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CRESTVIEW � There were great expectations for the Crestview football team as the Bulldogs prepared for the 2012 season.
CRESTVIEW � There were great expectations for the Crestview football team as the Bulldogs prepared for the 2012 season.
Kevin Pettis, back for his second year as head coach, was ready to put a 4-6 season from 2011 in the rearview mirror.
There were many reasons to be optimistic.
Senior tailback Micah Reed had already committed to play football at the University of Central Florida next fall. Even more impressive was outside linebacker/defensive end Dillan Lawson�s pledge to play for the Florida Gators.
However, Reed and Lawson were hardly the only players on a roster that seemed loaded with talent at every position.
Tyler Henderson, a Division I prospect, anchored the Crestview defensive secondary at safety. Dakota Dean and Jalynne Robinson filled rover positions and Kyle Koontz and Justin Rebholz looked to be terrors at linebacker.
If Lawson needed help up front, junior defensive lineman Denzel Ware was poised for a big year of his own and in fact did commit to play for Florida State University when he graduates in 2014.
Transfer Dakota Davis was ready to take over for Dean at quarterback so Dean could play numerous positions on both sides of the ball. And if Micah Reed needed a breather, he�d simply look to his younger brother, Emmanuel, a sophomore running back, as the Reed brothers looked to give Crestview one of the best running back tandems in Northwest Florida.
All of the hype seemed to be falling into place when the Bulldogs opened the season with a 24-14 win over Milton and followed it up with 35-7 beat down of Escambia.
Off to a 2-0 start, the Bulldogs were flying high as they hosted state powerhouse Jacksonville Bolles for the Hall of Fame Game in the season�s third week.
Crestview played Bolles close, but the visitors took a 20-14 win out of Jack Foster Stadium as the Bulldogs started what would be a four-game losing streak that also would see Lawson dismissed from the team for disciplinary reasons.
Week four saw Crestview travel to Pensacola to take on Catholic. The Crusaders capitalized on multiple Bulldog mistakes as Catholic rolled to a 28-7 win.
Crestview returned home to Jack Foster Stadium in week five to host Tallahassee Godby for Homecoming � and there wasn�t much to cheer about for the Bulldogs as the Cougars put up a 49-14 win.
The Bulldogs jumped into District 2-6A play in week six hosting Fort Walton Beach, but even the district play�s start didn�t stop the Bulldog skid as the Vikings won 21-17.
After four straight losses, the Bulldogs headed to Choctawhatchee and pulled out a 28-24 win, making their record 3-4 overall and 1-1 in district play.
With three weeks left in the season, there was still plenty to play for as Navarre came to town for a big district game in week eight.
Late in the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs led the Raiders 8-7 and it looked as if Crestview�s fortunes were changing, but Navarre drove the field�s length, scored a touchdown and took a 13-8 win.
A 39-7 win over Mosley in week nine kept Crestview�s playoff hopes alive as the Bulldogs hosted Niceville in the season�s 10th week.
A Bulldog win, coupled with a Choctaw win over Fort Walton Beach, would give Crestview second place in the district behind Navarre.
But the season that started with so much promise ended in disappointment as the Eagles beat the Bulldogs 42-7.
Two years into the Kevin Pettis era at Crestview, the Bulldogs are 8-12 overall and 4-6 in District 2-6A play, having failed to make playoffs each year.
On a more positive note, Micah Reed finished the year with more than 1,000 yards rushing, and Ware has become one of the most sought after juniors in this part of the state. And, as expected, Henderson and Dean had big years for the Crestview defense.
There are many questions to answer as the Bulldogs prepare for offseason workouts. Emmanuel Reed, Ware and Robinson proved their potential as leaders on next year�s team, but the other guys� roles have yet to be determined.
There is a lot of work to do in the months ahead if the Bulldogs are to compete for a playoff spot in the always tough District 2-6A.
Pettis has produced winners at every stop of his coaching career and 2013 could be a make-or-break year for him if the Bulldogs fail to get to the playoffs for a third straight year.
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It's strange when you think about it.Not only is President Obama pushing the largest round of tax hikes in almost a generation, but those increases would come during the most anemic economic expansion since World War Two — or maybe ever in American history.
Still, the White House appears not at all concerned that raising the tax burden and hiking marginal tax rates would make a sickly economy even weaker.
Nor is Team Obama concerned, apparently, about the risk of raising the long-term tax burden at a time when demographic changes will begin making it harder for the US economy to grow as fast in the future as it has in the past.
How can Team Obama be so preternaturally carefree and nonchalant about its taxapalooza?
One big reason is research from two highly respected — and left-of-centre — economists, Peter Diamond and Emmanuel Saez. (Diamond is a failed Obama nominee to the Federal Reserve Board, while Saez is perhaps best known for his work on income inequality with Thomas Piketty.)
In their paper, "The Case for a Progressive Tax," they contend that the top federal income-tax rate in the US could more than double to 73% from 35% today without hurting economic growth.
To put it another way, the US is nowhere close to the top of the Laffer Curve, where higher tax rates start lowering tax revenues. If Diamond and Saez are correct, raising the top marginal rate to roughly 40% (actually closer to 43% when you account for other tax code changes), as Obama wants to, is no problemo.
Diamond and Saez summarize their findings in an April op-ed for The Wall Street Journal:
Thus we conclude that raising the top tax rate is very likely to result in revenue increases at least until we reach the 50% rate that held during the first Reagan administration, and possibly until the 70% rate of the 1970s. To reduce tax avoidance opportunities, tax rates on capital gains and dividends should increase along with the basic rate. Closing loopholes and stepping up enforcement would further limit tax avoidance and evasion.
Diamond and Saez, shorter: Let's use an "all of the above" tax hike strategy to create a tax-hike "straitjacket" of higher rates and fewer tax breaks for wealthier Americans (and small business). The approach is the clear model for Obama-style tax reform.
But a new American Enterprise Institute analysis, published in Tax Notes, of the Diamond and Saez research suggests Obama might want to rethink his tax-hike strategy — or at least his cavalier attitude toward the potential risks it poses to US economic growth and job creation. In their paper "Should the Top Marginal Income Tax Rate Be 73 per cent?," Aparna Mathur, Sita Slavov, and Michael Strain say they "do not believe that the [Diamond-Saez] model can be used prudently as the basis for the real-world public policy problem of determining the socially optimal top marginal income tax rate."
Conducting the sort of deep dive that economic policymakers and pundits rarely make, Mathur, Slavov, and Strain highlight a number of questionable assumptions and choices made by Diamond and Saez:
1. Diamond and Saez assume that high-income taxpayers react to tax hikes more or less like lower-income taxpayers, meaning not so much. While there is no consensus here, studies focusing on high-income individuals tend to find much higher estimates of short-term responsiveness than studies of lower-income households. It makes intuitive sense: Wealthier taxpayers have a greater ability to alter how much they work, in what form they get their income, and fashion tax- avoidance strategies. "We do not believe that in the real world the top tax rate should be set under the assumption that tax avoidance and evasion behaviour can be dramatically changed," Mathur, Slavov, and Strain write.
