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"Hava Nagila" isn't what you'd call standard fraternity party fare.
And yet...last spring, nearly 200 University of California, Berkeley coeds danced in concentric circles to the Jewish folk tune at the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) house. The Jewish men's fraternity members were celebrating the fraternity-sponsored b'nai mitzvah of five members one day earlier--something you wouldn't have witnessed years ago.
As the crowd clapped, several of the fraternity members lifted the chair of "bar mitzvah boy" Andrew Ratto, 22, parading him around the room in celebration of his Jewish transformation. "I went from a freshman whose only remote connection to Judaism was celebrating Chanukah to a senior who feels confident having a bar mitzvah and publicly declaring my commitment to Jewish adulthood," Ratto explains. "I owe that change entirely to Alpha Epsilon Pi."
At about the same time Ratto was being lifted in the air, some twenty Jewish students from Rutgers and George Washington University were constructing an irrigation system in El Salvador as part of an American Jewish World Service mission to help "repair the world."
At the University of Florida, several dozen coeds were engaged in "Torah on Tap," drinking beer (soda for those not yet twenty-one) at a popular Gainesville pizza joint and asking Rabbi Jonathan Siger (HUC-JIR class of 2002) to explain Jewish views on premarital sex and tattoos.
And at the University of Arizona, Jewish and Muslim students were co-drafting their own Middle East peace accords.
Campus Life--The New Jewish World
In the 21st century, it's a new world for Jews in college.
Ratto's personal journey, for one, is emblematic of a larger scale Jewish-style Greek revival on campus. A generation ago, Jewish coeds gravitated toward Jewish frats and sororities because anti-Semitic policies--implicit or explicit--kept them out of other houses, says Marianne Sanua, author of Jewish College Fraternities (2003). But once the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education struck down the notion of "separate but equal" educational facilities, Greek houses and other groups tied to educational institutions began removing sectarian clauses that had excluded Jews and other minorities. Suddenly Jews had more Greek options on campus--and yet, just as the discrimination eased, the popularity of Greek life waned--a response to the anti-establishment sentiments sweeping American campuses during the Vietnam War era.
A generation later, fraternities and sororities are back from the brink--and Jewish houses are experiencing a renaissance. "We've seen more women interested in historically Jewish sororities," says Bonnie Wunsch, executive director of the Jewish-oriented sorority, Alpha Epsilon Phi, "and our strongest AEPhi chapters--at the University of Texas, University of Florida, and Emory University, for example--are those with strong Jewish identities." These frats and sororities are now organizing Shabbat and holiday meals, integrating kosher or kosher-style kitchens, planning trips to the Jewish state, and holding Israel events such as the joint AEPi and AEPhi-sponsored "Israel Amplified" advocacy seminar in Louisville, Kentucky, attended by eighty Jewish student leaders from across the country.
The role of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life has also undergone a transformation. Ten years ago, Hillel activities generally consisted of Friday night prayer services followed by an occasional communal dinner. "Previously, [Hillel] was viewed as a synagogue on campus," Brandeis professors Amy L. Sales and Leonard Saxe write in "Particularism in the University: Realities and Opportunities for Jewish Life on Campus" (January 2006). "In recent years, it [has] fought that image, becoming a primarily social and cultural organization."
Nowadays, Hillel understands that Jewish engagement, as one campus Hillel director puts it, is "about the potpourri." Campus Hillels publish Jewish-oriented journals, organize birthright israel and community service trips, and host Israeli film festivals, pizza parties, and softball games, among other programs. Rachel Bookstein, director of "Beach Hillel" at California State University, Long Beach, explains that engaging students "is really about helping them determine where they are on the Jewish continuum, where they want to go, and how to help them get there. We have no planned endpoint, except for them to take control of their own Jewish identity."
At the University of Washington Hillel, Rabbi William Berkowitz has created the weekly "Conscious Community" salons--supportive environments in which Jewish undergraduates and grad students can openly grapple with any ambivalent feelings they may have about their Jewish identities, the Middle East conflict, and other issues. "I'm coming back to Jewish study with my more grown-up brain," says "Conscious Community" participant Dave Kamer, a thirty-year-old University of Washington med student. "Medical school is this loaded experience. Every day you're facing life and death. I find myself wrestling with things, and get to do it in a Jewish context."
The Students-- Meet the "Millennials"
Today's Jewish students are also different from their counterparts of years ago.
Attending college at a time when cultural, ethnic, and religious differences are celebrated and quotas obsolete, these hyper-communicative college students--the Millennials--are far less likely than their parents to define their Jewish identities in reaction to anti-Semitism and far more likely to publicly acknowledge their Jewishness. "It's much more common to see college students wearing yarmulkes, and outwardly displaying other Jewish symbols," says Jewish-American historian Professor Jonathan Sarna. "Like other cultural groups, there's been a coming out."
The Millennials are also the most activist generation of college students since the Boomers who marched on behalf of civil rights and against the Vietnam War. "From Darfur to campus janitors," says Wayne Firestone, the incoming national president of Hillel, "this generation of Jewish students is showing a greater concern for what's happening to the other"--organizing rallies to bring world attention to the atrocities in Darfur and demonstrating solidarity with campus maintenance workers seeking better compensation packages. Some 1,000 Jewish students joined this past year's Hillel-sponsored relief missions to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, where they cleared debris and repaired roofs. "Many of these students feel passionate about being Jewish but aren't necessarily religious," says Cindy Greenberg, director of NYU's Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life. "[Jewish-led social action] allows them to express themselves Jewishly in ways they can feel really proud of."
The Middle East Conflict-- New Issues, New Solutions
At the onset of the second intifada in 2000, a war of words mirroring the Arab-Israeli conflict engulfed many American college campuses. Pro-Palestinian groups hosted conferences denouncing Zionism, aggressively campaigned in favor of Israel divestment, and staged demonstrations--in some cases erecting replicas of Israel's security barrier, which they referred to as "The Apartheid Wall."
It wasn't the first time that the Middle East conflict had made its way to campus. After Israel's Six-Day War victory in 1967, many campus radicals who opposed the Vietnam War embraced the Palestinian cause. This created a quandary for some left-leaning Jewish students, says Professor Sarna. In some circles, being "a good liberal meant opposing Israel, because Israel was thought to be imperialist."
