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Moffat County sports year in review

2010 sees legendary coach retire, Rattlers win titles and MCHS grads competing after high school

Below are the top sports stories for Craig and Moffat County of 2010. Debate, delight or disagree as you will.

Legandary hoops coach Craig Mortensen retires

In mid-April, long-time Moffat County High School basketball coach Craig Mortensen announced he was retiring, after a career that included numerous achievements.

Mortensen became the head coach of the MCHS boys varsity basketball team in 1976, and in 1995, he took the helm of the MCHS girls varsity basketball team.

In that time, Mortensen won a school-record 514 games and 17 league titles, and guided his teams to three Sweet 16s, two Great Eights and one Final Four appearance.

“He’s a legend, not just here in Moffat County, but in the entire state,” MCHS athletic director Richard Wildenhaus said.

Mortensen said he would miss the girls he coached and he would miss the game of basketball, but he had no regrets in stepping away from the sidelines.

The community in Craig, Mortensen said, is like none other.

In August, more than 100 people, including community members and former players and coaches, honored Mortensen with guest speakers, photos and a plaque to commemorate his time leading Bulldogs’ hoops squads.

Bulldogs girls golf team wins regional tourney

Hosting the regional golf tournament in May at their home Yampa Valley Golf Course, the Moffat County High School girls golf team was able to accomplish what no other MCHS girls golf team could.

The Bulldogs won their regional tournament and qualified, as a team, for the state tournament.

Led by head coach Ann Marie Roberts, three golfers were able to shoot under 100 — senior Heather Nicholson, 83; junior Callie Papoulas, 94; and junior Nike Cleverly, 99.

MCHS freshman Makayla Camilletti shot her best score of the year with a 106.

Qualifying as a team was great, but Nicholson had her eye on another prize — becoming the regional champion.

After 18 holes, Nicholson was tied with Rifle’s Taylor Walters.

To break the tie, the two girls went to a playoff. Nicholson won the playoff hole and took home the tournament victory.

The girls finished eighth at the state tournament, with Nicholson placing the highest, 30th.

MCHS boys track team wins league title

In the spring, head coach Todd Trapp led the Moffat County High School boys track team to a share of the Western Slope League Championship.

Trapp credited the win to increased numbers and strong performers the whole season.

After the final event, the 4-by-400-meter relay, had concluded, MCHS looked to finish in second place.

However, the Delta Relay Team didn’t hold onto their baton and was disqualified, moving the MCHS team up and allowing them to earn enough points to finish in a tie for first place with Glenwood Springs High School.

Outside of the final relay, first-place finishes by Brian Ivy in the triple jump and Jasen Kettle in the 100-meter dash helped push the Bulldogs to the top.

After the league meet, several boys went on to compete in the state track meet in Lakewood.

Ivy and Alfred Lebron finished in the top 10 in triple jump and the 3,200-meter run, respectively.

MCHS grad sets Division II collegiate record

Alicia Nelson, a 2009 Moffat County High School graduate, had to be persuaded into trying the steeplechase, a 3,000-meter race with 35 jumps.

Thankfully she agreed, as the Adams State College runner set the Division II championship meet record in the steeplechase with a time of 10 minutes and 11.48 seconds in June.

The win didn’t come easily, however.

With just three-and-a-half laps left and in fourth place, Nelson fell.

She wasn’t discouraged and she didn’t give up. She jumped up and passed all three runners ahead of her, including the reigning steeplechase champion.

Even after beating the record, Nelson said she wanted to keep getting better and plans to defend her title next year.

Chris Winder drafted by Tampa Bay Rays

In June, 2008 Moffat County High School Chris Winder was drafted in the 27th round of the first-year player draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.

After playing two years at Odessa College, a junior college in Texas, Winder was able to realize one of his long-time goals.

Winder received the call from a Rays’ scout while playing golf. He said he couldn’t sit around that day because the wait was making him anxious.

After joining the Hudson Valley Renegades, a minor league team for Tampa Bay, Winder played outfield and batted .225.

Winder also kept up what he had done so well at Odessa — stealing bases. He stole 13 bases in the Short Season Single-A minor league, tied for second on the team.

Winder will head back for 2011 spring training in March, where he hopes to meet and learn from the Tampa Bay Rays players.

Kelsey Conci qualifies for Olympic Trials

During a swim meet in Oregon, Kelsey Conci swam the 50-meter freestyle in 26.37 seconds.

Come Labor Day weekend, she learned that her time was just fast enough, by .02 seconds to be exact, to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympic Trials.

Success was something that she was becoming accustomed to.

At the 2009 Mountain West Conference Championships, Conci, a 2008 Moffat County High School graduate and current University of Wyoming student, was able to take 11th place in the 100-meter backstroke and 12th place in the 50 meter freestyle.

The thought of swimming with the likes of Natalie Coughlin and Missy Franklin at the Olympic Trials has pushed Conci in her training and focus, she said.

Her training involves waking up at 7:30 a.m. and swimming about three miles as well as running and weightlifting.

Conci has time to prepare for the trials, which will take place in July 2012.

Bulldogs boys soccer team earns playoff spot

With a 3-1 victory over Steamboat Springs High School in the regular season finale, the Moffat County High School boys soccer team was able to earn its first playoff bid since 2005.

With an overall record of 11-4, 7-4 in the 4A Western Slope League, the team finished with the best season ever for a MCHS boys soccer team.

In his third season as head coach, Rusty Cox said he was more than excited to make the playoffs.

Senior Tracy Mendoza had all three goals in the playoff-clinching game against the Sailors, including a header off a corner kick by junior Jorge Gonzalez, to record his sixth hat trick of the season.

Fans and players stormed the field to celebrate the victory.

Although the team lost in the first round of the playoffs to Windsor High School, a game that included Mendoza recording his 30th goal of the season, the team ended their playoff draught in 2010.

MCHS football upsets rival Rifle in overtime

At Moffat County High School in late October, the MCHS football team played a thrilling game and upset Rifle High School, the Western Slope League leader, to keep the Bulldogs’ playoff hopes alive.

Rifle came in with an overall record of 6-1 and 4-0 in the league. MCHS was 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the league.

The Bulldogs were in the game the whole way and junior Jonathan Pando’s 10-yard field goal in overtime sealed the victory.