2. Diamond and Saez assume sharply raising tax rates has zero, zilch, zippo long-term impact on taxpayer behaviour and the economy since, well, those effects are hard to measure. But economists agree those long-term effects are important. America benefits greatly from people who take risks and make career choices in hopes of striking it rich. "Significantly reducing that possibility by hitting those individuals with extremely high income taxes is of first-order importance in determining the optimal top tax rate," Mathur, Slavov, and Strain argue.
3. Diamond and Saez have created a model — admittedly a lovely and elegant one — with a built-in bias that says more equality is better than less equality. Or, in other words, government should maximise the revenue it collects from high earners since they value each additional dollar of income less than lower-income earners. "Because the social loss from taking money from the rich is assumed to be zero and the social gain from giving money to the non-rich is greater than zero, society's goal is clear: The government should take as much money as possible from the rich and redistribute it to the non-rich," Mathur, Slavov, and Strain write. But is this really the role Americans want their tax code to play? The AEI economists:
Gregory Mankiw, a Harvard economist and former senior economic adviser to President George W. Bush, has said: "My sense is that people are rarely outraged when high incomes go to those who obviously earned them. When we see Steven Spielberg make blockbuster movies, Steve Jobs introduce the iPod, David Letterman crack funny jokes, and J.K. Rowling excite countless young readers with her Harry Potter books, we don't object to the many millions of dollars they earn in the process. The high incomes that generate anger are those that come from manipulating the system. The CEO who pads the corporate board with his cronies and the banker whose firm survives only by virtue of a government bailout do not seem to deserve their multimillion dollar bonuses. The public perceives them (correctly or incorrectly) as getting more than they contributed to society.
A better criterion, according to Mankiw, would be: "People should get what they deserve."
Diamond and Saez's academic work is filed with caveats and explanations not found in their work for public consumption, which is far more black and white. And to some degree that's understandable. But a deeper reading leads Mathur, Slavov, and Strain to this conclusion:
Diamond and Saez ignore long-term behavioural responses, assume more equality is a better social welfare function, assign no social value to the marginal dollar of consumption for the rich, and use a short-run behavioural response predicated in part on less evasion and more enforcement to compute an answer of 73 per cent. Consequently, we can be pretty sure that the answer is significantly less than that. Further, we find the suggestion that the government should take more than half of a citizen's income in taxes to be unpalatable.
Cranking up taxes on the rich isn't the free lunch or cure-all that liberals so desperately desire it to be. And anyway, the revenue-maximizing tax rate isn't the same as the growth-maximizing tax rate. America needs a tax code that pays for the amount of government it wants in a way that is as efficient and least harmful to economic growth as possible while also broadly reflecting society's sense of equity. Using a $15 trillion economy to run a precarious, ideologically-driven experiment to find the exact tax-rate tipping on the Laffer Curve of the current tax code — and thus temporarily avoiding politically risky entitlement and tax reform — is a terrible way to pursue public policy.
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Every year, we make preserves with the fruits from the garden. As I told you in a recent post, I had it all planned out so that nothing would go to waste and was determined to create Orangina soda. I used the kumquat pulp for the syrup of the drink and used all the kumquat rind for marmalade. To repeat the same flavors of the soft drink, I added tangerine to the marmalade as well. To make the marmalade a bit fancier, I added some vanilla beans and vanilla extract at the end.
Making marmalade is labor intensive, so gather some friends and family to get through the process. Rest assured that your efforts will be rewarded. We cooked and canned 13 pounds of fresh kumquats. If sealed properly, you can keep the jars of marmalade for a year. Good luck holding on to it that long though. The girls have already gone through two jars! The sweet fragrance of the kumquats and vanilla is intoxicating. Spread a little (or a lot) on a slice of buttered toast, pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy. It's the perfect way to start the day!
One day ahead...
Prepping the kumquats:
Slice the fruits in half and separate the flesh from the skin. Thinly slice the rind. You'll have about 2 cups of kumquat rind.
Gather all the pulp into a blender and pulse 2-3 times until coarsely chopped. Strain the juice through a fine-mesh sieve. Set aside 1/3 cup of kumquat juice and reserve the rest for making kumquat drink.
Prepping the tangerines:
Zest the tangerines with a fine mesh microplane, being careful to take only the thin orange skin, not the white pith beneath.
Peel the tangerines and divide them in half. Remove the membrane wall on one side around a segment. Apply a little pressure on the segment with your thumb to separate the segment along the next membrane (you could also use a paring knife but don't cut the fruit; use the knife as a separator). Loosen and free the segment and gently pull it away from the fruit, removing all the membrane. Repeat and remove the rest of the segments. This technique releases and spills less juice. Transfer the tangerine segments with as much as juice as possible into a bowl. I gathered 2-½ cups of tangerine pulp. Set aside.
Making tangerine-kumquat marmalade:
In a pot, combine the sliced kumquat rind, kumquat juice, tangerine zest, tangerine pulp, sugar and 1-½ quarts of water. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to a medium-low and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat. The content should be syrupy. Cover, set aside and let sit overnight (at least 18 hours) at room temperature.
The following day, bring the citrus mixture to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for about 40 minutes. Stir every now and then using a wooden spoon. Bring back a boil. Skim any foam that develops on the top before pouring into the Mason jars.
Using a paring knife, scrape and gather all the grains of the vanilla bean. Add the vanilla beans and vanilla extract to the marmalade.
Fill a large pot of water and bring to just under a boil. Place the Mason jars, lid, heat-proof funnel and tongs in the pot and let it boil for 10 minutes. Be sure to read the instructions that come with your Mason jars. They'll give you exact time and techniques.
Remove the jars from the water and fill with tangerine kumquat marmalade, leaving about ¼-inch of head space or whatever your canning directions say. Carefully place the lid on the jar. Tighten the collar around each jar. Bring your large pot of water to a boil and place all the sealed jars in it for 10 minutes.
Remove the jars from the water. If the top of the lid still pops, the vacuum didn't form and you'll need to consume the jam in the next couple of weeks, storing it in the refrigerator. Otherwise you can safely store it in your pantry for up to a year.
To insure good sterilization of the product, I stack a dozen magnets together to create a stick and use it as a gripper to place the lids on the jars without touching them. Just make sure the magnets are clean!
After scraping the grains of vanilla, do NOT discard the remaining vanilla bean. Just place the vanilla bean in a jar and cover it with regular granulated sugar. Let it sit for a few weeks and you'll have fragrant vanilla sugar (great with plain yogurt).
If you don't have any vanilla bean, you can double the amount of vanilla extract.
The next day, when you bring the marmalade back to a rolling boil for the second time after simmering for 40 minutes, your candy thermometer should read 220°F.
Another test to see if the jam is done is to place a drop of it on a cold plate. After it cools down (2 minutes), if you tilt the plate and it stays in place, it's time to put it into the jars.
The marmalade will taste better if you let the sealed jar sit for at least a week before opening.


