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Rick Santorum won both Alabama and Mississippi last night. Now that he has a new revitalized momentum shift in his favor, Santorum is more than ever determined to stay in this race to the very end. At the same time, Gingrich is suggesting he will stay in as well.
First off, it is not a surprise to me that Romney lost both Alabama and Mississippi. These are deep south states and Romney has not done well in the previous deep south states of South Carolina and Georgia. But the Alabama and Mississippi primaries did show a huge momentum shift not for Santorum, but for Romney.
Compare the other deep south results to what happened last night. Romney lost by 12.6% in South Carolina and 21.3% in Georgia. Last night Romney lost by 5.5% in Alabama and 2.6% in Mississippi. That is a massive swing towards Romney in the deep south. It shows that more and more people, even in the deep south, are starting to accept Romney as the candidate to run against Barack Obama.
Regardless of the fact that it is becoming more and more improbable for Santorum or Gingrich to win the nomination before the convention, they are both saying they are going all the way to Tampa and want to have a brokered convention and battle it out there. This would be very bad for the GOP! The last time someone won coming out of a brokered convention was in 1932 when FDR won the presidency. Do you think any of the Republican candidates are the next FDR?
Going forward, I can see a slight momentum shift for Santorum in future primaries, but I cannot see him winning the nomination unless he stops Romney from gaining the delegates needed to secure the nomination before the convention, and then somehow convinces delegates to switch their votes to him. If that does happen, expect a landslide loss in November with Obama winning comfortably against Santorum.
PZ has a new article on PolicyMic entitled, Contraception Fight Shows Why a Fundamentalist View of the Constitution is Dangerous. The title pretty much gives away the subject which delves into the line of thought that a strict view of the Constitution would be very dangerous because many things we take for granted would be eliminated if we took a fundamentalist view of the Constitution. Go check out the article on PolicyMic!
After solid wins for Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday, here we are almost a week later and the race is still fired up. What should happen next? How long can this keep going on? What do the two races in Alabama and Mississippi mean for the GOP race?
The whole conversation would have changed this past week had Rick Santorum won Ohio. Instead it appears that the people of Ohio decided they would rather support someone who appears electable instead of someone who is more conservative. Has Santorum won Ohio, there might have been an argument for him and a momentum shift in his direction, but that didn't happen.
It is my contention now that the best thing Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich can do is to start to wrap their campaigns up, slow down the overt attacks on Mitt Romney, and to bow out of the race altogether. The reasons why are simple. First, the delegate math is starting to look improbable for either Santorum or Gingrich to win the nomination. That means the only chance Santorum or Gingrich has is to go to the convention without a nominee chosen, which brings me to my second reason why Santorum and Gingrich should bow out. If this race goes all the way to the convention without a nominee chosen, the chances of Republicans winning in November are slim to none. The last several times this happened, the nominee that came out of a brokered convention lost in the general election.
Yet Santorum was out there this week attacking Romney saying that the delegate math doesn't matter. Furthermore, Santorum is starting to say that the delegates out there can change their minds and he could end up winning more delegates than he currently shows having due to the way the system works. That is a huge problem, because Romney has undeniably won the popular vote so far and currently has more than double the delegates of Santorum. If somehow Santorum bends the primary process to come out on top, things will not play out well for him in November.
Unfortunately, it appears that this race could continue well past April and into June. Even though the two races in Alabama and Mississippi could change the game if Romney wins, I really do not believe he will be able to pull that off. Even if Romney does, Santorum and Gingrich seem determined to stay in the race as long as possible. If they do, Republicans can blame them for the landslide loss in November.
Super Tuesday is over and so is the race for the Republican nomination. Mitt Romney will be the nominee, even if the race continues into June.
Without a win for Santorum in Ohio, his chances at coming back are slim to none. That means Romney will take the nomination regardless of what happens from here on out.
I will be interested to see how Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Ron Paul continue to run their races. For the most part Paul has stayed away from bashing Romney's positions and is in the race for delegates to prove a point (though he did come out against his Romneycare bill on Super Tuesday). What and how Gingrich and Santorum conduct themselves going forward with no path to victory will be interesting to see. Will they continue to bash Romney's policies or will they start to gracefully exit the race? Will they try to redirect and bring up new policy proposals hoping to get back into the race they will inevitability lose? Will they reluctantly bow out?
All of this will play heavily in the November elections because if Republicans cannot build up their nominee, it will be a very tough sell to independents, Millennials, and everyone else who might instead stick with the known than the unknown that even Republicans seem to not care for. What do you think? Should the rest of the candidates start to bow out now and work to build up Romney who will undoubtedly be the nominee?
But don't fret! I have been hard at work on an exciting project that I can't wait to reveal. Right now I am in the final stages of finishing it up and hopefully will have the big reveal next week! Stay tuned!
Even though Mitt Romney swept both Arizona and Michigan on Tuesday, the official word from Michigan is that Romney and Santorum will split it's 30 delegates evenly. How bad of news is that for Romney?
I have already argued that Romney needed a win which gave him both the popular vote and the delegate win in Michigan. It turns out he only accomplished one of the two. This could spell trouble for Romney going forward into Super Tuesday, but only if Rick Santorum hits this point hard and fast and doesn't let up on it until Super Tuesday is over.
Luckily for Romney, I doubt Santorum will do this because he is focusing on Ohio now. Yes the momentum game matters, but it took Michigan over a day to let everyone know that the delegate race was a tie there so the momentum went to Romney. That hurt Santorum, just like the Iowa caucuses delayed announcement that Santorum had won over Romney hurt Santorum.
If I were Santorum, I would be very upset at the system. The only way to get faster, accurate results is to roll out electronic voting machines nationwide. Combine that with internet voting and you could have instantaneous results as soon as polls close. If that system were already in place for these elections, the momentum for Santorum would have been much different and the front runner may very well be him instead of Romney. Too bad…
There was no doubts going into Arizona yesterday that Romney would take it away, but his home state of Michigan was another story. What does this mean for the GOP horse race going into Super Tuesday?
As I said yesterday, these primaries were huge for Romney in particular going into Super Tuesday. Now that Romney has won both contests, momentum is in his favor going into Super Tuesday. Even though Romney only narrowly won Michigan by a little over 3% of the popular vote, it is still unclear how many of the 30 delegates he will take away due to the way Michigan hands out delegates. In any event, Romney holds a strong lead in delegates awarded so far.
What is next? Some have argued Romney needs a change of strategy going into Super Tuesday. I disagree. I think Romney has the strategy to come out on top. This is a long race. The key is to keep on trucking and keep pounding Obama. Romney has done that better and more often than the other candidates who have been forced to attack Romney since he is the front runner. If Romney can keep it up, I have no doubts he can secure the nomination. What do you think?
Tonight is the Michigan and Arizona primary. Will the results of the primaries there change the momentum for the GOP candidates going into Super Tuesday?
Polling suggests that Mitt Romney has Arizona locked up. So that is 29, winner-take-all delegates, to his side (I still haven't figured out what the point of the Republican rules are if Arizona can skirt the winner-take-all rule). What about Michigan, Romney's home state?
This is where things get tricky. It is actually possible for a candidate in Michigan to win the popular vote there, but lose the majority of the state's delegates. This is just another example of how the GOP rules for the primaries this year is beyond understanding, but I digress. The fact is that if Romney cannot win his home state, his inevitability as the GOP nominee will really start to be questioned. One week before Super Tuesday, this could be very very bad for Romney.
Rick Santorum knows this and he is not stopping at working on Republicans to vote for him. Santorum is also actively targeting Democrats to come out and vote for him in the primary today. Since Michigan is an open primary (unlike Arizona), anyone can come out and vote. Santorum argues that he will have to try to gain Democrats to his side to beat Obama in the general election, so he sees no problem with this tactic. Of course, Romney's team has a different take, who called the move outrageous.
Whatever happens in Michigan today will definitely have an impact on Super Tuesday. Should Romney not win outright in both delegates and popular vote, it could spell trouble for him going into Super Tuesday. This is exactly what Romney doesn't need if he wants to secure the election.
You have heard Rick Santorum say it many times on TV. Santorum says to look at his record. He doesn't want to impose his values on anyone. Is this true? What does his record say?
