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A Meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair
Sojomail - February 20, 2003
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************************************************************ H e a r t s & M i n d s +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair by Jim Wallis
On Tuesday, the prime minister of Great Britain, Tony Blair, met with five American church leaders about the decision to go to war with Iraq. President George W. Bush has yet to agree to meet with American religious leaders to hear their concerns about the U.S. rush to war.
The meeting at number 10 Downing Street lasted longer than the usual 15 to 20 minutes for such encounters. Tony Blair met with us for a full 50 minutes and was very engaged in the discussion about the moral and even theological issues at stake in this momentous choice.
Sojourners organized and led the delegation, which included: Bishop John Bryson Chane, Episcopal Diocese of Washington; Bishop Melvin Talbert, ecumenical officer, Council of United Methodist Bishops; Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, stated clerk, Presbyterian Church USA; and Rev. Dan Weiss, immediate past general secretary, American Baptist Churches in the USA. We were joined by international church leaders Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; Bishop Clive Handford, Episcopal Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf; Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal, Episcopal Bishop of Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria; Rev. Dr. Keith Clements, general secretary, Conference of European Churches; and our United Kingdom church counterparts. The trip was made in partnership with similar delegations to Berlin, Paris, Rome, and Moscow, coordinated by the National Council of Churches. In London, the organization Churches Together in Britain and Ireland graciously hosted us.
We affirmed that Tony Blair, a practicing Christian, was bringing "moral concerns" into the debate over Iraq. And we agreed with the prime minister that the issues of terrorism and the threat of weapons of mass destruction were deeply moral and theological issues. We also agreed, unequivocally, that Saddam Hussein was a real threat to his own people and to the entire world.
But we shared with Tony Blair how American church bodies have never before in our history been more united in their opposition to a war. While American and British leaders point out how terrible the regime of Saddam Hussein is (and rightly so), the churches want also to remind the world (and our political leaders) how terrible war is. In moving personal statements, the church leaders testified to our conviction that war is not the answer to the real threats posed by Saddam Hussein. The unintended and unpredictable consequences of war make it far too dangerous and destructive an option. We told the prime minister that the answer to a brutal, threatening dictator must not be the bombing of Baghdad's children.
It was neither hyperbole nor high drama to recognize, we told Tony Blair, that the British people and their prime minister are in a position to influence the decision about a war with Iraq more than any other people or leader in the world. We said that must be a terrible burden to bear and offered our genuine prayers and support to Mr. Blair as he charts the course his leadership will take in the coming critical weeks.
As Americans, we told the British leader that it would be a dangerous thing for the world, and for America, if an issue of such importance were to be decided solely or mostly by American power. We strongly affirmed that the issue of Iraq, with all its possible consequences, must be decided by the world community, in the Security Council of the United Nations, and not by the unilateral decision- making of the world's last remaining superpower. We said that the United States was becoming a "new Rome" in claiming a singular and pre-emptive moral authority to act in the world today, and that this was both bad theology and bad policy.
We respected the "convictional core" of the British prime minister around the legitimate concerns regarding the juxtaposition of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, but we urged him to persevere in finding another way to resolve the problem with Iraq apart from an American-led war. In fact, we suggested he, more than any other world leader, might help forge or even broker a better way, even a "third way," beyond doing nothing about Iraq or submitting to the inevitability of an American war, which could lead to a post-war regime in Iraq ruled by an American general. We talked of other directions, especially with a strong role for the U.N. - even a U.N. mandate or protectorate in Iraq - with rigorous inspections and continual monitoring of Saddam Hussein, backed by international force.
The critical need for a resolution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict also figured prominently in our discussions. The Bishop of Jerusalem, Bishop Riah, spoke with great authority and clarity and told Prime Minister Blair, "The road to Baghdad leads through Jerusalem." The British government is making the critical connection between Middle East peace and the problem of terrorism and even Iraq, much more than the U.S. government has. We committed ourselves to helping change that.
British Secretary of State Clare Short also met with our delegation for an hour and a half, and joined us in the meeting with Mr. Blair. Short is becoming an important advisor to church efforts to find a solution to Iraq that is both effective and humanitarian.
I was impressed by how Prime Minister Blair entered into a real dialogue with us, shared our concerns for the people of Iraq for a genuinely international and U.N. solution, and recognized how crucial a Middle East peace was to this moment. I also saw a Christian political leader seriously wrestling with crucial matters of theology and moral discernment as we all approach the hour that is, in Martin Luther King Jr.'s words, "five minutes before midnight."
May God be with Tony Blair and with all of us.
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---------------------------------------------------------- P o l i t i c a l l y C o n n e c t +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Senator Byrd: "We stand passively mute..."
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) made the following statement February 12 on the floor of the Senate: ...
We stand passively mute in the United States Senate, paralyzed by our own uncertainty, seemingly stunned by the sheer turmoil of events. Only on the editorial pages of our newspapers is there much substantive discussion of the prudence or imprudence of engaging in this particular war.
