Terry Tate

I would take a wild guess that non-law-enforcement-derived (for the folks focusing on the warrant aspect) communications intercepts that include a US citizen as a participant, a person on US soil as a participant, or even reference a US citizen are destroyed. Chances are they probably cannot be recorded, transcribed, reported on, or otherwise used in any manner without prior authorization on that specific individual by the Attorney General. That's just the kind of Executive Order that might have come down after the abuse of the intelligence agencies against US citizens that occurred, say, in the 1970's. Possibly. Unless a President were to sign an Executive Order, such as the one that maybe outlined the above restrictions, that eased those restrictions under certain specific circumstances and allowed collection on individuals who were communicating with known terrorists. Hypothetically speaking, that'd be my guess. So no, I am not worried about it. But it is an interesting discussion.

Telling someone how to raise their kids is always a good way to start a fight. If your kids aren't causing anyone any grief, as children or adults, in a restaurant, store or on the local news headlines, I really don't care how you got there - you must have done something right. If your kids are causing everyone else grief, try something different. Plenty of people out there who didn't do so well in school, never went to college, have low-income jobs - and are outstanding neighbors and friends. That's the measure I have.

No kidding. There can't be anyone left who worried about that going in that still feels that way, unless they haven't been watching. My Sabres/Habs favorite shift the other night - Kotalik hitting two Habs behind their net within a second or so of each other to control the puck. Part of the fun this year is seeing all the players throughout the league who are just breaking out under the new rules. The talent that got them there is now on full display, instead of the ability of coaches to stifle offense with a scheme. You know, I certainly loved my kids when they were newborns, but when they began sleeping through the night, I fell in love with them all over again. That's how I feel about hockey today.

It's in your signature, what you've chosen to define your online presence in every single post you've ever made from that point on. That's kind of repetitive, isn't it? Just thought that was funny. I'm sorry. Can I have my pocket mirror back? Dang it, did it again. I'm sorry. C'mon, laugh a little.

LOL. So says the man with the "disastard" sig line.

As a highly trained Cryptologic Linguist Technician with over twenty years experience, I've determined the statement in question contains key hidden indicators that are essential to an insider's knowledge of the American economic system. Unfortunately, I have no idea what it means. I input it into one of the Cray computers below the National Security Agency, and it reported back that I picked the wrong week to stop drinking. "Oh stewardess! I speak jive."

I believe it's stealing, but I also believe they're getting out of hand in the methods they're pursuing. Though there's no mention of it in the EULA, and Sony is on record denying it, apparently their player does in fact "phone home." Sony's DRM software called spyware by antivirus vendor, More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home

Outstanding. Between this and the other thread on blues, I'm sure to find some of the 'best of the best' blues cd's by other artists I can enjoy. The only other blues cd's I have besides Johnny Winters are compilations of various artists.

SRV fans would definitely enjoy listening to Johnny Winter, as he was one of SRV's influences. My favorite so far is a compilation of cuts from three albums he made on Alligator records in the 1980's into one called "Deluxe Edition". Most CD's I buy last weeks before I tire of hearing them. This cd has been playing in my truck nearly every day for 2-3 years now - I just haven't found anything that can take it's place. You can hear short cuts from the songs on amazon.

It's the best tax proposal I've ever heard. That should be enough to ensure it will never happen. Compare it to the Tax Reform Panel's suggestions, then read Stuck in Cincy's post again.

A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her. She asks him why he is staring. He replies: "I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you." She answers, "My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive." "Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me." She responds, "Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic." The cab driver is very excited and says, "Yes, I'm single and Catholic!" "OK" the nun says. "Pull into the next alley." The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush. But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying. "My dear child," said the nun, "why are you crying?" "Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess, I'm married and I'm Jewish." The nun says, "That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party."

Got a scooter? Like rallies? I can see why. Biketoberfest is taking place in Daytona beach this weekend. It's like the regular bike week event, but only for a few days. Last night was the first time I had been to one of these, pretty neat event. ZZ Top canceled all Florida events due to hurricane Wilma (still far enough away that it didn't even rain last night), but the Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat, and other free concerts are going on as planned. Yeah, they're old, but so are most of the bikers. Every bar has it's own live bands from the local area and across the country. Thousands and thousands of bikes of all make and model to see; pretty interesting. There was no shortage of custom makes, either (btw, Jesse James and Orange County Choppers were here, but there's local custom bike makers too). There were some really cool looking custom designs, but the thing that really stood out to me were the Boss Hoss bikes - custom made bikes with chevy small block v8's in them. Now that is something to see. Daytona has cracked down on the public nudity and banned thongs; I don't know about where I was in Ormond Beach (couple miles north on US1), but I can verify there were boobies to be seen. Some I could've done without, and some that I didn't mind at all. Including a bar maid at one of the outdoor bars at the Hog Pen with a, uh, top that was made of paint only. And yes, they were magnificent. With all the people there, no one was rude to us (eh, I should make an exception for the "drown the clown" dunk tank guy, but he wasn't speaking directly to us, just some guys who apparently live an alternative lifestyle, and who's mothers all coincidentally know the clown in an intimate manner), I didn't see a single fight, and everyone I saw looked like they were just enjoying themselves. I've never seen that many people in one place where I could say that before. All the bars post signs stating "No colors. No attitudes." Don't think you're going to walk into the Outlaws' house and ask them how to join and you'll be fine. So come on down in the spring for bike week. I think you'll like it.

