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Topics of issue
I may not make many friends with my letter, but we have a few topics I feel strongly about.
1. I understand living in the path of an airport can be noisy. The absence of flights on 9-11 showed us that. However, you either bought or built in the established flight path area. The airports, be it the small one in Rock Hill or Charlotte, bring in revenue and jobs. I'm not saying don't advocate for flight pattern changes, but look at other things as well. Improve the forest canopy over your neighborhoods, improve your homes with soundproofing panels and better windows and insulation that help reduce outside noise. The flight patterns have been established for proper control and safety of the airplanes and the surrounding area.Please see if you can spend a day with someone whose responsibility is getting the planes up and down safely and then reassess the noise issue.
2. Feral cat issue: Obviously someone is threatening fines or it's one big rumor. The recent decision that the feral cats can't be cared for by community members evades my comprehension. The numbers at animal control are already reflecting the negative impact. Obviously, this needs to be challenged and changed. A mandatory spay-neuter law for the county (and all cities included in it), unless you have a breeding permit, makes more sense. No, I don't think there should be a limit to how many pets you can have; that is for homeowners associations who desire a particular standard in their communities, not for individuals who can/do provide for more critters.
3. Please stop the dueling ambulances. It impacts patient care. It impacts the safety of the public, and how all the branches of EMS do their jobs as well.
4. No, I don't agree with outsourcing our DMV driving tests to driving schools.
I want my teen to sit near a trooper. I want my teen to know what the DMV is really like. I want my teen to know driving can be stressful and if they are not prepared then they are not ready to drive, not make it easier for them to get a license only to make more mistakes in the real world. It reminds me of a banner posted in Rock Hill near the post office nearly 20 years ago: "Drive carefully, Death is so Permanent."
I hope I may have provided a few thoughts for others to ponder.
Drivers, stay vigilant
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of York County for enjoying our nation's Independence Day celebrations without experiencing a highway fatality within our county. It is very rewarding to see your cooperation through utilizing the safe driving practices which can save your life and mine.
Unfortunately, not all our friends and neighbors practice safe driving habits. Speeding, seat belt violations, and DUI are all things that troopers dealt with over the holiday period. Please remain vigilant in your driving as we are still within the 100 deadly days of summer. As of July 8, 416 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 417 highway deaths in this same time period in 2011.
Of the 279 motor vehicle occupants who have died in 2012, 176 were not wearing seat belts. Through midnight July 8, 52 pedestrians, 58 motorcyclists and 11 bicyclists have died on our state roads and highways.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol appreciates your cooperation and requests your help in making York County a better place to live.
Sgt D.R. BRADSHAW
Troop 4 Post B, S.C. Highway Patrol
Unjustified opinions
Efforts by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to block all nominees to U.S. Courts of Appeals are even more unprecedented and unjustifiable than explained in Opinions: "Reject the 'Thurmond Rule'" ( Los Angeles Times Editorial, July 13).
The so-called "Thurmond Rule" Sen. McConnell is claiming to invoke has never prevented Floor votes on Committee-approved consensus, noncontroversial nominations. Those at issue include an unopposed Federal Circuit nominee and two others who are strongly supported by their Oklahoma and Maine Republican senators.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said McConnell's action was "stupid," and that Robert Bacharach would make a great Tenth Circuit nominee for a Republican president. Maine GOP Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins stated that they would support a cloture motion to end any filibuster of First Circuit nominee William Kayatta, Jr.
Previously, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and others in the bi-partisan "Gang of 14" defused filibusters and approved President George W. Bush's controversial Circuit Court nominees. Now, Sen. Graham could help confirm consensus nominees by joining with GOP senators who voted for South Carolina-based trial and appellate court judges whom President Obama nominated with Sen. Graham's strong support.
Judging the Environment, Defenders of Wildlife
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A macaque monkey in Indonesia stole a camera from a wildlife photographer before snapping himself in a variety of poses, reported The Guardian.
Photographer David Slater, 46, set his camera up on a tripod but he left his equipment alone for a moment.
