Requiring Informed Consent Searches
The right to say "no" does not mean much if you don't know you have that right in the first place.
We require hospitals to obtain "informed consent" from patients before they undertake intrusive medical procedures. We demand extensive disclosures from sellers to buyers in real estate transactions. We even make police deliver Miranda warnings to suspects who are arrested, on the premise that nobody can effectively waive the rights to remain silent or to consult counsel otherwise. Yet police routinely demand that people submit to searches that they have a right to decline without advising them that they can just say no. A so-called "consent search" does not need any justification if the individual grants the police permission. Yet in many encounters, it is far from clear that the individual can deny the police request.
Police officers also make their search demands in racially disparate ways, as was abundantly clear throughout the era of New York City's widespread stopand-frisk policy. Often, such consent searches form the basis justified or not - for criminal charges against minorities that whites, who are not often subject to such searches, seldom face.
A recent in-depth report in The New York Times highlighted these disparities as they relate to traffic stops. (1) In Greensboro, North Carolina, The Times found that not only were black drivers stopped disproportionately often, but they were much more likely to be subject to a search by the officer conducting the stop. The pattern was repeated across the other states that track comparable data. And it
echoes in individual stories, such as John Felton's stop in Dayton, Ohio earlier this year, that make their way into the national news cycle.
The problem of conscious or unconscious racial bias in policing is a complex and sensitive one, but the problem of making sure citizens know whether they must agree to be searched is much simpler to solve.
Currently, in most places, it is up to each individual to know and assert his or her rights. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union make efforts to educate the public, but in the moment, even an informed driver may feel intimidated. Officers are not required to tell drivers or passengers that they have the right to refuse a search, and many officers do not bother. Fear of retribution is doubtless more acute for black drivers, considering the recent history of traffic stops that escalated disastrously in cases like those of Sandra Bland and Walter Scott.
Since Fayetteville instituted consent forms, the number of searches conducted has drastically declined - by more than half, according to the Times. This year, a White House task force on policing endorsed this requirement. Durham, North Carolina, has also instituted a policy of requiring written permission for consent searches, and has also seen such searches drop as a result. Two cities in Texas, Austin and Dallas, have likewise adopted written consent policies. But for now, the change has only taken place on the level of individual departments or city councils. It is past time for legislatures and courts to address the problem of consent searches that lack genuine and demonstrable consent. Law enforcement should be required to show, by clear and convincing evidence, that the officer advised the person stopped of his or her right to decline a search, that the information was presented clearly,
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If citizens calmly invite an officer to search their property in the full knowledge they can refuse, fine. But the decline in consent searches in jurisdictions that require written consent suggests that a lot of people are saying yes because they do not feel secure in saying no.
As in Fayetteville, we can expect the number of consent searches to decline drastically once policies are in place to make sure that consent is genuine. Such a course correction would at least address one aspect of the selective enforcement problem that is hampering and tarnishing law enforcement across the country. - Larry M. Elkin
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The Times story, however, suggested that at least one city has identified an effective way to make sure consent searches are based on true consent. In Fayetteville, North Carolina, a couple of hours from Greensboro, the policy since 2012 has been that officers must get written consent before conducting consent searches. This policy arrived as part of an overhaul to the department's practices, in response to heavy criticism related to traffic data highlighting the racial disparities in the police department's use of consent searches. That criticism led to the former police chief's departure, as well as to the new consent form policy. ENIGMA
that it was understood, and that the subject was not under duress when consent was granted. Such evidence should be something stronger than an officer's word, whether a signed consent slip or a video recording of an exchange with the targeted civilian.
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Then & Now As the fifteenth anniversary of the chaotic 2000 presidential election and the unprecedented Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case draws near, we’re getting a lot of “anniversary”-type stories. CNN created a fascinating documentary on the case, hosted by Gloria Borger, that revisited the conniving and complexities that ran rampant after the November 7 election… …It was odd to see a younger, skinnier Al Gore facing the eventually insurmountable task of trying to figure out how to get a fair count of votes in a state
where his opponent’s brother was governor and the elections were run by the state co-chair for his opponent’s campaign. It was odd to see a younger, chubbier Jeb Bush working the phones to ensure that his big brother got to the White House. Katherine Harris, then the Secretary of State who was legally responsible for the election process in Florida, was shown as the shameless partisan she was…
initially called the election for Gore, using exit polls in key precincts. Right-wing Fox News was the first to call it for George W. Bush. The consultant who made the call was John Ellis. That name might not sound familiar to you, but John Ellis Bush is Jeb’s real name and Ellis is his first cousin. Ellis has admitted to being on the phone with Jeb and Dubya throughout election night…
the rest. Gore conceded after the networks gave Florida’s 25 electoral votes to Dubya. Then he “unconceded” when he learned that the race had been deemed “too close to call.” The performance art commenced. Republican operatives “stormed the state house” to protest the delays in announcing the winner. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a partial vote recount. Then the U.S. Supreme Court took over, …You probably remember halting the recount and
…Heather Digby Parton’s article in Salon outlined the role that the national media played in that election day fiasco in 2000. The networks
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handing the presidency to George W. Bush in its partisan 5-4 decision. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who voted to stop the Florida recount, now says she doesn’t think the court had any business even hearing the case… …We’ll never know who really wound up with the most votes in Florida. With all the smoke and mirrors, “hanging chads,” “butterfly ballots” and political skullduggery, we were deprived of a transparent electoral process. Al Gore went on to win a Nobel prize, find some success in the business world, and become a world leader on climate change. Dubya went on to spend
eight years as president. I often wonder what might have happened (and not happened) in a Gore administration. I wonder if he would have ignored the multiple CIA warnings of an “imminent” Al Qaeda attack. I wonder how he would have reacted if 9/11 had happened on his watch. I seriously doubt that he would have sent U.S. troops into Iraq based on spurious evidence of “weapons of mass destruction.” I wonder if the economy would have spun into free fall as a result of massive fraud in the mortgage and banking industries. Again… we’ll never know… …And now to return to current events. Dr. Ben Carson maintains his poll lead over billionaire political hobbyist
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House Select Committee on Benghazi (and email servers and character assassination). Joe Biden’s decision to sit this presidential race out also helped her out a good bit. The Republican race may still be too close (and too crazy) to call, but it’s hard to imagine anyone other than Hillary as the Democratic nominee. A year from now, when the presidential election kicks in, she’ll have learned from Gore’s “defeat” in 2000 and Obama’s victories in 2008 and 2012. To win the presidency these days, a Democrat has to win by a …On the Democratic side, margin big enough to prevent Hillary Clinton’s momentum the Republicans from stealcontinues. As mentioned in ing the election… last week’s column, she is riding the wave of her stellar — Mark Bedford performance in front of the Donald J. Trump. In an election cycle where registered GOP voters seem jaded by career politicians, the culture has slipped from antiintellectualism to the disturbing worship of sheer ignorance. Jeb Bush, who adroitly pulled the strings for Dubya during the 2000 Florida voting controversy, looks like a sad, unstrung marionette in the Republican primary. Marco Rubio, on the other hand, has seen a significant poll bump after taking Jeb to the woodshed in the last debate…
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READINGTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man is facing charges for allegedly wiping “between his butt cheeks” with a police summons before throwing it at an officer. The indictment charging Joseph Greenwood, 45, with a fourth-degree charge of throwing bodily fluids alleges he was issued the summons by Lt. John Insabella of the Readington Police Department on a municipal court charge of threatening to assault another person. The indictment accuses Greenwood of acting “by taking the summons complaint issued to him upon his release from police custody, placing it between his butt cheeks, wiping the paper in an upward and downward motion and throwing it in the direction of the officer.” Greenwood “did pur-
during the past year when they actually felt fine, up from 28 percent in last year’s survey. Of the workers who called in sick while feeling well, 27 percent said they had a doctor’s appointment, 27 percent said they just didn’t feel like going to work, 26 percent said they needed time to relax, 21 percent said they needed to catch up on sleep and 12 percent said they wanted to stay home for weather-related issues. CareerBuilder said employers were CHICAGO - Job-seeking website asked to share some of the most memCareerBuilder’s annual survey found orable excuses they were given for workers called in sick this year for get- employees missing work. The responsting stuck under a bed and having a cat es included: trapped in a dashboard. The website said its annual Harris Poll survey of 1. Employee claimed his grandmother 3,321 adult employees and 2,326 hiring poisoned him with ham. and human resource managers, conducted online Aug. 12-Sept. 2, suggested 2. Employee was stuck under the bed. 38 percent of workers called in sick posely subject [Insabella] of the Readington Township Police Department to contact with a bodily fluid while the officer was in uniform and acting in the performance of his duties.” The indictment states the incident took place June 2. Greenwood is also facing pending charges of disorderly conduct and making threats to kill another person in connection with a Sept. 18 incident.
