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The Clash formed as a result of Joe Strummer's frustrations and Mick Jones' rock ideals. Both had been abandoned at early ages by their parents, and while Strummer (the son of a British diplomat) took to singing Woody Guthrie and Chuck Berry songs in London's subways for spare change during his late teens, Jones retreated into reading and playing Mott the Hoople, Dylan, Kinks and Who records. In 1975, he left the art school he was attending and formed London SS, a band that, in its attempt to meld a raving blend of the New York Dolls, the Stooges and Mott, became a legendary forerunner of the English punk scene.
Then, in early 1976, shortly after the Sex Pistols assailed London, Mick Jones ran into Strummer, who had been singing in a pub-circuit R&B band called the 10lers. "I don't like your band," Jones said, "but I like the way you sing." Strummer, anxious to join the punk brigade, cut his hair, quit the 10lers and joined Jones, Simonon (also a member of London SS), guitarist Keith Levine (now a member of Public Image Ltd) and drummer Terry Chimes to form the Clash in June of 1976. Eight months later, under the tutelage of Bernard Rhodes, the Clash signed with CBS Records for a reported $200,000.
Their first album, The Clash (unreleased in America; Epic, the group's label stateside, deems it "too crude"), was archetypal, resplendent punk. While the Sex Pistols proffered a nihilistic image, the Clash took a militant stance that, in an eloquent, gutteral way, vindicated punk's negativism. Harrowed rhythms and coarse vocals propelled a foray of songs aimed at the bleak political realities and social ennui of English life, making social realism — and unbridled disgust — key elements in punk aesthetics.
But even before the first album was released, the punk scene had dealt the Clash some unforeseen blows. The punks, egged on by a hysterical English press, began turning on each other, and drummer Chimes, weary of ducking bottles, spit and the band's politics, quit. Months passed before the group settled on Nicky Headon (also a member of Mick Jones' London SS) as a replacement and returned to performing. By that time, their reputation had swelled to near-messianic proportions.
When it was time for a new album, CBS asked Blue Oyster Cult producer Sandy Pearlman to check out the Clash's shows. "By a miracle of God," says Pearlman, "they looked like they believed in what they were doing. They were playing for the thrill of affecting their audience's consciousness, both musically and politically. Rock & roll shouldn't be cute and adorable; it should be violent and anarchic. Based on that, I think they're the greatest rock & roll group around." Mick Jones balked at first at the idea of Pearlman as their producer, but Strummer's interest prevailed. It took six months to complete Give 'Em Enough Rope, and it was a stormy period for all concerned. ("We knew we had to watch Pearlman," says Nicky Headon. "He gets too good a sound.")
But nowhere near as stormy as the album. Give 'Em Enough Rope is rock & roll's State of Siege — with a dash of Duck Soup for comic relief. Instead of reworking the tried themes of bored youth and repressive society, Strummer and Jones tapped some of the deadliest currents around, from creeping fascism at home to Palestinian terrorism. The album surges with visions of civil strife, gunplay, backbiting and lyrics that might've been spirited from the streets of Italy and Iran: "A system built by the sweat of the many/Creates assassins to kill off the few/Take any place and call it a courthouse/This is a place where no judge can stand." And the music — a whirl of typhonic guitars and drums — frames those conflicts grandly.
The day after the Clash's last Lyceum show, I meet Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon at the Tate Gallery, an art museum. Simonon leads us on a knowledgeable tour of the gallery's treasures until we settle in a dim corner of the downstairs cafe for an interview.
We start by talking about the band's apparent position as de facto leaders of punk. Strummer stares into his muddy tea, uninterested in the idea of conversation, and lets Simonon take the questions. Probably the roughest-looking member of the group, with his skeletal face and disheveled hair, Simonon is disarmingly guileless and amiable. "Just because I'm up onstage," he says in rubbery English, "doesn't mean that I'm entitled to a different lifestyle than anyone else. I used to think so. I'd stay up all night, get pissed, party all the time. But you get cut off from the workaday people that way. I like to get up early, paint me flat, practice me bass. I see these geezers going off to work and I feel more like one of them."
But, I note, most of those same people wouldn't accept him. They're incensed and frightened by bands like the Clash.
Strummer stops stirring his tea and glowers around. "Good," he grunts. "I'm pleased."
This seems a fair time to raise the question of the band's recent bout with the British rock press. After Give 'Em Enough Rope, some of the band's staunchest defenders shifted gears, saying that the Clash's militancy is little more than a fashionable stance, and that their attitude toward terrorist violence is dangerously ambiguous. "One is never entirely sure just which side [the Clash] is supposed to be taking," wrote Nick Kent in New Musical Express. "The Clash use incidents…as fodder for songs without caring."
Strummer squints at me for a moment, his thoughtful mouth hemming his craggy teeth. "We're against fascism and racism," he says. "I figure that goes without saying. I'd like to think that we're subtle; that's what greatness is, innit? I can't stand all these people preaching, like Tom Robinson. He's just too direct."
But that ambiguity can be construed as encouraging violence.
"Our music's violent," says Strummer. "We're not. If anything, songs like 'Guns on the Roof' and 'Last Gang in Town' are supposed to take the piss out of violence. It's just that sometimes you have to put yourself in the place of the guy with the machine gun. I couldn't go to his extreme, but at the same time it's no good ignoring what he's doing. We sing about the world that affects us. We're not just another wank rock group like Boston or Aerosmith. What fucking shit."
Yet, I ask, is having a record contract with one of the world's biggest companies compatible with radicalism?
"We've got loads of contradictions for you," says Strummer, shaking off his doldrums with a smirk. "We're trying to do something new; we're trying to be the greatest group in the world, and that also means the biggest. At the same time, we're trying to be radical — I mean, we never want to be really respectable — and maybe the two can't coexist, but we'll try. You know what helps us? We're totally suspicious of anyone who comes in contact with us. Totally. We aim to keep punk alive."
The conversation turns to the Clash's impending tour of America. "England's becoming claustrophobic for us," says Strummer. "Everything we do is scrutinized. I think touring America could be a new lease on life."
But the American rock scene — and especially radio — seems far removed from the world in flames that the Clash sing about. (While the Clash may top the English charts, they have yet to dent Billboard's Top 200. "We admit we aren't likely to get a hit single this time around," says Bruce Harris of Epic's A&R. department. "But Give 'Em Enough Rope has sold 40,000 copies and that's better than sixty percent of most new acts.") I ask if a failure to win Yankee hearts would set them back.
"Nah," says Strummer. "We've always got here. We haven't been to Europe much, and we haven't been to Japan or Australia, and we want to go behind the iron curtain." He pauses and shrugs his face in a taut grin. "There are a lot of other places where we could lose our lives."
Those may seem like boastful words, but I doubt that's how Strummer means them. Few bands have fought more battles on more fronts than the Clash, and maybe none with better instincts. Of course, it's doubtful that the American and British underclass — or the teenage middle class for that matter — are any more willing than the music industry to be shaken up as much as the Clash would like.
As producer Sandy Pearlman says: "No one's really very scared of punk, especially the record companies. They've sublimated all the revolutionary tendencies this art is based on. The Clash see the merit in reaching a wider audience, but they also like the idea of grand suicidal gestures. We need more bands like this as models for tomorrow's parasites."
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Peter Cohan, Contributor
I write about tech stocks and the startup economy.
People are gathering in streets around the world under the banner Occupy Wall Street (OWS). I have been watching with some curiosity — struggling to figure out what OWS wants. If the Occupied Wall Street Journal is a good source, the answer is contained in this simple sentence: "Rebellion will not stop until the corporate state is extinguished."
This statement raises more questions than it answers though. Such as:
In the wake of the Tea Party, I think it's democratic for a movement of people to gather in the streets on the opposite end of the political spectrum. Unlike the Koch Industries-backed Tea Party; however, OWS will need to find non-corporate sources to sustain itself until it extinguishes the corporate state.
