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It is with deep sorrow that I report the passing of my good friend and long-time TCSD member Jonathan Jefferson after a gallant battle with cancer. JJ passed away on February 2nd. JJ was the ultimate volunteer as he was always willing to lend a hand. JJ gave so much to so many.
To honor JJ, the TRI-Palooza Endurance Sports Weekend awarded the Tri Club Members of the Year with the "Jonathan Jefferson Tri Club Member of the Year Award". The TCSD recipient was John Hill. The LA Tri Club recipient was William Robinson. The Orange County Tri Club recipient was Amanda Barth. The California Triathlon recipient was Harrison Shao.
To further honor JJ, we re-published the following interview in the March 2015 TCSD Newsletter. This interview was originally published in the January 2012 TCSD Newsletter.
Donations in the form of a check to help offset the medical costs can be sent to
Marilou Jefferson
c/o Paula Munoz
PO Box 91291
San Diego, CA 92169
TCSD Conversation by Craig Zelent
I had the chance to talk triathlon recently with the Tri Club's Jonathan Jefferson. JJ's most visible position with the TCSD was as our Beginner Open Water Swim Coach, but he represents the true spirit of the TCSD as he always seems to be there doing the "heavy lifting" as a volunteer whenever needed. Please join me as we get to know this great guy.
Craig: What was your athletic background before you got involved in triathlon?
JJ: I started swimming on a team at the age of 6…spent most of my time on the pool deck in the summer. Mom would bribe me to get to a 7AM swim practice with a chocolate covered donut. My brothers both wanted to play Little League baseball and my parents made me play, too. They would pull me out of the pool and take me to baseball practice. I would be the only DORK there in shorts…just in time for sliding practice. I thought every pitcher was hurling the ball right at my head. They managed to hit it several times too! Not a good experience. Growing up I would ride my red 10-speed bike everywhere. When I was old enough I would ride it 10 miles to the pool…do swim practice…then run around all day. I was a little triathlete in the making. I was on my community pool swim team for 11 years. My only team sport was lacrosse. I started playing in 5th grade through high school. I loved to play. But like swimming…I was passionate about the sport, but not the best at it. That didn't matter though. I was on the team and loved it. By the end of high school I had become a lifeguard at a local reservoir. Fellow TCSD member, Shawn Moran used to swim there as a kid…while I was lifeguarding there! We would not meet for another 25 years. I probably had to yell at him a few times…I'm sure. My lifeguarding experience culminated with a stint as a pool manager/lifeguard at a country club. Let's just say the pool area at this country club was "big cat country"…cougars around every corner. A 19 or 20 year old college student/pool manager didn't have a chance. I survived.
Craig: What memories do you have of your first triathlon?
JJ: The Major Walter Murphy Memorial Triathlon on Staten Island held in 1984 was my first triathlon. I trained pretty hard for the race. I was always swimming and running with guys that were faster than I was…and still riding my bike to work every day. When I told them I was hoping to get in the top ten at the race they gave me a quick nod and a good luck but didn't mean it. Even my father…in the kitchen of our house on race day said to me "are you sure you are ready for this?" I said "Dad…if that was your pep talk, thanks…now let's get to the race." The swim was held in Great Kills Harbor and if you think you have swam in dirty water…the water you were swimming in was Perrier compared to this stuff. Engine oil on the surface…chopped up fish and jelly fish floating everywhere…and other things…don't ask. The first time I actually got any in my mouth I dry heaved. I was 2nd or 3rd out of the water…5th or 6th on the bike…and 10th overall. Back then the song Eye of the Tiger was new and they played the heck out of it. All through the run people were playing it on their boom boxes thinking it would help us run faster. I ran faster just to get out of ear shot of the song. I've got to admit…I like hearing it from time to time today. After the race everyone was congratulating me and I found my way to the beer garden. Bud Light taps coming right out of the side of the Bud Light beer truck. Triathlons were going to be OK in my book, forever!
Craig: I know you've been racing forever and have done everything from 50k running races to half ironmans, but what race result are you the most proud of and why?
JJ: I have done many races between 1984 and today, but none really stand out as best races. I always trained and raced with guys…and girls that were faster than me. As a result I was always finishing behind them. I was seldom very pleased with my results. I brought home some hardware (awards) from Bud Light USTS and other races here and there. But nothing memorable in my book. My first triathlon is up there and the 50k I did. It was all trails and through streams. Tough race. My time for that race is faster than the last few marathons I have done! I would have liked to have been on Wide World of Sports' Survival of the Fittest competition. Scott Tinley mentioned doing that when he was at one of our meetings. I always thought I would have done well there. The only race result I will consider notable will be completing the Hawiian Ironman. No ETA on that one.
Craig: What is the dumbest thing you've ever done as a triathlete?
JJ: Back in the day…90′ or 91′ me and a few other guys were going up to a run-bike-run race in LA. There was one guy with us who would not…or could not shut up. Good guy…and a strong runner and biker…but talk talk talk. We were in the line of traffic waiting to get on to some military base. The race was held on an air strip. I could not take the talking any longer and decided to get out of the car and do a little warm up run. I would hook back up with them and get my bike after they parked the car. Well, I found the guys and they pointed in the direction where the car was so I could get my bike and helmet. There was a sea of cars, I could not find it. Running around the parking lot I finally found the car…ripped my bike out of the back and ran to the transition area to rack it. I forgot my helmet. By this time my heat start was just minutes away and I could see them all waiting behind the current heat being sent off. I was a hundred yards from where I needed to start and had no helmet. A spectator was standing behind the fence…with a helmet in hand. I took the helmet, yelled out my race number and thanked him for letting me use his fine helmet. Then…the nightmare we have all had…seeing your heat start and you are running to catch them because you are late. DUMB!
Craig: What was your experience like as the TCSD's Beginner Open Water Swim Coach?
JJ: Like joining the club in the first place…coaching beginner triathletes how to conquer their fear of swimming in open water just felt right. I had just joined the club and was sitting next to the then current coach Steve Koci at a club meeting…I think it was the last meeting Jim McCann presided over…and Steve stood up and asked for some help with the beginner swim. I knew I had to step up. As it turns out…Steve had a pretty busy schedule that year training for an Ironman and traveling so I ended up running many of the sessions in the latter part of that season. The next year he decided to let me take over as coach. I enjoyed many fun filled workouts with fledgling triathletes…many of whom are coaches for the club today. But what makes my day/year/life is when someone comes up to me and thanks me and tells a friend how much I helped them get over the fear of open water and made them a better swimmer. What a great reward for doing something you love to do anyway! I get back to those workouts when I can.
Craig: You have been very involved in fundraising efforts for the Challenged Athletes Foundation. How did you get started with that and what have you done to raise money for the CAF and what have you done to raise funds for CAF?
JJ: CAF is one of the main beneficiaries of our club members' fund raising efforts…and for good reason. They help change the lives of so many people who are faced with physical barriers to sports. I got involved after attending CAF fund raising events held by other club members over the years. At those events I met fellow supporters of CAF as well as the beneficiaries of those efforts. These athletes who get the equipment needed in order to have the freedom of going on a bike ride, or run…or play basketball…or ski are so very gracious and thankful. They work harder than any one of us…they have to learn to use their new leg or arm or chair. In return, many have become the ambassadors we meet today at our meetings and at races…everywhere. They are always donating their time and leading by example. There are endless stories of inspiration among the athletes of CAF. Raising funds for CAF can happen in many ways…sending requests to friends and family, fun events, raffles. I have never considered myself a good fundraiser. But what takes my mind off of the task at hand…getting cash from others for a great cause…is the notion that in talking to the greatest number of people about a worthy organization I am possibly giving someone else the motivation to continue our effort.
Craig: What was your experience like doing the 2011 CAF Million Dollar Challenge?
JJ: The Million Dollar Challenge is a cycling event held each year where 100 people pledge to raise a minimum of $10,000 each. The fund raising effort culminates with a 7 day bike tour through our state's most scenic roads from San Francisco to San Diego. The ride is 620 miles. I actually GAINED weight on this ride! You are treated like a king…or queen for this week. The best hotels, food and support like you have never had on any ride in your life. We rode with many of the challenged athletes that have benefited from our efforts. You get to know their stories and learn more about them outside of just riding or running. What got me going on the idea of joining this effort was watching John Skoglund, one of my spin class buddies, experience the joy of raising funds via parties, mailings to friends and family, "selling some stuff" as he put it, and finally reaching his goal. I actually gave John a donation after he had already made his goal of $10,000 and I could almost see tears in his eyes. John was moved by the generosity of others. John did the ride in 2010. He trained hard and was in the best shape of his life. Shortly after the ride, John discovered he had a battle of his own to fight. After a long battle with cancer John passed away. I told John that he motivated me to join the Million Dollar Challenge so in a big way he helped CAF through my efforts. When someone invites you to an event benefiting the Challenged Athlete Foundation…GO…and bring some cash! You are guaranteed to have fun and feel really, really good knowing you are helping a great organization and others in need.
