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The Squirt A team defeated Stowe 1-0 on a goal with 1 second left in the first overtime to win the Vermont State Championship!
Team members included: Aidan Botti, Micaiah Boyle, Chase Christiansen, Oliver Hamilton, Henry Hogan, Elise Lidstone, Ella Lowkes, Griffin Melen, Dillon Moore, Kristen Pariseau, Alexis Patterson and Owen Simpson. The team was coached by Norm Christiansen, Patrick Lowkes, Natalie Boyle, John Melen and Shawn Moore.
Congrats as well to the U14 girls and Bantam B's who finished second.
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Khun Bee – Charity Support Coordinator
The reason I came to CFD is because my dog passed away and I was so sad at that time.
Then I started volunteering because of a friend that told me about Care for Dogs. I started to volunteer at the Sunday market and then I came to visit the shelter and I was so impressed with what the people were doing.
They were doing such a great job and I wanted to be part of that. I slowly started to work part time and now I'm the full time Charity Support Coordinator of CFD. I'm very happy and enjoying my job very much. Thank you CFD for giving me the chance to work with you.
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text: Right behind Jake Matthews in this year's OT class is Michigan's Taylor Lewan--a hulking blindside protector who resembles Jake Long in everything except the "health" category. Lewan was put to the test against Jadeveon Clowney during the 2013 Outback Bowl. As for who came out ahead during that contest, well, you can be the judge of that.


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Investigators from the Special Operations Division of the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office received information pertaining to the manufacturing of Methamphetamine at a residence located at 2910 Mud Tussle Road, Valdosta, Georgia.
Acting on that tip, the investigators met with the residents and subsequently conducted a search of the property. This search effort resulted in the recovery of approximately 1.8 grams of Methamphetamine and the components of a working methamphetamine lab.
Arrested were Jonathan Hill, 25, and Jeremy Phillip Brown, 31. Both persons were arrested and transported to the Lowndes County where they remain as of this release.
These persons will appear at an arraignment nearing this afternoon before a Lowndes County Magistrate Judge where a bond will be considered.
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The Jubilate Ringers of East Greenwich, together with the childrens choir and adult choir of St. Luke's Church, present the Jubilate Christmas Concert, a festival of Christmas music old and new, in the beautiful church setting. All three groups are led by St. Luke's music director Priscilla Rigg.
The event is free and open to all. A donation of a nonperishable food item to benefit local food pantries is encouraged. There's ample parking and the church is handicap accessible.


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Cheryl Cole was spotted leaving The Rose Club in London last week at 3.30am with her new boyfriend Tre Holloway, where they partied late into the night with some pals including her Girl Aloud bandmates, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts.
With so many superhero movies out at the moment, the singer was inspired to wear this Batman cartoon print fitted dress by Lazy Oaf.
The kooky retro scoop neck mini dress with long sleeves was styled with black pumps and a simple high bun.
The key to pulling this look off was simple styling, so Cheryl makes this fun look work.
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Servings: 18-21 servings
Difficulty: Easy
For the Cookies:
3 cups sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 large eggs, room temperature
½ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla
6.5 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ tablespoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups milk
For the Filling:
1 1/2 cups butter
1 1/2cups vegetable shortening
9 cups confectioners' sugar
4 cups marshmallow creme
4 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon peppermint extract
½ teaspoon salt
1 lb hard peppermint candies
For the Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two half-sheet pans with Silpats or lightly grease.
In a large (at least 5 quart) bowl of stand mixer, cream sugar and butter with paddle attachment for 3-5 minutes. Add eggs, beating well after each. Add vegetable oil and vanilla and beat.
In a large separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together.
With mixer on very low speed, gradually add half of the dry ingredients to the egg mixture. Blend well. With mixer running on low, add 1 1/2 cups of the milk. Mix until blended. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and milk.
Using a standard 1/4-cup ice cream scoop, place batter on baking sheets, spacing 2-3" apart. Bake 12 minutes, rotating pans (move lower pan to top level and top level to lower level) after the first 6 minutes. Remove cookies from oven and transfer to cooling racks. Repeat with remaining batter. Don't worry if some are a little cracked on the top – that's normal! Cool completely prior to filling.
For the Filling:
Combine first 7 ingredients in large bowl of mixer and beat until fluffy with paddle attachment.
Place peppermints in heavy plastic bag and crush with hammer or flat side of meat tenderizer. Sift crushed mints through fine sieve to separate dust from bits of candy. Fold ½ of candy bits plus "dust" into the filling. Reserve other half of candy pieces for garnish.
To assemble:
Place a scoop of filling on the flat side of one cookie. Place another cookie, flat side down on top, pressing down gently. Roll edges of icing in remaining crushed peppermints. Package immediately in clear cellophane bags and tie with ribbon.
My wife watches your show as much as she can, I'm writing this because she hasn't opened up her Christmas present which is a laptop, she uses alot of your recipes and strangly enough, talks like you, she has since I meet her 20 years ago, anyway, I wish you would drop her a line, she would buckle at the knees with a letter from you,that would be another good Christmas gift, a letter from you.Her name is Wanda, 108 Althea Dr., Duson,LA 70529.Keep up the cooking show, I get hungy evertime I watch the show knowing that I might get my wifes version of what you cook, she is a good one as well, we enjoy the show, Thanks, Jerry King.
By Jerry King on December 21, 2012
I made this recipe for my family last Christmas and they loved it! Thank you so much!
By jalyn on December 10, 2012
awesome recipe i need some cake and cookies recipes using the creaming method plz and thank u p.s im 13
By Destiny Martin on September 22, 2012
I am a fan of your show i watch it every time it comes on you are awsome my grandmaw went to your restraunt in gorga she got me some of the coosies thay were cuite i was wondering if i can get a signed picture of you. sincerley:evhon pace
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These are amazing!!!
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SITE EXPANDS: The Tara Park travellers' site near Malton is set to be expanded by seven pitches in a bid to prevent families illegally occupying other areas in the district. Ryedale councillors are being recommended to approve the move when they meet next week.
