Game 159: Reds at Astros
by Slyde on Sep 25, 2008 6:00 PM EDT
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Ugh, more Roy Oswalt? Can't the Reds miss him just once?
Tonight's the night that Cueto wins #10. I've been pining for it for weeks, but it will be one last milestone for this team - 3 pitchers with 10 or more wins for the first time since 2000. Also, if Cueto can pitch at least 5 innings tonight without giving up an earned run, his ERA will drop below 4.50 and his ERA+ will finish over 100. I'll take that from a rookie.
Plus, they need to win out to get to 78 wins to match my prediction at the beginning of the season. I don't like being wrong. Don't make be wrong.
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I wish 30 Rock was coming back tonight too
but I’ll takes what I can gets.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
oh, are they?
I guess when I looked there, I wasn’t sufficiently caught up.
I think we overmeet as a society.
ive had this day circled on the calendar
for 2 months. i remembered my anniversary because it is 5 days after The Office.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 25, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, Mark Reynolds broke the 200 barrier in strikeouts as the DBacks lose
The Dodgers therefore clinch the NL West.
It’s all Dunn’s fault.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
Yeah, Dunn's record was at like 198 I believe
by Brendanukkah on Sep 25, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Regardless, Dunn has never struck out 200 times
by Brendanukkah on Sep 25, 2008 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions
wrong, than, wrong
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks
I’m looking forward to seeing the g’looking Jenna Fischer tonight on The Office
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
also
i thought i was referencing a previous discussion we’ve had about irregardless not being a real word
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Dunn on Reynolds
Adam Dunn knows what teammate Mark Reynolds is going through. Dunn set the major league record of 194 strikeouts in 2004 and held it for three seasons, until Ryan Howard broke it in 2007. “There are two ways to look at it. It means you are out there playing every day. A lot of people would have passed that if they played every day,” Dunn said. “It sucks, but if you are producing out there, I’m not changing a thing. It’s a production game. How many times do you step on home plate?”
— via Yahoo
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
Are you out if you step on homeplate?
Dunn doesn’t know how to play the game the right way.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
as much as I shit on New York (sorry, BubbaFan)
This makes me smile on the inside and the outside:
The plan for our first installment: to create a hamburger of such decadent and epic proportion that it would literally make women weep, men question their faith in God, and angels leap out of the clouds and sing.
I think they succeeded.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
25th !!!!
Off to bowling…I hope to come home to:
1. Cueto’s 10th (sound like a symphony)
2. And/or a win by the Reds
3. Another exciting game thread
4. Mrs. M fast asleep
5. cause I’ll be fast drunk!
Gor Reds Go RRs
Picture of my team_ Me, Red, virgil, Perry and Dinkus
we were proud to be on Perry’s team
But then he died ( in a terrible RV accident) and Virgil went upstate for 15 years
Those were the days fellas… so now we bowl in the 3 man classic at Madville Lanes.
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
are you Thomas Pynchon?
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 25, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
This smells a lot like spring training and the first week of the season
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Corey P. Palindrome
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Patterson has 10 home runs this year
thats one more than the number of times he’s been caught stealing.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 25, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions
He's a double-double waiting to happen
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
So CPat hit a dinger against Oswalt....
are there snow flurries in hell ??
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
All that proves is that Corey's not a true Red
Which I think we should all be ready to accept
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
ok...where did everybody go..
i feel like I’m on a snipe hunt
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
I'm around.
Not much going on at the moment.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm watching earl..
i think i’m starting to fall out of like with this show
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Never liked that show.
I’m watching the game until the Office comes on.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
it's an hour, which i assumed meant one hour long episode
but instead it’s two separate episodes meaning i could’ve gotten a new 30 rock tonight
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
that was ugly....
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
i have never drank a beer such as stroh's
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
we used to drink it in high school...
came in a handy 15 pack !
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Bring out the floggin' stick
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Sep 25, 2008 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
fucking keppinger...
Cueto should have been out of the inning
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
so did Cueto get out of the jam?
my wife had to change it to ugly betty
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 25, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions
are you going to have to go through the two hours of torture that follows ugly betty?
