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Al Sharpton: 'You Cannot Have Rights Voted On' - It's 'Tyranny By The Majority'
UPDATE AT END OF POST: The Confederacy's Jefferson Davis railed against "the tyranny of the majority" wanting to end slavery.
Al Sharpton on Friday said something that every American on both sides of the aisle should totally fear.
"You cannot have rights voted on," the MSNBC anchor actually said on HBO's Real Time. "You have tyranny by the majority" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
REIHAN SALAM, NATIONAL REVIEW: If one state, if you have the voters of that state actually affirmatively vote for same sex marriage, it would actually change the discussion pretty dramatically. When you look at what happened in the early seventies with Roe v. Wade, there were a lot of folks who favored liberalizing abortion laws and then there was significant numbers of people who didn't. Now, constitutionalizing, nationalizing that settlement changed the dynamic. And so, something that might have happened state by state in Democratic fashion didn't happen that way and that engendered a huge amount of resentment.
If you have a situation where state by state people's minds are changing. If you look at people under the age of 40, they favor same sex marriage far, far more than people over that age. If you have it happen in a way where people feel, "You know, we heard the argument," and people embrace this, fair enough, that argument is lost and, you know, you're not going to be able to reverse that by referendum.
I think that Mo is absolutely right that that is the more stable way, and I think that folks who are advocating same sex marriage should recognize that, because when you have it happen in the courts, it doesn't have the legitimacy that it would if it happened through a popular vote.
As should be obvious, the discussion was dealing with the 9th Circuit Court in California striking down that state's Proposition 8 which made same sex marriages illegal.
National Review's Salam observed that the people's voice in such a controversial issue is essential in actually resolving the matter long term. Here we are almost 40 years after nine justices on the Supreme Court decided the fate of abortion in this country and we're still arguing about it.
As such, maybe citizens' views in such a contentious matter should be required to truly settle it.
Not surprisingly, Sharpton didn't see it that way:
AL SHARPTON: No, but you have tyranny by the majority. You cannot have rights voted on. If you, if you do not, the role of government is to protect people. And if, if you had civil rights voted on, I'd be sitting in the back of the bus and with a bad eye driver you'd be sitting next to me. So don't think about voting for rights.
First off, that was a despicably cheap shot at the dark-skinned Salam who's the son of Bangladeshi immigrants. Sadly, liberals have no problem making racially-insensitive comments aimed at conservatives.
But the rest of Sharpton's point was equally preposterous. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by both chambers of Congress with wide majorities. It passed 289 to 126 in the House and 73 to 27 in the Senate.
Although this didn't come to a popular vote across the nation, at least 535 members of Congress representing the wishes of the electorate decided on this groundbreaking piece of legislation.
That's a far cry from what happened Tuesday when three judges - not appointed by the people of California but instead hand-picked by governors - overruled the wishes of millions of citizens they're supposed to serve.
If this is what Sharpton thinks is justice, and he really believes "You cannot have rights voted on," it's a total disgrace that any news outlet - even the farce that is MSNBC - gives him a national platform to speak such nonsense.
*****Update: Eagle-eyed Twitter follower @BrettBannor accurately notes that in his February 22, 1862, inaugural address, the Confederacy's Jefferson Davis also argued against "the tyranny of the majority." He was referring to the majority's wish to give slaves the right to be free.
I wonder if Sharpton would rail against "the tyranny of the majority" in this instance.
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I thought democrats wanted
Submitted by MightyMouth on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:40am.
I thought democrats wanted majority rule? Hence their frickin' name "Democrats"... Look dumbasses, you cant have it both ways... either majority rules or it don't. Unless of course if only 5 out of 300 million people rule or a dictator rules. I know you will try either but the rest of us won't allow that!
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Sadly, they DO have it both
Submitted by mattm on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 8:07pm.
Sadly, they DO have it both ways. Sharpton is right to say rights aren't to be voted on, but the party he belongs to does it all the time. They vote to take away a fetus' right to life, a persons right to keep and bear arms, the right NOT to have to buy insurance, the right to exercise one's chosen faith, and on and on...
It's just like Obama complaining about the debt, and then jacking it up another 6 trillion, meanwhile all his obedient little robots think he's the most fiscally responsible president we've ever had.
These people are forked-tongued hypocrites, but it won't matter, the sheeple of this country will continue giving them power until the U.S. is a second rate dictatorship - it's halfway there now, yet Obama still leads any republican in many of the polls....
We're pretty well screwed...unless a miracle happens.
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And how did the Bill of Rights get passed, Revvo?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:41am.
Those first ten amendments were certainly not added by a minority or losing vote, Al.
How many times did his momma drop him on his head when he was a baby?
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Well this is not the first
Submitted by Liberallies on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:44am.
Well this is not the first time that I hear a wacko Liberal say this. I graduated from the University of Illinois and I heard quite a few professors preach this and even more students agree with this. It is a terrifying thing, but Liberals do not care about votes when it doesn't align with their radical Liberal ideology.
Shoot, we have our resident ultra-Liberal Mamabear arguing a similar thing stating that the Constitution was created to protect the minority from the majority. Again, a Liberal argument that I heard all through my college years.
Liberals hate democracy when their beliefs are voted down.
I was arguing with some Liberals today in another blog about the whole contraceptive mandate. They kept on telling me how the polls, even in Foxnews, show that the majority of Americans believe that contraceptive should be given for free through health insurance coverage. They told me because the majority believe it, it should be done. Of course i turned it around on them asking them if Prop 8 was correct, based on their premise that since the majority wanted it, it should be done. The twisting, contradictions, etc that I started to get from this Liberal hypocrites was beyond ridiculous!
Liberals love a majority to vote on something when they know they can win it, but they hate democracy when it goes against their beliefs.
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If I'm for civil rights, but I believe Al Sharpton should always
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:49am.
sit quietly in the back of the bus, does that make me a racist?
Noel, after watching that clip, I agree with you that Sharpton wins the dumbest man on television dishonor.
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What he really means....
Submitted by ThePickle on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 2:16am.
Is you can't have people voting on rights......if there is any chance that his side might lose.
But if his side is winning....it's "The People Have Spoken!!" or "It's the Will of The People!!"
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Despite the idiocy of Sharpton, not to mention his---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 2:24am.
bone deep racism: where, exactly, or to whom, do we non-minority types go to receive redress or justice in this country?
The Blacks mightily deserved the Civil Rights Act; it was fought hard for though it shouldn't have had to been; and was so long overdue as to be an embarrassing stain on this country that will remain a truth for as long as history books are properly written.
Does that fact, however, justify today a Congressional Black Caucus that makes a point of a blatant, in-your-face disallowing white membership? Apparently it does.
Boys clubs must accept girls; men's sports must accept females; the military must accept gays; but the Congressional Black Caucus says screw you and gets away with it.
I didn't vote in favor of any of those things.
Where, though, do we as conservative citizens go, forty-eight years after the passage of Civil Rights, to get a fair shake?
To the insanity of the California courts where the people's popular vote has been ruled unconstitutional; twice now? Looks like only LGBT concerns, cares, and wants are valid in those august halls.
I voted against Prop 8 - twice. I wonder now why I bothered to burn the gas to get to the polls either time?
Same with the SCOTUS and Roe v. Wade. I disagree most strongly with the killing of innocents, but since I wasn't even asked how I felt about it, let alone given a chance to vote on it, I guess it is something I just have to live with.
Maybe that 'voting' thing that Al Sharpton is decrying, or the ability and right, even, to vote, is less than it is cracked up to be.
Sure seems that way anymore.
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I'm starting up...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 8:12am.
a Congressional All-White, 1%, Patriotic, Pro-Military, Non-Homosexual, Pro-Life, Religious Freedom, Tax Payer, Border Closing, Anti-CAIR, Attack Iran Now, Anti-Green, Global Warming Is A Hoax Caucus. Want to join?
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Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 9:49am.
I'm just thankful we have a post-racial President that has just started up African-Americans For Obama.
