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With the exception of when the whole black and silver fashion statement was hot, the White Sox have never been near the top of merchandise sales. If I ran the network, I'd be dreaming of a Red Sox - Cubs WS after a Mets-Cubs and Yankees-Red Sox League Championship series. Some teams are better draws. I'd bet the networks would also salivate over the Nationals getting in.

They should replace Jay with press releases from JR's office. Then Sox fans could safely read that page.

y'all's man-crush on Jay is soooo funny.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 09:11 AM) Ain't the two party system a grand thing? QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 09:31 AM) Yes. For the Democrats and the Republicans. Which is why the American public never allows one party too much power for very long. However introducing a third strong party would make things worse. Imagine the grid lock with a third party wanting a taste :headshake

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...5061400342.html More at Link.

Come on Eye, you have to admit this one is funny . . .

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 12:24 PM) Or a hold on while I throw up. Cliches are soooooo not erotic. How about something from an Italian Poet from the 13th Century?

If someone wants to trash the entire system as being abused by people who can afford big screen TVs and living on public aid, I am certain there are many examples. However, I'll bet there are many, many more who are not abusing the system and just trying to survive. I spent two years working on a program to identify job skills in a group of displaced textile workers. Their jobs headed further south to Honduras and other points south. Many of these workers had spent over 15 years working for the same employer, yet they really only had one year of experience, repeated 15 times. Their only skill was showing up every day and running a sewing machine. They were 40-60 year old entry level workers without HS diplomas. Needless to say, their job outlook in 2001 was zero. It is also difficult for someone that age to complete a GED before their benefits ran out. We could blame them for not predicting that global outsourcing was coming to blue jeans and they needed to upgrade and update their job skills. Silly people thought if they worked hard everyday, produced a good product, and didn't complain, they would have jobs for life. So my experience was largely positive and I saw how various government programs at least gave some people a fighting chance at saving their lifestyles. And Evil, obviously these people are heading to bankruptcy. Care to share with us how these people passed Rent-A-Centers Credit check? How many of these people defaulted on their payments and had to be repossessed?

I'm guessing that at this point adding payroll is not an option. I am guessing again that as long as we are in first place, JR isn't going to be too quick to increase dollars.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 07:40 AM) Jesus his ankle is still swelling up? That can't be good. He's retaining fluid. Maybe a little Midol will help

Without reviewing all the managers and actually sitting down and ranking them, I consider Ozzie a middle of the pack coach who still makes rookie mistakes both on the field and off. I didn't think Manuel deserved that much blame for the Sox failures and certainly don't believe that Ozzie deserves to be higher up because the team is winning. Just telling the team to turn up the music when they loosse, isn't enough. I was happy when they picked him and agree he is going to be a top 5 someday if he can learn from his mistakes.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 06:33 AM) I didn't sit here and read through 18 pages, but I will say this. The jury was right. Those people knew he was guilty. Listen to them. But they followed the law. Proving the case BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT was the job of the prosecution and they failed, quite miserably I might add. You may not like the jury decision, but they did the right thing by following the law. If you want to be pissed off, blame the prosecution for the way they tried the case, and blame them for centering their witness testimony around a someone who appears to be a psychopath b**** (the accuser's mother). Isn't reasonable in the eyes of the beholder? Anyway, I was hoping that with all the publicity, at least he would run out of future victims. Then I saw the morons holding signs and praying for his release, and realize that their are idiot parents lining up to have their children play at Neverland Ranch and it just sickens me beyond belief.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 11:09 PM) There weren't enough steryotypes in that post... LOL

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jun 14, 2005 -> 07:18 AM) What is most troubling is that at the same time the government is making it easier for big busines to default on their promises in bankruptcy scenarios, they are making it much harder for individuals to seek bankruptcy protection. This will be an incredibly painful irony for all the individuals whose retirement savings are wiped out by irresponsible big businesses that are given a free pass when the restrictions are tightened up and the individuals can't file for protection. Why the country is not up in arms about this double standard I can't even fathom. I guess individuals just need to make bigger contributions to politcial campaigns.

