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QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 19, 2011 -> 08:41 AM) I'm not saying he doesn't have cancer...just that the timing of the announcement seems odd. Perhaps, but there will not be a time in the next couple years that it wouldn't be an odd time to announce.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2011 -> 02:31 PM) Sorry to disappoint, but when it got back to the beginning again, I quit wasting my time. Just offering a chance for a summary piece for those that prefer a Spark Notes version.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 21, 2011 -> 08:35 PM) If I cut your phone line, does your system go down? It actuates a few things, one, the local monitoring system is notified that the phone is down and the police are contacted. Two, it switches to a cell back up, if one of our cells are available. Three an alarm sounds and four, my favorite, either myself or a couple of the neighbors show up with Texas size weapons and we play, who can shoot the home invader first.

We need one for our security system, the cell is the backup. But the phone itself is a cordless

Then add a hitting award, then the MVP would fit nicely for either a hitter or pitcher. And shouldn't we factor in defense?

Kick the ball out! Clear the ball. I need a recording.

Just received a call from Newt. Seems that Obama has turned the country into a failed European secular socialistic something or other. Why am I receiving candidate calls?

Ladies and gentlemen, in today's matinee performance, playing the roll of Balta will be StrangeSox. Do not adjust your monitors.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 21, 2011 -> 12:20 PM) If you'll you notice, I have never actually made that claim. My claim was this was the purpose all along. Sorry, I was missing your point. It is probably buried here, but would you agree that . . . grabbing the protestors and carrying them away would have been a better approach? And, that by pepper spraying them they made themselves (police) look bad and the protestors look good? 3. Which is what the protestors wanted all along?

Must be nice to be wanted . . .

Really SS, you don't believe the government used excessive force?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 21, 2011 -> 12:14 PM) That's not unintended. He explicitly calls for them replacing union janitors. Which breaks the union, drives the adults out of jobs and lowers wages in general. Not sure how firing adults from decent-paying jobs in poor neighborhoods so that their kids could work the same jobs for less pay is some great plan to combat poverty. I am not certain that is what he intended to have happen. I believe he was advocating for a "take any job and learn to work for a living" philosophy.

The best thing we can hope for with those guys is a return to their average pre-2011 production. It is easier for me to believe it is a one year problem and will improve than to think both of them dropped so fast to non MLB level production.

BTW, the unintended consequence of Newt's plan is kids will be competing with adults for those jobs. With unemployment as high as it is, I'm not certain it is a proper step forward. I agree in principle, but probably not now.

Seems like I have seen protestors being dragged away by cops since at least the mid 60s. Basically two cops grab them under their arms and carry them away.

When a salesperson is justifying an increased price, something the customer can see is often the best reason. The salesperson does not need to give a reason for lowering a price.

Great day for futball

And for a great example just look at the undocumented workers who risk their lives coming over here to work at minimum wage, entry level jobs

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Nov 21, 2011 -> 07:01 AM) No, clearly they should have enforced the laws right off the bat before things got to the point they are at now. By trying to coddle them because some politicians in charge sympathized with them they made things worse. Exactly, screw the first amendment and 200+ years of court rulings that almost always have sided with demonstartors when the government cracks down.

If the problem with expansion is Kotsay is only hitting .270, wouldn't a few weaker pitchers allow his average to reach .290 or maybe even .300? problem solved!

What little support I had for the Occupy folks has evaporated. Count me in the go away crowd.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 08:18 AM) I'll bet there are two things at play. First full season ticketholders have to be the least likely to cancel. Second, the full season people probably already get the biggest discounts. Great point. You're not as dumb as Balta says

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Nov 18, 2011 -> 04:10 PM) The above is bad writing, in my opinion. It certainly suggests that the plot had something to do with players that helped the White Sox win the World Series in 2005. And it may have in a very round about way.

We really need to remove the humans from baseball and just rely on computers.