Videos by Cato Institute on failed stimulus plans

In this post I have gathered several videos from the Cato Institute concerning the subject of failed stimulus plans.

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Government Spending Doesn’t Create Jobs

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In the debate of job creation and how best to pursue it as a policy goal, one point is forgotten: Government doesn’t create jobs. Government only diverts resources from one use to another, which doesn’t create new employment.

Video produced by Caleb Brown and Austin Bragg.

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Keynesian Catastrophe: Big Money, Big Government & Big Lies

Uploaded by on Jan 19, 2012

The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell explains why Obama’s stimulus was a flop! With Glenn Reynolds.

See more at http://www.pjtv.com and http://www.cato.org

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Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Bigger Gov’t Is Not Stimulus

Uploaded by on Dec 15, 2008

Based on a theory known as Keynesianism, politicians are resuscitating the notion that more government spending can stimulate an economy. This mini-documentary produced by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation examines both theory and evidence and finds that allowing politicians to spend more money is not a recipe for better economic performance.

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Obama’s So-Called Stimulus: Good For Government, Bad For the Economy

Uploaded by on Jan 26, 2009

President Obama wants Congress to dramatically expand the burden of government spending. This CF&P Foundation mini-documentary explains why such a policy, based on the discredited Keynesian theory of economics, will not be successful. Indeed, the video demonstrates that Obama is proposing – for all intents and purposes – to repeat Bush’s mistakes. Government will be bigger, even though global evidence shows that nations with small governments are more prosperous.

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Big Government Is Not Stimulus: Why Keynes Was Wrong (The Condensed Version)

Uploaded by on Jan 13, 2009

The CF&P Foundation has released a condensed version of our successful mini-documentary explaining why so-called stimulus schemes do not work. Based on a theory known as Keynesianism, politicians are resuscitating the notion that more government spending can stimulate an economy. This mini-documentary produced by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation examines both theory and evidence and finds that allowing politicians to spend more money is not a recipe for better economic performance.

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Eight Reasons Why Big Government Hurts Economic Growth

Uploaded by on Aug 17, 2009

This Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation video analyzes how excessive government spending undermines economic performance. While acknowledging that a very modest level of government spending on things such as “public goods” can facilitate growth, the video outlines eight different ways that that big government hinders prosperity. This video focuses on theory and will be augmented by a second video looking at the empirical evidence favoring smaller government.

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Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Economic Growth Causes Consumer Spending, Not the Other Way

Uploaded by on Nov 29, 2010

Politicians and journalists who fixate on consumer spending are putting the cart before the horse. Consumer spending generally is a consequence of growth, not the cause of growth. This Center for Freedom and Prosperity video helps explain how to achieve more prosperity by looking at the differences between gross domestic product and gross domestic income. www.freedomandprosperity.org

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Deficits, Debts and Unfunded Liabilities: The Consequences of Excessive Government Spending

Uploaded by on May 10, 2010

Huge budget deficits and record levels of national debt are getting a lot of attention, but this video explains that unfunded liabilities for entitlement programs are Americas real red-ink challenge. More important, this CF&P mini-documentary reveals that deficits and debt are symptoms of the real problem of an excessive burden of government spending. www.freedomandprosperity.org

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Now that I have been critical of the Democrat President, I wanted to show that I am not concerned about taking up for Republicans but looking at the facts. President Clinton did increase government spending at a slower rate than many other presidents. Here are two  videos that praise both Reagan and Clinton for both accomplished this feat.

Spending Restraint, Part I: Lessons from Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton

Uploaded by on Feb 14, 2011

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both reduced the relative burden of government, largely because they were able to restrain the growth of domestic spending. The mini-documentary from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity uses data from the Historical Tables of the Budget to show how Reagan and Clinton succeeded and compares their record to the fiscal profligacy of the Bush-Obama years.

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Spending Restraint, Part II: Lessons from Canada, Ireland, Slovakia, and New Zealand

Uploaded by on Feb 22, 2011

Nations can make remarkable fiscal progress if policy makers simply limit the growth of government spending. This video, which is Part II of a series, uses examples from recent history in Canada, Ireland, Slovakia, and New Zealand to demonstrate how it is possible to achieve rapid improvements in fiscal policy by restraining the burden of government spending. Part I of the series examined how Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were successful in controlling government outlays — particularly the burden of domestic spending programs. www.freedomandprosperity.org

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It seems that liberals will never wake up. On 3-8-12 a Arkansas Times blogger pointed out that Obama’s stimulus in 2009 was not made up of just increased but also tax cuts. That is true but the real truth is that there have been about 1/2 dozen stimulus efforts by President Obama and all of them have failed.  Over and over they have tried stimulus plans but they don’t work. Take a look at this excellent article from the Cato Institute:

Keynesian Policies Have Failed

by Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute and the editor of Downsizing Government.org.

Added to cato.org on December 2, 2011

This article appeared on U.S. News & World Report Online on December 2, 2011

Lawmakers are considering extending temporary payroll tax cuts. But the policy is based on faulty Keynesian theories and misplaced confidence in the government’s ability to micromanage short-run growth.

In textbook Keynesian terms, federal deficits stimulate growth by goosing “aggregate demand,” or consumer spending. Since the recession began, we’ve had a lot of goosing — deficits were $459 billion in 2008, $1.4 trillion in 2009, $1.3 trillion in 2010, and $1.3 trillion in 2011. Despite that huge supposed stimulus, unemployment remains remarkably high and the recovery has been the slowest since World War II.

