Texsox

For a little background on this check out http://www.newsweek.com/id/148543 which I believe is a fairly reputable source.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 02:27 PM) I think he would have known at least a base argument for or against. Enough to say, "this is very basic, but..." then later on give more detail after he had a chance to research it. By the way, to this date, several weeks later, I have never heard if McCain ever got back to that reporter. He never answered it. I can tell you right now that I believe birth control should be covered. I dont need to look back at my "voting record" to say that. So as President you wouldn't even bother to know the other side of the argument? Wow. And since *you* never heard an answer McCain never got back to the reporter? nice stretch.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 10:23 AM) It's not that he didnt know which bills he's voted for or against. I understand that you cant POSSIBLY remember everything about every bill. BUT, my argument is that he didnt know where he stood on the issue! You could see his head turning trying to not get caught. Are you suggesting that Obama would have made a snap decision based on the question "viagra is covered, so should contraception also be?" Because, personally, I'd want a President that understands the ramifications and issues before making a decision. Read your response, "he can't possibly remember everything about every bill", yet you expect him to make a decision without remembering everything about the bill? You will discover that as a Senator, and certainly as a President, there are very few simple decisions. If they were simple, they would have been made long before they reach this level. McCain, and Obama, are smart enough to know that, and smart enough to not articulate a policy position without all the facts.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 01:30 PM) whoa, social security is the gold standard for a government program that is working? ouch. i hope you aren't depending on that for retirement, the money is going to be gone when we are old. and G W has increased government spending, he's a hack Imagine an America with starving old people living in the streets. If you can imagine that happening, then you can imagine not saving social security. If it comes down to saving, for example, The Iraqi people from or feeding our senior citizens, which do you think the politicians will opt for? Still, I agree, retirement would be much nicer with a nest egg of your own, but to believe America will allow millions and millions of senior citizens to die in the streets, ain't going to happen.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jul 10, 2008 -> 08:17 PM) This may be one of the most awkward moments in political history... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8obHEULLg&hl=en&fs=1 I can almost see his mind turning and thinking "oh god. how have I voted? i dont know where i stand!" UPDATE: Ed Rollins (a Republican Strategist) said that video is the most uncomfortable video he's ever seen in his 40 years in politics. I know I'm pulling up an old post here, but I was thinking this morning about everything a campaign needs to keep straight, everything a candidate has to remember. And I thought of this. How many items does a Senator vote on? And, something like this was probably tacked onto a larger bill, with mutiple items. The devil may be in the details, but let us give each candidate a fair look. When there are small slips of the tongue, or minor gaffs, let's not try and turn it into something way out of scale. Isn't the office of President at least importanr enough to not turn it into a trivia game? Seriously, did anyone here know there was even a vote on this?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 03:46 AM) I dare someone to find a better place than Carbondale. Not gonna happen. If you like crowds of college students . . .

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 27, 2008 -> 08:22 AM) Then again, the intensity and the quantity of negative posts around here are worse than worthless. They are a detriment to enjoyment of the season, the team and this site. Only if you read them buddy, only if you read them.

The stat proves we are a slow team who gets on base at a fairly decent clip. If a team won all its games by 10 runs, someone would point out that the entire staff has zero saves. All stats need context.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 10:46 PM) It's too early for the Tiger's funeral dirge to be played. I remember having a much bigger lead a couple of Julys ago and that evaporated to almost nothing.

All those things were mistakes, no doubt. Sad how close they probably were to nailing the guy.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 03:07 PM) Whoa, bring it down a little Tex. I just found it quite funny that of all the crappy countries to pick from, he picked that one. And Georgie and friends did what, sang for an hour or two? John and wife (and perhaps a nanny or two? I don't know.) raised a kid. just kidding you. It's all good.

QUOTE (Balance @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 11:10 AM) I just moved to Naperville. So, great! I guess we know where it will rank next year

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 08:41 AM) From Obama's Berlin speech: Um, Obama? Mccain already did that bolded part, in 1991. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1209516068...emEditorialPage Um, McCain? George Harrison and friends already did that bolded part, in 1971. http://www.theconcertforbangladesh.com/ So Bangladesh is off limits for politicians looking to help some poor kids, McCain called it first, go find some other poor children, God knows our planet has enough of them.

Wow. Just to make it easier for you lazy soxtalkers . . .

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 26, 2008 -> 02:59 AM) Wait a minute, on your last day where? At work, or do you have a gun in your mouth? He's just happy to see you . . . I think this has something to do with Alex's "Last Day as Banker" thread. Which is also appearing today in SLAM Unless go to Cuba and witness to Cubans was the last thing to do on his life list.

For some reason I have this Jan and Dean song running though my head . . . And we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun Ya, we're goin' to Surf City, 'cause it's two to one You know we're goin' to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now Two girls for every boy

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 03:57 PM) If you want to play in the bigs you don't go down to the minors to pout or be bored. You perform. Josh really hasn't performed well and I believe he was hurt for awhile also. If Joe is hurt than Fields is our only real option and if he doesn't respond like we need him to than maybe last season was a fluke? ^^^^^ All he had to do is talk to Brian Anderson and he would understand about playing hard every out, no matter where you are assigned.

How soon until someone claims that Obama paid the student to take it out of the wall and send it to newspapers? Wait, I guess that is me. 10:53 PM Central I'm cynical all the time. Too good of a prayer. He is at least smart enough to know it may be published. Notice he didn't say pray for my illegitimate children or rid me of my cocain addiction.

I am ashamed and embarrassed for us. There is one, and only one, song that anyone on this board would want played. It was done by a studio group, thrown together for the recording and rose to the top of the charts. It was immortalized in the late 70s by a Hall of Fame organist. Steam, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye /end of thread

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 07:20 PM) Why would Edwards take a chance of being caught? Doesn't he have friends? Everyone knows you meet your mistress at a trusted friends house, not a hotel. Also, I'm more inclined to believe this story, as the Enquirer "broke" it months and months ago. This is the follow-up that "proves" it. Maybe not, didn't Gary Hart get caught on a friend's boat?

To be fair to the police, the story only highlights all the unproductive leads they did chase down. While it may have taken 3 weeks for this or a week for that, they may have pursued 100 other leads. I started the story thinking Condit was involved, slam dunk, and got away with murder. (Hey, he's from California) I came away from the story thinking he didn't do it and the police were kind of in a bad place. If they looked elsewhere, it would seem like political pressure, even if there were other, credible suspects. Thanks SS for posting the link. Great read and I would have missed it.

Feelin' Alright ~ Joe Cocker

We can start with school funding. Pegging it to property taxes assures the haves have and the have nots, have not. In a small border community here, the Social Studies text book still showed the Soviet Union. They were teaching Social Studies with 20 year old text books. Up near where Kap lives, Highland Park Texas, the minimum requirement to be a Science teacher is a PhD. Money ain't everything in education. Hidalgo, TX is a poor community but the school works like hell to get opportunities for their kids. But money certainly evens up the playing field. And that is where preferential admittance standards at college fails. To move the pre college finish line is wrong. We have to move the starting line.

So much of public debate, and campaigns, seems to be find a slight misstep, start screaming, and see if the story has legs. And I do not blame the candidates as much as I blame the public. It seems to happen more in forums like this then from press releases, etc. I know the campaign staffs do it as well, but we demand it, for some strange reason.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 25, 2008 -> 01:10 PM) I could be wrong, but when Kap said "outclassed", I think he had a different definition than you. Not class, as in, classy. Class, as in, rank. Outclassed, in that connotation, meaning the opponent is beating the pants off you at whatever game you are playing. After rereading, I agree.