Santorum was on Meet the Press this weekend when again he reiterated that he doesn't want to impose his values on anyone. "Look at my record. I've never wanted to impose any of the things that you've just talked about. These are my personal held religious beliefs." Santorum said. "There's no evidence at all that I want to impose those values on anybody else."
No evidence at all.
Let's take a look at something that came up in the most recent GOP debate. At that debate, Rick Santorum was blasted by Mitt Romney for supporting No Child Left Behind. In that debate, Santorum said that he "took one for the team" when he voted for No Child Left Behind. Did Santorum really vote against his principles and take one for team Bush?
No he did not. In fact, Santorum wanted even more government intrusion in the way schools teach across the nation. As part of No Child Left Behind, Rick Santorum authored a proposed amendment, which became known as the Santorum Amendment. The Santorum Amendment was designed to do one thing and one thing only, to promote the teaching of Intelligent Design in science classrooms across the nation.
Santorum worked carefully with Phillip E. Johnson, who helped him draft the language in the amendment. Johnson is considered by many to be the father of the intelligent design movement, which began immediately after the Supreme Court case Edwards v Aguillard, which ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the teaching of 'creation science' along side evolution was unconstitutional. After losing that case, proponents of teaching creationism in science classes needed a new term. That term became Intelligent Design, or as I like to call it, Creationism 2.0.
Make no mistake about it. Santorum not only supported No Child Left Behind, he wanted it to go further. Santorum wanted to impose his values on everyone that goes to public schools by going around Edwards and promoting the teaching of Intelligent Design, which is nothing more than religious doctrine that says that life was created by God. It would be one thing if Santorum wanted this to be allowed in an elective class. No, Santorum wanted this to be taught alongside evolution. Why? Because Rick Santorum wants to impose his values on everyone in America.
So that no evidence at all statement from Rick Santorum is a pure, unadulterated lie. The Santorum Amendment is only one example of Santorum wanting to impose his values on the people through the power of government. Don't be fooled by what he is saying today. Rick Santorum has in the past and will in the future try to impose his values on everyone that he can.
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The Political Zealot is pleased to introduce a new website that has the potential to become the voice of Millennials for years to come in the political world. PolicyMic, is a website where Millennials can come to share their opinions on the pressing political issues of the day and be heard not only by their peers, but by everyone that cares to listen.
PolicyMic has a unique system setup where once you sign up you can gain levels as you comment on articles. The more insightful and useful your comment is, the more likely you will obtain a 'Mic' for it. Gain enough Mics and you will level up, allowing you to make longer comments. Eventually, through this leveling system you can gain the ability to create and post your own articles.
The Political Zealot's founder, David Gray, has published an article which came from a previous post on this website entitled, Barack Obama Will Use Contraception Battle to His Full Advantage to Win in 2012. Go check it out on PolicyMic and join the discussion!
I am very excited about PolicyMic! I believe this site is going to be the 'next big thing' because there has been no outlet for politically charged Millennials to share their ideas and comment on current policy. PolicyMic is going to change that and I expect everyone will start to learn more about it as we get closer to the 2012 elections and after Rock the Vote starts up in full swing. No longer will the media guess what Millennials have to say about current issues. Now through PolicyMic, we can be asked and engaged actively as it happens!
PZ has already published a Hub about PolicyMic entitled, PolicyMic: A Political Voice For Millennials. This is the first of a series of Hubs that will explore PolicyMic further in depth explaining how to best use PolicyMic and eventually become a published 'Pundit' like PZ. Here is where you can find more information about PZ's founder on PolicyMic! So what are you waiting for? Go sign up and check out PolicyMic!
Normally I wouldn't run a headline like this, but I can't claim credit for the language. In response to the announcement that CNN would cancel the Super Tuesday CNN debate in Georgia, Newt Gingrich's spokesman R.C. Hammond tweeted, "@MittRomney spits in Georgia's face and cancels Atlanta debate appearance. #CNN". Why are the GOP candidates dipping out of the Georgia debate? Is this a mistake? Should GOP candidates take Georgia for granted?
Georgia carries the largest delegate count on Super Tuesday (76), and carries the largest delegate count of any state until April 3rd when the Texas primary is scheduled (though it will likely be delayed). So why on Earth are the candidates dipping out of the Georgia debate?
It appears to be a strategic decision by Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Both know that their chances of winning a large portion of the delegates in Georgia are slim. Georgia is Newt Gingrich's home state and Gingrich usually performs very well in debate settings. With that in mind, it seems that instead of allowing Gingrich to possibly have a stellar debate performance on his home turf, the other candidates have decided to not allow that to happen.
I think this is a big mistake. While Georgia has been a red state for quite sometime, the trend is going towards the Democrat party in Georgia for Presidential elections. Since 1996, there has been a steady increase in support for the Republican candidate. G.W. Bush got 54.7% of the vote in 2000 and 58% of the vote in 2004, but in 2008 McCain only got 52.2% of the vote. That is a massive drop of 5.8%! Another drop like that, and Georgia becomes a blue state!
That fact is something the Georgia GOP's chairwoman is very aware of. When responding to the disappointing news that the debate was cancelled, Sue Everhart said that, "We're a red state, but we barely squeaked through to beat (then-candidate Barack) Obama in 2008. I was hoping to do a lot better this time. I've still got to keep my people energized." To summarize, the GOP should not take Georgia for granted.
With so much talk about how voters are unenthusiastic about the candidates running, you better believe Everhart is going to have her hands full here in Georgia rallying the base come November. What do you think? Should the candidates have declined the Georgia debate?
I have questioned Tea Party backing of different GOP candidates on several occasions. When it comes to Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, it just doesn't seem like the Tea Party could back them without giving up some of their founding principles. The Tea Party Patriots cofounders were asked who they would support on the Neil Cavuto show yesterday. Who did they support? What did they have to say about them?
Both cofounders had very harsh words to say about the GOP field. Jenny Beth Martin said, "they're all losers," about the GOP field. Mark Meckler wasn't as harsh, but he did say that, "they've caved on every single point of principle since the Republican majority has taken over." Meckler went on to say, "it's not a surprise; it's disappointing, absolutely. It just shows that the revolution has just begun."
The revolution has just begun and the Tea Party is just getting started according to Meckler. But with various Tea Party groups backing candidates that clearly don't stand firm on the Tea Party principles of limited government in all aspects of life, is the Tea Party itself splintering? Maybe. It seems now that House Republicans are letting up their 'culture of no', with the agreement to pass the payroll tax cut extension without paying for it. That would also seem counter to Tea Party principles.
The Tea Party is still alive and well, but it is unclear how big of a role they will play in the 2012 elections. I doubt they will have as strong of an influence as they did in the 2010 election year. What do you think?
What can I say? After being at war for the last decade in the Middle East, Americans are backing another war being waged by the Obama administration. The war on religion!
Yes, according to the most recent poll by the New York Times/CBS News, 65% of Americans supported the Obama administration's birth control mandate. Of course this poll comes from the left-wing media and cannot be trusted! Well last week Fox News had a similar poll and found that 61% of Americans approved of the Obama administration's birth control mandate. Wow, polls from the left-wing and right-wing media coming to the same conclusion. Something must be wrong!
Nope not wrong. It appears that Americans do in fact support the Obama administration's birth control mandate by a significant margin. What does that have to do with supporting another war you ask? Have you listened to Fox News or any right-wing talk show host lately? According to them, this is an assault on religion and an escalation in the war against religion! It must be stopped!
It is nice rhetoric that gets people up and arms, until they hear the reason why and then they say, "oh this is about birth control?" The fact is, as I pointed out before, that this will be a loser for Republicans in the general election. I have even gone as far as saying that this has been a brilliant ploy by Obama to bring social issues, which he knows won't be a winner this election, to the forefront of debate. Now Rick Santorum, the social conservative, is surging because the culture war is making a comeback. Republicans cannot help themselves. They love war!
We are entering a slight lull in the primary season. Super Tuesday three weeks away and everything in between is minor. Other than President Obama's budget release, not a whole lot has been going on. Except when it comes to the payroll tax cut fiasco.
I have long argued, well before anyone else did, that Republicans fighting the payroll tax cut was a really bad decision. The perception of Republicans fighting against a tax cut that Obama proposed and supported made them look hypocritical at best. Now it seems that Republicans have decided to back down on their efforts to pay for the payroll tax cut.
