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richbrave
May 14th, 2010
2:41 pm
NOVA SCOTIA STEVE:
“…………..throw on some Hall and Oates…” ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE, oh yeah.
Was just over on the HAWKS blog posting up words to B.B. KING’s “The Thrill is Gone” except I substituted “WOOD” for “thrill.” The WOOD is gone, the WOOD is gone baby……… etc. Got to listen to some serious blues-great.
Manny Sanguillen Is Bein' Korean
May 14th, 2010
2:41 pm
Is there any way to scoop up the protesters and drop them over the border?
MikeInFL
May 14th, 2010
2:41 pm
Brian, that’s the hour we’ve all lost reading unwanted political commentary.
Soph
May 14th, 2010
2:41 pm
Gracias, RHR! Thanks for walking me through how to post it yesterday.
NO MORE BOBBY
May 14th, 2010
2:42 pm
Brian from SC – Marty McFly?
possum
May 14th, 2010
2:42 pm
Maybe they should check all the protesters for their greencards, perfect place to catch a bunch of blood sucking illegals.
Unknown Hinson
May 14th, 2010
2:45 pm
Goobacks Brain… Goobacks
summer of 91
May 14th, 2010
2:46 pm
was thinking maybe Yost would be our skipper, oh well. Just not Bobby V. and I’m cool
Hillbilly
May 14th, 2010
2:47 pm
Hillbilly, was he the only one promoted?
Ark Transplant,
Hell man, I don’t know. I’m still trying to follow the times on these posts, and figure out if I’ve already posted it or if it’s even happened yet
RHR
May 14th, 2010
2:48 pm
Marty McFly?
Marc in FL
May 14th, 2010
2:48 pm
… But seriously, what happens in Arizona, stays in Arizona!
what?
May 14th, 2010
2:49 pm
protesting the Diamondbacks? really? Most of them probably don’t even live in Arizona. they have nothing to do with the law. man I hate activists. I think I’ll start a group to protest actvists.
RC
May 14th, 2010
2:49 pm
They tuk er jobs!!!
Tommy
May 14th, 2010
2:50 pm
I say if you guys want to spread your political opinion, I say people go to a political blog. This is a BRAVES BLOG. Please guys, I have very strong opinions regarding the whole law, but I really love the Braves too much to have this blog spoiled by all the political bickering. Go Braves!!!
Mike S
May 14th, 2010
2:51 pm
Puzzled, I think there are a few hundred thousand – and more often millions – reasons why DOB and the Braves have different off-day policies…
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
2:51 pm
Oh, come on. my “Suspended” posts were deleted??? Man, that ain’t right, LOL. I thought those were at least a little funny.
idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal
Huxley knew a few baseball fans, I reckon.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 14th, 2010
2:52 pm
No! I hate it when this happens!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 14th, 2010
2:52 pm
Hey, cool…mine had the right time.
summer of 91
May 14th, 2010
2:53 pm
we found a wormhole
Hillbilly
May 14th, 2010
2:53 pm
Oh, come on. my “Suspended” posts were deleted??? Man, that ain’t right, LOL. I thought those were at least a little funny.
Scoots, I think they ended up in 1955. Or maybe you haven’t even posted them yet.
Mark in Madison
May 14th, 2010
2:53 pm
“Glad to know someone’s on vacation around here – i’m working my ass of here.
Let’s see what i’ve done today so far…..Talk Braves…answer the phone…more Braves…get some coffee…Check out Talking Chop…check cell phone to look at my new Braves wallpaper…bathroom with the sports section…more AJC Braves talk…look out the window…..answer the phone – it’s my friend wanting to talk Braves…fiddle with some faxes and press releases…youtube Jason Heyward’s opening day homer…throw on some Hall and Oates…
It’s been a good day.”
Amen to that
Fleming
May 14th, 2010
2:54 pm
Brian
Maybe the people posting from the future can tell us the lineup for tonight so we don’t have to see 30 more before Carrol posts it. Heck, Maybe they can give us the score of the game
IHEARTCARROLL
May 14th, 2010
2:54 pm
After starting this political mess, DOB will never let Carroll post again. I’ll miss her.
