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Sorry--we've had enough of Barack Obama's "story telling".
Obama is not capable of telling the truth--the most dishonest President in our nation's history.
The Democratic Party exists because of its story-telling. Its #1 need is to make sure that voters don't believe the truth about conservatives, but rather believe Democratic lies about them. I've never faced a political criticism that wasn't a straw man, and maybe I never will. Democrats consistently worry about getting the narrative right first and the policy second, if at all.
A story, we need a story? Please stop we can't take 4 more years of "Grimms Fairytales" from this President. We don't need more feel good slogans, we need him to stop spending money we don't have and stop giving what we do have away to programs that don't create jobs or help the economy. Ask the President how are these current policies working out for the cities that are going bankrupt? They have been giving into local union demands and throwing money at problems only to find they have put themselves into a giveaway hole they can't climb out of it. They have been given federal monies for medicaid, welfare, teachers, schools, infrastructure highways, subsidies, green companies, etc. and they still failed. The simple truth is we spend too much and spend it foolishly and now you want us to pay again, and again for 4 more years of this insanity. I don't know if the repubs can get us out of this mess but I think they are our only chance.
He had Nancy call two special sessions of Congress so he could explain himself and then Boehner called one also. Then he made more speaking trips including town halls, stand up speeches, TV interviews then any other President in the history of the nation. He spent more time on the View then he did talking with his commanding officer in Afghanistan. He talked till no one could take it anymore. He received more coverage then any other President ever in his first four years almost all of it at his insistence. Yet he needs to tell his story? This is too much.
Mitt Romney's repeated claim that he played no part in executive decision-making related to Bain after 1999 is false, according to Romney's own testimony in June 2002, in which he admitted to sitting on the board of the Lifelike Co., a doll maker that was a Bain investment during the period.
Romney has consistently insisted that he was too busy organizing the 2002 Winter Olympics to take part in Bain business between 1999 and that event. But in the testimony, which was provided to The Huffington Post, Romney noted that he regularly traveled back to Massachusetts. "[T]here were a number of social trips and business trips that brought me back to Massachusetts, board meetings, Thanksgiving and so forth," he said.
Romney's sworn testimony was given as part of a hearing to determine whether he had sufficient residency status in Massachusetts to run for governor.
Romney testified that he "remained on the board of the Staples Corporation and Marriott International, the Life Like Corporation" at the time.
Yet in the Aug. 12, 2011, federal disclosure form filed as part of his presidential bid, he said, "Mr. Romney retired from Bain Capital on February 11, 1999 to head the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. Since February 11, 1999, Mr. Romney has not had any active role with any Bain Capital entity and has not been involved in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way."
I have a certain amount of sympathy for what Obama's saying. It's hard to keep all the balls in the air. And all that.
On the other hand, a lot of people in more lowly positions than the POTUS don't have the luxury of 4 years to find their stride. Not to mention 8.
For someone whose signature achievement to date has been the ACA, Obama sure doesn't spend much time talking about why it's important. Hint: It's not about little 25-year old Johnny getting to stay on Mommy & Daddy's health insurnace plan for another year. It's much bigger than that. It's about addressing long-standing cost and access issues that have been simmering since 1993 and threatened to bring us down if we didn't do SOMEthing!
If Obama wants to be re-elected, he'd better get his game face on. And he'd better do it dam skippy.
Obama is exactly right. He's a moderate and a technocrat and there isn't any disagreement about this among reasonable people. He's done virtually everything that a moderate Republican would have done but has been portrayed (successfully) as a radical by conservatives. He's not a radical, he's not even particularly liberal and anyone with more than a few working brain cells knows this. All this radical spending? The CBO predicted trillion dollar deficits back in the spring of 2008! A full year before Obama took office the CBO knew we were facing fiscal disaster because of falling revenues. The only "new" spending we can solely attribute to him is the stimulus and the extensions in unemployment benys. Quite frankly, both could be said to have saved us money in the long run by keeping the economy moving. You can see what austerity is doing to most of Europe = not good.
Conservatives have been calling Obama a radical since the summer of 2008, before he even got sworn in he was a radical marxist fascist who's basically a terrorist. That's been their story and they've built their entire party platform on it. Seriously, that's the entire platform. "Obuma iz teh wurst." They can't even call Obamacare by its actual name. Heck, they can't even call it by the acronym or just "the health care bill," because it's not about the bill or what the bill does, it's about Obama and anything Obama does is bad.
He's mistaken most Americans for rational people that make rational decisions based on the evidence. When in fact we're virtually all driven by emotion.
His mistake is not "Telling the story right." When he lies, then he thinks that is the right way to tell the story. How about closing Guantanamo. How about having a very transparent presidency. He only lies if his lips are moving.
