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That about sums up my summer as well, but the ole lady is about sick of it. She's going to have to get to know her role a bit better apparently....

Isn't this an event for the fans? So because he's pissed at Ozzie Guillen he is going to piss on the fans instead of confronting Ozzie face-to-face. Hell, he doesn't even need to confront him, doesn't need to say a word to the man if he doesn't want to. Sickening really.

Their defense laid back in the second half with a 24-10 lead and were pretty much dominating the game at that point. Their lax defense made the game a game again. That was in Indy. This is in NE. Bellicheck, the best coach in the league, will not lay back this time and will have his team prepared for victory. The Pats are SO fundamentally sound on both sides of the ball and special teams that they are going to be very difficult to beat. The difference between playing NE and playing DEN and KC for Peyton is that this week he'll be facing MAD pressure. I don't think, with the cold factored in, he will be able to be successful under that pressure. KC was a fluke all season long, doesn't take much to beat them if your'e a team worth a s***. Denver didn't even show up in the wildcard game. Helluva run brotha, but it ends this week in NE against the first solid team you've faced in the playoffs. BTW, I'm a Titan fan and would love to see the AFC South be representin' in Houston, but I just don't see it happening.

The Mike's that I like the most is where the lumberjack gets his hand cutoff so his buddy takes him to the bar for a Mike's. So the bartender slides the bottle down the bar, dude sticks out his arm to catch it, but his hand was gone so it just slid off the end of the bar. classic.

The worst:: McDonald's...any of their commercials that have that f***ing "I'm lovin' it" song playing. Seriously, I can't stand it. They really bug the living s*** out of me. The best:: tough question...I forget which company it was but the commercial with the 401K and the people in the office are celebrating, like the one dude jumping onto the cube into his coworkers arms kinda like they do at Lambeau Field. Now that is funny. I also love the GEICO one where it's the commercial for the hair club. That one cracks me up every time.

"What is this "day of rest" s***? What is this bulls***, man? I don't f***ing care! It don't matter to Jesus! But you're not fooling me! You might fool the f***s in the league office, but you don't fool Jesus! It's bush league psych-out stuff! Laughable, man! I would've f***ed you in the ass Saturday, I'll f*** you in the ass next Wednesday instead!" So said Jesus...Jesus Quintana

Dr. Demento, wasn't it? I was late junior high, early high school during that era. My dad got me listening to Steve and Gary and that led to me listening to Kevin Matthews and Brandmeir. Talk about great radio, I loved it. Dahl's "Antony" was always my favorite...."i was porkin' this bra'd in the front comma pue...see i'm takin' dis puncteation class"--classic

Apu, 2 quick points. 1.) To say that Bush "slashed" funding is an inaccurate statement. You cannot technically cut money by adding 11% to funding. I understand your point with the higher DOE requirements creating a financial strain on school districts, but I feel that your (liberals in general) use of "slash" is inaccurate. 2.) The Libyan reparations for PanAm 103 were made under Bush's watch. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5260/...sation2002.html As far as me voting libertarian, they will nominate their ticket on May 30th. I have no idea if they will be on the ballot here in OK. Considering Bush will win in a landslide this Nov. coupled with the fact that OK's electoral votes are already in his pocket, I just might vote Libertarian being I won't be harming Bush's chance at re-election nor will I be helping Dean or Clark. I guess it's that or just not vote. You seem like you're probably a Kucinich supporter (I love the fact he talks about instant runoff voting, a much needed change to our election process) but who do you think will win the dem's nomination? Do you think that any of them can beat Bush?

I consider myself a fairly staunch conservative. I am disgusted by our government right now. We have Republican control of the congress and white house but government is growing at an accelerated rate. Here's just some examples of why I don't understand the left's dislike of GWB. 1) Discretionary domestic spending has increased by over 27% since Bush took office. In other words, he is spending way more on entitlements and programs in 3 yrs than Clinton did in 8 yrs. 2) To please labor unions, Bush passed the highest steel tariffs in American history. He recently reversed these due to a threatened trade war from the EU that would thrown us back into recession 3) He basically copied Ted Kennedy's education bill, renamed it "Leave No Child Behind," and INCREASED education spending by over 11%. Still, he gets criticized by liberals for "slashing" education. 4) He recently signed the "American Dream" act, which gives preferences & aid to minorities in buying a home. No poor whites need apply. He still gets criticized for being a racist bigotted Republican, of course. 5) He supported a Federal Court's approval ruling on an affirmative action case involving defacto use of racial quotas in admisions (minorities were given extra "points" in admissions applications based solely on their minority status). Of course, he's still a racist. 6) He signed the Campaign Finance Reform bill, which is an attack on free speech. Candidates cannot run ads discrediting an incumbent within 60 days of an election! Terrible. 7) The recent Medicare/Medicaid Drug Bill. Those programs now have even more entitlements and are larger than ever. Still he still gets criticized for "slashing" those programs, leaving seniors and the poor to die laying in the streets because they don't have medical care (though their entitlements are more now than ever). 8) While Arnold moves in CA to stop driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, Bush proposes basically an anmesty for illegal workers if they can prove they have work. This is more left than anything CA was doing beforehand. Still, Bush is a racist white bigot in the eyes of many liberals. 9.) He has YET to veto a single spending bill and NOT ONCE has he ever spoke of making government smaller in a speech. I'm faced with quite a conundrum this November. I am NOT happy with Bush's idea of conservativism and am fearful of how large the government could get after another 4 years of his ridiculous spending tactics. This will make me very hesitant to cast my vote for him. On the other hand, unless Joe Lieberman wins the dem nomination (yeah right) there is not a single dem candidate worth a s***. Do I just not vote?

