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Another dirty little secret is, they want to eliminate businesses' deductions of health care plan costs. So the scenarios are either the companies take it up the wazoo, stop offering health coverage to all employees, or lay off employees so they can offer coverage to those remaining. ....What was that middle one again? Yeah. That one. You asked for it, you got it.

Topic drift? Kids have died b/c they've used the same stuff their sports heros use. Last I checked, anabolic steroids are illegal drugs.... But yeah, if a private massage business is performing other less legitimate 'services' to their clients, that's none of the govt's concern? I guess Rudy polished the acorns too.

Any time when a gov't gets in the habit of not telling the American public the truth, b/c the subsequent reaction might be undesirable for those who lead, our democracy is in grave, grave danger. Is there a second thought about revealing a case of Mad Cow b/c people might stop eating beef? Is it all right for Clinton to lie about Monica b/c he doesn't believe Americans have the proper understanding of sexual relationships? The hush-hush and fabrication of stories before the truth is ultimately found out is crap. This is a problem of their own making. Report the truth when you know it, even if it shows you in bad light. Freely admit what happened to any and all and live with the consequences of the truth. If a network news station does this, they're rightly raked over the coals and heads roll. If the gov't does it, it's all right?

That's right, no one can have stand on multiple issues at the same time. In case people haven't heard, the use of illegal (nevermind the legal ones) drugs in this country is fairly high. Some people want it to stop. What's wrong about someone wanting to flesh out people who use them and call for higher standards of testing for people who many kids look up to and emulate? If there's tacit approval from the gov't to allow it to happen, what kind of message does that give to kids and parents? I'm glad he's speaking out to say 'Hey, drugs are bad.' Not many people who do that these days. In fact, using toxic substances has become a badge of honor in our society.

Ditto. But going from WR assistant to head coach is a big jump.... The guy knows football, tho.

I think it would be a good idea for the injury reason as well as allowing a Special Teams designee for each team. Is a 55- or 56-man roster with a nominal increase in the salary cap really going to degrade the quality of play? Rather, it'd allow teams to fit a player at a specialist spot where he's not taking away another guy's opportunity. As in we had Tasker at WR; if he weren't plugged there, they could have signed or developed a true WR.

Isn't he a doctor? Imagine the surprise when you get to med school to finally find out that everything they taught you in 9th grade sex ed was a lie.... Kind of reminds you of the days they taught kids to duck under their desks in case of a nuclear blast.

If you read it, no one was really disputing or bemoaning that things sometime go wrong in war. The fact that he was killed by 'friendly fire' does not diminish his sacrifice. The issue was the baldfaced lying, weeks and months after, when they knew the truth. Same thing they did with Jessica Lynch. Why do they have to manufacture stories like this, for however long they last before the truth comes out? Do they not think the American people can accept the truth?

Actually, a correction on Clarise's bow is in order. A google search confirmed my belief. It's red with white polka dots.

Butch Davis and Whinestadt are still available. Maybe they should also check if O'Leary updated his resume. BWAH-HAHAHA.

It sounds like the Sgt. Schultz approach to parenting. 148314[/snapback] "What did you learn in school today?" ----> "Nothing." "Do you want spaghetti for dinner tonight?" ----> "Whatever." Welcome to teen angst. This is not the world of Ward Cleaver. That is, for parents who don't have to work two or three jobs to pay for rent, food, clothes, etc. They get blamed for not making enough money to provide the basics, then get blamed when they're not there 24/7 to guide their children through life. Something's gotta give. The issue isn't even about giving kids condoms in school. It's that they're not being taught that using condoms, wherever they might get them, is an effective way to prevent STDs and pregnancy. The outright lies that 'Abstinance Only' programs spread are so stupid it would be laughable if it weren't what kids are learning as fact. That oral sex or simply touching someone's genitals can result in pregnancy, among others. Kids aren't stupid. And there's this little thing called the Internet where this info will be checked. Finding out you've been lied to straightfaced isn't the greatest thing in the world, don't you know. It tends to produce more of the reactions given above. I seriously don't care who gives kids the information, as long as they get the truth.

Let me first state that Pat Tillman is a true American hero. He rejoined and went to Afghanistan at the same time my brother was there. For all my misgivings about Iraq, Afghanistan was the right war, one that we and now the Pakistanis have largely abandoned. Individual soldiers deserve our praise but the machination of the military is what people dislike. Link. Why is there a need to outright lie and cover up everything that might shed a bad light on leadership? Why does this smack of a PR move by the Army? I think most Americans can accept the truth and that 'friendly fire' happens. Why lie? Which included lying to a U.S. senator. Another question I've been walking around with for awhile, why was Pat Tillman let back into the military given his financial status? My other brother who is in Air Force SF and Ravens has said a few times over the years they do not let in millionaires b/c "they're too much of a security risk." Had Mr. Tillman not signed a huge contract at the time?

Oh, they got over the physical stuff; being pro football it's no different from playing every game with some kind of hurt. It was a mental beat-down (for the offense) more than anything. For Travis, for Drew, for GW, for Killdrive. All of them have been replaced except one....