With Rifle opening the game by scoring in less than two minutes, the game looked like it could be another defeat for MCHS.

Instead, the Bulldogs kept fighting and driving the ball downfield.

After starting the season 2-4, the team won at Battle Mountain before beating Rifle. The Bulldogs finished with two strong wins over Eagle Valley and Steamboat Springs to finish the season 6-4 overall and 5-2 in the league.

Unfortunately, for the second consecutive year, the team missed the playoffs by one spot, finishing with the 17th best power ranking in Class 3A.

The top 16 teams, according to the power rankings, made the playoffs.

MCHS boys, girls cross-country teams win regional meet

In late October, both the Moffat County High School boys and girls cross-country teams won the 4A Region 5 cross-country meet in Cortez.

The win sent both teams to the state championships in Cherry Creek.

After both teams won the Rifle Invitational on Oct. 14, they headed into the regional meet with momentum.

Senior Chris Zirkle for the boys and senior Maddy Jourgensen for the girls won their respective races.

Zirkle finished in 17 minutes and 34 seconds while Jourgensen finished in an even 21 minutes.

Coming into the meet, Zirkle had won six straight races and was the defending regional champion.

Juniors Alfredo Lebron, Rene Molina, and Johnny Landa finished 6th, 16th and 17th, respectively, for the boys team.

Freshman Brenna Ciesco finished 6th for the girls, while senior Nike Cleverly finished 11th and sophomore Bailey Hellander finished 18th.

Zirkle and Lebron finished 3rd and 4th at the state meet, respectively, with Zirkle running 16 minutes and 27 seconds and Lebron just behind at 16 minutes and 27.4 seconds.

Jourgensen was the top finisher for the girls at the state meet, taking home 11th place with a time of 19 minutes and 58 seconds.

Little Snake River Valley football team wins Wyoming state title

In the game of six-man football, the Little Snake River Valley School reigned supreme in Wyoming.

The school from Baggs, Wyo., capped its perfect season with a 67-12 rout of the Hanna Elk Mountain Medicine Bow Miners in mid-November at the University of Wyoming.

What made the season more special was that it was only the Rattlers’ second year with a football program after the program had been disbanded for 51 years.

Baggs, which is about 35 minutes north of Craig, has about 350 people in town. The biggest class at the high school is around 20 students.

The team was able to celebrate the win with Baggs residents when they put the game ball and a golden shovel, in which they had burned the results of every game of the season into the handle, into the school’s trophy case.

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As summer comes to an official close this week, most of us are wondering how the season passed so quickly. Most of us in the deal community are wishing we could speed up the deal process to match summer’s pace!
As due diligence timeframes have stretched post-recession due to the increased scrutiny of targets, the overall deal timeline has increased at least 30 to 60 days. Unfortunately, for most sellers, time is not on their side when selling their business. There is always the risk that something will impact the valuation or success of the transaction, such as market conditions, lower-than-expected financial results or the loss of a customer, among others. However, this tide may be shifting, at least temporarily, as sellers have an advantage in the current market.
One method of speeding up the process is to request buyers to provide a marked term sheet with their letters of intent, so the major deal points can be negotiated and agreed upon prior to signing a letter of intent. This provides sellers with an advantage, as they can negotiate the major terms and conditions of the deal with multiple buyers in order to determine which deal will ultimately be the most favorable.
Sometimes, the highest value deal is not the most attractive one once the terms and conditions have been finalized. Flushing these points out before executing a letter of intent is highly advantageous for sellers as they have leverage when working with multiple parties at once. It also compresses the time spent negotiating. If these points are addressed post-letter of intent, the buyer tends to have more leverage since all other potential buyers are out of the picture and they have the advantage of time during the diligence process.
With the current amounts of record cash to be invested and the lack of solid companies for sale, sellers have a distinct advantage in the deal market now. We saw a bit of this last year as buyers realized that sellers were highly incented to get deals completed before year end to avoid higher capital gains taxes in 2013.
As a result, many private equity firms began removing the financing contingency from their letters of intent, stating they would finance the transaction themselves and refinance later if they were not able to line up the financing prior to the closing, in order to speed up the transaction process. This enabled private equity firms to be competitive with strategic buyers, who typically do not have a financing contingency, and provided comfort to sellers regarding a successful outcome for the transaction.
Now that banks are more comfortable with the market and beginning to lend more, private equity firms are seeking new ways to differentiate themselves in the process. With the increased leverage from banks, private equity firm valuations are much more competitive with strategic buyers. Therefore, in order to remain competitive, many private equity firms are beginning to offer sellers more favorable terms and conditions in the purchase agreement, such as shorter timeframes on representations and warranties and shorter escrow periods.
On a recent transaction with a private equity firm buyer, the purchase agreement called for the escrow to be released in full one year after the transaction, with corresponding timeframes on most of the representations and warranties, compared to typical timeframes ranging from two to five years. The buyer acknowledged these timeframes were shorter than normal, but was utilizing these points as a means of differentiating itself from other buyers. These tactics also can be utilized by strategic buyers, who are feeling the pressure from increased private equity valuations.
With the record amount of cash chasing transactions and the dearth of attractive targets in the market, sellers who engage in a process soon will have leverage in a transaction. The extreme lack of merger and acquisition activity during the first half of 2013 further compounds this as corporations and private equity firms rush to meet their growth and investment objectives before year end.
How long this will last is uncertain. I guess we will have to see what the next season brings.

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Treatment designed to help people deal with mental, emotional, or behavioral problems.
biomedical therapies
Biologically based treatments for reducing or eliminating the symptoms of psychological disorders.
antipsychotic drugs
medications that reduce the positive symptoms of schizophrenia.
antidepressant drugs
Medications that modulate the availability or effectiveness of the neurotransmitters implicated in mood disorders.
antianxiety drugs
Medications that reduce tension and anxiety.
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
A treatment used primarily for depression in which a brief electric current is delivered to the brain.
Surgery that destroys or alters tissues in the brain in an effort to affect behavior.
insight therapies
Treatments designed to give clients self-knowledge, or insight, into the contents of their thought processes.
Freud's method of treatment that attempts to bring hidden impulses and memories, which are locked in the unconscious, to the surface of awareness, thereby freeing the patient from disordered thought and behaviors.
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A technique used in psychoanalysis; Freud believed that dreams are symbolic and contain important information about the unconscious.
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Treatments designed to remove irrational beliefs and negative thoughts that are presumed to be responsible for psychological disorders.
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F1 » Raikkonen returns - but not with Williams

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If this is true -welcome back Kimi - this will spice up next season - with a 2 year contract does this mean Kubica to Ferrari if he comes back?

