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Unless we're copying the Redskins model and we're going to have five OCs.

I was under the impression that it's going to be used as a College sports board.... e.g. that during March Madness, it's a forum for that, and during the college football season, it's a forum for that. I giuess the name doesn't reflect that.

The issue with that catch was that the receiver did not have possession (two feet down / "football move") when he tapped the pylon. If he had gotten both feet inbounds and *then* tapped the pylon, it would have been a TD. As it was, he got one foot in, but the other was well out of bounds, so it didn't matter that he 'broke the plane.' Michaels did say he wasn't sure about it, then the replay was shown which prompted an, "Oh. OK...." Never? Does the name "Vinny Testaverde" ring any bells? I don't know. It looked borderline to me. You have to be Superman to see through BR's arm to where the tip of the ball is; the ref made a judgment call on this, which is his job. If you pause and draw a straight line up from where you can last see the ball, it's darn close and then when you put it on slow-mo, BR goes forward a few more inches before and as he's hit. Whichever way, that was not 'indisputable evidence.'

I can sing better than Aaron Neville (who can't?) and, still, I know enough to keep my mouth shut. Terrible.

I start this thread with a story of a Super Bowl past. It was the later '60s and my father was watching the recently-created "Super Bowl" game at a friends' house. An ad comes on for Marlboro cigarettes, featuring a lithe actress in what was described to me as "extremely racy, for the time." He stands up when the commercial is done and the friend's father and mother, with furrowed brows, ask, "Where're you going?! It's just the third quarter!" The reply: "I'm going out to get a pack of Julie Londons." On tap for this year.... Jessica Simpson in skimpy red outfit and cowboy boots hawking Pizza Hut where the outer crust is comprised of bite-sized cheese-filled pockets that taste just as nasty and are just as bad for you as the rest of the pizza. More from the CareerBuilder monkeys-in-suits. Kermit-de-Frog for the Ford hybrid. Also read something about the first national-broadcast bilingual advertisement.

I'd want to see if we could sign him to a longer-term deal, say three or four years and save the franchise tag. If the demands are out of whack, tho (and may well be, owing that Nate is the top CB in the league in his own mind), we tag him. Think about what his cap number already is (around $2M with bonuses, etc?) and it's a very economical move.

I don't see how this is an issue. Donna-ho doesn't sign his check anymore. Modrak worked w/o him in Philly, even so they aren't attached at the hip. I heard that TD and MM were seen entering the bridal suite in the Miami Beach Holiday Inn Express. And they ordered two bottles of cha-amp-aaan-ya and three dozen strawberries with whipped cream from room service.

I'm surprised he didn't also ask for a tax cut of the same amount. Fiscal responsibility? What's that? Let the next President get a bad rap for having to clean up the mess.

More of a kicker if it said that a week before JFK was shot he was 'in' Marilyn Monroe.

"Oh, no, you did NOT make fun of my Vera Wang!"

"Here's my Mr. Ed impression. Note the bug eyes, protruding upper teeth, and flaring nostrils. I've been working on this for, like, the entire time I've been in Congress."

"America is addicted to oil." It's nice for him to admit that. But I think all that means is he's now not ashamed to admit that hisownself, his family, his friends, and some of his biggest political contributors are our dope dealers. And it doubles to put us on notice that the price on the street is going to go up even more.

The story goes that Washington more or less ordered Thomas Jefferson into his tent one day and asked Jefferson if he had financed some papers that were highly critical of Washington. So, Jefferson did the only thing an honorable man can do in such a situation. He lied. ---------- For what it's worth, governance is never what any one person wants it to be. Which is why compromising, making consessions, and voting with the party that most closely represents your political beliefs is what we're stuck with in our republic. Start your own party, then; if you've got better ideas, you'll win. You don't like the nature of the beast, but it doesn't change the fact that the beast is always going to be there. You'd better get accustomed to that. From the sounds of it, tho, C22 wants everything to be run his way, so he'll have to wait until the Constitution is amended to run for the office of Dictator-for-Life.

