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Backpacking There and Back
Well, two weeks later and 8 pounds lighter, I'm back. :-)
What a terrific trek through a bit of Wyoming with a great crew. All 8 scouts got a good start on the Backpacking merit badge requirements and they expect to finish it next year with their Philmont trek being the grand finale.
The crew set the summit of Cloud Peak at 13,167 as the main goal of the trek. Everyone reached that goal, some having an easy time of it and others digging deep to find the endurance to keep going. We only got to enjoy the summit for about 5 minutes before the clouds dropped and we had to slowly creeep down to 12,000 feet before getting out of the clouds. After that, it was much better. The entire day hike took 12 hours, which is about 4 hours longer than normal.
The next day, we were scheduled to hike most of the way out and spend one more night in the woods. But, since we had 11 hours of rain all night and it was still dreary, the crew elected to hike 12 miles out for showers and a campground.
There was a great amount of leadership, cooperation, and support demonstrated on this trek. A couple scouts that tend to take a back seat stepped up, while I learned about some areas for improvement for a couple of Life scouts.
I'd be happy to share our itinerary with anyone that's interested - just send me an email.
You can see photos of our trek at:
Bighorns Backpacking
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Posted: 17:03 08-06-2007 161
2 Week Vacation
Tomorrow we leave for two weeks of backpacking. We had a pack check-in and distribution of crew gear and food on Wednesday.
My pack weighed in at 51 pounds! After going through it two more times and dropping out shirts, socks, trail mix, and exchanging my sleeping pad, its now down to 44. I have a tent, 15 pounds of food, and other crew gear that totals about 25 pounds. Since I also have to carry a camera, medical forms, permits, ... it adds up.
We have a few sub-100 pound scouts going on the trek so they can't carry nearly as much but we have food amounts based on 150 pound people. I don't mind picking up the slack - my pack at Philmont grew to 65 pounds by the end of that trek. This time, it should get lighter, especially after Tuesday's lunch which is the first meal I'm carrying. I expect we'll probably have too much food at meals so I'll be the garbage disposal.
We have the rental van ready - it's white. Dry-erase markers are great fun to write on vans. You can really customize your ride and then it wipes right off. White's a good color for the prairies this time of year too. It's supposed to be 105 in Wall, SD when we drive through tomorrow!
The weather forecast for the Buffalo, Wyoming area is high 90s and 18-25% humidity with a low probability of scattered rain all next week. I hope they're right! We will attempt to summit Cloud Peak on Wednesday and that is forecast to be practically perfect.
So, I'll be back online in 2 weeks.
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Posted: 21:01 07-20-2007 160
Backpacking, Anyone?
We have a crew of 8 scouts and 2 adults traveling to Wyoming to backpack in the
Cloud Peak Wilderness Area
, leaving this Saturday!
Last night was our last training meeting, reviewing map and compass as well as the first aid topics of dehydration, hypothermia, and altitude sickness. For us flatlanders at around 1000 feet, going up to 13000 can cause some problems.
This crew has done a terrific job of preparing for the trek! The scout in charge just got back from our council's week-long leader training course called
Grey Wolf
and he's done great work in organizing the preparations. We've done 5 10-mile hikes for the Hiking merit badge as well as 5 4-mile hikes. One scout located and reserved a campground for the drive out and back at
Mountain View Campground
. Another designed and ordered crew t-shirts online at
. Two more created the menu and purchased the food - they are doing the repackaging tomorrow.
We have our final pack check and distribution of crew gear tomorrow night.
For my part, I dried about 40 pounds of bananas, apples, cantaloupe, and strawberries in our dehydrator. :-) I also did a couple pounds of hamburger for adding to our spaghetti dinner - first time for that and it seemed to turn out great.
It looks like the total cost per scout will be about $275 for the 7 day trip, including rental of a van. That includes the complete cost for the adults, too. If you'd like a breakdown of our expenses, just send me an email and I'll get it to you when we return.
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Posted: 12:51 07-17-2007 159
Back from Camp
The troop spent last week at Many Point Scout Camp. After one big lightning/rain storm on Monday night, the rest of the week's weather was practically perfect for camping. Waking up to see your breath in the morning and warming up into the mid-70s in the day. Just a little too cool for many water activities though.
This was the first year our troop has used the dining hall - we've always cooked our own food in the past. Wow! just like a vacation! No messy campsites, no critters, really good food, and plenty of it. It was so nice that the troop has decided to use the dining hall again next year.
The down side of the dining hall is that scouts can't take the Cooking merit badge and don't develop cooking skills. So, next year's schedule is including lots of cooking the other months to make up for it. This summer, the new scouts will not cook from April until the end of August which doesn't help their advancement.
Some scouts working on the Communications merit badge planned a terrific troop campfire one night with lots of new stories, skits, and songs. "If I Werent a Scouter" was the favorite.
The 15 first year scouts that attended camp all took the Leatherwork and Basketry merit badges with most of them completing their projects. Now, that's a lot of baskets accumulating around the campsite!
We also had a lot of scouts earn their Totin' Chit and a few earned the Firem'n Chip card. We tear off a corner of the Totin' Chit to start and burn off a corner of the Firem'n Chip. Then, any infractions result in tearing or burning off another corner - when they're gone, the scout needs to go through the training again to refresh his understanding.
The troop also learned a new, simple way to make rope so I expect we'll see that at a troop meeting some time in the coming winter. That would be a good Webelos recruiting activity, I bet.
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Posted: 23:51 07-16-2007 158
Trail Built
Wow, that was hot! We had 95 degree days swinging pulaskis, mattocks, and rakes. The scouts put in 10 hours of work and completed about 600 feet of trail out of 2.4 million feet in the entire trail. So, we did our .025% of the trail. :-)
We drove to the trailhead and hiked in about 1/2 mile, following blue painted blazes on trees along a barely discernable trail and carrying our tools, water, and lunch food. The mosquitos and flies were thick, the humidity was high, and it was hot!
We were shown where the existing trail headed straight up a steep hill and the need to reroute the trail along the side of the hill to keep within the grade guidelines. Then, we spend the next two days cutting out brush, digging out rocks and stumps, and creating a trail tread from scratch. It was slow, hard work but we completed the reroute and cleared another few hundred feet of overgrowth.
The trip itself was a great time. After working until 1:00pm, we got to wash off in the cool, very clear waters of Bad Medicine Lake at the High Pines resort run by Ray Vlasak. Ray works in the Laurentian Lakes chapter of the North Country Scenic Trail Association, taking charge of completing and maintaining the trail in the area west of Itasca State Park.
In the evenings, with no planned program and tired bodies, we tried a lot of dutch oven recipes from
Dutch Oven Dude
and relaxed with a campfire.
This turned out to be a wonderful experience for a small group of mature scouts ready to work. The tools are heavy and smaller scouts would probably not accomplish much. I'm hoping to do this again in future years as a team-building trip before summer camp for the troop leaders.