SKATING ONn: The future of a local skatepark is secure after Malton and Norton town councils agreed to take it on. Ryedale District Council was pulling its funding due to spending cuts but has now agreed to continue spending between £12,000-£14,000 a year for the next two years, and the two town councils will then take over running of the park.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/biz/6480156.html Airline error sends 10-year-old girl to wrong city By SHANNON BUGGS <shannon.buggs@xxxxxxxxx> HOUSTON CHRONICLE June 15, 2009, 6:58PM Continental Airlines confirmed today that its contract carrier ExpressJet put an unaccompanied minor traveling from Boston to Cleveland on the wrong airplane over the weekend, sending the 10-year-old girl to Newark instead. Her father complained about the incident Sunday on his Internet blog. (Read the blog: http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/~jik/wordpress/2009/06/14/another-airlin= e-screwup-you-just-will-not-believe-continental-puts-my-unaccompanied-minor= -daughter-on-the-wrong-plane/.) =93The child was supervised throughout the entire process and was rebooked and routed to the proper destination on the same day,=94 Continental spokeswoman Kelly Cripe told the Chronicle in an e-mail. The foul-up resulted because two regional jets loaded from the same gate at the same time at Boston=92s Logan airport on Sunday, the child=92s father wrote on his blog site Sunday afternoon, as his daughter was flying from Newark to Cleveland. Houston-based Continental acknowledged that chain of events. ExpressJet did not return phone calls seeking comment. =93In this case, there were two flights departing simultaneously from a single doorway and miscommunication among staff members resulted in the child being boarded on the wrong aircraft,=94 Cripe said. =93We are reviewing the entire process to prevent this from reoccurring,=94 she wrote. The child=92s father, who writes a blog called =93Something better to do=97musings of an indignant mind,=94 could not be reached for comment. His daughter was flying for a visit to her grandparents in Cleveland. The father wrote that Continental =93offered to refund the unaccompanied minor fee,=94 but he continued, =93You can bet they=92ll be refunding a lot more than that fee by the time I=92m done with them.=94 Continental charges a $75 service fee for unaccompanied children traveling alone to any destination on a one-way nonstop flight. If the child takes a connecting flight, then the one-way service fee is $100. =93We are in contact with the child=92s family and are working to resolve the situation,=94 Cripe wrote. While the child was in Continental=92s care, the carrier provided her with a meal while she waited in a room called the Young Traveler Club. Continental has three such rooms in its hub airports in Newark, Cleveland and Houston that are supervised by Continental employees. The blogger wrote that he has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate the matter =93to determine what went wrong here and how to prevent it from happening again.=94 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".
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There was enough clapping at the annual awards dinner Wednesday to make your hands ache.
Yeah, the contributions made by the Santa Cruz County community during the were just that good.
"It's an amazing gift that you all gave," said Santa Cruz City Council Member and Food Drive co-chair Ryan Coonerty. "This is a tremendous community."
Here's a snapshot:
- There was the Aptos church whose , and they raised 1.2 million.
- In Santa Cruz, a man asked his friends to swim around Municipal Wharf—in December, without wetsuits. The "Will Swim for Food" campaign brought in more than $18,000 in donations.
- Students at schools large and small contributed so other kids, perhaps even their peers, wouldn't go hungry. , in Watsonville, "busted the 10,000-pound mark again," Second Harvest Chief Development Officer and emcee for the evening Danny Keith.
- Michelle Boisen from the Soquel Creek Water District and Bob Montague, a Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes volunteer, were .
Over 55,000 people go hungry in Santa Cruz County each year, according to Second Harvest. The goal was to raise 2.5 million pounds of food or cash equivalent. The community raised 2,715,919 pounds last year. That's up from 1 million pounds six years ago.
All of that and more was celebrated at a gala affair in the old Wrigley building on the Westside of Santa Cruz. Dinner was served by .


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In recent years, Harrisburg politicians decided that Pennsylvania would play venture capitalist in the solar energy market. In an attempt to attract green jobs, the Commonwealth extended more than $180 million in loans and grants to develop solar panel production. Subsidies were so successful in creating an artificial market that solar energy credits completely collapsed in value leaving a surplus of solar panels. A Republican representative has decided to sponsor legislation to salvage the solar industry through more subsidies. This legislation defies the principles of limited government and free markets. Additionally, the legislation is projected to increase costs for both energy consumers and taxpayers.
Clearly the government caused the boom and bust of the solar market. The push by the Republican lawmaker for increased government intervention in this arena is ill-advised. The considered legislation is anticipated to cost Pennsylvania energy consumers more than $3 billion over the next decade and will prove costly to the taxpayer as well. Interestingly, ideological roles seemed to be reversed as the Democratic committee chair stands in opposition to the plan for increased solar subsidies. Despite Gov. Corbett's objections, the Republican's legislation has garnered enough co-sponsors in the House to pass. The legislation requires utility companies to triple their use of solar power by 2013. Over the course of the next decade, Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004 requires that 18 percent of all energy sources from renewables.
The stringent mandates from the 2004 legislation and the current solar rescue package will be detrimental to the state's already stagnate economy. The government sponsorship of solar and renewable energies diminishes the purchasing power of Pennsylvanians. Residential and commercial energy users will be coerced into paying more for their energy. The government is directly picking winners and losers in the economy as they buttress one sector at the expense of competing energy producers. Harrisburg's mandates must be repealed as they are in opposition to free market competition which fosters innovation.
Providing more subsidies to fix an already distressed solar market is not the solution. There is another method to attract the green industry to Pennsylvania without imposing costly energy mandates on Keystone residents. By implementing policies to improve Pennsylvania's business climate, policymakers can entice investment for not only green jobs, but all industries. Tax reform accompanied with a right-to-work law would be a catalyst to increase Pennsylvania's economic competitiveness.
The government must stop playing venture capitalist with taxpayer money. Pennsylvanians should be given the opportunity to utilize the most affordable energy source. The Commonwealth is very fortunate to have an immense amount of coal and natural gas. These natural resources need to be part of the state's energy portfolio for the future. Tremendous innovations have already occurred in recent years regarding renewables. Improving Pennsylvania's business climate utilizing a free market is the best way to develop green energy technology and stimulate the Keystone economy.


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Here's an Interview with Mondo Guerra from Project Runway All Stars!
Written by Angora Holly Polo // January 4, 2012 // Concerned Interview, The Table // 2 Comments
The Project Runway All Stars season premiers this Thursday (January 5th), I'm working on a theory that my favorite designer Mondo Guerra has won. Let me know what you think. Reasons are as follows:
1.) He is literally the best ever. This fact is super indisputable.
2.) Please see his answer to my first interview question below. Going back to normal life was more difficult this time???? Is it because his life has changed drastically???? Am I just putting a ton of question marks at the end of my sentences to imply something???????
3.) He seems like he has something to celebrate, because he's hosting weekly viewing parties every week at Beauty Bar in Denver starting this Thursday (which features a special guest, his Project Runway buddy Michael Costello). Each party has special games and prizes geared around the episode, and February 16th will be a super special benefit for Colorado AIDS project with special guest Peach Carr. Oh, and please donate a dollar or two to Colorado AIDS Project each time you go. It's not required, but you're probably a dick if you don't.
4.) Everyone agrees that he got robbed with only a runner-up title during Season 8. The only things standing between Mondo and total victory were Michael Kors and Nina Garcia. They are no longer judges on the All Stars season.
So there you have it! Now let's get into the interview, which is more likely what you're here to read instead of my wackadoo theories.
AHP: You've returned from filming the Project Runway All Stars season! What is it like to go from that crazy environment and return to your normal, everyday life?
