Bill from NYC
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I just wanted to chime in and say nothing is ever as simple as it seems. Would you rather have an honest man who had below average presidential terms, or a dishonest man who had tremendously productive presidential terms? Interesting way to think about it, since we can't seem to get away from either one these days!
Maybe I am too much of a Romantic a lot of times... I expect too much out of government, the inherent goodness in people, and the people that vote.
In answer to your question, I would look to the terms of Nixon and Carter, and say that America was a better place with Nixon.
Btw, I am not a conservative extremist. If the dems put forward a reasonable candidate, I would consider voting for him or her. The thing is, I am not holding my breath but my nose, awaiting Hillary in 08.
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That is what GALLS me about the conservative extremist right.. they whine and cry and b**ch about liberals and left wingers, when they are equally as guilty of being crackpots and the abridging of others' rights!! Come to reality and recognize that extremism has not one side, but TWO sides that are both dragging our country into the mud!! For every McGovern there is a Nixon...
McGovern was an honest man who fought the democratic machine led by Mayor Daley of Chicago. He made well needed changes in the party.
Nixon was said to be a sick man, but he, as a repub, had a good relationship with organized labor. Before the Nixon Postal Reorganization Act, many postal workers were living below the poverty level and getting public assistance. He was also noted for a sound, strong foreign policy.
Bad examples.
Btw, I do agree that there are sellouts on the far right. I have also met a few leftists who disagree with the ban.
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The problem with those three is that they are all going to want to be starters, and paid like starters. While they may see the field in a Bills uni, the writing is certainly on the wall that JP will be taking over their job soon enough.
The goal, in my mind, is to find a QB who realizes that they are going to have to be a backup. These days, that's not always such a bad thing given injuries and inconsistent play. But let's face it, Holcomb, Couch, and Garcia are going to be looking for starting jobs next year.
I think Gannon might actually be a decent choice.
JP has yet to prove that he is capable of doing anything in the NFL besides getting hurt while brushing up against a small player and throwing an interception.
Despite the fact that Drew haters on this board have already voted JP into Canton, the Bills need another viable option at qb, one who has proven that he can play in the NFL, no?
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Gaeten Dugas. French-Canadian. And falsely blamed, as it turned out...he was the index case, "patient zero", on one of the first epidemiological studies done on the disease, and as it turns out the one that first proved it was a transmissable disease and not an enviromental one. Some reporter got a hold of a picture of a rough draft of the chart for the study that still had his name on it, published it...and Dugas was subsequently blamed for the whole American epidemic.
Not that he helped...he was one of those select few in the studies that, when asked for their lifetime number of sexual partners, needed a calculator to figure out the answer. AND he was a first-class !@#$ who purposely infected several dozens of men after he was diagnosed. But he didn't "cause" the epidemic...
And yes, he did it by putting his pecker into other guys' anuses...which is, by the way, illegal as a homosexual or heterosexual act in most states already as the laws on the books go...
I have no knowledge of how many states consider sodomy illegal (but I have a weird feeling that YOU do).
!) Do you favor these laws?
2) Should they be strictly enforced?
3) Go back to being a cop in the "Anti-Drew" Police Department.
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As per the NFL players agreement, RW SHOULD count toward the phish 05 salary cap. Correct so far?
Also, a judge ruled that RW owes the dolphins some of his signing bonus money.
My question is.....Will the dolphins (or have they already) appeal this to the NFL? Should they be penalized when a judge did rule that RW violated his contract?
My guess is that the NFL will negate the cap hit. If this was the Bills by the way, I would doubt that they would do so.
Anyway, I think they will get at least some of the cap hit taken away, sign Drew Brees, and cut Fiedler.
Any info/opinions would be appreciated.
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Dave, I respectfully disagree wrt Gannon. He is too old with too many miles. Seriously, if Drew is gone, I would rather see Fiedler if he is available, and I think that he will be.
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I must be masochistic but I will respond. Your "anal sex" rebuttle (pun intended) was unresponsive. Show me the data that links anal sex with soaring health care costs or any other social costs (and your view of anal sex, homosexuality, and HIV is 20 years outdated).
Smoking and the aggregate health toll has been directly linked to soaring health care, medicaid, and other costs. This is a credible argument that you can't simply dismiss with a not-so-clever anal sex analogy.
By the way, I also think the "personal choice" argument you site is also powerful, but I do not think the personal freedom of a person to harm themselves outwieghs the aggregate costs. Just my opinion.
Bro, do you remember the gay male stewardess (I think he was French, or French Canadian) ? He alone was blamed for starting an epidemic of AIDS. Certainly you are not stating that anal sex (condom or not) is not a health risk, are you? Please, consult ANY physician in the world and ask if he or she thinks it is "safe." Also, one who engages in this might also expose their next sexual partner. Can't you please see whereI am going, even if you disagree?
That said....guess what? I am NOT in favor of such a ban! People take chances in life. They make dumb decisions too, but stripping away rights from property owners, or in the above case all citizens is NOT the answer.
What would be wrong with signs OUTSIDE of a bar indicating "Smoking" or "Non Smoking?" What is the problem with this?
Donald Trump, should he so desire, is NOT allowed to smoke in his office in his building because people work there. Bars in NYC are searched, and the owners are cited for "Ashtray Possession."
You seem to be open minded. Are you really FOR this?
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Yes, and I sincerely apologize. This is a topic that goes right through me. It may seem like BS, but I view it as deprivation of the rights of property owners, with radical, dictatorial leftists cheering on the sidelines.