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3. Employee broke his arm reaching to grab a falling sandwich. 4. Employee said the universe was telling him to take a day off. 5. Employee’s wife found out he was cheating. He had to spend the day retrieving his belongings from the dumpster. 6. Employee poked herself in the eye while combing her hair. 7. Employee said his wife put all his underwear in the washer. 8. Employee said the meal he cooked for a department potluck didn’t turn
out well. 9. Employee was going to the beach because the doctor said she needed more vitamin D. 10. Employee said her cat was stuck inside the dashboard of her car. KANSAS CITY, MO - A man was burning trash on his property in Clay County when the fire began burning out of control. The man drove his truck back and forth over the fire in an attempt to suffocate it. However, the tires of the van caught fire, which quickly spread to the rest of the van that was loaded with ammunition. Why was it loaded with ammunition? If you live in Missouri you already know the answer to that question. The man managed to run away from the burning van before it exploded. A police officer who was in the middle of a traffic stop in the area saw the black smoke and went to investigate. The officer eventually found the vehicle’s owner watching the fire from a distance. The car owner will not face any charges as the fire occurred on his own property and he only damaged his own vehicle. SARASOTA, Fla. - A Florida DWI suspect allegedly offered authorities an unusual explanation for his vehicle’s erratic movements: “My dog was driving.” The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said a deputy attempted a traffic stop shortly before 8 p.m. Oct. 7 on a white fourdoor vehicle seek speeding through a neighborhood. The sheriff’s office said the vehicle sped up while attempting a turn and ended up traveling through a ditch on the side of the road. The driver then over-corrected, swerved and ended up going through a ditch on the opposite side of the road before crashing into a house, investigators said. The suspect, later identified as Reliford Cooper, fled on foot and a K9 unit soon found his t-shirt in front of a church. A pastor from the church told a deputy that someone was hiding in the facility’s bathroom. Churchgoers forced Cooper out, and he was placed under arrest. “I wasn’t driving that car.” Cooper allegedly told deputies while he was being handcuffed. “Who was chasing me? You’re slow as [expletive]!” A deputy told Cooper he smelled of alcohol and marijuana, leading him to allegedly offer an explanation for the events. “My dog was driving that car. I ran because I wanted to. You ain’t gonna find no drugs or guns on me,” Cooper allegedly said, before vomiting and complaining of a back injury. Cooper was arrested on charges including DWI with property damage, aggravated fleeing, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and resisting/obstructing an officer without violence. He was taken to Manatee Memorial hospital for examination and later transported to jail. LANTANA, Fla. - A Florida woman said she mistook super glue for eye drops and ended up with her eye glued shut
for several days. Katherine Gaydos said her ordeal began last week when a piece of debris flew into her eye while a friend was using a leaf blower. “Something blew into my eye and I screamed for someone else to get eye drops out of my purse and they brought super glue,” she told WPBF-TV. “As soon as I felt it in my eye I felt it burn and I closed my eye and screamed ‘Call 911.’” Gaydos said her doctor gave her antibiotic salve and ointment, but refused to attempt to open her eye or give further treatment unless she made a payment. “He was talking about doing surgery to try and save my eye, but now I don’t know what to do — I don’t have a job, no insurance or any money,” Gaydos said. Gaydos said another doctor contacted her after the initial WPBF-TV report aired Wednesday and was able to pry her eye open. “It was the same office, but a different doctor,” Gaydos said. “He put Lidocaine above and below my eye and just pulled on it until it finally opened.” Gaydos said the second doctor told her to return Friday to remove the rest of the glue from her cornea. She said the doctor did not ask her for payment. “He said I should get my sight back, and not have permanent damage,” Gaydos said. Dr. Pankaj Gupta, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, said the situation would have resolved itself over time if Gaydos had not received treatment. “The first thing I think everyone needs to know is don’t panic,” Gupta told ABC News. “There is not a single thing that is permanent that will not slough off on its own,” he said. “In time it will go away.” SAN ANTONIO, Texas - It’s called the castle doctrine. It says that when a person is in his or her legal abode they have certain legal protections and immunities which permit them to use force, even deadly force, to defend themselves against an intruder. And you better believe they take the castle doctrine seriously in Texas. Maybe a little too seriously, as in the case of this Texas man who got a little spooked when his wife came home early in the morning. Police said the San Antonio man, whose name was not released, told them he heard some noises coming from the front of the house about 4 a.m. and saw a flash of light. He grabbed a shotgun and went to investigate. The man said he saw a light and someone standing at a distance, so before investigating any further, or trying to determine whether the ‘flash of light’ represented a threat or maybe a headlight or something, he fired a blast from the shotgun. That’s when he realized he had shot his wife. Police tried to resuscitate her when they arrived, but she was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to her chest. Authorities aren’t sure whether her husband will be charged in the fatal shooting, which remains under investigation. ENIGMA
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The end of an era. The Comedy Catch moves this month from their home of over 25 years in Brainerd to their new home at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Campus. Join us as we start a new tradition of laughter on the Southside.
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JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIAA (Chattanooga) Sirens,, Naming Nations, The Fine Constant, Heartfelt, Carcosa CC LLOO UUDDLLAANN DD SS TTAATT EE PPAARRKK (Lookout Mountain, GA) Mountain Art and Craft Celebration OO CCOO EEEE W WIIN N EERRYY (Cleveland, TN) FRODaddy November 7 NN OORRTT HH AA TTLLAANN TT AA TTRRAADD EE CC EENN TT EERR (Norcross, GA) “Farm Rock Atlanta” Autograph, Femme Fatale, Britny Fox TT HHEE TT AABBEERRNNAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Ben Rector, Judah & The Lion VVEERRIIZZ OONN W WIIRREE LLEESSSS A AM MPPH HII TTH H EEA ATT RREE A ATT EE NNCC OORREE PPAARRKK (Alpharetta, GA) Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Chris Janson, Chase Bryant, Raelyn Nelson VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) WAR EE DDDDII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Charlie Mars
SSU UNNDDAAYY NNoovveem mbbeerr 88 SSKKYY ZZOO OO (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter TT IIVVOOLLII TTHH EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) Jason Isbell, Cory Branan TT RRAACC KK 2299 (Chattanooga) Lettuce JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Teaspoon Sun, Fraug CC LLOO UUDDLLAANN DD SS TTAATT EE PPAARRKK (Lookout Mountain, GA) Mountain Art and Craft Celebration IIRROO NN CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Prong YY EELLLL OOW WH HA AM MM M EERR PPLLA AYY G GRRO OU UN ND D (Birmingham) “Yellowhammer Fair” GT, The Dexateens, Taylor Hollingsworth, Blackfoot Gypsies, The Green Seed WO W O RRK KPPLLA AYY TT H HEEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Joe Ely SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” CC OOBBBB EE NNEE RRGGYY PPEERRFF OORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Puscifer HH EEAAVVEENN AATT TT HHEE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Toadies RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Steven Curtis Chapman, EmiSunshine, Jeremy Camp, The Willis Clan, Natalie Grant
MOONNDDAAYY NNoovveem M mbbeerr 99 TT RREEM M OONN TT TT AAVVEERRNN (Chattanooga) Trivia Night TT HHEE OOFF FFIICC EE (Chattanooga) SpeakEasy FF OOXX && HH OOUU NNDD (Chattanooga) DJ Exphacter JJ ..JJ ..’’SS BBOO HHEE M MIIA A (Chattanooga) Elkmilk, I can Japan, Young Jesus EE DDDDII EE’’ SS AATT TTIICC (Atlanta) Joe Ely VVIINNYY LL (Atlanta) Rachael Yamagata
TTU U EESSDDAAYY NNoovveem mbbeerr 1100 TT RREEM MOO NNTT TT AAVVEERRNN (Chattanooga) Open Mic w/ Mike McDade JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOO HHEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Las Rosas, Fletcher C. Johnson EEDD DDIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Jon McLaughlin, Tess Henley HHEE AAVVEENN AATT TTHH EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Insane Clown Posse, P.O.D., Young Wicked VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) Billy Gibbons AALLAABBAAM MA A TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Sufjan Stevens KKNN OOXXVVIILLLLEE CCOO LLIISSEE IIUUM M (Knoxville) Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Sevendust TT HHOO M MPPSSO ON N BBO O LLIIN NG GA ARREEN NA A (Knoxville) Stevie Wonder BBLLUUEE BBIIRRDD CC AAFFÉÉ (Nashville) Kinky Friedman
W EEDDNNEESSDDAAYY NNoovveem W mbbeerr 1111 RRAAW W (Chattanooga) Open Jam JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOO HHEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Natural Child, Ian St. Pe MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) SOJA, J Boog RRYY M MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Sufjan Stevens TT HHEE FFAACC TT OORRYY AATT FFRRAANNKK LLIINN (Franklin, TN) Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, The Infamous Stringdusters, Peter Case, John Conlee IIRROONN CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Robert Cray, Shemekia Copeland AALLAABBAAM MA A TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Ben Folds, Ymusic, Dotan
UPPCCOOM U MIINNGG EEVVEENNTTSS TT HHEE CCOO M MEE DDYY CC AATTCC HH (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 12 BBAARRKKIINNGG LLEE GGSS TT HH EEAATT EERR (Chattanooga) Firekid, Ryan Oyer, Courtney Holder November 12 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOO HHEEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Comedy Buffet w/ Ben Kronberg November 12 VVAARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY HHOO UUSSEE (Atlanta) Patti Smith November 12 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Kevin Nealon November 12 FFOO XX TT HHEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Kem, Tamar Braxton November 12 TT HHEE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD D EE (Atlanta) The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus November 12 CC EENNTT EE RR SSTT AAGGEE (Atlanta) Dave Barnes, Matt Wertz November 12 BBLLIINNDD W WIILLLL IIEE’’ SS (Atlanta) The Kinsey Report November 12 TT HHEE LLOOFF TT (Atlanta) Corrosion Of Conformity, YOB, Brant Björk, Black Cobra November 12 FFRRAANN KKLLIINN TTHH EEAATT RREE (Franklin, TN) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap November 12 TT HHEE CCOO M MEE D DYY CC A ATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 13 GGEE OORRGG IIAA TT HHEE AATTRREE (Athens, GA) Galactic November 13 TT HHEE TTAABBEE RRNNAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Rise Against, Killswitch Engage November 13 BBUUCC KKHHEE AADD TT HH EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) The Wood Brothers November 13 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Kevin Nealon November 13
VVAARRII EETT YY PPLL AAYYHH OOUU SSEE (Atlanta) Judy Collins November 13 TTHH EE TTAABBEERRNN AACCLL EE (Atlanta) Rise Against, Killswitch Engage November 13 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Evanescence November 13 BBRRIIDDGG EESSTT OONN EE AARREE NNAA (Nashville) Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin November 13 HHIIGG HH W WA ATTTT (Nashville) Matt Pond PA November 13 NNAASSHH VVIILLLLEE M MU UN N IICC IIPPA ALL A AU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Katt Williams November 13 WO W ORRK KPPLLA AYY TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) Dave Barnes, Matt Wertz November 13 1111TT HH FF RRAAM MEE A ATT M MA AD DII SSO ON N BBO OW WLLII N NG G CCEE N NTT EERR (Madison, AL) Saliva November 13 TTHH EE CCOO M MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Killer Beaz November 14 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOOHH EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) The Features, Mad Libre, Kerchief November 14 VVAARRII EETT YY PPLL AAYYHH OOUU SSEE (Atlanta) Galactic November 14 IIM MPPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CCLL U UBB (Atlanta) Kevin Nealon November 14 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) The English Beat November 14 EEXXIITT //II NN (Nashville) Webb Wilder November 14 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) The English Beat November 15 D && LLII N 33RRD NDDSS LLEEYY (Nashville) Cicada Rhythm November 16 TTHH EE TTAABBEERRNN AACCLL EE (Atlanta) King Diamond, Exodus November 16 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) The Dandy Warhols November 16 CCAANN NNEE RRYY BBAALLLL RROO OOM M (Nashville) The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs, You Blew It! November 16 SSCC HHEERRM M EERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Nashville) “Onstage In The Off-Season” Sam Bush, Alison Krauss, John Oates, Emmylou Harris, Jim Lauderdale November 16 RREEVVEELLRRYY RROOOO M M (Chattanooga) James McMurtry November 17 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBOOHH EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Comedy Buffet w/ Shane Mauss November 17 TTHH EE CCOO M MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Philadelphia Plowden November 18 FFEERRSS TT CC EENN TT EERR (Atlanta) Mavis Staples, Joan Osborne November 18 TTHH EE FFAACC TTOO RRYY AATT FF RRAANNKKLLII NN (Franklin, TN) Moe Bandy November 18 EEXXIITT //II NN (Nashville) GWAR, Born of Osiris, Battlecross November 18 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Metric November 18 BBRRIIDDGG EESSTT OONN EE AARREE NNAA (Nashville) Dead & Company November 18 TTHH EE CCOO M MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Philadelphia Plowden November 19 TTRRAACC KK 2299 (Chattanooga) Drive By Truckers November 19 RREEVVEELLRRYY RROOOO M M (Chattanooga) Sister Hazel November 19 AALLAABBAAM MA A TT H H EEA ATT RREE (Birmingham) St. Paul & Broken Bones November 19 HHEE LLLL AATT TT HHEE M MA ASSQ QU UEE RRA AD DEE (Atlanta) Alesana, Iwrestledabearonce, Entheos, Artifex Pereo, Runaway November 19 TTHH EE 112200 TTAAVVEE RRNN (Marietta, GA) Leon Russell November 19 TTHH EE CCOO M MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga)