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Cadence Weapon continues to firmly establish his legacy as a sonic pioneer while constantly pushing the rap and electronic music envelope. Following his critically-acclaimed, Polaris Music Prize nominated albums Breaking Kayfabe and Afterparty Babies and a two year term as Edmonton's Poet Laureate, he returns with his new album Hope In Dirt City this Spring. A clearly defined and emotionally mature statement of intent, Hope In Dirt City represents the culmination of these experiences. Composed of a unique hybrid of psychedelic soul, old school rap, IDM and mutant disco, Hope In Dirt City is a groundbreaking achievement in hip-hop. Cadence Weapon has returned to bring rap back to its essence.
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Already we are planning memorials for the fallen.
Past memorials have included:
And the World War II Birthday Cake Extravaganza
(who can deny the Holocaust?).
Already (again) we are planning memorials for those
who fell,
who have fallen
who are falling
who will fall.
This is my fifth year of writing a poem a day in April.
The Anarchist Soccer Mom
The revolution starts next Tuesday...right after soccer practice!
Monday, April 15, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
How a Bill Doesn't Become a Law
A Parent's Response to Idaho's S1114
This morning, I gave my first public testimony to the Health
and Welfare committee of the Idaho House of Representatives about S1114, a bill
that would consolidate currently fragmented mental health services into
regional health boards with increased local authority.
This sounds like a good
thing, and it is, as a 2008 WICHE report demonstrated.
So why was I there to oppose the bill in its current form?
Like all issues related to mental health and public
services, it's complicated. My primary reason for opposing the measure was its
source of funding for those regional health boards. Rather than seek new appropriations, Idaho Behavioral Health Director Ross Edmunds proposed shifting funds from a Children's Mental Health surplus.
Wait, hold on. Children's Mental Health has a surplus?!?
The problem (and no one disagrees with me) is this:
currently, the only way for children in Idaho to get access to mental health
services is to be on Medicaid or to commit a crime. Yep, you heard me. If your
kid needs resources, you have to charge him or her with a crime.
The criminalization of mental illness, especially in children, is just flat out wrong. It's bad public policy, and it ends up being costly and dangerous.
Here's my direct testimony to the committee:
When my 13-year old son was admitted to Intermountain in
December 2012, he screamed at the police officer who was trying to help him, "I
wish I had a knife so I could run at you and you would have to shoot me." I
will never forget the look of horror in that brave officer's eyes.
Later that week, my son's social worker called and
recommended that I press charges against him to "get him back in the court
system so he can get the services he needs." I am fortunate to have a good job
with health benefits, but many of the services my son needs, like PSR and
Occupational Therapy, are not covered by my insurance.
In "off the record" conversations over my many years of
interactions with the Department of Health and Welfare, well-meaning social
workers have suggested that it might be better for my son if I were a so-called
"welfare mom" because I could get better access to services.
I realize that the focus of SB1114 is on adult mental
health. But the lack of community support for parents of children with mental
health concerns means hours of missed work, unpredictable schedules, the
constant fear of a telephone call from the school, thousands of dollars in
medical bills for services that aren't covered. My family suffers. My other
children suffer. And my son will be an adult all too soon.
We need a system that is proactive rather than reactive. The bill in its current form is still crisis-based
and does not really address the needs of children with mental illness in Idaho—in
fact, it actually takes money from Children's Mental Health to pay for
reorganization of regional health boards, at a time when many parents, like me,
are told that the only way they can access help is through the courts. But I
believe that by focusing our efforts on early diagnosis, intervention, and
ongoing treatment for our children, we can save money and lives.
After hearing my testimony and the testimony of a NAMI
representative and mother Kathy Merce; Howard Belodoff, the lawyer who has been
prosecuting Idaho's landmark children's mental health case Jeff D. for 33 years, and Jim Baugh, Disability Rights Idaho Executive Director, the committee voted to send the bill to General Orders for
further review.
And here's why it's complicated. In drafting this bill, Ross Edmunds has done an
incredible job with limited resources. S1114 is a baby step, to be sure. But it's
a baby step in the right direction, creating greater efficiency, providing more regional control, and improving access to resources for people with mental illness in crisis. Sending the bill to General Orders rather
than approving it as it stands runs the very real risk of allowing this
important legislation to die on the House floor.
So I left the House today feeling both glad and anxious. I'm
glad that my voice could be heard and that I could share my very personal concerns with the way we treat mentally ill children in Idaho. But I'm
anxious that because I spoke, in the end, nothing will happen.