MG: Honestly, this time around, it's a little bit more difficult coming back from filming of the show because it was a lot more intense. It was more difficult this time; it was an All Stars season. You know, I still have dreams about being on the show – I'll wake up thinking I have stuff to finish. It's like when people have shell shock coming out of the army, it's like I have fashion shock.
Because you have to produce so much, so quickly, do you think it helps your creative output in general (like boot camp) or does it drain you of all your ideas?
If you're working day after day and having to be creative, and having your art be your only emotional connection, it's not only creatively exhausting, it's emotionally exhausting, and it's physically exhausting. These reality shows are built to break the contestants down as much as they can.
How do you stay sane in that environment?
I just think about my family, my partner, my friends, my teachers growing up, everybody that loves me and supports me and has really encouraged me to do bigger and better things. As much as I want to say that I'm doing it for myself, I'm doing it for so many other people that I care about.
And now it's not only just my family and my friends, there's a – I don't want to call it a fanbase – there's a bigger friendbase. Coming off Season 8 with that visibility, I feel like I owed it to so many other people than just my extended family.
There was the scene in Season 8 where you revealed yourself as being HIV positive.
Yeah, after I revealed my HIV positive status, I felt like it was my responsibility to continue the conversation about HIV and AIDS. I joined up with Project Runway alum Jack Mackenroth on a national HIV education campaign called Living Positive by Design, which has a simple message: it encourages people living with HIV such as I am to continue to have a positive outlook on life, and one of the best ways is by remembering to check in with your doctors, and having a close relationship with them; remembering to have a goal of undetectable viral load and increasing your CD4 cell counts; and also considering the side effects that your medicines may cause. Being HIV positive is a huge responsibility, but it doesn't have to define who you are, and it doesn't have to control your life.
For the past ten years, before I came out as being positive, I was allowing it to define who I was, and it was really destroying so much of who I am – not only as a person, but it was killing me creatively. And when I had the opportunity to talk about it on the show, after creating a textile based on my childhood, it came out a lot easier than I ever thought it would. It's been amazing how much support I've gotten and received from the community.
It translates across all different experiences too, taking something so difficult that defined you and turning it into something positive.
That's just the thing, I was allowing it to be a negative thing in my life, you know. It's scary. And one of the biggest things I learned from opening up and telling my story is everybody comes from a different place, and everybody has a different story. Opening up, and talking about it, and hearing all these different stories, it's really made me learn about myself.
And it helped your creative process, opening up about it?
It's a huge weight, keeping such a secret for such a long time, and now I don't have much fear anymore. Fear is a destroyer. I don't have to live with the fear of hiding, and I don't have to be careful of the disease anymore. I've really taken control of it. It's really a different mindset; if you asked me three years ago about my HIV status, I would tell you that I have HIV. Now if you asked me today, I'd say I'm living with HIV.
You are probably going to make me cry again. Let's talk about the new season. If you had to choose someone besides yourself, who would your favorite All Star be?
My compadres from Season 8 – April Johnston and Michael Costello. I love Michael. I talk to Michael probably every other day, we text everyday, we check in with each other. We're real buds. Of course, going back to the show, I didn't know he was going to be there so that was a huge surprise.
Was that weird? Competing against him as a friend now? Or you're probably used to that.
Michael and I have an understanding that yes, we are in a competition with each other, but we also want the best for each other, and we'll do whatever it takes to keep each others' spirits up and help each other.
I feel like Michael got picked on a lot in Season 8. Were people nicer to him during the All Star season?
I think Michael has learned a lot since Season 8. He's really matured, he sticks up for himself a lot more, and he doesn't let people push him around. He has a better sense of self and people recognize that, and they are not going to walk all over him.
Season 8 had a very dramatic ending; was there more drama this season since everyone was an All Star?
I think everyone came back with more of a competitive edge. Everybody there is very deserving to be back on the show. So that's gonna add up to a little ego, and a little bit of entitlement, some more than others, and I think it's gonna be a really exciting season. There's going to be some really great work coming down the runway. And there's also going to be some high end drama.
Were you excited to learn you were coming back, or…not?
I was really excited when I found out I was asked to come back. But there had been so much controversy about what had happened in my season, so there was a lot of pressure, and it didn't really hit me until I got there. So that was very scary.
What's it like to work with Tim Gunn? I love that guy!
I love Tim. He's just like you see him on the show. He could have everybody waiting on him hand and foot, but he takes care of himself. He takes the subway to work; he's a very down-to-earth guy and you have to respect him for that. He's very humble, he's very personable.
In this season, Tim's not actually on the All Stars. We have a whole new judges panel, and we have a new mentor, Joanna Cole, editor-in-chief of Maire Claire.
I read the reactions when people found out it's going to be a new cast of judges and mentors. The problem that I have with it is that in the past two seasons, everyone has been complaining so much about how Nina [Garcia] and Michael [Kors] have gotten so jaded about how they judge. But when they do find new judges – Isaac Mizrahi, Georgina Chapman, and Angela Lindvall – they complain about that, so you really can't please anybody.
It's good for us designers because it's a fresh set of eyes. It's a different show, but it's a really great show. The structure is the same classic Project Runway, "One day you're in, the next day you're out." The only difference is the cast has already been there so they know the ropes, but the judges are new. I think the fans are gonna be really happy with the judges.
So tell us about Thursday's Beauty Bar party!
For our first party, our special guest will be Michael Costello. There will be prizes and activities, games and giveaways. We're trying to really gear each episode up to be interactive with the audience at Beauty Bar so it really feels like a party. It's not all about me being on Project Runway, it's about us having fun as a community and it provides excitement for the Denver Fashion community.
Keep an eye out on Donnybrook – we'll be giving away a Team Mondo fan package soon!


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Compared to most coffee makers, it's dead easy to clean your Keurig.
However, as with any brewer, you need to descale the brewer from time to time.
This involves running white vinegar through the machine and then rinsing.
Here are the full instructions for descaling your Keurig home brewer with vinegar.
(An alternative method, for a few extra dollars, is simply to get yourself some Dezcal Cleaner.)
Stage One -Prepare
Step 1: Make sure you have 48 ounces of white vinegar on hand. You will also need an empty sink and a ceramic mug (do not use a paper cup.)
Step 2: Empty the water in the Water Reservoir
Stage Two - Fill and clean
Step 1: Pour the vinegar into the Water Reservoir and fill it to the top edge of the clear viewing area.
Step 2: Place a ceramic cup in the Drip Tray and run a brew cycle. DO NOT USE A K-CUP…just press the Large Cup Button. Pour the contents of the cup into the sink.
Step 3: Repeat the brew process until the Water Reservoir is empty, pouring the contents of the cup into the sink after each cycle. Remember to open and close the lid between each cycle.
Step 4: Rinse the Water Reservoir thoroughly and fill with fresh water.
Step 5: Now let the Brewer stand for 4 hours while still on.
