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Seizei, a Poor Monk
(from: Shibayama, Zenkei. Zen Comments on the Mumonkan, Harper & Row, NY 1974)
Mumonkan, Case 10
A monk once said to Master Sozan, "I am poor and destitute. I beg you, O Master, please help me and make me rich." Sozan said, " Venerable Seizei!" "Yes, Master," replied Seizei. Sozan remarked, "Having tasted three cups of the best wine of Seigan, do you still say your lips are not yet moistened?"
Mumon's Poem
This is a very brief case, but we can look at it in a quite a number of ways. Actually, we might discern at least three different levels of practice in Seizei's question, with Sozan's reply exemplifying a fourth.
"I am a poor and destitute... Please help me and make me rich." At the first level, we can imagine Seizei as a complete beginner. He comes to practice the way most people come to it or to therapy, feeling that there is something wrong, something they lack that they seek to gain. One way or another we've all done this. People often come into therapy complaining of a lack of success in their lives. The want to become more assertive, more creative, less inhibited - and then they will get what they want out of life. The same is true of those coming to Zen practice, though sometimes it's given a more spiritual flavor - we want to become enlightened or compassionate or wise or serene. Whatever we call it, we assume there's something lacking in who or what we are, something we need to change or gain. We instinctively feel the answer must lie outside of us or in some future state we're eventually going to attain. The last place we want to look for our answer is in who already are, right here, right now. So, at that level, when Sozan, calls out "Venerable Seizei!" and Seizei spontaneously answers, "Yes, Master," he is being shown that the riches he seeks have been right under his nose all long. Like the Heart Sutra says, "Nirvana is already here" - but how easy it is to overlook it when we are blinded by our own idea of what "riches" must look like.
The next level supposes that Seizei is a more experienced monk. After years of practice, he has gradually examined and exhausted one fantasy or scheme after another for getting spiritually "rich." He has reached the stage where he's seen that his own self-centeredness is the problem and has begun the long, difficult path of self-emptying. In the Zen tradition, we call this "Great Doubt;" in the Christian tradition it's been called "The Dark Night of the Soul." Every answer, every plan, every approach to practice that has any kernel of a gaining idea turns to dust in our mouths. We don't know how to go forward, but there's no going back. Practice seems like an endless desert, with our goal nowhere in sight. But as we read in the Sandokai, "If you do not see the Way, you do not see it even as you walk on it." Sometimes in this state all it takes is a simple word or sound or sight and we see the Way that has been there all along. It is as obvious as recognizing your own name. When the self is empty, it becomes open to the whole world. When no gaining idea intrudes, everything is suddenly yours. Instead of being filled with self-centered dreams, we are filled with each moment's existence, and are free to respond, "Yes, Master" when Life calls.
However, that's not the end of the story. Again, the Sandokai reminds us, "To encounter the Absolute is not yet enlightenment." Almost always, we reify such experiences into something we've achieved or something we try and hold onto. We can be proud of our "emptiness" and boast of our "poverty." There's an old Jewish joke that makes this point: Once, during the High Holy Day services, the rabbi suddenly was possessed by a wave of mystical rapture, and threw himself onto the ground before the Ark and proclaimed, "Lord, I'm Nothing!" Seeing the rabbi in such a state, profoundly moved the cantor to have the same experience and he too, threw himself done before the Ark, proclaiming, "Lord, I'm Nothing!" Then, way in the back of the synagogue, the janitor, threw himself to the ground, and he too shouted, "Lord, "I'm Nothing." Whereupon, the rabbi turned to the cantor and whispered, "Look who thinks he's Nothing."
Anything can become the source of spiritual pride or attachment. From Mumon's comments, I'd say this is the level that koan was most likely to be meant to address. Mumon's verse refers to Hantan, famous for his poverty and simplicity, but also to General Kou, famous for his courage. Seizei is actually challenging Sozan, saying in effect - look what I've acheived. What more could there possibly be? You don't have to have had some great kensho to fall into this trap. Sometimes, we simply let our practice settle onto a comfortable plateau. We enjoy our sitting and don't want it to be disturbed. We want to be left alone to do our thing. Work practice or having to take on zendo jobs like jikido feel like intrusions. When Life calls, we don't want to answer. Sometimes we talk about that plateau as an attachment to emptiness or to Oneness, sometimes as a hundred foot pole - but no matter how long we've practiced, we all need to watch out for a tendency to say to our selves, this is it - so long as "it" has any content whatsoever, rather than a willingness to face the ever-changing moment. Sozan's call summons Seizei out of his "poverty" and into responsiveness to everyday life. And everyday, life issues that same challenge to each one of us. But whereas Sozan calls out "Venerable Seizei," we can't count on life to be so polite.

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Courses across the UW Bothell curriculum and the research of our faculty emphasize a global perspective. Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry professor and recently named Fulbright Scholar, Dan Jaffe, pictured above with CSS student Kevin Call, is an expert in global and regional atmospheric pollution.
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Colleges, universities keys to economic development
PLATTSBURGH — The North Country is a prime example of how colleges and universities can help drive the local economy.
That was one of the themes during the forum "How Two Colleges Have Helped Plattsburgh Become Montreal's U.S. Suburb," which recently brought economy experts and interested community members to Clinton Community College.
Dr. Jason Lane, deputy director for research at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, said that in today's world, the intense competition for economic development and jobs has made colleges and universities more important than ever.
"Higher education is one of the most valuable commodities in the world," he said.
Plattsburgh is fortunate to have two tremendous higher-education institutions in Clinton Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh, he said. Those schools create a college-educated workforce that can help attract companies to a region. They also support the further development and growth of businesses through internships and specialized training programs.
In the North Country, which he defined as being from the Saratoga area north to Plattsburgh and west to Potsdam/Canton, SUNY schools have created 6,700 jobs and have an enrollment of 22,300, as well as 61,000 alumni who remain in the region.
Those schools pay $12 million in tax payments and are responsible for $357 million in economic development each year, Lane said.
In opening remarks, Empire State Development President and CEO Ken Adams said one of the advantages New York has is the quality of its workforce.
"That's driven by the quality of our education system. They're one and the same," he said.
