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Well game week is officially here!!!
Around the country nearly all 292 Division I teams will kick off the 2011 season searching for the feeling that South Carolina had at the end of last year when they topped UCLA for the College World Series (CWS) title in Omaha, Neb. at Rosenblatt Stadium.
But before we dive head first into how the Pirates match up against the Youngstown State Penguins, late last week a pair of online publications released their predictions on how ECU will fare in Conference USA play this year, while also releasing their preseason all-conference squads.
A consistent theme that keeps popping up when talking about the Pirates and Conference USA as a whole is that the 2010 season was an aberration of sorts. Last year broke the leagues five-year streak of having at least one team in the College World Series when both Southern Miss and Rice failed to make out of the regional rounds.
Baseball America and Perfect Game USA both predicted that Pirates will be back in regional play in 2011 behind a strong pitching staff that returns 13 pitchers including its entire weekend rotation. While the rotation has not been set as of yet, pitching coach Dan Roszel has indicated the 2010 C-USA Pitcher-of-the-Year Seth Maness and 2010 C-USA Newcomer-of-the-Year Zach Woods will be throwing on the weekends. Junior Kevin Brandt and redshirt sophomore Shawn Armstrong will battle for the last weekend spot, while hurlers Austin Chrismon, Joseph Hughes, Brad Mincey and Michael Wright will see spot action during the midweek games.
While the Pirates look to fill the void from the loss of power hitters Kyle Roller and Devin Harris, Coach Billy Godwin will rely on the veteran leadership in the field and at the plate from All C-USA performers Trent Whitehead and Corey Thompson, junior Zach Wright and sophomore John Wooten.
Maness and Thompson, who have garnered preseason honors from several publications, have been tabbed preseason all-conference by Baseball America and Perfect Game USA. Listed as the fifth-best top newcomer by Baseball America is freshman Jack Reinheimer, who was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 31st round of the 2010 MLB Amateur Draft.
A quartet of Pirates were listed as Top Prospects for the 2011 Draft in Conference USA. Armstrong leads the way as the seventh-best prospect in the league by Perfect Game USA, followed by Zach Wright (10th), Michael Wright (14th) and Maness (20th). Looking ahead to the 2012 draft, John Wooten is listed as the third-best C-USA prospect, while left-hander Tyler Joyner was tabbed as the sixth-best.
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IN the first of my (ir)regular blogs about music, films, books, gaming and anything else I can think of, I am going to look at The Morning Benders' new album 'Big Echo'.
This brilliantly monikered Californian four-piece has only just come on my radar, despite iTunes proclaiming their debut Talking Through Tin Cans as the best indie/alternative album of 2008.
Such are the perils of growing old - I am so out of touch these days.
Lead single 'Excuses' made me sit up and take notice, with its Phil Spector-esque drama, sweeping strings and a graceful melody that you cannot remove from your head no matter what.
Second track 'Promises' cemented my appreciation of them - the undeniable riff hits like a hammer and the gorgeous chorus ("I can't help thinking we grew up too fast") really captures the imagination.
Then the song's psychedelic swirling Brian Wilson harmonies kick in to confirm that this is a band which is able to translate a myriad of ideas into memorable songs - something many talented groups fail to master.
And it gets better: 'Cold War' is a summer's day on the beach watching a surfing competition; 'All Day Day Light' - distorted handclaps and all - is a strut through town; 'Stitches' is like a morning meditation.
I can hear so many influences in here, including The (aforementioned) Beach Boys, Ride, The Shins, Dusty Springfield, Throwing Muses, The Breeders, Fleet Foxes and even fifties classic 'Mr Sandman' by The Four Aces.
But ultimately The Morning Benders have taken all these references and created their own style.
Three words: Buy. This. Album.

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Does government have a legitimate role in the market? Opponents of government intervention see the market as inherently resilient, stable and self-correcting. Therefore, they deny the reality of market failure and want government to allow the market to regulate itself.
Proponents, however, see the market as inherently fragile, unstable and self-destructive. Therefore, they accept the reality of market failure and want government to save the market from itself.
In balancing these two competing visions, policymakers should avoid bandying around the term "market failure," which is as unenlightening as it is misleading. Market doesn't fail; it's either efficient or inefficient. That, at least, is how economists see it.
In theory, an efficient market maximizes the sum of net social benefits by facilitating mutually advantageous and voluntary exchange of goods and services with little or no transaction cost. Using this definition, can we have an efficient market without governmental action? In some cases, we can't.
In their book Beyond Politics: Markets, Welfare, And The Failure Of Bureaucracy (1994), political scientists William Mitchell and Randy Simmons concede, correctly, that in a well-functioning free market economy, the government has to maintain a "stable legal structure containing a set of well-defined rights." One such right is the freedom to contract, a type of voluntary exchange.
To be sure, exchange can still take place without governmental rules, but there's no guarantee that it can never be involuntary or detrimental to at least one party in the transaction. Coercing someone into selling his or her labor with violence, or threats of violence, is a form of exchange we'd today call slavery. When exchange is neither voluntary nor advantageous to all parties involved, the market is no longer efficient by definition.
But the government can remedy this by passing and enforcing laws against various forms of involuntary exchange, such as armed robbery (where one party exchanges his money for his life), or human trafficking (where one party, usually women tricked into prostitution, exchanges her body for her life).
While critics of government intervention like Susan Dudley and Jerry Brito acknowledge in their book Regulation: A Primer (2012) that "[w]ithout a legal framework establishing and enforcing property rights and the 'rules of the game,' our free enterprise system could not exist," they seem to want government to behave like a passive umpire who calls balls and strikes but never decides winners and losers. When sellers and buyers are free to choose when and what to exchange, everyone wins.
However, this argument assumes there are no costs associated with agents searching for and processing information for decision making. That is, transaction is assumed to be costless.
Critics have countered that the market, aided and coordinated by Adam Smith's magnificent metaphorical "invisible hand", does reduce transaction cost by providing information in the form of prices. True, prices help market participants decide what to buy, when to buy it, in what quantity, and from whom. But there are instances in which the price system doesn't work efficiently, making it necessary for government to step in.