Stage Three - Rinse
Step 1: Ensure the Water Reservoir is filled with fresh water.
Step 2: Place a ceramic cup on the Drip Tray and run a regular brew cycle. Pour the contents of the cup into the sink.
Step 3: Repeat the brew process until the Water Reservoir is empty.
Step 4: You may need to perform additional brew cycles if you notice any residual taste.
That's it.
How often should you clean your Keurig and go through the whole descaling process?
That depends on how hard the water is in your area. The harder the water, the more often you'll need to descale.
But once a month is a pretty good guideline.
If descaling alone doesn't do the trick, try this unconventional remedy, tried by someone who posted on the CoffeeDetective.com page about descaling the Keurig.
"Honestly, I don't think it needs to be descaled. I was having very similar problems, tried all the "reasonable" sounding remedies, nothing worked. Last resort - I gave the coffee maker a good whack on the side (the side opposite the water reservoir). It fixed the water flow problem immediately.
There seems to be a defect in the model and I've had the issue a few times since my original post, and smacking the thing on the side works. Really. Believe me, I'm the last person you would imagine who would abuse an appliance."
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The staff were very nice and helpful during our stay at this quaint boutique hotel. Nice way to experience Tirana. The center is within walking distance and the pick-up service from the airport was good. Recommended for first time visitors to Albania."
The hotel was very nice clean,safe and happy to help, with a good understanding of english.the only bad point that i would like to add is the cost, it is a nice room and yes there is free web, with a breakfast that was enjoyable. But i was on holiday so no need for free web and hotels in triana and all over albania offer breakfast in the price that can be as low as half that of this one."
This hotel had comfortable room with good breakfast and wireless. I will stay here again when in Tirana."
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Place was nice, staff was very accomidating. Internet did not work up stairs in the room but they were working on it since it was the off season. Beaches are close and restaurants close were good. I would stay again when sent on business."
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Even in blue states like Maryland where I live, the race of candidates in the Senate contest has gotten a LOT of attention. Some pundits believe that if AA turn out in large numbers in the Democratic primary that Mfume will probably win. However, these same pundits also believe that the Mfume-Steele race would be a lot tighter and Mfume could lose in November against Steele in the general election (although after Steele's horrible week, I think that assertion is very much in doubt) b/c white conservative Democrats might not show up to vote for Mfume but would vote for Cardin if he won the Democratic primary.
So race plays an important factor not only for blacks voting for white candidates but whites voting for black candidates. Are whites, specifically white Democrats willing to turn out for a black Senate candidate in a state that has a 2:1 advantage in Democratic registration? If Mfume wins the Democratic nomination, will Mfume face a similiar situation as Mary Landrieu where he has to set up phone banking operations that beg white Dems in Montgomery county and other predominantly white areas in the state to come out to vote for him around 5 pm?
Inquiring minds like myself want to know!! I want to know if loyalty to the Democratic party is just a one way street held against African Americans, who are expected to give their vote to Democrats on Election Day with VERY LITTLE in return. Or if white Democratic voters in Maryland, despite their misgivings with Mfume, will in the end support him for the sake of the party in the same way that AAs hold back their misgivings with white candidates for the sake of the party!!
You know what? I don't think most African Americans impose a litmus test on Democratic politicians. If polls are correct, African Americans are socially conservative and much more economically liberal than current Democratic politicians. As far as I know, the only litmus test that AAs impose is just to give a damn about our concerns. Scratch that--at least just pretend to give a damn about our concerns. And not just 2 weeks before Election Day either. How about just showing up 6 months to a year before the election and asking for our vote and then following through on the perennial campaign promises that are made and then broken to the AA community? How about respecting AA not only as voters but as individuals instead of marginalizing us and our concerns?


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Lifestyles of the Rich and Foolish
We dream of the day when were so wealthy that wed not bat an eye at purposefully damaging ridiculously expensive cars.
Thats exactly what Myrtle Beach police were dealing with in the early-morning hours of Feb. 2.
Officers were called to a South Ocean Boulevard resort in reference to an assault. Three women were spending time with a man in his hotel room earlier in the evening before all heading out to a bar.
According to the incident report, the women drove back to the hotel in a Toyota Corolla. The man then pulled up next to them in his Jaguar and started to insult them.
Then, he reportedly rammed the Corolla three or four times with his Jaguar.
Yes, apparently over the course of the evening, something transpired that led this man to, on purpose, cause what we assume is significant damage to a brand of car whose 2014 XF model starts at slightly less than $47,000.
Fortunately, there were no major injuries to any of the women. One of them did suffer some minor injuries, according to the report.
One of the women told police she had been talking to the man for a few days but had never met him in person until that night. She gave authorities his cell number and police contacted him.
The man said he would not provide his name or date of birth and wouldnt return to the scene, as hed left Myrtle Beach to see friends, the report stated. He reportedly said his lawyer from Orlando, Fla., would be handling all matters from here on out.
When police asked how to get in touch with the attorney, the man told them to, Google it, the report stated.
Do the words pretentious douche bag come to mind to anyone else, or is it just us?
To Quote Chris Berman: Come On, Man!
We despise violence of any type, especially against innocent people. So, these three upstanding citizens arent going to get their tabs paid for by us anytime soon.
Just before 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 22, a man was walking near 17th Avenue South and Yaupon Drive in Myrtle Beach when he was assaulted by three men, according to a Myrtle Beach police incident report.
These three crown jewels of society reportedly hit the man, causing him to fall. And then, they kicked the poor guy until he lost consciousness.
According to the report, when the victim regained consciousness 30 to 45 minutes later, he discovered that the assailants made off with $7.
Police searched nearby stores to see if anyone recognized the men based on the description the victim provided, but no one had seen them.
The man reportedly suffered a swollen eye and a possible broken shoulder.
Hope the lone extra value meal those three were able to afford from their score compensates for their lack of a soul.
When Hilary Clinton Speaks, This Woman Takes Notice
The only thing missing from this police call were tin-foil hats and jars of urine.
On Jan. 15, Myrtle Beach police were dispatched to an apartment complex off Jefferson Place in reference to a woman yelling and throwing things.
The woman told police she was alone in the apartment and had been for awhile. The reason for all the yelling and throwing was because her children kept running real fast and then disappearing, according to the police incident report.
Wait, didnt she just tell the police shed been alone in the apartment for a long time?
The woman reportedly then told authorities her kids used to be small, but are now really small. Oh, and theyre in the dryer.
Police were allowed to look in the dryer, where they found clothes and pictures of children, the report stated. The woman said she didnt know where her children went, but then would say that she saw them hanging.
We assume the hanging reference should have included the words out, back by the pool or anything to tack on that doesnt give us thoughts of criminal executions in the 1800s.
Also, the woman made several references to China, but police were unclear about why she kept saying it. They asked her if she had any family in the area, and she reportedly said her mom went to where Hilary Clinton told her not to go.
