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September 18, 2008
Obama campaign launching faith tour
Barack Obama's campaign enlisted evangelical author Donald Miller on a tour through battleground states called "Barack Obama: Faith, Family and Values Tour," a campaign official told Christianity Today.
Miller, Pepperdine University professor Doug Kmiec, and former Indiana Congressman pro-life Democrat Tim Roemer will speak to groups in community centers and gyms before taking questions. They plan to talk about where Obama and his running mate Joe Biden stand on issues like poverty and abortion.
The tour will begin next week and will last for about a month in states like Colorado, Indiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Florida, New Mexico, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
The Obama campaign has done several of these tours in the past, including a 10-day "40 Days of Faith and Family" in South Carolina and a 10-day faith tour in Iowa last fall. The campaign official said that previous tours were focused more on fact finding and this tour will focus more on why people of faith and values support Obama.
Miller prayed at the Democratic National Convention after Relevant Magazine Editor Cameron Strang backed out. Here is an earlier CT interview with Miller about what issues the Democratic Party should tackle.
Senator Obama's surrogates on the "faith tour" no doubt will assert that Obama favors "abortion reduction." This is a PR stategy cooked up by liberal political-messaging outfits such as "Third Way," an operation staffed by pro-abortion activists that specializes in developing methods for camouflaging hard-line pro-abortion politicians. Obama's entire history shows that he is firmly committed to an array of policies that will, if implemented, predictably and substantially increase the number of abortions performed in the U.S.
The issue of public funding of abortion is a good place to begin a reality check. The Hyde Amendment cutting off almost all federal funding of abortion, and the comparable policies that most states have adopted, have resulted in major reductions in the number of abortions. Both sides agree that this is so. For example, a December "factsheet" issued by NARAL observes, "A study by The Guttmacher Institute shows that Medicaid-eligible women in states that exclude abortion coverage have abortion rates of about half of those women in states that fund abortion care with their own dollars." By even the most conservative estimates, over one million Americans are alive today who would have been aborted if the federal Hyde Amendment had not been enacted in 1976. So, here we have what both sides agree is a proven "abortion reduction" policy (although one side thinks it is a good thing, and one side thinks it is a bad thing). Obama advocates the repeal of the Hyde Amendment and all other such restrictions on tax funding of abortions. Moreover, in 2007 Obama gave a speech to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in which he promised abortion would be covered in his national health care plan, which means that everybody would be required to pay for elective abortion through taxes, mandatory premiums, or both. I am sure he means it.
In addition, Obama is a cosponsor of the "Freedom of Choice Act," a bill that would invalidate virtually all state and federal limitations on abortion. In addition, this bill would make partial-birth abortion legal again, and require tax-funded abortion on demand in both state and federal health programs. The "Freedom of Choice Act" further provides that "A government may not . . . discriminate against" abortion "in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information." (That doesn't sound like a formula for "abortion reduction," does it?) In 2007, Obama told the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, "The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing I'd do." More on this radical bill here: http://www.nrlc.org/FOCA/index.html
In the past, Obama has gone to remarkable extremes in his zeal to defend "abortion rights." In the Illinois state Senate in 2001-2003, Obama led the opposition to, and ultimately killed, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which was a simple three-sentence bill to provide protection for babies who are born alive during abortions. The bill that Obama killed was virtually identical to a bill that passed Congress without a single dissenting vote in 2002. When the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) on August 11 released recently uncovered documents to prove that this was so, Obama himself said that we were "lying." After an investigation, Annenberg's independent FactCheck.org concluded: "Obama's claim is wrong . . . The documents from NRLC support the group's claims that Obama is misrepresenting the contents of SB 1082 [the 2003 Illinois Born-Alive Infants Protection Act]." Obama's history on this legislation, and what it tells us about his thinking on abortion, is explored in a White Paper released by National Right to Life on August 28, 2008, which can be read or downloaded here: http://www.nrlc.org/ObamaBAIPA/WhitePaperAugust282008.html
Douglas Johnson
Legislative Director
National Right to Life Committee
Washington, D.C.
Sorry, but this really just disgusts me. Obama, the man who voted for basically infanticide four times, doesn't deserve the time of day. Biden is no better on this issue and many others near and dear to Christian's hearts.
The only thing they deserve are our prayers and God's forgiveness if they ever truly desire to seek it. I'm not holding my breath, but that's why I'm not God. Thank goodness He has the patience and love for people like Obama and Biden, who spend more time spewing lies about opponents than finding ways to build and strengthen the moral core of our country. I don't.
I wonder why Rev. Wright isn't on this tour. Instead of pulling out someone not related to his actual practice of faith, Mr. Obama might send out his real spiritual mentor. Then we might find out more about how real his faith and values are, and exactly what they comprise.
So they want to reach out to me on the subject of abortion... QUIT the pretense, don't lie to me, you have no interest whatsoever in "reducing abortion". Don't lie to us, tell the truth. We are a nation deeply adrift (when politicians can't face facts) while committing genocide against people with Down's Syndrome.
May God help us.
These Obama surrogates are will try to persuade people of faith that Obama would reduce abortions. That is just is a public relations product cooked up at liberal think tanks like Third Way, where veteran pro-abortion activists specialize in developing strategies to help hard-core pro-abortion politicians camoflague their positions. The truth is, there are more than one million Americans alive today because of the Hyde Amendment, but Obama calls for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment and tax-funded abortion on demand -- the very opposite of 'abortion reduction.' Pro-life states laws -- for example, women's right to know laws, waiting periods, and parental notification laws -- are saving countless lives, but Obama is a cosponsor of the so-called 'Freedom of Choice Act,' which would invalidate every one of these laws. Obama even advocates repeal of the ban on partial-birth abortions. I have faith that most people of faith are not so easily snookered.
