NoCalMike

*raises hand* I think the first tune of theirs I heard was "Tug of War Intestines" I was HOOKED.

Yeah, as a Redskin fan I probably should've warned you that good ol' Double G (extra G for Genius) is not a fan of the whole 'in game adjustments' thing. Week to week is the best you're gonna get. He can sure dial up a nice looking blitz every once in a while though. That's a 'my bad' on my part. As for the Skins win, I'm pretty pumped. I had the Skins' record at this point being 2-3 with them stealing the Cowboys game in the final seconds. I was NOT expecting them to go into two division opponents' houses and dominate them (for those that say that a 2-point win and a 6-point win do not equal 'domination', I point to the Week 1 game against the Giants). That was fun to watch, and I'm getting cautiously optimistic about this team's chances in the future. The Skins have yet to play a team with an offense ranked below the top ten prior to their meeting, and each team has had their low output for the season (in either yards and/or points) when facing the Skins. Also, the Eagles were the first team the Skins have played so far that had lost a game prior to their meeting. Yet, they're 4-1. With the schedule being decidedly less strenuous over the next several weeks, the Skins could be looking very good going into their bye in Week 10. The Giants are the best team in the NFL right now, regardless of their schedule. However, the Skins aren't far behind, and tend to play divisional opponents really, really tough later in the season. It'll be interesting to say the very least. Oh, and the Cowboys aren't so bad either. Philly will string together some victories and will make some noise down the stretch as well. Best division out there, with the NFC South being second. Finally, collectively this is the worse refereed season so far I think I've ever seen. I don't think I need to elaborate here. Just brutal. As another Redskins fan, I am impressed by their ability to go on the road against division opponents and dominate the trenches, not get pushed around and find ways to win. Especially impressive in Philly when for one they were down 14-0 quick, and two this was a game you know Philly "had to win" I think people were giving them less a chance to win this one then the game in Dallas because of the circumstances. My hope now though is that they establish themselves as a dominant team over the next three weeks. They play, St. Louis, Cleveland, & Detroit the next three games. These are not the Redskins should only beat by 2, or 4, or have a w/l come down to a defensive stand in the fourth quarter. It's been awhile since I have seen a Redskins team that not only can go out and play their NFC East rivals tough, but when an inferior team comes along, they let them know by just unleashing the beast on them. The next three weeks is going to tell a lot about whether this team is ready to take the next step.

I know some folks who play beer pong a different way. They have an actual ping pong table, and they set up a bunch of cups of beer on each side by the corners. and then one "huge cup" in the middle of your side's end You play regular ping pong, When someone scores a point you take a chug, but if someone manages to hit the ping pong ball in, you drink whatever's left on your side of the table. I have also been really gettin' into Black N Tans lately, bit the pre-made ones you buy, rather buying Guiness and Bass Ale, and mixing them. It results in a very good taste. P.S. I am making chili in the slow-cooker today and I used a 12oz Bass Ale for added flavoring. I can't wait till about 5pm.....

Marvel ZOmbies 3 just came out....WHOO HOO!!!

Suffocation should be on everyone's Top 5.

Too bad Washington v. Philly isn't being moved to 4:00pm, because that is probably the best NFC game(if not best overall game) of the day on paper. I know they usually ALWAYS move Redskins v. Cowboys games to the national timeslot even one of them is not that good.

Dude, this needs to be emailed to Fox, MSNBC, & CNN......IMMEDIATELY!!!

I'll agree. If Palin's mission was to not look like a putz, mission accomplished, but she still didn't win the debate and I hope the coverage focuses more on the substance of the debate itself rather then, "Hey Sarah Palin wasn't a complete disaster so it means she won"

It seemed like Palin was going out of her way to take digs at the moderator and the media for being "bias" when it just simply wasn't true. She seemed to resort to the tactic a couple of times out of desperation for not being able to answer a question.

Yeah, 2 PPVs in one month at $45 each is a little much. If this is indeed true for January, then I will have to wait until both cards are fully announced, buy the ppv I think has the better card, and then go to the bar to watch the other one. Unless the one in Ireland gets changed from being a PPV, to free.

