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I hope it works out for you Doc and you get your season tickets.
Thanks, but no biggee if it doesn't.
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I was listening to a local radio sports guy (Jason Page) who has a show on ESPN radio. He had Michael Huyghue (pronounced "Hyoog"), who is the Commish of the UFL, and who was previously with the Lions, Jags, NFLPA, and worked as an agent. He said that the league was put together hurriedly for a fall exhibition, but will be having a full season come Spring. They don't want to compete head-to-head with the NFL, and the Thursday night game was a prime example, since SF and Chicago were playing at the same time and taking attendees away. The league is looking-into putting a team in Hartford (I live in Hartford County) and I hope that the attendance doesn't deter them from doing so as I'd probably buy seasons.
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I think the best we can hope for for the remainder of the season is to see improvement in the younger guys on the O-line, Nelson, Hardy, Maybin, Harris/Palmer, etc., for the next regime. And a playoff run means we're stuck with Jauron.
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If the Bills don't win even 7 games....GREAT! That ensures Dicky and co. (minus April) don't come back next year, and the Bills get a better draft position.
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I've replaced the spring on my garage doors twice now. Cost me $8 each time, for the spring. And it's not that hard to replace. But like everything, you need to be careful, but nothing out of the ordinary.
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Really,...really...did you just compare Bruce Smith, who had an awesome college carrear to Maybin, who started a whopping total of 10 games and had an outstanding cast with him at PSU. REALLY?!?!?!!? Yes you did. Wow.
"Outstanding cast with him at PSU?" REALLY?
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The people that are against it don't really know or are lying about it.
The people that are for it don't really know or are lying about it.
The people that are undecided don't really know either but admit they don't really know.
Both bills do address skyrocketing premiums, they just don't address it nearly enough or get to the core problem. But you're lying when you say they arent addressed. They are addressed in a lot of ways.
As has been mentioned, there is a difference between addressing something and addressing it correctly. This is like "addressing" a house fire by pouring gasoline on it +/- thinking you were pouring water on it.
Taxes only on certain people or entities will go up. The vast, vast, vast majority of the population won't be affected by taxes. You're extrapolating and assuming things that aren't in the bills.I see. As long as someone ELSE is paying for it, why should you care? That's the attitude that's killing this country.
Medicare monies and loopholes are being cut, most of which is abuse. There is no set drop in Medicare treatment. If you're on Medicare right now your coverage won't be affected hardly at all. No one knows what effect 10 years from now will be.Wrong! As it stands, 40% of doctors are refusing to see new Medicare patients. If the 21% cut goes into effect, it will jump to well over 50%. Which makes the AARP's backing of the Health Plan all the more curious (although it's probably just as simple an explanation as the leaders are taking their cut, which insulates them from their actions, while selling-out their constituents).
A lot of the important provisions of the bills will be implemented sooner than the 3-4 years it will take to get a lot of it in place or to give people and employers time to transition. Much of the money collected you're complaining about will be used to give people health care now for people who can't get covered by private insurance because of pre-exisiting conditions. Certain elements will go into effect right away, or soon, and they need to be paid for.You're sure about this? Just like the "stimulus money" went directly to the people, right? And there will be no fraud and inefficiency, unlike every other government program in US history? That's incredibly naive, Kelly.
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The funny thing is, like the Bills, the Redskins' problems AREN'T on defense. Maybin having 5-1/2 sacks like Orakpo, wouldn't erase the impotence of the offense, just like it hasn't in Washington.
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From what I gather, it won't take a new president; it will take a 2/3 Republican/mixed majority in both houses to kill the Health Bill and override a(n expected) presidential veto. And if recent nationwide elections are any indication of how things might go in November of 2010, that 2/3 majority could very well happen.
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Those who created the bill don't even know what it will do. How do you expect John Q. Public to know?
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Unbelievable. Talk about charlatans of the highest order.
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You make it sound like these people are all currently paying for private insurance, and now they're all going to just drop it to go to a public option. The reality is that if they have private healthcare, they're going to keep it. For those that don't have it, we're already subsidizing their care through the most expensive process of not receiving primary preventative care, and waiting for them to use the emergency rooms for all their care. We subsidize in either scenario, so why not do it in the least expensive way, by offering preventative care that reduces and/or eliminates their need to use emergency rooms, and treats them in the early stages of a medical condition before it escalates into more expensive procedures and medicines.
