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Daryl "Moose" Johnston is no stranger to the Super Bowl, having played on three Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys teams in the nineties. We caught up with Moose in Dallas prior to Sunday's big game and asked him to play a game of "Who Would Win?"
It's a simple premise: we just asked Moose to tell us which of his former Dallas Cowboys teammates would win various hypothetical events. Excerpts from the interview are below, with his answers transcribed in bold.
"Moose Johnston, of your old Cowboys teammates, who would win…
1. …a trash talking contest?" "I'll go with Kevin Smith. Or, no…maybe Alvin Harper. It wouldn't be Deion [Sanders], believe it or not. I'll go with Alvin."
2. …an arm-wrestling tournament?" "Larry Allen."
3. …a stand-up comedy competition?" "There's a couple. That could be Kevin Gogan, or Frank Cornish."
4. …a singing contest?" "Music was always playing, but no one was ever really singing. Um…Brock Marion."
5. …a humanitarian award?" "Troy [Aikman]."
6a. …a dance-off?" "Emmitt [Smith], obviously."
6b. FOLLOW UP: "Who would be the least likely to win a dance-off?" "Me."
7. …a hot dog eating contest?" "Back in the day, I would have picked Nate [Newton], but right now, no way. He weighs less than I do. He's lost almost 200 lbs. He sat two seats away from me at Emmitt's Hall of Fame induction. We had no idea who it was until Emmitt said his name and he stood up."
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COLLIER COUNTY — While Wii fitness games are better for kids than doing no exercise at all, there's still no substitute for the real thing.
Naples physical therapist Bruce Meert says some of the more physical Wii games could indeed benefit otherwise sedentary youngsters. Key elements are fitness and balance.
But, he cautioned, kids learn to cheat games very quickly, so they might end up just sitting and playing them.
"It's my understanding that some of the newer games coming out require more activity by the kids," said Meert, of Medical and Sports Rehab Center in Naples. "To keep playing, they have to keep up the activities, otherwise the game shuts down."
But, he added, the adage of no substitute for the real thing applies.
"If you take (Wii) tennis, for example," Meert said, "kids really need to get outside and hit balls."
Go play tag in the yard; enjoy a game of hide and seek or duck duck goose ... all these simple games involve movements that later develop into more sophisticated physical activities and motor skill refinement, says exercise expert Cedric X. Bryant.
The chief science officer of the American Council on Exercise, Bryant says however, that while video games, computers, iPads and smart phones all contribute to children's sedentary lifestyles, there is some benefit attached to playing Wii games.
"If they are going to play games," Bryant said in a phone interview from Los Angeles, "certainly the Wii Fit and Dance Revolution are better choices."
He agreed with Meert, however, that a competitive game like Wii boxing can be manipulated by kids.
"Kids are competitive," he said, "so they will develop strategies to conserve energy to perform well in the game," he said.
Part of the "couch potato" problem is that children have basically forgotten how to play, Bryant said. "They're now active mostly in structured environments, but free play is a lost art."
Old-style neighborhoods conducive to spontaneous play no longer exist, Bryant added, and he also lamented that when school budgets are cut, among the first to go are physical education programs. A big problem too, he continued, is that the latter-day emphasis on youth sport is somewhat misguided because it tends to take the joy out of exercise.
"It's all geared to specialization because people think their little boy or girl is going to be the next star by excelling and getting scholarships," he said. "The kids don't experience the joy."
Children in general don't like fitness regimens, Bryant said, but are attuned to spontaneous play. In that sense, he said, video games could indeed reintroduce the desire to play by providing a springboard.
Derek Ollmer, 13, is spending some of his summer time attending camps at Mackle Park on Marco Island.
An avid sport fan who plays football, basketball and baseball, Ollmer said he likes Wii games such as Shaun White Snowboarding and Madden Football.
Demonstrating a Wii snowboarding session at the park's Teen Center, Ollmer said it would probably take a couple of hours for any real kind of workout. But, in his 20-minute session leaning and bending his legs on a Wii board, he said he did feel a slight burn in his thighs and calf muscles.
Ollmer said being fit probably enhances the Wii board game experience, but that playing games would never make him fit for his outdoor sports.
Bryant drew attention to a recent American Council on Exercise study examining the fitness benefits of the Wii Fit and a PC-based fitness system geared toward older adults, Dancetown.
After analyzing the six most aerobically challenging activities featured in the Wii Fit — including free run, island run, free step, advanced step, super hula hoop and rhythm boxing — the study revealed "underwhelming" results, with the exercise intensity of most exercises proving to be milder than expected.
Meanwhile, Dancetown proved to be an effective and fun alternative to traditional aerobic exercise for older adults.
Wii Fit indeed burns twice as many calories as a sedentary video game, Bryant noted, and is thus a better option.
When played for 30 minutes, Wii Fit's free run and island run burned an average of 165 calories — the most out of the six activities tested — and yielded the highest energy expenditures.
But in all instances, researchers found that performing the actual activity — as opposed to the virtual — has a significantly higher caloric expenditure.
In the meantime, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends parents limit the time children watch television or play video games to no more than two hours a day.
Children should be physically active most, if not all, days of the week, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Experts suggest at least 60 minutes of moderate physical activity daily for most children. Walking fast, bicycling, jumping rope, dancing fast, and playing basketball are all beneficial.
The NIH also recommends keeping TVs and computers out of kids' bedrooms, and not using video games to reward or punish a child.


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Supreme Court of India
|Supreme Court of India
भारत का उच्चतम न्यायालय
|28 January 1950
|Tilak Marg, New Delhi, India, 110 021
|28°37′20″N 77°14′23″E / 28.622237°N 77.239584°ECoordinates: 28°37′20″N 77°14′23″E / 28.622237°N 77.239584°E
|Composition method
|Collegium System (Qualifications imposed)[clarification needed]
|Authorized by
|Constitution of India
|Judge term length
|65 years of age
|Number of positions
|31 (30 + 1)
|यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः॥ Whence law (dharma), thence victory.
|Chief Justice of India
|P. Sathasivam
|19 July 2013
|Lead position ends
|26 April 2014
|Jurist term ends
|26 April 2014
|This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
The Supreme Court of India (Hindi: भारत का सर्वोच्च न्यायालय) is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal of India as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. According to the Constitution, the role of the Supreme Court is guardian of Constitution & that of a federal court.
The Supreme Court of India consists of Chief Justice of India and 30 other Judges. Articles 124 to 147 of the Constitution of India lay down the composition and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction and advisory jurisdiction.
As the highest Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court acts as the highest appellate court which takes up appeals primarily against the verdicts of the High Courts and other courts and Tribunals of India. The Supreme Court has extensive original jurisdiction in regard to enforcement of fundamental rights. It also acts as the court to hear disputes between various governments in the country. As an advisory court, Supreme Court hears matters which may specifically be referred to it by the President of India under the Constitution of India. Supreme Court also has the power to take cognisance of matters on its own.
The Supreme court has the power of constitutional review. The Supreme Court of India held its inaugural sitting on 28 January 1950. Prior to that, Supreme Court used to function from the building of Parliament of India.