The new Start-Up New York program seeks to enhance that relationship, he said. It will provide new businesses that locate on or near SUNY campuses and are affiliated with campus programming a 10-year exemption on state taxes, as well as a 10-year income-tax exemption for their employees.
That public-private partnership is likely to lead to research opportunities and internships, Adams said, and campuses will be more attractive to students if they see private companies have an on-campus presence.
Lane later joined a panel discussion that included Development Corp. President and CEO Paul Grasso, North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas, Clinton Community College President John Jablonski, SUNY Plattsburgh President John Ettling and Swarovski Lighting Director of Human Resource Lee Ann Pray.
Ettling said SUNY Plattsburgh has already had inquiries from businesses that would like to be Start-Up NY partners.
Douglas said the chamber has seen serious interest from three companies and has helped them contact both schools.
The biggest attraction of the program, he said, is the 10-year income-tax exemption. That will be an invaluable resource for companies to attract and retain employees.
"It's a game changer," Douglas said.
Jablonski said his college's contributions to workforce development in the classroom are obvious.
But outside the classroom, CCC's Center for Community and Workforce Development is providing specialized skill-building and training programs for new companies and those looking to grow.
That was especially helpful when Nova Bus needed to train new employees as it expanded in Plattsburgh, he noted.
The relationship between Canada and Clinton County has a direct economic impact of more than $2 billion a year, Douglas said.
The chamber has a list of 186 Quebec-based businesses located in Clinton County or just outside. Douglas said about 15 percent of the workforce here works for those companies or border-related businesses.
One of the first questions Canadian companies ask is about workforce availability, Grasso said. He is able to tell them workers are available, as are training programs to find even more.
Workforce availability is one of the reasons Fujitsu Frontech moved its point-of-sale equipment manufacturing to Plattsburgh, Grasso said.
Douglas said the Canadian Studies program at SUNY Plattsburgh has been another key factor as Plattsburgh has grown to become "Montreal's U.S. suburb."
And Ettling said proximity to the border and Montreal is among the reasons the university started its Supply Chain Management Program several years ago.
"Supply-chain management makes good sense for us," he said.
Internships and mentoring programs are a big piece of the economic-development puzzle. Ettling said those have long been important to the school, noting they supplied 170 interns and had 147 students mentored by local professionals last year.
Pray said Swarovski has worked with the two schools extensively.
"We have been the beneficiary of a lot of the programs we are talking about," she said. "We've had great success with the interns we received."
The company has had a number of interns return for jobs after graduation, Pray said, and with 28,000 employees worldwide, it can offer them extensive opportunities for upward mobility.
"We really are a gateway to the rest of the world."
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Rowing's fall season starts Saturday
Both Jacksonville University rowing teams will have a pair of goals as the fall season gets under way Saturday with the First Coast Head Race.
"We want to both win and get ready for the spring,'' head coach Jim Mitchell said. "It's all about the preparation; it's a year-long preparation for the spring.''
Mitchell said Saturday's race will involve only his team (up to 10 boats) and UCF on the men's collegiate level and the JU women also will be on the water. About 15 area high school teams also will participate.
"There's not a lot of competition for us this year, but it's an opportunity to get some racing in at least against ourselves. It's a good opportunity to showcase our speed,'' Mitchell said. UCF is a club program on the men's side.
The Head races, according to Mitchell, essentially are time trial races and the course is 5-kilometers (3.1 miles) long as opposed to the spring schedule which are 2,000-meter sprint races against other crews.
The First Coast Head Race starts north of Mathews Bridge near Arlington Marina, under the Mathews Bridge turn into the Arlington River and race under the University Bridge, under the Cesery Bridge and finish just before Atlantic Boulevard.
The race will be the first step in the team's quest to get national acclaim next year at the biggest race, the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia where more than 120 schools compete and the national championship the IRA (International Rowing Association) Regatta where the top 18 t o20 schools participate.
"We measure our success on our goals for the year and they change. Our expectations are always high and are always to win the big race,'' Mitchell said. "The easiest goal to say is to win the men's varsity 8 at the Dad Vail because we've never done it. It a goal that can be reached, but it's challenging.''
The JU women also will be participating with a pair of Championship 8 boats on the water.
"It's good to participate in a Jacksonville event,'' coach Kris Muhl said. "It's will be a good tune-up for the Head of the Hooch race in early November when several Division I schools will be there.''
Muhl noted that while the team has been diligent in practice, race day brings its own aura.
"It's good to get out there against the clock,'' he said. "On race day it's undeniable that something is different.''
Racing will begin about 8:15 a.m. and continue throughout the day.


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AP Pretends It's Romney's Campaign Which Is Focused on 'Gay' Rights, Ignores Holes in WaPo's 'Bullying' Story
This morning (saved here at host for future reference), Philip Elliott and Kasie Hunt at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, demonstrated how apparatchik propagandists work.
In their recast of reality, it's Mitt Romney whose presidential campaign has been focused on gay rights, not Barack Obama, his administration, his campaign, and the lapdog establishment press which have been obsessed with it for days. As to the 5,400-word hit piece prepared by Jason Horowitz and published in the Washington Post on early Thursday which portrayed an incident Romney says he does not recall during which he allegedly forcibly cut a classmate's hair against his will with the assistance of others -- It's "a news report" about which there are no stated doubts (there are lots of' em). Samples of the AP pair's misdirection and opportunism follow (bolds are mine):
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Mitt Romney is trying to shift his campaign's focus back to the sluggish economic recovery and will use a commencement speech at an evangelical university to cast strong families as central to a strong economy.
... Romney's campaign released excerpts of his speech a day early. His remarks will be delivered a few days after he reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage after President Barack Obama's historic embrace of gay marriage. The former Massachusetts governor also spent Thursday shrugging off a news report that he had bullied a gay classmate in prep school.
On Friday, Romney will try to shift the discussion back to jobs and the economy during an appearance in North Carolina, where voters this week approved a constitutional ban on same-sex unions.
While raising money Thursday in Kansas City, Mo., Romney all but ignored the discussion of gays and lesbians prompted by Obama's endorsement of gay marriage.
