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The political ramblings will start once they try to select a new pope. Should be interesting. I'm not catholic, but the politics of selecting a new pope intrigues me.

NHL All-Star Game Final Scores 2000 9-4 2001 14-12 2002 8-5 2003 6-5 2004 6-4 These games feature the best defensemen, best offenses and best goalies in the world. This proves, without a doubt that when the talent is even on all sides of the game (offense, defense and goaltending), offense prevails. Since NHL games rarely end up with 8-5 scores, one can conclude that the talent on all sides of the game is not even. The defenses and/or goaltending are better than the offenses. If they werent, NHL scores would more closely represent those of the all star game. Thus one can logically conclude that there is a greater quality supply of defensemen and/or goalies than there are forwards and centers. So, while expansion does dilute all positions, it does so unevenly. There are simply too many teams in the NHL today. The NHL needs to contract teams for a number of reasons (dilution being just one).

This doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure out. In 1980 there were 21 teams, made up of the best 400 players in the world. These teams scored approximatly 300 goals per team. Today there are 30 teams made up of the best 600 players in the world. Scoring averages 200 goals per team. Bottom line is that there are now 200 players (or 1/3 of the league), who would not have been good enough to step foot on the ice if the league was still at 21 teams. It is not a coincidence that scoring has also declined (also by 1/3!!). Dilution is the reason. Lets get rid of some of these teams and watch scoring pick right back up.

Drudge reported it first? Hmm...Must be false.... Oh wait...its not??? Hmmm........ All you drudge haters take note. He has sources everywehere

Agenda? What agenda does Jessie Jackson have? What agenda do Terris parents have? What agenda do I have? You dont BELIEVE she wanted to live like this...do you KNOW this as fact? So...I'm fat. Therefore I dont care about my personal appearance and in the same situation would want to be on life support. Is that what you're saying? This makes no sense to me. Are you a medical doctor who is qualified to make these kinds of determinations? The bottom line here is that THERE IS SIGNIFIGANT DOUBT here. And where there is doubt we should take the time to go through a complete review of the facts, and she should live while doing so. But HOWEVER it turns out, starving her to death is in-humane. Especially once they admitted to giving her morphine for pain.

A Couple bio courses does not make you a medical doctor. And even if you are, I am positive you have not medically examined her. Here is a signed affidavit from someone who has. http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/Affidavit.pdf As long as there is doubt, she should live. I have no problem with removing a respirator, or other means of quick death from someone who is in a persistive vegitiative state. But someone who may not be in that state needs to have full protection under the law. Read that affidavit. Dont discard it. Because if you choose to ignore his opinion, any doctors opinion can be thrown out, and thus your point is also invalid. I work in the nuclear power industry. We have a saying that goes something like this "when in doubt, take the most conservative action". This should apply not only in nuclear power, but also in matters of life or death.

It is quite different. In once case the individual is (presumably) medically dead. In the other (TS), there is some doubt as to her conciousness. There is some doubt as to whether she can feel sensations such as hunger and pain. There is some doubt as to the cause of her condition. And yes, even some doubt as to whether she can recover. This is an in-humane way to kill a human being. This is not your typical coma. This is not your typical person on a ventilator or dyalisis machine. This is a person who very well may be concious. At least thats what some doctors are saying. I am not a medical professional, and I suspect neither are you. When there is doubt we should err on the conservative side. This is an outrage this can happen in our country.

Do some real research....this is pure insanity. Title of article " Hypocrisy is Tom DeLay's Middle Name, Along with Exterminator and Satan's Main Man" Yeah...okay...and I am supposed to believe what follows? Give me a break

Oh, and yeah, delay is no friend of mine either. But you can not compare delays father, a man in a coma, who needs artificial help to breathe, to terri. I am not a doctor, but you dont need to be one to realize there is a world of difference here. But regardless, delays position here is that you have to give the medical professionals a chance to accuratly form a diagnosis before you can kill someone. He had that chance with his father, unfortunatly terri is not getting that chance.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/23/...ain682674.shtml Catholics and protestants (who you are likely refering to as the "religious right") are AGAINST reinserting the tube. Explain that one... The problems here are 2 fold. 1) It is In-humane to starve someone to death. 2) There are serious questions regarding terris medical situation. And before you say she cant feel anything, explain to me why they have placed her on one of the strongest pain medications known to man, morphine? When you are unsure of something, you have to err on the side of caution. And in this case it means letting her live. Let this serve as a lesson to all. Make a living will.

