You wondered why Fitzgerald would't or didn't extend this grand jury to consider charges against Rove. I inferred from his comments at the press conference that he legally coud not extend this particular jury any further. He was specific in saying that he could use another jury to presumably bring an indictment if necessary as he was adamant that the investigation is not over - although the heavy lifting is.

I think you make some interesting points about the aging of the market cap and the improving ablity of some franchises to manage it. Or is it a proven ability of other teams to consistently mismanage it? I guess I'm not so sure that its a case of good franchises staying good rather than bad franchises staying bad.

While i agree that congressional re-districting and somwtime questionable voting tallies have hurt the dems in the recent past, i'm not so sure that the party needs a wave or even a coherent message in 2006. The facts of the Abramoff scandal, Hurricane Katrina, Scooter Libby, the deficit, gas prices, widiening gap between the haves and have nots, race relations, medicare, social security, global warming, wiretapping, and oh yeah, Iraq may prove to be enough to gain a majority for the Dems. Then again, it may not. After all, we still hae a mainstream press that insists on parrotting GOP talking points. Take Coretta Scott King's funeral for example. Press reports of inappropriate Dem remarks overshadow that fact that most of the people there seemed to be just fine with them.

I don't think there's a slam dunk definitive answer on where Barry Bonds should place in baseball's history. I'm not sure an asterisk is the answer if his records are counted but I'm pretty sure his records should be counted. Baseball's blind eye to the steroid issue most certainly has become a black eye but after all, the league allowed Bonds to play, sanctioned the games he participated in, allowed the runs he scored and batted in to count, so somehow erasing them for the record books doesn't square up to me. Maybe I have an accountant's mindset on this and need the numbers to balance out. If Bond's stats don't count then shouldn't we adjust the era's and other stats for pitchers that got taken deep by him? So, in my mind, the numbers should count, and leave it for each one of us to decide where he ranks. On the same token, don't ban him from the hall, but leave it up to the members to decide. I think the same should be held for the likes of Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and whoever else has been banned.

While I agree that the refs are way too lenient in granting timeouts to out of control diving, flying, spelunking, gliding, and whatever else players on their way out of bounds are doing, I think that your proposed rule changes for timeouts go too far. You often, and rightfully so, question clock management and time out management in other sports,notably football, so why now advocate penalizing a coach and team for using timeouts well, ie, having a few left to save a possession when a player is trapped near the end of a tight ballgame? It's a not a free pass, it does cost a timeout, so the defense is rewarded to an extent. So, while I like your idea of a player having to be in control of the ball with one foot on the floor to call a T/O, let's leave it at that.

It's worth pointing out that according to tier website, Milloy's fund held 178 shares of Goldman Sachs on December 31st, 2005. This means that no other shareholders supported their views on this issue.

I guess it's understandable. Fellow goes out, makes a total ass of himself, and then tries to make up a story, any story, that explains and justifies his actions. The being German angle so I don't know humor seems like the lamest excuse, but as we know, just one of many. But really now Pete, do you really know plenty of women out in the field (what the hell does that mean anyway? Out in the Field?) that are just like the fictional writer of the article? Just who discusses their abortions with you anyway? This guy truly is a dumbass.

It think that this man has a tremendous ego, so that makes any call on his potential actions dicey, but too many factors line up for him to switch. I think at the end of the dayhis blustering about a party switch was another play to Senator Reid and other Dem leaders about getting a chairmanship on a committee of his choice. Why won't he switch? Well, for one, if he has any decency whatsoever and any integrity, he said throughout the election process that he would caucus with the Democrats. Do you think he would have gotten any union support if he didn't? Could he have won the election without that support? Not likely. If Joe does jump ship hopefully those firefighters that supported him would let his house burn down or something. At the very least it would show him to be a hypocrite and a liar and elected under false pretenses. Secondly, I think it's doubtful that the Republicans would thorw him a chairmanship. Sure, it makes sense for them to do so given the numbers, but if this election proved anything, its that the Republicans don't allways make sense. Rarely do in fact. They would stand to lose too much of their right wing base to give Joe a leadership post.