Gene McCaffrey

Catholic, husband, Fr of 9, GrFr of 26. Author for eons of Wise Guy Baseball. Loving baseball, good books & rocknroll, I knew and hated the boomers from within.

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@Tironianae I'd agree completely, if only anyone could possibly know what "American law" is. Right now it's whatever some judge wants it to be.

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@sarahtexe Many serious contenders, but Woodrow Wilson gave us the income tax, the federal reserve and most damaging getting us into WWI.

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@9Kings1910Alt That's good, I'm with you on that although I don't know who dolphinmaria is. But I'm sure I've heard her line of sh*t before, and suggest you change her name to dauphinmaria.

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Rome and the early USA advanced civilization with wonder after wonder, and improved the lives of millions including yours and mine. You can throw in Britain too because their greatest period of advancement coincided with republican limitations on their monarchy. So maybe a monarchy/republic hybrid is best, but like I said we human beings will always find a way to corrupt it.

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@Hot_Pepper76 Many good songs and I count six in the top 500, which makes Chrissie hugely underrated:

Kid
Talk of the Town
Back on the Chain Gang
Don't Get Me Wrong
2000 Miles
Show Me

Plus their cover of Stop Your Sobbing blows away the Kinks.

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@TrumpDailyPosts 1. Democrats 2. Republicans

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@luiscalleo Hard to beat Complete Control by the Clash.

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@davidtbeito All history is revision.

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@LaGataRosie @TheExtremeMusi1 Best song on the first album.

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@TheExtremeMusi1 He's got a helluva greatest hits album, but nothing better than "Toussaint L'Overture." Unless it's the 2nd solo in the song before it, "Taboo."

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@Englishremnant True, but I'm Catholic and I and 90% of the Catholics I know in America are on your side.

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@rocknrollofall New York Dolls

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@lady_valor_07 The most requested song around this time was "Color My World."

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@cowboy_postbop Sweet Virginia is right up there. If you only like the Stones' hits, you don't really like the Stones.

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I think the increased walk rate in MLB is mostly because the automatic strike call on 3-0 pitches is mostly gone. Likewise the automatic ball call on 0-2 pitches, but pitchers rarely throw a strike on 0-2 anyway. They should do it more - not down the middle but aim for a corner.

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@lucyshow11 "far out" was big.

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@Hot_Pepper76 Paradise City.

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Love the Stones but this is a decent album, not a great one. IMO the best song by far is When the Whip Comes Down.

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@zermatist I didn't like it much at first either. But like a lot of their best stuff it grows on you.