stuckincincy

RIP.

He had the nickname "The Gambler" as well. Late in a game, when the conventional wisdom said work the sidelines and the clock, Stabler would fire a long shot down the middle to anything that was open...with the approval of his coach, John Madden. Madden is viewed as a bit of a caricature these days - but Madden is in the absolute top rank of NFL coaches. 103 - 34 -7 record.

Dammit Gumby... it's grammar!

No Norman Bates?

While you're blaming people, blame the Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who rammed through in secret, the draconian drug laws about crack cocaine, because he was miffed about President Reagan taking the limelight away from Democrats about being tough on crime. He also was motivated to act the big man after the Celt's #1 Len Bias croaked. Then his Senate majority passed it, and presented it to Reagan. A classic trap - if Reagan vetoed the piece of crap, he would have been excoriated by the press and the babbling tongues of the congressional Dems.

Any particular reason why you seem to find some sort of sexual overtone in a couple of posters' comments about Strahan, and make it a point of your post? You need to take a long look in a mirror, pal...

Bless her. I hope she stops the trial participation soon. Pancreatic cancer pain is as intense as it gets.

I wish they had OTB in Ohio. When I lived in PA, they had Dial-a-Bet. Money up front, of course. I'm not a big gambler by any means, and I don't study the ponies - but on a race card of 12 horses, my odds are 1 to 12 that I'll get back at least my original investment. Far better than any State's lottery. I like the harness tracks. Advice given to me years ago still holds - bet the year's favorite jockey at that track. 10 years ago or so, I asked a barfly friend of mine what he thought of the push to put slots machines at the track. I thought it would help them out...the gambling outfits still want this, as does our current Ohio Governor - more revenue for the State coffers (Ted Strickland - D. He was in office for a few months when he bitched about lottery payouts, and demanded that the odds of a win be reduced.). My friend was - surprisingly - stridently opposed to slots at the racetracks. Because he said that if that happened, his wife would demand to tag along. I immediately saw his point.

Isn't he way down on the list of vetoing legislation?

They always are fluid in June. I've never understood why folks consider a depth chart as words chipped in stone, drawing all kind of conclusions from same.

You just burst a bubble. So brace yourself - you are going to be accused of being "mean-spirited".

Those piss*d parents probably had an inkling about what goes on at a "graduation" party. They should have looked into a mirror and ask themselves why they let their precious whelp attend in the first place.

I don't understand graduation parties in the first place. Graduation from high school is expected. Parents - good ones at least - knuckle down on their kids for a long time to ensure this. I don't see why such has to be cause for a particular celebration, or an occasion for gifts. Most 18 year-olds already operate under the false impression that they are hot sh*t. Why encourage that?

Al Gore's Occidental Petroleum holdings are inconveniently doing quite well, thank you.

Nair?

California is very happy about rising prices, as their State tax revenue is pouring in: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...0.DTL&tsp=1 Here's a handy graphic showing the governments' tax grab: http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/1492.html And we shouldn't forget that record oil company profits are taxed by the Federal government, so the IRS is currently enjoying their own gusher. Meanwhile, the Chinese will be building oil platforms off of FLA for the Cubans...

Fuzzy balls?

Don't get her one with a camera... http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/mar/14...xplicit-images/

You gotta have great vision to juke a divot.

Hey..the competition's stiff!

There was a game or two last season, that the B'gals offered a couple of thousand tickets a week or so before the games. IIRC, they were ducats allocated to the visiting teams' fans that went unsold.

When the setting of a starting line-up is a long way off, it's not unusual to see players listed in alphabetical order on a depth chart.

The phrase "Who Dey" was pulled off the trash heap in 2005, in honor of their one winning season in the past 17 years. It's usually used in a derogatory fashion. WLW radio had a long-running afternoon skit called "All...My...Bengals" (a play on the soap opera, "All My Children"), and if there was any B'gals news, they would lead off the story with a strong-voiced clip: Hear dem Bengals Roaaaar...meow.

That won't happen until Lynch chirps. He's a public figure. If proven to be the cause of the hit - he's not going to be suspended by the NFL. He has civil and and some criminal liability. But so far, one can certainly label him fairly or not as an idiot or an unfeeling jerk. I reject the "youth" angle. Big $ buys big advice - among such advice is being contrite when you live a public life. After a few days, talk to the press, eh? Every day he's mum - the deeper the digging by the press. That's how they get their paychecks...