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Is It A "Natural and Inevitable" Condition?
Or Is It America's Greatest Shame?
(Formerly titled Poverty: America's Hidden Shame, and Poverty: America's Greatest Shame)
(This article last revised 5-5-2014)
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." -- Herman Melville
That is so true, and yet today very preposterous assumptions regarding the poor are rampant, especially in America. But the poor are not merely being criticized by the rich. During the last 34 years they have increasingly been falsely accused and labeled, and even demonized and criminalized by wealthy people.
It's even gotten to the point where scientific studies of social class based on annual incomes as well as by education-levels have found that wealthy people ranked their social class according to the following erroneous beliefs:
1) Social class ranking is meritorious and determined by a just and fair society and world;
2) A deserving "wealthy aristocracy" should naturally govern; and
3) Poor lower-classes tend to claim society is not fair only to blame someone else for their problems.
Clinging to such misguided and self-serving beliefs to justify themselves, the accusers and critics of the poor -- which include right-wing Republican and Libertarian "think tanks" like The Cato Institute and The Heritage Foundation -- simply blame the victims of poverty, and they even claim that the poor in America aren't really very poor and don't know how good they have it. And the consequence of this propaganda is that about half the American people think poverty is a natural, inevitable condition brought on by the poor themselves.
Now granted, poverty is worse in many countries. However, what some rich Americans fail to see, or refuse to see, is that among the billion people in the world who live in poverty there are more than 100 million Americans, and their numbers are increasing.
In fact, America already has one of the highest rates of child poverty among all industrialized nations, and the problem has gotten increasingly worse since 1981, then much worse in 1996 when a Reaganite Congress passed the ostensible "Welfare Reform" legislation. And the problem has gotten much worse since unbridled greed and corruption caused the economic crash of 2008.
The latest UNICEF report on child poverty showed that 23.1 percent of American children live in poverty, giving the United States the second highest rate of child poverty out of 35 developed countries. Only Romania ranked higher in child poverty. And, in recent years, 20.5 million Americans have been living on less than half of the federal poverty level.
Furthermore, even though under Reaganism the assumption is that poverty is a natural and inevitable condition caused by the poor themselves, the cause of growing poverty in America is actually insufficient and inadequate wages doled out to the working poor, and a general failure of society to care for and help the disadvantaged, the elderly, and the disabled.
In other words, America is not what its Founders intended, because its government does not promote the general welfare, and it does not ensure domestic tranquility by establishing fairness, equity, and justice for all the people.
How did this happen?
How do the richest few who caused the problem keep getting richer and richer while the middle class shrinks, the working poor population grows, and everyone else keeps being knocked down further and further and becoming more and more worse off financially?
It's because greedy people can be very cunning, and most other people are very gullible and easily fooled. And it's especially because Reaganism was deceptively sold as if it were a "patriotic and religious" ideology.
Consequently, when Americans have learned certain facts about poverty, most don't want to face it. Instead, they look the other way and justify themselves with the rationalization that "the poor will always be with us."
That rationalization is very convenient, of course, but it simply ignores what Jesus of Nazareth taught about how we should treat the poor, and how Jesus and James rebuked people who honor rich men with fine clothes while despising poor men who are poorly dressed. And it ignores all the biblical evidence quoted in the sidebar that confirms the Universal Divine Imperative to care for the poor.
In spite of all that evidence, many Americans simply ignore what the Bible says about how we should treat the poor, and they instead swallow the misleading right-wing claim that poverty is an inevitable, natural condition brought on by the poor themselves. They swallow that claim because it was made by Ronald Reagan.
Many Americans also cling to the idea that "God helps those who help themselves," because that idea is deeply ingrained in the American culture. However, even though there is an element of truth in that idea, it has been distorted into a self-serving ideology that is very convenient for those on the partisan political right. For they use it to justify themselves and rationalize that we all get what we deserve -- that our lot and status are the consequences of our actions and behaviors -- that we all reap what we sow.
That is very convenient because there is truth in that as well, at least in a just, equitable, fair society. However, it has proven to not be true in this unjust, inequitable, unfair society, because it is rigged to favor and entitle the wealthiest few, to the detriment of the majority.
After all, wealth has actually "trickled up" during the last 30 years to the point where now the wealthiest few hold 95 percent of the nation's wealth, while 80 percent of us are expected to get by on the remaining five percent. And it's getting worse in that regard.
Furthermore, it is not true that we reap what we sow given the present political economic system that rules our society.
In fact, the truth regarding reaping what we sow has become distorted by self-serving, unscrupulous hypocrites. And all the people who are the innocent victims of inequitable, unjust political economic systems, or crimes, fraud, disasters, catastrophic events and misfortune, do not deserve what they are forced to suffer.
That fact escapes many rich people who serve "Mammon" and yet claim to serve God.
They prefer not to face the truth and instead turn their heads, clinging to the Reaganite "Gospel of Prosperity." After all, it has become part of the predominant ideology and philosophy of the wealthiest few on the "religious right." And they comfort themselves with the thought that God has blessed them, that the poor will always be with us, and that poverty is an inevitable, inescapable reality brought on by the poor themselves.
That has been the result of hypocrites distorting their religion to suit their own purposes.
That has particularly been the case since Reaganism took hold in 1981 closely aligned with Jerry Falwell's and Pat Robertson's "Moral Majority," and since then Reaganites have persistently claimed you are on your own, that you must be totally self-reliant and not "depend" on government, and that the wealthy are "blessed" while the poor deserve to be poor.
That is essentially what the right wing Reaganite "Gospel of Prosperity" claims, even though it actually turned Christianity up-side-down.
What's worse, they act as if government's role is not to promote the general welfare to ensure domestic tranquility, even though the Founding Fathers said it is!
That is why especially during the last 30 years we have increasingly seen politicians ignoring the plight of the working poor, the poor, the disabled and the elderly, preferring to declare people should be self-reliant while at the same time providing the wealthiest few with so much entitlement and privileges that critics have called it "welfare for the rich." But politicians who cater to the rich claim that it is the patriotic and Christian thing to do.
The truth, however, is that their claims are contrary to and in violation not only of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and all the other great spiritual teachers. They are also contrary to and in violation of the intent of most of America's Founders!
For example, John Adams wrote: "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men. Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require."
In a letter to James Madison in 1785, Thomas Jefferson suggested that taxes could be used to reduce "the enormous inequality" between rich and poor. He wrote that one way of "silently lessening the inequality of property is to exempt all from taxation below a certain point, and to tax the higher portions of property in geometrical progression as they rise." And Madison then said using laws to "reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity (referring to the middle) and raise extreme indigence towards a state of comfort."
The writings of the Founders make their intent very clear, and they expose and refute the claims made by Reaganites today.
Their self-serving beliefs are the heartless epitome of rationalization and hypocrisy, and yet some wealthy people indulge in them to justify and validate themselves.
That's why a minority of Millionaires, Billionaires and Multi-Billionaires across America have increasingly been waging war on the homeless and complaining about them for "aesthetic" reasons. And that has made the banishment and even criminalization of the homeless even worse than it has been since Reaganism began corrupting America.