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Philadelphia Plowden November 20 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) ANTISEEN, Mudsex November 20 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Joe Bonamassa November 20 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Leigh Nash November 20 ALLAABBAAM A MAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) St. Paul & Broken Bones November 20 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Philadelphia Plowden November 21 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Joe Bonamassa November 21 HEE AAVVEEN H N AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs, You Blew It! November 21 BBU UCC K KH HEE AAD D TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Kenny G November 21 MAARRAATT H M HO ON NM MU USS IICC W WO ORRK KSS (Nashville) Azealia Banks November 21 CC IITT YY W WII N NEERRYY N N AASSH HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts, The Icarus Line November 21 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Will Hoge, Sundy Best November 21 ALLAABBAAM A MAA TTH H EEAATT RREE (Birmingham) Smokey Robinson November 21 TT H HEE CCO OM MEE D DYY CC AATTCC H H (Chattanooga) Philadelphia Plowden November 22 JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH HEEM M IIAA (Chattanooga) Husky Burnette, 20 Watt Tombstone November 22 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Donna the Buffalo November 22 TT H HEE TTAABBEE RRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Circa Survive, Rx Bandits November 23 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Azealia Banks November 23
JJ..JJ..’’ SS BBO OH H EEM M IIA A (Chattanooga) Stone Jack Jones, Idle Bloom November 25 MA M ARRA ATT H HO ON NM MU USSIICC W WO O RRK KSS (Nashville) Collective Soul November 25 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms November 25 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jon Reep, Jen Kobler November 27 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Collective Soul November 27 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Toneharm November 27 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Paula Poundstone November 27 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Blackberry Smoke November 27 CCEE N NTT EERR SS TTA AG G EE (Atlanta) Ciara November 27 BBU UCC K KH HEE A AD D TT H HEE A ATT RREE (Atlanta) Futurebirds November 27 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Craig Ferguson November 27 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY N NA ASS H HVVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Paula Poundstone November 27 TTH H EE IIN NTT EERRN NA ATTIIO ON NA ALL (Knoxville) The Crystal Method, Le Castle Vania, Liquid Metal, Dubloadz November 27 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jon Reep, Jen Kobler November 28 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Shawn Mullins November 28 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Craig Ferguson November 28 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Moon Taxi, Reptar November 28 TTH H EE CCO OM MEED D YY CCA ATT CC H H (Chattanooga) Jon Reep, Jen Kobler November 29 CCA ALL EED DO ON NIIA A LLO OU UN NG GEE (Athens, GA) Southern
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Culture on the Skids December 3 IIM MPPRRO OVV CC O OM M EED D YY CCLLU U BB (Atlanta) Steve-O December 3 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Holly Golightly December 4 TTH H EE SSTT AARR BBAARR (Atlanta) Southern Culture on the Skids December 4 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Nick Lowe, Los Straitjackets, The Cactus Blossoms December 4 IIM MPPRRO OVV CC O OM M EED D YY CCLLU U BB (Atlanta) Steve-O December 4 CCO O BBBB EEN NEE RRG GYY PPEE RRFF O ORRM M IIN NG G AARRTT SS CC EEN NTT EERR (Atlanta) Will Downing, Kenny Lattimore, Maysa December 4 TTH H EE SSTT AARR BBAARR (Atlanta) Southern Culture on the Skids December 4 TTEE RRM MIIN NAALL W WEESSTT (Atlanta) Ryan Bingham December 4 HEELL LL AATT TTH H H EE M MAASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) The Acacia Strain, Counterparts, Glass Cloud, Fit For An Autopsy, Kublai Khan December 4 RREE D D LL IIG GH H TT CC AAFFÉÉ (Atlanta) “International Pop Overthrow” The Shut-Ups, Kenny Howes & The Yeah!, Paul Melancon December 4 TTEE N NN NEE SSSSEE EE TT H HEE AATTRREE (Knoxville) The Avett Brothers December 4 WAARR M W MEE M MO ORRIIAA LL AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Awolnation, Highly Suspect, Red Sun Rising December 4 JJ..JJ..’’SS BBO OH H EEM MIIAA (Chattanooga) Black Willis December 5 SSA ATTU U RRN N (Birmingham) Southern Culture on the Skids December 5 ZZYYD D EECC O O (Birmingham) Relient K December
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5 CC O OBBBB EE N NEE RRG GYY PPEERRFF O ORRM MIIN NG GA ARRTTSS CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Brian Setzer Orchestra December 5 IIM M PPRRO OVV CC O OM M EED DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Steve-O December 5 TT H HEE M MAASS Q QU UEE RRAAD DEE (Atlanta) The Academy Is... December 5 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Charles Kelley, Maren Morris December 5 RREE D D LLIIG GH HTT CC AAFFÉÉ (Atlanta) “International Pop Overthrow” The Sunset District, Dot 22, Brent Daniel December 5 CC IITT YY W WIIN NEE RRYY N N AASSH H VVIILL LLEE (Nashville) Nick Lowe December 5 RRYY M MAAN N AAU UD D IITTO O RRIIU UM M (Nashville) Brian Setzer Orchestra December 6 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Sturgill Simpson, Billy Wayne Davis December 7 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Ryan Bingham December 7 RREE VVEE LLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Dopapod, Nth Power December 8 TT H HEE TT AABBEERRN NAACC LLEE (Atlanta) Sturgill Simpson, Billy Wayne Davis December 8 SSCC H H EERRM MEE RRH HO O RRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CCEE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Kristin Chenoweth December 8 CC EEN N TTEE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) Between the Buried and Me, Enslaved, Intronaut, Native Construct December 8 EE XXIITT// IIN N (Nashville) Ryan Bingham December 8 H EEAAVVEEN H N AATT TT H HEE M MAASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Silverstein, Senses Fail, Hundredth, Capsize December 9 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) John Scofield, Jon Cleary December 9
SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRN N SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EE N NTT EERR (Nashville) Kristin Chenoweth December 9 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) Jonny Lang, Dwan Hill December 9 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRM M SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EEN N TT EERR (Nashville) Smokey Robinson December 10 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Norm McDonald December 10 SSCC H HEE RRM MEERRH HO ORRM M SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY CC EEN N TT EERR (Nashville) Smokey Robinson December 11 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Norm McDonald December 11 HEE AAVVEEN H N AATT TTH H EE M M AASSQ QU UEERRAAD D EE (Atlanta) The Black Dahlia Murder, Goatwhore, Iron Reagan, Entheos, Artificial Brain December 11 FFEE RRSSTT CCEE N NTT EERR (Atlanta) Dee Dee Bridgewater December 12 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) Norm McDonald December 12 TT H HEE 112200 TT AAVVEERRN N && M MU USS IICC H HAALLLL (Marietta, GA) Strung Like A Horse December 12 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE AATT RREE (Knoxville) Henry Cho December 12 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON NEE AARREE N NAA (Nashville) TobyMac December 13 WAARR M W M EEM MO O RRIIAALL AAU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) City and Colour, Bahamas December 13 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Duluth, GA) Luis Miguel December 13 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Ed Roland December 14 SSYY M MPPH HO ON N YY H H AALLLL (Atlanta) Michael McDonald December 14 RRO OCC K KEE TTO OW WN N (Nashville) August Burns Red, Every Time I Die, Stick To Your Guns, Polyphia, Wage War December 14 VVA ARRIIEETT YY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USSEE (Atlanta) Matisyahu December 15 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Ed Roland December 15 CC EEN NTT EE RR SSTT AAG GEE (Atlanta) August Burns Red, Every Time I Die, Stick To Your Guns, Polyphia, Wage War December 15 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) The Weeknd, Halsey, Travis Scott December15 EED DD DIIEE ’’SS AATTTT IICC (Atlanta) Ed Roland December 16 IIN N FFIIN NII TTEE EEN N EERRG GYY CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) TransSiberian Orchestra December 16 IIRRO ON N CC IITT YY (Birmingham) The Molly Ringwalds December 17 PPH HII LLIIPPSS AARREEN N AA (Atlanta) Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas, Fifth Harmony, Shawn Mendes, Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld, DNCE December 17 EEXXIITT // IIN N (Nashville) Jump, Little Children December 18 TT H HEE AARREEN N AA AATT G GW WIIN NN NEE TTTT CC EEN N TT EERR (Atlanta) Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith December 18 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) The Whigs December 18 A TT H HEE CCAAM M PP H HO OU USSEE (Chattanooga) Black Market Research, Arc & Stones, Behold The Brave December 19 AIISSLLEE 55 (Atlanta) The Whigs December 19 A TT IIVVO OLLII TT H H EEAATT RREE (Chattanooga) The Dave Rawlings Machine December 26 LLA AU UG GH HII N NG G SSK KU ULLLL LLO OU UN NG G EE (Atlanta) Tone Bell December 26 IIM M PPRRO O VV CCO OM MEE D DYY CC LLU UBB (Atlanta) George Wallace December 26 RREEVVEELL RRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) New Madrid December 27 LLA AU UG GH HII N NG G SSK KU ULLLL LLO OU UN NG G EE (Atlanta) Tone Bell December 27 FFO O XX TT H HEE AATTRREE (Atlanta) Widespread Panic
December 29-31 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Asleep At The Wheel December 30 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Gregg Allman December 30 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Old Crow Medicine Show, Madisen Ward And The Mama Bear December 30 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) STS9 December 30-January 2 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Here Come the Mummies December 31 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) The Velcro Pygmies December 31 SSYY M MPPH HO ON NYY H HA ALLLL (Atlanta) Gregg Allman December 31 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Perpetual Groove December 31–January 2 GRRA G AN ND D TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Cartersville, GA) B.J. Thomas December 31 BBA ASSH HO ON N BBRRO OA AD DW WA AYY (Nashville) Kings of Leon, Sugar & The Hi Lows, The Whigs, Wild Cub, Kelsea Ballerini December 31 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Delta Moon January 2 VVA ARRII EETT YY PPLL A AYYH HO OU U SSEE (Atlanta) Delbert McClinton January 2 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) Gregg Allman January 5/6 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) The John Cowan Band January 9 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Killing Joke, The Soft Moon January14 BBIIJJO OU U TT H HEE A ATTRREE (Knoxville) Steep Canyon Rangers January 15 RREEVVEELLRRYY RRO OO OM M (Chattanooga) Steep Canyon Rangers January 16 EED DD DIIEE’’ SS A ATT TT IICC (Atlanta) John Sebastian January 16 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) City and Colour January 16 BBRRIID DG G EESSTT O ON N EE A ARREE N NA A (Nashville) Madonna January 18 TTH H EE EE A ARRLL (Atlanta) Saintseneca January 19 PPH HIILLII PPSS A ARREEN NA A (Atlanta) Madonna January 20 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Reverend Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson January 21 OZZ N O NA ASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Kaki King January 22 4400 W WA ATT TT CCLLU U BB (Athens, GA) Reverend Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson January 22 TTEE RRM MIIN NA ALL W WEESS TT (Atlanta) Moe. January 28 CCO O BBBB EEN N EERRG G YY PPEE RRFFO O RRM M IIN NG GA ARRTT SS CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Johnny Mathis January 29 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Moe. January 29 GRRA G AN ND DO O LLEE O O PPRRYY H HO OU USSEE (Nashville) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis January 30 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Moe. January 30 IIN NFF IIN NIITT EE EEN NEE RRG GYY CC EEN N TTEE RR (Atlanta) Carrie Underwood February 1 CCII TTYY W WIIN N EERRYY A ATT LLA AN NTT A A (Atlanta) Colin Hay February 5 TTH H EE M MA ASSQ QU UEERRA AD D EE (Atlanta) Europe February 6 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins, M. Ward February 6 FFO O XX TTH H EEA ATT RREE (Atlanta) 2Cellos February 9 AN A ND D RREEW W JJ A ACCK KSS O ON NH HA ALLLL (Nashville) Yanni February 10 IIRRO ON N CCII TTYY (Birmingham) R5, Ryland February 10 TTH H EE TTA ABBEERRN NA ACCLL EE (Atlanta) Wilco, Girlpool February 10 RRYYM MA AN NA AU UD DIITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Beth Hart