This is a pretty major reversal in policy for House Republicans and something that should have happened in November of 2011, not February of 2012. It will be interesting to see what kind of fallout this has with both voting Republicans and members of the House and Senate. There are already reports that this came as a surprise to House members who were in their districts when the announcement was made.
Will the Tea Party within the House rise up against the leadership again? Will this ultimately lead to the ousting of Republican leadership in both houses of congress? I can't wait to find out!
Today the Obama administration will release their budget for fiscal year 2013. Already, Republicans are attacking it. What does all this mean? Is President Obama's budget important?
In a word, no. The budget released by every President is a symbolic gesture. Congress never passes a presidential budget and always opts to either pass their own, or in recent years not pass one at all. Nonetheless, Obama's Chief of Staff, Jack Lew, was out and about on the Sunday talk shows doing his best to defend the Obama budget being released.
In President Obama's budget, there are cuts listed such as a reductions to the EPA, NASA, and the DOD. What is missing is things such as entitlement cuts and tax reform. Republicans have come out swinging against Obama's budget, saying, "Obama is mortgaging our children's future." But there are a couple problems with the Republican argument.
First, in a recent poll, a majority of Americans believe that job creation measures, which cost money, is more important that cutting spending. Republicans could argue that certain reforms (tax reform, regulation reform, etc…) would be fantastic job creation measures that would cost nothing. That could keep their argument alive.
Second, the presidential budget doesn't matter. Bruce Bartlett goes over the history of the budgeting process in a recent op-ed in Forbes. Did you know that the United States existed for 198 years without passing a single budget? As it turns out, yearly budgets never existed until 1974 when the congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Third, the fact is that the amount of money that can be controlled by congress or the President through the budgetary process has declined tremendously. Since 1970, the discretionary spending percentage of the total budget has declined from 61.5% to 35.2% in 2009. Until real reforms in medicare, medicaid, and social security are made, both congress and the President will continue to have less control over what the government spends its money on. At least Republicans acknowledge that part.
Overall, the whole presidential budget is a sideshow. The arguments about how awful it is, or how great it is mean nothing because it will never be passed. Congress controls the purse strings through the appropriations process. If people are really concerned about the budget, they should start looking there.
A lot of political pundits out there are claiming that President Obama has made a huge mistake with the announcement that all businesses must provide contraception coverage in their healthcare plans, including church backed schools and hospitals. They will tell you that Obama has nothing to gain by this and that it was a political blunder. Peggy Noonan even said this might cost Obama the presidency in November. What if this wasn't a mistake? What if this is exactly what Obama wanted?
Why would President Obama want this? Look at his reelection campaign and what he is focusing on. His focus for reelection is the economy and job creation and creating a fairer tax code where richer people pay their 'fair share'. Furthermore, he is targeting congress as the reason why he hasn't been as successful as he wants to be, claiming they are wasting time and not passing legislation that matters.
Now look at what the contraception mandate by the Health and Human Services (HHS) has done. Catholic priests along with almost every Republican in Washington are up in arms over contraception. Not the economy, not job creation, and not the tax code. Congress is vowing to pass legislation countermanding this new mandate.
In one fell swoop Obama has managed to tie congress up, likely for months, over a fight that the majority of Americans could care less about. Even more so, most Americans actually back the mandate. This is fuel on the fire for Obama's argument. Obama will say that Congress is wasting its time on things that don't matter, while he is fighting for the average American and he will be right.
Take a look at another outcome of this. Now social conservatives seem to be rallying around Rick Santorum who won big in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado. Santorum has always been the 'values candidate' so this naturally plays much better towards his campaign. Again, was this by design?
Polling is clear, Romney stands the best chance to defeat Obama in November. So it would make logical sense for Obama to try to get another candidate in as the nominee to run against him. The contraception mandate has allowed Santorum to gain some steam and could make him the nominee (though I still believe this is a long shot). I am sure that would make Obama happy, because Santorum stands no chance at getting the youth vote or independents on his side because of his theocratic stance on social issues.
Don't believe what you are hearing in the news. The contraception mandate by the HHS is not a straight loser for Obama. The average American not only doesn't care about it, they agree that contraception should be included in healthcare plans. Americans also agree that the most pressing issue right now isn't about contraception or religious freedom, it is about jobs and the economy. Obama has hoodwinked everyone and they don't even realize it.
Rick Santorum had a big night last night, sweeping Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado in their Republican primary races. Even though technically there were no delegates at stake last night, the presumption is that Santorum will be awarded enough delegates to put him firmly in second place behind Mitt Romney. Conservatives in the Republican party are cheering, yet if they really want to win in November, Rick Santorum should be the last person they elect.
Why? Because Rick Santorum cannot and will not win the millennial vote. Young voters made the difference in 2008, voting for Obama by a 2 to 1 margin, but Obama has had some of his support by young voters decline. This chink in his armor is something Republicans should be seizing on, but instead they have widely ignored this important demographic.
Most people will tell you that young voters are by default more liberal than older voters. This is true, but there was a much more drastic shift in the 2008 elections. Gaining some of that share back to the Republican side would be a wise move.
Rick Santorum will not help Republicans in that cause. Let me explain why by using a term that Neal Boortz uses. Santorum is a turbo. What is a turbo? To paraphrase Boortz, a turbo is an ultra fanatic christian who would use the power of government to push their beliefs onto others. So how would Santorum use the power of government to push his religious beliefs onto others?
Let me count the ways…
Santorum is very clear in his stance on gay rights. Don't ask, don't tell, gay marriage, right to privacy all gone. What was that last part? Right to privacy? Santorum doesn't believe you should have a right to privacy. In particular, Santorum has been very critical of the Supreme Court decision in 1965, Griswold v. Connecticut. In that decision SCOTUS determined that the right to privacy was protected in the Constitution and invalidated a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives. That's right folks. Santorum, wants to be able to legislate what you do in the bedroom.
And this is why he will not garner Millennial support. Millennials do not like turbos. They are less religious than previous generations, and are the only generational demographic that currently supports gay marriage rights by a majority. He is the wrong candidate for Millennials and will further divide the young voting block from Republicans should they choose Santorum as their nominee and Obama will win a second term.
Also, watch out for the Tea Party. If the Tea Party suddenly rallies behind Santorum now that he has momentum, it will prove that the Tea Party is a backdoor movement for social conservative who want to impose their ways on others. Beware of the turbos!
There has been a lot of furor over President Obama's administration's decision to require all employers to provide health insurance that covers contraceptives without a waiver for faith based organizations. The catholic church is vowing to fight the order all the way to the Supreme Court. What is going on here? Is Obama waging war against the church? What do Millennials think about this?
Let's answer that last question first. No. Obama is not waging war against the church as some have claimed.
With that out of the way, we can examine what is going on. The controversy is over a new mandate from the Health and Human Services department which mandates all employers provide contraceptive services in their health care plans or face stiff fines. This does not exclude religious organizations, which is where the furor is coming from, but it does exclude churches themselves. Therein lies the important distinction.
Churches are exempt from this mandate. A hospital, school, or charity is not. That means as an employee, you can expect to find the same healthcare coverage that other employers provide, whether or not the employer is backed by the church. Why is this important?
Take a look at the hospitals that the catholic church backs. Many of them are the best of the best in their region. In Chicago, Mercy Hospital is ranked in the top 100 in the nation for cardiovascular care. Currently if you are a nurse, doctor, or even a janitor and want to work for one of the best heart care hospitals in the nation, you will not have contraceptives included in your healthcare plan. This new mandate changes that.
While I am sure there are some that choose to work for Mercy and choose to go to Mercy because it is a hospital backed by the church, the vast majority of doctors, nurses, and patients go there for other reasons. That is important because Mercy is not a church/hospital. Mercy is a hospital. They should be expected to act like a hospital and provide the services of a hospital. When it comes to providing health care coverage to their employees, they should have to follow the same rules as everyone else and provide a minimum set of coverage.
Instead, the catholic church is using its power to fight this mandate. Take a step back and think about what this fight is over. This whole furor is over contraceptives such as the birth control pill. Why on earth is there a national debate over mandating that health care plans provide funding for birth control pills when 27 states already mandate that health insurance plans provide "equitable" coverage for contraceptives? Also keep in mind that approximately 98 percent of sexually active catholic women have used contraceptives.
