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Friday, March 9, 2012
Kids and Soda: Drawing the Line and saying No
I do not think it is just fine anymore. The empty calories, the lack of nutrition, the quick, blood-sugar-spiking dose of high fructose corn syrup, the numerous health risks of soda and the incredibly high amount of cavities each of my boys had despite regular tooth-brushing all led me to cut soda consumption back drastically in our family. We all stopped drinking soda for several years and instead switched to filtered water, herbal teas, and low fat milk except for the occasional soda indulgence for a birthday or when they were away from home. Then, when I started Medifast, I started drinking diet sodas as a crutch. I stopped again last month and don't miss it a bit.
But you know, a lot of parents do let their kids drink soda. When I lived in the south, I saw mothers putting RC Cola in their babies' bottles instead of milk, and putting soda in baby bottles is common in some other countries as well. But even if you already know what a bad idea that is, at what age do you let your child have soda? Do you ever?
When my daughter was very small and I was very large, we used to go to McDonald's for lunch quite often. I never, ever considered letting my 2-year-old have soda in her Happy Meal. As unhealthy as I was, I still made sure she got milk and not sugar water. I saw no reason to let a toddler have soda or develop a taste for it.
When she was 3, we went out to lunch with a friend and her children who were 3 and 5. When we ordered, I gave my daughter a choice between apple juice and milk, and she chose juice. My friend did not give her children a choice; she ordered Diet Coke for both of them. The little one piped up and objected, saying, "I want juice too!" The waitress offered, "Juice is free with the meal, same as soda..." but the mother said, "No, they don't need the calories!" and so the kids got Diet Coke with their fried chicken strips and french fries.
My daughter is 6 now. she has tasted soda literally a handful of times in her life. Once was when she took a sip from a relative; another time our family had root beer floats for one of her brothers' birthdays. Occasionally she will go to a birthday party where the only beverage offered is soda, and I allow her one serving. But for the most part, we avoid it.
Last month, I decided I was no longer going to drink soda at all. None, ever. Last night, I took my daughter to the mall to shop for clothes. We decided to stop in the food court for dinner at one of our favorite spots. She ordered a slice of pizza and I got a salad and a drink for us to share. When I got to the cash register where you pick your beverage, the cooler that is usually full of cartons of milk and bottles of apple juice was empty. I asked:
me: "Do you have any milk?"
cash register guy: "Nope, all out! We have Pepsi, root beer, Mountain Dew..."
me: "How about apple juice?"
guy: "Nope, we have Hawaiian Punch though."
me, looking at the soda machine red Hawaiian Punch label: "You don't have any juice at all?"
guy: "Hawaiian punch!"
guy: "We have bottled water too."
daughter pipes up: "I want soda!"
me: "No, I don't think that is a healthy choice. How about bottled water?"
daughter, starts to whine dramatically: "Soda!!! I want soda!!"
(people waiting in line behind us now)
me, to cash register guy: "Bottled water."
(child drops to her knees and makes noises like she is being tortured)
me: "You will stop that or we will go home now."
(child resumes normal behavior)
We went to our table and enjoyed our meal together. My daughter was smiling and animated and drank most of that bottle of water herself, without a single complaint. I was SO GLAD I did not give in and buy her soda. I am very hopeful that as she gets older, she will make good choices for HERSELF without my dictation. And yes, I will still allow her a serving of decaffeinated soda if she chooses that at a birthday party where no other options are served.
I draw the line at making soda a regular part of our normal diet. I am not making it the forbidden fruit that she gazes after and longs for but never gets, but I am teaching her by example AND by guidance how to make good, healthy choices MOST of the time. Yes, you can have a piece of cake at the party. No, we are not having cake for dessert every day or every week. I believe children need to know which foods are "everyday" foods (fruits, vegetables, whole healthy foods) and which ones are "once in awhile" treats (candy, cookies, potato chips). It's up to each parent to decide what is on or off the table for THEIR children. But I do urge you to consider that habits you are building in your child and how they may affect them later in life.
*For those who are concerned about children drinking juice, which is also high in sugar (albeit natural sugars and not corn syrup), here is a link to the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for juice consumption in babies and children. Only you can decide whether juice is beneficial or harmful to your child, depending on their weight and medical issues.
25 comments:
- Erika said...
I know what you mean. Growing up we could have one can of soda on Friday night (that's when we went to Blockbuster to rent movies, and I always got a Jolly Good Fruit Punch soda from the grocery store). It wasn't until I was in college, when my access to soda was pretty unlimited that I went way over the top. I haven't had it for about a week now and I feel great, but I'm not completely over the craving quite yet so it's still an effort.
But on the flip side, we were not a water drinking family. My parents never said to drink water. We were required to have a glass of milk with dinner (the thought of it makes me gag now, I never have milk by itself anymore, only in oatmeal or something). So it wasn't until adulthood that I became a regular water drinker.
- March 9, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Katie Ann said...
My parents both drink soda, but never gave it to me or my two sisters growing up, just because kids don't need it and I imagine it would've been fairly expensive for a family of five. We grew up drinking water, milk, and juice. I remember going to a birthday party in kindergarten at McDonalds and for whatever reason someone gave me orange soda and I freaked the heck out because I'd never had carbonation before and it burned my mouth. I'm 26 now and still can't handle it. My sisters don't drink it at all either. I could count the number of cavities we had all together growing up on one hand. So proof that you can instill good habits in someone early on and have it stick.
- March 9, 2012 at 11:24 AM
- Andra said...
Great post! Giving up sugary and diet drinks was the very first thing I did back in 2008 when it was time to overhaul my health and fitness. It wasn't nearly has hard as I thought it would be.
I do still love the very occasional icy cold Coke as a treat on vacation but for daily hydrating I keep a PUR filter on our kitchen tap. Water is the house beverage of Shady Dame!
- March 9, 2012 at 11:28 AM
- Kathleen said...
Dear Lyn, good parenting job with your daughter. When I was a child, we rarely had soda in the house. On the occasion my father would buy soda, we could pay him 25 cents if we wanted to drink one. Luckily for me, I never was able to stand carbonated drinks. Neither could my best friend. So soda never really appealed to us. The only way I ever really loved it was in a root beer float! (Making it even unhealthier!) But having ice cream AND soda in the house in the same time happened maybe once a year, so the 'unhealthiness' wasn't really an issue. But I am glad you are not making soda, as you say, 'the forbidden fruit'. I know from experience that always backfires and makes the kid want, crave and sneak the forbidden food. Way to go on kicking your 'bubbly' habit!
