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	<title>Comments on: Cynics have a field day with Candlestick blackout</title>
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		<title>By: 49erlifer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[49erlifer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[rc33 says:
Dec 20, 2011 10:46 AM
Not good to experience a blackout while a two-time sexual assault defendant is loose in the stadium.

I was thinking the same thing!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rc33 says:<br />
Dec 20, 2011 10:46 AM<br />
Not good to experience a blackout while a two-time sexual assault defendant is loose in the stadium.</p>
<p>I was thinking the same thing!</p>
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		<title>By: Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[theysone says: 

Deb: it’s ” couldn’t care less” not “could care less.”. As a a writer, you should know this.

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LOL ... good catch. That&#039;s why we have copy editors and proof readers before we go to print.


@Sparky ...

See Spot. See Spot run. Run, Spot, run. 

Bet you&#039;ll misinterpret that, too.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>theysone says: </p>
<p>Deb: it’s ” couldn’t care less” not “could care less.”. As a a writer, you should know this.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
LOL &#8230; good catch. That&#8217;s why we have copy editors and proof readers before we go to print.</p>
<p>@Sparky &#8230;</p>
<p>See Spot. See Spot run. Run, Spot, run. </p>
<p>Bet you&#8217;ll misinterpret that, too.</p>
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		<title>By: marvin49</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[marvin49]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@1historian

Do so homework.

The stadium is NOT attached to taxes to people in SF or in SC where the stadium will actually be built. It will not even touch the general fund in SC. It will be financed with TICKETS, naming rights, and several other revenue sources. 

This has been covered SEVERAL times. If there are overruns, the 49ers are on the hook to cover them.

What are you talking about?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@1historian</p>
<p>Do so homework.</p>
<p>The stadium is NOT attached to taxes to people in SF or in SC where the stadium will actually be built. It will not even touch the general fund in SC. It will be financed with TICKETS, naming rights, and several other revenue sources. </p>
<p>This has been covered SEVERAL times. If there are overruns, the 49ers are on the hook to cover them.</p>
<p>What are you talking about?</p>
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		<title>By: pftstory</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[pftstory]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They have replaced stadiums newer than Candlestick and stadiums in better shape than Candlestick.   No needs to blow up a transformer to highlight that Candlestick is old.

Besides if it was just the transformer, it wouldn&#039;t cost as much to fix that as it will to move.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They have replaced stadiums newer than Candlestick and stadiums in better shape than Candlestick.   No needs to blow up a transformer to highlight that Candlestick is old.</p>
<p>Besides if it was just the transformer, it wouldn&#8217;t cost as much to fix that as it will to move.</p>
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		<title>By: radrntn</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[originalsteelcurtain says: 
Dec 20, 2011 10:52 AM 

Ugly game to watch. Horrible….repeat HORRIBLE officiating: 
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classic - a steeler fan complaining about the refs...the refs let your o-line hold on every play, and have put more rings on the steeler fingers than any other team in the history of the nfl.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>originalsteelcurtain says:<br />
Dec 20, 2011 10:52 AM </p>
<p>Ugly game to watch. Horrible….repeat HORRIBLE officiating:<br />
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<p>classic &#8211; a steeler fan complaining about the refs&#8230;the refs let your o-line hold on every play, and have put more rings on the steeler fingers than any other team in the history of the nfl.</p>
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		<title>By: theysone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[theysone]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deb: it&#039;s &quot; couldn&#039;t care less&quot; not &quot;could care less.&quot;. As a a writer, you should know this.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deb: it&#8217;s &#8221; couldn&#8217;t care less&#8221; not &#8220;could care less.&#8221;. As a a writer, you should know this.</p>
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		<title>By: franknunley57</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@peytonwantsaflag:

Deb said before that she wrote for Soldier of Fortune Magazine!  Deb, shouldn&#039;t you be out occupying Allegheny ??]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@peytonwantsaflag:</p>
<p>Deb said before that she wrote for Soldier of Fortune Magazine!  Deb, shouldn&#8217;t you be out occupying Allegheny ??</p>
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		<title>By: tinbender2000</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[bluvayner says: Dec 20, 2011 10:46 AM