This whole thing is way overblown. There is no war on religion. This is about providing equal coverage and making sure everyone has access to care. If you work for a church that's one thing, but if you work for a hospital you should have equal access no matter who is funding that hospital. I can guarantee this debate is a loser for Republicans with Millennials. After losing the payroll tax cut debate, I am beginning to wonder if Republicans do in fact want to win in 2012. What do you think?
Disillusioned young voters worry President Barack Obama's 2008 hope and change may have transformed into an ambiguous violation of constitutional rights. On December 31, the president approved the National Defense Authorization Act. The law, voted for by 283 Representatives, and 86 Senators has been charged with providing the justification for the military to detain U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism without due process of the law.
The ambiguity of the bill created a backlash among young people that poses a particular problem for the Obama 2012 presidential campaign. Bloggers and columnists published commentary about Obama's lost "cool factor" and his "betrayal" of citizen's rights.
But Republican candidate hopeful, Ron Paul, the coolest guy in congress right now, has called on the legislature to repeal the provision. Paul even targeted South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, a supporter of the bill, on the House floor. "Is this acceptable in someone who has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution?" Paul asked Graham.
Paul could ask the same question to President Obama, who has also taken this oath. Interestingly, many young voters are in favor of Ron Paul for the GOP candidacy. Still, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports, Obama is ahead by just 10% in polling numbers against Paul. But, Paul is also polling 50 percent among the 18-to-29-year-old voters who supported the president en masse in 2008, according to the most recent Gallup Poll, and the editor of this publication recently explained Paul's appeal with Gen Y.
Campaigning for the youth vote will require the president to look like he stands for the issues young people care about, and signing the NDAA has not benefited him. "Last time, there was a lot more need for change, and there has been a lot of controversy with what Obama's been doing recently," said Girish Balakrishnan, a 23-year-old student told ABC News.
Official statements from the White House say the president would not use the NDAA's power to unfairly detain citizens, but the Obama administration, critics say, cannot assure how other presidents may interpret it in the future. "Obama's signing statement seems to suggest he already believes he has the authority to indefinitely detain Americans—he just never intends to use it," writes Adam Serwer for Mother Jones' Political Mojo.
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Section 1022 of the NDAA reads, "The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States." Furthermore the provision states the act will not affect existing law relating to the detention of citizens. Supporters like representative Allen West of Florida say that the bill does not even allow detention of U.S. citizens. Is he right?
Read the language carefully. It says that the military is not REQUIRED to detain U.S. citizens. It does not say that the military cannot and shall not detain U.S. citizens. That's a major distinction. It's that distinction that former constitutional litigator and legal expert Glenn Greenwald has stated actually allows the government to lock someone up indefinitely without a trial or lawyer, even U.S. citizens.
"This is all happening today, ironically on Bill of Rights day, given that this bill thoroughly tramples the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th amendments," Joseph Brown wrote for Young Americans for Liberty.
Supporters who acknowledge the ambiguous phrase, justify the bill with the fear of domestic terrorism. Many Senators have heralded the NDAA as necessary to continue to fight the War on Terrorism effectively. "If you can detain somebody overseas wanting to attack America and not provide them a lawyer and Miranda Rights you should be able to do it here because this is the battlefield," said Senator Graham.
The White House's surprisingly tame statement did detail the President's "serious reservations" about the bill, but that statement didn't quite make it into the young person's lexicon, and strong rhetoric from the media on both the right and the left and made the President seem even more lame on this issue, almost as if he's not willing to pick this battle – an incredible important one.
Losing his famous mojo to a constitutionally questionable law might not necessarily mean Obama losing the youth vote. If the president's social rhetoric can shift attention away from the NDAA's potential implications, he may be able to distract the under-30s from his recent actions. But if this continues, it might mean Obama's ultimate downfall.
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October 31, 2012
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stopped in Charlottesville Wednesday to greet and thank supporters of President Barack Obama.
Albright, who served as secretary of state under President Bill Clinton, stopped by the Obama victory office on the Downtown Mall. She thanked supporters for their hard work leading up to Election Day.
In brief remarks to the crowd, she touched on a variety of issues from national security to women's rights.
The 75-year-old foreign policy expert says one of President Obama's advantages over challenger Mitt Romney is his experience in international relations.
"The bottom line is that I think what President Obama's done is reestablished our reputation and has, in fact, made it possible for us to work with other countries, work as partners," Albright said.
Albright also stressed President Obama's priority of creating jobs and the importance a quality education plays in stimulating job growth.

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The CAE's "Real Challenge" - Ethics, Courage, and Complacency
The other day, somebody replied to one of my blogs — and got my blood boiling! So, here is the rant for the week.
Essentially, what they said was while it was good in theory for the CAE to focus on providing assurance, in practice the CAE has to be very conscious of and responsive to management expectations. Management wants to see real value from internal audit, and therefore internal audit needs to demonstrate tangible savings in costs, and such. If internal audit is to get management support for its existence, a reasonable budget, etc., then focusing on providing assurance is not the answer.
Do you remember the Roman Emperor, Nero? He is famous for paying attention to his music and enjoyment while the barbarians were attacking, overwhelming, and then pillaging his capital. He "fiddled while Rome burned."
Well, I think this is a good analogy for those CAEs who focus on building a scorecard that shows how much they have saved their organization (through audits of benefit programs, vendors, etc) but are not assessing the risk management program. They are doing the fun stuff but failing to address the risks that could (and have in some cases) caused the failure of the business.
It's fine to supplement essential assurance activities with the tangible value-adding programs - and I have done a lot of that in the past. But, the assurance work has to be covered or (in my opinion) internal audit is failing to do its job. When that is a conscious decision, I have to question the ethics — and the courage — of the individuals involved.
When I talk about complacency, I am talking about the tendency for some CAEs to continue the same internal audit program, using the same tools and methods, in the face of new technologies and approaches that can deliver massive additional value. I simply don't understand the reluctance to:
- Take advantage of emerging and improving technologies for data analytics, continuous auditing, etc — including social media
- Provide opinions, both on individual engagements and overall. (As an aside, it is well past time for this to be mandated by IIA Standards. How can you provide assurance when you don't express an opinion?)
I welcome your comments.
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Noteworthy: A candidate for all-conference honors in 2002 ... Has caught at least one pass in 22 straight games ... Needs 10 catches in 2002 to jump into the top 10 in all-time receptions at MT ... Is coming off a career year ... The unsung receiver on the team, but the one who gets the most out of what he has ... One of the toughest players on the team ...An intelligent player, who never takes a play off ... Has the ability to run all four receiver positions, including running back in the passing game ... A student of the game ... Makes up for lack of speed with precise route running and excellent hands ... Is also the team's holder on field goals ... David's father was a baseball pitcher for Alabama during his collegiate career ... Has played in 32 career games and earned 12 starts ... Represented Middle Tennessee at the 2002 Sun Belt Conference SAAC Meetings ... Missed the spring scrimmage due to a broken hand.
2001: Played in all 11 games, including five as a starter ... Was tied for second on the team in receiving with a career-best 37 catches for 358 yards and a touchdown ... Voted the team's Offensive MVP following the Louisiana-Monroe game and later shared the award again with Kendall Newson and Wes Counts after the New Mexico State win ... Had his first 100-yard receiving game when he hauled in a personal-best 10 passes for 104 yards against New Mexico State ... Collected seven catches for 83 yards against Louisiana-Monroe ... Reached the endzone for the first time in his career when he grabbed a 34-yard strike from Wes Counts against Louisiana-Lafayette ... Registered four catches in games against Vanderbilt and North Texas.
2000: Saw action in all 11 games and started six of those contests ... Enjoyed a career year with season highs in receptions (30) and receiving yards (252) ... Had a personal-best six catches for 33 yards at Maryland and added three receptions each versus Illinois and Florida ... His top receiving yardage game was at Mississippi State where he registered 44 yards on three receptions ... Pulled in a career-long 36-yard catch against the Bulldogs ... Snared at least one reception in all 11 games ... Recorded a team-high or tied for the team lead in knockdowns in three straight games (UAB, Mississippi State, Connecticut) ... Had a career-high 10 knockdowns against Connecticut, nine at Mississippi State, and seven versus UAB ... Was voted the team's skill player MVP following the Florida game.
