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QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 02:22 AM) What it shows is that the conservatives finally are getting a voice after decades of liberally slanted news being the only option. Which proves my point. Conservatives think there should be a voice. Please tell me news that makes us look good and I'll be happy. When everyone gets that, we stop holding out leaders accountable and a larger rift developes. The news should seem biased to everyone unless your politican views are exactly middle. Plus you can't write every story on a total nuetral tone. If the President screws up, he screws up. Deal with it, don't cry "it's the media". But that's what the Republican Party has their followers believeing. As soon as the Dems get that same feeling, and it's coming fast, because what works for one party will work for the other, then we have people just reading news that exactly matches their opinion, right or wrong. The GOP has unleashed the greatest campaign strategy ever devised. They have insulated themselves from any criticism. The news is either favorable to the GOP or Liberally Biased!!!. Keep drinking the koolaid and we're screwed. The Soviet Union had TAAS and the GOP wants that same set up. No criticism of their government, only news that makes them sound great. And talk about voice, talk radio is 24/7 Conservative. The mass media owners, the same people who own the news outlets, aren't programming any liberal talk. Why would they forms some secret society to slant the 15 minute newscast for their benefit, then turn over the remaining 23 hours + to Rush and his cronies?

I don't usually get into hyperbole mode about someone's career. But IMNSHO, Buerhle will end his career with over 250 wins, a couple Cy Young Awards, and most people will consider him the best Sox pitcher of all time. Yet, from year to year, his unassuming manner, will have some people wondering if he's an "Ace" or even the top pitcher on the staff. I've always liked his mechanics, his approach, and most everything about the way he goes about his work. He's becoming Ryan, Clemens, Shilling, Pedro, without the PR. This will be the season the rest of the country turns their heads and watches as Mark pushes a couple guys aside and takes his place in that upper patheon. Last night's game should not have surprised anyone. Both pitchers were up for the game and on top of their games. What a difference a couple years make. It's a game that we would have lost in 2003.

Buerhle was masterful. That was one of the best duels I've watched in a long time, for about 2/3 rds of a game.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 11:10 AM) Heck, 20 points per quarter. I still think it's a neat story. I'm not embarrassed to say it brought tears to my eyes. The coach should be fired for not playing him sooner . . .

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 11:05 AM) Dammit - when is the supposed free lunch getting here?! If it doesn't get here soon, I am going to break out the lunch I brought from home. Bush has been trying to get it to you, but the damn democrats keep blocking it.

What brings a parent to abandon a baby on a doorstep? good luck little boy, the start isn't too good, but let's pray for a better life.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 11:08 AM) ok, so why doesn't the "new media" consist of more "left-leaning" biased programs? Why are they not as successful? I am saying we are in danger when everyone just gets slanted news that will make them happy. Isn't that a government's dream? I don't careif it's slanted left, right, up, down, or sideways. What it shows is conservatives want biased news more than liberals. But that will change soon, and liberals will also be able to receive biased news to make them happy. The division in this country will get deeper when both sides think they have the exclusive hold on truth, fairness, and how to run this country. They will believe it without question because that is all they hear, their side's postive moments and the other sides mistakes. If they should happen to hear the opposite, it will because of that media's bias.

How many kids end their Varisty High School careers averaging 20 points per game?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 09:39 AM) I've seen some creative attempts, like the guy who 'helps you' flag down a cab, or opens a door for you. My car broke down once and I was looking under the hood when the neighborhood drunk came up to me and gave me his 'former mechanic professional advice', then asked for a few bucks. The guys who are making s*** up, and you know and more importantly *they* know it are fun. The guys who are talking s*** because they don't know where they are, scare me. Give me the drunk who makes up stuff, has no earthly clue, and I'll give him a couple bucks and remember why I miss YAS* when he doesn't post for a couple days. *I kid because I care™

