Mike Wallace on Warming Myopia

Mike Wallace, a climate scientist at the University of Washington, had a provocative op-ed in the Seatlle Times last Friday. Wallace was a member of the 2001 NAS panel that was convened at the request of George W. Bush to evaluate the IPCC top line conclusions (chaired by Ralph Cicerone, present-day NAS director). That committee reaffirmed the IPCC conclusions. Wallace was also the Chair of a 2000 NAS report on reconciling surface and satellite temperature trends. He is no skeptic.

Wallace's op-ed is provocative because it suggests that we've come to focus too narrowly on climate change, and he lays some of the blame for this at the feet of the scientific community. Here is an excerpt (emphases added):

It's tempting to blame the media for fixating on global warming, but we climate scientists are partly to blame for the misplaced emphasis. Over the past 20 years we have stood by and watched as governmental and nongovernmental organizations that deal with environmental issues became more and more narrowly focused on the long-term impacts of global warming.

Meanwhile, more imminent issues relating to the sustainability of our planet's life-support system under the pressures of growing human population and the widening gap between rich and poor are not getting the attention they deserve.

By failing to foster creation of robust, broad-based advisory mechanisms, we have allowed the IPCC assessment reports to become the dominant vehicle for representing the views of the scientific community on a widening range of environmental issues. In the IPCC terminology, symptoms of environmental degradation, regardless of their cause, are labeled as impacts of climate change, and the societal response to them is framed in terms of mitigating and adapting to climate change.

Scientists still write papers and speak to the media about environmental concerns outside of the purview of the IPCC, but with so much of the world's attention riveted on climate change there is a lack of institutional infrastructure for calling attention to other issues.

Labeling issues such as reduced agricultural productivity, loss of biodiversity, pollution and the looming shortage of fresh water as "impacts of global warming" leaves the public confused and susceptible to propaganda by groups who oppose environmental regulation of any kind. With the IPCC increasingly in the spotlight, the denialists can trivialize the entire environmental crisis simply by casting doubt on the scientific consensus on global warming.

Climate scientists and their detractors are slugging it out every day in blogs and editorial pages while legislative initiatives to get governments to address environmental and resource issues remain stalled, despite broad public support for them.

At the recent Copenhagen Summit, the nations of the world were reluctant to make binding agreements to reduce their production of greenhouse gases. Given the limited public understanding of the intricacies of climate science, the human tendency to be more concerned with current issues than with what the climate will be like 100 years from now, and the glaring inequities in per capita fossil fuel consumption between countries like the United States and those like India, justifying an enlightened energy policy on the basis of concerns about global warming is a tough sell.

The negotiations might have gone better had the justification been framed in terms of conserving the world's dwindling oil reserves, stabilizing oil prices and promoting energy independence.

The current stalemate is likely to persist as long as scientists allow climate change to dominate the environmental policy agenda. In order to promote a more productive dialogue between scientists and policymakers, the discussion of adaptation and mitigation options in the policy arena needs to be reframed so that it addresses environmental degradation and sustainability in the broad sense, not just the impacts of climate change.

Wallace is right -- about the consequences of a myopic focus, the need for a more inclusive reframing and the role of the climate science community in helping maintain the myopic focus, both as silent bystander (most of the community) and actively involved in the myopic framing (those activist bloggers).

Along with Mike Hulme, Hans von Sotrch, Judy Curry and others, Mike Wallace is helping to show that there are a diversity of thoughtful views among the climate science community. The blog discussions of climate are typically colored in black and white, whereas the real world is painted in shades of gray.

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The Politics of a Carbon Tax: Lessons from France

The French government's decision to withdraw its proposed carbon tax last week followed on the heels of a stinging electoral defeat of President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party in regional elections. A carbon tax, starting at a low level with proceeds invested in energy innovation, remains a good idea. You'll hear more about this in The Climate Fix. The experience in France confirms lessons already understood about efforts to put a price on carbon. Among them:

1. A carbon tax is politically difficult to pass unilaterally.

France saw concerns raised about its proposed tax from across the political spectrum due to concerns about its effects on French competitiveness within the EU. In fact, the main justification for its withdrawal at this time by President Sarkozy was to link it in the future to a broader European approach.

2 . An unpopular political party or leader (or both) won't do policy innovation very well.