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
uhhhh
no way Jose. The Office is going to wash all the sin away.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 25, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
good!
i was about to have to feel sorry for you
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
that would be no...
bases clearing double… asstrohs 3 reds 1
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
damn
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 25, 2008 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
we were going to flogg him for causing one run
for three runs he should be keel-hauled
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm glad the Office is coming on
There’s no reason to watch the next hour or so with Pwnswalt out there
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
yeah
andy kinda stole jim’s thunder in last season’s finale
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
well, if it's any consolation
i don’t think angela is too fond of him either
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
i heart ed helms
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Sep 26, 2008 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
switching back and forth...
keppinger is not a g’ shortstop
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
ER is finally on its last season?
I feel like they promised that before.
I think we overmeet as a society.
not sure... I was watching the office too !!
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
ack, and the bases sacked full of astronomicals !
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
He didn't start as a douche.
A couple of the characters changed a lot…
I think we overmeet as a society.
when you see season 4
you’ll see the transformation
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
andy was funny just a second ago
when he said he hasn’t lived a very hard life
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
meanwhile back in Houston
Micah in to pinch hit…
grounds into fielders choice
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
Two hits and two walks in five innings.
Nice job, guys.
Both walks, by the walk, drawn by Bako.
I think we overmeet as a society.
Oswalt 2 hitting the reds... 2 for 2 with a RBI
22-1 all time vs the reds..
there’s only one way to counter this..
we should trade for him
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
holy crap
Cueto gone in 2.2 innings?
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yep.. thanks to keppinger
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Keppinger?
Keppinger’s the reason Cueto has five earned runs in 2.2 innings?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
butchered an easy double play that would have ended the inning
and then Cueto unravelled
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Keppinger
is not a shortstop. At least, he shouldn’t be.
Meanwhile, Halladay had a complete game against the Yankees tonight.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
what kinda tickets did she have?
i never could hear it
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
counting crows
and just when you thought he was going to buy them and ask her to go with him…
he didn’t.
I think we overmeet as a society.
as was referenced tonight
Jan is batshiat crazy
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Jeff Picoro now an Astros broadcaster?
I don’t understand why he and Brantely always seem to be rooting for the other team.
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ryan demptser is starting the cubs first playoff game...
looks like the cubs playoff losing will get off to a quick start
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:16 PM EDT reply actions
Mets or Brewers?
Tied for the wild card, and both playing in games that are tied tonight.
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Rooting for the Brewers
cause I want the Phillies to win the East and for the Mets to complete the collapse
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I have to say
I will laugh hysterically if the Mets collapse again.
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go brew crew
i admire their total disregard for the rest of c.c.’s career…
they’re not gonna resign him so whatta they care?
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Other sports related update
USC down 21-0 at halftime to Oregon State. What.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
seriously?
that’s whack!
i’d like to watch that second half
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I've been saying all year
Oregon State is a tough team to beat when they have a 21-point lead.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
i didn't believe you at first
but now i see where you are coming from
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions
The same OSU
that lost to Stanford.
And Penn State, but that one’s not a horrible loss.
I think we overmeet as a society.
they put saran wrap on the toilet seat
that really upset usc
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
IO?
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
Fuck USC
They beat the living shit out of Ohio State, and then think they’re the fucking Patriots, party for 2 weeks, and shit the bed against OREGON STATE
Politickin' in God's Country
that was implied, my friend
apologies if my sense of humor is off. this gas crisis is making me wanna cap a bitch
Politickin' in God's Country
Still in crisis mode?
Apparently I’ll have to fill up in Statesville at the latest. Hickory is out of gas now!
I think we overmeet as a society.
yeah...
means that a hell of a lot of people are home for our phonebanks though!
Politickin' in God's Country
By the way
I am currently pissed at Obama and Biden for planning to be in Greensboro the first weekend in over a month that I won’t be here.
They could have called and asked, and they would have found out that I have a wedding to attend on Saturday. But no…
I think we overmeet as a society.
We're up in the polls here though
you’ll see them come back thorugh before Nov. 4th
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So I figured.
I assume he’ll go to Raleigh or Durham, at least.
Is Kay Hagan distancing herself, or what?
I think we overmeet as a society.
Kay Hagan is running a really shitty campaign
and only has a chance because we have registered the hell out of the state
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The DNC ads have helped, too.
They’ve been surprisingly good.
Hers have sucked.
I think we overmeet as a society.
yeah i agree
the money slotted for Dole went to McCain after it got close, so she’s in a bit of trouble now.
