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To: altair19 who wrote (159370)	1/30/2009 11:56:49 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 362292

I have to go back and read the rule book, but I think it sez only the Western Div of the NFC is allowed backups.

To: altair19 who wrote (159370)	1/30/2009 3:10:10 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362292

Obama is a two-faced liar. Aw-RIGHT! by Greg Palast January 29, 2009 Republicans are right. President Barack Obama treated them like dirt, didn't give a damn what they thought about his stimulus package, loaded it with a bunch of programs that will last for years and will never leave the budget, is giving away money disguised as "tax refunds," and is sneaking in huge changes in policy, from schools to health care, using the pretext of an economic emergency. Way to go, Mr. O! Mr. Down-and-Dirty Chicago pol. Street-fightin' man. Covering over his break-your-face power play with a "we're all post-partisan friends" BS. And it's about time. Frankly, I was worried about this guy. Obama's appointing Clinton-droids to the Cabinet, bloated incompetents like Larry Summers as "Economics Czar," made me fear for my country, that we'd gotten another Democrat who wished he were a Republican. Then came Obama's money bomb. The House bill included $125 billion for schools (TRIPLING federal spending on education), expanding insurance coverage to the unemployed, making the most progressive change in the tax code in four decades by creating a $500 credit against social security payroll deductions, and so on. It's as if Obama dug up Ronald Reagan's carcass and put a stake through The Gipper's anti-government heart. Aw-RIGHT! About the only concession Obama threw to the right-wing trogs was to remove the subsidy for condoms, leaving hooker-happy GOP Senators, like David Vitter, to pay for their own protection. S'OK with me. And here's the proof that Bam is The Man: Not one single Republican congressman voted for the bill. And that means that Obama didn't compromise, the way Clinton and Carter would have, to win the love of these condom-less jerks. And we didn't need'm. Nyah! Nyah! Nyah! Now I understand Obama's weird moves: dinner with those creepy conservative columnists, earnest meetings at the White House with the Republican leaders, a dramatic begging foray into Senate offices. Just as the Republicans say, it was all a fraud. Obama was pure Chicago, Boss Daley in a slim skin, putting his arms around his enemies, pretending to listen and care and compromise, then slowly, quietly, slipping in the knife. All while the media praises Obama's "post-partisanship." Heh heh heh. Love it. Now we know why Obama picked that vindictive little viper Rahm Emanuel as staff chief: everyone visiting the Oval office will be greeted by the Windy City hit man who would hack up your grandma if you mess with the Godfather-in-Chief. I don't know about you, but THIS is the change I've been waiting for. Will it last? We'll see if Obama caves in to more tax cuts to investment bankers. We'll see if he stops the sub-prime scum-bags from foreclosing on frightened families. We'll see if he stands up to the whining, gormless generals who don't know how to get our troops out of Iraq. (In SHIPS, you doofusses!) Look, don't get your hopes up. But it may turn out the new President's ... a Democrat! ****** Greg Palast's investigative reports for BBC and Rolling Stone can be seen at www.GregPalast.com. Palast is the author of New York Times bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse.

To: altair19 who wrote (159370)	1/30/2009 9:25:09 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362292

Joe Torre on CNN's Larry King Live for the hour tonight <eom>.

To: altair19 who wrote (159370)	1/30/2009 9:26:39 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362292

Mets fans take to the streets begging brass to sign Manny Ramirez nydailynews.com

To: altair19 who wrote (159370)	2/2/2009 12:28:34 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362292