And this is no small conflagration we contemplate. This is no simple attempt to defang a villain. No. This coming battle, if it materializes, represents a turning point in U.S. foreign policy and possibly a turning point in the recent history of the world.
This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of pre-emption - the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future - is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self- defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the U.N. Charter. And it is being tested at a time of worldwide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our - or some other nation's - hit list. ...
To engage in war is always to pick a wild card. And war must always be a last resort, not a first choice. I truly must question the judgment of any president who can say that a massive unprovoked military attack on a nation that is over 50 percent children is "in the highest moral traditions of our country." This war is not necessary at this time. Pressure appears to be having a good result in Iraq. Our mistake was to put ourselves in a corner so quickly. Our challenge is to now find a graceful way out of a box of our own making. Perhaps there is still a way if we allow more time.
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--------------------------------------------------- C o l o m b i a J o u r n a l +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Todos Somos Irakis (We are all Iraqis) by Ryan Beiler
The march to the U.S. embassy in Bogotá last Saturday was small compared to anti-war protests that drew millions across the globe, but it was a perfect sampling of the movement: student radicals eager to face off with riot police, church folks singing spirited songs of protest, children on parents' shoulders, and gray-haired veteran activists.
And as in many such protests, multiple concerns coalesced on banners or in chants such as:
(The translation loses the rhyme and rhythm: "We are all Palestinians! We are all Iraqis! We are all Colombians! Yankees, get out of here!")
It is not difficult for Colombians to connect themselves to conflicts in the Middle East. Colombia is the third largest recipient of U.S. military aid behind Israel and Egypt, and many Colombian analysts, such as Ricardo Esquivia of Justapaz, a Mennonite justice and peace organization based in Bogotá, assert that this has more to do with its strategic economic and geopolitical significance than wars on drugs or terrorism.
The Bush administration stepped over what was already a blurry line in Colombia and expanded military aid that had been officially limited to counternarcotics to also be used for counterinsurgency. More than 70 members of the U.S. Army Special Forces recently arrived in the northeastern department of Arauca to train Colombian troops to defend an oil pipeline partly owned by U.S. multinational Occidental Petroleum from attacks by leftist guerillas.
Though the U.S. State Department has labeled both leftist guerillas and right-wing paramilitaries as terrorist groups involved in drug trafficking, common knowledge on the Colombian street and documentation by human rights organizations testify that paramilitary death squads regularly work hand-in-hand with the state security forces to combat the guerillas and those they label collaborators.
Moreover, almost all significant military operations and coca fumigations are against the guerilla-controlled areas and not the paramilitaries'. But as with Saddam Hussein, the guerilla targets of U.S. policy are not sympathetic victims. Their fine-sounding social justice rhetoric was corrupted long ago by drug money.
As in the Middle East, the real victims are the innocents in the crossfire. "The great majority of those being killed are neither guerillas nor paramilitaries, but campesinos [rural farmers]," asserts a municipal official in one of Colombia's many conflict zones. Conservative estimates place the civilian death toll at 80% of all those killed in combat.
And just as many fear that attacking Iraq will spark a much larger conflict, Esquivia asserts that sending U.S. arms to Colombia is "like pouring gasoline on a fire."
A U.S. embassy official here spun that metaphor in a more frightening direction, stating that, "sometimes to put out a big fire you have to start smaller fires."
Knowing the effects that scorched-earth policies have had in Latin America in the past, one would hope that a U.S. policy truly interested in peace and human rights would be more creative. But in Colombia, as in the Middle East, such statements compel us to look behind war-for-peace rhetoric and ask what our government's interests really are. And, as Colombians chanting "todos somos," we must identify with the real victims and take to the streets in their defense.
As I was leaving Saturday's rally, one seasoned activist admonished me, "Wherever you go, Mr. Journalist, tell them that Colombia is strong in the struggle."
Que todos seamos. So may we all be.
--Ryan Beiler, web editor for Sojourners, just spent two weeks in Colombia with a delegation sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee and Justapaz: Christian Center of Justice, Peace, and Nonviolent Action.
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Why is our best option invisible?
Alternatives to military action against Iraq
by Glen Gersmehl
Despite the dangers outlined by Colin Powell in his presentation to the U.N. Security Council, the majority of Americans still feel uncomfortable with a U.S. war against Iraq. As Christians, our difficulty with a violent response is rooted in the explicit and often repeated teachings of Jesus.
The tremendous risks of war - to our soldiers, to the Iraqi people, to our economy, to the war on terrorism, to U.S. relations with our allies and the Muslim world - have received serious if sporadic media attention. But it is striking that in all these months, only a tiny handful of articles or editorials have offered more than a few sentences exploring a realistic alternative to military action that goes beyond diplomacy.