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February 12 TTRRA ACC K K 2299 (Chattanooga) Mutemath February 13 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Sheryl Crow February 13 HAARRRRAAH H H’’ SS CC H HEE RRO OK KEE EE CC AASSIIN NO O (Cherokee) Tracy Morgan February 13 IIRRO ON N CCIITT YY (Birmingham) Mutemath February 14 SSCCH H EERRM M EERRH HO O RRN N SS YYM M PPH HO ON NYY CC EEN NTT EE RR (Nashville) Sheryl Crow February 14 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Ron Pope, The Nighthawks February18 ALLAABBAA M A MAA TT H HEE AATTRREE (Birmingham) Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett February 19 SSYYM M PPH HO ON NYY H HAALL LL (Atlanta) Travis Tritt February 19 BBA ARRK KII N NG G LLEEG G SS TT H HEE AATTEE RR (Chattanooga) Annabelle’s Curse February 20 FFO OXX TT H H EEAATT RREE (Atlanta) Yanni February 20 VVA ARRIIEE TTYY PPLLAAYY H HO OU USS EE (Atlanta) Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Mike Doughty February 20 TTH H EE EE AARRLL (Atlanta) Agent Orange, In The Whale February 20 CCIITT YY W WIIN N EERRYY N NAASSH H VVIILLLLEE (Nashville) Ruthie Foster February 21 TTIIVVO O LLII TT H HEE AATTRREE (Chattanooga) Gary Clark Jr. February 24 EEXXIITT //IIN N (Nashville) Agent Orange, In The Whale February 25 RRYY M MAA N N AAU UD D IITT O ORRIIU UM M (Nashville) Gary Clark Jr. February 26 BBLLII N ND DW WIILLLLIIEE ’’SS (Atlanta) The Nighthawks February 26 EED DD D IIEE’’ SS AATT TT IICC (Atlanta) Livingston Taylor February 27
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The Year Of The Saber In this the year of the saber as some would prefer to call it where the drums of war are already beating the clamor for supremacy has already begun. As so often in the past when sabers rattle has only inhibited the forward progress of humanity. There are many of the powers that be whose self serving ideologies have already intensified what is now a network of global terror. It is known that power struggles whether it is in the animal kingdom or by man have been going on since the beginning of time. It really seems to be as though we are no better than the predators of nature where dominance is always determined by violent confrontation. And, if history is any indication makes us really think about the trajectory of where mankind is actually headed.
Israel where the latest clash between Jews and Arabs is so reminiscent when the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland broke out in violent reprisals. As tensions mount all around the region the Mid-East is a powder keg already poised to set the whole region in more flames of terror and death. As warring factions continue to grow perpetuating the onslaught that has multiplied the flow of humanity escaping the stench of war. Already with ISIS, the Taliban, and Al-Qaeda along with many Arabs seeking dominance have already secured their footing. The sanctity of life means to nothing to them. Collateral damage as some would say brings little comfort to the multitudes of faceless individuals trying to escape the mayhem, death and destruction.
As cries of desperation swell where hopes and dreams continue wither and die the chances of a ending the quagmire that is in the Mid-East gets slimmer every time sabers are drawn. With violence mounting in
As for the thousands if not millions that are caught in this web of the constant struggle between life and death it is not reassuring for the rest of us. The storm clouds continue to blow seeds of destruction
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that will defiantly grow. The constant misery that it brings spreads more death and woe. The plight that so many face is just a reminder of how far mankind really has to go before the light of peace and harmony will take it's place. Today, it seems that the world is in darkness where factions have found a way to shield out the light of hope and reason. Perplexed are some of our leaders today who continue to fiddle away is apparent in everything that they say. Without a global resolve those seeds of destruction will only bring more sabers into play. Rouge nations like North Korea and fanatic factions all over the globe have already amassed the resources for more mayhem and destruction. We have to realize that a more unified effort is needed from every country affected by the surge of hostilities in the MidEast and all those who have opened their boarders for the influx of refugees to dispel the notion that the world as we now
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know it will soon disappear. To reach that secure future that lies ahead has always been within our grasp. But, we have to first realize that it was the United States through inept foreign policies from the past hat has opened up the flood gates releasing torrential rains of terror that has flooded the entire Middle East. In denial are some of our dubious officials but the fact remains the entire world now is a hot bed of tension ready to explode where the year of the saber has taken hold. Amidst the horrific carnage in Syria that has gone on for far too long now Russia is in the mix. With the United States sabers at the ready leading the charge. Questions now are beginning to surface in the aftermath of so much grotesque savagery where thousands have perished in a brutal civil war. It is known that Russia who is aligned with Assad and now the United States is fueling more aggression by sending arms and munitions to help another cause puts the world
on notice that maybe the United States just can't get it right. We have to remind ourselves that not since the end of World War II has the United States been victorious or totally successful when we have sent troops in harms way. The Korean war ended in appeasement where no clear victor stood over the vanquished foe. Vietnam was yet another futile attempt where thousands of American lives were lost. The first Gulf War was a exercise in global response to securing a region that had fallen into the hands of another tyrannical ruler, only to ignite the flames that exploded on 9/11. What has occurred since, we have become the gun slinger whose quick draw topples regimes. It is no wonder that so many countries perceive America as the fastest gun in the West. We have become what we thought we never be, the War Monger in the eyes of so many. And, the carnage only continues. When the Arab spring exploded on the world's stage just couple of years ago it actually was a prelude of things to come. The violent overthrow of government in Egypt and US backing overthrow in Libya coinciding with the continuing savagery in Syria has once again drawn ire and condemnation from
most of the rest of the world. And, yet we have only continued to put more Americans in harms way, wasted billions if not trillions of dollars in a quagmire that seems to never end and set the stage for more unrest in Europe with all the humanitarian needs from the mass influx of refugees. The year of the saber has already taken it's place. But, it is not only half a world away where the US continues to display an arrogance so typical of late. It is the main stream media and our tough touting politicians who are either too blind to see, to consumed with party loyalties, too interested in gaining more campaign cash, or just oblivious to the continued harsh realities millions of Americans face each and every day that continue to rave how good our economy is. When in reality it has been trade agreement after trade agreement form the past 30 years that made it more lucrative for companies to eliminate untold millions of middle class jobs. In doing so the US has secured the largest income disparity gap in history, put this nation deeper in debt and in essence gravely jeopardized our national security while destabilizing our national economy. When just recently Nabisco closed what was the largest bakery in the
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world in Chicago, laying off over 1400 workers just in time for the holiday season, and moving operations to Mexico. This is just one of thousands of outcomes of inept US policies that have been implemented that has made this year of the saber more devastating for Americans. For senior citizens in this the year of the saber are going to feel a most difficult financial pinch. When our dubious legislators passed legislation concerning Social Security where cost of living increases make it possible for seniors to stay in their homes, buy food, pay utilities, and keep paying those Medicare Part B premiums that have increased this year will get no cost of living adjustment. A cost of living adjustment that still won't keep pace with all the other rising costs of today just because gas prices per gallon we pay at the pump today are not as costly as they once were. It really is a perverted sense of equation when it comes to cost of living adjustments for our seniors. To add salt to the wound as they say over 600,000 seniors already are in reverse mortgage foreclosures. And, without a cost of living increase the prognosis is that thousands more
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will be faced with foreclosure. All those TV adds that we see more frequently today when either Fred Thompson or Henry Winkler push reverse mortgages as a useful financial tool are really beguiling the public into thinking that it is free money when in reality all reverse mortgages are nothing more than a home line of credit that has to be paid back with compounding interest. Leave it to Einstein who visualized compounding interest as the eighth wonder. With political rhetoric heating up many of today's Presidential contenders are not in tune with the realities of our times. A more brutal harsh world too many face is the reality now. As the harshness of winter fast approaches millions the world over still will be faced with the realities that their world has been turned upside down. For millions of refugees on unfamiliar ground too many dreams have already died. The squalor that many face even here as well as abroad is more apparent with each passing day. In putting the conflict especially in Syria in perspective we have to truly understand the history of Syria and what actually is the driving force behind one of the worlds
most violent civil war. Modern Syria was established after the First World War as a French mandate. After the First World War Syria represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman-ruled Arab Levant but didn't become an independent nation until 1946 after World War II. In 1946 the government of Syria was of a parliamentary republic. But, soon afterward began a series of military coups that began a reign instability that lasted over 20 years. It was in between one military coup that Syria had a brief union with Egypt from 1958 to 1961. It was too short lived and another military coup took effect where the whole country was and still is under Emergency Law. This Emergency Law effectively suspended most of the constitutional protections that were established when Syria first gained independence. Today, Syria is probably best describe as a country whose government is that of a non democratic where Bashar al-Assad has ruled since he took over from his farther in 2000. It was Assad's father who took control of the nation in the last military coup of 1970. The aftermath of the United States led Libyan overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi and the subsequent violent overthrow in Egypt set off a tempest of unrest. That unrest spilled over into Syria. As a result ignited protest after protest against an entrenched leader who has done very little to combat the hellish living conditions that have existed in Syria for far too long. When Assad retaliated against anti government protests where tensions turned violent members of the Arab states issued a mandate to stop the violence or be suspended from the Arab League entirely. Since the violence has only escalated Syria 's membership in the Arab League has been revoked sending more shock waves through-out the Mid-East. For the past couple of years the Syrian National Coalition has been the voice of an alternative government. This government was formed to gain entry into the Arab league and has since been recognized as the sole representative of the Syrian people completely cutting off Assad's own governmental rule. Recognized by the United States, Great Britain and even France all have made the case against Assad's regime almost to convincing to turn back now. A little over a year ago the Syrian national coalition
elected a Moderate Islamist preacher, Moaz al-Khatib as the group's leader. Its vice-presidents are a dissident industrialist Riad Seif and Suheir al-Attasi, an antiregime activist from a prominent Syrian family. Now with a semblance of a form of government, an Islamic one, that has already prepared to topple an existing entrenched leader have found out that to do just that requires more resources than are currently available to the Syrian National Coalition. As in every situation there are two sides to tell. One is the Syrian National Coalition's account of atrocities committed by Syrian governmental forces and the other side of more reports of atrocities committed by Syrian rebel forces that could very well be under the guise of Assad's own troops. In either case the continued violence has ruined all creditability of Assad's government and just maybe the Syrian National Coalitions too. The latest attempt by almost all accounts has resulted in the use of weapons that have been outlawed by the International community. Whether or not biological or chemical weapons were used on unsuspecting inhabitants in and around Syria still has to be documented. But, what is being found out is that some sort of outlawed means of destruction was used. But, whether or not Assad authorized it's deployment or did some faction within the Syrian National Coalition purposely set out to deceive the International community by using these weapons against themselves and is trying to convince the rest of the world that Assad was responsible still remains an unanswered question. One that has to be answered before any further involvement by the West is undertaken. That question has never been answered and yet the United States continues to make foreign policy decisions that have only exasperated the on going crisis in the Mid-East.