Moreover, because many Reaganites -- including Republicans, Libertarians, Tea Party members and sold-out Democrats -- have been led to believe that they are "good Christians," that wealth is a reward from God, and that the poor deserve to be poor because they're "lazy" (as Ronald Reagan claimed) -- they've got a very convenient comfort zone that they think is patriotic, religious and righteous.
However, the truth is that while some people are certainly deserving of their wealth, many wealthy people became wealthy by hook and by crook, and by taking advantage of laws and policies that are unjust. And it's not surprising that they are among the most vicious critics of the poor. They have no empathy, no compassion, no heart.
That's why the most democratic Founder, Thomas Jefferson, wanted all the people to have equal opportunity to prosper, succeed and live up to their full potential. He wanted all the people to be educated in a quality public school system and be able to go on to a quality public higher education system that would provide equal opportunity to ALL the people, regardless of their family's financial status.
That is the Real American Dream. But America has been sold a phony one instead!
Consequently, America and the world are corrupted by money. We have been and are under the rule of money --- and corruption and malfeasance in the offices of the public and private sectors is rampant because the love of money is the root of all evil because it breeds selfishness and self-interest at the expense of others.
That is the situation we find ourselves in, in spite of the fact that we should be governed by the common sense of promoting the general welfare and using the common wealth for the common good.
Why Have Some Americans Been So Easily Duped?
Americans need to understand how and why so many Americans have been duped and fooled, and how and why the "Religious Right" in America was able to turn Christianity upside down by taking isolated sentences from the Bible to "prove" their right-wing political ideology was Christian.
For example, Luke 19:26 states that Jesus of Nazareth said: "I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but from those that have not, even what they have will be taken away."
The Reaganite "Religious Right" focuses on that (and a similar sentence in Matthew) because they think that justifies them even though it actually does not. For they simply ignore everything else Jesus said about the rich and poor, which qualified his teachings.
For example, Jesus also said that it is wrong to reap what you did not sow, or profit unjustly because you were tempted by greed and lust for money. Moreover, he said that you should do unto others as you would have others do unto you, and treat all others as you would want to be treated if you were them -- and be fair, just, kind, charitable, and generous.
What's significant is that Luke 19:1-28 is based on what had been written earlier in Matthew 25:14-29, which was written sometime between 80 and 90 CE. Matthew's account of the story is only slightly different than Luke's later version, and it is significant that Matthew was a tax collector before Jesus called him to be a disciple.
That is why both Matthew 25:14-29 and Luke 19:1-28 are about Jesus saying he would stay at the house of a wealthy chief tax collector because he had promised to give half of his possessions to the poor. That's why Jesus forgave him and said he would stay at his house.
After that Jesus told a parable about usury, about investing money with the expectation that it will "earn" interest and produce profit. It was after telling that parable that Jesus then spoke about the "haves and have nots," and when you understand the full context it becomes clear that it began with and is mainly about being charitable and wise, as opposed to being selfish and foolish.
That becomes even more clear when we consider the broader context of Jesus' teachings and understand why Jesus rebuked the money "changers" or money lenders, why he preached against profiteering and unjust financial gain, and why he said it would be easier for a greedy and selfish rich man to fit through the eye of a needle than to enter heaven. For while there is nothing wrong with money, nothing wrong with wealth, and nothing wrong with banks or taxes, there is something very wrong about the love and lust for money, and greed and selfishness are even worse.
Now, all that is important today because the amazing thing is that Jesus knew many people would claim to love him but would not understand his core, universal teachings.
That's why Jesus is quoted as saying: "For Isaiah said, 'You hear but do not understand; and see but do not perceive.' For these people's heart have grown gross, and their ears are dull, and their eyes do not see." And he said that they should "understand with their heart," rather than with their egocentric self-interest.
Both Isaiah and Jesus actually and literally advocated for those who were financially poor, and they criticized the rich. Jesus even rebuked the money lenders and merchants who were profiting unjustly and had turned the temple into a "den of thieves." He hated greedy profiteers.
Moreover, Jesus said that during the age he ushered in, and especially now at its end, a corrupt, wealthy, powerful few would corrupt society (as Reaganism and Thatcherism have amply demonstrated). They serve not God, but Mammon, worshiping wealth and material possession. And they take more and more so that the majority and the poor have less and less.
That's why all Americans should learn the truth, not only about what Jesus taught, but about what the Founding Fathers of America thought, especially about the fact that government should "promote the general welfare."
That's important because it's gotten to the point where about half of the people in American have the wrong idea and attitude about the cause and the nature of poverty, and they tend to generalize and blame the victims of poverty.
That attitude is, of course, partly the result of a human ego's tendency to judge others as inferior. However, it is mostly the result of carefully crafted political propaganda cloaked as religious truths. And it was not created by accident, or by coincidence. It was created and spread deliberately.
That was because Ronald Reagan led many Americans to believe in the superiority of the rich and the inferiority of the poor. (And for historic, factual evidence of that, read Ronald Reagan's Real Legacy and Record.)
But don't you believe it, because it's not true. In fact, many people throughout history who were poor financially were rich in spirit and were very superior and highly talented and skilled in various endeavors. Many of them died financially poor but their good works lived on to benefit the world. Many of them did receive financial reward, not because they sought it as their goal, but because it was a natural result of their beneficial good works.
Of course, Ronald Reagan was successful misleading people because there are some people that are lazy and not self-reliant. However, the number of them is small and they are a relative few, and most poor people are certainly not lazy. In fact, usually in about 79 percent of poverty stricken households there is at least one adult working full time. It's just that their wages and incomes are unfair and not sufficient.
It must be emphasized that the main problems around this issue are cause by insufficient incomes of the working poor and the poor, and insufficient internal revenue because the wealthiest few are allowed to pay far less than their fair share of taxes. Thus the U.S. Government fails to promote the general welfare and ensure justice for all.
The question is, why are there so many poor people suffering in poverty who are unable to work because they are elderly or disabled, or unemployed through no fault of their own? Why are most poor people in the working poor population working full time for a living but not paid a fair living wage?
The main reason? Reaganism and Reaganomics. The records showing American incomes and wealth inequality show a major shift in the trend lines and a widening of the gap between the richest one percent of the population and the rest of us since Ronald Reagan became president in 1981. (See the article on The American Economy.)
The income gap and the share of income going to the wealthiest few began to steadily grow during the Reagan years. It continued during the 1990s when Reaganite Republicans controlled Congress (and President Clinton often went along with them out of political expediency), and it became extremely high in 2007 just before the Reaganite/Bushite greed and folly caused the economic crises and crash of 2008 and caused the Great Recession the economic crises from which we still suffer.
In January 2014 a report by Oxfam, an international group of organizations working globally to find solutions to poverty and related injustice, reported that even though economic inequality in the world is the second greatest threat to humanity, it is rapidly increasing and has reached the point where now the wealthiest 85 people in the world own as much wealth as the poorest half of the whole world's population. Furthermore, the report confirmed what other research has been showing, that almost half of the world's total wealth is now owned by just one percent of the world's population.