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Yeah, that's the other thing.
Dole has run just as crappy of a campaign, plus she pissed away her entire term doing nothing useful.
I think we overmeet as a society.
Barack Obama hates Gray people
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
that's a shame
I just spilled 4 gallons of gas at the station because I could.
Representin’ the heartland, bitches!
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Sep 25, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
How's your 9th place game going?
I haven’t been paying attention.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
I'm playing for 3rd place this week against ken
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
I'm currently putting the smack down on ken
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
ouch
considering i missed the draft and fielded a team made entirely of waiver wire pickups, I like 9th place just fine. Wait till next year!
Politickin' in God's Country
coincidentally
he had a lot of reds players on his team
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
Hey Keppinger was a great keeper...
for the first 30 games of the season
Politickin' in God's Country
/chesire cubs
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
Mets win.
Beltran single in the bottom of the 9th scores Reyes.
BOOOO!
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Carlos Beltran?
I thought he was unclutch.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
According to Joe Posnanski's blog the other day
he is also a horrible fielder if you compare him to David DeJesus
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nobody messes with dejesus
when did this site become censored?
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Carlos Beltran
The one who got away, from Yankee fans’ POV. He was willing to take a pay cut to come to the Bronx, but nooooo….
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
oh man
that’s a sad story. :P
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Sep 25, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd again
you’ve brought a season’s worth of funny in the last ten minutes
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
eh
I’ve been picking on BF a lot lately, but it’s only because I find the reaction from Yankees fans this season to be fascinating. While we sit here rooting for a team in it’s 8th straight losing season, it’s hard to feel sorry for fans who think that they are an organization in shambles (fun fact: they have the same number of wins as the 2000 WS champions). Not that BF is this way, but she is the only Yankees fan that I interact with, so she gets the ribbing from me. Hopefully she knows it’s all in good fun.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
i thought it was more mean spirited than you are letting on
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Not at all
You have to turn off your asshole filter that makes you assume everyone is like you.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
S'okay
We Yankee fans are used to abuse.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Nah
We’re too self-absorbed to give it out.
Take the way Boston fans chant “Yankees suck!” at Patriots games. Not our sport, not our city…but it’s still all about us. Because the world revolves around the Yankees, y’know. The world hates the Yankees, but it revolves around them. ;-)
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
FWIW I now hate Boston fans more than the yankees
they still think they won the 75 world series
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
One would think that
since the only highlight you see is Fisk and the homerun.
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well I admit it was a little more exciting than the sac fly to win game 7
but we still won dammit
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
It was
One rumored reason was that Joe Torre refused to accept that Bernie couldn’t handle CF any more.
Though I suppose if they actually had acquired Beltran, Bubba might never have gotten out of Columbus.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
yeah
that reminds me of the time when the Reds spent a crapload of money on Eric Milton. We’re like two peas in the same pod.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
you know her rooting for the yankees, and you being a reds fan
is kinda like how she used to live in hawaii, and you used to live in michigan
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I've lived in Michigan
For very short periods, anyway. My sister was a student there, and I visited her a couple of times. I love Ann Arbor.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
To hear the Buckeyes tell it
Many people have loved Ann Arbor. Kind of the Brendan’s mom of Big Ten towns.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 26, 2008 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope
this guy just put the Reds down in order in the 8th:
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
WaMu
The FDIC took over Washington Mutual tonight. Holy guacamole. The FDIC always does these things on Friday night, so they have the whole weekend to get things fixed and account access restored by Monday morning. But it’s not Friday.
Meanwhile, the Times reports:
WASHINGTON — The day began with an agreement that Washington hoped would end the financial crisis that has gripped the nation. It dissolved into a verbal brawl in the Cabinet Room of the White House, urgent warnings from the president and pleas from a Treasury secretary who knelt before the House speaker and appealed for her support.
"If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down," President Bush declared Thursday as he watched the $700 billion bailout package fall apart before his eyes, according to one person in the room.
Geez. Maybe people would believe you, Shrub, if you hadn’t lied like a rug about Iraq.
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He's not so good
at making people think he has any idea what he’s talking about.
