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Chicago style politics?

February 22, 2012 – 9:38 am

In this video above you will see a lot of President Obama’s friends who lost in 2010 and hear the song by Coldplay talking about the wicked king who used to rule the world.
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I know that some underhanded politics has existed in Chicago for a long time and now our president is from Chicago. Are some of those same type of politics being now practiced in Washington?

 

Lachlan Markay

February 21, 2012 at 8:37 am

An examination of “administrative earmarks” around the time of congressional votes on key pieces of President Obama’s agenda suggests the White House used its power to fund local projects as a means to “buy” votes for major legislative efforts.

Administrative earmarking refers to the federal government’s allocation of funds from its discretionary budget for specific projects. The practice is less transparent than legislative earmarking, since, according to the Congressional Research Service, “[t]here is no source that defines and comprehensively identifies Administrative earmarks.”

But an analysis of grants from agencies during the early years of the Obama administration shows that the districts of moderate Democrats, whose support was so crucial for Obama during the 111th Congress, received large sums right around the passage of three key pieces of legislation: Obamacare, Dodd-Frank financial regulations, and the cap-and-trade bill.

During the run-up to votes in the House of Representatives for each of those pieces of legislation, the rate of administrative earmarking spiked. This chart shows the number of grants requested by 12 federal agencies, as documented at Grants.gov.

The number of grants given by those agencies spiked precisely when the House was considering each of the three pieces of legislation.

Even more troubling: during the same time periods, significant grant money went to the districts of numerous Democratic representatives who looked to face tough battles for re-election. The legislation Obama was attempting to get through Congress was generally unpopular, and vulnerable members needed other ways to appeal to constituents. Federal grants made for a perfect opportunity.

Then-Rep. Chris Carney (D-PA), for instance, kept his support for Dodd-Frank quiet. His website never posted a press release announcing his “yes” vote on the bill. It did, however, tout two federal grants totaling $3.6 million for businesses in his district two days before the Dodd-Frank vote.

Then-Rep. Zach Space (D-OH) hailed from a district reliant on the coal industry, which would have been hit particularly hard by cap and trade. He voted for the measure, but neglected to publicize the vote on his website. He did, however, announce eight federal grants totaling roughly $1.8 million all made during the month before the House passed cap and trade.

At least 32 vulnerable House Democrats received significant federal grant money in the periods leading up to or directly after their votes on at least one of these three pieces of legislation (see charts below), raising concerns that those grants may have been used either to encourage or reward votes in favor of the administration’s position.

The use of administrative earmarks to “buy votes” is not new. President Richard Nixon saw the practice as “a way to gain political support for Nixon’s re-election by using federal resources and grants to influence key states and voting blocs.”

President Franklin Roosevelt was an early pioneer of the political use of administrative earmarking. He “deliver[ed] large defense projects to key states whose electoral votes he wanted to secure,” according to historian Burt Folsom.

But while administrative earmarking is a practice used by nearly every administration, CRS found in a report published in April 2010 — immediately after the time period at issue — that “[b]oth the number and value of earmarks requested solely by the President increased since FY2008.” The number of earmarks had increased by 54 percent, CRS found, while the value of those requests had increased by a whopping 126 percent.

The timing of those requests also suggests political factors at play. Heritage’s Hans von Spakovsky, a former Federal Elections Commissioner, said the administration’s actions “show how taxpayer funds are used for crass political purposes — it is a rank abuse of the government’s power and another sign of this administration’s lack of a moral compass.”

While speculating on the motives of individuals responsible for these grants is difficult, this administration has a history of using its powers for political purposes. In the case of “vote-buying” in particular, the administration offered to expand Medicaid funding to residents of Louisiana and Nebraska to the tune of roughly $145 million to secure the votes of Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) for the Obamacare bill.

Member2008 vote for member2008 percentage of vote for McCain in district2004 percentage of vote for Bush in district2000 percentage of vote for Bush in districtIdentified by DCCC as vulnerable?Identified by NRCC as target?Partisan Voting Index.Alan Grayson (FL-08)52.01%47%55%53%YesYesR + 2.

Bart Stupak (MI-01)65.04%48%53%53%NoNoR + 3.

Bill Foster (IL-14)57.74%44%55%54%YesYesR + 1.

Bruce Braley (IA-01)64.56%41%46%45%NoNoD + 5.

Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)51.73%46%51%49%YesYesR + 0.

Chris Carney (PA-10)56.33%54%60%56%YesYesR + 8.

Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23)55.76%48%57.3%53.6%YesYesR + 4.

Debbie Halvorson (IL-11)58.4%45%53%50%YesYesR + 1.

Frank Kratovil (MD-01)49.12%58%62%57%YesYesR + 13.

Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08)54.72%52%53%49%YesYesR + 4.

Heath Shuler (NC-11)61.96%52%57%58%NoYesR + 6.

Jim Himes (CT-04)51.32%40%46%43%YesYesD + 5.

John Boccieri (OH-16)55.36%50%54%56%YesYesR + 4.

John Hall (NY-19)58.67%48%53%49%NoYesR + 3.

John Varmuth (KY-03)59.37%43%49%48%NoNoD + 2.

Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03)51.24%49%53%50%YesYesR + 3.

Kurt Schrader (OR-05)54.25%43%50%49%YesYesD + 1.

Leonard Boswell (IA-03)56.31%45%49.7%48%YesYesD +1.

Mark Schauer (MI-07)48.78%46%54%53%YesYesR + 2.

Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15)45.94%45%50%54%YesYesD + 1.

Mike McMahon (NY-13)60.94%51%55%44%YesYesR + 4.

Nick Rahall (WV-03)66.92%56%53%47%NoYesR + 6.

Patrick Murphy (PA-08)56.77%45%48%46%NoYesD + 2.

Paul Hodes (NH-02)856.4%43%47%47%NoYesD + 3.

Paul Kanjorski (PA-11)51.63%42%47%43%NoYesD + 4.