Craig: What is your new business venture and how do you hope to incorporate that into the TCSD?
JJ: I recently got back in to a hobby from my childhood. Back in the woods of New Jersey where I grew up we lived on a small farm. My dad was an attorney but had this farm also. We had pigs, chickens, an occasional veal calf, a huge garden…and bees. The bees were my interest. We had 7 bee hives. I would bring our chicken's eggs and our bee's honey to church to sell each Sunday. When the county fair came to town every summer I would go with my 4H bee keeping club and be the crazy…or stupid guy putting on a safari hat filled with bees for everyone to see. I had more hair back then and the bees would get tangled in it every year. This past June while dad was visiting from good old NJ I got to talking with him about bee keeping. I said I have always wanted to get back in to it. We went out and got everything we needed to get started…except for the bees. Had the hive, the bee suit, gloves…everything…except bees. I looked on Craigslist and soon found someone with a colony of bees they needed taken out from under their shed. I went out to get them (thanks to Bob Cunningham for helping out…look for that one on video soon) and had my first bee hive…have not stopped growing my hive numbers since. I now have 20 bee hives. My plan is to become a sponsor of the Club! With 20 hives I will have roughly 2,000 pounds of locally harvested, raw, unfiltered honey…as healthy as you can get. A dollar of every pound of honey I sell to club members will be given to our club charity, TCSD Cares. I still make my living as a financial advisor but plan on having a lot of fun with my new small business. Marilou, my girlfiend, is my partner in this venture and we will be heading out to farmers markets as well. Some of the honey harvested will even come from our own Daniel Powell's back yard…which happens to be San Elijo lagoon. Look for a dark amber wildflower honey from this location…yum. I have long term visions of owning one to two hundred hives and getting involved with the almond polination in central CA. One third of all the food we consume each year comes from crops that need polination from bees. Without bees we would be in a serious food shortage.
Craig: I can't wait for the honey to be ready, but I'll leave that work to the professionals like you to harvest. What is your favorite part of membership in the TCSD?
JJ: The part of membership in TCSD that stands out for me is the endless opportunities to meet great people. Not just at races, workouts and club meetings, which are awesome. What I also enyoy is going to plays, dinners at people's homes, wine tasting trips…we even had the start of a book club. We all read Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat and got together for the book review. I missed the book review but read the book only because we had decided to read it together. There is such a rich mix of people to experience and get to know.
Craig: A couple of years ago you came close to getting elected President of the TCSD. What did you learn from that experience?
JJ: What a whirlwind that was! It was Friday evening and a bunch of us were at Jose's having some dinner and "re-hydrating" after a Cove swim when the topic of club president came up. I rattled off the obvious picks, Don Lopez, Brian Wrona, and you! A very attractive friend leaned across the table and said to me "what about Jon Jefferson?" This really knocked me off my barstool. I had given it some thought, but felt I had not been in the club long enough. She gave me the push I needed to run. I finished in the top 2…of two. I would consider it a privilege to help lead the greatest triathlon club on the planet and would consider running again sometime, but starting a small business combined with my current fulltime profession as a financial advisor and training for a few races each year really eats up a lot of time. Thomas has done an amazing job over the past few years as did Brian Long…each with the quiet strength and help of John Hill and an army of us as volunteers. But the job of Prez., it has been said by many, is like a full time job without pay! We are over 3,000 members strong and have a huge budget. There are so many events to coordinate and people to contact. Hats off to all you presidents out there…past and present. I would be honored to join your ranks some day. We have an election coming up this year…I think. I cannot wait to see who is willing to step up and take the position. One request for all club members…get out to vote! When I ran there were only 300 or so votes cast out of 2,500 members! Whoever gets elected, they can count on me to help them out any way I can.
Craig: What are your future goals in triathlon?
JJ: IRONMAN. But only one. Hawaii. This may anger some of the Ironman purists, but I will be happy to accept a lottery slot for the race…or a fund raising entry if I ever was awarded one. When you have you, Dean Sprague, Steve Tally…and many other fast guys in your age group getting a qualifying slot is like finding the golden ticket in Willie Wonka. Ever since I picked up the first issue of Triathlon magazine, with Dave Scott crossing the finish line at dusk, I wanted to do that race. The race has a certain destiny to it. I will be there. The day will play out however it plays out, but I will finish that goal and be very sad when it is over. In the mean time I plan on volunteering with fellow club members, doing a few club events…some involving triathlons and heading to a few destination type races like Wildflower.
Craig: JJ, thank you so much for sharing your story. It's just a matter of time before you cross that Hawaiian Ironman finish line. Good luck with all you do!
Craig Zelent is a USA Triathlon Level 1 Certified Coach. Craig can be reached at 760-214-0055 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Gasbag apparently believed that his wealth could trump the noxious racism he's been broadcasting over his very long career and allow him to buy an athletic team. Perhaps the Gasbag believed that people's memories are short and that no one would perform a simple Google search and find what he has said in the past about the NFL and its players:
"Look, let me put it to you this way: The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said this afternoon that the divisive rhetoric of prospective Rams minority owner Rush Limbaugh makes him unappealing.
"I myself couldn't even think of voting for him," said Irsay speaking from the NFL's fall ownership meetings in Boston.
Asked if he'd spoken to other owners about Limbaugh's candidacy, Irsay said, "I haven't and I don't think I would even go to the point of talking to Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell, Dwight Freeney, talking to those men and seeing what their positions are. I'm very sensitive to know there are scars out there. I think as a nation we need to stop it. Our words do damage and it's something that we don't need. We need to get to a higher level of humanity and we have.
NFL players' union opposes Limbaugh's bid for Rams, says football "overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred"
From an October 11 ESPN.com article:
NFL Players Executive Director DeMaurice Smith on Saturday made a move to solidify the union against a bid by conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh as part of a group that aims to purchase the St. Louis Rams.
In an e-mail to the union's executive committee on Saturday specifically addressing Limbaugh's bid, Smith said, "I've spoken to the Commissioner [Roger Goodell] and I understand that this ownership consideration is in the early stages. But sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends. Our sport does exactly that when it overcomes division and rejects discrimination and hatred."
NFL commissioner Goodell: Limbaugh's "divisive comments are not what the N.F.L. is all about"
From an October 13 New York Times report:
Commissioner Roger Goodell cast doubt on Rush Limbaugh's viability as an N.F.L. owner Tuesday, saying that "divisive comments are not what the N.F.L. is all about."
"I've said many times before, we're all held to a high standard here," Goodell said. Then he continued: "I would not want to see those comments coming from people who are in a responsible position in the NFL -- absolutely not."
Goodell emphasized that the Rosenbloom family, which owns the St. Louis Rams, is not even fully committed to sell its majority stake in the team and that they were extremely early in the process. Limbaugh has teamed with the former Madison Square Garden executive Dave Checketts in a bid for the Rams. But Goodell's comments were a thinly veiled signal that Limbaugh's bid -- even if it were the highest -- would most likely not receive support from owners, who must approve any change in ownership.
63 comments:
- I Ain't Got No Blog said...
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- October 14, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- Jim said...
Before you get all gaga over this non-sense I'd think you would like to hear both sides. I've listened to Rush for over 10 years and there is not one ounce of racism uttered on his program. Not one. You can't deny that because you haven't listened long enough. The left just loves to pick and choose sound bites and if that ain't enough they make up stuff. Saul Alinsky would be proud.
From RushLimbaugh.com:
RUSH: Well, this is the dilemma that I admitted having when the program began. I've talked about this a bunch. Brief history. When I started this radio program in 1988, I had never been called a racist, a bigot, a sexist, a homophobe. People who knew me never thought that. It was ridiculous. But then I got on the radio as a conservative and all of a sudden I started being attacked as a racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe. And I didn't know what to do about it. It had never happened, and there was nobody that could give me any guidance. I just got a bunch of advice and there are basically two pieces of advice I got. "Rush, you gotta hit back! You can't let people make those claims about you and try to ruin your reputation and smear you. You gotta fight back on that!"