Policymakers should ignore the Keynesians and their faulty models, and instead focus on reforms to aid long-run growth…

Yet supporters of extending payroll tax cuts think that adding another $265 billion to the deficit next year will somehow spur growth. That “stimulus” would be on top of the $1 trillion in deficit spending that is already expected in 2012. Far from helping the economy, all this deficit spending is destabilizing financial markets, scaring businesses away from investing, and imposing crushing debt burdens on young people.

For three years, policymakers have tried to manipulate short-run economic growth, and they have failed. They have put too much trust in macroeconomists, who are frankly lousy at modeling the complex workings of the short-run economy. In early 2008, the Congressional Budget Office projected that economic growth would strengthen in subsequent years, and thus completely missed the deep recession that had already begun. And then there was the infamously bad projection by Obama’s macroeconomists that unemployment would peak at 8 percent and then fall steadily if the 2009 stimulus plan was passed.

Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute and the editor of Downsizing Government.org.

 

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Some of the same Keynesian macroeconomists who got it wrong on the recession and stimulus are now claiming that a temporary payroll tax break would boost growth. But as Stanford University economist John Taylor has argued, the supposed benefits of government stimulus have been “built in” or predetermined by the underlying assumptions of the Keynesian models.

Policymakers should ignore the Keynesians and their faulty models, and instead focus on reforms to aid long-run growth, which economists know a lot more about. Cutting the corporate tax rate, for example, is an overdue reform with bipartisan support that would enhance America’s long-run productivity and competitiveness.

If Congress is intent on cutting payroll taxes, it should do so within the context of long-run fiscal reforms. One idea is to allow workers to steer a portion of their payroll taxes into personal retirement accounts, as Chile and other nations have done. That reform would feel like a tax cut to workers because they would retain ownership of the funds, and it would begin solving the long-term budget crisis that looms over the economy.

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Stimulus plans do not work (Part 1)

Government Spending Doesn’t Create Jobs Uploaded by catoinstitutevideo on Sep 7, 2011 Share this on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/qnjkn9 Tweet it: http://tiny.cc/o9v9t In the debate of job creation and how best to pursue it as a policy goal, one point is forgotten: Government doesn’t create jobs. Government only diverts resources from one use to another, which doesn’t […]

Dumas thinks we don’t need Balanced Budget Amendment but should balance it on our own

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Maybe the “Occupy Wall Street” crowd should be angry at Obama

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Dear Senator Pryor, why not pass the Balanced Budget Amendment? (Part 13 Thirsty Thursday, Open letter to Senator Pryor)

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Mark Pryor not for President’s job bill even though he voted for it

Andrew Demillo pointed this out  and also Jason Tolbert noted: PRYOR OPPOSES THE OBAMA JOBS BILL THAT HE VOTED TO ADVANCE  Sen. Mark Pryor has been traveling around the state touting a six-part jobs plan that he says “includes a number of bipartisan initiatives, is aimed at creating jobs by setting the table for growth, encouraging new […]

Is a lack of money the problem for our public schools?

Is a lack of money the problem for our public schools? Everything You Need to Know About Public School Spending in Less Than 2½ Minutes Posted by Adam Schaeffer Neal McCluskey gutted the President’s new “Save the Teachers” American Jobs Act sales pitch a good while back, as did Andrew Coulson here. Thankfully, it seems […]

March 9, 2012 – 7:43 am Categories: Cato Institute, President Obama, spending out of control, Taxes | Post a comment

“Friedman Friday” (“Free to Choose” episode 1 – Power of the Market. part 6 of 7)

PETERSON: Well, let me ask you how you would cope with this problem, Dr. Friedman. The people decided that they wanted cool air, and there was tremendous need, and so we built a huge industry, the air conditioning industry, hundreds of thousands of jobs, tremendous earnings opportunities and nearly all of us now have air conditioned homes and cars and offices. Then the people decided they wanted clean air, and they couldn’t buy it in the marketplace, so they voted at the polling place. They got elected representatives to go to the Congress and say, we are going to have clean air. Now, overnight there was a new market, and the free enterprise system responded to that, and now there’s a big environmental industry making earnings, providing jobs, but also serving this public need to have the freedom to breathe clean air.

FRIEDMAN: You grossly underestimate the extent to which the private market is able to do it. It’s not an accident that the air, before you had any of this legislation, air and water were cleaner in the United States today than they were in the United States a hundred years ago. You know the automobile added one kind of pollution, but it eliminated a far worse kind of pollution. If you consider what the streets of New York would look like today if you were still transporting people by horse-drawn vehicles, you would have pollution on a scale that would stagger you. In the same way, it’s not an accident that the air is cleaner and the water purer in those countries today that are the most advanced, than they are in the backwards country. It’s not been in Afghanistan that you find clean air and water. It’s in the advanced countries. So the market is a very much more subtle mechanism than people give it credit for being.

HARRINGTON: I would like to get this back to the real world, because in the real world there is no possibility that American business, which is a welfare dependent business system, is going to adopt these ideas. What these ideas function as in the real world is a rationalization for the myth of free enterprise which disguises the fact of state capitalism as an argument against social intervention, in a society that does intervene on behalf of the steel industry very quickly. Finally in terms of the American political process, I don’t believe that the political process is so simple as having the people elect the government. The fact is that when a Jimmy Carter is elected President on a relatively liberal platform, he then has to win business confidence, because of the control of the investment process by corporate power. And I think that fact, corporate power, rationalized by free enterprise myths, is the central problem of freedom in our time, and that’s what has to be attacked.

