UConn James

And as the No. 3 man at both FS and SS spots, he got $1.5M/per. There's a few starters at those positions who don't get that kind of coin. PP hadn't done jack to the point, we had talent-comparable backups, and I distinctly remember a spit take when I read that headline. Who exactly said TD was a shrewd negotiator? We're all allowed a mistake now and then, I guess.

You're writing checks that TD isn't going to be cashing, Steve. Off the top of my head, TD isn't and won't be even one of the best in his own era. He'd have to do cartwheels in the years he has left and it would require his picks winning multiple Super Bowl MVP awards. It sure would be nice tho.... Polian, Ron Wolf, Bill Walsh, Scott Pioli <puke, but it's the truth>

Or w/ the whole Walt-controls-everything theory, Stephen King's "The Langoliers" (a really effed-up movie).

Again, it's "We All Everybody" sung in a Robert Plante-like high note. I think the song was actually used in the background during the "Alias" b-day party too.... Merge.

<delurk> The Driveshaft title is "You All Everybody." Doubtful that the French woman was in kahoots w/ Ethan. In the ep w/ Sayid (who looks to be macking it w/ Shannon ), she said she'd been alone for such a long time and judging from her state at finally seeing another person, that wasn't a lie. Something to toss around, talking about the French woman, what did she mean by the others in her party being "sick" before she shot them? Starting to think it was that drug Locke put on Boone.... Ethan is very tall and he wears some baggy clothes. Surviving on the island for 16 years meant he probably had to do a lot of physical work, leading to serious muscles. The mug on that guy was really freaky. Looked like death warmed over.... I'd have to measure the ads/show ratio. There's no concept of time w/ this show. <relurk>

Pell grants were designed to give a leg up (read: nowhere near the free ride you're imagining) for people who come from "servants and slaves" background. What would I know, I only delivered papers and cleaned houses during high school and the first three years of college. Every job is important in this country and a hard worker deserves respect whatever the occupation. Where do you get off talking to someone like this? You don't even know me. Democrats see the value of PG, Republicans see the value of PG to generate more money into the economy rather than trying to make something out of nothing. You've said before that it should be done by individual states. With 60% of college grads moving to the states where they go to school, what state in their right mind is going to want to do this unless there's a mandate that it only applies to State U? There's a reason why things are set up the way they are. Not perfect, but what is? Economic girliemen like yourself have your only venue in a sounding board like this. If you ever see someone at RWS wearing a UConn wool cap, and feel the inclination to walk up and ask if their name is James, do me a solid and walk on by. I don't usually wish harm on others, but if I wake up one morning and read something that you've been shot by a disgruntled co-worker who's sick of your crap or that you've got Ebola, I won't be particularly saddened. You don't need to bother with a reply. I'm done w/ PPP and this site.

The topic of this thread being media, PR and how they operate, yeah, I'd fairly send you packing. Conversing with a brick wall, tho, is neither my wish nor inclination.

Groundbreaking change. I wonder how the designers could come up with such a radical new take. Maybe they added a black stripe to the socks, those wild and crazy guys!

I've had to tell you several times how I walked across a stage and got a piece of paper when you've pulled out the same craptacular schpiel. And explained that macroeconomically, they make sense. And you talk about reading comprehension.

I was trying to make a funny. Sorry??

Actually, your point was my point. You're assuming there's a dispute where there isn't one. Whatever. Let me just point out this happened in a state where the gov. comes from a family that is more or less gunowner-friendly. And he fails to enforce the laws. It boggles the mind.

I opened the first, which showed an ancient Iraqi woman grinning while getting frisked by a female soldier. Maybe it was the best time she's had in years. It may be different for you, but most people don't enjoy when their home is searched by ten Marines who rifle through your underwear drawer and piss on the toiletseat. If you believe 1/4 of the military's PR machine you're kidding yourself. Since read through the others. And if you're trying to say none of these types of things are out there, like the guy doing rehab, you must not read very widely. There are "positive" stories out there in the real media, I remember many, but they tend to get lost in the shuffle that goes on in all our heads and are second fiddle to 'if it bleeds, it leads.'