- 1 History
- 2 Constitution of the court
- 3 The Supreme Court building and its architecture
- 4 Composition
- 5 Rules
- 6 Reporting and citation
- 7 Judicial independence
- 8 Landmark judgments: judiciary – legislature confrontations
- 9 Emergency and Government of India
- 10 Post-1980: an assertive Supreme Court
- 11 Recent important cases
- 12 Criticism
- 13 See also
- 14 References
- 15 External links
The Supreme Court of India came into being on 28 January 1950.[1] It replaced both the Federal Court of India and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council which were at the apex of the Indian court system.[1]
Its initial seat was the Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building where the previous Federal Court of India sat from 1937 to 1950. In 1958, the Supreme Court moved to its present premises.[1] The original Constitution of 1950 envisaged a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and 7 puisne Judges — leaving it to Parliament to increase this number.[2]
Constitution of the court[edit]
The registry of the Supreme Court is headed by the secretary-general who is assisted in his work by seven registrars, and twenty-one additional registrars etc. Article 146 of the Constitution deals with the appointments of officers and servants of the Supreme Court registry.[3]
Supreme Court advocates[edit]
There are three categories of advocates who are entitled to practise law before the Supreme Court of India:
Senior advocates[edit]
These are advocates who are designated as senior advocates by the Supreme Court of India or by any High Court. The Court can designate any advocate, with his consent, as senior advocate if in its opinion by virtue of his ability, standing at the bar or special knowledge or experience in law the said advocate is deserving of such distinction. A senior advocate is not entitled to appear without an advocate-on-record in the Supreme Court or without a junior in any other court or tribunal in India. He is also not entitled to accept instructions to draw pleadings or affidavits, advise on evidence or do any drafting work of an analogous kind in any court or tribunal in India or undertake conveyancing work of any kind whatsoever but this prohibition shall not extend to settling any such matter as aforesaid in consultation with a junior.[3]
Only these advocates are entitled to file any matter or document before the Supreme Court. They can also file an appearance or act for a party in the Supreme Court.[3]
Other advocates[edit]
These are advocates whose names are entered on the roll of any State Bar Council maintained under the Advocates Act, 1961.
The Supreme Court building and its architecture[edit]
The main block of the Supreme Court building was built on a square plot of 22 acres and the building was designed by chief architect Ganesh Bhikaji Deolalikar who was the first Indian to head the Central Public Works Department and designed the Supreme Court building in an Indo-British architectural style. The Court moved into the present building in 1958. The building is shaped to project the image of scales of justice with the central wing of the building corresponding to the centre beam of the scales. In 1979, two new wings — the east wing and the west wing — were added to the complex. In all there are 15[4] court rooms in the various wings of the building. The Chief Justice's Court, the largest of the courtrooms, is located in the centre of the central wing.
Size of the court[edit]
As originally enacted, the Constitution of India provided for a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and seven lower-ranking judges — leaving it to Indian Parliament to increase this number. In the early years, a full bench of the Supreme Court sat together to hear the cases presented before them. As the work of the Court increased and cases began to accumulate, Parliament increased the number of judges from the original eight in 1950 to eleven in 1956, fourteen in 1960, eighteen in 1978, twenty-six in 1986 and thirty-one in 2008. As the number of the judges has increased, they have sat in smaller benches of two or three (referred to as a division bench) — coming together in larger benches of five or more (referred to as a constitutional bench) only when required to settle fundamental questions of law. Any bench may refer the case under consideration up to a larger bench if the need to do so arises.[5]
- The person must be a citizen of India[6]
- Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least five years,[6] or
- An advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least ten years,[6] or
- The person must be, in the opinion of the president, a distinguished jurist.[6]
- Supreme Court (description)
A person is qualified for appointment as a judge only he/she is a citizen of India and if he/she fulfils one of the following conditions:
- he/she has been for at least five years a judge of as High Court or two or more than two such courts;
- he/she has been for at least ten years an advocate of a High Court or of two or more than two such courts;
- he/she is, in the opinion of the president, a distinguished jurist.
Appointments and the Collegium[edit]
Judges of Supreme Court used to be appointed by the President of India, who acted on the advice of the Union Cabinet.
Subsequent to the rulings in the Three Judges Cases (1982, 1993, 1998), the president has to appoint judges who have been chosen by the Supreme Court's collegium — a closed group comprising the Chief Justice of India and the four senior most associate judges of the court.[7]
The Union Cabinet and Parliament have almost no role to play in the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court or to any of India's twenty-four High Courts.[8]
The position of Chief Justice of India is attained on the basis of seniority amongst the judges serving on the court.[5]
Supreme Court judges retire at the age of 65. A judge of Supreme Court can be removed by the procedure prescribed in article 124(4) of the Constitution of India on ground of proved misconduct or incapacity or judge resigning from his office addressed to the president of India. The procedure prescribed for removal of Supreme Court judge should not be called an impeachment procedure because this procedure is provided only for the removal of the president of India under article 61 of Constitution of India on ground of violation of the Constitution.[5]
Article 125 of the Indian Constitution leaves it to the Indian Parliament to determine the salary, other allowances, leave of absence, pension, etc. of the Supreme Court judges. However, the Parliament cannot alter any of these privileges and rights to the judge's disadvantage after his appointment.[9] A judge gets 90,000 and the Chief Justice gets a sum of 100,000.[10]
Court demographics[edit]
I am proud to be an Indian. India is the only country where a member of the minority Parsi community with a population of 1,67,000, like myself, can aspire to attain the post of the Chief Justice of India. These things do not happen in our neighbouring countries.
In 2000 Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the first judge from the dalit community. In 2007 he also became the first dalit Chief Justice of India. In 2010, Justice SH Kapadia coming from a Parsi minority community became the Chief Justice of India.[11][13] The current Chief Justice, P Sathasivam, was sworn in on 1 July 2013 and will hold the office till 2014.
The Constitution of India under Article 145 empowers the Supreme Court to frame its own rules for regulating the practice and procedure of the Court as and when required (with the approval of the President). Accordingly, "Supreme Court Rules, 1950" were framed. They were replaced by the present rules called as "Supreme Court Rules, 1966".
Reporting and citation[edit]
Supreme Court Reports is the official journal of Reportable Supreme Court Decisions. It is published under the authority of the Supreme Court of India by the Controller of Publications, Government of India, Delhi.[14] In addition, there are many other reputed private journals that report Supreme Court decisions. Some of these other important journals are: SCC (Supreme Court Cases), AIR (All India Reporter), SCALE, etc.
Judicial independence[edit]
The Constitution seeks to ensure the independence of Supreme Court Judges in various ways. In Three Judges Cases, the court held that a Supreme Court judge can be appointed by the President only on the recommendations of the collegium system as mentioned earlier. A Judge of the Supreme Court cannot be removed from office except by an order of the President passed after an address in each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of members present and voting, and presented to the President in the same Session for such removal on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity. The salary and allowances of a judge of the Supreme Court cannot be reduced after appointment. A person who has been a Judge of the Supreme Court is debarred from practising in any court of law or before any other authority in India.