Tommy
May 14th, 2010
2:54 pm
Let move the political comments to a politics blog. I have strong opinions about the law, but I love the Braves too much to have the ol’ blog ruined by the bickering about politics. Lets go back to the bickering about the Braves. Go Braves!
JerseyGil
May 14th, 2010
2:54 pm
ASN …wait until July…this problem with the Police going to be every where…I was Born in Puerto Rico (American Citizen) starting in July 1. 2010 all Puerto rican living here in the State has to apply for New Birth Certificate in the Island, because new Law over there, if the police stop me for any reason the only i carrying is my Driver License, i problaly has to proof to him that i was Born in Puerto Rico and i’m an American Citezen.
Marc in FL
May 14th, 2010
2:55 pm
I mean, Arizona isn’t really a state anyway, it’s like an open space that some people inhabit and other goes gambling in…
Hillbilly
May 14th, 2010
2:55 pm
Hey, cool…mine had the right time.
Yeah, the new posts should be right on time, and when the clock strikes 3:26, everything should be back in order again.
Fred
May 14th, 2010
2:56 pm
puzzled, I disagree with your comment about how hard DOB works compared to the players. While the players exert more physical energy, DOB works many more hours writing, blogging, interviewing, transcribing interviews, and traveling (the team flies a charter, he flies commercial). DOB also puts in many hours during the off-season providing us with hot stove information and covering other sporting events for the AJC. I’m a huge Braves fan and DOB’s job sounds very cool, but I wouldn’t trade places with him due to the long hours and travel obligations (especially since I am married with a small child).
Bat Masterson
May 14th, 2010
2:56 pm
scoots- Huxley was likely a Cubs fan, stockyards, meatpacking, all that.
SoWeGa Fanatic
May 14th, 2010
2:57 pm
Did JJ have an MRI??????????
Snotboogie
May 14th, 2010
2:57 pm
How does this time warp thing keep happening on this blog? Very strange.
SoWeGa Fanatic
May 14th, 2010
2:58 pm
Even the blog is screwed up today.
JerseyGil
May 14th, 2010
2:58 pm
Something is Waking in the Blog….is 2:57Pm and some post show 3:26
cabravesfan
May 14th, 2010
2:59 pm
Soph-
Brick Wall has reserved VIP access to you whenever you need it
Snotboogie
May 14th, 2010
3:00 pm
Is this the blog’s version of a “flash forward”? Paging Agent Benford…
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
3:00 pm
Twilight Zone and Groundhog Day all rolled into one, LOL. Posts appear before they are written, and some keep appearing over and over. Yowsah!
You see what happens when someone makes an itsy-bitsy little political comment? Be warned.
I blame DAP for all this, naturally.
Mark in Madison
May 14th, 2010
3:00 pm
“Sure your job is not as glamorous as it seems but really nobody’s is. Take a step back sometimes and stop bitching about how tough your job is when EVERYBODY who frequents this blog with any regularity would love to do what you do.”
Yeesh. You can put me in the camp of people who would not want DOB’s job …. at least not for longer than a week or two. I used to work the closing shift at a newspaper and those hours alone made it almost impossible to have a life with anyone other than my co-workers. And I’m just talking about working nights and weekends. I didn’t have to do any of the traveling and working on my days off that DOB does. Not saying he’s got the worst job in the world or anything, but I wouldn’t trade my 9-5 job that gets me home everyday in time to watch the game, and keeps me out of the office on weekends so I can fire up the grill and throw back a cold one.
Hillbilly
May 14th, 2010
3:01 pm
I blame DAP for all this, naturally.
And I blame Boras.
JerseyGil
May 14th, 2010
3:01 pm
Wow..look like we are in the paralel World…Like Fringe show last night
David O'Brien
May 14th, 2010
3:02 pm
Wambulance, Jeremy: You’ve got it wrong. I’m not complaining about my job at all. Love my job (if a few of you loved your own jobs, you’d probably not ask every single time — that’s every. single. time. — that I have an off day, whether I’m on “vacation” again. That’s silly.
