50 years of prayer stopped after school receives letter | wtsp.com

This is the central theme of the movie "Last Ounce of Courage" being played out in real life. Life imitating art.

Maybe it is time to take a stand.

Maybe the local principal in this instance would get more support if he wasn't so intolerant of peoples beliefs.

People in his own community!!!

From a professional standpoint, your misunderstanding of the concept of "separation of church and state" IS the reason you likely do not get more local support.  

Go back to school, Chief!!

You clearly have a lack of understanding about something.

50 years of prayer stopped after school receives letter | wtsp.com:

"The principal of Haralson County High School, Topher Byrnes, had similar sentiments as Frank.
"From a personal standpoint, I understand the importance of prayer," Byrnes said. "From a professional standpoint, I understand the importance of keeping church and state separate."
Byrnes said it was a sellout crowd, nearly 3,000 people in attendance. He only hopes that kind showing won't end.
"I thank them for their support. I hope and wish the support would continue throughout the year," Byrnes said. "We've got a lot of struggles we need to address academically, and if we could get this kind of support for academic programs we could really start going places."

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Why Boys Are Better Throwers, And How Girls Can Close The Gap | ThePostGame

Why Boys Are Better Throwers, And How Girls Can Close The Gap | ThePostGame:

"The overhand throwing gap, beginning at 4 years of age, is three times the difference of any other motor task, and it just gets bigger across age," said Jerry Thomas, dean of the College of Education at the University of North Texas. "By 18, there’s hardly any overlap in the distribution: Nearly every boy by age 15 throws better than the best girl."

Haspel writes that a skillful overhand throw involves three phases: the step, the rotation and the whip. Men are superior at each of those phases, and the difference may be most prevalent in the rotation. Thomas said men tend to rotate their hips forward before turning their shoulders and opening their bodies, whereas women rotate their hips and shoulders in one motion. Women lose speed in their throwing motion by not separating their rotation."

The explanation for this contrast goes back thousands of years. According to Thomas, the men who were best at throwing rocks got the girls. Meanwhile women were often holding a baby when they threw, and that constricted their motion. Now, Haspel notes, many women have a throwing motion that looks more like they are tossing a dart. Harvard softball coach Jenny Allard called overhand throwing "the most undertaught skill in softball."

With the proper teaching, women can overcome the evolutionary head start of men. Indeed, if girls were to learn the proper rotation and throwing motion, they could render Ham Porter's insult useless.

from the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/throw-like-a-girl-with-some-practice-you-can-do-better/2012/09/10/9ffc8bc8-dc09-11e1-9974-5c975ae4810f_story.html

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Maybe the NCAA needs a culture change

The Penn State fiasco writ smaller?

Athletic Management : Momentum Media:

"After two members of the men's ice hockey team were arrested on charges of sexual assault, Boston University's President organized the Men's Ice Hockey Task Force to investigate the attitude and environment surrounding the hockey team. The task force findings were released at the end of August and concluded that "a culture of sexual entitlement exists among some players on the men's ice hockey team, stemming in part from their elevated social status on campus." The report also included a list of 14 recommendations to be implemented at the administrative and athletic levels during the 2012 fall semester.

In December 2011, a member of the Boston University men's ice hockey team was arrested and charged with three counts of indecent assault and one count of battery after an incident involving a female BU student. Two months later, another member of the men's ice hockey team was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a female BU student. Following these charges, Boston University President Robert A. Brown established the Men's Ice Hockey Task Force on March 7. Brown's statement described the duties of the task force."

"Your charge is to review, as comprehensively as you are able, the culture and climate of the men's hockey program, and to offer the University a thoughtful and impartial assessment. The goal is to answer the question whether that culture and climate could have contributed to the actions, that, in turn, led to criminal charges."

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Melky Cabrera seeks instructions from Giants (hint: pack your bags)

Good news, as requested here yesterday. Maybe they heard me.

As I responded to a Giants fan poll, I would rather lose without him than win with him.

As reported by Andrew Baggerly:
Melky Cabrera seeks instructions from Giants:

"The club is not commenting on Cabrera's situation, but all indications are that upper management has zero interest in the All-Star Game MVP playing another game in orange and black."

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P.S. Giants are 19-9 since losing Melky. Sounds like addition by subtraction. Replace him in the off-season, preferably from within the organization.

