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Initially, I purchased these to have a good starter surround system in my 12'x20' family room, but when I coupled them with the VP 100 and QS8's, I found it easy to balance the whole audio atmoshpere without upgrading these front speakers to the M50's I had planned on upgrading to... that would just be overkill without adding any quality sound atmosphere!!!
these speakers are well worth the praise they have received,along with a price that one would expect to be much higher based on performance. hats off to Axiom,don,t sleep on these speakers!
My new M2i loudspeakers just arrived, and I couldn't be happier. I feared that switching from Von Schweikert VR4's to smaller speakers was going to be a big disappointment. However, to my pleasant surprise, these little guys are extraordinarily musical and have far more low end that I anticipated…and they haven't even been broken in yet. Wow!
Finally, I have "highs" that are crisp and clear without any annoying harshness.
Great product! Nothing close to it at twice the price. Thanks for processing the order and getting it out so quickly.
Our speakers sound great!! Teamed with our subwoofer-sound is awesome!!! We will definintely buy again from Axiom!!
I received the M2i speakers today. My little system--Cambridge a300 amp-8inch Ar sub-M2i! I listened to Carmina Burana (Telarc) and it sounded wonderful. The old speakers Boston Acoustics HD10. The HD10s much too laid back. I am very pleased, thank you.
Just wanted to let you know how happy I am with the M2i speakers. I've had many stereos in the past 30 years, but none of them can compare to this one, thanks to the M2i. The sound is so clean, with such a wide sound stage, it is just unbelieveable!! A friend of mine who is a dj was over and he said he has never heard sound this clean. I have to listen to my music collection all over again, because Iam hearing things I've never heard before !! CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!!!!
I'm really happy I tried my luck with you! Yesterday I finally tested M2i's with a good sub. I found myself listening my mouth open. Whatta sound!! Clear, neutral, airy and _soft_ YEEEES! I was smiling the whole day. I _definitely_decided_to_keep_the_m2i's._ Thanks! Once again. All the best for You and the whole company! Wish you a LOT of success in business. I try to do my part here in Finland. I really want to share the joy of dealing with you! I know I should support the Finnish loudspeaker industry which is not bad at all either (just to mention Amphion, Chorus, Crevasse(GREAT but too expensive and big), Genelec, Gradient & Penaudio for example). But still I chose you. Liked your speakers more and have to say I had quite a demands for them! And saved a lot by doing that! In the end a list of speakers m2i's compeed with (and beated, though not in realtime comparison side by side but in the long run): Finnish ones: Amphion Argon IIs Chorus 662 (excellent little speaker considering it's size, but nothing in comparison to Argon IIs and I didn't choose them but m2i Genelec 8030, 8040 (highly praised new studio monitors-didn't find them but dull and 2-dimensional though neutral, nothing to be excited with) Gradient Prelude(=600euros) and Lauri (1500euro high-end-Prelude made to Japan with different type marking (Lauri only in Finland) Penaudio Rebel II (thin, airy, sharp without sub (like m2i's) costs 1500euros) and international companies products: B&W 705 (The last rival of m2i's, a good compromise for all music but something extra in piano's middle octaves) 1200euros Duntech PCL-10/2 (strange, exciting, coloured) Dynaudio 42,52SE, S1.4 (ADORED the treble, unbeatable beauty but somehow the orchestral records made them beg for mercy) Mackie 662 (never get a pair to really test but sounded good in bad acoustics of the shop) MonitorAudio S1 (metallic, sharp, look TotemAcoustics) ProAc Responce 1sc (quite ok, not neutral but great with choir-music) TotemAcoustics Model-1, Dreamcatcher (too sharp, airy, didn't like titanium tweeters until yesterday afternoon in my living room ;) Quad 21L (great quality and price, little boomy, had a dynaudio 52se at the same time, treble shaded compared to that) Quite a list I'd say. Million thanks and bows to designer of m2i's! And for you for the extraordinarily good service! Yours,
The new M2i is now the rear center channel of my home theater. Sounds great, just like I knew it would! :-) Thank you for your great products and your quick and friendly service.A very satisfied customer,
We did receive our Axiom speakers and we are in LOVE with them! It is hard to believe such a fantastic, beatifully balanced wall of sound is coming from those two small speakers! If you close your eyes it is very easy to imagine that the vocalist and musicians are in the room with you. We are rediscovering our CD collection, anxious to see how each one sounds with the new speakers....fantastic! I will definately be recommending these to anyone and everyone. Thanks for such a great product!!
thank you for the note. i am excited to hook them up and listen to what i've purchased. so far, axiom has impressed me. now for the true test.
Thank you very much. I look forward to hearing the M2i giving the great reviews received from prestigious magazines. Best regards,
Just want to say thanks for an awesome product! I got my M2i today and I am greatly impressed. No matter what genre I listen to, there is no coloration! Highs are clear and detailed and the midrange is powerful and clean. I am only 16 and so my budget is very limited, therefore I was extremely skeptical about buying loudspeakers without hearing them over the internet. My fears melted away when I set up my M2is and put on a copy of The Patriot. The Axioms blew away my old Kenwoods that were twice the size and the outstanding maple cabinet and aluminum woofers look great next to my TV. I can turn them up as loud as I want and there is hardly any distortion. I will be coming back for my center, rears, and possibly the sub. I had them broken in two hours after fedex dropped them off and I was at the door waiting for them. I can't believe the sound I got for 250 bucks! Thanks!
Best speaker on the market today for all around performance. Adds great sound for all your audio needs movies or music. #1 in my books.
I purchased a pair of the Axiom Audio M2TI's and one of the VP50 center channel speakers and was immediately impressed. These under $300.00 (USD) speakers blow away the competition in the $300.00 to $500.00 price range. They have a realistic quality to them that others in this price category cannot compete with. My CD collection runs the entire spectrum of music, from classical to rock & roll. While all sound great with the Axiom's, they really shine with jazz vocals. Legendary performers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Armstrong and Shirley Horn appear to be live in my listening room with the Axioms. I am so impressed with these speakers that I have decided to dump my B&W DM601's in favor of a pair of the M22TI's or the M40TI's. I have presently positioned the $430.00+ B&W's as my rear channel speakers. Incredibly they have been replaced as mains by my $240.00 dollar Axioms! While these speakers excel with music, they are also outstanding with home theatre. Over the past few years I have listened to less and less music, and only watched movies about once per week. I now find myself wanting to watch movies or listen to music every night because of the great sound I'm hearing from the M2's and the VP50. The scary thing is, these speakers aren't even broken in yet! I anticpate even better sound once they are completely broken in. I would recommend these speakers to anyone who wants a great loudspeaker at a great price. Axioms are not for people who like to waste gobs of money on their equipment, nor are they for people who choose name recognition over performance. Axiom Audio loudspeakers are for people who simply want to enjoy music and movies. Do yourself a favor and check them out.
