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Fundraiser coincides with Hunger Action Month. To mark Hunger Action Month, 7-Eleven Inc. is kicking off a national awareness and fundraising campaign to benefit Feeding America and the 37 million Americans it serves. Through the end of the year, customers at participating 7-Eleven stores can make donations of cash and spare change in specially marked
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Kroger Brings Hope To Hungry Families
Kroger contributes more than $30 million in food and funds to local food banks through charity since 2006. The Kroger Co. commits to bringing hope and help to hungry families throughout the year, but from May 27 through June 9, the company plans to participate in the annual "Bringing Hope To The Table" campaign. "Bringing
7-Eleven, Pepsi Partner on Feeding America Campaign
Up to $250,000 to be donated to Feeding America from every Pepsi purchase. 7-Eleven Inc. and Pepsi have partnered to ask consumers to help relieve domestic hunger by purchasing a Pepsi trademark product at participating 7-Eleven locations nationwide, with proceeds of up to $250,000 going to Feeding America. Through Dec. 31, Pepsi plans to donate
Boston College Faces Nevada In Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
The first-ever Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl is raising money and awareness about the issue of hunger in the U.S. The bowl celebrates the culmination of Kraft Foods' HUDDLE TO FIGHT HUNGER program, which is the food company's largest-ever branded initiative to fight hunger in America. The goal of the program is to donate as many


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Kawasaki ATVs and Mars on Earth High in the arctic circle research is being conducted by NASA and the Mars Institute to determine whether life on the surface of Mars could be a reality in the near future.
This area is known as Haughton Crater and has the closest resemblance to Mars, so its desolate and harsh landscape requires the use of Kawasaki Bayou 250 ATVs–the only ATV that the researchers trust to be tough enough to withstand the elements and meet their scientific needs.
Take a rare glimpse into what may be the first step into the final frontier aboard Kawasaki ATVs.
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According to the WSJ, the European economic crisis is killing a rich coffee tradition for some in Europe, especially the coffee drenched southern countries. With the economies of Spain and Italy falling off the cliff, spending on coffee is plummeting too, as habits change, and trips to the cafe multiple times a day disappear in an effort to save Euros.
The belt tightening is also having an effect on the coffee markets, as Europe is developing a taste for cheaper coffee blend that include more Robusta, the cheaper cousin of the Arabica variety. Prices have dropped this year for the more expensive Arabica, while stockpiles of Robusta have fallen and prices have climbed.
What's this mean for European single serve espresso machines? It might mean a shift to home made espresso, and a resurgence of the popular brands as people shift to cheaper home-sourced espressos versus the expensive cafes. It might also mean a colossal shift to make your own in the good old Moka style pot for a few pennies versus a few Euros at the cafe.
What's that mean for the US? If the trend continues, expect lower priced coffee in our Main Street cafes as Arabicas continue to slide in price, if they didn't buy ahead with contracts pegged to higher expected prices. Don't expect deep discounts though; those hard fought price increases of the past are hard to give up again once you are pocketing the difference. And if they do come, don't expect huge changes; the price of Arabica is only down 20%, and that is only a tiny fraction of the cost of your Latté.
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The rainfall season is still weeks from being over, but it's currently on track to be only about half of the annual average for Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties.
It has firefighters in the region worried about brushfires, because the lack of rainfall means that the brush is as dry now as it normally is in mid-summer.
Ventura County firefighters already got a taste of the danger, with an explosive blaze this month in the Fillmore area that threatened dozens of homes before it was contained.
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Welcome to our annual Supply Chain Excellence Symposium. It is great to reconnect with so many of our customers and build relationships with new ones. The theme of the symposium, Moving from Static to Dynamic Network Planning, is in many ways a continuation of the future trends discussions that took place at the 2007 event.
Last year we heard from industry analysts and thought leaders that trends, including outsourcing, offshoring and lean manufacturing that focus on reducing supply chain costs were significantly increasing the level of risk in the supply chain. We also learned through customer case studies that best-in-class companies were beginning to transform their supply chains into robust and resilient supply chains to help mitigate this risk. Finally, we explored strategic and tactical strategies to help our customers manage risk while creating value and improving supply chain performance.
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By Kara Cavazos, The Art Of Naming
Marvel Studios's new movie Avengers: Age of Ultron is now in theaters! As a fan of these superhero movies, I thought we'd take a look at the names of the main characters in the film.
Let me know in the comments below which name you like most and which character is your favorite! Don't forget to check out the film if you're also a fan!
In her previous blog, Appelation Mountain's Abby Sandel revealed the alter ego names of the male superheroes, and this week it's the girls' turn.
Last week we looked at comic book names inspired by Clark Kent and Peter Parker – the mild-mannered alter egos of Superman and Spider-Man.
More women have donned a cape to fight for good than you might guess, but it hasn't been an easy road. The Comics Code Authority, a set of industry standards adopted in 1954, limited gore and violence, but also sexual innuendo. Selina Kyle hung up her catsuit for more than a decade when the Code was at its strictest.
Female characters tend to go to extremes. There's the wholesome Betty and later Barbara, characters introduced as Batgirl at a time when it was thought Batman and Robin needed girlfriends. Others are clearly not from this world, like Thundra, a Femizon warrior from the 23rd century, arrived in 1972 to challenge The Thing, or the first female superhero, Egyptian princess Fantomah.
As comic books have become popular sources for Hollywood films, plenty of A-list stars have worn these identities. For parents seeking a feminine name with an edge, knowing that your daughter's appellation has been worn by a crime-fighting woman of steel might make an otherwise frilly name seem downright powerful. Here some possible female alter ego comic book names:
This week, Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel looks at comic book names, stripping away the heroes' superpowers to reveal their more human personae names.
Every superhero needs a couple of things: superhuman powers, a cape, and maybe a sidekick. He also needs a regular Joe name to hide his higher calling. Spider-Man fights crime, but Peter Parker dries the dinner dishes.
It's been this way since Superman first appeared in a 1938 comic book. Mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent has been donning a cape and leaping tall buildings in a single bound for over eight decades.
Many of the best known comic book characters made their debuts before the 1960s, leaving some of their real life identities as dated as Gary or Wally.
Happily, comic book writers have an easy means to update any of their characters. While a few famous figures – think Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman – never really ditch their human counterparts, in other cases, the superhero role is a title. It can be passed on intentionally, or inherited unexpectedly. For every Wally, there's a Scott. The updates keep on coming, too. How else do you explain that the current Red Ranger in the Power Rangers franchise answers to Jayden?
You could name your son Blaze or Slade, and hope he has the confidence to pull off a larger-than-life appellation, but there are some true gems amongst our heroes' workaday names. They prove that popular and classic choices can be exciting. While some of these are obscure, Hollywood has adapted plenty of superhero stories for the big screen in recent years: the X-Men, Green Lantern, and Captain America are all up this summer, with more in the works.