Reaganite Claims and Denial vs The Facts
Amazingly, despite all the facts of the matter, Reaganites in America have had the gall to claim there a "lazy dependency class" that has been made dependent on government assistance and food stamps.
They conveniently ignore that the people they slander and belittle are like people who lost their jobs since the 2008 economic crash, ignoring the fact that the economic crises were caused by the greed, corruption and vain folly of the wealthiest few. They also slander the unemployed who had to rely on unemployment insurance, ignoring the fact that those who lost their jobs had paid premiums in taxes all their working lives.
Rich Reaganite Republicans also slander people like Walmart employees who work full time but are paid so little that they qualify for and use food stamps. For while the owners of Wal-Mart are among the wealthiest ten Multi-Billionaires in America, many Wal-Mart employees need food stamps because they are not paid a living wage and cannot afford even the average necessities of life.
Even worse, the lowest paid Wal-Mart employees receive the least because they are allowed to work only 34 hours per week so they cannot be listed as "full time" employees. That trick is pulled by many employers (even in the public sector) because they are able to deny part time employees the much deserved benefits that full time employees are granted.
But most Wal-Mart employees are worse off. In order to feed their children, get adequate health insurance and affordable housing, many Wal-Mart workers have to rely on taxpayer assistance from the federal government. About half of the children of Wal-Mart employees are either on Medicaid or uninsured, besides having to depend on food stamps in order to feed their families. Therefore, because of Wal-Mart's business model, American taxpayers have to subsidize the low wages at Wal-Mart, and while that increases the drain on the U.S. Treasury, it helps the richest family in America keep getting even wealthier.
However, speaking of "Food Stamps" (officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP), Americans should know that even though they are a favorite target for the Reaganite Republicans who want to destroy the program, the fact that it is highly beneficial, not only to the poor, but to the economy!
In September 2013 a Census Bureau report showed that the food stamp program helped keep four million Americans out of poverty in 2012, and related research studies revealed that there are many other widespread benefits to the food stamp program. And yet, in spite of its clear benefits, just two days after that report came out the US House of Representatives approved a $39 Billion cut to the program over the next decade – and according to the Congressional Budget Office, that would result in 3.8 million people being removed from food stamps in 2014.
Such cuts in human services are reminiscent of the Reagan cutbacks to the Food Stamp program and other human services programs in the early 1980s. As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reported in 1984, two years into Reagan's presidency: "Low-income programs were reduced [by Reagan] more than twice as deeply (in proportionate terms) as social programs not concentrated on the poor. Overall, the low-income programs bore nearly one-third of all cuts made anywhere in the federal government even though they constitute less than one-tenth of the budget. No other part of the federal budget was cut so deeply."
Reagan also put an end to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, which threw 400,000 people into unemployment lines. He cut Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), cutting another 500,000 people off from desperately needed assistance. And Reagan also reduced investment in Housing and Urban Development, which drastically reduced affordable housing and triggered growing increases in poverty, hunger and homelessness that have continued to the present day.
That may shock you. But, in spite of the facts, Reaganite Republicans have been following Ronald Reagan's lead in such matters ever since his first successful campaign for the presidency when he maliciously deceived Americans. But even though his right-wing propaganda has since been proven to be deceptive, it was what right-wing Republicans wanted to hear. It became a huge factor in Reagan's being elected, and it has been a huge factor in the Republican war against the poor ever since.
Reagan was successful because he was very charming and said "God bless America" after every speech. But he and following Reaganites have simply ignored the fact that human services programs have been an overwhelming success, and the great majority of recipients actually benefit from the helping hand and have been able to escape poverty and become productive citizens because of it.
The fact is that eighty-three percent of food stamps go to households with children, seniors, and people with disabilities. In 2012, the average recipient got $133.41 in food stamps per month, which amounts o $1.48 per meal. Every $5 of food stamps spent generates up to $9 in economic activity. Food stamp spending generates local economic activity, jobs in the farm and retail sectors and beyond. Each $1 billion spent on retail food by SNAP recipients generates $3,300 farm jobs.
The 2009 Recovery Act that increased the Food Stamp funding along with other economic stimuli. That 13.6 percent temporary boost in food stamp dollars helped more than half a million Americans escape food insecurity, and millions more to climb out of poverty—4.7 million in 2011 alone, according the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).
Food Stamps benefit children who are especially vulnerable to the lifelong ripple effects of poverty—exposed to hunger, under-nourishment, malnourishment, chronic illnesses and disease. But studies show that when poor families get food stamps, children's nutrition and health improve. That is critical during infancy and early childhood, when brain development and metabolic health get their start. And sufficient nutrition in childhood creates marked health improvements both in childhood, youth, and later years.
In spite of the facts, Reaganite Republicans persist in their misleading, deceptive rhetoric against "spending" on human services, refusing to see it is an investment.
Of course, Reaganism is merely a revival of a mentality that has been prevalent during the passing age due to a distorted doctrine submitted as being Christian. In fact, Hamiltonian Federalism in 1800 was touted by the banker Alexander Hamilton as "Christian Meritocracy," and it was similar to Reaganism. And now it has gotten so bad that 20 percent of the American population owns 95 percent of the nation's wealth while 80 percent of us are expected to get by on the remaining five percent. And it's getting worse in that regard.
That's why we all need to remember what the Apostle James wrote: "If a brother or sister is naked and hungry, and one of you who are warmed and filled says to them, 'Depart' and do not give them those things which the body needs; what does it profit you?" (James 2:14)
Also, it is a universal divine imperative to feed and care for the poor, and it is not merely a Christian idea, and it's not even necessarily a religious idea. In the most enlightened, successful and harmonic ancient tribes and nations of the world, the elderly, the disabled, the orphans and anyone else who needed help and support received it from the community. The people took care of each other. It was the natural, humanitarian thing to do. It was just common sense. And it still is.
Unfortunately, the more populated and "civilized" humanity became, the less humanitarian some people became, especially those who fought for and gained great personal wealth, power, and domain in the name of religion.
That is why enlightened, conscientious spiritual teachers have always been sent by God to teach people how they should behave toward one another. In fact, that is why there have been so many great spiritual teachers who have taught the Universal Divine Imperative that we should treat all others as we would want to be treated if we were them.
Unfortunately, much of the political and religious leadership of the world's most powerful empires and nations have simply ignored the Universal Divine Imperative even while masquerading as good, virtuous, and even religious. It has been that way throughout history, and even now the poverty rate in a nation is an indicator of the level of inequity its government's laws allow.
That has been the case in America, just as it has been everywhere else. In fact, honest and objective reports such as The Children's Defense Fund's 2011 Report, which uses government figures and other research studies, show that 15.5 million children in American live in poverty (even according to the low government estimates).
That is why Americans need to learn why Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and other Founding Fathers wanted a Democratic Republic, and why and how the great Jeffersonian President Franklin D. Roosevelt saved the country from the corruption of the rich and enabled the middle class to grow large and great.
That is why Americans need to work on fulfilling the Real American Dream instead of believing in a distortion of the American Dream, about the individual "making good" and gaining great personal fame and fortune. That false dream produces a culture of greed and self-interest because it is based on the idea that people should be totally "self-reliant" and that government should do little and "get off our back" so that banks, businesses and corporations can be left to their own devices.