quandary was just the beginning of many situations that pose a greater threat to the stability of the MidEast. Today, with ISIS in the thick has only upped the ante for Russia to keep Assad in power. When you throw in what the US is undertaking by arming known aggressors to Assad and not creating an open dialogue with Russia by indirectly opposing Putin the quagmire will not only continue but get worse. With the economic conditions that remain here in the United States where more financial woes continue to mount for thousands of Americans and our foreign policy that has jeopardized the stability of the entire world is not any wonder then as to why the United States still can't get it's house in order.
When the United States has in the past responded like we did in the aftermath of 9/11 we have done so with sabers rattling only to end up creating more of a tinderbox waiting to catch fire. To further add fuel to this tinderbox it is a well known fact that Russia who has a military base located in Syria has remained steadfast and supportive with the Assad's government pitting the US against Russia. This ENIGMA
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Just maybe if the world isn't engulfed in flames of more terror and just maybe someone will come up with policy decisions that would actually evoke a resolve just like the Good Friday agreement that ended much of the violence in Ireland back in 1990's. Sad to say though like today in Israel where the Jewish population is still very wary of the Arab population where tensions have now turned to violent reprisals the same is happening all over again in Northern Ireland. Why can't we all just get along.? The year of the Saber has already begun.
- Dr. Tim G Williams
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You can find basic, fill-in-theblank agreements online for contractors, but be sure they come from legitimate legal websites. Review them at least annually to make sure they are up to date.
You have to register a copyright in order for it to be enforceable, which you can do for your books and e-books, products, photos, websites, articles, and blog posts. You can search and obtain copyrights on the US Copyright Office website.
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Trademarks are used to protect names of brands and products. 5. Business Structure It's important that you do a trademark search for your company name, as well as any major products you want protected, to see if YOU are violating an existing trademark someone else has registered under that name. Trademark violations have actually sunk small businesses in the past, so it's not something to mess around with.
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Falcons Stumble And Fumble and Fumble Sunday’s Falcons game against Tampa Bay was painful to watch. As Matt Ryan’s pass fell incomplete on fourth down in overtime after Tampa Bay’s Connor Barth had put them ahead, it was easy to realize that Atlanta lost the game 23-20 and that the Buccaneers did not defeat Atlanta.
Looking at the stat sheets this was a blowout. There is no way this game could have been close. The Falcons out-gained the Bucs by over 200 yards. Matt Ryan had one of his best passing days in over a year throwing for three yards short of 400 yards and once again the running game hit the century mark. However, it was Tampa Bay who was ahead late in the third quarter 20-3. It was as if the Falcons were playing cat and mouse with their divisional rival. Unfortunately this cat and mouse game was as if played between Tom and Jerry or Itchy and Scratchy.
ishing in a minus four turnover ratio. We’ve got a really tough outfit, and I think that showed the fact that we’re in this game and taking it into overtime, and having a chance to go win it when you’re in minus four,” said Falcons coach Dan Quinn. “That part is tough. The penalties were certainly a factor. I believe we had 11 for the game, and part of
We did kind of everything we wanted to offensively, other than protect the football. I think we had a few too many penalties as well,” said Ryan. Matt Ryan seems to be getting the brunt of the blame for the turnovers. He had one interception, mishandled a snap and had another snap deep in the red zone misfire. Ryan has been a turnover machine the past couple of weeks but the one fumbled snap inside the Tampa Bay ten was all on the center as it was
our motto as finishing is doing right longer and that caught up to us today. We weren’t able to do that, and we’ll give credit to Tampa Bay in this case for them being plus four. That’s what it was for us, the issue came down to the ball.”
Turnovers once again hurt the Falcons as they did in their only other loss at New Orleans and almost did them in against Washington. Four turnovers turned what could have been a day of celebration into a day of head scratching and soul searching.
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hiked wide of Ryan who was in shotgun formation. But it was all part of the frustration that the Falcons’ offense has been through lately as well as their fans. The Falcons took the opening kickoff and drove down the field taking over seven minutes off the clock but ended up with only getting a field goal of a 21-yard kick from Matt Bryant. A lot of work and a lot of time for little reward. Atlanta looked to extend their
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lead as Ryan hit Julio Jones across the middle. Braking a couple of tacklers Jones was headed towards midfield when he ball was stripped from him. Tampa Bay took advantage of the turnover to tie the score. In actuality the Bucs scored 20 unanswered points before the sleeping giant finally awoke.
But anyone that knows of the leg- we’ll continue to get better, said end of Matt Ice knew what to Roddy White. “Like coach says, expect. we’re going to go out there and grind, and continue to get bet“We dug ourselves too deep of a ter.” hole. I expect nothing less than us to continue to compete for “It is just another game, and we however long we need to play. I lost. The good thing is that we don’t think that’s ever going to can come back next week and change,” said Ryan. “I think we play again,” said Falcon DE have the right guys in the right Adrian Clayborn. mindset that regardless of the situation, we’re going to battle. The Falcons indeed will get a However, we can’t dig ourselves that hole and expect consistently to get out of it.”
Ryan engineered three scoring drives in the fourth quarter – a seven yard TC strike to TF Jacob Tamme, another field goal by Matt Bryant with 4:32 and an eight yard touchdown strike to Jones But in the overtime period the with 22 seconds remaining to Falcons failed to move the ball force overtime. after the go-ahead field goal by Barth giving the team their secTampa Bay helped Atlanta a lot ond loss in three weeks after with the comeback as well as they starting the season 5-0. had a fourth-and-one from their 40 and the Falcons defense held “We’re doing okay, 6-2 isn’t too Jameis Winston short turning the bad. We should be better than ball over with under a minute left that, we can play better on the and no time outs. offensive side of the ball, but ENIGMA
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chance to right the ship next week as they travel out west to play the San Francisco 49ers who have bench Colin Kapernick in favor of Blaine Gabbert. It could be a feeding frenzy for the hungry Falcon defense and just what the doctor ordered. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:05pm and will be aired on Fox.
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Texans Sack Titans
May I introduce to you the Tennessee Titans starting quarterback Sack Mettenberger? Zach you say? Funny, because “Sack” seems more appropriate as the Tennessee quarterback was sacked seen times in their loss at Houston 20-6. “Offensively we haven’t executed at the level we need to execute at, myself included,” said Mettenberger. “There are a few plays I would like to have back but at the same time there is a lot of good out there that we can build on it is just that we have to get over the hump and hopefully you guys will see that when we show
up to work tomorrow.”
Titans went to the Super Bowl Within five years he was bounced under McNair but one forgets he out of the league. It’s about time the Titans missed half the season because of addressed the real problem with injuries. Then came the draft of Jake their offense – the offensive line. Locker. Locker was on everyone’s Yes, the line. The Titans/Oilers McNair never lived up to his watch list while at Washington. have managed to draft some top- potential because he HAD to be a His junior and senior season he flight talent under center the past mobile quarterback. Injuries took was a prohibitive favorite for the 20 years and have seen all their their toll on the Titan franchise Heisman but injuries slowed him careers disintegrate before their quarterback and he was sent pack- down. The Titans drafted the bigeyes. ing to the Baltimore Ravens. In armed quarterback but he ended 2007 McNair flourished as a passer up in the infirmary more than he First, there was Steve McNair out and reminded everyone what a did on the field as he was banged of Alcorn State who set NCAA great passer he really was. around every game he was on the records passing. At field. He even tried to take the Houston/Tennessee he became Then the Titans drafted Vince Steve McNair route and become a more of a running quarterback – Young, runner up for the Heisman running quarterback but that didnot by nature but because he was and fresh off a BCS National n’t work out. He retired after last running for his life. Sure, the Championship for Texas over USC. season and that brings us to 2015. ENIGMA
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With the second overall draft pick this year the Titans choice current Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota. After a dream of a first game where he threw an NFL-tying record for a rookie debut throwing four touchdown passes (all in the first half) it has been all downhill for Mariota and the Titans since. Tennessee has not won since the opener and Mariota has run for his life – at least until two weeks ago when he sprained his MCL on yes, a late hit in the Dolphins game. But a hit is a hit and Mariota has missed his last two starts. Mettenberger was a spot starter last year as he played in what became a quarterback by committee system as all three quarterbacks (let’s not forget about Charlie Whitehurst) as all three rotated in and out from behind center. As soon as one healed it seemed another went down to injury even if it was for only a week or two.
