Texsox

X,Y, Z and we are closed. It is spring training. Spring is here.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 03:03 PM) Come on man, you're better than this. Read. I think I answered this in the above. You are claiming the same wording should be used in both cases? Why then if it isn't that you believe both cases are the same. Why have two different cases and require the exact same response?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) Again, read. It's not a complex thought. Obama refuses to state that ISIS is killing people because of their religious beliefs. His admn has a whole policy on that because of a fear of offending other Muslims and perpetuating an anti-Muslim sentiment. At home, that "policy" is ignored when it involves domestic race/religious issues. He's more than happy to call black victims of white crime victims of racism/hate. He'll conclude that a white person that kills 3 brown people did it because of racism/religious intolerance with no evidence supporting it. Clearly he's not afraid of offending anyone or perpetuating the "white people hate blacks/muslims" myth here at home. It's broad v. specific. It's taking a stand versus not taking a stand. It's a double standard. If there was some legitimate reason for doing so, maybe i'd be ok with it. But I don't see an issue with calling a spade a spade. ISIS killed people based on their religious beliefs. The victims may have been random, but the targeted group was not. Why is it harmful to point that out? If I understand your statement, you believe that these two issues should be treated the exact same and should use the same wording. I believe they are different matters with two different solutions. As a lawyer I am certain you understand that every case is different and calls for different solutions. The parallels seem to be for your analogy to work that ISIS are the cops and the victims are the victims. You are trying to apply a one size fits both argument. If you are going to argue that the approach to both should be the same you should also build a case where they are the same. I don't see that. The perpetrators are different and the victims are different. The motives may have a similar origin, but that's about it.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 04:03 PM) Sure it is. He's played one season. I'm optimistic, but regression is totally possible. He will also have to adjust to pitchers who will be studying much more tape and finding his holes.

Tex's take is terrible tragedy for Jose

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) ISIS also appears to be a completely different animal than the others. They make Al Qaeda look like a street gang. 9/11 with thousands of dead on US soil versus horrific attacks on dozens soon hundreds on foreign soil. Both are terrible. I think you are underestimating what Al Qaeda has done. Adults at the time were afraid to go to work in America.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 12:15 PM) Acting like these guys are performing random acts against random people IS pretending a problem doesn't exist, whether you drop bombs on them or not. What exactly is the problem? I believe the problem is people are being murdered. What problem are we pretending doesn't exist? You are arguing how to define the word random. Attacking and killing John Lennon was not a random act. The person singled him out. Someone who starts shooting inside a school is killing random people. But you are rejecting that definition of random. Does it really make a difference?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 12:00 PM) I'd like an argument for how saying "these ISIS terrorists deliberately targeted non-Muslims, in this case [Christians/Jews]" will incite these f***ing crazy assholes to hate us more than just saying these are "random" attacks. For the third time, i'll bring up my analogy that no one has responded to: White cops are targeting black teens and killing them. They admit that's what they're doing. The President doesn't bring up hate crimes or racism, he says it was just random acts of violence for fear of pissing off police/making people distrust the police more. Your response is, oh well, that's fine. Right? No, not a chance. And I wouldn't like that either. So you believe white cops should be compared to ISIS?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) I wouldn't call it "mad," just upsetting. When he talks about terrorist acts committed by Islamic groups like ISIS he's fearful of labeling them or talking about them in a factual way. We have terrorists specifically targeting a group of people (Christians or Jews) and he calls them "random" acts of violence. There was nothing random about either attack. They were both deliberate and the perpetrators admitted that. Yet here at home he has no problem saying a crazy white guy that killed 3 brown people did so specifically because they were brown and Muslim with no basis for doing so. Edit: just call a f***ing spade a spade, that's all i'm asking. Which is more important, calling out ISIS or stopping them from recruiting more soldiers with anti-American sentiment? It seems that slowing the creation of new hate groups would be a good idea. There are still plenty of randomness about the murders. They aren't targeting specific people, they are crimes of opportunity. They don't want a specific Christian, anyone would do. If they find this person and not this person, no big deal, any random person will fill their needs. If they find them here and not there, no big deal taking them from any random spot is fine, and more terrifying. If you know they are only attacking churches, then stay out of churches, but their locations, times, etc are random. Yes, some aspects are not random, but to say 100% not random is giving them too much credit for long term planning.