Meanwhile, I have a thought on OWS's desire to end the corporate state: mend it, don't end it. Corporations provide many benefits to society — they use people, capital, and technology to create value for consumers, employees, shareholders, and communities. Through competition, companies strive to gain market share by giving consumers good products at an ever-lower price or great products at a higher price.
And in so doing, companies create jobs that provide money, health care, and a sense of purpose. If companies can do all this while earning better than expected profits, they reward shareholders. And by paying taxes and giving to communities, they are decent citizens.
Regrettably, not all companies follow this value-creating script. That's why society needs to regulate companies. And due to the symbiosis between politicians who need cash to finance their quest for power and companies that are eager to supply that cash in exchange for profit-boosting government policies, government does not represent the interests of non-corporate people as well as it does those of corporate ones.
This is where we need to mend what OWS calls the corporate state. That's because as long as they use money to pay lobbyists, make campaign contributions, and dangle the lure of higher paying private sector jobs in front of those in government tasked with regulating business, society runs the risk that corporations will engage in some questionable conduct.
For example, I doubt that fracking – the practice of blowing up rock to release natural gas — would be permitted near residential areas if energy companies did not make hefty campaign contributions. Furthermore, without supplying funds to Washington — such as Ameriquest's $7.8 million in 2004 campaign contributions to George W. Bush's re-election campaign — I question whether sub-prime mortgage lenders would have been permitted to sign up borrowers who couldn't repay.
To limit corporate malefaction, we must limit the reach of corporate cash. If OWS inadvertently achieves that aim, society will continue to enjoy the benefits of the corporate state with fewer of its costs.
The point is exactly what they say. To get rid of corporations who are buying government policy, getting bailed out when they are too weak to survive alone and are given tax breaks that should be given to the 99% instead. Regular people cannot pay to have their voice heard any louder; they vote. We cannot be bailed out when we lose all our money; we live on the street. We pay our taxes; we are American.
Our vote doesn't count in Illinois. It doesn't matter if the whole state votes for someone, if the unions of Chicago/Cook County/Sangamon County (where Springfield is) want someone elected – that's who wins.
While many have legitimately asked "what does OWS actually want?", I believe your assessment is correct. They simply want the US government to care more about the individual citizens (i.e. We the People) more than the powerful corporations. I don't think a rational observer would legitimately want to eliminate all corporations, just swing the balance of power back to the citizens. In my opinion, two simple structural changes can accomplish this: congressional term limits and major campaign finance reform, preferably where candidates can only accept donations from registered voters in their district or state.
Right on. Makes no sense without thoughts how to correct the situation OWS should have soecifics and not broad generalizations
If you ask what the corporations and government want from us specifically, the answer is: buy more stuff quickly to stimulate the economy!
If you ask what they want generally, the answer is: Leave policy to us!
Unlike the corporations and the govt. who have had a long time to work out the ideas described above, OWS has just been born.
If your not satisfied with "The 99% got sold out and the 1% got bailed out", be patient.
CPACs, citizens united, does that ring any bells?
How about manufactured financial crisis, holding main street hostage in exchange for bail outs?
Corporations that received bail out money return to profitability amazingly fast after busting up unions? Did they need money or did they just need a crisis to bust up the unions? Ask the workers how happy they are about who got which end of the stick in the crisis. Their union reps are barely keeping the rage at bay…
What about those corporate citizens that do nothing but funnel money to politicians? I guess they do that out of the kindness of their heart…
The Corporations that you outlined in your article do serve a purpose for the betterment of society the benefits they provide to society outweigh the detriment, it is the ones that go so far in the opposite directions of what an ideal corporate steward should be, that need to be corrected.
If you want to send jobs overseas where workers can be abused fine, follow them over there. If you want to pollute here, like you can in other countries then go there.
We don't need your jobs that bad that we would suffer abuse, horrific working and living conditions, shortened life spans and toxic environments. For all the talk lately about how many jobs the EPA kills you have to ask how many lives does it save? How many people stay working on the job and not stuck in a hospital draining not only their "benefits" but those of others?
If corporations want to be treated as regular citizens then we need a way to separate the bad from the good and there isn't anyone or anything that does that, they all fly under the same banner and its like having a town without a sheriff or worse a sheriff that is on the take…
This is my first time posting on this site. I try to keep an open mind, I read the NYT, Alternet,Bloomberg.
Mr. Cohan's article seems a bit ingenuous seeing that there definitely is a clear consensus of what the major ideas those people who are demonstrating agree on. Perhaps like others who claim not to "get it" he is more interested in trivializing recent events than doing a comprehensive analysis.
On the other hand the response by many of the readers who are posting are insightful and wonderfully written. I thank them for their clarity.
Obviously one visits The Capitalist Tool with certain expectations. The reality was quite different. I leave feeling illuminated.
What unions got busted up due to a corporate bailout? I seem to remember the UAW being given a bunch of free stock when GM took the government handout. Many smaller corporations that were owed money by GM went bankrupt because the Obama administration decided to reward the union for their support rather than let the bankruptcy laws determine how the company would be split up. I guess you aren't concerned about the workers at the companies that were forced into bankruptcy when the White House decided the unions should be winners and those who were actually owed money would be the losers. The only reason any union rep is upset is because the feds didn't give them the whole company.
You make a lot of unsubstantiated claims with no proof given. Typical of a liberal; who needs proof when you have already made up your mind. Too bad the facts don't support any of your delusions.
The movie "Meet John Doe" has an innovative concept for helping the 99%. It's a free movie, available online, and its worth 2 hours of your life to watch it.
Let's get something straight! The root cause for the great recession and the mortgage catastrophe was the Democrats (Jimmy Carters') Community Reinvestment Act. I call it their 'Mortgage For Everyone" program. They pressured' i.e. threatened banks and lending institutions, if they didn't give loans to to people who otherwise wouldn't have qualified for a "legitimate" mortgage. Bill Clinton exacerbated the situation by expanding this program. When the housing bubble burst the poorly conceived program came crashing down on those people that never should have had a mortgage in the first place. I can remember Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on TV pushing the program and making not so subtle threats to lenders. So, don't blame Bush. The Democrats and other liberals always come up with these "entitlement leaning" programs but don't take responsibility for them when they go haywire and crash.
I agree with what you're saying, to a point. It was responsible for giving risky loans to risky people but it made sure they could pay them back and that the cost could be recouped.
It wasn't until the other major players started playing it faster and looser with their money that the wheels started to come off the track.
Ultimately who is at fault? The guy who applied for a loan he shouldn't of been approved for and got it, or the idiot that approved the loan.
Or worse people that knew they couldn't get a loan didn't apply but where directly solicited and strong armed into loans just so that company had another loan to sell.
Alan Greenspan worked for both parties. He pushed: Deregulating banking, combining speculation with regular banking. Not regulating the derivatives markets and collateralized debt obligations. He told us there was no risk when the banks gave loans to the unemployed the secondary markets blended those loans beyond recognition and sold the result with AAA ratings. He lowered the interest rates when there was no inflation to speak of to grease the skids. Most economists know that these policies combined to create 2008.
The community reinvestment act came before those policies and did not involve the kind of risky loans we began to see under Clinton-Bush. The loans of the late 90′s till the bust were the cause of the market freeze up, and is obvious when you look at the purchase dates of the millions of recent foreclosures.
How many people actually got "strongarmed' into a loan. I am in real estate and my experience is that people got greedy, a lot of them younger, and thought that since all their friends had the 200K, 4 bedroom house, they "had" to have it too, so what is they only made $25000 a year? What happened to starter homes for ones just starting out? They wanted to have what their parents ended up with, what is this stuff about starting at the bottom and working up?
Perhaps this will answer your very good questions though I don't speak for OWS!
What does OWS mean by rebellion?
Rebellion could mean: the events that let the 99% rule.
What does OWS mean by corporate state
When the richest 1% rule.
What does OWS mean by extinguish?
I prefer "transform" to democratic rule, but also extinguish elite policy making.