Consider a simple example. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires sellers to put labels on all their products. If a consumer, say, wants to know how much fat, glucose and sodium are contained in a jar of peanut butter, he can find that out in one of two ways: 1) he can allocate his time and resource to do the research, or 2) he can just read what is printed on the product's FDA-mandated label. Which seems better?
In short, an efficient market must satisfy two criteria. First, exchange has to be voluntary and advantageous. Second, transaction cost is sufficiently low. Government can address the first by creating legal boundaries within which all market participants must operate, and the second by making information easily accessible to everyone. Although government does have an important – some even say necessary – role in the market, the difficulty, ultimately, is determining the scope of that role and establishing the fine line between when government intervention ends and self-regulating market begins.


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"The sheer size of the acquisition almost makes the details irrelevant."
- Jawed Karim on Google's purchase of YouTube
Along with former PayPal employees, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, Jawed Karim cofounded YouTube, the third most-popular website on the planet, in February 2005. Credited with having created PayPal's real-time anti-fraud system during his tenure with that company, Jawed Karim's greatest claim to fame is that he uploaded and appears in YouTube's first video, "Me at the zoo," in April 2005.
Jawed Karim BiographyJawed Karim was born in Merseburg, then part of East Germany, in 1979, to a Bangladeshi father who is a researcher at 3M, and a German mother who is a research professor of biochemistry at the University of Minnesota. The family relocated to West Germany in 1980 before moving to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1992. Following high school, he enrolled in the computer sciences program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and spent time as a student researcher at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in Champaign.
jawed karim meets his future partnersIn addition to his research experience, Jawed Karim also benefited from internships at Silicon Graphics in Mountain View, California, and as part of IBM's Internet Systems & Technology Division in Boston. In February 2000, he left Illinois to join the Architecture Team of a new Silicon Valley company called PayPal after cofounder Max Levchin offered him a position with the tech firm. Although geographically unable to attend the University of Illinois, Jawed Karim continued his studies online, and earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2004.
During his tenure at PayPal, Jawed Karim played an integral role in implementing the online payment service's initial real-time anti-fraud systems. He later began collaborating on an independent web project with a pair of his coworkers, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. The trio's start-up company, a video-sharing website, sprang from an idea Jawed Karim had proposed at a dinner party in late 2004. The project was initially set up out of Chad Hurley's garage, and received its sole funding from Sequoia Capital.
jawed karim helps create youtubeAfter five years at PayPal, Jawed Karim quit his job early in 2005 to cofound YouTube along with Hurley and Chen. YouTube's first ever video, featuring Jawed Karim standing in front of the elephant compound at the San Diego Zoo, was uploaded by Karim himself on April 23, 2005. While the website was still in its developmental stages, he opted to let his cofounders run the daily business of the company so he could pursue his passion for learning, and enrolled in the computer science graduate program at Stanford University. He remained active as a technical adviser for YouTube, but did not accept a salary or formal title.
In October 2006, Google Inc. purchased YouTube at a cost of $1.65 billion. Jawed Karim received over 137,000 shares of stock in Google, valued at approximately $64 million. That same month, he was invited by the University of Illinois to give a lecture entitled "YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth." He returned to his alma mater during the spring of 2007 to deliver the graduation commencement speech. Jawed Karim recently founded Youniversity Ventures, which funds university student start-up businesses, along with PayPal investors Kevin Hartz and Keith Rabols.


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Sophomore Holly Grender and the Green Wave return to action on Saturday when they travel to Denton, Texas, to take on Conference USA newcomer North Texas.
Jan. 17, 2014
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane University women's swimming and diving team will look to continue the steady improvement it has displayed throughout the 2013-14 season on Saturday, Jan. 18, when the Green Wave travel to Denton, Texas, to take on Conference USA newcomer North Texas at 11 a.m. (CST).
Saturday's meet is the third of four head-to-head matchups between the Green Wave and the Mean Green. The first came during the Phill Hansel Invitational in Houston, Texas, from Nov. 21-13 when Tulane finished fifth of seven teams with 539.5 points, 140.5 points ahead of eight-placed North Texas. The two teams also met at last weekend's San Diego State quad meet where the Mean Green earned a head-to-head dual victory over the Green Wave, 162-137. After Saturday's meet, Tulane and North Texas will meet once again in the C-USA Championship from Feb. 26 through March 1, in Atlanta, Ga.
"Our swimmers performed as well as they could, staying focused and positive," first-year Tulane head coach Katie Robinson said of her team's effort last weekend in California. "Our competition was very tough and it is never easy to swallow a loss. To the public eye it looks gloom with the losses. I, however, feel that our trip was successful. We look to use these losses as fuel to the fire; learning from it and never doubting our speed will come to fruition when the time is right at Conference USA championship. In a sense, we've paid it forward."
In their last outing, the Green Wave combined to post 11 Top Five finishes, including second-place performances by sophomore Mia Schachter in the 100 breast and the quartet of junior Amy Needham, Schachter, freshman Jonna Frantz and senior Cari Caprio in the 400 free relay. Schachter added a third-place finish in the 100 free while sophomore diver Lauren Arnold came in third in the one-meter springboard.
The Green Wave enter Saturday's meet with a 2-6 dual-meet record in addition to their solid performance at the Phill Hansel Invite. Along the way, Tulane swimmers have combined to post 26 marks that rank among the Top 10 individual performances and 39 times that rank among the Top 15 overall performances in school history. In addition, Green Wave divers have four Top 10 individual scores and 16 Top 16 overall marks while the Green Wave relay units tally 10 times that rank among the Top 15 performances in the program's record book.
Highlighting the list of accomplishments to date are freshman Ellie Sill's 2:02.87 in the 200 butterfly and the quartet of Elizabeth Cook, Joy Jason, Amy Needham and Schachter's 3:45.13 showing in the 400 medley during the Phill Hansel Invite as both times stand as school records.
Following Saturday's meet at North Texas, the Green Wave close out the regular-season in a quad meet against LSU, Rice and Houston from Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 at the UH Campus Wellness & Recreation Center.


