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QUOTE (rangercal @ May 8, 2009 -> 11:45 PM) Exactly. I love Lebron and refuse to manufacture any negative information on him. Well, that's what I'm for. Lebron takes steroids. It's true until proven otherwise!!

Today was the last day of school, so I'll be in the hizzie. Atleast for the first few innings. As will everyone else.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2009 -> 06:38 AM) They 100% disallow discussions of certain Sox topics, such as attendence, or media treatment of the Sox. That is a little over the top, IMO. But like I said, I understand where some of it comes from. They have a wider audience than we do (though not much), and tend to be a first stop for fans out there, so they'll tend to get more losers that they have to deal with. I have to admit, I haven't browsed their website in over a year, so perhaps restrictions on posting content have been lightened; but for a time from 2003-2007 it was unbearable. Someone needs to check to see whether "Bmac" is still under a language filter. I believe in the past it was replaced with the word "hamburger" or something ridiculous. I have no idea why they did this, but I recall someone questioning this and they were banned. Ultimately, we're all Sox fans, WSI or Soxtalk, and that fact doesn't escape me. What is irritating to me, and others have mentioned this, is when the administrators take a concerted effort to censor content. And not content that is offensive, but posts that are overly negative. There are no restrictions for those fans on the opposite end of the spectrum who can be equally as annoying.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 6, 2009 -> 02:40 PM) Which was the board that "outed" ncorgbl from chisox.com? I remember arguing with that guy for about four years over there, b4 I knew about any other Sox message boards...sometimes I wonder what happened to him. There was another guy, colsat46, I think he died (he was a military veteran)? The thing I find funny is that the core debate, defending or attacking KW, I've totally changed my viewpoint about Williams in the years since. Memories. I tried posting at wsi for awhile, but one of my best friends had joined and then a group of people jumped all over him for something silly (having to do with music, of all things) and when he got banned there by groupthink/Big Brother/Animal Farm, so I found soxtalk. It's amazing how much more peaceful this sight is...and it's not this "insider's club" like over there where if you don't know anyone who runs the board personally you're in danger of being banned or flamed. Then that whole stupid teal thing...I mean, 25-30% of the posts there were things that most casual fans would never even begin to understand. Leading to the "it's not about Free Speech or First Amendment...it's OUR board" type discussions. Which is fine, they can have it. JimH, is that you?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2009 -> 11:27 AM) Yes, it's a very sad situation with regards to pro wrestlers, as it seems like a miracle if they make it past 50-55 years of age. It's not only the past steroid use with some of these wrestlers. They're just terribly out of shape. I'm amazed every day that passes in which Hulk Hogan makes it out alive. He may lift daily, but he's also a good 60+ pounds overweight and tans incessantly. His skin resembles beef jerkey. Something is going to get him, soon. Not to mention his divorce and s*** of a son. He'll be dead within five years.

Obviously Jordan. I've really forgotten how high he used to jump. Look at the first clip, and later around 1:55, when his head is close to hitting the rim. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlvfx9ODM8...feature=related I'm sorry for the DMX, though.

MWAHAHAHAHA. Ramirez comes off as an idiot, so I wouldn't put it past him to take medication from a doctor without first having his agent (or himself) check the banned substances list. His only hope of coming clean is to actually name the medication he took. Has he done that yet? Even if it's potentially embarrassing (such as for some new herpes medication), he has to put things in perspective -- either receive embarrassment from the medication, and it's accompanying condition, or have your entire career questioned.

Awesome, another fifth starter with a history of mediocrity dominating our lineup.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ May 1, 2009 -> 06:05 PM) the league announced Rondo will face no further punishment for his actions. Of course, let the animals do what they want out there for the sake of entertainment.

QUOTE (Texsox @ May 1, 2009 -> 03:35 PM) But if they truly want to learn how to survive in the wilderness, they will not look at either. While they often times have good advice, other times they seem to be playing for ratings. Yeah, but they at least provide some foundation to understanding survival techniques. Like not panicking, setting up shelter, and trying to collect fresh water. A lot of nuances are missing, sure, but any bit of information is good in my mind. I always thought to myself, if I'm stuck in the wilderness and have the capability of making fire (which I know how to do in various ways), I'm lighting the WHOLE damn forest on fire to draw attention. I'm basically starting my own 100 acre blaze. f*** the wild.. I'll make it known where I am; problem solved. They'll be able to see the smoke from 30+miles away. If I was in the movie "The Edge" it would have been over in several hours. While Anthony Hopkins' character was spouting off his riddles I would have been sitting up a gigantic fire.

Grylls is nothing more than eye candy for the Discovery Channel, the person with a strange name and rugged good looks that will draw in viewers. If someone wants to learn more, and watch a more realistic view of isolation in the wilderness, they'll watch Survivorman.