The French ruling party was trounced in the regional elections, winning in only 1 region. In such a context any policy innovation that they propose will all but certainly be a victim of the political winds of the day. Policy innovation needs to come from a base of political strength -- but also and crucially -- in the context of policies focused on energy innovation need to be politically sustainable over many decades. Hence, they cannot simply be appealing in a particular political context, but must appeal to common interests.

3. Technological innovation that reduces costs must precede any tax viewed as increasing costs.

The proposed tax was -- $23 per ton of carbon dioxide -- was (with hindsight, obviously) way too high for the benefits that were perceived. This fact was made clear by Segolene Royal, leader of the Socialist Party:

This tax only makes sense if there is an alternative. In my region for example, I calculated that for people who have to drive their car to work every day this tax would have cost over 200 Euros per year. As long as we haven't developed the electric car or public transport a carbon tx is totally unfair and antisocial and its a very good thing it has been withdrawn.

A carbon tax won't succeed politically if it is imposed under a promised of distant and diffuse benefits. It needs to be built upon a platform of innovation which shows immediate benefits. This is another reason for starting small, as any benefits will not result immediately.

It is worth noting that on the left-right political spectrum, Royal -- Sarkozy's once and perhaps future political opponent for President -- is a Socialist and opposed the carbon tax while Sarkozy is center-right and supported it. This suggests that the issues here are less about left-right politics in general than about the policy specifics (and the present unpopularity of the President).

4. Short terms costs must be balanced by short term benefits

Ultimately, for a carbon tax to pass or any effort to put a price on carbon emissions, short term benefits must approximate the short term costs. France saw this calculus fall in the direction of opposing the tax, both politically and in terms of policy. This calculus is the result of failed policy design, not anything inherently wrong with the notion of a carbon tax. Expect to see it proposed again, in France and elsewhere.

A carbon tax remains a good idea. The policy and politics needs some work.

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Random Thoughts on Various Subjects

1. HIGH INFIDELITY

The recent scandals involving Tiger Woods, Jesse James, Mark Sanford, John Edwards, etc. provokes a lot of questions and debates. The reality is that most men cheat and so do most women. Monogamy is a myth. What makes it absurd is that people still keep getting married. This is dumb.

Marriage is an outdated and unrealistic institution. All it does is mix sex and money in a deal that is more than likely to go sour. Prostitution is renting. Marriage is ownership. Trust me, you are better off renting.

Readers may wonder what my girlfriend thinks of these comments I make on a regular basis, and I can tell you that she blisters my ass when she reads them. But I don't cheat on my girlfriend. That is because I love her. If you love someone, you don't hurt them. These philanderers don't love the women they married.

For me, being with my girlfriend is a daily choice. Marriage is the mistaken belief that you can make love permanent. You can't. People change. They move on. And it is a two-way street. My girlfriend can drop me like a bad habit, and that's just the way it is. If I want to keep her, I have to work at it or else get fired.

Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon recently broke up after decades together. No controversy there. They went their separate ways. This is the way it should be. There are rumors that both of them cheated on one another, but it isn't quite as scandalous as Tiger and Jesse because no ring was involved. They never bought the fairy tale, so there was no illusion to shatter. This is honesty and sobriety.

I know a married couple that practice polyamory. Basically, she fucks every guy (and girl) she can find while her cuckold husband stays home, tends to the child, pays the bills, and tries to put a stoic nonchalance on a shattered ego. I can agree with them that monogamy is a myth but so is the idea that you cannot be hurt or be jealous knowing your partner is out fucking someone else.

I follow a middle path. Be monogamous but never marry. This works. Women will hate this, but I will point to Oprah and Stedman. Oprah does not marry. She is no different than George Clooney or Gene Simmons. She is brilliant on this.

As for guys who are married, I can't help you on this. Most men who are married find their women stop trying anymore. This is "permanence." Once the guy is stuck, the women lets herself go to shit, and he has to put up with it. It's like the difference between a government worker who belongs to a union and a temp hoping to land a full time gig. Performance and incentives are tied together.

You should never be too secure in life. Marriage is the lie that you can take the other person for granted. You can't.

Goldie Hawn who has been happily unmarried to Kurt Russell for 25 years had this to say:

We both have independent finances, we’re both independently well-off. We have raised our children brilliantly; they are beautiful people. We did a great job there and we didn’t have to get married to do that. I like waking up every day and seeing that he is there and knowing that I have a choice. There is really no reason to marry.