This list is all boys, but there are plenty of heroic choices for girls, too. Tune in next week!
Anthony – Who's cooler than Tony Stark?
Arthur – Aquaman was born Arthur Curry, before he discovered that he was descended from the lost tribe of Atlantis.
Bruce – Worn by Batman's other half, Bruce Wayne, as well as scientist-turned-Hulk, Bruce Banner.
Guest blogger ALISA GILBERT suggests that there might be some tricks used to name comic book characters that could be applied to making memorable baby names.
Some of the most powerful and memorable names in popular culture are to be found in the pages of comic books. So could there be some tactics used by their creators that could be used to craft a strong, easily remembered baby name? Here are a few techniques you might apply:
One of the most common comic book tricks to making a name stick in your mind is alliteration, one that works because it inserts a repetitive element into the name, giving it a sing-song quality that makes it easier to remember. In fact, Stan Lee, the creator of classics like Spider-Man, often used alliteration to name his major human characters (Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Pepper Potts) so that he himself could better remember their names. Not only did he find it relatively easy to recall those characters' names, but so did his loyal fan base and even people who knew little about comics. After all, even if you don't know that Spider-Man gained his powers from a radioactive spider bite, chances are you recognize and remember his civilian name: Peter Parker. This is one adaptable technique that would be a way to make your baby's name a memorable one — using a first name that begins with the same consonant or vowel sound as his last name.
Using two first names to make up a character's name is another trick that comic book writers use to make a name stick—but obviously this is one that will only work if you happen to have an accommodating surname. Unlike first names, many last names are less familiar and therefore less memorable, but by using two names that are familiar as firsts, it's easy to mash them together to create a full name that is easily recalled. This method is evidenced in many DC Comics characters such as Batman's Bruce Wayne, the Green Lantern's Alan Scott and Hal Jordan, and Superman's Clark Kent. If your baby happen to have a last name that could also double as a first, you are in luck: he will end up with a memorable name as long as you give him a familiar first name.
This is another technique that will only work if your last name cooperates. Comic book character creators usually would keep the first and last names short, with each no longer than two syllables. There are exceptions to this rule, but many of the most memorable comic book names are no more than four syllables in total. This method keeps the name short and snappy, reducing the possibility of mispronunciation and recall error. If your baby will have a long last name, consider giving him or her a shorter first name in order to make the name more memorable. With a short last name, you have more options, depending on just how much you want to adhere to the comics four-syllable maximum method. (Note: Check the Nameberry message boards for some interesting discussions on ideal syllable rhythm and balance.)


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Ex-Butoh Dancer looking for Electronic Musician for Collaborative
Performances DJs, ambient, illbient, dub, insane sampleheads, 4-track
bedroom people
The musical structures of electronic music–samples, repetition over
extremely short term (jungle beats) or extremely long term (ambient),
beats vs. no beats, all suggest to me was of creating and structuring
movement. The idea of repeating a 1-second series of movements rapidly
over and over, like a drum loop, where the internal rhythm is subjugated
to the jerk of the sample repeating, strikes me as a really interesting
kinaesthetic experience. I believe this correspondence makes for the
possibility of close collaboration between a dancer and a musician, more
precise and shapable than the equally ecstatic link between DJ and club
dancer. Perhaps the way to start working together is simply through the
sharing of grooves, but the language is there to go beyond.
Ideally, the work I'm interested in making is a dance through different
energy environments established by music and movement in tandem, where
the content emerges from juxtaposition. I'm looking for the limits of
speed and precision available to the body, to the consciousness. Can the
body be used as a site for the interaction of multiple intelligences?
Can we find structures for sound and movement experiments that push our
body limits?
Possible venues:
* Quicktime shorts
* live bits in a dance context, say at Context, Mulberry St., others…
* live bits in a club context, the Cooler, whatever…
* Previous work:
solos, mostly. At Blue Rider Theatre, Chicago; Links Hall, Chicago;
Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago; and at basement parties. Was in a bit of a
Boba Fett show (small band in NY), improvising in a suit and a pile of
ashes and beer 3 feet from the audience. It was an incredible experience
for me, a true suck from the neck of rock. Exploring the performance
horizon between trance and the observing mind. I've collaborated with
musicians for most of my work, always amazed.
* My dance history:
was in bands, made paintings in school and secret Butoh performances;
gave up painting 4 years ago to make performances. Contact
improvisation, Butoh, yoga have been continuous studies in my life since
then; I spent a year as a performing Japanese Classical dancer in
Chicago; and since moving to New York in September I've been studying
Viewpoints theatre training, Cunningham, Graham technique. Currently
spending all my time and money at Movement Research, Jivamukti yoga, and
the Cunningham studio.
Please respond!
Andrew Fearnside
Butoh is dead; long live Butoh


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University of Georgia defensive end Charles Grant pleaded guilty Friday to charges he offered an undercover police officer money for sex.
Grant, a 22-year-old junior from Colquitt, had initially pleaded not guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of pandering and asked for a jury trial, scheduled for next month in Athens-Clarke County State Court.
On Friday, Grant was sentenced by Judge Kent Lawrence to 12 months of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $500 plus surcharges, Athens-Clarke Solicitor-General Ralph Powell said. Grant must also submit to testing for sexually transmitted diseases within 45 days, a standard sentencing requirement for pandering.
Athens-Clarke police said Grant was arrested Jan. 21 during a sting operation at Meigs and North Finley streets, an area known for prostitution problems.
Bulldog head football coach Mark Richt was unavailable for comment Friday. Richt has said Grant has already been disciplined by the team and could face further sanctions depending on the outcome of the case.
Grant recorded 40 tackles and two sacks last season in 10 games for the Bulldogs. He had 33 tackles and seven sacks as a freshman.
This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Saturday, June 23, 2001.
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Lawmakers seeking to rein in the spending spree that has produced staggering $1.4 trillion budget deficits are ignoring one of the ripest sources of potential savings: farm subsidies.
Most congressional deficit reduction proposals have been silent on farm subsidies, and the House Agriculture Committee recently released a bipartisan letter pre-emptively warning against fundamental agriculture reform. Because farm subsidies are concentrated in "red America," they will test conservatives' willingness to apply tough budget choices to their own favored programs.
Defenders assert that the $25 billion annual cost of farm subsidies (just under 1 percent of federal spending) is too small to bother reforming. Yet one-third of the federal budget – $1 trillion total – consists of programs that each cost $25 billion or less. Should all that spending be taken off the table, too? Every dollar saved from these programs represents another dollar that won't have to be cut from Social Security or Medicare.