I don't think he has websites for any other hyphenated Americans, but at least he's willing to have at least one No Whitey Club.
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It is only tyranny of the majority if the rights he favors...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 5:57am.
are voted down. Almost all Liberals believe as he does. Children are the same way. When they don't get their way, they scream and cry until their parents (Society) give up and then to their detriment, give in.
Someone should educate Al and inform him that we are not a Democracy where majority rules. We are a representative Republic with certain rights endowed by our creator that can never be taken away, not even by Obama and his merry henchmen as much as they may try!
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Sharpton is absolutely one hundred per cent correct this time...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 6:45am.
and however clumsily it may have been articulated, he has hit upon the very essence and majesty of our constitutional republic. Democratic principles and the will of the majority retain their significance as laudable components of effective governance, but where guarantees of individual liberty and minority rights are the issue, the prevention of oppression by popular sentiment or mobocracy is the hallmark of a truly free society.
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and in a truly free society
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 7:20am.
the rights of the majority wouldn't be trampled on by the tyranny of the minority, which seems to be happening a lot lately.
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Submitted by Jer on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 12:35am.
the rub comes in the making appropriate determinations of what are or are not "rights"; defining the type and character of such rights which deserve constitutional protections, and the degree to which a state may regulate or impinge upon those recognized rights. These are the areas where the real divergence of opinion lies and should lie, rather than with the propriety and desirability of firewalls against the "tyranny of or by the majority".
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Submitted by 26CX on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 9:37am.
I agree that the real difficulty lies in determining what is or is not a "Right". The writers of the Constitution were pretty clear in saying that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are Rights. Where people get tangled up is in using those broad descriptions to introduce self-serving definitions of a "right", just as the Commerce clause has become an excuse to allow Congress to do whatever it wants to do.
I disagree with you, however, on your statement about the need to define "the degree to which a state may regulate or impinge upon" those Rights. If they are truly Rights, the state's only duty is to protect those Rights, not to regulate them. If your response would be the need for laws & etc., I would point out that activity that runs afoul of the law is not a Right. I would go further to say that a true Right does not infringe on others Rights, and therefore should require no government regulation at all. Where we have run into trouble is in concocting "rights" that require sacrifice by others to provide. Not coincidentally, those "rights" are more often than not vehicles by which politicians guarantee themselves a captive voting block.
I also disagree strongly that the propriety and desirability of firewalls isn't an issue to be contested. The "firewalls" that take the form of a tiny group of judges who proport to know better than millions of voters are a serious challenge to the premise on which this country was founded and are neither proper nor desirable.
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Submitted by Jer on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 10:15pm.
I assume you believe--citing just a couple of examples--that freedom of speech and the right to bear arms are "truly Rights" which may be exercised by the individual and are constitutionally guaranteed. If that is indeed your view, when you insist "the state's only duty is to protect those rights, not to regulate them" you are bucking a couple of centuries of legal precedent and Supreme Court rulings holding quite emphatically that such rights may indeed be regulated--which even Justice Scalia explicitly acknowledged in the Heller decision, while otherwise striking down the specific handgun ban under review.
Now, your qualification that a "true Right does not infringe on others Rights" gives you some wiggle room [after all, freedom of speech does not grant one license to defame another]; however it also makes your argument somewhat circular and leaves me confused about what you actually consider a true Right--but comfortable with my reference concerning the need to define the degree to which a state may regulate, etc. As a matter of fact, the Supreme Court often finds itself engaged in balancing the interests of the State against the purported "right" the governing entity is attempting to affect. [And, in doing so it applies one of several tests depending upon the nature of the right at issue.]
A short comment on firewalls: Do you believe the (unanimous) decision in Brown v. Board of Education by a "tiny group of judges" was correct? Or do you believe that segregation should have been left up to the will of the majority in each state where "separate but equal" was codified in Jim Crow laws enacted by the majority white population to ensure that the minority black population remained second-class citizens?
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Submitted by 26CX on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 9:56pm.
Let me respond to your comments by first acknowledging that your highly trained legal mind is a virtual cornucopia of legal history, historic opinions and subtle minutiae unknown to (and perhaps beyond the comprehension of ) a lay person. I proceed with my response knowing that victory in this discussion is already yours, and freely admit the same.
I understand the need for laws and, thereby, the regulation of people's activities to ensure the protection of our Rights and, at a more basic level, protect us from harm by another. Where I disagree with the government's regulation is when it, without good reason (the people being the final judge of "good reason") intrudes on people's life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. There are many examples that are collected under the banner "Nanny State". There are examples of governments' assaults on peoples' Rights that have been stricken down by the courts. Unfortunately, there are also examples where the courts have upheld actions such as some eminent domain cases that clearly infringe on citizens' property rights.
I leave the previous paragraph as the explanation of my position that Rights are to be protected, not regulated by government. As I said in the first paragraph, I am not equipped to adequately defend my position against your superior legal acumen and will not attempt to counter any argument you offer against what I've written.
With regards to my comments about firewalls, your questions are purely rhetorical. My specific comment was "The "firewalls" that take the form of a tiny group of judges who proport to know better than millions of voters are a serious challenge to the premise on which this country was founded and are neither proper nor desirable" and I stand by that comment. I offer as an example the controversial decisions that have come out of Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the relatively high rate at which their decisions have been overturned by the SCOTUS ("Over the past fifty years, the Ninth Circuit, the largest circuit court in the country, has been reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court an average of 10.78 times per term. The next closest circuit, the Fifth Circuit, which is also the second largest circuit, was reversed an average of 7.42 times." (Kevin Scott, Supreme Court Reversals of the Ninth Circuit, 48 Ariz. L. Rev. 341.)). Your examples of the need for "firewalls" are, in and of themselves, strong arguments in favor of a firewall that seeks to protect Rights, and I have no problems with them. I would offer as my own example the magnificent ruling by the SCOTUS in Bush v. Gore in which the Court ruled that, among other things, "the Florida Supreme Court had violated Article II, § 1, cl. 2 of the Constitution, by misinterpreting Florida election law that had been enacted by the Florida Legislature" - clearly an example of one "firewall" protecting the American people from another flawed " firewall". They have an important role to play, but they have to be watched carefully and contested each and every time they stray from what the majority of the people believe to be correct.
Want to talk about Jefferson? ;)
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But we are not talking about a right in this case.
Submitted by The Vet on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 8:49am.
The Supreme Court of the United States has decided marriage is basically a right. But marriage is still defined as between a man and a woman. What people of California voted on was inserting that definition into the California constitution
The clause "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." is now officially part of the California state constitution - http://www.whatisprop8.com/
No one was voting on a right. They were confirming a definition of a right.
Again, we have no problem with homosexuals having a civil union that has nearly identical privileges and benefits that come with marriage. Just do not call it marriage.
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Submitted by BBallleaper on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 11:18am.
I see your mommy gave you a new Thesaurus for Christmas, but who helped you with the spelling and punctuation??? Oh wait, you're an atheist. Maybe it was present for Gay Liberation Day!?
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Your skillful wordplay is simply awesome, BBallleaper...
Submitted by Jer on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 11:18pm.
You are also about the fifteenth NB member who has played that identical, incredibly clever, "Jer-k" card during my tenure here--most of whom having since faded into obscurity, contributing little or nothing to constructive dialog at this website. You show every sign of following in their barely discernible but undeniably ignominious footsteps. Congratulations.
Matthew Dean was gracious enough to send me his well-used Thesaurus this past Christmas inasmuch as he acquires a new boxed set of updated word reference tomes annually.
By the way, I am neither an atheist nor am I gay, nor have I ever provided a shred of evidence of being either one--in stark contrast to the more than ample and continuing indications of your consuming idiocy.
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" it's a total disgrace that
Submitted by motherbelt on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 7:55am.
" it's a total disgrace that any news outlet - even the farce that is MSNBC - gives him a national platform to speak such nonsense.
Once again, MSNBC proves that they have no shame.
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Thanks Jer, I am glad you came over to the conservative side.
