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CNN's Crowley uncritically aired Corker's false statement that he "never said a negative word about [Ford's] family"
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CNN's Candy Crowley uncritically aired Tennessee Republican Senate candidate Bob Corker's false claim that he has "never said a negative word" about the family of his Democratic opponent, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. In fact, Corker has "question[ed]" Ford's father's employment as a lobbyist, and Corker's campaign has repeatedly attacked Ford's family as the "Ford Political Machine."
On the October 23 edition of CNN's The Situation Room and the October 24 edition of CNN's American Morning, CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley uncritically aired Tennessee Republican Senate candidate Bob Corker's false claim that he has "never said a negative word" about the family of his Democratic opponent, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. The statement Crowley aired was made during an interview anchor Carol Lin conducted with Corker and Ford on the 10 p.m. broadcast of the October 22 edition of CNN Newsroom. In fact, Corker has "question[ed]" Ford's father's employment as a federal lobbyist, and Corker's campaign has repeatedly attacked Ford's family as the "Ford Political Machine."
According to the cover story in the October 30 issue of Newsweek, "the Republicans are making much of the Ford clan's legal woes. ... Running attack ad after attack ad on 'The Ford Family Political Machine,' Corker and the Republicans have hinted that Sen. Harold Ford Jr. would engage in similar shenanigans." The article added: "After shaking up his own staff earlier this fall, Corker is now both attacking Ford's voting record and trying to draw attention to the extended Ford family." The Associated Press reported on October 20 that "Corker ... said he wouldn't make Ford's family an issue in the race, but in recent debates said the Fords engaged in machine-type politics.' Corker has questioned the work of Ford's father."
A Corker campaign commercial, "Memphis Man on the Street," states that "[o]ur mayor says the Ford family's trying to tie up every political slot in Tennessee" and "[t]he Ford family business is politics." A Corker campaign statement released in the afternoon of October 22 asserted that "questions have been raised about Harold Ford Sr. lobbying the House of Representatives while his son is a member." In an October 21 press release, Corker campaign communications director Todd Womack described Corker's proposed lobbying reform plan as "designed to dismantle the very system in Washington from which the Ford Political Machine profits." An October 17 Corker press release accused Ford and his father of "plac[ing] the [Ford Political] machine's interest above the public interest" and also accused "the Ford Political Machine" of "perpetuat[ing] the appearance of impropriety."
As of October 25, the main page of BobCorkerforsenate.com includes a graphic that calls Ford "an attractive young man whose total life experience is about Washington, politics and perpetuating the Ford Political Machine:"
From the October 23 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:
CROWLEY [voiceover during video of Corker press conference]: Welcome to the Tennessee Senate smackdown. Screen left, Democrat Harold Ford, who tried to crash a press conference held by, screen right, Republican Bob Corker.
CORKER: As a matter of fact, this is my press conference, not yours, OK?
FORD: I'd love to hear you talk about Iraq, though.
CROWLEY: They don't like each other much, but mostly they are radiating the heat of a pivotal race. There are no last words, just the next ones.
FORD [video clip]: What kind of a man attacks another man's family in the face of a campaign? I'll tell you the kind of man. His name is Bob Corker.
CORKER [video clip]: I've never said a negative word about his family. He came in, in almost a juvenile fashion, and crashed a press conference on Friday. It's been called the "Memphis Meltdown," and he just got through saying a load of non-truth.
CROWLEY: This is nastier than most because it's not just about winning this race, it's about who will control the U.S. Senate.
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Terrell Owens said that he might be within striking distance of overtaking Jerry Rice's records as the league's greatest-ever receiver if he had played with better quarterbacks during his career.
Owens, who earned honors as the best receiver of the 2000s on USA TODAY's All-Decade team, said the signal callers he played with during his 14-year career did not allow him to climb to the top of the record books:
"I know hands-down I'd be close to Jerry Rice's records if I had been with quality quarterbacks like he had. He had Joe Montana and he finished with Steve Young. That wasn't a dropoff.
"Say I had been with a guy like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Drew Brees all of my career. Are you kidding me?"
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Let's see: no ciminal convictions on one's record, gun manufactured and sold in one's resident state, no crossing of state borders involved; federal matter?
This is a discussion on ATF says pot users cannot own, buy guns within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Originally Posted by rammerjammer Ahh the Drug War. It's really working isn't it? If you believe in more government and less freedom, and disposing of ...
Let's see: no ciminal convictions on one's record, gun manufactured and sold in one's resident state, no crossing of state borders involved; federal matter?
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Lighten up and enjoy life because:
Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep. It starts when you're always afraid... Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
IMHO Federal, state, and local laws preventing gun ownership for any/all reasons have never done much to prevent the BG or the crazies from having them. They have kept honest citizens from being able to protect them selves. Too much government, too many laws in all areas of our lives. Maybe that makes me crazy as well but I see little point to controlling the good citizens while allowing the BG's to roam free, cross our borders, and sell drugs.
I carry to protect myself and my loved ones from the BG's. Not to solve societies problems. That said: if more carried the deterrent would only have a positive overall effect on those problems.
I see no harm in regulating people who use mind altering drugs to not have guns.
Yes, some good citizens are affected but it's my opinion that it outweighs the risks.
Think about it.
In Minnesota the alcohol level restriction is .04, which basically is the same thing as not drinking at all as far as I'm concerned. This is why I said it should be treated the same as alcohol, if you need it for medical reasons and there's a way to measure your level of high, then someone smarter than me needs to determine what that safe level is and make that the deciding factor - it may be enough to allow medically necessary use of weed, it may not.
We can't compare laws to what criminals do, they will do as they please regardless - but I'm very in favor of reducing risks of innocent people from 'good' gun owners by having some regulations on drugs.
Drugs or Guns - Pick One
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
- Roy Batty
Don"t let stupid be your skill set....
And Shepards we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee,
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, So that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command,
And we shall flow a river forth to Thee, And teeming with souls shall it ever be,
I read it right the first time. I just get tired of "overthrow the tyrant government" sentiment. My first impulse is to tell folks that there is a door & they can get the ____ out if they don't like the rules of where they are.
Your grand total of "God given rights" are that after you are born (if you make it that far) you have a right to eventually die. Everything else is worked for or given. I like the USA because of the freedoms I DO have. I vote. I speak with my local leaders. I exercise the freedoms I have.
If you do not like the laws of the land, you do have the ability to vote, to contact your representatives in government or to run for government & try to evoke change.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain."
- Roy Batty
I think the "real question " is , do we think it's OK for the ATF to make whatever regulations they want, and decide who can or can't own a gun ? Based upon that, I would expect that all Tea Party members will soon get their letter to turn in all of their guns too.
