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January 17, 2010
If you have a minimalist wedding...
(An AskMetafilter question. I put an answer in there, using my Metafilter nickname.)
46 comments:
- TMink said...
My wife and I had a small wedding. We invited a few friends, didn't spend a lot, and had a blast. It was the second marriage for each of us, so low key seemed appropriate, and we avoided spending too much money.
10 years and 7 year old triplets later, we are fabulously happy.
Trey - 1/17/10, 9:13 AM
- michaele said...
Getting married is a personal commitment to each other so it should be done in the way that feels right for the individuals involved. The big day hoopla should only happen if there is money to burn (waste) and the two people want that kind of party. I think small and personal can be much more meaningful and bode well for the marriage being a success.
- knox said...
I read through the metafilter comments. This one cracked me up:
We had a small, registry office wedding... at which I wore shorts and a T shirt and my beloved wore a lovely red silk dress because her sisters and her cousin wouldn't let her get away with anything more casual. Both of us were barefoot...
Later that day we had a reception under a marquee in the back yard at my parents' house, to which we invited everybody we knew. We had initially wanted this to be a bring-a-plate affair, but Mum wouldn't hear of that and paid for catering...
A couple of years earlier, one of my friends had got married to a woman who absolutely had to have the Whole Wedding Experience... Friends I trust to be straight with me who attended both weddings have said they had more fun at ours. I reckon our marriage is happier too, just quietly.
This person is just the flip side of Bridezilla. Appearance is everything. - 1/17/10, 9:38 AM
- El Presidente said...
Prof. Althouse,
I just wanted to thank you for leading by example on this. I am in the process of planning a very small wedding based on your Colorado ceremony. The relationship also owes you and Meade a great deal because I don't know if I would have ever thought that a relationship that began online could ever be serious without having watched your love bloom. - 1/17/10, 9:50 AM
- k said...
We were married by a minister whom I worked with and there were two witnesses, a friend of my husband's and a friend of mine. I wore a blue thrift store dress, paid about $20 at Uncommon Objects in SOCO. Then the five of us went to eat at Mother's Cafe (all of this in Austin, TX). Went exactly how I wanted it and we have zero regrets. 10 years and one son later, we have the happiest marriage of anyone I know.
- Chef Mojo said...
We had a nice, small wedding at my parent's home. Thirty-some family & friends, someone to perform the marriage, and a local BBQ joint catering the food. Inexpensive, intimate and a lot of fun. We gathered everybody in the den, the Justice performed the ceremony and then we had a party. No regrets at all.
I really hate big, formal Bridezilla type weddings. I hate going to them. The "event" overtakes the meaning of what a wedding is supposed to be about. - 1/17/10, 9:54 AM
- Donna B. said...
Just one word of advice to brides-to-be... do not have a huge fancy wedding at a big church in a distant town with bridesmaids scattered across the nation... and talk your poor hick momma into making all the dresses for you and them... unless you also have enough money to pay for momma's therapy.
I was so thrilled none of the dresses fell off during the ceremony and reception that I got totally drunk at the hotel bar later.
Seven years later I have little granddaughters and I'm just now beginning to regret giving my sewing machine away. - 1/17/10, 9:59 AM
- former law student said...
No. Our marriage has outlasted many that started with a "Queen for a Day" extravaganza.
Weddings are few enough in our family where I hate to miss an opportunity. But as a guest I don't have to front the money or worry that something won't show up in time. - 1/17/10, 10:02 AM
- The Gold Digger said...
I wanted to elope. We didn't. Oh man I wish we had because my husband's parents made the experience far more stressful than it needed to be.
- bagoh20 said...
Another one of those subjects where nearly everyone will defend the choice they made. So it doesn't matter which you do, but one is a lot cheaper and if you get a divorce, does that change your opinion?
- bagoh20 said...
If you keep you weddings small, you can afford a lot more of them.
- Chef Mojo said...
Here's a word of advice for small weddings. If you're going to have a cake, it's a great opportunity to have a good cake.
Because, face it, almost without exception, wedding cakes suck. As a chef, I know this for a fact.
For mine, a fellow chef did the cake as a wedding gift. People are still talking about it being the best cakes - let alone, wedding cakes - they've ever had. Nothing grandiose; simply decorated. But really good. - 1/17/10, 10:25 AM
- Son of Brock Landers said...
Weddings should be done as the bride and groom wish. Unfortunately, this means lots of wedding pageants. 18 people total at my wedding: immediate families plus grandparents, and 3 friends who all had duties: photographer, ceremony official and reading. great dinner for those 18 afterwards and we will never forget or regret doing it that way.
- former law student said...
wedding cakes suck
Isn't structure more important than taste, for a wedding cake? You don't want a multitiered cake crushed by its own weight. - 1/17/10, 10:30 AM
- Roman said...
I had a small wedding, a Judge, my wife and me. It didn't last. I will take Rush Limbaugh's advise if I want to do it again. "Find a woman you don't like and buy her a house".
- Chef Mojo said...
Isn't structure more important than taste, for a wedding cake? You don't want a multitiered cake crushed by its own weight.
FLS, that's precisely why most wedding cakes suck. There's an emphasis on the visual impact as opposed to the fact that it is food, and should therefore taste good. Most wedding cakes are treated more as engineering than the culinary arts. Dense, tasteless cake. Vegetable shortening icings stabilized with salt and slab fondants. Bah.
However, structure and taste are not mutually exclusive. I had a small cake in 3 tiers. Bottom tier was lemon cake layered with raspberry jam and frosted with lemon buttercream. Next was chocolate layered ganache and frosted with white chocolate buttercream. Top was red velvet with cream cheese frosting. Looked great, structurally sound and good. - 1/17/10, 10:51 AM
- edutcher said...
It's not minimalist, it's just simple; something we've forgotten.
Read about a wedding in Kansas around 1855.
Minister: Have him?
Bride: Yes.
Minister: Have her?
Groom: Kinder.
Minister: Done and done. Two dollars.
WV "emsain" What Howlin' Mad Murdock told everybody at the VA hospital. - 1/17/10, 11:17 AM
- Larry J said...
If you have a minimalist wedding...
... will you regret it later?
In my case, definitely not. The very week my wife and I married back in 1983, one of the big weekly news magazines (perhaps US News and World Report) had a cover story titled, "Big Weddings, They're Back". It featured couples spending tens of thousands of dollars on their wedding and reception.
My wife and I certainly couldn't afford any of that. We were married by a local minister with 2 witnesses. We're still together almost 27 years later. I wonder how many of those couples featured in the article are still together.
It seems to me some people can't realize that the wedding is a ceremony, commonly followed by a party. The marriage is what comes afterwards. Since one hopes the marriage will last far longer than the wedding, IMO people should pay far more attention to the marriage than to the wedding.
To each their own. Personally, I think spending that kind of money on a wedding and reception is fiscal insanity. You could buy new cars or make a down payment on a house for what some people spend on a party. That some people go into debt for a wedding is even more insane, IMO. It's said that financial difficulties are the leading cause of divorce. Starting a marriage in debt doesn't bode well for the success of the marriage. - 1/17/10, 11:29 AM
- Paul Zrimsek said...
One thing to keep in mind if you're considering a minimalist wedding is that Philip Glass' version of "Here Comes the Bride" repeats the first four notes for 17 minutes.
- TRO said...
My wife and I were both stationed with the AF a long way from home when we tied the knot and, as a result we had two friends there and my brother who flew over. Twenty-six years later we are still married, but I think she sometimes wishes she had had a big wedding.
