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MacT going nowhere
Jason Gregor
April 02 2009 09:38PM
They say timing is everything, and the timing for Darryl Katz to declare his coach is safe is very puzzling.
Prior to the Oilers game tonight against San Jose, Katz sent a text to the pre-game host on Oilers radio, Bob Stauffer, that said basically "MacTavish is going nowhere."
Not earth shattering news to anyone that the owner has the back of his coach, but why he felt the need to say it publicly is perplexing.
The pulse-o-meter in the OilersNation reads that the fan's anger, disappointment and frustration are at an all-time high. The Oilers are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the third straight year, all with MacTavish behind the bench. They are coming off another typical loss, which included a 15-minute lapse that cost them the game, not to mention an illegal stick call that backfired in MacTavish's face.
Yesterday, MacTavish stated that even he would understand if his job security was wavering.
"I've been here for a number of years and I've had terrific support from virtually everybody and if I've got less now than before, it's a hazard of the profession. You have fixed time to deliver the goods. I'm not forecasting anything, but you're always evaluated on how many games you win. We've got ourselves in a position where we should be better."
Did Katz send out the message because he wanted to protect his coach? Was there a need with five games to go in another disappointing season to create more friction between the team and their fans?
The team is underachieving, despite a high payroll and almost no financial flexibility in the future. Season number one as the new owner has not gone the way Katz or anyone in the Oiler organization hoped it would.
His text message just fuels the fire that new GM, Steve Tambellini, doesn't have much say in how the organization is run. And there is no evidence that shows Tambellini has the ability to be a true GM under this regime.
Or maybe Katz just gave his coach the proverbial kiss of death. He wouldn't be the first owner or GM to come out and proclaim the coach's job was save, only to give him a pink slip a month later.
I've stated for months that MacTavish won't be fired, but that he would resign when he felt he wasn't benefiting the team. After the loss to the Ducks, you got the feeling that MacTavish was begining to wonder if his departure behind the bench might be best for the team.
If the coach has the slightest tinge of doubt, why wouldn't the owner? If Katz doesn't realize his team needs changes on and off the ice this summer, you wonder if the fans frustration starts to appear in the form of empty seats next season.
The Oilers haven't been able to realize what time to show up on many nights and today their owner followed suite with some bad timing of his own.
I have no concern with MacT staying as coach. Several smart hockey people think MacT is a strong coach. Jason, as you said, it appears Tambo is a puppet in this little play and has no say. Jason, do you think the axe will fall then on KLOWE for his terrible decisions on people and contracts? Thanks for your great work.
Oil losing 2-1 but that is o.k., seats are full, Oil sweaters are selling, life is real good for the owner$$$$
Maybe a promotion to President of Oiler traditions
Oilers played well Damn it
I think Mac T could be a good coach. Just not here. Somewhere with veterans.
There is no reseccion in pharmacies, but maybe the fans can't buy the jersey or that 5.00 pop for thier child. Life's still good in that circle
If the Oil could have the effort they had tonight more often the fan base wouldn't be so bi-polar. We don't mind them losing a close game like this as long as we felt they put in enough effort. Where was this effort against Minny, Phoenix, Ottawa etc.?
April 02 2009, 10:06PM
I can promise if MacT is still here next year, I will no longer be a season seat holder.
Sandra, I have read your comments for a long time now. What do you think the Oilers will say after the game tonight.
Life is good for the owner of the Oilers, seats are full, sweaters are selling,$$$$$ are rolling in.
Life is grand
I can see Lowe behind Katz doing this
Hey, I'm not an offensive defencemen or a forward I don't score goals, rush the puck or have any hockey records. and I don't like Burke, Ryan or Carlyle, but i'm sure they are mourons. I have the boys club not a coaching staff. I speak english and french, not American and I call it Oilers Hockey not Trap I have a tatoo on my back I believe in defence not offence, Horcoff and not Getzlaf The Oil drop is a truly proud and noble symbol of hockey Fans opinions don't matter thier just coach potato's It is pronounced Horcoff not Horcov. Edmonton is the second largest hockey bed, the first "oilersnation" of hockey and the best part of the NHL MY NAME IS KEVIN AND I AM THE G.M.
I think a lot of tickets will be giving up
Press Confernce on OIlers site by Lowe
Hey that is too funny. Your hot tonight.
Do you think that now that Mact is staying, Tambo is a puppet, what will happen with KLOWE>
Do you think KLOWE might be jealous that Fred Stauffer has direct text contact with the owner?
hxxp://oilers.nhl.com/ LIVE now after MacT
It's all about going green -- the ice next year will made from the tears of this year's fans -- and so on.
April 02 2009, 10:15PM
WTF?!? I don't know what is going on anymore. Katz hasn't said a word since the Hossa episode, and now this? *scratches head*
Cofedence in MacT's Voice
Hmm... MacT Going Nowhere...You can say that again. If he stays in place as coach not only is MacT not going anywhere then neither is the team. Apparently Katz' as owner means we have bee damned to put up with these 1980's old boy cheeseheads.
Katz finds it odd people think MacT is getting fired during a plyoff run? Ther're out Katz. OUT!
What did lowe mean off line in french
Stauufer and Tencer are in trouble
Man. Lowe looked like he just got totally reamed out by Katz (the professional terminology being he that his call to Lowe was "passionate"). Somethings up. I wonder if Katz just fired Lowe?
4 goal posts...they had them beat and they did outplay a much better team so Mac T did his job tonight. That said there is no emotion left in the man behind the bench. I want to see half the emotion that the owner and new GM show.
That presser was the biggest waste of time. I honestly can't believe what was said.
The silver lining to this season was that we could potentially get a new coach, a new direction, for the team heading into next season.
That silver lining just turned into a line of vomit.
So much for being a hands off owner
April 02 2009, 10:35PM
I really hope it's the kiss of death, but if he's going and saying that and it's true than I guess Tambo is a puppet.
If 3 straight misses is enough to keep your job... bad.
April 02 2009, 10:36PM
Kevin Lowe steadfastly refused to give MacTavish a vote of confidence; both Rishaug and Barnes tried to ask but he dodged both questions.
I can't help feeling that MacTavish is done this off-season, no matter what Katz is stating publicly right now. That press conference was the biggest confirmation of that feeling that I've had.
What a gong show that PC was.
We'll see if I'm right about the MSM over the next couple of days.
Katz wants to control the message - that's his right but I've been saying the Oil brass have wanted to do this all along - and then Lowe walks in to say how disappointed they are in what the fans are discussing.
Shut and like it, boyos?
MacT is done as "coach" but he will stay on
Hopefully Bob is getting fired. Then we can get Total Sports back...God I miss that show
April 02 2009, 10:41PM
Dennis wrote:
We'll see if I'm right about the MSM over the next couple of days.
The questions from Rishaug and Barnes were both positive signs that they aren't going to roll over just because Katz would prefer it if they did.
JW: True enough but let's see if they spill some ink over the org's idea to dictate what's reported.
Just today, for instance, I saw Macinnion talk about fans being delusion that the 80's glory days will return.
