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Monday, October 28, 2013
Spiritual Complaint: the theology and practice of lament
A new book just out – Spiritual Complaint, edited by Miriam J. Bier and Tim Bulkeley, in which I've got a chapter.
The book begins in human experience, the recognition that personal and communal tragedies provoke intense emotion. It recognises that in Scripture such emotions were given expression in complaints or laments. Bringing together biblical scholars, liturgists and practical theologians, this book begins to provide a bridge between these worlds in order to enrich our ability to respond appropriately to personal and communal tragedy and to understand these responses.
The writing of the book was a move toward genuine collaboration. Papers were presented in a context designed to encourage fertilisation and thus final drafts were encouraged to engage with the other contributors. It was an attempt at bridge building. Further, many of the writers had connections to the Christchurch earthquakes and thus the book becomes grounded in that reality, including liturgies of lament written for Christchurch (167-169).
There are 15 chapters – 8 explore Biblical texts, 2 explore worship practices and 5 explore lament in contemporary cultures – Maori lament, lament poetry of Burmese Karen refugees, lament in digital cultures, lament in pilgrimage through Israel, lament in rock concerts. The last chapter is mine, co-authored with my Old Testament colleague, Liz Boase, in which we explore the live performances of U2 after the Pike River Mining disaster and Paul Kelly after the Black Saturday Bushfire tragedy. We use the Old Testament genre of lament to analyse these performances and argue that culturally lament still happens, just outside the church. Here's our conclusion (227):
A consideration of both the history of the performers – U2's past use of songs as memorial or lament works, and Kelly's frequent use of biblical allusions within his music – alongside the production commentary of the U2 concert, suggests that there was some intentionality in the creation of these lament contexts. In both cases, the lyrical wording and allusions introduced a markedly "Christian" expression of eschatological hope which potentially provided the language through which new beginnings might be made. These public laments may not resemble the typical biblical lament forms, but they do form a vehicle for the communal expression of suffering and grief.
I think it's an excellent resource, an example of inter-disciplinary research that connects with everyday reality. What it needs is a number of companion volumes, in which the liturgies are tested, pastorally, and in which further voices are added to this particular human experience project.
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
born to sing: finding joy in U2′s pilgrimage
The Jesus Deck card for me today, drawn randomly from the deck, is 9, Luke. The text is "My soul magnifies the Lord." The main character is Mary.
She is barefoot. She stands on a road, that loops, turns and seems ready to carry her forward. Her hands clutch her purple clothes close. She seems paused, ready to walk, ready to adventure.
It is a call to pilgrimage. It is pilgrimage, suffused with joy, for she us clothed so beautifully. From her head bursts stars, from her mouth bursts words that magnify. It is a wholebodied venture – feet to walk, mouth to sing, soul to respond.
It reminds me of the words from U2′s Magnificent – "I was born to sing for you" – The Falke Radio mix, from Artificial Horizon is the best, a dance mix that captures so much of the joy in the song. It's aided by the rhythm of the beat, the regularity and pace of breathing.
I struggle with much religious music. But U2′s "I was born to sing for you" invites me to walk with Mary, to go on the journey of pilgrimage.
With joy.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
I'm in the Flinders Research Spotlight
Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities have a monthly publication, in which they focus on research achievements. My recent U2 academic conference involvement is currently "top of the fold."
The words 'U2′ and 'academic' seldom occur in the same sentence. Rock music is often considered adolescent and entertainment. So how can it be academic?
Dr Jason Hanley (Ph.D. in Musicology) has helpfully observed that rock and roll is a cultural artifact. When researched, it becomes a way of learning about ourselves and our world.
It is this potential of music to help us to begin looking at ourselves in the mirror (to appropriate Michael Jackson), that led Dr Steve Taylor from the Flinders University Department of Theology to present a research paper at the second U2 Conference (April 25-28, 2013) in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr Taylor's paper utilised the work of sociologist, Paul Connerton, to analyse the live concert performances of the recent U2 360 tour.
For Dr Taylor, participation in the U2 Conference breaks down the perception of the university as "ivory tower." It also brings a necessary inter-disciplinary perspective to the work of theology, helping it to reconceive its relationship with popular culture. … full article plus picture here
Sunday, May 05, 2013
original of the species
for my kids
One of the optional events at the U2 conference in Cleveland included a discussion of U2′s music by Rev Kurt Wiesner, an Episcopal priest and U2 fan. He took a reader response approach, that a song can mean more than it's original, authorial intent. On that basis he showed the video, noted that it was written by Bono for the daughter of a friend. He then asked a number of questions that generated a rich discussion. These included a key phrase, what might the song be saying about growing up, what if the voice of the singer was God talking to us?
