Recent content by Uncle Benito

Not necessarily looking for names here, just what you see as your team's most glaring needs. For example, I'm a Tigers fan. I'd be chasing a proven starting catcher, a 2B who doesn't spend half of every season on the DL, and middle relievers. Of course, some things are universal: We ALL want...

...is what DOESN'T irk them? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians Israel has decided to let its own people build homes in its own capital. What country DOESN'T do that? If it wasn't this, the Palestinians would find something else about which to complain and...

question is what DOESN'T irk them? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101015/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians Israel has decided to let its own people build homes in its own capital. What country DOESN'T do that? If it wasn't this, the Palestinians would find something else about which to...

"Huge Defeat for Gay Groups"? Of course, for the similarity to be closer, it would have had to read "HUUUUUUUUGE defeat for gay groups", but who am I to quibble? I apologize to those of you who didn't frequent the boards. I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about. Those who did no...

...of you revisionists claim...? ...could one of you explain why the only slaves the federal government could free with one stroke of the pen were not emancipated until more than a year after the start of the war? If emancipation were the goal, wouldn't one logically expect that slaves in the...

Think about it for a moment. No law in the history of Mankind has ever been adopted for any reason OTHER than someone's morality. paula: I think you missed my point. I'm perfectly fine with legislating morality because as I said, ALL laws are based on morality of one sort or another. jesus...

...100 meter sprint, who would win? The answer should be fairly obvious, but we'll see how many of you get the correct answer. EDIT: Obviously, the tree sloth would win, as there are no such thing as "radical right-wingers" and "homophobes". Radicals are on the left. People on the far right...

racist against a religion? I know many of you toss that word around at the drop of a hat, but it has an actual definition. ryan: Why would I do that? Words have actual definitions, a concept I know troubles the left to no end.

While I don't have a huge number of ancestors who lived in Canada during that period, there are more than a handful. I know the US Censuses are held back for 72 years. What is the analogous period for the Canadian ones?

...you suppose they attack? Is it because their team didn't qualify for the World Cup? Perhaps it's because Paula Abdul left "American Idol". Do you suppose it might have something to do with their questions being deleted on Y!A? Why do so many of you find it SO difficult to grasp that they...