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MotoGP » Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang - Race Results

Race results from the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang, round 16 of 18.

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True Fan - Unregistered

October 21, 2012 12:05 PM

They did the right thing stopping the race.
Ridden in the wet? Have you done it at 280+ Kph?
Yes, Lorenzo was out of tyres, and nearly came off a few times. Stoner would have caught and passed Lorenzo, but if he came off in the process, that would be the end of his season. If Lorenzo came off, that could be his championship. Pedrosa has come off in the wet often enough, and other riders were going down everywhere.

That's not racing, it's carnage.

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October 21, 2012 12:09 PM

When Lorenzo put his hand up, he was 3.3 seconds ahead, and there were 6 laps to go. Stoner was taking just under 2 seconds a lap out of Lorenzo by then.

But that's irrelevant, because it simply wasn't safe to keep the race going. As it is, it probably won't make any difference to the championship.

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October 21, 2012 12:14 PM

@David Martin

That's a pathetic comment. You must be a very sad case. Maybe you missed the race at this venue last year?
None of the riders complained that the race was ended. And they're the ones taking the risks.

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October 21, 2012 12:25 PM

Is NSW the only poster who actually rides a motorcycle outside his own head on here? I've never raced in monsoon-type rain, but I was long-distance motorcycle courier for 350,000 miles or more, and I know what standing water and really thick rain mean. They mean stop. I'm still alive and riding, which upsets the trolls and reptiles on here but, far more importantly, so are all our heroes and villains, fit for another day of entertaining the armchair warriors.

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October 21, 2012 1:04 PM

@True Fan
"But that's irrelevant, because it simply wasn't safe to keep the race going. As it is, it probably won't make any difference to the championship."

What the most stupidest comment I've ever read in my life.

Dude, Stoner need no more than 2 lap (the requirement) to passed Jorge, hell even a lap is enough!

If that's the way you think, you'll never win anything, you giving up before the war over. Why? as Nakamoto san say: You'll never know what could happen in THE ******* FUTURE kid!

Poor Danny

October 21, 2012 1:21 PM

I really hope Dani wins the championship this year! Why did the organisers listen to Lorenzo? He was the only rider puting his hand up.

The race was about to get interesting, Stoner was catching Lorenzo & Rossi was catching Hayden after he passed Bautista.

I've seen races run in worse conditions than that i.e. Jerez 2004 & Donington 2005.

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the worst part about standing water is it can cause you to hydroplane (like being on ice). If you know how to control the throttle, know where the standing water is and leave enough room to maneuver properly its not as big a problem. From what I saw standing water was not an issue, as much as visibility would have been more of an issue.

For Jorge it was his rear tire selection, Casey Stoner had no issues gauging his turn in and around the last corner, and you know what, ...

Jorge did not have any problems squirting out of the last turn to beat Casey out of the last turn, despite almost crashing, ...

which leads me to believe Jorge's tires were not that far off, he was just having a panic attack.

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October 21, 2012 2:09 PM

Its was about getting the race the required distance to award full points, so Dani did really well, what should acknowledged the race was dangerous two laps
before the red flag, when all these riders fell off, Strewth !!, a lot of crazy folk post on CRASH

I see HRC is being victimized by some.

For the record..."HRC is responsible for all the stupid rules that have ruined Motogp as is today"

The mistake Dorna made was to let them dictate such rules. The Flaminis gave them the finger and showed them the door and look how WSBK became the most entertaining of the 2 by a million miles.

Also fans whining about Dorna wishing Lorenzo wins the title must look at how many points Lorenzo has in the bag. Didn't Biaggi win by half a point?

What makes you think Pedrosa winning the rest of the races and Stoner finishing second is going to accomplish? Did you guys failed math in school?

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Regardless of your opinion of Smith, the kid is taking the time to give readers an insight of the Moto GP circus. Your constant bashing of him could make other riders not do this. Instead of bashing the kid you should be thankful he takes the time to do this.

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WRC » Podium joy in Monte Carlo

Ford World Rally Team's Petter Solberg looks back on Rallye Monte Carlo, the opening round in the 2012 World Rally Championship, in his first exclusive column on Crash.net for 2012.

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January 26, 2012 10:16 AM

Well the pilot makes a bigger difference than in F1 and MotoGP is you ask me....Look at how slow Matt Wilson was in a similar car.

Maybe that's a bad comparison as Matty takes an almost buddhist zen like approach to rallying :p

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January 26, 2012 9:39 PM

I wish him good luck, probably will need him. I believe so far he is proving his role in Ford - contribution with his experience. I'm not fan of team tactics, they should push as much as they can (not being stupid of course), so P1, P2 this doesn't matter (may be not true for Citroen though).

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Nuff Respect for Mr. Solberg ! Sponsoring your own team with your pocket shows a real dedication to the thing you love doing. Not many of us have the same opportunity, commitment and sacrifice.
Big applause for him !

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Mikko Hirvonen tops leaderboard in Sweden after SS5, 2.9 seconds up on Jari-Matti Latvala; Mads Ostberg lies third...

Citroen's Mikko Hirvonen has taken the lead on Rally Sweden following the opening loop this morning.

Hirvonen, who was sixth quickest in the short Karlstad SSS last night, started the day with the third best time in SS2. He was then fourth in SS3, before topping the times in SS4 and SS5, to move ahead of his former Ford team-mate, Jari-Matti Latvala. Hirvonen now heads into the 15 minute remote service with a 2.9 second advantage.

“I knew the car would be fast here and I had a really good feeling. Everything went well and I think I can go even faster,” said Mikko.

Latvala meanwhile, who set the joint fastest time in the first stage today and he was second in SS3, was only fifth in SS4 and SS5. The Finn was not happy and admitted he kept making small mistakes in his Ford WRT-run Fiesta RS WRC.

“My decision to start down the order was the right one. Conditions were good but I made several small mistakes which cost about five or six seconds,” Latvala confirmed. “Sometimes the rear of the car slid away and that affected my confidence.

