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I would add, to force the CBs to play tighter, which would open up the deep ball.

As stated in one of the B-News articles today, about 10-15 percent of the fans are coming in from Canada....

Watching him last season, I certainly thought he didn't have the accuracy to stick in the NFL. So maybe you're right about the nerves/jittery thing. Like JDG, this season I've questioned his ability to make the short "touch" passes. However, those are the passes he still looks like he's rushing or "jittery." Hopefully, as the game continues to "slow down" for him, he'll get better at those as well. With regard to the Bills' throwing a lot of quick passes to their WRs (or WR screens,) I think it's a great way to utilize the talent they have at WR. It appears they made an extra effort to get Evans the ball yesterday, and he almost always made the first defender miss on those quick passes.

quit whining Everyone knows constitutional rights should be suspended until the "war on terrorism" is over...

If you actually read the paper, you wouldn't need to ask that question. Hmmm...you don't agree with much in it. Well, there are some very speculative and contentious issues I raise, but I also use some very standard explanations, as well as historical facts. I'll start with some of the standard stuff: 1. Do you disagree with the discussion about seigniorage? If so, do you have an alternative measure? I'll admit, I introduce what I believe are some new measures for seigniorage. Which in particular do you disagree with? 2. What specifically do you disagree with about my discussion of the Bretton Woods System? That's basically historical fact. 3. With respect to the last section, do you disagree with the standard analysis of the "twin deficits?" Do you disagree that Asian economies peg their currency to the dollar in order to support their export-led growth strategies? The contentious issues: 1. I rely on a single source for the argument about the US-Saudi relationship and ensuring that oil will be priced in dollars and in return the US will "provide a security umbrella" for the Saudis. The point here is that by ensuring oil is priced in dollars it creates what I call a supra demand for dollars in the FX markets. My cursory evidence suggest that when the price of oil rose significantly, so did the dollar. 2. The premise of my paper is that we will look back on this current era as the point in time when the dollar began its decline as the premier international reserve currency. In the last section of the paper I discuss what it would take for a collapse of the dollar. I argue that in the era of "fiat" currencies, central banks can intervene in the FX markets to a level of "any means necessary" to prop up the dollar. I gave the example of Japan wanting to prevent the dollar from going below 100 yen to the $--essentially printing yen and buying dollars. This was described in the Financial Times and other publications--do you disagree with that? At any rate, I argue that central banks can prevent a dollar collapse because of their ability to print their own currency, and that Asian CBs do this because they want to keep their currencies from appreciating, which would reduce the demand for their exports. Now, my major speculation, and yes, it is a prediction on my part based upon my analysis: I ask is there a possibility that the dollar will collapse? My speculation is that it wil happen because of a Political event. I base this speculation on historical precedent (US and England and the Suez crisis as discussed in the paper) and the ability of CBs to prevent a collapse of the $ because they can print their own currency. Given the fact that Asian CBs hold about $1 trillion in dollar assets--mainly treasury securities, the scenario I envision of a dollar collapse is based upon the current administration's unilateral foreign policies. The largest supplier of oil to China is Iran. If the US decides to once again pusrue a pre-emptive war (justified or not) on Iran, I speculate that China will "attack" us economically, dumping its dollar assets, thus causing a collapse of the dollar, and an economic crisis in the US. I admit, this is a very speculative argument. I think we'll see shortly whether I'm right or not. Now, if you read my paper, you would realize that this explanation of the possible collapse of the dollar is based upon the Bush administration's foreign policy--it can only happed because of a political crisis. So, yes, duh...it depends upon Bush being elected. Now the rest of the paper--the majority of it, much of which is based upon standard economic arguments, I find it difficult to comprehend your statement that you "disagree with most of it." Unless of course you only read the first page... If you want to have a serious dicussion about this, I will be more than happy to reply.

In comparison to Haloti Ngata (0 tackles in 2 games), who many (including myself) wanted at the #8 spot, McCargo is holding his own (1 A in 2 games). The point: it's silly to speculate that either one is a dud at this point.