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This is the Prisma Envelope, the latest addition to the Prisma family by the uber cool Alexander Wang. It's a bag that you call young, stylish and most definitely classic looking. Even the design is kept to a minimum with an envelope-shaped flap and gold hardware.
The moment you open the front flap, you'll see a hidden slip pocket and three compartments with a zipped pocket divider. This bag is definitely a great addition to the wardrobes of those who love small, basic bags.


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To little surprise, running back Barry Sanders was the favorite of PFT Planet.
In fact, he technically appeared on 104 percent of the ballots, which means that plenty of you voted for fewer than four Lions. Which given the team's recent history is understandable.
The PFT foursome consisted of Sanders, Calvin Johnson, Bobby Layne, and Alex Karras.
PFT Planet replaced Karras with Night Train Lane.
Johnson appeared on 64 percent of the ballots. Lane showed up on 52 percent. Layne appeared on 44 percent — six points less than the 50-year curse Layne put on the Lions when the franchise traded him.


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This Hall Tree is something that I picked up about 12 years ago. It has sat at the front door my last four homes. I have used the small table top to display all sorts of decorative 'welcome' items and even used it as a sign in area for meetings. Unfortunately, it is a super large piece of furniture and it has been overwhelming my front door/dining area ever since we moved into this home. My entryway is just not as large as the other homes. When we started the project to paint the interior of the house a few months ago, I knew that it was either time for this Hall Tree to go or time to find it another location. I decided to bring it up into the master suite as an entry piece. In the image above it is sitting in the master bedroom looking rather unloved and undecorated.
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I am getting so excited about this master bedroom! I feel like I am in the home stretch! Stay tuned.....


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When I caught up with the Gilets Jaunes on March 2, near the Jardin du Ranelagh, they were moving in such a mass through the streets that all traffic had come to a halt. The residents of Passy, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Paris, stood agape and apart and afraid. Many of the shops and businesses along the route of the march, which that day crossed seven and a half miles of the city, were shuttered for the occasion, the proprietors fearful of the volatile crowd, who mostly hailed from outside Paris and were considered a rabble of invaders.
The Great Kurultáj, an event held annually outside the town of Bugac, Hungary, is billed as both the "Tribal Assembly of the Hun-Turkic Nations" and "Europe's Largest Equestrian Event." When I arrived last August, I was fittingly greeted by a variety of riders on horseback: some dressed as Huns, others as Parthian cavalrymen, Scythian archers, Magyar warriors, csikós cowboys, and betyár bandits. In total there were representatives from twenty-seven "tribes," all members of the "Hun-Turkic" fraternity. The festival's entrance was marked by a sixty-foot-tall portrait of Attila himself, wielding an immense broadsword and standing in front of what was either a bonfire or a sky illuminated by the baleful glow of war. He sported a goatee in the style of Steven Seagal and, shorn of his war braids and helmet, might have been someone you could find in a Budapest cellar bar. A slight smirk suggested that great mirth and great violence together mingled in his soul.
Celebrity sightings are a familiar feature of the modern N.B.A., but this year's playoffs included an appearance unusual even by the standards of America's most star-friendly sports league. A few minutes into the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, between the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets—the season's hottest ticket, featuring the reigning M.V.P. on one side and the reigning league champions on the other—President Paul Kagame of Rwanda arrived with an entourage of about a dozen people, creating what the sports website The Undefeated called "a scene reminiscent of the fashionably late arrivals of Prince, Jay-Z, Beyoncé and Rihanna."
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Well done to those concerned with putting up our Christmas lights again this year. The trees at the Town Hall and Age Concern look really nice and the small shop trees add that extra special touch.
It would be really nice to have some of the trees lit up along our main roads, Mansfield Road through to The Carrs and the one in Boyes car park. I know there's a cost to installing the electricity as I've looked into this before - always too late for the current festive season, then I've forgotten about it once Christmas is over. I wonder if the PC could look into whether MDC or the lottery could find some funding for it. It's too late for this year but maybe it's time to think ahead for next year.
Clipstone, Shirebrook, Blidworth and other local small towns do it and it looks magical.


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'Violent Playground' was directed in 1958 by Basil Dearden. Much of it was filmed on location in Liverpool, at the time an untidy and hellish mix of building and bomb site, studded with huge social housing projects that, from today's perspective, seem less 'streets in the sky' than holding pens for the next generation of criminals, layabouts, dogsbodies and skivvies.
Into this harsh and degrading environment comes the very great Stanley Baker, a hard bitten Detective who, inexplicably, is moved from investigating a series of arson attacks to Juvenile Liaison Officer. Baker isn't married, hates children and thinks that pretty much every situation can be dealt with by administering a 'wallop'. He doesn't see the point of helping anyone who isn't a law abiding citizen, let alone a snotty nosed brat, but, when a fellow officer points out that the most important arrest in an offender's life isn't the first one, but the second - because it means that he / she has now decided to become a criminal -he promises to give it a go.
His first case is the Murphy twins, a boy and a girl who, at seven, know they are too young to be prosecuted and so spend their time bunking off school and shoplifting. They're quite charming in an annoying, rascally way, so he softens a bit, grabs their dirty hands and takes them back to their flat in a massive complex down by the docks to have a word with their Mum and Dad. Dad's away at sea, and Mum's run off with another bloke, so parental guidance is provided by older sister Kathy (Anne Heywood) and older brother Johnny (David McCallum): she's gorgeous; he's a dangerous hoodlum, so Baker decides to get to know the family a bit better.
|Baker and the Murphy twins approach the ramparts.
|Not particularly violent, but almost certainly a Health & Safety nightmare.
|An awkward moment.
Johnny heads up a gang of Teddy Boy-ish teenage delinquents. It's not a particularly impressive gang, as it contains a young Melvyn Hayes and an even younger Freddie Starr, but it's a gang, nonetheless, and barking out orders is the most work Johnny does these days, despite having the potential to become a first class athlete. Baker strongly suspects that the gang have something to do with the arson attacks, and this conviction is strengthened when he hears that, as a kid, Johnny raised the alarm about a major fire and was a local hero for a time. The shrewd Baker thinks that Johnny wants to relive his triumph, but in an evil way, and he's right - Johnny is pretty messed up, a ball of neurosis who only comes alive when he hears fire engine bells or the incessant animal beat of a hep rock and roll record.
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|A blur of intensity. Melvyn Hayes on the right.
There's a brilliant sequence when Baker is talking to Johnny and actually making progress until they pass a flat where the rest of the gang are dancing frenziedly to a Johnny Luck platter. Gripped by the music, Johnny falls into a strange reverie, his face and body twitching to the beat. Within seconds he is dancing too, wildly and uninhibitedly, and this becomes a dance of violence and threat - choreographed menace (sort of - it's rather camp). Baker's face is a picture, and reminds me of the moment my Dad first saw The Smiths on 'Top Of The Pops' - incomprehension, revulsion, contempt, fear.
Johnny eventually snaps, of course, and holds a classroom full of children to ransom with a German WW2 MP40 Sub Machine Gun. It's a strategic disaster, as the school is of the Modernist style and is open plan. Johnny ends up in the back of a Black Mariah, bound for whatever whitewashed, carbolic smelling institution is the closest. I hope it's fireproof. Baker cops off with the sister, and the twins will be saved from Johnny's fate by his firm, fatherly hand.
