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now we replace the DH...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 5, 2010 -> 07:44 PM) Too early in the game to be yanking veteran players. i dont get it, unless you are going to move Kotsay to 1B in the 8th/9th inning for Paulie? you've got a bench full of players who can technically play Kotsay's position.

why not ph Jones there?

to make the point about paying more $ for the product because of the tax vs the underground guy... i guess they'll have to enforce the law just like with gambling. if i go to the boat in elgin, i'm ok. if i go to a back room bar in elgin, i'm not.

the sox are good like that. I remember that they did something big on Oprah a while ago too, for some season ticket holder who did something nice too. my wife's school was doing a "baseball" unit and her kids wrote the sox. they wrote back with a bunch of handouts and items for the kids to keep. (other teams did too, except the Cubs) it made their day. sorry to hear about your loss.

"Catholics Come Home"

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 11:57 AM) The guy is cupping his hands to yell at the guy, not spit on him. Perhaps he is guilty of spraying it instead of saying it, but that is not the same as spitting on someone. if that guy was hocking a loogey on him, he wouldn't be cupping his hands around his mouth. And where are the n*gger chants we heard about? Now where to be found. under this logic, my pregnant wife didn't fart on my favorite chair last night because I don't have it on tape. I know she farted, i heard it and smelled it, but she won't admit it because she's too embarassed.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 29, 2010 -> 12:57 PM) The guy is cupping his hands to yell at the guy, not spit on him. Perhaps he is guilty of spraying it instead of saying it, but that is not the same as spitting on someone. if that guy was hocking a loogey on him, he wouldn't be cupping his hands around his mouth. And where are the n*gger chants we heard about? Now where to be found.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 05:12 AM) Can you at least stop with the spitting thing? that did not happen. They have video all over the damn internet of the members walking thru that group and no chants of n*gger, no spitting, no nothing. Jessie Jackson Jr was himself video taping that whole exchange. if that stuff did happen, you KNOW that his race-baiting father would have been on the news before anyone could wipe it away. As for the refusal to make a joint statement, the Dems want to place the blame squarely on the Tea partiers, while the Repubs don't. Both have condemned the actions and rightly so. But how many times have you heard about a noose at a black college, or racial slurs painted somewhere, and it turns out that they were done by the people who reported it (who were black). Not unheard of and in fact, quite common. here's the video of the guy being "spat" on http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/28/c...e_n_516300.html

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/35096.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2010 -> 03:38 PM) And we've got the world's most powerful socialist nazi on our side too. and he is a foreigner too.

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 05:26 PM) Which is why, again, both parties have a responsibility to stand together (for friggin once) on this. This does make me wonder... how often do these sorts of things happen normally? House Minority Whip Eric Cantor directly blamed top Democrats for “fanning the flames” regarding threats to members of Congress – and says his own office in Richmond was shot at earlier this week. Cantor, a Virginia Republican, said the heads of the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are using allegations of harassment and threats to Democrats nationwide for political purposes. Cantor said he doesn’t release information about the incidents of his own threats to the media because it will only ratchet up violence. But he did say a bullet shot through the window in his campaign office in Richmond Monday evening, and he has received threats because he is Jewish. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/...l#ixzz0jDBoLl5O Wow.... so a congressman gets death threats, spit on, gas lines cut, etc... and the response is... "you're using that for political purposes."

A coffin was placed on a Missouri Democrat’s lawn, another in a string of incidents against lawmakers after their vote Sunday on a health care overhaul. Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) had a coffin placed “near his home,” a spokesman said Wednesday evening. The coffin was from a prayer vigil. This came after Rep. Tom Perriello’s (D-Va.) brother’s gas lines were cut, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) received death threats and Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) received a message saying snipers were being deployed to kill children of those who voted for health care overhaul. Several other Democrats have had threats leveled against them, prompting a closed-door briefing of Democratic members by the FBI, Capitol Police and the House Sergeant at Arms. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/...l#ixzz0jCX9Pjrh

QUOTE (LZPride08 @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 03:50 PM) I didn't see the story you just brought up, I did see boehner talk about it though and denounce and condemn the violence though, but at the same time no one's going to blame tea baggers because there hasn't been any evidence to prove that it was a tea bagger.. For all we know it could be a far left advocate who thought this bill didn't go far enough since they don't have a single payer system.. or even just a random guy who saw an opportunity to vandalize property it was in an interview last night. Both house leaderships got together, after meeting with the FBI and Secret Service, to discuss issuing a joint statement condeming these actions and asking people to act properly. Pelosi/Hoyner said yes. Boehner and his #2 said no, even after some pressuring from the FBI to do this.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Mar 25, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) I'm sure you wouldn't mind broken windows at your home...or someone cutting your gas line.....or getting death threats on your voice mail. That's all normal. how about being spit on, called a ni*ger, butt pirate (or whatever they called Barney Frank)... that's cool too right. The joke on all of this, is that I believe if they get prosecuted for the death threats, that counts as a felony on their record and they may not be able to vote in the future. How ironic.

they also rejected a request to put out a joint statement denouncing the death threats that lawmakers have been getting from the crazy a*s teabaggers.

going to a few games here.. just heard Danks say that he starting next Mon at home vs LAA. Any indications on who would start vs Tex on Sunday in the split squad game?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Mar 16, 2010 -> 03:14 PM) And where is Enron now? ask tom skilling

for arguments sake, say this bill passes and it sucks. We can always change it later. (paging no child left behind)