McKENZIE: Before we come to Milton again __

FRIEDMAN: No, no. I’ve got to comment on this, because I think we mustn’t let words get in the way of what really is the case. I take it you think we don’t have socialism. I would say to you that 46 percent of every corporation in this country is owned by the U.S. Government. That’s the corporate income tax, that means out of every dollar of profit the corporation makes, 46 cents goes to the U.S. Government. The actual tax is far higher than that because you tax that doubly when it comes to the individual. The extent to which corporations control their investment decisions has been increasingly reduced. The government is dictating what they spend their investment funds on in the name of pollution control, in the name of other things. It’s a myth to suppose that there is some kind of a big corporate power over here. There was a time when corporations were more influential than they are now, but at the moment I think they’re a beleaguered minority rather than a dominant majority.

McKENZIE: I’d like to take the others into this for a moment. What is the process, for those of you who want to roll back the state, or to push back governmental influence, on the operation of the economy? Before we let Milton in on that, what would you do as an active politician, as another politician, and a businessman?

CONABLE: Well, I personally think we ought to restrain the growth of government in the future.

McKENZIE: How?

CONABLE: By putting some sort of limit on government expenditures. I would like to see a Constitutional Amendment doing that, otherwise we’re going to continue to have the government growing faster than the economy, and thus pushing more and more of the gross national product through the tin horn of government. I think that would be a mistake. It’s a difficult thing to do. I hope we can find some way to do it without making ourselves less free in some way.

McKENZIE: Governor Peterson, can it be done?

PETERSON: Yes, I think we can make substantial headway by furthering our pluralistic society, by encouraging educating more people to think comprehensively. I think one of the big problems in our world is that leaders in government and in industry are shortsighted. They don’t look at the long-term impacts of their decisions. And in a democracy such as ours, the power is with the people, just like the textbooks say, and if they get this more comprehensive understanding and knowledge, they’re gonna see to it that the special interests of the elected officials will be in tune, again reelected, and they will look at the long-term views just like the citizenry is. So I am all in favor of an all out push to get this freedom to vote in the polling place, added to the freedom of the marketplace, because that’s a potent combination.

FRIEDMAN: But voting in the polling place is a very different kind of freedom than voting in the marketplace. When you vote in the polling place, it is important, but it’s very different. When you vote, you vote for a package. And, if you are in the minority, you lose. You don’t get what you want. When you vote in the marketplace, everybody gets what he votes for. If you vote for a __ I vote for a green tie, I get a green tie. You vote for a blue tie, you get a blue tie. If we do that in the polling booth, if 60 percent of us vote for a green tie, you have to wear a green tie.

McKENZIE: Oh, but the 40 percent don’t just shut up. They can try to influence decision making to their own.

FRIEDMAN: They can try to influence __

McKENZIE: Yeah.

FRIEDMAN: __ but it’s a very different and less efficient mechanism__

McKENZIE: Yeah.

FRIEDMAN: __ for matching performance, matching results, to individual taste and preference.

VOICE OFF SCREEN: Whatever kind of car I buy, I still get dirty air.

GALVIN: There are good people running this society, and most of the people that we’re talking about work someplace, and they know that their company is doing something pretty good, or trying to do something pretty good. I think the people are going to start telling the leaders where they’ve gone wrong and start to redress it by the direction of the ballot box.

HARRINGTON: The people in general are more conservative and in particular are more liberal. That is to say, if you ask the people in general, what do you think of government, “Get it off my back, less taxes.” If you ask in particular what about health, national health; what about full employment, government is the employer of last resort. What about pollution, do something about it. Everett Ladd had an article in Fortune about a year ago, which is hardly a radical left wing journal, showing this contradiction. And I think that there is in the United States today a rapid movement to the left, right and center, which I, obviously, hope will be resolved not by an across the boards cut aimed primarily at poor and working people, but by an increasing democratization on economic power, and an increasing democratization of the government. I think that in this complicated society of huge institutions and bureaucracies, if we talk about freedom, one thing that I would like to see would be a law providing funds for any significant minority to buy the research to counter the majority.

March 9, 2012 – 12:29 am Categories: Current Events, Milton Friedman | Post a comment

Did you know that Peyton and Ashley Manning had kids? (UPDATED WITH VIDEO)

Peyton Manning holds his son, Marshall following the Colts-Panthers game, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Provided by Fox-59
Peyton Manning holds his son, Marshall following the Colts-Panthers game, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Provided by Fox-59
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Peyton upstaged by son

Uploaded on Nov 27, 2011

Peyton Manning talks about Marvin Harrison but gets upstaged by his son.

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Did you know that Peyton and Ashley Manning had kids? I did not know that and I thought that I kept up with news items like that. Here is an article that tells all about them:

As long as she isn’t with her husband, Ashley Manning can usually stroll down Indianapolis streets without drawing much attention.

The 37-year-old mother of two (twins Marshall and Mosley, who are nearing their first birthdays March 31) has, so far, managed to maintain a low-key public persona, despite her considerable celebrity as the wife of Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, who was released by the team Wednesday.

That’s by design.

Manning is fiercely private, which was evident last year when her children were born before most people even knew that she was pregnant.

Craig Huse, co-owner of St. Elmo Steak House and Peyton’s business partner in the Harry & Izzy’s restaurants, remembers Ashley disguising her baby bump one time with her husband’s sport coat at a dinner party and another time by wearing a coat inside her house when Huse delivered some food.