We all saw the transformer blow up on television. I highly doubt that you’ll see Denise York walking around with singed hair and eyebrows this morning.
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But I AM picturing in my mind right now and it&#039;s pretty damn funny. Thanks!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>bluvayner says: Dec 20, 2011 10:46 AM</p>
<p>We all saw the transformer blow up on television. I highly doubt that you’ll see Denise York walking around with singed hair and eyebrows this morning.<br />
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<p>But I AM picturing in my mind right now and it&#8217;s pretty damn funny. Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@peytonwantsaflag ...

Oh, and I never said I worked for attorneys. I said my brother and sister-in-law are criminal defense attorneys and I&#039;ve written on legal issues--among other topics--for years. 

Your fascination with me is flattering, but your distortions are not.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@peytonwantsaflag &#8230;</p>
<p>Oh, and I never said I worked for attorneys. I said my brother and sister-in-law are criminal defense attorneys and I&#8217;ve written on legal issues&#8211;among other topics&#8211;for years. </p>
<p>Your fascination with me is flattering, but your distortions are not.</p>
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		<title>By: Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@peytonwantsaflag ...

You need a course in fundamental reading comprehension ... you know Dick and Jane stuff. Where in that post did I say I&#039;ve worked with Goodell? I&#039;m here in NFL fandom, watching him operate just like the rest of you. Please don&#039;t make me responsible for your illiteracy. I&#039;ve been on here for years and it&#039;s not the first time I&#039;ve posted that I write for a living. :roll:]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@peytonwantsaflag &#8230;</p>
<p>You need a course in fundamental reading comprehension &#8230; you know Dick and Jane stuff. Where in that post did I say I&#8217;ve worked with Goodell? I&#8217;m here in NFL fandom, watching him operate just like the rest of you. Please don&#8217;t make me responsible for your illiteracy. I&#8217;ve been on here for years and it&#8217;s not the first time I&#8217;ve posted that I write for a living. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif' alt=':roll:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@franknunley57 ...

Baby, we have got to get you a remedial reading course. How many times do I have to tell you we lost that game because your team outplayed us? Are you just getting off on my repetition?

No, Sparky ... that part about him screwing the Steelers was facetious. But he &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; an unprincipled, unscrupulous man who would screw &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; our teams and every other team and player to improve the bottom line, make a stadium deal, get the government off the NFL&#039;s back, or serve the corporate entity that is the NFL. He could care less about the GAME or its players.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@franknunley57 &#8230;</p>
<p>Baby, we have got to get you a remedial reading course. How many times do I have to tell you we lost that game because your team outplayed us? Are you just getting off on my repetition?</p>
<p>No, Sparky &#8230; that part about him screwing the Steelers was facetious. But he <em>is</em> an unprincipled, unscrupulous man who would screw <em>both</em> our teams and every other team and player to improve the bottom line, make a stadium deal, get the government off the NFL&#8217;s back, or serve the corporate entity that is the NFL. He could care less about the GAME or its players.</p>
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		<title>By: peytonwantsaflag</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[peytonwantsaflag]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;You guys are giving me thumbs down for saying Goodell is unscrupulous? &quot;
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nope - I think you&#039;re getting the thumbsdown because you just make sh t up.  Now you&#039;re a writer that has worked with Goodell?  When Ben was in his legal mess you said you worked for attorneys.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;You guys are giving me thumbs down for saying Goodell is unscrupulous? &#8221;<br />
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<p>nope &#8211; I think you&#8217;re getting the thumbsdown because you just make sh t up.  Now you&#8217;re a writer that has worked with Goodell?  When Ben was in his legal mess you said you worked for attorneys.</p>
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		<title>By: scomibord</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the lights were out,  Bathroom Ben was seen trolling the ladies bathroom with a beer vendor in tow]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the lights were out,  Bathroom Ben was seen trolling the ladies bathroom with a beer vendor in tow</p>
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		<title>By: bluvayner</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bluvayner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A transformer blew, and the power went out at old Foxboro Stadium during the 1996 AFC Championship game. To avoid that happening at the new stadium, the team ran redundant power lines to two seperate substations. It cost them a lot of extra money, but it&#039;s a good thing right?

