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Thursday, July 12, 2007
There's One in Every Family
The day started much like any other. While I made lunches and got my other five kids up and ready for school, Spaz used one of his favorite mediums, maple syrup, to paint a lovely fresco on the dining room wall. In an effort to redirect his energy, I gave him the job of getting me a diaper and some wipes so I could change the baby's diaper. That's a simple enough task, right? After several minutes, I came to the conclusion that Spaz had gotten distracted and it could be days before he remembered to bring me a diaper so I went to get it myself. As I opened the door to the baby's room, the stench of diaper cream permeated the air. I saw Spaz literally covered in white goo. His hair was white, his cheeks were white, his arms were white, the changing table, floor, and walls were slathered in the thick, white cream. Wonderful! I learned, after washing his hair four times, that you never, ever, never, ever leave diaper cream within a toddler's reach. It must be kept locked up in the garage with the cleaning supplies, rat poison, and weed killer. I also learned that diaper cream will never come out of clothing. Ever.
I spent the better part of an hour scrubbing the walls in the baby's room. Meanwhile, Spaz had moved on to bigger and better things. He went into the bathroom and for reasons, known only to him, poured a full bottle of shampoo into the bathtub. How nice. After cleaning up the diaper cream, I went into the bathroom to do damage control there. When my five year old walked in to use the bathroom, she discovered that Spaz had also generously coated the toilet seat with shampoo and put a whole roll of toilet paper in the bowl.
After cleaning up the bathroom, I made the kids some cinnamon toast. Stupidly, I left the tub of butter on the kitchen counter. I paid for that mistake when I heard my five year old call, "Mooom! Spaz put butter on my floor!" Yes, the carpet in the girls' room was covered in butter. Do you know how to get butter out of carpet? I don't. If you have any ideas, please give me a call!
In the time it took me to clean up (actually, "smear around" is a better term) the butter, Spaz had dumped out the toy box and taken apart the girls' dollhouse. Spaz just loves to take things apart. He not only likes to take things apart, but he also likes to pour things. He climbs onto the kitchen counters, grabs cups out of the cabinets and fills them with water from the dispenser on the freezer door. (It's also great fun to simply depress the button and let the water run out of the freezer door and down onto the floor.) He not only fills cups, but toys, plastic sandwich bags, the baby's car seat, cases from video tapes, and his older brother's cup (and I'm not talking about the kind of cup you drink from.) And it's not just water he uses. Oh no. He uses lotion, shampoo, jelly, heck, he once even grabbed a tank of gasoline used to fill our lawnmower and proceeded to water the plants with it thinking it was a watering can.
After lunch, I sent my youngest three off to play and sat down to do my taxes, which is not exactly my idea of fun. Personally, I'd rather have a root canal than do my taxes because doing one's taxes involves math and I recently learned from my fifth grader, that I'm completely incompetent at math. But really, how often, in your adult life, have you had to know the answer to "if a train leaves Boston at 7:30 in the morning and travels 60 miles an hour…"
I checked on the kids after a few minutes only to find that Spaz had scribbled on the baby's head with a pen. So, I washed the poor baby's forehead and thanked God that it was only pen and not permanent marker this time. I set the kids up with a movie and went back to my taxes. Everyone was occupied with an activity, no one was fighting, nothing was being broken, and the planets were all aligned in harmony, then it hit me. Playing quietly is almost never a good thing. Where there's quiet, there's mischief. I cannot stress this enough. You really shouldn't ever sit back, relax and revel in the silence. You will later regret this when you discover that the silence you were just enjoying was a product of the kids' attention being focused on their latest science experiment, or the stacking of furniture, cartoon style, to see how high they can climb, or the testing of the vacuum's suction power on the dog. In any case, it's not a good idea to enjoy the silence.
I got up to check on the little ones and I noticed that the baby's hands didn't look quite right. On further inspection, I saw that all the fingers on both hands were in fact, glued together. They weren't glued with good ole Elmer's washable school glue either. They were super glued together! How on earth my three year old managed to not only find the super glue, but open it, and slather it all over the baby's hands in a matter of minutes, is beyond me. We'll skip the details of the next hour, but sufficed to say, about fifty cotton balls and one whole bottle of nail polish remover later, her hands were unstuck.
This folks, is my life. Every minute of every day. And I'm not even mentioning the time he stole a golf cart and drove it into our camper! Now I know what most of you are thinking - 'This is the most neglectful mother on the planet. Does she ever watch her kids?' Let me tell you, Spaz by himself would be a handful and a half, but with five other kids to watch, it's impossible to keep my eye on this one 24/7. For those of you out there who have a child like Spaz -you know, a child that everyone else likes to call "busy" (and I say this with as much sarcasm as I can muster) just know that you are not alone. Believe me, you're definitely not alone. My only advice is - hang in there. And perhaps buy stock in Bacardi and Ritalin. And when your husbands come home and upon seeing the house, ask, "What did you do all day?" just tell them "Damage control."
Posted by Dawn at 10:37 AM
34 comments:
- Serial Mommy said...
thank you SO much for sharing your day with me!!!! i'm laughing so hard right now because, well, because i LIVE it!! after reading your blog, i started one of my own. i don't know if i'll have the exploits of a child like spaz (of which i have one myself) to share, however, you never know. again, thank you for sharing, and hey, in a few years, you'll laugh too.
- August 21, 2007 at 12:04 AM
- Michelle said...
I just loved this post in particular - my *one* in every family is Lily, also 3 - she and Spaz would make a good pair except they'd probably conspire and steal the car keys from one of us, or worse (yes I can conceive of worse!).
I keep telling myself that as exasperating as they are now, we should enjoy the lighter side of it while we can, just in case they turn into sullen, non-speaking teenagers one day...then we'll really miss the days we have now when they keep reminding us we're ALIVE ;o)
Remember that movie "Parenthood" with Steve Martin? He had a kid like ours, I am always comparing Lily to him (there's a scene where he just sits banging his bucket-covered head against a wall, I can so relate to that!).
- August 21, 2007 at 7:59 PM
- :o) mg said...
Yep. Got one. Surely they must turn into something bright and shiny and wonderful when they are grown. Wonder if Pope John Paul II was like this as a kid? It'd sure make me feel better.