Farm subsidies are supposed to protect farmers against poverty and instability. This Norman Rockwell image aside, farm subsidies are actually America's largest corporate welfare program.
The average farmer earns more than $83,000 annually (nearly 20 percent above the national average), according to the Department of Agriculture. Commercial farmers – who receive the majority of subsidies -- report an average net income of $170,000, and a net worth close to $1 million. And despite past attempts to limit subsidies to millionaire farmers, the last farm bill actually repealed key payment limits.
The farm economy is booming. Farmers dealing with higher energy prices are also benefiting from soaring prices of wheat (up 81 percent in the past year), corn (up 59 percent), and soybeans (39 percent). Consequently, 2011 net farm income is forecast at 52 percent above 2009 levels.
Farm subsidy advocates often respond that farms could not survive without large subsidies. Nonsense. Producers of just five crops -- wheat, cotton, corn, soybeans and rice -- receive nearly all farm subsidies. In fact, only one-third of the $390 billion in annual agricultural production is directly subsidized. All other farmers -- including growers of fruits, vegetables, livestock and poultry -- receive nearly nothing.
This begs the question: If farm subsidies are necessary to produce an adequate food supply with stable prices and thriving farmers, why haven't the growers of non-subsidized crops experienced these problems?
Supermarkets are filled with food produced and distributed without farm subsidies. This includes everything from apples to oranges, and from beef to chicken. In fact, American farmers are growing and distributing more rich and diverse products than ever before, from kumquats to purple potatoes, all without subsidies.
Yet the prices and supplies of these products are relatively stable, and the farmers' incomes are just as high as those of subsidized farmers. The free market already works for all other farm production. Surely it can work for producers of wheat, cotton, corn, soybeans and rice.
U.S. farm policy also fails Economics 101. Its approach to propping up crop prices and farmer incomes is to offer the largest subsidies to those who plant the most drops – thus encouraging more over-planting and driving prices down further, ultimately necessitating more subsidies. Then, while paying some farmers to grow more crops, the Conservation Reserve Program pays other farmers to grow fewer groups. For every farm program, there is an equal and opposite farm program.
The real farm policy challenge is yearly income fluctuations resulting from crop and weather unpredictability. This can be solved inexpensively with tax-free Farmer Savings Accounts that help farmers smooth out the boom and bust years. Multi-year busts could be addressed with an improved crop insurance system. This new system would cover all farmers (not just the "big five" growers), support free markets and international trade, and cost a fraction of the current system.
Reining in spending and deficits will require broad-based budget reforms. If farm subsidies cannot be included in those reforms even with a booming farm economy, then President Reagan's quip that a government program is "the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth" will be truer than ever.Brian Riedl is Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs at The Heritage Foundation
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KNUTSFORD continued a promising start to the Warrington and District League's summer season with a 29-15 success against Greenbank on Wednesday.
The club's seconds have the same record at the level below following a 21-17 win against their Ena Shaw counterparts.
Knutsford thirds suffered a first defeat in Division Three, losing by one goal to closest rivals Beechwood seconds.
In Division Four, Knutsford fourths defeated Capricorn thirds while leaders Greeenbank seconds proved too strong for Knutsford fifths.


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Anyone who has a blog should really go check out http://wordle.net – It will take any blog front page (doesn't do all of your posts) and turn them into a word cloud! You can manipulate the font and colors, as well as what direction most of the words will go. You will need javascript turned on to make it work.
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The important thing with this gun is after 2 to 5000 shells, depending on how it's cared for, is change the o rings!!!! Mine was acting up bad, after years of being not cared for as well as it should have. My brother in law said he knew the problem. He put in a few $8 o rings in less than an hour, and now it'll shoot all 5 or 6 inch shells FAST. If u turn the gun to where the shells eject upwards, you can fire all the shells before the first one hits the ground. It's a great shooting gun now, I… Read Full Review
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I'm using target loads, got this used from a friend that have put a couple of hundreds on it hunting, and me and my friends we have put like 1000 shells on it so far and there are no problems, i'm not cleaning the guns every other day, just use and put them back in the safe, I've scored a couple of 25's with it, using federal gun club (cheap ammo) the main use for this gun is to allow my friends to shoot with something cheap that i'm not afraid to have broken. I've Berettas AL391 and 682 and… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/10/2011
my grandpa sent me a charles daly field tactical. it is a real piece!! i have had the fireing pin replaced 3 times in this gun and both of the springs replaced and i dont even have 100 rounds shot through the gun!! i am a big duck hunter in colorado and this gun has a hard time ejecting the shell in the cold colorado weather. i just got another problem i need a new forearm for it becausue the berrel slips on recoil. this gun is terrible save your money for a browning or a benelli, i promise… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/04/2011
Bought a CD (Charles Daly) field for defense.....
First CD I have ever purchased. I bought it at a gun show new in box....What a mistake.
It was the CD or a mossberg 500 for 50 bucks more, since I already had a Moss 500 I figured I would try the CD.
I have had numerous load/feed issues with the gun. A few times the gun jammed with a live shell in the chamber and would not pump/ eject the shell due to a second shell "Pre-loading" and slipping out of the magazine tube which then jammed up the… Read Full Review
Written on: 13/01/2011
This Gun is very light for a 12 ga and fun to shoot...as for the rest of these reviews go you can tell who the real gun owners are and those who really know about guns...lol and semi auto needs the spring and ammo used most to be paired together for best performance and yes you have to clean the vacuum ports and the barrel...not just the barrel..if youre only going to shoot cheap ammo you should think about getting a low recoil spring duh...and yes a choke helps too FYI. This gun is definately… Read Full Review
Written on: 27/11/2010
To the one shooter who said he had to hold the fore end FORWARD I can only assume you are talking about the Charles Daly PUMP shotgun because pushing forward on a semi auto would have no effect whatsoever on the function. This review is for the SEMI AUTO and not the pump.
Just like any item there are going to be bad ones. With some products there may be more bad ones than good ones. I purchased a Charles Daly Semi auto 12 gauge from Walmart last year because I didn't want to spend a tremendous… Read Full Review
Written on: 05/11/2010
This is the best gun for pure knock around hunting in my arsenal. Never has failed me, and it has withstood everything from being dropped, to being shut in the truck gate (darn kid!!!)). I have hunted turkey, goose, upland, duck AND dove with it. Sad to see others are nothaving the same luck I am, however I would still recomend this gun to anyone. Will it win you some skeet/trap shoots? Probably not. Will it put game on the tabe? You bet… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/10/2010 by zipupnorth (1 review written)
Problems with auto eject and load. Only expense shell will work. If it get dirty it needs to be cleaned often. Buy American or Italian better quality… Read Full Review
Written on: 07/08/2010
DO NOT BUY THIS GUN!!! It is a cheap P.O.S... I owned mine for 5 days, took it up to the range, loaded it up, pulled the trigger... nothing! After breaking it down and checking it, I did find any problems. I put it back together, loaded her up...."click." Come to find out, it would only shoot if you pushed the forend forward WHILE pulling the trigger (not how things are suppose to work).