Submitted by David Kramer on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 8:04am.
Since you just said that the ObamaKillCare bill is un Constitutional. Add onto that any other collectively enforced mandates by the federal government that uses force to extract from me, things not in that Constitution.
No SS Amendment
No Medicare Amendment
No ObamaKillCare Amendment
No Amendments on the 1000s of other things this nation does, that is not directly in the Constitution.
Let us see the back tracking now, from Jer.
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Excuse the delay, Kramer...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 1:32am.
No backtracking. I've been looking for where I said "ObamaKillCare bill is un Constitutional".
Your patience is appreciated.
update: still looking
further update: haven't found it yet, but refuse to give up...however, forced to admit that a hint would be helpful
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Tawana,...Tawana, Tawana,
Submitted by BBallleaper on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 8:06am.
back taxes, back taxes, back taxes. He can not speak english. He has a third-grade education - maybe! And this lying SOS, POS is on TV telling me what to do?????????????????? Only in a liberal world where the induction of societal entropy is the main goal could a cretin like Al exist.
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The Right Reverend is...
Submitted by utahprez on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 8:19am.
...onto something. Even a liberal stumbles across the truth eventually - they rarely recognize it when they do but others can see it.
If you can vote on it, it isn't a right. True rights cannot given or be taken away except by God.
That eliminates every program that "progressives" have ushered in since the time of Woodrow Wilson.
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what a moron
Submitted by D'saredumbpeople on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 8:24am.
who cares what this so called reverand says.....who watches his show beside blacks.
hey al just pay your fu____taxes.
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Submitted by misterbee241 on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 9:51am.
Is an ignorant eneducated bum. He barely made it out of high school and has no higher education. He has no formal training in ministry. All he knows is demogoging. He is a minister of the gospel in name only. He will stand before The Great White Throne and give an account of his actions.
If you're not getting flak, you're not over the target.
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We are all missing the opportunity
Submitted by hobie on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 9:54am.
Sharpton made the mistake of defining his argument.
Tyranny of the majority
Do not accept his premise; 'a racial majority voting on topics that push personal and economic responsibility to racial minorities'.
Redefine the term majority.
"You know Al, I agree with you about the tyranny of the majority. I require protection against the +/-50% of Americans who do not pay Federal Income tax, yet receive redistributions of my Federal Income tax withholdings."
Refocus the use of the word "Majority"!
We know how to play this game; try it yourself: fill in the blanks.
"Al, I agree with you about the tyranny of the majority. I need protection against ______"
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No fan of Sharpton, but he's
Submitted by Pinetree3 on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 10:21am.
No fan of Sharpton, but he's probably referring to general population voting on a bill. If the 1964 Civil Rights Act had been decided by general population vote instead of Congress, would it have passed? I kind of doubt it.
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Exactly who is "eagle-eyed?"
Submitted by WickedMark on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 10:32am.
"Eagle-eyed Twitter follower @BrettBannor accurately notes that in his February 22, 1962, inaugural address, the Confederacy's Jefferson Davis also argued against "the tyranny of the majority.""
Which someone at NewsBusters has inaccurately screwed up. I'm pretty sure Jefferson Davis was not alive in 1962.
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Sharpton quoting Jefferson Davis
Submitted by spepper on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 11:10am.
Sharpton quoting Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Never thought I'd live to see the day.
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Must Mention
Submitted by racefan on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 12:52pm.
I've just read Jeff Davis's inaugural address Feb 1861..... Not one mention of "the tyranny of the majority" or really any other detail on the exact reasons for the seperation. Only talks about constitutional justification for it... Be careful who you let update Noel. The Confederacy wasn't worried about "the tyranny of the majority" as much as they were worried about the perversion of the purposes of the Union to begin with.
From his address............
The declared purposes of the compact of Union from which we have withdrawn were to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity; and when in the judgment of the sovereign States now comprising this Confederacy it had been perverted from the purposes for which it was ordained, and had ceased to answer the ends for which it was established, an appeal to the ballot box declared that so far as they were concerned the government created by that compact should cease to exist. In this they merely asserted a right which the Declaration of Independence of 1776 defined to be inalienable. Of the time and occasion for its exercise, they, as sovereign, were the final judges each for itself.
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Racefan, the quote can be
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:13pm.
Racefan, the quote can be found in Jefferson Davis's second Inaugural Address which was given on Feb 22,1862.
The tyranny of an unbridled majority, the most odious and least responsible form of despotism, has denied us both the right and the remedy.
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Thanks Dude
Submitted by racefan on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:29pm.
I went and checked this one out too. I see and understand the words, but the long argument of what they actually mean is probably for another time.....
Thanks for keeping me informed......
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Someone should educate Al about these.
Submitted by Zippy on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:42pm.
Civil Rights Act of 1866, extending the rights of emancipated slaves
Civil Rights Act of 1871, also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, prohibits ethnic violence against blacks
Civil Rights Act of 1875, prohibiting discrimination in "public accommodations"; found unconstitutional in 1883 as congress could not regulate conduct of individuals
Civil Rights Act of 1957, establishing the Civil Rights Commission
Civil Rights Act of 1960, establishing federal inspection of local voter registration polls
Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin by federal and state governments as well as some public places
Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act
Civil Rights Act of 1991, providing the right to trial by jury on discrimination claims and introducing the possibility of emotional distress damages, while limiting the amount that a jury could award
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Here is the rub.
Submitted by Ashrak on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:50pm.
All of those examples have something in common. They are removing unjust legislative action that violated rights already held by the owners of them, the individuals born with them.
Government does not grant rights, it only recognizes those that exist in order to abide by them or it denies that they exist.
Simple really, when one is honest about it.
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Sharpton is correct -
Submitted by Ashrak on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:45pm.
He just doesn't mean a word of what he says. The political opportunist in him sees himself shoot himself in the foot once again.
See, Inalienable rights AREN'T subject to the will of the vote. For instance -it cannot be put to a vote whether or not a person, or group of people, has the right to speak, that person, everyone in that group, retains the right to speak regardless of any vote taken.
The same is true regarding the right to keep and bear arms.
One might ask the fine Reverend how it can be that gun rights are voted on, and stripped away regularly as a result.....and then, how he can support such an action in light of his latest comment about that very point.
Doing so, asking him, would point out just how true it is that he didn't mean a word of what he said. I wonder who will ask him about the gun rights scenario first?
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The bill of rights, womens
Submitted by redfish on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 1:54pm.
The bill of rights, womens suffrage and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were enacted by a tyranny of the supermajority.
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The JeIfferson Davis Quote is Especially Ironic
Submitted by cmujelly on Sun, 02/12/2012 - 7:18pm.
One of Sharpton's frequent tactics when confronted with the Tenth Amendment or the concept of State's rights is to assert that those concepts have no validity because they were used by proponents of racial segregation to deny African Americans civil rights.
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The Jefferson Davis Quote Is Especially Ironic.
Submitted by Tasine on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:08am.
Sharpton has no interest in any topic that cannot be spun racially. The ignorance that can command a radio/TV microphone is absolutely astounding!
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Al Sharpton: 'You Cannot Have Rights Voted On'
Submitted by Tasine on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:03am.
Even accidentally Al once in a while gets it right. It is true you cannot have rights voted on because rights come with life, by virtue of our creator. I believe that government does not give rights, cannot rescind rights, cannot take them away. I like to refer to "rights" or "laws" or "mandates" or "directions" or "regulations", "privileges". I believe people should be more discerning when utilizing the word 'rights'. When something is made legal, it isn't necessarily a "right" - most of the time, it is a privilege, not a right. At least that's the way I see things.
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Now that the regular season is over, individual player honors are beginning to be announced, and Bauer picked up a big one. As shared this morning by the official site, Trevor Bauer has been named...
Discussion on Trevor Bauer's ongoing amazing season at UCLA, positioning him perhaps as the greatest pitcher ever to come out of Bruin baseball program.
The Major League Baseball draft does not get the level of attention by the media or the public that the NFL and NBA drafts receive. However, unlike those drafts, this year the Bruins have a pair of...