- August 22, 2007 at 12:09 PM
yes it is me again and I am still reading your blog (have been for about 2 hours now)with tears of laughter down my face. I have got to send your link to my Grams...with 5 kids (4 boys 1 Girl) and the stories I have heard about my father and his siblings..she could totally relate to everything you write about..just change the setting to North Michigan, in the late 50s-70s when there was no such thing a car seats, seat belts, and baby proofing the house let alone the barn, cellar, numerous farm vehicles...you get the picture...My now 6 yr old has done some funny stuff, but he doesn't hold a candle to any of your kids! Especially Spaz, who I am sure even though he is "busy" ( :P) is the light of your heart!
- August 22, 2007 at 8:58 PM
OHHH can I relate to your Spaz. I have a son very like him. I'm not completely sure how he's still alive at age five. He was recently kicked out of all day Kindergarten. Yes, on the fourth day of school the teacher called and said "I just don't think he's ready." (Meaning: HELP!!!) Yeah, just when I think he might be getting safer and not on the verge of death, he came in just THREE nights ago (yes, he's five) because he was choking on a ring he swallowed. A RING!!!! So we had to do the old, "watch the poop" thing. Luckily, we've already been through this with pennies so we were somewhat experienced. I have four boys and one girl and I've gotten such a kick out of your blog. Go on and write a book. We need another Erma Bombeck (sp?) to represent today's SHE.
- August 22, 2007 at 9:33 PM
- Gayle said...
I nearly wet my pants from laughing so hard! I don't have one like Spaz, but my sister had one. (She was not unlike Spaz herself, as a kid.) I remember. Once my nephew had sneaked some matches into his bedroom and hid them until the middle of the night. He woke up in the wee hours, and tried them out, setting his mattress on fire. Somehow, my sister and bil woke up. She grabbed the toddler, and the baby from his crib in the same room, and raced them out of the room. My bil grabbed the mattress and dragged it though the house to the sliding doors of the family room, and out into the backyard. The snow outside extinguished the fire. That was years ago. Babysitting for my sister's brood was always an adventure, and her 3rd provided the most excitement. My nephew continued with his antics for quite some time, but evenually calmed down. Don't give up... it will get better!
- August 22, 2007 at 10:32 PM
Did you know it was possible to lose your breath while laughing??? Yes I was laughing that much! I couldnt stop laughing! Luckily too the bathroom is close by!! I nearly wet my pants! I could imagine the headlines ... lady who nearly lost consciousness finds herself in the hospital from tripping over the cat while trying to make it to the toilet in time. Good news it the fall helped her catch her breath, the cat is fine and she made it just in time!!
I love your stories and would buy your books for myself and for every member of my family!
May God continue to bless you and your family! May you always find the strength to make it through each day. Never forget to tell them you love them and always kiss them goodnight! Kathy
- August 22, 2007 at 11:56 PM
- Angela said...
However hilarious, if you haven't done so already, I suggest getting him checked for ADHD or checking his sugar intake. He reminds me so much of my brother when he was younger, and he had ADHD. ADHD Children (and people) on medication, they are so much calmer.
- August 23, 2007 at 2:48 AM
- Marie's complaints said...
oh my goodness, he is exactly like my son zachary!! The picture of him on the counter... my son does that all the time, and he climbs on the washer, to reach the bubbles, so he can spill them all over! I really thought i was alone lol!
- August 23, 2007 at 9:08 AM
I liked to dress up my younger brother when we were kids too...so there are also pics of him in dresses and tiaras as a 3-yr-old. Oh...and one of my other younger brothers used a Sharpie to turn the youngest brother into a tiger...they were under 3 at the time! The same brother who used the Sharpie, also used a tub of margarine as a finger paint and the kitchen sink sprayer as a water gun. He's much calmer now... And yes, silence is always bad for a group of kids...that's when my siblings and I were doing the worst of our exploits! LOL
- August 23, 2007 at 11:23 AM
- Beth aka Ringo said...
Wow, I hate for my first comment to be a negative one, but it's going to be. However, it's not going to be toward you. (I have a nearly 28 month old son who, with a total of five parents watching five kids, nearly walked off with a stranger because he's fast and he's friendly. Oy. He also thought lead-Momma-on-a-chase-through-Walgreen's was the best game ever. Did you know that the second largest testosterone surge of a male's life is when they turn three? Aren't boy moms LUCKY? :)
My negative is to the poster earlier, angela, who is suggesting drugging your active preschooler to calm him down. While I realize and accept that ADHD is a real illness (I've known children who, once medicated properly, were totally different kids), at three, they're supposed to be insane. At least if they're wired that way. It keeps Mom a lot busier, but I don't think anything you posted described abnormal or medication-worthy for three years old. If he's still behaving like that at six, and doesn't know how to stop, then maybe. I personally think way too damn many kids are drugged for behaving like active, normal children.
I love your blog, and I love that you post the real side of parenting (which a parent of one can relate to, as well as those with larger families) and that you're not afraid to admit to you or your kids having bad days. I've got a new read! (Blogs and forums are easier to read than books. You can easily leave a blog when someone gets up from a nap, or starts making a huge mess, or whatever, whereas you tend to lose the thread of a book. Since I've only got one, my book reading has slowed down a lot--one at a time instead of my normal 4-5, but hey.) Thanks for posting. It will get easier...they have to move out someday, right? :)
- August 23, 2007 at 5:12 PM
Give the kid a knife and ask him who's special! (okay folks, dont take this litterally.....PLEASE) At this point, what else can surpise Spaz's mom.... but we all have one.....10 yrs from now, it will be the BEST of times to reminise and laugh your pants off.... "remember when..."
- August 23, 2007 at 5:25 PM
- Chrystal said...
You blog is just too funny! I know this is an extremely old post- But I found your blog through one of my homeschooling email groups and I keep finding myself back here, trying to catch up on all that I've missed. I myself have four kids (g-6, b-4, g-2, g-7m) and know all to well the "trouble" that they get into. It has been soo amusing to read your blog!!
I will definitely be back - You have a spot on my desktop favorites!
God's Blessings to you and your little "angels" :).
(BTW- Please do not medicate that precious boy as was suggested above)
- August 23, 2007 at 7:26 PM
Thank you Thank you thank you!! I have one! One of those imaginative children. I needed this post today. Thank you so much. I love my "busy" daughter. I often hear,"Is she always this busy?" YES!! YES!! She's covered in bruises, marker, pen, and she recently dumped the entire salt shaker on her dinner; loves to "dip" her dinner in her milk; and just the other day she dumped the whole bottle of shampoo out in the bathtub after i had just washed the hair "wax" out of her long hair. Thank you so much for this blog. You make me feel so much better about being a stay at home mom.