Power to review its own judgements[edit]
Under Order XL of the Supreme Court Rules, the Supreme Court may review its judgment or order but no application for review is to be entertained in a civil proceeding except on the grounds mentioned in Order XLVII, Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Powers to punish for contempt[edit]
Under Articles 129 and 142 of the Constitution the Supreme Court has been vested with power to punish anyone for contempt of any court in India including itself. The Supreme Court performed an unprecedented action when it directed a sitting Minister of the state of Maharashtra, Swaroop Singh Naik,[15] to be jailed for 1-month on a charge of contempt of court on 12 May 2006. This was the first time that a serving Minister was ever jailed.[16][17]
Landmark judgments: judiciary – legislature confrontations[edit]
Land reform (early confrontation)[edit]
After some of the courts overturned state laws redistributing land from zamindar (landlord) estates on the grounds that the laws violated the zamindars' fundamental rights, the parliament of India passed the First Amendment to the Constitution in 1951 followed by the Fourth Amendment in 1955 to protect its authority to implement land redistribution. The Supreme Court countered these amendments in 1967 when it ruled in Golaknath v. State of Punjab[18] that the parliament did not have the power to abrogate fundamental rights, including the provisions on private property.[19]
Emergency and Government of India[edit]
The independence of judiciary was severely curtailed[20] during the Indian Emergency (1975-1977) of Indira Gandhi. The constitutional rights of imprisoned persons were restricted under Preventive detention laws passed by the parliament. In the case of Shiva Kant Shukla Additional District Magistrate of Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant Shukla, popularly known as the Habeas Corpus case, a bench of five seniormost judges of Supreme court ruled in favour of state's right for unrestricted powers of detention during emergency. Justices A.N. Ray, P. N. Bhagwati, Y. V. Chandrachud, and M.H. Beg, stated in the majority decision:[21]
- (under the declaration of emergency) no person has any locus to move any writ petition under Art. 226 before a High Court for habeas corpus or any other writ or order or direction to challenge the legality of an order of detention.
The only dissenting opinion was from Justice H. R. Khanna, who stated:
- detention without trial is an anathema to all those who love personal liberty... A dissent is an appeal to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of a future day, when a later decision may possibly correct the error into which the dissenting Judge believes the court to have been betrayed.[21]
It is believed that before delivering his dissenting opinion, Justice Khanna had mentioned to his sister: I have prepared my judgment, which is going to cost me the Chief Justice-ship of India."[22] In January 1977, Justice Khanna was superseded despite being the most senior judge at the time and thereby Government broke the convention of appointing only the senior most judge to the position of Chief Justice of India. Justice Khanna remains a legendary figure among the legal fraternity in India for this decision.
The New York Times, wrote of this opinion: "The submission of an independent judiciary to absolutist government is virtually the last step in the destruction of a democratic society; and the Indian Supreme Court's decision appears close to utter surrender."
During the emergency period, the government also passed the 39th amendment, which sought to limit judicial review for the election of the Prime Minister; only a body constituted by Parliament could review this election.[23] Subsequently, the parliament, with most opposition members in jail during the emergency, passed the 42nd Amendment which prevented any court from reviewing any amendment to the constitution with the exception of procedural issues concerning ratification. A few years after the emergency, however, the Supreme court rejected the absoluteness of the 42nd amendment and reaffirmed its power of judicial review in the Minerva Mills case (1980).
Post-1980: an assertive Supreme Court[edit]
After Indira Gandhi lost elections in 1977, the new government of Morarji Desai, and especially law minister Shanti Bhushan (who had earlier argued for the detenues in the Habeas Corpus case), introduced a number of amendments making it more difficult to declare and sustain an emergency, and reinstated much of the power to the Supreme Court. It is said that the Basic Structure doctrine, created in Kesavananda, was strengthened in Indira Gandhi's case and set in stone in Minerva Mills.
The Supreme Court's creative and expansive interpretations of Article 21 (Life and Personal Liberty), primarily after the Emergency period, have given rise to a new jurisprudence of public interest litigation that has vigorously promoted many important economic and social rights (constitutionally protected but not enforceable) including, but not restricted to, the rights to free education, livelihood, a clean environment, food and many others. Civil and political rights (traditionally protected in the Fundamental Rights chapter of the Indian Constitution) have also been expanded and more fiercely protected. These new interpretations have opened the avenue for litigation on a number of important issues. It is interesting to note that the pioneer of the expanded interpretation of Article 21, Chief Justice P N Bhagwati, was also one of the judges who heard the ADM Jabalpur case, and held that the Right to Life could not be claimed during Emergency.
Recent important cases[edit]
Among the important pronouncements of the Supreme Court post 2000 is the Coelho case [I.R. Coelho v. State of Tamil Nadu (Judgment of 11the January 2007)]. A unanimous Bench of 9 judges reaffirmed the basic structure doctrine. It held that a constitutional amendment which entails violation of any fundamental rights which the Court regards as forming part of the basic structure of the Constitution, then the same can be struck down depending upon its impact and consequences. The judgment clearly imposes further limitations on the constituent power of Parliament with respect to the principles underlying certain fundamental rights. The judgment in Coelho has in effect restored the decision in Golak Nath regarding non-amendability of the Constitution on account of infraction of fundamental rights, contrary to the judgment in Kesavananda Bharati case.
Another important decision was of the five-judge Bench in Ashoka Kumara Thakur v. Union of India; where the constitutional validity of Central Educational Institutions (Reservations in Admissions) Act, 2006 was upheld, subject to the "creamy layer" criteria. Importantly, the Court refused to follow the 'strict scrutiny' standards of review followed by the United States Supreme Court. At the same time, the Court has applied the strict scrutiny standards in Anuj Garg v. Hotel Association of India (2007) ([1])
2G spectrum scam[edit]
The Supreme Court declared allotment of spectrum as "unconstitutional and arbitrary" and quashed all the 122 licenses issued in 2008 during tenure of A. Raja (then minister for communications & IT), the main official accused in the 2G scam case.[24]
Black money[edit]
The government refused to disclose details of about 18 Indians holding accounts in LGT Bank, Liechtenstein, evoking a sharp response from a Bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar. The court ordered Special investigation team (SIT) to probe the matter.[25][26] Lack of enthusiasm made the court create a special investigative team (SIT).[27]
Minority reservations[edit]
The SC refused to stay the Andhra High Court judgement quashing 4.5% sub-quota for minorities under OBC reservation quota of 27%.[28]
Online/Postal Ballot For Indians Citizens Living in Abroad (NRIs)[edit]
Three judge bench presided by Honorable Chief Justice Altamas Kabir issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (EC) on the PIL filed by a group of NRIs for online/postal ballot for the Indian citizens living in abroad.[29][30]
Recognition of transgender as 'third gender' in law[edit]
In April 2014, Justice KS Radhakrishnan declared transgender to be the 'third gender' in Indian law, in a case brought by the National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) against Union of India and others.[31][32][33] The ruling said:[34]
Seldom, our society realises or cares to realise the trauma, agony and pain which the members of Transgender community undergo, nor appreciates the innate feelings of the members of the Transgender community, especially of those whose mind and body disown their biological sex. Our society often ridicules and abuses the Transgender community and in public places like railway stations, bus stands, schools, workplaces, malls, theatres, hospitals, they are sidelined and treated as untouchables, forgetting the fact that the moral failure lies in the society's unwillingness to contain or embrace different gender identities and expressions, a mindset which we have to change.
Justice Radhakrishnan said that transgender people should be treated consistently with other minorities under the law, enabling them to access jobs, healthcare and education.[35] He framed the issue as one of human rights, saying that, "These TGs, even though insignificant in numbers, are still human beings and therefore they have every right to enjoy their human rights", concluding by declaring that:[34]
(1) Hijras, eunuchs, apart from binary gender, be treated as "third gender" for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under Part III of our Constitution and the laws made by the Parliament and the State Legislature.
(2) Transgender persons' right to decide their self-identified gender is also upheld and the Centre and State Governments are directed to grant legal recognition of their gender identity such as male, female or as third gender.
