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You're laying in bed, you don't wanna fall asleep. You look on the floor, theres one of Mya's soft toy balls laying there. You pick it up and lay back down on the bed, you throw it up and catch it for a few minutes until you get distracted by a noise which causes the ball to hit your leg and fall off the bed, it rolls across the room. Theres a tap on the window. You ignore it a first thinking it's just the wind. You stare towards the window, it happens again. You get up and go to the window, moving the curtain. Nick's standing there trembling, he comes in the light he has blood on his hands and shirt. "Nick!" you yell opening the window.
"Shhhh," he says putting his trembling finger to his lips.
"Why are you coved in blood!?" you say in a loud whisper.
"I… I killed him, Lily I killed him, I did it, I didn't mean to but I killed him," Nick says as if he was going to cry.
"You killed someone!" you shout. "You fucking dumb ass! Why?" you ask.
"He, I uhh I he was, oh god they're gonna lock me up…. I can't go to jail, I can't I… let me in!" he says trying to climb though the window, he gets in and stands there staring at you trembling with fear, you hear sirens. He ducks down in the room. "Mom and Dad are gonna kill me!" he says. "What am I gonna do?" he asks he totally freaking out now. You're walking back and forth trying to think of something.
"Well go clean yourself up," you say pointing to the bathroom door. He goes in and closes the door, you can hear him whimpering in there. It sounds like he mumbling something but you can make out what hes saying. He comes back into the room, changes his clothes, and sits down on the bed shaking back and forth like he has shellshock. "Ok, calm down. Who did you kill?" you ask forgetting about what you told him this afternoon.
"He was some homeless guy, he pissed us off, and I got this … thing and I stabbed him multiple times in the chest," he cries. Hes still rocking back and forth and trembling.
"God you're an idiot!" you yell. "What did he do?" you ask angrily.
"Don't tell anybody please!" he yells…. "He was telling us off and shit about robbing this store and it made us mad so I did what I just told you," he explains. You shake your head in ashamed of him.
"Why couldn't you have just walked away!?" you yell in a low tone.
"Im sorry, I just lost it," he says. "Look, I gotta leave Mom and Dad will kill me, I know a place to stay," he says.
"Yeah with no food or what? Is it that little shack out in the woods?" you ask him pointing. He nods. You sigh. "Fine, go there, but I'll be there in the morning to check on you, I'll bring you food, and check on you everyday," you say. Somehow you think this makes him feel better. He nods and leaves the room without saying a word. "Damn it!" you yell at yourself. "What did I just do!?" you yell.. "Oh whatever," you say frustrated. You get back into bed, and soon after fall asleep….
A few weeks go by and its July 20th. You've been taking food and water to your brother this whole time, your parents don't know about what you're doing or what Nick did. The case was on TV about the homeless guy, but there was no weapon left at the scene, so they cannot find a suspect. You told Nick this and he freaks out about it, so you don't talk about the killing anymore around him.
About your relationship with Marshall… You haven't really talked to him. Every time you see him you would avoid him… You don't want him to know about the murder, thinking that Marshall would turn Nick in and this would possibly get you in trouble with the cops and or Nicks friends, and you don't want that. You feel bad for not seeing Marshall but you think its best for now until you can figure out what you're gonna do with Nick.
You start walking back home from the shack. You're about half way back through the woods when you hear rustling in a bush behind you. You stop to investigate and Marshall jumps out and scares you, unintentionally. You give him a confused look as he walks toward you.
"Where the fuck have you been?" Marshall asks now placing his hands on your shoulders. "You know what, I don't even care. Just, Stop it!! I miss you, I want you, and I need you," he bowed his head.
"Marshall..." you start to speak.
"Stop fucking avoiding me. I don't know what the fuck you're doing with all your time but I'm fucking sure you have time for me...do you?" He let his hands drop from your shoulders and took a small step back. You then stepped forward into him and wrapped your arms around him.
"I'm sorry, I'll make time," you say.
"Make time now," he whispers into your ear. You both pull away slightly then look into each others eyes. He suddenly kisses you lowers his hands on your back. He grips the edge of your pants and starts to unbutton them. You place your hand on his hand and stops kissing you. "Whats wrong?" he asks.
"Well, its just that I've never done this before...and were in the middle of the woods," you explain.
"It'll be fine nothing bad will happen, I promise," he smiled.
"Alright, I trust you," you smile back.
"Good," he says then pulls your pants down to your ankles. "Take them off so you have something to lay on." You take your pants off and lay them down by a tree. He takes his pants off and lays them next to yours. "Lay down," he says then helps you lay down. He slides off your underwear slowly then spreads your legs. He leans over you then kisses you very deeply as he pulls off his boxers. You could feel his hard dick slap against your vagina as he took them off. He wrested his waist on yours and rubbed his hands all over your upper body. After a little bit you started to feel like you needed more. Your vagina started to get moist then you started pushing your waist against his. He smiled then reached for his penis. He put the tip of his penis hard and slow into your pussy. Your body cringed up and you gritted your teeth as he kept going deeper.
"OWW!" you let out a yelp. He started moving in and out slowly and you started to breathe deeply and quickly.
"Do you want me to stop?" he asks. You shake your head and force out a smile. Slowly he starts to move faster, slapping hard against you. The pain gradually goes away and you start to feel numb. You both are panting when he suddenly stops and immense pleasure fills your body. He pulls his penis out and starts putting his clothes back on. You sit up and notice that there is blood all over you pants. "Its fine, just when you get home change before anyone sees you," he says handing you your underwear. You put your under wear on and suddenly you feel like you're being watched so you turn around as your getting up and see your brother standing there with log in his hands.
"What did you do to my sister?!" he yells then charges for Marshall. Marshall ducks as Nick swings the log at him Nick trips and falls down.
"Marshall just go, I'll call you later," you say. You are now fully clothed as you run over to your brother. Marshall nods then runs away. "What the fuck was that?!" you scream at him. He just stands there angry at you. "Are you gonna answer me?!" you yell. He don't respond. "I think that last murder did something to your brain," you say.
"I thought… We would never speak of that again?" he says.
"Well, you just tried to kill my boyfriend, you're fucking psycho!" you yell at him. "Fuck helping you after what you just tried pulling!" you yell. You start to walk away… You hear him running after you, you try to run, but he grabs you before you could get away. "Let go of me!" you scream at him.
"No!" he shouts as he picks you up.
"Put me the fuck down right now," you yell as he hangs you over his shoulder, you start banging your fists on his back.
"Quit that!" he yells. "Im gonna tell mom what you did!" he yells. Switching you around so hes carrying you on both shoulders. He holds on to both your legs and one of your arms, you managed to get your other arm away, you flick him in the ear.
"Put me the fuck down!" you yell as you get out of the woods, people start to stare at you, but they do nothing.
"No, Im taking you to Mom and Dad and telling them what you just did with that kid," he says trying to be calm.
"What I did!" you yell. "What about what you did!?" you scream trying to kick free but he has a strong grip on you. "What I did wasn't half as bad as what you did!" you yell.
"I could care less about that now!" he yells. "We're going home, Im gonna tell our parents what you did, then Im gonna go kill that fucker!" he yells.
"No!" you scream. "He didn't do anything wrong!" you yell. You turn the corner on to the street that you live on. People in cars continue to stare, but still no one does a thing.
"He made you a non virgin!" he yells.
"So what?! Why do you care!" you yell in his face as he sets you down in front of your door.
"You could get pregnant!" he yells. He opens the front the door and drags you to the kitchen where your parents are sitting. "Let go of me!" you scream.