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Pop culture, Steve Averill, U2 and the Incarnation
Steve Averill, Senior Art Director at AMP Visual, was one of the keynote speakers at the recent U2 conference. He was introduced as speaking on what it means to turn sound into a vision. It was an important statement, a reminder that music is so much more than sound.
Steve Averill has designed nearly all of U2′s album covers. Many have won industry awards. He structured his talk around album covers, working his way through the U2 album sleeves he has designed. As he discussed colours, font styles, images and influences, you became aware of how much thought, care and imagination go into what we hold, the CD cover, what we wear, the concert T-shirt, what we see, the branding on the U2 publicity.
He noted the quirky eccentricities of the covers – that Bono wanted Bible verses on the cover of All you can't leave behind, and so they added them in via the airport gate signs, that the picture used on No line on the Horizon was by artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. He was not willing for their to be any branding on his art. The solution was to etch branding onto the plastic CD sleeve.
He showed us the album covers that were influential, the album sleeves the band own, they listen to, they like – The Ramones, The Beatles.
Dr Jason Hanley, who holds a Ph.D. in Musicology, introduced and interviewed Steve Averill. He began by noting that rock and roll is a material culture. When you look at it, when you research it, when discuss it, you are learning about yourself, about your world, about your culture.
This should make sense to Christian theologians. The Incarnation, God coming in human body, is an honouring of the human body, of the senses, of what we see, feel and touch. Pop culture should thus be an easy and obvious area of theological research, both as an exercise in Incarnation, and as a way of helping us see ourselves, our culture, our world.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Head and heart: a U2 conference review
I will remember this U2 conference for the way it brought together both head and heart.
It began for me with Natalie Baker's fan film and the stories from fans of how U2′s music helped them avoid suicide and assist their healing from childhood sex abuse. Suddenly U2 was more than entertainment and the conference more than academic. It was inviting us into deep places.
It quickly went deeper, with Bill Carter sharing about his engagement with U2 in the Zooropa tour. His stories, of persuading Serbians to drive past sniper alley in order to share, via ZooTv, their story of living through the bombing of their city, took us even deeper, into the humanity that can emerge amongst inhumanity.
Finally, the presentation by Steve Averill was a further reminder that music is so much more than music. His sharing about the development of U2′s albums documented the visual and tactile side of music – the album and CD cover, the merchandising. It was a reminder that music is about communication, the colours and photos carefully selected to try and capture the essence of the music.
There were more many other highlights but for me, I will remember the head and heart being invited to be whole bodied.
Perhaps it was the jet lag. Flying overseas is always a disorientating experience, so perhaps the way my body responded was to seek another heartbeat.
Perhaps it was the venue, more compact, which encouraged more interaction and engagement.
But I suspect there was more going on, an important corrective for the work "academic", which can easily hide behind footnote and theory, and in doing, so walk past the beating heart and whole body.
Thanks to all those who made the head and heart possible, especially the Calhoun's.
For those interested, a brief summary of my contribution to the conference is here. And here is my review of the first, 2009, U2 conference.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Let us in the sound. My U2 conference paper
Some really positive, engaged, thoughtful response to my U2 conference paper this morning.
My argument is that U2 concerts act as corporate memory makers. I used as a theoretical conversation partner Paul Connerton's How Societies Remember, (whom I blogged about in another context here). He suggests three categories, calendar repetition, verbal repetition, gestural repetition. I applied these to the U360 under three headings
- Concert-rical repetition, an adaptation of Connerton
- Verbal repetition, in which I looked at the different between album lyrics and live performance, using the U22 album. This data generated a corporate memory making around remembering the local, remembering the concert history and remembering people past.
- Gestural repetition, in which I looked at Bono's gestures, drawing on photos of live performance in From the Ground Up, the official photobook of the U2 360 tour.
All of which seemed to generate, as I said, some really rich conversation. So it looks like it has the legs to turn into a publication, either in Journal of Religion and Popular Culture or in the book that is intended from this conference, and which will accompany Exploring U2, the book that emerged from the first conference.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Let me in the sound of U2 conference
The last few days of my sabbatical and I'm heading Stateside, to attend the U2 conference.
I'll collect my T-shirt.
I'll present my paper – on which there has been quite some to-ing and fro-ing. It has taken a bit of detour as I wrote it, and is now focused on how U2 act as corporate memory makers, through analysis of U2′s live performance, including Bono's physical performance gestures.
I'll check out the conference and enjoy the input including Steve Averill, U2′s designer and Bill Carter, the journalist who provided U2′s links with Sarajevo during the dark days of the Bosnian war, plus the other academic papers.
And I'll return, flying back Sunday. A very short trip stateside.
The last U2 conference (which was the first and also had a T-shirt!), was a whole lot of fun, so expecting the same.
