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****S O J O M A I L**** Promoting values at the crossroads where spirituality, politics, and culture meet Brought to you by SojoNet Publisher of Sojourners magazine Visit: http://www.Sojo.net ++++++++++++++++++++ 27-April-2001 +++++++++++++++++++++ Q u o t e o f t h e W e e k *Do as we say, not as we do H e a r t s & M i n d s *A Sit-in for a Living Wage B u i l d i n g a M o v e m e n t *Project Abolition invites action S o u l W o r k s *New devotional practice for after Easter H e a r i n g t h e C a l l *Unpublished sermon from Martin Luther King Jr. found F a i t h & P o l i t i c s *The black church and Bush's FBO plan C u l t u r e W a t c h *Hate groups will hate these ads B o o m e r a n g *SojoMail readers hit reply T e c h E t h i x *A scientific search for God? C o l o m b i a J o u r n a l *A visit to the U.S. Embassy in Bogota W e b S c e n e *Pulitzer Prize highlights *Your favorite animal calls +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Q u o t e o f t h e W e e k ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Americans keep telling us how successful their system is - then they remind us not to stray too far from our hotel at night." -- A visiting European official, during the G-8 economic summit in Denver (1997) ----------------------------------------------------------- H e a r t s & M i n d s ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A Sit-in for a Living Wage by Jim Wallis Nearly 40 students and community supporters are conducting a peaceful sit-in inside Harvard University's Massachusetts Hall, which houses the offices of the president and provost. The sit-in began on Wednesday, April 18, in support of a living wage for all workers at Harvard. The Harvard Living Wage Campaign began in winter 1999, when I was living in Cambridge. Students began to question why one of the wealthiest academic institutions in the country (with an endowment exceeding $19 billion) was unwilling to pay its security guards, janitors, and dining-room workers a wage sufficient to support their families. In the early stages of the campaign, I met several times with student leaders. In May 1999, the Cambridge City Council passed a city living wage ordinance and a year later passed an order urging the university to implement a living wage - currently $10.25 per hour plus benefits. The campaign has received growing support among students and faculty at the university - more than 150 faculty members have endorsed it. Campaign representatives have met repeatedly with administrators, including the president. They have written op-eds in student and local newspapers, sponsored teach-ins, collected petition signatures, and organized public demonstrations. Yet the major response of the university has been to outsource jobs to private firms paying poverty-level wages, decimating unions in the process. The campaign estimates that there are currently 1,000-2,000 people working on campus who are paid less than $10.25 plus benefits. Some directly hired janitors earn only $7.50 per hour, and subcontracted dining hall workers' wages are as low as $6.50 per hour. In early April, a delegation from the campaign met with university President Neil Rudenstine and made no progress toward a living-wage agreement. The sit-in followed. Its basic demand is that all Harvard workers, whether directly employed or hired through outside firms, must be paid a living wage of at least $10.25 per hour, adjusted annually for inflation, and with basic health benefits. Since the sit-in began, daily support rallies and all-night vigils have been held. Numerous faculty members and union representatives have expressed their support, and last Friday Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy visited to support the students. E-mails of support have been flooding in from Harvard alumni, similar campaigns at other universities, and families of the participating students. The idea that people who work deserve a wage that allows them to support a family should not be controversial, at Harvard University or anywhere else. It's a fundamental moral and human right. I continue to support the campaign at Harvard, and urge SojoMail readers to also express their support. The Harvard Living Wage Campaign is maintaining a sit-in Web site at http://www.livingwagenow.com ----------------------------------------------------------- B u i l d i n g a M o v e m e n t ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A note from Kevin Martin, director of Project Abolition: Thanks to Nancy Ferraro of Morro Bay, California, for mentioning the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. They are indeed a sponsoring organization, as are many other national peace and disarmament groups, of our June 10-2 anti-Star Wars, pro-nuclear-abolition rally and Congressional Education Days in Washington, D.C. Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network will be one of our speakers at the rally at the White House June 10. For more info about our events, please see our Web site at: http://www.projectabolition.org Project Abolition, a coalition whose members include Physicians for Social Responsibility, Peace Action, Peace Links, and Women's Action for New Directions, is helping promote the Global Network's call for actions around the country (and around the world) this October 13. In fact, materials for the October action will be included in our "Stop the Star Wars Revival" action kit, available from Project Abolition by calling 219/535-1110 or e-mailing me at firstname.lastname@example.com. *********************************************** In the May-June issue of SOJOURNERS... * A first-hand account from the coca fields of southern Colombia, the front lines of the drug war, by Rose Marie Berger. * An interview with John DiIulio, the head of the government's office on "faith-based initiatives," on why church-and-state partnerships aren't a sign of the apocalypse. And syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne on the dangers (and opportunities) for churches in working with the government. * David Cortright on the Pentagon's Strangelovian plan to spend billions on an elaborate system intended to stop incoming ballistic missiles - Star Wars revisited. * A look at the rapid growth of Islam in America, and especially at what it's like to be a Muslim woman in the Western world. * Plus commentary on Jesse Jackson's morals, Bush's tax cuts for the rich, and the faddish push for standardized testing, as well as columns by David Batstone, Jim Wallis, Nancy Hastings Sehested, Danny Duncan Collum, and Ed Spivey Jr. All this and more in the May-June Sojourners. Check out the special