I'm planning on big renewing of our vows wedding on our 30th so maybe that will make up for it a bit. - 1/17/10, 11:49 AM
- Larry J said...
I'm planning on big renewing of our vows wedding on our 30th so maybe that will make up for it a bit.
My wife and I talked about doing something fancy to celebrate our 20th anniversary. Then we decided we'd rather not spend the money on that and went on a nice vacation together instead. To each his own. - 1/17/10, 12:13 PM
- bagoh20 said...
Bridezilla's insistence on a large wedding is proof that you chose poorly.
When I watch that show, all I can think is: RUN DUDE! - 1/17/10, 12:22 PM
- Eric said...
If you are happy in the marriage, why would you have any regrets about the size of the wedding?
Also, it strikes me that if you are going to end up having regrets for the size of a wedding, it is better to have to regret a small one than a big one. - 1/17/10, 12:46 PM
- Dust Bunny Queen said...
No. You won't regret it. Just surround yourself with people who care about you and mean something to your lives: friends and family.
My wedding (second for both of us) 16 years ago was casual. One maid of honor and one best man. After the ceremony we had a big pot luck BBQ with an open bar and everyone had a blast.
It was less important to have all the bells and whistles than it was to celebrate the day.
Plus, the money we didn't spend on a dress that would never be worn again, flowers and fripperies.....we spent on our honeymoon in Hawaii.
RE CAKE: My daughter recently got married in a big bash at a Napa/Sonoma winery. They decided not to have a wedding cake. Instead they had a lot of different and attractively decorated cup cakes displayed on a tiered stand. It was very nice. You could pick one or more different flavors. - 1/17/10, 12:53 PM
- Joan said...
I liked the MetaFilter comment to the effect that you should want "to BE married, not GET married."
My husband and I had a tiny wedding, and a "belated reception" six months later before we moved to AZ. Everyone still talks about that reception as "your wedding". Cracks me up.
Fifteen years and three kids later, we have no regrets. - 1/17/10, 12:55 PM
- El Pollo Real said...
No regrets here.
- tim maguire said...
Had a small wedding, had a great time, didn't spend too much. Was told by guests who had full-on weddings of their own that they wished they'd done what we did.
- Synova said...
I would guess that more people regret the huge wedding and the expensive ring.
I got talked into a *large* wedding portrait... that's the only thing I regret. We couldn't afford it and my parents ended up paying for it. I wore my mother's dress, did the flowers myself, and the church ladies made buns, punch, and little paper cups of mints. We had a cake. - 1/17/10, 2:11 PM
- Freeman Hunt said...
- El Pollo Real said...
That was a minimalist comment Freeman. :)
- MadisonMan said...
I suppose you might regret it later if you're the kind of person who spend time thinking What if?
If you accept your life as it's been, then no you won't regret it. - 1/17/10, 2:29 PM
- ricpic said...
The wedding is one day, fer krise sake. One frigging day. How much can it possibly mean -- big, little, or in-between? But this, of course, is the man's perspective.
- vbspurs said...
I don't want a big wedding at all. Church, priest, me, him, our parents, his siblings if any (I'm an only child), an organist, that's it really. I never thought of having a big wedding when I was a little girl -- now, a big downpayment for a huge house, yes.
- vbspurs said...
BTW, the metacritic lady will live to regret not having a nice wedding, as perhaps I will too. Every couple that has had one, has told me that in the end, it was really fun and worth it.
- Joe said...
I suppose by most standards, my wedding was minimalist. The only thing my wife and I regret is that we didn't put our foot down about having a wedding apple pie instead of a wedding cake. And yes, I'm quite serious.
My daughter is slowly turning her impending wedding into a minimalist affair. She's decided that dealing with all the crap, like bridesmaids, just isn't worth it. (As an incentive, I told her that if she comes under what is already a fairly small budget, she gets the balance.)
Incidentally, the tradition that the bride's parents pay for the wedding is bullshit. It's lost the context that I was supposed to get a dozen cows or something. What makes it even bigger bullshit is that the groom's parents have many more guests and many more demands. The whole thing just pisses me off. - 1/17/10, 3:35 PM
- El Pollo Real said...
I don't want a big wedding at all. Church, priest, me, him, our parents, his siblings if any (I'm an only child), an organist, that's it really.
That's precious Victoria. I hope it works out for you one day. And there's nothing "not nice" about that to regret. :) - 1/17/10, 3:49 PM
- Freeman Hunt said...
That sounds very nice, Victoria.
At the time, my husband and I really liked it just being the two of us and the JP. We probably would have gone with just the two of us if we'd known that was possible.
The family wanted a wedding though. So they got a dinner with another saying of the vows a few months later. But since it wasn't our wedding, and we were already married, all the pressure was off. We just let the family plan whatever they wanted. Everyone was happy.
If we were to do it again, I imagine we'd have our families there with the JP, but only if we could still have gotten married as quickly as we did.
Sidenote: At the dinner, there was a wedding cake. It was delicious. (And chocolate.) Wedding cake does not have to be bad. Find a different baker. - 1/17/10, 4:42 PM
- Alex said...
I thin its interesting that most conservative people have minimalist weddings and most socialist types have big extravaganza-type weddings. Fascinating! Conservatives are true, salt of the earth people while liberals are scumbags.
- Alex said...
BTW, in Sweden people do not get married anymore. They live in "common law marriages" with kids and they are not any less well adjusted then Americans. Let's just do away with legal marriage altogether!
- dick said...
Living here in NYC I hear the criticism of the weddings people attend. Either the food was no good or the band was no good or there was not enough booze or the cake was ugly or the hall was not decorated right.
Such a difference from the small town where I grew up. We had a lot of the weddings with gowns, etc but the reception was usually just to serve the cake and maybe a glass of champagne and to wish the newlyweds the best and then you went home. No sit down dinners, no bands. About the only ones different and the ones I also enjoyed were the ones held by the DP's who settled in after WW II. They used to get together and hold weddings that lasted for days with family and friends all pitching in to cook the food as the party progressed and the reception was more of a family reunion than a reception itself. I remember one where my dad baked the cake(s) (plural) for the party. There were 30 guests and we baked a 5-tier wedding cake that had to be delivered down a one lane farm road to the house. We got a call 5 days later and they wanted another cake just like the first one because the party was still going on. Got there and they had 5 tables of food and one to sit and eat outside. Got invited to join the party and got some great stuff to eat I had never heard of before. They were Polish DP's who were brought over by a farmer who was retiring. He rented his farms to the DP's and let them buy them at cost with no interest so they would settle in and become citizens.
That kind of party I enjoyed because it was like a close family reunion. The other receptions like in the city are anathema to me. - 1/17/10, 9:29 PM
- prairie wind said...
Simple wedding, fabulous marriage. No wedding cake, no booze, no debt. Good time, though.
- Kev said...
(An AskMetafilter question. I put an answer in there, using my Metafilter nickname.)
Found it! Your Metafilter nickname is "St. Alia of the Bunnies," correct?
(I kid; I kid. Your entry was pretty easy to find since every regular Althousian knows the story.)
@Paul Zrimsek: LOL--you beat me to the Philip Glass comment; that was the first thing that popped into my head when I read the term "minimalist wedding." - 1/18/10, 1:56 AM
- rhhardin said...
There's really no reason for even the two of you to be there.
Do it all by email. - 1/18/10, 6:10 AM
- Synova said...
"There's really no reason for even the two of you to be there.
