Scraps
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Yeah, because Arafat had really done a lot to move the peace process forward
This is what gets me about Sharon's critics. You can't go one inch without a mention taht he's a hawk and a hard liner, while ignoring that he has been able to go the furthest of any Israeli PM in actually ceding territory back to Palestinians and setting a workable framework for continuing negotiations.
And Arafat's legacy is....
Some people never change. I can always count on you to put words into my mouth. Where in my post did I say he was a hawk and a hardliner?
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Did you know that Christians in Muslim countries are not even allowed to pray or wear a small cross? If they do, they are thrown in prison and tortured. Do Muslims see this as oppression? Of course not, Christians have no rights. Christians are barely considered human, unlike Jews, whom Muslims consider to be monkeys.
These Muslim Brits are protesting the killing in Iraq. Apparently, these particular Muslims are illiterate as well as deaf and blind. These Muslims that enjoy western freedom of speech in London must protest the Muslims being killed in Iraq. The only real problem is that many of those doing the killing in Iraq are from Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, and Yemen. The rest are bought-off Iraqi Muslims. The people being killed are indeed mostly Iraqi Muslims. Are they being killed by the Americans or the British? No! They are being killed by Muslims. There were nearly 100 Iraqis killed in just the last two days
I'm more than a bit skeptical about your first paragraph. There are Christian Churches in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Indonesia and Turkey to name a few. There was also a synagogue in Baghdad before we invaded and practicing Jews in Yemen.
I'm not saying that there aren't problems within the Islamic community, but all you seem to do is demonize them. Are you saying there is no hope for change in the muslim community? If there is no hope, what should we do, kill them all?
I note you didn't address the protests in Jordan again.
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Ha! I only read the Newsbusters link but the OGM comments are hilarious! People who hate O'Reilly must really be desperate for a "win" against him if they consider that a victory. Letterman just kept saying "Why are we there? Why are we there?" and finally admitted he'd never watched O'Reilly's show after saying he had a feeling that 60% (?) of what BO'R said was BS. Nice debate, I guess. Finally someone who sounds less informed than Kanye West (and admits it).
I like Letterman's show more than O'Reilly's by far and I considered that the biggest embarassment for Dave ever (worse than the Oscars). Do your homework, treat your guests like guests, or retire.
O'Reilly is a conservative talk show host. I'm not sure I've heard many conservative talk show hosts where less than 60% of what they say is BS. I'd make the same observation about what little liberal talk show hosts I've heard.
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Marv Levy can't possibly do any worse than than TD did. The Bills have now gone 6 straight seasons without a playoff game. 10 straight seasons without a playoff win. The last 5 were of TD's doing. Bad drafts, bad trades, bad coaching hires, bad free agent signings and bad decisions on what players not to keep. How the hell can Marv do any worse? Give the old SOB a chance. People are now so used to the Bills losing that everything done or not done is a total disaster before it even starts.
Sure he can do worse. I'd rather have TD than Matt Millen.
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No where in pdh1's post does he back up his assertion that the Lebanese protesters were mostly Christian. The original assertion was that muslims have never protested other muslims, which is clearly refuted by the Jordanian protests at the very least.
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And how many times did Ralph Wilson hire Jim Kelly as OC/QB coach, Tasker for ST, Kent Hull for OL, Phil Hansen for DL?
I thought you'd know the difference between fan cackles and what Wilson needs for his organization. I still don't see anything on Levy's resume that would disqualify him from being a good GM.
Anyone know of any examples where coaches have become GM's and have been successful at scouting, contract negotiations, cap management and building champions? I don't see anything that disqualifies him. I also don't see anything that tells me he is highly qualified for the job.
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HA! Yes, mainly by Christians, who, after all, are the target of many of the bombings in Lebanon.
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
"The 2005 Lebanon bombings were a series of bombings that occurred mainly in Beirut, Lebanon and its suburbs. While the current wave of bombings began in October 2004, the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri on February 14, 2005, touched off the Cedar revolution and the withdrawal of Syrian troops. After the massive protests following Hariri's killing, several more bombings hit Lebanon, following a similar pattern: most of them occurred at night, in Christian areas of the country, and often on Fridays. Though the perpetrators behind the bombings are unknown, suspicion by some within Lebanon and the international community has fallen on Syria or its supporters"
Read his post again. He was talking about protests in Jordan, not Lebanon.
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Which explains why he started another party and found Likud to be "insufferable"?
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I hate to disagree with you Lori, but there is perhaps no better smashmouth organization in the NFL than the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Steelers have used Antwaan Randle-El quite effectively for a few years now. I think even smashmouth organizations need playmakers, and I think Donahoe legitimately saw Parrish as being that sort of playmaker. And with Reed's contract up after this year, and with the possibility of Moulds being a cap casualty this year, he probably saw Parrish is filling a legitimate hole - and being someone we could pair with Evans.
JDG
If I'm not mistaken, Antwaan Randle-El was a 4th round pick. Weren't there more obvious needs on this team on both lines and at tight end than a fly weight wide receiver who might fill a hole a year from now.