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Easter with U2: overview
It began with a question.
As many things do.
As I walked into church for Maundy Thursday, I wondered what U2 song, if any, might connect with the themes of this day? Which quickly prompted another question, could this extend over Easter? Which made for a personally rich Easter, as I found new ways to understand and appreciate the Christian story.
Here is the result:
- Maundy Thursday – Until the End of the World
- Good Friday – Pride (In the name of love
- Holy Saturday – Wake up Dead Man
- Easter Sunday – Windows in the Sky
- Easter Monday – Lord make me an instrument
Overall, looking back, I was surprised at the personal connections I made through the process. For example, Easter Monday and the image that emerged around busking as a kingdom sign – the improvisation, the public witness, the fleeting nature. Another example was Easter Sunday and seeing the Resurrection with the saints, the importance of belief as it is embodied in another.
Another surprise was the serendipity of the internet. I discovered on Sunday that Steve Stockman, author of Walk on: The Spiritual Journey of U2, was also, this Easter doing it with U2.
But could I do it again? If Easter with U2 (Easter@U2) was a pop culture lectionary, could it sustain a 3 year cycle? I doubt it, not without heading into abstract themes – betrayal, sacrifice, loss, surprise – that would have no specific lyrical references to Easter. Which has left me pondering. For all the hype in some Christian circles about the "spirituality" of U2, this snapshot would suggest they are hardly drawing from the Christian narrative.
U2 have produced 12 studio albums, at an average of 10 songs an album, that means a total of 120 songs. I drew on 4. That is not many, especially when the Easter narrative is so central to the Christian story.
I am not saying they need to. Christian art doesn't need a cross to make it Christian. And I might be missing some other songs. But 4 out of 120 is not many. Which means I end where I began. With a question! (But a great soundtrack to keep me company.)
Creationary: a space to be creative with the lectionary (in this case, visual images on themes of pilgrimage). For more resources go here.
Monday, April 01, 2013
Easter Monday with U2 (Bono and Glenn Hansard actually)
Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me bring your love.
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord
At the funeral of Sargent Shriver, in January, 2011, Bono sung. It was an old Franciscan prayer, in a duet with Irish busker, Glen Hansard (of Once fame). Glen and Bono blog together each Christmas in Dublin, raising money for charity (see here for an example).
But this is a very different affair. This is a funeral, and together they offer us Resurrection hope. "And in dying that we're born to eternal life". (Full lyrics here of the song here).
Sargent Shriver was married to Eunice Shriver, and the U2 song "With our without you," that appears on the U22 CD, the official record of the 360 tour is dedicated to her. She died in August 2009, during the 360 tour. It was Eunice, a tireless worker for justice, who opened doors for Bono when he fronted the Jubilee 2000 campaign.
Since Resurrection is not only for life, but also for living, it is an important reminder on Easter Monday – a call to be peace makers and healers.
For entire U2 at Easter catalogue
For more of my U2 and theology reflections check the backcatalogue. For another popular culture take on Easter, see my Holy week at the movies.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Easter Sunday with U2
U2, "Window in the Skies," off 18 album
The shackles are undone, the bullets quit the gun
The heat that's in the sun will keep us when there's none
The rule has been disproved, the stone it has been moved
The grave is now a groove, all debts are removed
Chorus: Oh can't you see what love has done?
This song is from the more obscure end of the U2 catalogue. It appears on the 18 album which has 16 old songs, followed by two new ones, "Window in the Skies," and "The Saints are Coming" (with Green Day). An album saved from being greatest hits! The song was released as a single, making it to number 1 in Canada and only sung live once.
While obscure, theologically the lyrics do a lot of work. They speak of resurrection – "stone it has been moved, the grave is now a groove." They pick up a number of Old Testament motifs – "bullets quit the gun" has echoes of swords into ploughshares (Isaiah 2:4), while "the debts are removed" clicks with Jubilee images, words which introduce Jesus ministry (Luke 4:18-19), and echo the dreams of Isaiah ( Isaiah 61:1,2; 58:6). Resurrection begins God's new reign of peace and justice. Everything changes.
Interestingly, it might be that for U2, Resurrection is tied very tightly to Ascension with the line "love left a window in the skies." While traditionally Christians celebrate 40 days between Resurrection and before Ascension, this is based on the Acts narrative. Different Gospels are more ambiguous about an actual timeline, making worth pondering a closer tying together of Resurrection and Ascension as a fused activity.
There are two videos of "Window in the skies." One uses footage of nearly 100 clips of other famous musicians performing in concert. The clips are, very cleverly, edited together so that their movements match up with the U2 song, while U2 appear in the crowds as fans. It suggests that U2 are playing homage to a long line of music history. (Or, cynically, that U2 are placing themselves in a long history of famous musicians.)
