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Not unusual for a kid from a smaller school to be leading the NCAA. We had a kid, Chapman, that led the nation in 3s a couple seasons ago. Usually what happens is the kid is a one dimensional guy, and the bigger schools pass him over. Or his IQ doesn't quite reach room temp and can not make it academically. Always fun to watch.

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- Three children were injured Saturday when a cart broke from a carnival ride at the Florida Citrus Festival and threw them to the ground, according to a Local 6 News report. The children, ages 7, 11 and 12, were on a ride called the "Cliff Hanger" at the festival at about 1:30 p.m. when the accident happened. Winter Haven Police said there were 30 people on the ride when it broke. Each cart holds three people, and the one holding the three children came apart while the ride was in motion. The children were still in the cart, and the Winter Haven Fire Department had to extract them. Bobby Fuqua, executive director of the festival, said one child suffered a broken arm while the other two had minor cuts and bruises. The names of the children were not released. Fuqua said the ride had undergone a safety check and seemed in order. State inspectors are now investigating the incident. Police said this is the first ride accident ever at the festival, which started Thursday and runs until Jan. 25. Winter Haven is about 40 miles southwest of Orlando. _________________________________________ Some guy with less teeth than fingers puts together a ride and say heyyyy give me your chiiiild, I'll put him on the riiiide. Just say no to carny rides.

It makes me gratefull that I have time to worry about who are #5 starter will be. What made me sad is one of my thoughts is this is a scam the lady is pulling and I would bever see the loan repaid.

So what should we talk about today? I had an interesting phone call Saturday. A woman I just met on Wednesday, when her son joined my Scout Troop, called me and explained her husband ran out with two month's rent money and she was homeless with her 6 kids and needed $425. None of the shelters would take her in unless she was physically or sexually abused. She was obviously desperate enough to call an almost total stranger. I guess I have a kind face. Sadly in the end there was nothing I could do.

Is this like a silicon implant?

Actually I think a couple of these guys will make the 25.

Isn't this the fifth poll this off season and the second one this week? Did the 5th starter cause us to be sitting home during the playoffs? No. How about this question, which two or three of these guys might find a home in our bull pen?

Nuke, For you that's a mil spec cheese grater / shoe shiner and $199.99 not $19.99. We can't buy the cheap Chinese version. We need a made in the USA, from specific alloys, that will produce a specific shine. And you must provide replacement parts for 20 years. And you must provide detailed traceablity on all materials used. Personnel files on all employees, and anything else we come up with. Spring training? I'd rather post here then watch guys who will never make the roster run around. Those games are pathetic in person, worse on tv, even worse on tape delay. I would rather they replay games from the season to get everyone fired up for the start.

It was a group of print reporters and Les Grobstein (WLS? WLUP?) was the only guy there with a tape recorder. It became an instant hit. Steve Dahl played it about 100 times. I still laugh my ass off. Poor Lee. "I think my baby is a Cubs fan." "why" "I saw him reading the sports pages and he had the newspaper upside down. It was the only way the Cubs would be on top." "Let's lose two today!" Between innings of a doubleheader when everyone around me assumed I was a Cub fan. That can be so cool. If you are sitting around Cub fans and say "the Cubs suck." they get feisty. if you say "we suck" they will comiserate.

except a good flogging Turn the thing on when it's in your mouth. I love mine. When I'm camping, and have to use a manual toothbrush, I feel like my teeth aren't as clean. See how white my teeth are

If you have a logo, http://www.cafepress.com will offer a wide variety of products with no upfront cost to anyone. I have used them before and what is nice they will produce anything from coffee cups to t-shirts, mouse pads to panties.

Then would everyone who said they would still be Sox fans regardless of location just stop going to MLB games? Pick up the newspaper and the only coverage is the Cubs. Would 1.6 million less people watch MLB in person in Chicago? Is is a pointless excercise. I was looking at some history of NBA franchises and without fail once they left a city, fans turned to other teams. Usually based on media coverage.

Hmmm. What would we do.

Someone wake me if we ever do something official that involves our 25 man roster.

I'm still thinking Rauch is going to find success in the bullpen not as a starter. I would feel a lot better about this season if we were wondering what to do with these guys because we had a solid 1-5.

Steff the answer to "Can any guy be that stupid?" is Always YES It's in our genes. Just when you think man*kind (re: not humankind) has done the stupidist thing, yet some guy, it is always a guy, comes along and does something dumber. Look at the Darwin Award "winners" it's never a woman who ties a couple dozen weather baloons to a Sears lawn chair and hosts himself 20,000 feet into the air with a bb gun to bring himself down. Nothing is idiot proof. Once you create something idiot proof, nature comes along and creates a better idiot.

Are you saying the founding fathers not want the south to boost their numbers? The founding fathers had already solved that issue via strong individual states and the electoral college. I guess you are also saying that slaves should not have been able to vote? Cause what you are saying here is: If the South keeps bringing in slaves the slaves will have a huge voting voice and we do not want that. The founding fathers didn't want too many black people from voting? This is like claiming today that California has too many people so we should count Californians as 3/5th. So from the beginning the founding fathers were plotting to keep the south from becoming more powerful then the north? Did the south have too many women also? The founding fathers did not receive God like powers and devine intervention. They made errors and they could not forsee future events. It was a great document to begin a nation but not perfect. We should not be afraid to amend and keep our government relevant to the times we live.

f*** you capn, slinging mud is how I feel better about myself. You Oidiot. I am so glad Raffie was here to stick up for Brazil. I wish he had been a little more articulate about it. As Americans we do have a repuation world wide as ugly pigs who think our dollars give us a right to step on any litle country we want to. Hey, maybe it does. Each of those planes that land from the US carry 300 or so passengers. Each will spend over $1,000 on their vacation. Imagine, at a minimum, $300,000 is being transported to Brazil's economy. No wonder while Raffi is fighting the good fight, Rio tourism officials are busy handing out free t-shirts and professing their love for the US tourist. And I agree thanks SS2k4 (I hope the series ends this year at 2k4) for getting there ahead of us. It was my first mod notification and I was away. Damn I was feeling useful

Nope you can pretty much give the President here the finger (many have) and nothing will happen. And we extend that right to our visitors. Works for us and last time I looked if we put up a fence around America and a fence around Brazil I'll bet your fence is the one people are trying to get away from and our is the one they want to get to.

all they needed were a few nice parks, decent employment, and everything would have been fine. They did not need any parenting classes or b.s. like that,

And with Billy Wagner coming in to close all those games that Roger and Andy throw . . . oops one of the best closers is now in Philly so the Astros could save a few dollars. Since I selected the Astros as my NL team I have to see all the problems, it's in my genes.

Marketing has a lot to do with that. Funny but my Made in Tennessee (I guess we count them) Kawasaki had more US content than some Harleys. I do not have a auto assembly plant close by but I can get see almost every low end stereo (Delco, Panasonic), windshield wipers, motors, seat belt assemblies, dashboard assemblies, brake systems, seats, seat heaters, automatic starters, openers, etc. being made within an hour of my house. Most of these are European and Asian companies who came here as a direct result of NAFTA.

GHost, don't ask Nuke if a Dem is an embarassment, we know how he will anser that. Nuke, was Nixon an embarrasement for Watergate and was Reagan an embarrasement for Iran-Contra and huge defecits?