Do it all by email."
I recall something about exchanging gloves in medieval times, or something. I should google it and research because it was really interesting and I don't remember the details at all.
"Such a difference from the small town where I grew up. We had a lot of the weddings with gowns, etc but the reception was usually just to serve the cake and maybe a glass of champagne and to wish the newlyweds the best and then you went home. No sit down dinners, no bands."
Church wedding with a dress and rented tuxes, bridesmaids and groom's men, a cake, a little bit of food and punch in the fellowship hall and toasting the bride and groom, but not a huge sit down dinner, and if you danced, then at the Legion Hall or else a local bar that had a place for a band and dancing. The bar would hire the band and your guests would pay for their drinks.
That's enough commotion, isn't it? - 1/18/10, 5:54 PM
- Freeman Hunt said...
I think a big wedding would be a lot of fun if one had a big family. Note, I mean big as in number of guests, not big as in lavish, though I grant that could be fun too.
- Reah said...
My wedding was big because my husband's family is big. My family wasn't there though but they were watching via webcam. It wasn't that extravagant. It was just fun because my husband's family is fun to be with. My dream wedding was with lavish decorations and stuff like that, but my simple fun wedding was still the best for me. I love my wedding dress. I think that was the most expensive thing in my wedding.

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Gaga and blogger Perez Hilton went from BFFS to frenemies.
Why fight in private when you can have it out on Twitter?
Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton are still airing their problems to their millions of followers, and it's not over. Before the singer's new video for Applause dropped this morning, Gaga learned Sunday night via Twitter that her former blogger BFF was spotted in her apartment building.
After confirming the spotting with at least two of her Twitter followers and calling her building's security, she directed a message straight at Hilton. "STAY AWAY FROM ME + MY FAMILY YOU ARE SICK TRYING TO RENT AN APARTMENT IN MY BUILDING TO STALK ME," she wrote. "LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
Gaga then revealed she'd saved "every psychotic text" she allegedly has received from the blogger. "Still have the text Perez sent me of me in a wheelchair w the words KARMA written across + Madonna pointing a gun at me," she wrote. "Day of my accident."
Hilton responded in light speed, accusing the singer of trying to gin up publicity for her album (and retweeting death threats sent by her fans). "Not only were you #cruel to people who worked for you, friends of mine, but you also purposefully tried to sabotage other artists," he shot back.
Hilton then released a blog posttitled, "A Statement on Lady Gaga's Lies."
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The answer is that they have all made a trip to London's Guildhall, 600-years old this month, paid a small fee and been granted the Freedom of the City, along with the host of ancient privileges that go with it.
London is unique among the great cities of the world, in that the freedom of its highways and byways isn't some grand honour bestowed on the great and noteworthy. It is an ancient trading right. While the freedom of New York gives you all sorts of rights and heaps of prestige, the freedom of London's Square Mile gives you the right to take your livestock across one of the city's bridges without paying a toll, sell a haunch of venison between Ludgate and Aldgate and set up a market stall in an officially inconvenient spot.
According to Murray Craig, the 37th clerk of the Chamberlain's Court and the man who carries out the daily freedom ceremonies, the "honour" is more like a professional accolade, such as becoming a chartered accountant.
He says: "From the Dark Ages to the latter days of Queen Victoria's reign, the city was dominated by about 100 guilds which had monopolies on trade within the city's walls. So if you wanted to be a butcher, the council insisted you join the Guild of Butchers, and so on. And to join these you first had to be free; that is, free of a feudal overlord, and as there weren't enough freemen around to fill gaps left in the professions by the crusades, the council started to sell the right to be one in 1237. John Wilkes, an 18th-century Chamberlain, used to say at each ceremony: 'I give you the gift of joy' because it was really a licence to make money. To have the Freedom of the City is to be a guildsman. Trade and the freedom were intimately connected from the very beginning."
It all began with an uncharacteristically quiescent William the Conqueror. Aware of the financial and political power of the city, he decided not to attempt to conquer it as he had the rest of England. Instead, he set about trying to win over Saxon London with concessions. In 1067 he granted the capital a special charter that gave the "vaste and fierce populace" freedom in matters of trade, exemption from serfdom and, most importantly, a dusting of self-government.
Then, as now, commerce was the beating heart of the Square Mile and the city fathers wanted it governed as such. So the guilds got together and made the most of their new-found room to manoeuvre. First, they enacted strict bylaws to exclude anyone other than themselves from trading. Then the Crusades came along and provided a remarkable opportunity. Richard I came calling for money to fund the Third Crusade. Recognising a bargain when they saw it, they exchanged a hunk of gold for a massive concession: they would be allowed to vote for a leader who would be their representative. The leader, they specified, would have to be a freeman. The office of Lord Mayor was duly created in 1189 with the draper Henry Fitz-Ailwyn taking up the ceremonial cudgel. It was this link between the freedom, trade and politics that saw it survive until today. And despite the election of the Lord Mayor being more picturesque than anything else, several thousand freemen turn up at the Guildhall every year to say "aye" or "nay" when a successor to Fitz-Ailwyn is proposed.
It's not all playful ancient privileges and ceremonies, though. Since the 18th century, freemen have been expected to uphold certain standards of behaviour. According to David Hempleman-Adams, who was admitted in 2008 and is a member of the Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators, the confirmation ritual is actually quite a solemn affair. "It wasn't just a case of a trip to the Guildhall, a handshake and then 'off you go, chaps'. You're surrounded by the chamberlain in his robes, the beadle in his top hat and a clerk enters your name in a sheepskin register when you've pledged your allegiance to the Queen and to the Lord Mayor. They even give you a stern book called Rules for the Conduct of Life. It's very much a shoulders-back, top button-fastened sort of occasion," he says.
As solemn as it might appear to British explorers schooled in the ways of the establishment, it can be quite puzzling, if not downright amusing, for foreigners. As residency hasn't been required since the 1980s, the freedom is often given to foreign dignitaries as a sort of over-the-counter palm greaser. So when the Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan, paid a visit in 2008, he came to the Guildhall. "The ceremony was conducted in English and so the Mayor had a translator with him who was a little behind the English version," former Lord Mayor Sir John Stuttard says. "When it came to the part where he had to promise 'to obey the Lord Mayor of London and inform him of any conspiracies' there was a second of silence and he burst out laughing. Mostly, people just nod."
Although foreigners and Londoners alike are lining up round the block to become freemen (there are currently 28,000), the whole thing looked likely to die out in the 19th century. "When the Victorians arrived on the scene with their laissez-faire economics, they looked on the guilds with suspicion," Craig says. "So they abolished all their trading monopolies and consequently people lost interest in the freedom, since it was no longer a statutory necessity. They removed the main draw: the ability to make a bob or two."
In the face of official Victorian disapproval, the city's freemen decided to stop chasing money, and start giving it out, turning themselves into charity organisations. It was this reimagining that saved the guilds and the freedom. As well as setting up alms houses "for aged and decayed freemen and their wives" and the City of London Freemen's school in 1832 – which continues to give preference to kin of those who hold the freedom – they turned the guilds into trade associations set up to push for the highest standards among tradesmen. Our language reveals their importance as guarantors of quality. Who hasn't heard of a 13-loaf baker's dozen: the result of an order from the Worshipful Company of Bakers to never give short measures. The phrase "lock, stock and barrel" referred to the checks made on guns to see they were in working order.