The Middle East conflict a generation later has, however, been markedly different. Then, Israel's occupation and settlement of the West Bank and Gaza was being debated. Today, the issue is Israel's very right to exist as a Jewish state. "It has not been a matter of discussing policy," Professor Sarna says, "[but] about analogizing Israel to South Africa, to an apartheid state that must be dismantled."
Israel's defenders have responded by launching an educational and cultural counteroffensive. Partnering with several private Jewish foundations, Hillel has trained student volunteers to become pro-Israel advocates and, joining forces with the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, established the Israel on Campus Coalition. Today, the ICC encompasses twenty-seven diverse American Jewish organizations--from the Anti-Defamation League to the Jewish National Fund--all of which advocate for Israel through joint sponsorship of pro-Israel campus programming. The result is a less defensive and more mature Israel advocacy on campus--and, overall, it seems to be paying off, bolstering student support for the Jewish state, one event at a time.
Israel campus advocacy has also become more progressive. In the past, Jewish students who loved the Jewish state but were critical of specific Israeli policies could seek solidarity with the centrist and somewhat hawkish campus-based Israeli public affairs committees. Today, at twenty North American campuses they have the option of joining the Union of Progressive Zionists (UPZ), united under the banner "Student Activists for Peace in Israel/Palestine." The UPZ's "2006 Peace Accords Campaign" calls on Jewish and Muslim student leaders to develop a framework for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Groups of Jewish and Muslim students are in the process of drafting accords to be presented at the annual UPZ conference this November.
Scholarship--Learning for Jewish Living
On the academic front, too, students have more options than ever to deepen their Jewish knowledge.
In 1966, for example, approximately sixty universities offered Jewish studies classes. In 1992 (the last year for which statistics are available), more than 400 North American universities included Jewish studies-related courses in their curriculum. As Professor Sarna says, "There's hardly a significant college in America that doesn't offer [these] courses." Notably, the classes are not only attended by Jews. At Harlem's City College of New York, for example, approximately 95 percent of the students taking Jewish studies classes aren't Jewish.
There's also been an expansion of endowed chairs in Israel studies. Several universities, including Emory, New York University, and, most recently, Columbia, have established these chairs, partly to counter the anti-Israel bias of existing Middle Eastern Studies departments. The field of Israel studies is vital, writes Kenneth W. Stein, an Emory professor and director of the Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel. "Most Jewish students who arrive on campus know about holidays, traditions, customs, Bible and prayer, but...know little about the modern Israeli narrative. This presents a dangerous weakness, for if you do not know the story, you cannot tell it, and you certainly cannot defend it--even if you disagree with parts of it."
From Greek and Hillel life to social action and Jewish studies, the Millennial generation is enjoying a more Jewishly rich campus life--a legacy that is sure to shape their future.
--Gabrielle Birkner, writer in New York
The RJ Insider's Guide to COLLEGE is a collaborative project of Reform Judaism magazine, the URJ KESHER College Department, and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. To read and e-mail this college section as well as RJ's online exclusives, visit www.reformjudaismmag.org. To request additional printed copies of the college guide contact firstname.lastname@example.com. To learn more about KESHER's Reform college programs see page 55, visit http://www.keshernet.com, phone 212-650-4070, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. For additional information about Jewish life on hundreds of campuses throughout the world, contact Hillel at 202-449-6500 or visit http://www.hillel.org.


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'Confused' Chuck Todd: Don't Blame Obama for Rising Gas Prices
MSNBC's Chuck Todd rattled off a list of reasons to explain the sharp rise in the price of oil – none of which included Barack Obama's offshore drilling moratorium – and was "confused" about why anyone would blame the president for the prospect of $4 per gallon gasoline.
On the April 28 "Daily Rundown," Todd suggested the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing measures and increases in global demand account for the dramatic spike in oil, but he absolved the president of any blame.
"I guess what I'm confused about, how is this an administration – what is it that the president could have done about the price of gasoline?" wondered Todd, interviewing Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).
The junior senator from Mississippi retorted that the president should stop "slow-walking" permits for oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico to allow domestic firms to tap into the "plentiful oil resources that we have here in the United States of America."
After making excuses for the Democratic president, Todd boldly asserted that "there doesn't seem to be any expert that believes" Obama could have done anything to prevent the price of gasoline from eclipsing $4 per gallon.
Perhaps the morning anchor meant to say there doesn't seem to be any liberal experts who are criticizing Obama for not doing more to curtail rising gas prices: the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, offered the president some policy advice on this precise issue.
"So what's the solution?" wrote Mike Brownfield in an April 20 blog post. "The president needs to change course, lift the moratorium on drilling in the Gulf, and open up our domestic resources for exploration."
Heritage colleagues John Ligon and Nicolos Loris echoed Brownfield's assessment, claiming that "increasing access to oil reserves in the U.S., both onshore and offshore, would help offset rising demand, increase jobs, and stimulate the economy."
Responding to Todd's incredulity, Wicker noted that he and 28 senators recently introduced a resolution to "send a message to the president" in support of streamlining the review process for oil permit applications.
And just so NBC's political director knows, Democratic Sens. Mary Landrieu (La.) and Mark Begich (Alaska) joined the chorus of congressional opposition to Obama's squelching of offshore oil drilling.
"This de facto shallow water drilling moratorium is having a painful impact on the Gulf Coast's economy," explained Landrieu. "I don't know how much more it will take before this administration understands the harsh consequences of its intransigence."
A transcript of the relevant portions of the segment can be found below:
The Daily Rundown
April 28, 2011
9:11 a.m. EST
CHUCK TODD: I guess what I'm confused about, how is this an administration – what is it that the president could have done about the price of gasoline? I mean, you have an issue with the Federal Reserve pumping money into the economy, pumping more dollars into the world economy. You have global demand. Is there any policy that could have been done that could have stopped $4 per gallon? There doesn't seem to be any expert that believes that.