- August 23, 2007 at 8:57 PM
- Dawn said...
LOL! Your comments all cracked me up! I totally remember the head banging bucket thing in Parenthood! ROFL!
Spaz doesn't take any meds now, but my 9 year old has ADHD and does take Concerta. I imagine it's just a matter of time until Spaz joins him. I'd rather not give him meds, but no one can handle him without them. He'd be in trouble at school all day. He really can't seem to control himself at all with the meds. As much as I don't love the idea of medication, I dislike even more the idea of him getting yelled at, sent to his room, going to the principal's office and having all his friends want to get away from him. :(
- August 24, 2007 at 12:08 AM
- Rachel said...
i just have to say that i'm a 21 year old. i'm in college, i have my own apartment. i'd consider myself well adjusted. i love my mom. and i was spaz. but not only was i spaz, both my younger brothers were spaz. i spent years as the glorious ringleader, teaching them such useful things as "vaseline feels great on closet walls" and "where dad keeps his screwdriver so that we can take all our toys apart and leave the screws for mom to step on," "the best way to clean the basement is to just pile everything in the closet" and the all-important "if you don't ask they can't say no." i was a mess-monger, a troublemaker, a dirtball. mom used to tell me when i couldn't find something, "look for it as if you were looking for candy." and through it all, my mom ran interference, or "damage control," as you so eloquently put it. and i love her for it.
he'll turn out great.
- August 24, 2007 at 2:59 AM
- Sunny said...
Oh yes, we call ours "The Factor" because he is the factor in everything we do. We cannot go anywhere he cannot be tethered to us or something heavier than a small truck. I cannot shower, leave the room, step outside, etc., without running the risk of parmesan cheese in the carpet (This happens once a week. We hide the parmesan behind the extra milk. When we run out of milk, The Factor finds the parmesan,leaving my house and vacuum smelling like old feet), marker (how does he find these?) on the walls, baby locked in a room, The Factor in the kitchen sink spraying down the kitchen, or any number of fantastic surprises. We have decided to enroll him in extreme sports. He will either find an outlet for the energy or sustain enough injuries to slow him down considerably. And, yes, he's three.
- August 24, 2007 at 3:41 AM
My mother's 'Spaz' is mid twenties now... my favorite story? When they were driving home from my house (three states away) once... he got bored and put a "Help I've been kidnapped" sign in the window. My mother told the officer that while the child had in fact *not* been kidnapped it might still be advisable to take him into custody for his own safety.
- August 24, 2007 at 10:08 AM
- Patrick, Alison, Nicholas & Addison said...
My son, I guess in response to me depriving him of his pacifier, decided that he needed to suck on something, ANYTHING. SO during nap one day, he took a tube of A&D ointment and proceeded to suck the hell out of it! Poison Control had a field day with that one...luckily they never got my last name!
Then about 6 months ago I came home from church and I was immediately presented with photographic proof, via my husband, of my son lotioning himself up with balmex. COVERED in head to toe! Balmex out of the carpet is pretty tough to get out of the carpet too!
- August 24, 2007 at 10:32 AM
- Emily said...
Hah! Great picture. We definitely have one of my younger brother (by 2 years) in my tutu from ballet. I was 5, he was 3. It would be great blackmail, except that I think he found the picture and hid it.
- August 24, 2007 at 1:07 PM
There is hope. Pray a lot. God gave you this child, and He will give you the grace/wisdom/energy to raise him.
Mine is called Josh. He is now 17 and still alive. And he's very good company. He's my third child. I have five.
Just reading your post gave me shudders. I remember getting so tired and stressed out by Josh's constant mini-emergencies, and a few real ones. Like the time he decided to mop the middle of a dangerous street at 18 mo. Or when set his bed on fire, age 2-1/2. And the time he climbed to the top of our very pointy roof (3 story drop), age 10. I can't remember it all... I've blocked it out... But I thank God that I was only 23 when I had him, and therefore had a lot of energy. Still, I just cried sometimes.
My husband enjoyed a Tolkien book, Silmarinian(sp?), in his youth. In this tale was an elf named Feanor, who was an amazing being - strong, fast, highly intelligent and capable. He got these traits from his mother. She had been this way in her youth, but after giving birth to Feanor, she was "lessened." This is how my husband views Josh and me. I'm flattered, as I was never as intelligent as Josh is. Still, I was daring and scary-curious. I wore my mom out. So, really, I had Josh coming...
Be encouraged. He will be a success someday. These kind usually are.
- August 25, 2007 at 8:07 AM
Dawn, I cannot begin to tell you how much joy your blog has brought me this morning! I've been reading since 8:00 a.m. and don't plan on stopping until I'm finished! I too have a Spaz ... he's 7 and his name is Jonathan. I am SO thankful to know that I'm not the only one with a little busybody to run around behind who terrorizes everything under the sun that doesn't move, and even that which does!
- August 25, 2007 at 9:51 AM
OMG Dawn, this one just had me racing for the "Coffee disposal unit" before finishing reading!! It reminded me vividly of the day my then 2 year old twins got into a family sized box of powdered laundry detergent and it was EVERYWHERE!!! Talk about sneezy! For at least a week!
Then the morning I got up to find my then 4 year old twins and 1 year old "making ingredients". What is making ingredients you ask? Making ingredients is the process of pouring anything and everything remotely pourable from the fridge, into a pail. Ketchup, milk, yogurt, mustard, honey (I buy the more solid kind now), juice boxes that have been cut open and the little points all over the kitchen, ALL my coffee cream dangit...etc etc...That was the day we put a chain around the fridge with a padlock on it. Seriously! It stayed there for about 6 years.
The worst I think, was the bag of spaghetti they demolished across the living room floor. 73 bazillion tiny dried spaghetti fragments. We're still finding the odd piece. That was about 10 years ago, and was followed by a lock on the cupboard.
And the fingerpainting with diaper contents will remain mostly unmentioned. Where's that cork?
- August 25, 2007 at 11:10 AM
Oh my goodness. Let me tell you, I think I've read this one particular post at least 4 times! If you didn't have the pictures to prove it, I might not believe that much can happen in one day (I only have 1 child so far!)
