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Players Are Back in Florham Park TodayPosted by on July 26, 2011 – 10:51 am
There are signs of life at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center like we haven't seen in four months.
Bill Hughan and his strength and conditioning staff are busy getting the weightroom ready for business. Blake Hoerr and his grounds crew are laying down yardline numbers and otherwise tending to the three beautifully manicured grass fields outside the building. The blocking bags, some green, some red, are being laid out and getting sprayed and dried.
And the biggest deal, as one coach captured it: "Players are here today."
Indeed, signed Jets have begun arriving at the facility for the official 10 a.m. opening time under the terms and guidelines of the new CBA that owners and players agreed to Monday morning.
DE Ropati Pitoitua was the first to drive up to the security booth, followed by OL Vlad Ducasse. Then owner Woody Johnson came up to chat with the score of reporters and camera people gathered on 1 Jets Drive for the early arrivals.
In short order came TE Dustin Keller, DT Mike DeVito and QB Mark Sanchez, followed quickly by C Nick Mangold, in inverse order of how those two usually line up on the field of play. Then came CB Kyle Wilson, LB Jamaal Westerman, DB Dwight Lowery, QB Mark Brunell and guards Brandon Moore and Matt Slauson. Others are expected to arrive during the morning and afternoon for this voluntary return to team headquarters.
The Jets, along with players around the league, are starting to get the new lay of the land based on the CBA. The initial word was that signings of draft choices and undrafted free agents as well as negotiations with all unrestricted/restricted FAs can begin today, with the starts of camps being staggered throughout this week based on when teams play their first preseason games — the Jets and Texans, playing Monday night, Aug. 15, in Houston, will start practices 15 days earlier, on Sunday, July 31.
Wilson, last year's first-round pick, said he's glad to be back and and ready to roll.
"My goal is to just come in and get better, build my foundation and springboard into the season," he said. "I lost some weight this offseason. I'm in the best shape of my life."
As guard Brandon Moore, expected to check in today, told newyorkjets.com Monday night, "It's good to be talking about football again."
We'll have player interviews with my partner, Eric Allen, and the Jets' multimedia team, up on the site early this afternoon. And some players are expected to check in for more formal interviews with reporters from the media room podium. We are streaming some of them live now and we'll bring you reports on those sessions later today.
Regarding the start of training camp and open practices, those schedules have not been circulated yet but as soon as we get information that we can pass on to you, we'll do it here onnewyorkjets.com.
Tags: Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, CBA, Dwight Lowery, Mark Sanchez, Nick Mangold, Ropati Pitoitua, Woody Johson
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By Frank on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Like to hear what Wilson had to say he is vital to the teams sucess this year if we lose Coleman. Hopefully Ropati is healed we need his depth on the line.
By Tom Spicer on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
This week will show if MR. Johnson is really the owner that he claims to be. To the Jet fans that pay thru the nose for tickets to these games. If the Jets do not make moves to put the best team on the field you know they are not interested in winning.
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Good to see all these guys back and great to hear Wilson so prepared. But can anyone tell me who the hell Edwards knows that he can get his probation hearing moved up from August to tomorrow just like that? That kind of apparent special treatment for highly-paid athletes is almost enough to make me want to cut him loose. Who does he think he is, Lindsey Lohan or something? Maybe next time he should think about the consequences of getting into bar fights, driving drunk, and other idiotic stuff like that before he somehow gets all these unexplained breaks. Just once I'd like to see these pampered prima donnas have to live in the same world that fans inhabit.
By Tom Spicer on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
The Jets have more at stake this week then any team in the NFL no other team has 3 bigtime free agents like we do. The new deal hurt the Jets under the old deal we would have got a 1st & a 3rd round pick if we lost Holmes & a 2nd round pick if we lost Cromartie. Now we can lose them all & get nothing in return. Within 1 week we could be either be a legit Super Bowl contender or a sub 500 team. The Redskins can overpay for Holmes & the Texans can overpay for Cromartie. The Jets will be left with nothing. The Jets are at a crossroads this has nothing to do with MR.T or Rex this is all on Woody open your wallet & prove to us you are the owner you say you are.
By Joey G on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
I'm so physched for this year. Looking forward to going to some open training camp days. is there any dates scheduled yet?
By Randy Lange on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Joey G, nothing to release yet but we're working closely with the football department to get a camp schedule to everybody on newyorkjets.com as soon as we can.
By Johnny on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
You say: "We are streaming some of them (player interviews) live now…"
Where can we pick up the streams?
By Randy Lange on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Johnny, when I posted that, we were between Brandon Moore and Dustin Keller interviews. Keller has already spoken. I hear Dwight Lowery may be coming to the podium soon. Refresh your newyorkjets.com home page and at some point you'll get a streaming video button to click on and start the interview.
By Chicago Bob on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
It would be just like the Redskins to overpay for Holmes – for some reason they have a history of going after players from the green & white. First it started with John Riggins (never received any compensation for him), then it was Verlon Biggs, then the infamous Coles, Hall, Thomas and Morton signings. If Holmes is asking for the sky, let him go and use the money elsewhere. One negative thing about when Holmes came off suspension last year, Dustin Keller became a forgotten man. Keller was having a great season and then for some reason, became invisible. He is a very good TE and if used properly, can really help this offense. Hopefully Tom Moore can help the Jets utilize a TE like Keller properly like Manning does with his TE's in INDY.
By Nick D on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Hearing rumors of some signings of undrafted FA's. Does anybody have an official list?? I believe one of them is West Chester University's Daniel Depalma, a close friend of mine from Verona, NJ.
If you have any links, please include! Thanks
By Mike Jet Vet on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Lets play ball …well not actually ball in this case it means players will sqeeze as much out of the league as posible not to mention our pockeks … football is becoming more and more a joke.. I say put pads on all these greedy lawyers let them pay with alittle blood and real contact for the money they make soon touch football will be to rough for these primos
By Howie D on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Holmes, Edwards & Cromarite are the guys fans want to keep the most, and rightfully so, but Brad Smith is even more irreplaceable than a couple of those guys. Brad is a big-time player with MVP credentials. Too bad we don't make better use of his talent. He should be untouchable and remain a JET.
By scjoe on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
64, there is the law, then there is "the law" for athletes, politicians, and celebs. Edwards falls under the latter. That said, I think the Jets can only sign one of the big three FAs on the roster, for one reason or another, I wouldn't mind that one guy being Edwards. I think the guy matured big time under Rex. I also think we can forget about making a big time splash in free agency, I can see them going more for those second tier guys simply because of where their cap is at. Remember, Harris needs to be locked up long term first and foremost.
By scjoe on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
While we are all talking about options at the WR position lets not forget an old friend of ours Santana Moss. He had a pretty decent season last year even with the instability the Skins had a QB. I don't believe he will break the bank either. What do you think 64?
By Christopher on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
I would prefer the Jets sign Edwards and Smith, and let Holmes and Cro leave, then sign Floyd and Asomugha.
By Pranit on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Forget about Cromartie. He's a wimp anyway. Go get Asoumgha (sp chk).
go Jets !
By Tim on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
It is GOOD to hear that the PLAYERS (WANT) and are HAPPY to be back. Most of the time the PLAYERS hate TRAINING CAMP.
