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Did they put it in a cast? And wouldn't that be better

#1 Son and three of his friends are going to the 12:05 showing, they were not fast enough at the ticket counter last week for the 12:01. At least there is a couple girls going

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ May 18, 2005 -> 12:43 PM) People f***ing suck. These people should have sucked more and screwed less. When it is so damn easy to not conceive, I just don't see why some people stay parents. If you have to abuse a kid, give the baby up, if you are a care giver, get another job.

Guy: Nothing like going to Chuck E. Cheese to make you start drinking again. --82nd & Amsterdam I love it when some three year old sees Chuck and his eyes go wide and he starts screaming. Hell Chuck E. to a three year old is a 6-foot f***ing rat the kid should scream and cry.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 18, 2005 -> 12:57 PM) Having the occassional stupid kid get ripped apart by the polar bears is not so good maybe, but I guess that is natural selection. Thank you for taking the time to share. That was worth the price of my soxtalk membership x100. It wasn't until I moved away and realized all the great resources that I would miss. There is so much history we walk by every day.

QUOTE(knightni @ May 18, 2005 -> 12:09 PM) She looks tiny to me...in her other pics on Google. You missed the note *not actual size One thing I've always like about Jay is when he compliments a person, you know he isn't just smoozing and trying to score points. As far as the attendance shot, does anyone here think that Brooks and the management aren't wringing their hands wondering why they can't get 25,000 - 30,000 for a Garland start?

Milwaukee County Zoo for us north suburbs type. When I think of Lincoln Park Zoo I think of Dr. Lester Fisher and There was green alligators and long-neck geese. There was humpy bumpy camels and chimpanzees. There was catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you're born The loveliest of all was the Unicorn.

QUOTE(Yossarian @ May 18, 2005 -> 12:22 PM) Nixon had absolutely nothing to do with Watergate other than covering it up. I suggest you read Secret Agenda by Jim Hougan and Silent Coup by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin. Both are far far superior to anything the boobs Wooward and Bernstein ever wrote. Of course without Woodward and Bernstein their probably would not have been the other books. They were two very young reporters with one great source and an editor that trusted them.

What kind of movie is it if a KY *wink* Theater won't play it?

YASNY for best use of a smiley in a post QUOTE(YASNY @ May 18, 2005 -> 09:29 AM) Action Consequence

When you have something you really want to do, but you know you shouldn't, what do you do?

keep it up Garland I expected a good season from Garland, 15 wins. Still, this run is amazing. I wonder if he grabbed Esteban's old locker

A couple of weeks ago while in Dallas, I bumped into about 1/2 of the Red Sox who were staying at the Four Seasons. Nice guys. Very quiet. Meeting Kap and his wife was the highlight of the trip, but this was a close second

When I visit Cooperstown, and relive baseball history through the players, I want to see and read about Maris. For that reason, he should be in. I always look beyond career stats. Santo should be in also. When Sox fans agree, you know he must be deserving.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ May 17, 2005 -> 08:57 AM) He apparently didn't think so when he ordered his goons to break into the Watergate Building. Perhaps his paranoia had something to do with his decision regarding Fonda. With some of the personnel decisions he made, I'm surprised he didn't make her Secretary of the Defense

I would try a vintage clothing store. That wasn't considered "odd" in the 70's. Will you be having the Lucky Charms guy as the ring bearer

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 17, 2005 -> 05:04 PM) I understand your premise, and no, they shouldn't be shut down, but on the other hand, where's the accountability to get it right? We live in an imperfect society. We have a legal system that is built to be 100% certain than an innocent person is not convicted and some guilty go free. cough*OJ*cough Perhaps the question we should be asking is, are we willing to accept an occasional retraction to be certain that we can hold our government 100% accountable? That to me is the greatest and most important role our press fills. None of us have the time or access to look into all the shadows, the smoky rooms, the wampom and wrongdoing. That is the role our founders visioned in a free press and we are better off for it.