They have proved so good at this that enthusiastic tradesmen still seek to create new guilds, including those for security professionals and water conservators. And while they may not have much of an economic role in the life of the city, they do hold dinners each year where guildsmen can gather to gossip and swap tips.
If you are 21, of good character and have managed to stave off bankruptcy, it has never been so easy to become a freeman. There are three ways: patrimony, servitude and redemption. The first requires you to be the son or daughter of a freeman. The second method requires you to apprentice yourself to a guildsman. The third, and the one that accounts for the majority of the new intake, requires you to seek nomination by two existing freemen. They then take your application, and fee (which range from £25-£30) to the Guildhall, which gives it the thumbs up or down. In practice most application are nodded through and "redeemers", as they are known, are invited to attend an official ceremony and put their "x" on the official parchment.
As charming as all this undoubtedly is, one question looms: why bother? Do we really still care about all these guilds, freemen and their quaint apprentices and odd practices? Aren't we all a bit over all this medieval flimflammery? Sir John Stuttard certainly doesn't think so: "If the 1,700 people who became freemen last year are anything to go by, it seems Londoners certainly still do care, they care very much.
"Perhaps it's the sense of being bound to the history of the place. Or maybe, as a nation, we all just love dressing up and marching around old buildings." Whatever reason we do it, one thing is sure: we probably want it to continue. If only to see Barbara Windsor usher a flock of sheep across London Bridge.
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It's been an interesting month or two for Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (NYSE:GOL). Brazil's quest for the World Cup has overshadowed the fight over Varig, the former flagship airline of Brazil and one of its most well known companies, but the fight should be over before the champions take a victory lap in Berlin next month.
And I think it's not likely to matter that much for Gol in the long run.
Varig's bankruptcy has been an irresistible story -- the first company to go through the new Brazilian bankruptcy filing process ... Brazil's dominant international air carrier forced to ground planes and cancel flights to Europe just as thousands of futbol fans are trying to reach Germany (and get home) ... and a fight for ownership of Varig's assets that has illustrated just how far this star has fallen. Leasing companies, including Wells Fargo (NYSE:WF), GE (NYSE:GE) and others, are all trying to get their planes back but are temporarily being blocked by the bankruptcy judge, and about a quarter of Varig's planes are already grounded for failure to make maintenance or lease payments.
Varig was put up for auction by the bankruptcy courts earlier this year as a way to infuse new cash and management into the company after their debt is written off ... but the closest bid to the minimum of $800+ million was a bid for about $450 million from a group of employee and retiree unions.
And that's why I'm not so worried for Gol.
Even if these employee groups do succeed in buying Varig -- and it's up in the air whether they can raise enough money for even their minimal bid -- they'll still be beholden to themselves. Part of Varig's problem is much like General Motors' -- massive legacy and pension costs, and a company that has been run with much more focus on benefitting the employees and maintaining share than on benefitting shareholders. I don't think any company that is going to remain loyal to its longstanding employees and maintain those contracts will be able to compete effectively with Gol and TAM, the current market share leader in the country.
If the fallback position that's been developing -- that a consortium of investors led by Portugese carrier TAP and Air Canada will buy Varig -- comes through, I'm still not so worried. I think that it's too late for Varig to embrace a new business model and dramatically lower costs, though they may return to profitability as a legacy carrier much as some in the US have done. But if we draw that out further, I don't really think that a recovery by American Airlines (AMR) or Delta, for example, threatens the continued success of Southwest (NYSE:LUV).
GOL is creating new markets in Brazil, not just taking share from Varig. Gol apparently decided not to bid on Varig, though some of their planes and routes may have been attractive, and my guess is that's probably going to end up being a wise move. Why buy someone else's problems when you're doing an excellent job of growing and taking share on your own?
Gol had a good month in May -- traffic was up about 50% year over year domestically, and more than 100% internationally as they have been growing their route system. Yield per passenger kilometer has declined slightly, largely due to some longer flights, but they continue to have great load factors and incredible margins due to their efficiency programs. And they're using new cash raised through offerings and some new debt to significantly boost their fleet.
All that is to say, as the air transport business continues to expand in South America and Gol continues to add significant capacity without harming their admirable profit margins, I think it matters less and less what happens with Varig, the former titan that is now reduced to fighting for its life ... and for its paltry 14% domestic market share.
I feel bad for all the Brazilians who might be stranded in Germany if Varig's mess isn't figured out in the next couple weeks ... but I hope the games are worth it.


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According to AAA, the national average price of diesel is $3.888 - call it $3.89 - per gallon at the time of this writing. Given that your truck likely has a fuel capacity of 150 to 300 gallons, it would cost $583 to over $1,167 per fill-up at the current rate. In other words, as you may have already noticed, fueling up for a long-haul is quite expensive.
Fortunately, there are several ways to improve fuel efficiency. Doing so will result in less fuel usage, which will improve your bottom line. Let's take a look at how to improve fuel efficiency on the road.
While seeing the many sights across the US and beyond may be great, driving day after day can be a chore. It may be tempting to drive as fast as possible from point A to point B to get it over with or earn extra money. However, doing so has a major downside - more money spent on diesel.
On average, every 1 mph increase in speed results in a 0.14 miles per gallon decrease in fuel economy.
Now, suppose that you drive 2,500 miles per week and decide to increase your average speed by 10 mph to save time. As the average 18-wheeler gets 5.9 mpg, your truck's fuel economy would drop to 4.5 mpg. Thus, by increasing your average speed by 10 mph, your truck would consume approximately 132 extra gallons of fuel at a cost of nearly $513. Is that 10 mph increase really worth $513 per week?
According to Jim Phillips, quality service manager for Equinox Business Solutions, "Fortunately, there are two key ways you can manage your speed. One is to do so voluntarily by simply slowing down. If you have a lead foot or otherwise are inclined to speed, you can have your truck's ECM set so the road speed limiter restricts the truck to a practical speed."
For example, you could set the road speed limiter to 65 mph, which will allow you to drive near, at or even above (not recommended) many modern speed limits without going overboard.
Your truck already carries tens of thousands of pounds of items across thousands of miles each week. Avoid adding unnecessary items to your truck.
Such items add to its total weight and, as a result, increase the amount of fuel it uses. Try to keep truck and in-cab accessories to a minimum.
Improperly-inflated tires decrease fuel economy. As such, routinely check all tires to ensure that they are properly inflated.
Add or remove air, when necessary. Also, replace or repair any tires that seem to lose air frequently.
Rapid acceleration places a lot of strain on your truck's engine and results in wasted fuel. Remember - you're not in a drag race. So, avoid flooring it when the light turns green and you'll save some greenbacks.
When your truck is stopped and you leave it running unnecessarily, fuel is wasted. Of course, it would be impractical to turn it off and on at every minor traffic jam, but avoid leaving it running for extended periods of time when it is unnecessary to do so.
For example, if you stop at a rest area and don't plan to hit the road for another 30 minutes, turn your truck off.
Improving fuel efficiency only requires a minimal effort on your part. However, doing so can save you hundreds of dollars per week.
Be sure to manage your speed and minimize idling. Also, increase speed gradually instead of rapidly accelerating. Additionally, avoid adding unnecessary accessories to your truck and monitor its tire pressure regularly. Finally, you may want to invest in a larger wallet to handle all the money you'll save.
