-> On 01-16-07, ALAN HESS said to TIM RICHARDSON:
-> 
-> AH>Whilst masticating on , TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
-> AH>wrote to ALAN HESS:
-> 
-> 
-> AH>>Damn Ravens offense.  Sheesh, what a letdown.
-> 
-> 
-> TR> Friggin' Chargers!
-> 
-> 
-> AH>At least the Chargers scored touchdowns, and went down fighting.  The
-> AH>Ravens defense held the Irsays to their fewest points of the season
(but
-> AH>allowed a game clinching 7:16 drive in the fourth quarter), yet
McNair and
-> AH>his offense couldn't get into the endzone once!  I must admit, that
game
-> AH>had lots of four letter words escaping my mouth as I watched the
offensive
-> AH>futility. Not a good weekend for either of us.  :-(  *adh*
-> 
-> 
-> 
-> The chargers had one of the best winning seasons they've ever had this
season.
-> They did great. They don't need a new stadium. They need to work harder
and
-> learn to play in the stadium they already have!
-> 
-> 
-> A mayor put the city of San Diego in debt over renovations to the
stadium to
-> try to please both the Padres as well as the Chargers (both teams used
the one
-> stadium at the time), and screw the taxpaying citizens of the city.
-> 
-> 
-> And she did it in a very underhanded and low-ball way, having the work
start
-> up in the middle of the night, so that by the time someone saw what was
-> happening the following morning, several million dollars worth of
demolition
-> had already been carried out and now the work `had' to go forward. She
was
-> conveniently `out of town' so she couldn't be served with any court
orders to
-> stop the work, and the citizens were stuck with a couple of hundred
million
-> dollars in bond issues.
-> 
-> 
-> The Padres got a new stadium in a city wracked with multimillion dollar
-> losses from a city pension fund, an underground water supply system
thats
-> constantly bursting and opening up sink holes that engulf several
vehicles at
-> a time, a sewer system thats almost third-world standards, and a line of
-> credit that looks more like a bankruptcy case than a credit report.
-> 
-> 
-> I'm glad I don't live down there or own property in the city. I'd sell
and
-> move!
-> 
-> 
-> "All the authority I need is ignorance."......OTTO Sauer


I see you have decided to adopt Mr. Sauer's
advice.
It's the first smart thing I've ever seen you do.
and you do do it so well as only you can do.
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