Does OWS see any societal benefit in the jobs that companies create, the products they produce and deliver, the taxes they pay?
Sure, but if those same entities were are transformed to benefit more people with little or no pollution, that would be good. No?
Does OWS have ideas about how people will get paid for work after companies go away?
Either you believe in plenty or scarcity! Companies needn't go away exactly: There's enough to go around but not to waste!
These things have never been done. If you know a place now, or ever, where the 99% or even 60% rule, tell us.
Peter, your very good questions deserve an answer but I can't speak for OWS!
What does OWS mean by rebellion?
Rebellion could mean: the events that let the 99% rule.
What does OWS mean by corporate state
When the richest 1% rule.
What does OWS mean by extinguish?
I prefer "transform" to democratic rule, but extinguish elite policy.
Does OWS see any societal benefit in the jobs that companies create, the products they produce and deliver, the taxes they pay?
Sure, but if those same entities were/are transformed to benefit more people with little or no pollution, that would be great. No?
Does OWS have ideas about how people will get paid for work after companies go away?
Either you believe in plenty or scarcity! There's enough to go around but not to waste! We could also begin, again, to produce actual products such that jobs, pay, and real needs line up!
Will you help?
Peter, your very good questions deserve an answer but I can't speak for OWS!
What does OWS mean by rebellion?
Rebellion could mean: the events that let the 99% rule.
What does OWS mean by corporate state
When the richest 1% rule.
What does OWS mean by extinguish?
I prefer "transform" to democratic rule, but extinguish elite policy.
Does OWS see any societal benefit in the jobs that companies create, the products they produce and deliver, the taxes they pay?
Sure, but if those same entities were/are transformed to benefit more people with little or no pollution, that would be great. No?
Does OWS have ideas about how people will get paid for work after companies go away?
Either you believe in plenty or scarcity! There's enough to go around but not to waste! We could also begin, again, to produce actual products where jobs, pay, and real needs line up!
Bet you'll wanna help! No?
I didn't mean to imply we in the US don't make anything, but even the examples you chose – Iphones and food are wholly or partly imported.
Perhaps using more imagination when thinking about how an economy might be democratic. I know its a stretch from where we are now, but I'm only suggesting that a lot more people be directly in the policy loop.
For instance, in terms of energy policy, fewer than 1% are directly involved, yet everyone is affected and 100′s of thousand are employed in the field.
Maybe you like the policy, the choices, and the standards of production we have, but wouldn't it be nice to ask those in the field as well as those citizens who use the energy for input?
I, for one, don't think we're doing very well on energy policy.
I didn't mean to imply we in the US don't make anything, but even the examples you chose – Iphones and food are wholly or partly imported.
Perhaps using more imagination when thinking about how an economy might be democratic. I know its a stretch from where we are now, but I'm only suggesting that a lot more people be directly in the policy loop.
For instance, in terms of energy policy, I'd guess fewer than 1% are directly involved, yet everyone is affected and 100′s of thousand are employed in the field.
Maybe you like the policy, the choices, and the standards of production we have, but wouldn't it be nice to ask those in the field as well as those interested citizens who use the energy for basic input?
I, for one, don't think we're doing very well on energy policy.
There are plenty of companies that are empty shells that just extract cash from people.
There are plenty of companies that sell goods in the US that did at one point have manufacturing centers here but now employ overseas labor.
There are plenty of companies that exploit those countries and their citizens.
There are companies that will spend millions on lobbying efforts while laying off thousands of workers.
There are companies that would rather pollute, ruin the environment, shorten life spans and raise medical costs, because its provides them with more padding for their bottom line.
I don't think dusting off a few socially conscious companies and holding them up as a shield for all the other dirty players to hide behind is going to work…
But honestly its going to get really cold and wet and I'm sure that will have a giant impact on the numbers of protestors.
I don't like large companies getting bailouts and tax breaks, and I don't like destroying Iraq for no reason.
Energy Process: Ballot measures that clearly define who owns the resources and the widest possible policy options, with publicly financed or (more immediately) zero media.
I don't like our current unaccountable energy leaders polluting the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Mexico (for starters) with oil and mystery substances (Corexit?). I don't like wondering if we havn't destroyed Iraq for oil, given no other plausible reason except the extension of US power which still involves oil. I don't like putting so much Co2 in the atmosphere presuming that it won't matter or that we have no alternatives without even having accessed the power of 99% of Americans to shoulder the solution.
My approach would finally be to vote of course. But it would need media time for the widest discussion of energy. Unlike the health care "debate", for instance, the most popular ideas would be well represented. It would require a media not to accpt the $ of the richest 1%; but most of all it would require an organisation (a party?) that caters to the working folk to give voice and power to those 99%.
I don't think "in practice" any of those things are gonna happen in the environment we have, so: just like the right to vote, a movement that realizes both parties are both secretly and openly against them, must evolve, a movement that has the discipline, the capacity for long suffering, and of course the human energy to make it happen against tremendous odds.
I truly wish there was an easier way.
Now will you take a shot at how Americans can vote on energy policy that brings the best science to the table?
I don't like our current unaccountable energy leaders polluting the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Mexico (for starters) with oil and mystery substances (Corexit?). I don't like wondering if we havn't destroyed Iraq for oil, given no other plausible reason except the extension of US power which still involves oil. I don't like putting so much Co2 in the atmosphere presuming that it won't matter or that we have no alternatives without even having accessed the power of 99% of Americans to shoulder the solution.
My approach would finally be to vote of course. But it would need media time for the widest discussion of energy. Unlike the health care "debate", for instance, the most popular ideas would be well represented. It would require a media not to accpt the $ of the richest 1%; but most of all it would require an organisation (a party?) that caters to the working folk to give substance and power to 99% with no regard to private wealth but only to the best policy for all.
I don't think "in practice" any of those things are gonna happen in the environment we have, so: just like the right to vote, a movement that realizes both parties are both secretly and openly against them, must evolve that has the discipline, the capacity for long suffering, and the human energy to make it happen against tremendous odds.
Now will you take a shot at how Americans can vote on energy policy that brings the best science to the table?
Mr. Cohan, companies that exist to sell useful, intrinsically valuable products and services are not the crux of the problem here. The way I see it, firms whose main trade is in complex 'innovative' financial products that have no intrinsic value are the problem. The problem is with corporate 'persons' which wield undue, dangerous power within our government. The problem is that when companies like this make bad bets with other people's money and their value suddenly deflates, they raise warning bells through the media outlets that they own to spread the word that unless they receive public funds, they will collapse the country's economy. The simple mantra should be "Too Big To Fail = Too Big To Exist".
No one has any problem with the small to medium sized companies which make up the bulk of the employers in this country. The problem is that a handful of banks are sitting on literally trillions of dollars of wealth and do nothing with it but move it around from place to place, making it grow with complex mathematical algorithms. These entities aren't 'job creators'. They are parasites and need to be treated as such.
There is a fundamental flaw to the logic.
The USA is based on Allodial Title to Real Property ownership (land) which includes numerous Rights including the Right of Quiet Enjoyment. The US is one of the few if not the only country in the world where this is the case.
Typically, the resources run with the land. So, if your a farmer in the Central Midwest and there's Oil on your land, you own the resource.
No amount of protesting will or should change these fundamental rights.
What corporations do in other countries is with the express permission of the country.
Great article Peter.
If you go to the http://www.occupywallst.org/ site it will take you directly to the Donate page where it clearly says "Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement" and also points out that we can make donations via UPS and Money orders.
Bottom right of the webpage says "brought to you by various radicals" and list a toll free number.
If you click on Donate@NYCGA, it will present a page where you can make "Mail your check or money order to the Alliance for Global Justice".
If you click the who we are tab from NYCGA, it takes you to "NYC General Assembly The Official Website of the GA at #OccupyWallStreet".
Alliance for Global Justice
1247 E Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
Alliance for Global Justice
We envision societies which explore and implement alternatives to the unjust domination of governments, global financial institutions and multinational corporations which denigrate the world's peoples and devastate ecosystems. We envision the development of a unified domestic and international movement of transformational grassroots organizations that promote a socially, ecologically and economically just world.