"Nick! Let go of your sister now!" your Father yells. He lets go of you, you step away breathing heavily and staring angrily at your brother. "Now somebody better tell me what hells going on!" he yells standing up from his seat, hes really angry, you hardly ever see him like this, and when you do you usually just go hide in your room, but in this case that's practically impossible.
"You wanna know what SHE did!" Nick says pointing to you. You stare angrily.
"What I did!?" you yell. "What about you did!" you yell pointing back at him. He looks scared now, and he looks like hes about to freak out. "Mom, Dad," you say calmly. They stare at you. "I know who killed that homeless man," you say and glance over at Nick.
"Are you saying Nick did it?" your Mother asks. You nod. She stares angrily at Nick.
"Mom, Dad… look I didn't mean to, it was an accident, please don't … you know," Nick says.
"You fucking idiot, you're fucked up!" your Dad yells.
"Me!?" he asks. "Wanna know what she did!?" he asks pointing to you.
"What?" your Mom asks calmly.
"She had sex!" he yells.
"WHAT!?" your Mom and Dad yell at the same time.
"So you killed someone," your Dad says to Nick, "and you had sex," he says to you.
"How could you too do this crap!" your Dad yells.
"Hey! What I did wasn't half as bad as what Nick did!" you yell. No one responds to you.
"Nick, something's really wrong with you, and it has to be dealt with by the cops," your Dad says trying to be calm, he picks up the phone and dials a number. Nick stars freaking out. "And for you!" your Dad yells at you as you start to sneak away as your parent get distasted by your brother. "Don't walk away!" he yells. "You're grounded!" he yells. You don't respond. "And in about 2 weeks we're moving back to South Dakota. Clearly you two cannot handle it here," he says. "Lilly, now you may go to your room," your Dad says…. You run to your room, now balling your eyes out, you fall on your bed and cry for about 5 minutes.
"I gotta get outta here, I need Marshall…" you whisper to yourself. You stand up, lock the door, then wipe your eyes. You change your clothes, then climb out the window. You run quickly over to Marshalls house pushing all the losers out of the way. His Mother is outside doing something with some flowers, that are very ugly. You stare at her until she looks up at you.
"Ahh shit don't fucking do that shit!" she yells. You stare at her confused.
"Please, I don't need this now, I need to talk to Marshall, is he here?" you ask.
"He's in his room," she says. Before she can say you can go in you run into the house and down the hall to Marshalls room, the door is shut you swing in open. He looks up at you shocked. You don't say anything to him, you just walk over to his bed where hes sitting. You get on the bed and fall into his arms and start to cry again. He places his hands on your shoulders and kindly pushes you away from him, with on hand still on your shoulder he reaches the other and wipes some tears away.
"Whats wrong?" he ask.
"We…we.. We're moving back to South Dakota," you say still sobbing.
"But you can't," he says.
"I can't stop this," you say and lean in closer to him.
"Maybe we can," he whispers as you are now laying you head on his shoulder. You continue to cry. You don't say anything you just cry. "Don't worry, its gonna be ok," he says.
"You said nothing bad would happen," you say crying, you look up at him.
"I thought it would be all fine. Im sorry," he says sadly.
"Its not your fault, I just, I don't know," you say crying. You fall into his arms again, he holds on to you. After about a half hour you have calmed down, and your just layin on the bed with Marshall, he's holding on to you.
"You ok now?" he whispers.
"Not really," you say softly.
"You staying here tonight?" he asks as he runs his fingers though your hair.
"Uhh.. Sure," you say. You two end up falling asleep about an hour later, you wake up to a knock on the window……


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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 25: Alec Ogletree of Georgia works out during the 2013 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 25, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
The Chicago Bears signed D.J. Williams and James Anderson as linebackers for the 2013 season, but neither appears to be a long term answer.
It's no secret the Bears are looking for that long-term solution, and have already had visits with Manti Te'o and Arthur Brown. The draft is a place where the Bears will look to pick up some linebacking help. Another direction they could look is at Georgia linebacker Alec Ogletree.
He has the prototypical size and speed for position. As a converted safety, he is fast and versatile and can get around the field. He has impressive tackling skills, and could fit in well with the Bears 4-3 defense. He also has proven to be an asset on special teams, which has always been important for Bears defenders.
Not to mention, that's a great name. Alec Ogletree playing where Dick Butkus, Otis Wilson, Mike Singletary and Brian Urlacher once trod? That makes complete sense.
The downside is that Ogletree had several incidents that could make a team worry. He was arrested for a DUI days before the combine, and suspended for stealing a scooter helmet (for real, man?) and again for failing a drug test. The Bears already have one linebacker with a checkered past in Williams. Do they need another?
But the upside to his downside is that the Bears could get a better player at their draft position. He's a risk, but he did dumb things as a college student. He has to grow and improve and stop doing dumb and destructive things, but everyone has to do that as they move on from college. Ogletree is no different. He could find a good home in Chicago, and learn from players like Brandon Marshall and Lance Briggs about how to move on from bad incidents in the past.

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Volume 14 No. 4 May 2001
* The President's Message: Choosing for the Future of the Bar
* Overview of Elder Law
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The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine has expanded its treatment programs with the addition of radiation therapy at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. Washington University radiation oncologists now provide care at Siteman's west county facility, joining Washington University medical oncologists and surgeons who treat cancer patients on the hospital campus.
"We offer radiation oncologists who specialize in various types of cancer," says Imran Zoberi, MD, medical director of radiation oncology at Siteman's west county facility. "That means patients receive the best treatment regimen for their specific disease."
For example, Zoberi specializes in radiation therapy for breast cancer. He leads several clinical studies testing new ways of delivering treatment, with a goal of improving patient outcomes. Radiation therapy clinical studies will be available to patients in west county - in addition to studies already offered in the areas of medical oncology and surgery.
Siteman relocated its west county facility to expanded space in Medical Office Building 2 at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital in fall 2008. The new radiation therapy facility is in the same building, adjacent to physician offices for Siteman medical oncologists and surgeons, a chemotherapy treatment area and a large lobby with expansive seating and a resource center with brochures and other literature. This integrated setting makes it possible for patients to receive coordinated multidisciplinary care in one location.
Radiation therapy will be delivered by a recently installed Varian Clinac iX linear accelerator capable of providing image-guided treatment. A new CT scanner will be used for treatment planning. To make patients feel more comfortable, Bose CD players are available in treatment areas, and patients can bring their own CDs or select from a collection at the facility. Ceilings in treatment areas feature backlit art depicting green trees and clouds.
Radiation therapy patients also can take advantage of expanded support programs available at Siteman's west county facility. A weekly support group, caregiver group and movement class are available through a partnership with The Wellness Community of Greater St. Louis. Additional education and art programs will be held throughout the year
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Even as stock prices rise, unemployment drops, and overall recovery takes hold, more U.S. workers than ever are planning to delay retirement, according to a new Executive Action Report from The Conference Board. Trapped on the Worker Treadmill? revisits research questions originally incorporated in The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Survey in 2010, when 42 percent of survey respondents reported plans to delay retirement. Returning to the subject two years later, researchers have found a substantial — and surprising — spike in that number: In August 2012, the proportion of 45- to 60-year-olds expecting to run the "rat race" into their "golden years" had grown to 62 percent.
"It's disconcerting that the two years in which the U.S. economy seemed to finally, if fitfully, turn the corner also left so many more workers compelled to change their retirement plans late in their careers," said Gad Levanon, Director of Macroeconomic Research at The Conference Board and a co-author of the report. "This may benefit some businesses and industries, by reducing labor shortages and skill gaps as experienced workers stick around. At the same time, their delaying retirement can be a significant obstacle to the many companies seeking to cut costs. Mapping out the implications of the trend for individual firms and the economy as a whole means first understanding the drivers behind workers' retirement decisions."