“I'm going to try and work on resolving that and increasing the grip. When it happened it broke my rhythm and then I made more mistakes. It's only a small issue but I didn't feel quite as comfortable as I wanted.”

Mads Ostberg is next up, 7.4 seconds further back, and after sharing the stage honours in SS2, he went on to post two sixth quickest times in SS3 and SS4, before bouncing back and ending the loop with the second fastest in SS5.

Behind, Sebastien Loeb is now 2.4 seconds adrift of the final podium place and 12.7 seconds off the lead. The Frenchman would have been right in the thick of things and second overall, but for a 10 second penalty.

“We changed the set-up at the last minute and ended up arriving at the control point a minute late,” Loeb explained. “We'd be fighting it out for the lead if we hadn't picked up the penalty. The differences in the times are always very small in Sweden and the ten seconds won't be easy to make up [now]. Like Mikko, we played it safe by taking two spare tyres with us [for this loop].”

Crash.net columnist and Ford WRT man, Petter Solberg rounds out the top five, a spin in SS4 costing him around 10 seconds.

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It was Feb 8th 2013, but it felt like the 90s. The scene was not any international game, but one which featured the cream of players who have turned out in Indian colors. A team was in trouble, there was the question of a follow on and the other batsmen were floundering. But that man, who has been the custodian of a billion people's faith, just gave yet another display of why he was hailed as the cricketing God.

Mumbai, the 40 time and current Ranji champions, started the day on 155/2, still 371 adrift of Rest Of India's first innings total. Ajinkya Rahane was past 50 and batting fluently, joined in by Sachin Tendulkar, after the nightwatchman Shardul Thakur fell to the first ball he faced on Day 3. Rahane continued from where he left off last night, but all eyes were on Sachin. The crowd was yet to come in and the select early birds were witness to some hostile short pitched stuff delivered by Sreesanth to the little master. He was circumspect at the start, but on a few occassions tried to play his invention, the upper cut, to counter the bouncers. None of them made contact with the bat, but it did nothing to trouble Sachin as well.

As Sachin prodded along, scoring the rare boundary, Rahane displayed aggressive intent by slogging Pragyan Ojha over midwicket for a big six. Ojha and his partner Harbhajan Singh did nothing to trouble either batsman and that only helped Sachin to get over his tentativeness. He opened up against the left-arm spinner, first lofting him over the long off fence and in the next ball, flicked a ball from off stump wristily through the midwicket. Just when it looked like the 4th wicket parntership might escort Mumbai to safety, umpire Subrata Ray gave a shocker of a decision to send Rahane back. The right hander, batting on 83, went forward to sweep a ball from Harbhajan and edged one onto the pads, but the umpire ruled him out LBW.

Next in was Rohit Sharma and all eyes were on him, most of them half expecting a failure. Sharma played 11 balls, did not score any run and proceeded to slog the next ball, only to spoon a catch to deep midwicket, in the process trigerring a series of wagging tongues about his 'talent' and consistency. Captain Abhishek Nayar was the next man in and he too didn't last long, edging a Mithun delivery to slip. Mumbai were reduced to 257/6 in the space of half an hour, facing the humiliating prospect of follow on. Not a situation that Sachin hasn't been in before, not a situation where he failed his team.

Along with Ankeet Chavan, Tendulkar batted for close to 26 overs and put on a stand of 103 runs. Initially, he waited for Chavan to spend some time in the middle, shielding his partner from Mithun and Harbhajan. The youngster too responded to the situation and got going with a sweep shot of the Turbanator. That signalled a change in Sachin's intentions and he gradually began to get the boundaries at regular intervals. Very little time was spent in the nervous nineties, in fact there as no nervousness as Ojha was singled out for special treatment in the 86th over. 2 drives took Sachin into the 90s, but there was a gasp moment for the crowd when Sachin had seemed to overbalance, trying to hit a inside out drive. Saha had removed off the bails, but his back leg was just in and the crowd cheered on. 5 overs later, he tucked Sreesanth off his hips to square leg for a single to equal Sunil Gavaskar record of 81 First class hundreds.

In the last session of the day, Sachin watched in horror as the tail-enders tried to go one up on him, going for the big shots, but found the fielders. Mumbai lost the final 3 wickets for just 10 runs and Sachin was stranded on 140, returning to the dressing room amidst a standing ovation from the 300 odd gathered in the stands and his opponents.

At the end of day's play, Rest Of India were 27/1, having lost Shikhar Dhawan for 0 and Sreesanth in as the nightwatchman. The match might be in their hands, but the day belonged to the God of cricket.
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(From L) England's Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann and Alastair Cook leave the field after England win their second Ashes Test match against Australia, at Lord's cricket ground in north London, on July 21, 2013. © Cricbuzz
General view in the late afternoon sunshine as Australia's Steven Smith bowls to England's Joe Root during play on the third day of their second Ashes Test match, at Lord's cricket ground in north London, on July 20, 2013. © Cricbuzz
This file photo shows England's players leaving the field at the Headingley Carnegie stadium in Leeds, on August 5, 2012. © Cricbuzz
There has already been talk of "campaigns" and "battles" during the ongoing Ashes series.

And even the often sober Sydney Morning Herald newspaper referred to Australia's 347-run defeat by England in the second Test at Lord's just over a week ago as a "slaughter".

Well, to borrow the words of German tennis great Boris Becker, after the then two-time defending champion's shock defeat by Australian journeyman Peter Doohan at Wimbledon in 1987, "nobody died" as a result of the tourists falling 2-0 behind with three to play against Ashes-holders England.

Yet, after Saturday's play at Lord's, Graeme Swann proved it was possible to have a sense of perspective without having seen active service when he paid tribute to a fellow England spinner of an earlier generation.

"Yesterday (Friday, July 19) was the 70th anniversary of Hedley Verity's mortal wounding in WWII. We forget how easy life is for us due to men like him #heroes," Swann, only the second England spinner since Verity to take five wickets in an Ashes Test at Lord's, tweeted.
This Wednesday, July 31, marks the 70th anniversary of Yorkshire left-arm spinner Verity's death aged 38 after being hit by enemy fire and shrapnel while serving as a British Army captain during a Second World War battle in Sicily in 1943 where, despite his injuries, he implored his troops to "keep going".