Reading your blog makes me think of my aunt and uncle who have 7 adopted children. Growing up, they always had foster children living with them as well. While I admire them for this, as a teenager, I often got "volunteered" to baby-sit. Oh boy...you know, if more teenage girls had the opportunity to baby-sit 7-9 children on a regular basis, there'd probably be a much lower teen pregnancy rate!
- August 26, 2007 at 1:26 PM
- carrie & troy keiser said...
I love to read these experiences.... My twins and the one thier accomplice (my daily charge), found a box of those Costco chocolate muffins and proceeded to "eat" them in the living room.... our carpet is a light sculpted burber and at the time we only had a shop-vac... oh the joys of motherhood!
I was SO glad to see that a few people mentioned NOT putting your child on meds. While a realize that there are some cases of people who truley do need meds to help them function properly, i believe there are FAR too many kids medicated. I have some "busy" active children and you work it out you learn to deal and you teach them how to gain control over themselves!
Enjoy life. Laugh Smile and cry when the time call for it.
- August 30, 2007 at 10:48 AM
As a mother of four, plus three step-kids, I can relate. One of my twins(he was 10 or 11)was for some stupid reason, swinging an open bottle of super glue around and glued his younger brother's eye shut. Gotta love the super glue.
- August 30, 2007 at 1:40 PM
I have a Spaz too. His name is Jake and he's 4. He specializes in torturing his two sisters and humiliating me in public places. I recently explained to the doctor that either Jake needed some ADHD meds or I was going to need a lot of Xanax. The doctor assured me that he was just a normal, "busy" boy and eventually he will outgrow this. And this was supposed to make me feel better!
I used to always wonder why the woman with the screaming kids that were running wild through the store, bank, restaurant, etc didn't control her children. I had absolutely no patience or sympathy. God must have heard my thoughts and decided to teach me a little lesson. I've certainly learned humility, and I now really understand why the other women couldn't control their kids, now if I could just learn a little patience...
- September 1, 2007 at 9:48 PM
I used to paint the walls with Vaseline...I think dish detergent gets it out. :)
- September 2, 2007 at 4:58 PM
my spaz is 2 and a half...so i can totally relate. had she been anything other than the last...there might not have been anymore lol
- September 2, 2007 at 7:41 PM
I don't know if you still read comments left so much later but I noticed someone suggested having Spaz tested for ADHD and someone else basically said don't you dare. I have a 6 yr old step son who has ADHD- and yes, he is on medication. Because he asked us to help him- we never even mentioned it to him but after he started kindergarten he came to us and said "I want to be good, I don't want to be bad any more." ADHD kids KNOW the way they behave is not the way other kids behave.
Oh and to the don't you dare person, my own little story. At 4 years old my sson decided to get up while everyone was sleeping, going outside in the 20 degree weather to play in the snow- in his underwear. Luckily a neighbor was driving by and saw him. Yes, we medicate him and I truly think it has saved his life.
- September 4, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Like everyone else, I'm laughing so hard I can barely cry!! I love your refreshing honestly and wit, although, I have to admit, your stories are a LITTLE scary, because I can already tell my 9 month old will be a Spaz!! I just came across your blog- what was I missing?!?!?!?- after someone sent me your eBay listing! I've sent the link to all of my friends, and have been reading in between dinner, bath, and bedtime. I keep calling my mom to read her your stories, but she's frustrated with me because I'm laughing so hard I can't read!!! I'm a dedicated fan from here on out! God bless you as you TRULY experience motherhood!!!
- September 6, 2007 at 8:17 PM
- Becky said...
Just One in every family? I have 2!! Curtis is 6 and Sam is 2. Both of them are like your spaz!! I kid you not my friend!! Then I have Gregory who is 4 and follows both of them around! Whenever its quiet and its not bedtime or nap time I know I must go and find the boys. Cause they are up to something!! I really like this post and really enjoying this blog!!
- September 7, 2007 at 1:39 PM
- Dancing Girl said...
Where do you find the time to keep a blog while looking after your kids? I don't know how you do it. Although I'm not a mum yet I do voluntary work with kids and I'm wrecked after a few hours and I can hand them back...fair play to you...
on the permanent marker thing I accidentally discovered one day that sunscreen is great for taking it off skin...apply and wipe off, it might take a few goes but much better than scrubbing and if your kids have sensitive skin like me, then sunscreen is much better on the skin than soap.
Looking forward to reading the rest of the adventures of your family. I just hope that your husband or someone else can take the kids for a day every now and then so that you can have some "me" time
Aoife (efa) in Ireland
- September 9, 2007 at 11:37 AM
- nutralady2001 said...
I know this is an old post but am only just now catching up with your wonderful blog
I am here to tell you I had one too he is now 31 years old and a responsible member of the community he even found a woman game enough to marry him.They say wmone marry their "fathers", d-in-l says son reminds her of her Dad ......so it must be true!
Spaz will turn out fine,he has you for a mother after all
- September 20, 2007 at 1:44 AM


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Monday, October 27, 2008
Latest Raaga
The response to the Karan Thapar show has surprised me!! Sure Thapar was combative, even deliberately provocative.But that's his job.... and it makes for good, sizzling television. I said what I had to.... and as far as I am concerned, it was a fair and forthright exchange. In case you missed the show, you know where to go - Devil's Advocate, cnn ibn website. Don't hold back - give it to me straight on the chin if you disagree. I am a big girl. I can handle it. Promise!Happy Diwali , all. I am off to Alibag right after the launch of the cd. Will post more stuff on my return..... several kilos heavier after all the food we are planning to consume. Not forgetting the bubbly and foie gras.
32 comments:
- haritha said...
do visit ma blog
- October 27, 2008 at 12:31 PM
- Deepak Salunke said...
Dear Shobhaji,
I wasnt able to watch yesterday's Devils Advocate BUT i did read the complete interview on the IBN site.. Being a marathi manoos, I understand Mr Raj Thackeray's views. I do not support 'his way of say' through violent attacks on the poor..Though some points that he says are true, but it is very open that all he is doing is for the votebank ! And media is just making him bigger n bigger ! I would be very happy to support him if he puts forward a concrete program to promote Marathi..HE wants outsiders to talk in marathi if they want to work here. But has he opened some MArathi teaching classes to teach these Outsiders. How would they learn Marathi? .. Why does he not clear his stand infront of Hindi Media ?... Why does he not present himself in debates on good TV channels such as NDTV, CNN IBN etc?...It was OK if it was only for him, but the problem is it is the question of IMAGE of MAHARASHTRA ! Its a shame that just because of one person and few of his supporters, the image of Maharashtra is gone down ! Problems are there, agrred. But this is no way to solve those problems Mr Raj !!!