The renewed attention on gay rights came as Obama thrust the issue into the forefront by becoming the first president to support allowing gay couples to wed, shifting the campaign debate to social issues, where Romney faces skepticism among the Republican base.
Obama's unexpected embrace of gay marriage continued to overwhelm the presidential campaign as liberals and conservatives debated the political merits of his endorsement of an issue over which a president has little practical impact.
For Romney, the discussion of gay rights turned personal when The Washington Post published a story recounting how he and several schoolmates held down classmate John Lauber and cut off his bleached blond hair after seeking him out in his dorm room at their boarding school in the wealthy Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Elliott and Hunt never note the holes in WaPo's story which have been known for almost 24 hours, namely that one of those supposedly troubled by the incident for years (as originally written by the paper's Jason Horowitz, before undisclosed scrubbing began) now says he didn't learn of it until the Post told him about it, and that one of Lauber's sisters is now saying that their now-deceased brother never told them about the incident.
It's all in a day's propaganda at the Administration's Press.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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What concerns me here isn't that Mitt denied attacking a younger student (because he didn't) but that he doesn't remember doing it. I can honestly say I've never done something like that because I'm not the kind of person who finds humor in picking on smaller kids. Mitt didn't deny it because he knows he could have done something like this. There is a plug for the hole in the story, I guess the one about the gay kid not telling his family about the assault. Tyler Clementi didn't tell his family about his situation either. He just killed himself instead.
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) – An Alexandria man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into two vehicles in the same night.
According to Alexandria Police Department, they have arrested Jermaine M. Mitchell, 31, of Alexandria, for vehicle burglaries that allegedly occurred on the evening of September 5.
APD said they were dispatched to two residences near Albert Street. Detectives were assigned the case and through their investigation they determined Mitchell as their primary suspect.
On September 6, detectives located Mitchell at his home on Hope Street and took him into custody. Mitchell was transported to the Rapides Parish Detention Center.
He is charged with one count of simple burglary and two counts of attempted simple burglary.
Mitchell's bond is set at $3,500.
He has been booked 20 times into the Rapides Parish system.


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HOUSTON — Road crews have been working to cover a 15-foot-wide sinkhole on a Houston street.
People living nearby called public workers officials Tuesday when the sinkhole began to open as vehicles drove over the spot. Traffic has been diverted.
Neighbor Netsey Preston raised concerns that a vehicle could hit the spot and flip.
Officials are checking whether a water main leak caused the street to give way. Crews planned to fit a steel plate over the hole.
Nobody has been hurt.


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Diversity and Mentoring in the Workplace: A conversation with Belle Rose Ragins
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Dr. Ragins teaches, consults, and conducts research on diversity, mentoring, and gender issues in organizations. Her current research examines the development of mentoring relationships and explores how gender and diversity affect mentoring. She has also researched the glass ceiling, sexual harassment, diversity and sexual orientation in organizations.
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Dr. Ragins has written more than 100 papers for presentations at national and international conferences and for publication in leading academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology and Psychological Bulletin. She is co-author of Mentoring and Diversity: An International Perspective and co-editor of two books: The Handbook of Mentoring at Work and Exploring Positive Relationships at Work. Her research has been featured in U.S. News and World Report, Barron's Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Newsday, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Working Woman Magazine, and over 30 newspapers throughout the country.
Dr. Ragins is an invited member of the Society for Organizational Behavior and an elected Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the American Psychological Society, the Society for the Psychology of Women and the American Psychological Association. She has received thirteen national awards for her research, including the Sage Life-Time Achievement Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management, the Academy of Management Mentoring Legacy Award, the American Society for Training and Development Research Award, the American Psychological Association Placek Award, the Saroj Parasuraman Best Publication Award and eight Best Paper Awards from the National Academy of Management. In recognition of her mentoring and service to the profession, she received two awards from the Academy of Management: the Academy of Management Mentoring Best Practice Award and the Janet Chusmir Service Award. Dr. Ragins has also received numerous research and teaching awards from the UWM School of Business and was honored with the university-wide UWM Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence.
She has or is currently serving on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Group & Organization Management, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. She is currently an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Review.
Dr. Ragins was awarded the first Visiting Research Fellowship position at Catalyst, a national research and advisory organization working to advance women in business and their professions. She was a Research Advisor for 9-to-5, the National Association of Working Women. Dr. Ragins helped establish UWM's Institute for Diversity Education and Leadership (IDEAL) and received a Fulbright Senior Specialist Award to help develop the Australian Consortium for Diversity Leadership.


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A website devoted to studies in instrumental (especially piano ruin)
piano is said to be ruined (rather than neglected or devastated) when it has
been abandoned to all weathers, say on a sheep station or tennis court, with
the result that few or none of its notes sound like that of an even-tempered
uptight piano.
A Ruined Piano has its frame and bodywork more or less intact (even though the soundboard is cracked wide open, with the blue sky shining through) so that it can be played in the ordinary way.
By contrast a Devastated Piano is usually played in a crouched or lying position.
This website is devoted in large part to the music of ruined piano. In this regard, I want to acknowledge the collaboration between Anthony Cormican and myself which has produced some seventeen CDs (including a DVD) - with at least three more CDs to follow - in the last eleven years. This fruitful enterprise between WARPS and Frontear Productions has made the ruined piano project possible in its various forms since 2000.
WARPS CD releases 2011
The ruined piano project has been documented through the three editions of The Well Weathered Piano (3rd edition, 2009). There are also two published books of poems: All the Iron Night (Smokebush Press, 2004) and Piano Hill (Fremantle Press, 2009).
There are two CDs of café music: Paradise Café: (Sunset Ostrich 01, 2004) and Café Sophia (Sunset Ostrich 02, 2008), which feature accordion with piano. The later album includes several of my songs.
I want to acknowledge Anthony's production skills and his unstinting support of my work over the last eleven years. His brilliance as a producer and musician, and his encouragement have made the ruined piano project, and so much more, possible.
A selection of my work before 2000 is available on Crow Country (Pogus, New York, P21021-2, 2000). Work from 2000 to 2006 is available on Secret Sandhills and satellites (Emanem, 4128, London, UK). Night Kitchen (Emanem 5008, 2010) represents more recent work recorded in my kitchen, which houses five ruined pianos.
