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Thomas sits in her office with all of her memorabilia neatly packed in boxes and her calendar flipped to the month of May for her successor, Hunter Nowell.
Parting for Thomas is 'bitter, sweet' because she has served as the Youth Court
Judge since 2002.
"I have enjoyed working with each and every entity in Bolivar County. I am going to miss working for the county," said Thomas in a settling tone.
"My doctor recommended that I stop working in October and after a recent visit to the doctor, I have decided to retire. This is for the interest of my health," she added.
Thomas said she plans to continue to do all that she can as a citizen of Bolivar County.
"It has been an honor to work with young men and women to try to make their lives better because many of them desperately need supervision and attention," she added.
Bolivar County Supervisor James McBride said Thomas would be truly missed.
"It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Judge Thomas. She has always been a very dedicated individual and highly instrumental in the county," said McBride.
Sheriff Kelvin Williams said, "I would like to wish Judge Thomas well. We have known each other for a while. I was initially acquainted with Judge Thomas when I worked as a school resource officer."
"I am going to miss her. Anyone who has ever worked Judge Thomas, knows the type of person that she is," said Williams.
According to Thomas, she never had intentions of becoming a judge.
"When I was asked to become a judge, I was stunned. I was not sure whether or not I could do it but I took the job and I was successful. I worked for the city of Rosedale from 1980 to 1993 and in 1991 I was asked to become a Family Master for Child Support Cases," said Thomas.
"I had been in the youth court system prior to this, I served as the Youth Court Referee for Judge John Valentine. Whenever he was away I would hear cases for him. I also represented the interest of children during that time," she added.
"Once my husband was elected Youth Court Judge in 1990 and took the bench in 1991, it meant that I could no longer serve because it would have been an conflict of interest," said Thomas.
She said her first job as a judge was in 1980 when she was appointed to serve as the city judge in Rosedale.
Though she was a bit reluctant about taking the job, Thomas said she took on the task with enthusiasm.
"I think I became a judge because I wanted to have the opportunity to not only continue serving people but I also wanted to have a chance to sit on the bench to be impartial and treat all people alike regardless of color," she added.
"I wanted people to know that I was not going to let all of the sorrows that I had gone through cause me to be a mean and unjust individual," said Thomas.
Though she enjoyed her career, Thomas said her dream was to become a lawyer.
"My father use to always tell people that I was going to be a lawyer, even before I went to law school," she said.
"I grew up in Selma, Alabama during the era when there were water fountains marked 'colored' or 'white.' My mother use to hold my hand tightly when we walked down the streets or whenever we went in stores because she knew that I would probably do something that would or could possibly get me in trouble," she continued.
"My father use to drive a cab at night. He was pulled over by a young white cop that said to him, 'Boy move that car along.' I looked at my father and said to him, 'Daddy, why did he call you a boy?' He then responded by saying, 'That's just the way things are but you can do something to change that by becoming a lawyer,"' said Thomas as she recollected on her childhood.
She said she would ask her father questions everyday about lawyers because she was determined to become one.
When she was in the fifth grade, her father gave her a book that changed her life.
"He gave me a book that pretty much outlined what I would be for the rest of my life. The name of the book was Les Miserable by Victor Hugo. My daddy had read it more than once and he told me that is was time that I had it. It was about the struggles of the main character who only had one loaf of bread to feed his children," said Thomas.
"It was a beautiful story with beautiful characters and I have read it more than once. I still have the book that my father gave me," she added.
Although her father wanted her to become a lawyer, she said her father's death did cause her to become discouraged about her goal.
"When my father died, I did not care much about anything. I quit the job that I was working at that time and I only cared about having enough money to pay my $91 rent," she added.
Her father died while she and her family were living in Cleveland, Ohio.
"He was going upstairs of a building and when he reached the second floor, he lost his balance and fell out of a window on the second floor. The ironic part about my father's death was that there were two boys walking by the building as he was falling out of the window," said Thomas as she explained the details of her father's death.
