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Taking Back the Plaque: The Art and Tactics of the Pocho Research Society
Monuments and historical markers are omnipresent across the landscape and demand our critical attention. Their presence in public space, their form, and message—be it subtle or overt—has the ability to enshrine one version of history while erasing others. For how often is it that one comes across "official" markers that speak of resistance to power, particularly resistance to State power and the dominant historical narrative? But these often un-guarded sites are not as daunting and obtrusive as they first appear, for historical markers and monuments can and have provided the ideal location and canvas for public interventions and alterations. - This essay examines one collective, the Pocho Research Society (PRS) that has done just this by dedicating their practice to altering existing monuments and creating new historical markers. In their own words, the PRS is "a collective of artists, activists and rasquache historians who reside in Los Angeles. Dedicated to the systematic investigation of space, memory and displacement, the PRS understands history as a battleground of the present, a location where hidden and forgotten selves hijack and disrupt the oppression of our moment."1 PRS is best known for installing its own plaques onto the surfaces of monuments and buildings (often next to the "official" plaque), in order to offer a counter perspective and a critique of not only the monument in question, but the form of the monument itself. In so doing, the PRS questions not only the legitimacy of how the dominant narrative of history is communicated in public space, but also the validity and the tactics of counter narratives. The first PRS action, " Operation Invisible Monument," addressed this facet of their work. The project took place in 2001, and involved collective members installing plaques in the early hours of the morning at four sites. The plaques were made by screenprinting text onto sheet metal, and then adhering those onto monuments with cement, cordless drills, and bolts. The longevity of the signs depended on the location and how adamant property owners or city officials were about having them removed. Some plaques were removed within hours, whereas others are still up to this day. One of the projects involved bolting a plaque to the side of a building on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, informing the public that it was the former site of David Alfaro Siqueiros' mural Tropical America, which spoke out against US imperialism in Latin America.(2) Another action in the same region of downtown included cementing a plaque onto an existing historical marker at La Placita Olvera, which told a classic pioneer story of the "founding" of the city by European colonists, and failed to note that the plaza has served as a gateway for newly arrived immigrants, both during the past and at the present time. Another PRS action took place at Angles Point Vista in Elysian Park – a location that looks down into the Chavez Ravine and Dodger Stadium, home to a Major League Baseball team. The official marker simply recognized the benefactors who helped preserve the small park area. However, the PRS plaque "Displacement of the Displaced" (invisible monument #3), cemented right next to the official plaque, told viewers of the struggles that had taken place at the site. The text read: View of the former site of the Chavez Ravine Community In July 1950, the fate of the working class, Mexican community of Chavez Ravine came into question when residents received a letter to vacate by city governmental offices. A heated struggle ensued as the governmental plan of creating a 3300 unit public housing project at the site came under attack by both residents and the private developers. The ensuing triangular battle eventually defeated the project as pro real-estate interests won out using a charged anti-communist rhetoric. In 1957, the land was offered to the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers for a future stadium, amidst protests and forced removals, residents eventually dispersed struggling to plant roots in other parts of the city. The PRS sign (which stayed up for two weeks) was a direct challenge to the official marker and the colonial mindset that framed it. A PRS collective member notes that: Monuments are the erection of history of the winner, the colonizer. In LA, Mexican history is so integral to this place yet it's not recognized. We don't have a museum; we don't have institutions that honor our historical presence and our experience. So our memory has survived in very guerilla-like ways or through art history or through songs, culture, or through activism, like those Chicano academics. That first generation were all activists; it was really a political battle to just write those histories, to make that experience be recognized as significant.3 Cementing plaques to problematic monuments is one method employed by the PRS to reclaim the past and demand accountability in the present. By adding a new plaque, the monument becomes more inclusive; a static site becomes open and representational to a broader range of opinions, and an authoritarian marker is both defaced and exposed as inadequate. However, another tactic of the PRS is to put up markers that respond to relatively recent histories that have gone unrecognized or under appreciated. In these cases, the PRS does not set about adding a plaque to a problematic monument or a state marker. Instead, they create an "official" looking marker that acts as the sole historical marker for the site. One example of this approach is a plaque that the PRS installed on the side of a building in the Highland Park neighborhood explaining that the building was the former location of a community info shop. The text read: Former site of the Popular Resource Center The PRC created political, economic and cultural networks that extended the words and actions of the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas to a working class urban barrio in Los Angeles. From 1994-1999, projects like a pirate radio station, a food distribution program, solidarity building activities, and cultural events helped to inspire a cultural movement that nurtured old and new forms of expression and integrated the indigenous with the urban, the spiritual and the political, and the North with the South. The space was founded by Zack de la Rocha (the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine) and served as a vital hub for community activism and solidarity work between LA activists and the Zapatista movement in Chiapas. In this instance, the PRS plaque becomes compelling because it celebrates recent activism and breaks away from the all-too-common pattern in political art of celebrating only those iconic struggles and histories that took place in the distant past. In this case, the marker celebrates current struggles and advocates that they should both be celebrated and acknowledged for their significant impact. Additionally, the plaque celebrates the all-important role of community spaces and how they can help to build movements, create dissident culture, and serve as vital conduits in the growth and education of people who become radicalized within their walls. This particular plaque also functioned as a critique of the gentrification occurring in the Highland Park neighborhood, a process that has accelerated over the past ten years. The neighborhood has increasingly become home to hipsters, musicians, and artists who have little to no understanding of the neighborhood's past history. A PRS collective member notes that the plaque is a reminder to the new residents that they are not the first to bring activism and culture to the neighborhood. Additionally, the plaque is indicative of the PRS approach, in that the plaques are meant to be stumbled upon by chance. They are short history lessons. The PRS puts them up and the viewer is responsible to do the rest. The question becomes: would the signs have a greater impact if the PRS received permissions to put them up, considering that they might last longer? The PRS is steadfast against this idea for a number of reasons. A collective member interviewed noted that the PRS does not want to be slowed down by bureaucratic channels. Additionally, the member reported having seen too many examples of officially sanctioned public art being censored and stripped of its radical content. More importantly, PRS members asking for permission to add a plaque to the site or requesting an additional monument would only betray the politics behind the work. The idea is not just to add one counter narrative to offset the other; it is to encourage multiple readings of