- March 9, 2012 at 11:29 AM
- Virtual Paul said...
I certainly see your point. Sugared soda I am sure was a big part of my being diabetic. I guess we are in the diet soda camp, but with Diet Rite cola because they use Splenda instead of nutrisweet.
I am new to your blog and followed. I wanted to say "hi". I also blog about my weight loss journey.
- March 9, 2012 at 12:56 PM
I wasn't raised without pop(northeast Ohio, haha) at all and am so thankful for that. I've always found colas especially to be yucky. I remember being at bulirthday parties where there was only pop and always being like "eh." As a very rare thing, I'd Get a Sprite with a sandwich. But yeah, pop was big growing up in the 90s. People weren't as into high fructose corn syrup etc etc and you didnt see tons of heavy kids. It was such a different time...I wonder how many of those kids are now struggling with their weight...
- March 9, 2012 at 2:04 PM
My kids have never had a sugared soda, 11 and 8. But they have had diet sodas, usually diet rite, because of the Splenda issue, fairly regularly.
- March 9, 2012 at 2:30 PM
I had unlimited access to sugared soda when I was a kid, and I had few health problems. Now as an adult, I don't have a taste for it and drink it rarely.
So all this to say, there are different paths of healthy living.
- March 9, 2012 at 3:30 PM
You are an awesome Mom. You just get better with time! Your kids are lucky to have you.
- March 9, 2012 at 3:42 PM
- beverly said...
Lynn - I know you are looking at diets now and wondered if you have investigated Ayurvedic. I am currently playing with it and I think I like it. A lot!
- March 9, 2012 at 3:53 PM
- beerab said...
Growing up, we rarely had soda, maybe once a month when my parents would order pizza. Even now I rarely drink it, probably still at that once a month (and most likely less) frequency. It's just not my thing. I pretty much always drink water, sometimes milk, and now and then some wine :)
That's ridiculous for a parent to prefer diet soda over apple juice! No offense to your friend- I just think that's crazy- IMO I'd rather drink regular soda than diet.
- March 9, 2012 at 4:38 PM
I am SO off juice! My nutritionist said that it takes about 6-7 oranges to make a glass of orange juice. It is so much healthier to give your daughter a whole orange than a glass of orange juice. My kids don't drink any soda. Usually at parties, if soda is being pushed, you can always ask for water. Now, me (on the other hand), I grew up on Tab and Fresca. So I love Coke Zero too. I am trying to get off it. I used to drink it for breakfast (sad) but now it's just for the 4:00 pick-me-up. Soon to be eliminated.
- March 9, 2012 at 4:40 PM
- Lyn said...
You said "It is so much healthier to give your daughter a whole orange than a glass of orange juice."
While I agree in *general* that fruit is better than juice, as I said, only a parent can know what is best for their particular child, according to their weight and medical issues. My daughter's medical issues make eating an orange impossible at this time, so her nutritionist and pediatrician want her to have some juice. I am glad your children are able to eat oranges, and hope my little girl can someday, too.
- March 9, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- birchgirl said...
My opinion. My younger son never drinks soda because he does not like it. My older son has 1 coke on Friday night (at home), and a coke at a restaurant on Saturday. I don't think the issue is soda. The issue is we have lost the notion of "treat". Of course, never drinking soda will not hurt you, and drinking calories is a huge factor in the increase in obesity. But wow, a soda tastes great when it is truly a "treat".
- March 9, 2012 at 4:58 PM
I did not mean that you shouldn't serve your daughter juice (sorry). I have a daughter too and the nutritionist said it that way "your daughter." (Meaning MY daughter). No offense. I don't mean judgement for you. My daughter LOVES OJ (and I used to too). I try to offer her a whole orange instead and usually she takes it and I feel happy. Oranges are tough to chew and swallow so I understand. I meant my post more as a commentary on whole fruits versus juice. Love your blog and your outlook!
- March 9, 2012 at 5:15 PM
- Lyn said...
no offense taken :)
A lot of readers don't know about the struggles I've had with her health, so I wanted to explain. Thanks for being supportive!
- March 9, 2012 at 5:18 PM
- Caitlin Carsey said...
My rule is when he's old enough to ask for it, it can be a treat. Until then none. Period. And never as a regular habit.
- March 9, 2012 at 5:24 PM
I have 3 kids. We do not have soda in the house, ever, and juice very rarely. The kids will sometimes drink milk but it is mostly used for cooking or cereal. Water has been the house beverage since they started taking liquids other than breastmilk. :-) If they are thirsty for something acidic or fruity, they are welcome to eat fruit and drink water with it.
None of us has ever been overweight. (I read Lyn's blog because I enjoy her writing and she helps me understand friends and loved ones who struggle with their weight.) The kids are all strong, healthy, and tall for their ages.
The kids do love soda when there's an opportunity to have it, and they are allowed one serving in a party setting or whatever. They will usually reach for Izze-type carbonated juice before anything else.
When we are hosting a kids' party, I buy plain carbonated water and frozen 100% juice concentrate, and make our own "Izze."
Just one snapshot of how a healthy-eating, healthy-weight family handles the soda issue …
- March 9, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- Steelers6 said...
I made a decision to stop drinking soda pop in Oct 2009. It was 'just' diet Coke, but I was trying to improve health, fitness, & wellness, so I thought it should go. I am doing great and have not had any since then. [pretty sure it would taste like canned chemicals to me now.] It has been interesting though, because now that it is no longer what I choose, I see just how much that is the preferred beverage in America. It's amazing, isn't it. Water is my beverage now. :) I think my coworkers think I'm pretty boring. My coffee is usually totally nekked too. Yawn, right?
I do let my teen daughter order pop occasionally, but she views it as special. It is so common in USA and I too didn't want it to be viewed as all forbidden.
I'm so glad you got wise in time to take such good care of your princess.
- March 9, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- InWeighOverMyHead said...
My mom let me have soda like water growing up. I don't let my kids drink soda except maybe twice or so a year. You did the right thing for sure!
- March 9, 2012 at 9:47 PM
- Diandra said...
My older sister (whose husband is type 1 diabetic) was determined her daughter would have no sugar at all until she was at least three years old. Of course that did not work out - but she is still making efforts to raise her child with good food habits and reduce the risk of my niece becoming diabetic as well. No soda in their house, reduced amounts of sweets and sweet breakfast spreads, and homemade cake is always whole-grain and reduced in sugar. I am curious to see how that worked out.
