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Savanna Says: Perspective on JuK
In this entertaining review, Savanna takes us through her discovery of JuK, a new pearl in the treasure trove of KDE applications. Expect to see JuK ship with KDE 3.2 since it has already made an appearance in the KDE Multimedia module. Kudos to Savanna for taking the time to contribute the review and, of course, hats off to the developers of JuK!
A User's Perspective on JuK
"Juk? What the heck is that?"
And so I did.
That is approximately how the conversation went a few weeks back on the #debian-KDE IRC channel. A person there named "grepper" told me to try it. Grepper knew one thing: I like pretty things. In fact, that is why I like KDE and have since around a year.
I first experienced it when I got a copy of Debian installed on my backup machine. From there, I booted up KDE and started to play around. In about ten seconds flat, I had one of the nicest looking desktops I had ever seen, and I was hooked.
I'm a user, not a programmer. I don't know what makes most things tick in Linux and KDE, nor do I really want to. Only recently, I learned how to upgrade to the latest CVS packages and install an Nvidia driver Debian package without seeing anything but a console line - and without freaking out because I couldn't see a mouse cursor.
Okay, I admit it: I'm a blonde who isn't a techie. I'm learning because it is kind of fun, but I'll only go so far. I know most people who will read this will probably chuckle because this is for a techie site, but it is worth noting that I am a user who has switched her desktop from Microsoft to Linux with KDE. That is a pretty big jump.
So when Grepper talked about my switching from XMMS (comfortingly like a windows application) to Juk (something like a Mac application with lovely KDE tidbits - from my point of view), he knew that I would do so reluctantly.
What a surprise!
Juk is easy. Juk is elegant. Juk is simple.
Juk is awesome.
It opens up as a simple collection list with a space for icons in the left to make more custom playlists with. Nice big icons at the top make it very hard to miss the start/stop/skip functionality of the program. It looks friendly, and it is. Big columns on the right tell you everything you need to know. A search function at the top lets you instantly select things live from the collection list to make your playlist the way you want. A nice little icon in the tray on the Kicker lets you control the application from there as well. You right-click on the left area, create new playlist, name it, and then drag-and-drop from your collection list to your playlist.
You don't need to do anything else: it is that simple.
Every time it opens, it scans your MP3/OGG/Music directories (which you add very easily whenever you like) for any new music files. Alternate light gray and white rows make spotting songs a breeze. A "jump to currently playing song" button on the bottom right makes it really easy to go to where you are, even while you are building more playlists and listening to another. A pop-up track announcement from the Kicker tray with a forward and backward skip button on either side comes up (if you want it) at the change of every song. I find this particularly useful. Right-click on the Kicker tray icon and you get a selection of the standard music player functions. Click on it with the left mouse button, and the entire program pops up. Another click minimizes it once more. There are no flashy player skins from outer space, or separate player displays. This is a simple program which doesn't need many bells or whistles.
Everything is big and friendly.
Big friendly icons make for happy users.
I was hooked. In fact, I was so hooked that after I got the stable version from orth's CVS debs, I switched everything to Juk and no longer use XMMS.
Other than that, it is a dream come true. There is something to be said for a Mac-design where things are supposed to be friendly and simple for regular users. Juk hits that on the head. I love XMMS but it was sort of tiny on my screen and making a good set of playlists accessible was, at times, kind of annoying. I also like Noatun, but I have some issues with it at the moment - though with the Hayes playlist feature, it was as close to Juk and about as friendly and intuitive as I've ever seen it before (and does have its own very nice merits).
But Juk is...perfect. Well, so far. It screams: "non-coders will use me happily", and that is a good thing.
I love KDE because it is easy to use. Juk follows that example and reminds me, once again, why I run KDE in the first place.
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By Psiren at Sat, 2003/06/14 - 5:00am
Re: Aaarrrhhh! My eyes!
Hehe, i like that site :p
By Bart Verwilst at Sat, 2003/06/14 - 5:00am
Re: Aaarrrhhh! My eyes!
wot is that site supposed to be?
By K'an't Thien'k at Thu, 2005/04/14 - 5:00am
Anyone tried both Juk and Yammi?
As the developer of Yammi (http://yammi.sourceforge.net) I really would like to try Juk, but that won't be before I update my whole system to a current distro (Juk doesn't compile on my current configuration).
Anyone tried both applications? I think their concept is very similar, but I myself think that Juk is much better integrated into KDE (as Yammi, so far, also runs on a QT-only system). But maybe there are some good pieces in Yammi that could find their way into Juk (eg. the fuzzy search)? That's why I would like to hear the opinion of people who tried both...
By onoelle at Fri, 2003/06/13 - 5:00am
Re: Anyone tried both Juk and Yammi?
The fuzzy search sounds interesting indeed.
By AC at Fri, 2003/06/13 - 5:00am
Re: Anyone tried both Juk and Yammi?
I have found yammi to be my favourite jukebox as i find interaction and music selection is more refined in it, the only problem is i use it with xmms for crossfading (crossfading is a freaking MUST HAVE on any jukebox) and xmms and yammi never like eachother for more then 10 songs or so.....
By surfed at Sun, 2003/12/07 - 6:00am
Almost perfect.
I am very happy with JuK, having just emerged it on Gentoo. It's much more useful than Noatun and SplitPlayList
There's one set of UI changes I'd like to see: when viewing the collection list, arrange the songs in a tree format, maybe by Artist, Album, Genre, and maybe Year. The exact heirarchy and tree depth should be user-selectable; I would prefer to sort by Artist alone, but other people might prefer something else. In most cases I can't imagine the tree getting more than 3 levels deep...you'd need a boatload of songs to make that really useful.
My reasoning is thus: a large song collection is rather cumbersome to navigate in a flat list. A collapsible tree would give users the option to collapse Artists/Genres/etc that they are not interested in. Also, it would enable users to add a large number of songs to a playlist by dragging that level of the tree to a playlist. Besides, when you're looking for a song to play, don't you do it by classes? I usually remember either the artist or genre before I can remeber the name of the song I'm looking for.
Please note that I would _only_ apply this change to the collection view, not when viewing a playlist. Playlists are by nature sequential, and they should be displayed that way. The existing UI is excellent for that.
By Steve B. at Sat, 2003/06/14 - 5:00am
Re: Almost perfect.
The Opera M2 mail client technique of having various 'views' of an underlying set of items looks like a good idea here. All your songs are in some file tree, but you'd like to have a display by date, by artist, by artist after a date... or filter to show only the songs with 'KDE' in the title (only kidding!). This is a powerful mechanism to allow the user to dynamically change the way their stuff is represented, independently of the file system underneath (which will usually remain album-per-directory for music).
I'd agree with KDE multimedia being KMuddled what with so many alternative mixers, etc being available, and artsd being unruly. Time to slim it down (at least on Mandrake, which is many people's KDE showcase) and get it working for new users who can then explore happily.
M2 works pretty well now, by the way, after a slightly troubled start. Worth looking at (Opera 7.21 is current)
By miles at Tue, 2003/11/04 - 6:00am
Re: Almost perfect.
I completely agree. I have gentoo as well, and of course we love choice (isn't that why anyone has gentoo?). I'd like to see the "song library" list as customizable as possible, with hierarchies or whatever I want. It might be useful to have tabs at the top (browse by artist)(browse by album)(browse by song) where browse by artist is a list of artists, where you can click on and get a list of that artist's albums, and then songs.