"This was ironic because these were mischievous boys that were out at night during a blizzard. These boys were much like the ones that I have worked with. They thought that my father was a black bag. They ran to look in the bag to see what was in it but they soon found out that it was a man in a black coat," she continued.
Thomas said her father experienced a great deal of pain before his death but he was able to mumble a few words to the boys that saw him fall out of the window.
"He was able to tell them to look in the breast pocket of his coat for a little black book. The book contained my phone number. The boys notified the police and my father was rushed to the hospital. I am glad that they were passing by because he probably would have frozen to death," she added.
Thomas said at the time she was attending college during the day and sometimes at night.
When she arrived home from school the telephone rang, it was the hospital.
"They told me what happened and that my father only had a few minor injuries. I decided to wait until the next day to go to the hospital because it was a blizzard and the roads were hazardous," said Thomas
"It would have taken me four hours to get there and back," she added.
Thomas said she decided to go to school before visiting her father in the hospital because the doctor said her father was doing well but while sitting in class, a security guard walked into the room and requested her attention.
"I went to pick up my sister and we proceeded to the hospital. When we arrived at the hospital, we saw a nurse and we told her that we were looking for Clarence Turner Jones. She then yelled to another nurse, 'Show these two ladies to the room of the gentleman that just expired.' My sister fainted in my arms,"' said Thomas.
"The nurse said, 'They called a code blue on him this morning and no matter what the doctors did, he just didn't seem to have the will to live.' That tore me up really bad,"' she added.
Thomas said the most influential individuals in her life were her mother, Carrie Louise Jones-Hunter; father, Clarence Turner Jones and the doctor that sent her and her sisters to Catholic school, Dr. Isabel Schmitz-Dumont.
"As a child, I attended Catholic school. My mother worked for Dr. Dumont, she paid for us to go to school. I started Catholic school when I was five years old and I continued to go up until I was eighth grade. After eighth grade I then went to a Catholic boarding school in Louisiana," said Thomas.
She said her parents divorced when she was 16 years old because her father lost his job and was unable to support them.
"They did not get a divorce because they did not love each other, this was the only way that my mother could receive a raise. At the time, my mother worked for Dr. Dumont," continued Thomas.
"My father had been laid off from his job and the only way that my mother could receive a raise was if she divorced my father. Dr. Dumont required this because she refused to assist a woman who was married with children. My father was suppose to be the primary provider," she added.
"She was already putting my sisters and I through school and she said that my father should have found another job to support us. Although my mother loved my father, she needed more support and she was forced to divorce my father," said Thomas.
Thomas attended Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C.
"I went to law school day and night. I never dreamed of becoming a judge. Although, while in law school we were told that any lawyer would ultimately want to become a judge whether they would ever admit it or not," added Thomas.
"They told us that 'A' students in law school become professors, 'B' and 'C' students become practicing lawyers who are not afraid to get out and hang up their shingles," she continued.
While attending college, she met her husband, Kenneth Thomas.
"Kenneth and I have been married since 1977. He asked me to marry him on Labor Day and I said "yes." We got married in Cleveland, Ohio. We spent our honeymoon in Kentucky," she added."
Thomas said she remains mindful of the promise her husband made to her in his marital proposal.
"He said, 'There are several of our male classmates smarter than me, but if you will marry me, I will make you happier than any of their wives will ever be. I will take you wherever I go, you will do whatever I do you and we will be happy together,"' said Thomas.
"He did not tell me he was going to take me to Mississippi, nor did he tell me that I would become a judge. Fortunately, both of these things have happened and I would not change a thing about either one of them," she added.
Thomas said she is thankful to have such a wonderful husband because he has had a major influence on her life and career choices.
"At one point, I thought about joining the Army. I had been accepted into the United States Army Judge Advocate Generals but I met my husband and decided not to pursue a career in the Army," said Thomas.
Although Thomas's presence will be missed on the bench, she said she would spend her free time collecting some of her tangible memories and reserving them for her daughter, Elyse Cleora Thomas.
