Buftex

Funny, a fair number of Texans are quick to claim that they are part of the West, not the South...

We love our football... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/12/berndt-twins-dead-mother-houston_n_848329.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl6%7Csec3_lnk1%7C55745

Yeah, Rob's House, I get it, you get it...

You would think, with the #3 pick in the draft, the Bills would be drafting a high profile prospect, and that would translate into one nationally televised pre-season game, no? I see Carolina didn't make the pre-season cut either...

Funny, any other year, this would be big news around here...the release of the pre-season schedule I mean....

Blame unions!

Chef, I was using the same broad generalazations that others (not necessarily you) were using in trying to pick apart a joke! My ming is dynastic!

Yeah, that was a great one too...the late 60's and to mid-70's had some of the most eclectic radio music...an era where everyone played the kazoo!

Sorry, wasn't trying to be obtuse! You just have a pattern of "answer my question, answer my question" type of posts...if you just read all the posts, you would likely get your answer. I didn't "dance around" your question, I just didn't answer it, because I didn't see the need to...you are asking about one specific instance, and obviously it is wrong. But that doesn't mean anything in the bigger picture. I give you credit (and I am being very sincere) for addressing the issue of ethics. It is something that seems to be a one-sided issue for all the "union busters" out there. I would guess that there are a fair number of us here, who grew up in homes where one, if not both, of our parents were members of a union, and likely glad for it. Unions came into existence as a result of unethical business practices...it would be naive to think that unions aren't above being corrupted, but equalluy naive to believe that management/ownership (whatever you want to call it)isn't corrupt as well. This whole notion that "they provided the donuts, so they can take them back whenever they want" shows how simplistic the outlook has become from one side of this issue.

Yeah, I know...like a spoiled little kid!

Great choice...one of my faovorite one hit wonder oldies song was "Brandy" by Looking Glass, for years, I thought "Dancing In the Moonlight" was by the same band...the singers sound remarkably alike...both great songs.

No...if you are so concerned with me answering Post #102 of this thread, read Post #117 of this thread, and you should be able to figure out my answer to your question!

My god, I may actually agree with you on something...

Perhaps...but the way the money is earned is no more ethical, in many cases, than what most of you here(don't know if you are a tea party guy Magox, you seem too smart)suggest all unions of being guilty of.

Can you elaborate? The example provided doesn't really do what you suggest...

Yes, he provided the facilites, and the materials, which he purchased with all the corporate welfare and tax breaks he recieved.

There are 3 men in a room, a billionaire, a "tea partier" and a union worker. There is a box of a dozen donuts on the table. The Billionaire takes 11 donuts and then turns to the "tea partier" and says "Watch that Union Worker he is going to try and take your donut"

What made me "tear-up" in that video, was the slow pan of the team draft pick cards, showing the Bills pick Leif Larsen...not tears of sadness mind you (he was a 6th round pick), just tears of laughter, remembering what a stiff that guy was...

I am a big Celtics and Sabres fan. Both of those teams start, what I am hoping, are extended playoff runs that could go all the way to the end of May...that will keep me entertained for now...if July rolls around, and we are still talking about a lockout, then I will be "turned off". In the past, these situations have po'd me...now, I only pay the whole thing a minimal amount of attention...nothing we can do, and I don't really have a strong opinion either way. I just hope we have NFL football come early September, however they get it done. I think they will...all the details aren't going to matter much when it is all settled. Obviously, as a Buffalo Bills fan, I have concerns about how the whole thing will affect the franchise, but that is/was inevitable all along.

There are certainly worse presidents than FDR, to emulate.

I never can tell if you are serious...

Rob's House has spoken...

I was just in Seattle for a week, went to the Mariners home opener against the Indians. Not a great game (especially for the home-town fans, 4th inning was a killer), but a gorgeous night...had a blast. First time I have ever been to an MLB home/season opener...would love to do it again.