The Nicaragua Network, Campaign for Labor Rights, and Venezuela Solidarity Network are the three core projects of the Alliance.
Overall: 0 stars
Financial: 1 star
Accountability & Transparency: 0 stars
Board Chair: Donna Leist
President: Katherine Hoyt
(Hoyt is a graduate of Vassar College and has a Ph.D. in political science from Rutgers University.)
source: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6247
Interesting questions:
- how can a leaderless resistance movement have a NYC address, toll free number, website, and accept donations if no one is in charge and accounting for and distributing the donations?
- how many background groups are using OWS as a front for their agendas?
- who paid for the Occupy Wall Street Journal?
With the protests going on still on Wall St and many other places I thought it would help to remind everyone why we are it the trouble we currently find ourselves. It was the democratic congress that made banks lend money to people at 150 percent of what they could pay for a interest only loans. Barney Franks and Chris Dodd were the leaders on these programs. So even though Dems like to lie about it lets not forget who is responsible for the world wide recession only Democrats! Also do not forget how hard Bush fought them in an attempt to save the worlds economy! It's documented on three separate occasions the Bush administration contacting the Banking committee headed by RS Bernard Franks to express their concern with the ever increase bad, high risk loans that Freddy and Fanny were taking on. Barney and company told the Bush administration to stick to their own business.In a bid to stem taxpayer losses for bad loans guaranteed by federal housing agencies Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) proposed that borrowers be required to make a 5% down payment in order to qualify.
His proposal was rejected 57-42 on a party-line vote because, as Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) explained, "Passage of such a requirement would restrict home ownership to only those who can afford it. So why weren't Wall St firms like Goldman Sachs that made a huge profit from this ever investigated? Well they are Obama's largest contributor to the tune of over a million dollars. Why would anyone expect the party that caused and profited from this the Democrats to investigate themselves? Look during Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, executives and others connected with Wall Street firms, such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS AG, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, poured nearly $15.8 million into his coffers.
How can people be so stupid not to see the real problem the Dems and Obama. As always you can contact me at work http://www.michigan-businessreview.com.. and yes keep those jokes coming.
"If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one term proposition. If I don't fix this economy in three years I will be held accountable." Well Obama were you lying? " " A government policy to rob Peter to pay Paul can be assured of the support of Paul." – George Bernard Shaw …. Well are any of you Dems tired of being Paul? …. I hear Venezuela may have an opening for a new president soon. " Loyalty to the country, always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it " Mark Twain
Funny that a "leaderless organization", an oxymoron if there ever was one, can solicit and distribute donations. Who recieves the money? Who distributes it? The fact is, these demonstrators are not leaderless or disorganized. They are the brain-child of the Obama administration and are selling the Democrats class envy approach to re-election. Many of the demonstrators are being paid an hourly wage to be there.
The Democrats have tried this phony astro-turf movement stuff before, and the majority of Americans saw through their con then, as well they do now.
People want to think Dems vs Reps. but if you stood up in a Repulican debate in 2002-3-4-5, and asked them to regulate banks and finance capital, they'd have easily had the crowd laughing at you.
Greenspan worked for business and both parties, set the terms of debate and told us there was no risk. Everyone listens to the Fed Chair. It's not a partisan problem. The whole system was drinking the debt koolaid.
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the democratic congress that made banks lend money to people at 150 percent of what they could pay for a interest only loans.
The banks get the laws they want. Deregulation is very bipartisan, but lead by business. Lobbyists tend to write banking law, not Congresspeople.
my best friend's mom makes $77 an hour on the computer. She has been out of job for 9 months but last month her check was $7487 just working on the computer for a few hours. Read about it here MakeCash7.com
Instead of, "…destroy all corporations and their influence over government policy." try this: "…destroy the nearly limitless power corporations exert on government policy."
Your (IMO disingenuous) version makes these protesters seem absurd or at least terribly naive and therefore easy to dismiss.
Remember that the Parisians who stormed the Bastille may not have been eloquent spokespeople for the French Revolution. Nevertheless they did end up carrying heads on pikes before they were done.
Unfortunately jmichaelm the protesters are naive. The "demands" lack an understanding of what our country stands for; rights of the individual. They also appear to lack an understanding of the Separation of Powers.
They are protesting against corporations who they perceive to have a hold on government when they should be protesting against the politicians who fail to properly execute their behavior on behalf of their constituents.
There will also be temptations but what we need are Statesmen and Stateswomen in all branches of government. They are protesting against a symptom of the problem and not against the true cause.
I think there are a number of issues the OWS want addressed. I do not see how they hope to gain any of them other than drawing attention to an issue most Americans are already aware of. Publicly owned companies answer to only the stock holders. There promise to the stock holders is always the same to make as much profit as possible. Unlike elected officials the only way for one of the CEO's of a company of this type to lose his or hers very high paying job is to not make enough profit! Why Dems think the CEO's would be interested in the good intentioned people protesting is beyond me. Maybe protesting Obama might make a bit more sense?
Instead of complaining about lets say banks why not do something? Credit Unions are almost always a better deal than banks. Banks are not evil they are publicly traded companies. This means they have agreed to make as much profit as possible for their stock holders. Maybe some competition will force banks into treating their customers better? It used to work in a country far away and long ago called America.
What they are really protesting is their own bordom. Libs have always been little boring people with out ideas.
You had asked what my process for an energy policy would be. I worked on it, but being the internet novice I have to apologized for somehow reprinting edited bits.
Its now at the end of page two. I'd be interested in your process for energy policy that uses the best science.
You need to see this notowto — it's an insight!!!
He's to smart for me. Seems like a reasonable guy, but I really don't get what he's getting at. Splitting H and O out of water, but how? Don't wanna be negative at all, just can't evaluate it.
But we've been through many tech revolutions together, oil, nuke, microchips, etc…. and we still live in a policy world foisted on us by the 1%. The coolness of tech isn't inhibiting the suicidal path thus far.
He's pointing out that Solar, Wind, Battery power isn't capable of meeting the projected demand and that Hydrogen in conjunction with a solar array and a Fuel Cell are the logical answer.
He's also pointing out that the best solution is to decentralize the power grid and to generate power at the point of use which will also save resources and minimize pollution.
His solution can also take waste water from the home as the source and not only generate power from it by purify it at the same time.
In my opinion, the 1% thing is not accurate. Corporations aren't in control, people are. If the protest was focused on issues 99% can agree on, then the voting base will immediately make the needed changes in Washington. Note: Changes should not include any alteration to the Constitution.
The problems are in Washington not on Wall Street. There will always be lobbies and influence peddling. We need Statesmen whose policies put The People first.
Distributed power seems like the way to go if only to eliminate line losses, but he says that the old rule that it takes more than you get to split wate into O & H. I think we need to be skeptical.
As long as $ control media and candidates. As long as people believe that the chase for private profit is the only and best system, elections will not get you far.
When lobbyists write banking law for Congresspeople who mostly are engaged in getting campaign funds for the endless electoral cycles, and can not even talk reasonably about the law they just signed because it only showed up in final form 2 hours before they signed it, how can you say the Corps. aren't in control?
Very well written. Excellent points. Glad I'm not the only one pointing these things out. Thanks.
See you on the street!
A petition has been posted to the "We The People" White House web page, asking the Administration to implement Voter Referendums on issues that the Washington political system is unable ( or unwilling ) to resolve.
Details can be seen at http://wh.gov/4rM and if you agree with the aims, please give it your support and sign the petition.
OWS seems to think that wealth is a zero-sum game. Need more enlightened thinking in order to engage people who hold less simplistic views!
What this movement needs is a good stage a mosh pit and Mimmi Hendrix.