I must say, Amie, your company is a real pleasure to deal with. Also, what I first heard when I tried my speakers was the distinct lack of the artificial brightness and brittle quality I noticed in some Athenas I recently tried. My ears got really fatigued fast with those. I prefer the signal as unaffected as possible. The Axioms really are gorgeous looking, as well. All the best,
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The chairman of UKIP in Scotland has sought to play down a bitter internal spat in which two thirds of its European candidates withdrew from the selection process as "a storm in a teacup".
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|25.04.2013 - Demand for metals likely to increase tenfold, study says
|Demand for metals is likely to increase tenfold as developing economies surge ahead, putting severe stress on the natural environment, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) has warned. The organisation has suggested a novel response: bring in the mining companies often seen as the environmental villains to sort out the recycling.At present, demand is fulfilled by mining more metals, some of them such as rare earths that are in limited supply. Mining in many parts of the world is often carried on regardless of the social and environmental consequences, including child labour, ground, water and air pollution, and the destruction of forests...............................................Full Article: Source


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Some thoughts about fracking/gas drilling
We have heard talk about how signing a gas lease is like "winning the lottery," and claims that "everyone will benefit by drilling." Ask yourself: Have you heard anyone back up these claims by publicly pledging to invest all or even a significant portion of their royalties back into the community in any of the following ways?
1. Establishing scholarships for local graduates to study new agriculture methods appropriate to our region, and having them return to the area for a certain period of time to work in the industry
2. Providing venture capital to create new "clean & green" businesses appropriate to this area.
3. Creating non-profits to offer low-interest loans to small and medium local businesses and farms
4. Funding equipment and training for our public safety personnel (volunteer firefighters, EMTs, police, etc.)
5. Creating a local Emergency Management Agency to provide immediate emergency relief and assistance to people whose lives and/or property have been damaged or destroyed by drilling-related activities.
6. Providing grants to local municipalities, schools, charities, civic associations, etc.
I'm not running for office to impose my will on anyone – I am running to represent all of the residents, taxpayers, and landowners in the Town of Delaware. I want to be a leader who listens, so you tell me: are you "for or against" gas drilling?
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|Giants WR Victor Cruz to have season-ending surgery
|11.16.15 at 12:52 pm ET
Victor Cruz, who has been out since Week 6 of the 2014 season, announced Monday that he will have surgery on his calf and will not return this season.
Cruz, who turned 29 last Wednesday, tore the patellar tendon his right knee six games into the 2014 campaign and had season-ending surgery. While rehabbing from that injury in August, Cruz tore a muscle in his left calf during a training camp practice. He had been targeting a lat-season return before a checkup on his calf revealed the need for surgery.
"This hurts, mainly because I worked so hard to come back from my patellar tendon surgery," Cruz said in a video message. "There are certain things that happen to your body that you just can't explain."
Added Cruz: "I know that I have to retool my brain and my body to get back to 100 percent and come back the other end firing. This is a tough time for me, a tough time for my family, a tough time for all of us, because we were so excited about coming back and being a part of something special this year. But unfortunately, I couldn't do that due to my calf injury.
"I hope you guys don't lose faith in me, because I haven't lost faith in myself."
After this season Cruz has three years left on a five-year, $43 million contract he signed before the 2014 season. The Giants are likely to seek a restructuring and/or consider cutting the former UMass star.
Dwayne Harris has filled Cruz's role in the slot. Harris had nine catches for 82 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's game against the Patriots.
|Monday's Morning Mashup: Giants WR Victor Cruz suffers serious knee injury in team's embarrassing loss
|10.13.14 at 8:30 am ET
Welcome to Monday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
NHL: Avalanche at Bruins, 1 p.m. (NESN)
MLB playoffs: Orioles at Royals, 8:07 p.m. (TBS; WEEI-AM)
NFL: 49ers at Rams, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN; WEEI-FM)
Soccer: European Championship qualifier, Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Belgium, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Soccer: European Championship qualifier, Iceland vs. Netherlands, 2:30 p.m. (FS1)
— An embarrassing night for the Giants got even worse when wide receiver Victor Cruz tore the patellar tendon in his right knee while trying catch a pass in the third quarter of a 27-0 loss to the Eagles. And then it became even more embarrassing for a Philadelphia sports radio host.
Cruz, the former UMass star who became a 2012 Pro Bowler, cried as he was carted off the field with what is expected to be a season-ending injury.
"Huge loss," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "It wasn't a good situation, a grim scene."
Said Giants safety Antrel Rolle: "You just wish him the best. He's a fighter."
Cruz was attempting to catch a pass in the end zone when he went down.
"Something wasn't good," fellow receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said. "He was in a lot of pain. As hard as it was, you have to go on and move on to the next play. '¦ It was heart wrenching. Not much needs to be said. '¦ It's Victor Cruz, period."
Following Cruz's injury, controversial Philadelphia sports talk radio host Mike Missanelli sent out a classless tweet that read: Hey Giants fans: Victor Cruz is over. Dance to that.
After immediate criticism from both New York and Philadelphia, Missanelli deleted the tweet and tried to claim he only was referring to Cruz failing to catch the pass.
Tweeted Missanelli: I apologize for the Cruz tweet. I didn't see that he got hurt on play. Was outside the stadium and saw [on the big screen outside] he dropped it walking to my car. '¦ I would never have tweeted that had I known he got injured. Please know that.
— Actor and director Spike Lee, known for his allegiance to the Knicks via his frequent appearances in his courtside seat, apparently has not made a good impression on Knicks president Phil Jackson.
Lee announced that he plans to make a documentary about the triangle offense, which Jackson used when he won 11 championships as coach of the Bulls and Lakers.
Asked about Lee, Jackson said: "Spike is an avid Knicks fan who doesn't know anything about basketball."
|NFL roundup: Broncos' Von Miller accepts 6-game suspension; Michael Vick named Eagles starter
|08.20.13 at 5:48 pm ET
Broncos linebacker Von Miller will serve a six-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, although he says he did not fail a drug test.
"Although my suspension doesn't result from a positive test, there is no excuse for my violations of the rules," Miller said in a statement, adding: "I made mistakes and my suspension has hurt my team, Broncos fans, and myself. I am especially sorry for the effect of my bad decisions on others. I will not make the same mistakes about adhering to the policy in the future. During my time off the field, I will work tirelessly and focus exclusively on remaining in peak shape. I look forward to contributing immediately upon my return to the field and bringing a championship back to the people of Denver."
The league reportedly wanted a longer suspension but agreed to six games. Miller would be eligible to return for the Oct. 20 game against the Colts in Indianapolis. The Broncos visit the Patriots on Nov. 24.
Miller, selected second overall in the 2011 draft, was the 2011 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and runner-up for 2012 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
Before the announcement was made Tuesday, the Broncos signed 35-year-old free agent linebacker Paris Lenon on Tuesday. Lennon played last season for the Cardinals, making 103 tackles.