Rick Boucher (VA-09)Unopposed59%59%55%NoYesR + 11.

Scott Murphy (NY-20)50.2%48%53%51%YesYesR + 2.

Steve Driehaus (OH-01)52.47%44%50%53%YesYesD + 1.

Steve Kagen (WI-08)54%53%57%58%YesYesR + 2.

Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)57.2%51%56%52%YesYesR + 4.

Tim Bishop (NY-01)58.38%48%49.4%43%NoYesR + 0.

Zack Space (OH-18)59.87%53%57%58%YesYesR + 7
By Everette Hatcher III | Also posted in President Obama | Comments (0)

Private entrepreneurs can solve our post office problem

February 22, 2012 – 8:50 am

When you look at how good the private enterprise does with deliveries and then compare it to how bad the federal government does with the same duties it is laughable. The answer to the federal post office problem is to encourage private entrepreneurs to fill the gap and provide competition for the post office in the delivery of first class mail.

I grew up in Memphis and I am very familar with a company called Federal Express and its president Fred Smith. Actually I have lived in Little Rock since 1983 and Federal Express was started in Little Rock in 1971 and then moved to Memphis in 1972. Entrepreneurs like Fred Smith need to be encouraged, not discouraged by government. Here is a funny Fed Ex Commercial from the 1980’s.

 
On July 3, 1981, I was in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the middle of a 20 country student tour. Our group of 48 American students had the opportunity to speak to a Communist government official for over an hour. We asked him several questions. My questions were quite direct and I share some of them at a later time.
 
However, I did want to share one question that I asked. I told the official about an entrepreneur from Memphis named Fred Smith. Back in the early 1970’s we heard about how Smith had this crazy idea about delivering overnight packages from LA to San Francisco via Memphis. Sounded like it would not work, but Smith was able to invest all his money and eventually it paid off. His idea was successful.
 
I asked the simple question: Could something like this happen here in Communist Czechoslovakia? He responded, “No. That is because no private citizen is allowed to own that much capital. The government must do things like that.”
 
There was no chance for entrepreneurs to exist in communist countries. I was simply pointing out that economic freedom allows an environment for entrepreneurs. Why would someone put the time and energy in putting together a grand plan like Fed Ex when the benefit and reward would just go to a communist government? Entrepreneurship should be encouraged, but many times today in the USA we find that our lawmakers pass laws that discourage entrepreneurs.

USPS: Stuck With the Government Business Model

Posted by Tad DeHaven

The U.S. Postal Service has released a new five-year plan for congressional consideration that it says would get the beleaguered government mail monopoly on sounder financial footing and thus avoid a taxpayer bailout. The plan repeats previous suggestions (i.e., workforce reductions, postal network consolidations, elimination of Saturday delivery, elimination of the retiree healthcare benefit funding requirement) and proposes an increase in the price of a first-class stamp from forty-five to fifty cents.

Whether or not it would achieve what the USPS hopes, it probably doesn’t matter given that asking Congress for greater operational flexibility is like asking a two year old to stop playing with their food. That’s why the focus should be on completely transitioning the USPS from a government-run business to a privately-run business (or perhaps businesses).

Over at the Courier Express and Postal Observer blog, Alan Robinson says that “just like all plans that came before, [the new USPS plan] started with the assumption that the Postal Service remains a quasi-governmental entity.” As a result, Robinson notes that the plan is missing two key ingredients for success that foreign posts have utilized: private capital and an expanded range of products and services.

In an essay on the U.S. Postal Service, I discuss how liberalization in other countries has enabled foreign mailers to diversify into non-postal activities:

Consultants at Accenture have found that diversification not only has a measurable impact on the performance of international posts, but that it is what ultimately distinguishes high performers from low performers. America’s relatively dynamic economy is particularly suited for the diversification opportunities that would arise under postal liberalization.

Germany’s former postal monopoly, Deutsche Post, illustrates the type of transformation possible by liberalization. Today, the private Deutsche Post World Net has changed its compensation structure, imported managers from other industries, modernized the mail and parcels network within Germany, and developed new products such as hybrid mail and e-commerce. The company now has interests in not only the traditional mail and parcels business but also express mail logistics, banking, and more.

Given that the USPS’s plan is going to be unpopular with various postal stakeholders (i.e., special interests), Alan says that they should consider the advantages of privatization:

It is clear that the business plan that the Postal Service has chosen is not the one that has worked in other countries. The plan avoids talking about either private capital or expanding the breadth of service offerings as neither is on the legislative table.    Introducing thinking about how private capital could be introduced and the product offerings could be expanded forces stakeholders to think about privatization, an idea that is nearly as unpopular as the changes that the proposed business model introduced.   However, as this brief post notes, privatization offers significant financial advantages that could reduce the operating and price changes envisions by the Postal Service’s business plan. Therefore, those who see the greatest harm from this plan need to see if the advantages of privatization could benefit their interests sufficiently to overcome long-held objections to the idea.

I think Robinson is right, but I suspect that the “stakeholders” believe there’s a good chance that Congress will ultimately come to their aid with some sort of taxpayer bailout. Therefore, it’s possible that they believe that it is in their best interest to continue fighting for the status quo. Unfortunately, the recent bipartisan federal bailouts of the financial industry and the automakers suggest that they could be correct.

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Keith Green’s article “Grumbling and Complaining–So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt?” (Part 4)

February 22, 2012 – 12:36 am

Keith Green – So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt (live)

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Keith Green performing “So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt” live at West Coast 1980

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This song really shows Keith’s humor, but it really has great message. Keith also had a great newsletter that went out every month and I always enjoyed reading it. Below is a portion of an article he wrote  and I still remember some of the things he said over 30 years ago when I first read it.

Keith Green – So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt

Grumbling and Complaining —So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt?

By Keith Green

#3 Complaints Of Unbelief

In Numbers 13, we find that the complaints against Moses and Aaron have really heated up. What’s key for us is the way they handled it.

