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Before we kick this thing off, a blog pimping for According To Jewels, whose lovely proprietor has gifted me with a very nice HAND CRAFTED post card as part of the oft-mentioned Great Postcard Campaign. And I DON'T CARE that it wasn't a "manly card"- it was festive and nice, and Scrappy liked it since he was called cute!
Also, we are late because a chronal stabilizing bascillicus went bad on me last night (or because 50% I've been under the weather and 50% I had to work today, whichever you prefer).
Anyway, let us proceed to 1976, where we will be landing just ahead of two notable music events. 6 days before target date, in a concert attempt to unite warring factions in Jamaica called Smiling Jamaica, Bob Marley found himself at the wrong end of some guns. His wife and manager survived serious injuries, but he was okay and 2 days later went ahead with the concert, though the Wailers had ran to cover and he was backed up by Zap Pow. "The people who are trying to make the world worse aren't taking a day off, " he said. "How can I?" And the day before we land, the music world was shook as it had rarely been before- that was the day the Eagles released Hotel California. (And that should be a big, glaring clue to what this week's high debut will be!)
(Special shoehorned-in note: The teaser for six degrees is: watch as I connect the Bee Gees to... the Bee Gees!)
Speaking of those debuts on the hot 100, there were eleven, and we will note six of them. Kansas enters the public consciousness at #91 with Carry On Wayward Son. One of my personal favorites, Al Stewart comes in at #85 with Year Of The Cat. (Al is at his best with historical songs; you really should youtube The Palace Of Versailles.) ABBA breaks here with Dancing Queen at 79; just one spot above is Barbara Streisand with the theme to the movie A Star Is Born, henceforth to be referred to by it's actual name, Evergreen. At long last, my favorite song by Heart comes into the countdown- the title track to the lp Dreamboat Annie, at # 74. And have you figured out who debuted way up at 57 this week? Sure you did. The Eagles' lead single off Hotel, New Kid In Town.
With these six having 35th birthdays, let,s look at the other birthdays this week. Turning 40, Harry Nilsson's oft-covered Without You. A trio turning 45- The Monkees' (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone; the Royal Guardsmen's Snoopy And The Red Baron; and the lovely Judith Durham and the Seekers with Georgie Girl. A classic turns fifty- the King's Can't Help Falling In Love With You. And turning 60, "Poor ol'" Johnnie Ray and Cry. Blow out the candles...
The Big dropper this week is former top dog If You Leave Me Now, falling 28 spots to 58. And, sigh, the big mover is once again in the top 40.
Which means we stop off at #49 and the Where Are They Now segment. And at 49 is a band which, as they say, needs no introduction- the Beatles with Ob La Di, Ob La Da. Now most people who might have any interest in our program know well and good where the Fab Four are now (All John Lennon Imagine jokes aside), so I thought, what about the two lads who were original, if short-lived Beatles? The first, Stuart Sutcliffe, who left the band to pursue his art career, died just months later. The other was drummer Pete Best. Pete got the golden toe from the Beatles for a variety of reasons (kept out of group activities, Paul was jealous, drumming was subpar, and a list of allied excuses), and it put him into a depression that made him a virtual hermit for two weeks, and led to him having to be talked out of suicide. But getting off the roller coaster led to a big blessing in his life- 2 years later he married his wife of over 45 years, Kathy. They have 2 daughters and 4 grandkids. In the mean time, he retired from performing in 1968- until persuaded to return in the late eighties. He still tours with the latest incarnation of the Pete Best Band, which includes vocalist Tony Flynn, who was vocalist for unofficial (and litigation destroyed) versions of both Steppenwolf and Deep Purple. They released the Beatles-esque lp Haymans Green in 2007 to good reviews.
Five new top 40 hits, leading off with reunited Bread climbing 9 to #40 with Lost Without Your Love. Up 16 to #39 is Mary MacGregor with a song that proves the proverb about a bird in the hand, Torn Between Two Lovers. At 31, up ten, is Aerosmith's Walk This Way. Racing up the chart 14 spots (not surprisingly, since it is from the lp A Day At The Races) is Queen with Somebody To Love. And our big mover of the week, up 18 spots from where it debuted in the hot 100 last week, is Stevie Wonder's I Wish at #28.
Now it's our new segment when I pull a song from this week in history. Actually, I pull 4 songs up with one tug, and they all have one man in common. Canadian tenor Henry Burr, born Harry Haley McCaskey, and recording under more pseudonyms than I care to recount, was one of the more popular, and most prolific, artists of the early twentieth century. He estimated that he recorded some 12,000 songs, and was one of the top recording acts prior to the rock'n'roll era. We feature him this week, because according to Josh Hostler's site, he was #1 this week in 1906 with Love Me And The World Is Mine. And in 1910 with Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland. And in 1919 with Oh What A Pal Was Mary. And if that's not enough, he was the leader of the Columbia Male Quartet, who were at #1 this week in 1907 with Let Me Call You Sweetheart. I sampled Oh What A Pal Was Mary- this guy could flat sing.
Two songs enter the top ten, two fall out. The droppers are More Than A Feeling (4 to 16) and You Are The Woman (8 to 18).