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 10:48 AM) But see, if more (and more) people didn't agree with these "new media" people, they wouldn't be as popular as they are. And there in lies the danger. Is it better for our societies well being for being to receive boutique news that is tailered to get them to buy it, i.e. news slanted to fit their views, or for journalists to strive to deliver the truth, no matter who it offends or attracts? I believe you and I should be watching the same newscast and pointing to stories that appear biased. You will see storied that you think are too liberal and I will see storied that appear too conservative. But in reality the newscast would be "fair and balanced". What we are moving towards is "News You Agree With". I'll play up the stuff you like and slant the stuff you don't like and you will watch, our ratings will go up, and we'll keep saying it's because we are publishing the truth.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 05:59 AM) And they don't make a penny of their money off of the White Sox. I agree it is a good thing, but let's put this in perspective. I also don't make a penny off of any of my stocks, nor do I make a penny off of my house, but they have increased in value. You can be making money without taking any income. So I wouldn't hold a beg-a-thon for them. By reinvesting in their business, the business has grown in value. Who knows how they have used that equity. What this does show, is they are being as fair to the fans as anyone can expect them to be. Not only are they reinvesting any profits, they have avoided huge payroll mistakes.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 09:41 AM) What I think is interesting is how successful all the "new media" outlets are compared to the "main stream" outlets. I wonder why the popularity is higher for the "new media"? /ducks That's easy, First convince an audience that each audience member is independent and neither liberal or conservative. Give them what they want. Makes them happy when they hear the news that they agree with. Have the commentators make fun of anyone that doesn't think like them, gives them a smug, elitist cocoon to sleep in. Convince them if they don't like something, it is the reporters fault. Create a bunker, us vs. them mentality. It really is a great system. We are not biased, because you are not biased, and you agree with us. So if you read, see, or hear something yuou don't agree with, it is because of a bias.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 09:28 AM) Depends on the situation. I work overnights on Sundays, so if I get approached on the way back to the car at 2 or 3am, I generally give something. During the day, not usually. One time I was wearing a Reds batting practice jersey and this guy walks up to me ( seemed to be enjoying some "adult beverages" along the way ) and says "YES!!! THE BIG RED MACHINE!!! OHhhh, man, I remember THAT team, boy!!! There was Joe Bench.....and Charlie Hustle.....and Johnny Perez......and MORGAN. Man, those boys could PLAY SOME BALL!!!" So I'm just smiling and chatting a little, trying to ease my way outta there, when he pulls a beat-up Streetwise out of his jacket and says "Can one Reds fan help another one out?" He got me, I expected a "request" for some cash, but not the Streetwise! I gave him two bucks - one for the paper and one for the act! I like guys like that, putting a little effort out there. I like a good emergency, stuck on the road, whatever story. I'll suprise some of the tellers, if I can bust their story, I'll still give them some coinage.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 06:43 AM) I know I am no match for the Soxtalk old timers, but I remember seeing 63 cents a gallon right before the first gulf war. $.35 when I was a youngin'

You can get more with a kind word and a gun, than just a kind word.

Which one?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 08:36 AM) I don't know if you guys come across many of them, but downtown there are a lot of panhandlers. Do you ever give them money? Never? sometimes? always? If sometimes, how do you determine when? If they make me laugh, I give them a little bit. If they have kids with, I usually give them something. If they look psycho, I give them a little bit. True story, in my little corner of the world, there are two country clubs. The old school, old money, boring club and the one I belonged to. About two blocks from their club is an overpass and a regular "personal fund raising entrepreneur" who was always there. I was leaving the club, and had just received an ugly cap with that club's logo. I gave the guy the cap and told him everytime I saw him, and he was wearing it, I would give him a dollar. He looked damn good in it. For about three weeks, I was giving the guy a few dollars a week, and so were a couple buddies of mine from the club. All of a sudden, he's not wearing it. Someone from that club gave him $40 for the cap. The offer started at $5 and I heard later the guy explained he was making $5 a day with that cap. LOL.

48 hours in Vegas? Best week of your life Plan to sleep on the plane before and after, not inbetween Buffets Bellagio, but you really can't go wrong at 90% of the places

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 08:18 AM) Me 2. I'd love to see that on the scoreboard around the 9th inning of a win. And, just to be fair, the Cubs could do it on their scoreboard.

QUOTE(evilmisquoter @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 04:07 AM) He took the fair and balanced approach. I fixed that for you . . .

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 04:09 AM) It honestly would not bother me one iota if a Democratic president selected Rather for this position. The man is certainly well spoken and would not be at all intimited by the camera. It makes sense to me. In fact, there would be one small problem with this ... the fact that there was a Democratic president. That would suck.

He's been lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, for thirty years, planning, plotting, waiting for the right time and place. I was wondering about the other plans he rejected: Aluminum foil covered cardboard Mamograms with a Polaroid? And I thought this sounded familar and guess what, this was a low budget copycat of the fake gyn that operated out of a storage unit http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0930041drdallas1.html

QUOTE(Steff @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 08:03 AM) Not a snowballs chance in hell... Steff two days later and I still giggle like a school girl at your avatar

QUOTE(White Sox Fan For Life @ Apr 21, 2006 -> 08:06 AM) You never know we could all try to be on the same understanding when we write the paper! LOL Who is suppose to be my father? Huh. That was a thread from before your time, by a poster who was from another world . . .

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