By Ryan at Fri, 2004/01/30 - 6:00am
I'd really like to see a enqueue/dequeue for while songs are being played. I frequently play a shuffle of a playlist or all my songs, and while it's being played, I think of a song that I want to hear. In the new xmms, I can just press "q" on my keyboard and it will play that song next, and then go back to the shuffle. I'd like to see this function in juk.
By Ryan at Fri, 2004/01/30 - 6:00am
Re: Queue
I just found the "play next" menu button. This is good, but I would like to see this expanded more (at least some notification that a certain song is going to be played next maybe? A way to dequeue?) It would also be nice if this was a queue instead of just a "play next"
By Ryan at Fri, 2004/01/30 - 6:00am
mp4/aac/m4a support
I've been using Juk for a while now, its taken over pretty much from XMMS as my defacto player. Most of my files are in mp3 format (this is in forsight of buying a hard disk based player, maybe even an iPod if i can afford one!) I have recently come into ownership of a substantial quantity of mp4/m4a files which dissappointingly juk doesnt like to play.
I was going to have a look at the source code for juk and see if there was any way I could implement this but i dont really know where to start.
I have discovered a couple of tools which enable me to play mp4 / m4a / aac files under linux (XMMS being one of them) i discovered a really useful tool which enables me to convert to wav file its called
faad also allows the file to be output to stdio, this means it should be a really trivial job to get mp4 working in juk! Please , Please Please implement this feature , or at least give some clues to a clueless person how i might go about adding it myself using these tools; (who hasnt even considered the implications of tag editing!)
nick ...
By Nicholas Fellows at Thu, 2004/04/15 - 5:00am
Re: mp4/aac/m4a support
well... I had a similar problem, and finaly, I tried that...
foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
By niki at Sun, 2005/06/05 - 5:00am
Re: mp4/aac/m4a support
apt-get install xmms-mp4
By David at Sat, 2007/04/28 - 5:00am
Re: mp4/aac/m4a support
Check out http://www.qwirx.com/xmms-plugin-mp4/xmms-plugin-mp4-0.4-1.i386.rpm for the rpm and src's.
I installed the rpm and it worked fine for all of my m4a's. Hope it works for you.
By MattoHippo at Sat, 2005/08/13 - 5:00am
Re: mp4/aac/m4a support
this works like a champ! Thank you!
By Chad at Thu, 2006/03/02 - 6:00am
Re: mp4/aac/m4a support
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Librarians Really Should Rule the World
Thus Miss Snark was glad to find there are librarians among the snarklings and even more happy to have received a link to a daily comic strip about...libraries. Miss Snark is getting a slow start on the day today so she read quite a few of these before remembering she's supposed to be lunching at the local G&P at 1pm and she's still wearing her bunny slippers.
10 comments:
- Unknown said...
Good Day Miss Snark, I am an avid reader of your blog, which should be a syndicated column. I would like your advisement on my situation. I'm told that I have a very good story, one that puts James Freys' story to shame. I did and it's documented, 3 1/2 years in prison and lived a life of crime, heroin, and things too numerous to mention and dirty enough I will most likely have to use a pen name for my own safety. My problem is that although I have a good story filled with police conspiracy, contracts on my life and more, I do not feel inept or well written enough to actually write this book. How would you go about getting a credible writer to co-write your memoir? I am in awe and would most assuredly respect your opinion. Thanks!
- 2/10/2006
- Yasmine Galenorn said...
Way cool! I love libraries and will be perusing this site for sometime to come.
- 2/10/2006
And here I am debating whether to pursue a master's in library science!
Hmmm. I think I'll go back to my pros and cons list and make a notation that Miss Snark thinks librarians should rule the world. Where's that grad school app?
- 2/10/2006
- Jean L. Cooper said...
I'm so glad that someone values the work librarians do - and that it's someone as notable as Miss Snark! That is even better!
- 2/10/2006
Wait, we don't rule the world?
- 2/10/2006
- Sal said...
And don't forget to buy the radical, militant librarian button for your favorite librarian.
- 2/10/2006
- The Beautiful Schoolmarm said...
I like Sunday's comic. I think the writer is channeling one of our local librarians.
- 2/10/2006
- Sha'el, Princess of Pixies said...
Librarians? Oh, nice memories are tied up in librarians and libraries.
When I was 12, I rode my bike down to the library every morning. The librarians would sneak me in when they came to work. They let me wander the library for the two hours before official opening. I spent hours reading and learning how a library worked. I got to help out. They let me look through the rare book room. I felt so trusted and responsible.
Librarians are special people.
- 2/10/2006
Rare Book Room: No doubt the origin of your current (or currently main?) profession, my dear P o' P.
Indeed, librarians rule.
- 2/12/2006
- Sha'el, Princess of Pixies said...
Dear BP (Bad Pete),
Well, it was an influential moment, but the real origin of my book mania was my grandmother's basement. It wasn't really a basement. She lived where it really snowed, and her main entrance was on the second floor. In the summer, one walked up the stairs. So, the "basement" was really on the ground level.
It was full of books. She bought them continuously. She had a weakness for pulp westerns, science fiction, and anything on paper. She never bought new. She was a tag sale/thrift store queen.
Each summer my dad and I would fill boxes and sacks with books and take them home. This is what addicted me to old books. My first treasure from her basement was a math textbook from 1869. So, it's all my grammy's fault.
- 2/12/2006


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Bullpen meltdown derails Blue Jays in nightcap
Crazy eighth features club-record eight walks, three wild pitches
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Blue Jays bullpen has been a major strength for more than a year, but on Thursday night in Minnesota, it went through a collapse of epic proportions.
Toronto's bullpen completely fell apart in the eighth inning as three relievers combined to walk eight batters, throw three wild pitches and allow six runs to score. Within a matter of several painful minutes, the Blue Jays went from being on the verge of another series victory to hanging their heads in utter disbelief.
Steve Delabar, Sergio Santos and J.A. Happ combined to set a franchise record by walking eight batters in an inning as the Blue Jays blew a two-run lead in a heartbreaking 9-5 loss to the Twins. Not all losses are made equal, and this one is going to sting for a while.
"We just couldn't throw strikes, we didn't pitch very good all series," manager John Gibbons said after the game. "It's cold, OK, but you know what? It's cold for both sides, and if you're ever going to get to October in the playoffs, it's going to be cold. We didn't pitch very well. We were in a position to win that one and we coughed it up."
The Blue Jays carried a 5-3 lead into the eighth inning and had their sights set on a third consecutive series win when Gibbons handed the ball to setup man Delabar. The hard-throwing righty couldn't find the strike zone and walked the first two batters he faced before leaving after a sacrifice bunt.
Blue Jays closer Santos entered with the tying run on second, and the control issues went from bad to worse. Santos walked pinch-hitter Trevor Plouffe to load the bases and threw a pair of wild pitches with Kurt Suzuki at the plate to even the score at five.
If that wasn't bad enough, the woes continued when Santos threw another wild pitch to the next batter, Brian Dozier. That allowed Pedro Florimon to trot home from third with what ended up as the game-winning run. Santos was mercifully pulled but not before walking all three batters he faced and becoming the first reliever in franchise history to throw three wild pitches in an inning.
"Coming into that situation, I had to be perfect and I felt, looking back now, I was trying to be too perfect there," said Santos, who threw just four of his 16 pitches for strikes. "Tough, obviously, when you see the position players go out and play in this cold weather, so many innings, it was just a long day."
