Balta1701

Who in the world is Ron Mexico?

Actually saw a guy in the mall in Arcadia, CA a few weeks ago wearing a #8 Jackson White Sox Jersey. In excellent shape. Went up to him and complimented him on that one.

Be better than them John

So, seriously, some of those calls were iffy throughout the first 8 minutes of the 4th...but that T that they called on Fisher where Fisher bumped Ginobili slightly after a basket and Ginobili flopped (And my God no one in their right mind could say that was anything but a flop) was just outrageous. QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ May 28, 2007 -> 10:28 PM) The guy projects to be a fantastic defensive player and the question is obviously whether you could get him to do anything at all offensively (a big if). But for people to question his athletism is inaccurate, imo, and in the end if the scoring big are gone I at least want the Bulls to find another athlete up front. I agree with you roughly 1/2 of the way on this post. Yes, Noah is a pretty darn good athlete, and he has a chance to develop into an excellent interior player because of his athleticism. But IMO, the Bulls already have one guy like that, in Tyrus, and I think Tyrus is a much better candidate to develop into a dominant both-sides-of-the-court player than Noah, and that's my main reason for not wanting Noah; he seems like a lesser version of doubleT. And on top of this point...lets say that all of the other potentially good options are gone. Oden, Durant, Hawes, Wright, Horford, Yi. That would virtually guarantee that there would be other talent on the board that the Bulls could use; even if a big man isn't directly available, it could make things much easier for the Bulls if they wanted to move Gordon or Hinrich to fill that hole. Brewer or Conley would probably have to be sitting there for all of the better options to have moved on, at which point the Bulls say Screw it, take the best player available, and then try to swing either Gordon or whoever we just drafted for the big man we so desperately need.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 27, 2007 -> 06:36 PM) Owens is playing well. With Pablo going down, and Podsednik down, I think it may well be time to give Jerry a month to see if he can hit some MLB pitching.

Good game, Boone.

QUOTE(spiderman @ May 24, 2007 -> 06:44 PM) Why is Edwards a better candidate than in 2004 when he didn't get the nomination, and then lost as VP ? Hasn't he been out of government since, thus negating the 'more experience' needed' argument ? Because he's the only one who isn't making a complete arse of himself on the war funding.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 24, 2007 -> 06:37 PM) Point 3. It's NOT THESE people. Let me tell you something. Billy Boy Clinton had the same hard-on for Saddam as BushCo did, but he knew it was suicide politically to do any more then lob missles in there to look like he was tough. It cracks my ass up to hear all you lefties say we need to help in Darfur, and we needed to help in Bosnia for the "benefit of the people", but Saddam, who had killed 1,000,000 of his own people, well, NOOOOOO ... THAT'S DIFFERENT! Whatever. It gets tiresome to see the same old retread about how the Democrats are the beautiful party and they just want what's best for America... yea, what's best if they control government and we become a socialist nation. It's all good then. So if I opposed the action related to the Kosovar Civil War as well, which I in fact did (I had a couple of Serbian friends in High School and realized that I couldn't win an argument with them over the issue when their response was "why does my family have to be put at risk because of this?), and am very skeptical about the whole concept of humanitarian "War" (as opposed to some sort of intervention to stop a war, which might be the reality in Darfur - something that could be achieved by the appearance rather than the application of force), does that leave me able to make my point? I simply don't think you can improve the world by killing a few hundred thousand people to free people, especially if those folks don't want it. QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 24, 2007 -> 06:37 PM) Point 1. You are flat out wrong. Question: do you want the Iraq war to end? 95% say yes! WOOOOOOOOOOT! DEMS WIN!... GMAB. Question: do you think we should withdrawl immediately from Iraq? That's 50%, AT BEST, and most of the numbers I see are usually about 35% WHEN AN EQUAL # OF PEOPLE ARE ASKED OF EQUAL POLITICAL BACKGROUND, not a bunch of Democrats. That leaves out the 1 other point though...Yes, 35% say there should be an immediate withdrawal. But another 35-40% beyond that say that well maybe there shouldn't be an immediate withdrawal, but there should be firm benchmarks set or an official timeline for when we're withdrawing. Hell, I'll even cite the Fox News poll that says that. Only like 25% of this country wants this war to continue until January 20, 2009/forever, as is currently in the law. And if you simply ask the "Favor/oppose" question, it's 60-65% opposed. This country doesn't want this thing any more. The only question is what the best way out is; immediate withdrawal or something phased with more timelines.

