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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 03:09 PM) If my manager continually gave canned bulls*** answers like that, I'd lose a hell of a lot of respect very quickly. Really? Popovich seems to have made that work for him. I'm more interested in what the manager is doing and what is happening on the field. Some people do like the Ozzie style press parties.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 03:10 PM) The responses don't have to be exactly the same, but when it comes to expressing to the American people and world your disgust/condemnation, I don't see why leaving out motive when it comes to terrorists is a bad thing. Everyone knows they're a religious based group even if it's a distorted and twisted version of one. Hell, express that in the same statement as you explain how the targets were not random but intended based on religious beliefs. It'd be one thing if we didn't know who committed the crimes or why and were just guessing that it must have been wacko Muslims. But that's not the case here. And it's not a legal case. There are no sides. EVERYONE (with sanity) agrees that these acts were terrible and should not have happened. EVERYONE (with sanity) agrees that targeting people based on their skin color, beliefs, backgrounds, etc. is terrible. Couching the response is unnecessary when everyone is on the same side. This I mostly agree with. Have you considered that once something is so distorted and twisted it ceases to remain something? Even if the President's statements contain the words distorted and twisted the American people hear "these people are distorting and twisting the Muslim religion to meet their own agenda". Perhaps that is a reason why not to label them Muslim or paint this as a Muslim against all others battle. There are hundreds of millions of Muslims in the world and a very tiny percentage distort and twist their religion to the point of committing acts of terrorism. Adding that label to the terrorist description fuels anti-Muslim sentiment around the globe and fuels the anti-American fire. It's along the same lines as why I dislike hate crime laws. Who cares why, it happened and needs to be dealt with. If you want continuity between these two crimes I'd rather drop the motive from the domestic matters. Cops are killing people, perhaps unnecessarily in cases. That should be enough.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 12:43 PM) David Lennon ‏@DPLennon 2h2 hours ago Re: A-Rod return - Girardi said he doesn’t know what it’s like to be on PEDs, so doesn’t know what it’s like to be off them. #yankees Take your head out of your ass and look around Girardi

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 11:56 AM) They both involve hate crimes and race or religion, something that we don't condone in either situation. Our response should be the same - world, these targeted attacks are not acceptable and we condone them. No one should be targeted for who they are, what they look like or who they pray to. Obviously we disagree that the response should be the same. I believe every situation is unique, even two different shootings here, or two different terrorist events. I think a "we always do this when this happens" is a poor policy. Would you apply the same strategy to every criminal case you take on? Always have the same opening? I believe each situation should be evaluated for the best possible solution. That doesn't seem to fit with a process that starts with -- well we have to do this because we always do that -- no matter if we think it will help or not. Now if you want to debate if the approach being used is the best possible approach we are probably closer in agreement than disagreement. If your point is our approach on domestic hate crimes is working and we should also apply it to international terrorism, that's a different debate. If neither approach is working, why should we duplicate it?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 03:28 PM) I think a President shouldn't have a problem stating motive when the motive is clear and has been admitted. The fact that he does so in one situation, without facts to support, and actively chooses not to in another, despite having proof of it, for fear of some kind of illogical response, to me, is ludicrous. Having two different strategies in dealing with international terrorism and domestic issues is ludicrous? I would think that treating each and every issue in the same manner no matter the circumstances would be ludicrous. Different people involved, different solutions available, citizens versus terrorist groups, etc all seem to lead to a different handling.

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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.

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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!!