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By Mike Gegenheimer | LSU Reveille
It all started with a threat.
For LSU's offensive line, inspiration didn't come from a "backs against the wall" mentality, freshman running back Jeremy Hill's big runs or even the deafening energy projected from the seats of Tiger Stadium.
Inspiration came from an unidentified South Carolina defensive player telling LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger during pregame warm-ups that he would make sure Mettenberger didn't finish the game.
It's safe to say senior left tackle Josh Dworaczyk and the rest of Mettenberger's protectors didn't take kindly to their opponent's promise.
"When that comes into this locker room, I'm getting fired up just thinking about it because Zach is one of my best friends," Dworaczyk said. "When you hear that, it elevates your game that much more. Your job is to always keep the quarterback clean, but when that threat comes out there, you step up and protect your quarterback with everything you've got."
From that point on, Dworaczyk said everyone had an understanding that their quarterback wouldn't be touched.
The Tiger O-line kept its word, effectively shutting down one of the nation's most productive defensive lines.
The Gamecock defense led the Southeastern Conference with 25 sacks through the first six games of the season.
On Saturday night, they were held to South Carolina senior linebacker Shaq Wilson's lone third-quarter sack and never recorded so much as a single quarterback hurry.
That statistic was made even more impressive considering the fact that sophomore left guard La'el Collins and senior center P.J. Lonergan were the only two remaining first week offensive line starters to begin the game Saturday night.
"I thought the old man out there at left tackle had a hell of a game," Mettenberger said. "He was all over [defensive end Jadeveon] Clowney all night. And the two young guys, Vadal [Alexander] and Trai [Turner], played lights out."
Prior to the South Carolina game, the LSU offensive line allowed 15 sacks this season, six of which came at the hands of two SEC defenses (Auburn and Florida), including two from the last high profile defensive end Dworaczyk had to block, Auburn's Corey Lemonier.
After Auburn, LSU junior defensive end Sam Montgomery promised he would take it upon himself to work harder in practice to make sure Dworaczyk and the rest of the offensive line would be better prepared for the other deadly SEC pass rushes.
"Having such a big name coming in like Clowney, I was going to make sure they were ready,"
Montgomery said. "Had to slap them around, had to give them some of that Saturday night Sam Montgomery. Just to make sure they were ready for war … I refuse to let somebody come in and jump on them like that."
Mentally, the Tiger offense showed glimpses of the old Mad Hatter play calling, running out of formations the South Carolina defense hadn't seen, most notably the unveiling of the "Ware-cat" formation.
LSU coach Les Miles said the new, more creative plays have always been in the playbook — this was just the first time the Tigers decided to use them.
Sophomore wide receiver Jarvis Landry took it a step further, saying Florida was a "wakeup call" for the offense.
"If you look at things from previous games, even the Florida game, we had opportunities to score," Landry said. "I feel like this today it was the stress of, you have to get it, you have to win. We kind of played most of our cards doing things we do well."
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Your favorite humus (approximately ¾ Cup)
Sumac Crusted Chicken Breast
2 Tablespoons Almonds
¼ Cup Diced tomatoes
¼ Cup Sundried tomatoes
¼ Cup Feta Crumbles
5 Each Calamata Olives
4 Each Roasted Garlic
2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Approximately 2 teaspoons Fresh Basil Ribbons
Approximately 1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Cilantro
Approximately 1 teaspoon Fresh Chopped Green Onions
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- Pre-heat your skillet on medium high heat
- Add corn or canola oil to the pan (approximately 1 oz)
- Place chicken into your skillet, with the sumac side down first
- Allow the chicken to cook until the edges begin to turn white
- Flip the chicken and allow to continue cooking until it is completely done and the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees
- NOTE: The side of the chicken that has the sumac crust will have a "blackened" appearance.
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There's more controversy for Miley Cyrus. This time around, the pop star is getting naked in her new video.
The 20-year-old strips down for "Wrecking Ball."
It's the second song from the album "Bangerz."
Cyrus goes for a naked ride on the wrecking ball, licks a sledge hammer and smashes up a few walls.
Cyrus is fresh off a controversial performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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The Philadelphia Eagles don't want to go down without a fight, especially when Michael Vick isn't playing. Vince Young played poorly for most the game against the New York Giants before turning it on late in the game to deliver a 17-10 victory. But not even that will help them all that much against the New England Patriots on Sunday. The Patriots opened as four-point road favorites, according to Odds Shark. A later line has moved the game to just three points in favor of the Patriots.
The Eagles appear ready to play again without Vick, which means Young gets another chance to prove he is able to lead the team to another victory. But the over/under for this game hasn't been set yet. Tom Brady does lead the No. 2 passing attack in the league, so the Patriots might not find it hard to score points. However, the Patriots do allow 300 passing yards per game, making this a potentially high-scoring game.
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Evolution vs. Creation – It's Not Really About Science
Richard Dawkins seems like a reasonably intelligent chap. He's a bestselling author and has appeared in a number of films. He's also got a charming British accent and appears to know a lot about evolution. How interesting that we happen to know someone else with a charming British accent, an author who has appeared in films, a man who knows a lot about evolution and who is a very intelligent fellow … but who is the direct opposite of Richard Dawkins where it matters the most.
That man is Ian Taylor, host of the Creation Moments radio broadcast. So why is one of these men a strident evolutionist while the other an outspoken creationist? We believe it has nothing to do with science or their level of intelligence … but it has everything to do with their spiritual understanding.
For Dawkins, evolution is the only game in town because – to him – God does not exist. He rejects the Bible and the account of creation given in its opening pages. Ian Taylor, on the other hand, believes in God. He also believes that the Bible's account of creation is true and is supported by good science.
So while there are thinkers on both sides of the issue – like Richard Dawkins and Ian Taylor – it is clear to us that the creation-evolution debate is fundamentally a dispute over the existence of God. Because if God exists, it is reasonable to believe He created the universe. And if God doesn't exist, biblical creation is foolishness.
While Creation Moments does not agree with Dawkins on most matters, we do feel that this God-denying evolutionist is thinking clearly when he says the debate is really about spiritual matters. He made that point in The Blind Watchmaker, where he wrote: "Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist."
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Bob Baffert's Arkansas Shuttle keeps rolling, likely carrying a couple of his 3-year-old colts to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby in less than seven weeks.
The Hall of Fame trainer based in California had another successful weekend at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., with Secret Circle winning the $500,000 Rebel Stakes by three-quarters of a length over fast-closing Optimizer on Saturday.
With his fifth win in six starts, Secret Circle moves up to No. 4 on the latest AP Run to the Roses Top 10 list of Derby contenders. Union Rags, Hansen and El Padrino remain 1-2-3 as they get ready for their final preps before the Derby on May 5.