As important as diplomacy is, it represents just one dimension of that alternative, just one type of power aside from military power. Consider this: In just the past 20 years, a third of the world has experienced change brought about by nonviolent movements, successful beyond anyone's wildest expectations. They succeeded against some of the most ruthless regimes of the 20th century: Marcos in the Philippines, apartheid in South Africa, Ceausescu in Romania. Most were completely nonviolent on the part of the participants.
If you stretch the time frame back 50 years to include the liberation of India, even the anti-Nazi resistance in Denmark and Norway, and the U.S. civil rights movement, the number of people affected rises to two- thirds of the world's population! "All this in the teeth of the assertion, endlessly repeated, that nonviolence doesn't work in the 'real' world," as Walter Wink emphasizes in his path-breaking book "The Powers That Be."
Think about it: The most successful route to "regime change" in our time has been absent from the public debate about Iraq!
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Al Fischer writes from Washington, D.C.:
I am so thankful for SojoMail. Each edition is always so relevant and helpful. You have really motivated us to do what we can to stem the propaganda and war talk.
Leland Dolan writes from Houston, Texas:
Most of the messages I get on Sojourners are against President Bush's war against Saddam Hussein. Personally, I really don't know what to think. My first concern is the safety of us American citizens on the homefront. If the U.S. goes to war against Saddam, our troops might overthrow him and his regime, and in the future, he will no longer be a threat with his weapons of mass destruction. However, an attack on Saddam's secular Iraq would inspire the very theocratic Osama bin Laden to initiate another "9/11" attack upon our homeland, which would be applauded by a majority of the Arabic/Islamic world. As I see it, if we attack Iraq now, then it will be some time before he can employ WMD against us. That will give us all an extra lease on life.
SojoMail reader John Deever writes:
Thanks to David Batstone for his piece on Dick Cheney in last week's SojoMail. I understand this episode as part of Cheney's personal shadow coup of our country. I have lots of evidence on my personal Web site:
Wendy Bilgen writes from Ankara, Turkey:
There is an Iraqi refugee praying in my living room. He is here because his life is in danger if he returns to his homeland, Iraq. He'll either be beaten to death or starve to death. He represents one of thousands who are here because of continued threat and abuse (including the beating and rape of children) inflicted on civilians living under the oppression of an evil dictator. This is a reality if I am to believe the reports coming from these asylum seekers who daily cross the border looking for refuge and sometimes end up in my living room. Not one of them blames the West or even the U.N. sanctions; all blame Saddam.
I wonder if you could channel just half of your energy toward confronting Saddam's regime and equipping these thousands with some kind of response to this oppression that is meaningful to them. To most of them, forcefully overthrowing the evil dictator is the only way they see for freedom from oppression. We must remember that the oppressed are not being heard; the strong and powerful are. We are hearing the voice of the strong of Iraq even from you. I know you understand that Saddam is an evil dictator; you've written that often. But do you understand that he is controlling the lives of people to such an extent that he has convinced many that the West, and not his own control of resources, is the reason for the suffering in Iraq? I'm afraid he's got you singing his tune - maybe not the whole song, but the important refrain.
Dale Perkins writes from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada:
Canadian Christians of a progressive persuasion desperately hope that U.S. Christians will give prophetic leadership in your land. We are aghast that your president, elected by a minority of your citizens, is permitted to go unchecked on his crusade to establish the American Empire and bludgeon every president, prime minister, chairman, or dictator who dares question his claim to absolute hegemony. As discounted bystanders, Canadians can only pressure our prime minister not to capitulate to the threats of economic reprisals if we don't comply to President Bush's every wish. We're urging our government to resist the threats of the American Emperor, and to run the risk of his displeasure, fully prepared to bear the effects of more soft-wood lumber disputes and other forms of embargo put on our country. However, we need to know there are fellow travelers who follow Christ living south of the 49th parallel who are willing to put their well-being on the line to stand up to this tyranny. To the degree I hear those voices in Sojourners, I give thanks and have greater hope for our future.
Mark Bigland-Pritchard writes from Bristol, England:
Scott Rosner's anti-European rant (Boomerang, 2/12/03) shows just how distorting "patriotism" can be. I'm glad that he's getting to read the Sojourners site, though - it might eventually open up his perspectives beyond the narrow self-censored confines of conformist opinion expressed in the U.S. media.
Scott, you may not like it, but your country needs friends that can warn you off when you're about to engage in rash, unconsidered, and potentially disastrous action. And that is what the majority of the people of (all of) Europe - together with most of the governments of "old" Europe - want to do.
Lora Steiner writes from San Juan Chamelco, Guatemala:
After reading Mr. Rosner's reasoning for why we should support the U.S. government, I felt compelled to respond.
The U.S. government does give a lot of money to foreign aid, but it is not the largest donor. Less than one percent of the U.S. budget goes toward foreign aid, and about half of that is military aid, the bulk of which goes to just two countries, Israel and Egypt. In a ranking of 21 industrialized nations according to the percentage of Gross National Product that goes to economic assistance, the U.S. ranked 20th.
