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He made a great play on his first catch to prevent the Miami defender from taking it to the house. The defender was trying to cut in front of Evans, but he basically boxed him out and made the catch. On the deep toss, it appeared to me he did something similar; he adjusted his speed to ensure that only he would have a play on the ball--keeping the defender on his back, and I think it was partly why the PI occured (the defender didn't slow down). I wonder if he can teach Peerless those things....

Maybe someone who tapes the game can confirm this, but it seems to me most of the time I saw a strong play by the DTs, Williams was in there, not Anderson.

While the Fins had to play catch up toward the end, MM still would rather pass than run. Fins had 32 pass plays and 20 runs (4.6 ypc). MM played into the Bills' strength. This game didn't convince me that the Bills can stop the run, and that may be their Achilles Heel (sorry TKO) this year. On the plus side, what a fun team to watch. While some have raised valid concerns about JP and the offense, I believe the most important stat for this young qb to date is no turnovers in the two road games. I think it's premature to judge this offense (and qb) until we see how it does at home. Great job so far coach Jauron!

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Yes, I believe he was their oil minister in the 1970s, which is why he couldn't show up for guard duty.....

I wish our front office was as good as San Diego's over the past 5-6 years. Who is/was their GM....?

Which one of those presidents controlled OPEC?

\How would you know....?

Funny that you ask this question...

Oh boy...this ain't politics (or golf--the gentlemen's game); it's friggin football! Kudos to maybe the most intelligent coach in the NFL for using whatever "legal" means necessary to win.

Bin Laden's Bounce "However, there is one bright spot politically for the White House in its latest push on Iraq and national security. After months of party squabbling over everything from immigration to the federal budget, congressional Republicans, for the most part, seem to be on board with the White House’s attempt to make security and terrorism their primary platform heading into the midterms." Say it ain't so Karl...

How does this post relate to the one you responded to? As for gas prices, they're mainly responsive to demand because there is very little excess refining capacity in the US. One could argue that US oil companies like it that way.

Which is why my first sentence in the post you quote says "politicians will use fear." I totally agree with your statement though (paraphrasing)--if you believe only one party is capable of using fear for gain, you must believe in conspiracies....

What happens to "his presidency" if the dems gain control of the House? Based on your literal interpretation of that statement, I'm sure your answer is "he's still president;" however, he will be totally ineffective (that's assuming he was effective to begin with). In fact, the dems will push for investigations into quite a few potentially disasterous issues that the republicans have been sitting on. At any rate, I'm losing the battle. Everyone's arguments have completely supported the fact that only a conspiracist would believe that the republicans focus in the elections is fear....

Is it too difficult to believe that politicians will use fear of terrorism to their political advantage? While Bush is not up for re-election (gee, ya got me on that one), this election is about his administration's policies. Is he not in campaign mode right now? And what has been the focus of his speeches? By the way, of course it's an editorial. The point is, IT'S NOT A CONSPIRACY TO BELIEVE THAT THE FOCUS OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS FOR THE REPUBLICANS IS FEAR, AND TRYING TO CONVINCE THE ELECTORATE THAT REPUBLICANS WILL PROTECT US BETTER THAN DEMOCRATS. I suppose if you don't believe that, then you probably believe that Karl Rove is a man of principles....

I guess the Sydney Morning Herald believes in conspiracies too... Fear factor Bush has nothing else to run on. That's a fact.

Oops! those were supposed to be subliminal messages.... While I exaggerated the point, the terror alert seemed to be raised more often during the fall election cycle of 2004 than the rest of the year. About the only thing Bush has to run on is fear of terrorism. Do you believe politicians do not use fear to boost their chances of election or re-election? That's the hypothesis. It's not conspiracy; it's a political fact.

So true, republicans (swift boat) would never try to manipulate (terror alert) the public before an election (Al Queda video)...

I guess if you believe the Post piece, then you have to believe this piece, which is from one of the original sources of the post article. Plame's role at CIA

All I could think about watching this game was that Takeo Spikes is the source of the Bills' troubles...the jinx!

You're right, my favorite politician, that libertarian from Texas, Ron Paul said it. I love that guy.... The dollar's influence today, and its precarious status as reserve currency, has more to do with Asia's export-driven growth strategy (see the article Gavin linked to) than the petrodollar issue, though it will certainly speed the demise of the dollar as international reserve currency as Russia, Iran, et al, price oil in euros. I also believe the US (administration) is more interested in controlling access to oil than maintaining its price in $s. As for the euro, there is an increasing demand to hold non-dollars as reserves by central banks, and the euro is the only other (real) option until China opens up its financial markets.

Thanks. That's a good article.

Anyone who wants a copy, please give me an email address to send it to.

more crtics This was a letter that was supposedly published in several major American newspapers last week. Batiste isn't alone...

Thanks for remembering Chicot. If anyone is interested I wrote a paper on the topic and would be happy to send you a copy.