RuntheDamnBall

Post of the year, Kelly. I really do agree that a lot of JP's problems last year were due to his NOT being put into a position to succeed. Mularkey and co. were literally asking JP to be the savior by virtue of their choices of plays and schemes. The remarks about a young QB being able to succeed and following Roethlisberger's model were made with complete ignorance of how that model worked, via: 1) Limited opportunities for the QB, with high-success rates, and 2) A heavy dependency on a strong, established running game Mularkey established neither of these with JP under center. Then, when KH got put in, these ideas started to creep into the game plan for some reason (though due to OL deficiencies and the rock lodged in Mularkey's brain, it didn't reach full success as we all know -- fake QB sneak is all you need to conjure up here). If anyone here thinks the playbook didn't change for Holcomb, they're kidding themselves. KH would have gotten murdered trying to execute the same game plan. He nearly did as it was.

Isn't it a little funny though, to say, "class is over" for JP? Why? Was class over for Drew Brees after two substandard years that saw him shuffling between the field and the bench? And assuming the hypothetical of Nall winning the job, does it count as 'class time' for him? What if he falters? What if he can't avoid the sack? Will we be screaming for a more mobile QB? We've seen far too little of Nall or Losman yet to make any judgements or predictions, IMO. Losman improved his accuracy in stint #2 and that's encouraging to me.

Thurman is probably not working on a beer gut since he's a recovering alcoholic.

NICE.

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Beat me to it.

...or a lot of little changes from people believing that it would make a difference. There is so much less litter now because laws were enacted against littering, and people have gradually gotten into the mindset that it's wrong to do so. It's a small change that makes a difference, and differences tend to make differences.

You obviously are just a bad scientist. Besides, carbon dioxide is life... "We breathe it in!"

Screw the Kennedys, RFK Jr. and anyone else who feels that way. I've not gone on the record as supporting any of them. In fact, I wrote an angry letter to RFK Jr. about it and still haven't heard back. The guy's a hack. Besideswhich, the movie is not so much about taking anyone to task (except for those who say global warming isn't happening). It's about a system-wide problem that includes the Kennedys and the Bushes and those who stand in the way of a better future.

Again, recognizing that the technology needed to combat global warming is not in full support, one can do things like buy all their electricity from wind power (I do and that's what the people behind the movie did as well) and figure out what their footprint is in terms of usage to buy energy credits to offset it. It's a way to support this system in its infancy instead of letting it die because more powerful interests wish to suppress it. I'm willing to pay a bit more to ensure a better future. It's a shame more people don't feel that way.

Laugh some more, please. Put yourself out there and let me know what you're laughing at. Offer up some better plan besides, "everybody sucks." Give me some debate and show me what's so ridiculous about what I've offered here.

Then follow suit and let's not forget the whale of a game Holcomb had against the Jets, especially those pinpoint passes to Ty Law.

And I'm well aware of the criticisms of Gore and Occidental, etc, etc. If I met him it would be the first thing I asked him about. But I'm not about to devalue his entire message as a result.

A simply retarded review from a retarded paper. Maybe because lead isn't the same as CO2, you idiot. It's like the kid failing just about everything who wants to point out he got an 'A' in P.E. Regulations and taxes don't change the fact that consumption has gone way up. But high prices will eventually drive people to make choices that result in less consumption. The question is, how high? 3.50? Higher? This was a joke, stemming from a diagram that the first Bush administration used as part of its response to the Global Warming Summit in the early 90s. They came up with it, not Gore. Another preposterous piece of criticism. Gore makes plain that he thinks entrepreneurship and the private sector are going to be a huge part of the green revolution and that our ingenuity should be tapped for such purposes, not taxed. As for the snide 'private plane' comment, all the travel involved for this film was subsidized in energy terms by buying CO2 credits to offset. It's a novel idea. And the point above all is that we have the power to do something about this. The dinosaurs would love to place the emphasis on the messenger rather than the recipients to keep us docile and line their pockets. Hate Gore if you must, but his movie is stellar and I think its message is a positive one about our abilities to adapt and change and make the future a better one. South Park can kiss my ass. What do those guys do besides point and laugh at everything? I can't see for one moment how they have changed the world for the better. The attitude they advocate breeds more of the apathy that is ruining this country. I'm out.