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Read the new Book "Retirement Heist" It is another scam that the Big Corps have pulled on America. The big corporations don't pay their fair share of taxes and with the tax breaks they got they have created jobs but the large majority of them were overseas. How does that help American workers? We have been sold a bill of goods for far too long and people are sick and tired of it! That is why they have gone to the streets in protest! Unlike the GE executive that retired with 100 million dollar pension most Americans just want a job that pays enough to live in relative comfort, send their kids to collage and afford medical expenses without loosing everything they have worked all their lives for. I don't think that is to much to expect in this country.
I gave a teach-in at Occupy, dressed in a suit. I got a good reception. What I taught was this:
1st – The whole reason capitalism can work and pay interest is because of debt and new money creation, primarily through loans. In a fixed money system without new money being created, it is obvious that the zero-sum state forces many loans to fail, regardless of the merit of the underlying value creation, if interest is paid. So debt is NEVER the problem.
The question is, "Is this debt productive? Does it create real value?"
2nd – New money creation through debt (and fiat money) only works if loan grantors (or fiat creators) are giving money to value creating enterprises/things. The crash was triggered/created by things like deliberately making loans in order to "profit" from CDS's when the loans failed, (see Citigroup SEC settlement thrown out of court). THAT is our core problem.
What Citigroup did is, morally and legally, the equivalent of buying one or more insurance policies on buildings you don't own after you douse them with gasoline and light them on fire. Your strategy is to profit hugely from the arson you commit.
3rd – We are now following up the crash with policy that is guaranteed to prevent growth and a healthy economy. We are giving at least $1 trillion a year to the Banks that were run as criminal enterprises. No borrowers with good credit, no loans. No loans, no money multiplier. This is so fundamental it is ridiculous. That fact makes it impossible not to conclude that the president's advisers and the boys at the Fed are con men and liars.
4th – If we spent just $1 trillion per year above our current budget on things like orbiting solar power satellites beaming the greenest energy possible to earth, (i.e. high ROI projects) what would that do? In a rough 5% reserve system, we would have a multiple of around 8X or 10X on that money. For conservatism, call it 8X. $16 trillion in new money creation on top of the $2 trillion. Spend $2 trillion per year of that created money on new jobs at $100K cost per job, that's 20 million new jobs. Those are good jobs, not houseboy jobs.
What this president is doing is:
- Instead of prosecuting the arsonist scammers, he is protecting them because the arsonists contributed large sums to his campaign.
- Instead he is shoveling astonishing amounts of money into the scammer companies in order to guarantee that the arsonists make as much of the money they planned on as possible.
- He is driving the economy of the world off a cliff by doing so.
Come Mr. President. Ronald Reagan put Jackie Presser in prison after Jackie gave his voters to Reagan. Long past time for you to step up!
You all miss the point, this movement is concerned with the key elements of society, firstly the monetary system itself and how it cannot be sustained, politics and in particular how politicians can be influenced by corporations and finally equality, for without fairness in society you generate imbalances. These are the key issues ordinary people are concerned with and are determined to see addressed. Live in denial and anarchy will prevail, accept that change must commence and be a part of that change and we may all prosper, not a select view that are successful at playing a game.
This is a great blog, Peter! You make a great point stating that rebellion is not the answer. I just posted a blog recapping what took place during The Occupy movement protests yesterday, check it out: http://blog.hudsonhorizons.com/Article/The-Occupy-Wall-Street-Movement-1-Year-Later.htm


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After working their minds in the classroom, some students at Silverado High School now work biceps, abs and other muscles at a new campus fitness center.
Outfitted with donated gym equipment, the center -- and a program in which Silverado kids train special needs students -- was cooked up by Principal David Gordon, who seems to have a habit of building school fitness centers.
"A strong mind should be housed in a strong body," Gordon explained. "Balance in all things is important."
On a recent weekday at the Mission Viejo continuation school, students could be seen pedaling stationary bicycles, yanking rowing machines and coaching smiling Futures School special needs students doing pull-ups and leg lifts.
"The kids from both schools are forming important friendships," Gordon said.
Second Time Around
Gordon came to Silverado having previously built a fitness center as principal at Alta Vista High School in San Diego County.
"This was something I had in mind from the start," he said.
When he arrived at Silverado, students had no place for P.E. classes on campus. Last year, Silverado built its first basketball court, and now the fitness center.
At Alta Vista, students who were on time to class and getting passing grades were rewarded with time at the fitness center. "When the bell rang, students sprinted to the gym," Gordon said.
He hopes for similar results at Silverado. "There is a lot of competition for a kid's attention," he said. "We need everything possible to keep kids in school and working toward a diploma. The fitness center is another way to connect."
So far, so good.
More than 100 students have used the center each week since it opened in mid-January.
"The kids love it. There was a lot of excitement when they saw the equipment for the first time," he said.
Best Buddies Work Out Together
The fitness center also benefits Futures students, special needs young adults who are on the Silverado campus daily.
On Wednesday mornings, Silverado student volunteers work out with Futures students in the Best Buddies fitness program.
"Both groups of kids have really benefited," Gordon said. "The Best Buddies Program is just the next step in our collaboration."
The Gift of a Gym
A key player in creating the fitness center was Steve Datte, a regional vice president of 24 Hour Fitness who served as Silverado's "Principal for the Day" last year.
Thanks to his efforts, a San Diego 24 Hour Fitness donated excess equipment to Silverado. And Crunch fitness offered discount memberships so students can continue working out off-campus.
"We had a lot of help in making this happen," Gordon said. And it's still taking shape. "I have a few more ideas I'd like to see happen," he added.


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Feb 4th @ 10:50 am
Mesa State College doesn't appear to be a part of the national trend that says college and university contribution are down. KJCT reports that schools reported in 2009 charitable contributions were down nearly 12%, however Mesa State saw an increase of $100,000 dollars in donations over last year. Source: KJCT (Posted 10:40a) Governor Bill Ritter [...]


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Lumpectomy vs. mastectomy
In general, the goal of surgery is to completely excise the tumor with the simplest surgery possible. It is important to take
into account the size and location of the tumor, whether the tumor is movable and whether there are multiple tumors or palpable
lymph nodes. For larger tumors requiring a more aggressive surgery such as a regional mastectomy, the pattern of lymphatic
drainage may also be important.
A recent prospective study found that 58 percent of dogs with a malignant tumor removed via a regional mastectomy developed
a second tumor in an ipsilateral gland.3 The researchers' conclusion was that all malignant tumors should be removed with a radical mastectomy. This recommendation
may prevent the development of future tumors but does not change the rate of local recurrence provided a wide excision is
achieved. In addition, it should be noted that the dogs in this study were all intact females at the time of entry and were
not spayed during the course of the study, which may have influenced the outcome.
If either the axillary or inguinal lymph nodes are enlarged, they should be removed and/or biopsied at the time of surgery.
When the axillary lymph node is not enlarged, it can be difficult to find by surgical dissection, so removal of the node in
these cases is not recommended. The inguinal lymph node is closely associated with the fifth mammary gland and is removed
whenever the fifth gland is excised regardless of whether it is enlarged or not.
To spay or not to spay
There is still the debate as to whether or not an OHE at the time of tumor removal in intact dogs improves survival time.
Early studies did not support the recommendation of an OHE at the time of diagnosis. However, two recent studies were able
to demonstrate a survival benefit for those dogs that were spayed at the time of diagnosis.1,4 It is logical to consider that an OHE would improve survival time since it removes the major source of estrogen and progesterone
production. In a sense, it could be compared to using an anti-estrogenic drug such as tamoxifen. It would be expected that
dogs that had estrogen or progesterone receptor positive tumors would benefit most from an OHE as this would eliminate a source
of hormonal stimulation for any remaining tumor cells.
To give or not to give adjuvant therapy
Given that 25 percent of dogs with mammary gland tumors cannot be successfully treated with surgery alone, it is desirable
to consider some type of adjuvant chemotherapy for these patients. However, there is not a standard approach in treating canine
mammary gland tumors with chemotherapy. In people, the most effective drugs are the anthracyclines (i.e., doxorubicin) and
the taxanes (i.e., paclitaxel), either alone or in combination with other drugs. Doxorubicin is frequently combined with cyclophosphamide
as a first-line adjuvant therapy for high-risk human patients.