At the Lord’s command Moses chose 12 men to go spy out the land of Canaan. He didn’t send flunkies, but the leaders of the tribes. Joshua and Caleb led them across the Jordan to see if the land was fertile and how hard it would be to conquer. They returned with a cluster of grapes so big it took two men to carry it. They also returned with two different reports. Caleb was full of faith. He said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we shall surely overcome it.” (vs. 30)

But the other men who went with Joshua and Caleb “gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report we saying, ‘The land… devours it’s inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.’” They dragged out some old wives’ tale about a tribe of giants called Nephilim and said they were like mere grasshoppers in comparison. They totally lost sight of God and brought back a bad report about the Promised Land.

Well, one thing the Israelites knew how to do by now was complain and they spent all night doing it. By morning everyone was grumbling against Moses and Aaron. They wanted to kill them, and appoint a new leader, and return to Egypt. How stupid. Did they think God would open the Red Sea for them again? Or that the Egyptians would be happy to see them after they had drowned their whole army?

Anyway, the people went to kill Moses and Aaron and just before the stones began to fly “the glory of the Lord appeared... to all the Israelites” (Num. 14:10). God offers to take care of the problem for Moses, saying, “I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.” (vs. 12) God was offering Moses the same covenant He’d made with Abraham! This was Moses’ big chance!

But what did Moses do? He prayed for those complaining, rebellious people! He said, “Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Thy lovingkindness, just as Thou also hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.” (vs. 19) Moses did just what Jesus commands us to do when He said, “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you in order that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven we..” (Matt. 5:44-45)

Remember Saul? Who do you think was praying for him on the road to Damascus? Saul was the most vicious Christian-killer in the land and the Christians were probably on their knees crying out on his behalf. God made Saul into a new man with a new name. And on the cross, when Jesus had been scourged, spat upon, and deserted by His closest friends, He prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34)

There’s a big difference between people who say they’re followers of Jesus and people who follow Jesus. Moses asked God to forgive the people of Israel, and reminded Him of His compassion. In other words, “This won’t be too good for Your glory or fame throughout the world if you kill these people.” Here’s a man unselfishly reasoning with God. Does God need to be reminded about His nature? No. But God needs to be reminded we believe His nature. God didn’t strike the people dead, but Joshua and Caleb were the only ones of that generation He let into the Promised Land.

When you step out into the Wilderness of Faith, it’s a one way ticket. You either die in the wilderness, or you enter the Promised Land. You can’t go back to the world.

Many people think they can, but they’re never the same. They are jaded, cynical, sarcastic. Some turn reprobate. I’m not talking about backsliding, I’m talking about completely turning away from the Lord and denying Him. They spiritually die out in the wilderness.

Let me ask you this: Are you willing to forgive those who hurt you? Or do you complain, gossip, and backbite? Do you ask God to “get them” or do you pray for mercy? Moses’ prayer saved the people of Israel from instant destruction. Our prayers can change the hearts of our enemies. They can even change their eternal destiny.

We can obey God, or act according to our flesh. The greatest plan for victory over our enemies is prayer. Prayer shows our belief in the mercy and power of God. If we reject God’s Word, we reject Him. When we complain about the one who has wronged us instead of praying for him, we end up being the loser. Grumbling and complaining is evidence of our unbelief in God’s sovereignty and His ability to work things out for His glory and our good.

In Closing

Let’s take a “relationship inventory.” Are you holding on to hurts? Bitterness? Are you in competition, or a battle with someone? Are you walking in unbelief? Maybe your flesh has opened the door to an ungrateful spirit. Ask God’s forgiveness for your grumbling and complaining right now. He can soften your heart and give you a spirit like His, willing to do battle in prayer – even for your enemies.

Thank you Lord for giving us Your own Spirit which doesn’t only come upon us, but lives inside of us by Your Word. Lord Jesus, help us to believe in You and in others. Help us give a good report of all men and of all ministries. And Lord we ask forgiveness for grumbling and murmuring and complaining because we know You hate it. It’s the greatest proof of our unbelief. God we want to be believers, not just in word, but also in deed. Spank us quickly if we murmur and complain before it grows into the sin of Israel – and send Your blessing of believing faith upon us. We love You Lord Jesus.
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“Woody Wednesday” How Allen’s film “Crimes and Misdemeanors makes the point that hell is necessary (jh 14)

February 22, 2012 – 12:13 am

Adrian Rogers – Crossing God’s Deadline Part 2

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Jason Tolbert provided this recent video from Mike Huckabee:

John Brummett in his article “Huckabee speaks for bad guy below,” Arkansas News Bureau, May 5, 2011 had to say:

Are we supposed to understand and accept that Mike Huckabee is in hell where he has official duties as a greeter,welcoming Osama bin-Laden?

We all suspect strongly, of course, that bin-Laden will spend eternity in hell, whatever his form and whatever hell’s. But we should not embrace a politician’s seeking electoral gain by dictating and announcing after-life dispositions. Those we should defer to a higher power, whose divine authority no mortal man should dare usurp, even for TV ratings or votes, or both.

I really am uncomfortable with all this kind of lighthearted talk about hell. The traditional Christian view of hell is a very serious doctrine. It is a necessary doctrine and today I want to show why.

Take a look at this portion of the article “Hell:The Horrible Choice,” by Patrick Zukeran of Probe Ministries. Here is the fifth installment:

 Why Hell Is Necessary and Just

Is hell necessary? How is this doctrine consistent with a God of love? These are questions I face when I speak on the fate of unbelievers. The necessity and justice of hell can be recognized when we understand the nature of God and the nature of man.

Hell is necessary because God’s justice requires it. Our culture focuses mostly on God’s nature of love, mercy, and grace. However, God is also just and holy, and this must be kept in balance. Justice demands retribution, the distribution of rewards and punishments in a fair way. God’s holiness demands that He separate himself entirely from sin and evil (Habakkuk 1:13). The author of Psalm 73 struggles with the dilemma of the suffering of the righteous and the prosperity of the wicked. Joseph Stalin was responsible for the death of millions in the Soviet Union, but he died peacefully in his sleep without being punished for his deeds. Since evil often goes unpunished in this lifetime, it must be dealt with at a future time to fulfill God’s justice and holiness.