Corruption and misconduct of judges[edit]
2008 saw the Supreme Court embroiled in several controversies, from serious allegations of corruption at the highest level of the judiciary,[36] expensive private holidays at the tax payers expense,[37] refusal to divulge details of judges' assets to the public,[38] secrecy in the appointments of judges',[39] to refusal to make information public under the Right to Information Act.[40] The Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan invited a lot of criticism for his comments on his post not being that of a public servant, but that of a constitutional authority.[41] He later went back on this stand.[42] The judiciary has come in for serious criticisms from former Presidents of India Pratibha Patil and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for failure in handling its duties.[43] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has stated that corruption is one of the major challenges facing the judiciary, and suggested that there is an urgent need to eradicate this menace.[44]
The Cabinet Secretary of the Indian government introduced the Judges Inquiry (Amendment) Bill 2008 in Parliament for setting up of a panel called the National Judicial Council, headed by the Chief Justice of India, that will probe into allegations of corruption and misconduct by High Court and Supreme Court judges.[45][46]
Pendency of cases[edit]
According to Supreme Court newsletter, there are 58,519 cases pending in the Supreme Court, out of which 37,385 are pending for more than a year, at the end of 2011. Excluding connected cases, there are still 33,892 pending cases.[47] As per the latest pendency data made available by the Supreme Court, the total number of pending cases in the Supreme Court as on 1st April 2014 is 64,330, which includes 34,144 Admission matters (miscellaneous) and 30,186 Regular Hearing matters.[48]
See also[edit]
- Attorney General of India
- List of Chief Justices of India
- List of former justices of the Supreme Court of India
- List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
- Solicitor General of India
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- ^ "Don't let Hasan Ali leave country: SC". The Times of India. 11 February 2011.
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- ^ Ex-chief justice under corruption panel scanner, Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 9 June 2008
- ^ Are judges holidaying at public expense?, May 2008
- ^ Judges' asset declaration before CJI not for public eye: SC to CIC, The Indian Express, 6 November 2008
- ^ The case of judicial injustice, The Indian Express, 31 March 1999
- ^ RTI Act does not apply to my office: CJI, The Times of India, 20 April 2008
- ^ Is the CJI a public servant?, The Times of India, 22 April 2008
- ^ I am a public servant: CJI, The Times of India, 6 May 2008
- ^ Delayed justice leading to lynching mobs: Pratibha, The Times of India, 24 February 2008
- ^ Manmohan Singh calls for check on corruption in judiciary, Thaindian News, 19 April 2008
- ^ Pass Judges (Inquiry) Bill in next session, panel tells Govt., Zee News, India Edition, 30 September 2008
- ^ Bill for probe panel against errant judges cleared, iGovernment, 10 October 2008
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Did Paramount just officially start the 2014 Oscar campaign even as we are barely getting the Emmys off the ground and the One top studio exec forwarded me an email he got yesterday from the Paramount Awards Office that pronounced free admission starting April 15th - two by two for Academy members and a guest- to screenings of Noah at theatres ... (more)
Cathedral City creates safer route for Cathedral Canyon pedestrians
Every day you can see people in Cathedral City bolting across Cathedral Canyon Drive on foot or bike, trying to dodge cars just to get to the other side of the road.
Three Multi-Vehicle Crashes with Fatalities and Serious Injuries
One person was killed, and at least a dozen people were injured in three separate crashes over the weekend.
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Daniel Webster Jr., better known as "Big Dan" took a leap of faith and brought his Alabama roots to the Coachella Valley.
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Police are investigating a shooting in Cathedral City that happened about 8:10 p.m. Tuesday night near Mission Indian Trail and Shifting Sands Trail.
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CINCINNATI — Nebraska went from in the game against Cincinnati with 9:39 left on Saturday to out of contention within five minutes.
In that span, the Bearcats exploded on an 18-4 run and rolled to a 74-59 men's basketball win in front of 8,257 fans at Fifth Third Arena.
The loss, in the final nonconference game, drops Nebraska's record to 8-4.
"The kids fought hard," Husker coach Tim Miles said on his radio show. "But we've got to figure out how to win these games.
"We lost because we fouled too much and we didn't put together a complete offensive night in the paint."
NU trailed by eight points at halftime and was down by as many as 10 before mounting a comeback. Back-to-back 3-pointers from sophomore Terran Petteway with 11:02 and 9:39 left cut the gap to 47-44.
Petteway led all scorers with 22 points, 19 of which came in the second half.
At that point, though, all five second-half Nebraska field goals were 3-pointers.
The Huskers made only one 3 the rest of the game, and had only one field goal — from guard Ray Gallegos, who had 18 points — during the Cincinnati run.
Nebraska hit 9 of 20 3-pointers, but frontcourt players Shavon Shields and Walter Pitchford were a combined 2 of 16 from the field.
Only 6-foot-8 forward Leslee Smith, with eight points and four rebounds, had much success inside against Cincinnati's front court, which blocked six shots.
"We didn't play in the paint very well with their length and athleticism," Miles said. "It's one of those games where you've got to be a little crafty when you get in there.
"You can't just take it up. You can't just play on one foot. We had some guys drive and try to put it up off one foot instead of driving, throwing up a shot fake, maybe pivot into a move or maybe a kickout."
Shields, averaging 13.6 points a game, scored his only two points with 3:59 left in the game. Nebraska had made 10 straight free throws until the 2:07 mark, when Shields missed the front end of a 1-and-1 that could have cut the deficit to eight.
"We all know," Miles said, "that we're one or maybe two lengthy guys away from being where we need to be. In my book, Petteway is probably a 2-guard and Shavon is probably a 3, and we could use a couple of more 4s or a 5 and a 4."
Defensively, Nebraska did a strong job on Cincinnati guard Sean Kilpatrick, the American Athletic Conference's leading scorer at 18.9 a game.
Kilpatrick made only 2 of 13 shots. But the 6-4 fullback look-alike used his bulk to draw enough fouls to hit 17 of 18 free throws and finish with 21 points.
His 17 made free throws were one short of the Nebraska opponent record of 18 set by Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas in 1958.
Cincinnati (11-2), as expected, outrebounded Nebraska 40-30. The Bearcats, fourth nationally in scoring defense at 55.4 points, held their 20th consecutive opponent to less than 70 points.
Nebraska opens Big Ten play at 6 p.m. Tuesday at No. 22 Iowa (11-2), a team Miles described as deeper and much more skilled than Cincinnati.


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There are four turbo petrol engines: a 1.8 with 158bhp, a 208bhp 2.0-litre, the 270bhp 2.0 TTS and the 335bhp five-cylinder TT RS. All are fast, but the effortlessly flexible 208bhp unit is our favourite. There's also a 168bhp 2.0 diesel. It delivers brisk performance, yet still returns over 50mpg. All engines have six-speed manual gearboxes as standard and most are available with an excellent S tronic six-speed semi-auto 'box.
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The TT is one of the most enjoyable coupes you can buy at this money. The turn-in is amazingly crisp, thanks to bullish grip and sharp steering. Body control is impressively tight, too, but you still get a comfortable ride. You can have the lower-powered 2.0 petrol with front- or four-wheel drive - we like the former, which feels more alert and more fun. The other versions all get four-wheel drive as standard, and one of our few reservations is that the RS isn't as sharp as a Porsche Cayman.
The TT offers the best of both worlds - drive it gently and the TT is a sedate, refined performer; drive it hard and you'll unleash a rasping exhaust note. There is some wind noise at high speed, but nothing to deter you from long-distance touring. Tyre noise is more pronounced on the more expensive models, which have larger wheels.
