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QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 10, 2009 -> 07:23 PM) grats Texsox. thx

QUOTE (bmags @ May 10, 2009 -> 07:01 PM) pssh. I'm going to live tweet my graduation. Take that GRAMPS I was texting my fam, but stopped as soon as we stood up and I was discreet.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 10, 2009 -> 05:48 PM) I just hope if he gets in his last name is spelled correctly on his plaque. ouch, you are correct /tex turns red

Graduation and cell phones going off everywhere, students on the floor messaging and calling, one person was talking all the way to just before the stage.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 10, 2009 -> 11:27 AM) Ozzie says Richard isn't developed enough to be a starter, then 2 weeks later, puts him in the starting rotation. Great job this past offseason KW. Coop will fix 'em™

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 10, 2009 -> 11:19 AM) Well yeah, but my point/question was encompassing the season, not just right now Team's rosters are what they are. If they hit well against lefties, they will be smiling at the schedule when they see the Sox coming to town. If they struggle against lefties, they will cringe.

QUOTE (everafan @ May 10, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) Mark Buehrle is not an ace, he just gets the same results as an ace. best comment on MBINAA

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 9, 2009 -> 03:05 PM) You apparently aren't aware that pot currently sells at all sorts of different prices because not all the quality is the same. I imagine companies that would go into manufacturing pot would make different flavors and potencies to capture as large of the market as possible. Most people don't buy moonshine or brew their own beer to avoid taxes. Look at the large market in bottle water and other items that are freely available at the supermarket. It's all in how you sell it. Which is the same with beer and every other product. I took that into account. Water is an interesting example. Do people pay more, or less, for bottled water? Again, I do not see a cost savings to pot smokers if it was legalized. There will be way too many new sin taxes and costs and no real incentive to lower prices. Plus, even if manufacturers could lower prices, there will be increasing taxes added to the product. Sin taxes, from cigarettes to gambling, are very popular with law makers. After reading your post again, yes, I could see the worse legal product equaling, or cheaper than, the current "premium" product. But quality for quality, I see price increases, not decreases.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 8, 2009 -> 11:19 PM) I was sitting behind the White Sox dugout tonight, and I know Contreras was bad and has been bad, but some of the classless people around there are way out of line with what they are yelling at him. The guy is perhaps the biggest reason there is a trophy at that park. He also is a guy that wasn't supposed to pitch until August, if ever again. Remove him from the rotation, but the Count will rise again, and all these "fans" will be singing another tune. I understand the whole, "I bought a ticket, I have a right to be an asshole" talk, the funny thing is most of the people who pop off didn't buy their own ticket, but saying disgusting things like what was being thrown at Jose shouldn't be said to anybody higher than Drew Peterson. well said.

With revenue being the #1 driver of this discussion, who, between the manufacturers and the government, benefits from a price reduction? Since y'll know what is being paid by consumers, shall we assume that the government and manufacturers are also equally informed? I just do not see prices being reduced. The tax will be set too high for a price reduction. Consider the massive lawsuits that the tobacco industry paid over the past two decades. Consider what money the industry will be forced to set aside for treatment, education, etc. before the laws would be changed. Those programs were forced upon every sin industry from liquor to gambling, from porn to smoking. Pot would be subjected as well. Think about the massive product liability insurance that will need to be paid. Let's also consider workers that now will receive unemployments insurance, workers comp insurance, social security benfits, FICA, etc etc etc Plus if Rock is correct, pot smokers will gladly pay more for a legal product. Price decrease?! no way. If it stayed the same, I would be shocked.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 8, 2009 -> 03:44 PM) This is Obama's war. Why is he killing innocent civilians? /just repeating the company line of liberals everywhere with only one word change. That's right, Bush's war ended with Mission Accomplished

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 8, 2009 -> 02:08 PM) You're forgetting that illegality adds its own large price inflation. I did not forget that at all. Compare cigarette and alcohol prices in Mexico versus the US. US liability laws, taxes, and other costs almost double the prices from Mexico.