Well, who constantly pimps that? It wouldn't be the org, would it?
I couldn't believe it.
If Bob has a direct text line to Katz I don't think he is getting fired. Fred(BoB) is Katz's puppet and Katz can control Bob so Bob ain't going anywhere.
I suspect Lowe is pissed cause he was left out of the loop. When was the last time Lowe said anything. I suspect Katz expected Lowe to deal with the media and the MacT issue and when he didn't Katz did it. I suspect Lowe aint' feeling too good right now. Who wants to go wipe his tears away?
April 02 2009, 10:47PM
@ Dennis:
Well, given that Terry Jones saw those two questions and decided to trot out 'so will Katz talk to us at the end of the year' as the final English question, it's a fair bit that whatever critical thought comes out won't be on the pages of the Edmonton Sun.
Not that that would be particularly surprising.
April 02 2009, 10:47PM
Jonathan Willis wrote:
Kevin Lowe steadfastly refused to give MacTavish a vote of confidence; both Rishaug and Barnes tried to ask but he dodged both questions. I can't help feeling that MacTavish is done this off-season, no matter what Katz is stating publicly right now. That press conference was the biggest confirmation of that feeling that I've had.
I hope you know whatchu talkin bout Willis.
Didn't see the presser though, anyone with a link?
April 02 2009, 10:49PM
@ Colin-FMNF:
I don't think it's up yet, but here are the basic summaries of MacTavish's comments and Lowe's (from memory, paraphrasing/point-form):
'I'm not going to discuss my future, it's taken on a life of it's own and I don't want to contribute to my own disparagement any more. I'm going to discuss the game that just happened, I think that's fair.'
-Daryl Katz is upset that MacTavish's future is being discussed. -Daryl Katz is passionate about the game. -Kevin Lowe refuses to answer any question about Craig MacTavish's future becuase Daryl Katz doesn't want it discussed.
April 02 2009, 10:51PM
Jonathan Willis wrote:
@ Dennis: Well, given that Terry Jones saw those two questions and decided to trot out 'so will Katz talk to us at the end of the year' as the final English question, it's a fair bit that whatever critical thought comes out won't be on the pages of the Edmonton Sun. Not that that would be particularly surprising.
Terry Jones is an idiot. so no surprise there, never been impressed with his work.
A really disheartening message from the owner. That means this Oiler nightmare is going to continue. MacT sucks. He may be knowledgeable in some sort of technical coaching areas but he can't get the team to play for him.
Shooting his players down in the press has not endeared him to the players. Favouritism to certain do-nothing players like Moreau and Horcoff has split the team possibly. This sucks. I'm really going to have to give some thought to my support of the Oil since day 1 of their history. This management group has created a horrific mess and I can't support that. This disaster is man-made.
April 02 2009, 10:54PM
@ Jonathan Willis:
Thanks. Sounds like we'll be in for more excuses at the end of the year. I would hope they aren't dumb enough to try and sell it as "rebuilding" again; given the statements at the start of the year that would be a stretch. Not that most of the MSM would call them on it anyway.
Lowe did look worried
"Fred" also sounds worried
albundy wrote:
Hey that is too funny. Your hot tonight. Do you think that now that Mact is staying, Tambo is a puppet, what will happen with KLOWE> Do you think KLOWE might be jealous that Fred Stauffer has direct text contact with the owner?
Katz texted Bob and then twittered all other personnel. He then went on facebook and myspace to announce the season ticket increase.
The dark knight has laryngitis and could not provide an audio interview....
An email will be sent out in the offseason inviting all ticket holders to a focus group on who to draft this summer.....
I think my disappointment with the management and ownership is starting to eclipse my disappointment with the team itself.
Katz's comments mean nothing, every media guy every fan everybody nows that Mact will resign not get fired. So Katz saying Mact isn't going anywhere is true in his eyes it doesn't mean that Mact still won't resign. Lets say after the season is over they sit down and Mact says I'm done do you really think Katz is going to beg him to stay, Mact is a very good coach but I think he is as done as the season. And by the way what are we all going to bitch about next year when he have a new coach and we still got the same shit?
I don't know if Lowe was worried, rotted about being out of the playoffs again or just had a massive case of buyer's remorse at his new role.
Once you get past the disappointment of missing out of the playoffs, one of the guilty pleasures is waiting for Lowe to emerge from his bunker and list the reasons why April at Rexall is more suited for Nickelback concerts than it is playoff hockey.
I was thinking Tambellini would make those announcements this year but he's pretty much a managerial eunich given who took the podium tonight.
Not that anyone saw that coming, BTW.
April 02 2009, 11:01PM
It's actually brilliant marketing. "stop talking about this you hear? I mean it. I really do. We need to stop this say our owner. Who Is alive and goes to games driving with his wife." (presumably in a car that shoots flames out the back and has a big bat on the hood.)
On an entirely unrelated note....
The F-ing team F-ing lost at home AGAIN.
If Katz, as owner has to talk to the media, I mean text the media, because the President doesn't want to, what does that mean?
Klowe is in deep trouble, not only did he not handle contracts and players well as a GM and left Tambo with no cap room and Penner and Horcoff that no one will want, Klowe doesn't want to talk to the media and deal with the issues of the team. Katz can't be happy with Klowe
Sandra wrote:
Lowe did look worried
I thought he looked like Katz tore a strip off of him. Very strange. Lowe could barely put three sentences together coherently. Either he was furious at being dressed down by Katz or embarrassed.
This is fun! It takes my mind off the embarrassment that is my hockey team.
MacT looked disappointed to hear that he is not going anywhere.
April 02 2009, 11:12PM
albundy wrote:
If Katz, as owner has to talk to the media, I mean text the media, because the President doesn't want to, what does that mean?
I know you're working off the text, but given that Kevin Lowe just went out there to spout the Gosple of Katz I think you're a little off in your interpretation.
April 02 2009, 11:13PM
Thats great!!! why did Katz wait until now to speak? We have not heard from him since summer, then he waits till after the season seat renewals and drops this on our lap.I thought that Mac T would be gone after this year,either they fire him or he resigns,where do K lowe and Tambalini fit in all this? Does Tambalini report to Lowe and Lowe report to Katz,so they have nice titles but cannot make any decisions until Katz says so? I hope that this is not the case if it is they should all resign and let Katz be President,GM and coach because thats what it looks like what is happening.
April 02 2009, 11:16PM
D-Mo wrote:
MacT looked disappointed to hear that he is not going anywhere.
MacTavish looks just like a man who has been subject to unrelenting criticism all year and just saw his playoff hopes disappear should look - defeated.
This isn't aimed at you specifically, but while much of the criticism levelled at MacTavish has been valid, much of it has been incredibly personal and unwarranted. He cares - anyone who watches him can see that he cares.
Sure, sending out O'Sullivan, Gagner, Nilson, Souray, Grebeshkov and Gilbert as the six players in the last minute of the season that mattered was stupid (as were a bunch of other moves) but his heart's in the right place.
