Crap Throwing Monkey

No more so than King George II. Why is it so hard for people to accept that sometimes, despite the best of effort and intents, sh-- is just wrong? The alternative to "good info" isn't exclusively "fabrication". That's also why you don't go to war based strictly on intelligence...but that's another topic...

That was actually demonstrated false a while ago. There was lots of information about Zarqawi presented to the public that was flat-out wrong...so the media covered it extensively. They pretty much ignored the corrections...

He probably has that new Cambodian malaria...

Thank you, Dr. Wacka.

An offensive car wreck, ironically...

Damn that evil bastard Tom Donahoe!

Don't sugar-coat it. Come out directly and say: "We're going to kill this mullah-!@#$er."

Actually, statistics show they increase the chance of serious injury...simply because they increase the chance of accidents by about 50%. Really. No kidding.

Most fatal crashes take place at less than 30...

If he was going fast enough to do that, he's an idiot for not wearing a helmet. But he has a right to be an idiot. Just so he pays for the lady's car...

When I was in 4th grade, my parents gave me a motorcycle and the words of wisdom "Helmet? That's for sissies. Now aim for that tree..."

So'd the US team...

Fortunately, he's a Pittsburgh QB, so a fully functional brain is not a job requirement.

Someone PLEASE make a joke at Ed's expense now...

I didn't say they didn't do any good, I countered Avenger's contention that they were cost-effective.

Usually, the ad's contained in a page template separate from the article comment...so the guy who writes the article doesn't know what ad will be associated with the story, at least not until it hits the web. Sometimes, too, the template picks randomly from a collection of ads, so there's no way to know which ad will show up with a story.

Any way to get Terry Bradshaw or Joe Theisman in a bike accident?

Thus demonstrating that it's very EASY to argue from a life/death standpoint. Which is fine...perfectly legitimate argument. "Cost effectiveness", however, is NOT. My father's neighbor actually got on Rescue 911 for his accident. 20 years experience riding, locked up on gravel, flew into a ravine, snapped a 6-inch sapling in half with his leg, left most of his calf in another tree. What saved his life was...his leather riding gear, actually. Aside from where his leg intersected the tree, he didn't have a mark on him...but his medical bills were insane nonetheless. He's still in physical therapy 10 years later. Another guy...managed to decapitate himself on a stop sign (tough to do, road signs aren't exactly sharp). His medical bills were dirt cheap.

And I've sat for three hours in traffic after some irresponsible moron in a Land Rover tried to cut across four lanes of rush hour traffic without checking over his shoulder to make his exit. The problem isn't morons in cars, or morons on bikes. The problem, simply, is !@#$ing morons in general. Plus...bikers wearing helmets isn't going to solve your problem of sitting in traffic at accident scenes. Helmets don't prevent accidents. Once the helmet actually becomes of any use, the accident's pretty much already happened...

How in the HELL did no one point out here that 666 is the number of Tom Donahoe?

Or halve it. This is Chris Simms we're talking about, after all...

If he does, are you going to start a "Jacksonville displeased with Verba" thread?

Tampa's considering a uniform change...just for their QB... http://store1.yimg.com/I/alternateforce_1896_9691791

But RTDB's point, I think, is that the US invasion gave him the notoriety he needed to become a "name" terrorist, which made him more dangerous than he otherwise would have been. Which is a perfectly valid point...one which I'd dispute by pointing out that, if not Zarqawi, then some other gomer would have gained similar notoriety somewhere else. The problem - militant Salafist ass holes, namely - wasn't caused by OIF, and isn't going to go away because the Zarq-meister is now in Tookieland...

Watch him get cut and actually sign with Tampa...