So I would take that advice and I would respond to it, and the critics would just (rubbing hands together) laugh with glee, "A-ha! We must have hit a home run. Limbaugh's upset," and they would just add to the smears. And then other people said, "Look, you're bigger than all that combined. You just have to ignore it because if you acknowledge it, you just elevate it and more and more people hear about it than otherwise would," and those are always the two options that you have. Now, there are mitigating factors, that is, I think when race is brought into it that you can't let stand. If people are trying to destroy your reputation and your credibility, your life and your career by attacking you as a racist, then you have to stand up and fight that. Now, we are in the process behind the scenes working to get apologies and retractions with the force of legal action against every journalist who has published these entirely fabricated quotes about me, slavery, and James Earl Ray. I never said them. We have tracked them. We know where they came from. We don't know the identity but we know where they came from, a single blogger who posted the stuff on my Wikipedia page in Wiki quotes, unsourced. Wikipedia says, "Well, this is in dispute." It's not in dispute. They were never uttered. I never said them. And I've even told reporters, "I never said them." One reporter said to me, "Oh, don't worry about it. You've created a masterful publicity stunt here," meaning my effort to buy the St. Louis Rams is just a publicity stunt. "Enjoy the controversy. I'm not going to retract it. Why should I? This is good for you," he wrote. He's black. Jason Whitlock.
- October 14, 2009 at 10:36 AM
- Ciao Baby said...
Oh yeah you can always depend on Shaw coming out of the woodwork to defend the Black Guy Al Sharpton over the White guy no matter who it is.
The thug-mongers Football payers don't even deserve to be in Rush's employ. Her views on this subject are SO slanted it can make me throw up.
I don't even care about Rush, but to be on the same side of AL SHARPTON is a travesty. Al Sharpton doesn't even understand the definition of HONESTY
- October 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- I Ain't Got No Blog said...
So if I write an opposing view to yours and show where you are wrong, you delete my post!
It's so typical of someone who is closed off to opposing viewpoints How typical of you lefties!
I also have that post on Truth's blog, where at least he has the GUTS to leave it.
- October 14, 2009 at 10:54 AM
- Shaw Kenawe said...
I believe Rush Limbaugh is a destructive force in America. And I believe he's a racist.
I'll let his own words speak for themselves:
"Look, let me put it to you this way: The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."
I've heard children utter the coda "There, I said it" when they believe they have uttered something everyone "knows" but is too afraid of expressing for fear of retaliation. Limbaugh felt comfortable in saying those words because he believed everyone listening to him agrees that the NFL, because of the number of Black men who play in it, resembles nothing more than a gang of murderous thugs.
Would he have made that observation if no African-American played in the NFL? IDTS. Then why did he utter such a smear?
One could use the same sort of racially loaded statement by saying that the Congressional Republicans all too often (Senate and House) look like a meeting of the KKK, without the hoods. That is the equivalent of what Limbaugh's words were about the NFL:
Stupid and racist.
- October 14, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Shaw Kenawe said...
This is what you wrote about me in the comment I deleted:
"Shaw Kenawe You're either in denial or a blundering idiot.
YOU are very big on throwing around that word "RACIST" but YOU are a bigger RACIST than any of them."
I've decided to protect myself from having to read anymore comments like that. And comments like the ones you happily joined in on in another blogger's hatefest about me.
Learn a lesson in presenting your arguments from the commenter, Jim.
He's a gentleman. You are not.
As you can see, Jim's opposing comment has not been deleted.
- October 14, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- Shaw Kenawe said...
Ciao Baby,
Are you kidding?
I've written absolutely nothing about Sharpton. Nothing.
Everything in my post is about my opinion of Limbaugh, as well as the NFL's players and owners' take on his bid to become part-owner of the Rams. There's nothing in any of this about Sharpton.
And please do me a favor. Stay away from here.
Go find someone else to annoy with your non-sequiturs.
- October 14, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Shaw Kenawe said...
IAGNB and RaAA,
You guys need to learn how to argue but mostly, to read. Neither of you do either well.
I've never said a word about Louis Farrakhan on this blog.
No one said anything about Limbaugh not having the "right" to be a part owner of an NFL team.
The subject of this post is that THE NFL DOESN'T WANT HIM--THE OWNERS AND THE PLAYERS.
All other discussions over what the Gasbag has said on his show, what Sharpton said, or anyone else is irrelevant.
Rude and Arrogant Ass,
Please stop coming here. You were all to happy to join in with IAGNB and all the others who were all too eager to bash me in that sexually disgusting blog post a few weeks ago.
I don't want you here.
You and IAGNB have proved time and again that you have nothing important to bring to any discussion.
- October 14, 2009 at 12:04 PM
- Arthurstone said...
I love reading posts defending the great man. Always lots of CAPS.
Yet another, albeit indirect, contribution of Rush Limbaugh to civil discourse.
And Jim, thanks for working Saul Alinsky into the thread.
Well done.
- October 14, 2009 at 12:41 PM
- Jim said...
Hey, SK, I knew this would get out of hand. You are one brave gal and I respect that of you.
Now, every one of these people from Rick Sanchez to David Shuster to Tamron Hall to James Carville -- who really knows better. James Carville knows me. We have socialized together. James Carville is repeating this totally fabricated lie attributed to me about slavery. We have tracked its origins. Its origins are in 2005, a blogger who was throwing it all over the Internet and then got it into my Wikipedia entry in the Wiki quotes, and even there it says it's unsubstantiated, "disputed," but these people are still going in there and using it. These are professional journalists: Rick Sanchez, Tamron Hall, David Shuster -- who, by the way, NBC already suspended Shuster once for saying that the Clintons "pimped" out Chelsea Clinton. Again from RushLimbaugh.com
Would it have been any better SK if Rush had used the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys as an analogy of violence in a football game? I think you are being way to sensitive about comparing a football game as a battle between the Crips and Bloods. Some of these games get personally vicious, ala the Oakland Raiders of the '60s and the battle between the Houston Oilers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
BTW - it is only the vocal whiners in the NFL that are being reported on in the media. Of course for me I quit watching pro sports years ago when salaries got to a point I could no longer relate to. Just a bunch of rich guys of one color, green.
- October 14, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Jim said...
Thanks Arthurstone, I think. ;-)
- October 14, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- Arthurstone said...
It isn't really a compliment Jim.
It's an acknowledgement of the current 'conservative' fascination with the great Saul Alinsky. His thoughts & tactics are turned upside down to defend over-privileged demagogues like Rush Limbaugh.
What a world!
- October 14, 2009 at 1:26 PM
- dmarks said...
Jim said:
"I've listened to Rush for over 10 years and there is not one ounce of racism uttered on his program. Not one."
I can't recall hearing it either. But I have not listend to Rush Limbaugh 24/7. Or 3/5 as the case may be. Others have, and I did check out the source of the quotes that Shaw likes to list as examples of Rush's racism. Unfortunately, they are true quotes. And it's pretty hard to deny the racism in the quotations, other than the Spike Lee one which plays on Lee's specific reputation from having made a movie in favor of mindless rioting.
On the subject of football, I remember when Rush made those racial comments about the NFL. I heard these comments from his own mouth (through the golden microphone and into my radio). Racist? I'm not sure. Ham-nanded and dumb? Of course. Rush was injecting race into place where it had no business being. He was the one playing the race card on this.
I know tons of NFL fans, and they are the most colorblind guys imaginable. Rush's racial twist on things is way out there.
Rush does make some great points on a lot of other things, like when he speaks his "civics 101" style lessons on the greatness of free enterprise and all that. But he has way too many gaffes, and a habit of going off on tangents where he can only lose, and does only lose.
Remember when Rush Limbaugh used to go on and on endlessly about toenail fungus and soccer injuries? That's quite embarassing, as is his insistence on adding race to football discussions. He can do much better than that. He has done much better than that. But I do not excuse him at all when he takes the low road, the divisive road, and goes off on nutty tangents.
- October 14, 2009 at 1:39 PM
So now a black racist wanting to ruin the game of football? And turn it into a racial issue?
where was this racist douchebag when a black kid beat to death another black kid with a 2x4 in Chicago 2 weeks ago. Didn't hear a damn word out of him then!! The Sharpton's of the world don't give one flyin' fig for the Black youth unless there is a possibility for a big payoff.