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Despite strong demand, you can still save plenty on a TT without hurting its strong resale values. It also makes the car a relatively cheap contract hire proposition, given its list price. Running costs are reasonable; the 2.0 diesel returns supermini-like fuel economy, while our favourite petrol is more efficient than its major rivals. However, if you make the most of the performance in the faster versions, you'll run up hefty bills for fuel and tyres.
Quality & Reliability
The materials used in the car's construction are first-rate and the cabin is hugely appealing. The TT finished in the top third in our most recent reliability survey, but in the latest JD Power survey, it was given a below average score for reliability.
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The TT gets a good amount of safety kit, including electronic stability control and front and side airbags, but we would have liked curtain airbags to be available as well. Your car should be well defended from thieves, too, with an engine immobiliser and alarm provided as standard.
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The flat-bottomed sports steering wheel looks great, and all the controls work efficiently. The driving position is also excellent, thanks to plenty of adjustment for the seat and wheel. Visibility is exceptionally good for a car this low and sporty, too.
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There's loads of head-, shoulder- and legroom for two, but there's not much space for odds and ends in the cabin. The boot is well-shaped, if rather shallow, but the 50/50 split rear seats fold flat to boost practicality. The tiny rear seats are virtually useless for adults, because there's almost no foot space or headroom.
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FYI the name comes from the fact that the Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 (October 16th to be exact).
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"Lady, I'm old, I'm rich and I don't have to give a damn."
Which was pretty much what Bill Raggio told his fellow Republicans who defrocked him. As I noted months ago, the election of Republican Brian Sandoval would make Raggio de facto governor of Nevada. The governor elect is an employee of Raggio's law firm and perception is power. Raggio even turned down an offer from his successor, state Sen. Mike McGinness, R-Fallon, to maintain a seat on the powerful finance committee.
Raggio effectively controls two branches of state government, even as a backbencher. He ran circles around freshman state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford last session. Now, he doesn't have to deal with tedious budget hearings or anything more complicated than telling his handsome surrogate in the governor's mansion what to veto.
Raggio probably could have marshaled four votes: his own and those of Sen. Barbara Cegavske, R-Gomorrah South, Sen. Dean Rhoads, R-Tuscarora, and freshman Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, R-Reno. That Cegavske got the assistant leader spot speaks volumes.
Dirty commie liberal media bias department
The pathologically Sharron Angle boosting Las Vegas Review-Journal peppered cyberspace with news flash headlines every few minutes on election night. They only ignored one: Reid's victory. At 12:57 a.m., almost four hours after the result was known, came "Angle focuses on positive in loss." She, Christine O'Donnell and the RJ remain in serious denial.
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Best political insults of the season: Angle is a "batshit crazy church lady" according to Digger, a contributor to the estimable Hugh Jackson's Las Vegas Gleaner blog. A guy named Rich one-upped Digger by insulting her whole cult, terming her a "batshit crazy teatard."
Clinging to the ledge
The freshman class of 2011 includes a Nevada version of defeated Delaware senate Teatard Christine O'Donnell, an overt racist and a guy who is probably going to be busted on criminal charges in the not too distant future. God, I love Nevada follytix.
Reid redux
Much has been made of minorities and women heavily supporting the re-election of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. I haven't been able to find any postmortems paying attention to Mormons. Former Tribune reporter and columnist Dennis Myers has produced by far the best commentary on this year's senate race. His Reno News & Review editorial "Defeat Angle" provided superb insight into the GOP challenger's lack of qualification for high office. His cover article "First Amendment vs. First Commandment" was so good that it was picked up nationwide. I was told that it galvanized the southern Nevada Mormon community for Reid, a Mormon who has received criticism for not being conservative enough by his fellow congregants. LDS adherents make up about 7 percent of Nevada's population according to the church and did not take kindly to being called a cult, and that was among the milder insults which Angle's Reno pastor hurled. It also didn't help when she told Myers' she had not been a member of the church for six years, which proved false. Myers' work will be linked to the expanded web edition of this column at http://nevadalabor.com.
Woulda-coulda-shoulda department
Dems that coulda been saved: Jessica Sferrazza vs. Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, Roger Whomes vs. D.A. Dick Gammick, Allison Edwards v. state Sen. Don Gustavson and the luckless guy who ran against the winner who's going to get busted.
Revolution, part deux
I got serious heat from local PBS types for seeking unstated motives in the cancellation of Bill Moyers' Journal and for stating he was cancelled rather than left voluntarily. I apologize for the using the term, but the fact remains that Moyers is gone. At the same time, PBS also cancelled David Brancaccio's half-hour version of Moyers' previous program "Now," which means that the network is doing 30 minutes less investigative journalism with much lower profile anchors. Perhaps they know which side of the bread their butter is on.
Las Vegas Sun writer Patrick Coolican noted that U.S. Sen. Reid, was re-elected by the Nevada establishment.
Which is how you might look at the "suspension" of the face of MSNBC, Keith Olbermann, for donating $2,400 to each of three Democratic candidates. He was cancel...er, axed...er, hung out to dry (that's kind like "suspended" from suspenders, ain't it?) for not informing his bosses.
I've been smelling this one for awhile. Cable giant Comcast, which has long lusted after the northwestern Nevada market, is buying control of NBC/Universal from GE. What better way to make the acquisition more palatable to Wall Street and the newly energized moonhowlers of the GOP than to fire the most high profile liberal on TV?
"Don't be surprised if Comcast arranges to sell the NBC broadcast network and its TV stations to a third party after announcing plans to buy controlling ownership of NBC Universal as early as this week," reported the CBS-online service BNET on (hmmmm...) Election Day.
Be well. Raise hell.
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STOCKTON, Calif.—Stockton police are searching for a 22-year-old gang member suspected in a fatal shooting over the weekend.
The Stockton Record (http://bit.ly/QUnoh2) reports that an arrest warrant was issued Monday for 22-year-old Lunny Onesavanh.
Police believe Onesavanh was one of three young men who approached and opened fire on three people around 4 a.m. Sunday, killing a 35-year-old man. The other victims, ages 18 and 35, were critically wounded and taken to local hospitals with multiple gunshot wounds.
Stockton has reported 65 homicides so far this year, up 58 last year. Around 10 p.m. Saturday, two males in black hooded sweatshirts killed a store clerk.
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McDonald's UK will distribute 15 million free books in Happy MealsMcDonald's branches in the United Kingdom will include a book with each Happy Meal sold as part of a promotion called "Happy Readers," starting Wednesday.
With one book per Happy Meal in the U.K., McDonald's estimates that they will become the largest children's book distributor in the country, with a total of 15 million books handed out by the end of 2014.
International test shows United States falls behind in education
The initiative was inspired by data complied by Britain's National Literacy Trust, which recently revealed that out of a group of 21,000 children, only 50 percent of them said they enjoyed reading "very much" or "a lot."
For the next five weeks, Happy Meals in the UK will feature non-fiction books from DK Books' Amazing World Series, with categories of Stars and Planets, Big Cats, and Oceans. Children can also redeem a voucher from their Happy Meal if they'd prefer to choose their own book at bookseller WH Smith.
"Our research tells us that there is a very clear link between book ownership and children's future success in life, so it is very concerning that one in three children in the UK doesn't own a book, and half of kids don't really enjoy reading," Jonathan Douglas, the director of the National Literacy Trust, told Britain's Telegraph. "Initiatives like McDonald's Happy Readers campaign play an important role in getting more books into the hands of children, and inspiring families to read together as a fun and interactive pastime."