The nightmare didn't stop there, though, as Happ entered and proceeded to walk the first two batters he faced as well. By that point, the Twins didn't even have a hit in the inning but had scored four runs on seven walks. When the eighth was all said and done, the Twins scored six runs on eight walks and just one hit.
The eight walks set a franchise record for the most in one inning. The previous mark was set on June 21, 1994, and it was also the most in the Major Leagues since the Orioles walked eight on April 19, 1996.
"I'm obviously one of the main guys to blame there," Delabar said. "I put them in a bad situation there behind me, and the hitters didn't deserve what we did that inning. That was brutal."
The Blue Jays' bullpen woes overshadowed some control problems by the Twins' pitchers and a series of defensive miscues that almost handed Toronto a win. The Blue Jays opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning on an RBI single by Edwin Encarnacion and a sacrifice fly by Dioner Navarro. The rest of the damage came in the fifth, when Toronto took advantage of an erratic Mike Pelfrey and several big mistakes on defense.
Jose Bautista got the rally started with a solo shot to left field that went just above the facing of the second deck. Encarnacion walked and Navarro singled as Pelfrey was removed from the game with runners on the corners after 95 pitches.
Third baseman Brett Lawrie then hit a blooper to right field that initially appeared as though it would hang in the air long enough to be caught. Twins right fielder Chris Herrmann got a late break on the ball and had it bounce off his glove when he attempted to make a feet-first sliding catch.
The Blue Jays had another run essentially handed to them when second baseman Ryan Goins hit a little dribbler in front of home plate. Reliever Samuel Deduno made an ill-advised attempt to field the ball with his glove and flick it to the catcher without the use of his throwing hand. The ball instead rolled to the right of Suzuki, who was unable to come up with it to record the forceout.
"I was bad again," said Pelfrey, who has allowed nine earned runs in his past 9 1/3 innings. "In the first inning you can't give up a single and two runs. That's terrible. I obviously haven't been very good, and this isn't how I envisioned it starting. But I'm going to be better."
That was only enough run support until the fateful eighth inning. The core components of the bullpen -- Santos, Delabar, Aaron Loup, Brett Cecil and Neil Wagner -- entered the frame having allowed just seven runs in 30 innings this season. But on this night, the track record of past success didn't mean a thing.
"It was just one of those days where it didn't seem like anything was coming out the way I wanted it too," said Santos, who blew his first save in five opportunities. "But you have those days, you move on and hopefully I get an opportunity tomorrow."


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The NGS 2014 Family History Conference will be held 7–10 May 2014 in Richmond, Virginia at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
The FGS 2013 Conference will be held 21 - 24 August 2013 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The FGS 2014 Conference will be held 27 - 30 August 2014 in San Antonio, Texas.
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Tomorrow, on Tax Revolt Day, I will be standing on the site of my 2nd great-grandfather's Atlanta farm. In 1824, Archibald Holland owned all of downtown Atlanta. He drew 202-1/2 acres in the land lottery. Imagine that! His home was located on Capitol Avenue where his first son was born. His struggles were like so many persons who took up the challenge to build a life in America and opened the door to the prosperity of future generations. Sure, the dirt road has been paved over and State buildings occupy the landscape, but the fact remains that my ancestor helped to build a community out of the wilderness. Just like your ancestors fought to uphold freedom, religious tolerance and the Constitution of the United States of America. They gave their sons to the Revolutionary War to fight against an oppressive tax by the British and obtained freedom. Again, they rallied during the War of 1812. Likewise, their sons fought in the War Between the States which was started against the North because of oppressive taxes and tariffs to Southern planters and ended in freeing slaves. Lest we forget World War I and II? Now, our boys fight a vicious terrorist regime whose motto is to "kill the infidel".
Since the election of Obama, our country has been under assault from within. Our representatives are not truthful or honest. For those of you on medicare insurance, your premium will soon be tripled to $283.00 per month. Not a decrease, as promised, but more and more and more. Today, our Congress and Senate "mandates" and "dictates". They operate behind closed doors and pass laws which pad their own pockets. They are in the process of passing an array of taxes on everything that we do. Unfortunately, the government has access to all of our personal information, from 1099s, W-2, 401K's, bank accounts, everything that we do. In the past, this was okay because we had reasonable representation. But today, we have a bunch of dishonorable and dishonest rats in Washington who pass laws behind closed doors. And so on and so on.
I hope that everyone will remember how hard our ancestors fought for our freedom and attend the Annual Tax Day Revolt rally in your own city. And please, remember the mid-term elections. What we do today will determine what happens to our children tomorrow.


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Ryan Cordell connected for grand slam in game one win, Saturday.
First baseman Alex Close drove in four runs and center fielder Ryan Cordell hit a grand slam, powering the Liberty Flames past the VMI Keydets, 11-6, in game one of a Big South Conference doubleheader at Gray-Minor Stadium, Saturday afternoon.
Close drove in four runs with two hits, a two-run single and a two-run double. Cordell connected for his second grand slam of the season and his team-leading sixth home run in the sixth inning. He belted a round tripper with the bases filled in a 14-4 victory at East Carolina on Feb. 28. The center fielder collected two hits and scored three times during the contest.
Liberty moves to 10-7 in Big South play and 25-20 overall. Liberty has won three-straight contests. VMI falls to 5-12 in conference action and 19-28 overall.
Liberty staked itself to a 4-0 advantage during its opening at bat. Right fielder Ashton Perritt and second baseman Bryan Aanderud led off the contest with back-to-back singles. Three batters later, Cordell drew a two-out walk to load the bases. Close followed with a single to score Perritt and Aanderud. And when the ball got past Keydet left fielder Jordan Tarsovich, Cordell also came home for a 3-0 edge. Left fielder Justin Sizemore then sent a double to the warning track in center field to plate Close for a four-run lead.
In the top of the fifth, the Flames extended their advantage, striking for two runs with two outs. Catcher Trey Wimmer singled with one out and moved to second on a single by Cordell. Close followed by lining a double into the left-center field gap, scoring both runners and giving Liberty a 6-0 lead.
In the bottom of the inning, VMI benefitted from a Flames' miscue to plate a run. Third baseman Ray Lopez reached on a throwing error by Liberty third baseman Jake Kimble and stole second base. After moving to third, Lopez then scored on a ground out by pinch hitter Red Dowell.
Both teams posted runs with home runs in the sixth. Liberty used two round trippers in the top of the frame to plate five runs. Perritt led off the inning with his fourth home run of the year for a 7-1 advantage. Later, Cordell blasted his grand slam over the left center field fence for an 11-1 advantage.
In the bottom of the inning, the Keydets used a home run to plate two runs. After a single by right fielder Brandon Angus to begin the frame, center fielder Rob Dickinson hit his seventh home run of the year to make it, 11-3 Liberty.
VMI pushed across two runs in the eighth and a run in the ninth for the final score of 11-6. Flames starter Brooks Roy moves to 6-4 on the year. The right-hander allowed three runs on six hits over seven innings. He struck out two batters and walked two batters.
Keydet starter T.J. Lighton drops to 4-3. He allowed four runs on five hits over two innings. He walked one batter.
Liberty collected 12 hits in the game. Besides Close and Cordell, Grauer and Perritt also had two hits in the contest. Aanderud extended his career-high hit streak to 15 games, the long hit streak by a Flame this season. VMI had 11 hits. Dickinson led all hitters in the game with three.