UCLA dropped their first game of the season on Saturday as San Jose St. bested them, 5-3, to take the first completed game of the series before Sunday's doubleheader.
Preview of UCLA baseball's super regional matchup against Cal State Fullerton.
This from Paul Feinberg at UCLA Magazine, an inside look at Trevor Bauer and most interestingly, a peek into his mind. This piece sets the stage by mentioning his story, something we've covered...
Get shutdown pitching, put together enough with the bats, even if it comes all in one inning and hold on for a win. That will be the blueprint for the Bruins in 2010 and that's what the Blue team...
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UCLA's Trevor Bauer Named National Freshman Pitcher of the Year
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Casting Announced for George Street Playhouse's Best of Enemies
By Andrew Gans
George Street Playhouse has announced casting for its second production of its season, The Best of Enemies, which will play the New Jersey venue Nov. 27-Dec. 23 with an official opening Nov. 30.
Mark St. Germain's play, which is based on the novel of the same name by Osha Gray Davidson, will be directed by Julianne Boyd, artistic director of Barrington Stage Company. Boyd also directed the play's premiere at Barrington in July 2011 and an encore run in October 2011.
The George Street cast will feature all four members of Barrington's October production of the piece: Aisha Hinds, John Bedford Lloyd, Don Guillory and Susan Wands.
The Best of Enemies, according to press notes, is a "true story about the relationship between C.P. Ellis (a Grand Cyclops of the KKK) and Ann Atwater (an African-American civil rights activist) during the desegregation of the Durham, NC, schools in 1971. [The play] exposes the poison of prejudice in the hearts of Atwater and Ellis who, by facing each other, are forced to face the worst, and best, in themselves."
The Best of Enemies, according to George Street, is "recommended for mature audiences due to strong language."
Creating the world of the play will be scenic designer David M. Barber, costume designer Kristina Lucka, lighting designer Scott Pinkney and sound designer Brad Berridge.
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The Iowa Hawkeyes had a terrible end of November and arguably an even worse December. But looking at the state of Iowa as a whole, November sucked. It sucked ass. All three of the big state universities went to shit and here are some statistics to prove it:
- In the final 3 regular season games, Iowa, Iowa State, and UNI went a combined 1-8 with the one win over Missouri State.
- Lost to teams with a combined 65-38 record (averages an 8-5 record) and three top-15 teams (#7 Nebraska, #9 Ohio State, #15 Missouri). On other hand, lost to two teams with losing record (Minnesota, Colorado).
- In the three losses to ranked opponents, the teams averaged losing by just 6 points.
- All losses were heart-breakers. They include Iowa State holding Missouri to 14 points and losing to fail to become bowl eligible, Iowa losing to Ohio State by 3 on a Terrelle Pryor 4th down conversion, and Iowa State losing by 1 to a top-10 Nebraska in overtime on a failed 2-point conversion.
- Each team had a promising record going into the end-of-season slide.
Northern Iowa: 6-3 (5-1 conference) ---> 7-5 (6-2)
Iowa: 7-2 (4-1 conference) ---> 7-5 (4-4)
Iowa State: 5-4 (3-2 conference) ---> 5-7 (3-5)
- Last loss of season detrimental to post-season.
Northern Iowa: Loss kicked them out of playoffs
Iowa: Kicked them out of top-25; knocked them to lower bowl
Iowa State: Loss caused bowl ineligibility
I would go more in depth but I am starting to get depressed, so I might later.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Crop development continues to be well ahead of averages, but severe storms caused crop damage in some parts of the state.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop and weather report that storms produced hail in some areas, damaging crops. Precipitation was generally less than an inch statewide. A few places recorded totals greater than an inch.
Development advanced for all crops, but there were signs of stress from lack of moisture.
Corn had an average height of 18 inches, ahead of the five year average of 10 inches, with 94 percent of the crop cultivated or sprayed once.
Soybeans were at 97 percent emerged, ahead of the five year average of 73 percent.
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Tennessee Titan Chris Johnson is being linked to an Orlando house that was the scene of a shooting last July.The investigation involves a 15-year-old girl who was hit in the head by a stray bullet during a robbery attempt.Johnson isn't implicated in any crime and was not at the home when the shooting and burglary took place, but the victim of the burglary, Chester Joseph, who is also the key witness, told investigators that Johnson and two other NFL players often used the house for parties and women."I use they spots a lot. Their condos, their houses and **** like that. So that's all I was doing like, really returning the favor," Joseph said when he was interviewed by Orange County deputies. Joseph said that Johnson, Jacksonville Jaguar Mike Sims-Walker and Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall would pay him $1,500 a month to use the house.Joseph described himself as a gopher to the players and often ran errands for them when they were in town. "Bro, go to the store and get me a 12-pack and pump. Here goes $100, keep the change" Joseph told deputies.Joseph also implied that other Titans players may have stayed in the home. "One of them players from their team, or probably from another team, they say man I'm coming to Orlando tonight man and I need somebody, you know to help me out, show me around, you know whoop whoop. Call Chad, hit me up," Joseph told deputies.Orlando Sentinel crime reporter Jeff Weiner covered the trial and said although no players were implicated in the shooting, the house was known to be where NFL players stayed."They believe this house was specifically targeted and the most obvious reason would have been, you know, if you have NFL players coming in and out of the house and fancy cars, you would assume there were expensive things inside," said Weiner. Investigators were not questioning Joseph about any drug use or other criminal activity at the house.Weiner said he doesn't believe Johnson or any other NFL player will be at the center of any investigation. "It doesn't seem that this case is progressing in a way where I would be worried about him getting into trouble" said Weiner.
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The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats completed their undefeated SEC schedule on Sunday afternoon with a victory over the Florida Gators. John Calipari's team wasn't able to run away with the game until late, but they did so in spectacular fashion on the way to a 74-59 victory.
Kentucky allowed Florida to score just four points in the last nine minutes and three seconds of the game thanks to excellent defense from Anthony Davis, Terrence Jones and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
Davis was outstanding in the final couple of minutes, closing out any hope for Florida on a sequence where he swatted a shot, led the breakaway to the other end and then capped it off with an emphatic putback dunk for good measure. Davis finished with a game-high 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks while Jones added 19 points, three steals and a pair of blocks himself.
The Gators were led by Patric Young's 21 points while Erik Murphy scored 14, but Florida made just 38 percent of its field goal attempts as they went ice cold in the second half.
The Wildcats are now the top seed in the SEC tournament while the Gators fell to the fourth seed with Sunday's loss.
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One of the things Roy Halladay has mentioned in interviews is how good the feeling is when the crowd goes silent after making the last out. I've heard that he was talking about Yankee Stadium specifically, which he has done once, in this game.
Incidently, the opposing pitcher was Randy Johnson.
Here's the MLB.com page on that game.
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Senior columnist Margaret Nesbitt remembers meeting TV icon Dick Clark
Much has been written about television icon Dick Clark since his death.
I met him just once, but he made quite an impression on me. I was a guest on a television show airing live from the NBC studios in Burbank. The hosts were Mary Hart of "Entertainment Tonight" and Regis Philbin, who had just left his long tenure as host of the "AM Los Angeles" show.
I was there to promote Los Angeles city animal shelters and animal adoption. I would usually be accompanied by two animals from a shelter that were then put up for adoption. It was a popular segment, and the two dogs went to new homes, spayed or neutered and with the appropriate injections. I even inspected the new homes.
Clark was on the segment after mine. Because it was a live show, I wasn't allowed to move until it ended. Keeping two dogs quiet was quite a task, but I managed. It would not have been a chore but for the fact that Clark had brought along his black Labrador, which was on the set with him. My two dogs undoubtedly smelled his and wanted to join Clark's pet. There was quite a bit of tugging at the leashes and a few gentle yelps, to no avail.