At the same time, the U.S. allocates over a third of its budget for direct and indirect military expenses (This is a low estimate; I've heard estimates as high as one-half). Having lived now in three countries where the effects of past or current U.S. military intervention or funding is destroying innocent lives, I have to challenge those who would support the government based on what it claims it has accomplished. I believe that the United States has a lot to offer the world, but we have to be willing to open our eyes first and see ourselves the way others see us.
Wes Bungay, president of the God's Squad in Sydney, Australia, writes:
Mike Florio needs to re-read his bible. He seems to have missed the point when Jesus said "Blessed are the poor, for the kingdom of God is theirs," and when Jesus taught us to pray the Lord's Prayer "to make God's Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven." Jesus would have a lot to say to Mr. Bush: "Woe to you who are rich." When 24,000 people die of hunger every day it is nothing but sinful that the U.S. government could spend billions of dollars on a war. Jesus said, "Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me." Mike, re-read your bible and see what a political statement it is to love the poor when the rich of the world are ignoring them. "This is what the Lord requires." (Micah 6:8)
Jon Kuhrt writes from London, England:
It was good to read Mike Florio's piece in last week's Boomerang about how the Christian ethic cannot be applied en masse but only as an individual. I say "good" because I think all sojourners should print this out as a succinct reminder of the attitudes that we are up against.
His thoughts are indicative of a kind of limited Christianity that is consciously separated off to a spiritual, individualistic realm that has no impact in God's world. It confines Jesus' teaching to mere piety, denying the grace of God to work in the fullness of creation. It denies the centrality of the incarnation, and it's tragic that it is this kind of spirituality that is often passed off as being biblical. The biggest irony is that it is passed off as being non-political. It isn't. It reinforces the status quo and is consequently highly political. As Kenneth Leech has written, "All Christians are political, whether they recognise it or not, particularly when they do not recognise it."
Rev. Bruce Bjork, director of programs of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, writes:
I am beginning to believe that the real budget crisis is not located primarily in Washington, D.C., but rather in the capitals of those states facing their own budget deficits. Here in Minnesota, that deficit for the 2004-05 budget is projected to be in the $4.5 billion range. Early indicators suggest that there are going to be massive cuts for programs that provide services for our most vulnerable neighbors. We are told that we must "share the pain," but most of the hurt seems directed at those who are least able to bear it. As we gear up to advocate for a just federal budget, let's not forget that there are 50 state budgets that need our attention as well.
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September 5th, 2010, 11:42 AM #1
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Hugo Award Winners 2010
The 2010 Hugo Award Winners have been announced:
* BEST NOVEL (TIE)The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) and The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
* BEST NOVELLA: "Palimpsest", Charles Stross (Wireless)
* BEST NOVELETTE: "The Island", Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)
* BEST SHORT STORY: "Bridesicle", Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)
* BEST RELATED BOOK: This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance (Subterranean)
* BEST GRAPHIC STORY: Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm, written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
* BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM: Moon, screenplay by Nathan Parker; story by Duncan Jones; directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
* BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM: Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars", written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
* BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
* BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM: Ellen Datlow
* BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST: Shaun Tan
* BEST SEMIPROZINE: Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
* BEST FAN WRITER: Frederik Pohl
* BEST FANZINE: StarShipSofa, edited by Tony C. Smith
* BEST FAN ARTIST: Brad W. Foster
* THE JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER [Not a Hugo]: Seanan McGuire
Interesting that it's a tie: hasn't been one of those for best novel since, well, 1966. Dune and This Immortal, anyone? [Actually, I stand corrected - in 1993 Doomsday Book and A Fire Upon the Deep tied as well..]
Thoughts, comments, the usual.....
Me, I'm pleased for Moon, and Doctor Who (though I curmudgeonly still think it's not the best Dr Who ever). My money would have been on City and the City, but I did think Windup Girl might just get it.
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September 5th, 2010, 05:01 PM #2
I had expected The City and the City to win, but had been hoping The Windup Girl might manage a challenge. For both of them to win is a pleasent surprise. Both of them are certainly worthy.
Like Hobbit, I was very happy about Moon, though I would also have been pleased with District 9.
September 5th, 2010, 07:33 PM #3
I hated District 9's pretentiousness, but didn't like Moon too much either. Too bland, too derivative... And if "derivative" wasn't a problem for the voters, then there was a much better choice in the category.
Very happy about Bacigalupi. He really deserved it.
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Looks like I'll have to finally pick up Moon and give it a whirl.
I'm actually glad District 9 didn't get anything... I really hated that movie.
September 5th, 2010, 07:40 PM #5
I was expecting to like Moon. It was praised by the right people, and in the right way. But in the end, it was a lukewarm story build upon concepts that are already so cliched that it was entirely too predictable. Rockwell's performance is great though.