That Pompous ass irrelevant racist Sharpton is always looking for his 15 minutes of fame this month it's about Rush and Football. Sharpton seems to weasel his way into everything when he wants publicity.
By the way, did you also attack Wanda Sykes when she made those disgusting remarks?
- October 14, 2009 at 2:24 PM
If you listened to the show, you'd know of what you speak, since you don't and would rather get your information off of blog sites, and liberal media sites you would know the truth. No He is not, But don't take my word for it, His website contains transcribes of the actual conversations taken place on his show.
It's really very funny that you liberals never talk about the liberal racists. Crystal Mangum rape hoax. Tawana Brawley rape hoax. Demands for the firing of Don Imus while supporting vulgar misogynistic rappers who call women bitches and hos. Quota systems. Affirmative action. Black Panthers. Nation of Islam. Aztlan. MECHA, La Raza, LULAC. And yes your Dear racist Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Look, if you want to hate Rush, or ridicule him, that's fine. But instead of just posting lists of things he said that are taken out of context, why don't you research them, pull up the full text of the conversation
- October 14, 2009 at 2:31 PM
- Arthurstone said...
Learn something new everyday.
Spike Lee made a movie 'in favor of mindless rioting'.
Go figure.
Recommended reading:
'A Peoples History of the United States' by Howard Zinn
'Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power & Revolt' by John Gibler
I'm currently reading the Gibler book. Useful views of how the US got to where it is and how we too often choose to behave now that we're here.
- October 14, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- Jim said...
O, say it ain't so Arthurstone:
It isn't really a compliment Jim.
Dadgum it man, you're like a money sock without any money.
Look here A, the use of Alinsky is appropriate. It is a tactic in his book to isolate, demonize, and belittle your opponent, using whatever tactics that will get it done. Lies, shout downs, the works.
1 more thang A, Wikipedia is a discredited source for any thing written there. If it said the sun rose in the east I would verify that with an astronomy dept at the local college to make sure!
For the green in leaves folks the bunch of owners in the NFL ain't exactly saints! Rush wouldn't even be a FULL owner. I dare you to do a research of NFL owners, heck, I double dog dare ya! ;-)
- October 14, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Jim said...
Always the outsider eh A?
He is perhaps best known for A People's History of the United States, which presents American history through the eyes of those he feels are outside of the political and economic establishment. Source
- October 14, 2009 at 3:06 PM
- Arthurstone said...
Jim typed:
'Always the outsider eh A?'
Not really Jim.
But usually the skeptic. And thanks for the link to Zinn. He's an interesting guy and provides a useful counterpoint to the typical Norman Rockwell/Chamber of Commerce/John Wayne version of US history we've been spoon fed since infancy.
- October 14, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Jim said...
John Gibler is one interesting apologist for leftist violence. I wonder what it is they are fighting to establish? A Cuban style nirvana? Just asking.
- October 14, 2009 at 3:27 PM
- Arthurstone said...
Unlike you Jim I think I'll read the book.
It's just possible you, heaven forbid, are asking the wrong question as to what 'they' are fighting to establish'.
But seriously.
Isn't Google great?
Though I think your thumbnail sketch of the Zapitistas (first paragraph at the site you linked) is a bit shallow and displays a certain, shall we say, laziness.
But I'll get back to you once I've finished the book by 'John Gibler is one interesting apologist for leftist violence.'
- October 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- TRUTH 101 said...
How is pandering to bigots, as Rush Limbaugh does, any better than being an outright bigot? The "Crips and Bloods" comment wasn't an appeal to bigots? Or "the bone up the nose" comment?
What is obvious to those of us with sense is that folks like Ciao Baby. Blogless Guy and others, are totally blinded by the pandering to their inner bigot by Limbaugh and others of his ilk.
Open your eyes friends. This guy is making millions by exploiting emotions that are beneath the dignity of rational human beings. Question this guy's motives behind the things he says before blindly cheering him on.
- October 14, 2009 at 4:16 PM
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- October 14, 2009 at 4:48 PM
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- October 14, 2009 at 4:49 PM
Sorry for the deletions,I had to correct my spelling errors.
TRUTH 101 said...
How is pandering to bigots, as Rush Limbaugh does, any better than being an outright bigot? The "Crips and Bloods" comment wasn't an appeal to bigots? Or "the bone up the nose" comment?
What is obvious to those of us with sense is that folks like Ciao Baby. Blogless Guy and others, are totally blinded by the pandering to their inner bigot by Limbaugh and others of his ilk.
Open your eyes friends. This guy is making millions by exploiting emotions that are beneath the dignity of rational human beings. Question this guy's motives behind the things he says before blindly cheering him on.
What is obvious to me is YOU are completely OFF topic. Completely Off Topic here, the topic is Al Sharpton putting his Big Mouth in to Rush Limbaugh's affairs.
While left-wingers love to say Rush Limbaugh is a racist and call him all kinds of names as clearly shown on this blog, truth be told, there is no evidence of this. Instead, there is distorted reporting and sound bites taken out of context (remember the deliberate hatchet job the Democrat party did during the elections on what Limbaugh said last year about Hispanics?), and blatant lies. I've listened to Limbaugh for ages, and NEVER has he uttered a racist comment. He may speak more openly than others are comfortable with, may be more provocative than leftists want him to be (although, just listening to left-wing maniac Keith Olbermann rant for five minutes makes Limbaugh sound like a choir boy), but he is no racist. You want to talk about racists? Why not talk about Wyanda Sikes, or Whoopie Goldberg? I never see that happening here! And not in any of the lefties comments here have I read ONE thing about AL SHARPTON being the racist that he is!!!!! Sharpton wants to deny Limbaugh the right to buy and operate a business? Doesn't that smack of white race hate, and facisim? Sharpton's time is over and done with and he just doesn't get it. So he wants to grab Rush's headlines as Sharpton has no audience, and the Liberal left is obsessed with anything Rush does. Why are they so afraid?
BTW, Tax officials have a message for Rev. Al Sharpton: pay up. The IRS has filed personal liens against Sharpton totaling nearly $1 million (the actual value of the lien as of last spring was $931,397). Sharpton also owes nearly $365,558 to the City of New York for unpaid personal income tax; his for-profit company, Rev. Al Communications, currently owes the state of New York $175,962 in delinquent taxes. And that may be only the top of the iceberg. So how's that for the pot call the kettle black? Another low-life tax cheat that thinks he is above having to pay taxes.
If Rush has the money and the desire, why shouldn't he "be allowed" to purchase whatever he likes? Does anyone seriously think that a player would turn down his money? If you don't like him then don't support his team. But this is America and even if he is a racist which he is not, he should still be allowed to buy a team.
- October 14, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- Arthurstone said...
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- October 14, 2009 at 5:30 PM
- Arthurstone said...
A New York Guys View Raved:
'What is obvious to me is YOU are completely OFF topic. Completely Off Topic here, the topic is Al Sharpton putting his Big Mouth in to Rush Limbaugh's affairs.'
Just to get things clear the actual post was regarding Rush Limbaugh and the NFL.
Sharpton was introduced on the discussion thread by something called Ciao Baby.
No need to thank me.
Keep up the work New York Guy!
- October 14, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Arthurstone said...
A New York Guys View Raved:
'What is obvious to me is YOU are completely OFF topic. Completely Off Topic here, the topic is Al Sharpton putting his Big Mouth in to Rush Limbaugh's affairs.'
Just to get things clear the actual post was regarding Rush Limbaugh and the NFL.
Sharpton was introduced on the discussion thread by something called Ciao Baby.
No need to thank me.
Keep up the work New York Guy
- October 14, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- dmarks said...
Arthurstone said: "Learn something new everyday. Spike Lee made a movie 'in favor of mindless rioting'."
Glad to provide you some education. Go see the movie "Do the Right Thing". I did. That's the mindless rioting one.
New York Guy said: "Look, if you want to hate Rush, or ridicule him, that's fine. But instead of just posting lists of things he said that are taken out of context, why don't you research them, pull up the full text of the conversation."
I DID look up the context of the Limbaugh quotes that appear way down in the right-hand column. The context does not alter them. They all stand, other than the Spike Lee one. The racism gets quite blunted on that one when you check out Lee's previous pro-riot movie.
Truth 101 said: "How is pandering to bigots, as Rush Limbaugh does, any better than being an outright bigot? The "Crips and Bloods" comment wasn't an appeal to bigots? Or "the bone up the nose" comment?"