In veterinary medicine, we have taken a similar approach to adjuvant therapy, though the data to support the use of chemotherapy
are scarce and there are conflicting reports in regards to efficacy. Drugs that have been evaluated include cyclophosphamide,
5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, docetaxel and gemcitabine.5,6 Given the small number of patients in these studies, it is difficult to ascertain the efficacy of chemotherapy. Anti-estrogenic
drugs such as tamoxifen have also been evaluated but have not yet proved to be of benefit and carry a high risk of side effects
including stump pyometra.
Despite the limitations, oncologists still recommend chemotherapy for high-risk patients and for those with metastatic or
nonresectable disease. The protocol is often determined by an oncologist's clinical experience as well as the specifics of
the case. It is hoped that more effective targeted therapies will be developed as we continue to explore the molecular basis
of these tumors.
Dr. Cronin earned her DVM degree from Cornell University in 1990. She completed an internship at the Animal Medical Center in New York
and a medical oncology residency at North Carolina State University. She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine in the specialty of oncology. After completing her residency, she was lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania
Veterinary Teaching Hospital and a medical oncologist at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston. In 2001, she co-founded
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Linda Cerutti wasn't what people think of when they think of domestic violence victims, said her daughter, Carrie Brackett.
"My mother is by far the strongest person I have ever known in my life," Brackett said a few days after her mother died June 10. "She was the person I would call for just about anything. I leaned on her. Now, I can't do that."
Cerutti, of St. Charles, died June 10 from injuries from a May 29 attack. Her live-in boyfriend, Steven Martineau was charged Friday with second-degree murder. He was charged with third-degree domestic assault on Cerutti in February.
Brackett said she was surprised to find out her mother's relationship with Martineau was an abusive one.
"I want the message out there. If this can happen to my Mom, it could happen to anyone," Brackett said.
Cerutti lived in Fenton for several years before moving to St. Charles about two years ago.
Brackett said her mother broke off a physically abusive relationship with Brackett's father many years ago and moved her children away from him, she said.
Cerutti also warned Brackett about signs of abusive relationships, and urged her to stay alert for such indications in her relationships.
"She was my mom and my dad. She got (gifts for) Mother's Day and Father's Day," Cerutti's daughter said.
Cerutti's co-workers also thought highly of her.
"Linda was an incredibly strong woman with a an unstoppable spirit," Tammy Meyer, a co-worker of Cerutti's, told Patch.
Cerutti worked with Meyer at the Community Care Center in Lemay, a nursing home.
"Linda was the bookkeeper and really did not have to socialize with the elderly residents," Meyer in an email to Patch. "But she did, and she loved them and brought joy and humor to the lives everyday."
Meyer also was saddened and angered by the loss of her co-worker and friend.
"What happened to her was an absolute tragedy," Meyer wrote.
"It is my hope that more and more women realize their true worth. No one has the right to hit you, beat you, kill you because of a problem that they have," she said.
Brackett said she mourns the times that she and her daughter should have had with her mother.
"My mom was a good-hearted person. She did not deserve what happened to her," she said.
If you have experienced or know someone who has experienced domestic or sexual violence, find resources through the St. Louis Ending Violence Against Women Network (SLEVAWN) or call the Safe Connections 24-hour crisis hotline at 314-531-2003.


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The Isaac Newton Institute will be holding a programme entitled Developments in Quantitative Finance from January to July 2005. There will be a special week, 7 - 11 March, devoted to Risk Management, organised by Professors Philippe Artzner (Strasbourg) and Paul Embrechts (ETH Zürich). This week will bring together a number of prominent academics in this developing area.
Thursday 10 March has been designated as a Spitalfields Day devoted to risk management of hedge funds and alternative investments, with speakers and attendees from both academia and the finance industry. One goal is exploring the potential role of mathematics in this topical and important field. Planned speakers are:
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Territorial Savings Bank, Honolulu, Hawaii, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation. The counterfeit items are reportedly associated with a secret shopper scam.
The counterfeit items display various routing numbers, including 321370707, which is assigned to Territorial Savings Bank. The items are markedly dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks. The counterfeit items display "CASHIER'S CHECK" in the top-left corner. The bank's logo, name and an erroneous street address ("149 Kapioloni Blvd."), city, state and zip code appear in the top-center portion. A rectangular dollar amount box is displayed on the right side. The word "REMITTER" appears in the lower-left corner.
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Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic cashier's check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
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Niagara County Sheriff's deputies were called to Beach Street about 11 p.m. Thursday for a report of a truck nearly driving into Lake Ontario.
Upon arrival, the deputy found a group of people standing around a 2011 Ford Ranger trying to free it from the beach area. A witness had reported the truck drove from a parking area on Beach Street toward the lake but got stuck.
The deputy found the driver of the truck, Charles R. Hawk, 52, 5771 W. Main St., who said he had just been heading home. The deputy noted that Hawk appeared unsteady on his feet and other signs of intoxication.
After a set of field sobriety tests were conducted, Hawk was taken into custody and charged with DWI, a driver's license restriction violation and unlawful possession of marijuana. He refused to submit to a chemical test.


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Those who came to Saturday's community forum ready for a fight on gun control—and judging by the NRA pamphlets distributed outside East Middle School, some were—probably went home disappointed.
The forum was a departure from many of the debates happening around the country and in high levels of government following the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Ct.
Five months after Oak Creek was shocked by the mass shooting at the Sikh temple, community leaders discussed how these events happen and the things any person can do to help prevent them in the future.
"I wanted to make sure this wasn't a two-hour discussion about gun control, because frankly I don't think it would have been productive," Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi said. "Guns were mentioned, as were many other issues that lead up to it. I think that was the best way to positively handle the problem from the local community perspective."
Scaffidi, who organized the forum, said he wanted to focus on the little things people can do to make a difference, rather than engage in polarizing political discussions.
To that end:
- U.S. Attorney James Santelle and former white supremacist Arno Michaels talked about the role hatred plays.
Michaels knows better than anybody about the environment from which temple gunman Wade Michael Page came. He was a founding member of the Northern Hammerskins, which Page joined in late 2011. Also like Page, he sang in a white supremacist rock band.
"In many ways, I set the stage and I created the environment that he came from," Michaels said.
Talking about his Serve 2 Unite organization that emerged after the Sikh temple shootings, Michaels said, "The most challenging thing we can face is to respond to aggression with compassion. ... We first and foremost challenge ourselves to do that in our daily lives. And then we invite the community and we invite students we speak with to follow our lead and also to inspire us. It becomes a really beautiful example of interdependence and compassion and all the things that I feel are most wonderful about being a human being."
-Marcia Williams of Brookfield-based Systemic Perspectives, which offers therapy services, said it's unfortunate no one got to Page when he was younger and stopped him from becoming a hateful adult.
"Each of the people that created violence across the country was once a child and raised perhaps in abuse or in a violent or angry household," she said. "That trajectory could have been changed if someone else outside of that family had been ... responsive to the child, and could have added another element of love or caring for that child."
-Professionals in areas like law enforcement and mental health need to do a better job of sharing information so that people like Page and Newtown shooter Adam Lanza are identified early, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said.
It's also incumbent on people to report suspicious behavior or people clearly in need of help, he said.
"It's upon everybody in this room and everyone in this city, if you see anything, you don't walk away," Edwards said.
-Mental health professionals said a very small percentage of children who have social or emotional issues receive treatment. They said most people with mental illness recover and go on to live meaningful lives, and just need to be connected with treatment.
The forum allowed the 100 or so people in attendance to submit questions in writing and, afterward, speak with panelists 1-on-1.
"It's almost like you want to put this all behind you ... but it's good to address it," audience member Ken Stauffer said. "There were some very profound comments here today. It was a good event."
Scaffidi said Saturday's forum is only the starting point of what will be an ongoing conversation.