The Titans hoped to right the ship against the Houston Texans who despite having one of the most feared defensive lines in pro football managed to give up over 35 points in two of their last four games.
lead only to fall behind thanks to a Brian Hoyer touchdown and a fumble on the ensuing kickoff that set up a field goal as the Texans went into the half with a 10-3 lead. The Titans got close in the third quarter with a 44-yard field goal by Ryan Succop, but the Texans “Obviously, coming off a game like reeled off another ten points to we did last week, where we had make the final 20-6. missed tackles and giving up big plays like that, we just wanted to The game was a defensive struggle go and focus all week in practice on both sides of the ball but the about the small things. I think Texans came on top because of today, we kind of put on a display their ability to sack Mettenberger of that,” said Texans CB Johnathan and by winning the turnover battle Joseph. “Guys were doing their collecting three against Tennessee. assignments, running to the ball, creating turnovers, getting quar- “Yeah, we played a lot better, and terback sacks, interceptions and it was good. It was a lot more fun, all those things to help the team that’s for damn sure,” said Watt win.” who accounted for 2.5 of the seven sacks. “We forced turnovers, we But it wasn’t the case as the seven got sacks, we stopped the run. We sacks and three turnovers spelled just played better. I think it started doom for the Titans who fell to 1-6. early in the game, we started getting some energy and some Ironically the Titans took a 3-0 momentum, and we kept it rolling ENIGMA
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all game, and our offense obviously put some points on the board. As the game went on, it got better and better, so it was a good all around game, and I think we did a good job.” “We just got to get back to work. This group has a lot of pride, we are all grown men and I mean it’s tough,” said Titans CB Coty Sesabaugh. “No one said it would be easy, it’s not supposed to be easy. It’s the NFL, but at the end of the day we are blessed to be in this position so we just have to get back to work and compete. Try to turn this thing around. We can’t give up.” The Titans will give it another try Sunday as they take on the New Orleans Saints. Kickoff is 1pm and the game will be aired on CBS.
- Dave Weinthal
Cowboys Get Kicked Around Again Dallas Cowboy owner Jerry Jones sat alone in is owner’s box as the seconds ticked away on his team’s fifth straight loss, this time to the Seattle Seahawks, 13-12. His football team had just been anointed by Forbes Magazine as the most valuable sports franchise in the world at an estimated worth of $4 billion. Not a bad return on a $140 million investment. The only problem Jerry was facing – of his own making – was the cruel fact his football team was pretty worthless on the field. In order to understand why the Cowboys are currently mired in their five-game losing funk – the fifth time it has occurred in franchise history – with little or no hope of it ending any time soon, it’s important to understand how it all happened.
Dallas had built the foundation of a dominant offense in 2014. It started with a young and talented offensive line that was anchored by three All Pros, four of if you want to count tight end Jason Witten. The team had their dangerous deep threat in All Pro Dez Bryant who always demanded double coverage or he’d burn you alive. And delivering that ball was All Pro quarterback Tony Romo. To loosen up the defense to open up the passing game, Dallas had its All Pro running back, DeMarco Murray, who had torched opposing defenses for 1,845 yards. Going into the 2015 season, the Dallas Cowboys offense was a defensive coordinators nightmare because it had so many weapons that had to be defended.
office had become their best trol games with Murray pounding defensive weapon. away at defenses with 25 to 30 carries a game, offensive coordinator Jerry Jones and son Stephen decid- Scott Linehan had to change his ed to save a few bucks the past off- game plan. Dallas went to an air season and decided not to resign, game and the consequences would or even franchise tag, their All-Pro prove to be devastating. The secrunning back, DeMarco Murray. ond falling domino came quickly. When that particular domino fell to Dez Bryant went down with a brothe Philadelphia Eagles of all peo- ken foot in the season opener. The ple, it created a rippling effect trifecta occurred the following throughout the Cowboy offense week when quarterback Tony that would paralyze it for the 2015 Romo was felled by going back for season. The team’s offensive line a pass against Philadelphia. had been built with Murray in mind – much like the offensive line in Goodbye 2015 season! the early ‘90s had been built for Emmitt Smith – and without him in The Dallas Cowboy defense is not the backfield to power the going to win any games for the machine, it came to a dead halt. team. Their job is to give the team a fighting chance to win every The Jones brain trust thought the game. The upgrades of Greg Hardy Little did any opposing team real- ‘running back by committee’ option at defensive end and the return of ize when the 2015 season finally would be a cinch for them. Didn’t All Pro linebacker Sean Lee have opened that the Cowboy front happen! With an inability to con- had a huge impact. The defense did ENIGMA
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an outstanding job limiting the Seattle Seahawks, who have been to the last two Super Bowls, to a meager 13 points. Once again, it was the revolving quarterback door on offense that did this team in. Matt Cassel was a pathetic 13 of 25 for 97 yards.
Dez Bryant, Jason Witten, Cole Beasley (who had zero receptions for the game) or Terrance Williams to get down the field. He couldn’t complete a ball to any of them. In fact, instead of moving the ball forward, Cassel somehow lost six yards and the game was over.
156 the previous week against the Giants. W he n McFa dden bu rs t around the left end for 25 yards in the third quarter, the Cowboys had the ball on the Seattle four. Only problem was rookie wide receiver was called for illegal motion. Dallas settled for a field goal. IInn thh ee ffoouu rrtthh quarter, Dallas ran nine t The last time Dallas had a five- plays for 7 yards. Seattle, on the game losing streak was in 2010 when Tony Romo hurt his shoulder and was out of the season. With Cassel digressing instead of progressing, it’s a good bet that this team will be on an 8-game losing streak before the East Illinois product returns to the field.
To show you how far the mighty have fallen, Jerry Jones has been quoted as saying his team is desperate to notch their third win of the season. With a minute left in this particular contest, it looked like the Cowboys might do just that. They had the most accurate field goal kicker in the NFL with Dan Bailey, and booting the ball through the uprights from 50 plus That’s what happens when the yards was no big deal for him. dominos fall. The sad part is it didn’t have to be that way. The only problem was Cowboy quarterback Matt Cassel. He had CCoow wbbooyy N Nootteess – – Much maligned played miserably all game long. He defensive end Greg Hardy slapped led Dallas on only nine drives the a Russell Wilson pass into the air entire game, and four of those then intercepted it giving the ended with field goals. The backup Cowboys excellent field position to was tasked with moving the ball go in and score. The offense couldjust 45 yards to give Bailey a n’t move the ball and settled for a chance. Seattle was more than field goal. This was the first takehappy to help out. away for the defense since the Philadelphia game. RRuunnnnii nngg bbaa cckk After a ten-yard penalty, all Cassel D Daa rrrree nn McFadden managed only 64 had to do was utilize his weapons, yards on the ground after gaining ENIGMA
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There’s No Fun in Dysfunction Ken Whisenhunt should thank his ited a dumpster fire. The longest tenured coach in the team’s histolucky stars. ry of 17 years, Jeff Fisher, who took In case you didn’t see the news, the Titans to their only Super Bowl read the internet, etc., the second only had a winning percentage of year coach of the Tennessee Titans 54.2 percent of the games he was fired Tuesday morning six coached. weeks into the season. The Oilers/Titans have a long hisWhisenhunt, known in coaching tory of making one franchise draft circles as an outstanding offensive choice but never surrounding that mind admittedly has had a player with any support except
mediocre at best head coaching career. He is one of only a handful of coaches to make it to the Super Bowl, taking the Arizona Cardinals to the brink in one of the most exciting games in Super Bowl history losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the final seconds of the game. But other than a couple of good seasons in Arizona his record hasn’t been that great as far as wins and losses - all that matters these days in the pros. As a head coach he has won only 46.9 percent of his games. And while that sounds underwhelming it’s one percentage point less than the Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans all-time win/loss record of 47.9 percent. While the team looks to be going nowhere at 1-6, Whisenhunt inher-
once. That was when Steve McNair and Eddie George were in the backfield together. George is the franchise’s leading rusher with 10,002 yards and McNair should have been a better quarterback than he was but because of a poor offensive line, something that still hasn’t been addressed he had to be more of a running quarterback ad spent a lot of time out of action with a myriad of injuries before he was let go after the 2005 season. Also the fact the team never had a quarterback friendly offensive coordinator did not help him either. The Titans squandered what they had with an arm like McNair’s. Proof is in watching what he did when he signed with the Baltimore Ravens in 2006 as he was one of the top passers in a more quarterback friendly situation that allowed him to throw out ENIGMA
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appearances, just missing the Super Bowl when Morten Anderson hit a last second field goal in the NFC championship game in 1998/99 to lift the Falcons over the Vikings. That season the Vikings had the best record in the NFL at 15-1. Moon retired after the 2000 season where he finished his career as a backup with the Kansas City Chiefs. Ironically his last game on an NFL roster was against the Falcons, the team that ruined his playoff run and spectacular season of 1998. Moon is one of a handful of Oilers/Titans in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You can literally count the number of Oilers/Titans on one hand that have been inducted into Canton. Compare that to members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins who have more members from that team inducted than the Oilers/Titans in their entire franchise history. That says a lot about personnel decisions of the team, more so than coaching. The team has had a
Former head coach Jeff Fisher led the franchise to their only Super Bowl appearance. Other than that he averaged only a little over eight wins a season during his 17 years with the team.
of the pocket and run less. He threw for more yards and touch- The Oilers/Titans had their fair downs that year than any year with share of marquee quarterbacks with whom they did nothing. the Titans. There was Charlie Johnson who But the futility in what is the ended up taking the Denver Oilers/Titans since their inception Broncos to the playoffs, Dan as part of the AFL in 1960 is hard to Pastorini who benefited by Earl deny. And things started so well Campbell being drafted in 1977. for Bud Adams and his franchise. The Oilers had a nice run but could The Oilers won the first two AFL not make it to the Super Bowl. championships in 1960 and ‘61 with George Blanda under center. Yes, Then there was Warren Moon, who that George Blanda that people originally was banished to the CFL recognize as the place kicker of because no one in the NFL had a the Oakland Raiders. Blanda was black starting quarterback willingdrafted in 1949 by the Chicago ly at that time. When he finally Bears and set early AFL passing joined the Oilers he set every Oiler records before going west and passing record, many which still becoming most famous as the stand today. But they gave up on Raiders’ kicker and as the oldest him and let him go to the active NFL player, staying on an Minnesota Vikings. He led the Vikings to a number of playoff NFL roster until he was 46. ENIGMA
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number of good, if not great quarterbacks in its 56-year history Blanda, Johnson, Pastorini, Moon, McNair, Chris Chandler briefly (he led the Falcons to the Super Bowl in the 1998/99 season), Vince Young (who never adapted his game to the NFL and was bounced out of the league after five seasons), Jake Locker, Zach Mettenberger, even Archie Manning briefly at the end of his career and now Marcus Mariota. But most of these arms went or are going to waste. Most of the listed quarterbacks had no one to throw the ball to. Sure, there was Frank Wycheck at tight end for Steve McNair, but off the top of your head can you name a Oilers/Titans receiver ñ other than one with a rap sheet? I doubt it. Some of you may say Derrick Mason, but he was marginal at best. I can’t name a single Houston Oilers receiver off the top of my head and besides Wycheck and Mason the only other receivers I can name off the top of my head were/are former Atlanta Falcons. Alge Crumpler played a
off Bum there was the Jeff Fisher situation. Fisher coached the Oilers/Titans for 16-plus seasons and ed them to their only Super Bowl appearance. Despite being their longest tenured coach he only won on average 8.4 games a season.
few seasons after being the target of choice for Michael Vick in Atlanta. He was jettisoned off to the Titans when the Mike Smith/Matt Ryan era started. Currently there is Harry Douglas, who was a great slot receiver in Atlanta who is currently being under-used and Chase Coffman a castoff tight end who was a teammate of Douglas.
