If Congress is going to meddle in organized sports (steroids in baseball, NFL spy tapes) then they should go ahead and do something that sports fans are really upset about..the lack of a College Football playoff.
JetFan
· 1 year ago
I'm a Jet fan and I have no love for the Evil Genius Belichick. That being said, Specter's second largest contributer (just over $100K) is Comcast, which is in a dispute with the NFL over the new NFL Channel. Maybe he has a bit of a conflict of interest.
Man o' Law
· 1 year ago
This is getting to be farcical in nature. With all of the problems going on in this country does Congress need to get involved in this? It was bad enough of a waste of time for them to look at steroids in baseball, now this? I'm suprised Congress doesn't have a negative approval rating rather than just a low one.
hikerwoman
· 1 year ago
Interesting thread... This is a good example of just how far the old school DC critters have been drugged by the all mighty "lust for more power".... Power, Power, Power...
These old school politicians need to be retired, that's for sure. Replaced with a younger breed of politician that understands capitalism and what drives-governs our free markets. Every time politicians get in the way of the free markets, we (the people) suffer the consequences.
LaMano
· 1 year ago
Corrected all instances of "Spector" to "Specter"
Funny, I always spell it, 'Sphincter '.
EW-3
· 1 year ago
When I was growing up, one of my dad's favorite expressions was "Don't make a federal case of it".... Seems to me now there is almost nothing left that is not a federal case.
Maquis
· 1 year ago
Bush backed Specter, against a conservative. McCain isn't the beginning of the end, merely the continuance.
RIPCURL
· 1 year ago
A reader at View from the Right says the following about Florida. I wonder if it's true that there is an investigation going on that an alleged over 300,000 votes are illegal:
I just got off the phone with the man in my county who is the assistant supervisor for operations re the primary. I told him I was a registered Republican voter here and asked about the CNN website stating 17% of the voters in the Republican primary were Independents. I was quite surprised at the details he went into with the numbers with me, but here goes:
He stated that they received a statewide email Wednesday morning about allegations that over 300,000 votes were made by Independents who were NOT registered as Republicans. The Secretary of State of Florida is aware of this and it is being investigated. The man I spoke with reiterated that this is illegal. He said he thought the counties were in South Florida, and Broward was the one name he remembered. He said the numbers were either 314,000 or 341,000. In Florida, you have to sign in and you have to show ID, so they should be able to check the books about what happened.
I wouldn't be surprised at anything that happened in Southeast Florida.
I asked him about any follow up in the news and he said he would call me if he heard anything else. Again, I was surprised he told me this much on the telephone, as this is going to be a huge scandal if anything comes of it. This is the Secretary of State page if you would like to do any follow up yourself.
Great example of putting party before principle. In 2004, Spector was in a tight primary with Pat Toomey and even appeared on Rush's show (this was a "carrying water" moment) the day before the primary. Santorum supported Spector at the last minute (as a favor to our compassionate conservative Commander in Chief) and I think that is why Santorum lost in 2006. The Toomey movement conservative base abandoned him because they felt betrayed.
As a movement conservative and Club for Growth guy, I care only about advancing conservatism, not advancing politicians who declare themselves Republicans.
BurfordHolly
· 1 year ago
If he were up for re-election, money would be pouring in to both possible primary challengers and opponents.
Herstad
· 1 year ago
Great example of putting party before principle
One of yours then...
RB
· 1 year ago
Sadly, he's MY RINO senator.
AW1Tim
· 1 year ago
Heh,
My condolonces, although it could be worse. You might have Sestak representing you.
carol H
· 1 year ago
I voted for him in '80 and regret it. Now I have a dipwad governor here in Fla. who may be McCain's veep. Arlen's been around forever- at least since the Kennedy assassination inquiries.