Dark Times Leave Long Shadows
Trapped on the Worker Treadmill? finds that workers aged 45–60 who've experienced a job loss, salary cut, or significant decline in home price are much more likely to have plans for delaying retirement. The proportion of respondents reporting each of those three misfortunes rose between 2010 and 2012, but only enough to explain some of the dramatic overall growth in retirement postponement. In fact, the upward trend was apparent across all "impact categories" compared to 2010: Plans to delay retirement grew among those who'd lost a job, those who'd had their salary cut, and even those who'd not been significantly impacted by the recession. Likewise, across all regional, ethnic, gender, and income lines, more older workers are preparing to extend their daily grind.
A major factor in the growth of their numbers, finds the report, is the continued depletion of savings. The U.S. recession officially ended in July 2009 and the stock market has rebounded strongly since then. In 2012, however, 62 percent of 45- to 60-year-olds reported at least a 20 percent decline in the value of their financial assets since the start of the crisis — up from 42 percent in 2010.
"The cumulative effect of drawing down assets in hard times — including the loss of future gains during the recovery — helps explain the current plight of older workers," said Ben Cheng, co-author of the report. "Even as economic conditions improve, many are still relying on assets to get by. And even those who've made it through the worst find themselves needing to work past retirement age to rebuild savings."
Macro Effects and Long-Term Trends
Regression analysis reveals that roughly half of the 21-percentage-point increase in plans to delay retirement between 2010 and 2012 can be accounted for by the direct recessionary impacts of job loss, salary reduction, depressed home prices, and depleted savings. The remainder, according to the report, reflects larger and longer-term economic and sociological factors.
For instance, interest rates on savings accounts, C.D.s, government bonds, and other vehicles have fallen significantly since 2010. With low yields expected to continue into the foreseeable future, workers may be pushing back retirement in anticipation of smaller returns on their financial assets. Similarly, the generation-long shift from defined-benefit to defined-contribution retirement plans — alongside changes in Social Security and the increasing scarcity of post-retirement employee health benefits — may be incentivizing longer working years, as retirees shoulder more of the risk than in decades past. Finally, better health and life expectancy have, quite apart from the recession-related jump of recent years, pushed retirement age steadily higher since the 1990s. People expect to live longer and fuller past age 65 — and need more wealth to do so.


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The Journal of Computer and System Sciences International is the leading scientific journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences in all areas of control theory and systems. The journal features papers on the theory and methods of control as well as papers devoted to the study, design, modeling, development, and application of new control systems. Papers reflect contemporary research and development in the field, with particular attention given to computer methods and technologies.
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Dec 03, 2012 4:27 PM
There's something simpler. Leftists want power, really want it. That means they have to hate and attack ANYTHING in their way. No matter how big or small. Attack it and kill it. Here's a partial list of things in their way: family, religion, good schools, patriotism, capitalism, guns, knowledge, reading, arithmetic, history, independent thinking, manliness, bravery, traditional marriage...basically, everything that the Founding Fathers would have thought more or less ordinary.


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Costa Rica's Southern Zone
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June 21st, 2012
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Corcovado National Park—the Amazon of Costa Rica—is the largest stronghold of Pacific coastline primary forest. Its 41,788 hectares encompass eight habitats, from mangrove swamp and jolillo palm grove to mountain forest. Because Corcovado Park is inundated with nearly 6 meters(20ft) of rain a year, it is known as a"tropical wet forest." The park protects more than 400 species of birds (20 are endemic), 116 of amphibians and reptiles, and 139 of mammals—representing 10 % of the mammals in the Americas. Its healthy population of scarlet macaws is the largest concentration in Central America. You can expect to see large flocks of macaws in flight tor feeding on almond trees by the shoreline. Corcovado is a good place to spot the red-eyed tree frog (listen for his single-notemating "cluck"), the glass frog with its transparent skin, and enamel-bright poison-arrow frogs. And you can watch fishing bats. Corcovado is one of only two places in the country that harbor squirrel monkeys (the other is Manuel Antonio). It's also one of the last stands in the world for the harpy eagle. Four species of sea turtles—green, pacific riddle, hawksbill, and leather back—nest on the park's beaches. And the park supports a healthy population of tapirs and big cats, which like to hang around the periphery of the Corcovado Lagoon. Jaguar paw prints are commonly seen in the mud trails, and the cats are often sighted. (The park's mammal population—notably peccaries—is under intense pressure from illegal hunters).
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The Sierpe River area gives travelers the unique experience of exploring the most unadulterated river, ocean, and rainforest environments at the same time. Adventure activities abound, and if you are an active person you'll never get bored. This HD video is the best representation of the experience that one can have in the Sierpe area that I've seen. http:// vimeo.com/14871440
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September 28th, 2010
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Drake Bay on the Osa! Kayaking and seeing all the birds.. The best in the world.
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September 19th, 2010
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We have been to the Peninsula de Osa Cabo Matapalo and stayed at Ojo del Mar, we loved it, loved it, loved it ... amazing wildlife everywhere, deserted beaches, very helpful nice owners, great healthy food . It was the highlight of our trip.
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June 17th, 2010
10:14 am
We had a great time at Manu Villas and Spa which is close to Dominical. Great Place with only 4 Bali style villas for rent on a amazing 30 acre property. Nice people run it take good care of their guests with great food & massages. Dominical is a laid back surfer town with small restaurants and bars … the real costa rica.
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April 17th, 2010
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Hacienda Baru...stay there a wonderful place outside Dominical
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July 27th, 2009
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The Lookout in Playa Tortuga near Dominical is a magical place. Perched atop a hill overlooking the ocean, the Lookout is located near surfing, waterfalls, horseback riding, ATV tours (awesome), kayaking and much more. The owners are very friendly and helpful, recommending some of the most amazing restaurants and activities. A wonderful place to spend your vacation.
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July 4th, 2009
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The Costa Ballena between Dominical and Ojochal is where the mountains meet the sea. Great views. Lots to do but not overdeveloped. Good food, beaches. Mom and pop tourism
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The Costa Ballena between Dominical and Ojochal is where jungled mountains meet the sea. Great ocean views. Lots to do but not overdeveloped. Mostly mom and pop sized accomadations and plenty of places to eat.
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Check out the area from Oja Chal to Pto. Cortes....find some land and buy it...it is a sure bet that in ten year it will be worth millions
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June 12th, 2008
12:29 pm
I would suggest Poor Mans Paradise between Drake Bay and Cocovado. Lovely resort on a nearly private beach and the only resort in area run by local Costa Rican's.
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March 2nd, 2008
11:33 am
We have been to Costa Paraiso just outside of Dominical and it is a fabulous spot - owned and run by Canadians and in a beautiful location. worth checking out.
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Empty Seats May Simply Become a Fixture for Bristol Spring Race
By admin | March 20, 2013
By Richard Allen
By most accounts, the racing this past weekend at the Bristol Motor Speedway was quite good in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide divisions of NASCAR. However, the attendance at the high banked, half-mile track located in the mountains of upper east Tennessee was not good at all, at least in comparison to previous years.
This track used to be a virtual lock to sellout anytime it opened its gates for NASCAR. But on Sunday, there were vast expanses of empty seats when the green flag dropped on the Food City 500.
So what has happened?
In 2007, officials from Speedway Motorsports, Inc.(parent company of BMS) decided that the racing surface was in need of repair. However, the track was not only resurfaced, it was also reconfigured.