history and to invite others to do similar projects. The PRS is fully aware that adding one plaque is not enough. The counter narrative is important, but it is the concept behind the work, the action of a person illegally defacing an "official" monument and challenging the State-version of history that is so vital. The plaques thus become a form of cultural resistance and the process of a person stumbling across one of the PRS markers is the important breaking point. At first, perhaps, a viewer will be confused by the plaque because it is so obviously unsanctioned, but the illegal nature of the sign may likewise inspire the viewer to become more critical and thus more apt to challenge powerful institutions and ideas in the future. In this regard, the PRS shares a great affinity with the approach of graffiti artists. By its nature, street art is an act of reclaiming public space, challenging private property and questioning laws that dictate what is and what is not permitted to take place in the public. One PRS member clearly echoes these concerns. She notes, "I think it is really important to challenge laws and challenge the reverence for private property."4 Thus it is not surprising that one of the PRS plaques celebrates the work of graffiti artists. The PRS plaque "Triumph of the Tagger," which was installed in 2001 (and remains up to this day), transformed an uninspired monument that marked the past location of a railroad station into a monument that additionally celebrated graffiti artists and the act of defacing railroad property. The PRS plaque reads: Former Terminus Station Southern Pacific Railroad During the late 1980's an invisible army assaulted the city with spraycans transforming bland concrete walls into canvases filled with an explosive language of hard-edged urban forms, radiating color, and an abstract, coded lexicon. The most prolific, the Boyle Heights tagger known as Chaka single-handedly inflicted $30,000 worth of damage to the Southern Pacific Railroad. While some people might simply dismiss graffiti art as vandalism, the sign presents the polar opposite perspective: a deep respect for the art form – a message that one rarely sees in public. Additionally, the plaque raises larger questions concerning why graffiti is so criminalized and frowned upon, while other signs that dominate public space are not. A PRS collective member notes that "who decides what it legitimate or illegitimate in public space is a really important questions . . . I didn't decide I had to drive to work and see a thousand billboards. Who made these decisions? Who defines our landscape?"5 Thus the plaque (and the graffiti) becomes one of many competing voices set against the backdrop of officially approved markers and corporate messages—alternative messages that question their power, along with a broader critique of private property versus the public commons. Yet, the PRS plaque will likely have a marginal impact compared to corporate and State markers due to its scale, singularity and its remote location next to a series of railroad tracks. However, all of the PRS signs gain an extended life through their documentation over the Internet and in the press. At times, the PRS will send out press releases to the media, which are targeted to specific reporters and papers that they feel will be sympathetic to the project. In each case, the decision to do a press report is site-specific to the goals of the project. Some are broadcasted—others are not. The documentation of these projects allows the signs to be viewed outside of a local context. However, even then, the local context remains the essential part of the PRS approach. The monument interventions all take place in Los Angeles - where the PRS collective members live. In this regard, the investigation by the PRS becomes a research project about their own community and another way of asserting their right to claim a stake and ownership to the city. While the PRS could very likely do engaging work in other cities by researching other important histories, they are hesitant to do this given the fact that they would be outsiders to the community and not invested enough to visualize the history with a sense of conviction and ownership. Thus, the documentation becomes all the more vital since it serves to inspire other people to consider doing similar actions in their own cities. The PRS claims no ownership to the model of putting up plaques to reclaim history and this is the true essence of their work, the overriding concept that invites others to do the same. So as the city sleeps tonight – unguarded monuments, historical signs, and other symbols of public memory wait for your creativity and input.


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It's always for a "good cause." Of course it's never for a bad cause...or a trivial cause. Nobody would vote for a tax to build a new liquor store, golf course or payday lending office... or would they? See how they get you? It's a subtle guilt trip...to imply ever so gently that if you don't support this new tax, you don't really care about this "good cause." So, you have to prove you care by giving government permission to pick your pocket.
It's always an "emergency." Of course they never want you to feel like you have time to really think. You just need to open up your wallet and let that knee jerk. They make it seem like the world is going to come to an end immediately if they don't get this extra money. Somebody is going to go without, or maybe even die, which naturally they imply, is society's (the taxpayer's)responsibility.
There's never "any other way." Of course in some peoples' minds there really is no other way. Anything that needs to be done MUST be government's responsibility, which justifies their endless crusading for more taxes and more spending. The best response to this ploy is to simply ask, "What else have you tried?" If they can't or won't give you a straight answer, you know they're playing you.
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Under the Southeastern Conference's expanded 18-game men's basketball schedule, Georgia and South Carolina are considered "permanent" rivals.
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Georgia guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1) is defended by Auburn guard Jordan Price (10) during the Bulldogs' win on Wednesday at Stegeman Coliseum.
Bulldogs coach Mark Fox termed the border-state Gamecocks a "travel partner."
Whatever you call it, the teams are slated to meet twice this season — and the next two season — including this afternoon at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia.
"We have a lot of natural rivalries," Fox said. "Obviously, Georgia Tech is a rival and Florida is a rival and Auburn's a rival. South Carolina's become our travel partner in the league. In league play, they're all basically rivals. With the new schedule, we'll see how it all evolves."
The SEC's permanent rivals established at its spring meetings last year in Destin, Fla., included some natural pairings: Alabama-Auburn and Ole Miss-Mississippi State.
Under the format, Georgia (9-11, 3-4 SEC) plays South Carolina (12-8, 2-5) home-and-home for three seasons, and plays four rotating opponents twice a season. During the three-year schedule model, that means Georgia will play South Carolina six times and the other 12 teams in the league four times.
Fox preferred Georgia play Florida twice each season, but the Gators and Kentucky were made permanent foes, creating a more attractive matchup nationally. The other permanent rivals are Arkansas-Missouri, Tennessee-Vanderbilt and LSU-Texas A&M.
"Long-term, the most natural rivalry it's either Auburn or Florida," Fox said. "Florida, obviously, is a huge game in football and the Auburn-Georgia series in football has been going on forever, but we knew we weren't going to have Auburn as our rival because of Alabama and the natural tie between those two schools."
Four out of five Georgia players surveyed this week first mentioned Georgia Tech — which is in the ACC — as the Bulldogs' biggest basketball rival. Florida got the other mention.
"I'd probably say Georgia Tech," forward Donte' Williams said. "And probably say in the SEC, Florida is the main one."
The Gators were the clear top choice in the conference by Georgia players.
"You just feel more passionate about that game for some reason," senior guard Vincent Williams said.
"I didn't grow up here," said sophomore forward Nemanja Djurisic from Montengero. "Beating Florida last year, I know, was a big thing."
Florida is the most frequent opponent in Georgia basketball history, having played 198 times. Georgia Tech is second with 186 games against Georgia, followed by Auburn, which has played 178 times against the Bulldogs.