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Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
This is a stepping-stone for Government to strip away all second amendment rights. Once they realize they can disarm citizens by discriminating, they will go after all of us. If we do not stop this as a country, we are defeated as a nation. The multinationals and the corporations are all in it with the government to throw us all into a one-world government and once they disarm us, it will be much easier. The corporations are already working with the government to issue visa to workers from other countries to come in and take American jobs. As a part of this, corporations are outsourcing American jobs as we speak and replacing jobs left in this country with foreigners. That is why the government is handing out visas like hot cakes. The reason for this is that they are preparing us as a one-world government. They are going to defeat America without even firing a shot. They are bankrupting us, disarming us and defeating us. They are the Neo Cheating wealthy corporate fascists.
Like it or hate it, the fact is that with the exception of 4 people in the nation, possession and use of marijuana is a violation of federal law. The ATF has simply stated that those in violation of federal law cannot possess firearms.
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"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
I think you are missing the point. Nobody is suggesting that people should be allowed to consume drugs or be under the influence while armed. However to flat out ban someone with a perscription for a medication from even owning a gun is overbearing IMO. That is like saying that anyone who has ever taken taken a drink of alcohol should never again be allowed to carry.
IMO, it is quite simple. Under the influence while armed = under arrest... no matter what the substance.
I think the "real question " is , do we think it's OK for the ATF to make whatever regulations they want, and decide who can or can't own a gun ? Based upon that, I would expect that all Tea Party members will soon get their letter to turn in all of their guns too.
The BATFE did not make the law that declares pot to be an illegal substance, the US congress made that law. The BATFE is simply enforcing the law passed by congress and signed by POTUS.


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The 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is the 45th annual return of this week-long celebration and this year's event lineup is looking almost unbelievably fantastic. Let me drop a few names so you can see what I mean:
Eric Clapton
Bruce Springsteen
Christina Aguilera
Robert Plant
Keb' Mo'
Branford Marsalis
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Like I said, just a few. If you want to see the full list (don't say I didn't warn you) you should check out the video below.
Just like the first festival in 1970, the 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is more than just a chance to groove to good music. It is seen as an important event with great cultural significance and popular appeal; a festival worthy of the New Orleans' legacy as the birthplace of jazz.
The first real New Orleans Jazz Fest was put together by George Wein, a man already responsible for the popular Newport Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk Festival, at the behest of the city – but that's not the whole story. New Orleans had tried starting jazz festivals before but with little lasting success.
The story has it that gospel legend Mahalia Jackson, back in her hometown for that first festival, heard the Eureka Brass Band leading a crowd of second-line revelers through the Festival grounds. Seeing Mahalia Jackson standing there, enjoying the music as the band passed, George Wein handed her a microphone and, well, she just joined in on the parade and sang joyously along. And that spontaneous reaction, they say, that meeting of jazz and heritage was when the spirit of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was born.
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The Fantastic Four plus Two?
One of the RRRGroup contributors sent us an e-mail listing six UFO sightings (but mistakenly noting "seven") that he thinks are....well here's his e-mail opening:
Cash Landrum is part of what I call the Fantastic Seven. Seven specific UFO incidents that are of extreme interest:
1) Roswell
2) Bentwaters/Rendlesham
4) Kecksburg
5) Wanaque
6) Shag Harbor
7) Cash/Landrum
I think these sightings are UFO swill [sic]!
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N.B. Visitors saw that our contributor left off number three so I reworked the posting, as I couldn't get a reply about the missing Number 3.)


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Warhol's "Double Elvis" could fetch $50 million at auction
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - An iconic portrait of Elvis Presley by pop artist Andy Warhol is poised to fetch as much as $50 million when it hits the auction block in May, Sotheby's said on Thursday.
The life-size painting, "Double Elvis (Ferus Type)" from 1963, epitomizes Warhol's obsessions with fame, stardom and the public image, according to Sotheby's.
Estimated to sell for $30 million to $50 million, it will be included in the auction house's May 9 sale of post-war and contemporary art.
"The silver background of 'Double Elvis (Ferus Type)', along with the subtle variations in tone give the serial imagery a sense of rhythmic variation that recalls the artist's masterpiece, '200 One Dollar Bills' completed the previous year," Sotheby's said in a statement.
That work soared to nearly $44 million or four times its estimate in 2009, when the art market was reeling from the financial crisis that struck in 2008. It was the highlight of the season, and achieved the highest price of any work at the fall auctions.
In the "Double Elvis" work, Presley is dressed as a cowboy, shooting a gun. Sotheby's described him in the work "a Hollywood icon of the sixties rather than the rebellious singer who shook the world of music in the sixties."
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Two-fer Tues--er--Wednesday
So the Iowa State men's and women's teams both avenged losses from earlier this season to win Wednesday night. Here are some tidbits I found interesting from each game.
On the men's side, the Cyclones are working hard to dispel the notion they live and die by the three. The Cyclones dominated the paint, outscoring West Virginia 46-24. overall, i-s-u shot 51%. Of course, the three-point shooting wasn't bad by any means, going 9-20 from beyond the arc.
Another interesting note comes on the rebounding end. The Cyclones won that battle 46-38. That's rare in Big 12 play.
If you want to talk about astounding numbers, check out freshman guard Monte Morris. He had 12 assists against the Mountaineers, setting a freshman record. His overall numbers hardly look freshman-like, though. The mMchigan native has 101 assists and just 17 turnovers. All season. That's amazing.
Shoutout to guard Naz Long. He mad five huge threes for the Cyclones.
On the women's side, the Cyclones' win at Oklahoma State may have guaranteed them a berth in the NCAA tournament. an ISU win at Kansas State (a very winnable game) will clinch a .500 season in the Big 12 and make it impossible to shut them out of the big dance.
ISU shot 52% against the Cowgirls and dropped 15 three pointers. Bill Fennelly has been waiting for that kind of offensive output for a long time. Brynn Williamson and Jadda Buckley each dropped five triples.
And how about getting to the free throw line 36 times. That's a sign the Cyclones are being more aggressive. That needs to continue.
The ISU defense wasn't bad either, especially at the arc, holding OSU to just a pair of treys.
So it was certainly a good night to be a Cyclones fan Wednesday. I expect to see a lot of smiles in Ames the next couple days.
A little bit about me....
I've been Sports Director at News/Talk 1430 KASI since December 2005. I graduated from Iowa State just a few months before that. My career has also taken me to such exotic locals as Estherville, and Storm Lake, Iowa, Owatonna, Minnesota, and Silver City, New Mexico (long story-don't ask). I've also had the pleasure of working part-time at WOI Radio in Ames and WHO Radio in Des Moines while I was a student.
I'm a native of Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. It was there that I was inflicted with the curse of being a Minnesota Vikings fan. There is still no known cure, though many times I wish there was. I'm also an avid follower of the Minnesota Twins and of course, the Iowa State Cyclones.


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Thank you Ian, for all this.
For me, image #23 tells the all story:
A perfectly sharp ISO 6400 action picture, with almost no noise in the (very) dark areas and a very good highlight/shadow balance.
