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QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 11:02 AM) The irony is that I don't think it will work any better than the 1994 agreement, and even if we had done the agreement 6 years ago, it wouldn't have worked then either. I imagine we will be at this point again in the future, because NKs economy is a shambles, and they will need to hold the world hostage for something again soon enough. Our best hope is for Il to somehow exit the picture, and the whole system just collapse. At least then someone could get some influence in the country while they are rebuilding it. If the whole system is going to collapse...i for one would have liked it to do so before they reprocessed all that plutonium, rather than after.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 09:28 AM) I'm gonna go with the Yankees just because I can't even remember the last time they didn't win that division. 1997

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 11:50 AM) Whoa, I missed that one. The Yankees seriously collapse without Mo at the end of that pen. I'd bet both Toronto and Boston pass them if Rivera leaves. Mr. Automatic is really pissed at how the Yankees are dealing with Bernie Williams.

How did his ass look?

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QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 09:02 AM) Maybe someone like a Jim Mora, Jr.? Probably too young. Golic was saying a possibility could be June Jones. He and the Chargers owner have a good relationship, his def. coordinator is Jerry Glanville, who runs the 3-4 and June is an offensive minded coach. Might not be a bad fit. JMJr. already has himself a job with the Seahawks where he's probably set up as the heir apparent to Mike Holmgren. I have to figure there was some sort of nudge nudge "don't interview with other people" sort of deal set up there when he signed it.

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 08:58 AM) there's only a handful of teams that could/will ink this guy. 1. NYY 2. NYM 3. Bos 4. LAD 5. LAA 6. Cubs 7. Poss Tex?? not any specific order. I can't imagine Cubs letting him walk, Hendry/Tribune will have to pay up. I think there are a lot more teams than that which could, if they want to. Not every General Manager seems to be all that intelligent in how they spend their money, and at the rate revenues are increasing, there are lots fo names to add to that list...just would depend on whether Z wanted to play somewhere. As long as they're not in that lower 1/4 of payroll, I'd at least say it was possible, depending on how dumb their GM is (i.e. don't expect KW or Beane to be in that sort of deal)

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 09:07 PM) uhh, why? It's certainly by no means guaranteed, but it's also not out of the question that Verlander should be a topic of some worry for the Liger ship. Before 2006, the most innings he had ever thrown in a season was 130. Last season, counting the playoffs, he went up to 207.2 innings. Those kind of jumps in innings sometimes can be really, really risky for a young arm, especially one that throws as hard as Verlander.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 06:06 PM) I thought they said they were going to keep him? Just a few weeks ago. That makes an entire coaching staff they'll have to replace, if true.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 02:44 PM) I was about to write, I agree, changing to get elected is wrong. But I'm wondering, If they stay consistent with that new view, is it wrong? If they say, as President I will do this, even if it is opposite what they did as a Governor, Senator, etc. is that so bad? You are getting what you voted for and isn't that what we should expect? Now if they change back after the election, I'd be at the front of the impeachment line. But if they tell be they are Pro-X, even after voting Anti-X, and stay Pro-X as promised, I'm not certain I'm that upset. So, if for example, a governor from some random large southern state were to declare during the Presidential campaign that he was in favor of regulating CO2 emissions from power plants, quite directly and specifically, even going so far as to put out specific proposals for the policy and having his underlings refer to it, despite having taken no steps at all to regulate virtually anything while he was governor, and then 2 months after taking office flip-flops and declares that he is not in favor of regulating CO2 emissions from power plants, wouldn't that satisfy your criteria exactly? (Yeah i know I belongs on the other side. I just couldn't resist on this one.)

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 10, 2007 -> 03:12 PM) Eagle Scout, class of 2003. /awaits recognition Well, fine, if we're all bragging, I think i was sometime around '97.

Here we go again.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 10, 2007 -> 05:29 PM) As long as it's let's do better, not "we can waste as much as you". I can't wait for the public to say, you're both wrong; instead of what my side did was wrong, but you did it first. Well, stop and think for a moment...what's the one question that in the media's zeal to make Pelosi look bad, no one seems to be asking? The Sgt. at Arms requests a non-civilian plane that can make the non-stop trip from Washington to San Fran for security reasons...don't exactly want the #3 in the line of succession to become an easy target because a plane needs to refuel. The problem is, the only plane the DOD has which can do that job is a monster plane with fold-out beds, etc. And the DOD has 4 of them. So here's the questions I think no one is asking; why exactly does the DOD need 4 planes that cost $22,000/hour to operate, and why is that the only plane the DOD has available for government officials who need to cross the country on something other than air force one?