Welcome to democracy.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
After Newtown
My Statement to the U.S House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
On December 14, 2012, two days after I placed my
13-year old son in an acute care mental health hospital, the world
changed. The night of the Sandy Hook
shootings, I wrote a blog post entitled, "Thinking the Unthinkable," which
included the shocking statement: "I am Adam Lanza's mother."
I'm not Adam Lanza's mother. I'm Michael's
mother. I love my son. But he—and I—and
other parents and children like us—need help. Like many children with mental
disorders, my son has been diagnosed with several conditions. Michael has taken
a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals to try to control his rages. We have not yet
found a combination of treatments and medications to manage his condition.
When I asked Michael what he wanted me to say to
you, he said, "Tell them I'm not a bad kid. Tell them I want to be well."
Michael is not a bad kid. Neither are the millions
of other children who have diagnosed mental disorders in this country. And yet we continue to manage mental illness through
the criminal justice system. Too often, the only way loving parents can get
access to much-needed services is by having their children charged with a
My son Michael entered the juvenile justice system
just one month after his eleventh birthday. While on probation, he received an
array of social services including therapy and psychosocial rehabilitation,
which taught him coping strategies. But once he completed probation, those
services went away.
Before my blog went viral, I thought I was the only
mother in America who was living in this kind of fear. But I learned I'm far
from alone.
Parents like me live in all kinds of fear. We live in fear of
stigma—will my child be bullied for being different? Will my child be a bully? Will
I be blamed for my child's explosive behavior?
We live in fear of that unpredictable behavior—how
will I know if my child is going to explode? What can I do to keep my other
children and myself safe? What about his school and the community?
We live in fear of the future—what will happen when
my child turns 18? Will my child harm himself or others? How will I pay for all
the services I need to keep my child functioning?
Parents like me are struggling, physically,
emotionally, and financially. And mental illness is still so hard to talk
about, because the stigma—for parents and children—is real. But as long as
parents continue to suffer in silence, the magnitude of this problem will only
be recognized after tragedies like Newtown.
It's time to talk about mental illness—and it's time to act.
What do parents like me need from you? We need access
to community-based resources. We need early and consistent behavioral
intervention. We need increased funding
for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as well as funding for
school counselors and behavioral interventionists. We need increased research
funding for effective treatments. And most of all, we need a national
commitment to end the stigma that surrounds mental illness. As long as we keep
treating mentally ill children—and adults—in prisons, it will be difficult for
us to achieve true parity between physical and mental health.
Mental health is truly a bipartisan issue—a problem
that keeps millions of American children and their families from enjoying
"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." As a nation, we must explore
creative and brave ways to provide a better life for children, families, and
Link to the U.S House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Forum: "After Newtown: A National Conversation on Violence and Severe Mental Illness."
Link to National Institute of Mental Health om Children's Mental Illness
Link to author, parent, and fellow panelist Pete Earley.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Anarchist Yoga Mom
How yoga keeps me sane and well
Almost one year ago today, a few weeks after losing a job I
loved, I was standing in line at the grocery store when I got a call from my
doctor. The results of a routine lab test were not good. I put down the milk,
picked up a yoga mat, and headed to my first hot yoga class. Sixty days later,
I emerged with a new body, and more importantly, a new mind.
Yoga saved me. The strength I found within myself on the
mat, as I sweated and stretched and pushed myself past limits I thought I would
never overcome, served me well in the coming months, as I faced challenges in
my personal life that were also beyond what I thought I could handle.
That's why I want to be a yoga teacher. When you find
something that works, something that calms your mind, restores your spirit,
energizes your body, you want to share that something with everyone you know.
My surgery was successful. My job loss was temporary. The strength and poise
and inner sense of peace I gained were far more valuable than what I lost.
Through the pain of loss, the universe gave me time to
connect with myself. And yoga—which means union—was the instrument of that
Today my son and I were featured in a Nova documentary on
PBS with a truly awful title: "Mind of a Rampage Killer." But the documentary
itself, crafted by Miles O'Brien, told a compassionate and compelling story
about families' struggles with mental disorders. My son and I were honored and
humbled to be a part of this critical conversation. We have learned firsthand the power of advocacy, of speaking out and sharing your story.
Mental health is an overwhelming problem for families
everywhere. I think that yoga can be a part of managing this difficult illness.
