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Fox promotes false claim that 14th Amendment was not meant to apply to children of immigrants
Fox has repeatedly aired an Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce's (R) false claim that the 14th Amendment was "never" meant to apply to the children of "aliens, legal, or illegal." However, scholars, the Congressional Research Service, and the Supreme Court have concluded that the amendment applies to children born in the United States, regardless of their parents' immigration status.
Fox advances Pearce's false claims on 14th amendment
Van Susteren hosts Pearce, who declares that the 14th amendment "never intended" to apply to children born of "aliens, legal, or illegal." On the August 12 edition of Fox News' On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Pearce made several false and misleading claims about the 14th amendment, notably arguing that it was intended for African-Americans alone, and not "aliens, legal, or illegal."
From On the Record with Greta Van Susteren:
RUSSELL PEARCE (R-AZ): We have laws in this country. It's illegal to enter, illegal to remain. Yet we reward you with the birth, again, citizenship of those born called birthright citizenship. It was never intended to be a part of the 14th amendment. It'd be nice if people would get it right once in a while.
I mean, there's two Supreme Court decisions that make that clear. The debate, Howard Jacob - [Senator] Jacob Howards on the floor of the Senate, and Senator [Edgar] Cowan, in writing [inaudible] 1816 said this amendment does not apply to foreigners or aliens at all. Yet, we keep misapplying it. And that came from a court decision after the Slaughter-House and [Elk v. Wilkins] decision, which made it clear. And, like I said, the American Indians, there's no doubt where they were born, they were not considered citizens under the 14th amendment. Congress had to pass three times congressional acts recognizing the citizenship of the Indians.
VAN SUSTEREN: We can't get even equal rights -
PEARCE: It just has to be fixed.
VAN SUSTEREN: All right, we can't get equal rights for women in this country, so it seems profoundly unlikely to me that you're going to get a constitutional amendment to do way with the 14th Amendment. I just don't think it's going to happen because it's a tremendous [inaudible].
PEARCE: What we want to do is fix a bad policy, and a misapplication. It's an unconstitutional declaration of citizenship to those born to noncitizens. It was clear in the writing of the 14th Amendment, it never was applied that way initially. It became a policy later on that's been ignored. It's simply unconstitutional. And it was never meant to be. It was meant for the African-Americans and you know that. You know, it was written after a bad, bad decision, you know, that basically said African-Americans weren't humans. Congress rose up to the occasion [inaudible] the Dred Scott decision. And they said woah, let's pass the Civil Rights Act, 1866, that's not right. They did that. And they said let's go a step farther, let's do a 14th Amendment to protect them. They fixed a terrible wrong it was the right thing to do.
But that has been hijacked from the African-Americans. This was their amendment and didn't apply to anybody else. It applied to African-Americans for those whom we have jurisdiction, those five words that they love to leave out of the debate during that 14th amendment [inaudible] those whom we have jurisdiction. It was intended to fix a terrible wrong to give the African-Americans their rightful place at the table, recognize them legal, lawful citizens, not applied to aliens, legal, or illegal.
Fox & Friends advance Pearce's false claims during a report on calls to change the 14th Amendment. The August 13 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends uncritically aired Pearce's remarks from On the Record during a segment on calls to change the 14th Amendment so that it did not apply to children whose parents are in the country illegally.
In fact, the 14th Amendment does apply to U.S-born children of "aliens, legal or illegal"
Section 1 of the 14th Amendment [1] states:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
CRS: Congress "intended to extend U.S. citizenship" to everyone born in the U.S. regardless of "race, ethnicity or alienage of the parents." The Congressional Research Service (CRS) stated in a September 2005 report [2]:
Although the primary aim was to secure citizenship for African-Americans, the debates on the citizenship provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment indicate that they were intended to extend U.S. citizenship to all persons born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction regardless of race, ethnicity or alienage of the parents.
Supreme Court rejected claim that child born in the U.S. to foreigners was not a citizen. As CRS noted [3], the Supreme Court ruled in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark [4] (1898) that "where birth in the United States was clear, a child of Chinese parents was, in the Court's opinion, definitely a citizen under the Fourteenth Amendment, even though Chinese aliens were ineligible to naturalize under then-existing law."
The Court stated that long before the adoption of the 14th Amendment, "all white persons" born in the U.S., including children of "foreigners," were considered native-born citizens (provided that they were not "children of ambassadors or public ministers of a foreign government"), and that "[t]o hold that the Fourteenth Amendment [5] of the Constitution excludes from citizenship the children, born in the United States, of citizens or subjects of other countries would be to deny citizenship to thousands of persons of English, Scotch, Irish, German, or other European parentage who have always been considered and treated as citizens of the United States." The Court further stated:
The foregoing considerations and authorities irresistibly lead us to these conclusions: the Fourteenth Amendment [5] affirms the ancient and fundamental rule of citizenship by birth within the territory, in the allegiance and under the protection of the country, including all children here born of resident aliens, with the exceptions or qualifications (as old as the rule itself) of children of foreign sovereigns or their ministers, or born on foreign public ships, or of enemies within and during a hostile occupation of part of our territory, and with the single additional exception of children of members of the Indian tribes owing direct allegiance to their several tribes.
It does not appear to have been suggested in either House of Congress that children born in the United States of Chinese parents would not come within the terms and effect of the leading sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment [5].
Doubtless, the intention of the Congress which framed and of the States which adopted this Amendment of the Constitution must be sought in the words of the Amendment, and the debates in Congress are not admissible as evidence to control the meaning of those words. But the statements above quoted are valuable as contemporaneous opinions of jurists and statesmen upon the legal meaning of the words themselves, and are, at the least, interesting as showing that the application of the Amendment to the Chinese race was considered, and not overlooked.
Historian Eric Foner: Pearce's claim that 14th Amendment was only based on African-Americans is "completely false." Colombia University historian Eric Foner stated during the August 2 edition [6] of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees that it's "not true" that the 14th Amendment was not intended to apply to the children of aliens, adding, "The 14th Amendment was debated for months, and the wording was very, very carefully worked out. If they had meant to exclude any kind of people, aliens, children of aliens, they would have done so." Foner further stated of the Citizenship Clause:
FONER: It was primarily to establish this unquestionable citizenship of African-Americans, which, before the Civil War, the Dred Scott decision has said no black person could be a citizen.
