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Because the ONLY reason cigarettes are taxed so highly is because they cause lung cancer. Booze doesn't cause lung cancer so it isn't taxed as highly. According to pot smokers, there's never been a single case of lung cancer associated with MJ. So, MJ will be taxed like booze. Quid pro ergo.

Bummer. He and Authur C. Clarke were 2 of my favorite authors. RIP Ray.

Those Euler teams always get an asterisk in my book. The teams out west let them play their firewagon brand of hockey and never made them actually have to play hockey. In '83, they thought they could just run around the ice and not work for it and got their lunches handed to them by the Isles. Heck, I'd've expected them to learn their lesson the previous year when they allowed the 'Miracle on Manchester' to happen; but they didn't. They learned their lesson after '83, but it never changed the fact that they didn't have to play anybody real until the Finals. They couldn't get it done against the Flames in '86 and they only played a 'real' hockey team on their way to the Finals one other time - in '88 against the Flames (and they still had the memory of '86 fresh in their minds; that and the chip on their collective shoulders of showing they WERE more than just Gretzky). By the time the Eulers got to the Finals, they got to face a team that had to fight to get to the Finals. The teams from the East had always gone through a much tougher slog to get to the show. I will give the Eulers credit, in that after '83 they were willing to play a Wales Conference type of game when they got to the Finals and were able to do it (at least for 1 round). They were very good, but I won't rank them with the all time greats. That '77 Habs squad had offense and defense. They were all around solid. And they had better than 1 GPG goals against than the next best team that playoff year. They only lost 1 game at home the entire season. No team ever dominated a season from start to finish like they did that year.

'76-'77 Canadiens. Went 60-8-12 in the regular season for 132 points. Next best were the Phlyers at 112 points. (Equivalent to 10 fewer wins, they actually had 12 fewer wins but had a few extra ties.) Had 64 more goals than the 2nd best goal scoring team and gave up 18 fewer goals than the 2nd best defensive team. Went 12-2 in the playoffs and 1 of those 2 losses was in OT. Only 1 of their 12 wins was in OT. Had about 8 HoFers on the roster and the winningest coach of all time and one of the best GM's of all time. Had the 1st All-Star at 4 positions and the 2nd team AS at another. The only position they didn't have an AS at was center (LA's Marcel Dionne and Buffalo's Gil Perreault took those honors) and Jacques Lemaire and Pete Mahovolich were solid at that spot as well. And in baseball, to not even mention the '75 Reds or '27 Yanks seems strange. My vote would go to the Reds but I'd expect most would go w/ the Babe's team.

About 5:45PM EST today, the planet Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun. It last happened in 2004 and won't happen again until 2117. NASA is supposed to have a live webcast for those that don't have 'solar eyeglasses' or welder's lenses available to them. The NASA channel on DTV is talking about it now. EDIT: You can also see it live at this link: Linky EDIT 2: I could see it looking through two #10 glass filter plates. It's just in front of the disk of the sun at ~1 o'clock position.

If he did that, that's great. But there is a big difference between 'adding value' and drawing up the actual plan. If the 'military official's' version is correct, then the President kept one of his campaign promises and that sounds quite plausible. Without knowing whether the 'White House officials' included Axelrod and his ilk, I'll take the rest of the story with a grain of salt. If the President did make the suggestion that his people claim, then good for him and good for the troops. If he didn't, it still was a job well done.

Of course there's more to it than that and it's setting up a strawman argument to claim anybody was making any claims that that's all there is to it. What most people would consider 'making the decision and then delegating the implementation' involves more that you seem willing to admit. The President should be choosing the strategy (not necessarily developing it, but choosing it) and getting the hell out of the way of the tactical, operational aspects of implementing that strategy. (And yes, before you go claiming that I'm stating that he shouldn't be involved in choosing whether to off bin laden via drone strike or boots on the ground, he should be involved in that. He shouldn't be involved in the nuts and bolts of how they go into the compound. Leave that decision to somebody that actually knows what they're doing.)

You seem to be taking issue with Juror's statement just to take issue. There is a big difference between leading and micromanaging. Your statements above make it appear that you understand this distinction, so I'm not certain why you are upset with Juror's statement. Even if Eisenhower were still President, I wouldn't want him handling the details of this operation as he has far too many other things to be dealing with daily. The President should deal with the decisions and delegate the details.

Those would be my 2 choices for the 'honor'.

