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Race for one of these speedy thrills
Thrill car racing is just a video game away.
This week, I had the pleasure of getting into the driver's seat with an expert on car racing video games, a 9-year-old third-grader who has been a car enthusiast since he could talk. When it comes to video game playing, he plays car-racing games almost exclusively. His collection of racing games is so extensive that we could only compare his favorite five.
First and foremost, there's Xbox 360's Forza Motorsports 4, favored because "you can pick any car." From a GMC pick-up to a Bugatti Veyron (the fastest road legal car on the road, according to my young speedster), this Turn 10 Studios game has a car representing 80 manufacturers. It's incredibly realistic, from the cars to the 22 worldwide venues. You can choose a Ferrari 458 Italia and nudge bumpers with a Toyota Sprinter Trueno Apex at Florida's Sebring International or choose a Cadillac Northstar LMP-02 and speed toward the checkered flag at Germany's Hockenheimring. This detailed game, rated "E" for everyone and costing $50, operates like most racer games, providing more and more cars to choose from as the player/driver reaches new levels of achievement. And for the most realistic play, the game is best operated with the remote sensor for Kinect.
Second in the stack of racing games is NASCAR: The Game 2011, rated "E" for everyone. If you love NASCAR and or speed, this is a great game for you. It's very lifelike with pit stops, wrecks and authentic tracks. There are 43 cars and 23 tracks to choose from with level achievements. You can even pick your team, like Home Depot or Lowe's, and a famous driver like Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Danica Patrick or Tony Stewart. However, you also have the option of racing as yourself and building your own racing career with sponsors and endorsements. This game is available on Xbox 360, PSP3 and is due out for Wii this spring. Cost is $60.
Here's a race of a different kind … Need for Speed: The Run, rated "T" for teen. It's a cross country, Cannonball Run type adventure. You're Jack Rourke, racing from San Francisco to New York with a $25 million prize waiting. You run from cops and the like. The varying legs of the race represent different levels, and the final race pits you against subway trains, which my young player says is "way cool but pretty hard." Buy it for your Xbox, PSP3 or Wii for around $30.
Enter the island of Ibiza, where you're a lowly valet parking attendant who gets recruited into a reality television series and becomes a high-flying racecar driver of luxury cars in Test Drive Unlimited 2, rated "T" for Teen. There's a progression of play that makes cars available as you achieve new levels. What's different in this game is you have to earn money to buy the cars. Cars aren't the only thing you can buy – houses and plastic surgery options, too. This game has more story and characters than any of the other racing games. My young player just likes the race component with luxury cars. Get it to play for $16 for Xbox or PSP3.
Only one game for the Wii is stashed in the master driver's racing collection, and it's Monster Jam Path of Destruction, rated "E" for everyone, and also available for Xbox and PSP3. Enjoy coast-to-coast lifelike monster truck sporting with dirt-filled arenas and fans. You pick the truck – Grave Digger, for example – and the venue. There are 28 trucks and scores of venues from Indianapolis to Orlando and Houston. This game is easy to navigate, has enticing graphics and will likely appeal to the youngest virtual monster truck driver wannabes. For only $20, why not let them?


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MasterSparky necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
I run BallPythonsForSale.net. I want an edgy creative shirt, whose style could be expanded to a whole line of merchandise/t-shirt designs.. It should be distinctive and in your face.
Owners of Ball Pythons. Visitors of my site love ball pythons. They are either on my site to buy or sell a ball python.
I run ballpythonsforsale.net and need a shirt designed for my website. I'm creating this shirt to sell as merchandise on my site. Advertisement for my site should only be a side note to the design. In other words our logo should be quite small compared to the actual t-shirt design. (Our logo is only temporary - need to have that redesigned as well)
I'm looking for an edgy design related to ball pythons. There are many different types or morphs of ball pythons and I don't want to single one type out. A normal ball python is the most recognizable. Here are a couple of the 'slogans' or 'catch lines' i've come up with to get you started.
"Stop Staring at my Balls"
"My Python is Bigger than Yours"
"Got Balls?"
"Chicks Dig my Balls"
The possibilities are endless here. It important that images/cartoons of ball pythons are specific to ball pythons and not other types like burmese pythons or any type of boa constrictor. Ball python owners are tried and true to the breed.

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Waiter: Good afternoon. What can I get for you ma'am?
Condi: I'd like some ice cream. What flavors do you have?
Waiter: We have vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, banana and coffee.
Condi: I'd like a scoop of the vanilla, please.
Waiter: Would you like some whipped cream on that?
Condi: That sounds great.
Waiter: How about a cherry on top?
Condi: Excellent; thanks.
Waiter: Good afternoon. What can I get for you ma'am?
Susan: I'd like some ice cream. What flavors do you have?
Waiter: We have vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, banana and coffee.
Susan: Racist!
Waiter: Excuse me? What in heaven's name are you talking about?
Susan: You know damned well what I'm talking about. You listed the vanilla ice cream, the white ice cream, before the ice creams of color!
Waiter: (Sigh) Whatever you say, ma'am. What flavor would you like?
Susan: Chocolate, of course.
Waiter: Would you like some whipped cream on that?
Susan: There you go again! Are you a KKK member, or something?
Waiter: I only asked you if you wanted whipped cream on your ice cream.
Susan: Code! You're using racist code words! You think I don't understand what you mean by "whipped?" You're making a reference to beating slaves, and you know it. I damned sure know it!
Waiter: Ma'am, I assure you that I meant nothing of the kind. I was merely referring to a dessert topping. Speaking of which, would you like a cherry on top?
Susan: That does it! Another dog whistle, racist code word right there. "Cherry?" That's a code word suggesting sexually promiscuity? You're saying that black women are sexually promiscuous. You wouldn't dare say that to a white woman.
Waiter: Ma'am, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
Susan: I'm not leaving until I speak with the manager about his hiring of rabid racists. Call your manager over here right now!
Waiter: I own the business, and, another thing. I built it myself.
Susan: You know what your problem is? Your problem is that you hate women of color.
Waiter: No. My problem is that I hate women of assholery. Now leave!
UPDATE: As a public service, we at the House by the Parkway are pleased to provide you with a Politically Correct Guide to Racism for Idiots. (via Doug Ross)


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After completing a degree in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, Mounika wanted to explore career options for her future. "Shell's Graduate Programme gave me the freedom to choose the projects I wanted to take part in," Mounika said. "Being aware of these available options has really helped me decide where I want to be in my future with Shell."
