PastaJoe
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Forget Terrell, somebody ahead of me in the waivers requested him. What about Gabriel or Whitted from the Raiders, do you think these guys will be regular contributors?
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Just don't let him push in your stool.
I hope you meant the kind you sit on in a bar.
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Once again, you speak in nothing more than soundbytes - showing your ignorance.
Ditto to you. Democrats want to review the Patriot Act and keep the sunset clause so it can be reviewed, Republicans want to make it permanent as is. Kerry is against a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and thinks it's a states-right issue, Bush wants a constitutional amendment to ban it. Conservatives want to prevent abortion even if the life of the mother is endangered, and oppose funding stem-cell research on embryos that will otherwise be thrown away.
Back to the topic, so I am left to conclude that you and others are not willing to work towards a compromise on guns as I am, and once again you demonstrate why this country is so divided, because so many are stuck in their extremist positions.
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yes, the new sensitive bomb...coming to a war zone near you soon.
I believe it was already used in Iraq by Bush, when he said that we have to be sensitive to the concerns of Muslims when we held back from attacking al-Sadr's forces in the mosque.
If you turn off the audio, the casual observer couldn't tell the difference between Iraq and the West Bank or Gaza strip. Continued mayhem and unrest with violence creating more violence with no end in sight.
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It's a strange alliance between the people who say they need guns in case the government tries to restrict our rights, and the politicians who are most likely to restrict our rights. It's the conservatives in government who want to restrict rights and have more government oversight of our lives, whether it be the current Patriot Act, restricting free speech on the tv and radio, restricting abortion rights, or banning marriage to some.
I'll say again that I think there is a reasonable compromise that can be made. People should be able to own hunting rifles, shotguns, and small clip pistols, but there is no need for offensive assault weapons. I would leave it to the weapon experts from both sides of the debate to define what should be catagorized as an assault weapon whose primary purpose is to inflict casualties. The extremists from both sides should not be allowed to drive the legislation.
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I've always wondered, wouldn't the best kicker in the CFL be better than the worst kickers in the NFL? Especially for a team like Buffalo that plays in bad weather. Anyone have some knowledge on that, and can an NFL team sign a CFL player who is currently playing?
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I have to put Charles Rogers on IR. The best available replacements are David Terrell, Antonio Gates (TE play as WR), Reche Caldwell, or Ashley Lelie. Yardage points don't start until after 100 yards. Which would you choose?
My other WRs are Joe Horn, Isaac Bruce, Amani Toomer, and Drew Bennett, so I'm not desperate.
While I'm at it, I have RBs Sean Alexander, Dominick Davis, Charlie Garner, and Lamont Jordan. Should I drop Jordan for Maurice Morris as insurance, or stick with what I have for now?
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There have been attempts by the Democrats to tighten the loopholes and extend the ban, but unfortunately the Republicans block such legislation from even coming up for a vote. Bush says he would sign a renewal of the existing ban if Congress sent it to him, but won't use the bully pulpit, like Kerry did today, to call for Congress to do so. Bush shows no leadership on the issue. Either say you're for it and push Congress to extend it, or say you're against it and take the political hit from the soccer moms.
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If you believe that the law was ineffective and full of loopholes, then why not call for it to be amended and corrected, instead of celebrating throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I'll side with the majority of police officers over the NRA and continue to support a ban on such weapons. Just another reason to vote out the current administration and Congress.
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One minor action that had a big impact was Fletcher's dumb move of kicking the ball after the Jimmy Smith catch, which resulted in a penalty which stopped the clock. If he didn't do that, at least 10 seconds would have come off the clock as the players lined up, and the Jags would have had at least 2 less plays at the end. A dumb move by a veteran.
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If you want to curb illegal gun violence...make mandatory jail sentances and stick to them
If someone uses an offensive assault weapon, which these are, to kill a number of people, putting them in jail after the fact doesn't bring the victims back. If you make it illegal to possess such weapons and large clips, then they couldn't commit the widespread assault in the first place. Then if anyone uses an assault weapon that kills anyone, give them the death penalty. If the law has too many loopholes, then don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, close the loopholes. I would never own a gun, but I also recognize that we all have to compromise, so I would not call for a ban of shotguns or pistols with small clips, but in my opinion there is no good reason for a civilian to own an offensive assault weapon.
