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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.

Damn, I thought this was a Jackson Browne thread. I really like that song

Like Mark Furhman framing an guilty man . . . it never works to make up accusations. Sadly, too many people believe anything they read if it comes in an email.

QUOTE(winodj @ May 14, 2005 -> 10:29 AM) But once that precedent is set... Which is why we have a downward spiral. Each side uses bad behavior by the other as justification for their own bad behavior.

I am not an originalist with the constitution. Errors, bias, and politics were there today just like today. The framers could not have imagined technology and everything else of modern life. Just look at how blacks were written into the constitution as an example of something that needed to be changed. Our system of self government has proven to be flexible as well as strong. The checks and balances between the branches was and remains pure genius in my book. They same principle of check and balance keeps our two parties at bay. I believe absolute power corrupts absolutely and like both parties keeping each other honest. I do not expect either party to roll over and accept whatever the other party wants. I also don't accept anything less than honorable and respectful debate based on logic and facts not :22 second sound bites and distortions. I expect any President to pick candidates that shade to their political views, but not so much as to be objectionable to the other party.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 13, 2005 -> 01:11 PM) Fun Fact for Friday the 13th: It's estimated that between $800 million and $900 million is lost in business each Friday the 13th because people won't travel, go to work and tend to business in general. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=751011&page=1 Another Fun Fact: There are 21 million idiots walking among us – only not today because they're busy hiding under their beds. shhhhh, I'm hiding

Juries are asked to just listen to the testimony and make their decision based on what they hear in the courtroom. It will be impossible for those jurists to not remember what they heard and saw in the day and weeks after the murders in the media. I also believe it would be impossible for them to not have an opinion before sitting on the jury. Understanding all that. The jury should come from that pool. I don't think juries should ever be moved. Sorry Vang, you will have an uphill battle.

Once you are there, where a Cubs cap and complain how Dusty Sucks, The Cubs suck, it's going to be a Sox town, when are they going to put in decent bathrooms for humans and not cattle, why couldn't Sosa be more like Thomas, stuff like that.

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ May 10, 2005 -> 04:55 PM) If dude did it, he is one sick bastard. Whoever did it is one sick bastard.

OMG

A couple years ago we had alosing record to the Tigers as they lost over 100. It seems this team always struggles with what should be easier wins.

Good evening everyone. Great night for baseball

One of the computers on my home network has become infected with the Win32.Efewe.B virus. My EZ-Trust Virus program seems to have caught it and isolated the program. EZ-Trust dialog box suggests scanning the system. When I try and start EZ-Trust, it flashes on then shuts down. I can log onto the 'net with Firefox, but IE will not. Computer Associates site (Maker of EZ-Trust) web based scan only works with IE I've been checking some sites for suggestions and coming up empty. Any thoughts?

It's a racist conspiracy to keep him from breaking Hank Aaron's record.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ May 7, 2005 -> 07:58 PM) I don't think I've ever used the terms underrated and overrated outside of sports. It is sometimes confused with office politics. "Why did he get promoted again? He isn't that great, he got really lucky landing the Anderson-Greely account". "Bob works his ass off everyday, yet they passed over him again. he just doesn't toot his own horn, and the company takes him for granted"

QUOTE(The Critic @ May 7, 2005 -> 06:38 PM) Oh, okay, then I'll step out of the discussion, because to be honest, I've never heard much talk of over-rated or under-rated outside of sports or entertainment. I don't feel qualified to comment on the topic outside of that realm. I think in a sports realm under rated is far better. Outside of sports and possibly entertainment, over rated is better.

QUOTE(The Critic @ May 7, 2005 -> 06:30 PM) I try to never compare the real world with the world of sports. I wouldn't get 7 tries at my job if I was whacked out on coke, so that removes reality from the sporting world IMO. When I started the thread and asked the question, I wasn't thinking sports, which is why I placed it in SL&P. People are over rated and under rated in all fields, not just sports. No need to compare one against the other.

QUOTE(The Critic @ May 7, 2005 -> 06:23 PM) Depends on WHO is doing the rating. If a manager is considered average by media people but is understood to be very good by his bosses, he is in no danger. A manager who is average but is considered to be very good probably lasts longer than he should as well, just because management probably would be skittish about dumping a guy who is considered to be a good manager unless he loses control of the team or if they're absolutely awful. Joe Torre might find this helpful in keeping his job right now. If either of these guys is seen as "the problem" by their management, probably no one could save them in the end, though. After all, managers are hired to be fired. Oops my bad. Which middle manager for Gaskets Inc.? Taking sports out of it.