introductory subscription rate at http://www.sojo.net/magazine/index.cfm/action/subscribe.html ************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------- H e a r i n g t h e C a l l ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A New Sermon by Martin Luther King Jr. by Gustav Niebuhr Thirty-six years ago, Rev. James J. Reeb was mortally wounded by attackers in a civil rights demonstration in Selma, Ala. Now the Unitarian Universalist Association, the denomination to which he belonged, has brought to light a previously unpublished sermon preached by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at Reeb's memorial service. The sermon, transcribed from a tape-recording, appears in the May/June issue of UU World, the denomination's magazine, and on its Internet site, http://www.uua.org. The March 1965 sermon shows Dr. King in all his prophetic power, declaring that despite the uncertainties of the day, "something profoundly meaningful" was occurring in the civil rights movement. "Old systems of exploitation and oppression are passing away," he said. "Out of the wombs of a frail world, new systems of justice and equality are being born." At some future point, Dr. King said, the nation would recognize its "real heroes" - men and women who in "agonizing loneliness" withstood the furies of the mob. Mr. Reeb, he said, would be numbered among them. To read the entire sermon, go to: http://www.uua.org/world/2001/02/feature2.pdf ******************************************************************* SojoFest 2001: A Celebration of Hope SOJOURNERS IS HAVING A PARTY! And you're invited. Join us this summer, July 26-29, outside Chicago to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sojourners magazine. We've been working hard and we're ready to celebrate. Don't miss this chance to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Click here to learn more about the festivities and speakers, registration options, and facilities: http://www.sojo.net/sojofest/index.cfm/action/sojofest_home.html ******************************************************************* S o u l W o r k s ++++++++++++++++++++ New Devotional Practice for After Easter Via Lucis Has Its 14 Stations The Lenten practice of the Way of the Cross now has an Easter season counterpart: the Way of the Light. The paschal Way of the Light, or Via Lucis, is a new religious practice proper to the post-Easter liturgical period. It is spreading to numerous Christian parishes and communities. The new practice has characteristics similar to the Way of the Cross, or Via Crucis, and can be prayed personally or in community. Instead of carrying the cross, a symbol of the Passion, a paschal candle or icon of the resurrection is raised for all to see. Just as Friday is the special day for the Via Crucis, Sunday is the day for the Via Lucis. The Via Lucis includes 14 stations for reflection on Christ's pasch, from his resurrection to Pentecost. There are readings of the biblical narratives corresponding to each station, followed by silence, meditative prayer, and a brief Easter hymn. There are guidelines and texts for Via Lucis station meditations on the Internet. Among other sites, you may consult: http://www.vialucis.net ------------------------------------------------------------------ F a i t h & P o l i t i c s +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Why is support for Bush's FBO plan growing among black churches? Rev. Walter B. Johnson, pastor of the Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church, didn't vote for President Bush and rarely sings his praises, so when the administration announced its controversial faith-based initiative, Johnson had to think long and hard about whether to sign on. Many white evangelicals - the very people Bush has been accused of trying to appease with his plan to fund religiously based social services - rejected the idea, saying it would hinder the expression of their beliefs. Rev. Jesse Jackson warned that churches that accept the money would be co-opted by the government. But in the end, Johnson joined other African-American ministers in Chicago and nationwide who are emerging as the most unexpected and vocal supporters of Bush's faith-based plan. Saying no to the money, they reason, is the luxury of the well- heeled and well-connected, not urban churches trying to keep kids off the street. For the entire story, go to: http://www.blackvoices.com/centerpiece/church_funds/ ****************************ADVERTISEMENT*************************** You are invited to attend the Brandywine Forum titled "The Jericho Road: A New Call to Global Engagement," to be held May 19-21, 2001, at Eastern College in St. David's, PA. The Forum is sponsored by The Institute for Global Engagement and Eastern College. Leading theologians and practitioners from the Jewish and Christian faiths (including US Ambassador Robert A. Seiple; Andrew Natsios, Administrator [Designate] U.S.A.I.D., and others) will examine the timeless principles of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, which provide the basis for strategic, faith-based methodologies for today's complex issues. For further information and registration, visit: http://www.globalengagement.org ******************************************************************** C u l t u r e W a t c h +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hate groups will hate these ads Say you're a member of the KKK or some other white supremacist group. You go to a Yahoo chat room designed specially for you, and what do you see? A banner ad preaching tolerance and diversity. Will you click through? The Internet portal and Tolerance.org, a new Web site created by the Southern Poverty Law Center, launched the campaign Wednesday. "It's a novel approach to reaching people," said Jim Carrier, the director of Tolerance.org. "Now we can get our message to them on their own turf." Yahoo was heavily criticized by human rights organizations for hosting the hate groups' sites. But instead of removing the sites, as some had insisted, Yahoo donated the free banner ads promoting tolerance. While some critics called Yahoo's response "fairly lame," the Yahoo PR department is making use of the alliance with the Southern Poverty Law Center in its current marketing effort. To find out more about the campaign, go to: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43009,00.html?tw=wn20010412 -------------------------------------------------------------------- B o o m e r a n g ++++++++++++++++++ Richard Evans of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, wrote: I was surprised and disappointed to read Jim Wallis' commentary on the McVeigh execution. His vindictiveness in