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We've had some fun on this blog looking at his hairpieces, but I genuinely think Stanley Baker was probably the most exciting and interesting leading man working in British film in the post-war period up until the early sixties, but, because much of that particular period is unfashionable and has fallen out of public view, his talents are often overlooked.
Baker was able to be incredibly tough and tender at the same time - an undeniably hard and capable man who could be brought down by dangerous weaknesses like loyalty and love and honour. He was also a superlative villain - black eyed and hawk like in appearance, utterly ruthless and good in a scrap. He died, not even fifty, in 1976. He's one of my heroes, whatever he's got on his head.


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NBC Universal wants to further expand its international production division in the UK, Australia and Canada as part of the next stage of the company's growth plans.
NBC Universal International Television Production is eyeing the acquisition of further indies to sit alongside Downton Abbey producer Carnival Film & Television, Made In Chelsea producer Monkey Kingdom and Australia's Matchbox Pictures, which made The Slap.
It is also looking to set up creative partnerships with individuals, joining the burgeoning trend for umbrella companies, but is expected to stick to producers in English-speaking countries.
The growth plans will be helped by the appointment of former BBC Worldwide executive Sarah Cooper, who has joined as chief operating officer. Cooper was previously chief operating officer and deputy chief executive of the commercial arm of the BBC and was an integral part of BBCW's global march, which has seen it expand its international production and channel businesses over the past few years.
She will be responsible for business and legal affairs, finance and format sales, allowing Michael Edelstein, who joined in June 2010 as president of NBCU International Television Production, to hunt for new targets and co-production opportunities.
"The advantage of bringing Sarah into NBCU is that it allows us to be more strategic as an organisation and for me to work more creatively," said Edelstein. "It's important to have time to focus creatively in order to find big projects and the best ideas."
Edelstein is a former executive producer of Desperate Housewives and helped launch the CSI franchise. He said he was confident that there are still exciting new production entities to be found, highlighting Lucky Giant, which was set up by Hat Trick Productions' former head of comedy Mario Stylianides, and Chocolate Media, set up by Alan Brown, who exec produced the first season of The Apprentice.
"We're always open to looking around," said Edelstein. "We don't want to reward past success, but to build companies with a future. We want to invest in companies where we feel there's room for growth."
NBCU International Tele vision Production will focus on English-speaking territories rather than targeting producers across Europe, Asia or Latin America.
"We're strong in English-language programming and we have a distribution machine that knows how to sell it," he explained. "Rather than trying to be like Endemol, FremantleMedia or Shine, we thought we'd play it straight."
Following the global success of Downton Abbey, particularly in the US, NBCU has lined up a fresh slate of shows for 2013. Family Tree is a Lucky Giant mockumentary series for BBC2 and HBO created by Spinal Tap's Christopher Guest. It stars Moone Boy's Chris O'Dowd as a young man investigating his lineage and is likely to play out this spring.
Camp is a Dazed And Confused-style comedy that will air on NBC in the summer and is produced by NBCU's Australian producer Matchbox, while Carnival Film's Jonathan Rhys Meyers-fronted Dracula is a co-production between NBC and Sky Living.
"Part of what I'm here to do is research and development for the US. If we can bring the next The Voice or Top Chef to the US, that would be great," said Edelstein. "We're thinking about how we can move the needle in the world of NBC."
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- Key shows Family Tree; Homeboys
Chocolate Media
- Founded 2010
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- Key shows Baggage; Great Houses With Julian Fellowes
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Mitt Romney is hosting a mixer in Park City, Utah this summer to unite "political, business and other thought leaders," according to the Chicago Tribune, but you probably aren't invited unless you're a future Republican contender for President or a deep-pocketed donor.
The Tribune got their hands on an invitation for Romney's big summer party, though they aren't necessarily on the guest list. It's being hosted by Solamere Capital, the private equity firm founded and run by Mitt's son Tagg Romney, where elder Romney now works and eats cupcakes.
To get on the guest list, you have to be someone important with a bright political future like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, or Romney's former running mate Paul Ryan. As the Tribune explains, the party is an excuse for Christie and Ryan to shake hands with the kind of zillionaires that write checks for political campaigns:
An advantage for any potential 2016 candidates will be the other guests at the event. If, as expected, the upcoming event draws former Romney donors, it would offer the future contenders a chance to forge relationships with some of those who contributed to Romney's powerful fundraising operation.
So, Romney's new role in the Republican party is being a money man, or at least the guy who knows the money men and women. He's a financier. Which makes enough sense considering he usually gets around with some of the most ridiculously, out of touch rich people in the world.
This summer retreat is drawing comparisons to a weekend getaway Romney organized for his campaign supporters last summer. That party earned rave reviews from attendees, and featured a very serious foreign policy speech from Condoleezza Rice and a comedy set from Karl Rove. Among the guests: Arizona Sen. John McCain, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and Jeb Bush.
It was hosted in hotel along the Utah mountains, just like this year's party, a reference to the time he spent organizing the Winter olympics there. Romney's showmanship was the real takeaway of that weekend. At the end of one of Romney's speeches, he had Olympic skiers do backflips off ski jumps into the hotel pools to entertain his guests.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College softball team (34-14, 13-9 PBC) enters the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Tournament this weekend as the No. 4 seed after sophomore Marisa Boyette (Marietta, Ga.) inspired her teammates; pitching a one-hit shutout in the second game of a doubleheader against Lander University (8-42, 2-20 PBC) Tuesday on Senior Day at the Peeler Complex. The Bobcats took both contests, 7-2 and 9-0 as they prepare to make a championship run.
Boyette (12-6) struck out half the batters she faced in five innings of work. The sophomore hurler fanned nine and allowed just one walk, while her counterpart freshman Carly Lewis (Seymour, Tenn.)(16-8) allowed seven hits and one earned run with five strikeouts in seven innings in the opening game.
In the first game, four players accounted for all nine Bobcat hits as Georgia College took a 6-0 lead after five innings before coasting to the 7-2 win. In the shortened second game, the Bobcats also came away with nine hits but in five innings and scored at least one run at every at-bat.
On a day set to honor the seniors, they did not disappoint. Emily Hammond (Gainesville, Ga.) was solid in the field with only one official at-bat, while the two Whitneys did massive damage offensively. Whitney Horton (Acworth, Ga.) and Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) combined for 8-of-12 at the plate, scoring seven runs with one RBI while stealing three bases.
Game one belonged to sophomore Danielle Knight (Dudley, Ga.). She went 3-for-3 and scored two runs with one RBI. She opened the scoring for the Bobcats in the third inning and doubled in the fourth. Sophomore Abi LeRoy (Dublin, Ga.), Okvist and Horton all ended the first game with a pair of hits.
Game two saw Knight, Horton and Okvist lead the squad with two hits apiece, the latter scoring three and stealing a base to bring her career total to 162. Knight accounted for half the team's eight RBI, and freshman Faith Flanders ((Dublin, Ga.) hit a solo home run in the second.