Police determined that there wasnt a reason to take the woman into emergency protective custody at that time, the report stated. She was reportedly not a danger to herself or others at the time, and appeared clean and well nourished.
This whole thing leaves us with more questions than the finale of Lost.


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MILTON — Charges have been filed in a June incident in which two Milton business owners say they were assaulted by another merchant.
Joshua Bailey, 24, owner of Josh Bailey's Hand Made Tattoo on Broadway, is facing a misdemeanor charge of simple assault and a summary charge of harassment, according to court documents.
Police said the incident began just before 8 p.m. June 17 when Mia Hostrander, owner of C&K Realty, of Milton, said she saw a group of young men on the loading dock of a property she manages that previously had been vandalized.
Hofstrander told police she called to the group from her car, asking the men to leave the property. Bailey then stood up and started yelling obscenities at Hostrander and coming toward her, police said.
Hostrander's business partner, Daniel Bucharski, then exited the vehicle to ask the young men to leave, police said.
Bailey attacked Bucharski, according to police, hitting and kicking him.
Hostrander told police when she tried to break up the fight, Bailey's girlfriend, Chantelle Swineford, pushed her from behind, officers said. Swineford has been charged with summary harassment, according to court documents.
Bucharski told police he did not retaliate and that he suffered a bruised eye, lacerations to an elbow and his back, bruised ribs and facial and scalp contusions, according to court documents.
Bailey claims he acted in self-defense. "I was basically attacked by a total stranger," he said. "I just walked outside and just saw some people and they were screaming and hollering."
Bailey said the incident can be traced to a rivalry between his shop and another local tattoo parlor, owned by a friend of Hofstrander's.
The incident was caught on surveillance video, which police reviewed and said backs up Bucharski's version.
Charges were filed Wednesday. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for 9 a.m. July 31 in front of District Justice Richard Cashman in Milton.


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Feedback on The Writing in Cloaked Intentions
I've been thinking about this topic since episode 3 of the series. Overall, I must go on record stating I truly loved and enjoyed the series. The writing in this series truly reinforced my personal belief that Stahl's leadership & Gozer's writing will re-invigorate the game, and bring in new players.
The voice acting was fantastic! The actor playing Obisek really nailed the part, and brought a new level of believability to the character. The Delta Flyer was a great addition to my fleet, and i can hardly wait for shuttle-bays. I feel that once again, you guys really demonstrated that you know how to write for a Ferengi characther (Madran).
This series provided an experience i want to share with you. During the episode "Frozen" you provided me a choice that not only immersed me in the game and the universe you have created, but at the same time it forced me to break my immersion in the game and debate a personal decision in real life. You brought to life an experience that taught me something about myself, and the way I deal with certain situations in real life.
The experience was during the mission "Frozen", and was setup by the briefing with Admiral T'nae. Perhaps i read too much into it, but her directly referencing the prime directive gave me the expectation that there would be a decision that would have repercussions for my Captain.
The decision on weather to side with or try to arrest Obisek was one of the best experiences I've had in a game or in a discussion with friends in the real world. I thank you for that, but I also feel that i have to comment on this experience. I hope you will take this as constructive criticism. This is a topic I feel the need to point out, because this series for me is among the best you have created for this game.
First, I feel the need to explain that i play primarily a federation character, and i am mostly a 1-toon player. Although i played the story as a Klingon, I enjoyed the federation side more. As a Federation Caption, the choice to arrest or side with Obisek was a decision which reflects on how much I (or my toon) was willing to abide by the prime directive, regardless of the outcome.
I personally had to stop playing at this decision, because I COULD NOT continue until i had answered the question you raised. I discussed this question with 3 other friends, one of whom i called up to discuss the implications and implementation of the prime directive, (he's a trek fanatic). In discussing this with one of my friends, I compared it to the arms race we face in the real world. The setup to this decision was almost perfectly executed, for me the writing was on par with the best from the tv series and movies - I cannot state that enough.
Your failure was that you did not make that choice meaningful in any way, shape or form for the player. It highlights a huge opportunity you missed. For me, this was your (the writers), single-biggest shortcoming in the entire series.
No matter what decision you make, you are told the same thing by Admiral T'nae, the next mission begins with you being contacted by Obisek, and proceeding according to script. If you side with Obisek, the story "forgets" that you just made a decision that may have violated the Prime Directive. If you try to arrest Obisek, he still contacts you for the next mission. This is just bad plotting by the writers. You setup a situation and imply that your decision may have to factor in Starfleet's Prime Directive, then fail to make the results of the player's decision meaningful or have any impact on the character.
At the very least, you could have received a reprimand on your record, (told to you by Admiral T'nae), at the conclusion of the mission. Another alternative would have been to have a different beginning to the next episode if you did not side with Obisek. For example, you are sent to the star system to investigate a sudden spike in Thalaron radiation readings from the system (a result of the ship jettisoning the weapons). At the start of the next mission, if you tried to arrest Obisek, there is really no reason for him to try to contact you at that point in time. He may be desperate, but up until this point, he is portrayed as intelligent and calculating. To contact us directly so soon seems like a bad tactical decision.
This series was among the best you have written for the game, and I loved it. However, I strongly feel that to not make that decision meaningful is a display of bad or inconsistent writing at best. I understand that you have deadlines and requirements, and that you guys at times do not get the recognition you deserve from players and forum posters. I love the game and the universe you've created, so I am not comfortable letting something this important to me pass without putting in my input on the topic. I have some other minor thoughts that i may post later, but i really needed to post this topic in hopes that you will read it and create an even more immersive and engaging experience in the future.
Live long and prospe,
Decided to post a few other thoughts and ideas about the series. Once again, overall this was one of the best series in the game, and I enjoyed it immensely. The writer's really stepped up to the plate, and hit one to the far wall, but not quite out of the park. :p
I'll break this down into specific episodes:
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Also - re the OP, the problem with decisions having an effect between missions is, what if you replay the mission, and make the other choice? Do you go with the most recent decision, or the original decision, when playing the next episode?
However, the point on long-reaching choices is something that i feel deserves a topic of it's own, and I'm working on a well thought-out and researched posting. After a little more research, I hope to post my thoughts on that....hope you will give that post a read, (when it's done).
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1. Kansas State 4-0 (1-0)
Coach Bill Snyder and his players earned a well deserved bye week after a huge win on the road against Oklahoma. Kansas State knocked off the Sooners and are sitting on top of the conference. Their upcoming game against Kansas can only add to their successful season.
2. West Virginia 4-0 (1-0)
Teams in the top 25 shouldn't be giving up 63 points. But West Virginia was fortunate that they had senior quarterback Geno Smith. Smith's eight touchdown passes lifted the Mountaineers to victory in the wild shootout. Coach Dana Holgorsen knows his defense has to do better when they go on the road to Texas.