FedUp
· 1 year ago
And mine... Between him, Murtha and Casey, we don't have a whole lot going for us. Term limits and age limits! Too bad we can't do tests for patriotism and IQ!
quickjustice
· 1 year ago
I'm glad Senator Specter has his priorities right!
onlineanalyst
· 1 year ago
I suppose that Arlen Specter will be forced to find his solution based on Scottish law. OTOH, he could direct the issue to the World Court to resolve. /sarc
zimmerman
· 1 year ago
Another Unhappy Eagle Fan or enjoying talking to himself and Leahy
AW1Tim
· 1 year ago
Yes,
Another AVOWED Eagles fan trolling for face time and votes.
The man needs a serious dose of STFU..
PersonFromPorlock
· 1 year ago
I will have no respect at all for the NFL if they don't go before the committee and express their longstanding interest in moving the Washington Redskins franchise. The Congress gets away with this crap because their targets let them.
Richard
· 1 year ago
you refer Spector as a Republician, I think he used to be but hes been sleeping with Leahy to much. He's gone to the other side
jodaddy
· 1 year ago
rino's in action
Nozzle
· 1 year ago
Arlen Spector is a poster-boy for term limits...
Go Pats!
Jack Barnes
· 1 year ago
Every single Senator or Congress[person] that has served two terms or more is a poster-child for term limits.
AW1Tim
· 1 year ago
Yup...
We need term limits more than any other piece of legislation.
Del_Dolemonte
· 1 year ago
Interesting theory here in Patriots-Land today-Boston Globe sports writer Dan Shaugnessy believes (and I tend to agree with him) that if the Pats do win Sunday, it will be great-but not the most memorable moment in New Englamd sports history.
Shaugnessy could find the downside of winning the lottery.
AW1Tim
· 1 year ago
Heh,
He writes for the Globe, which ought to explaon his inability to find anything positive in the word "Patriots". He and wRONg Borges are two sides of the same coin.
Del_Dolemonte
· 1 year ago
I am definitely no Dan Shaugnessy fan but in this case he does have a point -the average New England sports fan at this time will more likely remember where they were when the Red Sox finally won in 2004, than where they were for the Pats playing in their 4th Super Bowl in 7 years.
And here's a news flash...the only people worried about the 19 and 0 BS are the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
AW1Tim
· 1 year ago
Sorry Dell,
But you are dead wrong here. Patriots nation is still as strong and as large as Red Sox nation, and we do care very much about our Patriots and their bid for history. If Kraft's organisation hadn't shown the Red Sox management how to build a winning team, there would probably have been no World Series Champions from Boston. That's fact, and something old man Shaugnesset simply can't bring h8imself to admit.
That attitude is typical of the Globe, which, being owned by the NYT, is about as much a New England paper of record, as Mitt Romney is a New Englander got once having lived here.
The Patriots are on the verge of winning their fourth championship in the last 7 years. The Red Sox have 2 in the past 80+. It's nice to see the Sox win, but they hardly represent the team spirit, the blue-collar values of hard work and perseverence, of professionalism, that the Patriots do.
Here's hoping for that perfect season!
Butch
· 1 year ago
I agree he must miss the spotlight cause he has no reason to go after the NFL. they took care of it the way the league should have.
eilandesq
· 1 year ago
If Commissioner Goodell were to stand before the Senate Judiciary Committee and say to Specter, "Mind your own damned business--you senile, incompetent busybody", I'd write in his name on my presidential ballot. Arlen Specter is definitely long overdue for a nice long STFU period in his life.
rplat
· 1 year ago
Specter needs more than a hobby . . . he needs to get a life.
Everyman
· 1 year ago
I'm no fan of the man, but nonetheless, you should spell his name correctly, Captain: Specter. Middle name? Moron.
RBMN
· 1 year ago
My advice is don't film anything, don't record anything, and don't write anything down. It makes things like blogging somewhat more difficult, but it's much safer.
unclesmrgol
· 1 year ago
Explain to me why the NFL has an anti-trust exemption? What purpose does it serve?
rbj
· 1 year ago
Well I sure am glad that Social Security has been fixed, that other entitlement spending is kept in check and the mess that is the US tax code has been simplified with no net increase in taxes.
What, they haven't been?
