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This is not some claim that the Bills would have won yesterday if....... or anything like that.
It isn't really about the Bills at all.
I watched with disgust yesterday as three separate times (I'm sure I missed a few) Rodney Harrison appeared to me to try to hurt people.
There was one head shot (I thin Bledsoe but I'm unsure at this point and I don't remember as well as the other two which were):
1. Neufeld over the middle. Bledsoe badly overthrows him while he is open (no big surprise). Harrison started on a path to hit him low and try to break up the pass. He clearly saw the pass go (way) long. Does he pull up ? No (he shouldn't have). Does he continue aling the same path? No. (He should have). What does he do? He decides to take the opportunity to go head hunting. He probably missed seriously injuring Neufeld by a couple of inches. I happened to be watching him on that play and his intent was very clear.
2. Garbage time. Moulds catches a 7 or 8 yard pass in the middle of the field and ends up laying on his stomach. One Pats players starts to touch him down. Another comes flying full speed helmet first into Moulds' wide open back. Anyone catch a number? 37.
On the botched punt I thought Moorman took a late and cheap hit. I didn't see who it was but I wouldn't be surprised (although I would be a bit surprised if Harrison was in on ST). This was not as bad as the others.
It is very clear that nobody on the Bills offense has the guts to stand up to Harrison. They play gutless during the play, why not after? Shouldn't the league do something about this loser. If not, shouldn't some offensive player (on a team that shows some guts) do something to stop him or at least let him know turnabout is on the way?
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I was on the long (depressing) drive home from Buffalo yesterday and I decided to listen to Drudge's radio show. He stated that reports have shown that several counties in Ohio have voter registration levels that are 103% of their population. He did so without mentioning whether dems, repubs or both were registering the "extra" voters.
I wonder what percentage of the overall population is registered to vote (my guess would be about 60%). If some counties have 103%, not only does it not pass the "smell test" but it also shows a lack of understanding of the term "standard deviation" if anyone thinks that anywhere near 100% would be registered anywhere. Is it just me or should this be an importannt story?
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They're saving the real big penalty for Jake Plummer. His actions are the ones that are dangerous to the NFL.
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Losman buys Eric Flowers jersey on the used market.
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I'm in a bad mood and all of this news is making it worse. I'll tell you my opinion on some of this stuff and dare you to take the other side.
Topic 1 Oil for food thread. I didn't read it because it is stupid. Oil would make a terrible food. For one thing you'd have to drink it, you couldn't eat it. Dumb.
Topic 2 The Bird Flu. Who the hell cares if a bunch of stupid birds have to stay in bed for a day. Eff them. I've got better things to worry about. All they do it stevestojan all over my car anyway. As an aside, does anyone know if their flu will make them stevestojan even more? That would really piss me off.
Topic 3 Hurricane naming conventions are unfair to people named Zachary. Why don't they name them after randomly ordered dolphins players that have ended up in jail? This would give them enough names to last many years and the backlog would always be building. It would provide a wide range of names, A-Z. If they still need chick names they could use the names of the felons victims.
Topic 5 Why do you idiots always complain when someone skips topic 4? What are you all math majors now? Get a life.
Topic 6 The
thing is overused. 
and are much better. At least it is not as bad as that red one. That is downright rude.Topic 7 I seem to have forgot something about the number 7. Does it represent any important thingy in which the Bills might be interested? If you multiply it by 3 once a week (on Sundays), you'll get 21. At least I friggin think so. How would I know? The only thing I see seven of is:
missed opportunities
holding calls
3rd and
$ for a beer or soda
new bird stevestojan s on my car everyday (but I digress)
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I'm just glad someone remembers Led Zepplin. Music has died. There is nothing new. I had a chance to see the Beatles in Toronto and didn't go. My bad. Have caught Zepplin live, though. Buffalo and Toronto used to have some great concerts. ELP at the Aud. Zappa as well. Plenty of Jethro Tull. Lynard Skynard (before they Rosened in the airplane). I remember Harry Chapin (Rosened on the Thruway...) playing a benefit for McGoveren at the old Gilligans.
No music anymore.
Yeah, I'm an old fart.
Your post is very similar to my post in another music thread. I guess that makes me an old fart, too.
As a wise man once said......"Seasons will pass you by............."
He was wrong about the total mass retain thingy though. I appear to consistently retain more mass.
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Strange Brew starring Bob and Doug McKenzie. Comedic? Yes, but also a profound statement on mankind.
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These are much more well known than just about any in this thread, but if you are young you may have never heard them:
Yes: Close to the Edge
Dire Straits: Dire Straits, Making Movies and Love Over Gold
Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia
Big Country: The Crossing (not a joke, if you ignore your memory of the stupid video, the abum is good)
Any Led Zep - Oddly my favorite is Zep 3
David Gilmour - About Face
Any Pink Floyd
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
You may know most/all of these but if you're under 35 maybe not
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I think the issue of the thread was the father's "right" in the decision to abort (or, for that matter, to give birth.). The right to decide whether to give birth is still a right. Would it make a difference if the woman were raped, or was incapable of choice in an abortion situation? That is, the woman didn't participate in a "pattern of choices?" Assuming arguendo that in any case the fetus is a person the choices if any that the woman made would be irrelevant.
I think as a legal matter the choice in any case is still that of the woman.
You brought the word "choice" into the thread, not me.
