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When I saw this on the "Forums" page, under "Last Post Info", this was listed as "Let's Just Talk", To which I thought, "hey, cool", just kind of a conversation on the Eagles Nest forum, no political agenda maybe. Not. But I still think that would be a cool idea, sort of a virtual Jim's Diner.

Offensive playcalling!

I'm giving you one for unpredictability, my most prized attribute for anyone posting these days. I think that'll get your negatives down into the single digits,for now, anyway. But, hey, you and I are public servants for the City of Dallas; we're not supposed to expect too much.

I apologize to anyone who I may have offended by using Tea "Bagger" when I actually meant to refer to the Tea "Party". If the term, "Tea Bagger" is a homophobic slur, I just learned that from your response to my post and do appreciate your having brought it to my attention. I personally support the rights of gays to serve in the military without hiding their orientation, and to get married. Certainly the one Republican I supported the most, Barry Goldwater, expressed similar views. Also, I only heard one person from the Tea Party movement expressing anger about corporate issues, so I suppose that may have been just one person's opinion. I suppose that my point was to suggest there may be some diversity of opinions among those attending Tea Party events. Anyway, GMG.

Actually, I like some of his views; probably ones that would hinder his ever getting nominated as President by the GOP (or backed by any Labor Union), such as not allowing corporate or union donations to political campaigns. And I've never understood why passenger rail infrastructure should be neglected for the sake of auto and air travel. His views against most of the free trade initiative would also weigh against him by the corporate supporters of both major parties, but, just from listening to some of the Tea Partiers being interviewed on NPR Radio, it sounds like some of them are as opposed to big business as big government. I'm not really sure that this movement can be counted on by either party. If it becomes associated with a person, such as the Independent Party with Ross Perot, it would be going down a road that a person with the tremendous public recognition and admiration such as Theodore Roosevelt could not take to presidential victory. It it remains a movement, it could be powerful. Say what you want about Keyes, but the following is from his own words: Keyes on the Issues

Another thing I haven't seen discussed much is the extent to which the "simple family practitioner", if you're talking about a sole practitioner, exists anymore. The sole practitioner internist, really a fine doctor who tool medicare patients when a lot of doctors/practices were dropping them, closed his practice last spring saying the way things are now, which I took to mean the amount of time spent on administrative work such as insurance billing, precluded the sole practitioner model from working anymore. I did find a good doctor who is part of a group practice, but I do feel that if there were that many problems existing, before any changes to the health care system even made it out of committee in either house of congress, that serious burdens are being placed on the health care system, whether by government regulators, insurers, or personal injury lawyers. And I do have to wonder if there are some problems that result from a simple resistance to change, or due to an advantage of NOT sharing information. My wife just retired from a position with a major area employer, which provided health insurance for both of us. We had as much preventative care taken care of before losing it (for which I'm grateful we could do). In seeing 2 doctors for the first time and one for the first time in 12 years, I continued to be amazed at the amount of redundant information required on forms to be completed for paper records at their offices. I suppose part of this is for good reasons (privacy concerns, legal or insurance company requirements, whatever), but it just seems like there's close to zero movement towards any computerization of patients' records. Perhaps it's true that, as I heard someone say on NPR Radio, making that information unavailable to those outside the providers' offices is job security for some of those providers. I hope that's not the way most health care providers think, and for most, I'm sure it's not, but it seems like things could be further along in that regard.

Ah yes, the dreaded "performance anxiety". The mere thought of it has ruined many a promising evening.

Oh well, I guess they're not claiming he's off on a balloon flight somewhere, causing an inappropriate use of emergency services.

I think that's what my proposal would do. Of course, the "no opt out" thing always seems difficult to achieve. And, if it turned out not to be anything at all like what the legislators would like, maybe it would result in term limitations.

One issue, depending on how much belief we can put in the difficulty of finding and signing good DT prospects: I can see how, if in December 2010, we may have a hard time finding a JUCO DT who can step in and play in 2011. Correct me if I'm wrong, but with the graduations and positions changes anticipated by the end of the 2010 season, the only player we will have returning for 2011 with college level DT experience would be Tevinn Cantly.

What reforms would you recommend? Here's mine: Any insurer winning the contract to insure federal employees, including congress, should be required to provide insurance coverage on the same terms to a pool where that those who are otherwise uninsured can get coverage, similar to state programs providing auto or homeowners insurance to those who cannot get it on the open market.

