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I want to know who nominated Kap though, did they look at his # of posts in the Dem thread or something? lol... Next year I'm nominating Sqwert to the Righty Award

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 5, 2010 -> 01:47 PM) Yeah this is the one I was about to post. That one got a lot of attention.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 5, 2010 -> 09:01 AM) Greg is an optimist? Seriously? Optimistic about certain players (Jermaine Dye, Dewayne Wise), about the team, not so much. elrockinMT is the optimist.

lol. Not sure how I can vote for anyone else, although you can make a case for almost everyone here for different reasons

Had I known Mike wasn't going to be on the list I'd have nominated.

I have deadline pressure right now... procrastinated a paper I have to write at work until tomorrow. lol.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 06:33 PM) There's something frustrating yet hilarious about when that happens. I was playing ME1 last night and I'd get so pissed off like GODDAMMIT GARRUS WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO GET KILLED IN A BLAZE OF GUNFIRE EVERY 5 MINUTES?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 4, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) The GOP has gotta be glad that they are up against the Democrats this year instead of a competent party. This week, they had a top budget committee Congressman propose a budget that slashes and burns Social Security and Medicare completely and still doesn't balance the budget until 2050. Then John Boehner's fundraising makes it onto the pages of the Wall Street Journal, because they are banking on big business dollars to help deliver their message. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142405...2216461790.html My takeaway from that is "Republicans fully endorse corporate welfare of the financial sector at the expense of taxpayers, envious that financial sector controls Democrats and not Republicans"

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 1, 2010 -> 07:39 PM) No legitimate successor? It'd have to be Beekman, when he was drafted he was profiled as a C in the NFL.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 10:59 PM) Yea, butt (HAR HAR HAR) you've got some lending advantages that many others don't have. Yeah that's true. I found out there is a tax break for employers who hire people from off welfare... I never knew that.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 03:41 PM) I'd like to open a business but I don't have enough capital and banks aren't lending to anyone. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 05:26 PM) Politics aside, its never true that they aren't lending to ANYONE. Its just harder. It wouldn't hurt you to look into it, before being sure its not possible. I'm still trying regardless.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) Fixed I'll take it.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) Happy Birthday, Gents...and Keith! I don't know how I missed this thread yesterday, thanks guys.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) Clearly defense spending isn't going anywhere, but there are costs that can be cut within the defense/security budget. You hear stories all the time about the Pentagon ordering up planes/weapons that are never going to be used. Absolute waste. The current Secretary of Defense isn't really a fan of doing that, but even a strong one like him can only push the Pentagon bureaucracy so far.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 12:07 PM) Revamping Welfare? Um, they did that 10 years ago. Getting out of Iraq? That'll be done this year. He promised to "Win" in Afghanistan, not to get out of it. We've been told that reforming Medicare/Medicaid = Nazism and Communism and so we're not allowed to do that and it can't possibly save money no matter how many studies say it will. The idea that there's a lot of un-cut discretionary spending out there is a flat out myth that pols use to get elected every cycle because it's easy to believe that the money being spent that I don't directly see myself is wasted. About the only place that's true is in the DOD, and as we all know, defense spending doesn't count. Yup. Obama too, he had to one-up McCain. It always gets brought into the picture all the time, it's never going to happen though. It's just not that easy to do.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) Come on, he has no choice? How about getting out of Iraq/Afghanistan like he promised he would do? How about reforming Medicare/Medicaid entitlements, revamping welfare, etc. There's a ton of spending he could cut, it's just not a popular thing to do. Not picking on you Jenks but I have to use your post as a springboard - I'm getting really tired of people saying this. I don't really know why people deluded themselves into thinking it was even possible for the president to end the war in Iraq overnight, but it's not. Iraq IS ending, and pretty close to the pace he (and Hillary, there wasn't a whole lot of practical difference) campaigned on. Just because you don't see it on the news every day doesn't mean it's not happening, the military is in the middle of a major reorganization of troop levels and they can't really move troops out of Iraq any faster than they are now. I think it's later this year, or early next year, they have to be down to 50k per the agreement with the Iraqi government... a couple of years ago they were at about 160k. It's a major logistical hurdle, to move that much equipment and personnel that fast. They didn't get into theater overnight and they won't get out that way either. On Afghanistan, he never, not once, said he was going to end the war there either while he was campaigning or while he was president and last year before he announced his decision he even flatly rejected the idea of pulling troops out. But that is eventually going to end, too. For the past few years the Army's just been at a completely unsustainable operating pace and it's kind of miraculous the whole deal hasn't just fallen apart yet.

If you're a news channel you should show... umm I don't know... like, the important news stories of the day. I know, I'm a crazy guy with these crazy-assed liberal ideas though.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 3, 2010 -> 01:49 PM) What a maverick. LINK Powell probably promoted it as a practical matter at the time, not because that's what he actually wanted. McCain is just being a hack... again. (everyone already knows this, just saying though)

Mass Effect 2, as I expected, is awesome. Pretty much the same game as the first one and the same graphics (maybe slightly better) except they cleaned up a lot. They don't do the planetary exploration like in the first game which is fine b/c the devs got lazy with the level design on those anyway. The hacking games are more like puzzles now instead of just repeating buttons and so far I haven't run up into a bunch of recycled dungeons, which I guess is to be expected since the game is 2 discs now. The squad AI is better and they don't just run up into rooms and get shot anymore.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 01:12 PM) I dont think im way off and youre points prove that. 1. I never factored in a solid bopper 2. I said he was being compared last year to Derek Jeter which i backed up later on with the article on espn that did it 3. we agreed there 4. yes there are 2 sides of the argument but how often does a 29 year old simply fall off so bad after 3 straight years of being a pretty damn good player. 5. I'm talking numbers like Rios put up in 07 .297 24 85 6. Pierre is another guy that there can be an argument both ways but i see no reason why he couldnt put up better numbers than Pods. 7. I prob am wrong here, BUT only 2 full time catcher hit .300 or better AJs 1 and the other won a batting title. yes i know batting average isnt everything buttttttttt it is a big part. 8. PK lead a 79 win team, that got better around him this year, in HR and RBI, just sayin. 9. Maybe im wrong but i coulda sworn ive read a lot of negative comments on teahen. either way i think hes actually gonna be a key part of the offense this year. 10. I've never said i like the platoon we got but you work with what you got, but look at his career splits i know he hasnt even been in a platoon situation in awhile but when he was a full time starter against RHP hes been an above average HITTER i stress hitter because yes like you said he has no pop but against RHP he will get on base and do things with his bat. I wanna wait on Andruw Jones and see what he looks like early on before anything is said, if hes in the kinda shape we were told about who knows what he'll do. He's gonna be playing for a hard ass like he was playing for Bobby Cox and i think Ozzie will get the best hes got out of him. #2 was explained by one poster as being not what you thought it was and thoroughly refuted by another poster... I agree, it's a ridiculous statement and you really should just concede that one. Derek Jeter is probably a first ballot Hall of Famer because of his offensive ability, Alexei, not so much.

I lean towards yes on Warner's HOF credentials.

Well that's one of the most f***ed up things I've ever heard in the past few weeks.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 05:44 PM) Won't federal drugs laws still be an issue for Californians? This administration's DOJ won't make it an issue but a future administration (i.e. a Republican one who doesn't believe in legalization) might.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 05:23 PM) about time. tax the piss out of this and BOOM, budget problem solved. I don't know about solved, but as a practical matter it's a huge waste of money and just makes no logical sense to keep illegal.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 29, 2010 -> 01:03 PM) The Democratic Party has no idea what to do. The left knows exactly what they want. I think this about covers it.