Rob's House

So incremental erosion of separation of powers is no big deal unless it's going to be the "end of the republic" within 2-4 years? You're either a monarchist or a moron. My guess is both.

If you were a betting man, where would you go to place bets?

My lack of interest is primarily due to a combination of the continuous futility of the Bills and the rules/officiating that turns close games into a coin toss. But this bull **** morality play by the league just reinforces my antipathy for it. It has nothing to do with my concerns for the individual players. If I'm going to spend emotion feeling sorry for someone it's not going to be a multi-millionaire athlete who got ****-canned AFTER getting his millions. It's about how it reflects on the broader culture. It encourages and endorses the practice of" society" deciding to destroy the livelihoods of others for anything the public deems noteworthy, but without any set of standards. Willy nilly justice is a dangerous thing. Great lengths have been taken to ensure we remain are governed by rule of laws, rather than rule of men. While NFL commissioners aren't subject to constitutional safeguards, it sets an example in the consciousness of the masses that they can destroy the unpopular without due process. I might not have a legal argument as to how to prevent it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

He, of all people, made something of a comeback. He's on a show with Clarissa called" Melissa & Joey. He shaved his head to get as far away from that image as possible. I still remember seeing his face on the cover of his "Joey" album at Sam Goodey.

I'm glad you posted and explained this because I'm curious to know what the debate here is. When I know more I'll weigh in with my opinion. I will say, just having read the first few pages of the Cornell piece, it is already pretty obvious where the author(s) was coming from before any research was done. It doesn't mean they're wrong or that there isn't good research in there, but it does mean the findings were predetermined to be framed negatively.

All true. But the Bills, for whatever reason, get !@#$ed more often than most teams; and even when your team improves, it's hard to win close games when the refs gift 1st downs to the opponent on key stops.

He's the one and only ref I would actually beat bloody if given the opportunity. He's a dirty piece of ****.

It's not just Buffalo that gets hosed. I see at least one game a week that turns on bad calls. And not the excusable variety either. They might as well go in at half time, have each coach roll the dice, and have the # they roll get added to their score. Walt Coleman's not the whole problem, he's just the worst offender.

"Yeah, she's my mom. But kitty's kitty."

It's entirely possible that Coleman is biased and allows that bias to influence his calls. But that accusation is the equivalent to saying 9/11 Was an inside job to some of the simple minded NFL fanboys around here.

I really don't understand how the irony of this case escapes anyone. When a case that might well have been self-defense for all anyone knows, is the most egregious case of white racist police targeting blacks in the country in years, how bad can the problem really be?

Since you didn't (couldn't) answer my first question, maybe you can answer a simpler one. What, if any, limitations should there be on the President's ability to enact laws unilaterally?

What, exactly, is your problem with this?

What are you, Goodell's lapdog?

If he does this he should be impeached and everyone who scoffed at the idea of" King Obama" should eat heaping helpings of crow. I can't count the number of times this guy has proven his supporters wrong. Please share with us the constitutional underpinnings of the executive order.

I'd include Alanis Morrisett if she had died after Jagged Little Pill and before she came out with her boring, pseudo-intellectual, emotionally empty follow up. I also liked Sarah McLaughlin for about 10 minutes in the 90s before buying an album and becoming completely disenchanted with her music. Trivializing herself with the pathetically ironic Lilith Fair made it hard to respect her anyway.

That's an interesting point. If it's my all time favorite female who happens to be a vocalist I might go for 1989 Paula Abdul. If I'm just judging voice without regard for the songs I'd have to give a nod to LeAnn Rimes.

I don't know if you guys have some personal beef I don't know about, but I don't know why you would say this otherwise. I still think he's kind of a kitty for it. I don't need PTSD to have an outburst like that.

It's the exact same thing as guaranteed money in a football contract. You would legislate away the right to negotiate contracts that include guaranteed money?

In other words, don't leave your government benefits to earn more benefits.

Trojans are pretty dependable.

No. But you're close.

About racism.....and BBC.

Caught this today. Another reason I'm no longer interested in the NFL. The league is becoming a bad joke. Between garbage rules/officiating that turn the outcomes of games on a weekly basis, the prohibition on defense, and the social morality engineering/pandering, I see more to despise than like.

I'm generally against banning people unless they're unfunny trolls. I don't know what NDBUFFCUSEFAN did to bring about his thread, but short of a Dean Cain style meltdown I would hope the mods don't ban him. Well, I had a good run anyway.