1. To CONTINUE to (WIN), the JETS must remember the (BASICS) of FOOTBALL.
2. OFFENSE is about (BLOCKING)! A HAT on a HAT!
3. And DEFENSE is about (SHEDDING) Blocks and making (TACKLES).
4. You MUST execute the (BASICS) of FOOTBALL, OFFENSE(BLOCKING) and DEFENSE(TACKLING) to WIN!!!
Go JETS 2011!
By wayne on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Can't see Holmes in DC, no matter what the experts say……Can't blame him if money is outrageous, but how does Dan sell him on Beck……Still think the're in too deep with Haynesworth and Mcnabb…..I expect them to focus on ground game…..I see Holmes in Jets uni.. Brad Smith had 4yrs to develop into respectable consistent WR. He did not. The wildcat interferes with MS learning curve. Smith replaced another guy who was irreplaceable……Smith was not much of a QB either…..A good guy, asset to the team, not irreplaceable……Hope he gets a nice contract somewhere………Chicago is interested…..They can't keep everybody.
By Christopher on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Nick D…..check this out for info:
By wayne on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
You cry about football changing and diminishing as profits are projected go from billions in the single digits to mid double digits. Something's not adding up here. If the product is getting worse, why are you buying more? Some of us can't have it any other way than to go kicking and screaming into the future. In the first garden it Adam and Eve, now you have Adam and ……………Change is inevitable…..Enjoy your football. Resistance is futile.
By Howie D on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Wayne: I humbly disagree. The reason we haven't seen the best of Brad is because he's not being used properly by Shotty. Most of the plays in which he's involved gain positive yards (Fact). Put him on a different team and see what happens. By the way, Shotty has had more than 4 years to develop too and he hasn't either. He (Shotty) remains my biggest concern.
By Jet Fan Since '64 Tom on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
scjoe, I agree with you about Edwards' learning curve but not about free agency, Mr. T will make as big a splash as he can, this is team that considers anything less than a SB to be failure. I like S. Moss but he's getting old and he definitely goes into the 2nd tier Randy Moss/Ocho/TO category and I doubt Mr. T will favor that group over the 1st tier guys at WR. Totally disagree, Christopher, Floyd (6′ 3″ 225) and Aso would be awesome, Edwards double-covered and the useless Smith at WR keeping Kerley away from KR and PR duty makes no sense. wayne's got the whole thing right on the Skins, Beck, Holmes, Leon, Smith, the Wildcat, the whole enchilada. When Rex said we're gonna let it fly a little more, I don't think he meant more Wildcat.
By mrsmoore on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
The Jets can win it all with Two Hot Pass Rushers and Two Hot cornerbacks called Revis and Asomougha. They can become the "no-fly" zone for a decade with a hall of fame defense which can win by defense. All you need on offense is a pound the ground system that runs out the clock and TALL receivers who can catch short passes from a Dan Marino type quarterback who moves the chains. Don't need big bucks for offense but rather a defense who can take the ball away. It would be as fun to watch as it was to watch Broadway Joe. If you build it (the defense) they will come and stand in the cheap seats to watch like they did for seabiscuit. One linebacker UDFA to look at is Mario Harvey, Marshall, a tackling machine with 4.4 speed and weighs 250 lbs
By Karan on Jul 26, 2011 | Reply
Bottom Line: Keep Santonio Holmes***, release Cromartie, try, try and try (open up your wallet, Mr. Owner! and of course try to make salary cap space) and sign back Edwards and Smith. This group needs to be kept intact. BTW, I heard the Jets are interested in Asomugha, I hope something works out even though it seems unlikely.
By JS on Jul 27, 2011 | Reply
Holmes would be stupid to sign with a team (Redskins) that doesn't have a QB. If he wants to win a SB he needs to stay here and leave some money on the table. Brad Smith – nice player but expendable. The wildcat is history. Edwards had a great 2nd half and showed guts but if they had to sign holmes and lose Edwards so be it. They have enough receivers. Cromartie for Asomugha is a no brainer. Cromartie was spotty at best.


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'Grow up': Assange's mother to Obama-struck Oz
Julian Assange's mother has dubbed the Australian ruling elite as a bunch of "star-struck teenagers" in the thrall of US president Barack Obama. Christine Assange was among a group of protestors outside Parliament House yesterday while the US President addressed a special sitting of MPs and Senators. She is currently lobbying …
She is 100% correct
The constant groveling and boot-licking that has been going on in the last two days has been truly nauseating.
It made me ashamed to be Australian.
Well, more ashamed really.
The US is well on the way to becoming some sort of Orwell-Huxley hybrid and our "Leaders" continued insistence on tying our flag to their mast is a huge concern.
When the US says jump, our "leaders" jump.
It makes me sick.
We should be distancing ourselves from the US as they continue their decline into despotism.
Instead we help them rearrange the deck chairs while the entire Western World follows them down the toilet.
Whilst she's right about the local pollies being start-struck tw@ts, what exactly is she expecting them to do given that her son has had access to the full process of the law and exercised those rights to their full extent (and he fled the original country)?
Fled from what?
Potential questioning at some un-named date? He still hasn't actually been charged with anything.
And the pro-US grovelling from our pollies and media (who push the politicians in this direction, more thanks to Rupert there) just underlines their disconnect from the mainstream as evidenced at the last federal election. Neither of them have realised how marginal they have become to the vast majority.
Australia has become a corporatist/bureaucratic state with a generally apathetic population.
Not quite, Mark 65 -
Mr Assange did not «flee the country» - rather, the charges against him were dismissed and he was free to leave Sweden. Subsequent to some to pretty heavy lobbying, however, the venue of the case was suddenly moved from Stockholm (where the alleged incidents had occurred) to Göteborg, a new chief prosecutor called in, and an international warrant for Mr Assange's arrest taken out. Procedurally very dodgy, indeed, but when it comes to demonstrating our allegiance to the Empire, there's little our government or our judicial system finds itself unwilling to do....
If by fled you mean left before he was arrested, and after he was given permission by the prosecutor to leave the country, then sure, he fled Sweden. But you really should get a different dictionary.
icon because that's what the Swedish authorities told Assange he could do.
The mind boggleth ...
"... rather, the charges against him were dismissed and he was free to leave Sweden."
Did you miss the bit in a UK court where his lawyer had to eat crow and ADMIT he lied and that his client did skip the country *while the police were looking for him*?
Or did you just get well paid to ignore it?
"(and he fled the original country)" -- not exactly. Assange asked if he could leave Sweden after his initial questioning and was told that he could. Once out of Sweden and in the UK, the Swedish prosecutors then start jumping up and down and try to extradite him.
From what you write, Windrose,
it would indeed seem that your mind easily boggles, but if you re-read my comment, you will notice that I discussed what happened here in Sweden, *prior* to Mr Assange's arrival in the UK. On 1 February this year, the Swedish Prosecution Authority released a chronology which in some parts is (deliberately ?) vague, but which may be of interest to those who follow the case ; it can be accessed here : http://www.aklagare.se/Media/Assangearendet/Kronologi-i-Assangearendet/ . The new Chief Prosecutor assigned to the case, Marianne Ny, decided to renew the pre-trial investigation on 1 September 2010. Mr Assange remained in Sweden until 14 September, so had Ms Ny wished to question him, she certain had ample opportunity to do so. The second of the two entries for September - for which, oddly enough, no specific dates are provided - states that «Julian Assange 'anhålls' [i e, is arrested pursuant to a decion made by a prosecutor] in absentia». Note that it was not until 18 November that Ms Ny requested in a court of law that Mr Assange be «häktad», ie, arrested pursuant to a court decision....
