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That's a very poor comparison. Rose was banned because baseball has a rule that states you can't be a participant in major league baseball & bet on baseball. It is posted in every locker room. Although I've never been in an NFL locker room, I'm pretty sure there are no signs posted on the walls stating that one cannot finance a dog fighting operation, bet on fights and kill dogs. Baseball has posted the equivalent of a no trespassing sign (for betting on baseball)in their locker rooms. PS- Rose the player should be in the Hall of Fame unless someone can show he bet on baseball as a player. If he had been elected to the Hall of Fame as a player & then kicked out as a manager, would they have kicked him out of the HOF? If Rose had never managed, they would have had no grounds for banning him as a private citizen betting on games. "Rose he knows he's such a credit to the game..." -Billy Joel.

Do you know why thousands of companies don't want to hire convicted felons? It's because they don't want a repeat of the criminal activities at their place of business. So what is Vick going to do, hold dog fights in the dead of night at the stadium of the team he plays with? The odds of Vick being involved in any criminal activities at an NFL stadium are pretty darn slim. Whether he could have played the last two years or not, Vick has already lost 2 years of a very finite career. To ban him any longer would be the longest ban other than a lifetime ban. The legal system has released him from jail, if he messes up, he'll go back. He should be reinstated and then we can see which team is stupid or desperate enough to hire him. Odds are much higher it will be the Dolphins than the Bills.

I don't smoke marijuana, but I know plenty of people who do and have no problems with it. You might be surprised at the amount of people who smoke marijuana. I was amazed at how many of my co-workers who do and lead very normal lives. It's hardly as dangerous as you make it out to be. Some grow their own and never deal with the criminals who are selling it. Also, many of your so called criminals are pretty harmless and would never get into any life & death battle with the law enforcement people. It's more at the much higher level of the sellers (like organized crime & big players) where lives are endangered than the local drug dealer who sells the average joe some weed. Also, if you decriminalize it, your arguments against it go away. So isn't it simpler to decriminalize it, tax it & do away with all the reasons you state why it's dangerous?

If this clown knew anything about what went on in our secondary last year when Ted Ginn Jr. was beating McGee, "our #1 corner" when McGee was playing on one leg while our coaching staff refused to put McKelvin in, he'd understand why nobody here can take him seriously.

Rae Carruth & Travis Henry will both attempt breakouts this season.

I always read the fine print.

We had a heavy thunderstorm here a few minutes ago & it messed up the digital signals. There was breakup & the stations that didn't need the booster used on the antenna in order to receive them, needed the booster & still broke up slightly. I guess they haven't quite mastered a thunderstorm around Albany yet.

Because he wasn't eligible for an earlier draft & you can't sign a player who has never been eligible. If you could, then there would be no need for a supplemental draft or underclassmen declaring for the regular draft. Imagine if an underclassman declared he was quitting college right after the April draft. Under your question, the best underclassmen would make themselves free agents after the draft by quitting school & then would get to pick their teams & drive up salaries with bidding wars. There's regular & rookie cap effects to consider as well. As long as there's a draft, there will always be a supplemental draft to prevent players from going from school to the NFL without giving teams a shot at drafting them.

Proof that there is no such thing as a hot politician. Sure she's better than Janet Reno, Madeline Albright & Hillary Clinton, but really, Palin is a very average looking woman. There are millions of women out there a lot hotter than Sarah Palin.

They had one in Mitt Romney. Unfortunately, he reversed his Mass Gov policies on social issues because he felt he had to cowtow to the social conservatives to win the Republican nomination. Instead he was knocked out by McCain in the primaries because the social conservatives didn't trust him after all his flip flops. Until the Republicans take back their party from the religious right they'll end up with people like Palin getting the VP pr Prez nomination. The Republicans could have nominated Tom Ridge, a man much more qualified for VP than Palin last year, but the single issue anti abortion people within the party let McCain know he was unacceptable. When I was younger, I voted Republican a lot more because their party hadn't yet been hijacked by a bunch of wackos who don't care about the issues that really matter-like the economy & national security. They would rather have a recession & kick out qualified gays from the military than elect someone who doesn't agree with them on social issues. Back when Guiliani was the Republican front runner I was telling everyone there was no chance the religious right would accept someone with his social beliefs. What did he get, something like one delegate?

