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Actually, the Bills have already cut employee salaries, for the duration of the owners' lockout. It may not be wrong for them to cut 401K and pension benefits, but it sure seems classless. The Bills, I would guess, are spending less money over the last three months than they would have been, have already cut salaries, and are now taking away this too? It seems like a very miserly business decision, designed to take advantage of a self imposed problem. The coaches are under contract, they can't go work for someone else while the lockout is in effect...why punish them? Perhaps other owners will follow suit, but it is kind of telling that Ralph Wilson is the first to make such an extreme move.

Very good call! However, I think that is one of those films that earns the rare "it's so bad it's good" status...Cage is just terrible in it...and I like him, sometimes... Had the same experience, fairly recently, watching a re-run of "Welcome Back Kotter". When I was a kid, that was the height of comedy...I hadn't seen an episode since the late 70's...man, it is monumentally bad...not even remotely funny.

Sorry about the Sharks, Dante...double OT...that is truly a Billsian way to go out...we are gluttons for punishment, eh?

Because, it seems, down here in Texas, politics is a sport for the wealthy (Repulicans and Democrats), while the voters, considering the size of this state, are of little consequence.

I didn't say there wasn't...but the Republicans had there fun in 2010, embracing your Tea Party, and now, they are starting to learn that they have painted themselves into a corner. No reasonable adult will get the Republican nod, because anyone who is not lock, stock and barell in line witht he Tea Party will suffer the consequences, within their own party...the special interestst that Republicans cater too are not necessarily the ones that will get the most public support. Guys like Mitch Daniels don't want anything to do with the party, right now, because it is a friggin' mess. Maybe they will send the "bat signal" out to Jeb Bush...a real Washington outsider to invigor the troops...

Death panels? Vouchers? I won't even dignify the stupid ad you are referring to, but to say that "liberals roll" that way only shows how blindly partisan you are, under the guise that you are not...Repulicans have never stooped that low? As for the 2010 mid-terms, it seems like, more and more, people aren't happy with what they got...perhaps what happened in WNY is a microcosm of what will happen in 2012? Republicans had their moment, and are blowing it the way I thought only Democrats could. As someone said, they are the equivalent of Jim Marshall running the wrong way with the football after the big turnover. Funny that the "Ryan Plan" has become dogma all of the sudden...wasn't Ryan the guy who was considered a "nut wing" Republican not that long ago, by his own party, not all that long ago? Now all the tough talking Republicans are backing off the Ryan plan, because they are seeing that maybe people don't want it...are you still trying to pretend that Republicans are somehow more concerned with the greater good for the country than the other party? Michelle Bachmann all of the sudden "isn't married to the Ryan plan"....Corwin is saying she isn't behind it either? How things change...I am thinking most of these dolts backed the Ryan plan, because it was easier than coming up with their own. That party is a mess...what happens when you let a few special interests shape your party.

There is plenty to be scared of, from the almighty Ryan plan...

Maybe they have to pass it, before they can know what is in it?

I think everyone gets that. But, in the case of the Buffalo Bills, this seems more like a move that is made by a company on life-support...acting as if they don't expect to be making their money again, any time soon. Seriously, how much money could the Buffalo Bills have lost between March and May? They have are likely paying less for operating expenses, have already cut all of their employee salaries and not so much as a penny has been spent, outside of what should have already been anticipated and budgeted for employee salaries. Sure, they have not likely sold many, if any, season tickets yet...but if they can't absorb that, this early in the game, they are in worse trouble than I could have thought.

Wow...just watching CNN... really sad... stay safe everyone.

The article obviously had a Buffalo slant...wondering what they could find out from looking at OJ's brain!

I thought there was some noise about an assistant coaches' union, about a year ago...no?

Any word on what is happening with the election?

Yeah, just read that. It is funny though, this book release was such an "event" everywhere, but I never heard a word of it on ESPN tv or radio...kudos, I suppose, to ESPN for giving Miller air time. I take my " " back, and replace it with a " " Funny though, I had M & M on this morning, getting ready for work, and driving in, didn't hear one mention of the book...just some overly extended conversation about who would benefit more from am NBA Championship, Lebron James or Dirk Nowitzki...normally, they "tease" you for hours about what is coming up on the show. Saw a comment from one of ESPN's current honchos, saying something ominous, in regards to current ESPNers who had bad things to say...something like "they will be dealt with internally". I assume that means, one by one, they will start to disappear from the ESPN airwaves, as their contracts are not renewed...

Anyone pick this up? Funny, it is being talked about everywhere in the sports world, except ESPN!

Interesting article from the Buffalo News about Barnaby and concussions...starting to get the feeling that the sports we watch in the future are going to be less and less physcial... http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article431339.ece

Its' not really clear from the article, are the Bills the first/only team to take such a measure? It would seem, the coaches have a contract with the Bills, they can't go coach somewhere else while under contract, so it seems (to me anyways) kind of crummy to mess with their pensions. I know, I know, they should be glad to have jobs, yadda yadda yadda...but if the Bills are the first team to do this, it really reeks of "Ralph is being cheap." How much money would the Bills, realistically, be bringing in during the off-season? If anything, they are likely saving money on operational costs. I could see changing things up, for the coaches, if they actually start missing training camps and games...but right now, it just seems like taking advantage of a bad situation, and the coaches are kind of caught in the middle.

Alone? That is like a bunch of guys saying they don't like Donny Osmond. Maroon 5 is the ****, and by that, I don't mean the good ****...the awful ****.

Hey, I kinda liked that song...don't really remember the video...if I recall, they "threw it together" in a day, for Live Aid...

To each his own I guess....be nice, he turns 70 today!

Just his sister as I recall! Maybe he should have taken some advice from his old friend, JP Losman: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://talleywhackers.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/jp1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://talleywhackers.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/dating-tips-with-jp-losman/&usg=__kHkmF-rmADswglOb1rSk90yO1Vo=&h=475&w=640&sz=72&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=6tJDS8G35XuMVM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=137&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djp%2Blosman%2Bgirlfriend%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1260%26bih%3D865%26tbm%3Disch&ei=28nbTeWPOsSitgflxpG9Dw OR: http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2008/12/medium_jp2.jpg OR: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/929/315/39sexy_girls_wearing_shoulder_pads_07_display_image_display_image.jpg%3F1305078669&imgrefurl=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/696833-sexiest-football-jersey-wearing-fans&usg=__ziEWhYEmeaq8ZqZXQAl9tzXMtLk=&h=400&w=263&sz=22&hl=en&start=41&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=t5HtzZzSLe3qYM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=82&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dj.p.%2Blosman%2Bgirlfriend%26start%3D40%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26biw%3D1260%26bih%3D865%26tbm%3Disch&ei=_srbTcqkHsm4twfhsuiwDw

Back in the day, he was a great rock 'n-roll singer...I can think of few real rockers who betrayed their talents as much as Rod...it is a shame... when he was fab, with the Faces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3P_re8R3Y8&NR=1

For you Giants fans, or baseball fans in general, it looks like Showtime is giving MLB the "Hard Knocks" treatment, with a new show called "The Franchise", featuring the San Francisco Giants. I guess there was a premiere episode around opening day, but the show will start airing regularly, on Wednesdays, starting July 13th. Saw a preview, looks pretty good...Brian Wilson is pretty funny...that beard!

I guess it means not the all-American blond-hair, blue eyes look...not that there is anything wrong with that...

This team has no balls... I just had to say it...and now everyone will repeat it...