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I think there should be some positive aspect of him admitting it and avoiding the circus. That should be the expectation, but it is not. Still we should encourage this and discourage the Clemens, Bonds, and Rose type denials

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 01:37 PM) but what does this mean for jeans? Substitute jeans for anything you buy. The store tacks on margin, we just do not see it. With a surcharge and fees, we see it. So I really don't know if 36% is fair or not.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 03:25 PM) fine line between courage and obliviousness Burris was not oblivious to the potential battle he was getting into. I go with courage on this one. And I really don't think he enhances Blago's legacy in any way.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 3, 2009 -> 04:14 PM) Isn't that considered making a deal for a Senate seat? I'd be in favor of state laws where the person being nominated has to be from the same party as the person leaving.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 02:58 PM) How can they claim a violation of civil rights? They aren't even American citizens. That makes no sense to me at all. Not certain, but I assume you can't just kill an illegal, you probably can't rob an illegal, so there is some understanding of human decency. What is troubling in the article is after the Sheriff arrived, the guy was allowed (according to the article) to kick one of the people and continued to point his rifle at them. That seems wrong. Once the Sheriff arrives, he should have put down his weapon and gotten out of the way. Also, it would be very rare that drug smugglers and illegals are using the same area.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 02:17 PM) Are you kidding? If he wanted it so bad, and his years as a mediocre AG who killed innocent people on death row were so great and attractive to become a senator, why not wait for Blago to be impeached then ask PQ for the nomination. But instead he gave this gov. that we all hated, had embarrassed the state, by accepting, gave that gov. more of a platform, more of a voice, and more of a legacy. It isn't that hard to figure out. Interesting point of view. Obviously here in Texas I do not get the gory details. Didn't he have to be confirmed by the same group that impeached the Governor? I thought he showed a lot of courage to face that group as Blago's pick.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 02:41 PM) I hope the rancher countersues the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund for his legal bills and for anthing else that they can make up, including cleanup costs for any trash they may have left or repair of anything that they may have broken. They were illegaly in this country on his land he did nothing wrong. And $32 million for ACTUAL and punitive damages? I wonder what they think the actual damages were? I hope we never have a society where people were afraid to exercise their right to access our legal system. There is no proof these were the same people that did any damage to his property, so he can sue all he wants. The danger here is how can you tell if someone is an illegal or not? Maybe some people have this amazing ability to look at someone and know, but I've never been able to develop that. I do a lot of camping on the border, most of my friends are Hispanic. I could easily see myself running onto someone like this. Perhaps it would be fun for some people to sit on their front porch and pull a gun and dog on anyone who dares steps on their front lawn. There is a point when something could be wrong. We'll see how this plays out. What I always feared was these guys basically hunting down humans like animals and killing them. Hopefully cases like this will help establish a line that should not be crossed.

God I hope they lose. You have to be able to protect your property. I know there is a line somewhere, but when someone is breaking the law, I give the person being broken on, a huge benefit of the doubt. Now if he started hunting them like deer and shooting, I'd have a different opinion. But making a citizens arrest seems within reason. And just to expose myself as a potential hypocrite in all this, I have been camping along the border and have had hikers come by in need of food and water, which I did provide. Perhaps they may have been illegals, perhaps not. I don't see any reason for someone to die for lack of water.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 02:02 PM) Yep, and now it's probably going to be twice as bad, especially when he's next to Jeter. They will boo because he stopped juicing when he got there.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 01:47 PM) I like ARod, but he's upset because he was caught. That is always my first reaction as well. But I've been saying for years I'd respect the guy that stands up early and says Yes I did. He did, and I do have some respect for that. I really dislike what it is doing to baseball.

