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Opting to add 'responsible spending cuts.' Deal is dead. This bulls*** of not putting things up for a vote is f***ing ridiculous.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 01:56 PM) The House Republicans were supposed to meet at 1:00 p.m. today, there hasn't been any obvious comment on the results of that meeting yet, but a couple of the far right Republicans came out in opposition to the deal before the meeting. CNN did report that Boehner did not take a position on the bill or on whipping in favor of it. Sounds like most of the House Democrats will support it, but they cannot bring the bill to the floor on their own. There is no vote scheduled in the House for today, and some of the Republicans are doubting whether the bill will come forwards today. Read tweet that said Cantor opposed it while Boehner was laying out 'options'

How US Banks And Federal Law Enforcement Worked Together Bringing Down Occupy Wall Street

'Biden should have run the show for the past month'

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 12:08 PM) Yea I read something a month or so ago that said Knox isn't even able to run yet. we are a year after the injury and he can't even run, that is not a good sign. I could see Emery using a 4th - 6th round pick on a speedster I'd be okay with that.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 10:43 AM) It should have been Hester. They can find a speed burner. Two of the biggest worst plays last year were the result of Knox messing up, Cutlers thumb due to him giving up on a route and Knox breaking his back because he fumbled. He did a lot of annoying s***, that's for sure. With that said, I don't mind the idea of a 4th wideout on his rookie contract that has already put up 960 yard and 740 yard (14 games) seasons in his past. Literally no risk in having him around.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 10:31 AM) No. Everything other than Medicare gets cut. It's the foolish "Conservative wet dream" of a 10% across the board cut. It's terrible policy...and it's particularly frustrating since they'd come on top of what is now a 5 year salary freeze, a 5 year discretionary spending freeze, and very large cuts imposed as part of the budget agreement between the Congress and the President last year. (If there was any spending that could easily be cut, it was heavily gashed last spring in that mess). Of course, if you pay attention to even earlier this thread, counting "Cuts from that baseline" is somehow incorrect, since those cuts didn't actually happen so you have to cut even farther. Just letting the payroll tax expire is going to cut probably 0.5% of GDP growth this year compared to what it would have been if you extended that. The Sequester cuts this year would have been $100 billion, and with feedbacks, that probably would cut another 1% from GDP on the year. I have to think someone will try to cut the payroll tax in the next budget negotiation.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 10:36 AM) I'm glad we don't have a player like Knox currently. It isn't hard to find a WR that doesn't finish routes, has alligator arms, suspect hands and puts the ball on he ground a lot. He had world class speed and occasionally made a good deep target, but that was it. It's a shame what happened to him, I don't like to see anyone get bent that way, but I didn't miss him. Hester did a fine job playing his WR jester part. We just didn't have anyone to blow the top off. I like Johnny as a fourth guy, given the top 3 we have. QUOTE (daa84 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 10:37 AM) Absolutely love just about everything I have heard from Emery. Dude is smart , to the point, no bulls***. Giving good justification on his draft picks, and moves so you can at least see what his thought process is/was. Yes, this is very impressive. Completely transparent and captivating.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 10:11 AM) If there was an agreement on the debt ceiling...I doubt the House would pass it. They want to play this game again. It's no coincidence at all that the Sequester was put off...until the exact time the debt ceiling gets hit, in February. Are liberals really that attached to the sequestration cuts? I haven't nailed down what, in addition to defense, gets hammered. I hope once Boehner gets his spot back, he backs off of these fights.

The old Johnny Knox would be a nice addition to this squad. We don't have a player like him currently.

Wooo

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 10:03 AM) Were you around during the Cheney administration? Cheney (like KW ) was more of the VP behind the curtain

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 09:56 AM) Hate it. We're going to be in a worse boat in 2 months because this didn't cover the debt ceiling. Jumping from one crisis to another because Congress votes for laws that create crises is literally insane. The lack of entitlement cuts in this deal gives leverage to Ds if a budget fight arises. That said, the buzz late last night was that a contingent part of this agreement in the Senate was that there would be no debt ceiling fight. I've seen that McCain has already contradicted that, so we shall see.

I've never seen a VP have such an important role in a major policy discussion.

QUOTE (floridafan @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 09:43 AM) Those stats are interesting. Whenever I have seen line ups I was always under the assumption that the 3 and 4 hole hitters were considered the best hitters on the team. Is this new analytical work that is not yet widely accepted? I have never seen it put to use that I am aware of. It is certainly against traditional logic. Very interesting stuff.

Passes through the Senate. Expected to reach House tomorrow morning.

Fixing the debt is not about budgets, it's about jobs It's not a spending problem, it's a low taxes and high spending problem --- Likewise, taxes are not at historic highs And...once again...Medicare costs aren't going up as expected?

Rivera reportedly out

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Dec 31, 2012 -> 12:19 PM) The Bears are also talking to McCoy Yeah, not as bad, though I really would like a more established guy.

I could certainly deal with Gruden. I think he would command a king's ransom. Jim Miller claims we're eying Brian Kelly and Nick Saban. Dear God, no.

Cutler on qualities he hopes for in new coach: "ability to hire good assistants"

Last night, while I was being a Packers fan, I was shocked to see Rodgers screaming at McCarthy over that challenge flag. We see a guy like Cutler yell at his teammates, sure. We even saw him do the unthinkable -- walk away from Mike Tice while he was talking to him. Have you ever seen any player get in Lovie Smith's face? Can you even imagine it? This isn't a Lovie > McCarthy thing, we know McCarthy is a great coach in his own right. I do think there is something to be said for the way Lovie earned respect from his players, though.

Lovie was a very good coach for the Bears. He was always a competent OC/QB away, which is far away. To some extent, he needs to be held accountable for the issues in getting an offensive coach here. There have always been murmurs that the good OCs didn't want to coach with him. Likewise, though I feel he is a really great defensive mind, he may not get players with the pedigree of Urlacher, Briggs, Tillman wherever he goes. Urlacher was the key to the defense for years because he could do things that others at his position simply could not.

We can probably bank on Cabrera not having as good of a season. Likewise with Hunter, and he may regress big time. They also stayed miraculously healthy with Cabrera, Fielder, Verlander, Scherzer, etc. On our end, we had nagging injuries and general ineffectiveness from our big boppers as well as our big arms. Lots of ground can be made up just from some regression to the mean.

Totally disagree about the way Briggs played this year. Roach did seem capable of taking Urlacher's role.