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I root for the Sox > AL Central > AL There are a couple NL teams I would cheer for Astros, maybe the Cards depending on who they were playing. I'd cheer for the Cubs to lose in 7, on a 3-2 walk off walk.

I'd be OK with adding two teams. Let the wildcard teams play each other in a 5 game series, giving the division teams a week off. Then each round should be 7 games from there.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 05:12 PM) But register 'Mary Jones', and have anyone show up saying they are 'Mary Jones' and vote (since we can't ask for ID because somehow that would be racist) and you have a vote that should not be. Or have nobody show up and vote but yet rig the voting machines for a few hundred extra votes, or a few thousand, and as long as you have less votes than registered voters, it usually gets ignored. Sometimes the reason people register these non-existent people is that they get paid per registration. With this group that wasn't the case, so can one of you who denies that this means anything tell me why the hell they do it? There has to be a reason, even if it is a stupid one. First off the system worked and the illegal registrations were thrown out. Secondly, people work for more than just money. Volunteers are sometimes "good feeling" whores. The attention they get from everyone when they bring in 500 names or whatever can be addicting. They may be trying to impress Jodie Foster, or the hot guy in the next cubical. The manager may be trying to pad his resume and get a paying gig with a major donor, or just use it to say he managed a voter registration drive that brought in 25,000 voters. There are so many reasons I'd get tired typing.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) So they saw photos, not the real thing, and decided it was a hoax. OK. That happens all the time. Wounds heal, yet both sides have the right to an expert witness. So the second or third expert has to rely on the reports and the photos. That has been an established method for a hundred years.

QUOTE (Bighurt500Hrs @ Sep 24, 2010 -> 08:04 PM) Not being critical, but genuinely curious....how does it benefit an 8th grader to know who their senator or representative is? I know this is something we teach but why do we feel this is important knowledge at this age? If I was in 8th grade I would see no benefit to knowing this information outside of being able to pass a test. Good point. But can't we say that about every subject? Do they need algebra or to know where the planets are? In middle school, kids are beginning to understand there is a bigger world than just what they can see. They also are trying to figure out where they fit now and where they will be fitting as adults. Understanding the society in which they live is a big part of that. Knowing that there are people representing them, and who should be thinking of them, helps in that. I also want them to understand how to work within the system for their rights. It's about helping them discover the world.

The government puts policies in place to protect consumers from the insurance companies. What should the insurance companies do? hmmm Maybe jack up rates, cancel product offering, and blame it on the government so the regulations are dropped?!

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 24, 2010 -> 12:02 PM) So the media spent time on that, instead of the testimony from Coates about how the Justice Dept was told to not go after minority defendents, specificly the New Black Panther Party. I guess you have to have priorities in the news coverage, eh? What's going to get the ratings? $ucks, but that is America

Michael Jackson 5

Is sex a hobby?

Interesting, I never really minded the connections. Getting off the plane for an hour or three wasn't that bad. I'd rather do a 5 and a 2 than an 7. I always was able to allow for a full day, so why not use it?

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Sep 22, 2010 -> 08:57 PM) Flying is such a pain in the ass and I can't sleep for more than 2 hours, if I'm lucky. A 4 hour flight has me aching everywhere and I'm not even a big guy. There was a few year span where I was on a plane every Tuesday and back on Friday. I lost the ability to fall asleep in the plane. I would have the sensation of *falling*. Not cool. I woke up a couple times thinking I screamed. Alcohol would make it worse.

Drugs. Get something from the doc to knock you out for most of the flight.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 22, 2010 -> 11:50 AM) Wow, don't let someone derail a thread calling 2005 a fluke. I thought Mike North was the only idiot to believe that. Now there are two. Teams change rosters so much that repeats are getting non existent. Please refrain from calling people idiots. Depending on how someone defines fluke, them yes, a once in 100 years could easily be called a fluke.

I'm not going to debate word meanings, so fluke or not, he did prove that for one season, it could be good. Will a change make a difference? Probably. But I really doubt it will make a huge difference. Averages aren't suddenly going to shoot up. You need the horses on the field. Having said that, I'd like to see a shakeup. I think Ozzie needs to make a couple moves to solidify his employment for next season. It's almost a cliche. A shakeup of the coaching staff before the skipper walks the plank.

I am watching a History Channel show and a couple NY mayors were on and I realized that mayor of NY would be an awesome job when things are going well. But there are so many other choices.

Not only we they know them by the end of class, but the elected officials will know them when we start mailing letters and emails.

So I was speaking with my 8th graders and asked who their Mayor is. 2 in 105 actually knew his name. A small handful incorrectly guessed the previous mayor. They walked/rode past literally dozens of signs on their way to school last year. County Judge (head of county gov't) zero Governor? about 5 or 6 Senators? Zero Congressman? 1 President? about half. BTW when they say the Pledge of Allegiance they are looking at the flag and a picture of the President. Kids, kids, kids

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 20, 2010 -> 10:36 AM) I'd have to say my main hobby is doing crossword puzzles. Collecting music (and listening to it, obviously) is another big one. I download just about any song I've ever heard, even if I don't like it. I listen to music all the time...not sure how I could even live without music. I also enjoy doing smaller maintenance work around my house and my parents' house. Would not have seen that one coming.

Travel, volunteer work, all things beach related, Boy Scouts, reading, and reading soxtalk.

I was just thinking spokescharacter, if y'all are talking basic entry fast food burger, then Whataburger is tops

I know Jack has a big head, but I love the sarcasm.

To reject all players from non playoff rosters would mean that none of those players have any value. Once you accept that players have value for a team, then you have to accept that someone on that team could have the most value. It takes more than one guy to make the baseball playoffs. To suggest that a player who (to use an extreme example) bats .400 + 30-30 can't win the award because he team doesn't make the playoffs is silly.

I thought the piece was very well written, well thought out. The reactions around here priceless comedy.

Lots of food and mariachi music around my school today. Viva La Mexico