The legendary 36 degree banking that made BMS one of the most unique racing facilities in the world was reduced and changed to a progressive form of banking that gets steeper in the higher grooves. This, it was thought, would allow for more side-by-side racing and less of the beating and banging for the much coveted lower lane.
After the change, the racing on the concrete bullring just wasn't the same. And as a result, fans stopped coming in the large numbers(over 160,000) that the track had become so well known for.
As the crowds thinned year after year, those who represented the track tired to lay blame on every possible source other than the resurfacing project as the cause for the sagging attendance. Hotel prices, gas prices, the economy and any number of other reasons were thrown out to explain the empty seats.
But it stands to reason that during the track's run of 55 consecutive Sprint Cup sellouts, there had been times when the economy had gone sour and gas prices had gone up. And for those of us who live here in east Tennessee, it was simply a given that hotel prices were always raised to ridiculous levels on each of the Bristol weekends.
Last summer, SMI finally gave in and made an attempt to change the racing surface. Grinders were brought in to wear down the upper lane and create more uniformity in the banking. While cars still run around the top groove, fans seem to approve of the change based on the article linked above.
Should it also stand to reason that with improved racing the massive crowds will return? Well, not necessarily. And that may be especially true for the races held in March.
The race traditionally run on this track in August is contested on a Saturday night, which gives it more of a 'wild and crazy' feel. This, in turn, makes it a happening as much a race. The guarantee of warm weather and the night-time atmosphere create a natural party vibe which helps sell tickets, even to those less enthusiastic about the racing itself, and will always make that a 'must-see' event.
The race traditionally held each year in March does not have that same feel to it. It is contested on Sunday afternoons in typically cooler and less predictable weather. The same party atmosphere just doesn't exist, and thus, it is simply a race rather than a happening. March is more about racing an less about partying. So, those less enthusiastic about racing may chose to stay away.
Fans of racing, meanwhile, can get the same vibe for the March race sitting at home and watching the high definition television broadcast as they can in the faciltiy itself, and at a much lower cost. It seems as if people began to realize that when they stopped coming a few years ago.
On a personal note, this was the first Sprint Cup race I had attended in several years. I found myself not enjoying it as much because I was not interacting on twitter nor listening to scanner chatter like I normally do. For me, that took away from the experience. I believe this combination of HD television and social media interaction is something all sports are going to have to compete with in regard to achieving similar attendance numbers as in years past.
If sporting events are to sellout in the future, they have to make the fan experince into a happening that can't be experienced sitting at home and watching on television. The August race at Bristol has that capability. The March race does not seem to have it. So, it seems as if empty seats may become a fixture for the Bristol spring race unless something such as a date change occurs.  Â
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Gene Says:
March 20th, 2013 at 5:08 pm
Tony Geinzer Says:
March 20th, 2013 at 7:35 pm
I would offer a changeup from the 3DHD Nation and let real locals take on an oppurtunity to enjoy Bristol. I would like to see more of a Early to Mid April Classic where the air and people would be more vibrant.
zhills fan Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 7:40 am
Excuses, excuses, i'm tired of hearing about it. Empty seats are at all tracks. Why?….. i'm sure the product presented by NASCAR could possibly be the reason.
GinaV24 Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 7:59 am
Rich, you don't have a scanner to listen to the drivers/radio feed? Wow, I wouldn't go to a race without one.
I do agree however that the spring race at many of the tracks - Martinsville and Richmond, as well as Bristol, are less appealing because of the unpredictability of the weather. I've sat through races at Martinsville in a cold mist, not quite enough to wet the track, thank goodness, but darned unpleasant nonetheless. The first race I ever went to was the May race at Richmond - we got rained out. That was almost enough to make me say - never mind - I'll watch this stuff from home.
The thing for me still is that the tv coverage is mediocre for the most part but I'm not willing to pay the $ to go to the track unless the racing shows a marked improvement over what it has been for the past 5 or 6 years. I have often wished for a place to take a nap for the middle part of many races.
Richard Allen Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 8:21 am
I do have a scanner but I had my son with me and he was attending his first Cup race so I didn't want anything to distract from that.
Jesse Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 8:35 am
We went 3 years ago to our first Bristol race, what a joke, 43 cars and only 15 where in the hunt. It's hard to beleive that the IRL has not cashed in on Nascar, some of the races are really good and there is real racing the whole race. I just see more and more people leaving Nascar and watching and attending other sports.
DC Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 8:53 am
My jaw dropped when I turned the TV on on Sunday. The difference is so drastic that it is alarming. I'm not going to pretend to know the cause, but the comment about the recession, I think, is incorrect. We haven't experienced a downturn like this since the 1920s. The recessions in the 80's and 90's were nothing compared to what we just went through, and states like TN were hit very, very hard. I'm sure they are a long way from recovering.
That being said, I barely watch NASCAR anymore. The races bore me to tears, no matter what track (and you can be sure I won't bother watching, yawn, Fontana).
Jim Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 10:48 am
It was some time back that the rocket scientists in the towers of Daytona decided to tell all the longtime faithful to take a hike. That new fans could be had. They would be younger with more $$$$$$ to spend and all would be wright with the world. At this point everyone should know that there is a serious lack of common sense at the top(Brian) and that the days of a sanctioning body staging a safe RACE are long gone and all that's left is Staged Entertainment LLC. Now that the hype of the newest and latest mouse trap has faded and a new version of money can buy anything(princes) has lost that new appeal, everyone can go back to sleep. For now it's back to life until such time as it is appropriate to one again throw rocks at the NA$$$CAR chiefs, as its not if it will happen again but when it will happen again, until then its empty seats and low TV ratings.
john Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 1:15 pm
When they decided that Darlington,Atlanta,Rockingham and Wilksboro could go and everyone and his uncle would support Nascar with crap like this weekend in weirdoo land,"Oh by the way the races in weirdoo land has never sold out" or the crap in Kansas,Chicago,Homestead and every other crap track that they race on that would put a speed freak to sleep,they ended Nascar for most true fans.
Paul Allen Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 4:31 pm
You hit the nail on the head when making the distinction between "just another race" and an "Event". The numbers speak for themselves.
jo-jr Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 6:48 pm
We had been going to the bristol races ,since, back in the 60's…stopped, two years ago! two boring, and the race shoud not, be run, in march! It is either raining, or snowing! How stupid to have this race in march! no more, going to this race to freeze. !! ticket prices to high, to! Today, everthing is a rip off, including nascar races!!They have killed the goose, that laid, the golden egg!!!
Keith Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 8:16 pm
No doubt empty seats will be a fixture at the spring race as long as the race is in March. Last time I went it was raining and the temp dropped to 31 that night.Since there are not many hotels close to the track and Camping in the mountains in the winter no matter where it ain't no fun I will never go again just for that reason.
Jason T Says:
March 21st, 2013 at 11:15 pm
I am so sick of NASCAR blaming the economy year after year. How does that explain the ratings going down year to year for TV….. wouldn't tv ratings go up if those fans were forced to watch it on TV? I don't see many people getting rid of their cable tv. Core fans are over this WWF style of running things… I.E… The "CHASE".
When NASCAR went cookie cutter with the tracks and shut down the old tracks replacing them with 1.5 cookie cutters they told their core fan to FU(K off, and now all the fair weather fans from 5 to 6 years ago are over it too.
Now if they have any sense they will get off their ass and try to get those fans back. Maybe going back to some tracks they should have never left. But with Brian France and Bruton Smith basically running NASCAR I wont hold my breath.