But it was also to create a national standard of citizenship for everybody, not just black people, children of immigrants, Irish immigrants, anybody. As you said before, it was debated about the Chinese on the West Coast. Everybody understood that this meant all persons born in the United States, with a couple of exceptions.
It didn't apply to Native Americans, because they were like members of their own little nations, their tribes, and it didn't apply to like children of diplomats born in an embassy or something like that.
COOPER: So, when those argue -- when -- the people who argue that this only was based on African-Americans, that's simply not true?
FONER: That's completely false. That's completely false
Moreover, Senate debate at the time shows Congress explicitly recognized impact of 14th amendment on "aliens"
Sen. Jacob Howard, Republican of Michigan, proposed the Citizenship Clause and stated [7] on May 30, 1866:
Mr. HOWARD: This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States.
Following Howard's statement, senators went on to debate whether it was wise to extend citizenship to the children of foreigners. During the May 30, 1866, Senate debate over Howard's proposed Citizenship Clause to the 14th Amendment, several senators discussed whether it was a good idea to extend citizenship to the children of foreigners, as Media Matters for America has noted [8]. The debate indicates that they believed the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of foreigners. For instance, Sen. Edgar Cowan of Pennsylvania, who voted against the 14th Amendment, aired his concerns that Chinese immigrants would overrun California. And Sen. John Conness of California stated:
The proposition before us, I will say, Mr. President, relates simply in that respect to the children begotten of Chinese parents in California, and it is proposed to declare that they shall be citizens. We have declared that by law; now it is proposed to incorporate the same provision in the fundamental instrument of the nation. I am in favor of doing so. I voted for the proposition to declare that the children of all parentage whatever, born in California, should be regarded and treated as citizens of the United States, entitled to equal civil rights with other citizens of the United States.
Former Thomas clerk: Repeal proponents' interpretation of Howard's statement "renders completely meaningless the subsequent dialogue," and "nothing" indicates "drafters intended to draw distinctions between different categories of aliens." James C. Ho [9], the solicitor general of Texas who previously clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, worked in the Bush administration, and served as chief counsel to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), wrote [10] in 2006 that "no Senator disputed the meaning of the amendment with respect to alien children" and "nothing in text or history suggests that the drafters intended to draw distinctions between different categories of aliens." Ho further wrote:
Repeal proponents contend that history supports their position.
First, they quote Howard's introductory remarks to state that birthright citizenship "will not, of course, include ... foreigners." But that reads Howard's reference to "aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers" out of the sentence. It also renders completely meaningless the subsequent dialogue between Senators Cowan and Conness over the wisdom of extending birthright citizenship to the children of Chinese immigrants and Gypsies.
Legal scholar Garrett Epps: Restrictionist reading of Howard's statement is "strained." Legal scholar Garrett Epps wrote in a recent working paper [11] that "a review of the legislative debates" indicates that the Citizenship Clause "was designed to exclude two and only two groups" -- children of diplomats and "members of Indian tribes who maintained quasi-sovereign status." Epps further wrote: "Originalism is often advanced as a methodology that holds promise for clarifying unclear portions of constitutional text or for filling lacunae in the document. That is not the use to which it is being put in the context of the Citizenship Clause. Here, the originalist claim is in essence that seemingly clear words mean something other than what they say; that the language was adopted with mental reservation or qualification that should prevent our giving them their plain meaning." Referring to Howard's statement, Epps wrote in a footnote:
Professor Mayton reads this language as excluding the children of two classes of aliens from birthright citizenship: first, all "consular personnel," and, second, "aliens." That is, we should construe Howard as meaning that the citizenship clause will exclude the "two classes," consisting in essence of 1) the children of all foreigners and 2) the children of some foreigners. Professor Mayton considers his thesis confirmed because "at that time no objection was made." The most logical inference to this reader is that no one objected because no one understood it in the strained way that Professor Mayton does. In descending so to the level of grammatical parsing, I feel that we in [are] in danger of leaving the world of constitutional history and entering some kind of Da Vinci-code alternate universe. That is, can we really suppose that this one ambiguous phrase spoken by one Senator, no matter how read, can supply us with a code key to general language adopted by both Houses of Congress and the legislatures of two-thirds of the States?
CAC chief counsel: "The language [Howard] used strongly suggests he was describing a single excluded class, limited to families of diplomats." Elizabeth Wydra, the chief counsel of the Constitutional Accountability Center, a progressive legal group, wrote [12] in May 2009 that Howard was likely referring only to "families of diplomats" and not to "foreigners, aliens" generally:
Opponents of birthright citizenship also cite a statement by Senator Howard, who introduced the language of the Citizenship Clause, that the amendment would "not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons." But if Howard was intending to list several categories of excluded persons (e.g., foreigners, aliens or families of diplomats) he could have said so. The language he used strongly suggests he was describing a single excluded class, limited to families of diplomats.
This interpretation of the Reconstruction Framers' views on the classes of persons excluded from birthright citizenship is clarified by a statement made just six days prior to Senator Howard's introduction of the Citizenship Clause. In an exchange on the Senate floor, Senator Wade acknowledged a colleague's suggestion that some persons born on U.S. soil might not be automatically granted citizenship, stating "I know that is so in one instance, in the case of the children of foreign ministers who reside 'near' the United States, in the diplomatic language." He went on to explain that children of foreign ministers were exempt not because of an "allegiance" or consent reason, but because there is a legal fiction that they do not actually reside on U.S. soil: "By a fiction of law such persons are not supposed to be residing here, and under that fiction of law their children would not be citizens of the United States." In light of the legislative history described above, it is highly unlikely that Senator Howard's comment regarding foreign diplomats means what opponents to birthright citizenship claim. A single comment plucked out of context should not be used to sweep aside the overwhelming text, history, and principles that point to the opposite conclusion.