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Posted: 10:42 07-15-2007 157
Trail Building
Sorry for the lack of posts - we just returned from our family vacation in northern Minnesota. Another year without catching a muskie. But, my youngest son has gotten hooked on flyfishing so I have high hopes of him rounding up a couple guys to do the flyfishing merit badge!
On Thursday, we have a group of 6 scouts and 2 adults heading out for a 3-day trip of trail building on the North Country Trail that will run from North Dakota to Maine when it is completed. This is our first time doing this, so we are excited to see what we've gotten ourselves in for. At least, we'll each get a patch for our efforts. :-)
We're running it much like a trek crew with all of us acting as a single patrol. Since we have evenings with no real program, there's lots of dutch oven meals on the menu.
The various scouts will use their work hours towards different awards - rank advancement, Leave No Trace, and 50-Miler. I'm hoping it's a good experience and we have more scouts involved next year, and maybe someone working towards a Hornaday soon.
I'm afraid the posts will be sparse over the next month. With scout camp and two backpacking trips, I'll let you know how it goes. I hope you all have a safe and adventurous summer.
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Posted: 0:05 07-04-2007 156
Scouting Article
has an article on Scouting, including bits about the upcoming Centennial, Good Turn for America, and historic items.
Nice to see some positive press for the BSA. The first reader comment is about the article - from there on, it's just the usual noise about gay/atheist policy.
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Posted: 14:11 06-22-2007 155
Merit Badge Survey
The official BSA national site has a merit badge survey for Scouts and MB Counselors. Please take a few minutes and give them your input.
Check out
Merit Badge Survey
I took the counselor survey and read through the scout survey. It sure looks to me, from the wording of the questions, like someone is attempting to justify podcast and video production. Those are cool things, but I don't think they promote the adult interaction concept of scouting. I'd rather have my son converse with a real person than watch a video on the Internet.
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Posted: 10:13 06-21-2007 154
Scout Camp CIT
CIT - Counselor in Training
Today I get to drive my oldest son to Many Point Scout Camp for a 5-week session as a CIT. He's been looking forward to this for a long time and hopes to be hired on for the second 5-week session as regular staff.
I see it as a longer-term opportunity to team up with other high-caliber scouts such as he met during his 1-week NYLT camp last summer. It's good to meet and interact with scouts other than those in the same patrol that you've been with for years.
He spent most of yesterday laying out his gear, checking it, and packing it up. I think the most important item he's taking is the small bottle of detergent! :-)
I'm giving rides to 3 other CITs from around the area so that's my Good Deed for the day.
Happy Fathers Day!
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Posted: 9:18 06-17-2007 153
Philmont Wilderness First Aid Requirement
Are you going to Philmont in 2008? If so, be sure to read your Philmont 2008 Planning Guide closely and especially notice the requirement on page 3:
Philmont requires that at least
one person
, preferably two, (either an advisor or a youth participant)
in each crew be currently certified in American Red Cross Wilderness First Aid or the equivalent and CPR from the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross or the equivalent
You must present current certification cards upon check in to verify this requirement
I'm glad to see the requirement. It will ensure each crew has at least some exposure to self-sufficiency in an injury or emergency situation. Unfortunately, the requirement means an additional 16 hours of training at a cost of somewhere between $50 and $200 per certification, depending on where you get the training. So, you might want to plan that additional cost into your trek expenses. Fortunately, the certification is good for 3 years.
I'm an authorized Red Cross instructor of CPR and First Aid and will be authorized to present the Wilderness First Aid at the end of this summer. Hopefully, I can help troops meet this requirement and provide a safer high adventure environment.
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Posted: 20:59 06-15-2007 152
We've had an exchange student from Brazil staying with us the past few months. This past week had us participating in high school graduation ceremonies, graduation open houses, and an all-night senior party at which I got volunteered to help with security in the wee hours of the morning. So, sorry for no blog entries.
We have been doing some hikes for the Hiking merit badge, though. A group of about 6 scouts are working their way through the 5 10-mile hikes and trip plans. On Saturday, we'll do another one. These have been a lot of fun with a new location being explored for each hike.
Hey, if you don't have one yet, I'd recommend asking for a
Boy Scout Fieldbook
for Father's Day. It expands on information in the Scout Handbook and Passport to High Adventure. I'm asking each scout in our trek crew to read the relevant sections.
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Posted: 17:15 06-14-2007 151
New Online Tests
Check out the
Online Tests
page for another First Aid test, Scout Trivia test, and a couple crossword puzzles.
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Posted: 12:52 06-04-2007 150
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Richmond, VA (Sports Network) - Terry Allen came off the bench to score 17 points on a perfect 7-of-7 from the field as the Richmond Spiders closed out the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season in style with a 79-55 triumph over the Duquesne Dukes at the Robins Center.
Darien Brothers netted 14 points for Richmond (18-13, 8-8 A-10), which has secured a spot in the A-10 Tournament. Kendall Anthony and Derrick Williams added 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Derrick Colter scored 18 points and Quevyn Winters had 12 points for Duquesne (8-22, 1-15), who finish up the season alone in last place.
Richmond outshot Duquesne from the field in the first half, 46.9 percent to 36 percent, as it went into intermission with a comfortable 42-26 lead.
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Who's there?
Susan B. Anthony List!
Susan B. Anthony List, who?
Susan B. Vote For Mitt Romney or Barack Obama Will Kill ALL OF THE BABIES!
Sorry, that was dumb. (It's been a while since I told a knock-knock joke.) But if you're a socially conservative voter (or just seem like you might be) living in a swing state, you can probably expect a call from anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List this weekend. According to the Huffington Post:
The calls will feature the voice of conservative actor and former Senator Fred Thompson talking about President Barack Obama's views on abortion. "I want to take just a few seconds to ask for your vote … not for me, but for thousands and thousands of children who have not yet been born," Thompson says in the recording. "The fact is that Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion president we've ever had. If he is reelected, more and more babies will never be born. If you value human life, you need to cast your vote against Barack Obama."
Mitt Romney: DGAF about poor people/the environment/living women (who don't like cooking dinner), but is all for the plight of people who don't yet exist!
Also, the phrase "more and more babies will never be born" is so grammatically incorrect it makes me dizzy.


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The Arts at St. John's will host a tribute to the late jazz legend Dave Brubeck at 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1055 S. Lower Sacramento Road, Lodi.
The group, called Trio Globo, has roots in jazz, classical, sacred music and rhythmic influences derived from travels in six continents. The group consists of cellist Eugene Friesen; Howard Levy, who plays the harmonica and piano; and drummer Glen Velez.
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P.I.T.A. = Pain In The Ass. Self-proclaimed. That's what i am. I rant a lot. Not "complaining", just "stating". And here's where i'm gonna do it. I'm not gonna talk about my life, it will all be about commenting things. Anything. Everything. It might be interesting, or not. Who cares, that's MY blog !!