Mounika joined Shell as a graduate 7 months ago. "I'm currently working as a Process Engineering Specialist. I'm getting experience each day, interacting with a wide range of co-workers across Shell. This allows for me to gain exposure and insight into different aspects of the business. It's a massive breadth of experience open to me. I'm also gaining other insights to the business as a member of Shell's Emergency Response Team."
Mounika explains that it was great to be given ample time to interact. Asked about her first week in Shell's Graduate Programme, Mounika says Shell ensured graduates were provided with opportunities to meet and get to know each other. "My first few weeks at Shell went smoothly. I had great support and guidance from both my managers and of course, my mentor. They have become my go-to people for any questions or issues I have, even if it is small. To this day, the open interactions I'm having with work colleagues and my mentor remain important to me and how I develop in my role."
Mounika's mentor is Krishna who has been with Shell for 10 years. Krishna holds a doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. "From the start, Krishna's advice to me was to get the maximum out of the opportunities that come along. He continues to do this, while also letting me know of new opportunities and leads.


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Ocular bukake... I would say that's a new one but I think experienced the same thing :laugh:satellitedr3ams wrote:Agreed my eyes just came.
14+1, buck shot in one tube, hit the switch and shoot slugs (or whatever) from the other! I am soooo getting one just to see if my trigger finger will come like my eyes!


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The government will push for a composite limit of 49 per cent foreign direct investment in the insurance sector, with the voting right of the foreign partner capped at 26 per cent.
While equity shares may be capped at 49 per cent, the government may also permit investments by foreign institutional investors in the sector.
"The objective is to ensure full Indian management and control. So the voting rights in the banking sector and capped at 26 per cent. ," said a senior government official.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley as part of his Budget speech on Thursday announced that the FDI cap in the insurance sector would be increased to 49 per cent from the current 46 per cent.
The finance ministry is now understood to be reviewing four models for liberalising the insurance sector and is expected to finalise a proposal for the Cabinet soon.
"It needs to be decided how the control will be kept with the Indian management and also permissible investments under the FDI cap that are in tandem with the IRDA regulations," said an official, adding that the proposal would be finalised in the next few weeks. "If possible, we will try to table it in Parliament during the ongoing Budget session," he said.
Apart from the cap on voting rights, the government may also choose to put in some riders to ensure that the management and control stays with the Indian partner.
Restrictions in the form that the chief executive officer of the company is and Indian would be put in. Alternatively, the directors of the company would be Indian and they would together appoint the CEO of the company, said an official.
Though the insurance sector was opened up to private investors in 2000, FDI only up to 26 per cent is permitted in the sector. A bill to amend the Insurance Act is pending in the Parliament since 2008 but there was no political consensus on the issue.
After assuming charge as the Union finance minister, Jaitley had called a meeting with private sector insurers to discuss alternative plans to raise capital. Hiking the insurance cap could bring in as much as $3 billion of funds into the sector and most insurers have said it is essential to help them expand their business.


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Entergy claims 'surprise' over Red Cross funding request
BRATTLEBORO -- The Senate Government Operations Committee on Wednesday voted to recommend Entergy be required to pay more than $770,000 to fund an updated evacuation plan as presented by the Red Cross. The Senate Appropriations Committee then approved the plan, but instead of asking for the full payment over two years as recommended by Department of Public Safety staffers, it changed it to a four-year plan.
A lobbyist for Vermont Yankee told the Reformer on Friday that while everyone knew that Red Cross was asking for a $727,000, late last year the House Appropriations Committee approved a $53,000 allocation.
"In the first week of April we saw the governor's proposal and it was a huge surprise," said Gerry Morris. "It went from $53,000 to $770,000."
After spending more than six months reviewing the Red Cross proposal, the Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security approved the request, but increased it by nearly $50,000.
Morris said he "had no clue" that EMHS was continuing to review the Red Cross request.
"It was a surprise to not only me, but also to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee," said Morris. "It came out of nowhere."
Appropriations Committee members Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, and Sen. Rich Westman, R-Lamoille, were tasked with reviewing the proposal and came back with the four-year plan. They also recommended that the entire amount be set aside and allocated over the four years whether or not the plant continues to operate.
Sears had no comment on who knew what and when.
In the first year of the plan as approved by the Appropriations Committee, Entergy is required to make a payment of $200,000 to the Red Cross.
"We oppose the $200,000 obligation in fiscal year 2014 and we would ask the committee to stick with the House-passed amount of $53,000," said Morris.
Joe Flynn, the director of EMHS, said the $770,000 number should not have come as a surprise to anyone.
"The House did pass out the budget as recommended in January," said Flynn. "At that time we had recommended about $53,000. However, what I had been telling Appropriations, there would likely be an increase. We would be seeking an adjustment, but we didn't know the exact number. So, they voted on what they had."
Larry Crist, the regional executive director of the Vermont and New Hampshire Valley Red Cross, presented the proposal in August 2012 and discussed it at a Vermont State Nuclear Advisory Panel in September.
He told VSNAP more than $727,000 was needed to fund Red Cross's role in the plan, which includes finding shelter for up to 6,000 people who live in the emergency preparedness zone around Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, which is located in Vernon.
"Entergy has spent the last few days trying to convince senators that the Red Cross request has come as a complete surprise and as such, should not be approved but rather sent to a study committee over the summer and fall," Crist told the Reformer on Friday.
Following Crist's presentation to VSNAP, Flynn and his staff went through the Red Cross' list of needs line by line and concluded Entergy should be required to fork over $344,375 in fiscal year 2014 and $426,743 in fiscal year 2015.
In total, the division recommended Entergy, which owns and operates the plant, pony up $2.4 million for the emergency response plan for fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1. That money is distributed to emergency responders in the Vermont towns in the 10-mile emergency preparedness zone around the plant.
Gov. Peter Shumlin's office approved the two-year request and forwarded it to the State House, where Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, the chairwoman of the Government Operations Committee brought it up for review and a vote before forwarding it to the Senate Appropriations Committee, which has the final say.
White also said Entergy has known "for a long time this has been going on and they've seen the numbers and knew it was a real possibility the administration would put this in the budget."
"And I sat face to face with Entergy in October," said Flynn. "They were aware of the Red Cross request."