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Apple Streusel Muffins Recipe
My husband and children enjoy these tender coffee cake-like muffins as a quick breakfast or snack on the run. The drizzle of glaze makes them pretty enough for company. —Dulcy Grace, Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups chopped peeled tart apples
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon cold butter
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine eggs, butter and vanilla; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be stiff). Fold in apples.
- Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, flour and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter.
- Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over muffins. Yield: 1 dozen.
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These muffins came out delicious..the whole family loved them. They're a great way to get kids to eat apples. I did add pecans to a few.
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This is a family favorite. We never make the glaze. I use frozen apples if I do not have fresh.
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Great without the glaze. I used Rome apples, my favorite baking apples.
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I made the muffins without the glaze and they were amazing. I would call them mini coffee cakes, so dense and moist from the apples. I will try them with nuts next time. I love finding new apple recipes, I am crazy for apples.
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Very good! I would make half the amount of glaze next time - it was a little excessive. Otherwise, very moist and flavorful and just the right amount of sweetness.
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Caterpillar, Inc. and designer and diesel engine manufacturer Navistar International Corporation have announced an agreement that would result in the development of a new vocational truck to be released worldwide.
The companies first announced their alliance in June of 2008, which led to the creation of NC2 Global, LLC, owned equally between Caterpillar and Navistar.
Now, Caterpillar and Navistar say they are taking the next stage in the partnership, which will focus on developing, manufacturing, and selling vocational and on-highway trucks for not only North America but the rest of the world.
"As we have looked at the success of the Cat vocational truck launch in North America, we believe that a similar business model for commercial trucks for the rest of the world makes the most sense for our customers," said George Taylor, Director of Caterpillar's Global On-Highway Truck Group.
The companies say in addition to the Cat CT660 vocational truck that was unveiled earlier this year, a new model would soon be developed and sold globally.
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Chavez Jr. Might Have A New Trainer Upon Return
Chavez Jr. Might Have A New Trainer Upon Return
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Rumor has it Roach may be losing yet another fighter in Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. after a bad 2012 that seen all of his top fighters take L's on their record. It's being said that either Nacho Beristain or Robert Garcia are in the top running to replace Roach. If Rumor holds true, I think it be a good Match for either trainer to take over. I'd leen more toward seeing Nacho Train him because I feel it being a no nonsense better mesh between Legendary Trainer teaching Son Of A Legend on the come up.
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i have a hunch chavez jr will largely fight the same regardless of trainers. imo he wins fights on the scale ...his chin and name are other big advantages that explain his career trajectory and record (and probably attitude, assuming the reports and tv shows are true).
in the scenario that i was wrong and that chavez jr became receptive to new and (ideally) helpful advice, I do think he'd be able to extend his career and remain a challenging opponent for most in the middleweight division. he eats so many punches though i really wonder how long he'll box for.
but it'd be very difficult for chavez jr to campaign anywhere higher where his weight advantage disappears. that is a situation where a trainer would be necessary but even then who knows?
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According Bay County Sheriff's Office it happened at around 8:30 Friday Night at the intersection of HWY 22 and Tyndall PKWY.
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An organization made up of state securities regulators is warning consumers about four new scams that could affect people's personal wealth.
The North American Securities Administrators Association, or NASAA included the new threats in its annual list, which you can find here.
The emerging threats include:
Crowd funding is a way for companies to attract investors over the internet. The strategy was made possible by a law enacted by Congress this year. But consumer advocates and organizations like the NASAA believe it opens the floodgates to con artists by allowing them to contact victims via the internet.
Inappropriate advice from investment advisors are nothing new, as the Bernie Madoff case illustrates. But in 2011, state securities regulators doubled the number of actions they took against investment advisors.
Self-directed IRAs are meant to allow individual investors to directly choose the stocks and finds they want to buy with their own retirement savings. But the NASAA and other consumer advocacy groups have identified several cases where IRA custodians have directed investments into fraudulent and worthless Ponzi schemes.
EB-5 Investment-for-Visa schemes take advantage of something called the "Immigrant Investor Program." It grants visas to foreign citizens who invest a minimum of $500,000 in a new business. It's meant to help create jobs here, but consumer advocates warn that fraudulent promoters may try to make the new businesses seem like safe investments, by incorrectly connecting them to a federal jobs program.
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Congressional Bill Giving You Right To Close Account Without Fees
Congressional Bill Giving You Right To Close Account Without Fees
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 8:10 PM
A bill has been introduced in Congress that that will stop banks from
charging a fee to close accounts or to move your money. Some banks charge
up to $50 to close an account and make it so difficult to move your money
elsewhere that they effectively force one to stay put.
Consumers Union has a website making it quite easy and quick to
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congressional representatives a message in support of this legislation.
There's also an amusing spoof video of a fictitious bank (First Money
Lending) which may be a little too close to the truth---bringing to mind
me1004's nightmare (
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The bill, introduced by Senator Tom Harkin (D, Iowa) is "S. 1534: Freedom
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All the more reason to vote if you believe it worthwhile.
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1. Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 10:11 PM
Signed it earlier today.
943 posts since
Jan 16, 2010
Rep Points: 2,742
2. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 3:40 AM
I don't want to be the skunk at the party but not sure I agree with this bill. One does not have to commit money to a bank with closing fees. As long as it is disclosed, I say let the customer decide. Too much govt micromanaging everything in our society, including healthcare.
I am an adult; I don't need the govt holding my hand to keep me from making mistakes. Are we invalids?
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Aug 3, 2010
Rep Points: 3,437
3. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 7:48 AM
Fee structures and disclosures change and customers are not always notified by mail or email. How many times do you check for any changes for any of your accounts. Disclosures were required to be printed for each account opened. How many people read the disclosure that at one of my credit unions was 26 pages long? We have had to ask for copies of account signature cards, beneficiary papers, and disclosres at many banks and credit unions when my husband and I opened accounts. One credit union lost the beneficiary papers for his IRA's and we found out about it after his death. I had a copy of the account opening papers and the beneficiaries signed by their manager and the disclosure that we had to ask for when the account was opened. The would not accept them and threatened to give the IRA's only to probate or his personal representative after a probate case was opened. We had things set up so that nothing had to be probated and I threatened a lawsuit. The disclosures that I had to ask for that stated the account would go to the wife (which I disclaimed and gave to the contingent beneficiaries) but the credit union still would not give it to the contingent beneficiaries until I said they would hear from my lawyer and once that lawyer wrote them a letter I would not settle out of court. They now have a new disclosure that says if they have no papers with name beneficiaries it would go to probate. I have had to now get copies of all accounts with named beneficiaries on their letterhead papers in my file for my children. I also had a very large credit union combine one of husband's Roth IRA's with mine (because it had the same interest rate and maturity date) and even though my member number or account number was not changed I found out when I requested a copy of the beneficiaries on all my accounts on their letterhead paper that all of my beneficiary information was lost. Mistakes are made. Employees are not trained like they used to be. Customers need to be protected by things that they may not know about and from mistakes made by business.
