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Yet when they interview Michael Jackson, Gary Condit, Mel Gibson or Jane Fonda, that's all right. I consider it free speech, b/c even tho it might not be popular and I might not agree with it, it's allowed to air.

Nightline? You've gotta be kidding. Why do you think they've been trying to get rid of it for the past five years? Alfred E. Neuman presents those topics he wants to present. Be what they may; I'll defend his or anyone's right to until the day I die. Here's an idea. You try to write, produce and edit a 23-minute news program each weeknight that everyone agrees with.

I think it would be the Republican caucas in my town last week when they actually decided to nominate to their own ticket the incumbent tax-and-spend (8 percent increase in town budget) Democrat because "he's too popular" and "he probably can't be beaten." Even though the last election was hardly a landslide and we were running the town drunk. Un. Fuggin. Believable.

So, just b/c you don't want to know, then ABC must self-censor for your convenience. Never mind that you're not strapped to your armchair and your remote control isn't Super-Glued to Channel 4. Oh well, good luck to those historians in 2078 who'll have nothing to go on except the official, gov't-approved documents. Those really helped David McCollugh when he was writing "1776."

I'm not disputing the facts. What's at issue here is that you don't think ABC was "responsible" by airing this interview. This is just another addition to all of the filed clips. In the history books, this guy will be noted for the scumbag he is, that he's actually said these things that killing kids is fine b/c 'they' killed people on his side. And in the unfortunate event that he is captured rather than killed, it takes away any plausible denialbility that he ordered these terrorist attacks. You didn't say anything against the networks for showing the edited tapes when OBL gloated about the 9/11 attacks. Nightline, let's face it, is just slightly more in-depth than a nightly news segment, usually about some more obscure event than America is really interested in, which is why so few people watch it. But you seem to be pissed just by the fact that they're briefly updating the story, which might prompt some people to actually give a sh-- and try to read more. It's just a transcript of questions and answers and in the grand scheme, it's about as innocuous as the "Day 346: Natalee's Still Missing And Her Mother's Still An Airhead." Lord knows ABC has talked with Russian officials who've said they want to find this guy and smoke him. I just don't get an inability to reconcile that there are two sides to the conflict and for a matter of record, ABC decided to air the one that bothered to talk. The reason why it's not here and we don't have to worry about it is b/c of brave soldiers who fight for our ability to go about our lives and talk about our sorry-ass little First World problems.

The funding goes thru universities, etc., (and to my understanding, not private companies who would then profit, tho uni's can patent something and collect a vastly under-proportioned fee for its use) and progress and findings are diseminated thru peer review. Free rider program. Not saying that everything needs to, just areas where there's a nation-wide payoff for something a select few would be paying for. Like national security, interstate highways, etc. But whatever. Some people step up when something's important and do what's right and beneficial for everyone, rather than thinking about their own pocketbooks. I'd say Sen. Frist saw that light... if I didn't know better.

How 'bout the one they showed on the news here during Day One of the Richard Seymour holdout. RS comes barreling through the center of the line, a designed RB blitz-pickup. TH's nowhere to be seen until RS is all over Drew, and it sealed the game. Just sayin'... if you wanted something that's more representative of his abilities.

I've heard about women getting celebs to sign their breasts, but this phenomenon is getting out of hand! And Ralph's age is showing. The youth today just pronounce it: "Double U Tee Eff!"

Why no complaining when Matt Lauer interviews George Bush or Musharraf? They're words that give a historical account of what both sides are saying; that is what a journalist's job is --- supplying information, thoughts and opinions of people who make things happen, be they good or bad. Seems the problem you guys have is that it might make the other side appear human, when it's desirable to think of them as faceless monsters. Personally, that guy seemed pretty damn pathetic to me, cooking Ramen noodles with his prostetic leg over his shoulder. Kind of like showing Hitler in the bunker with the gun to his head. It's only a matter of time before this guy's head is on a stick. His quotes just showed him to be the terrorist he is. Did you have similar misgivings about the McVeigh interview? ABC knew what Russia was going to do. They read the statement at the end of the broadcast, as the Russians declined any other comment, which is their right of course, but it leaves just one side speaking. Now, it may force ABC into better newsgathering; running to talk to gov't officials who sit behind desks is one of the bigger wastes of time, and often hinders getting at the real truth.