The Gators are ranked No. 4 in the nation this week, with one first-place vote in the coaches' poll.
"That was mine," Fox said. "I think they're the best team in America right now."
South Carolina would probably agree after the Gators routed the Gamecocks 75-36 on Wednesday night. Georgia has lost twice to Florida this year.
Sophomore guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope said he sees Florida and Kentucky as Georgia's "main two rivals."
Georgia-South Carolina has been evenly played, with the Bulldogs holding a 50-48 margin in games won.
Speaking before Florida's big win Wednesday, Caldwell-Pope said of the Gamecocks: "I think it's a pretty good matchup between us and South Carolina. South Carolina also has a young team, too, as we are. … We've just got to see who's the better team."
When: 1:45 p.m.
Where: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C.
TV: SEC Network (P-TV)
Radio: WRFC 960-AM.
Records: Georgia is 9-11, 3-4 SEC; South Carolina is 12-8, 2-5 SEC.
Season at a glance: Georgia has bounced back from an 0-3 start in SEC play to win three of its last four games. The Bulldogs, in a four-way tie for sixth in the league standings, are coming off a 57-49 win at home against Auburn on Wednesday night. The only loss during that stretch came to now-No. 4 Florida. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has averaged 21.3 points per game in the three wins. South Carolina, coming off a dismal showing at Florida, has lost three of its last four. The Gamecocks had a similar fate to Georgia in losing in blowout fashion in Gainesville. The fourth-ranked Gators won 75-36 on Wednesday night. South Carolina shot 3 of 21 from the field in the first half, trailed 33-10 at halftime and had 17 turnovers in the game. The Gamecocks beat Arkansas a week ago in Columbia, 75-54.
Probable starting lineups:
Georgia: G Vincent Williams (6-0, 165, Sr., 4.9 ppg, 2.2 apg); G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (6-5, 205, So., 17.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg ); F: Brandon Morris (6-7, 205, Fr., 4.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg); F Donte' Williams (6-9, 225, Jr., 5.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg); C John Florveus (6-11, 240, Sr., 2.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg).
South Carolina: G Eric Smith (5-11, 205, Jr., 6.1 ppg, 3.4 apg); G Bruce Ellington (5-9, 197, Jr., 10.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg); F Laimonos Chatkevicius (6-11, 255, Fr, 3.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg.); F Michael Carrera (6-5, 211, Fr., 9.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg); F Lakeem Jackson (6-5, 235, Sr., 9.3 ppg. 6.9 rpg).
Series record: Georgia leads 50-48, and has won four of the last five. The Gamecocks are 30-17 in Columbia.
Last meeting: The Bulldogs won 67-55 on March 3, 2012 in Athens on senior day. Gerald Robinson led Georgia with 23 points. The Bulldogs went 23 of 34 from the free-throw line.
Noteworthy: Georgia is fourth in the SEC in field-goal percentage defense (39.7) and South Carolina is last (43.3). …The Gamecocks are third in the league in rebounding margin (plus-6.4) while Georgia is 10th (plus-0.4). …Georgia is 1-6 away from Athens but notched its one road victory a week ago at Texas A&M. The Gamecocks are 8-4 at home …South Carolina is promoting today's game as "2K vs. UGA," setting a goal of 2,000 in student attendance. …The Gamecocks start two freshmen from overseas in Chatkevicius (Lithuania) and Carrera (Venezuela). Chatkevicius missed the first six games after the NCAA determined he received impermissible benefits from his host family before enrolling at South Carolina…The two-sport Ellington, who plays receiver on the South Carolina football team, has played 11 games this season …Frank Martin is in his first season in Columbia after five seasons at Kansas State, where he reached the NCAA tournament four times, including an Elite Eight trip in 2010. …South Carolina post player Carlton Geathers, cousin of former Georgia nose guard Kwame Geathers, hasn't played this season after fracturing his right knee cap in July and remains out indefinitely.
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Medical underwriting translates into costs and coverage. During the open enrollment period of a Medigap policy the insurer must accept you regardless of pre-existing conditions, age or geographical location. However, after that enrollment period you are subject to these conditions and may pay higher premiums or be denied coverage. It is very important if you are going to use a Medigap plan that you utilize the open enrollment period to your advantage.
Open enrollment is controlled by the state. Some states, such as Florida, have a specific time each year that allows for open enrollment, regardless of when you first began receiving benefits. Each state is different and you must check with your state insurance office to find out if you have other open enrollment periods. There have been many changes to the Medicare and Medigap insurance coverage this year. You should take the time to review any and all information that has been sent to you to see how anyof these changes may affect you or your Medigap policies. 4 types of plans have been discontinued while 2 new plans have been added.
Can you call or e-mail me about Medigap (annual) open enrollment in the State of Florida. Specifically, my wife missed her 6 month initial Medigap open enrollment opportunity and I'm wondering if she's subject to medical underwriting before she can get Medigap now ? We live in Tampa, FL
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and not What Not To Knit…
But I have to ask..
Oh-my-god, or in finnish "voi hyvä luoja".
Leigh Bowery crossed with one of the X Men?
OMG – a knitted gimp suit – how utterly scary!!!
Loving the mohawk though… and the chucks. The rest of it is a bad acid trip.
I suppose the skull patterns are to make it look tough?
My daughter loves it and wants me to order it. ROFL
I have no idea what this is or what it's for. What I do know is I don't want it anywhere near me. I frighten easily
As to what the f**k it is–maybe a poject to teach multi-color knitting? At least it's great for a laugh and I won't feel so bad the next time I have a project that turns out differently than expected.
Is there an actual human being inside that thing?
that is UGLY and a complete waste of good yarn also, wasted time spent making it!!!! UCK!!
Ooo wow… a Fair Isle Gimp!!!
In defense of this monstrosity, that is some amazing craftmanship.
I saw an installation of this artist's work at SAM juxtaposed opposite of some African Tribal costumes. It made me laugh out loud – in delight. Mostly made from thriftstore sweaters
After all the effort with the headpiece, the face mask, the gloves.. why leave out the socks?
or slippers!
Lucha Libre meets runaway knitting?
Uncomfortable? The skittles Tubesock's gay brother?
I can't stop laughing, but someone did put their heart into that!
what that is, is just wrong on so many levels. I'm not just horrified I'm mortified. WHY? OH God Why?