suggesting that McVeigh's life be spared only in order to "keep him in solitary confinement the rest of his life, deny him any voice or contact with the outside world, require he spend his days at hard labor and his nights alone...." Nothing about mercy, nothing about never giving up hope that a person may repent, nothing about simply having to live with oneself for the next 50 years or so being punishment enough.... Perhaps he [Wallis] fears being seen as soft on crime? He sounds as consumed with bitterness and need for revenge as the most vitriolic advocate of capital punishment, and in fact lends credence to the argument that death may be more humane. ----------------------- Deb Sawyer of Salt Lake City, Utah, wrote: My brother has schizophrenia and perhaps because of that I somehow identify with the underdog. I just read [Jim Wallis' column]. I can imagine being Timothy's sister. If I were, I don't think I would want him executed or for him to spend his entire life being punished as you described. I think I would want someone to succeed where me and my family had obviously failed. I would want someone to reach him and to help him love. ------------------------ Bernard Adeney-Risakotta working in Indonesia wrote: Wallis' reflection on capital punishment strikes me as twisted. If you oppose capital punishment, do so because you respect the human dignity of each person and believe no one is every beyond the possibility of redemption. Don't oppose it because the sentence of death is not harsh enough! Only God can decide how much punishment is enough; and presumably God will decide. On the other hand if you support capital punishment, do so because you think it is a necessary expedient, or more humane than "solitary confinement for the rest of his life," or that society has a right to protect itself with lethal means against certain types of criminals. Don't support it because it is the cruelist and harshest punishment available. I agree with Wallis that there are punishments worse than death, but I'd rather leave them to God's discernment. ------------------------- Andrea Calisher of Ithaca, New York, wrote: In response to Donald Feder (SojoMail, 4/20/01), it really gets my goat when feminism is characterized by: a) a man who apparently knows very little about feminism, and b) a man who uses one woman as the voice of the feminist movement, using her actions as an example of how feminists are off track. Give me a break! I am a feminist, and I would hope any Christian would be. Feminism fundamentally is about promoting equality. And just as with other umbrella concepts, a multitude of other varying beliefs exist under the "umbrella." To reduce feminism to one thing and equate it with an actress with a big mouth who enjoys expressing her personal opinions really does the feminist movement a great disservice. Distorting what this powerful movement is about through confusing media messages works to minimize the movement's impact. So Mr. Feder, if you can't say something nice about feminism, don't say anything at all. But go ahead and slam that actress all you want. --------------------------- Shosha Capps of Charleston, South Carolina, wrote: I am a non-Christian who reads both Sojourners and Mother Jones fairly regularly. I like their generally tolerant tone and the spiritual slant with which they approach social justice. I don't always agree with what is said, but I like their honest, open approach to issues that are also important to me. However, Don Feder's article on Heather Graham and the Catholic church was extremely disappointing to me. I do not know anything about Heather Graham or what she or any other celebrity who has denounced Christian views on sexuality has gone through to get where they are - but I think it is very unlikely that they did not get there through spiritual struggle. I know very well how hard it is to throw off the beliefs of your childhood, no matter how antiquated you believe them to be in your current life. They come back in small ways, in unconscious ways, like any habit of childhood.... The views and lives of those who have a different approach to sexual morality should not be condemned as mindless rebellious children running around having sex with everything they see. I am not going to touch whether sex outside of marriage actually IS "right" or "wrong," but I do think that Christians should take care to look at things as they are, in all their complexity, and not just push another "them" over to the other side of the fence where they are easier to deal with. No one's personal struggle for spiritual peace should be dismissed so quickly. --------------------------- Richard Clark of Salem, Indiana, wrote: Daniel McCarthy's pro-Confederate view of the film "Ride With the Devil" assures me that I will boycott this piece of garbage. It sounds like the most distorted movie about the pre-Civil War since Errol Flynn's 1940 anti-abolitionist movie "Santa Fe Trail." To call abolitionist zealots "terrorists" is an insult. I suppose Mr. McCarthy defends the right of Southern oligarchs to hold blacks in chattel slavery? I only regret that John Brown was not successful at Harper's Ferry in 1859! --------------------------- Peter Breen of Everton Hills, Queensland, Australia wrote: Thanks to Jim Wallis for the comments to letters on FBOs. In Australia we have any number of positive examples of partnerships - church and government. Our political journey in this country is beginning to see little clear difference now in left and right regarding social justice, even if it is pragmatic. As a pastor of a local church, we are funded by our state government to supply a state family support initiative, over which we have complete jurisdiction. We share the same outcome vision as the government, but are free to employ professionals in line with our own values. In fact we were encouraged to do that. Outcomes here do determine funding, but prevenient grace is alive and well in the market-place as honest politicians [!] realise they need us to raise the levels of health in our society at least one notch. ------------------------------ Philip Hoppner of Sheffield, England, wrote: I'm increasingly finding it difficult to get excited when I hear news that governments in either Britain or the United States talk of working with communities or faith organisations, in an effort to empower local people and provide better local "services." Who are they kidding? In Britain, many dedicated local activists are being turned off or burned out by the level of responsibility that is being placed on their heads by central governments' desire to "step back" and let local people take control.... For many local groups and activists, their