The 1st bolded sentence I will agree with. The last 2, I disagree with. I absolutely don't want a politician qb'ing every last detail. Keep him abreast of the situation and let him make the decision to pursue or not to pursue, but he has no background to be micromanaging the situation. And the current President hasn't even served in the military, so he has even less background. He rightfully left the details up to those qualified to address them.

You're going to blot out Match Game 74 and Match Game 75? Bummer. RIP Dickie Dawson

Bummer. It's cool that you have so many good memories of your brother. I'd expect his boys will appreciate you bringing up stories of those memories when you get together in the future.

Yes, there should be restrictions on voting, namely 1 adult citizen 1 vote maximum. Voter ID laws help to enforce this restriction. And, yes, turnout will most likely go down as it is made more difficult for people to vote multiple times. I find it absolutely hysterical that DoJ which argues against voter ID laws requires people to show ID to enter their headquarters. Holy hypocrisy Batman!

The advice is correct, but the history is off slightly. Back when the games were shown on NBC, the games were NOT blacked out in the Syracuse market. So, if you lived in a place that got the Ra-cha-cha and Syracuse signals, you might be able to pick up 6 different games over the air if the Bills were blacked out locally. (3 non-Bills/non-Jints games from Ra-cha-cha stations, and Bills, Jints, and another random game from Syracuse.) When the networks changed, Syracuse and Baton Rouge both got caught in blackout zones that they previously avoided. Syracuse was included due to the small strip of land (7 houses and 1 closed restaurant IIRC) near a finger lake that was included in the southwestern corner of it's market which was alluded to above and fell within 75 miles of Rich Stadium. About 2 years later, that strip of land was deemed to now belong to the Ra-cha-cha market, but the NFL (Ralph Wilson, cough, cough) would not allow Syracuse to broadcast the Bills games. Most likely explanation for that being that Ralph was still upset that his suit against McGregor's for illegally showing the Bills game in Monroe County got thrown out when they could prove that they received the games legally using a 'rabbit ears' feed from Syracuse.

Well, considering it appears he's the victim of a tragic hammer accident due to assembling bikes at Walmart and currently on Workman's Comp; what else is he qualified and cleared to do?

Don't feel too bad about that. I'd expect that eventually you'll get there too.

In the grand scheme of things 2024 is right around the corner. In the world of politics, that's 3 full Presidential election cycles away, which is nearly an eternity away.

We wish your wife and daughter the best. Prayers go out to all.

Wow. Dellapelle back. Nozzlenut back. conner back. Now Pasta Joe back. Can pbills be far behind? Any possibility we could make a trade for Kelly or Coli coming back instead?

And, just as he deserves a measure of credit for the mission occurring on his watch, he deserves a healthy dose of criticism for the problems this will create.

The President deserves credit for Bin Laden getting offed on his watch. Though he also deserves the flack he's gotten for releasing as much info about the raid as happened and releasing the info as quickly as it happened. Those who are saying that 'anyone would have done the same thing' are correct assuming the same set of circumstances. (Provided the set 'anyone' does NOT include Joe Biden. ) It's possible somebody else would have made different decisions that would have led to the same circumstances not setting up though I don't expect that would have been the case with this one. As for McCain specifically, As I recall, his comments were more in the context of whether he'd consider bombing Pakistan as more of a larger scale campaign. I don't expect that his views on handling relations with Pakistan would have carried over to this one, especially after having had over 2 years of dealing with the Pakistani's 'help' on other matters were it to have been his decision to make. Though the guys that deserve the real credit are the ones that gathered the intel, planned, and executed the mission; and the President will get more than his fair share; he does deserve credit for it. Kind of like how without the O-linemen, the D, and the gameplanning the QB can't win the SB; he's still going to be the one that gets the credit for it. Just because you get more credit than you deserve, doesn't mean you don't deserve any credit.

It lives?!?

Only if I get to make the case for Wish You Were Here. Of the 2 to choose from, I'd lean towards The Dark Side of the Moon. That album fits into better memories for me than does The Wall. Add in Dick Parry on sax and Clare Torry >>> Toni Tenille and I'd definitely go with TDSOTM. Saw Waters play The Wall last time he came through town. It is amazing, you're in for a VERY good show. My wife, who REALLY dislikes The Wall thought the show was fantastic.

Very saddened to learn of your loss. The vet gave good advice. Bernie's in a better place thanks to your making that difficult decision.

Not until they taught them to use hammers.