September 5th, 2010, 08:20 PM #6
I liked Moon a lot so am very glad that won, have not seen or read anything else of the list though I am happy for Shaun Tan, he seems like a great guy and I saw him give a speech at Aussiecon 4 on Friday.
I was gonna go to the ceremony last night but didn't bother, in retrospect it might have bee cool to go but at the same time I have never in my life bought a novel based on whether it or the author had won a Hugo. Also, since I bought my membership off another person who couldn't attend Aussiecon 4, I didn't even vote so, meh.
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I was rooting for Valente's Palimpsest, but I liked both The City and the City and The Windup Girl a lot and both are good choices as far as I'm concerned. I didn't vote and so would have no right to complain even if I thought they were unworthy, but though they weren't my favourites both are great. A good year, I thought. Only novella I've read is McDonald's Vishnu at the Cat Circus which was most excellent [though not my favourite story in Cyberabad Days, which I found to be amazing both on a story-by-story basis and as a supplement to his novel River of Gods], but I'm sure Stross's story's awesome too.
Only other thing I've really sampled are the long dramatic presentation nominees, though I haven't seen Moon. Shall have to fix that, particularly if so many people think it's better than Up, which I enjoyed muchly. [I enjoyed Avatar but didn't find it to be brain-scramblingly good by any means.]
Oh, and I'm glad Seanan McGuire won the Campbell -- though I also would've been happy if N K Jemisin or Saladin Ahmed had won the Campbell. Good year for newer writers, as well. Later edit: Upon looking at the nominee list again turns out I'd forgotten that Jemisin wasn't nominated -- ineligible I assume. But Felix Gilman was; had forgotten that. Yep, very good year. Still happy about the result.
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September 6th, 2010, 01:23 PM #8
Some strange winners, and of course, many nominees that would never have made my ballot. Nothing new there, year in year out. Same for the Nebula's. I'm not a con going type either, so unlikey to change the voting. So restricting myself to my picks from what they have as nominees:
Didn't care for the Mieville, or the Priest and was bored by the overhyped Bacigalupi. Not interested in the Sawyer and found Palimpsest pretty much unreadable. Unbelievable that that sort of stuff makes this ballot. Julian Comstock would be my favorite here. I'm sure it came in last.
For novellas I expect I probably would have gone for God Engines, which I really liked. No comments on novelletes and short stories. Glad to see the Jack Vance win best related book, that would be my pick. They should have included the Charles Vess monumental art bool here.
Best graphic story, I would have gone with Fables or Batman. Don't like Girl Genius a bit.
Dramatic long form, I would have picked Avatar, District 9 or Moon, all 3 are fine films in their own right. Hard to say which should have won, such different approaches and all seem a succes to me.
Short form is pretty much always won by the dreaded children's series Dr. Who, no surprise there.
September 6th, 2010, 06:15 PM #9
I thought District 9 was waaay better than Moon. District 9 was such a well-constructed, original story from a new director on a tight budget, it really is one of the best sci-fi movies for years. Moon was good, but was just too slow (and yes, Rockwell's performance was the highlight).
No surprise with the best novel; probably good to see a tie as both were great books in their own way (though personally would have tipped towards Wind-Up Girl for it's story and exotic imagery).
September 6th, 2010, 10:18 PM #10
District 9 was screaming pretentiousness in my face the entire time. Also, least likeable protagonist of the century...
September 6th, 2010, 10:32 PM #11
I just accidently saw Moon on the TV the other day. Was ok but District 9 imo was better but I would have gone with Avatar just for the visuals which made up for the script.
September 6th, 2010, 11:24 PM #12
I could not agree more. I understand that a lot of people really enjoyed the movie, so it obviously did some things right. But it just wasn't for me, and you nailed two of my larger issues with it right there.
It is easy to slam on Avatar, due to its overwhelming popularity, especially considering it wasn't a grand tale. However, it wasn't terrible either, just very simple. Like you said, the effects were still impressive and for that, it was worth seeing in the theater for myself.
September 7th, 2010, 05:24 AM #13
Re; District 9
Indeed, very dislikable main character, agreed on that. Pretentious? Not at all. Great film, quite heartwrenching.
Moon is indeed quite slow but that's simply what it is. You have to enjoy the setting and allow yourself to go with the flow of the film. I wasn't that keen on the whole doppelganger thing but in the end, it was quite good for an SF film.
September 7th, 2010, 07:35 AM #14
can someone please explain how district 9 is pretentious? i had to go look up the literal defintion of the word to make sure i wasnt insane.
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Can't speak for others, but the constant exagerated shaking of the camera in District 9 to get the documentary look felt pretentious to me.
Avatar is clearly the best science fiction movie of 2009. The other nominees were mostly good, but Avatar is a masterpiece. The story isn't that original, granted, but it's well told and the visuals are breathtaking, on a completely different level than any other nominee.Last edited by Zeratul; September 7th, 2010 at 11:15 AM.


