lostfan

It all made sense why LeBron went to MIA... cuz that's where he's been all series.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 12, 2011 -> 11:15 PM) I made a wallpaper. Outstanding.

To commemorate the accomplishments of LeBron James, I plan on leaving work 12 minutes early tomorrow.

I will take one of these losses in every 4-game series if that means they are the "1" when we win them 3-1.

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QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 11, 2011 -> 08:07 PM) Were's lost's nearly world famous smiley. Which one? This one This one Or the one I think you're talking about, this one

The difference between Edwin and Javy is that if you were to strike both of them in the groin area with a closed fist, I'm pretty sure only Edwin would be the one who immediately doubles over in pain.

Hilariously dumb exchange between me and a random friend of a guy I know. My friend posted a status making fun of Newt Gingrich and he said this: "Newt is not only polarizing, but his politics are decidedly left of center. He is just a Democrat in Republican clothing." Holy f***ing s***, how twisted does your worldview have to be to believe Newt Motherf***ing Gingrich is "decidedly left of center?" When I tried to politely tell him there wasn't a left-wing bone in Gingrich's body he justifies it with this statement: "Kieth, do you realize that the health care plan he proposed in opposition to Hillary Care is essentially Romney/Obama Care? Do you not know that he allied with Hillary Clinton on SCHIP in the late 1990's." Aside from the fact that he was looking right at my name and still managed to spell it wrong, it's really awesome that he has the ability to switch the flow of time in REVERSE so he can say that Gingrich's plan was Obamacare, instead of the order the events actually happened, which would have him phrase it "Obama/Romney's plan was the Gingrich/Republican/Heritage plan" since 1994 did in fact happen before 2006 and 2010. At least it was their plan until Obama endorsed it and it became politically convenient to pretend that never happened, something that should really be common knowledge but isn't. Richard Nixon must've used all that anti-communism paranoia as a smokescreen because his healthcare plan makes him pretty much Karl Marx when you sit him next to Obama.

A loss is a loss, but these are like the worst kind... at least when you're losing by 16 runs in the 5th inning you can just kind of laugh at how comically bad it is and chalk it up as one game, but these feel like a punch in the stomach.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 01:36 PM) Look Lebron is a cocky guy. But Im never going to hate on a player for wanting to win more championships. Ive yet to see anywhere in a clip where Lebron proclaims himself the best player. People said that he deserved more criticism because he calls himself the greatest ever (its just not true). He does have a tattoo across his body that says "THE CHOSEN ONE" edit: f*** posting in this thread a whole day after everyone else

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 08:30 PM) But not GOAT player. Thats the difference. I agree its a huge compliment, thats why I said it. I don't think Dirk is a GOAT-type player either, but to back up that statement I'd have to go pull a bunch of stats and prove the argument... he's not really that far off.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) From a 2 second google search: "Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am." (USA Today, Nov. 21, 2005) I doubt he's said "i'm the greatest ever, f*** you all, including MJ." But his actions and his complete acceptance of that view from his "crew" (including ESPN) express the same point. He's the exact opposite of a guy like Rose, who's humble almost to a fault. What is wrong with him believing that, exactly? I mean it's not much different than Rose saying "why can't I be MVP" or anything like that.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 09:59 AM) Yup. Guess what he's good at, midrange jumpers and getting to the hoop, two things that are outcomes of having a good post game at his size. And I LOL'ed at the commentators comments last night about Dirk. First saying that this is the first time that people will know who he is, and second putting him up there as a GOAT. He's very awesome, but I think of him as more of a Hakeem quality player. Comparing anyone to Hakeem is a mega-compliment and is kind of ceding that said player is one of the GOAT at their position... who are your top 5 centers of all time? I'm thinking Hakeem's gotta be in there somewhere (in no order but just off the top of my head) Kareem Wilt Shaq Hakeem Russell

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 10, 2011 -> 06:39 AM) LeBron's had a total of 11 4th quarter points in the finals. Like I said,he's supposed to be the best player on the court/planet, he needs to do better than that. I just got ready to post that. 11 points in the 4th is what you'd expect from LeBron in one game. Not 5...

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 10:23 PM) There is nothing worse in life than those f***ing tmobile commercials The Blake Griffin slow motion dunk commercials

I ran into LeBron James this afternoon and asked him for a dollar. He handed me 75 cents... I started to ask why until I remembered LeBron James never gives you the 4th quarter.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2011 -> 06:17 PM) A good health care read from the economist. Not sure how many different times, or how many different ways I've said this... ...what's the difference to YOU? Nothing!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) Read that really terrible WSJ editorial. "Oh, sure, he was wrong, it's never been done. In fact, the closest was a couple of years of near-5% under Reagan and Clinton. But it's an admirable goal!" Yeah, so is ending poverty world-wide and lasting global peace. That doesn't mean it's an actual policy, and it certainly doesn't mean your ridiculous ideas of gutting the government in favor of the incredibly wealthy will actually get you there. edit: that'd be a 62% GDP increase in 10 years. I don't think Pawlenty understands compound interest. Ezra Klein Obama should just claim 5% GDP growth in all of his plans and we'd have a motherf***ing utopia before too long.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 8, 2011 -> 07:59 PM) Bill Simmons and Jeff Passan are the two best sports journalists on the planet. Agreed

LOL a decade of 5% GDP growth.

My cousin has a Dewon Day jersey that Day gave to him.

I love Bill Simmons's writing style.

Peavy to DL Dog Bites Man Israeli-Palestinian Relations Tense Top Republican Disagrees with President Obama About Something Police Look for Leads in Chicago Homicide

Omar Vizquel: how can you not love that crusty old man?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 7, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) It's more hilarious to me that the lemmings in the audience still think she has her history wrong, especially during the interview with Wallace when she clarified her statement (listen to the oohs and ahhs). They also had a big reaction to her comment that the British were going to take our arms, as if that was something she made up (she didn't, that's what they were doing). Why can't people just point out the real issue - that it was a lame attempt at relating the problems with government we have today to the problems we had with the British - instead of yucking it up like a bunch of morons who think (wrongly) that she's making up history and that that's further proof that she's an idiot? Aren't liberals supposed to be above this kinda of stuff? QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 6, 2011 -> 06:14 PM) That's like... technically true, but I'm pretty sure he was detained and questioned by the British (who did not shoot him on sight because he was unarmed). Quite different from deliberately WARNING them. Also only a western Republican in 2011 would try to frame any part of the Revolutionary War as some kind of 2nd Amendment rights thing and ignore the part about the rebel colonies wanting to break from the mother country and place sovereignty in the people It's like these posts are imaginary to you or something.