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To: marron
I think this is correct. In another post I used he term "chasing rainbows"and some Freepers flamed me. The term goes back to the early 60s in NYC and a Daily News sport writer named Gene Ward. He use the term to describe the actions of a defensive line in football that was being repeatedly fooled by the ball handling skill of the other team's QB. The first time I rmember seeing it was in Ward's story of a NY Giant loss to the mediocre Washington Redskins which had been engineered by the ball handling wizardry of the diminutive QB Eddie LeBaron.

The folks at Kos, FTS, and the haloed one's campaign have had many chasing rainbows over the COLB, the school records,et.al. Some have seen through it. Over at LGF posts regarding this topic are banned and no links are permitted to the site of that deranged Hillary supporter Texas Darling. I would never call for a ban here, but if I read polarik correctly many have been had by the ball handling of the other side.

21 posted on 08/15/2008 12:16:23 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (Freedom is purchased not with gold, but with steel.)
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To: xkaydet65
A learning experience.

An open discussion where only honesty and the acceptance of honest correction are required can never be "had". Such a discussion is helped by having some active moderation to deflect the harrassers and the very rude, and some loose informal expectation of politeness.

Johnson's LGF is stupid by choice in this matter. That's okay -- Texas Darlin, AtlasShrugs, IsraeliInsider and the magnificent Free Republic have carried the ball and provided the forums to discuss the issue.

And thankfully we have strong backs like Mr. Polarik to run the ball downfield play after play and not leave the field for some injury or argument with the ref.

We are ALL special teams here, and we can counter ANY play they can make, as long as we abide the afore-mentioned rules.

27 posted on 08/15/2008 1:31:58 PM PDT by bvw
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