I like a lot of things, but i dislike a lot of things too. I like cats, travelling, music, photography, pastas, tomatoes, random facts. I dislike : well, you'll get to see soon enough.
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I am not a fan of the iPad, i don't want one but I really don't understand why smashing an iPad is fun, obviously the guys that did this are retarded and have more money than sense! why didn't they give the money they spent on the iPad to charity…. or they could have used it to make an appointment to see a shrink, people like that obviously need help!
Yeah your telling me so dumb… Oh well thats the world we live in nowadays!!
For the most part I like this blog.
This post made me feel immense disappointment for whoever runs this page. Not because I am an apple fan, I am on the fence about the iPad. I was disappointed because you posted this trash and wasted my time with useless garbage. I look to this blog for interesting news about apple gadgets and the jailbreaking scene and you have always had a sense of class. You might as well posted a vid of Bum Fights.
theiphonespot has been taken off my daily bookmarks and I will visit it less frequently now.
Dont bother replying to the email I provided, I wont be checking it. Nor do I care about anyone else who might respond to my comment who wants to hate.
Lastly, I bet all the college dropouts in the video have iPods.
This is the Jackass Generation at work. Stupid kids I bet their rich daddy paid for that ipad. Makes me want to vomit to think that this is the future of this country.
Ernest Hemingway…. Your a bitch
To Ernest Hemingway,
You are pathetic! This site is awsome! OK, so you didn't like the video, but hey man, thats no reason to bad mouth this site. Personally i find the site very useful and i appreciate the fact that sombody has taken the time to create it and keep it up and fresh with new articles, If it were a paid site i could understand why you might feel that this kind of article shouldn't be here, but that is not the case, I have never been asked for a single cent to access the information here and neither have you! You are just an ungrateful B****rd!
To the owner of this site,
Keep up the goodwork, some of us really do appreciate the good work and the time and the effort you put in to keep the site fresh and interesting.
Richie PT
You have to respect the admin for approving negative comments about his blog.
To Ernest, grow up and calm down.
To Richie, do you see the advertisements? Idiot.
As much as I find these videos stupid and pointless, I find people that post said it wasted there time even more pointless. Is it such bad idea to just not read the post that doesn't interest you? I won't watch the video because it's a waste of my time, so I just won't watch it, but I'm not going to bash the site because someone that posts a video like this, it's just different tastes. Seriously, it's like people complaining about the quality of a cam copy of a film in theatres, why complain when your getting it for free. These guys provide a valid and very informative news site, one post is no reason to bash the site, get over yourselves.
Thanks to all the people who have common sense!
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|It is important to carefully watch the ebb and flow of events in our times. We work hard to compile these headlines from various sources around the world, and we hope you not only read them but seriously reflect on our current world.
November 16, 2011
5.2 quake hits eastern Turkey
3 earthquakes hit NW Georgia
Magnitude 5.1 - SALTA, ARGENTINA
A Huge Drought Is Pushing Food Prices Even Higher
Syria: Turkey warns Bashar al-Assad he is on 'knife edge'
France objects to strike on Iran "would drag world into 'uncontrollable spiral'"
Americans take up designer religion
Carcinogenic Sugars Rampant Among Food Supply | See the Numbers
November 14, 2011
Magnitude 5.1 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Powerful 6.4 quake hits Indonesia, no tsunami threat
Britain does not exclude military action against Iran
Republicans vow to stop Iranian nuclear bomb
Iran will have five nukes by April 2012. Only 2-3 months left for military option
US and Israel Must Prepare for a Possible Attack on Iran
Arab League sanctions for Syria
Syria calls for emergency Arab League meeting over suspension
22 sperm whales die in Australia
Levin: U.S. Has Become A 'Post-Constitutional Gov't' Heading For 'Utopian Tyranny'
November 13, 2011
Magnitude 5.0 - OFFSHORE SUCRE, VENEZUELA
Magnitude 5.2 - GREECE
Magnitude 5.2 - ARAUCANIA, CHILE
Magnitude 3.3 earthquake shakes South Texas
5.7M Earthquake Hits Turkey 9th November 2011 [Video]
Want weird weather? Come to Oklahoma!
Google releases satellite images of Iranian facilities which UN says may be used to develop nuclear weapons
Iran loses top missile expert in explosions sparked by failed bid to fit nuclear warhead on Shahab-3
Israel refuses to tell US its Iran intentions
Israel betrayed by world powers, scholar says
Nuke agency reports unusual radiation in Europe
Digital evidence becoming central in criminal cases
Big Brother alert over surge in 'citizen spies' as thousands more volunteer to snoop on neighbours
DARPA Seeks New Methods For Biometric Authentication
URMC Gets Patent for "Living Chip" Technology
50 Reasons why we are living in the end times
Shell reports new oil spill in Nigeria
November 11, 2011
Surge coming after Alaska coast hit by major storm
Earthquakes in Oklahoma? Is 'fracking' to blame, or something else?
Pakistan facing 'unimaginable catastrophe' after second year of floods
Prepare for Iran war
Iran prepping for missile attack on Israel
Iran Sought Miniaturized Nuclear-Weapon Design to Fit Missiles
Ahmadinejad: Iran won't retreat from nuclear path
Israel may launch strike on Iran as soon as next month to prevent development of nuclear weapons
30,000 suicide bombers to infiltrate Israel
China warns of turmoil over Iran, mute on sanctions
China: Iran's New Best Friend
US can focus on Asia-Pacific after Iraq and Afghan wars, says Hillary Clinton
65% Chance of Banking Crisis by End of Month: Researchers
Shock finding: More than 75 percent of all 'honey' sold in grocery stores contains no honey at all, by definition
Water Fluoridation War: Government Admits Dangers, Experts Speak Out
Government fines jailed Border Patrol agent's family
Call for mobile phone health warnings despite 'inconclusive' evidence
Flashback: Tomb of St. Philip the Apostle Discovered in Turkey
UK Treasury prepares for 'economic armageddon' if euro falls apart
Microwave radiation dangers in your home [video]
Petri dish to dinner plate, in-vitro meat coming soon
November 9, 2011
Strong 6.8 quake hits Okinawa, no tsunami alert
Magnitude 5.6 - EASTERN TURKEY
Magnitude 5.9 - NICARAGUA
Alaska faces one of its worst storms ever, forecasters say
Tornado, flooding reported in Oklahoma
A Seasoned Combatant of Tornadoes Now Finds the Earth Is Moving, Too
Western experts to Haaretz: Iran able to build nuclear bomb within months
Russia accuses Israel of using 'dangerous rhetoric' against Iran
Report: Iran and Russia in secret nuclear pact
UN says 3,500 dead so far in Syria uprising
Supreme Court Hears Whether GPS Counts as 'Big Brother'
Justice Breyer warns of Orwellian government
Some Watermen Quit After Massive Oyster Die-Off
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For the past several days, media outlets that focus on federal policy have been reporting positive news about the possibility of a "small" budget agreement. Today the story hit the mainstream media, in the form of a New York Times story: Congress Nears Modest Accord on the Budget. The first thing to say about this is that it is not by any means a done deal – while all the incentives seem to be lining up in favor of this kind of agreement, there are an almost infinite number of ways it could go wrong.
