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Gustav Landauer's "Famous Statement"
There is a often-cited quotation by Gustav Landauer, that the state is only a relationship. It is frequently used to argue for a non-revolutionary anarchist strategy. I argue that it is mistaken and misleading. [Italiano]
Landauers Fallacy
Gustav Landauer's "Famous Statement"
Reading contemporary anarchist literature, I repeatedly come across some version of a quotation from the German anarchist Gustav Landauer (18701919). A book on anarchism and education cites Gustav Landauers famous remark (Suissa, 2010; p. 136),
The state is not something which can be destroyed by a revolution, but is a condition, a certain relationship between human beings, a mode of human behavior; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently. (quoted in above)The writer on education actually took this quotation from a work by the well-known anarchist writer, Colin Ward. Another version of this famous statement by Gustav Landauer (Gordon, 2008; p. 38) is cited in Uri Gordons book on the nature of anarchism,
One can throw away a chair and destroy a pane of glass but [only] idle talkers regard the state as such a thing or as a fetish that one can smash in order to destroy it. The state is a condition, a certain relationship among human beings, a mode of behavior between men [note]; we destroy it by contracting other relationships, by behaving differently toward one another We are the state, and we shall continue to be the state until we have created the institutions that form a real community . (quoted above)In either version, this statement is fundamentally wrong, I will argue. First, I will paraphrase the statement, to summarize what I think Landauer was saying. He was denying that the state is primarily an institution, a social structure. Instead, he claims that it is nothing but a set of relationships among people. He draws the conclusion that it is wrong to seek to overthrow the state in a revolution. Instead, we should develop alternative ways of relating to each other, expressed in alternate social arrangements created in the here-and-now, to gradually replace the state. (While the quotations refer to the state, I assume they generalize to all forms of oppression, particularly capitalism.)
Note that it is not I but Landauer who counterposed these approaches: either we see the state as a thing, an institution, or we see it as relationships. Either we aim for a revolution to smash the state or we build alternate relationships here-and-now. This was his view and the view of those who quote himnot mine.
The Landauer quotation is admired by those anarchists whose basic strategy is to gradually build alternate institutions until they can peacefully replace capitalism and the state. Sometimes this is called a new anarchism, although it goes back to the ideas of Proudhon, not to mention Landauer. This nonrevolutionary strategy is opposed to the supposedly old strategy of revolutionary class struggle anarchism (see Gordon, 2008; Price, 2009).
Who Was Gustav Landauer?In his time, Landauer was an influential anarchist thinker and activist. Erich Fromm referred to him as one of the last great representatives of anarchist thought (Fromm, 1955; p. 221). Jesse Cohen stated, Gustav Landauer [should] be remembered, right along with Bakunin and Kropotkin, as one of anarchisms most brilliant and original thinkers (quoted in an advertisement for a new collection of Landauers writings, at the back of Suissa, 2010). Paul Avrich, the historian of anarchism, wrote, He was also the most influential German anarchist of the twentieth century (same). Perhaps the most impressive blurb is a 1893 reference in a German police file, Landauer is the most important agitator of the radical and revolutionary movement in the entire country (same). High praise indeed!
During his political career, Landauer went from being a Marxist oppositionist among the youth of the German Social Democratic Party, to complete hostility to Marxism and dedication to anarchism. (Until I have seen the new collection of his work [Revolution and Other Writings: A Political Reader, Gabriel Kuhn ed. & trans.; PM Press], I am relying on Landauer; 1978 and Ward; 1965).
In 1919, following World War I and the Russian Revolution, revolutions swept across Europe. Landauer was invited to serve on the central council of the region of Bavaria, which was trying to establish a repoublic of workers and peasants councils. Counterrevolutionary military forces, under the orders of Social Democrats, overthrew the council repoublic. Landauer was arrested, repeatedly shot, and then trampled to death, similar to the killing of Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin. When [Luxemburg] and Gustav Landauer were murdered by the soldiers of the German counter-revolution, the humanistic tradition of faith in [humanity] was meant to be killed with them (Fromm, 1955; p. 210).