Former Thomas clerk disputes claim that early Supreme Court rulings support case against birthright citizenship for "aliens"
Ho explains that neither Slaughter-House, nor Elk v. Wilkins support case for repeal. In 2006, Ho disputed claims that Supreme Court rulings in Slaughter-House and Elk v. Wilkins, which Pearce referenced on Fox, provided support to repeal the 14th Amendment. Ho wrote [10]:
Repeal proponents seek refuge in earlier judicial precedents. As detailed by the two dissenting justices in Wong Kim Ark, the Court did suggest a contrary view in the Slaughter-House Cases (1872), as well as in Elk v. Wilkins (1884).
First, repeal proponents cite a single sentence in Slaughter-House, stating that "[t]he phrase, 'subject to its jurisdiction' was intended to exclude from its operation children of ministers, consuls, and citizens or subjects of foreign States born within the United States." But that case did not actually implicate the Citizenship Clause, so this passage is pure dicta. Moreover, the Court immediately backed away from this assertion just two years later in Minor v. Happersett. That same year, Justice Field (a Slaughter-House dissenter) adopted jus soli while riding circuit in In re Look Tin Sing, wholly disregarding the Slaughter-House dicta. And the Court itself, in Wong Kim Ark, disparaged the Slaughter-House statement as "wholly aside from the question in judgment, and from the course of reasoning bearing upon that question," and "unsupported by any argument, or by any reference to authorities."
Elk v. Wilkins fares no better. Elk involved Indians, not aliens, and it merely confirmed what we already knew from the 1866 Senate debate: that Indians are not constitutionally entitled to birthright citizenship. Repeal proponents hasten to point out that references to "allegiance" can be found in Elk, just as they can be found in the Senate debate. But again, these stray comments do not detract from the analysis. To the contrary, Elk specifically endorsed the view, later adopted in Wong Kim Ark, that foreign diplomats are uniquely excluded from the Citizenship Clause. That is unsurprising, for both Elk and Wong Kim Ark were authored by the same justice: Horace Gray. Repeal proponents thus find themselves in the awkward position of endorsing Justice Gray's majority views in Elk but distancing themselves from Justice Gray's majority views in Wong Kim Ark. Such tension can be avoided simply by taking Elk at face value - and by accepting Wong Kim Ark as the law of the land.
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- Fox News Channel [13]
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- Greta Van Susteren [14]
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- FOX & Friends [15], On The Record with Greta Van Susteren [16]


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Today's News Synopsis:
S&P claims home prices fell 5.1% year over year. Freddie will allow servicers to reduce or suspend mortgage payments for up to 12 months for borrowers in disaster areas. AOL Real Estate is becoming one of the most popular real estate websites.
In The News:
CNN – "Home prices: 'Double-dip' confirmed" (5-31-11)
"Home prices hit another new low in the first quarter, down 5.1% from a year ago to levels not reached since 2002."
Bloomberg – "Rising Housing Rents Risk U.S. Inflation" (5-31-11)
"For all the attention given to almost $4-a-gallon gas, the biggest threat to containing U.S. inflation may be the shift away from homeownership, which is pushing up the cost of leases across the nation's 38 million rented residences. Shelter represents about 40 percent of the consumer price index excluding food and energy and accounted for almost one quarter of the 1.3 percentage point rise in April."
Housing Wire – "Freddie Mac offers mortgage relief to Midwest storm victims" (5-31-11)
"For borrowers living where President Obama declares major disaster areas, Freddie will give servicers the ability to reduce or suspend mortgage payments for up to 12 months. Each case will be individually evaluated."
Housing Wire – "Economists predict no immediate end to government debt purchases" (5-31-11)
"Economist Roger Meiners, a professor with the University of Texas at Arlington, says the day of reckoning has already come in a sense and some economists believe the government will have to continue buying debt regardless of whether or not it is referred to as quantitative easing. Several market observers say they expect a third round of government debt purchases."
Orange County Register – "L.A./O.C. home prices down 8th straight month" (5-31-11)
"L.A./O.C. prices were down 0.29% from February to March after falling 0.96% the previous month. March's dip was the smallest decline since September. L.A./O.C. prices were down — on a year-to-year basis – 1.66% in March. It was the fourth consecutive year-over-year drop but down from the 2.07% annual rate of decline seen in February."
Inman – "Top 10 real estate websites in April" (5-31-11)
"After rising from 16th to eighth position to break into the Hitwise top 10 in March, AOL Real Estate continued to boost its audience in April, rising to fifth place with a 2.91 percent market share in the real estate category, Hitwise said."
Realty Times – "10 Reasons to Sell" (5-31-11)
"Risk of Foreclosure. This is listed as number one because around one-third of all sales in today's current market are distressed properties. Many homeowners find themselves in mortgages they cannot afford, whether due to job loss or to rising monthly payments. It is far better for their credit score to sell or short sale before they are foreclosed upon."
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Senate Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension Linked to Keystone XL Pipeline
This morning the Senate voted by a wide margin, 89-10, on a very short term (2-month) extension of the payroll tax cut, bundling it with the need to decide in 60 days whether or not to move forward with the Keystone XL pipeline. The House may vote as soon as Monday.
As the Republican strategy became apparent earlier this month, President Obama announced he would reject linkage of the payroll tax issue with pipeline issue. Now is the time to hold the White House and the State Department to their November position that no permitting decision can be reached without additional study. A study with any integrity will reveal profound, negative consequences of the pipeline for human health, the environment, energy security and national security.
For a far-too-little-heard, national security perspective on the KXL, there's the November 10 public statement by Brigadier General Steven Anderson, former Chief Logistician in Iraq and Afghanistan, who stated: My experiences in Iraq convinced me that the greatest threat to our security is our over-reliance on oil and that Americans must immediately take steps to cut our petro-addiction before it's too late. The Keystone XL pipeline doesn't help. This pipeline would move dirty oil from Canada to refineries in Texas and would set back our renewable energy efforts for at least two decades, and do absolutely nothing to move us off Middle East oil, to our enemies' delight. It would ensure we maintain our oil addiction and delay making the tough decisions regarding energy production, management and conservation that we need to start making today.
So if they are forcing an early decision on the KXL – clearly the Republicans must be expediting a "no" answer.
Concerned citizens continue to pressure the White House to stand firm. This is the Administration's pivotal opportunity to say no to dirty oil and yes to the development of renewable energy.