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#139 - Determination, not Motivation.
Thursday, September 05, 2013
I can't believe that it's been a month since I've blogged on here. The previous blog was about August goals; truth be told, I did not stay dedicated to them. In fact, I haven't had any motivation to be healthy because of this nagging feeling of regret and failure regarding my foot injury and weight gain. No matter how hard I try to forgive myself, I can't. I was *so* close to my goal I could taste it. Because of this, I chose to take a hiatus from Spark People. In reality, I've allowed myself to just be which was refreshing.
During that period, I ran about once every two weeks. (Mind you, I have two races coming up.)
Last weekend, BJ and I headed to Columbia to watch the South Carolina-North Carolina football game -- the first of the season. Even though I was still in my workout funk, I decided to pack workout clothes just in case. I'm so very glad I did.
On Thursday morning, I set out for a run around Columbia. I always love running here because I get to see Carolina Stadium which is an inspiration because of players dedication and hard work. Anyways, I ran over two miles, and it was one of the best runs I have had. I ended that run feeling on top of the world.
Since that run, I have kept up with fitness - Zumba, walks, runs, Yoga, etc. I realized how much I missed it. In fact, I even made goals for myself - I want to run a 10K by my birthday (April 2014) and I want to run a half marathon either by October 2014 (if possible) or February 2015. I feel not only motivated but determined.
As for eating, I refuse to stress about it. I'm going to do the best I can. Some days, I will eat great. Other days, I might have a big meal or eat fast food. I'm learning that I am not perfect, and there's no such thing as a perfect situation. Life will get busy. So, I'll celebrate the victories even if they are small; I will learn lessons from meals I don't feel too good about.
Lastly, I'm letting go of the scale because of the harm it can do. For example, I weighed myself the other day, and I had gained a pound. I almost quit. But then I took a step back and realized that the number doesn't define who I am. I have a wonderful body that's meant to run and be amazing. Don't get me wrong -- this way of thinking isn't easy. It's a constant struggle for me after years of self-hatred; however it's worth it because of the freedom it provides -- the freedom to enjoy the life I have been given.
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Hi Sam. I am glad that you are back with the program. Going to try and get back with the program myself. Right now I am trying to set my goals and plan to put forth as much effort as needed. Hopefully we can stay on track and succeed. Have a great day!
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Great blog! You are an inspiration to me and I thank you for that! Keep up the great work!
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Sam, so glad you are back here. I was concerned when I saw your page offline, but then I realized it was probably a much needed break. I think that's a good thing sometimes...to just take a break from all of it. I think it is so important that you have had this realization. We are not perfect, and no matter how much we plan ahead, life still happens. Just when you think you are going to cook yourself a nice healthy meal and go exercise after dinner, an old friend will call and ask you to meet for a dinner out. Or, just when you think you will definitely roll out of bed and go for a spin class, you never planned for the fact that you wouldn't be able to sleep the entire night and be completely exhausted by the time 5:00 rolls around. It's impossible to know what will happen each day, and it's so much better to cut yourself some slack and be prepared for anything. It's good to have goals, but it's not good if you beat yourself up for not attaining or achieving those goals. There is a great balance in between and I think you are getting there!
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Hey chicky! I wish you the best of luck on your race! You're doing something I can't even think about doing at all because of my knee. I can't run any more because when I do feels like the front of my bone is hitting the back of my screws and it hurts. Not sure what to do about it except not run. Everybody has their bad times. Don't focus on them, just keep looking forward to each day doing the very best you can. Knowing you've done your best is all anyone can ask for! My dad always told me that one and I tell my boys the same thing. It eases their minds about always having to be better then everybody else. It let's them be themselves and eases things greatly. Wishing you a good night and luck with everything kiddo! Don't beat yourself up either. You're worth more then that...take each day as it comes and do your best!
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the scale can be our worst enemy. It's good to see you. :)
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So glad to "hear" from you! I think we get too focused on the scale and forget it is not an indicator of self value. I don't think we should let it get in the way of living our lives. I've been going thru the motions all month. I do feel better when I workout. I like challenging myself. I feel better when I eat foods that are good for me, but I also like to have ice cream and gummy bears with my daughter on her birthday. So we've got to find balance. Easier said than done, but well worth it in the end.
Great job on the run! It feels good to get our bodies movin!
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I am SO happy you are back Sam. I missed hearing from you! If you ever leave again shoot me a Sparkmail with your e-mail address. I think you are beginning to find balance. Have you looked into Intuitive Eating? If not, I suggest you check it out. I am happy your exercise is making you feel good. I am so proud of you for kicking the scale out of your life, the number means nothing. It's how we feel. Keep at it!
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A U.S. nuclear submarine cruised through the Arctic Ocean last month -- probably passing through Canadian territorial waters -- but the federal government is refusing to say whether it gave permission for the voyage.
However, experts say it is highly unlikely Canada was even notified of the USS Charlotte's northern tour, which included a Nov. 10 stop at the North Pole, because it has no way of tracking what goes on beneath the Arctic ice.
And that could threaten Canada's claim to hundreds of thousands of square kilometres of the North, including the Northwest Passage route across the Arctic, said Michael Byers, who holds the Canada research chair in global politics and international law at the University of British Columbia.
"This is very important -- it's crucial," he said. "Any unauthorized passage could have a serious effect on our claim."
Prof. Byers said potentially lucrative oil and gas resources off the Queen Elizabeth Islands could slip out of Canadian control if foreign navies are operating in the Arctic without our permission. "The fact of the matter is that we've spent nothing on Arctic sovereignty over the past 20 years."
Pierre Leblanc, a retired colonel and former commander of the Canadian Forces' northern command, said foreign submarines have been travelling through the Canadian Arctic for decades, but the federal government usually finds out about it only by accident.
He said the nations controlling the submarines -- the Americans, British and French -- usually do not tell Canada when their vessels enter the Arctic. "We're relying on their goodwill to know if they're in our waters or not."