This is what happens when you mix knitting with dropping acid. I think that may be what happened
I think this is brilliant,,, though I wouldn't like to see it on the street, especially in the dark
You know, some people rob banks disguised in normal clothes and a ski mask. This guy got a bit carried away with the ski mask part.
Well, I have to admit that probably took a lot of patience and talent. And a drug that might not be approved for legal use. I'm with ya. WTF is it for???
My husband would order 2, if not more… that is the ULTIMATE club wear… that is the club wear of the 22nd century! ROTFLMAO
Lord have mercy, I want it. I shall stuff it with fiber fill and strap it in my passenger seat so that I can travel discreetly in the HOV lanes of Houston, Texas. Pary I don't get shot.
Well, there are about four pieces that, on their own, would be stand-out great. You COULD wear the mohawk mask when you go skiing. A vest, a turtleneck, and some leggings/pants. Unless it's a bodysuit.
I had to post this picture and a link back here, it's just what I needed to cheer up some people I know – thank you!
It's art, obviously.
Tried 3 times – I got nothin Warm?
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Tommy Steele was born on December 17th, 1936 in Bermondsey, London with the birth name Thomas William Hicks. When he first began trying to find employment he found work as a merchant seaman and a number of other odd jobs until he began to develop an interest in music.
Steele began with playing the guitar and banjo and would perform a local coffee shops at various docks that his ship would stop at. He was discovered by professional photographer, John Kennedy in Norfolk, Virginia and was convinced to try and further a career in music.
He relocated back to England and began earning a name for himself as one of England's first rock and roll artists. His became a member of the band, the Steelmen and their hit single, "Rock With The Caveman" (1956) reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. A number of other hit singles followed and soon he was also working as an actor on a number of stage musical productions as well as trying his hand in the film industry.
Some of his film roles were on "Half A Sixpence", "The Happiest Millionaire" and "Finian's Rainbow". He also never neglected his love of working on the stage and even starred in his own show called, "Meet Me in London" in 1971. Along with being a talented musician and actor, Steele also took a chance at working as a director and starred in and directed the stage production of "Singin' in the Rain" in 1983.
As his career progressed he continued to tour in a number of different stage plays such as Some Like it Hot", "Scrooge" The Musical" and "Doctor Dolittle". He also proved he had other talents such as writing and publishing a book titled "The Final Run" in the early 1980's and even wrote a children's book called, 'Quincy".
If these amazing talents he possessed were not enough, Steele also proved himself to be a talented sculptor and has at least three of his art pieces displayed. He has only been married one time to Ann Donoghue whom he wed in 1960 and together they have one daughter Emma.
1957 The Tommy Steele Story
1957 The Duke Wore Jeans
1959 Tommy the Toreador
1960 Light Up the Sky!
1963 It's All Happening
1967 Half a Sixpence
1967 The Happiest Millionaire
1968 Finian's Rainbow
1969 Twelfth Night
1969 Where's Jack?
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A professional assassin comes out of retirement—out of boredom, out of necessity? He takes a job and soon finds himself enmeshed in an international conspiracy, and when he begins to question the identities of his employers, he finds himself seeking new allies to cover his back. This third volume of the Eisner Award-nominated The Killer collects the six-issue Modus Vivendi miniseries.


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by Dr. G. Terry Madonna and Dr. Michael Young
Finally it's fini! The state's most extensive public corruption trial in a generation is over after five months, more than 100 witnesses, and some 1,300 exhibits. The jury's verdict, ending one of Pennsylvania's longest running legal soap operas, concluded not only the protracted trial, but the fabled career of Vincent Fumo, one of Pennsylvania's most powerful political figures.
The conviction of the former state senator on 137 counts will be remarked upon for many reasons, not least for the bizarre aspects of the proceedings. Testimony at the trial revealed purchases of $100 dollar gallons of paint, $6000 shower curtains for a home, attempts to spy on political enemies, searches through the garbage of a political rival, and perhaps weirdest of all, his son-in-law's testimony for the prosecution.
In the end, the Fumo case was vintage political theater, a veritable Greek tragedy, evoking the classic story of how the mighty can fall, driven in part by greed, hubris, and sense of entitlement.
But the sad saga now ended should not exit the public stage before setting the entire episode into the larger context of state political history - a history that includes a long and lingering record of political corruption reaching back as far as the Civil War era.
The Fumo case best gains perspective when compared and contrasted to several earlier prototype cases, each, like Fumo, celebrated in its time. Over the past forty years five such cases come to mind. Each featured charges and convictions against one of the state's leading political figures, and each is emblematic of the type of public corruption historically associated with the state.
The Fumo case will raise the question of whether the state is veering back toward its earlier culture of corruption. Indeed, once upon a time using the term "public corruption" in the same sentence with "state of Pennsylvania" was to risk a tautology. In those good-old bad days the politics was rough, the politicians nasty, and the niceties of legal moral and ethical correctness were seldom observed or expected.
The 1970's and 80's were notorious if not especially noteworthy. In those years, dozens of state and local politicians pleaded guilty or were convicted of corruption. The U.S. Justice Department declared that Pennsylvania was the most corrupt among the 50 states.
But more recent history is mixed. Since Shapp left office in the late 1970's there has not been a case of major corruption in the state's executive branch going back across four governors. Still, even during that period a former Attorney General went to jail, as did a state Auditor General and several state legislators.
And currently two former lawmakers and ten legislative staff member are caught up in the so called bonus-gate scandal, the most far reaching investigation of wrongdoing by state officials in modern history. Additional indictments are likely to follow, and the Fumo conviction must be added to the pile.
It is possible to look at the Fumo case as an outlier, one politician too long in office, too powerful, and too arrogant to see the destruction he was courting. But put together with the bonus-gate investigation, in the context of a long and often sordid state history, Fumo looks less like a random blip and more like an ominous pattern. The state's recent respite from the scourge of public corruption may be over. That sickening recognition may be Vince Fumo's ultimate legacy.
Politically Uncorrected™ is published twice monthly. Dr. G. Terry Madonna is a Professor of Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College, and Dr. Michael Young is a former Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Penn State University and Managing Partner at Michael Young Strategic Research. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of any institution or organization with which they are affiliated. This article may be used in whole or part only with appropriate attribution. Copyright © 2009 Terry Madonna and Michael Young.


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Updated, Friday, August 8, 9:05 a.m. Subway Inn -- a former stomping grounds of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio, and Midtown's most beloved dive bar -- is being asked by New York-based real estate developer World-Wide Group to leave its East 60th Street digs after 77 years.