Well, the bone one shows an outright bigot. I can probably be convinced that the crips one does too.
All: Sharpton does come across as a way-off-topic subject here, I have to say.
- October 14, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- TRUTH 101 said...
I've liked Reverend Al since he gave the best speech at the 2004 Democratic Presidential Convention. I harbor no delusions about the man though. He's made a great living sticking his nose in stories and being a guest on the big news shows. Great example of capitalism and making money for not producing anything material. Much like Wall Street executives. The right should build a monument to Al Sharpton. He epitomizes the economic philosophy of the rulers of the republican party.
- October 14, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- Arthurstone said...
Of course I've seen Do the Right Thing dmarks.
I have a hard time believing you saw it.
Wait. I take that back.
It is not ' the mindless rioting one' you describe in your thumbnail review.
What's the other Spike Lee 'pro-riot' movie anyway?
Malcolm X?
- October 14, 2009 at 6:22 PM
TRUTH 101 said...
I've liked Reverend Al since he gave the best speech at the 2004 Democratic Presidential Convention. I harbor no delusions about the man though. He's made a great living sticking his nose in stories and being a guest on the big news shows.
. The right should build a monument to Al Sharpton. He epitomizes the economic philosophy of the rulers of the republican party.
I have a great suggest for his monument
- October 14, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- Arthurstone said...
calling out a jerk:
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- October 14, 2009 at 6:23 PM
This is why I despise Spike Lee...speaking of parasites…
- October 14, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- dmarks said...
Arthur: "Do the Right Thing" is the dumb pro-riot movie. "Malcolm X" is not it. That movie suffers from being kind of sleepy and stiff. One reviewer wisley put it "Like the tired sequel to a long series of previous movies, Malcolm I through Malcolm IX".
Anywhere, here's a rather well written review from IMDB in which someone refers to the mindless riot aspect:
"West Side Story said more about NY race relations, in clearer terms, nearly 30 years earlier (and the characters dressed more like adults than elementary school pupils). Lee's neighbourhood is strangely devoid of gangs and gang members (surely the salient features of any tough US urban neighbourhood) and he focuses on (and himself acts) the role of a struggling individual trying to hold down a job in a small business run by an Italian-origin family.
As if he has internalised the US majority's anti-black prejudice, Lee depicts working-class black society as infantilized, leaderless and incoherent, and it is hardly surprising when a ridiculous confrontation over a trivial issue blows up into an ugly, mindless riot. There seem to be no proper adults among the gabbling, show-off blacks, and the action largely concerns the incoherent ramblings of directionless characters who only coalesce when they rise up in insensate fury.
Viewing the picture 20 years late, my strong reaction to the riot was for everyone on the street to be locked up forthwith and get their heads well knocked together. That's certainly what would happen in Africa, but the USA has its own peculiar baggage: a racial melting pot in which most blacks stay permanently at the bottom of the mix, and new waves of immigrants regularly sail past them into prosperity.
Lee was clearly trying to address this issue, but the necessity of making an entertaining film about amusing people to sell seats and pay off the Studio's investment tended to trivialise his efforts: when the riot does occur it is all the more shockingly senseless because the people involved have been caricatured throughout the action. Although Lee cites gifted leaders, M.L. King and Malcolm X, and brandishes their portraits, at the end of this film it is hard to believe that these grandiloquent public men arose from the same confused, purposeless people that Lee depicts."
Why not let this one go, Arthur? Does it really detract from Shaw's point of putting those Limbaugh quotes in there if just one of them is not really racist?
Anon said: "This is why I despise Spike Lee...speaking of parasites…"
I don't despise him. He's just a typical media figure who is good at the art of self-promotion and keying into controversy in order to sell tickets. Like Oliver Stone and many many others.
- October 14, 2009 at 6:41 PM
- Arthurstone said...
dmarks wondered:
Why not let this one go, Arthur?
And let stand your libel that Spike Lee makes 'pro-riot' films and is 'in favor of mindless rioting'?
I don't think so dmarks.
You have an endless proclivity for presenting leftists in the worst possible light and then 'balancing' those smears by trotting out David Duke.
- October 14, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- rockync said...
This IS the 21st century and it is not difficult to know exactly what Rush has said - he's all over youtube.
Things like his "Barak the Magic Negro" segment or his slavery built the South and the streets were safe.
Must have missed a few shows in those 10 years Jim...
- October 14, 2009 at 7:09 PM
- dmarks said...
Arthur: Actually, I said nothing about leftists. I don't know of Spike Lee is one. I never gave it any thought. This hasn't been a right-vs-left issue here.
As far as providing David Duke for balance goes, you have probably somehow missed my anti-Limbaugh comments in this very post.
As for me "You have an endless proclivity for presenting leftists in the worst possible light"... this is a rather untrue summary. I have only portrayed the very worst leftists in "the worst possible light", because this is how they are. Again.... for the last time? can you realize that there are some very bad leftists on the fringe. Despite what Rush Limbaugh would have you believe, there is a difference between, say, Fidel Castro and Sen. Tom Harkin.
Things aren't so black and white as you would have us believe. There are good leftists, and there are also a few whose actions are in "the very worst light". I always separate these monsters from the liberals. Yet, you, again and again, like to circle the wagons in such a large circle that Mao, Pol Pot, etc are included with Ted Kennedy, etc as "good leftists". Learn the difference. There are some extremists on the Left, and they are utterly indefensible, and it is an insult to liberals to equate the extremists as being on their side. They aren't.
Back to "Do the Right Thing", it was quite apparent that Lee's movie portrayed the mindless riot in a positive or at least justified light. This perceptive observation about the film is hardly "libel".
- October 14, 2009 at 7:15 PM
- libhom said...
Rush is going to be enormously upset about this. This is a huge defeat for him. However, his followers will remain in his orbit, unable to pull away.
- October 14, 2009 at 7:57 PM
- dmarks said...
Lib: Ya think? Limbaugh's gone ballistic about it.
- October 14, 2009 at 7:59 PM
- TAO said...
Quote from Rush Limbaugh, ""This is not about the NFL, it's not about the St. Louis Rams, it's not about me," Limbaugh said. "This is about the ongoing effort by the left in this country, wherever you find them, in the media, the Democrat Party, or wherever, to destroy conservatism, to prevent the mainstreaming of anyone who is prominent as a conservative.
"Therefore, this is about the future of the United States of America and what kind of country we're going to have."
So, he actually believes that his not getting a piece of the action in regards to an NFL football team is somehow going to destroy conservatism...
I am sorry that his buddies threw him under the bus when they saw that he was going to be a liability....THAT sounds like good ol' American Capitalism to me!
So, Rush believes if he doesn't get what he wants then this country is going to hell in a hand basket...
What a spoiled brat....he would have made it great in the NFL with all the rest of the spoiled pampered brats...
- October 14, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- Michael said...
I liked what Keith Olbermann said on Sunday Night Football-if we're going to start judging sports owners on their moral qualities, there are going to be about 3 owners left.
The NFL is a private club-it doesn't matter how much money you have, you don't have a right to own an NFL team. The other owners have to accept your bid.
Limbaugh's rejection is nothing more and nothing less than the free market at work-a group of sports plutocrats put their nose up at a potential applicant to join their club. Plain and simple.
The reasons why? It doesn't matter, because it's not up to us.
(In my personal opinion, there is plenty to object to, morally and otherwise, in what Limbaugh has actually said on his radio program, never mind what is falsely attributed to him. Jim's statement that there is not one ounce of racism is laughably, demonstrably false. But it doesn't matter what I think or what Jim thinks, because I'm not an NFL owner.)
Limbaugh's fans decrying this as some sort of "conspiracy" is just more hot air feeding their own conspiracist nonsense.
- October 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- Tom said...
Just be happy Rush does not want to buy a piece of the Red Sox.
- October 14, 2009 at 11:02 PM
- Jim said...
The left won this one. Yessir, it is something to be proud of, however, I do wonder if it had been Rev. Jesse Jackson if the left wouldn't have stayed silent, much less the NFL.
- October 15, 2009 at 12:06 AM
- Jim said...
Jim's statement that there is not one ounce of racism is laughably, demonstrably false.
Put up or shut up. If you can bucko.
Try not to use a leftist hate blogger OK? Use something more believable.
- October 15, 2009 at 12:21 AM
- Jim said...
Final thoughts before I lay my head down tonight.