involvement has increased dramatically from running a one-night-a-week community group to financing and managing a major project. Many hours of participation from local people go unnoticed and unpaid, with many jobs part-time and insecure. A plethora of groups and short-term projects are emerging, with very little cohesion or strategy. Community development? What is government all about? Surely there is a role for greater intervention, of truly supporting community development, of involving those who are shouting the loudest. Local activists and groups need to be properly supported and valued. Funding strategies need to encourage long-term development and be developed with rather than for the local people. What are politicians really trying to achieve by "giving local communities greater control of their own destiny?" Should we not be asking why? ------------------------------ Scott Presnall of Waco, Texas, wrote: Jim Wallis mistakenly places all responsibility for the U.S. "anti" faith-based initiatives movement at the feet of liberals, stating the left is concerned about a "right wing ploy to help governments evade their responsibilities." I have read nothing of the sort in the mainstream media. What I have read, and I what I personally believe, is that such an attempt to fund religion-based organizations with tax-payer dollars carries an inherent risk in the government eventually exercising considerable control over how those dollars are spent. I could not, with a clear conscience, accept any money from a governmental entity with that being a strong possibility. --------------------------------- Boomerang is an open forum for all kinds of views. Want to make your voice heard? Send Boomerang e-mails to the editor: "firstname.lastname@example.com" ---------------------------------------------------------- T e c h E t h i x ++++++++++++++++++++ A scientific search for God Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, has been fascinated by the neurobiology of religion for more than a decade. He admits it's an awkward role for a scientist. "I always get concerned that people will say I'm a religious person who's trying to prove that God exists, or I'm a cynic who's trying to prove that God doesn't exist," he says. "But we try to approach it without bias." Earlier this month he published a book that lays out the most complete theory to date of how mystical or religious experiences can be generated in the brain. More than half of people report having had some sort of mystical or religious experience. For some, the experience is so intense it changes their life forever. But what is "it"? The presence of God? A glimpse of a higher plane of being? Or just the mystical equivalent of déjà vu, a trick the brain sometimes plays on your conscious self? At some level, of course, all our thoughts and sensations - however unusual - must involve the brain. Indeed, experiments on the brain have led neuroscientists to suggest that the capacity for religion may somehow be hardwired into us. If so, why do people's religious experiences differ so profoundly, moving some so deeply while leaving others cold? To read more about a "neurobiology" of religion, go to: http://www.newscientist.com/features/features.jsp?id=ns22871 ******************************************************************* THIRTY YEARS OF FAITH, POLITICS, AND CULTURE Celebrate the journey with a limited edition Sojourners 30th Anniversary T-Shirt 100% cotton, made in the USA GO TO: http://www.sojo.net/resources/index.cfm/mode/display_detail/ResourceID/167/action/catalog.html ******************************************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------- T h e C o l o m b i a J o u r n a l s +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sojourners assistant editor Rose Marie Berger recently returned from a 10-day fact-finding mission to Colombia with Witness for Peace (a faith-based movement that has been in Latin America since 1983.) This is the final installment of her diary highlights in SojoMail. See her feature article "The Time of Coca" in the May-June 2001 issue of Sojourners. DAY NINE: FEAR AND FLOWERS AT THE EMBASSY It's 10 a.m. at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota. It's Martin Luther King Day so the embassy is low on staff. The security guards just checked us through. No cameras. No cell phones. No tape recorders. No radios. No tools. We are meeting with the new U.S. Ambassador Ann Patterson, and the human rights attaché, USAID representatives, and two men from Narcotics Affairs. None of them have been here for longer than four months; some for less than a week. Ann Patterson, former ambassador to El Salvador, is pleasant, respectful, and forthright. She tells us that she knows we have a lot of collective experience in the Central America conflicts of the '80s, but that our knowledge is not applicable to Colombia. She says this first thing - in one stroke she compliments us on our long commitment to peace and tells us that our experience and knowledge is worth nothing here. Ahh, diplomacy. The man from Narcotics Affairs begins instructing us on the finer points of fumigation. He spreads global positioning satellite images out on the floor for us to review. He matches them with "sample maps" of someplace in southern Colombia. He provides us with multiple copies of a study on the safety of glyphosate. "Glyphosate is used regularly around the world, including the United States, as a maturing agent." I look around for a map of Colombia to show him where we have just been. The embassy doesn't have one available. The representative from USAID speaks. "The coca farmer is not the problem here. They are victims of economic circumstance. No one in these offices sees them as criminals," he says. "I do," says Narcotics Affairs from across the room. "They are growing illegal crops, so they are criminals." The "carrot" and the "stick" are fighting with each other. We thank the embassy staff for meeting with us and hearing our experience. We explain that our deep concerns about U.S. policy toward Colombia still exist and that we will hold a nonviolent prayer vigil later in front of the embassy to make public our concerns. They are not happy with this but say they will alert the security guards. The area outside the embassy gate is officially in the jurisdiction of the Bogota police. We have no idea how they will react to our presence. I'm glad we have decided on a silent vigil. It's more powerful and easier to know what to do if things turn bad. We learn from Colombians that no one has ever held a vigil at the embassy before. We take our places along the sidewalk, holding signs that say "No more helicopters." "No