This is sig line material.

Which is it? Plates or bowls? But yes. JG is now back in a spot where he can be effective. He seemed to do better when he had someone really experienced with the D to offer him some... I don't want to say supervision...but, guidance might be the word. I wish him luck, except against us.

The standard Red Cross questionnaire includes one for gays. They're asked/told that they should not give blood b/c of a higher statistical chance (I don't know by how much it is; could be 5 percent, could be 50 percent) they might have HIV/AIDS. Link.

I was going to make those same four points before you took the words out of my mouth.

Agreed. He's had quite a change from being the intrepid hunter and tracker to now having a cushy office job in the hatch (see: doing the crossword). Basically, I don't think he minds Jack being the 'president' and setting an idealogical goal/course. But Locke wants control of the nitty-gritty of how to go about acheiving those goals. Jack wants protection from the Others. Locke is likely seeing how 'Zeke'/the Others pwned the small group and took their weapons, which will now, no doubt, be used against them. Jack is essentially going off on his own with Ana-Lucia to form his own 'army.' Locke changes the circumstances by changing the lock on the arsenal, giving him a lot of power, and it looks like it's all building toward that "Locke problem" Jack predicted.

Maybe it's a response to the movie "H2O," where Paul Gross plays a prime minister who... well, let's not give it away. But it's billed as a "cautionary thriller" re: Canada's abundant fresh-water supply, which like any natural resource, the gov't of the country in ownership wants to either use it to make money or protect it for future use. It's not that bad of a movie. Link. I do appreciate Harper's use of the word "sovereignty" whereas the Rebecca Peters' of the world argue that b/c several countries in the UN want to ban guns, the U.S. must ban guns too, b/c she says it'll make the world such a better place. What goes on in the U.S. and Canada and Bumf--kistan with their political systems, with their natural resources, with their choice of floor tile, etc. is up to the people of each country. The Northwest Passage is going to be a reality before too long (probably 5-10 years) as the ice caps melt from all of the global warming that isn't occuring. Who will have use of it if Canada doesn't do anything? What will happen when there's a major environmental accident --- whose problem do you think it will be?

Interesting reads. I'm noting an increase in the number of people who ID as conservative Democrats, as Republicans more and more push the social side of their agenda and ignore the fiscal responsibility stance that got them so many votes over the years. As for the PBS link, does Shaw intersperse "you know" in his sentences all the time? Just like people who say, "Look, blah blah blah" that really puts me off.

What the Palestineans want is: Death. Death. Death. Death! Death! Death! Death! And then there's those of us who don't think it'll get "better." It's a downward spiral. All the more reason for us to get more and more uninvolved.

I dunno about that. They never tried to take Rose.

That far worse alternative being that the U.S. will be forced to clean up the mess. Like always. Don't be surprised when Israel elects a true hard-liner in retaliation, and the sh-- hits the fan. Where do you get off disagreeing with our president, who says that we must forcibly spread democracy (and this was a democratic election by all accounts) b/c 'no two democracies have ever had wars against each other.' Along come Iran and "Palestine" to prove him wrong on the last reason left why we absolutely, positively needed to invade Iraq.

I was referencing Eko's brother Aaron, the priest who was killed. At least, I think that was his brother's name. Wasn't it? That's why he reacted the way he did when he found out the baby's name was Aaron. Both of them have brothers who they tried to save and who tried to save them. Tho, this episode seemed to deal more with spiritual "saving" rather than from imminent physical harm.

It was an obvious setup. She probably worked in the mental hospital that Hurley was in. Count that as one of my more anticipated flashback episodes. Why was he in there? I was fuming a little when Locke clocked Charlie. And then, as everyone just kind of walked away (which was similar to everyone's turn-and-walk-away reaction when it was publicly aired in the S1 finale that Kate was a criminal). But Locke kind of has good reason for what he did. What Charlie didn't learn by being told to stay away, he might learn by being punched. Still, not liking the bad anima building b/w Locke and Charlie; it's headed somewhere.