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QUOTE(WinningUgly85 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 10:31 AM) why are we making freddy think hes walking out the door. I don't see this as a good thing. Freddy might not be playing wellbecause of this. Good point. I think we place too much value on some of this stuff, but in this case you could be right. Didn't Colon have the same problem? But, if winning another WS in our lifetimes is a goal, isn't there room in the rotation for one "Big Game" guy? I'd love to have him in Rocktober . . .

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 10:33 AM) If you want to see "restrictions" read up on what it takes to get onto a plane in Tel Aviv. American's have it incredibly easy. Agreed. We also have the "I can kick the f***ing s*** out of you and your entire country so bring it on" mentality. This could be the next battle with the airlines. I wonder if one airline would have the balls to be the most restrictive and try to compete on that basis. Huge gamble, but it could really grab market share if it worked. I don't think it would, but who knows.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 09:03 AM) In a wierd way, right now might be the safest time to fly for Deploderer. Help me out here. I don't know much about liquid explosives. but part of what I read mentioned that liquids, such as hair gel, hair sprays, perfumes, etc will be banned from carry on luggage. Why did it take so long for someone to realize this? I don't think it took long because of not knowing the potential problems, but in conditioning the public to accept these restrictions. I see the clear plastic bag as the next step. If we went from almost no restrictions to barefoot in airport issued pjs with three items in a plastic bag, there would have been some blow back. Do it gradually and we'll accept it. After all, if riding half naked on the plane saves one life and stops the terrorists from taking over our lives . . .

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 10:09 AM) No way. They are too homophobic. Like the military, don't ask, don't tell.

I love Google

There has to ba an Oscar Gamble from 1977, I just want to see the hair again. Fisk Iguchi Uribe A little too heavy possibly on current stuff, but these things usually are.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 07:40 AM) Who cares? This story (and offshoots of it) is/(are) getting old. So there's an agenda. Surpirsed? I think not. Who sets the agenda and how? More likely scenario, there is competition among freelancers to sell photos. If the papers do not buy, you don't make any money. So they create a photo that will sell. The newspaper buys it, expecting it to be accurate, and they get duped. I know that worldwide conspiracy theories are way more fun, but I just can't take that leap of faith that all teh worlds newspapers are getting together to elect Presidents and publish lies.

May I make a plug for Scouting? The program builds on learning moments and allows kids to fail along the way. But out of site of screaming parents (Little League).

Since it applies to both, there are many times, as I watch these conflicts without end, I would fit that label. Not in a racist way, but in a "I want to stick this boot up your ass and straighten you out" sort of way. I have love and respect for both sides, and wonder if there will ever be a peaceful happiness in that region in my lifetime. I don't believe so.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 10, 2006 -> 09:50 AM) Who is Art, and how does he get people to get naked for him? Duh, only people named art can be naked in the picture, that's what makes it challenging. Show of hands, who thinks this is the greatest artistic con ever and wish they thought of it first?

LOL, it took a couple time but I saw her kind of in the middle.

Again, we are looking at specific situations involving marijuana. Not every situation should involve government stepping in, but many do. Will your business or residence hurt my real estate values? The government steps in. Why should they care that you park four abandoned cars on your lawn and paint your house like the Partridge Family bus?

Has technology made this harder or easier to perpetrate? On one hand photo editing software makes doctoring photos child's play and quick, on the other the internet makes spotting these easier. Newspapers can be lied to. Much of our lives are based on trust. We trust that oncoming car won't swerve into our lane and we trust that the photographer selling photos is telling the truth. How would you authenticate those types of photos? No wonder trust in media is dropping, being replaced by our government and admittedly biased sources like the talking heads. the question will be was Reuters a victim of a dishonest freelancer/employee or criminal in it's own actions? If a store accepts a counterfeit bill, we don't charge them with counterfeiting.

Can a great fan also be a great poster?

I sat around debating what to do about a few adults who acted like children on an internet message board.

Aug. 6 - Around four hundred people strip off in Germany for New York artist Spencer Tunick. Tunick is famed for photographing nude crowds in urban landscapes. The aim of his latest installation in Dusseldorf was to create a three-dimensional body sculpture. Chelsea Edwards reports. SOUNDBITE: Jan Niclas saying (German): "They suddenly said, 'ok get undressed', and you have to force yourself. But there were three or four hundred people around you, all naked, so it was ok" Link with video

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 02:48 PM) or maybe he just wasn't trying to kill the kid. Then the "defending his life" argument falls away. If you are using deadly force, you have to be prepared to kill. Shoot for the biggest body mass, the chest. Not for limbs like in some spaghetti western. He claims the kid was trying to kill him, why would be be shooting to maim?