Gustav Landauers ProgramLandauers writings express keen insight into many of the problems of Marxism: its teleological determinism, its centralism, its scientism, its mostly uncritical attitude toward technology. He was entirely correct that socialism requires new ways of human beings relating to each other and of relating to nature. Almost all anarchists would agree with these views.
However, he integrated the communist-anarchism of Kropotkin with the gradualist alternative-institutionism of Proudhons mutualism. He advocating leaving the cities (and the class struggle in them). Instead he proposed building collective farms. These would spread until they replaced capitalism and the state.
The socialist village, with workshops and village factories, with fields and meadows and gardens you proletarians of the big cities, accustom yourselves to this thought for that is the only beginning of true socialism (quoted in Ward, 1965; p. 246). Let us unite to establish socialist households, socialist villages, socialist communities .They should shine out over the country, so that the masses of men [note] will be overcome by envy of the new primeval bliss of satisfaction . Landauer, 1978; p. 138).There is nothing wrong with building cooperatives or collective villages. But this is not a strategy for overthrowing capitalism and its state. Its most successful implementation were the Israeli kibbutzim, which were ideologically inspired partially by Landauers friend, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber. Whatever their virtues, these served as agents of a capitalist, colonial-settler, new state, not socialist anarchism.
Along with his valid criticisms of Marxism, Landauer also condemned its core orientation to the working class (he similarly condemns the syndicalists). After all, he wanted the workers to leave the big cities and industries where the class struggle was being fought out and (as the famous statement has it) contract other relationships by building collective agricultural-industrial farms in the countryside. This meant that they must stop being industrial workers, proletarians.
He supported labor unions only if they worked with consumer cooperatives, using their money to buy land for collective industrial-agricultural villages. This was not a class orientation, since he also hoped for rich men [to] either join us completely or at least contribute to our cause (Landauer, 1978; p. 140).
Unfortunately, his writing is full of vile insults and degrading caricatures of the working class. Proletarians are the born uncultured plodders .The proletarians uncultured mentally is, incidently, one of the reasons why Marxism, systematized unculturedness, has been so well received by the proletariat ..The workers are not a revolutionary class, but a bunch of poor wretches who must live and die under capitalism .If the revolution came today, no stratum of the population would have less idea of what to do than our industrial proletarians. (Landauer, 1978; pp. 69, 86, 134)
It is ironic that Landauer died, not defending his fantasy of collective villages, but as part of a real working-class revolution. Whatever his weaknesses, he died bravely in the cause of proletarian anarchism.
The Famous StatementReturning now to the famous remark of Landauers: saying that the state is only a relationship between people, is like saying that Niagra Falls is just drops of water flowing downward. It is true, but misses the point. All institutions (social structures) are composed of individual humans. If a neutron bomb killed off all the people but left the buildings in which the government meets, there would be no more state. But this does not mean that, as Margaret Thatcher once said, there is no society, only individuals. When many people act in consistent, repeated, and stable patterns, then that is an institution. (By act I include both overt behavior and internal thinking and believing.) And such institutions resist change. The US national state has outlasted all those who once established it, and those who continued it, for over 200 years; the individuals are different, but the state continues.
No doubt, if tens of millions of individuals decided to live in a different, nonstate, way, this would challenge the state. But what if, at the same time, other millions decided to keep on living in a statist fashion? What if they have self-interests in living as powerful and wealthy people, and this is part of their self-conception? Statism will not be settled by how many people chose to live this way or that. It will take a clash, a conflict, a fight. Ruling classes have rarely permitted those they exploit to chose to live differently; they use force to maintain their institutions, especially the stateand the oppressed are forced to either use violence to defend their choices or to surrender to the masters.
Even Landauer notes that his strategy of collective villages and cooperatives will face state resistance. The state will place the greatest and smallest obstacles in the way of the beginners. We know that (Landauer, 1978; p. 141). What is his answer to this? Well cross that bridge when we come to it! (same). This is hardly adequate.
Socialist-anarchism will need a mass movement of workers and all the oppressed, determined to live differently, for ourselves and our children. But it will not succeed if the movement blinds itself to the obstacles, bases itself on fantasies, and refuses to prepare for an eventual revolution.
Fromm, Erich (1955). The Sane Society. Greenwich CT: Fawcett.
