Max Fischer

Say hi to Bentley for us, it's clear you know the guy well. Please ask him exactly how much Marv should have "overpaid" to get him, ask him why he only seemed to talked to Cleveland and what it would have taken for him to play on another team other than his clear "hometown" favorite. Everyone knows that this is like Madden footbal, just keep raising the price and they'll sign. Marv just didn't want the guy enough.

Oh, sanity. The other white meat.

Hindsight is always dumber.

Nice post. I concur. Amazing how the grass is ALWAYS greener on this board.

But there not pro-bowlers, how can we win without pro-bowlers at every position?

Other than the fact that we usually go by surnames and the Governor spelled it with two "r" - yeah, they could be related.

Strong to quite strong. After two hours of negotiation they went with mushroom and peppers. Other than that, I recommend a tranquilizer.

I didn't know much about Pickett until this week. I know fans are not always "well informed" but it's encouraging that nearly all posts on Ram fan boards are lamenting the possible loss of Pickett. Almost all think he's a solid player who'd be sorely missed.

The Bills are switching the West Coast offense, since when?

Ah. Panic. Run away. The sky is falling. There's no hope. The end is nigh. Nice analysis. I hope the Jets pick Leinart. Rookie meat behind that line. I hope they trade Abraham for Matt Schaub, too. I'm glad Miami got the injured, end of this career, somewhat overrated, set-the-team back two years Culpepper. How about next time thinking before hitting the panic button with your forehead?

Where'd VA go?

I'd rather have this guy than Nga, Nga, Na gonna play for the Bills. I like Ngata but if we can fill the DT spot with a quality FA then that frees us up for Davis, Huff ("special" players) or free to trade down and pick up more draft picks.

Don't follow along too well, huh?

But you just . . . nevermind.

Not last -- 4th most improved. Of course, AZ could sign Bruce Smith and improve dramtically; Cleveland is spending like crazy and MN may have way overpaid for a Guard. It only matters if a team improves over the players they replace-- and at a reasonable price. IMO, Davis may be a better receiver but don't know anything about his blocking (Reed's specialty); Royal is better than Campbell (far superior blocker -- on the line) and possibly a better reciever; and I like our new DT over whoever played next to Sam Adams -- and likely better than Adams given new scheme.

You're the panicky, high strung, nonleader type, correct? "Never heard of this TE" = he's bad. "Andre Davis has an upside" = but we only need three WRs . . . "We need guys in the trenches" = I can't even remember the DT we signed so he must suck. Third day of FA = how come we don't have our whole team ready for opening day?

Pays to have your own generator. They had a few guys on bicycles but they kept taking snack breaks.

You're right, what was I thinking. Thing is, the scene with the fish head drinking cappaciano with an oriental woman in a Italian restaurant may be pushing the bounds of believability. I say switch the drink to a mocha latte in a Greek restaurant and you'll likely get less push back.

My advice is when you pitch this story leave out the part about the fish head drinking cappachino in an Italian restaurant with an oriental woman. Trust me, those Hollywood vultures always steal the best ideas.

Don't want to stretch the bounds of your ability to make a reasoned argument, they didn't cover this topic on talk radio and/or you're too busy burning the constitution?

Never said you were a Republican. I simply refer to your apparent aversion to posted articles. Anyway . . . this does matter if you are interested in politics and its effect on you and I. It would seem that someone of your strong opinions would find interest in the ever volatile relationship between President Bush and the "traditional" conservatives and the effect of this possible rift on economic and foreign policy. To me, it is incomprehensable that someone concerned about Iraq (or any matter) will not see how this story could prove influential on future policy. Often it matters little who's right and who's wrong. Instead, if you believe that policy is heavily influenced by politics take a hard look at the influence of the speakers. If the speakers represent a significant political faction, or even more important, are influential in that group, it would be educational to note what they say and how it may change the political landscape. Thus, the first question should be "does it matter what these people say?" In this case, it is my strong opinion that the CATO Institute has great influence on Republican policy and since the two featured speaker's were deeply critical of Bush it can no doubt have a measurable effect on policy (and quite possibly November's election.)

And . . .? Care to revise and extend your remarks?

"Unconscionable" "irresponsible," "vindictive" "inept" "reckless" Who are they talking about? "a socialist" "a 48 percent increase in spending in just six years" "federalization of public schools" "the biggest entitlement since LBJ" "a big-government agenda" Oh, it's just Republicans beating up on Clinton and the Democrats again, right? "You have to understand the people in this administration have no principles" "complete contempt" for democratic processes, torture of detainees, ignoring habeas "corpus and a "vast expansion of the federal government." Oh, wait, crazy liberals saying "Bush Bad" crap." THINK AGAIN. "a new ideology, the ideology of Christian fundamentalism." "He's a socialist in so many respects, a Christian socialist." "If Bush were running today against Bill Clinton, I'd vote for Clinton" Splitsville? Commentary (to hopefully satisfy the inevitable backlash): A 5% drop in turnout among traditional conservative Republicans (the non-social Reaganites -- see William Buckely) and we could see a big shift at the polls this November. True Reaganites (and you can count Reagan Dems, though that term has lost much of its usefulness), not the social conservatives, are what keep the GOP alive. They are much more likely to disengage than the social conservatives. Moreover, does this add more fuel to the fire that there may be a growing split in the GOP between traditional, neo and religious social conservatives?

Of course, my first reaction was "who's Perry Fewell?" Oh, our new guy. Funny how we haven't talked much about our new coaches.

There is no doubt Westboro has discovered the furthest edges of the extremes but there are more than enough people who agree with the basic premise that God indeed thinks homosexuality is a great sin and He is not happy (and perhaps very angry) with America for "putting up" with "Gays." I view Westboro on the extreme edge but certainly somewhat representative of those who consider homosexuality a big problem; which is why an awful lot of time, money and energy is devoted in every capitol in the nation "fighting" over the "homosexual agenda," whatever that is. In another generation or two homosexuality will likely become so "accepted" that people will wonder what all the fuss was about - and ironically, it may go the way of interracial marriage et al to the point were it will no longer have the same level of social and political gravitas it has now.