The latest underwater trip through the Arctic came just before the federal election call last month. USS Charlotte, a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine, left its home base in Pearl Harbor, sailed through the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia and cruised under the Arctic ice pack to the pole.
The nuclear-powered sub spent more than 24 hours at the top of the world, giving its 154 crew members the chance to walk on the windswept ice and even play a quick football game in the -45C temperatures.
The Charlotte then submerged and headed to Halifax for a port visit, en route to a refit at the naval base at Norfolk, Va.
U.S. Navy spokesmen would not give details about the Charlotte's route, but the shortest southerly course would have taken it past Ellesmere Island, through the Nares Strait and into Canadian waters.
Col. Leblanc doubts the Americans informed the Canadian government of the trip, let alone sought permission for it. "I don't think they told us a thing: I don't think they told anyone," he said.
"In the submarine world, they don't tell anyone anything about where they go or when they go there unless they have to."
If the Charlotte did sail through Canadian territory en route to Halifax, the U.S. submariners likely believed they were fully entitled to do so.
Canada and the United States have disagreed for decades about the extent of Canada's territorial waters in the Arctic.
Canada claims water 12 nautical miles out from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, and all the straits and inlets as its internal waters. The Americans say those are international waterways that are free for anyone to cross, including the Northwest Passage.
Lieutenant-Commander John Coppard, a spokesman for the Canadian navy, would not say whether the U.S. sub strayed into Canadian territory, nor would he confirm whether the Americans sought our permission if so, or even notified Ottawa if the sub was to sail through the Canadian part of the Arctic.
"We do not discuss the movements of allied [nations'] submarines," he said, adding: "One would expect that a naval vessel transiting Canadian waters would seek the appropriate diplomatic clearances."
However, Rodney Moore, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs, said any notification would have come through military channels. "It probably wouldn't come to us and we wouldn't comment on it even if it did," he said. "If anyone had it, it would be DND [the Department of National Defence]."
Bill Graham, the Defence Minister, did not return telephone calls seeking comment on the issue.
David Rudd, the president of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, said successive federal governments have for decades pursued a policy he describes as "out of sight, out of mind."
"It's an unspoken policy of willful ignorance," he said. "If the public doesn't know about it, they're not going to agitate for more spending to monitor the North and protect our sovereignty. And serious surveillance of the North is a very expensive proposition."
Prof. Byers said Canada has only five small and ageing icebreakers, none of which is capable of operating year-round. "We have the longest coastline in the world, much of which is under ice for most of the year, and we don't even have an all-weather icebreaker," he said.
"We don't even have a federal government helicopter north of 60 -- not a single one."
He warned that if Canada cannot keep watch on its vast northern territory, we could lose control over the Northwest Passage, a 5,000-kilometre sea route through the Canadian Arctic that climatologists say could be open to commercial vessels within the next 10 years as a result of global warming and the retreating northern ice pack.
"Our enforcement capability is embarrassing," he said. "[And] that sends a message to other countries that we aren't really serious about our sovereignty or about enforcing our laws in our own territory."
Col. Leblanc said Canada is not even spending the bare minimum on northern sovereignty. While he was military commander in the North, he said even the handful of flights over the vast Arctic territory claimed by Canada were cut sharply.
"The number of planned observation flights in 2000 was zero. In '99, there were two," he said. "And this is for an area the size of Europe."
"We don't have any idea what's going on up there."


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Nina Faye (Hammer) Patrick, a kind, loving, thoughtful person passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 at her residence.
She was 85. Nina was born July 11, 1926 in Ardmore, OK to the late Thomas Marion Hammer and Willie Blanche (Adair) Hammer. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, supporter of the community, and friend. Nina was a graduate of St. Jo High School in St. Jo, TX. Nina married Rolland Jay "Pat" Patrick on October 7, 1944 in Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma.
The couple made their first home in Quantico, VA. It was there that Nina joined the ranks of "Rosie the Riveter" during WWII.
After the war, Pat and Nina started their family and planned their business partnership. They moved to Liberal, KS in 1957 where they lived and built two successful businesses together. They were supporters of their community donating time and resources to many worthy causes.
In addition to being a homemaker, business partner, and friend, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was a talented musician and songstress and loved to entertain her family.
Nina was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Blanche Rosenberg and Viva Jo Burkhart, and her brother Jimmy Lee Hammer. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Pat Patrick, her two daughters Jayn Berry, Mary Jo Feldman, son-in-law Paul Feldman, three granddaughters, Jamie Titus, Gina Rotolo, and Toni Feldman, two great-grandsons, Sean Patrick Titus and Caleb Patrick Edward Feldman as well as one sister, Judy Nehib and two brothers Gerald Wayne Hammer and Dr. Edwin King Hammer and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be held 11:00 am Monday, February 6, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church, 1551 N. Western, Liberal, KS with Dr. Stephen Saville presiding. A gathering and meal will follow for everyone at the church. A private burial will be held later.
The casket will remain closed and guest register book will be available to sign from 1 – 5 pm Sunday at Brenneman Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers and plants, memorials are suggested to Seward County Community College/Area Technical School (SCCC/ATS) Foundation for scholarships in care of Brenneman Funeral Home 1212 W. 2nd Liberal, KS 67901.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.brennemanfuneralhome.com
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Milestones are helpful for everyone who tries to make gold on the auction house. What then should newer auctioneers shoot for when comparing themselves to the pros? For starters, you should be able to net 500 gold from any crafting profession daily with minimal effort. An expert will be able to make 1,000+ gold per day on any of the professions, but for certain professions that can prove fairly difficult depending on server size and day of the week. A gold guru will take multiple professions and turn his gold making into a automated business, buying up materials on the auction house, modifying them through multiple toons and then selling the items every day for huge profits.
When I combine all my professions into a big list of how much a gold guru like myself can make every day it looks something like this:
Smelting - 100 gold (most of the smelting materials are modified, not resold, so they are part of other profession sales)
Inscription - 2100 gold
Tailoring - 1400 gold
Alchemy - 800 gold (The daily transmute is part of jewelcrafting profits.)