Then there was the Vince Young debacle. Fisher was quite vocal that he didn’t want the team to draft Young. He was more in favor or drafting Vanderbilt’s Jay Cutler. Owner Bud Adams and upper management were adamant that they wanted Young and he was drafted. Young succeeded his first two seasons before defenses figured him out and he was bounced out of the league after five seasons. Young butted heads with Fsiher and it was well known by everyone that Fisher was not a fan of Young. When Young went down with an injury he replaced Young with journeyman quarterback Kerry Collins who played for Carolina, the Giants and Raiders before being signed as a security blanket to backup Young. Fisher knew what he was doing. Collins took over and didn’t give the job back to Young until after a public power play between Adams and Fisher not because of ineffectiveness with the Titans coach obviously (although they were), but because losing. of injury. The fact that Locker, who had one of the strongest arms in the league retired after four seasons should make one wonder. Number two overall draft pick this year, Mariota has missed his last two starts with a sprained MCL. And after a fast start in the season opener he has been bounced around and made some bad throws mainly because he has been under so much pressure from opposing defenses.
Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention Matt Hasselback quarterbacked the Titans for a few seasons. He led the Seahawks to the Super This is a dysfunctional franchise. Bowl in the 2005/6 season. They ran off Bum Phillips who in One thing all these quarterbacks his five years coaching the Oilers have in common is that they spent holds the franchise record for more time on the injury report highest winning percentage at 74.5 than as the AFC’s Offensive Player percent. of the Week. During the 2014 season in at least one game the Titans But dysfunction is a major part of used three different quarterbacks - this organization. Besides running ENIGMA
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Soon both were out in Tennessee. Fisher really upset upper management when he was a guest speaker at a charity event for one of Peyton Manning’s philanthropy where Fisher gushed over the Colt quarterback and then when he got through with his speech he took off his shirt to reveal a Peyton Manning jersey underneath. Following that season Fisher was gone and after taking a year off he was hired as the head coach of the St. Louis Rams. And while they haven’t had a winning record under him they are considered an up and coming franchise and are in first place in the NFC West as of this writing. The Titans continue to flounder and haven’t been above .500 since 2011. To give you and idea of the historical dysfunction and poor choices of the Oilers/Titans here is fact to boggle the mind. In their 55? seasons the franchise has won a total of 402 games. Hall of Fame coach Don Shula who was a head coach in the league from 1964 to 1995 won 328. And while Whisenhunt did nothing to help himself in Nashville, his fate was probably already sealed before he signed his contract.
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11 995522:: St. Louis R&B pianist Johnnie Johnson hires a young guitarist by the name of Chuck Berry who will keep his day job as a hairdresser for the next three years while playing out at night…the combination of Berry’s blues licks inflected with rockabilly and country influences and Johnson’s rollicking barrelhouse piano style will prove a winning combination as Berry becomes an early crossover phenomenon in that new musical territory dubbed rock ‘n’ roll… 1199 5566:: R&B singer Clarence Henry’s “Ain’t Got No Home” is released on Argo Records... because he croaks like a frog on the record, he is nicknamed “Frogman” and for the rest of his career he’ll be known as Clarence “Frogman” Henry… 1199 5577:: Elvis is warned prior to a show at L.A.’s Pan Pacific Auditorium that he may be prosecuted for lewd behavior if he shakes his hips during his performance…members of the LAPD’s vice squad film the show but apparently give The King a little wiggle room since no charges are filed… 11 9966 00:: Ben E. King, former lead singer for The Drifters, records his first solo numbers, “Spanish Harlem” and “Stand by Me”...both songs climb high on the pop charts, to number 10 and number 4 respectively, and will prove to have long legs, spawning countless covers over the years…
TV show Ready, Steady Go when he grows irritated with the audience dancing around him…ironically, the song he’s singing is “Donna the Prima Donna”… 1199 6677 :: Iggy and the Stooges play their first gig at a halloween party…their three-chord mayhem will become the template for the punk music movement that’s still years away… 1199 6688 :: George Harrison’s soundtrack album, Wonderwall Music, is released in Britain as the first record on the newly created Apple Records label…a mashup of mostly instrumental Western and Eastern sounds, the record is an early harbinger of the world music movement that won’t show up for another couple of decades…commenting on the soundtrack’s Western elements in the 1980s, Harrison dismisses them as “loads of horrible mellotron stuff and a police siren”…
hand are fellow Swan Song artists 11 9977 77:: A Belgian travel agency files Maggie Bell, The Pretty Things and suit against The Sex Pistols charging Bad Company… the punk band with ripping off an image from one of its brochures for 119977 55:: As a measure of what a big the picture sleeve of the single deal he has become, Bruce “Holidays in the Sun”… Springsteen makes both the cover of Time and Newsweek following 11 99 8800:: T-Rex co-founder Steve the release of his monster LP Born Peregrine-Took dies when he to Run…this same week, Queen chokes on a cocktail cherry after a releases “Bohemian Rhapsody” as a night of morphine and magic mushsingle...with three and-a-half min- room consumption…this week also utes being the usual upper time marks The Boss’s first No. 1 album limit on a single, the band and pro- when The River tops the Billboard ducer Roy Thomas Baker have to LP chart… convince executives at EMI to release the six-minute recording 11 9988 11:: Fans of the punk band Fear without edits...the single will top rush the stage trashing TV equipthe UK chart for nine weeks and go ment during the band’s Saturday to #2 in the U.S....it will go to #1 Night Live debut and swan song all again in the UK in 1991 after lead in one go…the network cuts to a singer Freddie Mercury’s death… commercial… 1199 77 66:: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic kick off the P-Funk/Rubber Band Earth Tour in Houston,…it’s one of the most elaborate stage shows in pop featuring eye-popping costumes, special effects, and oversized props including the Mothership—a spacecraft that lands on stage during the band’s staggering three- to fivehour sets…
1199 7700:: Jim Morrison of The Doors gets six months in the slammer for exposing his privates during a show in Miami...Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas marries actor Dennis Hopper...they divorce eight days later, proving wrong those who said the marriage wouldn’t last a week…
1199 6611 :: A customer tries to buy a German-released Beatles single, “My Bonnie,” at the NEMS record shop in Liverpool…the store’s manager, Brian Epstein, says he’ll look into getting it…the rest, as they say, is history…
1199 7711 :: Twenty-four year-old Duane Allman dies in a Macon, Georgia motorcycle accident snuffing out the life of one of rock, blues and soul’s great guitarists…The Allman Brothers will experience a second gut punch just over a year later when incredibly, bassman Berry Oakley meets his demise after slamming into a city bus on his motorcycle just three blocks rom the site of Allman’s wreck…
11 9966 44:: 31-year-old Salvatore Phillip Bono marries 18-year-old Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere…they’ll perform as Caesar and Cleo for a time, but won’t strike chart gold until they become Sonny and Cher…this same week, American pop star Dion stalks off the set of the British teen
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11 9988 44:: At a Berkeley, California show, the Grateful Dead designate an area for fans to record bootlegs…also this week, Marvin Gay, Sr. receives a six-year suspended sentence and five years’ probation for manslaughter after fatally shooting his son Marvin (the soul singer added the “e” to his last name in part to distance himself from his abusive and often irrational
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Dead Kennedys sue former leader is not amused saying, “Sheriff Laney Jello Biafra charging he diverted should be apologizing to me for using my name in connection with 11 998866 :: The Beastie Boys release their money due them… album License To Ill…it will become these arrests. It’s insulting to me the first rap LP to reach #1 on the 1199 9999 :: Korn debuts a new single, and to my audience, and it shows “Falling Away From Me,” on the sea- how lazy this particular sheriff is pop album chart… son premiere of South Park...the when it comes to doing his job.”... 11 998899 :: The Squeeze inaugurate the boys in the band also lend their long-running MTV Unplugged pro- voices and likenesses to the 22000099:: Rosanne Cash releases her new album, The List, revealing the gram when they tape their perform- episode… collection of covers is based on a ance in New York… 22000022:: Hip-hop giant Jam Master Jay list of 100 classic American songs 11 9999 00:: Michael Waite of British reg- of Run-DMC is shot dead in his created by her father, Johnny Cash, gae band Musical Youth is sent to Jamaica, Queens recording stu- aboard his tour bus in 1972 … prison for four years over his dio...police pursue many theories Rosanne recalls the moment her involvement in a robbery…mean- about possible motives including father handed her the list while, Axl Rose is released on unpaid drug bills, rival rappers, saying,”This is your $10,000 bail after allegedly bashing armed robbery, insurance scams, or education.”…also this week, a a bottle on a neighbor’s head after a rivalry with Murder, Inc. over 50 decade after his retirement, country the neighbor called the cops over Cent,...the crime remains star Garth Brooks announces he’ll loud music coming from the GNR unsolved… be holding down a five-year resifrontman’s abode…and also this dency at the Wynn Casino in Vegas week, at a show in Seattle, Billy Idol 22000044:: An arrest warrant is issued for starting in December…the venue is dumps 600 dead fish in Faith No Motley Crue singer Vince Neil after an intimate 1,500-seat theater that’ll More’s dressing room…the band he allegedly knocked a sound man feature the star singing his hits at Gilley’s accompanied only by his acoustic retaliates by strolling onstage nude unconscious nightclub…this same week R. Kelly guitar… during Idol’s set… is bounced off a tour with Jay-Z 1199 9911 :: Three members of Pink Floyd after Hova says he was doused in 22001111 :: Promoters of a Metallica conare injured in a Mexican auto race pepper spray by a member of Kelly’s cert in Delhi, India are arrested on when their car plunges down a 230- entourage… fraud charges after they pull the foot embankment near San Luis plug on the show following the colPotosi… guitarist Steve O’Rourke 22000055:: In a Las Vegas auction, the lapse of a security barrier then fail suffers a broken leg, David Gilmour white suit worn by John Lennon on to refund about 25,000 ticket holdreceives blows to the head, and the cover of Abbey Road goes for ers’ money… drummer Nick Mason, though $118,000…an Austin Princess hearse that appeared in the “Imagine” 22001133 :: The family of deceased soul injured, continues the race … video fetches an additional 11 9999 55:: Business manager Yolanda $150,000… Saldivar is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Tejano 22000066:: Kurt Cobain passes Elvis on singing star Selena...she murdered the Forbes magazine list of “Topthe singer upon being confronted Earning Dead Celebrities”...it’s estimated that the Nirvana frontman about embezzled funds… raked in $50 million over the past 11 9999 66 :: The Stone Roses call it year...a substantial part of that sum quits…singer Ian Brown says, “hav- results from licensing Nirvana songs ing spent the last ten years in the for movies and TV...asked what crifilthiest business in the universe, teria is used to decide on licensing it’s a pleasure to announce the end deals, Courtney Love’s manager of The Stone Roses”…also this Peter Asher says, “We’re interested week, Slash announces he’s parting in cool scripts that make use of company with Guns N’ Roses saying what the songs mean...No rock he and frontman Axl Rose have only bands, no suicides, nobody that’s been polite with each other twice trying to make any kind of Nirvana during the past two years… story.”...also this week, nearly four decades after his death, Jimi 11 9999 77:: R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry Hendrix graces the featured artists announces his retirement from the page of Verizon Mobile’s ringtone band…he plans to take up farm- site allowing countless Jimi fans to ing…he will occasionally join his blast “Purple Haze” via their cell old bandmates for reunion shows… phones…and finally this week, neo glam-rock outfit My Chemical 11 999988 :: Stray Cats leader Brian Setzer Romance rules the pop chart roost sues former bandmate Ken with its new album The Black Kinneally who played with the gui- Parade... tarist in the pre-Stray Cats group, The Bloodless Pharaohs … Setzer 22000077:: Cass County Sheriff Paul D. charges that Kinneally licensed 1978 Laney snares 36 Ozzy Osbourne fans studio tracks without his consent wanted for various infractions in a that turned up on the Collectibles sting...the Ozzheads were lured by Records LP Brian Setzer & the the offer of free tickets to Bloodless Pharaohs…in this same Osbourne’s show in Fargo, North litigation-heavy week, three former Dakota only to be popped when members of the S.F. punk outfit The they showed up at the venue...Ozzy ENIGMA