Notes1. Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli, Handbook of Christian Apologetics (Downers Grove, IL.: InterVarsity Press, 1994), 282.
2. Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian (New York: Touchstone Books, 1957), 17 – 18.
3. Charles Darwin, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, ed. Nora Darwin Barlow, with original omissions restored (N.Y.: W. W. Norton, 1993), 87.
4. C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters (New York: Macmillan), 69.Woody Allen’s movie Crimes and Misdemeanors does a great job of showing that if God does not exist then people like Stalin and Hitler were “home free” in that they were never going to be punished for what they did. “Existential subjects to me are still the only subjects worth dealing with. I don’t think that one can aim more deeply than at the so-called existential themes, the spiritual themes.” WOODY ALLEN

Woody Allen’s 1989 movie, CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS , is an excellent icebreaker concerning the need of God while making decisions in the area of personal morality. In this film, Allen attacks his own atheistic view of morality. Martin Landau plays a Jewish eye doctor named Judah Rosenthal raised by a religious father who always told him, “The eyes of God are always upon you.” However, Judah later concludes that God doesn’t exist. He has his mistress (played in the film by Anjelica Huston) murdered because she continually threatened to blow the whistle on his past questionable, probably illegal, business activities. She also attempted to break up Judah ‘s respectable marriage by going public with their two-year affair. Judah struggles with his conscience throughout the remainder of the movie. He continues to be haunted by his father’s words: “The eyes of God are always upon you.” This is a very scary phrase to a young boy, Judah observes. He often wondered how penetrating God’s eyes are.

Later in the film, Judah reflects on the conversation his religious father had with Judah ‘s unbelieving Aunt May at the dinner table many years ago:

“Come on Sol, open your eyes. Six million Jews burned to death by the Nazis, and they got away with it because might makes right,” says aunt May

Sol replies, “May, how did they get away with it?”

Judah asks, “If a man kills, then what?”

Sol responds to his son, “Then in one way or another he will be punished.”

Aunt May comments, “I say if he can do it and get away with it and he chooses not to be bothered by the ethics, then he is home free.”

Judah ‘s final conclusion was that might did make right. He observed that one day, because of this conclusion, he woke up and the cloud of guilt was gone. He was, as his aunt said, “home free.”

Woody Allen has exposed a weakness in his own humanistic view that God is not necessary as a basis for good ethics. There must be an enforcement factor in order to convince Judah not to resort to murder. Otherwise, it is fully to Judah ‘s advantage to remove this troublesome woman from his life.

The Bible tells us, “{God} has also set eternity in the hearts of men…” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV). The secularist calls this an illusion, but the Bible tells us that the idea that we will survive the grave was planted in everyone’s heart by God Himself. Romans 1:19-21 tells us that God has instilled a conscience in everyone that points each of them to Him and tells them what is right and wrong (also Romans 2:14 -15).

It’s no wonder, then, that one of Allen’s fellow humanists would comment, “Certain moral truths — such as do not kill, do not steal, and do not lie — do have a special status of being not just ‘mere opinion’ but bulwarks of humanitarian action. I have no intention of saying, ‘I think Hitler was wrong.’ Hitler WAS wrong.” (Gloria Leitner, “A Perspective on Belief,” THE HUMANIST, May/June 1997, pp. 38-39)

Here Leitner is reasoning from her God-given conscience and not from humanist philosophy. It wasn’t long before she received criticism. Humanist Abigail Ann Martin responded, “Neither am I an advocate of Hitler; however, by whose criteria is he evil?” (THE HUMANIST, September/October 1997, p. 2)

The secularist can only give incomplete answers to these questions: How could you have convinced Judah not to kill? On what basis could you convince Judah it was wrong for him to murder?

As Christians, we would agree with Judah ‘s father that “The eyes of God are always upon us.” Proverbs 5:21 asserts, “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his paths.” Revelation 20:12 states, “…And the dead were judged (sentenced) by what they had done (their whole way of feeling and acting, their aims and endeavors) in accordance with what was recorded in the books” (Amplified Version). The Bible is revealed truth from God. It is the basis for our morality. Judah inherited the Jewish ethical values of the Ten Commandments from his father, but, through years of life as a skeptic, his standards had been lowered. Finally, we discover that Judah ‘s secular version of morality does not resemble his father’s biblically-based morality.

Woody Allen’s CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS forces unbelievers to grapple with the logical conclusions of a purely secular morality. It opens a door for Christians to find common ground with those whom they attempt to share Christ; we all have to deal with personal morality issues. However, the secularist has no basis for asserting that Judah is wrong.

Larry King actually mentioned on his show, LARRY KING LIVE, that Chuck Colson had discussed the movie CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS with him. Colson asked King if life was just a Darwinian struggle where the ruthless come out on top. Colson continued, “When we do wrong, is that our only choice? Either live tormented by guilt, or else kill our conscience and live like beasts?” (BREAKPOINT COMMENTARY, “Finding Common Ground,” September 14, 1993)

Later, Colson noted that discussing the movie CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS with King presented the perfect opportunity to tell him about Christ’s atoning work on the cross. Colson believes the Lord is working on Larry King.

(Caution: CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS is rated PG-13. It does include some adult themes.)
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Brady Quinn critical of Tim Tebow

February 21, 2012 – 2:29 pm

Tebow can defend himself  but I like to help when I can.

GQ: Brady Quinn Debunks Year Of The Tebow: ‘We’ve Had A Lot Of … Luck’

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:15 am
Written by: Eric Adelson

The Tim Tebow debate has raged into the off-season, and by now we know the usual detractors: guys like Terrell Suggs, Nick Barnett, Shawne Merriman, Brady Quinn …

Wait. What?