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Artist's BiographySeattle based Jason McGerr has worked steadily for the past 17 years as a touring musician and educator both in the US and internationally . Since 2003, Jason's primary commitment has been with the band Death Cab For Cutie and he is featured on their latest albums, Transatlanticism and the 3 time Grammy nominated Plans. While not on tour with Death Cab, he has also been very involved as a session player, most recently with Canadian sister act Tegan and Sara, and the San Francisco based Matt Nathanson. His knowledge of equipment, recording and teaching have also been regularly requested by producers as a liaison between musician and engineer, helping to better the sounds and psychological approach to performing in the studio.
In addition to his busy schedule as a player, Jason has been a core staff member and private instructor at The Seattle Drum School of Music for the past 12 years. When time permits, he has a cliental of students that range in ages and are beginners to advanced players, including local and touring professionals. His clinics and performances have also been requested at The University Of The Arts in Philadelphia, and as a performer at The 2006 Modern Drummer Festival Weekend.


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Asheer Akram, an artist and sculptor of Pakistani descent, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1984. He and a group of artists and artisans from Kansas City, Missouri have started the "Pakistani Cargo Truck Initiative" – which is formatted around the visual aesthetic of the cargo trucks of Pakistan and the ideas that surround their intended purposes."We are building a cargo truck in the traditional Pakistani-style with a Midwest twist and a new function." Says Akram. "For this project we hav … [Read more...]
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Whitaker and Winn record double-doubles as the Tornados top the Cavaliers, 75-64January 5, 2009
Brevard dominates the glass as they out-rebound Montreat 39-24 on their way to victory
Brevard, N.C. - Amanda Whitaker led four Tornados in double-figures as the Brevard College women's basketball team survived a late-game scare by Montreat College to pick up their fourth win of the season, 75-64.
With the win, the Tornados (4-6, 0-2 SAC) improve to 3-1 in Boshamer Gymnasium, while the Cavaliers fall to 3-10, 0-4 in the AAC.
The teams swapped baskets in the first half, but the hustle of Holli Flippo kept several Brevard scoring chances alive. Montreat had a 13-12 lead at the 13:07 mark, but Samantha Winn put the Tornados up with a three-pointer from the top of the arc to give the Tornados a lead they would not give up in the first half. Brevard advanced their lead to seven as Amanda Whitaker put in four free throws to give the Tornados a 22-15 lead with 8:35 left in the half.
Montreat brought the lead back to one with three minutes to go as Charazee Wright completed a three-point play to bring the Cavaliers back to 29-28. However, Millie Wharton drove in for a lay-up on Brevard's next trip down the court to provide a small cushion, and then Flippo and Kelly Hudler scored the Tornados final six points of the half to go into the locker room with a 37-31 lead.
Brevard shot 42.4 percent (14-33) from the field in the first half, while holding the Cavaliers to 11-28 (39.3 percent). The Tornados responded from their loss against Mars Hill on January 3rd in which they were out-rebounded 49-28 for the game by out-rebounding Montreat College 20-15, including 10 rebounds on the offensive glass.
Amanda Whitaker led the Tornados with 10 points in the first half. Flippo added eight points and five rebounds, while Winn chipped in with seven and seven. Alicia Wallace led the Cavaliers with 10 points and Wright had nine points and six rebounds at the halftime break.
Montreat took the lead with 14:43 left in the game as Janel Cox made a jumper inside the lane to put the Cavaliers up 48-47.
However, as she has done in several games this year, Anna Schlobohm took over the game with 11:33 left as she went on a 7-0 run against Montreat to put the Tornados up by nine at 59-50.
Brevard's lead would extend to 13 with 5:46 left as Schlobohm drove the lane for another layup to put the Tornados up 68-55.
Montreat cut the lead back down to seven on a three-pointer by Whitney Mace, but Schlobohm drove in for another layup and Whitaker sunk a pair of free throws to give the Tornados a 75-64 lead with two minutes left.
Neither team scored the rest of the way as the Tornados took the game, 75-64.
The Tornados dominated the boards as they out-rebounded Montreat 39-24 with 20 of their rebounds coming on the offensive end on their way to improving to 3-0 against teams from the Appalachian Athletic Conference.
Whitaker (16 points-10 rebounds) and Winn (13 points-11 rebounds) recorded double-doubles in the game and Flippo narrowly missed one coming off of the bench as she finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. Schlobohm had 15 points on 7-12 (58.3 percent) shooting and Whitaker went 8-8 from the charity stripe.
Montreat was led by Wallace with a game-high 18 points. She was joined in double figures by Whitney Mace and Wright with 13 and 11 points apiece.
The Tornados take to the road as they continue their South Atlantic Conference schedule on Wednesday, January 7th, as they travel to Hickory, N.C. to take on Lenoir-Rhyne. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. The Cavaliers are also in action on January 7th as they head back to Montreat, N.C. to host King College with a start time of 5:30 p.m.


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Infuential Books
Posted 21 August 2012 - 08:06 PM
- Marguerite Wildenhain - The Invisible Core: A Potter's Life and Thoughts
- Bernard Leach - The Potter's Challenge
- Michael Cardew - A Pioneer Potter
- Charles Counts - Pottery Workshop
- Frederick Olsen - The Kiln Book
I am always looking out for new books (or old ones for that matter) on pottery and the philosophy of pottery – so hopefully this will start a thread of us sharing books that have inspired us.
Posted 22 August 2012 - 05:12 PM
Clay and glazes for the potter-Rhodes
Stoneware and Porcelain-Rhodes
The Kiln book-Olsen
The art of Firing-Nils Lou
runner -up all studio potter issues
Posted 22 August 2012 - 08:44 PM
I just finished reading the old thread on potter's who influenced your life, started by Marcia. How about an off-shoot? "The top 5 books on pottery that influenced you the most. I would list mine as:
- Marguerite Wildenhain - The Invisible Core: A Potter's Life and Thoughts
- Bernard Leach - The Potter's Challenge
- Michael Cardew - A Pioneer Potter
- Charles Counts - Pottery Workshop
- Frederick Olsen - The Kiln Book
I am always looking out for new books (or old ones for that matter) on pottery and the philosophy of pottery – so hopefully this will start a thread of us sharing books that have inspired us.