Jewelcrafting - 3000 gold
Engineering - 600 gold
Cooking - 200 gold
Blacksmithing - 300 gold (most of these crafted goods go to disenchanting)
Enchanting - 1200 gold (scrolls)
Disenchanting - 400 gold (old world mats sell as well as new materials and much of my mats go to enchanting scrolls)
Leather Working - 300 gold
Flipping Random Auctions - 500 gold
Cross Faction Flips - 800 gold
This isn't to say that I don't have bad or good days, just that this is around what I expect each day from my toons with the professions listed. If you can focus on any of these markets to the point where you make as much as I do or more than you're on the right track. Without the snatch list or batch posting features from auctioneer this kind of profession manipulation would take hours, instead it takes about one and a half.
Don't forget that I also am playing on a very low population server, so you should see much more gold coming in on larger population servers with bigger pve/pvp communities.
Using this information, take a look at your own sales. Are you pulling in the same amount of gold for your professions as I am? If not, you definately want to find out why by making use of the gold making profession forum or search this blog for more information on your profession. Be sure to check out the addons section as well for help automating your sales.
Milestones are helpful for everyone who tries to make gold on the auction house. What then should newer auctioneers shoot for when comparing themselves to the pros? For starters, you should be able to net 500 gold from any crafting profession daily with minimal effort. An expert will be able to make 1,000+ gold per day on any of the professions, but for certain professions that can prove fairly difficult depending on server size and day of the week. A gold guru will take multiple professions and turn his gold making into a automated business, buying up materials on the auction house, modifying them through multiple toons and then selling the items every day for huge profits.
21 comments: on "How much gold should I make on the Auction House?"
Anonymous said... January 11, 2010 at 8:18 AM
You kinda confirmed my idea that jewelcrafting is the biggest moneymaker of them all, some of the things you listed do come as a surprise in the amount they can make on a day.
I made a quick calculation and you make nearly 12K profit/ Day that should get you to the goldcap every 18 days or so.
With all the free tips on the forum, I don't feel the need to get your guide just yet, but if I ever try for "the cap" then I may consider buying it (less then a month till goldcap)
I figure every day
1) I transmute saronite into titanium for titansteel
2) I do the daily JC
3) tansmute, cut and sell an epic gem
4) JC icy prism
5) Quest on my newest character and profession level
6) Wintergrasp on dk trying to get honor and better gear through wg tokens.
7) Scrolls for my enchants have been really good lately cause of random Dungeon
But I really couldn't tell you how much I make a day.
But I know I made at least 30k since November.
Markco said... January 11, 2010 at 8:47 AM
JC is the king of all money makers only because of gems. Buying gems for 140 gold and reselling for 250+ is just insane money. And with the right addons... it's almost entirely automatic.
Paul said... January 11, 2010 at 8:52 AM
I have a JC, what are the best Addons to have to help me utilise my JC and maximise my gold making
Many thanks
Anonymous said... January 11, 2010 at 9:02 AM
I have all those tradeskills except leatherworking, on a high pop server and doing fine i think (~120k) with like 4k/day profit with around 2hr/day spent. Saying you'd make even more on a high pop server may be a bit too simple. For example, on my server competition on JC is brutal. If you list gems at market prices, be it blue or epic, you *will* be undercut within minutes. This means that selling any reasonable number per day requires either really low profit margins or spending a lot of time in the auction house nurturing your listings (and relisting is expensive). Then again glyphs sell like a maniac and blacksmithing has very little competition in comparison to jc. Also, making money on disenchanting crafted materials is almost a thing of the past on my server, with dust at 90s, dreamshards at 4g etc, I'm personally no longer doing it unless they are leftover mats like sun crystals.
But it's informative to see your numbers, even though mine are quite different.
Anonymous said... January 11, 2010 at 9:29 AM
I think the automation of the crafting process is the main reason why inscription is considered to be the best gold-maker. Once you've learned all the recipes it's just a case of letting KTQ and Quick Auctions do the hard work while you do the mechanical button pressing.
Deltrus said... January 11, 2010 at 9:37 AM
Can you explain your setup for making money with jewlcrafting? What addons do you use?
Anyone should be able to make 1k per day on the AH (on average). Even if you don't have professions you should be able to buy low/sell high. The more markets you understand, the more you diversify the quicker your gold will go up. Pick one item to start with. For example frost lotus. Understand that frost lotus are used for raiding flasks and raids always reset on tuesday, which means tuesday the demand for flasks and frost lotus go WAY UP.
Buy low: Sunday nights are great for this. Demand is usually very low on Sunday nights as everyone prepares for the work/school week ahead. Don't just buy off the AH, try and find someone in /trade. /trade skips AH fees and sellers usually cut you a good deal because of it.
Sell high: Post the frost lotus you bought on Sunday slightly before prime time Tuesday(8pm server time, that's when most guilds start raiding). Post a small amount, and post frequently if you can. Posting in small amount is very helpfull in avoiding the undercutting war. Chances are there is atleast one or two AH campers in any market, and if you post too many of any one item that "camper" will get scared and dump their entire postings so they can relist one silver below your posting. If the camper sees only a few items above theirs on the list they most likely will let it slide, or perhaps they will buy you out. That's when you post 4 more. The cycle continues. You also want to undercut by a few gold to make it even more likely the camper won't relist.
Flasks work the same as frost lotus, buy sunday-monday, sell tuesday-saturday. No proffession needed but if you wanted to maximize your profit on these you can buy frost lotus when cheep and make a bunch of flasks too. Make sure to use an elixir spec'd alc if you don't have one. There are lots of other markets out there and they don't all follow the same trends. JC/enchating for example has a much bigger wave where profits are higher over longer periods of time which seem to be when ever new patches/content is released as there is new gear to be gemmed and enchanted.
Steve said... January 11, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Marko... a clarification please. Is the 3000g for JC from new cuts or dose it include flipping gems as you seem to state in your comment above? Is the 140 to 250 actually crafting raw to cut?
Wiggin said... January 11, 2010 at 12:57 PM
I know many JCers use the Saronite Shuffle, but I stick to my own Thorium Shuffle.