My other niece, a foster child, was addicted to sugar when she came into my younger sister's family - at the age of two. She would shake uncontrollably as soon as she saw anything sweet, grab whatever it was and stuff it into her mouth without chewing (surprised, anyone? That is what happens when you raise children in a shelter, with thirty in a group and only one adult to supervise them...). My sister forbade everyone from bringing sweets when visiting, and I know it was especially tough for our father's girlfriend, but by now the situation has drastically improved, and sweets are okay in moderation. (I don't think it possible to raise a child completely off sugar, not as long as they are supposed to interact with the rest of the population.)
- March 10, 2012 at 1:48 AM
- Holly from 300 Pounds Down said...
I'm coming around on this one myself. I stopped drinking soda last year but i still let my kids have it. I did stop buying it. But if we are out somewhere I let them have it. Or if they have friends over I let them have it for a special occasion. However, I do feel soda was a large part of the problem in keeping me addicted to sugar. And I had to have it first thing in the morning. So I really don't want to pass that on to my kids.
- March 10, 2012 at 4:42 AM
- katie said...
My siblings and I were born in the late 50's, early 60's. My Mom stocked the refrigerator with milk, and OJ...never soda. Never.
Soda was only on a birthday or a big holiday and even then a couple of glasses. For snacks there was always fresh fruit and pretzels...never candy or cookies.
Cookies were brought out for dessert after dinner. So..we all never got interested in junk or soda or craved sweets. We really enjoyed them when we had them and didn't feel deprived. Food was not ever used to treat emotional states. We all grew up slender and healthy and athletic...never even a cold!!
- March 10, 2012 at 9:31 PM
- that TOPS lady said...
I love this post. I grew up drinking soda and pretty much nothing else. Sadly, I raised my kids the same way (they are 10 & 12, so they aren't finished being raised!). My 12 year old would drink NOTING but soda. But then *I* got on the health kick and quit all soda. I didn't force him to stop because at age 12, I wanted it to be his decision. But I watch a lot of food documentaries and they have heard about the ph level of diet soda only being one number different from that of battery acid, etc. They have seen me turn away from it and guess what??? The kids have extremely cut down their soda intake. I am sick right now (the flu) and my well intentioned mother brought over Diet Dr. Pepper for the kids. After she left, 12 year old said "Mother! We can NOT drink this stuff!" yay!
- March 11, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- ACM said...
Even a diet soda (1) is as acidic as drinking battery acid, and (2) keeps alive the taste for super-saturated sweetness. So I think everybody wins when you just don't drink it. An uphill fight, though, in our super-saturated culture!!
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Uae Bombs Libya! - What Gives?
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The attacks on militia positions around Tripoli airport were reportedly carried out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from bases in Egypt.
Egypt has denied any involvement and the UAE has not commented.
A militia alliance recently captured the capital's international airport after a battle lasting nearly a month.
The official told the BBC that the US had not been consulted about the air strikes and that it was concerned that US weapons may have been used, violating agreements under which they were sold.
The unidentified war planes attacked twice in the past week during a battle for Tripoli's airport between Islamist and nationalist militias.
A report in The New York Times on Monday said the UAE had provided the military aircraft, aerial refuelling planes and crews while Egypt gave access to its air bases.
Damaged plane at Tripoli airport. 25 Aug 2014
Planes and buildings have been badly damaged by fighting at the airport
On Monday, the US, France, Germany, Italy and the UK issued a joint statement denouncing "outside interference" in Libya which it said "exacerbates current divisions and undermines Libya's democratic transition".
Weak police and army
The BBC's Barbara Plett Usher in Washington says the air strikes have exposed another battleground in a regional struggle for power between Arab autocrats and Islamist movements.
Qatar has provided weapons and money to Islamist forces in Libya and elsewhere, she says, while Egypt and the UAE along with Saudi Arabia are trying to roll back Islamist advances.
Violence in Libya has surged recently between the rival groups who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 uprising.
Libya's police and army remain weak in comparison with the militias.
Over the weekend, Islamist-affiliated forces from Misrata and other cities took over Tripoli airport from the Zintan militia, which has held it for three years.
The airport, Libya's largest, has been closed for more than a month because of the fighting.
Hundreds of people have died since clashes broke out in Tripoli in July.
Islamist fighter at Tripoli airport. 25 Aug 2014
Islamist fighters are now in control of the international airport in Tripoli
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In another development on Monday, Libya's previous Islamist-dominated parliament reconvened and voted to disband the country's interim government.
Correspondents say it leaves Libya with two rival parliaments, each backed by armed factions.
Elections in June saw the old General National Congress (GNC), where Islamists had a strong voice, replaced by the House of Representatives, dominated by liberals and federalists.
The GNC, which reconvened in Tripoli on Monday, has refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of its successor assembly, which is based in Tobruk.
The House of Representatives says the groups now in control of Tripoli airport are "terrorist organisations".
But the Misrata-led brigade, now in control of Tripoli airport, has called on the GNC to resume work.
Libya's government has repeatedly called for the militia groups to disband and join the national army. But so far, few have shown a willingness to disarm.
Uae doesnt fart without the permission of the usa... so what gives the dubai bedouins courage to bomb another muslim country??
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mere bhai... it doesnt matter what the Arab countries' governments do, they are all the same...
i might be wrong, but my opinion is that if the Arab countries dont show their military power now then they are going bend down to extremists, ISIS, terrorists and crazy lunatics... as Syria is coming under pressure due to loss of military bases, Syrian forces and attacks carried out in Syria.
the Arab governments know that terror and the end of their own power-dominance, it is coming their way due to their own failed internal politics and injustices... they have to learn or are learning from Pakistan and Pak Armed Forces how Arab governments financial fundings to the terrorist TTP, anti Pakistani-minded with full american support have caused suicidal attacks, attacks and killings of Pakistani civilians and Pakistani soldiers.
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Fan celebrations better off staying in the stands
Sometimes, the good ol' days really weren't. Take those "celebrations" on the baseball diamond in times gone by ... please. I'm referring to the loud and colorful ones involving fans hurdling fences before sprinting like maniacs toward nowhere in particular on the field after their Major League team clinched a series during the playoffs.
OK, some of those moments were nice. Several were inspiring.
Sometimes, the good ol' days really weren't. Take those "celebrations" on the baseball diamond in times gone by ... please. I'm referring to the loud and colorful ones involving fans hurdling fences before sprinting like maniacs toward nowhere in particular on the field after their Major League team clinched a series during the playoffs.
OK, some of those moments were nice. Several were inspiring.
But the way these things are handled nowadays is just about right -- no fans on the field.