The images used on the covers of recent CDs (W 12, W14, W15, W16) is by visual artist Antoinette Carrier of Warps Art: email@example.com I am grateful to Antoinette for her fine work as a composer and visual artist which anticipates and is contemporaneous with my own work with ruined pianos.
Filmmaker, Rob Castiglione is making a film on ruined piano, entitled The Well Weathered Piano – which is due for release in 2012.
Recent engagements include a performance in a concert with Mark Gasser and Anthony Pateras at the State Theatre, Perth, as part of Tura's 10th Totally Huge New Music Festival, 2011. I acknowledge and thank Tura New Music www.tura.com.au for their support of my work as a composer and performer over the last twenty-five years.
All material ©2006-2011 by their respective owners. Site design by FrontEar Productions.


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Andrea Mitchell Names Tea Party Person of the Year, Two Others Pick Assange
NBC's Andrea Mitchell this weekend named the Tea Party as her Person of the Year.
Two others on the syndicated "Chris Matthews Show" disgustingly chose WikiLeaks' Julian Assange (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Welcome back, our big question this week: who is your nominee for Person of the Year, David?
DAVID IGNATIUS, WASHINGTON POST: It's painful to say this but I would say Julian Assange the head of WikiLeaks. I'm sorry if I took your person.
HELENE COOPER, NEW YORK TIMES: Did he steal my person?
IGNATIUS: The release of the WikiLeaks documents is one of those game changing events about public information and the way the world works, and I, people will be talking about it 50 years from now.
MATTHEWS: Yes?
COOPER: What he said.
IGNATIUS: Isn't that right, Assange?
ANDREA MITCHELL: I'm not going to say Julian Assange. I would say because of the midterm elections, the House going Republican, the Senate not going Republican, the Tea Party. They've changed the debate on deficit reduction. They've got, you've got Ron Paul now in charge of monetary policy from the House. They have changed politics for now in Washington.
MATTHEWS: Mike Duffy.
MICHAEL DUFFY, TIME MAGAZINE: I'm not telling you. I voted early by absentee, I haven't told my wife, can't tell you. But tune in Wednesday, find out. It's a great parlor game.
MATTHEWS: I think it's Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader who forced the President to the left on every issue from healthcare to the stimulus. He made him into a left-wing president because of Republican policy. It was brilliant. It allowed the Republicans to have a brilliant political year. I'm not sure it was in the country's interest, but he made the big difference this year.
The Tea Party as Person of the Year really makes a lot of sense. Likely no other entity had a bigger impact on politics this year than this movement.
But given how the liberal media have beaten on this group and its members since day one, would Time dare give them such an honor?
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Here's my list!
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 4:06pm.
Dried up scrotum of year: Chris Matthews
Skinny Skank of year: Andrea Mitchell
HAG of year: Pellets Pelosi
Ugly, Smelly Trolls of year: Reich, Krugman, & Klein
Jaggoff of year: Barry the HO
Smallest Penis of Century: Jules Assangle
Smelliest Yuntle of year: Joey the Bee-whore
Most Barren Womb of year: Kathy Griffin
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
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Something about putting
Submitted by Van Halen on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 7:32pm.
Something about putting Andrea Mitchell in a hot red leather coat and teasing her hair makes my blood run cold.
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As bad as Joyless Barfer
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 8:04pm.
As bad as Joyless Barfer is............I don't think she is remotely in the same class as Janine Gawdawfullo............I've seen Pachoulie oiled stinking crusty filthy nappy dreadlocked infection ridden skanky cockroaches-living-in-their-armpit hippies around here that have more class than that trollup.....................
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IGNATIUS: The release of the
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 4:18pm.
IGNATIUS: The release of the WikiLeaks documents is one of those game changing events about public information and the way the world works, and I, people will be talking about it 50 years from now.
Outside of us news junkies, government workers, and the media the Wikileaks story is not even talked about. All that will happen is new ways of governmental communicating will be put in place and the Wikileaker espionage will stop. If any people are talking about it 50 years from now it will be trivia buffs.
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This incident may start a
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 11:15pm.
This incident may start a chain of events and then it may be talked about, sorta like Arch Duke Ferdinand and WWI.
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That statement made it real
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 11:36pm.
That statement made it real easy for his friends to figure out what to get David for Christmas........a LIFE !
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The biggest story of the
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 4:35pm.
The biggest story of the year is the death of Progessive/Liberalism. It's a worldwide meltdown and the American Tea Party is just an offshoot of that meltdown.
We still have Progressive/Liberals and they will still bedevil us because they had a two part utopian dream they tried to cast upon the world. The first was an egalitarian world where everything was shared equally and fairly as mandated by the government. This idea of freedom from personal responsibility for the status of ones life was the political opiate they hooked the common citizen with. The second part was by promising the citizens a paradise on earth the citizens would reward them with eternal governance and unlimited power to regulate the smallest detail of society.
OK.... so they can't give everybody eternal bliss but they haven't given up on the second part of their dream which is eternal power for themselves. That is our next challenge. Rooting out and booting out these parasites that feed off of and destroy personal freedom.
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It's a mistake to ever count them out ---
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 7:12pm.
Many thought the liberals were were dead in '94, but they didn't die.
But I would say the story of the year is the resurgence of conservatives from the grass roots up. At least Andrea Mitchell has the honesty to recognize it; the others are still in denial.
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Well as I stated, the part
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 7:20pm.
Well as I stated, the part where they seek ultimate power is still in play but they can no longer masquerade their lust for power by claiming they are doing it to make the world a more fair place, that they seek social justice. Now they are just typical power hungy individuals who will do whatever it takes to gain power over other people.
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You give Mitchell way too
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 11:43pm.
You give Mitchell way too much undeserved credit. She probably didn't want to be the third to pick Ass-onge so she simply repeated something she read that morning on a Pop-Tart box or a package of instant oatmeal. She is an old school ( everybody in one room ) staunch liberal partisan who goes out of her way, on a daily basis, to disparage conservatives in the most petty of ways.
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It isn't even hardly injured
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 7:52pm.
