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And for the last 10 years it's been, "Ooooooh! Wide receivers! Safties! Offensive styles that don't suit our personnel or climate!.... Shiny!" Marv had better hope this position-shift works and ADDRESS THE LINES this offseason or the "Angry Crowd" who posts here will be forming outside his office.

I believe the connection is.... [clears throat].... KerryBad! Even for something he, as a theoretical president, or anyone else outside of the Iraqi judicial system, has no political or sovereign control over.

It is the Iraqis who are conducting the trial. From the moment when the soldier took a step and heard a scrape rather than a crunch, this outcome was a certainty, Kerry or no Kerry. And it happened ~ a year before the election. What's your point, Vanessa?

I dunno. Word around here is high on Maroney. Dillon's role is getting to be like how Thurman was used when Antowain Smith came in. Still contributes, but.... For this week, I'd take Willis.

Who needs your facts, sir!? Don't you know, VF is writing things that don't show the admin in the best light, even with their nacissent supporters, who are now throwing Bush, Rummy and Co. under the bus in said magazine. Ergo, VF must be ridiculed. What did you expect from the pile-on group here on PPP? You need to set your standard of discourse much lower.

When I bend down, my knees often sound like shotgun blasts. I'd probably be up on murder charges in their Universe.

Don't we already have a surfeit of safeties? They're trying to fit Bowen into the picture now that he's recovered. Same as when he was first cut, there just doesn't seem to be a spot to put him. I liked his hard-hitting style, but teams don't generally do this kind of re-signing, barring holes created by injuries.

Uhh... actually, Vanity Fair is a long-time literary mag. How you say you read Playboy for the articles, VF just has the articles. If you don't like what it says, if you don't like what the Righties themselves are saying.... Oh wait. Reconciling the failure of core beliefs is hard. It's easier to just make jokes. No brain required.

Why the !@#$ do you have a Kansas-size boner for these "great players" like Nate Clements and T.O.? B/c you've heard their names? We need these guys making $10M/yr on our cap and delivering some pretty unspectacular performances? Newsflash, the TEAM is what is important. 53 guys need to play together. Not two guys who are self-proclaimed M-F'in' PLAYMAKERS and 51 scrubs. It is not T.O. who "wins games." It is not Nate who "wins games" for us. The team is a dynamic, that when you add in personalities who think they're beyond the game and above the team, you ruin that dynamic. You just don't get it, do you?

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --- James Madison Yes it is where we are headed. Get ready for more chips to be knocked off by the pols. B/c they know the American people are equal parts too busy to care and very easy to manipulate with scare tactics.

What a tease!

So.... how much longer does McNally have? Vinklarek had 2 years before Greggggg had to let him go. Per Glanville's oft-repeated saying, the NFL means 'Not For Long' when your unit is not getting the job done, whether it's your 'fault' or not. Like I said, if things don't start turning around, JM might be looking for the door himself. Did the same w/ the Giants after they decimated the OL that got them to the SB in 2000. When is his contract up?

Most anytime you hear someone moralizing with vigor, bear in mind the axiom that "We hate about others what we hate most about ourselves.' The louder they shout, the more hypocritical they are.

My mental image upon reading this line is Richard III saying, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!!"

!@#$ YEAH! Anybody wanna say Big (L)east NOW?!?!? Huh? HUH?!! Didn't think so. May Miami and BC's administrators' armpits and pubic areas be infested by the fleas of a thousand camels!

Ditto. And I'd think the feeling may be mutual. For some reason, McNally hasn't found success here in his hometown area. If it doesn't get better --- and even if it does --- look for an amicable parting this offseason.

Really? How is this explained vis-a-vis the pilot? And Kelvin --- what was the success of his 'therapy'? That's something I wondered about too. Maybe the writers are just offing the characters who get arrested for DUI in Hawaii, one by one....

A little from Column A, a little from Column B. That theory page went a little over my head. I don't see how anyone can go making those kinds of predictions, nor why they bother. It's a TeeVee show. Watch. Discuss what has happened if you want --- I sure do --- but trying to sum up the entire arch of the show.... it's like people saying that they think, for sure, Harry Potter is going to die in the final book (and in terms of where Lost is, saying this four books ago). There's not really a point to discuss something that hasn't happened yet. And also, if it is right, they just ruined it for everyone. ...I hate it when people just can't be satisfied unless they know everything now, now, now. They should find a different show. And that's all I got to say about that. So tonight.... Wow. Continuing this season's theme of showing the darker sides of the people we came to know and like. The monster reappears. And can we assume that it is what assumes the form of other characters --- specifically, Christian Shepard when Jack saw him in 'White Rabbit'? Will he be back? It also seems that it appears to different people in different ways, as Locke said it was a beautiful light. As to Eko's story, some things to point out.... 1) When he was at the streamside, I knew this was what he would do.... as he drank the water, he brought it up to his mouth as he was looking around. It's a story in the Bible about an army of Israelites who drank at a river and those who put their faces directly in the water were killed; those who did as Eko were saved.... Goes into being aware of your surroundings. 2) The stone at the entrance to the plane... metaphor for the stone at the entrance of Jesus' tomb? 3) We also now know why Eko started building the church. He "owed Yemi" one. I thought those last words would be something about finishing it. In the Jack storyline, there's a powerplay in the Others' camp. Is Juliet someone to really trust? Ben's whole 'You got me; you weren't supposed to find out like this...' speech was pure canard.

Whew....

I hear he cheats and just uses Google for everything.

Wow. In my town of about 3,500 an election/referendum costs about $20,000. Became something of an issue with me b/c in the last budget, they held FIVE referendums. First it was a 15% increase, then they dropped it by about 1% b/w each after people voted NO. Thing is, in each referendum day, they were spending almost as much just to conduct the vote as it was by what they 'cut' the budget by. That's how things are pushed through in this and a lot of towns. Voter fatigue. This year, we are changing from the big old metal check-down voting machines to the paper scanners. We went from 1930s technology to circa 1970s. Don't know how that will affect things. But sh--. Six hundred large for an election for an average-size town is severe overkill. Is the entire police force on overtime for it?

Hey, the fire investigators need to eat, too.

Bah, I'd throw the cats into the fire!

You mean.... like I stated in the first sentence of that post? Not saying that the RB and FB are the only guys out there, but a great pairing sure can make a difference. GT was playing Miami and Cox was playing like a man on fire for his RB. He singlehandedly opened a 3 foot hole on a TD by taking two guys out at the same time. Blue chip pick, surely not; he'll be lucky to be drafted. But a guy like that can be a solid contributor. And Shelton isn't getting any better or younger.