Great article. I might also add that mileage can be saved by 1) drafting, 2) changing out all lubricants to high quality synthetics by a company like Torco or Amsoil, 3) Adding 2-3 ounces of acetone per 10 gallons of diesel will add 5% to your fuel mileage. We have an email series that outlines tips for truck drivers to save on fuel.FuelSaverwww.fuelsaver-mpg.com
Improved fuel economy will be accomplished when truck drivers are taught how to "operate" a truck as opposed to "driving" a truck. Yes, there are good drivers but to few of these drivers are good operators. Drivers are trained on backing up, driving between the "mayonnaise and mustard" and driving defensively. Unfortunately, good, safe driving techniques do not contribute to fuel efficient operations of a truck. Every major engine manufacture offers courses in operational techniques that if learned and if practiced will improve fuel economy by as much as 3% to 4%. I know that doesn't sound like much, but when one takes into consideration the number of trucks in a small fleet can be as many as 50 to 100 rigs, such an increase in fuel efficiency does not take long to add to the bottom line.Another aspect of improved fuel efficiency can be found in "spec trucks". To many companies simply take the truck "as is" from the manufacture. The component parts, the engine, transmission, rear end, tires, etc are not specked out. The specs for a truck will depend upon the terrain encountered, long haul versus short haul, average weight hauled, etc., but once such factors are ascertained, a properly specked truck will provide increased fuel economy of as much as an additional two to three percent.
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The issue of whether a non-compete agreement is enforceable is frequently litigated. Typically, non-compete cases turn on whether the agreement's restrictions are reasonable in terms of duration and geographical scope. However, the First District Court of Appeals, which is located in Hamilton County, Ohio, recently considered a different issue involving a non-compete -- whether a non-compete agreement is enforceable after the initial employer merges with another company and the employee continues to work for that new company?
In Acordia of Ohio v. Fischel, 2010-Ohio-6235 (1st District 2010), an insurance agency, Acordia of Ohio, LLC ("Acordia"), sued four of its former employees for violating their non-compete agreements. Each of the employees had signed their non-compete agreement while working for a predecessor of Acordia, which was the product of six different mergers. Acordia also sued the former employees' new employer, a known competitor.
Citing to Ohio Revised Code 1701.82(A)(3), Acordia argued that non-compete agreements should be treated like any other asset in a merger or consolidation. ORC 1701.82(A)(3) specifically provides that, "When a merger or consolidation becomes effective...[t[he surviving or new entity possesses all assets and property of every description, and every interest in the assets and property, wherever located, and the rights, privileges, immunities, powers...of each constituent entity." Acordia argued that successor companies, such as itself, inherit all of the predecessor company's assets, including the rights of any valid non-compete agreements, and that a merger does not start the clock on the non-compete agreements.
Both the trial court and the appellate court disagreed. The First District noted that following a merger, "the absorbed company ceases to exist as a separate business." Thus while the non-compete agreements do pass to the successor entity under ORC 1701.82(A)(3), the merger actually triggers the time period for the restrictions. Accordingly, the court held that by the time Acordia filed suit for violations of the non-compete agreements, the two year time restriction set forth in all of the non-competes at issue had already expired.
While Acordia of Ohio v. Fischel is on appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court (and thus not final), all employers should be aware of this decision, particularly those that are considering or were recently involved in a merger, acquisition, consolidation, or some other change in business formation. Employers can proactively address this issue by revising the language they use in non-compete agreements. If the merger is already complete, employers should review the non-compete agreements of the absorbed company to determine if new non-compete agreements are needed.
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George Morris woke up early last Saturday and made coffee for Dorothy, just as he always did for the woman he loved.
The two were high school sweethearts. Married for 54 years. Inseparable. Where he went, she went.
This is how their days always began. Coffee for Dot, as he called his wife.
They had breakfast together. And then, about 9:30 or so, they drove from their home in Oro Valley to a nearby Safeway, where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was holding Congress on Your Corner.
George Morris had some questions for Giffords.
"He had some issues that were very important to him that he wanted to discuss with her," said Kim Hardy, one of Dot and George's two daughters. "He was very concerned about the future of our country for his kids and grandkids."
They worried about being late, but arrived early enough that they were standing toward the front of the line, maybe third or fourth, when the shooting started.
George moved quickly to save Dot, throwing her to the ground. Diving for her. But as soon as he reached her, he knew he was too late. Dorothy Morris was one of six people killed in the shooting. George Morris was shot in the chest and the leg, one of 13 people injured, including Giffords.
"He keeps saying that his whole life was my mom and the two of us," said Torrey Nelson, Dorothy and George's younger daughter.
Dorothy Morris was 76 years old. She was born and raised in Reno, Nev. Grew up with horses. In winters, she would ice-skate on a pond. Growing up she had a cousin who was like a sister.
She met George at a high school dance, and they moved through life together. He served in the Marines in the mid-to-late '60s and then worked as a pilot, crisscrossing the skies for Pan Am and United. During their Marine years, she made a cookbook with other military wives. She loved to entertain. She would do anything to support the family.
In one way only were Dorothy and George Morris an unlikely pair. She was afraid of flying. But despite her fears of the air, they traveled together often. For their 40th anniversary, he flew her to Paris. Literally.
It was a night flight, and when the clock struck midnight, he announced "Happy Anniversary!" over the speaker to his wife. He was like that. Loved to make little announcements to family members when they were on board.
Kim Hardy and Torrey Nelson last spoke to their parents on the Thursday and Friday before the Jan. 8 shooting. Hardy had called to get some computer help. She was shopping for a new one. She had "champagne tastes," her mother joked.
Nelson spoke to her father on the Friday before the shooting, but she could hear her mother in the background.
"Right before we hung up, she yelled through the phone, 'I love you!' " Nelson said. "She always said that."
From their homes in Las Vegas, both women caught news of the shooting on Fox News. Nelson didn't think her parents were there, but she was crying out of concern. She and her husband, Van, started making phone calls just to check. They called the Morris home. They tried the cell phone. No answer. They tried both lines again and again for 45 minutes, and then they caught a glimpse of what looked like the Morrises' car on TV.
Hardy had a similar experience, seeing the car on TV and then frantically calling area hospitals, Tucson police and the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
And now they grieve. They hope their father can be released from University Medical Center by early this week. But there is no easing of pain. No way to fill the gaping hole in their lives. There is only the absence of a devoted mother and wife, now suddenly gone.
"Every day you wake up hoping it's a dream," Van Nelson said. "And then you realize you're not at home, and you know it's not."
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Ruth Irene Garner, 96, formerly of Prescott, Kan. died Friday evening September 26, 2008 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born February 24, 1912 on the family farm near Benton, Kan. the daughter of Tom and Katie Sieg Sparks. She married Robert F. Krueger on September 28, 1932, he preceded her in death. She married Walter Garner June 9, 1976 in Fort Scott, Kan., he preceded her in death.
Irene was a member of the Palmyra Baptist Church near Whitewater, Kan., and the Furley 4-H Club.
She is survived by two daughters, Darlene Shoemaker of Fort Scott, Kan. and Donna Dole of Valley Center, Kan., a sister Lillian Confer of Culbertson, Nebraska, 8 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren. In addition to her parents and both husbands, she was preceded in death by a sister, Marie Hiser.
Pastor Norman Tillotson of the Palmyra Baptist Church will conduct funeral services at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at the Palmyra Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Green Valley Cemetery near Whitewater, Kan. under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6:00p.m. until 7 p.m., Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Palmyra Baptist Church, donations may be sent to or left in the care of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, 15 W. Wall, P.O. Box 309, Fort Scott, Kansas 66701.