Sen. Mark MacDonald, D-Orange, a member of VSNAP, said Entergy's claim it had no knowledge of the request was disingenuous.
"The suggestion that this is a surprise is preposterous," he said, adding the Red Cross request has been a topic of discussion at several meetings since then.
"Entergy has been religiously faithful in attending all meetings to do with Vermont Yankee," said MacDonald. "I have never attended a meeting where there weren't any Yankee officials. I can't imagine that anybody who runs a nuclear facility would miss a warned meeting taking place several hundred yards from the plant. They always attend. They're the first to arrive and the last to leave."
And in November, Flynn's office received a letter from Michael McKenney, Yankee's emergency planning manager, in which Entergy objected to the Red Cross proposal.
McKenney stated that the approval process wasn't open and systematic, didn't allow for a peer review, and didn't allow for Entergy to "review and validate" the request. Entergy also objected to basing the proposal on "worst case assumptions."
McKenney wrote that some of Red Cross's line items "seem inconsistent with a realistic assessment of what is needed ...."
The letter itemizes several of those items, including staff vehicles and administrative positions.
"ARC's apparent use of (state statutes) as a pathway to provide raises to staffers or to create full time staff positions with vaguely defined position descriptions and seemingly overlapping responsibilities is at the very least questionable and deserves additional scrutiny."
McKenney noted that "ARC's questionable assumptions" resulted in a highly inflated monetary request" and greatly exceeded previous requests.
Rob Williams, spokesman for Yankee, told the Reformer in early April the Red Cross' request for additional funding appeared to have no basis.
"It would be unlike any other state and far exceeds the funding necessary to meet the responsibilities of the Red Cross for radiological emergency planning," said Williams.
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UPPER DARBY - Police arrested a township man who allegedly snuck into Upper Darby High School, assaulted a teacher with a hammer and took off with her computer.
Darlington James, 19, of the 200 block of Wingate Road, was charged Wednesday with robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, theft, burglary, criminal trespass, resisting arrest and related charges.
James was one of two teenagers arrested Tuesday for crimes at schools within the Upper Darby School District. The other teenager, a 13-year-old boy, was charged with making terroristic threats after he allegedly threatened to shoot up Drexel Hill Middle School.
Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said James entered the building after school let out Tuesday around 3:20 p.m., saw a teacher by herself in a classroom, Chitwood said, and knocked on the locked door. The teacher, a 32-year-old woman, assumed James was a student and opened the door, Chitwood said.
'She opens the door, says, 'How can I help you?'' Chitwood said. 'He shoves her. From his rear pocket, he pulls out a hammer. He starts pushing her and grabbing her and trying to push her into the room.'
Chitwood said James then swung the hammer at the teacher, forcing his way into the room. At one point, Chitwood said, James ordered the teacher to lay on the floor. The teacher began screaming for help and James allegedly ran off with her computer.
Chitwood said the teacher was not seriously hurt, but suffered bruises and contusions on her arms. He did not know whether she returned to school Wednesday.
'She's lucky that she didn't get seriously hurt or anything worse than that,' Chitwood said. 'She was able to fight him off and she runs.'
After the assault, Chitwood said, the teacher chased James through the hallway and down a set of steps while shouting for help. Two male teachers responded and chased James outside the school, where police joined the pursuit.
Police ultimately found James hiding in a backyard of a home on the 1400 block of Bywood Avenue.
Chitwood said James did not target the assaulted teacher, but was 'prowling' and 'looking for something to steal.' He said James claimed to have an accomplice in entering the school through a back entrance, but police have not found anyone else involved. The investigation remains open.
Chitwood said James is also being charged for a similar incident that occurred Jan. 14 at Beverly Hills Middle School. James allegedly saw a teacher by herself and stole a computer from her room after a physical struggle.
James is believed to have stolen about a half-dozen computers from Beverly Hills Middle School and Upper Darby High School in the last month, Chitwood said. There were no assault victims in the other thefts, Chitwood said, adding that police are working to connect James to those crimes.
James, a 2011 graduate of Upper Darby High School, did not previously have a criminal record. Chitwood called James' brazenness 'mind-boggling,' and labeled him a 'bum' and a 'thug.'
'They don't care who they hurt, what they do,' Chitwood said. 'It's just crazy. It blows your mind. Here's a teacher doing her afterschool work and, luckily, she didn't get seriously injured or killed. He's wielding a hammer. Give me a break.'
James was arraigned Wednesday before Judge Ann Berardocco. He was unable to post $40,000 cash bail and is being held at Delaware County prison. He has a preliminary hearing slated for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday before Judge Robert J. Radano.
The Upper Darby School District released a statement Wednesday acknowledging that school officials immediately alerted police Tuesday after the incidents at both Upper Darby High School and Drexel Hill Middle School.
'We are proud that our parents, school district administrators, school district security and Upper Darby police department all worked together in the best interest of the security of our schools and students,' the statement read. 'The safety and security of our students always has been and continues to be the top priority of the Upper Darby School District.'
A parent of students at both schools said she was 'outraged' that the district did not immediately inform parents of the incidents. She said she learned of the incidents through media coverage Wednesday.
Dana Spino, Upper Darby public information coordinator, said the district was sending an automated message from Superintendent Louis DeVlieger to all staff and families Wednesday afternoon. The message also was available online.
The district's statement also claimed a memo of understanding between the district and police department dictates that they hold joint press conferences on criminal events.
'However, the police decided to hold their own press conference today without our knowledge,' the statement said.
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Gerrard backs Johnson tackle
Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has backed under-fire defender Glen Johnson after his two-footed lunge went unpunished in the Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester City.
Referee Lee Mason's decision not to act sparked criticism from City boss Roberto Mancini, who saw his captain Vincent Kompany sent off for a similar offence during the Manchester derby on Sunday.
Gerrard, who netted The Reds' winner from the penalty spot, was quick to back his club and international teammate.
Asked if the incident deserved a red card, Gerrard said: "I don't think so.
"It was a clear winner of a tackle. Roberto Mancini had a go at Wayne Rooney for trying to get his player sent off on Sunday so trying to get one of our players into trouble, that's not right."
In repost, a furious Mancini said: "Gerrard came to me and said, 'you said this,' but that's not important.
"Steven Gerrard can say what he wants, no problem. I said what I think. The tackle was worse than Vinny's."