943 posts since
Jan 16, 2010
Rep Points: 2,742
4. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 10:11 AM
I am not talking about banks making changes and applying them retroactively or refusing to honor your beneficiary documents. I am refering to this legislation which bans closing fees...period. The problem with telling banks they can't charge fees like this is that they will get the money in other ways. That's the reason why it is getting harder to find a free checking account. I would not be against legislation prohibiting banks from making changes retroactively.
554 posts since
Aug 3, 2010
Rep Points: 3,437
5. Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 5:28 PM
I assumed they would retroactively charge fees, like the credit union changed the disclosure on beneficiaries retroactively and like the credit union down in North Carolina retroactively changed the rules for additional CD deposits about 2 months or so after the CD's were opened and other credit unions changed the EWP retroactively.
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- Fat 7g
- Sat Fat 4g
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Chael Sonnen draws Brian Stann in his UFC return
By Jeremy Lambert on July 6, 2011
The drawn out saga of Chael Sonnen will finally come to an end in October when he officially returns to action against middleweight contender Brian Stann at UFC 136. The fight is slated to be the co-main event of the Houston PPV, a card rumored to feature Cain Velasquez defending his heavyweight belt against Junior dos Santos
News of the fight was first reported by Heavy.com and has since been confirmed by the UFC.
Sonnen hasn't stepped foot inside the Octagon since UFC 117, where he lost to middleweight king Anderson Silva by triangle choke in the fifth round after dominating the prior 23 minutes of the fight. Sonnen was scheduled to get an immediate rematch for the belt but was busted for performance enhancing drugs and was suspended indefinitely by the California State Athletic Commission after a lengthy set of hearings. Sonnen's suspension in the state of California should not hinder his ability to get licensed in the state of Texas, which is one of the more laid back commissions in the country. Despite not competing since last August, Sonnen has stayed in the headlines via twitter, where he's continued to trash talk "The Spider" and his teammate Lyoto Machida.
Stann isn't likely to get caught up in Sonnen's war of words as he prefers to do his talking inside the cage with his fists. Since dropping to middleweight in August 2010, Stann has posted victories over Mike Massenzio, Chris Leben, and Jorge Santiago to put him near the top of the division. A win over Sonnen could put him in line for a title shot early next year.
UFC 136 is scheduled for October 6 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Along with the event will be a two-day UFC Fan Expo.
Guthookd says:
Well, I don't think I could have come up with a worse match for Brian. The guy still has nothing to offer on the ground, much less off his back, which is where he's going to be most of the fight.
Chael wins easy.
Well-Done. 13 3
Dufresne says:
I was hoping they'd make Sonnen v Machida to be honest. Chael called out Lyoto and Lyoto basically said "bring it." It would have been interesting to see how that turned out.
This fight is kinda strange to be honest. We've got a dominant wrestler with decent striking against a powerful striker with decent takedown defense. I'm pretty sure Stann will end up on his back at some point, but honestly I'm not sure what's gonna happen other than that.
Agree or Disagree: 9 0
Creature says:
Its been a while since ive had the time to comment on here.. but ill say right now, whoever wins this fight is definitely deserving of a title shot.. Sonnen with his last fight being jaw dropping exciting and surprising along with his very clever and cruel way with words = great PPV sell. with a win over Stann should put him right back in the top of the MW ladder.
Stann has shown great skill and potential and has been very impressive, with a win over Sonnen it would solidify his spot at the top 3 in the division for sure. cant wait for this one
Well-Done. 10 0
Angry Mike says:
Because of his military service, I won't root or bet against Stann. However, Sonnen has very fast takedowns, and once he's in top position he stays there. Tough draw for Stann.
Well-Done. 10 0
MCM says:
Sonnen is tough no doubt, but let's not forget that Stann put Leben down, and the only other fighter to do that is the undisputed best MW ever. Chael better watch those knees coming in or he's gonna be the one winding up on bottom.
Agree or Disagree: 4 3
Mad_Hatter_XX says:
Tough match for both men. Obviously it all depends on where the majority of the fight takes place. Chael is decent on his feet but, trading punches is only an avenue to a take down and GnP.
Stann has very heavy hands and average take down defense and no real ground game so whomever can keep the other where they want him will obviously be heavily favored. That being said I think Chael takes this because I don't see him not being able to get it to the ground.
I wonder how Chael can possibly come up with nasty inappropriate things to say about Stann. Dude is a legit hero and I think any trash talk that gets personal above the typical " I'm gonna win this fight this way" kinda trash talk might just backfire on Sonnen in some way.
I would still like to see Stann leave Sonnen in a bloody unconscious pile I just don't see him being able to keep on his feet long enough to do it.
Agree or Disagree: 7 0
fanoftna33 says:
Not a bad match up at all, give the guy who almost beat Silva( and lied to everybody on earth about everything) a match against a true up and coming star. We will find out just how good Stann is here.
Agree or Disagree: 9 0
JabCrossHook says:
I think Stann has a very good chance to win depending on what version of Chael shows up.
Keep in mind Stann has been fighting consistently against good opponents and Chael has been on a long lay off and if he did do PEDs then he might not be able to absorb damage as mush as what he endured in the Anderson fight trying to get it to the ground. He was successful but Silva made him pay by wobbling him a few times and dropping him with that elbow. Not sure if he can take as much punishment then when he was on PEDs.
Agree or Disagree: 5 2
TerribleT says:
Co-main event……5 rounds?? The final fight is supposedly going to be for the UFC Heavyweight title and of course will be scheduled for 5 rounds so I doubt there's any way they'll have Sonnen and Stann scheduled for 5 too.
Agree or Disagree: 2 3
climbarock says:
For me, this will be a hard fight to watch. I'd love to see Stann turn Sonnen into an unconscious, bloodied heap in the octagon, but I think Stann is going to get grapple-f*cked. Sonnen is a grinder, fans seem to have forgotten that.
Agree or Disagree: 3 1
stone says:
Chael 2010 would blow right through Stann 2010….. But this fight will be late 2011… Stann is looking better than he ever has & Chael is going to have to be a bit rusty with the long lay-off & no PED's… Can't wait for this fight though. I'm a Chael Sonnen fan, thru n thru!
Agree or Disagree: 3 1
superdavenorcal says:
let not also forget that Stann Subbed Mike Massenzio with a triangle choke so his game off his back does exist. Of course workin with Jackson and guys like JBJ If Stann works really hard on his takedown D he may, just may be able to stay on his feet long enough to be the first to tko chael….sadly i doubt it.