That’s right, in a thoroughly reported feature by Yahoo! Sports NFL writer Michael Silver in the March issue of GQ, one of the Tebow critics is actually fellow Denver Broncos quarterback Brady Quinn.

And it’s not just one subtle jab, either. Early in his piece, Silver gets Quinn talking about how Tebow got promoted to starter:

Early in the season, there was a game when Kyle [Orton] got hurt and the coaches were calling for me to go in, but Kyle got up and finished the game out. So I was the second-string guy. Then, a few weeks later, they decided to put Tim in. I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that. Just ’cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I didn’t have any billboards. That would have been nice

Silver continues on with an oral history of the season, sprinkling in choice quotes from the likes of Kurt Warner (who compares Tebow to a character in the Bible) and Suggs (who calls Tebow “terrible”).

Then it’s back to Quinn, who demystifies Tebow’s late-game prowess:

The entire game, the defensive line is chasing the quarterback around, and that wears down the pass rush. Meanwhile, the defensive backs are chasing receivers, but you only throw eight passes, so they start to feel lazy. It only takes that one play, that one big pass, for a touchdown.

To be sure, others in the story feel similarly. Merriman, of the Bills, tells Silver, “His teammates are making him look a lot better than he is.” Suggs, of the Ravens, says, “No matter how many bad games Tim Tebow is gonna have, it’s ‘He’s great.’ I’ll never understand it.”

But the most glaring quotes — though not the most hard-hitting — come from Quinn.

In one passage, Broncos star linebacker Von Miller gives credit to the team — “I mean, you could just see our team’s resiliency in action. Nobody was giving up” — and then Quinn offers a different reason for the Broncos’ surge: “We’ve had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply.”

Now, Quinn isn’t saying anything that hasn’t been thought by pretty much everyone. Tebow didn’t win football games with dominance or cunning. It’s hard to pin his leadership on anything other than his all-world will and, as Warner suggests, “divine intervention.” But in this story we have everyone in the Broncos organization, from coach John Fox to president John Elway to Miller, saying all the right things. Then there’s the backup quarterback, Brady Quinn.

And not everything Quinn says is about football. The former Notre Dame star also questions how Tebow prays.

“If you look at it as a whole,” he tells Silver, “there’s a lot of things that just don’t seem very humble to me. When I get that opportunity, I’ll continue to lead not necessarily by trying to get in front of the camera and praying but by praying with my teammates, you know?”

Will Quinn get that opportunity? Fox says he wants two new quarterbacks to contend for the top job in Denver in the fall. So despite leading his team to a playoff victory, Tebow will have plenty of headwinds when training camp opens.

And it’s likely not all of the doubters will be outside the Broncos complex.

Read Michael Silver’s entire GQ story here.

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Atheists discuss Tim Tebow and Rodin’s “The Thinker”

(In this clip above there is an argument concerning who Rodin married, but sorry it is in French.) Interesting article I wanted to pass on. I have written about Rodin’s “The Thinker” myself in the past. It’s official: Everyone on the planet has an opinion on Tim Tebow. By now we’ve heard from everyone from […]

“Tim Tebow’s Fire” by John Parr

With almost 300,000 hits on youtube: Uploaded by KDVRDenver on Jan 9, 2012 John Parr has updated his 1985 #1 hit “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)” to honor Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Download song at http://www.johnparramerica.com. Lyrics here: http://bit.ly/xHZqvW. Bill Maher is the one who brought Hitler into this. Related posts: Tim Tebow […]

Dr. William F. Harrison : “I would have advised her to have an abortion…Now, years later, that baby is grown and about to finish her doctorate..”

Superbowl commercial with Tim Tebow and Mom. I used to write letters to the editor a whole lot back in the 1990′s.  I am pro-life and many times my letters would discuss current political debates, and I got to know several names of people that would often write in response letters to my published letters. […]

 

Tim Tebow and John 3:16

Very interesting article below: The NFL bans eye-black messagers. Tebow’s numbers did the preaching on Sunday. (Lynn Sladky/AP)   You ever feel like there’s too much Tim Tebow news? Neither do I. Here’s a roundup of some of the most interesting Timbits from the aftermath of the Denver Broncos 29-23 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh […]

 

Barrett Jones and Tim Tebow are very similar

For   Barrett Jones is a Tim Tebow type of person and I am glad that people like Jones and Tebow are not ashamed of their Savior Jesus Christ. They don’t try to live two lives, one in church and one that is different in the lockerroom. Barrett Jones is the 2011 Outland Trophy winner […]

 

Tebow does it again

He did it again. Tebow does it again. It is simply amazing. With all the odds against him he comes through. I guess that will ruin Bill Maher’s jokes for the week. Can Tebow rally the team for another unlikely victory? The Steelers were 8 point favorites and I am sure the Patriots will be […]

 

Prolife quotes

Bill O’Reilly Interviews Jehmu Greene About Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad about Tim Tebow I got these quotes from someone off the internet that lives in England. The funny thing is the video is put to music and the song they picked won a grammy for an Arkansas band that lives in Little Rock. Here is […]

 

Max Brantley and Ark Times bloggers poke fun at Tebow after 3rd straight loss

Arkansas Times Blogger who goes by the name “Elwood” remarked (The New Year line | Arkansas Blog ): I tuned in late to the KC v Denver Bronco game, just the last few minutes to see CBS giving adequate coverage to Tebow on his knees at his team’s bench in deep prayer. He seemed so isolated. Other […]

Tim Tebow attacked by Bill Maher

  Tebow attacked by Bill Maher: Even in defeat, Tim Tebow creates controversy — this time in Tinseltown. HBO’s Bill Maher created a firestorm over the Christmas weekend with a scathing reaction to Tebow’s subpar performance in Buffalo. Shortly after Tebow threw four interceptions in the Broncos’ lopsided defeat to the Bills, Maher turned to […]

