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I don't think my questions or demeanor are unreasonable. It's unreasonable to broadcast a myopic viewpoint on a blog and not address dissenting opinions. Mike has chosen to cop out with being "too old" to strain his ideas through a rigorous filter. I guess Mike is an "old" dog, and independent thought is a new trick. I would love to be proven wrong.
And I'm sorry you can't grasp the concept of "degrees of statism". I tried to explain in concise terms how a position that calls for government intervention is statist (by definition) to some degree (roughly proportionate to the amount of govt called for). Plus, I never used the word "Satanism" or any "code words". I don't need to speak in code to get my point across.
I truly want to have honest & fruitful discussions.July 20, 2009 at 4:24 p.m.
Mike, all I'm selling is the part of your brain (consciousness) you're not using. If you don't use it, someone else will.
Now, I'm not calling you anything, but I am calling you out. We can all benefit from a little public discourse. I'm an information junkie and am not too proud to be proven wrong. If you have some information that's useful, I want to know about it. It's very obvious you're intelligent, so I'll never understand your reluctance to put your ideas to the test. And I don't think I'm being unreasonable.
So be it.July 17, 2009 at 5:09 p.m.
It must be my lucky day, because I was just going to amend my response by saying that you seem to be a nice reasonable man but you last statement makes me think you are a pushy annoying salesman.
Two things, I don't do interviews or requests.
……Call me whatever you want, but I am too old to play games and you won't get an answer from me..Now, shoo, go find someone else to pester.
I did visit your blog…nice
Have a good nightJuly 17, 2009 at 4:51 p.m.
And you can stay tuned to my blog:July 17, 2009 at 4:36 p.m.
Where's the harm in trying to answer those questions? What are you afraid of?
By the way, I don't agree with everything Ron Paul says either, but I admire his spirit to challenge the system to adhere to the law. But really, Mike, an ideology/movement has to be popular BEFORE you'll pay attention to it? The merit of that position doesn't matter? Baaah.
And Paul has the majority of his fellow Representatives attention with HR-1207: Audit the Fed Bill. He has 270 co-sponsors, 218 being a majority. But it will surely get butchered or watered down by Barney Frank in committee, despite the overwhelming support. The similar bill in the Senate is meeting resistance because they're less accountable to the people. Do you have an argument against Federal Reserve transparency?
So, you've partially proved my point that you can't think outside of that cramped little Left-vs-Right box. You had to pigeonhole me into one of your predefined, low-resolution political categories and dismiss my position with a canned answer.
I will challenge you again to be a trooper and enlighten me with a response to those health care questions. Anyone else want to hear Mike's take? Me too.July 17, 2009 at 4:35 p.m.
You question my honesty when I wrote this statement "As I flipped through the tuner all I could find was right wing talk shows complaining about the House Healthcare proposal."…. I meant two things by that statement 1. Right wing stations were all I could pick up…2. The message was the same….. I was trying to get to sleep, flipping through the stations, and you want to compare what I heard… It's not even close to being apples and oranges.
I don't really care if you disagree with me on any topic, respectfully or not.
I end a lot of my posts by admitting I do not have all the answers, but I'm old enough and have enough experience on this forum, to know what posters I can have a dialogue with….. With some, it is a complete waste of their time and mime.July 17, 2009 at 4:24 p.m.
There is a reason I have ignored your post and your request….. I am too old to listen to the Ron Paulite's vision of the world, according to the gospel of Ron Paul…. There is a reason he only got 42 electoral delegates, he is way out there…..
We're not going to eliminate the Internal Revenue, the CIA, Fed, EPA or the teachers union; so it is a complete waste of my time to even discuss such matters.
And as I keep saying, when you find those like -minded people that want to see government reduced to the size of a Radio Shack outlet, win at the ballot box and get a majority of the 535 legislator's attention, then people will take you seriously. Right now that movement is no more than a novelty. It is still about Republicans and Democrats….
Don't get me wrong, I like Ron Paul, and he does make sense on some subjects, but I have yet to meet, any of his supporters that believe everything he says. There will always say something like this, "well I wouldn't go as far' as to bring all of our military home."
I'm not that gullible, the two -party system has its faults, but it's easy being out of power and having all the answers ,because you will ever be tested.
You have a good day, and I'm pretty sure you can find some converts in other threads…. I'm not one of them.
When and if a National Healthcare plan comes up, I will be happy to discuss the merits and faults of such a system.
I hope you did not take my response as a personal attack, but more as a "don't bother me with that nonsense" in a kind way..July 17, 2009 at 3:53 p.m.
Vet you say "we are a nation that will not spend billions to keep its 300 million citizens alive, healthy and productive." Do you know for a fact that universal health care will do that? I strongly suspect you don't.
The evidence suggests quite the opposite. It says health care will be worse and more people will have improper care and premature deaths.
And Mike makes a similar mistake. He says health care needs to be fixed because it is so expensive. The fact is Medicare and Medicaid was enacted to make health care "affordable", but instead health care cost have escalated at two to three times the rate of inflation. So more government financed health care is suppose to make it "more affordable" ?
The evidence strongly suggests it will become more expensive and it will bankrupt our country. Oh I know Mike says "they" are not going to make it "universal." That's what they say but that's not what they want and they know that once this door is opened, universal health care will be the result.
I had a good chuckle the other day when some Democratic congressman said that health care reform will drive down the cost and "improve" the quality of health care - you can do one or the other but not both.July 17, 2009 at 3:32 p.m.
Wonder if you would be honest enough to say what station you listened to.July 17, 2009 at 3:11 p.m.
My radio station is actually reading the pages of the bill outloud so that you can be educated on the facts in the morning.
And if it the callers you are listening to --then that is just like all this gabbing. There are so many view points; it is like blind men touching the elephant.
Many of us are wrong. But Mike, I have to respectfully disagree with you on the medical bill.
Sorry, that's what I get for trying to paint and post at the same time.July 17, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.
Too many MOON jokes to put on here. They may get deleted.
Come on Vet you can do better than that..July 17, 2009 at 3:07 p.m.
Mike, my questions still stand:
I welcome anyone to take a shot at it, though.
Everyone, stating the obvious that (opposing) politicians are corrupt is NOT an argument FOR nationalized health care. If anything, it argues against letting any government entity administer such a system.July 17, 2009 at 3:02 p.m.
And I'm sure only LUNAtics would know where that cantina is.July 17, 2009 at 2:57 p.m.
I know where you and Vet can get tickets to the MOON. Go to "H" street and turn left on "D" street, their is a cantina there called I promised you the moon.July 17, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.
Truly I thought you might be smart enough not to just throw out a right- wing bogeyman scare tactic, instead of concentrating on the problems and the merits of the Health Reform bill, as it written….. The lobbyist have input on every page of this Health Care Reform bill…. I saw this afternoon where Susan Collins, Orrin Hatch and about four other republicans are taking part in this Health Care reform bill but I also saw some stumbling blocks, like the president's time-line.