I watched some of the clips from The Factor on the website and Bill O'Reilly has been researching the quotes attributed to Rush. He can't find them! They don't exist. Well, the Bloods and Crips do.
From RushLimbaugh.com today:
So the Bloods and Crips comment I think I said sometimes the game looks like Bloods and Crips without the weapons.
Now, we had Mercury Morris who was I guess on CNN a couple days ago say, "I know what he's talking about and he's right, I know exactly what he's talking about." Mercury Morris played for the Dolphins back in the Don Shula era. My comment could easily be taken as criticism of players. It was criticism of that kind of -- it was totally unnecessary -- it lost the ball game. Lost the ball game all for the purpose of strutting around. And what it was, folks, was criticism of a mind-set. . .But that comment was more of a, "Oh, no, jeez, don't let this happen to the game." I don't want to see it. I have the game on a pedestal. I have the people who play it on a pedestal. I don't want that to change. So I was criticizing a mind-set that is destructive, and it was not helpful. It was not racial. Bloods and Crips makes it look racial, the way I chose to describe it. I could have perhaps chosen a different term.
This whole ordeal was strictly a political hatchet job against Rush. Plain and simple. Some may say the NFL avoids controversy and I would say, "since when?" Aren't there plenty of felons in the NFL? Or the NBA? Or MLB? I guess if one has talent a second chance and your ability to draw a crowd is a good thing, unless, you are Rush Limbaugh.
- October 15, 2009 at 2:23 AM
You should have watched MSNBC last night, seems like they were perfectly able to come up with numererous racist quotes of Limbaugh's. Not sure why nobody here can find any. There are PLENTY.
- October 15, 2009 at 6:15 AM
- TAO said...
You are probably correct about this comment, "This whole ordeal was strictly a political hatchet job against Rush."
But remember, "...he who lives by the sword dies by the sword..."
Many people have seen their own aspirations shot down by Rush Limbaugh and his political hatchet jobs....
- October 15, 2009 at 8:21 AM
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- October 15, 2009 at 9:04 AM
"The hell with their rights."
How can anyone possibly see this as a rights issue?
- October 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Shaw Kenawe said...
Eric Boehlert writes:
"To get a true sense of the incoherent right-wing reaction to the NFL public rejection of Limbaugh, please go read professional Palin pal John Ziegler's name-calling screed at Big Hollywood. It's priceless, as Ziegler asserts that everyone/anyone who dislikes Limbaugh's brand of hate is ignorant. (And yes, that includes pretty much the entire NFL.) And nobody has permission to criticize Oh Mighty Rush because he has free speech rights....or something. (Note to Ziegler: Free speech protects your right to say things. That doesn't mean people have to agree. Just sayin'.)
Here's what's so satisfying about watching the screaming and foot-stomping on the right: Limbaugh makes his living smearing and insulting anyone who disagrees with him. And then when he ventures out of his protected right-wing talk radio bubble and tries to become a player in mainstream American culture and he's resoundingly told to get lost because people don't like the the type of smears and insults he wallows in for a living, his allies announce it's not fair. They claim nobody is allowed to question Rush or his motives.
Oh brother."
- October 15, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- Shaw Kenawe said...
Jim wrote:
"Plain and simple. Some may say the NFL avoids controversy and I would say, "since when?" Aren't there plenty of felons in the NFL?"
This is the crux of the matter, Jim. Because there are some bad guys in the NFL, and some of those bad guys have dark skin, Limbaugh likened THE ENTIRE NFL to thugs in gangs.
He used race as a means to denigrate an entire sports franchise.
There is no excuse for what he said about the NFL. He has the right to say it; and the NFL has the right to tell him to go stuff his aspirations to be an owner in the League that he insulted.
Just because there are bad cops in any given city's police force, would it make it right for you or anyone to characterize a police department as a criminal operation?
This is what Limbaugh did to the NFL. Now he's paying the price for his freedom to say whatever he wanted to say--it's called consequences.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Was it just a couple weeks ago when El Rushbo was crowing gleefully about Obama being rejected by the world in his bid to get the Olympics for Chicago? And then a week later Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and a week after that a group of AMERICANS tell Rush to get lost, they don't like him or his racism?
Oh, the humanity!
Poor wittle Rush. He can dish it, but Big Boy certainly has shown he hasn't got the 'nads to take it.
What a gutless wuss.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- Gordon said...
Congratulations, Shaw. All of the false and mangled quotes you guys have been spreading finally paid off.
You win!
Truth loses.
By any means necessary.
No wonder you're celebrating.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- Gordon said...
Ah, never mind.
I've pointed out the hostess' tendency to take quotes out of context and post others whose sources are murky or nonexistent. When advised of this, the hostess has chosen not to correct them.
Now she's celebrating the smearing of someone based on entirely fabricated quotes.
I'm out of here.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:09 PM
It's not that hard, it's just www.google.com.
Here, I'll help you.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:11 PM
When Gordon said "I'm out of here" he was referring to his mind.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Arthurstone said...
Gordon whined:
'Congratulations, Shaw. All of the false and mangled quotes you guys have been spreading finally paid off.'
Tell it to Van Jones, Gordon.
- October 15, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Shaw Kenawe said...
Limbaugh explains the "context" of comparing the NFL to the Bloods and Crips:
NFL Bloods and Crips, Explained: It Was All About Love of the Game
October 14, 2009
"RUSH: Well, I'm in a position here where I can't address -- I'd love to -- but I can't address the thrust of your comments here. Well, maybe I can because I have said something that they are taking out of context, the Bloods and Crips comment, maybe I can explain that. But, look, nobody is clean and pure as the wind-driven snow, and everybody gets second chances. People pay the price when they pay their debt, if they are convicted of something, you wipe the slate clean. I don't have any desire to deny people second chances and that kind of thing. What you're really talking about here is the hypocrisy of things. Hypocrisy is all over the place. It's always there. But it is the reality. It is what it is. And that has to be dealt with. And the way to deal with it is not so much point it out as to recognize it as an obstacle and how to deal with it. And those are the kinds of things I can't discuss, but let me take the occasion of your call to explain the Bloods and Crips comment, because these guys who are now admitting, "Okay, maybe we can't source those quotes about Limbaugh and James Earl Ray and slavery, but he said Bloods and Crips! He said Bloods and Crips!"
They're trying to get anything else to continue the narrative here that I am some subhuman species with no rights to exist anywhere outside this radio studio and within these radio waves. I believe the comment's from 2007, and I believe the comments were made to a phone call, I had a phone call -- I think -- I'd have to check the transcript of that date, which I've not done, but my memory is, it was a playoff game in San Diego between the Chargers and the Patriots, and the Patriots had a fourth down with a very few seconds left in the game, fourth and ball game, and the Chargers held 'em. Chargers win. Chargers were leading. Then all of a sudden a ref throws a flag, 15 yards or something for taunting, unsportsmanlike conduct, some Chargers DB had gotten in the face of some Patriots player, was doing a "you can't diss me" act and so forth, and it lost the game for the Chargers. And I praised the official for throwing the flag. See, I love the game. I love the National Football League."
I've read that three times and find absolutely NO explanation for comparing the entire NFL to gangs of thugs, known for their murderous actions and the dark color of their skin--because of an action by an African-American NFL player Limbaugh disagreed with.
In what context do we take the admonition that an African-American caller should take the bone out of his nose and call Limbaugh back?
Or Limbaugh's incessant harping on President Obama's race?
Hafrican American? Did Limbaugh discuss the ethnic heritage of the Bushes and Clinton?
I don't think so. Limbaugh brings Mr. Obama's race into everything, and you can find his many quotes on it anywhere on the internet.
And now he's p.o.'d because his nastiness has caused the NFL to not look favorably upon him.
I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Limbaugh's words are out there, context and all, for people to read and then make their own judgments.
The Commissioner of the NFL and the players rejected Mr. Limbaugh.
But I'm flattered Gordon believes someone as insignificant and powerless as I had anything to do with seeing justice done in this particular case.
- October 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- Jim said...
O, not every black athlete agrees with what happened to Rush:
from RushLimbaugh.com transcript -
RUSH: We have the Hutch on the phone from Seattle. Ken Hutcherson, former linebacker, Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks. Hutch, welcome to the program.
