"What signs of the rich getting super-richer are you seeing in your area?"

[formerlurker]

Peyton is the one who's left countless millions on the table, hoping to have a better team around him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/next-men-up-after-signing-manning-colts-trio-enters-contract-seasons-looking-for-new-deals/2011/08/04/gIQAGkqZuI_story.html

As it stands today, he needs three more rings to be a first ballot.*  





* subject to change as Tom Brady wins more superbowls.

[GOBUCKS]

As it stands today, he needs three more rings to be a first ballot.

Well, I'm in no way a UT fan, but for my money there has never been a better player at any position than Peyton Manning.

I saw every game Jim Brown played, and he was easily the best running back, but he could only handle the ball
maybe one play in three or four.

Tom Brady, despite the moral failings that led him to enroll at Michigan, and his sordid personal life, has been a good quarterback, but he does
not run his team with anything near the mastery of a Peyton Manning.

[FreeBorn]

You know the rich are getting richer when democrats complain about kids reading dictionaries donated to young children?   

Perhaps their main gripe is that they are English language dictionaries?

[FreeBorn]

Well, here around ___________ County I've noticed that when an errant band of hippies sprouts up in one of our meadows they get shagged out of there right quick by Blackwater Security, not by the usual local Deputies as in the past.
I have it on good authority that one must be rather Highfalutin to have Blackwater on call. 

[formerlurker]

Well, I'm in no way a UT fan, but for my money there has never been a better player at any position than Peyton Manning.

I saw every game Jim Brown played, and he was easily the best running back, but he could only handle the ball
maybe one play in three or four.

Tom Brady, despite the moral failings that led him to enroll at Michigan, and his sordid personal life, has been a good quarterback, but he does
not run his team with anything near the mastery of a Peyton Manning.

Tom Brady has had a few years of self-discovery so to speak which is most unbecoming, however he can easily be compared to Montana, and Brady never had the superstar receiver that Montana did. 

Peyton is a crybaby.   Peyton has always blamed others for his shortcomings -- I actually have on my other computer a picture file of his scowls, pouting and temper tantrums on the sidelines after he has thrown a pick (after pick, after pick).

Talented QB?   absolutely, definitely one of the better QBs in the history of the game.     Tom Brady, Joe Montana level in clutch plays?   No.Way. 

[longview]

Well... the person I groom polo horses for has had such a good year s/he donated a nice amount to one of my kids for college tuition.

Hey DUmmies, it's an unaccredited, private Bible college.  Guess what that money is going to help support?  And the college doesn't take government money and the kids don't get student loans.  How unpossible!  lol

[WinOne4TheGipper]

A fool and his money...
   
To pay for Peyton's ego salary?

Peyton actually structured his deal so the Colts could keep some other players.

[BattleHymn]

Well... the person I groom polo horses for has had such a good year s/he donated a nice amount to one of my kids for college tuition.

Hey DUmmies, it's an unaccredited, private Bible college.  Guess what that money is going to help support?  And the college doesn't take government money and the kids don't get student loans.  How unpossible!  lol

Good for you, BTW.   

[Skul]

Stupid Tess, couldn't ID a Lear-jet if it pooped its lav contents on her.
Stupid Tess, points up and thinks...Ooooo, silver bird.
Stupid Tess, ... is STUPID.

[BattleHymn]

Stupid Tess, couldn't ID a Lear-jet if it pooped its lav contents on her.
Stupid Tess, points up and thinks...Ooooo, silver bird.
Stupid Tess, ... is STUPID.

Learjet identification is found on page three of "The Journalist's Guide To Identifying Things".  Here is page one and two:

[formerlurker]

Peyton actually structured his deal so the Colts could keep some other players.

Brady has done that every single year he has been a starting QB, it's not out of the norm. 

Peyton is what? 35?   

That's a lot of coin for a QB that age.

[JohnnyReb]

Rich guy just went by headed to the garbage DUmp with a pickup load of $100 dollar bills....said he was tired of them trashing up his house.

[jukin]

You live near Montecito?  Lucky bastard.  Go burn a steak at The Palms in Carpenteria for me.  Better yet, go to Santa Barbara and on State Street not far from the mall is a place called the Tee Off.  BEST. PRIME RIB. EVAR!!!

And don't mind those pretentious asshole liberals, druggies, and college students in SB (but I repeat myself.)

I'm in SB not Montecito But fat Al's place is less than 4 miles from us. Since you have been here you know that i am moonbat central. This is ground zero for the anti-oil campaigns and all things green.

Just went to the palms a month ago. Hadn't been for years. Still get big ribeyes to grill. It is one of the few places still around from my childhood. Great concept.

You got the Tee-Off right, best prime rib in town.

Joes on State is still there and still serving up 'coldcocking' cocktails and the Omaha.

Today Is the Fiesta Parade (biggest horse parade in the world) but since public drinking got outlawed about ten years ago it has lost it's charm.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Learjet identification is found on page three of "The Journalist's Guide To Identifying Things".  Here is page one and two:

Actually as a young man, I remember seeing a CBS report where they caught some poor bastard US military advisor returning with a Salvadoran Army patrol, and carrying a rifle in El Salvador (A violation of some remarkably, suicidally stupid operational rules at the time, which DOD should never have permitted to be pushed onto them in the first place) in their endless battle to embarass Ronaldus Maximus.  I shit you not the reporter was hopping up and down and babbling with excitement about it being a US-issued M14.  It was actually a Salvo-issued FAL.

[Tess Anderson]

Stupid Tess, couldn't ID a Lear-jet if it pooped its lav contents on her.
Stupid Tess, points up and thinks...Ooooo, silver bird.
Stupid Tess, ... is STUPID.

hi5

[AllosaursRus]

I've noticed that they are very good with 4-letter words that start with F....and go down hill fast after that.