Progressive/Liberalism got a paper cut in the 2010 election. Heck, we didn't even get all the liberals out of the Republican party (e.g. Lisa Murkowski from Alaska). To kill the liberals/progressives, we will have to have about 20-30 years straight of conservative elections, get all of the conservatives out of the executive bureaucracy, and replace most of the liberal judges with conservatives.
That being said, we DID inflict a painful paper cut. We need to continue to use the outcome to wound them on top of the cut again and again this next two years.
Dennis Prager
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I think it's more like a
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 8:00pm.
I think it's more like a razor-knife cut........not big or deep, but pretty bloody, very painful, and not easy to heal. Maybe if we keep up the pressure, it can get a viral infection and really do some damage...............there are still some 'Republicans' that need to go, or at least 'get their heads straight', in light of what we are demanding out of them. Given this weeks possible 'deal' with Boy Blunder..........I'm still not super optimistic...........and I don't care how bad the loony left is freaking out about it either..........at the risk of sounding selfish, I'm worried about MY behind!!!
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Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 8:12pm.
Better analogy. However, the point is that we need to clean up OUR act as well, and keep the pressure on. Let's call it "Operation Hemmorhage" with the goal of bleeding the liberals to death by inflicting many such cuts now and in the future. If you think of it, that is the way that they are trying to get rid of us, so it is poetic justice.
Dennis Prager
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No it isn't just the
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 9:19pm.
No it isn't just the election that has severly hurt the Liberals. It is the financial meltdown across the world as governments have run out of money. It is money that the Liberals have used as bribes to buy votes so they can aquire power. Without gobs of money Liberals cannot sell their freedom robbing programs. The Tea Party was in response to the financial excesses of Liberalism. The Tea Partiers are demanding that the government stop stealing their future. In Europe where people accepted the Liberals devils bargain they are rioting at having the Golden Goose exposed as a fraud. Liberalism has been shown to be a failure and now they must figure out how they will get their power fix without buying their way into power. All they really have left is their usual back-up cards which are lies, biased media, biased education, biased judiciary, personal destruction of opponants, voter fraud, and Liberal governmental departments (to create Liberal friendly regulations).
Liberalism without walking around money for the locals is now just an organized crime organization seeking to infiltrate the government for it's own power and aggrandizement.
Liberalism is a parasitic political system. It is a parasite because it must attach itself to a host in order to survive because it cannot sustain itself alone.
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There ya go sir.
Submitted by The Vet on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 9:23pm.
We simply can't pay for all the things they want. And a severe downturn of the world economy makes that ever more painful and easy for all to see.
Thank you. Good post.
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I agree with Andrea Mitchell? THUD
Submitted by Texndoc on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 5:07pm.
I've said if TIME lived up to the "intent" behind their "Man of the Year" it would be the Tea Party voter, but they would never chose properly, despite for at least 11 out of the past 12 months it was "tea party tea party tea party tea party tea party........."
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I agree also
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 7:48pm.
The fact that the choice is a good one, and Andrea Mitchell proposed it (admittedly for all the wrong reasons) leads me to ask which statement below is more true of Andrea:
- Even a blind hog can find a mushroom once in a while
- A stopped clock is right twice a day.
Just post a 1 or 2 in your comments. I will then let Andrea know the Newsbuster readers' results.
Dennis Prager
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American Exceptionalism Causing Liberal Breakdowns
Submitted by Retired Geek on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 5:16pm.
America is Exceptional, in fact America is the most Exceptional Nation in the History of Mankind.
Anyone that wants too in America - can be Healthy, Wealthy and Wise, through Hard Work and Self-Determination.
This is what 'Rankles' many people in the United States and many people in other Countries - how can America be so Exceptional in Creating Wealth, in Technology, Medicine and Culture?
The reason is simple, America has Historically had the most 'Limited Government in the History of Mankind' - the most 'Freedom of the Individual Citizen' - the most 'Opportunity' for the Individual Citizen to achieve whatever their God given skills can achieve.
Liberal Progressives are having a Mental and Emotional breakdown, including their Leader Barack Obama, because of the results of the 2010 Elections.
These America Haters believed they had finally succeeded in Destroying America, but their dreams were destroyed on one single Election Day.
I have watched this video several times and it is the most uplifting Message I have ever heard.
The Video is about America's Exceptionalism.
Watch this Video and it will give you Strength, Hope and Courage to continue the War that was declared against America by the 'Hate America' Liberal Progressives and their Marxist Dictator Wannabe - Barack Obama.
This 'American Exceptionalism Video is only 11 minutes and 50 seconds long.
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Love to believe that what you say about the election is true
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 8:01pm.
but I suggest that you see http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/12/12/andrea-mitchel... above which better describes what happened in the current election and where we need to go.
Dennis Prager
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Nothing that you see on MSNBC
Submitted by Van Halen on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 7:31pm.
Nothing that you see on MSNBC can be believed because it is wholly owned by the Obama Administration.
Obama's Fed stole our money, made secret loans to GE and NBC who gave the money to MSNBC and now MSNBC, which should be off the air from low ratings, is sitting on a heap of cash and woudn't dare say anything negative about Obama.
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I would have thought that
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 12/12/2010 - 10:02pm.
I would have thought that Obama would have already been named Man of the Year ad finitum.
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"He(Mitch McConnell) made
Submitted by sometimesright on Mon, 12/13/2010 - 2:39pm.
"He(Mitch McConnell) made him(Obama) into a left-wing president because of Republican policy. It was brilliant."
i think he did that all on his own, Mr. Matthews. can anyone be so dense? oh yeah, that's right. he's nonpartisan. just ask him.
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With the news that Gus Malzahn is leaving the Auburn Tigers to be the head coach at Arkansas State, Auburn fans are in a panic. Certainly, Malzahn will not be easy to replace as an offensive coordinator. But what sort of recruiter is Auburn losing in Malzahn? A pretty good one, it turns out.
It wasn't that long ago that Malzahn was coaching football at Springdale High School. In fact, he's only been coaching college football since 2006. Gus connects well with the high schoolers, because he's used to dealing with young kids. He's also used to dealing with the parents who often factor heavily into the decision.
