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Yeah, and the Pats obviously had their heads on straight for the upcoming game. What he said was stupid. He contradicted the coaching staff and doctors. They were dumb comments, and as a professional he should know better. Bench him? No effin way. Cut him? Ha... he is one of our best players. Settle him down and don't let his initial hysterics ruffle anyone in the lockerroom and everything will be just fine.

I've use my Mac as little as possible. For Video and Audio editing, it's great, but as others have mentioned, OSX crashes a lot. It's hella unstable, and as far as I'm concerned the environment is about as non-intuitive as it gets. Since I've been running PC's with XP, the opposite has been true. Not a single crash or driver issue. Ggranted I build them myself for the most part, so I am able to troubleshoot things before they become issues, but it's just easier to use my PC than it is my Mac. For a while I thought it was because I'm so conditioned to use MS operating systems. Most of my programming experience has been on PC's or on IBM (Mainframe/Midrange) systems. But I realized that my computer illiterate girlfriend prefers the PC to the Mac any day of the week. The other thing that kills me about Mac's (and all apple products) is that smarmy, hollier than thou attitude that seems to be rampant amongst Mac fanboys. I loathe going into the Apple store to pick up an iPod accessory or RAM for my Mac. Those people are downright haughty, as though they've discovered some new element, the properties of which have the inate ability to save mankind from itself. Once, at the checkout counter (I can't recall how the topic came up), an associate was berating internet explorer, saying how she couldn't believe anyone would put it on their computer, and MS was the devil(or something like that). When i asked her "If IE was so terrible, how come it is the default browser on every machine in this store, preloaded at the apple factory?", she had no idea how to respond. It was like the man came out from behind the curtain.

LAMP.... Me too!

Um... yeah. It's called "combat" and it sucks. I'm not saying the US hasn't been negligent in a few cases of friendly fire (hell we do it to ourselves sometimes... see "Pat Tillman), but it's not as thought it is done on purpose. When humans are engaged in deadly combat they sometimes make quick decisions for fear of their life, which often turn out to be the wrong ones. The military takes friendly fire seriously and usually does everything within its power to avoid it. Unfortunately, not all mistakes can be avoided.

Always. My roomate from college, never. Long story short, we flipped because he was driving like an idiot. I'm alive, he is not. Seatbelt totally saved my life, while his lack of seatbelt was his undoing, as he was thrown. Wear 'em people!

For starters, I'm not sure where they get off calling it lasagna pizza anyway. There are no noodles and all the other ingredients are standard pizza toppings. It looks like a thick crust/sicilian pie to me. Second, while Buffalo has the best wings, there are some pretty lousy pizza joint floating around out there, as mentioned before. I do love Airport though. They are probably one of the most consistant places we order from. Christophers is pretty good, as are Just Pizza and Franco's. Beyond that, Buffalo is hurting. My other major complaint is the hours of operation of nearly every suburban pizza joint in this area. It's damn near impossible to get a pie delivered after 11:00 PM, on any day of the week. Ridiculous!

He made foxnews and cnn. The same outlets that carried the breaking news of Erie County employees toilet paper shortage.

Well I used Cubans and Russians as examples due to the fact that they are or have been ideological opponets of US foreign policy. I just threw the Swiss in there for the hell of it. What were the terrorists from 9/11? Well, by birth most of them were Saudi's if memory serves me well. But ideologically these people held no allegance to their home nations, but rather to their sick religious beliefs.

Well, the article does state that multiple answers were given. But you are right, polls suck. If anything, it seems like one of those attempts to further divide people. That being said the "cause" can be traced back to a lot of things, but religious fundementalism IS the root. After all our foriegn policy towards other areas of the world hasn't always been stellar, and yet we haven't suffered any attacks on civillians from Cubans, Russians, or the Swiss.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/07092006/3/cana...lame-u-s-9.html "When participants were given the option of choosing more than one cause for the attacks, two-thirds blamed Islamic fundamentalists and their anti-Western views" So, 2/3rds of Canadians actually appear to have a brain, while 1/3rd feel Islamic nutjob fundies bear no blame. Thanks for the support gang... (I'm being a bit facetious here, but it just strikes me funny that 33% of those polled didn't seem to think the preponderance of the blame should be laid upon the shoulders of those who purposefully targeted civilians.)

Whats a good place around Buffalo to rent one? We live here, but kinda wanted to get 5 or 6 of us to go in on one together for a game. What does it cost for a loaded one for 2 or 3 days?

No, he isn't bitter. He just can't formulate a counter argument, and relies on (poor) one-liners when confronted with fact. He represents all that is awry with the internet. He is a troll.