Another brilliant woman.



2. OBAMACARE AND THE AFTERMATH

People ask me all the time what was in the bill, and I can't tell them. No one has read the damn thing. Any law that is longer than the Constitution is a bad law. You don't have to read it to know that you shouldn't vote for it.

Obama is gambling that the American people will end up liking this in much the same way that they ended up liking Social Security and Medicare. The sad thing is that Obama may just be right. It is said that drug dealers give away free samples to hook future users. Politicians are no different. Once people are hooked to that government handout, they never willingly give it up and will even fight to keep it. If you doubt this, look no further than the AARP or the Republicrats who will do anything to ensure and expand their entitlements. The same is also true of subsidized farming, defense contractors, etc. Uncle Sugar has many teats for eager mouths to suck on.

It will take an economic collapse to restore sanity. People don't want to be deluded, but they don't want to be shocked into reality either. Reality always has the last word.

3. ICELAND

Iceland went from a rugged economy built on industry and fishing to a bullshit economy built on international finance. When the bust happened, Iceland went straight to shit. With newfound sobriety, they are now returning to industry and fishing. This is a national scale example of my blue collar revolution in action.

America is not much different than Iceland was. Everybody here wants a bullshit job in a bullshit economy. They want to wear a tie, have a position, and garner huge salaries for providing absolutely nothing in terms of value. These people are supposed to be paid for the quality of their knowledge and their decision making. Yet, why are they all so goddamned stupid? And where is the leadership?

The beauty of a recession is when a bullshitter has to go and get a real job.



4. POLITICAL VIOLENCE

In the aftermath of the Obamacare Assrape, politicians claimed they were spit on, threatened, and called all sorts of ugly names. There were also gunshots and acts of vandalism. I'd like to get a few things straight on this shit. I'm not down with political violence. I can categorically condemn all such activities regardless of the politics. There is a time to use violence but only when the other side pulls out their guns. This is done not to make political points but to defend yourself. As much as I despise the fucktards in DC, they haven't sent out the death squads yet. Until then, citizens should keep it civil.

With that said, it is no secret that politicians embellish any and almost everything that happens to make political points. The fact is they receive hate mail and threats on an almost constant basis. This is the price for being in public. Celebrities, athletes, and even bloggers like myself get some nasty shit sent their way. You take it with a grain of salt. I remember a guy who wrote to me that he would like to come and fuck my shit up with a pipe bomb. I told him his brains would look good covering my wall. I didn't hear anything back from him anymore.

Leftards really like to push the idea that Tea Party people are just a bunch of violent hate filled rednecks who need to be put down by the jackboot of "enlightened" government authority. Remember, there have been tons of violent leftwingers from the Weather Underground to the Earth Liberation Front to the luddite treehugging Unabomber. To lump in the Sierra Club and Greenpeace in with ELF is disingenuous, and I don't do that. But leftards lump in Tea Party people with neo-Nazis, the KKK, and Timothy McVeigh without a moment's hesitation. This is all part of their setup to step up a violent counterstrike against their political opponents or at least marginalize anyone who disagrees with their socialist agenda. What a bunch of fucking idiots.

I endeavor to understand and appreciate the viewpoints of others even if I disagree with them and denigrate them with profanity laced zeal. This even includes camel fucking jihadi terrorists. But at the end of the day, when the government takes money from you and gives it to someone else, this is theft. When the government tells you what you can and can't do when those things hurt no one else, this is tyranny. And when the government murders innocents abroad, this is evil. Maybe I'm too simpleminded to grasp the "complexity" of these issues.

The truth is not complex. It is simple. Truth does not need fine print. It does not 1000+ pages of legalese. Truth does not need to apologize later when the shit comes out. The truth is the truth.

People in America are mad as hell. It is easy to dismiss a militia member or some wingnut conspiracy theorist. But ordinary Americans are seeing their lives diminished. Their taxes are going up. The prices for goods and services are going up. Deficits and the national debt are growing at an alarming rate. Pessimism has taken hold as people see their futures as nothing but a dark cloud. Meanwhile, bailed out banksters are enjoying windfall profits at the expense of working class Americans. This is the fault of the politicians. This is the hope and the change they talk about. The speak to us like we were children and fools. They piss down on our backs and tell us to enjoy the rain. I am amazed that this country hasn't turned violent against these motherfuckers. The protests you see now are actually a restrained reaction to the outright looting and theft politicians are doing.