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Funny how we've managed so well all these years? It's in our best interests to find free weekends to build up these events rather than try and compete against them and give the public an excuse not to come.
You're comparing a run of the mill league game to one of the RFL's flagship events. Not really the same thing.
I've never seen anything which states that this game hasn't been moved being solely down to the RFL. Nor have I heard any comment from the clubs either way on this. I'm also not sure that a respected journalist would suggest this unless there is some element of truth in it. Both are 'unconfirmed rumours' yet one has received a significantly larger backlash than the other.
We haven't avoided major events before. Last years Magic Weekend clashed with the Champions League Final. Our major finals are played on Saturday's, clashing with Premier League football, where standard league fixtures obliterate the coverage of our finals. The Challenge Cup Final last year clashed with an Ashes test. All of England's World Cup matches were played on Saturdays, again clashing with Premier League football and the Union autumn internationals. The start of Super League has clashed with the opening of the Six Nations. As an example, England's WC semi final clashed with Everton vs Liverpool, England vs Australia and Froch v Groves. Lets look at this year, we can't play any earlier due to the Etihad being unavailable (as it also is next week). Next week it's the Heineken Cup Final, Champions League Final, England cricket international, Football League play offs and an F1 race I think?
Hull FC at Wembley at a cup final against a 'run of the mill home game' for Hull City
Hull City at Wembley against a 'run of the mill league game' for both Hull clubs. It seems almost identical to me? Although I do appreciate that Hull City's chance to win the FA Cup for the first time is enormous for the club and it may put off some fans attending.
It's unfortunate that these matches clash, but moving our events once they are set in stone to accommodate other sports just isn't practical, and would make the sport look very small time. The record crowd for a Magic Weekend, probably pushing 40,000 surely justifies the RFL's decision.
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The fitness center would normally have been beyond our budget. It had beautiful locker rooms, with an infinite supply of clean white towels. It had a restaurant and a smoothie bar, and an indoor play area for the kids. Oh, and you could exercise there, too: on one of the state-of-the-art cardio machines in front of a bank of TV screens, or on one of two weight-training floors, or in one of the round-the-clock group exercise classes. I found myself looking forward to going there much in the same way I had looked forward to my glass of wine. It felt like an indulgence, some much-needed "me time" at the end of the day.
Patrick had no interest in coming to the gym, but he was getting up from his desk to walk the dog around the neighborhood nearly every day. It hardly qualified as a workout, I thought, but Samantha praised him, saying that consistent moderate exercise 30 minutes most days of the week helped raise healthy cholesterol, regulate blood pressure, lower cardiovascular disease risk, level out blood sugar, and maintain weight loss.
Samantha added a second vegetable serving to Patrick's daily quota and gave him a "sweets allowance" 200 calories a day, the same as mine. I showed him the nutritional label on his beloved 20-ounce soft drink: 240 calories. Then the one on his king-size candy bar: also 240 calories. He looked glum. However, his previous week's triumph motivated him to meet the challenge.
At the end of the second week, I finally had the scale moving in the right direction by half a pound. It didn't seem like much to me, accustomed as I was to strict introductory diet phases with quick results. But Samantha assured me that weight lost at a half-pound to a pound a week was weight that was more likely to stay lost because behavioral changes that were made gradually were more likely to stick.
"Slow and steady wins the race," I said to Patrick when he boasted of another three pounds lost, though I wasn't sure I really believed my own words.
Week Three
For our third week, Patrick was assigned a daily goal of three veggies and one fruit, and a limit of one fried-food item a week. Samantha suggested he try a salad instead of fries with his fast-food cheeseburger and "experiment with fruit," like dipping apple slices in peanut butter.
Patrick had been a trouper so far, but I knew that anything more complicated than opening a can of juice was going to be a stretch of his nutritional imagination, so I decided I'd help him out.
"Drink this," I said, putting a glass in front of him one morning.
"What is it?"
"A smoothie. Don't look at it; just drink it."
"It's got green stuff in it."
"Drink it, and you're done with half your fruit and vegetable servings for the day." The smoothie (frozen berries; a scoop of vanilla protein powder; a cup of sugar-free, fruit-flavored drink mix; and a handful of baby spinach leaves) went down without complaint, and I began delivering my blender creations to his desk daily.
Another day, I held a crisply roasted, salted leaf up to his mouth.
"What's this?" he asked suspiciously, bringing to mind Winnie the Pooh's friend Tigger (who claims to like every food in the world, but actually likes only one thing).
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Some want to strip ol' Sore Loseman of his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, but our Senator Bill Nelson (a Democrat who actually won Florida in 2000) is aiming to make sure it doesn't happen. He's working the phones in favor of Lieberman, and is keeping mum to the press, but did let this bit slip, "genetically he's a Democrat, and that's where he's comfortable and that's where he should be," (thus weighing in on the nature vs nurture debate on party affiliation).
