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Wonderful news! Congratulations!

QUOTE (whitesoxmanager @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 07:21 PM) you were saying Kenny Rogers, "You can't handle the Fu!"

Thome's Fu Manchu looks badass.

1-0 Sox. Rbi Thome

I swear, Cabrera's lazy ass almost got forced.

Uribe continues to show me I'd make a horrible GM. Nice play.

This Magglio guy can rake.

Granderson pops meekly to short. Good start.

Can't Stand Me Now -- The Libertines Musta Got Lost -- J. Geils Band Achin' to Be -- The 'Mats All Summer Long -- Kid Rock Fall Down -- Toad the Wet Sprocket Basket Case -- Green Day Crawlin Back to You -- Tom Petty Miss Murder -- AFI Rock and Roll Heart -- Lou Reed Ooh La -- The Kooks

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 10:00 AM) Human beings should be up in arms and start a protest right away. Fixed

I think they'll wait as long as they have to get at least one in today, and expect that the players would waive whatever rules would stand in the way of getting at least one off the books now.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 07:49 AM) There ya go: Yeah, that's pretty bad. The Aunt Jemima connection to pancakes and waffles doesn't help either.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 07:54 AM) babe pig

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 14, 2008 -> 07:40 AM) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080913/D93620600.html [/color] What was the quote? Yeah, A racist is someone who is winning a debate with a liberal Were these sold at some obscure conservative event? I'd like to see the picture. Sounds pretty bad, but racism can be in the eye of the beholder. Remember when Time (or was it Newsweek?) "darkened" OJ's mug shot for its cover?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 12, 2008 -> 06:00 PM) First, 'elite' was a racist code word for 'black'. Then 'community organizer' became code for 'black'. Now, the new code word of the day for black is 'disrespectful'. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/216121.php That's certainly far-fetched. But FWIW, what is the strategic utility of an ad labelling your opponent "disrespectful?" That he lacks the politeness to be president? Pretty lame.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 12, 2008 -> 11:30 AM) I'm thinking McCain is going to carry this momentum through to a close victory. The campaigns are getting nasty, and nobody does nasty politics better than the GOP. I think so too. Besides, I think at their core, the American people are fundamentally conservative. Not necessarily in the Rush Limbaugh "neo-con" sense of the term, but more in the sense that tried and true (I hate to say "old and reliable" but it does seem apt here) usually beats new and different. People may say they want change, but only within reason. McCain will prevail by convincing the undecideds that a change to Obama will be an unsteady shift too far to the fringe. Obama is vulnerable there, and that part of the GOP playbook has proven solid in the past.

This is something I've always been against. I'm no economist, but I think I learned in Econ 101 that occasional deficit spending can be good for an economy, as happened with the New Deal programs after the Great Depression and the defense build up prior to World War II. In addition, I'm uncomfortable with the notion of us allowing our politicians to essentially claim, "We can't manage to balance the budget right now, but if we were required to do so by law, we could and we would." Simple accountablity to the people should be enough, but we, the voters, continue to give them a pass. If they can't do it just because its right, throw the bums out and get new ones. Third, I don't see how this could ever be effectively enforced. Who provides oversight? I'm all for open government and accountability, but some aspects of government spending and programs (e.g., national security) need to be "secret," even in peacetime. Finally, I strongly believe that the constitution is something not be trifled with. There is good reason that it has only been amended 27 times (and on just 18 occassions). Creative accountants can play all kinds of tricks to make uneven books looked balanced on paper, and as people have pointed out in commenting on a "war" exception, necessary exceptions to an amendment like this could, imo, easily swallow the whole. If a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, I don't want to risk watering down the overall Constitution by enacting an amendment that could possibly be circumvented with accounting tricks or whatever. I'd rather amend through term limits than with something subject to potential loopholes. I don't want to open the door to similar end-runs around the Bill of Rights. In sum, my point is that "we the people" already have the power to insist that our government balance the budget if we decide that is what we want. We just need to exercise the power we already have. A balanced budget amendment has always seemed like sort of a gimmicky cop-out to me.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 02:35 PM) The Jesus was gonna f*** you on Friday, so now he'll f*** you on a Thursday... awesome, 3-2 1 out, first pitch hitting Love The Big Lebowski reference. Go Royals

Poll shows Obama increasing his lead in Ohio post-Palin: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stor...08/daily36.html I am not at as knowledgeable about polls as others here appear to be. Is this anything?

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 10, 2008 -> 08:28 PM) I like insurance. What's not to like?

I can't believe I'm sweating this ballgame.

I now officially hate Marco Scutaro.

Good for BA. 6-2 Sox

Served up a meatball, but got the DP.

Soda is what you mix with Scotch.