Are you clueless about Board Of Directors meetings? I sit on two boards and we meet that does not me an employee of those corporations. Actually it makes me separate which Board members are set to be. My God liberals know nothing of business. You toads who know nothing of business and how they are run are the morons leading this nation through this economy? No wonder this nation is so screwed up.
Thinking that sitting on a board meets they are employees of that corporation. You really are clueless. Read the laws dealing with this and just maybe sometime in the future you will understand what business is all about and not look so patently stupid talking about it.
9:13 Your comment is just playing defense but you should look more carefully at the details. It seems is not just the attendance by a retired executive to some board. It would be easy to dismiss the inquiries about Romney. There is more than that. It might blow up Romney's credibility.
It's an election year and almost all is fair.
Government documents filed by Mitt Romney and Bain Capital say Romney remained chief executive and chairman of the firm three years beyond the date he said he ceded control, even creating five new investment partnerships during that time.
Romney has said he left Bain in 1999 to lead the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, ending his role in the company. But public Securities and Exchange Commission documents filed later by Bain Capital state he remained the firm's "sole stockholder, chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president."
Also, a Massachusetts financial disclosure form Romney filed in 2003 states that he still owned 100 percent of Bain Capital in 2002. And Romney's state financial disclosure forms indicate he earned at least $100,000 as a Bain "executive" in 2001 and 2002, separate from investment earnings.
The timing of Romney's departure from Bain is a key point of contention because he has said his resignation in February 1999 meant he was not responsible for Bain Capital companies that went bankrupt or laid off workers after that date.
Contradictions concerning the length of Romney's tenure at Bain Capital add to the uncertainty and questions about his finances. Bain is the primary source of Romney's wealth, which is estimated to be more than $250 million. But how his wealth has been invested, especially in a variety of Bain partnerships and other investment vehicles, remains difficult to decipher because of a lack of transparency.
The Obama campaign and other Democrats have raised questions about his unwillingness to release tax returns filed before 2010; his offshore assets, which include investment entities based in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands and a recently closed bank account in Switzerland; and a set of "blind trusts" that meet the Massachusetts standards for public officials but not the more rigorous bar set by the federal government.
Romney did not finalize a severance agreement with Bain until 2002, a 10-year deal with undisclosed terms that was retroactive to 1999. It expired in 2009.
Bain Capital and the campaign for the presumptive GOP nominee have suggested the SEC filings that show Romney as the man in charge during those additional three years have little meaning, and are the result of legal technicalities. The campaign declined to comment on the record. It pointed to a footnote in Romney's most recent financial disclosure form, filed June 1 as a presidential candidate.
"Since February 11, 1999, Mr. Romney has not had any active role with any Bain Capital entity and has not been involved in the operations of any Bain Capital entity in any way,'' according to the footnote. Romney made the same assertion on a financial disclosure form in 2007, during his first run for president.
Evidence emerged last week in a report by Mother Jones that Romney had maintained an ongoing leadership role at Bain beyond February 1999. Citing SEC documents, the magazine said Romney had control of Bain Capital's shares in Stericycle, a medical waste company, in November 1999. Talking Points Memo reported this week on additional SEC filings listing Romney's position with Bain in July 2000 and February 2001.
According to a statement issued by Bain Wednesday, "Mitt Romney retired from Bain Capital in February 1999. He has had no involvement in the management or investment activities of Bain Capital, or with any of its portfolio companies, since that time."
A former SEC commissioner told the Globe that the SEC documents listing Romney as Bain's chief executive between 1999 and 2002 cannot be dismissed so easily.
"You can't say statements filed with the SEC are meaningless. This is a fact in an SEC filing," said Roberta S. Karmel, now a professor at Brooklyn Law School.
"It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to say he was technically in charge on paper but he had nothing to do with Bain's operations," Karmel continued. "Was he getting paid? He's the sole stockholder. Are you telling me he owned the company but had no say in its investments?"
The Globe found nine SEC filings submitted by four different business entities after February 1999 that describe Romney as Bain Capital's boss; some show him with managerial control over five Bain Capital entities that were formed in January 2002, according to records in Delaware, where they were incorporated.
A Romney campaign official, who requested anonymity to discuss the SEC filings, acknowledged that they "do not square with common sense." But SEC regulations are complicated and quirky, the official argued, and Romney's signature on some documents after his exit does not indicate active involvement in the firm.
A spokesman for the SEC said the commission could not comment on individual company filings or address the meaning of Romney's name and title on the documents.
Karmel, the former SEC commissioner, said the contradictory statements could have legal implications in some instances.
"If someone invested with Bain Capital because they believed Mitt Romney was a great fund manager, and it turns out he wasn't really doing anything, that could be considered a misrepresentation to the investor,'' she said. "It's a theory that could be used in a lawsuit against him."