And of course, Malzahn's offense is fun. Recruits want to play in the offense that starred Cam Newton and currently features Michael Dyer. There's also the perception that Malzahn's offense is simple and easy to learn.
Having an offense that is perceived as simple and easy to learn is big for kids wanting to play right away. For many recruits, the mention of the word "red-shirt" is a huge turnoff. Kids want to be told that they'll have a chance to play immediately as long as they work hard. Under Malzahn, Auburn really did play kids early, which prevented opposing coaches from debunking that notion on the recruiting trail.
Auburn currently has nine commitments on the offensive side of the ball (as long as JaQuay Williams, a four star wide receiver, sticks around -- Williams appears to be perturbed about Malzahn leaving). It's not a huge haul at this point, but it is full of quality, with Rivals giving eight of the nine a rating of four stars or better. Malzahn personally recruited many of these players to fit his offense.
One such player is quarterback Zeke Pike, of Kentucky. Pike is an enormous player at 6'5" and 230 pounds, yet he moves extremely well. Many in the recruiting world believe he would make a great tight end or defensive end. Though his big arm is often erratic, Malzahn realized he would be a perfect fit for his HUNHS offense (Hurry-Up No-Huddle Spread). Malzahn planned to feature Pike's legs until Pike's arm and head caught on to the college game. Without Malzahn, will Pike still attend Auburn? Will Auburn bring in an offensive coordintor in the same mold as Malzahn? Should Auburn choose its offensive coordinator to appease young players and recruits who committed and who are planning to sign to play for a Malzahn-type offense? These are all huge questions that Chizik must consider when making this hire. When players commit to play for a coach, and not a program, as some likely did for Malzahn, transfers and decommitments will be likely.
Other current offensive commitments, however, are likely to fit the scheme of any coordinator Chizik brings in. Running back Jovon Robinson, of Memphis, is a bruising runner. He can be the inside runner in a spread offense. Reciever Ricardo Louis, of Miami Beach, is an electric play maker who can excel in the spread because of his speed, or a more pro-style scheme because of his size (6'2", 190).
The challenge for Chizik, and whoever he brings in as offensive coordinator, is to convince the current commitments and young players on this team that they chose Auburn for more than the opportunity to play for Malzahn. Chizik and his staff are regarded more for their ability to recruit than their prowess on game day, and they should be able to respond.
Of course, this opens up a huge opportunity for negative recruiting from opposing programs. They'll claim that Auburn was only good because it had Malzahn and Cam Newton. They'll point to Chizik's record as a head coach without Malzahn (5-19 at Iowa State) and without Cam Newton (15-10). But every school has things opposing coaches use against it in the recruiting battle, and Auburn has plenty to offer as a program
Auburn has seven commitments on the defensive side of the football, but Ted Roof's departure isn't expected to have a significant impact on their status because Auburn head coach Gene Chizik is looked upon as the true defensive mind on the staff.
Auburn's recruiting class is currently comprised of 16 verbal commitments, and is widely seen as one of the top ten in the country. With fewer than 50 days left until signing day, it will be interesting to see how the Tigers regroup. With Alabama, Georgia and LSU wanting to poach from the Plains, Chizik has his work cut out for him.
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Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed the childhood home of a man accused of killing an Athens police officer.
The fire was reported shortly before noon on Tuesday at the family home of Jamie Hood in Clarke County. Hood is charged with fatally shooting Officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian and wounding Officer Tony Howard in March 2011.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/UEUYXp) that Hood's parents, Azalee and Robert Hood Sr., left the house on Rannick Road about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to make final arrangements for one of Hood's uncles, who died last weekend.
Athens-Clarke County fire Battalion Chief Gary Jeffers says the cause is unknown, and the investigation is in its early stages.
If convicted of the shootings, Hood faces the death penalty.
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Original Harry Potter Manuscripts on TourNews
Amidst all the exciting Harry Potter news recently, the pen and paper that started it all is being shown at the British Library from May 13--Septemeber 25, 2012. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone manuscripts will be on display with hundreds of other great British literary works, including The Hobbit and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Entertainment Weekly reports:
According to Jamie Andrews, head of English and Drama at the library, "Writing Britain celebrates the incredible collection of great literary works held at the British Library, spanning more than 1,000 years to the present day. These rare and unique collections will help give a fascinating and new insight into the creative thinking behind iconic British novels, poems, illustrations and more."The Telegraph originally reported the tour saying:
The work, including a scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone where the character catches a train from Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station in London, is part of an exhibition at the nearby British Library.
As far as we know, despite the use of the word "tour" in our sources, the manuscripts have a one-stop destination.


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Ivo Van Hove's Hedda Gabler at NYTW. The distillation of both the character choices and design elements to their essential qualities felt so smart and fresh to me.
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John Doyle's production of Company, with Raúl Esparza and Barbara Walsh. It was great theatre. As it should be, music was an integral part of the drama in this staging.
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Growing up in Vallejo, Calif., Twins scouting director Deron Johnson watched his father and his grandfather labor in their shops every day as shoe repairmen.It was hard work, pounding on the heels and soles of shoes for hours each day. And as Deron would hang out in the shoe repair shop after school in junior high, his father, Sargent Johnson, always reminded him of the importance of getting an education so that he could go on to do something different. "He didn't really get a chance to really pursue what he wanted to do for a living," Deron said of his father. "So he wanted to make sure that we had that opportunity." Sargent Johnson instilled many lessons in his son regarding hard work, dedication and determination, but he also passed along something else that Deron still carries with him in his job today. And that's a passion for the game of the baseball. As MLB.com celebrates Black History Month, we will tell the stories of influential African-Americans throughout the game of baseball. Today we'll explore Johnson's story, from his days of playing Little League under his father's tutelage to making a move into a scouting role and eventually emerging as the man in charge of the Twins' scouting department. The love of baseball is something that Deron Johnson, 44, remembers having from an early age, with his first real memory coming when he was 7 years old and hoping to play Little League for the first time. His father had to work on Saturdays in the shoe repair shop, so Deron's uncle took him to sign up instead. But when the two arrived to the tryouts, they learned that Deron didn't meet the age requirement for his Little League. His birthday was in October and the cutoff was sometime in August. "I went back to my father's shop and I was bawling," Johnson said. "My father said to me, 'Son, you'll just have to wait until next year.'" That very next year, Sargent Johnson was with his son for his first Little League season. While Deron's mother, Dolores, was there watching all of his games, Sargent Johnson coached Deron's teams for the next few years, stopping when Deron advanced to Babe Ruth League baseball at age 13. He was a demanding coach, but he impressed his players by beating them in sprints at the end of every practice.