Plus one for you, and a big plus for Cam, a guy who was a lot of fun to watch. By this accomplishment, he has lifted the image of other JUCO transfers for me, and many others here, I'm sure.

Well, if you want to talk about preparation, what if Dodge had gone for the short field goal just before halftime of that game? Then that short field goal attempt near the end of regulation would be to win. There's also a difference between confidence and overconfidence.

Oh, my answer to the question is Olen. If a single player on a team, and especially this team, can make a big impact, it's someone who can kick off for touchbacks. How much has our kicking game hurt us for the last 3 years?

As Paul Harvey would tell us, there's always "the rest of the story". Anyone or their family who has gone through surgery to treat cardiovascular disease might have plenty to say that would never fit neatly into any political analysis. My brother in law was referred to one of the best known in his specialty, who was from Canada, but was practicing in Texas. He did the great job that was expected on the surgery, but whoever should have been looking at the blood work and comparing it to the symptoms he was having during an unexpectly long recovery missed a problem with elevated potassium levels that could have been fatal if not eventually, weeks later, figured out by his regular cardiologist. Hey, I can understand the importance of doctors not being subjected to frivolous litigation, but mostly I understand that medical providers, patients, and their families all need to be alert and responsible in seeing that things are done right during these surgeries and the followup.

I haven't heard any different; someone posted here today about him playing for us next year. I sure hope so.

I doubt if any group of fans has looked as forward to seeing a touchback on a kickoff as we have.

Dude, I'm still laughing at your reply! I was actually feeling bad about having started this thread until you summarized my original post like you did.

You were correct, it is/was the above.

Just wondering, since holding on to one's conspiracy theories seems near and dear to so many, including myself; what conspiracy do you think has held North Texas Athletic Programs in general, and football in particular, back? Mine is that President Al Hurley didn't care for North Texas athletics at all, and so was determined to drive it to its furthest possible remove from all things North Texas. Disclaimer: One reason I may hold anything at all against Hurley may have to do with the ceremony where I was receiving my master's degree (in 1984), and, as I was walking across the stage, and he was the one to shake my hand after I was handed the diploma,I tried to shake hands in the manner of "hippies" of the time, with the hand in an "up" position. He resisted this, and I think I eventually had to relent and shake hands with him in the "normal" fashion, hands pointing downward. It made me think of him as a stuffed shirt.

WKU isn't passing us by as fast as we originally thought they were!

It sounds like we'll be doing some of our old "position changes". It sounded like those being chosen for switching to DT at least have the size, and for Antonio Johnson(?), the right background for it. Also, it sounds like, that we'll be moving away from the undersized DE's; I just don't think that worked for us.

Sounds like throwing out the baby with the bath water. I do agree with some poor public relations resulting from some environmentalist strategies, such as those for conserving forest habitat for wildlife (an owl in Washington State was seldom seen and a convenient target for those on the other side). I did meet the guy, Ned Fritz, who many credit with devising and prosecuting that strategy in the courts as a method of forest conservation. If anyone ever thought an environmentalist was by default an America hating, self despising misanthrope, they should meet that guy. He had been a Navy officer in World War Two (not like so many of those loudly proclaiming their patriotism lately, and never risking their own safety), and could still make a much younger man struggle to stay up with him. He must have been in his 80's when I met him for professional reasons. Family values? He and his wife looked as in love as any teenagers. I must say, the man slowed or stopped many sales for clearcutting timber in our national forests, even if for unloved critters. I worked for the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon and Washington for a couple of summers; I see nothing wrong with mixed use of these forests, but just couldn't see the need to take down some of those stands of old growth for producing such things as paper to be consumed in other countries. If I were devising a PR campaign against such practices, I might question people as to whether they wanted to deny their children and grandchildren the opportunities to view thousand year old groves of giant trees in pristine wilderness. I mean, we've destroyed well over 90% of the old growth already, why haven't we developed a sufficient plantation system for our needs, or even get down off our high horse and allow such rapid growing fiber crops as hemp to be grown for such purposes, as it was in the 1940's? I guess if someone smoked a ton of it they might get high and somebody somewhere might get their nose out of joint about it. As far as placing a priority on human needs, remember this: we don't yet know all of the uses to which substances to be found in nature can be put. Should we be cavalier in letting them become extinct, or nearly so? Ah, I forgot, the great man has passed away: Ned Fritz obituary

Leppo?

Dang, is it like, "eat this b*itch"?