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While you and I would probably disagree with regard to what role Govenrment should play in general, this is an area where I agree with you wholeheartedly.

Thanks for adding that. I started to, but I backed off......

I agree, but it happens as was in my case many years ago, one's spouse can walk, no matter what you do and then the game begins. I'm strongly in favor of marriage, but it's the having a home with both role models, male and female (not to slight those of alternative couplings but it takes both the male and female to provide the complete backdrop), who love each other, respect each other and who both love and respect their children. This is the short version as many more factors play into it, but this is where it begins IMHO.

Here's a guy who accepted his responsibility which included a few surprises he hadn't counted on, yet found himself blasted by many for everything other than what his post was about. He never asked for anyone to condone what led to his situation, only to possibly understand and share in his frustration with the "system". It must be wonderful that all those who ripped him have never made a mistake, or have ever been dealt a bad hand (birth control pill failure). Fake-Fat......Should we have a wealth of sympathy for afrodziak? Maybe not, especially since the mistake was repetitive one, but I can understand his frustration. Might he and his ex-girlfiends had other choices besides welfare, probably. Yet in both cases, life was chosen. Fact is, it would have been easier to abort, but they chose life instead. In the eyes of many, that was a good thing. As for your position on "life", I'd have to disagree a bit. Life is force, in and of itself. Sure it requires support, but let us not rationalize away life because of this. Life begins at conception. That is as simple and as plain as the noses on our faces. Once conception takes place, genetics take over. Mothers, and this is not meant to trivialize mothers, really are little more than shelter and a food source prior to birth. Yet it is life, the beginning, and it will grow, evolve, age, whither, and cease. Is it horrific what some unwanted children go through? Yes, without a doubt, but that is an indictment of life's support systems, not of life itself. As to whether the Government or the Religious should legislate what is life and what is not, I'll leave that up to you. Personally, after being a part of my six year old son Johnny's three and a half year battle with Leukemia, I've learned an appreciation of just how special and fragile life is and that every moment should be cherished. I'm also glad to say that he has been off chemo for just under a year now and has been doing well. Every day I've had with him is wonderous and special, as will be every day we share going forward. This applies to all my children, five in total. Bottom line is that afrodziak was upset with how the county dealt with him. He wasn't running away from his responsibilities or trying to escape from them. As someone who dealt with the same agencies years ago, I can attest that fairness, common sense, and logic were not part of the "game" then and probably even less so today.

It's true, it's all Stevestojan's doing..........

....as Sprewell would have angrily stated.........

But in truth, how would anyone really know? I mean it was well known that Bruce wasn't going to be around much until opening game anyway, and for that he always miraculously recovered from injury, settled his contract issues enough to play, and was in shape (except his rookie year of course when he was a fat slob). But what a defensive end.....Best I ever watched, although Reggie was pretty darn good too......

Hummm.... Basically being far more conservative fiscally, and a tad more liberal on social issues than most around here, I'd add that if mandatory service of some sort is cost prohibitive then some sort of random (completely random, rich, poor, etc) draft might be appropriate. There is a price than has to be paid to protect this country and personally I think they took the "peace time dividend" a bit too far under Clinton. We see clearly today that our troop strength is not adequate. Problem would be balancing increased troop strength with an already outrageous Federal deficit. Bottom line, It's not about making "good" men out of slugs (although that happens on occasion), it's about service to one's country. This is the responsibility of all citizens.

Than Bang cartoon was some funny stuff too as I recall. Some of their stuff is marhinal at best, but that one.....good. His old man, a great player in his day, retired and then became another loud mouth, racist, whinning toad. The kid has been a loud mouth from day one. Piss on him and his father.

Ours too.

Division is only part of it, YOU might wish to consider currency exchange rates.

Actually, the heavy blues inspiration in LZ's debut album, really does it for me. LZ 4 was and still is great though. Dazed and Confused Babe, I'm gonna leave you How many more times But then, for a single track, it's always been a toss up between "Dazed and Confused" or "Kashmir" as top song....

....that and the consumption of vast amounts of beer and alcohol. They're too numb to know they're depressed, at least I was when I lived there...

It seem that with just a few exceptions, the second FA period (june 1) the past couple years has slowed a bit with teams managing their caps a bit better. I don't expect to see any major moves made by the Bills, mainly because unlike when we picked up Malloy, we don't have much cap room to play with at this point and the low number of quality players to be released (based upon recent years).

I'm sorry, but that's not a lie. If somone offered a 5th, that's nothing, just like TD stated.

Kyle Turley's shoulder (injury), and his considerable loss of weight may very signal his career is over. Quite a nut case as well, but in his best days, he was a very solid OT.

But she forgave him after she founds out how great he was/is...

Nuge is really from Centerville, a suburb south of Dayton. It was reported on local TV last night that there are five teams that are very interested in him. KC, Balt, a couple that I didn't get to hear, and of course, our beloved Bills. All of the teams have 'supposedly" expressed considerable interest. No link, just local news. When asked where he thought he'd end up, Nuge simply said, "I'll just have to wait for the phone call".... Ill be "surpised' if he's still left available by the Bill's current draft position (#55). This kid may yet sneek into round 1, but will definitely be gone by the end of round 2.

My wife and I received a Christmas gift of Omaha steaks (and we just re-ordered a batch ourselves). We grilled them (Sirloins and filets) and they were absolutely delicious. Excellent tasting but a bit too expensive for any regular orders though. The newly ordered batch is for special occasions. Great steaks though.

Oh yeah.....????Humm, was that the Military Bar & Grill days? Lov ya....your Brother

Being 6"4" and 278 kind of makes his name a non-issue, at least for most other people, especially this 5"10" and 185 lb poster....

OK, Great....What's the best way to clean some Pepsi off my darn monitor!

I've been summoned for jury duty three times. The first time was for a murder case where a young talented basketball player, who was going to college on a scholarship, got involved in a drug deal that went "bad" and he shot and killed another young man (he was later found guilty). I sat there for two days, but was never interviewed. Once the jury was selected, I was excused and only had to call in afterwards. A second time, a robbery case, I was interviewed and when I was asked what my wife's employment was (she worked as a legal secretary for a large local firm at that time) I was immediately excused. The third time I simply told them that my wife worked as a legal secretary for another firm and was excused thru the mail.

Sports is merely entertainment. It's family, friends, loving, caring, sharing, etc., that makes life precious.

Bless that daughter of yours.....Great news...