There goes $70,000 off our cash to cap.

There's an entire thread like this one on the football board. http://www.stadiumwall.com/index.php?showtopic=91506

The "average fan" has probably either never have seen Trent Edwards play or might have seen a game or 2 in his career. The opinion of the average fan is meaningless. Most of their opinions of players they don't watch is based on what the guy who is on the radio at the time they are commuting thinks.

When I lived in an apartment complex I became friends with an elderly lady who used to walk around the complex for exercise. One time she fixed me up with a woman who had moved in next to her. I was running & they stopped & I was briefly introduced to this woman. I talked with her on the phone for a couple of hours & realized she was a psycho & I didn't want to go out with her. (One of the 1st things she asked me was what's going to happen when I can't go to football games any longer-not even one date & she was already contemplating ways to make my life miserable) I called her back the next day to break up before we even had a date. During the conversation I was trying to be diplomatic because I didn't want to offend my elderly friend. The psycho wouldn't just take no for an answer without a complete explanation & after a while I'd had enough & told her that she was the most depressing person I'd ever spoken to & that's why I didn't want to get together again. A month or 2 later I see my friend & I start apologizing to her that it didn't work out. She then tells me she didn't know the woman at the time but that she later found out she was totally crazy. She said the woman calls her up some mornings just to say f-u and then hangs up. When I told her what I said to the woman about her being the most depressing person I had ever spoken to, my friend said she was glad I said that. Dodged a bullet with that one. If you think someone is crazy, they probably are.

That's like being the top fly on a dung pile.

They really need to limit the internet access at the mental institution you reside at.

Dykstra has now declared bankruptcy. The post by someone asking for stock tips reminded me to post the story of Lenny Dykstra. Anyone who watches Real Sports on HBO has seen the profiles of Lenny when he was riding high & the latest one where he's living in a house sans wife & furniture. Lenny was once the darling of Cramer & his people, now he's just another guy who gambled & lost. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2...led-for-ba.html

The most honest evaluation was quite evident: Any player who is signed for a minimal salary and gets waived before camp is, in the team's evaluation, no good. The only rookies who get cut before camp are considered as no good, otherwise they would have one of the 80 spots. Either that or the Bills are so loaded on their O line that they can afford to cut NFL caliber players before camp.

I'll watch, I'll try to go to the game that is in Hartford. I hope it's vs Las Vegas so I can see JP play one more time. I used to watch the USFL on tv & my biggest regret was not going to the final championship game-it rained at least part of that day & I just didn't feel like driving to NJ in the rain. I never got to see a USFL game in person & I'm sorry I didn't even see one in 3 years, because I was only about 50 miles away from Giants Stadium when the USFL was around. I did see an XFL game, LA vs NJ, so I got to see the league champion (Jerry Crafts was on that team) in person. I saw a bunch of arena games when the original Albany Firebirds were around & I even saw a NY Knights game at Madison Square Garden in 1988. If there's another league, I'll try to go to at least 1 game, so I have no regrets like the USFL ones. PS-I don't expect the UFL to last very long. Also: Here's my best USFL story: I'm in my car listening to a Generals-Gamblers game. In the 1st half Kelly goes down with a knee injury. The guys on the radio are saying it's a tough blow for Houston because Kelly will probably miss a few weeks. So who is the QB for Houston in the 2nd half? None other than Jimbo! I knew right then & there he was one tough son of a gun & looked forward to the day he'd be a Bill.

quarterbacks under duress to ground the ball inside or outside the pocket So now when JP gets sacked & fumbles, he'll say "I was just grounding the ball" to the ref.

It's just you. 1+1=2, but somehow you think it may =1.23456789. She bought the gun, there was gunshot residue on her hands only, she talked of suicide, her life was a mess, she had been orphaned, possibly by murder, in Iran-which may have led to her instability. It usually is what it is & nothing more, here it's definitely murder suicide. Next you'll be telling us Michael Jackson is alive & living on a desert island, soon to be joined by his kids.

