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I recall hearing of that at 1 Teaparty rally, but as I recall it was by anti-teaparty people trying to disrupt the rally. Wouldn't doubt if some boneheads (besides the 1 currently under discussion) did compare him to Hitler, but his predecessor was compared to Hitler FAR more often. Completely agree that the current occupant has been called a communist far more often than his predecessor. Of course, when your campaign posters are knockoffs of old Soviet era ones and you are the most left leaning occupant of the WH in at least 28 years, it's not a shocking comparison.

Sorry, not going to perform a google search for you, you seem to be capable of performing one on your own. If you honestly didn't hear anyone refer to Bush as Hitler you have led a very sheltered life on that boat.

I'd suggest that you are correct in that assessment. This is the 1st instance that I can think of ottomh where somebody compared the current President to Hitler. It was a far more frequent occurance with the previous occupant of the WH.

The Bills have a WR as one of their starting safeties. I don't see your point. And I like that the Jest are using Maybin. I'd like to see them use him as an everydown player. Heck, if they're playing an RB on D, maybe they can make Maybin a TRUE everydown player (in the Frank Gifford mold) and go w/ 10.5 players on O as well as D. THAT would be sweet.

Thus the capitalized 'IF.' There would have been little to no reason for them to challenge.

True. But it wasn't a question of whether he fumbled the ball, it was a question of whether he caught it - if the receiver doesn't maintain control of the ball and it touches the ground while he doesn't have control then it is an incompletion. If he maintains control of it, it can touch the ground and still be a catch. The back judge who came in late saw or (more likely) imagined he saw the ball moving in his hand and it touching the ground. The other ref probably deferred to him due to how emphatic he was that he'd seen what he (thought he) saw. The head ref didn't agree with the call after review, he didn't see what happened when Stevie's body obstructed the view of the ball during the review and couldn't overturn the call. If it was moving then and touched the ground (2 VERY big ifs IMHO) at that point, the back judge would have been correct. Common sense says that most likely the ball was under control throughout the entire act of the catch and that it was a good catch. Unfortunately, the replay rule isn't written to give the referee discretion when overruling his crew (or his own call for that matter, when his call is under review) in the replay booth. Unless there is clear evidence to support overturning the call, the call stands. Unfortunately, there didn't appear to be a camera angle that showed what happened when the ball was out of view in the 1st camera. I agree that the call was blown, but if the initial ruling had been the 1 agreed to on the field (IF the Bungles had challenged) the play would have stood because there would have been no clear evidence that the ball wasn't caught.

I saw it listed on this week's NHLN schedule on NHL.com. Hadn't looked closely at the time, but you are correct that it is showing at 4PM Eastern on NHLN. (Basically right after it ends.) So I checked my DTV, and the game is showing at 1PM Eastern on MSG (638, 638-1). It is also showing at 1PM Eastern on 776, 776-1, 777, and 777-1. So it looks like both Anaheim and Buffalo feeds will be on CI. The LA game is also showing up on both MSG (638, 638-1)and CI channels (showing as upcoming, not set to a particular channel yet). So sorry to make you nervous there Buftex. It looks like you should still be in luck.

The Anaheim game is on NHLN, so it won't be CI. I'd expect the same for the LA game.

Has there been 1 person here who said the game WAS well officiated? Though the game was poorly officiated, the Bills had plenty of opportunities to win the game. Hold them on D, or put a drive together when they still were tied, and win the game or at least get it to OT.

About the same as those of having a Bungles' fan agree with you on all 10 calls?

While I agree that the call of incomplete was incorrect, there wasn't enough video evidence to overturn the call. The ball disappears under Stevie and you don't KNOW what happened while the ball was hidden. We all have a very reasonable assumption that the catch was completed at that point, but there isn't PROOF that it was. Thus there wasn't enough evidence to overturn the call. Had the correct (IMHO) call of completed catch been made, there wouldn't have been enough evidence to overturn that either.

Yesterday, I would suggest that whatever was the reason his finger was taped up was a significant portion of it.