As u have rightly put It all boils down to the Marathi Manoos to do some introspection. I think ur article "Mind your Lingo" should be a thought provoking read for all.
Lastly, I agree that there is silence from the marathi intellectuals on this issue...Personally, I myself try to do some brain washing of many Raj supporters on various Orkut communities that support Raj. But the problem is most supporters do not want to look at the different perceptive. They look at everything from only one 'Chashma'! They do not welcome healthy debates. In fact, they do not want to hear anything against them or their leader.. thats it! The problem is this youth is very immature. Largely college youth ! They do not understand practicalities, politics..They are all driven by emotions! And it is mostly this college youth that indulges into 'Raada' ! It makes me very sad to see what direction Mr Raj Thackeray(and leaders like him) is taking my generation to !! May God save my country, my maharashtra from such kind of politics of hatred !
- October 27, 2008 at 1:45 PM
- Deepak Salunke said...
GET WELL SOON, Mr RAJ !
- October 27, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- death said...
hmm. yeah. well
- October 27, 2008 at 5:34 PM
Have just finished watching your interview with Karan. All I want to say in response to it is this: You said it Shobhaa!! You put yourself on the line and said it. Your thoughts on the subject have really inspired me (an English speaking Marathi intellectual and also, an ex-Mumbaikar)to dig deep and re-evaluate this entire issue. And for that, you have my respect:-)
Happy Diwali. Have a good one.
Cinematically Speaking.
- October 27, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Re.: Album, wait for my comments.
I wish someone to break Michael Jackson "Thriller" highest selling album record.
Best-Wishes & "Happy Festivals"
- October 27, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- •♥•♥[V]♥•♥• said...
Happy Diwali mam...
Album wow...waiting for more on it..
HAppy Diwali mam
take care
- October 27, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- Double Seven said...
3 people were asking about your mobile number. I didn't have your number, but I gave them your home address.
They are coming home this Tuesday (For Diwali)
They are-
1) सुख
2) शांति
Pls welcome them as I requested them to stay with you forever!
Have a nice festival week.
दीवाली मुबारक!
सात सत्तर
- October 27, 2008 at 11:17 PM
- Manish Raj said...
Happy Diwali Shobhaji !!
- October 27, 2008 at 11:43 PM
You underlined every thought of mine in your answers to Karan Thapar. I agree, I agree and I agree! However, I did think your answer to the last question was dodgy. Very. From a viewers perspective, at that point you played right into his supposed trap. Perhaps your answer could have been phrased much better or more forthright. That last answer rubbed off a bit of the lustre.
But then he was more than combative. Big difference between being combative and paraphrasing your answers in a twisted "change the meaning" kind of way. I was surprised that you did not either notice or did not call him on it. Which is it/or not? I would have set him straight about every attempt to paraphrase my answers incorrectly. From a ratings perspective, it would be even more masaledaar. But then it was not me on the hotseat and as a viewer I do have the luxury of second guessing and correcting answers.
What made the interview interesting was the geographical/cultural outsider perspective he brought to his questions. His questions were very representative of the mindset of ... for example...a Dilliwalla. Still, even as an outsider, his research could have been better and not so simplistic (marathi=no meat eaters= non/marathi polarization); no recognition of legal rights of private societies and thier huge importance in the public lives of Mumbai citizens; only quoting TISS stats (which are by no means the definitive stats); the refusal to consider anecdotal evidence. Glad you cleared up many misconceptions in a clear and forthright manner.
This utopia people harp about, never existed. There was always a polarization, a deep divide if you will. Decades ago, even as a protected child, I felt twinges of it. It was palpable like a pulsating boil. Even though I was always a South Mumbai brat (sometimes Dilli too) with the very mistaken idea that Angrezi was my maibaap, I was always aware of this deep divide in my many different Mumbai's. Visits with family members in Shivaji Park, and Hindu colony Dadar and to friends in Jain buildings on Napeansea Road and Walkeshwar and my Khoja second family in Breach Candy, everywhere I was recieved with love and affection, but it was still underlined how differently we all lived and how everyone viewed each other with innate suspicion. Imagine this in every geographical pocket and strata of society in Mumbai. Are we so surprised by polarization? Those who are surprised by this, live in a fools paradise. We do business together, but we were never all the same away from money making endevours.
Oh and you looked nice on the videos I saw. Stripey looking prints are always a bit iffy on TV screens so the busy print was a bit distracting but I loved your statement big bead jewellery!
And to you, yours and all the blog readers...
Aapli Diwali sukhache aso.
Diwali ki Shubhkamanaye.
Happy Diwali.
Raj Thackrey would be proud. I did the greeting in 3 languages :) Just like the signage he wants to see at Siddheshwar Kirana Bhandaar, and Palanpur Mehta Diamonds and Gems, and Ommerbhoy and Sons Enterprises... and lets not forget Khurana Automotive!*
*Folks, those names are ones I made up, so dont get your combative parochial chaddies in a twist! No real attempt to typecast, well....... maybe slightly. Hehehehehe
Another Kiran in NYC
- October 27, 2008 at 11:44 PM
- deeps said...
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- October 28, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- VIDYA said...
Happy Diwali :) looking forward to your album :)
- October 28, 2008 at 6:43 PM
- Double Seven said...
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- October 28, 2008 at 11:18 PM
- Double Seven said...
Again Another Kiran in NYC-
NOT 'sukhache aso' or something... I soo think you are a Gujju ma'am.. hehehehe...
- October 28, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Double seven, "sukhachi aso" works for me. Peace and contentment works for where I am in my life. Im keeping my Hardik shubhecchas and enthusiasm for Nov 4th and my winning (crossing my fingers) candidate!
And no I am not Gujrati but do speak some. Growing up in Mumbai, how can you not! Hehehehehe
And how has everyoone's Diwali been so far?
Another Kiran in NYC
- October 29, 2008 at 12:34 AM
- Double Seven said...
Don't tell me you're gonna vote for Mccain because of Palin's looks!!!!!!!!
Well are you a democrat or a republican or an independent by the way? and are you by any chance a 'Republicans for Obama' person?
That would be soo cool maam.
