Jake

QUOTE (MEANS @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 05:55 PM) it hit the wall first anyway. Would that play be reviewable? Should it be?

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 06:55 PM) My cable just went out for no reason, wtf? I'm sure you haven't missed much.

I know a lot of you have been wondering about his progress, so I thought I would post this from whitesox.com

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 12:37 PM) Yea, I meant to write something about that. I really just mean express your views on the world. I really like how this is shaping up, it gives a reasonable explanation at why someone disagrees with what you say in another thread. I'm a little too tired to think clearly but that looks like you're criticizing me, I do realize I went off track from your original post.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 02:31 PM) As a REALLY young kid (probably aged 6-10) the best was 4-square. Man, we'd get some tournaments going. I'm trying to recall the rules in my mind.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 11:33 AM) I had my own board, the lounge of love... those were the days. Yeah, what happened to that?

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 30, 2008 -> 11:45 AM) We would play running bases more than anything,but also played "off the wall"(throw a rubber ball off wall and make the other person miss it) if we only had 2 people.Played Mike Tyson punch out and Cruisin USA until my thumbs cramped up.And I also enjoyed 7 minutes in the closet alone. Fixed.

I'm young, can't yet vote. However, I must stockpile knowledge for future decisions. When Bush was first elected, I was rooting for him basically due to the fact that central Illinois is so largely conservative. Al Gore also came off as a big time tool, which didn't help his cause with me. Still does at times. When 9/11 occurred, it seemed to me that Bush did excellently in the events immediately following the crashes. I actually recall an MSNBC analyst saying they thought he may go down as one of the best presidents of all time. Funny how things change. I have mixed feelings on the Iraq war. I do think that we did something wonderful for Iraqis and they have opportunities now that were unforeseen 10 years ago. However, from the U.S. standpoint, I must ask : Had we not gone to war, where would be now? Nothing can be known for sure and hindsight is oftentimes 20/20, but I tend to think we would have suffered no attacks due to Saddam and would have a lot smaller national deficit/stronger economy. I would never go out and publicly protest the war, however. Why waste resources and time doing something that will never, no matter how many people raise their voices, change anything. Once you start, you can't just say "Oh we realized this was a bad idea we have to stop." That time and resources could be spent supporting our troops and making this thing a success with as many healthy, living soldiers coming home as possible. My feeling of politics is that it is just a game where no one has played it cleanly. Politics, although I know little of the pre-1990's, seems to be in its own Steroid Era. Nobody is playing by the rules, so everyone breaks them to stay in the game. However, perhaps I'll be found out to be just another sheep someday, but I feel like Barack would like politics as they are to stop. I don't know if he can change it, and I am sure he has committed some ethical errors in his rise to the top, but I feel that electing men like Barack Obama is the only chance we have at changing this system. The object of representative government, in its most simply stated form, is that the men in D.C. casting votes should be casting the vote that the people they represent would cast themselves. However, we know that personal and business interests are a much bigger player in the decision of what vote to cast. I always cheered on Republicans like the home team when I thought little of the issues, but the more I think on the basis of who will stand for what I stand for, I oftentimes sway liberal. I want a healthy environment, I would like to lose oil dependency, gays should be able to marry they are in no way harming heterosexual couples by having their own unions, I am for stem cell research when obtained ethically. I also know that we are going to have to pay higher taxes to help defeat this debt we are in as a country. My main conservative viewpoint is that I am pro-life. I also feel hesitant to declare that I am belonging to one party in particular. Times change, leaders change, the issues at hand change, I will change. I will always vote for who represents most closely the best for me and my country.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 29, 2008 -> 03:07 PM) Or, I was more nervous than a hooker in church. I've always heard that one phrased as "sweating like a whore in church"

No way man.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 28, 2008 -> 11:06 AM) For the non-PC and no offense to anyone. Queer as a $3 bill. Otherwise, Strange as a $3 bill. I think "queer" can mean the same thing as strange, not always just homosexual.

I remember being rather sad and maybe saying some things I shouldn't have when the censors were turned on. I still don't like it, but hey it's not a huge deal. It's funny, when looking at the archived soxtalks, many thread titles had swear words spelled out in them.

Wow I was definitely going to search for this thread to bump it. That is why I came to Soxtalk and alas, it is already bumped.

We need a Soxtalk Thread Hall of Fame.

Now posters just have to be willing to post those non-major thoughts as threads.

This might be fun to try and look at for some...especially the different posters: link

I was wondering earlier about when Soxtalk started and thought this was a good thread idea. Who started Soxtalk? When? Some of you long time posters may enjoy reminiscing.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 10:35 PM) For the record this is her. Yes, she's pretty hot if you're into Asian girls. You're going to her and youre asking us tips what to do? Here's one: use protection!

Non-PC: Gayer than AIDS

Another lopsided matchup for our hurlers. I would say our ace is on the mound, but I'll go with "one of our aces," it's starting to look like 1-4 are dominating at about the same level. I'm on a streak of 3, lets keep it alive!

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 10:28 PM) So I casually suggested to someone that I was going to visit Japan in the spring, and the more I think about it the more I might really do it. I have a friend who's been there, and I know a girl who lives there who will be a "tour guide" of sorts. Anyone else ever been? Tour guide, escort, whatever it is you call them these days.

I hope he somehow falls completely out of the public eye.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 09:28 PM) Well, they are both muslims and kind of brown, so that is close enough for many. BTW, Obama has finally given me a compelling reason to vote for him. Guess who else is muslim and kinda brown?

QUOTE (Wanne @ Aug 26, 2008 -> 07:14 PM) I don't know my friend....I really like our chances. I agree wholeheartedly.

Good to see us pounding the teams we're supposed to. Especially good to see us shut down a team that really is pretty darn good offensively.