Cheech Tremendous

Anyone suggesting Shaun Alexander obviously didn't see him play last year. The run one yard and fall down play was the extent of his offensive repertoire. At least with Cedric Benson you can talk yourself into some offensive upside. Shaun and the gigantic fork in his back have none.

What's wrong with renting or living within your means? People don't NEED gigantic houses. Well, unless you have 6 or 7 kids. America has become an entitlement society. Here are everyone's rights nowadays. Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, a washer, dryer, dishwasher, two cars, a timeshare, cable television, gardener, dog and cat, video game system, college for the kids, and, oh wait, multiple credit lines. Who's supposed to pay for all this shit? When my parents grew up, they didn't get to go to college and did quite well for themselves. It's not like everyone went to college back then. Things were going well then, spirits were high, life was good. The average American has four credit cards. Why? The people who did this fucked it up for everyone. I understand that we need to get something done so that businesses can operate and use credit, but the American people? Well, I don't think so. It's time to live within your paycheck and do what you can, save when you must. Not charge here here here and here, pay for it if you can, but maybe not at all. Look, 909, you're a good guy and I've always liked you, but you seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of our how our economy works and where money and economic growth come from. Complaining about people misspending is a far cry from massive credit freezes at the institutional level. This goes beyond little Billy and his video game system, and to the level of your employer being able to cut you a paycheck or the local grocery store having the ability to stock food for you to eat.

I'm also a little confused by the new pressure to raise the limits of FDIC insurance from $100,000 to $250,000. I guess that's a nice bit of reassurance for consumers, but how exactly does that solve any problem whatsoever? Am I just missing something?

I've only seen one of those games, so I am hardly qualified to pick one. The '78 playoff, however, is sometimes called one of the greatest games ever played. I have to think it would be the one. Hell, someone even wrote a book about it .

People can't pay back the money they borrow in the first place, so yeah, it's a good thing they won't be able to get it and further drag our economy into the depths. So it'll be better for our economy that the only people able to buy houses are those that can save several hundred thousand dollars first? How does that make any sense? No need to send our kids to college... they can save up the $50,000 a year they need first. Let's teach those kids fiscal responsibility. Businesses grow? Nah. Who needs capital improvements, anyways? A stagnant economy for all! Our entire economy functions on the availability of credit, 909. Yes, people who can't afford to pay it back shouldn't get a dime. But under the current duress, no one can get any money, even those who are fully capable of paying it back.

A Campaign 2008 thread is fine, but the one that exists currently is crazy. You do realize that this thread has been around since 2005, right? 2005! McCain and Obama were barely even on the radar at the time. What relevancy does any of that have on today? Sure a catch-all for miscellaneous comments and youtubes is fine, but we can't have a separate thread for the conventions? The debates? There wasn't even a separate thread for the economy until I bothered to make one. All I am saying is that things could be spread out a little more evenly. We've got about 20 fucking mods floating around this place and we can't get one of them to separate out relevant discussion into their own topics? You know what I do when I'm gone for a few days and want to check one of those big threads... I just click to read the last post. I'm sure many others do the same. Finally, on the subject on new threads - why are people so scared of new threads? New threads is certainly one problem TSM does not have.

If the Twins win today, I'm voting Mauer. Otherwise it's Pedroia. Can't figure out any other way to separate the two.

Cliff Lee and Brad Lidge win Comeback Player of the Year awards. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?i...e=ESPNHeadlines

Do we get an AL thread too or are we all victims of TSM's National League bias?

My prediction of the final standings were off, but if you read my comments the thinking process was right on. At least I got the following right: - Angels would run away from the worst division in baseball - Rays would play meaningful games in September - AL East would produce four the six best teams in the AL - Cubs and Brewers would be title contenders - Detroit would disappoint

Looks like oil prices are starting to tick back up as well with news from Washington that the bailout might get done some time this week. Prices are still down about 20% over the last week, though. Ouch.

Not going to rehash my statements on Kiffin again, but the Raiders should be 3-1 right now. Looks like Tom Cable (?) is going to be the one taking over. Whatever.

Seems like a lot of people are missing this point.

The same reason no one mentioned that the S&P dropped like 9%, which is one of the largest in history. The general (uninformed) public reacts to point drops in the stock market. Yesterday's drop in the Dow was merely a reaction to what is happening in the credit markets. Corrections in the stock market are hardly even the beginning of our current economic turmoil. However, reactions to losing $1.2 trillion might help people realize that this bailout talk is no joke.

Anyways, in other news the Dow is back up today, but it's somewhat hollow because nothing has been done about the worsening credit problem. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/business...amp;oref=slogin While it is certainly ridiculous to claim that we are entering a new Great Depression, it is equally as stupid to proclaim that things are fine. We still need intervention in some way to remove the toxic mortgages that are binding up our financial system.

[sarcasm]Yes, everything is fine guys.[/sarcasm]

I hear that Cedric Benson isn't doing much.

Do you at least get to see the Staff folder?

It's 248 fucking pages! How in the hell do you navigate through something like that? Stuff about the economy and what not just gets buried in there amidst stupid youtube videos and posters arguing with one another over inane stuff. Maybe I'm just neurotic, but I don't care for threads that go more than a few pages. I lose interest in checking them. Anyways, I may be the only poster that feels this way. I made it a poll in Site Feedback about it. Go vote.

Everyone who is invested in the stock market lost an arm and a leg today. What makes him so special?

I brought this up to our esteemed Ombudsman, but since I'm fairly sure he has no power whatsoever I would like to open this up to the rest of TSM. I want to know how everyone feels about the mega-threads that seem to dominate this board. I hate, hate, hate mega-threads. This includes any and all Comments Which Don't Warrant a Thread threads, General Discussion, and every other all-encompassing topic (Campaign 2008, Offseason Threads, etc.). These things seem to choke out discussion and kill traffic. Anyone else feel this way, or am I arguing a position that no one else agrees with? So, the question is quite simple. Do you like these big threads, or would prefer to see things broken up in a more manageable fashion? Let your voice be heard!

Do your job!

And it's the most ridiculous thread on the board. Say no to mega-threads. As Ombudsman you should be doing something about this problem.

Drinking some Dogfish Head Punkin Ale right now (hey gotta find something to alleviate the pain of the stock market crash). I like it. It doesn't beat you over the head with spice like some of the other commercial brands do (Blue Moon - I'm looking at you!).

Okay, the fact that it is exactly tied is kind of strange, but flip a coin 2,024 times. It will be damn close to even.