One more time, the naysayers the skeptics and the republicans know if this Health Care Reform bill is successful, it will mean four more years for the Obama Administration and at least 12 more years of Democrat domination because a majority of them will be seen to be obstructionists ,with no solutions of their own….IMO
You have a good day; I have other things to do this afternoon.
BTW I saw that study several years ago and it did not prove your statement.July 17, 2009 at 2:39 p.m.
Truly I thought you might be smart enough and notice how short that last sentence was based on a study?July 17, 2009 at 2:21 p.m.
And he didn't have to go to "C" street.July 17, 2009 at 2 p.m.
It's all Clinton's fault.July 17, 2009 at 1:53 p.m.
Darn Vet, I was going to use that if the "Moon shot example" myself.
Itisi, in your quest to make the illegal immigrants, the bogeyman, you should read before you post.
You posted the last sentence "The current house bill makes a commitment to all people who are lawfully present to be covered in the new health care plan."…. What is it about "lawfully present" that you don't understand?
I heard Rachel Maddow describe that "C" street building, a conservative frat house.
Another Republican senator who lived in that building, a Rep. Chip Pickering from Mississippi had an affair inside that building…. The wife of Mr. Pickering is suing the mistress.. Does Senator Colburn have a law degree? That makes three from same "C"street building, that's quite a bible study group.
You remember Steve Largent, it seems like he was a counselor to all three… Today, Steve Largent is a lobbyist for the same firm that Pickering's mistress owns.
Mr. Ensign's might have some problems with Internal Revenue because a "the $96,000 cannot be giving for future favors."…. Senator Ensign called it a gift but his parents said a portion of it was for severance pay ($25,000)…. That $25,000 was not listed in Senator Ensign Ethic disclosure form…. If guilty of not reporting, could mean five years in a Federal penitentiary..
Remember all the noise about the tax problems of the president's nominees..Not a word from them about these guys.
Could they blame it all on the illegal immigrants?July 17, 2009 at 1:37 p.m.
Amazing, ain't it? 40 years ago we were a nation that spent billions of dollars on the crap shoot of putting three men on top of 3,200 tons of hellfire wrapped in an aluminum skin and firing the whole thing at a dead rock 240,000 miles away because our destiny demanded it.July 17, 2009 at 12:47 p.m.
40 years later we are a nation that will not spend billions to keep its 300 million citizens alive, healthy and productive because the insurance industry lobbyists who own our politicians forbid it.
Now if I can be excused, I have to see if there are any openings at C Street in Washington. Sounds like a fun place.
LULAC supports a public health plan and the elimination of disparities within the national health care system as key components of comprehensive health reform," said Rev. Deacon Sal Alvarez, Chair of the National LULAC Health Commission.July 17, 2009 at 12:25 p.m.
According to a recent study done by the Pew Hispanic Center, of the uninsured population in the United States, one out of every three persons are Hispanic. Forty-five percent of all undocumented children are uninsured and 59 percent of all undocumented adults are uninsured. The current house bill makes a commitment to all people who are lawfully present to be covered in the new health care plan.
This is what I found from the Kaiser News report dated July 9,2009
"As Congress wrangles with overhauling the health care system, there is one population not being discussed. No proposal for a national health plan would cover the nation's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily...July 17, 2009 at 12:06 p.m.
What do you mean by "Now you La Raza demanding government healthcare for illegal aliens?" can you cite a source?
The large number of democrats that have problems with the current Health Care reform bill are Blue Dog Democrats (conservative democrats from conservative districts) 52 in number…… Follow the money, check the lobbyist contributions ….Yes, it is about the cost, but if we continue to ignore the problem, we will still get the $2.6 trillion bill at the end of the year.
These dogfights between republicans and democrats have been going on for years, so whenever you think about this president, he is a politician that wants to get re-elected. He knows that a poorly crafted bill or if policies do not we work, he will first lose house and senate seats, then if economy does not turn around by the year 2011, he will not be re-elected.
As I continue to say, the naysayer and skeptics will never approve anything that this Democratic Congress or the president wants to do, so he needs to take the bull by the horns, and accept responsibility and defeat, if it does not work. I understand that the opposition has to whine and gripe but a true certain solution would solidify their position in the upcoming elections.
As I said before, I'm not going to pretend that I have all the answers, or that the president's policy will work but I have put my money where my mouth is, and reinvested in the market because I feel confident this administration will make adjustments, so we can begin getting out of this recession by the end of the year. I will allow for bumps in the road along the way, but I'm still waiting for the GOP's solutions.
A lot of the stimulus money will start to kick in the next three months in the latter part of 2011; we will see the results (good or bad)…. I already hear talk coming from the republican leadership that, "yes, we're showing some signs of recovery, but if we would have been better off ,if only we would have instilled their plan."..That is to be expected.
BTW I guess you know that if you entered your post on the many anti-Obama blogs you would get a "atta boy" and you would be with likeminded individuals.
No,I want you to point out the section in the proposed bill..I am a simple man, but I don't like accusations without documentation...That's how rumors are taken for fact.July 17, 2009 at 11:53 a.m.
Go to the LA Raza web site, that will clear up that Q & A..July 17, 2009 at 11:47 a.m.
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First off do not call it Healthcare Reform, it is a new Healthcare system, designed by the President to give European style healthcare to American citizens. The President does not care about the cost, if he did, he would have went back to the drawing board and came up with a new plan.
Healthcare Reform; congress can fix what we already have it really needs an overhaul w/out a doubt.
Now you La Raza demanding government healthcare for illegal aliens, and you can bet the President will give La Raza what ever they want. Now there is a large number of Democrats backing away from the President healthcare plan solely because of the cost.
Democrats and Republicans better wake up. Cap & Trade along with a new healthcare system will put this country in a position that has never been seen. The President better wake up because he is putting a burden on the taxpayer and it does not matter if you're rich or poor. Partly opinion and based on fact..July 17, 2009 at 10:57 a.m.
I have to repost one of my earlier comments because it applies here too. These national health care pushers are full-blown Marxists (I don't use that term lightly), and they know well what effects these policies will have on the macro-economy and our micro-economies. Collectivism (fascism/socialism) can't exist when the means of production are scattered and independent.
The following three-paragraph comment was posted on the John Deere story:
"CONSOLIDATION!! This is what you should expect in our top-heavy society. Consolidation in business. Consolidation of means of production, especially food. Consolidation of money & banking. Consolidation of power in government. What's next, consolidation of people into happy-fun camps? Nah.