 

Why We Love Tim Tebow

I really enjoyed this article and wanted to share it with you. Why We Love Tim Tebow posted by Linda Mintle | 7:33am Wednesday December 14, 2011   Yesterday I was asked to do a TV interview on Tim Tebow. This time the focus was positive. Tebow is very polarizing. People either love or hate him […]

 

Tim Tebow: Bestselling religious author of 2011

Tim Tebow seems to win at everything he tries. The Good Book: Tim Tebow A No. 1 Author Monday, December 26, 2011 12:45 pm Written by: Ben Maller Sports experts go crazy debating whether Tim Tebow can win NFL games, but there’s no question he can win over readers. Tebow’s Christian life story, “Through My […]

 

10 Reasons for Tim Tebow Hate

I enjoyed this article below: 10 Reasons for Tim Tebow Hate posted by Linda Mintle | 7:25am Tuesday December 6, 2011   I walked in to a radio station focused on doing an interview totally unrelated to football and the producer starts ranting about how much he hates Tim Tebow. This was a day after Tebow […]

 

Post on SNL skit of Tim Tebow draws reaction from Mormons and Skeptics

Recently I posted that I was saddened by the Saturday Night Live reckless skit on Tim Tebow that among other things  endorsed Mormonism. In response, I gave several evidences from archaeology that disproved the Book of Mormon. Then I included a five part video series that showed the archaeological evidence that supported the historical accuracy of  the Bible. (Archaeological […]

 

James Robinson on Tim Tebow

  I have heard James Robinson preach many times before. I thought you might enjoy these insights on Tebow on 12-16-11: Tim Tebow’s Witness By James Robison I remember clearly the first time I heard the name “Tebow.” Some of our family were watching a football game and I asked who was playing. Someone answered, […]

 

5 things you might not know about Tim Tebow from People Magazine

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Tom Brady, Coldplay, Solomon and the search for satisfaction (part 1)

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“True Satisfaction,” Tebow has it, Brady would like to have it

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Sound off on Tebow

Denver quarterback Tim Tebow reacts after Broncos running back Lance Ball scored a touchdown against the New England Patriots on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. (Associated Press/Jack Dempsey) I think Tebow is fine Christian man who believes in telling others about Christ and he lives a morally pure life unlike many others in our society. Therefore, […]

SNL mocks Tebow and endorses Romney: Is Mormonism true?

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Tebow’s team goes down to defeat, what next?

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Tim Tebow verses and interviews

Another good article I read on Tebow: By PATTON DODD On a brisk Thursday evening in mid-November, I sat high in the stands at a Denver Broncos home game, covering the ears of my 4-year-old son as the fans around us launched f-bombs at Tim Tebow, the Broncos’ struggling second-year quarterback. Mr. Tebow was ineffective […]

 

What is God doing with Tim Tebow? Fellowship Bible pastor of Little Rock ponders…

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Brummett wants Charter schools to show public schools how to do it

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Ron Paul’s Pro-life view

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Tim Tebow’s Christian faith not abandoned in locker room

I am thrilled to get the chance to share the following article with you today. I got a call from Tim Keown who is a writer for ESPN Magazine a few days ago. He had read a post from my blog on Tim Tebow and wanted to ask me some questions. One of my answers […]

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Who’s on first!!!

February 21, 2012 – 7:11 am

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Abbott and Costello perform the classic “Who’s on first?” baseball sketch in their 1945 film “The Naughty Nineties” first performed as part of their stage act. Still find this really funny

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Who’s on First? is a vaudeville comedy routine made most famous by Abbott and Costello. In Abbott and Costello’s version, the premise of the routine is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team to Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costello’s questions. In this context, the first baseman is named “Who”; thus, the utterance “Who’s on first” is ambiguous between the question (“which person is the first baseman?”) and the answer (“The name of the first baseman is ‘Who'”).

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“Who’s on First?” is descended from turn-of-the-century burlesque sketches that used plays on words and names. Examples are “The Baker Scene” (the shop is located on Watt Street) and “Who Dyed” (the owner is named Who). In the 1930 movie Cracked Nuts, comedians Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey examine a map of a mythical kingdom with dialogue like this: “What is next to Which.” “What is the name of the town next to Which?” “Yes.” In English variety halls (Britain’s equivalent of vaudeville theatres), comedian Will Hay performed a routine in the early 1930s (and possibly earlier) as a schoolmaster interviewing a schoolboy named Howe who came from Ware but now lives in Wye. By the early 1930s, a “Baseball Routine” had become a standard bit for burlesque comics across the United States. Abbott’s wife recalled Bud performing the routine with another comedian before teaming with Costello.[1]

Bud Abbott stated that it was taken from an older routine called “Who’s The Boss?”, a performance of which can be heard in an episode of the radio comedy program It Pays to Be Ignorant from the 1940s.[2] After they formally teamed up in burlesque in 1936, he and Costello continued to hone the sketch. It was a big hit in 1937 when they performed the routine in a touring vaudeville revue called “Hollywood Bandwagon”.[1]

In February 1938, Abbott and Costello joined the cast of The Kate Smith Hour radio program, and the sketch was first performed for a national radio audience that March.[1] The routine may have been further polished before this broadcast by burlesque producer John Grant, who became the team’s writer, and Will Glickman, a staff writer on the radio show.[3] Glickman may have added the nicknames of then-contemporary baseball players like Dizzy and Daffy Dean to set up the routine’s premise. This version, with extensive wordplay based on the fact that most of the fictional baseball team’s players had “strange nicknames” that seemed to be questions, became known as “Who’s on First?” By 1944, Abbott and Costello had the routine copyrighted.

Abbott and Costello performed “Who’s on First?” numerous times in their careers, rarely performing it exactly the same way twice. They did the routine for President Franklin Roosevelt several times. An abridged version was featured in the team’s 1940 film debut, One Night in the Tropics. The duo reprised the bit in their 1945 film The Naughty Nineties, and it is that longer version which is considered their finest recorded rendition. They also performed “Who’s on First?” numerous times on radio and television (notably in The Abbott and Costello Show episode “The Actor’s Home”).