I submit that nothing in the above chronology supports allegations to the effect that Mr Assange was not, as I put, «free to leave Sweden» or that he «fled the country»....
Pardon me for once again boggling your mind, Windrose, but evidence can do that to minds with preconceptions concerning matters about which they are ignorant....
Repeating at ad infinitum
No matter how many times "He still hasn't actually been charged with anything" it doesn't change the fact that his is being accused of committing a crime. The code in the EAW that allows a warrant to be issued for Assange doesn't require a person to be charged with an crime. In the minimalist state all it requires is that it be a crime in both countries, and the person to be the accused of a crime.
It is ironic that Assange's mother would even use such a term, when it is she who is having a serious problem to maturely deal with the accusations against her son. Her son had many famous people put bail for him. One man even is even allow him to stay with him is a high class house. Assange is being treated like a king on someone else money.
She's missing the point
The fact that the US is a bully and her son can't keep his dick in his pants aren't actually connected.
Assange is getting a fair shake by the UK legal system and will continue to get one if/when he gets carted off to Sweden.
Bear in mind if the US was really after him they could have fast tracked any Bradley Manning evidence they had and put him through the US-UK extradition treaty.
At most the US is fucking with him behind the scenes for the lulz.
Let's face it - if Asshat was as pure as he claims to be he'd stop this silly extradition fight and have donated the hundreds of thousands it's costing to Bradley Mannings defence fund.
US Forces Give The Nod
On this very day a bill was before US Congress to censor the internet...
Also on this day there was a protest in Sydney about the new agreement with PM Julia Gillard (without consultation of the people) to deploy 2500 marines in Darwin.
This same day Australia was also bullied into supporting a loophole for the cluster bombs it signed an international treaty to oppose...
without consultation of the people
Why would Julia need to consult the people about anything? All she normally needs to do is kiss Bob Brown's arse and ask him for permission.
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Lovers of American movies used to joke that foreign films wouldn't look so good if you saw them without subtitles. John Sayles's latest movie, Men With Guns, plays better than his other films because it has subtitles: Bald dialogue always sounds better in Spanish and Indian dialects. Set in an unnamed Latin country (and filmed in Mexico), the movie has an exotic distance that almost takes the edge off its blunt didacticism. The South American-primitive veneer and stunning blend of musical styles from composer Mason Daring--at one point, it sounds like mariachi meets klezmer--can distract you from the determined way the moviemaker builds this parable of colonial history. Its moral is that white culture is evil and virulent--so evil that it leaves nothing but scorched earth behind it, so virulent that it turns Indians white. (All they have to do is put on a military uniform.) While bourgeois, Spanish-speaking city-dwellers lead cosmopolitan lives, wealthy landowners in the hinterlands uproot natives and force them into ruinous cash-crop agriculture or simply get the army to murder them. The only way for Indians to escape the tragic forces of capitalism and imperialism is to ascend to the mountaintop.
In the view of American independent-film fanatics, writer/director Sayles has already been to the mountaintop. For twenty years he's made movies outside the studio system, with stories that try to sing the unsung or champion the dispossessed. Doing "indies" on an epic scale is, of course, not a negligible feat. In 1996, moviegoers starved for panoramic narratives turned Sayles's Lone Star into a huge art-house hit, though it was little more than a lib-rad guide to Tex-Mex mores with a cut-and-dried central mystery (it could have been called Autopsy of a Murder). In his urban corruption noir City of Hope, as well as in the South American agitprop of Men With Guns, there can be a grinding fascination in seeing Sayles work out his ethnic-and-class view of society.
But John Sayles's films usually bore me. He tends to make his leads monotonously naive and to approach plots (and subplots) like a cartographer instead of a yarn-spinner, pinning every character to his or her place on the sociopolitical map. I enjoyed the spontaneous comedy of Return of the Secaucus Seven and parts of The Brother From Another Planet, and his newshound's ear and eye for colorful talk and incident energized his short-lived network-TV series, Shannon's Deal. Fifty-two minutes suits Sayles's notions of character and storytelling. If his filmmaking had fire and poetry, it would rouse the mixture of despair and euphoria you get while watching the work of great political directors like Gillo Pontecorvo (The Battle of Algiers, Burn) or Francesco Rosi (Moment of Truth). Unfortunately, even when Sayles dabbles in tricky flashback structures or magical realism, he's ploddingly melodramatic. Indie or not, it's as if he aspires to be the Hollywood Eleventh.
Men With Guns held me longer than many of Sayles's films, and not just because of its colorful ambience. Its hero has potential tragic stature: He's a doctor who trained medical students for service in remote villages. Now widowed and near the end of life, he wants to venture into the wild to see if his program has helped the natives. With his long face and regal features, the Argentinian actor Federico Luppi brings the role a rueful gallantry--it's what the character needs to keep from becoming ridiculous. As he makes his journey, he strives to believe in progress despite vivid evidence to the contrary. Natives flee from the sight of him; in an allegorical stroke, those who dare to talk to him identify themselves according to their crops--they are Corn People or Coffee People or Gum People. (If the price of coffee drops and the Coffee People can't make enough money to eat, they starve--the only thing they grow is coffee.)
The misfit fellow travelers the doctor acquires are scholars of atrocity. A jaded, smart-mouthed urchin (Dan Rivera Gonzalez) takes him to a killing field and swings a human bone as if it were a baseball bat; a defrocked priest (Damian Alcazar) calls himself a ghost and admits he saved his own life at the expense of his flock; a runaway soldier (Damian Delgado) confesses the moral trauma of his army initiation: the murder of a helpless man. (He also raped a helpless woman.) Nonetheless, the doctor keeps hoping to find that one of his proteges has honored his medical-outreach program and escaped the bullets of the army and guerrillas.
I kept hoping so, too--for the sake of the drama. Without the possibility of any good coming from the doctor's humanist intentions, the movie begins to feel like a punishment: a gauntlet for the same urban liberals who will doubtless be its biggest audience. Both Sayles and novelist Francisco Goldman (The Long Night of White Chickens) say that the doctor was based in part on one of Goldman's real-life relatives, an uncle who spearheaded a Guatemalan rural health-care program whose medics were slaughtered by the government. Goldman, a friend of Sayles's, says that his uncle's endeavor nevertheless has thrived; he sees it as a "real-life reflection of the hint of redemption and hope at the end of Men With Guns." But the "hint of redemption and hope" in the film is actually wispy and corny, no comfort at all to Sayles's doctor.
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The parents of a man charged with killing a local police sergeant face sentencing on Dec. 19 for helping their fugitive son before the slaying.
Kathleen and Ray Vance Mathews pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of their 14-count federal indictment. They admitted they conspired to hide their son, Jesse Mathews, from police and also transferred firearms for him before he was accused of killing Chattanooga police Sgt. Tim Chapin during a botched robbery.
Kathleen, 57, and Ray, 50, each face up to 20 years for conspiracy to obstruct justice charge; 15 years for being accessories after the fact; and 10 years each on another accessory charge and one of transferring weapons to a felon.