Hey Kip, you missed this one

The problem we have here is a lack of public transportation to get to the grocery store. Most recipients have to walk to the food stores and suffer with poor choices, inflated prices, etc. Imagine doing all your grocery shopping at a White Hen (7-11, Circle K, Stop & Rob). And as Evil so nicely put it, there are also some poor consumer choices. They never learned how to stretch a food budget. Most of these people are not on public aid because NASA already had all the rocket scientists they needed. When the government proposed shopping classes back in the 1980s they were voted down as too costly. Many of the recipients cannot do the math to see if 4 for $1 is better than .29 each. They didn't know they could just buy a couple bananas, not the whole bunch. Things like that. Although it is easier to just think these people are trying to rip you off and are the smartest people on the block living in luxury. A few years back a study I read opened my eyes to a couple things. Based just on numbers, not percentages of the population, the largest group on public aid was rural, white, single mothers under the age of 25. Think Appalachian backwoods. Before someone states the obvious, there are more white females than any other category in our population. So it stands to reason they would make up the largest group on public aid.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 10:37 PM) I think I may be the only one who is glad Mike is free. Favorite Album Eva No WinoDJ thought he was innocent as well.

I've become a Spurs fan since moving down here. I always appreciate class in athletes and teams and the Spurs seem to have the market cornered in the NBA. I believe David Robinson was one of the truly great gentleman athletes who actually believed he should be a role model and was. Tim Duncan learned a lot at Robinson's side and has continued that tradition. Being a Bulls fan through the years, it's so very easy to hate the Pistons, so this is an easy final as far as picking a team. Evil vs. Good.

I think part of my issue was we were seated in the center field mezz area. It created a boxy, rectangular, feel. The giant glass wall and train was also a bit unnerving as well. I love a more classic diamond like Cominsky Park. I was shocked when they announced tha attendance at 34,925. The place didn't look that crowded. I also could have used an armrest and a knowledgeable usher.

Obviously they were not Texans, then y'all would have heard, hold my beer, I'm taking this bubba to 41,000 feet.

Now put the dumb ass parents that drove victims to Neverland Ranch on trial. ANy parent after his that allows their child to anytime, supervised, unsupervised, it doesn't matter, with Jackson deserves to be locked up.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 04:30 PM) Pigeons = domesticated/semi-domesticated rock doves, Columbia livia. [/bio geek commentary] I started to research that. I'm wondering what she was going to do with them if he was going to prison. Tie a file to their wing and teach them to find Michael?

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 01:21 PM) I don't like the idea, it will only make matters worse. If you think PHT has a lot of fluff posts now, just wait until every newbie must post hundreds of times before starting a thread about the only question he's really interested in. Plus, I don't like the idea of a class system based on post counts, but that's jmo. And I agree w/ ss2k5 -- basic questions are not the problem. It's 2 posts, question and answer. (And maybe a thank you, depending...) That's not the problem. (Actually, I think it makes the board better, more useful.) It's the 20 20-page threads about how much the team sucks after every loss, the flame wars reenacted over and over, and the trade threads rambling endlessly about how we're going to acquire any given player in the league w/o one scintilla of rumor (I'm not even asking for a credible one). And more, just some examples. Anything tied to post counts contributes to spamming threads. Most of the issues, IMNSHO, are interpersonal. We have posters, who cannot take it outside, so they attack each other in every thread, in every forum. I have learned a lot from people ere who took the time to disagee with me *and* explain why they felt that way. Far better than to tell me to go screw myself.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 13, 2005 -> 12:24 PM) Or a hold on while I throw up. Cliches are soooooo not erotic. I'd toss on a comedy album, maybe vintage Robin Williams, because I am The American Giggle-O™