Many of those who bought and sold that idea and culture believed in it sincerely even though it violates the intent of the Founders, and even though it violates the core universal teachings and the golden rule of Jesus of Nazareth and other great spiritual teachers.
Fortunately, growing numbers of Americans are finally realizing that what we suffer from are the consequences of a very clever corporate scam perpetrated by Ronald Reagan. Many Americans have learned or realized the shameful cause of our problems. They realize that the wool has been pulled over the eyes of many who still believe in the lies and falsehoods that were sold as truth.
Now the truth must be spread far and wide, because the problem is not the "laziness" of the poor. The problem is the greed, selfishness, and heartlessness of wealthy right-wing extremists.
Their heartless, shameful, misleading and deceptive rationale and propaganda was concocted to blame the victims and justify the greed and hoarding of the wealthiest few, and that propaganda has been spread in many ways to claim poverty is not a problem, and that our political economic system is perfectly fair.
Another example of shamelessly false right-wing Republican propaganda is the claim that nearly half of American households receive some kind of government benefit or so-called "entitlement." However, that is extremely misleading and deceptive.
According to the National Poverty Center (NPC) Policy Brief #28 of February 2012, several studies show a declining proportion of benefits go to the poor. Most entitlements go to the wealthy, and in fact, the misguided and heartless 1996 "Welfare Reform Act" ended the cash assistance program in the U.S. for poor families with children.
Consequently, millions of American parents that are unemployed have virtually no cash income. They have to depend on food banks, soup lines, and the measly and hard to get food stamp allocation -- if they can qualify. Millions of children have been made into Dickensian "Oliver Twists," saying, "Please, Sir, can I have some more?" because they are hungry.
The NPC expects that as a result of shrinking access to cash assistance and the increasingly poor economic climate, the number of households with children living in extreme poverty will increase as it has since 1996 and particularly since 2008. NPC estimates that about 23 percent of all households with children are living in extreme poverty.
Therefore, since the majority of poverty stricken households do depend on at least one adult working full time, the fact is that the problem is not "laziness," nor do the poor deserve their lot. The basic problem is insufficient, inadequate, unfair wages allowed by a political economic system that is grossly unfair and shamefully inequitable because it enables the wealthiest people to take advantage of and exploit the disadvantaged working poor population.
But, this situation was not created merely during the last 30 years, as most objective economists are saying. Since President Kennedy was assassinated and in spite of Lyndon Johnson's token "War on Poverty," the wealth of the wealthiest one percent of Americans has increased by a factor of 700 percent in terms of total national wealth.
Furthermore, while CEOs of huge corporations were among that one percent who benefited, those who benefited most were the top executives in banks, lending institutions and others in the financial services industry. And the cruel irony is that when their greed, corruption and carelessness inevitably brought their industry to total failure in 2008 and 2009, taxpayers were forced to bail them out.
However, in spite of the losses and suffering they have caused to other people, they did not suffer. They weren't even pressed to be more fair, and they didn't have to compensate those they essentially robbed and defrauded. In fact, they are even wealthier now than ever before.
Even worse, the most needed reforms and regulations have not been put in place to prevent further malfeasance and unfairness, and very crucial regulations on banking and financial institutions that had been put in place in 1933 during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term, which were repealed in 1999 by a Republican dominated Congress, were not restored.
Consequently, all the people victimized suffered and growing numbers continue to suffer, while those responsible are still enabled to indulge themselves and exploit us.
The political economic system not only enables and caters to the wealthiest few at the expense of the majority and to the detriment of the working poor and the poor. It enables the greedy and corrupt to bribe legislators and, due to a right-wing Supreme Court decision ("Citizens United"), to influence elections with a flood of slanderous, deceptive attack ads on television. And most of us suffer the consequences.
Poverty Is not "Natural" or "Inevitable"
Poverty is not a natural condition brought on by the poor themselves, and it is not inevitable. In fact, it can be eliminated.
Americans should learn that poverty, hunger and homelessness have been getting worse since 1982. For example, it is no coincidence that there were only 13 Billionaires in America in 1981 before Ronald Reagan became president, but by 2004 there were 313, and there are 460 Billionaires now in America. Reaganism has been very, very successful and beneficial to the wealthiest few, and it's been no coincidence.
It is no coincidence that while we the majority keep paying more and more for the continually escalating cost of living, the wealthiest few rake in more and more of our money. And while our glass is half empty and getting emptier, theirs is overflowing.
It is no coincident that ever since 1982 the wealthiest few have gotten increasingly and incredibly richer while the middle class has shrunk, the working poor population has grown, and more and more people are destitute. For contrary to what is claimed by those who try to justify the growing income gap, the middle class and the working poor get poorer because the wealthiest few take so much more than they need.
Consequently, around 40 percent of Americans do not have: enough income to afford a decent modern lifestyle with decent housing; enough to eat; reliable transportation; adequate and affordable health insurance (even with the "Affordable Care" Act); decent clothing; and many other things that would enable them to live relatively comfortable lives.
About 40 percent of Americans are poor according to Western standards of living. They are poorer than their peers with equivalent jobs in Canada, Europe, and Australia. And American workers have to settle for far less benefits and less compensation for their labor.
The wealthiest one percent hold the vast majority of the wealth of the nation while about 40 percent of Americans are financially insecure and at risk of poverty if not in poverty. And by any definition the political economic system in America is not fair, and we should understand why we suffer from economic crises.
The current economic crises were thirty years in the making because they were brought on by the failures of an enabling, corrupt, careless, Laizes Faire government that serves the interests of the wealthiest few and their corporations, banks and financial institutions, at the expense of the majority of the people, and at the expense of the infrastructure and the environment.
Even though it actually serves "Mammon," not God or Country, the Reaganite ideology has been successful because it was sold as a "Gospel of Prosperity," which we will examine in a moment. And lest anyone think President Obama has changed that, they should learn the facts.
According to a Pew Research study published in April 2013 in an article titled A Rise in Wealth for the Wealthy; Declines for the Lower 93%, An Uneven Recovery, by Richard Fry and Paul Taylor, the median net worth of the wealthiest seven percent of the population has risen by an estimated 28 percent, while the net worth of 93 percent of Americans dropped by four percent. And, because that Pew Research Center analysis was based on the most recently released Census Bureau data for 2009-2011, it does not reveal that the situation has only gotten worse since then (a fact most Americans are painfully aware of).
That is because President Obama has expediently endorsed Reaganism, because the Reaganites have managed to steadily and persistently maintain and even enhance Reagan's image to the point where even many Democrats believe Ronald Reagan was good for the country and the world.
The proof, however, is in the pudding, as they say. And the proof can be seen if you compare the legacy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt with the legacy of President Reagan. The ultimate results of Roosevelt made America and its middle class great, while the full results of Reaganism did the opposite. In fact, Reaganism has nearly destroyed the legacy of Roosevelt and pushed America back to conditions reminiscent of the 1920s, which caused the Great Depression.