Douglas Johnson
Legislative Director
National Right to Life Committee
Sen. Obama and Biden's tour is designed to reclaim much of the religious landscape for the political progressives in the United States. The political right's open hostility to issues of contraception and public sex education has given an opening for the current candidates to exploit, since abstinence education has been shown to be ineffective in preventing unintended pregnancy or delaying the onset of sexual activity. Obama and Biden will likely make the argument, as some Catholic theologians have (new window), that the extensive war policies of the current administration have also been devastating abortifacients, which seems to have escaped the notice of other commenters here. Its likely that the political right, as evidenced here, will be quite uneasy about the expansion of moral issues beyond the 'human pelvis'--as many evangelical Protestants are already doing. (new window). Political reactionaries and conservatives simply no longer have a rhetorical lock on what defines a "moral issue." They are beginning to realize that "abortion" isn't just "abortion" when its politically convenient, as pregnant civilians in Iraq have found out far too well.
Christopher W. Chase
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Iowa State University
Wow. You Christian Right soldiers are gold. The only thing Christian about you is...well...nothing. Pro war, anti-environment, anti-social programs, anti-gay, pro big government (in our homes), anti-science and full of white-hot hate.
Look at yourselves. Your radically inept policies lead to increased poverty thus increased desperation that leads to, guess what? Abortions. Guess what abstinence only ed leads to? Unwanted pregnancies and ABORTIONS.
Guess what, the vast majority of Americans support abortion (although not to the extremes Obama seems to, I admit). This is a democracy. Stop trying to force your radical beliefs on the rest of us. If abortions were illegal, they would still occur just at a much greater risk to women.
That's ok right? I mean, the drug war is a great success.
Really, what has you bankrupt moral movement given us that is positive? Anything? It gave us Bush. Thanks fort that. It might give us McCain and I believe we know where that will take us.
Face that facts. Change will come. Fighting it is destructive and only puts you, once again on the wrong side of history. The Right always finds itself there - slavery, segregation, woman's suffrage, equal rights and evolutionary science. You will lose as you should and always do in the end.
P.S. The "Right" isn't about DEM or GOP - the two have flipped sides of the spectrum since the 1960s (but I don't expect a single one of you to know that)
Face the music and stop destroying a country that belongs to ALL of us - not just you and yours. This is NOT a Christian nation and was not intended to be. Even the far-right USSC has reinforced this fact many, many times.
Roll with change or it will roll over you.
Look, I don't want to be Mr.negative here, but the "Christians" who have posted thus far are nothing but closed-minded, smear-spreading hate mongers.
This next line is very important, so don't skip it.
I do not believe that Christianity, ( I am a Christian), or even fundamentalist Christianity (used to be) are themselves hateful. However, if you read the above comments, you see words like, "lie", "Rev. Wright", "infanticide","disgust", and "evil".
I ask you: How many of you have taken the time to actually read up on black liberation theology from someone other than Sean Hannity or a random email you received? (Be honest.) How many of you have read Obama's books? How many of you can point to a single verse in our Bible that states categorically that God gives a human soul at the exact moment that sperm touches egg?
Let's be fair here. Obama has made a true campaign promise out of including us (Christians) in the democratic process. He is the only one who is activly touring o let those of you who care to know his stances have a chance to question him. Just eight years ago, John McCain called your religious leaders "agents of intolerance". How can you be so certain which one is the true Christian based solely on their adherence to conservative philosophy?
I recognize that there are places and people that would seek to unfairly distort Christianity as some vile agent of intolerance but, with your total lack of research into the things you claim to understand, you are making their jobs much easier.
Thank-you Joshua, you have said it well. As Barack has often stated, we need to have civil debate about ALL of the issues and avoid the malicious and unloving language that is present in so many of these posts. Regardless of ones passion for particular causes (abortion, war, free market economics, poverty) or political parties, we need to "follow in His steps" and engage those who do not align with us love and personal holiness. We should allow God to use us in the political process while leaving judgment to Him.
Mr Crisp, how is it being "closed-minded, smear-spreading hate mongers" to say that someone is lying? How is it hateful to feel disgust at something? Disgust is often found where there is a love for something so profound that its perversion produces an overwhelming negative response.
And, please, let's not tar with sucha broad brush as "How many of you have taken the time to actually read up on black liberation theology...?" Yes, I have, and it perverts the message of the gospel terribly. Those who preach it (as all those who preach various heresies which are too numerous to list) lead people astray from God's way and his purpose. (But, no, I have not read Obama's books; I am seldom a reader of biographies, especially by persons who are no older than I - at least until I age quite a bit more.)
And, yes, Mr Crisp, scripture is unclear on a precise biological moment for ensoulment. But, it is also very clear in Psalms (51:5, precisely) that conception is a moment at which God considers us truly alive - and already broken by our sin.
My conviction of who is a Christian is predicated on their actions. Do they follow scripture; and failing to do so, do they have humility before God? So far, I have not seen that humility evidenced by Obama. He is grotesquely wrong on abortion. His compassion is not a virtue as he desires to force others to practice it for him (government-mandated charity). And, yes, he (or his campaign surrogates) has lied in respect to his positions.
As for McCain? He is not running as a Christian, but as a man with certain positions (so far as I have seen). Many of those positions support my Christian beliefs, while others do not. Gov Palin has been pointed to by many as a Christian, but I do not believe she is running on that as a primary plank of her platform.
If someone lies and distorts to achieve an end, it is not hate to call them out on it. It would instead be cruel and evil to leave them to lead others astray without speaking out.
Mr Chase... You are a fool. Not because you are wrong, but because you willfully distort the truth to fit an ideology. Killing of pregnant civilians in Iraq? Please - as if unfortunate collateral deaths are the same as deliberate killing of the innocent. Our armed forces do not set out on any given day to find and kill innocent civilians, nor do they take pleasure colateral deaths occur. If you are a professor, sir, I can only hope you remove your ideological blinders before entering the classroom.