Then after about 11 rounds, I went to load and rack the 12th round... and I racked the entire barrel right… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/05/2009 by Rick Peterson (1 review written)
I purchased the tactical auto loader. The gun is not reliable. Very fussy on what it will eject. The biggest issue is when I got the gun it was chock full of metal shavings and cutting oil. I have never seen anything like it. I call the Daly customer service for help on the gun and told them the manual does not cover this model. He could care less with his attitude, sounded like he owned the place. Since I was only going to stick it under the mattress for HD. I decided the best thing for me… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/03/2009
The Charles Daly Field 12 GA Advantage Timber HD Semi Auto is an awesome shotgun, best in the house, shoots straight very light weight, and dependable. Shot 2 big TOMS with it last year Long hikes with this awesome shooting machine. I love IT! Light weight, Straight shooting, multi uses, easy action, fun to shoot. Only bad point is trigger housing feels cheap… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/01/2009
The Charles Daly Field 12 GA Advantage Timber HD Semi Autoits a nice reliable gun. I won the gun in a drawling and i thought i was getting a good turkey gun but it kicks like a mule - hurts the shooter more than the turkey....lol… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/12/2008
I have a 3 an a 1/2 inch chamber realtree hd shotgun first and second year i had it gun was brand new from walmart it shot fine now its worthless!!! just sits in the safe and takes up room you never know if the gun will fire or not (not reliable) i thought about it an went and bought a browning best investment i have ever made ha ha!!!! hope if you buy one you have a better chance of gettiong a good one my luck just plain sucks or the gun does one!!!!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/11/2008 by vahammer (1 review written)
I would not recommend this gun to anyone. It is light and comfortable to hold. It hangs up and is not very reliable. Have to send it back to manufacturer three times now… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/09/2008 by tallwind (1 review written)
Easy to clean easy to shoot and has never failed to work. Period. allI can say is they are well worth the price of this gun. Just because its a daly dosnt make it Junk and thos that do are missing a fine shotgun. Over all for the price this is the gun to choose it beats taking a 2000.00 dollar gunout that your afraid to use! This gun has it it all rugged goodlooks and it never fails to shoot. Boom boom boom as they say it works and works well… Read Full Review
Written on: 15/05/2008 by papistolpacker (1 review written)
I clean my guns immediately after I shoot any of them which I have found will make a difference in inexpensive weapons. This gun has never had any problems and I can shoot 38 out of 50 at the trap range, which is good for me. For the price it is an excellent value. I have shot 3" steel at geese and it ejected and loaded every time. A friend of mine has one and has had problems with 3" shells not ejecting. That is the only issues he has had… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/03/2008 by wnybuckhunter (1 review written)
I bought one of the Charles Daly 12ga Field semi autos to replace my over and under 12ga that I used for skeet, sporting clays and turkey. While a Charles Daly is no where near a high end gun, it is great for the budget minded shooter that doesnt want to spend an arm and a leg to go out and have a good time at the gun club. So far I have shot 1 oz skeet loads and some normal Remington game loads with the gun with absolutely zero jams or malfunctions. I have broken the gun in properly and have… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/08/2008
I'm thinking about buying a Charles Daly, should I?
Written on: 29/09/2007 by Bryan Bithell (1 review written)
First I had the buffer plug shatter. I called Charles Daly and after 6 weeks they sent me another one with out any instruction of how to put it in. I put it in. Then the handle broke on the action, after about a half box of shells. I sent it back to Charles Daly and after a long period of time they sent it back. The next season I used it, and it broke again. Now I am stuck with this worthless shot gun. I bought it at Walmart and the will not take it back. Nor will charles Daly refund me my… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/03/2008
First of all, if you did not know how to replace the piston buffer, then that just tells anyone that knows anything about semi autos that you did not clean the gun regularly, which probably accounts for all of the issues you have had. Semi auto shotguns need to be cleaned after each time they are used. The gas fed action gets very dirty with powder residue and such and failures will occur if you dont keep them clean. If you want a gun that is less maintainance, then buy a pump or a single shot, but dont sit around and slam a gun because you dont know how to maintain it.
Written on: 24/07/2007 by jcox26 (1 review written)
I have had my Charles Daly for 2 years and it has been the worst gun i have ever owned. I wouldn't recommend it to any dove or duck hunter. This past duck season, i was about 1/2 mile back in some flooded timber when the gun blew the extractor pen and the shell extractor completely out of the gun. Contacted Charles Daly and it took them a week to return my call and three more weeks to send me the parts. When dove season came around it done the exact same thing with a real light shell. Needless… Read Full Review
Written on: 02/01/2004 by jjaetzold (1 review written)
The gun shoots great when shooting a dove load or a light 3" shell. But when shooting a 3" mangum for example, it will shoot and eject, but it will not rechamber the second shot. support at charles daly, well, It stinks. and all the local gun shops will not even work on one… Read Full Review
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This Alone Should Be Enough to Disqualify Obama for Re-Election
A quick glance at the Federal Debt Clock shows the following...
A number growing really fast but as of 6 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday it's at $15,588,614,000,000 and getting bigger really fast.
Our current administration has added a third of that total in three years. That number was $8.67 trillion in January of 2007 when Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House, Harry Reid took over the Senate, and Barack Obama became a Senator. http://www.redstate.com/california_y...peaker-pelosi/
Of the House, the Senate, and the Presidency, Democrats have controlled two of those three if not all three every year since 2007, and in those five years we have seen the total debt for a nation that is more than 230 years old almost double.
And what's scary, is that our current president doesn't even talk about it. The debt will reach 16 trillion before election day and would reach more than 20 trillion before the end of a second Obama term...And Obama and his party won't even pass a budget. That level of fiscal incompetence all by itself is reason enough to send the Democrats packing.
Quoting jejstover:
As long as Congress and the White House are occupied by the status quo (from both the Democrat and Republican Parties) it's not likely that we will see real change in the way business is done (money is allocated and debt is acquired).
It's waaaay past time for some fiscal common sense and cutting through all the empty campaign promises and political pandering (on both sides of the isle) --- we need some serious spending cuts (as proposed by Ron Paul and Libertarians running for office) to save our country from financial ruin.
yeah cause his party has TOTAL control of congress....oh wait...silly me that must have someone else's congress in the fanasty world that repubs live in where everyone has puppies and children, corperations are people, and you don't need control of both chambers of congress to get things done. i could post video clips of repub house members who don't even understand how congress works but since when have facts ever meant anything to the birther party?
