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My aunt and uncle in Barrington had problems with keeping a connection. In their case it may have been user error. I think she still uses an AOL email address which she pays for.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2012 -> 08:41 AM) With the pitching staff this team has... as long as they can find SOME way to get at least similar production out of 3B, whether by trade or signing... I see no way this team won't compete for the ALC crown in 2013. As long as, of course, they are relatively healthy. Will they beat out DET? Probably not, but stranger things happen every season. The Sox will be in the hunt. This.

I don't get a chance to post this very often but thank you to Southern Illinois for being so kind to my alma mater UTPA. I hope the boys from Edwardsville are enjoying the warm weather.

The one thing with Mark that would make me believe he would come back as a coach is he really seems to enjoy the game. I think he would make a great color commentator as well. But it seems more likely he would quietly retire.

The one thing with Mark that would make me believe he would come back as a coach is he really seems to enjoy the game. I think he would make a great color commentator as well. But it seems more likely he would quietly retire.

Since we have a thread started concerning Kerry, and he isn't everyone's first choice, who else should be considered?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 24, 2012 -> 11:04 AM) Q: Do you like pie? A: Hmm, pie is OK, but hey f*** cake. What did cake ever do for anyone? That cake is a horrible, evil little snack. And we would never start talking about other deserts in a pie thread lol keep trolling

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 24, 2012 -> 10:43 AM) Exactly. And I'm accused of trolling.

I thought this was a discussion on the next Sec of Def? I want Obama to start reaching across the aisle for some consensus building. Here's a pick, Colin Powell if he would accept. A former GOP cabinet member, and an Obama supporter. regardless, I would llike to see someone with military experience, someone who served with honor. McCain comes to mind. Although the swifitie stigma is on him. I was sickened that people would trash military honors. The men and women that earned those did not need to have them dragged through the mud for petty b.s. politics. Any of the swifty supporters disgraced the military and the men and women that served and should also be disqualified from serving as Sec of Def. How is that not consistent with what I have said before? I said the swifites were a pile of s*** then, and believe they are a pile of s*** now. I will say this for Kerry, he disgraced his own medals, not those of other people, so I actually give him slightly more respect. I guess this is trolling Kap by agreeing with him, or if he wants to stick up for a bunch of people who claimed soldiers do not earn those medals, that they are easily faked and handed out like cookies or for political favors. But I really doubt he will. And just to be very clear KERRY IS A TERRIBLE CHOICE! His nomination would open up a round of partisan fighting that would be terrible for this country. Obama needs to pick someone that the GOP loves and Dems will tolerate. Obama needs to start some healing and Sec of Def is the perfect position to do that with. KERRY WOULD BE TERRIBLE! Do I need to say it a couple more times?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 07:11 PM) I never said a word about the "swifties". He did throw the medals, and he did testify against his own in Congress. And he accused our soldiers of "that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women,". FACT. That's it. You want a leader like that for Secretary of Defense? If ANYONE can vote him in for that position, they have no conscious. If he wants to go to state, that's one thing, but defense? No Kap, after you listed one person who dishonored the medals, I added swifties to that list. None of them should be considered. Was what I wrote that hard to follow? And shall i mention one more time I don't want him for Sec of Def?

Kerry for SecDef is HORRIBLE. Here, let me throw those medals over the fence. f***er. And forget any of the swifties and their supporters that destroyed the very meaning of medals by revealing how easy they are handed out. See how they flow together.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 05:37 PM) You have a man that allied himself with Hanoi Fonda and testified against his fellow troops, he can go f*** himself on being Secretary of Defense. It's awesome how little respect you show for that position by saying Kerry's good for it. Where did you read I supported Kerry? I just added to your list of people that should be excluded. The swift boat guys spent tens of millions destroying the meaning of those medals. They should be excluded as well.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 02:24 PM) I don't remember the sleeping pills part but I'll trust you on it. I still say you cannot assume Oz has a drinking problem and it's irresponsible to say that on a public forum. I just went to Black Friday lunch and of the five people there, only one (me) didn't have at least 3 big beers. On a Friday afternoon? I had no beers. They make me sleepy. Drinking is a huge part of society. Do the four guys I was with have a problem? You bring up a interesting point about what is responsible and what is not on a public forum. I believe I clearly stated it was my opinions. My opinion is based on Ozzie's own words and his actions. I'm do not believe it is unfair to take Ozzie's own characterizations about his drinking and blame drinking on some of his bizarre behaviors.

Part of Greg's comments may be because I kept saying I have empathy for anyone in that situation and people kept saying, Yeah, but Mark has money, Mark did this or Mark did that. I'm guessing all those comments could be rewritten to say, anyone with enough money, or anyone with a really cool job, or anyone who can walk away, does not deserve empathy. It isn't specific to Mark, but he was used as an example. And we would take him back under that contract, as long as someone was picking up some of it.