With the only goal of the first leg at the Etihad Stadium, Gerrard has continued his comeback from an injury-laden 2011 with a spot-kick that gives Liverpool a crucial advantage going into the return game at Anfield.
"It's nice to be back. I feel like a footballer again - I've had a difficult year," Gerrard added.
"It's games like this that I've missed, games like this I've been patient for and worked so hard to get back for.
"I got the winning goal, but it was all about the team. We defended superbly from back to front. We weren't effective in the second half, we know that, but we were playing one of the big powers in the world and sometimes you've got to do the ugly stuff.
"We've done that - maybe the pretty stuff will come at Anfield in two weeks' time."
After two impressive performances in the league against City, Liverpool finally clocked up a victory over the Premier League leaders and despite coming under late pressure, Dalglish was impressed with his side's resilience.
"It was two different performances in each half. In the first we looked a lot more threatening than in the second, but in the second half with the goal advantage we just battened down the hatches and tried our best to get through it.
"We've had no goals against us - not too many teams have come here and gone away with no goals against them.
"It was a fantastic effort from the players in the second half. It might not have been the prettiest performance, but they didn't fall short in their desire, commitment or ambition in any way.
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|Book Review: A bankers take on Bull By The Horns
Get past the slaps for some serious history
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Bull By The Horns: Fighting To Save Main Street From Wall Street And Wall Street From Itself. By Sheila Bair, former FDIC Chairman, Free Press. 388 pp.
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Reviewed by Ed O'Leary. Ed has been writing the weekly "Talking Credit" blog for ababj.com since October 2008. Ed spent more than 40 years in commercial credit, community bank leadership, and related banking activities and now consults, including expert witness work. You can read his full biography in any edition of "Talking Credit." Previously he reviewed Optimizing Distressed Loan Books: Practical Solutions for Dealing with Non-Performing Loans.
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An earlier review of this book, by former examiner and now Bankers Toolbox consultant Michelle Lucci, can be read here.
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There is much here that will bug bankers, frankly, and Bair gets direct, even personal, about industry regulators, the industry's trade associations, her thoughts on leading corporate personalities, and this country's political leaders. Bankers who can look beyond her personal views and occasional biases will find some serious food for reflection in this book.
Based on my many conversations with bankers and industry participants in the last few years, many, if not most, consider the events of 2008 and 2009 among the most difficult of modern economic times for our financial system. Usually, as one veteran bank supervisor told me recently, "Liquidity problems are precipitated by asset quality issues that ultimately pointed to ultimate insolvency of a bank. In 2008, for the first time in a long working career, I thought that some banks might actually collapse for liquidity reasons alone, unrelated to asset quality issues." By any standard, the last few years have been extraordinary for the banking industry.
FDIC is a government agency born out of economic need to shore up our banking system in the depths of the Great Depression. It has served us well in the intervening almost 80 years. And it served us well during the difficult period we have just come through. Perhaps when more definitive histories of the last few years are written, Sheila Bair's tenure will be best remembered for her defense of a strong insurance fund that contributed substantially to keeping the problems contained. Her influence in shaping the outcomes of important components of financial reform and reregulation are important too, but more difficult to objectively assess in the near term.
Why you should read Bull By The Horns
Sheila Bair served as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation between 2006 and 2011, having been appointed to her term by President George W. Bush. A Kansas native, Bair graduated from KU Law School and was recruited by Senator Bob Dole as a member of his Washington staff in 1981. She also ran for public office, a House of Representatives seat in Kansas in 1990, losing her bid by a narrow margin. She served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Affairs in the early 1990s and immediately prior to her appointment to FDIC, was on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Her background, in other words, provided a solid understanding of legislative workings and an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities of functioning in the upper levels of government as a political appointee.
To me, the best part of her book were the solid recommendations she makes that are divided into three broad categories:
By the time the reader comes to these recommendation, Chairman Bair has set out the groundwork carefully and well for a proper understanding of her views.
Sheila Bair was occasionally a controversial person as FDIC chair. (Some will see that as an understatement.) I suppose that's part of the territory of leading a systemically important government agency but it's also, her detractors observed, a function of her occasionally contentious personality and her political savvy. "Ambitious" is a word often ascribed to her and her behaviors.
However, I don't think that her reputation, whatever any of us may judge it to be, in any way detracts from her message of telling of her experiences as she saw them and then sharing her views on how to improve things. Each is not very meaningful without the other; in combination, they tell a powerful and compelling story of legislative and bureaucratic success well as the challenges and difficulties.
It's a story of "sausage making," especially to those of us with a keen interest and longtime experience in the banking industry.
A story with vulnerable livestock
An attorney friend of mine is fond of reminding his colleagues, "Every sacrifice requires a goat." Bair's tale has many goats. There are three truly memorable ones in a large cast of often familiar characters.
Foremost is Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner.
Geithner still occupies his cabinet position, at this writing, so he won't likely get to tell his side of the story for many more months. It seems clear that these two individuals did not like each other and were not always able to work harmoniously and cooperatively. To Bair, Geithner was a persistent advocate of the "big banks" such as Citi and Bank of America. Her version of the political machinations of the Treasury to influence the outcome of certain events, including the selective withholding of information until the last minute, are interesting indications of the environment of long knives so prevalent in Washington today.
I think that this demeans Geithner and the high office he holds. But it also affords a fascinating insight into how government policy is formed, shaped, and altered. We won't all agree on the outcomes or the means but there are very few of us who will not enjoy the description of the fray.
Bair's specific issues with Geithner are primarily centered on his partiality toward big banks and bailouts. She illustrates these conflicts with him vividly in the negotiations around the three federal bailouts of Citibank and the outcome of the negotiations on who was to become the ultimate acquirer of Wachovia Bank--Citi or Wells Fargo. The chapter of the book devoted specifically to the Wachovia negotiations is particularly interesting and reflects just how jittery and unsettled the financial markets appeared to have been at the time Wachovia nearly collapsed from toxic assets acquired in its merger with Golden West.
Another "goat" receiving Bair's attention is Vikrim Pandit, the recently ousted CEO of Citigroup.
Bair's criticism of Pandit centers on his lack of commercial banking experience and his proclivity to seek refuge in government bailouts during the height of the banking crisis.