"I've said all along this is not going to be an easy thing, but I think I tried to pinpoint there can be some easy parts to it," Scaffidi said. "The little things in life that make us more safe, make us more secure. Hopefully the public that was here got that out of it."


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Before going to a bobsled combine in 2010, Colin Coughlin's athletic experience included competing in high school and NCAA Division III football at Springfield College. Coughlin started as a brakeman before making the switch to the driver's seat during the 2012-2013 season.
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HOUSTON -- A couple who was victimized by early morning burglars near Katy are asking for the public's help in catching the thieves.
The Readeaux family sent KHOU 11 News surveillance video of the crime that happened on Queenston Boulevard and Kieth Harrow Boulevard.
What the Readeaux family saw on their security monitors scared the daylights out of them in the middle of the night.
Rhonda Readeaux said she saw two men getting into her husband's truck and stealing $800 worth of electronics.
"That was scary," said Rhonda Readeaux, a mother of two.
It only took the thieves one minute to bag the goods.
"It's very disturbing, you know we work so hard for what we have," she said.
Her husband installed the security cameras after one of their cars was broken into previously.
This time though, they forgot to lock the truck's door.
"That was absolutely an oops moment," she said.
The family is posting the video on social media sites hoping someone recognizes the men.
Other families said they too are concerned about crime in the neighborhood, which they described as a nice place.
The Readeaux family agreed it is a good place, but they will keep the cameras rolling and lock their doors.


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I might actually watch MSNBC that night...maybe.
Over the weekend in an interview with Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, MSNBC host Mara Schiavocampo suggested rocket attacks "rarely do damage" as Israel continues to be under siege from Hamas militants and as millions of Israelis are camped out in bomb shelters.
"Living under the threat of rocket attack is certainly a psychological trauma. But what would you say to those who argue that the rockets are essentially very ineffective, they rarely do damage and that the response from Israelis is disproportional to the threat they're under."
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It's hard not to have a serious friend crush on Ashley Madekwe. The former Revenge actress has an uber enviable wardrobe, a killer Hancock Park apartment, and a personal style blog, Ring My Bell, that's a favorite among the fashion set. The Brit invited us to peek at how she starts each day, shared all her at-home habits, like her addiction to London store-brand tea ("When someone comes to visit me, they have to bring tea—you can't stay in my house if you don't bring me tea."), introduced us to her well-traveled and camera-loving cat, Oscar, and let us tag along as she and her husband, actor and photographer Iddo Goldberg, shot a story for an upcoming blog post.
What does a typical morning look like for you?
I like to eat breakfast soon after I wake up because I think it's a good way to get the day started. I usually have either a boiled egg or fruit, and I always have tea. Even if I don't have time for breakfast, I always make time for tea. I travel with my own tea bags, just in case they don't have them where I'm going.
We try to shoot for the blog early on in the day just to get it out of the way. If we're in a rush we'll just go straight outside and shoot it. You can get so much out of one street because you just move your position slightly and it looks like a completely different background. But we prefer to drive and look for an interesting spot if we have the time.
Does your home décor reflect your fashion style?
In my day-to-day life, if I'm not shooting, I will wear black all the time. I love black, but I get that it's not that interesting for a blog post, so I force myself to wear other things. You'd think my apartment would be like black-on-black-on-black, but it's actually a lot of white. I like a simple look with splashes of color. I love the brightness—I wake up to blinding sun.
What is the vibe of your apartment?
The vibe of the apartment is called compromise. That's what I learned living with a man. Some women marry men who have no say in the décor; I was not lucky with that. I married one who likes to insert his opinion, so we compromise a lot. I think that's important if you share a space with someone. I'm very feminine in my decorating style and he's a lot less so, so we have a nice blend of feminine and masculine. Especially in the bedroom, I think that's important.
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|Gold Coffee Spoons, $66 (Set of Six), Furbish Studio
|Black and Beige Check Dish Towel, $22, Anthropologie
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A train derailed in Cambria County on Wednesday.
At approximately 12:40 p.m., 12 cars on a Norfolk Southern train slipped from the tracks between Wilmore Heights and Portage Borough. The cause of the incident is still under investigation.
No injuries were reported.
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VIDEO | 'Best friends killing friends': Kids share concerns about drugs, bullying, shootings
Sara Norman wasn't shocked to learn that a 15-year-old stands accused of shooting a Johnstown police academy recruit July 13 in Oakhurst.
And she wouldn't be surprised that a 16-year-old took three bullets Thursday in another Oakhurst neighborhood shooting.
Winner of scholarship contest to represent Pa.
Seventeen high school seniors, including three from this region, are competing to be named Distinguished Young Woman of Pennsylvania 2015.
Restaurant makes pitch for local noise law
A Scalp Avenue wing chain owner trying to entice Richland Township officials to take over his commercial neighborhood's noise enforcement made his pitch Monday, saying it would allow him to add outdoor events with rock bands and oldies DJs on summer nights.
Arena, promoter nearing new deal
A new contract is almost in place that will retain SMG as the Cambria County War Memorial Arena's promoter for at least five years and create a schedule for the county to pay down more than $400,000 in debt.
PennDOT pushes 'Yellow Dot' vehicle stickers
It's the car sticker that could save your life.
PennDOT's "Yellow Dot" program has been around for several years, said Daniel Zakraysek, coordinator of the Cambria Allegheny Regional Highway Safety Network.
Remembering elephant's rampage
The circus elephant paced the landing outside the Jaffa Mosque in Altoona.
Police formed an uneasy line around the perimeter of the venue's lawn, rifles at the ready.
It was a cloudy, cold day in April 1993, and Tyke the elephant had just run around the circus ring, slapped a baboon and burst through a building's front door, tearing off part of the wall above the door.
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VIDEO | 'Just be a kid': Coping with help from family and each other
With such weight threatening to drag modern youths down a dangerous path, rising above the negative influences surrounding them can be a real test of inner strength and conviction.
'It's family': Youngsters like their hometown
Colt Bopp says Johnstown is "a beautiful community" – despite its faults.
VIDEO | Kids: Future bright, but it might be somewhere else
For some of the young people interviewed by The Tribune-Democrat, the future may be bright, but it won't necessarily be in Johnstown.
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Lance Armstrong is a hero in the cancer community. That is not to be debated. For many, nothing else matters. I completely understand. My yellow wristband will remain where it is in honor of those who wake up each day with the hopes of pounding the beast into submission.
If you feel that he should be placed beyond reproach when it comes to his cycling career, you have that right.
This is purely about Lance and me — or more accurately, Lance, The Boy, and me. It involves about a dozen years of buying into his story and ultimately feeding it to my son.
That's why this hurts.
I'm probably in the one percent of hardcore professional cycling fans reading this column. If The Badger, La Vie Clair, The Professor, Tesh, LeMond, and Team 7-11 mean nothing to you, you've been a pro cycling fan for about 10 minutes.
Cycling history didn't begin for me with Lance Armstrong. His career, however, ran parallel to The Boy's love affair with the bike. There were times when he refused to take his U.S. Postal Service cycling shorts off for days at a time.
The Boy (at age 4): "Marco Pantani (pro cyclist suspected of blood doping who would later die from a cocaine OD) is BAD because he uses DRUGS! Does he still use drugs Daddy? Why does he use drugs?"
Me: "Some people need to win so bad that they break the rules to have a better chance. Just practice hard. Work hard. Ride hard. And play fair. Always do your very best buddy. That can never be taken away from you."
The Boy (pedaling as fast as chubby little legs can spin): "Daddy I'm Lance Armstrong. Daddy say, 'There goes Lance, he's beating Jan Ullrich. (Former Tour de France winner eventually found guilty of doping).'"
When Lance won his first Tour de France and accepted the ESPY for Comeback of the Year, I wept in front of my TV like a child whose mother was stolen by cancer. I took vacation time from work for seven years to watch the Tour live. I bought into everything Lance.
