To those who "just want the season to get started". To those who "just want to put this behind us".

With all due respect, and let me also say I get where you guys are coming from and I'm not trying to start anything with any of you...

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That is PRECISELY what Roger Goodell wants you to to do. Every little leaked bit of hearsay evidence that Roger carefully leaks out to the media is done so with a clear purpose in mind. It's orchestrated. Roger...

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After this weekend's games this is where positions will fall...

Right now, I'd say...

Seed - Team - Record

01 - GB Packers 15-1
02 - NO Saints 12-4
03 - San Fran 49'ers 12-4
04 - New York Giants 10-6
05 - Atlanta Falcons 11-5
06 - Detroit Lions 9-7

Round 1 - Wild Card
Detroit geauxs to San Fran and gives a good fight but Stafford throws too many int's rather than stick with tried and true Megatron....

I have been having a running debate with one of my investment bank friends (call him Mike) about how to stimulate the economy. His essential premise is that below-water mortgages (where the value of the home is less than the outstanding mortgage) are causing banks to freeze lendable assets in anticipation of being forced to write down potential bad loans in the inevitable event of a homeowners default. If the government “covers” the portion of the account underwater and allows the bank to remark...

Sanity Zone 9-25-2011

The Role of Government

I am not going to offer a political commentary on this topic, but rather an attempt to offer a distillation of the competing theories of “government” and what the impacts may be. As with any short piece, there will be missing or abbreviated concepts, so address those with comments, please.

First, let’s get definitions:

• Government: A third party formed to create and enforce

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