dayman

If Obama were a man he would stand up to his advisers, political and military, and just tell everyone he's not going to give the go on this one unless the rest of the world does as well. Tell Kerry he can lead the charge to rally the world as hard as he wants, and that he will help as well...but do not do any war activities at all in conflicts like this unless everyone else muddies their hands as well. World leadership is for suckers. It's about time our President acted as if he realized that. ...now...that is what part of me things...but the other part thinks.... How is this all that different from drones? I don't have a huge problem with drones...if there are these crazy terrorist organizations and we spy well enough to basically know where they are why don't we just blow them up like a video game? Well...this...if we do in fact have an interest in this no chemical-weapons policy and we can fire a few missiles to hurt Assad for using them then why not? ...first paragraph wins out...but it is a closer debate than I would like to admit...and really the only kicker is I don't trust us to execute well I would expect problems and blowback...

Just do nothing. Announce that we don't care. Let Assad gas his people all he wants. Nobody in this country cares enough to get involved in this nonsense anymore. That area of the world is literally hell on Earth. Let them have their hellish life.

This seasons is going to be an utter disaster. Just get rid of Byrd I'm sick of that ass being on this team. Seriously...if you are a whiny baby then just leave. He's overrated anyway.

Sign all the CBs! All of them!

Have 16 regular season games (that is plenty) and just eliminate the preseason. Teams should scrimmage in crazy places like local highschools or something to test their rookies .... IMO there is absolutely 0 point for veterans to play a single live snap of this game that doesn't count. Of course...preseason makes the NFL free money so it won't happen.

True. That's what we need to do. Ultimatums.

What is your point? They can get on a plane at any point they want and fly back in. "Oh...we're not in session...if we were we would weigh in on this really important issue that may or may not bring the nation into a war but sorry we're on vacation."

culture war! smushmortion! life! death! woo! Who, at this point, is not sick of abortion debate? This story is about some crazy women who had a baby in a bathroom and put it in the toilet tank.

Congress won't debate this b/c they are cowards. It is fiction that--as a body--they want to be responsible for this type of decision. Obama is also a coward b/c he won't just come out and say it isn't our problem Bottom line, if we had any brains or leadership (in any body of government) we would just say "no UN action? then that is it." Partisan hacks will drum up this whole "we need to flex to show power" angle..which means nothing more than "we need to be stupid b/c that's our usual policy."

define "sizable contingency"

I have been told--never done this myself--that once you take a big breath of water in you are almost instantly unconscious. So...IDK I think struggling for air is bad but the actual act of drowning once you start is apparently really quick. Big breath, blackness, then your brain dies.

Looks like someone leaked our playbook.

If he lights it up why shouldn't we? A veteran, high pick in the draft, lights it up ... or Jeff Tuel? Would this be a hard choice? We're talking week 1.

It is known that Byrd will not play here after this year. Trade him for something right now. Stop getting nothing. We should have done this when before the deadline last season when we were dead already.

Man, I remember back when self-declared Libertarian wise-men used to be the party of no needless regulation on life. Now their just the party of needless regulation citing opinion poles and not evidence. Voter impersonation is not real. Regardless of what you want to say about the law, that will not change the fact that it is needless.

As far as I know Kolb has enough money. If he has concussion problems (as is evident) he should retire. There is no point. He's young and wealthy. Move on from football. He's already "won" in the sense of the making the money. As for the love of the game, it is just a game. His brain is more important.

Of course it isn't a big deal. The point is that voting should be more accessible not less, over time. Military =/= Voting btw. Things people in the service have to do is in no way analogous to what average joe should have to do to exercise his right to vote. The only reason voting should take any sort of registration or identification at all is to make it secure. There is no evidence elections have been compromised in any meaningful way by voter impersonation anywhere. I don't know why you guys can't just think logically about this one. Brainwash city. This isn't that hard of a thing to wrap your mind around. Your literally arguing for additional, unnecessary regulations. How is this conservative?

I just didn't realize that Americans voting and thus playing some small role in governing themselves was a premise that I needed to back with a mountain of support.

Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 3m Matt Leinart is signing with the Bills.

Now now, McKelvin is useful to have. There's good and bad with him, but we might as well have kept him.

LOL. Well you don't know me Rob. Sorry your are such a pessimist.

No way we will sniff that. Jags will probably get him.

Agreed. Lawson played well today

Please define the problem for me then.

It is preseason .... sky is falling .... no-fun crowd is no fun .... shut up ... why are you here ... blah blah .... why watch the Bills if that is your attitude ... you are wrong these guys will play better ... coaches put players in difficult spots on purpose in preseason .... etc etc ... (there--we got that out of the way). The bottom line that any rational Bills fan should understand (and I do believe Bills FANS should be able to be rational on this board) is that nobody in their right mind should believe this defense will be good until they see it at this point. Defensive line doesn't play the way it looks on paper consistently. LB crew is terrible. And DBs are barely a notch better than LBs. Additionally, we have no QB at this point other than the hope that EJ will get it done. There is a strong likelihood that between the offensive line, QB situation, and WR corp....that offense will be inconsistent at best, if healthy, and terrible if even a few injuries happen. IF....EJ ends up being awesome....we may be able to do something. IF that happens...we probably win 9 games (looking at the schedule now) and end up missing the playoffs. That would be an amazing season and I would love it if that became reality. But the best case scenario never becomes reality. So what is the point of this topic? No point. Other than to just say that all signs point to another 5-7 win season ... which is fine b/c nobody on this board is here b/c we are front runners. But all in all ... it is time to get our heads straight since the season is about to start. No sky is falling threads once the season actually starts b/c we all know what is coming deep down. Unless EJ lifts us to the heavens (which will almost definitely not happen based on his college career) ... it is the sameoldbills. Go Bills. Lets enjoy the season, and be happy to root for this average at best team yet again. PS: Preseason means nothing ... but the players you know you have do.