'¢ Michael Vick has been chosen as the starting quarterback for Chip Kelly's offense in Philadelphia Tuesday, ending a long and heavily speculated competition with Nick Foles for the job.
'I think we all learned from this group that we've got two guys, maybe even three guys who can play in this league,' Kelly said. 'It was a healthy competition. I think they both made each other better. '¦ Mike is ahead, but Nick made it very tough on him.'
|NFL roundup: Broncos LB Von Miller reportedly facing 6-game suspension; K Rian Lindell done as a Bill
|08.19.13 at 2:52 pm ET
In case you needed a reminder, baseball isn't the only sport with a PED problem.
Von Miller, a third-year linebacker with the Broncos, reportedly is facing a minimum six-game suspension as a result of violating the league's substance-abuse policy. It was reported last month that Miller would be suspended for the season's first four contests, and it is unclear exactly what Miller's infractions were.
An official announcement could come as early as Monday, according to ESPN. The report also says Miller is still trying to negotiate the suspension down to four games, but when the penalty is officially handed down he likely will not appeal.
Losing Miller for any amount of time, let alone more than a third of the season, could be a big blow to Denver considering he finished 2012 with 18.5 sacks, good for third most in the league.
Elsewhere in the NFL, Rian Lindell learned job security is hard to come by. Lindell, 36, has served as the Bills' kicker for the last decade but was released by Buffalo on Monday.
The Bills are going with the out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new route, turning to rookie Dustin Hopkins to handle the team's kicking duties. The Bills save about $1.7 million by making the change. Lindell and Hopkins had split time in the Bills' first two preseason games.
Lindell finished his Bills career with 225 field goals and 980 points, both of which are second most in organization history.
Blaine Gabbert, meanwhile, has found a bit more luck in terms of getting ' and keeping ' his job. Jaguars coach Gus Bradley named Gabbert, a 23-year-old who has started a majority of Jacksonville's games the last two seasons, the starting quarterback to start their 2013 campaign. He is 5-19 as a starter and has a 53.8 career competition percentage.
The weekend also featured a number of additional injuries in a preseason chock full of them, particularly for the Patriots' AFC East foes. Dolphins tight end Dustin Keller is out for the year following a knee injury, and Bills rookie quarterback E.J. Manuel, who had been competing with Kevin Kolb for the starting job, had what Buffalo coach Doug Marrone called a "minor procedure" on his left knee. Manuel will miss the rest of the preseason.
The Jets sacks leader from a year ago, linebacker Quinton Coples, also is out for the rest of the preseason after having surgery on his right ankle. There is no timetable for his return, nor did the team disclose details on the injury. Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz got off a bit easier despite bruising his heel. X-rays were negative after Cruz left Sunday's game with the Colts.
|Tuesday's Morning Mashup: Warriors hire Brian Scalabrine, Pistons add Rasheed Wallace
|07.09.13 at 8:01 am ET
Welcome to Tuesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Red Sox at Mariners, 10:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Rangers at Orioles, 7 p.m. (MLB Network)
NBA Summer League: Pacers vs. Celtics, 11 a.m. (NBA)
NBA Summer League: Pistons vs. Thunder, 1 p.m. (NBA)
NBA Summer League: Jazz vs. Astros, 3 p.m. (NBA)
NBA Summer League: Heat vs. Magic, 5 p.m. (NBA)
WNBA: Atlanta Dream vs. Minnesota Lynx, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Soccer: Gold Cup, United States vs. Belize, 11 a.m. (Fox Soccer)
World Team Tennis: Boston Lobsters vs. Washington Kastles, 7 p.m. (Tennis Channel)
Cycling: Tour de France, 8 a.m. (NBCSN)
'¦ A couple of former Celtics have resurfaced on NBA coaching staffs, as Brian Scalabrine was hired by the Warriors and Rasheed Wallace joined the Pistons staff.
Scalabrine, who served as a Celtics analyst for CSNNE last season, will assist Mark Jackson.
Tweeted Warriors shooting guard Kent Bazemore, who occupies the end of the bench as Scalabrine frequently did during his 11-year NBA career: Special welcome to the guy that paved the way for guys like myself!! @Scalabrine
Scalabrine averaged 3.1 points and 2.0 rebounds in 520 games with the Nets, Celtics and Bulls. He became a fan favorite during his time in Boston from 2005-06 through 2009-10.
Wallace, best known for accruing technical fouls at an alarming rate during his 16-year career that included one season in Boston, joined the staff of new Pistons coach Maurice Cheeks. Wallace, who sat on the bench for Monday's summer league loss to the Celtics, was hired to work with the team's young big men, most notably Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.
Wallace, who holds the league's career and single-season marks for technical fouls, told The Detroit News that as an assistant he understands he needs to keep his emotions in check when he's on the bench.
"The big thing is, when I was playing and had that passion and cussing everybody out, I had the opportunity to change that, being on the court," he said. "I can't make the difference mow. I can talk junk but I can't back it up."
Wallace turned down a similar offer from the Knicks, for whom he briefly played this past season before an injury ended his comeback after two years away from the game.
'¦ Victor Cruz finally signed an extension with the Giants, agreeing to a five-year deal worth a reported $43 million that makes him the highest-paid wide receiver in team history.
Cruz, a restricted free agent, skipped the team's offseason program but is eager to get back on the field. He has 168 catches for 1,628 yards and 19 touchdowns over the last two seasons after signing as an undrafted free agent out of UMass in 2010.
"I feel relief," Cruz told Giants.com. "I feel I can just kick back and play football again."
'¦ Video has surfaced of Jets coach Rex Ryan taking part in the running of the bulls in Spain (more specifically, struggling to get over a fence to escape the charging animals). The team on Monday confirmed that Ryan participated twice.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On July 9, 1979, the Red Sox became the first team to have three players start in the outfield in an All-Star Game. Who were the players? CORRECTION: One of the players, although he played 36 games in the outfield for the Red Sox in 1979, started the All-Star Game at first base.
|Tuesday's Morning Mashup: Alex Rodriguez finally set for first rehab assignment
|07.02.13 at 7:55 am ET
Welcome to Tuesday's Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MLB: Padres at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI-FM)
MLB: Giants at Reds, 7:10 p.m. (MLB Network)
WNBA: Seattle Storm at Chicago Sky, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
WNBA: Minnesota Lynx at Los Angeles Sparks, 10 p.m. (NBA)
Tennis: Wimbledon, 7 a.m. (ESPN2), 8 a.m. (ESPN)
Cycling: Tour de France, 9 a.m. (NBCSN)
'¦ Following last week's confrontations and conspiracy theories, Alex Rodriguez finally will make his first rehab assignment Tuesday when he suits up for the Yankees' Class-A affiliate in Charleston, S.C.
"Awesome," Rodriguez said at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa on Monday. "I'm really excited."
Following last week's snit, when general manager Brian Cashman lashed out at Rodriguez for tweeting about his return without the team's approval and then reports came out in the New York papers claiming that the player or team was posturing the timing of his return for financial reasons, Rodriguez said all parties are on the same page.