One day minorities will realize that the democratic party is only successful as long as the minorities can be made out as victims. They're the only party whose agenda would have to include race as an issue to get votes.

Bush hatas...what is so conservative about GWB? Seems to me liberals would love this guy.

It's going to be a decent to good year no matter where you put your loot but I've heard that Large-Cap funds, blue chip stocks, and precious metals/oil will all have a very good year. I have the option to run my 401K through a brokerage account. I've got a good bit put aside in mutual funds but have thew a bit at trading individual stocks. It's definitely fun to trade the stocks but challenging also. Sometimes I'll think I'm dead on a prediction and the market acts the exact opposite. Be safe, use the funds until you know what the hell you're doing.

3 yrs at $14.5M. What a steal. 3 years of his production for 1 year of Maggs or Vlad. Seriously, what a steal.

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Which is precisely why we'd never pry him away from LA.

don't know if this was already posted but here's a look at Nomah's #s at Comiskey:: 29G, 110AB, 20R, 33H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 5HR, 16RBI, .300AVG, .836OPS At Fenway he's a career .338 hitter with an .960 OPS. So yes, his #'s would probably be a bit weaker here but certainly not as bad as the .240 avg people have been throwing around. I'm also sure that his Comiskey #s would increase once he gets acclimated to his home field.

Armas, Jr was hurt most of last season but started the season strong prior to his injury. I don't know how much we would have to pay for him, but if the price is right, he'd be a solid pickup, IMHO.

I hope that we do turn around and send him to LA. The way I see it, your team doesn't really improve too much with Nomah. If we got Perez, Mota and two top prospects in a deal from LA, free up $10M, use the loot to sign Ponson, Javy, JuanGon, (cough cough) Vlad (cough cough), or solid relievers we DEFINITELY have a better team than before. Basically, in this scenario, we traded Maggs for Ponson, JuanGon, Perez, Mota, and two TOP prospects. I think that's more than we could've expected from a guy with 1 yr left on his deal. And I'm tellin' ya, Danny Evans is pissed. He is shocked that he's not getting Nomar. He'll overpay for him. I love it. And yes, I do equate Perez, Mota, and two TOP prospects for Nomar as overpaying.

Canada donates $190M to the effort and then thinks they can turn that $190M into a billion or two in contracts. UmmmmNO. We had troops give their lives while Canada sat back and watched (and criticized). $190M after the blood was spilt doesn't buy forgiveness nor does it buy a shot at 500% returns on contracts. France and Germany....we don't need 'em, they need us. Just ask some Frenchies how that wine/cheese boycott treated their economy.

If either USC or LSU had lost yesterday it would have been their second loss of the season. OU was undefeated going into last night's game. So where's the hypocrisy? OU is, without a doubt, the most talented NCAA football team in the nation.

There was no question in anyone's mind that OU was absolutely the best team in college football...prior to last night's debacle. When you hear chatter about OU being "one of the greatest teams of all time" throughout the sports reporting world during the season it is safe to assume that they were inherently the best team of THIS season.....before last night's debacle. Everyone roots for the underdog and that's why, IMHO, most people are pulling for LSUvUSC. I'm not really a big college football fan but I pay attention enough to know that OU will/would whoop the living s*** out of either LSU or USC. It would be a travesty for OU not to go to New Orleans....AFTER last night's debacle....they are still one of the best teams the NCAA has fielded, ever.

According to The Sporting News this Brown deal would also include Nick Johnson going to LA. Obviously LA would have absolutely no use for PK if they get Johnson. Let's pray that this deal doesn't go down between LA and NY.

IMHO, value is set at demand. If I put an antique (Arod) on EBay it's sale value is not set by me (rangers) but rather by the amount of demand, or worth, that the antique holds with prospective buyers (the AL). A-Rod, by being the best player in the American League, is certainly the most valuable player in the league. The fact that he plays for the Rangers is irrelevant. Get wishlists from all the AL GMs, with no financial considerations, and I could almost guarantee A-Rod would be on the top of every list. That's why he's valuable and that's why he makes more money than any other ML player.

That's the point though....you can't expect 1 million people to change their minds and spend more money than they currently are. It won't happen. Either JR budges (1 man, 1 mind) or the fans budge (1 million people, 1 million minds). The fans won't change unless we have a winning team for more than 1 year.