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DURHAM, NC – MARCH 8: NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning watch the game between the Duke Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 8, 2008 in Durham, North Carolina. North Carolina defeated Duke 76-68. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

 
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DURHAM, NC - MARCH 8: NFL quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Eli Manning watch the game between the Duke Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 8, 2008 in Durham, North Carolina. North Carolina defeated Duke 76-68. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

“It was cool,” he said of the Mannings’ ability to keep their pregnancy news a secret until Marshall and Mosley were born.

Even so, Ashley, who smiles easily, reportedly has a head for business and maintains the Southern manners that came with her upbringing, is a recognizable face to the leaders of local charities.

They love to see her name on guest lists. That isn’t just because she can sign her name to hefty donation checks. She’s also fun to have around.

In fundraising here over the years, Manning has participated in everything from bowling and modeling to dining and socializing in fashionable clothes (my favorite outfit is a Cinderella-like Carolina Herrera gown and crystal-covered Jimmy Choo heels that she wore to the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent gala in 2010).

Ashley couldn’t have been nicer when she turned up with model Elaine Irwin at the Christamore House Guild’s first-ever boxing-themed gala in 2010, according to Anne-Marie Dezelan, who was president of the guild that year.

“Naturally, the Christamore House Guild was thrilled that Ashley attended our event,” Dezelan said. “But what made us even more delighted was to see how genuine she was. She was completely present at our event, intently watching the kids walk through the aisles of The Conrad and into the boxing ring (for a sparring competition). She stood up and cheered for them, smiling the whole night.”

So, when Peyton and Colts owner Jim Irsay announced the end of the Manning era with the football franchise, fundraisers hoped it didn’t mean the end of the Mannings as local philanthropists.

Peyton, whose signed memorabilia is regularly auctioned off at numerous Indianapolis fundraisers, assured the public that isn’t the case during Wednesday’s news conference.

Shortly after it ended, the leaders at St. Vincent held their own meeting with the media to tell the public that plans for the 5th Annual Celebration of Caring Gala, which benefits Manning’s children’s hospital, is well under way, and — just as they always have — the Mannings will serve as honorary chairs of the gala, scheduled for May.

“Ashley has been the co-chair with Peyton every year we have had the gala,” said Kevin Speer, system vice president and chief strategy officer for St. Vincent Health.

This year is no different, he said.

The date and location of the event for about 800 haven’t been nailed down, Speer said.

It’s unlikely Ashley has determined what she’ll be wearing to the gala, either. But, for fashionistas, it’ll be worth going just to check it out.

And, for sports fans, well, Peyton is expected, too.

He’s thoughtful, on and off the field

When Peyton Manning pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket, it means the star quarterback has a few questions. Or perhaps some ideas. Or both.

On the field with the Colts, Manning was known for being meticulous.

Notes in hand, Manning is that way off the field, too — at least according to Kevin Speer, of St. Vincent Health, and Huse, of St. Elmo Steak House and Indy’s three Harry and Izzy’s restaurants, the local high-end eateries that Manning has an interest in.

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CHARLOTTE, NC – MAY 02: Sergio Garcia of Spain poses with his caddie Glen Murray alongside Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Cooper manning during the po-am at the Wachovia Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 2, 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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CHARLOTTE, NC - MAY 02: Sergio Garcia of Spain poses with his caddie Glen Murray alongside Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Cooper manning during the po-am at the Wachovia Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 2, 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

“He’s a very hands-on guy,” said Speer, who recalled watching Manning scribble notes at the first Celebration of Caring Gala for the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent.

Then, Speer thought the notes were for a speech he planned to give at the gala. The next day, he learned differently. They were a list of ideas for the next year’s event.

“He had taken two pages of handwritten notes during the gala about his thoughts,” Speer said.

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The Mannings: Clockwise from top: Archie (QB, Saints; retired); Peyton (QB, colts); Eli (QB, Giants); Cooper (high-school star; now in finance).

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The Mannings: Clockwise from top: Archie (QB, Saints; retired); Peyton (QB, colts); Eli (QB, Giants); Cooper (high-school star; now in finance).

Huse saw another set of notes come out at Oceanaire in 2006, when he and Manning were discussing a partnership in the then-fledgling Harry & Izzy’s business.

“He had a sheet of paper with, like, 30 questions,” said Huse, who added that Manning went through the sheet a couple of times to make sure he had gotten everything addressed. “I think that’s how he treats everything in life. Very thoughtful.”

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7/13/02. The Mannings, from left, Eli, Cooper, Peyton, and their father, Archie, clown around for a photographer’s picture during a break in the action on day two of the three day camp. The Manning Passing Academy is open to high schoolers and is run by the Manning brothers, Peyton, Cooper and Eli, and their father, Archie. Held at the Southeastern Louisiana University campus in Hammond, LA. (Robert Scheer Photo), w/chappell story, file 72798

 
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7/13/02. The Mannings, from left, Eli, Cooper, Peyton, and their father, Archie, clown around for a photographer's picture during a break in the action on day two of the three day camp. The Manning Passing Academy is open to high schoolers and is run by the Manning brothers, Peyton, Cooper and Eli, and their father, Archie. Held at the Southeastern Louisiana University campus in Hammond, LA. (Robert Scheer Photo), w/chappell story, file 72798
 