AmendmentX
· 1 year ago
Yah know, I really do need to get that newer version of the Constitution. Mine is the old one where in Article 1 section 8 there is no mention of Arlen and his senatorial ilk being able to investigate the NFL. Or MLB for that matter. Oh, and about doesn't allow them to do about 95% of all that they do currently. And for the last 90 years, give or take a decade. Oh, and my edition still has that damnable 10th Amendment in it to that underscores the fact that Arlen & Co. are strictly prohibited from doing anything outside Art 1 sect 8. So, anyone know where I can get that updated version?
SwabJockey05
· 1 year ago
See: Supreme Court - Incorporation Doctrine
Ray_in_MPLS
· 1 year ago
"So, anyone know where I can get that updated version?"
There's no need to get an "updated version" to find why Congress has the authority to "investigate the NFL. Or MLB for that matter."
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution states that Congress has the authority "To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court."
According to the Constitution, Congress has the authority to create ether a senatorial tribunal for the Senate or a representative tribunal for the House if the members of Congress consent. This tribunals can be comprised of other members of Congress and they can compel any citizen to testify. This has happened several times throughout our history.
Specter may be overreaching here, but he and Congress does have the authority to investigate and even compel testimony in any congressional tribunal, commonly referred to as hearings.
burt
· 1 year ago
I dislike Specter.
I like term limits.
I dislike antitrust laws.
I dislike antitrust law exemptions because they weaken the need for getting rid of antitrust laws in the public consciousness.
I like a market economy.
poodlemom
· 1 year ago
Blech, he's my Senator also. He began his political career as a Democrat, so his morphing into a RINO didn't require much of a leap. He first showed his "brilliance" as a member of the Warren Commission - he put forth the "single bullet" theory.......what a maroon!!
I know everyone is entitled to legal representation, but Specter represented Ira Eichorn....that definitely puts Specter in the slug catagory.
patrickneid
· 1 year ago
Sad but true--he's today's repub party.
Skip
· 1 year ago
There has been a quite a bit of speculation about what's behind this on sports blogs. And it turns out that Specter has, as one of his largest donors, Comcast, who just happens to be in a huge fight with the NFL over the NFL Network right now.
There may be no connection, but it does stink to high heaven.
another lurker
· 1 year ago
That reminds me - I recall trying to watch a game through NFL Network via broadband Internet connection once. It was fine for a few minutes. Then they cut away from the actual game to a couple of guys in a studio talking and talking and TALKING about everything but the game I had tuned in to see. And the feed would not go back to the game except for a few minutes here and there. They even went to the freakin' sideline reporter for many minutes. You could see the players on the field doing things behind him but no, we couldn't just watch them while he was talking because this reporter had some absolutely scintillating topic of discussion about wonderfully banal minutiae that obviously demanded vast preference of observation of his stupid face.
Someone else tried it the following week and this time he got to watch the whole game, so maybe it was a fluke. I share your dislike and suspicions about a cable network wasting Congress' time on the NFL, but that aside, I side with Comcast on the issue itself.
Also, Specter needs to lose a primary for 2010.
Nozzle
· 1 year ago
Let's see...A member of an organization with a 13% approval rating is going to investigate an American institution with about a 99% approval rating. Something tells me that the Senator will be sorry he brought this up...Great timing too before the Superbowl. What is wrong with these idiots???
brightwinger
· 1 year ago
Is that Arlen "Magic Bullet Theory" Specter we are all talking about?? If he's so concerned about missing film, he could start with the four frames that disappeared from the Zapruder film just before JFK's image disappeared behind the big highway sign.
Or he might start questioning why the frontal head x-ray doesn't match up AT ALL with the death stare photo. The x-ray reveals massive destruction to the bones in the forehead and to the occipital bone of the right eye. No such evidence is seen in the death stare photo.
Yeah, we still have a Senator of the United States who is covering up the facts in the murder of JFK. If he wants to play ball, he might find himself down for the count.
Ex-Specter
· 1 year ago
Ed, You said: "I'm no great fan of term limits, but this isn't a bad argument for them."
I wish you were a fan of term limits. You have just made a great argument in support of them. Research Specter and his long history and you have a perfect example of why these people should be limited in the number of terms they can serve...i.e. going back to JFK ...