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 15, 2010 -> 03:49 AM) those bankers are too important to fail, balta. why can't you accept the fact that they deserve special entitlements and endless government money? i have a general question about this whole, too big to fail argument. While the theory of too big bothers nearly everyone, have people actually thought about what they would have preferred to have happen in these equations? Say that Chase, BOA, Wells and Citi didn't receive TARP funds and went under. Then what? These 4 banks represent nearly 40% of the consumer deposit accounts in this country. That means that 40% of the population would have had their $ in banks, that went out of business. Now, because these banks are so big, no one would buy them in full, thus they would be broken up. (which is a good thing) However, the community banks who would maybe consider buying some of these branches individually, are in worse shape than the national banks. (you might get a few regional banks stepping to the plate, but they were scared of their own shadow) So now, no one buys these banks. The FDIC is responsible for settling and repaying consumers their deposits at these banks. (if the FDIC account even had enough $ to do this) So then you've got 40% of the population, with no access to their deposit/savings accounts to pay their bills. 40% of the people in this country are making FDIC claims. The FDIC program does not give a specific timeline of how soon individuals would be repaid, the law says... "as soon as possible." So walk that through, if you can't access your $, you can't pay your mortgage, credit card bills, student loans, etc. What happens to you and your credit? So who ends up getting screwed the most if too big to fail didn't occur.... the US Population. Instead, the two administrations, fed and treasury decided to make loans and provide lifelines to these financial institutions. Many of these institutions have paid back the $, plus interest. So option #1, no one gets bailed out and the FDIC is left holding the bag with the US consumers. Option #2, taxpayer $ is used to make loans, which are repaid in full, plus a profit.

an AP summary of the current health care bill and its changes. Consumer based info. IMMEDIATE CHANGES Uninsured people with medical problems will have a workable alternative. The bill pumps $5 billion into high-risk insurance pools run by the states to provide coverage to those in frail health. Taxpayer-backed insurance won't be free, but premiums should be much lower than what's charged by private insurers willing to take those in poor health. For people with private health insurance — about two-thirds of Americans — there would be some new safeguards. For example, insurers would be barred from placing lifetime dollar limits on coverage and from canceling policies except in cases of fraud. Children could stay on their parents' coverage until age 26. THE SELF-EMPLOYED Starting in 2014, self-employed people and those whose employers don't offer coverage would be able to pick a plan through a health insurance exchange, like a supermarket. It's modeled on the federal employee health program available to members of Congress, which offers a range of private insurance. Small businesses could also join the exchange. More than 30 million people would buy their own coverage through state exchanges, and nearly 6 in 10 would be eligible for tax credits to help pay premiums. The aid would be generous for lower-income families, less so for those solidly in the middle class. For example, a family of four making $44,000 would pay $2,763 in premiums, or about 6 percent of its income. But a similar family making $66,000 would have to pay $6,257 in premiums, close to 10 percent of its income. That may be less than a mortgage, but it's more than a car payment. Once the exchanges open, most Americans would be required to carry health insurance or pay a fine. Medicaid would be expanded to cover childless adults living near poverty. People with employer-provided insurance would not see major changes. But if they lost their job, they'd be able to get coverage through the exchange. SENIORS Seniors have been understandably worried about the health care plan, since much of it is financed with Medicare cuts the government's own experts say could be unsustainable. On the block are subsidies to private Medicare Advantage insurance plans, which now enroll about one-quarter of seniors. The government overpays the plans when compared to the cost of care under traditional Medicare. That largesse translates to lower out-of-pocket costs for seniors in the plans, and the bill could trigger an exodus from Medicare Advantage as insurers are forced to raise their rates to stay in business. But seniors stand to gain as well. Obama would gradually close the coverage gap in the middle of the Medicare prescription drug benefit. The so-called doughnut hole would start to shrink immediately, but it wouldn't be fully closed until 2020. In the meantime, seniors in the gap would get a 50 percent discount on brand name drugs. The plan also improves preventive benefits for seniors in traditional Medicare. DOCTORS Primary care doctors and general surgeons practicing in underserved areas such as inner cities and rural communities would get a 10 percent bonus from Medicare. But the more significant changes for doctors would unfold slowly. The goal is to start rewarding doctors for keeping patients healthy, not just treating them when they get sick. The plan would use Medicare as a testing ground for new ways of coordinating care for patients with multiple chronic illnesses such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart problems, a common combination. Primary care doctors would become care managers for such patients, keeping close tabs on medications and basic health indicators. Doctors and hospitals would be encouraged to band together in "accountable care organizations" modeled on the Mayo Clinic. EMPLOYERS Obama's plan wouldn't require employers to provide insurance to their workers, but it would hit them with a stiff fine if even one of their workers gets a federally subsidized coverage. Companies with 50 or fewer workers would be exempt, and those with 25 workers or fewer could get federal assistance. But the fines could turn into a big headache for many employers, particularly since they may not be able to tell if their workers are getting benefits from the government. For example, a company with 100 employees that fails to provide coverage could face a fine of $140,000 under the plan Obama unveiled Feb. 22. Getting the bill from the IRS would become a dreaded moment for business owners. INSURANCE COMPANIES Health insurance companies would face unprecedented federal regulation and particularly close scrutiny of their bottom line. A fixed percentage of income from premiums would have to go to medical care, otherwise insurers would be forced to provide rebates to consumers. That share is 85 percent for large group plans, and 80 percent for plans in the small group and individual markets. One of the central reforms of the bill won't start until 2014, when the exchanges open. From then on, insurers will not be able to turn away people with medical problems or charge them more.

strong retail sales numbers today

nice

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Mar 13, 2010 -> 12:49 AM) That they are ramming "health care reform" up our ass despite a majority of Americans not knowing what is in the bill. fixed that for you