This came to mind Wednesday night after I watched the Cardinals win the fifth and decisive game of their best-of-five Division Series in St. Louis against the Pirates. After Adam Wainwright used a strikeout to wrap up his complete game for a trip to the NLCS against the Dodgers, he opened his arms wide for his charging catcher. Then the infielders joined the scrum. Pretty soon, there was a coach here and the manager there, along with the outfielders racing from afar.
The fans? Well, they were exactly where fans should be during these celebrations -- the stands. While the manager, players and coaches for the Cardinals embraced on the field, the fans slapped high-fives as they screamed to the top of their lungs and did whatever else they wished to do at that moment. Not in left field. Not around second base. Not by the pitcher's mound while trying to tackle David Freese in an attempt to give the Cardinals slugger a bear hug or something. They were in the stands, where folks should remain who didn't hit, pitch, field or throw their team to victory on that day or any other during the season.
Now don't get me wrong. I still get chills viewing those black-and-white films from 1951 of Bobby Thomson meeting more than just his Giants teammates at home plate inside the Polo Grounds. They were joined by much of Flatbush.
Then there was nine years later in Pittsburgh, where Bill Mazeroski shocked the Yankees in Game 7 with his World Series-winning blast over the left-field fence at Forbes Field. Just like Thomson, Mazeroski encountered fans from the stands in the aftermath. But unlike Thomson, who mostly was uninterrupted by the public until he scored, Mazeroski was intercepted by a couple of fans before he reached third base. He and his impromptu pals ran toward home plate together to greet the rest of western Pennsylvania.
All of that was nothing compared to October of 1969, when the Mets kept doing the impossible. They went from perennial losers during their previous years to scrambling from a huge deficit in August to defeat the Cubs for the division. They also shocked Hank Aaron's Braves in the NLCS, and then they grabbed the World Series over an Orioles team loaded with future Hall of Famers. So during the Mets' clincher of a world championship at home, you could excuse those at Shea Stadium for going nuts, and they did, with folks seemingly diving from the upper deck to join tens, hundreds and thousands losing their minds on the field.
Celebrations turned ugly after that. Two words: Chris Chambliss. I mean, he's still trying to reach home plate at old Yankee Stadium after his walk-off homer in Game 5 of the 1976 ALCS.
As soon as the ball left the stadium, Yankee fans began pouring over the walls, with Chambliss rushing past, over and through the growing mob as he rounded the bases. He never reached home in the beginning. With people still streaming onto the field, he dashed to the clubhouse for his own safety, but he later returned with several New York policemen to touch the plate. Under those circumstances, the umpires said his homer would have counted anyway, but unless you were a little goofy, you never wanted to see those circumstances again.
I remember the first World Series I covered. It was in 1980 between the Royals and the Phillies, and when the Phillies prepared to clinch at home at Veterans Stadium, the Philadelphia police responded by placing cops on horses around the edge of the field. There also were attack dogs. I know. After going from the press box to field level, I nearly missed the postgame interviews. That's because when the elevator doors opened, I was frozen with fear. One of those dogs was sitting there, growling, waiting to pounce.
The era of fans rushing the field was over. Almost. In 1982, when the Brewers upset the Angels in the ALCS, Milwaukee fans set a world's record for leaving their seat to reach the field. Within minutes of the final out, the floor of Milwaukee County Stadium was covered with humanity, and much of it was smothering those in Brewer uniforms. It was a scary sight, especially since Brewers manager Harvey Kuenn was operating with an artificial right leg at the time.
If you want the official date when fans were told to become just spectators instead of participants in these types of celebrations, how about September 11, 2001? With the threat of terrorists materializing in various forms, fans weren't allowed to carry large objects into ballparks or stadiums anymore -- let alone charge the field. Plus, a year later, there was that horror in Chicago, where a father and son ran onto the field at Comiskey Park to tackle Royals first-base coach Tom Gamboa, and then the deranged duo proceeded to punch and kick their victim before the rest of the Royals team sprinted to his defense.
Needless to say, when the 2002 Angels clinched the World Series at home that autumn against the Giants, everybody knew their place. The fans, the players, everybody. It didn't matter that the packed house was giddy over the freshness of the Rally Monkey and the endless noise created by something called ThunderSticks. When the World Series ended on a routine flyout, the Angels jumped and yelled around the pitcher's mound, and their fans did so from their seats.
Now, 11 years later, fans are doing exactly the same thing in these situations more often than not.
Terence Moore is a columnist for MLB.com.


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>> Sunday, January 20, 2008
This word spelling strategy game is for the whole family. To amass points, use your letters to spell long works or to form tow or more words at the same time. Remember, you have to beat the clock. If you don't, your letter disappears. Although this game was released at a budget price in 1992, a simple game like this could never get a full boxed release on any console these days. This is the type of game you download on Xbox Live Arcade or WiiWare. Adam from Defunct Games takes a look at Text Tiles and tells us what he thinks of it.
Adam: "Eager to assemble random letters into meaningful patterns, you find Text Tiles for the Philips CD-i. The player is given one letter at a time to be placed on a 12 by 12 block grid. A preview of the next letter is given in the upper left hand corner of the screen. To make things more interesting, a player can increase the difficulty, this means adding blocks to the grid that cannot be destroyed until a word is spelt.
Understandably, Text Tiles does not allow you to use profane words, but even common words that Scrabble players live by are unavailable. No "zit," "ziti," nor "emu." The absence of a few words may not seem like a big deal, but when desperate ...." in need of words, I can imagine it Adam! - I admit I've never played Text Tiles because it doesn't appeal to me, but click here to read the opinion of Adam.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Private insurance companies across the U.S. pay doctors dramatically different amounts for the same routine office visits and services, according to a new study.
Physicians at the high end of the reimbursement spectrum get more than twice as much as those at the low end for the same service, with little apparent reason for the difference, researchers say.
"We figured that if we looked at fairly similar office services across clinics, the amount received by doctors might not vary much," said Laurence Baker, co-author of the study and chief of health services research at Stanford University in California. "But that was not true."
In the push to contain healthcare costs, focusing on how much care patients use won't solve the problem unless the market forces determining what doctors charge and what insurers pay are better understood, Baker and his colleagues write in the journal Health Affairs.
Unlike other health care cost studies, theirs looks at actual reimbursement amounts to physicians, and not the amount billed.
The researchers analyzed more than 40 million claims filed in 2007 for nearly a dozen types of service ranging from five-minute check-ups to comprehensive exams.
The most common claim filed was for a "problem-focused" exam lasting about 15 minutes with a patient the physician already knew.
The lowest-paid 5 percent of doctors received $47 or less for the visit while the highest-paid 5 percent received $86 or more. The average reimbursement amount was $63.
