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http://youtube.com/watch?v=3xOocmYuFH0&sea...exler%20colbert Okay, a SLIGHT exaggeration, but hillarious none-the-less

Seriously! Check out Peters. Never noticed him in this clip before, but the dude is keeping up stride for stride with McGee (albeit, McGee is a bit tired at this point)

Hmm...completly overlooked Lonnie Johnson. As for Norwood...He is one of the most hated bills because of that superbowl. His name causes shivers to go down my spine. While he may have been pretty good overall, one play defines his career. Same with Bruce DeHaven. As for WR, Reed, Shaw and Early were tough...but I couldnt think of anyone else... Fina...perhaps you are right, he might not deserve to be on this list, but for some reason I seem to remember him getting burned over and over again by Jason Taylor...not that that makes him one of the worst, but it sticks in my head for some reason.

Yahoo has changed their homepage. For some reason the headline article is no longer REAL news. Its crap like Ice cream day, Brad Pitt, and other nonsense....

Philadelphia Eagles Their best receiver is a running back. Their quarterback still may be their best runner. At least Freddie Mitchell could talk a good game. Hillarious

Yeah, i had a hard time with that pick. Its a toss up IMO.

An opposite approach to the other thread about the best bills, lets have some fun with this one and go with "Worst Bills of the last 15 years". My Take: QB: Rob Johnson, Todd Collins, Billy Joe Holbert RB: Antwain Smith, Shawn Bryson WR: Bobby Shaw, Josh Reed, Antonio Brown, Quinn Early FB: Cardwell Gardner TE: T: Mike Williams, John Fina G: Bennie Anderson, Jamie Nails, Mike Pucillo, Corbin Lacina C: Teague? DE: Erik Flowers DT: OLB: Keith Newman, Eddie Robinson MLB: CB: Chris Watson, Ken Irvin FS: Izell Reese SS: Coy Wire K: Norwood P: Mohr (only because Moorman is the only other option) ST: Watson, Charlie Rogers HC: Greg Williams OC: Kevin Gilbride DC: ST: Bruce DeHaven Need some help!

I'd say Marcellus Wiley over Jeffcoat. And, unless your not referring to Thomas Smith at CB, i think we can replace him with someone....(Burris?)

I have Erie in Virginia. Havet had any problems, but any company can take your money without a problem. Personally, AMICA Mutual is one of the best companies out there. Excellent customer service, good rates. USAA is also very good (so I have heard). If you can get in with them. You need to have military connections I believe.

I see alot of people against this proposal, but I see no reasons why. Lets start with the facts a) Social Security will go bankrupt in the next 20 years. b) Workers under the age of 40 are unlikely to see ANY benefit from the current plan, yet are paying in 6.2% of their salary into social security. Something needs to be done. Personal accounts HAVE to be part of any social security reform. Money YOU put in needs to be there for YOU when YOU retire. Right now, money in the social security system has a NEGATIVE rate of return. How money in your account is invested is another matter entirely. Only allow it to be invested in a money market account for all I care, we NEED individual accounts. Now, the problem is this. If we start putting money into our newly created private accounts, it takes away the money available to fully fund the current system. This poses a problem. This article makes it sound like they will take many corses of action to solve this shortfall. I dont agree with all the proposals for this, but I think its a good start and a good debate to have. Once we decide to have personal accounts, the rest is water under the bridge. People have fallen for the typical scare tactic often used in politics. Privatization=bad. People will blow their money investing in Enron. Its simply not true. If done properly, the riskiest investment one can make would be to invest in a total market index fund (S&P 500, wilshire 5000 or equivalent). You pay in every 2 weeks and dollar cost average. This is NOT risky folks. If you make 40k a year, and you pay 6% into a private account, thats 200/mo. And if you could get JUST 3% real rate of return on that money (a bank CD would do), you would have over 185k in the bank over a 40 year career. If you could then get 5% per year interest during retirement, and didnt touch the principle, thats $9,250 per year in retirement income. Nearly 1/4 of your salary from social security. Again, thats IF YOU DID NOT TOUCH THE PRINCIPLE. This is pure logic (and math) folks. I cant imagine why anyone would be against this.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/teams/jaguars/index.html After the Bills cut OT Mike Williams this offseason, the Jaguars signed him and gave him a $1.4 million bonus. But Williams weighed almost 400 pounds as recently as early June. The Jaguars are very disappointed in him and might opt to cut their losses in camp.

