Taro T
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Randi Rhodes
Can't imagine why Air America's ratings are so bad with insight like this:
Errrr, yeah.
Randi Rhodes is a bitter spiteful creature. She has about as much shame as Michael Savage and is almost as intelligent as Jessica Simpson.
She was still harping about Ohio election results this past February, it wouldn't surprise me if she is still harping on them. For crying out loud, even Kerry doesn't believe Ohio was "stolen".
I would not be surprised to hear anything come out of her mouth, provided it is bashing the heck out of the right. Al Franken, annoying as he is, at least only massively distorts the truth. He typically doesn't go and pull something out of thin air to make up. The only left wing radio I've heard that does a reasonable job of staying civil and using facts without major distortions is Ed Schultz (sp?). That might be part of the reason that he gets a show during the afternoon drive hour and Randi gets one around midnight. Also, I think Ed is part of Mother Jones Radio, not Air America.
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Scary s**t.
Isn't the Netherlands the country that will perform non-self-elected euthanasia?
Logan's Run, here we come.
Dave.
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I unerstand a lot of what your saying, and honestly, I"m not going to comment on it until I can do some research, which I will do. But, there is one thing I do want to comment on. When looking at the populated areas of MS, such as the Gulf Coast, Jackson area, Hattiesburg area, and Oxford area, it ranks in the top 12 in thte nation. What brings down the scores is the poor delta area, which is in the northern portion of the state. So, do not consider the state of MS as the least educated state in our nation.
Also, I recently learned of a test that NY students are required to pass, in order to graduate from high school. I cannot remember the name of it, but over 3,500 students failed it this pass year. A good portion of them coming fromt the western New York area. If your wondering how I know this, it is because I have family who live in Tonawanda, Grand Island, and Rochester.
3,500 out of how many? There are over 18MM people living in NY. I don't know how many are 18 year olds, but if the 3,500 is out of the entire state, that is fantastic, if it is out of the Buffalo City School District, that's not so good. I don't know what exam you are referring to so I can't comment on the results.
By the way, I did a little digging on the internet and found one source that had MS rated all the way up at 47 in 2004. I apologise about exaggerating about the MS school system deficiencies. (In case you were wondering, NY was ranked 6.)
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I'm no fan of Bledsoe but it's his fault Roy Williams got dusted by Santana Moss twice?
Granted, Drew's last couple of series were bad. I attribute part of that to the moronic playcalling of Sean Payton. The Giants had him here and he stunk.
I saw a couple of bad calls. Like that short pass Drew tried on third down up 13-7. Well, let's see. Who called it? Payton. You got to at least get to the marker to get a first down. Typical bs call.
At least Drew found chemistry with Terry Glenn
.It's NOT Drew's fault Williams got his jock handed to him. It's not Drew's fault the team lost.
However, Drew was provided 3 chances in the late going to win the game for Dallas. It DID NOT happen. I don't take issue with Drew losing the game. I take issue with Drew NOT winning the game. He's kind of like the anti-Flutie. Flutie typically stunk in the 2nd and 3rd quarters but would score on the opening drive and then find a way to get things done in the 4th. Drew seems to be the opposite. He does reasonably well before the game is on the line, but then when the 4th quarter comes he can't get it done.
When I watch him play, I always get the feeling that he doesn't know how to function once the game gets to a pressure situation. That is probably unfair and a bit of an overstatement (I mean he played well in the Minnesota game a few years back), but he just seems to be lacking something. It kind of stinks that he gets that way. He seems like a good guy and he has some tremendous physical tools; I was very psyched when the Bills got him. However, I also was glad that the Bills realized that Drew won't take them any farther than he has. Is JP the answer? I don't know, but I do know Drew isn't the answer for the Bills. Maybe he will be for the Pokes, but I sure wouldn't want to have any money on him being the answer. (Also, I know for me personally, it would be a LOT easier to root for Bledsoe if he didn't wear that evil star on his helmet. I don't want him to do bad, but I really wouldn't mind seeing them go 5-11 for oh, about the next decade.)
That game was there for Drew to win. It simply didn't happen. Once again, it's not his fault the Pokes lost; but it is his fault they didn't win.
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First off, MS did receive billions in damage, that is not including Louisiania or Alabama. The Federal government is actually giving little in support. I believe the average amount a person is receiving right now is 5,000, which is virtually nothing. If not in a flood zone in MS, a person has to pay 500 a month for flood insurance. That is outrageous. The insurance comapnies told us that we were not in an area that could be flooded. They told us not to worry about it. What would you do if you were told this. Pay 500 a month even though the insurance comany's are telling you not to worry about it. Also, if you are in flood zone, the insurance is dirt cheap. So, it was actually a benefit to be in a flood zone, which we were not.