Sen. ROGER WICKER (R-Miss.): I joined with 28 members of the Senate just recently, sending a message to the president, asking him to quit slow-walking the permits. You know, we had the Gulf of Mexico disaster last year, the president cut of drilling there. Then he supposedly lifted the moratorium but the process since then has been to slow-walk the permits and so there's hardly any new drilling that's going on in the Gulf of Mexico. If the president would take that action, and if we were to have a national energy policy of using the plentiful oil resources that we have here in the United States of America, it would do a lot to bring down the price of a barrel of oil worldwide and it would certainly help us here in the United States of America. That is the action that the president has failed to take in allowing us to get back to drilling our own oil.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Alright, Senator Roger Wicker, we got to leave it there, we're out of time, it's good to have you with us, sir. And keep us posted on the situation in Mississippi. Our thoughts are with the people of that state.
--Alex Fitzsimmons is a News Analysis intern at the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
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Gasoline prices going through
Submitted by jdhawk on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 6:21pm.
Gasoline prices going through the roof and the lamestream media meme: "there doesn't seem to be any expert that believes" Obama could have done anything to prevent the price of gasoline from eclipsing $4 per gallon."
28 Senators send a letter to the president identifying the problem and demanding a resolution and the lamestream media meme: "there doesn't seem to be any expert that believes" Obama could have done anything to prevent the price of gasoline from eclipsing $4 per gallon."
There hasn't been a national energy policy by duhbama or his "energy" secretary and none are proposed and the lamestream media meme: ""there doesn't seem to be any expert that believes" Obama could have done anything to prevent the price of gasoline from eclipsing $4 per gallon."
Savannah Gutherie signs off the segmet by adding this, ""there doesn't seem to be any expert that believes" Obama could have done anything to prevent the price of gasoline from eclipsing $4 per gallon."
The sky is blue and did I mention that, """there doesn't seem to be any expert that believes" Obama could have done anything to prevent the price of gasoline from eclipsing $4 per gallon."
duhbama, there is something that the American people can do November 2012 and that is vote your sorry a** out of office along with the useless senate dimocrats that are now in the majority there.
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Yahoo news AP spin also
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:08pm.
Headline: $4-a-gallon gas may be lifting your fund portfolio
AP – Thu Apr 28, 5:38 pm ET
BOSTON - Think positive. The pain you're feeling at the pump from $4-a-gallon gas may become a little easier to bear once you receive your next quarterly mutual fund statement.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
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I was busy buying food and paying my mortgage
Submitted by Master-of-Disaster on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 3:08pm.
Dang it! While I was busy buying food, paying my mortgage, paying down my debt (which it the most positive thing I could do to offset the horrible economy for my own family, I didn't buy freakin mutual funds. All this talk of the stock market going up is great FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY STOCK! the majority of Americans are trying to survive and no one is listening. Back when the economy was good I did invest a little all along figuring Social Security would never be there when I hit the golden years. I knew that twenty years ago. When the economy headed south I quit investing, liquidated a bunch of miscellaneous retirement vehicles, took a bath in taxes but paid down debt. The major retirement funds I had going tanked, who knows what the hell they were invested in. I am sure they were tied to the housing bubble or something. In any case, I am almost out of debt and keeping the wolf away from the door for now. Don't know what the hell lies ahead but now we are just holding on in self defense like the rest of America. Seems like that get an education, work hard, save a little for a rainy day and good things will happen for you in America was a huge crock of Shiite!
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Chuck Todd believes
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 6:43pm.
Gasoline prices going through the roof and the lamestream media meme: "there doesn't seem to be any expert that believes" Obama could have done anything to prevent the price of gasoline from eclipsing $4 per gallon. Todd believes; This is true because we know that the present high prices are a result of theBush/Cheney adhearance to the evil oil companies policies. The Messiah would do something but he has just became aware of these policies.
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Chuck Todd Confused!
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 6:49pm.
Is that noteworthy? Is that worth a column on NB?
It is hard to believe that NBC pays money for this kind of reporting.
I assume Todd isn't an intern working for no salary.
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BTW, MSNBC is offering a $10,000 reward
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 6:54pm.
for any information related to the disappearance of Chuck Todd's chin.
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And an extra $10,000 for his brain...
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:57pm.
I'd put in an extra $10,000 to find Mr. Todd's brain!
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I guess F Chuck has plenty of "confused" coworkers at NBC,
Submitted by lsudolemite on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 7:25pm.
including Haynes and Burnett this morning on CNBC, who talked about gas prices and both fretted in exasperation: "Well! There's just nothing he (Obama) can do about it!" Don't worry, though, I'm sure they gave W the same absolution 3 years ago.
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Truth is beautiful and horrible
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 7:44pm.
I've heard people wondering, 'How come Obama's not being blamed for high gas prices??'
It's because this president, who was created and groomed by the media, and more than any other president in history, has the entire mainstream media firmly in his pocket - under his boot - and humping his leg.
He could be caught performing abortions and they'd cover it up.
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F. Chuck Todd
Submitted by ripper58 on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 7:45pm.
useful idiot
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Except he's not useful.
Submitted by JeffC... on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:29pm.
Except he's not useful.
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Useless as tits on a boar hog...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:34pm.
comes to mind.
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I happen to agree with Chuck
Submitted by Smartypants on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:31pm.
I happen to agree with Chuck Todd. There is not a whole lot a president can do to impact short term spikes in gasoline prices. Sure, drilling and a more defined energy policy might dampen the speculators somewhat, but it would not have a huge effect in the short term. The problem I have with the media in all of this is that people like Chuck Todd and his ilk blamed GW Bush incessantly for the gas price jump during his term, and it was not even as quick and as high as this increase has been. The double standard is absurd. Increase in gas prices under Obama, oh well nothing he can do about it. Increase in gas prices under Bush, he's an evil tyrant who only cares about making money for his "oil buddies". Right.
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Where do they hide the "I luv Obama" mugs and shirts...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:38pm.
...when the camera is on?
Let's send them some "Hypocrisy R US" coffee mugs to adorn their news desks.
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Say "Drill"
Submitted by m1xram on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 5:36am.
I remember when Bush said he would allow more drilling. Just the act of saying it drove the price down. Pretty impressive.
Obama is the opposite, he doesn't want the price of oil to go down, he wants it to skyrocket. It will make the U.S. weaker, help keep more people unemployed, and cause all other prices to increase. Eventually the people will cry out for a savior. That's when it gets really bad, when we give emergency powers to some Progressive and we end up as slaves in their Socialist utopia.
Toward that end we have Quantitative Easing. As the price of oil is tied to the U.S. dollar, increasing the supply of U.S. dollars forces the price of oil up for the entire world. Obama and Bernanke know this. They also know that anything that uses oil will increase in price such as air, truck, and car travel, and any agriculture product. It's a two-for, devalue your dollars while forcing up costs.
