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The Sox stance and track record with Boras is going to keep making this difficult. Everyone in baseball knows the situation and will low ball.

QUOTE(NCsoxfan @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 08:43 AM) If Rowand REALLY wanted to play in Chicago he would of taken the 4 year contract... He's full of it Nothing in life is that simple. There are priorities and realities. I am certain there are a number of people here who would love to work for the Sox. Would they give up $75,000 jobs, homes, and college funds for their kids, to take a $15,000 intern job? Of course not. But I don't believe they are lying if they say they would like to work for the Sox. So we know that it isn't worth a few million dollars to Rowand to play with Joe. Hell, I'm not certain how many diamonds that would make Joe, but certailnly more than 7.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 08:32 AM) What IS that? The pic of the day from Jim's porn collection

QUOTE(max power @ Mar 14, 2008 -> 08:12 AM) My opinion was blatantly misrepresented dozens of times in one post. I'm not going to let that happen and unfortunately you are doing it again right here by applying something I said before to my reaction to something said later. You took a post I spent 7.5 seconds on and did a great job of refutting in. I should have realized that someone here had studied this in depth and would expose me for the fraud I am. Relax, enjoy your moment in the sun

QUOTE(max power @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 02:26 PM) Not sure why you think I care so much.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 06:48 PM) Get in. Get out. Get a sammich. Ladies Man, that's what I am.

The money quote from the story: Mr. Whipple OMG, that is just too good

There is also a script running that my browser rejected. Not uncommon, but something to be aware of.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 06:25 PM) Hilarious Hey Jenks, how did you find that gem?

I'm looking at the reunion website and thinking, who the hell are most of these people?

Couple of things in case people were wondering. Asked first He has a number of posts here, not registering only to promote some site. Asked first Seemed like a great application that members would be interested in Did I mention he asked first? Not a direct copy of soxtalk Yeah, he asked.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 06:10 PM) Also I still don't understand why you don't like bringing alcohol into the argument. I mean, if you're seriously against alcohol being available, then ok. If not, alcohol is used as the base of comparison as its the only "legal" drug in the class we're talking about. Because that comparison works both ways. As others have noticed, we allow alcohol, which is way worse than pot, so therefor we should also ban alcohol. It isn't logically more valid than buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut Johnny's mom is letting him go. For a wide range of reasons we have allowed certain things and banned others, do you really think they all fall in a nice neat hierarchy? Once we start placing them on some scale and making it fair, we need to throw out our entire system.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 05:55 PM) A 42 year old woman I used to work with died a couple of days ago from liver and kidney disease brought on by alchollism. I really don't know what the real long-term health ramifications are for smoking weed, but it can't be worse than that. Another reason why we should bring back prohibition.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 05:39 PM) Oh, so you are talking about drinking rubbing alcohol? IN that case we should ban Sterno as well since thats the same chemical formula, and homeless people melt THAT down and drink it, true story. I hadn't really considered just how bad alcohol is, and use to think dry counties were kind of stupid, but you have opened my eyes. Thank you.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 05:34 PM) Alcohol has zero medicinal value and has not only horrifically higher impairment, but also can kill you in a short period of time. Alcohol kills people by stupidity and also by its chemical makeup. Alcohol is used to sterlize instruments. But you are right, alcohol should be banned.

I did not state my point very well. A very small percentage of cough syrup users are trying to get high, and a very small percentage of pot smokers are helping their Glaucoma. Most smokers will be partying, and this should be a bigger priority then worrying about cough syrup abusers.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 04:02 PM) Too bad the REPs don't have a candidate that can win How embarrassing to lose to a convicted felon?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 03:44 PM) So are you suggesting like Clemens, Bonds, McGwire, etc, are Hall of Fame deserving, but some players, such as Ruth, Aaron, Mays (and from this era, Pedro, Maddux, Henderson, perhaps Griffey) are more deserving of like a Hall of Immortality or something such as that? Basically, yes. Cy Young, Mays, Ruth, Williams, Aaron, etc.

Delta voters re-elect felon Bazan by wide margin Jeremy Roebuck March 4, 2008 - 11:41PM ELSA — Walo Bazan has done it again. For the second time this decade, Hidalgo County’s Precinct 5 constable has won the Democratic primary under a cloud of legal problems and accusations of criminal wrongdoing. Now, with no Republican challenger, the five-term incumbent is slated to become the only elected peace officer in the state to take office with a felony record, no license and a legal restriction barring him from carrying a weapon. As election returns came in Tuesday night, challengers Mario Leal and Juan Diaz Alemán gracefully conceded. “If that’s what the people want, then that’s fine,” Leal said. “I’m not disappointed.” But for Bazan, who has retained much of his support in the Delta despite his conviction on theft charges in 2006, Tuesday’s results hardly came as a surprise. He won re-election in 2004 by more than 1,000 votes over his closest competitor — even while Bazan was under criminal indictment. Now convicted of those charges, his popularity among voters has only grown. His policies of patrolling the streets around area schools and providing free escort services for funerals have endeared him to his Delta constituents. And on Tuesday, voters swept him back into office with almost 2,000 votes over Leal and more than 63 percent of the total vote — in a race in which nearly 5,900 votes were cast. A state licensing board revoked Bazan’s peace officer’s license in 2006 after a jury found him guilty of getting personal use of a car his deputies seized. The constable is currently appealing that conviction and has maintained his office despite Hidalgo County District Attorney Rene Guerra’s attempts to remove him. The Texas attorney general bolstered Bazan’s claim to elected office last year in a legal opinion that suggested constables do not necessarily need a law enforcement license to hold their office. But Bazan’s re-election Tuesday may not mean he will serve a full sixth term. The constable previously said he will consider stepping down should the state’s courts deny his appeals. Bazan could not be reached for comment after his victory was declared.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 03:30 PM) Security surveillance doesn't count. Speaking of surveillance cameras, how are the ones that America's Funniest Home Videos installed in your bedroom working out? I kid, because I can™

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Mar 12, 2008 -> 01:01 PM) No, you totally avoided the whole point. Why can't they just state the affiliation up front, all the time, and eliminate any b****ing by one side or the other? Are all their 'D' keys broken? And what is the advantage to the newspapers in this nationwide plot?

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 02:49 PM) Baseball should implement a Hall of Shame; I mean, atleast you get your own wing and a plaque and all that stuff I was avoiding that term, because it would not really be what I am thinking. I believe it should be more elevating some players to an even higher status. Perhaps a hundred players, maybe less. 2% of the Hall maybe?

QUOTE(max power @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 02:26 PM) Not sure why you think I care so much. I just think he is terribly over paid, you don't, and your argument wasn't logical to me, so I thought I'd try to understand it through discourse. I think he will get better, and I think contracts will increase over the next few seasons.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 02:45 PM) Put the same warning on the pack/bag of pot. Lots and lots of things can make you too messed up to drive. Can they do breathalyser tests for sleeping pills? pain killers? cough medicine? Step back for a moment. Why are people taking cough medicine and why are they smoking pot? There is a difference in application which is probably relevant. Not too many are texting all their friends to take some Nyquil, but they are making invitations to get baked.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 13, 2008 -> 02:53 PM) I am STILL shocked that states are "surprised" by high turn out. Iowa should ahve been the early clue that this election is like none before. It's been over 2 months since Iowa and Texas wasnt prepared. And there are still two steps before the state convention.