Federer Collects More Scar Tissue as Nadal Wins Australian Open / By Grant Clark Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- If it wasn’t official before, it is now: Rafael Nadal is Roger Federer’s nemesis. After ending Federer’s reign at Wimbledon and taking his No. 1 ranking away, Nadal inflicted on the Swiss his first defeat in nine Grand Slam tennis finals on hard courts at the Australian Open last night. His five-set win denied Federer a share of Pete Sampras’s record 14 major titles and ranked Nadal the quickest player to get to six majors other than Bjorn Borg. “It’s a dream to win here, a Grand Slam on hard court,” the 22-year-old Spaniard said after his 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-2 victory. “I’ve worked very hard all my life to improve the tennis outside of clay.” Federer shed tears at the trophy ceremony as he reflected on a third straight defeat to Nadal in a major final, a drama-filled contest lasting four hours and 23 minutes, and a fifth-set capitulation. He won just six of 19 break points in the match. “I had many chances, I missed them and they cost me dearly,” said the three-time Australian Open winner. “I love this game, it means the world to me, so it hurts when you lose.” It’s a familiar feeling for Federer against a player who ended his record 237-week stint as the world No. 1. This was Nadal’s fifth win in seven major finals against Federer and extended his supremacy to 13 victories in 19 career meetings. “The scar tissue is going to run deep now,” four-time Grand Slam winner Jim Courier said on Seven Network. As well as showing mental steel on break points, Nadal demonstrated his physical prowess by dominating the fifth set less than two days after playing in the longest match in tournament history. Best Bar None He called for the trainer twice in the third set after feeling tightness in his right hamstring, a consequence of his win over Fernando Verdasco in five hours and 14 minutes. “It’s the best physical and mental effort I’ve ever seen from a tennis player bar none,” Courier said. Nadal became the first Spanish champion at the Australian Open and joined Andre Agassi, Mats Wilander and Jimmy Connors as the only players to have won Grand Slams on three surfaces in the 40-year Open era. A win at the U.S. Open would complete the set of majors, a feat achieved by Agassi and four others and one that has eluded Federer partly because of Nadal’s French Open dominance. Nadal won the past four Roland Garros finals, three against Federer. “I’m happy with my six,” Nadal said. “I’m gonna continue to try my best to win matches and titles. Every title, I know how tough (it) is (to) win every one.” Nadal and Federer, 27, were contesting a final at a third different major -- the first pair to do so since Ivan Lendl and Wilander in the 1980s. Their previous Grand Slam meeting was the longest final in Wimbledon history at four hours, 48 minutes. After their latest marathon, Nadal is targeting a seventh Grand Slam at an age when Federer only had two. “I don’t know if I’m gonna win more, but for sure I’m going to continue trying,” Nadal said. “You never know when (it will) stop.” To contact the reporter on this story: Grant Clark at Melbourne Park at gclark@bloomberg.net Last Updated: February 1, 2009 11:19 EST

To: altair19 who wrote (159370)	2/2/2009 12:37:08 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362292

Old Man Perry Keeps Winning golf.about.com By Brent Kelley Sunday February 1, 2009 Not many players have taken advantage of Tiger Woods' absence to do something unexpected, to elevate their games. The other biggest names in the game - Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els - have (so far) failed to add any majors to their resumes. Sergio Garcia has played some great golf, but no majors for him, either. Then there's Old Man Perry. Kenny Perry. Sportsmen don't usually have their best seasons at age 47. But that's what Perry did in 2008, when he won three times and played his way onto the Ryder Cup team. And Perry, now 48, still isn't slowing down. Perry won the PGA Tour FBR Open on Sunday, sinking a 22-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to defeat Charley Hoffman. For Perry, it was the fourth victory in his last 15 starts. The only other golfer to have a stretch like that in the past three or four seasons is ... Tiger Woods. Perry stated before the 2009 season started that he wants to reach 20 career victories. That's a much loftier goal than making the Ryder Cup team, which was Perry's stated goal last year. Twenty career victories is a level never attained by some pretty great golfers, golfers such as Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Curtis Strange, Nick Price and Julius Boros. Given his age, odds are Perry won't make it. But Sunday's victory was career win No. 13, and that's the same number of wins that Jim Furyk has. And that David Duval and Mark Calcavecchia have. So it ain't too shabby. And if Perry finishes his PGA Tour career with more wins than those three, well, it shouldn't be considered a big surprise. __________ *Brent Kelley is a sports journalist who has covered golf for more than two decades, at newspapers, magazines and online.