Prosecutors will dismiss the remaining charges. Those would not have affected their sentence since the four to which they pleaded guilty are the most severe.
Jesse Mathews, 26, faces the death penalty if convicted on a charge of first-degree murder. He's also charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder involving shots fired at other police officers and one count of aggravated robbery.
His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 11 before Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman.
Rachel Mathews, 21, Jesse's sister, and her boyfriend James Poteete, 26, pleaded guilty Aug. 10 to helping Jesse after he fled a Colorado halfway house while on parole. Poteete and Rachel are scheduled for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Harry "Sandy" Mattice on Nov. 14.
On Wednesday, Chattanooga Assistant Police Chief Tim Carroll, a close Chapin family friend, spoke with reporters outside the federal courthouse shortly after the 35-minute hearing in U.S. Magistrate Susan Lee's courtroom.
"You've got four now that's taken responsibility for their roles in aiding and abetting Jesse," Carroll said. "It's one more step to get to state court and finalize this.
"We know that these people weren't there and didn't pull the trigger, but collectively and constructively they all might as well have had their finger on the trigger the day it happened," he said.
Kathleen, previously confined to a wheelchair for a combination of nerve damage in her feet and diabetes symptoms, walked into Lee's courtroom Wednesday in a blue prison jumpsuit, her hair held back by a white and gray bandanna that hung to the middle of her back.
Ray shuffled into court in an orange prison jumpsuit, his hair longer and his body thinner than when he was first arrested following the April 2 shooting.
Each gave short answers, such as "yes, ma'am" or "I do" to most of Lee's questions as she reviewed the plea agreement and their charges.
Jesse Mathews is wheeled into Judge Bob Moon's courtroom by officer Wayne Dowell during Mathews' preliminary hearing. Jesse Mathews is being charged in the April 2 shooting death of Chattanooga police Sgt. Tim Chapin. Staff Photo by Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press
After the hearing, Chattanooga police Officer Lorin Johnston, 45, who was wounded by gunfire during the April 2 robbery, and 10 of Chapin's family members or friends huddled in the hallway, exchanging hugs and asking Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Neff about how much prison time the couple could receive in December.
"So [the judge] said the maximum on that count is 20 years. What's the minimum?" asked Lisa Chapin Roberson, Chapin's sister.
"There is no minimum," Neff replied.
"So they could just go free?" Roberson asked.
That was unlikely, Neff explained. He said there are many factors the judge must consider once a probation officer calculates the sentencing guidelines and attorneys argue for increases or decreases based on aggravating or mitigating factors.
In February, Jesse Mathews was living in a Colorado Springs, Colo., halfway house, on parole from a 2003 armed robbery conviction.
Police say he robbed a fast-food restaurant and a Walgreens, then took money, jewelry and guns from a pawnshop.
Authorities say he fled with the help of his girlfriend, Amber Vlasak-Hudson, 30, and met his family in Asheville, N.C. The group then traveled to Chattanooga and family members sold some of his stolen goods, including guns, at local pawn shops and a gun show, authorities said.
Kathleen Mathews sold some of the stolen jewelry at the U.S. Money Shops on Brainerd Road, police said. Jesse Mathews robbed the store at gunpoint on April 2, according to court testimony. Police responded to a silent alarm and Jesse got into a firefight with responding officers.
As Jesse Mathews jogged out the store's side entrance and around the back, Chapin, 51, bumped him with a patrol car and made him drop his gun, according to testimony. Chapin got out of his car and Tasered Mathews, who rose from the ground, pulled a concealed pistol and shot at Chapin, witnesses said.
The two traded gunfire until a round from Mathews' gun struck and killed Chapin, testimony said.
Police subdued Mathews moments later.
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What Went Wrong Lyrics - Blink-182
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I'm sick of always hearing
All the sad songs on the radio
All day it is there to remind an over sensitive guy
That he's lost and alone, yeah
I hate our favorite restaurant, favorite movie, our favorite show
We would stay up all through the night
We would laugh and get high
And never answer the phone
I can't forgive
Can't forget
Can't give in what went wrong
Cause you said this was right
You fucked up my life
I'm sick of always hearing
Sappy love songs on the radio
This place is fucking cursed in it's plague
And I can never escape when my heart it explodes
I can't forgive
Can't forget
Can't give in what went wrong
Cause you said this was right
You fucked up my life
I'm kicking out fiercely at the world around me
What went wrong [x4]
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love this <3 | Reviewer: amberr | 11/21/10
1. I fucking love this song. Too much to even describe. This is my relationship with my ex, and the aftermath, to a T. "We would stay up all through the night. We would laugh and get high"
That's 80% of our relationship right there. All we ever did was get stoned.
2. @Dude man, Mark said himself Tom wasn't present when they broke up. He had his manager or something call and tell them.
emo lol | Reviewer: Carlos | 3/20/10
ill be damned if emo doesn't stand for emotion. seldom is there a song which has no emotion and is good. feeling sad is not the only emotion, but everyone has some sad moments in life. i dont know of anything wrong in expressing yourself through music whether its sadness, happiness, or anything inbetween. all you idiots bashing "emo" music are stupid. blink182 ftw. classifications for everything nowadays is bogus.
Goooooood Soonnnggggg | Reviewer: Cierra Gunderson ;] | 9/15/09
Wowwww. Ok. I must say, I love Blink 182 and I'm so glad they're getting back together...
And this has got to be one of my favorite songs by them. It's currently on my Myspace :D
I can relate to it.
And seriously? Everyone's fighting about emo? emo means "emotionaly hardcore". it's a music genre.
Get over it.
You guys are all morons... | Reviewer: HeartAttack | 8/24/09
If you knew anything, then you'd know that this song isn't about some personal feelings Tom had for someone. This song is based off of emotions that a MOVIE he watched extended to him. Jeeze, people.
you guys got it all wrong. | Reviewer: phill | 8/6/09
"I'm sick of always hearing
All the sad songs on the radio
All day it is there to remind an over sensitive guy
That he's lost and alone, yeah"
right here he's not saying he's sick of all the songs about being emo and he's sick of over-sensitive people. He's saying that the sad songs remind HIM (an oversensitive guy) that he's lonely. they aren't making fun of emo kids. and by the way, you should all check up your definitions of "emo". it could be pretty offensive to some kids to label them as something like that. back on topic though, this song is amazing, and really moves me. good job blink :]
umm..okay? | Reviewer: Skit | 6/18/09
sum of u guys have relli misinterpretted the song, when he says he hates hearing all the sad songs on the radio its because they remind him of the relationship he just lost, not because theyre emo, he'd probably like them if they didnt bring these feelings up in him. so yeah, not hypocritical at all, its just a sad song that mentions other sad songs
blah | Reviewer: ash | 5/9/09
why care if some one said there emo?... it's music and this is a very good song...
and i can reltate to it and im sure a million other people could as well.
just enjoy it and stop moaning about some one saying there emo. What gives any of you the right to call some one a dick head?...cuz they had an opinion on a song you all need to grow up.
its a small song but done very well.
HATERRRSSS | Reviewer: to the haters | 4/1/09
hey this is for all of you fucking hatterss out there. ok so if you fucking talk shit about this song, i want you to come back whit a song of your own song and if its better then i give you your props and you have a right ot be saying shit.But if you dont then you know what you can suck my big fucking cock you little whore((you dont know what the fucking "emo" is so go do what my friend Adam told you to do...