A new stock car sanctioning body needs to be created. The time is now. Start small with 15 races, and a good corporate sponsor, and build it up. Race on small to medium tracks, and give NASCAR some damn competition, and see what happens.
Never thought I'd live to see the day people are blaming the weather for attendance problems at Bristol… boy times are a changing lol.
SV Says:
March 22nd, 2013 at 10:54 am
Hey Rich, make sure you read Bob Pockrass' column at Sporting News today. He had the cojones to write about Denny's comment that only 10% of the drivers tell the truth. Remember my comment from the 19th? Probably not.
Ek Says:
March 22nd, 2013 at 7:37 pm
NASCAR has went too "Holly
wood"……being a Bristol native that has went to the races for many years..I won't be going anymore….NASCAR has ruined racing…it's all about the dollar… Multiple car teams…restricted racing…new surfaces…NASCAR is a joke anymore..
bob Says:
March 22nd, 2013 at 9:34 pm
I have been going to Bristol for about 15 years and took the race and the hospitality for granted. I gave up my seats 2 years ago to go to a race closer to home. Everything cost more every day an if you want it bad enough you will pay. I purchased seasion tickets for Kentucky and was more disapointed than anybody should have been. I returned this spring to Bristol and it would be nice to see the seatsl full again. Go to Kentucky speedway and you will find the hospitality and the racing to be one of the bigger disapointments in racing.
Go Bristol
Ken Says:
March 24th, 2013 at 9:28 pm
I believe that it's simply the cost of attending the event. I only live a little under an hour from the track. I was a ticket holder for nearly 30 years and let mine go three years ago. The cost for two tickets in turn one was $300, due and payable 10 months prior to the event. Parking within two miles of the track is $40-$50 on race day. Include food and beer, and it becomes $400.00 to attend the race for one day. For me, that's quite steep for two people to attend a NASCAR race, and I live close enough to not have to rent a hotel room (at very jacked-up rates & minimum stays). That's hard to justify for myself and many others in today's economy.
If they want to fill the seats, lower the ticket price!!
Roy Says:
April 14th, 2013 at 8:03 am
Plenty of empty seats at Bristol Motor Speedway maybe it's' because of the gouging that takes place during an event.
Campgrounds normal daily rate - full hook ranges around $25-$40 a night, however during a NASCAR event these rates increase (209% - 439%).
Hotels normal rate $52-$75 a night but during NASCAR, these rates are $213.60 or more, per night plus a min stay of 3 nights.
A week stay at a campground is normally $125-$210 but for a NASCAR event these rate become ($439-$860) depending on closeness to track.
If you Camp you can get an old school bus ride to/from track for $20.00 each (event).
Cheap seat tickets $80.00 per person.
Camping retired couple:
Gasoline — 450 miles each way or 900 mile/ motor home mpg is 6.5 or 140 gallons @ 3.80 per gallon or $532 (note: gas station raised prices —gouge too)
Camping = $550
Bus Rides = $20 time 2 people time three events= $120
Cheap tickets = 80 times 2 times 3 events = $480
Total before food, propane & other miscellaneous items is $1682 (more than a mortgage payment)
Same couple non-NASCAR event is $501 for gas and $201 for Camping for a total of $702 before tickets/bus rides which on the low end is (154%) increase for NASCAR Gougers
Man it is time to get real, the reason the seats are empty is not the track pavement, it is the out & out gouging.
Seve Says:
March 4th, 2014 at 2:30 am
I live about 8 miles from the Bristol Motor Speedway, and own Gear Jammers Go Kart Track 1.5 miles past the track on Volunteer Pky going towards downtown. Our business has suffered more yearly with the economy and lack of attendance during the spring race. As a business owner I wish they would move the spring race to warmer weather. We offer the fans something fun and cool to do, but they stay in when its cold. I attended the march 30, 19179 race Dale Earnhardt's first win. We had box seats at the time. Nothing special, just seats at the top of the stands boxed in by a chain link fence railing without the chain link attached and metal folding chairs to sit in lol! My how things have changed!
Niklas. Says:
March 18th, 2014 at 7:08 pm
Toyota. Surprised nobody mentions this. Some NASCAR fans don't want to see any foreign-based manufactuers in NASCAR. In the good old days, NASCAR was for American-based manufacturers only, but Brian France ruined NASCAR. I refuse to spend my hard earned money to watch any overrated, butt ugly Toyota Camrys racing an a track. Never!


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Say what? Where the hell has this guy been for the last six years when Congress loaded up every spending bill it passed with massive pork barrel projects and sent the budget deficits to record levels?
Oh, I forgot. That was a Republican Congress. Now that Democrats are in control, the President whose illegal war in Iraq sent the federal budget deep into the hole and the same President who sat on his butt while Congress spent itself into oblivion funding that war and handing out the pork suddenly wants fiscal responsibility?
American voters may be dumb but they ain't that dumb.
If just about anyone else sat in the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue you might feel some sympathy but Bush generates too much disgust to feel sorry for him. Besides, my granddaddy always said that if you want sympathy you can find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis.
Political cartoonists nailed it when they started portraying Bush as Alfred E. Neumann, the "what-me-worry" caricature from Mad Magazine. This man carries clueless to new heights. Next week he will launch a new campaign to send more American troops to their deaths in Iraq, oblivious to an American public that no longer supports his failed and lies-based invasion of that country and seemingly unaware of the fact that even members of his own party will vote against such actions in both the House and Senate.
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Fellow Republicans call him deranged and delusional. Historians say his acts as President border on criminal. Psychiatrists call him a dry drunk who has lost touch with reality. Things have gotten so bad that a Los Angeles Times editorial likened the White House to an episode of The Twilight Zone and commentator Marty Kaplan suggested it might be time for a military coup to seize power from Bush, ala the movie Seven Days in May, the movie with a screenplay written, ironically, by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling.
Short of turning the American government over the Pentagon, what do we do about Bush? Some still call for impeachment but the new Democratic leadership of Congress has backed away from that idea and, from a political point of view, impeachment is a pipe dream because the Dems don't have enough votes in the Senate to convict him anyway.
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This is Bush's Tet Offensive, his Battle of the Bulge, his last gasp for Victory and attempt to justify that grandstand play with the tight flight suit on the deck of the aircraft carrier and the banner that read "Mission Accomplished"
When this fails, if the Congress allows it to happen (and I suspect that they won't have the guts to stop it–for I believe that they are filled with hot air rhetoric, and their hands are already grabbing all they can as fast as their greed allows[what,me a skeptic?])I forsee a Bush retreating to the Crawford Ranch much more often, Cheney more and more in obvious control of the government, and general stalemate in Congress. Not a pretty scenario, but I'm moving to Asia to watch their fireworks close up and ours at a distance. Perhaps I can get a more objective perspective from afar…
All the reading this week about Ford pardoning Nixon and cutting deals in the back rooms. The conclusion is that the Demo's have been screwed by the Repub's.
These deals screwed Clinton after he let slide GHW Bush off on the Iran-Contra scam.
Clinton not being very honest in many of his dealings was at least trying to get things done for America. This is of course my own opinion about Clinton and his gang of theives, but at least he had balenced the budget and many people were working.
And that being said what else can be said and done but keep us making money. The Repubs spent millions of dollars with there bullshit investagations of White Water and whatever Clinton's did while governer of Arkansas.
Politics are a dirty game and the Repubs showed there true colors through and through when it came to sticking to the deals that they broke with the Dems.
Personally I think we should dredge up the Iran-Contra scandel and the Savings and Loan scandel, and every scandel the Repubs have gotton away with since they have been in power.