There is a boil festering in this country, but it will be lanced this November. As much as the public may hate those motherfuckers in DC, they voted to put them there, and they can vote to fire their asses. When democracy is abolished, that is when the revolution will begin. But so far, patience and peace trump force.



5. THE LEFTARD "COMPLICITY" ARGUMENT

To be fair, no Republican ever endorsed violence as a way to express opposition to health-care reform, and they undoubtedly regret what's happened. On the other hand, many stoked anger over the past few months by employing staggering hyperbole over a document they cast as tyrannical and totalitarian. Boehner, for example, called the vote on the bill “Armageddon,” and said Ohio Rep. Steve Driehaus could be a “dead man” in his largely red Cincinnati district. I can understand if he and other Republicans are upset about being grouped with the extremists chucking bricks through windows. But by condemning violence and blasting Democrats in the same breath, Republican leaders implicitly validate the anger spurring these incidents. Instead of defusing the situation, this sort of response escalates it.

http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/03/25/the-gop-response-to-the-intimidation-campaign-against-democrats/?xid=rss-

You gotta love a completely shitheaded argument like this. This is the dumbest thing I have read all week. Basically, Republicans are to blame because they stoke the anger of people. Amazing. It has nothing to do with Democratic tomfuckery whatsoever. Heck no. If those damn Republicans would just shut up, then everybody would be happy about being sodomized by Barack Obama. Fucking amazing. In other words, there would be no violence or anger if critics would stop pointing out how the government is taking away our money and our freedom. They would probably go along with what Hugo Chavez said about the internet:

The Internet can't be something free from rules, where you do and say whatever you feel like. Each country needs to make its own rules and norms.

This is from a man with dictatorial aspirations, is an avowed socialist, and has shut down television and radio stations for being critical of him and his policies. Trust me, all leftards think alike. They all adhere to the Marxist inevitability doctrine that we will all live in the future communist utopia of central planning. Obama admits as much when he said that the healthcare bill was not perfect but a step towards the ultimate goal of universal healthcare which we all know is code for socialized medicine. Pointing out that Obama is a socialist is derided as "hate speech." That is a neat trick there. Words are equated with violence in a sort of precrime fashion. Republicans don't advocate violence, but they make people angry which leads them to advocate violence. Why is socialist legislation not a slippery slope to socialism but calling it socialist is a slippery slope to violent revolution?

The reality is that leftards like Obama want socialism. They got overexcited by having a majority and skipped the foreplay and went straight for the sphincter. With the rape already underway, Obama and his leftard ilk now have to ride it all the way. In short, they know they are fucked, so they are going to enjoy the crime while they can. They just want to muffle the cries a little longer before the cops come with the pepper spray and the handcuffs.

It is tyranny. No other word can describe it.

6. MARCH MADNESS

I'm going to be unbiased and not declare a favorite for this year's tournament.

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Get Your Game Face On

By Rebecca Dussault

Skiing and Triathlon World Class Athlete

Everyone has felt the dread of competition upon themselves be it for a spot in the school play, a game or race, a job opportunity, a chance to head a committee or even to be the victor at the end of the board game.  We want the good feeling of having won and loathe the process through which we must go to get there.  Trial by fire as it were has never, is never, and will never be a comfortable thing.  Yet, we must submit to the challenge.

How do you prepare for these events of life?  Are you confident trusting in the Lord and your experiences from the past? Do you make adequate preparations for what you’re undertaking?  Do you cower and compare yourself to others until you’ve mentally belittled all of your accomplishments and reduced yourself to a place where grace cannot fully work in you?  We’ve all ridden the seesaw of courage and doubt, of confidence and  discouragement.  We all want success, it is natural.  What’s our method of getting there?

What I add when I experience these times, be they small or large, is the patient acceptance which comes from the Lord.  “All things work together for good to them that love Him and are called according to His purpose.” (Rom 8:28)  Some races I win and believe I’ve done most everything right and others I loose which helps me learn a lesson and be better prepared for the next one.

In the end it is peace in knowing that the Lord is King of victory and defeat.  See if in your next competition you can have a peace knowing HE will supply the grace and the result, when left up to Him, will be perfect for our human growth and learning.  