"It's all been very positive. We're all looking in the same direction: '¦ Get back to New York as soon as possible, and [Tuesday] is the first big step," said Rodriguez, who had surgery on his left hip on Jan. 16. "We've all talked to our doctors. Everyone has approved it."
The Yankees are in need of a boost, with a handful of key injuries leaving them shorthanded as they continue to slide in the American League East following a surprisingly strong start. Manager Joe Girardi is hopeful Rodriguez can return to form rather than be the player who struggled so badly last postseason that he was benched.
"I expect him to be a productive player," Girardi said. "The last time he got his hip fixed, he came [back] productive. Hopefully this will solve some of the things he was dealing with last year, and I expect him to be productive.
"I can't tell you exactly what he's going to do, but I think he's going to be a good player."
'¦ The Islanders confirmed that they will buy out the remaining eight years of Rick DiPietro's contract and place him on waivers Tuesday, ending the former Boston University star's rocky tenure with the team.
DiPietro, the top overall pick in the 2000 draft, signed a 15-year, $67.5 million contract before the 2006-07 season, but his career since then has been marked by injuries and inconsistent play.
DiPietro, 31, has a career record of 130-133-8 with 28 overtime losses and a 2.86 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage in 315 games over parts of 11 seasons. He played only three games for the Islanders last season, allowing 12 goals and posting no wins, before being waived and assigned to AHL Bridgeport, where he went 9-9.
'¦ Wide receiver Victor Cruz and the Giants are closing in on a long-term contract that should be finished in time for the former UMass star to attend training camp, according to an ESPN report.
Cruz and the team have been negotiating for months with little progress, forcing him to miss the team's offseason functions.
The 26-year-old has 168 receptions for 2,628 yards and 19 touchdowns over the last two seasons.
ON THIS DAY TRIVIA (answer below): On July 2, 1975, which Red Sox hurler, in a bid to become the third pitcher ever to have a no-hitter in both leagues, came within one out of a no-hitter before allowing a walk and two home runs in a 6-3 victory over the Brewers?
|Monday's Morning Mashup: NFL teams pay tribute to school shooting victims
|12.17.12 at 7:52 am ET
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NFL: Jets at Titans, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN; WEEI-FM)
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College basketball: Detroit at Syracuse, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
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College basketball: Texas State at Northwestern, 7 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
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'¦ The NFL paid tribute to the victims of the Connecticut elementary school shooting during Sunday's games. The Patriots had a pregame tribute featuring 26 flares in honor of the 20 children and six school employees who died Friday. The team's End Zone Militia silenced the guns that they normally fire after the Patriots score.
"Out of respect for those that were killed, we were asked yesterday not to fire the muskets, which we all agreed with," End Zone Militia sergeant Bob Elliott said. "It was just such a horrific thing. It's hard to put it into words."
Some teams darkened their scoreboards and lowered their flags to half-staff, while the players (including those on the Patriots) wore helmet decals with black ribbons.
Giants receiver Victor Cruz, whose team lost to the Falcons in Atlanta, wrote the name of 6-year-old victim Jack Pinto on his cleats and gloves with the words "My hero," "This one is 4 U" and "R.I.P." Cruz spoke to the child's family on Saturday night after learning that the boy was a big fan of the standout receiver.
"There are no words that can describe the type of feeling you get when a kid idolizes you so much that they want to, unfortunately, put him in a casket with your jersey on," said Cruz, a former UMass star. "I can't even explain it."
Cruz heard about the boy's admiration for him via Twitter and contacted the family Saturday night.
"I was in the hotel [in Atlanta] and as I was talking to them I was fighting back tears," Cruz said. "You could hear everybody in the background crying as well. It was tough to listen to."
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt wrote "Newtown, CT" on his shoes for his team's game against the Colts in Houston.
"We're playing football, and there's something much bigger going on in this world," Watt said. "I just wanted them to know, and I wanted everyone to know, that our thoughts are with them. Nothing is bigger than that. We played our game today, but honestly our thoughts are with them, the families, the teachers, the friends, the first responders, who had to go see that. My dad is a first responder. They were just kids."
'¦ Redskins linebacker London Fletcher, a native of Cleveland, enjoyed a successful homecoming on the field Sunday as his team won at Browns Stadium, but things didn't go so well for some of his family members in the stands. Two cousins and an 18-year-old nephew were arrested and his aunt suffered a heart attack during an incident with stadium security, according to the family.
Family members, who were wearing Redskins gear, insist that they were harassed by Browns fans and security.
"While the game was going on, first the fans were picking at us, and we were getting things thrown on us," Fletcher's aunt, Yvette Huston, told Cleveland's NewsChannel5. "One of my nephews had gotten punched in the face."
Added Huston, who was wearing a neck brace after a visit to the hospital: "The security grabbed my one son by the chest and snatched him right in front of me. I'm like, 'Why is you snatching on him?' And [the response was], 'He's going to jail.' Then they came and started attacking our family."
'¦ Andrew Bynum, in his first year with the 76ers after seven seasons with the Lakers, spoke before Sunday night's Lakers-Sixers game in Philadelphia and said his progress was stunted by playing alongside Kobe Bryant.
"I thought it really helped me a lot obviously at first, because he draws so much attention it's hard for guys to double team and key on you, so it helped me tremendously," said Bynum, who has yet to play this season due to knee problems. "Later, I felt I was able to get the ball more and do more things with the ball, so I could definitely see how it could stunt growth."
Bryant, who scored 34 points in the Lakers' 111-98 win, not only wasn't offended by Bynum's assessment, he agreed with it.
"For sure, because when you're playing with me you obviously have to sacrifice something," Bryant said. "Same thing with me and Shaq [Shaquille O'Neal]. You kind of offset each other to a certain extent. So, I mean, that's true. When he gets back and he's healthy, he'll come out here and he'll be the focal point of their attack and he'll be getting the ball more and you'll see big games from him more consistently."
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'¦ Koby Clemens, one of Roger Clemens' sons, is expected to be banned from international play this winter after abandoning his Puerto Rican team, according to a report from a Puerto Rico newspaper. The Astros minor leaguer apparently left the Mayaguez Indians last Wednesday without providing a reason. The team filed paperwork that bans Clemens from playing for any other winter league team in the Caribbean Baseball Confederation, which includes Puerto Rico, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
Explained team owner Daniel Aquino: "I'd like the fans and everyone else to know that we're not looking to sanction Clemens. Even less do we wish to do him harm. We're only following procedure."
'¦ Giants receiver and UMass product Victor Cruz was at the Juliet Supper Club in New York City with teammate Chris Canty early Tuesday morning when a fatal shooting occurred in a room next door to where the players were celebrating Cruz' 25th birthday. Cruz described the event as "surreal" and said he plans to be more cautious: "I'm only going to barbecues and family get-togethers from now on."
