PastaJoe
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Lieberman is the 2008 version of Zell Miller. I wouldn't be suprised if he speaks at the Republican convention. The sooner he's removed as chairman the better.
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She never said she was an avid or recent hunter, she just said she learned to shoot and hunted with her father when she was younger and shot a duck. And she has been consistant in advocating gun control such as the Brady bill, background checks, and trying to get handguns off the street. She hasn't advocated any bans on guns used for hunting. You can disagree with her call for gun control, but she has been consistant in her position.
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We do our taxes in early March as soon as we get all our earnings info, and we try to set our withholdings so we get a little back. Don't want to send a check, and don't want the gov't holding too much surplus that we could invest and get a higher rate of return.
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Avery is a d0uchebag. i'd like to see a goon beat the living hell out of him.
Depending on who wins, in the next round the Rangers could be playing Pittsburgh with Georges Laraque or Washington with Donald Brashear.
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Read one article that said Avery has also had a running commentary going with Brodeur about Marty's old divorce. Reminds me of Slap Shot when Paul Newman got a goalie mad by saying the goalie's wife liked women.
Also in the article:
The late Roger Neilson would devise ways to tiptoe around hockey norms if not the rule book -- while coaching in Peterborough he once used a defenseman instead of a goalie to challenge the surprised shooter on a penalty shot, and would tell his goalies to leave their sticks lying across the crease when he pulled them for an extra attacker -- and was subsequently hailed as an eccentric hockey genius, an impish man who knew how to think outside the box. When Avery pulls something unorthodox, he is excoriated as a scoundrel who deserves to be in the box.
I wonder why nobody's tried that, as the goalie is about to leave the ice for an extra attacker, he could break his stick and lay it in the crease to try to deflect any pucks shot on the ice. They couldn't give him a penalty because you have to drop your stick if it breaks.
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He's the kind of guy you hate unless he's on your team, then you love him. Remember when the Sabres had Matthew Barnaby, or Tie Domi for Toronto. They agitate and try to get the other team to think of them instead of the game. To a degree that's what Kaleta did this year with his checking, drawing alot of attention and getting some to take penalties.
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He said something like bitter people often cling to guns and religion, right? (Not sure anyone has the exact quote--seems like the two articles I read were paraphrasing.)
"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them…And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
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There is only room in my life for one Buffalo team to make me depressed.
Bring on the Bills talk!
F- Mama Pecararo!
Who's Mama Pecararo? I used to know a girl in grammer school with that last name.
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Powers Booth would make a good Cheney. His VP role on 24 was a takeoff of Cheney, and with some grey hair he could pull it off. And possibly Alec Baldwin for Rumsfeld.
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So even though Hillary has been preparing to run for President for her entire life, her campaign has been a disaster.
Yet somehow she's "ready to lead on day one."
Our current president has dispelled the theory that running a great campaign equates to being ready to lead and picking a competent staff as president.
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Yeah, cause we should aspire to have an Imus level uproar every time someone says anything remotely insulting to a politician or a bunch of ugly basketball players.
*Sniff**Sniff* Maybe if we hand her the Presidency her feelings won't be hurt any more.
I'm not saying we should, I'm pointing out the overreaction to one compared to the other, but both should be discouraged. Sexism is just considered acceptable by too many people, as evidenced by your last mysogynistic statement, among others.
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Finding NewMo
The Longest Day
Star Bores: Revenge of the Stiffs
Tight End of Days
Driving Me Crazy
Malcolm K
The Hunt for Red Zone in October
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Imagine the uproar if this woman had referred to Obama and Wright with the 'N' word. It would be the top story for the next month, like the Imus incident. There's too much tolerence for sexism in this country, and Hillary is target #1.
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Just a quick update. I got the RROD yesterday (hooray!) I called Microsoft and they're sending out a shipping box. Everything will be repaired free of charge.
I was never so happy to have something completely break down as I was when I saw those three glorious red rings.
Thanks to everyone that lent advice. This one's on me . . .
We got the RROD a while back. One thing to note is that if you send it back with the removable drive in it there's a chance you'll lose everything saved on it. They actually sent us a whole different unit.
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The Nutty Professor/Buddy Love (Jerry Lewis)
Tommy (Joe Pesci) - Goodfellas
Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)
Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) - The Grapes of Wrath
Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
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Do you know anything about this franchise, or are you just rambling on about a team that you know a little bit about?
Do some research before you make predictions about what needs to be done with this franchise. If you think we should get rid of Kalinin or Afinogenov, and we should keep Hecht and Lydman, than I suggest that you stop watching the games right now (or atleast stop commenting on them).
Yes, I think it would be a wise decision to dump Kalinin, that first round selection from a few years back, and a fan favorite and loyal player like Max Afinogenov. We should hold onto Toni Lydman who looks like he doesn't even know how to tie his own skates half the time as well as we should give Hecht Vanek money.
Now the only area that i agree with you is Miller's play, but once again, do some research, the Sabres have the number one goalie prospect in the AHL right now in Adam Dennis. As for stating that Miller had great defense the last two years is just ridiculous. The defense those years was some of the sloppiest defensive play i have ever seen. In the playoffs against the Ottawa Senators two years ago Miller faced an average of over 35 shots a game, most of which came on the rebounds that the defense did not clear out of the zone.