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Reclaiming Your Sanity This Summer
June 16–20, 2014 | Vol. 119, Week 14
Originally Aired: June 25–29, 2012 | Volume 112, Programs 36–40
Summertime is every school kid's favorite time of the year! This week on Home School Heartbeat, Mike Smith shares thoughts on how to reclaim your summer from the frenetic pace of the school year and enjoy it to the fullest with your family!
"An important part of childhood is having the time to think about life, to explore the world at a leisurely pace, and to develop imagination."—Mike Smith
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Mike Smith: For most families, summer is a time to shift gears, ease up on the academics, and enjoy some hard-earned rest! Whether you're stopping school completely or just changing your routine, summer can be a great season to try new things—like swimming lessons or a road trip.
But today I want to encourage you to take advantage of summer in another way. Most of us function in one general way. I might be disorganized, while you may be a "type A" who has the next year planned in detail. If you have children, chances are some of them have different temperaments from you!
This is a good time to experience life differently than you normally do. If you tend to meticulously plan every day, your family might thrive on a few weeks of spontaneous adventures. And once you get over the shock of not having your day mapped, you might enjoy the journey a little bit more, too!
On the other hand, if you're less organized, your children may really benefit from participating in a structured summer activity. Whether it's a weekly class or a few weeks at camp, learning to follow a more fixed routine is a valuable lesson for homeschooled children. And it's one that they will need to have learned later in life when they leave your home. Why not give them a head start this summer?
Join me next time for more summer break suggestions! And until then, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Last time on the program, we considered summer break as a great opportunity to try new things, or even new ways of doing things. Today's suggestion is simple: you don't have to do everything.
Sure, summer provides an opportunity for numerous activities—swimming lessons, sports clinics, summer camps, or catching up on a challenging subject with some tutoring. But think back to your own childhood memories. Do you remember mornings spent wandering through the woods, or afternoons where all you did was run through the sprinkler and eat popsicles with your best friend? An important part of childhood is having the time to think about life, to explore the world at a leisurely pace, and to develop imagination.
It can be easy to think that we need to provide every possible opportunity for our children. But we might accidentally crowd out the time and space they need just to be a child! After all, parents aren't the only ones who suffer when the pace of life is too frenetic.
So this summer, give your child some breathing room. Make sure she has a library card and time to read. Does your child know how to entertain himself? Consider turning off the TV, computer, and the Xbox for a while. Boredom can be a powerful motivator for self-directed learning! Let your child discover the world outside, and the world of ideas. He'll thank you someday when he looks back.
And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: Last time, we thought about the importance of giving your children time to just be children this summer. Having time to think and dream is good for children of all ages! But as your students get older, there's another level of self-direction they can explore during the summer.
Even if you don't normally use a child-directed approach to learning, summer is a great time to let your student really explore his own interests. That might be simple, like checking out books from the library on a topic that interests him. Or it might be a little more involved!
One local family has a high school–age son who's interested in agriculture. Since his parents come from white-collar professional backgrounds, they networked with friends to find a family on the other side of the country who had a ranch where their son could work over the summer. The experience confirmed for the young man that he does want to pursue farming, so he's applying now to study agricultural science in college.
While your student may not discover her vocational calling over the summer, this is a perfect time to branch out, explore, research, or volunteer. And as much as you may want a particular future for your children, it's their own interests, strengths, and skills that must ultimately carry them forward. So give them a chance to start making their way by exploring what intrigues them now.
And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: This week we've been focusing on giving your child both new experiences and the time and space to explore the world this summer. But there's another gift that you can give your child that you might not have considered: take some time to rest yourself.
"When mamma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy," the old saying goes. And it's true. If you come out of summer still on the edge of burn-out, the start of your next school year is unlikely to be joyful or exciting. So this summer, find a way to make some time for just mom. Can you take your kids to the grandparents? Swap a weekend of babysitting with a friend? You might get out of town for a few days, or just create a day were you have the house to yourself. Taking the time to refresh and renew will bless your whole family.
And just as important as taking "just mom" time is taking "just mom and dad" time. Cultivating a healthy marriage is the best thing you can do for your children. This summer is a great time to prioritize spending time with your spouse.
Take advantage of the long evenings to take a walk together and talk. Is there an activity, like water skiing or camping, that you enjoyed together during your courtship or early marriage? Making time to do something fun together can go a long way toward building a better family. And until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
Mike Smith: This week we've been considering various ways that homeschooling families—and especially the teaching parent—can reclaim sanity over the summer. Whether you take time to do new things, or do nothing at all, the summer provides a break from school and your normal routine.
But before you forget totally about the cares and responsibilities of homeschooling, there are a few things that you can do right now.
If you haven't already done this, take time this summer to evaluate your past school year and plan for the upcoming one. You may find it helpful to draw a simple rubric for this purpose. How did each of your students do in each area of academics? If your student struggles in a specific subject, would a different curriculum better fit his learning style? Do you need to do a "summer intensive" on any particularly challenging subject?
But don't stop at academics. How are your children developing emotionally, relationally, and—most importantly—spiritually? Take advantage of the summer break to pour more intensive time into a struggling relationship. Brainstorm with your spouse and mentors about how to disciple and encourage your child better in the coming year. And don't forget to ask your child for their input, too!
Taking time to regroup this summer will pay dividends when you start next fall with a vision for where you want to take your family, and how to get there. And that, friends, is a summer well spent. But until next time, I'm Mike Smith.
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Michael Smith and his wife Elizabeth, along with Michael Farris and his wife, Vicki, incorporated Home School Legal Defense Association in 1983 and were the original board members. Mike grew up in Arkansas, graduated from the University of Arkansas where he played basketball, majoring in business administration. Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and served three years before attending law school at the University of San Diego.
In 1972, he was admitted to the bar in California and also has been admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States. He is licensed in Virginia, California, and Washington, D.C.
Mike and his family began homeschooling because their 5-year-old flunked kindergarten. This was quite a disappointment to Mike in light of the fact that he was preparing this child to be president of the United States by starting his education as early as possible.
His family's life changed drastically when he heard a radio program in 1981 which introduced him to the idea of homeschooling. When they started homeschooling, they began homeschooling one year at a time to meet the academic and social needs of their children. After spending lots of time around people like Mike Farris, he became convinced that he had been called to use his gifts and talents in the legal profession to assist homeschoolers who were being prosecuted because they didn't hold a teacher's certificate or satisfy the school district that they could competently teach their children.
Mike came to HSLDA full-time in 1987 and has served as president of the organization since the year 2001. In addition to serving as president, he also is a contact lawyer for California, Nevada and Puerto Rico. All of Mike's children are now grown, and three of the four were homeschooled. The most enjoyable part of Mike's job is when he is able to go to homeschool conferences and meet what he calls America's greatest heroes, homeschooling moms.
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I had fully intended to give a detailed running account of this year's Scientific Assembly. Unfortunately, this has been the busiest and most hectic SA ever for me. I have been running from lecture to committee meetings to interviews to meetings with insurers, billing agencies, ED Information system vendors and more. And socializing, of course. Even though we are basically in my home town, I haven't seen my kids in three days.