For more complex, yet identical, office visits lasting longer and involving a new patient, the reimbursements ranged from $103 or less to $257 or more.
The study comes as state and federal government agencies are gearing up for national health insurance enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, beginning October 1.
The price differences couldn't be explained by the patients' age or sex, the physicians' specialty, the patients' insurance plan type - preferred provider organizations (PPO) or point of service (POS) - or whether the physician was in the plan's network.
Geographic location accounted for some of the price variation, but only about one-third of it.
Even with location taken into account, researchers could not pinpoint differences among specific cities because Truven Health Analytics, the company that provided the data, did not allow precise location information to be published in the study.
"The point is that (there is) very little that can explain these price differences, no matter what information you put into the model," Dr. Renee Hsia, professor of emergency medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, told Reuters Health.
"There is not much rhyme or reason as to why the prices are what they are," Hsia, who was not involved in the research, said.
Baker suggested that some variables, such as the quality of service provided by physicians, or the market power of insurance companies, could influence payments, but these were not analyzed in the study.
"The take-away message is to get a quote before you go to the doctor's office and consider shopping around," said Chapin White, a senior health researcher at Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, D.C.
Comparison shopping on cost isn't easy for consumers, however, because the information is not readily available. Companies trying to bring price information to the public include the San Francisco-based startup Castlight and FAIR Health in New York City.
"We think it is important to push future analyses further to include information we were not able to look at here," Baker told Reuters Health. For example, the team did not know the size of the physicians' practices. Larger practices may be able to command higher reimbursements, he said.
"Some markets have very little variation in prices," White noted, which could suggest that those regions are dominated by a large health care provider, such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
He pointed out that detailed information such as practice size can be obtained through private data firms, but the information can cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars. And different database sets rarely link together well when searching for meaningful patterns, he added.
Hsia, who has worked with Baker on other studies, said the amounts in the current analysis could provide a baseline of what is considered appropriate reimbursement amounts.
"Our system of health care pricing is unique in a negative sense," Hsia said. "No other country in the world comes up with prices like we do … It's a bargaining system between insurers and providers with market power."
"In America we like having market-based systems for the prices of groceries or gas. This study suggests that healthcare is probably one of those things where the market-based system doesn't provide the efficiency we hope for," she said.
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Wins this week's Skoal Rebel Award for unalloyed Conservative internet cluelessness.
See, Mr. George Tierney, Jr. of Greenville South Carolina had some very, very bad things to say about about Sandra Fluke. But rather than saying them on U.N.C.L.E. Channel "D", he said them to her on this thing called the "Twitter" that all the kids are into these days.
And then the Bad Thing happened.
Tbogg picks up the story here (and, I trust, in the spirit of Christian brotherhood, he will refrain from hiring a lawyer to a] take all my munnies away from me, and b] force me to remove from Teh Google all the stuff I am about to copy from his public statements. So, y'know, don't tort me, bro!):
Misunderstanding how the Twitter works, George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina seemed to think he was using his "inside voice" when speaking (twatting) to Ms. Fluke on Twitter only to find out, in a very round-about way, that she elected to retweet to her 36,000 followers what George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina had to say to her and she only did this because she is obviously racist against douchebags who like to shout stuff at ladies on the internet because, as we like to say: virtual manhood is better than no manhood at all.
Anyway, that is where I came in when I screen-capped the whole exchange and made a post out of it, which brings us to last week when George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina decided to google himself on the internet and OH HOLY SHIT! he is now kind of semi-famous for Doing Internet Swears At Ladies and now that all that money he spent on eHarmony is just fucking wasted because ladies will not want to go on a date with him ever ever again besides the fact that all he ever wants to talk about is golf which is like the third gayest sport ever. Besides, also: boring.
So eight days after I shared The Magic of George Tierney of Greenville South Carolina he wrote an email to my patron d'art, as follows:
Whoever runs this site needs to take my damn comments off of it. I did not give you permission, nor did you ask me for it. It shows up on google and I will see a lawyer if this doesnt disappear. Ask me before posting bullshit about me. You fuckers had no right.Adorable, right?
George Tierney Jr
This whole thing is really really funny in an obnoxious-clown-being-hit-by-a-pie-shaped-meteor kind of way, but to me the most delectable detail is Mr. George Tierney, Jr. of Greenville South Carolina's instant and absolutely predictable litigiousness.
Based on the wingnut bon mots Mr. George Tierney, Jr. of Greenville South Carolina has dropped all over The Twitter (on topics ranging from Obama's criminality and Socialism! to the c-word-ishness of various uppity women) I would speculate (irresponsibly of course) that there are may be at least one or two bar-stools in Greenville South Carolina which Mr. George Tierney may soiled (prior to his meteoric rise to internet stardom) while crapping himself over how this country has gone to the fucking dogs thanks to the god damn lawyers!
After all, hating "trial lawyers and "activist judges" and chalking everything wrong with Murrica (that you can't explain away using lazy Negroes, sinister Immigrants, uppity Wimmin and Dirty Hippies) up to a lack of Tort Reform is Conservative holy writ, and I doubt a real Conservative hero (and FreedomWorks retweeter..,and big fan of Facebook stalking) like Mr. George Tierney, Jr. of Greenville South Carolina would have left that box unchecked.
(I wonder if this is the same George Tierney, Jr. who was in business development/sales at recently-dissolved Sunland Staffing, Inc.? Or is a deacon at St. Mary's Catholic church in Greenville? Tbogg's commenters seems to think this might be so, but then they are just the shrill minions of a man who posts irresponsible things on the internet all the time, so who knows?)
Hey speaking of shrill of and irresponsible, remember culture warrior and good ol' boy, Trent Lott?
...As for me, I think it is pretty mind-blowing that we used to live in an America where people actually believed that such hypocrisy was something one could cure by the simple act of pointing it out, over and over again.
Trent Lott used to be an avid tort "reform" supporter. Here are some choice quotes from him:
"The Democrats seem to think that the answer is a lawsuit. Sue everybody." - Sen. Trent Lott, 7/20/01 "I'm among many Mississippi citizens who believe tort reform is needed." - Sen. Trent Lott, 5/8/02According to a former aide, Lott's voting record on tort "reform" legislation usually echoed his rhetoric.