There's very little hope in reversing this trend because government is increasing the cost of entry into markets with new taxes, environmental restrictions, and accounting regulations. Under these conditions, competition can't emerge. ("Competition is a sin" – John D. Rockefeller) Competition is the hidden force that creates lower prices, product diversity, efficient business models, proper allocation of resources, and innovation – pretty much all the positive economic outcomes our elected/appointed central planners think they can generate by edict. I hope you're ready to discover what lack of competition yields. (This isn't just a product of this administration, so don't you dare flip into "blame Obama" mode. There's a bigger picture!)
Look, we just saw the struggling auto companies adopt a business model (govt coercion?) similar to John Deere's. Either GET ANGRY or get used to it. We have to remember where the power should lie in American society – The Individual, from the bottom up. As long as we keep feeding their top-down power structures, we're destined to have the proverbial boot stomping on our faces."July 17, 2009 at 10:23 a.m.
Correction legionJuly 17, 2009 at 9:52 a.m.
The 1993 effort did not count because a health care bill could have been passed with about 42 GOPers but Hillary got greedy and wanted it her way,so I count that as kicking it down the road.
I'm not arguing your point, and I wholeheartedly agree with your, by the way statement.
I'm not against big business or small-business because my portfolio depends on them making a profit but my emphasis is on the middle- class, who are being hit the hardest with the rising cost of Health Care, education, and debt. I remember about three years ago when Bill Maher asked Mark Cuban, how he felt when the lawmakers' want to impose taxes on the rich. Mark Cuban said "I have a roomful of tax lawyers whose job it is to minimize the effect." The middle class does not have that luxury. That was a Point I was trying to make when I mentioned the listeners of talk radio. They entered into what I call "the sound bite generation" because they'd turn their attention on a 3 to 5% surtax, which really won't affect the wealthy as much as the Medicaid and Medicare cuts will do to the recipient's, hospital's and, doctors etc. That is the reason the CBO came out with a damaging report saying that the current proposal will increase cost. The Obama Administration needs to accept the report, go back to the drawing board and resubmit the proposal.
Health Care reform has been kicked down the road for 30 years, now we find all the major players at the table with the hospitals, Big Pharma, and the AMA finding ways they can reduce cost to the taxpayers. They were not at the table last year.
BTW The president is finally getting engaged and is going after, as he puts it, "those that sit on the sidelines and just gripe and whine." About four administration department heads wrote letters to the Arizona governor asking her to return the funds that John McCain and John Kyl said are not helping the economy. The governor called it a threat but accepted the funds anyway. Can't have it both ways.July 17, 2009 at 9:47 a.m.
And oh yeah Mike I got a chuckle out of your claim it's only a 3% tax increase - This is from the Wall Street Journal:
Every detail isn't known, but late last week Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel disclosed that his draft bill would impose a "surtax" on individuals with adjusted gross income of more than $280,000 a year.
This would hit job creators especially hard because more than six of every 10 who earn that much are small business owners, operators or investors, according to a 2007 Treasury study.
That study also found that almost half of the income taxed at this highest rate is small business income from the more than 500,000 sole proprietorships and subchapter S corporations whose owners pay the individual rate.
In addition, many more smaller business owners with lower profits would be hit by the Rangel plan's payroll tax surcharge. That surcharge would apply to all firms with 25 or more workers that don't offer health insurance to their employees, and it would amount to an astonishing eight percentage point fee above the current 15% payroll levy.
Here's the ugly income-tax math. First, Mr. Obama has promised to let the lower Bush tax rates expire after 2010. This would raise the top personal income tax rate to 39.6% from 35%, and the next rate to 36% from 33%.
The Bush expiration would also phase out various tax deductions and exemptions, bringing the top marginal rate to as high as 41%.
Then add the Rangel Surtax of one percentage point, starting at $280,000 ($350,000 for couples), plus another percentage point at $400,000 ($500,000 for couples), rising to three points on more than $800,000 ($1 million) in 2011.
But wait, there's more. The surcharge could rise by two more percentage points in 2013 if health-care costs are larger than advertised -- which is a near-certainty.
Add all of this up and the top marginal tax rate would climb to 46%, which hasn't been seen in the U.S. since the Reagan tax reform of 1986 cut the top rate to 28% from 50%.
States have also been raising their income tax rates, so in California and New York City the top rate would be around 58%. The Tax Foundation reports that at least half of all states would have combined state-federal tax rates of more than 50%.
Mr. Rangel also wants to apply his surcharges to investment income like capital gains. So the combined effect of repealing the Bush tax cuts and the new surcharges would be to raise the tax on stock appreciation by at least 60% -- to as high as 24% from 15% today.
President Obama has been worrying about a capital squeeze on small businesses, but raising the capital gains tax would only further starve them of funds.July 17, 2009 at 9:41 a.m.
Mike, thanks for citing the "Tax Policy Center" you might as well have referenced "The Daily Worker."
"The Tax Policy Center is the product of the left-leaning Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute."
Raising taxes on "investors" will - I know this comes as a shock - reduce investment because it will lower the return on investment.
What socialists don't understand is the relation between risk and return. The greater the risk the greater is the return demanded to make that investment. Starting a business is a risky business. It's the investor that takes that risk as it should be.
So if taxes are raised there will be less entrepreneurship not more. But what really drives the economy into the ditch more than tax policy is excessive spending, like we are doing now.
Congress has the markets in such turmoil I doubt any new investments are being considered.July 17, 2009 at 9:01 a.m.
I don't suckle on the teat of either political party and am not persuaded or impressed by political pong. Can you explain in detail to folks like me who don't have burdensome, objectivity-destroying allegiances how nationalized heath care will benefit America in the long term? Will we be healthier in 50 years because of it or in spite of it? Will it be more successful that other government ventures into health care? And please don't overlook how our government fails at nearly EVERYTHING it ever does on a national scale. Please present other instances of how government intervention lowered the cost or improved the quality of a service or product. Also, take a moment to consider the ways government already intervenes in our health care system and ponder the impact.
I'll get you started:
- HMO Act of 1973 (created those horrible HMOs)
- Non-negotiable Medicare prescription drug plan (maximum cost boondoggle!)
- Medicare & Medicaid (10s of trillions in unfunded liabilities)
Now consider the culture our welfare system has created. Instead of being a safety net, it's an inescapable black hole. Plus, the GAO projects Social Security to be a $40-50T liability. When will the experiment with my grandkids' futures end?!
What's keeping our current health care system from operating in and benefitting from a true free market, like for instance, the MP3 player, computer or cell phone markets? In most other free markets open to competition, prices go down and quality increases over time. (We haven't had a true free market in decades, but there's still enough competition to partially simulate market forces.)
Please try to convince me that central planning works, and leave out all the emotional talking points. Talk to me like I'm Murray Rothbard.
Oh, one more question: How long will I have to wait for surgery to repair the sphincters that have been annihilated by the taxman?July 16, 2009 at 9:59 p.m.
