text: Episode - 7G13\\First Aired - 4/15/1990After Bart gets in trouble for paralyzing Homer by leaving his skateboard out near the stairs and flushing a cherry bomb down the boys' bathroom toilets (and drenching Principal Skinner's visiting mother, Agnes), Principal Skinner visits the Simpson home and tells them that a troublemaker like Bart can benefit from the school's foreign exchange program, so Bart goes off to France, where a pair of low-rent winemakers keep Bart as a slave. Meanwhile, the Simpons host an Albanian boy named Adil, and Homer begins taking a shine to him, but does Adil like Homer or is he using him to get information on the nuclear plant for his country?----!!This episode contains examples of:* AffablyEvil: Adil is very polite to everyone and seems to genuinely like his foster family, even though he's a spy stealing nuclear secrets for Albania.* BilingualBonus and ShownTheirWork: The French used in this episode is fairly accurate.* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: Adil and his spying activities.* DeepCoverAgent: Adil.* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The vineyard Bart stays at is called the Chateau Maison.* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Principal Skinner's mother in this episode is actually a nice, old lady who embarrasses her son by calling him "Spanky," which is a far cry from the emotional abuse and ''Film/{{Psycho}}''-esque jokes about Principal Skinner and his mom years later (and the infamous "Principal and the Pauper" episode where it's revealed that Principal Skinner is really a street punk named Armin Tamzarian and that he became Agnes' son because the real Skinner went missing during the Vietnam War, though that has since been dismissed as NegativeContinuity). The DVD commentary justifies this change by stating that Bart's cherry-bomb prank is what turned Agnes Skinner cruel and bitter (though the episode where The Simpsons go to Canada for the Winter Olympics revealed that Agnes hated Principal Skinner because his kicking when he was in her womb cost her the chance to be an Olympic high-jumper).** This is the first foreign voyage episode of the series, yet Bart travels alone, rather than with his entire family (since Bart going to France is part of a student exchange program/punishment for what he did to Skinner's mom, rather than a family vacation). [[note]] The first actual Simpsons travel episode as we recognize them today would be Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E16BartVsAustralia. This because Bart visited France alone, rather than with the entire family, and because "Crepes Of Wrath" is not as full with numerous specific references to things the country travelled to is famous for. "Bart vs. Australia" does feature these traditions and thus paved the way for The Simpsons' later visits to Japan ("30 Minutes Over Tokyo"), Brazil ("Blame It On Lisa"), Africa ("Simpsons Safari"), China ("Goo Gai Pan"), Italy ("The Italian Bob"), The United Kingdom ("The Regina Monologues"), India ("Kiss, Kiss Bangalore"), Ireland ("In The Name Of The Grandfather"), Israel ("The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed") and Iceland ("The Saga Of Carl")[[/note]]* FamousNamedForeigner: Adil Hoxha is named after former Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha. * ForeignExchangeStudent: Bart and Adil.* UsefulNotes/{{France}}: Specific references to things the country is famous for are made: The Eiffel Tower, berets, impressionism, Le Provence, wine and bonbons. The Rue Voltaire references philosopher Voltaire. Bart gives Marge some "haute couture" fashion and Maggie a red balloon, in reference to the film ''Film/TheRedBalloon''. For completion's sake we can also add that César and Ugolin are references to the French films ''Film/JeanDeFlorette'' and ''Film/ManonDesSources''. * FunnyForeigner: Frenchmen and Albanians. * GlobalIgnorance: ** Homer confuses Albanians with albinos. ** Principal Skinner's speech: "You might find his accent peculiar. Certain aspects of his culture may seem absurd, perhaps even offensive. But I urge you all to give little Adil the benefit of the doubt. [[HypocriticalHumor This way, and only in this way, do we hope to better understand our backward neighbors throughout the world]]."* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The two winemakers are brought down by the exchange student they abused]].* {{Jerkass}}: The two winemakers. Treating Bart like a slave, stealing his stuff, [[spoiler: force feeding him ant-freeze laced wine]]. * MauriceChevalierAccent: All Frenchmen speak in this manner, though the police officer who helps Bart when Bart can finally speak enough French to ask him for help doesn't have that.* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: --> ''"Please, please, kids, stop fighting. Maybe Lisa's right about America being the land of opportunity, and maybe Adil's got a point about the machinery of capitalism being oiled with the blood of the workers."'' - Homer Simpson.* NationalStereotypes:** We only see two Frenchmen for most of the episode and they are both filthy, arrogant wine merchants. One of them wears a beret, has a moustache and smokes a cigarette. ** The Albanian is actually a communist mastermind spy. His last name, Hoxha, references the former Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha. * PunbasedTitle: The title is a pun on ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' and the French word for pancakes ("crępes"), which is odd, considering that the plot is more about grapes and wine. * SecretPolice: Adil is actually an Albanian spy.* ShoutOut: While driving to the French farm Bart and his chauffeur pass through landscapes which are all references to famous paintings made in France, including works by Claude Monet, Creator/VincentVanGogh, Henri Rousseau and Édouard Manet. ** The French wine brewers are based on the protagonists of the films ''Film/JeanDeFlorette'' and ''Film/ManonDesSources''. ** Bart brought a red balloon for Maggie from France, a reference to the critically acclaimed French children's movie ''[[Film/TheRedBalloon "La Ballon Rouge"]]''. * TimeMarchesOn: Since 1992, two years after this episode premiered, Albania is a democratic non-communist nation. The Albanian spy subplot had more relevance during the Cold War, which was already almost over when this episode aired.* VacationEpisode: Bart travels to France.----


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(18 Posts)I had an operation yesterday so haven't eaten since Tuesday at 10pm, my mouth is really sore. my lovely family have all bought food is all soft yoghurts, semolina, ice cream but I'm sooo hungry just craving some real food not treats but I can't eat it .I have had about 5 hours sleep over 2 days but can't seem to settle and I'm boiling. please someone cheer me up or tell Me something fun
2 pebbles on a beach. One says, 'are you married?'. The other replies, 'nope, I'm shingle.'
Hope you feel better soon.
Two sausages in a frying pan. One sausage says to the other sausage, "blimey, it's hot in here". The other sausage says, "fuck me, a talking sausage".
The boiling thing, have you taken your temperature? Do you have a thermometer?
saw this on mn a few weeks ago and still am tittering away.
Two cows standing in a field.
Once cow says to the other "What do you make of this mad cow disease then?"
