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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 11:42 AM) How are cost controls against skyrocketing costs unfair? I'm going to ask my job to double my salary, since I know they have the money. When they tell me no, how would I look if I cried about how unfair it was? There's a finite amount of money to be spent and since inefficiency is one of the factors that goes into the high costs, that definitely is our problem, not theirs. Like I said, with proper rules in place it's fair -- but just blanket control over costs is stupid, you never hand a government that kind of power in a free market.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 11:19 AM) If there is no public option, then reform will not happen. The elephant in the room right now is that there is no motivation for anyone in the medical industry to bring down costs. If you try to craft a reform without a public option as a competitor, it won't get through Congress because the only cost-controls that can be applied are things that will be demagogued as rationing. If you try to insure the 50 million uninsured without extracting huge cost savings, then the cost of the plan goes through the roof (like $5 trillion over 10 years) and Congress will never pass it. If you try to control the cost of the plan, then you get scoffed at for how few of the uninsured that you cover (a $1 trillion plan covers like an additional 8 million people without a public option) and Congress will never pass it. We're not going to get single-payer no matter how much some of us may want it. The only way anything meaningful will happen is if we can push through a combination of a public option where the government has the ability to control costs at the same time as providing a subsidized mandate. That's the only way to get a CBO score that doesn't send the cost through the roof while at the same time making a large dent in the number of uninsured and controlling costs. The idea of giving the government the ability to "control costs" without any kind of rules as to how/why is crazy. What if the government decides that they'd like to pay nurses only 5$ an hour for their work? Combine that with the fact that the private insurers cannot do the same...and you have unfair price controls on one side...you'd drive everyone with talent out of the industry, which they're in because they're well compensated, and you'd end up with shoddy healthcare -- not exactly what they were looking for in the first place, now is it.

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 10:05 AM) well, if you take Fields 5 for 45 slump out of it he's hitting .262. I don't think either of them have been overly impressive yet. Beckham looks to have a nice upside but you never know. 2 years ago, Fields was looking like the real deal as well. Yes, but Beckham can FIELDs.

Bacon and Getz are clearly benefiting from the aura of the reborn Scott Pods.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 22, 2009 -> 08:05 AM) I'd imagine the flights will be quite pricey for such short notice and a holiday weekend. The room fees will probably be the expensive part, if he was planning on staying at a hotel in Vegas on or near the strip, anyway.

QUOTE (chwhtsox @ Jun 20, 2009 -> 12:34 PM) Anyone got any promo codes for a flight to Vegas? Or anyone know how to get a cheaper rate? I want to leave Thursday July 2nd (7PM or later) and come back Sunday July 5th (around 7PM). If anyone can help I'd appreciate it. With this short of notice, those tickets will cost between 200-300$ round trip. Usually, airfare is a lot cheaper if you buy 32 days or more before the flight. Even then, 230-240$ or so is what I'd guess you'll pay, and that's not all that bad considering it will be nonstop/roundtrip.

Bottom line is this is going to cost a lot of money, no matter what plan they decide on. And then you'll hear people start complaining about how the whole system is screwed up within few years time, and you can write it down and remember I said this. At that time, when this inevitably comes true, you can all start calling me a prophet. I'm actually tired of discussing politics and politically charged issues these days, doesn't matter what any of us think anyway, democrat, republican, independent -- they're going to do what they want to do, with or without our input. All I do know is that if there is a problem, the government, unlike any other entity, can come in and find a way to make it even worse -- and this will be no different. In a way, it's actually funny to watch...in a sad yet ironically funny, "if we only knew then what we know now", kind of ways...

Thank god.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 20, 2009 -> 09:28 PM) Still like his wife better. Says the king of the Pods haters.

What happened to all the Pods hater, anyway?!

