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[Guiny]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by vansmack:
  The first final vote is in:
 
 Darin Erstad won the AL Gold Glove, becoming the first player in history to win a gold glove in the infield and the outfield.  Keep 'em coming for smackie today!!!

hey smackie
 
   when are they announcing MVP's and Cy Youngs and what not?   i cant find this info anywhere. [/b]

At the beginning of the year I said Ramirez would be AL MVP and Schilling would be Cy Young. NL I had Bonds and Clemens. I'll probably be wrong with Schilling, Santana is gonna be hard to beat. Manny is gonna be a toss up also, that one should be the close race.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Oh pipe down, drama queen.
 
 I sure as hell am not going to wish economic collapse on America just because mainstream America is socially conservative and afraid of a fraction of Arabs who are raving loons, and neither should you.
 
 
 

Originally posted by redsock:
   

 America has no respect in the world anymore, and that's the truth. [/b]

What makes the situation even worse, is that unlike the past four years, Bush has nothing to lose; there is no re-election campaign to worry about. Which means he can be an over the top racist, sexist, gun-toting, my dick is bigger than your dick, the religous right is the only way mother fucker, and no one can really hold him accountable. Hell, he already was a pretty blatant example of all of those things already and we didn't hold him accountable. I am personally embarassed by the people in this country. I hope the shits hit the fan, farmers suffer, the stock market crashes, oil prizes rise to unseen levels. Fuck Bush and Fuck the millions of morons in this country who voted for him. No one ever said Kerry was gonna solve our problems, but at least he would stop us from going down the slippery slope to the People's Republic of Bush. You elected him America, I hope you are willing to hold yourself accountable for his actions. [/QB]

[Guiny]

Originally posted by Medusa:
 

At least you have a choice, and can leave/work elsewhere if you choose to.
 
 I know a lot of us today would like to be able to say that.    
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa. [/b]

If worse came to worse I would just move up to Maine with my girl, bring two nice savings accounts with us and live with lower cost of living prices.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by redsock:
  I hope the shits hit the fan, farmers suffer, the stock market crashes, oil prizes rise to unseen levels. [/QB]

Please tell me you don't mean that. If you can't find a job now, your sure never gonna find one if that happens.

[Medusa]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 AP: Bush Wins Race As Kerry Concedes

I just don't understand this.
 
 Why doesn't Kerry wait?
 
 What about all of those provisional and absentee ballots yet to be counted in Ohio?
 
 And these senators (surprise!  Republicans), quoted in The Washington Post, need a reality check: "Ohio's Republican senators, George V. Voinovich and Mike DeWine, issued a statement calling on Kerry to concede the state, arguing that he could not make up his deficit with the provisional ballots. 'Senator Kerry should concede defeat and spare the country the turmoil of another drawn-out election,' the statement said."
 
 Kerry should "spare the country the turmoil of another drawn-out election"?  PLEASE!
 
 What about the rest of us that want to be spared another 4 years of G.W. Bush?
 
 Not to mention that there is *no* harm in waiting until EVERYTHING has been counted.
 
 The only things that make me feel better about things today are:
 
 1. (Also from The Post): "Roughly 120 million people, 60 percent of eligible voters, cast ballots in the election, the Associated Press reported, the highest turnout since 1968" and
 
 2. Proud that I am part of the overwhelming 90% here in our capital that voted against Bush.  We don't want him here (he's never here anyway).
 
 I feel like going down to The White House with signs (not that it would do anything, except perhaps make me feel a tad better).
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa.

[Guiny]

Somebody told me Kerry would need almost 100% of the absentee ballots or whatever ballots are still out there to have a chance at winning Ohio. So he saw the writing on the wall.....He lost.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
  Somebody told me Kerry would need almost 100% of the absentee ballots or whatever ballots are still out there to have a chance at winning Ohio. So he saw the writing on the wall.....He lost.

i guess he should trade in that Red Sox hat in for a Yankees one, eh?