The other cow replies "Don't ask me mate, I'm a helicopter".
hope you feel better soon.
Lols your jokes have amused me, don't think we have a thermometer or if we do not sure where hospital paperwork says it is common to run a temp for few days. just so bored!
Are you me? I had surgery on Tuesday too and can't have anything but soft food for a week. Am already fed up with yougurt and soup. Although yesterday I did manage some Phish Food ice cream (wellmelted) and that was very good.
"I went to buy some camouflage trousers yseterday but I couldn't find any"
A low fever is normal and common. A higher fever can be worrying. Can you fry eggs on your head?
Three cats tried to swim the channel. They all failed. Why? Because un, deux, trois, cats sank.
not high fever just generally feel hot and stuffy. at cats never realised how pants daytime tv is
ninaheart am I you? . dental surgery, I had ice cream and jelly but I crave real food
I had a procedure yesterday too. It has left me with a completely numb leg. DH is meant to be looking after me, he has made himself breakfast and lunch. I have had a cup of tea and a glass of lucozade! When I dared to mention it,he went off on an almighty rage. Thank heavens for DS1 who has made me tea and toast since he got home from college.
I am bored and pissed off with a massive headache!
Feel better soon.
A man and a woman who had never met before, but were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a Trans-continental train.
Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly..... She in the upper bunk and he in the lower.
At 1:00 AM, the woman leaned down and gently woke the man saying, 'Sir, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold.'
'I have a better idea,' he replied. 'Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married.'
'Ooooh, ok!' she exclaimed.
'Good,' he replied. 'Get your own damn blanket.'
Hope you feel better soon
that was funny oh no sorry you are laid up to it is really boring isnt it, three cheers for ds taking over naughty dps duties though! hope you feel better soon too until then we can put the world to rights on here .
Two parrots on a perch.
One says to the other "Can you smell fish?"
Two goldfish in a tank.
One says to the other "Do you know how to drive this thing?"
Hope you feel better soon x
Two snowmen in a field, one says to the other 'Can you smell carrots?'
Hope you feel better soon
you guys crack me up . had some mash and spaghetti hoops don't feel as starved now.
2 cannibals eating a clown. One says 'does this taste funny to you?'
Glad you are feeling bettee
Did you hear about the scarecrow that won a nobel prize? He was out standing in his field
grumpiness even worse today feel totally wrung out and sore and ds isn't too well so is king of moaning today
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03-25-2012, 10:02 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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I did not want to do this (bad seller)
Here is the rundown:
I came along these threads: 1909 t206 1952 bowman monte irvin priced for quicksale! Unfortunately, I never saved the original scan and the seller deleted the pics from the PhotoBucket. The seller and I worked out a deal for these two cards totaling $35. (I just took these pictures) Attachment 79347 When I asked about if they were authentic and untrimmed, seller responded via PM, "yeah its authentic and untrimmed, some vintage guys have told me it'd probably grade at least a 4, also for the irvin and 1909 t206, i'd do $40 dlvd on the pair, i ship with bubble mailer and DC# also" When I received the cards, I knew from the scan, that the Monte Irvin had paper loss on the top (that was fine with me). However, the other card looked like this on the back. Keep in mind this was undisclosed to me prior to buying. Attachment 79348 I PMed the seller 2 or 3 times to return the item: "I received the card today. I was never told the back had paper loss. I am extremely disappointed that this was never disclosed to me prior to me buying. This needs to be returned or you may refund me a significant portion of the money. Please advise." No response so I then I wrote: "I rather not go through the nonsense of going through PayPal to get my money back. I rather work this out amicably. Let me know what you want to do. I will give you 24 hours to respond. Have a good evening. " He responded with, "you received a picture of the back, you knew it was like that, i will not give a refund nor take a loss on this deal." *Please note that I never received a scan of the back of the card. I respond with this: "I assuming you are a kid. I would like to speak with your father. I do not want to give you bad iTrader, write a thread on the member feedback section and open up a PayPal case which will limit your account. I am offering to return the undisclosed damaged card and the other card for a full refund. I will return the cards on my dime. If I do not hear back from you by Sunday morning, I will start the process of getting my money back." It has been 24 hours and no response. I gave him 2 chances to make things right. I am always upfront about my cards and I expect people to do the same. Please be advised dealing with this member. Ask for scans of back and front. Unfortunately, I did not and got nailed for it. UPDATE - POST #5 UPDADTE #2 - POST #13
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I was finally able to get through to the seller. He asked me if I could drop the PP case and he would send me other cards. I asked him if he had financial hardships and he replied yes. I told him to not worry about the extra cards and I will drop the case. I know how it is to be 23 years old and just starting out. I felt bad for the guy.
Let's fast forward to the last few days. I see these kind of posts from this clown: Bring in all Locker!!! 2 2011 topps value boxes and 1 pack 2012 leaf draft fb So clearly, he has money to blow on other things but not to make things right with me. Am I at fault? I am to the extent that I trusted this guy. Please be advised when dealing with this tool. I wouldn't mind seeing a ban hammer on this D-Bag Broke-D.
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04-04-2012, 07:40 AM | #6 (permalink) |
Kids just don't get it, you've been polite and kind. You've given him rope and he hangs himself. Some kids don't know what it is to make things right.
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Judging from his poor grammar and spelling, I thought he was a 14, 15 year old kid. He told me he was 23 years old in later PMs when I told him I wanted to speak with his father. It's pathetic that people do not want to follow through on their word.
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This guy really should get the boot. When I saw his name in the other thread I started shaking my head.
Well, so when I decided to move all my Lockers he wanted the lot and I told him $500. He asked if I could wait 2 weeks because he just started a new job and that is when he would get his first paycheck. I knew it was bologna from the start. I agree- avoid this member at all costs.
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Ha....okay.... Kids are getting stupider by the day around here. This summer is going to be an all-time low around here...
The Deflategate truthers are like one of those doomsday cults that declare the world is going to end at a certain date and time, and when it doesnt, they just say Whoops! We were slightly off in our math, and then just pick another date. Also, David Ortiz thinks he is bigger than the game. |
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The Deflategate truthers are like one of those doomsday cults that declare the world is going to end at a certain date and time, and when it doesnt, they just say Whoops! We were slightly off in our math, and then just pick another date. Also, David Ortiz thinks he is bigger than the game. |
04-14-2012, 10:39 AM | #13 (permalink) |
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Last week he said he would send me something. Nothing has been sent. No DC#. No communication. Zip.