The people of Mississippi are not looking for a free handout. If it was not for MS or Louisiania, where would your oil be brought in to? What would the gas prices be if the oil in gulf did not exist? Think about it. The price of oil of in England is over 6 dollars!(The conversion to american standards has been made)
If your house was destroyed, you wold be looking for some type of aid, and I gurantee you 5,000 dollars would make you really upset. Not many people will be able to get back to their normal lives becaues our government is doing little to help out. And NO STATE can afford billions of dollars in damage, not even New York.
And speaking of each state being self sufficient, what state initially wanted state's rights? New York supported and still supports a Federal Government. Your state is in dire need. Your state needs A LOT of help. MS has done well on it's own. MS has not needed much Federal aid in the past. MS is an important state in our country, and that is something you need to accept. New York on the other hand has some serious problems. I know a large number of relatives who live in New York, and all they ever do is complain about the New York's government. People do not do that down here. People actually support it.
Thanes05,
First off let me preface this with saying that I am very sorry to hear that your house was destroyed. I hope you and your family came through intact.
I am going to stay away from the comments on the flood insurance as I have no experience with flood insurance. However, when you talk about NY needing a lot of help and MS being wonderful; all at the time you are asking for more money from NY, I take exception.
NY pays the 2nd most money to the federal government of any state! In 2004, NY sent $171,948,716,000 to the federal government. It received back 80 cents on the dollar (2003 stats, I couldn't find 2004 info.). MS sent in a WHOPPING 8,951,397,000 to the fed and received back $1.89 for every dollar it sent in. So NY sent in about $34 BILLION more than it got back and MS got more than $7 BILLION more than it sent in. (But MS hasn't needed that much help in the past. They get MASSIVE HELP EVERY SINGLE YEAR!!!)
No wonder people support the MS government and complain about NY's. In NY, the government is EXPECTED to find a way to pay for what it spends (unfortunately, a lot of that is through issuing bonds and basically mortgaging the future of residents) and it is starting from a hole of $34 BILLION; in MS the government provides much more limited services for the residents and it is starting out with excess money from the federal government.
Now you are saying no state could possibly be expected to cover the damages within its borders. Well guess what, if NY had an extra $34 BILLION EACH AND EVERY YEAR it would go a long way towards covering a mess like this.
By the way, has the wonderful government of MS gotten the school system rankings ahead of DC yet, or is it still 51 out of 51?
And finally, gas prices are as high as they are in the UK due to TAXES, not because they aren't close to the US refineries along the Gulf Coast.
Dave.
PS I do hope you manage to rebuild. I realize you probably wouldn't be railing on NY under normal conditions, but I couldn't let groundless acusations go unchallenged.
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They are definitely going to miss Weis. Right now they are still running things pretty much the way Weis used to. Once teams are used to what they are calling, I'd be surprised to see the new signal caller be able to devise new stuff the way Weis did. It kind of reminds me of '92 with the Bills. The Bills offense looked great the 1st 4 games, but then they started putting in Bresnahan's plays and adjustments and never looked the same as they did with Marchibroda.
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I think he forgot to mention that he picked it back up in the 3rd grade. Apparently he was a very nice child in 2nd grade.
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Which is why you vote for KRC for President.
Campaign promises:
-I will not submit a budget unless it contains a surplus.
-I will not sign a budget unless it is at least balanced.
If someone wants their precious base, they need to cut something else from their side. It forces the politicians to prioritize. They only have a certain amount of money to play with. If you run out of money, oh well. Sucks to be you. You want that rain forest in Indiana? Fine. What else are you going to cut from your state to pay for it?
Are you including the social security surplus to get to a surplus or are you doing something that hasn't been done in decades and actually proposing a budget surplus?
I never did figure out why no one (or very few) made mention of the fact that the late '90's surpluses weren't true surpluses. The government had a surplus if the SS money was thrown in, but considering that money has been earmarked for future spending, I don't really see how they could claim they had a surplus with a straight face.
It's like somebody making $50,000 in a year, taking out a 2nd mortgage for $1,000,000, and spending $1,040,000 but claiming they MADE $10,000. Duh, looks good to me! I just don't want to be around next year when the mortgage payments begin to come due and the salary hasn't gone up any!
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I'm not even going to comment on the technology, because the article's clearly inaccurate even if you know nothing about the technology. For example:
Uh, no...the measure of the effeciency of an engine is NOT what percentage of the fuel is fully burned.
Adding oxygen causes a cleaner burn. Adding hydrogen...well, it does nothing if there's not enough oxygen. Actually, it should cause a "dirtier" burn, as the oxygen should preferentially bind to the hydrogen rather than the molecular components of the fuel (i.e. carbon). Ergo, you have even more "carbon corroding the engine..."
Except that...
So you actually have to refill the unit with distilled water and "other chemicals".
Maybe the technology works, maybe it doesn't. I don't know. But that's a REALLY stupid article.
