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If the Sox were to sign Rowand. That would fill all the spots. Who would lead off? Has Cabrera ever been a lead off guy before?

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Dec 4, 2007 -> 02:58 PM) I am sure you are confused on why that Castro cat gets such a bad rap. Hey Michael Moore likes his health care, so he cant be half bad. No I said Chavez not Castro. Two different people. Different countries.

I'm sure we can find another reason to invade. Maybe fear that he will attack Israel with Persian rugs of death. It's all part of the global jihad. They no longer want to "wipe them off the map". They want to cover them with large rugs.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Dec 3, 2007 -> 12:55 PM) You would. Of course, you like posting s*** to see what can get you a reaction, too. Have fun! My opinion on Chavez has nothing to do with reaction. I just don't buy into the whole "he's a evil dictator trying to eat small children" thing. I think he run's a different kind of goverment than America. It's also a different kind of country. From everything I've read, from first hand accounts he's done some great things.

Shame. I really like Chavez. I think this will just prove that he is part of democracy and he was never a dictator.

He also died a few years ago at age 46. J Mac wasn't this innocent little player. He was cocky. Martin claimed that he never meant to hurt him that bad, but just to rough him a up.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 03:55 PM) whatever, Mr. Chamberlain. Way to get into name calling. Maybe you can call me a poo-poo face too.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Oct 23, 2007 -> 08:46 AM) I did find it funny that the writer took umbrage to the fact that Norman likened Dinnerjacket to Hitler. I guess comparing people to hitler is a liberal-only thing. Maybe he holds a copyright on that or something. It's the evil liberal media.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 22, 2007 -> 10:12 AM) He's just blowing smoke and we need to sit down with him and hold hands. That will make him come around to our thinking on all subjects. yeah god forbid we sit and talk to other countries. You know diplomacy. We should just bomb everyone that even think's something different than the goold ole' USA and Jesus.

Wiped off the page of time" translation from wikipedia. I've read this other places too news sources have presented one of Ahmadinejad's phrases in Persian as a statement that "Israel must be wiped off the map",[5][6][7] an English idiom which means to "cause a place to stop to exist",[8] or to "obliterate totally",[9] or "destroy completely".[10] Ahmadinejad's phrase was " بايد از صفحه روزگار محو شود " according to the text published on the President's Office's website.[11] The translation presented by IRIB has been challenged by Mr. Arash Norouzi, who proposes that the statement "wiped off the map" was never made and that Ahmadinejad did not refer to the nation or land mass of Israel, but to the "regime occupying Jerusalem". He says that the Iranian government News Agency IRIB/IRNA translation is the source of the myth: One may wonder: where did this false interpretation originate? Who is responsible for the translation that has sparked such worldwide controversy? The answer is surprising. The inflammatory 'wiped off the map' quote was first disseminated not by Iran's enemies, but by Iran itself. The Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official propaganda arm, used this phrasing in the English version of some of their news releases covering the World Without Zionism conference. International media including the BBC, Al Jazeera, Time magazine and countless others picked up the IRNA quote and made headlines out of it without verifying its accuracy, and rarely referring to the source. Iran's Foreign Minister soon attempted to clarify the statement, but the quote had a life of its own. Though the IRNA wording was inaccurate and misleading, the media assumed it was true, and besides, it made great copy.[12] According to Juan Cole, a University of Michigan Professor of Modern Middle East and South Asian History, Ahmadinejad's statement should be translated as: The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem (een rezhim-e eshghalgar-e qods) must [vanish from] the page of time (bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad).[13] Norouzi's translation is identical.[12] According to Cole, "Ahmadinejad did not say he was going to 'wipe Israel off the map' because no such idiom exists in Persian". Instead, "He did say he hoped its regime, i.e., a Jewish-Zionist state occupying Jerusalem, would collapse."[14] The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) translates the phrase similarly.[15] On June 15, 2006 The Guardian columnist and foreign correspondent Jonathan Steele published an article based on this reasoning.[16] Sources within the Iranian government have also denied that Ahmadinejad issued any sort of threat.[17][18][19] On 20 February 2006, Iran’s foreign minister denied that Tehran wanted to see Israel “wiped off the map,” saying Ahmadinejad had been misunderstood. "Nobody can remove a country from the map. This is a misunderstanding in Europe of what our president mentioned," Manouchehr Mottaki told a news conference, speaking in English, after addressing the European Parliament. "How is it possible to remove a country from the map? He is talking about the regime. We do not recognise legally this regime," he said.[20][21][22] In a June 11, 2006 analysis of the translation controversy, New York Times deputy foreign editor Ethan Bronner stated that Ahmadinejad had said that Israel was to be wiped off the map. After noting the objections of critics such as Cole and Steele, Bronner said: "But translators in Tehran who work for the president's office and the foreign ministry disagree with them. All official translations of Mr. Ahmadinejad's statement, including a description of it on his Web site (www.president.ir/en/), refer to wiping Israel away. Bronner stated: "..it is hard to argue that, from Israel's point of view, Mr. Ahmadinejad poses no threat. Still, it is true that he has never specifically threatened war against Israel. So did Iran's president call for Israel to be 'wiped off the map'? It certainly seems so. Did that amount to a call for war? That remains an open question."[14] A synopsis of Mr Ahmadinejad's speech on the Iranian Presidential website states: He further expressed his firm belief that the new wave of confrontations generated in Palestine and the growing turmoil in the Islamic world would in no time wipe Israel away.[23] The same idiom in his speech on December 13, 2006 was translated as "wiped out" by Reuters: Just as the Soviet Union was wiped out and today does not exist, so will the Zionist regime soon be wiped out.[24]

