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Dude...really...your Hot Pockets are ready. Appreciate the rivalry for what it was and what it will be again. Fins will be good again and soon. Pats are fading and Jest have no QB once Favre leaves. It will be Bills/Fins as the rivalry in the AFC again and sooner than you think. Rivalries go on again/off again in all sports...sometimes they burn hot, sometimes they cool down. Free agency has hurt the rivalry. But it is far from dead. I don't want to play CLE/PIT/CIN 2xs a year, I'm very happy Ralph fought to keep us in the AFCE, with our traditional AFL rivals. As far as sucking for 10 years...remember this game... http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...751C1A9649C8B63 And there is still hate on their side as well... http://www.finheaven.com/forums/f2/greates...ame-133070.html

I'm not sure it would be stale and they already are bureaucratic. Its true they did not stress test the models, but then they exacerbated the situation (see AIG).

I will say this once, the election has almost no bearing on what is happening on the Street right now. This is a cash crunch...pure and simple. Everyone is trying to sell whatever they can (oil contracts, stocks, gold etc.) to raise as much cash as possible.

I disagree. Dr. Z of SI, who I respect, says if a team really committed to the principals of the single wing it could do some real damage today. I tend to agree.

I agree, we need a third party arbiter, but these three agencies are so tainted and shameless, it won't be them. It will be a new entity or two. Completely disassociate from the past disasters. The fund managers may just have to deal with it, many of them will be casualties of war in the next 6 months. Those that remain will have to deal with new agencies, IMHO, that actually audit then rate appropriately. I can see some type of special status like nonprofit bestowed on the new agencies to remove the conflict of interest and get a truly independent agency.

Damn it, missed it. You see any of it? People I have spoken to are not even listening to Moody's anymore, they totally lost all credibility. S&P is not far behind. Contracts are being rewritten to remove reference to ratings downgrades as default events. Also, SEC is proposing rules to remove "investment grade rating" as a criteria for using S-3, I expect Finra will do the same with respect to QIUs. Soon, these loathsome entities will be irrelevant.

Have they had them for the ratings agencies yet? I would pay to see those.

I would count NH as a battleground state. Might even watch PA.

Single Malt Scotch.

LOL!! I have taken the train, but usually don't have the time it takes. Also, when they had a bar car that allowed smoking it was fun. Sit in a bar for x hours and arrive at your destination. Now, probably not so much.

Whats great about it is that people book up the regular seats, leaving the entire front of the plane open if you are willing to pay a little more. This is even a few days prior to takeoff. I love it, since I will pay for the convenience of being comfortable.

Tough choice...but might be worth it! Tell you wife's family to start selling a dry rub!

Sorry about your JetBlue experience. I fly a lot and the only airline I fly, whenever possible, is JetBlue. I love them. Direct flight from NYC to anywhere, I pay extra for the aisle seats in the front of the plane with more legroom, reasonable priced drinks in flight, great DirectTV in front of you (Godfather Parts I and II made a long flight to Seattle far easier to take) and generally very friendly service. I will pay xtra for an aisle seat to stretch out in, and refuse to queque up in line for a long time, hence I will never fly Southwest. When waiting for a plne, I am usually on the otehr side of security grabbing a smoke...JetBlue actually has a bar on the other side of security. I was told its a convenience to smokers and people waiting for others. They will continue to have this at the new terminal at JFK. My kind of airline.

I disagree. I think that $250k a year is a very different numebr if the individual lives in NYC/SF/other high cost areas vs. Buffalo/Pitts/Cleveland/other medium cost areas vs. rural America. I think a blanket one-size-fits-all number is not the way to go. I'd argue that 250k in a high cost area = 150k in a medium cost area = 100k in a low cost area. Why tax everyone based on a blanket number? Personally, I'd lower tax rates for everyone, eliminate all deductions except for charitable contributions and state/local taxes and ensure that every single American paid at least some taxes to incentivize everyone to watch government spending. To me, thats a good start on a fair system.

Perhaps. But is purchasing a home to get the tax benefit (vs. renting) within the scope of the discussion? What about 401(k) or Roth contributions saving for retirement? I don't really think it is necessarily to lessen the tax burden, more to save for retirement and rely less on an uncertain Social Security. But you say "wealthy" people should bear a more significant tax burden than they already do. Define the term "wealthy", because it really does matter.

No trading curbs between 2 and 4 pm. Market can fall without any curbs.

Thats a little bit of revisionist history with respect to Clinton. The National Debt (the real number to be concerned with) leveled out during Clinton and did not rise, but he did not reduce it either. Bush, on the other hand, is like a 16 year old girl with Daddy's credit card on her first trip to the mall with her friends.

Hint...They already do pay more...much more. Also, define "wealthy." I thinkw e can all agree Warren Buffet falls within the group, but bring it down a few dozen levels. Where do you draw the line?

Third on that list...but yeah.

I can't believe 36 people voted for politicians??? WTF... A Bills SB victory would rank up there with my wedding and the birth of my son as one of the greatest feelings of my life (I imagine). How often I have lived and died with this team??? As a Yankee fan, I felt a little bit of this especially after the 96 World Series win. But my depth of love for the Bills is far deeper and greater...might actually be the only time in my life that I was reduced to tears... I've often said...ONCE we win, I can die in peace. That sentiment has not changed. There will be another politician in 4 years to make a bunch of promises and line his own pocket at taxpayer expense. It truly does not matter all that much. Go Bills!

So, if you are wheelchairbound, you can never get bombed? Else be charged with DUI? If I was wheelchairbound, I might consider bombed a preferable state of being.

I love that place. Haven't been there in years, but used to go all the time. My grandfather lived around the corner and I spent a lot of time with him. Making me hungry...

I thought Butler looked real good last year. He really seemed to get better as the year wore on. This year, I thought he would be a real strength of the line. A guy really coming into his own. That has not happened (to my untrained eye)...why? He just does not seem to have the strength/leverage to push his guy around. He did that last year, especially at the end of the year.

Listen to the Senator. He knows what he is talking about. If you do some of what he suggested, you will have a great weekend.

Agreed. But having 40% of the people with no incentive to watch government spending is just as bad. Every American should pay taxes. I have heard no argument against this.