Romney first deployed the defense that he left the firm in February 1999 as a candidate for governor in 2002, when Democrat Shannon O'Brien featured a laid-off worker from a Kansas City steel mill that went bankrupt in 2001, after Bain Capital had reaped a handsome profit from its investment in the company. "Romney has taken responsibility for making the initial investment but has said he could not be blamed for management decisions at the company," the Globe reported at the time.
Romney's exit from Bain Capital also served as a ready-made rebuttal when in May President Obama's reelection campaign began its public scrutiny of Romney's business record with an ad focusing on former laborers at the same mill, GST Steel. But the SEC filings examined by the Globe indicate Romney remained at the helm of Bain Capital when the steel mill declared bankruptcy, in February 2001.
And financial disclosure documents Romney filed in Massachusetts show that he was paid as a Bain Capital executive while he directed the Olympics.
When he was named chief executive of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee on Feb. 11, 1999, Romney declared that he would not accept the job's $285,000 annual salary until the Games were over and he had proven his turnaround worth.
Romney continued to draw a six-figure salary from Bain Capital, according to State Ethics Commission forms.
In Romney's 2002 race for governor, he testified before the state Ballot Law Commission that his separation from Bain in 1999 had been a "leave of absence" and not a final departure.
Obama hasn't been as good as he says and hasn't been nearly as bad as the Republicans say. But that's no surprise, it's just the usual actors spouting the usual lines.
Here's my opinion: the worst thing Obama did was letting Pelosi and her clique write too much of the legislation. However, the worst thing that happened during his presidency is the terrible partisanship that has gotten ridiculous, and a lot of blame belongs to conservatives. This was a national crisis, and a third of the country decided it was time to stonewall the process? Yeah, that's helpful.
What I'd do now is FORCE THEM to work together by denying either party enough power to go it alone. It'll be ugly, like the debt ceiling screaming from last year, but they'll be forced to negotiate. That will scape off the worst excesses of each side. In fact, the debt ceiling deal was the best legislation from 2011 or 2012. Everything else failed (like the Supercommittee, the House budget, the jobs bills, etc.).
The worst part of the last four years:http://moderatepoli.blogspot.com/2011/11/history-for-amnesiacs-2009.html
The best idea of the last four years: http://moderatepoli.blogspot.com/2011/12/simpson-bowles-economic-plan-win.html
The guy was on TV every day for two years, 29 speeches on Obamacare. you can't put lipstick on a pig and call it beautiful. your policies stink. you are too arrogant to admit that to even yourself.
The guy was on TV every day for two years, 29 speeches on Obamacare. you can't put lipstick on a pig and call it beautiful. your policies stink. you are too arrogant to admit that to even yourself.
The current lies aren't working. He needs to lie even more, and better.
Is also about getting tougher, President Obama is too thoughtful, too gentle. He should lead more forcefully and make the republicans weep.
No more Mr. NIce Guy Mr. President. Hive them Gell!!
liberal sharks detect romney blood in the water.....
Between his me-time on the links, working the room at fundraisers, and hitting the Vinyard, how can Obama find the time to tell his story?
Myth Romney the liar is a good story teller.
TBH 8:54: You make good points about Obama's political orientation. He's liberal, but his administration of the POTUS has been moderate.
I guess he wasn't deceptive enough.
Myth Romney the liar is a good story teller.
the problem is he he telling too many stories.
All Obama has done his entire life is tell stories otherwise known as lies. He has never worked. He has never managed anything. He started off by writing a book glorifying himself. He has changed names, like most scam artists do. he has lied to the American people almost daily. He and his family have been living large on the tax payers' dime. He has used his office to pal around with Hollywood people he is in awe of. He has done nothing to help job creation, but much to kill job creation. He has sent billions of dollars of stimulous money to create jobs in other countries. He is the out sourcer in chief. He slanders Mitt Romney when Mitt was such a great manager he built a company that if you had invested $1,000 in it at the start would be worth $39,000,000 today. Many workers pension funds did just that, but Obama puts the company down. Obama threw our tax dollars away by the billions investing in failed solar equipment companies and battery companies while blocking drilling in the gulf, drilling on federal land, and the Keystone Pipeline, all of which would have added thousands of high paying jobs. Obama thinks he is such a great story teller that American workers will continue to believe his lies. Remember there are 21 new taxes in the Obamacare bill waiting for you. It is the largest tax grab in American history. Remember that Obama and Hillary are now working on several treaties to take away American sovereignty in different areas. One is the U.N small arms treaty that would restrict the transfer of guns between countries and restrict our right to guns. Another is to force American companies to pay a huge percentage of their profits from mineral extraction, including oil, from international waters to third world countries. Obama has always favored foreigners over Americans. That is the reason he is breaking his oath of office and not enforcing our immigration laws. That is the reason he filed law suits against states and their citizens trying to stop illegal foreign workers from stealing American jobs and using up American resources. He is quite the story teller.