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New York Orthodox counselor gets 103 years for sex abuse
NEW YORK – A religious counselor in New York City's ultra-orthodox Jewish community who was convicted of molesting a girl who came to him for help has been sentenced to 103 years in prison.
Nechemya Weberman was sentenced Tuesday. He was convicted in December of sustained sexual abuse of a child.
His trial put a spotlight on the insular Satmar Hasidic sect in Brooklyn and its strict rules governing clothing, social customs and interaction with the outside world.
The girl, now 18, testified for days about the abuse. She had been questioning her faith and dressing immodestly in violation of the sect's customs, so she was sent to Weberman for counseling. She says the abuse started when she was 12 and lasted until she was 15.
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The Sony PlayStation 4 is one of the hottest selling gaming systems. The PS4's parental controls can restrict content that you might not want your children to see, like violent or adult games. But Consumer Reports says you could be surprised by what the parental controls allow.
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Sony's website does provide instructions for blocking the live stream or "user-generated" content. It involves setting up what Sony calls a sub-account for your child. Consumer Reports found that it wasn't a very intuitive process. There are multiple steps, and it isn't very clear.
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Monday, August 25, 2008. Chaos and violence continue, the US military announces a death, sometimes the US and the puppet al-Maliki agree on their stories (and sometimes they do not), and more.
Starting with war resistance. US war resister Robin Long was court-martialed in Colorado Friday and Karen Linne, Fort Carson Public Affairs Office, explained Friday afternoon that he was sentenced to 15 months behind bars, reduced in rank (to E1) and given a dishonorable discharge. Robin was held at the Criminal Justice Center in El Paso Country while awaiting the court-martial and he will receive credit for the time he has served ("about 40 days").
Eric Singer: Now getting back to a story we told you about earlier on in the newscast, a judge at Fort Carlson sentences a soldier to 15 months for desertion. He ran to Canada.
Nina Sparano: Twenty-four-year-old Private First Class Robin Long was supposed to be deployed to Iraq three years ago. Only On News Channel 13's Scott Harrison was in the court room for the sentencing.
Scott Harrison: Early Friday afternoon, Private First Class Robin Long left this court room and walked down this sidewalk for the last time as a free man for the next fourteen months or so as he begins his sentence for desertion. Long seemed in good spirits as guards escorted him to a waiting vehicle. He also got a warm send off from peace activists and anti-war protesters who came to support him. Some supporters hired an attorney from Oklahoma to represent Long.
James Branum: He got to speak his mind about why he did what he did and he knows that, yes, he did the legally wrong thing but the morally right thing.
Scott Harrison: Long's sympathizers expected he would serve some time after going AWOL then fleeing to Canada to avoid deploying to Iraq but they think 15 months is too harsh.
Ret. Army Col. Mary Ann Wright: Four months, five months something like that -- which is pretty common among all of the ones who have gone AWOL and been public about it. I think that would be an appropriate punishment.
Sgt. Matthis Chiroux: Robin Long to me is a hero. He is an individual who stood up during a time of great, great crisis facing overwhelming adversity and opposition and stood true to what he knew to be right.
Scott Harrison: Coming up at six, we'll learn more about the influences effecting Private Long's life that led him to be at this court room today. At Fort Carson, Scott Harrison News Channel 13.
Nina Sparano: Long's sentence will be reduced by forty days because of time already served. He's also reduced in rank to private and will receive a dishonorable discharge.
Saturday KRDO offered another report:
Samantha Anderson: [The court-martial of] a Fort Carson soldier Friday at times became more of a debate about the Iraq War then about the soldier's desertion. In our continuing coverage, News Channel 13's Scott Harrison explains how more service men and women are taking stands to oppose the war.
Scott Harrison: For most men and women in the military, the decision to go to war is a simple one. They follow orders. It's part of the job of being in the armed forces. But Friday's court-martial here at the mountain post attracted other soldiers who have taken stands similar to Private Long in opposing the Iraq War. We told you Friday how Private Long pleaded guilty to avoiding a deployment to Iraq by fleeing to Canada. Among those supporting him at his court-martial were a retired Army Col. and State Dept diplomat.
Ann Wright: I resigned in opposition to the war in Iraq. And that's -- he went AWOL because of the war in Iraq.
Scott Harrison: Also present was a Reserve Sergeant who announced a month before his scheduled deployment that he wouldn't go, considering the war an illegal act of aggression.
Matthis Chiroux: I'm not exactly sure what is going to happen. My situation is quite unique.
Scott Harrison: Sgt. Chiroux says the Army has decided not to court-martial him partly because he gained sympathy and support in Congress for the growing cause of war objectors within the military. The different actions toward Sgt. Chiroux and Private Long show how the military itself can seem divided on the issue.
Ann Wright: And that's an interesting thing because one would think that the army throughout the world would have a common view of these things. And that maybe there wouldn't be such disparity.
Scott Harrison: These war objectors -- whether in or out of the military -- say there are hundreds of servicemen and women like Private Long and more will come as the war continues.
Matthis: Who takes his dedication to the Constitution so seriously that he is willing to face persecution for it? Not even our own president is willing to do that.
Scott Harrison: Private Long is believed to be only the second soldier court-martialed for desertion by fleeing to Canada since the end of the Vietnam war. And both of those cases have happened just within the last month. At Fort Carson, Scott Harrison News Channel 13.
Samantha Anderson: The other soldier Private First Class James Burmeister, received a six-month sentence and a bad conduct discharge the same week Private Long was found in Canada.
Robin Long wasn't 'found' in Canada that week. He was expelled from Canada July 14th. (He was extradited.) Second, there has been more than two US war resisters who went to Canada and then returned and were court-martialed. Darrell Anderson returned from Canada and turned himself in October 3, 2006 but was not court-martialed, as Jim Fennerty explained to Jim Warren (Lexington Herald-Leader) back in October of 2006 (article no longer available online, but quoted in this October 4th entry). Two others would follow him back to the US that year. Kyle Snyder would turn himself in and then self-checkout again when the US military broke the promised agreement. Snyder was informed that he was going back to his unit, despite the agreement that had been worked out. Snyder is married to a Canadian citizen and should not (unless Judge Anne Mactavish thinks she can get away with it) be under threat of deportation today. The other? Remember The Full Brobeck? Ivan Brobeck returned from Canada and turned himself in on November 7, 2006 (mid-term election day and Brobeck returned with an open letter to the occupant of the White House). Brobeck was court-martialed Dec. 5, 2007 and released on Feb. 5, 2007. As Robert Fantina (Political Affairs magazine -- one of the few to note Brobeck) explained, "Several soldiers who deserted after a tour of duty in Iraq have stated that cruelty towards Iraqi citizens was a factor in their desertions. One of them, Lance Corporal Ivan Brobeck, witnessed the abuse of Iraqi detainees and the killing of Iraqi civilians. Another, Sgt. Ricky Clousing, had similar experiences. His allegations of systematic abuse of Iraqi detainees are now being investigated by the military." Ivan Brobeck would be the first known US war resister that went to Canada and returned to the US to be court-martialed.