'¦ Former Knicks guard Cuttino Mobley filed suit against the Knicks, accusing the team of forcing his retirement in order to save $19 million after acquiring him from the Clippers in 2008. Mobley, a former University of Rhode Island star who was diagnosed with a heart condition in 1999, claims the team sent him to a heart specialist who is an outspoken advocate of the dangers of playing sports with the defect, knowing that he would disqualify him from playing. Mobley's retirement saved owner James Dolan an estimated $19 million because insurance pays a bulk of the contract and it no longer counted against the salary cap, saving the then-rebuilding Knicks from having to pay luxury tax to the league. The team denied the allegations in a statement, saying: "When the Knicks obtained Cuttino, the team fully expected him to be our starting shooting guard. It was a significant setback to our team when we learned he would not be able to play.
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Skip to comments.Bin Laden Death Will Not Boost Obama: Expert
Posted on 05/03/2011 1:41:43 AM PDT by CutePuppy
The euphoric scenes that met the death of Osama Bin Laden will not boost President Barack Obama's re-election hopes, according to Alastair Newton, a political analyst at Nomura in London.
The immediate reaction in the US notwithstanding, 'normal business' will soon be resumed in US politics. There will be no change on the fiscal/debt polarization and contrary to some commentators' reaction, definitely no election boost for Obama," said Newton in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday.
With little or no operational control over al-Qaeda in recent years, Newton believes Osama's death will have little impact on the terror group's ability to mount attacks.
Bin Laden's role as head of al-Qaeda seems to have been largely symbolic for some years now, he was not responsible for operational planning and decision-making," he added.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri has been operational and strategic leader of al-Qaeda since at least 2003, if not earlier.
"Symbolic and great for morale (and domestic politics), but affects little in the GWOT"
I agree.
The people are having their little party now, but in the
morning they will have a hangover and still a big headache.
Obambie still gets the blame.
By Nov. 2012 they will ask..Osama, who?
I think it was a significant victory and, realistically, I think Obama can expect a bit of a boost out of it. The question is, will it be enough to jump start something bigger. As we saw in the 2008 campaign, Obama is at his best when he has developed some momentum. If he can turn this into momentum, he'll be harder to beat.
Well I'm not expert. I don't even play an expert on tv. And I did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
But I agree with the premise completely. Here is my take:
Liberals do one thing. Only one thing. Always: That thing liberals do is called "projection". Attributing to conservatives, the things they are.
Liberals if you will recall, rallied around the flag for about 15 minutes following 9-11, but almost immediately began trying to manipulate America into military defeat in order to weaken Bush.
They see everything as political, care not one bit for America, and in their PR euphoria during the last 24 hours believed in what substitutes for their hearts, this would be their magic issue. To defeat conservatives with.
Not a chance.
My experience today expressing happiness about things to liberals I know, was really strange. Like they were uncomfortable to be on the patriotic side, with me agreeing with them. Very odd.
Liberals I think, expected us to go after Obama on this. They really expected us to be unhappy.
Once they realize they've stepped into the patriotic, America first corner and we're right there agreeing with them.
They'll scram. No way, do they want to stay there being patriotic with conservatives agreeing with them about a strong America.
They don't really believe in it, and will become uncomfortable with it very fast.
Just you watch.
Keep in mind George Bush Sr. had a 92% Approval rating after Gulf War 1 and he was fired for a lot less than Obama has done.
He already screwed it up by immediately dumping the body after an Islamic funeral.
If this is true, it would have happened no matter who was president now. It took that long. Obummy the narcissist tries to take credit for this.
What matters is not who is President now. What matters is who was President then.
The revelation that intelligence gleaned from the CIA's so-called black sites helped kill bin Laden was seen as vindication for many intelligence officials who have been repeatedly investigated and criticized for their involvement in a program that involved the harshest interrogation methods in U.S. history. "We got beat up for it, but those efforts led to this great day," said Marty Martin, a retired CIA officer who for years led the hunt for bin Laden.
His taking full credit, barely mentioning the seals, and no mention of "W" and the way they got the information.
It's ZERO he will screw it up even more - guaranteed. ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Symbolic is a greatword for Bin Laden's death. As I have said before the cemeteries are full of indespensible people.
Radical Islam has been around for hundreds of years and is not going to go away anytime soon.
I'm not seeing it. The guy did one thing right in 2 1/2 years. That doesn't wipe out all the "aw shxts" he's got with the biggies being, massive national debt, obamacare, gas prices doubling + , high food prices and going higher and high unemployment.
BO is the all time worst president and he achieved that in record time.
I believe he MAY get a poll boost...short lived and broad but not deep.
Hussein did DICK in the execution of the mission. Basically, he got OUT OF THE WAY. So at least his handlers told him to do that—otherwise, he'd screw that up, too. The nature of a smug, self-absorbed totalitarian is to try and be involved in all big decisions. Basically, Axeldork and some of Hussein's other sycophants were able to persuade him to have a big cup of STFU and let the military work.
Or, perhaps, the generals/admirals told him—in their own way, of course—to go have a clambake while the big boys did their duty.
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He couldn't help it, for he is a narcissist of the first order. That plays with the liberals because they are cultists by nature (and nurture), but for most normal people it looks, sounds and feels in bad taste, especially as details of how this operation came about - going back many years, and impossible without Bush administration insisting on efforts which were loudly protested as "illegal" and criticized by Obama and liberals - become better known.
As soon as liberals wake up and come down from their euphoria and descend into real life again, they will realize that the chants of "USA! USA!" didn't and won't translate into what they mentally heard in their heads as "Obama! Obama!" That will be some bad hangover.
Faced with dismal poll numbers, Obama is trying to do the only thing he can - replay the Clinton's 1995 OKC bombing script which helped revive Clinton's campaign, but the nature of the terrorism (OKC was considered "domestic" while al-Qaeda is a foreign/international), the economy, world's financial conditions and the mood are different, and he is different from Clinton - more arrogant, supercilious, narcissistic, self-absorbed and less capable of playing and selling triangulation game.
And Clintons were stopped early from damaging the economy with HillaryCare and some other onerous laws and regulations, while ObamaCare, Dodd-Frank FinReg, heavy-handed activism by EPA, DOJ, FCC and other agencies are still with us and are just beginning to do the damage.
I didn't say it was game over for us, just that it will probably give him a boost and he may turn it into some kinetic energy. I'm not going to just write the guy off. He runs a mean campaign and will be formidable despite his shortcomings. If we put the wrong person up against him, we could easily lose. Don't doubt it.
The man over all is a coward. He had really no choice before him. Think about it.
He's told that we know the whereabouts of Bin Laden. The guy has a dozen or so meetings about it. Each meeting there is risk of a leak.
Finally, he's faced with two choices, (not three which would be to do nothing). Either kill Bin Laden with a drone or with an ambush.
He chooses the ambush, because just about everyone in the room recommends it.
This time the good guys came out on top. It could have gone bad, e.g. if the Pakistani military had attacked. In fact, were they at all part of this operation?
