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To those that think Gload, or anyother player on the team should shut up and play for team chemistry and to avoid distractions. Letting things stew until the explode is not great for team chemistry either. There should be a balance between talking and shutting up. I think his comments were fine, and probably forgotten by his team mates this morning.

This should be interesting.

Did Letterman ask him to recreate the stunt?

This should play into Bush's strong suits. Play tough cowboy and stare down the lawless and looters. Be compassionate towards the victims. Whip up the volunteers who I am certain are starting to fatigue and burn out. Above all he needs to be specific on what relief is coming and where to. What exactly is being done right now and over the coming weeks. I have confidence in him in a situation like this.

Awesome. Someone should record that.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 07:34 AM) I was curious about historical context when I asked earlier, when was the last time that something like this happened. When was the last time that a major US city was basically destroyed by a natural disaster? The last two I could come up with were San Francisco in 1906 and Chicago in 1871. Galveston last 6,000 souls in 1900 from a hurricane. http://www.1900storm.com/storm/index.lasso

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 07:14 AM) Depresing, isn't it? I don't recall the ravaged population of SE Asia f***ing each other over for short term personal gain after the tsunami. Yea us. ( ) I believe the difference was there was not such a huge difference between the have and have nots. Not too many haves. So what was to steal. Here the have nots are always walking past the haves and now had their chance. Survival Hierarchy Rule of 3s 3 minutes without air 3 hours (varies) without heat. (exposure) 3 days without water 3 weeks without food. No one will be starving to death anytime soon. Fasts can go on for weeks, easily, and even months. Water is their most critical issue. Turn on your tap today and be thankful for the miracle of our water systems, both incoming and outgoing.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 06:50 PM) To that one particular part of the city. Not everyone is there. You are talking about trying to track down a couple of hundred thousand people spread out all over all kinds of flooded areas, trapped in places, and not even mentioning the safety of the people who would be trying to get this stuff there in the first place. Can you imagine them driving a semi-tracker full of food and medicine into some of those areas, and a group of armed vigilantes killing the aid workers and hi-jacking the truck? A couple of days ago I couldn't have imagined it, today it wouldn't surprise me. The very first thing they have to do is restore law and order. Until they do that, they can't rescue people, they can help people, and they can organize the safe distribution of good and services to the masses. Sobering thought, but think of all the areas we have sent our military into to offer food and aid, then stood back and angrily denounced the citizens as ungrateful, lawless, etc. We seemingly are no better. :headshake

Thank you.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 01:08 PM) He's a bandwagon jumper. No way around it. He slurps Chicago teams when they're winning, and when things aren't going so well, he writes an article similar to today's. I don't get the whole bandwagon thing. He isn't a fan, he's a columnist. Are y'all saying he should always rah rah the team, through thick and thin? Or should he always find fault? If he reports accurately, there will be positive and negative articles. And look at the team since the can't choke was written. Thomas out for the season, Crede injured, Hermanson nursing a sore back, Pods on the DH. Only an idiot would say that none of that would change an opinion. I am always amazed that y'all think columnists should slurp the hometown BS. Mariotti has been a lot more generous than most of the out of town press. Y'all would be fitted for strait jackets if you had to read what the rest of the world thinks of the teams chances.

f*** Yeah! September first and leading the division by 7 games!! I'd have taken that in a heartbeat at the start of the season. Second best record in baseball. Too many quality starting pitchers, Rookies coming in a producing, (Tad, Jenks, BMAC), Garland with a breakout season.

Really cool. It's the radio they promised us in the future.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 04:57 PM) Yep. The $$ used to fill the tank on AF1 would probably make many PB&J sandwiches. The people that will be ferrying him around, the officials that will be trying to meet him, the volunteers angling for a photo, the press working and clogging the streets. :headshake

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 04:45 PM) He's touring tomorrow. Stupid. Like he can't watch on Fox like the rest of the world and know what the hell is going in. It diverts resources that could be better used to help someone.

We have the resources and people to work in these situations, we need them to step up and do their jobs. I don't believe Bush has made an error in this at all, including cutting his August vacation short. I also am glad he didn't tour the area, which IMHO is always a bulls*** pr stunt.

Ain't that a shame, did they look for him on Blueberry Hill?

What I'm going to miss the most are the trips to Dallas to visit Kap errr, I mean training. Damn nice company to work for.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 04:20 PM) Without any sort of order in place on the ground I think that would cause more harm than good. Think of the looting that would occur

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 02:49 PM) Well, this is from the guy who always seems to show up a day or two late for national tragedies. But the attendance records prove he was there, BTW has Clinton showed to "feel their pain?

New fav Corrs

Actually with the very high price of health insurance, and in my case the difficulties in acquiring a personal policy (high risk pool), I was working for a company out of Dallas as well as working my business. Pressure washing is primarily an evening and weekend deal, when business are closed or at least slow (Walmart at 2:00am is amazing). IMHO, they somehow caught wind of my after hours (my words) activities, set me up, and adios. I knew something as up for the past few weeks. Changes in attitudes, changes in latitudes. Thankfully, I can laugh or I would go insane*. Now I can get back to reclaiming my spot as the #3 post count champ at Soxtalk. *used by permission.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 11:05 AM) But what about when he cheers when the going is good, only to turn around a week later and tell you "the choke is on you' when the team has a bad stretch? I have seen Mariotti say for the last month that the Sox were a lock for the playoffs, both in print and on PTI and ATH. Now he changes his tune. Windsock. I don't think cheers or boos are the correct way to view a journalists columns. Positive and negative are better terms. And they should reflect what has happened in the field. The team has positive and negative stretches. Currenty, things are not looking like they did when we we enjoyed a 13 game lead on the division, Garland was lights out, and everyone was healthy.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 10:55 AM) You are under the mistaken impression that I own that house You're next in line after the bank, like the rest of us I'll bet you can't wait until 2035 when you really own that sucker . . .

my boss called, wished me a happy birthday, and told me I was fired. Only me. So I guess the party starts sooner.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 10:46 AM) You are kidding me.... :headshake Fully tanked up, I have over $300 of fuel in my truck and power wash fuel tanks. The 64 gallons of diesel and unleaded on my rig are in very easy to siphon from tanks. It wouldn't take much for someone to pull up next to me, drop a tube into a tank and fill up. In fact, I did that for a stranded motorist who ran out of gas about 50 miles from the end of the world.