That being said, press reports have consistently said this "small deal" would leave out any major tax or entitlement reform. It would consist of a partial roll-back of the sequestration cuts, about evenly split between defense and nondefense spending. For domestic "discretionary" programs like HUD's homelessness and housing programs, the result would be something in between the House and Senate versions from earlier this year, maybe somewhat closer to the lower House version but still in the middle area. Of course, that's just the overall number; the Appropriations Committees would still need to negotiate spending levels for each individual program.
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HUD's Continuum of Care NOFA came out November 22, and it includes some interesting changes and features. Here are my initial impressions, and I'll have a more detailed analysis in a couple weeks.
First of all, the NOFA covers two years. The score that CoCs receive on their collaborative application will be used for both 2013 (this NOFA) and 2014 (the next one). However, CoCs will have to submit new project priorities and project applications for 2014.
Back in 2010, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Erik Shinseki, along with his federal partners, launched a plan to end homelessness among veterans by the end of 2015. And believe it or not, we're getting there. The most recently released numbers on veteran homelessness show that there has been a 24 percent decrease in veteran homelessness since then.
This kind of significant progress is due in large part to the federal investment from both Congress and the Administration in preventative measures, better connections to housing and employment, and increased involvement in the homelessness system at the local level.
If you are a homeless service provider, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! On the whole, what we are doing nationally, is working! According to volume 1 of the 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report that the Department of Housing and Urban Development released today, overall homelessness decreased nearly 4 percent from 2012 to 2013. Nearly 25,000 more people were homeless on one night in January 2012 than in January 2013. In fact, homelessness decreased in all of the major subpopulations of note from 2012 to 2013: people in families, unsheltered people, veterans, individuals, and chronically homeless individuals.
So, besides giving the 24-hour news networks something to gab about and some hilarious jokes – what did the shutdown and resulting negotiations mean? More specifically, what is there impact, if any, on homelessness? This post should provide the basics on what went down and what's next. It's important to emphasize that these are just the basics. You wonks out there probably know there's a lot more intricacies in everything than we can cover in one blog post. We're really just trying to focus on the big stuff that's likely to have an impact on our efforts to end homelessness.
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers help end homelessness. For millions of low-income families and individuals experiencing homelessness who would otherwise be relying on the homeless assistance system, these vouchers provide much-needed low-income housing. In a nation with a severe lack of affordable housing, they are critical. Yet they have been severely underfunded in recent years.
Sequestration in particular took a major toll on the HCV program. Just after implementation of the 5 percent across-the-board cuts in early March, Public Housing Authorities around the country began feeling the pinch. It's likely that your community, or communities near yours, have already been forced to withhold vouchers and halt the process of moving people off their already massive waiting lists.
Now we need to let Congress know that enough is enough – the Housing Choice Voucher program must receive funding increases. That's why last week the Alliance held a webinar with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about the importance of increased funding for the Housing Choice Voucher program and where things currently stand for the program.
For 17 consecutive years the White House and Congress have been able to reach agreement on how to manage the budget so that federal agencies can continue to run. (In 11 of those 17 years the White House and at least one chamber of Congress were controlled by different parties.) As of this writing, it looks like that streak is coming to an end, as the federal government prepares for a shutdown at midnight tonight.
If a federal shutdown takes place, the short-term impact on homelessness programs will be minimal. Far more important will be the contents of a final federal budget deal that will likely be the end result of the shutdown and other pieces of the drama that will unfold over the next few months.
Fiscal Year 2014 begins tonight and the prospect of congress actually passing bills to fund federal discretionary spending for FY 2014 appears unlikely. Even though most federal employees will be furloughed immediately, many programs funded by the federal government will continue in operation because they are still using earlier years' funding or for other reasons.
In 2012, 46.5 million people were in poverty and 20.4 million people were in deep poverty or had income below half of their poverty threshold.
Today the Census Bureau released 2012 poverty data from its Current Population Survey. The results aren't a whole lot different than last year, but they still look bad in comparison to 2007, the year before the Great Recession. In 2012, the poverty rate was 2.5 percentage points higher and the median household income was 8.3% lower.
For the second year in a row, there was no significant change in the national poverty rate or the number of people in poverty, but we did see some changes in a few subpopulations. Poverty among people 65 and older, people living in the south, and people living outside in more rural areas increased.
Congress returns from its summer recess today and if you've been following the news at all you know they have a lot on their plate. Along with some serious international issues, Congress will of course have to begin considering how it will finalize fiscal year (FY) 2014 funding prior to the beginning of FY 2014 on October 1 (which is just a few weeks away!). Right now, there are no funding (appropriations) bills that have been passed by both chambers (the House has passed two non-controversial appropriations bills for Veterans Affairs funding, among other things, but the Senate has not yet addressed them). This means that both chambers working together have a more or less blank slate to move forward with on negotiations.
Due to the short timeline, it is critically important that we make sure to get the message about the importance of providing sufficient funding for HUD programs across to all Members of Congress. In the whirlwind of activity that is likely to characterize Congress in September, we need to make sure that HUD programs, particularly low-income housing and homelessness programs like the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants, don't get lost in the shuffle. Any negotiations around federal funding are likely to include big picture considerations, including the debt ceiling and sequestration. As such, it is extremely important to make sure Members know that these programs, which often serve our nation's most vulnerable and neediest people, CANNOT get overlooked or otherwise lost in the shuffle.
Last month, nearly 1,600 people traveled from all over the country to Washington, DC for the Alliance's National Conference on Ending Homelessness. That's already pretty big news, but what's more is that approximately one-in-four of those registrants participated in Capitol Hill Day. A wide array of key stakeholders on homelessness visited their Members of Congress on Capitol Hill to update them on local progress in ending homelessness and to urge them to make providing sufficient funding for homeless assistance programs a federal priority.
Based on our State Captains' report backs from more than 300 meetings (which, in case you were wondering, is a record!) we've compiled a 2013 Capitol Hill Day Report and Summary. The report highlights the major successes of this year's Capitol Hill Day. For starters, more than 415 participants (what's that? You guessed it: it's another record!) went on more than 300 meetings.
Now that Members of Congress are back in their districts for recess and the chatter has died down a bit, you may be wondering what the funding status for homeless assistance programs is for Fiscal Year 2014. Short answer: neither chamber of congress has brought key funding bills to a vote yet.
When Congress returns from recess in September, they will either need to pass the funding bills in the mere nine legislative days they will have prior to the start of the next fiscal year on October 1, or pass a continuing resolution (CR), a stopgap funding measure that would fund programs at their current, post-sequestration levels until a larger budget agreement is reached. If Congress fails to take either of these actions, a government shutdown will result.