Agree or Disagree: 2 2
Rece Rock says:
First… This match is tailored for Cheal to make a B line right back to the rematch with Silva, which I think is bullshit and basically all business for Zuffa BUT I guess when you don't have much on the MW plate what else is there to do?!? I can tell you this much if DW wants to be taken seriously in the main stream media he can't pick and choose who to make an example of… he needs to set a precident and stick to it… Cheal Sonnen is NOT a headlining star athlete in my eyes, and not worthy of putting a business in any jeopordy.
Second… U wanna see the real Sonnen then watch that clip of him in the van with the ax murderer, he's a pussy.
Agree or Disagree: 2 6
JOEgun says:
i dont like either guy. chael for his uncontrollable shit talk and piles of lies and stann the christian american military poster boy for the shit he said to monson.
i think chael wins though
Agree or Disagree: 1 4
Dufresne says:
Co-main event……5 rounds?? The final fight is supposedly going to be for the UFC Heavyweight title and of course will be scheduled for 5 rounds so I doubt there's any way they'll have Sonnen and Stann scheduled for 5 too.
They've been talking about doing 5 round non-title fights lately and I want to say I heard that they've been approved. I'm hoping they don't use them for too many non-title fights mostly because they really limit the number of fights on the televised card.
Agree or Disagree: 2 2
bigbadjohn says:
Tailor made for Sonnens next title shot as previously pointed out. A huge LOL at Rece. Chael's a pussy? Okaaaaay Rece, you get a mulligan for that one. Because pussy's beat down p4p ultimate fighting Champs all the time…
Agree or Disagree: 3 2
bigbadjohn says:
If y'all haven't noticed, although Chael is a heel, he is still very much a company man. If Sonnen had have turned around and told Wandy to go back to his "disease harboring" country – pretty sure fireworks would go off. Then you have a "ultimate fighter" brawling outside of the octagon with another peer, and a sure
Media circus ( see Mayhem brawl), something that our sport, and Dana especially, doesn't want to deal with. And if you're suggesting Sonnen woulnt sign on the dotted line to fight Silva, that's even crazier. Chael may seem boisterous and wild but he's actually quite calculated
Agree or Disagree: 5 0
Guthookd says:
I haven't seen that clip Rece; I'll have to go find it at some point.
Chael a pussy….man, I can't believe that at all. I think he'd put a fucking murder on Wanderlei. Chael is no joke. I'd love to train with that guy.
Agree or Disagree: 3 0
MCM says:
Anyone see the vid of Ariel Hawany (sp) interviewing Chael about Wandy. Here are just a few choice things Sonnen said about the Ax Murderer and Brazil.
"Wanderlei, you are an immigrant from Brazil. I am a gangster from America. Are you sure you wanna play that game with me? Listen Wanderlei, I will do a home invasion on you. I will cut the power to your house and the next thing you'll hear is me climbing up your stairs in a pair of night vision goggles I bought in the back of Soldier of Fortune magazine. I'll pick the lock to the master room door, take a picture of you in bed with the Nogueira brothers working on your "jiu-jitsu". I'll take said quote unquote photograph, post it at http://www.dorksfrombrazil.com, password – not required, username – not required. That, Wanderlei, is how you threaten someone. Dummy."
and on Brazil……
" You have to understand. If I say something in a very private manner that isn't intended for a certain audience, come on, you can't hold that against me. I picked my medium very carefully when I talked about Brazil. I went to the internet. And if I had the foggiest idea that they had computers in Brazil, I wouldn't have done that.
I was in Las Vegas when the Nogueira brothers first touched down in America.There was a bus, this is a true story. There was a bus that pulled up to a red light, and Little Nog tried to feed it a carrot, while Big Nog was petting it. He thought it was a horse. This really happened. He tried to feed a bus a carrot, and now you're telling me this country has computers? I didn't know that!"
yes Chael is a dick and a criminal, but he's also got the best sound bites in MMA.
Agree or Disagree: 3 0
bigbadjohn says:
Great interview eh MCM? but you left out the part about GSP which would be the most useful soundbite for the people around here that think GSPs overrated, or boring. Chael gives insight that will hopefully help these peabrains that hate on St Pierre understand cage fighting a bit more
Agree or Disagree: 2 1
elkymbo says:
I heard that whoever wins tvis fight is going to play Captain Americai in the Avengers movie and the loser is going to be Robin in Batman. I think I've had too many beers.
Agree or Disagree: 2 0
Rece Rock says:
Hey Guthookd it's on the web…
Basically they both were in a van doing PR for Zuffa last year and it's right around when Sonnen was poppin shit about the Nog's and Silva… But was also sayin shit about Brazil in general and basically in a really calm yet "ax murderer" way Wandi talks to sonnen about respect and the fact that the guys he mocks are the history of the sport of mma… Sonnen just sits there nodding respectfully and says nothing to the contrary… So next time you guys think Sonnen backs up his words watch that clip and you'll see a man spoken to like a school boy learning some knowledge. If he wasn't a pussy he would would of said hey Wandi were in Vegas this ain't Brazil STFU and enjoy the ride, But no he sat there and was nothing but respectful to a guy he talks shit about… Cheal Sonnen is a douche.
Here's a quote from the clip:
"In Brazil, we have a saying," he tells Sonnen. "You have respect, you don't lose your teeth."
Agree or Disagree: 3 2
Rece Rock says:
Wanderlei asks Sonnen when he would fight Anderson again…
Sonnen answers "I'll fight Anderson again in new year's day" and Silva goes on to say:
"Good… You were doing very well with him. But I'm thinking… You said some things to promote that fight that were pretty good, but you need to be careful when saying things about Brazil, and saying bad things about Brazil. You don't know Brazil. When you don't know the place, you have to respect it."
"Sure. But that's not entirely true, I've been to Brazil actually."
"You've been to Brazil, but I am Brazilian. You are talking about the Nogueira brothers… These guys are the history of the sport. You need to respect these guys. If you challenge Anderson, one on one, that's ok. Doing the promotion thing is good. But you need to respect these guys and respect the country, you know. You need to have a good conduct about that. Don't do that any more, because that's dangerous you know?"
"In Brazil we have a saying… If you have respect, you don't lose your teeth. In Brazil we say that. So give respect, cause we don't know about the future, you know?"
"Sure. Thank you." – He nods and looks away
Agree or Disagree: 3 1
fanoftna33 says:
None of that surprises me Rece, I think Sonnen truly is the best example of a guy who has attained the true spirit of the martial art of the keyboard warrior.