Interesting choice on how he describes his approach. Not in terms of addressing needs or being empathetic, not in terms of solving problems or or offering solutions, but rather in how his words can get people to do what he wants ... get re-elected. Increasingly evidence: wrong guy, wrong time.
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babble babble babble....next!
It will be much easier for Pr. Obama during his second term… Obama is hard-working President who is doing his best to move this country forward in right direction … How effective he is, we sow that during past 3,5 years; To me, President the biggest mistake during his first term was that he compromised too easy and too much to Republicans during past 3,5 years??? BBC pool showed that he was more popular in 2009 ( in USA and worldwide) than he is now!!!
If the fictional story is told enough times by the President some people will believe it - that is why Obama really feels he hasn't been doing enough story telling - he hasn't reached the level where he thinks enough people are believing him. It is time for this four year experiment to end - look no further to Obama's home town of Chicago to see where decades of liberal leanings have taken that city. The king is not wearing clothes people - his policies are a failure and he needs to be replaced. Do I like it that it is Romney - No - but I don't think we can afford 4 more years Hoping for Change...
We've all lived the story - the debate is what genre it falls into. Unfortunately it's not fiction
It is only babble to those too uneducated to read.
More like spinning the story
Mr. President--let "US" be the judge on inspiration..Please, at this point let's just start by being CLEAR..
The story is ok. Stop trying to be so nice and polite. Republicans are cowards, they will give surrender at the end.
What America needs to hear is how Obama FORGED his birth certificate- (and also his selective service card) and America needs to know why Obama spent millions hiding his past history- what could be so terrible??? a few drug busts & arrest records? we will never know because Obama and the people who helped him cover his past are leading America into a new era of CORRUPTION-
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Championship Sunday
Along with the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, Championship Sunday provides some of the greatest games a fan will see all year long. The season has been decided, the contenders all put into their place. All that is left is to see who deserves to play in the final game of the season.
The battle for the Conference Titles comes down to the four final contenders, two teams from each division, each with Super Bowl dreams dancing through their head. Four teams who have fought and clawed their way to Championship Sunday take the field and put it all on the line, as though their careers depend on this one game, as though their legacy hangs in the balance of the win/loss column.
The 2012-13 season did not disappoint the fans of the NFL. It did not matter if they supported the NFC or the AFC, the match-ups presented something for everyone, and the teams delivered with their performances on the gridiron.
The NFC was represented by the number one seeded Atlanta Falcons who played host to the number two seeded San Francisco 49ers. It was the first time these two teams had met this season, and it proved to be one of the best games either team played this season.
The AFC was filled with drama, as well, when the Baltimore Ravens traveled back to challenge the New England Patriots, a repeat of the AFC Championship game of just a season before. For the Ravens, who had come so very close to winning the year before, it was a chance at redemption, and for the Patriots it was all that was standing between them and a shot at some redemption of their own.
Any time you have two games like this, the battles are fierce, the victories sweet, and the mistakes disastrous. It is with this in mind that we present to you the Winners and Losers of Championship Sunday.
Among the following pages you will find 10 of the best moments of the Championship contests, as well as 10 moments that will eat at the minds of players and fans for the foreseeable future. If there is anyone you feel that should be on this list, or if you take exception with the players chosen, please feel free to make you voice heard in the comment section below!
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10-Shane Vereen
Shane Vereen came into Championship Weekend with the type of momentum that only a three touch down performance can give. Unfortunately, he was unable to replicate his success against the Ravens, accruing just 38 total yards and not even getting a whiff of the endzone.
10.New England O-Line
Surprisingly someone from the Patriots does make the list as we give credit to the New England offensive line. Against the Ravens nasty pass rush, the line still managed to keep Tom Brady off of his back. Not that it did them any good.
9-Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan makes the list of losers, not simply because of the loss against the 49ers, but more specifically because of the fumble. The only way San Francisco is able to get back into this game is with the help of the Atlanta Falcons, and Matt Ryan was more than willing to oblige.
9.Anquan Boldin
Anqyan Boldin has come on strong just when the Ravens have needed it the most. His two touchdown performance against the Patriots was exactly what the team had to have after last season's dropped touchdown by Lee Evans cost the a Super Bowl appearance.
8-Terrell Suggs
Terrell Suggs makes our list of losers for his post game rant against the Patriots. The Patriots may have deserved the obscenity riddled outburst, but Suggs did not need to be the one to deliver the message. Be happy in where you are going, not focused on the team you defeated to get there.
8.-Frank Gore
When everything seemed to be falling apart for the 49ers, the team turned to Frank Gore to get them back on track. They not only did not give up on the run game, they rode it until they broke the Falcons will. Gore racked up 90 yards and scored two huge touchdowns, including the game winner that sent them on to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.
7-Harry Douglas
Harry Douglas gets the nod as a true loser even though he made the key catch that was thrown his way. The problem was, Douglas stood a good chance at getting into the end zone, or at the very least within striking distance. Instead, he looked as though the moment was too big for him and was barely able to get to the ball.