I saw on the scroller on HLN this morning..Democrats pushing health insurance tax to pay for their healthcare plan. They are going to tax MY health insurance payments to pay for their program. That, to me, is wrong. I will essentially be punished for having the very thing they are going to force me to have. I'm sooo confused....I guess I should just start mailing my paychecks to DC so I can stop worrying about when they are going to come take it, at least I will have some control/say in the situation.July 16, 2009 at 8:07 p.m.
LOL,(the blame the current administration and go for it.)
One point tho, which segment of the country business employee the most people?
Sure big business can say they employee 25,000 workers( or pick any number).
The fact of the matter is, is that small businesses as a group, employee the majority of workers.
If a small business hires, say two more workers, at $8 a hour, that is $620 a week, minus taxes, that the workers spend on goods,and that in itself drives up demand on the companies they buy goods from.
Besides putting more payroll taxes in the federal coffers, it increases consumer demand,more money to spend.
Call it trickle down or whatever you want, but I am not talking about multi billion dollar investment firms.
By the way, with all the TARP funds the banks and investment firms received, how many new hires did they make? I don't know for sure, but every single one of them terminated employees,reported large profits and have not rehired or replaced employees.July 16, 2009 at 7:56 p.m.


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Florence police are looking for the man responsible for the robbery of the Sonic on Helton Drive.
A man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a bandana on his face robbed the fast food restaurant around 1 a.m. Monday. He was carrying a long gun and held an employee at gunpoint.
It's unclear if he got away with anything. No one was injured in the robbery.
Anyone with information should contact police at 256-768-2728.
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No matter how busy we get I refuse to get totally derailed from eating healthy. In fact, finding a way to get real food on the table is more critical than ever while we shape Rylan's eating habits and expectations for the type of food he will get at home most days.
Weekend meal prep is my best shot for avoiding takeout temptations. I still haven't found the time to make large batches of freezer meals but I have found a few new recipes that yield a fair amount of leftovers to carry us into the week for lunches and dinner.
Links I suggest all busy households pin and try:
- Vanilla chia seed pudding. A delicious, crazy-fast and protein-packed breakfast that you can prepare at night and eat for at least two – three days following. I have been topping mine with organic strawberries and blueberries.
- Kale pesto (nut free). I read on a mom blog somewhere that pesto is something all families should keep in the fridge. Tossing it with pasta is a fast weeknight fallback. Until Rylan has been exposed to all nuts I searched for a nut-free version and am surprised by how good this one tastes. Since we are not vegan I did add some parmesan cheese–highly recommended.
- Chickpea, avocado and feta salad. This is dummy-proof. To make it even heartier as a standalone dinner I mixed in about a cup of Trader Joes Harvest Grains mix. Rylan devoured this.
- Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Chili. This is now a staple in our house. I make it at least twice a month and freeze extras for mid-week meals when we're running low on energy and motivation. I omit the chipotle peppers since I am breastfeeding and want to keep it on the milder side.
Overnight slow cooker oatmeal is a forever-staple and I always make sure to keep frozen veggie burgers and fish on hand to bare with a basic salad. Morning green smoothies have gone on a hiatus but I am hoping to make another round of smoothie packs now that the weather is warming up. I am obsessed with the daily recipes shared by Simple Green Smoothies on Instagram.
We're keeping Rylan gluten free, per our pediatrician, until one year and that will influence a lot of my cooking until then. Some freezer-friendly recipes I was able to test this last weekend include:
- Mini Frittatas (for Rylan, but good for any busy household. I made ours in a mini muffin pan)
- Paleo pumpkin muffins (for Rylan, though I realized the almond flour might not have been the best choice so even though he reacted fine, we can't bring them to daycare. Again, I used the mini muffin pan)
- Salmon cakes (I used gluten free bread crumbs. Warning – do not overcook or these bad boys totally end up like hockey pucks)
- Crock pot vegetarian stuffed peppers (I can't for the life of me find the recipe I followed! But if you Google "slow cooker stuffer peppers) there are endless varieties. I used brown rice, frozen corn, black beans, shredded cheese, cumin and chili powder. They baked perfectly in about 3 hours on high)
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A day after a crash on Interstate 65 Wednesday night, police are still trying to determine who was driving the vehicle that caused the crash by going the wrong way.
The 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix going north in the southbound lanes crashed head-on into an Indianapolis Airport Taxi van, Boone County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Chris Burcham said.
The Grand Prix was occupied by Amanda Smith, 36, and Logan Shultz, 31, both of Brownsburg. Smith was taken to IU Hospital Methodist with unknown injuries. Shultz was taken to St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, with a possible broken neck.
Neither of the Grand Prix's occupants was wearing a seat belt, said Boone County Sheriff's Office Lt. Brian Stevenson, who is heading the investigation.
See Friday's Lebanon Reporter for more on this story.


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A fitness company such as Polar has the focus centered on the dieter looking for products to keep them motivated as they attempt to achieve fitness goals. As the company researches and develops new products and services, the key focus remains on the individual. This is impressive. Typically, fitness companies tend to mass produce a product with little to no regard for the person using the item.
The products are sold in different categories, including, Get Active, Improve Fitness and Maximize Performance. Each of the monitors are sold on the official website and provide real-time results. If saving money is an option, Polar is not the brand of choice. The prices range from $70 to $600.
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Polar is not just a brand selling heart rate monitors. The brand focuses on the individual lifestyles of the customer base. The monitors take into account the type of activity performed by the dieter and provides features designed to motivate and keep them on track.
The standard models feature a time and heart rate monitor, while the more advanced models keep track of calories burned, provide GPS, wind sensors, stride sensors and the ability to transfer information into a tracking software program.
Although the product does not guarantee weight loss, the items will help the individual stay on track with individual fitness goals. The products offer real-time results that the individual can see and record. Typically, comparable models have a delay during the transfer of information.
Since the company sets the standard, we would have liked to see some consideration given to diet and supplementation. Tracking results is an ideal in any fitness program, but the program is destined to falter if diet and supplementation are not addressed.
- The products are available on the official website.
- The product provides real-time results.
- The products ships internationally.
- Polar products accommodate all fitness levels.
- The products are expensive.
- Using the product and services is no guarantee of weight loss.
Polar is a step above the rest in the field of performance equipment. The devices may look like times pieces, but what the product provides is light years beyond the competition. The products keep individuals motivated to perform at a higher level and keep track of goals in real time. The product selection also assists in maximizing perform, regardless of fitness level.
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Hot Summer Nights picks up steam on Friday night with the return of Jimmy King Jamba at Baily's Fron't St. Bar & Grill. The band will start performing live at 7 p.m.
