billsfan1959

Thanks. Left Buffalo when I was 18. Ended up in a job I truly enjoyed; however, there isn't big money in public service (unless your a politician ). I didn't get rich, but I made a good living and now I am retired and working for myself as a consultant. Cheers

How so? Serious question. Don't mean to get too personal or off track, just curious.

It must be all day recess with no supervision at preschool today...

What stopped you?

You fixed him....

That's not an answer. Please provide us the evidence of the Russian help you claim Trump received. The full power of the FBI couldn't find it. Mueller and an entire team of Democats couldn't find it. So, again, enlighten us.

No, it's not. The results speak for themselves. She lost to Trump. And that is why she cannot get over it. She feels entitled to the Presidency and any loss would eat away at her. But, to lose to Trump is something worse. She is trying to claim every reason possible (Russian collusion, etc) for the election to have been "stolen" from her, because, psychologically, she could never withstand the narcissistic injury of the truth: She was just an awful candidate.

Could you post larger pictures and font please?

Please, enlighten us

The truth is, Trump probably wouldn't have won if he didn't end up running against the one person in all of America that was disliked more than him. The Russian influence / help story is a joke.

Hey, could you tell us the one again where social distance violators are like Nazis exterminating the Jews? It sounded so believable the way you explained it. No, really....

I have never liked Trump - long before he became President, and I didn't even vote for him. So, how exactly does that make me a cult member? Calling anyone else a partisan hack is a joke: You are not interested in anything other than complaining, pointing fingers, and finding blame - preferably with Trump. You push the same points over and over that have been debated to death in this thread - to the point where there is no use in even trying with you any more. You are either too lazy to go back and read or you really have no interest in intellectually honest debate. My guess is you were around in the early part of this thread and this is just an alternate identity. As an aside: Given the quality of your posts, you shouldn't really question the intellectual capabilites of anyone else...

No the point is, when you compare someone violating social distancing to what the Nazis did to the Jews, you are insulting the memories of the victims that were singled out, tortured, terrorized, and murdered under that brutal regime. Do us a favor, why don't you contact a holocaust survivor and ask him / her if they feel the same way when they see someone violating social distancing as they did when they saw a Nazi..... If you find one that agrees with you I will apologize. Until then, why don't you just STFU about a topic of which you clearly are ignorant

You seem to have some sort of fascination with Nazis. Yet, by comparing someone who violates social distancing with the wholesale extermination of Jews, you seem to have absolutely no understanding of what transpired under the Nazi regime in regard to the intentional terrorization, torture, and murder of millions of people. Maybe you should read a history book or two....

No, it is not. Someone violating social distancing is not similar in any way to intentional ethnic cleansing and the wholesale slaughter of millions of people.

Because someone violating social distancing is the same as the torture and murder of millions of people under a deliberate, systematic genocide

People don't expect the government to bail them out if they make bad investments. They expect the government to help them when the government takes their job away from them or forces them to close their businesses. Your lack of fundamental cognitive processing is almost stunning for a living, breathing, adult....

I have no problem with an article being emotive either, as long as it is not being used in a disingenuous way. Always respect your opinions, Gunner. As, for me, I suspect Graham was more interested in shaping a narrative. Cheers

This is precisely the point that concerns be about Grahams' objectivity. His lead in to the employee comments ended with, "Pegula, current and former employees say, explained that return on investment included maintaining the family’s lifestyle." Then, one of the very first quotes he uses is, "What that told me, is I’m getting laid off before they cancel that family trip to Tahiti.” You said you were a former journalist, so I am sure you understand about setting a tone. Graham creates an emotional tone at the beginning of this article and it is about changes in the organization that are taking away jobs so that the Pegulas can live their lavish lifestyle. And just for good measure, at the end of the comments by employees, Graham gratuitously throws in, "Terry and Kim Pegula, meanwhile, have paused construction of their new superyacht in Amsterdam." This statement has absolutely no relevance to what is taking place inside the organization - unless it is to reafirm that this is about the Pegulas' self-indulgences at the expense of jobs for the common, everyday worker. All of the actions described can be true. However, it is my suspicion that Graham's article is more about shaping the narrative and motivations. Grahams' history is enough to raise that suspicion.

Like most posters here, I don't know either the Pegulas or Tim Graham personally. I have however, been an avid fan of this team for many years and have observed Graham in many interactions with team personnel, fans, and others. I have also had the opportunity to observe the Pegulas over the last five years. The Pegulas have, at times, seemed naive, over their heads, and slow to put the right people in decision making roles. However, I have never observed anything that makes me question their hearts - in regard to building strong competive teams fans can be proud of. Graham, on the other hand, has shown himself, time and again, to be as self absorbed and narcissitically thin skinned as they come, to catalogue and store away every slight or criticism directed at him, and to have no qualms using his profession as a means to act on personal grudges. I read the article and this is just my opinion, but I think, while many of the concerns may be legitimate, Graham made a conscious effort to portray his article through the lens of greedy billionaires living a life of luxury at the expense of the common working man. It is throughout the entire artice, sometimes subtle and sometimes not so subtle. I am grateful that the Pegulas kept the Bills in Buffalo and they have done some very good things. I also believe they have made their fair share (or more) of mistakes and I have no issue with anyone questioning or criticizing actions they take if they do so in a legitimate way. I feel Graham showed a decided bias in his article and, while there may be truth in some of the issues he talked about, I am suspect of whether it was the real truth or Graham's truth. There is a difference. Edit: And I don't think this is going to affect the culture McDermott and Beane have created with the Bills.

Maybe jrober38 could just combine his Josh Allen and coronavirus posts into one that would go something like this: We need to keep everyone home during the Bills' football games because Josh Allen is so inaccurate, he will kill millions of fans with errant overthrows....

You have absolutely no way of knowing what this number is until you know the total number of people who have actually been infected.

Right, and then, if you use the standard jrober38 viral death logarithm, everyone in Texas should be dead by early next week...