Maybe we should give those very special interests helmets to wear and people will see them for what they are.

One other thing KRC touches upon, is that career politicians are going to do everything they can to remain in power. What needs to happen is 1) candidates stepping up who want to represent their country but do not want a protracted career in national politics. This means waves of candidates and it sort of flies in the face of our nature to look to certain faces and names to represent us on a regular basis. 2) Voters need to accept those conditions as fundamentally better and in their best interests. 3) I'd add that, in everything, a shift to the local level can be really meaningful. It's a bit of a cliche but every little bit matters. If one isn't working to make a difference in the limited actions one takes, there can be no expectation of any wider progress or big impact with regard to those things one believes in. 4) Part of the problem (and this sort of stems off of #3) is that we think that changes can't be made unless our big institutions (Fortune 500 corps, big wings of the gov't) make them for us. Perhaps that's half true, and perhaps the media has beaten down any hunger we might have to participate and act locally, but all the same I think our tendency to think monolithically yields unsatisfactory results. The real breakthrough won't come from a large institution currently in power. I just don't see it.

I'll add the caveat that I think if you are going to directly help business, it has to be done on an incentive basis. Example: build green cars, we'll help you figure out the health care mess. Promise cheap gas to people who will buy your H2s? Eff off. My mention of 'system' meant economic and not political. I think the economic system is meant to sustain a certain understanding of growth, success, and work, rather than to be sustainable across the board, including ecologically -- and if all systems are not ecologically sustainable, ultimately no systems will exist. Those in power right now merely hedge their bets that 'ultimately' is a long time from now. Right, but for example, if you don't equip people to deal with mistakes (i.e. you teach them that contraception is evil even though a portion will inevitably have sex), you end up with an exponential number of mistakes. Some mistakes can be addressed, avoided, and tempered, without making it a moral issue. Sure, that's the great argument, isn't it? It's actually quite enjoyable to discuss when we remain civil. Thanks!

Honestly, if they're wearing tutus and hoist the Cup, I won't bat a freaking eye. Blue and Golds are going to be like the frothy top on a Cup full of Victory Molson.

Do you have an honest-to-god source on this? I HOPE so!

And I want the rules enforced now as much as I wanted them enforced back then. When we win, as by the book as possible, it's going to be so sweet. A good part of me could not live with it if roles were reversed and we won the way the Stars did. And I'm being honest, here. Now if you want to argue it's a lousy rule, THAT I'm with you on.

How can something that hasn't been tried in years be proven to not work? And, what's your definition of "working?" To my mind, an unfettered belief in the private sector as is "works" on an economic level. Some people get rich. I don't begrudge them that. I do, however, think that it forces people who want to stay rich to continue the support of a system that is unsustainable. It doesn't account for the changes that will need to be made for a future far after our time because it is so focused on being as successful as possible in the here and now. We need a re-definition of what "successful" means that includes sustainability and accounts for humans as part of the earth, rather than earth as a part of our lives. Flies in the face of human nature? Look at the platforms and tell me which side addresses the fact that humans are forever going to make mistakes. I think the real argument is that conservatives think you can coach out those mistakes, and, in my opinion, at their best, liberals think we need to address those mistakes while working toward something better. The problem is when one side wants to legislate morality and the other wants to legislate all sorts of excuses for people who refuse to try and better themselves. The difficult task to negotiate is how not to penalize those who ARE trying to better themselves.

It's a rule. It sucks, it sucks, it sucks, but it's a rule.

Unity Party Not posting this as an advocate, just as an informant. Interesting, in any case.

I might need a mellow-down myself after tonight. But I ain't ever, ever, ever questioning Jay McKee with the way that guy sacrifices his body game in, game out. Always been one of my favorites on this team, occasional dumb penalties be damned.

I can't deny that. The guy makes some pretty plays. Let's get him back healthy and let him never get another concussion, if there's any justice.