Clark's segment finally ended, and the full lights went on in the studio. To my amazement, he came over and started petting the shelter dogs. His Labrador wagged his tail and was gentle to the younger dogs. Clark was very interested in one of the shelter's programs and wanted to know all the details. He obviously loved dogs and understood the plight of the homeless animals in the shelter. I was immediately struck by his kindness and gentleness, and with a shake of hands we parted.
After we had been married for many years and no longer felt the urge to be part of the New Year's Eve craziness, my husband and I would watch Clark ring in the New Year in Times Square. He will be missed.
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It is quite a stretch to go from dogs to elephants, but faithful readers will know by now that this column comes up with a bit of everything. Anyone who has visited Africa and had a chance to ride through some of the savanna country will know the devastation elephants create on trees is huge. A hungry pachyderm can easily demolish a tree, wrapping its trunk around the thick branches and ripping them off.
Yet elephants always seem to avoid the acacia tree. It is a pretty tree with an umbrella-type top that creates plenty of shade for animals that want to take a nap. Elephants stay away from acacias because the trees are inhabited by ants, which feed on the nectar oozing from the base of each leaf.
If an elephant comes near the tree to enjoy some of the nectar, the ants will come out in full force. They will then invade the inside of the trunks of the elephant and sting them. The skin inside an elephant's trunk is filled with sensitive nerve endings, and a sting there can inflict a great deal of pain. So, the elephants stay away. The small ant has conquered the elephant.
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This is the place, I'll give you the time.
You know how this works. You guys ask me/us honest questions about the Steelers, and I/we'll give you honest answers as best we can. :)
We're all fans of a Pennsylvania football team, and I would hope this game is a SB preview.
Anyhoo, ask away, but know that any questions/comments that include the word "rapist", or any variation of such, will be ignored.
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Cheerios are a drug.
No, really: just ask the FDA. At least, this FDA: The FDA warned General Mills that it was, in effect, marketing its Cheerios breakfast cereal as a drug, because the cereal's familiar yellow boxes carry unapproved claims about lowering cholesterol and reducing the risks of heart disease. (Via the Corner, via Instapundit) I guess that this is what "'embarking on an aggressive and proactive approach' | Read More »


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UNT is down to its last official visit weekend of the recruiting season. We know quite a bit about where the Mean Green stands.
With that being said, there are a few key questions to consider heading into signing day.
Does Longview Pine Tree QB/ATH Caleb Chumley end up in UNT's class?
We reported that Chumley, a big-time prospect, would sign with UNT a couple of days ago. Then we found out we may have jumped the gun.
Derrick Hennigan, the interim head coach at Pine Tree, reiterated today that Chumley will sign with UNT, which would be a change in course from what looked like it would happen a few days ago.
According to interim head coach Derrick Hennigan, Pine Tree ATH Caleb Chumley ( @c_chumley ) will sign with North Texas on Wednesday.
— Brandon Ogden (@BrandonOSports) February 1, 2014
Chumley is a big-time prospect who was considering UNT and Louisiana-Monroe, but had high-level BCS interest earlier in the process. We will find out here pretty quickly what will happen with Chumley, who is one of the weirder stories I have run across in recruiting the last couple of years.
Does X mark the spot?
Cedar Hill defensive end Xavier Washington has been at the top of UNT's wish list for a long time, but Northwestern has jumped into the fray. Washington is there now. It could come to to UNT (close to home, good school, great staff, improving program) vs. Northwestern (elite academic institution, playing in the Big Ten and the Big House/at Ohio State and facing the best competition in the country, great staff) vs. Houston (close to home, recent and extended history of success, good school). That one could any of three ways.
Yikes!!! Northwestern gear.. pic.twitter.com/rLg7jO2c7O
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What about the rest of UNT's defensive line?
UNT put on a late push for Rowlett defensive tackle Cedric Johnson, who committed earlier to Louisiana Tech. I talked to Rowlett coach Doug Stephens, who said UNT still has a shot. Johnson is another high-end prospect who had BCS offers earlier in the process. Could he join UNT's class? The Shreveport Times is reporting that Johnson will sign with Tech.
Is Elkhart running back Jeffery Wilson the cherry on top?
UNT has been after Elkhart running back Jeffery Wilson for a long time and has him in on an official visit this weekend. UNT could use a power back in its class and Wilson fits the bill. Could he land a spot late in the process? There are five teams in the running.
What about the other prospects still out there?
While they seem to be farther down the list, there are a host of other prospects out there who could still be UNT targets. Does a player like former Houston commit Inoke Ngalo, a Dallas area linebacker who is still in play and is on a visit to SMU, end up at UNT? Could he or another player we are not expecting sign with UNT?
What are the final surprises?
I can just about guarantee that there will be some surprises on signing day — guys who we expect to be in the class who are not or guys we are not expecting to be in the class who are. What will the last-minute shuffling produce? We will find out shortly.


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Assassin's Creed 3 shipped 12 million copies in 2012
Represents a 70 per cent increase over Assassin's Creed Revelations.
Black Ops 2 was the UK's best-selling game of 2012
FIFA 13 in second, but where did Halo 4, Assassin's Creed 3 and Mass Effect 3 chart?
UK Video Game Chart: Black Ops 2 holds top spot for fourth week
Far Cry 3 holds on at No.2 with an impressive second week drop of only 8%.
UK Wii U eShop content and pricing
Digital versions of New Super Mario Bros. U, ZombiU, Nintendo Land and more priced.
Ubisoft CEO unhappy with Wii U price
Guillemot hopes that Nintendo will "be able to drop their price in time".
Ubisoft's full Wii U launch line-up confirmed by Ubi online store
Assassin's Creed III, Just Dance 4, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 and more launching alongside Rayman and ZombiU on November 30.
Wii U box art design outed by Amazon
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Hate to think this but... Barkley for GM ftw?
Humor me for a sec here. let me start first by saying that, Barkley is and should be player hated on in the Bay for his dissage towards our beautiful Bay area on TNT a couple years back, but then again, Barkley talks out of his rear end & disses almost everything just to provoke reponse. it's how he rolls, so Assuming that the Suns don't offer him a spot in their FO, should the Dubs? Think about it, Barkley would bring player interest, as he has great repoire with NBA players, and also would be a huge step up in terms of talent evaluation over Riley. So if Ellison buys the team, because realistically nobody should want to be GM for the dubs under current ownership, but with Ellison? ok, let me have it.


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The vast majority of measurements utilized to assess personal and social responsibility have arisen from cognitive-structural theories of moral development. In most cases, the development and refinement of these measurements has been well documented, sufficient reliability and validity have been demonstrated, and applicability to multiple and diverse populations has been established. General information on the format and use of each the assessments tools can be found below.
Moral Judgment Interview (MJI)
Defining Issues Test (DIT)
Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form (SRM-SF)
Ethic of Care Interview (ECI)
Measure of Moral Orientation (MMO)
Measure of Intellectual Development (MID)
Learning Environment Preferences (LEP)
Reflective Judgment Interview (RJI)
Sentence Completion Test (SCT)
Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment (SDTLA)
Instruments from Other Perspectives
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Moral Judgment Interview (MJI) is a structured interview measurement that provides an assessment of subjects' development in stages one through five of Kohlberg's moral reasoning scheme. Utilizing an interview format, the MJI is a qualitative, production style instrument. Three parallel forms of the MJI are in use, and each has three hypothetical moral dilemmas with standardized probes for clarifying subjects' reasoning. Among these is the oft-cited "Heinz dilemma:" in this hypothetical situation, a man whose wife is dying of cancer must decide if he will steal a drug from a chemist who—simply because he wants to make money—is charging more than the man can pay. "Standard Issue Scoring" of the MJI involves categorizing subjects' responses first by two standard issue categories for each dilemma (for the Heinz dilemma, preservation of life or upholding the law), then by modal elements (upholding normative order) and value elements (egoistic consequences, utilitarian consequences, or fairness), and then by norms (life, property, truth, punishment, and so forth). A comprehensive 75 scoring manual is used to generate a global stage score on Kohlberg's model for interviewees that can indicate mixed stage positionality in addition to pure stages.