"fuck a dog! !"
Emo? | Reviewer: Joe | 3/31/09
Relax now kiddies. First off, the term 'emo' comes from the word emotional. Is this not an emotional song? It's certainly not Toms amazing guitar skills that creativity that pull you in. Blink was hardly punk as much as Pop Punk. There is nothing wrong with pop punk or emo. A good band is diverse and doesn't necessarily adhere to the restrictions of genres. Let's all just agree that this song is just a good song, and not feel that we have to label it as something beyond that.
Meow | Reviewer: Dude man | 11/17/08
Blink-182 broke up in a room, everyone there plus the manager. Tom was there (saying this to comment below me). And it's kinda more like Travis and Mark stopped talking to Tom because they hate his guts. Which is actually lyrics in +44 (Travis and Mark's new band). I think it's "this isn't goodbye, this is I can't stand you".
ANYWAYS, I pretty much love this song. Definitely one of there most serious songs, and most meaningful. Right up there with Adam's song and Fuck A Dog. Haha just kidding about that 2nd one...
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Adapted from "How To Respect A Transsexual" by Anonymous, with additional nods to "A Really Awesome Trans Glossary" by erinhoudini, "Why Misgendering Is Bad" by Char and the GLAAD Media Reference Guide.
This page is about trans and non-binary people, i.e. people whose gender identity differs from the sex or gender they were assigned at birth, and for those whose gender expression differs from what is culturally expected of them. This identity may be binary (male or female) or non-binary (genderqueer, gender fluid, third gender, bigender, and others). The term gender, when used below, always means the gender the person identifies as.
Basic Stuff ~ Transition ~ Social Situations
The Nature of Gender ~ Terminology ~ If I Just Came Out
Basic Stuff
- Accept me as a full-fledged member of the gender I identify as.
- Always use the language that corresponds to my gender identity, e.g. he/him, she/her, ze/hir, they/them etc., even if my body does not seem to match yet and even when talking about my past. If my gender identity is non-binary or ambiguous, it is more polite to use the gender neutral "they/them", or to ask what my preferred pronouns are, than to misgender me by using the wrong pronouns.
- If you are still adjusting, it's normal to make mistakes. Don't try to brush it off as inconsequential or become defensive when your error is pointed out. Simply apologize honestly for your mistake, and try to be more aware in the future.
- If I don't identify as female, never use female-marked words like girl, waitress, breasts, vagina, etc. to describe anything about me, and vice versa. Always use language that corresponds to my gender. For example, if I am a trans man, I am always a guy and never a girl. Don't call me "female-bodied", unless I use that term myself. If I identify as non-binary, try to avoid specifically gender marked words. If you are still concerned about misgendering, ask what would be most appropriate.
- A trans man is a man. A trans woman is a woman.
- Gender identity has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Whether I am attracted to men, women, both or neither is a totally separate thing from whether I am male or female. For example, if I am a trans woman who likes women, treat me no differently than any other lesbian woman.
- Don't expect me to conform to the stereotypes of my gender. I'll wear whatever clothes I like and have whatever interests I have. Being masculine or feminine (i.e. having mannerisms or interests that are seen by society as stereotypical of one gender) has nothing to do with identifying as a certain gender. Butch trans people and feminine trans people exist across the gender spectrum, just like they do among non-trans people.
- For almost all trans people, being trans is not a choice or a decision. It is a simple reality. The only "decision" is whether to accept my situation and fix it to live a healthier life, or deny it and suffer.
- Never mention my "old name" or ever ask what it was. Instead of saying "back when you were Fred", say "before you came out", if you have to speak about it at all.
- Don't use my name in the 3rd person as if I was a person separate from myself, e.g. "Are you dressing as Lisa now?"
- Every person's journey and ways of relating to their experience and their body is unique. Just because you have encountered/seen a documentary on someone whose experience outwardly resemble mine, do not assume that what goes for them goes for me.
- I am a person foremost. If you must use the word transgender (or trans), it's better to use it as an adjective to describe a person, not as a noun onto itself, e.g. "trans people", "trans folks", "trans guy", not "transgenders," "a transgender" or "transgendered".
- When it comes down to it, the matter is very simple: My gender identity is worthy of respect. That's all!
- Use the word "transition" to describe what changes I am going through or went though.
- The changes I make to my body are not purely cosmetic, but rather reconstructive. Having a body I am comfortable with is vital to my health and in my social and physical interactions with other people.
- Don't openly talk about my genitals any more than you would for a non-trans person, unless I bring up the topic myself.
- Don't immediately assume that genital sexual reassignment surgery (SRS) is my priority. Every trans person is unique and chooses different steps during their transition, based on many factors. Not everyone wants, needs or gets SRS.
- I am not my surgery. My choice to have surgery is a personal one, and does not confirm or negate my gender identity. It is not a standard by which my dedication to my gender identity is measured. Please respect the choices I make in regards to my own body, since I'm the one who has to live in it.
- Please don't gender my genitals for me. Many trans people suffer incredible anxiety (or dysphoria) in regards their bodies, and having gender ascribed to their bodies/genitals by someone without their consent can be viewed as violating.
- If I am a trans man or non-binary person getting top surgery, then I am not "getting my breasts removed", I am getting a chest reconstruction.
Social Situations
- Being transgender is a very personal matter. Treat it with respect.
- I'm not here to shock anyone or get attention. I am not selfish. I'm just a person like anyone else, and I have a right to be healthy and live in my honest gender.
- If I blend well (i.e. I "pass") or if I am online, then don't tell anyone I am trans without my permission. Just talk about me like any other person, according to my gender identity. No one likes a surprise "outing", and this is in part for my own personal safety.
- If I am visibly gender variant, non-binary or ambiguously gendered, please get my permission to educate your friends, e.g. about pronouns, etc. before meeting me in person. This is in part for my own personal safety.
- Don't introduce me as your "transgender" friend. Don't ask me to explain my life story or my gender situation to people I just met.
- Ask permission before taking a photo of me or before displaying old, pre-transition pictures of me.
- Don't call me whenever a documentary about a transgender person is on TV just because I am trans. I already know what being trans is about! Do it only if you already know I am genuinely interested in the subject.
The Nature of Gender
- Gender comes from the way our brain, mind and/or soul is configured, not from the body. Chromosomes, hormones, upbringing, etc. do not determine or change a person's gender.
- The only person who can know about their gender is themself. No external "clues" can prove or disprove somebody's true inner gender. Some people knew it their entire lives. Some manage to deny it for a long time. Some always knew there was something different. Some did a lot of soul searching to figure out their proper gender identity and that this was a legitimate medical situation.
- Don't call a non-trans person a "real man/woman" or "completely male/female". This denies a trans person their identity, implying that it is somehow not "real".
- This page deals with transgender and non-binary people.
- The term "transgender" is an umbrella term that includes any and all gender variant people: transsexual people, cross-dressers, drag kings and queens, intersex, genderqueer and bigendered people, and many other types. Be careful when using it. For example, some transsexual people don't like to be associated with cross-dressers.
- The short form "trans" can mean either transsexual or transgender. On this page, we use it to mean transgender.