Obama and Bernanke are not incompetent, they are malicious. "The ends justify the means."
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I don't get it?
Submitted by Rycher660 on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:34pm.
Gas goes through the roof under Bush's watch... and it was all his fault
Gas goes through the roof under Obama's watch... and we can't blame him, because, there's nothing he could or can do about it...
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The moment gas prices start
Submitted by gopsteve on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:36pm.
The moment gas prices start to fall, the lamestream media will fall over themselves giving Obama credit...you will see.
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Up Chuck Todd
Submitted by blazermaniac on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 8:57pm.
It's PMSNBC! Nobody with any talent, works at PMSNBC! And, Savannah Guthrie is no prize, either!
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What else could Up-Chuck Todd say?
Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:18pm.
He needs to throw his slimy RED (Communist) Herring out there to deflect the attention of the Bumbler in Chief over to The Oil Companies, Wall Street, Halliburton, Bush/Cheney. By the Way, where was MSNBC's dedication week to the anniversary of the BP oil spill? Also, STARBUCKS (a Liberal overly expensive coffee outfit) led the nation in first quarter PROFITS. Will Morning Schmoe and his ditzy sidekick Bubbles condemn Starbucks for making too much $$$$ (even though Starbucks sponsors their show? Will Obama and his minions shake them down to "make sure everyone behind them gets a fair chance with redistributing those profits?
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Was it Bush's fault when
Submitted by dgv on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:37pm.
Gas was 4+ bucks a gallon in 2008?
Can a relatively small amount of domestic oil production 10 years from now decrease the global price of oil today?
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Per the media it was Bush's fault in 2008
Submitted by Okieflyover on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:42pm.
And dont believe the liberal lie that it takes 10 years to bring oil to market from a new well. Offshore isn't the only place that Obama is stopping drling and exploration. But even an offshore well is less than a year from exploration to production. This would greatly impAct prices which are set by futures.
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Inflation is the issue.
Submitted by Okieflyover on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:38pm.
Obama has printed trillions of dollars in the last 2 years. Oil demand is not up. It is actually down about 3%.
I don't think Obama or Geithner could pass a 1000 level macro economics course without a cheat sheet.
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When gas went to $4 when Bush
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:43pm.
When gas went to $4 when Bush was President, Pelosi had no qualms about blaming GW for the price increase. Now, even though Obama's fiscal and non-drilling policies are having a direct effect on not only gas prices, but as a consequence food prices and the decreasing value of the dollar, Obama won't be blamed.
Even if lightening should strike the WH on Easter....oh wait.
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Submitted by gwalt on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 9:44pm.
Please let's stop calling them the Mainstream Media. They represent 15-20 %.Tthat is not Mainstream. I sincerely believe NB should start a PR camapign to call them the Leftstream Media.
"A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered". Ronald Reagan
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Right on gwalt
Submitted by PoolPlayer on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 11:00am.
You are right. Fox News is more mainstraim than ABC, ...
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Submitted by Herbster on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 10:04pm.
Chuck Todd......mediapimp poster boy......
Savannah Guthrie.......useless idiot.
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Taxes on Gas Higher than Oil Profits
Submitted by Retired Geek on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 10:39pm.
Many have asked how much of the ObamaGas™ and ObamaDiesel™ per gallon costs are Taxes and NOT the actual costs of drilling, transporting, refining and selling. This does NOT include research and fees for leasing drilling sites.
Many have asked why are ObamaGas™ and ObamaDiesel™ per gallon costs different in my State, City or Locale, from other areas?
The charts in this post should answer most if not all of those questions - see for yourself.
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It is the government.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 11:57pm.
We have a glut of natural gas right now due to the new technique of fracking. It came online and increased our natural gas reserve exponentially. The regulators in the government were caught off guard and did not have a chance to step on the throats of natural gas producers in time.
Oil is still pretty much even on supply and demand. The world is producing about just enough to meet the demand. The oil industry is tightly regulated in this country. Restricted even.
Here in California I paid $4.80 last month for each block of 1,000 cubic feet of nat gas that I consumed from my local utility company. 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas has about 1 million BTUs of energy although it can vary slightly depending on where the gas came from. From this logic I paid $4.80 for each 1 million BTUs of energy that I consumed from natural gas.
Refined gasoline has about 120,000 BTUs per gallon, but again it depends on where the oil came from, the precise refining process, and how much ethanol and other additives the gasoline contains. Thus, it takes about 8 gallons of gasoline to produce 1,000,000 BTUs of energy. According to Gasbuddy.com the average price today in the USA for a gallon of gasoline is $3.35. Thus, it costs about $27.92 to produce 1 million BTUs of energy from refined gasoline.
Thus, gasoline is almost 6 times as expensive as natural gas on a per unit energy basis.
President Obama and the regulatory regime of this country could get off the throat of oil producers and let us have a similar revolution in oil much as the Shale Gale of natural gas we have experienced lately.
Supply and Demand still counts. And we are limiting the supply of oil.
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What did I tell you? What did I just get done saying?
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 6:25am.
Seriously, do I do this to hear myself speak?
The Vet: ...the new technique of fracking. It came online and increased our natural gas reserve exponentially. The regulators in the government were caught off guard and did not have a chance to step on the throats of natural gas producers...
What do I read in the WSJ just hours later?
What about natural gas? Huge reservoirs of shale gas have been unlocked by hydrofracking. But "fracking" has been able to proceed so rapidly only because it has been exempted from federal regulations governing air and water pollution. Now that concern has arisen about damaged aquifers, natural gas production may slow as well.
I spend my time paying attention. Constantly updating my brain. And what do I get for the trouble. I come here and the place is crawling with idiot idiot idiot hateful little birther snits that whine because a President is ineligible for office because his daddy was a ferner, when it was known by all at the time he was elected that his daddy was a ferner. Oh and the birth certificate was forged and there was no Kapiolani hospital in 1961 and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I am out of here. Enjoy the birthers. I came here to knock heads with left wing trolls. All I see nowadays in hateful little idiot snit trolls on the right.