Along the way of teaching the game that he loved, Sargent Johnson led his Little League teams to two city championships. He also helped to coach a few future Minor League players, including his son, as well as one Major Leaguer -- Tony Longmire -- who played parts of three seasons with the Phillies."He touched the lives of many young African-American boys from Vallejo in the late '70s and early '80s," Johnson said. "He was a really good coach. Tony still mentions to me that my dad was the best coach he ever had. He really taught us the game and was passionate about it." That's not to say that baseball was always Deron's first love. As he was growing up, Johnson was better known throughout his hometown as a basketball player. He even skipped his junior year of high school baseball to concentrate on basketball. But soon Deron realized that was perhaps a mistake. "After basketball season in my senior year, I realized that this probably wasn't going anywhere," Johnson said. "I was a 6-foot-2 guard and so I decided to go back to baseball." Johnson was accepted to St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., and he made the baseball team as a walk-on. He played four seasons there, primarily as an outfielder, and although he went undrafted following his senior year in 1988, he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a free agent. But in July 1990, with less than three full Minor League seasons, Johnson was released by then Pirates farm director Chuck LaMar. The possibility of becoming a scout was first planted in Johnson's mind during the 1992 baseball season. He had traveled to nearby Candlestick Park in San Francisco to watch Will Pennyfeather, his former roommate from the Minor Leagues who had just been called up to the Pirates. When Johnson was waiting to see Pennyfeather, Pirates assistant GM Cam Bonifay stopped to chat, having remembered him from his playing days with the organization. He asked Johnson whether he was interested in scouting. But Johnson wasn't sure he was quite ready to return to the sport. "I was still bitter, because I think every released player doesn't feel that they got a fair shake," Johnson said. "I said, 'Nah, I think I will probably do some other stuff, but I appreciate it.' Two years later, Vern Followell hired me as an area scout for the Twins." Prior to joining the Twins, Johnson spent a little over a year as an assistant coach with the University of San Francisco. He was in charge of recruiting, although it was a limited role since the team had only two scholarships. But Johnson realized quickly that he had discovered a new love. "I liked that part of the job -- going out to games and seeing who would fit us," Johnson said. "We couldn't get the same player that a Cal or a Stanford or a Santa Clara could get. We would have to get the guy that we could project on and where you'd think, 'This guy might be good in two years.' I liked that part of it more than hitting infield [practice] to guys or throwing batting practice and all of that. I loved being away from the field, and recruiting was my niche."
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few of the local scouts in the area recommended Johnson to Followell, who is now Minnesota's pro scouting coordinator. Johnson acknowledges that at the time, the Twins were looking for minority candidates for the job and he took advantage of the opportunity. He was hired as the area scout in January 1994. Johnson had many mentors in the Twins organization, including then-general manager Terry Ryan, then-scouting director Mike Radcliff and Followell. But one of Johnson's early influences in scouting was Jim Guinn, who was an old-time scout who worked part-time for the Oakland A's. Guinn had signed Rickey Henderson and Claudell Washington, and at a time when there were few of the old-school scouts left in the game, he took the time to help Johnson learn the ins and outs of the business. "[Guinn] was just a great man and gave me a lot of pointers on not just scouting, but life in general," Johnson said. Johnson moved on to become the Twins' West Coast scouting supervisor in 1998, and in 2007, he was promoted to director of scouting. Now as one of the few African-American scouting directors in the game, Johnson hopes to be a strong example to others in his field. "There is a lot of pressure," Johnson said. "You've got to make sure you do the right thing and make the right choices. You have to be a good person and work hard -- show up early and leave late -- if you are going to be an example, not only to the younger minority scouts in the industry but also to my kids as well. I've been given a great opportunity and I don't want to let down those who provided me with that chance." Johnson is entering his fourth season as Minnesota's director of scouting and his 18th in the Twins' organization. He said that he's blessed to be a part of an organization where longevity is the standard and the scouting department is known for its continuity. With every year, Johnson said he is growing in his role as scouting director -- overseeing a 27-man scouting staff and running the team's First-Year Player Draft every June as he tries to keep the Twins' Minor League system stocked with talent. His father was the one who helped push Deron to believe that anything was possible, and now he's trying to instill those same lessons into his four children. Perhaps his own career path is the best example of that. "It's an incredible dream come true," Johnson said of where his career has taken him. "The travel gets old, staying at a different hotel every night. Once April starts, I'll be hopping on different flights every day. But sometimes I have to pinch myself and remind myself that I watch baseball games for a living. I'm so fortunate that I love what I do."
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Concert Sound Ltd., one of Europe's premier audio rental companies, has selected JBL's VERTEC VT4889 system for worldwide live sound use. The decision to deploy VERTEC for upcoming European and North American tours by legendary performer Eric Clapton comes after a successful run of events in Japan during November and December.
Japanese concerts used a VERTEC system, arranged in cooperation with Hibino Sound. The shows were mixed by sound engineer Robert Collins, who has worked with Clapton since 1989, "VERTEC? Now this is a right proper, professional P.A. system. Enough said," remarked Collins after the first of several shows in Tokyo's Budokan arena. Clapton's Japanese dates covered 18 venues throughout the country's major cities, including the new Sapporo Dome. Presented by Udo Artists, all concerts were sold out.
"Our company, and Eric Clapton's production team, has decided to move forward with JBL VERTEC after carefully reviewing the various line array options available today," confirms Tim Boyle, Managing Director for Concert Sound, whose staff handles concert needs worldwide for a prestigious group of major artists including Clapton. "We've long known the value and superior power-handling capabilities of JBL's loudspeaker components, through our own internal custom stage monitor projects," notes Boyle. "Now it's interesting to see JBL achieving broad, worldwide acceptance of their new line array systems, which once again appear to be pushing live sound technology forward with JBL's advanced transducers."