Posey, Zito lead Giants to 3-2 victory - SFGate

I have to give credit where credit is due. Zito has been outstanding this year and with Lincecum having an off year, I'm not sure where we would be without him. By extension, I guess some of Tom House's 'magic' works some of the time. Let's hope he doesn't mess up Tebow with too many towel drills.

Sabean gets kudos for adding Scutaro and Pence at a manageable cost in fringe prospects.

Posey is Posey - MVP.

For the record, if Melky Cabrera can come back in time for the playoffs, I hope he doesn't. The team has seemingly jelled since he left.

Also, it seems as if the Giants have extended there lead since the mega-Magic deal in LA-LA land. That may help the Dodgers more next year. They may need a chemistry set to bring all the stars/salaries into alignment.

Posey, Zito lead Giants to 3-2 victory - SFGate:

"Zito reached 12 wins for the first time since his final season in Oakland (2006) and is pitching with an adroitness and confidence he rarely has shown in his nearly six seasons in San Francisco."

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THE FED - QEIII - AND OTHER MORONS (see where this is going?)

"If the outlook for the labor market does not improve substantially, the Committee will continue its purchases of agency mortgage-backed securities, undertake additional asset purchases, and employ its other policy tools as appropriate until such improvement is achieved in a context of price stability."

–FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve
- 9/13/2012
The statement announcing QE3

TRANSLATION: We're going to keep banging our head against the wall until we get rid of this darn headache!!

Heck, the other two versions of QE -- with an Operation Twist chaser -- worked so wonderfully. Why not have another?!?!

The "beatings" refer to the the ass-kicking the middle-class and savers in this country are taking versus the rest of the country -- and I mean "all" the rest -- the upper class elites and the lower class, FSA (Free-Shit Army) parasites.

The middle class is truly getting squeezed like a giant zit in all of this nonsense.

The underlying economic theory for this administration (Obama) and Federal Reserve (Bernanke) seems to be:

"Viva, too many people on the cart, not enough people pulling the cart"

"OOPS, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN ?!?!?!

OR THIS, FOR THAT MATTER?

Household income fell more in recovery than during recession

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/household-income-fell-more-in-recovery-than-during-recession/2012/08/23/983f4328-ed46-11e1-9ddc-340d5efb1e9c_graphic.html?fb_action_ids=10151426011212345&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_ref=sm_btn_fb&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

Annual median household income is struggling to recover after the most recent recession. Although it has gone up from its low in August 2011, it is still 7.2 percent below the December 2007 level.

Whatever happened to the term, "Exit Strategy"? 

You know, as in....

"These are extraordinary measures, designed for a crisis brought on by Fed policies of the past." 

"We don't want to do this, we have to do this"  YADA YADA YADA!!!! 

Same old shit, different IDIOT cry-baby

Sorry, Barack.  I'm not talking about you this time. Go Back to Vegas or the golf course or whatever the hell else you do. I'm talking about someone who is REALLY screwing up the economy. 

You go back to screwing up America's place in this world with your foreign policy. Make sure people like us, I mean, REALLY,  REALLY like us.

AW SNAP!!! I see you're on that one little buddy. Keep up the good work. 

Four more years, right Comrade? 

Yes, Yes Forward!! Comrade. 

In case you're wondering Ms. Napolitano. The address you can forward my personally inscribed drone is 1-800 Go F-yourself. 

Ron Paul had it right, we just WILL NOT listen.

From Front Porch Politics:

http://frontporchpolitics.com/2012/09/ron-paul-feds-qe3-detachment-from-reality/

“No one is surprised by the Fed’s action today to inject even more money into the economy through additional asset purchases. The Fed’s only solution for every problem is to print more money and provide more liquidity,” Paul said.

“Mr. Bernanke and Fed governors appear not to understand that our current economic malaise resulted directly because of the excessive credit the Fed already pumped into the system.”

The Federal Reserve said today it is launching its third attempt to revive the U.S. economy, once again by printing more money.

All I can add is, I hear you kid. I hear you!!!

9/11 Tribute - Amazing Grace

I know NBC wants us to get back to listening to one of the Kardashians, but we should never forget the heroes of the day and those who continue to serve and protect us.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.


BTW: Now that some time has past and emotions have been brought down from a boil to a simmer, maybe we can get around to answering some of these questions currently unresolved. It seems like Liberty demands that we do so.