3. Texas 4-0 (1-0)
Texas was challenged by Oklahoma State in a tough environment. However, the Longhorns remained focused. Sophomore running back Joe Bergeron pushed his way through for the game-winning touchdown with 29 seconds left to keep their status as one of the top tier teams in the conference.
4. Texas Christian 4-0 (1-0)
Texas Christian's offense has not been hot when it comes to scoring. But their defense has been the key reason for their 4-0 start so far. They've given up 29 points this season and are second in the nation in points allowed. After a weekend of high-scoring Big 12 games, TCU's defense will be tested in a couple of conference encounters this season.
5. Oklahoma 2-1 (0-1)
Oklahoma wished that they could have played this week to get their mind off last week's loss to Kansas State. But the bye week did give coach Bob Stoops a chance to work with his teams on areas where they can improve before visiting in-state rivals Texas Tech and hosting Texas the following week.
6. Baylor 3-1 (0-1)
Senior quarterback Nick Florence proved to the rest of the conference that Baylor's offense is as good as any in the Big 12. Even though they burned the scoreboard with 63 points, their defense will have a hard time competing in the Big 12 and staying in the top 25 after giving up 70 points to West Virginia.
7. Oklahoma State 2-2 (0-1)
Oklahoma State's top-ranked scoring offense is not enough to earn a spot in the top 25. Their inconsistency has hurt them immensely. They've gone 0-2 against ranked opponents this season and will use this bye week to regroup before visiting Kansas.
8. Texas Tech 4-0 (1-0)
Texas Tech was not held to high standards before the season. But now that they are 4-0, the Red Raiders are trying to show that they can play in the conference. While they picked up a win against Iowa State, they still have a lot to prove before being labeled as one of the competitive teams in the Big 12. They will have that opportunity as their next five opponents are currently ranked in the top 25.
9. Iowa State 3-1 (0-1)
Iowa State suffered their first loss of the season at home to Texas Tech. Iowa State wants to rebound, but have to forget last week's loss when they visit Texas Christian.
10. Kansas 1-3 (0-1)
Kansas struggled twice to finish games where they held a two-possession lead in the fourth quarter. Their inability to finish games against mediocre teams during their non-conference schedule has hurt them going into the conference season. Fans can only hope that coach Charlie Weis used this bye week to work on their holes before visiting Kansas State.


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Janet Merewether, 30 sec, Australia, 2004. Digital Video
Produced and Directed by: Janet MerewetherLighting: Jackie FarkasThanks: Helen Hooper, Angela Knight, Mary and Morris's mums, Michelle Murch,John Murphy, James Quoyle, Jane Richens, Lucy Turner, UTS, Toni Vrisakis and to all the unknown knitters whose talent and skill provided the cast for this film.SBS Independent: Commissioning Editor: Glenys RoweACMI: Executive Producer: Clare StewartACMI: Production Manager: Philippa Campey© Janet Merewether
ARTV: produced with the assistance of ACMI and SBS Independent
Janet Merewether's comic portrait series of knitted dolls illuminates the unpredictable, shabby beauty of found objects and gleefully appreciates the individual, creative application of this traditional craft form.
Born lives and works in Sydney.
Merewether is a film director and media artist who has studied at Sydney College of the Arts and Australian Film Television and Radio School, and is completing her master's at the University of Technology, Sydney. Her award-winning short films and videos have screened in numerous festivals internationally including the New York Film Festival. Her latest film, Short Before the Movie, premiered at the New Directors/New Films festival at MoMA, New York. She is currently developing a documentary entitled Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life and completing her short film Palermo: 'History' Standing Still. Retrospectives of her work have screened in Berlin, Boston, Seoul and Taipei.
'Knit-face "toys" with the idea of the portrait in a pluralist society. A variety of handcrafted and well-loved knitted toys pose for a photographer. These characters are as diverse, imperfect and expressive as their human creators. The video plays with the idea of craft as a low-tech, inexpensive and accessible form of art, and aims to document the skills and aesthetic qualities of women's knitting works, which is, in our consumer age, a rare treasure.'


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Ray Henderson left the Triangle nearly a half-century ago for Detroit to build on his success as a star of black community radio.
But the passage of time has not made the 70-year-old Raleigh native any less of a supernova in his home state.
The retired radio personality, known on the air waves as Dr. Jocko, was honored Monday at the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Triangle Interfaith Prayer Breakfast. Fans lined up to see him in the hotel lobby the night before.
At the Angus Barn, a Raleigh restaurant that draws power players in politics and business, admirers had him pose for a photograph that would hang on the wall there.
During his brief stay, his hotel room phone rang many times with supporters who did not want to miss an opportunity to catch up with a man who has stories to tell about black community radio, Motown Records, Detroit TV and travels with James Brown, when the Godfather of Soul was at the height of his career.
Henderson worked at WLLE-570 AM in Raleigh in the early 1960s when black radio hosts were the community's griots, of a sort. They were the go-to voices for current events and the music of the moment. They put the day's issues into familiar context and helped catapult many musicians beyond their first big break.
Henderson, an alumnus of J.W. Ligon High School in Raleigh and St. Augustine's College, was an advocate of non-violent change during the civil rights movement.
During tense times of racial strife, he promoted calm on the streets, favoring conversation over confrontation.
"I did what I felt was right," Henderson said Monday. "I didn't believe the violence would solve anything."
Henderson says he fell into radio and the entertainment business by virtue of a conversation he had on the night of his high school graduation.
'Dr. Jocko' is born
The late J.D. Lewis, a local broadcasting standout whose career spanned four decades, was the host of "Teenage Frolics," a dance program aired by Capitol Broadcasting, the parent company of WRAL, in 1959 when Henderson was on the cusp of adulthood.
"I told him when I grow up I want to be like you," Henderson said.
The next day, Lewis took Henderson to Capitol Broadcasting and introduced him to the right people. A radio career was launched.
"I'd never been in a radio station in my life," Henderson said.
The eager new hire soaked up all he could about the business. In 1962 he landed at WLLE-AM in Raleigh, which drew listeners from as far as Wallace and Rose Hill in the east and Walkertown to the west.
Henderson modeled his "Dr. Jocko" on-air personality after Jocko Henderson, a popular disc jockey in Philadelphia, and "Dr. Jive," an on-air personality at a Durham station.
He was active in the community, visiting schools, serving as a master of ceremonies for dances and other events while using his radio platform to build bridges between the races.
In 1965, Henderson had an opportunity to move from the North Carolina radio market, which was no larger than 50th in the country at the time, to Detroit, the fifth-largest market.
Henderson, who keeps up with some of the goings-on in Wake County through a brother, said he was humbled to be recognized Monday as a Triangle icon. On the dais at the Sheraton Imperial in Research Triangle Park were Gov. Bev Perdue, U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, mayors from Raleigh, Durham and Garner and many religious, community and business leaders.
"I'm trying to decide which is the greatest honor," Henderson said after the ceremony. "Being recognized on this day or the birth of my son."