But he is still buying, buying, buying! 09-10 court kings box break for sale! Looking for jake locker spa rpa!!!
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If u have enough money to buy a locker rpa then he does not have "financial hardships" that an easy $300 card
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this dud "rockytoptn" has also ripped me off, i paid for a adrian peterson patch for like 8 bucks tells me he sent it, then admits he didnt, then promises a DC in the morning and now has stopped responding.
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I think it was stupid of you to drop the case. I guess I would be speaking with the benefit on hindsight but I have learned to really not trust anybody. Unless of course you have dealt with them many times, but otherwise, I trust no one and no longer send as gift for this exact reason. I would have at least waited a little to close the case. Too bad man, I hope it wasn't for a lot of money.
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Look at this clowns feedback Why is he still allowed here as a member?
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... then many! I stood transfixed as I always do when snow falls!
The irony for me is that we had a mini holiday booked and I knew that even though I'd be waking to the wonder of settled snow, I'd have to walk through it and get on a train which would take me away from it!!!! But I enjoyed it while I could. I couldn't sleep much, kept hopping up to look out the window...and woke early to get ready to meander through the villages.
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The Mill Road Winter Fair is an annual fair on the first Saturday in December. Attendance has grown from 10,000 at the first fair in 2005 to at least 20,000 in 2009. Since 2009 part of Mill Road, including the bridge, has been closed to traffic for the duration of the fair. Regular activities include shop a window display competition, live music, folk dancing, a local history walk and open days at the road's churches, temple and ...
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use Acme::Damn; my $ref = ... some reference ... my $obj = bless $ref , 'Some::Class'; ... do something with your object ... $ref = damn $obj; # recover the original reference (unblessed) ... neither $ref nor $obj are Some::Class objects ...
Acme::Damn provides a single routine, damn(), which takes a blessed reference (a Perl object), and unblesses it, to return the original reference.
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Egg | 1 , beaten | |
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Butter | 1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs) | |
Onion | 1 Medium, diced | |
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Combine Wheatena, egg and salt.
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racing class proved to be every bit as exciting and action packed as the big bikes inside Phoenix, Arizona's Chase Field, offering some big surprises that few could predict. Among them was a first-time Phoenix win for Eli Tomac, Martin Davalos's heroic ride and the startling speed of series rookie, Joey Savatgy.
After notching a victory at the season opener in Anaheim, California two weeks ago, Tomac continued to demonstrate his superiority by taking his second consecutive race win, crossing the finish line over 10-seconds ahead of second place (Ken Roczen). It was astounding how quickly the 20-year-old from Colorado ripped around the track—especially through the whoops where his body position was visibly exaggerated, with his butt hovering over the rear fender as if to extract every ounce of speed from his Honda CRF250R.
"My past two years here professionally haven't been awesome so to do the W is awesome," said Tomac, after winning his heat race and 15-lap main event. "This is one of the closest races to my hometown in Colorado so to do it here with some friends and family is something I really wanted to do."
Although he grabbed the victory, the Honda ace still hasn't perfected the art of the start which made his victory even more challenging: "Right now, I'm like spinning on the plastic and when I hit the dirt my front end pops up," he explains. "I definitely need to work on that and we can get better."
Despite a heat race win, Ken Roczen couldn't duplicate the performance when it really counted, with the KTM racer from Germany running around mid-pack initially due to a poor launch from the gate. Roczen claims he lost his balance right as the gate dropped.
Ken Roczen certainly has the pace to run with Tomac but he'll need to get a better start off the gate if he is to battle for a race win.
"I started with my right foot down and I lost my balance," explains the orange rider. "I basically tipped over right before the gate dropped. I had to spend too much time coming through the pack."
Roczen thinks he has the pace to run with Tomac and now it's time to prove it.
"It's important that we always stay close. Now I need to start mixing it up that I win and Eli is a little further back," he says. "I need to keep charging and keep my head up. I think I did riding-wise and I feel fit. I had a bad start but I charged through. I got to keep it close and six points isn't that much so I need to start putting it down and getting some wins."
Martin Davalos put in a gritty, determined performance Saturday night in Phoenix. After running up front in his heat race, Davalos crashed spectacularly when he came up just a few inches short on the landing of a jump, sending his bike into an endo and his body through the air, head first and into the next turn's raised wall berm. It was a gigantic crash, one that would send most men right into the back of an ambulance.
"That was one of the toughest crashes I've had in a while," comments the third-place finisher. "It was scary and I am glad I'm in one piece. I destroyed the bike and they had to put my whole bike together [for the main event]."
Unfazed, the 26-year-old rider from Central America lined up for the LCQ—and won. He got another fantastic launch during the main and led the first half of the race until a more energized Tomac came whizzing by.
"I knew Eli was coming and I wasn't 100% riding," says Davalos. "I know I can win this – hopefully I can come back next week swinging."
It was a tough weekend for Davalos's teammate, Blake Baggett. After injuring his hand in a crash at the opening round in Anaheim, the Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider crashed again during practice. It's unclear the exact extent of his injury, but it was enough for him to park his KX250F for the night. As of now it's uncertain if he'll be racing at the second Anaheim round this weekend.
Martin Davalos was the talk of the evening coming back from a heinous crash to finish third in the 250SX Supercross class from Phoenix.
Loretta Lynn's young gun, Joey Savatgy, was one to watch in Phoenix. In only his second-ever Supercross race, the rookie, who rides for the JDR KTM team, nailed the holeshot in a heat that included more experienced racers like Christian Craig, Jake Canada and Tyla Rattray. Savatgy actually led most of the race before succumbing to the pressure of Tomac's Geico Honda. In the main he went on to finish a respectable ninth and could be one to keep an eye on as the season progresses and he gains more experience.
The 250SX returns to Angel Stadium in Southern California this weekend for the second of three Anaheim rounds. With six races left in the West Coast series, the outcome of this year's championship is still a big question mark.
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The General Services Administration (GSA) is adopting as final without change an interim rule which revised the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) by moving coverage on the annual real property inventories into the Federal Management Regulation (FMR). A cross-reference was added to the FPMR to direct readers to the coverage in the FMR. The FMR coverage was written in plain language to provide agencies with updated regulatory material that is easy to read and understand.