"I intend to completely sort through all of my files and papers – I want to organize everything. I plan to discard things that are no longer necessary and keep a few things that my daughter may like to have one day," she said.
"I will be doing a lot of scrapbooking. I also intend to do some work on my house," continued Thomas.
She said she also plans to continue serving in her community endeavors such as the Heritage Commission, Bologna Performing Arts Center advisory board, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Council of Negro Women and the Rotary Club of Cleveland.


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Book flights to Boston for redbrick townhouses and colonial-era monuments, oozing the legacy of the Freedom Fathers.
Things to do
Flights to Boston will take you to the heart of the city where you can discover the historic sites along the Freedom Trail. This red-painted path tells the story of the city from the first settlers to the American Independence.
Browse the fleet of 40 wooden pushcarts scattered throughout the famous Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston's trading centre for 250 years. Locally-made jewellery will dazzle, and T-shirts and quirky accessories make ideal souvenirs from your Boston city break.
No holiday to Boston is complete without feasting on creamy clam chowder, the local speciality. Take your seat at an informal eatery to sample freshly-caught seafood like oysters and crab, while overlooking the waters of Boston's inner harbour.
Join thousands of baseball-mad locals to cheer on the Boston Red Sox at tiny Fenway Park, barely altered since 1912. Watch hitters aim for the 11-metre-hight Green Monster painted on the towering leftfield wall, near the hand-operated scoreboard.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Boston. Buy airline tickets to catch top events like October's rowing fest Head of the Charles Regatta, or the costumed Boston Tea Party Reenactment in December.

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I don't think I'm in the target age demographic for this cereal based on the models on the box, but Kashi Good Friends High Fiber Cereal still appeals to me. Introduced by a friend, this cereal is low key and high quality at the same time. If my endorsement doesn't lure you in, perhaps the fact that this cereal provides "nearly 50% of your daily fiber needs" is more enticing.
Perhaps symbolizing good friends, this cereal consists of a "trio of flakes, twigs, and granola" as described by Kashi. The flakes were pretty large and thicker than your average bran flake. The idea of eating branches off trees is a bit odd, but the twigs are crunchy and mildly sweet. I liked how the twigs were connected in various bundle sizes. The granola was sweet and tasty but not really distinct. This cereal also made a good standalone snack.
A 1 cup serving (1.9 ounces) of Kashi Good Friends High Fiber Cereal Original provides 170 calories, 2 grams of total fat (3% of the daily value), and 130 milligrams of sodium (5% DV). There are also 5 grams of protein and 43 grams of carbohydrates, including 9 grams of sugars and 12 grams of dietary fiber. That breaks down to 1 gram of soluble fiber and 11 grams of insoluble fiber, which is the type that helps your body move things along in your intestines to keep you "regular."
A 13 ounce box normally costs $4.79 at Kroger. The fiber content is great, but I really like the wholesome taste and crunch of this cereal, especially as a snack. There is also a version of this cereal with raisins called Kashi Good Friends Cinna-Raisin Crunch Cereal (read the review).


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Ari Meisel is a serial entrepreneur, triathlete, author and inventor. As co-founder of Less Doing, one his areas of focus is making all life and business tasks more efficient.
When someone asks me what I do for a living I typically say I'm a real estate developer. While thats true it's one of several things I like to keep myself busy with. I'm a green building consultant, a serial entrepreneur on my 7th company, a triathlete, wellness expert, inventor, and author. All that really means is I get lots and lots of email everyday and they usually cover a broad range of topics. One of my companies is called Less Doing, which I co-founded with Jameson Detweiller. We believe that there is a better way to do everything. We try to attack every problem with tactics falling under three categories. Optimize, Automate, Outsource. The entire point of everything we do is to free up time and more importantly brain power so you can do other more enjoyable things with your resources. Read More


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For the four Denver residents who founded The LocaL, their community is the driving force behind their hearty eats. The team's commitment to all things local begins in their kitchen, where chefs forge Mexican-inspired cuisine classics for breakfast, lunch, and early dinner using locally sourced ingredients whenever possible. Throughout the day, the staff brews coffee made with Denver-roasted Pablo's beans, arranges strips of antibiotic- and hormone-free bacon alongside local eggs, and grills burger patties formed from The Local's proprietary blend of local beef.
