Bill from NYC
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Libby Pataki, a supposed anti-smoking activist, was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to speak about "health issues" and "women's issues," this with no medical background.
Do you think this had anything to do with why he changed his decade long stance and all of a sudden, supported the smoking ban in bars?
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Not to change the topic, but has anyone ever told you that you are an a-hole?
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I heard this on the radio. That New Jersey is now going to ban smoking in cars? You know as much as I hate smoking, and I do agree with the ban on smoking in public establishments, yes including bars and restaurants. How does Jersey honestly think that they can ban smoking in cars? Under what premise? Over legislating here. A few of these idiots need to be show the chemical dump.
This has been my point all along VA. Rights are not swept away all at once. It is a gradual process. Did you support the proposed smoking ban in NYS Housing Projects? It was equally stupid and oppressive, perhaps much worse.
My views on this issue are clear. When eating, drinking and smoking are banned in the parking lot of RWS (a matter of time), I suspect that you will be as unhappy as I am about the erosion of individual rights in our great country.
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That's like saying 'Our house is on fire! Quick, let's build a new addition!"
Howz about unions trying to fix their current disorganization before attempting to grow into new areas? Methinks the unions are so scared about becoming irrelevent they want to get into Walmart (and Toyota,etc) simply to get more union dues so they can keep the bloated behemoth on life support another decade or two...
Well, I respectfully disagree. There are still plenty of construction workers, police officers, and others who are afforded a better lifestyle and more dignity because of their respective labor unions.
Gavin, I am not a labor radical. I believe in a union/management environment where both parties can achieve a better lifestyle. That said, you will be hard pressed to convince me that workers at WalMart are better off without union representation.
If you disagree, please state your case.
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Dude, we have already leapt WAY across the line of boring others.
Why don't you run by us how great it is to work at Walmart, and how happy you feel about paying taxes to provide food stamps and medical care out of your tax dollars to WalMart employees, while they abuse their workers, pay them virtual slave wages, and lose law suits for discrimination, denying overtime, etc.
Sure, they would be worse off as teamsters, right?
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Do think that unionizing Wal-Mart and Toyota (whose workers have rejected UAW overtures before) might have an adverse effect on them?
No.
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Have you watched Aiken on coverage special teams? He is superb. Otoh, Reed has been in a steady decline since his rookie season.
JP is young and inexperienced. He does not need the added burden of the consistent dropped passes that Reed brings to the table. I personally would rather see Aiken get a shot.
Jmo.
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Good Luck Brother! May God be with you.
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The writing's on the wall for JR. Since his first year, Buffalo has drafted WR high. Now they are loaded. He has to prove that he can hang or he's gone. So, so long Josh! these young guys are too fast and too good for you to compete. I'm not even sure that he will make it on the final 53?
Jeff
According to CP, the Bills would save $458,000 cap dollars by cutting him.
I am hoping that they do so.
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Maybe I misunderstood your post. I thought you were, maybe, making sense in suggesting that Unions should focus less on recruitment, and more on fixing what shreds of credibility they still have, if any.
Do you think that Unions should be focused on organizing more workers? Like those at Wal-Mart (one of the biggest companies in the world) and Toyota (soon to be the largest auto-maker in the world)? And they should do this, instead of trying to change their relationship with companies like Ford, GM, and Chevy (the Bloated 3), each of which is in crisis?
I see nothing wrong with attempting to do both.
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If I was being optimistic Id say they'd go 16-0. But I'm a realist, and I definately think they can win 6 games. And it won't be a stretch for them to get 8. Now.... if they get 9 or more, I'll eat my hat and drink Dom Perignon. That's not gonna happen though. I think 6 is a decent guess. I'll revise and say they can win 5-7? That better?
Much better, thank you.
Last season, the fins reminded me of the "RJ" Bills, who had a good defense, but zero offense. I will not view tham as a threat until they build an offensive line. Having a weak one is the surest way to destroy a football team.
Take it from a Bills fan.
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Pretty much that's close to it. The AFC East has long been the hardest conference in the NFL. And even by tossing out the Colts, it didnt make it any easier. Obviously NE is stil the top of the group, and Miami is still the worse. But the best is pretty damn good, and the phins are not the cupcake team everyone thinks.
NE - 10-12 wins.
I can't believe that they can go 14-2 by losing two top coaches. Look at the history of the NFL coaching staffs, and look at how teams struggled as other teams hired away coaches and coordinators. Regardless of how they did in the future, losing your staff hurts. That being said, they will be great, win the division, and go deep in the playoffs.