 Now, every time the power goes out in Foxboro, the townspeople bitch and moan that the Krafts are getting preferential treatment because the stadium has power and they don&#039;t.

Small town politics are laughable sometimes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A transformer blew, and the power went out at old Foxboro Stadium during the 1996 AFC Championship game. To avoid that happening at the new stadium, the team ran redundant power lines to two seperate substations. It cost them a lot of extra money, but it&#8217;s a good thing right?</p>
<p> Now, every time the power goes out in Foxboro, the townspeople bitch and moan that the Krafts are getting preferential treatment because the stadium has power and they don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Small town politics are laughable sometimes.</p>
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		<title>By: peoplesrepublic0fdabayarea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1historian-

SANTA CLARA is the city the 49ers are moving to duhhhhhhhh!!!!!]]></description>
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<p>SANTA CLARA is the city the 49ers are moving to duhhhhhhhh!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: franknunley57</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Sparky:

So you&#039;re saying The Nfl Commissioner is out to screw The Rooney family? The Commissioner works for the owners. Your team lost a game......move on. You also have no clue about Roger Goodell the man. Business is business.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Sparky:</p>
<p>So you&#8217;re saying The Nfl Commissioner is out to screw The Rooney family? The Commissioner works for the owners. Your team lost a game&#8230;&#8230;move on. You also have no clue about Roger Goodell the man. Business is business.</p>
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		<title>By: ceadderman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ceadderman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sine Big Ben pointed out that he didn&#039;t have an &quot;injection&quot;, I think that shoots that theory in the arse.

As far as the Stadium issue goes, that stadium has existed since 1960. I&#039;m going to miss it when it gets torn down. I hope that they take the grass from it and transfer it to the new stadium. That&#039;s how much that field means to 49er fans. And I hope that George baptizes it by walking out onto the field around the emblem(man never EVER walked on the emblem) and blowing through his Life-Saver.

As far as playing in the Colleseum if the power couldn&#039;t get fixed? Alex Smith said it best last nite when he said &quot;We didn&#039;t care we would have played in the parking lot if we had to.&quot;

Go 9ers!!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sine Big Ben pointed out that he didn&#8217;t have an &#8220;injection&#8221;, I think that shoots that theory in the arse.</p>
<p>As far as the Stadium issue goes, that stadium has existed since 1960. I&#8217;m going to miss it when it gets torn down. I hope that they take the grass from it and transfer it to the new stadium. That&#8217;s how much that field means to 49er fans. And I hope that George baptizes it by walking out onto the field around the emblem(man never EVER walked on the emblem) and blowing through his Life-Saver.</p>
<p>As far as playing in the Colleseum if the power couldn&#8217;t get fixed? Alex Smith said it best last nite when he said &#8220;We didn&#8217;t care we would have played in the parking lot if we had to.&#8221;</p>
<p>Go 9ers!!!</p>
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		<title>By: joecool16280</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@trollhammer20