Long answer: Well, it's a little complicated.
On the whole, the Continuum of Care (CoC) regulations that HUD released in July 2012 reflected the intent of the HEARTH Act to prevent and end homelessness more effectively. However, for many communities, a few of the provisions seemed to come from out of nowhere.
While system-wide changes like implementing a coordinated assessment system, establishing a governance structure, ensuring system-wide participation in HMIS, and others made perfect sense, some did not. I'm of course talking about nonprofits not being able to administer rental assistance, which seems to fly in the face of what we learned during the nation's recent economic downturn, when nonprofits were able to draw on HPRP funds under the Administration's stimulus to do just that.
At the time, HPRP was a great boon to many communities. In addition to the much-needed funds that came with the stimulus program, the program also taught nonprofits how to house families and individuals quickly and efficiently – largely through rapid re-housing. The nonprofits administering HPRP funds were often the same offering assistance through CoC programs, giving them know-how and practice on how to get the job done right.
For too long, homeless individuals have suffered at the hand of individual and systemic stigma. Often blamed for their circumstances, they are forced into the shadows of our communities. Federal and state policies to support the homeless population have been inadequate and often punitive; leaving a murky path to sustainable housing. This situation is only compounded by chronic illnesses like addictions, resulting in further isolation from societal resources.
The data regarding this population is staggering: according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, 64 percent of homeless individuals have an addiction disorder. Addictions have a tangled relationship with homelessness, and are sometimes a precursor for homelessness and at other times a coping mechanism.
Recent federal policy changes provide better coverage for homeless individuals with addictions. The Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act of 2008 states that if a health plan covers physical health and mental health/addictions, it must cover all equally.
Capitol Hill Day 2013 was another record-breaking year! We had over 300 meetings this year. This thread offers a glimpse at some of the meetings and people that headed to the Hill to make a stand on ending homelessness in America!
After a string of federal fiscal fiascos, people working on budget issues in Washington, DC have had a few months of "regular order." It's unlikely to last, but we wanted to take the opportunity to run through the current state of the big budget and how it's impacting decision-making on homelessness programs. We'll also speculate on where we could go between now and the end of the year. This information will be useful to people who are communicating with their congressional offices about the federal government's role as a partner in ending homelessness.
We are well into fiscal year (FY) 2013, the "Year of Sequestration," but also a year that followed two previous years of harsh cuts to HUD. Homelessness providers have now been hit with the 25 percent cut in Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), applied in most cases to state and local fiscal years that began on July 1, a few days ago. Later in the year, communities will have to grapple with Continuum of Care applications based on allocations that will be around 7 or 8 percent short of what's necessary to renew all grants at current levels. While the homelessness programs got better treatment than most other HUD programs, they were swept up in the big movement to cut federal discretionary spending. Now we're working on getting that capacity back.
It's about that time of year again—Capitol Hill Day, an annual advocacy event held in conjunction with the Alliance's National Conference on Ending Homelessness. Hill Day allows participants to meet with their U.S. Senators and Representatives and their staff to discuss what's happening in their districts and how they can help end homelessness. Hill Day is a great opportunity to engage in federal advocacy with your fellow constituents in the nation's capital. These face-to-face meetings with Members of Congress are a vital aspect of federal advocacy and can help build and strengthen relationships with your legislators. By joining other participants from your state, you can educate your Members on the issues facing your districts and ask them personally for their support in your efforts. Last year, participants from 44 states went to over 280 meetings!
Ready to join us? Here's how: If you are registered for the conference, contact your State Captain. He/she is your "team captain" and will be taking the lead on scheduling meetings for your state, conducting outreach, and facilitating the discussion between the group and your Members of Congress. To find your State Captain and get involved, click here. Concerned about what to talk about in the meetings? Don't worry! The Alliance will provide talking points, one pagers, and other important information on our policy priorities, but you will be providing the essential part—your personal knowledge and experience. Best of all, Hill Day does not interfere with the conference, because we know you're as excited as we are for the workshops! After the closing session on Wednesday, July 24th, groups from each participating state will go to the Hill (we will even provide directions).
Largely due to sequestration, the overall spending caps for appropriations subcommittees are much lower than they have been in previous years, especially in the House. In other words, there is less money than usual to spread around among different transportation and housing programs, which leaves funding for homeless assistance programs in a precarious place.
Therefore, it is important that advocates make sure that members of Congress, particularly representatives in the House, know about the important work these often overlooked programs do in their districts and why they should prioritize them when making difficult decisions about funding.
So, how can you get involved and help make an impact? In order to take full advantage of the short window of opportunity before the House begins making key decisions regarding funding for HUD programs, the Alliance's mobilizing team has launched an FY 2014 McKinney Letter-Writing Campaign!
One in five people who experienced homeless on a given night in 2012 also struggled with chronic substance use problems – 131,000 people altogether.
Clearly, responding to drug and alcohol addiction is an essential part of ending homelessness. One does not need to look far to find connections between behavioral health and risks of homelessness. Substance abuse disorders are commonly found among chronically homeless people and within homeless families. Anyone who has dealt with chemical dependence, or knows someone who has, understands well the connection with homelessness. Job and income loss, family estrangement, issues with landlords, drug-offense convictions – these often go hand in hand with untreated substance use problems – at the cost of housing stability.
Things are constantly changing in the fight against veteran homelessness. While we are making steady progress, we continue to encounter new obstacles like outdated programs, and mainstream integration that require new solutions and new ways of thinking about the problem.
Last month, I was fortunate enough to attend the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans annual conference in Washington DC, where all the important players were in attendance to discuss our progress on a national level and shed some light on the challenges that service providers face on the front lines of the war against veteran homelessness.
"The climb will get steeper the closer we get to the summit," Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Shinseki told us during the opening plenary.
It is common knowledge in the homeless assistance field that veterans are overrepresented in the overall homeless population. And while the reasons for this, which have to do both with their military service and with who serves in the military, remain a subject of open debate, perhaps the most perplexing question is how we as a country have tolerated veteran homelessness for so long.
That is changing. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki are pursuing a specific plan to end veteran homelessness, and congress has come up with the resources to fund it. Now HUD-VASH, SSVF, and other programs are providing permanent supportive housing, rapid re-housing, and other interventions to fight the problem of homelessness among veterans and their families.And for the past few years, the overall number of homeless veterans has declined, even as service members return from wars in the Middle East to an economy without enough jobs.
And we at the Alliance have been tracking that progress. We've found that a number of communities have made significant progress. We're immensely grateful to the following communities that have achieved reductions in veteran homelessness of at least one-third since 2011.
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My barbecue sauce taste test
Once again proving you don't always get what you pay for, the least expensive sauce won (and it wasn't the store brand).
This post comes from Len Penzo at partner blog Len Penzo dot Com.
Depending on who you talk to, barbecue sauces have been around since the days of the American colonies.