Speaking of falling out, when will it happen to She's Gone? After 32 weeks, it hangs onto a top forty spot this week still at 37, a drop of just 4.
Two of those "faves of mine" make the top ten this week. The first, and likely my #1 for the week (had I been doing my top ten yet), is England Dan and John Ford Coley with Nights Are Forever Without You, moving 2 spots to #10. Holding at 9 is Alice Cooper's I Never Cry. The other debut comes in at 8, a three-notch climb for Burton Cummings with Stand Tall. Nadia's Theme begins its trek to where the Young and Restless lay, dropping 2 to #7. Jumping 4 big notches to #6 are the Two Dimensions, er, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, with You Don't Have To Be A Star. Going from #7 to # 5 is Leo Sayer's You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. The Spinners are the last climbers, going north 2 spots to #4 with The Rubberband Man. And that brings us to our six degrees victim.
Love So Right, holding this week at #3, was off the Bee Gees album Children Of The World. As usual on Bee Gees albums of the era, the keyboardist was one Blue Weaver. Among his many accomplishments was the scoring of the new-wave film Times Square. This movie spawned a two disc soundtrack featuring such new wave acts as Suzy Quatro, the Pretenders, Roxy Music, Gary Numan, the Talking Heads, Joe Jackson, and the Patty Smith Group. Also on this soundtrack was a Robin Gibb/Blue Weaver song called Help Me! which was sung by Robin and a lady named (at the time) Marcy Levy. Levy(who would ironically change her name years later to Marcella Detroit) had started her musical career with Bob Seger, and moved on to Eric Clapton's entourage. (Not surprisingly; it seems like 90% of the six degrees spots go through either Slowhand or the Beach Boys.) She co wrote Lay Down Sally, and was one of the two female vocals therein; the other being the great love I never had, Yvonne Elliman. Yvonne, of course, got her greatest props for If I Can't Have You off of Saturday Night Fever; but if the writers had had it their way instead of producer Robert Stigwood, she would have had an even bigger one- she was supposed to have been the one to sing How Deep Is Your Love, instead of... the Bee Gees.
So if you've been paying attention to any top ten the past three weeks, you know what comes next- Captain and Tenille with Muskrat Love at #2 (again) and at #1 (again)... Rod Stewart with Tonight's The Night.
Wow, done, in the can! Be back sometime tomorrow (since Saturday OT got axed) for the Great Seventies Countdown. And in the mean time could someone, for pity's sake tell me why that EACH AND EVERY TIME I use spellcheck on Blogger, no matter if I comb the post with a fine tooth comb afterwards and find all in order, HALF A PARAGRAPH DISSAPPEARS!!! I may kill someone if I don't find out. I definately will if I do.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Update on "you can't say 'cute' in school"
I'm going to combine a couple of reports here, so we can see the prices of overreaction.
“I just don’t see why he’d be so upset over the 15,” Bostic said. “He only gave me one hour to make a decision or he was going to terminate me.”
Bostic said he didn’t have time to ascertain what would be the best decision, financially, for himself and his family. Nor did he have time to give his staff proper notification that he would be leaving. Bostic said he could understand being written up for his mistake and having someone follow up with him over the school year.
“To me it’s a really sad final note to a career that I have found very satisfying and enjoy working with kids,” Bostic said. “I really don’t believe I was treated fairly.”
More than 600 children will be affected by the decision and around 1,200 parents and guardians will have to explain to their children why their principal was removed from a school after 15 years.
“I made a mistake,” Bostic said. “I offered to apologize for my mistake, but I wasn’t given that opportunity."
Chiquita Lockett received a letter from the school explaining that her son was suspended for sexual harassment when he said a teacher was “fine” in a suggestive tone and had been warned about calling other students bad names.
Emanyea, 9, was suspended for three days after a substitute teacher overheard him tell another student a teacher was cute, said mother Chiquita Lockett. Emanyea served a one-day, in-school suspension and two days out of school, she said.
Okay, let's break this down. Who was this "substitute teacher" who couldn't mind his/her own business and reported it? Jealous? Trying to get an "in" with administration at the cost of one little boy?. Was it racial? And it was OVERHEARD in a conversation between the boy and another student? We don't know, but I'm of the opinion that if the board felt the principal had to walk the plank, perhaps someone else should have been down there testing the water for him.
Next, the syndicated columnist in NY or CA didn't cost you your job, Bostic- YOU DID. Whether or not your firing was an appropriate response may be debatable, but your attitude here is contemptible. I wonder what else you have done to get the quick trigger here.
The student doesn't have to pay for the principal's stupidity. Great job here.
"A very heartless man," says Bostic of his boss. The guy that suspended a 9-year old for calling a teacher "cute" calls the man who fired him for it "heartless." Does anyone else sense the working of karma here?
I'd like to say, this seems like overreaction to media pressure on the part of the superintendent. Bostic was given a VERY limited time to fall on his sword. Would like to, but can't. Bostic comes across as a PC-tied, self-concerned blowhard who very likely brought this on himself. And 15 parents complaining did this? Obviously it was the RIGHT fifteen.