The practice of yoga strengthens the
body and mind. I want to share this path to strength and serenity with others,
even as I continue to develop in my own practice.
One of my former yoga teachers used to say, "This is simple.
It is not easy." I have adopted this mantra as a guide for my own practice and
my life. I have learned to accept myself, my limitations. I have learned to ask
for help. I have learned to let go.
Today I introduced Gabriel Azoulay to our BikYasa class at
Hollywood Market Yoga in Boise. Gabriel has practiced yoga for 20 years. His
favorite pose is full camel because it opens the heart (my own favorite is
camel because it gets rid of the excrement, if you know what I mean). Gabe
developed Bikyasa because he wanted to share his practice with others. He is a
knowledgeable, passionate instructor, and I am really looking forward to
learning more over the next few days.
Yoga teacher training is the reason vacation days exist. The
next few days (minus a few mandatory faculty meetings and appointments with my
son's healthcare providers) are all about me. That's not selfish—it's
self-care. If your family is struggling, or if you are caregiver, take time
for yourself. Consider coming to the mat, to Child's Pose.
Sometimes all we can
control is our breath. And sometimes, the grace of that gift of breath is
Friday, February 1, 2013
From Anarchist to Advocate
It's a standing joke among my friends: before my
blog post about my mentally ill son went viral, I did not know who Anderson
Cooper was.
Let me explain this grave lapse of cultural literacy.
After September 11, 2001, I sat in front of our television in slack-jawed
horror, watching the towers fall over and over, for weeks. Then one day, I
looked away from the TV and saw my four year-old son building a tower out of
blocks and crashing his toy airplane into it.
So I gave up television. I didn't actually mean to
give it up completely—I've always been an early adopter and figured we would
have the content on demand by 2003. My timeline was a few years premature. And
by the time technology caught up, I was no longer interested in TV.
Now I get all my news from Facebook. It's the
perfect mix of local (kids, pets, vacations) and national, and since my friends
are so clever, I trust them to pick the New
York Times and Wall Street Journal
and HuffPost articles I should read. In that respect, Facebook has been a real
timesaver for me. Okay, I'm not kidding anyone here. Facebook is a complete
waste of time. But since I'm not watching "Jersey Shore" or "American Idol" or "Downton
Abbey," I feel okay about it.
Still, it's become apparent that my Facebook friends
aren't quite clever enough. Because if they were, they would have been as agog
over Anderson Cooper as the blurred-face woman in the picture above (she looked
like a four year old girl about to meet a Disney Princess).
Cooper is the real deal—whip smart, funny,
compassionate, able to shovel through the bullhorn bullshit that passes as
public discourse these days and emerge with a squeaky clean smile.
When Anderson Cooper 360 decided to do a town hall
meeting on guns, the producer, Kerry Rubin, called and asked me to talk about
my experiences as a parent of a mentally ill son.
I couldn't say no. And it was one of the most
amazing and humbling experiences of my life.
I got to meet Amardeep Kaleka, a gun owner whose father was killed in a rampage
at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Sarah McKinley, who made headlines when she
defended her home and her baby against intruders. Tio Hardiman, who works with Chicago's
youth to try to change potentially destructive behaviors and save lives. And
Veronique Pozner, who lost her sweet young son in the tragic Sandy Hook
Their stories all give nuance and complexity to a debate that too often
looks like something drawn by toddlers with crude, bold crayons.
I also met Joshua
Boston, the former Marine
whose letter to Senator Diane Feinstein about her proposal to ban assault weapons
also went viral. Josh is a passionate and articulate spokesperson for gun
I shared a car on the
way to the Town Hall with the inimitable Gayle Trotter, an activist, attorney, and mother of six who testified before the Senate Judiciary
Committee about how guns actually make women safer. Gayle is as powerful an
advocate for her Second Amendment rights as the Brady Campaign's president Dan
Gross (one of my oldest son's heroes) is for gun control.
(In case you missed it,
I'm not an anarchist—I'm a Libertarian. Not a big fan of laws, generally
speaking. But also not a big fan of gun violence and school shootings.)
And I'm not a big fan of former NRA president Sandy
Froman's repeated use of the word "insane" on the program (at least she avoided
"deranged" and "evil"). Every time she said it, I winced. Still, thanks to the
First Amendment, Froman has every right to use that word, and while I wish she
wouldn't, I am not going to engage in ad hominem attacks (Dan
Gross, on the other hand, was consistently respectful to people who suffer from
mental disorders).