Mr. Brown,
Thank you for taking the time to fully read my statement before responding, as that is the first step in honest debate. Unfortunately, I will have nothing as glowing to say in response to your statements. In fact, I can find only one point of agreement with you. It is not wrong to call someone on their statements when they are clearly lying. Sadly, it is in this light that I must approach your post.
You say that you have read Black liberation theology. You are lying. If you had you would not find it to be a distortion. This theology began in the late 60s as a group of pastors who wanted to use Biblical teachings to more effectively discuss the topic of racism. In fact, This theology maintains that African Americans must be liberated from multiple forms of bondage — social, political, and economic. In this new formulation, Christian theology is a theology of liberation -- "a rational study of the being of God in the world in light of the existential situation of an oppressed community, relating the forces of liberation to the essence of the gospel, which is Jesus Christ."
Now, I FULLY understand that many white people feel oppressed themselves, and see the issue of race bondage as something solely belonging to the past. However, these people are wrong, at least on the latter point.Regardless, it is not in any way a distortion for Black people to say that God wants them to be free. What is a distortion is to speculate that God's will is to bless America regardless of her actions.
Regarding the use of the word "disgust", I stand by my statement. The author of that statement was not saying that abortion disgusts him, but that he was disgusted by the idea of Obama trying to appeal to Christians, a disgust predicated on a belief that Obama's faith is false. This is knowledge the author could not have, so the statement is therefore stupid and hateful.
Also, for you to infer that Sarah Palin's selection should be seen as completely removed from her status as a member of the evangelical right is intellectually dishonest. You know better.
Finally, although I disagree with you on the subject of abortion, I believe that this is a topic that deserves serious debate. This debate will go on much better if you realize that we have no right under the Constitution to force others to adhere to your interpretation of scripture. The next president may put their hand on the Bible, but it is the Constitution they will swear to God to uphold. They will not put their hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.
Injecting faith into the political system is like putting lipstick on a moose. :)
The religious left is just now copying what the religious right has monopolized for decades. In the end it is much ado about nothing, but the theatre of it all provides an addictive voyeurism akin to professional wrestling - entertaining but not real.
These posts are just oozing Christian love. Why is it so hard to accept that other people of faith have different views?
As a christian, I too am disturbed by the hateful comments. Obama is a christian and has the right to express how that part of his life will affect his candidacy or presidency. Calling Obama a liar is to ignore that John Mccain is a liar. Sarah Palin is a vehement liar. This campaign has showed all involved prone to spin, misrepresentation, or lies. Obama is no more guilty of this than anyone else. I believe that church and state should be separate. I wouldn't want the federal government deciding how I personally should practice faith. To call him evil is silly. No one can truly claim a moral high ground. I can easily accuse Mccain of not adhering to what I consider as Christian values. His Tax policy favors only the ultra wealthy. Extreme wealth is a sin. He favors a war which I find morally corrupt. A war that kills thousands upon thousands of innocent people. As a christian I believe we should care for the earth, the weak, the poor, we should forgive, we care for one another. I'm concerned, -and we all should be- with real policy issues, not just speculation on someones beliefs.
An example: In my income bracket Mccain's tax plan will save me 12 dollars a year. Obama's will save me over $500. Mccain likes to attack Obama on raising taxes, but do the numbers. The only way Obama will raise your taxes from the current Bush plan is if you make over 603,000 dollars a year. Obama's tax cuts are much more significant than Mccain's on all who make under 150,000. People in the 300,000 and more income brackets would benefit most from Mccain. Who's morals should I question.
I'm tired of abortion being the only issue Christians talk about. I don't like abortion. Nobody is pro-abortion. Does the government have authority when it comes to a woman's reproductive systems? That's the question. But don't demonize a good man. I try not to demonize Mccain, and some of his political views offend me. They offend my morals. That doesn't make him evil. We just disagree.
This is all just window-dressing and pandering any way possible for a vote. Obama and his wife have no credibility on Christian matters after sitting still for 20 years of Jeremiah Wright's Hate Whitey venom. "Father" Pfleger is a fraud, too, and should have been defrocked long ago by the Catholic Church. Everyone knows it is impossible to attend a church like Trinity United CC for that long and "not know" it is RACIST and a BLACK PANTHER organization feeding hatred to children as well as adults. This is not "Christian" teaching nor neighborliness. Period. End of story.
Wow. Sensible posts from Christians. I am stunned. Why are you not taking the lead and taking your faith out of the madness it has descended into by becoming nothing more than a tool of the state? (just as Constantine intended but Christ never would have imagined)
We all called for moderate Muslims to stand up against radical Islam, same needs to happen here. Christianity is on the decline more and more each decade while atheism doubles it's growth with each passing decade.
I think it is clear why. Christianity is a political movement run by people like Dobsom with Christ in the backseat if in the car at all.
I hope your faith finds it way again soon. This movement is destroying our country and dividing us against each other. I believe it is the most dangerous threat to our way of life/ form of government in its history.
These posts do prove that evangelicals have no coherent social ethical philosophy, at least not in the pews and pulpits of churches. Young people are thus flocking to a candidate who embraces a culture of death, in the name of change, while conservatives continue to embrace a party that is in no way the party of Christ.
Rick is thus right. This is a kind of "addictive voyeurism" and it ruins our need for real community. We can now further divide the church into more and more sects and parties.
Sarah Palin's pastor put it well when he said that their congregation discouraged partisan buttons and displays in worship so as not to invite this spirit into the church.
We must "debate" real issues. We can vote as we understand those issues. But none of this partisanship advances the kingdom and people on the left and the right had best wake up to this before the spirit seen in these posts distorts our message even further.