1999: Played in all 11 games, including one as a starter (UCF) ... Finished the year with four catches for 38 yards ... Hauled in a career best three receptions for 27 yards at Arkansas ... Also had one catch against UCF.
1998: Took a redshirt year in 1998, but gained valuable experience working with the Blue Raider scout team.
High School: Played for coach Steve Brewer at Sevier County where he lettered for three years in football ... As a senior, Youell was voted all-state, all-conference, all-Northeast, and all-county as a wide receiver ... Was also all-conference as a defensive back and punt returner ... Was voted all-conference as a wide receiver, defensive back, and punt returner his junior year ... Averaged 25.9 yards a catch as a senior and hauled in a school-record 18 touchdowns ... Was a Who's Who member as a sophomore, junior and senior.
Personal: Parents: David and Joan Youell ... Born: 2/1/80 ... Major: Business Administration.
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Mitchel Olszak
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Efforts to improve the appearance of New Castle in multiple ways are beginning to take shape.
The second meeting of the clean and green committee, established by New Visions for Lawrence County, was held last week to discuss the group's direction.
New Visions is a local volunteer effort seeking to enhance the quality of life in the community in a variety of ways. While the endeavor intends to have an impact on all of Lawrence County, its preliminary plans are geared toward New Castle. Although different groups have been established to tackle various concerns, I have been following the activities of clean and green advocates.
As you might guess, last week's brainstorming session with a couple dozen individuals went off in a variety of directions.
But by the end of the evening, four key goals for the group were outlined for pursuit in the immediate future. Taken together, they are fairly ambitious and can make a measurable impact on the city.
Several participants at the meeting took responsibility for assorted projects. While the clean and green panel is continuing to meet, much of the work will involve the efforts of individuals and smaller groups acting on an ongoing basis, rather than as part of a large gathering.
So where are these particular volunteers intending to direct their energies? Here are the projects:
1. Establishment of community gardens. This would involve identifying sites, finding groups that would take responsibility for the gardens and volunteers who would assist with the efforts.
2. A fire hydrant painting project. Rules are to be established for painting hydrants throughout the city in artistic ways. The goal is to enhance the appearance of New Castle while ensuring any changes do not impede the ability of firefighters to quickly locate the hydrants. The activity may evolve into contests.
3. Improving the appearance of the city's gateways. Basically, this may consist of new signage and cleanups along the major roads leading into New Castle.
4. A cleanup of Gaston Park.
This final project is on the fast track, with an Oct. 27 date planned to coincide with Make a Difference Day. In less than a month, specific tasks must be determined, volunteers must be recruited and all the little details that go into making a major community initiative a success must be put into place.
Can it be done? Of course. I've seen it happen before.
There is, however, a larger question: Can it be sustained? And by this, I don't just mean the activities of New Visions, but also the essential support of the larger community.
Any success New Visions enjoys ultimately will be tied to public reaction to the organization's efforts and the ability to have neighborhoods buy into the concept. To put it simply, conducting a special cleanup of a park, or a neighborhood, is a relatively straightforward process. But turning that endeavor into a long-term success — where there is a commitment to keeping the area clean — requires community support from both citizens and city government.
A few volunteers, no matter their determination, will burn themselves out if their efforts to improve the community fail to receive broader acceptance. Ideally, New Visions' beautification initiatives will be embraced by residents who not only appreciate a helping hand, but also recognize that it's in their interests to work with others to strengthen the community on a long-term basis.
New Visions faces a long and challenging road. But the first steps have been taken in the goal of creating a brighter future for New Castle.
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I write about communications, business and the ways the two intersect
Have you heard the term social media "sneezer"? Here's a hint—it has nothing to do with the flu. I heard the term from Seth Godin, who wrote about the concept in his book "Ideavirus" to describe the incredible power of social media in the hands of those who influence others.
For example, mommy bloggers are "sneezers". Music and theater aficionados. Sports enthusiasts. Leadership and entrepreneurial experts and coaches.
Says Seth: "'Sneezers' are at the core of any ideavirus. Sneezers are the ones who when they tell ten or twenty or 100 people about an idea—people believe them."
Seth is onto something, as usual. As the last few years have heralded the rise of SEO and internet marketing, Seth and other groundbreaking thinkers give good evidence that 2013 will be the season of maturation for social campaigns.
At present, most (but not all) companies recognize the need for social media. But even those who are actively engaging are lacking the ability to evaluate, to measure, and to manage their social media activities and campaigns. It is only by identifying and quantifying what social media provides for your company that you can determine where to focus your efforts and how much to spend.
Up until now, there've been no meaningful ways to put a value on Tweets, Facebook posts or other social media interactions. But the tide is starting to turn. As the means to measure and manage social media engagement, it's going to change the way the world looks at communication and marketing. Again.
In its next phase, social media is focused on consumption and and activation (and these measures are certainly a big step beyond views and follows). Going one step further, getting people to broadcast your message – specifically the right people to broadcast it— is when social media becomes an out-of-the-ballpark success.
For example, I became aware several weeks ago of a social media campaign that culminated in the announcement of Dan Brown (author of Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code)'s newest book. Using a Hashtagart Mosaic from the company, Hyperactivate, Brown's PR team (not my agency – but I'm jealous) used an interactive application to involve readers, fans, and viewers in the announcement of the title of his upcoming new book.
Dan Brown's fans around the world used Twitter and Facebook to help unlock the secret image that would reveal the title of the book on the Today Show.
The result was one of the biggest and fastest spikes in Hyperactivate's social media history (although they did not disclose numbers) to unveil the book's new title—Inferno. The campaign launched the social conversation about the new book that will chronicle the author's journey, fittingly, into the codes, the symbols and the passageways of 14th century author Dante and his famous poem "The Divine Comedy". The dialogue has spun off and the conversation about the book is now spreading virally all over the world.
Definitely, the coolness factor of social media's role in this kick off campaign is incredibly high. But why was this feat so significant?
What will these developments mean during 2013? We're all in the learning process together – but I am willing to bet my next Diet Coke (that I haven't sneezed on) that among our many advances, 2013 will be a seminal year in our ability to track and map the revenue we derive from our social campaigns.
Additional reporting for this article provided by my agency associate Adam Torkildson, Sr. Associate for Snapp Conner PR. Disclosures: SnappConner has no client relationships nor any agency dialogues with the companies mentioned in this article (although we think they are cool).
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Cheryl, this is great stuff. For my business, I've found social media to be the ONLY effective way to build and connect with an audience. I have so much more to learn!
Hi Cheryl. Your articles are so helpful! But what about those of us who aren't "up to speed" with digital devices and processes? Where to start???
Very insightful Cheryl, thanks for covering this issue! Dan Brown's campaign is a prime example of how rich media engagement is changing the face of social media. I'm quite confident that we're going to see much more vibrant and interactive advertising, especially in the mobile realm in the near future as more brands strive to take their campaigns to a new and more exciting levels.
Thanks Cheryl. As a social media newbie, I appreciate getting valuable insights from experts like you.
Great Article! Thank you so much Cheryl.
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Eaton, who has served as sheriff since 2007, was convicted of two counts of witness tampering at the end of a nine-day federal trial in May. He was acquitted of six other counts, including the underlying charge of deprivation of rights through use of excessive force. According to Kentucky law, Eaton does not have to resign his office until he has exhausted all appeals options. He is scheduled for sentencing on Aug. 1, so cannot file an appeal until after the sentencing. However, according to attorney J. Guthrie True, when his motion for judgment of acquittal was denied last week, Eaton decided it was time to step down.
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Math comes alive with the use of an interactive whiteboard. Rather than relegating numbers to the black-and-white world of paper and pencils, throw them up onto the big screen with fun graphics in full color. Math concepts take on deeper meaning to visual and all types of learners when displayed in creative ways.
Let kids take turns at the whiteboard, touching the screen and manipulating the visuals. They'll be more invested in learning and making discoveries on their own, and they'll teach others at the same time.
Examples include Shape Sort (sort objects by number of sides, colors and shapes), Toy Store (develop understanding of cost and money), Place Value (develop an understanding of place value: ones, tens, hundreds), and Multiplication Chart (use a multiplication chart to practice facts and discover patterns).