Probably the most fun has been the recruiting. I have met maybe a dozen senior residents from exceptional training programs, all lured to the balmy Pacific Northwest. Fun to meet and get to know these guys (and girls), and also fun to pitch our group to them, since I am really proud of the organization we have built.
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Why I Didn't Go to Confession Today.
This morning I attended Mass rather than concelebrated Mass. Earlier in the week I was unable to find a Saturday morning Mass anywhere in the area so I was pretty much going to have to miss Mass today. But late last night on the internet I found a church abut a half an hour away that had an 8:00 AM Mass. This was doubly good for me because I wanted to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation if the priest had time after Mass since it and been a few weeks since my last confession. But it was a little late to make any arrangement for concelebration.
I left around 7:15 AM and got there in plenty of time to spend some time preparing for Mass and, hopefully, the Sacrament of Reconciliation. When Mass began, the priest, a guy about my age, came out and said, "Hello," and then proceeded with the Mass. The only problem was he had forgotten the Sign of the Cross. Well, maybe he was just a little distracted. I think we did the penetential rite but I'm not sure. There was no "Gloria" so I was beginning to think we weren't going to be celebrating the Feast of the Transfiguration since it hadn't been mentioned yet but eventually we got there when he "prayed" a spontaneous opening prayer that did mention the Transfiguration.
Things kind of went downhill from there. I'll spare you the details. I will say I'm pretty sure it was still a valid Mass even though he changed the words of the Eucharistic institution – a lot, not just a few. There is a theological practice of the Church called "Ecclesia supplet" ("the Church provides") where if a priest inadvertently forgets some of the words of the ritual form or changes them, the "Church" recognizes the good faith of those gathered and their right to valid celebration of the sacraments and provides sacramental validity in the case of a human error or priestly malpractice. This is done for the sake of the people of God and not as an excuse for the sloppy or 'creative' celebration of the priest or bishop. Even though the priest went way over the the line in terms of his 'creativity' this morning, I think the intention of those us who came to Mass was to celebrate the Eucharist as the Church intends and so it was.
As "Mass" progressed I was both disappointed and annoyed. I wasn't angry. I learned the trick long ago of moving into emotional "cruise control" when this stuff starts to happen. I also began to wonder if I should say something to the priest afterwards. I mean, I was just there as a visitor not as his bishop or vicar general. I was also on vacation so … Nevertheless, I didn't let it go. What I did or did not do, I will leave between me and the priest. I hope it was helpful.
I do know one thing. I certainly wasn't going to ask him to hear my Confession. If he changed the words of the Institution Narrative, there's no telling what he might do with the words of Absolution. I suppose I could have asked him before we began the sacrament if he would be so kind as to use the Church's rite and not his own but then that opens a whole can of worms. So I didn't go to Confession. I'll try and make an appointment with a priest and go Monday. But isn't it a shame that I couldn't go to Confession?
Every time people ask my why some in the Church have a desire for the "extraordinary rite," the traditional Latin Mass, I guess I can give them at least one good reason. Masses like this. When one attends the Mass according to the Tridentine Rite, you know what you are going to get. There is no one being 'creative,' no one making up their own prayers or rite, and no question of validity. I am a chid of Vatican II. From the time I was old enough to understand what was happening at Mass, it has been the Mass of Pope Paul VI. I have been formed in it. I have studied it. I love it. Out of it, I have been ordained a deacon, a priest, and a bishop to celebrate it for the people of God. I have no desire to celebrate the Tridentine Rite but any time I hear people criticize those who want the "traditional" Mass, I am more inclined to understand why they want this form of the Mass. Perhaps if each priest were committed to the correct celebration of the present Mass of Paul VI – the Church's rites and not the rite of Fr. X – then maybe there would be less clamor for the "traditional" rite. Just a thought.


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From the usually admirable MedPundit (h/t Kevin):
"Universal Pander
What are people really wishing for when they say they wish for a single nationalized health insurance program? Security. Our current employer-provided system means that most of us are just a pink slip away from losing our insurance coverage. It also means that, deprived of the bargaining power of large corporations and unions, the self-employed are left with fewer choices and higher premiums. Handing over the whole kit and kaboodle to the government is a seductively simple solution. But it would also be a very expensive solution.
The British are often held up as the standard to which we should aspire."
Arrgh! (sound of head exploding)
NOBODY is advocating for an NHS! Not even nut-job lefty elf Kucinich! NOBODY! Primarily that's because the NHS is a disaster. There are other reasons, too, but I'll leave it at that.
Also, you miss one major fact in your coda -- the UK spends less per capita, but not because UK citizens are dying and not utilizing their health care. The average life expectancy there is in fact longer. They spend less because they pay doctors less, have invested much much less in medical infrastructure, and cut corners on utilization of health care (from doctor visits, to simple labs, to heart caths to MRIs). The effect this has on outcomes has not been well established.
You are right, though, in your central point, I think: Universal health (or a government-run national health insurance) will do little to contain the exploding costs of health care. Universal Coverage and Cost Containment are two very different things, and I have not seen a proposal which adequately addresses both. I'm not sure it's really possible to address both in a single unified proposal. Even the most dramatic proposal, Medicare for all, would achieve only temporary reduction in cost due to a reduction in administrative costs, but would not inherently reduce the amount Americans spend on health care, or the growth in health care spending. HillaryCare and EdwardsCare and ObamaCare have only vague pretensions to cost control and focus primarily on expanding the number of people with access to health care.
Which is fine with me.
The crisis right HERE and NOW is the 48 million-plus Americans who have no access to medical care. The future crisis is the economic sustainability of the system. Both need to be addressed, but my preference is to fix the pressing humanitarian crisis first and then address the sustainability factor down the road. Honestly, not only is universal coverage more urgent, it's easier. There doesn't seem to be any easy solution to the cost growth -- there are too many variables, cultural factors, scientific questions, and interested stakeholders to allow for a quick & simple fix. There is, however, a number of quick & easy fixes to universal coverage.
So let's just get busy with that and figure out how we'll pay for it down the road.
26 September 2007
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"So let's just get busy with that and figure out how we'll pay for it down the road."ReplyDelete
That sounds fiscally irresponsible. Bush must be rubbing off on you.
- Anonymous9/26/2007 3:47 PM
"The crisis right HERE and NOW is the 48 million-plus Americans who have no access to medical care."ReplyDelete
Actually that's just wrong. Walk into any ER and you'll be taken care of. (Of course that is not the best or most cost effective way to be taken care of.) What I think you mean is that these people have no 3rd party payor to pay for their care. And that is something entirely different.
Anon 3:47,ReplyDelete
With respect, you have no idea what you are talking about. Walk into an ER with dangerously elevated blood pressure, and you'll walk out with a piece of paper directing you to go get a doctor to get the blood pressure under control (after a work-up to rule out stroke, etc). Walk in with diabetes and you'll get a prescription for medicine which you probably can't afford and a referral to a primary care doctor (who may not see you without insurance). Come in with abdominal pain due to gall stones and you'll get some tests and a shot of pain medicine and be referred to a surgeon who won't operate without you getting some insurance.
