The Czech Republic

What the fuck is it with Germanic people and undead faces flying up and scaring the shit out of us? First the German energy drink, this appears to be Dutch...damn clog-hoppin' windmill jockeys.

I look out the window, squint, and say "well, there it is."

Agreed. I'm not convinced that being a "players' manager" is a good way to win. I know it's a poor example to use in light of the World Series collapse, but in St. Louis, everyone knew that Tony La Russa was in charge of the team; not Pujols, not Walker, not Rolen. When the crap went down with Steve Kline, the matter was handled and it became an afterthought. When things went wrong in the Cubs clubhouse, it festered and became an ongoing presence in the whole team and, I'm sure, had something to do with their collapse. On a semi-related note, if the rumors are true that Kent Mercker was the one that made physical threats to Steve Stone leading to his resignation, give me one good reason why that piece of shit should still be employed. In fact, with the crap we DO know about over the course of the season, I'm still not sold on him sticking around.

Oh, brother. Here's an anecdote I just remembered. My AP psych teacher last year? Insanely liberal. This is one of the first times I decided to stay away from political discussion. "I'd like to recommend some fine independent news sources so that you guys can get a liberal view of the news, for a change." "For a change? The whole mainstream media is liberal as it is." "Oh, you mean FOX NEWS?!?! Hahaha!" (I half-expected him to say lol 2004.) "No...I mean ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, the New York Times, and public broadcasting, all very much liberal by all accounts." "Listen. I have a degree in political science and you don't, so don't tell me they're liberal. Everyone knows they're conservative." He also showed us Bowling For Columbine rather than actually teach fucking psychology. Maybe if he had done more than talk about how great his methods are, I would've gotten the 4 I wanted. Oh, and MikeSC: guess what he gave me at the end of the year? A CD of Noam Chomsky speaking at Harvard. "This is what I made my team listen to for that Iraq debate we had last year. And the material he talked about is why they beat your side." Debate about going into Iraq, me and my friend took the right, about EIGHT people took the left. We tried.

in my town Halloween is observed from 1-4 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month, which happens to be the 31st this year. It's stupid.

Shit, Loss! You suspended the WCW Champion! You're gonna get it for this.

Aw, nuts. Well, the Red Sox won the World Series, so everything is out the window

Dear Sammy, Meet the Mets. Meet the Mets. Step right up and greet the Mets. Bring the remains of your boombox, bring your wife. You're guaranteed to have the time of your life! Thanks, Chicago, IL

Wow, I didn't expect so much. Here's the attitude I have when dealing with liberals. I tell them that I can see why they'd take the stand they do but this is what I believe, and why. It gets touchy when I stumble upon someone who is all "Kerry and Edwards will save the planet!" and I try to dismantle the Democratic argument only to get "well my dad lost his job because of outsourcing, you jackass" and then it's a real oops moment. I do more than just say "I'm not stupid YOU'RE stupid," NYU, so don't worry. I think there are plenty of good Democrats out there, it's just that I feel their ideology is bad for domestic and foreign policy. As for the "free thinkers," I get annoyed by them the most, I think. My friend, for many years a wrestling obsessive and drug "enthusiast," went off to school and as far as I can tell became a raving lunatic. I dread it when he IMs me on MSN, because he's of this format: -Bush is the Great Satan, and the Saudis have their dicks up our asses -Marilyn Manson is the smartest man in America and smartest musician in history -The entire world must be educated and we should discriminate people by their education and so forth. It's a fucking pain in the ass to have to hear about how's he's a "free thinker" but he sounds just like everyone else who claims to be just that. I try to debate with him rationally but I can't because he just resorts to this: (8:53:32) I M NOT WRONG (8:53:39) GO AHEAD DAN TELL ME I'M WRONG (8:53:48) GO AHEAD TELL ME NOW (8:53:56) THERE YOU COULDN'T I'M RIGHT so that's when I just get fed up and make comments, but he's the most extreme of my liberal friends.

Peer pressure sucks. Most of my friends are telling me "your a moron[sic]" and "you're evil" and things like that because I support the Republicans, as much as a 17-year-old who has to sit on the sidelines for this election due to poor timing with the 18th birthday can do so. It's no surprise, I knew I was in for this, getting chastised by college students, but I didn't expect my actual pre-college friends to turn on me. I shouldn't feel stupid about my leanings, but since there's such a glut of close people telling me I am, apparently there's something they know that I don't? I'm just seeking validation here from the conservative brigade as to why I should be proud of my right-leaning ways.

You should've stayed a stranger.

Nah, I'm picturing the Family Guy where Peter is fishing with the Portuguese guys. "Hey Carlos, look what I've got for you....do-REE-tos...!"

Flair NEEDS a supporter.

I always liked you, chave!

Yeah what's the deal with all thsoe kids falling in the river? I was considering La-X briefly but northern Wisconsin is a little too redneck for my liking. Hell, southern Wisconsin is a little too redneck for my liking. I just didn't want to be so cut off, because while Eau Claire is at least maybe 90 minutes from the Twin Cities, La Crosse is surrounded by a whole lotta nothing. But hey, at least the bluffs are pretty! You wanna talk about small board? ISportsFan lives a few blocks away from my second cousins.

The bluffs are pretty. I have friends going to school at La-X.

I also agree that Griffey and Graves are just draining salary for Cincy and should get rid of both. The Reds could do better by just trading them.

I wanna get evaluated.

Yeah I guess I do don't I. He's like the Cutthroat to my Kotz, the DJ Jeff to my everyone.

So where do you guys think Mark Grudzielanek will land?

You know I really wish we had a bigger, stronger, Libertarian Party. If they could sort of mainstream themselves away from the fringier people of society and take a platform of what the Republicans ought to be but haven't been, I think they could make some inroads, insofar as a third party can in America.

You mean you're not?!?!?

CZECH REPUBLIC CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE POST If you want me to ridicule him based on the fallacy of his subtitle, page 34. If you want me to ridicule the thing about the debate, page 57. If you want me to slay the Giant Fertig Of Gorganok, page 9. PAGE 34 No one posts better. PAGE 57 Make him bleed like a "huoseslut[sic]"? Sounds like Current Events rhetoric to me! PAGE 9 The Czech Republic was killed in battle as he valiantly tried to slay the Fertig.

So let's see, what measures a pitcher better, ERA, or W-L... Milton picks up wins because he gets run support out the ass. He's the Anti-Clement.

There's no Japan or Mexico or Disputed Zone games to kick off the season again, are there?