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Annual Real Property Inventories
4 actions from November 2nd, 2001 to April 2002
November 2nd, 2001
- Interim Final Rule
November 2nd, 2001
- Interim Final Rule Effective
January 2nd, 2002
- Interim Final Rule Comment Period End
April 2002
- Final Action
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- A. Background
- B. Executive Order 12866
- C. Regulatory Flexibility Act
- D. Paperwork Reduction Act
- E. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
- List of Subjects in 41 CFR Parts 101-3 and 102-84
- Interim Rule Adopted as Final Without Change
DATES: Back to Top
This final rule becomes effective March 14, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Back to Top
Stanley C. Langfeld, Director, Real Property Policy Division, 202-501-1737.
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In furtherance of its leadership role in real property asset management, the Office of Governmentwide Policy, Office of Real Property, conducted a comprehensive review of the policies contained in Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) Part 101-3 (41 CFR part 101-3), entitled "Annual Real Property Inventories." This review was based on a collaborative effort with Federal real property holding agencies that utilize the Worldwide Inventory of Federal Real Property.
Representatives from the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and the Army Corps of Engineers participated with GSA in conducting the initial steps of the comprehensive review of the policies in FPMR part 101-3 (41 CFR part 101-3). The review focused on improvements to make the real property inventory program more useful and to enable Federal agencies to more effectively manage their real property inventories. In addition, we have rewritten these regulations in plain language format. These regulations are being transferred from the FPMR to the FMR to enable the Government to better focus on implementing statutory requirements, Executive Orders, and governmentwide policies rather than on detailed operating procedures.
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List of Subjects in 41 CFR Parts 101-3 and 102-84 Back to Top
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One of the arguments creationists use to dismiss evolution goes "If we evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys?" They ought to look at their own religion for the answer. Catholicism evolved from Judaism and yet there are still Jews. Islam evolved from Catholicism as did Protestantism yet there are still Catholics. There are divisions within Islam and numerous forms of Protestantism all leaving still intact their origins. For those who are confused about how evolution works, I hope this helps.
Understanding evolution doesn't mean you have to abandon or even question your faith. I would hope this brings you a better understanding of your faith. Genesis is a myth. It is interesting to contemplate how that myth came into being. The majority of Christians, Jews and Muslims already understand it as a myth and yet they remain Christians, Jews and Muslims. Take the good messages on living that the Bible holds and use them. Enjoy the myths as part of your heritage.
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Dialogue with Ben
Ben: If I understand you correctly, you may not be able to comprehend why some people would hurt others, but you wouldn't say that their path in life; their ultimate goal, is any less valid than your own. Have I represented you accurately?
Thomas: Not exactly. I can't comprehend why people hurt others because I'm not in their skin, soul, whatever and because what I have learned about myself has made hurting others on purpose incomprehensible. I have no way of knowing why others do what they do and don't see how I can judge them.
Ben: You said that in your worldview, the world should be a place "where everyone accepts everyone". Why?
Thomas: "Should" is the operative word in that statement. It is not the way the world is, it will not be that in my lifetime and probably never but my view of a perfect world, heaven, if you will, is one in which everyone accepts everyone else. I use the word "accepts" rather than "love" because love is a word that has too much emotion and misunderstanding attached but I am basically talking about Christ's central message of love for everyone. The reason everyone should accept everyone, other than because it is what Christ wanted, is that to do otherwise is frequently a source of conflict.
Ben: What if butchering another human makes someone happy?
Thomas: Accepting a person as they are does not include accepting certain behaviors.
Ben: Should we judge or encourage a serial killer like Tommy Lynn Sells?
Thomas: Judging his actions is a no-brainer. Putting him away forever or killing him is all fine with me.
Ben: Why should everyone accept everyone?
Thomas: It's really hard to love someone if you don't accept them for who they are. Accepting is not condoning or agreeing with; it is "I see you as a person."
Ben: Why should we love everyone?
Thomas: Maybe you think Satan wrote Matthew 5: 43-48 and Luke 6:27 or are you picking and choosing? But rather than rely on the Bible I'll give you my own answer from my own life. While trying to follow the advice from your savior, Jesus, I have found that the more successful I am at loving neighbors and enemies the happier I am. Hating Tommy Sells may make you feel better and if that is the case, it is what you should do. Finding it in my heart to love him, while difficult, makes me feel better. Do I love him enough to think he should be running around in society? Hell no.
Ben: Is your worldview morally superior to the worldview of Tommy Lynn Sells?
Thomas: Sells is a character in my life similar to the ghosts in Pac-Man. I have no morally superior worldview
Ben: Do you exist in a worldview of total relativism where anything is right for anyone?
Thomas: I exist in a place where there is only one person I can change and, thus, only one person to judge. Put me on Sell's jury and I'd judge his actions unacceptable and I wouldn't care much what happened to his body but I might feel some compassion for his soul (if I was in a dualistic mood). I have no idea what is right for you or for Sells or anyone else.
Ben: Would you appeal to the Bible? But if you do, why reject so much of it while taking just the parts that you like?
Thomas: Gosh, Ben, it seems to me you are rejecting the passages I cited above. Of course I take the parts I like as do you. There is enough contradiction in the Bible to make everyone happy.
As an aside, I've done some research into religion and serial killers and haven't found one that came from an atheist upbringing so I was further amused at Sells statement: "I've made my peace with my maker."
Another country heard from
Thomas, you wrote, " I do believe there was a man named Jesus who grew up in Nazareth."
I don't. I've only recently come to this conclusion after I read this:
Good stuff, though, even if he was a myth… If only people read the Jefferson Bible instead of the King James version.
Another Country
Thank you, Another Country. The link is excellent and I think we are in agreement that there is good stuff in the New Testament whether or not Jesus put on his sandals one foot at a time or if he existed. My fundamentalist friend, Michael, thinks there is good stuff also; I have asked him twice which was more important believing Jesus was the way to heaven or living a good life. He has not answered either time which leads me to believe he thinks believing is more important than understanding or doing.
I tend to believe there was a man who got it right who lived about the time attributed to Jesus and that a number of people heard him and realized he was onto something. The disciples became, if not already, itinerant preachers. They tried to get people to understand the message and as they traveled around they embellished the story creating the myth that is the New Testament. Folks who use their minds, however they got them, can see the beauty of the message of loving everyone and try to bring it into their own lives. Followers, dare I say sheep, pick up the easy way which was probably not part of the original message and can go to bed comforted every night because they have accepted Jesus as their savior and whatever they did during the day is less important. I feel quite sure that the person who understood loving neighbors and enemies as stated directly and through the parables never said he was the way into heaven as that notion is not at all loving
Michael dialogue continued (3)
Thomas: Michael, you wrote "He (God) said He created nature and all creation that would cause men to ask questions and search for who made all of this." I think you are making my case. You are saying God made creation so we would think. Beautiful. My point exactly. Ask questions; ask questions about creation, who created all of this. YES! That is spot on. And then along comes Satan and he doesn't want us to think about God's creation, he wants us to focus on his words.