more guns." "Not in my name." And "Eradicate Addiction, Not Campesinos." We bring bread, fruit, and flowers as symbolic offerings to the Colombian people. We ask their forgiveness for the inappropriate way our government has increased their suffering. Just out of sight on the side streets, the Bogota police have gathered with armored cars and trucks filled with riot police. We have not expected to be joined by any Colombians because of how dangerous it could be for them. Yet while our line is not directly joined, we see that people from all over the city who have heard about the protest on the radio have come to "stroll" in support of us. In business attire and day laborer clothes, they walk very slowly up and down the street in front of us. They smile. They take the flowers we hand to them. When they reach the end of the block they turn around and stroll back. Some even risk shaking our hands and thanking us. The biggest surprise is when women from the displaced community and the Afro-Colombian organizers show up and ask to stand in solidarity with us. We are shocked. Stunned. When we met with them earlier in the trip and asked if they thought a vigil at the embassy was a good idea they said, "For you to do it would be good. If we did it we'd be beaten like dogs." They could be in real danger for taking this stand. Yet all ends peacefully and after a few hours we return to the hotel. The next morning I bought newspapers that had photos from the vigil in them. I feel like we did a good thing with that vigil. I'm very worried, though, about the consequences for the Afro-Colombian men. They may not survive having joined us so publicly. I'm worried about the day the bus they are traveling on is pulled over on a dirt road, their names are read off a list to step off the bus or everyone on the bus will be killed. They, of course, will get off. They will be told to lay face down in the dust. The last thing they hear will be the horrible derogatory names from their killers and the profound silence from the bus. Then machine gun fire. Then nothing. As they say, "another dead dog in the road." I'll close out this diary with a poem. Please do what you can for Colombia. The Little Giant of Faith for Padre Alcides Jimenez and the people of Colombia shiny aluminum milk cans clank in flat bed horse carts the quick flit of an oro pendola flashing to its slung sack bananas green and thick hung in a daily bunch from the porch ball lightening explodes behind a rising storm cell rides the cool air of the river of swans Padre Alcides looks curiously at the seventeen bullet holes cut in his green vestment and the curled metal lip of the bullet hole in his precious gold chalice one bloody finger touches the shredded edge of the gospel of Mark the book he lifted instinctively to protect himself tears fall from his eyes he didn't want to leave his beloved Puerto Caicedo at the same time, slowly slowly every bullet hole burned and darkened at its bitter edge begins to fill with light. --Rose Marie Berger (1/17/01, Bogota, Colombia) For information about private U.S. military contractors fighting the drug war in Colombia, see: http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,287531-412,00.shtml Support Witness for Peace's Colombia project at: http://www.witnessforpeace.org ------------------------------------------------------------ W e b S c e n e ++++++++++++++++ *The Pulitzer Prizes Learn about this year's winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, which were announced last week, at the official Pulitzer site. 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I'd like to report a bug in the MML support which has given me trouble before. Finally I have prepared a reproducible example. It is attached. To see the bug: * place the caret at the end of the document, i.e. after the "D" * Type an open bracket using the keyboard, i.e. "(". * Select the subscript construct from the MML menu. What will happen is that a superscript construct will appear instead. And the lower part of it actually appears on top of the bracket! Thanks, Joe
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What's Congress to do when the president insists on keeping an attorney general who is so manifestly unequal to the demands of his job and so incapable of giving accurate answers to simple questions that even the president's partisans want him out?
Impeaching Alberto Gonzales, as some are starting to suggest, would be overkill. It would make no sense to put the nation through the agony of an impeachment trial to get rid of one ineffectual, hopelessly uninformed presidential lapdog. But this does not mean that members are powerless to do anything beyond groaning at a Bush spokeswoman's fantastic claim that Gonzales is "doing a fantastic job" and looking for reasons to skip town to avoid the next installment of his cloddish testimony.
The House or Senate—or, better, both—should adopt a resolution censuring Gonzales, or (as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has suggested) stating its lack of confidence in him.
Although unusual, a vote censuring an executive branch official would be both constitutional and supported by precedent. To be sure, the Republican House leadership argued in December 1998 that it would be unconstitutional to take a floor vote censuring President Clinton. But this was just a pretext for a politically driven determination to deny moderate Republicans any less-drastic alternative to voting for impeachment.
Both houses pass resolutions all the time applauding various flowers, fruits, animals, vegetables, and perhaps minerals. They can censure a senator, a representative, a hurricane, or a ham sandwich if they want. And they have censured high-level executive branch officials in the past. The best-known case was the Whig-controlled Senate's censure of President Andrew Jackson in 1834 for refusing to hand over a document concerning his 1832 veto of a bill to recharter the Bank of the United States. (A newly elected Democratic majority expunged the censure in 1837.) Others who have been censured or denounced include President James Buchanan in 1860; a custom-house collector in 1867; the attorney general in 1886; an ambassador in 1896; and the Navy secretary in 1924.
As Republicans pointed out in 1998, any congressional effort to impose a fine or other penalty on a president or other executive branch official would be an unconstitutional bill of attainder. But a simple censure would be no more than a group exercise in free speech—and no less than a devastating political blow to President Bush's effort to keep his blundering buddy in an office with more power than any other to subvert our constitutional system.