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I have been tagged! That is right I have been tagged by my friend Raza, to participate in Kazumi Joy's meme.
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My seven random facts:
1. I hate catnip. HATE IT!
2. Most people don't like me at first...I can get kind of carried away when playing with new people.
3. I'm deaf
4. The shelter had a lot of trouble getting me adopted - no one seemed to want me. Mom says it's their loss.
5. I'm a gentle giant. I love to play with animals bigger and smaller than me but I always let them win.
6. I have a very wet nose.
7. I refuse to grow up. I turn 7 next month and still play like a kitten.
I intend to tag the following cats on Catster:
Charity Ann
Miss Mickey
I know I haven't updated in a while, but cat life doesn't really change much, you know? I'll try to do better from now on though.
One thing I do have to tell you all about is mom got her digital camera working. She's had it forever and never really used it, but for some reason only humans know, she had to play with it and now LOOK at this! I can't even be in my own bed without her pointing that thing at me.
If I see it laying on a table, I am SO going to knock it off and break it. Mark my meows!!!
Wow! It's been a long time since I updated. Sorry guys! My life gets busy sometimes with all the sleeping, eating, playing, pets, and napping.
Mom has a new job, so our schedule is all messed up and I don't know when it's time for what anymore. I know when it's time to snuggle and sleep though. That's still my favorite part of the day. But I'm so confused because I eat at different times now, Mom gets up at all different times, and comes home at all different times. I hate change!
Veronica is over again this weekend, and I still love chasing her around. I'm not sure how she feels about that though. Just goes to show some things stay the same.
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Housebuilder Crest Nicholson made a triumphant £553 million stock market return today as major investors piled into the biggest float of a British company since the launch of insurer Direct Line last October.
Demand for Crest's shares was such that the 50-year-old firm got the float away near the top end of the expected range, at 220p. Institutional investors immediately sent the price roaring more than 10% higher as nine million shares changed hands in the first minutes of "grey market" trading. It reached a high of 253p.
The heartening news for the Square Mile comes ahead of other strongly tipped floats this year including fellow housebuilder McCarthy & Stone, insurer esure, London Eye owner Merlin Entertainments and Global Switch, the data centre firm owned by the billionaire Reuben brothers.
Sources said just under 75% of investors were UK-based with the remainder from the US and the Continent in a heavily oversubscribed offering. There are no plans as yet to allow retail investors to buy in.
Crest was taken private by Scottish entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter and HBOS in May 2007. The original take over, at the peak of the market, saw Crest laden with £1.2 billion debt. Lenders took control two years later, wiping out Sir Tom. US hedge fund Varde then snapped up Crest's debt in 2011 — taking 60% of the equity. Deutsche Bank has a 20% stake. Varde and Deutsche Bank cashed out £168.9 million today.
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There was this corner in our home that needed nothing so much as a big, ugly table lamp. Off we headed to the Goodwill at 32nd Street and Thomas, because we'd seen a colossal monster of a lamp there not long before. Little did we know we'd find not one giant lamp, but three — one of them a floor model! We bought the one shaped like a giant ship in a bottle (the bottle lights up, as does the top part with the shade on it) and are tempted to go back for the big plaster cherub holding a snow globe we saw there — all it needs is a nice shade, and just the right corner of someone's house to live in . . .
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Nixing the Narrative: The It's Not All Cordero's Fault Edition0
It was a calm, cool Thursday night in Toronto. The air was crisp, but there was an odd smell of anger and frustration as Francisco Cordero strolled on over to the mound in the top of the 8th inning. At the time the score was Royals 5, Blue Jays 3.
The first batter of the inning, Mike Moustakas, singled on a ground ball up the middle. The anger tweets began. The next batter, Jeff Francouer, followed suit with a second ground ball up the middle. However this time both Yunel Escobar and Kelly Johnson got to the ball, but in what was almost a nasty collision neither player came up with it. The anger tweets multiplied.
After a few more ground balls as well as a couple line drives the anger tweets were growing at an exponential rate. The inning seemed to have dragged on too long already, but the beast that is Eric Hosmer was just stepping up to the plate. Unfortunately for Mr. Hosmer all he could muster was a ground ball to the right side of the infield, but wait…somehow he is safe at first because Cordero couldn't get to the bag in time. The anger tweets were at an all time high.
Following the game one could find many a tweet proclaiming something along the lines of DFA CORDERO. It wasn't the most subtle of approaches, but it sure got the message across. I don't intend on going all Wilner here, but at this point in the season the Cordero hate is becoming ridiculous. It isn't all his fault.
Starting with Thursday night's debacle, most people if asked would likely agree with the statement "Francisco Cordero was the reason the Blue Jays lost that game". On the surface it certainly seemed like that was the case, but a fan's reactive tendencies, especially to a player who is already in the doghouse, can cause a lack of recognition of what really went on.
For one thing in the first 4 batters of that inning Francisco Cordero induced 3 ground balls and only 1 line drive. The first ground ball was well hit right up the middle. The second ground ball was mishandled and had KJ and Escobar not both gone for the ball it could have very likely been a double play. The line drive Cordero gave up to the Salvador Perez would then only result in one man on first and the subsequent ground ball induced from Jarrod Dyson would have ended the inning. No runs scored.
In another situation where one assumes that the mishandled ball by KJ and Escobar still happens and you look strictly at the rest of the inning two of the three runs could have easily been prevented. After Hosmer hit the ground ball it is true that if Cordero were possibly hustling a bit more they may have gotten out of the inning, but there was also why Cordero wasn't at the bag sooner. On that play the Blue Jays were playing the shift and Kelly Johnson was closer to first base than usual. Because of that Edwin did not need to go after the ball and instead could have left it to KJ creating an easy out at first base, inning over. In that situation only 1 run would have scored.
Some may point out that these are all hypothetical situations and while that is true on a batted ball results level Cordero didn't actually pitch that poorly. Over the course of the 7 batters that Cordero faced he induced 4 ground balls and 1 strikeout. Of course the other 2 batters hit line drives, but a 28 LD% is also not mind-blowingly awful. Cordero was in no way outstanding on the night, but to blame everything on him expresses a lack of observation as to what actually went on.
As for the rest of the season, well it hasn't exactly been peachy. After Thursday's night's proceedings Cordero brought his shutdown to meltdown ratio to an even .500 and in case you didn't know thats not very good. Another couple of tidbits from this year include that Cordero has brought his walk rate back up after dropping it in 2011, he is tied for the second worst fWAR among relievers, he has the highest home run rate of his career, and last but not least Cordero currently sports a 6.00 ERA accompanied by a 5.68 FIP and 4.65 xFIP.
At first, second, third, and maybe even fourth glance those don't look like a good set of numbers, but looking at some of the underlying stats it might tell you a slightly different story. First off the statement that many have made this year "Cordero was bit by the BABIP monster" is a statement that holds through over the season. Francisco Cordero's .376 BABIP on the year ranks as the sixth worst among qualified relievers. That number is 162 points higher than where it was last year and 78 points above Cordero's career average.