Go Patriots!
robes
· 1 year ago
The specter of Specter is scary enough.
robes
· 1 year ago
and Yes he does resemble a sphincter. Always has always will.
robes
· 1 year ago
Spector the noted Senator from Scotland?
Geoff Robinson
· 1 year ago
No, this is about him being from Pennsylvania. He has a lot of Eagles (and possibly Steelers) fans who are interested in how far the cheating went. If it is pandering, it is at a local level.
AW1Tim
· 1 year ago
Except aht it wsn't cheating. It never was cheating, and the only folks who refer to it as cheating are those with personal axes to grinf. It is not cheating to film or in any other way observe the opposing team's signals. It never has been. If you do a quick search, you'll find the NFL's rule bool omline in a pdf format. Know what? Nothing in it about taping signals, etc. What you want to find is the NFL pdf of it's operations manual. In it, you'll find a very small part where it talks about where on the field, and in what manner, cameras and other recording devices man be placed. That is the rules ciolation that the Patriots were fined for, and NOT for the taping of signals.
Heck, you can even email the league's PR staff and they will forward you a copy of Goodell's statement on the issue. Of course, that might be difficult to read, what with your mind all made up about cheating and all that, but it's worth the time to examine.
The Patriots have not cheated, and were not caught cheating. Deal with it.
Micah_B_Free
· 1 year ago
Riiigggght. Then why were they fined a first round draft choice, and Bellicheck had to pay, what, $750,000? I guess it depends on what "is" is.
carol H
· 1 year ago
If Arlen wants to investigate a worthy cause related to NFL wrongness that has long been ignored, he might reopen the heinous ruling that stripped the Pottsville Maroons of their NFL championship in the 20s. Google it and you'll see what I mean- talk about an out of control commish.
Term Limits for our beloved Congress should be in the Constitution....Stat. 12 years for Reps and 3 terms for Senators. MAX.
We've lost the concept of citizen legislators....we have careerists with no attachment to the citizens they serve. It's killing our country.
ClydeS
· 1 year ago
Spector, Specter, what's the difference? One's a kooky nut, and the other made records.
Justin
· 1 year ago
I disagree.
As a fan of a team who lost to these cheaters,I believe that this is warranted.
The Pats got caught cheating,they should at the very least been made to forfeit
that one came.
In the second half I remarked to my Dad that ,it seems to me that they know what we are going to do,before we do it!
AW1Tim
· 1 year ago
Except aht it wsn't cheating. It never was cheating, and the only folks who refer to it as cheating are those with personal axes to grinf. It is not cheating to film or in any other way observe the opposing team's signals. It never has been. If you do a quick search, you'll find the NFL's rule bool omline in a pdf format. Know what? Nothing in it about taping signals, etc. What you want to find is the NFL pdf of it's operations manual. In it, you'll find a very small part where it talks about where on the field, and in what manner, cameras and other recording devices man be placed. That is the rules ciolation that the Patriots were fined for, and NOT for the taping of signals.
Heck, you can even email the league's PR staff and they will forward you a copy of Goodell's statement on the issue. Of course, that might be difficult to read, what with your mind all made up about cheating and all that, but it's worth the time to examine.
The Patriots have not cheated, and were not caught cheating. Deal with it.
Geoff Robinson
· 1 year ago
Then explain the fine and loss of draft picks.
Mike
· 1 year ago
Why Specter, when neither the Eagles nor Steelers were particularly harmed? Waxman of L.A. encouraging MLB to punish the Giant I can understand.
tylerhill
· 1 year ago
It looks so pretty.... like it's taunting me. I hate this delay, it is so hard to resist the Brawl Spoilers out there, i mean i already have spoiled myself quite majorlly with the Final Smashes and the complete Roster. *sigh* I wish it would come out fast but i would defintiely not play that price to play it, i could wait if it meant getting it at a decent price. plus i think i would just be overly confused with the japanese text, lol. -------- http://www.vcao.net
Kevin Doyle
· 1 year ago
Specter is a bitter, clueless, geriatric version of Elliott Spitzer. Oh wait, Spitzer's a Democrat? Bush & Rove were stupid enough to support Specter, instead of the only conservative in the race (Toomey), all in the name of the Republican Party. They tried the same with with Linc Chafee, but we drop-kicked his ass back to the trust fund farm.
