USC's Offensive Line Coach Blast's Effort, Focus Preceding Auburn Game

Shawn Elliott, South Carolina's Offensive Line/Running Game Coordinator, made some surprisingly blunt comments about the offensive line's play in the Gamecocks 21-3 win last Saturday over Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt was projected by pre-season touts to finish last in the SEC East Division, but they came into the SEC conference game at Williams Brice undefeated. The Vandy defensive front held the Gamecocks offense to just 3.3 yards per rush in the game last Saturday. (Final Statistics)

Auburn (3-1), on the other hand, is a team that won the 2010 national championship. Rivals Recruiting has ranked Auburn recruiting classes as the 7th and 4th best nationally for 2011 and 2010. Auburn is certain to bring more defensive talent to the Gamecocks game this Saturday than did the lowly Vanderbilt Commodores.

In the interview, Elliott described Auburn's defensive line after watching film. He said it would be a group of, “solid big SEC lineman just like they always have. Good speed off the edge.”

Elliott was happy that the Gamecocks beat Vanderbilt, but he was unhappy and extremely disappointed in the play of the Gamecock offensive line against the Commodore D. He acknowledged that for the Gamecocks to have success against Auburn's line will, “take a great effort for our part.” Elliott then suggested the Auburn line would be licking its chops at the prospect of playing the Gamecocks. “You know, they are probably looking at our line from last week saying, 'I can't wait to line up there in Columbia. Thank the Lord we got the Gamecocks this week.'”

The interview was surprising in revelation of the level of Elliott's displeasure with the Gamecock offensive line's effort last Saturday. Across the board from tackle to tackle, he was disappointed and unhappy with, “the focus, the energy, the effort.” Elliot said, “To be a good football team you can't go out there and slouch around. We looked like a bunch of bums playing. If we go in there and don't give a crap about what we're doing like we did last Saturday, we're going to get our butts kicked."

When the reporter asked Elliott how he would get the team re-focused, he said, “We got a lot of goals and dreams here. And things that we can actually achieve. Sometimes you got to re-focus them, and put those things back out in front of them. Let them see you can't come to work and not show up on Saturdays.”

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Austrian Economist Paper on Deflation as End Game for US Economy

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US Household Income by Age Demographic Chart

An analysis at D. Short, U.S. Household Incomes by Age Bracket: A Disappointing 21st Century So Far, DShort.Com (Sep. 23, 2011), shows an interesting trend in income by age in America.

The chart is scary because it indicates that the older generation is the only age group whose income is stable or increasing. The rest of the Americans face declining income. The writer correctly surmises that the additional Social Security Retirement income is the difference favoring the older demographic.

The Social Security Retirement system cannot continue on its current course. The cost of maintaining it falls disproportionately upon the younger Americans. They cannot opt out, and must contribute more and more of their income to taxes to pay for supporting the older demographic. Yet, the older demographic is the only demographic with income increase.

Because of the class inequities caused by the Social Security Retirement system, this kind of disparity cannot last. It will eventually lead to revolt by the young people. Changes must be made soon if politicians really want to save the system from a complete collapse.

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Did James Franklin Joke About The Williams Brice Crowd?

James Franklin is the new Head Coach of Vanderbilt. Nashville reporters asked if he was concerned about his first trip into an SEC road venue, that being the South Carolina Gamecock game this weekend in Columbia.

Franklin downplayed the challenge. While admitting he has only played in one SEC stadium (Auburn) during his coaching career, he also mentioned that he coached NFL teams in front of hostile crowds. He said, "I’ve been in some pretty good environments and so has the staff and so has our team."

Later at the press conference, Franklin began cracking jokes in response to a Nashville reporter's continuing questions about Franklin's experience playing in hostile environments. Amid the chuckling laughter of the rest of the Nashville press corp, Franklin dismissed the reporter and said, "East Stroud was brutal, and Slippery Rock was a tough one too." (Head Coach James Franklin and players discuss the South Carolina matchup, 18:40-19:20).

I'm not sure that I get the joke. Was Franklin suggesting that he should be less worried about the South Carolina crowd than he would if Vandy was playing before an East Stroud crowd? I'm also not sure why the Nashville reporters were laughing. South Carolina is 7-2 against Vanderbilt playing in Columbia.

There is a lot of pressure on the South Carolina crowd this week. The Gamecock fans were loud and enthusiastic last week in the home opener against Navy. After the game, the Navy coach even reluctantly admitted the atmosphere was "big time" and the crowd was still a factor even after Navy coaches blared music and noise at the team during practices. NAVYFB123, Navy Post Game Interviews - 2011 South Carolina 5:10 - 6:15; (Sep. 18, 2011).