I like MacT, I really do. It's a shame that his performance means he shouldn't continue as coach.


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Skip to comments.'Gospel of Judas' Called An Authentic Fabrication
Posted on 04/07/2006 6:38:55 AM PDT by presidio9
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You said: Is this the Gospel where Jesus warns against global warming, and denounces Bush?
Did he also invent the Internet....Shucks that was Al Gore.
Yes, very Clintonian.
Doubtful except that the evos might be Christian. Most will not care one way or another about another philosophical religious food fight.
The statement was that all the works except two were unequivocally first century. In fact, four are almost certainly second century, and parts of the rest are debated. More than four is a whole lot different than two.
Tell it to the Catholic church. They would applicate your evaluation that they are oxymoron's.
IMHO The Catholic Church is an oxymoron in more ways
than one.
Dan Rather stands by the authenticity of the non-authentic documents.
Not really, when you are talking about four letters. One letter is the equivalent of one chapeter of a Gospel. A Gross exaggeration might have been to say that none of the NT was written after AD 100. Virtually all of it was written before.
Do either of you actually understand the meaning of the term "oxymoron?"
ROTFLOL. That's the best one yet. Too bad those who are promoting the whole idea didn't take that into account first. Makes them look like the fools that they are.
It is pretty similar. Mormons have gnostic elements also, and many of the so called "New Agers" are really just watered down gnosticism.
Katie does not strike me as being the brightest bulb in the chandelier.
EXACTLY what I was thinking.
Noooo way!
That is way to funny.
And she is now CBS' anchor lady of serious news .... LOL!!!!!
You mean the Times New Roman font don't you? LOL
From what I hear, the Gospel of Judas has much the same story as Jesus Christ Superstar.
Gnosticism means belief in "secret knowledge." It is belief in New Age / Spiritualism / Divination. The adherents succumb to the temptation that they themselves are Christs (not merely "little Christs," or "Christians), and that they can "channel" the truth.
It would be perfectly consistent for one of them to channel a Gospel, and claim that Judas was - through spiritual connection - the true author.
Hence, the good bishop of the early church who denounced this particular gnostic cult and their Gospel, circa 180 AD, was probably reacting to a roughly contemporaneous event; i.e., a 2nd century event.
As to what this says about the canon, this document is further evidence that the books of the New Testament predate 180 AD, and therefore probably, as claimed, late 1st century or, at the very latest, early 2nd century in origin.
Now, just as this manuscript was in Coptic, circa 3 or 400 AD, but originally written in Greek, circa 200 AD, so too are our earliest versions of the canon, which date from about 300 AD, copies and perhaps even translations into the Greek of earlier documents. I would venture to say that if the original documents, lost to us, were not written, as claimed, by the disciples of Jesus (including Paul, who was called by Jesus in a vision), they were written by others who directly heard from these guys.
My own belief is that they were actually written by the claimed authors, although perhaps edited by others in the early 2nd century. But, I'm no real expert in these matters, so why should that matter to anybody else.
At least in the past she had co-hosts (other bulbs in the chandelier), now she's all alone and the world will truly see a dim bulb.
Katie Couric...LOL. What a better spokesmen for the left could they have. Too bad those daughters of hers have to grow up with that brain donor as their only parent. Her hubby was a good guy before his untimely demise. What will she do when she doesnt have Matt's receding hairline to make fun of and talking about how Jenna Jameson has become mainstream.
Only parts of Christian faith is correct? Which parts?
Barry's, "The Third Secret" would have been better had it only to do with a married clergy. While the first half of the book is great, the second half can't even kindly be called tripe. It took many beliefs that predate Christianity and called them lies (pious and holy beliefs held by Jews and given down by God). Spoke of how Mary actually favoured allowing abortion and pre-marital sex.
Gnostics were sincere (for the most part) in their beliefs (even though they were wrong) and wrote Gospels to "validate" them (commonly in the 2 thru 4 centuries).
The Church (Catholics, Coptics & Orthodox still all being united) in the 3rd and 4th century got together at the Council of Hippo and the Synod of Carthage and clearly stated which books comprised the New Testament. In order to weed out false testimony they capped the writings to the first century. This however does not mean that many 2nd & 3rd century writings are untrue.
To counter untrue beliefs (Aryans and Gnostics, plus other wackjobs), the Church held Ecumenical Councils to dispell the untruths and cement the actual truth. It is out of these Councils that we have the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (commonly shortened to Nicene Creed or Confession of Faith)
I just dug up a piece of papyrus in my backyard. It looks really old. I think it says I'm related to Queen Victoria.
Or maybe it says Queen Latifah. It's smudged.
Definitions of Oxymoron on the Web:
A paradox reduced to two words, usually in an adjective-noun ("eloquent silence") or adverb-adjective ("inertly strong") relationship, and is used for effect, to emphasize contrasts, incongruities, hypocrisy, or simply the complex nature of reality. Examples: wise fool, ignorantly learned, laughing sadness, pious hate. Some others:
You might want to actually read that definition while you're at it. Feel free to attack Catholicism if that gets you off, but since it is defintely a "church" (whether you agree with what that church has to say or not) you look pretty foolish labling the term oxymoronic.
"This amounts to saying that "The Gospel of Judas" is an authentic fabrication produced by a group of Gnostics in Egypt."
The secret number for decoding this authentic Gnostic fabrication is located somewhere in P-M's tagline. He has promised to let all of you in on it for the, today only, low, low price of.... Wait, he will give it to you right after he gives me the power ball numbers for Saturday.
"There were many, many early Christian writings in existence. Many of them were contradictory.
The ones we find in the New Testament didn't magically appear one day at the end of a copy of the Old Testament.
It wasn't until much later that a committee met and decided which of the early writings would get that special honor.
I agree, this is much ado about nothing."
Thanks for that clarification. I'm not a seminarian, and am only generally familiar with this subject. It is interesting, but not earth shattering..
You might want to review all my postings on this thread. I have not attack the Catholic Church. If you find one instance where I have I will apologize. You might want to determine the origination of the accusation of oxymoron in this thread.
Oh, ok. I misunderstood what you were saying. You are absolutely right. The earliest copy is actually a fragment of the Gospel of John that dates to the 2nd or 3rd century and no actual original exists. But, that is also true of all ancient literature.
Tell it to the Catholic church. They would applicate your evaluation that they are oxymoron's.
Nobody who understood the definition that you posted could possibly say that unless he/she was drunk.
Well, to be fair, I could have been a whole lot more clear in my earlier post.
Only parts of Christian faith is correct? Which parts?
I have been arguing with people all day
and I don't feel like getting into another
with you about the Catholics.
Maybe next time.
Have a nice day.
I don't use the term except in a reply to someone's accusation that uses the term.
Actually, you seem to have invented a new term: "oxymoron's."
More pertinent to the debate on this thread, that amazing Afterword of Ms. Rice's documents her spiritual journey BY MEANS OF A LONG THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT and her shock at realizing that the evidence supports the orthodox view.
That chapter by Ann Rice should be read aloud in every church on Easter morning.