I happened to be working at home the day that Pandit's resignation was announced and was paying a low level of attention to the banter of the talking heads on CNBC. Bair was extensively interviewed that morning on the network and her tone and candor quickly caught my attention. While her comments on the air were considerably more modulated than those in the book, what is clear from both the interview and Bull By The Horns are her linking of the issue of "Too Big To Fail" to the inherent complexity of the largest institutions. More on this perennial controversy below.
Interestingly, Bair's comments on her relationships with Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Barney Frank, chairman of their chambers' banking committees, were largely complimentary and positive. She supports the Dodd-Frank Act reforms, though she would have liked to have seen greater structural changes in the way that bank supervisory agencies function and interact with each other.
Bair was generally critical of John Dugan, the Comptroller of the Currency, for his proclivity, shared with Secretary Geithner, to bail out the big banks and to perpetuate a banking structure that favors the very largest institutions.
One remarkable recommendation she makes is to abolish the OCC. That's a separate topic and not particularly a mainstream idea of the book, except for its relationship to her strong aversion to the concept of a single banking regulator. To Bair, a degree of "competition" among the supervisory community is healthy and with her primary reference point as her aversion to "big bank" sympathies regarding regulation and TBTF, she makes a compelling point.
Past the personalities, a policy treatise
As a reader with industry experience, I found Bair's attitudes against the strong tendencies of the supervisory community to favor bailing out mega-institutions that are deemed too big to fail to be her most important contribution to the current discussion. While TBTF has not been eliminated as a valid economic concern or political issue, considerable progress has been made in the last few years in limiting costs and risks to the taxpayers.
Complexity, rather than size, should drive the outcome of the debate-that's her main point on this topic. She believes that the highly complex business models of the very largest institutions are the enemy of supervisory simplicity and consistency.
One interesting point she makes is that shareholder return is probably the most widely used indicator of banking efficiency. If this is really indicative of consistently superior performance, then the very biggest banks should have the advantage in that one metric. That they do not is, to Bair, a sign that the economic justification of highly complex business models simply cannot consistently be made.
As I noted earlier, I think Bair's recommendations--or at least most of them--should be taken very seriously. Here is what I think are the best:
An evolutionary read of recent history
As a survivor of previous economic crises and many years as a problem loan workout specialist, I've been a keen observer of bank supervisory attitudes and practices.
I lived through the tough stance of the OCC in the 1980s and into the 1990s and in hindsight, agree with OCC examiners that many banking practitioners didn't fully understand or appreciate the accumulated risks that banks and the banking system had undertaken. That happened again in the later part of the last decade and is probably something that will recur every generation or so.
I began reading Bull by the Horns having a vaguely formed distrust of Sheila Bair's views of the Great Recession and a suspicion about how well the regulatory authorities performed over the last credit downturn and the years leading up to it. In some respects I was not disabused of my biases--but I have come to appreciate Sheila Bair's actions as head of the FDIC during a tumultuous time except in one key respect.
Anecdotally, we have all heard (and some have directly experienced) the heavy hand of supervisory activity as the magnitude of the banking crisis unfolded.
Some of this was inevitable--as some of the responsibility belongs with the examiners themselves who were late to seeing the risks.
But the memory of the anecdotes of those experiencing the heavy hand during the last few years, especially by the field examiners of FDIC, is strangely at variance with how Bair portrays in her activities as head of the agency.
Put bluntly: How could someone who apparently was so consistently "right" at the national level in the difficult negotiations and the horse trading over the issues at stake have permitted such amateurish and wrongheaded behaviors by her examiners to impact the community banking industry?
The damage to the community banking system seems to some degree to have been preventable and unnecessary. That's probably the next significant tale of the Great Recession to be told.
Even Bair refers to the unfortunate notion that there may be banks too small to save. What's especially sad to me is the prevalence of the idea that bigger is always better.
It's an idea that's progressively destroying the business models of many community banks, institutions that provide so much to the local communities. I think Bair agrees with this too. Why else would anyone recommend the abolition of OCC?
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We need to put together a dictionary of phrases that express our meanings without invoking god. My reason for doing this is that i don't want people to think I'm religious, so I don't want to say things like "Thank god!" or "I'll pray for you."
So I have a few, but PLEASE add your own -- maybe we can make a document or page about it. Mine are:
(Of Jewish origin) saying BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era) instead of BC (before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini = in the year of our Lord -- he ain't MY lord, that's for sure!)
Saying "I'll keep you in my thoughts" instead of "I'll pray for you" because I won't. Even the Quaker "I'll hold you in the light" is better than promising to pray for someone. When I hear that someone is gravely ill, I say "I hope for the best possible outcome" which doesn't specify what that outcome is -- sometimes it's recovery, but sometimes, it's the deliverance of that person from their suffering.
"For goodness' sake!" instead of "For god's sake"
"By all that is in me" instead of "By god!" Because all I have to offer is what is in me and what I have to give.
"I am grateful" rather than "I am blessed" because maybe it's only the uncaring universe that I have to be grateful to, but gratitude is a very human emotion.Even "Thanks to the luck", because luck is a human, but not a deistic concept.
"Gezundheit" (which means "Health!") or just "To your health" instead of "god bless you" when someone sneezes. Or be like the Japanese and say nothing at all -- a sneeze isn't very meaningful in these modern days!
I dunno -- I may think up more, but I'd be VERY interested to see what other people come up with -- I KNOW there are a lot of fertile minds out there! :-)
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hi natalie - you know a lot more than i do, and how you put it all together is perfect and sooo jewish. christians just don't get it at all (sorry, guys, but it's true). i've recently joined a humanistic jewish group - it's fantastic. the torah is talked about as myth, there is no need for circumcision (which my son is not), and the bar/bas miztvahs well, here: the kids can pick any topic they choose and research it for giving a talk at the ritual, songs are sung; no torah reading - amazing, huh? here is an example of a topic: gefilte fish ! it turned out to be fascinating - the different kinds, regions, recipes, why the recipes were developed. . .
so, people, just as there are many interpretations of the christian view (including non-deist groups), there are interpretations and developments of the jewish way of life, too - from totally biblical to totally non-deist and everything in between. the "jealous god" and violent thing are so far from the jewish way of thinking now.
Somebody mentioned earlier that there's no reason for us to be pious...we're atheists. And that made me think about how people often mistake me as being religious because I don't swear very often. It causes a big reaction at work when I let out a swear word...ha. But I don't usually bring in religion into my swear word lexicon.