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About vom Slaney-ValeA Deutsch-Drahthaar Breeder, with 40 years of dedication to the pursuit of excellence in Hunting dog breeding. The past 15 years dedicated solely to the DD. My foundation lines are the result of sincere involvement and dedicated research: my bloodline combinations are well thought out, with the goal being Breed maintenance and betterment. vom Slaney-Vale is based on a vision of quality and absolute dedication to the Versatile Deutsch-Drahahaar. Please visit my website, http://www.vomslaneyvale.netkennel.com for a visual overview, and feel free to contact me at any time. Thank you for taking the time to visit my site. Hunting Dog Breeds RaisedDeutsch Drahthaar Additional ServicesTraining Breeder Contact InfoHugh Slaney P.O.Box 97 74125 Road 11E Stony Mountain, Manitoba R0C 3A0 Breeding quality gun dogs for over 40 years.204-344-5232 Send Email to vom Slaney-ValeClick here to visit vom Slaney-Vale websiteTestimonials (8)Submitted by: Jeffrey Allen on Jan 30, 2013 After wanting a Drahthaar for many years, the time finally came where we could add another dog to our family. After lengthy research and interviewing MANY breeders, I decided on Vom Slaney-Vale. The dedication to detail and improving the breed makes Hugh Slaney a true desciple of the breed. Hugh takes huge amounts of time with every puppy to expose them to many different types of game and people well before their arrival. He updates you on your puppy's progress almost on a daily basis. When you receive your puppy, your relationship with Vom Slaney-Vale just begins!! Thank you very much for our wonderful puppy, Francis vom Slaney-Vale!!Submitted by: Ed Challacombe on Feb 01, 2012 I picked up a pup, whose name is Chantal (Colt vom Entenmoor x Frida vom Erthal – C litter) from Hugh on August 27, 2010 and life hasn't been the same since. This dog has so much energy and personality. She's a go-getter that is always smiling and up for the challenge. Over the last 17 months, I developed a warm friendship with Hugh. He has willingly shared his knowledge and experience and seems to genuinely enjoy coaching/mentoring. Chantal is a beautiful, affectionate animal with a strong desire to please. She is relentless in both the field and water, and is very biddable. I can't say enough good things about either Chantal or Hugh. Submitted by: John Snook on Jan 22, 2012 13 years ago I got my very first dog from Hugh Slaney. Ever sense then,he has always been there to offer his expertise in the training and care of versatile breeds. Hugh is one of the most honest,educated and ethical breeder that I have ever known.With the recent passing of my first drahthaar,it was an easy decision to get my next pup from Hugh's kennel. After much discussion,he knew the type and quality of dog that I was looking for. Prior to the pups arrival, he sent me very detailed information on training and pictures of the pups development from the first week up until her arrival. When we first met "Dana vom Slaney Vale" aka Slanie, we knew that Hugh had matched us up perfectly with the type of dog we were looking for.She is,indeed,a very nice Drahthaar,both physically and mentally. Hugh's breeding program definitely shows in the high quality of this pup.I would highly recommend anyone looking for a Drahthaar,to check out Vom Slaney Vale kennel. John Snook Hr.Breton,NL Submitted by: Mark Jacobs on Dec 31, 2011 I knew very little of the Deutsch Drahthaar, only that I wanted one. After spending a lifetime with my Labs I wanted the challenge of working with a versatile dog. After many conversations with various breeders around the country, I finally went north of the border to Vom Slaney-Vale. My gut told me that Hugh Slaney was an honest guy, with a devotion to the betterment of the breed. Hugh has always been there to answer my many questions with his experience and insightful comments, and together, we have trained this magnificent creature to be a wonderful hunter and companion. I have tested Brier in NAVHDA and the German system, she has proved her breeding with consistent and very high scores.You can see more of Brier under Hugh's website, B litter, Bernice Vom Slaney-Vale. Feel free to contact me for any questions. Mark JacobsSubmitted by: Erin Pincemin on Jun 17, 2011 Our family purchased a vom Slaney-Vale puppy from Hugh's 'A' litter in 2009. We could not be happier with Alfred! He is an amazing hunting dog with the kindest, most gentle disposition. He is so friendly and trustworthy to have around our two small children; a truly amazing family dog. He is a natural and beautiful-to-watch perform hunting dog. Hugh was amazing to work with in placing the correct puppy with our family based on matching our personalities. He was very thorough, and I took this as an excellent sign that he truly cared about his dogs and their welfare which was very reassuring. The amount of information that Hugh provides as to training and care of the puppy is impressive. He is so very open to communicating about the dog and answering any questions. His breeding is so well researched and such an amazing process. He matched our family so well with our dog, we will be forever grateful!Submitted by: David Cook on Jan 25, 2011 When looking for my second drahthaar dog, after having my first one for almost 15 years, I spent time talking and looking on the web sites for another dog. When I came across Vom Slany-Vale site, I was impressed with the quality of the site showing his dogs and the response in any questions I had with Hugh about the dogs. Hugh was great in matching me with the type of dog that I wanted, and could not be any happier of the dog from his "B" litter. Her name is Bride. The time and effort that Hugh puts into his breed of dogs is superior, and has always been available to answer any questions during the training... I would highly recommend any dog from his kennel. Dave Cook... ColoradoSubmitted by: Marc Desjardins on Mar 29, 2010 I appreciated the expertise and wisdom offered by Hugh in helping me providing the proper hunting dog for my hunting needs as well as advice in training. I admire his attention to detail during the breeding process as well as caring for the puppies before and after they are delivered to their respected owners. The dog's desire to hunt is incredible, the best one I have had and seen in many years. The dog shows great disposition and prey drive, as well as an excellent family dog. I would recommend this breeder if you are seeking in getting a Deutsch Drahthaar- an excellent versatile hunting dog.Submitted by: Dr. Fraser Sherrard on Mar 27, 2010 I received my deutsch drahthaar puppy from vom Slaney-Vale last summer. The breeders reputation for excellence in breeding was made known to me through a hunting friend who is a senior DD judge . This was my first DD and I did not know what to expect. I communicated with Hugh, the breeder (and present Breedwarden for VDD Canada) a number of times, prior to receiving my pup. I was sent pictures of him being exposed to every imaginable situation that is critical in the development of a well rounded puppy. I saw him in water, in the field, on lead, being socialized around children and with all sorts of fur and feathers. Mr. Slaney provided outstanding coaching in the form of written support for weeks prior to puppy's arrival and too many times to count thereafter. I am daily impressed with the conformation, stability, desire to please and an overall trait that I can only describe as nobility of my pup. At vom Slaney-Vale, you will see attention to genetic research, the highest breeding ethics and a dedication to producing some of the finest pups in North America. Please feel free to write if you wish to know more about my experience with this kennel. |


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Thursday, February 28th, 2013
By Eric Adams
Teens to share stage with music veterans
COLDWATER - Four New Bremen high schoolers are not ashamed of their planned presence at a Coldwater bar this weekend. In fact, they've been talking about it for weeks and hope to attract a following.
Shelby County Line is the youngest working country band in Mercer and Auglaize counties and will open both nights this weekend at McSober's, playing before Country Mile on Friday and Nashville Crush on Saturday for the weekend-long music event termed "Country Concert in March."
Shelby County Line consists of Paul Luft on lead vocals, Ben Tuttle on guitar and vocals, Cody Paul on drums and Michael Molaskey on bass.
The group came together roughly two years ago under the guidance of guitar instructor Jeff King and already have netted some impressive accomplishments. They entertained a crowd of more than 1,000 at BremenFest during the summer of 2012, played to a full grandstand at the 2012 Auglaize County Fair and opened for Nashville Crush at the Ohio Theater in Lima.