Cool Science for Curious Kids
This interactive site encourages elementary students to explore science, and features the best hands-on science activities from five children's and science museums from across the country.
Discovery Kids Online
Another indoor recess on a rainy day? Bookmark this site and let your students play away. They can visit Fun & Games and watch video clips from Discovery Kids shows.
Produced by Dragonfly magazine and the National Science Teachers Association, this interactive website offers fun online science activities. Dragonfly links children and scientists in an open community of investigation and aims to involve children in the creative process of science, to help them see how science relates to their lives.
What's a podcast? It's an audio or video file that can be downloaded over the Internet. You can view or listen to them on computers or iPods (thus the name), which makes the medium especially appealing to students.
Popular at the university level, where professors often post downloadable versions of their lectures, podcasting is increasingly being used at the middle and high school levels for a range of purposes.
Classes are producing podcasts of poetry readings and plays, dramatizations of creative writing projects, jingles for mock products and inventions, interviews for online school newspapers. They can also be used to record scientific observations while out doing field research. Your students will certainly come up with inventive ideas of their own.
Podcasting builds literacy and communication skills, and is a great way to foster collaborative learning and self-confidence. For more information visit the "Digital Gadgets" section of Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/gadgets.html
This 21st century genre has something for everyone. Students become actors, directors and producers, writers, researchers and photographers, graphic artists and digital technicians.
Technology brings compelling new dimensions to traditional storytelling. By combining words (both written and spoken) with pictures (both moving and still) and music (professional or one's own), digital storytelling makes for a rich and creative medium. Kids who never gave a hoot about creative writing are now getting hooked.
Students can produce their own digital stories, or collaborate with others in clever ways. Two people can write two parts of a story from two different points of view; a group of people can spin a yarn, each taking a sentence at a time, to see what happens.
Digital storytelling is being used for classes such as history, not just language arts. Throughout the process, students learn to express themselves using a range of communication technologies.
Visit the Adobe Digital Kids Club to get started. http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/storytelling/index.html
Along with a digital storytelling tutorial and technical tips, there are extensive resources to guide you and your students every step of the way.
This is an exciting new concept where students each have their own usb bracelet containing software that allows them to store assignments & notes, keep track of their due dates, etc. http://smarttech.com/us/Solutions/Education+Solutions/Products+for+education/Software/SMART+Notebook+collaborative+learning+software/SMART+Notebook+SE+collaborative+learning+software
The Modern High School Lab: Apple Computer
Learn what a Mac lab can do for your high school. Then use the Lab Configurator to design a Mac lab based on your school's specific needs, and receive a custom pricing quote. You can also download Apple's free Moviemaking Curriculum from this web page.
A Mac lab gives students a head start in the modern workplace-not only in the arts, but in everything from science to math to business. For students who want to enter digital media professions, a Mac Career Tech lab provides the opportunity for them to master the same applications used by industry pros.
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Wireless technology is a highly engaging way to get high school students hooked on science. Students can use probes and sensors to collect data in the field, and then graph, model and analyze it back in the classroom. The latest "probeware" can be used with computers, handhelds, and calculators. In addition to the benefits of hands-on learning in the field, the computer models back in the classroom help students visualize scientific concepts in ways they can't otherwise observe, and make sophisticated connections.
Innovative Uses for Probeware
Vernier Technology's web page for teachers features hundreds of experiments and ideas for using sensors and probes in science class. Favorites include Accelerations in Snowboarding and Crash Test Dummies. Search by science subject area for both middle school and high school.
Virtual Frog Dissection
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The Cell Visualization Project
Geology Labs Online
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From videoconferencing to email pen pals, technology provides opportunities for international collaboration previously unimaginable. Students and teachers can now connect with students and teachers throughout the world with great ease and frequency. Whereas the pen pal letters of your childhood took weeks or seemingly months to make it back and forth via snail mail, the e-pals of today are in constant communication. Find ways to integrate this capability into your curriculum. You'll open up new worlds to your students as they develop valuable communication and technology skills. Along the way they'll develop a deeper knowledge about the world around them and a greater appreciation for their role as global citizens. See links in the Survival Toolkit to point you in the right direction.
Online Science Lab
This is a valuable one-stop site from the Office of Science and the Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Students can explore three different online labs: Elementary, Middle School and High School.
Electrocute a pickle, dissect a cow's eye, or try one of the Exploratorium's other hundreds of hands-on activities. Kids can also use the Digital Library and other online resources.
Science News for Kids
The publishers of Science News provide fun and informative news stories for ages 7-14, plus the following features: Puzzle Zone, Game Zone, SciFi Zone, SciFair Zone, Lab Zone and Teacher Zone.


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Some fans are not completely thrilled about the possible new addition to the Redskins Franchise. Robert Griffin III aka RG3 will potentially be coming to Washington this year as a rookie quarterback. We all know that times have been hard for Skins fans in past years. Maybe RG3 is what we need.
Griffin was born in Japan because both of his parents were stationed there as army sergeants. From there, he moved to Washington state, New Orleans, and finally to Copperas Cove, Texas.
RG3 attended Copperas Cover High School and participated in football, basketball, and track. Griffin started as QB for two seasons. As a Junior, RG3 passed for 2,001 yards, and scored 33 touchdowns (eight of which were run in by him in 876 yards).
Only throwing two interceptions all season, Griffin received first-team All District 16-4A honors. As a senior, Griffin rushed for 1,285 yards, scoring 24 touchdowns. He also passed for 1,356 yards for 16 touchdowns with 7 interceptions. By the end of his high school career, he moved the ball 5,518 yards with 41 TDs nine interceptions.
On the track team at CCHS, Griffin broke state records for the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles. He ran the 110-meter hurdles in 13.55 seconds, and the 300-meter hurdles in 35.33 seconds. The 300-hurdles time was one-hundredth of a second short of breaking the national high school record. He was also a gold medalist in the 110 and 400-meter hurdles on the AAU track and field circuit. He sprinted 13.46 in the 110-meter hurdles and 49.56 in the 400-meter hurdles as a junior in high school. In 2007, as a junior, he was rated the No. 1 high school 400-meter immediate hurdler in the country, and was tied at No. 1 for the 110-meter sprint hurdler in the nation. Also as a junior, he received the Gatorade Texas Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year award.
During his college recruitment, Griffin was rated the fourth-best dual-threat Quarterback in the nation. Griffin was pursued by Stanford, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Houston, Tulsa, Illinois, Washington State, and Oregon. Griffin committed to play football for the University of Houston, but when the head coach, Art Briles, left Houston to be Head coach at Baylor, Griffin left to play at Baylor under him.
During Griffin's college career (which was started in spring of 2008, graduating a semester early from CHHS), he played football and ran track for Baylor. He finished first in the Big 12 Conference Championship and the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship meets. RG3 broke the 400-meter hurdles record. He got third place in the NCAA meet and went on to participate in the U.S. Olympic Trials, in which he advanced to the semifinals. Graduating with a 3.67 GPA in Political Science, Griffin is now getting his masters in Communications.
In Griffin's freshman year of college, he started 12 of 13 games. He won Big 12 Freshman of the Year, which is voted on by the other eleven coaches, not his own. Sophomore year was upsetting for Griffin, tearing his ACL in only the third game of the season and Red Shirted for the remainder of the year. Griffin entered his Junior year as a Redshirted Sophomore. His record that season was 7–6 (4–4 Big 12) for Baylor. For Griffin's senior season, Baylor started off by playing TCU, who was ranked #15. Due to RG3 passing for 359 yards, 5 touchdowns and having a 77.8% completion percentage, Baylor upset the team for a 50-48 point win. Griffin went on to finish the season the way he started and became the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner. On January 11, 2012 he announced his intention to join the 2012 NFL draft and is now a quarterback candidate for our own Washington Redskins at a height of 6 ft 2/3 in, 223 lbs, arm length 32 1/4 in, hand size 9 1/2 in, 40 yd dash in 4.41 sec, vertical jump of 39 in, and 10 feet broad.
It is not every year that the Washington Redskins bring in the Heisman Trophy winner to play. In fact, there have only been three Heisman Trophy winners drafted into the Redskins Franchise. The last one was in 1991 and none of them were QBs.