I recall seeing an Bryan Adams interview years ago, when he was on the charts. He had a show the night of the interview and they showed him on his way to work. Not in a limo, or a tour bus - he lived in the same city (Toronto, maybe? He's from Kingston), so he just used public transportation, and got on the subway. No big deal. I thought that was pretty cool.

BUFFALO, New York (AP) -- Local airlines' ticket personnel are at a loss to explain the sudden surge in ticket sales to the northwest United States. "Everything heading to Portland went first" ticket sales representative Tammy Wells said. "After that, it was 'get me somewhere close', from Eugene and Salem up to Olympia Washington. I don't know what's going on up there, but it's all guys that are leaving, too."

"The company's first road car, the Vallelunga, had Ferrari-like lines but a Ford Cortina engine." Named after the town in Sicily my grandparents grew up in, and where all my uncles were born. A nice little city, quiet agricultural community - with a racetrack.

DEAD MAN WALKING! I keed, I keed. Congrats and best wishes.

Years ago in Okinawa I noticed an apple in the market priced at about $4.00. Individually wrapped in styrofoam with wax paper wrappers, they were the most perfect and beautiful apples I've ever seen. You know they grow watermelons square there? Grow 'em in crates; as the watermelon gets bigger, they put it in a bigger crate. Rounded corners, but dang things are square. Makes it easy to stack them. Hope you and the family are well.

What, no one else thinks a teenager running a stop sign and t-boning another car is the same as a 37 year old man getting drunk, putting his car in the water, leaving a girl there, then spending the rest of the night covering his tracks? Tough crowd. BTW, it was a nice try Ted. Winds at 35mph, waves up to 5ft - in a 13ft boat? Not me.

Crap, that makes two threads on this topic. Could use a merge here.

Beats me. He did say high-ranked secondary, so maybe the point was overall defense was not as strong, and a lack of pressure on the QB makes the secondary more vulnerable.

I bought Center Ice this year. As far as listening to Rick J and Jim L, there's a lot of variables that go into which feed you get: - Home or Away - Is MSG carrying it or another game - Is the opponent local to your geographical area, and is the local regional sports channel broadcasting the game etc. More important than whether or not you get to listen to Rick and Jim, is what freakin' channel is the game on? The information channel (220) shows what NHLCI channel the game is sked on - BUT you must take into consideration who the opponent is in respect to YOUR location. For example, when the Sabres played at Tampa, my NHLCI feed was blocked, and it was carried on the Tampa regional sports channel. From what I'm reading here, It appears the NHLCI feed for the rest of the country may have been the same Tampa broadcast I was watching, but since I'm in Florida, it was on the Tampa channel for me. None of this really matters if you're home and you can just surf around to find it, but I've already managed to TIVO a couple hours of blank channel while I was away. Luckily, it was a game MSG re-ran later that night. BTW, some of those other sports channels' broadcasts teams are pretty good, and sometimes not, but overall I don't mind mixing up the broadcasts.

An Animal House Flounder moment! Week two of Kindergarten I was standing before the man. It didn't get any better from there, and went downhill when I became a teenager.

I don't know about the defense. There was some pretty bad play at first, not very good situational awareness - panicking when they had time, or trying to hold the puck and make a play when there was too much pressure. They're still committing some turnovers, but - they've played against some pretty freakin' good competition, - there has been some improvement. Campbell gets a lot of grief here, but I don't think he's all that bad. I know he's not a top defenseman, but he appears to contribute a lot on offense, so I take that into consideration. Tallinder had some horrid moments in his own end against the Lightning - if you had only seen that one game, he'd be the weakest link, not Campbell. With the exception of McKee, they all make me kind of nervous in their own end. On offense, the Sabres are an absolute nightmare to the opponent. Lots of speed, always a defenseman jumping up, and no one seems too shy to throw it at the net (uh, except on the PP). Except when compared to the Senators - holy crap is that team fast - maybe the Sabres were just wrung out from 3 games in 4 nights. Their play in the offensive zone can sometimes look more like a chinese fire drill than standard cycling out of the corner, but they're getting a lot of opportunities that way, too - so I'm not sure what to think of that. Connolly has got a little of that Afinogenov-handle-the-puck-like-your-hair's-on-fire thing going on. Doesn't always work for him (or Max), but that's what I see, anyway. I don't know how that will turn out, but I can understand why the Sabres are hanging on to him. No question in my mind why Drury and Briere have the letters, and I'm really impressed with the overall performance of all the kids on offense. Anyway, hockey's back, and I'm loving it!

Because the Bills don't have a single O-Lineman that could've started on that team, and probably some that would not make the roster at all. Rypien didn't have anyone within 5-6 yards or more from him for 5-6 seconds after the snap. The OL would often have the defense engaged exactly where they started before the play.

It's not official, but I heard from a reliable source the team will be wearing the blue and gold Sunday.