Agree or Disagree: 2 0
bigbadjohn says:
Glad you transcribed that video Rece… Very stirring evidence to your "pussy" claim (not). So Sonnen, quite indifferently, gives short answers to Wandy? Now link to every fight Chael talked trash and came out and delivered in the octagon like he's supposed to
Agree or Disagree: 1 1
bigbadjohn says:
Not to mention Wanderlei wouldn't ever sign on to fight Chael, as Sonnen so elequantly addressed in his latest interview, so who's the real pussy? Sure Silva talks with the camera rolling in a van full of people but will he take Chael up on his "fighting words"? I think not
Agree or Disagree: 1 1
Rece Rock says:
Whatever… the guys a tool. I hope he lays on Stann gets the W and gets a rematch with Silva and a healthy Silva batters him.
Agree or Disagree: 0 0
Dufresne says:
In Brazil, we have a saying, "You have respect, you don't lose your teeth."
Love it.
Agree or Disagree: 1 0
Angry Mike says:
Sad to say, but 'Wand's fighting days are over, imo. He just doesn't have the chin for it any more. It was more than a little sad for me to see him stretched out on the canvas when Leben ko'd him. No mas.
And for what it's worth, I'd love to see a Monson v. Stann fight. Think about the hype! Capt. America v. an anti-American, tatted-up orangoutang. Priceless!
Agree or Disagree: 1 0
Creature says:
I think it would be good to mention that when Chael was responding to Wandy, with the expression on his face and his tone, he was obviously be kinda a smartass to him.. like he didnt care what Wandy had to say.. and its like bigbadjohn said, hes not gonna say something outragious and start a street brawl with him and Wandy being UFC superstars.. hes smarter than that
Agree or Disagree: 0 0
Creature says:
being* outrageous* lol sorry my spelling lately has been slacking
Agree or Disagree: 0 0
bigbadjohn says:
Lays… With 300 punches and not a single referee stand-up. Wonder what bullshit excuse Silva will have after spending 5 rounds under Yushin at 134? And don't label me a "hater", Yushin and Chael are the only 2 I see capable of beating the Spider at 185
Agree or Disagree: 0 0
JabCrossHook says:
Chael knew that Wand would mess him up in a street fight. Wand started off in vale tudo, no holds barred type off matches, that wrestling Chael would bring to the table will get him wrecked in a street fight where everything is allowed.
Agree or Disagree: 2 1
edub says:
Okami isn't Chael, he's gonna get blasted.
The only other guy at MW who had a chance against Anderson was Jake Shields.
Agree or Disagree: 0 0
Sykotick says:
Make it an (un)even 35…
FUCK Chael Sonnen…
That is all
Agree or Disagree: 1 1
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What's Done is Done. It's worth noting again: In 2011, Colorado will join the Pac-10, Nebraska will join the Big Ten, and Boise State will join the Mountain West. That's the easy part.↵
A&M + SEC = ??? The silent giant in this entire mess has been the SEC. Reports that SEC commissioner Mike Slive has met with Texas A&M officials in College Station, then, are a bit of a shock to the system. Also a shock? A&M turning down the Pac-10's overtures, according to Chip Brown's sources, who enabled Brown to report such before a Texas A&M spokesman rebutted it. Sunday night, A&M president R. Bowen Loftin confirmed that his school is still shopping around. Later, the Houston Chronicle reported that the Aggies are likely SEC-bound.↵
It makes sense that the SEC would want inroads in the Lone Star State, sure, and especially in and around Dallas and Houston; it also makes sense that A&M would want a better cut of revenue from a bigger pie. But it's hard to believe that merely adding A&M is the SEC's goal. Hook Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott up to an IV of truth serum and ask him about the conference's interest in A&M specifically, and I'll bet he'd say it was mostly to get to Texas, because Texas is the prize in Fox's eyes. I wonder if that's part of Slive's prerogative, too.↵
It also makes sense that the SEC might be feeling heat from one of its megadeal broadcast partners. ESPN would have been squeezed out of Texas, the state, should A&M have joined Texas, the school, and the other Lone Star squads from the Big 12 in a mass exodus to the Pac-Something-or-Other. ESPN putting pressure on the SEC to secure part of Texas isn't so far-fetched, especially if a renegotiated TV deal was the carrot (or stick) involved: Losing the Big 12 as a whole and the lion's share of Texas to boot doesn't sound like something the Worldwide Leader in Sports would allow, does it?↵
'Horns Won't Roam Free? Speaking of Texas, it's seeming more possible that the Longhorns will stay in a reformed Big 12.↵
As Brown explains, giving Texas an SEC-sized share of TV revenues after the current Big 12 deal expires in 2011 and allowing the school to put together its own network might be enough to keep the 'Horns on the range. That split isn't something the Pac-10 (or Pac-12, or Pac-16) is openly guaranteeing, and the local network likely evaporates should Texas bolt and join the NüPac, with its guarantees of a conference network and Fox coverage precluding individual schools from setting up their own. Texas still holds all the cards, and the school's decision, which should come Tuesday at a regents' meeting, will still shape what happens with the rest of this shakeup.↵
Update: Monday morning, Brown reported that, according to sources, Texas will commit to a ten-team Big 12. Then ESPN's Joe Schad tweeted that a Pac-10 departure by Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State was "imminent." Then my head exploded.↵
Send Money? But a wild card has emerged in the form of Memphis, and its corporate guardian angel. FedEx's CEO is reportedly willing to contribute $10 million a year to whatever BCS conference takes in the Tigers. FedEx has since denied that report. Even if it is true, it's not clear exactly how that money would change hands, but I agree with Ryan Ballengee, who imagines a FedEx16, that naming rights might be the loophole. Should this transpire, though—and, clearly, the NCAA's not going to stand in the way—it opens up an entirely different avenue of moneymaking for college athletics. Can you imagine the Wal-Mart SEC or the Washington Huskies Presented by Microsoft? You might not have to for long.↵
There are plenty of pieces in motion, but the end is probably almost in sight. For now. (Maybe.) We'll be watching various schools' regents' meetings this week very closely, and hopefully have a clear explanation for you when the dust settles.↵
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This essays is excerpted from the Zed Press book, Realizing Hope
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Economies and the Environment
Economies affect natural environments in diverse ways, of course. They add new contents to the environment, such as pollutants. They deplete contents from the environment, such as natural resources. They alter the arrangement and composition of attributes in the environment or the way in which people relate to the environment, such as by building dams or creating changed patterns of human habitation, and countless other possibilities. And each of these and other possible ways of an economy affecting the environment can, in turn, have additional ripple effects on nature's composition and people's lives.