THE HUTCH: Hey, my man. I am so mad, I am doing back flips up here in Seattle. What in the world is going on in the United States? I mean, the whole issue, Rush -- whether you like it or not -- is they have done you wrong. And this is intolerance, it's prejudice, and if America don't wake up, it is going to happen to them. I am so mad, man, I cannot even -- and I'm a man of the cloth, Rush! I'm not supposed to get this upset. It is time for all of us... You know, why don't they talk to some African-Americans that know you?
RUSH: Oh, that would destroy the narrative. That would destroy the template.
THE HUTCH: Oh, forget that. You know, and talk to some African-Americans know that the poverty pimps, Sharpton and Jackson, they're nothing but slave sliders and pushers to get their way. And you're going to let them have a voice on all the stuff that they've done? Jesse Jackson was telling Bush to, "Stay out of the bushes." He was the one in the bushes having illegitimate kids! How in the world can the NFL -- and I'm going to tell you something else, brother, straight from me, who played football. Those African-American brothers who talk about they wouldn't play? That is the biggest lie on this side of the universe. Not only would their wives get on them and make 'em go -- and their girlfriends, and their moms; they would beat 'em all the way to the 50 yard line and tell them, "You better get out there and get that game check." And why don't they talk to the hundreds of African-American players that would be excited about you owning a team?
Again, sourcing MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, Wikipedia or any other propaganda arm of the DNC is not gonna win you any points.
SK, Rush admitted in that same piece you used, which I used earlier, admitted he could have used another analogy.
BTW - has anyone noticed that the singer Fergie is a part owner of the Dolphins? Great lyrics in some of her songs right? Isn't there something about . . . uh, never mind. Family blog right?
- October 15, 2009 at 6:08 PM
- dmarks said...
Jim: Fergie owns the Dolphins? I don't begrudge the Duchess of York anything she does with the money she worked so hard to earn.
- October 15, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- Arthurstone said...
Thanks for bringing Ken Hutcherson into the discussion. The Seattle area's very own homophobic, reactionary, evangelical, pentecostal, anti-feminist, far right-wing African-American Republican. We get a lot of the Reverend Ken hereabouts when the gays make too much noise the the women folk get a little too big for their britches. He loves a microphone and he loves explaining how God wants YOU to live.
You can always feel the love when ' The Hutch' is around.
- October 16, 2009 at 6:23 PM
- Jim said...
No, dmarks, not that Fergie!
This Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas! ;-)
- October 16, 2009 at 11:52 PM


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT women's fencing team wrapped up regular season competition on Sunday, Feb. 4 by hosting the MIT-Brandeis Invitational. The Engineers (12-11) defeated Tufts University (16-11), but fell to New York University (19-8), Duke University (18-9), Penn State University (26-1), University of Pennsylvania (26-1), and Princeton University (19-8).
Nancy Hua and Cordelia Link both posted records of 6-12 as the foil team finished at 17-37. Lindley Graham contributed a mark of 5-13 to Tech's cause.
Yushin Chen was the third member of MIT's squad to notch a total of 6-12, which lifted the sabre team's tally to 14-40. Laura Evans went 3-11 while Heather Pressler posted a ledger of 4-13. Hareem Ahmad rounded out the group with a record of 1-3.
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Grommet Skirt
Added Nov 7, 2011
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
When we saw these large plastic grommets from Dritz we knew exactly how to utilize them! Building on looks that Cynthia Rowley sent down the runway for spring 2011 featuring large circular cutouts on skirts, dresses and tops, we decided to take that same idea but add the large grommets for extra effect. We think the results are pretty fantastic and can't wait to use this quick and easy technique as a finishing touch for loads more projects and pieces! For project steps please head over to our tutorial in the Learning section.
Material Notes
1 Skirt (store bought or handmade), large plastic Dritz grommets
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Nov 16, 2011, 09.58 AMby CRIS RYAN
Awesome love the outfit, the skirt looks very clean how did you install the grommets?
Nov 13, 2011, 06.46 PMby janul
Hmm, I really like this, but I´m afraid the cold wind would get through the holes…
Nov 13, 2011, 03.59 AMby helenp
I love the idea but agree not centre front. Maybe on skirt front side panel & wear contratsting tights. Might achieve the idea without the 'view'.
Nov 11, 2011, 08.30 PMby mad14kt
I L*KE this a LOT!!!
Nov 9, 2011, 03.46 AMby anajan
The skirt looks even better in flash. Love the idea!
Nov 9, 2011, 02.02 AMby max
I bought some grommets a couple of years ago with the idea to use them somehow on a dress. Now I must dig them out!
Nov 8, 2011, 08.02 PMby jdjudge
I'd love to try this with grommets in a contrasting color – but not in a chevron design up the front of a skirt. LOL! Thanks for the idea!
Nov 8, 2011, 11.47 AMby peaches2218
I guess this look falls in the love-it-or-hate-it category. It's not for me. I actually just got rid of dress/tunic with circular cut-outs near the hem (not nearly this big) because I found it cumbersome to wear. It's rather impractical. But I suppose I can add it to the ways-to-hide-a-hole-in-your-favourite-garment folder. Three cheers for innovation, even if I don't love the results.
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Nov 8, 2011, 08.01 PMby ilynne
Put me in the hate-it group. Instant crotch shot when you sit down.
Nov 10, 2011, 02.33 PMby vanessa
I love the hide-a-hole idea. Since I'm in the "love it" category, it might work for me. :)
Though on second thought, inserting a contrasting piece of fabric instead of a hole might be better for modesty…
Nov 8, 2011, 02.30 AMby Ruffles Gazebo
wooo i really like this! would be so fun on a top. hmmm might go buy some very soon!
Nov 8, 2011, 02.06 AMby mlssfshn
FYI…..these grommets are not washable they need to be removed before the garment is laundered or dry cleaned . So the edge of the fabric needs to be finished in some way.
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==Customize Carousel==
==Customize Carousel==
Revision as of 19:08, 1 November 2011
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- 1 Description
- 2 Groups
- 3 Adding Images
- 4 Settings
- 6 Customize Carousel
- 7 Additional Resources
Carousel lets you display a rotating set of images anywhere on your site with customizable content and effects. Multiple groups of images may be created for use anywhere on your site. Each group can be fully customized.
Carousel has the ability to save multiple groups that can each have different images and settings. The only information required to create a group is a group name.
Adding Images
In order to add images you will need to select a group then adjust the "Slide Image Dimensions" width and height so that the Carousel plugin will know what dimensions it will need to resize the images to. After saving the desired image dimensions then you can add an image by clicking the "+Add image" button. Carousel uses WordPress's built in media up-loader. This will allow you to either upload new images or select images that you have already added to the media library. In order to select an image to add from the list of images click the "show" link for that image and then click the "select this image" button as shown in the image below.
Here is a list of all of the Carousel settings and a description of what each setting controls.
Group Title - This setting will allow you to change the title of the group at any time.
Carousel orientation and direction - This will change which direction the images slide.
Horizontal Alignment - This controls the horizontal alignment of Carousel on a page.
Entity width - This option is used to set the width of the entire Carousel container.
Images to show at once - This sets the amount of images to display at one time. If the entity isn't wide enough to show all of the images then it will hide any images that extend outside that width.
Scroll duration - This determines how long the scroll transition will last in milliseconds.
Pause duration - This is the amount of time that Carousel will pause in between each automatic transition.
Start delay - The amount of time after the page loads before a transition will happen.
Pause on hover - Option to pause transitions if a visitor hovers their mouse over Carousel.
Randomize image order each page load - Option to randomize the order that the images are displayed in each time the page loads.
Circular loop - When the carousel transitions to the end of the images it automatically transitions back to the beginning image.
Inifinite - Set whether carousel infinitely loops through the images continuously transitioning through them.
Display navigation - Option to display buttons that allow visitors to manually control the transitions.
Display pagination - Option to display pagination for each of the transitions below the Carousel.
How can I move the arrows from overlapping the Carousel?
The CSS styling below can be added to your theme's style.css. Adjust the -60 and -70 pixel values as needed.
To apply the change to all Carousels:
a.pb_carousel_default_prev { left: -60px !important; } a.pb_carousel_default_next { right: -70px !important; }
To apply the change to an individual Carousel (replace the 1 with the specific entity you want to style):
#pb_carousel_prev-1 { left: -60px !important; } #pb_carousel_next-1 { right: -70px !important; }
The Carousel container is too large until the page finishes loading. How do I fix this?
The CSS styling below will cap the height of the Carousel so that overflowing content will not show before the page is done loading. Change the 75 to your desired height:
#pb_carousel-1 { height: 75px; overflow: hidden; }
Is it possible to open linked full sized images in a lightbox?