I also liked the part in the article about emissions reductions:
reducing ... pollutants by up to 100 per cent.My guess is that the rocket scientist who wrote the article considers carbon dioxide to be a pollutant. If I am correct, the author will be terribly disappointed as CO2 emissions will actually increase (IF this guy's device works as he claims) as combustion efficiency increasing will necessarily increase CO2 production.
Oh, well.
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Dave, they had the superfan on at sale at $49 pre season, would assume still at the same price. Make sure to ask for credits to offset the price, 90% of time you will get them.
In terms of timing, I'm not sure. I have the Falcons and Dolphins on the to do list on the tivo, and I believe(just a guess from memory) they are on differant channels and differant times.
Do you mean credits to get the $49 price or some others that would drop the price even further?
Thanks,
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I thought I saw it in an earlier thread but can't find it now. Somebody posted that people that had Sunday Ticket last year can get a discount on the upgrade package that includes Sunday Ticket Shortcuts.
Could somebody please post a link to that post or repost the information? I can't deal with the commercials any more!
Also, could somebody also tell me if there are set times that the 30 minute version of each game is shown or if all are shown at the same time and you can pick and choose which one to watch at a given time?
Thanks in advance.
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All Bills road games are shown on local TV in Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse. All home sellouts are shown in Buffalo and Rochester. Home games not sold out won't be shown in any of the 3 markets. (F*cking CBS - when CBS took over the AFC broadcasts, the league relooked at which broadcasts carried within 75 miles of each hometeam's stadium. Because of one small sliver of territory (7 houses and 1 defunct restaurant) that fell within the 75 mile radius, they started blacking out Syracuse. They changed that territory to Rochester market officially the next year, but Ralph and the league would not budge on allowing Syracuse to show blacked out games.)
The 2 Fox games, if sold out, MIGHT not be shown in Syracuse - depends on which network has the doubleheader and what time the Bills and Giants games are on. (Syracuse Fox shows Giants preferentially.)
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Well said, Darin. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned yet the scene with Fletcher on the sideline after the first defensive series of the Texans game. He was so amped up that he THREW UP! Afterwards he said something about feeling better, to which Spikes said, "OK, now let's go get us something to EAT!" And he wasn't talking about a PowerBar -- he was talking about devouring the Texans offense.
Seriously, that show was one of the best football-related pieces of TV I've ever seen.
The thing that surprised me is that he said he throws up at the beginning of EVERY game! I was not aware of that. With all the sideline reporters and WGR (and prior to that WNSA & Empire) and all the other local sports reporters, how come I have to watch NFL network to hear about that? Or is it so well known, that all the local reporters think that is no longer news?
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I haven't watched NBC news (except for Russert) in a long time, but after watching Williams on Scarborough, I can honestly say it will be a VERY long time before I do. (I was just flipping through the dial to get different takes on the speech.)
The whole 5 minutes he was on, he couldn't contain his desire to s**t on Bush. It was like watching a traffic accident.
Did anyone else see it, and if so, am I missing something? This is supposed to be the head of one of the major news departments in the country; shouldn't he at least try to PRETEND to be objective?
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MS Gulf Coast/New Orleans
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Answer to question 1 - The previous posts you have made have provided a basis that yes your primary concerns are yourself.
Answer to question 2 - I would first ask myself why the govt. won't let me get affordable insurance as the federal govt. keeps most of the flood insurance premiums at submarket rates. As I posted earlier, I don't know much about the flood insurance program details; but what little I do know supports VABills' statements regarding it in that the only places that aren't supposed to get ridiculously affordable flood insurance are areas that the govt. doesn't want to be built upon.
Response to next statement - If you would like EVERYONE in the country to support you and GIVE YOU MONEY, you may want to stop making statements saying you can't stand the people in the north. When someone spits in my eye, I tend to not want to provide much help to that person. You don't help your cause by showing your disdain of the people you are asking to reach out to you.
Response to next statement - The northern states tend to have the highest tax rates in the country. Also, most of the people in the WNY area that I know have made PERSONAL donations to various relief efforts. Your comments are misguided at best, and unsubstantiated and ignorant at worst.
Answer to question 3 - Yes, I remember. Some friends of mine got caught in the path of 2 of them.
Response to next statement - How many people are you referring to? What details of these circumstances can you provide? Simply stating a lot of people have yet to receive aid, while sounding very interesting doesn't really say anything.
Response to final statement - I don't know what the federal government's actions or inactions have to do with whether you are selfish or not. Also, I find it rather interesting how an individual that was faced with a personal choice (buy insurance and cover the risk of water damage to house/ possessions or save money and hope the dice don't come up snake eyes; or taking it up one notch, if your contentions about the condition of insurance in the Biloxi area are correct (and VABills and others are wrong) then the choice is buy house you can't afford or rent and get renter's insurance) that ended up turning out bad is now chastising everyone on this board for being selfish because they don't necessarily want to have the risks of YOUR decision transferred to them after the fact.
Dave.