The Czech Republic

DoCock, go like the White Sox.

Carnival = comeback player of the year

I haven't seen it, but I imagine the chord wasn't long enough... That's what the pedal on the right is for

Okay, people are gonna misread "promo"

SCALIA IS TEH EVIL PUPPETMASTER

Any Williams tournament win is bad for tennis, why Wimbledon '05 more than any other?

It'll be Ted Kennedy following in his dad's footsteps.

My history professor said today that Truman was a much better president than Roosevelt, so I like him.

It's not even supposed to BE a fucking battle, that's the worst part. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who didn't answer much during hearings (with the blessing of Joe "I just don't KNOW enough!" Biden, of all people), was waved through 96-3, in a 57D-43R Senate. Essentially a consensus. Stephen Breyer, 87-9. He was qualified, he got through without a hitch. We get to John Roberts and it's 78-22. Where was the battle in '93 and '94? And look at the cocksuckers that voted nay: Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Dick Durbin, Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein, to name a few. I'm sure they'll be joined by even more this time around.

I don't know if the words ever left his mouth, but I know his whole deal was trying to be a man of integrity above all the partisan bullshit that everyone could agree on. Logical platform when you run against Alan Keyes. That's not the same thing as being a moderate. It implies that he's not going to be heavily left- or right-wing. You can't gain respect from everyone if you're a liberal nut or conservative nut, can you?

I don't know if the words ever left his mouth, but I know his whole deal was trying to be a man of integrity above all the partisan bullshit that everyone could agree on. Logical platform when you run against Alan Keyes.

Yeah to be fair, Kobe-n-Shaq were a little tied up that summer. Man, that "Kobe was great IN court today, but he's even better ON the court tonight!" shit made me want to kill a man.

"Little House On Melmac"

Was this really a gimmick, or are you just being difficult

IMO, the correct singular form of Red Sox would be Red Sox. No, it's Red Sock/White Sock. Sox is how the newspapers used to abbreviate "stockings" and/or "socks" in headlines. Just a typographical fad of the time; think "hix nix stix pix."

My point was, if he really was this reasonable moderate who sees the big picture beyond petty party squabbles, and thinks hard work and merit is what really matters, like his campaign was along the lines of, then he'd have the good sense and the balls to confirm a worthy nominee no matter who nominated him, and not just vote with Dick "Dick" Durbin. good job

Why couldn't he have just said "we're going to restore New Orleans to its former glory" or something? I would think "bigger & better" comes ahead of "blacker" in the priority list. All the talk about God wanting New Orleans to be black and God bringing down hurricanes because of Iraq make him sound like some bastard child of Robertson and Farrakhan. Somehow, I don't think God wants New Orleans to be black, or white, or chocolate, or purple, or whatever. God is not an urban planner. At the end of the day, like all raving-and-drooling black rhetoric, change black to white and we'd be calling for heads on sticks. This city will be vanilla at the end of the day," Nagin said in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech. "This city will be a majority Caucasian city. It's the way God wants it to be."

The MLB case is different, as the drunks came on the field, as opposed to the players going into the stands. They're fair game when they hit the field.

It might just have to be for a little bit, is that a problem

I think it's interesting that the mindset of the Boston fan switches so drastically between Patriots and Red Sox as it pertains to player acquisition. With the Pats it's like "oh we don't need your big names! it's better to win with our system! anyone can be a winner with the Pats!" and then football season winds down and it's "I want Tejada! I want Lee! I want Unit! I want Gagne! I want Blalock!"

It's true, guys. I gotta come clean.

Hantuchova was really pretty at one point, but then got too skinny even for me

x doesn't even have to = appealing free agent, it can just be anyone. The Boston Red Sox have become New England's fantasy team. "Gimme him! I want him! Get him NOW. 3-way trade! 4-way trade!" So you get everyone making these ridiculous conjectures about totally implausible trade scenarios. I never ever ever thought I'd say it, but the Yankees aren't as obnoxious as the Red Sox now. At least they have a modicum of loyalty to a handful of guys. If Derek Jeter was a Red Sock, he'd be filling a blank in contrived trade rumors by now. There's no way they wouldn't be running him out of town. I think I even saw rumors that would send Trot and Wakefield out of town. Varitek is the only guy who is hands-off, and who knows how long it'll be before Boston sells him out too?

I didn't read that. By the way, make sure you pronounce it "a rye" and not "aw ree." You seem like you'd be prone to this slip

WEEI reported that he may or may not have been in a 3-way trade where Manny went to the Mets, Boston got Walker, and the Rockies got prospects, does that count? Required Cubs Content Because A Red Sox Fan Is Calling Us Out On Mocking The Neverending Soap Opera Bullshit Of The Boston Red Sox: Corey Patterson will probably not flourish in Baltimore as long as he's stubborn about re-evaluating his plate appearances. Jacque Jones was too expensive for his production. If Grissom starts over Murton in left, something's up. I'm starting to feel icky about the fact that like none of our position players have any significant tenure with the Cubs. Lee, Walker, Barrett came in 2004, Neifi at the tail end of 04, Ramirez in 03, Pierre and Jones in 06, Murton in 05. Kerry Wood has technically been with us since '98, but Insert Obligatory Kerry Wood DL Joke Here. I know, cheer for the uniform and all that, but you still like to see guys stick around for a while. P.S.: What the hell do you mean, "instead of being a smartass." Don't you know which board this is