The reason I don't swear is that I was raised to think that it was a sign of bad manners. And I felt strongly about not swearing around my kids when they were young. I thought it showed great self control and maturity...ha. Now that my kids are teenagers, I've been more likely to loosen up and gave them the green light to say "crap" as a generic swear word. And this is in my presence, I have no idea what they say outside my earshot.
My daughter says "holy crap". I let it slide except around my parents...which I think she's intelligent enough to refrain from saying around them. I've been known to say poop and shit...so I guess my swearing is based on bodily functions more than anything else! So I guess my swearing is less on the profane scale and more 'earthy'.
I like Marge Simpson's expression: "What the Hellman's Mayonnaise?!?".
And Sponge Bob's "Oh Fishsticks". [One of the best episodes of that cartoon was the one where Sponge Bob uses profanity and it sounds like a dolphin vocalizing.]
hi natalie -
being german on my mom's side and jewish on my dad's, we always said 'gesundheit' (the condition of being healthy) and i really don't like the other - it's always seemed so namby pamby for some reason. (maybe because gesundheit has such feeling to it, like sh-t. in german it's scheiss, which ironically doesn't sound or feel as good to say at all :)
i don't see anyting wrong with saying 'godda--it' which also feels good to say and my mom said soooo well, it just works. besides, religious people don't like it, so why care about it? also, 'what the hell are you doing?' can be just as pagan as it is christian, it seems to me. my mom used to say "Ye gods," too - it's a middlewest idiom, st. louis, chicago. or how about the old 'egad!'?
'thank the gods' works for me - i mean sometimes you just feel like thanking somebody - might as well be a pagan way.
of course, you can always use a phrase with 'bloody' something or another. it's really a bad curse word in england i've heard. do you know where it comes from though? - the j-guy's blood - and it has something to do with his so-called mother, too. you just can't get away from it. and it works soooooo well, gods dammit :] alexa
I always wondered where "Frack!" came from! I use that one, too. But my vocabulary is much more limited than yours -- I admire your diversity! :-)
I like using frack. In my opinion, its more fun and satisfying to shout than the real f-bomb is. I got all my friends using it too, except they have no idea where it comes from and it makes me giggle that they're all being geeks without even knowing :)
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While United are waiting to discover if it will prove Giggs' Old Trafford swansong, they know it was Nemanja Vidic's farewell with the captain having agreed to join Inter Milan.
Van Persie paid tribute to the defender, saying: "Nemanja has been great. He's been playing here for eight-and-a-half years and the thing I always say about him is that he puts his head where people are scared to put their feet.
"That is Nemanja. He wants to die for the cause, in a good way. He is very brave, a great player and he's won everything at Manchester United. It was a special day for him too."
Midfielder Michael Carrick added: "He's a leader and one of the best defenders the club has had. It's sad that he's leaving because he'll be missed as he's a top player and an important part of the squad. Sometimes you've got to move on and we respect that."
Vidic addressed the Old Trafford crowd during the United players' lap of honour and Carrick said: "I'm sure he must have been touched by the reception he got. He's a man of few words so I was a bit surprised to see him get on the microphone at the end. You could see he was touched and there was definitely some emotion there. He's got one game left but that was his last one at this special place. He'll be missed."


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October 20, 2008
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (October 19, 2008) - Tire issues plagued Penske Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr. and Kurt Busch at Martinsville Speedway in Sunday's TUMS QuikPak 500 as the trio finished 23rd, 34th and 36th respectively.
Inclement weather rained out qualifying at Martinsville on Friday afternoon, so the field was set by 2008 owner points.
Newman and the No. 12 Alltel Dodge took the green flag in 16th place. Fighting an ill-handling race car early on, Newman ran as high as second place and solidly in the top 15 for more than half of the 504-lap event. However, Newman blew a right front tire at lap 332 which caused him to slap the wall in turn four. He was forced to pit under the green flag and fell two laps down to the leaders as a result. Newman was never able to make up the lost laps at the .526-mile oval and he finished the afternoon in 23rd place. With four races remaining in the 2008 NASCAR Cup Series season, Newman is 17th in the driver point standings.
"We fought a tight-handling race car all day, but we were working on it and it seemed to be getting better with the track bar adjustments that we were making each stop," Newman said. "But when we blew the tire, that pretty much ended our day. It was a disappointing afternoon for the Alltel Dodge team."
After starting 36th, Hornish unfortunately suffered the same fate as the No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger finished in 34th position, 31 laps down, after a blown right-front tire on lap 161 sent the team to the garage for repairs. Despite the incident, Hornish received "Rookie of the Race" honors for the second week in a row as the top-finishing rookie racer.
"It was a disappointing day for the Mobil 1 Dodge," said Hornish. "We should've probably finished the race two laps down. Unfortunately, we popped a tire and had to come to the garage for repairs. This Mobil 1 team worked really hard to get us back on track. We finished better than we did here last time but we're obviously not where we want to be. We're heading to tracks where we tend to run strong and we are looking ahead to Atlanta, Texas and Homestead."
Busch started 19th on the grid and endured a multitude of tire and brake issues early on, relegating his No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger to a 36th-place finish, 34 laps down to winner Jimmie Johnson.
"Just a total bummer day," Busch said. "Today, it was the right rear brake system. I don't know exactly what happened, but something in the bleeder was off when we pitted. I felt the brakes get really spongy and when we pitted, fluid was spewing everywhere. NASCAR wouldn't allow us to cap off the line and sent us to the garage to repair it before we could go back onto the track. So we looked at the rest of the race as a test session trying big changes."
The Penske Racing trio now head to Atlanta Motor Speedway next weekend for the excitement of the Pep Boys Auto 500. Racing action will be televised live on ABC on Sunday, October 26 at 1 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on PRN Radio beginning at 2 p.m. EDT.


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A cool breeze whispers by a picturesque cottage perched on a hill overlooking the city of Washington. A tall man in a dusty black suit gallops up the path and halts his horse in front of the house. He breathes in the country air and exhales a soft sigh of relief. Here, surrounded by open green spaces and a few stately buildings, the man has found a place to relax. It seems difficult to believe that such a place is only three miles from the dust and noise at the center of the nation's capital. The weary man in the dark suit is none other than President Abraham Lincoln and this is his seasonal home, his refuge from the chaos of Civil War Washington, DC. Yet there are decisions to be made and responsibilities from which he cannot escape.