And, little boy's mom? It looks like you have a little talking to do to your little man. I've heard that this may have been his fifth "incident", including some racial epithets directed at other students. But guess what? That great administrator, Bostic, didn't have them documented and never bothered to inform you. Shame on him. And shame on you if you don't do a little "investigating" of your own.
Bostic told mom something along the lines of, "Maybe you can do this in YOUR culture..." I have a feeling the superintendent is trying to keep a lid on a LARGE can of worms here...
North Carolina Principal Forced to Retire After Suspending 9-Year-Old for Calling Teacher 'Cute'
GASTONIA, N.C. – The North Carolina school principal who suspended a 9-year-old boy for saying a female teacher was "cute" has been forced to retire over the decision.
Emanyea Lockett was given a three-day suspension from Gaston's Brookside Elementary School after he told another student his teacher was "cute" and a substitute teacher overheard the comment, the Gaston Gazette reported.
School officials investigated the incident and found that Emanyea had done nothing wrong. The school board then gave principal Jerry Bostic one hour to stand down or face termination.
Bostic spoke out after his 44-year career came to an abrupt end Tuesday, saying, "I didn't show a history of making problems like that. I've had the best of evaluations my entire career and because of some syndicated columnist in New York or California, I don't have a job."
Superintendent Reeves McGlohon would only say that Bostic submitted his resignation. McGlohon had no further comment.
The school system said the suspension won't count against the student, and there will be additional instructional assistance provided to the student for the classroom time missed.
Of school superintendent Reeves McGlohon -- who gave him the quit-or-be-fired ultimatum -- Bostic said, "He told me he had made the decision he was going to terminate me or drop me into an assistant principal position.
Superintendent Reeves McGlohon would only say that Bostic submitted his resignation. McGlohon had no further comment.
The school system said the suspension won't count against the student, and there will be additional instructional assistance provided to the student for the classroom time missed.
Of school superintendent Reeves McGlohon -- who gave him the quit-or-be-fired ultimatum -- Bostic said, "He told me he had made the decision he was going to terminate me or drop me into an assistant principal position.
"I admit I made some errors in what I did, but to fire me or to demote me with 44 years in it, it just doesn't make sense. To me he was a very heartless man, and he did it because of politics."
Emanyea's mother, Chiquita Lockett, said, "This is something that everyone needed to see, just to see what's happening within our school systems."
She was likely to pursue legal action, WSOC-TV reported.
The superintendent told Bostic that 15 parents from the school called his office asking for Bostic’s termination. Bostic said Brookside has more than 1,200 parents. His average evaluation from parents and the community over the past 10 years has been a 98 and 99 percent rating, he said.“I just don’t see why he’d be so upset over the 15,” Bostic said. “He only gave me one hour to make a decision or he was going to terminate me.”
Bostic said he didn’t have time to ascertain what would be the best decision, financially, for himself and his family. Nor did he have time to give his staff proper notification that he would be leaving. Bostic said he could understand being written up for his mistake and having someone follow up with him over the school year.
“To me it’s a really sad final note to a career that I have found very satisfying and enjoy working with kids,” Bostic said. “I really don’t believe I was treated fairly.”
More than 600 children will be affected by the decision and around 1,200 parents and guardians will have to explain to their children why their principal was removed from a school after 15 years.
“I made a mistake,” Bostic said. “I offered to apologize for my mistake, but I wasn’t given that opportunity."
Chiquita Lockett received a letter from the school explaining that her son was suspended for sexual harassment when he said a teacher was “fine” in a suggestive tone and had been warned about calling other students bad names.
Emanyea, 9, was suspended for three days after a substitute teacher overheard him tell another student a teacher was cute, said mother Chiquita Lockett. Emanyea served a one-day, in-school suspension and two days out of school, she said.
Okay, let's break this down. Who was this "substitute teacher" who couldn't mind his/her own business and reported it? Jealous? Trying to get an "in" with administration at the cost of one little boy?. Was it racial? And it was OVERHEARD in a conversation between the boy and another student? We don't know, but I'm of the opinion that if the board felt the principal had to walk the plank, perhaps someone else should have been down there testing the water for him.
Next, the syndicated columnist in NY or CA didn't cost you your job, Bostic- YOU DID. Whether or not your firing was an appropriate response may be debatable, but your attitude here is contemptible. I wonder what else you have done to get the quick trigger here.
The student doesn't have to pay for the principal's stupidity. Great job here.
"A very heartless man," says Bostic of his boss. The guy that suspended a 9-year old for calling a teacher "cute" calls the man who fired him for it "heartless." Does anyone else sense the working of karma here?
I'd like to say, this seems like overreaction to media pressure on the part of the superintendent. Bostic was given a VERY limited time to fall on his sword. Would like to, but can't. Bostic comes across as a PC-tied, self-concerned blowhard who very likely brought this on himself. And 15 parents complaining did this? Obviously it was the RIGHT fifteen.
And, little boy's mom? It looks like you have a little talking to do to your little man. I've heard that this may have been his fifth "incident", including some racial epithets directed at other students. But guess what? That great administrator, Bostic, didn't have them documented and never bothered to inform you. Shame on him. And shame on you if you don't do a little "investigating" of your own.