Thorium has been my most consistent money-maker, and thus is the market I follow the closest. I snatch all stacks at 25g or less. My server usually sells for 40g a stack, even at that price I could make money, but my profit margin wouldn't be as large and as I see it, keep the more expensive thorium available to keep gem prices higher.
Huge Emeralds are usually the best seller, they tend to have a high demand while being relatively rare. I can typically sell these for 15-25g. Large Opals and Azerothian Diamons are also strong sellers, each one I can sell for 12.5-20g. Star Rubies are finicky however, they are the rarest, and their prices vary the greatest. I've sold these anywhere between 5 and 20g per, but I usally buyout any compeition posting these under 3g as their rarity leads me to be the sole seller often. Blue Sapphires are the worst, maybe 3-5g per.
This is my main market. I also use my smelter to create saronite bars from cheap ore to then have a guildie transmute them into titanium bars. I split the profits with her, netting each of us 4g a bar sold.
The new epic bullets/arrows, I've been watching as prices bottomed out to 1.5g a stack of 1000, and bought 24 stacks as I often see the market dry up. I've also been posting stacks of 100 at 75s which is 100% of market value on my server, pushing out the scammers while making a small profit all the while.
Anonymous said... January 11, 2010 at 3:36 PM
While Markco is right in most aspects a high pop server is actually much worse for JC.
There are way too many people with the profession and in most cases a good flip is buying a gem for 145 and reselling for 180 cut. Most epic cuts (Especially the popular ones str, sp, agi, etc) on my server Arthas (Alliance) sell for marginally more or less than the raw gems. In most cases buying raw and cutting popular cuts will net 0 or less profit after the AH cut (~10g). There is more customers but also much more competition constantly listing their gems.
The only time you make reasonable profits is when you find a cut that isn't popular yet still sells every once in a while or when someone dumps several raw gems for quick sales at 80% or less market value.
Anonymous said... January 11, 2010 at 4:34 PM
You don't think that on a higher population server your income would be reduced because there would be more people such as yourself?
The most I've made in a single day on a single profession is 500g with inscription. That was amazing!! With inscription, I usually pull in a few hundred every few days.
I work full time and conduct my business before bed at night. How much time are you spending on all these inter-character transactions and AH posting?
Daniel said... January 12, 2010 at 1:52 AM
Using the new chapter of your gold making guide, I've managed to fill up my stock completely in 24 hours, with quite a decent amount of extra mats to spare. And 12 hours after that I have 1350G in my bags, after having paid back all the initial costs to my other chars (to better keep track of how much I'm earning).
This is the most steady income I've made so far. Just before christmas I had my earlier record of about 4.5K in a week. And if this keeps up, I'm going to break it easily.
So thanks for all the help. =)
Anonymous said... January 12, 2010 at 2:22 AM
The leatherworking profit seems pretty high to me. Although I use some tricks to make some money with it, it's usually not more then 40 gold. Now I'd love to know how Marco get's so much profit from leatherworking. Tricks, anyone?
Anonymous said... January 12, 2010 at 3:17 AM
Nice list - gives me something to think about
And nice Blog in case you needed more affirmation
Rugus said... January 12, 2010 at 4:03 AM
> How much time are you spending
> on all these inter-character
> transactions and AH posting?
Alts, login/logout, play AH, professions, crafts, send email, get stuff, ... Even with good addons you still need *HOURS* to do that.
He can do a lot of gold per day but surely it wont play 1 hour. You really need time for that... a lot.
Even if you keep wow in windowed mode you still have to invest time (and you can do it if you work from home or have a job that allows you to play WoW safely).
Anonymous said... January 12, 2010 at 6:28 AM
Playing on a high pop server myself and it is insane at the AH, you get undercut within minutes, if you want to make money you have to spend more time babysitting your auctions
Anonymous said... January 12, 2010 at 11:31 AM
I'm not sure how you can get this kind of return and have time to do anything else. Here's my current results with time investment:
1000g Inscription (1 hour)
200g Alchemy (10 minutes)
200g Leatherworking (10 minutes)
100g Jewelcrafting (5 minutes)
200g Dis/Enchanting (10 minutes)
200g Tailor (10 minutes)
100g Blacksmithing (5 minutes)
100g Smelting (5 minutes)
2100g (1:55 hours)
As you can see I've focused on Inscription and these are just estimates but I like to play the game too and don't want to spend more than 2 hours making gold. I know I could get a good return on time investment in Jewelcrafting but I really don't want to increase my time spent.
My question is this -- how much time do you invest to get this type of return daily? I don't think I could get the daily returns you are getting without spending at least 5 hours a day crafting/ (dis)enchanting/ auctioneering.
Wiggin said... January 12, 2010 at 12:17 PM
What do you guys call a "high pop" server? I tend to think the real question is "how many auctions does your AH have up, at any given time?"
Auctioneer scanner tells you how many auctions it found after a quick scan. My server is usually around 20,000 auctions, which I tend to think is average?
Anonymous said... January 13, 2010 at 4:29 AM
My server on average has about 30-50k auctions at one time. I'm on Proudmoore (US)
Anonymous said... January 14, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Based on my experience on US Eonar, I completely agree with the comments about high population servers.
Quite frankly, I'm shocked that Markco would say that you can make more profit on a high pop server. Yes, the potential market is larger, however the competition is much greater. And we should all know that competition amongst retailers always benefits the consumer with lower prices.
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Kiconco, Xiang Ming take home Captain's Bell titles
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Golf. Hon John Byabagambi was appointed the captain of the Uganda Parliamentary Golf Team that will feature in East African tournaments
Expatriate Xiang Ming and Annette Kiconco earned their first major titles by taking home overall gongs at the St. Augustine International University-sponsored Captain's Bell Golf Tournament at the par-72 Kitante course on Saturday night.
Ming and Kiconco shot 71 and 70 nett respectively to leave a field of more than 150 golfers in their wake.
Ming defeated Kitante-stalwart Gerald Kabuyue on countback to scoop the men's title whereas 22-handicapper Kiconco played her best-ever competitive round of 70 nett to beat her closest challenger Monica Ntege (75) by four strokes.