"You know, obviously we should [enact tort reform]...Someday it will happen, and the sooner the better." - Sen. Trent Lott, 1/24/01
" Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi today credited the agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and tort reform initiatives passed by the Congress and signed into law by President Bush with the overall upturn in the national economy." - Sen. Trent Lott press release, 12/2/05
"If their answer to everything is more lawsuits, then yes, that's a problem, because I certainly don't support that." - Sen. Trent Lott, 8/2/02
"It's sue, sue, sue... That's not the answer." - Sen. Trent Lott, 8/4/01
However, when his own $400,000 house was destroyed in Katrina, and State Farm denied his claim, all of this rhetoric went out the window and he went straight to the courthouse. Indeed, he went straight to the courthouse with one of the most successful trial lawyers in the country who won a huge settlement against big tobacco, and who is hated by large corporations everywhere: his brother-in law Richard Scruggs.
When asked about his personal lawsuit Lott said:
"I'm interested in getting results that will help a lot of people, and I'm one of them. ... This was an important part of my life savings, and I just don't think that the response was one that I could accept."It is pretty mind-blowing that Lott can seriously take this stance given that he has at least publicly critiqued the ability to go to court for others...
But that America does not exist anywhere except in the churning journalistic bowels of David Brooks', reporting from some alternate universe where the excellent plans of Reasonable Conservatives are forever being thwarted by hairy Socialist monsters from the 1960s every bit as often as they are kicked to bits by Tea Party goofs.
Instead we live in an America crawling with Conservatives who believe that quoting their own words back to them is a million times more unfair than, say, slavery and that the greatest crime perpetrated on America is that Stoopid Librulz don't get it when they are kidding! (Seriously, what's wrong with the Left that they don't know what's funny?!)
We live in an America crawling Mr. George Tierney, Juniors of Greenville South Carolina.
UPDATE: The exciting saga continues here.


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From prolific and influential consultant and author Tom DeMarco comes a project management novel that vividly illustrates the principles--and the outright absurdities--that affect the productivity of a software development team. With his trademark wit set free in the novel format, DeMarco centers the plot around the development of six software products. Mr. Tompkins, a manager downsized from a giant telecommunications company, divides the huge staff of developers at his disposal into eighteen teams--three for each of the software products. The teams are different sizes and use different methods, and they compete against each other and against an impossible deadline. With these teams--and with the help of numerous "fictionalized" consultants who come to his aid--Tompkins tests the project management principles he has gathered over a lifetime. Each chapter closes with journal entries that form the core of the eye-opening approaches to management illustrated in this entertaining novel.
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Most health clubs have finally realized that the largest and most important market to pursue is the aging market. Regardless of whether you call them mature adults, seniors, 50-plus or Baby Boomers, this market is here, and it will continue to grow. In the next five to 10 years, the population of those 55 years and older will increase by 74 percent while the population under 55 years old will increase by 1 percent. The good news is that we have identified this market, and it is ours to have.
Abundant research has proven that it is never too late to reap the benefits of a healthy exercise program. In fact, we know that exercise is the most important ingredient in a healthy lifestyle of the older adult. No matter how deconditioned or inexperienced a senior is when it comes to exercise, participating in a regular exercise program will not only add to his or her longevity, but, most importantly, it will also add to his or her quality of life. The bad news is that many older adults are still uneducated about fitness. They think they are unable to exercise or must limit their exercise routine if they have arthritis, diabetes or osteoporosis.
The good news is that doctors and physical therapists are suggesting that involvement in our clubs can provide a healthy way of life for older adults. Seniors will get the necessary leadership, programming and expertise while enjoying the sociability and camaraderie of a club environment — a complete mind, body and spirit experience.
The bad news is that our industry has acquired a reputation of being for the young and beautiful, and it is difficult to shake. Our clubs are not particularly inviting to older adults, especially if they have not been active in clubs before. The barriers coming into our clubs are often just too much to overcome. The music is too loud and too harsh, the equipment is too big and complicated, and the classes are too advanced and too fast.
Our leaders are often not willing to make the required changes to attract the senior market. We assume that they will fly into our clubs and acclimate themselves to us. We open our classes to them but ask them to "work at their own pace" and to not be intimidated by those around them. Many instructors are still focusing on making the fit fitter and introducing a constant repertoire of challenging moves and routines for the "front liners." Many aren't trained to relate to the senior focus.
The 55-plus market is coming into our clubs, but many are not finding the sense of belonging and camaraderie, comfort level, sincerity, empathy or enjoyment that they perceived would be there. Too many are dropping out of our classes as quickly as they enter. Yes, there are the strong, committed souls who persevere and become true believers. They are becoming healthier and more positive in every facet of their lives just as we knew they would. We are seeing more and more of these active seniors take fitness seriously as they try recreational activities like tennis, biking and kayaking.
A good example of that is the United States Tennis Association's new program called Welcome Back To Tennis™, which is designed to attract the 50-plus market. The program is based on fun, sociability and group tennis drills that guarantee success for everyone. It begins with educating the tennis leaders on how to communicate effectively with this market and proceeds with setting up a social event that encourages everyone to make new friends as they take up tennis together — for the second time around.
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Covering CPAC was like stepping through the looking glass.
It was like a lot of political conferences I've seen, just with the context flipped. Usually, these conferences are mix of pragmatists and true believers. Ideally, that blend yields a message with broad appeal, but that's firmly rooted in shared principles. That's when everyone "gets it." CPAC's reality was far short of that ideal. The conference was a mass exercise in not "getting it."
Two days at CPAC made the GOP's big problem crystal clear. The conservative movement is split between two factions of "true believers," both wildly out of step with what most Americans want.
Not that this is news. My political memory goes back only as far as the Reagan era, and the GOP's odd coalition of religious conservatives and libertarian fiscal conservatives goes back at least that far. As a progressive, I'd sometimes envied the legendary unity of that conservative coalition, and wondered what held it together. Whatever held those two factions together in the past is all but gone. The fissures are now obvious and growing.
The Trouble With True Believers
As Adele Stan wrote at Alternet, the unofficial unifying theme at CPAC seemed to be disunity on the right. My first hint came before I attended the conference, as I kept up with the controversy surrounding GOProud — a gay conservative organization whose attendance and sponsorship of the conference sparked boycotts by religious right organizations. As I made my way through the conference, a flyer thrust in to my hand by a young man from The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, urging CPAC "Don't Betray Principles," by bringing GOProud and groups like it into the conference or the movement.
None of this means that social conservatives have lost their hold on the GOP and the conservative movement, as Jamelle Bouie notes at The American Prospect. In fact, despite GOProud's presence (and apparently without objections on their part) day one of the CPAC 2011 agenda featured panels like "How Political Correctness is Harming America's Military," and "Traditional Marriage and Society." In fact, Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays got a better spot in the exhibit hall than GOProud. (I had to go all the way to the back of the exhibit hall to find GOProud.)