Question: So for the sub-prime loans, which interest rates go up every so often. Why can't the banks just eliminate the rising interest rates altogether and restore the original rate and make it a fixed rate? It will keep people in their houses, and they will be able to afford to make their house payments. Isn't that the problem in the first place, that people were originally making their payments, but as the interest went up, the payments skyrocketed and since people weren't making more money, they couldn't keep up with the rising payments? So why not just restore the original rates and keep them fixed? I am not saying this can or should happen, I am just asking why not? I am not well-versed in this subject and am just kind of wondering why the banks can't just do something like that?

Was this already mentioned? From UFC.com

The hard part about whether to put Dallas as the best team in the NFL or not is the fact that they are still going to blow out the inferior teams, and end up with a rather impressive regular season record, partly because they aren't going to be playing teams with a defense that matches up well against their offense week in and out like they did last week. The Redskins D matches up well, The Giants too. Maybe the Titans for the mere fact that their defense overall is just damn good this season. Other then that I don't see many teams being able to stop their offense consistently throughout an entire four quarters, which of course could once again lead to a great regular season record, and then a one and done in the playoffs. But really, when you are coming off a 13-3 season, the regular season record is not really what you are trying to prove to yourselves, it's winning in the post-season against worthy competition. I would probably put the Giants at #1 right now, because they are undefeated, defending champs, and shouldn't be forgotten about merely because they had the week off. Until someone beats the defending champs, they deserve the #1 spot. As far as the Skins@Eagles this Sunday. It is hard to predict without knowing if Westbrook is playing or not. Also there are reports that McNabb is having some type of chest problems which is limiting him at practice, and will be interesting to see how he respondes to taking a big hit.

Except for the fact that you just named off three additional examples off the top of your head and Palin spent three minutes speaking nonsense in order to hide the fact that she couldn't name a single example. And also, I would be earger to see her and McCain's opinion on California (and I believe a few other states) passing medical marijuana laws and if they would continue to support federal interference, because of how "pro-states rights" they are. Look, honestly I can careless about her "intelligence" or lack thereof, or commentary about "Is she ready to lead" To me, it's just a distraction from the real problem which is her ultra-right wing viewpoints on most issues. The whole "she's ready, no she's not ready" is just a convoluted argument about nothing, all it does is give the right-wing a rallying cry to play a game of cat & mouse. The more discussion given to actual issues, the more people are going to walk, no run away from Sarah Palin.

So I see the new Republican strategy over the past couple of weeks has become If Sarah Palin can't answer a simple question it's because it's a "gotcha moment"

So what exactly started it? Was someone talking shit, or was it some kind of bet like "That BJJ shit won't work outside tha ring homie" type bullshit or what?

I agree, but the thing that worries me is how badly this will play on Aaron Rodgers' psyche if some of the fans, who were already extremely wary of him to begin with (little kids heckling him during training camp?! come on!) turn on him completely. On a sidenote, who the fuck actually wants to win the NFC North this year? No actual team in the division seems like they care, but then again GB, CHI, and MIN all are going through the toughest part of their schedules right now. Right, but it also isn't etched in stone that Aaron Rodgers is going to be a good NFL QB yet. A couple games with good stats doesn't mean anything. I agree that he is a long term solution, not the 2008 Savior, however just because he has been picked as a long term solution, doesn't mean he will become that.

I dunno if the Cowboys coaching staff panicked too much to early, but 9 Carries for Barber? 0 for Felix Jones? WTF....? I know the Skins have had success against Barber (I believe he has never rushed for more than 45 yards vs) but 8 carries is unexcusable. Maybe Garrett though they could exploit the Cover 2, but then again Springs was playing TO man-to-man most of the game so it wasn't really a true "Tampa Cover 2" defense. I am also suprised Dallas's front seven didn't have more success against the Skins run game. Portis had 121 yards. After the Redskins first three series on offense, I was ready to suffocate myself under my own pillow at the play of the O-line. Bugel must have fed them something good on the sidelines, because for the rest of the game they played decent, and on any of the isolated plays they didn't, Campbell was able to use his playmaking ability to escape pressure. Redskins leaving a few scores on the field was dissapointing. I guess I am also pretty shocked the Skins secondary played so well considering their pass rush was almost non-existant. They hit Romo a couple of times, but it was after the ball had been thrown. They always seemed a second too late, but somehow they held the big plays in check (until they switched to prevent late in the game) Nice win Skins.