Again, this is interesting theologically, for it suggests another way to understand resurrection, through a long history, a tradition not musical but saint. Not saint as in perfect, but saint as in fellow believer. Faith in resurrection comes not just because I believe in "stone it has been moved" some 2000 years ago. I believe because I see resurrection life in others, in acts of grace and compassion, in love of enemies ("love makes strange enemies"). Those early disciples, together, through each others trembling testimony, gradually come to believe. In so doing, "can't you see what love has done" is expressed, personified even, through a long history. That's the wonder of resurrection.
Something not only for life, but for living.
For entire U2 at Easter catalogue keep coming back over next few days of Easter (Maundy Thursday is here, Good Friday is here, Holy Saturday is here). For more of my U2 and theology reflections check the backcatalogue. For another popular culture take on Easter, see my Holy week at the movies.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Holy Saturday with U2
Wake Up Dead Man, from Pop album
This is a song of lament, in which God is absent. "I'm alone in this world, And a f**ked up world it is too." It's on the "Pop" album, which begins all bright and shiny, full of the bling and "bright promise" of a song like Discotheque, but ends with "the dark night of the soul that is "Wake Up Dead Man."" (U2 by U2, 269)
For U2′s the Edge, this song is reality. "That is really the truth of our lot. You are on your own, even in a crowd. Whatever you're doing, ultimately it's about you and your Maker." (U2 by U2, 269) The absence of God prompts prayer, the request to wake up, the request to rewind time. A new world is possible in the first verse, a request to hear the story of eternity, "the way it's all gonna be." But by the third verse, even that possibility is being questioned – "If there's an order in all of this disorder."
This song has echoes of Lamentations. The book of Lamentations appears rarely in the Church Lectionary. The church sometimes rips Lamentations 3:22-23
The Lord's compassions never fail
They are new every morning
Great is thy faithfulness
out of context and into a clappy chorus. But the entire book is one of mourning. It gets bleaker, chapter by chapter. God is absent. Dead. No bling. No bright promises. The earth weeps. There is no order in any disorder. The book of Lamentations is what I read on Holy Saturday, after Friday and before Sunday.
Some years ago, while doing post-graduate study, a compulsory integrative theology topic on death, I stumbled across the work of Alan Lewis. He notes that Christianity pays little attention to Holy Saturday. But it needs to learn to say "Wake Up Dead Man," to learn the discipline of "mournful waiting." Lewis' work is best captured in Between Cross and Resurrection: A Theology of Holy Saturday. It's not a theoretical book. He wrote it while he was dying of cancer.
It's interesting that despite being such a bleak song, "Wake Up Dead Man," it's often played at U2 concerts. It suggests something about the way the song connects. There are plenty more people than U2 singing "Wake up Dead Man." Holy Saturday might just have some important mission possibilities in our world today.
For entire U2 at Easter catalogue keep coming back over next few days of Easter (Maundy Thursday is here, Good Friday is here). For more of my U2 and theology reflections check the backcatalogue. For another popular culture take on Easter, see my Holy week at the movies.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Good Friday with U2
U2, "Pride" off Unforgettable Fire album
Bono describes the songs origins, both the sound and the lyrics.
"'Pride in the name of love' came out of a soundcheck in Hawaii, the melody and the chords. Around about that time I met a journalist … he had given me a book called Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Personal note – I read this while training to be a Baptist pastor, and it certainly widened my eyes about what Baptist ministry could look like), a biography of Dr King, and another on Malcolm X. They were covering different sides of the civil rights discussion, the violent and the non-violent. They were important books to me. The next album started there in Hawaii, with thoughts of man's inhumanity to his fellow-man on my mind." (U2 by U2, 145)
The song focuses on Martin Luther King, but honours the Christianity so central to King's vision and passion.
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
- U2, Pride lyrics
And a story of willingness to sacrifice, from within the band itself. Bono talks about being the recipient of a death threat in the US, and being advised by the FBI to cancel the concert, or at the least not to sing Pride.
""I remember actually, in the middle of "Pride," thinking, for a second: "Gosh! What if somebody was organized, or in the rafters of the building, or somebody, here and there, just had a handgun?" I just closed my eyes and I sang this middle verse, with my eyes closed, trying to concentrate and forget about this ugliness, and just keep close to the beauty that's suggested in the song. I looked up, at the end of that verse, and Adam was standing in front of me. It was one of those moments where you know what it means to be in a band." (Bono on Bono, 122)
Personally, I think Good Friday asks us not only to find the beauty in love, but insists we find it with our eyes open, fully aware that in Christ it grows stronger no matter man's inhumanity."
In the name of love!
What more in the name of love?
