Damien Plessis (born March 5, 1988 in Neuville-aux-Bois, France) is a French footballer who currently plays for Liverpool. His position is holding midfielder.
He arrived at Olympique Lyonnais at the age of 15, and was considered to be one of the brightest talents of the club, following in the footsteps of fellow Lyon youngsters Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa. During his time at Lyon, Plessis played two seasons with the reserve team coached by Robert Valletta. However, before playing out his final contracted year Lyon, he left to join Liverpool like former French young starlets, for example Florent Sinama-Pongolle or Anthony Le Tallec.
Plessis was first noticed by Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez in the Under-19 European Championships 2007 where he made it to the semi-finals. On securing his signature, Benitez said: "He is a good player, big and strong, and we're sure he'll do well for us."
He has yet to play in the first-team for Liverpool.
He arrived at Olympique Lyonnais at the age of 15, and was considered to be one of the brightest talents of the club, following in the footsteps of fellow Lyon youngsters Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa. During his time at Lyon, Plessis played two seasons with the reserve team coached by Robert Valletta. However, before playing out his final contracted year Lyon, he left to join Liverpool like former French young starlets, for example Florent Sinama-Pongolle or Anthony Le Tallec.
Plessis was first noticed by Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez in the Under-19 European Championships 2007 where he made it to the semi-finals. On securing his signature, Benitez said: "He is a good player, big and strong, and we're sure he'll do well for us."
He has yet to play in the first-team for Liverpool.
The American View is a weekly, hour-long (Sun: 3-4 PM ET on Radio America), nationally syndicated paleoconservative radio show hosted by Constitution Party 2004 presidential candidate Michael Peroutka and co-host "Recovering Republican" turned "recovering member of the CP" John Lofton. Its thesis claims that there is an American View of law and government outlined in the US Declaration of Independence:
*There is a God (Christian).
*The rights of human beings come from that God.
*The purpose of government is to protect and secure those rights.
*When government becomes destructive of those rights, it is the duty of the people to alter or abolish their government.
The American View regularly propounds a constitutional, Christian conservative commentary on American politics. They do not believe anyone but Christians should hold public office, and they regard the Bible as an authoritative legal document that is not in conflict with the United States Constitution. Recent examples include:
*Opposition to George W. Bush's faith-based initiative
*Opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment, arguing that a better solution is to impeach or ignore what they call activist judges
*Opposition to the War in Iraq on the basis that it is unconstitutional.
*Opposition to illegal immigration on the basis that it causes increases in crime and burdens local government and social service networks
*Opposition to the neoconservative movement, specifically citing William Kristol.
*Opposition to the concept of tolerance, especially of homosexuals, criticizing others of not using the Biblical argument against homosexuality
*Opposition to women serving in uniform or holding elected office
*Opposition to all abortion.
*Refusal to consider the concept of global warming or environmental destruction, believing instead that God keeps everything in check and will prevent any serious damage to the environment
Controversies
In June of 2006, Lofton challenged political and science activist and blogger Ed Brayton to record a debate. This was prompted by comments made by Brayton at the Positive Liberty blog disputing the logic of Lofton at The American View blog where Lofton called for the impeachment of a Maryland judge for not imposing God's law in a ruling that said the state's constitution could not allow a ban on gay marriage. Brayton offered an online, written debate, arguing that it would allow access for larger audience than that of The American View radio show, would allow the two to speak more thoughtfully and provide for verifiable citations and references to support their positions, and would remove concerns of the taped debate being deceptively edited prior to broadcast. Lofton repeatedly refused a written debate, ultimately calling Brayton a "coward."
On the website, John Lofton often writes editorials where he emasculates members of the Republican and Constitution Parties along with some in the wider conservative movement. He will often criticize others who did or do not support him or Michael Peroutka's 2004 campaign, or who side with the Republican Party over conservative third-party choices as being liars, ideologically impure, or simply mindless cheerleaders. Following the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre, John Lofton wrote an editorial blaming the event on the students' inability to bring firearms into their classrooms. He further criticized the students for not defying the ban and bringing in handguns anyway. The article has since been pulled from the website.
*There is a God (Christian).
*The rights of human beings come from that God.
*The purpose of government is to protect and secure those rights.
*When government becomes destructive of those rights, it is the duty of the people to alter or abolish their government.