Donald Miller, whom I saw as a bright and effective young author, disappoints me. He shows a lack of understanding that is all too typical and he would have been better served to have stuck to what he does best. He clearly misses huge ethical and moral concerns in his approach, one that appears to be formed in opposition to the failures in love on the Christian right. I sure hope young Christian thinkers and writers like Don can find better ways to embrace life and reject the Christian right at the same time. This video reveals the sad weakness of evangelical ethics in our time. Sound bytes have won, on both the left and the right. No wonder many young people are fleeing evangelicalism for Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Miller embraces the "future" but without the "ancient" in the late Robert Webber's "ancient-future faith" paradigm.
I'm just ignore all the haters here in the comments and say thanks to CT for this info. I look forward to catching the tour when it comes through North Carolina.
I cannot beieve the relativistic judgmental attitudes in some of these posts. Just because you may not believe that abortion is murder does not give you the right to judge those who believe it is and assume that they are hateful because they want to stop innocent babies from being killed. Christianity has always clearly taught (at least until the past few decades) that abortion is outright murder. Look at 1st and 2nd century writings such as the Epistle of Barnabas and the Didache (which laid out part of the teaching and practice of the Church). They, and others, clearly proclaimed that killing the infant in the womb is one of the the most horrible things that can ever be done. It is outright premeditated murder!
The Church also condemned slavery centuries before our country, which insured the rights of all, did. The Church understood the harm of smoking decades before published research gradually led many to want to rid it from the public square. Perhaps being open to change means that someday the vast majority will realize that the Church was right about abortion too.
And for those who are fed up with Christians who make so much of this issue, what are we supposed to do if we truly sincerely believe this country is promoting (paying for) the deliberate murder of babies by the millions? It is a matter of priority. It's not that other issues aren't important, but, if abortion is murder, who cares about several thousand innocent people being killed in a war if we are killing millions of babies. Who cares about the economy. If we continue to deliberately kill babies, maybe our economy should rightly not exist anymore.
I wanted to add to the comment about the priority of the abortion issue. This is not just a "Christian" issue. I'm reminded of the Native American chief in Georgia who would not accept the Bible from John Wesley. He stated that, as long as the native women kept killing babies in the womb, they did not deserve any more words from God!
Abortion is also a "natural law" issue. It is a killing off of the human race. It has been used by Planned Parenthood as blatant racism to diminish the Black population of this country (this is fact, not opinion - read their own leaders' writings). Study the great thinkers in the field of genetics and hear the hateful racism of the plan to use genetics and abortion in this Country to elliminate the Blacks.
Abortion has taken away the working force that was to pay for Social Security, so now we will all pay the price for this missing generation in America. Many cultures have practiced abortion. But, they all recognized, as the dear chief, that it is murder. Natural law loudly says so, Christian or not.
Would someone please explain how a Christian can attend for 20 years a church with a pastor who preaches black liberation theology? That theology is gussied-up Marxism, and that is the antithesis to Christianity.
Let's be honest...most white evagelicals will never vote for Obama simply because of the color of his skin. PERIOD. Stop masking your racism in terms of being pro life. If you were TRULY pro life you would also be anti death penalty. You worship John McCain who left his wife and children to marry money and power and has shown great disdain for what you believe. Sounds like adultery to me. On his part and and on your part for loving a party more than loving God's Word. I'm just saying stop the hypocrasy!
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I just googled "Hateful Christians in Politics" and came up with you - and I am sure God is proud to call you his own...
What a turn off...
from a Christian who refuses your negativity - don't pray for others - it is biased with your limited beliefs....
I do not belong to any p;olitical party. I'm not at all interested in politics. We know that politics is NOT the answer.
Relax, God's in charge!
Donald Miller just gave an interview to the Burnside Writers Collective about his decision to campaign for Obama. You can find the interview here:
I'm way behind the curve here, and all the political prizes have been handed out. But those who think that anyone who is in any way pro-choice is a worse choice than any candidate who is pro-life might consider this: if the presidency has been in Republican hands for eight years and during at least part of those eight years Republicans have also had control of the Congress (perhaps the whole time, actually), AND the Supreme court has effectively had enough conservative justices added to make up a majority, why hasn't there been any real anti-abortion legislation passed? Wouldn't that have been the time to flex the anti-abortion muscles and send up a pro-life balloon and see if the courts will now back it up? If by their works you would know them, it looks like nobody really knows the GOP.
For almost forty years Republicans have been waving the anti-abortion flag and getting a lot of Christian mileage out of it, and what has come of it? Very, very little except votes for themselves. Well, nationally, they are definitely out of power now, and there is no chance of grabbing any power back in the next two years at least. The only thing we can all do is now see if Obama is indeed serious about using social means to lessen the numbers of abortions, and then see if his ideas work. Maybe so, maybe not. We all can pray about it with a mindset of hope and good will, if only until we get government whose actions we like better.


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It's a real pleasure to see that the Clippers have some interesting storylines this morning. There's a lot to think about and analyze, and topics for discussion, even if no one in the media is going to bother to get around to it and they'd like to dismiss the Clippers as always. I've had a few topics banging around in my head since last night, on which I'd be curious to hear some other points of view, and I'd also love to see some other angles on where the Clippers find themselves today.
Before getting started, I should say that one primary topic is the media and pundit response (and non-response) to the Clipper moves and situation. Whenever a topic is raised, it's immediately interesting to see how the media has chosen to spin. This is generally a matter of a quick dismissal and moving on to other teams and Lebron and where he might go and the ability to bundle free agents (Miami, Chicago). No one is stopping to look at where the Clippers are now and wondering if free agents should give them serious consideration. Our view, of course, is that the Clips were worthy of serious consideration before the draft, and they look to be only more so now.