The Unanswered Questions of 9/11
September 11, 2012
By James Corbett
Corbett Report.com
http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Unanswered_Questions_of_911_/21435/0/0/0/Y/M.html

In his latest weekly address to the nation, President Obama asserts that America’s questions about 9/11 have been answered. If only it were so.

The questions of 9/11 have only continued to pile up higher since that fateful day, and despite official platitudes we are no closer to having those questions answered today then we were when they first arose. In fact, for some of the most important 9/11 questions, the government’s own documents and records that could conceivably answered them have been destroyed, meaning we may never have answers.

The unanswered questions of 9/11 are too numerous to enumerate, but they include:

-Why has NIST classified the data that they used to make their computer animation of the WTC7 collapse? Would knowledge of how NIST believes the building collapsed really “jeopardize public safety“?

-Why did the DIA destroy more than 2.5 terabytes of data on their Able Danger investigation that reportedly identified four of the alleged hijackers years in advance of the attack? Why did the Pentagon buy up and burn the entire first print run of Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer’s book on the program?

-Why did the SEC destroy their records on the 9/11 insider trading question, presumably the most important investigation in the agency’s history?

-Why did the alleged “mastermind” of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, confess not only to plotting 9/11 “from A to Z” but also confess to masterminding numerous crimes that he could not have committed?

-Why did Osama bin Laden repeatedly deny any involvement in the attacks until a series of mistranslated and otherwise manipulated videos came along appearing to portray him as taking credit for those attacks?

-Why was the report of US State Department official Frank Taylor supposedly proving the case for Al Qaeda’s role in 9/11, which NATO used to justify its invasion of Afghanistan, presented in a classified briefing? Why is that report still classified to this day?

-Why did the 9/11 commission rely so heavily on the confessions extracted through torture which even the Senate’s Armed Services committee points out is specifically used to extract false confessions?

-Why did the CIA destroy 92 videotapes of their illegal torture sessions after being specifically ordered by a court not to do so? Why did the courts eventually absolve the CIA of any culpability for this crime?

-Why did Donald Rumsfeld announce a new “war” on September 10, 2001? What was the reason for the 2.3 trillion missing dollars which the Pentagon had lost up until that point, what did Rumsfeld’s “war on bureaucracy” hope to achieve, how was that “war” hindered when the budget analyst office in the Pentagon was destroyed the following morning, and where are the public records into this accounting scandal?

-Why did Rumsfeld go into a regularly scheduled meeting with a CIA officer in his office on the morning of 9/11, after both of the Twin Towers had been struck by airplanes and it had been determined that “America was under attack.” Why did the highest ranking official in the US military remain in that meeting and unavailable for contact even by his highest staff members as the worst attack on US soil in history continued to unfold? Why did he suddenly come out for a photo op on the Pentalawn after the explosion instead of helping to coordinate the defense of the nation?

-Why is there such a massive discrepancy between the 9/11 commission’s official finding of the time of entry of Dick Cheney into the Presidential Emergency Operation Center on the morning of 9/11 and Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta’s testimony of the timing of that arrival?

-Why did the US government contract with Ptech, an enterprise architecture software firm, to install its backdoor access software on some of the most sensitive databases in the US government? Why did they continue to use Ptech even after it was discovered that its sweetheart investor was a specially designated global terrorist on the Treasury’s own terror list? Why did they declare that there was nothing untoward in the software mere hours after raiding Ptech’s offices in 2002? And what was Ptech doing in the basement of the Pentagon on 9/11? What interoperability tests was it running on the link between FAA and NORAD systems on 9/11, and how did that interfere with the FAA and NORAD’s response?

-And, perhaps most tellingly of all, how did four highjacked aircraft fly so wildly off course for such lengthy periods of time without being confronted by a single fighter interceptor, and why did the Pentagon admittedly and on the record lie to the American public about the timing of its response that day?

These and many, many questions like them have been asked by the victims’ family members, the first responders, members of the US military, American congressmen and women, intelligence agents, foreign dignitaries and heads of state, and concerned members of the public across America and around the globe. And still, 11 years after the events themselves, the American president has the gall to suggest that all questions have been answered and it is time for Americans to move on.

On the contrary, Mr. President. Those who are concerned with 9/11 truth and justice will continue to fight on, to answer the questions that your government cannot and will not answer, whether those answers come now, 11 years from now, or generations from now. Those who fight for 9/11 truth will not give up until these questions have been answered. Echoing the words of those brave souls in the wake of that other great American tragedy, the OKC bombing:

“We search for the truth. We seek justice. The courts require it. The victims cry for it. And God demands it.”