Interesting that he made this enormous announcement on communist May Day (May 1). Coincidence? Maybe.
I aGREE with you 100%.
I wouldn't be surprised if he got 20 points. Be on the lookout!
Actually, Obama had a big advantage: he knew that no matter what he did, he would have the ecstatic support of the media and the left.
Our people had obviously known where Osama was for some time, and it was just a matter of timing this. It was actually supposed to be carried out the day before, just before the Press Club dinner, but was moved to the next day because of bad weather. So Bambi obviously wanted to announce it at the press event.
No matter what Pakistan is saying, this was done with their permission. Osama was a worn-out jihadi, in poor health, and had become a liability, so this was a godfather-like rubout. That does not detract from the careful planning or courage of our SEALS, because there was most certainly a great deal of risk in the operation. But I don't think there was ever the risk that the Pakistani military was going to pour out of their nearby compounds and into the streets, or that Pakistan was going to retaliate by launching one of its nukes at India or anything of that nature.
It was time for Osama to go bye-bye, and Obama picked the moment that would be most beneficial to him. That said, can you imagine the storm that would have been unleashed by the press if the Bush government had killed Osama in his bed? We'd have instantaneous calls for the international trial of Bush.
But, as I say, Obama knew that no matter what he did, even if the mission had failed, he would have the unconditional support of the media and the leftist establishment in this country.
the boost lasts until the next time they buy gas
Osama Bin Laden may be dead but you are still paying $4 a gallon for gas. Socialism makes YOU poor!
If anything, Osama's death has reminded the public of 9-11 once again. Does that help Obama in the election in 2012? Let's see how the admin deals with the ten year anniversary...
Britt Hume was on last night and agreed
His points:
1) People didn't like/dislike Obama because of his progress on getting Bin Laden
2) People dislike Obama because of his bumbling the economy, foreign relations, wild spending, Obamacare, etc
3) Osama Bin Laden was essentially neutralized anyway
However, Hume DID note that it will now be impossible to claim Obama is weak on terrorism.
And the efforts of the Bush administration cannot be forgotten. As one Freeper said, giving Obama credit for getting Bin Laden is like giving Truman credit for winning World War II
Or visit the grocery store. Food prices are rising very fast and that is the first topic of conversation, more so than gas even. Between the two of them people will start to feel very seriously pressured.
There is so much that could happen before 2012, we could be staring at a big crater where Manhattan Island is, due to a nuclear bomb given to Al Qaeda by Iran or North Korea.
We could see a total collapse of the dollar, possibly even the beginning of states dropping out of the union.
These are things that dwarf this story, the very survival of America could play out in the next two years.
Yes it is. How will Obama use it to political advantage? He's talking about maintaining "unity" which means he wants to roll over any adults in congress on the debt ceiling and 2012 budget.
Thursday's "Ground Zero" event is really a campaign stop. Totally unnecessary, assigns too much importance to OBL, distracts from critical domestic issues that are hurting him and leaves a fat carbon footprint and travel bill for the taxpayer.
Yesterday we had Treasurer Tim Geithner telling congress in a letter he will use "bookkeeping methods" to allow borrowing well past the mid-month limit on the debt ceiling. Most news coverage largely focused on OBL details still being dribbled out.
Since Obama knew the OBL kill operation was coming up he released the long-form and scolded us for being unserious. Trump was drawn into the trap by taking credit. Obama underscored his theme by then mocking Trump at the correspondent's dinner. Just for spite, they "scheduled" the announcement to cut into "Celebrity Apprentice" when they knew it wasn't necessary. He used the OBL operation to show only he is serious.
Never mind the golf, the tv gigs, the high gas prices, burning up fuel for lavish fundraisers, high unemployment, believe in "Dear Leader" and not your lying eyes.
It was a political operation. He was able to recapture the narrative from Trump and the genuine domestic economy misery stories. Was Trump getting under his skin or just getting too much press? For any 2012 campaigns it may be worth studying the recent few months.
Obama'd like nothing more than to see a "deather" faction spring up to be used as a foil just like the "birther" movement. He can point at these "VRWC" honey jars of his own creation and say, "Look how silly they are: my opponents. You can't trust them to handle serious issues."
It's a cycle of bait, belittle, attack, trap.
He has the tactics down but he's politically obtuse. He's not natural the way Bill Clinton was. He can't speak extemporaneously. The fundamental facts are not in his favor.
While at this moment he can point to the OBL "victory" as a way to deflect criticism that he's inattentive it won't last long if the economy continues to drag. People will naturally come to resent the golfing, the trips, the celebrity schmoozing. He can only hide behind his professorial act so long to feign control and fake competence.
It's looking like 2012 will be "it's the economy, stupid." Voters will naturally ask themselves why this "smart" "professorial" guy hasn't been able to get the economy going. The only conclusion they'll be able to make is he doesn't have the answers and want another president representing fresh ideas.
I'm not sure who the best candidate of our mötley crüe would be yet. I'm reshuffling the deck in my head and awaiting a few debates.
I think you nailed it! (#4)
Make no mistake, the death of Osama is important both practically and psychologically. Osama is the face of Al Qaida and he WAS the head of affairs in Al Qaida when the attacks on the US were planned and carried out. Yes, his death is significant!
However, the euphoria of "O" supporters over this is not 'sustainable'.
There are many reasons for this:
The DNC is NOT pro-Military
never has been and will not become so
The DNC is NOT adroit at foreign policy never has been and will not become so
O did not/could not campaign on his foreign policy experience or expertise
Osama was clearly the special target and finally the victim of a drive against terrorism initiated by President Bush and which has carried through to the present (albeit without DNC support). Everyone KNOWS that if left to O and his corner, the US would have walked away from this commitment long ago. That O now grandstands on the success of President Bushs plan is nauseating.
O, as President, is a demonstrated foreign policy failure (or, worse if possible) and lacks the resolution and vision for a coherent US global posture.
Necessary as it was undeserving as Pakistan IS of US consideration .the US assault on Osama violated the sovereign territory of Pakistan and O has yet to answer for this. (I dont recall Bush ignoring the sovereign territory of Turkey when we went after Sadaam. In fact we took more losses than necessary and took longer reaching our goal, BECAUSE we honored their turf)
Its pointless going on like this.
The DNC and their creatures have ALWAYS regarded themselves ABOVE the kind of pride and patriotism associated with the defeat of US enemies, in the field or otherwise. To think that they will NOW become foreign policy hawks just to sway voters is unrealistic.
Liberals will revert to type real quick here and their America bashing will renew apace. Count on it.
I wish to thank President Obama for NOT going through with his campaign promises to shut down Guantanamo, and pull the troops out of the Middle East.
It was his failure to deliver his own campaign promised that allowed the men and women of the greatest military in the world to gather the necessary intelligence to find bin Laden and terminate him (as well as anyone within shooting distance) with extreme prejudice.
