doug

Derek Trucks Band 8/1/05

He might have been better than Joe Clark or Kim Campbell, but even that is debatable. I am not even sure if he was better than Chretien, and it would be hard for me to rank anyone lower than that.

the american government is fucking garbage and it always will be.

that is all.

The sad thing is it isnt drastically different than the Canadian govt. What a wonderful world this would be if people could have a true democratic political system, rather than the cloudy so-called democratic system we now have, where citizens are encouraged to believe that their "vote" for 1 party or another makes a difference in how politicians will govern. The truth seems to be that politicians make political decisions based on "party politics" with little or no thoughts/concerns for the "citizens" they are supposed to represent.

Only question now is how long till we can actually buy these and how much are we gonna have to pay for it?

"The federal cabinet has upheld the CRTC's decision to issue two new satellite radio licences, after the applicants agreed to include more Canadian and French-language material. The approval came despite opposition from some Liberal MPs, Quebecers and cultural groups.

Canadian Satellite Radio Inc. (CSR) and Sirius Canada Inc. say they are pleased, with CSR CEO John Bitove saying in a statement that his company intends to make the Prime Minister, the government and the country "proud" of the cabinet's decision.

"This is a black day," said Ian Morrison, spokesman for the lobby group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. "In effect, the Americans have won."

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will now begin to hold hearings asking for public input on the new commitments, which will be included as conditions of the licences, a spokesperson for Heritage Minister Liza Frulla said Friday.

The CRTC made the decision in June, but it has been in limbo as cabinet debated whether to uphold it. Cabinet had the option to approve it, reject it, or send it back for further review.

On June 16, the CRTC granted satellite radio licences to two groups - Sirius Canada Inc., a consortium of Standard Radio and the CBC, which is partnered with New York-based Sirius, and CSR, which is partnered with Washington-based XM.

Sirius and CSR both plan to offer subscribers between 60 and 100 commercial-free music channels for $15 to $20 a month. The CRTC had ruled that the services must carry at least eight original channels produced in Canada -- 25 per cent of which must be in the French language -- and a maximum of nine foreign channels for each Canadian one. Most channels will be American.

The CRTC decision sparked controversy from the moment the it was released. It was opposed by a dozen cultural organizations, who said its low Can-Con language requirements would be bad for Canadian culture, and the Canadian culture industry.

As support for their position, they cited an August poll from Canadian market research firm Pollara, that found three-quarters of Canadian feel Canadian content rules are a "good idea," and 33 per cent support an increase in Can-Con requirements. The poll surveyed 1,259 Canadians by phone, and is considered accurate within 2.7 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

In the face of the opposition, and reports that cabinet was considering sending back the decsion, both CSR and Sirius have upped their French-language commitments. They now both promise to launch with eight Canadian channels - half English and half French - and say that three of the four French-language channels will offer music."

Humble Pie compilation cd a friend made for me

wouldnt surorise me at all

and Moore himself has obviously done so much more to help the victims of this disaster than the government - doesnt he have anything better to do with his time than try to get publicity by complaining and criticizing

Count me in

jamminrebel@aol.com

Hey, my folks are in Melissa too! Right on Lake Waseosa. Beautiful spot

If we went with a live draft, anyone who isnt there to make their picks is automatically assigned the next available highest ranked player by the automated system. So as long as you preranked your players to override the computer rankings, you would stillhave a little control over how your team got picked should you not be able to attend

The last few years every pool I have been in has been an autopick draft. I have come to like the challenge of managing the team you are drafted, and it should be noted as well that Yahoo autopick drafts do give you the option of preranking players before the draft happens

you really lived in Huntsville? I didnt think anyone else around here had actually lived here.

It really isnt too bad of a place to live as long as you dont mind having to travel to see any decent live music!

Im in. I will set up a league on Yahoo, unless someone else already has one set up or was planning to. What is the preference regarding head-head, straight points, rotisserie?

Is that $20/player or for the whole league?

The site I usually use is on Yahoo and it is free, and the pool format is customizable. You can play in a straight up points format, head-to-head, or rotisserie style. If all players in the league are unable to be present for a live draft, then the system will do a random automatic draft for you as well, which can also add a bit more challenge to how you manage your team.

Initially when I heard Warren would not be playing w/ABB for this show I was a little bummed out and considered not going, but what the hell it is still gonna be one HOT & SMOKIN show!

Jack Pearson more than proved himself capable in the past and what I have heard from the sax player who is supposed to be joining them (cant recall his name right now) we can expect some pretty cool jams!

Time to get Peachy!

Id be there! I still listen to them alot.

Congrats to ya Slippy! Check your PM's for my show list

its a cool site especially the discussion boards

I was using Zip.ca for a bit. It wasn't a bad deal-they paid all postage. Good selection of dvd's. (incl. the Grateful Dead Live from the Vault) The only reason I stopped was because I didn't like waiting to see a movie I really wanted to see.

ABB hard to find? They allow taping and almost every one of their shows are available. Check the trading & Vine sections on the discussion board on their website. I have a fair amount of recent ABB but nothing from this years Beacon run yet. My list if anyone wants to trade is at

www.tapetrader.com/dmkm

Its seems pretty hard to argue that Jesus never existed, there is pretty substantial historical evidence of that. The debatable part is his resurrection, unfortunately neither side in that debate is willing to give any credibility to the evidence that supports an opposing view. All anyone can do is examine all the evidence for themselves with an open and clear mind and make their own decisions

you should be able to go to www.yahoo.com and click on the link for fantasy sports or try this

http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/

for some reason I cant open that link. If it makes it easier for anyone, I just created a pool in Yahoo.

Make your picks online and they keep track of all the scoring for us. For anyone who may be interested here is the info you'll need

Group Name = Skank Pool

Group ID# = 80105

Password = sanctuary

(you will also need to register with Yahoo if you aren't already)

Im in. Just a suggestion but wouldnt it be easier just to use one of the online bracket managers for this rather than trying to fill out your bracket and figure out how to post it here?

Ive got some. I will PM the details