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Peyton Manning gets a kiss from wife Ashley Manning after the win. The Indianapolis Colts host the New England Patriots at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN on Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 for the AFC Championship game. The Colts won the game 38-34. (Sam Riche / The Indianapolis Star)
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Peyton Manning gets a kiss from wife Ashley Manning after the win. The Indianapolis Colts host the New England Patriots at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, IN on Sunday, Jan 21, 2007 for the AFC Championship game. The Colts won the game 38-34. (Sam Riche / The Indianapolis Star)
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Peyton Manning holds his son, Marshall following the Colts-Panthers game, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Provided by Fox-59 __________ Did you know that Peyton and Ashley Manning had kids? I did not know that and I thought that I kept up with news items like that. Here is an article that tells all about them: As […]

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March 8, 2012 – 4:29 pm Categories: Current Events | Post a comment

NCAA basketball tournament locations for 2012

I have March Madness fever this time every year and here are the locations and dates for the NCAA Tournament this year:

March 15/17, 2012
Albuquerque, NM
The Pit Arena
University of New Mexico

Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Arena
University of Louisville

Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Center
Duquesne University

Portland, OR
Rose Garden Arena
University of Oregon

March 16/18, 2012

Columbus, OH
Nationwide Arena
Ohio State University

Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
Atlantic Coast Conference

Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena

Ohio Valley Conference

Omaha, NE
CenturyLink Center (Formerly the Qwest Center)
Creighton University

2012 NCAA Tournament Regionals

The 2012 Sweet Regional Play to include the 2012 Sweet 16 and Elite 8 moves to Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta, and St. Louis on March 22nd, 2012. Boston College, ASU, Georgia Tech, and St. Louis University serve and the college hosts for 2012 regional play. Hosting the South Regional this season is considered to be a warm-up for the Georgia Dome which will serve as the host venue for the 2013 NCAA Basketball tournament.

March 22/24, 2012

East Regional
Boston, MA
TD Garden
Boston College

West Regional
Phoenix, AZ
US Airways Center
Arizona State University

March 23/25, 2012

South Regional
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Dome
Georgia Institute of Technology

Midwest Regional
St. Louis, MO
Edward Jones Dome
St. Louis University

2012 NCAA Final FourNew Orleans Super Dome Seating

31 March/April 2, 2012
Superdome
New Orleans, LA
Tulane

2012 will be the fifth time that the NCAA Final Four has been played in the Superdome. The venue is home to Tulane football, the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Bowl, and every 4th year the BCS National Championship game. Fans considering attending the 2012 NCAA Final Four do need to act quickly on making hotel reservations that are a convenient travel to the Super Dome to avoid expensive cab rides or drives to and from the games. A fan favorite, of course, is letting the traffic die down while visiting the world-famous Bourbon Street after game play is finished for the night.

April 2nd, 2012 NCAA Championship Game

March 8, 2012 – 3:35 pm Categories: Current Events | Post a comment

Peyton Manning and wife did not want to leave Indy (Part 3)

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See larger Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) greets New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) on the field after Indianapolis defeated New England, 35-34 in an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) greets New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) on the field after Indianapolis defeated New England, 35-34 in an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.

From this video you can tell how much the Mannings wanted to stay in Indy.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning throws against the Tennessee Titans in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

AP Photo / Darron Cummings

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning throws against the Tennessee Titans in the first quarter of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

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Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning answers questions during a media availability, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Indianapolis will face the New Orleans Saints in the NFL football Super Bowl XLIV Sunday.

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Indianapolis Colts’ Peyton Manning answers questions during a media availability, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Indianapolis will face the New Orleans Saints in the NFL football Super Bowl XLIV Sunday.See larger Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, right, and his wife Ashley walk through the Booksellers Area as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Monday, May 7, 2007, at the White House in Washington.

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, right, and his wife Ashley walk through the Booksellers Area as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Monday, May 7, 2007, at the White House in Washington.

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2011 file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning talks to reporters in the locker room at the NFL football team's practice facility in Indianapolis. The Peyton Manning era in Indianapolis is expected to end, according to a report. Citing anonymous sources, ESPN reported Tuesday, March 6, 2012, that the Colts plan to hold a news conference Wednesday to announce the long-expected decision. Manning is expected to attend. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE – In this Dec. 2, 2011 file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning talks to reporters in the locker room at the NFL football team’s practice facility in Indianapolis. The Peyton Manning era in Indianapolis is expected to end, according to a report. Citing anonymous sources, ESPN reported Tuesday, March 6, 2012, that the Colts plan to hold a news conference Wednesday to announce the long-expected decision. Manning is expected to attend. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

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I remember like yesterday coming up to Nolan Rollins who was a minister on the staff at the First Baptist Church of Little Rock and saying to him, “I got to see your Tennessee Vols play in person the other day.” He turned around and looks happy and then I told it was in Memphis and his expression changed. That night Tennesse lost 21-17 for the first time ever to the Tigers.

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s See larger AP Photo / Darron Cummings Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) greets New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) on the field after Indianapolis defeated New England, 35-34 in an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. From this video you can tell how much the Mannings wanted to stay […]

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Photo by Saul Young The fears surrounding the week after Alabama were realized in 2005 when the Vols lost to South Carolina on a night when the jersey of former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning, center, was retired. _________________ “It wasn’t his decision. It wasn’t my decision. Circumstances kind of dictated it,” Manning said.   Manning did […]

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See larger Photo by Jim Mone / AP Photo Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates his touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 in Minneapolis. The Colts came from behind to win 15-12. ______________ I remember like yesterday […]

 
March 8, 2012 – 3:12 pm Categories: Current Events | Post a comment

Cato Institute:Spending is our problem Part 2

But we also know that it is difficult to convince politicians to do what’s right for the nation. And if they don’t change the course of fiscal policy, and we leave the federal government on autopilot, then America is doomed to become another Greece.

