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Colin Powell? Leslie Neilson? Dr. Ruth? I don't know, as a fairly popular actor, there's a lot of goodwill that's automatic. Add in his good works.... It doesn't seem to be good or bad, it just matters that the message is getting out. Does anyone really give a sh-- about the medium? Does Jeep agonize that much over their voiceover people for its goal of selling more trucks? No, they just have to make good trucks. The best thing for Palestinian democracy was the death of Arafat.

Eli Manning was only the most recent case study that if you tell a team you WILL NOT play for them under any circumstances, other arrangements are made. You'll likely make about $5-7M less on the signing bonus, but if that means playing for a winner, some guys will do that. If I were Leinart, I wouldn't want to go there. Lots of pressure being the area pick and the savior to a team that resembles Swiss cheese.

Anyone see that roll-out-right pass? Wow. 6'5" 240-something. This guy just moved up to Day One.

Hubris?

Yesterday, I took the loss well. Today, I'm taking the loss well. Then again, I didn't watch the game (:fyou: WBZ-4 in Boston, showed "The Backyardigans" at 1 when CBS had the doubleheader ). The winning streak and final record of 9-7 was more than I was expecting of the team back in training camp and early on. With some changes and tweaking next year, they might come out of the gate ready to go and know those early games are so important too. What those changes are, will certainly be discussed here.

You don't know them, even then.

In a period where it's creeping up to 60 percent of marriages end in divorce, how in the heck would you not want one? Trust is important, but you can never fully know what's going on in another person's brain/heart. I know too many guys who thought they were marrying angels and then got absolutely TAKEN. It's like having survival gear when you go hiking. You're definitely not hankering to use it, b/c that will mean you're in trouble; but just in case you ever need it, it's there to save your tucus.

My quasi-local CBS affiliate, WBZ-4 in Boston, is showing.... The Backyardigans???? HUH???

"What does that mean?!?"

Randy(!) Crottttthh and whoever his friend in the shower is. Not that there's anything wrong with that....

The more times I hear what a bargain Travis Henry is, the more I have visions of him as a 40-year-old with a bad limp in both legs, homeless, and wearing the same pair of Buffalo Bills practice sweats every day.... His one-year extention on the cheap (the preseason after his Pro Bowl appearance?) was brought about by a situation where he was apparently broke. Travis, let's put it kindly, has never been the stickiest stamp in the book. And I hate to say, but if the Bills had given him a $4 million contract, he would've been sitting next to a pile of Pet Rocks the next day. He really needs someone to help him manage his finances, and perhaps to check IDs of the girls he brings home. BTW -- sulking on the end of the bench with arms folded across your chest is "professional"?

I didn't know they had that on the BB site. For reference, Cheshire is about 25 miles from New England's Rising Star and Danbury.... you prol'ly don't want to go that far unless you're on your way to see old friends in NYC.

If getting sick to your stomach before a big game worked for Jim Kelly, it works for me! RALPH!

I'm not in the loop on where all the fans here in the state congregate, but "Coach's" which is owned by Jim Calhoun, has Sunday Ticket.... Link.

Well, over the last 10 years, the NFL essentially added the Ravens, Texans, Panthers and Jaguars while not amending the playoff structure. Why not add another wildcard playoff spot for each conference that will play the #2 seed on wildcard weekend? That would give the #1 seed a true reward over the other teams.

He just has to sign that 50-feet-restraining order against Troy Vincent....

Hey, hey, hey! Some redneck getting off on the dress is for AFTER the prom.

In ten years, add in 'the death of 5,000 soldiers' and this will be an apt description of Iraq. We don't have flooding and droughts in Texas, energy crisis in California, wildfires in the West, hurricanes in the East that should take precedence over sending billions overseas to feed people who will be killing us tomorrow for our generosity?

Bettis has been a Buffalo-killer in the past few games vs. Pitt. No matter if everyone thinks he's in decline, or he's a back-up. Whatever. He always put up big numbers. It's just something about a back that has that particular combination of speed, size and a low center of gravity that is hard to tackle. An injury to him, not to wish for anything serious tho, would be good news for the playoff chances. A seven-game win streak is great but it should worry some people that this situation is ripe for a let-down. Streaks come to an end.

Uhm, with numbers like three-quarters of Americans in favor of a woman's right to choose, this isn't an issue that needs revision for them. The election was won on security, with the "don't change horses in midstream" argument (tho, people maybe should have considered that this president will be looking to ford deeper and rougher bodies of water in the next term). The solution for the Dems isn't by becoming Republican-lite.

If they lose against the Seagulls, Chadwick will have some time to deliver journalism lectures on what a privilege it is for the NY sports media to be covering every word that comes out of his mouth. When he takes the silver spoon out, that is. Last time I looked, the NFL and the media have a symbiotic relationship, aka mutual parasitism.

She reported a couple-few days ago that she did. Even used some less-than-lady-like words on the phone.

Some great questions that no one here is bothering to answer. In certain similar cases, the high court has ruled that some such acts are immediate threats to the person and go beyond the parameters of free speech. Does this apply to the Confederate flag? A case could be made that it represents a body politic that supported slavery and all the trappings that went along with it including whippings, lynchings, etc. Another case could point to the fact that it was on top of the General Lee and has lost the old connotation. Then again, I think that second argument is full of stevestojan.... Yet another skank looking for a way to shock people and get her name in the paper. Congratulations, honey, you got it. Now try getting any kind of management job and see how many employers want to be behind the 8 ball in a discrimination lawsuit. "Freedom of speech is like the freedom to jump off your roof and fly. You can try it, but there's going to be consequences." - ?

Great quote in the red. By the Rep. lawyers take on the issue, someone could walk into the voting station, steal the box of paper ballots, drive off with them, and if not caught that day they won't count. There's no difference b/w this scenario and some jackoff WA polling place worker either being irretrievably stupid or illegally tampering with/"misplacing" the ballots. Count every vote that was cast by a legitimate voter. Whoever gets the most votes wins. That's how this works. But it's kind of sad when you have to realize that this kind of stupid crap happens everywhere and we never hear about it.

The only point I want to make among the detritus.... Repubs spoon out a lie and people too lazy to pay attention or research things gobble it up. It's amazing how many times I need to point this out. This was one of the issues where Clinton broke from the Dems; yeah, some voted for it to go along w/ the Pres, or for their own reasons. Many didn't. NAFTA was essentially the reason Perot ran, to give conservatives who didn't want to sell out their country another choice. Washington Watch Archives