Announcements
Art: Try out your creativity, Sundays, any time from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts Room.
Meditation: Wednesdays, 7:45 a.m., in the STAR classroom. Open to staff and guests.
Crochet and Knit Class: Saturdays from 9:30 am to 11:30 pm in the arts and crafts room.
It will be open to anyone who wants to learn, brush-up on their skills or just wants to work on an already existing project. .
CFH Fundraiser Night: Texas Roadhouse, 4635 South Michigan Street; February 17.
Present coupon (available at CFH front desk) and 10% of your check will be donated to the Center for the Homeless.
ABE
▪Learn Spanish: Sundays from 6-8 p.m. in the Adult Basic Education Room.
Four students from Notre Dame will be coming to the ABE room to help students learn Spanish.
▪Positive Life Skills: Wednesdays, 9-11:30 a.m.
▪Developing Capable People: Do you want to learn more about yourself and others? Do you need “new information” to get your life on track? Do you work during the day and want to learn at night? Are you waiting for your health to get better? Are you waiting for disability or SSI or housing or a 2nd chance?
This 10-week evening class is for you!! Wednesday and Thursday nights, 5:30 -8 p.m. Starts February 11. Ask your coach to get on the list. Class size is limited.
▪ABE Incentives: Students will be given a card to be initialed during each walk-in class attended. Once a student has attended 10 walk-in programs, cards can be redeemed for prizes.
▪GED: All GED-bound students are welcome to attend. The class meets from 1-3 p.m. Thursdays and includes group discussions and time to work on testing, individual assignments and the computer. Please see ABE for details.
▪Poetry Jam: Mondays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Writing: Tuesdays, 7 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Reading: Tuesdays, 6 p.m.; Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Art Room.
▪Math: Computation--Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. and Fridays, 1-2 p.m.; Applied--Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. and Fridays, 2-3 p.m.
▪Gender Roles: Fridays, 3-4 pm.
▪Book Clubs: Inspirational Reading Squad—returns February 16; Mondays, 5-6 p.m., in the chapel.
▪World Masterpiece Seminar: Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., starting February 10. Sign up in ABE.
▪Intermediate Computer Classes: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m.
▪Grammar Classes: Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.
▪Nutrition Class: Starts January 7 and will be Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. There will be classes on menu planning and food budgeting and cooking demonstrations.
Everyone is welcome to join. Sign up in ABE.
Free Help With Taxes: You can collect up to three years of back taxes (you can file from 2005-2008); Thursday, February 12; 3-5 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bring your W-2 forms, car registrations, all tax info, and any questions you may have . If you don’t have a W-2 visit the IRS office to get a printout. Sign up for this service in ABE.
Herald Sports
ND Scores: Fencing, Notre Dame Duals, Men--(1) ND finishes regular dual-meet season with most wins in school history (34-0) and 20th unbeaten season, first since 2003; ND def. Lawrence (25-2), (7) Stanford (15-12), UC San Diego (18-9), Wayne St. (19-8), Oberlin (25-2); Women--(2) ND def. Wayne St. (22-5), Oberlin (26-1), UC San Diego (21-6), Cal Tech (25-2), Lawrence (25-2); 32-2 record ties ND women’s mark for most wins set in 1995; Hockey--Ohio St. 4, (2) ND 1; Basketball, Women--(19) ND 62, (25) DePaul 59; Tennis, Men--ND def. Duke 5-2, Toledo 7-0.
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC 30, AFC 21; Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald MVP with five catches for 81 yards and two TDs.
NBA Scores: Wizards 119, Pacers 117; Spurs 105, Celtics 99; Lakers 101, Cavaliers 91 (first home loss of season for Cavs after 23 wins); Magic 101, Nets 84; Heat 96, Bobcats 92; Trailblazers 109, Knicks 108; Hornets 101, Timberwolves 97; Thunder 116, Kings 113; Suns 107, Pistons 97; Warriors 116, Jazz 96.
NHL Scores: Red Wings 3, Penguins 0; Wild 3, Oilers 2 (SO); Flyers 3, Thrashers 2; Stars 4, Predators 1.
College Basketball Scores: Men--(23) Illinois 66, (12) Purdue 48; Indiana St. 75, Illinois St. 73 (OT); (22) Washington 75, Stanford 68; (7) Wake Forest 93, BC 76; (5) Louisville 60, St. John’s 47;
Women--Illinois 66, IU 59; Ball St. 83, Buffalo 62; Butler 60, Detroit 42; Valparaiso 64, Wright St. 58; Purdue 66, Wisconsin 49; (11) Florida 66, (12) Tennessee 57; (3) California 77, Washington St. 57; (7) Stanford 76, Washington 54; (15) Florida St. 75, Miami (FL) 59; (6) Auburn 81, Alabama 54; (10) Texas A&M 86, Nebraska 43; (16) Texas 77, Texas Tech 46; Michigan St. 52, (14) Ohio St. 46; (17) Virginia 69, Virginia Tech 61; (2) Oklahoma 93, Oklahoma St. 75; (20) Vanderbilt 72, Kentucky 62.
NCAA Basketball Notes: IU Men--head coach Tom Crean suspends leading scorer Devan Dumes indefinitely one day after being ejected from Michigan St. game for flagrant foul.
NASCAR: Daytona 500 Qualifying--Martin Truex, Jr., wins pole for next Sunday’s (February 15) Daytona 500.
Golf: PGA Buick Invitational (Torrey Pines, CA)--1. Nick Watney -11, 2. John Rollins -10.