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The Emperor's new clothes

Brennan modeling his first cover - Thought I would spoil the boy and rug him over the winter. He hardly needs a rug but if he is going to be broken in then I suspect it would be useful if he was also covered. That's my excuse and I am sticking to it! Please excuse piles of poo in photos - Brennan is a very tidy boy.

The shed is progressing nicely. The builders won't be back until late next week now so there is a lull in proceedings. I just hope the weather doesn't deteriorate too soon. It's looking good!! I'll do a shed blog in the next couple of days.

In other news (that always sounds so naff!), Missy has been scanned and confirmed in foal to Robbie (Woot!) although when that happened, I have no idea. This mare has twice now completely slipped under the radar with me. She clearly silent heats but the stallion who knows just covers her at night or when no-one is looking. Not going to complain, at least she is in foal.

The pink pony (Twinkle) went home yesterday. Unfortunately not in foal. She has fluid in her uterus so will need a good flush out pre-breeding this coming spring. Her owner has promised she will be back. I was not expecting her to be in foal so it came as no surprise really. She is an older mare and it was just so late in the season - Yes, it is a shame that Brennan will not have anything on the ground next season now but that's the way the cookie crumbles. I have had a couple of opportunities to do late breedings with him myself but have elected just to wait until early spring and get started then. No point in rushing things really and I already have enough mares to foal next season. He's a long term proposition and good things, as they say, take time.

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Velodrome!

I have just returned to the US, but my last week in Austria was so eventful, that there will be a few days of post-processing. My final day in Vienna was especially action-packed. In addition to a full work schedule, many last-minute errands and a farewell dinner, I had a mini-cycling adventure with Jacqueline's owner, Wolfgang.

As the title of this post suggests, we went to the Velodrome! In case this is a new concept to some, a velodrome is an arena for fast-paced track cycling - i.e. cycling on a (fixed gear) trackbike, either for practice or to race. I know that some of you may be wondering what place this possibly has in my world of vintage loop-frame bicyces that weigh 50lbs. Well, I have always admitted my trackbike fantasies, however hopeless and laughable they may be. And trackbikes need not mean carbon fiber monstrosities! - The original pathracers were beautiful.

Wolfgang is living proof that love of the track and love of vintage bikes need not be at odds with one another: He collects 100-year-old bicycles, rides around town on a Dutch bike, and goes to the velodrome. In fact, he transports his trackbike to the velodrome on this unbelievable cargo bike, which he also uses for one of his projects, Heavy Pedals. The trackbike is a 1988 Chesini (Italian), of which Wolfgang has two(!) in his collection.

Before I describe our trip to the velodrome, I will backtrack and say that Wolfgang did me an enormous favour that day. I had been looking for a Large Format camera for some time, and finally found a good deal - on my last day in Vienna. I then realised that not only did I have less than an hour to make arrangements to pick up the camera before the store closed, but I had no plan of how I would actually get the camera home. To explain, a large format camera is so large, that it requires you to load an individual sheet of film into it for every shot. Okay, in the digital age that might mean nothing to my readers, so I will just say that it's huge, would not fit on Jacqueline, and could not be easily carried on public transport during rush hour.

Wolfgang to the rescue with his cargo bike! As you can see, the box with the camera is quite large... but the cargo bike's enormous platform swallows it right up. I am pretty sure there is enough room there to transport a modestly sized mobile home! Of course a few passer-bys stopped to watch as we loaded the camera onto the bike, and the camera shop owner took photos.

[image by Wolfgang Höfler]

We rode across town to drop the camera off at my flat (thanks so much again, Wolfgang!), and then on to the velodrome. Wolfgang cycles "vehicularly" and aggressively, so following him was quite a change from the kind of cycling I've been doing in Vienna. On the way to the velodrome, we raced a bit on the main alley through the Prater park, which was great fun. Jacqueline can go pretty fast, and so can Wolfgang's cargo bike. I arrived to the velodrome exhausted, though for Wolfgang this was apparently just a mild warm-up.

So... the Vienna Velodrome! Behold the awesome beauty of the Ferry Dusika Hallenstadion, Wien - the only velodrome in Austria. This is a view from the top rows of the spectators' seats. The green area in the middle is for track-and-field training, and has a rest area for cyclists on the middle-left (if you click to enlarge the picture, you can see the chairs and the bike racks). In front you can see the two staircase entrances from which the athletes and coaches emerge. The red inner track is for runners. And the outer wooden track is for cyclists.