Defining Issues Test (DIT) is a paper-and-pencil, recognition-type test based on Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning. Perhaps the most common measure of moral development, the DIT has been used in well over 500 studies. The basic premises of the DIT are to present enough information regarding a moral dilemma to activate subjects' existing moral schemas, which in turn should guide subjects to respond consistently on the test, and thereby reveal their level of moral reasoning. The DIT includes six moral dilemmas, including the Heinz Dilemma. The basic structure of the DIT is to present each moral dilemma and then ask subjects to indicate which of the two actions or resolutions to the dilemma they endorse. Next, the DIT presents twelve stage-prototypic statements for each dilemma and asks subjects to rank each statement—in terms of importance to their decision—on a five-item Likert scale. Finally, subjects rank the statement that is most important in their thinking, as well as second, third, and fourth in importance. Although several indices were developed to report scores, the most widely used is the "P" index, which measures the percentage of principled moral reasoning. Recently, the DIT was revised and reformulated into the DIT-2. The DIT-2 features more modern social dilemmas, including a father stealing food for his starving family, a newspaper reporter exposing a favored political candidate's criminal background, a school board holding a contentions and dangerous meeting, a doctor giving an overdose of painkillers to a suffering patient, and college students demonstrating against U.S. foreign policy. The format is the same as the DIT; however a new—or "N2"—index has been developed and is considered to be more powerful than the traditional "P" index.
Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form (SRM-SF) is a paper-and-pencil, production-style measure that assesses maturity of sociomoral reflection. Subjects' maturity level is measured by scoring their justifications for moral behaviors such as promise keeping, telling the truth, helping parents, saving a friend, and obeying the law. For each of eleven questions related to these behaviors, subjects indicate whether that behavior is very important, important, or not important to them, and then are asked to describe their reason for this decision in short-essay form. The SRM-SF is based on previous instruments designed by Gibbs, for which the major hallmark is the replacement of hypothetical moral dilemmas with subjects' evaluation—via level of importance—of moral behaviors. A major limitation of the SRM-SF for use with college-level students is that it was primarily designed for children and low-literacy subjects; thus, the questions are somewhat simplistic and more age-appropriate for younger subjects.
Ethic of Care Interview (ECI) is a qualitative measure of subjects' positionality on Gilligan's developmental scheme and, as it involves a semi-structured interview, is a production-style instrument. First, subjects are asked to describe a real-life dilemma and their response to this dilemma. Then, subjects are asked to respond to three hypothetical dilemmas 77dealing with unplanned pregnancy, marital fidelity, and care for a parent. Each of these dilemmas involves interpersonal conflicts that present issues related to balancing concerns of self and others. Probing questions are asked by the interviewer and address the participant's descriptions of and actions in the situation, as well as perceptions of whether the actions were the right ones. Responses are scored for their correspondence with Gilligan's levels and transitions.
Measure of Moral Orientation (MMO) is a paper and-pencil instrument developed to measure strength of care and justice orientation. Specifically intended for college students, the MMO is comprised of eight moral dilemmas as well as a fourteen-item self-description measurement, and utilizes a four-point Likert scale to indicate agreement with item statements. Thus, the MMO is a quantitative and recognition-style instrument. First, students are asked to imagine themselves as the protagonist of the moral dilemmas (which are situations common to college students, such as roommate conflicts) and then respond to items that reflect either a justice or care orientation. Next, the self-description measure assesses students' perceptions of themselves as caring or just through items addressing decision making, ideal self, and so forth. Scoring of the instrument involves totaling the values for care and justice items for four scales: care; justice; self-description of care; and self-description of justice. The higher the score on the individual scale, the greater the participant's orientation toward the construct of that scale.
Measure of Intellectual Development (MID) is an essay-based test designed to assess college students' positionality on the Perry scheme. As a qualitative and production-style instrument, the MID consists of four questions to which students respond in essay format. By utilizing these four short essays, the MID easily facilitates administration in a classroom setting. Students are asked to write an essay for each of the following: the best course they have taken; their perception of the ideal learning experience for them; their learning in the particular course or program in which they are taking the MID; and their approaches to career planning and vocational decision making. Evaluation of the essays involves independent rating by two trained raters. Scoring is provided in terms of a three-digit stage description—from Perry scheme positions one (basic dualism) through five (contextual relativism)—that shows dominant positions as well as transition between stages. For example, a student who has a dominant standpoint in Early Multiplicity (Position 3) but appears to be transitioning to Late Multiplicity (Position 4) would be scored as 334. Similarly, a student who has a dominant standpoint of Contextual Relativism (Position 5) but still evidences late multiplistic thinking would be scored as 455. Mentkowski, Moeser, and Strait (1983) provide a comprehensive guide to the extensive rating system used at Alverno College for the MID.
Learning Environment Preferences (LEP) is a quantitative, recognition-style instrument designed for use with undergraduates that assesses positionality on the Perry scheme. The LEP is divided into the following five domains or aspects of the subject's "ideal learning environment": course content; instructor's role; student's role; classroom atmosphere and activities; and evaluation procedures. For each domain, the LEP asks students to conceptualize their ideal learning environment and rank thirteen possible responses indicating their preferences for that domain. These responses are typical of Perry positions (similar to the DIT's stage prototypic statements) and are derived from the MID. The ranking process consists of two parts: first, students utilize a four-item Likert scale to indicate the significance of each response in their ideal learning environment; and second, students rank—for each domain—the three most important items. A scoring index yields scores between 200 and 500, which correlate with Perry positions 2 through 5. Additionally, similar to the DIT's "P" index, the LEP's "R" index indicates the percentage of the student's thinking that is characterized by Position 5 (Contextual Relativism) on the Perry scheme.
Reflective Judgment Interview (RJI) consists of five questions regarding ill-structured problems that are presented from two contradicting points of view on the following questions: how the Egyptian pyramids were constructed; whether objectivity is possible in news reporting; how humans came into existence; whether chemical additives are beneficial for the food supply; and whether nuclear energy is inherently valuable or dangerous. In addition, several discipline-based problems for psychology, business and chemistry were developed. For each question, subjects are asked to state and justify their opinion on the issue and then respond to six follow-up questions (exploring further descriptions of the subject's point of view, how the subject arrived at that view, and the subject's assessment of the correctness of this view). During King and Kitchener's research, two certified raters scored subjects' responses and summarized the ratings into a three-digit score representing stages on the Reflective Judgment Model. The authors explain that the RJI uses problems for which the moral dimension is not central (as opposed to the Heinz dilemma); however, the RJI does provide information on how students think and arrive at judgments about ill-structured, complex issues.