I wasn’t complaining about my job, I was responding to commenters who can’t seem to resist asking someone who works 80-100 hours a week why they have a day off. That’s all. I’m not complaining about my job at all. I wouldn’t swap with many folks. Just pointing out the absurdity of calling it a vacation when, after someone works six long days in a row, then spends half a day flying, then the half the next day writing (but just not writing that days’s blog, God forbid) he’s then asked about being on “vacation” by, I’m suspecting, some who don’t work, uh, well, quite that many hours but have the weekend off. Every weekend.
And yes, I would’ve steered clear of today’s topic. Only because the responses, the nasty back-and-forth, is so entirely predictable. Sort of like the “vacation again?” response every day I’m off. Like when I cover every game on the 11-day trip next month to L.A. Arizona and Minnesota. Next day back, I’ll be off and one of Those Guys will say, “vacation?”
And if and when I respond, I’ll be told I’m cranky and should take a day off.
Oh, well.
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
3:02 pm
scoots- Huxley was likely a Cubs fan
Seems to have colored his outlook a little, wouldn’t you say, LOL?
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
3:05 pm
And I blame Boras.
Well, yes, of course. I think that goes almost without saying, LOL.
J Utah
May 14th, 2010
3:05 pm
John Hester, a local product out of Marist HS, is also on the Diamondbacks and will be making his first trip back to Atlanta as a big leaguer tonight.
CrAzYtRaDeMaNN
May 14th, 2010
3:06 pm
How does this time warp thing keep happening on this blog? Very strange.
Government envolvement
Hillbilly
May 14th, 2010
3:07 pm
DOB,
Working this job, I thought it sucked when I had it…
Now it’s gone and I’m learning what bad is.
I’m trying to hang on to the worst of cases.
But a Family can’t live on these fast food wages.
Nobody told me it’d be easy.
Or for that matter, it’d be so hard.
But it’s the learning and livin’ that makes the difference,
Makes it allllll worthwhile.
dawgs01
May 14th, 2010
3:08 pm
I will be at the game tonight. Glaus better get a hit. I pick him for my MLB beat the streak. I have been all over him this spring and now he is hitting. Dont let me down big boy. Lets see what Roger Dorn Jones does tonight.
ArtyDodger
May 14th, 2010
3:09 pm
Trade Slipper…er..I mean Chumper…err… ..Chipper to AZ!!!
Bat Masterson
May 14th, 2010
3:09 pm
Seems to have colored his outlook a little, wouldn’t you say, LOL? scoots
Experience teaches only the teachable.
Aldous Huxley
At least the man has a sense of humor.
dawgs01
May 14th, 2010
3:11 pm
I will be at the game tonight once i get through the f-ing traffick. Glaus you better get a hit. I pick you for my MLB beat the streak. You have been hot lately dont let me down big boy. Who wants to bet on what muscle Roger Dorn Jones pulls tonight. They should just duck tape all his joints together.
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
3:12 pm
And if and when I respond, I’ll be told I’m cranky and should take a day off
Well, heck, you’re always a little bit cranky, so what, LOL? Who wouldn’t be, ring-mastering this circus?
howdy
May 14th, 2010
3:13 pm
why’s everyone freakin out on DOB for taking a break. The man works hard. Let him drink a beer in peace. dag gum!
raleighbravesfan
May 14th, 2010
3:13 pm
Since some continue to insist on talking politics, here’s my 2 cents worth.
- injecting politics into this blog SUCKS.
-This issue, and most, are not as simple as some seem to think. It actually has much less to do with immigration (leagle or otherwise), and more to do with human rights (a right which true Americans should hold dear, no matter thier politics). See 3:26 post by ASN for further explaination.
- I believe, and we all should believe in the 1st amendment. Civil Protesters have a right, even if you strongly disagree with them. We would not need a 1st amendment to protect popular views. To call these people names, and say that THEY should be deported, etc. is , in my view UNAMERICAN. That has nothing to do with how you feel about what they are saying.
