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Absolutely, anything brought about in court is a waste of time. But that alone won't necessarily make this a short court battle. This is afterall NYS where factions war over issues long after all reasonable people would have packed it in and called it a day. The thing I am hoping is that this clogs up stuff on the Senate side and nothing comes out of Albany, at least until after the next election cycle is complete. (Who knows, maybe they can find a way to drag it out beyond that one as well.) If they aren't in session, they can't raise taxes and they can't increase spending.

Wellllllllll, he does own the Sabres for whatever that's worth ...

Interesting. Looks like NY is in for a long court battle. Linky

How well they do running Hummer will depend on what exactly it is they bought. The article stated that GM will still make the cars which implies that the Chinese won't get the machinery and tooling to make the cars. The article further stated that the Chinese can make the autos in other locations which implies that they WILL get the machinery and tooling necessary to make the cars. Given China's track record w/ intellectual property protection, providing a Chinese company with improved methods of production will improve the quality of Chinese autos in general. Possessing the tools to make a higher quality car gives them much more of an ability to make a higher quality car than simply buying a separate car and reverse engineering it. "We have the car all pulled apart, now all we have to do is stamp this sheet out to these tolerances. No problem, right?" "Well, except for the fact that our stampers have a tolerance 1 order of magnitude greater than that." (Repeat same general discussion for the few thousand other parts that make up a car.) We won't even bring GM's legacy costs and Tengzhong's lack thereof into the discussion. And it isn't terribly surprising that you view this as giving an engineer the tools of a heart surgeon when this is actually the case of giving an engineer the tools of an engineer.

I've never been to prison, but it's my understanding that there is a bit of a "dating scene" there and I don't mean just the Thursday conjugal visits.

Going back a ways, but Jerry Glanville's teams used to have significantly more tackles than defensive plays run.

Whether he was going to try to increase govt's role in health care and the other issues you mention was never up for debate. (The merits of increasing govt's role are debatable, but that's for another thread.) I don't think he ever expected to be able to nationalize the auto or financial industries (or, for that matter any other industries, with the possible exception of airlines). To suggest otherwise is getting into OM territory. But he could significantly increase the government's role in how they are run w/out being in charge outright. I think that is something that he would have been pushing for even if the economy was running smoothly. (Had it been running smoothly, he would have had a much more difficult time to pursue "change" and would have come away with far fewer "reforms" but he would have been looking for change none the less.) You and I disagree about the credit card companies. I think he would have been pushing for "reforms" to help the "struggling" borrowers which would have severe unintended consequences much like the bill he just signed.

Do I think that he thought he'd get the chance to totally remake the auto companies and the banking system when he announced his candidacy? Absolutely not. Do I think that when he announced his candidacy he would like to steer our system to a more socialistic version and one where government plays a more predominant role in our everyday lives? Absolutely. Do I think he's following Emanuel's mantra of "never let a crisis go to waste?" Absolutely. His mantra was "change." The fact that it looks like he'll get to change more than he expected the day he cast his hat into the ring is not likely to temper the mantra. It appears that we're in that once per generation period when all the cards are lined up to steer the country quite a bit to the left. Don't know if he'll pull it off, and I hope he doesn't because I expect it will set us up for far greater problems down the road than if we were to follow a more fiscally responsible path, but he does seem to be going for it.

That is true. I also expect the Israelis would find and kill the B word.

If Ahmadinejad directly attacks Israel w/ a nuke, he might as well be a suicide bomber, because he personally is dead along w/ most of the rest of the citizens of Tehran. No doubt he wants the Grand Caliphate. But he wants to be there to see it / run it. Upon further review of your earlier discussion, I see you weren't the person stating that Iran would go nuclear in a 1st strike. That Ahmadinejad wants a war to destroy Israel is no secret.

No, it is not thinking in Western terms. Show me which top dogs led suicide missions of their own. It's a pretty short list. They may have little regard for OTHER human life and "their own people", but they do seem to have regard for themselves.

Tis true that the suicide bomber gets glorified. It's also true that VERY few of the leaders over there end up suicide bombers. I'd be very surprised if Ahmadinejad intentionally put in motion a plan that would nearly guarantee his inclusion in the millions lost as collateral damage.