Bostic told mom something along the lines of, "Maybe you can do this in YOUR culture..." I have a feeling the superintendent is trying to keep a lid on a LARGE can of worms here...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
A priest accused...
Last night, I was shocked to here the story of the priest being removed from St. John HC because of sexual allegations. Shocked because he was the former priest at my old Church, St. Louis Besancon. Shocked because that makes it hit a little too close to home.
I basically grew up at SLB. It was a 2 minute walk from my home. I went to the school there for 8 years, and that means I went to church every morning. I knew the priests and the nuns. I served as an Altar boy, and was a teacher of same (and don't let me get into the story right now of what happens when you put 14 year old boys in charge of 12 year old boys in an empty church!). Father Lombardi was after my time- I had become born-again and that led me away from the Catholic world at the time- but I had met him through funerals and the like.
I told myself last night, wait and get more of the story. Today, we got SOME more:
I basically grew up at SLB. It was a 2 minute walk from my home. I went to the school there for 8 years, and that means I went to church every morning. I knew the priests and the nuns. I served as an Altar boy, and was a teacher of same (and don't let me get into the story right now of what happens when you put 14 year old boys in charge of 12 year old boys in an empty church!). Father Lombardi was after my time- I had become born-again and that led me away from the Catholic world at the time- but I had met him through funerals and the like.
I told myself last night, wait and get more of the story. Today, we got SOME more:
No investigation underway in priest abuse case
Police can't conduct investigation without victim
Updated: Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011, 6:10 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011, 5:14 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011, 5:14 PM EST
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Allen County Sheriff’s Department has information about accusations against 62-year-old Thomas Lombardi, but there is no detective on the case because no victim has ever come forward to officers.
A lawyer for the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese was the one to report the alleged abuse on behalf of an anonymous victim. SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) lashed out at the diocese in a release about it withholding information.
According to the information police have, the alleged abuse happened in New Haven prior to July of 1997 when the victim was on or about 16 years old. According to an online parish history, Lombardi was the priest at St. Louis Besancon from 1986 to July 1997.
In the report the police have, the alleged victim was in a room lifting weights when he supposedly asked Lombardi about how the workout would affect his or her muscles. Then, according to the report, Lombardi asked the victim to remove his or her shirt and pants. No physical contact was made, according to the report.
Because the victim didn’t go to police, officers can’t conduct an investigation. Bishop Kevin Rhoades issued a letter to the parishioners at St. Joseph Hessen Cassel over the weekend which stated Lombardi has been removed from his pastoral duties while the diocese conducts its own investigation.
This does not sound much like actual sexual misconduct to me, so I'm glad I held my peace. But it brings up a very important point. Our religious leaders are under constant assault from Satan- whether it be sexual or whatever. Some people will accuse the vetting process. Others will deride the Catholic church's policy of celibacy. Both valid points to me. Sometimes we need a body in a hole and are happy to proclaim the first one through the door as God's pick. And I don't believe that the admonition that Elders and Deacons be "the husband of one wife" has any thing to do with "not getting re-married after divorce" as I was once told when I was the first warm body through the door. I believe it means you NEED the support, the completion that a partner in life brings you. Being celebate (by choice) or single( by "fate") doesn't disqualify you, but it sure doesn't help.
However, I think that the biggest problem doesn't lie with the spiritual leaders, but with his congregation. Are you praying for the man? He has needs as a Christian leader that you don't even think of. He faces an enemy far more dedicated to destroying him than the one you face. Because if he goes down, you are vulnerable, neophytes are shaken and discouraged, and outsiders "shake their heads as they pass". Nothing overjoys Satan and his little atheist puppets more than a good man going down. Jimmy Swaggert, Jim Bakker. Is it our fault they fell? No, they made their choices. They allowed themselves weakness. But did we do what we could to strengthen them? Did we build a "hedge of prayer" about them? Many of us do just that for loved ones in the army in Iraq or Afghanistan- are we forgetting those on our spiritual front lines?
A lawyer for the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese was the one to report the alleged abuse on behalf of an anonymous victim. SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) lashed out at the diocese in a release about it withholding information.
According to the information police have, the alleged abuse happened in New Haven prior to July of 1997 when the victim was on or about 16 years old. According to an online parish history, Lombardi was the priest at St. Louis Besancon from 1986 to July 1997.
In the report the police have, the alleged victim was in a room lifting weights when he supposedly asked Lombardi about how the workout would affect his or her muscles. Then, according to the report, Lombardi asked the victim to remove his or her shirt and pants. No physical contact was made, according to the report.
Because the victim didn’t go to police, officers can’t conduct an investigation. Bishop Kevin Rhoades issued a letter to the parishioners at St. Joseph Hessen Cassel over the weekend which stated Lombardi has been removed from his pastoral duties while the diocese conducts its own investigation.
