JimBob2232

Actually, I dont know that the Bus would be a bad pickup, provided that he understands he is the backup/3rd down back, which i feel is probably what he wants anyway. He is a good character guy, and I wouldnt mind one bit having one guy who we KNOW can get us 1 yard every time on third or fourth and one.

dumb, yes...Dumbest quote...no. I believe that belongs to spreewell talking about not being able to feed his family.

I just dont see drew getting cut. Cutting him saves 2 mil on the cap. It will cost us 2 mil for an adequate backup. I would rather have drew than charlie batch or almost anyone who has been tossed around these boards, and no im not a drew supporter. I think, if handled well by the coaching staff, we have a good situation at QB going into next year. JP can start and drew can come in when he gets in trouble. Tag-team it for a year and then move on with drew. BTW, does anyone know what drews numbers look like for 06? We should use this cap space to lock up nate and/or mcgee. Say what you want to about keeping lindell because of the cap, but with a competent kicker we would have been in the playoffs. Its worth the 600k in dead cap space IMO. I see no way prileau is back. Let JJ walk, resign Pat and make a move for (and sign) a big time OT and a Kicker. Draft a RB LB OL and S for depth. BTW, what happened to tim anderson?

He Lives in VERMONT! You have to smoke up immediatly after you cross the border. its a law. And as far as mismanaging funds, he could put every tax dollar paid in vermont last year into his own pocket and still couldnt afford a new suit.

Individually, the pats are dominated by about 10-15 other teams in the league. But that doesnt matter. Its not a slap at the patriots either. They have heart, dedication, willpower, coaching and play as a team. Every other team in the league is trying to find ways to manipulate the cap. The patriots have done it with coaching and building a coheisive team that performs spectacularly. Who knows how much crenell and weis leaving will affect this team. I suspect more than we will ever know. It might very well be that the pats have a nucleus of players in NE who will carry the torch for the new coaches, but I wouldnt be suprised either way. BB is running the show, and I for one will never again second guess one of his decisions. and for the record...the patriots can kiss my a$$

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

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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.