The combination of poorly designed entitlement programs (mostly Medicare and Medicaid) and an aging population will lead to America’s fiscal collapse.

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People think that we need to raise more revenue but I say we need to cut spending. Take a look at a portion of this article from the Cato Institute:

The Damaging Rise in Federal Spending and Debt

by Chris Edwards

Joint Economic Committee
United States Congress

Joint Economic CommitteeUnited States Congress

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This testimony was delivered on September 20, 2011.

America Has a High-Spending and High-Debt Government

Some analysts say that America can afford to increase taxes and spending because it is a uniquely small-government country. Alas, that is no longer the case. Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show that federal, state, and local government spending in the United States this year is a huge 41 percent of GDP.

Figure 2 shows that government in the United States used to be about 10 percentage points of GDP smaller than the average government in the OECD. But that size advantage has fallen to just 4 percentage points. A few high-income nations — such as Australia — now have smaller governments and much lower government debt than the United States.

Historically, America’s strong growth and high living standards were built on our relatively smaller government. The ongoing surge in federal spending is undoing this competitive advantage we had enjoyed in the world economy. CBO projections show that without reforms federal spending will rise by about 10 percentage points of GDP by 2035. If that happens, spending by American governments will be more than half of GDP by that year. That would doom young people to unbearable levels of taxation and a stagnant economy with fewer opportunities.

American government debt has also soared to abnormally high levels. Figure 3 shows OECD data for gross government debt as a share of GDP.3 (The data include debt for federal, state, and local governments). In 2011, gross government debt is 101 percent of GDP in the United States, substantially above the OECD average of 78 percent.4

3 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, “Economic Outlook Database,” September 2011, Annex Table 32.
4 This is a simple average of OECD countries. The OECD publishes a weighted average, but that figure is, of course, heavily influenced by the United States.

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Peyton Manning and wife did not want to leave Indy (Part 2)

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, shown holding the Vince Lombardi trophy after a 29-</p><br /><br /> <p>17 Super Bowl victory over the Chicago Bears, has taken his play and handling his celebrity status to</p><br /><br /> <p>new heights.

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, shown holding the Vince Lombardi trophy after a 29-
17 Super Bowl victory over the Chicago Bears, has taken his play and handling his celebrity status to
new heights.

Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning, right, congratulates Florida defensive end Thaddeus Bullard after the Gators’ 33-20 win on Sept. 20, 1997.

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Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning, right, congratulates Florida defensive end Thaddeus Bullard after the Gators’ 33-20 win on Sept. 20, 1997.

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I was told that both Peyton and his wife Ashley both wanted to stay in Indy with all the close friends they have made over the years at their church but it was not meant to be.

CNN reported:

(CNN) — A tearful Peyton Manning announced the end of his 14-year career with the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday, but said he plans to be playing in the NFL again.  

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I remember like yesterday coming up to Nolan Rollins who was a minister on the staff at the First Baptist Church of Little Rock and saying to him, “I got to see your Tennessee Vols play in person the other day.” He turned around and looks happy and then I told it was in Memphis and his expression changed. That night Tennesse lost 21-17 for the first time ever to the Tigers.

In a press conference with Colts owner Jim Irsay, the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player said circumstances had brought his time with the Colts to an end, despite both the wishes of him and Irsay that things could have worked out differently.  

The fears surrounding the week after Alabama were realized in 2005 when the Vols lost to South Carolina on a night</p><br /><br /><br /> <p>when the jersey of former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning, center, was retired.

Photo by Saul Young

The fears surrounding the week after Alabama were realized in 2005 when the Vols lost to South Carolina on a night
when the jersey of former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning, center, was retired.

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“It wasn’t his decision. It wasn’t my decision. Circumstances kind of dictated it,” Manning said.  

Manning did not play during the entire 2011 season after having surgery to repair a neck injury. With their longtime leader off the field, the Colts plummeted to a 2-14 record and earned the top pick in April’s NFL Draft. That makes Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and Baylor QB Robert Griffin III available to them. Both are considered franchise quarterbacks, much like Manning was when the Colts selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 draft. The Colts are expected to take Luck or Griffin and begin to rebuild the team.  

Irsay said Wednesday keeping Manning during that rebuilding process wouldn’t be fair to Manning and would prevent the team from having the money necessary to revamp its roster. The Colts would have owed Manning a $28 million bonus if he’d remained on their roster past Wednesday.  

“Just to sign our draft picks, we’re going to have to make more roster moves,” Irsay said. Manning deserves better at the end of a Hall of Fame-level career, he said.  

Former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning leaves the field prior to the start of the game against Western Kentucky on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2009 at Neyland Stadium.

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Former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning leaves the field prior to the start of the game against Western Kentucky on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2009 at Neyland Stadium.

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“Hopefully, we’ll watch Peyton win immediately,” Irsay said.  

Manning’s doctors have cleared him to play for the 2012 season and he’s been seen recently working out at Duke University. The quarterback said he plans to be on the field in the coming season.  

“I don’t want to retire… Nobody loves playing quarterback more than me,” Manning said.  

The Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins and Arizona Cardinals are considered the top contenders to sign Manning.  

In the meantime, the Colts will retire his jersey number.  

“The 18 jersey will never be worn again by a Colt on the field,” Irsay said.  