Children in the United States would undoubtedly benefit from the encouragement to read as well. Out of 34 countries, the U.S. is ranked 14th in reading tests, with many children reading below their grade level and only one-third of 13 year olds are daily readers. England's ratings are even worse. They come in at 19th in international literacy tests.
Children in the UK and the US could benefit from free books15 million free books might seem like a big number, though it's paltry compared to mega bookseller Amazon.com, which sells more than 3.1 billion books a year worldwide.
At the moment, McDonald's has no plans to bring the Happy Readers initiative to the United States, but that doesn't mean it couldn't come here in the future, Heidi Barker Sa Shekhem, Vice President of Global External Communications told Yahoo! Shine.
"One thing to understand is that McDonald's has a commitment to children's well-being all over the world and that's implemented depending on what the country's needs are," she said. "We recognize that literacy is a global challenge. This is a fantastic program that McDonald's U.K. is doing, we hope to learn from it."
However, the UK's Children's Food Campaign is criticizing the campaign, calling it an "inappropriate marketing strategy at a time when there is an epidemic of childhood obesity."
Barker Sa Shekhem acknowledges the obesity issue, and says their focus in the U.S. is currently on nutrition and exercise rather than literacy. "As of 2011, 100% of our advertising to children features messages about nutrition or physical activity," she said. "This program is called the Champions of Happy-focused on things children can do to grow strong and be healthy. It is unique to McDonald's U.S."
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Excellent! Thanks for posting it.
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What impressed me about this article was the part about the election being stolen but not one of our "leaders" was going to rock the boat over it.So just who will step forward to ensure our elections are held as honestly as any election can be? Who, if not our "leaders"?Kind of makes you wonder just where we are being led.
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Well done, including the negativity it warrants. Too many people haven´t seen the handwriting on the wall or are loathe to admit that they have.The time may be fast approaching to draw half a fish in the sand when we meet a stranger, in hopes they will complete it and secretly identify themselves as a fellow Christian.This doesn´t apply only to Christians; it applies to conservatism, to honorable pursuits and decent behavior, to capitalism, liberty, freedom of speech and freedom of religion, freedom from government overreach.There are two ways out, as I see it: Secession or doing nothing. Secession is being laughed at as unrealistic. It would be bloody and costly but things have gone too far culturally down the tubes to rescue America as founded. We´re broke, the election was a fraud and no one seems to have enough courage to confront this. We the people are helpless but our representatives are behaving abominably, with few exceptions. Where´s the clank factor?So what do we do? Pray? Of course. But until our prayers are answered, what?
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#2, been posted here beforehttp://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/why-the-gop-will-not-do-anything-about-vote-fraud/
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If you´re still depressed about the election and the direction in which we´re headed, I recommend you skip this article.It will not help your mood.
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Wow. Very sobering article. I vote for Must Read.
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She pretty much summed up what is in my heart. I mourn for the days of innocence I lived as a child.
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It´s time to dis-ban the Republican Party and form a new one. As a whole the Republican leadership is useless at best, or in cohoots with the Dems at worst. either way they do not represent "We the People."More disappointing than the leadership, is the absence of the voter fraud issue on conservative talk radio. I expected more from them.I sympathize with her description of her mother voting. My parents and I repeatedly have the same conversation about the direction of the country. I fear for my kids.I trust God has a plan. I just wish I knew what is was. In the meantime I keep praying for our nation.
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First of all, thank you, OP, for linking the OA to the printable version of this AT article.I just entered the ´´young senior´´ age (60) and I know FOR A FACT that my vote was cancelled out by illegals here in Clark County, NV (thanks, Horry Reid) -- many of whom didn´t even know they were registering to vote (as Democrats, of course) when they signed their Union documents ´´for their job´´, and at least SOME of whom knew it was wrong to vote illegally but were PRESSURED to do so - and MONITORED until they did - by their Union leadership..... under threat of losing their valued job.Keep this in mind if you visit big hotels and casinos on the Strip.... those service workers, at least those behind the scenes in the kitchens, laundry, maintenance, etc., may have voted Obama back into office under coercion from their union bosses.
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Poster #8 points out something that troubles me deeply as well. I do not understand why nobody in the conservative media, particularly talk radio, simply will not touch this subject.Many of them treat anyone who brings this up much like the MSM treats the "birthers". It´s like living in the twilight zone. What are they afraid of? Why do we seem doomed to be hopelessy disenfranchised?
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What you people don´t understand is that the United States lasted only 190 years. It died in 1966 however, like a headless chicken, it continues to flap around splattering gore and blood over everything it gets close to. It´s time for you people to realize that it´s over. It´s over. It´s time to bury that old dead country, burn off the land, and start a new one built to avoid all the nation-killing elements that allowed this one to last less than 200 years.
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I say if you can´t read or understand English you can´t vote.Why should my informed vote be equal to someone who is told (by the union, the dems walking the streets with money and phones) how to vote?
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The irony of the COEXIST bumper sticker Progressives is that they don't want to coexist, they are fastidiously compelled to annihilate, or at least exile, conservatives, just as the Islamists are fastidiously compelled to annihilate infidels. American progressives are more comfortable with the notion of a two state peaceful coexistence for Israel and Palestine, than they are a Red state Blue state peaceful coexistence in America.
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Broken record here. I don´t think Romney lost the election. Remember the enthusiastic crowds he drew? Remember how Obama could barely fill a high school auditorium? The electronic voting machines ensured that Obama won, but the mood of the country says he lost.On some level, the American people know this. Nobody is enthusiastic about Obama´s second term. We are all hunkered down, waiting to figure out what to do next. I am sad that I lived long enough to see my country in this situation.
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It is simplistic to think "putting prayer back in schools" will solve our problems or "Christ back in Christmas" as this presumes God is on our side and will "reward" us for doing so...or somehow change the hearts and minds of the takers to agree to take less. No matter. God will reward believers with Heaven. What does it really matter what the last voice we hear?
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Media, media, media is the problem.
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Amen #3, right on #11. I see Civil War II in the future. I don´t know when or what the tipping point will finally be but it will be the moochers and looters on one side and real Americans on the other and it won´t be pretty. It won´t be the army of the M´s against the army of the A´s, it will be out and out guerrilla war with no defined anything, bands of thugs out for themselves.
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I,too, have changed the channel when I´ve found my father watching certain movies, knowing how vile the plot line will become.
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Re: #2 - The article states that "nothing was going to be done about it by our leadership or the citizenry." When it is obvious that our current leadership structure is not coming to the rescue, as it were, it is solely up the citizenry. Every individual must evaluate the calculus of Risk/Reward of passivity in the hope that some elite "leadership" acts to preserve our republic or overt activity against anti-Constitutional governance. So far, it is obvious that "the citizenry" is not motivated to risk the loss of property, freedom, status, or life as were the founders - or the MLK followers for that matter.
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America has to answer for 50 million dead babies. This is our penance.
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Excellent article!~~Granted, there are people with strength left to fight for change, but what of those whose last years on this earth are spent witnessing the loss of everything they lived and fought for? The values family and friends died for? The greatest generation, and those not far behind them, are facing a world they don´t even want to know.~~
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My hope for beating back the fraud lies at the state level. I still have hope that the Supreme Court will constrict Obamacare over religious freedom. Sebelius had no legal ruling for her mandated coverage of abortifacsients. The USSC has already reinstated a case at the Court of Appeals level.