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yeah cause his party has TOTAL control of congress....oh wait...silly me that must have someone else's congress in the fanasty world that repubs live in where everyone has puppies and children, corperations are people, and you don't need control of both chambers of congress to get things done. i could post video clips of repub house members who don't even understand how congress works but since when have facts ever meant anything to the birther party?
And the opposition is likely to increase id Obama is re-elected, as the GOP has some good prospects of gaining seats. Why not Romney? He is a strong bipartisan leader who has experience streamlining organizations and an aptitude for fiscal matters.
Quoting Bonneata:
Quite frankly I am surprised the pres. Has accomplished anything the congress fights all day like spoiled children. No body is working together . There is little to zero give and take from either side especially the republicans. There is nothing unreasonable about wanting close tax loopholes there is also nothing unreasonable about changing requirements of food stamps and welfare programs. However. I have redid the republican plan and it scares me silly. Obamas plan isn't perfect but it still cuts debt and as I am concerned its a good start.
Did you read Obama's interpretation of it? If so, I would proceed with caution, because he speculated and guessed a whole lot about the details of Paul Ryan's budget plan.
I totally agree, He need to be removed, we cant take another term with Obama
With President Obama and Republican leaders calling for cutting the budget by trillions over the next 10 years, it is worth asking how we got here — from healthy surpluses at the end of the Clinton era, and the promise of future surpluses, to nine straight years of deficits, including the $1.3 trillion shortfall in 2010. The answer is largely the Bush-era tax cuts, war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, and recessions.
A few lessons can be drawn from the numbers. First, the Bush tax cuts have had a huge damaging effect. If all of them expired as scheduled at the end of 2012, future deficits would be cut by about half, to sustainable levels. Second, a healthy budget requires a healthy economy; recessions wreak havoc by reducing tax revenue. Government has to spur demand and create jobs in a deep downturn, even though doing so worsens the deficit in the short run. Third, spending cuts alone will not close the gap. The chronic revenue shortfalls from serial tax cuts are simply too deep to fill with spending cuts alone. Taxes have to go up.
In future decades, when rising health costs with an aging population hit the budget in full force, deficits are projected to be far deeper than they are now. Effective health care reform, and a willingness to pay more taxes, will be the biggest factors in controlling those deficits.
NEITHER party is willing to pass a budget They both put theirs on the table and are now acting like children not wanting to compromise.
Just to put it out there, Congress is the one that appropriates all the money. I mean, if we want to really blame people for how much in the hole we are and the bad choices their making, why don't people get as angry with them as they seem to with whoever is President? The POTUS doesn't actually appropriate any money for anything...


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A RYEDALE singer who received an OBE for his services to music has died at the age of 89.
John Carol Case worked with a number of renowned composers including Vaughan Williams, which he said was his lifetime achievement.
A graduate of King's College Cambridge, it was while he was working as a music teacher for a private school in Wimbledon that John was asked to perform at a concert in Westminster Hall in London.
It was only when he arrived at the concert hall that the young music teacher realised that he would be singing for the greatest living British composer.
Interviewed by the Gazette & Herald in 2008, John said: "I could have collapsed when I saw the great man himself standing in front of me.
"There I was, a young school teacher singing for the love of it, performing for Vaughan Williams. It was an opportunity professional singers would have given their right arm for."
Plucked from obscurity, it was this quirk of fate which catapulted him to the top of his profession for the next 20 years, working as Williams' principle baritone until his death in 1958.
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When he retired from singing, he started teaching singers and holding master classes for the public as well as taking part in the village concerts from time to time.
In 1993 he received an OBE from the Queen in recognition of his services to music.
Mr Wardell said John had spent the last four years of his life at Rivermead Care Home in Norton, after a stroke. "He only lived in Thornton-le-Dale for 20-plus years but he always said they were the happiest of his life," he said.
"I must also express my gratitude to everyone at Rivermead where John was cared for by a team of lovely nurses and carers – he always referred to them as 'The Ladies'."
Mr Wardell said John had been a wonderful man who was kind and generous to everyone.
"Tributes are often made that someone was a gentleman – but John was a real gentleman and that really sums him up."
A funeral was held today at St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, followed by a private cremation committal. One of John's own published compositions 'Love Came Down at Christmas', was to be sung by the choir of St Gregory's.


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Ranking The Streak: 21-15
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So on Sunday I finally didsomething I've been meaning to do for a year now. Buy Undertaker: The Streak 4Disc DVD. As I was watching these 9 hours of matches I thought, "You knowwhat would be fun? Ranking each Wrestlemania match." So that's exactlywhat I did. I know that CM Punk vs. Undertaker wasn't on this DVD but don'tworry, I went to Youtube and watched the match. A lot of criteria was involvedin the placement of each match from 21 to 1. I took into account opponent,match quality, emotion, stipulation, how well the match performed, time length,and how much I felt the streak would end during the match. I tried to act likeI was watching each match for this first time since I know the streak neverends. That's why in each match I will have a Streak Jeopardy Rating. Thisrating is 0-10 and just tells you how much I felt the streak was in jeopardy.Well here we go. I understand I might get a lot of critiscism in the commentsbut please remember, I just watched 9 hours of wrestling, 21 matches back to back.It was long and time consuming. I will make this a three part series starting with 21-15. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed reliving these matches and watching them again.
#21 - Giant Gonzales at Wrestlemania 9
Streak Jeopardy Rating: 4 out of 10
The reason why the rating is so high is because of the opponent. Now Gonzaleswas billed as being 8 feet high. That alone made me think the streak could endbecause Undertaker isn't going to be able to do any moves on him. Let me tellyou why this is ranked 21 though. The match wasn't fluid at all. They had badchemistry in the ring. They made Undertaker look very weak all throughout thematch where Gonzales just dominated him. The ending of the match is the realreason it's ranked last. This is the only match in the history of The Streak tonot end in pinfall or submission. It ended by DQ. Gonzales got DQed by knockingUndertaker out with a chloroform rag (If that's how you spell it, I'm too lazyto look it up). After Undertaker was taken to the back he came back out anddestroyed Gonzales. Why not have him win like that? It seemed like WWF wastrying to protect Gonzales for maybe a WWF title reign but that never happened.
#20 - "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka at Wrestlemania 7
Streak Jeopardy Rating: 0 out of 10
The Streak can't end before it begins so that's why this gets a 0 rating.Before this match if I would've said the word "The Streak" youwouldn't know what I was talking about. The reason I rank this higher thanGiant Gonzales is well because the ending of that match and this match was thestart of The Streak. Undertaker won by pinfall after the Tombstone. It getsranked this low because this match was like 5 minutes long, it wasn't fluid atall, and Snuka got very little offense.