Gordon, Uri (2008). Anarchy Alive! Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory. Ann Arbor MI: Pluto Press.
Landauer, Gustav (1978). For Socialism. (D. J. Parent, trans.). St. Louis: Telos Press.
Price, Wayne (2009). The two main trends in anarchism. http://www.anarkismo.net/article/13536
Suissa, Judith (2010). Anarchism and Education; A Philosophical Perspective. Oakland CA: PM Press.
Ward, Colin (1965). Gustav Landauer. In Anarchy 54 (vol. 5, no. 8). Pp. 244-254.
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which confronts us in this matter of gun
legislation is not applicable to a State like
Montana. But it is applicable to those
parts of the country in which 80 percent
of our people live. It is there that the
great majority of the crimes take place.
It is there, as population increases and
becomes congested, that more and more
violence results. And while there is more
murder resulting from the use of handguns,
that does not mean that there is
not plenty of murder and attempted
murder resulting from the use of long
I was shocked at the assassination of
President Kennedy. I was shocked at the
assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. I was shocked at the murder of our
late, beloved colleague, Senator Robert
F. Kennedy. But what happened to those
men did not change my mind.
What happened to a young Marine
lieutenant from Fishtail, Mont., did
change my mind, because he was wantonly
murdered here In the District of
Columbia. •
I have no apologies to make for the
stand which I have adopted since that
time, because in my conscience I feel I
am doing the right thing. I know that the
pending amendment and the bill are not
cure-alls. But I do think it could dilute
and decrease the number of crimes committed
by the use of weapons, long gun
or hand.
I have received some communications
from my State which say, for example,
"Guns don't kill; people do." Well, that
statement oversimplifies the matter, because
guns do not go off by themselves.
They go off in the hands of peoplesometimes
under the stress of emotion
and strain, and sometimes deliberately.
I received letters from people in my
State saying: "This is the first step toward
confiscation." I deny that without
equivocation, because If I thought that
the pending amendment or the b!ll even
leaned in that direction, I would vote
against both.
Some people write and say: "Register
Communists, not guns."
For their information, in my early
days in the Senate, I did join with several
of my colleagues, including the late
President John F. Kennedy, in voting for
a bill in this Chamber which passed. That
b!ll called for the registration of all Communists.
Some people seem to think this Is an
invasion of their rights. Perhaps they
have a point there. But I would say that
the pending b!ll, contrary to what has
been said by some Senators on the ftoor
today, is not aimed at the law-abiding
citizen, On the contrary, it is aimed at
those who violate or who potentially can
violate the law.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time
of the Senator has expired.
Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, how
much time do I have remaining?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator
from Maryland has 5 minutes remaining.
Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, I yield
an additional 2 minutes to the Senator
from Montana.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator
from Montana is recognized for an
additional 2 minutes.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I
point out that in the explanation given
by the distinguished Senator from Maryland,
there is nothing confiscatory, implied,
stated, or intended.
I point out that the purpose for the
Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 44, Folder 51, Mansfield Library, University of Montana
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registration of firearms is to help the·
police agencies in this country trace
down crime.
I point out that the licensing of gun
users is applicable not so much to the
law-abiding citizens of this country, but
to the people with criminal records who
are drug addicts, alcoholics, mental incompetents,
and who ·1n this Nation today
in most States can buy guns over the
I point out that basically this is not a
Federal registration and licensing law.
This !s a law which says to the States,
"You do it, and we will abstain." The
States are given every opportunity, and
the States have the in!tial responsibility.
There have been some statements
made today about photographing registrants,
and the like.
I would point out that, while those proposals
are in the admi.IJ!stration bill sent
to the Senate-a bill which I oppose, because
I believe it goes too far- in the
administration bill are provisions which
require fingerprints, photographs, police
statement on record and identification,
and a doctor's certificate on mental incompetency,
but no similar requirements
are in the Tydings proposal.
Furthermore, the administration bill
calls for mandatory Federal legislation,
whereas in the Tydings proposal the
States get a reasonable period of time
in which to enact their own laws first.
In the administration bill is a proposal
which permits the cutoff of Federal
wildlife conservation funds in the
event of noncompliance by a State. No
such proposal !s in this bill.