The question now is whether the South Carolina crowd can continue its very supportive ways this weekend as Vandy visits Williams Brice. If so, maybe Franklin will stop cracking jokes about going on the road against hostile SEC crowds.

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Cancer Documentary Trailer and Link: Cut Poison Burn

CUT POISON BURN is a searing film that illuminates the grim truth about America's so-called War on Cancer. This thought-provoking documentary takes on the forces that have conspired to thwart meaningful advances in cancer research and treatment over the past century. These forces include the federal government (in its effort to label and persecute innovators as quacks), drug companies eager to suppress alternative treatments and powerful industry organizations that place profit over human lives. The story centers on the Navarros, a family struggling to keep their young son alive. As the personal meets the political, we see how the FDA holds a vise-like grip on treatment options. Heart-wrenching and informative, the film ultimately expresses hope that we can create a new paradigm of prevention, medical freedom and acceptance of highly-tailored therapies to usher in a more enlightened era.

Cut Poison Burn from Nehst Studios on Vimeo.

Brought to us by Nehst Studios. The link to the film will allow free viewing through the 24th of September.

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Bruce Fein: Empire Before the Fall Lecture CPAC 2011

I had the privilege of being present for Mr. Fein's presentation. The CPAC organization scheduled this presentation in a breakout room that held only about 60 people. There were only about 40 chairs. The room was packed full, about 80 people, squeezed in so tight that the door wouldn't open without reshuffling everyone around.

Fein lectured for 40 minutes without referring to any notes. Here are the videos:

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CPAC Liberty and Conservative Speeches on Dangers of Military Interventionist Foreign Policies

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Gamecocks Face Navy's Number One Ranked Rushing Attack

The Navy triple option rushing attack has scored 80 points in two games, and it ranks statistically first in the nation averaging 400 yards on the ground a game. The gawdy Navy numbers came at the expense of an FBS team, Delaware, and Western Kentucky, a member of the Sun Belt Conference.

Do these statistics mean that the 11th ranked Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference should be worried about Navy.

Number one, South Carolina fans already know about Navy. Navy is the same team that derailed a number 2 ranked South Carolina team and wrecked the 1984 season. That Gamecock team went on to win more games than any other in Gamecock history, but the fans who were around back then remember Navy, and Navy leaves a bitter taste.

It was like a JFK moment to me. Back in those days, I was a Naval Flight Officer deployed aboard the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower. I still remember that day when Captain Clexton, a Naval Academy graduate, took to the 1MC to announce to the entire boat, "Attention. I'm proud to announce that the Navy football team has just defeated the Number Two ranked team in America, South Carolina." Captain Clexton said this with joy. Let me tell you, it was not received that way by this Gamecock Lieutenant. I don't know what the rest of you Gamecock fans were doing back then, but that sickening moment is still burned into my memory.

This is exactly why I hope that the Navy will feel the wrath and anger of highly motivated South Carolina fans. Let's rumble, Navy.

Knowing Steve Spurrier well after five great seasons, I believe he also will make the Gamecock players understand the importance of making new history for South Carolina by beating the Navy.

So, you're damned right that Gamecock fans have reason to be worried.

Second, besides all that, the 2011 Navy football team is a right dangerous squad in its own right. It returns a boatload of seniors, including four offensive linemen from last season. The triple option attack the Navy favors on offense requires precise teamwork and timing. Having a group of linemen returning from 2010, a season in which Navy averaged almost 30 points and 404 total yards per game, is a big advantage. We are somewhat lucky to play Navy early in the season before they really get oiled up.

The star senior Navy Fullback and leader, Texan Alexander Teich, had what might be considered very high praise for offensive linemen.

These are guys that don't want to sit back there and pass block. They want to put their hand in the dirt, fire off the ball and hit someone in the mouth," Teich said. "I joke with them about being grimy. You look at those guys and they've always got grass and mud on their jerseys and snot coming out of their noses. That's because every day they're coming off the ball hard and really getting after people.

B. Wagner, With Proctor, Navy returns to the triple-option offense, HometownAnnaplis.com (Aug 29, 2011)

The triple option is a weird attack when you are not used to it. It requires the defense play assignment football. It neutralizes speed. If you get over aggressive, it can burn you.

The Navy replaced one key offensive player, its great quarterback from 2011, Ricky Dobbs. The new guy playing quarterback is from California, and his name is Kriss Proctor. At first, I figured that would be to the Gamecock advantage. But then I read what the Navy Offensive Coordinator, Irin Jasper, said about Dobbs and Proctor.

Jasper admitted that Dobbs was a better passer, but argues Proctor is a better at executing the triple option attack. To me, in this Navy offense, that makes Proctor more dangerous. "With Kriss [Proctor], that's our main focal point. Getting back to the basics of what we have done in the past. Kriss is very comfortable running the triple. He reads it well and does a good job of making sure the ball gets where it's supposed to be." B. Wagner, With Proctor, Navy returns to the triple-option offense, HometownAnnaplis.com (Aug 29, 2011) Fullback Teich said, "Kriss is a great runner so we're going to get back to the basics of the triple-option, get back to how Navy became Navy."

