John Adams

I know too many people who have had contact with Drew and say the opposite. He sucked as a QB when he was here but he was a class guy. (I like the jokes about the peanuts.) I seriously doubt that story. Not sure whether the who to question: the woman or Ed.

Look how long it's taken David Carr. Why did he stink for his first few seasons? No line.

Wide bodies couldn't cover that deep pass or the 75 yard kickoff return.

Deep TD for Patriots. Pretty loud cheer--must be lots of Pats fans there today.

How'd you take so long to hit this topic projection-boy?

Let's rehash the debate about taking him off the Wall of Fame.

I smell a cost-savings baby! If you're dumb in 6th grade, no more school! A sixth grader is a great asset in a coal mine.

Aren't wealthy children more likely to be college graduates? Isn't money an easier and less-controversial metric to measure than IQ? Why not just have a eugenics program based on wealth? Encourage the wealthy to have more kids and discourage the poor? While we're at it, I think they've identified several genes that are linked to cancer and mental illness. Let's encourage the people with those genes not to breed. This is no straw man argument HA. This is your slippery slope. I don't feel like refuting your main point because it so-warps the role of government and liberty that it needs no more mocking than it already received. It seems to me that the best solution to third world overpopulation is education. Until those dumb people stop banging each other and learn to care for themselves within their means, they will keep dying. The newer aid programs that ship knowledge instead of food are helping those countries learn to fend for their dumb selves.

The whining about teacher's pay is mostly an urban legend at this point. the average teacher salary is about 47,000/year (source) with full benefits, pension, and of course the unreal hours. That's pretty good--it certainly doesn't suck. If a good teacher shops around, they can find a job in my school district (not a stellar one by any measure) where the average salary is over 70K/year. The problem with schools is not underpaid teachers. If underpaid teachers were the problem, private schools would be out of business. But in fact, private school teachers make much less than their public cohorts to produce on average better students with fewer discipline problems. So again, it ain't about salaries.

With the 10th pick in the 2007 NFL draft, the Bills select [bETTER BE AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN!!!].

Agreed. Losman could be playing better but he's the starter and should be. The line sucks. The RB is questionable. The WRs are not that great. There's no TE. Let's keep starting him. As the team improves around him, he'll get better. For next year.

I don't think anyone thought he was a bum (on the field). He always ran hard and played with injury. He was a strong RB here. He just wasn't the future. The Bills took a chance that McGahee was, and McGahee's first games in his comeback made them look right. He ran with strength and authority (the stiff arm, pounding people, etc.). Now McGahee runs like a girl.

Agreed. This team is not playoff bound no matter what. The run defense isn't good enough. The CBs are shaky. The O-line bites. The RB is questionable. Holcomb certainly isn't the QB of the future. Let's see what Losman is made of. If he sucks, he's done but we might as well give him the chance--he's the only potential QB of the future on the team (unless Nall is showing signs of life in practice--I don't know if he is). If Holcomb comes in, he won't play this team into the playoffs or a job next year. There's no benefit at all to Holcomb playing.

Lots of OP has power. I have family wihin a mile of the Ralph and they have power. Put those worries on hold.

I'll ask you: what's it all about? So you think Iraq is turning out well. Please let us know how you see the handling of Iraq ending with a favorable result, and please also let us know exactly what the mission there is now. Iraq i in a state of civil war. The death tolls are growing--not shrinking. Even our more hawkish leaders are pessimistic about how things are going there. I am worried--as someone with personal connections there, I'm surprised you're not worried too. As to Iran, they are clearly part of the problem. Their influence is strong in Iraq and they have foreign cash flowing in. Part of the reason the situraion in Iraq is such a cluster is because of Iran. That doesn't in any way make me feel like the situation in Iraq is going well or will turn out well. Will Iran attack Iraq? Who knows. Will Iran use its cash to influence/set-up Sunni puppets in the Iraq government and/or undermine that same government by funding local militias and terror cells? You decide.

Not his doom and gloom. Those are quotes. (After reading what I wrote below, here comes the doom and gloom.) I too got a little caught up in the blue-fingered voters, but do you think Iraq is better off now? I know. I know. Saddam the butcher is out of power. And is there a better life on the horizon? Even a distant horizon? Things are bad in Iraq. Once we leave, they will probably get worse, but while we're there, they are not likely to get better. Bush got us into a Catch-22. I hope there's someone smarter coming to find some way out of this. The current crew sees no solution besides the soundbyte "We'll leave when the job is done." Whatever that means. 500 Billion and counting...current troop levels through 2010 should get us up over a trillion no problem. And what cost to the dead? This Iraq thing is really starting to get me down. I had some optimism that the BS takeover of Iraq might actually lead to something good. Now I don't. I'm so perplexed by this mess that I can't answer the question, "Should we pull our troops out?" It's a simple question. I have no idea how to answer it. !@#$. VABills, Wacka...one of you ninnies post so I can direct this frustration at you.

That female "Other" is none other than that c-suckin' whore Trixie from Deadwood. As a general note, if you (not YOU Cripes, but the royal "You") feel the need to rate every show for where it stands in the pantheon of all the other episodes, you need to move on. When you read a book, some chapters are better than others--as long as the plot is moving forward (with twists and turns), there's a storyline. Feel free to switch back to CSI where every episode has its clear cut ending and there are only the faintest ongoing plotlines--still a good show--but you don't actually need more than a 45 minute attention span.

She's hot.

15,449 posts and still waiting for a nugget of wisdom.

The sad truth is that if someone wants to fly a plane into a building, they probably can. It takes time to notice a plane is off-course and more time to mobilize the military to shoot it down (from the gound or air). It's not a military or homeland security failiing--just a fact. As DC Tom/Crap-Throwing-Monkey (RIP) has said, we either have to live our way of life and accept some sacrifice or not. Unless you want batteries of SAM missiles active in every city shooting down every wayward plane, you just have to live with the possibility that another attack by plane could happen.

I'm no expert on the Middle East, but even to the untrained eye, we are not accomplishing the "mission." Iraq is in civil war or whatever the GOP wants to label it. Afghanistan is turning bad. Even the GOP is cracking on their optimism (except for Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld). I don't know what we need to do but right now, we're in deep kaka with as I see it, no good way out. Retreat !@#$s Iraq and Afghanistan in the ass. Staying !@#$s them in the ass too.

The same right wing people defending the child rapist Foley defended the child rapist Travis Henry.

In a way.

Who's McCargo?

Sounds like you're defending a child rapist now. Disgusting.