KRC

I was wondering why you would even bother to take the time to do this? It is like taking the time to discredit Michael Moore. It is so easy that it is not even a sport. People like her and Moore puposely try to tick off the other party by being more and more outrageous so that they can sell more books. You are actually giving her what she wants: more attention to drive up book sales.

Morning sweetie!! We love you too!!

I feel so left out.

Then why even bother putting Paul's name on the thing? Just put a big TBD logo on it and be done with it. Again, this is not to honor ourselves. The only people being honored are Paul and Darlene, therefore, only their names should appear. I am done talking about this. I will find my own way to honor him.

That would be an acceptable compromise for me.

As Dan mentioned, there will be trademark issues involved with putting his avatar on the paver. Nice idea, but not legal.

Wouldn't a classic banner include players before 1990? You would need a montage of players from 1960 to the present.

Nice job raising great kids, Bill!! Send my congrats to your daughter.

...or "In Memory of Paul & Darlene Lewczyk"

This is an 11 page thread. If they do not know his name by now, then it really does not matter what else is put on it. This is just my personal opinion (I speak for nobody but myself), but if the website is mentioned on the paver, I refuse to donate to it.

Damn straight!!

I agree. IMO, it would be in poor taste to add the URL. Just "In Memory of Paul and Darlene Lewczyk" would be perfect. We would not getting this paver to honor ourselves, we would be getting this paver to honor Paul and Darlene.

It died off in a matter of days.

The title has been fixed.

There are many more, but here are 5 each from a couple of different categories: Classic Rock: Radar Love - Golden Earring Unchained - Van Halen Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Metal: Cowboys From Hell - Pantera Hanger 18 - Megadeth I Stand Alone - Godsmack Killed By Death - Motorhead Iron Man - Black Sabbath Classical: Symphony No. 5 - Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - Ludwig Van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 - Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

It would have required us to actually watch the broadcast.

1. With Albert Pujols now laid up on the DL, who is the best player in baseball? Already Answered 2. What is the coolest shape? Take into account the look of it, geometric importance and the name. Already Answered 3. Every year there is one player on any team considered the team's most pleasant surprise. Who should you root for to become that player for the 06 Bills? Anthony Thomas 4. What is the best McDonald's song ever? "It's a Good time for the Great Taste" 5. What was the best thing about Katie Couric's farewell? She will only be on TV 1/2 per day (less air time).

Your discussed "whipping up your base" with hotbutton issues. I addressed that with the tried-and-true class warfare thingy the Dems always like to trot out when they need votes. I didn't know that only Dems were allowed to discuss that topic. I will keep that in mind in the future.

Don't forget "class warfare." That is usually good for some Dem votes. I am partial to "Bush hates old people/black people/poor people/<insert your people du jour here>." Always good for a laugh.

