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I read the last 4-5 pages of this thread. Conclusion:

Another year, another s*** OL.

I didn't like Cabrera but I can't see the Garland trade as a mistake.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 10:25 PM) Moves that can come back to bite Kenny? Ok maybe: the trading of CF Chris Young to Az The trading of Gio Gonzalez The trading of 4 young arms inclusding Richards who is now 10-5 for Peavy The trade of Nick Swisher Not resigning Jim Thome Not resigning Juan Uribe The trade of Ely to LA Not resigning Scott Podsednik trading Earl Battey Trading Johnny Callison Trading Denny McClain letting Nellie Fox go to Houston wait a minute now what year are we in? In fairness, he tried to re-sign Pods

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 09:18 PM) It cracks me up how no one can see the point through the forest here. The point is kind of weak and actually it's entirely moot to be honest. Who the f*** would care if someone was building a Christian center there? There would be no controversy and nothing to talk about.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 10:19 PM) The kind of taunting JJ deserves after tonight. I thought he'd be the money guy, and he's been crap too. "Putz apologists" ...scroll up and see who he was arguing with, or trying to, a few days ago.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 09:55 PM) So how do you Putz apologists want to explain the latest meltdown? What kind of bulls*** post is this

Courtesy of Cracked.com... Animaniacs was a kids' show kind of but not really. This is about the most blatant dirty joke I've ever seen in a cartoon that wasn't intentionally (ostensibly anyway) intended for grown-ups.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 14, 2010 -> 12:21 AM) He was on CNN yelling way before Fox News. Yeah but he became a completely different character on Fox News. I used to watch him on CNN.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 02:49 PM) So the author is saying he found three things that Dems criticized Obama for, but he couldn't find anything similar for Repubs on Fox? No offense that is a load of crap. I know Glenn Beck did plenty of unloading on the Bush admin all by himself. What years was George Bush president? What year did Glenn Beck start on Fox News?

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 10:44 AM) You know, the bolded kind of leads into a point that I find absolutely fascinating. If you watch the official networks of the NFL, NBA, and MLB, you actually get a lot more honest analysis and intelligent opinions on all three about the leagues than you ever do on ESPN. The fact that the official networks of the leagues give you a more honest assessment than ESPN ever does (which is supposed to be an independent network, but now basically plays like a marketing machine for the leagues) tells you all you need to know about how screwed up that channel is in its thinking. Word

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) I couldn't hold back the waterworks and had a big ass lump in my throat. I'm not sure this would have affected me the same way if I didn't have kids. This is kind of the reason why I got out. The inability (or more like unwillingness, really) to deal with the feeling of being separated from my family for a long time was up near the top of list of "cons" when I was deciding how much longer I wanted to go on.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 04:58 PM) If youre going to use my name, can we please try and refrain from being libelous? I sincerely doubt you can find any post of mine that states "XYZ is a racist" let alone stating that you personally are one. Which post are you referring to?

So I was showing my stepdaughter some old pics from Iraq and in one of the pics I'm cheesing because I had just gotten some mail that had a bunch of porn in it I ordered and I was holding up 2 of the DVD cases in the pic. You can't really see anything really bad on the pics but I tried to click past it really fast, and she started laughing because she totally knew what I just did. Epic parenting fail.

I love John Danks.

Good god... clearly, you put a lot of time in that so I'm going to read it... but, later. lol.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) b**** please. At least it doesn't involve stirrups and a medieval looking torture devise. I think having a vagina generally sucks more all-around than having a penis. Maintenance on those things is a b****.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 10:17 PM) Wanna cheer up? Johnny Danks. There, now everyone is happy. That helped. A lot.

lol, I just saw one of those Facebook polls that said "should we build a Mosque and Islamic Supercenter at Ground Zero?" with a picture of Osama bin Laden on it. Well no s***, what kind of asshole would answer "yes" to that question when you phrase it all distorted like that? I hate those polls, the only reason I don't block them off my profile is because I like looking at them and going "I hate these polls." Another stupid one I saw last year was "Should the Obama Administration shut down Fox News?"

Carlos Quentin makes me hot

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) 2 countries built on immigration. I don't have a problem with immigration in the slightest... I don't think most people (whose opinions are worth listening to) do either. My great-grandmother tried to come here illegally (through Canada) way back when, and got caught and deported, then came back legally... something I didn't know until a few weeks ago.

I planned on reading all the posts in this thread before posting but now it's to page 10 and I don't really have time to do that. Anyway I posted some of my thoughts on this in the Republican thread the other day. I mostly agree with what NSS, Sonix, and Jenks were saying on page 1 of this thread. If the question is over whether people should automatically get citizenship, and whether we're actually going to do what we need to do if we decide we want to permanently change it as opposed to the typical political chest-thumping and doublespeak, then I'm fine with it. This would require an actual amendment to the Constitution, since the actual text of the 14th Amendment is written in fairly plain language and the current interpretation's been backed up by the Supreme Court for a century or so. I find "constitutional grounds" arguments to be hypocritical a lot of times, and up until the subject of changing the 14th amendment was brought up I was rolling my eyes because until then it was typical bulls*** for scoring cheap political points. By bringing up the amendment that means that we at least want to have a serious discussion about it and want to do something real, instead of playing political games in the courts as is the norm. I haven't (yet) seen very many good arguments in favor of automatic citizenship for non-Americans, and haven't been convinced that it should stay that way, and I don't think it'd be unfair, racist, etc. if the text was changed to say something along the lines of "at least one parent must be a U.S. citizen or lawful resident" (children of illegals born here before the law took effect would have to be grandfathered in). I'm admittedly a little rusty on my reading and facts - someone correct me if I'm wrong - but I don't think this is the norm for citizenship in most other countries.

I'll pin it here in slam. edit: nm I'm not the mod here. s***. lol.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 11, 2010 -> 05:14 PM) Please tell me you've seen the episode of Louie where he goes to the doctor. Priceless The new show or the old one?

Speaking of male reproductive organs I just got back from the doctor. I know doctors are professionals but I still feel really awkward when I pull out my penis for someone to look at.