Verity, born in the Headingley district of Leeds that gives Yorkshire's headquarters its name, enjoyed a remarkable cricket career.

He took 1,956 first-class wickets at an average of 14.90 as Yorkshire won seven County Championship titles in the 1930s. His haul saw him take all 10 Nottinghamshire innings wickets for just 10 runs, to this day a record, in a match in 1932.

His Test record was scarcely less impressive, with Verity taking 144 wickets in 40 matches at 24.37.

Verity was a member of the England side that triumphed in the controversial 1932/33 'Bodyline' tour of Australia.
And in 1934 the second Test at Lord's became known as 'Verity's Match' after he took 15 for 104, including 14 wickets in a day and twice dismissed Australia's Don Bradman, widely regarded as the greatest batsman international cricket has known.

Verity had more success against Bradman than any other Test bowler, taking his wicket eight times in 17 Tests.

Yet it wasn't until he passed his 25th birthday that Verity made his debut for 'White Rose' Yorkshire, having honed his craft playing league cricket 'across the border' in Lancashire where he appeared for several clubs including Accrington, some 25 miles from the 'Red Rose' county's Old Trafford base which will stage the third Ashes Test of the 2013 series later this week.

Whereas current England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar reacts with all the disjointed fury of a hyperactive puppet whose strings have just been cut when he takes a wicket, Verity, in common with many players of his generation, was far more restrained.

Bradman wrote forewords to two biographies of Verity, the second Alan Hill's 'Portrait of a Cricketer' published in 1986, and it was clear the passing of the years had not dimmed the Australian's high regard for his opponent.

"We were great rivals and I grew to respect him both as a gentleman and a player," Bradman wrote.

"His ideal physique and lovely economical lazy run-up were co-ordinated to put him in a perfect delivery position, with a superb command of length and direction.

"But more than his cricketing skill was his sportsmanship and manly bearing under all circumstances. I never once heard him complain or offer a criticism.

"His whole career exemplified all that was best about cricket and I deem it an honour and privilege to have been on stage with him in those golden days of the 1930s."
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The last time these two sides, not more than a few days ago, both sides put on a display to cherish with both sides tying the contest, not only in the stipulated 20-overs, but also during the Super Over. Rajasthan Royals were eventually awarded the game thanks to having scored more boundaries than the Kolkata Knight Riders. While Rajasthan Royals would not mind a similar end-result in the game at Ahmedabad, both sides will want to ensure they do not leave the game till the very end to try and take their chance to triumph.

Rajasthan Royals:

The Shane Watson-led side has enjoyed a revival of sorts with a string of victories and they will look to continue in the same vein against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Their last game against Delhi Daredevils went perfectly as planned with both bowlers and batsmen chipping in and helping them produce a clinical display that saw them oust Delhi Daredevils by 7 wickets. The 3rd-placed side would also be overjoyed with discovering a match-winner in young Karun Nair, who slammed a 50-ball 73.

The biggest strength of Royals going into Monday's match is their in-form batting. The team is on a three-match winning streak and given the dismal form which Kolkata are battling, a fourth victory on the trot does not look unlikely. Royals' batsmen have been in fine form but more would be expected of the likes of Shane Watson and Sanju Samson, both of whom have been making decent contributions.

On the bowling front, they have discovered the brilliance of leg-spinner Pravin Tambe, who has been making crucial breakthroughs. The 42-year old produced a brilliant performance that saw him take 2 vital wickets in their last game and will be keen on repeating his heroics. Pacer James Faulkner has spearheaded the pace department rather well with some good support from Dhawal Kulkarni and Kane Richardson.

Kolkata Knight Riders:

In contrast, Kolkata Knight Riders have been living a nightmare, having suffered three back-to-back defeats. KKR were thoroughly outplayed in their 34-run defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings in their most recent match

Their biggest concern right now is a floundering batting line-up. Skipper Gautam Gambhir has failed to produce a single innings of significance so far, along with veteran Jacques Kallis, who has also been far from impressive. In their previous match against Chennai, Robin Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan did come up with innings of substance but it would take a lot more than that to notch up wins. Chris Lynn has been good in patches and KKR will hope the young Australian turns in a performance that will inspire the rest of his squad. Surya Kumar Yadav too has been decent with the bat for the 2012 Indian Premier League Champions, but he has been batting way down the order to make an impact.

On the bowling front, Kolkata Knight Riders have relied too heavily on the spin duo of West Indian Sunil Narine and Bangladesh's Shakib Al-Hasan. Piyush Chawla has been blowing hot and cold and is not among their most reliable bowlers at the moment. Their pace department, despite boasting of some big name, have failed to cause any major discomfort to the opposition line-ups.

Team News: Rajasthan Royals have absolutely no need to change their winning combination. They seem to have all their bases
covered and would have enough faith to carry on with the same team against a struggling KKR side. The Gautam Gambhir side, on the other hand, will be buzzing with question about how to get the best out of their side. With Pat Cummins and Ryan ten Doeschate in the side, KKR do have a couple of probable solutions up their sleeve.

All the matches are crucial. (The game against Delhi Daredevils) was the first match of the India leg, we also had to adjust to the conditions and we did well. Everyone fulfilled their role well: Pravin Tambe.

On current form, Rajasthan Royals will start off as strong favourites but the unpredictable nature of the season could help KKR spring a surprise.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Watson looks set to lead Rajasthan Royals to another win. © BCCI
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Can Joe Hockey use his MYEFO con for real reform?

Yesterday’s mid-year budget forecast is a crass political confection. But it will be valuable if Joe Hockey can use it to build support for reform within government ranks.

As con jobs go, Treasurer Joe Hockey’s MYEFO yesterday wasn’t particularly subtle. But then the Coalition in “budget black hole” mode rarely is. The $10 billion “Beazley black hole of 1996” was a fiction cobbled together by Finance bureaucrats and flogged remorselessly by the Howard government.

But it’s Treasury bureaucrats who are complicit in this one, because the invention of nearly $70 billion worth of extra budget deficits is, after you take out the surge in expenditure this year since Hockey became Treasurer, almost entirely the product of a big downward revision in nominal GDP growth forecasts and thus of revenue.