In the words of conservative constitutionalist Bruce Fein, "Congressional oversight includes the authority to censure executive branch officials for maladministration or worse to sharpen political accountability. Censure would enable the American people to choose between President Bush's adamant support of Gonzales and Congress's overwhelming disparagement."
Bush does have one plausible reason for keeping Gonzales: Senate Democrats might refuse to confirm a successor unless and until the president names a special prosecutor to investigate the now-famous firings of eight United States attorneys (and who knows what else)—a bad idea, in my view—or opens up the Justice Department for partisan fishing expeditions.
But unless Bush has something deep and dark to hide, he should welcome any such scenario. He could designate as acting attorney general someone such as Solicitor General Paul Clement, who is highly respected across party lines; send up a nominee who also commands broad respect; cooperate with reasonable Senate demands; and then respond to any Democratic game-playing from a position of strength.
However Bush might react, the tricky thing about drafting a censure resolution would be choosing which of the attorney general's many offenses against the Constitution, good government, tradition, and the truth to include as grounds. Gonzales has been deeply (if perhaps passively) involved in giving his legal blessing to all of President Bush's claims of virtually unlimited presidential war powers and his abuses of those (and other) powers.
These abuses were aptly summarized in a March 20 statement by Fein and three other prominent conservatives—Richard Viguerie, David Keene, and Bob Barr—who have had it with Bush administration depredations on the Constitution. The four called on Congress to legislate an "American Freedom Agenda" to curb the president's claims of authority to "arrest, imprison indefinitely, torture, and transport to foreign dungeons those he deems 'enemy combatants' outside our legal system; tap phones, read e-mails, open mail, and even break and enter without warrants or judicial review; improperly use 'signing statements' to ignore the law; employ secret evidence and evidence obtained by torture; and frustrate proper congressional oversight through excessive claims of national security."
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Our community is full of avid scenario/woodsball players who are lucky enough to play on private property. We host numerous large scenario games throughout the year, averaging one a month and have pick up games the rest of the weekends. We attend large events at other local fields to support the scene and are sure to help out our local shops.
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A simple tool with which to study the course of chronic hand eczema in clinical practice: a reduced-item score.
Contact Dermatitis 69(2):112 (2013) PMID 23869731We evaluated two tools, the Hand Eczema Severity Index (HECSI) and the Hand Eczema Area and Severity score, to determine their ability to predict the Investigator's Global Assessment (IGA) of disease severity in patients with moderate to severe hand eczema. We used a stepwise reduction analysis to d...
Undisclosed methyldibromo glutaronitrile causing allergic contact dermatitis in a NSAID cream.
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Patch testing with the textile dyes Disperse Orange 1 and Disperse Yellow 3 and some of their potential metabolites, and simultaneous reacti...
Contact Dermatitis 67(3):130 (2012) PMID 22624827We hypothesize that the molecules of disperse dyes migrate onto the skin while garments are worn, and are metabolized and degraded by commensal skin bacteria. These molecules penetrate the skin and induce sensitization. Objectives. To evaluate the elicitation capacities of the possible azo-degradati...
Quantifying skin sensitization potency.
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Late reactions to patch test preparations with reduced concentrations of p-phenylenediamine: a multicentre investigation of the German Conta...
Contact Dermatitis 64(4):196 (2011) PMID 21392027I (0.49%) and 5 in group II (0.63%). In 7 of 8 of the patients with late reactions, patch tests were applied for 48 hr. On retesting, 4 of 5 patients became positive at D2 or D3. Conclusions. The occurrence of late reactions to PPD may be influenced by patch test concentration and duration. PPD 0.4-...
Exposures and reactions to allergens among hairdressing apprentices and matched controls.
Contact Dermatitis 64(2):85 (2011) PMID 21210822Early and extensive exposures to chemical substances such as are found in hair dyes, perfumes and nickel are known risk factors for allergic reactions. Hairdressing apprentices belong to a high-risk group, as they are exposed both occupationally and personally. To estimate the degree of exposure and...
Nickel reactivity and filaggrin null mutations--evaluation of the filaggrin bypass theory in a general population.
Contact Dermatitis 64(1):24 (2011) PMID 21166815Background. It was recently shown that filaggrin null mutation carrier status was associated with nickel allergy and self-reported intolerance to costume jewellery. Because of the biochemical characteristics of filaggrin, it may show nickel barrier properties in the stratum corneum. Objectives. To i...
Fragrance mix II in the baseline series contributes significantly to detection of fragrance allergy.
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Characteristics of patch test reactions to common preservatives incorporated in petrolatum and water, respectively.
Contact Dermatitis 64(1):43 (2011) PMID 21039595Background. The irritant properties of some preservatives and the use of water as the patch test vehicle for some of them call for a critical evaluation of patch test reactions to preservatives. Objectives. To examine the association between test vehicle (petrolatum versus water) or...
Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention, identification and management of occupational contact dermatitis and urticaria.