Highlights of the afternoon included meeting Cooper,
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Jeffrey Toobin, and watching Kerry Rubin in action—she's like
a conductor who takes raw notes on a score and turns them into a full
orchestral suite.
In my own moment on camera, I got one good line in—"Why
can't we use our resources to make people less dangerous?" I don't really
remember the rest of what I said, just that Anderson Cooper's eyes are really that
In the end, Cooper couldn't solve the gun problem in
one town hall meeting. But he gave a hint at how to solve it when asked which
team he favored in Sunday's Super Bowl. Cooper responded with a grin, "Beyoncé."
Sometimes when we can't agree on something important
(Ravens or 49'ers, for example), we have to look for something we can agree on.
I am grateful to Anderson Cooper and his entire team for an impartial and thoughtful
contribution to a vital conversation about guns and mental health, and for
including me in that conversation.
It's not easy to be an advocate, but sometimes
our causes find us, even when we don't expect them. I'm grateful for the
opportunity to change a national conversation. Maybe it's not about guns: maybe
it's about mental health.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Find a Room to Welcome Him
It's a miracle! My fourteenth annual Christmas carol is
finished, and it's not even midnight yet. I started this little tradition back in
1998, when I was directing a children's choir and read about the composer
Alfred S. Burt, whose lovely "Star Carol" was one of his annual Christmas compositions (in lieu
of a card). I thought, "I want to try that!" So I wrote a simple carol for my choir
about a stable, a manger, a star in the sky. My own children still love the
song and sing it to me.
This year, I had planned to use Christina Rossetti's lovely
Thread of Life as my text—something about those telling lines, "Aloof, aloof, we stand aloof,
so stand Thou too aloof," seemed to match the mood of this dark season, haunted
as we all are by theodicy, the enduring problem of evil in the world.
But I was struggling. The creative process is so mysterious
to me. Sometimes music just pops out of my brain like Athena bursting from the
head of Zeus. And sometimes I have to fight for every note, for every chord
resolution. None of the chords in my Rosetti piece were going where I wanted
them to.
Then on Christmas Eve morning, a dear friend posted these
delightful words from Robert Herrick:
See him come, and know him ours
Who with his sunshine and his showers
Turns all the patient ground to flowers.
The Darling of the World is come,
And fit it is, we find a room to welcome him.
Who with his sunshine and his showers
Turns all the patient ground to flowers.
The Darling of the World is come,
And fit it is, we find a room to welcome him.
And there it was. THERE was this year's Christmas carol.
December to May. Winter's chilling morn to verdant corn field. Showers to flowers. No,
of course life is not that easy (believe me, I know!). But at Christmas, we
celebrate peace. A baby. Family. I don't want to sing the problem of evil in
the world today. I want to sing the Darling of the World and find a room to
welcome him (The amazing John Rutter has also set this text to music, so I am now in good company).
Critics will want to attack the curious transition from A
major to G major in measure 6. I will freely admit that I was under the
influence of sugar when I wrote that. To
make matters worse, I then got stuck in the relative F-sharp minor and "resolved"
it all by sharping the tonic (A) to A-sharp in the last measure, ending in F-sharp
major! I know, right? Like I said, sugar will do strange things to you. Or egg
nog (oh, bite my tongue! Bite my tongue!).
A final note just in case someone happens to be actually reading
this (apparently, my blog is not anonymous!). My ex is a good guy. He really
loves his kids. So do I. It's easy (and sometimes even a little bit fun) to
judge people. But God or whatever mystery you sense in awe and apprehend wants
us to love people instead. Try giving a little love this year, even to the people you
don't agree with.
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 17, 2012
A Joint Statement from Sarah and Liza
Many of you have seen Sarah's excellent blog in the past few days. I think she makes some important points about children's privacy. http://sarahkendzior.com/
We have been in contact, and I am truly impressed with her professionalism and her concern for children. We have written the following statement that we would like to share:
We have been in contact, and I am truly impressed with her professionalism and her concern for children. We have written the following statement that we would like to share:
"We would like to release a public statement on the need for a respectful national conversation on mental health. Whatever our prior disagreements, we both believe that the stigma attached to mental illness needs to end. We need to provide affordable, quality mental health care for families. We need to provide support for families who have a relative who is struggling.