I'm going to get off the Satan bandwagon for a moment and say something real. The Bible was written by men who were doing exactly what you say God wanted them and us to do, to ask questions. The Bible is their answer (which, if you believe in Satan, could have been influenced by him), the answer of men who knew so much less about the world than we know today. I think we, those of us living today, should do exactly what you say, "ask questions and search for who made all of this."
Michael: Oh, I think I am seeing what you are saying now. Are you saying we should more trust his creation (all that we see and experience) rather than this book containing his "supposed" words?
Thomas: Yes.
Michael: Well, we know from Josephus and other non Biblical sources that Jesus really existed and was gathering lots of attention from his miracles and from the fact He claimed to be God.
Thomas: There are those who dispute the existence of Jesus but I'm not one of them. I do believe there was a man named Jesus who grew up in Nazareth. I believe he was one of the great, perhaps the greatest, philosophers of living using philosophy and psychology. That he wasn't born in December seems unimportant unless you are an astrologer. That miracles were added to his story by those who wrote his story is, I feel, unfortunate as it makes a lot of people skeptical. His teaching of love, his parables, great quotes, that when he spoke of the Ten Commandments he left out the first three are all believable to me. Why anyone who understands life would need the miracles to believe in his wisdom is beyond my comprehension.
Michael: If all we look at is creation for evidence of God, we would never know about Jesus' claims to be God.
Thomas: You are saying God's creation is not evidence enough for you.
Michael: Generations until the end of the world would never read or know about Jesus.
Thomas: Have you heard of Homer? Seven hundred years before Jesus he wrote the Iliad with some interesting quotes like "The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside." I think Jesus' teachings would have survived until now if he had written them down without the miracles, as have Homer's.
Michael: I think your way is saying that Jesus is not the only way to Heaven and that there is no real "way" to Heaven, so we all should just love each other because we will be together anyway forever. Is that what you are saying?
Thomas: You've got a lot packed into that question. First, I don't believe Jesus said he was god or he was the only way into Heaven because that would be contrary to all the rest of his teaching. It's the kind of thing Satan, if you believe in Satan, would have gotten the disciples to write. I think that and the miracles were embellishments to the real story of Jesus life and teachings. If he said anything like "I am the way" his meaning would have been "my teaching is the way, love thy neighbor, don't have enemies, etc." Some people have taken his meaning to be "believing in me is more important than living a good life." That is the kind of thing Satan would love.
When you say "we all should just love each other" I find myself questioning your definition of love in this context. Loving everyone is not the same as loving family members. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out how that works, how do I love someone who kills, someone who does stupid things, someone who has stupid thoughts? I think I have figured out how I can do that and it is working out pretty well for me. You've probably read my essay on the website on love so you may understand what I'm talking about.
Michael: There is no real basis for that way of thinking and there are no specifics or details. You would just be hoping. Jesus lays out a real plan and it is recorded in the Bible. I don't see how Satan could benefit by focusing on Jesus so much in the Bible.
Thomas: Not hoping, Michael, just living my life based on learning and thinking, learning from reading what others have thought, learning from experience, learning from conversations like ours and using the gifts I find I have in this life—my senses and my mind.
What do you think Jesus "real plan" is? Is it 1) to love neighbors, enemies, everyone or is it 2) to believe he is God. There is pretty good plan for living laid out in the New Testament. We could say one by Jesus and another (2) by Satan, if we believed in Satan.
What Would Your Wish be?
A genie materializes before me and says: "Thomas."
"What?! You scared the crap outa me."
"Thomas, I am here to grant you one wish."
"One, I thought I was supposed to get three?"
"No, that's in mythology. In reality you don't get any but I'm making an exception in your case."
"OK. I wish that everyone loved everyone like Jesus said we should."
"Eh, sorry, I can't grant that wish."
"I can't tell you. Wish again."
"I wish that everyone understood the difference between belief and knowledge."
"Can't they just look it up in the dictionary? Or Google it?"
"I think I'm asking for more than that. I want all of us to be able to say about our faith, our belief in God, heaven, hell, etc. to say 'this is what I believe but I don't know.'"
"You want atheists to say I believe there is no god, but I don't know?"
"And Christians to say I believe in God but I don't know?"
"Yes, and Jews and Muslims and everybody who holds a belief in something that cannot be proven to be true."
"Why do you care?"
"Because if all of us recognized that our belief was ours and we respected everyone's belief as being as valid as ours it might be a big step toward loving each other."
Good in the Bible
Dear Bible Believer, Let me get back to your original question: if Satan wrote the Bible, why is there so much good in it?
Put yourself in Satan's shoes—you say out of jealousy he wants to destroy God's creation. He wants us to destroy the forests and fields, to destroy the Garden of Eden, to kill all other creatures and each other; he wants us to deny the pleasure of our senses. You say he is smart and crafty; would it be smart to preach the destruction of creation? If he said he was God and preached destruction, killing and denial, would you follow that god? Satan is devious, right? So he causes the Bible to be written and in it he puts some good things like "Thou Shalt not kill. [It's interesting that when asked to name the Ten Commandments, the first most people name is "Thou Shalt not kill". It is number six in the Bible.]
While Satan would like to see lots of wars and have us kill each other he puts in the Bible "Thou shalt not kill." That makes sense to us. It is wise advice. Then Satan fills the Bible with killing.
God is a brutal, bloodthirsty son of a bitch. Here's one example:
And at midnight the LORD killed all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn son of the captive in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed. Pharaoh and his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died. (Exodus 12:29-30)
In that one God did the actual killing himself but he also enjoyed ordering murders:
All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. God's words to Moses in Leviticus 20:9
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Dear Bible Believer, how do you reconcile God's actions, brutal actions and orders with the Sixth Commandment?
I find the teachings of Jesus to be excellent. He taught love. That was far and away the thing he preached most yet much blood has been shed over belief in him. When he says "I am the way. Only through me can you get to heaven." Where did that come from? It is not loving. It is excluding. I frankly don't believe he ever said anything like that. I believe those words were put into his mouth by disciples, preachers traveling around spreading his word and gathering followers. It served their purpose but it did not serve Jesus's teachings or his legacy well.
