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UConn James

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  1. Let's sign Orlando Pace. And Peyton Manning. And Tom Brady. And Dante Culpepper. And Tiki Barber. And Edgerrin James. And Jerome Bettis. And Corey Dillon. And any other expensive Name Player anyone can think of. That way, we'll be awesome.
  2. I highly recommend "Dispatches" by Michael Herr to reveal a bit about the other side. Excerpted: Different war, same kind of Thumbs-up from the Mission.
  3. It's a close corollary when you compare them with a thousand-yard stare, I admit, but when the details are focused, it's a lot different. And we didn't attack Greenland b/c there was a rumor that a man named Adolf may or may not have vacationed there in the 1890s. How's Vietnam doing? B/c it was the same rationale for getting involved there. If I'm selfish b/c I don't want our soldiers to die and hundreds of billions spent for a country that should sweep its own doorstep then so be it. My dad, who's a hardcore Repub, says that the first person who suggests war as an answer to a problem ought to be executed. And the second... and the tenth. There would be less of an inclination for it, and for sure it would only happen when absolutely necessary for our own immediate security. Trying to base your present action for a scenario 20 steps ahead will backfire on you. Trying to impose democracy in Iraq in the long run will be like shoveling sh-- against the tide. So, respectfully, the wishes of the admin are more or less in the right place, but you can wish in one hand.... The whole thing is like GFs and their pillows or teddybears on the bed. You can take them off and put them in the closet. The next day they're back, and you'll do this every day into eternity.
  4. Maybe you should try some of that Aussie Nads? (Worst. Name. For. A. Product. Ever.).
  5. That's funny. There's a lot of people who charge that the media props this administration up by not asking tougher questions. It would really surprise me if that, as you put it, "fact", wasn't out there somewhere, or printed/mentioned if they had space in the paper or time on the air. I can tell you that a headline like "Norm Johnson's house burns down" will always run over one that reads "Stan O'Toole's house not on fire." The squeaky wheel gets the grease. It's not like the media wants guys die to have a headline, or telekinetically caused the crash. They simply report after the fact that it happened and when, where, why.... If you have a problem with a collection of facts, I really don't know what to tell you other than that you may want to rethink your opinion/conclusions you draw.
  6. My brother's entire Ranger class went down with injuries (one of them was paralyzed) when some asshat decided to send them out in parachutes at less than the required jump altitude. That didn't get reported in the media either. I wonder why. Couldn't be the hush-hush mentality, I'm sure. The military isn't required to jump up and down and yell 'Hey, we !@#$ed up! Come check it out!' and oftentimes they don't. You're complaining about lack of coverage yet when things like it are reported, you complain that even tho it's fact, they're wildly blowing it out of proportion. Pick a side.
  7. They work better when they're actually used. If you remember there was a guy who kidnapped, raped and murdered a girl in Florida a couple of years ago. The one with the videotape clear as day that he dragged her off. That guy was convicted for a mandatory five-year prison sentence in addition to the other charges. Somehow, he was on that security camera three years later (and he wasn't a fugitive escapee) with his hand around the girl's neck.
  8. Yes, what a shock. And when you look at which presidents have done that the most since WWII got us to about the current political spectrum, people might be careful in how they vote. As ever, the pols doing the most bitching about it are the ones guilty of it in a 3-1 ratio, only when the Dems did it, they actually paid for it rather than getting us into massive interest payments that would even make a college kid shake their head. I've been slowly pulled over to what was formerly the Dark Side. Went to the air show up at Westover this past autumn, he and his GF are in security. That was truly awesome! Get frequent flyovers here in the NE corner of the state b/c it gives them nice beneath-radar contour training b/c we've got trees and not much else here in the Last Green Valley.
  9. Oh dear. Think of about 30 families when you go to bed tonight.... and then hope that their loss somehow, someday, is worth it in the grand scheme of things.
  10. KD, I'm sad to report I was being entirely rational. (And I don't drink coffee. ) The relevant passage: I'd say C-130s and C-5s are roughly comparable to huge, lumbering airliners (When I first saw each of these in person I was like, Yeah right, this thing's never going to get off the ground!). My brother's plane took fire during takeoff out of Iraq last year and that red glow of the flares and other countermeasures, combined with an excellent pilot (who actually was flying Air Force One in Oct-Nov), were the only things that saved their butts. It can work in commercial airliners, it's a question of cost.