We can apply the million-dollar band-aid, but other than in crisis situations, you can't get health care in the ER.
Scalpel --
Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
I admit uninsured patients with gallbladder attacks all the time. They get their gallbladders taken out the next day.ReplyDelete
If someone can't afford a simple diabetes pill, then they should be able to qualify for existing Medicaid programs. Which is no guarantee that they will be able to find docs to take care of them long term. Then again, they won't have that guarantee with a single payer system either.
How much money is there to be saved by making preventative care available to the 48 million uninsured? Also, are there savings to be realized when those operating under the Bush/Anon 3:47 plan stop bothering the ER? Seriously, is there an efficiency improvement if they go to a GP instead?ReplyDelete
The crisis right HERE and NOW is the 48 million-plus Americans who have no access to medical care.ReplyDelete
It will never be possible to take "progressives" seriously on reform as long as you insist on peddling this canard.
At least half of these "48 million-plus Americans" fall into two categories: people who can afford coverage but choose not to buy it and people who are eligible for government aid but choose not to apply for it. Another 20% aren't Americans at all. They are foreign nationals (both documented and undocumented).
The "plight of the uninsured" is a Potemkin crisis.
I love the "choose" framing there -- it's all free market and personal responsibility woo hoo!ReplyDelete
Bullshit. It's hard to take any conservative seriously who insists that people are in large numbers "choosing" not to have funding for health care. When family premiums are approaching $10,000 annually, insurance is essentially out of reach even for families with incomes well above the poverty line. Is it a "choice" -- well technically, yes, if you prioritize rent, food, phone, transportation, clothes, over health insurance it's a choice. But it's not a free choice, and not a rational choice.
Similarly with medicaid, it is true that there are a sizable number of people eligible who are unenrolled. Why? Not because they have "chosen" not to -- more likely because they are unaware of the option, or they are unsophisticated and ran into administrative roadblocks that they did not know how to overcome and just gave up. And even if they did sign up, I'm not sure what good it would do -- the state medicaid budgets are all overextended and in WA, every year they announce new cut-backs in eligibility. And where would all the doctors come from to treat these new medicaid patients? Most docs in our community stopped accepting new medicaid patients long ago.
Potemkin crisis, my ass. If you claim there is no crisis in access to health insurance/health care you are either being willfully blind or deliberately misleading.
We rarely admit simple symptomatic cholelithiasis. If the WBC is up, intractable pain, vomiting, abnl labs, etc, yeah we can admit for more urgent surgical treatment. But for those who are uncomplicated (insured or otherwise) it's usually a pain shot or two (or three), labs and ultrasound, and home with surgical follow-up. These do account for the majority of gallstone presentations.
It's not clear to me that we would "save" money with universal coverage. Predictably, those with new access to care will utilize that access and costs will rise. There is an argument that society might recoup some of that cost with increased number of healthy and productive citizens, but that's speculative, I think.
if you prioritize rent, food, phone, transportation, clothes, over health insurance it's a choice. But it's not a free choiceReplyDelete
Here are some inconvenient facts about recent increases in the uninsured that you might want to ponder:
Two-thirds of the 2005-2006 increase involved families with annual incomes above $75K.
93% of the increase involved families with annual incomes above $50K.
There was a 4% decline in the number of uninsured people from families with annual incomes below $25,000.
I'm afraid the data just don't support your overwrought and melodramatic image
Thanks for the data -- it reinforces my point. A family of four making $50,000 can in no way afford $11,000 in insurance premiums. (That's the most recent average premium cost according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.) So, given that fewer and fewer employers are providing health care as a benefit, more and more middle-class families are having to shoulder the full cost of insurance. Since the regressive tax code results in a $50,000 annual income yielding, what, $37,000 post taxes, that's almost 30% of take-home pay that would be consumed by insurance.
And you would claim that it's their "choice" not to purchase it. Nice.
Your link goes to a 2005 USA Today article that misrepresents the Kaiser findings. If you will take the time to read the Kaiser Foundation press release, you will find that it contains the following verbiage:ReplyDelete
The average worker paid $2,713 toward premiums for family coverage in 2005 or 26% of the total health premium.
The latest survey shows that the cost has now risen to $3,281, nowhere near your $11K figure.
Which begs this question: How solid is an argument that relies on bogus stats?
The crisis right HERE and NOW is the 48 million-plus Americans who have no access to medical care.ReplyDelete
I'll tell the people who run one of the large 3 free or reduced-priced clinics not including the grocery store clinics (if I have time, I'll tell one of the 6 charity dental clinics too) in a 3 mile radius of my hospital that not a single person who is uninsured still has access to medical care in this city. They'll be interested in knowing that their $20 fee to be seen is too much.
Carton- You certainly don't seem to be someone who has ever had to prioritize housing, food, clothing, etc over healthcare. As a recent college graduate, I have a lot of friends working for non-profits that can't affort health insurance but don't qualify for assisted care, or have insurance with such crappy coverage that they still can't afford to be seen. Adding student loans to that food/shelter burden can be a real bitch. It's absurd to act as though the availability of ER care, when you know that using it could drive you bankrupt, qualifies as "access to healthcare."ReplyDelete
Nurse K- Having worked for a couple of free/reduced-price clinics, I agree that they are doing really important and great work. But they are more of a bandaid for a messed-up system than a real solution. The clinics I worked for offer a lot of care but also have pretty impressive limits. A huge portion of the uninsured patients we'd have to refer to specialists never ended up getting seen because those folks never bothered with developing a system to deal with the un and underinsured.
- Anonymous9/28/2007 10:10 AM
I am so tired of the pandering to the so called poor. I am so tired of mom bringing kids into the ER for a visit to get a tylenol prescription because "medicaid will pay for it". She digs the medicaid card (next to her Mexican ID card) out from the bottom of her purse underneath the IPOD, ringing cell phone, and keys to a new Explorer.ReplyDelete
It is all bull....! We need to reduce the dependency, not create more of it. The government wants to be the big teat and there are to many people who are disgustingly willing to suck on it.
I am so tired of the pandering to the so called poor. I am so tired of mom bringing kids into the ER for a visit to get a tylenol prescription because "medicaid will pay for it". She digs the medicaid card (next to her Mexican ID card) out from the bottom of her purse underneath the IPOD, ringing cell phone, and keys to a new Explorer.ReplyDelete
Well, anonymous 10:10, we are all tired of something I suppose. I'm tired of self-righteous bigots. I do have the comfort of knowing that (1) the tide is turning against those who've spent so long vilifying the poor and (2) Jesus is on my side. To quote Bill Murray, "whichisnice."
Upon further reflection, I wonder if anon 10:10 actually means these things. I suspect s/he may be a lefty trying to make the righties look bad. Hard to tell.