GOP folks...just like to say...Thanks. Really appreciate your help on this one.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 24, 2007 -> 03:21 PM) With Hibbert gone, is Hawes going to fall to the Bulls? And is he your man? Honestly, I agree with you on the need of the big man. I think I'd rather see the Bulls not make a pick at all and see if they can get Gasol away from Memphis. Unfortunately, that's going to be unbelievably difficult with the contracts. IMO, it takes either Hinrich or Wallace to pull it off. There are ways around that (Sign and Trade with Noc/PJ, Duhon, Khryapa, etc), but nothing that would really interest the Grizz. The Grizz still get to team Gasol with Horford or Yi or whoever they wind up picking, and that's a pretty good place to start from.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 24, 2007 -> 09:58 AM) they want to do some more polling before they decide what their public stance will be. And its' been another 24 hours, and neither Obama or Hillarity have come out with a position on this yet. That's it, f*** these people. I'm back to undecided and leaning Edwards until they get their act together. This is total B.S. on their part. This is the easiest decision they should ever have to make.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 24, 2007 -> 04:42 AM) And this is exactly what the f*** is wrong with you people. It's AMERICA's war, like it or not. This s*** pisses me off and it shows how f***ing shallow your ilk really is. It's about power, not ideas, and it's sick. Most of these f***tard Dems voted FOR the war, remember? And f*** off saying "Bush lied"... they ALL had the same intelligence. I'm sick and goddamn tired of this attitude. It's fine to support (or not support) a policy, but your true feelings are VERY loud in this post. INVESTIGATIONS!!!! WOOOT! NO REAL SOLUTIONS!!!! REMEMBER TO BLAME REPUBLICANS!!!! Please. So, sadly, no, to my eyes, this is not America's war. Not in the least, certainly not these days. America has long since decided it doesn't want this war any more. Only a small minority, which just happens to control the White House and a large chunk of the media, still want this war to go on. Every recent piece of data says that America doesn't want this war to go on any more. And beyond that, America was never sold on this fight. America was sold on a war that we actually won; a brief, few week campaign to overthrow Saddam, regardless of the reason. America was not sold a nearly 6 year guerrilla war. America was never asked to plan for that war, America was never asked if it wanted that war. The few of us who said you couldn't have one without the other were cast aside and ignored. And secondly, you know why I think we need to make clear who's fault this is? Because the biggest chunk of those who think this war is the greatest idea ever are the ones who have the power right now. What it is going to take for this debacle to be ended is for those specific people to no longer have power at all. Which means, quite simply, the people who think we need Double-Gitmo and more and more troops in Iraq until Jesus returns must lose. Whether or not its the idiotic Dems in Congress who went along with the war who allowed it to happen or who are allowing it to continue...the dying is not going to stop until these people are out of power. End of story.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ May 24, 2007 -> 11:02 AM) If either of Horford or Brewer happen to fall to nine, I'd hate to see the Bulls pass. Horford's probably the top non-Oden/Durant guy I only pray would drop to the Bulls.

Even still, that whole filibuster thing gets you. Of course, only cowardly traitors would ever use that for anything. Damn obstructionists. Anywho, hopefully the Dems are smart enough to keep up the investigations and make this look more and more like the Republican's war that it is until Nov., 08, and we can elect someone who will put a stop to this disaster. But anyway, placed my first ever call to a Congressman's office today on this.

QUOTE(Wedge @ May 23, 2007 -> 12:56 PM) What about the Chinese dude? SI has the bulls taking him in at least 1 mock draft.

QUOTE(caulfield12 @ May 23, 2007 -> 02:50 PM) I think we're more likely at this point to lose to a fellow AL Central competitor, rather than the Yankees. The Yankees are doing all they can to make sure you're correct.

Seriously, for the other campaigns, there is no excuse for why Edwards is always first out of the gate with these statements. This one is so incredibly obvious that campaigns should have been on it last night.

In 2005, when there were days where I couldn't see the games, it proved darn useful, especially in the condensed version, because you get guaranteed highlights of your game within about 20 minutes. I don't watch it very much these days I'm afraid, but I don't watch much tv these days anyway. Don't have time.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 23, 2007 -> 10:16 AM) I think this is a great post besides for one statement you make. Dye's first two years with this organization are as memorable as anyone has ever had. Compared to Ordonez, Dye in 05 was significantly better defensively. He has taken steps backwards towards Ordonez territory the past 2 years with age, but there's no denying in my book that he came in as a good defensive upgrade from Ordonez.

Paul Wolfowitz... now searching for both a job and a new woman.

So, it appears that the Dems in Congress have completely capitulated, and are going to fund the war with no additional requirements, benchmarks or questions asked all the way through the end of 2008. Meanwhile, even though May has not yet been completed, this has already been the deadliest 6 month period in Iraq for U.S. soldiers to date. And it is entirely possible that April and May will become the first back to back 100+ casualty months since the start of the debacle.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 23, 2007 -> 06:43 AM) Where is his suspension then? Amphetimines only bring a suspension on the 2nd offense. The first offense is private and I believe requires counseling, which is why Bonds was never suspended for them either.

Kick ass big Jon.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 22, 2007 -> 04:56 PM) i know, it's just funny to me that he charges $55,000 to talk about poverty. Colin Powell spent most of his talk @ IU talking about America's promise, a group he founded to help underpriveledged youth. The amount of money we paid him to talk about that was incredible. Sadly, this is just how the lecture circuit goes. These universities have money to spend on lecturers, and it gets spent, oftentimes regardless of the person or the work they've done.

Because I have so much confidence in unnamed sources from ABC news...