Dont think Marv will touch him...

I do not have a position in US Steel. I have never had a position in US Steel. This stock is up, not by some fluke, but because the price of commodities has increased due to years of low production and infastructure development. Coincidentally, many commodities stocks have similar charts. We should have seen this bull commodites market coming. The signs were there. Hopefully next time I will be able to get in before its too late. Heck, i'm not even defending US Steel here. It may be a terrible investment. (And my personal opinion on commodities is that we are nearing the end of this Bull Market). I am simply stating that to rule out an entire industry when looking for stocks that meet your mechanical screening criteria is a bad plan. But then again, I know people who still refuse to test drive a Ford because they had problems with the Pinto they had back in 77. Ford could be giving away new mustangs for $500 bucks and they wouldnt touch 'em. Bottom line is this. If a company is making money, and will continue to make money in the future, then at some share price, that stock is a good buy. Whether the comany makes Cars, Paper Plates, Coal, Steel, Semi-Conductors or Chineese Fingercuffs, it doesnt matter. If the company makes 1M per year, It makes 1M per year. And if you can buy the whole company for 200k, BUY THE COMPANY (even if it makes chineese fingercuffs). If the same company is for sale at 50M, its probably not a good buy. The stock price (for a profitable company) determines whether a company is a good buy.

If second rate gets me a 700% gain in 4 years, I'll take it.

Well, if you really want to get into it, Personally I take more of a Benjamin Graham approach, which (by the way), is who Buffett learned the lions share of what he knows. But thats neither here nor there. Its pretty similar actually. I am not saying United States Steel is a good company, I am also not saying its a good investment. I dont have an opinion on this stock right now. I would need to do alot more research before I can even get close to that. This doesnt change the fact that it would have been a good investment a few years ago. There was a fundamental market shift in the price of commodities which drove the stock price to where it is today. You can learn from that, and maybe catch it the next time it happens. This wasnt just the market going crazy for no reason. The commodities market drove the price. I dont disagree with your statement to invest in what you know, a wide moat and low P/E and D/E. But lets look at this a little closer. What you know - One of the most important things you can know is to know what you dont know. But there is nothing stopping you from learning about the Steel Industry. There is nothign stopping you fom reading about what some of the industry experts and top investors think about the industry. There (should be) nothing stopping you from picking up an annual report and reading it to gain understanding. Just because its the steel industry and you dont understand it, doesnt mean you should just be content knowing nothing about it. Wide Moat - For a long term investment, this is important. If it is a shorter term investment, not so much. P/E ratios - I hate this ratio. Published ratios are often wrong, and are usually trailing P/Es. The fundamental idea of low P/E is good, I just wish the reliablity of the published numbers was more reliable. D/E ratio - Anything less than one works for me. Financial stocks may be higher. Not necessarily sure lower=better, but too much=bad. Price/Book Ratio is another one I like to use. But all these are just ratios, numbers on a peice of paper. You need to dig further into a company than these numbers before investing. And to blindly state "I will never invest in a US Steel Company" is just ingnorance.