Back to Robin's court-martial. Jupiter Kalambakal (AHN) reported, "During the trial, Long, 25, of Boise, Idaho, said he fled when his unit was deployed to Iraq because he felt it was an illegal war, according to CBC. Prosecutors, on the other hand, said he abandoned his duty and his country." Tom Roeder (Colorado Springs Gazette via Albany Times Union) noted that Col. Debra Boudreau presided as the judge, that the prosecution called no witnesses and that the prosecution "showed a six-minute video of Long, sporting dreadlocks and a beard, telling a Canadian news reporter 'I think I was lied to by my president'." That's the October 2007 CBC interview Robin gave. The use of the video indicates Robin's civilian attorney James Branum was correct when he told Nick Kyonka (Toronto Star) immediately before the court-martial, "I think they want to prosecute him for free-speech issues without actually charging him." A McClatchy Newspapers-Tribune Services article in The New Haven Register reported Ann Wright was among the witnesses and she testified that the Iraq War "was against, the law, arguing that justified Long's fleeing to Canada. . . . The lone character witness called to speak for Long was Peter Haney with the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission. He had met the soldier three times while Long was awaiting trial in the El Paso County, Colo., lockup" and he testified, "I've observed Mr. Long in situations that would be trying to just about anyone. He seemed to me to be extremely poised and lucid." From that article:
In his testimony, Long talked about his life in Canada and attacked the war in Iraq.
"I feel the war on terror is a war on peace," Long testified, saying he planned to eventually move back to Canada where he has a girlfriend and a son born while he was on the run form the Army.
In Nelson, British Columbia, Long said he perfected his organic gardening skills and converted his Volkswagen to run on recycled cooking oil.
Long told the judge he wanted to serve little or no jail time, but would take a bad conduct discharge as punishment.
He wrapped up his time on the stand by telling the judge, "Peace, love and light."
Long's civilian attorney, James Branam, closed his part of the sentencing hearing by comparing Long to Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr.
"The morality of what he did should lessen the punishment," Branam told the judge.
Dan Frosch (New York Times) quoted Jim Branum stating, "I felt he doesn't deserve a day in prison. Any jail time is unjust." Nick Kyonka (Toronto Star) reported, "About two-dozen anti-war supporters gathered around the courthouse at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo., yesterday afternoon as a military judge handed down Long's sentence." Other coverage included an AP article, Erin Miller filed a report for KBS Radio. David Fox and Jesse McLaren write to the Toronto Star to point out that the sentence proves Judge Mactavish was wrong in her decixion. Jesse McLaren: "Since it is now clear that deporting war resisters to the U.S. does indeed produce irreparable harm, the Harper government must enact the motion passed in Parliament to stop the deportations and let war resisters stay." David Fox: "Justic MacTavish claimed he would not suffer 'irreparable harm' if deported. How is a military jail sentence and a felony conviction not irreparable harm? No soldier should face jail for opposing the illegal and immoral war in Iraq. And Stephen Harper must be held to account for deporting Robin Long when he knew full well the persecution and punishment he faced in Bush's America." Robin's civilian attorney Jim Branumn notes Free Robin Long and at his own site notes press coverage here and here.
Friday, Free Speech Radio News reported on Robin and the lead up to the court-martial and Jeremy Hinzman. Jeremy is the US war resister who was the first to go to Canada and apply for asylum. August 13th, he was informed he had until September 23rd to leave Canada or be deported.
Jes Burns: Back in Canada, another war resister, Jeremy Hinzman, is fighting for himself and his family to remain in the country. The Canadian government has ordered the Hinzman family to leave by September 23rd despite a motion passed in Parliament in June calling for an end to the deporations. Earlier this week Hinzman spoke at a Toronto forum to discuss strategies to stem the tide of current deportations.
Jeremy Hinzman: Ever since we got here, if it wouldn't be for the support of all of ya'll . . . It seems like we've had our hands tied. The Canadian government intervened in my case, said that the illegality of the war was irrelevant to our refugee claim. We appealed this all the way to the Supreme Court and, in November of last year, they refused to hear our case. So being here for four and a half years, working full time, having a family, having friends we thought perhaps that we'd have a shot at compassionate, humanitarian grounds for staying here. and as Michelle said last week we found out that that is not going to be the case. It's pretty devastating but all I can say is that I'd rather -- or I'd proudly serve jail time rather than kill and displace innocent people.
Jes Burns: The current hope for Hinzman is a new federal appeal in his case. Alyssa Manning is a lawyer representing him and other war resisters. She says the decision to deport Hinzman was made based on the assumption there would be adequate protection for his religious beliefs and political opinions back in the United States. But new evidence has emerged -- evidence that has already been used to stay the deporation of another war resister Corey Glass.
Alyssa Manning: New evidence has since come out that was not available to the Federal Court of Appeal that says that soldiers who speak out against the war in Iraq are actually subjected to severe punishment by the military solely for speaking out. And it was based on this new evidence that the Federal Court issued a stay of removal in Corey's case. Justice [Orville] Frenette, for the Court, he said, "The applicant submits that if returned to the United States he will be court-martialed for desertion and he will be incarcerated in a military prison where, like Stephen Funk, Camilo Mejia and Kevin Benderman, he will suffer persecution and cruel and inhumane treatment." He then said: "I believe the evidence here shows that if returned to the US the applicant will suffer the harm he has described." So that's a clear finding from the Federal Court that what these resisters have been alleging would happen to them if they're sent back is actually happening
Jes Burns: Manning says there were definite errors in the decision to deport Hinzman and his family. She hopes a new round of appeals will convince the Canadian courts to stay the deporation.
To show your support for Jeremy and other US war resisters in Canada, Courage to Resist alerts, "Supporters are calling on Hon. Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, to intervene. Phone 613.996.4974 or email email@example.com,"Iraq Veterans Against the War also encourages people to take action, "To support Jeremy, call or email Hon. Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and ask her to intervene in this case. Phone: 613.996.4974 email: email@example.com."
There is a growing movement of resistance within the US military which includes Yovany Rivero, William Shearer, Michael Thurman, Andrei Hurancyk, Megan Bean, Chris Bean, Matthis Chiroux, Richard Droste, Michael Barnes, Matt Mishler, Josh Randall, Robby Keller, Justiniano Rodrigues, Chuck Wiley, James Stepp, Rodney Watson, Michael Espinal, Matthew Lowell, Derek Hess, Diedra Cobb, Brad McCall, Justin Cliburn, Timothy Richard, Robert Weiss, Phil McDowell, Steve Yoczik, Ross Spears, Peter Brown, Bethany "Skylar" James, Zamesha Dominique, Chrisopther Scott Magaoay, Jared Hood, James Burmeister, Jose Vasquez, Eli Israel, Joshua Key, Ehren Watada, Terri Johnson, Clara Gomez, Luke Kamunen, Leif Kamunen, Leo Kamunen, Camilo Mejia, Kimberly Rivera, Dean Walcott, Linjamin Mull, Agustin Aguayo, Justin Colby, Marc Train, Abdullah Webster, Robert Zabala, Darrell Anderson, Kyle Snyder, Corey Glass, Jeremy Hinzman, Kevin Lee, Daniel Baker, Mark Wilkerson, Patrick Hart, Ricky Clousing, Ivan Brobeck, Aidan Delgado, Pablo Paredes, Carl Webb, Stephen Funk, Blake LeMoine, Clifton Hicks, David Sanders, Dan Felushko, Brandon Hughey, Logan Laituri, Jason Marek, Clifford Cornell, Joshua Despain, Joshua Casteel, Katherine Jashinski, Dale Bartell, Chris Teske, Matt Lowell, Jimmy Massey, Chris Capps, Tim Richard, Hart Viges, Michael Blake, Christopher Mogwai, Christian Kjar, Kyle Huwer, Wilfredo Torres, Michael Sudbury, Ghanim Khalil, Vincent La Volpa, DeShawn Reed and Kevin Benderman. In total, at least fifty US war resisters in Canada have applied for asylum.