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
  Somebody told me Kerry would need almost 100% of the absentee ballots or whatever ballots are still out there to have a chance at winning Ohio. So he saw the writing on the wall.....He lost.

yeah, OH sec. of state says that at the most there's like 175,000 ballots left, and that includes absentee ballots and military.  bush has like a 136,000 vote lead in ohio right now.  it's highly unlikely that those remaining ballots would tilt so far into kerry's direction to allow him to carry ohio.
 
 so, with ohio and nevada red, bush has 274, with iowa and new mexico left still (both have bush winning right now).

[redsock]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Oh pipe down, drama queen.
 
 I sure as hell am not going to wish economic collapse on America just because mainstream America is socially conservative and afraid of a fraction of Arabs who are raving loons, and neither should you.
 
 

Drama queen? My mom died last year due to shitty hospital care, only after struggling to pay for prescription drugs for two year. My brother is fighting in Iraq. I've been trying to snag a new job in this really awesome economy for 5 months! Did Bush directly cause all of those problems? Not exactly. Could he have altered things? Yes. He has indirectly caused a lot of hardship in my family's lives, and I don't see any of that changing. I want the rest of the country to get to experience the negative impact of the Bush presidency. Maybe then they will recognize the consequences of their actions.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
  Somebody told me Kerry would need almost 100% of the absentee ballots or whatever ballots are still out there to have a chance at winning Ohio. So he saw the writing on the wall.....He lost.

i guess he should trade in that Red Sox hat in for a Yankees one, eh? [/b]

I know you don't mean that.  

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by redsock:
   He has indirectly caused a lot of hardship in my family's lives, and I don't see any of that changing.

dude, dont even bother.  Republicans with nice jobs and happy lives expect that everyone else should be able to attain the same goals and make the same happy lives as them.
 
    trust me i have tried.
 
   I tried explaining the bad economy to my friend who is in college paid for by his dad who also pays him a hefty salary to work at his optometry office.   Economy seems fine to him!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I have never voted for a Republican.
 
 Yet, ironically, my life has very much improved with Republicans in office.
 
 I found it difficult to find employment during the Clinton years (I had to move to North Carolina to find a full time teaching job), though I finally landed my current job during the second Clinton administration. I've seen my salary increase by 80% in 7 years, and much of it during the Bush administration.
 
 Yes, the unemploment rate has increased a bit during Bush's tenure. But not here in DC. The DC economy is quite strong. Blaming your lack of a job on the Bush administration seems like bullshit to me. When I couldn't find a job for two years, I certainly didn't blame it on the President. Get more training/education, be willing to move across the country for a job, or accept something less than desirable and work your way up.

[Guiny]

I know when this contract runs out for me, I'll be looking for a new job. I surely won't look for one that pays me what I get now, I'd be looking for years. I'll just take whatever job I get offered and work with it......Not blame it on the President. Even If I have to work at 7-11, at least it's a job. That's why I save money, for times like that.

[hitman]

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
 
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and i am hoping the economy will turn around, I will earn more money, and some tax cuts would be nice.  cause i guess Kerry wouldnt be stopping the war in Iraq anyway, esp not with a Rep house and senate... [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 Yeah, unfortunetely even if Kerry is elected, tax cuts probably are not gonna happen. But I don't even think about taxes, I don't look at them on my pay stub, If I did, then I would be worrying about it everyday like everyone else. [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 More tax cuts are not needed...

[hitman]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
   

Originally posted by econo:
  Seriously, when have the Brits ever liked us?
 
   

Originally posted by grotty:
 When I was in London last week, I heard this more than once:
 
 "Right now we are just blaming Bush. But, if he's re-elected, the blame will shift to the American people."

[/b]

What I can tell you is that 5 years ago most Europeans liked or at least respected a lot the US. Right now things have changed dramatically. More than 50% of Americans see Bush as a honest guy, almost no one in Europe can't believe it.
 
 What Europeans can't understand is that a blowjob in the Oval Office is enough to impeach a president, however, a very probable set of lies over Irak (and the resulting 1000 US casualties and between 15,000 and 100,000 Iraki deaths) don't mean anything. This is just scary. [/b]

Agreed...