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Established in 1927 and featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives, Sam's No. 3 in Denver is a family-owned restaurant that embraces its old fashioned diner personality. There's plenty of seating inside the large space, with traditional vinyl booths and long counter seating available to all, plus a bar in the back for anyone looking to grab a quick drink. Serving oversized portions of breakfast, lunch and dinner, the menu at Sam's is a creative mix of American classics and tasty Tex-Mex meals, with a few Greek options thrown in for good measure. That means char-grilled burgers, large, looming burritos and shaved Greek gyros. Looking for a chili fix? You'll get your fill here with their family recipes of red chili and kickin' green chili ready to top any item on the menu, while its downtown location makes for great people-watching.
Kyle's Kitchen churns out American favorites, from eggs and hash browns to monthly meatloaf specials, thanks to two short-order cooks named Jerry and Liane. Seven days a week, this duo douses pancakes with maple syrup and tops burgers and hot dogs with grilled onions. They also craft meatless options such as salads and vegetarian green chili. When entrees have been consumed, Jerry and Liane dole out scoops of ice cream that they made by milking a block of ice.


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Re: G3/B3* - EU/ECON/EU - Fitch Ratings says comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach"
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Fitch Ratings says comprehensive euro zone deal "beyond reach"
ROME/BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Credit rating agency Fitch told the euro
zone on Friday it thinks a comprehensive solution to the bloc's debt
crisis is beyond reach, as it put an number of the bloc's economies
including Italy on watch for potential downgrades.
It reaffirmed France's top-notch triple-A rating but even here said the
outlook was now negative over a longer term.
Underscoring the tensions within the bloc over the crisis that has spread
relentlessly over the past two years, Italy's prime minister earlier urged
European policymakers to beware of dividing the continent with their
efforts to fight its debt crisis, warning against a "short-term hunger for
rigour" in some countries, in a swipe at Germany.
Germany has led resistance to allowing the European Central Bank to ramp
up its buying of government bonds on the open market to a big enough scale
to douse the crisis.
Fitch said that following the EU summit a week ago it had concluded that
"a 'comprehensive solution' to the eurozone crisis is technically and
politically beyond reach.
"Of particular concern is the absence of a credible financial backstop. In
Fitch's opinion this requires more active and explicit commitment from the
ECB to mitigate the risk of self-fulfilling liquidity crises for
potentially illiquid but solvent Euro Area Member States," Fitch said.
It put Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, Italy, Ireland, and Cyprus on negative
watch. Another ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, had already warned 15 of
the currency bloc's 17 members they were close to a downgrade.
Earlier German Chancellor Angela Merkel gained somee respite from domestic
pressure to take a tougher line in the euro zone crisis when Eurosceptics
hostile to more bailouts lost a referendum in her junior coalition
partner, the Free Democrats, aimed at blocking a permanent rescue fund.
Meanwhile, a first draft of a planned fiscal union treaty among euro zone
countries and aspiring members, published on Friday, showed that countries
could be taken to the European Court of Justice if they fail to meet
agreed budget targets.
Merkel - under pressure from the revered Bundesbank to force debt-saddled
euro zone countries to reform and save their way out of crisis with
austerity measures - has led a push for automatic sanctions for deficit
"sinners" in the bloc.
This has fed concerns that excessive belt-tightening in southern countries
could send their economies into a negative spiral with no prospect of
growing out of the crisis, while feeding resentment in the prosperous
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Europe's response to the debt
crisis "should be wrapped in a long-term sustainable approach, not just to
feed short-term hunger for rigour in some countries.
"To help European construction evolve in a way that unites, not divides,
we cannot afford that the crisis in the euro zone brings us ... the risk
of conflicts between the virtuous North and an allegedly vicious South,"
he told a conference in Rome.
