JimBob2232

Bruschi AND Sam Adams...any free agents have the initials PBR?

Agreed...and why dont they ever take Jack out? Hmm... And this plot is really getting to me. You cant tell me they cant shut down every single one of those reactors locally.

I agree with you in principle. However, you and I might be smart enough to put away 6% of our salaries away for retirement, but joe and suzie down the street are not. Ordinarily I would say, screw em, they could have done the same, but then it all boils down to the plethora of other social programs our taxes go to to bail them out. Privitization is kinda the middle road, where you are forced to invest in your retirement so that others dont have to bail you out (as often...)

I'll bet he did.... Was Piazza around at the time?

Lets look at this a bit differently then. Suppose everyone decided to invest 1% of their salary in an s&p 500 index fund completely out of a privatized SS account. Would this be a bad thing?

Oh, i didnt forget that KRC... The whole thing is pretty sad really...

Then march your butt down to the city mission (or the charity of your choice) and cut them a check for however much your raise was. It is easy to put your wallet where your mouth is. Secondly, yes the republicans have control, and yes they are ultimatly responsible. It does help to realize you cant do much of anything in congress without 60 votes, but your point is valid, and is my main critique of this administration. 911 cost alot of money. It is understandable to increase the budget in areas relating to homeland security. But this non-stop spending on social programs is getting ridiculous. I am pleased to see a budget proposal that appears to finally do what it is supposed to do, cut spending.

Yeah. HoDe is not the voice of reason the democrats need right now. But given how the republican and democratic chairmen tend to be a bunch of blowhards who do a disservice to their party, I guess he fits right in.

I wouldnt be against quincy. But I think the backup job should be drews if he wants it

136 here as well

The government is not going to let you invest your money in any way you see fit. You will not be able to buy individual companies stock (like enron or worldcom or even GE or Citigroup). The allowed places you can put your money will be some of the safest places you can invest. Lower risk generally means lower rewards, but it is acceptable here because even the lower rewards of a government bond fund are far superior to the negative rate you currently make on your social security money. About the riskiest allowed investment I expect to see in a privitazation plan would be the wilshire 5000, which would be akin to the top 5000 companies in the us. Enron was a part of wilshire, but when it crashed, it hardly made a dent because it was just 1/5000th of the fund. The concern here should not be what happens if it goes to zero, because it wont. And suppose it does, it doesnt mean a whole lot because america will not be america anymore. If the wilshire 5000 goes to zero, that means that no companies in america are making money, and everyone is unemployed and america will fall apart, and social security will go with it. The way i see it, as long as you can get a zero rate of return on your social security investment, your ahead of what is going on today.

BTW KRC, how many votes did you get?

Yeah...i dont get it. For all the money you are paying in SS Taxes today, you will get ZERO back when you retire (if you are younger). Now if you put that money in a private account, in an ABSOLUTE WORST CASE scenario, you get 0. Of course, if you get zero it will be because america as we know it no longer exists. The real annual rate of return on your social security taxes is NEGATIVE. So even if you put your money in a money market account getting you 1% annual, you make more money than you are now. There is NO downside here, other than the cost to implement, which is not an excuse.

This is not the way the cap works. It is NEVER better for the team to cut a player and resign him cheaper. In effect he now counts twice on the cap. If they want to keep him, they can work out some kind of pay cut, but he will not be released and resigned.

I cant understand why people are against the privitazation of social security. (Notice i did not say bush's plan...but the concept of privitazation itself). It HAS to be that bush is bad and therefore his plan is bad, becaues the options are 1) Continue the current system and let social security kill itself off 2) Privitize social security and guarentee everyone they will be cared for in old age. 3) Get rid of social security alltogether. Option 2 is THE ONLY ONE that makes sense. The problem is 2 fold however. First, the democrats cant have a solution to this problem because it is THEIR issue, so they will fight it so they can use it as a campaign platform. Though this will be harder to do now that they are on record saying bush is LYING about the problem. Secondly, it will cost ALOT of money to implement and will take a long period of time to properly phase in. Its not a quick fix, and it will cost money, but the long term ramifications of not privatizing social security FAR outweigh the risk of doing nothing.

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If they move to LA, they will likely change names as well. no longer the bills. Hatred will set in. Look at what happened to the ravens when they left cleveland

I would no longer be a fan of the bills. Unless they moved where I am...then I suppose it would be okay

Well, its a great thing for them to do...but yeah...seriously, why do the browns have tickets?

You can still find affordable housing in the hampton roads area. It is probably the best place in virginia to live (other than nova, but it is $$$$). Virginia beach is expensive, but you can find some really affordable housing in portsmouth suffolk and even norfolk and chesapeake. People knock portsmouth for being the ghetto and suffolk for being in the boonies, but neither is really true anymore. A really nice house will still cost you 200-250, but you can find something more than adequate for 150-200. Just dont get tricked into this arm thing...sounds great now, but many people wont be able to afford it in a few years.

Amazing post. McNair is contemplating RETIREMENT. JP is a ROOKIE. No GM in this league would make this deal. This is INSANITY. Drew for McNair...perhaps. But i dont see why tennessee would do it, other than to have someone around for a few extra years...

...Wasnt that the rumor last offseason?

Jano was a HUGE shock going in the first. That was very unconventional. I wouldnt be too suprised to see it happen again, but usually there are some really good skill players left towards the end of the first that wouldnt warrant a kicker. But who knows. I can almost see NE taking him and letting Vinitieri go...

Mike Williams or Braylon Edwards easily. EM would ahve one year left as a bill. Losman, McGahee, Williams, Evans...WOW! Course Detroit is saying Harrington, Kevin Jones, Rogers, Williams....and look where that is getting them Edited because I listed the wrong worthless hokie RB....

I have been chastized for saying this before, but I'll say it again. I do not think evans can be a sucessfull #1, at least not without a good #2. Here is my reasoning. There are VERY few (if any) #1 recievers less than 6'0". Without the presence of moulds, LEE could be double teamed and essentially rendered useless as he would not have the physical capabilities to battle other teams best corners. Lee is a VERY good reciever, but I feel that in order for him to have the success we want ,we need the big physical reciever oposite him to draw the attention of the #1 Corner and avoid being doubled. Keep EM, but resturcture his deal.