Let's begin with the Aminu pick. I like SP's point last night that we had half-convinced ourselves that he wouldn't be available, and then he was there, and then we were tempted to begin the process of thinking he might not be the right guy. We know I like to be optimistic, and I have to say that this pick looks better and better the more that I think about it. The main area of my own study is trying to determine the last time that the Clippers had a legitimate SF who was focused on rebounding and defense and running the floor. All of the intriguing picks who fell in behind Aminu (and we shouldn't forget that there was a moment when Aminu and Wes Johnson seemed like a toss-up), Hayward, Babbitt and George, present question marks on defense and rebounding. Yes, Hayward's all around game might be a nice addition, although he could be frustrated like Luke Jackson or a bit fragile like MDJr.. And Babbitt is a 50-40-90 shooter (against limited competition). But should we complain about erring on the side of defense and rebounding? Aminu seems to present a longterm complement to the 20 year old club (DJordan, Griffin, Gordon), which could evolve into a unit that is stingy on defense and rebounds extremely well. Do the Clippers want a shooter, scorer and playmaker, or some one who can feasibly guard and cause problems for players like Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Carmelo Anthony, as well as a Paul Pierce, Rudy Gay, etc. etc. Would the Clips have addressed that issue by taking one of the other guys? No. Is it bad to have a defensive role player and athlete available for the SF slot, when you have solid players at the other four positions? Look at the Lakers, with Ariza and now Artest.
What was the media response to the Aminu pick? ESPN coverage: curious, because he's the same guy as Blake Griffin. No, he's not. Griffin has always been a natural PF whose versatility might allow him to play the 3 and defend against the aforementioned beasts, LeBron, Carmelo and Durant. Aminu was always slated to be the opposite, a natural SF whose athleticism and length might allow him to defend well against stretch 4s like Lamar Odom, Rashard Lewis, and others. The ESPN guys forgot these facts. It was like people saying that it didn't make any sense for the Clippers to steal Camby from the Nuggets when they already had Kaman, when it was obvious that they were completely different players (only Kaman got hurt in 08-09). LATimes Mark Heisler, thinking the Clips should gamble on Hayward or Babbitt, said that "the Owner is involved again." But it certainly doesn't seem like this is a DTS decision, and instead it looks more like a safe, solid basketball decision, with the credit going to Olshey. Heisler's great, but he's gotten a lot of mileage out of the foibles of DTS. Simmons decided to play the "Aminu is now being fitted for a full body cast" card, his own version of "it's the Clippers." The poor boy is going to need more time to get over giving up that double-digit lead.
Next item: Are some of the other, lesser free agents more attractive and viable now that the Clips drafted Aminu? I say yes, starting with Joe Johnson. We're a long way from being able to call Aminu a defensive stopper, but having the guy with size, length, athleticism and a hunger for rebounds to come off the bench behind a wing scorer like Johnson makes for a much stronger rotation with Eric Gordon. The same is true for Rudy Gay, a guy the Clips might make a reasonable offer to, allowing Memphis to match. I'm very happy with Olshey today, and I'm willing to believe that he wouldn't overpay Rudy Gay, but there's no reason not to make him an offer of Lamar Odom money or thereabouts. Again, Hayward and Babbitt are lesser, unproven versions of the free agents, and they're not especially complementary.
Now we move on to Bledsoe. This was obviously a strong move. The Clips had poor luck in the past with 2nd round backup guards, with Chalmers, Ewing, and Mike Taylor. Then there's Keyon Dooling, but let's remember that Dooling was picked to be a starter at PG or SG, only he wasn't good enough to start at either position. Bledsoe has a much higher talent level and athleticism than the 2nd round guys, and he seems more skilled than Dooling.
One of the best things about the Bledsoe deal is the intricacy, forethought, and timing of it, which show that Olshey was extremely well-prepared and had a carefully selected target. It was a tricky combination of forces: Bledsoe had to still be on the board, there had to be a team that might draft him that wanted to trade their pick (OKC), and that pick had to be at exactly the right spot where the money wouldn't reduce the Clips ability to make a max offer. It obviously took KA and others a fair bit of time to figure out that the pick was "safe," but Olshey had it figured out beforehand. And he knew that OKC has Westbrook, Maynor, and Harden and wouldn't want Bledsoe, and they would be open to taking a protected 1st round pick.
Media response? Simmons couldn't resist the obvious joke: "when the Clippers offer you a first round pick, you have to take it." Funny "it's the Clippers" stuff, but not exactly aimed at NBA cognoscenti, who know how a protected pick works. And it should be noted that Simmons was salivating for Bledsoe as Rondo's backup on the Celtics just before OKC took him. He admitted it was a solid deal and that the Clips have the makings of a great guard rotation in BD-Gordon-Bledsoe.
Other ripples: the Clips could still sign Steve Blake, of course, depending on how the rest of free agency goes, and if they divvy up the money rather than putting it all in one pot. Laker fans were claiming Blake was already on their roster, until they heard that they probably weren't going to spend the MLE, stack their roster and increase their tax payment. The good news is that the new Lakers coach will cost a lot less money than the old one, so there's that.
Speaking of the Lakers, I was thinking about how this new roster matches up with the champs. DJordan-Bynum, Kaman-Gasol, BGriffin-Odom, Aminu-Artest, Kobe-Gordon, Fisher-BDavis, Bledsoe-Farmar (leaving). And the Clips have 17 million to spend on one or more players. With continued forethought and the effort that we saw last night, the Clips could really match up well. And it's not about beating the Lakers as much as it is about competing and matching up with them, which means that you're a competitive team in the West, capable of winning regularly and against anyone.
Could keep going--what else didn't the Clippers have: a guard who can shoot and score who played great with their future star back in college. Now they've added that guy. It's a nice change on the 2nd round stuff referenced earlier, similar to the Mike Taylor experience. But maybe it's the kind of thing that actually works, if Blake Griffin turns out to be the Clipper messiah.
