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Yay for culture change! WTF, some joker on the BN board stole my avatar... Goodness...it's even worse! They're using my avatar on Twitter! Bastage! @Cannibal_King

OMG, a voice of reason amongst the din... Has no one ever seen on the news where the military acts separately from the government in countries where there is civil/political disorder? In the event the government overtly turns on the people, the military will split, or go its own route. Why do you think Obama is staffing the military leadership with leftists like himself? It's an attempt to try an insure some/part/all of the military remains under federal control. Meanwhile, this administration has so offended and abused the military, it's likely they will be glad to turn on the administration IF it ever came to that.

Nice article. Puts us in an appealing light.

Could be a diversion. Or...it could be the idea is to house the Bills in Toronto, but they'll visit the Ralph once a year for a game.

If the intent was to be able to protect the people from the government, I'm not sure your assertion stands. Obviously, if the heavy weaponry you mention existed at the time, the entire course of history would be substantially different. But, tyranny is tyranny, and the ability to protect yourself from a tyrant is its own proposition, regardless of the means available.

It's a peek into the psychology of those who state it that way: the people are the enemy, and the government is good, regardless of what form it takes. It's illustrative of overindulged ignorance. My pre-teen children have a more mature understanding of the relationship between government and the people than many posters in this thread.

The USA would have never come to be if a lot of things didn't coalesce at the right time. The French only came here thanks to the genius of Ben Franklin.

Really? Just how likely is the looney doomsday prepper scenario over a gang-banger? Do you know the stats on gun crime? You're more likely to be held up by a guy with a gun, WHO HAS NO POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS, than you are ever to run across some pro-gun whacko. This is media-induced fantasy-land thinking and is FAR more dangerous to our country's survival than guns. Ridiculous. That IS cowardice. That is giving up and giving in. The government wins because they have more toys; they are better; I shall lay down and be their bitch because they have the better toys. Bullsh*t. And the Continental Army wasn't going to win against Big Bad Britain. Back in the day, the perceived discrepancy was pretty great, too. England, with the world's finest army and largest navy, against a rag-tag group, un-organized assembly of un-trained farmers and workers. The North Vietnamese were woefully out-matched in terms of fire power, but they eventually forced the USA to draw out of the conflict all together. There is more to a fight than just the weapons. There are tactics, strategies, smarts and will-power, not to mention over-whelming numbers. I'm not trying to rally you; I'm just writing this for posterity.

Back at you.

For a small fee, one can obtain that information.

You cowards. So, because there's a perceived disparity in firepower, that's enough to provide an excuse to give up even before the fight (hypothetically speaking)? You'd rather allow your government trample on you, and give up any leverage and any tactical asset because you can't see a win if it comes to that? These are just more excuses by spoiled citizens. And to strongly imply the Republicans are behind all of the alphabet soup agencies (and by omission strongly imply the democrats have nothing to do with them) is intellectually lazy. Where's the pride in distorting reality to accommodate your point of view; the facts are the facts and the truth of it can be debated without the stereotypical rhetorical tricks.

Just an update on the single beers at Trader Joes, all of them are very good, excepting the chocolate. My wife likes the chocolate, but I put my foot down when it comes to flavored beers.

He's 30, 5'11", 197 lbs. A journeyman hockey player. My guess is that he's looking to find a team he can settle in with, and he's hoping to earn an extension from Buffalo.

Dude will get the benefit of the doubt because...I don't know why. Why are the haters hating on Grigorenko?

If you start some of the kids, all of a sudden the Sabres depth at D looks a little weak. So, regardless of what kind of time this guy gets, it's a good idea to get an additional D-man who can play. Injuries, injuries, injuries. Every year, it seems, one of the ranks suffers due to injuries.

I don't see a continued assertion that he was set back. I do see people saying he has handled incorrectly, which is true. Perhaps you're saying the same thing, but as far as the result of his being mishandled, it could very well have done him a world of good. Being humbled like that could very well have saved his career: if before he thought he was the sh*t, his ego was brought down a notch to two, allowing him to see and appreciate the bigger picture. Of course I don't know if this is the case, but we were all 18 once, and even without a potential career as a star in the NHL, I was pretty sure I knew better than everyone else (when the reality was that I knew nothing). It took some real world events to slap me into shape when I was about 20. Wish I had those lessons, as hard as they were, earlier in life.

I will agree. This was right during the period of time when TP's meddling was at or near its apex.

I agree. I don't know how one can stand by their assessment of an 18-year-old on a crappy line on a doubly-crappy team being run by an incredibly crappy staff all under the umbrella of an organization in obvious turmoil.

Yeah, well, no. I went and watched him play last week. He showed a lot more than Reinhart. Any optimism I have for Grigorenko is based on his behavior and statements since being horrendously mishandled by Regier, and by watching him. He has incredible skill. No one should deny him that because, when it shows, it shows. He is staying in Buffalo to work out and improve his game. How many players on the team are doing that? Girgensons, I know. Okay, well, who better to stick around with than Girgensons? It's pretty clear the kid is trying, and is learning that he has to try more. He isn't quitting or giving up, or going back to Russia. So, you take the skill which he has, you take the "I'm going to make this work" attitude he seems to have and which seems to be maturing, you take his improved strength and conditioning, and, yes, his improved skating (he skated pretty well last week), what do you have? I think you have more than a %50 shot at being something in the league. In contrast, nfreeman, to your assertion that "the hope" for Grigorenko is paper-based, I would say the pessimism is similarly loosely based. All of it is conjecture and can be assigned to any player. A lot of the negativity has much to do with the inkman's consistent criticism and bashing of the kid. At the very least, I, personally, am trying to gather as many tangible elements to put together into a collage of what is going on with the guy, and what I see gives more cause for optimism, right now, than pessimism. Let's see what he's doing in the AHL in December. We'll have a much better idea of where he's at - the trends I see suggest a lot of people could be pleasantly surprised. I do reserve the right to a mea culpa at any time.

I've made dinner for Don Henley and Jimmy Vaughn, and others whom I can't recall right now. I've met all the local contemporary legends and was even in Jimmy Griffin's home at least once. I've had other brushes with fame of whom I won't say lest I reveal too much.

I think Ron Paul is reading my posts: http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2014/july/20/what-the-media-won%E2%80%99t-report-about-malaysian-airlines-flight-mh17.aspx

Reinhart and Eckblad were pretty much the top two all along, and Bennett was always within the top 5 radar I thought.

The Sabres have no scoring. Moving centers to wing just doesn't make sense when the needs is for "natural goal scorers".

I suppose that's better than cat urine.