Information on war resistance within the military can be found at The Objector, The G.I. Rights Hotline [(877) 447-4487], Iraq Veterans Against the War and the War Resisters Support Campaign. Courage to Resist offers information on all public war resisters. In addition, VETWOW is an organization that assists those suffering from MST (Military Sexual Trauma).
Moving to Iraq, over the weekend Nicholas Spangler (McClatchy Newspapers) reported that Nouri al-Maliki insists the assault in Diyala Province Tuesday was a "rogue operation" while Iraqi Islamic Party spokesperson responded, "We believe that such a raid could not have taken place unless Mr. Maliki had at least prior knowledge of it." From last Tuesday's snapshot:
Reuters notes a raid conducted by "Iraqi security forces" in Baquba on "the office of the governor of Diyala province" which resulted in the death of "his secetary". Reuters notes the name of the dead is Abbas Ali Hmoud and that Raad Rasheed Mulla Jawad (the governor of the province) has stated, "The body of the martyr [Abbas Ali Hmoud] will stay in the building until the iillers are captured." Though the US military admits at least 1 US helicopter was present they deny that the US military had any knowledge or participation in the raid. Maybe they were just jumping the gun on the August 22nd National Airborne Day? Also playing dumb is the puppet government in Baghdad which is ordering an investigation. AFP reports that Nouri al-Maliki, puppet of the occupation, "ordered the formation of a committee to find out how Iraqi forces came to fight each other in Baquba" and notes that, in addition to the secretary being murdered, a bodyguard was also shot dead. CNN notes, "Hussein al-Zubaidi, a provincial council member, and Nazar al-Khafaji, the Diyala University dean, were arrested during the raid, the official said."
From Wednesday's snapshot:
Nicholas Spangler and Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) report four police officers were wounded in the Diyala actions, the governor's secretary was shot dead, Hussein al Zubaidi ("provincial council member and head of security committee") was arrested, computers were seized and "Taha Dria, a Shiite lawmaker from Diyala who was not in the government compound during the raid, said the armed forces were from Iraq's Emergency Response Unit, an American-trained unit similar to U.S. Special Forces" quoting him explaining that, "They were wearing khaki. Their weapons were American. The Humvees they used looked American. They didn't have any ranks on their shoulders. They didn't talk." They also report eye witnesses saw two US helicopters and that the helicopters fired on the Iraqi people. The US military issued a denial on accusations yesterday and maintained that one helicopter was in the area but for other reasons and it was not involved in actions. Ned Parker and Usama Redha (Los Angeles Times) note the US military's denial and also explain that "a prominet Sunni university dean" was also arrested, that the Iraqi forces involved "reports to Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's counter-terrorism office" but al-Maliki claims he was unaware and his office insists, "These special forces work with the Americans. They are not associated with the Ministry of Defense. They have goals, and they didn't inform anyone else." Nichoals Spangler (McClatchy Newspapers) reports that the US continues to deny any involvement in yesterday's lawless activities with US Big Gen James Boozer insisting, "It was what appears to be a rogue operations."
The US military is claiming "rogue operation" despite the use of two US helicopters and al-Maliki's following their lead. Today claims fly on other issues with al-Maliki and the US on different sides. Ahmed Rasheed (Reuters) reports that al-Maliki is stating that there is an agreement (this would be the treaty called a "SOFA") "that all US troops will leave by the end of 2011" and the White House is stating "no final deal has been reached." AP suggests al-Malik has "dug in his heels" and that "[d]espite the tough words" there will be a compromise. At the US traveling White House (Crawford, TX), Tony Fratto declared in a press briefing today, "I know there are always reports out there in the press and I'm not sure I saw exactly what Prime Minister Maliki said. But clearly from our perspective, we've been working with the Iraqi government for a long time on this agreement. . . . We're discussing goals. As you know, you've heard us speak about different kinds of timelines or aspirational goals that may be acceptable. I don't have anything to announce on that. An agreement has not been signed, and so from our perspective, there is no agreement until there's an agreement signed. There are discussions that continue in Baghdad. We'd like to let them continue and to continue to show progress. What we're focused on is getting a good agreement, not getting an agreement by a particular date. So we'll continue those discussions."
Sunday Sabrina Tavernise (New York Times) tackled The Myth of the Great Return and explained, "Out of the more than 151,000 families who had fled their houses in Baghdad, just 7,112 had returned to them by mid-July according to the Iraqi Ministry of Migration." Tavernise further reported: "The reasons for the hesitation are complex, based on dangers both real and imagined. In most cases, Iraqis say they feel safe with their neighbors but are not sure about other residents. Some are afraid of the new guards on their blocks. In rarer cases, they cannot face neighbors who they suspect helped in killings." Erica Goode (New York Times) reported the Ministry of Culture's Deputy Minister Kamal Shyaa Abdullah was assassinated Saturday in Baghdad (along with his driver). Laith Hammoudi (McClatchy Newspapers) reported a bomber blew his/herself up and claimed 21 other lives (thirty-two wounded). Today AFP reports the death toll from the bombing has risen to 30. Tina Susman and Saif Hameed (Los Angeles Times) explain the bomber was a man who showed up at the festivities. Amit R. Paley (Washington Post) reports that the gathering was for Sami Hanoush, the son of Adnan Hanoush -- an "Awakening" Council member, who had recently been released from Camp Bucca and that the assault, which was carried out by "a stranger in his late 20s," "was one of the deadliest attacks in recent months." Erica Goode and Stephen Farrell (New York Times) note the gathering was "a large dinner" and that the stranger was "a man wearing a yellow dishdasha, or large robe" and quotes Abdullah Hamdan stating, "I just lost my brother, but I pray to God to save my son." Turning to some of today's reported violence . . .
Hussein Kadhim (McClatchy Newspapers) reports a mortar attack on the Green Zone, a Baghdad bombing that left one Iraqi service member wounded, a Baghdad car bombing that wounded three members of a family, a Baghdad bus bombing that wounded the driver, a Baghdad roadside bombing that left one person injured, and a Baghdad mortar attack on "a petrol station." Reuters notes a Tikrit roadside bombing that injured six guards of Maj Gen Hamad Namis Yasin ("police chief of Salahuddin province"), a Shirqat roadside bombing claimed 2 live and, dropping back to Sunday, a Mussayab roadside bombing that claimed the life of Lt Col Basim Mohammed and his daughter (two sons were injured).
Hussein Kadhim (McClatchy Newspapers) reports 2 Iraqi soldiers shot dead in Baghdad. Reuters notes that 1 man was shot in Mosul.
Hussein Kadhim (McClatchy Newspapers) reports 2 corpses discovered in Baghdad.
Today the US military announced: "A Multi-National Division -- Baghdad Soldier died of wounds Aug. 25 at a Coalition Forces Combat Army Support Hospital. The Soldier was shot by a small-arms attack during a dismounted patrol in northern Baghdad. The Soldier was quickly transported to the medical faciality but later succumbed to the wounds." The announcement brings to 4147 the number of US service members killed in Iraq since the start of the illegal war (19 for the month thus far).