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This article should be printed and posted on your refrigerator door. Some of us - including Lucianne.Com readers, do a lot of sounding-off but are not prepare or willing to take action to reverse the trend that Obama has set for the nation.As a result we got what we deserve - 4 more years - for our inactivity.I can honestly say I don´t have any "remorse after election" syndrom since I was succesful into turnig 11 democrats into voting for the Republican candidates including state and local elections. The ultimate result was not altoghether a failure since 4 seating local and 1 state Democrat candidate were defeatedand this was in the most liberal state in our nation California.What are we going to do in the mid-terms elections 2 years from now?
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FTA: The time may be fast approaching to draw half a fish in the sand when we meet a stranger, in hopes they will complete it and secretly identify themselves as a fellow Christian.Thank you Ms. Harris for expressing what I have been thinking recently. The comparison to Nazi Germany is inescapable IMO. Pardon a slightly off topic but relevant experience I had on Friday when I was sutstitute teaching in a history class.There was a stack of soft-bound books (like workbooks) on a counter - the cover of which caught my eye. The cover depicted a white and grey striped jacket with a yellow star with "Juden" on the breast pocket. The title of the workbook made me want to cry: "Life Unworthy of Life".I started reading this workbook. It went with a video. Obviously, the teacher was planning on studying the Nuremberg trials after WWII.I thought I knew a lot, but some of the details from the Jewish survivors was like opening a wound that hadn´t healed. I´m not Jewish, but I have lived over 50 decades totally outraged and incredulous how six million souls (God´s chosen people)could have been so unmercifully and nearly extinguished as a race.WWII German Theater has been a reading obsession of mine since my senior year of high school in 1960. Thank God for people like Raol Wallenberg, thank God for the Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Do such people still exist????? My fear is either they don´t or we must go underground and trust only those with a half sign of a fish.
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" This Christmas, more than ever, we as Christians need to focus on our relationship with the babe in the lowly manger. That is a peace the world can never take away from us." Amen!
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We are living in a post Christian society, but it is not the first time the world has lost faith and followed the wide and easy road of pride and sin. I have been trying to determine if I even have a role as a citizen anymore. If I do what are my responsibilities in light of my Christian values? In the old America faithful people were taught the duties embodied in "God, Family, Country", based on a government whose power came from the consent of the people. Does our consent only extend to voting for representatives, and after that we must accept and swallow regulations that strangles our liberties and public morals that assault our religious beliefs?The author's mother said, "The only person who eternally gets it right is the guy holding up the sign that reads, 'Repent, the end is near.'" What do I profit if I spend my time obsessing about the daily evil oozing from Washington and writing, calling, emailing, arguing, and thinking that I am doing my duty as a Christian citizen in a "free" country? I agree that it is time to pull up the door to the ark, shut out the din, and shake off the dust. It is time to focus on our relationship with the Babe who is coming to redeem the world. Times of trial and tribulation are ahead. Faithful people will be tested. We should emulate the early Christians of the Roman Empire, and live in the world, but not of it. Let us pass through this exile of earthly life with our hearts and minds firmly fixed on the things of Heaven and of God. The last voice I hear will my Savior's.
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Amen #26, amen. The last voice you hear will be Jesus in this world and His will be the first voice you hear in the next one. I am 62 now, and I mourn for the loss of the country my husband and I served for 44 years collectively. I feel that we no longer have a voice in our government, no longer represented by those who are elected and have sworn to do just that.Hmmmmm...with the comment about bringing up the ramp to the Ark, this rain seems to have more meaning now. We´ve had over 7 inches which is a lot in a few days up here, guess we better make sure the boat motor runs, eh?
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First I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins & I will go to Heaven not by the good works I will do or not do but that my faith is justified. Our Republic was designed for Christians as well as for non-Christians by our Fouding Fathers - most were Christians but not all. We have a Judeo Christian heritage but there have been "Client Nations to God" in the past such as British,Rhodesian,Swiss,Dutch,German & more. If you follow history you will see that man is not in charge but that God is in charge as the final analysis. Pastors & priests no longer teach from the Greek & Hebrew but only give "feel good" boy scout messages. I learned more history from my pastor who taught young aviators to fly & held down Luke Field with Barry Goldwater during WWII than any history class. He graduated from Beverly Hills High,USC,University of Arizona & Dallas Theological Seminary giving up a huge family fortune to teach the Word of God. Freedom,capitalism,free enterprise,strong military & morality are all there but never taught. Until parents,schools & churches go back to teaching our culture we will fail as a nation - it may be slow & I may not see it but man is not in charge. II Chronicles 7:14
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P.S. BTW as a right wing radical Tea Partier I am against a 3rd Party or Libertarian Anarchy. A nation should only have 2 parties or go down - Rush & Levin agree.
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Several posters refer to the fact that no one in any position to do anything about stolen elections is doing anything.IMHO, nobody in their right mind would give fuel to the people who want a race war. And challenging the election of what´s-his-pickle would give these people what they need to let loose their operatives.She who fights and runs away, lives to heckle another day. Evil lives, and it lives in Our House. Perhaps the cure is to stay the course. Pray, fight them with words, and for me, I intend to work on myself. For the prayers of the righteous are powerful indeed. I am the recipient of 200 yrs plus of freedom. I cannot go quietly. But I do not wish for the land to be bathed in blood. Resistance is not futile; I will not be absorbed.Freedom is God given, perhaps when we fight for it we should remember Him and use the methods He directs us to.Dragons in the Shire are unacceptable; they burn the crops; we need the crops. Look to the crops; look to the water, they will surely destroy and/or poison what they can.
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For those of you with only vague memories of the USSR, as someone who escaped from it, I can speak with some authority to the observation that America is in the early stages of becoming "USSA". How?Our constitution and our laws now mean only what the ruling party wants them to mean, and will have apparatchiks in place to interpret them to mean.Our media are laughably propagandist and wholly untrustworthy.Our elections are complete frauds, with fraud-facilitating practices enforced by absurd laws and strong-arm tactics.Our leaders are self-aggrandizing and have created and enforce entirely separate laws to maintain special privileges for themselves (pay, work rules, retirement, medical care, etc.) not available to We The People.Our freedom of speech has been corrupted and restricted. Orwellian rules are being implemented everywhere (academia, work, etc.).My purpose in pointing this out isn´t to further depress anyone, but to make this a call to action while there is still time. We must resist. How?End the phony political correctness. Call them what they are, openly. Refuse to go to their thought control training sessions at work. Pull your kids out of their Marxist-training schools and colleges. Don´t compromise on their enslaving proposed laws and tax plans. In a word, fight. Don´t go peacefully into their enslavement plans.
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Excellent article, and about sums up my feelings, as well OP. I have decided to stop throwing my pearls before swine, who are deaf and blind, and have instead chosen to, with faith and quiet strength and determination, live out my core beliefs and values. Actions speak louder than words. That´s where you´ll find me.
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I am done being depressed. I am going to live my life and refuse to turn over control to a bunch of faithless self-serving politicians. We had our time to wallow, grieve, rage, or whatever. Time to move on. Another election will be coming.
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It is stupidly a**inine to believe your enemy is going to follow the rules. It is even more a**inine for us to think that voting for these idiots will solve the problem. We need to throw off the chains of political correctness and start talking to eachother. The truth is what will set us free.
