The reason why the owners don’t try to get rid of Bettman is because he helps them make even more money and in return, they pay his salary. The way the owners see it, they can afford to lose a season of hockey as they feel confident that they can make up for the losses in the seasons to follow by raising prices for tickets, food, merchandise, etc. In addition, teams can lay off employees during the lockout which saves them quite a few bucks.

Thanks for the gouge on the iMac. I’m getting one as soon as I can string together some cash.

BTW…yeah the Bears won, but talk about torture porn football.

Just a thought…If you read through all the NFL previews for this year, you’d guesstimate that one out of every four NFL teams have issues with their O-line. What the hell? Do we not teach linemen how to block and tackle any more? WTF is up with the o-line skills nowadays?

Go Bears! You got a long way to go, Lovie…

Where are you in proximity to D.C.? I used to live in Richmond, VA and spent many a weekend up in the Georgetown area…God, I hated the traffic and crime there.

I needed to get a computer for my two sons to have for school work, so I decided to give them my old PC and upgrade myself. They each have an iPod Touch and I’ve been fighting the “Apple” mystique long enough. So, I broke down about a month ago and bought an iPad for the entire family and I bought an iMac for my home office. I love it all. The learning curve for system operation is a bit more than I was prepared for, but the Apple platform is very intuitive and functionality is terrific. Don’t hesitate in making the jump.

Later,
Jimmy D.

I’m completely insane. The difference is that I know it, and I embrace it. You, on the hand, think you’re completely sane and rational.

DVX….My fingers are STILL bleeding! Maybe I should go the same anger management class as Kane and Daniel Bryan?

That being said, my LG smartphone is a good phone for talking and internet use…when it has the 3G coverage. The Google maps feature is spot-on accurate. I have two games apps. One day, when I switchfrom Sprint, I MAY buy an iPhone…but I will NOT be like the sheep waiting in line at oh-dark-thirty for a week for it.

MadCityMac, you’re right…society is going to hell. I’ll stop there, for now.

I missed the chance to comment on the Commish thread. Chucky, if you really had to expand on Bud the Used Car Salesman, your fingers would be bloody from all the anger that fueled your typing. Well done! I can’t believe the owners haven’t fired Bettman by now; FOUR WORK STOPPAGES IN 20 YEARS? That’s like every five years that the NHL loses billions of dollars. Why is he still Commish?

I wonder if Cutty and Cambpell have seen the J Webb Nation video series on YouTube. I wonder if Lovie and Tice have taken a peek or two. That’s your staring left tackle gents. What prescription sleeping pills do y’all take, again?

I live an hour plus away each from the Nationals and the Orioles. Last year they were two of the worst run teams in baseball…now they’re both in the 2012 pennant race. I wonder if I’m missing anything by sitting on blogs bitching about the Beras and the Cubs instead of taking in one of their games…oh, wait, seeing the Nationals would mean driving around in DC. Never mind: I’ve been tagged by the speeding cams THREE times in the last year driving up there.

Go Bears…dammit, JWebb, block somebody you fat fuck.

George Carlin knew what he was talking about…my man!

I’m an Android guy, too.

As for the Apple fanboys and girs: BAAAAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAAAA

You know damn well that STL will win the second WC by one game, run the table and win the WS.