Definitely Term Limits: (3) Senate terms (6) House terms and NO PENSIONS for any of them!
Captain, perhaps you should have called him Arlen Spectre, because he is a ghoul when it comes to protecting and advancing core Republican principles.
Ray_in_MPLS
· 1 year ago
"I'm no great fan of term limits, but this isn't a bad argument for them."
Members of Congress already have term limits as per the Constitution. Each Senator may only hold office for 6 years, a 6 year term. Representatives may only hold office for 2, 2 year term. After their term is expired, they must be elected to serve another term.
What you want are eligibility limits like not being able to run for they same office after more than two or three terms. For example, the Presidency. After two terms in office, the President is ineligible to run for another term. That's a limitation of eligibility for office, like like the age limitation, not term limitations, like length of term in office. I know I'm picking nits here, but it's important for people to fully understand. There's a big difference between term limits and eligibility limits for those who hold public office. Le's not confuse the two, politics and elections are confusing enough as it is.
Del_Dolemonte
· 1 year ago
Gee, we have a former 2-term President running for a third term right now...
sh
· 1 year ago
The New England Patriots One Patriot Place Foxborough, MA. 02035-1388 Office of the Chairman and CEO
The Honorable Arlen Specter 711 Hart Building Washington , DC 20510
Dear Senator Specter,
The coaching staff of the New England Patriots and the National Football League were the victims of an unfortunate accident. We appreciate the concerns of elected officials in Washington. I would like to take this time to explain how this terrible incident occurred.
The National Football league were in the process of destroying some of our own practice tapes for the purpose of propriety. The standard operating procedure for destroying team's practice tapes is by use of one National Football League approved Model 91-38 Mannlicher-Carcano.
The afore mentioned tapes are controlled in one room. We call it the NFL tape depository. Practice tapes to be destroyed are categorized and stored on the south side of the room. Tapes in deposition are stored on the far Northeast wall.
Tapes are destroyed one at a time by a highly trained marksman. Monday was "practice tape execution day," as it is fondly referred. On the day in question, Julie Mangini, witness to said destruction, noticed one of the tapes in evidence had been struck by a round. She tried to put some of the pieces back, but to no avail.
We immediately formed a commission to investigate how this one round could have hit the practice tape, turned 53 degrees to the left, then striking the tape in deposition without striking another object.
We have a theory.
Respectfully,
Robert Kraft
apps
· 1 year ago
That you a Romney supporter raises this is amazing.
When it suited him, mitt was a liberal, when is suited him he became his conservative lion, emphasis on the LIE in lion....
That you're all so easily duped is instructive. I'll just put it this way, would you have voted for the Mitt running for Gov of Mass?
He's just another pol who twists in the wind and goes with whatever position suits him.
He's a fraud, all of you are frauds supporting him, and you ought to look in the mirror and ask yourself if you enjoy being duped by his money,
I ask you, how much has he spent advertising on your site?
All Comments
These old school politicians need to be retired, that's for sure. Replaced with a younger breed of politician that understands capitalism and what drives-governs our free markets. Every time politicians get in the way of the free markets, we (the people) suffer the consequences.
Funny, I always spell it, 'Sphincter '.
I just got off the phone with the man in my county who is the assistant supervisor for operations re the primary. I told him I was a registered Republican voter here and asked about the CNN website stating 17% of the voters in the Republican primary were Independents. I was quite surprised at the details he went into with the numbers with me, but here goes:
He stated that they received a statewide email Wednesday morning about allegations that over 300,000 votes were made by Independents who were NOT registered as Republicans. The Secretary of State of Florida is aware of this and it is being investigated. The man I spoke with reiterated that this is illegal. He said he thought the counties were in South Florida, and Broward was the one name he remembered. He said the numbers were either 314,000 or 341,000. In Florida, you have to sign in and you have to show ID, so they should be able to check the books about what happened.
