Dave from Oviedo, FL
O - On 4/23/14, I summitted a question and you laughed at me and made me feel small. My question: In the age of Maylock, Kiper and McShay, is it really necessary for teams to employ 10 or so full-time scouts? I submit, if you drafted the best available players from Maylock s list, you could do no better. Your reply: I laughed out loud at this, but I will say that while I ve never heard of that Maylock guy, he must have a heck of an eye for talent. Even though I misspelled Mike Mayock, he did eventually become the GM for the then-Los Angeles Raiders … and now other NFL analysts like Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks are being mentioned for our GM job. Couldn t these guys be a one-man show, simply relying on their NFL Sources to create their board? I m just trying to figure out a way to lower the price of beer.
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It’s 1984. More than 77 million Americans nearly one-third of the country are tuned in to their televisions to watch Super Bowl XVIII. The Los Angeles Raiders are down 9 to 28 in the third quarter against the Washington Redskins when the teams pause for a commercial break. Suddenly, a brass instrument sounds as the camera zooms in on a tubular pedway. Marching across the television screen is a line of bald, expressionless, uniformed people. There’s a split-second view of a blonde woman athlete running toward the camera with a hammer. Another second later, four men in riot gear appear to be pursuing her. At the same time, a voice-over declares, “Today, we celebrate the first, glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives!” This is the opening of the first commercial advertisement for Apple Computer Inc.’s original Macintosh personal computer.
Former NFL star Burgess Owens, seen here testifying before a House subcommittee June 19, 2019, will be on the other side of the microphone when he’s sworn in as a member of Congress on Jan. 3. (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Two newly elected Republican congressmen, both of them black, say they aim to fight socialism and extend the reach of conservatives after they are sworn in on Jan. 3.
“I understand that we’re here together at this particular time in our country’s history for a reason. It is so we can make sure that we, the people, can pull back our country from this evil, dark abyss of socialism,” Rep.-elect Burgess Owens, R-Utah, a former pro football star, said Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation’s annual President’s Club meeting.