I don't think "political" talk radio is as popular as it's made out to be. I think some personalites are big like pill poppin Rush. Here in Chicago the "right' radio station the wind 560 was ranked 30th overall. Maybe in the south this is a big thing. I tried to listen to the wind 560 once and Micahel Savage was on. I was stuck in traffic and Micahel Savage was talking about how the gays were taking over the world. I didn't know if should laugh or cry.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 18, 2007 -> 11:29 AM) He said it. Make sure you check your facts. As far as the rest of your post, what the hell ever. Then people wonder why the extreme views exist in this country today. If he said it prove it. Show me. If not wanting to go to war and not wanting to invade countries that haven't done anything to anyone is "extreme". Than I guess that I'm an extremist. I think it's just a dumb word that republicans wanna call anyone with a diffrent view. Much like people from the left who run around calling everyone "fasict". And why do people on the right compare everyone remotly to the left of their political views to The Clinton's? Your obsessed with the Clinton's.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 18, 2007 -> 10:50 AM) Let's see. What would you call it when the leader of a country says that "Israel needs to be wiped off the map". If they follow through with it, it will be world war three. Let's villify the person who says it as a "fear mongerer" as opposed to really dealing with the problem. That always helps. Not that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a great guy, but he never said that. You think that the president of the United States would get his facts right when he keeps on quoting something that was never said. Its been used as this great propaganda tool. The term "wiped of the map" dosen't exsist in the Persian language. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said things similar to that, like he hopes that the current Isreal regime collapses. Things that don't quite get people so pumped for war. It may seem like a stupid thing to breing up, but it's been used so much to get people excited for war. I don't think Iran has any plan's to invade another country. I think George Bush can't wait till he get's to invade Iran, so more people can die.

All of Ronnie Rayguns kids are cool. Too bad he was a jerk.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 9, 2007 -> 10:36 AM) Ahhhhhhhhhhh snap! Someone throw this in Jacksons face and shove it in his mouth. Why don't you do it? internet message board warrior.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Oct 7, 2007 -> 08:05 AM) As I said before, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are pimps of racism. I totally agree. There is no racism in America. It's all made up by the liberal media.

Further proof that Cuba is hell and Castro is the devil. Communism is coming America!! The real criminal is Félix Rodríguez.

I can't wait to see all the great thing's that George W is gonna do when he become's an Ex-president. Hopefully he get's into NASA and spend's the rest of his life on Mar's.

Free speach is for adults who can handle the responsibilty. Are you serious? Let's punish a kid who's trying to be active in his country. I'm pretty sure the Bill of Rights dosen't say "18 and over only". Even though he's not 18, the person that get's elected president is gonna effect his life too. School's need to stop telling kid's what to wear and focus on teaching.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Oct 4, 2007 -> 09:24 AM) The Phillies have a certain player at 2nd base...you may have heard of him. Yes and I'd like to have him.

I think there will be more options. We may have to trade.

If were gonna be making goofy trades, I'd much rather have Hanley Ramirez.

If I could take Mike Gravel that would be cool.

I think it just show's how out of touch someone like O'Reilly is. Most of the time he just come's off more dumb than racist or hateful. His show is for cranky old guy's who still want it to be 1955 or people who like to have phone sex.

Here's a number - 188. That's how many at bats Andy Gonzalez has this year. That is not a good recipe for winning.