Terry Tate

I understand the line of reasoning, but I would probably characterize it as common rather than traditional. One of the original associate justices was actually nominated for CJ, but was never confirmed. To support the theory, there have been only three sitting associate justices elevated to CJ: Edward White (1910-1921), Harlan Stone (1941-1946), and William Rehnquist (1986-2005). Charles Hughes served as an associate, resigned, and was later nominated as CJ (1930-1941). So three out of sixteen. Four if you count Charles Hughes.

On the upside, it's gotta be eating up Charles Manson to be missing all this.

More to the point, NO is still part of this country, and no one is fleeing across international borders to avoid persecution. If that caught your eye, I have a better one for you. The misuse of "refugee" is not quite as bad as the anchor I heard refer to armed thugs looting the city of NO as "rebel forces, if you will". Honestly, if I were the producer, I would have replaced her at the next commercial break (only to avoid a scene on camera).

I think glass-half-empty folks are already doing what makes them happy. You can always ignore them. They'll identify each other, and commiserate about how all the hopeful outlookers are idiots and they're the smartest guys in the room. Not the way I like to go about things, but it apparently works for some.

Bush should've hired someone with experience in directing a federal government organization that has dealt with a cat 4 hurricance followed by a levee break and flood of an entire city. Idiot.

Roberts is stupid. Let's throw rocks at him. BTW, I'm a genius. Really.

Guy who wears makeup on TV. It's the in thing now; everyone's doing it. Best place to get your news, ever. I guess Keith got his resume in ahead of the other 400 sportscasters who apply for every anchor job, and didn't have to go the "human windsock" route of the rest of the "journalist/reporters", getting his "street cred" by getting his hair done and standing in front of the camera in a khaki shirt with epulets.

I really hate the rule that doesn't let the Bills game plan for the other teams. It's so unfair. They don't stand a chance.

Two words for all the doomsayers - don't watch.

AAAAAAAAH! Sorry. Involuntary reaction. Carry on.

Good job. I want to state it again here - someone mentioned looking into making donations through your employer, as many of them match either a portion, in whole, or exceed employee charitable donations. And cash donations are in no way a small thing. Everyone's situation is different; time to just do what you can.

Thank you. Can't be said enough. If anyone knows of any other useful contributions we can make besides immediate cash donations to the Red Cross, I would find that a lot more useful right now than the Monday Morning QB'ing going on. Money. Food drives. Cash. Blood drives. Someone mentioned donating through employers that match funds - one of the best posts this week - forgot all about that aspect.

A guy who wears makeup on TV sensationalizing a tragedy. Never saw that coming.

May God bless you and yours. Thank your wife for us, and thank you for supporting her. The only support I can offer right now is to contribute what I can afford to the Red Cross to help pay for efforts like this. Families like yours are what make communities and our nation great.

I propose establishing a "Camp Stadium Wall" outside the White House. We stay until the President and his cabinet meet with us personally and answer the question of why aren't they dropping water out of planes. Meet you there. I'm gonna have to stop and buy gas first.

Not sure which one you're looking for. I don't know if Venice Beach has a paper. Here's one from the Santa Monica Mirror. USA Today's story was pretty good, too.

A guy who gets paid to wear makeup on TV sensationalizing a tragedy. Never saw that coming.

And add the "sent from a friend of a friend" at the beginning, and I guess I can see your guys' point, but it didn't occur to me until it was brought up. But for all the bad news in the aftermath (looters), I don't doubt there are some heroes in the making down there too. There always are.

Actually, the ratings numbers they give each team mean the 'smart' money - that is, the safest bet is first on the Patriots, then Jets before the Bills to win the division. The point they make is the Bills bet is a good small money additional bet, because they feel the payoff far exceeds the risk. Those gambling sites are ridiculous anyway. You ever see their commercials with the guy yelling "LEAD PIPE CINCH!" or "THIS WEEK'S LOCK!". The goal is to generate action. Of course, I may still visit a sports book this weekend...

Forget the BBQ grills down south. Everyone should cook on woodstoves inside the house when a hurricane knocks out power in August.

Since it's on people's minds this week, depending on where you live, courtesy of the American Red Cross, how to prepare for and/or what to do in case of: Blackouts Chemical Emergencies Drought Earthquakes Fires Floods Heat Waves Hurricanes Mudslides Terrorism Thunderstorms Tornados Tsunami Volcano Wildfires Winter Storms And a big list of different sources' survival kits compiled by Captain Dave.

Baxter, is that you? Bark twice if you're in Milwaukee.

What can I tell you, when you need to kill an enemy and destroy all his stuff it's pretty useful to know where to find him, what he's doing, how many are with him, what equipment they have, what their plans are - little things like that. If you'd rather do without that, I guess we can just give everyone a rifle and get someone to sound a bugle. I'm a good shot with a rifle, but I guarantee you there's a lot more dead terrorists because of what I did than I ever would've gotten with my trigger finger.

I prefer Conan the librarian.

LOL, until a year ago I spent my entire adult life defending our freedoms against all enemies. I plan on exercising my freedoms however I see fit for the rest of mine, with no apologies. If it makes it any better, I recently no longer have a need for a pickup, so I'll probably sell it and buy a motorcycle or a compact - which I would drive with the windows down and the A/C on full blast. Because that's how I roll. I'll buy a hybrid when they've been around long enough to get a good deal on a used one. I think new is for people who have money and suckers who want everyone to think they do. I don't fit either category. The window / A/C debate always amuses me - it's an old comedy routine standard. I thought I'd throw my comments for fun.