This does not sound much like actual sexual misconduct to me, so I'm glad I held my peace. But it brings up a very important point. Our religious leaders are under constant assault from Satan- whether it be sexual or whatever. Some people will accuse the vetting process. Others will deride the Catholic church's policy of celibacy. Both valid points to me. Sometimes we need a body in a hole and are happy to proclaim the first one through the door as God's pick. And I don't believe that the admonition that Elders and Deacons be "the husband of one wife" has any thing to do with "not getting re-married after divorce" as I was once told when I was the first warm body through the door. I believe it means you NEED the support, the completion that a partner in life brings you. Being celebate (by choice) or single( by "fate") doesn't disqualify you, but it sure doesn't help.
However, I think that the biggest problem doesn't lie with the spiritual leaders, but with his congregation. Are you praying for the man? He has needs as a Christian leader that you don't even think of. He faces an enemy far more dedicated to destroying him than the one you face. Because if he goes down, you are vulnerable, neophytes are shaken and discouraged, and outsiders "shake their heads as they pass". Nothing overjoys Satan and his little atheist puppets more than a good man going down. Jimmy Swaggert, Jim Bakker. Is it our fault they fell? No, they made their choices. They allowed themselves weakness. But did we do what we could to strengthen them? Did we build a "hedge of prayer" about them? Many of us do just that for loved ones in the army in Iraq or Afghanistan- are we forgetting those on our spiritual front lines?
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Playoffs? You wanna talk about playoffs?
Sure, since last night finished off the first round of this year's NHFFL playoffs.The match between the Elks and Porkchops was a continual exercise in catch up for the Elks, but by Sunday night it boiled down to this: they needed Drew Brees to score- a lot- but not by using the services of Pierre Thomas or Robert Meachum. A 67 yard pass to Meachum later, the 'Chops had their first playoff win, 47-37, and will go on to face the B2s next week. They've split the 2 games this year, but the most recent was a 27-7 'Chops win just 2 weeks ago.
On the other side, get ready for Rangers/Aguas III after the Aguas blast the Greenwoods 69-34. Two scores each from Mendenhall, Wallace, and Garcon (see? The Colts ARE good for something), and two long strikes by QB Alex Smith led the way. This was the first meeting between the two returning teams in the playoffs, as they used to be in opposite divisions. The Rangers won the first matchup with the Aguas when both were undefeated, 30-21 in game 6. Three weeks later, the Aguas handed the Rangers their second loss of the season, 32-29.
Of course, despite the gaudy 10-2 record the Rangers are emotionally underdogs in this match. Why? Let me show you the fifteen year record of the Rangers in the post season.
1997- lost to Greenwoods 28-19. (Greenwoods won SB I)
1999- lost to T-Cubs 32-23.(T-Cubs won SB III)
2000- lost to Greenwoods 26-23.
2001- lost to T-Cubs 33-22.(T-Cubs won SB V)
2002 - lost to Beagles 43-24.
2004- lost to SVA 44-21.(SVA won SBVIII)
2005- lost to Beagles 45-18.
2009- lost to SVA 35-16. (SVA wins SB XIII)
Yep, the Rangers have an 0-8 gorilla on their backs. However I must admit that I didn't know that 4 teams had beaten them twice each. Of the remaining 4, the B2s are 5-6 in the postseason with a win in SB VI; the Aguas went 1-5 in their previous incarnation, splitting two matches with the KCAs; and the 'Chops are in their first season. First year teams (outside the founding ten) have had mixed results in their rookie years. In 1998, the SVA (7-7) and the T-Cubs (6-8) both missed the playoffs; in 2002, the Elks took a division title with a 10-5 record, but that included a season ending 2-5 slide and a 37-20 loss to the eventual champs B2s; and in 2005, the Ragin' Rhinos missed the playoffs with a 6-6 mark, while the State Ducks made it with their 6-6 record but got hammered by the Elks 30-17 in round one. That means that the 'Chops are the first first-year team to win a postseason game.
On the other side, get ready for Rangers/Aguas III after the Aguas blast the Greenwoods 69-34. Two scores each from Mendenhall, Wallace, and Garcon (see? The Colts ARE good for something), and two long strikes by QB Alex Smith led the way. This was the first meeting between the two returning teams in the playoffs, as they used to be in opposite divisions. The Rangers won the first matchup with the Aguas when both were undefeated, 30-21 in game 6. Three weeks later, the Aguas handed the Rangers their second loss of the season, 32-29.
Of course, despite the gaudy 10-2 record the Rangers are emotionally underdogs in this match. Why? Let me show you the fifteen year record of the Rangers in the post season.
1997- lost to Greenwoods 28-19. (Greenwoods won SB I)
1999- lost to T-Cubs 32-23.(T-Cubs won SB III)
2000- lost to Greenwoods 26-23.
2001- lost to T-Cubs 33-22.(T-Cubs won SB V)
2002 - lost to Beagles 43-24.
2004- lost to SVA 44-21.(SVA won SBVIII)
2005- lost to Beagles 45-18.
