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QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 09:10 PM) Yeah, I remember that. It was nice. The rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at Buckingham Palace on 9/12 was one of the most beautiful I've ever seen. But that doesn't mean that two of their most symbolic buildings were destroyed, another one badly damaged and 2,500+ of their citizens murdered. It's nice that they showed such support, but it wasn't an attack on them and it didn't shake any of those countries to the absolute core like it did to ours. The fact that America was attacked on our soil made other countries feel far more vulnerable. That changed their policies. It did shake other countries, far more than another bombing in (insert small poor country here). To suggest that only one country can be affected by something, is just not realistic. Again, the holocaust shook Germany more than other countries, but the images of the refugees leaving the death camps shook the world. The tsunami that killed a couple hundred thousand people affected the globe, not just one country. There are world tragedies, there are events that shake the world, and 9/11 was one of them. But your world view is foreigners don't matter, so it would be difficult for you to accept it.

QUOTE (VictoryMC98 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 09:06 PM) I don't think we do the right thing when it comes to illegal immigration, we go after them. Why? Go after the why they are here.. employers. If you truly want to get rid of illegal immigration, here is what you do. For every illegal caught at a job site/factory/etc... The CEO/President of the company goes to jail for 1 year.. No deals, no early parole, nothing.. With no jobs, there is no reason why an illegal would want to come here. Sure. Get fooled by a fake ID, go to jail.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 09:05 PM) At the expense of letting patriotic Americans like Sarah Snow commemorating 9/11 in their preferred way without worrying about offending a bunch of people who don't matter. Wow. Ok, I'm done. They do matter, the brown ones give you a target.

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:53 PM) I don't understand your question. If Mexican Americans are proud of their heritage, let them fly their flags. I don't care. That doesn't have anything to do with my insistence that 9/11 was an American tragedy and not a world tragedy. Not a world tragedy? Wow. How old are you? I say that because you see the world differently at 40 than 12. The outpouring of support from around the world was amazing. I remember watching the coverage, nations everywhere shared in our grief and outrage. It's like saying the holocaust was a German or Jewish tragedy. People around the globe waving American flags, leading prayer services, lighting candles.

You wrote What expense?

So Dunn isn't expected to know how he best prepares for a season or game, but the manager is?

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:43 PM) If your Mexican immigrant loved one who is an American Soldier comes home from a deployment, go ahead and wave Mexican flags. I'm personally not sure why you would, since he wears an American flag patch on his right sleeve and is fighting in the United States Army. But hey, it's your loved one and if that's how he wants his homecoming celebrated, fine by me. Your claim that I'd go down and rip flags out of peoples' hands is idiotic. Again, you said at the expense of, what expense is there if flags are flown from other countries? And just like some Italian- Americans, Irish-Americans, etc are proud of their ancestry, so too are Mexican-Americans.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:46 PM) I believe he already had to repudiate his proposal to allow acrosstheborder earth care sales. Anything he's done that was good for people is a weakness for him. As president he will have to support policies that are good for all/most states, not just one state. So naturally some positions will have to change, and I believe we would want any governor who is elected president to do that regardless of what state and political party s/he came from.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 07:42 PM) Clinton started borrowing and spending? Do you realize how many graphs I can post on how incorrect that is? Americans started borrowing and spending. Sorry, I wasn't more exact. Consumer debt and wealth shot up.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:03 PM) Here's gonna be a mind blowing answer. Its the managers job to figure that out for his players. Even the most motivated athlete migt not do what is best to get himself going. A managers (and coaches) job is to figure that riddle out. No, not mindblowing from a macro view, I'll agree with you. but from a micro view, using Dunn, I don't. He's a multi-year veteran. Shouldn't he know and articulate that to the coaching staff? And if it really is up to the coaching staff, and someone who has been playing at the highest level can't figure out how they themselves best prepare, shouldn't we then give Oz another chance at figuring it out for Dunn? I mean if Dunn doesn't know how to best prepare after playing ball for a couple decades isn't it unfair to expect Oz to figure it out immediately?

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:20 PM) Oh shut up. For being a moderator, you're one of the most hyperbolic people on this board. Give me a freaking break and calm down. Ok, I'll accept that. Still what expense?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:26 PM) Don't worry, he'll spend the next 6 months repudiating all of that. I'm not too certain he will to a great degree. Remember his roots are as a Dem. It didn't switch parties as much as the Dems left him. And for his career, the switch really came at a great time. He will follow a solid strategy and will not make a mistake on the trail. He's going to be tough to beat.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 08:17 PM) It is also a big part of the big bad statistics that the left is already attacking him with. At that point he just blames it on illegal immigration and the right loves him again. I actually do like his stance on immigration. Prefers personnel to walls. Signed and supported a Texas law to offer in-state tuition to students regardless of their parents legal status. Stuff like that. Now much of his Texas fundraising some from businesses that benefit from these workers, so that may have influenced a little. No wonder Kap hates him, I find him a rather decent nominee on a couple hot button issues for me.