Beyond that this year Cordero sports a ridiculous 17.9% HR/FB, which again ranks near the bottom of the league, but more importantly it is over double Francisco Cordero's career average. Thus explaining where a fair amount of Cordero's home run woes have been.
Despite the evidence brought forth a few of you on Twitter wanted to argue that there is no way that Cordero could have been unlucky for 3 whole months. While that is true, Cordero has also only pitched 33 innings this year which means that if he were a starter that would amount to a about a month's worth of pitching, a small sample size. Inherently that is one of the many volatility problems with relievers in that they don't pitch a lot so bad luck and bad pitching can be carried along over a longer period of time without making the actual sample size significantly bigger.
With all that said it certainly hasn't been all luck, Francisco Cordero has been a bad pitcher this year. Though his velocity has remained relatively consistent with where it was last year after having dropped the two years previous he hasn't been able to harness his pitches the way he was able to last year. More specifically in the 2012 season Cordero has not been able to get players to chase and swing at pitches outside the zone. His O-Swing% this year, a measly 22.6%, ranks 5th last among qualified relievers and is roughly 6% lower than where it was last year as well as Cordero's career average.
Seeing that Cordero has been unlucky and frankly not the best of pitchers one thing I do question is why the Blue Jays continue to place him in high leverage situations. One would argue that if you are paying a player a significant amount of money to perform to a level that he has performed to in the past then the right course of action is not to DFA such a player when he is pitching poorly. At the very least you could shrink down his impact on the game while he is working things out. Pitch him in mop up duty or even as part of a long relief crew, but don't pitch him in a 5-3 ball game when the leverage is arguably the highest in the entire game.
At that point it is the manager's fault for placing Cordero in that situation. Cordero doesn't get to choose where he pitches and pitching him in close games only exacerbates the problem by bringing it front and centre to both the fans and the media.
To my detriment, you can decree a Cordero DFA all you want, but Cordero can be a better pitcher than what he is now, Anthopoulous knows that, Farrell knows that. Also if you want to DFA Cordero then who do you propose as a replacement? Scott Richmond? Shawn Hill? Joel Carreno? Chad Beck?
The other options may seem good, but there is also a reason those pitchers are in AAA. Us fans may not be able to recognize their true talent level because we haven't seen them in the majors in a significant capacity. The Blue Jays front office on the other hand has multiple people scouting their players and they are able to have a much better barometer of the players' respective talent levels.
Ultimately blame Cordero for what he has done and that is pitch poorly, but don't blame him for the plethora of factors that have contributed to the cornucopia of Cordero hate. Finally regarding specifically Thursday night's performance there is one last thing I'd like to say…
Special thanks to @SMcEwen_eh and @Mentoch on Twitter for helping to fight the good fight in calming people's reactions last night as well as providing a couple of ideas for this post. If you're not already following them then go do so right now.
How to Go About "Going For It"0
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On Saturday Jon Morosi had an interesting column over at Fox Sports that included a couple key quotes from Blue Jays superstar Jose Bautista. The quote that was most notable (and most tweeted (over and over and over)) was the one in which the star player of a baseball team urges his front office to and I quote "go for it". Shocker.
You may think this is going to be some angry blog post talking about how much I disagree with Jose Bautista, but actually for once I agree with a player's belief that the Jays should "go for it". Depending on your fandom and optimism levels you might think I'm A) A Homer or B) An Idiot, but I can assure you that I am neither.
The subset reasoning behind such a belief is that as stupid as it may sound the Jays need to appease the fan base. In most cases the blogger and sabrmetrician in me would scoff at such a statement and probably tell myself to throw away such a cockamamy idea never to be gazed upon again. However in this particular case there is a couple of things I would like to point out.
The Blue Jays average attendance this year sits firmly at 27,285 people per game. Last year the Blue Jays average attendence going in to the 40th home game of the season was only 21,152 people per game and that number only rose to 22,446 by the end of the 2011 season. The Blue Jays attendance this year is the highest it has been since 2008.
As well not only has the attendance been better, but so too has the influence. There were a couple of stories at the beginning of the year highlighting the fact that the Blue Jays were the talk of the town and to at least my surprise that interest has seemed to have carried through thus far. People are coming down to the ballpark once again and even if the Blue Jays don't make the playoffs this year, then at the very least they should make it seem like they tried.
You see attendance to any form of ongoing entertainment is like a plant. The interest that there has been in the Blue Jays this year is like a seed and in order to grow that seed into a plant that seed must be cultured and grown. In order to continue the positive trends in attendance the Blue Jays need to win and at this point in order to win they are going to need to do something at the deadline.
One direction to take could be similar to that of the 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates who last year remained within 5 games of a playoff throughout the course of July. Seeing their position and their team the Pirates stayed away from names like Beltran, Pence, Bourn and instead settled for a couple of lower key free agents in Ryan Ludwick and Derrek Lee.
Another possibility is to do something similar to the 2008 Brewers who remained within 3 games of a playoff spot throughout July of 2008. Come deadline time they made a couple of big moves to get C.C. Sabathia and Ray Durham. Their trade deadline acquisitions along with their already potent team pushed them to their first playoff berth in 26 years.
In the Pirates case they assessed that their team was probably over performing. In response they made a couple of moves to appease the fans' interest, but didn't put the interest over the importance of retaining their top prospects. In the Brewers case they assessed that their team was playing to their potential, made the moves necessary to push them into the playoffs, then reaped the rewards of a playoff birth.
Now where do the Jays fit into all of this? Well for starters the Jays sure aren't the 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates and probably lie much much closer to the '08 Brewers on a talent level. The thing that sets the Jays apart is on an ease of a path to the playoffs level, the Jays have a lot more to overcome.
Not only do they have to overcome a 2.5 game deficit in the always tough AL East, but after what happened in June it looks like they will have to do without Hutchison and Drabek for most if not all of the season. As well they'll be without Brandon Morrow, who was pitching quite brilliantly, for a few more starts at the very least. On top of all that as we saw on Monday, Ricky Romero simply isn't Ricky Romero anymore. Or at least he hasn't been thus far and isn't really showing any signs of improvement.
That leaves the Jays with no starters that they can 'trust' until Morrow comes back and that assumes that he comes back the same as he left, which probably isn't the most realistic possibility. As well Including Romero, none of the current Blue Jays starters has a career FIP below 4.00 and the staff as a whole has a 15.8 K% which ranks 4th last in the league.
On top of all that the bullpen that many praised for its depth and quality in the preseason hasn't really performed up to par. Part of that is due to the fact that 'Capital C Closer' and really good relief pitcher Sergio Santos has only pitched 5 innings this year, but the fact that the Blue Jays bullpen has given up the most home runs per nine innings of any team in the league sure hasn't helped.