In the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook released by Treasury and Finance in August, untouched by political hands, budget deficits were expected to total about $55 billion over the next four years, with a small, almost notional, surplus in 2016-17. That’s now turned into $123 billion worth of deficits under Hockey. In PEFO, nominal GDP growth was forecast to be 3.75%, 4.5%, 5.25% and 5.25% for this year through to 2016-17. Now nominal GDP is forecast to be 3.5%, 3.5% 4.75% and 4.75% for the same years. They are the lowest nominal GDP forecasts since the global financial crisis.

This has a massive impact on revenues, which are very sensitive to changes in nominal GDP growth. Revenue will be $6 billion lower this year, $10 billion next year, $16 billion lower in 2015-16 and $19 billion lower in 2016-17. That’s $50 billion extra in deficits, right there. The rest is additional spending Hockey committed to yesterday, like rural infrastructure projects promised by Labor that the Nationals refused to give up.

Treasury also downgraded forecasts in other areas: household consumption will grow 0.5 percentage points less than the 2% forecast in PEFO this year and a quarter of a percent lower next year. Housing construction is expected to grow by only 3%, rather than 5% as forecast in August, although the forecast for next year remains unchanged. Flat business investment this year is now predicted to be negative, and a small fall in investment next year is now a larger one; ditto machinery and equipment investment this year, although it’s expected to grow more strongly next year. Terms of trade are expected now to fall a little less than forecast in August, but a lot more in 2014-15.

The only things that didn’t fall were inflation, which is going to be slightly higher this year, and jobs: Treasury actually reduced the expected unemployment rate by a quarter of a per cent this year. It’s a peculiar economy that has such anemic growth and yet somehow performs better than expected on jobs and produces higher inflation.

But you can see where all this is heading: the economy may well perform better than the dire predictions of Treasury in MYEFO, gifting Hockey the claim of economic and fiscal wizardry. Only, bookmark the independently prepared PEFO and come back to it later, because that’s the standard against which Hockey should be judged in the future, not this confection.

The fiscal challenge for Parliament — not just the government — remains the same today as before yesterday’s silliness …”

One of the things Hockey liked to do in opposition was to underplay the extent to which revenue write-downs had crimped Labor’s quest for a return to surplus. Ahead of the budget this year, for example, Hockey said:

The mid-year budget update shows that revenue this year was expected to increase by $37 billion. Even after the $17 billion write-down, revenue this year will increase by $20 billion higher than last year. That is a rise of over 6%, or more than double the rate of inflation. Wayne Swan described this as a ‘sledgehammer hit to revenue’. His grandiose rhetoric suggesting a wrecking ball impact on the budget when in fact his revenue increased by $20 billion. No wonder business and consumer confidence is fragile!”

Well let’s apply Joe’s test to himself. Yesterday’s documents show that, even after a revenue writedown of nearly $5 billion this year between PEFO and MYEFO, Hockey will still have revenue of nearly $14 billion more than in 2012-13, or an increase of 4%, well ahead of inflation.

Yet despite this surge in revenue, somehow Joe is still on track to double Labor’s 2012-13 deficit of $19 billion.

Voters, with the aid of the Coalition’s media cheerleaders and journalists not smart enough to look through the numbers, may well come to believe that Labor somehow bequeathed the Coalition an extra $70 billion in debt, although such tasks are harder now than they were in the analog media days. If it happens, good luck to Hockey — that’s politics, and we shouldn’t expect anything less from politicians. But the real issue is whether Hockey can use the numbers within his party to build support for hard decisions.

The fiscal challenge for Parliament — not just the government — remains the same today as before yesterday’s silliness: address the federal government’s structural deficit in a context where, beyond Hockey’s nominal GDP trick, there are no easy options because revenue is on a lower growth path. Maybe Joe will get lucky, the dollar will fall to 70 US cents, or commodity prices will surge again, and deliver him the sort of windfalls that Peter Costello enjoyed, but it’s unlikely to fix the problem that we don’t tax ourselves enough to fund the high levels of health, education, defence and infrastructure spending (and yes, we do spend a lot on infrastructure) that we have.

There will still be hard, unpopular decisions to make — not politically painless ones from yesterday like ripping money out of health services in western Sydney (that’ll teach ‘em not to elect Jaymie Diaz, eh?), but ones of the kind the Grattan Institute was talking about a few weeks back, like requiring people to work longer and tax super more. The measure of Hockey’s success as Treasurer will be in whether he has the will and skill to drive those sorts of savings through the joint party room and past the Prime Minister, who appears to see his role as playing umpire to various factions within the Coalition.

If he doesn’t, yesterday’s numbers will just be crass politics and nothing more.

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    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

    This govt make the hard decisions? They have already lost the lead int the polls without even doing anything and their priorities regarding legislation are removing the carbon & mining taxes and paying out billions in direct action and the PPL plus reversing the small amount of progress the ALP made on middle calss welfare and the structural deficit - things are going to get much worse under this mob.

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    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 1:24 pm | Permalink

    Ground Hog Day” - with Hockey grinding out the histrionics?

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    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 3:01 pm | Permalink

    Prime Minister Tony Abbott says many Holden workers will be “liberated” by the loss of their jobs at the carmaker.” (ABC)

    Look out Tony is coming to liberate you!

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    The Hood
    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 3:23 pm | Permalink

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    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

    Jimmy, if he gets workchoices Mk2 in ; sorry “productivity improvements”; all PAYE workers will be ‘liberated’; revolution now!

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    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 3:39 pm | Permalink

    Tell me who’s that ly in’, Tone the Liberator
    Tell me who’s that ly in’, Tone the Liberator
    Tell me who’s that ly in’, Tone the Liberator
    Wrote the book on dodgy deals

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    Michael Reid
    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 3:52 pm | Permalink

    Nice piece Bernard and useful. Thanks.

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    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 4:19 pm | Permalink

    It’s clear that this is a serious blow to an industry under pressure. This greedy grab from the government is costing sales today. It’s costing jobs today.”

    - Tony Abbott, Opposition Leader - 19th July 2013

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    Hamis Hill
    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 4:53 pm | Permalink

    If anyone wants to see what this DLP regime is going to look like, try what the Republic of Ireland is just recovering from.
    No Liberals in either regime, and it shows.
    Is Turnbull the last “Liberal”, by the way?
    Howard was certainly the last Liberal PM, in charge of the sell-out.
    Ask Gerard Henderson, he’s written books and articles about it.