So as American's we should look very closely at the violations of the CONSTITUTION wheather by Dems or Repubs there have been direct violations of this document. And of course IMPEACHMENT is on my table, looking directly at the outing of Palme, that was ignored during this past year of lies and distortations.
That would be a chicken race to see. Trying to beat the french to a quick surrender!
I think the next President needs to borrow a page from President Ford's book and begin his/her inaugural speech with, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over…"
You've got to wonder just how long the U.S. military will just sit and take orders from Bu$h and Cheney. They're about ready to get "stabbed" again over Iraq when Bu$h will make Casey the current scapegoat over the Iraq debacle. Casey claims he is doing what he thought Bu$h wanted him to do. How much of this will our military take?
At least recently some retired generals started speaking out. They need to speak louder and longer. Obviously nobody is listening to the general population, except for the 30% of us that are still moron-bots.
ya'all been reading my blog? Dang folks – I've been saying this for weeks!
Did you know that all the money consfigated from wage earners illegally just goes to service the debt owed to the federal reserve. The fed prints money from thin air, then loans it to the government and WE pay the interest on the money from nothing. Nice racket they set up in the new deal.
Bush is untouchable, above the law. He appointed the judges and they owe him. Bush passed the laws that prevent his indictment for war crimes, past and future. He IS EVIL and he IS DANGEROUS. The next two years are not going to be any better, likely worse, much worse.
Where's Oswald when you really need him?
Dear Doug, if I remember correctly impeachment of Tricky Dick was not a sure thing until after the hearings converted enough Senate R's to pass the word that they were going to vote in favor. I say let the hearing begin. That will happen when we D's find our spine. Here's hoping.
"Some still call for impeachment but the new Democratic leadership of Congress has backed away from that idea and, from a political point of view, impeachment is a pipe dream because the Dems don't have enough votes in the Senate to convict him anyway."
I suspect that if Congress bothers to do real investigation and Impeachment proceedings, Bush's ratings will be low enough that a significant percentage of Republicans (those up for re-election in 2008) will seriously consider conviction.
In any case, I think that Impeachment is the right thing to do. The only other options to get him out of office are either waiting 2 years, convincing him to resign, or illegal.
First of all, Mr. (They don't call him 'Dick' for nothing) Cheney has already been ruling the roost. You don't really think Waldo could dream up this stuff on his own – do you?
Secondly, Impeachment? Congress has already shown that they don't have the guts to folow through, so what makes you think that it would fly this time? By the time it would come to fruition, Junior may have already departed for Paraguay, where many former Nazi's may have found shelter. Hahahahahaha! God save us all from this insanity.
Is it possible for Bu$h to pardon himself before he leaves office? I'm sure Dick Cheney thinks he has that power. Nobody has tried it yet but watch and see if he doesn't get impeached, Bu$h pre-pardons himself, DC, Rumsfield, and the whole "family". Watch the Dems just cry and let it all go away…
Turn the Executive Office over to the pentagon? Really?
If you think Bush and Pat Robertson are nuts, you should stand back and take a closer look at the Pentagon staff. Two more years of these present traitors are far preferable to a nightmare scenario of martial law.
Then, truly, our Constitution would become a "scrap of paper."
On a related subject, does anyone know why Tony Snow is never asked, by our friends in the media, about the 104-acre "embassy" in Iraq, or the detention camps being built right here in the USA?
Can you impeach someone who was never elected in the first place?
Balance the budget? Pork? (Beans?) Let's see, now. One, maybe two, three. Vetos I mean. Last six years? Something like that? I wonder how many presidential (yes, with a lower case p) pens will be emptied on vetos in the coming two.
It could play out like this. Remember that Ford pardoned Nixon not just for things we knew he did but for things that he may have done that had not yet come to light. SO… Bush pardons Cheney and the rest of his staff for known and unknown offenses. Then Bush resignes, making Cheney the president. Cheney pardons Bush for known and unknown offenses. And yes, the Dems do nothing. BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL IN ON THE DEAL. And yes, a military coup would be disastrous, even though in the past I have myself suggested that as a solution. But that was before I realized that much of the top brass are not evangelical christians. We're screwed, blued, and tattooed any way you look at it. Maybe I should move to Paraguay.
I meant to say " … much of the top brass are NOW evangelical christians." Geeeeez… "now" changes the whole meaning. NOW, I meant to say NOW.
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We apparently have some good thinkers on this blog. Impeachment is out! It would look like a reaction to Clinton's impeachment. what I would like to see is a full-blown investigation on all information before, during and after 9/11 including those French memos that they had to prove Bush knew about 9/11 long before it happened. If we can prove without a shadow of a doubt that Bush was responsible for all 3000 deaths, we could request that he, Cheney and Rice simply pack up a go away or face criminal charges. We do not need any more violence over this issue.
Mob rule is not the answer and our Pentagon may have been also involved in 9/11 and are better left alone.
Let's bring his crap to a halt! We have bills to pay and some healing to do. We have some new ideas for government to debate. Don't forget "Our Campaign for America."
I believe anyone doing what Bush is doing has to be crazy. However, if there is actual, solid proof – behavior in private, etc., then maybe it's time to show it to the public. If the man is certifibly insane, then lets produce the goods and cart him off to the big house.
In response, to Janice, be sure to take the nuke keys away from him ASAP before we cart him off…
In response to Janice, how do we take the nuke keys away from him before we cart him off (like taking the keys away from a drunk… only worse!).
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His Majesty chokes on a pretzel and due to a lack of oxygen to his pea brain he is "officially" declared a vegetable.
Cheney is led from his bunker to be sworn, but do to his fear of "sunshine" he has a massive heart attack and is unable to serve.
Hello President Pelosi!
I'd lay even odds that Cheney has already had a heart replacement during one of his many extended visits to "undisclosed locations".
What we need is a public debate between Keith Olberman and GWB. That could prompt a public Bush mental meltdown AND a massive Cheney heart attack or stroke. Not that I would wish anyone ill or anything.
I would cancel that call to the Pentagon if I were you.
Surely you haven't forgotten the false flag operation of 9/11.
They Pentagon would triple our taxes and outsource running of the country to the likes of Halliburton and The Carlyle Group. Schools would be turned into weapons plants and your Grandma would be folding bandages.
I, too, would like nothing more than to see impeachment of the Evil Emperor. But sometimes you have to pick your battles. Restoration of the balance of power is critical in the coming months. A bitter impeachment fight will polarize the parties and bring Congress to a standstill. Right now, Congress needs to effectively deal with other problems.
To truly effect change, you would have to nail both Bush and Cheney. That could take a year or more, and cost the taxpayers a few zillion dollars. Then, they would claim the God-given power to pardon each other.
I've always wondered how the men of the Roman Senate could allow Caligula to put his horse in charge and do nothing about it. Now I know how.
Here's an idea: announce to the world that if the Iraqis will stop fighting for 30 days, we will packup our toys and leave. Of course they would have wait til we left to start killing each other again. If they really want us to leave, they would do it.
Then we could move all the troops and equipment to Afganistan where they are really needed to help harvest the poppy fields.
Many die. None resign. He never would have been elected without a lot of oil money, and he might have resigned after 911 if it wasn't for all the money.
Now my nephew is doing combat patrols in the great sandbox.
the problem with impeachment is simple-what would be worse for America to survive the next 2 years,trying to get by with bush now that there is a chance for checks and balances,or let the vp into the oval office?the idea of the vp in charge is the only thing that scares me more than bush.as a nation it seems we are trapped into running out the clock,and hope there is something left after the evil ones are gone…
They will never impeach Bush. He has family values??..Hes a good little christian?? Right??
mewman – remember, Bush is only a heartbeat away from the Presidency….