"We both agree that privacy for family members, especially children, is important. Neither of us anticipated the viral response to our posts. We love our children and hope you will respect their privacy.
"Our nation has suffered enough in the aftermath of Newtown. We are not interested in being part of a 'mommy war'. We are interested in opening a serious conversation on what can be done for families in need. Let's work together and make our country better."
Thanks, all!
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Music Review: Sarasota Orchestra: Masterworks with Jaime Laredo
Date: November 20, 2012
by: June LeBell | Contributing columnist
The Sarasota Orchestra opened its new season with a program of crowd-pleasers by Rossini, Vivaldi and Beethoven, under the direction of another audience favorite, conductor-violinist Jaime Laredo. We all stood for the tradition of the national anthem before the actual program, but, this time, 15-year-old Sarasota sweetheart soprano Maria Wirries sang it with such poise and beauty of voice, we wondered if we should just cheer and leave then and there. We cheered, but we also stayed and heard an orchestra that shimmered. Let me count the ways.
For these ears, the high point of the concert (we went to the Sunday afternoon performance) was Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." We hear the individual seasons regularly enough on radio broadcasts, but a complete performance isn't heard all that often these days. It was the tradition until, say, mid-19th century, for the concertmaster to "lead" the orchestra from his chair, so it was no surprise that Laredo, a consummate chamber musician, chose to both conduct and play the solo portions, albeit standing at the front of the group. The all-string ensemble with continuo made positively riveting music: clean, pure and translucent with every player positively wrapped up in matching tone for tone and sound for sound.
Laredo presented the kind of purity that transcends technique, and, if a note was dropped now and then, it didn't matter, because the overall impression was mesmerizing.
Listen to performances of this beloved work and you'll hear something different every time, but I've never heard "Winter" more effectively portrayed than when Laredo had the orchestra sound like frost etched on a windowpane near Christmas.
Laredo was so masterful a leader in the Vivaldi, I was almost sorry he didn't lead (conduct) the orchestra from the concertmaster's chair (no insult meant to the wonderful Dan Jordan!) during the rest of the performance.
The reading of Rossini's overture to "L'italiana in Algeri" had wonderful contrasts and some splendid solo lines coming from the wind section, along with a really strong, unified and sonorous sound in the strings. But it lacked a certain champagne-like bubbly fun that defines Rossini comic overtures.
The final work, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, was faster than I'm used to hearing and was almost the complete antithesis of the Vivaldi, seemingly without color or interest. But the main problem was the lack of tension and definition given to the players from the podium. There are times the strings need to play second fiddle to the brass but, in this performance, every line was the same, thus producing a blur of sound rather than the delineation and clarity so needed in Beethoven.
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It has to be Beal or bust for the Wiz that's obvious.
Rest In Peace, #21.
Gone but never forgotten.
I think his finals performance dropped his stock a bit, and he may have even soured on the OKC brass.
This is interesting to me because I think this potentially might be the best deal OKC can get for him. It's not a given that another team in next years top 3 will have such a glaring need for a clear #2 option.
That's crazy talk. The guy who can't go right is as good a ball handler as one of the absolute best in the business? You've lost perspective on Harden RA. You aren't seeing his flaws.
Harden is a third option sixth man on a good team coming off a year where he averaged 17 PPG. What screams max contract about that to you? You are wildly overrating him.And FWIW, in this current CBA, James Harden is a max-contract type of player.
The only time a team signs a player to a max type deal and doesn't almost immediately regret it is when that player is a Superstar wing or a perennial All Star scoring big. Harden is neither of those things and never will be. Sign a guy to a max deal who isn't worth it and it ruins your franchise for years.
Harden has a very long way to go before he reaches JJ's level. JJ is a six time All Star, has been the go to guy on his team, has had multiple 20+ PPG seasons and has been a hair away from multiple 20/5/5 seasons, and is a high quality defender against every perimeter position.Speaking of Joe Johnson, there isn't a chance in hell I'm taking JJ over Harden right now. One is on the decline, and the other is on the upswing. Also, I'd be willing to revisit this when Harden reaches his prime....but, I have ZERO doubt that he'll be 10x the better player than JJ when comparing careers.