And forget any of the swifties and their suporters that destroyed the very meaning of medals by revealing how easy they are handed out.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 12:57 PM) If the rape is legitimate, the male body has ways of shutting down erections. Zing-o :lol:

We just picked some fresh basil from the garden and made pesto. Nothing like a little pesto and mayo spread on sourdough bread with turkey.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 11:27 AM) Ok .. granted that I made an off the cuff remark about the Mustang. You can now get off that point, I yeild. Still, I stand by my last post. Life and the individual circumstances that we all experience at times are a real b****. And, you do actually have to face it and deal with. Empathize to your hearts content, but the fact remains that it's not all sunny days and flowery, butterfly filled meadows. And I never disagreed with the points you are making here. I disagree that given enough money a parent doesn't need to be, or should even feel bad about, not being their for his kids. No doubt, money can make it better. But it still doesn't replace 6 and a half months away a year away from his kids if they chose to live in another country or four months a year if they are in the same house.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 11:27 AM) Ok .. granted that I made an off the cuff remark about the Mustang. You can now get off that point, I yeild. Still, I stand by my last post. Life and the individual circumstances that we all experience at times are a real b****. And, you do actually have to face it and deal with. Empathize to your hearts content, but the fact remains that it's not all sunny days and flowery, butterfly filled meadows. And I never disagreed with the points you are making here. I disagree that given enough money a parent doesn't need to be, or should even feel bad about, not being their for his kids. No doubt, money can make it better. But it still doesn't replace 6 and a half months away a year away from his kids if they chose to live in another country or four months a year if they are in the same house.

Sandwiches and basically opening the container and grabbing a piece. I fixed a 15# and there were only four of us so plenty of left over turkey.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 11:07 AM) No. An erection is a sign that the rape is not legitimate. That actually is a persistent argument. From what little research I read (Wikipedia) a male erection can be involuntarily induced. That may be good for a page or two and fun to write.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 11:07 AM) No. An erection is a sign that the rape is not legitimate. That actually is a persistent argument. From what little research I read (Wikipedia) a male erection can be involuntarily induced.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 10:37 AM) You what Tex? People all have issues. Sometimes a family has to do what it has to do and that's just a fact of life. Life is hard. It takes work. It's not some liberal pie-in-sky utopia that you guys think it should be. It never has been and it never will be. Deal with it. ... Unrolling my eyes, now. Having a dad home at night is pie in the sky utopia? I thought it was Republican family values. Yes it is hard work. I believe it takes being there, you believe you can buy replace being there with a car when they turn 16. Money replacing parenting, wow. That is a strange way of "dealing with it". You are really disagreeing that a parent should want to be there with the kids in a stable home environment and when they can't be,it's a bad thing. And Dick, I keep taking in generalities, trying to keep this not just about mark. However, specific to a player's life, baseball summer is spring training to the end of the season. Basically he's away from his kids March-May and September - October while they are in school. That looks like five months to me, then, unless they travel with him, half of June-August is spent on the road. So unless my math is bad, six and a half months a baseball player is away from his kids. I do feel empathy for all of them. Whether they are earning $400,000 or $14,000,000. I know it is a choice they make, but I believe many miss their kids. I also have empathy for firefighters, oil rib workers, migrant workers, diplomats, and anyone else struggling to be the best parents they can be. But hey, I'm a liberal as YASNY points out and that ignores a fact of life. We can't have empathy for people who make a lot of money and then complain they can't be with their kids. I will continue to have empathy for all families that are trying to raise their kids by being there and cannot. That is regardless of income. I disagree that kids whose dads make a lot of money don't require him to be around as long as he buys them cars and stuff.

For those that may have read Faulkner's Sanctuary, this will probably make more sense but here goes . . . In the novel a hot, young coed (Temple Drake) is forced to have sex with a "gangster" (Red) by another "gangster" (Popeye). Complicating this is Temple, after earlier being raped by Popeye (he's impotent but used a corn cob) she seemingly runs off with him and is loosely being held captive by Popeye at a Memphis whorehouse. She later offers false testimony that leave Popeye free and causes an innocent man to be convicted. A part of my thesis comes from a study of the secondary sources which never paint Red as a victim of a sexual assault. My argument is he did not have a choice in having sex with Drake and therefor should be considered a victim of a sexual assault. I further argue that it was the sexual harassment accusations by Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court process that changed our attitudes about who can be sexually assaulted which is why this idea has not been studied before. Anyone care to comment? I'm especially looking at what points I should make regarding guys being raped by being forced to basically rape someone else. Weird, I know.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 09:28 AM) I think you are misreading the point. First off, in the case of Buehrle, I don't think his kids are old enough to be really forming deep friendships and their in season home is different from their offseason home anyway. Mark Buehrle didn't move his family to Florida for the entire year. Just the baseball season, and if being with his family full time is needed, he has made plenty of money BEFORE he ever went to the Marlins, to walk away from baseball, be with his family every day, and lead a far more comfortable life than the average person. In fact, he has talked about retiring for a couple of years, but the money seemingly was too hard to pass up. His kids will be in Toronto. A world class city. They can make new friends, and have new experiences. Sometimes broadening their experiences could be a positive. They will see their father just as much as before, and the trip from Missouri to Toronto is 400 miles closer than it was to Miami. His dog on the other hand is out of luck, and as a dog owner, I know that probably hurts Buehrle more than most non pet owners would ever know. Dick, do you have kids? Every friendship is deep to young kids. Plus they lose 100% of their friends when they move. You are a dog owner and understand that, I moved four times as a kid and moved my kids twice so I understand that.