Also slated to perform on Friday is LeftCoast Willie and Friends at the Harmony Stage; R. Buckle Road at Sam Hicks Park; Dr. Goodjohn's Magic at Front and Main streets; Michael Chain at Mad Madeline's and Dynamite Dave (balloon art) all evening long at Front & Main. All of the music at those venues starts up at 6 p.m.
Also, Pennypickle's Workshop/Temecula Children's Museum will host a program called "Discovering DaVinci" from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more info, visit pennypickles.org.
For more information on Hot Summer Nights, visit temeculaevents.org or call 951-678-1456.


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To those of you who watch but don't comment, this DBD is for you. How to participate in the DBD:
- Post a Cal sports-related link.
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- Post a sports-related link that is either important to any sports fan, Bay Area sports fans, or is vaguely Cal-related (i.e., TO signs with Marshawn's Bills).
- Post a non-sports related link that is of importance to the community as a whole (i.e., women stole someone's identity to get a $10,000 boob job).
- Post a link to something funny.
You can preface your link with a little blurb like "Hey, I'm new here...take it easy on me Spazzy / 33SS."
Bottom line: WE NEED YOU TO CONTRIBUTE!
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Conficker worm...myth or reality? I remember Y2K...
Colleges accepting wealthier students (parents)?
Man hits pig, gets $8.6 million...was Twist his counsel?
SF sales tax to go up to 9.5%! I should be working pro bono soon...
UCSF researcher who tried to poison his colleague has his case dropped.
In what seems to become increasingly popular, CEO's are getting blasted for handsome salaries.
MLB group to study A's ballpark sites
Juan Uribe will be on the 25 man roster for your San Francisco Giants
Maverick's can't get a big waves.
The Chron had a real nice interview with Sandy Barbour over the weekend.
We only have 1 player (so far) in Ted Miller's Top 30 Pac 10 players (and we're at # 10)
Q: Under Tedford, the football team has become a Pac-10 contender. But it has beaten USC only once and has yet to play in the Rose Bowl. What else needs to happen for the team to get to a BCS bowl?
A: What Jeff has done has been amazing. The transformation of our football program under his leadership has been absolutely phenomenal. And then to realize he's done it with not just substandard facilities but sub-sub-sub-standard facilities. I think the facility is the next piece to be able to attract the very best. That's the piece that helps us help Jeff mold us to the next level.
Q: Are you confident that when the project is done that you'll be in the hunt for a BCS bowl berth?
A: Absolutely. I think we're in the hunt for a BCS bowl in the short run. But I don't believe Jeff could sustain that without the necessary facilities. He's been able to do what he's done because of the promise of that. ... I never had any doubt it would happen. I just wondered what kind of damage would be done along the way in terms of how long it would take. Would Jeff get frustrated and leave? I never really felt that would happen because he kept telling me, "I'm committed." But if it had gone on another two years, that would have been difficult.
Q: Would you like to see a Division I football playoff system, or are you content with the BCS and the bowl structure?
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The restaurant was packed causing the service to be a bit slow. The restaurant, as its name suggests, is specialized in seafood. Of course, if you do not like it, you can order some beef or chicken. The grilled fish they serve is cooked over a wood burning grill that I did not have a chance to see.
So we started the dinner with the crab cakes.
There were two nice little crab cakes served with a red remoulade. As you can see on the photo, you could immediately see that they use jumbo lump crab. The cakes were nicely seared, golden and came with a red remoulade. Unfortunately, they put celery in it and it was overpowering the crab. I could not even eat it.
At the same time, we tried the Bang Bang shrimp.
I also tried the corn chowder with lump crab.
The last appetizer was the Ahi Tuna Sashimi.
It was a sesame crusted seared Ahi Tuna with a wasabi and pickled ginger. The sauce was delicious, but the tuna fell short! It was tasteless and there was too much sesame seeds.
The other tuna dish we tried was the Ahi Tuna "Tokyo Style".
It ended up being like the sashimi, but served with vegetables and jasmine rice! So disappointing!
I did not really like my dinner at Bonefish Grill. Too bad because they have a good concept and you would expect that a restaurant specialized in seafood would succeed in making dishes as traditional as crab cakes or sashimi!
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Norma Jane Bowman, 70, Warsaw Meadows, died Saturday at 12:16 p.m. at Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne.
She married James Riley Bowman Sept. 26, 1990 at Winona Lake. He survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Norman Lee Wingard, Goshen, and Charles Anthony Wingard, Winona Lake.
A memorial service will take place at a later date. Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, Warsaw, is handling arrangements.


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The phones have already been ringing at the Harris County Appraisal District with calls from homeowners about why their property values are dropping.
HCAD Chief Appraiser Jim Robinson says the overall drop in property values represents about $11 billion in lost tax revenue.
"This really is the first time since 1989 that in Harris County we've seen declining values, though there have been spot situations in certain subdivisions. But this is the first time since then that there have been general declines, not only in residential values, but perhaps even more significantly in commercial values and apartment values and also in the values of industrial properties."
During the 1980s, appraisals were lowered for three consecutive years.ξ Robinson says he doesn't anticipate a repeat of that scenario. And though thousands of homes will be appraised lower this year — Robinson says he estimates about 400,000 people will protest their valuation.
"We've got 1.8 million properties in Harris County and I can't pretend that we would not have an error — we certainly don't know the interior condition of those properties. You may have termite damage, you may have settlement problems that we've not been made aware of. And if we have not taken that into account, it would be to somebody's advantage to protest."
Robinson says about 60 percent of protests work out to the advantage of the homeowner.ξ The early deadline to protest is April 30th, but there's also an extended deadline of June 1st.


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May 24, 2005
Albany-- Remember when you could run to the farmer's market and pick up fresh fruit and vegetables? You'll be able to again, starting this summer.
Water, Gas, and Light and the Albany Civic Center are organizing an open air market for the first Saturday of each month.
This is the time of the year to find the best produce - watermelons, peaches, and tomatoes. And, you can beat the taste when they come straight from the farmer to produce stands.
Soon, you'll be able to stroll through an open air farmer's market in downtown Albany starting in July. Produce stands pop up around southwest Georgia this time of year, offering fresh fruits and vegetables for lower prices than grocery stores. "It's going to be an excellent season," said Produce Stand Owner Lora Kearse.
Lora Kearse and her husband run a produce stand on Palmyra Road. They're excited to hear Albany is organizing a community farmer's market, where dozens of vendors and farmers can sell their crops. "I think it's going to bring a lot of business to the downtown area. It's old-timey, I think it's going to have a nice feel to it," Kearse said.
"It's just going to be a wonderful event where you can get all the fresh produce, fresh flowers on a Saturday afternoon," said Lorie Farkas with Water, Gas and Light, who hopes the farmer's market will bring more people to downtown Albany and improve the perception of the Civic Center.
