UConn James

Amen. Where would we have been the past few seasons if the Special Teams weren't as good as it is? 'Screwed' is the answer.

Well, it's not out of the question to cut firewood in summer. Campfires... storing up for winter... With energy costs the way they are, wood is going for ~ $220/cord in this area, and that'll only get higher once fall/winter hit. Even in Texas, it gets cold. Thing is, why the !@#$ didn't they invest in a woodsplitter? About $800 will get you a nice 8HP model from Harbor Freight (last I checked). Beats the crap out of splitting with an ax, I'll tell ya... safer too. Yeah, if it had been my finger that was hit, Luke would have needed about 40 stitches in his face.

So this morning, I was reading a magazine in the waiting room, I think it was Time (or maybe Newsweek?) from late June, and there was an article in there about the big prison breakout in Kandahar where ~ 1000 Taliban inmates escaped after a large suicide bomb and a convoy of minivans that shuttled the prisoners away. And I'm reading.... and up comes the detail that the seed of the escape happened when Terrorist A in the prison called Terrorist B on the outside, on his cellphone. Go on to read that about 700 prisoners in the compound were allowed to have cellphones, provided they were paid for by family members and they paid $100 to... whatever entity collected it (gee... what're the odds that this $ went straight into someone's pocket?). Reports were that the prison guards, over the period of a day of escaping/shuttling going on, had stripped off their uniforms and mingled in with the prisoners so as to avoid being killed. This is the crap about detention of Taliban/AQ prisoners that no one seems ready or willing to answer. Where do we put them, if not Gitmo? Above all, I want that question answered. Both candidates have said they will shut it down, w/o getting into details, as far as I've seen. Real-world question: Where do they go? To other countries where they will be released only to bomb again as was the impetus for the start of this thread? Or to other places where the security is, shall we say, less than adequate to defend against groups of people who have no hesitation to kill and be killed for their demented cause? Or where said security is waylaid by a little graft under the guise of 'prisoner rights to talk to their families' that enables communication/coordination b/w terrorists to take place? Perhaps this large escape is why we're having a difficult time of it in Afghanistan for the past few weeks now? Hmm? Maybe it says they had the right guys locked up? Where's the apologist schpiel, Steely? As well, to update the goings-on, many pretrial hearings were held in the last couple of months, and, as predicted, quickly turned into a 'I don't respect your authority/I will cut all your heads off, Allah willing' circus. How 'bout that?

I wonder if Ted f**ked DiPietro's wife. Or maybe DiPietro f**ked Nolan's wife. I dunno, but, someone must've f**ked someone's wife.

"Tightie whities are against the Geneva Convention!"

Well, Christ! That sounds like actual work and stuff.

Yep, for the second straight year, Miss USA landed on her heiney. Kind of metaphoric for what's happening in the world today, no?

Tho, if memory serves, he had communication with/worked out with the Ravens for a brief time after he announced his retirement at the field house. He was kind of handed his hat by Dan Henning (with tacit approval from Marv and Ralph) and I think it left a bad taste in his mouth, but it's probably something he and us fans shortly came to see as the right decision. It can be tough to hang 'em up. Granted, Kelly didn't try to hold the Bills hostage, as his contract was expired --- he was just moving on. That, and Favre's on-again/off-again retirement talk has to make everyone in Green Bay weary of his bs. Funny how someone who's so decisive on the field can be so indecisive off it. On Edit: Yep. NYT archive: Kelly Is Undecided On Return to N.F.L. NYT archive: Kelly Asks Ravens For 3-Year Contract

Right. When I heard the words, 'You're a Bills fan? I'm Kelly Holcomb's cousin!' I didn't jump bogart and lay in about talk of noodle arms and checkdowns. Instead, it was, "Oh, really. That's interesting" and then I started to carve the turkey. Even tho I was thinking to myself 'That's not something I would go bragging about.' Too bad some people's mothers didn't drive it in enough to show some class and when you can't say anything nice....

Either an early (before 10 a.m.) or a later mowing (~ 2 hours before sunset) is best for the grass --- doesn't subject it to mid-day heat stress which will require more water to keep it healthy. On weekends, as a courtesy, I don't mow before 9 a.m. Weekdays, 8 a.m.

I found out a couple of months ago that my brother's on-again/off-again girlfriend (baby-momma-to-be, actually) is a cousin of Kelly Holcomb.

Eddie might put the 'fat suit' down?!!? Say it ain't so! His best was Trading Places. Which is sad when you realize it's ~20 years old and he hasn't done anything worth a bucket of sh-- since. Then again, 90 percent of everything that's come out of Hollywood in the past 15 years is warmed-over dreck.

Welcome back the Prodigal Son. Give him a Bills hat, take him to a training camp session, sacrifice the fattened kielbasa and pour the Genny Cream Ale. Remember that the most fervent believers are often the sheep who were once lost. People, we aren't in a position to be turning away those who would support the team. I've brought a couple of soft-core Pats fans into the Bills fold and we're now Bills buddies. ... Just, watch him pretty closely for the next two seasons.