#19 - The Big Boss Man in Hell in a Cell at Wrestlemania 15
Streak Jeopardy Rating: 1 out of 10
This just didn't feel like a very strong opponent for Undertaker. The Big BossMan got very little offense unless he was throwing Undertaker into the Cell orhitting him with his stick. Too me, this didn't feel like a Wrestlemania match.The rating is so low because of the quality of the opponent and because BossMan looked very weak throughout. I give it a higher rating than Snuka thoughbecuase he got more offense than Sunka did.
#18 - King Kong Bundy at Wrestlemania 11
Streak Jeopardy Rating: 2 out of 10
Sure Bundy was very hefty which should make him a bigger threat, but it's notlike Gonzales who was 8 foot. Undertaker could pick up Bundy and perform moveson him. The focus of the match was the urn. Ted DiBiase stole the urn from PaulBearer at the Royal Rumble and Taker wanted it back. This match just wasn'tfluid and ended after a flying clothesline from Taker. Stupid ending by theway. It gets a higher rating than Boss Man though because Bundy felt like agood opponent for Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
#17 - The Big Show and A-Trian Handicap Match at Wrestlemania 19
Streak Jeopardy Rating: 2 out of 10
Even though Undertaker was facing two of the biggest guys in WWE at the timehere's why the rating is so low. Up to this point you just knew The Streakwasn't going to end. What makes Undertaker matches at Wrestlemania so good arewhen there are moments in the match where you completely forget that The Streakwill never end and you think it's actually going to. Also, The Undertakerneeded Nathan Jones, his scheduled partner for the match, to come out anddistract Big Show and A-Train. That doesn't make Undertaker look strong. Thismatch is better than Bundy because it was two big opponents and in this day ofthe WWE, matches went longer than 10 minutes. It's still low on the listbecause of the match not being fluid and the bad stipulation.
#16 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts at Wrestlemania 8
Streak Jeopardy Rating: 2 out of 10
For being only the second match in The Streak, I liked this match. Thestoryline going into Wrestlemania was personal and made the match have meaning.Roberts got some good offense in and hit The Undertaker with two DDTs.Undertaker sat up after both of them and hit the Tombstone on the outside and gotthe pin back in the ring. This gets a higher rating than Big Show and A-Trainbecause it was a one on one match, Undertaker didn't need interference to win,and the feud was personal. It still gets a low rating though because this wasback when WWF matches barley even went 20 minutes and this one was around 8.
#15 - Mark Henry in a Casket Match at Wrestlemania 22
Streak Jeopardy Rating: 2 out of 10
This is kind of like King Kong Bundy. A bigger opponent that Taker can performmoves on and coming into the match, looked like a threat. It gets a higherrating than Bundy and the rest so far because of the stipulation. Now you cansay, "Boss Man was in Hell in a Cell. Why didn't he get a high ratingbecause of stipulation?". That's because Henry felt like an Undertakeropponent. Although this match wasn't fluid and Henry only had one time hecould've won when he hit the World's Strongest Slam and covered Undertaker,idiot, instead of rolling him into the casket. A really awesome spot in thismatch was when Henry was on the outside and Undertaker did his flying suicidedive over the casket and onto Henry. Very cool.
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It's a WRAL.com Christmas tradition! We plop the morning crew's heads into the Elf Yourself feature on JibJab.com and spread some holiday cheer.
Bill and Elizabeth are gone today, so Renee and Nate get the honor of singing and dancing with Kelcey, Stacy Davis and I!
I'm skidooing until January 4. I hope you have a marvelous Christmas and a great 2010! Here's looking at you, kids!


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Love and Theft fans can be excited with a follow up single to their #1 smash "Angel Eyes" and the second single from their second, self-entitled album, could be the one to elevate them to that next level. "Runnin' Out of Air" will hopefully be what the band is looking for as they too try and carve their niche in one of the toughest industries out there.
Love and Theft has already been honored by the CMA as nominees for New Artist of the Year and Vocal Duo of the Year this year and though they didn't win either category it wasn't from lack of trying. The second album, Love and Theft, housed the #1 hit 'Angel Eyes' which was certified Gold and made them a very recognizable new act for 2012.
Can they continue that success and go two for two on their second album? Too many two's to keep track of if you know what I mean but I see no reason why this new single called "Runnin Out of Air" can't be at least top 10 if not #1.
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If you're looking for the latest gear, as the others have said, the prices will not vary much.
There are sellers such as Overstock.com, & Sierra Trading Post that often sell discounted gear. However, what they sell is usually closeouts, production over runs, & discontinued gear. Sometimes, if you know what you're looking for & know the normal retail prices, you can get some good deals from sellers such as these, but they don't give it away. They're trying to get as much as they can for what they sell and often adjust prices, I guess to feel out what the market for these items can bear. If demand is slow they lower them, if high, they can raise them, and be almost as much as MSRP.
I've bought several times from both, and have signed up for their email notices. Many times they send special pricing to folks on their email list. You do have to pay attention to their pricing, because I've seen them have sales where they actually raise prices over what they may have had listed previously. You have to be patient sometimes too!
Just as an example, awhile back I got 2 Redington 9 wt fly rod outfits for less than $65 each with shipping from Sierra, when most of the time they had them listed for about $85-$120 plus shipping.
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JIM LEHRER: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks.
A full-scale civil war among Democrats and the White House, Mark?
MARK SHIELDS: I think Leader Boehner may have been stated it a little strongly, but I was reminded of words of Mo Udall, the late great Democratic congressman from Arizona, and briefly a presidential candidate in 1976, who said, when we Democrats organize a firing squad, we begin by forming a circle.
And I think there was something of that to this.
JIM LEHRER: Is it real?
MARK SHIELDS: It is real. It's real on the part of the House Democrats.
And look at it from their perspective. I mean, Barack Obama is not on the ballot in 2012. Two-thirds of the Senate is not on the ballot in 2012.
JIM LEHRER: 2010, you mean.
JIM LEHRER: Yes.
MARK SHIELDS: 2010. They're not up until 2012.
JIM LEHRER: Yes.
MARK SHIELDS: He's — 435 of them are. And they have done all the heavy lifting in this two years.
I mean, they not only passed everything that the president really gave as a priority item, but they passed it in the form in which he asked for it, in a tougher form, if anything, than — than had to go to the Senate. They had to wait while the Senate went through all of its, whatever you want to tonight call it, dance and…
JIM LEHRER: Process.
MARK SHIELDS: Process. And anything that got 60 votes, then they had to then swallow and vote for.
JIM LEHRER: Yes.
MARK SHIELDS: And there is a real perception that — among a lot of House Democrats, that the White House, particularly the political operation of the White House — they don't charge the president, but they certainly charge his staff with this — that they don't see 2010 loss of control of the House by the Democrats as being that damaging to the president's reelection chances in 2012.