So true. That stretch is horrible and show&#039;s California&#039;s problems. This state should be pristine with all the money it makes the rest of the country.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@trollhammer20</p>
<p>So true. That stretch is horrible and show&#8217;s California&#8217;s problems. This state should be pristine with all the money it makes the rest of the country.</p>
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		<title>By: vikesfan024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[vikesfan024]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1historian.  You obviously missed the conversation last night they had about the new stadium, in which $850M has already been shored up through private banking.  Let San Fran worry about their taxes.  The bad economy excuse is getting old.  NFL attendance is not down one bit this year compared to last.  Unemployment might be high, but still, 85%+ of people still have jobs and most people that go to football games don&#039;t have to worry about it.  I highly doubt the 49ers have a problem selling season tickets.  They are one of the most popular franchises in the league.  Did the stadium look empty to you last night?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1historian.  You obviously missed the conversation last night they had about the new stadium, in which $850M has already been shored up through private banking.  Let San Fran worry about their taxes.  The bad economy excuse is getting old.  NFL attendance is not down one bit this year compared to last.  Unemployment might be high, but still, 85%+ of people still have jobs and most people that go to football games don&#8217;t have to worry about it.  I highly doubt the 49ers have a problem selling season tickets.  They are one of the most popular franchises in the league.  Did the stadium look empty to you last night?</p>
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		<title>By: Deb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You guys are giving me thumbs down for saying Goodell is unscrupulous? Seriously? Are you really that naive? Please, please, please tell me you assume I&#039;m complaining about him because of the Steelers and you&#039;re just giving me Steeler hate--that I can understand. But Goodell is all corporate all the time. He has no interest in doing what&#039;s best for &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; team, &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; players, or the game of football. He cares about positive the corporate bottom line. Period.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You guys are giving me thumbs down for saying Goodell is unscrupulous? Seriously? Are you really that naive? Please, please, please tell me you assume I&#8217;m complaining about him because of the Steelers and you&#8217;re just giving me Steeler hate&#8211;that I can understand. But Goodell is all corporate all the time. He has no interest in doing what&#8217;s best for <em>your</em> team, <em>your</em> players, or the game of football. He cares about positive the corporate bottom line. Period.</p>
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		<title>By: 1historian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[1historian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1) San Fran people - if the city builds a new stadium for the niners it means that your taxes will go through the roof in order to pay for it (if they haven&#039;t already).

With the economy in the pits the way it is now and more and more people out of work every day - more and more people who presently hold season tickets (some of them for generations) will be priced out of the market for them and that means that you&#039;ll be forced to help pay for a stadium where you can&#039;t afford a ticket. 

It&#039;s just the NFL&#039;s way of saying &#039;thanks&#039; to the people who supported the league for the first 50 years or so. 

2) The Pats play in a privately financed stadium.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1) San Fran people &#8211; if the city builds a new stadium for the niners it means that your taxes will go through the roof in order to pay for it (if they haven&#8217;t already).</p>
<p>With the economy in the pits the way it is now and more and more people out of work every day &#8211; more and more people who presently hold season tickets (some of them for generations) will be priced out of the market for them and that means that you&#8217;ll be forced to help pay for a stadium where you can&#8217;t afford a ticket. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s just the NFL&#8217;s way of saying &#8216;thanks&#8217; to the people who supported the league for the first 50 years or so. </p>
<p>2) The Pats play in a privately financed stadium.</p>
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		<title>By: blakngold671</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Steeler fan, there was no excuse for the loss, we got beat by beating ourselves.   All the missed calls or imaginary calls may or may have not resulted in a score but it did bring down all morale for the team.    A rematch with two healthy teams would kill all theories and questions about this MNF.

Take it to the Superbowl - one more time...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a Steeler fan, there was no excuse for the loss, we got beat by beating ourselves.   All the missed calls or imaginary calls may or may have not resulted in a score but it did bring down all morale for the team.    A rematch with two healthy teams would kill all theories and questions about this MNF.</p>
<p>Take it to the Superbowl &#8211; one more time&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: tnsteve</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tnsteve]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m a bit late to this thread, but... I was sitting in a Buffalo Wild Wings in East TN last night and as the game came on the NFL Network on the bar&#039;s Direct TV feed, we could see the power outage on our screens. The power then completely went out in the whole bar (and all the businesses we could see in the area) for about 15 seconds. No storms or bad weather here. At almost the same few seconds that the power was lost in SF the 2nd time, we also lost power for about 1 full second and then it came back on although Direct TV took about 10 minutes to reload each time. We had no other power issues the whole night.