Growing up in Mumbai errr... Bombay, I have never learnt gujju and I don't intend to do so too. My neighbors are gujju, gujju and then a jain neighbor. Even then I am not impressed by the language at all!
Jains on the other hand- instead of saying simply, "bhaiya ek Jain masala dosa banaiye please"; they rather 'exclaim'-"bhaiya ek Jaeeeeeeeeeeeee...n masaladosa banaiye please"... lol
Something of that sort... hehe
Which is sometimes so annoying!
Well good luck with voting. Oh, by the way have you already voted? In your state do you have that kind of early voting facility?
- October 29, 2008 at 12:52 AM
- Double Seven said...
diwali is chill!!... we are gonna go for dinner at Tanjore, a desi restaurant around here..
I am so not happy because I miss bursting crackers!
Those were the days... *sighs*
- October 29, 2008 at 12:55 AM
- Arunima said...
Oh I never knew you blogged.
- October 29, 2008 at 2:01 PM
- Operative Knick-Knacks said...
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- October 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM
- *Aham* said...
Dé Dhana Dhan...
You are on a roll. Mujik album...I am so so so so happy to read that.
Are you crooning too... please do... you have got a beautiful (actually, the right words are Sexy and Seductive) voice.
Linking Superstar india with Superstarini Dé... What a wonderful PR plan madame! Give your PR person a pat on her/is back.
Are we going to get to see you shake a leg on MTV? Now, dont you deprive us of that. OKie.
and also, please suggest to teh music video directors that we see rakhi sawant. I feel you will agree with me that she is a face of emerging India. (though other readers of your blog will love to hate her, id get hate mails for supporting rakhi too, but chalta hai, id still hold to my ground.RAKHI SAWANT is the face of emerging india)
Another view, you should be wearing your line of sarees. This is a good branding platform for that as well.
wishing the lovely Rajyadaksha and Dé Khaandaan a very happy diwali.
smiles and Hugs:-)
- October 30, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Twisted Elegance....stupid brilliance said...
The problem is it was not just marathis who built the Mumbai we see today. Mumbai's history and its development is inclusive of the toils of great number of north and south Indians. Bal started this regional chauvinism 40 years ago and now its his wanna be raj. What is irksome to see is educated people giving in to this kind of chauvinism by politically motivated men. I see no difference between the azadis in J&K and men like Raj. They do the same thing...divide India
- October 30, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Shobhaa De said...
guys, I so enjoy all the asides and comments you exchange amongst yourselves! I feel like an interloper sometimes!!!
Another Kiran has such amazing chutzpah.... great writing, Kiran. Analytical and critical, such a pleasure to read. What if all of us were to meet somewhere.... someday??
- October 30, 2008 at 10:17 PM
- Deepak Salunke said...
Agreed Shobhaaji...
'Another Kiran', Great writing ! I aprreciate too !!!
- October 30, 2008 at 10:23 PM
- •♥•♥[V]♥•♥• said...
meeting u someday ...that would be a dream come true.. :D
tc mam
- October 30, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Meeting...what an idea madamjee.
I salute.
- October 31, 2008 at 12:30 AM
- Double Seven said...
Honestly, absolutely and easily; it's true that 'Another Kiran in NY' writes wonderfully well.
I think by the end of it, I will become like a hybrid between her and your writings. I always look forward to what her impromptu acumen has to say about. Her comments are actually not mere comments but easily much more than that. Although I am not girlie/ gay by any means even then I like most aspects of your writings; they are quite spontaneous I believe and very much a delight to go through.
I wouldn't mind meeting you; but what are we gonna do??
you should come to LA I suggest otherwise :P
- October 31, 2008 at 2:31 AM
- Double Seven said...
And yeah, except for her screen name everything about her is just so chill!!
- October 31, 2008 at 2:33 AM
Shobhaa, thank you for reading my peanut gallery viewpoint with an open mind.
Everyone is very kind to say that they have enjoyed reading it.
I love this banter too!
And yes if everyone who reads your blog ever did meet up in some Janam, it will be a riotous occasion. So many opinions, so much gupshup.
But then again, to meet folks, I would have to change out of my Blog reading uniform of fuzzy slippers and cartoon printed pajamas and actually brush my hair!
Comfy pajamas versus gupshup. No contest, gupshup wins!
Another Kiran in NYC
- October 31, 2008 at 8:09 PM
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Physiological - Eating in response to physical cues (headache due to hunger; stomach growling).
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First, three stories from Thomas Peterffy's life as a trader:
Story #1:
When Peterffy was a kid growing up in communist Hungary in the 1950s his buddy went to Austria and brought back a pack of Juicy Fruit gum. Peterffy bought the pack, broke the sticks of gum up into little pieces, and sold them at a profit. The principal at his school was not amused. "Where's your communist conscience?" the principal asked.
Not surprisingly, given story #1, Peterffy moved to the U.S. as a young man.
Story #2:
By the 1970s, Peterffy was working at a company trying to use computers to make money on Wall Street. (This was a novel idea at the time.)
Peterffy figured out how to use computers to calculate when financial instruments called options were overpriced or underpriced. But he had a problem. It was 1977, and people weren't yet using computers to buy and sell options. They were still standing in trading pits, waving their arms and yelling to do trades.
Peterffy tried bringing binders of computer printouts to the trading floor to guide his buying and selling. But this was slow and inefficient. So he and some engineers tried to build an early tablet computer — a proto-iPad — to bring to the trading floor. The tablet worked, though one burst into flames on the trading floor.
Story #3:
It wasn't until 1987 that Peterffy was able to take people out of the loop entirely. With the world's first electronic stock exchange, the NASDAQ terminal, traders could type in orders directly into a computer.
Peterffy didn't want to type in the orders. He and his engineers hacked into the NASDAQ terminal and wired it up to their own computer, which traded automatically based on algorithms.
A senior NASDAQ official saw Peterffy's setup and said Peterffy was breaking the rules: All orders had to be entered through the keyboard. He gave Petterfy's group one week to fix the problem.
Peterffy and his engineers came up with a solution. They built a robot with rubber fingers that typed entries into the keyboard. It satisfied the NASDAQ rules. And on active trading days, the robot typed so fast it sounded like a machine gun.
In the 1990s, over a decade after Peterffy dreamed up computerized trading, exchanges start to let people plug their computers directly into the markets.
'Absolutely No Social Value'
Today, Peterffy is one of the big players. The company he started, Interactive Brokers, does electronic trades on a mind-boggling scale. Forbes estimates his net worth is now over $5 billion.