In 1956 a gold record of “Who’s on First?” was placed in the Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, New York. A video (taken from The Naughty Nineties) now plays continuously on screens at the Hall.

In the 1970s, Selchow and Righter published a Who’s on First? board game.

In 1999, Time magazine named the routine Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th century.[4]

An early radio recording was placed in the Library of Congress‘s National Recording Registry in 2003.

In 2005, the line “Who’s on First?” was included on the American Film Institute‘s list of 100 memorable movie quotations.

[edit] Sketch

The names given in the routine for the players at each position are:

The name of the shortstop is not given until the very end of the routine, and the right fielder is never identified. In the Selchow and Righter board game, the right fielder’s name is “Nobody”.[5]

At one point in the routine, Costello thinks that Naturally is the first baseman:

Abbott: You throw the ball to first base.
Costello: Then who gets it?
Abbott: Naturally.
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: Now you’ve got it.
Costello: I throw the ball to Naturally.
Abbott: You don’t! You throw it to Who!
Costello: Naturally.
Abbott: Well, that’s it—say it that way.
Costello: That’s what I said.
Abbott: You did not.
Costello: I said I throw the ball to Naturally.
Abbott: You don’t! You throw it to Who!
Costello: Naturally.

Abbott’s explanations leave Costello hopelessly confused and infuriated, until the end of the routine when he finally appears to catch on. “You got a couple of days on your team?” He never quite figures out that the first baseman’s name literally is “Who”. But after all this he announces, “I don’t give a darn!” (“Oh, that’s our shortstop.”) That is the most commonly heard ending, which varied depending on the perceived sensibilities of the audience. The even milder “I Don’t Care” was used in the version seen in the film The Naughty Nineties. A recording of the obvious “I Don’t Give a Damn” has also turned up on occasion.

The skit serves as a climax for an Abbott and Costello radio broadcast which begins with Costello receiving a telegram from Joe DiMaggio asking Costello to take over for him.[6]

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Who gets in NCAA Tournament from SEC, Calipari and Martin say 5, I say 4

February 21, 2012 – 7:03 am

Tennessee forward Jordan McRae (52), forward Jarnell Stokes (5) and guard Cameron Tatum (23) go up for a rebound during the first half against Arkansas at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photo by Adam Brimer, copyright © 2012

Tennessee forward Jordan McRae (52), forward Jarnell Stokes (5) and guard Cameron Tatum (23) go up for a rebound during the first half against Arkansas at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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I just don’t see 5 SEC schools getting in unless one of the lower schools win three games in the conference tournament. (Jim Harris has a good insight into several possibilities  at this link.) Alabama has an outside chance of getting in if they are impressive from here on out. Tennessee and Arkansas need to not only be impressive in the last part of the regular season but they also we need to make deep runs into the conference tournament.

It is my view that only KY, Vandy, Miss St and Florida are locks for the NCAA. Frankly I will be surprised if another SEC gets their act together. Earlier this season I was convinced we would get 6 and possibly 7 but not any more.

Arkansas forward Marvell Waithe (22) defends against Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon (34) as he goes up for a basket during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photo by Adam Brimer, copyright © 2012

Arkansas forward Marvell Waithe (22) defends against Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon (34) as he goes up for a basket during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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At least 5 SEC teams will make the NCAA basketball tourney, Calipari and Martin predict

  • By Mike Griffith
  • govolsxtra.com
  • Posted February 20, 2012 at 1:32 p.m.

Kentucky coach John Calipari and Tennessee coachCuonzo Martin said Monday they believe the SEC will get at least five teams into the NCAA tournament.

Martin said at his Monday press luncheon that the Vols are one of the teams outside of the SEC’s top five that are “hovering,” after Saturday’s 62-50 loss at Alabama.

Tennessee (14-13, 6-6) plays host to Ole Miss (15-11, 5-7) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday (TV: CSS) at Thompson-Boling Arena before finishing the regular season with games at South Carolina (Saturday), at LSU (Feb. 29) and at home against Vanderbilt (March 3).

“Right now, you’d say on paper maybe five … six (in the NCAA tournament)?” said Martin, whose team is in a four-way tie for fourth. “The guys on paper, Kentucky, Florida, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Mississippi State … there’s five, bona fide, unless someone completely falls on their face.

“You have other teams out there hovering; I think we are. For us, it’s finishing strong down the stretch and winning games in the tournament.”

Calipari said he believes the Vols are one of two SEC teams outside the current top five that are capable of going on a run at the league tournament in New Orleans.

Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon (34) grabs a rebound during the second half against Arkansas at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photo by Adam Brimer, copyright © 2012

Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon (34) grabs a rebound during the second half against Arkansas at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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“I think we’ve got five teams that will be in (the NCAA tournament), and if somebody crazy, one of those other teams wins our tournament, we may have six in,” Calipari said on the SEC teleconference on Monday. “What our league has done nonconference, and playing each other, we’ve got five teams in.

“If someone goes into the tournament and goes on a crazy run, and let me tell you something, the other teams can do that,” he said. “We played Tennessee, ask Florida about Tennessee, ask them. Arkansas, now Arkansas loses a tough game to Florida. They hadn’t lost at home. What if one of those two teams goes on a crazy run and wins the tournament? “They’re capable. Now all the sudden, we’ve got six teams in.”