That is why despite my homeristic inclination to say that the Jays should go all out and trade for Zack Greinke or Cole Hamels or whoever else is available, I am reluctant because I can see the potential road blocks and risks that could very easily outweigh the slim potential for the reward of a playoff spot.
That doesn't mean that the Jays should stand pat at the deadline, instead why not go the same route that the Pirates took last year. Trade for a starting pitcher in the ilk of Jeremy Guthrie and maybe a couple bullpen pieces. Make a push for the playoffs, but don't sacrifice the future. It is easier said than done, but with Anthopoulos at the helm it can happen.
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In baseball managers seem to play a significant role in the team. The managers manage the players, they manage the game and some fans would argue that they are the glue that holds a team together.
As a member of the more forward thinking baseball community I'm well aware that the little things that we can observe form managers like lineup cards and pitching changes is a very small percentile of the job in its entirety. However because those things are all that we can see they are also all the we can criticize.
In 2011 one could argue that there was quite a bit to criticize with Blue Jays Manager John Farrell. It seemed he had trouble identifying his pitcher's strengths in the bullpen and didn't give two shits about who was where in the Jays lineup.
At the beginning of the 2011 season, Farrell continually put Octavio Dotel up against left handers, when at that point he was pitching like a ROOGY. Furthermore, countless times he put Adam Lind in the cleanup spot against left handers despite Lind being the 6th worse hitter against lefties in the past decade (according to wRC+).
As the year wore and rookies were called up from the minors things didn't exactly improve. Farrell hit Eric Thames in the 2 hole whilst he was slumping and Brett Lawrie anywhere from 5-8 whilst he was hitting like one of the best players in the league. I digress.
Though Matthew Kory's (@MattyMatty2000) poop joke algorithm has declared John Farrell's managerial decisions as poop on the scale of 1-Poop, one must remember one thing. That thing is that last year John Farrell was a Rookie manager. As any Rookie player would do, a Rookie manager also makes mistakes.
What I find more important, which is also what scouts look for in a Rookie is improvement. This year Farrell seems to have improved to levels unimaginable. For one there is not a bullpen decision of his this year that has been too out of line. For another it seems he finally realizes what Adam Lind is…a platoon player.
In response to his newfound recognition of Lind's true abilities (or lack thereof) Farrell has taken to dropping Lind in the batting order and sometimes even benching him when the Jays are facing a lefty starter.
Furthermore, what has been described as a managerial trend in this short season and something Farrell seems to have embraced are shifts. If you have watched any number of the Jays games this season you probably have witnessed these shifts.
Particularly against lefties the Jays have played two different shifts. One shift where the SS, 2B, and 1B players all stay in their regular position, but Brett Lawrie over at third has moved into shallow right field. Another shift has done the same thing except Lawrie was instead moved to a position straight up the middle.
I'm sure there have been other slight adjustments that my eyes, always distracted by watching the pristine pitching performances put on the by the Jays, have not captured. Though for the particular shifts described above, they have seemed to be relatively effective. On multiple occasions the ball has been hit directly to the shifted player resulting in an out and end to the inning.
All of these changes, all of this improvement is wonderful. Where as last year it looked like John Farrell could become the next Jim Tracy with his managerial decisions, this year he seems to be moving towards the ever eternal Joe Maddon managerial territory.
Although good managerial decisions don't necessarily add a whole lot to the success of a team, they sure don't hurt. With good managerial decisions the players are happy, the fans are happy, and newspapers have to write about something other than the bad decision the manager made last night…everybody wins.


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I haven't updated my diary in awhile. I've been going to quite a few dog shows over the year. So far I have 7 points and 1 major! That makes me about half way toward my championship.
This weekend I took Winner's Dog on Saturday for a point and on Sunday I took Best of Winners for two points. :)
Dad and I are working on Rally O, we did two trials this weekend but clearly neither of us are ready and we NQ'd in both trials. So we're going to work on that all winter and hopefully by spring we'll be ready to trial again! We need to be over prepared to compensate for nerves!
Dad and I enrolled in agility! We had our first class and boy did we have fun! We learned five obstacles and almost all of the training was using the method called "Shaping". That's my favorite way to train! I get lots of treats an I get to use my brain trying to figure out what Dad wants from me that will earn me the next one! I would much rather learn like that than have them tell me what to do without explaining why first. I'd rather find out why on my own!
So we had a great time and Mom & Dad think I'm really smart! Mom posted a video of my first class and each obstacle as I learned them. We had a great time and can't wait until the next class!
This weekend March 5th & 6th I have a dog show to go to. Then the next day, Monday is agility! I'm a busy pup!!
Today I graduated from puppy 3 class at Proper Paws University where Me, Mom & Dad train. I had to perform all the elements of a CGC test and though I wouldn't have passed a test I got to learn what we need to work on. I am just WAY too friendly and I can't seem to stay seated when someone comes to greet me. I have to jump on them!! After all shouldn't they know how happy I am to see them?? And I want to play with other dogs not sit next to dad while they walk by... oh no! Not me!!
So... I guess that is where Mom & Dad need to focus. I'm good at loose leash walking, I'm good an pretty much all the other elements but I just have to learn some self control before I'm ready for that CGC test. We'll get there!
As for now, its fun to have passed another class. March 1st 2010 I start an agility foundations class!!! How fun is that???
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Cause-related marketing is about motivating people to change their behavior. Frequently the motivating carrot involves money going to a cause. But not always.
For instance, in the campaign on the left from
, the American mobile phone company and a division of the European Union's largest telecommunication company, Deutsch Telekom AG.
This is from the newsletter called 'scoop' that came with T-Mobile's March 2008 billing statement.
When you switch to paperless billing, T-Mobile, in conjunction with the
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The tree planting is concentrated in the region around New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and areas of Southern California which were denuded of trees by the fires of 2007.
The creative, from the March 2008 statement is clean and bright, if a little visually cliché. I'd prefer a photo of an actual tree-planting event with volunteers scattered all over a mountain or up and down a New Orleans street. And the offer is clear and easy to understand. It's a simple matter to switch to paperless billing at the T-Mobile site by following the
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I have two nits to pick, however:
Normally with cause-related marketing I advocate a deadline to impel action. And indeed the deadline to this offer is April 25. But in a case like this where T-Mobile would really prefer to have all its subscribers switch to paperless billing, the deadline seems more artificial than usual. Maybe the one-tree offer could be ongoing… like Campbell's
Labels for Education
campaign… while this offer could be for five trees to be planted if you sign up before April 25.
T-Mobile's website must have a cajillion pages, so finding the campaign is a challenge if you don't go straight to the sign up page. You can search on 'Arbor Day,' and 'tree planting,' 'paperless billing' and find the campaign, but not 'New Orleans,' or 'Southern California' or 'plant.' That's not T-Mobile's fault, that's just the inherent weakness of current search engines. The solution is to give the campaign some presence on the home page.
