Buftex

Thoughts and prayers d-bag!

Okay...I will pray for you

This is pretty hilarious. All of you tough PPP guys are constantly telling us that libs are too emotional and hysterical about everything. So now, because you are emotional and hysterical about the gun issue (you people are so ***** up!), context doesn't matter? You are all over the place on this one...

That was not directed at you...it was for Ardymus Ryno

The scenario you are talking about is far different than what we have been seeing in the news recently. I have nothing against you having a gun in your home to defend your home and family.

Okay... you are probably too hysterical and emotional for this. I will pray for you and your guns!

Gee...there was no way we would have known any of that stuff, if they didn't tell us. Glad they held a press conference!

Jim, poll after poll, for decades now, show that the majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws. Both Democrats and Republicans. Yet, we don't get them, because of these extremists on the right. They are the folks that embrace, and are embraced by one party, not the other. Not denying there are extremists in both political parties (that is another issue), but in this particular case, where guns are concerned, the opposition is going to come from the right. I think your suggestion was completely reasonable, but who is going to decide when somebody warrants close watch? Local law officials? The government? I live in Texas, I am worried about my state, thank-you. Is the fact that you carry supposed to be of some comfort?

So these idiots should probably be a little more concerned about their state, huh?

Sure they do. Does that make it substantive? Why hold a press conference to let us know how sad they feel, but offer nothing else? It was grandstanding to the highest degree. Trying to change the subject, and take attention away from the criticism that they are receiving for openly fostering a gun-worshiping culture. They are the two most powerful men in the state...they got nothing but culture wars. O'Rourke (obviously in a losing battle) is showing them up...letting people see what absolute empty vessels they are, and letting people know, btw, there are alternatives. They can gerrymander the state as much as they like to assure the ultimate re-elections, unless people just finally get fed-up with their bs.

I don't disagree with what you posted, but what you are proposing is exactly the kind of thing far-right extremists flip-out over...the very reason they feel it is their god-given right to have guns.

Isn't it grandstanding for Abbott and Patrick to hold a press conference to say how sad they (and their spouses are), but essentially assure everyone that there is nothing they can do?

But, our freedoms?

Automobiles are not created with the sole purpose to destroy something....sugar and fat may be deadly to you, but you indulging in them doesn't' affect me, or anyone else. There is a big difference.

That was the brilliance of "Breaking Bad". You spent most of the series feeling somewhat sympathetic, and rooting for Walt...but by the end, I think many (me included) couldn't wait to see him get what he deserved. it is the whole concept of "breaking bad"... it just kind of happens to people, when they aren't even conscious that it is happening. btw- speaking of "the judge", I didn't realize until last nights' episode that he is played by John Ennis...part of Odenkirk's old "Mr Show" crew. I got a little pulled away at the very end of the show last night...but wasn't there a brief "black and white" snippet...some sort of reference to Gene?

Love Neko Case!

Nick Nolte "Affliction" James Mason "A Star Is Born" Gregory Peck "To Kill a Mockingbird" Jane Fonda "They Shoot Horses Don't They" Paul Newman "Nobody's Fool" James Gandolfini "The Sopranos"

Saw something yesterday (sorry can't remember where) saying we had 5.05 million in cap space as of now.

That is essentially what PPP is...with a few exceptions.

I am not saying I love the arctic cold, but after 31 years in Texas, I'll take the cold over the depressing heat, any day of the week. We have two seasons here: Summer, and Not Summer...which lasts about 7 or 8 weeks. It is oppressive..

I can't wait to move back!

He'd make a great game color analyst...or studio host. He's a natural...

I was slightly kidding about getting some comfort there... There is some context...before the Braves came along, my older brother (8 years my senior) was a huge Celtics fan. We both loved basketball. When the Braves came to Buffalo, my brother ditched his Celtics loyalty, in favor of the Braves. My dad only ever really paid attention to basketball (college). I loved the game, still do. I seriously tried to be a Clippers fan, when they moved to San Diego. They still had some Braves players that I loved. But, living in Buffalo in the late 1970's, with the NBA an afterthought on the Buffalo sports landscape, my only way of following them was looking at box-scores, which may or may not appear in the Buffalo News, or the Courier Express, two days after the games were played. About a year later, my family got cable. We got the Boston super station, and WOR in NY. So, all of the sudden, I could follow the Celtics and/or the Knicks, as most of both teams games were broadcast. My brother had already fallen back to the Celtics... and in 1979-80, the Celtics were a hell of a lot more entertaining than the Knicks. Seeing Bob McAdoo in Celtic green (even if only briefly) didn't hurt. For me, it is purely a basketball thing. I loathe all other Boston teams...and I don't own a single piece of Celtics gear that uses the word "Boston" in the graphics. Take them out of context of the Bird-era, they have hardly been a "front-runner" kind of team over the last 35 years. They have had as many horrible years as good ones...and have won exactly one championship since then. Even that was 13 years ago, now.

The Braves were my team as a kid... the Bills and the Sabres were distant seconds. I take a lot of grief for becoming a Celtics fan now (I hated them in the 70's), but this always gives me some comfort!