Therefore, we should examine the Reaganite rationale, because it is indeed false.
(Continued at Poverty: America's Greatest Shame, Part 2, which discusses further proof of why America's political economic system is so unfair, and how we can establish better banking. And it more fully explains why the Reaganite "Gospel of Prosperity" is deceptive and wrong.)


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*I wait for Light sempai*
A large flame blows by. The moment the flame has passes by, a small figure pops out the ground revealing light...
Light: Hello, are you ready?
Please answer the following with good detail:
What is Katon?What is it in Real lifeWhat are it's strengths and weaknessesName 3 Katon usersName atleast two elements or kg that requires Katon
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uh right...
1) Its one of the five basic elements. It is common in konoha and is an affinity nature type of the uchiha.
2) It is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic process of combustion.
3) Fire is strong against wind but, weak against water.
4) Sasuke, Jiraiya, and Hiruzen
5) lava release - fire + earth and boil release - fire + water
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Ok, tell me about the fire and lighting relationship
Okay...fire and lightning...m...like that firestyle technique sasuke shot up into the sky and used to create thunderclouds so he can use that kirin technique at full power because lightning is stronger when it is uses natural lightning. He used that strong fire jutsu to setup his lightning technique by making those clouds which I guess would be the relationship. Fire and Lightning can support each other in a number of ways. Right I'm thinking fire + lightning = boom.
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Yea i can take that. They are neutral. Lightning can travel through a fire technique, giving you the element of surprise.
Now i want you to meditate and channel your fire chakra. Tell me what you feel. Ima go sleep a bit
-Goes to sleep-
*I sit down and close my eyes and as I meditate I channel my fire chakra throughout my body and I feel an intense,wild, and hot flow of chakra all throughout my body.*
I feel.....a hot and intense sensation.....this power its....its almost as if it were alive.
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(Sleep talking): Burn a leaf, burn one!
huh?....a leaf? *I get up and I take a look at a tree with branches full of leaves. I jump and pluck one off the branch.* well if that's all then... *I close my eyes and focus my fire chakra on the leaf. The leaf suddenly begins to smoke and burn a but, I maintain control it so it doesn't completely burn it away.*
yea yea yea, you're doing good, meditate for one more post and wake me up please D:
-Tsuna continues to take a nap waiting for his student to wake him up
will do.
*I sit down and meditate while still maintaining the control of my chakra on the leaf. After a while I stop meditating and go to wake up light.*
*I put my hand on his shoulder and shake a bit to wake him up.*
*whispering* sempai!!...sempai!!!!....wake up..... *loudly* HEY SEMPAI, CAN WE CONTINUE?!!!
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Wa, wa!
Ohh yea umm, tell me how you felt, how was it, easy or hard?
eh, It wasn't half bad. I felt like I had better control over my nature chakra. So what's next Sempai?
Lets get started, are you ready
Lets do this.
I want you to focus your katon chakra into your mouth, using shape manipulation. After you have done that i want you to release several small fireballs.
*I begin by focusing my fire chakra into my stomach. As I concentrate I inhale from my nose and my cheeks begin to expand.*
*I take note at the sky and without wasting time I release small fireballs from my mouth and direct them into the sky.*
You learned :
( Ryu Kaen Bakufuu ) - Dragon Flame Blitz
Rank: D
Type: Offensive
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 10
Damage points: 20
Description: The user shoots balls of fire at the opponent.
( Kaen Shuriken Ranbu ) - Blazing Shuriken Dance
Rank: D
Type: Offensive
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 10
Damage points: 20
Description: The user will throw several shuriken at the enemy and then inflames them with fire to cause extra damage.
For this next technique, i would like you to focus your katon chakra into your stomach. After you have done that, reach towards your ninja pouch, grabbing several shuriken. Ignite them with your fire chakra as they are in mid-air. They can attack from different directions.
*I begin the same process by focusing my fire chakra into my stomach. I reach into my pouch and throw several shuriken in mid-air.*
*While they are in the air, I inhale and release fire with precision. Igniting each of the shuriken with fire.*
*I direct the ignited shuriken by concentrating and controlling them with my chakra and send them flying into a rock wall.*
*the shuriken are pinned to the wall still ignited with the wall showing signs of burn marks on it.*
How would you use this in a combo?
combo? I'm not sure I follow sempai. But, I guess I would use the shadow clone technique to replicate the ignited shuriken. Dunno but, thats what came to mind.
Last edited by demon fang; 01-12-2013 at 11:04 PM.
Ahh, that would work. I meant like what kind of combination you would think of and such. Ready to continue?
yeah I guess, I'm sure the combos would come to me as soon I'm in battle.
ok next;
( Katon: Komakai Kaki ) - Fire Release: Small Fire
Rank: D
Type: Offense
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 10
Damage Points: 20
Description: The user spews a small fireball.
For this technique, i would like you to notice the range of the attack. Because the range is short, it wouldn't work if you're at mid-range from your opponent. I hope you understand this. Also, remember to look at the terrain, or it would lead to your downfall. I want you to gather your Katon chakra and you did before. I then want you to use shape manipulation making sure you make a ball shaped, object. You will finally release this fireball at your opponent.
*I look around first and notice a large rock and I decide to use that as my target.*
*I begin to run at it while at the same time mold my fire chakra into my stomach. I then concentrate in shaping my fire.*
*Once I had it and noticed I was within range of the large rock, I jump upward towards the rock, inhale, and release a ball fire at the rock.*
*The fireball explodes leaving behind some small traces of flame and burnt marks.*
How was that?
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Your name is CASSAN LYSIMA.
You exude a SENSE OF REGALITY due to the BLUE BLOOD within your veins. You have made it your goal to let ALL THOSE BELOW YOU IN THE HEMOSPECTRUM know their place. They tend not to forget as your favorite pastime is BEATING YOUR UNDERLINGS WITH YOUR CANE. In fact, you don't just despise underlings, but your supierors, the highbloods, as well. As a matter of fact, ANYONE THAT IS NOT OF BLUE BLOOD seems to just irritate you. What irritates you even more is that NOBODY SEEMS TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE HEMOSPECTRUM ANYMORE. It's not like you don't understand that troll society is falling apart, but then shouldn't everyone try to preserve their dying culture? You know it's pointless now, but it gives you some comfort to know that you still have a place in things, even when meteors start to destroy the world around you. But whenever you get down, you can always count on finding the nearest underling and "reminding" them of his place with a loving "pat" on the head with your cane.
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Over the past year I've stayed mostly silent when it comes to critical writing. Some of this has been due to lack of time. Some of it to a hesitancy to speak critically of those who are or may be peers. Lastly, some of the most vocal folks are exhausting in their epic word counts! But I've been thinking a lot, and have decided that a) I want to write more and b.) I won't stand by while those with more critically rigorous but divergent views and practices sculpt the terms by which we think of Art, Net Art, and especially the burgeoning field of Social Media Art.
The distinction between Net Art and Social Media Art is important, and will be outlined in a future post. Further, I do not identify as a Net Artist (or a Social Media Artist, for that matter). However they often occupy the same sentence in the conversation. My interest in this series is specific to my practice, but my practice is also driven by what I want the future to look like for art appreciators of all varieties.