I think we overmeet as a society.
there better be some Wamu executives on the street tomorrow morning
fired like the way Randall and Mortimer fired Dan Akroyd in Trading Places..
credit cards cut up / houses foreclosed / credit ruined.. everything gone
then this might be bearable to watch
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
And it's all Ohio's fault...
But once the doors closed, the smooth-talking House Republican leader, John A. Boehner of Ohio, surprised many in the room by declaring that his caucus could not support the plan to allow the government to buy distressed mortgage assets from ailing financial companies.
Actually, I’m glad. I hate this bailout. Yes, “this sucker” is probably going done. But it’s going down anyway. It doesn’t need to go down with $700 billion of our money.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Me, too
McCain reportedly got in Bush’s face about it. I’d love to have been a fly on the wall.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
a video of that would do wonders for McCains campaign
its a pity we didn’t have McCain the last 8 years instead of Bush..
things are just too fucked up right now.. theres no way in hell any republican can win this election
AKA redsfan68 Nobody listens to Andrew
by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I pity whoever wins
They’re going to inherit a train wreck, and probably take the blame for it.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
"reportedly" is the key on that one
I’m inclined to think that everyone excepting nlt-andrew68 is floundering for a position that holds on this one.
Politickin' in God's Country
no I'm definately floundering too...
I like both candidates.. hate both parties
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 26, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
No, I think McCain is being very savvy here
People despise this bailout deal. It’s so hated, it makes Yankee fans look popular. Reaction from voters is running something like 100-1 against.
If one candidate stands against it, and other does not, the one who stands against it will win.
When McCain suspended his campaign, I thought he was crazy. But if his idea of “dealing with the financial crisis” is killing the bailout…he’s crazy like a fox.
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Despised does not equal wrong
It’s easy to take the principled stand here. Nobody likes the idea of bailing out investment banks. But if the practical choice is between the bailout and our borrowing system grinding to a halt, there shouldn’t be any question.
McCain is pulling such a shamelessly transparent stunt. Depending on how you gauge the swing voters’ intelligence, it might be savvy or it might backfire. He’s admitted that he has a weak grasp of economic issues. He stated just a couple of weeks ago that the fundamentals of our economy our strong. And he’s playing catch-up with others in Congresss because he was on the road when all of this came to a head. He adds nothing but noise to the process. We’ll see if it works for him.
Very well said
I don’t think either of them should be muddying the proceedings with this grandstanding. At least we’re having a debate tonight… Couldn’t come at a better time, IMO
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CNBC reported
that Obama and McCain screamed at each other yesterday after the cameras were turned off.
I think most of our congresscritters want this bill to pass…while they vote against it. They can see the crap flying toward the fan. If the bailout doesn’t work, as is likely, anyone who voted for it will be dead meat. If it doesn’t pass, and the crap still hits the fan, then anyone who voted against it will be dead meat. It’s a no-win scenario.
Jon Stewart had a hilarious bit last night where he compared Bush arguing for the Iraq war with Bush arguing for the bailout. That’s the beef I have. Bush & Co. always set it up this way: either do what I say, or do nothing. Black or white, with us or against us, good guys or evil-doers. And always set up so there’s no time, it has to be approved now, now, now. They better not fall for it again.
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Then let's
approve an emergency loan in stages, with Congress having to approve further installments, and taxpayers getting a return on it through a stake or a payback plan with interest. ken’s right, we can’t not do anything. and you’re right, we can’t have the Bush administration that will be gone in 4 months making the final policy on this. Fact of the matter is that we’ve frozen lending, and that’s a big problem. Get an influx of cash into the system with consumer protection written into the bill.
Also, this is exactly why Barack and McCain shouldn’t have politicized this whole process. It’s completely counter-productive. I love Sen. Obama, he’s my guy and I’m working a 100 hours a week for him, but he’s gotta be smart enough to realize that he and Sen. McCain are not the real policy makers in this decision
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I am so plecked off about this
that I am voting on this issue, and only on this issue. Anyone who votes for Paulson’s plan won’t get my vote. If I have to vote for a third party candidate, I will.
(I live in a safe blue state, so I can do this.)
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In medio stat veritas
Which mean the truth stands in the middle.
What I hate about both political parties is that they’re so damn stubborn that they refuse to compromise even when the middle ground is the correct stance. Both Men will be an upgrade over what we have now, but the people around both of them turn my stomach.