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ver the last decade, all measures of academic growth in the College of Science and Mathematics (CSAM) have increased significantly with a 45% rise in undergraduate enrollment, a 40% increase in graduate enrollment, a jump from 87 to 110 faculty members (with over 60% hired in this time frame), and remarkable growth in research grant support (see graph below for state and federal awards only between 2002 and 2012). $5,000,000
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report. Here, however, is a very brief summary of some of the awards from our faculty's activity just this year:
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As federal funds have become tighter in our strained economy, last year showed a drop in external funding from national and state granting agencies reflecting constrained budgets but, as the graph demonstrates, CSAM overall has seen a steady climb upward. Federal funding has come from NIH, NSF, NASA, DARPA, EPA and others. Similarly our outstanding partnerships with industry have been sustained and grown. Today we have research and programmatic support from DuPont, Celgene, Merck, Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, PSEG, and others. After years of growth, a full summary of the progress in scholarship and programming will take a separate
Drs. Nina Goodey, John Siekierka, and James Dyer and Cigdem Talgar have been awarded a $166,475 NSF-TUES grant titled "Incorporation of Research Skills into the Undergraduate Biochemistry Curriculum to Create Extraordinary Scientists for the Modern Research Environment". The grant provides support to fundamentally transform existing biochemistry laboratory curriculum at MSU to an approach that better simulates research and produces scientists for the modern research environment. The grant will run until January of 2016. 2010
Dr. Henk Eshuis was awarded a TURBOMOLE GmbH program development grant titled "Maintenance and development of the RIRPA module and application to alkane metathesis". Free access to the source code of the electronic structure method program TURBO-MOLE is granted for the duration of two years. Dr. Eshuis will use the development license to maintain and extend the program module RIRPA, which incorporates all functionality related to the Random Phase Approximation, a method he developed in previous research. The program will be used by his group to study the metathesis of alkanes and olefins in homogeneous Continued on page 9
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Dear Patrick: What is the matter with you? Why didn't you have your Liturgy Cop Police Scanner on this morning and catch this photo for immediate commentary and condemnation? Me and Longenecker were down at Dunkin Donuts getting breakfast and you were supposed to be monitoring the internet for all signs of liturgical abuse! Do I have to do everything around here?
To My Partners in Evil, Patrick Coffin and Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Related posts from Catholic and Enjoying It!:
- Hezekiah Garrett
Is that a pan of Salisbury Steak in front of Padre's altar?
- D.T. McCameron
Of a Swanson-y mircrowavable type origin?
- Newp Ort
I was thinking Italian Beef. would you like your Eucharist dry or dipped? I'm a big fan of the Christ and sausage combo with sweet peppers.
Also: I bet the tabernacle is the shelf in the entertainment center where they used to have a VCR.
- Jeffrey Liss
Quick! To the Rubricmobile!
- Jordan
I laughed so hard at your comment, Jeff.
- Patrick Coffin
Best. Post. Today.
- James H, London
Just doesn't have quite the right ring to it…
- Andy
Who are these people? I mean that in all seriousness. Where do they come from? More important why are they now here? I looked at the entire site – wow – talk about issues —
I guess i Have lead a sheltered life or have missed some of the lowlights of the Catholic internet. I am not sure thanks for posting is what I want to say, but it works- I never realized the depth of people's problems in this area before.
- Rebecca Fuentes
Oh, there's nothing like internet Catholicism to make one realize what heretics we all are. I once thought that carpet was just a personal choice that helped keep the church floor from being too cold, but I've learned better. I've repented of ever enjoying piano music during the liturgy, and by golly, my kids will learn not to even crack a smile during the sign of peace, much less actually touch anyone!
- Mary E.
Piano music, sigh . . . . I learned recently that even Palestrina is considered "beyond the pale" in some quarters. Here, I was raised by my musician father to believe that Palestrina had written some of the greatest sacred music ever, but evidentally, it's Gregorian chant or nothing.
Just to eliminate any misunderstanding, I love Gregorian chant, but nothing but Gregorian chant? That prospect makes me sad. I guess I am shallow.
- Rebecca Fuentes
Some of the opinions I've run across, particularly about music, seem very Euro-centric. I always wonder what place the native music of new cultures has in the liturgy. Europe and the Church grew up together, so to speak, but as the Church moved further into Africa, Central and Latin America, and Asia and the Philippines, surely people didn't have to eliminate their culture and music to convert or be faithful.
- http://janalynmarie.blogspot.com/ Beadgirl
I've noticed an odd fixation on instruments, too. I understand how some music may not have lyrics appropriately sacred or appropriately orthodox, but instruments are just tools for making music. I get not liking the sound of some instruments because of personal taste or cultural bias, but to actually say that a particular instrument can never be used during Mass? I don't understand that at all.
- Rebecca Fuentes
Well, I'd be worried if our music ministry showed up with electric guitars . . .
- http://janalynmarie.blogspot.com/ Beadgirl
I admit it would sound very odd to me, because I am used to organs and bells (and pianos), but I can't come up with a reason why electric guitars are *inherently* wrong.
- Rebecca Fuentes
We need to plan a trip to the cathedral sometime. My kids have never had a chance to see it or hear the gorgeous pipe organ there. It's worth an out-of-town trip.
- ivan_the_mad
That decision resides with the "competent territorial authority". Sacrosanctum Concilium:
120. In the Latin Church the pipe organ is to be held in high esteem, for it is the traditional musical instrument which adds a wonderful splendor to the Church's ceremonies and powerfully lifts up man's mind to God and to higher things.
But other instruments also may be admitted for use in divine worship, with the knowledge and consent of the competent territorial authority, as laid down in Art. 22, 52, 37, and 40. This may be done, however, only on condition that the instruments are suitable, or can be made suitable, for sacred use, accord with the dignity of the temple, and truly contribute to the edification of the
- http://janalynmarie.blogspot.com/ Beadgirl
Ha ha, I should have known the Catholic Church would have a rule. But as worded, it does allow for "competent territorial authority" to approve of an electric guitar. Which gets back to the cultural issue — what the community is used to, and comes to expect.
- ivan_the_mad
This amateur agrees with your assessment.
- JS Frederick
One of the things that brought me back to Catholicism was that the music at the church I went to had a distinct "U2" ish sound to it. So… next Sunday I'll have to see if there is an electric guitar involved. Awesome vocals. To be sure, the music augments the feelings I already had, not cheapens them.
- Rebecca Fuentes
I think your last sentence is really the most important thing. The music MUST point to God and the Eucharist, not detract or distract from it. Of course, different people find different things uplifting or distracting.
- Stu
But…Musican Sacram which was a clarifying document after the Council went on to say:
63. In permitting and using musical instruments, the culture and traditions of individual peoples must be taken into account. However, those instruments which are, by common opinion and use, suitable for secular music only, are to be altogether prohibited from every liturgical celebration and from popular devotions.
