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http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/20...nationally.html

Seeing as there was no thread for this yet... I loved the clip of how a number of Congressman said they "weren't enough of a nerd" to understand SOPA and need to "get some nerds in here." Or as Jon Stewart called them "experts."

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jan 18, 2012 -> 10:36 PM) Cubano, great to see you back on the board! I started reading the post and was like "cool." Then saw that it was Cubano and was like "Holy s***! Cubano's back! "

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jan 18, 2012 -> 11:49 AM) I love that site, he usually has some real gems on current topics. The Oatmeal book was one of my better purchases.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2012 -> 01:52 PM) The caps will make it d*** near impossible for any team to have a single "pipeline" over the next few years. But if we get precedence, I'd love that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2012 -> 01:50 PM) With the international signing salary cap starting this summer...this isn't the worst idea ever. Despite the caps, I'm 100% serious. I want to open a Cuban pipeline.

SIGN ALL THE CUBANS

Here's hoping Alexei and Dayan can convince Soler or Cespedes, or hopefully both, to come here. Soler would be our #1 prospect and Cespedes would be in the bigs probably midseason.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 10, 2012 -> 07:55 PM) The sad part is that I own that disc. The cool part is that I had it months before it was on the air because of the college radio station I was working with. I f***ing love that album.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 18, 2012 -> 12:40 AM) This makes you one ghetto ass whiteboy. And man, CJ Watson = best backup point in the league.* *=not counting Rubio, who gets starters minutes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 07:54 PM) Boozer is killing tonight! He hasn't touched the rim. All net.

So for those with league pass...can you change announcers? And if not, why am I getting Suns announcers for a game in Chicago?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 03:16 PM) It cracks me up that he doesn't like talk whatsoever, just stands there shaking his hips the entire time. His stare and the State Farm Guy's stare get me everytime. And the extended one where the Green Bay fan follows Rodgers around.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 02:21 PM) Raji one is better I like to imagine it's how Matthews really acts.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 02:13 PM) First 2 packages won't happen. They are both drastic overpays. That too. I'd flip s*** for either package.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 02:12 PM) Hechevarria isn't anything special. Most don't think he will hit. But if we got him and other stuff and he hit well, then we can do Marty's dream of trading Alexei.

Can we all just go back to mocking Tebow?

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 02:06 PM) If Floyd is traded, then these are the type of packages I'd like to see from the following teams: Toronto Blue Jays: Trade Floyd for a package of Drew Hutchison, Jake Marisnick, and Adeiny Hechevarria. (Swap Hechevarria for Deck McGuire if possible) Boston Red Sox: Trade Floyd for a package of Bryce Brentz, Will Middlebrooks, and Ryan Lavarnway. (Brentz is the guy I'd really like to acquire from the Red Sox, along with Lavarnway as a close 2nd. Lavarnway can replace Flowers in the depth chart) Baltimore: Not really interested in any players from the Baltimore system. :-\ Pittsburgh Pirates: Trade Floyd, Morel, and a low level prospct for Pedro Alvarez and Kyle McPherson. (I doubt the Pirates would be a good trade partner for the Sox because of how Floyd's contract being a little too pricey for them, but I'd LOVE to see Pedro Alvarez on the Sox. If we got Lavarnway or Hechevarria for Floyd I'd flip s***.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 01:56 PM) This was a great line, after all the rips against SF this year, I have zero regrets about ripping on the Bears Have they found a GM yet? Tebowf***ingchrist HeGone. What the hell? This is exactly what DrunkBomber was talking about

Kyyle

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 01:25 PM) The 49ers are actually my second favorite team and have been since the early 90s and I was never in this thread badmouthing them or not giving them a shot to win, yet I have to come in here and read "98% of Bears fans this" or "Every Bears fan I know that" from the two 49ers fans. I realize this isnt a Bears forum but at the same time the White Sox play in Chicago, so of course the majority of the White Sox fan base will also be Bears fans. That said, the Bears fans on this board are actually some of the more knowledgeable and realistic fans you will come across on the internet. As the end of the season came and the playoffs began I found myself basically wanting the 49ers to get knocked out of the playoffs just because of how annoying this thread has been and because I was worried it would become unreadable if the niners won. To me its very similar to the Tim Tebow coverage on ESPN, if guys like Skip Bayless werent so far to one extreme that it basically forces other people to take on the other extreme and despise Tebow he probably would have been a lot of fun to root for. For example, Id be willing to bet if there were 0 niners fans on this board that well over half the people on here would vocally be rooting for the 49ers, me included. I hate the Saints personally. Also, it wasnt "hating" to think the niners were gonna lose. They were underdogs at home in Vegas and one of the biggest question marks about the niners is how would their offense handle getting into a shootout with one of the 3 big time offenses this season, and they certainly answered the question and Im sure in the process they impressed a lot of doubters. Also, a lot of the jabs you guys have taken at the Bears were just for the sake of trolling so a lot of the heat you took was reactionary. I know every fan base is littered with idiots and Im sure you do indeed have to listen to dumb Bears fans somewhere in your life but from what Ive seen it really isnt that bad in here. +A f***ton

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 01:12 PM) Everything positive about him was about his defense since AA. He's been expected to be a plus defender. I never heard anything other than his D.

Make the Jays and Red Sox bid against each other, especially after Pineda just made the Yankees rotation good.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 10:06 AM) My wrath goes to Wade, the second biggest traitor besides Zeke... I get that they're both from Chicago, but Thomas didn't openly flirt with the Bulls and then undermine them by calling them unloyal. Also, both stayed with teams that drafted them, so neither are traitors...just Wade is a douche who slammed our org.