Peterffy says automation has done some very good things for the world. It's made buying and selling stocks much much cheaper for everyone.
But Peterffy thinks the race for speed is doing more harm than good now. "We are competing at milliseconds," he says. "And whether you can shave three milliseconds of an order, has absolutely no social value."
Peterffy is in favor of more regulation. He'd like to see rules that slow things down.
The challenge of course: People will try to find ways around the rules. There is always someone willing to build a robot that types.
Note: We learned of Peterffy's story from the forthcoming book Automate This.
From NPR News this ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Melissa Block. By one estimate half of all stock trades now involve a computer which decides on its own to buy or sell. Computerized trading has helped markets function more efficiently, but it's also led to some spectacular messes. Just this month, one firm suddenly lost $440 million dollars because of a computer glitch. NPR's David Kestenbaum of Planet Money visited one of the fathers of computerized trading to explore how he got to this point.
DAVID KESTENBAUM, BYLINE: Thomas Petterfy grew up in Hungary after World War II. His first experience with trading happened when he was around 12. A friend went across the border to Austria and brought back something truly precious.
THOMAS PETTERFY: Juicy Fruit gum. These are beautiful yellow, Juicy Fruit gum sticks.
KESTENBAUM: Petterfy cut each stick into five small pieces, and sold the pieces to his friends at school for a profit.
PETTERFY: Eventually, the principal found out about this and called me down into his office and he said, well, where is your Communist conscience? And I didn't know what he was talking about.
KESTENBAUM: Was that your first time buying low and selling high?
PETTERFY: That is correct.
KESTENBAUM: Petterfy eventually makes his way to the United States, where he meets his first computer - a big boxy, calculator of a thing - and he falls in love, stays up all night programming it. And eventually, gets a job at a company that is trying to use computers and math to make money on Wall Street. In particular there are these complicated things called options or derivatives. They give you the right to buy, say, a certain stock at a certain price on a specific date. It's hard to calculate what one should cost, but Petterfy, with a computer, he finds a kind of secret formula.
PETTERFY: It took me about nine months to figure this out. But once I figured it out, it was a fantastic feeling.
KESTENBAUM: Because it meant there was a way to price them.
PETTERFY: That's right.
KESTENBAUM: And a way to make money. But this is 1977, and Petterfy has a problem. Trading isn't done on computers. You have to go stand in a pit on a trading floor and wave your hands around and shout. Petterfy can't bring his computer onto the floor, so he prints out mathematical tables on paper and puts the pages in a big binder. He brings this big binder down onto the trading floor.
PETTERFY: People looked at me - what the heck is that? And so I said, well, you know, these are my numbers that will help me trade hopefully. They made funny faces and, you know, many of them didn't understand my accent and it was - I didn't feel very welcome there.
KESTENBAUM: Every time Petterfy tries to use computers to trade, it's like the world just isn't ready for it yet. He hires some engineers who help him build these early tablet computers which work - though one burst into flames on the trading floor. It isn't until 1987 that Petterfy finally is able to take people out of the loop entirely. It happens at NASDAQ, the world's first electronic stock exchange. Meaning, there is no trading floor. You buy and sell by typing orders into a computer - a NASDAQ terminal. Petterfy, of course, doesn't want to have to type in orders. So, he and his engineers hack into the terminal. They wire it up to their computer, which starts trading up a storm; so many trades that a high up official with NASDAQ comes by to see what's going on. And the guy sees just this one terminal attached to a computer.
PETTERFY: He looks and looks and looks and he says, well, so tell me again how you are doing this? So I explained to him what's happening here. And then he says, I don't think you can do this, but I really don't think, but let me go back to my office and let you know.
KESTENBAUM: The man calls back and says I'm sorry. The NASDAQ rule book says you can't go cutting wires. All orders have to be entered through the keyboard. You have one week to fix it.
PETTERFY: So this was a problem.
KESTENBAUM: Petterfy and his engineers come up with a solution. Trades have to be entered on the keyboard? Fine. They build a machine to do that.
PETTERFY: So it was basically they were rubber fingers that were typing.
KESTENBAUM: You built a robot to type in the trades.
PETTERFY: We built a robot that types.
KESTENBAUM: What did that thing sound like when it was running?
PETTERFY: Like a machine gun. Brrrrr. Because it was typing so fast.
KESTENBAUM: Finally, in the 1990s exchanges started to let people just plug their computers directly into the markets. Today, Petterfy is one of the big players. The company he started, Interactive Brokers, does electronic trades on a mind-boggling scale. Forbes estimates his net worth is now over $5 billion dollars. Petterfy says automation has done some very good things for the world. It's made buying and selling stocks much, much cheaper for everyone. But Petterfy thinks this race for speed, it's doing more harm than good now. It's an arms race, like the U.S. had with the Soviets.
PETTERFY: We are competing at milliseconds. And whether you can shave off three milliseconds in the execution of an order has absolutely no social value.
KESTENBAUM: Petterfy is in favor of more regulation. Rules that will build in some safeguards and slow things down. The challenge, of course, people will try to find ways around those rules. There's always somebody willing to build a robot that types. David Kestenbaum, NPR News.
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By Mike Dorning - Jan 4, 2013 5:19 AM GMT+0400
Fresh from a budget fight so raw that the Republican speaker of the U.S. House cursed the Democratic leader of the Senate outside the Oval Office, President Barack Obama and Congress are heading for an even bigger confrontation over raising the nation's debt limit.
U.S. Treasury bond investors -- who most directly bear the risk of a government default -- aren't alarmed. In a sign of the disconnect between Washington and Wall Street, investors remain confident the two sides will compromise rather than inflict what Obama called "catastrophic" consequences. Yields on long-term U.S. debt are near record lows.
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"It's ugly in Washington, and getting uglier," said Matthew Duch, a fund manager in Bethesda, Maryland, for Calvert Investments, which oversees more than $12 billion in assets. "But that is just resulting in even lower rates as the market is much more concerned about growth than if the U.S. will be able to pay their bills."
That hasn't stopped Republicans and the president from moving toward a clash, with House leaders vowing to exact deep spending cuts in exchange for raising the borrowing ceiling and Obama saying he won't negotiate on the debt. TheU.S. Treasury is bumping up against its legal borrowing limit.