Satan's influence – a dialogue
Bible Believer: If Satan wrote the Bible, why is there so much good in it?
Thomas: Is Satan stupid?
BB: No! He is very smart. That is how he is able to lure us to do things we shouldn't.
Thomas: What is his mission?
BB: To get us to do bad things.
Thomas: Like destroying God's creation?
BB: Yes.
Thomas: Are we part of God's creation?
BB: Yes.
Thomas: Do you believe God gave you your body with senses of smell, sight, touch, hearing, the pleasure of sex?
BB: Yeah, I guess.
Thomas: You guess?
BB: Well, I'm not sure about sex. That might be Satan.
Thomas: Is sex something other than a wonderful combination of the senses, might I say climax?
BB: Yeah, but Satan can get in our mind and make us do things we shouldn't.
Thomas: Sex is something we shouldn't do?
BB: Right, unless it is between a man and a woman and only because they are married and want to have children.
Thomas: You are married. Have you had sex with your wife other than to have children?
BB: Yes, but that is because Satan makes me do it.
Thomas: Do you masturbate?
BB: No. Why are you raising your eyebrows; don't you believe me?
Thomas: You are unique. Anyway, your sexual urges come from Satan? How does Satan do that? I understand that he is smart but he did not create your body, the body that has the sexual urges.
BB: He gets in my mind.
Thomas: Your God-given mind?
BB: Well, yeah, but I'm weak.
Thomas: God gave you a weak mind?
BB: Yeah, no! It's not God's fault I'm weak.
Thomas: Your God-given weak mind gives in to the pleasures of your God-given body? How does it make you feel when you "are weak?"
BB: I feel bad because I'm not doing what God wants me to do.
Thomas: How do you know what God wants you to do?
BB: It's in the Bible.
Thomas: If it weren't for the Bible, you would enjoy sex without feeling bad? Have I got that right? If God had written a manual for life saying "I have given you a body with senses that can bring you great pleasure and joy; I have given you a mind that will help you enjoy your life; I have given you plants and animals, mountains and oceans if you take care of them they will feed your body and soul all the days of your life; if that were God's word, would you feel bad when you used your body?
BB: I guess not but that's not what he said.
Thomas: So, Satan can influence people; could he influence what people write or say?
BB: He's sure influencing what you are writing. Yes.
Thomas: Is my writing influencing you?
BB: Hell no!
Thomas: Do you think Satan could work through religions to get people to go astray?
BB: Just look at history. He does some of his best work that way.
Thomas: Through other religions, not yours?
BB: Right, there are lots of religions out there that have lost their way.
Thomas: What is your religion?
BB: Lutheran.
Thomas: So Catholics have lost their way?
BB: Absolutely! Martin Luther established that.
Thomas: And Jews have lost their way?
BB: They killed Christ didn't they?
Thomas: And Mormons?
BB: I don't really know much about them but unless they believe the only way to heaven is through Christ, why, yeah, they are on the wrong track.
Thomas: Muslims?
BB: Isn't that obvious?
Thomas: So, Satan is winning? All those millions of people who aren't Lutherans have been won over by Satan even though all of those people believe in the Bible, the same Bible you believe in. They follow, or at least try to follow, the Ten Commandments, just as you do. All but the Jews believe Jesus was holy.
BB: Not Muslims.
Thomas: Actually, they do but they have a more recent prophet who created another holy book, the Koran. Mormons have the most recent prophet to whom the Book of Mormon came directly from God much as the Ten Commandments came to Moses. The Jews have the oldest word from God and the Mormons have the most recent. What makes the Lutherans special?
BB: I just know they are. It is my faith.
Thomas: I respect your faith as long as it makes you happy. However, if it makes you unhappy, I suggest you question it. You believe Satan is smart and that he can work through religions. Perhaps you should use your mind to make sure you are not following Satan, to make sure Satan is not taking away anything God gave you. I'll get back to your original question in my next post.
Dialogue with JC
THOMAS: Hi JC, You talked a lot about love—love your neighbor, love your enemies, judge not,—but you never define it or tell us how to do it.
JC: Sure I do. The parable of the Good Samaritan is a good example of loving your enemies.
THOMAS: That's really a story of compassion. I get that compassion is an example of a loving act and that it can be done as a conscious act but it is sympathy or pity for someone's misery or suffering. What about loving enemies who aren't miserable or suffering?
JC Name one.
THOMAS Are you saying that everyone is miserable? Now you sound like L. Ron Hubbard.
JC (laughing) That's a good one! No, you are right, everyone is not miserable.
But there are so many people who are miserable you can always find someone to feel compassion for.
THOMAS But you made loving neighbors and enemies sound so much more wonderful than just feeling compassion or pity. I even have this notion of heaven as a place much like earth with the significant difference that everyone loves everyone. Trouble is, I don't know what that love would be, you know, how to do it.
JC Of course I can't tell you what heaven is like or even if there is a life after death but that is a nice image. Why do you even have thoughts about life after death? As I look at it you are having a pretty nice life. Why think about something more?
THOMAS Yeah. I guess my thoughts along those lines are for the purpose of living this life better.
JC You want this life to be better?
THOMAS No. Not really. It's like playing golf. I don't want the course to change, to get better. I just want to get better at my game because the better I play, the more enjoyable the game is.
JC What if you became perfect at the game and shot eagles and holes in one every time?
THOMAS I'd probably quit like I quit playing video games when they stop being a challenge.
JC So if you perfect living, you'll kill yourself?
THOMAS My turn to laugh. Perfect living? No matter how many times I rewrite our dialogue, it will never be perfect. I have lived some amazingly wonderful days but I doubt that any could be counted "perfect". I often tell people that if I ever perfect gardening, I'll quite because it is the challenge I love most. I love solving problems.
JC You asked me how to love. You must know the answer since you just said you love solving problems.
THOMAS Loving something I do is not the same as loving a person.
JC But what did you mean when you used the word?
THOMAS I meant I enjoy it; I enjoy challenges and solving problems. I sure don't feel compassion for the problems, I can tell you that.
JC Before you got married did you want to love somebody and would you consider that a challenge?
THOMAS I wanted to get laid and I loved the challenge and solving the problem. Frankly, I don't recall considering finding a wife or soul mate a challenge or problem. Did I want to love someone? Actually it was more of a challenge to make it clear that I did not want to commit to anyone so I was always careful not to use the word love.
JC But now you have been married for 40 years.