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    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 5:51 pm | Permalink

    They li*d all the way through three years of opposition. What makes anyone think they have changed their spots?
    It will be a travesty of justice if Hockey’s spin actually puts them in a better position in the electorates’ eyes before the next election. I am guessing that won’t happen!

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    The Pav
    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 7:10 pm | Permalink

    I suspect that Hockey & Abbotts incompetence will result in a lossof confidence, contracting economy and a rating down grade.

    Ironically this will aid Aust manufacturing … Sort of the opposite of “no good deed goes unpunished”

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    Tom Jones
    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 7:40 pm | Permalink

    Scrooge reappears as a ghost of Chritmas past in the form of this treasurer. The ghost of Christmas future is a bleak landscape with the environment scorched along with Environmental Defenders Offices. A few dollars saved because they put legal arguments for small people faced with the might of mining barons now given free reign over our land.
    War has been declared on the nation by these ugly class warriors.

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    sakkal paul
    Posted Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 11:49 pm | Permalink

    By far and away the most insightful analysis of MYEFO I’ve read so far.

    journalists not smart enough to look through the numbers’ – well put. Your good work is hugely appreciated Mr. Keane.

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    Posted Thursday, 19 December 2013 at 1:10 pm | Permalink

    Where all this is going has gone :- “Chicken Little” in Opposition becomes “St Shrek” in government?

    As for “journalists” - look who owns and feeds most of them?
    Is it smarts or motivation that’s lacking?
    Tug at the loose threads of fabric in this arras and risk exposing the whole Limited News Party for the sham it is?

    And - on a trivial note - when the dollar drops, how much will we be paying for fuel?

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    Posted Thursday, 19 December 2013 at 1:57 pm | Permalink

    Can we stop worrying about meaningless debt and actually focus on running the economy? Thanks.

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  • T.M. Moore BreakPoint
  • 2009 25 Sep
The Duty of Political Speech

The political atmosphere these days is charged with progressive electrons.

Everything seems to be flowing toward one end of the political spectrum, and those who raise a hand or voice to offer a contrary opinion are ignored, scorned, or attacked by those who are supercharged with the temper of the times. It can be rather intimidating to express one's views about matters of moment in the public square, unless those views harmonize with the newly dominant progressive mindset.

Elihu must have felt a similar wariness about speaking up in the situation involving Job and his friends. Each of Job's friends and counselors had reached a similar conclusion about the sufferer's dilemma and how it should be resolved. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar all agreed: Job must have sinned in some way, and if he would only ‘fess up to his transgression, the Lord would quickly restore his well-being. These were long-time friends of Job, and wise old heads at that. What could a young man possibly add to this discussion, especially since he was prepared to reject the counsel of his elders and turn the conversation toward a new focus?

Elihu may have felt somewhat intimidated, but he insisted on his right to speak into the situation. In Job 34:16-27 he offered an analogy to justify expressing his views, one that he was certain all parties would agree with, and which would therefore allow him room to voice his opinion.

It is this analogy, a brief for the duty of political speech, that concerns us here. We want to consider Elihu's analogy for what we can learn from it about speaking up on matters of public moment in our own day, when all the loudest voices seem to be blowing and blustering in a direction that many of us may not find to our liking.

The priority of political speech

Elihu's premise in this analogy is that no one is going to object when someone who sees injustice in the public square raises his voice to protest (vv. 16-19). Indeed, even the wisest among them would acknowledge that men must not simply stand by while unjust rulers pursue wicked policies, showing partiality to special interests in order to pad their own wellbeing. The duty of speaking up, even in the bluntest of terms, would be agreed upon by all.

Nothing has changed since then. "We the people" are the ultimate political power in this democracy, but if we forfeit our twofold duty of vigilance and voice, then the wheels of our democracy fail to work smoothly, and the gears of special interest will redirect the nation on a course that veers from the trajectory of the Founders, a trajectory based in and motivated by principles agreeable to a Christian worldview.

Many would say this is precisely what is happening in our day. In the face of that prospect, voices are being raised all over the nation, objecting to policies and courses of action that strike many ordinary Americans as out of sync with the nation's purpose and character. They have been greeted by scorn and vilification from the mainstream media and those in charge of the progressive agenda, but, at the moment, they seem to be standing their ground like Elihu, demanding to be heard. They are only doing their public duty.

The prerequisites of political speech

But before one ventures to raise his voice in the public square, certain prerequisites must be met. Otherwise his protests will be easily deflected and destroyed, and his voice effectively silenced. What are those prerequisites?

First, they who would participate in the public square must keep informed and vigilant concerning the issues of the day and the people who are pressing them. Elihu took for granted that anyone who would speak up about matters of public policy must know both what issues are on the table and who is pushing the agenda.

Here there is no substitute for reading, conversation, and searching out all sides on any particular issue, so that we gain the best insights from all quarters and can weigh them in a thoughtful and discerning manner. At the same time, we must become informed about where particular politicians stand and how we may contact or otherwise communicate with them in the most effective manner.

A second prerequisite for political speech is that we must be clear on the terms of justice. In biblical terms, justice has five facets, each of which is but an expression of the just character of God.

Preventive justice involves the precautions we take to make sure that our actions don't harm others unnecessarily.

Obligatory justice requires that we keep our word, be faithful to our contracts, and represent the truth in all matters of public or private concern.

Restorative justice requires that, if we in any way have brought harm or damage to a neighbor of his property, we must be prepared to recompense him accordingly, in order to restore his wellbeing to the status quo ante as much as possible.

Retributive justice metes out punishment against those who willfully violate the persons or property of their neighbors.

And distributive justice requires that citizens express concern and take care of those in need in their community, sharing from their resources to help those who find themselves in want.

Whenever political leaders fail to take account of the Biblical requirements of justice, or consider actions that either violate those canons or seek to expand them in unbiblical ways, it is the duty of citizens to raise their voice in protest. But we will not be able to do this unless we begin to be more careful and informed about the requirements of justice and the ways it is, or is not, being practiced in our day.

A third prerequisite may be glimpsed in Elihu's reference to "him who is righteous and mighty" (v. 17). We must not allow anything in our character of manner to be a hindrance to what we wish to speak into the public square. Christians are called first to be witnesses (Acts 1:8) before they assay to speak a word of witness to others. If our manners, demeanor, or conduct can be dragged out for all to see in ways that shame us or the Truth of God, then we will have effectively forfeited our place in the forum of public speech.