The farmer's market will be on Front Street next to the Civic Center on the banks of the river. "This is the start, with the Wildcats there and now the farmer's market, and we're thinking of some other things too," said Maddie Goddard, Albany Civic Center manager.
Beside fresh produce, there will be unique merchandise like local honey and homemade jams and jellies. "We're are looking for candle makers and soap makers. We're going to have, hopefully, some basket weavers. We want it to be a natural kind of event," said Farkas.
An event many fresh produce lovers feel is long overdue in a part of the state known for its tasty fruits and vegetables. The farmer's market will be free to vendors and customers.
Lorie Farkas says if it's popular, they'll start holding the market two weekends a month. The first farmer's market will be held on July 2nd. If you're interesting in having a stand at the farmer's market, contact Water, Gas, and Light or the civic center.
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text: Born in Kobe in 1949, Haruki Murakami studied Greek drama before managing a jazz bar in Tokyo from 1974 to 1981. His third novel, A Wild Sheep Chase, earned the Noma Literary Award for New Writers and ended his career at the jazz bar. His next novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, won the prestigious Tanizaki Prize. In 1996, Murakami received the Yomiuri Literary Award for Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. In addition to being a prolific writer of novels and short stories, he is also known as a skillful translator of Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver, John Irving, Paul Theroux, and other American contemporary authors. His work has been translated into thirty-eight languages, and he has taught at Princeton and Tufts Universities.


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Samsung dials up Galaxy Core LTE
Samsung today introduced its latest Android smartphone, the mid-range Galaxy Core LTE. Powered by Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, the phone features a 4.5-inch qHD display, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, and 8GB internal storage. The rear of the device offers a 5-megapixel camera, the front a VGA shooter. Rounding things out, the Galaxy Core LTE offers GPS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, and a host of Samsung software touches.
Samsung has not indicated pricing; availability is listed as Europe, Russia, and Asian markets.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post906162864726684394..comments2014-08-31T16:08:18.513-05:00Comments on My Front Porch: Love GrowsKelley Eubankshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-77829384860387341602009-11-14T19:09:06.854-06:002009-11-14T19:09:06.854-06:00Very cute, Kelley! I think I need to get my Unity ...Very cute, Kelley! I think I need to get my Unity stamps out -- they've been neglected.
I'll add my comment on your photo to the others. I thought it looked new, but since it's been so long since I checked your blog I just wasn't sure. It is a gorgeous photo! Such a pretty, young thing you are!Janellehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-82593750113539333862009-11-14T11:59:27.273-06:002009-11-14T11:59:27.273-06:00LOVE the colors against the kraft!LOVE the colors against the kraft!Annhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-74606499993232187292009-11-11T16:54:52.420-06:002009-11-11T16:54:52.420-06:00This is so simple and beautiful! I love it!This is so simple and beautiful! I love it!Ashley Nguyen Newellhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-29991664187739145612009-11-11T16:11:29.835-06:002009-11-11T16:11:29.835-06:00Ahhh! I love this card, too! It's so sweet! An...Ahhh! I love this card, too! It's so sweet! And look at you, GORGEOUS! Love your new pic! What a beautiful smile you have! And ENJOY that free time! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! It's good for the both of you! ;)Amy Hellerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-68592687945878106312009-11-11T11:51:31.954-06:002009-11-11T11:51:31.954-06:00Hey, gorgeous! {Love the GLAMOROUS shot of sweet ...Hey, gorgeous! {Love the GLAMOROUS shot of sweet little YOU!} Goodness, gracious ~ let me organize my thoughts.... Ummmm.... YOU, your talent, THAT card! Heavenly! What's the deal with your elegance and simplicity making FANTASTIC magic with kraft! I love YOUR SHOW! Mrs. Eubanks - just try to get a grip on your baby-free time. It's fine to take some time to wander around in your freedom, but then, after you've done a few little things on "the list", turn on some great music, SIT down at your craft table and LET THE HORSIES RUN! Okay! You'll be glad you did!

Fabulous card, darlin' - You ROCK!Elisehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-22446027336226791842009-11-11T08:38:50.478-06:002009-11-11T08:38:50.478-06:00Hey Kelley - this card is so sweet! Love the hear...Hey Kelley - this card is so sweet! Love the heart shaped button :) Hope you enjoy your free time & don't miss that little guy too muchStephaniehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-63378126757603696432009-11-11T08:04:33.734-06:002009-11-11T08:04:33.734-06:00Hey great card! I really like this stamps too and ...Hey great card! I really like this stamps too and your new picture!Courtney Bakerhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-47485269459980569112009-11-11T05:03:31.896-06:002009-11-11T05:03:31.896-06:00This card is so lovely! The colours pop on the Kra...This card is so lovely! The colours pop on the Kraft background and that little button is a perfect touch! I never spent more than 3 hours without my girl - can`t imagine a whole night :)

Hugs,
VanessaVanessahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-61118813650754968102009-11-11T01:43:27.124-06:002009-11-11T01:43:27.124-06:00Hi Kelley, great card - I love kraft with twine an...Hi Kelley, great card - I love kraft with twine and have a big old soft spot for Unity Trees! Thanks for leaving me a sweet comment on my blog, have a great day, Jo xDotty Johttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-16772911861345356832009-11-10T22:53:51.050-06:002009-11-10T22:53:51.050-06:00Great pic Kelley! I love this sweet little card to...Great pic Kelley! I love this sweet little card too! The stamp is great! Enjoy your free time! :)Winterhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-89455236102792240392009-11-10T22:31:26.779-06:002009-11-10T22:31:26.779-06:00Love this!! The kraft , the colors & the twine...Love this!! The kraft , the colors & the twine!!~amy~http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-9578577871381962442009-11-10T22:27:50.388-06:002009-11-10T22:27:50.388-06:00Hey glamour girl! What a gorgeous picture of you!...Hey glamour girl! What a gorgeous picture of you! Love it!

And how about that totally sweet Kelley card? I love the ink on craft ...I think I need to go stamp and ink something..,..Dana Gustafsonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-58485967693741983702009-11-10T22:10:22.701-06:002009-11-10T22:10:22.701-06:00Hey Kelly!!! First of all great profile pic. Very ...Hey Kelly!!! First of all great profile pic. Very pretty!! Secondly, I think your card totally rocks!! I love everything about it-colors, simplicity, texture and size. Love it, love it!! But then again, I love everything you create!!!

hugsJessicahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723927339920187862.post-37251797948921969082009-11-10T21:27:31.611-06:002009-11-10T21:27:31.611-06:00i love your new picture!! you look hot!!!!!!! ha...i love your new picture!! you look hot!!!!!!! hahaha! not kidding at all. thank you for all the comments you left me. i think you are up there in my list of favorite commenters.... you make me smile and feel good about myself all of the time. love it!