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No one knows what will happen but to me this series of moves stinks, for several reasons. The biggest of which is that the biggest problem with the Bills, besides their lines, is no team identity and no team direction. Right now, although the numbers may fluctuate on an hourly basis, you're going to have four disparate headstrong guys all having 25% of the power and input. Ralph, Marv, Modrak, Mularkey, and maybe five depending on who actually will now negotiate contracts and be responsible for the cap, like Overdorf or whatever his name is. There is nobody really in charge. There is no vision. There is no leadership. There is no one the team can get behind and say we're going to war for this guy. Modrak and Mularkey are lame ducks.
The only way this will work, IMO, is if Ralph really put Marv as GM only in title, with Modrak in charge of the draft and the player personel, working with Marv. Marv is the public face of the team and handles the press and fans and sweettalks free agents and is lovable Uncle Mo. But Modrak is making most of the football decisions behind the scenes and without the responsibility of being the marketing guy and public face and capologist, etc. That way, he could give Mularkey one chance to get the team on the right track.
I doubt Modrak will have the ability to buck Levy, Mularkey, or Wilson if for no other reason than he is staying in Florida. I have to seriously question how good a scouting/personel department can be when its leader is stationed 1100 miles away.
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This year
Exactly my issue with this debacle.
Haaving 9 guys from a single unit incur injuries is a lot.
He had one good year but I agree that he's not the answer. Hence the drafting of Duke Preston.
He was improving but the injury(ies) ended that. If he's healthy he should be solid again next year but probably somewhere else as his salary is outrageous.
Don't care where he came from, he's been very solid this year.
I don't watcfh the Ravens horrific offense so can't comment on his pre-Buffalo days, but I agree that he's been nothing short of a nightmare here.
Thanks for agreeing that 3/5ths of the line is overpaid or under talented. Your admiration for Gandy has me picking my jaw off the keyboard.
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spare me the lecture, scraps. i know as much about the cap as you, trust me. to me, it's usually a macguffin, which in hitchcock movies were things that seemed important but were ultimately marginal to the main plot.
the so-called cap mess of 2001 was nothing of the sort, and was created by the jettisoning of many players that donohoe didn't want. their cap bonuses therefore accelerated into 01. after the bills went 3-13, donohoe conveniently blamed it on the cap. he neglected to mention that many of the main contracts had been cleared out in february 2000 (reed, smith, thomas) and had no bearing on the 01 number.
The Bills were 16 million over the 2001 cap before free agency started thanks to overpaying and restructuring stalwarts like Jerry Ostroski and John Fina. It was a very real problem, not something Donaho created. It might be argued that he cut to much but cuts had to be made. I think the Bills had $14 million tied up in the QB situation alone.
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maybe you don't judge a gm that way, but i do. i couldn't give a rat's ass about the salary cap, because i think it's usually (not always) just an excuse to get rid of players you don't want anymore. how is that washington year after year pays a fortune for its players yet is always under the cap with ease? how did oakland go from being way over the cap before the season started this year to getting under it with ease without cutting one important player.
this is not directed at you, but i really think the cap is something that fans latch onto to make themselves feel smart.
to quote a friend of ralph, just win baby.
Well if you don't give a rat's ass about the salary cap, you're ignorant.
Washington gets under the cap each year the same way the Bills, 49ers and Cowboys did during the 1990s. They convert salary to bonus and lengthen contracts. That simply pushes the cap hit out to future years. Its almost like living high on the hog off of credit card debt. That will work for a period of time, but eventually you will have to take a huge cap hit on a player that you've restructured time after time. It happened to Buffalo, San Francisco and Dallas, it will happen to Washington to. If you bothered to learn about the cap you would know that, but ignorance in bliss.
Butler knew that hit was coming.
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Yeah, 9 injuries to linemen over a 16 game season is unprecedented?
C'mon Simon. Trey Teague has always impressed me as a highly paid, below average center. He's too tall, and to lite to match up against tackles and his snaps in the shotgun have always be erratic. Mike Williams is simply to fat and slow. He has been consistently beaten by speed rushers. Gandy was a cast off from another bad offensive line and Bennie Anderson didn't prove anything before he came here and has looked really really bad.
Its not injuries, it bad talent.
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I think he is basing his opinions on emotions. TD failed on two Head Coach hirings and failed to put a decent offensive line in front of the likes of Rob Johnson, Drew Bledsoe and JP Losman. It wasn't just bad luck as Mortenson claims. It was piss poor evaluation of talent or outright neglect.
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Got any information on the salary cap situation for the team for those years? Fact is a GM isn't judged on win/loss ratio alone.
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Yah sure, it was Wilson's meddling. It had nothing to do with the collision course between the salary cap and all the bad contracts Butler had given.
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it's long been that way with ralph. players get paid, and management doesn't. even donohoe was making a pittance compared to other gms (much less gms/team presidents). why do you think butler left? he was making $1 million for the bills and ended up getting something like $5 million from SD. there was no way in hell wilson was going to match that. it's just the way he is, like it or not.
Butler left because he was fired.
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Ah the old moral relativism argument along with more incitement and a link that goes no where. Thanks.