7.Greg Roman
Coach Jim Harbaugh gets all of the credit on the San Francisco 49ers sideline, but Greg Roman deserves some of the kudos. As the 49ers offensive coordinator he was a major part of the play calling that had the guts to run the ball seven straight plays with the team down 17-0 and on the verge of being blown out of the Conference Championship.
6-Stephen Ridley
There is no telling what way the contest between the Patriots and Ravens would have gone had Stephen Ridley not knocked himself cold and lost the ball. If you watch the video you see Ridley gets drops down and lowers his head into the hit from the Ravens' Bernard Pollard. The resulting tweety-birds accompanied Ridley to the locker room and out of the playoffs.
6.Baltimore Defense
IT would be easy to single out members of the Baltimore D, but the group as a whole needs to be given their props. Holding Tom Brady and the Patriots high-powered to just 13 points is simply unheard of, but in New England's most important game of the year, that is exactly what happened to them on Sunday.
5-Facemask on 3rd Down
The first Atlanta turn over resulted in a missed field goal and no points for the San Francisco 49ers. The defense appeared to have done its job once again when a 3rd down pass to Vernon Davis fell harmlessly to the ground. The 49ers were saved though by Clay Mathews who thought it would be wise to slap his hand down on the face mask of Colin Kaepernick, keeping the drive alive and contributing to the meltdown that bounced Atlanta from the playoffs.
5.Julio Jones
The world knew there was something special about Julio Jones a long time ago. His performance in the NFC Championship game made sure there was no doubters left. 182 yards and two early touchdowns should have been enough to ensure he would play one more game this season. Unfortunately, his team would fall four points short and Jones will watch the final game instead of participating in it.
4-Wes Welker and his Wife
For the second straight season, Wes Welker failed to match a key catch, costing the Patriots momentum, and ending promising drives without putting any points on the board. This season, though, he is joined by his wife, Anna Burns Welker, who thought it showed good character to bash Ray Lewis on Facebook. She later apologized and admitted to being a poor sport, but the damage was done and it seems to be a fair representation of the New England style.
4.Vernon Davis
Vernon Davis had been inexplicably missing for nearly the entirety of the San Francisco 49ers' 2012 season. The coaching staff and quarterback Colin Kaepernick were able to get him involved at just the right time, and the one-of-a-kind talent gave a 100 plus yards and a touchdown performance as his contribution towards keeping the 49ers alive and in the hunt for the Lombardi Trophy.
3-Atlanta Running Backs
Running for an average of 3.5 yards per carry simply will not cut it in a win-or-go-home game against a team like the San Francisco 49ers. Michael Turner left early after tweaking his ankle, but had only managed 30 yards before hi exit. Jacquizz Rodgers is commonly thought of as the future of the Falcons rushing attack and from what he accomplished on Sunday, fans should be worried.
3.The Harbaugh Brothers
For the first time in NFL history, the Super Bowl will be coached on opposing sides by two brothers. Jim and John Harbaugh have shown themselves to be among the greatest coaches in the NFL and now face each other on opposite sides of the field. Ask them and they will tell you this game is not about them as brothers, but about the two teams getting set to face off for all of the marbles. Still, the media frenzy is going to focus on this historic event and the brothers should be proud.
2-Tom Brady Gets Dirty
When you think of the dirtiest players in the NFL, Tom Brady's name does not jump to the front of your mind, but after the stunt he pulled in the AFC Championship game, maybe it should. The frustration was evident as Brady finished off a short scramble by throwing his legs up at a fast approaching Ed Reed. Reed was forced to try to jump and contort his body to avoid the contact, and without a little luck on his side, he could have been tragically injured. Brady admitted his failure in this choice of action and he let Reed know he was sorry right away, but this should not excuse him from what is arguably the ugliest moment of Brady's decorated career.
2.Joe Flacco
For the second straight week, Joe Flacco out-preformed a future Hall Of Fame quarterback. It seems like such a long time ago that critics were calling for Flacco's resignation papers. Now the young quarterback is the toast of the town and is one game away from writing his own check this offseason.
1-Patriots Fans
The fans of the New England Patriots take our top spot as the losers of Championship Sunday for their post-game behavior. Being upset when your team loses is understandable, but tweeting an opposing player and talking about his deceased brother is taking it too far. A team needs to show class whether it is in victory and defeat, and the fans are an extension of an organization. From the coach to the quarterback to the fans, there was a reason to have them all on this list. Using a dead sibling as your prod though? Unbelievably classless.
1.Tony Gonzalez
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While the call for the blow to the head of Manning is legit.