Really? I believe SS2k5 skipped ahead a couple spots.

Hard to sell should mean easy to buy. No rentals usually means a long term stable, nice living place. No rentals is also risky if you need out and the market is bad. All the negatives are also positives for some people. I have become a big fan of real estate as an investment. I wish I had started sooner.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 01:37 PM) I think at the end of this year we'll be able to make a convincing argument that he's the best hitter in baseball. Based on a limited number of observations, and none live, I'm hoping he develops that intimidating look that Frank had. With Frank you were on the edge of your seat knowing something great would happen. Now it's edge of your seat expecting, not knowing.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 11:34 AM) So according to Newt Gingrich on my Twitter feed, Obama had some remarks about the recent terrorist attacks and failed to mention that the people beheaded by ISIS were beheaded because they were Christians (something they admitted), and he called the recent attack on Jews in Denmark "random," despite the attacker stating that he was deliberately targeting Jews. Can someone explain why he's fine jumping the gun about motive for attacks here in the states, but not elsewhere? I normally don't give a crap about these sorts of statements/non-statements, but in this case it all happened within the last week or so and the responses from him were not similar at all. I'm not going to pretend to speak for the President. Here is a possibility. Two different speeches in different contexts. Random in the sense of it happening in Denmark. Denmark!? Isn't that random? I can't think of anything happening in Denmark before. Random in the sense that there were thousands of Christians in the country and these were the ones captured. Newt is deciding that the President meant random in the context of the motive of the killers. That could be true, maybe it isn't. We can't know without understanding the complete speech. In the first case listing things that he failed to mention could fill volumes. He failed to mention police shootings, WW2, the Vatican, the history of Christian missionaries being killed around the globe. Without knowing the full speech and the venue, and the occasion, putting significance in what wasn't said opens every speech to every negative judgement you want to make. Or we could go with he hates all Christians and is on the side of Muslim extremism. Of course those same people also believe he sat in a Christian church because he believed 100% with everything that pastor was saying.

Hi! Jose

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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) Texas is likely set to kill another innocent man. Just go ahead and execute, we can bring him back to life later.

Unless I am mistaken, this year's thread is hundreds of posts short of the first year. We should require every poster to post once.

I was looking at the springtrainingconnection site. They have updated. So we're letting every AL Central team start a day or two ahead of us!? Fire Robin Now!!

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 12:25 PM) Saudi Arabia is at 30 this year and there were others last week. Yawn. We only killed 35 in 2014. If some states would start emulating Texas we could keep up with the Saudis.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/execution-list-2014 I have not vetted the source, but the Texas list looks correct. Some interesting stuff there.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Zero evidence, so far, he shot them SPECIFICALLY because they were Muslim. I know you can read. And the shooter has offered statements against all religions, and religion in general. He hasn't just singled out one for his scorn. And I didn't present evidence that they DID make it up. YOU said not likely. I showed you cases where it did happen and offered my OPINION that I thought it was even money they did it themselves. And I have told you both of these at least twice now. So once again, zero evidence that he shot them because he specifically hated Islam. Hating all religions and shooting someone because of that is different that 'Islamophobia'. But don't let that detract from the narrative that Muslims are always the victims because of their religion. Zero evidence they torched their own business, yet you call the odds 50-50. Evidence he hated religion, yet you call it zero evidence he killed them because of their religion. How can you not see the hypocrisy?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 01:40 PM) What timezone are you in, Tex? Still got 5 days left. Isn't the 19th reporting day? 15, 16, 17, 18, then report?? Four days without baseball.