Jennifer Tuttle, Ben' mom and manager of the band, described the Ohio Theater performance as their "first big break."
"The guys from Nashville Crush have been mentoring the boys," she said. "It's been a lot of hard work, but we've had a lot of guidance."
Jennifer Tuttle contacted roughly 10 bands in the area about playing opportunities when Shelby County Line was first getting its start; Nashville Crush were the most enthusiastic responders.
"They think the boys really have potential," she said.
She also expressed immense appreciation for Jamie Regedanz of Country Mile, who agreed to arrive at McSober's one hour early on Friday and help Shelby County Line set up. Members of Nashville Crush have helped similarly in the past.
"Some sound guys will not do this as it is extra time for them with no extra money," she said.
One of the band's most recent accolades came when frontmen Luft and Tuttle earned fourth place performing as a duo at the Ohio's Got Talent competition in February. Unlike many other contestants, neither local boy had any previous vocal training.
Shelby County Line covers an array of new and old country music and classic rock. The members have even written two original songs. Their namesake came about because one band member lives on the Shelby-Auglaize county line.
The boys all agreed they would like to keep pursuing more shows, bigger venues and a larger following. Performance videos and upcoming shows can be viewed on the band's Facebook page.
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Archive Listing October 19, 2007 - October 12, 2007
I mean that in a good way. They remind me of the mythic team a hapless
Senators fan sold his soul to the devil to beat, only to discover that all the Yankees had already signed
the same contract. Those damned Yankees played with grim, unflagging
brilliance. Their eyes glowed with Mephistophelian menace. They never
made mortal mistakes.
That's how the Rockies
strike me. I watched them bludgeon the Phillies and the Diamondbacks. I
still don't know most of their names. They seem lacking in
idiosyncracies, as if they are generic but archetypal ballplayers,
timeless and determinedly anonymous. I know that this is mostly a
function of the fact that they're not from New York or Boston, where
the word 'player' has a social meaning as important as its sport
meaning, but I find myself liking their facelessness. They have
appeared, apparently from nowhere, to win relentlessly with unstoppable
bats, an unhittable bullpen, and the best fielding ever displayed by a
major league team. I don't want to know their names. They seem like a
kind of inevitable poetic justice sent from who knows where to punish
the star-crazed culture of 21st century sports.
I'm pretty sure Mephistopheles doesn't have anything to do with their
juggernaut march to the World Series. Pretty
sure. But if he does, only God can save the Red Sox or the Indians from
a humiliatng sweep. I mean, what if the Rockies whose names and faces
we somehow can't quite remember are actually possessed by the spirits
of baseball greats from the days when the game was played for love and
glory instead of money? Who could stop such a phantom roster from
teaching a very necessary lesson? Who would want to stop them?
Not me.
Go, Rockies.
P.S. You
wanted more sports, Alpha. Will this do? Or must I also publish my
dream schedule for the persecuted Temple Owls? Also, because I haven't
seen anyone else do the right thing on this point, I want to wish Randi
Rhodes of Air America a speedy and complete recovery. Apparently she fell
while walking her dog and is in a great deal of pain. Get well soon.
. One thing that's really missing from our national
political dialogue is serious contemplation of the future. That's
because both major parties are locked into their own discrete time
zones. The Democrats occupy a fantasy time past that could be called
"What shouldn't have been allowed to happen," in which they rail about
irrevocable decisions they would have made differently, thus preventing
the unacceptable present. The Republicans confine themselves to the
crisis-driven time present of "What can't be allowed to happen," in
which their view of the future is blocked by one or two possible
outcomes so terrible they believe everyone must dread them as
fearfully as they do. The mainstream media straddle these two zones,
creating an unreal superposition of past and present which projects the
impossible proposition that the only way forward is to somehow repeal
the recent past and initiate a do-over. Life as a video game with a
reset option.
But there is no reset option. Regardless of our preferences, the future
will unfold before us, good and bad, and it is not entirely unknowable.
The propensities of key players are far from mysterious. All we have to
do is recognize those propensities and consider how they will probably
play out. Here's an example of that process.
1. Bush has won his last major battle in office. The war will continue
and the Democrats will shift their focus to electoral victory in 2008
rather than American defeat in Iraq. In all other respects, the
administration is too paralyzed and impotent to undertake serious
action against Iran or the terrorist regimes in Syria and the
Palestinian territories.
2. The Democrats will nominate Hillary Clinton. She's the supreme
symbol of the fantasy past they long for -- that very brief moment in
history after the Cold War and before 9/11, when America could hold the
world at bay with vaguely worded treaties and concern itself with
domestic prosperity and feel-good social policy gestures. Further, they
have fierce, irrational faith in her ability to punish Republicans for
the brutal termination of what they simply cannot see as a mere
intermission in the incredibly costly and nasty interactions between
America and the rest of the world.
3. The Republicans will nominate Rudy Giuliani because they simply must have a warrior candidate --
first, to have any kind of chance against the incredibly unscrupulous
and dirty campaign Hillary will run against any Republican, and second,
to stop the unthinkable from happening if he should somehow be elected
president. Romney doesn't have the cold-blooded aggression to pull the
trigger on enemies foreign or domestic. Thompson is just too
comfortable to rouse himself for any kind of fight. So Giuliani will
get the nod, the religious right will remain true to their own rigid
fantasy of turning back the clock, and they will stay home on election
4. Hillary will win the presidency. She will campaign on a platform of
domestic giveaway programs, international negotiation to restore
American popularity in the world, and doing all the right and necessary
things to head off the catastrophe of global warming. Giuliani will try
to make voters care about the need to defeat Islamic fascism, and he
will promise to give away money too, though less than Hillary. But the
voters are tired of Islamic fascism and wish it would just go away.
They also think it's better to get more stuff for free rather than less
stuff. And since Hillary won't be able to give them the maximum stuff
without a veto-proof Congress, they will give her that, too. It's time
for a change.
5. Hillary will give a great inauguration speech that will remind
everyone of FDR's New Deal. During her honeymoon period she will
finally pass legislation taxing the evil rich enough and use the money
to pay for a new national health care program. Congress will take the lead in repealing the Patriot Act and passing new laws extending constitutional protections to illegal immigrants and foreign nationals. The Guantanamo facility will be shut down, its prisoners set free or remanded to civilian courts for due process. As Commander-in-Chief, Clinton will take a
wait-and-see approach in Iraq, while senior officers resign in droves
from the U.S. military, and re-enlistments plummet in every branch of
service. Troop drawdowns will therefore become absolutely necessary,
regardless of the military situation in Iraq, and the Clinton
administration will respond by launching ambitious negotiations with
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria to obtain a pan-Arabian treaty securing
stability in Iraq. As one of the necessary terms of the treaty, the
administration will coerce the exhausted Israelis into accepting the
final steps of partitioning Jerusalem, granting the "right-of-return"
to exiled Palestinians, and recognizing Hamas as the rightful
government of the Palestinian state.
6. When the troops begin to come home from Iraq, sectarian violence will
increase dramatically as Syrian and Iranian reinforcements rearm al
Qaeda and insurgent militias. The military will be embarrassed by
humiliating and bloody tactical blunders, as well as emerging scandals
of corruption, malfeasance, and civilian atrocities. Military morale
will reach an all-time low. Congress will launch investigations of
senior military officers. Assad and Ahdumjihad will deny involvement in
the renewed Iraqi violence, although they will eventually be compelled
to send in peacekeeping troops to "support" the failing Iraqi
government. All-out civil war will ensue.