It's actually annoying for me to hear ESPN analysts play down this series because it's only in the first round. I almost get the impression people can't admit it. As if they're hoping Game 7 is a blowup so the basketball purists such as Charlies Barkley and Jalen Rose can continue building up past series with actual superstarts!1 Honestly, does it matter that less is at stake? When you're a player, on the court, is "oh man, this is the Finals; I better give 100% instead of 95%!" going through your head? Take everything from this series as a whole, ignore what round it happened in, and say to me that any series has eclipsed it? If the intensity is heightened as the series continues forward, then why hasn't a game like this happened before in the semis, conference finals, or finals? BUT WAIT, THE GAMES HAVE MORE INTENSITY! MORE IS AT STAKE!11 Admit it, people. As the the ESPN columnist Simmons suggested, this game has transcended the sport. Even people unfamiliar with basketball all watching this. The NBA only wishes more time would pass between Game 6 and 7 so they could promote it more.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 08:54 PM) Is that seriously the only in-bounds play VDN has? f*** Ha, yeah. Inbound to Gordon who dribbles around the three point line, steps in, then shoots a fade away shot when he could have just as easily attempted to penetrate through the defense.

If Pierce made that shot I would have killed someone. This is exactly the type of moment you play for. TAKE IT TO BOSTON RIGHT HERE, BULLS!

Holy s***. ESPN may not have been throwing their usually hyperbole around in labeling this the best series of all time.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 07:25 PM) I think Derrick Rose's initials should be UM ....yeah, you're going to have to explain this one to me.

So, yesterday I was running for the third straight day (having run 3 miles Monday and Tuesday) and had the unfortunate experience of irritated skin on my....balls. I'm guessing if I've experienced this others must have as well. The problem seemed to be for those two days prior, my balls were flipping and flopping against the fabric of my boxers and thighs. I've run, in the past, 1.5 miles five days a week without a problem; so it must be that 1.5 mile addition that has caused problems. Thankfully, I was running outside on a track and no one noticed, but the discomfort was enough to where I literally had to stop moving. It felt like someone was pinching my skin whenever it rubbed against something. Moral of story -- wear underwear, not boxers, when running. Learn from my mistake, Soxtalk.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 05:06 PM) In the past, it was said that a black man would be president when pigs fly. Now 100 days into President Obama's term and what happens? Swine flu. Not if this pig was owned by Biden!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 02:39 PM) ? No it wouldn't. Illegal immigrants don't go over the border over and over again. They go across once and then stay here as long as they can until they've earned enough to go home. If you go over the border repeatedly, you're increasing the likelihood you'll get caught. (sigh) Here I go having to explain a sentence long post I didn't mean to suggest these immigrants go back and forth every single day. Obviously, If the borders are shut down, you can't even cross once to, as you described, live here and earn enough to send home. Who knows how long a hypothetical border closure would even be? If we were to enforce it, you can sure as hell bet the number of Border Agents would increase dramatically and the influx of illegals (who obviously were not going to go over the border, open or not) would be cut down. I'm sure there would be a lot of resentment towards Mexicans during such a period as well.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 02:09 PM) I think its a cost/benefits analysis. Closing down the borders would be massively disruptive economically and screening isn't very effective due to long incubation periods. Whatever minimal gain we'd get by shutting everything down is quickly outweighed by the cost of the action. This doesn't address the practicality of shutting down the border, either. Closing down the borders would sure screw all those companies employing illegal immigrants that work for pathetic wages.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 11:49 AM) Normally my instinct would be to totally agree, but there's one thing that's bugging me; the WHO's decision to move to an alert that's 1 stage below calling it a full blown pandemic (the stage 5 thing they did yesterday). Given all the data that's publicly out there, the confirmed numbers of infected, the fact that they're trying to move the casualty numbers down and seemingly tell people it's not as scary as it's being made out to be, that's an official move in the opposite direction by an org that I'm hoping has at least some semblance of an idea of what they're doing, or at least which would be questioned loudly if they were obviously making a mistake. If they're moving the alert up when all the signals are saying "it doesn't look that bad right now", it kinda makes me wonder what they know that I don't. Even if the WHO raises their level of alertness to the highest possible point, and this swine flu is a full-blown, world wide pandemic, it shouldn't mean anything. It'll just be a disease now found all around the world, opposed to a few countries. I don't believe there's anything they're hiding. Personally, I won't be worried until the death toll exceeds 100,000. At the current pace of known death rates, we'll have a LONG way to go before this point is reached.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2009 -> 05:01 PM) Worth noting is my post earlier where I question the accuracy of the current published death rates. Your question is a legitimate one, according to this article: http://www.smh.com.au/world/only-7-swine-f...90429-aml1.html Take whatever figure is out there for the rate of death in Mexico after contracting swine flu and divide it by 21.7. It was ridiculous before, not it's just laughable. According to my mom, who's a nurse at a Chicago hospital, patients waiting in the ER are wearing masks now. Even doctors (not in surgery) and receptionists are wearing them. I can believe ordinary people overreacting, but it's unsettling that physicians -- people I'd expect to know a thing or two about illnesses -- are buying into this. It's just a random thought here, but has anyone looked into the possibility that maybe this flu has been around for awhile and we're only now identifying it? Hell, maybe there's a Fish Flu or Cow Flu that is out there, being mistaken for regular flu, but no one has identified it yet.

Broadway should be the first to leave, and it doesn't even matter who replaces him. I'd rather have no one than that bum.

This is how the outfield stands should be defended when Broadway is out pitching:

Man, I'm almost embarrassed to be a White Sox fan whenever Broadway takes the mound.