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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 08:40 PM) If you need to have your side validated by somebody else's body count, that is fine. I'm sorry you support that. My side is we need to ratchet down the rhetoric to a level that actual will allow for cooperation and lesson the "sides". No validation, just sick of the hate and the who cares what is best for America as long as the other side loses. Bush sucks so Dems want him (and by extension the country) to fail. The GOP wants Obama to fail so they can say I told you so. I think that is wrong. Are you really defending ads with gun targets?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) Oh don't feed me that line of crap. You can't use specific people and then say it is just the climate. If you are picking on one ideology, you are still blaming one side or another for your own political points. Will you join me in condemning *any* and *all* politicians who tolerates or encourages this kind of hateful climate?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 06:49 PM) Because it should take common sense to realize that in the minutes following a tragedy, you shouldn't already be trying to exploit it for your personal gain. The personal gain is a political climate where putting someone in the crosshairs would not be tolerated. Sorry you do not support that.

I forgot where I was posting.

http://nolabels.org/

No bait, I am really looking forward to opening day, much more than I have for any season in recent memory.

One of the goals of the off season is getting people excited about the team. Mission accomplished /awaits the rain on the parade folks

Yesterday was a long day, drove my son back to school and drove back. About 9 hours.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) I found it fascinating that a Senior Republican Senator was willing to say this, but not on the record. I think SS's comments kind of allude to this. Anything that is said at this time could be construed to be trying to score political points. I believe the Senator was just being cautious, nothing more sinister than that. In the coming days and weeks, as her condition improves, I believe we will see the no label movement gather serious steam (beyond silly petitions) and leaders on both sides will condemn the flaming rhetoric. I believe some good will come out of this. Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing, it just sometimes takes a tragedy like this to wake us up.

Amen

Universal Studios made some nice movies

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 12:27 PM) No, I understood what you were saying. But if you're keep the used car a few extra years, you might end up spending $2k more each year maintaining that vehicle because of its age than if you had purchased a new vehicle. That's where the true cost of ownership comes in. Yeah, keeping your car for 6 years may allow you to save a good chunk of money, but you may spend $43k over the life of the ownership of that vehicle, whereas if you traded it in after 3 years and purchased a new vehicle, you might be spending $47k over the life of two vehicles during the same 6 year period. There will probably be savings, but perhaps not as large as you would think. Gotcha, and good points.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 10:35 AM) FWIW, go back and look at the thread after the gunman shot up the army base. I am pretty sure I said almost the exact same thing. There aren't many things I respect less than people who instantly try to spin tragedy into their favor. I'm saying we should stop the violent rhetoric, the cult of violence, if that is "our" favor, then I am frankly shocked you are not amongst "us". People pointed out the most visible examples of this style, then it was the style that is being questioned and condemned here. I believe sane people who appreciate vigorous debate that does not degenerate to violent images are the ones spinning it towards their "favor". The side that benefits is the one wishing to see a reduction in the hate and divisiveness that permeates politics today.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 9, 2011 -> 08:19 AM) It's just sane people searching for a reason where there is none to be found. We'll disagree here. We may not like the reason, the reason may not be neat and tidy, but we'll come close to understanding what happened. We can usually discover the stressor(s) that pushed someone with a mental disease to act.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 07:30 PM) How many times does it have to be f***ing proven that signing mediocre relievers to multi-year deals rarely turns out well? While mostly true, the other bit of data is how often option A works out. In a world where mediocre relievers often receive multi-year deals, finding one to accept a single year deal may drop you down another group in the talent pool. Without data for the other option, that just means the lesser of two evils sucks as well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 6, 2011 -> 08:21 PM) What a f***ing idiot. Wood is a horrific defensive player who was once a much much more highly regarded prospect than Morel, but as of a year ago, most everyone thought Wood had major holes to his game. This comparison is utterly terrible. Note: I'm not stating that Morel will be great, just stating that the comparison made by Padilla is a horrendous one. The comparison was going into the season with a question mark at third. I thought the article did a nice job at that, and showing why the Sox are not in as bad a bind.

Quick, name a movie that begins with the letter R

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 09:09 AM) It keeps getting better! http://www.eutimes.net/2010/08/top-us-sena...rld-into-chaos/ Awesome. Thanks for the link.

Yes the psycho could have chosen to kill anyone, yet he found himself at a supermarket where a congresswoman was speaking. You believe the world is a better place with wanted posters and targets over someone, I believe it is a worse place and would like to see them stop. No use arguing, I just don't see the value in that type of rhetoric. And to be clear, I see this as more anti-government on his part, not the specific views of the congresswoman.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 8, 2011 -> 12:27 PM) Edmunds has a few really solid tools available to the consumer, one being their "true cost of ownership" tool. It will give you the cost of owning a new car versus a used car, model by model, including factors like financing new versus used, depreciation, and maintenance. Some newer cars can be cheaper to own than different cars a few years old. You just really have to do the research. My comment was a little off that tangent. Not discussing the relative value between two vehicles, but the value of keeping a car for a couple extra years and putting that money in retirement savings, or instead of spending $35k, spending $20k and putting that money into retirement. Some people would rather drive the nicer, newer vehicle. Others would rather be retired earlier. $15k in the bank when you are 30 adds a nice chunk of cash to your retirement. Probably enough to retire a couple years sooner.

And of course the comments would be so much different if the gunman was a Muslim.

Why did this happen is one of the first thoughts that go through most people's brains. When a government leader is targeted we should look for other reasons she was shot before looking at the obvious? The political talk seemed to center around we have to stop the inflammatory guns and targets type of rhetoric. Gee, what a terrible idea. The gain is trying to stop this violence from happening again, that ain't politics, that human decency. Making this tragedy even sadder will be if we learn nothing from this because we are too afraid of looking at the reasons.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 30, 2010 -> 10:32 AM) Recipe for a Rum Emanuel (safe for work) Catching up on this thread and lol

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 7, 2011 -> 03:41 PM) Haha, did you see my post? I said the exact same thing. Sorry, when I edited I somehow dropped the first line which read "Seconding Milkman"