Read it for her magnificent comments on the skeptical arguments; read it for her very perceptive list of recommended NT scholars. You know she has a good head on her shoulders solely from her respect for NT Wright.
I'm also reading "The Resurrection of the Son of God". Every generation has one scholar who destroys the skeptics of NT literature; Wright is ours.
And there is simply no reason to doubt that Paul of Tarsus wrote the pastoral epistles, other than the purely circular assumption that the church depicted therein didn't exist then.
This is about what my reaction was to the first mention of this "authentic" document. That it may be authentically old (though centuries later than the time of the apostles) but that there were heretics back then, even in the time of Jesus, just as there are heretics now.
So, this "gospel" was written by some early best-selling novelist like the guy who wrote The DaVinci Code.
This is worse than that whole Christ-was-walking-on-ice-on-the-Sea-of-Galilee thing!!
How could the gospel aspect of Jesus have originated and proliferated without Judas?
And how could the United States have been founded without Christianity?
This from my Jewish perspective.
I'm so sick of this crap.
Got link?
She is a worthy successor to Dan Rather.
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well there are some characters who are not really doing anything, I would just like to here some characters you would like to see participate more.
well there are some characters who are not really doing anything, I would just like to here some characters you would like to see participate more.
yea they havent really done anything except for the time sasuke left the village
shikamaru and sai..i'd say deidara but he's dead
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I'd go with Neji and Shino. Especially Shino, we never saw him doing anything apart from beating Kankuro, but everyone considers him a badass ninja, so I wanna see why. And I want Neji to show what he learned in 3 years training with his uncle. I mean, Hiashi seems a really strong ninja, one of Konoha's best. Hey, I'd like to see him in action. The others I'm not so interested in, but I'd gladly see them, too.
Hinata, Shino, I would like to see more of lee and maybe tenten? Mostly just Hinata, Shino, and Lee. The latter 2 haven't done much since the chunnin exams and Lee just rocks.
Hopefully we'll see something out of Hinata & Shino on this mission.
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Why do I like Naruto?
I like the character because while he may not be the strongest or the smartest or the best he chooses to rise above his darkness which has been substantial, and he is willing to put everything he has on the line for his friends because he'd rather never become hokage and have them with him than achieve his dreams with even one of them sacrificed.
i also say shino and hinata... they only had 1 opponent and didnt do anything worthy in the manga something like in fillers there they got more attention


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I agree with Ironmaiden with what he said about how kishi messed naruto's actual character up and also with the chuunin arc being the best.
I agree with Ironmaiden with what he said about how kishi messed naruto's actual character up and also with the chuunin arc being the best.
What chapter do you like most in naruto?
What Arc do you like most in naruto?
What chapter in naruto manga do you want to see most in the anime?
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My favorite chapter is 386 I guess...
I don't really have a favorite arc.
I'm not sure which part I would like to see animated most.
I look forward to seeing Hidan and Kakuzu in the anime.
i don't know about the rest, but i would really love 2 c pein vs jiraiya animated
also, i guess my fav. chap. could be 363 (the chapter where pein is revealed)/or 364 (tobi=madara)
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Not sure if it's an arc but I have two,
My 1st is the chapters where sasuke betrays orochimaru and they have a little fight, and my 2nd is jiraiya vs pein.
The chapters I want to see animated most are the chapters were sasuke fights orochimaru and the chapters were sasuke fights deidara
I want to see orochimaru's true form, pein's body's and madara in the past.
There are some chapter's I really liked, Team Konoha against Hidan - Kakuzo was nice.
I don't know what a Arc is :( explanation pls.
I would like to see Pein against Jiraya.
395 it was funny
and i wanna see 390 in anime
pein as animated
Pein v Jiraiya
Also would love to see this animated
I also loved the chapter in which we saw Madara's EMS, can't remember which number it was though...
I'd like to see Kakashi Gaiden in anime^^ But they might put it in a flash back of Kakashi(wich i hope not...)
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The Hollow Men behind the NHLPA coup
Ryan Lambert
September 04 2009 02:12PM
Obviously the turmoil within the Players Association is going to cause a lot of trouble down the road. A lot. A real damn lot. And while it's understandable that most hockey fans are sitting at their computers reading the latest developments with a growing sense of dread that the current CBA will run out and the players will go on strike and effectively kill the league at best, and the sport at worst.
At least we're getting a hell of a show before the league goes all Manhattan Project.
Lost, I think, in the shuffle of every horrifying twist and turn this story has taken since Sunday, is just how entertaining and petty this whole thing seems to be. It's like a Seurat painting; if you stand up close and look at every detail real hard, you're not going to "get it," but take a couple steps back and hey look, it's a bunch of people on La Grande Jatte having a grand old time.
What seems to really be at play here is that Paul Kelly ordered an audit of the PA's expenses and that, in turn, found something not-so-good.
According to sources, part of this group's desire to get rid of Kelly also stemmed from Kelly ordering an internal audit (by a top former FBI forensic accountant) of the players' association's expenses during the previous three years before he took over. Sources claim that through the audit, Kelly discovered that then-interim leaders Penny and Lindros were spending millions of dollars of the union's money. Lindros ended up resigning, but word is, that move fueled this attack on Kelly, and Lindros was very much involved.
That, in turn, led to the one detail that I found to be maybe the funniest and most childish thing ever done by one adult male to another. Wetcoaster, a well-connected HFBoards poster, revealed this detail:
I am told that Lindros drove Kelly nuts with constant trips to his office and memo after memo about pretty much nothing.
Even if it's not true, that's the best thing ever, if only because it reminds me of this:
But before we put levity aside and get down to what this actually means for the NHLPA, the league and the sport, let's have one more laugh at this buried tidbit from an article in the Globe and Mail (emphasis mine):
But many people inside and outside the NHLPA's membership are pointing fingers directly at Lindros (and his parents) now, suggesting that he is the driving force behind what appears to be a budding insurrection.
And the last two details tells you everything you'd ever need to know about what this actually is: a mutiny by a bunch of third-grade girls.
And this is a bunch of third-grade girls that will surely make a bunch of short-sighted decisions about the pay level of the league's players. First point of contention: the elimination of the salary cap. The Players Association will almost certainly make this a sticking point when the collective bargaining agreement between it and the owners expires in 2011. And EVEN IF the union somehow gets that to fly without a work stoppage of some kind (read: players' strike) (read also: won't happen), all it does is hurt the league's economic stability and viability such as it currently is and salaries will once again spiral out of control until teams like the Rangers are paying guys like Bobby Holik an average of $9.225 million per season over two years — I swear this actually happened — and we get another lockout because teams in bad markets can't keep up. But I don't have to tell Calgary fans that.