Yes. Use Auto Thickbox plugin.
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Can I have email links INSTEAD of url links for Carousel?
You may want your Carousel images (or certain groups/images) to be email links, so that people can send emails. That is easily done by putting the following (changing firstname.lastname@example.com to YOUR email) in the LINK field for the Carousel image in question:
That's it! Now your Carousel image will be an email mailto link.
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Customize Carousel
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Check out the official policy and details on any Extra Customizations
Customize Carousel Dimensions and Placements via CSS
Sometimes, Carousel shows everything properly BUT your image dimensions may result in more or fewer images being shown. This can be fixed by selecting the proper size or number of images.
You can also customize the entire Carousel Display via CSS. The following CSS code template can be used to customized to your own needs. You need to add this css to your theme's css file at the very end.
- Remember: the following will change the styling for ALL Carousels on your site EXCEPT the first
#pb_carousel-1part, which (only that part) will work only on the 1st Carousel (Carousel whose shortcode is 1).
#pb_carousel-1 { /* Controls the actual Carousel in question. In this example, it is Carousel 1. You can find the Carousel number in the shortcode in your Carousel admin panel */ left: 90px ! important; width: 960px ! important; } .pb_carousel_default { /* Controls the width of the actual Carousel - this is usually always changed, if you want, with the actual Carousel */ width: 960px ! important; } .caroufredsel_wrapper #pb_carousel-1 { /* controls the entire Carousel wrapper */ width: 960px ! important; } #pb_carousel_prev-1 { /* controls the Carousel's previous left button */ left: 30px; top: 65px; } #pb_carousel_next-1 { /* controls the Carousel's next right button */ right: 30px; top: 65px; } #pb_carousel_pag-1 { /* controls the Carousel's bottom navigational buttons */ margin-top: 10px !important; }
You can replace the navigational images with any custom image by changing the Sprite image in the carousel\layouts\default folder.
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You can align the images between the navigation arrows by adding the following CSS styling, customized to your needs, at the very end of your theme's css file:
#post-102 .caroufredsel_wrapper /* the #post-102 part makes it apply this setting ONLY to the Carousel on the post whose id is 102. Change it to meet your needs OR remove it completely. Play with the "left" value of 11 also. This tells the Carousel to push the images 11 pixels to the right (from the left). */ { left: 11px; }


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Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment
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Through a discussion of Biblical texts, this book presents four perspectives on the role of works at the final judgment including:
- Robert N. Wilkin: Works will determine rewards but not salvation: At the Judgment Seat of Christ each believer will be judged by Christ to determine his eternal rewards, but he remains eternally secure even if the judgment reveals he failed to persevere in good works (or in faith).
- Thomas R. Schreiner: Works will provide evidence that one actually has been saved: At the final judgment works provide the necessary condition, though not the ground for final salvation, in that they provide evidence as to whether one has actually trusted in Jesus Christ.
- James D. G. Dunn: Works will provide the criterion by which Christ will determine eternal destiny of his people: Since Paul, Jesus, and the New Testament writers hold together "justification by faith and not by works" with "judgment according to works", we should not fall into the trap of playing one off against the other or blend them in a way that diminishes the force of each.
- Michael P. Barber: Works will merit eternal life: At the final judgment, good works will be rewarded with eternal salvation. However, these good works will be meritorious not apart from Christ but precisely because of the union of the believer with him.
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Robert Wilkin (Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) was born and raised in Southern California. After graduating from college he joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, serving two years each at Arkansas State University and North Carolina State University. During his seminary studies Bob served in a variety of ministries including a year each in college and high school ministry, a year as a hospital chaplain, and three years as a pastor. After receiving his doctorate, Bob taught at Woodcrest College in Lindale, Texas and then at Multnomah Bible College in Portland, Oregon.
Feeling that there was a great need for an educational and networking organization for Christians who believe in the freeness of the Gospel, Bob started Grace Evangelical Society in June of 1986. In July of 1987 he left his teaching position to devote full time to heading up this ministry. Since its inception, readership of the bimonthly newsletter, Grace In Focus, has grown from 30 to over 9,500 in 54 countries.
Dr. Wilkin has written three books, Confident in Christ, The Road to Reward, and Secure and Sure, as well as two booklets, and hundreds of newsletter and journal articles. Bob and his wife Sharon live in Lewisville, Texas.
Thomas R. Schreiner (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament and associate dean of Scripture and interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. The author of numerous books, he is the preaching pastor of Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
James Dunn (Ph.D., Cambridge) was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham. Since his retirement he has been made Emeritus Lightfoot Professor. He is a leading British New Testament scholar, broadly in the Protestant tradition. Dunn is especially associated with the New Perspective on Paul, a phrase which he is credited with coining during his 1982 Manson Memorial Lecture.
His books include Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? (2010), The New Perspective On Paul (2007), A New Perspective On Jesus: What The Quest For The Historical Jesus Missed (2005),The Theology of Paul the Apostle (1998), The Acts of the Apostles (1996), and The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon (1996). In 2005, a festschrift dedicated to Dunn was published, entitled The Holy Spirit and Christian origins: essays in honor of James D. G. Dunn, comprising articles by 27 New Testament scholars, examining early Christian communities and their beliefs about the Holy Spirit.
Michael Barber (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary) is Professor of Theology, Scripture and Catholic Thought at John Paul the Great Catholic University in San Diego, California. His dissertation was on the Historical Jesus and Sacramental Eschatology under the world famous scholar, Colin Brown. He has an MA in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville and received his BA in Theology and Philosophy from Azusa Pacific University. He is the author of several books, including, Coming Soon: Unlocking the Book of Revelation and Applying Its Lessons Today (Emmaus Road, 2006) and most recently, Genesis to Jesus: Studying Scripture from the Heart of the Church (Servant, 2007), a Bible study co-authored with Kimberly Hahn. He is a Research Fellow for the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, founded by Dr. Scott Hahn. His weekly podcast of 'The Sacred Page with Michael Barber' is carried on many Catholic radio stations. He lives in San Diego with his wife Kim and two young boys, Michael Patrick (Jr.) and Matthew Stephen.
Alan P. Stanley is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Brisbane School of Theology, Brisbane Australia, since 2003. He has published two books on this and associated topics: Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works?; Salvation is More Complicated Than You Think: Studies in the Teachings of Jesus.
Stanley N. Gundry is executive vice president and editor-in-chief for the Zondervan Corporation. He has been an influential figure in the Evangelical Theological Society, serving as president of ETS and on its executive committee, and is adjunct professor of Historical Theology at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He is the author of seven books and has written many articles appearing in popular and academic periodicals.
Table of ContentsIntroduction (Alan Stanley) 1. Bob Wilkin: WorksWill Determine Eternal Rewards But Not Salvation 2. Tom Schreiner: Works Will Provide Evidence That One Actually Has Been Saved 3. Jimmy Dunn 4. Michael Barber: Work Will Merit Eternal Life Conclusion (Alan Stanley)
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Directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi / Ismael FerroukhiGenres - War | Sub-Genres - Period Film, War Drama | Release Date - Mar 16, 2012 (USA - Limited) | Run Time - 99 min. | Countries - France | MPAA Rating - NR
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The Nazi occupation of France brings together Arabs and Jews against a common enemy in this drama from director Ismael Ferroukhi, inspired by actual incidents. Younes (Tahar Rahim) came to France from Algeria in search of a better life, but after landing a good job in a factory, the political turmoil that swept through Europe with the rise of the Third Reich left him with few options beyond hustling on the black market. His cousin Ali (Farid Larbi) is a labor activist who, after the rise of the Vichy government, began working with the anti-Nazi French resistance. When Younes is captured by the police while selling unlicensed goods, he's given a choice -- he can go to jail or act as a spy, keeping the authorities posted on the activities at a local mosque, which is a hub for resistance fighters. As well as organizing anti-Nazi espionage, the resistance agents at the mosque are believed to be hiding Jewish families and passing them off as Muslims. Younes proves to be not much of a spy as his loyalties are with Ali and his comrades, and he becomes involved with Leila (Lubna Azabal), who, in addition to her work at the mosque, is a vocal advocate of Algerian independence. Younes and Ali also are drawn into the orbit of Salim (Mahmud Shalaby), a seemingly apolitical Algerian vocalist who is hiding a surprising secret. Les Hommes Libres (aka Free Men) received its North American premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
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