Any musical instrument permitted in divine worship should be used in such a way that it meets the needs of the liturgical celebration, and is in the interests both of the beauty of worship and the edification of the faithful.
- http://janalynmarie.blogspot.com/ Beadgirl
"by common opinion and use" — which will vary by country, culture, and generation. That's my only point. There was a time when organs weren't used at all during Masses (and, if my quick and dirty research was accurate, apparently a time when instruments of any kind were a no-no).
- Stu
What's interesting to ponder about that notion is in the current climate where Pope Francis is speaking much of simplicity, nothing is more simple than chant. No instruments needed and chant notation is very easy for lay people to pick up and read. It truly is beautiful in it's simplicity and pure offering to God.
Perhaps those who went before us were on to something.
- http://janalynmarie.blogspot.com/ Beadgirl
I'd LOVE it if my parish were able to incorporate some chanting.
- Stu
They can. Does it take effort? Of course. But I can say that my parish has managed to grow it's own schola and they sound great. The challenge in the beginning is finding someone who can mentor.
Folks at ccwatershed may be able to help.
- Andy, Bad Person
Everyone focuses on the "common opinion and use" for their exceptions, but no one pays attention to the clear statement being made here that, yes, there are instruments that are unsuitable for the liturgy. I challenge people to name one. The documents make it clear that they exist.
Furthermore, while "common opinion and use" throws the whole discussion into the purely subjective, "the beauty of worship" and "the needs of the liturgical celebration" are not so much so.
- Stu
I think you hit on the point that should make people think. When attempting to justify an instrument and making the case that it is not "suitable for secular music only", the next question should be, "well, then let's discuss what instruments are "suitable for secular music only". Clearly the Church has something in mind, so what are they?
- Andy, Bad Person
The discussion needs to go deeper than that. Not only does the Church have something in mind, but we need to come to the agreement: What are those instruments that cannot be made suitable for liturgy? Why not? This discussion isn't to start a musical witch hunt; it's to find the mind of the Church on this matter. There is lots of room for freedom, but there are also some boundaries.
The problem is that there are people on one side that have nothing but very narrowly defined boundaries, and people on the other side that have no boundaries at all.
- Dan F.
Clearly the CHurch has something in mind, so what are they?
I'm not sure that is so. I think the language allows for the possibility but is deliberately vague leaving it up to the local bishop to make a decision fitting to his flock. It gives the background for a bishop to say "No Kazoos allowed during Mass." but doesn't require specifics.
I would suggest that in our current culture that there are very few to none instruments that couldn't be baptized but that there are likely some which would be difficult to baptize. An electric guitar with devil horns perhaps might be difficult (but not necessarily all electric guitars); or perhaps any instrument playing "Gather Us In" or "Make of our hands a throne" or "Blest are They" (it being the music making the instruments unsuitable, not the other way around).
- Stu
So when the document was written in the 60s, which instruments were "secular" and what has changed to make then not "secular?"
- Dan F.
I'm not sure that there can be a definitive answer to that (and I'm certainly glad that I'm not the one who would have to make it.)
In general the complaint is usually that a 'folk mass' or 'youth mass' is using 'secular' instruments. I can say truthfully that I have heard electric guitars (and accompanying ensemble) "accord with the spirit of the liturgical action" as well as heard an organ which was incredibly distracting and grating.
- Stu
So be it. Yet Holy Mother Church has standards. And what I see unfortunately is people simply bypassing them based upon what they personally think sounds good.
- Dan F.
Indeed, and people attempting to enforce them in the same manner. Which is why I go back to my original statement – I'm glad I'm not the bishop. 😉
- Stu
Actually, I have seen attempt to educate using all manner of justification from the Church. CC Watershed lays out a very thorough explanation. I think trying to understand it is a better approach than simply ignoring it.
- jcb
I've always kind of hated the pipe organ. It makes me feel like I'm being stabbed in the eardrums. I guess my eardrums are not quite thinking with the mind of the Church, musically speaking.
- ivan_the_mad
ANATHEMA SIT … or de gustibus, whichever 😉
- said she
This is so true!! I've even been blessed to hear guitar – played in Classical style – bringing us the beauty of wonderful sacred music in a new way. Performed with skill and reverence, any respectable instrument can be worthy of use in the liturgy. (Kazoos – never.)
- Fabio Paolo Barbieri
I guess Psalm 150 has fallen out of some people's Bible.
- ivan_the_mad
They don't, they can integrate their musical tradition. Sacrosanctum Concilium:
119. In certain parts of the world, especially mission lands, there are peoples who have their own musical traditions, and these play a great part in their religious and social life. For this reason due importance is to be attached to their music, and a suitable place is to be given to it, not only in forming their attitude toward religion, but also in adapting worship to their native genius, as indicated in Art. 39 and 40.
Therefore, when missionaries are being given training in music, every effort should be made to see that they become competent in promoting the traditional music of these peoples, both in schools and in sacred services, as far as may be practicable.
I tried leaving a message a few weeks ago on another site when Disqus was being a pain and not working/loading on that point. People are freaking about black shoes vs red, ermine vs none, and wanting the pomp and circumstance of Renaissance Europe. Yet in Europe, the faith is disappearing and it's growing in non-European cultures. Cultures that embrace things like liturgical dance, music that isn't European, languages that aren't Latin based, etc. and art that isn't European. I guess the Church should force a European culture on them. Well, it's been tried before and failed. I suspect those folks would be screaming at St. Paul about circumsion and Jewish food choices. On a historical note, Fr. Ricci back in the 17th c (I think) used Chinese dress and language when he went to China. He had a great deal of success until someone comnplained to the pope and he was told to switch to European clothes and Latin. Imagine if he had been allowed to continue – China could have been Catholic centuries ago.
- Andy, Bad Person
The "Euro-centric" label has definitely been the go-to argument for those arguing against the primacy of Gregorian Chant. Chant is not the exclusive music of the liturgy, but the documents are clear that it should be given pride of place.
What "pride of place" looks like is certainly a matter for legitimate discussion, but let's not pretend like that's really the problem with liturgical music today. We don't have throngs of parishes excluding everything but Gregorian Chant, but we do have an overwhelming majority that doesn't hear a note (or neume) of chant, ever.
We can discuss what "pride of place" means, but reasonable people should admit that Gregorian Chant doesn't have it.
- Rebecca Fuentes
You're right. I would guess that many Catholics have never had a chance to listen to Gregorian chant live, and that many don't think of it as music for the liturgy. Actually, I would guess that most Catholics don't think about the music in mass unless the cantor happens to pick a song they particularly love or hate.
I don't know, personally, how to start turning some attention back to chant (as I have great appreciation, but no talent, for music, especially singing on-key). It's a much more do-able change for our small parish, as it doesn't rely on certain instruments, but I also have no idea how many people it would take, or if our handful of music ministers would even consider it.
I only get really bothered when "pride of place" seems to mean, "Nothing but".