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QB is clearly in need of improvement. Regardless if you believe in Gabbert or not, QB needs an upgrade. So here are some names that could be aavailable or maybe targets currently on teams
Alex Smith (obvious)
Matt Flynn (another obvious)
Ricky Stanzi (liked some of his stuff pre-draft)
Matt Moore
maybe a shocker, but Brandon Weeden. New management apparently wants a change
Of course you could list any QB in draft, but lets not and instead give opinions/thoughts on current NFL QB that maybe or may not be on the Jaguars radar.
Please no Gabbert/Henne talk. This is about potential to improve the QB situation, not argue about its current state


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I was wondering, when the Chiefs draft Eric Berry; what number do you think he will choose to wear? I looked up the rules, and apparently a safety is only permitted to wear numbers 20-49.
It just won't feel right. You know what i mean?
21 is taken by Kolby Smith, which is the number I'd want to see him wear.
So I'm gunna say 41, because 41 is the reverse of 14. It's a cool number, and it would look great on Eric.
Also most of our 20's numbers are taken.


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To The Reader's Forum: In a CNN poll, completed after the end of the recent shutdown, just over half of the American public believe that it's bad for our country to have GOP control in the House of......
Mr. Gilbert, your letter is perfectly logical but, sadly, logic does not apply to the current political landscape. This letter and my comment will be shouted down by myopic ideologues who cannot see common ground. Also, the two parties currently in power are working to entrench the power and benefit of a few while preventing uprising on a grand scale. A sad way to govern.
In reality, our two party system is broken. We continue to have the idea that the USA is the best country in the world but we are loosing out in education, manufacturing, health and innovation.
Mr. Gilbert, you do not go far enough. We need to cast aside the current representatives and remove the bureaucracy. Government, including the military, must be 75% smaller than it currently stands which is easily done with good public management and focused leadership. Sadly, the electorate will remain caught in the dazzling lights and propaganda of the two main parties which state we have a choice when clearly we do n
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Oh god. t's too early for transparent socialist rhetoric.
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it's a one party system and will remain so until this nation is destroyed, it's inevitable.
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Henry you silly duck, you....... What wash dc really needs is to get rid of 2/3 of the 535 who do not like America (some along with higher-ups in dc actually HATE America & are currently trying to bring her to her third world knees). I am leaving out the names but if you have a lick of sense, you can do the math. You say lets all get together and sing cumbiyah... well that's rubbish. Nothing like a cup full of half milk and half poison. You neglect to know (or admit) the previous 237 years. Please don't continue to play the fool....open thine eyes and ye shall see.
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ot. (just a little helping hand H.)
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Fire every politician who has dual citizenship. America should be run by Americans, for Americans. A man cannot pledge allegiance to two nations...especially when he is being paid by one to oversee trade and aid to that second nation.
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See Mr. Gilbert, just as I stated earlier, you have people attack without critical review. If we take this forum as a representation of in ability of the electorate to think critically, I offer you the two instances below as examples of significant ineptitude within our population. Although we know them to be a small part of the population, the problem is their adherence to methodology which limits debate and perverts understanding is the norm. It is not worth engaging in the short term but it is a disease which will challenge our Union in the future. Their misunderstanding of the idealogical landscape will result in the disenfranchisement of many. And, we know they that they lack the reading comprehension skills to understand this statement so their continued comment will be askew from the root question at hand.
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Come on Roger. The Republicans didn't "shut down the government." The Democrats did. Obama and his crew have all spent their entire lives as Alinsyite new left radicals. To them "good faith" is a corrupt bourgeois concept and a weakness to be exploited. They don't want compromise or getting "the job done." They want to destroy civilization and kill millions of people. This is no secret but they know people want to put their heads in the sand while they get on with the lies and destruction.
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HH. A true representative of the elitist left keeping the lower class in their place. Pardon us for having the right to vote. Certainly it should be reserved for the educated landed gentry. Servitude is our purpose for existence. What an arrogant fool.
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Compromise to the left is "We want communism, but we will accept your giving us socialism". Sic semper tyranis.
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Democrats want to "destroy civilization and kill millions of people" and the left "wants communism but will accept socialism". Now who could possibly argue with such logical and well-thought out statements? These are perfect examples of the damaging, irresponsible rhetoric from the right that brings absolutely nothing to a positive political discussion.
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Monkey are you such a fool you don't recognize your socialist leaders? Or foolish enough to think we don't se it?
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I know these people from personal experience. Their literature is open and available. They write unrepentant autobiographies. And they act in compliance with their beliefs. Anyone who insists it is not irresponsible to plot the destruction of civilization and the greatest act of genocide in history but it is irresponsible to blow the whistle on them deserve humiliation, suffering, and worse.
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Reading the blogs here tells us why the letter was written and how the tea baggers have disrupted OUR democracy.
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I'm with you. Those stupid tea baggers are trying to stop us from spending trillions we don't have. What a bunch of idiots.
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Obama said 9 trillion was unamerican. But is ok with 17t. Those stupid tea baggers think that 17 trillion is a lot of money. Idiots.
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I know, let's just call them racists. That way maybe we can shut them up and they won't keep us from spending trillions we don't have. Who's with me? Besides monkey of course.
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Gee.Maybe we should throw a big 'benefit' party for ourselves!If we don't make enough to cover the 'trllions 'we don't have,we could just take the 'old lady' to DAYTONA instead?
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bobo you are clearly a bobo
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50s, I'm not sure how to make it any simpler for you. Here are some top tips to help simplify the issue.
1. Please take a political philosophy class and understand the terms you throw around such as "socialist" and "educated landed gentry". You are a bit off the mark with their use. 2. Understand that advocating for a massive reduction in the size of government (my position) is on the right side of the political philosophical spectrum and not the left. 3. Understand that socialism is nothing like what we have here in the USA. In no way does the State own the means of production and distribution.
I'm happy to pay for you to take POL 1510 (American Politics) at JCC this spring term. I'll even throw in POL 2860 (European Union) to help you with your socialism fetish.
Let me know when you've registered and I'll sort it out with the Bursar.
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Minimalist government has existed in the past, but the results aren't all that great. The Gilded Age had weak governements, but successful rent seeking was the norm. The railroads got subsidies, the extraction companies got low or often free extraction fees, and al lindustries had governement on the side of wealth and power.
The Triangle Shirt Waist fire was a product of too little governement, not too much. By contrast, the 1950s and '60s had strong governement and general prospertiy
So be careful what you wish for.
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Explain how your system works? You seem to oppose anything viable, and just rant-on about socialists. How does handing the country to the plutocrats get us more employment and better pay?