But the presence of GOProud along with the prominence of father son duo Ron and Rand Paul signals the growing strength of a libertarian conservative wing of the party whose lack of social conservatism may appeal to younger conservatives like those who handed Ron Paul his second CPAC Straw Poll victory.
Simmering beneath the surface, however, was discontent with the growing influence of libertarians and antiwar conservatives at CPAC. Ron Paul won the confab's straw poll in 2010, beating out Mitt Romney. The Campaign for Liberty, a Paul-aligned group, held well-attended events. "We believe in truth in advertising," complained Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association. "They should call themselves the Libertarian Political Action Committee."
Former (and perhaps future) presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said much the same thing after Paul's straw poll victory: "CPAC has become increasingly libertarian and less Republican over the last years, one of the reasons I didn't go this year." Both the American Conservative and FrumForum, writing from vastly different perspectives, argued that this was a bigger driver of CPAC boycotts than the social conservatives' war on GOProud.
This year, the Campaign for Liberty had an even bigger profile, as more mainstream conservative groups like Americans for Tax Reform also contemplated defense budget cuts. And Paul was a repeat winner of the straw poll, defeating Romney 30% to 23% as other candidates lagged behind. Fellow libertarian Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor who endorsed Paul for president in 2008, tied with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at 6% apiece. Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a longtime conservative movement favorite, took just 5%.
Indeed, the hostility between the faction was palpable (as The Guardian's James Antle wrote in the column quoted above) at times; particularly when Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld were so loudly booed that it nearly stopped the show. (Cheney, true to form, snarled at the protesters to "sit down and shut up.")
All this would have been far more amusing if it weren't for the reality that the GOP majority in the House now has the responsibility of governing. America's economic crisis continues unabated, and the much ballyhooed "recovery" hasn't reached most of America. Yet, at the first CPAC after the 2010 midterms, the only thing that received less attention than job creation was the revolution in Egypt.
That's because CPAC and the conservative movement are trapped between two influential factions of true believers. The trouble is, true believers are by definition heavily invested in "not getting it."
Selling What Nobody Wants
By "not getting it," I mean that conservatives of both dominant factions either don't know or don't care that they're selling what nobody wants. Polls like Gallup's annual Values and Belief survey show that Americans are trending away from the social conservatives on issues like gay rights. The CAF/Media Matters report, "America: A Center-Left Nation," showed that conservatives were out of step with the majority of Americans on economic issues. Following the 2010 midterms, a CAF/Democracy Corps/Greenberg survey showed that anxiety about the economy drove the election, but that voters did not embrace the GOP or its policies.
Both, and the GOP leadership along with them still cling to the delusion that American voters gave them a mandate, when polling before and immediately after the election showed voters didn't reward Republicans for not being Democrats — they punished Democrats for not delivering the change promised in 2008. The GOP's agenda remained toxic to most Americans.
Americans offer tepid support for much of the Republican Party's domestic agenda, including repealing the new healthcare law and extending tax cuts for the wealthy, according to the latest Society for Human Resource Management/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, conducted with the Pew Research Center.
The results suggest Republicans could struggle to pass legislation advancing many of the smaller-government themes that have dominated their campaigns in the midterm elections, even if the party wins control of one or both houses of Congress in November.
In particular, the party appears to risk a backlash from senior citizens, a critical voting bloc that harbors deep skepticism about tinkering with entitlement programs.
The survey is the most comprehensive polling look so far at the major elements of the agenda that key Republicans have been discussing in the weeks leading up to the election.
Not all the news was good for Democrats…
…Still, the poll offered little to suggest that the surge in voter support for Republican candidates, whom analysts project to win major gains this fall, carries over to support for policies championed this fall by Republican leaders in Washington and on the campaign trail.
Kos posted a handy breakdown when the poll came out.
- 29% of Americans support extending all of the Bush tax cuts.
- 32% support repealing the newly passed health care law.
- 33% support replacing Medicare with vouchers.
- 58% support creating Social Security private accounts.
- 46% support amending the Constitution to deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants (49 are opposed).
- Fewer than half of Republican respondents favored extending all the Bush tax cuts or replacing Medicare benefits with vouchers.
- Poll respondents continue to disapprove of President Obama's signature healthcare legislation, 45% to 38%.
- Three-quarters said they could not name the leader of the Republican Party, or that the party does not have a leader.
What do Americans want? Here's a hint, it's not what the Republicans campaigned on.
- A September AP poll said that Americans who wish health care reform went further outnumber opponents of health care reform by 2-to-1.
- An October poll by the Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard university found that six in ten Americans say they want their representatives to fight for more government spending in their districts, to spur job growth. That's compared to 39% who said they want cuts even if it means fewer local jobs. (That's a flip from 1994, by the way, when 53% wanted their Reps. to fight for cuts, while 42% were on the other side.)
- In the same poll, 50% supported more government spending to boost the economy, while 46% prioritized deficit reduction.
- Not only did voters defeat major anti-tax measures in several states, but an AP poll less than 50 days before the election showed that 54% of Americans favored raising taxes on the highest earners, compare to 44% opposed.
- A Stanford University poll showed that 86% of Americans want government to limit the amount of air pollution that businesses emit.
- And 76% favored government regulating greenhouse gasses in particular.
- Another poll, conducted by Knowledge Networks and designed by Yale researches showed that 77% believe that global warming should be a priority for the president and Congress.
- And 94% believe that developing sources of clean energy should be a priority for the president and Congress.
- Meanwhile, 77% support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
And that's an overview, because a detailed analysis is more than I have space to do here.
You'd never know any of the above from Mitch McConnell's speech to CPAC attendees, in which he advised them, "If our ideas are unpopular, we will stand by what we believe in. Popularity will take care of itself."
I suppose it could be read as a stand on principle. But in the context of a speech in which McConnell essentially declared victory in the GOP's obstructionist strategy in the previous Congress, it sounds like a promise of more of the same, and a willful misreading of a mandate.
In other words, it was another example of conservatives working hard at "not getting it"; not getting that Americans want government action on job creation and economic growth. That could mean two years of a conservative "anything-but-jobs" agenda of legislation on social issues to satisfy social conservatives, job-killing budget cuts to keep libertarian conservatives happy, and not much about most Americans' top concerns: jobs and economic growth.
If so, that could mean trouble for the GOP in 2012. More to the point, it should mean trouble for the GOP in 2012, and Democrats should work hard to make sure that it does.