LET US PLEASE NOW GET BACK TO BASEBALL.
Renegator
May 14th, 2010
3:14 pm
DOB,
We all appreciate the countless and thankless hours you put in to your job (specifically the blog). I was just poking fun at you a bit. Sorry to have gotten the pot all stirred up today. Hope you enjoy your “off day” today.
Snotboogie
May 14th, 2010
3:15 pm
DOB,
I dont see why DOB has to explain himself to anyone about his work hours and such. If the spoilt folks cant understand his absence from the blog, they should just fluff off.
Scuba Steve
May 14th, 2010
3:16 pm
DOB…I love you man!
timthebrave
May 14th, 2010
3:17 pm
Carroll, Please never ever never ever…never…and ever bring up politics again. Even if smoltz is running against glavine for the presidencey of the united states. On a more positive note my friend came through with free field level tickets and 755 club admission….Gooo Braves!!!!
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
3:17 pm
Bat, if he were a Cubs fan, he’d have to have a sense of humor, LOL. Or a sharp blade.
I’ll admit to not having read much from the man, though. Didn’t he write a bunch of essays over time?
Scuba Steve from the Future
May 14th, 2010
3:17 pm
DOB….I love you man!
Chuck James was Solid until the 6th!!!
May 14th, 2010
3:17 pm
DOB
I have been here for 5 years or so and have never said anything negative regarding this blog. However, today is weird. Bottom line I want to get at here is instead of arguing with nobody or that one idiot who said “vacation”, why don’t you let us know what happened with Jurrjens MRI? If he had one yet or when it is scheduled. He is ATL’s best pitcher so that is very important news.
Secondly, other than explaining yourself to and idiot, what happens if the Phillies get busted a 2nd time this year? What are the consequences they would suffer? (I am very interested in this being they are the team ATL needs to beat back down and their cheating is pathetic and punishment is in order).
Finally, for all of you political idiots, take it somewhere else. The law is the law. No it doesn’t belong at Turner Field. What ya gonna do? I have a suggestion take your BS somewhere else away from here. I’m sure there is 100+ venues for that. This isn’t one of ‘em.
Martha Stewart
May 14th, 2010
3:17 pm
CR: The bigger issue is where to put Chipper if not batting third. Third should be Heyward’s spot; he’s earned it through performance and a way better slugging percentage. Chipper is not in good health and his OBP is almost mitigated by his total lack of anything remotely called quickness or speed.
In light of McCann’s recent struggles, a stint in the fifth spot would not be the worse thing – provided Chipper can stay healthy. For three days, I have heralded a one-man campaign to put Chipper on the 15 day DL in light of Conrad’s recent surge. In the absence of any trades, the 2010 Braves need a healthy and productive Chipper to come through with the same OBP, an average at .280 or above, at least 18 to 20 dingers, and 85 runs driven in.
In his present state of health, that ain’t gonna happen.
richbrave
May 14th, 2010
3:18 pm
Hillbilly
May 14th, 2010
2:35 pm
Julio Teheran has been promoted to Myrtle Beach if anybody cares
I care. The BRAVES didn’t……..Nobody informed me.”How the hell am I supposed to keep track of these people” Doc, HAMBURGER HILL
Unknown Hinson
May 14th, 2010
3:18 pm
One of the best Southparks ever.
Norm Hope
May 14th, 2010
3:19 pm
Who’s side are the Americans on anyway? Several states are going to Boycott AZ, “AN AMERICAN STATE” because they are enforcing the Federal Laws against tens of thousands of illegal immigrants thay can no longer afford to support? Come on folks we should be supportive of all Americans THEY ARE FAMILY. Not the illegal Mexicans.
Let GO BRAVES and sweep the Daimondsbacks not because they are from AZ but because we are BRAVES! I hope the LAW enfourcers keep the Protesters 5 miles away. Their are Immigrants on the Diamonbacks team also.
cbweatherman
May 14th, 2010
3:20 pm
So, can someone on the tech side explain why we have had this apparent time warp today?