Second point of contention: That jerk Gary Bettman sure is a jerk! Where Paul Kelly seemed to be taking an approach to the Cold War between the PA and League that was not unlike a fellow Massachusetts native's back in, oh, 1962, Lindros' mushy braintrust seems much more likely to approach it like Richard Nixon; who needs open dialogue when you and the enemy can just sit there with your fingers over a button guaranteed to bring nothing but mutually-assured destruction. At least you don't look like a pantywaist, kowtowing to a strange and foreign enemy whose only interest is seeing to it that your lands are ravaged and your livelihood and happiness robbed from you. The fact is, that's how some within the PA view the League, as though this was in some way not a symbiotic relationship. The enmity that exists between the sides was being thawed, somewhat by Kelly's approach and this was completely unacceptable to "hawks" like Lindros' pro-war party. The military-industrial complex that the PA had built for itself over the years leading up to the lockout, which felt it somehow profited from the ill will between the two parties, wasn't going to stand for his attitude toward achieving mutual peace in our time.
So where does this leave us, the fans? We can certainly learn a lesson from the Cold War-era propaganda. Whether or not the entire world was in clear and present danger of being reduced to ash within a four-hour window, I think we can all agree that there was a lot of overreaction. Hiding under a desk doesn't make you any less vaporized, it just means you hid under a desk like a moron while being reduced to a whiff of ozone gases and smoke. If this is the way the League ends, not with a whimper but a bright-orange, 4000-degree bang, then we can at least sit back in a lawn chair with a pair of sunglasses on and watch the mushroom clouds go up, can't we?
Let's at least get that much enjoyment from it.
September 04 2009, 02:23PM
[...] seem to have gone over the handlebars and careened into an endless abyss of stupidity, because this latest post at FlamesNation, about the NHLPA coup that went down on Sunday, just ended up as a bizarre mixture of odd [...]
To me, it's begining to look like General Ripper ugh... exceeded his authority
September 04 2009, 02:44PM
Great article, TLP. Did you see Roenick's comments on TSN? As usual, he pulled no punches.
I may be thick, but why are Lindros's parents in positions of power at the PA? Did somebody not notice that Eric was on the phone every time a decision needed to be made? What a f$$king mess...
Lindros could use just one more game against Stevens.
September 04 2009, 03:10PM
I think that Lindros is just the ventriloquist's dummy in this tragedy. Buzz and his buddies are the conspirators that fans REALLY need to be worried about. Their agenda is not going to make anyone's lives more enjoyable, especially considering the current economic climate.
September 04 2009, 03:13PM
ronaldo wrote:
Lindros could use just one more game against Stevens.
*slow clap, that picks up tempo that eventually becomes so fast and hard I smash my own hands into dust*
September 04 2009, 03:19PM
ronaldo wrote:
Lindros could use just one more game against Stevens.
Pure gold. Pure. "Au" snap!
(periodic table jokes aren't often this funny)
@ Librarian Mike: hahaha, Roenick is gold.
I can't say that I am surprised that Lindros and his Old Man are behind this...remember that Lindros old Man was/used to be a Big Shot Accountant and he no doubt wants to get his mitts on the Union thru his worthless son...There will be a strike by the Union no doubt and Hopefully this will end up costing the Union Everything!! Hockey Players are the most stupid Pro Athletes around and are just Sheep when it comes to their Union( it's not a Players Association) Screw No-Balls Lindros and his Family !!
LOL concussions.
I am not at all convinced that cost certainty is going anywhere, that war is over and players are still doing well now. The next big fight will be amongst themselves - even more than now. If the Lindros faction takes over they will not last long, player agents (who are generally more in tune with reality than some of their clients) will lead the offensive to get rid of him. The problem with the NHLPA is that they have too many weasels and backstabbers amoung their ranks. Back in January 2005 the likes of Iginla and Pronger as well as Tie Domi went behind the PA's back to the owners to try and cut a deal for themselves. Now nobody trusts anyone and they are a complete mess.
The owners and the league are thinking no guaranteed contracts and maintaining the salary cap and the players are thinking get rid of the salary cap. Sounds like another year or two without hockey to me.
I think it is time for some players to realize exactly how lucky they are to be paid millions playing a game.
September 04 2009, 04:15PM
ronaldo wrote:
Lindros could use just one more game against Stevens.
Stevens had the best nickname I've ever heard for a hockey player: Captain Concussion!
Might there be some wrongful dismissal suit filed by Kelly? It doesn't seem as though ordering an internal audit and finding a misappropriation of funds allows for those people who were misusing said funds to fire your ass.
Maybe the owners are sitting back and laughing at this "debacle of monumental proportions". I say laughing because the best way to get what you want in a dispute is to get the other side to fight amongst themselves.
What a MESS. Seemed to me he was doing a good job, but, with Buzz and lindros, BIG TROUBLE
September 04 2009, 06:51PM
Does Lindros still live in his parents basement? I bet his mom still pick out which panties he is gonna wear everyday... Looks like she started to dress the rest of the NHLPA
Lets call Dana White and see if he can book a PPV with Lindros and Stevens in the octogon... I'd pay double just to see that... the undercard could be Kelly vs. Lindros' dad
September 04 2009, 06:54PM
As thickoil has already put it, just give him a concussion and you'd be done with the problem.
@ Antony Ta:
I think the rest of the PA reps are the ones with concussions here.
September 05 2009, 04:18AM
When the lockout comes, the owners better take a stand on guaranteed contracts and stare down the union like they did last time. What do you think of that Oiler PA rep Shawn Horcoff????
I can see it now, some stupid work stoppage when the Oilers younger talented players start to come into their own and the team "turns the corner" for the future. Sort of like the '94 Expos. Uggh.
September 05 2009, 12:12PM
Librarian Mike wrote:
Did you see Roenick's comments on TSN? As usual, he pulled no punches.
I'm glad he said it. Everytime I bring up the fact that NHL players are under-educated millionaires with barely a highschool diploma some apologist starts spouting off about how important educating those kids are to junior teams. Its a load of crap. Making money and producing NHLers is what those teams are doing, its a sport not a scholarship program. Players in the NBA and NFL for the most part had to at least step inside a University at some point. The system after that point is hit and miss, but at least they go through the motions.
Now the NHLPA is made up of a bunch of empty headed rich kids angry that their bosses wont pay them 5 million this year even though it would put the team into bankruptcy and jeopardize their own jobs the next year. Jeremy Roenick needs to get himself on ESPN, TSN, or Sportsnet and take shots at these idiots year round.
September 05 2009, 12:58PM
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Jeremy Roenick needs to get himself on ESPN, TSN, or Sportsnet and take shots at these idiots year round.
Hell, I think he should be commissioner. Just imagine him presenting the Stanley Cup every year. Who cares who wins, I'd just tune in to hear what he says.
September 05 2009, 01:06PM
the sad thing is that as much a the PA deserves whatever hell they have brought upon themselves (and it's coming) the fans don't.
this could very well collapse the league... if these idiots being lead by Hargrove and Penny are so willing to cannibalize their own, think about what they would be willing to do to the league.
It is a sad state. Roenick, as always tell it like he see's it, and I like that. Horc, as I understand it, was a kelly backer, but now, like in most unions, he is towing the company line. Anyone read Kelly's comments? The guy has always exceeded expectations, has a rock solid reputation, but that is not enough for Big E and the Buzz saw. I cannot wait to see who they chose to lead us in another hockeyless year, but, I'd bet big dollars it'll be one of these guys who said they didn't want the job when they axed Kelly.