Due to all of his accomplishments, if Washington is lucky enough to receive Griffin in the draft tomorrow, we need to welcome him with open arms.♦
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|Copperas Cove HS
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|Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 77
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NORWOOD-Many of the local candidates on the ballot for this November attended last Thursday's Candidates Forum at the Norwood Town Hall, presented by the League of Women Voters of Norwood, Walpole and Westwood.
Both candidates for the positions of Massachusetts State Representative for the 12th Norfolk District, John Rogers (incumbent) and Jim Stanton, were given three minutes each for an opening statement, two minutes each for a closing statement, and one minute each to answer questions, prepared by the League and submitted from the audience.
Rogers and Stanton addressed questions on the economy, immigration and education, among other things.
"Knowing that I represent hard-working families, I have been working hard for you and your families," Rogers said.
"I think that Beacon Hill needs to reset its priorities..." Stanton said, noting the length of time Rogers has been in office. "Twenty years is too long."
Both noted their small business experience, and their desire to improve the local economy.
"Government doesn't create jobs," Stanton said, saying that it is necessary the government reduce taxes and burdensome regulations on businesses, as well as make health insurance more affordable.
Rogers spoke on the Tax Increment Financing that can bring businesses such as Steel Art Inc. to the local communities, and along with them jobs. He said that the "two greatest words" to see was the "now hiring" sign in front of the recently opened Steel Art.
Both candidates also spoke strongly on the EBT program and doing away with the cash option.
Stanton said that it is a $400 mill. program that needs to be done away with.
Rogers agreed, saying that with the cash option, someone could get a tattoo or a manicure, or purchase liquor, or even get arrested and be bailed out with cash taken on their EBT card.
"I think it's ridiculous," he said.
When asked whether they believe in term limits for all elected officials, Stanton said that if elected he would self-limit to six years, or three two-year terms.
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Best of Knoxville 2009
Best Auto Service Runners-Up: Auto Technicians, Dennis Hall's Auto Service, R.T. Clapp Professional Car Care Centers
Fisher Tire is certainly the coolest garage in town, and we especially like the North Knoxville location with a member of local space/goth rockers Pegasi 51 and a former pro BMX freestyle rider on staff. Prices are good, service is ace, and it's right around the corner from Lost and Found Records and Harby's Pizza. Drop your car off, shop for vinyl, and grab a pie. That's a pretty easy way to spend a Saturday.
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What are your plans for the weekend of 9/11? Come remember, honor, and celebrate Smyrna's Fire and Police "Heroes" at the Smyrna Auction for Heroes Gala, Saturday, Sept. 10 at historic Brawner Hall on Atlanta Road.
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 nears, it is a fitting time for the Smyrna community to support the firefighters and police officers who protect and serve our community every day. Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate our heroes at this Gala that is sure to become one of Smyrna's premier events each year. (Get your tickets now at www.SmyrnaHeroesGala.com, "Buy Tickets")
These heroes are the men and women who respond when we dial 9-1-1. They've got our backs 24/7, 365 days a year. As Smyrna Police Officer Tim Sharples explained, "We're the people they call when they need help, and we get paid for doing what we love."
Firefighter Kenneth Durdun reported that his job comes "with the potential to make an impact in an emergency or make a child smile." Heroes such as Sharples and Durdun deserve our gratitude and support, and showing that support is the mission behind the Smyrna Auction for Heroes Gala.
The Gala is a community-wide, volunteer effort by area residents and businesses to assist our heroes with a fundraiser benefiting the Smyrna Public Safety Foundation (SPSF). Supporting the SPSF at the Gala just makes sense. Why? Helping the SPSF translates to helping Smyrna's residents, businesses, and visitors. The SPSF is a 501(c) organization that promotes and serves both the City of Smyrna's public safety employees and the community. It is committed to providing the community and outreach services, equipment, and programs Smyrna needs to make it a safer and even more enjoyable place to live, work, play, and visit.
At this year's Gala, mingle with Smyrna's fire and police heroes, local businesses and residents, city officials, and Honorary Chair, Mayor A Max Bacon. Eat and enjoy delicious food from Atkins Park Tavern. Sip on wine, beer, and fun-themed specialty cocktails. Bid on live and silent auction goods and services from residents and businesses such as jewelry; lavish trips and weekend getaways; fine and decorative art; health, beauty, and fitness services; golf outings and lessons; restaurant gift cards; pet grooming and veterinary services; home décor items; accessories; celebrity, sports, film, and rock 'n roll collectibles and memorabilia; and many other fun and exciting items.
Enjoy and dance to a live performance by one of Atlanta's hottest groups, Kingsized, a high-energy and fun, Vegas-style dance band featuring Big Mike Grier and the Dames Aflame. Capital Cadillac is sponsoring Kingsized and Vinings Gallery the event's audio/visual contributions. Joining Kingsized is Wesley Cook, one of eight national finalists in The Rolling Stone Magazine's "Street to Stage" competition and also recently voted one of Jezebel Magazine's "Most Eligible Atlantans." These performers and sponsors came on board with a commitment to help increase funds for the SPSF.
One of the programs funded by the SPSF is the popular outing that many firefighters and police officers enjoy as a highlight of the holiday season. Each year, Smyrna's heroes take local underprivileged children to lunch and then out shopping.
"Many of these children are the nicest I've met," said Smyrna Firefighter Jay Ratliff. "Their families have been hurt in the current economic climate. The Shop with a Hero program helps them have a better holiday."
Not only do the children buy much needed items for themselves, including clothes and toiletries, but also on their own initiative frequently purchase gifts for their families. The SPSF provides cheer for what otherwise would be a bleak holiday season for these children and their families. (See www.smyrnapsf.org for more information on this and other SPSF programs.)
Smyrna's firefighters and police officers are committed to their community. They constantly train to be prepared for the challenges they face daily. The most important thing Lt. Alan Goble (SFD) said he learns during training is the extent of his limitations. By that, he doesn't mean learning what he couldn't do, but rather what he could. 'It teaches you that your limits are farther than what you think," he explained. "You keep pushing yourself when you think you can't go any more, and you learn you can."
Smyrna's heroes appreciate community support for the SPSF. As Police Officer Paul Vargas explained, "The SPSF instills confidence that the community is behind us. If the community isn't behind you, morale drops. If the community is behind you, then you have a partnership."
Because of the programs and services the SPSF funds, Vargas sees it as an essential link between Smyrna's public safety employees and the community, all working together to make Smyrna a great city.
"You have to establish relationships," Vargas continued. When speaking of challenges the City faces, Vargas spoke of "using our resources to get what's needed" to meet those challenges. Many times the SPSF provides funding for those resources.
Knowing that what's good for the SPSF is good for the community has led to strong backing for the Auction for Heroes Gala. At the gold-level sponsorship, notable contributors include Capital Cadillac, Charter Cable, Dave FM, and Love Street/Heart and Sole.
Silver-level contributors include Atkins Park Tavern, The Bright Side, The Cobb News, LED/Luminocity Entertainment Division, Smyrna-Vinings Patch, United Distributors, The Vinings Club, Vinings Gallery, and The Tricycle Marketing Agency.
Bronze-level sponsors: Acopia Home Loans, Adventure Outdoors, Arkle Veterinary Care, Artcraft Collision, Blessings Unlimited, Emory-Adventist Hospital/Smyrna, Firehouse Subs, Fouts Bros, Glennda Baker & Assoc. Realtors, Graphcom, the Heritage at Vinings Neighborhood Assoc., Jack's New Yorker Deli, Kenny's Great Pies, Legacy/Fox Creek Golf Courses, Racetrac Petroleum, Regency Fine Art, Russell Landscaping, and Smyrna Medical & Physical Therapy.
As are so many members of the community, these sponsors, too, are committed to helping make Smyrna a great city through their support of the Gala, our heroes, and the SPSF.
The volunteer Smyrna Heroes Gala Committee is chaired by Jim Carter, SPSF Marketing Director and Legacy/Fox Creek Golf Courses; rounding out the Committee are Karen Carter, Co-chair, with Regency Fine Arts; Stacy Burnsed of Tricycle Agency; Roy Acree, President of the SPSF and Smyrna Deputy Fire Chief; Denise Serkedakis of The Vinings Club; Kelly Nelson of LED; and Kevin Drawe of Atkins Park Tavern. Their tireless commitment to the event is what drives the phenomenal response the Gala has received from area residents and businesses.
