Pine Barrens Mafia
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OK, for those with age-incued myopia and hearing loss, (
) one more time:I was WRONG abotu Mike Mularkey. He needed time to learn how to coach.
I was definitely incorrect on McGahee.
And I was wrong on MUCH of Tom Donohoe's decision making.
I'm still skeptical about Bledsoe, however, and will never approve of the Greggo era, but I am more than willing to admit my mistakes in the above categories.
Feel better?
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At this point in the season, barring what happens the rest of the way, you almost have to go with DB as your incumbent next year. Six weeks ago, I wouldn't have said this but DB and the OL has certainly changed how they play. DB isn't the statue that all of us thought he was and the OL does actually know how to form a pocket. I think, going into training camp next year, if the Bills say that it's a toss up for the QB position, they will be taking one step backwards. It's DB's job to lose, which we all know he is capable of, so let the chips fall as they may.
*listening for ICE's head exploding*
Exactly. And I'm as pro-losman as it gets. You can't mess with momentum, and even if the bills don't make the postseason they will have serious momentum going into next season.
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Come on peoples, you're missing the obvious choice:
DREW BARRYMORE
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IMO game consoles sux0r.
You can get most of the titles for PC and have an INFINITE hardware upgrade path.
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Thanks for playing, Jets...
MWAHAHAHHAAA!!
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I'm just depressed we were not graced with ICE's wit and wisdom in this thread.
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HillaryCare in Tennessee
The disaster that might have been for the entire country.
Monday, December 6, 2004 12:01 a.m. EST
We think it was Justice Brandeis who said the states should be laboratories for reform. Regarding health care, Tennessee tried a decade ago and the price is now coming due. Hillary Rodham Clinton should call her pollster if she plans on carrying the state in 2008.
In 1994, Tennessee passed what was then a very hot New Democrat idea--call it government managed care--a version of the reform the former first lady was also pitching nationwide. TennCare promised the impossible dream of politicians everywhere: Lower health-care costs while covering more of the "uninsured." They got the impossible, all right. After 10 years of mismanagement and lawsuits, TennCare now eats up one-third of the state's entire budget and is growing fast. Governor Phil Bredesen, a Democrat, is preparing to pull the plug and return the state to the less lunatic subsidies of Medicaid.
The TennCare concept was for the state to operate like an HMO, providing health insurance to those who needed it and paying the premiums for those who couldn't afford it. The idea was even sold as a cost savings because it would provide "managed care" (volume discounts, preventative care, etc.). TennCare opened enrollment to hundreds of thousands of people who did not qualify for Medicaid, even to some six-figure earners. Costs quickly exploded, and despite attempts to tighten eligibility rules the program still covers 1.3 million of the state's 5.8 million people.
The skyrocketing costs led previous Governor Don Sundquist, the Republican who had inherited the program, to try to impose a state income tax. His efforts failed, fortunately, but in 2002 Mr. Bredesen was elected promising to cut TennCare's costs.
That, too, has been impossible. Left-wing legal activists have sued the state with impunity to underwrite the cost of nearly unlimited care. A Nashville non-profit called the Tennessee Justice Center has hamstrung reforms for years by suing to enforce a series of consent decrees, some of which predate TennCare.
Prescription drug costs alone increased 23% last year, as there are effectively no limits on the number or types of drugs the system will pay for. If a doctor prescribes aspirin, TennCare pays for it. Ditto for antacids for heartburn and other over-the-counter products. If TennCare denies a claim for a drug or any other type of care, an appeal can be filed for next to nothing. Fighting each appeal costs the state as much as $1,600 in legal fees. With 10,000 appeals filed every month, it's often easier and cheaper to pay a claim, regardless of the merits.
TennCare is now in worse shape than it was a decade ago. Three of the 11 privately run Managed Care Organizations that insured TennCare patients and administered the program have fallen into receivership. Amid the legal wrangling, Blue Cross Blue Shield all but pulled out of the program. Today the state has assumed all the insurance risk and pays most of the premiums.
Mr. Bredesen has proposed numerous reforms to reduce costs by limiting care, and the legislature overwhelmingly endorsed them earlier this year. But they sit in limbo while the Governor negotiates with the Tennessee Justice Center to end its lawsuits. With the talks at an impasse, Mr. Bredesen has instructed state officials to start thinking about dismantling TennCare. "It makes no sense for one facet of our responsibilities--health care--to be able to come to the table first and eat and drink all it wants, and then if there is anything left over, we then can consider our other responsibilities," he told the Tennessee School Board Association recently.
Good for Mr. Bredesen for recognizing that the entitlement mentality inevitably leads to fiscal perdition. Has he told Mrs. Clinton, not to mention certain Republicans in Washington?
Well there's a suprise. A socialist programfailed miserably.
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waht is this? some kinda cult? my meatheaded finfan brother in law even likes them. I've never heard em.
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1) ESPN Radio declared this morning that the Bills are IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT!!!!!
2) We need more pass rush from the DEs.
3) If the Bills get a good lead they should bench MaGahee next week. I was very concerned watching him limp around, the kid might be a literally great RB.
4) It has been a few years since I have seen a pass like the one Drew through to Evans, at least while watching the Bills. It doesn't seem possible to throw a ball that deep with that much air under it.
5) Spikes was great as usual. Fletcher played a bad game by his standards, but I am not concerned.
6) Are there any Drew haters that now think that it was smart not to bench him?
7) IF the Bills make the playoffs, is a home game an impossibility? If so, too bad because I have a 50/50 chance of getting permission to go. I sound like a wimp? Wait until YOU are married 20 years.
GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha...love #7.
BTW< I am man enough to admit I was wrong to call for Drew's benching.
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Nope.... sadly the Bengals cannot be mathematically eliminated next week.
But for what its worth, I don't see Marvin Lewis letting this team mail it in the rest of the way either. As the Dolphins showed today, even a team that is eliminated will give you a good game in the NFL.
JDG
No way the Bungles make the playoffs at 9-7. Though it would not be a mathematical impossibility, there's simply NO WAY they get in at 9-7.
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Educate me on the dangers of the
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With the exception of major tickat purchases (cars, house), yes I do.