"It was a surprising round of golf for me," said Kiconco, who enjoyed four pars on the front nine and two at the back. "I am shocked I could play like this in the rain. Now I know my handicap is going to be cut."
M: Xiang Ming 71 c/b
W: Annette Kiconco 70
Group winners (men)
A: Gerald Kabuye 71 nett
B: Allan Muhereza 74
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D: John Katto 77 c/b
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B: Lydia Mutesi 78
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Helen spoke with me about Magyarazni.
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Barney and Betty Rubble go to the Grand Canyon and send a postcard back to Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Fred and Wilma aren't too impressed by the canyon but think the notion of a 'postcard' is a pretty neat idea. (I read this in a poem long ago. Unfortunately I can't find the source. Send me a postcard if you know.)
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1. "All human cultures are creole," John M. Bennett writes. Our language and our world view are hybrid, influenced by and adapting influences from the global village and our post-global home. They are inevitably syncretic and creole.
Absolutely. But Bennett's use of the term 'creole' brings to mind the other meaning of creole. Creole as in the 'creolisation' of languages. How the language of a colonizing or dominant culture devolves into a pidgin and then develops into a creole, a rich communication tool with its own grammar, form and traditions, though often with a vocabulary based on the dominant language. So: Haitian Creole and its relationship to French.
"Does [writing] need to be an act composed by a human entity?" a rawlings asks in her online multidisciplinary work, Gibber.
This naturally leads to questions about reading: What can we read? How can we read? She writes, that "Gibber hinges on exploring notions that humans read their environments and/or that humans are in conversation with landscapes and the inhabiting non-human species."


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What to do about insurance?
Ok, so here's the deal, my husband and I had our first child at 21 years old, before we were anywhere close to being financially stable. After having to use the state for help (food stamps and health insurance), we got a break and my husband got a job opportunity that would pay a good bit, more than we ever imagined either of us making so we parted ways with the government assistance. Now here's the problem, about 6 days after our insurance expired (just 2 days ago), I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. Now my husbands starts his new job in about a week and insurance for the family and everything comes with it, but I'm afraid the pregnancy won't be covered considering I'm probably around 5 weeks right now. I have not been to a doctor yet, but I'm worried sick about what to do, does anyone have any ideas on if my husbands insurance thru his new job will cover the pregnancy??? We are very happy about the pregnancy, but I'm just so concerned about insurance, please help!!!
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I think if you didn't go to the dr yet it's not considered a preexisting condition. That would be the only problem I could think of with his ins not paying. You may have to wait to go to the Dr after his ins becomes effective though. They may still consider it a preexisting condition since you're already pregnant. You'll have to ask his ins co when his benefits become effective. If you no longer qualify for Medical Assistance because of your husbands job, you're not going to get benefits from them either. However, if you do still qualify, you can get your benefits back. I'm a non married first time mom and I don't qualify because of the amount of money that I make. Even with that money, I'm not sure I can pay for everything myself. Especially daycare. It's going to kill me but there aren't any benefits available to me so if you need them and they are available, use them. Good LUCK!posted 03/19/2013 by lisamarie1783
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May 4th, 5th, and 6th will bring a gathering of experts and enthusiasts to the Hebron, Kentucky Marriott for a weekend of distinguished speakers examining the impact of Midwestern styles and manufacture on the material culture of the United States.
Wes Cowan will discuss sandbottles; Ian Simmonds will give a talk on Midwestern contributions to the development of American glass industry and Ellice Ronsheim explores painting in the Midwest, among others.
This is a great opportunity to explore the history, commerce, art and industry of the heart of the country.
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Several New Orleans Saints players will get together Tuesday to begin their own organized workouts at Tulane University, spearheaded by quarterback Drew Brees.
The workouts will be closed to the public. The media will be allowed to interview players Tuesday morning, then all future sessions will be closed to the media as well.
The majority of the team is expected to participate in the workouts, which will mostly be limited to conditioning and weight lifting.
"This is an opportunity for us to get quality work and continue to build the camaraderie and accountability that it takes to be champions," said offensive tackle Jon Stinchcomb, who expects nine of the 10 offensive lineman to be there, with the one exception being due to an injury rehabilitation. "This is the time of year where everybody's putting in work. But we see this as a unique opportunity for us to be able to improve as a unit and not just individually."
Stinchcomb said the players have been planning these workouts for a long time now, not just in the wake of recent court rulings. And he said he remains optimistic that the federal appeals court will rule to lift the NFL lockout, allowing players to work out at the Saints' practice facility.
In the meantime, though, he said it's important for the players to start working together as a team by whatever means necessary.
"This is for us," Stinchcomb said. "It's not for show, it's not for looking good for the fans or management.
"We want to make progress. We want to motivate each other. The guys can really push each other."
Stinchcomb, who is still rehabbing from a postseason surgery to reattach his quad to his knee, said he will be limited in what he can do during the workout period but added, "What I can do I will do."
Linebackers Jonathan Vilma and Danny Clark have both tweeted that they plan to take part.
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Loyd, 28, comes to Arizona after a two very successful years as an assistant coach with the Colorado State women's basketball program. The Rams ended the 1999 season ranked seventh in the nation after making an NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance and garnering an outstanding 33-3 mark. CSU made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament in 1998, finishing the year with a 24-6 record.
"We're excited to have Curtis join our staff," said Bonvicini, who is entering her ninth year at the helm of the Arizona program. "He has been successful and was instrumental in the success of CSU's program. He's not only a quality coach, but also a quality person."
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Loyd's primary responsibilites at Arizona will be doing floor work with the post players, acting as the team's academics liaison and assisting with scouting and recruiting efforts. He will also assist with the Joan Bonvicini Hoop Camp.
Prior to his arrival at Colorado State, Loyd was an assistant coach at Fort Collins (Colo.) High School. That followed on the heels of a three-year stint as a professional basketball player in Switzerland.
