn't something we couldn't live without. The difference between a Roger Clemens and a AAAA is razor thin, and can't be predicted with any certainty. So trading prospects isn't as earth shattering to me anymore.

QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 07:50 PM) My computer has been getting slower and slower as the weeks go on and it's gotten to the point now where it takes 20ish minutes to load up. Then today I got this message... I have an Insprion 1000 with a message stating: SMART failure predicted on hard drive 0:FUJITSU MHT2040AT-(PM) WARNING: immediately back up your data and replace your hard disk drive. A failure may be imminent. Press F1 to continue It loaded after i pressed f1, but this doesn't seem to bode well for the future. Would just getting a new hard drive fix the problem? Hard drives are cheap and replacing now instead of after a complete failure will save you a lot of grief.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 11:21 AM) now you're just all working against me It's not work, it's a labor of love . . .

Linked here More at link. All I could think of was Ethiopia has jets and bombs? wtf?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 21, 2006 -> 01:21 PM) Imagine that, American's want jobs that they can support their families with... Here is a silly thought, maybe we wouldn't need a minimum wage if we didn't allow half a million new illegals into the country every year? Maybe then we wouldn't allow corporations to artificially keep wage levels down, and we wouldn't need the government deciding living wages. But then again the wages are a secondary point. Its the actual jobs that are the point. I never hear that illegals do jobs American's don't want to do AT A HIGHER WAGE, the mantra is always they are jobs American's don't want, which is a load of crap IMO. All things being equal, a company would hire an illegal over a native anyday, even at the same wage, because they know they have absolute control over them. Do you think an illegal would file a complaint with OSHA? or start a labor union? Or file a lawsuit again their company? Of course not. If the company didn't think they would get caught, they would totally take the employee that they had complete control over, even if their were qualified, legal, interested workers at the same wage point. Agreed. I am surprised that you now support higher wages. When the Dems were pushing for increases in the minimum wage, that was going to kill businesses and the owners. Just keep in mind how low our unemployment rate has been for the past couple decades. A meat packing plant is about the worst job you can imagine. I'm not certain how many people are wanting to get in that career. Long, monotonous hours, cold, sharp knives, blood, etc. The meat packing companies have been begging for employees for a long time. Would you encourage your kid to take a job in a packing plant for $15/hour? The other issue the meat industry faces is people eating less and less beef. With a huge increase in cost, that would further increase. I don't think the American public is ready for $8/pound ground beef. But we've killed or downsizes other industries and survived.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Dec 23, 2006 -> 08:59 PM) I thought you were giving the winning numbers for the New Jersey lottery. I thought it was Rex's rolodex

I finally got over here and I am LMAO. Fans of both teams hate this trade. All of my Ranger fans think the Rangers got majorly hosed on this deal. They want the GM strung up like Christmas lights. Prospects are prospects in my book. I've watched waaaay to many not pan out. (where is big Jon Rauch?) I like B-Mac more because he posted here, but as a pitcher, I'll take a couple extra top to near top prospects for one top prospect.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 06:35 AM) Interesting stuff guys, you both just might be hearing from me soon... The "Let's Not Go" Gala is a letter writing campaign. Basically you would receive a letter from a friend that states, my wife has ben asked to put on this fund raiser gala, tickets are going to be $250. Your wife will need a new dress, and of course new shoes and a handbag to match. You will need to babysitter etc. etc. Why not just send a check for $500 and not go?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 20, 2006 -> 01:47 AM) I got lucky to run across that Sheppard album. I started searching for a version of "As Time Goes By' that I would like, as I always thought it was great song but could never find an acceptable version. I heard Sheppard's, then checked out the rest of the album. When I'm in the right mood, I love to listen to it. His tour took him down here a month or so ago. I couldn't attend and was really bummed. I heard it was a great show.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 05:10 PM) I don't read other people's posts... why was Teddy Roosevelt hanging in your office for many a year? A genie granted me a wish and I asked for dead Presidents to cover my walls . . .

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 04:26 PM) Even when some of the elections he certifies are considered to be almost invalid because of the amount of corruption involved? If he champions human rights but sucks at actually accomplishing anything (in the human rights department), does that make it ok because his intention was in the right place? He probably got the award as much for trying to be opposite of Bush as he did for his charity work, which is a shame because it almost overshadows his good work after leaving office. He should have let Habitat be his legacy and left it at that. The challenges will take more than one man. In reading your post I am reminded of a quote by Theodore Roosevelt which hung in my office for many a year. "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." "Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Wishing a Merry Christmas to you and yours.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 02:50 PM) What the hell. I'm going to throw this out there. If you enjoy the timeless classics like As Time Goes By or Fly Me To The Moon then the album by T. G. Sheppard called 'Classic Love Songs' is great. It is very richly orchestrated and Sheppard sings the tunes without the Sinatra type flair. 'In other words' he sings the songs as they were written without trying to jazz them up. If you like the old standards, give it a listen. Great call. I was going to be the lone voice for George Strait's Somewhere Down in Texas

QUOTE(RibbieRubarb @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 11:03 AM) I saw him cutting down acres of Rainforest to build a chain of Ruby Tuesdays!! That's going to put them out of business, so good bye Ruby Tue. . .* *damn, even I can't stoop to that low a pun.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 01:00 PM) I suppose that works. But I'm skeptical of all awards handed out by panels. There's a case for Carter...thirty years ago. Today, it isn't a "recognition" as much as a political prize. I'll agree with the first comment, but this is the mother of all panels. Number two, I have to agree again that there was a case thirty years ago however, his post-Presidency accomplishments are greater than during his Presidency or at the minimum added on top of them. I can't think of any other American who has traveled the globe as intensively in the name of peace and democracy. While others have lined their pockets, played in pro-ams on the PGA tour, or any other retirement activities, he remained active and used his platform as an American President, to champion human rights around the world. He was a much more worthy pick in 2003.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2074344,00.asp

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2006 -> 01:45 PM) Probably something pretty close to the second figure. We are still in the "vision" stage of determining what our "dreams" are before we start to figure out what they would cost, but a really loose estimate was $1-$2 million. I haven't been to the board of directors meeting yet, or to talk to the finance committee, so I have no real idea of the logisitics here. I was at the facilities committee meeting last night, and we had just started talking about what we wanted to do to transform a mid 1960's facility into something for the 21st century. One thing I have seen proved time and time again, is having the vision of what you will use the money for transforms the fund raiser. The "all we can get" does not work. Once you have the money figure in mind try and ascertain how wide you have to cast your net. If the amount and your location/resources are such that you believe one person/foundation has the resources to fill your needs, go ask and away you go. Some situations are like that. At the other end of the scale of needs, have Pres. Bush and Clinton raising money worldwide is what it takes. Don't cast the net any wider than you will need. I like the "let's not go" black tie gala. If you are nice, I may just let you in on the details.

I purposely mentioned the monetary investment because people are more likely to acquire free music than free DVDs or books.

Mike I have done many fund raisers. What is the dollar goal? What has the group done in the past? How many people are involved (paid staff/volunteers)? What resources do you have? The key is first adding up all the resources, and especially don't forget people and their hidden talents. Right now I am in the middle of a small fundraiser that we are projecting will earn us $45,000. That is much different than a $2,000,000 capital campaign. So what are we talking?

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