Crap Throwing Monkey

25-40 million Russians dead, 10-20 million Chinese, 6 million Jews, 6 million Poles...and Kampfgruppe Peiper is the root of all evil because 87 American families mourned? Hell, the US Army killed more Germans in reprisal than KG Peiper killed US soldiers at Malmedy...if you wanted to hold up war atrocities as an example, Collins' VII Corps is a bloodier example than KG Peiper. My point not being being that KG Peiper was somehow noble or in the right, but that there's HUNDREDS of better examples...

Can an entire kampfgruppe be a villain? If so, I can think of worse: the SS Der Fuhrer regiment at Oradaur, the Einsatzgruppen in the east, the Dirlewanger Brigade...Kampfgruppe Peiper was relatively benign as war atrocities go.

TD is still holding Superhero hostage and won't let him post...

I figured that's why you put Paup up there; it's a valid reason, I just personally don't think it's enough. And one can make a good case for Lofton, being as he was an integral part of the Superbowl teams. I don't see how Spielman's anything other than a REAL stretch, though. As for Gilchrist...before my time, I can't even judge intelligently. But the issue of these three-year players does bring up an interesting point: do the criteria of (or at least attitude towards) The Wall need to be changed in light of free agency? There's a good argument to be made that a player that produce enough to be on The Wall isn't going to stick around very long. The Wall to me has always honored those players that don't just produce, but are part of the history of a team, in that they're who you first think of (OJ, Jim Kelly, Thurman, Jack Kemp, Fergy, Dubenion, etc.) when you think of a team. A big part of that is longevity...and for players that produce on that level, they're not likely to stick around these days. What does the Wall of Fame actually honor, and is it even a viable concept in the modern NFL (i.e. free agency) anymore?

Is there really a good case to be made for Paup or Spielman going up on the Wall?

Yeah...but they're a B word to housebreak. And it's just a little awkward when they jump on to your bed in the middle of the night...

Ditto here...though I'd add, why pay for something when you can usually get even more as easily for free?

I think the most amazing thing I've ever seen is still Secretariat's 31-length win at Belmont, which was just phenomenal to watch. But Johnson killing the pigeon is a close second, and definitely first on the "What the sh--?" list.

TD taught Roscoe how to spell "knoll".

The best cooperative hunters by FAR are wild dogs...but they may or may not be "big", depending on your definition. And the hyena's reputation as a garbage disposal is well-earned, as they will eat just about anything that can be chewed (and the hyena has the highest bite pressure of any land animal..."anything that can be chewed" includes things made of iron). Nonetheless...you're right, they're far better hunters than lions; a lion's FAR more likely to scavenge a hyena kill than vice versa.

At least he admitted he knew the numbers were wrong.

Jade Fox was a rather lame villian, I thought. As female villians go...the Wicked Witch is a good one. So's Cruella de Ville. The witch in Snow White...really, all the good female villians are products of the mysognynistic Disney animation studios, if you think about it...

We tried that for eight years. It led to 9/11. And it's a fundamental tenent of most leadership courses that it's better to act decisively than perfectly. Waiting for the "perfect option" to show itself is almost always worse than going with your best idea with immediacy.

Very untrue...as anyone who's owned an "indoor/outdoor" can attest to. Even domestic cats will catch, kill, and bring back to their owners wild game, often with alarming frequency. The hunting instinct never gets dulled in a domesticated cat; that's why they require so much hunting-oriented play and activity, as an outlet for that instinct.

It depends. My cats aren't. My aunt and uncle have 30+ cats...but they live on a working farm (horse stables, board about 40 horses) and are far less pets than they are pest control. In terms of house pets, though...no, most people who own cats don't own them for rodent control. And most people who own retreivers don't own them for duck season, either. But some certainly do. The issue of the practicality of cats over dogs strikes me as a wash - each has practical application in its own way in certain situations.

The fact that he states he's breaking ranks with the Democratic Party in offering a SS plan rather more contradicts your point that supports it...

I have one cat that does enjoy rum and coke while watching Lion King...and no, not the one that ate the rum cake.

Please don't acknowledge my posts. Your approval only diminishes them.

Well...for starters, they'll be carrying less corrosive blood agent when they launch... But on the plus side, I hear that they're renting out storage space at New London for the wrestling tape collection of an unnamed Navy mess cook...

I'll ask her when she gets home; as far as I know, it was calm and friendly. As for the personality of a Maine Coon...I'd hesitate to make a judgement myself, as I've only known the one. But from what I've heard/read, he's typical of the breed: independent and self-sufficient, very even-tempered, playful (though he's getting on in years now), very curious, very smart. Not a lap cat by any means...and you wouldn't want him to be, as he's about 20 lbs, which is typical for the breed. Standoffish, but in a sense that's less arrogant and more formal - whenever I see him I get a friendly but polite greeting. Good breed...my favorite is the Manx, but if I were to get another cat I wouldn't hesitate over a Maine Coon either.

One of my cats ate some of my wife's rum cake this morning...she (the cat, not the wife) IS a drunk.

I do occasionally know what I'm talking about. There were a few others, including, I think, the base they use for decommissioning nuclear subs. So they reduce the number of home bases, which likely as not means they'll reduce the size of the fleet...and eliminate the base where they clean up the reactors. I had to have read that wrong. I hope so. Not even our government can be that stupid...

No. Why? You looking to adopt another one?

My wife had a cat years ago that had a massive build to it, with huge paws. Ultimately, the vet was so curious that he had some tests run on it...and they found it was a mix between a domestic shorthair and a bobcat. Nothing messed with that cat. A good friend of mine has a Maine Coon, too, that routinely beats up dogs as well...not little ones, either, but labs, German Shepherds, and the like.

You own a chihuahua?