In Germany, turnout in the FDP bailout referendum fell short of the
necessary quorum of one-third of the party's membership, and only 44.2
percent voted for dissident lawmaker Frank Schaeffler's motion against the
planned European Stability Mechanism.
A victory for the Eurosceptics could have brought down Merkel's
centre-right coalition, but the outcome still left the FDP split, with its
public support in tatters.
French officials have sought to prepare the public for the likelihood that
Paris will lose its top-notch rating from S&P for the first time since
1975, playing down the potential setback and focusing attention instead on
neighbouring Britain.
"The economic situation in Britain today is very worrying, and you'd
rather be French than British in economic terms," Finance Minister
Francois Baroin said in a radio interview, a day after Bank of France
governor Christian Noyer said that if ratings agencies were even-handed,
Britain deserved to be downgraded before France.
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said French Prime Minister
Francois Fillon had called him to explain that "it had not been his
intention to call into question the UK's rating but to highlight that
ratings agencies appeared more focused on economic governance than deficit
Clegg's office said he accepted the explanation "but made the point that
recent remarks from members of the French Government about the UK economy
were simply unacceptable and that steps should be taken to calm the
Euro zone officials said potential downgrades, particularly from S&P,
could raise the cost of borrowing for the region's existing EFSF bailout
fund but would not make a big difference to its operations.
EFSF chief Klaus Regling told the Rome conference there was about 600
billion euros available to fight the crisis, more than Italy and Spain's
combined funding needs for 2012.
"If Italy and Spain were to ask for support their gross financing needs
for 2012 are less than that and I don't think they would need to be taken
off the market," he said.
The EFSF has the option of providing first loss insurance on new bond
issues, but the country concerned would have to make a formal request and
negotiate conditionality, while the sum guaranteed would have to be agreed
unanimously by EFSF members, subject to German parliamentary approval.
Euro zone countries are to hold a conference call next Monday to agree on
a boost to the International Monetary Fund's lending capacity, as part of
measures to help cope with the debt crisis, to which they will commit 150
billion euros, Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Miklos told Reuters.
The United States has refused to offer any additional funding and it
remains to be seen how much non-European economies such as China, Russia,
Brazil and India are willing to commit.
The European Central Bank has resisted calls to embark on unlimited
purchases of euro zone sovereign bonds to quell the debt crisis, putting
the onus back on governments and their collective financial firewalls.
ECB President Mario Draghi said on Thursday that euro zone governments
were on the right track to restore market confidence and the ECB's
bond-buy plan was "neither eternal nor infinite".
But in one intriguing hint on Friday, Bank of Italy governor Ignazio Visco
told the Rome conference: "The impression is that there is only one way to
convince markets and we'll work on that." He did not elaborate.
The comments came amid growing signs that banks are resisting pressure
from governments to come to the aid of debt-choked euro zone countries by
using cheap money lent by the ECB to buy more sovereign bonds.
With euro zone governments needing to sell almost 80 billion euros of
fresh debt in January alone, the stand-off between policymakers and banks
could turn the slow-burning debt crisis into a conflagration in the New
The chief executive of UniCredit, one of Italy's two biggest banks, said
this week using ECB money to buy government debt "wouldn't be logical".
In Greece, where the debt crisis began two years ago, a senior official of
the EU/IMF troika team negotiating terms for a second bailout package said
there was no guarantee that talks on the private sector's contribution
would lead to a voluntary deal involving the bulk of its creditors.
Agreement has been held up by wrangling over issues ranging from the
credit status and interest coupons on the new bonds to legal guarantees to
be offered by the official sector. Another
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Senior forward Earl Brown had his buzzer beater against Sacred Heart earlier this month reach the SportsCenter Top 10, and now it's a GEICO Play of the Year nominee.
Penn State's heavyweight starting spot is finally settled, at least for now, with fifth-year senior Jimmy Lawson winning a recent wrestle-off against Bald Eagle alum Jon Gingrich.