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I'v been hearing and reading about the Kel-Tec30. I had not seen any in the gun stores as of yet. Has anybody heard anything about this gun? Is it out yet? I called Kel-Tec about 3mos. ago and asked when the gun was going to available. They said by the end of April or May 2010. Hope it turns out to be a OK pistol. I been looking for a 22 magnum handgun for a while when I heard of this one.
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Yeah, another gun announced and then.................*crickets*
If you really want an accurate .22 magnum pistol check these out-New .17 HMR and .22WMR Accelerator Pistol
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I had my dealer order me one,several months ago.Who knows,when it will come in.
It's funny how all the mfg's have the products on display at the SHOT show,but can't seem to produce the crap.
And then they wonder why the public doesn't buy their stuff.
I got a flyer at my store last week, I think it was from Ellett Brothers.
They're in stock. I think the price was around $279
I took a second look at the photos that was sent to me and you are right it is a big gun. Thanks for the info.
I want a Kel-Tec PMR-30. I am unwilling to be a guinea pig though. I will let others do the T&E and buy a "gen 2" later this year.
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Hmm. Does anyone have any advice on cleaning an NEC? :-)
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I have found this forum very useful for finding out how to clean our sanyo projector. So far i have cleaned about 5 projectors, some results have been a noticable defference and some have not so much. I have also sent one projetor away for repairs and it had a burnt lense. During my cleans i clean all the prisims, mirrors and lcd screens, and remove all the dust, has anyone gone any further and dismantled the whole optical engine and the even the lens? All the ones i have clean have been out of warrenty and i have a few spare ones to test on.
Hmm. Does anyone have any advice on cleaning an NEC? :-)
Hiyah ... Ive done the same job on a couple of oldish Sanyo and Epson projectors here. I took the covers off .... removed the electronic board and gave the device a good vaccuum. Then heart in hand removed the cover that was on top of the mirrors and gave them a clean using a dirt free brush ... Ive seen somewhere that the lens assembly shouldnt be touched so other than a good clean I left well alone ... Put everything back and tested. There was a marked difference in the clarity and brightness of the picture ... So I'm going to have a go at a NEC next ..
I've got an NEC which is broke. Might take that apart to practise on.
Have done an NEC before and it was one of the easiest I have done, dont know.model off hand though. Just looking at a Toshiba ST-20 at moment. They are quite easy as well. Filterless so bags of dust everywhere.
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As the "fiscal cliff" looms, editorial writers and Beltway commentators have turned their sights on their favorite enemy — tax-foe Grover Norquist's no-new-taxes pledge signed by a weighty majority of GOP members of Congress. If Republicans had not been scared into signing the pledge, the pack laments, D.C. pols would compromise, and all would be well with the world.
I've had issues with the Norquist pledge in the past. Its biggest downside is that it allows Congress to spend with abandon — as long as Washington doesn't pay for it.
The problem with punditry's obsession with the Norquist pledge is that it ignores the fact that Democrats walk lockstep down the highway of overspending — without prompting. It's as if there is an unwritten no-cuts pledge that goes something like this:
If spending exceeds revenue, I pledge to oppose spending cuts and support only tax increases. Or throwing more dollars onto the $16 trillion mountain of national debt.
I pledge to argue for a "balanced" approach while I steadfastly weasel away from any meaningful attempt to curb spending on social programs.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., for example, oppose including entitlement reform in a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff."
It's true. George W. Bush was no slouch at deficit spending. In his final budget, the year of his $700 billion financial bailout bill, Bush left the country with an annual deficit that exceeded $1 trillion. President Obama has surpassed Bush. His last three annual budgets added $5.2 trillion to the national debt.
And while Democrats blame the Bush tax cuts for creating $3.7 trillion in red ink over 10 years, they want to keep $3.trillion of those Bush tax cuts — and blame Bush for the debt.
On Wednesday, Obama called on Congress to pass a bill to retain the Bush tax cuts for families earning less than $250,000. In the name of "balance," he asked Congress to pass a bill with tax increases but no spending cuts. Then he claimed that doing so would make it "a whole lot easier" to deal with deficit reduction later.
To avert the "fiscal cliff," Republicans might have to cave on the tax increase. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., suggested the GOP House get it over with pronto. That could be canny political advice.
But it cannot bode well for deficit reduction. We've seen how Congress cuts spending — by promising what it won't deliver. The 1997 budget act promised a sustainable growth rate to curb runaway Medicare costs. Congress has voted to delay the mandated reduction in payments to doctors.
Without the "doc fix," Medicare would cut doctor payments by 27 percent — a situation, the Heritage Foundation warns, that could "make it unaffordable for many doctors to continue accepting Medicare patients" and leave millions of seniors without care.
Everyone in Washington knows that the next budget deal will paper over the "doc fix" and other promised deficit reducers. What Washington passes, Washington can erase.
While the do-gooders call for the GOP to compromise in the name of balance, they are tipping the scales. Any tax hikes will be immediate. Any spending cuts will be open to revision.
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With lawmakers ratcheting up pressure on Obama to take action in Syria, few in the administration have been paying close attention to Libya, apparently.
