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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 09:06 AM) Right, sorry... I was unclear. Yeah, that would be one f***ed up drinking song. Well, maybe at Soxtalk's favorite patriot, Nuke Cleveland's Party . . .

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 12:48 PM) Well you have idiots like Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz who are gone so Obama wouldn't have to worry about that. It's my own opinion that Gates is highly qualified and should stay though. I could be wrong. As long as Obama doesn't gut the intelligence budget I won't have a problem with how he handles national security. If he goes for Clinton-esque cutbacks it's going to sting and I'll be pissed. If he keeps it strong like Bush has then we'll be ok. Besides talking about ending the war he hasn't indicated in his speeches that he's thinking about cutting it though, although it would be kind of dumb to do that while campaigning. I'm a big Gates fan, so I wouldn't mind seeing him around.

I've never hoped for any production out of any call ups. If you are trying to win a division with AAA guys, you are in trouble. If you are out of the race, it's a nice chance to get some MLB looks, but when every game, every AB matters, it's just a nicer plane ride and a nicer locker room.

If this was a tag team bout, I would give an edge to Obama-Biden. But we're really electing a POTUS, so it isn't quite as important.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 11:39 AM) No one ever reads my links... LOL, I was just finishing that. Sorry.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 10:54 AM) Well, that is why I suggested maybe 6 months from now. There are a lot of people who have at least expressed that they would now read the Sun-Times again now that Jay is gone. I am one of them. i cancelled my subscription years ago, and he was a big part of the reason why. Someone at work always brought the paper in, so I read theirs. Now, I will buy my own, especially since that person no longer is with me. The biggest assumption is mine, that the Sun Times conducts research and knows what is selling and what is not. You are thinking not, or that they are ignoring data that shows he is driving away readers. And, IIRC advertising rates are computed, in part, on readership, not circulation. There is an underlying assumption how many different readers read a given copy of a newspaper. So as long as you are reading, you are helping.

QUOTE (scenario @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 11:34 AM) Playing outdoors in the Texas heat all summer zaps people's energy. Tell me about it

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 12:24 PM) I think I didn't write that correctly. I meant to talk about just the Director of Central Intelligence, not the Cabinet as a whole. My post seemed to indicate I was talking about more than the DCI. The source is a book I have (For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush by Christopher Andrew) so I can't give you a link but I'll type out the passage I read that for you: "Carter's choice of DCI set an unhappy precedent. Since the foundation of the CIA, all newly elected presidents except Eisenhower had kept the incumbent DCI in office. (Ike had made Truman's last DCI, Bedell Smith, undersecretary of state.) George Bush tried to persuade Carter to keep him on, at least for a few months, to preserve the principle that the office of DCI was above partisan politics. Carter, however, failed to grasp the importance of the principle, and was anxious to make a visible break with the past." Interesting, and thank you for the follow up. I guess I'm on the side of a house cleaning. Using this race as an example. Obama has been running on a plank of Bush has this totally f***ed up and he's going to fix it. What message does that send, when if elected, he keeps all the people in place? And to me those types of positions are more important then some cabinet positions. Now when you start wiping out clerical staff and minor players like that, I start to have a problem.

My only interest is if McCain knew this when he selected her as his running mate. On first glance, I think I would be impressed if he knew. If he didn't, it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when he received the news.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 10:55 AM) To a point yes. You won't give a gold glove caliber fielder an error if he misplays a ball that most fielders wouldn't have gotten, but he usually does. I know that's vague though. So for example you might not give Crede an error for not getting the out when the ball is scorched down the foul line and he doesn't get the runner after diving getting up and throwing it. So had CC came up with it cleanly, he would have a chance with a good throw to get the runner. The link below describes an official error. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/offic...l_scorer_10.jsp Which is what I understood. It doesn't, matter what CC would normally do, he's judged against a "standard" drawn from all fielders.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 10:36 AM) Isnt that somewhat of the criteria involved, determining if the player A: could have gotten to the ball, and B: could have made the play? What i was wondering could it be an error for a great fielding pitcher but not for a poor one? Does the individual player's talents come into play? I always thought no.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 10:11 AM) Then again I don't know how good CC's fielding is. If he normally makes that play then it's an error. That is an interesting comment. Should errors be determined by the individual player's talents?

QUOTE (Steff @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 11:11 AM) And if you go back and look you'll see that they were never flamed for their love and opinion of the Sox. It was calling people names and praising eating disorders that got them ripped apart. Steff hit that one square on the nail. When the only point of a post is to insult or inflame, it does not matter how well written or informed the post is. And when it gets personal, people are told to leave. Some for a little while, some for a very long time. And as the usual last holdout arguing against such suspensions, I can say the process is very fair, well researched, and it takes a very strong consensus before someone finds themselves on the outside looking in. Another little understood factor is if a mod has a personal issue with someone they will always sit out the debate.

