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If one company can sit on that much cash, it really makes me wonder how much money is sitting on the sidelines in total.

Nobody can be that cynical. I'm suggesting that perhaps you don't know or can't appreciate the difference between public relations and marketing. GO SABRES!!!

It makes perfect sense now. Pegula and Co. need to frack more gas, contaminate more water supplies with carcinogens, and drive up child cancer rates to keep those hospital wards full of sick and dying kids. This will guarantee a never ending stream of cheap marketing opportunities to increase ticket sales and sell more third jerseys. All to deflect fan criticism of their gutless and gritless team. But they ain't fooling me for a second. GO SABRES!!!

It's most fun when we have to call one of our own a liar. Like, "Is Newt Gingrich a liar when he said he attended that meeting on Inaugaration Night, 2009 and that he was proud to do so?"

^This. For all the time and money the Republican machine threw at trying to find something, anything to hang him with, in the end the best they could do was corner him into lying about an extra-marital affair. As ashamed as Clinton should have been, the Republicans in Congress should be that much more embarrassed by their behaviour. Impeached for lying about a b.lowjob. Well done.

I can't argue with any of that. I would just say that what's perceived to be stupid by us may not be stupid to someone else. Especially where family matters are concerned. But that Sept. 15 date sure does loom large in all this. GO SABRES!!!

But you agree with the notion of someone else deciding that he doesn't have enough money? The point is that even though 99% of us may feel the same way as you do about it, we aren't in his skin, we don't know what motivates him, and it's murky when we project our own values on what may. We also don't know what kind of investments he's made over the years that may mitigate not accepting our offer. But after reading Drane's post about the financing required and the question of the local sales tax issue, I agree with your premise that this may not be over indeed. GO SABRES!!!

I'd think that's been rather obvious the entire summer, no? Choosing to stay home doesn't make him any less of a "kick-ass" player or the type to shy away from a new challenge. I don't know how anyone can make that leap in a logical fashion. GO SABRES!!!

Why not just throw up on your TV?

I think that's too easy for anyone not in his shoes to say. It's probably no more complicated than he's a family man who's very well settled and chooses to not UN-settle it. Can't fault him one bit for that. There's the challenges of hockey and then there's life in the real world. I don't blame him one bit for choosing to stay where he feels most comfortable. But as noted above, this may not be over yet. GO SABRES!!!

Interesting intrepretation of "of the people, by the people, for the people."

I'd say it made a rather uneventful summer even more uneventful. GO SABRES!!!

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Can't agree more. Those days, in the absence of a national tragedy to rally around, are gone I'm afraid. It ain't about politicians bridging gaps, it's about competing special interests at odds over the policies and influence their money buys.

My previous reference to Romo's playoff gaffes aside, if playoffs enter into the discussion at all, then Fergy isn't in the conversation, either. While I think it's fair to say Fergie didn't always have great talent around him, I'm not sure the Cowboys have had anything much more THAN Romo, other than Witten. But it's ALWAYS an unfair exercize to compare QBs across eras. GO BILLS!!!

You aren't suggesting that the Republicans in Congress have been waiting with baited breath to bridge those partisan chasms, are you?

By what measure is he consistently mediocre vs. consistently above average? GO BILLS!!!

Good. Consistently good. Is that better? GO BILLS!!!

While he's had his gaffes in the playoffs, there is no denying that Romo has been a very consistent QB since he was named starter. GO BILLS!!!

Well said.

And I suppose the strawberries really shouldn't have mattered to Capt. Queeg. You are all being duped into believing that marketing efforts like this aren't supposed to distract you while this team is mired in its gritless, Stayfree existence. GO SABRES!!!

As enticing and generous as your offer is, I'll have to pass. I just can't believe you were sucked into attending any of those games to begin with. I thought you were smarter than that. GO SABRES!!!

All just a big ruse to distract those of us too stupid to realize that we don't have a team capable of contending for the cup on an annual basis. He's not fooling me though. Not for a second. Of course, if we sign Shane Doan then all of his moves to improve the off-ice product, engender good will, and generate revenues through the marketing of various products, are just the things that any good owner who cares about his franchise and fan base would do. GO SABRES!!!

What you are alluding to is the difference between news reporting and op/ed. All of it falls under the media umbrella. I've been lamenting the loss of the Fourth Estate for years. Too many outlets controlled by too few corporations.

Thank-you for that valuable insight. After reading it, I am a little confused as to what all those ad dollars are designed to chase: the independent that really doesn't exist in numbers great enough to seemingly matter or to firm up an already partisan base. What worries me most about fundamentalist Christians in positions of power that shape policies, is that they not only believe the Rapture can/will happen in their lifetimes, but they seem genuinely willing to hasten it. The very real custodial responsibility to the earth seems take a back seat to that thinking.