So, states like California, NJ, Conn., etc. fund m/billion-dollar stem cell research for their universities and laboratories. Then every other state gets to cash in on the advances those states make. Free rider if I ever heard of it. Or maybe those states will forgo whatever cures are found. Nah, just like everything else, they'll complain about all the tax dollars (even though it's a drop in the bucket, spending $1 to save $6, and they're not even the ones paying for it), but then they'll be first at the trough for feeding time.

Probably some exceptions to this, but I'd say it's accurate. What're the chances that some of them come out after practice to sign? Just saw a story here in Patsie-land of a guy who had an autograph from every Pats player from the last 10 years --- except Drew Bledsoe's. This, b/c when he asked for one on a hat brim in a sea of others, Drew said, "50 bucks." The guy says he told Drew to shove it.

Nevermind the fact that they were blindfolded and driven around in circles in hell's halfacre, several hundred miles.... Nevermind the fact that the journalist who conducted the interview was Russian, not American; ABC just picked the story up.... you equate talking to someone as a jailing/torture-worthy offense? The point was to ask, Why the hell are you doing this, not, How can we help you. We'd all love this guy to be under 6 feet of freshly turned dirt, but that's the military's job. You complain about Al Jazeera only showing the Arab side of the news, yet people cannot for the life of them see that our media, as you would have it, would be the same thing only for 'our side.' I'd rather find out something closer to the truth. "Congress shall make NO law..."

The minute journalists become govt informants and stop holding the mirror up to the world, they should hand in their repoter's notebooks. Finding and killing these people isn't their job; it's gathering information that leads closer to the truth. I saw the Nightline piece (the first time I've watched it in months) and it was pretty straightforward in, this is X Y terrorist, and this is what he's saying his motives, etc. are. Where exactly did it say that viewers had to proscribe this bastard's beliefs!?? Two camps see a situation two different ways, resulting in conflict --- same story since we started walking upright. The media reports What happened, and there are some who try to get into Why it happened. It's the first draft of history. Is it the media's "responsibility" to entirely ignore half of what the mirror reflects? Twenty'll get you one that I'm going to get flamed for this, especially here....

Oh, come on, he's just jonesing for the nomination to fill Renquist's seat, when it opens.

So you're saying that the Mars Rovers, Hubble, Voyager, etc. are less efficient than sending a small group of people to float around, eat liquid balls of applesauce and bring Tang to the ISS? I'm impressed by what NASA itself has done and contributed to our society w/ technological innovation. But most manned missions' purposes at this point in time are moot. You're suggesting that we continue send people into space just to show our bravado and that we can do it for the 115th time, too?

A third of their waking day spent looking at their craft, and even then they won't be able to say anything more than, "We think everything should be OK." This is like taking a trip across country and leaning out the door every half hour to make sure the tires are still inflated. Newsflash: Reaching speeds at launch that generate ~ 5 Gs will make some debris fall off. We learn far more and get more done on unmanned missions while there's zero risk of fatalities; 'course 12 people at NASA don't get to see their friends toss around M&Ms in zero grazity.

And I heard this afternoon from the spokesman's mouth that it's not fine. Must have hired John Kerry.

How does one rehab one's toe? That mini-treadmill in those low-carb Bud Light commercials?

Making this move actually doesn't scare hell out of me. Just gets JP and Duke on the same page from the start of each other's career. I'm willing to endure the growing pains of half or a full season so that I-know-exactly-what-he's-thinking relationship can develop. Get it out of the way this season, then we won't be having this same argument next year when Teague is likely gone. Then again, look how many rookie centers have come in and started right away and not lost a step.

I seem to remember a couple of years back that he was upset and was talking about retirement when Belichick was going to reduce his role.... Looking at his stats, tho, it looks like he turned in a solid performance to win his job back. Always respected him. He was a Phil Hansen-type player. Patsies will miss him and Bruschi.

In related news, after this confirmation of their date that night, Crumpler had to begin his Valtrex regimen. Ron Mexico = NFL's Patient Zero.

Sometimes rookies, especially later round picks, sign a pretty standard contract (ala, last year's slot plus # percent or so) soon after they arrive in town. Not much to worry about at this moment.

Unless there's information about JP secretly having MS or something, this is nothing new from what everyone has written about ad nauseum, based on groundless assumptions. Only difference is that 'Insider' members pay for it.

Wup, hold on there. Johnnie's busy rotting in hell.

More importantly, are they going to have the bimbo swinging in the tree saying, "Cooooooooooooome annnnn' git it!!"?