I was thinking about the media people. ON one hand it is rediculous to put any lives at risk, but on the other, imagine not having news from the disaster scene.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 11:21 AM) Actually the "tradition" of getting rid of otherwise qualified appointees nominated by the previous party in power started with Carter, who replaced Bush as DCI simply because he was a Republican. So if Obama did win, and kept Gates on, it would not be unprecedented, in fact I'd applaud it loudly. That is a mold that really needs to be broken. I always assumed that started long before Carter, I could not find any sources, do you have any?While early on there was some carry over, in 1841 there was a 100% turn over of the cabinet. I remember from Civics classes way back before and around Carter's time that it was traditional even for Presidents who are reelected to receive resignations from their cabinets. During Clinton's terms there was considerable debate and comment when Janet Reno did not follow protocol and offer a resignation.

Couple of thoughts. No Dick and Bush is a good thing. Perfect reason for them not to be with McCain. "Politicians in disaster zones" Overall I believe there is a benefit. Hearken back to the halcyon days of over 30% approval ratings for Dubya. He's standing on that mound of rubble, bullhorn in hand, and ready to kick some ass ~~AND~~ take care of the citizens. That my friend, is powerful stuff for the nation. And I believe one of the pivotal roles for the POTUS is cheerleader. Reagan and Clinton V1.0 were masters of this. Regan rode in on that big horse after the scandal of Nixon, bumbling of Ford, and handcuffing of Carter. He talked big and got America to believe in itself. Clinton came on the heels of sleepy Bush and invited us to a party. Youth and vigor replaced the guy with a wife who looked like his mom, and a senile old goof with bad hearing. So Bush, McCain, and Obama, please go and comfort. Make the people who just got kicked in the face believe in their ability to withstand. Make America believe we can take care of our own storm victims, much like we do for the rest of the world. Let the world look in your eyes at this moment and see if you are there because you give a s***, or you are there because your analysts and handlers tell you it's the place to be for votes. We'll tell. This will reveal your character more than :30 second attack ads and snarky youtube videos. Yoiu can't control this media event. No scripts will last long. Go get your hands dirty. Talk to Americans at their time of greatest stress.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 10:20 AM) We are the god damn blind leading the blind. Fixed and I changed your vote, even though you are wrong.

QUOTE (shipps @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 10:14 AM) Err,I accidently clicked no but I meant for it to be a hit.The poll is flawed already!!!No wonder why they dont let me moderate Diamond club! f***ing Florida voter already. I should have worded it better. Now we need an admin to rewrite the answers I do not have poll edit privileges here for some reason.

I watched it a couple more times and have to go E1. He could have easily thrown the runner out, he was there in time and it was a relatively easy pick up, one that would have been fielded 99% of the time, if he wasn't so fricking fat.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Sep 1, 2008 -> 10:08 AM) Yay for the poll I neglected to add! Sorry, I screwed up your title. My screw up for certain was an E-1

merging soon

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 31, 2008 -> 10:36 PM) So if 6 months from now the curculation is up at the Sun-Times, can we lay to bed this myth that Moroniti brought people to the paper? Anyone have circulation numbers now, or recently? Can't check rightnow, I am in St. Louis and borrowing a relatives really crappy computer. It takes forever just for Soxtalk to come up, I canjust imagine a google search or something. I miss high-speed. And if it is down, would you give all the credit to Jay? I would not. There are too many variables in place. We would also need to know historical trends, etc. Circulation may always be down in the summer and up in the fall. So any bump could be that.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 01:17 PM) Again, you are assuming that Mariotti actually BROUGHT people to the paper, who purchased it. 100 people yelling about him on a message board doesn't put a penny in the Sun-Times pockets, purchasing the paper does, because circulation dictates ad rates. I can point to alot of people I know who read or used to read the ST, who DIDN'T buy it because of Jay. At work, we don't read Jay, and get mad when a headline or something attracts our eye and it turns out to be a Jay article. People buy whichever format they are used to reading (tabloid style or the mega fold like the Trib), or whatever their parents used to read. I can see all of about 10 people jumping to the Trib just because of Jay. Yes, I am making that assumption. But it would take an assumption on your part that the Sun Times employed him for all those years and paid him those millions without any research regarding his impact on their sales.

I'd like to connect my laptop to my cable or sat system without going through a cable box. Is it possible?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 12:54 PM) I was reading today that about 10 percent of the people in South Africa are white. So, doesn't that mean technically that if somebody in that grouping were to immigrate to the United States, they'd be "African-American" even with their skin complexion? Seems confusing to me. I worked for a white man from South Africa who owned a die casting company. I so badly wanted to list his ethnicity for a government contract as African-American but he said he tried it once and was reprimanded pretty quickly.