The caucus vote goes down today, and some are speculating that Joe the Gummer may keep his Homeland Security gig but lose his chairmanship of a subcommittee Environment and Public Works Committee which deals with global warming. The thing is Lieberman is generally more in line with the Democratic view (and the mainstream view) on global warming, he was Al Gore's running mate after all. God only knows how much Gore blabbaed and blabbed on about Kyoto and CF2s in the back of the campaign bus. He tends to stray from the caucus more on Homeland Security issues. Like he totally loves the PATRIOT act and torture and spying on people.
Lieberman's a big boy , and he can stump for whoever he wants, but the Democrats have a clear majority in the Senate and should be able to install chairs who agree with the party view. It shouldn't be about punishment, it should be about policy (which seems to be too much of a novelty for DC), and Lieberman as a big boy should be able to accept that.
Lieberman appeasement only really matters if the Dems manage to pull of the 60 seat super majority. The recounts in Alaska and Minnesota are looking to favor the Dems, but the run off in Georgia is leaning Republican. If Lieberman loses his chairmanship and gets prissy he could either decide to caucus with the GOP (or no one at all), or pack up all his toys and go home to let the Republican Governor of Connecticut name his replacement. All of these are big ifs at this point, but Dems want to cover all their bases. And according to Bill Nelson that means keeping the biggest baby in the Senate quiet with his Homeland Security pacifier.
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TOPEKA, Kansas --The American Civil Liberties Union Sept. 16 urged the Kansas Court of Appeals to overturn the state's same-sex sodomy law, arguing that it violates the equal protection and privacy rights of lesbians and gay men.
"This is one of the most unabashedly discriminatory laws our nation has ever seen," said Matt Coles, director of the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, who argued the case.
"According to the state of Kansas, the sex lives of heterosexuals are their own business; they can do as they please," Coles said. "But the state takes a different view of lesbians and gay men. If lesbians and gay men agree to have oral sex together, they are criminals."
"If a law ever denied equal protection, this one does," Coles added.
The case involves Max D. Movsovitz, a self-employed artist who was criminally charged on April 28, 1995 with violating a Topeka law which prohibits soliciting or agreeing to have sodomy -- oral or anal sex.
According to the record in the case, Movsovitz had gone to the park to enjoy a balmy spring afternoon and finish some paperwork when an undercover police officer pulled up alongside in a car and struck up a conversation. Several minutes into their exchange, the officer steered the conversation toward sex, asking questions about whether Movsovitz would engage in oral sex with another man. When Movsovitz said he would, the officer flashed his badge and issued a citation for "solicitation of sodomy."
In 1995 a state municipal court found Movsovitz guilty of violating the Topeka solicitation law, which, like the state sodomy law, only applies to lesbians and gay men. The validity of the local law depends on the constitutionality of the state ban. Movsovitz was fined $499 and placed on probation.
The ACLU said that the judgment against Movsovitz should be overturned, and the law ruled unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection and privacy guarantees of both the state and federal Constitutions.
"The government may not create one set of criminal rules for lesbians and gay men, and an entirely different set of rules for every one else," Coles said. "Laws like that violate our most basic understanding of equal protection."
Twenty-one states in the country still have sodomy laws on the books, but only six of those states, including Kansas, have laws limited to same-sex acts. Nearly half the states have repealed their sodomy laws through legislation and the rest have been struck down by courts. Most recently, the Montana Supreme Court invalidated its same-sex sodomy law in July, in a case where the ACLU appeared as a friend of the court. Few people are ever convicted for criminal sodomy, the ACLU said. Instead, these laws are primarily used to deny lesbians and gay men a range of other rights. Some states, for instance, have invoked sodomy laws to deny lesbians and gay men jobs, while others have used them to separate children from their gay mothers and fathers.
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davidmarver wrote:I no longer play in leagues without owners I have played with for multiple seasons or at least have chatted to for an extended period of time. Generally, when you are in a league with members you know, it isn't too difficult to round 2-3 other owners into an AIM Chat room and pound out a nice 3-way deal in a few minutes, as long as the other owners have been entertaining offers on the league message board. Otherwise, a solid 90% of the trade offers I make are rejected although at least 75% are reasonable trades. Often owners overvalue their own players, so it makes it difficult to deal unless you already know who the owner likes/dislikes on his team and who he likes/dislikes on your own team. This practically makes dialogue a necessity before trades are accepted.