- The term "tranny" is slang for transsexual or transgender, either as an adjective or noun. Many feel that it is offensive, on par with words like fag, dyke and nigger. As such, many feel that only trans people themselves can reclaim it and use it. In some cities, however, it only means cross-dresser and not transsexual. Use it with much caution, if at all.
- The term "she-male" is vulgar and never appropriate. It is used by the pornography industry to objectify and fetishize pre-operative trans women.
- Don't call it cross-dressing if I am wearing clothes that match my gender. Cross-dressing is if I wear clothes of the opposite gender, e.g. a trans man wearing women's clothing.
If I Just Came Out
- If I have just come out as my properly identified gender, you should use my new name and pronouns with me and with all (and only those people) who know about me, even (and especially!) with people who are still struggling to adjust to my correct gender. Be casual about it. Don't make a big deal about it.
- If I haven't told everyone yet that I am trans, then don't tell anyone. Outing me to people without my permission can not only cost me friends, family, my home and my job, but put me in physical danger. I will come out when I feel the time is appropriate, and not before.
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DIE Jovis, 10 die Maii.
Waste on the King's Lands to be stayed.
Lords Leave to be absent.
Post meridiem.
Message from H. C. with Instructions for the Commissioners going to the King.
Message from thence, for a Conference about the Great Seal.
Message from thence, with an Order.
E. of Derby's Estate.
Instructions for the Commissioners going to the King:
Message to H. C. with them.
Report of the Conference about the Great Seal.
Answer from H. C.
Message from thence, about the Instructions for the Commissioners going to the King.
Message to H. C. about the Paper from the Irish Commissioners.
Waste of the King's Houses and Woods to be stayed.
Instructions for the Commissioners going to the King.
Order to stay the Waste of the Estate of Ld. Craven, Sir J. Stowell, and Alderman Bunce.
Report of the Conference concerning the Great Seal.
Order to seize the King's Goods.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Hodges.
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ORDERED, That a Stop shall be made of all Wastes
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The Earl of Stamford was excused for his Absence.
The Lord Morley and the Lord Tenham have Leave
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House adjourned till 5a hora post meridiem.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Sherwood, &c.; who brought Instructions for
those Commissioners that are to go to the King.
The Answer returned is:
That their Lordships will return an Answer, by Messengers of their own.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Wm. Prynn Esquire, &c.:
1. To desire a Conference with their Lordships,
touching the Great Seal of England.
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That their Lordships will give them a present Conference, in the Painted Chamber, touching the Business
of the Great Seal of England.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Richard Temple Baronet; who brought an Order
concerning the Lord Craven's Lands, Sir John Stowell,
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Read, and Agreed to.
That this House agrees to the Order now brought
Memorandum, That, when any Act comes up from
the House of Commons concerning the Sale of Lands,
then the Proviso concerning the Earl of Derby shall be
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Earl of Lyncolne, Earl Denbigh, Viscount Say et Seale,
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King; which were read, and Agreed to.
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A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
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King." (Here enter them.)
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Mr. Glasecock and Mr. Gyles:
To deliver to them the Address of the Gentlemen of
Ireland, to send to the King, and desire their Concurrence therein.
The Question being put, "Whether this House
shall be adjourned until To-morrow Morning, at Nine of the Clock?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
"ORDERED, by the Lords and in Parliament
assembled, That there be Stop and Stay of demolishing or defacing of, or committing Waste in, the
Houses and Lands, or any of them, belonging to the
King's Majesty; and that no Timber or Woods be
felled or cut down off any of the said Lands, or any
Part of any of them; and that no Wood or Timber
felled, and now remaining there, be taken away, or
removed from the said Lands; and this to continue
until the Pleasure of the House be further signified
concerning the same: And all Persons whom it may
concern are hereby required to yield Obedience to
this Order."
"Instructions for Aubrey Earl of Oxford, Charles
Earl of Warwick, Lyonell Earl of Midd. Leycester Viscount Hereford, George Lord Berkeley, Robert Lord Brooke, the Lord Herbert,
the Lord Mandevile, the Lord Bruce, the
Lord Castleton, the Lord Falkland, the Lord
Fairfax, Denzell Holles Esquire, Sir Horatia
Townsend, Sir John Holland, Sir Anthony Ashly Cowper, Sir George Booth, and Sir Henry
"You are to begin your Journey towards His Majesty
on Friday next, and make a speedy Repair to such
Place where His Majesty shall be, and humbly to present the Letters wherewith you are respectively intrusted by both Houses of Parliament.
"You are to acquaint His Majesty with what great
Joy and Acclamation He was proclaimed in and about
the Cities of London and Westm. upon the Eighth Day
of May Instant; and present the Proclamation itself
unto His Majesty, and to acquaint Him with the
Orders of both Houses, to have the same proclaimed
throughout the Kingdoms of England and Ireland,
Dominion of Walcs, and the Town of Berwick upon
Tweed; and that both Houses have ordered, That
all and every the Ministers, throughout the Kingdoms of England and Ireland, be enjoined, in their
Public Prayers, to pray for His most Excellent Majesty, and for the most Illustrious Prince James Duke
of Yorke, and the rest of the Royal Progeny; and
also that they have ordered, That the assumed Arms
of the late pretended Commonwealth, wherever
they are standing, be taken down; and that His Majesty's Arms be set up instead thereof. And you are
to communicate to His Majesty the Resolutions of
both Houses, relating to this Instruction.
"You are to acquaint His Majesty with the earnest
Desire of both Houses, that His Majesty will be
pleased to make a speedy Return to His Parliament,
and to the Exercise of His Kingly Office; and that,
in order thereunto, both Houses have given Directions to General Mountague, One of the Generals at
Sea, and other Officers of the Fleet, to observe such
Commands as His Majesty shall please to give him
or them, for Disposal of the Fleet, in order to His
Majesty's Return. And you are to communicate to
His Majesty the Resolutions of both Houses relating
to this Instruction.
"That the Committee from both Houses do beseech
His Majesty, that they may know where He purposeth to take Shipping, and to land at His coming
over, that Preparation may be made for His Reception; and which of His Majesty's Houses He intendeth
to make Use of at His first coming to London; and
whether He will come all the Way by Land after He
comes on Shore, or whether He will please to come
by Water from Gravesend to London; and that His
Majesty will declare in what Manner He is pleased
to be received."
"Resolved, upon the Question, by the Lords and
Commons in Parliament assembled,
"That there be a Stop and Stay of demolishing or
defacing of, or committing Waste in, the Houses and
Lands, or any of them, whereof William Lord Craven,
Sir John Stowell Knight of the Bath, and James
Bunce Alderman of the City of London, or any of
them, was or were seised, in Possession or Reversion,
at the Time of the Seizure or Sequestration thereof;
and that no Timber or Woods be felled, or cut
down, off any of the said Lands, or any Part thereof; and that no Wood or Timber felled, and now
remaining there, be taken away or removed from
the same Lands; and that all the Rents of the said
Lands be stopt in the Tenants Hands respectively;
and a Stay and Stop is hereby made accordingly:
And this to continue till the Pleasure of the Houses
be further signified concerning the same. And all
Persons, whom it may concern, are hereby required
to yield Obedience to this Order."