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HenryH, we already have disenfranchisement of the many. It's been perpetrated by the counting of illegal immigrants in the census for decades. We count them and apportion representation accordingly which effectively gives illegals the same representation as U.S. citizens. We have half a dozen Democratic Reps. from California alone because of this disenfranchising. Why do you think the Democrats encourage illegal immigration? Not only do they actively oppose border integrity but, like Obama, they refuse to deport illegals while writing Executive Orders that put more than half a million illegals ahead of unemployed black youth in getting jobs. Inexplicably, they like you Henry, continue to vote for Democrats partly as a result of blindly believing CNN polls. It's no secret that CNN is biased for the Dem. Party, so the first thing you should question is the sample base.
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Obama was the person responsible for the Government shutdown. Stop and do just a little critical thinking for a moment. Prior to the shutdown, Obama had already waived the Obamacare mandate for big business. You know, the businesses that comprise all the big private sector unions. There would have been no shutdown if Obama had compromised and given the same insurance waivers to small businesses and privately insured individuals. This shows that Obama and Sebelius KNEW before Oct. 1st that the Obamacare roll-out was far from being ready. PS- Listen closely to some Democrats (mostly those up for re-election next year) now saying it's not fair to "penalize" those who do not comply with the Obamacare mandate. Remember, if it was a penalty it was unconstitutional and they sold it as a penalty but argued it's a tax to the Supreme Court but now never refer it as a tax. Freudian slips? Liberal expediency as usual and only believed by those who stand for nothing and fall for everythi
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Don't you just love it when people try to re-write history? Now the right is saying Obama shut down the government. They also are promoting the farce that it wouldn't really do any economic harm. All of this is merely to try and erase the stain on the Republican Party before the mid-term elections. Don't worry. We will remember exactly what happened and who is to blame.
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"They're locking up musicians again!" That cry of alarm was the name of a benefit concert held in Prague to show support for Pussy Riot, the Russian female punk rockers who are facing prison terms for staging a protest in a Moscow cathedral. The Czech musicians included the Plastic People of the Universe, who have reason to sympathize: the band members' arrest in the 1970s helped spur Czechoslovak dissidents' demands for freedom. Video by Margot Buff and Anton Chiriaev.
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Karen Robinson holds an M.F.A. in Directing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and B.A.'s in Theatre and English Literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Prior to her arrival at KSU in January of 2000, she taught at University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Wake Forest University. She teaches courses in directing, performance studies, dramatic literature, theatre history, auditioning, and theatre appreciation in addition to directing for the Department's production season. Karen's production work includes chamber theatre, performance ethnography, contemporary and period classics, and new play development. In 2009 she directed the regional premiere of Karin Coonrod's chamber theatre adaptations of Flannery O'Connor's "A View of the Woods," and "Everything that Rises Must Converge." In 2010, she directed the world premiere of Margaret Baldwin's play Night Blooms for Atlanta's Horizon Theatre Company.
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Accrington Stanley were left to rue missed opportunities as they were held to a goalless draw away at Dagenham and Redbridge.
Peter Murphy hit the bar in the first half for the Reds while they also had two efforts cleared off the line on a frustrating night in front of goal at the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Stadium.
James Beattie made one change to his line-up with Kayode Odejayi preferred up front to Kal Naismith after an impressive cameo during the 1-1 draw against Plymouth on Saturday.
The Daggers' Ashley Chambers fired an early warning with a shot from the edge of the area that Marcus Bettinelli had to gather at the second attempt.
Luke Norris threatened twice from distance for the hosts, smashing a free-kick into the wall and then forcing Bettinelli into a smart save with a powerful effort from 25 yards which the goalkeeper had to tip around the post.
James Gray scuttled down the right wing after Hunt's pass got him away from Oluwafemi Ilesanmi but the striker's run narrowed the angle and his shot was beaten away by Chris Lewington in the Dagenham goal.
For all of their possession, the hosts were not creating clear-cut chances and it was a testament to the diligent defending of the Reds that most of the efforts on their goal were coming from range.
Billy Bingham gave Bettinelli a routine catch and Medy Elito's strike was gathered comfortably down low.
An insipid first half almost ended perfectly for Stanley as Adam Buxton's venomous delivery was nodded goalwards by Murphy but he was denied a 10th goal of the season by Lewington, who tipped the midfielder's header onto the crossbar.
The second period began with Beattie's side almost taking the lead as a 50/50 between Gray and Lewington fell for Odejayi to smash towards goal but Ilesanmi blocked the Nigerian's powerful effort with Elito clearing Will Hatfield's follow-up off the line.
The Reds threatened again as Odejayi's flick put Gray through as he squeezed between a pair of defenders but his prodded shot lacked the power to beat Lewington and the goalkeeper saved with his legs.
Still Stanley pressed and still they had chances: Gray flashed a wicked delivery across the face of goal and Buxton had a fierce drive blocked by a defender.
The hosts had been lackluster in the second period but should have made Stanley pay for their profligacy as they passed up a golden opportunity.
Sean Shields sent over a cross that his fellow substitute Chris Dickson could only head wide of the post when unmarked.
Lee Molyneux, who had been quiet by his standards in recent weeks, almost found a late winner as the clock ticked towards added time but his 20-yard shot was tipped over the bar by Lewington.
That was the final opportunity for either side as the points had to be shared. Given the chances they had, Beattie will be left scratching his head as to how his side did not come away from London with all three points.
Another clean sheet is a positive for the Reds' boss, but he must have been wondering what might have been.
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Journal of Usability Studies, Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2009, pp. 85-92
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Usability testing is generally well equipped to help design teams identify issues with a wide range of products and systems, frequently identifying interaction problems that were initially overlooked in even the simplest of proposed design solutions. In certain instances, however, usability testing falls short of producing results that are both reliable and valid. Of particular concern are studies of products in which users heavily interact with their own personal data, for example a user test of an email or calendaring program. In these cases, the fact that data are often fabricated for the test (and are therefore unfamiliar and possibly unrealistic for any given user) can affect users' abilities to recognize, interpret, and interact with these data in an authentic manner. Thus, usability practitioners run the risk of identifying false positives (for example, if users are completely confused by a screen because they're unfamiliar with the data in it, when in the real world they would have been able to use their own familiar data to orient themselves) or overlooking real problems (for example, if users answer questions casually about their fake data, but would be much more concerned with the meaning of items when it applies to themselves). In this paper, we examine the strategy of incorporating users' real data into usability testing to avoid these issues and increase the validity of a study.


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WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Wausau police chief Jeff Hardel is back at work after a serious illness. He's disclosed to WAOW-TV that he had shingles that settled into his spinal column, and led to meningitis. Hardel said his condition caused him extreme pain. He was in the hospital for much of October.
Hardel says he'll work part-time, 4 or 5 hours a day, while he continues his recovery. He says he's improving day by day.
Police captains Ben Blevin and Greg Hagenbucher ran the department while the chief was ill.