From Kristy (aka MRS KRC): Ken knew Paul for years through his posts. He would often come home and relay things that Paul said while we were making dinner (I later told Paul that and he tilted his head off to the side, completely mortified. I think his response was something like, "Christ. Couldn't you two find someum' better to talk about? Good lord...." But then he laughed it off.) I remember the day that we all found out about Darlene's passing like it was yesterday. Ken was at work and called me at home to tell me. I never expected to hear Ken's voice on the other end of the line. It was a little after 10 am, so I figured it to be my mom or a telemarketer. I was so excited when I heard his voice, not knowing what he was about to tell me. His deep voice was troubled, filled with sorrow. When he told me about Paul's post, I literally felt like someone had dropped a ton of rubble over me. I couldn't get any words out. I stood there, looking out the back door into our yard, trying to make sense of it all. I marveled at how green and lush everything was, how the trees had once again began their springtime circle of life; I watched the wind blow through the leaves. And yet I couldn't understand how this young woman had died- she was only 42 - and was now gone. I couldn't imagine Paul coming home from a long day at the office, ready to see her and tell her about his day.... Here was this man that neither one of us had ever met in person and yet we were just shattered. Our hearts were so heavy with pain and sadness for him and his tremendous loss. Like so many on this board, we rallied around him and offered love and support through cyberspace. We prayed for him, willing strength to him, all in an effort to help him through this terrible loss. I thought that a card might be another way to show him how much we cared for him, so I found just the right sympathy card and mailed it off. I knew that it would never repair the hole in his heart, but I thought it may bring some reassurance and comfort, no matter how brief. The next week, I sent another card. The weeks went by and out went the cards. One day I received an email from him telling me how much the cards meant to him, how much everyone's support meant to him. He talked about all of the PMs he received from so many of you, and how touched he was. Ken and I had the privilege of staying with him for a few days last September. We planned to tour the capital, walk around the cute little town of Alexandria (and yes, I believe he may have even said those words). He also planned various "get togethers" to introduce us to some of the board "locals": DC Tom & his lovely wife Melody, VABills. We all went to a local watering hole on Sunday to watch the Bills game; SDS & R.Rich were there, too. VABills brought his little girl along. What a blast we all had. One of our favorite memories from that long weekend was Paul's quick wit. As so many of you can attest, often times you never knew what he was going to say next. Late Saturday morning, the five of us (DC Tom & Melody, Paul, Ken and myself) went to Mt. Vernon. We had just walked through the admission gate and were walking along this path that eventually opened up to the grounds. As we were walking along, we were reading through the tour books, randomly mentioning the various attractions that we wanted to see. Then Paul says, "Hey, where are the hemp fields???" Well, my jaw dropped (as did Melody's), DC Tom rolled his eyes, Ken has tears coming out of his.... we were all laughing so hard that we could just about walk the pathway. And there was Paul....walking along with this twinkle in his eye and this big ol' grin on his mug. As Ken mentioned before, he was quite a good guitar player. I think it may have been Friday night when he pulled out his 2 guitars and gave Ken one to play. Paul began strumming his and singing. What a smooth voice he had. He turned to me and asked me if I sang. I responded, "Only in the shower and I think my bath gel is ready to pack it all up and head out for greener pastures," hoping that this would be a strong enough hint. He kept prodding me to sing with him, and I said, "Well, only if Ken sings along, too." I knew that hell would freeze over before my hubby would do anything above a whispered hum, so I thought this might get me out of it. Ken shot me this look and I figured if I tried pursuing it any further that I might end up walking home. And yes, folks, Paul roped me into singing with him. He made it easy to harmonize with him and before I knew it, I was actually enjoying myself. We sang a few bars, I relaxed some more, we sang a little more; he turned to me and said, "Well what were you worried about? You sound really good!!" My cheeks were beet red. I shot back, "Are you sure that you just haven't had too much brewsky and that maybe anything would sound good to you at this point? You know, I 'm sure that if we get enough of it in you that a couple of cranky ally cats would sound harmonious." He told me to "Shut up and keep singing." It's going to be tough the next time I hear California Dreamin' on the radio. I will miss his intelligence, his well thought-out viewpoints, his wonderfully dry sense of humor (often times self deprecating). I will miss his big heart and tales of a life so richly lived. I will miss his "Now let me play Devil's Advocate here for just a minute or two" interjections in our lengthy discussions. I truly hope that he has found the peace he so desperately craved. I hope that he is with his beloved Darlene again. Regardless of whether or not you knew him personally or soley through electronic communication, we were all better for having had him in our lives.

Carolina in 6

I disagree. People are getting ticked off because the parties are moving away from their core beliefs and moving more towards the extremes. They want their party to return to their core beliefs (see Coli). The center has become more apathetic to the whole mess, but still vote party line (thereby giving tacit approval of the moves to the extremes) because they do not want the other party in control.

The ideology is what you present to the public. That is what people vote for in elections. That is what your party believes and it morphs over time (remember, the Republicans used to advocate reduction in the size of government and government spending?). The Democratic party is being controlled by the lunatic fringe, just like the Republican party is now being run by the lunatic fringe. That is the ideology that is presented to the public. You are advocating change to that ideology, in essence, getting back to what the party used to be about. You need to be disloyal to the current ideology in order to accomplish this task. This is a contradiction to your comments about Lieberman, who you want to toss aside because he is not loyal to the ideology. You cannot advocate a change in ideology, while at the same time toss out people who are not loyal to said ideology.

How do you change party ideology (which you are advocating with this grassroots movement) while still remaining loyal to the current party ideology (which you are also advocating)?

This is getting down-right embarrassing at this point. The Dems are bitching about voter fraud and unethical election tactics, all the while committing the same offenses themselves. Here is a thought: If you want to sound credible in your arguments, DON'T DO THE SAME !@#$ING THING YOU ARE BITCHING ABOUT FROM THE OTHER PARTY. Dumbazzes.