- U2, Pride lyrics
For entire U2 at Easter catalogue keep coming back over next few days of Easter (Maundy Thursday is here). For more of my U2 and theology reflections check the backcatalogue. For another popular culture take on Easter, see my Holy week at the movies.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Maundy Thursday with U2
U2, "Until the end of the world," off Achtung Baby album.
"The lyric was written very quickly in Wexford in my father-in-law's house. I woke up one morning and it was in my head, a conversation between Jesus and Judas." – Bono , U2 by U2, 225
A verse about the Last Supper, a verse about the Garden of Gethsemane, a verse about the crucifixion. Looking at Jesus from Judas perspective, picking up on the Messianic end of times notes from Jesus Jerusalem speeches. And ending with a very broad understanding of the inclusivity of the Final resurrection.
Last time we met was a low-lit room
We were as close together as a bride and groom
We ate the food, we drank the wine
- 1st verse, Until the end of the world
In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart
- 2nd verse, Until the end of the world
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You…you said you'd wait
'til the end of the world
- 3rd verse Until the end of the world
For entire U2 at Easter catalogue keep coming back over next few days of Easter. For more of my U2 and theology reflections check the backcatalogue. For another popular culture take on Easter, see my Holy week at the movies.


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Here's Ann Aikens blog reviewing my YA novel, Hard Magic.
"…Caruso is a writer's writer. He includes brilliant metaphoric turns of phrase, a nuanced tone, and observations about rural life that delight adult readers while rendering young readers just plain lucky to have him directing his writing, for the first time, their way."
On May 18th, the San Francisco Book Festival held its awards ceremony. My novel Hard Magic took an Honorable Mention in the Young Adult category. The festival organizers called it a very very tough competition, so I'm happy to have received recognition there. Here is the link to the SF Book Festival Winners. Scroll down to the YA category:http://www.sanfranciscobookfestival.com/winners_2013.htm
You know you have problems when your nickname is Son of Junkenstein. Fourteen-year old Jude Corgan knows it. He lives in a trailer surrounded by junk heaps. Wrecked cars appear mysteriously in Jude's yard, as if to remind him of his brother's fatal crash, and the latest arrival is sure to start his parents fighting again. To the people of Twin Gaps, Vermont, the Corgans are a human car wreck nobody can look away from.
Jude goes along with the cosmic joke, naming the wrecks after famous Corgan misfortunes, and there are plenty to go around: Lightning Strike, Flunking Gym, Food Poisoning, to name a few. The wrecks not only keep alive the loss of the Corgans' dead son and brother, but also keep them stuck in the past.
Merrilee Rainey is one bright spot in Jude's world. Smart, indomitable and no-nonsense, Merrilee won't let Jude feel sorry for himself, and she's determined to help him discover who's behind the wrecks. But, they have their hands full as troubles mount. Jude's cousins may lose their farm to a ruthless developer, a rogue cop is after his favorite all-time teacher, and the bombing of a local business may be the work of an underground group. The image of a black skull appears on the police station roof beside the warning: The End Has Come. The end of what? And for whom?
Jude's search for answers about his brother and his attempt to save his teacher from ruin leads him smack into a battle over a powerful talisman and also into mortal danger. Before the wildest night in Twin Gaps history is over, the stunning truth about Jude's brother will be revealed and the fortunes of the Corgans and the people of Twin Gaps may change forever.


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The president's commitment to British-style of health care made clear
Donald Berwick was nominated as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by Barack Obama in mid-April. Just over two months after that announcement, the White House revealed July 6 the president had given the Harvard pediatrician a recess appointment, completing an end run around Congress.
In bypassing the standard treatment for presidential appointees, President Obama rammed Dr. Berwick down the throats of the American people. This illustrates the extreme lengths to which this president and his administration are willing to go to establish a single-payer, British-style, socialized-medicine system, along with the rationing of health care to the elderly and infirm which inevitably accompanies it.
Then-Sen. Obama said in 2004 that he thought the single-payer system was the best system for the country but that it couldn't be done all at once. ObamaCare was the first giant step toward socialized medicine, and there is no question this is the second.
Dr. Berwick has expressed extreme admiration (bordering on adoration) for the British National Health Service to the point of saying that he has romantic love for it. He has praised effusively the British government committee NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) that rations health care to the elderly and the terminally ill. He has expressed a strong desire to emulate that system here.
"Both the UK and the US are struggling to improve their troubled healthcare systems. Which is more likely to succeed? The two countries are strikingly similar in the problems they face, and equally dissimilar in their plans of action. I am a fan of both but, when bets are placed, my money will be on the UK," Berwick wrote in a 2004 issue of the journal Quality and Safety in Health Care.
In a 2000 British medical journal article he wrote, "We think nationalized health care was a wise choice [for Great Britain] in 1948 and that it remains so now."