Sentence Completion Test (SCT) Loevinger and Wessler's SCT is a qualitative, production type instrument that assesses positionality on Loevinger's model of ego development. The most current and common versions, Form 81 for Women and Form 81 for Men, are each comprised of 36 sentence stems. Sentence stems are comprised of the beginning word or few words of a sentence for which the subject is essentially asked to fill in the blank. Examples of stems on the current SCT include: "Education . . ."; "I feel sorry . . ."; "Rules are . . ."; "Crime and delinquency could be halted . . ."; "My main problem is . . ."; and "My conscience bothers me. . . ." Hy and Loevinger (1996) claim that though the test forms for women and men differ slightly (for example, by a changed pronoun), the rater manual is "unisex" (26) as while men and women may respond differently to items, it has not been proven that a given response should receive a different score because of gender. Trained raters score the instrument and use "ogive" rules to derive total protocol ratings (TPR) on Loevinger's model. While the SCT does appear to address dimensions that are pertinent to personal and social responsibility, it is not widely used in research assessing moral development or involving college student development. A notable exception is Alverno College, which uses the SCT as part of its comprehensive, longitudinal assessment of undergraduates and alumnae. However, Reisetter Hart and Mentkowski (1994) report that their findings at Alverno confirm other studies observing stability during college on Loevinger's model at the Self-Aware level (though progression to the Conscientious level was observed for alumnae). Reisetter Hart and Mentkowski call this "curious" (3) as Loevinger's comprehensive model purports to take into account changes in moral reasoning (e.g., Kolhberg's model), which indeed does appear to change significantly in college. Reisetter Hart and Mentkowski recommend further research into contextual and environmental elements to better understand ego development during college; however, by itself, the SCT does not appear to provide significant insight into change in ego development during the college years.For more detailed discussions:
Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment (SDTLA) was developed and revised numerous times at the University of Georgia for use in counseling with students. The paper-and-pencil, quantitative instrument is based on Chickering's theory of development, but does not exactly correspond to the theory's vectors and also includes additional developmental tasks identified through research with the instrument. Various forms of the SDTLA are available, but the most comprehensive version is comprised of 153 items and assesses the developmental tasks of Establishing and Clarifying Purpose (with four subtasks of Educational Involvement, Career Planning, Lifestyle Planning, and Cultural Participation), Developing Mature Interpersonal Relationships (with two subtasks of Peer Relationships and Tolerance), and Developing Autonomy (with four subtasks of Emotional Autonomy, Academic Autonomy, Instrumental Autonomy, and Interdependence). In addition, the SDTLA includes two scales, the Salubrious Lifestyle Scale (assessing health and wellness practices) and the Two concerns with utilizing the SDTLA in assessing personal and social responsibility at the college level have been put forward: it is limited to the developmental tasks typical of seventeen- to twenty-four-year-olds (thus it is not suitable for nontraditional students) and it lacks assessment along Chickering's vector of Developing Integrity, which is the vector most directly associated with moral development theory and research. However, some aspects of the instrument—such as measurements of the developmental tasks of Tolerance and Interdependence, and the Salubrious Lifestyle Scale (which can potentially reveal behavioral patterns)—may have some import for research on personal and social responsibility in college.


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A party goer was fined for being drunk and disorderly at an illegal rave attended by up to 40 people on Sunday night.
Police were called to Mitcham Common after loud noise from speakers powered by generators blasted out music until the early hours of the morning, disturbing neighbours.
A 30-year-old man from Croydon was arrested by police officers at the scene and taken to a south London police station.
He was later given a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly.
Police took more than four hours to disperse the crowd, some of whom were dancing and causing trouble until the early hours of Monday morning.
There were also reports of a number of minor disturbances in the area with men kicking bins, a bottle being thrown at police and a bus stop being damaged near the party in the Seven Islands Pond area of the common which began on Sunday, April 6.
Mitcham Common Conservators member, Councillor Martin Whelton said the gathering was totally unacceptable.
Coun Whelton said: "It caused a lot of distress to residents and left a lot of rubbish behind.
"What they did was completely and utterly unacceptable."
Power generators were being used to blast out tunes until at least 3.30am when the gathering was dispersed by police.
Rubbish including empty Courvoisier and Champagne bottles were seen to be left behind, as well as an empty marquee and plastic buckets.
Officers were called at 10.45pm on Sunday.
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NEW ORLEANS - Just a few weeks after his swearing in as U.S. attorney for Louisiana's Eastern District, Kenneth Polite moved quickly with charges against St. Tammany Parish Coroner Peter Galvan.
Galvan, who was charged in a bill of information Friday, faces numerous corruption allegations.
Former U.S. Attorney Harry Rosenberg believes it's a sign of things to come.
"I know there was a question mark with (Polite), in whether he was going to have that same commitment to public corruption as his predecessor, and I think this particular charge demonstrates that he does, and that he will and I think that's what you are going to see in the future," Rosenberg said.
Moving forward on the charges was an important decision for Polite, Rosenberg said, although federal agents launched their investigation into Galvan's alleged activities months ago.
"(Agents) run those facts past the U.S. attorney as well as his colleagues who have signed on," Rosenberg said. "They've got assistant U.S. attorneys who are handling the investigation and then Mr. Polite makes the ultimate decision, and he did, and he signed off on the bill of information."
Rosenberg believes it's a case of good timing for Polite, as the charges against Galvan came one day after he announced indictments against several people for guns and drugs.
"I think he's shown that he's going to be able to handle all types of criminal matters involving the federal government," he said.
However, the case against Galvan is getting the most attention.
It's another example, Rosenberg said, of a violation of public trust.
"Can there be a charge for stupidity in the federal system as a crime? Because if so, then Galvan should've been charged with that type of crime," Rosenberg said. "I mean, you're making a lot of money. You see public officials get charged day in and day out. But to abuse the public funds that way and to be at the public trough for personal gain is the kind of thing that you know people are not going to tolerate."
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I have been observing this for quite some time now:
I'm importing a MMP file for a DLL that compiled, linked and runs fine when
doing the same thing under Carbide 1.0.
It does build in 1.1 as well, but when launching an exe that relies on the dll later on, will cause a Signal (access denied) and the process cannot continue because the loading of the DLL seems to fail. Closer investigation shows, that
the dll that gets created in the workspace directory and the one that is created in the emulator udeb output directory differ in size. Something seems
to get modified while copying to the epoc32 directory and this seems to render the dll unusable. The dll in the workspace though works fine. What is going on here?
The linker does print out a warning which might be a hint:
>Option overrides the effect of 'm|main'; only one of '-m[ain], -noentry' should be specified
>while parsing option '-noentry'
I have no idea where the '-noentry' comes from, but it doesn't sound good.
It's not apparent where this get's set. I could not find it anywhere in the project settings.
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Vitor Faverani conducted an interview with the Spanish Celtics website CelticsSpa which you can see at the link below. My first impression of him is that he's a humble, likable guy. Hard to get too much more than that but here's how he described the workout process.
Exclusive interview with your newest Celtic: Vitor Faverani talks to CelticsSpa
Of all the teams I worked out for, Boston was the one that convinced me more of the possibility of playing there. And it was because of the way they treated me. I was used of the way people treat you in Spain: they talk to you, they are kind, they are smiling, they make jokes all the time...and in Boston I felt home right away. They greeted me and from the first moment there is someone in the organisation, Austin, that talked to me in Spanish. We were talking for a while and then they treated me as if I was already playing for them. We did the medical check up and I started thinking that it wasn't normal that they were treating me so well. It was unbelievable. ' As for the workout itself it was great. It was very unstressful. There were several coaches watching me practice, but there wasn't any pressure at all in it. I didn't feel like I had to score the ball because they treated me so well that it was impossible to miss a shot, you see? I was joking all the time with one of the coaches about this and they made me feel comfortable and at home all the time.
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San Gorgonio will have a very young football team this season. And, coach Ron Gueringer believes, a very talented one.
The Spartans have shown some flashes of that talent and also picked up valuable experience in summer passing league tournaments. While it's not full-on with pads, the seven-on-seven play will help San Gorgonio's sophomores and juniors, Gueringer said.
The highlight was a trip toIndianapolisfor the NFL-sponsored passing tournament. The Spartans won a local tournament and the chance to represent the San Diego Chargers in the event back at the Colts' training facility.
"For a lot of the kids, it was the first time they'd flown on a plane, so it was a great experience," Gueringer said. " We practiced and played on the Colts' facility. It was a great environment for our kids."
The Spartans went 3-5, losing some close games, and felt good about the fact they held their own against some national-level talent.
The key now will be for all those young players to learn San Gorgonio's spread offense and develop into a cohesive team. The Spartans went 6-6 last season and lost 42-28 to eventual CIF-SS Central Division champion Rancho Verde in the second round, but lost a ton of talent off that squad, including quarterback Monrow Offield, a huge threat both passing and running the ball.
San Gorgonio may have the same kind of threat this season with junior Tahir Rasheed-Mills.
"He's a lot likeMonroein the sense that he's a runner and a thrower," Gueringer said. "The thing is he hasn't had any experience, so that's gonna be a major factor – how quickly he grows in learning the offense and making adjustments on the run. His maturity level for that will be the key to our success."