I see everyone is saying that it should not have been called. I say it should have. No, it didn't endanger him. But there's a more practical reason why the rule exists. The QB is TRYING TO PASS THE FOOTBALL. A blow to the head of a QB, just as with an OT, is going to cause one to blink and loose focus for a split second unlike they regain their faculties. That's not part of the game. A defender can sack, strip the ball, bat passes down, but he can't be allow to smack a QB in the back of the head, especially when he still has the ball in his hand and is looking to pass! I find it amazing that no one else is looking at it from this angle. I will say I don't know about an entire 15 yard penalty, though. Thoughts?
I agree with the rule.
15 yards is debatable, but I don't see how the rule is.
Are you serious? The defender was trying to strip the ball while getting knocked around by an offensive tackle. Also the goal is exactly to hit the quarterback to confuse him, make him nervous, etc. You're right, the goal isn't to knock him out like a prize fighter, but that wasn't even close to what happened. Are you suggesting they should let the quarterback sit comfortable in space so he doesn't lose focus? That isn't football.
The QB is trying to pass, offensive tackles are trying to block, running backs are trying to run, receivers are trying to catch. You don't stop them with words and scary gestures. You hit them, or you call it a different sport.
If you are going to try to protect the QB from being hit in the head, you want it to be as black and white as possible. I don't agree with the rule in general because I think QB's are the same as any other player. However, the interpretation of the rule was an unfortunate reality yesterday. Almost cost the Eagles the game and cost gamblers a ton of money. I lost 2 units on that drive alone. Pissed me off...
You just can't allow that to happen. What happened to Cole yesterday was **** luck, but the rule in place is valid.
The refs made the right call based on the rule, but I don't love the rule. That kind of more incidental contact happens on a lot of plays without being called. Actually, if the ref position was the way it was in 2009, they might not have seen it, and the play stands...
The thing is, it's not like Qbs are getting special treatment on this rule. You can't hit linemen in the head either, nor WRs or RBs, you can't hit anybody in the head.
So why is this rule being debated? I don't get it. A blow to the head is a blow to the head, and its not allowed against anybody.
It was terrible luck and unfortunate for the Eagles, but theres nothing wrong with the rule.
In the end, the game was won by the Eagles, and Manning wasn't hurt. I just didn't need the stress.
I wonder if the same contact happened against Charlie Whitehurst or Matt Cassel or Jason Campbell if the refs would have called it. Did Manning get more protection based on his status? I'm not accusing anything, just trying to see what others think.
If you're calling the blow to the head, make it a specific penalty with a specific yardage. Don't make it a 15 yard unless it's roughing. Kind of like the old rule with 5 yard and 15 yard facemasks...
I have a much bigger issue with illegal contact rules, and many interpretations of roughing the passer much much more than I do of this rule.
It was just an unfortunate situation at the time, but it is what it is. The rule is a solid rule that I have no issue with.
What is the penalty for illegal hands to the face? I think an incidental blow to the head should be the same thing.
It's important to make a distinction, are you debating precedent or the play in question? The rule they write, I would agree that it is a delicate issue how it is interpreted and enforced. However, on the play that happened, I saw incidental contact that wasn't even close to causing injury.
Interpretation of the rule was correct. I think we need to debate whether or not the current implementation is the proper enforcement for infractions such as what we saw yesterday. I do not believe that minor contact to the helmet warrants 15 yards and a first as roughing the QB. I also do not believe that similar contact to any other player should be a personal foul/15 yards and a first.
The intent of the rule is great. But, like with most NFL rules, the application of it is a complete abortion.
They really, really, really need to do an extensive review and possible overhaul of the rulebook this offseason, especially if the competition committee is sitting with their thumbs up their asses waiting for a new CBA to pass.
The NFL is trying to protect its stars. QB's are generally the biggest stars. That's why they changed the rules after the unlucky hit knocked Brady out. It hurts the product on the field. The Eagles won that game by 9, but they had a chance to lose it because of a really unfortunate execution of a poorly written and taught rule.
I don't like the rule, but according the the rule the call was correct. I also don't like PI being marked at the spot of the foul, but that's the way it is.
The intent of the rule is good, but the severity of the penalty for plays like that is way too high. T. Cole was trying to strip the ball from Manning while being blocked, Manning holds the ball high...how else is he supposed to strip it? Underhand?
They need to differentiate what is a personal foul and what is not. I don't think the 1st down should be given on an incidental contact like that either. The call almost cost the Eagles the game, and Peyton's head barely moved at all. If he was clubed that would be a different story and I dont think we would be having this debate.
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Battery light started coming on intermitantly. Replaced battery, had to take door handle apart for windows and locks to work again. Have driven three times scince replacing now battery light comes on again.
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Previous edition earned a higher score in the exact same malware-blocking test.
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The folks at Lavasoft gave Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 11 a total user-interface makeover and a new antivirus engine partner. The user interface is truly pleasing, a nice change. However, the product lost a little ground in malware blocking.
