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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 13, 2009 -> 03:25 PM) From HuffPo: Reuters Reporter injured, 50-100 protesters dead Iran clergy group calls for new election Mousavi adviser: "It's a coup d'etat." Ahmadinejad attacks foreign media Cell phone service down White House statement Evidence that the election was stolen Report: Mousavi under house arrest and more Click the link for the full details. It's a long article. I don't like people dying, but f*** yeah, go Iranians

QUOTE (Disco72 @ Jun 13, 2009 -> 09:47 AM) We all agree there are no better options on the roster. Just let the guy play the rest of the season, and we can (hopefully) end this debate once and for all. ^^

Looks like Ahmadinejad "won." It was supposed to be close and he won in a complete blowout. Someone needs to get ACORN over to Iran and teach them how to properly fix elections (that one was for you mr. genius).

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 05:34 PM) Holy f***, we get it. Sarah Palin is a ditzy b**** who exploits her family for political gain and David Letterman isn't funny anymore. Most of this was decided months and even years ago. Can we please move on? This is the Democrat thread, man. I really do wish the media would stop interviewing her though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 04:49 PM) Didn't Letterman already apologize? Yeah, and it should've ended there, but she's clearly grandstanding now. She actually said something to the effect that Letterman was a child molester.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 05:03 PM) 75%, 69% whatever...that seems awfully fishy considering international groups were expected a close result. Well, I'm not ready to exonerate their government just yet, but if you look at early returns in American elections the numbers always look pretty funny too. Let's see how it looks in a few hours.

Yeah but that would've just looked so odd, putting her mother on the spot like that...

The fact that Palin had her family out there as a prop is on her, not her daughter. The only reaction I had to Bristol's pregnancy was to point out the irony of people who support abstinence-only education as she does. It's like they're advocating issues in an alternate reality.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 03:04 PM) I disagree, I dont think any joke is out of line (about an adult) if you put yourself into the public eye. If Bristol was 13, Id say you should probably not go after a child. But Bristol is 18 and you live with the choices that you make. Letterman was pretty obviously talking about Bristol (he said "knocked up by A-Rod," and she is the one who was actually knocked up) but Willow (14 years old) was the one that was actually at the Yankees game. That's what made it out of line. Still, though, Bristol never asked to be in the public eye (she's done interviews, but that's after the cat was already out of the bag), so I still don't think it's fair to her to be cracking jokes about her. But that's just life, I guess.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 02:41 PM) Why do you think Letterman's joke was out of line? The joke about her daughter was the one that was out of line. The joke about being a slutty flight attendant is fair game, IMO. She's a grown ass woman, she should be able to take it as a public figure. I mean, how are Bill Clinton BJ jokes any different?

I'm just not understanding here how Obama could possibly have anything to do with this whatsoever. What could he do differently to stem the tide of anti-Republican jokes and such? In a country with free speech rights, he's free to address his own critics, but that's about the extent of it. There's no way he can "call off the dogs" so to speak. And surrogates (or political allies), they talk. That's not something that began with Obama and that's something that will stop when he leaves office, either. To pretend otherwise just comes off as whining.

Is Black Jack affiliated with the org. in any way? This is just his own blog opinions right?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) WOW! Neocons root for Ahmadinejad lol. I'm not surprised at all. I was thinking this earlier, I'm just surprised that I read something to confirm that I was right so soon. Conservative pro-war hypocrites on Iran: On Ahmadinejad, under a Republican president: he is a clear and present threat to America and must be confronted militarily On a reformist Iranian president, under a Republican president: It's proof that Republican policies are working, and helping Iran grow as a democracy. On Ahmadinejad, under a Democratic president: Attempts at diplomacy do not work, and are naive. Military option must be considered but liberals are too weak to do it. On a reformist Iranian president, under a Republican president: whoever is the president of Iran is irrelevant, he has no power anyway. It's funny how the significance of the Iranian presidency is only strong when discussing war. I'm surprised that he was so transparent about how he arbitrarily dismissed diplomacy though.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 01:14 PM) I'm a bit embarrassed to say I actually know something about this... that is not why she was ejected from her position, according to the people that manage these things. The Donald, who is that manager, said she had been missing engagements she had agreed to do, in order instead to make unapproved speeches about this whole gay marriage thing. He called her out publically, and gave her another chance, then she missed engagements again. According to Trump, that is why she was removed from that postiion. Yeah... she was really treated like s*** just for giving an honest answer, but it looks like she did this much to herself. Or at least Trump is really good at manipulating the public, myself included.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 11:42 AM) Well most Western news sources are suggesting Mousavi is more pro-western. But on some issues he still at odds with the west, uranium enrichment (peaceful) and recognition of Israel. Well, I don't know enough to comment on his stance to Israel, but even Ahmadinejad (after being pressed for a straight answer) said he would recognize Israel if the Palestinians did. At the end of the day this is still Iran, their foreign policy objectives won't change overnight.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 11:38 AM) Cool, thanks. Obviously I know Ahmadinejad is a wack-job, I didnt know if the other guy was better or not. If he wins, he won't have the ability to change Iran's policies the way Obama changed Bush's policies when he got elected here since the country is still run by the religious council. But he'll still be the president, and he'll still at least have some input.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 11:35 AM) So, I dont pay much attention to Iranian politics. Who do we want to win? Mousavi is pro-Western, it won't change Iran dramatically but the Obama administration's attempts to cool relations with Iran have a much better chance with him rather than Ahmadinejad.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 11:18 AM) I think because of the massive turnout the polls were staying open later. They are saying its gonna be real close. Yeah, I wonder if it's gonna go to a runoff. It looks like Mousavi's generated a lot of excitement over there.

Iran is 8 or 9 hours ahead of EST, so I guess that means we should see the results of this election soon?

Finding ways to repeat the same opinion in a thread at length in 3-4 different threads/topics in the course of a day, regardless of whether it is related to the topic is pretty obnoxious too. You're pretty much just begging to be ignored.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 09:20 AM) We all have to remember that Alexei is a rookie at SS this season, he is going to miss some plays, but he has the arm and range to be a plus defender over there and is MUCH better than Beckham is and will be. Now that I see Bacon on the field, I can see he will stick at 3B or 2B based on his range, and really his length, he is a VERY short baseball player. Alexei has a lot of natural athletic ability that will make him, at least, an average defender. Given the potential of his bat, I'd be more than happy with that kind of player at SS. But I still think his mental lapses, and at times unnecessary (but pretty) flashiness are probably going to keep him from being an elite defender. That's ok though, as long as he's hitting.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 09:00 AM) My lord, people. You are seriously trying to disparage the Dems or Reps as a whole, based on the behaviors of various whack-jobs who happen to use one of the extreme ends of the spectrum as an excuse for their violence? Wow. No. Well, at least not me.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 12:10 AM) You can thank the MLB for only allowing 1 company to make their game instead of allowing competition. The NFL and EA started it, 2K sports doing it with baseball was a competitive response. I hate EA.