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On Martha's Bookshelf: Busting Loose From the Money Game
One of my Montana friends, a brilliant and eminently sane lawyer, lent me a book that at first glance did not appeal to me at all. It's called Busting Loose From the Money Game by Robert Scheinfeld. I was thrilled to receive it, though, because lately I've been quite preoccupied with the issue of helping people make a practical physical living while entering what I call the new consciousness.
"Aha!" I thought, "This will give me the language to talk to businessy folks who don't wander through my corner of Blissville even on their way to buy milk." I was all excited to come down out of the clouds to get some firmly grounded financial strategies for my clients and coaches.
Well, or not.
Scheinfeld's pathway to prosperity involves exactly the same kind of "woo woo procedures" I keep writing about in my own work. Essentially, Scheinfeld believes that our entire reality is a kind of movie being scripted, acted out, and filmed by pure consciousness.
This is not what I expected from a book whose cover depicts two businessmen and a lot of dollar bills. I would never ask you to believe what Robert Scheinfeld believes, however; I would invite you to try his methods. As always, my criterion for accepting any premise is very simple: does it work? Scheinfeld's method has been working for me for decades now. I am relieved that someone else has been willing to codify the procedure so that I can offer it to my financially anxious loved ones—and then bounce away like Tigger to play in the fields of infinite abundance. By the way, that abundance is not in my bank account, it is in the field of consciousness itself.


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First U.S. Hospital-Based Internet Addiction Treatment Program Opens
The first hospital-based Internet addiction treatment center in the United States opens next week and will offer 10-day inpatient care for people diagnosed with the disorder.
The program at the Behavioral Health Services at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania will admit up to four patients at a time. They'll undergo an extensive evaluation and a "digital detox" that forbids phone, tablet or Internet use for at least 72 hours, according to ABC News.
The next steps include therapy sessions and educational seminars to help them get their addiction under control.
Internet addiction isn't recognized as a mental health disorder by the psychiatric community, which means the treatment isn't covered by insurance. Patients will have to pay the $14,000 fee out of their own pockets, ABC News reported.
While most people can balance online activities and their regular life, people with Internet addiction have trouble with normal day-to-day functioning.
"Like any other addiction, we look at whether it has jeopardized their career, whether they lie about their usage or whether it interferes with relationships, Kimberly Young, a psychologist and founder of the new program told ABC News.
Women's Life Expectancy Increases
Life expectancy for women 50 and older has increased worldwide, but there is still room for improvement, a new World Health Organization study says.
Women in most countries now live longer than they did 40 years ago, due to progress against infectious diseases such as flu, pneumonia and tuberculosis. On average, Japanese women live the longest, The New York Times reported.
Heart disease, stroke and cancer kill most women over age 50, so countries should focus on lowering blood pressure with inexpensive drugs and screening for cervical and breast cancer, according to study author Dr. John Beard, director of the WHO's department of aging.
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Celeb Quotes About Their Moms
Celebs on Their Moms: Who Said It?
Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday, and we all have stories or sayings we love to share about our moms this time of year. Celebrities are no exception! Especially with all the baby bumps in Hollywood, there's no shortage of moms-to-be who are sure to be looking to their own mothers for inspiration on raising their lil ones. Here are some quotes from celebs about the women who birthed and raised them, see if you can match the quote with who said it!
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"She was adamant that she did not want to be called grandma . . . so she decided she was gonna be called 'woof.' She kept trying to make the woof thing stick, it's even her email address."
Kate Hudson
Gwen Stefani
Gwyneth Paltrow
Reese Witherspoon
2 of 10
"My parents raised me that you never ask people about their reproductive plans. 'You don't know their situation,' my mom would say. I considered it such an impolite question that for years I didn't even ask myself. Thirty-five turned into forty faster than McDonald's food turns into cold nonfood."
Tina Fey
Emma Thompson
Courteney Cox
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
3 of 10
"My mom was more into the yelling. She was the enforcer. She was the one that laid down the law. My dad made up the rules, but my mom laid down the law. It's not her words, it's her tone that sticks with me."
Adam Sandler
Bradley Cooper
Ashton Kutcher
Justin Timberlake
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"My parents divorced when I was 8, and whenever I felt down, my mom would remind me that a sense of humor gets you through just about anything."
Courteney Cox
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Eva Longoria
Sarah Silverman
5 of 10
"The values my mother taught me were like, if you're going to do something, don't half-ass it. I remember her literally saying that to me. Like the first time I ever heard the term half-ass was coming from my mother's lips. I was probably 8 or 9. If you're going to do something, go ahead and throw 115 percent at it, and if you get 100 percent back, well, there you go — you're perfect."
Bradley Cooper
Adam Sandler
Justin Timberlake
Simon Cowell
6 of 10
"People ask me all the time, 'How did you survive that?' or 'How do you do all this?' It's really because of my mother and the encouragement she gave me. My mom didn't have very good mothering herself, so to learn how to mother with just on-the-job training was so inspirational to me."
Felicity Huffman
Hillary Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
Emma Thompson
7 of 10
"They snap my picture and put it in magazines and it seems like I am wearing the same thing every day. The best thing is your mother points that out to you — 'Why don't you change your shirt?'"
Bradley Cooper
Jesse Eisenberg
Seth Rogen
Michael Cera
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"It's set up for even the least technical savvy person. My mom has a page. As soon as somebody turns on the computer for her, she knows how to use Facebook, but she doesn't know how to get the computer on herself."
Seth Rogen
Michael Cera
Jason Segel
Jesse Eisenberg
9 of 10
"She wasn't really happy that I showed my penis. In true motherly fashion, she sent out a mass e-mail to my family saying, 'I just want you all to know that in _____'s upcoming film, he has chosen to do full frontal nudity, but please note, it is not gratuitous and is essential to the plot.'"
Jason Segel
Mark Wahlberg
Ewan McGregor
Kevin Bacon
10 of 10
"My mom always said, 'Don't date a guy who thinks he's prettier than you.'"
Halle Berry
Beyoncé Knowles
Jennifer Hudson
Alicia Keys
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In justification of BART's shutdown of mobile phone service on Aug. 11, the agency began to disingenuously claim that demonstrations against BART's police brutality were a threat to passenger safety, even though no one has ever been hurt during a BART protest.


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Amateur hour again in San Diego
"There is a case to be made for sweeping changes in part of the Padres' baseball operations. Both amateur scouting and player development have been poor for much of the past decade and, for that, Towers bears some responsibility. But given his body of work over the past 14 years -- heck, his body of work over the past eight months -- what Towers deserved was a "thank you" and a contract extension, not a firing."


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IBM bladesmiths forge slim Cell system, SDK
IBM has announced a new thinner Cell-based blade system, allowing twice as many units to be fitted per rack, and an SDK intended to ease development in the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) environment. Dubbed the IBM BladeCenter QS21, the new board is rated for peak performance of "approximately 460" Gflops, allowing 6.4 …
Maybe relocate to get cheaper juice?
With the electricity price you mention in the article, it would obviously be cost effective to move your computing center to a different location and/or get a different electricity supplier.
10p for a kWh is way over what one should have to pay these days: Even if I add the annual fee to my retailer and the transport cost to the company which owns the wires to my house, I pay only a fraction of that as a low-volume private buyer on the spot market.
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XBox 360 Supercomputer?
BAM! Take that fanbois!
Seriously though, please *do not* cool your Cell supercomputer by submerging it in a bowl of water.
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7-Eleven offering healthier snacks
September 13, 2013
7-Eleven is rolling out a healthier snack selection at its 8,000 stores nationwide.
"Better-for-you is one of the fastest-growing segments of the snacking category," says Rebecca Frechette, a vice president of merchandising at 7-Eleven in the Delawareonline.com story.
According to the report 38 percent of consumers say they ate "more healthy" snacks last year versus the year before.
The founder of Brand Keys, though, says that is not enough to drive sales – from a marketing standpoint.
"If you're thinking about a better-for you snack, it's not likely that 7-Eleven is at the top of the list," Robert Passikoff, Brand Keys founder, said.
Less than a year ago 7-Eleven started selling fresh fruit at their stores.
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