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Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 7:49am.
beauxdog: The founding fathers included the "Natural Born Citizen" clause because they feared an individual, raised on foreign, anti-american ideas, would be elected. In other words, the clause was included to prevent Obama. It didn't work.
What did I say? What did I tell you? It was known, fully known by the entire planet that the man had one American parent only. And yet 69,456,897 voted for him. He got 365 elected representative votes in the electoral college. The vote was confirmed by Congress. And yet we are to now believe the President of the United States can be unseated because beauxdog suddenly had an inspiration based on suntin he saw on the intertubes. Up yours idiot.
Oh and thanks for the snark.
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President Gasbag
Submitted by Crash on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 7:09am.
Oil is only a small part of forcing up the cost of gasoline. We could pump every one of our wells dry, but, if we don't have the refinement capability to process raw product we're still screwed.
Will your State build a new refinery in your backyard? Can they? How fast?
How many blends of fuel does your State demand to satisfy government regulations and restrictions?
Once the refinery processes the fuel will they be able to sell it on the open market, or, will it be restricted to US markets?
Will our lofty notion of environmental standards add so much to the cost that gas stations will import rather than buy fuel Made in the USA?
I've read several promising articles on hydrogen fuel cells. Yes, I realize that we would need hydrogen refueling stations for most hydrogen technologies, but, hydrogen seems to have more pros than cons over all of the subsidized crap that the government keeps cramming down our tax burdened throats in the name of the environment. Our declaration of dependence does not wear well on this patriots soul.
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Hey Up Chuck
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 9:33am.
are you that stupid? Ever hear of supply and demand? When the supply goes down and the demand remains the same, what happens to the price? Duh.
And by the way, it's already at 4.50. I paid that amount for 93 octane gas this week. You think if we produced more that would bring down the prices? Hmm, let me see. What a drone!
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We could squeeze oil out of chuck's hair....
Submitted by notinstl on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 10:03am.
...this greaseball is either pretending to be stupid or working for obama....probably both...
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What about the role of inflation? Nobody is talking about
Submitted by VanPastorMan on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 4:43pm.
how we've been printing money like crazy. This has a lot to do with food and gas prices going up.
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Obama told Americans he was going to raise gas prices!
Submitted by sara123 on Sat, 04/30/2011 - 12:51pm.
He said he'd raise gas prices to $7.00 per gallon. He was not kidding. He would appear to be doing all he can to bring down our economy and he's been successful. He told us he was going to do it and the sheeple voted for him anyway because they wanted diversity racism and wealth transfer - increased welfare for the Left's diversity mobs.
The only thing is, people on fixed income (welfare wealth transfer recievers) are harmed the worst when Obama reaches his inflationary goal of raising the price of fuel. Everyone who has lived longer than twenty years understands this simple economic cause and effect. You don't even have to be literate or a major in math to understand that the cost of fuel is a part of the cost of everything we purchase in this country. Do Americans diversity's love skin deep tribal socialist doctrines more than they love survival - that is the question we face in the next election. Because really, poor people are soon going to be choosing between heating their abodes and eating.
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8:27am Thursday 14th February 2013 in News By Haydn Lewis
A TEENAGER from York shared her experiences of growing up with autism at the city's first conference on the condition which touches the lives of hundreds of city children and their families.
Archbishop Holgate's CE School student Kate Calvert, from Strensall, was diagnosed with autism aged two-and-a-half and was one of the main speakers at the launch of City of York Council's autism strategy at a conference at Askham Bryan College yesterday.
The 18-year-old described the condition as "like gravity pulling me back from what I'd rather be doing" and said she had no nerves before going on stage, but admitted she had been up early rehearsing her speech.
She said: "I am here to give the conference an idea of autism from a young person's perspective. People with autism often find it hard socialising and learn things differently than other people. I think there is still discrimination and problems with bullying and that's why it is important to have this conference."
Jessica Haslam, head of integrated services for disabled children at York council, said York has about 200 children and young people, aged from three to 19, who have been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum.
Mrs Haslam said the council was ahead of the pack in creating a youth autism strategy which was formed in consultation with parents, social care and voluntary organisations looking ahead to the next three years.
Parent Fiona Hick, 39, of Dringhouses, whose 11-year-old son, Evan, is at Fulford School and has Asperger's Syndrome, also spoke at the conference about the transition into secondary school.
Mrs Hick said: "We have gone from a very difficult place before Evan was diagnosed when he was eight to a fantastic place now. The provision at Fulford School is first rate and we have had a really positive experience of the transition process."
Coun Janet Looker, the council's cabinet member for education, said: "We need to look at ways of supporting these youngsters.
"We don't want to put everyone with the condition in to a special school because that's expensive and not necessarily what parents want so its about finding a way of supporting parents and youngsters in the mainstream community."
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The York Autism Strategy for children and young people will outline what the council is planning over the next three years and includes:
• Existing services for children and young people with autism
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• Reducing the waiting time for assessment and increasing the use of direct payments and personal budgets
• Increasing training for staff and using more creative ways to support communication and increase the number of parent groups and sibling groups
• Plans to run new summer schools and open a second specialist youth club better placed to meet the needs of young people with autism.
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MP Diane Abbott, shadow minister for public health, is backing a charity campaign calling for more support for people with autism from black and ethnic minority (BME) backgrounds.
Ms Abbott is working with the National Autistic Society (NAS) to highlight the obstacles that often prevent people from these communities accessing the support and services they need.
Ms Abbott said: "It's vital that we do more to understand autism and its impact on black and ethnic minority communities, we hope this campaign is a first step towards a greater understanding and better support."
The NAS now hopes to carry out the largest ever survey into the experiences of people with autism from BME backgrounds.
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In school, being a bit different gets you picked on not just by other kids but the teachers can as well. At Huntington secondary school, the deputy headteacher (mr Kibble) had one or two 'favourites' he'd always pick on if ever there was some sort of issue - and one of those at least had aspergers, if not more.
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Streich spent 16 years as the manager of the youth squad, and was appointed a first team assistant under Dutt. His ascent to the first team manager position was a sign that the club wanted to maintain some semblance of stability even while they would be in a fight the rest of the season to avoid relegation. Even with the sale of Papiss Cisse to Newcastle United in January, Streich retooled the side and picked up a remarkable 27 points on the club's way to safety and a 12th place finish. Streich was named the Bundesliga manager of the year by the league's official magazine, Goal!