BUFF - 7-9 wins.
I'm sorry, but I'm not sold on JP. He may have all the talent in the world, but until I see it, I'm still waiting. Remember the hype on Marinovich, Couch, or even worse, Ryan Leaf. I'm not bashing the guy, but he is unproven, and that cannot be argued. The defense is still scary, and still so underrespected. WM is solid and can help JP Develop, so let's see what happens.
NYJ - 7-9 wins.
Its the Jets, and I can never give them too much respect. The reason is that I always see them as a self fulfilling doom prophecy. When they get good and start doing great things, they fall apart. The team looks good, even if Martin is getting older and Pennington is recovering from injury, the team still looks pretty good. Give them time before they jinx themselves.
MIA - 6-8 wins.
Even the worse team in the division can give you fits, ask NE. Saban is the man who's going to rebuild the frnachise, but it won't happen in one season. A last place schedule will help, but Feely isn't the answer, and Ronnie Brown needs to prove himself too. But they are not a 4-12 team. and I'd be surprised to see them out of many games early.
Your predictions make sense until you come to Miami.
The phish have a rookie coach, an aging defense, lost a good corner, have a putrid OL and no quarterback.
8 wins? Sorry, I think not.
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It's kind of a two-pronged question. You're asking who is the greatest athlete of all-time, and some people are using players like Bo Jackson as an example. But the list you presented were who were the best players of all time. The best athletes would likely include decatheletes or Jesse Owens and those kinds of guys. You can't, IMO, give more credence to Bo Jackson because of his size and strength and speed for this reason.
The best player, therefore, IMO, is Ruth. He was an incredible pitcher, as most know. His lifetime on the biggest stage, the World Series, is 3-0, with an 0.87 ERA, including I think 19 straight scoreless innings. He also, remarkably, the 9th best all-time in batting average. Just two mere points behind Ted Williams, .342 to .344, which is incredible. He not only changed the game, he literally changed the world.
I agree 100%.
Runner-up: Jordan.
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What are you talking about?
SEIU and tht Teamsters are breaking ties with the AFL-CIO. One of their major reasons is because the AFL-CIO leadership is not placing enough effort/funds into organizing workers.
Who said anything about current members?
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Unbelieveable!
In the Sunday edition of NY Newsday, Bob Glauber, their football writer claimed that "317 lb. Pat Williams" would help the Vikings rushing defense. PW is closer to 375 than 317.
Seriously, a lot of these highly acclaimed sportswriters know far less about the Bills than some of our posters.
Well, at least we are trying to infiltrate the Supreme Court.
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People are leaving the Big Two and going with a different party (the Libertarians) because they are ticked off at what the Big Two are doing to the states and the country. They want them out of power and to send them a message and the best way to do that is support third party candidates. I see this on a daily basis in the work I am doing with the Libertarians. Hell, over the weekend, we saw five people in one county change their voter registration from R/D to Libertarian just over the pay raises here in PA.
People are tired of the crap.
What pay raises?
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This will be interesting. This "dissident" group seems to be far more interested in organizing non-unionized workers than in maintaining the status quo. Other large unions are said to be following suit.
I for one cannot understand why unions have not taken a more militant stance against Wal-Mart for instance. A national boycott would hit them where it hurts, and might actually force them to pay their employees a wage high enough to keep them off medicaid, food stamps, etc.
Union membership is declining, so I view this as a positive step for the labor movement.
I wish success to Andy Stern of SEIU, and the other unionists and congratulate them for having the courage to try a new approach.
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The OL does eat a big portion of the cap. I didn't know how much Teague earned; perhaps because his contract was backloaded as he is in his last year.
The safeties take up a ton of cap space as well. Hopefully, they will stay healthy this season.
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The lessening of the sacks number last year when we finally started to develop an offense was less a matter of talent on the line coming together, or Drew getting smarter and dumping the ball off quicker, or even Willis being a better blocker than Travis, although all of those are true and helped. The main difference was that MM and TC are smart (unlike Killdrive and GW) and they knew they had a problem, and they used the TEs and the RBs to chip the DEs and LBs rushing the passer on their way out in routes. This gave DB an extra moment to throw.