The killing of OBL has been, without a doubt, the most spectacularly successful unintended consequence of one of a long list of Obama's failures to date.
Thank you Mr. President...here is to wishing you equally spectacular failures in the following endeavors:
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine; In memoria æterna erit justus, ab auditione mala non timebit.
Yeah. All the libs I know are strangely quiet, almost embarrased about killing Bin Laden.
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RUSH: You know, I'm watching Obama's press conference here and a reporter, after Obama and the British prime minister give their opening statements about whatever it is that they're trying to distract everybody with, the reporter stands up and says, "Mr. President, I want to ask you about the IRS problem and I want to ask you about Benghazi and then, Mr. Prime Minister, I want to ask you about Syria." And I was surprised the British prime minister didn't take the IRS question. 'Cause Obama's not president at times like this.
(imitating Obama) "The IRS, I didn't know about it any sooner than you did. I didn't know about it 'til I read it in the papers on Friday. I found out about it the same time we dumped that scandal to overcloud Benghazi. I didn't know about it and it's reprehensible, and I don't support it, and I don't think anybody ought to support it. You know, there's gonna be a Republican presidency someday, and we don't want them having this kind of power."
Greetings, folks, great to have you. Rush Limbaugh here back behind the Golden EIB Microphone at the distinguished and prestigious Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. The telephone number if you want to be on the program, 800-282-2882, and the e-mail address.
I gotta tell you, over the weekend I was in Kansas City. George Brett, my good friend, surprise 60th birthday celebration all weekend long. He's actually going to be 60 on the 15th of May, on Wednesday, but his wife, Leslie, put together this grand surprise weekend. It was at a country club plaza section of Kansas City. There was a restaurant/bar called Coal Vines. And the place was sardine city. It must have been two or three hundred people in there. I'm stunned George didn't find out about it. They kept the secret. They kept the surprise. He walked in there at 7:30 and was totally taken aback.
I stayed in one spot for four-and-a-half hours. Fortunately it was outside on the little patio so I could light up my cigar. There were all kinds of people. You know what question I got more than any? "Why is the media all of a sudden defending conservatives?" The question that most people wanted to know from me was why in the world is the media defending conservatives on this IRS business? You know, the IRS story breaks Thursday or Friday, and the media immediately jumps on the IRS and Obama as well. You would not believe the collection of Drive-By stories that I have today quoting prominent Drive-Bys. I mean, Tom Brokaw, Joe Klein, they are all comparing Obama to Nixon. Why, folks, that's the worst comparison a president can have, as levied by the Drive-By Media.
I must admit for a while that I, too, was a little confused by this. There were some people who theorized, "Well, they dropped this IRS thing because what they really want to do is hide Benghazi. The thing they're really worried about is Benghazi, and so they dropped this IRS business on Friday in order to distract everybody from Benghazi." Now, the president just addressed Benghazi, too, and it was like we live in an alternative universe. There's no "there" there. There's no cover-up. Those talking points, we didn't rewrite those. Those talking points were everything I was getting in my daily brief five days after the event. Susan Rice didn't say anything that I wasn't being told by the intel.
It was outright, utter denial. No "there" there, he said. There's nothing to see in Benghazi. Nothing happened, except four Americans died and we're outraged by it and we're gonna make sure it doesn't happen again. Next question.
Now, it's gonna be interesting to me to see just how eagerly the media follow up on any of this. I can guarantee you, if it were a Republican president and this IRS story had broken or Benghazi they wouldn't be using sanitized terms in the questions, sanitized language. They'd be going for the jugular. And there's a little bit of a cushion here because the British prime minister is standing next to Obama, and he's gotta be included in all of this so they can't really focus everything on Obama, which is part of the structure, I'm sure.
But let me give you my theory, because it is a good question. Let me also remind you that when any number of events have taken place that you thought might be the tipping point that would cause low-information people to alter their thinking on Obama, maybe the bloom is off the rose. I say, folks, it isn't gonna be a major event. It's gonna be something like Obama dissing Justin Timberlake's latest CD and ticking off the low-information crowd. This IRS thing may be it. I don't know. It's too soon to tell. But I'm gonna tell you, I was as amazed as you were because, look, you know and I know that the objective of the Democrat Party, the objective of the Republican establishment, the objective of the media is to wipe us out, in a political sense.
Their objective is to neuter all conservative opposition and anything that does that is okay. Any lie, any smear is fine, anything, anything goes. In this world of politics, their objective, Obama's particularly, is to eliminate all opposition. You know as well as I do that they consider conservative opposition the thing that animates them the most. They are more animated in getting rid of us than they are any terrorist group out there. They literally despise us; I'm talking about in a political sense. And so it would be logical to assume that when the IRS story breaks and you find out that the IRS is targeting Tea Party groups and conservative groups, the natural conclusion is that the media would support that and encourage that. Instead of looking at the IRS, would take the ball and run with it and start examining the Tea Party groups. Are they in fact not tax exempt? Should they be disqualified?
In the normal ebb and flow of things, that's what would happen. IRS says, "Well, these groups, we're not sure if they're a legit. These conservative Tea Party groups, and these pro-Constitution groups and these pro-limited government groups, they may not be." Normally the media would take that, run with it, follow the lead, and start examining all of these Tea Party groups to find out if indeed they were legit or illegitimate and they would find they're illegitimate and seek and destroy. The exact opposite thing happened. The IRS is under assault now. And here I think is the reason why. I really think in this case the media and the left have no choice. The public, of all government groups, agencies, bureaucracies, the IRS is the most feared and arguably it's the most hated. But the left needs it. They need the IRS. They need the IRS collecting the revenue and the money to fund big government.
They need the IRS and the tax code. They need to save the IRS. They need to save the tax code. In addition to that, don't forget that the IRS is now the collecting agency -- the collection agency -- for Obamacare, which they're entirely invested in. So I think what this is, is a concerted effort to clean this up and sweep it away and get rid of it as quickly as possible. You have the collection agency of the regime, the collection agency of socialism, the collection agency of big government.
It's got to remain intact. It has to remain functioning. It cannot proceed wounded. It has to be at full strength. So when something like this happens, there's no to point in trying to defend it. That's just not gonna work because the public is simply too oriented against it, even the low-information crowd. Now, from our perspective, folks, I think what this does is prove just how rotten big government is. None of this should be unexpected. None of it should be.
The idea that the IRS does this doesn't surprise anybody, does it?
When you get down to the brass tacks of things, nobody is really surprised the IRS does this. Nobody is surprised when they hear that presidents use the IRS. Everybody's heard of the political audit. In my Stack of Stuff, I've got two or three examples of Obama administration-targeted audits of Romney donors, which I will share with you as the program unfolds before your very eyes and ears today. Now, as to the idea that the IRS information was released on Friday to take the heat off of Benghazi, that's Michele Bachmann's theory, and it could be correct.
