Texsox

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 31, 2008 -> 12:31 PM) Yeah, I've heard about this guy before. I don't know about the breakup of the U.S. but I'll say this much, our ridiculous federal deficit and borrowing silly amounts of money from China really concerns me, and there are no mainstream politicians that appear to be taking that seriously. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 31, 2008 -> 02:48 PM) I strongly disagree. People feel that government spending has to go up now because the danger of that debt is something that hasn't come home to roost yet. The risk you take on is big, people just don't see it in front of them. But if you look at the projections for CURRENT spending levels, in 10 years the interest on our debt is going to be a pretty big chunk of the budget. That is a dangerous spiral that you cannot easily escape, and I fear that spiral more than I fear the current economy going into depression. Ironically, you need less debt now to give you the flexibility to take on more in situations like this one. We just can't at this point without huge risk. I guess this all depends on whether or not you feel we've reached the point of too much debt risk yet. I feel we have, especially when you look at other financial and energy risks hanging over us. Others may not feel that way. Waste is an interesting concept. What happens when the government wastes money? A supplier makes a higher profit and hires more people? The government hires more people thereby lowering unemployment? While I wish the government would make the fullest use of every dollar we spend, I think I agree with Balta, it isn't that crucial if you believe the government needs to be racking up debt and spending, spending, spending.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:57 PM) It should, it is 50% of the game. I think the percentage is more position dependent. You can hide a bad glove in the corners, not up the middle. You can put a less than cannon arm in left, it is more a liability in right. A player can have a career as a great hitting, poor fielding first baseman better than a great hitting, poor fielding shortstop.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:53 PM) It's amazing how the tune changes from 'reasonable dissent' into 'ignorant creeps' once a picture of Obama has been burned. But this was the entire point of my original post. Thanks for the backup, Texsox. Anyone who blindly supports a country is ignorant. So I find it possible that someone could support Iran and not do it out of ignorance but from understanding the region and the problems. You seem to equate reasonable dissent with blind support. Those are two different things in my mind. I believe it is possible to support Iran based not on blind, ignorant support. You seem to think any support of Iran must be blind.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:38 PM) Defense plays almost zero part in judging a first basemans credentials. Had Frank been a first baseman, that would be true. But Frank was a DH, and that is where the debate will come in. I think Frank is a HoF player.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:44 PM) 8% of the Democrat party sounds about right. I have met plenty of people that totally supported Iran and thought GW Bush was worse than Hitler. I'm staying with 5 million. Well you certainly hang out with some ignorant creeps. I'd get a new set of friends.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 07:59 AM) They care only about existing. That right there is the simplest and most profound statement I have read on this subject. And it could be said for everyone in that region.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:31 PM) i don't know. maybe 5 million total in the country (maybe more). probably around the same number of far right crazies. how many do you think there is? I think far less than 5,000,000 blindly support Iran. But out of 300,000,000 people, I guess it is possible, but I doubt it. There are about 72,000,000 Dems in the US. If 8% of the party blindly supported Iran, at least a few people here would share that view. I honestly have never met anyone that blindly supported Iran. So my guess would be more along the lines of less than 1%, which would be less than 700,000.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 02:03 PM) False. Nor have I taken a mittenful of the deadly yellow snow crystals and rubbed it all into the beady little eyes of any fur trappers with a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area. The person below me has never done anything destined to take the place of the Mud Shark in our mythology. True. I have done nothing. The person below me hordes change

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:25 PM) I honestly don't see that up for debate. He is in every way a first ballot Hall of Famer. Not in every way. How would you rate his defense?

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:12 PM) i said liberal democrats (think dailykos types). not realizing that many of them did blindly support Iran over the evil Bush regime is ridiculous. How many people do you think that is?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 03:01 PM) Kind of makes sense. People out of town want Sox news and Sox talk, they have to get it from the interwebs. Lack of other fans to talk with, newspaper and TV coverage, etc. Plus, the age range is heavy in the college years, so people are spread out all over for school. That sums me up. News I could find, someone to commiserate with was what was lacking.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 02:51 PM) Or right in the middle. Maybe Rock is that bum that hangs out on the median and offers to clean your windshield for a dollar? That ain't no bum, he's a GOP banker trying to stretch his government bailout

At the end of the night, do not drink a few shots of schnapps to get rid of the "beer breath".

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 01:47 PM) It could be the greatsest HOF speech of all time if someone else doesn't write it for him. I have never really looked forward to those speaches, but his is one I can't miss. I wish they would allow Ricky to introduce Ricky

My Motorola H500 is failing after two years of daily use. I was looking at noise cancelling models and wondering if they are worth the extra $$

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 01:09 PM) Don't you think a unanimous ballot would really feed a Henderson ego that doesn't need feeding? Ricky already believes Ricky is the greatest. What Ricky do is the greatest.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 01:04 PM) Depends on whether you know the bartender and whether (s)he can make drinks worth a damn. If you are in a band playing at a bar that has both types of music — country and western — do not assume the drinks for the band are free just because the bartender doesn't charge you for the first round. Excellent Bob's Country Bunker is like that.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 12:07 PM) False. The person below me went straight back to bed when they saw the temperature today. False, I laughed The person below me likes having four seasons and would be bored with only Spring and Summer.

I thought it would be fun to compile a guide to partying. For example, When faced with that "it's late and you have to get up early, is it worth sleeping" question, always grab some sleep. Even if it is 5 am and you need to be awake at 6 am.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 11:49 AM) True. The person below me has recently found a food item lying around that was several years past its expiration date. False, but someone I know just found a three year old box of Cheerios in . . . wait a minute . . . The person below me has eaten a questionable food product at three a.m.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2009 -> 11:50 AM) Dude, are you high? Yeah, I even ate some three year old Cheerios I found in my desk drawer

That adds some clarity to the situation. I can understand that reasoning. I do not necessarily agree, and I doubt that was the intent of limiting their votes.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 6, 2009 -> 08:44 AM) So you can imagine the strange visuals that went through my head thinking pink taco penis. Dude, they give you keys to that cabinet at work!?

Nicely played sir.

As a society we are always moving "the line" and then we assign some comparative value based on stuff on either side of the line. The lines will always be meandering and fuzzy.