Vern Gagne

On paper the Clippers have the talent to be a playoff team. Even without Odom, and the players they lost. People tend to be more skeptical given the Clippers past history.

Doesn't Andy have a piolet series for CBS? I thought I read it some where.

It wasn't a setup for a xenophopic line, asshole. I've heard enough people say the French don't tend to take showers and baths. I was wondering if this is a reason so many deaths are occuring. Call it a far fetched question. But the thread was not meant to stir up any trouble.

Anyone watch tonight? I was reminded of the awesome chemistry Conan and Andy had. Throw in Marilyn Manson whose always entertaining, Mick Foley (wasn't on enough) and the talking lips with Schwartzennger you had a great show. God, I can't wait until the 10th anniversary show on September 14th.

CNN.Com PARIS, France (CNN) -- French authorities have announced a plan of action after officials revealed an estimated 3,000 people have died of heat-related causes in the past two weeks. Government officials, including Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Health Minister Jean-Francois Mattei, held an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss ways of dealing with what Mattei has described as a "veritable epidemic" of deaths. A "Plan Blanc" or "White Plan" has been put into action, with doctors and nurses being recalled from leave, some morgue workers called out of retirement, and further 1,000 hospital beds being made available from Friday. The plan also calls for the nation's hospitals to appoint a "crisis group" to ensure that resources are available to care for the victims. Emergency-room doctors criticized the French government for not acting quickly enough to deal with the crisis, which is now in its second week. Many of the ministers, including Raffarin, had been on vacation. "Over the last three or four days, it's been quite difficult," one doctor said. "But we're very pleased there is a structure now." At Hopital Avicenne near Paris, a nurse complained that she was not able to care properly for the sick because the hospital has no air conditioning and no ice. "We really do feel quite desperate," said Katia Guiermet, an emergency services nurse. "We don't feel incompetent, but it's really difficult for people suffering from heat stroke when you don't have any ice. "It's very difficult to tell people who brought their grandmothers to hospital to tell them they had died, and of course, people couldn't understand because they often feel the hospital can sort all problems out. But that hasn't been the case." She said the medical team had worked eight days without respite and was exhausted. French officials blame the high death toll in part on the length of the heat wave and the fact that Parisian buildings typically lack air conditioning. General Funeral Services, which has approximately 25 percent of the funeral home business in France, reported to the Health Ministry that it had handled 3,230 deaths across the country in the previous week, a number 37 percent above the number of deaths for the same week a year ago. In a written statement, the French Health Ministry said, "Drawing on all the data, and taking account of extrapolations to apply to the whole of France, the number of the deaths tied directly or indirectly to heat during this period can be estimated at around 3,000 for the whole of France. "It is not possible for the moment to evaluate how much of this higher mortality rate is associated with the heat wave, because of the usual element of unpredictability in such situations." But the head of the doctors' emergency association, Patrick Pelloux, criticized the estimate as low. He said emergency physicians estimated that between 1,000 and 2,000 people had died in the Paris region alone. Saint-Antoine Hopital in Paris, which has no air conditioning, was packed with patients -- many of them elderly, and many of them in beds pushed into hallways. The head of funeral services for Paris said the city's morgues were full. The French television network TF1 aired video of air-conditioned tents that had been erected to hold the bodies of the dead. French officials are blaming the duration of the heat wave for the deaths. Between August 3 and August 13, temperatures regularly exceeded 40 C (104 F), TF1 reported. Typically, the temperature in August in Paris is around 23 C (75 F). August is typically the month the French take vacation. Many health workers have been called back. Others, particularly those who have worked in the country's morgues, are being called out of retirement to help deal with the flood of dead bodies. Doctors said typically about 30 people a day die in the Paris area. This year, that number has climbed to more than 180 a day. Weather forecasts predict cooler temperatures in Paris for the next couple of days, with the high Saturday perhaps holding in the mid-20s C (mid-70s F). I'm not kidding. Are French people taking showers and baths? That can go a long way in beating the heat.

He's still a prick. He's just an awesome prick. Keller pissed me off when he was the one writing negative stuff about Jericho.

Louis Armstrong

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin is one of my favorite musical pieces. Gershwin's piano work is amazing.

Would Deep Purple be considered underrated?

Arnold's interview from last week was funnier. Talking about going back and killing the founding fathers, so he can become President.

The show was on its last legs. The ratings where none existent. Like Bruiser said the new female character with the thick accent is a sign of desperation.

What is the bidding, for the picture of The Boss, Torre, and a goat in bed going for? That's got to be the reason Weaver is still in the rotation.

As this happened? Or is this speculation on your part?

I'm still skeptical of this place. I think something like this exist, but this bad? It wouldn't shocke me if some of the stories where fabricated to possibly scare the kids.

I know. I'm just saying who I think should win.

Rinse Lather Repeat

O'Reilly's never talked about this before. Why is his name being mentioned.

Are one or two songs enough to carry an album, or does the majority of the album have to be good?

Know I really hopes he wins.

Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.

No problem. Let me ask you this. Why should numbers come into play in baseball's decision?

I agree about the Jets. Edwards is one of the few coaches, who gets the most out his team. Who besides Coles did they lose from last years team; that will make them any worse?

Award winners. AL MVP-Ichiro NL MVP-Bonds AL CY Young-Loaiza NL CY Young-Gagne AL ROY-Berroa NL ROY-Webb AL MOY-Pena NL MOY-Alou AL Improved-Loaiza NL Improved-Lopez

Give PR credit he's raised the discussion level of a bad NBA team on this board. Can Cardnials, Brewers, or Lightning fans say the same thing.