September 05 2009, 06:25PM
Anything that involves the Lindros family is a shit show. How are these idiots involved with any to do with the NHL?
September 05 2009, 08:16PM
Any sort of Union that has Chris Chelios sitting at the top must have something wrong. The guy is a tool. Every interview that I've seen of him discussing anything regarding the union has shown me how unintelligent the guy is. I'm sure when Roenick is talking about how "they're not the brightest bulbs in the drawer", he's talking about him.
Does anyone else think its a little on the hilarious side that all the players were at this meeting in jeans and tshirts? I mean i hate ties like the rest of us but if you're operating a union that is playing for millions of dollars don't you think they could take it a little more serious than that. Maybe its just me...
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Does anyone else think its a little on the hilarious side that all the players were at this meeting in jeans and tshirts? I mean i hate ties like the rest of us but if you're operating a union that is playing for millions of dollars don't you think they could take it a little more serious than that. Maybe its just me…
I tend to agree with that line of thinking but obviously they cannot be bothered..
September 06 2009, 03:52PM
It's been over 2 days without a new posting. What the heck???
Come on willis, you must have something you can give us.
September 06 2009, 04:30PM
@ Skidplate:
Willis is on vacation... Ah, the Labour Day long weekend — the calm before the storm of the hockey season.
@ bingofuel: I've been refreshing like mad hoping to see something but to no avail.
September 07 2009, 09:57AM
jdrevenge wrote:
Does anyone else think its a little on the hilarious side that all the players were at this meeting in jeans and tshirts? I mean i hate ties like the rest of us but if you're operating a union that is playing for millions of dollars don't you think they could take it a little more serious than that. Maybe its just me…
At least there were no Jorts sightings in there - that would really cross the line.
September 07 2009, 10:42AM
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@ Skidplate: Willis is on vacation… Ah, the Labour Day long weekend — the calm before the storm of the hockey season.
FFS, men, get out and enjoy what's left of the weekend. Take the kids to the zoo. Chase the wife around. Watch the Esks kick the Stamps teeth in. Play grab-ass with your Dungeons and Dragaons pals. Whatever. Rest assured, there'll be more content than you can handle leading into main camp and beyond. I personally intend to write 30 items in September alone . . .
#13 The Rat wrote:
I think that Lindros is just the ventriloquist's dummy in this tragedy. Buzz and his buddies are the conspirators that fans REALLY need to be worried about. Their agenda is not going to make anyone's lives more enjoyable, especially considering the current economic climate.
I tend to disagree. Lindros parents were white collared professionals and probably the classic definition of the helicopter parents. So young Eric had the entitlement syndrome grilled into him at an early age, and was a constant in his professional career.
What continues to astound me is that NHL players feel they're contracts should be at the same level as the NFL, NBA, and MLB. While hockey is king in Canada, it's at best the 10th most popular sport in the states.
The big three have obscene tv revenue and sponsorship deals. The NHL has a deal with NBC where they only receive split money from advertising. The NHL is still primarily a gate revenue driven league. Each NFL team gets hundreds of millions from TV before they sell the first ticket. Clearly the average NHL player salary is much higher with the actual big three to the amount of revenues actually generated by the NHL.
If the players force a strike, I see the acceleration of the demise of franchises in Phoenix, Atlanta, Tampa, Florida, Nashville, and possibly Long Island. This might be good news for people like Jim Basille, who might get shut out in Phoenix. But I doubt the owners in the distressed cities would consider Basille an unfit owner when their gate revenues are non-existent and bills are still mounting.
September 07 2009, 11:37AM
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I just peed a little bit when I read that. Can't wait for the training camp insanity to start.
*goes back to chasing the wife around*
Librarian Mike wrote:
I just peed a little bit when I read that. Can't wait for the training camp insanity to start.
I didn't pee...well wait let's not go there. Exciting times in Oil Country.
Did anyone go to rookie camp today? I'm twitching like a junkie for some news here...
September 07 2009, 05:24PM
My trackball on my Crackberry is bungin' up real bad and the crazy amounts of scrolling have not yet even begun! Looks like Eberle is ready and wanting to make the big step! Our team is gonna look like "all small guys" in a game of Ice Hockey on the original Nintendo Entertainment System!
Is a work stoppage really that bad for the Canadian based teams? If anything the last work stoppage proved absence certainly makes the heart grow fonder. If there is a work stoppage the league should ensure there are No Guaranteed Contracts!
September 07 2009, 07:53PM
Personally in terms of contracts, I do feel that Hockey Players make to much money for their profession, I am a huge hockey fan, but big wage contracts is what caused the NHL strikes in the first place. I have one question though will the NHLPA have more luck or success if southern based teams either move up North to Canada, or locations that are based more on hockey like Hartford, Seattle etc.
It would be so awesome that the NHL could be a run-oiled machine instead of hearing problems with the NHL every 5 minutes....which we seem to hear
I wonder how much longer it will be now before Buzz Hargrove starts releasing statements about the plight of Mike Modano's dog lol... Anyhow it was an awesome day out there to end the long weekend on, hope everyone enjoyed it!
Archaeologuy wrote:
Players in the NBA and NFL for the most part had to at least step inside a University at some point.
Did you hear about the kid from California who dropped out of high school to join an Israeli professional basketball team?
Dave wrote:
Is a work stoppage really that bad for the Canadian based teams? If anything the last work stoppage proved absence certainly makes the heart grow fonder. If there is a work stoppage the league should ensure there are No Guaranteed Contracts!
In a word, yes. I will be supremely pissed if there is another work stoppage and I would bet that 4 or 5 American based franchises will not survive it.
@ Gunner:
So you are pissed for awhile but the NHL rids itself of some dead wood.
I missed the NHL during the lockout but managed to get a hockey fix with the WHL, AJHL and some Senior hockey. Let the owners and players hold each other hostage. If it kills off the weaker teams great, it would suck if the Oilers fell into that group but I think Katz would find a way to keep them afloat.
I enjoy watching the best players in the world play but it's time they had a reality check.
Have all the writers died? Where can I send flowers?
And how do I fill my work day now that I have nothing to read here?
September 08 2009, 08:17AM
@ BigE57:
What guarentee do you have that the best players in the world get their reality check? After loosing the 2004-05 season shouldn't they already be coming off of a reality check?
September 08 2009, 09:03AM
You would think the fact there was a lockout last time would make the PA think twice about another lockout. It seems very unfortunate that this corruption can happen when Kelly was, by all accounts, the best man for the job. The players don't want to be held accountable on the ice though, so why should they want to be off it as well? The owners should have a lockout again, if it comes to that, and start their teams with new players - see which ones really want to play hockey - like Iginla and company last time.
September 08 2009, 10:42AM
Boys wheres all the Rookie camp updates! Jonsin for some news!!