QUOTE (Stocking @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 11:09 PM) Curious whats your height, weight, and age. I agree that that may work for you and many, but not for all. moderation may keep weight down, but a diet like that isn't going to cut stubborn body fat. I know some of us are trying to cut body fat to a minimum, eating fruits, veggies, nuts, and dairy is the best way. Drinking plenty of water and staying away from both diet and regular soda when possible. A diet doesn't have to be a fad, rather a way of living. That said cheating is a must. Guess for tips a good way to get some omega 3 in your diet is to add a spoonful of flax seed in your protein shake. I'll be 34 August 16th. I'm 5'7" I weight around 155lbs. I don't drink gimmick shakes, protein powders, creatine, or anything else. I've done all the low fat/no fat dieting, and the only thing that ever successfully helped me cut bodyfat to a noticeable amount was running...running...and more running. I'm not as hard core into working out as I once was, age obviously changes our priorities -- but I can still do the entire 60 minute P90X Plyo routine, I'm still pretty fast, and I still have a muscular build, too. But I'm not giving up my cold stone ice cream and beer ever again.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 05:08 PM) cats and dogs smell too. Hell, most people smell to me. Of course not to themselves. Regardless, I have glade timer sprays all around my house. You smell.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 05:07 PM) You know why Errors are called Errors cause they are a part of the f***ing game. My god you people are ridiculous. They didn't execute, cased closed. How about we blame Pujols for games the Cards lose because he has an 0fer or doesn't deliver in a key situation. Its baseball, you win some you lose some and if you look at every darn microcosm well than quite frankly every player in baseball sucks cause they fail more than they succeed. Seriously, some of you people clearly haven't played sports at a remotely high level or you'd understand. When I played in competitive team sports we didn't go f*** we lost cause of that schmoe. Now there were games where I'd blame myself but my teammates weren't pointing at me. No, if you made an error, you made an error, someone else had to pick it up for you and in this case they (Scott) didn't. If you look at what I'm saying, you'd see I actually agree with you -- almost 100%. I'm not saying Linebrink doesn't share fault, but so does Getz, etc...it was a team effort is my point. I'm saying DO NOT play the typical Soxtalk scapegoat game -- which is what everyone here seems content in doing.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) Mine is descented Exactly what I mean. It's "descented" to you -- but the rest of the human world can smell that thing from 50 miles away, regardless of gimmicks, surgery, medicines, or otherwise.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 04:52 PM) actually a lot of the stuff is good... I'm not one of those "you can't tell the difference guys" but the stuff is good and I have to watch it because I have have low metabolism and even with all the working out I do I put weight on easily. (With that said I have my pigout days) Thanks for the tips guys, I've tried the almonds and they work great and will try the others so there's some variety I'm not saying it's bad -- but I'm a very big advocate of "in moderation". I can drink diet coke or regular coke -- doesn't matter which, regular beer or light beer, again, doesn't matter which. It's not about drinking weird chemicals (diet coke) or calories and sugar (beer/regular coke), it's about not over doing it, and the same concept applies to what we eat. There is nothing wrong with a slice of pizza, but when a person eats 8, there is. I say exercise, be active, and eat what you want -- but eat responsibly -- and be consistent. And I'm not talking a year of consistency, but a lifetime of it, which is the hard part, moderation makes this easier if handled responsibly. Still, people tend to "over do it", and when I say that, it applies to either side of the spectrum (eating too poorly or too well), the same result ends up happening in the end. If all you do is eat healthy, light, fat free foods -- a day will come when you 'blow up' and toss that diet to the curb. In moderation... Believe me, it works.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) Getz could have ended that situation before it got ugly. The umpire making the correct call would have ended the situation before it got ugly. I forgive him for the Lee bomb, when that many outs are taken from you something often gives. But he can't come back and serve up a fastball for Soto on the next pitch. He was getting very predictable. He needed to either throw a breaking pitch on the first pitch or at least change the eye level. Everyone knew a low fastball was coming, so he had no margin for error on that pitch. And he missed his spot by a lot. Yet and still - it was a tie game, not a loss. A LOT happened to cause this -- Linebrink was merely 1 piece of a big puzzle those last two innings. I was at one of the Rooftop parties across from Wrigley -- the moment the Cubs tied it, I left and started driving home because I knew it was over...the momentum shift was ridiculous and sudden, the worst kind.

Sorry Ferret owner, but Ferret's stink -- and so does the room you keep it in, to everybody but you.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 04:42 PM) How can you not blame him? Yes, none of those runs were earned. But he gave up two homers to two guys who haven't hit more than 10 since the ASB of 2008. I'm not saying he's not partially at fault -- but to completely ignore Getz *critical* error in a *critical* situation is ridiculous. It's typical "fan in the moment" scapegoat-ism -- to force create a word.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 08:48 AM) I may kill you, cut out your stomach and replace mine with it, and then eat all the foods you do and then I'll be the one laughing. Too far? No, I couldn't blame you after reading that "light yogurt, light cheese, light this, fat free that" thing I just read.

Apparently Linebrink is today's Soxtalk ™ scapegoat, not the guy who actually caused it all -- Chris Getz. Typical Soxtalk is all I'll say. Yes, it's ALL Linebrink's fault -- Getz didn't have anything to do with it...nothing at all.

Blame Getz if you want to blame someone, ok? Because if it wasn't for him, no runs scored.

QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 08:26 PM) almonds, yoplait light yougart, All Bran, garlic and herb crackers, skim cream cheese, skim milk (toss a little sugar free nestle quick in it) That sounds...terribad. I feel bad for you diet people, that is all. heh

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 10:27 PM) Me too. I was against the signing of Pods. Was anybody on here in favor of it? Pods is shutting up the naysayers. I don't want to jinx him, but what a great season he's had so far. I was in favor of it.

Pods Danks It's nice having a leadoff guy that can get a bunt down again.