Following two years as a basketball player at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo., Loyd transferred to Southern Utah University and helped the Thunderbirds to a 34-21 record over his two seasons there. After missing most of the 1992 season with a broken foot, he emerged as a starter in 1993, averaging 11.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. Loyd was also a member of the Southern Utah track team for one season.
Loyd earned degrees in both physical education and sociology at Southern Utah in 1994. He received an associate's in physical education at Northeastern Junior College in 1991. Loyd and his wife, Holly, have three children - daughters K-anna (7) and Mia (5) and son Hunter (1).
The Arizona women's basketball team notched an 18-11 overall record in 1999, finished fourth in the Pac-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.


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"Sugar Milk" is a yaoi manga by Jaryu Dokuro. 'Fifthteen'is about a man falling in love with a basketball player. 'The Lingering Scent of a Rainbow' is about a school teacher who falls in love with a troubled student. The latter is cutting classes because he feels that he's not being challenged academically. Can he help him with his problem? A trio of stories: 'Milk', 'Sugar' and 'New Year's Eve' focus on Taichi and Sho, two friends.
It's a neat idea to alternate between the stand alone stories and Taichi and Sho's trilogy. That way, the reader's interest is maintained with a good variety of stories. The story about the teacher and the gifted student might have worked better if the latter was troubled because he was being bullied by the other students rather than just because he's bored. It would make the student a lot more sympathetic. It's a decent anthology for Honolulu yaoi fans.
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From: "Janne Marie"
To: "Positive Atheism"
Sent: June 08, 2004
Subject: IN GOD WE TRUST On Our Money
Get a life!! Don't you have anything better to do???
If people would stop complaining in this country it would be a much better place. Everyone has to have an issue these days. Why dont you spend your time in a more productive way and give back to your country instead of taking away from it!
From: "Positive Atheism"
To: "Janne Marie"
Subject: Re: IN GOD WE TRUST On Our Money
Date: June 10, 2004
What? You got an issue with complainers for something?
Don't you have anything better to do than to jump up and down, fume and spout, pound your chest, hiss and spit, and tell me what to do?
Isn't your American citizenship more dignified than the behavior you just now displayed?
Why don't you join us in our effort to make this country obey her own laws? Why don't you join us in our effort to make this every American's country!?
Why do so many of you Evangelical Christians behave as if you want this country all for yourselves?
Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Eight-and-two-thirds years of service
to people with no reason to believe
From: "Janne Marie"
To: "Positive Atheism"
Subject: IN GOD WE TRUST On Our Money
Date: June 10, 2004
Well, if that is how you feel you must have pent up anger as I simply stated my right to free speech. Too many people in this country have to complain about something instead of doing constructive things to make this country a better place. Everyone here should thank "God" of how lucky we all are to be blessed with living here and having our freedom.
God doesn't have to be a certain person, thing, etc. It is just a state of knowing there is something greater than all of us that has created this universe and there can be things that we don't all understand. We can all have our own believes and just call it God.
I just feel it would be a better place if everyone worried about constructive things like feeding the hungry, freeing other countries, carrying for our neighbors, stopping crime, etc. Spending time defacing our American money doesn't help anyone.
From: "Positive Atheism"
To: "Janne Marie"
Subject: IN GOD WE TRUST On Our Money
Date: June 13, 2004
I simply stated my right to free speech.
Well, okay, then, at least one of us has a right to "free" speech!
Ah, but in so doing, you've managed to thwart my Liberty of Speech by attempting to intimidate me, browbeat me, or otherwise shame me into silence!
I am "free" to speak only so long as I can feel safe in doing so. In other words, if I feel that speaking might bring me harm (from a Christian extremist, for example), then I am not "free" to speak.
Well, if that is how you feel you must have pent up anger
How convenient for you to charge me with "pent-up anger" rather than responding to my reasonable and very realistic questions?
Only if my anger were "pent-up" ("hidden") would it be a "safe bet" to accusing me of being angry! I certainly haven't displayed any anger, here, but since you need to evade my questions, my "anger," then, must be hidden (pent-up). And since only I can know what I am or am not thinking, I could never properly dispute what you claim I am thinking. Similarly, you needn't demonstrate the truthfulness of your charges regarding my emotional state!
But you are the one who wrote a stern letter to me! All I did was write back and mock you (more as comic relief for the readers than for any other reason)! So which of us is angry!?
Again: why don't you do something constructive?
See what you can do about trying to make this country obey her own laws (such as the very First Amendment to the Bill of Rights of her Constitution)?
One more time, why don't you do something constructive?
Let's work together toward making this every American's country, instead of just being a country that belongs only to those citizens who can stomach being Evangelical Christians?
And why are so many of the Evangelical Christians who write to us so utterly greedy in this respect? Wasn't it enough for y'all that Senator Joseph McCarthy terrified an entire generation with his campaign of hatred against atheists? (Hey, are we still hiding under your bed? Are we still lurking in the bathroom at work with a stack of pamphlets? Are we perhaps kneeling in prayer in the next pew over, pretending to be religious so that no one will be the wiser?)
Weren't the "gains" of McCarthyism enough for you? Couldn't you be happy with "under God" in everybody's Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on everybody's legal tender? Apparently they weren't enough, so many of your religion's hungry hoards have just got to have more! more!!
In your case, you exhibited this evangelical compulsiveness by logging on to a web site for atheists and making a big scene. Rather than behaving like the guest that you are, you instead decided to jump up and down, hiss and spit, pound your chest, and let out a roar! Then you picked up a bone and hurled it at The Big Black Thing on yonder hilltop — The Big Black Thing That You Don't Understand! You've pushed us out of the way for so long, but now you don't like the fact that we're tired of being left out of what being an American has to offer! We especially don't like the fact that they did this illegally and they still refuse to do anything to bring about justice! You and your kind did this to us. We then draw attention to your dirty deeds. This really yanks your chain, so you complain about our reaction to your untoward behavior. We cannot win against opponents of your ilk.
Had the Jesus character actually existed, I would quote him in saying,
Take the beam out of thine own eye!
Cliff Walker
Positive Atheism Magazine
Eight-and-one-half years of service to
people with no reason to believe