Harden's upside isn't as high as you think RA. He's a below average athlete for his position, which limits him. He'll become a better defender and probably become a better ball handler in time, but other than that, he's not going to get a whole lot better than he is now. And one thing is for sure, he'll never be in a better position than he is right now, playing third fiddle to two great young offensive players in OKC.
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It's times like this I wish I lived in the D.C. area. I would have probably be interested in going but I knew I could never make it up there from down here.
"John Wall will never be as good as Kyrie Irving was in his first week in the NBA" - David Falk, published February 14, 2013.
The Thunder are clearly looking to sell high on Harden. If you can turn a player that you are probably losing next year anyway into a top 4 pick in a loaded draft...well....bully for you.
The thing for the Thunder is they don't have to worry about all the things the Wizards are worrying about. Who cares if MKG can't shoot? Who cares if Barnes is a bit of a head case? They are going to be asking supremely talented players to be the 4th or 5th guy on a Championship Level team. The Wizards would need MKG to make five all star teams. The Thunder would need him to annoy Kobe or Wayne over a seven game series. Which one of those has the better chance of occurring?
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Fake twitter post I think.
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Unfortunately that's not how the NBA works. If it did, the Wizards wouldn't be in the lottery still. In the NBA, it's rare that more than a couple of players in any draft become all-star level players.
I'm going to start to temper my excitement about getting Beal, let alone Harden. I'm gonna start thinking worst case scenario and we trade our #3 pick for Metta World Peace thus anything better than that with the Wizards tonight and I'm happy.
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Lions fan petitions to change day after Super Bowl to national holiday
A self-professed life-long Lions fan has begun an online petition in an attempt to change the day after the Super Bowl to an official government holiday.
As of Sunday afternoon, the petition had slightly more than 14,000 online signatures.
Josh Moore, owner and editor of 4for4, a fantasy football website, told tech blog Mashable: "I think we have a chance," he said. "Obviously, we are a long ways away, but I think it seems to be picking up steam and has the chance to start snowballing. I have had hardly any negative feedback. One old lady emailed me and said she didn't like football, but that is about it."
By Moore's estimation, the day after the Super Bowl is one of the least productive days of the work year, even more so than Christmas and New Year's Eve.
The petition reads: "We at 4for4.com Fantasy Football petition the Obama Administration to consider declaring the Monday following Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday. By doing so, the Obama Administration can promote camaraderie among the American people, keep the streets safer for our children on Sunday night and Monday morning, promote a productive workplace when work resumes on Tuesday, and honor the most popular event in modern American culture."
If the petition reaches 100,000 signatures by Feb. 23, an official response is expected from the United States Government because the protest has been filed on the White House's "We The People" page.
Which is more likely to happen: The day after the Super Bowl becoming a federal holiday or the Lions appearing in the big game?
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Above we have Pinkie, well, acting like her usual awesome self and below we have a parody by Niban-Destikim. Simpsons in my pony? It's more likely than you think!
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Bloated Pinkie Pie is a funny Pinkie Pie. Baked bads?
But you could damage the reload mechanism doing that![/completelymissingthepoint]
@cpbrony 01001110011011110010000001100100011010010110001101100101
@Victory Star lol I was actually just gonna say I'm gonna take a break from being a robot but now that the apocalypse is here..... RUUUUNNNN EVERYPONY!!!!!
1. Well, Pinkie will be Pinkie, I guess...
2. Reference/Blatant copying from the best Simpsons episode ever? Oh, you'd better believe that's not a paddlin.
#1 Bahaha, I'm sure you could squeeze some more in Pinkie.
#2 Nurse Redheart is just badass.
#1 Did... Pinkie eat the pie tin too? lol Ouch. Yay, Nurse Redheart appearance. <3 Silly bloated Pinkie. I just wanna roll her around the yard like a ball. lol
#2 Awwww yeah! Not only another Nurse Readheart appearance, but she is kickin some MAJOR FLANK! Freaken love Nurse Redheart. Didn't get the Simpsons reference at first, but that makes it even better.
#1 I approve of balloon Pinkie, I'm surprised she isn't bigger after eating 1000 pies.
#2 Nurse Redheart with a shotgun? I also approve.
Already faved the 2nd comic.
Love that scene from The Simpsons.