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This article certainly captures the precarious realities of 2012 and for the ominous future of today´s American children. Where is their, ´´domestic tranquility?´´ ...One illustration of how morality has been systematically devalued since the 70´s is that we, -those of us old enough, who remember taking for granted the simple pleasure of going for walks on most any street in America safely, day or night, know exactly how much ordinary life in this country has changed! Even that simple pleasure is no longer an option in most locales. Movies no longer reflect those years throughout American history until the 1970´s militant activists muscled in, but think of just that difference when watching, ´´It´s A Wonderful Life,´´ again this year. But I digress.The statist pols seem to hold all of the microphones, shutting out all other voices in the political arena. Even the House of Representatives which has an ELECTED GOP majority seems paralyzed, yet the members there were arguably elected primary for the purpose of determining, *even limiting or, -gasp, *eliminating, SPENDING for each legislated policy. Tragically, during the past few of decades, they haven´t just said, ´´No.´´ ...In fact, they never say much of anything these days. They ARE as paralyzed, frozen in some weird, ´´stop action,´´ ´Gulliver,´ scenerio, hog-tied by the lefty/statist lilliputians. mmm mmm mmmC-SpanII Booknotes, In Depth: Sen. Tom Coburn, ´´The Debt Bomb.´´ ...on now.
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I must admit that Susan Harris´s description of her mother´s sadness, as she watches our nation slide into the abyss, made me tear up pretty bad.But at least Harris can be glad she has parents who are discerning enough to love what we all once had.My parents were FDR liberals who resented "the rich," and had no understand of the way economics work. While their own mores were conservative (and they were shocked at the libertinism brought upon us by the Left in the ´60s), even so they stuck with the Party line, and voted a straight Democratic ticket to the end. They died not knowing what they had wrought.
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The author ends with a timely sentiment that perfectly reflects the gospel I heard this morning, Luke 21:34, warning us to prepare for the second coming of Christ. ´Be on guard lest your spirits become bloated with indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares. The great day will suddenly close in on you like a trap.´ After the crushing blow dealt by Obama´s re-election, I have had to remind myself that evil often triumphs in this world because that is part of our great lesson. I was defeated and distracted by ´worldly cares´. During this season of Advent, it is time to remember that we cannot lose sight of our real purpose.
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I´ve been saying "We´re surrounded by idiots" for quite a long time now...wish it werent true. Wish that the Pelosi´s and Biden´s and Obama´s and Schultz´s and Axelrod´s and Carney´s and Schumer´s and Leahy´s and Clinton´s and Rice´s and Kerry´s and the lamestream media and Hollyweird and academia were all true Christian conservatives and their followers of black muslims and la raza hispanics and womens studies peaceful uterus´s and homosexual sinners were pro-American traditionalists who love the country and the soldiers who defend it, rather than their own selfish misguided notions.I wish!This is my prayer today to GOD....think he´ll answer it?
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Please pardon a second comment. Folks, we all seem so defeated, myself included. But I have always been a fighter and I won´t just give in without a fight.For some reason the Biblical story of Gideon and his 300 Israeli men who defeated overwhelming numbers of Midianite warriors suddenly hit me and reignited by fighting spirit, which meant I needed to share it with others. This true story can be found in the book of Judges Chapter 6-8.The story is of 300 soldiers, led by Gideon, who actually defeated thousands of their enemies through their faith in God, and is one of the coolest stories in the Bible IMO.Briefly: Gideon told each of his 300 men to take an earthenware pitcher, put a torch inside it, and in their other hand hold a trumpet. After instructing the men in what they were to do at his signal, Gideon had the 300 men quietly surround the camp below. On Gideon´s signal, the men blew their trumpets, broke their pitchers so that the light blazed forth, and shouted, "We fight for God and for Gideon!" Then the men just stood and watched as the whole, vast, enemy army, confused by God, ran around in a panic, fighting and killing one another and fleeing away.These 300 Israeli men were successful, not because they were smart, but because they were obedient. They did not win because of their strength, but because of their faith in the strength of the Lord. *I copied the italicized part from a piece written by Tracie Walker for the Yahoo website on 6/25/2011.
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Please pardon a second comment here, too. By the time the election happened, there had been prayer and fasting on the part of many Christians for deliverance from our current state of affairs, per II Chronicles 7:14. The answer was a resounding no.In my despair I was reminded that Jesus was crucified in about 30 A.D. Christians loved Jerusalem, gave money to its poor and prayed for it. In spite of all that, Jerusalem was leveled 40 years later, in 70 A.D., and remained in enemy hands for nearly 2000 years.In 1973 the Supreme Court gave us Roe v. Wade. Since then millions of babies made in the image of God have been killed for the convenience of Americans. The only change is that the ruling became more liberal so that babies could be killed right up to the moment of birth and in "botched" abortions, even afterward. It is 40 years later. I am not sure of this, but it is possible that because of Roe v. Wade, God has chosen to stop hearing the prayers of believers on behalf of the United States of America.
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Remember, though, God said He would not destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah if He found just 10 righteous people. He watches out for His own.
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Thank you. Most of what I´ve been thinking for quite a well put into a well written summary.
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Thank you Suzanne. My feelings exactly. Merry Christmas to all and they can´t take that away.
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#40.God has not stopped listening to our prayers. Scripture teaches the prayers of a righteous man overcomes a lot. Scripture also teaches that love covers a multitude of sins. Don´t give up now. Redouble your efforts at prayer. The night is always bleakest just before sunrise.
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Before the election there was a great reminder for Christians making the rounds on Facebook. A beautiful graphic said, "No matter who is president, Jesus is King." Hit me right between the eyes.Bill Whittle (if you haven´t seen his recent stuff go to his FB page and watch a couple hours of video) says, America is NOT it´s government. America is the idea that people can govern themselves and that our freedom is endowed by our Creator.I´m not giving up. My husband and I are veterans and will fight with every weapon still available to us. Around the first of the year we´re introducing a website called avirtuouspeople...HQ for the Good Guys in America´s culture war. It´ll be a place to unite virtuous people (those who know right from wrong and choose to live right) to fight with whatever means we have available to climb back up the moral cliff the country has already fallen off.For those older folks this article speaks of, they can still be prayer warriors in this fight. As several posters have pointed out, God is on the side of the good guys.All my life (I´m 58) I´ve been hearing that Christian persecution is coming to America. I didn´t believe it, but here it is. I´m standing and fighting! How about you?
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The truth will set you free...
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This is what I have posted on other boards this past month.I believe Father has abandoned America to it´s self destruction just as he abandoned Israel after they abandoned Him. However, Father did give Israel a second chance and they and we are living in that chance now.One thing this election has proven is that Obama was correct when he was on his apology tour of the Islamic countries where he stated. "America is not a Christian Nation".There is no way a Christian could ever vote for the Marxist communist democrats.America is split between the children of Adam and the children of the Devil and his son Cain.John 8:42 - 47.42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?47 He that is of God heareth God´s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
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I Thes. 4:16-18, ´´For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.Wherefore comfort one another with these words.´´
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Thank you Susan D. Harris and thank you OP for this article that perfectly describes our collective sadness and our somber times.
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I watched the movie Braveheart today. The battle cry of our commie compatriots would be FOODSTAMPS instead of Freedom. They wanted the free gifts badly enough that they will make US pay for them.
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It´s a Wonderful Life is very slick anti-capitalist propaganda. Why do you think it is shown so many times on network television, when so many wonderful old Christmas movies are left coiled up in their tin cannisters? Get your antennae up.
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Exceptional nail on the head.
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