And I think — so I think there's a certain sense. Plus, if you think about it, I mean, the president has not been involved in House fund-raising to the degree that certainly the vice president has. I mean, he has done more fund-raisers for Barbara Boxer, the senator from California, than he has for the House Democrats.
So, I think there is an understandable resentment.
DAVID BROOKS: Yes.
JIM LEHRER: Understandable resentment?
DAVID BROOKS: Yes, I guess semi-understandable. House members always feel not respected compared to the Senate from the White House. That was true when the Republicans had control. It's true now.
But I guess I would say, what did they expect? I mean, this was entirely predictable. They passed a series of bills that were major pieces of legislation, but which were unpopular. I think the strategy from a lot of Democrats was, we're going to take our hits, but, over the next generation, we will have health care, we will have financial reform, we will have the big spending that comes out of the stimulus. We will have all this stuff, but we will take hits. And that is the calculus we're going to make.
It has been perfectly obvious for a year or two that this stuff was unpopular and would cost Democrats in the fall.
JIM LEHRER: Unpopular, you mean in the larger…
DAVID BROOKS: Yes, in the larger country.
JIM LEHRER: The larger country, yes.
DAVID BROOKS: And so, this was the decision that was made. And so the country has reacted as the way it was obviously going to react for the past year. People were very suspicious of the increase in spending and the increase in the role of government. And they're going to take it out on the Democratic Party.
Now, you could argue if you are a Democrat it's worth it. We're going to do badly this time, but we have got these major pieces of legislation. But that's the deal. And I'm not sure there is anything the White House could do short-term, campaigning, not campaigning, that will really change that dynamic.
JIM LEHRER: Do you think Gibbs said something wrong? We just heard what he said.
DAVID BROOKS: I think, A, it was obviously true. I mean, I would say if you walked around K Street in Washington and said, will the Republicans take over the House…
JIM LEHRER: That is where they — that's where the lobbyists are.
DAVID BROOKS: Well, any — even normal people.
JIM LEHRER: Oh, normal people.
DAVID BROOKS: They would say yes. I would say right now most people expect the Republicans to take over. In the last week or two, there has been some sense maybe even the Senate.
So, A, it was true. B, I think was politically smart. If you are running, as the White House and as Democrats should be running, against the scary prospect of Speaker Boehner, well, you have got to say, he has a chance of winning. So, I thought it was smart on both levels.
JIM LEHRER: Smart on both levels?
MARK SHIELDS: No.
Let me — I don't think it was smart on both levels. I think, first of all, you have now put it out there. And Speaker Boehner and his lieutenants, predictably, had a major fund-raising meeting with the K Street lobbyists and fund-raisers, saying, look, the Democrats are already admitting that they are going to lose the House, a real prospect of it.
JIM LEHRER: So, get on board.
MARK SHIELDS: That's right.
Coming back to David's first point, where I really disagree, they passed these. They were controversial. They were difficult. They were. What the House Democrat, I think, have been most surprised by is the failure of communications on the part of the White House. They have — this has been a failed communications effort. It certainly was…
JIM LEHRER: Well, whose fault is that?
MARK SHIELDS: Well, you have got to begin with the communicator. The successes — the successes of the program, the idea that Barack Obama has meant what he said and said what he meant. He said he was going to do all the things he did on health care, on the stimulus, on the financial regulation. He's fulfilled his promises. He carried through.
What they didn't understand or never grasped was they somehow would let this debate get away, that the president, who was such a compelling communicator in the campaign, has ceded the communications debate. He has not dominated the debate on any of these issues.
They passed controversial items. They expected, quite frankly, that he could make the case and would make the case. Now, I understand that this is all in the context of an economy where — 10 percent unemployment, which does dominate people's concerns.
JIM LEHRER: What do you think about the communicating?
DAVID BROOKS: I don't think it really mattered. I'm always very suspicious of the idea that it is always a message problem. I think it is almost never a message problem.
John Boehner didn't suddenly become a great communicator. Barack Obama didn't suddenly become a bad communicator. To me, the Democrats are in trouble is first for the reason Mark mentioned that unemployment is still very high, the economy is still terrible, and may be trending down. So, that's one.
But, two, we had a country that was — that has no faith in government — 22 percent of the people think the government does the right thing most of the time — we saw a sudden increase in the role of government in area after area — second, a country that had just come out of a big debt-caused recession or fiscal crisis, and we piled on debt.
Those two things were bound to scare the country, and they have. And I don't think the messaging really made a difference.
MARK SHIELDS: Let me give an example where I think the messaging made a difference.
MARK SHIELDS: The president — and this is a criticism you get from Democrats everywhere — he has run against Washington as being broken. All right?
Now, that is great if you are an outsider challenger candidate, as he was in 2008, seeking the White House. Once you are there, and you are the head of the Democratic Party and a Democratic administration, controlling the House, the Senate and the White House, for you to continue to say that Washington is broken — now, you're an incumbent and you are trying to run in Centreville for reelection to the House, and your main voice, the loudest voice in your party, the dominant voice in the national debate is saying, Washington's broken.
You are back there saying…
JIM LEHRER: You are talking about your own people.
MARK SHIELDS: Exactly. That's exactly right.
I mean, Democrats are the government. And they are the government party. And running — Washington being broken, saying, I'm so thrilled to be outside of Washington, be away from Washington, that's great for Ronald Reagan. That's great for an anti-government conservative. It doesn't work for a leader of the Democratic Party.
DAVID BROOKS: Well, I do think that messaging — if I were a House Democrat, I wouldn't be angry at that messaging.
I mean, Obama's tendency is always to transcend the differences within Washington, rather than stick with his team. He is a more transcending figure than a partisan figure. So, I do — I have been struck by the semi-act of semi-disloyalty down on that.
Nonetheless, I still don't think it really made that huge a difference. People didn't need to be persuaded to dislike Washington these days.
MARK SHIELDS: But it isn't just communications as an art. I mean, the health care bill was handled so badly that it became a process fight for so long.
We still didn't know what the White House stood for. So, for — we never knew what the product was of the health care bill until a year-and-a-half into it. And all the rest of it was the process back and forth. And, you know, I think that's a failure of White House leadership. I really do.
JIM LEHRER: What about this ongoing or this relatively new split among Democrats? The deficit, of course, is a Republican issue, but now some Democrats, particularly moderate and Blue Dog Democrats, are saying, hey, wait a minute, we have got a deficit problem. At the same time, there are other folks saying, yes, but forget about it. We have got to do employment benefits. We have got to do another stimulus package.
Is that — is that a breaking point, a partially breaking point, among Democrats as well?
DAVID BROOKS: Yes. Well, this is an ancient fight in the Democratic Party.