I wouldn't be surprised at anything that happened in Southeast Florida.
I asked him about any follow up in the news and he said he would call me if he heard anything else. Again, I was surprised he told me this much on the telephone, as this is going to be a huge scandal if anything comes of it. This is the Secretary of State page if you would like to do any follow up yourself.
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/009808.htm...
As a movement conservative and Club for Growth guy, I care only about advancing conservatism, not advancing politicians who declare themselves Republicans.
One of yours then...
My condolonces, although it could be worse. You might have Sestak representing you.
Another AVOWED Eagles fan trolling for face time and votes.
The man needs a serious dose of STFU..
Go Pats!
We need term limits more than any other piece of legislation.
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/...
He writes for the Globe, which ought to explaon his inability to find anything positive in the word "Patriots". He and wRONg Borges are two sides of the same coin.
And here's a news flash...the only people worried about the 19 and 0 BS are the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
But you are dead wrong here. Patriots nation is still as strong and as large as Red Sox nation, and we do care very much about our Patriots and their bid for history. If Kraft's organisation hadn't shown the Red Sox management how to build a winning team, there would probably have been no World Series Champions from Boston. That's fact, and something old man Shaugnesset simply can't bring h8imself to admit.
That attitude is typical of the Globe, which, being owned by the NYT, is about as much a New England paper of record, as Mitt Romney is a New Englander got once having lived here.
The Patriots are on the verge of winning their fourth championship in the last 7 years. The Red Sox have 2 in the past 80+. It's nice to see the Sox win, but they hardly represent the team spirit, the blue-collar values of hard work and perseverence, of professionalism, that the Patriots do.
Here's hoping for that perfect season!
What, they haven't been?
Oh, and my edition still has that damnable 10th Amendment in it to that underscores the fact that Arlen & Co. are strictly prohibited from doing anything outside Art 1 sect 8.
So, anyone know where I can get that updated version?
There's no need to get an "updated version" to find why Congress has the authority to "investigate the NFL. Or MLB for that matter."
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution states that Congress has the authority "To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court."
According to the Constitution, Congress has the authority to create ether a senatorial tribunal for the Senate or a representative tribunal for the House if the members of Congress consent. This tribunals can be comprised of other members of Congress and they can compel any citizen to testify. This has happened several times throughout our history.
Specter may be overreaching here, but he and Congress does have the authority to investigate and even compel testimony in any congressional tribunal, commonly referred to as hearings.
I like term limits.
I dislike antitrust laws.
I dislike antitrust law exemptions because they weaken the need for getting rid of antitrust laws in the public consciousness.
I like a market economy.
I know everyone is entitled to legal representation, but Specter represented Ira Eichorn....that definitely puts Specter in the slug catagory.
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib....
There may be no connection, but it does stink to high heaven.
Someone else tried it the following week and this time he got to watch the whole game, so maybe it was a fluke. I share your dislike and suspicions about a cable network wasting Congress' time on the NFL, but that aside, I side with Comcast on the issue itself.
Also, Specter needs to lose a primary for 2010.
If he's so concerned about missing film, he could start with the four frames that disappeared from the Zapruder film just before JFK's image disappeared behind the big highway sign.
Or he might start questioning why the frontal head x-ray doesn't match up AT ALL with the death stare photo. The x-ray reveals massive destruction to the bones in the forehead and to the occipital bone of the right eye. No such evidence is seen in the death stare photo.
Yeah, we still have a Senator of the United States who is covering up the facts in the murder of JFK. If he wants to play ball, he might find himself down for the count.
You said:
"I'm no great fan of term limits, but this isn't a bad argument for them."
I wish you were a fan of term limits.
You have just made a great argument in support of them. Research Specter and his long history and you have a perfect example of why these people should be limited in the number of terms they can serve...i.e. going back to JFK ...
Go Patriots!
Yes he does resemble a sphincter. Always has always will.