Michael Cardew - Pioneer Potter
Robin Hopper - Functional Pottery
Leila Philip - The Road Through Miyama - memoir about living in a small Japanese village as a pottery apprentice.
Posted 22 August 2012 - 09:02 PM
- Out of the Earth, into the Fire: A Course in Ceramic Materials for the Studio Potter
- The Ceramic Spectrum by hopper
- Glazes from Natural Sources by Brian Sutherland
- Wood-Fired Stoneware and Porcelian by Jack Troy
- Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, and Kilns by Michael Porter
Then if you are into wood fire like me look into "The log book" series. by Coll Minogue and Robert Sanderson
Posted 22 August 2012 - 09:12 PM
for my education early on in ceramics:
- Bernard Leach - The Potter's Book
- Michael Cardew - A Pioneer Pottery
-Stoneware and Porcelain; the Art of High Fired Pottery by Daniel Rhodes
-The short Kiln Building book by Paul Soldner
-The Potters' Alternative by Harry Davis + the Studio Potter Book 1978
and some other favorites for looking at how others made their way in ceramics:
-Grand Feu Ceramics- Taxile Doat
biography of Bernard Palissy by Leonard Amico
Glory in Porcelain , biography of Adelaide Robineau by Peg Weiss
The Ceramics Career of M Louise McLaughlin
Mad Potter of Biloxi
Posted 23 August 2012 - 04:46 PM
Pottery analysis: a sourcebook by Prudence M. Rice
Pottery in the making: world ceramic traditions edited by Ian Freestone and David Gaimster
Gifts of the Nile edited by Florence Friedman
Ceramics from Islamic lands by Oliver Watson
I love these book threads.
Posted 23 August 2012 - 07:32 PM
Posted 25 August 2012 - 03:52 AM
I visited his museum in Biloxi last year. it is a growing institution and awesome museum.
There are some really great books listed here…should really add some inspirational books to our reading lists. I saw Marcia called out a book about George Ohr, the mad potter of Biloxi. A really amazing character – if you have never heard of him, you should definitely look him up. He was someone way ahead of his time.
Posted 13 January 2014 - 11:19 PM
is a great book on traditions during the renaissance. I visited the De Gracie Pottery in Deruta, Italy in 2004 where they were still practicing traditions for majolica production as described in the book.
The Studio Potter's Book , add this one too. Very resourceful.
Posted 19 January 2014 - 11:05 AM
I mentioned this one in another thread or two, Penland School of Crafts, Book of Pottery. Ten influential potters from the 60's talking about their work and graphically demonstrating pieces they have done. A short gallery with each potter. Notables are Reitz, Turner, Larsons, Bringle, Peiser, and Takaezu. Work that I have admired for years, and have borrowed from in my own work.
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Posted 22 January 2014 - 01:27 PM
A Guide to Ceramics in European Museums
organized by countries.
Posted 22 January 2014 - 10:22 PM
Japanese woodfired ceramics- kusakabe
Clay glazes....... Rhodes
Stone ware and porcelain- Rhodes
Only 4. But I just found art of firing in a reference library.
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Posted 23 January 2014 - 06:21 AM
I just finished Emmanual Cooper's biography of Lucie Rie. Very inspiring and interesting to read about her life and that of Hans Coper. Also, the Pot Book by Edmund de Waal is a fun coffee-table type book, and he lists artists who work in a similar way on each page. This is a fun aspects as it can send you on a little journey of research and appreciation. The pots are listed alphabetically (by their makers) so you get some interesting juxtapositions as well.
Posted 16 February 2014 - 07:30 PM
Can anyone recommend some books on 18th ,19th century functional pottery. I am wanting to throw some historically correct mugs, bowls, pitchers, etc.
Posted 17 February 2014 - 07:18 AM
My Top 5 list is a mixed bag of things...but I seem to come back to these:
- Clay - A Studio Handbook - Vince Pitelka
- From Mud to Music - Barry Hall
- Mastering Portraiture - Phillipe Faraut
- 500 Figures in Clay - Lark Ceramics (and Volume is out now)
- The Kiln Book - Frederick L. Olsen
And thanks to all... I will be adding several of the recommendations in this thread to my wish list!
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Posted 06 March 2014 - 10:02 AM
The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes by James Chappell
Clay and Glazes for the Potter by Daniel Rhodes
Ceramics A Potters Handbook by Glen C Nelson
Clay Bodies by Robert Tichane
Ceramic Formulas: The complete compendium by John W Conrad
Everything tastes better with cat hair in it !
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it died knowing something!
Posted 06 March 2014 - 05:17 PM
The Potters Booka by Bernard Leach
16th century Piccolpasso's Three books of the Potter
Bernard Pallisey' s biography of his trials and errors in majolica 17 or 18th century
The Potters Craft pre Charles Binns. 19th century
I had a copy that belonged to Dave Finklenberg's Aunt Augusta who lived in Montana
Grand Feu Ceramics by Taxile Doat who worked at the Sevres Porcelain factory before coming to the US to work at the Women's university in St. Louis with Adelaide Robineau.
Paul Soldner's kiln book more like a monograph.
The AP Green Pocket manual with brick combos for arches.
Posted 12 March 2014 - 11:29 AM
I'm reading Hamada Potter by Bernard Leach. What fantastic reading! I was chuckling at some of the stories.
My failures and successes
Posted 12 March 2014 - 02:19 PM
I am reading "a potters book" by Leach, I am not done with it, but It has moved me to tears several times. I am such a sap!
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"To me the greatest thing is to live beauty in our daily life and to crowd every moment with things of beauty. It is then, and then only that the art of the people as a whole is endowed with it's richest significance. For it's products are those made by great a many craftsmen for the mass of the people, and the moment this art declines the life of the nation is removed far away from beauty. So long as beauty abides in only in a few articles created by a few geniuses, the kingdom of beauty is nowhere near realization." - Bernard Leach
Posted 12 March 2014 - 04:42 PM
I "grew up" on "A Potters Book"....... it was the 'bible' when I started clay.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Triple Olympic champion Leisel Jones has retired from the pool at the age of 27, after swimming a record fourth Games for Australia at London.