In February, Concert Sound technicians will be readying their new arena-sized system for production rehearsals. Concerts begin on the European continent in March, with numerous dates already confirmed for Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the U.K. Eric Clapton's European tour will finish with a week of shows at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall. The entourage then moves to North America for summer event dates.
"All of us at JBL are very pleased that Concert Sound is choosing to make an investment in VERTEC line-array systems," advised David Scheirman, Director of Tour Sound. "This veteran company, and their affiliated team of world-class soundmixers, are respected throughout the industry. We're honored to have been selected by Concert Sound as their line-array equipment vendor of choice for premier clients like Eric Clapton."
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It's February 14. There are still free agents. There are still decent-to-good free agents who could help teams expecting to contend.
This is annoying.
Suppose it's not my problem, but I'm ready to enter the season-preview part of the offseason, where pundits pundit on the exact makeup of a team's roster. It doesn't matter, of course -- in June we're going to wake up and see that Adam Lind has 20 home runs, or that Joe Blanton leads the Philadelphia rotation in ERA. Baseball likes giving wedgies to predictions and hanging them from a doorknob.
Still, it's hard to dig too deep into the AL East or NL Central without knowing where Roy Oswalt will sign. The Yankees still need lefty-hitting DH -- will it be Hideki Matsui, Raul Ibanez, or Johnny Damon? So much ambiguity. That's why I've decided to put players on teams. This is contractually binding because we just want the season to start, and it feels like these guys are holding everything up.
Roy Oswalt
Here's the big one, right up front. The Red Sox need him the most. He's a perfect fit for the Red Sox. It's an eHarmony commercial crossed with a clichéd Hollywood ending. Just make the damned connection already.
Alas, Oswalt saw Good Will Hunting, and he knows what Boston people use baseball gloves for. He's apparently not interested in Boston at all, even if it makes entirely too much sense. So I'm putting him on the Royals, who probably aren't a surprise contender just yet, but who have a young offense worth supporting. On a one-year deal, Oswalt is almost as good of a fit for the Royals that he is with the Red Sox.
Hideki Matsui
It's not like he's Joe DiMaggio or Mickey Mantle. He's not going to have a likeness beyond the outfield walls of Yankee Stadium. But he's still a Yankee, no matter where he ends up this year. And those Yankees are looking for a left-handed complement to Andruw Jones. This is also an obvious fit. The team is messing around with Raul Ibanez -- more on him in a second -- as if he's a viable alternative. Not when you take baseball into account, and certainly not when you take sentimentality into account, too.
Considering that the Oakland Coliseum is split between time zones and area codes, Matsui didn't have that bad of a year. He also improved as the season went on. As a low-cost option, he's probably the best one left with the White Sox getting Kosuke Fukudome.
And you know how important cost is to the Yankees this year. It really is this time. It's fun to type! Try it! Cost is really important to the Yankees this year. Cost is really important to the Yankees this year.
Raul Ibanez
There's only one team that makes sense for him: The Jermaine Dye I Guess It's Not Worth Its. Ibanez was pretty bad last year, he can't field, and he'll turn 40 in June. As an extra bat off the bench, he'd do just swell. But a team shouldn't pay much more than the major-league minimum for that privilege; Ibanez is probably looking for something a little more substantial for his time. Understandable on both counts. That's what happened with Dye, and he chose to step away from the game and finish those Agatha Christie novels he'd been putting off. Ibanez might do the same.
Just kidding. I'm putting him on the Giants just to watch Twitter melt. The endorphin rush will wear off quickly, but it'll be a heckuva 30 minutes.
Vladimir Guerrero
As we pointed out yesterday, we live in a world where Vladimir Guerrero is openly requesting that he play for the Yankees on a cheap one-year deal, and the Yankees aren't interested. There will be a time when Mike Trout is floating around, begging the Orioles to take him. It will depress you. This is that, but now.
If you watched the 2010 World Series, you know that Vlad fields like Adam Dunn wrapped in a fishing net, so the NL is out, even for a bench role. And I'm not sure how many non-contenders would mess with him instead of giving a younger player a shot. So I'm putting him on the Rays to pick up some at-bats for Luke Scott against tough lefties. Sorry about the pitcher's-park thing, Vlad. It's not going to help your Hall of Fame case.
Johnny Damon
He's not good in the field anymore, but he's not foot-in-a-gopher-hole bad. His arm isn't a big deal in left, and he can still hit just a bit. So he's not limited to AL teams like Vlad or Ibanez. Because of this, I'll put him on the Reds, who have Ryan Ludwick and Chris Heisey -- both right-handers -- fighting for at-bats. Heisey actually has wacky reverse platoon splits, and Ludwick's splits are similarly counterintuitive, but that doesn't mean that Damon still wouldn't be a good complement. Plus, if you had to pick a player to join the frightening game of Dusty Leadoff Roulette, Damon would actually fit the role somewhat.
As for the rest of the pending free agents, they're free to explore the rest of free agency themselves, though you can build a pretty sweet 2000 team from the remnants. A spring battle between Jason Kendall and Pudge Rodriguez would have been outstanding theater last decade.
Everyone listed above, though, should report to camp next week because we're sick of hearing about you and where you might end up. Especially you, Roy. Especially you.


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The Colts sent the reeling Texans back to Houston as Chuck Pagano had a successful return to the sideline after three months away.
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The Texans showed they're not currently the class of the AFC in a huge blowout to the Pats, while the Colts made another fourth-quarter comeback.
Carter is out for Sunday's game against Houston.||||||| Coach Chuck Pagano has said all week that starters who are healthy will play. Those who are injured will sit out because Sunday's result has no bearing on Indianapolis' playoff position. Indy (10-5) is locked into the No. 5 seed.
Carter has sore ribs.||||||| It's uncertain how much time he will miss.
Carter rushed 14 times for 45 yards in Sunday's 27-17 loss to the Bengals.||||||| Getting a chance to start with Joseph Addai nursing a sore right hamstring, Carter didn't do much to impress, averaging 3.2 yards per carry.