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Four alleged gangsters convicted of gunning down a young alumnus of a local high school at a bus stop near in 2009 have been sentenced for the murder.
Patrick Dwight Birdsong Jr., Sean Alex Mermer, Taaj Zakee Martin, and Norman Lovan Cole received sentences ranging from 50 to 90 years for the Nov. 3, 2009 slaying of Richard Manuel Juarez.
The 20-year-old victim was with three students, when at about 8:30 p.m., Birdsong and Martin approached from Pico Boulevard and opened fire. Juarez's three friends escaped without injury, according to published reports.
Police said the gunmen fled toward a getaway car manned by two accomplices, later identified as Mermer and Cole. All four were arrested that night after an officer heard the gunshots and saw the assailants running.
Mermer drove the pair to the scene and Cole was the front-seat passenger. The defendants are members of the Venice Shoreline Crips, Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Shiara Dávila-Morales said.
The four men were convicted of one count each of first-degree murder and attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder. Birdsong, Martin and Cole also were convicted of a single count of street terrorism according to the D.A.'s office.
Martin, 20; Cole, 36; and Mermer, 31; were sentenced Feb. 21. Birdsong, 21, was the last defendant to be sentenced on Tuesday.
Birdsong and Martin each got 90 years in prison while Mermer and Cole received 50-year sentences, according to Lewis.
Juarez graduated from Olympic High School. Shortly after his murder, a teacher there told the Santa Monica Daily Press that he was an avid drawer and a loyal friend with a big smile.
The shooting happened within hours of another slaying of a young man in Venice's Oakwood neighborhood.
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"alleged breeches of contract" - I don't see what business a man's trousers have to do with tennis.
The word is "breaches". Perhaps the Voice should hire a copy editor. I'm sure that, given the current economic environment, you could find one cheap.
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I have been a resident of Mountain View for 48 years. I started playing tennis at the Cuesta Center in the 70's and now play two or three times per week. Residents Pay no fee for court time. I could move to Sunnyvale and pay $10 per hour for their courts and I am sure Mr.Gill would provide courts for a nice fee. I guess Mr. Means is suggesting a $10 or more fees to plug up the big drain. I wonder when he last visited the Cuesta Tennis Center.
I am not sure about the importance of attire. I am curious, was Mr.Gill's suit a $2000 custom Armani or an off the rack Men's Warehouse. If you could provide this information it may be useful to Mr. Means and other council members when they vote on who and how the center will be run.


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Foster injured his hamstring in the preseason. In his place last week, Ben Tate ran for 116 yards on 24 carries. He also scored a touchdown as the Texans walked past the Peyton Manning-less Indianapolis Colts by a 34-7 score.
Anyone who is counting on last season's yards from scrimmage leader in fantasy football, should have already picked up Tate or another option. Texans fans and Foster owners alike will want to keep an eye on Foster's status this week. The Texans face the Saints in week three.
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floyd taking shots at ward!?, wtf?
floyd taking shots at ward!?, wtf?
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i just read on the front page that floyd was taking shots at ward for rooting for guerrero? really? anyone have a link to his comments? i'd like to read/hear them for myself.
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different strokes for different folks. there is truth to what floyd was saying....but did it need to be said?
if you're paid...does it need to be shouted from the mountain tops, do you need to be flashy?
if you're a gangster....do u need to act hard?
if you're better than someone else at anything do you need to constantly remind everybody?
i guess if you're insecure, you'll sing your own praises....or go fishing for compliments. i get that sometimes ppl need to be reminded but floyd is at a point in his career that he shouldn't have to say shit. when he does...he leaves himself open to interpretation and criticism. he likes the attention....and he isn't stupid. a lot of what he says is to stir up conversation and to get ppl mentioning his name. like he said...love him or hate him....we're all gonna watch. i enjoy seeing him do his thing. there are times when i enjoy the side show shit...i.e. him cursing larry merchant....and there are times when i cringe...him cursing his pops. when he fights....i watch, learn and take notes. all that other shit is meaningless to me. i don't watch him because he's controversial...or a fool...or a genius at marketing himself or any of that. i watch him because he is a genius in the ring.
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Just wondering when the power lines are going to be placed underground. The idea of grounding the wires was touted at least 40 years, I think. Now the city seems to have enough funds to implement this. Just wondering... about upgrading the aged sewage system, too. Seems like Palo Alto's aged infrastructure could use some upgrading, or rather maintenance instead of unnecessary buildings.
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Perhaps we should hire more cops instead of spending it on discretionary projects? Public safety would seem to be the logical use of those funds.
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Boy I Love (BIL) and I were talking about the best kind of holiday sale. It has been a multi-day, casually continued conversation. I think it started with the Babeland slogan "The holidays are coming… and you can too!" (A poly friend gave a mono friend a holiday card with that slogan on it. Laughter ensued. Toys on the brain also ensued.)
BIL mentioned that he and a friend of his were perusing a catalogue. Apparently there is such a thing as a 17-piece suction cup set. I'm fascinated by this. How big are the suction cups? Where exactly am I supposed to put 17 of them? I have two nipples, a clit, … um… an ass, I guess… ten toes? Do suction cups go between toes? Are they little?
I wonder what it would feel like to have the insides of my elbows and knees suction cupped. Is that the sort of thing they had in mind?
There's a 14-piece set. What I want to know is, Who's the person who thought to him- or herself, "What this set really needs is three more suction cups."
Maybe I'm supposed to suction BIL's body parts too. Ooo, maybe we're supposed to suction ourselves together! How charming! Nothing says making love like some suction cup popping. "Do you feel me? No, way deep down, do you feel how much I care? [Shww-pop] How 'bout now? You feel that amazing loving suction?"


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Rafael Dagnesses from Simi Valley has a new website up. He is getting support from local Republicans too:
Most of Simi Valley is not in the district. Looking over his website do you think he could beat out other Republicans for the nomination?
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12:00pm Friday 25th April 2014 in Winchester By Lauren Howard, Reporter
CHURCHWARDENS from across the district gathered at Winchester's Great Hall earlier this month to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust (HIHCT).
Around 150 people were welcomed by the trust chairman, Lady Appleyard, to enjoy performances from members of the Hampshire Music Service.
Among those enjoying the celebrations was Hampshire County Council leader Roy Perry.