Well for starters, if you refuse to "invest" in a company simply because of the industry it is in, or the origin of that company, you are not investing at all. You are Gambling. Secondly, Look at the chart from 1991 to present http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=X&t=my If you invested in 2003, you would have made nearly 700%. Hardly sounds like something not worth your time looking into. Stop gambling and start investing. Would you rather buy a brand new honda civic for $100,000 or a 5 year old civic for $3,000? One is clearly a better vehicle, but the price you pay for it is ridiculously high compared to the alternative. Stocks work the same way. Just because its a good company doenst mean its a good investiment. And the converse is true as well. Just because its a bad company doesnt *necessarily* mean its a bad investment.

Simple rule of investing by Uncle JimBob. As soon as you start hearing friends, coworkers, relatives, random guy in the resturaunt or on the street start talking about how easy it is to make money in a particular investment vehicle, its time to take your money and run. Conversely, As soon as you hear those same people start talking about how bad an investment is, time to start buying. Case in Point. Stock Market circa 2000. EVERYONE was making money. Couldnt miss, especially on the NASDAQ. SUNW, JDSU, CMGI, CIEN, LNUX and others. Think about the year when you first heard your coworkers, friends or family talking about them. 1999? 2000? 2001? Then look at the chart and see how their "cant miss" investment would have fared. Case #2. Federal Employees can relate to this one. The I fund in the Thrift Savings Plan (a.k.a. 401K), which basically tracks the MSCI EAFE Index, was up near 30 percent on the year. Everyone was jumping in..AFTER IT WAS UP 30%... People started talking about it in the office, you would see people log into their accounts at work and make transfers to the I fund. Then in just a couple short months, it fell over 15 percent. SHOCKER. Case #3. Who cared about commodities 5 years ago? NOBODY. Commodity prices were at an all time low. Now, everyone is starting to "invest" in Gold, Copper, Pork Bellies and anything else they can get in a 50 gallon drum. Why would anyone want to invest in something crazy like commodities, while real estate was going through the roof....Now Commodities are going through the roof. Now people are noticing. But its too late. Today real estate is "Cant Miss" which scares me alot. There are some compelling reasons why real estate wont fall drastically like the stock market, mainly because there is some resistance to sell a home for a loss. But more and more properties are investment properties. Rising interest payments, and Mortgage Payments. Increasing Defaults. Fewer Buyers. Its a recipie for disaster if you're not careful. But I know, I know, Real Estate Never Goes Down.... ....Neither did JDS Uniphase.

The highest player signed thus far (and I may be mistaken if someone signed in the last day or two) is a 4th rounder. With the exception of Mario Williams who had a deal signed on draft day.

Bilge Rats Poop Deckers Buccin' Maroons Buccin' Scurvy Buccin' Poop Deck Basically Buccin' makes me laugh...no wait...thats what she said.

Whats the salary? If its more than about oh...80k a year, I might be interested. More to the point, any chance I can schedule an interview on Opening Day?

Need (MANY) more details...

Latrell Spreewell for feeding his children.

I agree. JP was not good last year. Anyone who says differently is delusional. HOWEVER, when you watch him on tape, a few things are apparent. 1) He feels pressure in the pocket when no pressure exists 2) He gets happy feet and takes off running too soon. 3) He has a good arm, and generally makes good decisions with the football. So, while he lacked success last season, I think there are enough signs of light where he deserves another season to shine. QBs take varying lengths of time to develop, and yes some never do. Look how long it took Drew Brees to develop. To throw away all we have invested in him at this point is a bad plan. Also, why was it that we seemed to be unstopable on the first drive of every game, and downright pitiful the second half of the game? I think it was conditioning, and I have been saying that for a long time. I find it ironic willis has lost weight, as well as others on the team. I really think we were not conditioned well (Good move with Rusty Jones...). And it sounds like a broken record, but GIVE THE GUY AN OLINE. If JP gets comfortable in the pocket, the team is conditioned properly, and the play calling improves, I think we are in for a surprise on offense this year. Thats alot of IFs...but JP shows more signs of upside than some of you give him credit for.

But it wont mean as much as the one he wins in buffalo

Not to dispute your point...but Bledsoe HAS one of those!