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True. Attention spans are not what they...Oooh...shiney object.

VA mentioned that he heard a congressman talking about that very thing this morning on the radio. Not sure who it was or what station.

Then, the media is slipping. Usually, it is: 1) Find someone to blame. 2) Start filing lawsuits. 3) Make sure the lawyers hit every news camera to spin the news towards their clients. 4) Talking heads discuss the entire life of the person mentioned in step 1. 5) If there is time, start working on a plan to rescue the people.

There is no question the Dems are fighting an uphill battle, mainly due to their inability to vocalize their stance on anything prior to this point. You cannot win elections by just saying "yeah, well the opposite of what he/she said." The Dems have also not done themselves any favors by just opposing anything put forth by the Republicans. When there is a problem, you need to take a stance on a solution. It might not be the best solution, but you have to at least put something forward for the electorate to chew on. The Dems have not done that. They just say, "Republicans are wrong" and leave it at that. If you want more Dems in power, the Dems need to show that they have ideas and solutions to the problems. Then, you campaign on those solutions stating that "We could not impliment these solutions because the Republicans blocked them. Help us get more Dems in office so that we can get these ideas enacted." Of course, once elected they will probably ignore these solutions, but at least they provided something for the electorate to vote for, not "vote for me because Republicans Bad." As OGT mentioned, there is no way to tell the impact of the war on the election. If the Dems do not take a specific side, then they have muted the effect of the war on the election. You need differing views in order to make it a focal point. Dems should stick to domestic issues. What is their plan for Social Security? It is broken, what are they going to do to fix it and how quickly? What about Medicare? Welfare reform? Tax relief? I haven't heard anything on these types of issues from the Dems. Just opposing whatever the Reps put forward.

It took them 12 hours before they started talking about lawsuits? People are slipping.

That is my personal, uneducated take. Since I know nothing about football (as said by the guy who cannot pick games), take it for what it is worth. I fully agree. His relationship with JPL, SA, EM and not knowing McGahee's mindset in the last game, I have doubts about how well MM can handle the locker room. I personally would get rid of MM, but I can see the mindset in allowing the new GM to determine who he wants to keep and who he wants to let go.

What you do in your private life is your business, not that there is anything wrong with that.

The thread was started yesterday. His birthday is today.

Dr. Mikao Usui.

To prevent stuff like the first report. Get the facts first...then release the information to the families and media.

I tend to agree. There will be a few switching hands, but I do not see whole-sale changes. I think that you will see more activity than 2004, however. It is the normal political cycle. Republicans have been in power for a while, so things will start to shift towards the Dems. It is not that the Dems are better, just that people want a change. Now, if the Dems could actually get their shiite together, they may actually be able to do something significant. Their main problem is themselves. Until they fix that, they will continue to struggle and only make minimal changes.

Now you are just talking crazy.

Congressional representatives corrupt? Never happen.

I wanted to especially emphasize the part about the creation of powers.

I never said it was a good idea, just a plausible scenario.

...or, the GM gets canned and the new GM determines who stays and who goes on the coaching staff.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." From FindLaw, for those who are interested: Linky Thingy

I also got it for Christmas. Great DVD!!

Happy New Year to you, Big Guy. Send my regards to your better half.

I am not just referring to her post here. I am referring to other posts of her's, lately.

Hubby must be rubbing off on you. You are getting more of a Libertarian streak going of late. Well done, hubby!!

He did look rather "statuesque" in the painting, making it quite life-like.

I received two Bills items this year. The wall calendar is the usual gift. I also received a very special Bills gift this year. My brother likes to paint (and is very talented, BTW). A few years ago, he painted me a Drew Bledsoe portrait. The joke that year was, "well, he was good when I started the painting." This year, he painted a Jack Kemp portrait for me. Fantastic. The framing and matting were also amazing.

Happy Holidays Big Guy and the rest of the TBD gang.

I believe you are correct.