In my view he is doing exactly what his backers paid him to do: strengthen the military industrial governmental-complex, with it's vast corporate backing, so that it becomes impervious to ordinary citizen demands for social benefits. Not that your personal observations aren't well taken; he knows he only has to continue two more years, in a trance if necessary, and then he'll be home free and rich for life! And he beat his dad to boot.
Mewman is correct. We are in a spiral of no-return due to their being a madman as President, and a power-hungry Hitler as his VP. No way out of this mess without removing both of them from office.
I see more woe for the USA……
I do not think that the vp is a bad trade for replacing the idiot that is already there. why you ask? as investigations begin and as information is gathered and as crimes are made clear the bumbling idiot and his vp clone from gerald ford, kissinger, idiot I, and rumsfeld, will be indicted. there is no way that an investigation will not reveal crimes against the constitution and humanity by idiot II and that drone of a vp who do not speak anymore. let investigations begin and i assure you both will not only be in hot water, but they will be asking for someone to carry "ice trays to hell" to quench their thirsts. the question that is on mymind is now that Germany has begun to call for investigation of rumsfeld, can we actually find the silo that he now calls home. is his new silo in utah, nevada, idaho, or one of the secret prisons that this rogue administration sanctioned?
Maybe Congress could declare war on France, then surrender, and let them rule the U.S. for the next two years till we kick them out. Anything has got to be better then Bush!
I pray everyday for a military coup and it ain't that far away! Check out TBR news some time. I wonder how Bush feels when he is speaking in front of millions of people on national television knowing that most of them hate and despise his every fiber of being?
Mr George Walker Bush was NEVER elected (as all of us know; or should know).
The reason why he will never listen to anyone is this:
his one and only allegiance and faithfulness is to Skull & Bones.
What the "they" of that bloody organization tell him to do, he will do.
Nothing more; nothing less.
This is also why he could say that the Constitution of the United States is "just a piece of paper".
Which it, indeed, is to the puppet-masters.
And get this: when "they" have had enough of mr G.W. Bush, he will be forced to "resign" (probably "abdicate", the way mr Bush sees his role).
Congress (currently with a democratic party majority) has no NO SAY in that procedure.
Therefore: impeachment is absolutely ridiculous: it takes too long (timewise); it costs too much money and energy; and: it will NOT get mr Bush off his throne.
Ms Nancy Pelosi was/is correct, when she said that "impeachment is not an issue" (or words to that extent).
In other words: all we can do is hope that any day soon the people, who really rule the waves, want mr G.W. Bush out.
Thank you.
Ruth Benderall
Perhaps I should explain:
Our military is under orders to leave the Poppy/heroin industry alone. What I am told is it is the only industry the country has. To shut it down would be disaster for the Afgan economy. Since we ran the Taliban out it has flourished to an all time high under our protection. That means the warlords are in control. As in Iraq, the so called government is a purple fingered joke.
If you want to know what is really going on, have someone who speaks the language talk to the boots on the ground. You have to be one of them. They don't trust civilians. And, everyone who has ever blown the whistle has wound up dead or in Levenworth. Even the man who created the SEALs, my old boss, wound up in prison just because he theatened.
The farmers growing the poppies receive but a pittance. We could buy them off for a couple billion a year and eliminate a major part of the drug problem here that costs us something like 40 billion a year to fight. Its win-win; the farmers get a big increase in pay for stopping production and we could cut our "war on drugs" budget by a third. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, right, like THATS ever going to happen.
As for Nancy Pelosi and impeachment being off the table. What would you expect? She is a member of the billionaire's club. She probably has more personal wealth than GWB himself. I wonder how much of Carlyle she owns.
PS – If you think my idea of buying off the Afghan farmers is a bit far fetched, I would remind you that for decades we have been giving the Egyptians a couple billion a year to be nice to the Israelis. The "buy off" is a proven method. And cheap.
gawd you people are so uninformed! the entire world banking system would collapse if the tide of so-called illegal" drugs was ever stemmed or, worse for them, drugs were finally legalized as they should be.
Drug money is all that keeps them alfoat. They will never stop until they have it all or until their grandchildren are hanging from lampposts to put an end to this capitalistic madness.
Dear Doug: I hope you do a very special rant against the latest assault on our civil liberties, in terms of the latest news on George W. Bush's scrutiny of our mail. The man is mad to control. He wants total authority and believe it's his God-given right to do so. He needs to be un-annointed and put in his place.
Ray, you are absolutely right. bush is untouchable.
Tonight on NBC, he can now open all of our personal mail……….nothing is private anymore, nothing is scared, literally God help us all from this insanity!
Please read on rense.com This Savage Nation by J. Bruce Campbell, it's excellent.
Thank you for your insight.
I meant "sacred" not scared…but I feel we all should be scared the way things are happening daily, eroding away ALL of our rights…the X-ray camps for dissents, like many of us all are, are going to fill up soon, if we don't stop this madness!
Hi Doug,
My only question is whether Mad King George will deliberately start a war on Syria or Iran this year. Of course, the war would have to be spun on false pretenses: maybe a "false flag" operation like the Gulf of Tonkin. Or a drummed up accident like the Maine in Havana harbor. Or a new Pearl Harbor, like the first one in which we knew the hit was coming, but wanted to make sure it was just bloody enough to get the country up to war-whooping fanaticism. Or the false-flag 9-11 operation (I know you don't agree with me on that one–but give it time, and you'll see the light). My prediction: an attack on one of our ships in the Persian Gulf leads to a bombing run against either Tehran or the Bushehr nuclear facilities. From there, it spins into an Iranian attack on American-backed Iraq, and all hell breaks loose. Bush gets to pretend he's a gallant war Prez, takes a few testosterone injections, and orders all-out, emergency deployment to the Middle East. The draft begins again.
The only question: will it play? Are Americans stupid enough to buy into it?
That, my friend, is an open question….
On the View, Rosie had James Brolin on and she was talking about how much she thought of his wife "Barbara", an outspoken person concerning Bush. He, out of the blue, told everyone on live TV to pull up http://www.911weknow.com
Hopefully, lots of people pulled up this web-site, and what they had as a feeling, will finally "dawn" on them, too.
Bush was/is/will be dangerous to us all, who know the truth!
See the light, Doug please.
Remember the story in the mainstream a couple weeks back that appeared for a day or two and then disappeared, wherein some people in TX were disassembling a nuke and very nearly averted an accidental detonation? I'm pretty paranoid at this point. Those guys are pros. What if they were set up and only through exceptional skill were able to avoid catastrophe. What do you suppose would have happened had that bomb exploded? Do you think it would have been blamed on "the terrace". Do you think it would have been used as an excuse to attack… whomever? I fully expect a "Gulf of Tonkin" in the Persian Gulf. Apparently there have been several "near miss" incidents at the Pantex company, near Amarillo, TX, which among other functions, disassembles obsolete nuclear bombs. Nice, eh?
Pantex Operator Fined For Warhead Accidents
By JEFF NESMITH
Cox News Service
Friday, December 15, 2006
WASHINGTON  An accident that occurred as a decades-old nuclear warhead was being dismantled at the government's Pantex facility near Amarillo, Texas, could have caused the device to detonate, a nonprofit organization charged Thursday.
The one, and I think most obvious, thing that has not been suggested is for the new congress to take away Bush's power to to declare war.
The founders set up a system whereby only the people (through their elected representatives) could take this nation to war. The last congress changed that, giving Bush the power to act all by himself. Now that they have the majority in both houses, return us to the constitution and show Bush it isn't just a goddamn piece of paper.