This is a reasonable bill. It does not
mean the setting up of a bureaucracy. It
takes care of the legitimate initial rights
of the States. It is not aimed at the law
abiding but, rather, at those who violate
the law.
I believe this bill is worthy of the consideration
of the people of this country
and the Members of this body. I know, as
much as anyone else in this Chamber,
what voting on this bill means. But I believe
that those of us who come from the
rural West have an obligation to the rest
of the country; that all of us, regardless
of where we come from, have an obligation
to cut down on crime. What is happening
in the way of violence in this
country today makes this country look
pretty bad not only in the eyes of its
own people but also in the eyes of the
peoples of the world. What do we intend
to do about it?
When the Members of the Senate think
about this amendment, they shouid remember
that all of us wear two hatsas
Senators from the States from which
we come and as Senators of the United
I sincerely hope that this most meritorious
amendment, which protects every
possible right I can think of, !s approved
by the Senate shortly,
September 18, 1968
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Forty-eight administrators, trustees and police officers from 14 school districts and Merced College took part in a three-hour program at Valley Community School in Atwater.
An early-August drill is being planned to prepare for what are termed "active shooters" at a school.
Pazin was encouraged that school officials and law enforcement officers appear to be on the same page as far as preparing for shooting incidents.
"We are here to review best practices of law enforcement professionals," Pazin said, "and how best to intertwine these practices to neutralize the threat and save lives."
Steve Gomes, county superintendent of schools, said the goal is to be as prepared as humanly possible for incidents such as the shootings on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Colorado and Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
Gomes conceded that while the subject may be difficult to talk about, it must be dealt with openly.
"I saw a need to bring law enforcement and educators together," Gomes said. "They need to look at all the variables. We definitely take very seriously the safety of children."
Randall Heller, Winton School District superintendent, said a school shooting can happen anywhere. He called Wednesday's safety summit long overdue and stressed safety of students is the No. 1 priority.
"We need to be proactive," Heller said. "We don't want an intruder to come after us."
Pazin is working on setting up an "active-shooter" drill, tentatively set for Aug. 2 at Merced College. Administrators, principals and teachers will get to assume the role of police in the active-shooter simulations.
Donna Alley, Le Grand Union High School District superintendent, said the safety summit was very beneficial; she favored the idea of future collaborative sessions on how to respond to a campus shooting.
"We will relook at our plans and hit the ground running in August with monthly drills," Alley said. "We are as safe as we can be."
Joe Hoffar, a retired police officer, Atwater school trustee and active-shooter training consultant, said there is no 100 percent guarantee of school safety.
He said that the more school personnel think outside the box and participate in such drills, the better their chances of survival will be.
Paul Baxter, safety loss control specialist with the Merced County Office of Education, moderated an open forum on current safety practices of school districts.
"I am very excited this is being brought to the forefront with people who can make a difference," Baxter said. "For me, the biggest thought is that hopefully those present will continue their work towards this goal. It has a tendency to be pushed to the back burner."
Delray Shelton, Merced County Sheriff's Department's public information officer and a field training officer, said fear is conquered by preparation. He said shooting incidents need to be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
"One of the takeaways from today is everybody needs to understand the scene will be chaotic," Gomes said. "One size does not fit all; it's fluid.
"It won't be a neat and orderly thing. Districts are committed to conducting intruder safety drills," he said. "Unlike a fire drill, the threat could be anywhere and is moving."
Gomes said safety at after-school programs also needs to be considered. MCOE serves more than 3,500 children in the ASSETS program throughout the county.
"We are here today to understand each other and to take away positive characteristics from what we do best," Pazin said. He called the Columbine school shooting a "watershed moment" for law enforcement.