JIM LEHRER: Sure.
DAVID BROOKS: And, of course, I think President Obama would have been substantively and politically better off if he had governed a little more like President Clinton, more with those centrist Democrats.
But, for him, the political problem right now is, he has got to fire up the liberal base, who wants some of the bigger spending programs, but he's got to try to win back some of the independents, for whom the debt is a big problem. So, he has got these two competing tendencies, which is the classic problem for both parties.
And I'm not sure quite how he does both. It's interesting to see what is happening around the country, by the way. You are getting weird results over the past week. Harry Reid, the majority leader, suddenly has a seven-point lead on a relatively weak opponent.
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin and in California, the Republicans are doing surprisingly well. So, you are seeing — even with this, I think, a national wave, you are seeing a lot of local variation, too, on issues like debt and other things.
JIM LEHRER: Do you think the debt, the deficit thing is a national issue that is going to have traction for 2010?
MARK SHIELDS: Yes, I think it is. I don't think anybody has an answer for it. I mean…
JIM LEHRER: It's something to talk about.
MARK SHIELDS: Yes, it's something to talk about, and it's something to address. And I think there's real anxiety about it, and understandably so.
We're talking about interest on the national debt being 5 percent of the total GDP.
JIM LEHRER: But people get that; people understand it?
MARK SHIELDS: Yes. That just is crowding out all sorts of other things, whether it is for education or investment — research and anything else. I mean, that really is — infrastructure — it really — I think that is a — it is a problem for Democrats.
But I think the biggest thing, Jim, is joblessness, I mean, people being out of work, and the sense that the economy, that we're not going to go back to where we are. I mean, it's going to be — they keep saying jobs aren't coming back. And I think that is — boy, I think that's a killer.
JIM LEHRER: And then there is Afghanistan. Are you feeling — either of you feeling, both of you feeling that that may come back also as an issue politically?
DAVID BROOKS: Well, if you looked at what has happened, first in the polls and I think generally in the mood, it's certainly negative in the last couple months.
JIM LEHRER: Just the public opinion.
DAVID BROOKS: Public support for what President Obama has done, that is all trending down. There's a sense that things aren't working.
I would say, one thing I do think is working, first, we have a very first-class leadership team with Petraeus and General Mattis there. Second, what happened this week was giving some of the local villagers some police power. I think that is a risky thing to do, but I think it is the right thing to do and is a potentially very good sign.
MARK SHIELDS: When a thoughtful, serious Republican like Richard Lugar, the former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, starts to question what is success, how are we defining success, you have got to tell us what — you know, what success looks like, what victory or achievement looks like, and the administration witnesses cannot answer him before the Foreign Relations Committee, I think that tells you that there is an erosion of support.
JIM LEHRER: Do you think there is going to be a debate about it before we're through, about this whole thing, whether the United States should still be there or whether the war is being fought right?
MARK SHIELDS: In this campaign?
JIM LEHRER: In this campaign.
MARK SHIELDS: No, I don't, because I think it is in the Republicans' interests to watch the Democrats basically — basically argue among themselves.
I mean, among House Democrats, there is a hemorrhaging of support for the White House and the administration in Afghanistan.
JIM LEHRER: So, what — what — how do they handle this?
MARK SHIELDS: Well, I mean, they will talk about — who is going to raise the debate? I don't think a Republican…
JIM LEHRER: Oh, I see.
MARK SHIELDS: A Republican isn't. I mean, I think, if it continues, Jim…
JIM LEHRER: But I was thinking about — picking up on what Lugar — also, John McCain has been raising some questions, too, about how the conduct of the war…
DAVID BROOKS: Right. But, if you look at the polling, the Republicans are more with the president and the Democrats are more against him on this particular issue.
MARK SHIELDS: That's right.
DAVID BROOKS: So, it cuts crossways to the — this election season.
MARK SHIELDS: Yes. I just don't — I don't see Democrats raising it, unless they want to get daylight for themselves.
If the president's numbers continue to fall, then it becomes in the self-interest of some Democratic candidates to establish further daylight, and Afghanistan may be one place where you would seek to do that.
JIM LEHRER: And, of course, the casualties are up.
MARK SHIELDS: The casualties.
JIM LEHRER: And everybody who knows anything is predicting they're not only going to continue; they're going to go up as well. And that, of course, affects public opinion.
MARK SHIELDS: Spike, that's right.
DAVID BROOKS: Right. And as — many of the people who are there are saying, we're doing what we can. Maybe there is not enough pickup from the locals in there. So that leads to a sense of fatalism, which leads into fatalism about so many issues, including the economy, that we don't seem to really get some traction, can't get that progress.
JIM LEHRER: Can't seem to get…
JIM LEHRER: Yes. Yes.
MARK SHIELDS: BP was the one piece of good news.
JIM LEHRER: Yes, yes. The gap, I mean, they closed it.
MARK SHIELDS: And that's a plus politically.
JIM LEHRER: The gap — I mean — I said gap. I mean cap.
MARK SHIELDS: No, no, but it's a plus politically for the administration, because that had taken the oxygen out of the room. And now you can get back to the economy and the jobs and what you are trying to do.
JIM LEHRER: OK. Thank you both very much.


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Clinton to speak at Greers Ferry Dam 50th
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton is to speak at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the dedication of Greers Ferry Dam.
Then-President John F. Kennedy spoke at a ceremony marking completion of the dam in October 1963. It was 1 of Kennedy's last public appearances before his assassination in Dallas the following month.
The Heber Springs Chamber of Commerce says Clinton is to be the featured speaker at the anniversary ceremony on Oct. 3.
The dam is on the Little Red River and provides flood control and hydroelectric power. The dam created Greers Ferry Lake, which is a popular recreation site.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Got second GSG.....this time with the suppressor!
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Got second GSG.....this time with the suppressor!
Black Friday at the gun show, dealer just got two in yesterday......lucky enough to snag one ($375).
Have seen these on the GSG web site, but it was too neat to pass up. Wasn't real keen on the rail, but decided to make the best of it....picked up a quick detach light to go with it. Appears the rail can be removed if desired....looks like two screws holding it on. Kinda of like the light now that I've played with it.
Suppressor of course is fake, installs by removing the thread protector and spin it on. Got me to thinking if it would be possible to carry this to the farm. Found a 8 1/2" revolver holster for $15 that should do the trick....about an inch longer than the suppressor.
One helpful observer at the gun show says the suppressor can be made functional with the addition of "Jello". Pour the Jello into the suppressor and refrigerate till solid.....screw on the suppressor and fire away, he says it will quiet the first couple rounds, then time to refill the Jello mold.........think I'll pass on that suggestion.
Haven't shot it yet, but if it's as good as my other 1911 GSG I'll be thrilled.
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