So mark your calendars, buy your tickets, and join your efforts with so many others to make the Smyrna Heroes Gala on Sept. 10 a true celebration of our accomplished firefighters and police officers.
Buy tickets at www.SmyrnaHeroesGala.com. Log on to our Smyrna Auction for Heroes Facebook page for up-to-date information on the Gala, our sponsors and heroes, and extraordinary items up for auction.


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I need some music when I run.
Hearing myself pant like a dog isn't motivating. If anything, it's disctracting and discouraging.
I can run with relaxing music or with louder, energizing music. Both seem to work at different points in my run.
So, having an application on my phone to not only play the music I have pre-loaded, but also to record my run, is a phenomenal bonus.
I've been using the Nike+ Running app for my iPhone. It enables me to track my runs—distance, where I ran, time, splits, etc.—and it also helps me get through the run.
There are plenty of other options, though.
A quick search of my iPhone apps store gives me the following:
- MapMyRUN GPS
- RunKeeper - GPS
- runtastic
- Personal Running Trainer
- iRunner
- 5K Runner
- Get Running (Couch to 5K)
All of those are free. And the title alone of that last one is intriguing for me.
What apps do you use when you run? Or is there another way you get through and record your workouts? Let me know!


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Bates Motel has found its Norman. Freddie Highmore will play Norman Bates in the A&E television series that is set before Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho.
The show, which is set in modern day, examines the relationship between an adolescent Norman and his mother, Norma (played by Vera Farmiga). Highmore is best known for playing Charlie in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
But wait! There is more! Max Thieriot, currently starring in The House at the End of the Street, also joins the cast. He plays Dylan, Norman's older brother, a "petulant and rebellious James Dean-type."


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Raceway giant John Cardinale departs all too soon
Published: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 3:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 11:33 p.m.
The news came Friday morning and, as what happens to people when it's news like this, I froze and everything around me froze. The wall clock stopped ticking. My son went mute. My coffee cup, halfway to my lips, remained there, suspended in mid-air. I was no longer in my kitchen. I was no longer anywhere. All I saw was John Cardinale and he was smiling.
John had died sometime either late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Steve Page, Sonoma Raceway's general manager, wasn't sure. Steve didn't say much. Neither did I. Wasn't necessary. When life is unfair, it robs you of a target to attack, to accuse, to demand a change. Damn it, you pound your fist, looking into the void and the void ignores you.
John, media relations manager for the raceway, was my friend. If you had met him, he would have been your friend, too.
I work in an industry in which ego dots the landscape like so many grapes in a vineyard. It's everywhere, from the pros all the way down to the youngest of youth sports. At some level, it's healthy, necessary. At other levels, ego consumes all in its path and turns admirers into cynics. John didn't get the memo that it had to be about him.
For John, it was about others. It was always about others. You wouldn't have known his name was golden all across America at every racetrack big enough to have indoor plumbing. "So, you know, John?" someone asked me once at Texas Speedway. Just like that. Didn't even use John's last name. Yes, I knew John and, presto, I was more than a meat sack carrying a notebook.
"I'm a simple man," John would tell me now and then and I would grin the grin of ridiculousness. He was trying to make himself ordinary, common. But, John, this is where you messed up: People do not remember, love, cherish ordinary men. People do not grieve for ordinary men as they now are grieving over you. People do not curse the void when an ordinary man leaves at 47.
To leave a mark, to have an impact, is one of the most basic human desires. All of us want to be noticed, valued, before our time ends. All of us want to know that for as long as we trod terra firma, we did more than just occupy space and burn calories and gasoline. We want to matter.
Emma and Lauren, you should know now and forever your dad mattered. You should know he will never disappear into the ether. You should know his courage in fighting stomach cancer for 25 months is a template for anyone trying to handle the disease. He told me that from the time he was first diagnosed he spent almost every moment of everyday thinking of the disease. Yet, remarkably, John never burdened people with it.
He had a job to do. He had kids to raise. He had a wife to love. He had a life to live. Even on that day after a particularly debilitating treatment, when he had to take one step at a time going up the stairs at his home in Martinez, clinging to the handrail, John never let go of life. He never stopped believing in the possibilities before him.
Girls, that tenacity, isn't that something! That love of life, isn't that terrific! OK, sure, there were moments his voice would break. He would stare straight at me. He'd go quiet and then he'd clench fists and then, paraphrasing now, John would say something like he'd be damned if he was going to back down. So what if the odds were against him?
"I am not a number," he said. "I am a person."
That person made a pledge to himself when he was 8 years old. His father was an alcoholic. Life many times in San Francisco was dysfunctional, unpredictable. Having to sleep on a sofa for five years reminded him of that everyday.
"This isn't going to happen to me when I grow up," young Cardinale said to himself. "I'm going to work hard. I'm going to make a better life for myself. I'm going to have a family. I'm going to have kids. I will be there for them every day. Every day."
John, you were. You kept your promise. Life cheated you but you didn't cheat life. You gave your kids what you never had, a solid base, a firm grasp on right and wrong. Like so many others, I feel lucky to have known you, the most decent man I have ever met.
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Stacey Dash, in the wake of a flood of ugly tweets in reaction to her endorsement of Mitt Romney over the weekend, is defending her right to free speech, and to vote for the candidate of her choice for the top job in the country.
Dash, the "Single Ladies" actress best known for her role on "Clueless," appeared on Piers Morgan's show Tuesday night to discuss the backlash after she tweeted Sunday, "Vote for Romney. The only choice for your future."


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The 2 for 1 offer on entry brought Derbyshire's biggest LV=CC crowd of the season versus Essex; now it will be repeated as the race for promotion reaches its climax versus Hampshire next week.
Karl Krikken's men will bring down the curtain on their first-class season with a clash against their promotion rivals starting at 10.30am on Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th, Thursday 13th and Friday 14th September.
All ticket buyers, members and those who pay on the day will be permitted to bring a guest for free on all four days of the match. Entry for Under 16s is FREE.
All will become clear when the penultimate match of the season at Kent reaches its conclusion. However, either promotion, the championship of both prizes are set to be on the line.
Adult tickets are priced at £13 when purchased in advance; £16 on the day of the game.
On site car parking is available at £5 per vehicle; £4 if purchased in advance.
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Zachary Durlam, D.M.A.
What programs do you teach in?
I conduct the Concert Choir, Pacific Chamber Singers, Men's Chorus and Women's Chorale. I also teach private and group voice lessons and instruct courses in conducting and classroom music.
Professional and Service Experience
I taught high school vocal music for twelve years—the last nine at Iowa City West High School. Under my direction, the West High Chamber Choir was chosen to perform at the 2006 North Central American Choral Directors Association convention in Omaha, and the Concert and Chamber Choirs received first place at several regional choral competitions. In 2003, the West High Music Department was recognized as a Gold Signature School by the Grammy Foundation for having one of the top seven secondary music programs in the nation. While in Iowa, I also served two terms as the Iowa Choral Directors Association Repertoire and Standards Chair for men's music. I frequently work as a clinician, adjudicator and guest conductor, recently returning to Iowa to conduct the Junior High Boys All State Chorus. I have been featured as a tenor soloist in recitals, concerts and oratorio productions in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, most recently appearing in the Lansing Symphony Orchestra production of Handel's Messiah and performing a recital as a part of the FPU Pacific Artist Series. I have also worked as the adult and children's choir director at a number of churches.
Other Information
My wife Eryn and I are the proud parents of Noah, 8, and Micah, 6.


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For those who love Girl Scout cookies, it may start to feel like the holiday season all over again.
A press release for the Girl Scouts states that as of Jan. 18, eight varieties of cookies will be available. The eight cookies on sale include Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do-Di-dos, Trefoils, Savannah Smiles, Dulce de Leche and Thank U Berry Munch. Each box of cookies cost $4.
While the cookies are delicious, sales of Girl Scout cookies gives girls multiple opportunities to raise funds that help them achieve the goals they've set for themselves. The press release further explains that the Girl Scout cookie sale also supports other community organizations and the military.
If you don't see a Girl Scout selling cookies, you can still purchase your favorite cookies online at www.girlscoutsjs.org/cookies.
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