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http://www.vsngaming.com/2009/02/new-madde...ing-philosophy/ Definitely something to impact the way that almost every single one of us plays the game of Madden. I know this will change how many league, tournament, online players play.

http://www.vsngaming.com/2009/01/exclusive...m-ian-cummings/ Straight from the Lead Producer of Madden 2010. Great to hear stuff will being told to the community more often. Any Madden news before the release is awesome.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration's ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information — an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century. Obama's executive order, the latest in an aggressive first week reversing contentious Bush policies, was warmly welcomed by liberal groups and denounced by abortion rights foes. The ban has been a political football between Democratic and Republican administrations since GOP President Ronald Reagan first adopted it 1984. Democrat Bill Clinton ended the ban in 1993, but Republican George W. B…

Life is good.

My son bought the newest "need for speed" game but we had trouble with the game constantly freezing or the message kept saying dirty disk or damaged. The disk was spotless and no scratches. So we returned it and received another with the same problem. WE called xbox and they said it was our hard drive. Which is fine since it is under warranty, but if we send our hard drive in we lose all data saved. Is there some way to retreive this data and place it in another storage unit, and then when the new drive arrives put this data back in the new hard dive ?

Started scanning all my Bears cards into a new photobucket, please check it out http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/qq66/fleasbears/

http://www.vsngaming.com/2009/01/madden-co...dence-or-curse/ Do you believe in the Madden Curse? There is decent supporting evidence from each version. Favre & the Jets choke to miss out on the playoffs, Mangini gets fired, he leads the league in interceptions. Does it exist? If your favorite team's star player was going to be on the cover, would you care about it at all? Or is it just a silly notion.

Anyone watching his press conference right now? This guy is insanely delusional.

My friend is trying to get his project for his marketing class going. If you could help it'd be greatly appreciated. Here is the message: ---------------------------------------------- For my college marketing project, I have created www.5millionhits.com . The goal of the web site is to get 5 million unique visitors to visit the site. This project has been developed for my college marketing class. The point of this project is to show how much effect the internet has on advertising power. The goal is simple, to get 5 million unique web site hits over the span of the semester. By contacting various message boards, the goal is to see if we can build up a lot of w…

So what is everyone's Xbox Live Gamertag? Got my wireless connection set up today (no more dragging my modem back and forth) and thought it might be fun to play some people from this board. my gamertag is "BF2K"

Is there a site where I can download the Madden 09 updates and put them on a disc? I currently don't have an XBOX Live account or hook up. I have an Xbox 360.

http://www.vsngaming.com/2008/12/simulatin...bcs-bowl-games/ Pretty cool, I wonder if this is going to spot on. I think all of them are pretty much right except the Virginia Tech one. I think that they are going to win convincingly. Thoughts?

Check it out gang, a grass-roots effort to get Da' Coach to become the new governor of our beloved State and home State of Illinois. Check out www.dagovernor.com and help the campaign get going and put respect back into Illinois politics.

What is in your cup fellas? Fruit Punch & Vodka. How about you guys?

Share some information about yourselves guys. Name: Hometown: Currently living in: Hobbies: Job: What College you go to/went to: Do you play video games? If so, which ones: Favorite Movie: Favorite Teams (Non NFL): Favorite Food: Favorite Actor: Age:

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com...nian-style.html Saturday, December 13, 2008 Hell’s Angels — Lithuanian Style My thanks to "thedweeze" for forwarding this story by Michael Yon, our 21st Century Ernie Pyle who has already tempted fate a hundred times just like Ernie, always too far forward for his own good. Here, http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/on-the-front-...tan-part-two/2/, in the second part of a series on Afghanistan, Yon describes the Lithuanian Special Forces: Hell’s Angels — Lithuanian Style U.S. and Afghan soldiers in Zabul Province give high marks to the Lithuanian Special Forces, who like to ride these captured Taliban motorbikes to …

Some time back, I gave a quick "first hand" (me being from Alaska) perspective of Governor Palin and the full story of Troopergate and other news tidbits. Now, those of you in Illinois have a bit of a story your own with your Governor Blagojevich. So is this something that has been getting local attention for some time? I recall some of you expressing frustration with Obama when he was in the State Senate. I am curious what some of you may know, if anything more about this story. As Paul Harvey used to say..."And now you know, the rest of the story."

Elections have consequences. Thank GOD! Link Obama Positioned to Quickly Reverse Bush Actions Stem Cell, Climate Rules Among Targets of President-Elect's Team Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and other issues, according to congressional Democrats, campaign aides and experts working with the transition team. A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to identify regulatory and policy changes O…