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Ford extends A-plan to California families affected by wildfires
Ford also felt firefighters should get some love too since they're the ones battling the unpredictable blazes. Any firefighter in the state of California also gets the A-plan option, and all they need to show is their ID card. Ford also pitched in 11 Super Duty trucks and nine Expeditions plus $100,000 to the Red Cross. As we mentioned in our previous post that details what each automaker has donated, it's nice to see our favorite industry doing its part to aid in California's relief. If Ford can help someone buy a Fusion (with a great discount) who just had his Camry burn to a crisp, there's no harm in the Blue Oval gaining a little market share while giving a victim or firefighter a break.
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* Ford Motor Company is making the Ford employee A-Plan discount available for Nov. 1 – 30, 2007 to those families whose vehicles were lost in the recent California wildfires.
* To say "thank you" to California firefighters, Ford is extending the same A-Plan discount to firefighters throughout the state.
* Last week, Ford Motor Company donated 20 Ford F-Series trucks and Expedition utility vehicles to Southern California firefighting organizations, pledged assistance by the Ford Volunteer Corps, gave $100,000 to the San Diego Red Cross through the Ford Motor Company Fund, and allowed customers impacted by the wildfires the opportunity to delay some vehicle payments through Ford Motor Credit Company.
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 31, 2007 – Ford and Lincoln Mercury are announcing today that, for the month of November, they will extend their employee A-Plan pricing discount to California families whose vehicles were lost in the recent Southern California wildfires.
Further, as a way of saying "thank you" to firefighters across the state of California for their tireless efforts in containing the fires, all firefighters and their immediate households statewide will receive the same A-Plan pricing discount.
Discounts both for fire victims and for firefighters apply to any 2007 or 2008 Ford, Mercury or Lincoln car, truck, CUV or SUV (excluding the Mustang Shelby GT 500).
"As a way of expressing our concern to victims and saying to the firefighters, 'Thank you from our family to your family,' we are extending this unique opportunity to those who have been impacted by the fires, both to those who lost vehicles to the fires and to the firefighters who gave so selflessly to contain them," stated Hal Dewsnap, Ford Lincoln Mercury California regional manager. "We recognize that the impact of this disaster will be far-reaching, and we want to extend our support beyond the initial steps announced last week. This will not be an advertised offer. We are simply reaching out to those in need after a loss, and rewarding our firefighters after an exceptionally difficult period."
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* California firefighters can simply show a valid/current badge and/or department ID card from a California-based fire department OR current California State Firefighters Association ID card, and state or Federal ID showing residency in the state of California at the time of purchase.
* Customers eligible for this program also are eligible for other incentive programs offered to the general public in California.
This announcement from Ford follows programs announced on October 25th specifically for those affected by the Southern California wildfires:
* Ford Motor Company donated 20 specially equipped vehicles – 11 Ford F-250 and F-350 Super Duty trucks and nine Ford Expedition sport utility vehicles – to fire and rescue departments in some of the areas most devastated by the fires.
* Ford Motor Company Fund contributed $100,000 to the San Diego Chapter of the American Red Cross to help with relief efforts.
* Longer term, Ford employees in Southern California will be called upon to volunteer time to assist in community recovery and relief efforts through Ford Volunteer Corps, a corporate-wide program established by Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford after the December 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia.
* Ford Motor Credit announced that it will offer some payment relief to customers impacted by the wildfires through the Ford Credit Disaster Relief Program. The program allows customers to delay one or two monthly payments, resuming their regular payment schedules when their situations improve
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By combining predicted demographic changes and changes to the incidence and death rates of specific cancers, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network was able to project numbers of diagnoses and deaths for major cancers in the US in the coming years.
Overall, it is encouraging that the cancer death rate in the US is declining each year, and the numbers of deaths caused by several major cancers such as lung, colorectal, and breast are following that trend and dropping. This study reveals that pancreatic and liver cancers represent outliers whereby the death and incidence rates continue to rise, leading to dramatic increases in the numbers of deaths caused by these diseases in the coming years.
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There are many factors that have contributed to the lack of sufficient progress in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer. Historically, the disease was understudied and underfunded. In an effort to double pancreatic cancer survival by 2020, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is intensifying efforts to heighten awareness, raise funds for comprehensive private research, and advocate for dedicated federal research to advance early diagnostics, better treatments, and increase chances of survival.
Due to these efforts, The Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act was signed into law by President Obama in January 2013, which requires the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop a scientific framework to conduct and support research for recalcitrant cancers, including pancreatic and lung. As a result of the law, the NCI issued a Scientific Framework for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in February 2014. This report includes plans for implementation of the recommended initiatives toward making significant advances in pancreatic cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment.
The societal burden of these particularly deadly cancer types will become greater in the coming years, and now is the time to allocate the resources and effort necessary to alleviate the suffering caused by these diseases. A recent report released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), State of Cancer Care in America: 2014, predicts that cancer will become the number one killer in the US by the year 2030. "This further emphasizes the urgency of making progress against pancreatic cancer, and other leading cancer killers," added Matrisian.
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The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is the national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach and advocacy for a cure. The organization is leading the way to increase survival for people diagnosed with this devastating disease through a bold initiative — The Vision of Progress: Double Pancreatic Cancer Survival by 2020. Together, we can know, fight and end pancreatic cancer by intensifying our efforts to heighten awareness, raise funds for comprehensive private research, and advocate for dedicated federal research to advance early diagnostics and better treatments and increase chances of survival.
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