Jones, who won selection at the age of 14 for the 2000 Sydney Games, signed off at London with a silver in the 4x100 meter medley, her ninth Olympic medal matching the Australian record haul of Ian Thorpe.
"It's a very hard decision to come to and I took my time after London to make sure it was the right decision," the specialist breaststroker told reporters in Brisbane on Friday.
"And I have come to the conclusion that I ticked every single box that I ever wanted to in my career and there is nothing more that I could ever achieve."
Born in Katherine, a remote rural town in northern Australia, Jones was discovered by former coach Ken Wood at a Brisbane pool where her mother worked as a cleaner.
Jones burst onto the world scene as a 15-year-old at the Sydney Games, winning silver in the 100m breaststroke and 4x100 medley to become her country's youngest Olympic medalist.
Her achievements and telegenic looks brought crushing pressure along with instant celebrity, however, and she was savaged by Australian media after her failure to win individual gold at the 2004 Athens Games and accused of being graceless in defeat.
After admitting to depression and self-esteem issues, Jones split with Wood and embarked on a four-year period of dominance under Swiss coach Stephan Widmer, capturing the 100 and 200 world titles in Montreal in 2005 and defending them successfully in Melbourne two years later.
Jones captured a long awaited individual Olympic title with gold in the 100 breaststroke at the 2008 Beijing Games along with a 4x100 medley relay title but took a year-long sabbatical the following year to take a beauty school course.
Jones returned to the pool to take a world silver medal at Shanghai last year before becoming the first Australian swimmer to qualify for a fourth Olympics at trials in March.
Jones's final Games was marred by controversy, with her physique under scrutiny by Australian media and some pundits labeling her a 'tourist' in her Olympic swansong.
The seven-time world champion denied the attention played any part in her decision.
"This decision is from my heart and it has probably been coming for a little while," said Jones, who will remain involved in swimming with coaching clinics and is pondering studying psychology at university.
"I feel like an 18-year-old again."
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During your act you remove your flask and pour yourself a shot. The audience can see that ever last drop pours out.Later in your act you pour yourself another drink and another shot comes out. You can do this 8 or 9 times. Each time it appears as if there is no more liquid in the container but somehow it just keeps refilling itself. This is a greatcomedy item. Made of brass and plated in chrome. Audiences love this.
Craftsmanship is mediocre. You have to handle it carefully to mask obvious gurgling. But worst of all, the cap is worthless. It does not screw on and doesn't fit snugly. If you want to carry the product in a pocket, you need to get a cork. There are reports of flaking, so you wouldn't want to drink out of it. - Harry Mossman


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Taxes » Tax Forms »Peter Cade/Getty ImagesFilling out a tax form is about as much fun as owing taxes to Uncle Sam. The complexity of the task intensifies as your tax life becomes more complicated.That's why you should use the simplest tax return form you can, especially if you're still filling out your forms by hand.But choose carefully. There are three personal income tax forms -- 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ -- with each designed to get the appropriate amount of your money to the IRS. Differences in the forms, however, could cost you if you're not paying attention.The EZ is the shortest and simplest form, Form 1040A is a bit more complex and the long Form 1040 is the most detailed and potentially difficult. But even if your tax life is simple and straightforward, it might be worthwhile to investigate the other two forms. Why? Generally, the longer the form, the more opportunities for tax breaks.RATE SEARCH: Shopping for a mortgage? Compare mortgage rates today at Bankrate.com.
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Filling out a tax form is about as much fun as owing taxes to Uncle Sam. The complexity of the task intensifies as your tax life becomes more complicated.
That's why you should use the simplest tax return form you can, especially if you're still filling out your forms by hand.
But choose carefully. There are three personal income tax forms -- 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ -- with each designed to get the appropriate amount of your money to the IRS. Differences in the forms, however, could cost you if you're not paying attention.
The EZ is the shortest and simplest form, Form 1040A is a bit more complex and the long Form 1040 is the most detailed and potentially difficult. But even if your tax life is simple and straightforward, it might be worthwhile to investigate the other two forms. Why? Generally, the longer the form, the more opportunities for tax breaks.
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If you previously filed Form 1040EZ, but bought health insurance through an Affordable Care Act state or federal exchange, known as the marketplace, you can no longer file this simplest form.
When individuals purchase a policy through an exchange, they have an option to receive advance payment of the premium tax credit. This tax credit helps cover some of the insurance costs. The advance credit amount, however, must be accounted for when the policy recipient files his or her tax return.
If the advance premium amount was too small, the taxpayer will get the extra. However, if too large of an advance premium credit was paid, the taxpayer must make up the difference, either by paying any tax due or by having the amount taken from an expected refund.
Such calculations are made on Form 8962, which only can be filed with Form 1040A or 1040. If you received advance payments of the premium tax credit, you must file one of these longer forms instead of the 1040EZ.
Even if you did not get the premium credit in advance but got health care through an exchange and want to claim it when you file, you must complete 1040A or 1040.
Even if you can file 1040EZ, it might not be the best move.
Take the case of 2016 tax filer Joe P. Taxpayer. Joe finished college last year and got his first full-time job making $40,000. He's single, renting and has no investment income. A perfect 1040EZ filer, right? Sure, if you're Uncle Sam, because Joe will overpay his taxes by using the short form.
Why? The Form 1040EZ doesn't offer Joe some valuable tax breaks found on the other two returns.
Joe has a student loan. By filing Form 1040A, he can subtract from his income the $2,500 interest he paid on that debt. He can't do that with the shortest form. Joe also started planning for his retirement by putting the maximum $5,500 into a traditional individual retirement account. Because his new employer doesn't offer a company retirement plan, Joe's deductible IRA contribution can reduce his taxable income further, but only if he files the longer form.
By choosing the 1040A over the 1040EZ, suddenly Joe owes taxes on just $32,000 instead of on his full $40,000 salary. And he's dropped into a lower tax bracket -- the 15 percent one instead of the 25 percent tier -- even before he reduces his taxable income further by taking the personal exemption that every taxpayer is allowed and his standard deduction amount.