Thus, for example, an economy can add economic byproducts to the environment as in exhaust spewing from cars or smoke stacks accumulating chemicals in the atmosphere. In turn these effluents can impede breathing or alter the way the sun's rays affect atmospheric temperatures. Both these economic implications can in turn have ripple effects, for example, on people's health, or on air currents which then impact sea currents in turn affecting polar ice caps and then altering weather patterns, sea levels, and crop yields, in turn dramatically impacting human options and conditions.
Or an economy can use up oil, water, or forests, leading to people having to reduce their use of depleted resources and thus affecting the total level of both production and consumption around the world, or affecting the availability of nutrients essential to life, or of building materials needed for creating dwellings in many parts of the world.
Or an economy can alter the shape and content of the natural environment's dynamics, as for example when by reducing forests we reduce the supply of oxygen they emit into the atmosphere, or when by increasing the number of cows and affecting their eating patterns (to produce more tasty steak for ourselves) we increase the methane they expel, again leading to greenhouse effects that in turn alter global weather patterns, or when we alter human living patterns and thus transport patterns and other needs or consumption patterns and attitudes, affecting people's on-going relations to mountains, rivers, air, and other species.
In the above cases and also countless others impacting the supply or the quality of weather, air, water, or even noise, globally or regionally, or affecting resource availability, or even affecting the availability of enjoyable or natural environments, what we do in our economic lives affects either directly or by a many-step process, how we environmentally prosper or suffer in our daily lives, whether now or in the future, as well as how the environment itself adapts.
In other words, economic acts have direct, secondary, and tertiary affects on the environment, and the changed environment in turn has direct, secondary, and tertiary affects on our life conditions.
Sometimes these effects are quite tremendous, as in seas rising to swallow coastal areas and even whole low lying countries, or as in crop, resource, or water depletion that causes starvation or other extreme widespread deprivations. Or maybe the effects are slightly less severe as in tornados and hurricanes devastating large swaths of population, or inflated cancer rates caused by polluted ground water or escalated radiation cutting down large numbers of people early in life, or dams eliminating whole towns or villages due to their footprint. Or maybe the effects are limited to smaller areas suffering loss of enriching environmental surroundings when natural environments are tarred over or noise pollution arises from loud production or consumption.
It follows from all these possibilities that the relations of an economy to the surrounding natural environment are deadly serious and that to fail regarding relations to the environment, even if succeeding on all other criteria, would be a damning weakness for any proposed economic model.
Capitalism fails quite miserably regarding the environment. First, capitalism's market system prioritizes maximizing short-run profit regardless of long-run implications. Second, markets ignore environmental effects and have built in incentives to violate the environment whenever doing so will yield profits or, for that matter, consumer fulfillment at the cost of others. And, third, there is the capitalist drive to accumulate regardless of effects on life and all other variables.
In markets a seller encounters a buyer. The seller tries to get as high a price as possible for the object sold while also diminishing costs of production. This is done to maximize profits, which in turn not only yields higher income, but also facilitates competition-enhancing investments undertaken to win market share and thereby stay in business.
The buyer, meanwhile, tries to pay for an item as low a price as possible and then to consume it with as much fulfillment as possible regardless of the impact of these actions on others about whom little or no information is available.
For both parties market exchange obscures the effects their choices have beyond the buyer and seller, and prevent taking into account the well being of those who feel these external effects.
More, if some course of action will lower the cost of producing an item, or will increase the fulfillment of its consumption, but will also incur environmental degradation that affects someone other than the buyer or seller, that course of action will be undertaken. Thus we routinely use production techniques that pollute and also consume items with no regard for environmental impact.
Rock salt, it turns out, is a very effective tool for "keeping both private driveways and public highways from icing up." Andrew Bard Schmookler reports that "…the runoff of the salt…causes damage to underground cables, car bodies, bridges, and groundwater. The cost of these damages is twenty to forty times the price of the salt to the persons or organization buying and using it." In other words, rock salt has unaccounted adverse effects beyond the buyers and sellers who choose to produce it, sell it, buy it, and use it, to keep road from icing up. Schmookler then reports that "there is an alternative product to rock salt that produces no such damage from runoff. It is called CMA, and it costs a good deal more than the salt. It costs less, however, than the damages the salt inflicts." But "No highway department, homeowner, or business would purchase large quantities of CMA today even if it were widely available, because the individual doesn't care about [social] cost, only [about private] price." In other words, markets create incentives to violate the environment and anything else external to the buyer and seller whenever doing so will enhance the producer's profit.
This is just one of countless examples, chosen for its clarity, and as Schmookler rightly concludes, it shows that market forces "will make changes flow in a predictable direction, like water draining off the land, downhill, to the sea." That is, sellers will use production methods that spew pollution but that cost less than using clean technologies, or they will use production methods that damage groundwater or use up resources but that cost less than methods that don't, or they will use production methods that build into products secondary effects which consumers who buy the product won't directly suffer but others will, and which cost less. And the same logic will typically hold for consumer choices about how to utilize the items they have bought. The impact of their use on others will most often be unknown and ignored.
And it isn't only that in each transaction the participants have an incentive to find the cheapest, most profitable course of production and the most personally fulfilling course of consumption, it is that markets compel the absolute maximum of exchanges to be attained. There is a drive to buy and sell even beyond the direct benefits of doing so because each producer is weighing off not the benefits of a little more income versus a little more leisure due to working less but, instead, the benefits of staying in business versus going out of business. That is, each actor competes for market share to gain surpluses with which to invest to reduce future costs, pay for future advertising, etc., and these surpluses must be maximized in the present lest one is out competed in the future.
The race for market share becomes a drive to continually amass profit without respite, which means to do so even beyond what the greed of owners might otherwise entail.
It is one thing to understand the above theoretically and even to see the frantic, depleting, spewing results all around us. It is another thing to hear the impetus described by those who suffer its force and I should like to relate such an experience.
I had lunch once with a fellow who had been, not that long before, a four hundred dollar an hour senior partner in a large and lucrative law firm in
He told me that in his prior job, while he had tremendous income he had to work seventy and even eighty hours a week and more, which left him too little time to live. He wanted more time off.
But, I said – knowing the theoretical answer well – why didn't he just work less? He was a boss, after all. Why didn't he pack up and go home each week after fifty hours, or forty, or, jeez, given his income, after thirty or even twenty if he wanted more leisure time for his family?
He chuckled and said it was because his choice was always more work hours or no work hours, not more work hours or fewer work hours. The firm competed with other firms. The competition occurred not only in the obvious form of having excellent lawyers (by the standards of the clients which included the lawyers being steeped in the ways and tastes of the clients and being able to wine and dine them, speak their language and hold their hands), but also in all the material accoutrements. If the firm started to take in less revenue and have less funds available for its lawyers to attain lofty living standards that marked them as rich and successful, and less funds for the firm to purchase rugs, wall hangings, high end parties, meetings, high rent occupancy, and high-end travel costs, and to afford maximum expenditures on experts, and so on, in short order its clients would begin to switch to other firms better able to serve their every need. However slight it might be at first, this shift of clients would snowball over time. A few less clients means a little less surplus, which in turn means less wining and dining, and then more lost clients, and so on.
