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  1. snoodmonger
    If you want to know why Rothschild has escaped criticism, ask Scoop Jackson.
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    Kerry should have his surgery tomorrow, if possible. There's just no reason to continue playing him. let's get the shoulder cleaned up so he can be ready to go next spring.
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    I could be wrong on this, but isn't the term "Sioux" inherently offensive when used to describe Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota tribesmen? I thought it was a native word for "bloodthirsty" (or something like that), and that other tribes called them that as an insult. Did I completely make that up?
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    Because I believe it to be fact. Because I believe Jocketty's record in trading over his tenure speaks for itself. But it's not a "fact" that can be proven as incontrovertibly as "hydrogen has one proton", so you are free to feel different. I'm not sure you can even compare until we know more about Hendry. He's on;y had three seasons under his belt, so obviously he hasn't made the same volume of good trades as Jocketty. But he has made pretty impressive deals. (Lofton/ARAM, Nomar).
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    And you have a problem with that? At least that is a start. I think you're really stretching by trying to make this into some historical learning experience--especially when all these people "learn" is that X tribe existed, and apparently they had broad, flat noses, were really warlike, and chanted while using tomahawks. If you were really such a truth seeker, you'd be appalled by the misrepresentations most of these mascots create. I just don't see how Mississippi College "Choctaws" is offensive at all. I think it sucks that our local school gets punished. They have a very nice Native American studies program, enroll lots of Indians from the Choctaw reservation, have burial mounds on campus, have Choctaw museums on campus. I don't see the school being named Choctaws FOR ANY OTHER REASON than as a tribute to the local indian tribe. You continue to use one rather unique example as representative of the whole problem. It sounds like MC is a place where it might really be a tribute. Great. Awesome. It doesn't justify the rest of the examples. I'm saying intention doesn't really matter if people find it offensive.
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    And you have a problem with that? At least that is a start. I think you're really stretching by trying to make this into some historical learning experience--especially when all these people "learn" is that X tribe existed, and apparently they had broad, flat noses, were really warlike, and chanted while using tomahawks. If you were really such a truth seeker, you'd be appalled by the misrepresentations most of these mascots create.
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    That was my point exactly. If a school is called the Chickisaw they aren't going to have a mascot depicting an Indian cleaning a buffalo's hide. They are going to have him being fierce. The intention behind the use is largely irrelevant. The end result is that entire cultures a represented as militant. Besides, if these were tributes, you'd think they'd want to memorialize more than one tiny part of these tribes' cultures. C'mon. Watching a football game played by an Indian mascotted team is hardly a history lesson. People aren't learning anything beyond the fact these tribes exist.
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    That logo is beyond awesome. I don't see the parallel here. Vols, Minutemen, and Rebels refer to groups of people whose function WAS to fight. So to depict them as warlike, militant, or prepared for battle makes sense. Seminoles, Utes, Illini, etc. were much more than fighters. They were rich cultures. So when we automatically slap a tomahawk or spear along with those tribal names, it is a misrepresentation of those cultures.
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    I'm gonna have to side with Treebeard on this one. From all reports, it's not just a few rabble rousers who are offended; it's a sizable chunk of the Native American population. And if you can't understand why they're offended, well, tough. Most of us aren't in a position to really know, so we should just respect their wishes. As for the "it's a tribute" argument, if they really want to make this stuff a tribute, how about 25% of all merchandise sales goes to improve life on N.A. reservations. I'm sure that kind of tribute might be looked upon more favorably than some 18 year-old white kid from Boca Raton dancing around in an indian suit.
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    Nomar T. Walker was a decent signing, too.
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    Seems like a boner move. We can only hope that it sets off a chain reaction of events that forces Selig to contract the Cardinals a few years down the road. Dibs on Pujols!
  12. snoodmonger
    I couldn't disagree more. It's his job to make the effort. If he does and gets beat, then tip your hat to Lofton. But he has to try. Saying he doesn't is like saying, "I don't care if ARam runs to first base on a routine grounder. It's not like he'll beat it out." A lot can happen on any given play. If a player is busting his hump all the time, he'll have the opportunity to take advantage of those potential minor miscues.
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    I was going to say lose, but we're a .500 ballclub, so we don't even do that all that well.
  14. snoodmonger
    This statement is not based solely on last night's play: Sometimes I think Michael barret might not be the smartest baseball player out there. He does so many things that irk me, things that smart players don't do. Last night was just the latest example. As for Remlinger, he should be DFA'd immediately. It's one thing to be completely incapable of getting anyone out. It's another thing to be completely incapable of getting anyone out AND have your head so far up your keister that you make the SAME mental error that's already cost your team earlier in the game. If I had been Dusty, I would have pulled a Bobby Cox/Andruw Jones and pulled Rem from the game immediately for that. It's inexcusable to begin with. Factor in it had already happened in the game, and it's unforgiveable.
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    If

    snoodmonger replied to gflore34's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    True enough however, every season we see things fall into place over the last few months for a team or two, why in the hell can't one of those teams be the Cubs for a change? Nothing says it can't be the Cubs -- and we were one of those teams in 2003, for what its worth. All it takes it using the proper personnel in the proper situations So you're saying we're screwed.
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    I never liked Clark and IMO he has always been an arrogant goof. Seconded.
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    I don't think there's any way they'd use him as a starter in the playoffs, even if they did do this every fifth day regimen. The medical people say he can't hurt his arm any more if he limits his pitch count. I assume that means he can if he doesn't. Besides, he won't be stretched out enough, even if he works 3 innings regularly, to be an effective starter in the postseason. In fact, I think I just read a quote by Hendry where he said there's no way, once he's in the pen this season, that they'll ask him to start again, citing arm arm strength and "fairness to Woody" as the prohibitive reasons.
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    This comment alone provides enough impetus for me to never read 'Scoop' Jackson's drivel. The funniest part of that article was when he accused Mariotti of being racist. NO, the funniest part of the article is referring to his keeping the '04 and '05 teams at .500 as miraculous. Ugh. Terrible stuff.
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    Yeah. Some guy named Bruce Miles.
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    Not good when integrity is defined as not lying about cheating. (That's assuming he did cheat)
  21. snoodmonger
    Think of all those articles/TVsegments/radio discussions we just sat through about how Raffy "did it the right way, the classy way." Oops.
  22. snoodmonger
    I thought his lame, finger-pointing, forced emphatic statement at Congress was funny to begin with. Now it's even funnier. Way to be Raffy. Way to ruin your career, and way to force months of unbearable steroid talk back on the fans again.
  23. snoodmonger
    Tell me something I don't know. The Aztecs didn't use the wheel in their day to day life--even when they had to haul huge stones to build their pyramids. But that's not because they didn't understand the concept of the wheel. Many toys made for Aztec children had wheels on them. For some reason, though, they chose not to incorporate it on a larger scale. Woah seriously? As far as I know, it's true. It was in a book I used to have on them.
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    Tell me something I don't know. The Aztecs didn't use the wheel in their day to day life--even when they had to haul huge stones to build their pyramids. But that's not because they didn't understand the concept of the wheel. Many toys made for Aztec children had wheels on them. For some reason, though, they chose not to incorporate it on a larger scale.
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    I felt bad for him. I felt less bad for him after he got out of the inning without giving up the lead.
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