"I am happy to help the trust by inviting you to the Winchester Great Hall for your jubilee celebration," he said. "It is one of just very few historic buildings for which the county council is responsible and we know just how expensive such ancient monuments can be."
Since 1988, HIHCT has provided grants and loans in excess of £540,000 to help repair, restore and maintain churches, their contents and churchyards. More than 300 churches and chapels of all denominations in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have benefited.
The trust's main annual fundraiser is the sponsored Ride and Stride on Saturday (September 13). Last year the event raised more than £53,000 – an increase of nearly £1,600 from the year before.
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When Monnique Faison and Leah Ross were united in marriage last month at The Emanuel Synagogue, history was made.
Rabbi David Small, spiritual leader of the Conservative synagogue, located at 160 Mohegan Drive in West Hartford, performed the first same-sex marriage in the history of the 93-year-old congregation. Emanuel's cantor, Sanford Cohn, served as co-officiant at the Nov. 24 ceremony, held in the synagogue's sanctuary.
"As a Conservative rabbi, I am very committed to bringing people closer to Judaism, to create inclusion in the synagogue community and to help people realize and experience meaning and holiness in their lives. It was so beautiful to serve in this role for this couple – just as we do for every couple," said Rabbi Small.
There were minor adjustments to the Jewish marriage contract (ketubah) and the traditional Seven Blessings (Sheva Brachot), to reflect wording relevant to a same-sex couple. But otherwise, the couple's wedding ceremony was traditionally Jewish.
The women were united under a chuppah, or wedding canopy, which is a symbol of the home to be shared by the couple. The ceremony – including two cups of wine, the exchange of rings and the couple encircling one another seven times to represent wholeness – concluded with the traditional breaking of a glass. Ross shattered the glass with her foot, reminding that even at a time of personal joy, tragedies in Jewish history are not forgotten. The glass also symbolizes the frailty of human relationships.
A few unique touches included a Ross family tradition in which the men in the family came dressed in kilts. Instead of a wedding cake, guests were served the couple's favorite desserts of frozen yogurt and brownies.
Faison and Ross met several years ago at the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC), in Hartford, where Faison is a program coordinator and Ross is manager of disbursement accounting.
Previously married, Faison, 47, is the mother of four children, ranging in ages from 10-28. This was the first marriage for Ross, 43. Prior to the ceremony, Rabbi Small gathered Faison's family into a "huddle." In addition to reciting a blessing for the couple, he encouraged Faison to recite a blessing for her children. The rabbi indicated this is his standard practice at all unions in which one member has previously been married and has children.
"Rabbi Small added so many touches like that which were lovely," said Faison.
"Rabbi Small is so warm and loving. It felt like I had known him for years," continued Ross. "He welcomed me with open arms."
Faison said her primary concern about marrying Ross was the reaction of her children.
"But they were okay about it. My kids just want me to be happy," she said. "I'm very, very fortunate."
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The couple, who reside in West Hartford, received their civil marriage license at Town Hall. Same-sex marriage has been legal in the state of Connecticut for several years.
But same-sex marriage ceremonies were not allowed in Conservative synagogues prior to 2006.
The Emanuel Synagogue is affiliated with the Conservative movement of Judaism. In 2006, the movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards narrowly decided to vote in favor of same-sex unions, but said the decision whether or not to permit the celebrations of these unions in their synagogues would be up to each Conservative congregation and its rabbi.
According to an official announcement from the Emanuel Board of Trustees, Rabbi Small introduced the issue to the synagogue's Ritual Committee in 2005. He then waited for a request for such a ceremony before requesting a vote. Last July, he was approached by Faison, a longtime Emanuel congregant, and asked if he would officiate at her wedding and if it could be held at the synagogue.
"Leah and I are Jewish and we wanted a religious ceremony," noted Faison.
"Being able to be married in a synagogue was like coming home for me because it brought such inner peace as well as the testament to our true commitment to our marriage and our family," added Ross.
First, the Emanuel Ritual Committee approved allowing same-sex unions at its synagogue. In August, the Board of Trustees reviewed two responsa of the Rabbinical Assembly's Law and Standards Committee, including liturgy for same-sex ceremonies. The Board in September then voted 27-4 to pass a resolution allowing "full and equal rights, privileges, standards and responsibilities to Jewish gay and lesbian individuals and to same-sex couples and their children in the congregation."
An article in the December synagogue bulletin states: "The Board passed this resolution based upon the premise of k'vod habriot, or human dignity, a core halachic (Jewish law) value and a basic tenet of our congregation. In extending same-sex couples the opportunity to marry in our sanctuary and to affirm the opportunity of gay and lesbian members to participate fully in the religious life of the Emanuel family, our Board affirms the principle of k'vod habriot and helps insure that The Emanuel Synagogue is a welcoming and affirmative community for all our members."
This new openness includes Jewish marriage ceremonies provided by the Emanuel clergy; use of the synagogue for marriage ceremonies, receptions and other life cycle events; status of the primary mourner when a spouse dies; burial rights and rites; and more.
Said Rabbi Small, "This development from my point of view is consistent with progress during the last 40-50 years in extending increased inclusion in greater synagogue life and to staying connected with the Jewish community and tradition. One of the main concepts in the letter published by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is the principle of the dignity of human beings. That was a guiding principle for the synagogue leadership and for me."


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The Hospital Foundation of Decatur County has announced the selection of Bryan Robbins as its new Director.
In his new position, Robbins will be working to support the healthcare initiatives of, and develop funding for, Decatur County Memorial Hospital (DCMH.)
According to Hospital Foundation Board President Cleo Duncan, "We are so pleased to have Bryan join our Hospital Foundation and share his passion for our community and ultimately our Hospital. He brings a wealth of not-for-profit experience and an appreciation for the role our Hospital plays in the vitality of our county."
DCMH President and CEO Linda Simmons commented, "Bryan has very capably and professionally demonstrated his ability to lead, collaborate and develop funding for unique projects. We look forward to him using those talents for the advancement of our organization."
When asked about the new position Robbins stated, "I look forward to working with the Hospital Foundation Board and the Hospital to help promote and expand DCMH services, while solidifying its position as a building block for the community's development."
Robbins fills the vacancy left when David Fry was named VP of Operations for DCMH. Fry held the position since 2005, and despite the Hospital Foundation being founded in 1992, was its first Director.