My guess is that the producers feel that the format has been the same for so long, that the teams have gone to (or likely will be on) autopilot or worse the viewers will think they know exactly what's coming up next and start tuning out. (Were the ratings down some for last year's race?) They're only 2 weeks in and have already added several twists - non-elimation 1st leg, double elimination next leg, the sign on the table. Also, when they were in Taipei and had to look for the 'clue' in the baloons on the video screen, I hadn't seen that before. I'd only seen where they either find them in clue boxes or are given them (sometimes without realizing they'd received all of them - the snapple bottle caps come to mind); I don't recall them having to look for a clue in a random location with no particular indication of where or what the clue might be (other than 'look up'). That seems to be more of the way they work the challenges. I don't watch the show as religiously as some here do, so I may be off base on the baloon video screen, but the other twists were definitely new. And turning in the money was what they had to do prior to proceeding on to the pit stop. Similar to how some teams have been told they must walk to the next pit stop, took a cab, and had to go back and do it the right way. Though having instructions broken into 2 separate pieces was a new twist. And was anybody else surprised that the teams apparently don't talk to each other at pit stops? Phil had told ma & pa about the double elimination leg and nobody else was aware of it until they read their clue. Don't they see each other at the pit stop, did they just get in so late everyone else had already gone to bed, or was that team hid from the rest of the teams to add a bit of anxiety while hanging at the airport?

So, not only was it a given the Bills would have picked up another 15-20 yards, it was a given that Lindell would bury it? Why not just say 27-13 and be done with it outright?

That wasn't even the 'worst game changing obvious bad call' in Bills history, much less ever. (Not saying it wasn't a horrible call. Just sayin' the Bills have been party to worse.)

And if the refs don't call Bruce for the phantom facemask on Boomer, the drive that he gets injured on ends ~5 plays before the injury. The streak lasting this long is simply karma biting the Tigers in the bippy.

A fleur-de-lis may represent Na'Orlins, but it doesn't state Na'Orlins. A star may represent the Randy Quaid state, but it doesn't state Dallas. The Texans Texas cow thing might bring up Houston, but it doesn't state Houston. The Browns brown boring helmet might bring up Cleveland, but ... well nevermind, you might have a point with that one. A buffalo pretty much states Buffalo. That's part of it, but I've been told anecdotally that it also refers to the myriad of Williams (Bills) living in WNY. Not sure if it's true, but I know there's at least 2 in my immediate family.

Then good for him. And I hope his dad's cancer was caught early enough that he will have a full recovery from it.

OK, I get the greater media interest and likely more advertising revenue as more people watch on YES (or ESPN or whatever channel the games are on). But don't the Yanks sell out most of their regular season games and all of their playoff games? If so, how does a series against the Sox generate greater attendance? If not, what the !@#$ is wrong with the Yankee fans that in a metropolitan population of ~11MM, they can't sell out Yankee Stadium without the Sox coming to town?

So who'd David Nelson piss off that he's a part of this extravaganza?

Dogmatically keeping a tight end off the roster because 'you don't use a TE in a run & shoot' keep Pardee's Eulers from ever getting over the top. Because not having at least 1 on the roster for goal line situations cost them a lot of points. I'd be surprised if Nix & Gailey would be willing to make the same type of mistake. Corey's great in short yardage blocking and on ST's. I see him being here a long time if he wants to be. Back to OP, thanks for dropping in. Best of luck to Corey.

Shouldn't that be $50,005? I mean, they DID throw in the bobblehead. Well, maybe it should be $49,995; they DID throw in the bobblehead.

It might have been more entertaining had he responded 'we already do have a flat income tax in Fla, it's 0% across the board.'

As one of the posters (Between the Pipes) over on Scott's other board pointed out, since the 10 year anniversary (9/23/01) of Drew Bledsoe much he was traded to the Bills's injury all sorts of bad things have been happening to beantown. Could it be the deal they worked out with the devil had a 10 year expiration date on it? Don't know for certain, but if the Cheatriots lose in Oakland this weekend there just might be something to it. Also, though I don't normally enjoy listening to Sully on GR nor reading his columns, there might be a certain amount of schadenfreude found with his next rantings as he is a huge BoSox fan.

Couldn't agree more. The Bills holding all 3 of those teams to 110-130 yards on the ground apiece is a tremendous stat. (Holding KC to it won't look that impressive by the end of the year with their RB out for 14 games but it was impressive as well.) I also think that the yardage and points put up against Oakland will look a lot more impressive by the time the season is done. If the Bills win this Sunday, and I expect them to win, I'm revising my prediction from 6-10 to 10-6 at a minimum. I'm really looking forward to this game to see how Chan gets them to prepare for a game they SHOULD win. I'm expecting him and the team to pass the test. These guys were entertaining to watch last year, now they're winning and entertaining. It's a good combination. If they can stay healthy that should continue.