The final prerequisite for political speech is that we remember that those who lead us in the political arena are only men like ourselves, and we must not chary to confront them boldly and bluntly when the situation requires (v. 18). It can be daunting to stand up to a political figure, naming names, indicting injustice, and calling for changes in a direction more in line with Biblical principles. Whether we do this in a public meeting, a letter to the editor, or merely in conversation with friends, there will always be those who object to our frankness and seek to shout us down. But we must not be cowed by such tactics, nor must we allow ourselves to think, as some seem to believe, that certain political figures are beyond reproach or correction, simply by virtue of office, tenure, or other factor.

The perspective of political speech

It is important that believers who seek to participate in the public square not check their faith at the door as they begin to engage the secular world. Elihu reminds us that there is a larger, overarching perspective and framework within which all political speech occurs, and, while we may not parade all the details of this landscape before our fellow citizens, or include them in our speeches, we will certainly want to keep them in mind as we proceed.

We may summarize this perspective as follows: All men and women, regardless of their beliefs, convictions, or views, are the image-bearers of God, and are ultimately accountable to Him (vv. 19, 20). We are not deists: God, we know, continually watches the ways of men and weighs their actions, moment by moment, on the scales of His justice (vv. 21-23). They can expect to know the favor of God, and, thus, continuing tenure in public service, who seek policies in line with what He regards as just and good (vv. 23-25); those who insist on transgressing His ways can expect that He will bring them to judgment, both now—through a variety of means—and in the great day of His wrath (vv. 25-27).

Knowing this, love for our neighbors demands that we speak up to help guide the ship of state in the safe waters of divine favor, lest by veering from His course we shipwreck on the icebergs of foolish choices and unforeseen consequences or the shoals of unacknowledged dangers and hidden reefs. We can make our arguments for following the ways of God on prudential grounds, showing the wisdom of following Biblical truth, without resort to preaching and Bible-thumping before those whose minds would automatically close at the first sound of such a tactic. The Word of God is good and wise and profitable to equip us for every good work. The challenge to those who want to persuade their neighbors of this truth is to discover words and ways of conversing that will keep their interest, open their minds, arrest their affections, and, thus, make room for the Holy Spirit to persuade each in a manner consistent with the degree of his or her readiness. Public speech is not evangelism, and, while we must always be prepared to give a witness to our risen Savior, sometimes, when the ship of state is at risk, the best counsel is prudence only—yet not without being willing to make our general framework and worldview known (Acts 26:21-38).

The practice of political speech

Finally we must say a few words of application based on Elihu's brief. How do we actually take up the practice of political speech as a normal part of our everyday conversation as believers? I will suggest four practices.

First, we must diligently study the Word of God to discover its teaching on matters of public policy. The Bible may not spell things out in terms specific to our times; however, the principles of God's Law, the warnings of the prophets, and the teachings of Christ and the apostles can be applied to any situation in life. Our duty is to learn to see the world through the lens of Scripture, allowing the Bible to shape our thinking and guide our actions in the public square, as in all of life. For this, we will need to be more careful and diligent students of God's Word.

Second, we must keep abreast of matters of public moment and consider how each of them intersects our Christian worldview. Here we will need to do some wider reading and to find Christian friends with whom we can share our thinking and refine our views.

Third, we must discover the avenues along which our thoughts and concerns may be most effectively conveyed to the people we hope to influence. Do we have the addresses, emails, and phone numbers of our elected officials? Do we know how to engage relevant websites? What opportunities for participating in public forums are schedule for our area? How do I craft a letter to the editor? How can I use my home as a forum for engaging others?

Finally, we must practice Biblical principles of speech in all our political speech, at all times. This means learning to be a good and thoughtful listener, guarding against becoming angry or defensive or stooping to merely ad hominen arguments, being clear and persuasive in our speech, showing respect to our opponents, and encouraging others who agree with our perspective to participate in a similar manner. If we hope to affect and shape matters of civil policy, we shall not be likely to do this through uncivil speech. We cannot expect the blessings of God when we choose to do things by the ways of the flesh.

Does this mean there is no room for confrontation? No place for blunt speech? Firm disagreement? Not at all. But even these must have solid ground beneath them and be constructed in ways that keep our manner of speech from being a hindrance to the careful consideration of our message.

Let the wary be willing

This is no time for those who are wary of the shifting ground of our political foundations to stand by and say nothing. A duty of political speech is incumbent upon everyone who cares about the Truth of God and the wellbeing of his neighbor. Let us study and pray to discover the best ways of fulfilling our responsibilities in this important area of civic life and Christian calling.

For reflection

What opportunities for practicing political speech are available to you at this time? How might you improve your ability to talk about matters of public policy from the perspective of your Christian worldview?

T. M. Moore is dean of the BreakPoint Centurions Program and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. Sign up at his website to receive his daily email devotional Crosfigell, reflections on Scripture and the Celtic Christian tradition, or sign up at the Colson Center to receive his daily study, ViewPoint, studies in Christian worldview living.. T. M. and his wife and editor, Susie, make their home in Hamilton, Va.
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Psalm 129:2
Many a time have they afflicted me f rom my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Saundra was handicapped. Her hands were twisted beyond usefulness, and she had lived with them since birth. They caused her not only physical pain, but emotional anguish as well. Throughout her childhood, cruel children had mocked her. The damage done to her self-esteem was immense, and for a long period she believed that she could never do anything. In college she had met a friend who led her to Christ. In Christ she found a new desire to succeed and beat her affliction. She received a Master's degree in Therapy and Handicapped Services and became national spokeswoman for a handicap-awareness campaign. Though her detractors had always had something to say, Saundra prevailed and rose above her handicap.
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Theme entries are in chronological order from CLAY-TABLET to FLASH-DRIVE
A bullet often precedes one   ITEM [which goes with 48-Down's AGENDA]
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Dual pronoun   HE/SHE [not in my grammar --- an inane construction designed to help eliminate sexism but in fact flags it]
Tickle pink   PLEASE [tortured: to please is not to elate but to satisfy]
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OST is not used in English.
Simpson judge   ITO [if it were "Simpson's judge" it might suggest the silly TV show, which in a way the Simpson trial was]
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