More details as they develop online and in Tuesday’s News Sentinel

Tennessee forward Jarnell Stokes (5) goes in for a basket as Arkansas forward Hunter Mickelson (21) defends during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photo by Adam Brimer, copyright © 2012

Tennessee forward Jarnell Stokes (5) goes in for a basket as Arkansas forward Hunter Mickelson (21) defends during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

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Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon (34), right, fights for control of the ball during the game against Arkansas at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

Photo by Adam Brimer, copyright © 2012

Tennessee forward Jeronne Maymon (34), right, fights for control of the ball during the game against Arkansas at Thompson-Boling Arena Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Tennessee won 77-58 over Arkansas. (ADAM BRIMER/NEWS SENTINEL)

 
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U.S. Debt on Track to Fuel Economic Crisis

February 21, 2012 – 12:57 am

PROJECTED U.S. PUBLICLY HELD DEBT AS PERCENTAGE OF GDP

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“Tennis Tuesday” John McEnroe part 5

February 21, 2012 – 12:11 am

Head-to-head

[edit] Borg 9–11 McEnroe (7-7 at the main tour)

No. Year Tournament Surface Round Winner Score
1 1978 Stockholm Hard SF McEnroe 6–3, 6–4
2 1979 Richmond Carpet SF Borg 4–6, 7–6(10-8), 6–3
3 1979 New Orleans Carpet SF McEnroe 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(8-6)
4 1979 Rotterdam Carpet F Borg 6–4, 6–2
5 1979 Dallas Carpet F McEnroe 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7-5)
6 1979 Canada (Montreal) Hard F Borg 6–3, 6–3
7 1980 New York City (1979) Carpet SF Borg 6–7(5-7), 6–3, 7–6(7-1)
8 1980 Wimbledon Grass F Borg 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–7(16-18), 8–6
9 1980 US Open Hard F McEnroe 7–6(7-4), 6–1, 6–7(5-7), 5–7, 6–4
10 1980 Stockholm Carpet F Borg 6–3, 6–4
11 1981 New York City (1980) Carpet RR Borg 6–4, 6–7(3-7), 7–6(7-2)
12 1981 Toronto Carpet SF McEnroe 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(10-8)
13 1981 Milan Carpet F McEnroe 7–6(7-2), 6–4
14 1981 Wimbledon Grass F McEnroe 4–6, 7–6(7-1), 7–6(7-4), 6–4
15 1981 US Open Hard F McEnroe 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
15 1982 Perth Carpet F McEnroe 6-1, 6-4
16 1982 Sydney Carpet RR Borg 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
17 1982 Antwerp-ECC Carpet SF McEnroe 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
18 1982 Barcelona Clay (indoor) RR McEnroe 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
19 1983 Tokyo (Suntory Cup) Carpet SF Borg 6-4, 2-6, 6-2

[edit] Breakdown of their rivalry

  • Hard courts: McEnroe, 3–1
  • Clay courts: None
  • Grass courts: Tied, 1–1
  • Carpet courts: Borg, 6–3
  • Grand Slam matches: McEnroe, 3–1
  • Grand Slam finals: McEnroe, 3–1
  • Year-End Championships matches: Borg, 2–0
  • Year-End Championships finals: None
  • Davis Cup matches: None
  • All finals: McEnroe, 5–4
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Otis Redding and Memphis “Music Monday”

February 20, 2012 – 11:04 am

(Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay

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Downtown Memphis, July 9, 2010, solo by Taylor G. Daniel of Germantown. This song was actually sung just a few miles away from where Redding originally recorded it in downtown Memphis at Stax Records.

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Over the years Otis Redding’s influence has just grown. As you see above his music is still being sung today.

Below is an article from the Memphis Commercial Appeal:

Stax exhibit salutes ties to Otis Redding

  • By Bob Mehr
  • Memphis Commercial Appeal
  • Posted September 6, 2011 at 6:06 p.m., updated September 6, 2011 at 10:59 p.m.
Otis Redding with Otis III.

Photo by Courtesy of Zelma Redding

Otis Redding with Otis III.

Otis Redding was known as the 'King of the Memphis Sound.' He came to Memphis in 1962 with Johnny Jenkins and the Pinepoppers. During a recording session at Stax, he asked if he could record a song he had written. The result was his first hit, 'Arms of Mine.' Among the hits that pushed him to the top ranks of the recording industry were 'Respect,' 'Try a Little Tenderness,' 'Knock on Wood' and his posthumous #1 single '(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay'. Redding and five of the seven member Bar-Kays were killed in an airplane crash in Madison, Wisc., Dec. 10, 1967. Photo by Volt RecordsOtis Redding was known as the “King of the Memphis Sound.” He came to Memphis in 1962 with Johnny Jenkins and the Pinepoppers. During a recording session at Stax, he asked if he could record a song he had written. The result was his first hit, “Arms of Mine.” Among the hits that pushed him to the top ranks of the recording industry were “Respect,” “Try a Little Tenderness,” “Knock on Wood” and his posthumous #1 single “(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay”. Redding and five of the seven member Bar-Kays were killed in an airplane crash in Madison, Wisc., Dec. 10, 1967.

A new exhibit celebrating the life and legacy of soul music legend Otis Redding opens at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music this week.

“I’ve Got Dreams To Remember: An Exhibit from the Private Collection of Zelma Redding” will feature rarely seen personal items and objects, courtesy of Redding’s widow.

To mark what would have been Redding’s 70th birthday, a special opening event will take place at the Stax Museum from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Admission is free and the celebration is open to the general public.

Some of the pieces in the new exhibit were previously featured in an exhibit at Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, including the red velvet graduation cap Redding wore on the cover of his famed Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul LP.

Others, including the two Grammy awards Redding won posthumously for the song “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” following his death in a 1967 plane crash, have never been on display before.

This is the second Stax exhibit of Redding items from his family’s estate. In 2007, the museum hosted “Otis Redding: From Macon to Memphis” marking the 40th anniversary of the singer’s passing.

“It’s been interesting to get to know the Redding family and work with them,” said Tim Sampson, communications director for the Stax Museum. “Otis Redding was so important to Stax.

“And so it’s important for us to keep showing as many sides of Otis as we can through these types of exhibits.”

“I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” will be on display through March 31, 2012, at the museum at 926 E. McLemore.

For information, go to staxmuseum.com.

— Bob Mehr: (901) 529-2517

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