Is a WR screen considered a "gimmick" play? By the way, with the exception of the .03 seconds of "pre" contact, it was very well-executed.

He made a great play on his first catch to prevent the Miami defender from taking it to the house. The defender was trying to cut in front of Evans, but he basically boxed him out and made the catch. On the deep toss, it appeared to me he did something similar; he adjusted his speed to ensure that only he would have a play on the ball--keeping the defender on his back, and I think it was partly why the PI occured (the defender didn't slow down). I wonder if he can teach Peerless those things....

Maybe someone who tapes the game can confirm this, but it seems to me most of the time I saw a strong play by the DTs, Williams was in there, not Anderson.

While the Fins had to play catch up toward the end, MM still would rather pass than run. Fins had 32 pass plays and 20 runs (4.6 ypc). MM played into the Bills' strength. This game didn't convince me that the Bills can stop the run, and that may be their Achilles Heel (sorry TKO) this year. On the plus side, what a fun team to watch. While some have raised valid concerns about JP and the offense, I believe the most important stat for this young qb to date is no turnovers in the two road games. I think it's premature to judge this offense (and qb) until we see how it does at home. Great job so far coach Jauron!

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Yes, I believe he was their oil minister in the 1970s, which is why he couldn't show up for guard duty.....

I wish our front office was as good as San Diego's over the past 5-6 years. Who is/was their GM....?

Which one of those presidents controlled OPEC?

\How would you know....?

Funny that you ask this question...

Oh boy...this ain't politics (or golf--the gentlemen's game); it's friggin football! Kudos to maybe the most intelligent coach in the NFL for using whatever "legal" means necessary to win.

Bin Laden's Bounce "However, there is one bright spot politically for the White House in its latest push on Iraq and national security. After months of party squabbling over everything from immigration to the federal budget, congressional Republicans, for the most part, seem to be on board with the White House’s attempt to make security and terrorism their primary platform heading into the midterms." Say it ain't so Karl...

How does this post relate to the one you responded to? As for gas prices, they're mainly responsive to demand because there is very little excess refining capacity in the US. One could argue that US oil companies like it that way.

Which is why my first sentence in the post you quote says "politicians will use fear." I totally agree with your statement though (paraphrasing)--if you believe only one party is capable of using fear for gain, you must believe in conspiracies....

What happens to "his presidency" if the dems gain control of the House? Based on your literal interpretation of that statement, I'm sure your answer is "he's still president;" however, he will be totally ineffective (that's assuming he was effective to begin with). In fact, the dems will push for investigations into quite a few potentially disasterous issues that the republicans have been sitting on. At any rate, I'm losing the battle. Everyone's arguments have completely supported the fact that only a conspiracist would believe that the republicans focus in the elections is fear....

Is it too difficult to believe that politicians will use fear of terrorism to their political advantage? While Bush is not up for re-election (gee, ya got me on that one), this election is about his administration's policies. Is he not in campaign mode right now? And what has been the focus of his speeches? By the way, of course it's an editorial. The point is, IT'S NOT A CONSPIRACY TO BELIEVE THAT THE FOCUS OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS FOR THE REPUBLICANS IS FEAR, AND TRYING TO CONVINCE THE ELECTORATE THAT REPUBLICANS WILL PROTECT US BETTER THAN DEMOCRATS. I suppose if you don't believe that, then you probably believe that Karl Rove is a man of principles....

I guess the Sydney Morning Herald believes in conspiracies too... Fear factor Bush has nothing else to run on. That's a fact.

Oops! those were supposed to be subliminal messages.... While I exaggerated the point, the terror alert seemed to be raised more often during the fall election cycle of 2004 than the rest of the year. About the only thing Bush has to run on is fear of terrorism. Do you believe politicians do not use fear to boost their chances of election or re-election? That's the hypothesis. It's not conspiracy; it's a political fact.

So true, republicans (swift boat) would never try to manipulate (terror alert) the public before an election (Al Queda video)...