US House Rep Stephanie Tubbs Jones passed away last week. Kristal Brent Zook notes the passing at Women's Media Center. [And at Third we note the vindicative Nancy Pelosi and her decision to pull Tubbs Jones' website on Thursday.] Each week when Ava and I do our TV pieces at Third, we have a host of links we want to work in and never get to half of them. Jennifer Merin's "Women Film Critics: An Endangered Species?" (WMC) needs to be read and we wanted to note it Sunday but couldn't fit it in. We think we'll be able to note it this coming Sunday but in case not, there's the link. Peggy Simpson covers Joe Biden being named the running mate for Barack Obama -- if Barack ends up the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. And this is presidential politics and personal. A number of e-mails are coming in repeating a point made this weekend by a friend with the Obama campaign: "You are supporting the Obama campaign now!" No, I am not. I like Joe Biden, I've known him for many years. I am not voting for war and when Elaine and I went to the big money fundraiser for Barack's Senate run it was obvious that Barack was not anti-war or for ending the Iraq War. I will not be voting for Barack. I will not be voting for John McCain (presumed GOP nominee). I've said that over and over. This crosses over with another topic (and Jess -- in the public e-mail account today -- asked me to please clarify that I wasn't voting for Barack with Biden now on the ticket so that the e-mails would stop coming in on that). Democracy Now! -- has the world ever seen more gossip on a broadcast. Gossip, gossip, gossip. And they don't even have their FACTS right when they do toss out the occassional fact. That includes Amy Goodman who is embarrassing herself. The friend with the Obama campaign said, "You know they are going to distort Joe" (meaning Panhandle Media) "and you're going to get sucked in that way" meaning defending Biden. Ava and I already decided to review Democracy Now!'s weeks worth of coverage on Sunday. We will correct the record then. It's not my job to correct them here. In fact, it's better for our TV commentary if Amy Goodman books IDIOTS AND LIARS all week long. Judging by today's offerings, she's already headed in that direction. Martha and Shirley (working the private e-mail accounts) note that members are shocked that basics (ones we've gone over here for some time) aren't known by Amy & her experts. What can I say, THEY'RE IDIOTS -- UNINFORMED IDIOTS. They didn't pay attention in real time, they don't know what they're talking about. But this is exactly how Team Obama thinks I'm going to get sucked in to rallying behind that ticket. It's not happening. Ava and I will cover the nonsense of Democracy Now! Sunday. I counted 16 errors/lies in today's broadcast and only heard a half-hour. I'm sure there will be many, many more during the week. It's tabled until Sunday. One more Biden-Barack note, Isaiah's comic went up Sunday on that. Also Lucas notes this broadcast of From The Vault which features a 1968 interview with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
Ralph Nader, independent presidential candidate, is providing Ralph's Daily Audio Monday through Friday and this is "Bailouts on Your Back:"
This is Ralph Nader. The giant corporate destruction of capitalism is proceeding at an accelerated pace. It looks like captialsim -- that is the bearing of risk by the business -- is only for small business, not giant corporations that are deamed too big to fail no matter how their executives, overpaid as they are, undermine, weaken and damage the company their workers and share holders.
Three examples. The US government now has enacted legislation which provides for up to $25 billion in loan guarantees for the domestic auto companies. These are the same companies that for years opposed fuel efficiency standards while they sold customers their gas guzzling SUVs. Well when the price of gasoline went up, SUV sales went down and what's General Motors doing? Ford? Chrysler? They're going to Washington for, essentially, a tax payer bail-out. And they want more than $25 billion dollars in loan guarantees .
Next up is the nuclear industry. They can't get Wall St. financing for their new nuclear plants without a US government loan guarantee. They wanted $50 billion in recent legislation. But the Congress only gave them $19 billion for starters in loan guarantees. The Wall Streeters think that nuclear power is so risky and unpredicatable that they won't give them any loans without Uncle Sam guaranteeing them.
And then there's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. For years opposing adequate regulation and adequate capital-ratios and they took on very risky financial instruments and now they're diving and they're in consulation with? US Treasury for some variety of bail-out or guarantee.
And so it goes. The big guys are too big to fail and so they have no incentive to bear the risk or even let their owners -- the share holders -- control runaway CEO pay that's tied to inflating profits and taking on excessive risk so their stock options are worth more for their private riches.
Capitalism is used as a propaganda tool by giant corporations -- as a legitimization of what they're doing. That is: going into the market place, bearing the risk, succeeding where they succeed and accepting the verdict of the market place which, of course, is always beyond their control. This is The Big Lie.
Wall St. goes to Washington for bail-outs, hand-outs, give-aways and subsidies -- and that ought to be an issue in the presidential campaign.
You won't hear John McCain and Barack Obama talking about this at all. They're in the same boat of government subsidized corporate capitalism. This is Ralph Nader.
Monday, August 25, 2008
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City of Detroit: Another fine mess
Rod Meloni discusses Detroit lawsuit, city's financial debacle
DETROIT – A few thoughts while leaving Mason, Mich. this afternoon.
Mayor Dave Bing, in his previous career as a Hall of Fame Basketball player, dunked over Wilt Chamberlain. What kind of confidence and authority did that require? A boatload! As a child who grew up in the Boston suburbs, my church altar boy group took an annual trip to the Boston Garden. There I saw first hand Dave Bing shred the Boston Celtics defense with all due alacrity and precision. I vividly remember cheering against Dave Bing as a formidable foe to my then beloved Celtics. He was fearless and we feared him. Today, the strains of Paul Simon's "where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?" ring in my head. Mr. Mayor, where is that swagger, power and sense of control you brought to the hardwood on a day like this? I do not ask blithely. It matters greatly. I'll explain in a minute.
For now let's get some context. The hearing in Judge William Collette's Ingham County Circuit courtroom today was a legitimate fulcrum moment for the City of Detroit; its financial wherewithal hung in the balance. Judge Collette needed just 27 minutes to make mincemeat of Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon's case. It sought declaratory judgment on Detroit's consent agreement with Lansing. She sent her second in command, James Noseda, to argue the deal is void because the city is owed money by the state. She felt the new City Charter gave her this power in the aftermath of the Kwame Kilpatrick administration's corruption probe. Noseda was on edge throughout the hearing as Collette kept asking questions like "who does the corporation counsel report to?" [The mayor and City Council although she is a mayoral appointee] Why would the state enter into an invalid contract? Noseda's peevish rejoinders told you all you needed to know about the level of discomfort he felt arguing a position he knew was being shot at with an ack ack gun. Collette swiftly ruled Crittendon had no authority to file her request for declaratory judgment. What's more, she was put up to filing what amounted to a frivolous case by a city council member who voted against the agreement. [JoAnn Watson]. The consent agreement stands, the mayor and the state carry on and another brush with financial disaster is averted. This legal kerfuffle dominated the headlines both local and even national for the past week. A lot of energy expended on this specious legal case, for nothing.
So let's get back to mayor Bing's fearless dunks. An important part of executive leadership is knowing where the buck stops. Next is what to do about it when your underlings aren't following orders. Now, Bing has shown that he knows a little something about that. During his tenure he has gone through a lot of appointees. He is willing to fire. More troublesome though is that some, like his deputy mayor and communications director have come and gone and come back again. That Bing sent packing and then brought back Deputy Mayor Kirk Lewis and Communications Director Bob Warfield shows more loyalty than conviction. Loyalty is great; wavering and being indecisive is not.