Redskins had a great first half. Gonna be very hard to keep the Dallas offense under wraps for another entire half though. I'd have liked them to take a 2 score lead into half time but hey, allowing a FG is better then a TD. This is definately NFC East football, folks.

Shawn Springs is having a monster 1st half covering Owens. Lets hope those old legs hold up for 2 more quarters.

Redskins tie it up......their O-line is getting overmatched so I like Zorn's playcalling that is getting the ball out of his hands (well on most plays) and into his playmakers hands. Skins D-line is going to have to step up big though and get some type of pressure on Romo or he is going to be able to stand back there and just wait for Owens or Witten to get open.

Obama is right about Iraq, but I think he is dead wrong about sending thousands of troops into Afganistan. If that region has proved anything during the past right years and during the Soviet/Taliban wars, it is that those guys will stop at nothing to drive foreign forces out. I think doing this would start out similar to the Iraq war, where we would go in and blow up a bunch of stuff, claim victory, and then stay, and stay, and then stay some more. Obama is right on Iraq but should use those lessons to get the hell out of the region all together.

You keep saying that overwhelming stupidity must be the only reason any non-wealthy person would vote Republican. Which is an extraordinarily hyperbolic statement. And the only point you keep using to back this up is the tax cut. Is it truly so impossible for you to understand that the tax cut just might not seem that important to some people? That they might consider other issues to be more vital than getting a couple extra bucks on their paycheck? I would tend to think it is a pretty important factor because it is the one point republicans seem to use every single election cycle, "Those stinkin' liberals will raise YOUR TAXES, YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR TAXES" It is the one constant theme. And then on top of that when they interview "people on the streets" the first thing a lot of republican voters tend to say is "well, I don't want more of my money taken" which seems to me that the one constant message the republicans are getting across (dishonestly, mind you) is that the democrats want to raise "YOUR" taxes. Maybe not "All" republican voters hold that in a high regard, but I feel comfortable and honest saying "most"

I tend to agree. Hell, my mom went and saw Elton John when she was a teenager and then again a few years ago and even she of all people said it was a "different" experience seeing him at this age. Even with all the talent he still had it just wasn't the same. I understand the desire to see some of these legendary bands because you want to be able to see "Hey I saw such and such" but I don't even want any of you to begin to say it is even close to what it would have been like to see them when they were relevent. Not to mention at a fraction of what these greedy pig-ish record companies/ticket offices want to charge people for a couple of hours of live music these days. Hell, I saw Robbie Krieger of the Doors with his Acid Jazz band a few years ago in a small club, and his son was doing the Jim Morrison vocals. It was kinda cool, but all it really made me feel in the end was envy for my parent's generation when it came to rock n roll music. Well that and it was I think at the most $8. Hell, I have been refusing to see Metallica because I just missed the era of when I actually thought they were a good band. (This is just my personal opinion but I think they suck now and can care less if they can technically still play their old shit well). Sure, I can buy a ticket, sit through an hour of their shit-fest covering their catalog of the last 15 years so I can hear a few tunes from the old days, but why? I don't care that much, there are still plenty of bands playing stuff I want to hear. I'd rather never see Metallica live then see them in their current form.

Isn't the theme of tonight's debate going to be foreign-policy anyway? If so I really hope Obama brings up and outright harps on the recent studies that suggest ethnic-cleansing and the mass exodus of Iraqis from Iraq is what is responsible for the drop in violence in Iraq, because everyone with half a brain already knows that McCain's script is going to be as follows: "I was asking for the surge three years ago" "Islamo-facism" "Bush was wrong initially, then came around and did the surge" "Muslim Extemists" "Less violence now" "Evil" "Surge worked" "No attacks since 9/11" "McCain for President in 2008" "P.S. No option off the table for Iran, can't let them go nuclear, and Arrghh those damn russian aggressors, we'll take them on too" And unfortunately it seems that Democrats are seemingly willing to go along with the status quo that the media has been pushing that "Well if there is less violence, it MUST mean the surge worked" I really am hoping Obama doesn't roll over on this point.