Ok, I think I know who the drooling idiot is here... (and for the record it isn't the award winning, previous sports editor of one of the largest circulated newspapers, hall of fame comittee member journalist who is the only reporter to have covered every single super bowl)

Thank you both!

My B-Day is coming up and my fiancee asked what I want. I would like a new Bills jersey (I was gonna get a Joe Burns to match my Sammy Morris, and keep the 3rd string RB trend going) but I don't want her to spend a lot of money. I would take a Sabres jersey too, since I don't have one. The question is, where is a good place to get a cheap jersey? They don't have to be "official" or replicas or anything like that. I'm not so high on any player that I won't wear some no-namer or scrub either. Any suggestions? Thanks...

What do you mean? I can't hide mediocre guitar playing without the benefit of heavy distortion! Hell, ya never know though... I will ask the rest of the gang about it.

What will really pi$$ me off if she makes a presidential bid, is the fact that she is currently running around trying to convince NY voters to pick her as our rep for the senate. "I'll represent you for six years..... or until I find something better" Nothing but a f'n snake.

It was a little long, so I shortened it for you. I highly doubt the folks here on the board are afraid of Phillips right now. It's ok to be angry at a murderer, simply for the reason that they are an awful human being. And my brother-in-law, who is a trooper in the Albany area knew Longobardo, so I'm sad for his loss in the form of a friend and co-worker too.

I'm not saying it wouldn't be cool, but no way. Game day is far too important to me. I couldn't enjoy myself in the regular way if I had to worry about equipment, performing, and sobreity!

I never bothered to question his right to be on the roster. I have always left that place in my heart for a certain Stanford grad...

Does my boy Joey B stll get a paycheck? I saw he wasn't cut but was moved to the injured reserve. That's for the whole season right? Kinda like disability, but with nice seats at the game and a paycheck... Anyway, I was glad to see he wasn't cut. I always liked him.

I've never been "for" Phillips one second, but I agree with you on this one. I'm reasonably sure that no one was dragged for a mile, particularly someone whose injuries were so minor they were released back to duty that night. Plenty of people heard the troopers on the scanner saying "we got bucky" or something to that effect, and supposedly the friend that was riding with the other ATV'er got a couple of "keep yer mouth shut" whacks from a nightstick. No doubt the police were a little overzealous in their attempt to stop this guy, but at the same time, look at what they are up against. It's hard to blame them per se, and that dude shouldn't have fled, plain and simple. But in no way does that excuse them from shooting someone mistakenly, most likely the result of either a violation in standard procedure or excessive force if not both. To that point it looks as thoigh the investigation is going to the grand jury, so there is probably some doubt on the officers official story. It all comes down to Phillips though. If he had not started the chain reaction, 3 people would be goinging about their lives normally, and 1 would probably still be alive.

I wish. That kind of talent just doesn't exist in Buffalo...

Come out all you headbangers! Iron Priest, WNY's only Iron Maiden/Judas Priest tribute band is back. We are playing Desiderios on Broadway, September 9th. We have a Black Sabbath tribute band as outr opener, so it should be a good time. Doors open at 9:30 or 10 for the show. Hope to see "yall" there!

I was in a bad wreck a year ago this weekend with a broken one of everything including my neck. I didn't even consider a lawyer. I didn't know that I needed one. My sister who was a claims adjuster had me get one, and it was the best move I ever made. Not just from a settlement point of view, but from the fact that while I was recovering (I needed a total of 3 surgeries on my neck and my right arm which was crushed/ripped in half) they took care of making sure I had what I needed from my doctors and insurance companies. You guys might chuckle, but I went with the Barnes firm. I actually had very little choice as the accident was in PA and my sister said I really needed a lawyer licesenced to proactice in both states. They were one of the few firms that had a guy on staff who fit the bill. I interviewd him (important thing to remember, you are hiring them, not visa versa) and he had mucho credentials, and was also attentive, polite, and seemed to be interested in my case. They have been nothing short of stella throught the whole ordeal. Always responsive. Phone calls returned within minutes, regular updates, and everytime I had a problem with the insurance companies, they would have it fixed in a matter of days. For example with my neck, I couldn't sleep in a bed. The insurance complay said they'd pay for a special chair. I didn't feel like blowing a grand on some special medical chair, and tried to same them money by getting something at rent a center, figuring I'd only be out of commision for a month or two (I was way off). Anyway, when I submitted the bill to the insurance company they balked, acting as though they never ok'ed such an expenditure. I called my attorney, they called my doctor who verified my neck was broken (and the g*ddam insurance complany knew d*mn well it was the whole time, as they paid for my surgeries and the neurosurgeon visit) and, viola! I got my check. I have nothing but good things to say about the Barnes firm. Just my 2 cents...