The American View regularly propounds a constitutional, Christian conservative commentary on American politics. They do not believe anyone but Christians should hold public office, and they regard the Bible as an authoritative legal document that is not in conflict with the United States Constitution. Recent examples include:
*Opposition to George W. Bush's faith-based initiative
*Opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment, arguing that a better solution is to impeach or ignore what they call activist judges
*Opposition to the War in Iraq on the basis that it is unconstitutional.
*Opposition to illegal immigration on the basis that it causes increases in crime and burdens local government and social service networks
*Opposition to the neoconservative movement, specifically citing William Kristol.
*Opposition to the concept of tolerance, especially of homosexuals, criticizing others of not using the Biblical argument against homosexuality
*Opposition to women serving in uniform or holding elected office
*Opposition to all abortion.
*Refusal to consider the concept of global warming or environmental destruction, believing instead that God keeps everything in check and will prevent any serious damage to the environment
Controversies
In June of 2006, Lofton challenged political and science activist and blogger Ed Brayton to record a debate. This was prompted by comments made by Brayton at the Positive Liberty blog disputing the logic of Lofton at The American View blog where Lofton called for the impeachment of a Maryland judge for not imposing God's law in a ruling that said the state's constitution could not allow a ban on gay marriage. Brayton offered an online, written debate, arguing that it would allow access for larger audience than that of The American View radio show, would allow the two to speak more thoughtfully and provide for verifiable citations and references to support their positions, and would remove concerns of the taped debate being deceptively edited prior to broadcast. Lofton repeatedly refused a written debate, ultimately calling Brayton a "coward."
On the website, John Lofton often writes editorials where he emasculates members of the Republican and Constitution Parties along with some in the wider conservative movement. He will often criticize others who did or do not support him or Michael Peroutka's 2004 campaign, or who side with the Republican Party over conservative third-party choices as being liars, ideologically impure, or simply mindless cheerleaders. Following the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre, John Lofton wrote an editorial blaming the event on the students' inability to bring firearms into their classrooms. He further criticized the students for not defying the ban and bringing in handguns anyway. The article has since been pulled from the website.
Jay Spearing (born 25 November, 1988 in Wirral, England), is an English Defensive Midfielder, currently playing at English Premier League club Liverpool F.C.. He is a product of the club youth Academy.
He played at centre half and right back for the Academy side but his lack of height proved to be a problem. So he was moved to the position of holding midfielder, where he has excelled since then and is regarded as the most likely candidate from the reserve team to break into the 1st team in future. He currently plays further forward in midfield for the reserve team, usually pairing with the bigger and more defensive midfielder Damien Plessis.
He captained the youth team to success in 2007 FA Youth Cup by beating Manchester United in the final. He was injured for much of the 2006 FA Youth Cup run, but did feature in the final, as Liverpool beat Manchester City. Stephen Darby filled in as captain while Spearing was out.
Honours
*FA Youth Cup: 2006, 2007
He played at centre half and right back for the Academy side but his lack of height proved to be a problem. So he was moved to the position of holding midfielder, where he has excelled since then and is regarded as the most likely candidate from the reserve team to break into the 1st team in future. He currently plays further forward in midfield for the reserve team, usually pairing with the bigger and more defensive midfielder Damien Plessis.
He captained the youth team to success in 2007 FA Youth Cup by beating Manchester United in the final. He was injured for much of the 2006 FA Youth Cup run, but did feature in the final, as Liverpool beat Manchester City. Stephen Darby filled in as captain while Spearing was out.
Honours
*FA Youth Cup: 2006, 2007
Stephen Darby (born 6 October, 1988 in Maghull, Liverpool) is a young footballer with Liverpool F.C. A right-back, Darby was the captain of Liverpool's FA Youth Cup winning side of 2006. He has since been promoted from the Academy to train at Melwood. He was named on the substitutes bench for the first time for a Champions League tie against Galatasaray in December 2006.
Stephen made his England under-19 debut on the 17 May 2007 against Holland at the Ricoh Arena, where they lost 2-1.
Career honours
Liverpool
Winner
* 2005/06 FA Youth Cup
* 2006/07 FA Youth Cup
Stephen made his England under-19 debut on the 17 May 2007 against Holland at the Ricoh Arena, where they lost 2-1.
Career honours
Liverpool
Winner
* 2005/06 FA Youth Cup
* 2006/07 FA Youth Cup