UConn James

Screw 'justification.' National security is self-help. Syria was up to something and their silence on this topic speaks volumes. Wait 10 years for the UN to issue a finger-wag while there's a mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv or DC. PPP in 5... 4... 3...

W - Sept. 7 Seattle Seahawks 1 p.m. L - Sept. 14 at Jacksonville Jaguars 1 p.m. W - Sept. 21 Oakland Raiders 1 p.m. W - Sept. 28 at St. Louis Rams 4:05 p.m. W - Oct. 5 at Arizona Cardinals 4:15 p.m. Oct. 12 Bye L - Oct. 19 San Diego Chargers 1 p.m. W - Oct. 26 at Miami Dolphins 1 p.m. W - Nov. 2 New York Jets 1 p.m. L - Nov. 9 at New England Paytoilets* 1 p.m. L - Nov. 17 (Mon.) Cleveland Browns 8:30 p.m. W - Nov. 23 at Kansas City Chiefs 1 p.m. W - Nov. 30 San Francisco 49ers 1 p.m. L - Dec. 7 Miami Dolphins (at Toronto) 4:05 p.m. W - Dec. 14 at New York Jets 1 p.m. L - Dec. 21 at Denver Broncos 4:05 p.m. L - Dec. 28 New England Paytoilets* 1 p.m.

Evidently, at this stage in his life, Marv is big on 2-year agreements.

Yup. To those who don't think every detail of this sh-- is meticulously preplanned... just look at the formula Rosenass clients all follow, to great 'success.' If you're stuck in a franchise that won't give you more than the $30M you're already pulling in for playing a !@#$ game, all you have to do to counteract the previous impression that you were a 'nice guy' is break all the bonds you formed with teammates/coaches by throwing them under the bus, get in minor trouble with the law/civil case such that people begin to think you're an * when the facts come out, and then sh-- on the city. I don't normally wish ill on people, but if Rosenass impaled himself up the rear with a rusty spike and died a slow, painful death from the world's worst case of tetnus, I wouldn't shed a tear.

The ones so concerned with 'value' are the Monday Morning GMs on E$PN. They need to fill a lot of dead air, and what better way to do that than with righteous indignation? They're always right and they're never wrong. Ask them, they'll tell you. Whitner was a 'reach' even tho we needed a SS and our scouts really liked him and had inklings that he'd be gone w/in the next few picks. I don't get these a--holes who would have every team trade wily-nily to get 'their' guy at what is exactly the right spot, according to Mel friggin Kiper. There's precious few people who actually do something in/with their life; and most everyone else sits on their a-- and commentates.

I thought I remembered reading that the old AstroTurf was installed at a local high school for an athletic field.

To be entirely fair, tho the national, state and hell, even the local Republicans ditched on providing Schlesinger with even a modicum of support. Word was that Rove cut off funding for him via the RNC so as to give Lieberman a pass to be the right's de facto candidate. Heard neither hide nor hair from Jodi Rell during the campaign. And in my town, tho it's about 2-1 Democrat, the word in the Republican circles was to vote Lieberman for his war support. CT isn't nearly as blue as people think, I'm sure you know. Schlesinger was on there just to keep the party's place on the ballot --- and I think it was evident during the debates that he understood that he was 'taking one for the team.'

Probably, "Fo' shizzle in the hizzle!"

All the injuries he's had, it's a wonder he didn't hang 'em up a few years ago. There were weeks in his last Titan days when only the most recent injury was listed in the report e.g. 'shoulder' when it might have read 'shoulder, concussion, foot, hip, ribs.' He wouldn't practice all week, then would suit up on Sundays and play his guts out when he was the #1 target. Tough cookie. His exit from Tenn where they actually locked the doors to the practice facility when he showed up was shameful considering all he did for that franchise.

Not implausible, but I would be surprised if it happens. JMac is having a hard enough time attracting the 'conservative' vote w/o picking a former Dem VP-nominee. He's already getting the right-of-center vote. He'd be stupid if he doesn't run with either Romney (voted for him in the primary and it may sway me, even if I have to hold my nose while I fill in the bubble) or the Huckster (in which case, I will be voting for my dog as a write-in). If he wants Croakin' Joe, he can have 'im. Fuggin' guy has done diddly for this state except bend over and take 40 cents back on the dollar.

Are you sure about that?

Dude, that was a looong time ago. The rivalry has really cooled sans Marino/Kelly. See, something needs to happen and keep happening (i.e. close, contested, critical wins&losses; idiot players pissing off fans with personal slights, etc.) for it to be a sustained rivalry. What's left is people grasping at straws trying to pump themselves into a frenzy over something that now has little draw. And to think we stayed in the AFC East (vice North) for this.