Wikipedia claims that the first commercial barbecue sauce appeared around 1909. I know; please don't grill me on my source, folks.
And while most, but not all, barbecue sauces include some secret blend of ketchup, mustard, vinegar, sugar, onion, and garlic, in the United States there are a multitude of different barbecue sauce styles. For example, there's Kansas City, Memphis, Texas and Alabama styles. There's also South Carolina sauce, East Carolina mustard sauce, and even something called Lexington dip, which, if you ask me, sounds more like a dance move than a barbecue sauce.
Obviously, it's a matter of personal preference, but one thing is certain: There are as many barbecue sauces out there as there are opinions as to which one reigns supreme. If you don't believe me, walk down the barbecue sauce aisle at your local supermarket. Post continues after video.
With that in mind, I figured: What better reason to conduct yet another of my completely unscientific blind taste test experiments?
How the test was conducted
As with most of my other taste tests, I recruited a bunch of hungry family members for my expert panel. This time everyone convened in San Diego for a summer cookout at my cousin Kevin's house.
With the panel in place, Kevin and I barbecued up a whole bunch of chicken wings and the candidate sauces were applied from unmarked bowls.
After tasting a slathered barbecue chicken wing, the experts were asked to rank each sauce on a simple four-point scale -- four points for their favorites or as few as one point for those they didn't like at all. The panel was also free to note any accompanying comments they had regarding each sample.
Introducing the barbecue sauce competitors
While my supermarket had a score of barbecue sauces to choose from, I selected the "original" varieties of the following seven brands: Bull's-Eye, Hunt's, KC Masterpiece, Jack Daniel's, Tony Roma's, the Albertsons store brand and, my family's personal favorite, Sweet Baby Ray's.
Here now, in reverse order from worst to first, are the completely unscientific barbecue sauce blind taste test results, based upon the inputs of my expert panel:
7. Sweet Baby Ray's Original Barbecue Sauce
- Price per ounce: 21 cents.
- Panel scoring: 23 points.
- Average score (4-point scale): 2.1.
- Judges who gave it a top rating: 0.
- Judges who thought it stunk: 1.
Well, this is embarrassing. Apparently, our so-called family favorite isn't quite as good as we thought it was. Even more surprising, not a single panel member ranked this as a top sauce, which is problematic considering it was the second most expensive brand sampled.
Ironically, the Honeybee, who usually swears by Ray's, complained that "it didn't have much flavor." Another self-proclaimed Ray's fan, Kevin, gave it demerits for being sugary. My cousin Evan suggested that the poor rankings were because Sweet Baby Ray's sauce goes better with pork.
6. Albertsons Original Barbecue Sauce
- Price per ounce: 17 cents.
- Panel scoring: 27 points.
- Average score (4-point scale): 2.5.
- Judges who gave it a top rating: 1
- Judges who thought it stunk: 3.
Nina was the only member of the panel to give the store-brand sauce a top mark, noting it was "tangy and addictive." You know what? I'm moving on -- I'm still in shock Ray's came in last place.
5. Tony Roma's Original Barbecue Sauce
- Price per ounce: 19 cents.
- Panel scoring: 27 points.
- Average score (4-point scale): 2.5.
- Judges who gave it a top rating: 4.
- Judges who thought it stunk: 4.
Four members thought enough of Tony Roma's to give the sauce top marks; Chris thought it had a "great barbecue flavor" and Mom praised its "really good taste." But just as many panelists thought otherwise. Kevin ribbed the Tony Roma's barbecue sauce for tasting "artificial, although not bad for colored gelatin." The Honeybee piled on by remarking that it tasted so much like ketchup that it was better suited for a weenie roast. Then you have my handyman father-in-law, Tony, who summed it up more succinctly: "It sucked."
4. KC Masterpiece Original Barbecue Sauce
- Price per ounce: 19 cents.
- Panel scoring: 28 points.
- Average score (4-point scale): 2.5.
- Judges who gave it a top rating: 1.
- Judges who thought it stunk: 2.
KC Masterpiece is generally recognized as one of the better mainstream barbecue sauces. However, for this test it ended up looking more like, well, just a decent lithograph. The Honeybee was the only panelist to give KC Masterpiece top honors, but Kevin enjoyed the sauce too, noting its pleasing "woody aroma." In a dissenting opinion, however, Chris beefed that the barbecue sauce simply tasted too much like ketchup.
3. Bull's-Eye Original Barbecue Sauce
- Price per ounce: 19 cents.
- Panel scoring: 30 points.
- Average score (4-point scale): 2.7
- Judges who gave it a top rating: 2.
- Judges who thought it stunk: 1.
This barbecue sauce got blue ribbons from both my kids. Matthew, in particular, thought the Bull's-Eye brand hit the mark for its "smokey flavor."
2. Jack Daniel's Original Barbecue Sauce
- Price per ounce: 22 cents (the most expensive of all brands tested).
- Panel scoring: 30 points.
- Average score (4-point scale): 2.7.
- Judges who gave it a top rating: 5.
- Judges who thought it stunk: 3.
Jack Daniel's barbecue sauce is manufactured by Heinz, and it got more top scores than any of the other competitors. Nina noted that she would give it a higher score if she could. Meanwhile, both Aunt Doris and the Honeybee -- who coincidentally happens to be a big fan of Jack Daniel's whiskey -- praised JD's barbecue sauce for its distinctive hickory flavor. Interestingly, those who didn't like the Jack Daniel's sauce dinged it for being just a bit too hickory flavored.
1. Hunt's Original Barbecue Sauce
- Price per ounce: 11 cents (the least expensive of all brands tested).
- Panel scoring: 32 points.
- Average score (4-point scale): 2.9.
- Judges who gave it a top rating: 4.
- Judges who thought it stunk: 1.
Ah, the grill of victory! Incredibly, as with my ketchup taste test, the least expensive brand in the survey came out on top. Evan thought the Hunt's had a delicious sweetness to it. Rose agreed, giving it top marks for being "sweet, but not overly so." Dad liked Hunt's savory mix of spices, Kevin thought it was "perfect," and Tony thought it had a "great barbecue flavor." The only one who flat out didn't like the Hunt's was Nina, who remarked that the flavor was "just wrong."
I know what you're thinking …
Hunt's barbecue sauce? Are you kidding me?
Say what you will about this experiment's unscientific methods, but it was a fair fight. After all, the blind taste test goes a long way toward eliminating preconceived notions and biases that would otherwise subtly influence the panel members' decisions.
Is Hunt's barbecue sauce "sexy?" Um, no. But in the end, Hunt's was not only the least expensive brand of all those sampled, but my expert panel also found it to be the best tasting barbecue sauce of them all -- and that's good enough for me.
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- 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs or breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 cups peeled and chopped turnip
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup peeled and chopped carrot
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups chicken broth
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- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
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- 2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook, stirring often, 8 minutes or until well browned. Transfer chicken to a plate.