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 26, 2008 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Colbert had a fake Suzy Orman "Can I afford it" bit
US GDP 13.3 trillion
National debt 9.8 trillion
what do you want to buy: a bunch of bad banks
sorry: DENIED can’t afford it
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 26, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
We have to do something
But not Bush & Paulson have proposed. It’s a stupid idea. It won’t work.
I’d rather see something like Denninger’s plan.
The problem is too much debt, and too much secrecy. The point of the free market is that people are supposed to know what they are buying.
The answer to too much debt is not more debt.
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I like Lionel Hutz's plan
Burn all your belongings and incriminating documents and declare that the person who stands before you is no longer Lionel Hutz. “Say hello to Miguel Sanchez!”
by Brendanukkah on Sep 26, 2008 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
yes and we need to repeal that bear tax
its killing me
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 26, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Let the bears pay the bear tax! I pay the Homer tax!
“That’s homeowner tax.”
by Brendanukkah on Sep 26, 2008 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Homer wasn't doing too bad in 1996
Homer’s paycheck {ddg}
Gross Pay (40 hours) 479.80 ($11.995/hour)
Federal Withholding 56.25
FICA 36.34
State Withholding 10.45
Municipal Tax 9.37
Bear Patrol Tax 5.00
———
Net Pay 362.19
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 26, 2008 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
"the answer is not more debt..."
thats what i think… its like taking a cash advance on a credit card to pay another credit card bill.
It only makes the problem worse.
I think the free market must take its course and we must let it. if we keep proping the same system up, aren’t we setting ourselves up for an even greater fall ??
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 26, 2008 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I think that's what's happening now
It’s not just Bush’s fault. This goes back to at least Clinton. Which means both Democratic and Republican congresses presided over it. The dot-com bubble because the housing bubble became a credit crisis. “Bubbles” Greenspan tried so hard to avoid recession, but he only postponed it. And now we’re facing that “greater fall.”
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riddle me this bubba fan
why doesn’t the government by the distressed mortgage assets directly from the disstressed people that own them…
fuck the financial companies
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Because then everyone screams
SOCIALISM!
Politickin' in God's Country
by chesirecat on Sep 25, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
Corporate socialism is okay, of course.
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So we once again have a Federal Bank
Alexander Hamilton would be proud
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
We've
had a Federal Reserve since 1913.
Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.
by havanaconnect on Sep 26, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Everyone
should scream HYPOCRISY. We’ve been preaching transparency and free market “shock therapy” to poor countries for years. Every time we get in a little bit of trouble we run to government to intervene.
Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.
by havanaconnect on Sep 26, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
There's talk of the IMF monitoring the US
You know, like they do with countries like Argentina. How embarrassing.
I think the real worry is that we won’t be able to keep borrowing. Our Chinese overlords are not happy. Our creditors are all watching each other, ready to bolt for the door if they see any sign anyone else is.
We’ve been borrowing money to pay interest on our debt, and now it’s coming back to bite us.
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If I remember
Argentina told the IMF to stick it, and their economy started to improve. How embarrassing is right.
Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.
by havanaconnect on Sep 26, 2008 3:58 AM EDT up reply actions
What exactly
do you mean?
Michael: Now, the soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't. Roth: What does that tell you? Michael: They can win.
by havanaconnect on Sep 25, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
That's Archbishop Moeller High School grad, John A. Boehner
Crusaders are always Fighting!
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
or we could bunt...
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
you think i'm kidding I swear i saw Bako square to bunt
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow
So the Mets and Brewers are still tied for the wc?
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grey's anatomy is the most maddening thing on television
everything about it is terrible
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 11:26 PM EDT reply actions
not Ellen Pompeo
she’s hot… but you’re correct the show is awful
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
i hate her the most
unfortunately, i’ve seen every episode
by chandrathan on Sep 25, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah but you hate Barry Larkin too !
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 26, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
i don't hate him...
i’m just tired of him
by chandrathan on Sep 26, 2008 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
very unclutch.... se ya strike 3
was he really throwing 98 -99 ??
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by nlt-andrew68 on Sep 25, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
So close, and yet so far
And Bako really was an on-base machine tonight. 1 for 1 with 2 walks!
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Let me the first to congratulate Buckeye fans
on OSU beating the Trojans.
Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers
by Man Mountain on Sep 26, 2008 4:31 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
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