Heck, you can even email the league's PR staff and they will forward you a copy of Goodell's statement on the issue. Of course, that might be difficult to read, what with your mind all made up about cheating and all that, but it's worth the time to examine.
The Patriots have not cheated, and were not caught cheating. Deal with it.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iz91WWPbcN6W...
We've lost the concept of citizen legislators....we have careerists with no attachment to the citizens they serve. It's killing our country.
As a fan of a team who lost to these cheaters,I believe that this is warranted.
The Pats got caught cheating,they should at the very least been made to forfeit
that one came.
In the second half I remarked to my Dad that ,it seems to me that they know what we are going to do,before we do it!
Heck, you can even email the league's PR staff and they will forward you a copy of Goodell's statement on the issue. Of course, that might be difficult to read, what with your mind all made up about cheating and all that, but it's worth the time to examine.
The Patriots have not cheated, and were not caught cheating. Deal with it.
I hate this delay, it is so hard to resist the Brawl Spoilers out there, i mean i already have spoiled myself quite majorlly with the Final Smashes and the complete Roster. *sigh*
I wish it would come out fast but i would defintiely not play that price to play it, i could wait if it meant getting it at a decent price. plus i think i would just be overly confused with the japanese text, lol.
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http://www.vcao.net
Bush & Rove were stupid enough to support Specter, instead of the only conservative in the race (Toomey), all in the name of the Republican Party. They tried the same with with Linc Chafee, but we drop-kicked his ass back to the trust fund farm.
Definitely Term Limits:
(3) Senate terms
(6) House terms
and NO PENSIONS for any of them!
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/giants_we_...
Here's a good one that the Wall St. Journal online site featured today. They will have one for the Giants tomorrow.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB12...
Members of Congress already have term limits as per the Constitution. Each Senator may only hold office for 6 years, a 6 year term. Representatives may only hold office for 2, 2 year term. After their term is expired, they must be elected to serve another term.
What you want are eligibility limits like not being able to run for they same office after more than two or three terms. For example, the Presidency. After two terms in office, the President is ineligible to run for another term. That's a limitation of eligibility for office, like like the age limitation, not term limitations, like length of term in office. I know I'm picking nits here, but it's important for people to fully understand. There's a big difference between term limits and eligibility limits for those who hold public office. Le's not confuse the two, politics and elections are confusing enough as it is.
One Patriot Place Foxborough, MA. 02035-1388
Office of the Chairman and CEO
The Honorable Arlen Specter
711 Hart Building
Washington , DC 20510
Dear Senator Specter,
The coaching staff of the New England Patriots and the National Football League were the victims of an unfortunate accident. We appreciate the concerns of elected officials in Washington. I would like to take this time to explain how this terrible incident occurred.
The National Football league were in the process of destroying some of our own practice tapes for the purpose of propriety. The standard operating procedure for destroying team's practice tapes is by use of one National Football League approved Model 91-38 Mannlicher-Carcano.
The afore mentioned tapes are controlled in one room. We call it the NFL tape depository. Practice tapes to be destroyed are categorized and stored on the south side of the room. Tapes in deposition are stored on the far Northeast wall.
Tapes are destroyed one at a time by a highly trained marksman. Monday was "practice tape execution day," as it is fondly referred. On the day in question, Julie Mangini, witness to said destruction, noticed one of the tapes in evidence had been struck by a round. She tried to put some of the pieces back, but to no avail.
We immediately formed a commission to investigate how this one round could have hit the practice tape, turned 53 degrees to the left, then striking the tape in deposition without striking another object.
We have a theory.
Respectfully,
Robert Kraft
When it suited him, mitt was a liberal, when is suited him he became his conservative lion, emphasis on the LIE in lion....
That you're all so easily duped is instructive. I'll just put it this way, would you have voted for the Mitt running for Gov of Mass?
He's just another pol who twists in the wind and goes with whatever position suits him.
He's a fraud, all of you are frauds supporting him, and you ought to look in the mirror and ask yourself if you enjoy being duped by his money,
I ask you, how much has he spent advertising on your site?
was the silver worth it?