I'm sure they will do a lot of this and other things to protect Gandy. One of them, surely, will be a rolling pocket. Another of them, surely, will be bootlegs. Another of them, surely, will be rolling out Losman to his right, where he is very accurate throwing on the run. Another one, surely, will be screen passes and short dump offs to Willis to the left side, which Drew always struggled with, but when used effectively neutralize the strong rush. Those plays and ability to do that alone, regardless of who is playing LT, will retard the rush from the RDE significantly.
Ooops. I said retard.
You make some good, if not wishful points, but Mike Williams coming in out of shape had a negative impact as well. Remember, he was not playing all that well until 10/31, when he was given a game ball vs. the Cardinals.
I also agree that our present staff will be smart enough to adapt the game plan to our strengths. This is a good thing, but Brandon is right. It is time for the Bills to bring us more talent up front, especially at the LT position.
Although a dominant LT is not a pre-requisite to a superbowl appearance, it sure helps.
Giants (Elliot)
Bengals (Munoz)
Rams (Pace)
Ravens (Ogden)
Cowboys (OK, Tunei was no Pace, but the entire OL was great)
Raiders (Art Shell)
Titans (Hopkins in his prime)
Steelers (again, the entire OL was dominant)
The Redskins were so strong with the "Hogs" that they were able to reach the superbowl with qbs (Rypken, Williams) who were rather pedestrian.
Again, I am as pleased with the staff as you. I am thinking that MM will have a long, fruitful career as an NFL coach. I also think that the Bills will not be a complete football team until we can enter a season with a talented and deep OL.
The Bills are a blue collar, cold weather football team that needs to run the football. CV was simply a GREAT acquisition toward this end but there is more work to do, and LT seems to be the place in need.
At least there is good news. The Bills have an extra, hopefully early 3rd round pick in a draft said to be rich in LTs. When draft day 06 approaches, you will be glad about that; this I know.
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He's a good coach, but he's not a miracle worker. His final year with the Giants was awful. Was that his fault? No. He had nothing to work with.
Unless someone like Jason Peters steps up and suprises, most likely the LT position will be manned by someone who is adequate at best and a turnstile at worst. I've heard this crap about good coaching before and I'm not buying it. The players are the ones who take the field and if they've got no talent, no amount of coaching is going to change that.
This team has been cutting corners on the OL for the last 10 years with pitiful results. Donahoe has done a little better than Butler, but we're still relying upon other teams to do the dirty work for us. How many Bills draft picks are starting on this OL for '05? One. This team has done a pathetic job of developing OL talent in-house, and its largely because they don't even try. Odds are, we'll be debating next April which LT we need to pick in R1. Of course, you can bet the Bills won't actually do it, no matter how bad the situation gets this year.
Your post is sad, but 100% true.
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while it's all fun and games to speculate at this point, the truth is that none of us know jack schitt.
that said, i think four of the OL starters are pretty much set and there's not a whole lot to talk about:
RT - williams
RG - villareal
C - teague
LG - anderson
i just don't think the bills would put a rookie C out there w/ a 2nd year QB. too much inexperience at the two most important positions, communication-wise, on the offense.
at LT, the bills are saying it's gandy's position to lose. that may or may not be true. i'm looking forward to the first preseason game to see who trots out w/ the first unit.
Nice Post!!!
Using your exact intro, here goes....
LT: Teague
LG: Anderson
OC: Tucker
RG: Villarial
RT: Williams
Gandy? I want to see him make the team before I predict him to be the LT of an otherwise seemingly strong football team. The Bears were desperate enough for OL help to sign a clearly finished Ruben Brown. Why did they get rid of this guy if he can play?
McNally already convinced me that he is an extremely sharp coach; I will go as far as to label him a difference maker. If he can make a good LT out of Gandy, he is the best OL coach in the NFL, period.
Just my uneducated speculation.
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Hang tough, OK?
You will get well soon and the Bills will kick ass.
Jersey banning smoking in cars?
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Believe it or not, I can see your point, although I do not agree.
My wife grew up in a Housing Project across the street from Bellvue Hospital, on 1st Ave. Her father (may God rest his soul) smoked (my wife does not).
Even though their apartment was subsidized, it was their home. My father in-law was the "man of the house" in an old school Puerto-Rican family.
My wife is an officer of a major bank. His other children consist of a police officer, cpa, a Psychologist with a PHD, and a RN. Do you seriously think that it would have been OK for the government to burst into their home to punish/arrest this wonderful man for cigarette smoking? Would it be OK for his wife and daughters to be traumatized as such?
Please, give me an honest answer.