Richard Greenberg's adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella Breakfast at Tiffany's turns out to be earnest, talky, and rather lifeless despite its good intentions. Telling the story of a chirpy socialite/hooker in 1943 New York and her interaction with a writer who isn't exactly straight, thi ... More >>
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I found this thigh-opening tidbit in the immortal book Marilyn Monroe Confidential, by the screen legend's maid, Lena Pepitone: "For someone who didn't like the tub, Marilyn spent an unusual amount of time in the bathroom.
Someone needs to give the U.S. Customs Department a lesson in Humour 101. Last Monday, two British tourists were denied entry into Los Angeles after one of them said on Twitter that he was going to "dig up Marilyn Monroe" and "destroy America" in two separate tweets. (The latter tweet was a ... More >>
There were commercials for it all through the Golden Globes, and two of the presenters were stars from the show. Every Broadway site has large wraparound ads for it on the homepage. The trade magazines are brimming with ads and articles about it.
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?" --Groucho Marx You've all heard horrible stories about rambling, disconnected, unrehearsed, and even madly embarrassing toasts given at wedding banquets, sometimes ruining friendships and causing brides and gr ... More >>
Diana Ross, 'Mahogany'Cinematic fashion shows are so much fun because they're usually only about five minutes long. Which are the most radiant? Thanks to Christian Freedom for this blog idea.
Who cares about the men? They always wear suits or sweaty T-shirts. But from the beginning of cinema, Hollywood's ladies have gotten swathed and feathered and dressed and undressed in ways that have made the fashion world rock with diversity and delight. My 10 all-time fave looks are:
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 14, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 2 Dance Journal By Jill Johnston LEUCADIA: 20 miles north of San Diego...because we're sitting here splitting fields and relaxing together and Pauline Oliveros is playing me a tape of a performance of he ... More >>
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I love drag queens more than life itself, and I appreciate the timeless appeal of their Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Eartha Kitt impressions. It's important to keep those amazing legends alive! But if these impersonators don't mix it up and start updating their acts a little, they're goi ... More >>
Tina Fey (pictured) reveals that she "couldn't give it away" -- meaning her virginity -- when she was a young lass, prompting respected journalistic organization ABC News to run a slide show of "Stars' Sexperiences." You would imagine these Sexperiences would be calculated to include simila ... More >>
Who would they be? For various complex reasons, I'd go with a motley bunch consisting of Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, and Adolf Hitler. But naturally, Hitler would have to foot the bill. You?
By Yevgeniya ShekhtmanJulissa Brisman, the victim of the so-called Craigslist Killer, had successfully stopped drinking and was trying to repair past relationships and get her life on track when she was murdered, according to her personal journal, which was reviewed by the Voice."I had a taste of th ... More >>
In 1950, two instant classics about the cruelty of show business, both starring older dames, went at it for Best Picture. Joe Mankiewicz's All About Eve--starring Bette Davis as an aging actress whose entire life is usurped by an unctuous fan--clobbered Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, with Gloria S ... More >>
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Well, according to the Post, the answer is "both made a sex tape." In an exclusive report, the Post reveals that a 16mm film of Marilyn Monroe going downtown on an unidentified man sold for $1.5 million at auction. The version that was sold is an illicit copy of an FBI-classified film that seems to ... More >>
Some would say Paris Hilton's best performance was telling Larry King that she's embraced the Bible instead of open bars, but Paris herself feels it's in the romantic comedy The Hottie and the Nottie. The Teflon socialite took her role in the film so seriously that she worked with the same acting c ... More >>
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WOO IN REVIEW: Lost Time Travel Contest Finalists
The Lost Time Travel Contest now closed for entries, but it's not over yet! Read over these three entries and vote in the comments (with words, not with the Vote Up/Vote Down button) for your favorite explanation of time travel. The winner of the contest will be announced at 12:00pm tomorrow, and that lucky individual will receive an autographed copy of Phil Plait's Death From the Skies!
written by jpedigo, January 23, 2009 I'm going with option two: "If you believe that time travel is possible in reality, write a comment explaining how, why, under what circumstances, and what would be possible."
Were it not for three notable events that shared a common thread, it might have been an ordinary Saturday morning during the summer of 2007.
The first of these events occurred in California where some 200 invited attendees descended upon the Google campus to attend the second annual 'Science Foo Camp,' a conference that draws together leading scientists and experts in technology and public policy from around the world. The format of SciFoo is unusual for lacking any predetermined agenda and being participant-driven where each attendee is expected to give a talk of some kind. Among those attending for the first time were two names familiar to skeptics, PZ Myers and James Randi.
This story is so sad, and what makes it worse is that it was preventable.
The Centers for Disease Control has put out an alert: in Minnesota in 2008, there were five confirmed cases of Haemophilus influenzae type b (or Hib) among children younger than five years old. Of these five cases, three of the children were unvaccinated, one had started the series of vaccines but did not complete the series due to shortages, and the fifth -- who had been fully vaccinated -- had an immune deficiency.
Five cases may not sound like a lot... until you learn that one of the unvaccinated children died. This was a baby, just a seven-month-old infant.
The ABC program 20/20 did the public no service in its recent myopic support of pseudoscience. Aired in late November, 2008, the presentation "The Toughest Call" emphasized common "alternative" approaches to adoption issues, rather than citing excellent empirical research from investigators such as Sir Michael Rutter. "The Toughest Call" (Nov. 28, 2008, Parts 1-5; http://abcnews.go.com/2020) encouraged the public to accept myths about adoption, including the idea that adopted children have many unpredictable mental health risks. The program suggested that the children they discussed were cases of Reactive Attachment Disorder, a legitimate diagnosis-- but in fact the symptoms described were not those conventionally considered for diagnosis of this disorder, but another, more frightening set of behaviors advertised by the cult-like "Attachment Therapy" community.
From reader Nathan Grange in New Zealand comes news that there is concern in New Zealand about more extensive government spending on what's now called "Complementary and Alternative Medicine" [CAM], a situation that is currently being reviewed, along with appropriate concerns about the efficacy of the treatments. The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) reports that it spent NZ$37 million [US$20 million] on CAM in the 2007-2008 year up from NZ$18.4 million [US$9.8 million] in 2003-2004. It was decided that there were "legitimate questions" about the effectiveness of some alternative treatments, and the issue is being looked at as part of a broader ACC review. In the past year, the ACC spent $14 million [US$7.4 million] on acupuncture alone, and NZ$12.7 million [US$6.8 million] on chiropractic treatment.
