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  1. QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 03:26 PM) Someone who fails to prove his own point asking someone to prove his. Kind of cute. Sadly, I don't have the time to backtrack records of hitters in history under Walker. For all I know you're correct and I would admit it. All I'm saying is that if the hitters being dumbfounded at the plate is an epidemic for YEARS, isn't the hitting coach somewhat to blame? Why the f*** do we even have a hitting coach, then? You don't have to backtrack, the team results have been posted in this thread. I was surprised, but based on what is being posted here, he is not among the league's worst, he's among the league's best. Could the team hire a better coach? There is always the potential for improvement. They could also hire a worse coach. And that seems more likely to me. Plus, I really just find it rather repulsive to agree with you based on the way you have treated some excellent posters in this thread.
  2. LOL Mr President In 1981, Congress ordered the United States Department of Agriculture to issue new standards for federally financed school lunch programs, which would enable schools to economize; one of the USDA's proposals was to classify ketchup as a vegetable. The suggestion was widely ridiculed and the proposal was dropped.[13]
  3. QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 03:29 PM) To me, theres middle ground in this argument. I believe the first person who introduced the chief dance actually studied traditional illini dances, why cant we go back to that? Why did we have to get rid of it completely? If we are trying to honor the Illini tribe then do some research, make it historically accurate. But I also dont believe the majority of chief fans were mocking the Illini tribe or wished to do so. And you hit the nail on the head. No one was trying to be disrespectful. I believe it is context. Many of the dances should be thought of in a religious context, not an entertainment context. So I am not certain if it is possible to take something akin to a ritual or part of a religious tradition, and use it to try and cheer on a sports team. In other words using a sacred dance for entertainment could be considered disrespectful. Close to having the mascot passing out communion. The Boy Scout National Honor Society is called the Order of the Arrow and is based on traditions of a Delaware Tribe. Every effort is made to preserve the traditions and to reenact those traditions in the same context and as respectful as possible. Sometimes that falls short, especially in the hands of the youth members.
  4. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 02:44 PM) What legs? good point. See, they should have done that sooner. That may have turned out to be Hawk's worse plan. I'm not saying the logic wasn't conventional and plausible, but Fisk sure proved him wrong.
  5. QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) Which is what Congress is proposing. So critics of government health program reforms believe there needs to be tort reform that would stop Doctors from ordering tests to CYA. Congress is proposing just that.
  6. Unless I am mistaken, this may be the longest nothing thread of all-time
  7. How does one prepare for the unknown or unthinkable? That seems like the challenge that is being considered here. Imagine preparing for an atomic bomb during WW1. That seems to be the situation. My fear is they use that scenario to take away more freedoms. But, I hope the ACLU is looking into this.
  8. QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 02:22 PM) wtf could possibly happen that would require this? Some rogue terrorist group sending out massive amounts of tweets? Comrades, Whitney Houston is back! We will bury Amerika wid tweets!
  9. Anyone planning a cool Christmas? Beside posting in thois thread?
  10. Maybe AJ could be moved to the outfield to save his legs . . . where have I heard that before
  11. QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 01:33 PM) Xaxxon is the Warlord of the Citidel deck. (No, I'm not that dorky. I used teh Google.) you made me laugh
  12. IIRC there are similar measures for television, radio, shortwave, etc.
  13. QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 12:48 PM) About stopping 'runaway health care' by deciding in advance, for every patient, which tests should be run. Which is impossible and poor medicine.
  14. While I think the team possibly could benefit from a fresh face and approach; he certainly does not deserve the level of blame he receives here.
  15. I honestly never disliked him, even when he was on the Twins. My favorite players are catchers. And gee, what a shocker, a sarcastic, get in your head, catcher, just might be someone I'd like.
  16. Beautiful opportunity there in Minnyhaha
  17. Zoology? Anyone majoring in Zoology?
  18. I forgot he was so disliked. Unlike say, Rodman, where it was easy to see why he was disliked, or even dislike him while he played on your team, I find everything to like about AJ and nothing to dislike. Well, besides, as SS points out, we do not have enough of them running around.
  19. QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Aug 28, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) Trying to take this thread to the top? unbelievable! Uber cool
  20. Sox season sucks in September
  21. QUOTE (3E8 @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 08:44 PM) http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090826-135734
  22. If only they had Adobe Photoshop, they used Microsoft Paint, no wonder it was f***ed up. With computer graphics, do we even know these were ever actual human models? I remember a documentary from twenty years ago that predicted the demise of television and movie actors as studios just used computers for everything. You want the customer to see themselves in the picture and to be sensitive to the culture of the target market. Poor execution.
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