  11. QB Dan Orlovsky, LB Alfred Fincher. Represent!!
  12. Why don't you let him out?
  13. PPP. Who needs anti-missile technology on commercial planes? Dept of Homeland Security, Texas branch, would rather spend the money on RVs exclusively used to transport demolition-derby lawn mowers. Could you imagine the horror if the terra-rists' lawn-mower-destructing technology surpassed ours? Who will the GOP blame for big government now?
  14. Maybe that there's a whole world beyond "Death to all infidels," to stop blaming other people for their own problems, and that they shouldn't rely on us to clean up their mess for them?
  15. No, really. J.P. had to pee during it. (sift through the Bills-bashing). It's a fuggin' standardized test. Has as much bearing as SAT on how you're going to do in college. Read: not much.
  16. Wasn't JP's a little low b/c he really had to pee? I thought I read some amusing article about this....
  17. Editing a little bit, which I'll do below, a pattern emerges. I don't consider Nixon's an unsuccessful presidency. Got the country out of Vietnam, established communication w/ China that otherwise might have gone in a much worse direction than it has been, among other things. That said, he was a certified scumbag if you've heard some of the recorded conversations, and, of course, you know about Watergate.... I would consider Johnson to be of about average-to-good character who gets smeared by conspiracy nuts and people listen and say "Maybe so" as if the ramblings have a solid basis. He had some good moments but they were overshadowed by his micromanagement in Vietnam caused many of the problems. That he abdicated the Presidency in '68 was proof positive he was unsuccessful even in his own mind. (Tangentially, the funniest thing I've found in my textbook readings was that he was once asked by a reporter why wars happen. He unzips his pants, points, and says, "This!") As for G.W. Bush, it's doubtful that he's of "bad" character. I do believe that, overarchingly, he wants the good things to happen and this is more and more taking on the look of desiring the unacheivable and biting off much more than we can chew. This is exampled by his inaugural speech. But your assertion that being a dumb-ass and organizational structure resembling NASA in the spaceshuttle Challenger days ties into the character issue is wrong. That goes into the measure of success. His style of negotiation with people whose opinions differ is to not negotiate at all. Many senators on both sides have attested to this. I wouldn't be so quick to put his egg in the successful basket just yet.... The pattern that emerges is that presidents of "bad" character are successful in terms of getting things done and the results they get. The presidents of "good" character have mostly failed at producing effectual results. Another one of those headscratchers in a world that makes less and less sense with each passing day. But that has been the story of human history. Effective rulers usually turn out to be azzholes.
  18. My Blog Entry on the Subject
  19. They already have that. It's called the AHL. Only it's not in Buffalo.... Watch some college hockey. It's a lot better competition than the pros. Is the Frozen Four in Buffalo again this year? I forget.
  20. Not unlike what is happening currently. Douglass wouldn't be shocked, and I think he'd tinker along just fine being civil and intelligent hisownself. In exactly what era of human history did we have civility and reason? The test is if its practitioners outnumbered or outgunned the baseness of the rest of society.
  21. I wasn't making this up. It's not team-by-team, it's league-wide. NFL Rule Changes and Clarifications The disconnect b/w their reasoning to disallow tinted visors and then disallowing players from taking off their helmets is laughable.
  22. This is hardly the most "pseudo-vulgar" thing that's graced over the TBD bricks. Nary an hour ago on the main board: Let me guess, you're one of those people who blushes when they say "erection" on those Cialis ads? How dare I speak about systemic problems in our churches when it's clearly the Islamics who we're forming the posse over in this thread, b/c their systemic failure is the only one we're going to point out, nevermind that there's three fingers pointing back at us. How many Hail Marys and Our Fathers have I racked up so far?
  23. He could just tell everybody in the building, "You're fired!" and then smoke 'em if he's got 'em.
  24. Here's a better article. Even has an equation! (He's British, by the by, and did this on his own accord).
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