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Tom Brady sporting English soccer team throwback uniform.
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Extremely doubtful. I didn't follow the Browns when they turned into Ravens. I never went back when there were Browns again......At the moment though....I just want to be held.
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Would you feel better if she were a mean vindictive b*tch?
No way man. There is no evidence that mean vindictive bitches like other mean vindictive bitches.
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Ronald Reagan has said him self that his greatest regret as president was the deficits. He not the Congress spent wildly and recklessly on the military (Yeah the cold war was important but we were out spending the Soviets during the 50's 60's and 70's and we weren't winning the war) The Soviet Union would have collapsed had we only out spent them on the military 3 to 1 instead of 5 to 1. The Soviet economic collapse and the fact that countries like Poland were breaking away from the Iron Curtain due to bad economies is what led to their downfall.
Reagan's greatest triumph was as another poster mentioned was reducing inflation (Paul Volcker and the Fed also helped out with this but during the 1970's inflation was running rampant) he also oversaw a big economic boom (Although it wasn't as big as the 1960's/1950's boom and was about as big as the 1990's boom with both being better in certain areas) but the poverty level remained the same and savings declined. It wasn't the fact that we were working on a Death Star that was never going to be built.
Reagan's decisions of military build up and tax cuts are what led to deficits and the idea of deficit spending is what kept the Republican Congress of the 1990's and 2000's to keep spending in deficits and now the Dems are continuing the practices they encouraged in the 1980's.
Here is why you are stupid (I'm sure this doesn't cover everything). (1) Congress has the purse strings, not the President. (2) The Soviets were spending a huge percentage of their GNP (way beyond us) trying to keep up. (3) Don't try to explain the ECONOMIES of countries behind the former Iron Curtain (The smartest Economists on earth can't even agree about how ours works). (4) Military spending during the 80's helped working Americans, and no one else (duh).
Before you head back to your own planet, understand this: The tax base during the 80's grew. Thank you Ronald Reagan for the the vision and the leadership. God help us now.
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I'll say it
7-9
Way to go out on a limb. We're always 7-9.
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CBS had documents that could not be authenticated. They were copies of memos, not the originals, and would probably not hold up in court. The case was further complicated by damaged or destroyed microfilm containing Bush's records. CBS made a mistake in going on with the story, without verifying that the memos about Bush's service could be authenticated. That cost Rather his job. Everything in the Rather case became hearsay, so it would be hard to make a true judgment in the case. The evidence, for or against Bush was gone.
Bush's admission to Russert is pretty much golden. He did some kind of miltary service and NEVER volunteered to go to Vietnam.
Dude, they were typed on an electric typerwiter that hadn't been invented yet. Talk about sloppy forgeries. How do people like you sleep at night? You are only deluding yourself.
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Damn, I didn't notice that. Everything is in the Eastern time zone except one game?
Yep. Should cut down on any jet lag.
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No west coast teams at all. The Bills only leave the eastern time zone once, for a game at KC. Everything else is on the east coast. I wonder if that matters any.
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Kennedy's womanizing ways are a Washington legend. When a supermarket tabloid published pictures of Kennedy getting "amorous" with a woman on his sailboat, one of his colleagues (Senator Howell Heflin) remarked that it appeared that Kennedy "had done changed his position on offshore drilling." In 1985, he and Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd allegedly made a "waitress sandwich" at a DC restaurant while their dates were in the rest room.
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If you're honestly arguing that Ted should be buried at Arlington to be close to his brothers...that is the stupidest argument for being buried at Arlington that I can imagine.
Jack was a war hero, and IMO was entitled to be buried at Arlington regardless of anything other than that. Bobby and Ted...I disagree with. All I'm saying is that I think the standards for burial at Arlington are a little too loose, if a Senator can be interred there just for being a Senator.
Yeah, but where else can you safely put his remains?
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It's news because he's never said a word about it all these years. What he did was sudden and unexpected. I wonder why after all these years, is all. Nothing political about it, I sort of wish he'd kept quiet to be honest. Some things are best forgotten, why open up such a painful topic after all these years....
He has not changed his story. He still says he was following orders. That's what good soldiers do. Calley got screwed. I know a guy that was there. What a mess. The fog of war.
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After all these years the officer infamous for participating in the massacre of hundreds of villagers in Vietnam has admitted responsibility and apologized. I was very surprised to read about it, and the venue was somewhat odd. I wonder why now.
At the end he got a standing ovation. I am not sure why. I guess because people felt it took courage for him to stand up in front of a small crowd, admit his guilt and remorse and answer questions.