My post really doesn't have much to do with the overall abortion argument. My point is that the term "choice" is misused. In the vast majority of cases it has nothing to do with choice. I'm not too good at predicting things in general, but it was pretty easy to predict you'd say "what about rape?".
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The "Smurf Turf" has been in place since 1986 and is a kick to play on. When you are standing on the sideline, all you can see of the opposing team is just their heads because of the curvature/incline of the field. That field is hard as a rock when you go down and rug burns are very common. You can actually use tennis shoes instead of cleats. Played on it twice when in high school.
I caught a highlight this year and it looked to e like they changed it to the newer variety "Astroplay" type stuff. Did they?
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Not that I know of. Think of it though. If the father had a say in the abortion decision it would be a two way street. Can a father decide to have an abortion if the mother decides not to have one? Of course not. And he shouldn't. The mother has a right to her body, and a right to make bad choices with it. The state has some legal interest at a point. (Roe v. Wade). The father doesn't, at least not until the child's birth. How would you enforce a right given to the father? Imprison the mother and force her to go through childbirth? Frankly I'm from the school of thought that a person does in fact have a right over their own body.
I shouldn't do this but here I go. My question is actually an honest one about your opinion. I will admit that I'm only writing it because I get annoyed by the phrases "a woman's right to choose" and/or "a right to her own body". Here's why and here are my questions:
If a woman chooses not to:
Be on the pill and/or
use another type of contraceptive and/or
make herself aware of the failure rates of said contraceptives and/or
withhold sex from her partner until a condom is used and/or
refrain from sex altogether because of its potential consequences, does it not
establish a pattern of choices the woman has already made?
All choices big or small, determine the future. This is true whether we want it to be or not.
In general pro-life people are pro-life because they believe the baby is a separate person. This separate person would not have been created in the first place had not several choices already been made by the mother (and father). Once it has been created, if you believe it is a person, then the "choice" argument is ridiculous (IMO). If you do not believe it is a person, then there is an argument to be made for abortion I guess, but it isn't really an argument about choice, is it?
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Well...in absolute terms, it's pretty damned stupid.
But given that Kerry's entire campaign platform seems to be built on "Bush sucks, I'm not Bush!", it's entirely consistent (hey, Kerry was consistent! Will wonders never cease...) and a pretty smart way of appealing to his core electorate...when who he REALLY needs to work on is the undecided moderates.
You know the old adage about how you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and they eventually reproduce Shakespeare's works? Kerry's campaign strategy: three monkeys, one old IBM Selectric...
Did Shakespeare use proportional spacing?
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Sorry at one time I thought the Electoral college was they way to go. However with these now FIXED red and blue states your vote only counts if you live in a battelground state. It is time for some major revamping of our political system. We must get rid of Bills that have all types of other things attached it should be single issue bills prevents the pork pile on. With current system I vote for a new law and tacked on somewhere in fine print is support for/against ( fill in blanks) Voting records of folks in congress can be twisted in any ways, I can attack the most conservative folks by saying they voted against a conservative thing etc. The Electoral college is no longer a proper mechanism it should be a simple majority which will encourage folks in non battleground states to express their liberty and vote. Today voter turnout is at its lowest since many folks feel their vote doesnt count. We must also institute term limits, the founding fathers didnt ever think folks would be career ploticians the idea was to serve and than return home. The two party system we have today and control it has over the process makes it impossible to reform to a modern form of government that is more reflective of the information age etc.
Would you also like to eliminate the US Senate? That is the mechanism for dividing States' powers in the legislative branch. How do you think Maine and North Dakota would like that? Should they still have the right to secede since the terms on which they joined the union have been changed? Should we just remove their right to secede while we're at it?
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I didnt hear it today but don't need to. Biden would make a terrific candidate and likely President. He is my favorite guy out there, and has been for quite some time. He must have skeletons in his closet somewhere because I really can't believe the DNC didn't and doesn't see it. He had a failed bid one or two elections ago but this time, this place, with all the war and foreign affairs stuff, he should be the guy. He's extremely smart, passionate, articulate, can get to the core issue in a second, willing to be straight forward, etc.
I'm pretty sure he had an issue with pagiarism in one of his runs. I doubt that would be enough to keep him out on its own.
Maybe 2008 will feature Biden v Rudy v an 3rd party Trump in an all time combover battle for the presidency.
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I think the old guys are getting into the cooking sherry.
This thread is/was about the Florida ballot. How does the ANG thingy relate?
My point was that BF (who reminds me of JA), claims to be a conservative. Despite this, he consistently talks down to the conservatives on the board and criticizes republicans. His criticism of R's is all well and good and is often valid. It is rare in my experience that he ever criticizes a liberal poster, a dem, or even acknowledges they deserve criticism. I find this odd. My guess is that he either finds it erudite or antagonistic (read: fun). From my POV he is wrong either way.
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Funny. The Republicans and Democrats do everything they can to make sure there are ONLY two parties. Now that one of them takes advantage of the system they both sowed, it's the Dems that are the bad guys.
Also funny that Republicans are trying to get Nader ON the ballot in many states. That's stand-up politics.
Imagine someone typing about current events on a current events based board. The nerve. He actually posted about the current day's news item instead of researching something that happened 20 years ago so that he could blame the republicans.
What a lemming. He, should learn that despite touting himself as a conservative, he should only criticize republicans. That along with a profound moniker and avatar could make him look erudite.
Does it bother anyone?
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I can't remember the names of the counties but if you list a few it will remind me and I'll tell you if you are right. It may also be on his web site. I haven't looked.