By setting out to describe this future, I want to first pause to express my concerns with the present. Specifically, with animated GIF art. On the whole, it is depressingly vapid! Worse, its vapidity has been fetishized by those seeking to define and contextualize this next wave of Internet artists. Over the years I've seen thousands of animated gifs. I've spent countless minutes waiting for them to cycle through their frames so they can be experienced "appropriately."
One recent example that comes to mind is the Unknown Pleasures meets Matrix-green animated gif that Paddy Johnson highlighted in her Year Of The Animated Gif post. Beyond occasionally witty one-liners, most of these images do nothing to push how we think. Rather they tend to engage in a sort of post-hipster language. They're stylized, abstract, and, in my opinion, just plain weak images. Of the non-abstract variety exists an Internet kitsch aesthetic which tend to be ironic, cynical and intentionally crude. Both of these varieties remind me of an article I read in New York Magazine a few months back that described Hipsters as smart consumers but whose cultural contributions were few. Or sloppy, lazy, etc. I would put 95% of animated gifs in this category. Granted the culture is arguable larger/more important than the "product," however, the product usually leaves me with much to be desired.
Needless to say this is not the type of work I want to make. While some of it is certainly entertaining, I am attempting to make work that is both accessible, challenging, subversive, and most importantly authentic.
I believe that the medium must serve the work, and that the work must have something to say, regardless of what medium that is (gif, oil paint, collage, etc). Aesthetics alone, however well stylized or unique, are never enough to carry a great work. A work that transcends its form. While I can't speak to anyone else's intentions I can say that I don't want to spend my time framing images that offer limited cultural capital. I by no means claim that my work always transcends, rather it is an ideal that I am continually striving towards.
To be continued!
Props to @VAJIAJIA for linking me to this post which in term led me to one of the more dynamic gifs I've seen.
Further Reading:
Tom Moody
Art & Education
Art Fag City
@AmyLMuller pointed out this flaccid Koons balloon which I had seen the other day and forgotten about. Totally chuckled over that one.
So a combination of circumstances* have led to the need to postpone the screening/potluck that was scheduled to take place at Flux today. It will be held in January instead.
Sorry for any inconvenience! For those of the public protesting persuasion there is of course the protest at 1pm today.
* Time management was been partly responsible but more important has been a desire to better understand my own position before hosting an event. This is a very complex issue that I'm still not exactly sure where I stand on. To be clear, I DO NOT support the censorship of the video but I do feel an obligation to comprehend as many of the facets as possible. I didn't want to host, or ask Flux Factory to host, a screening and discussion if my own beliefs aren't more formalized. I will say that I probably won't be at the protest today. More on all this soon…
The following appeared as a note on Dan Cameron's Facebook wall. It is reproduced here with his permission. In my humble opinion, it is reblogworthy many times over. See also Cameron's excellent interview with Tyler Green: http://bit.ly/eieGXA
David Wojnarowicz is one of the indispensable American artists of the end of the 20th century. Through his paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, writings, performances and music, Wojnarowicz opened up art's expressive capability at an moment in history when it was viewed by too many as a sophisticated game of style and technique. In Wojnarowicz's hands, by contrast, art was never less than a matter of life and death.
Born to working-class Catholic, Polish-American roots, Wojnarowicz had very little by way of formal art training in art, but was instead mentored by individuals along the way. As a young man, he was sexually and physically abused, and throughout his short life suffered deeply because he never concealed his sexual identity. As a result, the recurring problem of homophobia, both societal and individual, became one of the main motifs of his work. During the last years of his life – he died in 1992 of complications from AIDS at the age of 38 —, his one-man battle against fear and hatred of gay people burned with an intensity that is rarely witnessed in the contemporary art community.
In 1999, I was the curator of one of only two retrospectives of David Wojnarowicz's art in this country, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC. While the exhibition was well attended and positively reviewed at the time, I can honestly say that it is also one of the few exhibitions that have grown larger in the collective memory of the international art community. Wherever I travel in the world, no matter the purpose of my visit, I invariably encounter students, artists and curators who want to ask me about Wojnarowicz and his art. Not infrequently, it turns out they have never seen his work in person, but only in publications like the New Museum catalog or David's own books of prose and poetry. Still, his art has touched them at the deepest level imaginable, bringing me to understand that, unlike most of his peers, the art of David Wojnarowicz continues to grow in importance.
The censorship of David Wojnarowicz's work from the National Portrait Gallery is an act of unspeakable aggression against artists, writers, intellectuals, people affected by AIDS, and especially the entire LGBTQ community in this country and throughout the world. Right-wing politicians and religious leaders, sensing weakness on the part of our nation's cultural community, have described Wojnarowicz's video in deeply hypocritical terms, even going so far as to describe it as 'hate speech.' This Orwellian use of language to defame an artist who himself was the victim of hatred against gay people shows that the stakes in this battle are much higher than might be imagined.
The extreme right's attack on this most vital of American artists must not be allowed to stand, if only because it is transparently clear they have no intention of stopping with Wojnarowicz. If we sit by and let this censorship occur without protest, the forces of censorship and homophobia will grow bolder and more aggressive in their attacks on artistic freedom in this country. Perhaps they believe that, because he was gay and died of AIDS, Wojnarowicz is vulnerable. It is up to us to prove that, on the contrary, when they picked on David, they drastically underestimated his importance to those of us in this country, and in the rest of the world, who don't condemn what our most important artists have produced — we honor it by proudly showing it in our museums.
Dan Cameron
December 5, 2010


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|50 weeks 19 hours ago
|Dour, I like that. But
Dour, I like that. But hasn't Michigan always been dour? I'm trying to remember the last plucky and jolly Michigan team. This year's microcosm is Devin, IMO. As I've said before, I don't know where all of Devin's on-screen elan and joie de vivre goes during the game, and it bugs me. Even when he's lighting up Indiana, he's limping and trudging around, isolating himself on the sideline, and generally not giving off positive vibes. Understandable given the beating he took against State but even then I'd love to see some fire and excitement from Michigan's on-field leader. Even some Tom Brady-esque O-Line/WR ripping would be fine. Makes me wonder about the captaincy voting, why the fourth-year program member and starting QB didn't make it.
|50 weeks 2 days ago
|50 weeks 2 days ago
|I like my QBs a little more
I like my QBs a little more rah-rah than DG, that's just me. Probably silly and unimportant but I feel better when I see my team's QB exhorting his teammates. It looks like Devin often isolates himself on the sideline, doesn't interact much. In his defense, the sideline reporter did say that in the second half she saw him urging his OL to give him more time. I'm also not a huge fan of his frequent limping/ginger walking off the field. Even when he scores. Where's the exuberance, DG???!! Seems like the weight of the world is on his shoulders. Sorry this was supposed to be the appreciation thread.
|50 weeks 2 days ago
|I didn't like that he either
I didn't like that he either (a) lacked the awareness to pick up that final yard, or (b) shied away from contact rather than pick it up. On him being out of the game, If I learned he asked out of the game or did not vehemently disagree with the coaches for taking him out, I would be disappointed. If it's true Hoke benched him over vociferous objection, I don't have a problem. But whether it was Gardner or Hoke, it wasn't a good look for the team's leader to sit the bench with a vacant stare while his team was still getting pummeled on the field.
|50 weeks 4 days ago
|Why unconscionable?