I don't think he was pointing out the Iraq and Afghanistan (BTW, GG, I don't think there's many congress-critters going back on the Afghanistan measure) war votes specifically. He was talking more generally about the deterioration of checks and balances that's been happening for some time now but just recently with this admin, it seems to have picked up pace: Signing statements that basically say whether or what parts of the bills this administration will go along with, the domestic spying ruckus... Patriot Act, FISA, giving telcoms immunity, etc. To say nothing about the use of torture. By and large, for most of this presidency, everyone was walking around in a daze after 9/11 and/or playing 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.' Talkin' both parties there b/c they'd all like to have more unconfronted power when they get the reigns. There's been a long line of Republican "I'm gonna do whatever I wanna do and nobody's gonna stop me." Dubya isn't the first. Crossing threads here, sorry, but where the Republicans (and, full disclosure, I'm on their lists; just haven't gotten hold of a change of registration card yet to go to Independent) went wrong has as much to do with lying about their intentions on the size/scope of govt they promise in election years (the fundamental part of being a fiscal conservative) as it is getting sidetracked with divisive, relatively petty social issues with the religious right. It's like they're 90 degrees off course, and no one in the boat who has access to the wheel can see they're going in the wrong direction... but it wouldn't matter anyway b/c the wheel is lashed. Now that they're committed, they have to go in that direction. Yeah, that's the biggest drawback. I give him some leeway in the 'I didn't know it'd be enforced/applied that way' mien, but anyone who wants to earn my vote (versus me holding my nose while I fill in the bubble) has to show forethought and great understanding of the short- and long-term consequences of his/her actions. That's probably asking for too much these days. All that being so, I'll take someone who only recently "got it" and 'flip-flopped' over people who I think are flat-out wrong.

Keep keepin' on keepin' on, Campy!

Right. It's not the witness on the stand who has to have no opinion and to refer to themselves in the third person.... Their testimony is what makes them an important part of determining the truth. It's the jury or the judge who has to sort out which combination of facts and personal testimony is right. I'd like to see witnesses sue in federal court all the way to the Supremes if need be and these judges punished for violating the First Amendment.

If the team cut him before camp, when they could have brought him in and still have been all right with the number of guys on the roster, that's a pretty good sign they don't intend to have him back. Maybe it was to give him a chance to see if he could catch on somewhere else, but with the FB position being what it is I wouldn't think that's likely. Just sayin'....

I think Eisenhower at least held the status quo, and managed to keep a lasting relative peace in tense times, not to mention the interstate highway system, which did more for commerce (and has done for 50 years now) than probably any other single Act of Congress. The age-old problem of getting sh-- from Point A to Point B efficiently and expeditiously had its seed in his military experience. Look at so many other countries even today that have no, inefficient, or crappy roads and their economies suck. On his social policy, that he 'didn't do enough' for civil rights well... it's probably best to view him as the first steps of the transition. It was as obvious as the sun that it wasn't his. The problem is the continual infringement of copyright law (which TBD could possibly be put in the crosshairs for if it happens in volume. I know Lori, bless her, often takes it on herself to police this on the main boards). Pasta Joe copies and pastes such that: 1) posters don't know what the source is to weigh its accuracy or have a chance to see if things were selectively edited (often the case with those who don't provide attribution). 2) The people/companies that originated the information don't get to profit from (or even get credit for) it by having people visit their sites. This is out-and-out theft of intellectual property. The cavalier attitude that this is 'just an internet message board, so it doesn't matter' sucks. This is such a waste that I'm actually spending time explaining this. Easier to just put him on Ignore.

Thinking about this a little more... JMac is from Arizona, which indicates he might lend some advice about real 'heat' BBQ. Obama is from Chi-town, so if you want basic brats and sausage know-how, he might be your man. All depends what kind of grilling you like. But if either of them wears a "Kiss the Cook" apron, this is a non-starter and Tony Purple Fingers shows them the door.

Yes, a typo is directly on par with plagiarism/nonattribution/copyright infringement. TBD Terms of Service. The last sentence of Paragraph the Fourth is the pertinent line: There. I just provided a link and quoted words that weren't mine. It can be done!

I personally know a guy who broke an ankle during Ranger training (who said that almost the whole group had injuries of varying degree b/c they were dropped from too low a height during a helicopter jump. He's trying to get another go at the Rangers now, about 3 years later. If you were rejected by both, your physicals must've been unacceptable. Military can't be rejecting everyone who's ever had a knee injury, especially now. If you can perform, they'll take you. I don't know what kind of consideration they'd make for Viti, too, b/c graduating from the academy, he is an officer. That's only if he was injured to some degree. From what I remember reading at the time, DJ said it wasn't serious.

There are vastly different qualifiers for injury affecting performance b/w the military and pro football. If you're functional in the military, you go, and this is a man who's made it this far with a supposedly bad knee from high school. I thought I read that Viti practiced after the injury and/or that DJ expected him not to miss much time. We also don't know whether the cut was due to injury, performance, his fit in the offense, or a combination. Weird, considering how Studesville was all glow-y about his guys just this week. Is there any chance that Viti asked to be released if his chances of making the team based on what coaches saw in OTAs weren't good, so he could rejoin his unit?

To be fair, JMac has arm problems (can't raise them very much due to his treatment in the HH) and would probably fumble all the burgers while I DJ on my outdoor sound system. The tapes of Obama playing basketball looks like he can handle tongs or a spatula with use... not to mention that tricky business of getting the chicken on the beer can.

Following all the to-do made about this after the draft about him cheating the system or some-such... he got a chance to compete at a professional level and not be penalized from a sports career for choosing the academy, which is what the Army's program is intended to do for the rare number of times it happens. Unless he signs with another team (seems pretty unlikely), this probably means he'll be going to Iraq in the near future. I wish him the best and to come home safely.

You're not hesitant to what? Not attribute words that you didn't write!!? I'm not attacking a messenger, and I'm saying this regardless of the subject (FYI - I've said this numerous times to people who post articles about the Bills w/o attribution). I'm attacking a plagiarizer. How !@#$ hard is it to provide a link above the article and put the pertinent info in quotes? And then you have the audacity to act like you're doing everyone a favor by omitting a link. Did SDS not make this simple enough to avoid copyright infringement (which is a crime)? Posters here always want a link. Doule U Tee Eff!! Are you new to TBD? Get a ing clue.