President Lincoln and his family resided in this cottage from June through November of 1862, 1863 and 1864. Lincoln's first visit was a few days after his inauguration and his last visit was the day before his assassination. While in many ways it served as a sanctuary for Lincoln, he was still consumed by his presidential responsibilities. Each day on his commute to the cottage, the President passed contraband camps (temporary shelters built to house the thousands of former slaves that escaped to freedom behind Union Army lines), ambulances carrying sick soldiers to and from nearby hospitals, and cemeteries, all sights that served as reminders of the Civil War. While at this retreat, Lincoln met with both friends and political opponents and discussed strategies for winning the war. Most notably, he formulated his thoughts on emancipation and issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
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Marcia Franklin talks with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about his judicial philosophy and his book, Active Liberty.
The interview is part of Dialogue's ongoing "Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" and was taped at the 2006 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together authors to discuss literature and life. Marcia Franklin has interviewed speakers there since 2005. This year's, and previous years', conversations can be found at the Dialogue Sun Valley Writers site.


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A 37 90 89 - THE INVENTION OF THE NEO-AVANT-GARDE (group)
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NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (Berlin, Germany)
|Marius Babias, Florian Waldvogel
|Álvarez Santiago, Carl Andre, Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, James Lee Byars, Ursula Christiansen, Henning Christiansen, Johannes Cladders, Jef Cornelis, Hanne Darboven, Peter Duerr, García Espinosa Julio, Jean Genet, Octavio Getino, Maria Gilissen, Göldenboog Christian, Jorg Immendorff, Horst Kugel, Køpcke Addi, David Lamelas, Florian Lechenperg, LIDL Sport, David Loeb Weiss, José Massip, Lutz Mommartz, Robin Page, Panamarenko, A.R. Penck, Chris Reinecke, Tomas Schmit, Horst Scholz, Fernando Ezequiel Solanas, Ben Vautier, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela
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2018 Berlin Art Week
EXHIBITION SYNOPSISAbout A 37 90 89 - The Invention of the Neo-Avant-Garde
The exhibition project A 37 90 89 – The Invention of the Neo-Avant-Garde at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein is dedicated to the genesis of art practices critical of institutions since the 1960s based on the example of the project space A 37 90 89, founded in Antwerp in 1969. A 37 90 89 had a decisive influence on the development of project spaces worldwide, it quintessentially influenced subsequent models of alternative art spaces, producer galleries and participatory initiatives. Initiated by a progressive group of collectors, gallery owners as well as art mediators and supervised by Kasper König, the project space A 37 90 89 developed a diverse curatorial practice that tested alternative models of art production and art mediation beyond the institutions. The artists and mediators involved in Antwerp are today among the outstanding representatives of the neo-avant-garde. They formulated the radical changes of the way contemporary art is presented and received, which resulted from the political and artistic upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s, and expressed these at the project space A 37 90 89 in an emblematic way. By presenting works of art and diverse archive material, the exhibition A 37 90 89 – The Invention of the Neo-Avant-Garde revives complex historical coherences and artistic and socio-political contexts and makes them accessible.
By taking the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) and that of the Antwerp project space A 37 90 89, the presentation and reappraisal of the historical project space A 37 90 89 reconstructs the period of social upheavals around 1968/1969 and renders it productive for our time, 50 years later. At the same time, it creates a relationship between Neuer Berliner Kunstverein and the activities in Antwerp: Having evolved over time, n.b.k. with its exhibition program, its video collection and its art lending library Artothek not only reflects the history of the neo-avant-garde in Berlin, but has also shaped it right up to the present day.
Following the approaches of A 37 90 89, the project includes the exhibition at n.b.k. along with a cooperation with the project space after the butcher. Here, Berlin's diverse art landscape is described as a complementary unity of independent scene and institutions. In addition, A 37 90 89 – The Invention of the Neo-Avant-Garde is accompanied by a film program in cooperation with Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art as well as discussion sessions.
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SHY GIANTS is a web site devoted to the lost women of Ironman: the women whose efforts in founding the sport of triathlon, and the phenomenon of Ironman ultra-distance triathlons, have too often been overlooked. The site was conceived and designed by Lynn Van Dove.
The site will consists of several episodes telling the story of Ironman's "Aloha Years", between 1978 and 1990, when Ironman was "more than just a race". The site will tell the story from Hawaii to Canada to Japan and beyond, but with particular focus on Ironman Canada. Each episode will feature video, photos, text and documents. The aim is to create a record of the organizational and inspirational contributions of a number of key women in the creation and development of ultra-distance triathlon.
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History of St. George's Caye
Rich in culture and history, St. George's Caye, Belize's original capital, is the bedrock of this Central American nation's independence from the imperial stronghold of Spain. Intent on conquering and subduing the Yucatan coast in 1511, the Spaniards made constant attempts to control the region, which included the country of Belize.
In the mid-1600s, shipwrecked British sailors became the first recorded European settlers in Belize. Known as the Baymen, this group of pirates, buccaneers and adventurers cut logwood in Belize for export to Europe. Periodic attacks by Spain to reclaim sovereignty ensued, resulting in treaties between England and Spain, allowing the Baymen to continue their trade.
On September 10, 1798, the Baymen were forced to defend their tiny settlement against a Spanish invasion of 32 ships carrying 2,000 troops and 500 seamen. Heavily outnumbered and against the odds, the Baymen achieved a decisive victory. The Battle of St. George's Caye, which took place in the waters surrounding the resort, was the last attempt made by the Spanish to control Belize. Today, more than 200 years later, September 10 is still celebrated as a national holiday.
The historical significance of St. George's Caye has been immortalized on Belize's five dollar bill which depicts a map of the island, along with images of important landmarks including a sarcophagus that is still believed to be buried behind the villa located on the property of St. George's Resort.


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Yet a lingering disenchantment with the party always lurked like a nagging conscious and whispered doubts in my ear. Personal friends from my youth may recall how I often quipped that Republicans were the party of evil and Democrats the party of gutlessness. Alas, our winner take all system reinforces the two party duopoly, so I saw no viable alternative. And perhaps there never will be.