Thad Woodard, president of the N.C. Bankers Association, introduced Henderson.
"He's a tremendously popular person," Woodard said. "He was huge when he was here."
The station has changed many times since Henderson's reign there. The call letters and R&B format were changed in 1997, when a Kentucky broadcasting company bought it and began airing religious talk.
"Black radio, I think, is short-lived," Henderson said. "It was personality-driven."
Radio different today
Today's radio, Henderson said, is more homogenous, geared toward a national market with many hosts reading from "three-by-five cards." Such shows, Henderson laments, mean communities are left ill-informed about what's happening in their neighborhoods and towns.
"Now you can be stuck in a traffic jam and no one's told you there's a wreck," Henderson said.
These days, Henderson said he listens to radio for one hour a week - sports talk as he drives to and from the grocery store.
Retirement, he says, suits him. He watches sports and TV and takes a nap every day at 2 p.m.
His advice for anyone considering a career in radio?
"Remember that there are many facets of broadcast," Henderson said. "Don't just look for the glamour parts. Learn the behind-the-scenes parts. If you know technology, sales and management, that's going to take you far."
News researcher Brooke Cain contributed to this report.
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In the post previous to this I made what struck me as an obvious statement about the dress of the cardinals as they gather for their papal conclave. I've been reading the New York Times' coverage of the papal resignation and conclave, and pictures are everywhere: the most striking was a recent close-up of a seated cardinal's lower legs, scarlet socks above fine leather shoes beneath the embroidered hem of a black robe.
The Times is commenting on the cardinals' dress. We should not?
In my post I made two claims predicated on the scandal of homosexual sin within the Roman priesthood: first, that the homosexual culture of our nation is a reflection of the homosexual character of Roman Catholic priesthood; second, that dress reflects culture.
Why these comments should ignite a firestorm eludes me. Has the Roman Catholic Church in the West not been heavily homosexual in her leadership for many decades? Does anyone deny this? Does dress not reflect culture?
It might be said, "But the cardinals' dress reflects their heritage as priests and bishops, princes of the church, not inherent homosexuality." To which I must respond, "So, the culture of homosexuality within the Roman Catholic priesthood in the West has nothing to do with Roman Catholic heritage? Nothing to do with celibacy? Nothing to do with episcopacy? They're separate and unrelated?"
I fear twin forces merge in defense of the dress of the cardinals: a desire to think well of Roman Catholicism and a fear of attacking homosexuality. And while I praise God for the faith and obedience of many simple Catholics, their church is still the church that fought and killed the Reformers, the church that Luther and Calvin callled the anti-Christ.
Can we possibly imagine Luther or Calvin being as silent about the homosexual scandal of the Roman Church today as most Prostestants have been? A gay priesthood has forged a gay nation and we're sitting by, Cheshire cat-like, in silence. Why? Could it be that we have drunk from the same fountain? That our loves, while not as frequently homosexual, equally despise marriage as ordained from creation by our Creator? That we are equally opposed to fruitful love? That we too are prone to separating the physical and emotional sensations of sex from the purpose ordained for them by God--one man, one woman, till death, for the sake of a godly seed?
Is the heritage of Roman Catholicism so attractive that we must ignore where that heritage has led? Is homosexual love the sin that dare not speak its name today? Are we so frightened of opposing homosexuality that we refuse to see it or its consequences when they come near us?
Marriage is good. If we are not given the gifts of Paul, we should marry. Through marriage we are blessed even as we bless. It is a joy to be married. Refuse to defend marriage, call marriage bad--or sit by in silence as others do it violence--and we attack our Bridegroom. Christ came to marry His Bride, to redeem Her and wed Her. His is not the onanistic love of Rome. His love is fruitful and rich. God give us such a love for marriage and for our brides as His.
I agree that Rome's stance on marriage (preferring celibacy for the truly faithful) and de facto approval of paedophilia is responsible for many ills in our society. Still, I'm having a difficult time explaining the majority of conservative-evangelical sexual sin as a response, primarily, to Rome. And you have a point about the clothing, although the Lecrae lyric is hardly better. Hip-hop baggy pants - remnant of the prison culture in which it emerged - isn't really the model of our youth (esp. urban youth) anymore than Roman vestments are the model for our clergy.
"Onanistic love." Never heard that term before. Good point.


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New California initiative effort under way to block homosexual curriculum in schools
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. Three of California's religious freedom legal organizations are teaming up with the national Alliance Defense Fund in launching an initiative drive to block SB 48, the new state law that mandates the teaching of homosexual curriculum to children as young as kindergarten.
The drive to get the initiativeThe Children Learning Accurate Social Science Acton the ballot is already under way and sponsors have until July 11 to collect the needed 700,000 signatures to qualify.
The CLASS Act drive is the second one launched since the bill was signed into law last year by Gov. Jerry Brown. The first campaign, Stop SB 48, was circulated last fall, but fell just short of garnering enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.
In addition to the Alliance Defense Fund, the CLASS Act is also sponsored by Advocates for Faith & Freedom, the National Center for Law & Policy and the Pacific Justice Institute. The three groups have been major players in defense of traditional values, including support of Proposition 8.
As with same-sex marriage, the pro-family groups said the new state law forces families to subject their children to lifestyles and beliefs contrary to their family and biblical values.
In a joint statement from all four groups, the attorneys said the CLASS Act "advocates an accurate teaching of history."
"This initiative ensures that people recognized in social science curriculum are included because of their contributions to society, not their sexual conduct," the statement read. "The CLASS Act focuses social studies where it should beon an individual's contributions to history, not their sexual preference."
Approved by the state legislature last year and implemented in January, SB 48, officially known as the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act, requires that social science curriculum discuss transgender, homosexual, and bisexual figures in history. No age group is exempt from the law, including kindergartners, and parents are banned from opting their children out of such instruction on moral or religious grounds.
Supporters of the SB 48 said the was needed to prevent discrimination in the classroom and that those involved in the gay rights movement deserve to be recognized.
Of particular concern to Christian conservatives is an element of the law that forbids any classroom instruction that paints homosexuality in a negative light, a mandate that pro-family experts say prevents teachers and students from discussing such issues as the health risks associated with the gay lifestyle and objections over gay marriage.
"SB 48 is not about preventing discrimination," said Robert Tyler, founder of Advocates for Faith & Freedom. "Rather SB 48 mandates positive discussions in public schools about homosexuality and transgender issues that will ultimately promote these lifestyles to our children. The CLASS Act will effectively repeal this dangerous legislation."
Tyler, who is serving on a statewide steering committee for the initiative, said SB 48 is representative of an ongoing agenda to undermine traditional families while normalizing homosexuality.
"The last decade has been an era of where students have become the target of an extreme anti-family social agenda," he said. "For example, the CTA (California Teacher's Association) has launched an effort described as "gender liberation," which dangerously propagates an idea that children don't have to be tied to gender norms and that they can choose their own gender. SB 48 is the capstone to an agenda that runs contrary to traditional moral and Biblical principles."