7. Belatedly, the European nations will express concern about the
dramatic increase in Iran's nuclear program, and they will put up a
fairly united front in objecting to Vladimir Putin's overt technical
and military aid to Iran. The Cinton administration will conduct
multi-lateral negotiations with Putin to obtain a treaty securing their
cooperation in stabilizing the middle east, part of which will involve
decommitting the U.S. to missile defense. At some point, while all this
negotiating is going on, the Musharaff government will be overthrown,
and Pakistan will fall into civil war. The administration will ask the
U.N. for assistance in ending the violence, resulting in endless talks,
and U.S. troops will be transferred from Iraq to Afghanistan in a show
of force designed to deter extremists from exporting or otherwise
exploiting Pakistan's unprotected nuclear arsenal.
8. In the dwindling period before Palestinians begin returning to
Israel, Ahdumjihad will launch a surprise nuclear strike on Israel
which will be only partially successful. Over a million Israelis will
die outright, and another million will be poisoned or sickened with
radiation. The partially successful Israeli counterattack will likewise
kill a million Iranians and stop the flow of Iranian oil to the west.
The Clinton administration will threaten the use of American military
power to prevent Syria from invading crippled Israel. American aid will
flow to Israel and Iran, and elsewhere in the world, nations will send
aid to Iran. The U.N. will meet to condemn the actions of both Israel
and Iran in using nuclear weapons.
9. Vladimir Putin will dramatically raise the price of Russian oil
while the middle east writhes in chaos and Islamists worldwide launch
terrorist attacks on targets of opportunity, including Iraqi and Saudi
oilfields. This will catalyze a worldwide recession that causes
governments to fall in Europe in favor of political coalitions seeking
to placate Russia by breaking their alliances with the U.S. The sudden
economic downturn in China will also convince that government to secure
its own oil supply by forming an overt alliance with Putin's Russia and
providing military "aid," including troops, to Pakistan and Iran.
10. To protect Americans and prevent a wider war, the Clinton
administration will recall the U.S. Navy to guard the American coasts.
As rumors of missing and stolen nukes proliferate, President Clinton
will also declare a policy of immediate nuclear retaliation against the
country of origin in the event of any terrorist nuclear attack on the
U.S. The planned emergency evacuation of surviving Israelis will,
regrettably but unavoidably, be cancelled. American academics will be
jubilant about the sudden end of "the American empire." The New York
Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and all the television news
networks will produce multi-part series explaining why and how all
these events are George W. Bush's fault. After many congressional
investigations and a televised criminal trial, he will be sentenced to
a federal SuperMax prison for life. Dan Rather will pull his comfy old
sweater out of mothballs and return to the anchor chair at CBS News. At
the end of his first newscast, he will utter his old valedictory,
How do you like the future so far? No wonder none of our leaders wants
to talk about anything but the past and the present.
Can you believe it? The photo above records the first ever meeting
between Glenn
Reynolds and Ann
Althouse. It happened yesterday in New York. Yesterday. Mark the date on your
calendars. In blogger terms, this is the equivalent of an 8.9 on the
Richter Scale.
A friendly word of warning to Glenn, though. Be careful, Big Guy. That
Ann's a real siren. The way you two carry on electronically already
reminds us of another legendary couple:
Just keep things virtual, if you know what we mean.


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Give Duane Timlin A Helping Hand
Let the drum community come together and show some support for our Brother Duane, in this difficult time.
Duane has been a drummer through and through since I can remember, and is one of the best friends I have on this planet. His dedication to music is like no other, as he continues to record, tour and sacrifice for the art of drumming.
Lets all do what we can to at least Duane cover his normal bills until he has fully healed and can get back to work! Keep in mind, when the accident happened, Duane was out doing what I am now asking you to do... Supporting Music.


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Lewis Hamilton heads into Formula One's mini-break riding the crest of a wave following a third consecutive victory for the first time in his career.
From lights to flag in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, Hamilton was never troubled en route to finishing 18 seconds clear of team-mate Nico Rosberg as Mercedes again trounced their rivals.
Remarkably, despite Hamilton's unprecedented run of success since he first made his F1 debut in 2007, the 29-year-old still trails Rosberg by four points in the drivers' standings.
A technical failure in the season-opening race in Australia won by Rosberg is so far costing the Briton dear, but there was no doubting his delight at his latest success.
"I'm in the happiest mood I can recall. It's been an incredible weekend," said Hamilton, who followed up a British record 34th pole with his 25th race win.
"I had a great qualifying. I wasn't really expecting that to turn out as it did, and then with the race, to get a great start and pull away and control it from there, it was an incredible feeling.
"The job the team are doing, and the guys that are around me, I'm so much more comfortable with the people I'm working with this year.
"It feels incredible to get three wins, and this team is on a roll."
Not since 2005 and Renault has a team won the first four races of a season, with seemingly little threat being posed by their rivals who now have three weeks to retaliate ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix on May 11.
The only moment of consternation came at the end of lap 55 of the 56-lap race when the chequered flag was mistakenly waved, with Hamilton lifting off the power for a second as he crossed the line.
If the race had been as close as it was a fortnight ago in Bahrain when Hamilton beat Rosberg by exactly one second, such a pause could have proven extremely costly.
On this occasion, given the gap to Rosberg, there was no cause for alarm, only a red-face for the embarrassed flag bearer.
Hamilton eventually completed the final lap, although as per the FIA's sporting regulations the race classification was taken at the end of lap 54, rendering the final two laps meaningless.
"As I crossed the line expecting to do another lap, I looked up for a split second and I saw the flag," added Hamilton.
"I lifted for a second, but I saw there was no-one on the wall (of the Mercedes pit who would be there to greet his win).
"I asked the team (whether the race had finished) and they said no, so I just kept going. Very, very strange.
"If I'd thought about slowing and the radio had failed, and then Nico came by, then that would have really sucked."
Fernando Alonso finished third to give Ferrari their first podium this season and new team principal Marco Mattiacci cause to cheer.
Behind the Spaniard were the Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and four-times champion Sebastian Vettel, who at one stage disobeyed an order to allow by his team-mate.
It had to be explained to Vettel the scenario as to why he should do so, with the 26-year-old German eventually relinquishing, finishing fifth to leave him trailing Rosberg by 46 points.
On a bad day for McLaren, Jenson Button could only manage 11th, with rookie team-mate Kevin Magnussen 13th, whilst Marussia's Max Chilton was 19th of the 20 finishers.


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Video: Lakers hold off Nuggets
The Lakers held off a late rally by the Nuggets to take Game 2 of the Western Conference quarterfinals, 104-100.
Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 38 points, and used not one but two Dirk Nowitzki like one-legged fadeaway shots that channeled his inner Dirk Nowitzki.
"I actually improved his move," joked Bryant. "I can shoot mine from the 3-point line. He can't do that."
Andrew Bynum was a rebound shy of a double double. He finished with 27 points, but was in a sour mood after the game.
"I just left a lot out there," Bynum said. "I can do better. I want to be perfect."
Finally, Ramon Sessions was so upset that he was called for a foul against the Nuggets' Corey Brewer, that he crumpled to the ground, but it wasn't all bad.
"It was a tough call to make at that speed," Sessions said. "But he missed the first one, so it was a good foul."
The Lakers hit the road to face the Nuggets in Game 3 on Friday.
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