My friend explained to me, in other words, how even in competing law firms, not only in competing auto plants, the drive to amass revenues to retain and if possible enhance market share, was ever present and permanent. It could be bent somewhat, but only by pressures which worked equally across all firms, such as the collective bargaining power of workers. But wherever market pressure could bend people's wills to accumulate ever more via more intense and longer work, it would do so. In his case, if other bosses in other law firms would work longer – and surely there were many who had so reconstructed themselves that doing so was their reason for being – then he would have to do so in his firm as well. And the only way to break free of that pressure was to completely escape, as he had done, with another aspiring corporate climber taking his place.
In all market systems, and particularly in capitalist markets, growth is god. The guiding philosophy is grow or die regardless of contrary personal inclinations. This not only violates attentiveness to sustainability of resources but also produces a steadily escalating flow of garbage and pollution. Transactions multiply and in each transaction the incentive to pollute and to otherwise violate the environment persists. In the end, what we get is an economy spewing into, using up, and damaging the environment on a massive scale – ranging from turning communities into dump sites, making cities sick with smog, polluting ground waters that in turn escalate cancer rates, or causing global warming that threatens not only raging storms but even vast upheavals of ocean levels and agriculture, with untold costs to follow.
Parecon's Alternative Approach
Will a participatory economy be any better for the environment than capitalism? The answer is yes, for a number of reasons.
First, in a parecon there is no pressure to accumulate. Each producer is not compelled to try to expand surplus in order to compete with other producers for market share, but, instead, the level of output reflects a true mediation between desires for more consumption and desires for a lower overall amount of work.
In other words, whereas in capitalism the labor/leisure trade off is biased heavily toward more production at all times due to the need for overall growth to avoid shrinkage and failure, in parecon it is an actual, real, unbiased trade off.
In a parecon we each face a choice between increasing the overall duration and intensity of our labor to increase our consumption budget, or, instead, working less to increase our overall time available to enjoy labor's products and the rest of life's options. And since society as a whole faces this exact same choice, we can reasonably predict that instead of a virtually limitless drive to increase work hours and intensity, a parecon will have no drive to accumulate output beyond levels that meet needs and develop potentials, and will therefore stabilize at much lower output and work levels – say thirty hours of work a week, and eventually, even less. Interestingly, and revealingly, some mainstream economists criticize that in a parecon people will decide their work levels and will likely decide on less than now as a flaw rather than celebrating it as a virtue, which I of course take it to be.
The second issue is one of valuation. Again unlike in capitalism, as well as with markets more generally, participatory planning doesn't have each transaction determined only by the person who directly produces and the person who directly consumes, with each of these participants having structural incentives to maximize personal benefits regardless of the broader social impact. Instead, every act of production and consumption in a parecon is part of a total overall economic plan. The interrelations of each actor with all other actors and of each action with all other actions are not just real and highly consequential – which is of course always true – but are also properly accounted for.
In a parecon production or consumption of gas, cigarettes, and other items with either positive or negative effects on people beyond the buyer and seller take into account those effects. The same holds for decisions about larger projects, for example, building a dam, installing wind turbines, or cutting back on certain resources. Projects are amended in light of feedback from affected councils at all levels of society, from individuals and neighborhoods through countries or states to the whole population.
The social procedures which facilitate all this ecological rationality are summarized in considerable detail in the book Parecon: Life after Capitalism.
The bottom line is relatively simple, however. By eliminating the market drive to accumulate and to have only a short time horizon, and by eliminating market-induced ignorance of economic effects that extend beyond buyers and sellers (such as on the environment) and the consequent market mispricing of items, parecon properly accounts and provides means, as well, to sensibly self manage environmental impacts.
It isn't that there is no pollution in a parecon. And it isn't that no non-renewable items are ever used. These norms would make no sense. You can't produce without some waste and you can't prosper without using up some resources.
Rather, what is necessary is that when production or consumption generates negative effects on the environment, or when it uses up resources that we value and cannot replace, the decision to do these things ought to be made taking into account the implications.
We should not transact when the benefits don't outweigh the detriments. And we should not transact unless the distribution of benefits and detriments is just, rather than some people suffering unduly.
This is what parecon via participatory planning ecologically accomplishes and really all that we can ask an economy to do by its own internal logic. We don't want the economy to prejudge outcomes deciding by the pressure of its institutional dynamics results that humans have no say in, as, for example, the accumulation drive propelled by markets decides the labor/leisure trade-off. We want a good economy via its institutions to let people who are affected make their own judgments with the best possible knowledge of true and full costs and benefits by bringing to bear appropriate self managing influence. If the economy presents this spectrum of possibility and control to its actors, as parecon does, what is left to assess is what people will then likely decide, and on that score all that we can ask of an economy is that people not be biased by institutional pressures or made ignorant due to institutional biases. Parecon guarantees both of these aims. Parecon also provides for people to be free and self managing, and ensures that the logic of the economy is consistent with and possibly even conducive to the richest possible human comprehension of ecological connections and options.
Under these circumstances, it is reasonable to think that parecon's citizens will not only make wise choices for their own interests, but for their children and grandchildren as well, regarding not only direct production and consumption, but also the myriad ripple effects of economic activity on the environment.
Other Species
We live on a planet, earth, a gigantic rock swirling in space around an almost unfathomably larger and hugely energy generating sphere of combustion, the sun, in an even vaster sea of similar entities born billions of years ago and maturing ever since. We share the bounty or resources and energy of our planet and the sun's rays with a huge diversity of other species, who themselves contribute in a multitude of ways to defining how the planet produces, processes, and presents its assets to us.
Indeed, our own existence arose from a sequence of other species modified by chance occurrences and selected by dynamics of cooperation and competition, and our existence depends for its continuation on a vast number of current species as well.
A capitalist economy views other species as it does everything else, in terms of their profit-making possibilities. If directly preserving or nurturing a species is profitable, capitalists do it. If ignoring another species and leaving it to its own wiles is profitable, capitalists do that. If directly consuming or indirectly obliterating another species is profitable, again, that is the capitalist way to go.
Capitalist market competition looks around and assesses profitable possibilities and pursues them. If we add to capitalist economy governments or other agencies with priorities other than profit, they may ameliorate many ills, though if these bodies significantly defy or impede profit-making it will be difficult for them to maintain themselves against the logic of capitalist accumulation. This occurs both because the economy fights back against efforts to restrain accumulation and because capitalism tends to produce a population unreceptive to even thinking about even the long-term benefits of other species to people, much less the independent rights of other species.