The Trouble With 2012
The split between libertarian conservatives and social conservatives on the right was also illustrated by the absence of a focus on jobs at CPAC. The lack plan for job creation from speakers at the conference illustrates the GOP's problem with 2012. CPAC showcased not only conservatives lack of focus on the economy, but it showcased a weak slate of candidates for 2012.
Not only is there no front runner clearly capable of challenging the president, but there doesn't appear to be a GOP hopeful who satisfies all the true believers.
Die-hard conservative activists are fired up about taking on President Barack Obama.
But when it comes to the GOP's field of presidential candidates, they're just not feeling it.
The lesson conservatives took from 2010 was that they don't have to settle between electability and ideological purity. Now, their expectations for 2012 are higher than ever before. They're not about to settle for anyone short of a full-spectrum conservative — and they don't yet see anyone who fits the bill."There's been a shift of thinking among activists in America," said Al Cardenas, the newly elected chairman of the American Conservative Union, who added that in past cycles, Republicans decided: "It's OK to be a conservative, but at the end of the day, we want to win, regardless of where the candidate is in terms of the political compass."
…Other conservatives — many of whom are gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington — are more explicitly worried that, without a high-profile conservative to rally behind, 2012 could end up as a repeat of 2008.
…So far, though, every leading contender seems to have a potentially fatal flaw.
Mitt Romney has a reputation for flip-flopping, which he acquired during the 2008 campaign and for his record on health care as governor of Massachusetts. Meanwhile, there are doubts about former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's readiness for the national arena. And while Pawlenty remains a cipher to most Republicans, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is entirely too well-known.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, meanwhile, alienated the GOP's social conservative wing by calling for a "truce" on cultural issues. And Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is an admitted creature of the Washington establishment who has called ideological purity a "dead-dog loser."
In the wake of the Republican Party's sweeping victory in 2010, conservatives have less patience than ever for that message. They're hoping for a nominee who's a "full conservative," said Family Research Council President Tony Perkins — someone who can completely satisfy the economic, social and foreign policy wings, all at the same time.
That Donald Trump, who has changed political parties as many times as he's changed wives, easily stole the show at CPAC despite unfavorable ratings bigger than his hair, suggests a certain amount of desperation among conservatives.
Trump's gambit is almost certainly a publicity stunt. What makes it interesting is how eager the conservatives were to embrace him, shifting the afternoon's schedule at the last minute when he agreed to appear. It speaks to the Republican Party's leadership vacuum: Only a party deeply dissatisfied with its current slate of candidates would swoon for this guy.
In theory, 2012 could be a good year for Republicans, particularly if job growth doesn't accelerate. But a solid challenger to President Obama has eluded the conservatives who dominate the party. They need somebody with the looks of John Thune, the managerial experience of Mitt Romney, the folksiness of Mike Huckabee, the Tea Party appeal of Michele Bachmann, the brains of Newt Gingrich and the record of Mitch Daniels. But no such animal exists.
Producer Mark Joseph, who has done a film about Ronald Reagan, outlined the problem in a CPAC session Thursday. "The coalition that President Reagan put together," he said, "is fraying today because it was united by one man who had something in common with all of them."
In the absence of such a beast, the party is fracturing, both on Capitol Hill (where House Republican leaders lost two key votes last week) and at CPAC (where various socially conservative groups boycotted and the chairman, David Keene, accelerated his retirement this week). The lack of enthusiasm for the candidates was on display in the ballroom, where hundreds of seats were empty for speeches by would-be candidates Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
…Trump is correct about Paul's viability. But the CPAC crowd's willingness to consider the flamboyant billionaire as an alternative reveals a certain amount of desperation.
Mark Joseph is probably right, about Reagan. There is no one on the conservative front to unite two major factions that never had much in common in the first place.
But the Democrats shouldn't count on a lack of leadership or an ideological implosion the right. The White House and congressional Democrats should present themselves as a clear, better alternative to the GOP. That means offering bold proposals to create jobs and increase economic growth, showing how Democratic policies will benefit Americans directly, and challenge the GOP to offer their own plan.
The closest we got to that at CPAC was Mitt Romney's simple plan.
So how would Romney bring jobs back and turnaround the economy?
He didn't spell it out, saying only: "The right answer is to believe in America – to believe in free enterprise, capitalism, limited government, federalism – and to believe in the constitution, as it was written and intended by the founders."
South Dakota Sen. John Thune suggested overhauling Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and changing how business is done in the partisan capital by ending "backroom deals and big government ways." He ignored the fact that others before him have tried – and failed.
Many were short on specifics on how they'd do it all.
Romney's speech, however offered a preview of the GOP's likely 2012 strategy: blame Obama for a financial crisis that started on the GOP's watch, and a recession fueled by conservative failure going all the way back to Ronald Reagan. And it just might work. if the President and Democrats fail to offer a stark contrast to the GOP's lack of ideas, and make the case for how their plan will help Americans.
Even if it's an unwinnable fight, it's a fight worth having, because it spells out which side Obama and the Democrats are on. The reason for the GOP victory in 2012 was that too many Americans weren't sure. Too many still aren't. That could work in the GOP's favor and give the Democrats their own trouble in 2012, if they fail to offer bold plans on job growth, economic growth, and a real recovery that reaches all Americans — and soon, rather than later.


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On this Thanksgiving Day, I find myself alone. And sick. The litany of ailments which plagues my body this week is almost comical. I am too weak to write this post at a computer and so I peck it out on my phone. Making for myself a cup of instant chicken soup (and keeping it … Continue reading "Not a scrap of Turkey, but plenty of thanks."
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I used to keep a blog. Back then it was called a weblog; shows my age I guess. Then, in 2006, I left the country and my weblog got very quiet. Actually, it went silent. I no longer knew what I could and could not say. I was busy learning a new language and a new culture.
However, something in me has always missed the venue for words.
In the past five years the times have changed. Shortly after I left off weblogging, blogging suddenly became popular. Then social networking was born and made it's bid to take over the world. I've kept up with the times and have accounts on all the right networks. However the stream-of-consciousness style of communication that defines the social web often leaves me with a nagging feeling that something is missing. I believe that words are powerful, particularly written words. They are to be used to a purpose -- crafted one by one. The tattered rags that of words that have been fed through the social media blender resemble fine art in the same way that hot dogs resemble good steak.
While I will still keep a separate personal website, I am done making appologies for it being a cluttered mess. It was always intended as a dumping ground for a hundred shades of work, play and experience.
I have felt for a long time that I wanted to keep a more focused collection of thoughts about how God is shaping me. I intend this site to be dedicated to that end.