New Zealand doctors have wisely said that any treatment receiving government funding should be subject to the same rigorous standards as conventional medicine, though some alternative therapies for disability-allowance clients are approved by "registered medical practitioners," which includes chiropractors. One NZ MD, Dr. John Welch, said the idea of integrating conventional and complementary medicine was a
...fake proposition. There can only be one sort of medicine that's shown to be effective and works and should be publicly funded.


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|2014 Galway Garden Festival, Claregalway Castle, Sat & Sun, July 5th & 6th, 11am - 6pm.
Festival Admission: 8 euro - Kids Free.
Gate Profits Shared between Galway Simon Community and www.CBM.ie
Guest speakers' programme: (all talks free)
Saturday, July 5th
Sunday, July 6th
Festival highlight:
Browse the bookshop and meet great gardeners.
Enjoy delicious Artisan Food, freshly cooked, available daily.
Live Music, Food stalls, kids' entertainment and much more…...
The Botanical Art Exhibition will feature works of Irish and English botanical Artists resident in Ireland.
The Festival is open from 11am to 6pm each day.
A free Courtesy Bus leaves hourly from Galway city centre Rail Station to the Festival from 10.30 am each day. Thank you Bus Eireann.
Music includes jazz, opera, brass and traditional .
Bígí linn ag an deireadh seachtaine speisialta seo.
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12 January 2009 Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry via Alphagalileo
Infrared Light Visualizes Nanoscale Cracks and Strains
A joint team of researchers at CIC nanoGUNE ( San Sebastian, Spain ) and the Max Planck Institutes of Biochemistry and Plasma Physics ( Munich, Germany ) report the non-invasive and nanoscale resolved infrared mapping of strain fields in semiconductors. The method, which is based on near-field microscopy, opens new avenues for analyzing mechanical properties of high-performance materials or for contact-free mapping of local conductivity in strain-engineered electronic devices (Nature Nanotechnology, advanced online publication, 11 Jan. 2009).
Infrared visualization of nanocrack evolution. a) Topography of triangular indents (depressions) at the surface of a SiC crystal. Indentation was performed by pressing a sharp diamond tip into the crystal surface. With increasing force F, the depression becomes larger and deeper. b) The infrared near-field images recorded at about 10 µm wavelength clearly show the regions around the indent where the crystal lattice is compressed (bright) or stretched (dark). Because of the exceptional high spatial resolution, the images reveal the onset and formation of nanoscale cracks (marked by dashed blue circlse) when the indentation force is increased. Copyright: Andreas Huber, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Visualizing strain at length scales below 100 nm is a key requirement in modern metrology because strain determines the mechanical and electrical properties of high-performance ceramics or modern electronic devices, respectively. The non-invasive mapping of strain with nanoscale spatial resolution, however, is still a challenge.
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Feb. 18, 2014
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named a University of Virginia mathematician who specializes in untying mathematical knots – the abstract equivalent of untangling shoelaces that have no ends – as a Sloan Research Fellow for 2014.
Benjamin Webster, an assistant professor of mathematics, is an expert in algebraic geometry, representation theory and topology. The work is basic research, "not aimed at solving any particularly real-world problem," he said, but related areas of mathematics have found applications in everything from Global Positioning System devices to cell phones and quantum computing.
"The reason the Sloan Foundation supports basic work like mine is so that pieces of knowledge are already in place to be used when we discover we need them – using ideas that hadn't been originally developed for a specific purpose," he said.
Awarded annually since 1955, Sloan Fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars – the next generation of scientific leaders with capacity for substantially contributing to and possibly changing their fields.
This year's fellows, 126 of them selected from 61 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, represent a broad range of scientific areas. Each receives a $50,000 grant to further their research.
Webster is the only winner this year from UVa. He joins two other Sloan Fellows currently on the math faculty, Michael Hill and Mikhail Ershov, both 2011 winners. The department has won six Sloan fellowships over the years.
"Ben is extremely impressive, not only in the particular research he has done, but also in the breadth and vision he has shown across a great deal of mathematics," said Craig Huneke, chair of the UVa. Mathematics Department and Webster's nominator. "He has demonstrated a deep conceptual understanding of the 'big picture,' is highly productive, and some of his research is foundational in nature."
As a simple example of the types of problems Webster teases through, he gave the following:
"Imagine that you tangled up your shoelaces, and then someone played a prank on you and fused the two ends together. Can you untangle them without cutting them open? Probably not, but it's hard to be sure; after all, rubber bands can get pretty wound up, but you can always untangle them.
"It's impossible to check by just trial and error; there will always be some combination you haven't tried. Instead, what you have to do is extract some easier-to-understand piece of information (like a number) from your shoelace fused into a loop that measures something about how it's tangled. If I had such a thing, I could look at the value I get on my shoelaces, and the value I get on an untangled loop, and if they're different, then I'm sure I have to cut my laces."
What interests Webster about this type of problem – and why it's important – are the possibilities for variants.
"I find surprising appearances of knots in other areas of mathematics, which has allowed me to get more and more information about precisely how a knot is tangled up," he said.


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WASHINGTON – Secret Defense Department studies cast doubt on whether a multibillion-dollar missile defense system planned for Europe can ever protect the U.S. from Iranian missiles as intended, congressional investigators say.
Military officials say they believe they can overcome the problems and are moving forward with plans. But proposed fixes could prove difficult.
Missile interceptors planned for Poland and possibly Romania have been ruled out as technically unfeasible. A second – placing them on ships in the North Sea – could be diplomatically troublesome.
The studies are the latest to highlight serious problems for a plan that has been criticized on several fronts.
Republicans claim it was developed hastily in an attempt to appease Russia, which had opposed an earlier system. But Russia is also critical of the plan, which it believes is really intended to counter its missiles. A series of governmental and scientific reports has raised questions about whether it would ever work as planned.
At a time that the military faces giant budget cuts, the studies could lead Congress to reconsider whether it is worthwhile to spend billions for a system that may not fulfill its original goals.
The classified studies were summarized in a briefing for lawmakers by the Government Accountability Office, Congress' nonpartisan investigative and auditing arm, which is preparing a report. The GAO briefing, which was not classified, was obtained by The Associated Press.
The officials who spoke to the AP emphasized that the interceptor intended to protect the United States is in the early stages of development and its capabilities are not known. They said the U.S. is already protected by other missile defense systems.
Even if European-based interceptors are unable to directly defend the U.S., officials say the interceptors would protect not only European allies and U.S. troops stationed on the continent but also U.S. radars there that are necessary for all U.S. missile defense plans.