- Anonymous9/28/2007 11:27 AM
The "self righteousness" of the left makes me laugh. They love to be self righteous with what others have and that there can never be anything such as fraud waste and abuse. Jesus was not any government entity. Sure he taught that individuals should help the poor. I don't think he promoted dependency but instead promoted self responsibility. A hand up, not necessarily a hand out. Create a bunch of dependent people though and I guess you can advance your agenda by creating a generation of dependent helpless people, EH?
Ooh, Jimii played the "bigot card."ReplyDelete
That's always an argument-winner.
Shadowfax: in the absence of intractable pain, vomiting, fever, or elevated WBC, of course there is no absolute indication for cholecystectomy anyway. Dietary modification, yes. Antispasmodic medications, certainly. Avoiding the KFC and the enchiladas is a good first step.
Oh noes, now the angry self-righteous libs might call me a bigot too. Except that I'm a big fan of KFC and enchiladas myself.
- Anonymous9/28/2007 11:34 AM
I work at a national for-profit hospital. The poor get first rate care at our hospital even though there is a county hospital 1o miles away that recieves lots of government funding to do this job.
A STEMI gets a cardiac cath ASAP and a CABG if he needs it. Those out of meds get free hardship meds from the social worker. The hot gallbladder gets a cholecystectomy. The trauma patient gets a first rate trauma activation, scans, surgery, etc if needed. All of this at hospital and provider expense.
Shadowfax could write for generic diabetes meds and htn meds that can be filled at WalMart for 4$. BTW many of these people have these problems because of decades of self abuse, smoking, drinking, and supersized fast foods. Again, much of America has lost self respect and responsibility.
Anon made his fictional welfare queen Mexican in an effort to make her less sympathetic. True? Alright, well, that is the behavior of a racist. I did not read something into what s/he posted. The comment is on its face racist.
I challenge you to find one pull yourself up by the bootstraps quote from Jesus. If you think it hurts the poor to provide them with food or healing, fair enough. It is not an irrational argument, but Jesus didn't think so.
I took his statement as expressing his frustration with illegal aliens (most of whom are indeed Mexican) sucking off the tit of the US taxpayers. Many nonracist Americans share that frustration.ReplyDelete
Catron---You certainly don't seem to be someone who has ever had to prioritize housing, food, clothing, etc over healthcare.ReplyDelete
Ah ... but I have. In my misspent youth. I was so poor that I push-started my VW (jumping inside to pop the clutch) for 6 months because I couldn't afford a new battery. And I sure as hell didn't have health coverage at that time. But it never occurred to me (not once) that the taxpayer owed me health care coverage, or anything else.
But that's not the issue. the point is this: The "plight of the uninsured" has been wildly exaggerated by misguided people who think (despite all of the evidence) that our health care system will be more efficient and cheaper if we allow a bunch of government apparatchiks run the thing.
The "crisis" is largely fictional, and the proposed solution would be a disaster.
The Kaiser foundation study did make the distinction you cite, but it is irrelevant in the setting of someone whose employer does not offer or subsidize health insurance (or who is self-employed). The Kaiser study "bottom line" was the real cost of health insurance, which is the relevant figure in a discussion of "how much would it cost me to go out and buy this without someone else footing the bill."
So I stand by my citation and argument.
- Anonymous9/29/2007 9:26 AM
So you are hung up on the "Mexican". It could just as well be Martian, Mongolian, African, or any combination of white trash.
I myself have Mexican, East Indian heritage along with a good dose of white trash. The truth is no less relevent when you call me a bigot, like scalpel says.
The point is that we don't need to be rewarding people for free ER visits for tylenol when they drive to the ER in a new Explorer, have an expensive cell phone plan, cable TV, spend 30$ a month on Itunes, and eat at the chuckwagon 10 times a week.
A couple of days ago a young woman on medicaid signed out against admission for a mild case of gallstone pancreatitis because she was going to Hawaii the next day. What the F? We are paying for her healthcare and she isplanning on a trip to Hawaii. My kids have been bugging me to go but I am responsibly saving for their college, paying our health and disability insurance, contributing to church and charity of my choice, and paying a bunch of taxes for those who choose to ride in the cart. Stop it.
Charity is wonderful on the part of individuals, churches, and organizations and I encourage it. However it is not the governments role to encourage dependency and helplessness.
So you are hung up on the "Mexican". It could just as well be Martian, Mongolian, African, or any combination of white trash.
Well, several of those would have also been bigoted. But you didn't randomly pick a nationality, you targetted a group of oppressed powerless people. So, again, I'm pretty much 100% okay with identifying your comment as racist, because, well, it was racist.
I myself have Mexican, East Indian heritage along with a good dose of white trash. The truth is no less relevent when you call me a bigot, like scalpel says.
Neither being Mexican nor serving underprivileged people gives you the right to disparage those people as a class. It does not insolate you from making racist comments. What is relevant about your comments is that they reveal a distasteful motivation behind what you say. So, when you make observations about people, I know it is colored by a racist framework.
The point is that we don't need to be rewarding people for free ER visits for tylenol when they drive to the ER in a new Explorer, have an expensive cell phone plan, cable TV, spend 30$ a month on Itunes, and eat at the chuckwagon 10 times a week.
If you believe there is a real need to address fraud in the medicare system, that is fine. I have no knowledge about how wide spread it is or how it compares to war profiteering or tax evasion as drains on the public treasure. If you are hung up on people having more than you think they ought to have, or living above the standard you'd like for them to live it is not fine. Your argument appeals to both sentiments.
Charity is wonderful on the part of individuals, churches, and organizations and I encourage it. However it is not the governments role to encourage dependency and helplessness.
The role of the government is to serve the governed. I am served by the social safety net because I am only able to tolerate people like you and I being paid 25 times as much for our work as the guys digging ditches because a social safety net exists.
Sure he taught that individuals should help the poor. I don't think he promoted dependency but instead promoted self responsibility. A hand up, not necessarily a hand out.
So, I'm guessing you didn't find any scripture to support this notion. If you'd like to read little into how Jesus felt about the poor you might want to check out Luke 16:19-31. It is pretty compelling stuff. Look and see if he says that the rich man should have told Lazarus to go get a job. I don't think it said that.
- Anonymous10/01/2007 2:48 PM
Hardly compelling at all.ReplyDelete
No one expects those who really can't work to work, but there are many who can, that don't. And once again, the rich man does not represent a government entitity, and Lazarus does not representing the able but lazy. The story is not about governmental policy but is a story regarding individual benevolence.
Thanks for tolerating me though. Work is too hard though, I think I will just go to your doorstep and beg.
I think the story is about helping the weak. Should we fight fraud, sure. But I don't think you can read that story and be opposed to programs for the poor.ReplyDelete
But, it's like Abraham said in the story, God can only make it so clear to people. Even if a man came back from the dead some would not believe.
- Anonymous10/01/2007 9:21 PM
There is nothing wrong with church and individual outreach as a hand up. But if the lefties would be honest with themselves they would see that welfare and other government programs for the poor have been a social failure. They do not lessen poverty, just perpetuate it. It is good fodder for votes though......to make promises you can't keep with someone elses money and to keep the masses dependent and hepless.ReplyDelete
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