But I think what, again, is fascinating to me is Obama. In answering the question, he wasn't president. (impression) "The IRS? Oh, that's some other organization! I got nothing to do with that. I'm just like you; I'm just outraged." The fact of the matter is, the IRS has heard Joe Biden liken Tea Partiers to terrorists. I've got the quote. Joe Biden, at a Democrat fundraiser two years ago, called Tea Partiers "terrorists." You know as well as I do all of the defamatory rhetoric that's been aimed at Tea Partiers by Obama administration people.
They've been called "the Taliban wing of the Republican Party." Now, the IRS, they have people in there and they want to please their bosses. Have you noticed also, by the way, they've blamed the whole scandal here on "low-level workers"? Have you noticed how they're trying to blame the IRS scandal on low-level workers. It's just like they tried to blame Benghazi on low-level workers, just like they tried to blame low-level workers for the immigration people releasing all those thousands of illegal alien criminals.
The Obama regime really looks out for the little guy, doesn't it? They're always blaming the low-level people. They're always blaming little guy, the people they claim to champion. Man, I wouldn't want to be a low-level worker for this regime, 'cause you're always gonna be the fall guy if anything goes wrong. Plus, it makes it look like here (if you listen to Obama and people in his regime) like it's all these low-level workers out of control. It's all these low-level workers that are creating the havoc and doing all this dirty, partisan stuff.
And, of course, these low-level workers, they're just rogue! They're on their own. They have no guidance. They have no bosses. Well, you and I know exactly what goes on. You know as well as I do what it's like to be targeted as a conservative, and you know as well as I do that there are little liberals in every bureaucracy who are in it for the cause and don't need to be told by Obama to target Tea Party groups. They hate them independently. They hate them regardless what Obama says or what Biden says.
So none of this is unbelievable. None of it's outrageous from that standpoint. The problem is, it's totally believable. The problem is, it's entirely understandable that this kind of thing goes on. This is what people think presidents can do with the IRS. In fact, it's what people think does happen, that political enemies are targeted for harassment via this agency. So when we had a news story about it, there's anger, of course, but not a whole lot of surprise.
The big surprise has been the media joining our side in this story, and that's what people have been scratching their heads about.
So that sets the table. We've got a lot to discuss on the program today. Benghazi, IRS, the Obama press conference -- we rolled tape on it; you'll be able to hear the president himself, all the details. This IRS thing is big, and there are so many things that have happened in the past. We went back to the archives and dragged them out to remind you, to show you that this is not uncommon, to show you that this is not really anything new. It's just a real, concentrated, undiluted, easy-to-understand example of it, which is also helpful.
RUSH: So here's the sound bite, folks. This is the president after his opening statement and the opening statement by the British prime minister, David Cameron. It was a joint press conference today. It was the AP White House correspondent Julia Pace who said (singsong voice), "Mr. President, I wanted to ask about the IRS and Benghazi. When did you first learn that the IRS was targeting conservative political groups?
"Do you feel the IRS has betrayed the public's trust, and what do you think the repercussions for these actions should be?" And here's Obama. I want you to keep in mind the Limbaugh Theorem. He's not president when things like this happen. He's against things like this. He's trying to stop things like this. What his policies are have no relationship to what is happening in the country.
OBAMA: I first learned about it from the same news reports that I think most people learned about this. Uh, I think it was on Friday, and (stammering) this -- this is pretty straightforward. If in fact IRS personnel engaged in the kind of, uh, practices that have been reported on --
RUSH: They did!
OBAMA: -- and were intentionally targeting conservative groups --
RUSH: They were!
OBAMA: -- then that's outrageous, and there's no place for it.
RUSH: Right.
OBAMA: If you've got the IRS operating in anything less than a neutral and nonpartisan way, then that is outrageous, it is contrary to our traditions. Uh, and people have to be held accountable, and it's gotta be fixed. So, uh, we'll wait and see what exactly, uh, all the details and the facts are. But I've got no patience with it, I will not tolerate it, and we'll make sure, uh, that we find out, uh, exactly what happened on this.
RUSH: Right. So we'll keep a sharp eye on this -- and his lack of patience with it and his lack of tolerance -- and we'll see how quickly it is that he finds out exactly what happened, even though we already know what happened. Here's the thing about this. The media and practically everybody had to be dragged kicking and screaming to this. Don't forget, now, that it was persistent Tea Party people who were making noise about the unfair requests being made of them.
And, folks, it's not just money that the IRS is collecting. The IRS is out collecting information on people. I want you to hang with me for the whole program. It's gonna take a while to unravel all of this. I'm gonna try to use the old Shakespeare bromide, "Brevity is the soul of wit." I don't want to take an unnecessary length of time to do it, but there's a lot to glean here. But if it hadn't been for Tea Party groups persistently saying, "Hey! Hey! Look at what's happening to us over here," we'd never know this.
The Republican Party didn't get into gear on this. It was Landmark Legal Foundation and some other legal groups that persisted in sending letters to the inspector general and the IRS demanding that this be looked into. This is not something easy. It has not been easy to get to this point. It was like extracting teeth, however you want to characterize it. I don't want to make the mistake of saying the media is on our side in this.
The media is not on our side. The media's always gonna be on the side of the Democrats; they're always gonna be on the side of Obama. Their effort here is to essentially limit the damage to the IRS as much as they can. There are just certain things they know, the media, that the public is not gonna accept no matter how the media treats it. So they get in there and limit the damage as much as possible, because the IRS has to remain functioning and dominant in their world.


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This project, sponsored by AHRQ and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) through the AHRQ DEcIDE program, will lay the groundwork for creating a measurement and monitoring system that will facilitate ongoing assessment, tracking, and improvement of the various functions of patient-centered communication (PCC) in cancer care. The specific objectives are threefold: (1) to develop a comprehensive inventory of the domains and subdomains that characterize key functions of PCC; (2) to develop an inventory of existing measures suitable for measuring these domains and subdomains and identify methods suitable for collecting reliable and valid longitudinal data on them; and (3) to conduct a scientific symposium on research methods for measuring and monitoring PCC in cancer care. As a foundation for the project, the RTI/Baylor team will use a conceptual framework developed for NCI that defines six functions of PCC in cancer care, which affect cancer outcomes and interact with each other (Epstein, RM, Street RL, 2007). These functions include: fostering healing relationships; exchanging information; responding to patients' emotions; managing uncertainty; making decisions; and enabling patient self-management. The work will be conducted in close consultation with a Technical Expert Panel representing relevant areas of expertise. Ultimately, measures of PCC will enable the development of evidence-based standards for communication-related quality of care and the measurement of patient experiences with care according to those standards.
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if they let these cheaters in like Bonds, Clements, and Sosa, then they will have to let Pete Rose in. At least his playing numbers are not tainted. If they let in one group of flawed achievers they should let all flawed achievers in.
But here's the thing: Bonds, Clements and Sosa sold tickets and brought ratings. The deep pockets will forgive anything so long as that's the case. The fans? They just don't care so long as their team wins.
Maybe they need a hall of infamy, for those that blew it?
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