[Kenton]

Well, I for find the thought of our military becoming adept at 'urban warfare' to be a mixed prospect. Sure, it's OK in Iraq, but I won't like it when it happens in my town.

Funny that you mention that. I haven't worried about that since Clinton left office, but I must admit I worried about it then. But then my worries were mostly fueled by the "tin-hat" bunch with their postings about black helicopters taking over small American towns in the dead of night.

Another thing: Baseball and socialism don't mix.

Myabe that's why so many great Cuban players want to defect to the US.

[THX 1138]

Baseball and socialism don't mix.

Yankee fan?

[ASDFGHJK]

And another thing: This guy Kopper from Enron (who 'copped' a plea -- can't believe the media didn't use this), it turns out, has a 'domestic partner' (puke). Wonder what the spin will be from under The Rainbow on this one?

[ASDFGHJK]

Oh, yeah, and another thing. Professional traders know that there are computer programs out there the screw around with orders and prices of stocks, distorting market action. The more computer-dependent the system is, the more wide open it is to this sort of thing. Why shouldn't I be worried about computerized ballot counting?

They'll do it for money, and they'll do it for power. The Tanya Harding generation goes high tech.

[SamAdams76]

I supposed you don't like capitalism either in which major corporations employ "revenue sharing" among their field offices to ensure maximum benefit to the company as a whole. Case in point, McDonalds will use revenues generated by existing restaurants to build restaurants in new areas, even though the restaurants are in many cases independently owned.

MLB baseball is not a collection of separate entities. Each team is a franchise and and the success of all franchises helps MLB as a whole. Realizing that has helped make the NFL - with their salary caps and revenue sharing - the richest sport of all. And that is what capitalism is all about.