All in all, i see the Sabres making the playoffs next year if we add a scoring forward to the line up. Relying on Vanek is just not going to do it for this hockey club. And for Vanek's sake, let's hope that Tim Connolly remains injury free next season.
How can you criticize someone else's analysis when yours is so off base. Max and Kalinin are defensive liabilities who have had enough time to grow but have not done so, and the team would be better off using their high salaries on other players. Lydman and Hecht are two of the teams best defensive players, which is why they get so much ice time against the other teams top lines. Adam Dennis is an average goalie at best, I don't know where you get the idea he's the #1 AHL goalie prospect. He's not even the Sabres #1 prospect. That's Swedish goalie Jhonas Enroth. Connelly is a broken china doll, the limited time they get from him isn't worth the money or the roster spot.
The reality is that the Sabres let top players go even after they were getting the extra revenue from going deep into the playoffs the last couple of years, let alone try to sign top free agents. Now with no playoff revenue, the best we can hope for are new contracts for Pomminville and Miller, a restocking of a depleated minor league roster to build for the future, the addition of a couple of 3rd line players with some grit, and further growth of the core players.
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They're playing at the New York State Fair August 29. Tickets to the 7 p.m. show cost $65, $55 or $45. Admission to the fair is free with any grandstand ticket purchased before the day of the concert. The 2008 fair will run from Aug. 21 to Sept. 1.
Concert tickets may be purchased at any Ticketmaster outlet, or at the New York State Fair Box Office, which will be open from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday March 29. Sales at the box office will be CASH ONLY.
Tickets can also be bought online at Ticketmaster.com. You may also pay by phone by calling (315) 472-0700, (585) 232-1900, or (607) 722-7272. Sales will be limited to six tickets per person.
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Watch out PastaJoe!
Could your girl blow PA? A close race in PA--even if she wins--is bad news for her.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politi..._lead_na_1.html
Given that Obama is outspending her by 2-3 times in Penn., it's expected that the race would tighten. I realize that given the supression of the Florida and Michigan primaries, and superdelegates jumping on the bandwagon, the nomination is pretty much Obama's to lose. But as long as there's a chance, Hillary should stay in the race.
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Basing any weighted conclusion on the absolute 'worst case' is a logical hole. His assumption that seas might rise 10' - 20' is ludicrous.
How come we don't spend $10 trillion building a big space laser? The worst case results of an asteroid impact on earth would be way worse than global warming.
Astronomers have been tracking the larger asteroids for some time now, and can calculate ahead of time when one is on an impact trajectory, thus being able to more accurately predict if and when it will occur. And using mirrors to heat up an asteroid or ramming it with an unmanned spacecraft to change it's trajectory are the current preferred methods.
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn12...-asteroids.html
The issue of global warming and man's influence on it is less predictible since it's unprecedented, and therefore we have to assume some worst case scientific scenarios to side with caution. Better to do too much than too little.
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I saw a news story last week about the Creationist museum, where families take their kids to learn about the "facts" of creationist theory. It might be in Missouri. It showed a group of kids answering questions from a museum guide. "How do we know that the earth is 6,000 years old?", he asked. A kid answered, "Because the Bible says it was, and the Bible tells the truth". The museum has dioramas showing how humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. The curators were asked by the reporter about the fact that dinosaur and human remains have never been found at the same levels of excavated sediments. They replied that there are some facts that do conflict with creationism, but they don't dwell on them.
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Brian Moorman, Poz, Kyle Williams, Greer, and Peters.
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Just say no to QB, RB, OL, DE, LB, S. Say yes to DT or CB. Would prefer trade down if picking WR or TE.
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Now photographers are going to be competing to see who upsets Tiger enough to get hit with a club, so they can then sue him for millions. If a slight noise is such a distraction, I wonder why they haven't tried putting in earplugs when they swing.
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I'm suprised they didn't do the reverse and move the convention up earlier. How's McCain going to stay up that late?
Hillary is a hunter!
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Clinton recently touted her experience with guns as a young child. "You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl," Clinton said in Valparaiso, Indiana, on Saturday. "Some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It's part of culture. It's part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it's an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter."
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, plans to spend more than $1 million to air a television ad beginning this week urging Congress to close a loophole by forcing buyers at gun shows to undergo a federal background check.
The ad, which will air in Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, Maryland and Florida, features clips from all three major presidential candidates. "I'll be on your side for closing the gun show loophole," Clinton says. "Crack down on them. Close the gun show loopholes," Obama says. And McCain adds, "Convicted criminals have been able to buy and sell thousands of guns at gun shows because of a loophole in the law. Close the loophole."
"There is not a contradiction between protecting the Second Amendment rights of Americans and figuring out how we can keep, for example, assault weapons off the street," Clinton said on Saturday.
Clinton has been a supporter of gun control during her time in office. She voted for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban and voted for requiring extensive background checks at gun shows. She also supports licensing and registration of handguns, mandatory trigger locks for handguns, holding adults responsible for their children's use of guns, raising the youth handgun ban from age 18 to 21, limiting gun sales to one per month and allowing the Consumer Products Safety Commission to regulate guns.