I worked as a janitor for the school district when construction took a dump back in the 80's. My boss told me that teachers cannot expect their pupils to come up to their level, so they go down to theirs.

In other words, he told me to treat the teachers as if I was talkin' to whatever grade level they taught. He was right!

Not sure, sounds like it's probably too far above her reading level though.

See reply above, ditto!

Peyton is the one who's left countless millions on the table, hoping to have a better team around him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/next-men-up-after-signing-manning-colts-trio-enters-contract-seasons-looking-for-new-deals/2011/08/04/gIQAGkqZuI_story.html

These morons have no idea what Peyton gave up in order improve his team! Just like Elway, one of the most hated quarterbacks, especially by lefties, John actually gave back money in order to pay guys to keep them on his team. DUmmies think 18 mil/yr was to much to pay 'im. How many years ya think he has left before he's forced to retire at the age of 38? How many quarterbacks with his talent evolve over the years?

How Pittian.

Well, the signs of the rich are getting richer in my neighborhood are that I'm getting a big raise at work (like 25%! Woo Hoo) and a new vehicle!

Does Mercedes make a pickup? And do they have solid gold knobs and such on the dash, console and doors?

All due to my extraordinary and exempliary performance on the project I'm working now. It had been teetering on the edge of the toilet bowl lid, ready for a flushing. But I, through sheer strength of character, tireless effort and the willingness go the extra mile, do the tasks right, assign the correctly skilled crafts and individual personnel drug it back, kicking and screaming, to cross the finish line on time and under budget.

(Blowing on fingernails and polishing them on my shirt.)

As I told the staff on the first day on site, There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. So pick it up or pack it up. The gate swings both ways and the only cure for the red ass is road dust.

Been there done that, Tans! Worked for a few construction companies over the years as a troubleshooter. Amazing what you can get done with the right people in charge. Also, I had a crew that would dive over a cliff if I asked them. That certainly helped!

[ChuckJ]

The caption on that newspaper photo is revealing. In a school with 50% at or below the poverty level, the taxpayers support a principal, a director of community relations (whatever that is), an instructional coach (whatever that is), an instructional dean (whatever that is), and an assistant principal. There was no room in the photo for any more bureaucrats.

I remember when kids learned reading, writing, and arithmetic, when elementary schools had a principal and a staff of teachers. Exceptionally big schools might have an assistant principal.

You can bet the ranch that if a school levy fails, school buses will be eliminated before they get rid of their "director of community relations".  

I too am wondering what the duties of an instructional coach are. I visited our local school website a few days back and noticed several instructional coaches.

In our county we have an industrial authority director and a chamber of commerce director. The directors work toward drawing companies to the county. As these companies are usually headquartered far away the reps fly in to our county. The harder the directors work, the busier the airport is.

[formerlurker]

These morons have no idea what Peyton gave up in order improve his team! Just like Elway, one of the most hated quarterbacks, especially by lefties, John actually gave back money in order to pay guys to keep them on his team. DUmmies think 18 mil/yr was to much to pay 'im. How many years ya think he has left before he's forced to retire at the age of 38? How many quarterbacks with his talent evolve over the years?

 

Let's see, while other teams are loading up on free agents, Peyton is dragging his heels with his contract demands which pretty much paralyzed the Colts:

http://www.stampedeblue.com/2011/7/29/2302784/slow-pace-of-peyton-manning-contract-negotiations-making-colts-front-office-free-agency-nfl

Then he finally sits down with Isray makes a deal, and makes announcement with all the pomp and circumstance he could muster that he is doing it for the team.   What a guy.

Except most veteran players restructure their contracts for the team every year, and Peyton is getting his payday:

1. I think the Peyton Manning contract (five years, $90-million) looks to be good for both sides, because the way it's structured -- with $69 million in the first three years -- seems to be with the implicit understanding that Manning will redo the deal in 2014. That's a significant year. It's when the salary cap could go up appreciably because the TV deals will go up appreciably.
I expect the network TV increases from 2013 (the last year of the current deals with ESPN, NBC, CBS and FOX) to 2014 to be anywhere from 55 to 70 percent overall. If I'm Manning and agent Tom Condon, although Peyton is not one to grouse or insist about opening a contract early, I'm thinking about getting one last contract bump when the Colts can afford it better in 2014.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/08/01/camps/index.html#ixzz1UINiQwe1

About that $69 million....

Manning will receive $69 million in the first three years of his deal versus $48 million over the same span for Tom Brady.

Yeah that Manning is da man isn't he?  


 

[formerlurker]

I too am wondering what the duties of an instructional coach are. I visited our local school website a few days back and noticed several instructional coaches.

In our county we have an industrial authority director and a chamber of commerce director. The directors work toward drawing companies to the county. As these companies are usually headquartered far away the reps fly in to our county. The harder the directors work, the busier the airport is.

When new programs are introduced (literacy initiatives, etc.) the new programming needs to be developed with teaching staff through professional development (which there are usually very limited funds for) or the hiring of instructional coaches who spend time at each school either in the classroom working with the teacher, or doing group trainings with staff to get them up and running on new curriculum.    Usually you see them hired with Title I funds in a district with poor performance.

Most are friends/family of political hacks who are unqualified to teach, never mind coach teaching staff, and are just not worth the money.   

[formerlurker]

Here you will find Peyton Manning blaming his receiver for the pick:



WTF?  again you guys.... I throw the ball, you catch it.  I can't be blamed for receiver incompetence everyone...



Those bastards are never where they are supposed to be...



F$%^ you guys, do you know who I am?



woohoo, thanks Peyton -- nice arm buddy... you da man!