Two different issues. Start throwing inside will keep the opposing batters off balance. It will not automatically stop the other team from throwing inside against yours. So at best, it evens things up.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 8, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) First, its not that easy to grow at home since seeds are also illegal and not exactly easy to find. Second, with the legalization comes increased quality and availability, both of which would be worth a price increase. Right now pot isnt exactly a cheap drug, you still pay on avg 15-20 dollars a gram street price, with total inconsistent quality and brand control. (for folks that dont know, a bag of weed isnt the same no matter origin, strain, method of growth etc.) Like any drug, regulation has its ups and downs, but i think that the ups far outweigh the downs. Would you pay $50 to $60? I'm not saying there are not advantages, but the tax revenue figure is a joke. And the savings in law enforcement are not complete either. Someone has to enforce the tax laws, someone has to be certain the marijuana is legal and not black market. So the law enforcement cost may go down, but it will not be zero. The biggest cost savings may be the prisons will have a few less inmates, but even there the marijuana lockups are very small.

I believe the greatest gift Jordan gave Pippen, and what placed Pippen into to top echelon of players, was the desire to play both ends of the court. It is very rare that one player would be the top player offensively and defensively, but those two were #1 and #2 on both ends. My guess is on a different team, Poppen becomes a far better offensive player and never comes close to his defensive potential and retires a very good, but not top 100, player.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 7, 2009 -> 05:04 PM) From what I read, it would be $1 billion in revenue with a $50 per ounce tax. AHR-nold is supposedly willing to debate/discuss it. Perhaps someone should show him at the end of his lifting documentary from the 70's where he tokes up at the end. There is no way that pot smokers will accept the price increase that would come with legalization. People forget that with legalization, will come product liability costs, marketing, distribution, FDA controlled manufacturing, multiple profit centers, and other costs. Then add a sizable "sin-tax" and you have a price far higher than what is paid now. Add to that the ease in which a quality product can be grown at home. The already in place black market, and I just do not see all this tax coming in.

Even if he does not receive HoF support, no one will have had as much fun playing the game as Buehrle. For that alone, he has my admiration. The guys that make playing seem like a chore and a job, make me sad. /lights fuse I think by the time Buehrle retires, the baseball writers will be looking for the "good guys" in the sport and he'll have a better chance, perhaps better than he deserves. But I would rather go to the HoF and see Buerhle than Bonds, Manny, Clemens, Sosa, etc. If the Hall is about the best in baseball, I'd give him strong consideration. For the same, albeit opposite reasons you wil not see Rose or Jackson, you should see guys like Buehrle.

It has been said often that the differences in baseball is razor thin. The AAAA guys versus MLB. It seems like that keeps coming into play. Maybe without the PEDs, Manny is an average player. Maybe he's an All-Star. Anyway you look at it, the pressure must be immense for guys to take these chances.

It is a long season, and you ain't seen nothing yet. I could see Mark winning a Cy Young. Eventually we will need to celebrate the good guys in baseball and when that time comes, Mark is at the front of the line. And it could be this season. That may be the one great thing that keeps fans interested in the Sox. Why any Sox fan would want to dismiss that in mid May is kind of strange.

I have seen a lot more of Jordan, so I'm biased I am certain. But the only defensive player that I ever saw play, who I felt could shut down Jordan on a somewhat consistent basis, was Jordan. His D amazed me more, night after night, than his offense.

War Sucks rip

From the coverage down here The HBO producers deny he was ever even going to audition The prosecutor seems to be pinning their hopes on the new law that would allow her old letters into evidence.

I'm done with college Long live Grad school

DONE! Graduation, job offers, and Grad school awaits. My parents gave me a 32" Sony TV as a little grad gift.

I'm guessing this is for the routine stuff. They are each tossing in 2, but we do not know how many they are keeping above that. It could be another 6 or 10. The "pool" that some may be thinking is where an event cannot fit dozens. One reporter will pool for the rest. That is more directed by the newsmaker (press conference) than the groups cooperating.