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I could see the US giving a nod and a wink and allowing Mexico to grab a Mexican national here. We'll complain a little bit and let it go.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 11:16 PM) white in back, yellow in front . . . why fix it if it ain't broke wtf?

In the real world this is as good as it gets. Of course there is a hole or two, but every team has them. In general I always prefer the chances of a "youngin' who never did it before" stepping up than trying to recatch a youth. If someone predicted 100 wins for this team, I wouldn't think they were too crazy. On the other hand, a couple injuries, that would be reasonable, could make 82 wins a struggle.

I've liked Gammons, even whan he thinks we suck.

Yikes. Real people, normal intelligent people, are believing it is well within reason that Mexico military may drop down one day and conduct a mission on US soil to take out a cartel leader. Based on our outsourcing of problems and allowing countries with more casual laws to step in, it may be true. We are seeing an increase in high end SUVs and lux cars with armour around the area, all with Mexico plates.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 10:12 PM) We've been invaded by land and water for decades now, might as well add by air to round it out... They seem to be targeting criminals on this side, which is interesting. It has long be assumed that at least some of the top cartel leaders lived on this side and issued orders.

http://www.ktva.com/ci_14679763 http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Mexic...M_NfPEGvew.cspx There have been at least two occurances. The most recent was yesterday, it was just on my local news. The border violence on the south side of the river is starting to make me a little nervous.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 10:59 AM) Good to know the catholic church doesn't believe in personal responsibility. They would love personal responsibility, but they really should be accountable not just the person who committed the act.

In honor of your birthday . . . It is CHAOS!! Birthdays, they all do it!!! The only thing that will stop these birthdays is the government!!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 27, 2010 -> 04:14 PM) Can I get my charitable donation back? ^^^ QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 28, 2010 -> 11:20 AM) I heard he's a flamer. Calgary? I didn't know he even liked hockey?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 28, 2010 -> 10:58 AM) The funny part is many of the "savings" in the health care bill, are this exact kind of accounting. So some of the "savings" are actually from stopping some tax breaks from companies, which in effect results in higher taxes paid by corporations?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 28, 2010 -> 10:07 AM) I love this thread. "Thats not going to happen" "Thats why its a bold prediction" It never fails. lol lol, that's why I hate bold predictions.Read most of them, not to pick on anyone could you imagine this happening Whoa! I didn't see that one coming, who would have thought?

Like most politicians dive to the middle to get elected, Kap has dove to the right to keep things stirred up. Relax and enjoy the show. It's like have Rush on steroids visiting everyday.

And while the Catholic Church gathers all the headlines, as a world, we did a poor job of protecting children and still do in many places. Well actually we thought we were protecting children by not making their abuse public because of the potential for taunting and teasing by other children, the embarrassment (wrongly) the parents might feel, etc. All sexual crimes of violence were treated that way. Look at the shabby treatment female rape victims received in the 50s and 60s and arguably on into today.So while it is easy to attack the Catholic Church, sports teams, schools, day cares, all Churches, had done the same thing. But without a large and visible world structure to link them all together, those get a pass on current scrutiny. And allowing Priests to marry will not stop most of this. Pedophilia is not linked to straight or gay, married or not. Look at the teachers that have molested children. Many were married women. And I don't give a rip if he was two years or two minutes form his death bed, fire and prosecute the guy immediately.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 28, 2010 -> 09:38 AM) If we're going to bash the cost side of this, then let's at least be honest. The charge-off isn't due to increase costs of health care - its closing a sort of strange loophole in previous law that allow companies to get a tax-free federal subsidy for Medicare retiree costs AND still take that amount as part of a tax DEDUCTION. I mean, come on - taking a tax free income stream, turning it out the door to retirees, then taking the deduction for those costs? That's completely bogus. So yes, companies will take charges due to this, and yes, that will have a negative effect on those companies. But its also a matter of getting a corporate tax rule back to something at least resembling fairness. No individual tax payer can get a way with getting a federal grant, spending it, and then deducting it. Everyone will forget this post and remember the ones that came before. Mostly because there were more !!!!.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 09:38 AM) Last year, the major leagues sported 0 20 game winners. That's why this is bold. A stretch would be one 20 game winner. An easy prediction is zero.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Mar 27, 2010 -> 09:30 PM) I have also heard from a Cub fan friend that was there that day that Orie's non-play was definitely a hit. Not that I agree or disagree, but in general this is one time I always side with the guy watching 15 replays on TV versus the guy at the game. And both are pretty damn sweet and gives a guy bragging rights in almost every locker room. I'm going to add this, if that ball was fielded cleanly for Woods or ruled an error, we would be talking about that as the greatest game ever pitched. So I begrudgingly have to say Woods.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 24, 2010 -> 10:33 PM) If Ozzie isn't the type of manager he wants, he needs to fire him and find another one. Otherwise Kenny is just as much of a part of this as anyone. But that is too simple for a message board.

You want bold? Two Sox starters win 20 games.

When I read nice things like that I remind myself they are as clueless as the guys that pick us 4th.

90 +- I am more optimistic than pessimistic and would be more surprised at 82 than 95.

How the hell did we wind up with such an active political and social commentary forum? I've been here for a while and just realized that step by step we built this arena. My guess is baseball fans are generally better educated than say NFL or NASCAR.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 07:49 AM) Disagree. These days, they'd go down into their basement and spend their time posting crazy rants about how right they are on the internets, on some message board or something somewhere. Wait a minute... But they would probably avoid an actual political or editorial site and instead find a random site regarding something else and cram some political discussion in.

Happy Birthday! Your birthday and my Church's annual pig roast and fajita cookoff on the same day!? Coincidence? I don't think God works that way.