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Brady Clark GIDP. Inning over.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 09:02 PM) Cirillo must be hurt. It says "Injury Delay" on Gameday. And Chris Magruder is pinch-running for him. Seems more precautionary than anything. He was having his hand checked out by trainers and they removed him. /mlb.tv

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 06:34 PM) Greeeeeat, just what we need, a hardline extremeist in Iran... it'll be a wonder if we're here in 10 years to talk about this so-called Earth after we're all blown to smithereens by nuking the s*** out of each other. Ah hell, Putin will give his friends nuclear material, no problem! You assume that Putin and the Russians know most of their arsenal is

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 09:06 AM) Truer words have never been spoken. Never gets tired, the audio makes it even more funny. It's time someone prints up some: 'Elia for Mayor' T-Shirts. You'd be surprised how many Cub 'fans' have never heard the rant. What is Elia doing nowadays? We should invite him to the Cell for 'Lee Elia Day'. IIRC, Elia is a coach for the D-Rays but I don't remember which one.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 24, 2005 -> 11:18 AM) Could someone provide a brief on the decision (in layman's terms)? From the Libertarian Party mailing list... The Supreme Court ruled today that local governments have broad power to confiscate private property in the name of "economic development." They handed down a 5-4 ruling against a group of homeowners in New London, Conn., who claimed the city is trying to illegally force them to sell their property. The city wants to make way for a hotel, an office building and other privately funded facilities. Government agencies including city and county governments have long been allowed to condemn private property so that public buildings, roads and other infrastructure can be built. Called "eminent domain," this practice is constitutional as long as the power is exercised strictly in accordance with the Fifth Amendment's "takings clause." However, the new ruling will allow local governments to claim property for the benefit for private entities, rather than restricting eminent domain to acquiring land for public use.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll305.xml?tr=y&auid=960473 You can see how your Rep. voted on the bill. Mine voted against putting the funding back in -- what a dick.

I know the vote was a voice vote instead of an electronic one, but is there any way to find out specifically how these House members voted? I mean, I know there is Thomas and stuff but I don't know the legislation Res name etc. Any assistance would be great -- cuz I've been railing on my Congressman for days and want to see if he actually voted on it and if so how he voted.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Jun 23, 2005 -> 01:27 PM) Someone has to remind these clowns how the Republicans "conducted guerilla warfare" against President Clinton's troops during Kosovo "The president said if we did nothing, there would be an instability in the region. There would be a flood of refugees, Kosovars would die, and the credibility of NATO would be undermined. Well, Clinton's bombing campaign has caused all these problems to explode" -Tom Delay "This is President Clinton's war, and when he falls flat on his face, that's his problem" -Richard Lugar I also believe there were 0 US casualties in Kosovo. Who needs little things like facts? Here's a few more -- gotta love the hypocricy of these goons. "President Clinton is once again releasing American military might on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy." -Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) "No goal, no objective, not until we have those things and a compelling case is made, then I say, back out of it, because innocent people are going to die for nothing. That's why I'm against it." -Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/5/99 "American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy." -Representative Tom Delay (R-TX) "If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy." -Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of presidential candidate George W. Bush And let's not forget my personal favorite... "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is." -Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) More here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/18/161016/461

And the Southern Baptists finally take a step towards becoming relevent (ending the boycott against Disney) but they are still bats*** insane.

QUOTE(Goldmember @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 11:47 PM) the whole time on the taxpayer's dime... In most states, life imprisonment is actually cheaper than the process to implement capital punishment. From Deathpenaltyinfo.com In California, capital trials are six times more costly than other murder trials. A study in Kansas indicated that a capital trial costs $116,700 more than an ordinary murder trial. Complex pre-trial motions, lengthy jury selections, and expenses for expert witnesses are all likely to add to the costs in death penalty cases. The irreversibility of the death sentence requires courts to follow heightened due process in the preparation and course of the trial. The separate sentencing phase of the trial can take even longer than the guilt or innocence phase of the trial. And defendants are much more likely to insist on a trial when they are facing a possible death sentence. After conviction, there are constitutionally mandated appeals which involve both prosecution and defense costs. Most of these costs occur in every case for which capital punishment is sought, regardless of the outcome. Thus, the true cost of the death penalty includes all the added expenses of the "unsuccessful" trials in which the death penalty is sought but not achieved. Moreover, if a defendant is convicted but not given the death sentence, the state will still incur the costs of life imprisonment, in addition to the increased trial expenses. For the states which employ the death penalty, this luxury comes at a high price. In Texas, a death penalty case costs taxpayers an average of $2.3 million, about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a single cell at the highest security level for 40 years. In Florida, each execution is costing the state $3.2 million. In financially strapped California, one report estimated that the state could save $90 million each year by abolishing capital punishment. The New York Department of Correctional Services estimated that implementing the death penalty would cost the state about $118 million annually. And if we get into the philosophical: Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. For there to be an equivalency, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life. -- Albert Camus

i was just in detroit congratulations. some black man next to me in his car kept flicking his nose i rolled down my window and told him i dont have any cocaine

QUOTE(chi-guy2 @ Jun 22, 2005 -> 09:01 PM) yeah, i still dont get how that whole thing works i just hope the number is low 163 Subtract 1st place team wins Then subtract 2nd place team losses Boom...magic #

House has approved it in the past (I think it is 7 times now that they have). Now the real test comes if the Senate will pass such a measure.