That is the real subject of this piece. Dithering, mulling over tough decisions, being tentative when a dunk over Wilt Chamberlain was required is a luxury neither Mayor Bing nor the city's residents could afford. Yet, that is precisely what he did and what the city got. No, firing Crystal Krittendon was not the answer. Making certain she knew who was boss was. The brief history of the last week shows Mayor Bing left his fearlessness somewhere in a gym bag. Let's remember the consent agreement was negotiated between the mayor and the state over months. When the finished product finally took shape, the mayor ran it by Krystal Crittendon for the once over. She gave it the thumbs up. For all the caterwauling about the consent agreement at the council table, city council passed it by a 5 to 4 vote. Deal done, have a nice day! Except council member JoAnn Watson did not want the consent agreement and wanted to make certain every last stone was unearthed to try and kill it. She went to Crittendon, [who had already signed off on the deal] and asked her to reconsider. She looked at the new charter language read that she is free to do what she wants and she was free to sue to enforce charter language that says any entity in default with the city can not enter into a contract with the city. Crittendon took Watson's pet peeve, the contention the State owes the City a quarter of a billion dollars in back revenue sharing dollars, and ran to Judge Collette hoping for a friendly ruling.
Now this is politics, and Bing is the first to admit he is more businessman than politician. But this is where decisiveness and fearlessness needed to be wielded like a tomahawk jam. Instead, we saw a week of feeble dithering. Mayor Bing first heard about Crittendon's suit and we were told he didn't seem concerned about it in private. Then publically we heard that wasn't the case. He started getting nervous about the suit. Then, last Friday, the mayor said he had looked at the charter language and it empowered Crittendon [again a mayoral appointee] to sue on her own. He made it sound as if the issue had been lawyered [considering his newly acquired counsel Mike McGee of Miller Canfield was at his side] and his hands were tied. He said the changes in the City Charter all but left him and City Council standing on the sidelines with their hands in their pockets. It was at this news conference where Bing's new CFO under the consent agreement Jack Martin gave the city a week before it ran out of cash. That news conference was in response to the council's refusal to hold an emergency session on the subject and making Mayor Bing look extremely weak waiting until Monday. That Monday meeting was Detroit dysfunction at its finest. The mayor started out by demanding Crittendon stand down with her suit, and demanded city council take a vote on a meaningless resolution that would demand Crittendon stand down; neither happened. The Mayor got weaker. Everyone there was blaming someone else, council members had with their noses out of joint because the governor wasn't backing down and being "disrespectful". At the end of a two hour marathon haggling session nothing was accomplished. Mayor Bing just sat there trying to explain the dire straights the city was in, that the state had the power. He could not have looked less in command.
Fast forward to this morning. Upon arrival in Judge Collette's Mason, Michigan court chambers an emergency filing appeared in the six inch thick file. On the top was a two pronged emergency motion. Mayor Dave Bing's attorneys from Miller Canfield wrote to Judge Collette: "The City of Detroit's Corporation Counsel does not have, and has never had, the authority under the Detroit City Charter to initiate this action on behalf of the city. In fact, City of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing (mayor) recently directed corporation counsel to withdraw the complaint in this case. Corporation counsel has ignored the mayor's directive and she has exceeded the scope of her authority by bringing this action challenging the validity of the Financial Stability Agreement "Consent Agreement". Where was this a week ago? Why did the mayor need a judge's ruling to show a mayoral appointee the city's organizational chart? What part of "you work for me" did Crittendon miss? This is a message the mayor could have sent through back door channels a week ago. No Bing didn't have the votes to fire Crittendon. But it's likely he didn't have them as a result of the fact no one fears thumbing their nose at him. If Bing didn't look weak, had been fearless, truly made his case originally, never told the public she was correct and his hands were tied initially; stated in no uncertain terms the corporation counses was off the reservation from the start, it's entirely possible he could have gotten the six votes he needed to fire her. He would not have even had to take the vote to make the threat. Drop the suit or you're fired. Instead, he wavered. He called it a mere disagreement between employees on the same side and played nice with Crittendon. In the end Mayor Bing lost a week of precious staff time at the most inopportune time, fighting an unnecessary battle with a subordinate. This is no thunder jam; it's under whelm through indecision. There is a place for fear in politics. There is a place for dunking over whom ever gets in your way! There is a place for toughness when it's called for and it doesn't even have to show in public. Mr. Mayor you could have dunked over Krystal Crittendon and prevented that horrible picture of a decrepit Detroit house from appearing on the Drudge Report for a week. You could have prevented the continued international headlines about the City of Detroit and a debt rating downgrade Friday had you shown even a hint your previous fearlessness. This truly was another fine mess.
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San Francisco has done it behind a deeper lineup, which was evident again in its latest victory. Blanco gave Angel Pagan a day off in centre field. Hector Sanchez started at catcher for All-Star Buster Posey. Off-season addition Michael Morse played first base for Brandon Belt, who is on the disabled list with a broken left thumb. And Brandon Hicks started at second base, as he has most of the season for the injured Marco Scutaro. Morse, Hicks and Brandon Crawford each drove in a run for the Giants, who chased Zack Wheeler in the fourth. Wheeler (2-6) gave up four runs and six hits. "The club is getting contributions from everybody," Bochy said. "Last year, it seemed like your hope is through the heart of the order and then you have to wait for them to come back around." Grandersons two long balls provided the biggest highlights for the Mets, who have lost a season-high six straight. Lincecum (5-4) allowed six hits, struck out six and walked one in six innings. Four relievers held the Mets to one run in two innings before Sergio Romo recorded his 20th save in 22 chances. "Its tough to keep losing by one or two runs," Wheeler said. "But were at least keeping them close and on the edge of winning games by one or two runs." The Giants overcame deficits against the mistake-prone Mets in all three games. Following the pattern that played out all weekend, Granderson drove a 3-0 pitch over the wall in centre to give New York a 2-0 lead in the first. He hit his eighth homer of the season in the sixth and doubled in the eighth. The Mets might have scored more if Matt den Dekker had not been caught stealing third in the first. Blancos two-run double capped a three-run second for the Giants. Morse drove in another run to give San Francisco a 4-2 lead when he grounded into a double play in the third. "We do have confidence," Blanco said. "Anytime we see ourselves losing a game, for some reason, we step it up. 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The top of the line luxe vendors included Ana Paz Cakes, Armonia Music, Aveniu wines, Carrie Rodman Photography, Miguel Ostos Video Productions, Gino's Market, GLAMSQUAD, Exhale Spa, Precious Moments Social Events, RIO Roses, The Club at Bella Collina, The Cove Atlantis, Mexico Tourism, Precious Moments Special Events, InterContinental Doral Miami, Aruba Tourism Authority, The Tux Shop, 360 Vodka, Tequila Rose, and much more!
With the height of wedding season being summerand fall months Wedding Salon was happy to provide couples with inspiration for their summer and fall 2016 weddings. The attendees even got a luxury swag bag with Essie Nail Polish, OPI nail polish, Acure Organics cell stimulating body wash, Caress body wash, Essences cosmetics lip liner, Obsessive Compulsive cosmetics lip gloss, Miami Beach Suncare, Kenra Volume Hair Spray, Kind bars, Nuero Drinks, Johnson's Popocorn, and some amazing deals from our vendors!
Wedding Salon is the nation's #1 premier luxury bridal show, designed to look and feel like a luxurious wedding. Celebrating 10 years of success, Wedding Salon brings together the top names in bridal in five markets across the country. Wedding Salon CEO & Founder and celebrity wedding planner, Tatiana Byron, is available for interviews to discuss trends seen from the showcase and business highlights.
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