He's the starting qb and wasn't injured .
|51 weeks 20 hours ago
Caris' experience, versatility, defense, and improved shooting mean he's going to play 30+ min per game. I agree with the poster above that he has the second highest ceiling on the team (or he's tied for second with Irvin, who remains a less-known quantity). Despite his pedigree, I see Irvin filling Caris' role last year (with maybe a couple extra minutes and shots per game) -- 10 minutes one game, 20 the next, not much beyond that. I also think Caris is going to be an All-B10 player his Jr and Sr. years (i'll admit I might be a little too pro-Caris).
|1 year 8 weeks ago
|Weight problem
doesn't seem to be holding Jeremy Clark back. I wouldn't want to go across the middle against that guy.
|1 year 26 weeks ago
|Who's the roll man?
My only concern is who the screener will be. McGary is great in that role, with his Clark Kellogg-endorsed hands and Withey-defeating finishing ability. Morgan, not so much.
|1 year 33 weeks ago
|Just curious, how are you so
Just curious, how are you so sure they're giving it their all? I'm not saying they're not but how are you so sure?
And here's a hypothetical: what if you knew GRIII or Stauskas weren't giving it their all? What if you knew they loafed on certain plays for one reason or another? Would you criticize them or would they get a pass because they're freshmen/college students?
|1 year 35 weeks ago
|Least likeable to most: Ryan
Least likeable to most:
Ryan (easy)
Izzo (the whining, the ref working)
Crean (this guy could turn into a monster)
Groce (I think this guy has smug troll potential once he's winning)
Matta (he's made a few snarky comments over the years)
Painter (I respected his reasonable take on the Manny Harris incident a few yrs back)
Smith (eh)
McCaffrey (his own players probably rank him higher)
Dudes who coach PSU/Braska (?)
Carmody (baffled, beleagured, sad, defeated, seems like a decent guy)
Beilein ("John Beilein is a saint!")
|1 year 35 weeks ago
|I didn't mean to start a
I didn't mean to start a debate about whether college athletes should be paid (I happen to think that they should). I only meant that it's not unreasonable for THJ to feel some responsibility above and beyond his immediate team members and coach because, among many other reasons (this is a relatively minor one, imo), he's getting a benefit from the university (a benefit that most students don't get). That's all.
Again, I'm not saying he owes anyone an apology. Just saying it's not crazy (and in fact, it speaks well of him) that he feels bad for the fans, alums, etc., who root like crazy for his team.
|1 year 35 weeks ago
|You're right that we don't
You're right that we don't have the freshman talent Kentucky had. Most don't have those expectations (although some do, it appears). My issue is effort: GRIII has not put a body on someone in 3 or 4 games. I don't believe he grabbed a single defensive rebound last night, which is hard to believe for a guy 6'7 with elite jumping ability. Fatigue is a weak excuse because he didn't box anybody out against Indiana either, which was the start of the gauntlet, rather than its merciful finish. Youth is a weak excuse too... did you see fellow Indiana five-star Gary Harris' peformance (or his performance in a hostile environment at Indiana)?
Forget execution, effort was the disappointing part. When there's a lack of effort (or "into-the-gamenesss" might be a better, less pejorative word than effort), I look at the coach.
|1 year 35 weeks ago
|Exactly. No one demanded it
Exactly. No one demanded it and nobody should. But it's nice that he did and it's nice that he sees himself as connected to more people in the Michigan family than just his teammates and coach.
|1 year 35 weeks ago
|They don't play in an empty
They don't play in an empty gym. They don't play for free. And they don't play just for themselves, they play for the name on the jersey and as THJ aptly put it, a "nation" that is much bigger than the players. There's nothing wrong with taking pride in being part of that family, nor is there anything wrong with apologizing to other members of the family.
Don't put up some straw man that Tim is giving in to "demands" from fans for an apology. Nobody's doing that. He wanted to take ownership of his performance, and he did. I like it, and I think it bodes well for his and the team's future performance.
|1 year 35 weeks ago
|That doesn't explain our
That doesn't explain our junior guard having his third awful game in a row at Breslin. Sometimes I question whether the staff is capable of getting these guys in the right mindset for tough road games, State in particular. I don't blame the kids cuz they're kids and most of them are young but Beilein has to realize that when Michigan walks into Breslin, MSU is out for blood. The main reasons we won 2 yrs ago were (a) we snuck up on them because were were terrible at the time, and (b) we had a player who was not afraid to scream his head off to wake up his teammates.
Thank goodness for some rest and some Nittany Lion, this team is running on fumes.
|1 year 36 weeks ago
|Why patronize him? Compare
Why patronize him? Compare him to the other 17-18 yr old recruits in the past. How many said, after signing with Michigan -- "don't worry, Ohio State, I still love ya" or something to that effect? I can't recall one. So he suffers in comparison even to those in his own cohort.
I agree he shouldn't be crucified but let's stop letting 17 yr old kids off the hook for saying stupid sh*t. It's way too easy.
And I agree that no one should ever tweet negatively at a college athlete on Twitter -- it's sad and pathetic.
|1 year 36 weeks ago
|I don't think he received an
I don't think he received an offer from OSU. He might love OSU more than Michigan even though he decided to play at Michigan. Michigan was probably his biggest offer. He might not even like Michigan, but if your next best offer is Illinois, you suck it up and head to Ann Arbor, right?
If he were a big-time recruit, I'd have much less of a problem with this. But here's a guy Michigan saved from the jaws of mediocrity or worse, and he repays the offer by going off about how he he'll be a fan of our biggest rival until he dies. (I'm assuming the reports of his initial comments are accurate)
He's 17 or 18, not 7 or 8. Most of us had filled out college applications at that point in our lives, and we were clever enough not to write an essay about how much we wanted to attend State. Point is, you don't have to be all grownz up to know (before you blurt it out, not after) that professing one's undying love for Ohio State is not the way to endear yourself to Michigan fans.
I don't care about loyalty or Michigan Man-ness or whatever... just makes me question his smartz.
BUT bottom line: if he can cover and tackle, I DON'T CARE how clever or loyal he is. Go get 'em, Reon!
|1 year 36 weeks ago
|Exactly. I can't lie, this
Exactly. I can't lie, this bothers me. And he's not even highly ranked. Better be worth it.
|1 year 48 weeks ago
|heartily agree on ross
once that guy figures it out, watch out
|1 year 48 weeks ago
|all i'm saying is
it wouldn't kill Hoke to say one or two things about Denard Robinson before his last game at Michigan Stadium. That's all. When a reporter asks about a guy who had a great game, Hoke usually doesn't say, "THEY ALL PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT GUY'S GREAT GAME, I WON'T TALK ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR GUY. THEY ALL WEAR THE HELMET." He usually comments on the specific player (albeit in his restrained way). Sometimes a guy stands out and deservers a little extra praise or reflection. Denard has stood out over four years, and reporter(s) are rightly asking Hoke to reflect.