2009- lost to SVA 35-16. (SVA wins SB XIII)
Yep, the Rangers have an 0-8 gorilla on their backs. However I must admit that I didn't know that 4 teams had beaten them twice each. Of the remaining 4, the B2s are 5-6 in the postseason with a win in SB VI; the Aguas went 1-5 in their previous incarnation, splitting two matches with the KCAs; and the 'Chops are in their first season. First year teams (outside the founding ten) have had mixed results in their rookie years. In 1998, the SVA (7-7) and the T-Cubs (6-8) both missed the playoffs; in 2002, the Elks took a division title with a 10-5 record, but that included a season ending 2-5 slide and a 37-20 loss to the eventual champs B2s; and in 2005, the Ragin' Rhinos missed the playoffs with a 6-6 mark, while the State Ducks made it with their 6-6 record but got hammered by the Elks 30-17 in round one. That means that the 'Chops are the first first-year team to win a postseason game.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Grumble, grumble...
Y'know, there are just some days I've had enough of this world. I mean, look at this:
Like Laurie pointed out last night, if the teacher thought this was such a problem, why not call the parents and discuss the problem with them? Why on earth disrupt and embitter a child's education because a teacher can't take a compliment? And if he said it in an inappropriate manner, why not (like I just said) CALL THE PARENTS? It seems like that's how it was handled back in the day, and it worked pretty well for us.
Back then, mom and dad were the fear of God, and we behaved. Now, we must be careful not to damage their frail little self image, so they can grow up stupid, spoiled, and join the occupy movement, like Rush says. Luckily, we have liberal leaders who will rewrite history for us so we can see that it was not their dipshit ideas that ruined this country, it was the fact that this country has never gotten around to apologizing to the radical Muslims, Hirohito, Hitler, and the great-great- great- grandchildren of slaves and Indian chiefs for all the horrible things with did to and thought about them. That and all the fatty burgers we eat (like the two I cooked myself tonight).
And then you have my favorite female dog, Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi didn't go into detail about Gingrich's past transgressions, but she tipped her hand. "One of these days we'll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich," Pelosi said. "I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
Outside of the fact that what she proposes to release violates every rule of congressional ethics, I just look at this and what the Democratic stooges at Politico and their sister organization, the Lying Liberal Prostitutes of the Food Service Industry, did to Herman Cain, and I have to ask this-
Can the Democratic party defeat any candidate on the merits of their candidate, or do they HAVE to smear a man's reputation to win? When I got my first voter registration, I told my dad that I registered independent. He said, "We're Democrats." I said, "Well, I'm not." One thing I did that I will never regret. If I had to change history, bend the truth beyond all recognitions, run to BarackObama.com for my latest sound bites in order to think, tell people, 'let's just vote on it and then we'll figure out what's in it', and pay homeless women to have imaginary affairs just to keep my party in power, I'd rather make a living selling dog poop on the street corner. At least I could live with myself- at least I could sleep at night. Outside of morphine, I don't know how "Princess Nancy" does it.
Okay, try to cheer myself up. Okay, here's something funny.
The regional court in the western city of Osnabrueck said the defendant, identified only as 57-year-old Siegfried K., arrived at the bank branch, now equipped only with cash machines, with a toy gun in May.
He seized a female "hostage" in the lobby of the building to demand a 10,000-euro ($13,483) ransom from bank employees.
a physiotherapy practice," the court said in a statement.
Bild said the bank had moved out 17 years ago.
"After the defendant recognised the situation, he changed his plan and demanded a passer-by withdraw money from the cash machine," the court said.
"She withdrew 400 euros and the defendant made off with the cash in a car he had stolen."
He later abandoned the vehicle but left the plastic pistol, covered with his fingerprints, between the seats.
The court said Siegfried K. had confessed to the robbery and judges handed down a seven-year sentence on Tuesday due to 22 previous convictions over the last 40 years.
I guess next year I should work harder at getting a good stable of "who's dumber" stories. But man, this year, it just seemed like there were too many to chose from. Really, just let me sleep till people get good sense. I got tired waiting.
Boy, 9, Suspended from School for Sexual Harassment After Calling Teacher 'Cute'
Published December 04, 2011
| FoxNews.com
A 9-year-old boy North Carolina boy was suspended for calling a teacher “cute,” WSOCTV.com reports.
The boy’s mother, Chiquita Lockett, said the principal of Brookside Elementary in Gastonia called her after the incident to say the comment was a form of “sexual harassment.”
"It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way," Lockett said. "So why would he be suspended for two days?”
According to the station, a district spokeswoman said she could not go into detail, but said the boy was suspended for "inappropriate behavior" after making "inappropriate statements."
The district's Code of Conduct doesn't list "inappropriate behavior," but says "disruption of school" is punishable by five days of out-of-school suspension.
The news of the North Carolina boy’s suspension comes as a Massachusetts elementary school is investigating a first-grader for sexual harassment after the boy struck another boy his age in the groin.
The mother of the accused 7-year-old tells the Boston Globe that her son was fending off another child, who had choked him in an altercation on the school bus on Nov. 22.
“I think my kid was right to fight back,’’ said the mother, Tasha Lynch, 30. “He wasn’t doing anything except protecting himself.’’
Lynch says her son has been afraid to return to Tynan Elementary School in South Boston since the fight, according to the paper.