There does not appear to be any doubt about his preference for a health care system design that puts the government, not the physicians or the patients, in the driver's seat. And now he is the head of the influential government agency that runs the nation's two federal public insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — that are at the core of the president's plans for America's "reformed" health care system.
Citizens are diagnosed later and treated later under a one-size-fits-all government health care system that rations care by necessity. According to this study, those who live in Britain and are at the mercy of that country's health care system are 40 percent more likely to die from colon cancer, 88 percent more likely to die from breast cancer and 604 percent more likely to die from prostate cancer than those of us in the U.S.
I lived under socialized medicine for two years, 11 months and 4 days, but who's counting? My wife and I lived in England as I pursued my doctorate at Oxford. It was a horrible system. I am absolutely convinced that many people under that system wouldn't have died nearly as soon if they had lived in the U.S.
Apparently sensing trouble with the nomination or wanting to avoid giving health care "reform" any more attention than it is already receiving; Obama circumvented the standard confirmation process for government appointees even before the confirmation process began for Dr. Berwick.
There was no hearing on his nomination; reportedly the committee had not even completed vetting him. And Dr. Berwick had not completed the paperwork required by the Senate committee as an appointee.
He was given a recess appointment because he was going to face the grilling of a lifetime in the U.S. Senate.
To put Dr. Berwick in charge of administering $500 billion in cuts to Medicare just as the baby boomers begin to access that system is like putting the most ravenous fox in complete charge of the hen house. Dr. Berwick's appointment should be headlined: "Medical rationing is here."
He is the No. 1 advocate for rationing care to the elderly and to the terminally ill as cost-saving measures. Life just got a lot more dangerous for every American over 65.
The recess appointment process was established to ensure that the government could continue to operate even if the legislative branch was not in session, but that was not the case in Obama's decision.
In making this appointment while Congress was out of town, the president further clarified his flawed vision for the future of the nation's health care and reneged yet again on his verbal commitment to government transparency and accountability.
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1 On Jul 14, 2010, at 1:06am, Susan wrote:
So how do we, can we, combat such placements by President Obama?
2 On Jul 14, 2010, at 2:57am, Anna Kay Maples wrote:
My husband and I are 67 and the words "life got a lot more dangerous for every American over 65," really hits me hard, scares me and makes me feel very unimportant. If Obama desires to emulate Britain's socialistic health care system where the care is not as good especially for the elderly, why doesn't he and all of congress adhere to the same care when they become of age? I do not know what the answer is for our health care but it certainly isn't this. All this makes me wonder, "What country am I in?" Is this America? This is America and I want to know what I can do to change this?
3 On Jul 14, 2010, at 5:29am, jay jay Cambell wrote:
Berwick laments that US health care is "designed to focus on the acute needs of individual patients." He argues for a different focus, social justice.
***Instead of doctors making decisions autonomously in the interest of their own patients, he wants a nationwide plan allocating resources "to anticipate and shape patterns of care for important subgroups." These subgroups—which can be defined by age, disease affliction or socio-economic status—should be the "unit of concern," not the individual patient. Controversy is mounting over Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama's nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid—and for good reason. Berwick's writings reveal that he would make radical changes—seniors beware.
4 On Jul 14, 2010, at 4:37pm, Joan Niehaus wrote:
I and my family lived in Surrey England for four years as expatriots for my husband's U. S. company. Countless expatriot families found the socialized medical system frightful. We agreed that if we were truly sick we would fly back to the Good Old U.S. for treatment.
Two examples in my English neighborhood come to mind. My neighbor's 4-year old son was required by doctor's script to have adnoid surgery. The family was told there would be a year wait. The next week the father purchased Private Health Insurance. The child's medical condition was dealt with during the next week.
Second example of primitive health care dealt with a neighbor friend who had severe back problems and was told that she would have a year wait before surgery time was available. She remained in bed, unemployed, with severe pain, as she was told.
This is the situation which we will be under if we do not repeal the just passed health care program.
5 On Jul 14, 2010, at 8:13pm, Joan Franck wrote:
Dear Dr. Land,
Thank you for keeping us informed about current events, especially the latest in Obama's agenda for socialized medicine in America. I am 63 years old. My husband is retired. We were forced to shop for a healcare plan as my husbands employer (county gov't) took away health insurance for retirees. We would rather pay for for our own health plan than be under socialized medicine. I realize not everyone is as fortunate as we. My husband has a relative who has stage 4 cancer and absolutely no medical insurance. I guess, under the circumstances, socialized medicine may seem like a savior but, if what you say is true about socialzed medicine, and I believe you, then she would not benefit at all. I am praying that our country will wake up and vote out of office all these liberal politicians who are ruining our country.