From Hawaii to Buffalo....hmm....

I like this show alot...and but i have to laugh at some stuff because of how absurd (or wrong) it is. For instance...and i mentioned this earlier in this thread... A CRITICAL REACTOR IS A GOOD THING. The term "critical" means that the reactor is working properly. It is very difficult however to maintain a reactor exactly critical. Sometimes it subcritical and sometimes its supercritical. Usually a reactor fluctuates between subcritical and supercritical with critical being somewhere inbetween. Supercritical in and of itself bad either! Its very common. There is NO SUCH THING as a nuclear reactor override device. EVERY reactor will shut itself down well before somthing to the extent that occured on 24 happens. In the event the automatic protection functions fail to work, the operators can manually shut down the plant. There is no override device removing local control of the reactor. It would be beyond stupid to do so. All these anti-nuclear people out there dont even understand how a reactor works. And shows like this only expand the fears people have when they shouldnt have them in the first place.

I still think either indy or Seattle will be looking for a RB...and cant get one in the draft. We'll see. Cleveland though...I think Suggs can be a good back, and I woudlnt do it if I was them. But they may. Worth a shot

Ya know...I dont blame him one bit for the way he feels. You guys are jumping down his throat because he got run out of town here and is pissed. Travis is a VERY good back. He has his downfalls, but he is still a 1500 yard back capable of a pro-bowl. He is in the prime of his career fighting for the big paycheck, and he is stuck behind willis. If you cant see his side of this, your blue and red colored glasses must be a much stronger perscription than mine. HOWEVER, he is hurting himself (and the bills) by going to the media. Perhaps this is all a ploy to get his name in the news and get some attention when everyone is focused on Alexander and James. I too would like to see this resolved. And it will be. But we need to be patient and give it time. If after draft day travis is still on the roster, then we can start to get concerned. Until then....let TD do his job.

Now that they have swapped picks with da raiders...look for them to bring in Edwards or Williams in the draft

I think Chris Mohr and Steve Christie are looking for work too...

Sounds good....except one thing...why are we looking for a blockign TE?

Hmm... Losman > Alex Smith Losman > Aaron Rogers Aaron Rogers or Alex Smith =#1 overall... Therefore Losman = #1 Overall If you think of it that way...perhaps it will make some of you TD Doubters go crazy.

Shouldnt this be OT? Since the topic is obviously NOT football?

ARGH....this means nothing when the coach does not have the confidence to put him out there to make a 40 yard kick... I dont care how perfect you are from 20 yards out, i want a kicker who can be counted on to make a 50 yarder once in a while

for those who dont believe variety.com http://www.idolonfox.com/ Nikko is listed

Yeah...Jake Delhomme really seems like the steroid type to me!

Well...Nikko is back! http://www.variety.com/VR1117919351.html Vasquez bows out of 'Idol' An early frontrunner in this season's "American Idol" has ankled the competishcompetish just days after making it into show's final round of 12. Mario Vasquez, the Latino heartthrob who won fans with his smooth renditions of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do" and the Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," "has withdrawn from the competition for personal reasons," Fox announced Sunday afternoon. A Fox spokesman refused further comment. With Vasquez out, producers decided to reinstate Nikko Smith, who was cut from the competition last week after failing to garner enough fan votes to make it into the top 12. Fox and the show's producers wasted no time erasing Vasquez from the show's Web site: By 1 p.m. PST Sunday, Smith had already replaced Vasquez. It's not the first time an "Idol" finalist has left the show, though Vasquez may be the first to leave of his own accord. Two years ago, Corey Clark made it to the show's top 10, but was asked to leave after allegations surfaced that he had assaulted his teen sister. And soul diva Frenchie Davis was booted from the top 32 after it was revealed she had appeared on a soft-core porn Web site.

That made me laugh. Nice one.

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