For more on the unanswered questions of 9/11 truth, please watch the latest episode of The Corbett Report podcast, “The Meaning of 9/11 Truth“:

Architects & Engineers - Solving the Mystery of WTC 7 - AE911Truth.org


The Third Building Which Collapsed on 9/11 Was Not Hit By a Plane
September 11, 2012
http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Third_Building_Which_Collapsed_on_911_Was_Not_Hit_By_a_Plane/21432/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Top Experts Say Official Explanation Makes No Sense

Numerous structural engineers – the people who know the most about office building vulnerabilities and accidents – say that the official explanation of why building 7 at the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11 is “impossible”, “defies common logic” and “violates the law of physics”:

Two professors of structural engineering at a prestigious Swiss university (Dr. Joerg Schneider and Dr. Hugo Bachmann) said that, on 9/11, World Trade Center 7 was brought down by controlled demolition (translation here)
Alfred Lee Lopez, with 48 years of experience in all types of buildings:
I agree the fire did not cause the collapse of the three buildings. The most realistic cause of the collapse is that the buildings were imploded

John D. Pryor, with more than 30 years experience:
The collapse of WTC7 looks like it may have been the result of a controlled demolition. This should have been looked into as part of the original investigation

Robert F. Marceau, with over 30 years of structural engineering experience:
From videos of the collapse of building 7, the penthouse drops first prior to the collapse, and it can be noted that windows, in a vertical line, near the location of first interior column line are blown out, and reveal smoke from those explosions. This occurs in a vertical line in symmetrical fashion an equal distance in toward the center of the building from each end. When compared to controlled demolitions, one can see the similarities

Kamal S. Obeid, structural engineer, with a masters degree in Engineering from UC Berkeley and 30 years of engineering experience, says:
Photos of the steel, evidence about how the buildings collapsed, the unexplainable collapse of WTC 7, evidence of thermite in the debris as well as several other red flags, are quite troubling indications of well planned and controlled demolition

Steven L. Faseler, structural engineer with over 20 years of experience in the design and construction industry:
World Trade Center 7 appears to be a controlled demolition. Buildings do not suddenly fall straight down by accident

Ronald H. Brookman, structural engineer, with a masters degree in Engineering from UC Davis,writes:
Why would all 110 stories drop straight down to the ground in about 10 seconds, pulverizing the contents into dust and ash – twice. Why would all 47 stories of WTC 7 fall straight down to the ground in about seven seconds the same day? It was not struck by any aircraft or engulfed in any fire. An independent investigation is justified for all three collapses including the surviving steel samples and the composition of the dust

Graham John Inman points out:
WTC 7 Building could not have collapsed as a result of internal fire and external debris. NO plane hit this building. This is the only case of a steel frame building collapsing through fire in the world. The fire on this building was small & localized therefore what is the cause?

Paul W. Mason notes:
In my view, the chances of the three buildings collapsing symmetrically into their own footprint, at freefall speed, by any other means than by controlled demolition, are so remote that there is no other plausible explanation

David Scott says:
Near-freefall collapse violates laws of physics. Fire induced collapse is not consistent with observed collapse mode . . . .

Nathan Lomba states:
I began having doubts about, so called, official explanations for the collapse of the WTC towers soon after the explanations surfaced. The gnawing question that lingers in my mind is: How did the structures collapse in near symmetrical fashion when the apparent precipitating causes were asymmetrical loading? The collapses defies common logic from an elementary structural engineering perspective. “If” you accept the argument that fire protection covering was damaged to such an extent that structural members in the vicinity of the aircraft impacts were exposed to abnormally high temperatures, and “if” you accept the argument that the temperatures were high enough to weaken the structural framing, that still does not explain the relatively concentric nature of the failures.Neither of the official precipitating sources for the collapses, namely the burning aircraft, were centered within the floor plan of either tower; both aircraft were off-center when they finally came to rest within the respective buildings.

This means that, given the foregoing assumptions, heating and weakening of the structural framing would have been constrained to the immediate vicinity of the burning aircraft. Heat transmission (diffusion) through the steel members would have been irregular owing to differing sizes of the individual members; and, the temperature in the members would have dropped off precipitously the further away the steel was from the flames—just as the handle on a frying pan doesn’t get hot at the same rate as the pan on the burner of the stove. These factors would have resulted in the structural framing furthest from the flames remaining intact and possessing its full structural integrity, i.e., strength and stiffness.