Again, I am sorry.
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AD, the American left is a sickening bunch of intolerant whiners.
Years ago, in the McGovern era, "liberals" would be up in arms against rights being taken away. Today, they choose to use the word "freedom" only when it applies to their own narrow view of a pie in the sky utopian world.
Do you think I will get an answer about "banning" anal sex?
Of course not. It might inconvenience their constituents. -
Business is down in NYS bars. This is a fact. you will see varying stats, but only when restaurants are included.
To answer your question, yes, it is possible in individual cases. So what? Does this make it OK to strip property owners of their rights?
There are Biker bars, gay bars, S&M bars, strip clubs, etc. All of this is OK but smoking in a bar is not. Is this what you are saying?
When, and I do mean WHEN barbecues and alcohol are banned at football games, say goodbye to the Buffalo Bills. How will you feel then? Do you think that vegetarians will come out and fill the seats?
Wow, you really are a politician.
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Certainly there are right wing sellouts, but most of this is from the left.
In Nassau County, the vote was 8-7 on straight party lines, with the dems having the 8 votes.
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While the "personal choice" argument you both cite is powerful, the counter to that argument is that the "personal" choice to smoke, drink, or over-eat becomes a social problem in the aggregate when your and a million others' personal choices cause health care and other costs to go up.
Gay (and/or hetro) anal sex is said to be unhealthy and a way of developing AIDS. Should this too be banned, or would this conflict with the leftist agenda?
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Sadly, Americans need villians. Jews, African-Americans and others have been cast as such.
Today, it is the cigarette smoker. Non-smokers always had the right whether or not to choose to enter a privately owned bar. Owners were free to open non-smoking establishments. Now, corrupt politicians have taken this right away from legit business people who own the property.
Mark it down....tailgates will soon be a thing of the past. Drinking alcohol on stadium property will be banned, as will barbecues, whereas charcoal fumes are harmful, and the smell of burning flesh offends militant vegetarians.
The ironic part is that imo, the whining leftists who purport such bans rarely go to bars nor football games. It is just another form of left wing behavioral control, which the dumb masses follow like blind sheep.
One day, the masses will wake up and see something THEY enjoy banned by the left, but it will be too late.
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You forgot... Bill Cowher sucks as a head coach.
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>>>> as long as Bills fans have to endure the mediocre play of their worthless, over-paid refuse players,<<<<
Are you unhappy with the production of the Lawyer?
He is no Ronnie Lott, but I shudder to imagine the Bills secondary without him. I for one think that he is a very good player.
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Disclaimer: I do NOT want the Bills to sign Moss.
Now, if Evans continues to improve the way that I think he will, a duo of Moss/Evans would be one of the best in NFL history.
It is true. Talent alone wont cut it. There are probably only a few posters here that are old enough to remember a wide receiver on the skins....Michael Westbrook. He was another guy with imo, more talent than Rice, but he was flat out crazy, and violent to boot. I remember he beat the living crap out of a team mate (a rb from Auburn) who was way bigger than him. Westbrook made Moss look normal.
No, I dont want this kind of guy on the Bills (and NOT because of the "mooning" thing which was blown out of proportion). He is a headcase who could easily infect the younger players. Too bad, because he is the best wideout I have ever seen in terms of talent.
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This is so typical of our modern societies where everybody look scared about everything all the time! (and usually the more "scared" are the ones with the smallest chance to be hit!) Car accidents (ban speed!), heart attacks (ban red meat!), international terrorism (ban foreign people!) , local terrorism (ban lunatics!), pedophils (lock your kids home!) , violence (ban guns!), lung cancer (ban cigarettes!), homosexuals (ban SpongeBob!), foreign movies (ban sex!) , AIDS (ban sex again!), those scary looking guys next door (move to Alaska!). You know what? Life is very very dangerous!! some say you can even die for living! so why not banning it?!! Well that's what 'll happen pretty soon, compared with once we could do, our lives will pretty fast look like deadmen lives! And don't think our leaders will do anything to change this! If there is just on thing in common in GW Bush and J Chirac it's the fact that both have been reelected thanks to the same slogan "with me our country 'll be safer".
Olivier, I do not know what it is like in france, nor do I pretend to, but in the USA, the left is FAR more likely to ban something than are the conservatives.
I didn't know that you were from the Basque region. Do you see much jai-alai?
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I couldnt disagree more. The Atlanta Falcons had their offensive strength negated yesterday- they could not effectively run the ball.
Michael Vick is a different type of QB, much the way Steve Young was- and people resisted that change too. Vick is going to be the type of QB who will eventually fake to a couple running backs, then take off, opening lanes for himself. Then when a DB comes up, he can unload the ball.
Vick only had 2 years of college ball, and a couple years in the pro's, minus last year's injury. It takes time to develop- even if people are way too impatient.
The game is changing, and nobody is going to stop it.
Nice post, and I agree. His day will come. He got pretty far this year with a not so great team.
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My pleasure, and I agree.
Hey, there are people who wish I would drive into a tree because I dont think that the raiders would give up Gallery for Travis Henry!
(and yes, that trade was proposed on this board)
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Nice thread "Officer."
Sorry, but I find it very funny that if you dont blast Drew day after friggin day, you are one of his "police."
Classic stuff.
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Although I dont agree with it, that was a GREAT one liner!!!!!!
I am picturing them suiting up with their uniforms and badges.
Does DC Tom know yet that he has been "deputized?" It wont bother him. Like myself, he has been called worse on tsw.
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I understand this Joe, but what is your position on the issue?