THOMAS Yes.
JC To the same woman.
THOMAS Yes.
JC Do you love her?
THOMAS Yes. Without hesitation, yes. More now than when we were married.
JC You sound like an expert on love.
THOMAS If there were such a thing, I'd take out papers. Yeah, I think I know a lot about…no, I take that back. I know how to make love. I know how to get along with my wife…most of the time. When I wish newly weds well I tell them if they want it to last, they will have to work at it, that the wedding is not the end but just the beginning and when I talk to couples who have been married for a long time they nod in agreement when I compliment them on all the work they have put in to stay married all those years. But I'm still not sure I know what love is.
JC What is the work that keeps a marriage going?
THOMAS Oh, gosh. It's a lot of little things. Early on it is trying to keep out of trouble. (laughs) OK here's one—Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday—food, friends, family—what could be better. We have hosted it for nearly forty years. It took me several years to figure out how to get through this wonderful time without pissing my wife off. First, the house needs to be cleaned for company. Then there is the stress of cooking a big meal involving a big bird. I say it took several years. To be honest it was probably 25 or 30 before I was able to keep her happy through the ordeal. First, it was don't watch football, then don't even sit down. Some of this seemed unfair to me until I got a better idea of what was going on with her. She was very busy, albeit doing things she likes to do, and seeing me sitting around rankled. Then I figured out that life got a lot better if I asked her if there was anything I could do to help. Sometimes there was, at which point I jumped right to it because putting it off pissed her off. When the job was done I'd report back for the next assignment. There seldom was a second assignment in which case I was allowed to sit down and read or whatever but then I wasn't a bump on a log but a servant in waiting.
JC So you were able see her position—you empathized with her.
THOMAS Yeah, I guess that's it. Oh, and I also found that random acts of kindness like doing the dishes without being asked gains points. There are certain times when I do the dishes and we both understand it is my job like Thanksgiving and certain nights of the week but I get extra points for just doing them when not expected to.
JC Empathy again.
THOMAS If empathy is so important, why didn't you say so? Why didn't you say "Empathize with thy neighbor" instead of "love thy neighbor?"
JC I did.
THOMAS Not that I read.
JC Keep in mind that none of my words as you read them was written by me. They were written by good men who thought I spoke wisdom and they wanted to spread the wisdom to everyone. In the process they added some things and left out some things and then those words were transcribed by hand many times over and translated into other languages. Let me ask you; is there anything about your wife that you wish were different?
THOMAS Sure.
JC More than one thing.
THOMAS Two pop to mind. If I think about, I can probably come up with more.
JC Do you wish she would change certain things?
THOMAS Not going to happen.
JC You tried?
THOMAS Yeah, always a big mistake.
JC So you just accept her as she is?
THOMAS Yes, I don't think I have a choice.
JC I tried to teach acceptance.
THOMAS (excited) Of our enemies, our neighbors, our friends and family, of everyone! Why doesn't it say that in the Bible?
JC I think it comes through best in my parables. I think they came through best because they were stories that were easier to remember and to translate.
THOMAS "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
JC Yes. I love that one because it turns judgment inward where it belongs and it employs empathy and acceptance not only of the woman who was going to be stoned but to those who were going to stone her.
THOMAS We are allowed to empathize with ourselves?
JC No one better. If you can't get inside your own mind, you've got little chance to get into another's. Remember "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"? Unless you know yourself, empathize with yourself, accept yourself; how can what you do to others be right?
THOMAS I'm not sure I understand.
JC Love yourself first if you want to love others.
THOMAS May I ask another question, this is kind of personal?
JC Shoot.
THOMAS Why did you say "I am the way"?
JC Why do you ask?
THOMAS It just doesn't seem very loving. How can I love everyone and at the same time say if you don't believe the way I do, you are going to rot in hell?
JC You are right. That statement is contrary to my teaching of love. I never said that.
THOMAS But it's in the Bible.
JC Written several years after I died by men who wanted to spread my teachings and thought that the addition of that sentiment would help them get people's attention; same as walking on water, rising from the dead and that my mother was a virgin.
THOMAS They lied?
JC No reason to be so harsh. They were good men who fervently wanted to deliver the word so people would have good lives. Those embellishments were just to get people to pay attention.
THOMAS Today there are people who say it is more important to be your disciple than to follow your teachings—more important to go to church and to say your name a lot than to be loving.
JC Well, there's not much I can do about that, is there?
THOMAS How about coming back like they think you will.
JC They would crucify me. Been there, done that.
Anyone who believes the last book in The Bible, Revelation, predicts or portends or has any relationship to life today is…I don't want to be too harsh; what is the proper word? Idiot; "someone lacking the mental capacity to develop beyond the level of a four year old?" No. No, that's not the best word. Fool; "a silly or stupid person?" That's too pejorative. Ah! I've got it! Ignoramus! Yes, that's the right word, "an ignorant person". To be ignorant is "lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact." Thus if you tell me "Staggering events will soon shock the whole world! Great prophecies in the book of Revelation show how and when these catastrophic events will occur"(http://rcg.org/books/real.html) I can call you an ignoramus. I don't mean that pejoratively but rather as an invitation to gain knowledge or information on the book of Revelation.
The ignoramus I quoted is David C. Pack, Pastor General of The Restored Church of God. The likelihood he will seek knowledge or information beyond his silly interpretation might lead one to wonder about his mental capacity but we must keep in mind that religious leaders who promote fear and apocalyptic outcomes are doing so out of their own self-interest. "Don't squishy doctrines of transformation through personal illumination always get marginalized in mass movements? …the open-minded, non-authoritarian side of Buddhism, too, quickly succumbed to its theocratic side, gasping under the weight of those heavy statues. The histories of faiths are all essentially the same: a vague and ambiguous millennial doctrine preached by a charismatic founder, Marx or Jesus; mystical variants held by the first generations of followers; and a militant consensus put firmly in place by the power-achieving generation." (Adam Gopnik, "The Big Reveal" The New Yorker magazine March 5, 2012) Those who wish to gain knowledge and understanding of the Book of Revelation might want to read "Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation" (Viking), by Elaine Pagels or they could start with the review of the book in the March 2012 New Yorker.
Who Wrote the Bible?
Who wrote the Bible? Young men who thought the earth was the center of the universe and that it was flat. I say young because relative to the average life expectance of today they were very young. It was more than 1,500 years after the writing of the Bible that some great thinkers discovered the world was neither flat nor the center of the universe. That knowledge was suppressed by the Catholic Church for another 100 years. If you are looking for answers relevant to modern times, you might find Google a better source than the church.