Joe also would get the chance to reduce his actual bill if he files the longer 1040A. If Joe took a course to improve his job skills and was not reimbursed by his employer for the cost, he could claim the Lifetime Learning tax credit; it's also available on the long Form 1040. The better tax news for Joe is that a credit allows you a dollar-for-dollar reduction of what you owe the IRS. But the only tax credit shown on the 1040EZ is the earned income tax credit, available only to low-income taxpayers.
So, opting to file Form 1040A instead of 1040EZ saves Joe a bundle. And there are even more tax-saving opportunities found on the long Form 1040. They might not apply to Joe, but they could cut your tax bill -- if you take the time to look over each of the forms. Here are the basic guidelines for the three individual tax returns.
The simplest IRS form is the Form 1040EZ. And ever since the IRS doubled the earning limit on filers who use it, the EZ has been available to even more taxpayers.
The ease of the one-page 1040EZ is appealing, but it limits the number of ways to save on your tax bill.
As already mentioned, this shortest personal return restricts filers to claiming just one credit: the earned income tax credit, or EITC, a tax break designed to help out individuals who don't make much money.
You also need to look at those other two individual tax returns to take advantage of additional income adjustments and tax credits.
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The 1040A form is the next step up the tax-form ladder. As with Form 1040EZ, the earning limit on filers wanting to use the 1040A has increased, so more taxpayers should be able to use it.
Individuals choosing the 1040A can file using any of the five available filing status options: single, married filing jointly or separately, qualifying widow or widower, or head of household. People who file the 1040A also can claim, in addition to the EITC, several tax credits -- the child, additional child, education, dependent care, elderly or disabled, and retirement savings credits -- that are not available with the EZ.
Form 1040A also gives you the chance to claim several adjustments to income. These items are sometimes referred to as above-the-line deductions, because you claim them just before the bottom line of the form, the one where you enter your adjusted gross income. By reducing your total gross income, your taxable income will be lower and your tax bill should be smaller, too.
Adjustments allowed on Form 1040A include educator expenses, certain IRA contributions, student loan interest, and some college tuition and fees.
Finally, choose Form 1040 if your earnings are larger, you itemize deductions or you have more complex investments and other income to report. This usually means added tax paperwork needs to be filed, too.
Additional paperwork also is associated with the many tax credits that show up only on the long Form 1040. The extra work, however, is offset by the added savings these credits, such as the one for taxes you paid to a foreign country or the one that helps cover some adoption costs, can produce for 1040 filers.
The longest tax return also offers more than a dozen above-the-line deductions that you can claim directly on the form itself (versus the four adjustments found on the 1040A). These allow you to reduce your gross income, thereby reducing the amount of income that's ultimately taxed. The adjustments include, among other things, breaks for alimony payments you made, self-employment taxes you paid or moving expenses you incurred.
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Andy and Mike caught up with Mile High Sports & Press Box Show in Denver Host, Peter Burns this morning. Peter talked about this weekend's Playoff matchup against the Chargers and was asked if a loss could be the end of Peyton Manning's career.
Peter Burns: "No... I'll tell you this though - it could be John Fox's. If John Fox goes out there and they lose that game, think about this: You're talking back-to-back times that he's the number 1 seed, he loses in the first round to a double digit underdog... That right there is part of the reason why I think there's a little bit of Jack Del Rio kind of hanging in the wings, and he's like 'hey I'm not in a rush to go interview for other jobs'... It's not a swan song for Peyton, Peyton can obviously play regardless. Even if he wins or loses, he'll be back... If John Fox loses this game, then all of a sudden there's a lot more discussions that are had here in the Mile High City."


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The Allstate Sugar Bowl has joined the Crescent City Classic as the flagship Title Sponsor of the annual 10K road race scheduled for March 30, 2013. Celebrating its 35th year, the Crescent City Classic is a preeminent fitness and social event in Louisiana. This Easter weekend tradition has become a New Orleans signature event, both as a competitive road race and for its festive post-race celebration. The Classic has been praised in every major running publication as "one of America's fastest 10K's," and as "the originator of the post-race festival."


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JOHNSON COUNTY, KANSAS (April 18, 2013) — Johnson County is celebrating National County Government Month by inviting the public to learn more about local criminal justice programs and public safety services.
The free event, "Smart Justice: Creating Safer Communities," will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 27, at the Youth and Family Services Center, 920 West Spruce, Olathe.
County entities, including Community Corrections, Sheriff's Office, Courts Services, and Mental Health's Regional Prevention Center, will set up displays featuring their contributions to a safer community.
The event features opportunities for individuals and families to:
"This year's theme fits naturally with so many County programs and services that are designed to protect our homes and neighborhoods, and to help redirect troubled lives with positive outcomes," County Manager Hannes Zacharias said. "We try to make the most of any opportunity to tell people about the good things we're doing to make Johnson County a safe and just place to call home."
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Working demonstrations are planned, highlighting My Resource Connection, a free service by County Government to connect individuals needing assistance with resources that can help meet their needs, and the Justice Information Management System, or JIMS, a public website to access public documents filed in the District Court system.
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The event comes on the heels of unveiling special artwork through the end of April with a "Smart Justice" theme. The art was created by six artists from Johnson County Developmental Supports. The display is located in the Board of County Commissioners' Hearing Room on the third floor of the Johnson County Administration Building, 111 South Cherry Street, in downtown Olathe.
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I downloaded BackTrack 4 Pre Release and burned it to a DVD.
I tried to boot on the DVD but selecting "Boot from CD" on my BIOS boot menu. It starts loading the DVD, but it takes forever. Nothing happens for hours.
I tried the DVD in another computer. I select boot on CD in the bios, presses enter, but it just ignores it and boot windows instead.
I checked the MD5-sum of the ISO I downloaded. It matches the website. I thought that something might have gone wrong when I burned the DVD, so I checked the MD5 of the files on the DVD, and matched them with the files on the ISO-image. They matched.
Am I missing something here? Why can't I boot on the DVD?
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
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Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
I have two stationary computers. It works on neither of them. One of them is about 3 years old, I don't know the specifications, but I do know it can boot DVDs. It boots any other bootable CDs and DVDs I've feeded it with.