Walmart built a road, well paid for a road, in my town. They donated the land and paid most of the cost of the road. Of course it led to a WalMart but it connected two well traveled roads and really is a nice shortcut to many businesses.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) I think that in spring training Ozzie just assumes that if a guy is a veteran he knows how to get ready and spends most of his tome pushing the rookies. It's the same philosophy you hear articulated from walker... He's a veteran so he should know how to work out of this. My example is Pierre. He comes in with weight training and such, and he's one of Ozzies guys. I think ozzie let's him off easy in ST on batting and fielding because he's obviously in shape. So, the last 2 years, Pierre has had terrible aprils, when he never did that in his career until he got to Chicago. Some guys might work well like that, but a lot of these guys need that extra push, and if you're one of Ozzies guys...you won't get that push. OK, I'll accept that. How much should the athlete be motivated on his own and how much is the manager?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 07:48 AM) I think you're way underestimating the effect quality preparation can have on a player. I'm interested, how does the manager prepare his players? What have Dunn's other manager's done for him that Ozzie isn't? I'm just not buying any excuses for a veteran athlete like Dunn. Should Ozzie have gone to Dunn's house and prepared him a low cal lunch? Maybe each night sit by his bedside and read him scouting reports? Pick him up on days off and go for a run? Oz made some stupid decisions that didn't pan out, but I'm not giving Dunn and Rios a pass.

The GOP is going to have a credibility issue. Part of the success of the Texas economy are the undocumented workers. I believe Perry needs to conjure up the ghost of Reagan and show how his policies are in line with the untouchable Reagan. Hopefully that will placate the party faithful. Linked

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 12:06 PM) Let me simplify that. If you remove the new investors, the pyramid collapses. Isn't that the case with our military and every other tax based program?

QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Sep 9, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) I don't know why on Earth they'd put my name next to that flag, but hey, it's their country. So I don't really care. My American family and friends would commemorate my life and death according to my wishes, with American flags, so that'd be satisfactory. He's a coward for trying so pathetically hard to appease foreign visitors at the expense of patriotic Americans. His comment that I've already harped on a few times shows that he's just worried about offending a few people who are different. What expense? Accuracy? The understanding that American businesses hire workers from all corners of the globe? At least down here, when out local soldiers come home, dead or alive, I see a lot of Mexican flags as well as U.S. to commemorate their often times dual citizenship. I guess if you were here you would rip the Mexican flag out of the hands of their families?

I heard today that the DC-10 wasn't going to be helping with the Bastrop fire. It was basically now in limited areas that needed boots on the ground with hoses and shovels.

Reagan's greatest strength, and Clinton, was their ability to be cheerleaders. Reagan rode in (literally) as a larger than life cowboy. He came in after the scandal of Nixon, the clumsiness of Ford, and the lack of boldness by Carter. perhaps toss in the not so distant memory of the fall of Saigon and getting our butts kicked in Vietnam. Here was someone that would help America get our swagger back. The previous presidents were not bad, we've never really had a disaster of a president. Reagan led Americans to believe in themselves. Clinton came after 12 years of having gramps running the country. We had the swagger, but we were shuffling in a walker. Clinton came in, blowing a mad sax, rock music blaring and we combined swagger with youthful exuberance. Boom we started borrowing and spending. The president can't change policy enough to really make a huge impact, but the president can change the mood of the country.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 09:48 PM) Average >>> Below Average. Agree? Agreed, see above Above average >>>>>>>>>>> average Agree?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 8, 2011 -> 10:42 PM) Not really. The whole point of using statistics in baseball is to exploit weaknesses and play to the strength of your team. So you'd be doing quite the opposite. So if every manager always followed the stats they would all be above average? And this was not directed at OZ, but everyone will think it is. I was just thinking if every manager just fed every decision into the computer and played what the stats call for, (which is impossible because you have contradictory stats to guide you) a manger who makes one decision against the stats has the potential to be the one manager above or below average. What will separate the managers isn't the decisions they make guided by stats, but the decisions they make against the stats. To steer this away from baseball and hopefully take Oz out of the discussion, the guy who decides a "coming out of the half on sides kick" is a great gamble wins when it works out, is a dog when it backfires. Plus how many decisions in sports have stats that show a better than 50% chance of something working out? Usually is is if you do this it will work out 22% of the time, if you do this it will work out 28% of the time. Pick the first one and you're an idiot for not following the stats. I'm hoping the next manager isn't a slave to stats, I also hope they make better decisions in when to gamble and who to gamble on.

Interesting, thanks for posting