Structural steel is highly ductile, when subjected to compression and bending it buckles and bends long before reaching its tensile or shear capacity. Under the given assumptions, “if” the structure in the vicinity of either burning aircraft started to weaken, the superstructure above would begin to lean in the direction of the burning side. The opposite, intact, side of the building would resist toppling until the ultimate capacity of the structure was reached, at which point, a weak-link failure would undoubtedly occur. Nevertheless, the ultimate failure mode would have been a toppling of the upper floors to one side—much like the topping of a tall redwood tree—not a concentric, vertical collapse.

For this reason alone, I rejected the official explanation for the collapse of the WTC towers out of hand. Subsequent evidence supporting controlled, explosive demolition of the two buildings are more in keeping with the observed collapse modalities and only serve to validate my initial misgivings as to the causes for the structural failures

Edward E. Knesl writes:
We design and analyze buildings for the overturning stability to resist the lateral loads with the combination of the gravity loads. Any tall structure failure mode would be a fall over to its side. It is impossible that heavy steel columns could collapse at the fraction of the second within each story and subsequently at each floor below.We do not know the phenomenon of the high rise building to disintegrate internally faster than the free fall of the debris coming down from the top.

The engineering science and the law of physics simply doesn’t know such possibility. Only very sophisticated controlled demolition can achieve such result, eliminating the natural dampening effect of the structural framing huge mass that should normally stop the partial collapse. The pancake theory is a fallacy, telling us that more and more energy would be generated to accelerate the collapse. Where would such energy would be coming from?

Antonio Artha,with 15+ years of experience in building design
Fire and impact were insignificant in all three buildings. Impossible for the three to collapse at free-fall speed. Laws of physics were not suspended on 9/11, unless proven otherwise

Steven Francis Dusterwald:
The symmetrical “collapse” due to asymmetrical damage is at odds with the principles of structural mechanics

John S. Lovrovich:
It is virtually impossible for WTC building 7 to collapse as it did with the influence of sporadic fires. This collapse HAD to be planned

Travis McCoy, M.S. in structural engineering

James Milton Bruner, Major, U.S. Air Force, instructor and assistant professor in the Deptartment of Engineering Mechanics & Materials, USAF Academy, and a technical writer and editor, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Christopher Michael Bradbury:
It is very suspicious that fire brought down Building 7 yet the Madrid hotel fire was still standing after 24 hours of fire. This is very suspicious to me because I design buildings for a living

David Anthony Dorau, practicing structural engineer with 18 years’ experience in the inspection and design of buildings under 5 stories tall, who worked as a policy analyst for the Office of Technology Assessment, an arm of the U.S. Congress providing independent research and reports on technological matters

Russell T. Connors, designed many buildings and other types of structures
Lester Jay Germanio, 20+ years experience
Daniel Metz, 26+ years experience
Jonathan Smolens, 11 years experience, with a specialty in forensic engineering
William Rice, P.E., structural engineer, former professor of Vermont Technical College
Marshall Casey Pfeiffer
Paul A. Thomas
Steven Merritt
Kers Clausen
Dennis Kollar, American structural engineer
Doyle Winterton, American structural engineer (retired)

David Topete
The above is just a sample. Many other structural engineershave questioned the collapse of Building 7, as have numerous experts in other disciplines, including:

The former head of the Fire Science Division of the government agency which claims that the World Trade Centers collapsed due to fire (the National Institute of Standards and Technology), who is one of the world’s leading fire science researchers and safety engineers, a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering (Dr. James Quintiere), called for an independent review of the World Trade Center collapse investigation. “I wish that there would be a peer review of this,” he said, referring to the NIST investigation. “I think all the records that NIST has assembled should be archived. I would really like to see someone else take a look at what they’ve done; both structurally and from a fire point of view. … I think the official conclusion that NIST arrived at is questionable.