Also, I like the new comment system.
Oh yeah almost forgot to actually comment on the actual post. Those were funny! And lol simpsons
These comics were LAME! Ugh, so much trash, just so boring didn't even bring a smile or smirk to my face. But the drawing itself was good. We need more quality comics. >:/
Just cause it has pony, doesn't make it good.
#1 Pinkie never did know the meaning of moderation, did she.
#2 And that's how you keep potential monopolies in check. Hehehe.
* slowly inclosed in a circle of robot ponies*
Btw i almost actualy lol'd at nurse r. With the gun XD
It's probably been overstated, but I don't care.
The second comic. The... the what, what oh my god, what? What?
I have no idea what I just read or even why, but that was hillarious. That was amazing.
The first one is cute, but its overshadowed by just... the insanity of the second one XD
1.) 1000 orders of Rainbow pie? She's not a machine, you know. You gotta take like, a day or 2 off.
2.) I don't really remember much of that episode. It's a shame they don't show the older ones more often. The comic on its own is still funny, though. I was expecting some kind of "buy me a time machine" whine from Diamond Tiara, though.
#1 - Ever seen Slither? *evil grin*
#2 - Badasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
@Tyranoman omg lol! Hahahahha *the robot invasion dies (if only temporarily like Daleks) after it gained the ability to laugh*
#1 - Now we just need Solar to make a Blogger Account. *shuffles hands evily*
#2 - I was about to comment on the similarity of this comic's first two panels and the comic earlier about friendship and déjà vu (sue me, my sentences seem to run on and I'm terribly unspecific), but then I took a twelve-gauge to the chest.
*Looks at profile picture*
I see Guy-ra is already spreading....
@ cpbrony
*with dying breath*
Those lads dressed as robots savrd us whith there song...
Thank you.
1. Pinkie Pie, I believe you may have overdone it just a tad. For example, you will probably explode. You should have exploded already in fact, or at least your stomach should have.
2. Holy carp. That was...odd, awkward, and then hilarious with the ending. I was afraid we'd have a murdered Granny Smith there for a second, but then Nurse Redheart was a total badflank and awesomed. Just like Granny Smith as a youngin'. Shows once again why judging someone on their appearance isn't always a good idea.
Dear masquerade,
Thats creepy.
That second comic made my day, and probably my week. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt.
@ilovebagelz I, PhotoFinish would like to see your comics. Have you submitted, or are currently working on any comics? If not, then the door is that way. You mustn't judge, or delve into the rivers of hypocrisy. Zat is my job. MY job also seems to entail forgetting how to spell my own name... I GO!
Are you kidding? I thought the second one was awesome.
Well now we know not to mess with that nurse pony lol. First Pinkie's zap apple pie insanity then an epic shoot up. Nurse pony is best pony!
Whoa, Pinkie, you eat all those pies, you're gonna get a wicked-bad tummyache!
That second one was wonderful. The first one was wonderful as well, but Redheart with a shotgun is hard to beat.
@HMorris73 Meh, after you've seen Pony comics,memes, and stuff, for some time, you'll start seeing the corny in it,with some repeated jokes just put into pony it get's boring, It was okay for me at the most. :p
Don't get me wrong I've seen some amazing mlp comics, it's just I've seen these things before, over, and over, kinda like the whole Derpy Muffin gig going on, or the whole Trollestia meme, or the sitting Lyra gig, or-you get the point, if it's done right, then it's good, half the time it ain't.
Hm. Well it's been about seven months now for me and I still haven't gotten tired of them, at least not as a whole. And I think Niban-Destikim is one of the better comic artists at keeping things fresh.
About the first: Saw it earlier, it's kind of funny!
About the second: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I loved it! That was so funny! Granted it's from the Simpsons, but it's still a great Simpsons joke.
Also I have to point out, I was reminded of that episode when the info first came out, granted it was different than the Simpsons episode but still.
The first one was predictable but it "worked" for me xD, the second one it's almost like pony+moviereference/referencefromanothershow/obviousjoke, seems way too forced, it made me laugh a little bit, though.
1. Rainbow are spicy Pinkie Pie but Zap Apples aren't?
2. hmmm guns.
#1 Puffy Pinkie Pie is puffy.
#2 Nurse Red Cross is a BAMF.


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