Maybe now another chapter in the darker side of American history is coming to a close. I don't know. I always had mixed feelings about My Lai...I don't know how our soldiers were supposed to tell a North from a South Vietnamese, or how they could spot an infiltrator since of course they didn't wear uniforms proclaiming their sympathies... I could see how these kids could snap and go nuts and massacre civilians, it was a war after all.
The only conclusion that I could ever come to was that those young American soldiers should never have been there in the first place. Hindsight = 20/20.
Well, I hope something good comes out of this and maybe Calley will finally have some peace.
March 16, 1968. Why is this news? From a historical perspective , village massacres were quite common during the Vietnam conflict. Usually perped by the NV, not the Americans. That does not excuse Calley, or any of the others that got off scott free.
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I think he is going after that record. You know...the one by Sugar Ray Leonard for most times coming out of retirement.
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I think you used excellent judgment. Good job. That kid might go either way, but that's up to him. We need more traditionalists like you. Now if you see him doing something again, in your store, go get him. Two strikes and you are out.
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I can't believe you guys don't think he did the right thing. If he had raped your wife, sister or mother I think your ideas about his confession and the consequences would be a lot different. It took a lot of courage to do what he did. He obviously traumatized this woman so much that it wasn't a; "well thank you we'll let bygones be bygones." kinda thing. IIRC, I saw a story on this and just reading the letter made her extremely upset. It had been a crime against her that really affected her life up to, and I'm very sure, after that confession. She probably has more closure now than if he never wrote her.
He's an effmo who got what he deserved and his conscience should be clearer now. JMO
He did the steps program incorrectly was my only point. You should look into whether there might be a "jump to conclusions anonymous" club. But first you have to admit the problem.
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WOW! I guess he made amends! Oh, boy!
Mental note: Skip Step 9!
(9) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
In other words, Don't try this at home, all by yourself. Or two or three heads are better than one. One of the points to all this is to use the wisdom, experience, and help from others. And besides that, making amends is not about apologizing.
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A.A. can't hurt. It may not end up being right for you, but you may still get some good from it. A 12 step program can be awesome. But it can be hard work, because it often seems to run counter to what society drills into our heads. As has been pointed out, there are lots of good alternatives. There is even an organization called M.M., which is about moderation. And there is no reason you can't take several approaches at once. I kind of like Al-Anon, because you can still do a 12 step program, there are more chicks, and you can still drink. DO NOT do a 12 step program by yourself, without a sponsor. I'm reminded of the guy who decided to make amends (step 9) to a women he date raped in college 20 years earlier, by writing a letter of apology. She turned it over to the police, and he went to prison. A sponsor would have prevented that. Anyway, just know...that you are not alone. One more thing, A.A. really is a great organization to be involved with. Some people pretend to be alcoholics just to be there.
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A simple "bailiff, whack his pee-pee" would have sufficed.
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"Tumultuous" behavior? Is that really cop speak? Christ, that word has four syllables in it. Be that as it may, why does this have to be about racism? Can't it just be about stupid cops, or the increasingly invasive police state we now live in? Stuff like this has happened to me, and I'm not black. That said, without being there, who knows what happened? Do cops make stuff up in their reports? You Betcha. Do arrogant college professors unjustifiably play the race card? Uh huh.
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The video shows him turning to help someone down the step.
Right. But he could have been bowing.
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Rob Johnson...oh oh... for real?...Jim Plunkett, Jim Hart...guys named Jim.
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BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian soccer player shot and killed a fan for calling him "lousy" on Sunday, days after the player's team lost a local championship, police said.
I think Columbia was the country where a returning Olympian was killed because he accidentally scored an own goal. Too much coffee I guess.
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That's MR. sucka! to you!
That's what the guy interviewed said. It will be very interesting to see what happened here.
Damn. It doesn't look like this kid did it on purpose. A train backing up?? At 2AM. Something must have gone wrong.
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I actually was a Disney monorail driver long ago. There is no way that driver fell asleep. About the only way that can happen is if it is intentional. You would have to override several mechanisms on purpose, have really long arms, while keeping a spring loaded circuit braker pulled, and have another hand on the dead man. At 2 AM, there's probably not another lead or supervisor on the platform to kill the beam if they see what's happening, as a last resort. Too many fail safe systems in place. Then again, it's been 30 years. There was another crash, in the days before me. No one died, but the driver was hurt bad. After he recovered, Disney transferred him to the Contemporary Hotel, where he served out his days a bellman. It was after that accident, that all the safety measures were seriously upgraded. Amazing, but on the other hand, it was only a matter of time. I knew that 30 years ago.
Jimmy Carter
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Except for maybe horseradish?