stuckincincy

No surprise there...never expound on statements challenged. Deflect. You have the makings of an excellent apparatchik.

Do far-left wackos exist?

What did you think about her attempts to exclude Guam from minimum wage increases? - surely you are aware of the Dole Pineapple Co. in her Congressional district. Did that reflect your views?

Absolutely. I'd likely never have to draft an offensive player ever again. I'd buy cheap retreads to chew up the clock. Even they will get lucky now and then.

What would the NFL do if some kicker showed up, who could reliably bang home a 60 yard FG? I'd like to coach that team. I'd be wearing Hawaiian shirts, shorts, an anorak and mukluks for my feet if it was cold, and having fans pass me beer from the stands.

I couldn't agree more. Sack numbers are nice, but I want the DE that sees what's happening, sheds the interference, strings the runner out to the sidelines and lets a LB zero in.

I say...Ralph!!!! A perfect placeholder under NYS law.

Are there Neolibs?

Don't worry - she'll always have pineapple.

No doubt he was whisked away at some time so he could register and vote Democratic, then tossed back onto the streets. So you had a momentary reprieve.

Happy B'Day!

Any good Iowa Hawkeye prospects out there?

Words to live by.

Go eat some Twinkies and then go taser someone. Don't worry - you won't be convicted.

From the True Taser Stories file: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2009012...20341/1055/NEWS My guess is that the kid's lawsuit will sail through the courts - or get settled...

BAL's front office is second to none.

Not in the extreme - but yes, it tends that way. Hic. Pardon me.

Your Linky wants me to allow cookies. I guess I'll just wing it.

I hate getting dimes in change. Don't equate Bush - Bush is a decent man with a good heart, who tried. That tv show was just the tip of the iceberg. You might also look into the dealings of Truman. Read books about both.

So much for the fair use of copyrighted material...

Good post.

I suspect there are no current NFL players that can't afford health insurance after they leave their highly profitable line of work. The minimum salary structure for 2007 is as follows: * Rookies and first-year players $285,000 * Second-year players $360,000 * Third-year $435,000 * Fourth-year $510,000 * Fifth- through seventh-year $595,000 * Eighth- through tenth-year $720,000 * Eleventh-year and longer $820,000 Even if you only last one year, that's nice part-time jack. After a free college education during which you may have taken slap-silly coursework. And unless you are a total idiot, you plan for a job when you no longer are on a roster. Often, just being a former NFL player gets you hired in sales or some such for a company because of your name - even though you may be a total incompetent at anything and you never bothered to make yourself useful to anybody. Half of these players took up free spots in classrooms that should have been occupied by others who actually wanted an education. I have no sympathy whatsoever for your perceived plight of NFL players . Most anybody could figure out how to leverage a minimum starting salary of 285K into something for the future. Instead of blowing it on bling, a posse, night clubbing, and a Cadillac Escalade...

Come to Cincinnati! Free food for your kids if they bother to show up, plus the system makes a handsome profit off of nationwide taxpayers to add to the pay for teachers who can never, ever be fired! When I lived in Butler County, OH, the Fairfield school district routinely placed calls to me to enroll my (non-existent) kids into the food programs. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2009011...100312/-1/TODAY

My guess is that they will sweeten a new contract beyond the union-mandated tender. They would be nuts beyond belief not to reward the man's performance. That's the ethical thing to do. The selfish aspect is to put good money his way now in the hope that when he can bolt, he has warm feelings about being compensated adequately this coming season. Union contract or not, it behooves a business to find ways to recognize employees that go above and beyond. I had a 1st shift young union fellow that was troubled by a possible critical process system failure in the paint shop. He came back at 2 AM and implored the Maintenance dept. bosses to take action. He was right in his suspicion. He saved the day - his avoiding of down time, what with fixed costs, taxation, royalty payments on tooling, minimum 4 hours' pay for the workforce, saved us beau coup bucks. Auto assembly plant downtime runs about 10K per minute. My proposal to the Plant Manager went down without hesitation - we gave the kid the free use of a top luxury company car for a year.