MiaBchBravesFan
May 14th, 2010
3:20 pm
Maybe if Arizona wears “Los Cascabels” on their uni’s, that’ll take the heat off!
Wambulance
May 14th, 2010
3:22 pm
LOL. Don’t worry about it DOB. You do good work. Everybody needs a day off now and then.
njbraves
May 14th, 2010
3:22 pm
Same stupid posts on here day after day. “Chipper sucks, he should hit 2nd, Cox is dumb, Hinske is the next Ted Williams, let’s trade Esco, KK and Lowe suck, Medlen is the next Maddux, let’s cut KK, I hate the lineup, Heyward is the greatest player to ever live and he should hit 3rd, TP should be fired, etc.” it’s always the same thing. This team finally played a good series on the road and are back home to face a very bearable team, yet it’s still the same crap.
timthebrave
May 14th, 2010
3:22 pm
DOB, That reminds me of the comedy sketch where the guy talks in a jamaican voice and talks about everyone being a lazy bum for not working 8 jobs or something like that. Anyone remember where that’s from…Eddie Murphy(SNL) Can’t remember
3:26
May 14th, 2010
3:22 pm
hooty hoot
Wambulance->DCBrave
May 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
The Sign Says you got to have a membership card…to get inside.
meh
May 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
hey timthebrave,
that bit was from In Living Color. had the Wayans brothers in it.
summer of 91
May 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
so is this blog still working?
TnBrian
May 14th, 2010
3:24 pm
People ache to talk any politics. As soon as it looks like there’s an opening it’s like a million ants scattering around looking for and finally finding that oulet to vent.
Politics is complete BS and anybody that believes most of what comes out of their mouths (MOTHER??) is being duped. Those politicians find them a sucker or a few million and run with it.
timthebrave
May 14th, 2010
3:25 pm
CLE…”In addition to KJ being the greatest ballplayer of all time, Mike Hampton was the best money the Braves ever spent.”….
someone started drinking early
RC
May 14th, 2010
3:25 pm
We’ve almost made it back to the future!
Mitchell
May 14th, 2010
3:25 pm
Me? I’ll be looking around for any evidence or photos of the zoot suits DOB wrote about manager Bobby Cox and the coaches wearing home from the trip to Milwaukee.
Hey, I just thought it was a Who song…
Carroll Rodgers. A Who fan. I like it! A reference to their classic rock opera Quadraphenia.
Heck, since she doesn’t do the whole song lyric thing like DOB, perhaps I can enlighten my fellow bloggers.
The Who “Cut My Hair”
Why should I care, if I have to cut my hair?
I got to move with the fashion, or be outcast,
I know I should fight,
but my old man is really alright,
And I’m still living at home, even though it won’t last.
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five inches long,
I’m out on the street again, and I’m leaping along.
Dressed right
For a street fight,
But I just can’t explain,
Why that uncertiain feeling, is still here in my brain.
The kids at school have parents that seem so cool,
And though I dont want to hurt em’, mine want me their way.
I clean my room and my shoes,
But my Momma found a box of blues,
And there doesn’t seem much hope they’ll let me stay
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five inches long,
I’m out on the street again, and I’m leaping along.
Dressed right
For a beach fight,
But I just can’t explain,
Why that uncertain feeling is still here in my brain.
Why do I have to be different to them,
Just earn the respect of a dancehall friend?
We have the same old row again and again.
Why do I have to move with a crowd, of kids that hardly notice I’m around?
I work myself to death, just to fit in!
I’m comin’ down,
Got home on the very first train from town.
My dad just left for work, and he wasn’t talking.
It’s all a game,
And inside I’m just the same.
My fried egg makes me sick first thing in the morning.
Not to be confused with “Cut Your Hair” by Pavement. Different song. Both good though.
Jimmy
May 14th, 2010
3:25 pm
ASN,
You said, “Here’s the problem with the law. Cops can stop folks who may appear to be illegal, whenever they want, if they have reasonable suspicion that the person is illegal.”