Both Manning and Irsay choked up as they made the announcement that Manning would continue his NFL career elsewhere.  

“This town and this team mean so much to me,” Manning said. “I do love it here.”I’ve been blessed to play here and been blessed to be in the NFL,” he said, his voice breaking. “I truly have enjoyed being your quarterback.” 

Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley with Peyton Manning before the start of the game against UT Martin Saturday, Sep. 4, 2010 in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

Photo by Michael Patrick

Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley with Peyton Manning before the start of the game against UT Martin Saturday, Sep. 4, 2010 in Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

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Though his team will more than likely have another potential superstar in Luck or Manning, Irsay said Manning has defined the franchise.  

“There will be no other Peyton Manning,” he said, choking up as he held the quarterback’s arm.  

Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz says fans will be angry with Irsay for letting the pride of the city and the state leave town.  

“It’s impossible to overstate the civic impact Manning had on this franchise, on this city and on this region. He did it not only as an athlete but as a philanthropist. He was, and still is, the most important athlete ever to grace the playing fields of Indianapolis,” Kravitz wrote Wednesday morning.  

In 1999, Manning and his wife established the PeyBack Foundation in Indianapolis to help disadvantaged youth. It has donated more than $4.3 million since its founding to youth causes in Indiana, Tennessee and Louisiana, according to the foundation’s website.  

In 2007, in honor of Manning’s work, St. Vincent Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis was renamed Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital.  

“There will be lots of tears today at that news conference,” Kravitz writes. “Without No. 18, the Colts might not still be in Indianapolis. Certainly, there’s no Lucas Oil Stadium, and there’s no Indianapolis Super Bowl. His impact is incalculable.  

“The statue goes up immediately,” Kravitz says.  

In the cities that covet Manning, it was websites and billboards that were going up.  

In Miami, there was manningtomiami.com, complete with Manning depicted in a Dolphins uniform, a link to a petition to be presented to Dolphins owners and a shop to buy Manning in Miami T-shirts.  

“When’s the last time we the fans have had an ‘impact’ quarterback? What about the most cerebral quarterback of all time?” the Miami site asks. “Get behind this movement and let your vote be your voice and make a difference!”  

In Phoenix, the peyton2az website showed a picture of a billboard erected in the city by a local mattress retailer. “Peyton Manning, please sleep here,” it pleaded.  

“The city will be his forever if he could bring a Super Bowl to the Valley of the Sun,” a commenter wrote on the site.

Former Tennessee coach Johnny Majors introduces his grandsons Owen, 10, and Tristan, 14, Majors to Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning before the start of the UT Martin game Saturday, Sep. 4, 2010 in Neyland Stadium.

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Former Tennessee coach Johnny Majors introduces his grandsons Owen, 10, and Tristan, 14, Majors to Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning before the start of the UT Martin game Saturday, Sep. 4, 2010 in Neyland Stadium.

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March 8, 2012 – 3:08 pm Categories: Current Events | Post a comment

Tributes to Andrew Breitbart from Heritage Foundation Scholars (Part 5)

Tributes to  Andrew Breitbart from Heritage Foundation Scholars (Part 1)

These comments below were taken from the following article:

Todd Thurman

March 1, 2012 at 3:21 pm

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Bridgett Wagner: Andrew Breitbart had American Heart

Talk Radio host Bill Bennett has explained his own scrappy nature by explaining he is an Irishman.  He then tells the story of the Irishman who happens upon a fight, muscles his way into the middle and asks, “Is this a private fight, or can anyone join in?”  Fighting is just part of his nature you see.

With a name like Breitbart, you wouldn’t imagine he was Irish, but he was.  Adopted by a Jewish couple, Andrew grew up in the Westwood section of Los Angeles with an adopted Hispanic sister. He said he was a “default liberal” who grew up in West L.A. listening to alternative rock. He drank more than he studied in college and graduated with fewer skills than when he went in.  His ideological conversion began when his father cut off the funding of this life style, and Andrew had to get a real job. “I believe that walking for the first time in shoes that I bought, started … my path towards conservatism,” he told us during a Heritage talk in April 2011

Much like David Mamet, Dennis Miller, David Horowitz and other former liberals “mugged by reality”, Andrew said he was outraged by the hypocritical display of liberalism.

Those who only saw Andrew on FoxNews may assume that he was always outraged.  After all, much of what his websites Breitbart.com, BigGovernment, BigHollywood, BigJournalism, and BigPeace have uncovered is outrageous.

But, Andrew was also a great friend and inspiration to so many in the freedom movement – young investigative reporters, conservatives and libertarians in Hollywood, students on liberal campuses, Tea Party activists from every corner of the country, and all those who’ve decided they’re outraged too.

The first occasion I had to see Andrew in action over several days was at a Tea Party convention in Nashvillein early 2010. He was already a bit of a rock star in this community and swarmed by the media who had turned out in droves to hear Sarah Palin.  You could also find him in the middle of groups of tea partiers answering questions.  There were flag-wearing contingents who had arrived from the Midwest, couples who’d driven down from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, activists from California, Florida, and all points in between. They were all invigorated by their conversations with Andrew, and they told you about them. These were worried folks looking for answers to how we could turn our country around.  Andrew inspired. He assured them that these were not private fights in Washington, we were all supposed to join in.