Matthew Wilder, spokesman for the Boston public schools, declined to comment on the incident or why it has been classified as a possible case of sexual harassment. He said officials do not discuss confidential student information.
Like Laurie pointed out last night, if the teacher thought this was such a problem, why not call the parents and discuss the problem with them? Why on earth disrupt and embitter a child's education because a teacher can't take a compliment? And if he said it in an inappropriate manner, why not (like I just said) CALL THE PARENTS? It seems like that's how it was handled back in the day, and it worked pretty well for us.
Back then, mom and dad were the fear of God, and we behaved. Now, we must be careful not to damage their frail little self image, so they can grow up stupid, spoiled, and join the occupy movement, like Rush says. Luckily, we have liberal leaders who will rewrite history for us so we can see that it was not their dipshit ideas that ruined this country, it was the fact that this country has never gotten around to apologizing to the radical Muslims, Hirohito, Hitler, and the great-great- great- grandchildren of slaves and Indian chiefs for all the horrible things with did to and thought about them. That and all the fatty burgers we eat (like the two I cooked myself tonight).
And then you have my favorite female dog, Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi didn't go into detail about Gingrich's past transgressions, but she tipped her hand. "One of these days we'll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich," Pelosi said. "I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff."
Outside of the fact that what she proposes to release violates every rule of congressional ethics, I just look at this and what the Democratic stooges at Politico and their sister organization, the Lying Liberal Prostitutes of the Food Service Industry, did to Herman Cain, and I have to ask this-
Can the Democratic party defeat any candidate on the merits of their candidate, or do they HAVE to smear a man's reputation to win? When I got my first voter registration, I told my dad that I registered independent. He said, "We're Democrats." I said, "Well, I'm not." One thing I did that I will never regret. If I had to change history, bend the truth beyond all recognitions, run to BarackObama.com for my latest sound bites in order to think, tell people, 'let's just vote on it and then we'll figure out what's in it', and pay homeless women to have imaginary affairs just to keep my party in power, I'd rather make a living selling dog poop on the street corner. At least I could live with myself- at least I could sleep at night. Outside of morphine, I don't know how "Princess Nancy" does it.
Okay, try to cheer myself up. Okay, here's something funny.
'Germany's dumbest bank robber' gets seven years
BERLIN — A man who tried to hold up a bank that closed 17 years ago has been jailed for seven years, in what the Bild newspaper on Friday called the case of "Germany's dumbest bank robber".The regional court in the western city of Osnabrueck said the defendant, identified only as 57-year-old Siegfried K., arrived at the bank branch, now equipped only with cash machines, with a toy gun in May.
He seized a female "hostage" in the lobby of the building to demand a 10,000-euro ($13,483) ransom from bank employees.
a physiotherapy practice," the court said in a statement.
Bild said the bank had moved out 17 years ago.
"After the defendant recognised the situation, he changed his plan and demanded a passer-by withdraw money from the cash machine," the court said.
"She withdrew 400 euros and the defendant made off with the cash in a car he had stolen."
He later abandoned the vehicle but left the plastic pistol, covered with his fingerprints, between the seats.
The court said Siegfried K. had confessed to the robbery and judges handed down a seven-year sentence on Tuesday due to 22 previous convictions over the last 40 years.
I guess next year I should work harder at getting a good stable of "who's dumber" stories. But man, this year, it just seemed like there were too many to chose from. Really, just let me sleep till people get good sense. I got tired waiting.
I don't mean to say it rained a lot, but...
Pictures from the Sunday morning walk.
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| That's not the river- that's the old feeder! |
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| All the lowland woods along the river was flooded. |
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| The view from Scrappys Landing. |
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| Remember all that color a few weeks ago? Here's all that's left. |
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| The bank by the turn has fallen even farther. If they don't do something about this soon, the roadwork they're doing at the bridge (Washington Ctr. just past the light at our addition) to put in the greenway path across the road will be wasted. |
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| Those trees in the distance left of center are in someone's yard. |
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Sunday Message
So the last three weeks, in preparation for Christmas, I've been looking at the prophecies concerning the Messiah, and seeing what they say to us. In Gen. 3:15, we got the concept of the big picture, the battle between Christ and Satan. In Deut. 18, we saw that, like Moses he had two ministries- leading the people and setting them free. In Ps. 2, we explored His nature- how it was that He is both human and Divine. This week's passage sheds light on what that really means.
Psalm 110 addresses what I will call the Thomas Jefferson problem- believing that Jesus was a historical figure, yet not Divine. There are two key verses here. V1 says:
"The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Jesus specifically questioned the pharisees about this very verse in Matt. 22:41-6. His point being that the Messiah could be no mere descendant of David alone. 45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore. His point being, David would not call a descendant "Lord". This puts Messiah beyond being a flesh-and-blood descendant, which is what the Jewish priestly elite were looking for.
