jasonxctf

here's what i don't like. While Williams would protest that the team's goal every year is to win the World Series and that anything else is a failure, in truth they're annually built to win 85 to 90 games, with the understanding that with some good fortune they might win 95 and a pennant, and that with a few injuries or off years they might slip below .500. 2010- Twins on pace for 97 wins 2009- Twins 87 wins 2008- Sox 89 wins 2007- Indians 96 wins 2006- Twins 96 wins 2005- Sox 99 wins 2004- Twins 92 wins 2003- Twins 90 wins 2002- Twins 94 wins 2001- Indians 91 wins 2000- Sox 95 wins So if that truly is the goal, we are undershooting what it takes to win a division. 85-90 win seasons won the division 3 out of the past 11 seasons. The average win total it took to take the Central was 93.27 wins. If you take 85-90 and cut it down the middle, to say 88 wins.. that would have won the division only 1 time!!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2010 -> 08:28 PM) Republicans officially to roll out ~$4 trillion tax cut proposal. holy sh*t. how is it that we had this perfect balance in 1999-2001 where we were running a surplus, and ever since then both sides have been destroying it. we can't keep cutting taxes for anyone/everyone and we can't keep spending like crazy. Why cant we go back to the tax rates of 1999-2001 and back to those spending levels too?

Let's hope the team is rested... http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news...e=ESPNHeadlines

Shoot.. no one wants to start this thread. I'll do it!

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 04:32 PM) I do think that there is a large popular tangent to this, absolutely. But a grassroots movement implies that it started from nothing - and the truth seems to be that there was some big money behind it from the start. It may have a grassroots feel to it now, but with the help of things like FreedomWorks and Fox News behind it from the start, this was astroturf that took root. There feels very little that's organic about it to me. I feel it was also orchastrated to the point where, no matter what action the Administration chose (stim spending or no stim spending) they would be out protesting no matter what. It was either... stop govt spending/takeovers or create more jobs. It would be interesting to ask these people, if they would have preferred no stimilus spending and a 13% unemployment rate instead?

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Sep 14, 2010 -> 02:41 PM) http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-45-dumb...teabagger-rally and i'll add a comment here too. as a soon to be parent, 5 weeks and counting, I could never imagine bringing/involving my elementary school kids in politics like this. It seems creepy to me.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-45-dumb...teabagger-rally

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 10, 2010 -> 07:51 PM) How can a great country like ours have 10 percent unemployment? What the f*** is going on? December 1982, we were at 10.8% unemployment. It was 10.1% in October 2009 and has seemed to level off around 9.5-9.7% for most of 2010. I'm calling for the rate to drop to 9.3-9.4% by years end.

no doubt Teahan's defense is horrible. Offensively, I still think he has potential. His batting average is higher than Beckham, Quentin, Kotsay and Jones. His OBP is higher than Beckham, Jones, Kotsay, Ramirez, and AJ.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) Have you forgotten 2001 to 2009? what am i forgetting... any maybe I truly am. In what context was GWB's exact name used to demonize a controversial issue?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 08:25 PM) Of all the things to be upset about in the political discourse, you are really going to keep going with this? Because someone said "ObamaCare"? im trying to make a point. its not the exact issue of "Obamacare". its the overall dialogue. it seems like we (this country) can't have an intelligent conversation about issues/politics. We end up name calling and becoming very pety in the process. And both sides are guilty of it.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:51 PM) Insult is a poor description. But it's used in a derogatory manner. just like those who say Barack Hussein Obama. they say, well that his name. Yes, but they say Hussein because Hussein has a negative vibe for a lot of people. So its a way to associate the President in a negative way. "Name calling without Name Calling." Those same people never say John Sidney McCain or Willard "Mitt" Romney.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:13 PM) Yep. that was a joke. forgot to put it in green.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 05:06 PM) ObamaCare has been turned into an epithet for evil Democratic policies. exactly. and can anyone give an example of this type of name calling/association being used historically? In addition, I'm sure, the way this turned out, was not 100% of what he wanted. There was a lot of horse trading going on in Congress (house and senate) that he had no control over, but in the end it was the only way to get the 60 votes they needed to overcome yet another Republican filibuster.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:39 PM) Obamacare isn't exactly name-calling, I think you are stretching here. Your "like little children" comment is more name-calling than simply referring to the healtcare initiative as belonging to Obama, which it sort of does, for good or bad. so should we re-name any/all iniatives brought on by Presidents. How does BushTarp sound?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) Because the Democrats don't do that at all... so be the bigger and better man. (not directed at you specifically)

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 03:08 PM) That's a fair criticism, but I think there's a difference between expanding intelligence powers and increased military funding right after being attacked, and spending trillions bailing out companies/people and subjecting the country to Obamacare and the like. i forgot, name calling is especially important within the tea party. (socialist, obamacare, etc) Like little children.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 9, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) He has a valid point that the Dems are weak and ineffective. They also only got to 60 seats because of Democrat senators who are center-right and wouldn't support liberal policies. They just beat out more-right Republican candidates. which leads to a bigger issue of why filibuster rules need to be adjusted. in today's political environment, the 60 seats that the Democrats had before Teddy died and Scott Brown won the election, will probably be the only time in my lifetime where either party will have 60 votes. The only way either party can get there, is by running Conservative Democrats (See Alaska, Montana, etc) or Liberal Republicans (see Maine, Delaware, etc)

87 in the Acura RSX Clean Diesel in the A3 TDI Can't wait until my Jetta Diesel comes in. Was just told today, that they are building it on 9/20 and that I should have it by 11/1.

i forgot which comedian used this in their act... if you're in a theater and a man collapses, someone screams, "is there a doctor in the house" and you can't stand up, you're not really a doctor.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 08:01 PM) Might be tacky for lawyers to call themselves Dr's but as you stated "its technically true." Not to mention the reason why you dont call lawyers "Doctors" mainly comes from the fact that in some countries/states you dont need to go to law school to become a licensed attorney. But if you have successfully been given a "juris doctor" you are in fact holding a doctorate. my high school gym teacher was also a Dr. too.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 07:46 PM) Instead of purchasing a new version of something that there's extra of already, you saved $18. You also put $12 into the pocket of the seller. That money will, hopefully, be spent on something more useful than redundant copies of books being produced. It's the classic "broken window" story. which can be true. But I'll tell you that I put the extra $18 into my savings account at the bank.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Sep 7, 2010 -> 07:43 PM) I'm white with a doctorate and agree with a lot of their viewpoints. and all of their view points aren't crazy. I just enjoy seeing people who pay the least amount in taxes, 10-20% brackets, (personal income, property, sales, etc) out there screaming about how their taxes are too high.

talk amongst yourselves. As a whole, is eBay good, bad or have little effect on the economy? I'll use a live example. Back in March, before a vacation, I wanted to buy that new John Hallerpin book about the 2008 elections. Forget what it was called, but it was a good read. So I went to Barnes and Noble and it was selling for full price. (guessing $30). I thought, there's no way I'm paying $30 for a book. Went on eBay and bought a used copy for $12. Read it on vacation and re-sold it on eBay for $8. While this is a small example, it speaks of a larger question. If eBay didn't exist, I would probably have bought this book brand new for $30. Thus this purchase helps the bookstore, store employees, publisher, author, truck drivers (moving the books), paper manufacturers, etc. Instead, I bought this used, which helped, me and the eBay seller.

i didnt see uneducated, white people on that list?