I knew about the dopers, the cheaters. But not Lance, he looked us in the eye and said he was clean. I defended him. Why would a cancer survivor put anything illegal into his body? His words. We loved Lance because he said, "What am I on? I'm on my bike…" And a 4- and 38-year-old believed it. Lance was our hero before most of you ever heard of him. He was our special secret — pure — and we kept it that way for as long as we could.
That's why this hurts more than Bonds, A-Rod, or McGuire. I had nothing invested in them. I didn't watch them beat cancer. I didn't watch them pedal to a mountaintop finish and point to the sky for a dead teammate. I didn't think of my mom when they hit homeruns. I didn't suffer with them.
Lance never "failed" a drug test. But folks, don't be so naïve as to think there are not ways to fool the test if you know what you are doing. Don't be so naïve as to think that a multi-millionaire cannot buy and bully his way out of a jam. And don't be so naïve as to think that Lance did not use cancer as a shield and his command of his surroundings to fly in just under the radar.
Most of you don't know about the 2001 drug test. Most of you don't know Hincapie, Hamilton or Michele Ferrari. And most of you don't remember when the "blood collectors" showed up at Lance's home and had to wait.
Cycling is a rare combination of team and individual performance. One does not survive without the other. Take a look at Lance's former teammates and friends. They either followed his protocol or got squeezed out the back end. Lance was a cycling bully. He demanded respect and only gave it back if he benefited.
And now it seems as though we were duped by his magic on the bike. It now seems that seven Julys on the roads of France were a cruel illusion. The risk behind having a childhood hero is the chance of being let down and lied to.
If Lance is eventually stripped of his seven Tours de France victories, it will be a colossal blow to the sport, one that could take a generation to recover from.
If Lance is a phony on the bike, he needs to come out from behind the cloak of cancer and admit it was a hoax. Admit that he lied because it was more important to win dirty than to lose cleanly.
If it's true, he lied to our faces.


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11 Harry Homans Drive: Colin J. Cunney from Anthony P. Dragonetti on Aug. 22 for $439,000.
9 Dodge St.: Cheryl A. Gallagher and Linda J. Sawyer from Robert J. Pettipas on Aug. 20 for $102,534.
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59 Western Ave.: Cynthia E. Burrell from David Schulze and Elizabeth Schulze on Aug. 19 for $370,000,
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65 Eastern Ave.: Serafina R. Russell from Lawrence M. Fleming and Krystal L. Fleming on Aug. 21 for $207,750.
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This Japanese cruiser has been around since 1998 with few changes. With its light frame (331 pounds wet), low seat height, and comfortable fit for a smaller rider, this bike is a good learner ride. Sitting just 4.9 inches off the ground, it's also an exceptional pick for the petite female rider. Great on fuel, with a 300 mile range before hitting the reserve makes it an economical choice. Painted in black only, its dressed with lots of chrome and comes with spoked wheels to give it the classic cruiser look.
The instrumentation is what you would expect from a bare-bones bike. Arriving with a speedometer, a trip re-set, and a low level warning light, little else is needed. Under the seat, you'll find a locking storage compartment. The handlebar-to-seat ratio is set up to accommodate a variety of riders, as is the seat itself. Made of vinyl and seating for two, the seat is surprisingly comfortable.
The single cylinder, carbureted engine is fine for around town, but out on the road is a different story. Hills are met with sluggish performance, and adding the weight of two riders into the mix is unsatisfactory – despite the fact that the bike can technically seat two passengers. Even on flat ground, acceleration with one rider is acceptable, but again, the performance suffers with two. Freeway acceleration is also lacking, and don't even try to pass with little room to spare. The bike is still a great bet for around town riding with smooth handling and a good turning radius. If you don't mind zero-to-60 in almost 12 seconds, this is the bike for you. Stopping isn't bad either; with front hydraulic disc brakes and a drum in the rear, it will stop adequately.
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On April 2 the soil temperature at 4-inch depth at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens in Savannah made its launch above 65 degrees Fahrenheit and has now stayed above that temperature for two weeks. We have been waiting for this event.
Retirement can be an exciting, active time of your life. But if you're going to get the full benefits from your retirement years - which could last two, or even three, decades - you'll need to have a vision for what you want to do.
Join the Richmond Hill/Bryan County Chamber of Commerce for the Memorial Health University Physicians -Richmond Hill Family Practice ribbon cutting and open house on May 1 at the new facility at 3776 Highway 17, across from the entrance to the Piercefield subdivision.
As a follow-up to the RHBC Chamber's initial Coffee & Conversation about QuickBooks, the
Gov. Nathan Deal recently signed into law legislation creating work-based learning programs for Georgia high school students, which will increase their access to real-world education and further ensure that the state is shaping a qualified future workforce.
Three years ago, retiring Army physical therapist Sandra Elliott wrote a letter from Germany to Richmond Hill Mayor Harold Fowler to let him know her family intended to play an active role upon their arrival in the city.
Join the Richmond Hill/Bryan County Chamber of Commerce, Richmond Hill Mayor Harold Fowler and others for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Game Changers Health and Fitness Complex at 10 a.m. Tuesday on the corner of Ford Avenue and Camilla Street.
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If you've been on the Internet for a number of years and have refused to buy the latest and greatest things that have come out, you might currently have an unsupported operating system.
SAVANNAH - The Georgia Ports Authority achieved its highest month on record in March, moving 2.61 million tons of cargo - a 15.5 percent increase over the same month a year ago.
CenturyLink is spreading the word about low-income assistance programs that help qualifying consumers obtain reduced-price voice and high-speed Internet services.
Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday signed House Bill 958, legislation that will extend the statewide back-to-school tax-free holiday and ENERGY STAR and WaterSense appliance tax-free holiday weekends for an additional two years.
WaterWays Township, a 2,300-acre gated master-planned community in south Bryan County, recently was named "Community of the Year" by the Home Builders Association of Greater Savannah.
The Coastal Courier and Bryan County News took home top awards from this year's Georgia Press Association 2014 Advertising Conference and Awards Banquet, held April 3-4 at Lake Blackshear Resort in Cordele.
As you save and invest for retirement, what are your ultimate goals? Do you plan on traveling the world? Purchasing a vacation home? Pursuing your hobbies?
SAVANNAH - The Georgia Ports Authority moved more than 29 million tons of cargo, 3 million 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) and more than 700,000 auto and machinery units in fiscal year 2014.
Georgia annual back-to-school sales-tax holiday is this weekend.
BRUNSWICK - The Georgia Coastal Management Program's Coastal Advisory Council's 2014 annual meeting will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday at the Susan Shipman Environmental Learning Center, 1 Conservation Way in Brunswick.
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By Carra Higgins
For the Daily Telegraph
A 70-year-old Fayette County homeowner fired a gun at a burglar who entered her home and punched her face early Thursday morning.
Police do not think any bullets hit the burglar, who fled on foot and remains at large, but say the woman could have been killed or seriously injured if she had been unarmed.
Just before 2 a.m. Thursday in the Dothan area, the female homeowner was awakened by her home burglar alarm system, which also notified the Fayette County 911 center to dispatch police. She armed herself with a .38 revolver and went to check her home when she encountered the alleged burglar who punched her in the face, Fayette County Sheriff Steve Kessler said.
Because the home was dark, the victim could not provide a description of the person who entered her home.
Investigators determined the suspect cut open a screen in the back door of the home and broke a window in the rear door to gain entrance. Police think the breaking of the glass triggered the burglar alarm. No blood was found at the scene, which has led authorities to determine a bullet did not hit the suspect.
The victim, whose name is currently not being released, suffered a minor injury to her head from being hit, but she declined medical treatment.
"If the victim of the burglary had been unarmed she could have seriously been injured or killed when confronted by this burglar," Kessler said.
The incident remains under investigation by Corporal S.R. Morris and the Fayette County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 304-255-7867 or the Fayette County Sheriff's Department at 304-574-4216. Tips may also be submitted at http://fayettesheriffwv.net under the crime tips section.