@ Wayne Gretz:
Did you lockout your writers..?.. And why no offerings from the twisted mind of Wayne Gretz since August? It's not like you've got a day job and I need smoething to make mine more interesting.


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The year 2009 went out with a bang for the youth of the county as they celebrated the arrival of the new year 2010 at the Emery County Aquatics Center.
The youth participated in swimming and water basketball as well as taking dives off of the diving board. The Governing Youth Council provided games and prizes for the high school age group.
They played bingo as well as other games and even celebrated a birthday along with the new year. Food and drinks were also served in the party room. The party was free to high school age students.
When the midnight hour approached Richard Herring and his Castle Dale Fire Department treated the group to a fireworks show just outside the pool. Many of the group stayed inside and watched the show through the giant side windows at the pool.
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Editors note: An incident which took place in March involving some high school students and some men over 18 has caused some concern among parents as to how the situation was handled by the Emery County Attorney's Office. This article is an attempt to clarify these actions.
In March 2005 some high school students on their lunch hour apparently flashed an obscene gesture to two men in the parking lot of the motel in Castle Dale on Main Street. These students then returned to school, later in the day they went outside in the school parking lot when school adjourned and found their tires had been slashed on their vehicle. They notified law enforcement, but did not wait for officers to arrive. They suspected who had slashed the tires and returned to the parking lot of the motel. They were asked to leave the parking lot by the motel maids, but they did not leave.
A crowd of high school students gathered in the parking lot. Estimates varied on the number, but between 15-20 people. The victims whose tires had been slashed were yelling and mad. One of the adults appeared in the house next door's window, holding a shot gun. The man came out of the house without the weapon, but was swinging nun-chucks around without hitting anyone. He came to the aid of his friend, the other man, who was reportedly being assaulted by five-six of the students.
A deputy arrived on the scene in the parking lot to sort out the events.
Deputy Attorney Brent Langston said, "My concern with cases like this is that situations tend to escalate from verbal exchanges, to fights with weapons. The two males who slashed the tires admitted to it and have made restitution. They have been charged with felonies.
"I am concerned with the potential for serious injury. The kids shouldn't have confronted the men who had slashed their tires on their own. They should have let law enforcement handle it. But they didn't wait, they just all gathered in the parking lot. They knew there was going to be some type of altercation or fight. I want kids to know that if they show up to witness a fight or gather when people are fighting that they have some responsibility. Serious injuries can occur which present serious consequences. Don't go and support these fights, let law enforcement handle it. The onlookers are charged with criminal trespass, because they didn't leave after they were asked to by motel personnel. Some have been charged with disorderly conduct and those participating in the fight are charged with assault.
"When you have a large group of people gather, the potential for serious problems escalate, my goal is to say let law enforcement handle these situations. All of the witnesses had no business going there to confront those men. We want to find out what went on. I am willing to meet with those involved to get the message out. I don't want this incident to go on their records and I don't want fine money or any of that. I just want kids to know, if you go somewhere to witness a fight, you could be charged. I have met with the juvenile court to work this out in the best way for everyone involved. I want kids to realize that spur of the moment decisions made in anger can have lifelong consequences. My intent is to get their attention," said Langston.
"There is a similar situation where a fight occurred in the Stewarts parking lot. A son told his dad he had been assaulted so they found the adult male who reportedly assaulted the son and a confrontation took place. The dad pulled out a knife he said to scare the other man and the man grabs the knife and is injured. Law enforcement showed up as the confrontation was taking place. The dad was charged with brandishing a weapon. This was definitely a case where the parents were not being good examples. The parents were all screaming and yelling at each other.
"This is another example of where law enforcement needs to be involved. Don't take the law into your own hands. It causes more problems," said Langston.


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CI: In the brief statement that accompanies the portfolio of images on your website, you mention 'lens fallibility' as one of the means by which you activate otherwise ordinary environments. Could you elaborate a bit on how the notion of fallibility operates in your process?
AE: These pictures have been discussed as referential to spirit photography but I like to think of them more in terms of the camera malfunctioning due to misuse. Pointing the camera at the sun is generally recognized as a bad idea on the level of putting balled up tinfoil in the microwave. If you are to go to a camera shop you can even purchase a variety of lens shades that prevent this effect from happening. I love the mistakes within images, Diane Arbus had a tendency to have vignetting in her prints and Nan Goldin always used flash in an elementary way which made her work feel even more personal and intimate.


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Jason Preeo has had to make some inconvenient alterations to his vacation plans.
Preeo, the Highlands Ranch teaching golf professional who works for MetaGolf Academy at Broken Tee at Englewood and the Colorado Golf Club in Parker, is taking his wife and children on a trip to Southern California to visit friends and relatives and go to Disneyland.
However, Preeo will have to modify a few plans since he will be playing June 3 in the 36-hole U.S. Open Sectional qualifying tournament, which will be held at the Newport Beach Country Club and the Grand Canyon Country Club.
"We were going out there so this was all planned," said Preeo, who is also the head boys golf coach at Valor Christian. "I chose California knowing that I would be out there anyway. It worked out.
"We had to change a day of flights. It sounds funny, it is definitely a little bit of an inconvenience in terms of what we had planned and were trying to do. I won't be around quite as much trying to arrange practice rounds and things. It is another week of inconveniences but hopefully it will be a good one."
Preeo carded a three-under-par 68 and survived a playoff in a local U.S. Open qualifying tourney May 13 at Collindale Golf Course in Fort Collins to advance to the California Sectionals. It will be the fifth time in seven years that Preeo, a 2010 Open qualifier, has played in the second phase of U.S. Open qualifying.
"You really can't get too far ahead of yourself," said Preeo. "You have to get through the first 18 to 27 holes and see where you are at and decide what you have to do from there. In terms of performance, it always helps to putt well. That will keep you in and give you opportunities.
"I don't know if it's about mentally preparing for it. I think about it a little bit. Some of it is, with any of these stages, you don't have to play as well as you think you do. You just have to play solid. The previous experiences of being in that environment and seeing the scores that will ultimately get you through, it's good golf but it's not great golf.
"The prize is so much greater in these events, it is easier to get ahead of yourself," continued Preeo. "Even to win a local tournament around here, it's neat to do but it's not quite the same as playing well and getting yourself into the U.S. Open."
Preeo hasn't had time much time to polish his game. He played only two rounds of golf prior to the Collindale tournament and has spent more time teaching than playing in preparation for his "vacation" golf outing.
"I wouldn't compare it to riding a bike but it's similar in that fashion," he said. "I've hit it in the trees enough that I'm comfortable having to hit a shot around them, left or right or whatever I need to do. So even though I haven't played in a while, it's something that comes back to you.
"You might not be quite as sharp but you still have a fighting chance. I'm hoping to just get practice rounds at both places. I think I can accomplish that but I don't think I have much time for more than that. As long as I'm familiar and have a plan for both courses, I'll be as prepared as I can be."
There will be 13 Sectional qualifying tournaments to help determine the field for the June 13-16 U.S. Open that will be played at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
Preeo, a 34-year-old who stopped playing mini tour events six years ago, is hoping to qualify so he can wipe out the lingering bad flavor of playing in the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.