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Where Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 10.5 put virtually every significant control on the main window, version 11 spreads them out over separate feature-specific tabs. Version 11 also uses a consistent color palette throughout. The result is much more serene, much less busy.
As with the previous edition, every control for every feature found in the biggest Ad-Aware suite is present in the free antivirus. Click on the control for a feature that's not available and you'll get an explanation, including exactly which of the Ad-Aware products implements the feature in question.
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I've recentely expanded my coverage of independent lab tests. I've added Dennis Technology Labs to the mix, for starters. Based in London, Dennis Labs performs extremely realistic tests by capturing entire malware-hosting sites and running them within an Internet simulator, thereby challenging every antivirus with the exact same real-world attack.
I can't learn much about Ad-Aware from the labs, unfortunately. The company submits Ad-Aware to Virus Bulletin for testing, but not frequently, and they don't participate with any of the other labs I track. All I have to go on is the fact that Ad-Aware participated in Virus Bulletin's testing three times in the last twelve months and received VB100 certification twice. That doesn't compare too well with, for example, BullGuard Antivirus (2014), which took VB100 in all ten of the tests entered.
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The Beverley Manor Ruritan Club (BMRC) of Staunton had their meeting Jan. 9, at Beverley Manor Elementary School at 7 p.m. The meeting was called to order by president, Michael Ruleman. Vice president Meredith Arneson led the members in singing "America" and Michael Ruleman led in prayer prior to the meal.
The meeting was a working meeting to discuss efforts to increase membership in the club. The newly formed membership committee presented the results of their committee meeting to the club at large. The club decided to focus on seeking new members from faculty, staff and parents of Beverley Manor Elementary School, because that is where the majority of the club's efforts are. Meredith Arneson will review and update a proposed letter to be sent out to teachers and staff. The committee will coordinate with school Principal Dawn Young to identify an appropriate date to meet with teachers and parents. The committee will make sure that materials, such as an updated brochure, member's handbook and mission statement are available.
The next club meeting will be at Beverley Manor Elementary School Feb. 13, at 7 p.m.
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July 24, 2007
Talib wants Thorpe Award to stay home
David Fox
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SAN ANTONIO � The Thorpe Award goes through the Big 12.
Kansas cornerback Aqib Talib would like you to know that.
The award presented to the best defensive back in the country has been won by a Big 12 player in five of the past six years. The Thorpe could find its home in the Big 12 once again with Talib and others leading the way.
With Aaron Ross and Michael Huff, Texas has claimed the last two Thorpe Awards. Oklahoma also earned two since the turn of the century with Derrick Strait in 2003 and Roy Williams in 2001. Kansas State's Terence Newman won it in 2002.
"The Thorpe has been in the Big 12 for a while, so we should look at it as all of us being on one team and let's keep the Thorpe in the Big 12," Talib said Monday from Big 12 Media Days. "I look at is as my turn and I take it from Aaron Ross and take it home this year."
With four returning starters, Oklahoma could have one of the best defensive backfields it has had under Bob Stoops.
Reggie Smith is the preseason Big 12 defensive player of the year after intercepting three passes a year ago. He has the versatility to play either cornerback or safety and the speed to return punts.
But he'll have stiff competition in his own secondary with underrated cornerback Marcus Walker, who also had three interceptions and a touchdown last season.
"Marcus and Reggie, I don't like going against them," Oklahoma receiver Malcolm Kelly said. "It's just how we raise them here, I guess. We've always had a lot of athletes in the Southern region. I guess a lot of gifted athletes just take it and run with it."
Neither Smith nor Walker even led the Sooners in interceptions. That would be safety Nic Harris with four.
But Oklahoma doesn't corner the market on top defensive backs. Colorado returns cornerback Terrence Wheatley, who had five interceptions and 11 pass deflections in his first full season after missing 2005 with wrist injuries.
Kansas State also brings back hard-hitting safety Marcus Watts, a preseason All-Big 12 selection. And teammates say Nebraska cornerback Zack Bowman, out since March with a torn patellar tendon in his right knee, could be in the mix as well, if healthy.
"Zack is a great cornerback," Nebraska receiver Terrence Nunn said. "He's like Talib. He has long arms and is unbelievably fast and his coverage skills are great. He's right up there with the best of them."
It's anyone's guess why the Big 12 has had this run of defensive backs, but it's no coincidence that award season favors winning teams.
Huff won the Thorpe on a team that won the national championship. Oklahoma's Strait won it on a team that played for the title while Texas' Ross and Oklahoma's Williams each won it the year after helping their teams to national championships.
"There are a lot of good defenses in this league, too," Kansas coach Mark Mangino said. "For several years you've had a team in this conference playing for national championships. They all had great defenses. Maybe it's that more than anything."