A believer might say, "Christ knew the earth was round and not the center of the Universe because he was the son of God and he knew everything." Just because there is no indication that he knew any science is any reason to challenge that statement. Jesus' focus was on psychology. However, the question was: who wrote the Bible. Jesus didn't write a single word of the Bible. It was written by itinerant preachers after his death.
If you want a more learned answer, I recommend Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman.
"The New Testament as we actually have it, I knew, was the product of human hands, the hands of the scribes who transmitted it. Then I began to see that not just the scribal text but the original text itself was a very human book. This stood very much at odds with how I had regarded the text in my late teens as a newly minted "born-again" Christian, convinced that the Bible was the inerrant Word of God and that the biblical words themselves had come to us by the inspiration of the Holey Spirit….Given the circumstance that he didn't preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me that he hadn't gone to the trouble of inspiring them." (Page 211 HarperSanFrancisco 2005)


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Finnish centre says situation better than in 2004-05
On Monday at the MTS Iceplex, throughout Winnipeg and in NHL cities across the continent, it became apparent that regular-season games, slated to begin next Thursday, are about to join pre-season games on the scrap heap.
And while some of his brethren have been spouting pessimism, you won't find it coming from veteran centre Olli Jokinen just yet.
The new Winnipeg Jets pivot, signed during the July free-agent sweepstakes, heard the suggestion that the league may just cancel games a week or two at a time until a new collective bargaining agreement is reached.
"We don't want to miss games," Jokinen said after the Monday workout at the Iceplex. "The clock is ticking and we're getting closer to the regular season starting. So I guess it's better than to cancel games month by month.
"To be honest, I don't really read the papers or watch the news. The only information I get is from the NHLPA and if you start reading the papers and listening to the radio and all the speculation what's out there, you can mislead.
"We want to play. That's why we're here practising and skating."
Jokinen, who went through an entire lost season in 2004-05 thanks to labour issues, said he didn't have any information to share about the three days of negotiations that took place in New York over the weekend.
"We got information about what's going on but there's nothing really to report. So no news.
"At least they're talking. That's the only positive thing."
And Jokinen said that in his eyes, it's not yet time for pessimism.
"Last time it was different," Jokinen said. "We had a World Cup of Hockey at the time and we played a final and then the next day the CBA was expiring.
"Instead of me, playing for Team Finland against Canada, instead of flying to Florida we took the plane back to Europe. We knew the lockout was going to be for a long time, probably a year or even longer.
"This time, I think the whole summer we were more optimistic and we will still try to stay positive and hope for the best.
"I think this time is different than last time. Then you had the mindset it was going to be most likely for the whole year. Now, I don't think that way. I hope they can come to an agreement. We'll just wait and see."
Talks, though not about the sides' key differences, are scheduled again today in New York.
In the meantime, the local contingent working out and waiting to resume their NHL careers has dwindled. Only nine players participated on Monday, including goalies James Reimer and Steve Christie. Several other pros who had been present for the last three weeks, like Kevin Clark, Jason Gregoire, Darcy Zajac and Calvin Pickard, have gone off to their AHL teams' training camps.
With a vacuum in its schedule -- no pre-season games to fill up its prime time -- TSN has gone digging through the archives and on Wednesday (6:30 p.m. CT) will re-broadcast the 2005 World Junior Championships gold-medal game from Grand Forks, N.D.
One of the participants of that one-sided Canadian victory was current Jets captain Andrew Ladd.
"It's kind of all a blur to me," Ladd said Monday, asked for an "insider program key" for viewers. "I do remember the one goal we scored, I think I was in our end and Jeff Carter kind of blew the zone and I made a long bank pass to him and he went over the line, dropped it to (Ryan) Getzlaf and he wired it home. That's probably my best memory from that game."
That championship featured what's widely regarded as the strongest Canadian team ever at the WJHC, a squad that included Ladd, Carter, Getzlaf, Sidney Crosby, Dion Phaneuf, Corey Perry, Shea Weber, Mike Richards, Patrice Bergeron, Brent Seabrook, Braydon Coburn plus locals Nigel Dawes, Cam Barker and Rejean Beauchemin.
"It was fun to be a part of," Ladd said. "Going into it, we think we knew we'd have a pretty special team with the (NHL) lockout. That was a goal of mine from the start of the year, to make that team, and I was lucky enough to do so. That was kind of my first big experience of learning how to win and what it took to put together a great team and everybody accepting different roles. I still look back on that and take a lot from that experience. It's something I'll never forget."
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In short: Good 10 miler providing a challengeIn full: Bright and sunny with a strong wind on the day, lots of big puddles round the country lanes, but overall pretty good weather for the race. Well marshalled by Hadleigh Hares so there is plenty of encouragement on the course which starts with some good climbs up to about the 4 mile point, gently undulating for a couple of miles, drop all the height on mile 7, a short sharp climb at mile 8 and then back into the start finish area at Hadleigh. This is a good race, got everything you want from a 10 milerDate of review: November 27, 2012
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What HISD Trustee Manuel Rodriguez Considers an Apology for an Anti-Gay Flyer
Houston school board member Manuel Rodriguez barely eeked out a re-election victory this week, despite -- or maybe because of -- putting out an anti-gay flyer at the end of the campaign.Sorry, sorta.
As we noted:
Under reasons to "vote no for my opponent," Rodriguez listed:Program manager of minority male initiative at [Houston Community College.] His records show he spent years advocating for gay, bisexual lesbian, transgender rights....not kids.
The flyer also noticed the damning fact that he had been endorsed by Houston's GLBT Caucus -- and then it got subtle.
"54 years with no children," it said. "Male partner."
Now, in advance of a public board meeting where the flyer was sure to come up, he's issued an apology....of sorts.
In an open letter, Rodriguez thanks his supporters and says, "I am aware that some people have said they were offended by one of my ads, and I apologize to all of those people."
Oh: Some people "have said they were offended." That's right up there with League City State Rep Larry Taylor's apology for using "Jew them down" in a committee meeting, when he said it's a phrase "many people find offensive."
Anyway, Rodriguez then goes on to say he voted for HISD's recent expansion of its anti-bullying policy to include sexual orientation.
He did so because "I remain committed to creating a culture in our schools where all people feel welcome and safe," he writes.
Welcome in our schools. Not necessarily our school boards, mind you.
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