KipWellsFan

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2009 -> 11:55 AM) Its not about expanding their power. You guys are thinking way too much like Americans. This isn't about money, or power, or any of that other crap. It is about fulfilling religious destiny. I mean I guess it is a possibility but doesn't make much sense to me. Makes more sense to me that the real people who run Iran are extremely smart and have been expanding their little empire for years now and are essentially positioned to lead the muslim world particularly in their opposition to Israel. As Bob Baer writes, the people who fight Israel know that it's the Shiites in Iran that are the real effective fighters not a bunch of goof off Sunnis. Of course I don't really know what their end goal is against Israel. But nuking Israel would end up destroying themselves. And Iran isn't just one big suicide bomber.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 23, 2009 -> 12:18 PM) Religion is a funny thing. Achy believes that it is Iran's destiny to destroy Israel and bring about the return of the prophet. The rest is secondary. What Khamenei think isn't secondary.

Yah, I never understood this "mainstream media" thing. Aren't Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh mainstream? So most of the media don't think like Kapkomet, for example, doesn't mean they're liberal. I would say the media has major problems, but whether or not they're liberal or conservative is probably not the biggest problem.

Oh god... all the righteous indignation on here. He flipped em the bird... big flippin' deal.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2009 -> 07:59 PM) It works for the Prime Minister across the pond. Yah that moment reminded me of Canada in a way too. But of course this joint session is nothing like our Question Period where heckling is allowed. Also, the Prime Minister isn't really the Commander in Chief and doesn't really have the same pomp as the President. The most similar things we have to speeches like this one or State of the Nation speeches are our Throne Speeches which are written by the Prime Minister and officials but read by the Queen's representative in silence with the Prime Minister seated next to him or her. Even in debate and Question Period in Canada I don't believe that members recognized to speak by the Speaker are allowed to call other members "liars". If they do the are removed from the house. You have to be more creative in your choice of words I guess.

Hope you're having a good one Tex!

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 11:00 PM) Sure they were, but the alphabert networks and CNN all told us that these guys were no big deal, we really shouldbn't be bothered by them. So yeah, we heard about them, but it was all 'pay no attention to the skelaton behind the curtains'. You see what you want to see.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 04:46 PM) #1 - so what. Status quo. #2 - I don't think he had a lot of choice. Larry Summers? LMAO. Paul Voeckler? Been there done that. #3 - so what. That means something big? #4 - LOL. That's a non starter because India and China are laughing their asses off. Say one thing and do another, and there's no power to do s*** to stop it, meanwhile, cap and trade, er raise taxes on every American for their energy, baby! #5 - wow, no s***? Seriously? That's really exciting. How's that $5 a month doing for everyone? Big Mac, anyone? Er, uh, McRoyal and Cheese? Er, um, tofu for the vegetarians here. That's laughable he gets to say he cut taxes for the middle class, while creating the largest deficits BY FAR in the world's entire history. #6 - she's the most underqualified POS nominee just about ever, Harriet Myers notwithstanding. And she's a straight line liberal. Straight line Democrat, baby! Let's lob some missles at Iraq. Oh wait a minute. (yes, I'm kidding). I'm not sure, but just because the deficit and Obama have driven you absolutely bonkers Sotamayor is not underqualified. And just because you think being a liberal (however you are defining that incorrectly nowadays) is a bad thing it's not radical. And she's not more "liberal" than Ginsberg for f sake. And by arguing that Obama is continuing to run up the deficit, continuing to oppose gay marriage, keeping the same economic people as Clinton you are admitting that Obama is not radical at all. Shyte policy... sure whatever you say Kap, but radical, far left? That's just a horse's arse.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 04:25 PM) Other than jumping off a cliff and killing themselves, what would a Democratic President have to to to not be considered a radical to you Kap? Tort reform.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 04:07 PM) And they're turning against him now that he's actually in office, as predicted, because he's as radical as predicted. He's not governing from the center, he's taking us as far left as he can. And yea, he's pretending to be religous all right, unless he goes to Egypt and gives a speech. Yah so radical to be opposed to gay marriage. So radical to add troops to the Afghan conflict. So radical to reappoint Ben Bernanke to chair the Fed. So radical to appoint John Huntsman Jr. to be Ambassador to China. So radical to be opposed to trade sanctions against countries whom do not undertake similar efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. So radical to cut taxes for the middle class. So radical to appoint Sonia Sotamayor to be a Supreme Court Justice. He's a pretty standard Democrat as far as I can tell. Of course I realize now that we'll never agree on this.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 31, 2009 -> 03:59 PM) Right - he sure was. He's a swell guy, and so misunderstood. I mean, 20 years meant nothing. Wright seems like a nutjob and I personally felt slightly betrayed by Obama for having sat in his pews for all those years. I still hope Obama's just pretending to be religious for f sakes, but that stuff was on tv for days and guess what... the voters decided they'd look past it when they compared it to the alternative.

Are you guys on H? Jeremiah Wright was on tv for days and probably weeks.

Okay if you guys haven't seen the absolute classic film "Network" you have to go and get it and watch it now. You will not believe how relevant it is to today and the Beck effect. "A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/

Whether we like it or not Dye and Thome are two of our best hitters. If we're pinch hitting for them we're admitting we're not good enough. You dance with the one that brung ya.

Yahoo sports friggin' with me saying that Podsednik walked.

fml.

Oh god, and it's up to Rios.

That's why you don't pinch run for Konerko in the 7th.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 08:28 PM) Eh 2/3's chance Line gets the out. Odds are in his favor. Yes odds are in Liney's favour, but I'd say it's less than 60%.

If Garcia is physically ready to throw a hundred plus pitch game then yes you bring him back in.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 25, 2009 -> 10:47 AM) I'm not the one who goes around saying this stupid s***. Nancy Pelosi and other Democrat mouth pieces are. Context my ass. They know what they are saying. Might as well keep your bull about Obama being far far left out of the Democratic thread. Most moderate people don't buy that and for certain no one in this thread buys it.

Dark Knight helmer Christopher Nolan's new Sci-Fi flick Inception trailer starring Leo Dicaprio. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810099246/video/15201197 Trailer gives away virtually nothing but it's still pretty tight. Looks kind of like a cross between Memento and Dark City. Nolan's gotta be one of the best living directors, should be good stuff.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 24, 2009 -> 04:51 PM) This all comes out right before Congress comes back to vote on health care. Smokescreen, baby. Edit - to say it better, this has been simmering for months - and they're going to pursue this right at the same time. Right. Nice motives. Don't really buy it. I doubt the actual investigations will make much press, and I doubt that this as a smokescreen was the motivation.

QUOTE (Frankensteiner @ Aug 24, 2009 -> 07:29 PM) This isn't the game to get worked up over. Contreras pitching in Boston can't be a good thing. Our two best pitchers losing to the 2nd worst team in the AL at home? Those games were a f***ing embarassment. It would be impossible for any White Sox fan not to experience acute psychosis after an inning like this one.

Tom Ridge stopped them from raising the level right didn't he? Then he did his job properly. Why would he resign when he got the outcome he wanted? He can't speak out and keep his job as Cabinet Secretary. So some pushover could replace him? Sometimes it's your duty to resign, but I'm not sure it was in this case. But the details are really foggy.