Took the words out of my mouth. They can also leave the milk right out on the counter.

With the Alar pesticide, that didn't even do any good. Organic? Maybe it's better for some qualities, but it's worse in others. I don't know, I've had nutrition and botany courses and my philosophy is just Well, what're you gonna do? Not eat?

I'm seriously skeptical as to "this thing"'s (if that = Iraq) ultimate success in removing more terrorists from the face of the earth than it creates. So, I guess in your world it logically follows that I want both of my brothers to die to prove that this skepticism is right, yeah? I consider it a point of honor that I've never used the red emoticon, but I really wanted to right here. Think before you post your crappy stereotypes, man. I'm not saying this to brag or belittle but I've forgotten more about the subject of this thread than you guys will ever know.

Trent Dilfer in '01. Close enough, tho!

That's nothing to brag about, either.

Apples are designed to provide sugars and nutrients to the ground where the seeds will grow. There's also pesticides on them that no amount of washing will get off (See: Alar in the early 90s, which was the same molecular structure as rocket fuel (Note that it's since been banned)). Does that mean we shouldn't eat them?

Let's sign Orlando Pace. And Peyton Manning. And Tom Brady. And Dante Culpepper. And Tiki Barber. And Edgerrin James. And Jerome Bettis. And Corey Dillon. And any other expensive Name Player anyone can think of. That way, we'll be awesome.

I highly recommend "Dispatches" by Michael Herr to reveal a bit about the other side. Excerpted: Different war, same kind of Thumbs-up from the Mission.

It's a close corollary when you compare them with a thousand-yard stare, I admit, but when the details are focused, it's a lot different. And we didn't attack Greenland b/c there was a rumor that a man named Adolf may or may not have vacationed there in the 1890s. How's Vietnam doing? B/c it was the same rationale for getting involved there. If I'm selfish b/c I don't want our soldiers to die and hundreds of billions spent for a country that should sweep its own doorstep then so be it. My dad, who's a hardcore Repub, says that the first person who suggests war as an answer to a problem ought to be executed. And the second... and the tenth. There would be less of an inclination for it, and for sure it would only happen when absolutely necessary for our own immediate security. Trying to base your present action for a scenario 20 steps ahead will backfire on you. Trying to impose democracy in Iraq in the long run will be like shoveling sh-- against the tide. So, respectfully, the wishes of the admin are more or less in the right place, but you can wish in one hand.... The whole thing is like GFs and their pillows or teddybears on the bed. You can take them off and put them in the closet. The next day they're back, and you'll do this every day into eternity.

Maybe you should try some of that Aussie Nads? (Worst. Name. For. A. Product. Ever.).

That's funny. There's a lot of people who charge that the media props this administration up by not asking tougher questions. It would really surprise me if that, as you put it, "fact", wasn't out there somewhere, or printed/mentioned if they had space in the paper or time on the air. I can tell you that a headline like "Norm Johnson's house burns down" will always run over one that reads "Stan O'Toole's house not on fire." The squeaky wheel gets the grease. It's not like the media wants guys die to have a headline, or telekinetically caused the crash. They simply report after the fact that it happened and when, where, why.... If you have a problem with a collection of facts, I really don't know what to tell you other than that you may want to rethink your opinion/conclusions you draw.

My brother's entire Ranger class went down with injuries (one of them was paralyzed) when some asshat decided to send them out in parachutes at less than the required jump altitude. That didn't get reported in the media either. I wonder why. Couldn't be the hush-hush mentality, I'm sure. The military isn't required to jump up and down and yell 'Hey, we !@#$ed up! Come check it out!' and oftentimes they don't. You're complaining about lack of coverage yet when things like it are reported, you complain that even tho it's fact, they're wildly blowing it out of proportion. Pick a side.

They work better when they're actually used. If you remember there was a guy who kidnapped, raped and murdered a girl in Florida a couple of years ago. The one with the videotape clear as day that he dragged her off. That guy was convicted for a mandatory five-year prison sentence in addition to the other charges. Somehow, he was on that security camera three years later (and he wasn't a fugitive escapee) with his hand around the girl's neck.