I got two jobs (well hopefully) One writing for my local paper (first column runs on July 1st, btw) Second one, I got a job interview tomorrow for a summer job as a newspaper circulation assistant here but manager said he'd be really happy to have me come in. It's less than 40 hrs. a week and I get an opportunity to sleep in most days (3:30-7 pm M-F and 6:30-11 am Sa-Sun) Its basically just driving papers out to people who run out and delivering the errant paper to a person who didn't get one because the paperboy is a functional moron.

Innocent until proven guilty...but sure, let's just throw their photo up online before they're convicted! I wonder who green lit that one.

Little Green Bag in Reservoir Dogs Life is Brief in Ikiru And I have to give a shout to Partyman by Prince in Batman (it is during the scene where Joker (Nicholson) takes over the museum and they start destroying it -- "Gentlemen, let's broaden our minds!"

Ah yes, the Rave Act -- where promoters could be held accountable if it was "reasonable" (how's that for vague) if somebody got busted for drugs in their venue.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 21, 2005 -> 12:26 AM) Any known Klan members among those currently serving in the White House or Congress? Just because they dont submit to the every demand of minority groups does not make them racists. Yeah but if we want to bring up past alliances etc., then we can easily discuss Lott's association with the CCC (see my earlier post) and past statements like Lott believe that it is wrong to have an MLK Day saying that he wasn't deserving of it (among other things -- again, see my previous post)

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 08:54 PM) Batman Begins IMO was a VERY well done film. Was about time that they spent some time working on the "training" of Bruce Wayne, and I thought Bale did an excellent job in taking over the tights. It isn't too hard to be an improvement over Val Kilmer or George Clooney. I haven't seen BB yet but it is going to be hard to top Michael Keaton's performance as the Caped Crusader (I think I'm gonna watch that movie tonight with all this talk of Batman) "Gentlemen, let's broaden our minds!" All hail - the new king in town Young and old, gather 'round (yeah) Black and white, red and green (funky) The funkiest man you've ever seen

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) Exactly where will the inefficiencies be? In the Doctor's office and Hospitals or at the payment centers? As far as keeping costs down, first of all wouldn't that mean making it more difficult to seek treatment and tests and a reduction in the quality of health care you would receive? Interestingly Doctors are more concerned about dwindling reimbursements for treatments. They are worried that the government will not be as generous with their payments as private insurance. They also worry about differences in costs between say Manhatten, NY and Manhatten, IL. If the reimbursements per procedure are the same, it would be a disaster for big city Doctors. Oh my God...sorry to be off topic but you've actually heard of Manhattan, IL. ::faints:: (its my home town)

Basically he is knuckling under to yuppification, er I mean gentrification. :fyou Daley Tavern owners and others say some of the loudest complaints have come not from longtime residents like Sciascia but from newcomers who are turning once blue-collar enclaves into pricey hot spots. "These people move in, pay $1 million or $2 million for houses and they have a little bit of a feeling they are entitled to say what the neighborhood should be," said Timothy Glascott, whose father in 1937 opened a tavern that today is Glascott's Groggery. "It's like the way people will buy a house under the flight path at O'Hare and complain about the noise," said Perry Duis, author of "The Saloon: Public Drinking in Chicago and Boston, 1880-1920," and a University of Illinois-Chicago history professor.

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Jun 20, 2005 -> 09:24 AM) I'm a bartender, so I have two things here. First, I could've written this. Second, of course it's not a total waste of money -- you have your hangovers to prove it! Yeah -- but the bars here in Urbana...the people get all uppity whenever I play "Family Tradition" (some of them actually whine that any country or non-top 40 is getting played) And this is at the good bars where I usually go to enjoy a few beers and the pub experience instead of lame techno/trance dancing which has invaded too many bars here. So sometimes drinking seems to be a chore instead of a lot of fun because of idiots at the bar.

How did we not quote Flaxx's famous post of his child saying "The power of the universe is in my penis!" yet? Cuz I keep laughing my damn ass off at that whenever I remember it.

I waste the most money when I go out barhopping. Pitchers, tips, music -- drains the wallet so damn fast. But it is good times so I dunno if it is a total waste of money.

All political parties have idiots. But he's figured out that his Klan idiocy was him being a f***ing moron and he is trying to better himself with what he can do now. But hey, if we can have a C student ex-cokehead as President then Byrd can still be a Senator. And I dunno how "nice" Lott's comment was (essentially saying that if we voted for the pro-segregationist Strom we would have had less issues to deal with because the 60s civil rights movement wouldn't have taken place) Lott also had a history of actively supporting segregation during college and making similar statements at various points throughout his career. Lott has been tied to the Council of Conservative Citizens (which is essentially a group that was created out of anger against integration) More info about the CCC can be found here http://www.militia-watchdog.org/ccc.asp Hell, Lott said in 1984 that MLK didn't deserve a national holiday for his efforts -- quotes can be found http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/lott.sp.7.html So, we can keep up the tit for tat or just realize that Mark Twain was true when he said: "Suppose I am an idiot. Suppose I am a member of Congress. I repeated myself."