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wed Michael Jordan, 50, on Saturday, stayed remarkably under the radar during the couple's five-year courtship (the two were engaged in 2011). Maybe that's because she appears to be a woman with her two feet planted firmly on the ground.Yvette Prieto, 35, who
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It's possible they moved to Florida to be closer to Prieto's family. She grew up in a close-knit Cuban-American family in Miami. "It was down in Florida," reports ESPN, "where he was spending time with Yvette's Cuban family, that he got a taste of the life he'd traded for the jet-set circus of modern celebrity. They weren't fawning—her grandparents, who speak little English, aren't basketball fans—and he sat at a dinner table, with people laughing and eating home-cooked food." It brought him back to his own childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina. A couple of years ago, Prieto convinced Jordan to take a seven-hour drive around North Carolina to visit his family who live all over the state. More accustomed to a private jet than road tripping, he joked, "It's amazing what women can talk you into doing."
ended in divorce in 2006. Vanoy reportedly received $168 million in the settlement, but there's plenty leftover: Forbes puts Jordan's net worth at about $650 million.Prieto has also shared her love of the sea with her new husband—despite the fact that he "hates the water." They have taken a number of sailing trips together and he's learned to love fishing for yellow fin tuna, and making fresh sushi with his catch. On their first voyage, he "went stir crazy" but on "the most recent trip, he felt his rage dissolve." Jordan who is usually glued to sports tapes for hours on end didn't even watch basketball. Instead, he's taken to playing old home videos of his three college-aged kids from his first marriage to Juanita Vanoy which
Although Prieto is described by the press as a "former model" and is certainly stunning, she also studied business and worked in real estate and in a hospital. Her former boyfriend, Julio Iglesias, Jr., described her as "a fantastic girl…Aside from her beauty, which is obvious, she is loving, simple and a very good person." After they ended their relationship, Prieto reportedly met Jordan at a dance club in 2008. Ironically, Prieto has never seen her super star husband play professional basketball. "She never saw me at 218 [his weight back in the day]," Jordan told ESPN. Maybe that's one more reason she remains so level headed about him.
Jordan is notorious for his temper but he's also known having a soft spot. He's a guy who, according to ESPN, tears up after meeting Make-A-Wish Foundation kids and sends Mother's Day roses to all his staffers who are moms. Anyone who stands six-foot-six and weighs 250 pounds must have a big heart, and Yvette Prieto has won a huge piece of it.
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Man accused of taking, forging checksMarch 27,2013BENNINGTON A South Street man was arraigned Monday after police said they believed he took checks from his landlady in Dorset and wrote checks for more than $1,200 in November.
Daniel K. Torres, 26, of Bennington, pleaded innocent in Bennington criminal court Monday to two felony counts of forgery, three misdemeanor counts of possession of stolen property and a misdemeanor charge of using false tokens. Torres was released without bail.
In an affidavit, Trooper Travis Hess, of the Vermont State Police, said he was assigned a case of possible fraud Nov. 26.
Hess said he spoke with a woman who said three of her checks had gone missing. She told him one had been cashed in Bennington for $450 and another for $800 was taken to the bank but the teller wouldnt cash it.
The woman said she learned from the person who had been given the $800 check that it had come from Torres to whom she rented an apartment in Dorset.
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NCAA was better off letting Manziel play than enforcing letter of law
To truly understand the stupidity of the plea bargain the NCAA accepted Wednesday from Texas A&M in the Johnny Manziel autograph case, one must first have a healthy appetite. If you visit the website of the Daniel Island Grille in Daniel Island, S.C., and try to look at the menu, you'll find the following message: "Menu temporarily removed due to NCAA request. Please contact our restaurant for menu or stop by today!"
Why would the NCAA care about the menu at a restaurant near Charleston, S.C.? Because the Daniel Island Grille used to have three items on that menu that violated NCAA bylaw 188.8.131.52 on behalf of one South Carolina and two Clemson players. Every time diners ordered Clowney's Turkey and Avocado Wrap, the Tajh Boyd Chicken Quesadillas or the Sammy Watkins Reuben, they contributed to the shattering of this sacred rule, which bans players from being used as endorsers without their knowledge or their permission. This is the same rule used to justify Manziel's one-half suspension for Saturday's game against Rice. According to a joint press release apparently written with a straight face, Manziel committed an "inadvertent violation regarding the signing of certain autographs." In other words, Manziel signed thousands of autographs without realizing someone would sell those autographed items for a profit.