- 3. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil to skillet. Add turnip and next 3 ingredients; cook, stirring often, 10 minutes or until softened. Add flour and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Gradually whisk in broth and half-and-half and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer.
- 4. Stir in chicken, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Stir in Swiss chard and thyme, and simmer 5 more minutes or until vegetables are tender. Remove from heat, and stir in lemon juice.
- 5. Spoon vegetable mixture into a lightly greased 9-inch square baking dish. Place puff pastry over filling, tucking edges of pastry into dish, if necessary. Cut several slits in pastry to vent steam; brush top of pastry with egg.
- 6. Place baking dish on a baking sheet. Bake 20 minutes or until pastry is golden.
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For the majority of us who care about stuff — whether it's politics, or the direction of the country…or the media that write about those things — there is nothing more frustrating than the lack of recourse for a legitimate grievance. In the political realm, there are elections — yes, it's ridiculously hard to vote out incumbents, but there's always hope — and we've also seen protest movements (the Tea Party on the right, Occupy Wall Street on the left) to fill some of the gaps.
But when the major mainstream media betrays the public trust, the options are more limited. Some news outlets have ombudsmen to represent the audience and some of them — like — are very, very good at it. But what happens when a news outlet makes a major mistake, and refuses to respond responsibly? What recourse is left?
— not just a mistake, but an entirely bogus report — by CBS' "60 Minutes" on the 2012 Benghazi attack is one of the more egregious cases of a major news outlet misleading the American people that I've seen in more than 30 years in journalism. The report by correspondent Lara Logan was based upon a supposed year-long investigation. Its centerpiece was a dramatic interview with a security contractor who it turns out was not even there — a fact that and other outlets were able to confirm not in a year, but in a day or two. The result was that a) sounded insincere, even smarmy, in my opinion, and b) didn't explain how such a shoddy piece ever made it onto national television.
I have the same questions . What was the reporting process that caused Logan and "60 Minutes" to believe the contractor Dylan Davies for a year, when his story was disproved, including by CBS' own journalists and FBI sources, almost immediately? How much was the judgment of "60 Minutes" blinded by Did Logan's fiery belief that for Bengahzi cloud her own news judgment? (Because while I have no problem with journalists having a strong opinion — you may have noticed this — it is a problem when someone's views cause them to go to false or misleading places.)
CBS has shown in the past it knows how to do the right thing — because it did exactly that in 2004, when it based a report on then-President Bush's National Guard record upon phony memos. That time, the network allowed and the responsible parties or suffered career consequences. Nine years later, viewers should expect nothing less with this Benghazi hoax that's been perpetrated on the public. Instead, the network's dismissive and half-assed response has been an insult to all of us. So now what?
The "B"-word is not a word I would use lightly. I rarely get excited about boycotts because — while I consider them a responsible, free-speech response to a significant wrong — they are so often ineffective. In recent years, however, I've watched boycotts organized by liberal groups against clear hate speech by and to have surprising impact and staying power, and diminish the radio hosts' toxic effect on our political discourse. I know that "'60 Minutes" and especially CBS have a lot of accumulated good will, stemming back to and , but those days were a long, long ago. In 2013, their bogus reporting hasy, and their failure to investigate their mistakes is an intolerable breach of journalistic ethics.
I'm a journalist, not an activist, and I speak only for myself. I will not watch "60 Minutes," nor buy any product that advertises on the show, until a thorough independent investigation is launched. I may be alone on this (in which case it would be the most ineffective boycott in history!) but I hope that either a) others who are activists pick up the torch or b) CBS quickly reverses course, does the right thing and renders this all moot. There is one quality above all others that defines good journalism, and that is utter fearlessness when it comes to going after the truth.
What is CBS so afraid of?


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C.J. Watson becomes the latest victim of the Warriors' recordFiled under: Commentary; Tagged as: Aaron Brooks, Anthony Morrow, C.J. Watson, George Hill, Jeff Green, Kevin Durant, Rodney Stuckey, Ryan Anderson, Wilson Chandler
(PROGRAMMING NOTE: Due to a prior engagement, there won't be a live blog from the Mavericks-Warriors game this evening.)
The NBA unveiled the 18 players scheduled to participate in the Rookie Challenge, and despite the fact that nearly half of the Warriors' roster was eligible to partake, no Golden State representative will take the floor on Feb. 13.
The omission of Anthony Morrow is ultimately unsurprising, as he simply hasn't played enough (he's 20th on the list of total minutes for rookies, sandwiched between San Antonio's George Hill and New Jersey's Ryan Anderson).
C.J. Watson's failure to earn a berth on the Sophomore team is a little more head-scratching, however, given who made it. Watson compares favorably in pretty much every category with Sophomore team member Aaron Brooks of Houston, especially in terms of his efficiency – Watson is shooting 46.0 percent to Brooks' 39.7 from the floor (44.3 to Brooks' 34.6 on 3-pointers) and has a better assist/turnover ratio, better PER score and more Win Shares.
But Brooks plays on a team that's 28-18 instead of 14-31, and that's why he's going to Phoenix. I get that.
Yet there are only two true guards on the team – Brooks and Detroit's Rodney Stuckey. The league's assistant coaches filled out the other seven spots with forwards and/or centers. (Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant has played some 2 but is still primarily a 3, and though Wilson Chandler has filled in as an emergency guard for the Knicks, according to 82games.com, he's had less than 100 minutes there all season).
Now, I'm a Jeff Green fan, but if you're going to vote using team record as a criteria, you can't reward the 10-35 Thunder by putting him out there instead of a third legitimate guard. That's just ridiculous.
– Geoff
29 Responses to "C.J. Watson becomes the latest victim of the Warriors' record"
We're a Left Coast team.
When I travel to DC, the hotel's complementary USA Today's edition rarely covers the late GSW box score. Then they don't bother to run it the day after.
So our guys play on a historically bad team on the west coast — they're invisible to the media's myopia. If it ain't the Lakers, it's not well covered.
JoeSez punt on the all-star game and watch a re-run of Heidi on Hulu.
The NBA headshed will see the crappy ratings.
J Canseco January 28th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Pre-game Tidbits (at Dallas) - Inside the Warriors - with Marcus Thompson January 28th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
[...] Watson a no go for the Rookie Challenge. I agree with Geoff Lepper on this one. Watson deserves a spot. Oh [...]
Lottery Pick January 28th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
With all do respect, Watson isn't nearly the basketball player Aaron Brooks is. Brooks actually drives a team and makes people better. If Watson played for the Rockets he wouldn't see the court, he is a defensive liability and his numbers are the product of an open offensive system that places an emphasis on jacking up shots early in the shot clock vs. stopping people and trying to win. Don't get me wrong, I am huge Ws fan and want the Warriors to be good and represented well, but making the argument that CJ should be playing in this game is sad. He is a below average guard in this league and the more we as Warriors fans get excited about guys like CJ, the more we continue to accept mediocrity.
