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kat & Lori, I am well aware of that. Was just being sarcastic with this widely stated 'fact' that it doesn't matter who goes down or leaves that team.

Aren't Pats* the team that can plug in a nobody in place of a somebody and not miss a beat ?

Our vanilla offense kicked their vanilla defense's tushy.

ha ha ha ............... o wait, I am not supposed to laugh at that

Sure gives you the warm fuzzies going into the regular season, doesn't it ?

A big cat you certainly are !

So we drove Soprano3695 to drink ?

Its over: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7555858.stm According to a statement, Mr Medvedev told his defence minister and chief of staff that "the goal has been attained". Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announces the end of military operations "I've decided to finish the operation to force the Georgian authorities to peace. The safety of our peacekeeping forces and civilian population has been restored," he said. ---------------------------- I am pretty sure the 'goal' was to clearly establish who the dominant power in the region is and to dissuade its neighbors from provoking Russsia in the future. Standard bullying tactics.

I hope the QB situation does not play itself out as in Mularkey's last season here. The pieces are in place (sorry, Wannstedt) if Jauron thinks his job is on the line.

I may be in a minority here but I don't see anything much wrong in how Putin responded. Georgia sent troops to S Ossettia and hence fired the first salvo. I don't think it is relevant that Russia was 'waiting for a chance'. Georgia made the first move and Russia responded. This is not as bad as a pre-emptive war. Even the 'looking for an opportunity' reason is justified. Super-powers such as the US and Russia will exert force to exhibit their dominance of a region. Responding with such strong and sustained force literally tells its neighbors 'don't !@#$ with us'.

Ads in the Chicago Tribune, for Madden 09, all had Favre in a Green Bay uniform.

Are the two significantly different ?

I will be curious to see how Favre reacts to the media in the big apple compared to that in cozy little Green Bay. If he struggles in the beginning, the circus will be priceless.

Well, many here first speculated that he will show up for camp on Aug 8th. Well, that didn't happen. In my mind, it has become a stale issue. I doubt he is inserted in the line-up if he reports mid-season esp. with the Bills O being new and him having missed significant playing time with others on the OL. If things sour in the negotiations, I can see the Bills trading him for some high draft picks.

Did not want to start a new thread. It is August 8th, do you know where your prized Left Tackle is this morning ? No seriously, is he reporting ? Any word ?

Me and my wife think NY is the best and not just because of the excellent Gary Sinise. Not that you and I have talked, but add two votes for NY.

Doesn't make it right.

Thanx. I had not read that. Sounds like an able replacement for Petersen.

I don't think Peters is the only difference between a winning and losing season, albeit a big difference. And if Walker does play & play very well at the LT position, I have no problem renegotiating his contract if he goes about it in a proper manner.

Do we really need yet another thread about this topic ?

Come on man, Bluefire is correct on this one. Define that convention any way you like, but it is typically how a dialog/debate progresses. If a person puts forth a statement, the onus is on him/her to back it up with facts. Not on the other person challenging that statement.

The over-arching theme to the movie is that the joker is creating chaos to push everybody over the edge and reveal their baser, corruptible side, which he is convinced everybody has. Perhaps you can read into his drive a desire to vindicate his own 'craziness'. If you analyze closely enough, perhaps you can dig up some illogical scenes but I won't label them plot holes (which I consider to be obvious gaffes). To me, the director provided enough throughout the movie to earn a suspension of disbelief and hence I enjoyed the movie. Unlike Indy 4 which was ridiculous. While I understand that you did not like the movie, your opening statement 'if this is the best Hollywood has to offer ....' is a bit over the top to me. That is the statement which caused me to question your post. If you are looking for entertainment, you can do far far worse at the movies before proclaiming that Hollywood needs to start from scratch.

Really ? Care to share why you disliked the movie so much ?

The analogy according to me is if a new hire gets more money than, say, a 10 year old veteran. That veteran is then justified in going to his boss and requesting pay equity or better because he has already proven himself to be invaluable to an organization. However, it would not be correct for that employee to stop reporting to work during team preparations for a major upcoming project until he gets said raise. Doing so hurts the team and the start of the project. This behavior dictates whether or not he is a team player. If anything, the Bills have treated players in good faith and have come through - recall the promise not to franchise Nate Clements for a second time and doing exactly that. Hence, there is no track record to say that the Bills will promise to negotiate with Peters in camp and not do so. Peters OTOH is demanding a raise for the second time in 2 years and acting more belligerent this time around.

Better start preparing for a better 2009 draft pick right from game 1 onwards.