Didn't feed it any froggies?

Ahh, yes. Who could ever forget the classic: SAAAAAAN-Ta-Rem where the pirahna come nipping in the rain. Keep your livestock dry, or you will cry and neeeeeever see them once again.

I'd expect the offense to be in good shape in '10 (especially if they add a true LT to the mix in the next off-season), but expect the line to take some serious time to gel this year. Add in the holdover head coach and I have a hard time being optimistic for THIS year. That said, I hope The Senator's finally right, but wouldn't bank on a 0.500+ season.

What, you don't remember the Sooners racing in their boats up the Amazon to claim their own little patch of heaven?

No, he wasn't a "liberal lover", but his vetting process was rather flawed. Souter turned out to be FAR more liberal than expected, and I'd contend that Thomas was more conservative than Bush expected as well. And conservative Presidents have been known in the past to nominate judges that ended up very liberal. The fact that Bush gave her her start on the federal bench is less telling than the fact that Clinton promoted her. She already has 60 votes. I'd be very surprised if she only gets 5-10 Republicans to vote for her. I'd expect her to end up close to 80 when all is said and done.

I expect that she will get confirmed w/ a margin of something on the order of 80/20. I'm sure the hearing will get contentious, but no where near the level of Thomas' hearing. Though I doubt I will agree w/ her decisions very often when the court is split, I agree w/ you that Obama won and he should get his nominee confirmed provided she isn't a true wacko. From the bits I have read of her, she isn't a wacko.

You're using the 47 yarder in defense of Jauron? There was absolutely no reason for them not to try to gain more yardage and it was extremely poor coaching to settle for a 47 yard try into the wind at that point. That kick was not going to be a "gimme" at that distance and the Bills were moving the ball well. He should have tried to get closer.

Uh, 20 total. Steelers - Dallas (3x) Dallas - Denver (1x) Baltimore - Dallas (1x) SB XXVII and XXVIII would meet your criteria as well. And if you aren't counting the SF Bay as warm, then you add SB's XIX, XXIX & the Gruden game to your list.

The blind leading the myopic and w/ other people's money. Unfortunately Buffalo has a long history of supporting restaurants which have no possibility for success.

Week 1 Mon, Sep 14 @ New England Patriots* L Week 2 Sun, Sep 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L Week 3 Sun, Sep 27 New Orleans Saints L Week 4 Sun, Oct 04 @ Miami Dolphins W Week 5 Sun, Oct 11 Cleveland Browns W Week 6 Sun, Oct 18 @ New York Jets W Week 7 Sun, Oct 25 @ Carolina Panthers L Week 8 Sun, Nov 01 Houston Texans W Week 9 Sun, Nov 08 BYE Week 10 Sun, Nov 15 @ Tennessee Titans L Week 11 Sun, Nov 22 @ Jacksonville Jaguars L Week 12 Sun, Nov 29 Miami Dolphins W Week 13 Thu, Dec 03 New York Jets (Toronto) W Week 14 Sun, Dec 13 @ Kansas City Chiefs L Week 15 Sun, Dec 20 New England Patriots* W Week 16 Sun, Dec 27 @ Atlanta Falcons L Week 17 Sun, Jan 03 Indianapolis Colts L 7-9 Hopefully I'm out after the 1st week.

Sorry Mike, you are wrong. The NHL doesn't. 3 Canucks wear A's during their games: Kesler, Mitchell, and Ohlund. If the NHL recognized Luongo as the Captain (which they can't because it is against the rules), then they could only have 2 of the 3 A's wear the A's. That is definitely the way he comes across on-the-air.

I don't know, I always thought Grand Island was pretty close to Buffalo. And he went to St John Fisher and had a job w/ the D&C and then one of the Ra-cha-cha stations before going to WNSA. I doubt he hates the area. It'd be interesting to hear his actual statement in context. He's definitely not a huge football fan, but that sounds a little over the top for even him. (And I rarely if ever defend the guy.)

Cool. A man who definitely knows his audience. I look forward to the article/blog. Thanks.