CosmicBills

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+1 Hate speech/Hate Crimes are both concepts that should make every American's blood boil.

Yes, a DL has the same impact on a game as a QB who touches the ball every snap. You are correct.

W-L is the only stat that matters. Sorry.

Opening the wallet isn't the issue. It's the piss poor management and planning for the franchise that has doomed Ralph and us fans to this shitshow. The man has an ego the size of Detroit and has refused to let football people run his team since he bought 'em. That comes back to haunt you. This team is a joke and it's Ralph's fault. The buck stops at the top and until there's a change there, there won't be a change in terms of the Bills' championship hopes. I'm not pinning hopes on Ralph dying. I'm (shockingly) not that morbid. But the fact remains that nothing will change until he goes. Ralph is ultimately responsible for the product on the field. And, he is responsible for the 13 plus seasons of playoff-less football in Buffalo. Ralph has gotten in his own way more often than not. His ineptitude as an owner according to the only stat that counts -- titles -- has been on full display the past 13 years. In terms of building a brand, making money from the region he has been a phenomenal success as an owner. Giving a guy a pass because he's 94 is as lame as wishing he would die. I don't wish he would die, I wish he would give up control of the team. But since he won't, then I'm done getting my hopes up until there is an ownership change. This team will not win with Ralph at the helm, doesn't matter what you do with the window dressing in terms of QB, coaches or GM.

Yup. Nothing changes until Ralph sells the team. He's not going to undergo another rebuilding process with a new front office and coaching staff. We're saddled with these schlubs until the old man finally releases the reigns.

Been saying it since Fitz got here. The dude always makes the biggest mistakes at the worst moments. He comes up small when it counts the most -- that's why his career winning percentage is under 35%.

+1000000000000 Ralph needs to go before this team becomes anything other than the worst run football organization in the NFL.

Sure but it's deeper than that. It's not public pressure -- it's organized public pressure by hack-jobs looking to push copy.

Some people on here have no sense of humor. Get over yourselves.

I wrote that movie I think

Yeah, because that's the same thing as what I'm saying.

http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/

Has nothing to do with efficiency and everything to do with motive.

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And 50 years ago we had doctors doing commercials for the safe and non-addictive tobacco industry who also said exactly this... There are plenty of studies, plenty of proof out there from peer reviewed sources. And those are the studies that don't see the light of day in the general public because you can't fight the money. It's on us to wake the f up.

But like I keep saying, what good does it do to read the ingredients to screen for harmful products when Monsanto and their ilk have spend Billions (with a B) to prevent legislation requiring proper labeling? GMOs are tied to increased risks of bladder cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, diabetes, IBS and IBD, and the list goes on. Like the tobacco industry, the big food industry has spent millions discounting every scientific study done on the subject -- it's a game of light and shadows. They claim there are no long term effects -- but they have no verification and the evidence, circumstantial AND scientific, shows they are incorrect. Worse, since 1996 the amount of GMOs in our food supplies has nearly quadrupled -- pretty much anything with Soy or Corn in it that is processed includes GMO. Monsanto has made it their mission to buy up all natural seed and replace it with GMO seed. So it's quickly reaching a point where there will no longer be natural seeds available for independent farmers. This is an assault on our food supply.

Actually, they're not. I'm all for businesses making profits, I'm all for free market and survival of the fittest. But Monsantos's entire profit model is driven by the exploitation of their consumer's ignorance. They're intentionally poisoning us, lying to us about poisoning us, and laughing all the way to the bank. It's not us that are going to pay the price but our kids.

It's not in 100% of our foods, but over 85% of what's on the shelves in any local market. Labeling allows consumers to know what they're buying and, if they choose, buy the equivalent product without the GMO. This leads to more choices for the consumer and allows the free market to dictate to the company which model is more profitable. If consumers still buy GMO product, then the Monsantos of the world can carry on by being upfront about what they're putting in their product. If the consumers react to the label as I suspect (like a poison label), then they would be forced to change their business model and eliminate or at least reduce the amount of GMOs they're using. Free market solution.

Doc, answer me this. It's a simple question: How can you take personal responsibility for watching what you eat when you're not told the truth about what's in the food you're buying and consuming?

What you're parroting here (and no disrespect intended) is the company line that's been sold to the public for the past 20 years. On the surface, genetically altered foods seems like the only solution to our ever increasing population concerns. That's how they sold us on the concept. But then you have Monsantos designing Round Up Ready crop to corner the world market, an ever increasing amount of GMOs in nearly 90% of the stuff sold in your supermarket, all without the consumer being told what's happening. And when the consumers dare ask the companies to label their products so they can have a more educated view of what they're consuming, they're told outright lies about the costs associated with re-labeling food.

Without question. I am not trying to excuse people from personal responsibility. There is clearly a need for more of that throughout our culture and society. But what's alarming in this thread is how many people are so quick to dismiss the bigger picture. Personal responsibility plays a role -- but you have to factor in the changes that have been made to our food supply in the last 50 years -- especially the last 15-20. If food is cheaper, tastier it stands to reason people are going to consume more (it's our nature). But when you factor in that the food is not only cheaper and tastier but ENGINEERED to be that way, it becomes an issue of addiction. People can't change their habits if they don't know which habits are the ones killing them. And Monsantos has waged war against the average consumer, denying them the right to know what's in their food. That's criminal.

You know better than that Chef, of course labeling will solve things. The reason they don't want to label is because they don't want people to know. Right now the average american has NO idea they are consuming GMOs when they drink their Pepsi or Coke -- or when they serve their family steak or even a bowl of "healthy" cereal like Special K. This isn't a government sponsored solution -- it's a free market solution. Let the customer educate himself by leveling the playing field.

I don't advocate taxation as the solution to the GMO/Monsantos problem facing the world. But to dismiss the mountains of evidence that GMOs cause massive increases in cancer, digestive diseases, diabetes while LOWERING crop production and consolidating the control of the world food supply into the hands of a few companies is living with your eyes closed. We let them !@#$ with our food. They've been doing it now for 50 years and we're seeing the effects of this within our own population and escalating health care costs. There are any number of reasons why this is the number one threat facing the world today -- but ask yourself this. If companies like Monsantos have nothing to hide -- why did they spend over 400 million dollars to prevent a law which forces them to IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE FOOD THEY SELL? Inactivity alone does not make you fat. You must consume more than you burn as RK said. But culture doesn't make you fat. Nor does politics. Not in the literal sense -- the only thing that can add mass is what you consume. And these massive companies are changing the very genetic makeup of our food, not to make MORE food or feed more people, but to make CHEAPER food that tastes better and thus sells more. GMOs are in everything right now and the companies are not obligated to identify it on their labels. Why? If GMOs aren't bad for you, why wouldn't the companies embrace the labeling? Answer? Because THEY KNOW THEY ARE POISONING US FOR PROFIT.