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FRED VS. HUCK: SUBSTANCE VS. STUPID
If Huckabee is the Republican Nominee, I will vote for the Democrat. Seriously. The republic can survive 4-8 years of Hillary, the Manchurian Candidate or the Silk Pony. Conservativism would never survive a President Huckabee, especially after 8 years of Bush.
Comment Posted By Headhunt23 On 13.12.2007 @ 16:03
Philly Steve
"Actually the US Congress and President did, many years ago when they ratified the Geneva Convention regarding torture."
Actually, they didn't slick. Feel free to go thru the GC and show me where it lists permissible and impermissible specific interregation techniques.
Furthermore, since our enemies are not following the geneva convention, I really don't think they should be afforded its protections. And, since Al Queda is not a signer of the convention, nor is it following the tenants, the US has no legal obligation to follow it (moral, another story).
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 11.12.2007 @ 09:21
The entire problem here is that torture keeps getting defined down.
Cold room? - Torture
Sleep Depravation? Torture
Load Music? - Torture
Water Boarding? - Torture
Attention Grab? - Torture
Singular Face Slap? - Torture
Singular Chest Punch? - TortureThe question is, where is the line drawn? If we are drawing the line so simply that it includes all of the above things, that's just crazy.
My opinion is that the Dems can go on record and pass legislation declaring what is and what is not legal in regards to interagation. If they won't do that, then they should just STFU.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 10.12.2007 @ 15:07
Gee...this is it?
Break in of a former employee's home?
Break into the office of a former defector?
Fake CIA Documents?
Testing of electronic equipment on US Telephone circuits?Wow...real family jewels there. Maybe there are some more in the rest of the reports and this is just the first 18, but if this is all they did for 20 years, we got a real poor return on our money.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 22.06.2007 @ 12:01
Pinky...
Interesting name for a liberal...freudian slip perhaps?
In seriousness, the war was not a strategic mistake - the mistakes were made in the execution.
Had we:
Invaded with a more robust force capable of securing the country
and
Kept the Iraqi Armies entactWe could have done a more robust reconstruction sooner and given people confidence in their government's ability to secure them and provide services for them. We also could have put more Iraqis to work sooner, thereby keeping them off the streets.
But, we did it on the cheap and now we get what we have earned.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 9.01.2007 @ 13:06
here is a really good essay by a soldier who was over there:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JBSmith/2007/01/05/a_soldiers_thoughts
Rick, you might want to put on your front page
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 8.01.2007 @ 16:17
WHERE LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG
Rick...
I agree... in fact, several of these QBs - Marino springs to mind, probably outweighed Favre. Also, since most of these guys were older, they probably were in the 220-230 weight category.
But, the bottom line is that of the 28 QBs listed, there were 9 (including Favre) that were Favre's size, as listed, so that is 32%. Which means that your chance in 1992 of seeing a QB of Favre's size was greater than the chance of having a minority person be the next person you see on the street.
Not exactly a "rarity".
Anyway, not trying to beat you to death on this point. I enjoy the site.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 2.01.2007 @ 13:31
OK...proving I have no life, let me got thru the starting QBs in 1992
AFC Central
Neil O'Donnell - 6'3, 228
Warren Moon- 6'3, 218
Mike Tomczack - 6'1, 210
Boomer Esiason 6'4, 220AFC East
Jim Kelly 6'3, 215
Dan Marino 6'4, 216
Jeff George 6'4, 215
Browning Nagel 6'3, 225
Hugh Millen 6'5, 215AFC West
Stan Humphries 6'3, 223
Dave Kreig 6'1, 200
John Elway, 6'3, 210
Jay Schroeder, 6'4, 215
Stan Gelbaugh, 6'3, 200NFC Central
Rich Gannon 6'3, 210
Brett Favre 6'2, 225
Jim Harbaugh 6'3, 215
Rodney Peete 6'0, 228
Vinny Testerverde - 6'5, 235NFC East
Troy Aikman 6'4, 219
Randal Cunningham 6'4, 213
Mark Rypein, 6'4, 234
Jeff Hostetler 6'3, 212
Chris Chandler 6'4, 226NFC West
Steve Young 6'2, 215
Bobby Hebert 6'4, 215
Chris Miller, 6'2, 212
Jim Everet, 6'5, 212You can draw your own conclusions
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 1.01.2007 @ 23:30
Rick:
point by point:
1. i will accept that your statement was subjective, but since you admit that you would take montana over favre, I will rest on this point.
2. I just threw out some examples of famous, similarly sized QBs. There are more than enough out there that show that Favre wasn't a rare physical specimin. Phil Simms, Warren Moon, Marc Wilson, Doug williams (only 6-0, but 225), Archie Manning (6-3), Tommy Kramer, (6-2), Randall Cunningham, Ken Stabler (6,3 215), Dan Pastorini, Bernie Kosar, Vinnie Testerverde, Jim Kelly, Todd Blackledge, Boomer Easiason...by this time do I really need to go on? sure, on some of these guys Favre might have 10-20 lbs, but the entire league has grown. The bottom line is that his size, which might have been above average because of his weight, wasn't rare by any stretch of the imagination.
3. Losing games. Throwing out Elway's first two-three years in the league isn't really all that relevent. Elway rarely lost games for his club after his growing period. Favre has made bone headed plays throughout his career, and just as many in the past 3 years as he did in his first 3.
4. You proved my point here. As Pete said, Favre didn't play with Lofton (only missed him by, oh, 6 years). And Chmura? Come on! He averaged about 3 receptions per games started for 36 yards and .25 TDs, his BEST season was 54 Rec, 679 yards, and 7 TDs. Jeez...you would have had a better argument if you would have thrown out Antonio Freeman or Donald Driver. He played with keith Jackson for 1 year. Besides, this is an argument that goes towards the greatness of Favre.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 1.01.2007 @ 15:43
OK...nice tribute and all, but some serious hyperbole.
First, Favre was preceeded by big QBs - Aikman, Elway, Marino, and Bradshaw were all about Favre's size. Even Young, Namath, and Montana were his height. In fact, even when Favre entered the league, he was an inch or two less than ideal.
Second, calling him the "Best to ever play the game" is ludicrious. I like him as a player, but come on. Would you really take him over Elway? Montana? Unitas? Even Marino? If you would, I will extend an invite to you to play in my fantasy league next year.
He has been a great player for a number of years, but let's not let his retirement to be in 12 years gaze over the reality of his play. He was a great player that made the players around him better, and his gunglinging ways often won games for his team, but he, more than perhaps any other top 15 QB in history, had his play lose games for his team.
Don't get me wrong, if he would have suited up for my beloved Vikings I would have loved having him. I sure wish I could have seen him play with an elite WR for a number of years, as Sterling Sharpe was the only great one he ever had. But, Marino never had one, nor did Elway until the very end.
Let's enjoy Favre for as long as he plays, but let's not be ridiculous about it.
Comment Posted By headhunt23 On 31.12.2006 @ 22:27
