I just finished taking the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) D license course in Washington, DC. It was hosted by DC Stoddert Soccer and the lead instructor was Len Oliver. I won’t know the final results for another 4-6 weeks, but I’m pretty confident that I achieved the national license level. My goal is still to obtain the national C license before deciding anything further. The C level and beyond is a major commitment of time and money. That’s why I did not set my goal any higher than C for now.
Len Oliver is quite an amazing guy and his course was equally enjoyable. Len is a former national and professional player. He has helped to move the sport forward in the US as much as anyone in the history of the sport here (save maybe Pele). He has trained over 4200 coaches since beginning this role as a coaching instructor. He knows many people in the sport and attends most, if not all, of the DC United games at home. Len has a great love and knowledge of the game at a level you rarely see in the US. What is truly amazing is that even at his age he still gets out there and does his part to further the sport. He is still an active coach with DC Stoddert and instructs new coaches through the Virginia Youth Soccer Association (VYSA) regularly. I’m glad to have been one of those coaches.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Two-faced hypocrites
Democrats are the champions of minority groups, or at least that’s what they claim. However, even if I believed that, times they are a changing. These days, they are letting all that power in Washington DC go to their collective heads. They are hypocrites, at best. At worst, they are something much more evil.
Democrats are calling the recent fiery debates over healthcare reform a political stunt by the Republican Party. Republicans may or may not be behind the mobilization of these people, but it doesn’t change the fact that there are a lot of people in this country against their proposed healthcare reform. Democrats are choosing to marginalize those with differing opinions by saying they are pawns of the Republican Party. Instead of addressing the legitimate concerns of the opposition, they choose to claim that it is only a small few manipulated by and organized by the Republican Party. Democrats seem to think there are no real people against their proposed healthcare reform. I assure you there are real people in this country that do not want government-run healthcare.
And another thing that bugs me, why are they rushing this bill through Congress? It’s like a used car salesman rushing you to sign on the dotted line. I want to be given ample time to read this bill (well, not me personally) and time to think about the pros and cons of it. Rushing it through the way they are and glossing over it raises big red flags for me. What is in there that the people in Congress don’t want us to see?
If they are not hypocrites then they must be something worse. They misled so many American’s into putting them in power, and now they have no better ideas than the last bunch. Why do so many people trade the enemy you know for the enemy you don’t know? Is this the change you can believe in? If it is then our problems only got worse. If you think about it, he never said what kind of change, just a change. Now all those duped people are learning what kind of change. I started calling him Snobama last fall. I doubt the media will ever follow suit.
Democrats are calling the recent fiery debates over healthcare reform a political stunt by the Republican Party. Republicans may or may not be behind the mobilization of these people, but it doesn’t change the fact that there are a lot of people in this country against their proposed healthcare reform. Democrats are choosing to marginalize those with differing opinions by saying they are pawns of the Republican Party. Instead of addressing the legitimate concerns of the opposition, they choose to claim that it is only a small few manipulated by and organized by the Republican Party. Democrats seem to think there are no real people against their proposed healthcare reform. I assure you there are real people in this country that do not want government-run healthcare.
And another thing that bugs me, why are they rushing this bill through Congress? It’s like a used car salesman rushing you to sign on the dotted line. I want to be given ample time to read this bill (well, not me personally) and time to think about the pros and cons of it. Rushing it through the way they are and glossing over it raises big red flags for me. What is in there that the people in Congress don’t want us to see?
If they are not hypocrites then they must be something worse. They misled so many American’s into putting them in power, and now they have no better ideas than the last bunch. Why do so many people trade the enemy you know for the enemy you don’t know? Is this the change you can believe in? If it is then our problems only got worse. If you think about it, he never said what kind of change, just a change. Now all those duped people are learning what kind of change. I started calling him Snobama last fall. I doubt the media will ever follow suit.
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