I thought something was funny too the first time even with our power going out here too, but after it happened the 2nd time, I dunno wtf happened.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a bit late to this thread, but&#8230; I was sitting in a Buffalo Wild Wings in East TN last night and as the game came on the NFL Network on the bar&#8217;s Direct TV feed, we could see the power outage on our screens. The power then completely went out in the whole bar (and all the businesses we could see in the area) for about 15 seconds. No storms or bad weather here. At almost the same few seconds that the power was lost in SF the 2nd time, we also lost power for about 1 full second and then it came back on although Direct TV took about 10 minutes to reload each time. We had no other power issues the whole night.</p>
<p>I thought something was funny too the first time even with our power going out here too, but after it happened the 2nd time, I dunno wtf happened.</p>
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		<title>By: thetruth619</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[thetruth619]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of all the absolutely horrible primetime matchups we&#039;ve had this year....THIS is the one they shut the lights off on?? You&#039;re telling me they couldn&#039;t have turned the lights out on Seattle/St Louis...or San Diego/Jacksonville?!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Out of all the absolutely horrible primetime matchups we&#8217;ve had this year&#8230;.THIS is the one they shut the lights off on?? You&#8217;re telling me they couldn&#8217;t have turned the lights out on Seattle/St Louis&#8230;or San Diego/Jacksonville?!</p>
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		<title>By: hushbrother</title>
		<link>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/20/cynics-have-a-field-day-with-candlestick-blackout/#comment-1458728</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[hushbrother]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Sox used to do this sort of stuff back when the previous ownership group was trying to get a new stadium built. They&#039;d neglect to replace the bulbs in the scoreboard, or have one or two light towers go dark during a game, things like that, to show that Fenway was &quot;outdated.&quot; To their credit, the politicians didn&#039;t buy it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Red Sox used to do this sort of stuff back when the previous ownership group was trying to get a new stadium built. They&#8217;d neglect to replace the bulbs in the scoreboard, or have one or two light towers go dark during a game, things like that, to show that Fenway was &#8220;outdated.&#8221; To their credit, the politicians didn&#8217;t buy it.</p>
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		<title>By: bubbybrister2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bubbybrister2]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was there last night.  I saw a whole slew of Deceptacans surround the transformer and blow it to kingdom come.

Scary...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was there last night.  I saw a whole slew of Deceptacans surround the transformer and blow it to kingdom come.</p>
<p>Scary&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: theysone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[theysone]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[franknunley57 says: Dec 20, 2011 11:35 AM

It was the bartender at Buffalo Wild Wings.
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LOL, I just choked on my gum.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>franknunley57 says: Dec 20, 2011 11:35 AM</p>
<p>It was the bartender at Buffalo Wild Wings.<br />
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<p>LOL, I just choked on my gum.</p>
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		<title>By: peoplesrepublic0fdabayarea</title>
		<link>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/20/cynics-have-a-field-day-with-candlestick-blackout/#comment-1458689</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[peoplesrepublic0fdabayarea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That crazy &quot;Mythbusters&quot; crew was @ it again!

R.I.P. Grant Iwahara]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That crazy &#8220;Mythbusters&#8221; crew was @ it again!</p>
<p>R.I.P. Grant Iwahara</p>
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		<title>By: cmstrick</title>
		<link>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/20/cynics-have-a-field-day-with-candlestick-blackout/#comment-1458664</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cmstrick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turns out Polamalu left his hair dryer plugged in...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Turns out Polamalu left his hair dryer plugged in&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: waitingguilty</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[waitingguilty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[neelydrew says: Dec 20, 2011 11:27 AM

I’m a big fan of PFT and am not hating on you for fun. This doesn’t pass any sort of reporting standard though.

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You are just NOW noticing the lack of reporting standards?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>neelydrew says: Dec 20, 2011 11:27 AM</p>
<p>I’m a big fan of PFT and am not hating on you for fun. This doesn’t pass any sort of reporting standard though.</p>
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<p>You are just NOW noticing the lack of reporting standards?</p>
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