Niagara Bill

why did they not change the term "at bats" to "ats bat". I have always hated the fact that baseball people allowed such a change since in todays culture the use of a word or phrase is allowed to change and new words developed and added to the dictionary each year. Culture had created the term RBI's not bad English language. I needed to vent on this, thanks. Can anyone think of any other terms the English police have changed?

thanks for the in depth insight into the soul of the government. This is about as clear as a Mel Kiper draft review.

( and Canada is no different than the US in this regard) that the President and Commander and Chief needs to go to the press and call for the closure of Gitmo. Do our leaders have so little power. Can he not just order the military to do it. Are all decisions so political that all must be done through the court of public opinion. Surely is 5 years they could have found the legal way of proceeding. I am not suggesting it should be closed, but seems to me if the C&C wants it done..it should be a simple process. Any comments would be helpful.

Now this is the biggest load of crapola I have heard this week. So, since we plan to throw a lot in a hurry up offence then running backs are not important. We plan on running the ball more and getting more first downs so a punter is not as important. All they are trying to do is cover up that fact they pizzed on Levitre and he left. We tend to eat our own good ones.

Starting to sound a little like Greggo...we'll do it with numbers!

Class guy, very helpful in presenting Bills players for the HOF consideration for many years. Met Larry at camp and he was a sports guy for sure. Loved his columns and looked forward to his post game reflections. R.I.P.

With our draft history there is only a slim chance of picking the right guy and developing him in any event. Whether we draft a QB this year, trade a first round pick for one (RJ), or draft next year I will not be sad or happy. We did not even develop Jim Kelly, he prepared in the USFL. It is easier for us to select McCargo, Maybin, Losman, Patulski vs Bruuuuce. When do something smart we screw it up, like Lynch, McGahee, Levitre etc

if there are such laws on the books it only makes the administration, congress and all their supporters also dumbasses. Sorry if you do not think I am coherent, but I find any argument against some type of control on weapons of mass destruction such AK's simply incoherent. It take no brains to say 2nd admend. Many of the same people who fight for this right support anti abortion and I cannot understand how. If mass murder during abortion is their position how can they not support control on these types of weapons. I am not anti gun, I support hunting, gun clubs, target shooting etc.. In most states you cannot drive a car without a seatbelt, or place your child in a car without proper restraint...but you can walk into a store and buy a weapon of this type of power.. no logic in any of this.

I have been referred to as many things but never liberal...believing that your neighbour who just came from his psych treatment can walk around in his yard with an AK47 (loaded or not) that he bought or received as a gift from another guy he met in treatment does not equate to conservative values especially when my kids are playing in the school yard across the street. So go ahead and hide behind the creeping changes argument that the gun lobby teaches conservatives, it is easier to adopt than to think for yourself.

Sorry for your short sightedness, Can you answer one question. Why do the victims of Boston Marathon have the right to speak out but the victims of Sandy Hook do not have the right to speak out on the proposals in congress.

I don'tI do not understand. Why does the country spend money on the MIT police, Boston Police, Watertown Police, State police, FBI and National Guard. Save the money and let the citizens with their AK 47 do the job. They would have found him and maybe a few others at the same time. For all those who want the 2nd admen. to be so strong this is the only solution. Either put controls on the guns or have the authorities step back and go for it. All those people cheering for the police must have been wrong.

yes really the second amend issue is a non starter. I did not see the police, national guard with the Humvees, the armored vehicles, 2000 officers from agencies from college police force to the FBI openly saying on TV for residents to get out their guns to help stop the crazed 19 yr old. People should have been able to defend their property against a foreign terrorist if the 2nd admen, issue held water. After all chanting USA later was as close as they got to using the 2nd admend. The senate turned down the latest attempt to improve the situation not because they thought it was not going to help enough but because they are owned by the gun lobby....plain and simple. ps I agree the proposal was gutless and ineffective...that in itself should be an embarrassment for the administration.