Geoff, you picked a good night to take off. This game is an embarassment and it's on National TV. Van Gundy and Jackson are portraying the W's as a lost and pathetic franchise.
Worst game i've watched so far this year. Here's to another 12 years!
We are awesome.
man…that sucked.
Geoff, you hearing any insider trade talk?
willsayanything January 29th, 2009 at 1:36 am
CJ has half an NBA game at best, and if he's not hitting he's not even D-League. Plus the NBA is selling entertainment, just look at the broadcasts, and listen to the AAARRREEENNAAAA announcers.
When the league isn't selling entertainment, it's selling jerseys AND shoes.
There's not really a controversy here. I hate to say it because he seems like a good guy but CJ Watson just isn't a very good player despite putting up good shooting percentages. He's way too slow and not a good passer — cardinal sins at the one no matter how well you shoot. You can point to a couple of statistics and say he deserves to go but anyone who watches the Warriors know he has marginal talent at best. I actually preferred watching Demarcus Nelson play.
I think the real story you should write about is that the Warriors use D-league players more than any other team. The result is that the team has an awesome work ethic and most of the players have humble attitudes. Personally I'd love to see Anthony Morrow play more and I hope he makes the Sophomore team next year.
CJ is not in the Rookie Challenge because Don Nelson gimmick offense is no longer bought into by ANYONE in this league and the Warriors are the model of how to sap the life out of the NBA. They'll NEVER land a top pick. N-E-V-E-R again.
Not with Cohan at the top.
Watson sucks, this is stupid.
Morrow is the only snub and once he's left the Warriors to be a legitimate NBA player with a better team, he'll get his dues as a genius shooter.
cheesy poofs January 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Say what you will about CJ, he's still having a better year than Aaron Brooks (unless they're considering potential, it should be about who is having the better 2nd year, no?)
The real travesty is that Brooks got in ahead of Ramon Sessions; who is playing better than both Brooks and CJ.
The NBA Marketing Machine has a chance to showcase their D-League teams by inviting D-league graduate CJ Watson to their All-Star Prom.
CJ sucks guys. Seriously. Brooks is WAAAAAAAY better at not being a complete non-PG idiot in a NBA game. And he defends better, too.
This ain't close. I'd ditch Watson for Brooks in a heartbeat. And I don't even like Brooks.
But if all you want is post fodder, I suppose you have it…
The Warriors were the only winning team during the 2007-2008 season that did not have at least one representative in the All Star game. Rumor has it that Byron Scott and George Karl (no fans or Baron Davis) voted to keep him off.
The Warriors get absolutely no respect around the league.
Nelson just blamed Ellis for the Cavs loss.
It's all over, folks. Ellis is on the block.
CC: Where did Nelson make the "Cavs" accusation against Ellis?
BTW There's absolutely no reason Nelson would NOT want to trade young guys for vets so he can win that NBA Coaching record. No sane NBA coach wants to develop youth and Nellie is taking control of the front office.
It makes perfect sense for both sides to play-happy and demonstrate Ellis' health and return to top form prior to Feb 19.
Wait, so now you've come around to Nellie being terirble for young players?!
This seaons is making people go completely out of their minds.
Nelie was on his radio show today after his arbitration hearing- he skipped practice and let Keith Smart just run some pick-up games while Biedrins was carted off to the locker room with some sort of injury.
That's where he rang in the apocalypse redux.
I think Ramon Sessions deserved the spot more the CJ and Brooks.
CC: Not sure where you're coming from at times…
Nellie is like every other coach - all want to win now and not develop young players.
He's in control so trades for usable pieces is more likely. 2-3 years from now he'll hold the record for most wins. Sooner the better and the heck with the consequences.
We're effed.
Um, surprised because a jump shooter that can't even, or ever, finish a drive, can't post up and dribbles around killing whatever fast break advantages there were disappear, didn't make the all soph team? In fact he's not in the same league as fellow sophmore Azibuke. Geoff, you been watching the games live? CJ has a nice jump shot, and, well that's about all, and he's best at that as an undersized two, which he sometimes plays. Possibly the worst driving pg I've seen in a couple of decades of watching NBA. Maybe not the very worst, but, frankly, I can't think of anyone I've seen who is worse? Can you?
Is the game so one-dimensional that just being a good shooter is enough, especially at pg? And what is his record as a starter or big minutes pg, pray tell?
kay tweez January 30th, 2009 at 11:06 am
marty, azubuike is in his third year.
cc, brooks cant defend, but you're right, hes much better than cj. hes a game changer and has much more upside.
also, the rook/soph game's objective is to show off some talent. cj has no flare or athletic ability. thats not allstar weekend material.
dont get me wrong, i like cj. i like the dleagers. atleast more than stephen jackson…
I'd just like to complain about the fact that Jeff Green is given only brief mention in this piece…
You all were saying?
As cool as it would have been to see C.J. at the AS Weekend, it was cooler to have him here in Knoxville, being honored as one of the 20 greatest players in UT history.
I'm really happy that C.J. finally made it to the NBA, and I hope he can stickaround for a while. He really is a great kid.
Chris Cohan February 17th, 2009 at 10:18 am
CJ is a Nellie S–tballer. Like Barnes before him, his playing future is brief and dim.
We didn't move Barnes when we should have and this will be the same.
But he does seem like a "nice guy" with a good shot.
Too bad we're riding him like he'll get us somewhere…..
CJ.... Come on? March 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 am
CJ is not a good NBA player, hence that he was not drafted. Aaron brooks deserves it much more because he has a more complete game, and is a smarter basketball player, CJ is a good mid range shooter (when wide open) and gets some steals, but his defense and the development of him game do not exist, he, unlike brooks is what he is, and the rookie and soph. challenge are supposed to showcase future players in this league and the talent of the league, CJ is a undrafted player who not very many teams would want on their team, Brooks just got a starting spot and could be a very good NBA player someday. C.J. would never play at all if Ellis wasn't banged up, Jackson and Crawford had injuries, OR if Nelson realized Marcus Williams is a much better player than CJ watson. It's all about talent and showcasing it for fans, CJ is not even close to the talent of the guys in that game including brooks.
Jeff Green... March 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 am
I gotta say… mentioning C.J. Watson and Jeff Green is simply insane…. One is a top 5 overall pick, and one is an undrafted player who only plays at all because of injuries. The rook/soph game is supposed to showcase nba talent, C.J. is a one dimensional guard who has poor court vision, no defense and is not fast or quick enough, or strong enough to play against other guards in the league. Brooks is a much more gifted athlete and a better player than C.J., but Green to even mention them in the same sentence is crazy, and yeah that game is definitely not related to overall record at all, it's a "futures" game, you play the best guys, Green and Brooks are far ahead of C.J. and are future starters or current starters actually, C.J. is not a very good backup, however he has 0 chance of ever been a starting point guard in the NBA, have you watched him play?
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