I tried it & it worked fine. Unfortunately, the fares are $116 each way from Albany to Buffalo & they send the passengers to Baltimore 1st. I had to pass. Flights from Albany to other places in NY, other than JFK, seem to go through Baltimore-negating any benefits flying has. I once looked up flying to Islip and between the early arrival at the airport, going down to Baltimore, then going to Islip & arriving without a car, it was a ton easier just driving down there. Meanwhile, out in California, I'm able to fly from Oakland to LA on a Sunday for $69-nonstop! Also when I fly Southwest from Albany -Oakland or LA, I have to stop in either Chicago or Las Vegas. Southwest out of Albany is nothing special unless you're going to Baltimore, Chicago or Las Vegas.

I don't know where this land is located (and with the OP being ieatcrayonz, I'm skeptical of the post's validity) but if it's real, and the same rules apply as in NYS, you can't dry wetlands out & use them. http://www.dec.ny.gov/regs/13337.html

Sarah Palin did everone a big favor today-she ended Michael Jackson's reign as lead story on all the cable news channels. I think she was inspired by Michael Jackson, here's her press release: "Woman In The Mirror" I'm Gonna Make A Change, For Once In My Life It's Gonna Feel Real Good, Gonna Make A Difference Gonna Make It Right . . . As I, Turn Up The Collar On My Favourite Winter Coat This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind I See The Kids In The Street, With Not Enough To Eat Who Am I, To Be Blind? Pretending Not To See Their Needs A Summer's Disregard, A Broken Bottle Top And A One Man's Soul They Follow Each Other On The Wind Ya' Know 'Cause They Got Nowhere To Go That's Why I Want You To Know I'm Starting With The woman In The Mirror I'm Asking Her To Change Her Ways And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place (If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place) Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change (Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change) (Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah) I've Been A Victim Of A Selfish Kind Of Love It's Time That I Realize That There Are Some With No Home, Not A Nickel To Loan Could It Be Really Me, Pretending That They're Not Alone? A Willow Deeply Scarred, Somebody's Broken Heart And A Washed-Out Dream (Washed-Out Dream) They Follow The Pattern Of The Wind, Ya' See Cause They Got No Place To Be That's Why I'm Starting With Me (Starting With Me!) I'm Starting With The Woman In The Mirror (Ooh!) I'm Asking Her To Change Her Ways (Ooh!) And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place (If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place) Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change (Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change) I'm Starting With The Woman In The Mirror (Ooh!) I'm Asking Her To Change Her Ways (Change Her Ways-Ooh!) And No Message Could've Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place (If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place) Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make That . . . (Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make That . . .) Change! I'm Starting With The Woman In The Mirror, (Woman In The Mirror-Oh Yeah!) I'm Asking Her To Change Her Ways (Better Change!) No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer (If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place) (Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make The Change) (You Gotta Get It Right, While You Got The Time) ('Cause When You Close Your Heart) You Can't Close Your . . .Your Mind! (Then You Close Your . . . Mind!) That Woman, That Woman, That Woman, That Woman With That Woman In The Mirror (Woman In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!) That Woman, That Woman, That Woman I'm Asking Her To Change Her Ways (Better Change!) You Know . . .That Woman No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place (If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place) Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change (Take A Look At Yourself And Then Make A Change) Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah (Oh Yeah!) Gonna Feel Real Good Now! Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah! Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na, Na Nah (Ooooh . . .) Oh No, No No . . . I'm Gonna Make A Change It's Gonna Feel Real Good! Come On! (Change . . .) Just Lift Yourself You Know You've Got To Stop It. Yourself! (Yeah!-Make That Change!) I've Got To Make That Change, Today! Hoo! (Woman In The Mirror) You Got To You Got To Not Let Yourself . . . Sister . . . Hoo! (Yeah!-Make That Change!) You Know-I've Got To Get That Woman, That Woman . . . (Woman In The Mirror) You've Got To You've Got To Move! Come On! Come On! You Got To . . . Stand Up! Stand Up! Stand Up! (Yeah-Make That Change) Stand Up And Lift Yourself, Now! (Woman In The Mirror) Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Aaow! (Yeah-Make That Change) Gonna Make That Change . . . Come On! (Woman In The Mirror) You Know It! You Know It! You Know It! You Know . . . (Change . . .) Make That Change.

Why don't the Giants do the fiscally sound thing-sign JP Losman to replace Manning. A couple of years ago many people on this board were insisting than Losman was better than Manning-they couldn't all have been wrong.