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I took my last family vacation of the summer. This one has been planned for several months. My mom and dad have been seeing plays in Strasburg, Pennsylvania for years. The plays are at the Sight and Sound Theater and are all plays of epic proportion which are based on Bible Stories. Mom offered to buy all of our tickets if we could arrange a few days to be away. Since my husband, Tim has never been to Gettysburg I wanted to take advantage of being in its vicinity and also, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
We left early on Sunday morning and drove to Gettysburg. We went to the National Cemetery to see the site where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address. We then went on an auto tour of the battlefield. The high light of our Gettysburg visit for my mom and I, however was our dinner at the historic Dobbin house. The Dobbin House is the oldest building in Gettysburg. It was built in 1776 by the Reverend Alexander Dobbin in order to begin a new life in America for himself and his family. Today his home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a colonial restaurant where candlelit elegance, superior food in abundance, and gracious service bring back the sights, sounds and tastes of two centuries ago.
We were greeted at the door by hostesses dressed in colonial dresses. One of the girls led us through the narrow hallways and up the stairs to the second floor. We were seated at our table which was lit by candlelight. The waitress brought us a basket of home baked bread. There was white bread, zucchini bread and some lemon poppy seed muffins to enjoy. A scoop of soft, whipped butter was in a small dish on the table. Everything I had was delicious from the Spinach Salad with the hot bacon dressing to the Veal medallions in Pennsylvania mushroom sauce. We all enjoyed the colonial fare and were too full to enjoy dessert. After our meal we went upstairs to see the museum part of the Dobbin House. In the stairwell is a hide out. There are cupboard doors and when they are opened reveal a cupboard but the cupboard can be moved and there is a big hiding space, for the Dobbin House was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
We toured Hershey the next day. Joshua and Isabel enjoyed seeing how Hershey candy bars are made. We continued our trip to Lancaster. We enjoyed another Pennsylvania Dutch meal at a local restaurant called Good N Plenty. We saved room for dessert and enjoyed a serving of Shoo Fly Pie for dessert.
The next day we continued our touring of Amish country and enjoyed our lunch at a local smorgasbord called Shady Maple. We were amazed at the amount of food and people being served and pleased at the quality of the food. One of my mom's favorite desserts was the Amish Cracker pudding.
We enjoyed the play, In the Beginning, that evening. It was a theater experience like no other I have ever experienced and I have seen some rather high tech theater over the years. The children were enthralled by the number of animals both live and robotic which appeared on the stage and in the aisles.
Much of our last day was spent on the road but we enjoyed the time talking about all of our adventures, the places we saw, the play, and of course the wonderful food. This month I'd like to share two of the desserts I enjoyed in the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. Shoo Fly Pie and Amish Cracker Pudding.
See you next month, meet me in the kitchen.
Lisa Breithaupt
Wet Bottom ShooFly Pie
2 deep dish 10 inch pie shells, unbaked
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup dark brown sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup molasses
2 cups dark brown sugar
1 large egg
2 cups boiling water
1 T baking soda
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix the ingredients for the crumbs with your fingers until it forms fine crumbs; set aside. Mix together the molasses, brown sugar and egg with a whisk until smooth. Measure out the 2 cups of boiling water and add the baking soda, being careful as it will foam; stir. Gradually add the water mixture to the molasses mixture and stir well to combine. Pour half of the liquid into each pie shell, being certain not to fill the shell much more than halfway. Top each pie with equal portions of crumbs. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the liquid is set. Remove from oven and place on racks to cool.
Amish Cracker Pudding
2/3 cup cracker crumb (saltines or graham for an even sweeter taste)
½ cup sugar
1 T. flour
½ cup of shredded coconut
½ teaspoon salt
2 ½ cups sweet milk
Directions: Mix the first five ingredients well. Onto this mixture pour 1/2 cup cold milk and let all soak while heating in a double boiler the two cups of milk. Stir soaked crackers and other ingredients into hot milk. Cook 15 to 20 minutes, stirring constantly. Chill.


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New Orleans, LA -- October 3, 2013 -- The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) has authorized AmeriBid LLC to conduct the next auction sale of 130+/- residential structures and development lots located throughout New Orleans. This auction is a follow up to its recent successful auctions of a combined over 250 properties that took place in October 2012 and March 2013. Properties will sell absolute to the highest bidder regardless of price with NO MINIMUM and NO RESERVE at a one day auction event to be held on Saturday, November 2, 2013. The Auctioneer is AmeriBid LLC with broker Paul A. Lynn, CCIM, Louisiana Licensed Real Estate Broker. The auction will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Iberville Club Lounge, Loge level, Gate D (Parking Garage 2). The auction will commence at 11:00am CDT. Registration will begin at 9:00am.
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The properties are being sold on an "AS-IS, WHERE-IS" basis. Winning bidders must agree to rehab or begin construction on the property within 365 days and keep it code compliant. Bidders may use the property for green space if their property is directly adjacent to the property acquired at the auction. Each buyer must close on their purchase within the required timeframe and should receive pre-approval for any necessary financing. There are 50+/- structures that will be open before the auction for inspection. Please visit our website for the specific dates and times. When inspecting the structures, prospects should bring a flashlight and dress appropriately, anticipating a property that will not have any power and could be in poor physical condition.
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