Just feels a little off key is all.
EDIT: and this isn't about Denard's "feelings." Denard couldn't care less, I'm quite sure. This is for the fans who root for the team and want to hear what the coach thinks about the program's greatest player over the last four years on the eve of his last home game. Does Hoke really feel he's doing disservice to the other seniors if he comments on Denard??
I guess I'm missing something, but I will stop berating all of you now.
|1 year 48 weeks ago
no more important than a guy on the Scout team? We will agree to disagree.
and to others, i don't think you can blame a reporter for wanting to cover Denard before his last home game. That's not a bad guess as to what your readers want. You're looking for his coach to comment on the player's prodigious career... and the coach won't do it, even in a short soundbite. Hoke's drawing a too-strict line here.
|1 year 48 weeks ago
Why is Hoke so stingy with his comments re: Denard's legacy? I don't think a few statements like Mattison and Borges made about Denard's dedication, athleticism, career accolades, etc. would kill him, or his team-team-team mantra. Certainly the players (e.g., Roh) realize how important Denard has been. C'mon, Brady, show one of the most memorable Wolverines ever some love!!
|1 year 49 weeks ago
|no need to gravedance, Ace
Ace - Saying Daniel Horton "has nothing on" Trey Burke seems gratuitously disrespectful of Horton's abilities and tenure at Michigan, not to mention completely wrong -- Burke might be better but Horton "has nothing" in comparison? Did you watch any games Daniel Horton played? And "laughing" about how bad former players are in comparison to this team after 3 stinkin' games seems premature and a little mean. Most of those guys did the best they could. If anything, "laugh" (if you must) about the comparison between Beilein to Ellerbe or even Amaker. If you think Gavin Groninger wouldn't have been a far more effective player under Beilein, you don't know squat about basketball.
But to channel Ace's youthful giddiness in a more constructive way, great showing for this team through 3 games. Very very excited to see them in action against a rugged Pitt team next week.
|2 years 20 hours ago
|I dunno
Ace's position that "until Conley actually takes a visit, there's no reason for consternation" is a little too blithe. I hearken back to one David Dawson. Dawson hanging out with FL recruits during the summer + Chris Fox (I think?) making less-than-friendly commits about Dawson + rumblings about Dawson wanting to take visits... I guess I don't have ice water in my veins like Ace because that stuff, when viewed together, made me worried. Made me feel some consternation even. I don't care about the OSU offer but the same "rumblings" about Conley thinking he accepted too early are troubling. I look at it this way: if you assigned a "decommit probability" to every single committed recruit, you'd have Shane Morris on one end and Gareon Conley, probably, on the other end, based simply on "circumstantial evidence" or "smoke" or what have you. Two weeks ago, you would have had David Dawson more on the Conley end of things. When a guy is more on the David Dawson/Conley end of the decommit probability scale, I worry more about that guy staying committed than I do about Morris. Does it keep me up at night? Unless I've also had caffeine after 5 p.m., not usually. But do I think about it when I read Ace's recruiting updates? Yes I do.
BTW, any non-journo type who talks to a recruit on Twitter, much less says bad stuff, needs to reexamine his or her life.
|2 years 33 weeks ago
|Or "veracity"
|2 years 35 weeks ago
|Makes sense
I always do my best thinking in the bathroom
|2 years 37 weeks ago
I'm going to speculate wildly and say he's including Tommy Schutt in that group. I presume it would have have been Mattison's (and Hoke's, of course) call on whether to go after him. They passed, despite his supposed interest and gaudy starrage.
|2 years 40 weeks ago
|Has anyone
ever seen Aquaman and TomVH in the same place?
|2 years 40 weeks ago
I'd like to see a video interview from Tremendous.
|2 years 44 weeks ago
|Close-ish loss to Duke on
Close-ish loss to Duke on neutral court, loss to UVA (a better-than-expected team) on the road. Those will probably both be "good" losses later this year. We've taken care of business otherwise, including decent wins against Iowa St (should been a blowout), Oakland and Memphis. I don't think our resume is worse than Northern Iowa's or SDSU's...
Regardless, we won't make a move in the real polls until we play at Indiana on Jan 5...


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Former 100-meter world-record holder Asafa Powell and Jamaican teammate Sherone Simpson have each tested positive for banned stimulants, their agent told The Associated Press. Powell and Simpson tested positive for the stimulant oxilofrine at the Jamaican championships last month and were just recently notified, Paul Doyle said Sunday, with their provisional ban effective immediately. The news came the same day that American 100-meter record holder Tyson Gay revealed that he also failed a doping test. Powell helped the Jamaicans to the 400-meter relay gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and was the last man to hold the individual 100 record before countryman Usain Bolt broke it earlier that year. Simpson won Olympic gold in the women's 400 relay in 2004 and silver in 2012, along with an individual silver in the 100 in 2008. "They're devastated," Doyle said in a phone interview. "I'm optimistic that Asafa's and Sherone's names will be cleared. It is a stimulant ban, which I hate to call any infraction minor -- any positive test is major, in my opinion -- but at the same time it was something that was inadvertent. Hopefully, through our investigation and all that, we'll be able to show it was unintentional." These doping positives come a month after another Jamaican Olympic champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown, tested positive for a banned diuretic. Doyle said it's too early to say whether Powell or Simpson will be able to compete at the world championships in Moscow next month. Powell did not finish in the top three at last month's nationals to qualify for worlds, but possibly could participate as a member of the 400 relay. Simpson earned a spot by finishing second behind Kerron Stewart in the women's 100. "We'll see if things can get cleared up before worlds," Doyle said. In a statement released through his agent, Powell said his team has "launched an investigation" to find out "how the substance got in my system." "I assure you that we will find out how this substance passed our rigorous internal checks and balances and design systems to make sure it never happens again," said Powell, who's sprinted down the lane in under 10 seconds more times than anyone in history. "My attitude towards doping regulations and testing is well-known and I willingly give samples whenever requested. This result has left me completely devastated in many respects." Simpson also released a statement, saying: "This is a very difficult time for me. ... My team and I will try to do everything we can to get this issue dealt with as best as we can."
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SANTA CRUZ --" A Santa Cruz police officer was injured during a traffic stop on the 200 block of Jackson Street about 10 p.m. Wednesday when the vehicle he'd stopped took off.
Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark said late Wednesday night that the officer was transported to the hospital and was "pretty banged up after being thrown from the car." Clark said he did not know the extent of his injuries or many details of the incident.
The officer had stopped the driver on the 200 block of Jackson Street for an unknown reason. He relayed to dispatch that the driver was a white male in his late 20s with salt and pepper hair. There was also a heavy-set female passenger with long dark hair in the vehicle.
The pickup, with paper plates, was last seen on Avalon Street headed toward Emeline. The pickup may have been stolen from the Westside.
Police initiated Project ROPE - Roadblock Observations Plan of Enforcement - in an attempt to find the vehicle, a green Dodge Dakota pickup with a dark green or black camper shell.
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