Harry G. Robinson, III – Professor and Dean Emeritus, School of Architecture and Design, Howard University. Past President of two major national architectural organizations – National Architectural Accrediting Board, 1996, and National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1992. In 2003 he was awarded the highest honor bestowed by the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Centennial Medal. In 2004 he was awarded the District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architecture Societies Architect of the Year award. Principal, TRG Consulting Global / Architecture, Urban Design, Planning, Project Strategies. Veteran U.S. Army, awarded the Bronze Star for bravery and the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in Viet Nam – says:

The collapse was too symmetrical to have been eccentrically generated. The destruction was symmetrically initiated to cause the buildings to implode as they did

And a prominent physicist with 33 years of service for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC (Dr. David L. Griscom) said that the official theory for why Building 7 collapsed “does not match the available facts” and supports the theory that the buildings were brought down by controlled demolition

9-11 explained in 5 minutes!!!.mp4

Buster Posey - MVP

Sort of goes without saying, doesn't it?

from ESPN:
San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is putting together a strong NL MVP case - MLB - ESPN:

Posey is known as an excellent two-strike hitter, someone who is not afraid to get deep into the count and face a bunch of nasty stuff. Joe Blanton, who made Sunday's start for the Dodgers in place of Clayton Kershaw, felt he had thrown a ton of great pitches. Time after time, however, Posey fended them off, like a tennis player volleying at the net. But when Blanton finally threw an imperfect pitch -- the 10th pitch of the at-bat -- Posey's swing went from defensive to offensive, and he crushed the ball. From Alex Pavolic's story:

"That's one of the best at-bats I've ever had off of me," Blanton said. "I threw him at least five put-away pitches, I thought. And he just kept fouling them off. I make one mistake and it's a homer."

Posey has an OPS of 1.100 since the All-Star break, the best in the majors by a margin of almost 50 points, and this surge has pushed him right into the middle of what has become a very interesting race for NL MVP.

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from Yahoo Sports:
San Francisco Giants - Team Report - MLB - Yahoo! Sports:

"He's carried us. I can't think of a guy more valuable for a club than he has been for us."
—Manager Bruce Bochy on Buster Posey, who has emerged as an MVP candidate."

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Giant Sucking Sound Redux?

Ross Perot had a lot of things right (globalization, outsourcing, offshoring, the whole "Giant Sucking Sound" thing) that we basically ignored and chose a different path. We are living with the consequences now.

 I wonder how long before we look back and shake our heads and wonder, "Where did it all go wrong" or "How did it get this way".

Well, wonder no more.

from ESPN Dallas:
Allen (Texas) High School ready unveils $60M football facility - ESPN Dallas:

Ross Perot, the billionaire businessman and former presidential candidate, repeatedly took aim at his home state's football culture as he pushed the state to shed extracurricular activities and increase accountability measures.

"Do we want our kids to win on Friday night on the football field or do we want them to win all through their lives?" Perot said in a 1988 Washington Post column. "That's what we have to start asking ourselves."

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BTW:  This sucks too!!!!

Tim Hudson has some advice for Tim Lincecum: ‘Be aggressive’ - Yahoo! Sports

This is good advice from an opponent. I'm sure the Giants staff gives him similar advice. His dad must weigh in from time to time with tidbits from his past.

To me it just seems like part of the process of Timmy transitioning from a power pitcher to a finesse pitcher.

His stuff has changed.
His repertoire of pitches has changed.

He simply needs to make the transition mentally. "Trust your stuff". You're talking about a guy who has thrived via the strikeout, nine or ten punch outs per game and now he may have to become comfortable with four or five K's per game. The trust factor doesn't seem to be there 100% of the time. He has to trust that his "new" stuff can get into the strike-zone and come out without leaving the yard. The ultimate rebuke to a former dominant, bat-missing, power-type pitcher.

It will come in time....but meanwhile there are going to be bouts of doubt.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Tim Hudson has some advice for Tim Lincecum: ‘Be aggressive’ | Big League Stew - Yahoo! Sports:

Afterward, Hudson was asked about Lincecum, and he respectfully said the two-time Cy Young Award winner could be "a lot more aggressive in the strike zone."

Hudson added, "Just as a fan and a veteran of the game, you want to try to help out young pitchers. From the other dugout, it's what I see. His stuff is good. He's still 91, 92, 93 (mph), plenty to win in this league, especially with that changeup. He doesn't have to make every pitch a swing-and-miss pitch ... I was the same way when I was younger. You feel like a stud out there when people swing and miss. As I've gotten older, I've preached to our young guys that strikeouts are sexy, but outs are outs, man, no matter how you get them.

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