So far this season, that means the rushing attack is conducted by mostly Teich and Proctor. The chart below demonstrates their propensity to carry the ball, as well as the success Navy has had so far this young season in running it.

In the triple option, Teich ordinarily gets the ball as the dive back. If that option is not available, then the QB executes his second option and takes the ball up field toward the tackle slot. Finally, if that way is blocked, the quarterback executes a pitch to the halfback. The chart demonstrates that Proctor executes the half-back pitch less frequently than the dive or quarterback keep option.

Based on these statistics, perhaps the best move the South Carolina defense could do would be to play five defensive linemen to take away Proctor's first two options. Make him make the pitch. Every pitch represents an opportunity to create a fumble, and it allows the Gamecocks to use their speed on the edge.

Navy is an opportunity for Ellis Johnson's defense. It is an opportunity for Johnson to put five great defensive linemen on the field all at the same time. It may also be a good game for play both Antonio Allen and Devonte Holloman. If Navy starts to move the ball on the ground consistently, I could see the Gamecocks deploying nine men in the box to stop this strong running attack. Make them pass it.

Because of the success running, the Navy has not had to throw the ball a whole lot this season. Kriss has completed 7 of 14 passes in two games, an average of only 78 yards per game. However, when passing plays have been called, Kriss' passing attack has been efficient. Navy has scored three touchdowns by passing. Still, it seems logical, particularly considering Jasper's admission Proctor is less adept at passing, that you might have to challenge the Navy to pass the ball and hope that CC Whitlock and Stephon Gilmore can shut down the deep ball by playing tight press man to man against the Navy receivers.

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Gamecocks Beat Georgia 45-42, set scoring record

The Gamecocks have been playing Georgia in football since 1894. Until 2011, they have never scored more than 37 points. That took place in 2007, and resulted in a 37-41 point loss.

This year the tables were turned as the Gamecocks won and set a new scoring record against the Georgia Bulldogs. In achieving this victory, the arch-nemesis of Georgia, Steve Spurrier, won his 46th game as the Gamecocks head coach.

With this win, Spurrier moved past Steve Jim Carlin as the second most winning head coach at South Carolina. Steve Spurrier's recore is 46-33 at USC. He is now second behind Rex Enright who coached from 1938 until 1955 and secured 64 wins. Seems like a good target for Spurrier.

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Ron Paul's 1987 Letter Explaining Disenchantment with Republican Party

During the debate last night, Rick Perry attacked Ron Paul regarding a 1987 letter he wrote resigning from the Republican Party. However, if you read Paul's letter his reasons for disenchantment with Republicans are the same reasons many of us are also disenchanted with the Republican establishment. His letter reveals that Ron Paul's principles of limited government, low taxes, and non-interventionist foreign policy and peace have not changed over the years. This letter is a demonstration of the strength of Ron Paul's political philosophy and prinicple rather than any form of indictment.

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Spurrier's 1966 Georgia Lesson--Crush Your Enemies

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On a gusty November 5 day in 1966, the upstart Florida Gator team dreamed of winning Florida's first SEC football championship. Since the inception of the SEC in 1932, Florida had never won a league championship. But in 1966, the team was poised to do just that.

The 1966 Florida team was undefeated (7-0), ranked 7th in the nation, and led by an exceptional quarterback, Steve Spurrier.

Spurrier was having a great year. He would go on to win the Heisman Trophy, an award given annually to the best player in college football. Based on its highly potent offense, Florida was heavily favored to defeat the unranked Georgia Bulldogs (6-1). However, the Bulldogs, led by young, third-year coach, Vince Dooley, had other ideas.

By 1966, Georgia had already won four SEC championships. Georgia and their fans didn't appreciate the idea of a bottom-feeding, mediocre team like Florida winning one at their expense.

Dooley, a defensive genius, came up with a gameplan. He planned for his defense to blitz Spurrier and hit him often. Meanwhile, the Georgia defensive backs would cover the tight-end, a frequent target for dump-off passes when the rush got to Spurrier.

At first, Florida appeared to be the better team. Spurrier led Florida on an 80-yard opening drive that culminated in a touchdown. Later, in the first half Florida added a field goal and the Gators led the game 10-3 at halftime.

But in the second half, Georgia's defense stopped the Florida offense. The Georgia defensive line, led by 19-year old sophomore defensive tackle Bill Stanfill, kept pressure on Spurrier giving him little time to pass. Stanfill and the other Georgia defenders teed off on Spurrier time after time, often after Spurrier delivered his pass. Remember this was 1966, a time before modern rules specified what constituted a late hit on the quarterback.