The other, final, funny thing, mentioned by others, is that if you add Sofo the Clippers have a complete team. It's rather amazing how many spots were filled, when there were so many empty holes going into yesterday. And the marginal fills (Sofo, Warren, Aminu as a starter) are placeholders moving towards the next step.
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Blowing wind, creaky doors, and eerie noises add to theories of urban legends at Texas Tech. Community advisor Jackie Forbus says, "you can hear things roll across the floor, jumping noises, banging noises."
But noises seem minor compared to the legend of Thompson Hall. It is rumored that the building was once a morgue and if you stay long enough, you'll see flickering lights and unidentified images in closed parts of the building.
A real-life ghost story happened in 1967 when a female custodian was murdered. Some say her ghost still wanders the halls in the Biology building.
With Tech being over 80 years old, there are a lot of stories and urban legends that go along with history, but students say the myths at Horn Hall are really true.
"I believe 100%. I was there that night," said Katie Eckstrom. Eckstrom was in her room when she and her friends first heard the noises from the fourth floor. "The story is that a maintenance guy left his son upstairs, he died of heat exhaustion and now he's up there and makes noises," said Jackie Forbus.
Some say if you pass by the window, you can catch a glimpse of the ghost, but others believe the whole story is for the birds. "There are rumors that it is birds or pigeons or old pipes, but we believe it's out resident ghost," said Forbus.
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Apathy is Boring launches "Are You a Voter?" campaign for upcoming provincial and territorial elections.
With elections scheduled in eight different provinces and territories this fall, Apathy is Boring has launched the "Are You a Voter?" a campaign to engage young Canadians in the democratic process.
During the federal election this spring, Apathy is Boring had more that 2,000,000 interactions with young Canadians through social media. The "Are You a Voter?" campaign builds on that success by asking youth to consider their role in Canada's democracy, and by providing them with the information they need to cast an informed vote. This fall, Apathy is Boring will be offering the following resources to young voters:
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If he could have, I'm sure Dana White would have let out a guttural scream when Brock Lesnar announced his retirement after his loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. Why? His biggest pay-per-view draw is leaving the company.
How much of an impact has Lesnar had on the UFC's bottom line? Take a look at these buyrate numbers for the last four events Lesnar has headlined:
- UFC 121 (Cain Velasquez): 1,050,000
- UFC 116 (Shane Carwin): 1,116,000
- UFC 100 (Frank Mir II): 1,600,000
- UFC 91 (Randy Couture): 1,010,000
At an average of $50 per buy, that's an impact of between $50.2 million to $80 million per event for the UFC, cable providers and all of the ancillary parts of the machine. Along with Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, he is one of only three men to main event two shows in the same year that drew more than a million pay-per-view buys. Even if the UFC 141 numbers come out at 800,000, that's a tremendous indicator of how much of an impact Lesnar has had on casual and hardcore MMA fans alike.
The problem is that the UFC doesn't have anyone to fill that void.
A major thread of conversation throughout the past 12 months has been the dropping buyrates for events and the lack of money fights, one of the reasons this writer was perplexed when the UFC didn't simply wait to book Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans for early 2012. Instead, they are risking the fight when Evans faces Phil Davis in late January instead. When you have the chance to make money these days, you have to take it. Nothing is guaranteed.
Georges St. Pierre's return is in doubt. Jones is starting to make a dent in the mainstream but needs all that will come with the build to the Evans fight to fully break through. Anderson Silva won't fight until July, but Mark Munoz may prevent another big money fight in Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II from happening. Overeem may have gained some fans last night but until he fights Junior dos Santos, we won't know how much of a financial impact he'll have without Lesnar as a dance partner.
With 32 shows planned for 2012, the UFC will be challenged once again on how to make and create stars that people will plunk down money to see. They need to create buzz, build challengers and somehow make pay-per-view matter again like they did so well in years past. Some people hate the comparisons of MMA to pro wrestling, but they share an undeniable link: the key to great business is getting people emotionally involved in the characters and the story. If you can accomplish that, you win.
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Betty White will continue her late-life career resurgence with an NBC special that will honor her 90th birthday early next year. From TV Guide:
The dinner-style event is expected to be filmed in Los Angeles before year's end and will air as a special sometime close to Betty's milestone on January 17, 2012.
Good call on filming it sooner rather than later. In case, you know… I mean, she's gonna be NINETY. Every day's a gift is all I'm sayin'.
Among the famous faces likely to offer on-camera tributes: stars from Betty's series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Hot in Cleveland, as well as funny ladies from the NBC comedy lineup.
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The accuser is also reportedly still a minor.
In 2007, as many as two dozen players broke into an off-campus apartment, sparking a melee that captured headlines and prompted the police to file criminal charges against six Penn State football players. Dr. Triponey's department [Standards and Conduct] began an inquiry. In a meeting with Messrs. Paterno, and [PSU President Graham] Spanier and others, Dr. Triponey complained that the players were stonewalling her and suggested that Mr. Paterno ought to compel them to be truthful. Mr. Paterno angrily responded that his players couldn't be expected to cooperate with the school's disciplinary process because, in this case, they would have to testify against each other, making it hard to play football together, these people say. In the end, police dropped many of the charges against the players, and two pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. The school's inquiry led to four players being suspended for a summer semester. They did not miss any games.The Wall Street Journal interviews former Penn State head of Standards and Conduct Vicky Triponey, who unloads on Joe Paterno and the corrupt culture at Penn State. Names are named, dates are referenced and emails are quoted.
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WHEN THE Vauxhall Corsa VXR was launched in 2007 much ado was made of its impressive power and torque reserves. 189bhp and 170lb/ft (across a roughly 4000rpm band) was enough to make it a lively little blighter, and was certainly worth shouting about from advertising billboards across the land.
It seems those figures weren't enough for many Corsa VXR fans, however. By proving so popular with younger drivers and Griffin badge aficionados, the VXR brand made a rod for its own back. It seems more power was needed to satiate the appetites for those demanding a special version of the special car, hence the two officially sanctioned special editions.