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 02:51 PM) TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE A GOOD SOXTALK.COM POSTER: 10. ABILITY TO POST "SEND [iNSERT STARTER'S NAME HERE] TO THE BULLPEN AND START B-MAC" THREAD EVERY WEEK 9. DEMONSTRATE CLINICAL SCHIZOPHRENIA, BETWEEN "WE'RE DOOMED" SCENARIOS AFTER A LOSS AND "ALL THE PIECES ARE IN PLACE!" AFTER A WIN 8. ENTER INTO LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIHP WITH JOHN GARLAND. FIRST HALF HE WAS "JUDY"; SECOND HALF HE'S OUR ONLY HOPE, OBI WAN, OUR ONLY HOPE (THE REVERSE BEING TRUE LAST YEAR) 7. ENJOY BEING PUT IN THE DAMNED-IF-YOU-DO SITUATION OF PICKING A CENTER FIELDER TO START ONCE AND FOR ALL: ANDERSON = GREAT GLOVE AND NOODLE BAT; MACOWIAK = OKAY BAT BUT SPECIAL-OLYMPICS-LIKE CF ABILITY 6. SECOND-GUESS OZZIE WITHOUT "REALLY" SECOND-GUESSING HIM, BY PREFACING POSTS WITH DISCLAIMERS LIKE: "I'M NOT TRYING TO BE AN ARMCHAIR MANAGER, BUT...", WHILE PARKED FIRMLY IN YOUR LAY-Z-BOY 5. PISS EVERYBODY OFF BY STARTING AN ATTENDANCE THREAD 4. PULL "RANK" WITH A NEWBIE BY TIPPING YOUR AGE: "HEY, KID! I WAS THERE WHEN LUKE APPLING HIT FOR THE CYCLE. BACK WHEN CARS COULDN'T GO UP HILLS!" 3. REFER TO NOW-DEPARTED BACKUP CATCHER AS "THE WIDGENATOR" 2. KNOW TO INSTINCTIVELY MUTE TV PLAY-BY-PLAY WHEN HAWK UTTERS DEADLY PHRASE: "WELL, BACK WHEN I WAS A PLAYER..." 1. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GREATEST BROADCAST MOMENT IN RECENT SOX HISTORY WASN'T HAWK'S "JOOOOE! CREEEEEDE!" BUT RATHER A BORED-OUT-OF-HIS-SKULL DJ SINGING "BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO" DURING THE BROADCAST OF AN AWAY GAME Yup, sounds good to me.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 02:51 PM) TOP TEN THINGS THAT MAKE A GOOD SOXTALK.COM POSTER: 10. ABILITY TO POST "SEND [iNSERT STARTER'S NAME HERE] TO THE BULLPEN AND START B-MAC" THREAD EVERY WEEK 9. DEMONSTRATE CLINICAL SCHIZOPHRENIA, BETWEEN "WE'RE DOOMED" SCENARIOS AFTER A LOSS AND "ALL THE PIECES ARE IN PLACE!" AFTER A WIN 8. ENTER INTO LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIHP WITH JOHN GARLAND. FIRST HALF HE WAS "JUDY"; SECOND HALF HE'S OUR ONLY HOPE, OBI WAN, OUR ONLY HOPE (THE REVERSE BEING TRUE LAST YEAR) 7. ENJOY BEING PUT IN THE DAMNED-IF-YOU-DO SITUATION OF PICKING A CENTER FIELDER TO START ONCE AND FOR ALL: ANDERSON = GREAT GLOVE AND NOODLE BAT; MACOWIAK = OKAY BAT BUT SPECIAL-OLYMPICS-LIKE CF ABILITY 6. SECOND-GUESS OZZIE WITHOUT "REALLY" SECOND-GUESSING HIM, BY PREFACING POSTS WITH DISCLAIMERS LIKE: "I'M NOT TRYING TO BE AN ARMCHAIR MANAGER, BUT...", WHILE PARKED FIRMLY IN YOUR LAY-Z-BOY 5. PISS EVERYBODY OFF BY STARTING AN ATTENDANCE THREAD 4. PULL "RANK" WITH A NEWBIE BY TIPPING YOUR AGE: "HEY, KID! I WAS THERE WHEN LUKE APPLING HIT FOR THE CYCLE. BACK WHEN CARS COULDN'T GO UP HILLS!" 3. REFER TO NOW-DEPARTED BACKUP CATCHER AS "THE WIDGENATOR" 2. KNOW TO INSTINCTIVELY MUTE TV PLAY-BY-PLAY WHEN HAWK UTTERS DEADLY PHRASE: "WELL, BACK WHEN I WAS A PLAYER..." 1. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GREATEST BROADCAST MOMENT IN RECENT SOX HISTORY WASN'T HAWK'S "JOOOOE! CREEEEEDE!" BUT RATHER A BORED-OUT-OF-HIS-SKULL DJ SINGING "BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO" DURING THE BROADCAST OF AN AWAY GAME Yup, sounds good to me. POTM

Link By Paul Majendie EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Some sperm donation clinics invite men to leave a message behind for their unborn child to hear when they are 18. What do they say? That question inspired "The Sperm Monologues," a thought-provoking new play at the Edinburgh Fringe arts festival about the motives behind these video time capsules. James Farrell, the play's director and co-author, explained the process.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:52 PM) Wiconsin has black people at the school. Its just an unfair picture, they are taking a picture of the stands, when clearly all the black people are actually on the playing field. LOL, Plus that picture was used for advertising and marketing, not news. Biiiiiig difference.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:57 PM) How lame though. I would remember going to school on valentines morning, hoping I'd get a valentines from the girl I had a crush on. Where's the fun if everyone gives one to you? Most schools don't have a policy that they all have to be the same. My kids picked out extra special ones for their better friends and crushes. Rex, 5 when you started 2nd grade? and 11 when you started 4th?

I'm not saying the government's actions are right. The original question was what right the government has in telling people what they can not put into their bodies. My reply is we gave the government that right, which is exactly how our system of government is designed to work. Anyone claiming that the government does not have the right and how would you go about changing what rights or actions the government can take? I seems to me that establishing a system of laws becomes the primary responsibility of any government. Our Constitution established how and what the government should be involved in. Should it then take an amendment to change that, not individual laws?

QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 9, 2006 -> 01:38 PM) Someone who knows the correct forum for such a topic?