Missile defense has been a contentious issue since President George W. Bush sought to base long-range interceptors in Central Europe to stop missiles from Iran. Some Democrats criticized the plans, saying they were rushed and based on unproven technology. Russia believed the program was aimed at countering its missiles and undermining its nuclear deterrent.
President Obama reworked the plans soon after taking office in 2009, saying the threat from long-range Iranian missiles was years off. His plans called for slower interceptors that could address Iran's medium-range missiles.
The interceptors would be upgraded gradually, culminating early next decade with those intended to protect both Europe and the U.S.


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HUFFINGTON: In 1992, the Republican Party found itself in very much the same position as Democrats do today: out of power (with the opposition controlling the White House and both houses of Congress), lacking a compelling core message, and facing the prospect of becoming what any number of pundits at the time deemed—all together now—"a permanent minority party." John Ashcroft, then governor of Missouri, wrote in The Washington Post , "The Republican Party needs to shake itself loose from topdown management, undergo a grassroots renewal and adopt a vigorous, positive agenda that flows from the priorities, views and values of citizens who involve themselves in that process. ... Our party needs to frame its priorities more in terms of what we're for rather than what we are against." These are precisely the sentiments now being echoed throughout Democratic circles.
HAZEN: That's an interesting historical analogy. But what about the mechanics? How do you do it?
HUFFINGTON: These days, with cable TV and the internet working 24/7, getting to the tipping point can happen faster than ever. With the right message and the right strategies, Democrats can rapidly turn public opinion on its head, doing in 2006 what Republicans did in 1994. But if they are going to achieve a similarly spectacular reversal of fortune, the Democrats need to take a page out of the GOP playbook and ignore all siren songs urging them to lurch toward the victors. Instead, they must reclaim the party's true identity and return to the idealism, boldness, generosity of spirit, and core values that marked the presidencies of FDR and JFK, and the short-lived presidential campaign of Bobby Kennedy.
HAZEN: OK, they shouldn't go to the center. I understand that. But in a lot of politics, the devil is in the details ...
HUFFINGTON: Yes, I agree, here are some practical steps. Make sure that there is never another election held using electronic voting machines that don't leave a paper trail, or [with] voter suppression caused by long lines and not enough polling places in poor neighborhoods.
The D's should—to paraphrase Shakespeare—kill all the consultants, and while they're at it, do away with the bullheaded pollsters, too. The party needs to find and develop campaign teams that can run winning races in the 21st century, not keep rehiring the same professional losers election after election. Shouldn't there be an "eight strikes and you're out" rule?
Democrats also need to retool their party infrastructure. Conservatives have spent the better part of the last 30 years building a potent message machine—a network of think tanks, policy centers, and media outlets—that spends more than $300 million a year to promote its agenda. Democrats need to open their wallets and build their own well-funded message machine.
The Kerry campaign took in more than $82 million in online donations. Before that it was Dean. MoveOn was the pioneer. This combination of cyber savvy and sophisticated marketing must be used to help Democrats spread their message and build citizen participation.
The party needs to forge ahead with nascent efforts to recruit, train, and fund a better crop of candidates. As one film-director friend of mine put it, "It's ultimately about casting; I'm tired of voting for some guy who isn't right for the role but got the part anyway."
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Dairy policy proposal cost studies summarizedPrint
With lots of alternative dairy policy cost comparisons being tossed about, Marin Bozic, assistant professor in Dairy Foods Marketing Economics in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, has compiled a blog post summarizing five recent studies. Click here to find "What We (Think We) Know About the Effects of New Dairy Policy: Review of Academic Studies on 2013 Farm Bill Dairy Subtitle."
Based on studies listed, here's Bozic's take-away:
• Both dairy policy proposals are likely to be effective in providing catastrophic margin insurance. (Newton et al., 2013)
• If effective, the stabilization program could reduce duration of low-margin episodes. (Newton et al. 2013)
• Both policy proposals could end up costing substantially more than the CBO scored them. Dairy Freedom Act is likely to cost more than the DSA. (Brown, 2013)
• New dairy policy will redistribute program benefits toward states with large farms. The effect is strong for both competing proposals relative to the current policy, but could be more pronounced for the DSA (Woodard and Baker, 2013)
• Design of both margin insurance and the stabilization program is fragile, and subject to strategic manipulations by participants (adverse selection and moral hazard). (Newton, Thraen and Bozic, 2013)
• If risk in the dairy sector is substantially reduced, average milk prices will decline. (Nicholson and Stephenson, 2011)


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Contrary to the First Amendment, the antitrust laws often impose prior restraints on speech. Consider this interview in today's Wall Street Journal with Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman:
WSJ: Princeton and other selective schools have been criticized for accepting many students under early-admission programs, which tend to attract affluent students. Why not have one admission deadline?
Ms. Tilghman: If all our peers were to go to April admission, I would be very comfortable with that. It is very difficult for a single university to abandon early admission.
WSJ: Some schools have asked the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department whether they could agree to eliminate the early-decision programs as a group.
Ms. Tilghman: We were told that we could not have that discussion.
Indeed, if Tilghman and her peers had that discussion, the DOJ could charge them as criminals and imprison them for three years. Consider the logic here. It's not illegal for selective schools to maintain identical early-admission policies. Antitrust regulators call this "conscious parallelism." Only if the schools openly discuss changes to their admissions policies is it considered illegal "cartel" activity, irrespective of the institutional benefits. Even if the schools independently change their policies, the DOJ has said it may "infer" collusion if it merely suspects there were discussions between market participants.


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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer received an earful from President Obama when she met him on an airport tarmac outside Phoenix yesterday - and responded in kind.
The Democratic chief executive and Republican governor could be seen engaged in an intense conversation right at the base of Air Force One's steps.
Both could be seen smiling, but speaking forecefully at the same time. At one point, Jan Brewer pointed a finger directly in Barack Obama's face. Why?
Asked later what the conversation was about, Brewer, who recently published Scorpions for Breakfast, said, "He was a little disturbed about my book."
Something of a memoir of her years growing up, Scorpions defends her signing of Arizona's controversial law cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
Obama, who opposes that law, was objecting to Brewer's description of a meeting they had at the White House in June 2010. Bad blood has boiled since.
Brewer described Obama as lecturing her like "a little kid in a classroom, if you will, and he was this wise professor ... I felt minimized to say the least."
