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QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 3, 2008 -> 12:01 AM) Let's assume it is the single greatest musical ever produced in the history of theater. Does ever theater have the responsibility to stage the musical? Again, the same group that looked into it, decided against it. Why are they more wrong then groups that never even considered it? And is every play appropriate for every audience and every venue? What is wrong with deciding that this is not suitable for children and staging something else? do you really think there is a point to these bolded questions when you ask them? What most of us are disappointed in not showing this play, is that they are doing it for a not very convincing reason, to me. And the people of the town are missing out on an opportunity to see a truly great play because of 1 sentence in it. A play that is thought provoking and allows to think about history and culture in different frames. If they switch it out for a different musical that has these qualities, I'm fine with it. BUt if they put on some awful andrew lloyd webber musical they are doing a disservice to the town.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 11:57 PM) It's not, but a respect their right to not stage the play. This was not a case where someone wanted to stage it and was told no. The same group that looked into it, decided against it. Well I respect that they have a right not to stage a play but that doesn't mean I have to compliment them and pat them on their back, tell them this production of High School Musical was wonderful for EVERYONE.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 11:37 PM) I do not believe that every park district that puts on a play needs to follow that same mission statement of enlightening, offending, creating change, etc. I believe there is room for non controversial, family entertainment, and that is what a park district should be involved in. GP rated events that the entire family can enjoy. Believe it or not, there are volumes of plays by Simon, Williams, Shepard, O'Neil, Miller, etc that could be staged. But I've come to accept that around here the consensus is that insulting, offending, is always preferred to something less controversial. what a silly loaded last line. They aren't putting on a musical version of Paul verheoven's Showgirls, this is a fantastic piece of theatre that would be very intellectually stimulating and entertaining for the crowd. And I think some of you underestimate the importance of funding cultural programs.

me too, but whatever uribe we had in 04 and 05 isn't here anymore, so I see no reason to play him as such.

fun recap for those of us who couldn't watch it... http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/media/vide...200807023046424

remember when he swings so hard he falls over?

this is the greatest winner thread I've seen in a while... for those in the game thread... I had to leave, but the greatest bar special of all time was existent, we are talking about the following: Pint of Sierra Shot of Jameson FORRRRRRR 3.50 Unreal, just like the Wsox winner. I missed it, but my brother texted me....awesome awesome awesome.

agh.

QUOTE (FranktheTank35 @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 02:14 AM) Seriously though, hell of a game pitched by both Lee and Danks. What an awesome match up we just witnessed. this should lead sportscenter but we aren't EAST enough.

betancourt? buckle down sox bats. Everyone hates extras.

july 4th on coney Island i'm positive

Come on Sox!!! here's what I want to happen, I want to refresh my page during this bottom half of the inning and see a bunch of "(PLAYER'S NAME)!!!" "I CALLED IT!" "SOO CLUTCH!!" and then I'm off to the bar to get Tony LaRussa'd

Shows how crazy this year has been when Danks v. Lee is the premiere pitchers duel between sox and indians. (era wise and all)

well heck I just want some dingers how bout you all?

haha, I read that as ties a career high with 8.93

this is the craziest game thread to keep up with.

QUOTE (G&T @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 01:14 AM) DJ sez: the definition of pitcher is "well, I can pitch." he's right though!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:42 PM) Ah yes the Geraldo Rivera award. Anytime you almost get yourself killed you are a great journalist. He's a complete idiot, his reporting is terrible and you can just tell that he's dumb as a rock when you see him on tv. And yes Bmags, he tells a narrative, which is a shameful technique in covering the news. oh, he's a liberal in your mind. Gotcha. Well no turning that around. And narrative means something different than the way you use it. It's not making events fit your story, it's the way you tell a story. The language and order are different.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:37 PM) The cartoons actually turned up in Denmark. Correct, I'll edit.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 10:04 PM) He'd actually be 80. he would be 78 as well though.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 09:05 PM) The disappearance of England, and Europe, continues apace. The Telegraph reports (italics mine): Muslims have complained over a police advert featuring a puppy sitting in an officer's hat. A police force has apologised to Islamic leaders for the "offensive" postcard advertising a new non-emergency telephone number, which shows a six-month-old trainee police dog named Rebel. The German shepherd puppy has proved hugely popular with the public, hundreds of who have logged on to the force's website to read his online training diary. But some Muslims in the Dundee area have reportedly been upset by the image because they consider dogs to be "ritually unclean", while shopkeepers have refused to display the advert. Tayside Police have admitted they should have consulted their 'diversity' officers before issuing the cards, but critics argued their apology was unnecessary. Don't think it could happen here? Remember this story from May? The student in the teacher-training program at a Minnesota high school who was compelled to leave because of threats by immigrant Somali Muslim students who took offense to the dog he needed because it was specially trained to deal with a medical condition he had. The second part about the teacher is what gets me. The dog is trained to help notify people when the guy has a seizure. He left the training program because one of the students threatened to kill the dog. you know I continue to find posts like these funny. So many of these stories pop up in these forums with the basic theme calling Europe p***** but you'd find more hatred for Islam there than in the US. There's a reason those cartoons showed up in Denmark (edit: thanks Balta). In addition, there is also anti-immigrant sentiment as well, leading to elections of right wing crazies in places like Germany spain and elsewhere, right wing crazies that parallel our right wing crazies that WE wouldn't elect. The difference? Unlike in America where our Muslim population is fairly middle class and educated, they are the poorest of the poor in Europe and unskilled and uneducated, making them more susceptible to the lunatics of their religion. Making it worse, the growing rage over their poverty being channeled through religious fanaticism has the countries backlash back at them, making their situation worse. So, their situation is nothing like ours at all, and their islamic relations are many more times more complicated than ours.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 10:10 PM) he's a horrible journalist. i'll just leave it at that. He really isn't, his show actually covers news not people and does long term stories. It's the only one like it on cable news. His coverage is a more personalized and narrative, but I'm all for creating more entertaining news as long as the substance is still there. In TV where they sell your face, I see no reason to act like the story is in front of you.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 08:03 PM) Danks's limit this season should be about 160 innings. He's thrown 92.2 in the first half. do you think in August or so, we can pair up Danks and Masset so Danks will come out at 5.0 and use our lightly-used bullpen? When it's all said and done us using our bullpen so little is going to be a huge advantage.

good lord look how dumb our TV media is... http://www.veracifier.com/episode/TPM_20080701

well, the blogs were his first backers, really, before he was a known commodity. Sites like moveon.org, dailykos, huffpost etc were overwhelming in their support for obama over clinton. And some of the reasons they supported him was that he was supporting no telecom immunity and such, then he wins over clinton and then blasts these blogs. Especially when we criticized hillary for doing this. Unfortunately, he knows this crowd is going to vote for them, so he can distance himself from them, and give us a B.S. washed up agenda that won't solve s*** trying to please everyone. WHERE IS OUR JAMES K. POLK