Goodbye, Farewell, Amen -- MASH Not their best episode, but they tried to make it a real episode, not a faked out, hug in. Carson's last Tonight Show was pretty awesome. And finally, while not a tv show, it was taped and shown on tv

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ May 17, 2005 -> 04:02 PM) If Saddam didn't have WMDs, why did he go to such great lengths to keep weapons inspectors out of certain locations? That's not how an innocent man acts. Especially someone who has not only posessed said weapons in the past, but used them on his own people. Saddam kept power and kept his neighbors at bey, by them believing he was more powerful than he was. If Iraq thought that Kuwait had WMD to retaliate with, they probably would not have evaded the first time. This is not the most civilized corner of the world. Being the mouse that roared, hinting at WMD, are all great ploys to increase your power and prestige in those circles. But didn't he also say towards the end/beginning that he had no WMD? I believe Dubya termed it too little, too late.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 17, 2005 -> 08:45 AM) So, what you are saying here is that because bloggers practice shoddy journalism, that justifies the main stream media doing the same. Sorry, but that doesn't fly in my opinion. No what I am saying is the pace has picked up. If a main stream media sits on a story for a few days, it's all over the Internet and it appears their bias is influencing what is printed and what isn't. You have to admit many times we hear Hannity, Rush, etc. repeating something they have heard and complaining the liberal media isn't picking up on the story, blah, blah, blah. When a story breaks out, how many people turn to the Internet for their news? How many are looking to cable? The pace is too fast for plodding, multiple verifications, on facts. I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying the public demands it or the outle goes out of business.

He did not choose his words very carefully, and at least made the apology quickly. Sadly, some truth will be lost in his statement. The poorest Americans, regardless of race, color, or creed, do not want these jobs. They do not wish to toil in fields, in the hot sun, moving from town to town for 9 months out of the year. His point was valid, but by singling out blacks was so wrong. As a society we have invested in technology, developed world wide distribution which makes global manufacturing a possibility, we have invested US earnings in multinational ventures, we have done all we can to advance Americans to the point where we sell our intellectual talents, not our muscle. Americans are becoming accustomed to desk jobs, not physical labor. Our economy has allowed it. Now we have these jobs that Americans feel are beneath them, and they need to be done. Immigrants have always taken these jobs. We need immigration laws and policies which allow that to happen.

QUOTE(winodj @ May 16, 2005 -> 06:24 PM) Does this mean that the So Called Liberal Media is responsible for the death of thousands of US soldiers for not adequately investigating the claims about weapons of mass destruction? From the irresponsible journalism thread.

The old standby of two independent sources verifying information has been reduced to 1 source. Much of this was not pushed by the mainstream media, but independent Internet based web sites. These sites were not and are not held to the same standards as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Tribune, or any other main stream media source. Drudge can publish allegations that Kerry was having an affair, never apologize, and it barely registered a blip on the radar screen. Even in days gone by, two lairs could get a fake story printed, now it takes just one source. Every administration had ways of planting stories, trial balloons, damaging opposition stories. Now it is much easier for both parties, especially the conservatives. They are forcing the media to be biased in their direction and have the 24/7 radio on their side. They only need one high ranking official to whisper to one reporter. Journalism requires trust of the sources. Journalism doesn't work if they need to hire a team of detectives and issue polygraphs to every source. We have to accept that for journalists to uncover the Monica Lewinsky's of the world, they may occasionally fall prey to a dishonest person. With the miles of print and hours of coverage every day, it probably is amazing they are accurate as much as they are.

I could not find much to disagree with in that article. In a small way, Jay probably helped attendance with that article. If he wrote a fluff piece that most Sox fans drool over, praising everything, it would not bring any attention to the enormous challenge Brooks and the Sox face. TV and cheeks in the seats go a long way to a bigger payroll. How often have Sox fans replied we don't buy tickets to watch a crappy team, like they do on the north side? Well why wasn't the Cell closer to a sell out? Why did almost every one here who played the YNOT contest predict an even lower attendance figure? We're not the fans this article is challenging. I believe there are about the same number of knowledgeable, avid Sox fans and Cub fans. The Cubs have won the battle for the casual fan, and the family that attends a game a year, and of course the out of towners. That is the battle ground. Take a friend to the Cell this year.

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ May 15, 2005 -> 06:02 PM) 18, Roselle, Illinois how did everyone here become sox fans not living in illinois, i dont get that 43, Mexico Border, Texas I grew up in Des Plaines, then lived around Lake County surrounded by Cub fans. It was too easy to be a Cub fan. I liked as a kid watching the games while moving the foil covered rabbit ear antenna of the black and white TV, hoping for 3 minutes of clear reception. Wilbur Wood, Jorge Orta, Dick Allen, later the Southside Hitmen, singing off key with Nancy, and a million other reasons have kept me a Sox fan.