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Yeah, that is always weird when you get to the point when you are the same age, or older than the players. I remember being at a Sabres game once, early 80's. Tom Barrasso was havng one of his moody periods, rumors that he wanted out of Buffalo...he wasn't playing great. Sitting up in the oranges at the Aud...some in the crowd (not me) start chanting "Asso...Asso...Asso". It was mildly amusing for a second, til I look at the program and see that Tom is only about 1 week younger than me. Not sure why, but it changed my perception of sports some.

Honestly, that is exactly how my obsession with the highlight reels started. When I was in 3rd grade (maybe 4th), Jim Braxton came to our school, and after a little pep talk to the students, they showed the highlight reel from the previous season. It was after OJ had broke the record, it was either before the 1974 or 1975 season. They brought them around other years too, though that was the only time a Bills player came along with the presentation. I still get nostolgic for stuff like that. We were lucky in that regards...we also had assemblies with Bob Kaufman, Ernie D, and Ted Darling in grammer school...Jerry Butler in Jr. High. I was the dorky kid who always got excited by stuff like that. Nice score on the media guide. I have some old ones, but I think the oldest is from 1968. What I always loved about that early 60's stuff (media guides, trading cards) is you would see the players personal details and it would say things like : Lives In: Cheektowaga, or Tonawanda. Instead of Buffalo. It kinda personalized things more.

Was this in Orchard Park?

Wow!

He's already being hailed as a patriot and hero by the most extreme right wingers. Perhaps he will be a speaker at the 2024 RNC.

And statistically, if he is white and resists, his chance of being shot drop even further.

Eh...I am too much of a luddite when it comes to stuff like that. I love sharing though! I have so much cool stuff, spanning the entire history of the team. If anyone is interested, PM me. I am good at putting most things on DVD. No charge...other than postage.

Nothing is what it used to be.

I have everyone of these on DVD, going back to 1960...I was really sad to think they weren't doing one this fugged up year!

Thans for the info! I have been recording these forever, I was wondering if there would be one this year. Just set my DVR!

I know, or work with 4 different people who have had COVID related deaths in their family. All were under 65. We all know that underlying conditions likely contributed to those deaths, but the majority of Americans have those underlying conditions.

You missed my point completely, on the kneeling athletes...there seems to be no way to argue this one with any nuance. Or maybe just my poor wrting skills, are not making my point clear. I will say though, If you are correct, what does it say about all of the people who stedafastly take the sides of the cops in this instance? We live in a society where "normal. mature, well adjusted adults" are in short supply. I undedrstand what you are saying in regards "qualfied immunity". It seems that perhaps it doesn't need to eliminatied, but a stricter adherence to it's original intent needs to be adhered too.

I believe you, but I am fairly certain the creators of the Trump War Room are Republican...if not worse!

See that's the problem. You want to immediately make it an issue of politicians, glossing over the police responsibilty in these situations. Lori Lightfoot has been the mayor of Chicago for a year...did she go in and tell Chicago police to treat minorites worse than they would treat other suspects? Did she start this? Of course not. It has been going on for decades. I hate saying it sometimes, but my late father, a police officer, recognized that there was a fundamental problem with police training goinig all the way back to the early 80's. Honestly, I don't know exactly where Lightfoot stands each point of this complex situation, but I assume she, like others, is for ending police immunity. If you really want to change the situation, that is a good place to start. That is not saying that all police are bad, but it gives us the chance of getting those who are bad, off the force. Nothing. If somebody says Blue Lives Matter, and somebody responds All Lives Matter, what happens?

Might it be the economy?

It took the Floyd video to convince "99%" that what happened was wrong. If that was an isolated incident, you might have a point. But it isn't an isolated incident. Athletes have been taking a knee for 4 years now, to bring attention to police brutality in their communities. There were countless incidents before this one, and there have been many since. Is it possible that "99%" agree what happened was wrong, was the result of the ongoing attention the kneeling protest brought to the topic? Their intent wasn't to "smear the whole country", it never was. If you feel smeared by it, that is you. It was never to disrespect the military. Many of the guys kneeling have family that serve. Their intent was to bring attention, and put some pressure on the powers that be, to recognize this issue. I'd say they have been very successful with that. But they want equal treatment, not your sympathy. You aren't the center of the universe...

This may be one of the most ignorant takes I have seen on this topic.

Republicans aren't particularly good at humor, are they?

I would put money on the RNC ratings being higher than the DNC. The RNC is geared to an older demographic, they aren't as likely to be watching on other platforms. The better gauge might be the number of donations each party receives Most people have known for at least 3 years who they are voting for in 2020.

Right before that, he tossed his autographed copy of "Mein Kampf" that Steverino gave him for Beer Hall Putsch remembrance day.

Gee....if Stephen Green wasn't impressed

As a liberal, even I can't stand Andrea Mithchell Our current prez has his lunch stolen from him on a regular basis. Ply him with compliments, and he is puddy in their hands.

Pretty impressive list in my opinion. But even beyond the draft, I think people forget (or maybe too young to remember) how poorly run the franchise was between Chuck Knox leaving, and Polian getting the GM job. Ralph was still "carpetbagger" Ralph at that point. Polian had to work around that, found good people at cut rate, and knew personel as well as anyone at that time. He did a very respectable job with the Panthers too. Having Manning when he was in Indy may have covered up for some poor rosters.

You have two ***** plays to get 5 yards and you win the game...just give the ball to Mashawn...not quite the Peter Carroll Super Bowl brain fart, but my blood still boils when I think about it.

Biden nailed it....