The Earl of Manchester reported the Effect of the
Conference, to this Effect:
"That Mr. Annesley, that managed the Conference, said, There were many Inconveniences that
the Kingdom suffered, for Want of the Use of the
Great Seal; and, to fortify this, he gave many Reasons, to move their Lordships Concurrence herein:
"1. There was so great an Obstruction in all
the Courts of Justice, for Want thereof,
that all Writs, Fines, and Assurances, were
stopt, so as there could be none now, whereby the Subject suffered much: That Three
Terms have been lost already, and there is
Danger of having no Assizes, so there will be
Loss of a whole Year's Justice.
"2. There is an Obstruction in the Revenue:
Orders (fn. *) are made for issuing out of Monies,
are not obeyed. No Provisions can be made
for the King's Reception. Business at the
Committee for the Army are slackened; and
they fear that, if Monies cannot be brought
in for the paying the Army, the Soldiers
will be necessitated to lie upon Free Quarter. The Committee for the Navy and the
Admiralty cannot set out the Fleet; for
Want of the Great Seal, the Officers are at
a Stand. The Excise and Customs are at a
Stand, because the Officers are tender to act
without Orders under the Great Seal, whereby great Loss comes to the Kingdom; for,
whereas the Excise and Customs came lately
to Ten Thousands a Week, now they are
not above Five Thousands per Week, by reason of this Obstruction.
"He further said, In former Times, Use was made
of other Great Seals upon Occasion; as in King
James's Time, upon the Death of Queen Eliz.: That
the House of Commons could not send forth Writs
to fill up their House with Members, for Want of
the Use of the Great Seal; and they did not know
what Inconveniences may be, if their Lordships
do not speedily concur with the House of Commons, that there may be a present Use of the Great
Hitherto examined,
ORDERED, That the Lords Committees for the King's
Majesty's Goods, &c. be, and are hereby, empowered
to order the Seizure of all such Goods belonging to the
King's Majesty, as shall be discovered to their Lordships
to be concealed.
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This article is a review a wrote for the Red Wedge Magazine
I would like to talk about a particularly out of nowhere subject, a 2006 concept album by the third-wave Ska band Catch-22 entitled Permanent Revolution. Now some might wonder why would I bother with an album by a band far past its prime from 7 years ago. Well for one I don't believe many on the far-left are even aware that this album exists, for as the name indicates, Permanent Revolution is about the life of Leon Trotsky. Yeah, go figure. Secondly, and I will get to this later on, is that this album illustrates a certain point I have about art on the left.
So lets begin with the band itself. The story of Catch-22 is somewhat infamous Ska music scene, that hyperactive older sibling of reggae. During the 90s Ska had its so-called Third Wave. The first wave being its origins in Jamaica in the '50s with bands like The Skatalites (starting a long tradition of Ska garage bands just adding the syllable "ska" to a part of their name), the second being the 2-Tone period during the 70s in Britain with such bands as Madness and The Specials. The '90s Third Wave saw a rather rough synthesis between 2-Tone style Ska and American pop-punk (leading to the common epitaph that Ska is just punk + trumpets), combined with some moderate mainstream attention with bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish being the most famous.
Catch-22's first studio album, the 1998 Keasby Nights, is likely one of the highest quality works to come out of this period. But the band would promptly split just after its release, with the principal talent and song-writer Tomas Kalnoky going on to form a competing, and arguably better, band Streetlight Manifesto. Catch-22's first album post split, Alone In the Crowd, isn't bad per se, but you can see the beginning of the long descent, and its very much clear that the remaining original band members are trying to copy Kalnoky's style. It feels like they are trying too hard. Their subsequent albums only got worse. Then we come to Permanent Revolution.
To begin with, yes, this exists. This is a full studio ska-punk biographical album about the life of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. What is interesting is that they never once use Trotsky's name in the album. Rather each song is associated with a particular year in Trotky's life. So track 2 "The Spark" is 1905 and about the first Russian Revolution, track 3 "Party Song" is 1917 and is about the October Revolution, track 7 "Bad Party" is 1927 and about the Stalinist purges of the Communist Party of the Left Opposition, and the second to last track "Opportunity" is on Trotsky's exile to Mexico and assassination there in 1940.
So on one hand this is clearly an album put together by people very versed and sympathetic to the life of Leon Trotsky. The lyrics for "Opportunity", and I'll quote the whole thing because I find it actually quite a touching reflection of this revolutionaries' life, goes like;
Hardships faced. We've been disgraced.
Our plans for the land are degraded by menacing hands.
But history's compelling us, telling us to do it all again.
As far as I can see, everything that we had believed
is more true now than ever before.
If the truth be known, we would do it all again.
Bureaucracy and hypocrisy are contagious and make us all victims eventually.
You can take my life from me, but we will do it all again.
The seeds of truth will grow.
The people will know of the visions that we have endeavored to show.
And like the river we will flow.
We Will do it all again.
Faceless men who represent no idea or purpose intend
to prevent revolution though revolution,
but we could do it all again.
Even when I die, I hope you won't cry,
for my life has been happily spent in the struggle…
and I love you so I would do it all again
We got low, down in Mexico.
It seems so far after having been so close.
We got low, down in Mexico.
We lost everything except the things that matter most.
Other songs touch on the difficult decisions that faced Trotsky as the leader of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, and the sorrow he felt after Lenin's death as the counter-revolutionary vultures of bureaucracy began to circle overhead. The person who wrote these songs truly cared about the legacy and work of Trotsky. You have these lines from the last song in the album, "Epilogue";
Why would a man who believed in no god
Sacrifice all he had
To kill or be killed in pursuit of a cause
Was the fate that called to him
And you can say he might be crazy
And some can't understand
That a life spent doing less than all you can would be a waste.
Beautiful stuff. But I want you to read and re-read over those lyrics. Try your best to come up with a way and a tune by which they could be song while still being lyrical and pleasant to the ears. If you can, congratulations, because Catch-22 most certainly couldn't.
Another example, this from the track 1 "Prologue". These are first lyrics song in the album, our introduction to the entire style of the album and the skill of Catch-22 as musicians;
A hero was part of a movement from the not so distant past,
He and others like him felt the world was changing fast,
So they embarked on a journey with their very best intentions,
And thought that what began with them would never find an end.
I assure you, the singing of these lyrics are just as clunky and awkward as you can imagine. And that brings me to my other point here about this album; even though I like some songs on this album ("Party Song" and "Opportunity" being my favorites), heck I even like the album as a whole and will continue to listen to it, but I have to admit this is a bad album.
The lyrics feel jagged and entirely disconnected to the songs being played. The music itself is uninspired, the instrumentals rather boring, the musicians showing very little marginal skill. While Tomas Kalnoky and Streetlight Manifesto had gone on to really break some new grounds in Ska (though the pace at which they release new albums is maddening slow), Catch-22 seems very much stuck in the mud of their current skill level. It is a fact Permanent Revolution, despite coming out in 2006, is the band's most recent album, even though they are still touring. At best this album is nothing special, at worst, well …
Art, especially mainstream Art, has an interesting relationship with the Left. Any time a mainstream movie, TV show, album, or what have you, takes up the flag of the Left in some way or other, there is a certain amount of abandoning of criticism that goes with it. "Yay! They actually notice us!"