"Heretofore, they've been playing with a cherry bomb in economic terms," said Steve Bell, a former Republican Senate budget aide. "When they start playing with the debt ceiling in February, they are starting to play with C-4," he said, referring to the powerful plastic explosive material.
Investors Unrattled
When partisan gridlock last brought the government to the brink of default in August 2011, the stock market fell and Standard & Poor's cut the nation's credit rating. After House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, withdrew from negotiations on July 22, 2011, the S&P 500 Stock Index fell more than 16 percent in the next 11 trading days.
Bond investors were unrattled. Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes declined from 2.96 percent on July 22 to 2.56 percent on Aug. 5, 2011, the day of the S&P downgrade. Yields continued to drop, reaching 1.72 percent on Sept. 22 of that year. Yields were at 1.91 percent at 5 p.m. New York time yesterday, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader data.
"The market is not worried about default," said Zach Pandl, an interest-rate strategist in Minneapolis at Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, which oversees $340 billion.
"In the U.S., the debt level is lower than comparable countries, growth is higher and we have a unblemished track record in the U.S. of debt repayment, all of which has helped calm investor concerns," he said. "The process is messy, but the outcome is always acceptable."
Averting Crisis
The budget deal that Obama and lawmakers struck this week averted the so-called fiscal cliff of income-tax increases on most Americans and delayed automatic spending cuts until March 1. So while Obama has pledged not to negotiate over the debt limit, that timing raises the possibility that talks to address the automatic cuts would also include the debt ceiling.
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, a key figure in Obama's response to the recession and the 2011 debt-limit talks, plans to leave the administration at the end of January, even if the president and Republicans haven't reached an agreement on the debt ceiling, said two people familiar with the matter.
Tax-Spending Split
The two sides start far apart.
House Republican leaders have said they will demand a dollar in spending cuts for every dollar that the federal debt limit is increased. House Republicans plan to discuss strategy at a retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia, later this month.
In contrast to the Republican focus on spending cuts, Obama said on Dec. 31 that any deficit reduction to block scheduled spending cuts would have to be "balanced" to also contain moretax revenue.
The administration believes the composition of deficit savings included in the tax deal to pay for a two-month delay in the automatic spending cuts sets the template for any future deal, according to a White House official, who requested anonymity. The $24 billion in savings was split evenly between new revenue and spending reductions, half of which came from defense.
The U.S. reached its $16.4 trillion legal debt limit on Dec. 31, and the Treasury Department began using extraordinary measures to finance the government. It will exhaust that avenue as early as mid-February, the Congressional Budget Office says.
Bitter Climate
Negotiations over raising the limit will play out in a bitter political climate. Some Republicans complain that Obama's insistence on increasing tax rates for the wealthy rather than reverting to a more flexible position he took in 2011 amounts to using his re-election victory to bully them.
Several also grumbled about a campaign-style event the president hosted at the White House on Dec. 31 criticizing Republicans during a delicate moment of the tax talks.
"I just listened to the president, and my heart's still pounding," Senator Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, said on the Senate floor. "I am very disappointed to hear what the president just had to say in front of a pep rally, something very unbecoming of where we are at this moment."
Emotions ran so high during the latest round of talks that at one point Boehner told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, to "Go F--- Yourself," according to two people familiar with the conversation, which took place just steps from the Oval Office.
'Serious Mistake'
Frustration also boiled over as House Republicans left a conference meeting on Jan. 1 at which they were presented with the deal the party's Senate leaders negotiated with the White House. "On Nov. 6," the day Obama was re-elected, "the American people made a serious mistake," Representative Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican, said in an interview.
Obama wasn't only re-elected, he became the first president in more than five decades to win at least 51 percent of the vote twice, which not even Ronald Reagan achieved in the 1980s. Democrats in November expanded their majority by two votes in the Senate and, while Republicans maintained a majority in the House, Democratic House candidates nationwide won 1 million more votes than Republican contenders.
The tax deal signed on Jan. 2 by Obama, which raised rates on annual income above $450,000 for couples, produced a split in the House Republican leadership. Boehner and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin voted for the bill. Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia and Whip Kevin McCarthy of California, the party's No. 2 and 3 leaders in the chamber, voted against it.
Obama Emboldened
Lining up against the Republican leadership is an emboldened president, who appeared before the television cameras at the White House Jan. 1 to draw a line against accepting any conditions for an increase in the debt limit.
"I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed," the Obama said. "We can't not pay bills that we've already incurred."
That sparked anger among some House Republicans.
"If the president thinks that he's not going to negotiate he'd better think again," said Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole, according to NBC News. "He's president of the United States. He's not emperor of the planet."
Senator Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, said he's worried about the possibility of a debt default because of a standoff between congressional Republicans and the White House.
"We were downgraded because of concern of the political risk that the two parties couldn't work together," Bennet said in an interview with Bloomberg Television's Peter Cook for the program "Capitol Gains" airing Jan. 6. "There still isn't evidence that we can do that."
Unusual Access
The next chapter in the skirmishing over the nation's finances plays out during a phase of the political calendar that gives Obama unusual access to the power of the presidential bully pulpit, with his inauguration for a second term and State of the Union address in the coming weeks.
The administration is considering how to make the best use of the opportunities, the White House official said. Obama is likely to repeat tactics he used to mobilize public opinion in the fight over tax rates, including a social media campaign and campaign-style appearances outside Washington, the official said.
Patrick Griffin, who was White House congressional lobbying chief for Democratic President Bill Clinton, said the debt limit "is not the leverage that Republicans think it will be."
Obama "is completely in a different position" than during the 2011 debt talks, Griffin said.
Fresh Mandate
The president has a fresh political mandate from his re- election. And corporate leaders anxious to avert the economic disruption of a debt default have taken a more prominent role in pressing for compromise, Griffin said.
Obama also has gained more public credibility on the deficit, in part because he has spent more time speaking out about wanting to bring down government debt, Griffin said. A Bloomberg National Poll conducted Dec. 7-10 found 40 percent public approval of Obama's handling of the deficit versus 32 percent in June 2011, at the start of the last debt-limit talks.
Congressional Republicans have now twice backed off threats to stand fast in the face of a financial crisis, agreeing to the debt-limit increase in August 2011 and reaching a deal to avert the tax increase on Jan. 1.
"Republicans conceded they did not want to create a crisis on the fiscal cliff," Griffin said. "Why would they want to turn around and create an even bigger crisis on the debt limit?"
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