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The Illegal Formation rule in football. You should be allowed to line your team up any way you like, as long as they're onsides. If they want to line the whole team up to the right of the center, or have all the receivers 5 yards off the line, so what. It's a petty rule.
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Must be nice to know that your guy is the one terrorist nations want to win.
If we look at the real facts, it's obvious that the terrorists want Bush to win, he's been great for their causes. They've had their greatest successes since he took office, both attacking in the U.S. with 3000 dead and in the world, they have found a new haven and plenty of new recruits in Iraq thanks to Bush's decision to invade and occupy with over 10,000 Iraqis killed and continued anarchy, the U.S. surplus has been drained by $200 billion, we have over 1000 dead and 7000 wounded soldiers, our country is divided as it hasn't been since Vietnam, they continue to gain a new generation of recruits among Palestinians and Muslims due to the lack of progress on a Palestinian state and the U.S. giving silent approval to Sharon's tactics, and Afganistan is once again turning into a haven where the warlords rule, and poppy production which is used to make heroin and finance terrorism is greater than when the Taliban was in charge. Why would any terrorists want to change that situation? Kerry couldn't give the terrorists a better situation even if he wanted to.
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Because they wern't that serious and there was nothing to see, is mine.
Are you under the impression that there was a camera crew following Kerry around? Why would anyone take film of their wounds? If he did so his detractors would be saying he joined and got injured to advance his political career. There was one wacko on Hardball a couple of weeks ago that was even speculating without proof that he shot himself to create the wounds. Who ever heard of someone deliberately filming their combat wounds?
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the only thing I can say to you is "its not the same issue".
Thanks for proving my point.
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That's exactly what you libs want to do in the war on terror- retreat and surrender!
Of course Republicans have a monopoly on patriotism and defending Americans. Fortunately the 3000 dead in NYC and the 1000+ dead in Iraq are just media generated fiction, because the Repubicans would never allow so many Americans to be killed. Great job, you've convinced me Bush has made us safer.
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250 Swifties can't be wrong about everything
No, but they can be wrong on the specific charges they've made that contradict the eyewitness accounts of those who served ON THE SAME BOAT as Kerry and WHO WERE SAVED by Kerry, as opposed to those who "served with Kerry" by just being in Vietnam at the same time.
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That's perfect, and unfortunately so true. I raise similar points when debating religious conservatives who support Bush, and they usually will respond with, "It's not the same issue". Isn't it?
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Some of the film may have been taken with his camera, but obviously someone else would have to take it, just as he would run a buddies camera for someone else. The film of Kerry just shows him walking around anyhow, so I don't see what there would be to reenact. I've only seen a few seconds of it ever shown on tv, and there's no action sequences.
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Camcorders weren't invented yet. 8mm cameras that could record a couple minutes of pictures on a reel were commonly used back then. Many Americans had them. My family still has old film of family picnics. Alot of the soldiers took them to Vietnam to record their experiences. I wouldn't expect that someone would be thinking of using it when they are in an active firefight or when they get wounded. All the tape you see of Kerry were taken by others and given to him.
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am willing to bet that those numbers are accurate and that 99% of Iraqis are HAPPY we're there.
And you're content to get your information from the government? No bias there. The last poll taken in Iraq showed that a majority of Iraqis viewed the U.S. as occupiers and wanted us out, as does the majority of the Muslim world, where the new recruits are coming from. It's naive to think that that recruitment will drop off or stop if or when we find out where OBL is.
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Yeah but OBL is the inspiration
He was the inspiration a couple years ago, but now the inspiration is the occupation of Iraq.
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I went to a Support the Troop rally last month and donated supplies. It was a good lesson for my son to show him you can support the troops and be patriotic while opposing the president's policies. But at the same time I felt embarrassed that it requires private donations to keep our troops adequately supplied.
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No question, go with Fred Taylor. He's going to give the Bill's LBs trouble.
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Given a choice I'd start Bruce and trade Jackson. Any chance of dropping Morris and picking up someone off waivers for the bye week? If Henry gets hurt you're gonna be sunk, but if you keep Dillon and he gets hurt you at least have Faulk to carry on with as his replacement. I wouldn't do it.