QUOTE (joesaiditstrue @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 01:14 PM) A-Rod just admitted that he knowingly used steroids, to Peter Gammons This should be interesting I'm impressed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 12:32 PM) If TM did not have exclusive contracts with so many venues, could I turn a profit by running a ticket selling operation with service charges 50% less than TM? I honestly do not know. Do venues charge TM a fee? What kind of an infrastructure do you need to handle the volume? You have to ask yourself why they have such a strong market share. Why are venues entering into exclusive contracts? The analogy of the jeans is we really do not know the margin. We see it with concert tickets. If the acts just charged $60 and you didn't see the fee, would there be the same outrage?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 12:12 PM) http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?su...gid=54482227273 The membership doubled after you posted the link here

Didn't quite see a bump. I was hoping for a good ol fashioned President Ford bump

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 12:00 PM) Didn't guys like Mantle and Mays hit more than a few of those back in their era? Juicers Damn, I don't know, ask FlaSoxxJim, he was there . . .

QUOTE (WCSox @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 11:52 AM) Frank also got quite a bit larger over the years. And not the Sosa-like muscle "larger" - more like general bulk and what appears to be a little fat. That doesn't necessarily mean anything, but steroids tend to not make people look "pudgy." As for HGH, well, that's a little more complicated. I wish that we could go back to the old days when players looked like toothpicks and 30 HRs in a season was near the league-lead. I liked the game just as much back then, without the added home run entertainment. The truth IMHO is if there was a no steroid league, and a cheat all the want league, the cheat all you want league, with 500 foot homeruns and 110 mph fast balls will outdraw the clean league. The casual fan wants to see rooftop shots.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 12:44 PM) Sure. And what they don't tell you is that all of those jobs those corporate tax cuts save have an additional full multiplier effect, most likely of a maximum nature because of the higher spending rates of lower level employees at these type of places. You already used the stoping the spiral story, this is the most effective way to do that... keeping people employed. That makes so much sense. So then would it also make sense that payroll dollars that are spent on the lower level employees is more beneficial than payroll dollars spent on executives. And further, dollars saved at the executive level at banks, if not spent on lower level employees, could they be used as loan capital? I'm starting to like the executive cap more and more.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) But...if you don't like the price those jeans are being offered for, you have many other options. You can try a different brand. You can try a different store. You can go to a discount store. You can wait for a sale. You can decide on wearing a different pair of pants. You can move to a warmer climate. You can go purchase a larger SUV and pump out additional CO2 for the next 20-30 years. You have essentially none of those options in dealing with ticketmaster. right, but I'm not certain how much is fair. If those jeans, with choice, are marked up more, than maybe TM is charging a fair price

Just wondering, how many here have taken a film studies class and what did you think? Also, which department was it taught in?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 11:12 AM) i just cant stand all their damn "convenience" & facility" charges.. bought flight of the conchords tix last week, price listed was $38.50, but with all the fees and what not came out to 52.50 each. Thats over 36% mark-up from fees!! The worst thing is that ticketmaster is the only option if you want to buy those tix... That does seem like a lot, but I wonder when I buy a new pair of jeans, what the store marks them up?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 11:22 AM) Tax cuts are a very ineffective method of economic stimulus compared to government spending. As long as everyone is happy

I haven't read this thread in a week or so, have I missed anything?

The allegations in this thread are the saddest legacy of the "doping era" in baseball. The broad paintbrush that is being used to describe any player who hit a lot of home runs and got bigger, is powerful. I applaud the players that avoided that shortcut to success and hope the juicers are all found out and their legacies made accurate. I understand the desire to ponder who may, and who may not have juiced. For me, I find the conversation a bit sickening. Some of my favorite players have been implicated or even worse. If it did extend to Thomas, I'd have a hard time watching baseball for a while.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 05:17 PM) Debt also really made things worse for Japan. We are going down the same path, except possibly worse. But the economy can't function without the government spending more than they take in.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 5, 2009 -> 04:03 PM) Can I Vote Tex, but for smoking buddy? BTW, if y'all think I'm the designated driver, you are out of luck. When I'm drinking, we're all drinking. We'll call cabs at the start of the night.