Actually, that is not what the law says. I’ve read it…talked to lawyers who’ve read it…and the law does not give police the leeway to do racial profiling. They cannot stop a person on suspicion that he/she is “illegal”. They can check for immigration documents if the person is stopped for another reason, i.e. traffic stop, etc. That is a far cry from racial profiling and the police must justify the reason for the stop. Abuse can happen with any law, but it is the exception, not the rule.
Proper identification is REQUIRED of all citizens who operate a vehicle. It is also required of ALL PEOPLE who immigrate to this country legally. If you have a green card you are supposed to carry it everywhere you go. Police have ALWAYS been within their rights to ask for identification from anyone in this country…including immigrants.
What is a shame about this protest is that it is so unnecessary. People don’t even know what is in the law. They are protesting a law that will not go into effect until August and they don’t even know what is it it.
Baseball teams, high school basketball teams…all of sports should not be places of political protest. That is what this is…a politicization of a law that MIRRORS…not changes but MIRRORS FEDERAL LAW. The only change is that it requires local police to enforce the FEDERAL law and that it requires a stop for another issue. Other than that…this is the FEDERAL LAW warmed over. People need to get the facts before going off the deep end.
Baseball should not even be involved in this. When the law goes into effect, I am sure, if anything smacks of abuse, our “lawmakers” will quickly jump on that and politicize that to win points in the latino community. Until the law is misused, we can protest until the cows come home and it won’t make a difference if 70% of Arizonians approve of the law. Only congress can act on this, or the Supreme Court. The cost of dealing with illegals in AZ has made the pubilc there dig in their heels. And rightly so.
What is being protested here is a law to stop the flow of ILLEGALS into the country…it is to stop the flow of people violating the LAW. I will say this, AZ needs to take this one step further and punish the employers who hire undocumented workers. Maybe that will get Congress to get off their tails and find a solution for EVERYONE affected by this.
timthebrave
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
meh, living color…thanks
Snotboogie
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
We shall now resume our regularly scheduled programming.
williamshakespeare
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
BuckheadBrave
May 14th, 2010
2:11 pm
also FYI Williamshakespeare,
There were a lot of people including many other teams who were saying the same things about Jason Werth that you are about Hinske. Luckily GM’s don’t ask you.
….
I see you can’t have a dialogue without getting snippy. That’s on you, I’m afraid.
Werth is an altogether different animal, plus he has a laser for an arm. Look, it’s not my wish or my fault that Hinske isn’t the answer as an everyday LF. And not to be unkind, but I’m not exactly going out on a limb, here. But hey – maybe they put him in LF and he turns into a gazelle – although I wouldn’t count on it.
.
T for Texas
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
BuckheadBrave
@williamshakespeare
“now i know you are full of it.”
Thanks for covering that one for me BuckheadBrave.
CLE
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
In addition to KJ being the greatest ballplayer of all time, Mike Hampton was the best money the Braves ever spent.
ASN
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
Let’s continue the hot streak and sweep these last-place D’Backs. Braves need to take advantage of playing last-place teams that have hit injury bugs.
Sorry, but I have to leave a political note because it was included in the article and we’re Americans who believe in the 1st Amendment. It stinks that some people are protesting the D-Backs…they are obviously not the ones who wrote or passed the law. But, I have read the law and it does seem unfair to me.
Here’s the problem with the law. Cops can stop folks who may appear to be illegal, whenever they want, if they have reasonable suspicion that the person is illegal. Reasonable suspicion is a term of art, which is always subject to abuse. So think about that. How does anyone know if someone is illegal? What is reasonable enough to stop someone? Factors could include: appearance, language, etc. Do we really want to promote police to stop people based on their appearance or language? Is that the country we want?
