Rush51

How come there is not one Democrat in office that wants our government to be more efficient  ?   A sarcastic question to my Republican friends,  but a real one to any Democrat on this board that wishes to take a stab at this... 

@Midnight1

 The fact that you owned a business at one time AND are a senior citizen AND vote as a liberal should give you some pause..... you are in an extreme minority w those combinations....  most wisen up with at least 1 of the 2.... but you have accomplished both !! 

So, doesn't it ever bother you what went so wrong ?   

[Quote: Originally Posted by Midnight1]Quote Originally Posted by Raiders22: Correct.  With a shift in policy, funds will have to be shifted to support and implement the new policies. But this number has already been factored into the reconciliation. Not so much 3 Card Monte on this, because you can see how the funds will be shifted around. Hopefully, both parties will see the waste now and decide to cut spending.  At least that is the optimistic view. Ok, but now 400 million will be going out the door into the trunks of Muskrat's Cybertrucks being bought by the State Department. Marco Rubio head of the department had no clue this deal was being made. This poor bastard can't ever see over the steering wheel of one of these monstrosities.  Cha-Ching So who is keeping track in this thread of the money being saved vs the money being spent??[/Quote]

Since when did a liberal start giving a 'shit about money being saved ? 

I find the timing........... interesting.  

[Quote: Originally Posted by Raiderpug]DOGE will soon be training its sights on the Social Security Administration. At least one DOGE staffer is preparing to “work with the agency,” the outlet reported. While there’s little information available as to what Musk’s group plans to do to America’s popular public benefits program, DOGE’s whole modus operandi has been to take a butcher’s knife to the agencies it “works” with, so it’s difficult to imagine that the changes will be helpful to the average American.   GO MUSK! END SOCIAL SECURITY TODAY! - NO MORE GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS - SAVE A TRILLION![/Quote]

Well, it's clear that no politician will go near SS reform, because they know it will probably cost them their job.  

But the reality is that benefits paid out to recipients will be cut by 20% in 2035, if nothing is done. . boy are people gonna be pissed... 

* clarification.   CLE is never under consideration.  Both Winston and Watson are awful, and a liability to your wallet. 

@rosswin97

..... and neither did Winston.. I stated in my earlier post that I do not bet on bad QBs ""and"" Backup QBs.  So , that excluded the Cowboys when C. Rush started,  and Browns when Winston started.  Think of it this way in a baseball analogy.  Would you bet on  a middle reliever starting all of your games ?  Remember,  he's not good enough to be a starter....

And when did I say anything bad about the 49 ers and their QB ?  Sure, they had a tough year, but Purdy is a good QB. 

Go read my post again.. just because I never bet on these teams w shitty QBs....  "" doesn't mean I bet against them every time " .  I'm not profiting from it, but I do keep myself away from losing money. 

Because these lines are tying so large, I'll never bet the Fav either because I hate laying big points.. 

... I am thinning out the herd and finding better opportunities  ( games) elsewhere.    

And If I ever started a thread on this....think about it. it wouldn't be very entertaining to most .   I wouldn't be telling you who to bet on.... I would  telling you who to avoid. 

Detroit is real interesting ; they should be back to healthy on defense , and have the best OL in the league.  

But What concerns me is a new DC and OC , to replace the ones that just got HC jobs.  PHI last year showed  that big turnover w these positions can be unsettling for the team.. 

Really ? I didn't see it that way from the start. I never bet "on" Daniel Jones ( wasn't  a believer), Deshaun Watson , Cooper Rush, Jameis Winston,  and whoever LVR and TN decided to start this year....Not Once.  So, no, it's not that difficult to 'blackball' some QBs  i.e teams,  from consideration. 

@DogbiteWilliams

 Sorry, I should've mentioned earlier that you had spot on analysis , and congrats on winning the JH MVP bet..  

You can save yourself a lot of money in this business if you just avoid bad teams... which are more often than not led by bad QBs and backup QBs. 

CLE, NYG, LVR, and TN immediately come to mind this past season.  

Look at this way..  Do you really want to entrust your money w/ these shitty QBs, "hoping" that you are getting enough points ?  (No.)    You can't forecast just how poorly they handle the football, which lead to TOs... which are game-wreckers.    It is OK to 'blackball' certain teams, meaning you bet on them under no circumstance.  

[Quote: Originally Posted by Midnight1]Quote Originally Posted by Rush51: Quote Originally Posted by Midnight1: If the goal of ‘DOGE’ were truly to expose corruption and save taxpayer money it wouldn’t have been preceded by the unlawful firing of 18 Inspectors General whose job it is to expose corruption and save taxpayer money. WOW, talk about gullible. Keep swallowing the bullshit mushrooms! Well.... they haven't been doing a very good job... thus, their firing. You have no idea regarding the performance of these 18 people & you have no proof of any wrongdoing. Keep swallowing.[/Quote]

I sure do.  Think about it...  .... if just one of these 18 people had been doing their job , then the fraud & waste would've been discovered .  They are all either extremely incompetent,  or complicit in this activity that RAIDERS already suggested.. 

[Quote: Originally Posted by Midnight1]If the goal of ‘DOGE’ were truly to expose corruption and save taxpayer money it wouldn’t have been preceded by the unlawful firing of 18 Inspectors General whose job it is to expose corruption and save taxpayer money. WOW, talk about gullible. Keep swallowing the bullshit mushrooms![/Quote]

Well.... they haven't been doing a very good job... thus, their firing. 

@DogbiteWilliams

 Well.... Saquon was a nonfactor,  and KC offense was impotent, while committing 3 TOs.  

Context.... 

And go look at post #2 to find out what happened in more detail 

It's  a rather amateurish comment,  given that KC had just beaten one of the most dominant teams on a +/-  point basis w  Buffalo.  And PHI hadn't beaten much if you examine again this point differential in playoffs. 

So, stop w your comments after the story has been written.   Your  predictive analysis would have been more useful  

Give it to Fangio.   The defense win it for PHI. 

And KC will develop an OC line.  That is the main takeaway. 

No one had this on their bingo card.  It  was all Saquon tjis...  Saquon  that.    That didn't play out at all.. 

KC need to improve their OL.  

That last TD by KC proved it....l 

4th and manageable, we're going for it...