One evening he introduced the packed Nashville ballroom to his good friend – “a great American patriot and a tea party attendee”  – singer Jon David who performed an original song that night. “American Heart” brought the crowd to cheers and tears.  Hearing the stunning news about Andrew’s passing this morning, I thought about this song and how the refrain summed up Andrew’s optimistic scrappy nature so well:

I’m American made
I’ve got American parts
I’ve got American faith
In America’s Heart
Go on raise a flag
Cause I got stars in my eyes
Oh, I’m in love with her
And, I won’t apologize

His memory will live on in those who have been inspired to join the fight. Andrew Breitbart, RIP

One of Andrew’s last tweets was a perfect of example of the way he lived his life:  ”Apologize for WHAT?”

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Move America Forward’s tribute to Andrew Breitbart. We will always remember Andrew as a dear friend and a stalwart supporter of the troops. We are thankful and count ourselves lucky to have had Andrew’s help and support on many successful MAF projects to support the troops. He was a true friend and patriot. Never Forget.

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Peyton Manning and wife did not want to leave Indy (Part 1)

See larger Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates his touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 in Minneapolis. The Colts came from behind to win 15-12.

Photo by Jim Mone / AP Photo

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates his touchdown pass to wide receiver Reggie Wayne in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008 in Minneapolis. The Colts came from behind to win 15-12.

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I remember like yesterday coming up to Nolan Rollins who was a minister on the staff at the First Baptist Church of Little Rock and saying to him, “I got to see your Tennessee Vols play in person the other day.” He turned around and looks happy and then I told it was in Memphis and his expression changed. That night Tennesse lost 21-17 for the first time ever to the Tigers.

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Tennessee’s quarterbacks in 1994, back row from left, Todd Helton, Mike Grein, Branndon Stewart, Jerry Colquitt and Peyton Manning stand behind offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe, front row, center, and his children Chris, left, and Kati, right.

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Tennessee’s quarterbacks in 1994, back row from left, Todd Helton, Mike Grein, Branndon Stewart, Jerry Colquitt and Peyton Manning stand behind offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe, front row, center, and his children Chris, left, and Kati, right.

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It is really sad that Peyton Manning and his wife Ashley have to leave Indy. They have lots of friends at their local church that they have grown close to and they really wanted to stay.

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Here is an article I found on his wife Ashley from Sept 2010:

Ashley Manning is a wife for 9 years of famous Indiana Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. One of most popular and successful quarterbacks in the NFL history. He holds the record for most NFL MVP awards and he’s known to many as one of the best quarterbacks of all time.

Ashley Manning had completed a degree from the University of Virginia in 1997 in finance and marketing. Peyton Manning met Ashley Manning by Ashley’s neighbor in their freshman year of college. They got married St. Patrick’s Day 2001. She is now a real state developer and recently built homes in Tennessee.

She’s stunningly beautiful but she prefers to stay out of the spotlight. She told the media in the past that she’d “like to stay out of the spotlight” and has held true to her word.

Behind every successful man there is a woman.

Ashely Manning was the rock that Peyton Manning can lean on when he’s had a worst moments on or off the field.

Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning (16) runs toward the end zone to score a first quarter touchdown as Georgia's Randall Godfrey (42) gives chase in Knoxville during the Vols 30-27 win on Sept. 9, 1995.

Photo by Mark Humprey, Associated Press

Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning (16) runs toward the end zone to score a first quarter touchdown as Georgia’s Randall Godfrey (42) gives chase in Knoxville during the Vols 30-27 win on Sept. 9, 1995.

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March 8, 2012 – 2:45 pm Categories: Current Events | Post a comment

Razorbacks’ basketball season over

It was hard to listen to but the Razorbacks missed many layups on their way to a 70-54 loss to LSU in the SEC Basketball Tournament. ESPN reported:

Arkansas 54

(18-14, 6-10 SEC)

LSU 70

(18-13, 7-9 SEC)

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ARK 28 26 54
LSU 28 42 70

Top Performers

Arkansas: B. Young 13 Pts, 2 Reb, 3 Ast, 1 Stl

LSU: J. O’Bryant III 18 Pts, 11 Reb

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Arkansas Razorbacks
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BJ Young, G 4-9 0-2 5-7 0 2 3 1 0 3 3 13
Julysses Nobles, G 4-10 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 9
Mardracus Wade, G 3-7 3-5 0-0 1 2 2 2 0 1 3 9
Devonta Abron, F 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 4
Rickey Scott, G 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 0
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Michael Sanchez, F 2-5 0-0 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7
Hunter Mickelson, F 3-8 0-0 0-0 2 6 0 1 1 1 2 6
Rashad Madden, G 0-4 0-2 2-2 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 2
Marvell Waithe, F 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 2
Brandon Mitchell, G 0-1 0-0 2-4 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2
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  35.8% 25.0% 66.7%  
 
 

LSU Tigers
STARTERS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Storm Warren, F 6-14 0-0 2-4 3 7 0 0 3 3 3 14
Andre Stringer, G 3-5 3-4 2-3 1 4 3 2 0 0 4 11
Ralston Turner, G 4-8 2-5 0-1 1 8 4 0 1 3 2 10
Justin Hamilton, C 5-6 0-0 0-0 4 7 0 0 1 2 3 10
Anthony Hickey, G 3-8 1-3 0-0 1 3 7 2 0 3 2 7
BENCH FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Johnny O’Bryant III, F 4-9 0-0 10-17 5 11 0 0 0 2 1 18
Chris Bass, G 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0
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  25-50 6-12 14-25 15 40 15 4 6 14 17 70
  50.0% 50.0% 56.0%
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