These insights encapsulate the well known history of environmental concerns. The results we see around us are indicative of the destruction wrought by profit-seeking pressures.
What would replace capitalism's possibly suicidal and certainly horribly gory interspecies relations if we instead had a parecon?
First, a parecon would move us from profit as the guiding norm of economic choice to human fulfillment and well being in accord with solidarity, diversity, equity, and self management.
Second, parecon would move us from having a driving profit-seeking logic that constantly overpowers and undoes any ecologically or otherwise non profit-justified restrictions placed on the economy, to instead being flexibly responsive to constraints imposed by forces and concerns that are not economic.
Third, parecon moves its producers and consumers from having a very narrow and fragmented approach to economy, to instead comprehending the interconnectedness of all acts and their multiple implications.
And fourth, parecon moves us from a me-first, anti-social interpersonal mindset that can easily extend beyond relations to people toward relations to nature, to a solidaristic interpersonal mindset, which can plausibly extend to nature and species as well.
The first point is a change of guiding logic or motivation. The second point is a change in its intensity. Togther they ensure that parecon doesn't have the negative impetus toward other species typical of capitalism. The third and fourth points bear upon a less structural issue, more conjectural, which is whether people who operate as workers and consumers in a parecon are likely to be more receptive to arguments regarding the rights of other species.
Regarding its guiding logic a parecon intrinsically and inexorably views other species at least as it views everything else, which is in light of pursuing human fulfillment and development possibilities consistent with promoting solidarity, advancing diversity, maintaining equity, and ensuring self management. In a parecon, if directly preserving or nurturing a species is humanly beneficial, the incentives will be strong to do it. If leaving a species to its own devices is humanly beneficial, again, the incentives will point in that direction. If directly consuming or indirectly obliterating a species by taking away its habitat is humanly beneficial, again, that is the purely economic path that a good economy would intrinsically arrive at.
Parecon via its participatory planning looks around and assesses humanly beneficial possibilities, and provides means and reasons for producers and consumers to pursue them. It does not, of its own accord, incorporate the interests of non human species. And, regrettably, such species can not be incorporated as decision-makers to attend to their own interests.
However, a parecon's citizens can decide that they want to add to parecon governmental or other agencies to act on behalf of species, and these structures can be smoothly incorporated even if they defy or impede possible human benefits on behalf of the rights of other species. Indeed, even in such cases, while such structures or agencies will need to be added to parecon because a parecon has no planning procedure that allows species other than people to express their intentions and desires, and while these structures will therefore presumably need to have popular support manifested through, say, political choices, maintenance of such restraints on economic activity will not require a continuous and difficult struggle against the continually re-impinging logic of capitalist accumulation because the latter is absent.
In a parecon, that is, once there is a restriction placed on the economy – let's say, the economy is not to interfere with the nesting habitats of caique parrots, or the economy must, if altering those habitats, move all potentially affected caiques to new and at least as sustainable environments – the economy functions thereafter in accord with the external ruling and it does not continually produce structural pressures and practices that try to overcome or remove the restriction. Individuals might try to reverse such a decision, but the system as a whole has no built-in tendency to do so.
Where capitalism has an accumulation process that propels each producer to try to maximize profits regardless of external restraints, parecon functions well in context of external restraints and has no built-in tendency to aggressively seek to overcome or thwart them.
The question remains, can we expect the kinds of external constraints I have mentioned so far to arise in a society with a participatory economy? Will producers and consumers who use self managed councils, balanced, job complexes, equitable remuneration, and participatory planning be inclined to stewardship for species other than their own and therefore to incorporate rules and norms on behalf of such species on top of the economic means they share to manifest their own preferences? That is, will the populace in a parecon be more or less receptive to arguments on behalf of other species than they would be if their economy were instead capitalist?
It is hard to answer a question like this definitively before the fact, of course. But it seems quite plausible that whatever factors tend to cause people to become concerned for other species they will be less thwarted and more enhanced in a system that promotes solidarity, as does a parecon, than in a system that promotes antisociality, as does capitalism.
Similarly, a parecon exalts not only the benefits that accrue from variety, but also the need to avoid narrow scenarios that eliminate options we might later find superior. We can expect parecon's respect for diversity in social situations to extend to a popular awareness of the richness of biodiversity and its intricate interconnectivity. Hurting or eliminating species curbs diversity and risks long-term currently unknown losses to humanity as well.
In sum then, parecon removes capitalism's accumulation drive for corporate profit which compels behavior that hurts and even decimates other species. It puts in its place a concern for human well being and development that doesn't forcefully a priori preclude harming other species, but which is receptive to and respectful of governmental or other social or ecological restraints on behalf of other species. If other species had votes, in other words, they would vote for parecon.


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Pat Williams Running for Montana Governor?
by Bob Brigham, Sat Sep 11, 2010 at 05:38:05 PM EDT
I doesn't seem like it was that long ago when MyDD celebrated the Democratic Sweep in Montana that elected Brian Schweitzer Governor. But next spring will be Governor Schweitzer's last legislative session and due to term limits the seat will be open in 2012.
The great news is that former Congressman Pat Williams is considering a run for governor!
Pat Williams, like his cousin Evel Knievel, came up on the rough and tumble streets of Butte, America. But he was such a fierce advocate as a public servant that the Williams family is now widely considered to be the first family of Montana politics. After choosing not to run for re-election in 1996, he became one of the most popular professors at the University of Montana. In honoring Williams just last week, UM President George Dennison said Pat Williams, "embodies the ideals of civic engagement."
If Williams runs, it would be a very exciting race. He was famous for running bigger door-to-door campaigns than Montana had ever seen before (or has seen since). In 1992, when Montana's two congressional districts were combined into a single at-large seat, Williams beat another sitting congressman in the most legendary statewide campaign in decades. While respect for Williams runs wide across Montana, his bold progressive stances have earned him a depth of support that runs deeper than can easily be explained.
Keep an eye on this one.
UPDATE: The Montana blog 4&20 Blackbirds says:
Like Pogie, all I need to know is "Where can I donate? Where do I sign up to volunteer?"
UPDATE II: Chuck Johnson got him on record:
"My phone's been ringing again, really for a year, but especially since the story on the Internet," he said in a telephone interview. "I'm honored that this is the third time that Montanans have generously asked me to run for governor. If I ran, I'm convinced that I'd win the primary by a good margin and then the general by a smaller but safe margin.
"I'm 72 years old, and I am more knowledgeable and wiser than I was at my so-called prime at 35. The other thing I know is that there will be a lot of good candidate on both sides, Republican and Democratic, but I will not be one of them."