My favorite example of this is V for Vendetta, the 2005 movie, not the original comic book. Now this movie is awful. Just awful. The acting, the script, the way it adapted from the original source material, the characterizations, Natalie Portman's fake British accent, all awful. It is another in the long line of abominations the Wachowskis siblings have produced. But because the movie has a certain amount of radical panache to it (though severely watered down from the original graphic) and its implicit criticism of Bush's War on Terror, the film has gotten so much free traction in Left circles, some thoroughly adopting it and its iconography, despite the fact that it's a terrible movie.
Other examples abound, but the point is at the end of the day I want quality with my message. Art can rightfully be judged on the merits of its actual execution alone as well as what it is trying to say. We shouldn't suspend our critical eyes and ears just because the artist in question happens to be on our "side" of the political divide. If anything that's more reason to hold them to a higher standard. That album, movie, painting is now a representative to the world of those politics, put some damn effort into it.
Permanent Revolution could have been a masterpiece, a work that helped to ignite interest in the life and ideas of Leon Trotsky amongst a mass, young audience. But now, no, its just a mere curiosity for the already converted.
If you are trying to say something with your work, excellent, we need more art in this world that's got something radical to say. But please try to say it with some actual skill. Message is great, quality delivered messages are the best.


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Tuesday, 12.04.2012, 10:48pm (GMT+1)
Recent interviews with presidential hopefuls reveal profound, pathological inexperience and deferment privileges bestowed upon aspiring political candidates and their family members in a time of war. Candidate Mitt Romney, for example, received a deferment from the draft as a Mormon 'minister of religion' for the duration of his missionary work in France which lasted 2/1/2 years. At that time, there was an unspoken agreement of sorts between the church and the Selective Service Administration allowing exemptions and deferments to draft requirements by missionaries. Before and after his missionary deferment, Romney also received nearly an additional 3 years of deferments for his academic studies. A woman at an 'ask, Mitt anything' forum in Iowa raised the question again, asking whether any of Mr. Romney's 5 sons are serving in the U.S. military, adding pointedly, "If none of them are, how do they purport to support the war on terrorism by avoiding enlistment in the military?" Mr. Romney's response: "One of the ways my sons are showing support for the nation is helping to get me elected."
Mitt Romney is not unique. Any number of politicians have resisted military service for themselves and or their immediate family members while advocating war or American military intervention in a number of countries, which begs the question, if they themselves seek deferments from the ills and risk of war, how is it they willingly and unhesitatingly send other's sons and daughters in harm's way? Or how can they possibly understand the horror and terror suffered by any number of citizens who reside in countries on America's hit list?
Many of the Republican presidential hopefuls have not experienced war, yet to the candidate, they are quick to send American troops into theatres of war which could have been averted through negotiation. And they are quick to act in contravention of international law with such deferments or political expedient diversions or tactics as refusing to ratify the International Criminal Court (ICC) and through refusing to recognize and or desist from violations of national sovereignty with their drone war.
It is now common knowledge and accepted that neither Afghanistan nor any Afghan national played a role in 9/11. It is also widely accepted that the amorphous entity known as al-Qaeda is virtually non-existent in Afghanistan, yet the Obama Administration continues to characterize Afghanistan as the "hub of terrorism," and as playing a role in the implementation of 9/11, thereby demanding that the Taliban denounce al-Qaeda and terrorism when, with the possible exception of fabricated pronouncements from the hard-core American bully, they are known to have played no role whatsoever in international terrorism nor supported even rhetorically the concept of international terrorism.
Another explanation for America's 'just-cause' aggression (jus ad bellum) or military-doctrine therefore is required. To many, America's imperialistic comportment is wedded to resource exploitation, energy (oil and gas) and rare minerals such as lithium. Behaving as a nineteenth century colonial power, America launched a war against Afghanistan as negotiations for a proposed energy pipeline faltered, with Afghanistan's Taliban favoring a non-American entity, Bridas of Argentina for the project. America's immediate response was to threaten Taliban with carpet bombing if they did not select UNOCAL, the American concern for the project.
American politicians from George W. Bush, who's military acumen was a hitch in the Texas National Guard, a tactic to avoid combat or military service in areas under conflict, and to Barack Obama who has no military service whatsoever, have no idea what a carpet bombed village or a home violated and terrorized in a nighttime raid by foreign troops speaking an unintelligible language, festooned with weapons, communications equipment, black uniforms, blinding tactical lighting, rangefinders, helmets and dark glasses all of which have the appearance of soldiers from another planet or outer-space, looks or feels like. Those who resist are coined "terrorists." Yet during another era, the United States characterized those who resisted as "Freedom Fighters." The hypocrisy is mind numbing.
Since America invaded and occupied Afghanistan in 2001, thousands of villages in Afghanistan have been razed and or destroyed. No protection, recognition and or concern that in each village there are scores of women and children who fall victim to indiscriminate air and artillery bombardment, unmanned drones, weapons of mass destruction, or assault by special-forces who force entry into private homes in the nighttime, often resulting in the deaths of innocent civilians. This is the real terror, the reality of war that many American politicians with their political connections and array of deferments for themselves and their immediate families have not ever experienced yet are quick to endorse.
The Republican aspirants appear to be courting the fringe element in the U.S. Courting through propaganda, innuendo, disinformation and outright lies in order to solicit votes from a minority of Americans who with a Texas Ranger mentality see America's role in the world as a positive force for eliminating terrorism.
The ease with which many Republican candidates advocate war as the solution to intercourse with other nations of the world is troubling. Where in the United States Congress or anywhere on the political spectrum are the jurists, intellectuals, academicians, the advocates and voices for peace, the historians, military historians and combat veterans who have experienced and thereby know the horror of war?
With the exception of Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, who said "they do not hate us for who we are but for what we do." The entire American electorate and current U.S. Congress to include President Barack Obama seem bent on war as the solution to all who oppose us or our predilection towards war. A number of Members have no direct combat experience or occupation by a foreign power and thereby cannot fully understand the gravity of unleashing America's terrible military machine against tiny, poorer and weaker countries**
There exists no situation in life as terrifying as war, the losses, economic and familial dislocation are beyond indescribable. For the aggressors, for each and every innocent they kill in the name of some idyllic embrace or ideology, ten fighters will arise to confront them.
The American Government must come to the realization that a cynical world does not accept this so-called "war on terrorism." The Islamic World understands this travesty as a Crusade, a war against Islam by a dominant Christian power aided and abetted by their Christian acolytes from Europe who harbor a dark history of colonialism and the shedding of blood during their conquests.
War is today, as in years before, profitable for many. But for the masses who must suffer invasion and resultant habitat-destruction, occupation, familial dislocation, and personal and economic loss based on some inexperienced or politically expedient notion of how the world should comport itself, it remains the ultimate offense, terror and outrage.
Bruce G. Richardson
Notes: **The author served as a volunteer enlistee in the US Marine Corps as a 155/mm artilleryman during the (1951-1954) Korean War, and later (1986) as a volunteer instructor for the US Information Agency (USIA/USIS) engaged in conducting photographic workshops for the journalists and staff fielded by the various Afghan News Bureaus based in Peshawar during the Soviet/Afghan War. Thereafter, the author traveled to Afghanistan on (5) occasions as a free-lance or independent journalist to cover the brutal Soviet invasion and occupation, conduct research, and report on the later (civil/Communist conflict) and subsequently, the emergence of the Taliban government: (1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, and 1997)


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