6 On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:38pm, Dr. David Shelley, Family Action Council of TN wrote:
Perhaps the greatest danger of Obama's recess appointment of Dr. Berwick is that I'd guess 90% of Southern Baptists have never heard of it and are blissfully ignorant of this type of threat. In my state of TN, we have the second highest concentration of evangelical Christians in the country, but we also have the strongest constitutional protection of abortion of any state in the U.S. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge," lamented the prophet Hosea. Thanks, Dr. Land, for trying to get the truth out to the American people! May our churches one day wake up to the realities all around us. http://www.FACTN.org
7 On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:47pm, Phillip wrote:
How do we stop this before it gets any worse? The people in the churches don't seem to have a clue about what is going on.
8 On Jul 16, 2010, at 1:44am, Dr. Peter Metcalf wrote:
The criticisms of Dr. Berwick in this article are totally without merit. He has the temerity to say that the British have an evidenced based mechanism for determining what care is appropriate and effective for the elderly and the author interprets this as denial of needed care. Shouldn't all our care be evidenced based where possible? Isn't there something odd going on when the costs per medicaid recipient are almost 3 times as much in Miami as they are in Iowa, and the Iowa outcomes are better? In a study published by The Economist group today, the UK ranks first of 40 countries for senior care; the US ranks 9th. The author takes issue with Berwick's statement that nationalized care was a good choice for the UK in 1948, and remains so now. But the UK is not the US, and it is not 1948. What worked there then for them would not be right for us. Dr. Berwick knows and understands this. The author of this piece is practicing political demagoguery and should be ashamed of himself.
9 On Sep 2, 2010, at 6:04am, Bradley Prince wrote:
I've been a Southern Baptist my whole life. I participated in summer mission trips to New Orleans and stayed at the Seminary. I was shocked to read about Richard Land participating in Glenn Becks propaganda rally last weekend.Then,while researching Mr. Land,I found the erlc site and his commentaries. What place does this type of political opinion have coming from an official of the Southern Baptist Convention? I thought my church was above partisan political bickering. Recently, I've been struggling with my faith and some bigoted attitudes in my home church have made it more difficult to feel like my church is where I belong.Learning that the SBC apparently has sold out to politics seals my conviction that this church has been corrupted. I'm saddened to learn this truth, but hope that I can find a new church home with a purer Christian denomination that doesn't seek to divide people by cheap politics.
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Yes, I've posted this before but it's now on the Huffington Post so it smells better and looks more refreshed like a movie star after a hospital stay for dehydration. If you want to learn how to make a collage using your kids' art from preschool, here you go.
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The FX-8350 is not the source of your problems. Did you clear the CMOS before installing the new CPU?
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Infections in a wound can delay the healing process and in some cases lead to serious medical complications. Cleaning the wound with water is a normal process to decrease infection in both new and chronic wounds. The current process uses sterile saline water or water passed through a special sterilization system. The sterile water costs extra money or requires specialized equipment. In situations outside of a medical setting, sterile water is not always available.
A review of 11 wound-cleansing studies was published in the Cochrane Library. The review suggests that when it comes to wound cleansing, drinkable tap water may be a better solution. Water defined as drinkable tap water meets standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is considered free from harmful bacteria and waste.
Researchers conducted a systematic review, a study that combines information from other studies to make one conclusion. This systematic review included 11 trials that assessed the infection rate of wounds after cleaning with tap water compared to sterile saline (salt) water in healthcare settings. The studies included adults and children with acute (recent) wounds, and patients with chronic wounds. There was another recent study, published in the
Academy of Emergency Medicine, which was not included in this review. This study reviewed 715 adults who went to emergency rooms with simple lacerations. Patients were treated with wound irrigation (washing) with tap water or normal saline (salt) water.
Overall there was no increase in infection rate in patients who had wounds cleaned with tap water. In three trials with 1,338 adult patients, the infection rate was reduced with tap water. In two studies with 535 children, there was no difference in infection rate. In one study of patients with chronic wounds there was also no difference in infection rates.
In the separate study of 715 patients in the emergency room the infection rates were almost the same. The tap water group had a rate of 4% and the saline group had a rate of 3.3%.
This study suggests that drinkable tap water is at least as effective as saline water, in one case even better. In some situations, tap water is the only option, and this review suggests it is safe. The use of tap water can decrease medical care costs and the need for specialized equipment.
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Lee County students are getting on the job experience before they graduate high school.
The district added a welding course to its Career and Professional Education Academy this year.
Jerriel Filler never thought he would be a teacher.
"We've been having a lot of fun in here," he admits.
After 18 years as a professional welder, he's in an East Lee County High School classroom teaching his trade.
Students like Derrick Flecha know this could make them money.
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I'm pregnant and can't stop eating junk food. How can I control my craving?