Dean Broyles, founder of the National Center for Law & Policy, called the new law "a dark legislative stain on the cultural landscape of California."
"SB 48 threatens to fundamentally undermine parental authority and damage religious freedom by coercively indoctrinating our most precious and valuable resource, our children, to not only tolerate but to embrace GLBT "values"starting as young as 5 years old."
Broyles went on to say that Christian teachers and administrators would also be muzzled to express their beliefs in the classroom, forcing them to choose between upholding their religious values or quitting their jobs.
"Our already struggling public schools should focus on improving themselves as academic institutions, rather than increasingly becoming a place for polarizing politicians to experiment with radical secular 'progressive' utopian social engineering, coercively forcing by legal mandate their corrupt agenda on our impressionable young children."
As part of its public education campaign on SB 48, the legal groups are notifying pastors that promoting the new initiative on the church grounds is legal as long as the effort takes up less than 10 percent of the body's resources. That means pastors may discuss the issue from the pulpit and hold petition-signing and voter registration drives.
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by Jack Landsman, Sun Aug 29, 2010 at 03:35:42 PM EDT
Frank Rich lit up the Opinion section of today's New York Times in the view of an admittedly avid fan. This tour de force—"The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party" is its straightforward title—mercilessly laid waste to the troglodytic creeps and their benefactors who fouled our nation's capital yesterday. Whatever one's opinion of that feckless lawprof called Barack Obama, it certainly doesn't permit Glenn Beck's monumental stupidity and treachery. In the contest for all-time ignominious affronts to the Lincoln Memorial, the appearance of Glenn Beck's fat, casually-dressed person beat a clinically depressed Richard Nixon's late-night rap session going away.
Vive la révolution!
There's just one element missing from these snapshots of America's ostensibly spontaneous and leaderless populist uprising: the sugar daddies who are bankrolling it, and have been doing so since well before the "death panel" warm-up acts of last summer. Three heavy hitters rule. You've heard of one of them, Rupert Murdoch. The other two, the brothers David and Charles Koch, are even richer, with a combined wealth exceeded only by that of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett among Americans. But even those carrying the Kochs' banner may not know who these brothers are.
Their self-interested and at times radical agendas, like Murdoch's, go well beyond, and sometimes counter to, the interests of those who serve as spear carriers in the political pageants hawked on Fox News. The country will be in for quite a ride should these potentates gain power, and given the recession-battered electorate's unchecked anger and the Obama White House's unfocused political strategy, they might.
In the interest of full disclosure: I'm a progressive Democrat who for a long spell had nice things to relay about the Tea Party movement. This may be a bit difficult for some to understand but for a time the Tea Party movement was a "spontaneous, leaderless" development. Despite the movement's libertarian underpinnings, opposition to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, ObamaCare, and corporatist policies of this sort presented the beautiful potential for coalescence of contrarian liberals and populist conservatives. While we were always destined to depart from each other on proper solutions for combating the badass recession, its resultant unemployment crisis, rising health care costs, and so forth, we were joined in contempt for this rotten bipartisan ruling class.
I considered myself a bohemian Tea Party person, attended rallies, and was treated graciously. (At this year's Tax Day protest, however, one reactionary dragon on stage did refer to the president as a Muslim in no uncertain terms.) Unfortunately the movement has been devoured by Dick Armey, et al—as mercilessly as one can envision the fat Mormon annihilating ham hocks, turkey broth and sweet potato pie on Thanksgiving. This is tantamount to some hideous left-wing oligarch wrapping his tentacles around the progressive… Oh, nevermind.
Tea Partiers may share the Kochs' detestation of taxes, big government and Obama. But there's a difference between mainstream conservatism and a fringe agenda that tilts completely toward big business, whether on Wall Street or in the Gulf of Mexico, while dismantling fundamental government safety nets designed to protect the unemployed, public health, workplace safety and the subsistence of the elderly.
Yet inexorably the Koch agenda is morphing into the G.O.P. agenda, as articulated by current Republican members of Congress, including the putative next speaker of the House, John Boehner, and Tea Party Senate candidates like Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, and the new kid on the block, Alaska's anti-Medicaid, anti-unemployment insurance Palin protégé, Joe Miller. Their program opposes a federal deficit, but has no objection to running up trillions in red ink in tax cuts to corporations and the superrich; apologizes to corporate malefactors like BP and derides money put in escrow for oil spill victims as a "slush fund"; opposes the extension of unemployment benefits; and calls for a freeze on federal regulations in an era when abuses in the oil, financial, mining, pharmaceutical and even egg industries (among others) have been outrageous.
While I often have counterintuitive and complimentary words for Tea Party favorites like Sarah Palin (she's cute and the left was despicable and unjustified in its treatment of her during the last presidential campaign) and Marco Rubio (he's cute and has a heartwarming background as the son of Cuban immigrants), Rich and I are simpatico in our trembling at the sight of Dr. Ratched from Kentucky, the wide-eyed harlot in Nevada, and the Chuck Norris doppelgänger who murked Sen. Lisa Murkowski up there in Alaska.
However I'd like to know specifically what Mr. Rich considers "mainstream conservatism." For establishment liberals this usually means some staid, buttoned-up New England politician who's capable of support for the extension of unemployment benefits (out of noblesse oblige) and Keynesian pump-priming but more than eager to bail out insoluble financial institutions on Wall Street and rapacious insurance companies. Fine gentlemen like David Brooks or ol' Willard Mitt Romney, let's say.
When wolves of Murdoch's ingenuity and the Kochs' stealth have been at the door of our democracy in the past, Democrats have fought back fiercely. Franklin Roosevelt's triumphant 1936 re-election campaign pummeled the Liberty League as a Republican ally eager to "squeeze the worker dry in his old age and cast him like an orange rind into the refuse pail." When John Kennedy's patriotism was assailed by Birchers calling for impeachment, he gave a major speech denouncing their "crusades of suspicion."
And Obama? So far, sadly, this question answers itself.
Barack Obama's fecklessness isn't merely "sad," it's outrageous. President Obama's policies—not his unwillingness to engage political opponents—are the problem. This isn't a presidency worth fighting for. Faced with the choice between Frank Rich's relatively mild critique of the president and substantive policy differences with the professional left, the White House would flock to Frank Rich everyday and twice on Tuesday.
America isn't looking for the president to confront teabaggers at the feet of Abraham Lincoln, a la Dick Nixon. They're despondent because his miserably failed policies haven't mitigated their suffering—not enough anyway. The failure of deep-pocketed reactionaries in the Roosevelt and Kennedy eras had much less to do with rhetoric than Frank Rich would have us believe.
While the filthy lucre of Rupert Murdoch and the Kochs have been indispensable, the teabaggers were created by us.
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