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Yeah, but that was back before the parties completely swapped platforms in the days of the old Dixie-crats. If you think Republicans like Abraham Lincoln were anything like Republicans like Strom Thurmond just do a quick google search. Personally, I don't really have a horse in this race though I was just making a joke. I either won't vote or will write in my own candidate (voted for George Carlin in 2004 and his corpse in 2008). The Republican Party has been over run by religious zealots and gun nuts who care more about lining the pockets of their already rich cronies than doing anything to help average Americans. The also only seem to give a ###### about deficits and spending when the other guys have their hands on the purse strings. To their credit though, they do know how to stick to their guns and follow through on their agenda whether I agree with it or not. The Democrats are largely a bunch of spineless pussies who don't have the fortitude to push through the road blocks from the other side to push their agenda, so I don't really have any respect for either.

They are definitely becoming the party of inclusion. After all, the last time Republicans had that many minorities on a stage they were selling them.

Because, believe it or not, there are a large number of people who actually agree with him and have voted for him. It's a scary thought but that's reality. What I can't figure out is why it's usually the people who are so anti-abortion in any and all circumstances that tend to be the biggest complainers about welfare. You'd think individuals who are tired of people mooching off the system and sucking up their tax dollars would actually support an unwed single mother terminating her pregnancy to avoid putting yet another mouth to feed on the taxpayer's payroll. Love the fetus, hate the baby just seems like complete cognitive dissonance.

It'll probably be similar to what they did with the NFL package. I have Sunday Ticket and Center Ice with Directv and they just postponed billing until there was an agreement in place. As for if they prorate it or not, I'd assume they will depending on how many games are missed. If they don't I'm sure as hell going to call and complain but I threaten to cancel both subscriptions every year because of how much they charge.

I'll bite since Bullwinkle declined. I'm non-religious as well and have no use for God or religion of any kind but Mormonism is up there with Scientology when it comes to being absurdly ridiculous. Aside from their overtly racist view that black people are evil people descended from Kane, they believe in magical underwear that will protect them from guns, knives, fire, and satan, they think God is a 6'2" physical man who lives on the plant Kolaf or Kolav or something like that, they think Native Americans are Iost Israelites, and that Jesus is an American and the new heaven will be in Branson, Missouri or some drivel such as that. Personally, I don't even feel comfortable having fundamentalist religious people who believe the earth is 10,000 years old and was created in 6 days running the country, but the Mormon faith makes traditional Christianity seem reasonable by comparison. Probably not the best example but I found a youtube video or a Mormon cartoon for children. I guess even they know the story sounds crazy so it's best to get the brain washing done as early as possible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q6brMrFw0E

I guess the Romney one comes with those expensive magical Mormon underwear.

George Carlin's Corpse in 2012! He's got my vote.

Did they demand to sing karaoke as well?

I'm fine with giving Ennis and Hodgson the reigns as scoring line centers this season but we definitely need to pick up a 3rd line guy like Arnott. Even if Grigorenko or Girgensons make the opening roster, I think it would be best to start them out at winger until they learn the system and work on their defensive games first given Ruff's system.

I'd include Regehr in that list as well. He may have taken a step back stats wise this season but that's because Ruff had him doing all the heavy lifting by playing him against the opponents best players and putting him in the toughest situations. He may not have the offensive upside that guys like Myers, Ehrhoff, Sekera, and Leopold have, but when it comes to actual defending he's as reliable as we have.

Oh yeah, man. We stayed up in WNY an extra day to do some stuff and enjoy the area, left yesterday afternoon and got back home around 3 am. Had a blast at the show despite missing Anthrax because we showed up late and for some reason I had it in my head that it started at 6:30 instead of 6:00. The show was great though, although I didn't get in the pit because I was still a little sore from letting my drunkenness get the best of me and getting in the pit during Slayer's set in DC. My girlfriend even joined in and did some moshing and some crowd surfing at the DC show as well so I can't complain about either show whatsoever. Good times. It was definitely a drunken good time.

Always nice to have connections. Enjoy the show, and if you get to meet Slipknot in person, tell'em their 3rd album was gayer than 8 guys blowing 9 guys.

Yeah, I lost all respect for Slipknot after their turd of a 3rd albumn but I'm hoping they'll stick to their hard stuff given the lineup they'll be playing with.

Seems like we have a few blue chip forward prospects and a glut of NHL calibre d-men who will find themselves in Rochester unless Darcy makes some deals. Maybe the Amerks can find their way to a good record if we can win a ton of low scoring games given that our blue chip forwards won't be playing in Rochester outside of possibly Girgensons.

Sweet. We got the lawn tickets because they are way cheaper, plus I just can't see the point in sitting down for a metal show, and I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to smoke where the covered seating in, even in Viriginia as I've caught some shows in the Norfolk and VA Beach areas where that was the case in the past. I was glad I held off on tickets initially too. Originally you could get a 4 pack of lawn tickets for about 32 dollars a head but the price for both shows dropped to $68 for a 4 pack so we got tickets for $17 a head.

I'll be heading up to the DC area this Sunday to catch the Slayer, Anthrax, Motorhead, and Slipknot show before heading up to Buffalo to catch the same show that next Wednesday. I'm stoked.

There are still new updates to a war that ended 60 some odd years ago? Don't want to spoil it for you, but we won.

I'll stick to my dirt cheap cornwater, Milwaukee's Best Ice and Pabst Blue Ribbon and you guys can keep the fancy stuff.

Don't be foolish. Pegula has tons of money which means everyone desrves a statue. How can you deny all time greats like Tim Connolly, Derek Roy, Kotalik, Novotny, Janik, Jillson, and Rory Fitzpatrick? On a serious note though, the only guys I think deserve statues outside of the French Connection are Hasek, Rob Ray, and Possibly LaFontaine and Mogilny.

A complimentary blumpkin?

If Grigorenko makes the team, I definitely like the idea of him being paired with Ott and Pominville to cover for his defensive short comings. Despite Leino's struggles, he makes much more sense on Vanek's line than Tropp, so unless we are able to unload some defensemen for a scoring line winger, I like the idea of: Leino - Hodgson - Vanek Foligno - Ennis - Stafford Ott - Grigorenko - Pominville Gerbe - McCormick - Kaleta Scott, Tropp Sekera Myers Ehrhoff Sulzer Leopold Regehr Weber Miller Enroth

It would be great to land a player like Doan, but I'd feel uncomfortable giving him any longer than a 2 year deal unless it was for a modest cap hit of under $5 million. You like that teeny bopper facebook type wannabe model pose? To each his own I guess.

Ryan Callahan please. Or does it have to be realistic?

Columbus would never make that trade straight up. Nash may only be marginally better than Vanek but he's still better and they're the same age. The only possibly way I could see that happening would be if they were afraid that Nash is locked up for huge money for the foreseeable future while Vanek is only locked in to big money for a few more seasons. There's still no way Columbus makes that deal though.

Given the choice I'd rather trade for Ryan than Nash. Nash may be a better player but he's older, more expensive to trade for, and has a higher cap hit that will go beyond his prime. At this point, the only players on my no trade list would be Ennis, Hodgson, Foligno, Miller, and Myers along with our 2 first round picks from this year. Getting either of these guys would no doubt improve the team immediately, but I'd rather not lose any of our pivot men and I want to keep Foligno's grit around.