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man Marvin Gaye files suit against Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke charging the pair lifted elements of Gaye’s “Got to Give it Up” in creating their mega-hit “Blurred Lines”…to bolster their claim, the family cites magazine interviews in which Thicke acknowledged connections between his song and Gaye’s…the Gaye estate will go on to win its case…because the decision is largely based on a similarity between the grooves of the two songs as opposed to their lyrics or melodies, intellectual rights experts warn this could mean a field day for copyright infringement lawyers and a potential snake’s’ nest for songwriters and publishers… 220 01144:: The Allman Brothers wrap a 45-year career with a final show at New York’s Beacon Theater…a nofrills affair without the guests that usually accompany such farewells, the songs comprising three lengthy sets are drawn from the band’s first three albums with “Whipping Post” being an obligatory encore…but the very last song the Allmans play is Muddy Waters’ “Trouble No More”— a blues Gregg Allman sang at the band’s very first show in 1969, thus bookending the career of a dynasty that defined the sound of Southern blues-rock…
RRU UM MOOUURR HHAASS IITT… … D aadd dd yy’’ss …It may be PPuu ffff D birthday, but the music mogul is giving out the gifts: The rapper is planning to release free music on Wednesday. PPuuff ff DDaaddddyy , born SSee aann CCoom mbbss , debuted new music late Tuesday in New York City and announced that a mixtape called MMM would be avail-
able for free at 7 a.m. Eastern. He is calling the project “a sonic motion picture” and songs include collaborations K iim m, FFuu ttuu rree , W Wiizz with LL iill K KKhh aalliiff aa, JJ aaddaakkii ssss, FFrree nncchh Moonnttaannaa and others. “Before M I used to make records when I made my music. Then I decided to make culture. And as I got older, I decided I’m going to make fashion. Ladies and gentlemen, listen and mbb ss watch some fashion,” CCoom
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told the audience of music industry insiders as well as wiizzzz BBeeaatt zz producer-rapper SSw A.. Arriving Feb. 26 on Redwing and Epic Records CEO LL ..A Records, Dig In Deep is RRaa iitt tt’’ss RReeiidd. 20th album – the latest in a …Sturgis Motorcycle Rally line that began with her 1971 Inc. is owed almost $1 million self-titled LP and includes her by Walmart and a local mer- No. 1 1989 album Nick Of Time chant, Rushmore Photo & and 1991’s Luck Of The Draw. Gifts, as a Rapid City, S.D., You can bet that RRaaiitt tt will jury ruled Oct. 30 the compa- serve up a generous helping nies infringed on company’s of Dig In Deep during her 2016 trademarks. SMRI, the organ- travels. “So much of the izer and sponsor of the mas- album is focused on what I sive annual rally, sued the want to do live,” RRaaiitttt said. “I two companies for improper- write and pick these songs so ly using the “Sturgis” trade- we can nail them on stage.” mark on merchandise they You can preorder Dig In Deep sold. The defendants chal- beginning Nov. 6. lenged the claim, alleging the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce …Authorities said more than lied when it convinced the 300 people were arrested U.S. Patent and Trademark over the weekend at two Office to grant the trademark electronic music festivals in and that the regional descrip- Southern California that drew tive can’t be trademarked. tens of thousands of people. The jury didn’t buy that argu- Police in Pomona said 148 were arrested ment and awarded SMRI more people than $900,000 in damages to Saturday, the first day of the be paid by a combination of two-day HARD Day of the the owners of Rushmore Dead festival at the Pomona Photo & Gifts and Walmart, Fairplex. The event drew according to the Rapid City scrutiny from Los Angeles County supervisors after two Journal. young women died of sus…BBoonnnniiee RRaaiitt tt returns to the pected drug overdoses at a road for a March-April tour in rave on the fairgrounds in support of her new album, early August. The Fairplex sits Dig In Deep. Opening for the on county-owned land. In awesome lady will be the San Bernardino, police arrestfive-piece ensemble TThh ee ed 193 people during the twoCCaall iiffoorr nniiaa HHoonnee yyddrroopp ss. day Escape: Psycho Circus
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rave. The Los Angeles Times reports most of the arrests at both events were for illegal drug possession, trespassing or public intoxication. Pomona police arrested 50 people for having fake identification. …The Korean hit chart system has come under scrutiny after several media outlets reported on the practice of “hoarding,” which describes actions carried out either by fans or “brokers” to help a song travel quickly up the charts just after it is released. Real-time music charts are refreshed constantly, which means an artist can claim to have had a “No. 1 hit” even if its song occupied that position for an hour, according to the Korea Herald. These rankings play a
major role when TV shows and other music-related media, such as awards ceremonies, make lists of artists to feature. At issue are music service providers and “brokers” who, for a fee, offer to help manipulate charts in the customer’s favor. Four of the country’s biggest entertainment agencies asked a government ministry to investigate the practice but the case was rejected due to “insufficient evidence.” Streaming services can rig their systems to push certain songs up the charts, allowing management companies behind these songs to earn more streaming revenue and gain more traction for media appearances. The entertainment agencies dispute this interpretation and say they ask the service
to simply “curate” their songs by means of “recommendations.” …BBaa dd BBrraaiinnss guitarist D D rr KKnnoow w is in hospital on life support, as a statement from the band asks fans to keep the musician “in your thoughts and prayers”. Details about the guitarist’s health condition have not been disclosed but the group posted a statement to their official Facebook page on Tuesday (November 3) conDrr K Knnoow w (real firming that D name G Gaarr yy M Miilllleerr ) had been hospitalized. The statement read: “The BBaadd BBrraaiinnss family G aarryy ask that you please keep G Drr KKnnoow w) M Miillllee rr in your (D thoughts and prayers. The family respectfully ask that their privacy be honored during this time and very much appreciate all the great energy that is being sent their way.” …D D aaddddyy, the group fronted meess FFrraannccoo, have by actor JJaam signed a record deal and will release an album and film miitt hh ss. inspired by TT hh ee SSm FFrraannccoo has previously written poetry influenced by the Salford band’s songs, with the actor now intending to use these poems as the basis for original music. The album, titled Let Me Get What I Want in reference to TThh ee SSm miitthhss ’’ 1984 song ‘Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want’, will be released in D aadddd yy is a 2016 via Kobalt. D musical partnership between FFrraannccoo and multi-instrumentalist TT iim mO O’’K Keeeeff ee. TT hhee SSm miitthhss ’’ Annddyy RRoouurr kkee will own bassist A
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1. David Gilmour 2. Ben Folds 3. Jason Isbell 4. Halsey 5. Jr. Jr. 6. Widespread Panic 7. Chris Cornell 8. Collective Soul 9. The Dead Weather 10. The Decemberists 11. Keith Richards 12. Harry Connick Jr. 13. Willamena 14. Hippo Campus 15. G. Love & Special Sauce 16. Glen Hansard 17. Trey Anastasio 18. Billy Gibbons and the BFG’s 19. Gabe Dixon 20. My Morning Jacket
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also feature on every track. “We are really excited to partner with Kobalt on our D aadddd yy album and upcoming D film,” FFrraa nnccoo and O O’’ K Keeee ffee said of the news. …TThh ee SStt oonnee RRoossee ss could be set to release new music after announcing live dates for 2016. The band will play two shows at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium and a headline slot at T In The Park next summer. It’s their first live performances since playing at Finsbury Park in 2013 and Heaton Park in 2012. Now, The Sun reports that a new album could follow, quoting a ‘music insider’ as saying: “New music was always the hope for SSttoonnee RRoosseess fans and now it appears they’re getting their wish.” “When the band reunited in 2012 there was never any concrete plans. But now they feel everything is in place to record a new album”. …A new Star Trek TV series will launch in January 2017. The series will be executive Alleexx KKuurrtt zzm maann, produced by A co-writer and producer of the franchise’s successful 2009 film reboot Star Trek and its 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. It has been commissioned by CBS especially for its online streaming service CBS All Access, which already offers every episode of all previous Star Trek TV series. The new series will launch with what the network describes as a “special preview broadcast” on CBS, but the premiere episode proper and all subsequent episodes will then only be available to
US viewers through the streaming service, which costs $5.99 a month. “This new series will premiere to the national CBS audience, then boldly go where no firstrun Star Trek’ series has gone before – directly to its millions of fans through CBS All Maarrcc Access,” the network’s M DDee BBeevvooiiss ee explained in a press release.
m JJoonneess has claimed that …TToom he will take a DNA test to trace his ancestors’ ethnicity in an attempt to end confusion over his race. The singer, who was recently axed as a judge on The Voice, has told The Times Magazine that his race has always been questioned due to his skin tone and curly hair. “A lot of people still think I’m black,” he said. “When I first came to America, people who had heard me sing on the radio would be surprised that I was white when they saw me. Because of my hair, a lot of black people still tell me that I’m just passing as white.” The Welsh star has also said that his mother FFrree ddaa was confused about her ethnicity, saying that doctors had “asked if she had any black blood and she said she didn’t know.” “I’m going to get my DNA tested. I want to find out,” he added. If you know any truths, halftruths or outright lies about the music and club scene send it to Sissy Vance c/o rumoursmill@enigmaonline.c om.
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