MLB: Phillies--1B Ryan Howard gets three-year, $54-million deal to avoid arbitration.
NFL Notes: Falcons--former Falcons’ RB Jamal Anderson faces cocaine charge.
Local
Local Headlines: Elkhart--Elkhart residents get ready for today’s town-hall style meeting with President Obama; Arrest--woman arrested in connection with stabbing of woman at York Road home; NAACP Birthday--South Bend branch celebrates 100th birthday of NAACP; Sustainable Future--IUSB opens new Center for a Sustainable Future.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: White House--President Obama hits road to stump for economic stimulus; Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius mentioned as replacement for Daschle as HHS Secretary-designate; president to push for stimulus in first prime time news conference tonight; Iraq--trial date set for Bush shoe thrower; Australia--death toll from wild fires could reach 200; Economy--Obama administration official says new, soon-to-be announced financial measures will create incentives for private individuals to invest in economy.
Entertainment: Chris Brown--Chris Brown awaits charges in alleged assault on woman.
Weather
Today High 49 Low 45 Mostly Cloudy
Mon High 61 Low 45 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 52 Low 31 T-Storms
Wed High 36 Low 25 Chance Snow
Thu High 40 Low 22 Partly Cloudy
TV Listings: 16--8 p.m., President Obama‘s News Conference; 9 p.m., Heroes; 22--8 p.m., President Obama‘s News Conference; 8:30 p.m., How I Met Your Mother; 9 p.m., Two and a Half Men; 9:30 p.m., The Big Bang Theory; 25--8 p.m., Gossip Girl; 9 p.m., One Tree Hill; 28--8 p.m., President Obama‘s News Conference; 9 p.m., 24; 46--8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Bible Prophecy Unveiled; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57--8 p.m., President Obama’s News Conference; 9 p.m., The Bachelor; 69--8-9 p.m., The Twilight Zone (two episodes); 9 p.m., Masters of Illusion.
Letter to the Editor
I have to preface this by announcing that no one is happier than I that Republicans have found religion regarding excessive government spending. Unfortunately, their come-to-Jesus moment has arrived at a time when the U.S. can ill afford to be stingy with its treasury, such as it is. Economic forecasts are increasingly grim, and instead of action, Congress bickers.
What's most maddening about this debate is that it's become increasingly obvious that the GOP's efforts to obstruct the stimulus plan are disingenuous. Rather than offering up a constructive argument to amend the spending bill, congressional republicans have decided to pursue an "insurgent strategy," posturing for the 2010 midterm elections at the peril of the world economy.
Paul Krugman succinctly laid out the urgency of the problem in today's New York Times op-ed page:
It’s as if the dismal economic failure of the last eight years never happened — yet Democrats have, incredibly, been on the defensive. Even if a major stimulus bill does pass the Senate, there’s a real risk that important parts of the original plan, especially aid to state and local governments, will have been emasculated.
Somehow, Washington has lost any sense of what’s at stake — of the reality that we may well be falling into an economic abyss, and that if we do, it will be very hard to get out again.
Krugman goes on to conclude that Republicans appear willing to push the economy over a cliff for the sake of, "...a discredited economic philosophy." The philosophy in question--the one GOP members are touting as they decry the Obama administration's plan--calls for reigning in spending and implementing broad and deep tax cuts.
Now, this may come as a shock to those still clinging to "Supply Side" economic theory, but tax cuts, on their own, do not provide a stimulative economic effect. Government spending is required. "Supply Side" (aka "Two Santa Clauses") economics, originally rolled out by conservative economic theorist Jude Wannisky, has been in effect, more or less, for the last 30 years. President Obama writes in an op-ed:
...there have been misguided criticisms of this plan that echo the failed theories that helped lead us into this crisis -- the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems; that we can meet our enormous tests with half-steps and piecemeal measures; that we can ignore fundamental challenges such as energy independence and the high cost of health care and still expect our economy and our country to thrive. I reject these theories...
The "Two Santa Clauses" theory is exactly what Obama's talking about. Thom Hartmann lays out the motives and chronology of these "failed theories" in his post on commondreams.org, "Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years." Regarding the most recent implementation of the theory under George W. Bush, Hartmann wrote:
In reality, his tax cuts did what they have always done over the past 100 years – they initiated a bubble economy that would let the very rich skim the cream off the top just before the ceiling crashed in on working people.
Yet, these theories remain prominent in the talking points of Republicans. How?
Perhaps it's due to poor media coverage. I heard Contessa Brewer and Pat Buchanan on MSNBC the other morning using the term "pork" more times than I could count on both hands within about two minutes. Sadly, both commentators completely misunderstand what political pork is. Rather, conservative talking heads and politicians take minuscule elements of the stimulus plan and declare them to be pork, whether or not they actually fit the definition.
GOP attacks don't stop there. In their efforts to sway public opinion on the matter, their criticisms consist of misleading statements regarding the pace at which the stimulus will be administered and outright lies which get parroted by the mainstream media.
Everyone, including Republicans, is aware that the spending bill will pass one way or another. However, what the GOP has done is make a political bet that if economic progress isn't made before 2010 then their "insurgency" will be deemed worthwhile by their respective constituencies. Their gamble is based upon the failed economic theory described above. Krugman aptly sums up the matter: "The American economy is on the edge of catastrophe, and much of the Republican Party is trying to push it over that edge."
Tell me what you think. Is this an "all's-fair-in-love-and-
"I am not educated nor am I an expert in any particular field. But I am sincere and my sincerity is my credentials.we are each a part of the global community we call humanity.
Lorenzo Kibler
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