The Psalm goes on to expand upon that separation in v4:
4 The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
Now who, you might ask, is Melchizedek? There are only two places to learn about him. The first is Gen. 14. Those of you that have read the Prayer of Jabez know the power of one expanded verse in the midst of a string of dry reading that illuminates the whole chapter, and we have a similar here. Five named kings of five named cities went to war in Abram's neighborhood with 4 other kings of 4 named cities, and he got involved because the one bunch kidnapped his nephew Lot and his people. So Abram gathered his people, chased down the scoundrels (a king in those days probably wasn't in charge over much more than the mayor of Woodburn), and saved the day. And as he returned with the spoils of victory, Melchizedek appears.
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:
“ Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him a tithe of all.
And that's it. But there's a lot here. Melchizedek translates to "king of right (or righteousness). And Salem, from the same root of Shalom, means "peace". Both of these are used in the prophets to describe Messiah. Note next that he brought bread and wine, the very elements of the Lord's Supper. Note third that he blessed Abram; and fourth that here the tithe is established. I am not the first writer to note that this would seem to indicate that Melchizedek was a manifestation of Christ- nor would it be the last time Abram/Abraham would encounter Him. But if you're not convinced, see what the writer of Hebrews says about Him.
1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. (Heb 7: 1-3)
Remember the point being the difference between the Messiah and a mere flesh and blood descendant? without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life. Inserted independently into the world, Superior to any human priesthood. The "order of Melchizedek" is no flesh and blood priesthood, and it's high priest no flesh and blood priest. THE MESSIAH WAS NEVER TO BE A MAN OF ONLY FLESH. But the Jews of Jesus' day, the intellectuals of Jefferson's type, and the atheists of today cannot cope with the uniting of Flesh and God in one being. They claim to be all about discovering the undiscovered, examining the unknown, but look at this most primal of mysteries- the "mystery of Godliness" of I Tim.3:16- and throw up their hands, saying, "We cannot prove it, ergo it does not exist." All the while conveniently forgetting they have just as much direct proof of the Big Bang, which still doesn't make sense unless SOMETHING brought it into existence.
We cannot know the beginning of God. Any lead scientists trace down has to lead to another beginning. Every philosophical debate has to come to a point where something is eternal. Every religious conversation has to come to a point of believing in something beyond understanding. And the division of mankind we discussed in our first message comes down to those who say, "But the answer CANNOT be God," and those who have said at some point, "Why can't it be God?"
Psalm 110 addresses what I will call the Thomas Jefferson problem- believing that Jesus was a historical figure, yet not Divine. There are two key verses here. V1 says:
"The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
Jesus specifically questioned the pharisees about this very verse in Matt. 22:41-6. His point being that the Messiah could be no mere descendant of David alone. 45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore. His point being, David would not call a descendant "Lord". This puts Messiah beyond being a flesh-and-blood descendant, which is what the Jewish priestly elite were looking for.
The Psalm goes on to expand upon that separation in v4:
4 The LORD has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
Now who, you might ask, is Melchizedek? There are only two places to learn about him. The first is Gen. 14. Those of you that have read the Prayer of Jabez know the power of one expanded verse in the midst of a string of dry reading that illuminates the whole chapter, and we have a similar here. Five named kings of five named cities went to war in Abram's neighborhood with 4 other kings of 4 named cities, and he got involved because the one bunch kidnapped his nephew Lot and his people. So Abram gathered his people, chased down the scoundrels (a king in those days probably wasn't in charge over much more than the mayor of Woodburn), and saved the day. And as he returned with the spoils of victory, Melchizedek appears.
18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. 19 And he blessed him and said:
“ Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him a tithe of all.
And that's it. But there's a lot here. Melchizedek translates to "king of right (or righteousness). And Salem, from the same root of Shalom, means "peace". Both of these are used in the prophets to describe Messiah. Note next that he brought bread and wine, the very elements of the Lord's Supper. Note third that he blessed Abram; and fourth that here the tithe is established. I am not the first writer to note that this would seem to indicate that Melchizedek was a manifestation of Christ- nor would it be the last time Abram/Abraham would encounter Him. But if you're not convinced, see what the writer of Hebrews says about Him.
1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. (Heb 7: 1-3)
Remember the point being the difference between the Messiah and a mere flesh and blood descendant? without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life. Inserted independently into the world, Superior to any human priesthood. The "order of Melchizedek" is no flesh and blood priesthood, and it's high priest no flesh and blood priest. THE MESSIAH WAS NEVER TO BE A MAN OF ONLY FLESH. But the Jews of Jesus' day, the intellectuals of Jefferson's type, and the atheists of today cannot cope with the uniting of Flesh and God in one being. They claim to be all about discovering the undiscovered, examining the unknown, but look at this most primal of mysteries- the "mystery of Godliness" of I Tim.3:16- and throw up their hands, saying, "We cannot prove it, ergo it does not exist." All the while conveniently forgetting they have just as much direct proof of the Big Bang, which still doesn't make sense unless SOMETHING brought it into existence.
We cannot know the beginning of God. Any lead scientists trace down has to lead to another beginning. Every philosophical debate has to come to a point where something is eternal. Every religious conversation has to come to a point of believing in something beyond understanding. And the division of mankind we discussed in our first message comes down to those who say, "But the answer CANNOT be God," and those who have said at some point, "Why can't it be God?"
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