The Corsa VXR Arctic Edition benefits from some extra kit, a bespoke paint job and roughly 15bhp liberated by a Remus sports exhaust. The Corsa VXR 888 Edition is a more involved affair, however, with a chassis overhaul to match the up-rated exhaust and 217bhp engine management re-map.
The fine-tuning is performed by Triple Eight Race Engineering. The Banbury-based outfit was set-up in 1996 primarily to build and race Vauxhalls for the then owners General Motors and will be a familiar name to BTCC fans. Every now and again, Vauxhall commissions the firm to fettle one of its road going cars for its performance loving customers. The Corsa VXR 888 is one such vehicle.
The list of improvements is comprehensive, but also quite expensive. An engine software upgrade and Remus sports exhaust provide the extra power; lowering springs drop the ride height and tighten up the chassis responses; a four-pot AP Racing brake setup with ventilated discs increase stopping power and heat treated 18-inch wheels lessen the chassis' un-sprung weight.
The cost of these VXRacing additions; £4310, pushing the initial £17,000 Corsa VXR asking price past £21,000 - more still if you specified any of the many options available for the standard car.
Clearly, that's a considerable amount of money for a car in the Corsa's segment, but the Triple Eight Race Engineering improvements make it a considerably more impressive car.
With its focus on performance it's one for the hardened fan only, and the firm ride courtesy of the large wheels and stiffened suspension will require a hardened derriere, but the chassis responds very positively to the improvements feeling altogether more nimble than the already sprightly standard version.
One issue that hasn't been cured is that of torque steer when accelerating hard from low speed. The tendency for the engine to pull at the steering wheel means careful metering out of the power is required when overtaking a wide tractor on a country lane or passing in the wet. However, the Corsa VXR 888 really comes alive at speed where the punchy power delivery, measured brakes and potential for sharp changes of direction prove endlessly entertaining.
The taught chassis feels genuinely racy, allowing itself to be provoked in going light at the rear but remaining highly communicative and easy to manage when it does. As a track day car that can be used every day, the Corsa VXR 888 rates very highly.
Yes, the Remus exhaust will require sympathetic neighbours if you're prone to early starts and is hardly the height of refinement on a long distance cruise, but at least it has a charismatic and tuneful roar. The interior remains unmolested from Corsa VXR status, meaning room for four adults, a respectable boot with a two tier floor, adjustable rear back rests and chunky, well-bolstered Recaro bucket seats in the front.
Some will find the piano black finish on the centre console, bright orange backlighting and thick, flat-bottomed steering wheel with metallic inserts a little garish, but with its loud exhaust, VXR bodykit, 18-inch wheels and ground-hugging profile the rest of the model is hardly discreet.
There's little doubt that drivers will need to be dedicated fans to want to meet the cost of this exclusive little hot-hatch, but they will not be disappointed.
Model: Vauxhall Corsa VXR 888 Edition, £21,505.
Engine: 1.6-litre petrol unit producing 217bhp and 170lb/ft torque (torque figure from standard Corsa VXR).
Transmission: 6-speed manual gearbox driving the front wheels.
Performance: 0-62mph in 6.8 seconds (figure from standard Corsa VXR). Top speed 140mph (figure from standard Corsa VXR).
CO2 emissions: 190g/km.
Economy: 35.8mpg


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KENNEWICK, Wash. - Fifth grade students in Kennewick are celebrating "Music in our Schools Month this week.
Monday and Tuesday night more than 1,200 students, representing each elementary school in Kennewick, will perform in the 32nd annual All-City 5th Grade Choral Fest.
Directors say it's a great opportunity for the students to learn music appreciation.
"It gives kids who have a hard time fitting into a regular classroom a chance to find something new to do," said Matthew Rehmke, a 5th grade music teacher and one of the directors of the choral festival, "and music can do something that other subjects can't."
"I'm excited about music," Ridgeview Elementary 5th grader, Misael Alvarado said, "because I get to see my friends and sing with them, and I like all the songs they picked this year."
Students are performing March 25th and 26th at the Southridge High School Gymnasium.
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Tiger Woods shot a final round 68, capping a solid weekend that left him at 7-under for the tournament. But the early hole he dug himself with two lackluster rounds to open the tournament left him far too big a hole to climb out of, and Woods was hardly a factor in the tournament. As it stands now, Woods sits eight shots back of the lead, in a tie for 28th place.
Woods was up and down again on Sunday, bogeying No. 2 and No. 5 before carding a birdie on No. 9. On the back nine, he heated up, carding birdies on No. 10, 12, 14 and 15 before bogeying No. 16. He finished his round with a birdie on No. 17 and a par on No. 18, good for a round of 3-under.
At the top of the leaderboard, Shane Bertsch and Bryce Molder are each at 15-under, one shot clear of the field. Briny Baird sits in third at 14-under, followed by Ernie Els at 13-under.
And yes, someone threw a hot dog at Woods.
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No one knows the "Glee" character Kurt Hummel better than Chris Colfer. The Clovis East High School graduate has played the affable student in the FOX series for five seasons.
So when "Glee" producers approached him about writing an episode of the show this season, Colfer wasn't worried about putting words in the mouth of his character. It was writing for all of the other cast members that gave him pause.
"It was a very daunting idea. I have been inside Kurt's head for years, but I was beyond terrified that I would write something for one of my co-stars that they would hate," says Colfer, who loves the series so much that he didn't want to do anything to "bastardize it."
After getting the offer in January, Colfer spent a couple of weeks weighing the idea before finally deciding to bravely leap into writing. His show, "Old Dog, New Tricks," airs tonight.