He fired a first-round 75 and followed with a one-under-par 70 to make the cut and tie for 16th place at the halfway point of the championship. His final two rounds were 82 and 84 and he wound up 82nd.
"Under par on Friday was pretty neat and making the cut," said Preeo. "But such a poor performance over the weekend, getting tired and frustrated and everything else, there was a sour taste left in my mouth at the end of the week.
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Skip to comments.Despite Tax Increase, California State Revenues in Freefall
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California State Controller John Chiang has announced that total state revenue for the month of November 2012 fell $806.8 million, or 10.8%, below budget.
Democrats thought they could hammer the rich by convincing voters to pass Proposition 30 to create the highest state income tax in the nation. But it now appears that high income earners have already voted with their feet by moving themselves and their businesses out of state, resulting in over $1 billion shortfall in corporate and income taxes last month and the beginning of a new financial crisis.
Passage of Proposition 30 set off euphoria and expectations of higher spending for public employees. The California Teachers Association (CTA) trumpeted: California students and working families won a clear victory today as voters clearly demonstrated their willingness to invest in our public schools and colleges and also rejected a deceptive ballot measure aimed at silencing educators, other workers and their unions.
State bureaucrats immediately ramped up deficit spending far beyond the states $6 billion annual tax increase,with the Departments of Health Services and Developmental Services increasing this months spending by over $1 billion versus last year. The lower tax collection and higher spending drove the States deficit after the tax increase to $2.7 billion for the first 5 months of this fiscal year.
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The taxes on the rich are retroactive to 1-1-2012. How is that not a bill of attainder?
I think the name you are looking for is former US Senator Phil Gramm.
He was terrific.
"Obviously, they didn't raise taxes enough. /sarc "
You don't need the "/sarc" tag.
This -is- "obvious" to the leftists running the state. (From their point of view)
Fearless prediction:
California taxes are destined to be raised higher.
FAR higher...
Drudge proved to be correct, regardless of his method.
California has already gone over the cliff, of sanity. It's now in free fall. Waiting, waiting, just waiting to hear the crunch as it hits the rocks below.
We don't always get what we want, if we're lucky we get what we can endure.
Sadly, for California, the electoral process is broken.. initiatives proliferate or judges take sides and cast out results.
The state leaped the economic and social continuum after Duke left .. it's been free-fall since in the CA Gop. Re-Pete Wilson, GRay Davis. aHnold the 'Independent' and now MoonBeam II .. Is that Pee Wee Herman I hear in the green room warming up.. or Roseanne?
Oh,, and Prop 13 remains under active assault.. when it goes,, wellll,, you know the sound a 'loo makes? lol
Didn't the Fed bail out, or at least help out, Calpers once already? (Under BHO, that is)
California, lol.
Ha Ha Ha
>>The Laffer curve is not funny for those whose refuse to acknowledge its truth.
>>The people in charge are either stupid or just dont care about the consequences.
I don't see this as an either/or situation. They are both stupid and evil. They embrace the consequences because they believe the high taxation on the rich" will even out "wealth inequality", and they see this as a desirable outcome appropriate to be addressed via government taxation policy. Who cares if it destroys the economy for everyone?
And further regarding Laffer, these people are largely innumerate. Expecting them to properly interpret a very complex chart (not really) and the resultant effects on public policy is asking a whole lot.
The addict needs higher and higher doses to achieve the high they crave.
Giving more taxes to Sacramento is like giving heroin to an addict.
Yeah, I think the taxes take effect next month.
They are using projections. So if the increased tax income is less, the deficit will actually be higher than they are projecting.
If you want less of something, tax it. Raise income taxes and income drops. Less income equals less revenue. CA isn't smarter than a 5th grader.
You're not considering the fact that people of means don't have to leave California to have their income leave California. Many of them do exactly that, spend considerable time where they like in CA as tourists, but are legal residents and taxpayers of other states.
People of means can Californiaproof their wealth while spending small amounts of time outside the state, and they do.
It's an income tax not a wealth tax. The super rich probably don't need much income. What they own is bought and payed for.
And there's no sales tax in OR.
Live in WA, shop in OR!
Gee, this is so "unexpected".
Raise Taxes and revenue falls what a coincidence.
Baaah, humbug.
If you tax something, you get less of it. If you subsidize something, you get more of it. California taxes the creation of wealth, and it subsidizes illegal immigration. 'Nuff said.
state revenue for the month of November 2012 fell $806.8 million,
I believe this is called the "Lafer Curve" taxes can only go so high then revenues begin to fall.
a basic rule of economics and taxation....proving that all the Morons in Sacramento are clueless. and have Destroyed the State...voted in by stupid Parasites.
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.
>voters clearly demonstrated their willingness to invest in our public schools and colleges
WTF? By increasing the tax rate of the people that provide jobs in CA? Any halfwit should know that these people they increased the tax burden on just might up and leave for greener pastures.
Too many people don't use their brains.
The ministry of truth reports that due to lower productivity chocolate rations will be decreasing. The good news is our war with East Asia will continue forward with our invasion of Syria.
Really All those taxes don't equate to More Revenue? Shock Shock!!! Guess they are all leaving!!!!
Math is a bitch.
Well duh. The rich didn't get rich by being stupid...or by being sheep. They will pick up their wealth and move elsewhere...where the taxes are less punative. After all....if anyone can afford to just move somewhere else, the rich can.
The ones who will suffer either directly or indirectly are those that can't afford to just pick up and move to another state or country. Per usual.
This nation is already at "Idiocracy" status. We're quite screwed.
Note the last sentence in the last paragraph.
BECAUSE OF not in spite of .
It is the middle class that is leaving, the productive work force. This is far more serious than the rich leaving. You can live without the rich, but no car gets anywhere without a motor.
California is in a far more serious condition than they suspect if you are right. They no longer have the workforce to recover or build anything, just the welfare people to support.
I know from my days there long ago when I lived in the High Serra's that the welfare types moved up there into vacation land in droves. The check was the same size from welfare, but the cost of living was far less than the city. Soon we had drug ghetto's springing up where once was lumber workers and other responsible types.
Then California killed the lumber industry, followed by the mining industry and I left California for other work. The county I was in now has 40% unemployment according to my friends that hung one, but there are more people than ever.
Just now they are all on welfare, up from the cities.
From a net producer to a massive net loss of revenue to the state, it was the workers that left. The rich stayed and the dependent class grew like weeds.
Will you stop it. If you say that enough people might actually start thinking that we have a spending problem.
We need more REVENUE!!!!
Ans: What Krugman will say.
The goal is to wreck the American economy. Hopefully, permenantly.
Why Romney didn't point to Illinois and specifically Cook County as proof of Obama's plan I'll never know.
Obama is bringing not only Cook County politics, but Cook County economics to the national level.
It's stupid and we conservatives better find our Reagan, stat.
Liberals and Marxist don't have the ability to learn from experience...in other words they are stupid and there ain't no cure for stupid.....they just make misery...
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