Robbins is a Decatur County native and has a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College and a Masters from the State University of New York at Albany. He is a certified Grant Administrator for the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and a Certified LPA Project Coordinator. Robbins currently serves as President of the Economic Development Corporation of Greensburg/Decatur County and the Historical Society of Decatur County. He is immediate past president, and serves on the board of the Arts & Cultural Council. He also serves on the board of the Decatur County Family YMCA, is a member of Rotary International and has been involved in multiple other community initiatives including the Greensburg/Decatur County Multi-use Path Committee.
He was named Business Leader of the Year in 2011 by the Greensburg-Decatur County Chamber of Commerce. Robbins, his wife Jennifer, and daughter, Dot, reside in Greensburg.
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#FiscalCliff: Rush is right: The @GOP should just walk away.—
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As the fiscal cliff looms ever closer on the horizon, the White House at last has laid its opening bid on the table, much to the amusement of Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Something about that additional $50 billion in "stimulus" spending to reduce the deficit just tickles the funny bone.
McConnell 'Burst Into Laughter' as Geithner Outlined Obama's Plan shar.es/6vMwV via @sharethis—
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@AG_Conservative @ShareThis AT LAST, an HONEST reaction from the GOP on how the President is REALLY going to negotiate.—
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Though House Republicans now will have to present their own proposal, many conservatives aren't confident in the negotiating skills of House Speaker John Boehner, with some on Twitter (unsuccessfully) lobbying to replace him. Frankly, it's not difficult to picture fiscal cliff negotiations looking something like "Thelma and Louise," with President Obama and Boehner clutching hands before stomping on the accelerator. Maybe they'll get lucky and land on a pile of worthless dollar bills. Is this the issue where the GOP will find its backbone?
Shorter GOP: We may be terrified girlymen, but telling us to eat sh** goes too far "GOP Rejects Cliff Offer From Obama" on.wsj.com/QtNgz7—
Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) November 30, 2012
But is there an alternative? Many high-profile conservatives, including Charles Krauthammer and Rush Limbaugh, are suggesting that the GOP simply hand Obama the keys and let him drive off the cliff by himself. The fiscal cliff? He did build that; let him own it.
Rush thinks Republicans must walk away from any deal with Obama on the fiscal cliff. Let them get what they want and own the consequences.—
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RUSH: The only leverage GOP has is to walk away & let Obama OWN his Fiscal Cliff………..#ObamaLegacy—
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AMEN TO THAT: RUSH: Republicans must walk away from any deal with Obama and the Democrats on the fiscal cliff twy.la/TwMnW8—
Tom Creamer (@TRCreamer) November 29, 2012
Krauthammer's Take: Geithner Deal 'Insulting,' GOP Should Walk Away: On tonight's edition of Special Report, Cha… bit.ly/Yc3BwL—
National Review (@NROcorner) November 30, 2012
@NROcorner I agree.They should not cave¬ be blackmailed.Go over cliff&get on MSM's and tell American ppl why.—
Linda McDonald (@Linda18788) November 30, 2012
Adree strongly! RT @slone: JUST WALK AWAY: Krauthammer On Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: (cont) tl.gd/k68hqa—
(@jswilson) November 30, 2012
Krauthammer is spot on. The GOP needs to walk. Just walk away from it. O can own this now. A former Community organizer can solve it.—
Gena Rinckey (@Gena_Rinckey) November 30, 2012
I'm w/ Krauthammer -the Republicans should walk away from one-sided negotiations until Obama & Reid are serious. We'll be blamed either way!—
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Krauthammer just said the house republicans should just walk away from the budget 'negotiations.' Me too. Obama will own this farce.—
Dale (@TCOTvideos) November 29, 2012
@TCOTvideos Completely agree. Republicans should treat this like the plague. #Obama should own this!!—
Craig Lawrence (@Proud1American) November 29, 2012
Krauthammer is right…..walk away Republicans and stand your ground for the American people against financial stupidity. #MY2K—
Kathy Brenner (@AuntSpike) November 29, 2012
Republicans should walk away from the table. WH is nuts.—
Tony Fratto (@TonyFratto) November 29, 2012
THIS! RT @TonyFratto Republicans should walk away from the table. WH is nuts.—
(@GayPatriot) November 29, 2012
@GayPatriot @TonyFratto as a guy that negotiates for a living,"walking" is the BEST tactic to really get what you want.—
Arizona Luke (@ArizonaLuke) November 29, 2012
Message to Republicans.. Walk away from table and get ready for the Holidays! Let the Dems once again own this debacle!!—
Wayne Dupree (@NewsNinja2012) November 29, 2012
@cpaul4360 @newsninja2012 They should vote "present" and let the Dems have it all. Might be the only way to not get blamed?—
Jamie Robertson (@24Robertson) November 29, 2012
Hell, let's go over the Fiscal Cliff and let Obama own it. It's time to kick these bastards where it hurts.—
Bob Campbell (@linktobob) November 30, 2012
Democrats are saying entitlements are off the fiscal cliff table??? Republicans need to tell them to fuck off & walk away from negotiations.—
Chris Velcro (@Velcro108) November 28, 2012
Think @gop shld all vote present, let Obama own taking us over cliff. We're going anyway. @gopleader @speakerboehner #tcot—
(@USshrugged) November 29, 2012
Lets go off that fiscal cliff. Lets have Obama own it since he signed the legislation that caused it. Not GOP fault & where's senate budget?—
Libertydefender (@libertydefender) November 29, 2012
What will it be? It's going to be a bumpy ride regardless. Will the GOP buckle, or buckle up?
We should just "Thelma and Louise" it straight off the fiscal cliff and then make @barackobama own the economy #tcot #tlot #tbot #teaparty—
Dennis Hillebrand (@dennishillebran) November 30, 2012
Harry Reid blames GOP for looming fiscal cliff, calls for higher debt ceiling
Priorities! Fiscal cliff? Obama hasn't bothered to meet with congressional leaders for 13 days
Surf's up! Obamas taking $4 million Hawaiian vacation as America plunges over fiscal cliff
Harry Reid: We've cut spending, GOP needs to get 'serious' about fiscal cliff
White House opening bid in fiscal cliff negotiations includes $1.6 trillion in taxes, $50 billion in stimulus