In truth, NCAA investigators couldn't dig up any proof Manziel was paid for the autographs. The anonymous autograph hounds who went to ESPN to accuse Manziel wouldn't attach their names to their accusations for the NCAA, and the case hit a brick wall. The real winners are Manziel's attorney, Jim Darnell, and the attorneys of Alabama-based Lightfoot, Franklin and White, who tied the NCAA in knots for Texas A&M in far fewer hours than they billed to do the same for Auburn in the Cam Newton case. What isn't clear is if the NCAA requested the face-saving two-quarter suspension or whether Texas A&M simply offered it up. We do know NCAA officials accepted the penalty instead of either pressing for more, or simply admitting they were whipped and calling it a day.
ELLIS: Car dealership spoofs Johnny Manziel with 'Johnny Savings'
That's where they screwed up. The NCAA has no subpoena power. It can't force anyone outside its limited purview to answer questions or produce documents. That makes the rules -- which are made by the schools and handed to the national office to manage -- extremely difficult to enforce. There is no shame in getting beat on a case involving a mostly cash-only industry full of people who don't make a habit of cooperating with authority figures. But by applying this rule this way, the NCAA has gone down a new rabbit hole.
Even though many of us disagree in principle with rules prohibiting the sale of one's own name or property on principle, the school administrators and coaches who help make the rules take them very seriously. Most importantly, they expect them to be applied evenly. Now, schools and coaches will expect 18.104.22.168 to be applied in the same manner in which it was applied Wednesday. If athletes can now get in trouble for endorsing something they don't know they're endorsing, then what of Clowney, Boyd and Watkins and their eponymous dishes? In truth, the NCAA didn't request the offending menu's removal. The compliance departments at South Carolina and Clemson requested their players' names be removed, because if they weren't, then the players, their football programs or all of the above would be in trouble. Of course, before Wednesday, they would only be in trouble in theory. Now, there is precedent if someone wanted to go after Jadeveon Clowney because some restaurateur wanted to drum up business by slapping Clowney's name on an entrée that doesn't sound like anything a 6-foot-6, 275-pound defensive end would ever order.
If I'm North Carolina coach Larry Fedora, the first call I make is to NCAA headquarters, wondering why my team has to play four quarters Thursday against that avocado peddler Clowney instead of two. (Fedora might also mention the 258 consecutively authenticated Clowney-signed items found by Texas A&M blog Good Bull Hunting if he really wants to drive home his point.) If I'm Georgia coach Mark Richt, I'm calling NCAA headquarters and asking why my banged-up secondary isn't getting a two-quarter break Saturday from Señor Boyd and his sauerkraut covered counterpart Watkins. This ruling probably hits home for Richt, who was forced by the NCAA to sit star receiver A.J. Green for four games in 2010 for selling a game-worn jersey for $1,000. Hopefully, the NCAA won't treat this plea bargain as a precedent, but I guarantee some school will turn in another for something as silly as that restaurant menu and expect some justice.
ELLIS: Ten things longer than Johnny Manziel's first-half suspension
The NCAA would have been better off admitting it couldn't prove anything and washing its hands of the Manziel case. At least that would have been intellectually honest. "We couldn't find evidence, and therefore we couldn't punish" is a perfectly reasonable outcome. Instead, it appears the NCAA caved and offered special treatment to a popular player. Now, NCAA leaders will have to answer even more questions from the membership. The next time a big stash of items autographed by one player hits the market, a one-half suspension will be suspected. No discipline -- in the case of a lack of evidence -- won't be an acceptable outcome for the members. Meanwhile, a lengthy suspension -- in the case of a preponderance of evidence -- will only bring cries of favoritism because Johnny Football only got a half. By trying to save face in the Manziel case, the NCAA once again cut itself off at the knees.
Few respected the enforcement process before Wednesday, and even fewer will after. NCAA investigators have almost no chance in most major cases. The rules themselves have been under attack by people like me for years, but a lot of the people who used call us crazy for suggesting college athletes be allowed to cash in on their likenesses have seens some of their beloved conferences shredded or rendered unrecognizable in pursuit of the dollar, and they're starting to realize that what's good for the presidents, athletic directors and coaches might also be good for the athletes.