Frankly I started a new thread and the site operators transferred it to this thread. I think I understand the politics and issue more than you think. My point was simple. The Gun lobby is so powerful for the gun producers ( not the NRA) they buy the votes from representatives who would fix the background checks and the AK47 type issues. I think they are smart enough just married to the money. Why not let people buy bazookas??? That would be crazy just like AK 47s. Married to the money is the real political issue. Strange how they control fertilizer for bombs since OKC but not weapons for mass murder. Money Money. Money. This is not about the 2nd admend. And everyone knows it. Everyone tonight is so happy that thousands of police officers caught 1 man. They are cheered, yet when they tell the Fed representatives in Congress to control the AK problem they are ignored. Explain that please

I am not being flippant nor do I want to seem insensitive, but I cannot help think that 2 terrorists, killing 4 people ( at this point) will create more investigation and new laws in congress than the killing of 26 - 5 and 6 year olds (and teachers)...just one of a string of terrible tragedies.... Easy to blame a foreigner, not so easy to blame ourselves. I may be a Canadian but we have the same political issues with the border and guns registry. Cannot wait to here Boehner, etc hitting the stump on this one. They will listen to all the recommendations from police and federal agencies and react...they ignore them when the Gun lobby speaks....Just a thought at this terrible time, sorry if I insulted anyone over the timing of this opinion. My prayers are with those in Boston and the families who have lost loved ones.

not even close I suspect. O line needs to be addressed

Wannestedt for sure was on e of the real issues last year, but the biggest guy who fxxxed us was Mario and his $100M. He was so unmotivated how could anyone else be at the top of their game. Kyle Williams didn't look the same...not because of DW but I believe stupor Mario.

We didn't sign Levitre so why sign this clown..so many people on this board said you should not over pay so lets see what everyone says about this situation. We have people on this board suggesting we draft an O lineman in round 1 (after having a good one here that we lost) , now maybe it should be a safety also...or in round 2. We need to ask the question, why do our homegrown draft picks that work out want to leave. Why do we pay guys like Mario too much, but we cannot pay our own guys or piss them off so much they want to leave. By not signing these guys it just keeps us from moving ahead.

he is coming in a Black Truck....

this is one of the craziest posts ever read.What the he?? do you mean by saying a team like the Bills. The hole point is the front office is so bad that we pay all the wrong players and get ourselves in cash and cap problems with no success. A TEAM LIKE THE BILLS should be able to pay their home developed players because the rest of the bunch is not good enough and should not be paid. Instead we overpay for others peoples junk (Mario) and lose our best home players.

you made my point for me we overpay for non performer and other peoples castoffs yet when we finally draft a keeper we cannot afford him...look what we poaid Mario...how many players could do what he does for 1/2 the cost. For us to have a cap problem we have over paid a lot of non performers..Levitre showed up and played each game...more than the reat of them and we lose him. to me that is sad and bad management

I would agree with the ranking which is why the following is true. 1) We have a small salary cap problem as we have heard on this sight...tells me our Front Office is bad. since we are drafting poorly and paying too much for many players. (see mario as #1). Can anyone tell me who we are overpaying...to be in that trouble..it must be everyone...and the only reason I can think of is we are bad managers and no one wants to play for the Bills without being overpaid, which leads back to the bad FO. 2) The biggest strength we had was the Oline and we allowed that to be hurt and become week with the loss of Levitre and Rinehart. We draft Levitre, he plays well and almost every game for 4 years...and we allow ourselves to create another hole because we over pay for Mario, Fitz, (I know he is gone now). Anyone disagree

Hey you were the guy publicly critizing some elses manner of posting and spacing (not my post) after you ripped his or her for their opinion on the lack of Bills action. Other people's opinion are as valuable as yours...sometimes you forget that "Mr. Kotter"

Maybe you don't understand....the reason we are so close to the cap 8.5 based on your numbers which are quite suspect, is that our front office is so bad. Tenn had a bad team and they have the room... We have many holes to fill dispite the record and then started FA by creating another at guard. Our drafting history with this group of FO people shows little chance of filling these, or more than 1 or 2 for sure, so the other 4 or 5 need to be filled by FA. I had no problem with losing Levitre if the money was too high, but we also lost the backup we spent 3 years preparing...and have not fixed it. Here we go again,,, will we get Richie Incognito for a year again... Our O line was becoming a strength and we all had prayed for that for many years and condemed many FO personnel for not recognizing the need. No QB can develop without the OLine... By the way your spacing on your article is very nice teacher.

Exactly right which is why we should all be upset with the Levitre situation. We have so many holes to fill and yet we created another. He was worth the money and we blew it. We draft poorly but when get a good one we say bye bye....when is this FO going to get it.....13 years and counting

Nice + a gentleman + respectful + knowledge.... does not equal successful. Coaching requires leadership Enough said about a coach who showed little passion when leadership required it