Texsox

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 3, 2006 -> 07:20 AM) Because no where else was the Jewish historical homeland?!?!?!?! How can it be *your* homeland if you never lived there? Imagine if we decided to displace people and give native Americans the land. Say Manhatten? I never thought about the significance of what was done back then. We are worried about increased government abuse of emminent domain here, imagine on a worldwide scale. Again, if it was such an important area, how did the Palestinians come to own most of it? I am now understanding some of the historical issues. Where Jews from Germany expected to pack up and move to the Middle East? There is a twisted side to this, round up the Jews and send them to one place? This is fascinating now that I woke up. I never really linked the guilty (Nazis) with who else paid for those sins (Palistinians). Is it correct to say without the Nazis, there would be no Israel. Was there any sort of a movement prior to the war to create a nation?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 3, 2006 -> 07:19 AM) They tried to get John Kerry elected President after taking money from the same guy as Gore/Clinton, and Kerry even did the one up of getting the guy a meeting with the SEC. For those keeping score at home, that is forgein nationals giving money to our top governmental officials to influence them... Even better is we give our tax money to foreign nationals to influence them.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 3, 2006 -> 07:00 AM) A lot more than were offered for the displaced Palestinians. Why were the Palestinians selected to be moved? I never thought about this before. The Holocaust happened primarily throught out Europe and of course so much in Germany. Yet instead of a European site, the Middle East was selected. I've got to find a good book about this. I have a few weeks before it's back in the classroom.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/03/D8ET0RM80.html

The price of success and future success, will be casual fans attending 2 or 3 games when before they never attended. There will be families from Winnetka dropping by for a weekend day game, tourists who decide to add a Sox game to their vacation, corporate types entertaining, all these people, and the Cub converts, need to be welcomed and encouraged. That is how we draw 3 million year after year.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 11:15 PM) Tex's post sent me in that direction. Plus I can't sleep. I should have said the business of politics. The Republicans lost fiscal responsibility with Reagan. He cut taxes and made Republicans happy, he increased spending and made Democrats happy. Of course that made all of us happy in the short term.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 09:29 PM) Bloomberg Media would disagree with the "equal opportunity" tag. http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/pre...p.php?view=1239 I should say at this point - to preempt the "you'll do anything to exonerate the Democrats" accusation that seems inevitable, but I hope anyone that Abramoff helped break the law with goes down hard. I just seem to get the idea - that the bulk of people he helped were Republican. Why? Cause he was one. If you want Republican votes, hire a guy close to them. If you want Democrat votes, hire a guy close to them. And there are plenty of those guys to go around. IMHO, the "business" of government produces the same scum bags on, and for, both sides of the aisle.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 07:12 PM) Corruption and lack of fiscal discipline tend to go hand in hand. That's why this is no surprise. That's what I was getting at. Are you questioning the original budgeting of remodeling the offices, or continuing the project after the hurricane?

QUOTE(WCSox @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 06:11 PM) Or maybe "unethical" would've been a better way to describe the appropriation of funds, given the circumstances. I was reading some other articles as well. Seems that the bids were sent out before the hurricane, the work was needed to meet safety codes. There was some concern that if they didn't go through with the work, the successful bidders could sue. The offices have not been touched in over 20 years. Seems that the either the laws are stupid, or the bid was poorly worded. I've worked on government and private bids that have all said the work/purchase may or not be made.

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I don't think it is corruption to spend half a million on remodeling. It is stupid.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 01:32 PM) I didn't hear this much complaining from the left when Al Gore was taking money from the Chinese. I guess that was ok huh? I am not hearing any complaining from the right now. Yet they complained about Al Gore? Hmmmm, I guess both sides are guilty of selected ethics in fund raising.

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QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 2, 2006 -> 12:24 AM) There's this little gyro place in Indiana that I have to go to every time I go up north. Man that stuff is good. 35 South to 37 South to 281 South to Trenton West to 10th Street South and in about 10 hours you can have the best gyros in Texas. I'll even buy

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 1, 2006 -> 11:56 PM) How does establishing a Jewish state within the Middle East to "complete the genocide" make any sense if the Holocaust didn't exist? From other articles I read, he is implying that *if* the genocide did occur, then why did the UN pick that bit of real estate to create a Jewish State? It did move Jews out of Europe. IIRC, Russia also offered some real estate and today there is still a large Jewish communty there, but I forget where.

What other locations were considered for Israel?

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 1, 2006 -> 11:42 PM) It still pains me when I think about it. I wonder what Freddy thinks about it?

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jan 1, 2006 -> 11:34 PM) I'm surprised he didn't mention Freddy's 1 hit loss. Now that game is kind of funny.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jan 1, 2006 -> 11:05 PM) damn, I need a slushie fund.... thank you, come again. Where you in his District

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It is a combination of a punt and place kick. The kicker drops the ball and must kick it after or exactly when it hits the ground. Earlier and it is a punt, later it is difficult or impossible to control. We use to do it as a kids. It is kind of fun when you time it perfectly.

QUOTE(Felix @ Jan 1, 2006 -> 09:53 PM) Isn't Clemente's number retired? If not, it should be.. It is.

QUOTE(SSH2005 @ Jan 1, 2006 -> 10:13 PM) I can't believe that Olivo has already been on three teams since the Garcia trade. Three teams in a year and a half! I never thought that Olivo would be a star but I never thought he would be a journeyman either. I get the feeling he's struggling to stay on a MLB roster.