KipWellsFan

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 01:40 PM) I understand Victor Martinez would have been the reserve if he wasn't injured (I'd consider him more of a DH than a C though)... but outside of Mauer and Martinez, there isn't a catcher in the AL better than Buck (and his .270 BA and .310 OBP) this season? You could probably make the case for Napoli, or Posada, but really Buck is a statistically sound pick. But seriously, what the heck is Omar Infante doing on this team?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 11:57 AM) But we get Ty Wigginton and Jose Bautista! When the f*** will MLB abolish the ridiculous rule of every team requiring at least 1 player? I don't mind the one team one player rule, but sheesh the Blue Jays actually get 3 schlubs on the team.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 06:20 PM) Big Boi - Shutterbug (Produced by Scott Storch) Thanks. I'm under no illusion about the show's downfalls, but I still like to watch the pretty people, their pretty houses and cars, and their silly lives for 25 minutes once a week.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:51 PM) Fine. Cut health care before it starts. Well if anything I hope what Obama has done actually makes Republicans examine the issue. They seem to be fairweather ideologues.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:47 PM) It's always a great idea to create the biggest entitlement program in the history of the planet, and then tax the f*** out of everyone to pay for it. If Europe is discovering after 50 years that it doesn't work (i.e. they have to kill entitlements and now the people are getting uber pissed off because their nanny government can't take care of them anymore... waaaah waaaaah), what the hell makes you think that it will work here? Answer: it can't... but you'll not really understand that. Ummm, I'm not sure what words you're trying to put in my mouth, but I believe programs cuts combined with moderate tax increases will be necessary to bring some semblance of sanity back to American public finances. It's not really an ideological argument.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 07:25 PM) So basically, let's translate this (bookmark this one, too NSS)... "If you don't support a VAT, taxes up the ass, and the rape of our treasury system, I'm going to call your bluff and call you to the carpet for not supporting all my entitlement programs and then after the fact and raising taxes so high that productivity may never recover." And notice it's always about ME, I, MYSELF... a little narcassitic... just a little. I don't think Obama was talking about a VAT. Of course it's probably a good idea, but whatever...

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 28, 2010 -> 09:23 AM) Despite the "craziness," I think he has a point. There IS a big shift in our way of thinking, and it's not based on party. It's been going on for decades. I'm pretty certain that the people of the United States in say 1950 would not have tolerated a President saying that we don't need to be the leader of the world or that the rich have the responsibility to give some of their earnings to people less fortunate. After reading dozens of Kap's points I certainly understand your feelings but I guess I disagree with the premise. Polls seem to show that more Americans are conservative than ever before. The Supreme Court is probably more conservative than it has been in decades. TV News media and radio news media is absolutely dominated by the right. And it basically took 8 years of a completely irresponsible White House to put Obama in charge. Now, it's looking likely that Republicans will make gains again in the House and Senate, so I'd relax a little. And please stop trying to judge how a person views their own personal liberties. Government isn't the only thing that can oppress.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 27, 2010 -> 07:45 PM) Because the Republican Party would end. Why do you say that?

What was that song that opened up the episode last night? It was pretty tight.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 24, 2010 -> 08:41 AM) Really? Gallup had one poll about 6 months ago that showed what you suggest, it got large amounts of press, then their next poll showed things back to just about where they've sat for the last 15 years or so, and it got no press. Almost as if there was some statistical phenomenon going on where if you poll on an issue 100+ times over 20 years, you'll occasionally get polls that show odd trends. http://www.gallup.com/poll/128036/New-Norm...s-Pro-Life.aspx And polls aside, I don't see why Roe v Wade won't be overturned eventually.

I love pretentious movie trailers like this.

That looked pretty bad tonight. If they're nibbling away outside on you and you can't hit it, don't you have to move a little closer to the plate? Sheesh.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 23, 2010 -> 08:33 PM) It's nice when someone else besides me "gets it." Since it's a guy's blog I'm just gonna paste the whole thing here. I don't necessarily endorse everything he's saying (I'm not pro-gun control for example), but the general thrust of his article is that people are full of s*** and delusional about certain things. http://open.salon.com/blog/robert_kelley/2..._to_some_things Agree with most of that, but not about abortion. What's to stop Roe from being overturned? Americans are turning against abortion at greater levels now, and the Supreme Court is a butt-hair away from letting states do what they want on this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/us/polit...nLqHQKdf67O9m0A Not really any proof of anything. But then again, I don't assume all politicians are scum.

As long as his health is fine, Petraeus seems like as able a replacement as any.

Kudos Obama Admin. Obama uses powers to expand federal rights, benefits for gays and lesbians http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...?hpid%3Dtopnews

QUOTE (NIUSox @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 10:32 PM) Gravity? Aren't scientists actually unsure why gravity works the way it does? Like, if gravity worked the way they thought, the universe wouldn't still be expanding... or something dorky like that.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 09:28 PM) It may not be Obama directly in this case, but someone knew exactly what to say close to the general and virtually nothing was a direct quote - it was all "sources close to"... . Furthermore, the response was too quick (Gibbs was too much of a happy ass on this). They knew this was coming. It's White House communications job to know what stories are coming. This is terribly embarassing for the Obama administration, I don't understand how or why they'd have created this.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 08:11 PM) You're missing the point, and always do. Hey! You mess with Tex, then you're messin' with me!

Actual article http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/119236 Wow, I've only read the first few paragraphs, and wow, what a moron.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 12:30 PM) Seriously, after all the villifying of Bush you did. No one becomes the president of the US because they want to f*** up the country. I know I personally went over the top with some of my criticisms of Bush back in the day. But to be clear, I think my political views have matured a great deal in recent years. I was still in high school when the invasion of Iraq was beginning. Still Obama>Bush.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 18, 2010 -> 11:29 AM) I highly doubt Rand Paul is going to make kentucky competitive. If anything he'll win by 60 points. I think he'll win there, probably pretty easily, but the Democrats seem to have a good candidate running against him, so I doubt it'll be a total whoopin'

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 17, 2010 -> 11:24 PM) Thank you Toyota. Is Toyota's screw-ups actually credited with their recovery? I hadn't heard that. Interesting.

This might seem like some incredible statement, but I think Obama is a good man. And I think for the most part he's done what he thought is best for the country. Has he got all of these things right? No. Maybe he's even gotten them all wrong. But lets be reasonable. I can support a politician without thinking he's a Messiah. In fact that's what's inherently difficult about supporting a politician. They're going to screw up, and they're going to make decisions I don't like. I think Obama would like to see the American economy and the car companies recover, and the oil spill stop, not only because that's the sane thing to think, but because it's in his best political interests and those of the country. I think he cares more about his re-election, than about spreading the wealth. The idea that Obama let the oil spill so he could, turn this into a environmentalist, or socialist (which one is it) cause is probably as silly as the idea that the Bush administration let the terrorists attack so they could invade middle eastern countries. I trust these people more than that. In addition, aren't GM and Chrysler doing pretty good again? And I'm not going to say this is because Obama and Congress bailed them out (they'll do that on their own). But isn't it safe to at least consider that that was a good decision, and that it might eventually turn into a profit for taxpayers? And what about the stimulus? Didn't pretty much every single country do it? I kind of doubt that every government thought of it as Robin Hood stuff. Good example of groupthink, probably not a good example of all these countries perpetrating some svengalian act of secret socialism.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 16, 2010 -> 08:03 PM) I have been out of town and cut off from civilization for 2 days. can someone give me a synopsis of what Obama said last night? I'm on top of things, BP's going to pay people put out of work by this spill, Americans have to change their energy use, and screw that Kap teabagger that's always hatin' -Obama