First-year Iowa State coach Gene Chizik coached the last three Thorpe Award winners � Ross and Huff while serving as co-defensive coordinator at Texas, and Carlos Rogers as Auburn's defensive coordinator in 2004.
The Stoops brothers � Bob at Oklahoma and his former defensive coordinator, Mike, now at Arizona � have sent more than their fair share of defensive backs to the NFL.
"Maybe they teach us how to backpedal a little better," Talib said. "I have no idea."
At Kansas, Talib could be the leading candidate to win the award this year, but he has adversity other contenders in the conference won't have to face � a struggling team.
Last year, Kansas went 6-6 and ranked last in the nation in pass defense despite six interceptions and 22 pass breakups from Talib.
"We just want to make the biggest jump in NCAA history from last to first," Talib said. "I never turn down a challenge."
David Fox is a national writer for Rivals.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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December 1988
Caption: Artist's rendition of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) in flight. The colors shown reflect the actual temperatures to be encountered by this vehicle. Titanium based materials will account for a large proportion of the airframe and engine.
October 1988
Caption: Hoisted aloft by a crane operator at Warrick Operations, this 14-ton aluminum ingot will be rolled into thin sheet. Produced in an electromagnetic caster (EMC) which uses a powerful magnetic field to confine the molten metal until it cools, this new technology provides a smoother ingot surface which requires little or no scalping. (Photograph courtesy of the Aluminum Company of America.)
August 1988
Caption: Aluminum alloy extrusion billet "Air Slip" mold system by Wagstaff Engineering on "Loma-Mann" direct chill casting machine supplied by Wellman Furnaces to Dubai Aluminum. (Courtesy of Dubai Aluminum Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
June 1988
Caption: The new AX-S hard aluminum spacesuit developed by NASA Ames researcher, Hubert E. "Vic" Vykukal.
April 1988
Caption: Euramax's new 2500 metric ton extrusion press in The Netherlands. This plant is considered one of Europe's most sophisticated. Computer software integrates and controls every step of the extrusion process, from billet preparation to profile out-transport.
February 1988
Caption: Withdrawing rolling ingot from the electromagnetic casting installation in the South Ingot plant of Alcoa's Tennessee operations.
December 1987
Caption: Accumulator at Alcoa's Tennessee operations stores 4 minutes of sheet with mill running at 5000 fpm.
October 1987
Caption: Euramax Coated Products' new 63 inch paint line in The Netherlands. Seen from the coil-payoff end it can handle aluminum, galvalume, or steel substrates.
August 1987
Caption: National Aluminum's computerized paint line at Anniston, Alabama. The paint line is capable of painting vertical extrusions up to 30 feet in length. (Picture courtesy of Edward J. Klein, National Intergroup Inc., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.)
June 1987
Caption: Sheet ingots are cast by direct chill at Commonwealth Aluminum, Lewisport. Kentucky. Having a capacity of 90,000 lbs. per cast, the casters employ a tilt-type mold carriage and an internally guided singleacting hydraulic main cylinder of 21" bore. Each casting machine is powered by a 50 hp hydraulic drive. The casting stations were built by Loma Machine, a Hill Acme Company.
April 1987
Caption: An operator checks a monitor displaying thickness of aluminum strip on a light-gauge slitting line at the new Logan Aluminum plant at Russellville, Kentucky. Accuracy of strip thickness is held to within ±0.1 percent with the use of AccuRay 7000 Micro measuring system.
February 1987
Caption: This 50,000-ton forging press at Wyman-Gordon Company's Worcester, Massachusetts, plant produces large airframe components from aluminum and titanium. Put in operation in 1955, it is one of the largest in the world and was a part of the Air Force's heavy press program. It was purchased by Wyman-Gordon in 1982. See story on filtration of ingot poured for the press.
December 1986
Caption: Workmen erect the ECL pot-tending crane at the new smelter of Aluminerie de Becancour Inc., Trois Rivieres, Quebec Province, Canada
October 1986
Caption: Molten aluminum is poured from a ladle in the casthouse of the Aluminerie de Becancour Inc. smelter.
August 1986
Caption: An aluminum-lithium ingot emerges from the mold in the new Loma-Mann semi-continuous casting plant at the Kitts Green Works of Alcan Plate Limited, West Midlands, U.K. The equipment employs PLC control of all functions, integrated to liquid metal supply, allowing the casting operation to be undertaken with operating personnel divorced from the casting environment. Wellman Furnaces Ltd. of West Midlands undertook complete design, in conjunction with Alcan engineers, including programming of the control functions linked to the Alcan patented pulsed water feed system. The plant can cast up to 25 metric tons at once with an ingot length of 5500mm (18 feet). Casting speed is 300mm (11.8 inches) per minute with an accuracy of +/- 0.5%. Controls automatically start and stop the machine.
June 1986
Caption: The role of Reynolds Metals Company's technology in transportation applications is demonstrated in its production of aluminum plate used in the space program.