Rebecca Johnston - Cornell Hero

[French Rage]

Man this thread has it all.

[billhoward]

Man this thread has it all.

Almost there. Do a search for "syphilis" and when it returns "No match found: 'Clarkson hockey'," you can see it needs fleshing out. And we didn't mention Dryden's unbeaten senior season though we did hit on Cornell hockey scholarships. But otherwise, yeah, we've done a good job drifting without going more than one std dev away.

[Swampy]

Then when one of their oil tankers crashes and causes an oil spill to spread over 150 miles of pristine Pacific coastline, causing all sorts of environmental and health repercussions for millions of people, the management can declare corporate bankruptcy and absolve themselves and their employees of any further liability. They will, of course, leave the U.S. taxpayers to pay for the costly clean-up and decades of lingering health bills.

It seems like requiring shippers to carry a certain amount of insurance coverage would be sufficient, and certainly a solution that is far less amenable to government-union collusion.

But not government-insurance company-shipping company collusion.

Also, if the hypothesis is that corporate bankruptcy can be used as an out to avoid accountability, won't insurance companies have recourse to this too?

The insurance option also presupposes that the insurer will provide just compensation for not only the damages but also the grief involved in collecting for them. On what planet does this happen?

[Swampy]

To move beyond one standard deviation, let's return to Bill Howard's point that U.S. interests would be better served if we'd had a policy of annexing parts of Canada rather than of Cuba. There's more here than meets the eye.

If that commie FDR had not gotten rid of the Platt Amendment, all this talk about annexing parts of Cuba would be moot. The U.S. effectively annexed Cuba from 1898 to 1934. In modern corporate parlance, it was like a wholly owned subsidiary. After FDR undid his cousin's good work, Cuba became sort of like one of Toyota's legally dependent but in fact wholly dependent suppliers, and we all know how poorly the Toyota model performs. It was just a matter of time before the chief subcontractor, that buffoon Batista, would blow the whole thing. By then it was 1959, and Ike was already a lame duck, not to mention a Republican and an ex-general. So naturally we should blame that com-symp JFK for not using Guantanamo the way it was intended. Had he done so, we'd still be able to get decent cigars in this country (and good kosher deli in Miami).

Cigars? What kind of stogies did the Canadian women have? This really does call for an IOC investigation. The thought of all those young women sucking on phallus-shaped objects no doubt picked and rolled by black and brown communists is disgusting. As the U.S. of A., we cannot allow our neighbor to the north to be subverted by internationally communism. Didn't you see the RED uniforms at the closing ceremonies? Isn't Sidney Crosby a weapon of mass destruction? (Or chips served with vinegar?) I say we declare the Canadian women to be terrorists and invade now before it's too late! ::panic::

[billhoward]

Let's hope the maiden name of Rebecca Johnson's mom isn't Milo. else the family would go ballistic over the tone and lack of dignity of this thread. Isn't a cigar sometimes just a cigar? And aren't Cuban cigars legal in most of the world with one or two exceptions?

[Swampy]

Let's hope the maiden name of Rebecca Johnson's mom isn't Milo. else the family would go ballistic over the tone and lack of dignity of this thread. Isn't a cigar sometimes just a cigar? And aren't Cuban cigars legal in most of the world with one or two exceptions?

Sorry, didn't mean to offend. I was just trying to be sarcastic and poke well-deserved ridicule at U.S. sanctimony.

[Killer]

Then when one of their oil tankers crashes and causes an oil spill to spread over 150 miles of pristine Pacific coastline, causing all sorts of environmental and health repercussions for millions of people, the management can declare corporate bankruptcy and absolve themselves and their employees of any further liability. They will, of course, leave the U.S. taxpayers to pay for the costly clean-up and decades of lingering health bills.

It seems like requiring shippers to carry a certain amount of insurance coverage would be sufficient, and certainly a solution that is far less amenable to government-union collusion.

But not government-insurance company-shipping company collusion.

Also, if the hypothesis is that corporate bankruptcy can be used as an out to avoid accountability, won't insurance companies have recourse to this too?

The insurance option also presupposes that the insurer will provide just compensation for not only the damages but also the grief involved in collecting for them. On what planet does this happen?

Love it!  I nominate the Canadian women's hockey team to be harbor pilots on the Columbia River in Astoria.

[Roy 82]

Wow, even Roy Williams (the UNC coach) thinks this is an over-exaggeration...

I guess I mis-underestimated him.::deadhorse::

[Jim Hyla]

Back on topic, article in The Sun on Rebecca Johnston. A nice quote about Cornell and coach Derraugh.

Sun: Did playing for Cornell help get you to the level you're at today?

R.J.: I've really enjoyed my two years so far. My coach Doug Derraugh '91, I think has played a really big part and taught me a lot already because he was a forward too and he played at Cornell, and he's just a really good hockey player. He's taught me a lot of individual skills. I'd always go out on the ice with him in the mornings, and I'd stay out after practice, and he'd always be up for anything no matter what time it was to help me out. So he was a big part in that, and the facilities — I was always able to go on when I wanted, use the treadmills, all that kind of stuff. The whole atmosphere at Cornell. My teammates. Everything has helped me improve as a player.

[RichH]

Back on topic,

Wait. What??

[Tom Lento]

Back on topic,

Wait. What??

How is this on topic? I don't see anything in that article about establishing a union cartel to pilot a Zamboni down the Columbia in order to smuggle Cuban cigars into the U.S. :p