Let’s think about a more practical example. A brown-colored US Citizen walking around in Arizona. Does that mean that he or she needs to start carrying around a passport if traveling in Arizona? Some might say, well, you should be carrying around your driver’s license. Good point, however, we all know that not every state requires proof of citizenship to get a driver’s license (GA does, so we’re all good, and we can say that to the cops). But, what happens if someone is stopped who doesn’t come from a State like Georgia that requires proof of citizenship to get a license? What if that same person doesn’t have his passport handy? Well, cops can access a computer and check federal records to make sure before arresting that person. At the same time, this individual is still being detained by the cops, based on appearance or language, even though he or she is an actual citizen! Sure, it’s just 20 minutes of time that could pass, but others can see those 20 minutes as a blatant abuse of power — especially when we are supposed to live in a world of “limited” government. It’s just what your philosophy is all about. Do you want more security or more privacy? It’s a great way to think about it. For me, it’s all about finding a workable balance.
I’d like to give police benefit of the doubt that they will only stop folks based on actual suspicion. But that’s always going to be an issue – cops must use discretion. And discretion is subject to abuse.
So folks, that’s what any protest should be about. This debate is around privacy. That’s it. It’s not about whether you like immigrants or not. I myself am an immigrant (moved here when I was three on a green card, became a citizen when I was 17). At bottom, It’s about how much control we want police to have on our lives and whether we can trust them to be honest.
Spread the word. Read the law. And respect people’s opinions if they happen to disagree.
Brian from SC
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
Who are these people posting from the future????
GTSteve
May 14th, 2010
3:26 pm
RC
May 14th, 2010
2:49 pm
LOL
DCBrave
May 14th, 2010
3:27 pm
So do we know who is leading off tonight yet?
TnBrian
May 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
william s., exactly right. Werth is a comepltely different animal, though most animals do squat like he does at the plate when they’re about to release their breakfast. He really does look just like my little dog poopin when he’s in his stance.
Bat Masterson
May 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
scoots, I’m embarrassed, I’ve been quoting Huxley while thinking about Upton Sinclair’s ” The Jungle”.
But yes Huxley wrote a lot of essays.
Fleming
May 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
DCBrave
Too late to ask now. Our time travelers have returned from the future
puzzled
May 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
Testing, testing, testing…first the blog gets posters from the future, now it’s stuck in time?
Does AJC use the same systems as Wall Street?
NO MORE BOBBY
May 14th, 2010
3:28 pm
For everyone talking about the protest on here – you are doing just what they want. STOP GIVING THEM EXPOSURE AND SHUT UP!!!!
timthebrave
May 14th, 2010
3:29 pm
I knew what CLE was going to say…so predictable
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
3:29 pm
The Sign Says you got to have a membership card…to get inside.
packed my hair under my hat, many times, brother.
Jonas
May 14th, 2010
3:30 pm
The Bible contains The Prophecy about “The Mark” of the Beast.This Mark will be force on evryone…..This what is coming soon, with all of the Indentity Theft that goin in on, the USA will force to Mark all American Citezen and with that there are not racial profile.
CLE
May 14th, 2010
3:30 pm
@ timthebrave: I wish! Just doing my part to keep things zany on here today.
OK, ‘fess up, who broke the blog?
Mitchell
May 14th, 2010
3:31 pm
Hey, maybe some of those protestors can take a baseball bat to Mark Reynolds’ knee cap for us.
That could be quite helpful. Just a thought.
Something tells me KJ’s gonna get shut down this weekend. I’m hoping KK has his breakthrough game tonight. I think he’s gonna bring it.
ncscoots
May 14th, 2010
3:32 pm
Bat, that just shows that I’m not all that cognizant on Upton Sinclair, either, LOL. I’m the one who should be embarrassed.
Just can’t get all the synapses to fire at will, anymore.
DCBrave
May 14th, 2010
3:33 pm
C’mon guys, let’s leave the “end of the world” talk out of this…at least until the Braves fall 10 or 12 games out.
timthebrave
May 14th, 2010
3:35 pm
To the people blogging in the future….Please give me the big game numbers….
monty
May 14th, 2010
3:36 pm
Imagine that, Scoots an old(are you?) radical.