Early in the fourth quarter, on a blitz, Spurrier attempted to dump the ball to his tight end, but Georgia defenders had the play covered. Spurrier's pass was intercepted and returned for a Georgia touchdown, giving Georgia a 17-10 lead, a lead they would never relinquish.

After the game, Spurrier explained, "They were rushing pretty hard. Since I didn't' have a chance to throw deep, we were trying to flip out to the tight end for short yardage. [They] always had him covered."

Dooley, a great leader, sensed that a close defeat of this upstart Florida team was not enough. Georgia tacked on a fourth quarter field goal for a ten point lead. Instead of courteously taking a knee as time expired, Dooley allowed his offense to score a final touchdown (with just six second left) to turn a close game into what appeared on the scoreboard to be a rout, 27-10.

It seemed that the Georgia follows Robert Greene's philosophy on the laws of power. Greene's 16th law states: "More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit." Spurrier knows first hand that is the Georgia way.

However, Georgia attempt to destroy Florida's temerarious spirit did not end by just running up the score at the end of the 1966 game.

Georgia's players also made gloating comments about Spurrier, Florida's leader, in the press, especially Bill Stanfill, who called it, "a fun day." "Steve didn't like you to get close or touch him. He'd get up complaining, 'Late hit, late hit!' I said, 'Excuse me, Stevie, I didn't mean to step on your skirt.'"

Stanfill bragged, "Even if he released the ball, his butt was going on the ground." Then he added, "And he didn't like it either. We pounded him. Not only me, but the whole team."

Stanfill still talks about his game against Steve Spurrier. On September 4, 2008, UGADawgsBlog.com posted the following quote obtained in a recent interview of Stanfill:

DH: What's your favorite memory of those Georgia-Florida rivalry games?

BS: We beat (Steve) Spurrier when they were undefeated the year he won the Heisman in '66. I'll always remember that game. I wasn't supposed to play in that game. I had a neck injury, but I miraculously felt better before the game. I wound up playing and had a pretty fair game and kept Stevie on his butt most of the afternoon.

Afterwards, the Georgia fans mocked Spurrier, the Heisman winner, with in a poem written by Harold Walker. Walker's poem was widely published and quoted by Georgia fans:

The Greatest of All

Each bowl was there with its special courier,
For a post-game chat with Mr. Spurrier;
But how can you connect with wingback Trapp,
While spending the afternoon in Stanfill's lap?
The Cairo Catamount left the Gators a wreck,
To them he was one large pain-in-the-neck.

In 1966, Georgia went on to win its fifth SEC title in 1966 (shared with Alabama).

However, Georgia and Dooley did not forget that the 1966 Florida team had the audacity to challenge them for an SEC championship. They also did not forget Greene's Law 16th Law, crush Gator spirit.

1968, is a good example of Georgia's execution of Greene's 16th Law. Leading 48-0, Coach Dooley allowed Stanfill to finish the game at quarterback. Dooley also ordered his field goal unit onto the field for a needless field goal as time expired to run the score up to 51 points. The final score was a humiliating 51-0.

After that, Florida returned to its then customary mediocrity. The Gators would not win an untainted SEC championship until decades later.

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Constitutional Legal Tender Model Legislation

Constitutional Legal Tender laws are State laws. They are intended to establish an alternative legal tender in the States to the Dollar, or Federal Reserve Notes. The only legal tender permitted by the U.S. Constitution is gold and silver.

Current federal law make gold and silver subject to federal capital gains taxation. Therefore, one negative element of the State legal tender statutes are that the federal government imposes a tax on the appreciation of the gold and silver.

Gold and silver tend to appreciate as the Dollar is debased by the printing of money. Therefore, as the value of the Dollar declines because of its fiat status, gold and silver appreciate relative to the Dollar. That appreciation is subject to federal taxes. Legislation pending in the House, HR 1098, would repeal the capital gains tax on appreciation of gold and silver currency.

Nevertheless, Utah has enacted the nation's first Constitutional Legal Tender law establishing gold and silver as a legal tender in that State. Utah is also the home to the September 26, 2011, Utah Monetary Summit.

In the South Carolina House of Representatives, Representatives Reps. Pitts, Atwater, Toole, Chumley, Delleney, Hosey, D.C. Moss, G.R. Smith, Williams, Willis, Huggins, Bingham, Quinn and Bedingfield are sponsoring H 4128, Gold and Silver as Legal Tender.

In the South Carolina Senate, Senators Thomas and Bright are sponsoring S 862, a bill by the same name.

Contact your Representative. If he is one of these, thank him for his work to nullify the Federal Reserve. If she is not, encourage her to become a cosponsor.

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