If you haven't seen or heard people talking about this for the past few YEARS, have your hearing checked or press the mute button back to sound. It doesn't really matter if people are protesting about it and we could give a stevestojan what celebrities think. Are you saying our leaders are waiting for protestations for a moral imperative to do something? Dare this administration be able to multitask? For various and sundry reasons, neither we nor the UN are doing much of anything to stop vast human suffering there or the rest of Africa. Sorry, but the Peace Corps building rope bridges doesn't cut mustard for stuff like this. I guess it's not a priority at the moment.

Comeback player of the year. He spent last season watching games on his couch. This season he's knocking people on their arses.

"Those who remember the past are condemned to repeat it, too; that’s a little history joke." --- Michael Herr, "Dispatches" As the saying goes, Any Given Sunday....

I get the distinction you're trying to draw. I guess it all depends on what your definition of a "terrorist" is. Is it to simply strike fear in the hearts of the general populace? To kill a set number of people (like a serial killer must kill three people with a prolonged rest period b/w)? An attempt to kill gov't agents or advocacy to overthrow said gov't? We'll probably never know exactly what the BDs were going to do. I fervantly support logical gun rights. But those people weren't just interested in protecting themselves from intruders; they were seriously up to no good and acted at the behest of one crazy MFer. I truly think at the very least it would have been a bank robbery to suuport their activities and at the worst, a Columbine-style takeover of an entire town to prove some kind of 'point'. They weren't ever terrorists, as such, but it's 99.9999 percent they would have been.

And the plot thickens. <Soap opera Dum-dum-DUM!!! music>

That's the very same thing that has me befuddled and nervous at the Bush Doctrine. What happens when other countries get together and decide to preemptively attack us on a large scale because they think that we're going to premptively attack them because we think they're going to preemptively attack us....? I'll stop before I get a migraine. But looking at what set off WWI, fear mixed with stupidity equals unnecessary bloodshed.

Or rape, which exclusively in Africa is the biggest transmitter. Perpetuated by the myth that an infected person can be cured by having sex with a virgin. 6-month-olds are on the other end of this equation. We live in a glass house as far as telling them they're doing it wrong, tho. Keep denying that teens WILL have sex. Because no matter how much you try to push abstinance only, they will keep getting hard nipples and erect penii. This is true in every country, the percentages are basically the same no matter the parenting styles, the government programs, etc. The area where there is a difference is in teen pregnancy rates; those that give information about the use of condoms have lower rates and fewer abortions. As for those griping about paying for them to be handed out (in my school, they actually weren't foisted upon us in "here's one for you, and you..." fashion) in schools, a large portion in the schools that even do this are provided free by the companies. And in spite of all of this sex-pushing education, a slightly-left of center upbringing, and graduating from one of those big liberal brainwasher universities, I'm still the big V (OK, I'm ready for the jokes ). Imagine that! But when I do, at least I'll be informed. Do AO advocates also support not teaching the Food Pyramid? Kids are going to be eating for the rest of their lives, but I guess it's not the schools' place to show them the information about healthy diets....

Not highlighting the hypocracy to rag on you, Nick. These short write-ups are about the worst possible things to make a reading of someone. Ohp! He got sacked a few times (b/c his line was stevestojanny) so obviously he holds the ball too long. Ohp! He had a few pressure rollout plays and connected on the run. So obviously he's a great eluder of the rush. Watch the games and see what he brings to his team when he's out there. Wins. From everything I've seen, J.P. is a gamer, pure and simple. If I'm a captain at recess, a guy like him is my first pick.

1 - He was woefully unprepared b/c this was a truly last-minute substitution (then again, it takes some prep time to actually fly the family to the studio). 2 - He'd been hitting the sauce, or his latest 20-something wife, prior to putting his suspenders on. 3 - He was fishing for the reaction that he wanted. And bear in mind, readers, that as stated he is a talk show host, not a journalist (membership to the fourth estate is claimed by a lot of people). 4 - He was really trying, but he's that washed up. 5 - Half of the battle is having an interesting guest. It sure doesn't sound like this was the problem. My bet's on 3. The best bona fide interviewer I've seen lately is Charlie Rose on PBS & 60 Minutes. He does a good job of fleshing out facts and interesting details, and letting the subject speak and direct where it goes rather than it being pre-fab to some kind of destination the interviewer wants.

Much of it is politics. Pure and simple. It's a matter of who gets the credit, rather than doing what needs to be done. Intelligence bill's failure reflects speaker's tactic Hastert's "majority of the majority" reads a lot like "Congress within the Congress." This is exactly the type of utter crap that loses you elections. So, actually, keep it up, Denny! Maybe the right will be forced back to a position where I might consider voting for them again.

I don't care how many times I hear it, it's always funny.

Some places are saying "resigned" not that those two terms aren't synonymous in today's world.... Can't say it's a surprise. Attention, if you're a successful college coach who is itching to move to the NFL, wait until better teams call you so it's not professional suicide when you hitch your wagon to the likes of the Browns and Deadskins. And the fact that those better teams aren't calling you means that you belong in the college ranks. Dem's breaks.