The Governor also said that later that year, Obama blew her off when he was in town to deliver the commencement address at Arizona State University.On the tarmac Wednesday, Brewer handed Obama an envelope with a handwritten invitation to meet her for lunch and to join her for a visit to the border.
"I said to him, you know, I have always respected the office of the president and that the book is what the book is," she told reporters Wednesday.
She said Obama was upset that she wrote he was not cordial: "I said that I was sorry he felt that way. Anyway, we're glad he's here, and we'll regroup."
The President is visiting the Grand Canyon State to push for initiatives laid out in his State of the Union address, which began his reelection bid in earnest.
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Hi im imani n i think oboma iz fine but i wnt to live a good life anyhow ill take bein takn care of and im happy n livn good if shenelle feels like joe doesnt apreciate her anyhow about the joe stutter video i feel az though joe in this situation always wanted shenelle scott anyways n wnted to paint her a portrait and give her good life az a engaged house wife anyhow if shenelle iz really cristian amen though lol i mean :( catholic but y does joe anyhow need the publics opinion if he does luv her though:(!
David Duke should run..its the countries only hope.
The President did what normal people. Lets think about this. Someone comes to your home for an event and then leaves and says..oh I had a good time, It was really nice, TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS...But in the Presidents case TO THE PRESS!! Then writes a book and says your place sucked and that they wish they would have never bothered going..and all your friends read this. But in the Presidents case, the public reads it. Months later you see them, and its funny because they knew what they said and NOW they want to be invited back???? The President called her on the carpet and she got STUCK! So all she could do was bitch, moan, and throw a fit putting her finger in his face instead of portraying herself as a woman. VERY disrespectful. You have the NERVE to come back to the President and try to get back in and think he's REALLY not going to say anything. Really people???? She lucky he didn't have the secret service HEM HER ASS UP!! Or better yet, she lucky Michelle wasn't there!
@ Reed its amazing how Obama is So "arrogant" because he doesnt want to hear about "scorpions for breakfast" as soon as he gets off the plane. but since when has this turns into a black/white thing. its funny how YOU PEOPLE try to cover IGNORANCE by just blaming it on him. smh I just think YOU PEOPLE are just upset at the fact that he's in office period. You sound so unintelligent right now calling him names and saying hes not a leader. are u serious? look at what he's done with the health reform, and the war? how he just takes every ignorant blow that has been thrown at him. If she would of put her finger in my face, black, white, asian whatever i would have put that bitch in her place!
Disrespect the President? Bullshit! Disrespect is when you get on National TV like that Useless Bucket of Assholes-" Kanye West" and accuse President Bush of being a Racist during Katrina- so don't even start that shit! If Obama was Half a Fucking Man he would have never Mentioned the book and kept it on a Business level. Sometimes- When you go out looking for shit- In return you get shit.
@ Maryland Girl! RESPECT is SOMETHING you EARN! Obama stepped off the Plane and mentioned the Book- That's when he got the Finger! This guy is ARROGANT -Egotistical and by no stretch of the imagination can be called a Leader! His Liberal Media is calling people Racist if they are Tea Party or even Republican. In short- We are tired of the Racist Fucking labeling that you people are know for. This Country Black Population is 17% Black which means there is not enough of you registered to Vote to elect anyone so who the Fuck do you think voted for his USELESS Ass to begin with-Whites!
this is rediculous. why, is it now okay to totally disrespect the President. They've called him a liar, tar-baby, an imigrant, and they've puts their finger in his face? The president is WAAAAYYY to nice, and shouldnt be dealing with this this type of behavior, i mean, he IS the PERSIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! So what if you dont like his views , the way he runs the country or the color of his skin. at the end of the day he's still human, and he's still the president. He DESERVES respect.
I'm gonna have to side with team who gives a shit, they're both deplorable people. All your sweet fact finding skills and you can't report on anything worthwhile??


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FLS Varsity brings you the scores, stats and stories from Fredericksburg-area high school sports.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Mistakes bedevil Culpeper
Coming into Monday night, the Culpeper football team had a golden opportunity.
The Blue Devils were looking for their fourth win in five games and hosted a Liberty team that had lost three straight games.
But instead of capitalizing, the Blue Devils (3–4) came out stagnant and empty in a 35–6 loss to the Eagles (2–4).
Penalties on defense and a an immobile offense paired up against Liberty's stifling defense and high-powered offense buried Culpeper early.
The Blue Devils converted two first downs in their first three possessions, but none in the rest of the first half and only five in the second half.
"That wasn't our style of football," Culpeper quarterback Hunter Crim said.
Liberty took a quick 21–0 lead in the first half on a pair of runs by Nelson Hogan and Ja'Quan Sinclair that sandwiched a 36-yard touchdown pass by Garrett Watts to Ian Vowels.
Culpeper seemed to have something brewing just before halftime when Marcellus Greene recovered a fumble on the 1, then scored on the next play.
The Blue Devils quickly got the ball back, but Justin White fumbled after a 28-yard completion that sent the ball right back to the Eagles.
That would about do it for Culpeper as far as scoring chances went for the remainder of the game.
Liberty scored just 1:50 into the second half on a 20-yard run by Aaron Walters to take a 28–6 lead.
They'd pile on another in the final minutes when Watts and Vowels connected again, this time for 24 yards.
"I thought we'd come and play well tonight," Liberty head coach Sean Finnerty said. "I was happy with the way the kids executed on the defensive side of the ball."
Crim completed just eight of his 27 pass attempts for 100 yards and was intercepted twice.
The Blue Devils fumbled five times and struggled to ever really put together a complete drive on offense.
Their defense was called offside seven times and was no match for a Liberty's hard-running duo of Hogan and Sinclair.
Culpeper visits Kettle Run Friday.
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In El Sobrante, California, Billie Moss uses time-saving apple pie filling and a convenient pastry shell crust for this scrumptious pie. Dressed up with a crunchy streusel topping, it's a sweet afternoon pick-me-up or dinnertime finale.
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Prep: 10 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
1 can (21 ounces) apple pie filling
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 pastry shell (9 inches), baked
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 to 3 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
6 tablespoons chunky peanut butter
2 tablespoons cold butter
In a small bowl, combine the pie filling and lemon juice; spoon into
pastry shell.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, lemon peel, cinnamon
and nutmeg; cut in peanut butter and butter until crumbly. Sprinkle
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Bake at 400° for 20-22 minutes or until topping is lightly
browned. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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1 serving (1 each) equals 355 calories, 16 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 13 mg cholesterol, 224 mg sodium, 50 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.
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