The good thing about the gutless party is that at least it wasn't out to get me. Whereas those nasty Republicans seemed to suggest that if I as a secular Jew didn't accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior, support school prayer and engaged in casual sex, I was condemned to eternal damnation. Furthermore, if I didn't fully embrace the principles of predatory capitalism and aggressive military nationalism, I was not a loyal American in their eyes. The Republican Party's racist "southern strategy," gutter tactics and homophobia, also repulsed me.
So I rationalized supporting Democrats against what I deemed the party of evil. If we didn't stand up for Bill Clinton then Newt Gingrich and his apostles of hate and greed would run amok. With respect to policy the Clinton administration made all sorts of compromises I didn't agree with such as welfare reform. But his heart seemed in the right place and the technology bubble provided an illusion of prosperity and hope for wage earners across the board. Meanwhile, the Republicans had the temerity to impeach our duly elected president for getting a blowjob. I didn't approve of Clinton's personal conduct but abusing our Constitution over it bothered me more.
Through the year 2000, I remained a staunch liberal both ideologically and temperamentally. By temperament I mean I was willing to debate and listen to ideas from conservative acquaintances and relatives, even as I contradictorily regarded the GOP itself as an evil institution of hate mongering greed. I've never believed that I had a monopoly on wisdom and perhaps through the power of reason and a good faith give and take, we could find "common ground" for the greater good. Yeah, once upon a time I really did believe that.
After all, most of the conservatives I knew were decent people and didn't perceive themselves, as enablers of hate mongering greed. I didn't equate them with Republican politicians. So ideologically, I remained a traditional New Deal sort of liberal but in personal disposition I also believed it was important to remain intellectually flexible and receptive to changing realities. I still believe in that personally but in this country it doesn't seem to work politically.
Then George W. Bush stole the 2000 presidential election. No need to rehash the tale we all know so well. Suffice to say that I was PISSED! Pissed at how an American electorate could make an election close enough so Bush could steal it because they preferred him as someone they could have a beer with. Pissed that Ralph Nader and his supporters actually claimed there was no difference between Bush and Al Gore.
Pissed at a Democratic Party that crawled into a fetal position after Bush's ascendancy and 9/11. Pissed at the reign of indecency under a Christian-fascist regime guided by neocons, immoral nationalists, predatory crony capitalists and religious zealots. A century from now, if the human race is still here, historians may well trace America's decline to that 2000 election when predatory capitalism's crusade that was launched by Reagan achieved its nirvana of destruction under Bush, Cheney and their merry band of "End Times" misogynists, corporatists, Ayn Rand fetishists and delusional believers of American exceptionalism.
During the 2002 midterm elections I looked upon my party of gutlessness in a new light. While Democrats would not overtly do me any harm they also wouldn't stand up for me when Republicans pursued irrational wars or allowed predatory crony capitalism to destroy the American dream. It seemed the entire party was a self-gelding machine of ineptitude suffering from battered wife syndrome.
Then along came Howard Dean, a centrist governor from Vermont, who nonetheless was one of the few Democrats bold enough to fight the madness with his famous "What I want to know" March 15, 2003 speech in Sacramento. Inspired by Dean, a "netroots" movement took off to emancipate the Democratic Party from elite consultants and lobbyists to represent regular folks. Or so we believed.
For liberals like myself it was cathartic to encounter others who realized America was on a collision course with calamity and hungered for a Democratic Party with the spine to stand up and fight. In that despair and anger we felt under Bush and a corporatist media that failed to challenge the Bush administration's distortion of reality emerged an exhilaration that we regular people would "force the spring" with a counter narrative of "truth."
To my disgust Bush stole another election in 2004 and portrayed John Kerry, a man with four purple hearts, as soft. In opposition, both to the Republicans and status quo insider Democrats, many of us dug in our heels to save the party and the country. In February 2006, I posted an essay I was quite proud of entitled "Pro-Business Liberalism." It was the first post I did that achieved any sort of notice and within the opening paragraph I identified a flaw that remains pervasive in the Democratic Party today:
"Meanwhile, the Democrats are enduring the worst perceptions among voters from both wings of their party: liberals reluctance to identify with pro-business policies makes the party appear in favor of handouts while the DLC reinforces the suspicion among voters that the Democrats are just as corporatist as the Republicans. It's an odd contradiction and a rare feat of political ineptitude: the two wings of the party have managed to make Democrats appear socialist and corporatist at the same time."Over four years later and little has changed! President Barack Obama this past week was compelled to defend his administration for not being anti-business even as millions of Americans perceive it as beholden to predatory capitalists on Wall Street. The duality is undermining Obama's administration and the Democratic Party's effectiveness.Sadly, what the Democratic Party offers is predatory capitalism lite and nationalism with a veneer of multinational diplomacy.
And that leaves liberals like myself feeling adrift. My ideal of liberalism is to provide an indispensable alternative to revolution and reaction. I always envisioned liberalism as facilitating tangible positive change and reform at a pace that can be absorbed by society as a whole. I'm not a revolutionary. Revolutions are bloody. Reaction is also bloody. Hence, liberalism to me represented a means of how society could evolve and adapt to changing realities without bloodshed or overly harsh policies that hurt the most vulnerable among us. And hopefully empower and lift up those left behind in the free market's rough and tumble.
In 2010 however, liberalism as defined by Democrats under Barack Obama is pursuit of that holy-grail independent voter who stands on the political fifty-yard line. The end result is the center of political gravity being pulled further to the radical right as liberalism continues to lose ground. And the body politic as a result can't even do something modest like extend unemployment benefits as plutocratic millionaire corporatists complain about the deficit they largely created during the Bush years.
So as I reflect upon my political identity today it can be defined as weary of slogans, promises and personalities. I don't believe in political parties or their platforms. I don't believe in the dogma of ideology, be it left, right or middle. I don't believe in silver tongued icons. I don't believe in special interests, net roots movements, so called grass roots movements, moralizing politicians with nice haircuts, blow dried talking heads or careerist pundits with stock dividends in the system. I don't believe in big government or the free market. I never believed organized religion could save anyone.
I do believe most people are decent, reasonable and competent. Our salvation, if it is to ever come, will happen on the community level when people pool their collective resources against predatory capitalists and their enablers in power with their own businesses, local financial credit lending institutions and reduce our own carbon footprints. Otherwise, in my lifetime, a bloody revolution, reaction or even a xenophobic civil war is inevitable.
Alas, liberalism never seemed so far away.


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