So, last year, in a period of about 6 months, I managed to drop about 30 lbs or so, which is a decent drop when you're not tipping the scales. A few of my successful items: 1. Eat more fruit. As far as I can tell, this has been the biggest change for me. About a year ago I flipped from having a v-8 and a nutri-grain bar for lunch to having an apple & a banana or some mixture of those sorts of fruits (whatever was on sale). I immediately began noticing that I was losing weight, without adding in any real extra activity or cutting out anything else. Just replaced some other items in my meal with fruit, and bang. 2. Eat less. Sounds simple enough, but it can take some getting used to. If you cut the size of meals you eat, or just don't entirely stuff yourself with each meal, or even just have an extra glass of water with each meal so your stomach fills up faster, you can make a big difference on how many calories you eat. Some degree of will power is useful also...yes, I get hungry when I have an apple at noon and have nothing but water before dinner, but tolerating the hour or two of hunger lets me cut down pretty dramatically on what i'm eating. 3. If you're going to have a snack, when shopping, try to pick out a slightly healthier version of whatever you're having. Try for something whole grain if you can find it. Sub in low-fat or low-calorie items. Or replace a snack or two with fruit. In fact, this works for many things...go from 2% to 1% or skim milk if you can take it, go from Rice Chex to multi-grain chex as a cereal, or whatever else you actually eat. 4. Up your fiber intake. Very, very few Americans get the 25-30 g of Fiber that the USDA reccommends per day. Keep a particular eye on this line when you're buying food, and if you can't get to that level, consider a supplement. 5. Go to China and get a horrible intestinal bug. I wouldn't reccomend trying this one...but if you're really desperate...

That chorus of angels you just heard? That was Obama making his official announcement.

This should prove to be an entertaining reply. No doubt the media who wasted a week blaming Pelosi for something she didn't even do will ignore it, but it'll still be fun to see.

So, it appears that back in 2003, the Iranians sent a Fax to the State Department through a Swiss intermediary proposing the outlines of negotiations towards a full long-term settlement, on topics including full transparency of Iran's nuclear program, agreements on disarmament of Iran's other chemical weapons systems, ending of Iranian military assistance to Hezbollah, Iranian support of the Saudi proposal for a 2-state solution in Palestine, and support for the establishment of a democratic and independent Iraqi government. As far as we can tell, the U.S. government appears to have not even bothered replying, and in fact responded by complaining to the Swiss about it. Seems we thought that Iran was about to fall apart completely, or something like that. Oops. Whether or not it was 100% sincere, if nothing else, basically it seems to have offered up everything the U.S. could have wanted from Iran, and therefore could have formed the basis for talks (and in fact it seems to have even included an outline for how the talks could progress). And on top of that, for some strange reason, our current Secretary of State testified yesterday that she did not remember the U.S. receiving that fax. link, but thankfully, the good people at Newsweek happen to have unearthed a copy of it to jog her memory a little more. So, let's see, Iran offers up everything we want, we say no, and before 6 years are up, we wind up bombing them for the same things they offered. This will truly be a triumph of something. Not sure exactly what.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Feb 9, 2007 -> 12:23 PM) I got a total of 4 votes for biggest pessimist, and 3 of them are not by me! Maybe next season I can go the distance for sure That's a pretty optimistic view of things. You've lost my vote for next year.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 9, 2007 -> 12:32 PM) FWIW, I don't mean to say our society is full of scuzzy creatures. I'm just saying the media doesn't deserve the blame - they just deliver what we want. Is it just 100% that though, or does anyone else think that to some level it does flow both ways? In the sense that to some extent, the media does have the ability to decide what they think is important and how much emphasis to put on a particular topic, they can use their abilities to create topics of discussion when there really aren't anything. I mean, think about the "Missing White Woman" craze in the media from a couple years ago...every time some attractive, wealthy, young, white female went missing for whatever reason, it turned into a nationwide story for weeks/months. To my eyes, the media figures made a series of choices about what topics to cover nationally - there were older women, men, African American women, etc. who went missing or who were killed who never made it national, but someone made a choice that these particular stories needed to be covered. Hell, one of my former co-workers in NW Indiana was shot and killed in what appears to have been a bizarre love quadrilateral involving hit men, kids, and millions of dollars, and that never became a national story. Someone is making decisions about how much time to give stories and which stories to start featuring, and that does feed back into the system.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Feb 9, 2007 -> 12:27 PM) So yes, after that season and a total question mark of a team this year, I'm not exactly inspired to be shelling out more dough and facing new restrictions. No one makes you go to the games. This is classic economics. If you increase the price of a ticket by a small amount, you do expect some amount of fans to decide that the product on the field is no longer worth their money and stop buying tickets. The goal is to increase the prices enough so as to increase profits without driving away so many fans as to reduce profitability. If you don't feel that a 90 win team at those prices is a good enough deal for your money, then don't spend it.

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 9, 2007 -> 10:44 AM) Still using electricity. Shockingly little electricity all things considered though.

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 9, 2007 -> 10:25 AM) Unless you use A/C! - Summer does not save money. Discussion reopened. Buy fan. Turn on fan. Get in front of fan.

The Mets have signed Chan Ho Park to a 1 year, $600,000 major league contract, with incentives up to $2.4 million.

Yahtzee. That's all I have to say about This.

These 2 guys get some bonus points. Especially Flake.