Most of the people who use ER's as their primary care physician are eligible for Medicaid but choose not to enroll in it. And then when they have clinic appointments scheduled, most fail to show up. Or they're poorly compliant with their medications or health plans. That's the reality of the situation, and one I've dealt witih firsthand. It's not like now that they have "free" healthcare, they're suddenly going to start actually taking care of themselves.
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I just recently got my wife the iphone. I had to sign-up for 2 years. I've heard that there is a 30-day period during which I can return the phone. Does anyone know if this is true, and if so, will I also be let out-of my 2-year contract? Not saying I'm necessarily going to do it, just curious.
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Cowher will be coaching the Panthers. Holmgren is reportedly being contacted by the Browns. I want Shanahan.
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Ah, so THAT's their "solution" to preventing people from buying coverage only when they need it (because there's no exclusion for pre-existing conditions): making people wait 6 months so that they die in the meantime. Got it.
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He's been playing on a bad ankle according to the injury reports.
Yeah, and everyone else is 100% healthy.
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This was definitely about Obama, the Dems, and the frightening direction they're trying to take the country. As an independent who voted for Obama (and regrets it!), I can say that I will never vote for a Democrat again.
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Bloomberg won.
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So this means Byrd will definitely be returning after the bye? If so, good. Damn that Eugene Parker for delaying Byrd's sports hernia surgery! Imagine what a full training camp and pre-season, as well as being totally healed from the surgery, could have done for Byrd.
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Change we can believe in.
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Let me guess. Greer was supposed to be covering White, right?
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do you really think we are going to land one of those good coaches?
Yes. There are simply too many coaches who have sat out a year or more and who are itching to get back into coaching again. I can't ever recall a time when there were so many SB-winning coaches sitting out biding their time. Usually it's one good coach available who would prefer to be in a big market. And Ralph knows that he'll have to hire a good coach to get people to come to games.
The Texans were actually one of the teams I thought had the best chance of landing one, should they falter and Kubiak get the boot. They have a lot of talent on both sides and would have been attractive to a guy like Shanahan.
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And Schonert, even though he'll never get another big NFL job, is laughing his hind quarters off.
He might be laughing...until he comes to the realization that he'll never get another big NFL job. Maybe not even a small one either.
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Ya see, now I'm pi$ed off again, guys!
Marshawn can laugh and goof around all he wants on the sideline of a losing effort, but having other teams disrespect you like that is just unacceptable.
Why do I get angered over this?
Shouldn't it be Jauron that changes his ideology?
No. Jauron should be gone.
And Ryans shouldn't be laughing so hard. Kubiak is a schlub. But a decent season for the Texans means he returns, and they miss-out on one of the plethora of good coaches out there. Today was a lose-win for me.
Vic Carucci says Bills to make major changes
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I agree and I said that before. Felser doesn't know what's in Ralph's will and making people believe he does is disingenuous at best, and lying at worst. Since Ralph's wife and daughter DON'T want the team, it will be sold to the group with the best creds, regardless of price. The same would apply if Ralph were to sell to a minority owner while he's still alive.
Again, no wonder Felser is retired (although not retired enough). For starters, there are a half-dozen (Holmgren, Shanahan, Billick, Gruden, Dungy, Cowher) out-of-work coaches who have SB rings, who have been out of the NFL for at least a year, and who are itching to get back in. There is also Schottenheimer. There are 5 teams, maybe 7, that will be looking for a new HC. They are the: Bills, Redskins, Panthers, Jags, and Raiders, and maybe the Titans and Browns. The Panthers will target, and sign, Cowher, leaving 4/6 teams. Out of the rest, the Redskins, Jags, Raiders, and Browns are no better, if not worse, situations than the Bills given their ownership/fanbase/talent. So it'sa buyer's market for the Bills for the first time that I can recall, and it's not like those coaches can sit-out indefinitely, waiting for the perfect opportunity. Hopefully what Carucci said is true and that he's got some inside info.