One of the greatest Raiders ever has passed on. He was the only player to play in  3 Superbowls in three decades

Real life video games are cool

Re: Shumer, I sincerely hope they pin the tail on that donkey...but I doubt it.

Here's an interesting article from my local paper...Dara Torres has returned home and is "resuming her life".  Her Olympic adventure has now made her a multi-millionaire. 

Before the trials, Torres was getting between $7,500 and $10,000 for speaking engagements. Now she commands between $30,000 and $45,000 "and they are not batting an eyelash," he said.

Torres signed a $3 million, two-book deal with Broadway Books and Random House. Her first book, a memoir, is set to be released on Mother's Day. The other is a health, fitness and lifestyle book slated for 2011. A national book tour is planned.

This is all well and good, (better than the Clinton's, for sure)....but my question is this:  If there's a big pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for these atheletes, does that negate the striving for the love of the sport?  Or will young Olympians now have dollar signs in their eyes as do the college football & basketball players, viewing their "amateur" careers as nothing more than stepping stones to the big bucks?

And does this help or hurt sports?

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive

"Boilerplate Schumer" was just trying to tip over some dominoes to prepare the way for the Obamanog.

I ♣ my seal

Once again, another demoncrat can't address the issues so he/she has to lower themselves to character assasination.

Enter Dingy Harry Reid: http://www.lvrj.com/news/27217924.html

This is just further evidence that the more the Demoncrats lose their edge on this election, the more desperate they become by making jackass comments like this.

What a freakin' hypocrite! Of course, the Dingy One is absolutely loved by all who know him, right?

"I think we're all bozos on this bus!" - Firesign Theatre

Obama's reaction to the Schumer story:

That's not the Chuck Schumer I knew. And this is just a distraction by the Republicans because they are bereft of ideas on the important issues facing Americans every day.

Yeah, I made it up, but doesn't at least the second part of it sound likely?

Colin Powell

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

Obama is claiming McCain doesn't know how many houses he owns.  Really?!  Who's going to buy that?! Why wouldn't he know?  How many does Obama own, that's what i want to know... probably 1 in Chicago, DC, Hawaii, and at least one overseas.

Consider what will happen the next time a Republican politician says disparaging things about a poorly run (and we can all agree on this, right? IOW, even if Schumer had totally STFU, that bank would have either failed anyway or else remained poorly managed in realityville) financial institution and it subsequently fails...Some of you will no doubt want to spin it differently if/when that happens, but results should be the same, so if you're advocating a Schumer investigation now you're effectively advocating investigating that hypothetical Republican for his correct prediction in the future.

The investigation which should happen can easily come from the media, at $0 cost to taxpayers. "What kind of political contributions to politicians did this bank's incompetent managers make?" Then you can spin it as vindictive-Schumer if the politicians were Republicans, since there are a few dozen equally-crappy excuses for banks out there which have yet to go tits-up, sadly.

And BTW, like other large-L Libertarians, I've said disparaging things for decades about Fannie & Freddie, and I ran for office once, long ago. Should I be investigated/blamed, now that they're both rapidly flushing shareholder value down the crapper as we predicted, correctly??
JMR

The tax & spend drug war looks racist in the real world.

Denver to allow marijuana during convention

JDW

DAILY WAVE

It makes sense that Schmuckie Schumer would go after IndyMac Bank for originating loans based on minimal documentation.  After all, with all the credit reports his staff stole from political enemies, he would have been in a perfect position to provide IndyMac with the necessary documentation.

If any Democrat AG would give serious consideration to this complaint, it would be Jerry Brown.  Nutcase that he is, Brown is also a uniquely principled man.  That said, word on the street is that the erstwhile Governor Moonbeam is considering a re-run for Governor of California once the Last Action Zero leaves office in disgrace.  With Gavin Newsom and Villaraigiosa continually outdoing each other in the competition to embarrass themselves and their party the most, Edmund G. may actually be seen as the "safe" choice.  If he's got another gubenatorial run in him, Brown will likely throw all principle out the window and appease the Schmuckster.  That said, Schumer is a criminal and has gotten far too poisonous...he needs to be cut off at the knees at some point.

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

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