Instead of clinging to mostly arbitrary rules that can't be enforced evenly, the schools and the leaders of the NCAA should consider overhauling the entire system. Because what really happened Wednesday? Johnny Manziel was suspended for the first half of a game that he never would have played the entirety of anyway. Under normal circumstances, he would have played 35, maybe 40 minutes. So after it failed to prove that Manziel made money off his name, the NCAA essentially stripped him of five to 10 minutes of his season, clucked its tongue at him and sent him on his way. Basically, Manziel was punished for making money for autograph brokers when he's only supposed to be making money for Texas A&M and Adidas.


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But be honest, you were kind of over the whole thing too, Nina said as she dangled a slice of pizza high over her mouth. Id called Ashley the morning after the bridal shower, and even though Id insisted I was fine and didnt need company, she and Nina showed up a few hours later to eat my feelings with me. I have the best friends.
Youre right, I admitted. But its not that Im upset because I want Justin and he doesnt want me. Im upset because I feel so second rate. Like I wasnt good enough to be his girlfriend or something. I looked down into my lap. Im also just confused. Like why would he tell me he wasnt ready to be in a serious relationship than get back together with his ex who wanted him to propose to her?
Ashley swallowed a blob of mozzarella cheese and said, Because he was scared to tell you the truth. Which is that everyone has their lobster and Justin just wasnt yours.
Well, maybe in bed he was, I mumbled.
I tried to get a hold of Richard all day Sunday. I was dying to find out what that
text meant, but his phone kept going straight to voicemail, and he never responded to any of my texts. I didnt reach out to Kate. I was afraid I would come off like I knew something and was fishing.
I got to work early on Monday morning because I couldnt sleep and I was hoping to catch Richard before everyone else got into the office. I was in luckwhen I arrived at 8:45 a.m., he was already sitting at his desk.
I tapped him on the shoulder and he jumped a mile. Its just me, its me! I said, laughing. Sorry.
Christ. Richard put his hand over his heart and took a deep breath. I thought it was
Who? I asked, even though I already knew.
I leaned up against the side of his cubicle. So what happened? What was that SOS all about?
Um, because I needed to be saved from her.
I buried my face in my hands. The last thing I wanted to hear after the crap weekend Id had was that our little work clique, not to mention the Hamptons house, was one drunken disaster away from falling apart. Tell me, I said through my fingers.
Richard started talking. The weekend had started out greathed noticed that Kate was really touchy-feely on Friday night, and he was a little drunk and enjoying the attention from a cute girl, and one thing lead to another and they ended up hooking up in her bedwell, really, my bed too. Remind me to launder those sheets!
Hook up as in made out or hook up as in sex? I asked. I held my breath in the moment it took Richard to answer.
Something in between that, he said.
That was a relief. P in the V changes
. I told him to go on.
So they woke up on Saturday morning and everything was fine. Everyone went to the beach, came back, grilled, and then headed out to the bars. There, Richard ran into Danielle, a girl he used to hook up with in college, and thats when everything took a turn for the worse.
Kate was like, circling us, Richard said. Then she butted in the conversation and was hanging all over me. One of her friends managed to pull her away, and I thought that was the end of it.
Oh, if only it had been.
I brought Danielle home, Richard continued.
Richard! I spat, appalled.
What? he shot back, defensively. Im single, Josie. I didn't do anything wrong.
Well, technically, no, you didnt, I said. But dont you think its just a little rude to hook up with one of your roommates
and co-workers
on Friday night, and then bring home some rando the next?
No, not really, Richard said, slowly, like I was an idiot child who needed to understand why its dangerous to cross the road without looking both ways first. Danielle is not a rando. And Kate came on to
. I even said to her in the morning, Were just having fun, right? so she wouldnt get the wrong idea.
I rolled my eyes. Oh, alright, that makes it all okay. I was a woman scorned, and I was not having any of this man-malarkey!
Can I just finish my story?
I folded my arms across my chest. Fine.
So, Richard said. We all pile into a cab and the entire ride home Kate cried. Like,
. Her friends were trying to cover for her with this crazy story about how she just found out her dog died, but it was clear that was not what this was about. She kept muttering, Every time!
I was burning with secondhand embarrassment for Kate. Nothing good can come from beer tears, and I know because Ive had them. Well, maybe that was it, I said, lamely.
