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Probably more so than any election in the past 40 years, the VP picks will be crucial. The Dem candidate will need balance. (i.e. 60ish white guy) and McCain has to run with a "co-President" type. A poor choice here will doom their campaign, even worse than Bush the elder keeping DQ.

LOL, I'd have to have Bonds leading off. I couldn't even imagine any semblance of a batting order.

Where are the conspiracy buffs? Wasn't it Ewing to the NY Knickerbockers against similar odds that brought out howls of protest

I think you can guess the qualifier for this team. Of course it is mostly based on speculation. But how about trotting out this line up? You would need a really big weight room as much as these guys work out. C Ivan Rodriguez 1B Mark McGwire 2B Bret Boone SS ?? 3B Ken Camineti LF Barry Bonds CF Sammy Sosa RF Jose Canseco DH Rafael Palmeira I need a SS. Of course Clemens will be on the mound for the first day. And perhaps I would have Billy Botch as closer.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2008 -> 09:08 AM) As are Bush and McCain. McCain has a history of working bipartisianly, much more so than Bush, or even Clinton and Obama. He has bucked his party on issues where he feels they are wrong, again, have you heard that from either of those three? That was the first thing that attracted me to McCain. I just hope he hasn't had to sell his bipartisan soul to get the nomination.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2008 -> 09:01 AM) That logic could be applied to the oil industry too... By keeping prices higher, they are assuring that more oil will be in the ground, because people can't afford. (should we need it in an emergency) Lower prices would put all of the people who work in the energy industry out of jobs (like they did in the 80's and 90's in Texas for example) The open land is better for the enviornment Should we be shutting down more refinaries and oil wells? I think the key difference here is we would burn all the oil we would produce, we could not use all the grain we could produce. We would be using cheaper imported grain and the more expensive US grain would be rotting in silos.

There are two distinct populations of farmers in this country. One are the mega-corporations who farm and ranch for their own needs. (What-a-burger and their giant herd for burgers) Two are the smaller entrepreneurs who have a very tough time of it. As we buy more and more farm goods from outside the US, we raise our dependence on an extremely important commodity, our food. A good friend of mine, Member of Bush's Farm-Ranch Team, and a staunch Rush believing GOPerhead, is getting paid not to plant grain, specifically sorghum. His justification regarding the payments is multifaceted. He'd make more money "planting" houses and removing the land from potential agriculture, should we need it in an emergency. The lower prices from over planting would hurt everyone, and put more farmers out of business. The open land is better for the environment.

Where the temptation would be greatest for me would be in rehabbing from an injury. Take this for a couple weeks, cut the healing time in half, and stop in time to clear your system, hopefully, before you begin playing.

for him and his family. The level of service and sacrifice the entire Kennedy family have given this country is truly amazing.

CNN reporting he has a brain tumor

One of the really fun things with wiki is following links. Also on December 24 was the famous Christmas Eve reading of Genesis by the Apollo 8 crew. At the time, the most watched television show.

I felt the Chicago ties were much too thin for a couple of those guys. But I understood they would fall within the guidelines, and have no quarrels with someone picking them.

Happy Birthday!! Not Some Crappy Radio Band

He was at my University a couple months back. Looking his age, that's for certain. The family certainly has given a lot to this country over the years.

Plus, don't most of these guys have wiki's?

QUOTE (knightni @ May 17, 2008 -> 11:22 PM) Yes. But with no one else sending me a write-up, I'm not sure I can use it. I'm not really prepared to write 34-49 bios on everyone else on my own. I think we have a cart and horse situation here. I'll write up a few, but I'm not certain which ones to do. I imagine that, for example, Jordan will be on the list someone, you don't need ten write ups of MJ. So maybe, at a min, send a PM to voters for guys in the top twenty and ask them for two specific write ups? Perhaps even have a standard format? Player's name, Chicago Team, years played. 5-10 bullet points One paragraph "intangibles"

Congratulations! First off, seriously, congrats on having someone that would have sex with you. kids are cool. Don't forget to get your wife a nice gift. Jewelery is always nice.

"I'm a god. I'm not THE God" Bill Murray Groundhog Day.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ May 17, 2008 -> 07:10 PM) Whew...almost forgot. This is like that alternative broadcast experiment a few years ago. I was starting to worry. It's like deja vue all over again.

And I'm not certain if I was clear, but this is not THE border, this is the checkpoint about 50 miles inside the country. The only comment I've heard so far that makes some sense to me was basically it should be citizens first on the buses. If I did not watch a TV news report I would have thought this was urban legend. I have faith this will be changed.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ May 16, 2008 -> 08:03 PM) Or maybe bench the young and cheap player for a veteran? No, find someone in the minor leagues who will be even better . . .

This is being reported here. Changes to the hurricane evacuation procedures. In the event of a hurricane hitting my little corner of the United States, as 300,000+ of us are fleeing north and west, we will be required to prove citizenship. Those that cannot prove US citizenship, or other legal status to be traveling north of the interior border checkpoint, will be detained in the hurricane zone. There are basically three routes out of this area. Of those three, one will probably not be a choice due to its proximity to the coast. The second hugs the US/Mexico border and the Rio Grande River and really does not go anywhere the majority of people will be going. So we will have over 150,000 people traveling up 281 and all will be required to stop at the interior checkpoint. Brilliant! I'm trying to get my ass and my family to safety, and we're going to be in an even worse grid lock as we stop and show them our papers. And God help any one of us if we forget as we haul ass out of there.