The second computer is a mordern build. I don't have the specs at hand, but it has a 4 month old motherboard. It has a quad core 64-bit AMD CPU, if that would matter.
Verify that the MD5 check-sum matches the one given on the download page. I spent ages trying to get my BT4 pre-final to boot only to eventually realize that the file I had downloaded differed from the actual file by 1 or 2 mb (i.e., was corrupted) and so things didn't work. Use google if you don't already have an MD5 checker.
Any rate the software you use to burn it with should/may have an integrity checker of some sorts to verify that the process was completed successfully.
I still believe that your problems lies within this.
Again I am still waiting on specs/info on the computer you are trying to boot.
Also let's stick to one for right now. It is nice that you have several to choose from but they will not all be of help right now. Also did/can you try a usb stick?
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
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I burned it with Ashampoo. It said everything was fine. I used the same method as I've used to burn other bootable disks.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H
Memory: 4096MB DDR2
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
I don't think anything else matters.
A couple of questions:
Have you ever tried to boot a different Linux Live-DVD, such as Knoppix or Sabayon on these machines?
Does the BT3 Live-CD work for you?


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So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 Leafs for the year
Nissan has been shooting for 20,000 total sales of its all-electric Leaf in 2012, but the automaker has finally admitted that it just
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Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn reported yesterday that the company will not reach its goal of 20,000 Leafs sold in all of 2012. Nissan was pretty confident throughout the year despite declining sales, and refused to give up the notion that it could double last year's sales until now.
"The forecast we have given ourselves for the year will not be reached," said Ghosn.
For all of 2011, Nissan sold 9,679 Leafs. After nearly achieving 10,000 sales, it declared a new sales goal of 20,000 in 2012 -- doubling the previous year's.
While Nissan had its best sales month in October 2012 with 1,579 sold, the overall year was pretty disappointing. So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 for the year, making it impossible to even reach last year's 10,000 mark let alone doubling that.
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It took $3,250 off the price tag of each 2012 Leaf model starting in August. This is a considerable jump from the $850 discounts it was giving back in January. The 2012 Leaf starts at $36,050.
In addition, Nissan reduced lease costs of the 2012 Leaf from $249 per month to $219 per month with $2,999 down for 32 months.
Despite this failure to meet the mark, Nissan isn't giving up. In a video last month, Nissan said it now aims to sell 1.5 million EVs cumulatively by 2016.
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Skills don't translate slightly from side to side as an OT? I think that's absolutely foolish.
Where is the rueage emoticon?
Well lets see......they are both in their second year......JJ Watt is freaking outright amazing and Tyron Smith hasn't lived up to the hype at LT so far. I guess I should start expecting these things to happen to my beloved Dallas Cowboys as long as Jerry Jones is King.
The only concern with Smith is whether he can gain, and then maintain weight.
I didn't want Watt in the top 10 of the draft. I didn't think he'd be an impact player. Of course he's proven that wrong.
That being said, I still take Tyron in a do over.
Watt is a beast, but in time so will Tyron. I still have no issue with the pick.
Take this from the biggest Wisconsin Badger fan in the world......
We made the RIGHT call in selecting Smith. But...our hands were tied,...we had to, our o line is and was THAT BAD.
But I tell you this....Watt is going to be an absolute beast in this league for a very long time. I also believe he will go on to have a better career than Tyron. Right now, as of today,...if the Texans and Cowboys played a game and Watt lined up against Tyron I think we all know what would happen. Watt would abuse Smith. And Badly.
Heres the thing with Watt....he can play ALL four of the positions in a 4 man line, he can also play both end positions in a 3 man line. And you know what? He can DOMINATE at all six positions equally as well. VERY RARE BIRD. And a motor that never stops.
So yes,....we made the right call at the time,...but inn the big scheme of things I believe Watt goes on to have a much more storied career and makes a far bigger impact on the NFL.
Dude, trust me,...your so far off it isnt even close.
What is your reasoning when even with Tyron the oline is still bad? Did you watch last night's game? That was one of the most dominating performances I've ever seen in the NFL. He flat out destroyed the Jets oline and Sanchez's confidence.
I wanted Watt. I didn't care that it was top ten. The defense needed him badly going into that draft. You could not have gone wrong with either Watt or Smith because Dallas has done such a bad job along the lines.
No rueage about drafting Smith, he was a great prospect as well and is currently about the only good player on that line right now, but Watt brings the type of attitude that the Dallas defense had lacked for a very, very long time. Dallas defense with an attitude again. Man was that appealing.
anyone trying to claim Smith is a bust or anything like it at this time is really frankly STUPID.
He is learning a new position; and guess what gomers- its a lot tougher to learn a position on the O line vs D line.
***** people you do realize the defense hasn't been the main issue so far right? They've only truly allowed a combined 64 points which is only an average of about 16 points. The offense is the issue. With all that so called talent we can't score at all right now. Only 18 points last game and 23 combined points the previous two ball games.
we have a lot of physical talent on O.
Mental talent......
I agree. Terrific quarterback, running back, and good, but mentally incompetent receivers followed with a group of talentless bums on the offense line outside of obviously Tyron.
You can easily indict every NFL team on missed draft opportunities and picks who never came close to realizing their perceived potential.
Life is often shorter and less predictable than we all want; so are NFL careers.
If we are looking for something rock-solid on which to stake our faith, might I suggest God, death, and taxes?
I blame Jerry (The GM not the owner). I am sure he was the only person in the draft war room who wanted Smith while everybody else wanted Watt.
Smith and Watt were both needs and we couldn't do Amy wrong either way. Smith played great last year and at only 21 he will be a great LT. I wish we could have gotten them both but no way possible. If we would have taken Watt, then who would have played OT. Our OL is bad enough, without smith then we are even worse.
Anyone who witnessed Romo get battered, bruised, beaten and broken to the point where he couldn't finish the season knows that Tyron Smith was the right choice.
If Romo is your franchise quarterback and protecting your franchise quarterback is of utmost importance, there's NO WAY you can take any other player save the best offensive lineman available in the draft. And that player was Tyron Smith.
Given all the information we had, it was the right choice PERIOD!
What this team really needs...is an OL without Smith.
The lack of sanity in that thinking is just this side of sad.


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