Richard tilted his head at me and gave me a look like,
. Fine. Lets just
like thats the case for a moment, he said. That doesnt explain why she kept trying to
break into my room while I was in bed with Danielle
Nope, it doesnt! Shit, this was bad. Is that when you
Thats when I texted you, he said.
I heard the elevator doors opening just then. Flashing Richard a panicked look, I scurried to my seat. Just in time too, because Kate walked by my desk.
Morning, Josie, she said. Richard got nothing.
Hey, I said, praying that I sounded as innocent of Saturday nights debacle as I wish I was.
I kept my head down for the rest of the morning. Right before lunch, William called me into his office. He had a shit-eating grin on his face.
Hows it going with the proposal from the web chick? he asked.
Moving forward! I said.
Good, he said. So is the show. You meet with hair and wardrobe next week to pick out your first looks. Theyre shooting around the office mid-July. The following week will be at a restaurant, for your date with Kevin. He pushed a contract across the table. Take a look at this, and well meet to go over later today with the company lawyer to make sure you understand all the fine print.
sign it yet.
I scanned the document for any mention of how much I was going to get paid.
5,000! I yelped.
Thats 5,000 an episode, and youll be a part of at least four.
Im not quite sure what happened after that because I blacked out from sheer joy. $20,000 or more?! I felt like running into the street and throwing my beret in the air, Mary Tyler Moore style, and singing, Ive made it after all! Yes, the Justin situation was weighing heavy on my heart, and yes, the Hamptons house was kind of a mess and I still needed to talk to Kate and get her side, but this exciting turn was enough to make me forget about all of that, if just for a little bit.
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Posted Tuesday October 29, 2013, About: Cowboys to target Darren McFadden at trade deadline?
Darren McFadden is injured more than the Cowboys Murray!
Posted Thursday October 03, 2013, About: Jerry (and his son) want to see more of Dez
The idiot GM thinks he is the coach! This is why the Cowboys record is 129-129 since 1997. Unacceptable! We need a GM who understands football, allows the Coaches to coach, and recognizes talent!
Posted Saturday June 15, 2013, About: Hall of Famer Lem Barney thinks football won't exist in 10 to 20 years
With Gooddell as commissioner it might come sooner!
Posted Tuesday March 19, 2013, About: Chiefs could trade Branden Albert
The Chiefs should trade OT Branden Albert for the Cowboys SOLB Spencer straight up. Cowboys need a OL and the Chiefs get a SOLB or DE. Both are winners and still keep their draft positions.
Posted Thursday March 07, 2013, About: Chiefs could trade Branden Albert after franchise tag
Trade him to Dallas for OLB Spenser. Solves two problems.
Posted Tuesday January 08, 2013, About: Holmgren to Chargers?
Holmgren is too old and just a better than average coach at best. Farve made him at Green Bay, Seattle was nothing great, and Cleveland was a disaster!
Posted Wednesday January 02, 2013, About: Uncomfortable offseason ahead in Dallas
A real GM who understands football, can recognize, draft, and trade for talent, can structure cap friendly deals, knows when to trade or release players approaching or past their prime, and allow coaches to do their jobs.
Posted Wednesday January 02, 2013, About: No interviews scheduled for Jon Gruden
I question how much fire he has in the belly and if he has been out too long (the Cowher effect).
Posted Monday November 12, 2012, About: Could Mike Holmgren end up with the Dallas Cowboys?
No to Mike Holmgren! He is not a good coach or GM. His Seattle record was not good and Farve made him look better than he is. Cleveland was a disaster!
Posted Monday July 09, 2012, About: NFL attendance in steady decline
You have to mortgage the house to take a family of 4 to the game. Cut the players salaries in half, owners pay for the stadiums, reduce the costs of food/beer to market value, reduce the parking costs by half, and cut the ticket prices in half. We will then return.
Posted Sunday February 26, 2012, About: Cowboys' toughest decision?
21 1/2 sacks in 5 years and one of the best at stopping the run. Spencer is better than most starting OLB and you don't know what to do. Sign him to a 4 or 5 year contract fools!
Posted Tuesday February 21, 2012, About: Manning in the MNF booth?
I have no desire to hear anything from this over exposed, ove rhyped egomaniac! The sound would be turned off or the radio might be better!
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