What's up w/ the fascination for 'continuity' as if it's some kind of magic bullet? Sticking w/ average players, not replacing guys until they're 35 or having an insurance policy for injury... That's the ticket to prime time, baby! Newsflash: the average NFL career is less than 2 years. Turnover happens. It's a fact in the NFL and people who don't operate in recognition of this get steamrolled. Wake up from your dream world. The current FO is trying to put things together (and is doing a pretty good job of it, I think) but at this time of year fans have nothing better to do than pee in the corn flakes.

This is a family that thinks nothing of telling blatant, bald-faced lies to the American people. And no matter how many times the lies are exposed in the Youtube/blogging world, they keep coming up with more. If I were any less cynical about human intelligence, it would boggle my mind how anyone could vote for this lying c--t. Headlines next week: "Hillary: I founded the NRA!" "Bill sent me to Afghanistan to kill Osama bin Laden in 1999. He was in my sights ready to be pulverized by my 50-cal.... until John McCain blew my cover and let him get away!!"

They all are. ADHD to the severest degree. The "Guys, check out this draft!" ... (wait 10 minutes) "Guys, check out this draft!" ... (wait 7 minutes) "Guys, check out this draft!" ... (wait 3 minutes) "No, no! Guys, check out this draft!" nature of these threads comes off as someone who's 1) desperate for attention 2) way too emotionally invested in something akin to the lottery w/in the parameters of a sport where grown men wearing plastic hit each other 3) Someone who needs to be 'right' even if it takes making up 300 of these damn things, just to be able to link back on April 26 and say, "Dude, I called it!!" Pretty sure I recognize the writing style as someone who's been banned from here before, and keeps coming back w/ different screen names. Looks like my ignore list adds a member today.

END TIMES!!!

Michaels' pairing with Madden has worked wonderfully. What Madden lacked for a while was someone to keep him 'on message' so to speak. I think Michaels realized how well they work together and followed Madden to NBC a short time later.

I was referencing his vocalization regarding the move of the Browns. On his, like, 5 prime time shows that he had at the time he kept Cleveland in the spotlight; didn't let people/NFL forget the loyalty of the city to the team. He always had a Browns collectible item in the background of his main show. By no means am I saying that DC acted alone in getting a replacement franchise, but not allowing the story to die in the public consciousness was important. I've seen the other side, too, when the Whalers left Hartford. Nobody of note said anything and 10 years on, that team is a distant memory. Buffalo doesn't really have anyone to fight for the city in the national spotlight.

They'd have to switch the broadcast over to the soft-core porn channels on cable.

Guess which version E$PN will be running with, and which will be quoted ad nauseum in every future story on Toronto-move-speculation. The journos are setting up the pieces to fill their agenda of having something poignant to write about in ~ 5 years. Too bad Buffalo doesn't have a Drew Carey.

And as tax revenues decrease, look for this and other methods like artificially/arbitrarily lowering speed limits to be on the rise. (I've seen this happening already. One well-traveled road near me now has a 15 mph (15 ing miles per hour!!!) speed limit down from 35 w/ no causation or explanation. Wouldn't want rural communities to be left out of the moneygrab, wouldya?) A little birdie told me that the state of CT and municipality police departments are getting funding for a new strain of radar systems. If they can't wring any more blood from the corporate stone, govt will get the money somehow.

Round 2

So, people should be rewarded for 5-fingering something that isn't theirs, putting it in their shopping cart and wheeling away? Oftentimes, people forget things in places and come back a few minutes later when they realize this; if she had just left it there this never sees ink. She may indeed be crazy, and like I said, I hope she accepts whatever help that many organizations provide if you just ask, but I don't think her conduct should be set as a public example that deserves a $ reward for honesty. If the circumstances were just a tiny bit different --- if a cop had found her with the violin rather than an average citizen --- do you think she would get or deserve the reward $?

I think he'd be an intriguing G prospect for us (he's projected round 3-4), but I don't know if he could do a switch to C... not ruling it out tho. He was moved around a lot in his time at my alma mater; DT-> general OL -> TE -> LG -> RG. From what I've seen, I think it'd be good to get him settled at one position.

What the baglady did amounts to theft, whether it be legal or moral. Under 'Finders Keepers' you should first make an honest attempt to return the merchandise. If she'd done that, then she would have gotten the reward $. Instead, the fact remains that she then sold the violin to some random guy on the street who claimed that he knew who it belonged to. If your intentions are entirely honorable in picking up something that someone mistakenly left behind and you pick up under the guise of 'safe keeping,' you don't hand it off to anyone but the owner, lost/found at the train station or the police. The guy tracked the violin down and obtained it from someone who had no intention of returning it, therefore he deserves the reward. Her intentions were not honorable and she doesn't deserve anything for her actions in this case. But like all those in her conditions, I do hope she is persuaded to get some help to get off the street, food, employment, mental help, etc.