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The second in line to the Presidency has no public appointments listed in his schedule today. Where the hell is the press coverage?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 3, 2010 -> 01:46 PM) It is pretty bad that we give illegals more rights in this country than we do gay people. Non citizens are allowed to join the military, and if killed while serving, are automtically given US citizenship. So I can kindof see where SS is going with that.

This is why kids in the DR will gladly accept a $50,000 loan from Boras with the understanding he will represent them later. I am certain another agent could have gotten him a nice 5 year $60mil contract or even a nice four year deal.

Tonight I will go to bed early, tomorrow will be a long, and boring, day of standardized test taking, and administering.

With as important as the VP is, I am surprised that we haven't found more to discuss.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 08:52 PM) And that should have been JR did with them... Yeah, I got that. That got me to thinking, and perhaps it warrants its own thread, but unlike many owners, JR doesn't really seem to get too involved in stuff he hires people to do.

Hasn't the NFL already failed twice in LA?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 08:45 PM) Exactly. It is the same thing that Frank did with Scottie, Michael, and Frank. And as usual with baseball, I like your thinking.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 04:13 PM) More like, what does it take to get you back, today. But then we are back to the $X is too much. Unless you are saying that JR would allow the budget to be stretched to fit in PK, which could be a possibility.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 2, 2010 -> 03:56 PM) This seems like a situation where JR would call Konerko personally. I believe you are correct, but what is he going to say? "We want you as our second or third option, and at a cheao price, but if it doesn't work out, don't go to the Cubs? Seems kind of crazy

very good point, I will stop multiple alpha posts, but I would like to be known as the pioneer of this innovative strategy

Good time to trade him for a few prospects who would all earn minimums. A couple left handed hitters, maybe a first baseman.

How excited would Sox fans be to enter 2011 with Adam LaRoche as our new 1st baseman?

Lucky My Next atempt to post will be Organized in a way that I can purge any wrong posts quickly.

incredible hyow slow I am

grandma could have posted quicker than I did

Friendly people around here today

Before and after photos on a dieting web site at inspiring, and a little creepy.

BTW, here it is in 2,000 going backwards, $5 trillion and shrinking http://www.usdebtclock.org/2000.html

http://www.usdebtclock.org/ $40,000 per person. Almost $14,000,000,000,000.00. For example we owe China $880,000,000. This year we will have a deficit of $4,000 per person. If we ever do pay back all that debt, who will be paying it? My taxes were cut, so it can't be me, but I wonder who will be paying that $40,000 per person debt?

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 06:16 PM) Wait, he's already president of a country. nice

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 04:40 PM) And what if he doesn't produce anywhere near those BIG BUCKS he receives? Is that devaluing or just making smart baseball decisions? And what if *the other person signed* doesn't produce anywhere near those BIG BUCKS he receives? Is that devaluing or just making bad baseball decisions?

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Dec 1, 2010 -> 04:33 PM) Just because some other team is willing to overpay PK does not mean that he was worth that to the Sox. Good for him if he makes BIG BUCKS, but it would be very bad for the Sox. And the Sox are going to find someone who no one else wants to pay BIG BUCKS to. Hmm, what does that tell us?

First off it is perfectly legal for people to loan people money. The terms may push it into being illegal, and the method of collecting. MLB rules allow loans up to $500 without the agent telling anyone. Above that the agent must disclose the loan. Now I assume that only applies to potential clients, if he wants to loan his kid $1,000, I assume he doesn't have to claim that. We have an example of a kid who took the loan, then signed with a different representative. Boras asked for his money back, probbaly the same he would have if the kid signed with him. Bottom line, these kids have some income so they can develop into baseball players instead of hotel workers to support their families. The agent has an even greater interest in that kid's development. The slavery example would work nicely when we find some kid shackled to Boras' lawn mower when he doesn't develop into a baseball player. If we want to continue the slavery example with mlb, how about players being sold and traded to other teams where they are forced to move and work for as long as a decade? They have no choice in employers for the term of the contract. If they are drafted, they can only work for that employer. That seems like a stronger example of slavery in baseball than someone receiving a loan.

It seems that my employer has blocked any searches that involve the term murder as tasteless. IIRC from my Forensic Psychology class of a couple years ago, most US murders were not premeditated, calculated acts. They were crimes of passion, or gang violence that escalated. The theory is the potential punishment has no bearing on a person's actions when they see a spouse cheating or that f***er won't let them watch The Simpsons. Toss in alcohol and drug impaired murders and you have a large percentage of the murders. Also, again without being able to search, there seemed to be little coorelation from nations that have the dealth penalty and those without. Even looking at states, Texas, the #1 executioner state, has a higher murder rate than most states. And Sparky in Huntsville gets used a few times per month.