- Andy, Bad Person
I only get really bothered when "pride of place" seems to mean, "Nothing but".
Agreed, because while our liturgical documents do grant GC with pride of place, they also clearly allow for other forms of music. GC exclusivists are mostly an online phenomenon. I can count on one hand how many parishes I know of, nationwide, that do nothing but chant.
And I'm pretty plugged in to the liturgical music world.
- Rebecca Fuentes
I suppose the most sensible approach would be to suggest trying it for one of the more special masses or feast days, such as the Easter Vigil or Midnight Mass at Christmas, when we are more likely to have a few more people in the choir and a sense of musical adventure.
- ivan_the_mad
No, not just chant. Sacrosanctum Concilium:
116. The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services.
But other kinds of sacred music, especially polyphony, are by no means excluded from liturgical celebrations, so long as they accord with the spirit of the liturgical action, as laid down in Art. 30.
For reference, Art. 30:
30. To promote active participation, the people should be encouraged to take part by means of acclamations, responses, psalmody, antiphons, and songs, as well as by actions, gestures, and bodily attitudes. And at the proper times all should observe a reverent silence.
- frdlongenecker
I'm being stoned by the traddies and the trendies at the moment. This is confirmation that I am getting it just about right…
- Newp Ort
Don't get ahead of yourself it means you're doing at least one thing right.
- http://voxcantor.blogspot.com Vox Cantoris
Not really Father. The name-calling and labeling is uncharitable and rude and it needs to stop.
- chezami
*There's* that combination of obnoxious accusation, spiriitual superiority and butthurt self-pity that makes Traddery so appealing!
- Stu
You are always talking about "butthurt". Odd descriptor. Can't relate to it myself.
- ivan_the_mad
Internet slang. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/butthurt
- Beefy Levinson
"I give thanks to you, O Lord, that I am not like those awful, awful Trads," eh Mark?
- YouKnowWho
What do you expect from such a hypocrite? Claims superiority then marries such a "good catholic" girl? Such a disgrace to society!!
- Rebecca Fuentes
Once in college, Patrick Coffin accidentally sent me Lenten greetings out of the blue. It was an amazing bit of brightness in a rather dark semester.
- Patrick Coffin
Awkward moment. That was supposed to have been intentional…wry grin.
- Rebecca Fuentes
I have never forgotten to specify FRANCISCAN University of Steubenville since. 😀
- Patrick Coffin
Why are you people laughing? It stinks to high heaven in here of people enjoying themselves. STOP it, and don't stop stopping it until all gangsta rap everywhere is delivered in mellifluous Latin.
- chezami
- Faithr
Those kids are reclining, just like you are supposed to do at a Passover meal! LOL. Actually if you look out the windows it is dark so I bet this happened either early in the a.m. or late at night and those kids are tired and some well meaning adult decided that Father should say an quick home mass in the family room. I actually find the picture kind of sweet. But I do find the pan of whatever it is rather disturbing!
- Athelstane
This isn't a Mass, is it? Is it a pantomime of some kind?
- chezami
Hard to say. Could be some Episcopalian thing. The blog author isn't real interested in accuracy. He just wanted to use the pic to land a punch in intense Christian charity.
- Stu
And you aided and abetted the effort Mark. With all of your digs at so-called "traditionalists", you really seem to make an effort to go find this stuff on the Internet. You go looking for it and find it on obscure blogs that no one really reads. What's worse? The person who does such things or the one who feels compelled to go looking for it all over the web. But hey, you just wanted to use the post to land a punch of your own.
Mission Accomplished!
- Ron Van Wegen
I went to his site and I'll be staying there. I don't think you really get it Mark and I've been reading you for years.
- bear
And you have landed a second. You seem to believe you know this blogger's heart, but do you remember your own from just two months ago?
- chezami
I don't claim to read his heart. I claim to read his post.
- bear
Wrong. "He just wanted…" Is a statement of knowlledge of his intent and of what was in his heart when he wrote.
- http://voxcantor.blogspot.com Vox Cantoris
Thanks for the link, bud.
- Rugratmd
I don't think this infighting amongst Catholics does anything to edify the body of Christ. What a shame when good people are reduced to tossing insults at people who don't share their point of view.
- Rugratmd
Or better yet, I'll let St. John Vianney speak:
"All our religion is but a false religion, and all our virtues are mere illusions and we ourselves are only hypocrites in the sight of God, if we have not that universal charity for everyone–for the good, and for the bad, for the poor and for the rich, and for all those who do us harm as much as those who do us good."
- Loretta
Okay, so I looked. Okay, so I was offended. Don't feed the troll.
- GK Student
Being a fallen away catholic, though I toto mass asking God to deliver me from every peril of danger as literal as a tow truck lifted my car out of the side of the road, I do believe there's a thing called justice. Gregorian chant is beauty and the slendor of the Church, the very bride of Christ. Gregorian chant holds a place in what manner sacred music should be held and to what manner worship extends to all people to love, to know, and serve God in the manner Mary is the model and image, and role for the Church,. Better, Mary magnifies Christ and His life to us to better enroll our lives in the Church. Mary is the prime example of to us what it means to love, to know, and serve God through His only begotten Son to be her firstborn in the same manner we are to be sons and daughters of Mary in being through her magnification of God's grace worked by the Holy Spirit which Mary is born and conceived without sin as Christ fulfilled for us through baptism.
- KW Traditional Catholic
Maybe if professional NeoCaths like Mark Shea and Patrick Coffin (are you really a street magician?) would stop condoning liturgical abuse it would stop happening. The Vatican thinks liturgical abuse is a serious matter so why do you make light of it?
- Stu
You know, there is an ongoing discussion right now, limited to the very small world called the Catholic blogosphere, about using terms like "Rad Trad" and "Mad Trad" or such terms that are used to marginalize groups of Catholics into and "us" versus "them" paradigm. "Neo Catholic" (NeoCath) is another such term that should go to the dustbin with the previous two.
I don't think it is fair to say that either of the gentleman you mention condone liturgical abuse. While it might not be a priority of theirs, to say they condone it is an overstretch.
The original post on the other blog was a dig at the host who unfortunately decided to return in kind. That's all.
- chezami
I don't make light of it. I make light of Phariseeism.
- jcb
The idea that some guys with blogs have it within their power to do anything at all that would cause liturgical abuse to "stop happening" seems a bit fanciful.
By which I of course mean no offense to our immensely powerful host.
All the infighting between Catholics is why I left the Latin Rite and moved to an Eastern Rite. Those who are entrenched in the new mass border on an outright refusal to see things that happen in the church that are not good(abuses in liturgy, watered down homilies, etc). And those entrenched in the EF refuse to believe anything good came from VII(cycle of readings, changeable parts in vernacular). All this shows is that it is problematic to have two separate liturgical rites within the latin church.
- johnnyc
Ah…the weekly advertisement for the cal 'mad trad' show. Be sure to tune in folks and listen as we promote division in the Church.


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