This is difficult to capture in photos, but the cycling track is sloped sideways at a 45 degree angle. This is probably common knowledge to cyclists, but I had no idea, so seeing it was quite a shock. It was explained to me that the slope allows cyclists go at a faster speed.

Another novelty was this Derny motorized bicycle for motor-paced track cycling events. So exciting to see all of these things.

Wolfgang prepares for the track. I am extremely envious, but delighted to be in the green area taking pictures. I even brought a film camera with 1600 ISO film.

Here you can kind of see how steep the slope of the track is - see that cyclist in the background?

Wolfgang adding air to his tires.

And he is off!

There he goes around the track.

Oh how I wish I could do this too! But first things first: I can't even ride a fixed gear... or a diamond frame for that matter!

The track was not very crowded, because it was a warm evening. There a local team practicing, and a few stray individuals.

I took a couple of shots of the team members (with permission) after they got off the track, and was surprised to see how young some of them were.

And how female! This beautiful girl didn't even seem especially tired. Maybe there is hope for me after all? Though I would need to seriously get in shape first!

For now it was good just to see the Velodrome and to understand what track cycling involves. Would they permit an early 1900's pathracer on the track, I wonder?

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The evolution of our virtue program over the past four years

By Dan Duddy

Head Football Coach NJ

We have been doing “Virtue” for four years now and I thought I would reflect on the growth and evolution of it.

I am entering my 5^th season as head coach at a Catholic school in NJ. I was head coach at Central Regional High School, a public high school just down the road for 13 years previously.

At Central I prayed with my team before and after games. It was illegal to do so. We were one of the most respected programs in the Shore, 43 high schools.

I left Central because I was personally unfulfilled for some unknown reason. 

I visited our Perpetual Adoration chapel constantly because I was miserable. The Lord called me to this High School and I got the head coaching job there.

 My first season.

 I wanted to make the statement that spirituality was going to be emphasized to our team. We prayed every day after every team get-together, practice, games and meetings. I was enjoying the freedom to do so, and was called to do more.

Our record was 0-10, not even close to winning any game.

I continued the Perpetual Adoration for at least one hour per week, every week.

        I went to my very first retreat, met a priest who knew I was a coach and indirectly I met Lou Judd, then somehow I flew to his home near Cincinnati airport and learned how to integrate spirituality much more deeply into my program through SportsLeader.

I came to know then, now fulfilled, why I felt unfulfilled at Central.

 My second season. 

Now with Lou’s friendship, we began to mentor our players in the areas of Charity, Humility and Courage. My goal was to become a team of action and become relationship-based between staff and team. I wanted to begin to have our athletes to understand and value the manliness of all the men of the New Testament. We began to study the bible together.

We won four games – we were 4-6. Great season for our school.

My third season:

We added Virtue camp. We would get every single coach involved. We became very aggressive in getting the saints in front of our players; we would close our eyes and “Relate”, not to compare. Our biggest award at the banquet was the “Virtue Award”, a standing ovation. We continued to evolve in man-to-man mentoring.

We won five games, should have won 6. We were 5-5. Only the second time in a decade that they did not have a losing season. We won games in over time or late in the fourth quarter.

My fourth season:

We took on the personalities of the masculine saints, those who we studied for their masculine virtues. We took on the identity of the “Sons of Thunder”, James and John, The sons of Zebedee. Our Lord gave them this nickname for their feistiness, so we took it too. Our mentoring became theme based week to week. Lou gave me an incredible curriculum of 21 themes and film clips along with pertinent bible verses.

We continued all of our traditions, but our bible and mentoring sessions were so deep and meaningful. Our whole staff took resolutions to action in their lives as well.

We won 6 games should have won 7. We were 6-4.

We avenged losses from the previous year and finished with the number one offense in the shore conference of 43 high schools.

This 5^th season is right now:

We have started a football team-led community based group to promote young men of action for the Catholic Church. The church is suffering and we are taking action.

We are returning to church on a regular basis, recruiting others, attending confessions, becoming a presence at Abortion Mills and Porn shops and Strip joints to invite men to be more virtuous and abandon these habits of weakness and vice.

I will let you know our record, but that will take care of itself. When it became secondary to me, it got better on its own.


If you would like to hear Dan give a talk to his team here below are 2 links:


http://sportsleaderusa.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post_15.html


http://sportsleaderusa.blogspot.com/2009/10/father-and-son-jersey-night-part-2.html

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