I receive and send a lot of emails in my daily life and wonder what would happen if we all cc'd them to Bush? I thought about fowarding all the crap I receive as junk mail to the white house too. I would probably be sent to prison if I did it.
Doing Iran will be W's ultimate "triumph" because he has the ear of God and don't you forget it. Two more years of Bush could mean the end of this country as we know it. Fascism is alive and well under the auspices of the most corrupt, evil and incompetetent administration in history.
I agree, we have to get Bush out NOW! But a military coup, that's bad news. If Congress doesn't want to deal with impeachment, and the military shouldn't it is up to US to remove him. We'll find a way.
Maybe I'm naive, but what would happen if we Bushie-phobics just quit paying all taxes until the last American soldier was out of Iraq ? Surely there aren't jails enough
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Stephen M. Bennett wrote an answer about Arc'teryx Sabre Pant - Men's on January 31, 2013
I've read certain places that the Gore softshell is just proshell with a fleece backer and softer outer fabric...don't know if it's true though.
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I like things that work and don't weigh much.
I've read certain places that the Gore softshell is just proshell with a fleece backer and softer outer fabric...don't know if it's true though.
Last ski season I ran across the Sabre SV in the greenlight color. It fit and I should have purchased it then but I didn't. Flash forward to this year and I finally bit the bullet and ordered the jacket in Tungsten. I'm a large in virtually everything Arcteryx but this was just huge. Overall the construction was nice and professionally done. The hood easily envelopes a ski helmet. The powder skirt always being there is annoying to me, but that's more of a personal issue I think. The fleecy inside is a nice touch as well.
The jacked looked cool but the fit did not work for me. I'm a large in virtually everything Arcteryx but this was just huge. It was too baggy in the torso and the sleeves were too long. I understand it's cut for layering and a relaxed look but coupled with the powder skirt being permanently attached and the fleece backer that limits this jacket to snow activities and nothing more I decided to return it. I did opt for the Theta SV, which is cut large but doesn't have a powder skirt and can be used in all seasons.
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The Alpha should be softer. The Theta is conceivably more durable.
I have been doing a lot of research on super lightweight down jackets and narrowed things down to two options; the Patagonia Ultralight down jacket and the Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer. I ordered both and my impressions favor the MHW in almost every discernible way.
The MHW is lighter (the large weighed 7.6 ounces on my digital scale), the fabric is softer to the touch, the down lofts higher because it's higher quality down (850 versus 800 fill), and, as a result, it's a warmer jacket. Additionally, the Ghost Whisperer packs down into its own pocket and doesn't require a stuff sack (the Patagonia comes with a stuff sack).
Now, a comment on fit. The cut of the MHW is fuller than the Patagonia for sure. I wouldn't really say the Patagonia is a "slim" fit as the website indicates but it is fitted somewhat. I don't think the MHW is an athletic fit as this website indicates. Frankly, I would call it "relaxed" in terms of fit but it still fits fine under my shell (as an aside, docking this jacket to 2 stars, like one of the reviews below, because it fits "large" is silly as it gives zero actual information on the actual merits of the jacket). I wear a large is virtually everything and that's what I purchased in the Ghost Whisperer. I have plenty of room for layers and honestly, if I didn't eat for a week, I could probably wear a medium. But I'm happy with the large.
In short, I returned the Patagonia. That was hard for me b/c I really like their stuff and I had sort of lost respect for MHW after they were purchased by Columbia. However, the Ghost Whisperer is simply superior to the Patagonia in every way to me. I'm very impressed and it really opens my eyes to MHW products again.
I wanted to like this jacket. It was light. I liked the color (Paprika). It was on sale. It was warm. I didn't find the snaps to be tight like others.
However, the cuffs are the fatal flaw for me. They are ridiculously tight to the point where I can't ignore it. I tried a large size and it fit perfectly in the body except for the cuffs. It was nearly cutting off my circulation. Because I was unsure of sizing I also ordered an XL. The cuffs on the XL felt no different. I've never considered myself to have large wrists, if that's even a thing, so be wary of the cuffs. If they were different, I'd probably be keeping the jacket. Oh well...
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Go with the large. I'm about that size and the large had plenty of room.
I've used capilene off and on for the past 8-10 years and I feel like things have really improved over that time. The present iteration is very nice and to me, fits a little looser than it used. Perhaps I'm just small. Who knows. I feel like the piece wicks very well, dries quickly, is warm, and regulates temperature quite well. I had been using wool baselayers exclusively the past couple years but I may reevaluate things. The Capilene 3 is half the price of a nice wool piece. Good option.
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If you want to use this as a piece layer over everything else I would opt for the larger size. It's exactly what I want to do with this jacket and I plan on sizing up.
thanks for the response man...good info
I've always wanted a jacket like the Fitz roy but it has zero practicality in North Carolina. I've had the down sweater once but it wasn't quite warm enough in the real cold. This may be the solution.
It's so much lighter than a pump filter, takes up virtually no room in my pack, and filters water quickly. I suppose if you were looking for a reason to complain it's sometimes difficult to completely fill the water bags prior to filtering. I use a dip and pull method to fill it up.
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How much longer is this jacket really than the Alpha SV? The specs say the center back length on the Theta is 0.7 inches longer. Is that all we're talking about here?
Other questions:
1. Would you pick this or the Sabre for skiing (resort skiing only at the moment)?
2. What about for winter backpacking?
3. Which would you pick if you could only have one?
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The new Alpha comes with the new N80p-X Pro Shell fabric (whatever that is). This year's Theta has N150p fabric and the Beta has a combo of fabrics but not the N80p. I believe the new Sidewinder and the new Sabre jacket have the N80p fabric as well.
I've used this jacket for the past 2 winters as my insulted ski jacket and have been pleased. It's windproof and very warm. It kept me toasty on a January ski trip in Jackson Hole for reference. I have been hesitant to really test its waterproofness since it's not marketed as being waterproofed but the DWR seems to work well in the light rain/snow I've had it in.
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So I'm a bit confused on the difference between this and the normal Patagonia down sweater. The specs both list 800 fill down and a very similar weight. I thought "hi-loft" implied more down (fill weight), which would make it warmer. Is this correct?
Thanks for the info. I guess I was more concerned with whether it would be warm enough for Jackson Hole in January. You seem to imply it would be!
Was thinking about getting this to use under my shell for skiing in Jackson Hole in January but have a question. Coming from North Carolina I don't have huge experience with that level of cold. Coupled with a smartwool midweight or possibly a patagonia R1, will this be enough for out there? Thanks.
probably wouldn't recommend Scarpa at all for wide feet (unless you run across a wide size, which I'm not certain they even make)
Sorry never been in tropical conditions, I assumed you meant rainy but wanted to make sure. I've never seen any rust on mine at all (and I've left them in the rain overnight several times) but I never got any rust on any other trekking poles I've had either. I think these are the best primarily because they're more stable than others. As to grips, I prefer foam over cork. When wet foam may well absorb some water but I've considered my grips slick at all; I feel like cork might feel a bit slick (and hard plastic definitely will). I live in the southeast where 90 degree humid days are the reality in the summer and I think the grips still work great despite sweaty hands.
Seriously not trying to be a gear snob but $800 for anything made by Kelty is ridiculous. Get a top of the line Osprey for half that....or a Gregory...or hire a Sherpa for a trip. Like someone else suggested, it does resemble a garbage bag, albeit with "nice" embroidery.
based on your chest measurements I would definitely lean towards the XL or even a 2XL


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