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I am seven weeks pg and I am so glad to see that there are other women out there feeling the way that I do. I am usually pretty diligent about eating healthy, but here lately I am craving fried food like no other. I am hoping this will pass soon.posted 10/31/2006 by a BabyCenter Member
I am 8 weeks pregnant and I am so nauseated and tired most of the day. The only food that doesn't make me gag is junk food. I've always been a healthy eater and exercised. During the first few weeks of my pregnancy (before sickness) I was doing SO well. Eating healthy and walking 2 miles everyday. Now, I'm too tired to walk and eating junk. I'm so afraid I'm going to put on a lot of excess weight. I always said I was going to have a healthy pregnancy and not give into cravings, but being nauseated most of the day is just too much for me. Now I'm so depressed and guilty for not taking care of myself. Anyone else having this problem?posted 06/30/2006 by Desk29top
I feel the same way, I crave all of that stuff too. I felt really bad for eating at a fast food restaurant last night, and told my husband that it was going to be the last fast food place for me in a long time. It's nice to think about ourselves and induldge, but think about your baby too.posted 08/24/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
I am 20 weeks pregnant and was really worried that the amount of junk food I am eating was abnormal. Thank you all for making me feel a little more comfortable with my eating habits, I was worried I was the only one and that I was being a bad mother before my child is even born! I eat fast food at least 3 times a week, and ice cream is the only thing I can think about for most of the day. The doctor is not worried at all, so I decided I shouldn't be either. You all have helped me feel more at ease with my pregnancy. Thank you.posted 07/22/2005 by allisonsmith11
I was anorexic a while ago, so when I do indulge it freaks me out, but I don't feel too bad on the days I feel like exercising a little. I crave subway sandwiches with chipotle sauce, and potatoes, and ice cream. I think doing any amount of exercise or stretching helps me feel normal, regulate appetite, and bring back sex drive. Just think of moderation and how soon you will want to wear your sexy clothes after birth.posted 03/27/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
I can't remember where I came across this, but before eating, you might try thinking "will this nourish my baby?" I'm 7.5 weeks and I've found that advice to be really helpful. I usually eat healthfully, but I do love sweets from time to time. I am of normal weight and I want to gain a normal amount during this pregnancy. I may not always have the willpower for myself, but I can do it for my baby. When she's old enough, I want to feed her lean meats, fresh fruit, vegetables, yogurt, and whole grains. So I figure, why not start now?posted 02/01/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
WEll, I am 8 months preg. and I have to admit that I have been ill my whole preg. So what ever I can keep down I eat, and it's mostly cookies and chocolate. I keep trying to sneak healthier stuff in but he just doesn't let me keep it down. My doctor said that she would rather I eat junk and keep it down, than eat healthy and bring it back up. So I really would not worry about it.posted 04/27/2004 by lt_washu
congratulation to all those women out there who have a strong opinion about Dr. Andy's thoughts. and i believe the human race would cease to exist if it were up to men to be pregnant and deliver a child. if only these men would realise how hard we have it, with the sickness and the pain. gee sometimes my backache is that bad i cant get out of bed properly without wanting to stay there just so i dont feel sore, its like im 50yrs old with arthritis when im only 21yrs. so if men have a problem with us feeling a little needy then they should wonder what they would do in our situation. and i do agree with everyone...the Dr should be making his wifes lunch instead of the other way around. where has the consideration gone these days?posted 04/27/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
Unfortunately, i dont crave :( Instead i find it hard to eat anything. I force myself to eat. Hopefully it will pass. And I really wish i had my sex drive back. To all the woman out there we got to stick together and hang in there.posted 04/26/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
It is my first pregnancy and I am in the same boat as most. I am currently 14 weeks, and all I want is junk food. Especially Mc Donald's french fries. Currently I have only gained 4 pounds, but I guess I am concerned because I am afraid my eating pattern will cause me to gain more.I also am a full time student, work part time, and coach a high school dance team,so I am very busy. I try to pack healthy snacks to munch on so I can resist fast food, but it doesn't seem to work. Any advice on some healthier snacks that still taste good and I can eat on the go?posted 04/26/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
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(#) smallsmiles 2010-12-03 05:29:09 PMI'm not sure what to make of this...on one hand, it is pretty memorable.
but I think this is highly due to the unusual mix of inappropriate signals from the girl-character... I think this is not a good message to send to young girls-- we don't need to be female supporters only, and it's inappropriate for anyone (male or female) to manipulate young kids feelings in a romantic way-- but I expect that was not really thought out. It seems to me that she is indeed sexually abusing Akira, so I don't really approve of the message at all.
The writing style itself, there's nothing wrong with it. :) Just highly consider the kind of message you want to give to your audience when considering your characters.


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