Writing scripts is nothing new for Colfer. He penned the script for the feature film version of his book "Struck by Lightning" and wrote the script for the TV movie "The Little Leftover Witch." The difference was Colfer didn't know those actors for years.
Although there were certain plot points — part of the overall writing plan for the series — that Colfer had to include in the episode, he was told he could write whatever he wanted for the rest of the episode.
The story line looks at what happens when Kurt falls into a funk after realizing those around him have more career success than he does as an intern at Vogue. As if Kurt's life wasn't already funked up enough, he finds himself in the middle of a production of "Peter Pan" at a senior citizen home.
Colfer waited to write the episode — the 19th of the season — until filming had started on episode 17. That gave him only a couple of weeks to get the script done, but he wanted to see where the characters were in their lives before he started writing.
The delay ended up being a blessing in disguise.
Colfer wanted to get the project going before NBC announced it would air a live production of "Peter Pan" next year. He was afraid that decision would make it hard to get the rights for the musical numbers from the Broadway show to use in his episode.
Once the NBC plans were released, Colfer had to change direction. He wrote the story so that Kurt persuades the nursing home actors to do an updated version of "Peter Pan" using modern music rather than the original score. In the process, Kurt learns a lesson about how a person can make a difference in an unexpected way.
Writing the script gave Colfer a chance to live out a theatrical dream.
"I never got the chance to appear in a production of 'Peter Pan,' but I always wanted to fly on stage," Colfer says. "In the episode, I am singing Madonna's 'Lucky Star' while wearing sunglasses and flying over the stage in a harness."
As with every episode of "Glee," the music is a major part of the story. The songlist — a combination of suggestions by Colfer and other writers — was set first.
Colfer ironed out the last bits of the story when he met with the show's regular group of writers who updated him on events of episode 18.
Now that his episode is is about to air, Colfer has moved on to the other projects.
His third book in the "The Land of Stories" series will be released July 8 (playing off a cliffhanger from the second book). Colfer will play Wendie Malick's son in an episode of "Hot In Cleveland," and he is providing a voice for the animated feature film "Robodog." Several other projects are pending, but Colfer doesn't want to talk about them at this time.
Then it will be back for another season of "Glee." Colfer is not certain what is in store for next year. All he is concerned with now is that fans like the episode he wrote.
"I was worried at the beginning that writing the script would be too much of a handful," he says. "Now that it's over, I'm happy they asked me to do it."
"Glee": 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, on KMPH (Channel 26.1)
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Cage The Elephant - Cage the Elephant
- Band Name: Cage the Elephant
- Record Label: Relentless
- Release Date: Apr 21, 2009
- Summary: The debut album for the Kentucky indie-rock band was produced by Jay Joyce.
- Record Label: Relentless
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Cage the Elephant didn't exist until 2005, but as this self-titled album demonstrates, their ability to be influenced by alternative rock and classic rock simultaneously is a definite plus.
The group's self-titled debut shows that it has more than one flashy single to offer.
There's a Red Bull-powered Stooges lurking in here somewhere, and when Cage the Elephant can transfer their live power to record, they'll be unstoppable.
Despite callow lyrics and what sounds like an unfortunate Nineties rock-rap influence--'In One Ear' sports G. Love and Special Sauce-style rhyming--Cage the Elephant make a fine mess on their debut.
In the context of a studio recording, Cage The Elephant's premiere isn't far off insufferable.
It's a fatal flaw that rears itself again and again as a bastardised version of blue-collar Americana is force-fed a mass-produced strain of bland modern rock throughout all eleven tracks.
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Jul 30, 2013This album is made up of songs that will satisfy you on the first and thirtieth listen, providing you are a fan of classic rock. However a mark has to be taken off for having the mental age of 7. But move past the questionable singing and lyrics, this is a great album. 8.5/10… Expand
Nov 16, 2011This mix of influences is one of Rock's greatest achievements in recent years. Recorded in a single week, people calling this overproduced are just.... well.... wrong. The reason it's a 9 and not a 10 is because as opposed to CTE's second album, this album doesn't have nearly as much diversity.… Expand
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Concern for missing Selby teenager
There is concern for a 19-year-old man who has been reported missing in Selby.
Aden Scott Blackman, also known as Billy Blackman was last seen at Hull train station on the evening of 10 October when he was due to catch a train to Selby.
He never arrived and later rang his family to say he fell asleep on the train and ended up at Kings Cross station in London.
His family transferred money to him so he could catch a train home the following day.
Aden did not return home and he has not been heard from since.
He is described as white, 6ft tall, of slim build with short, light brown, spiked hair. He has a tongue piercing and a star earring in his right ear. When he was last seen he was wearing a beige coloured duffle coat jacket, tan coloured jeans, a white Ralph Lauren sweat shirt and white Fred Perry trainers.
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Aden's family are extremely worried about him and I am appealing to anyone who believes they have seen Aden since last Wednesday, has had any contact from him or knows of his current whereabouts to get in touch.
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A double shooting in Fluvanna County is now considered a murder-suicide. Investigators at the Sheriff's Office say 28-year-old Crystal Trent died overnight at the University of Virginia Medical Center after she was shot twice at close range Wednesday.
Trent was found wounded on the porch of a home on Gravel Hill Road Wednesday morning.
Investigators say 41-year-old Jerry Palmer shot her and then turned the gun on himself. Palmer was found dead in the yard.
It is believed the two were arguing over domestic issues.
"Update on yesterday's shooting. Sadly, Ms. Trent passed away over the night. As such, we are investigating her death as a homicide. The prime suspect in her death at this time is Jerry Palmer, who was found dead at the scene.
It is believed at this time that Palmer shot Trent twice at close range and then turned the gun on himself. It is believed that the two were arguing over domestic issues.
There will be no further updates until the official cause and manner of death is determined by the Office of the Chief Medical examiner. We ask that everyone respect the privacy of both families in this tragedy during their time of mourning."
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