After dropping the first two sets, Saint Francis pushed Grand Canyon to the limit, but came up short, 3-2.
Getting their first Big Ten win of the season this past weekend was a huge weight off the shoulders of the Penn State men's basketball team.
Four players reached double-figures as Saint Francis U took down Wagner, 87-74, inside Spiro Sports Center.
Alex Harris came off of the bench to score 11 points and grab 10 rebounds for her first career double-double and Kaliyah Mitchell grabbed a career-high 15 boards and scored 10 points for her second straight double-double as Penn State edged Northwestern, 76-75.
The dual was wrestled in front of a season-high Penn State crowd of 6,540, the 24th straight home sell out for the Nittany Lions.
Penn State and Army are both ranked in the preseason polls, and both were in Holuba Hall for an exhibition on Saturday afternoon.
D.J. Newbill's 23 points helps the Nittany Lions to a huge first Big Ten win.
Earl Brown had a season-high 13 rebounds and his fifth double-double of the season with 13 points and Malik Harmon scored a game-high 15 points off the bench, but the Saint Francis men's basketball team lost at Mount St. Mary's, 52-40.
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Prince headlines an entirely new coaching staff for Curve for the 2015 season.
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Was he a great man when he suspended Habaeus Corpus?
Actually it proves nothing. And big on words? I'll leave that to the GOP. All words, all rhetoric and no substance. Stop putting that shit on Obama when it's really the other side doing it.it proves a high level of incompetency on this matter - and it proves that no one was truly held accountable - the Obama administration is big on words but not so much on substance - his puffy chested "it's on me" is like a guy who steps into a skirmish w/o any real intent to fight - that's the Pres.
Actually they did take responsibility.no one was held accountable
Totally wrong. He has showed leadership leading this country out one of the worst recessions in decades. All the right wing can do is shoot off their mouths with more talking points. Talking points seem to be the popular theme around here today.and the President, as he has shown for 4 years now - is not a leader - he's a talker
Selective amnesia that the standard Republican posture has been admit no mistake, ever, show no sign of weakness, ever. Plausible deniability forever. Gitmo. Abu Ghraib. WMD in Iraq.
Apparently that's all = "Mistakes were made. The buck stops here, I am responsible."
Chance, why do you give advice you are laughably incapable of following? Your smug superior tone fools nobody but yourself, and even that poorly, I'd wager.
As for the topic, you did not answer the question - WHAT have we not been told? HOW is this a conspiracy? WHAT information is being hidden?
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
Abraham Lincoln is regarded VERY favorably by most all - just beginning to read Doris Kearns Goodwin's book on him - if you want to throw stones (it's all u do) find another historical figure GC - if u want any shred of cred
I don't shit on Obama - I just point out problems I have with his (lack of) accountability and leadership
No one lost their job - they just shuffled the deck chairs on The Titanic - still hit the ice
Read Bob Woodward's book on Obama - his personality, his (lack of) leadership, his dislike for people/politics
try to expand your limited horizons
Skins/Seahawks - not sure who to root for
I understand that Lincoln was viewed favorably, but he is not perfect and some of his policies were against the constitution.
This is wrong. There is no lack of accountability and leadership is certainly not lacking.I don't shit on Obama - I just point out problems I have with his (lack of) accountability and leadership
Bob woodward's book is inaccurate as it comes and has no real grasp of what Obama is really like. Obama has demonstrated his leadership qualities in the last few years, and Woodward is pretty much out of the loop. He should have quit reporting on politics years ago.Read Bob Woodward's book on Obama - his personality, his (lack of) leadership, his dislike for people/politics
More smug insults. My horizons are far more expansive.try to expand your limited horizons
i enjoy getting advice - self improvement is a wonderful thing - if it's authentically offered i accept it
and if i can help someone get over the hump, why not - we're all on this earth aren't we ?
no smug or superior here - i'm actually humble and insecure
the conspiracy was to hold info from the american public initially - the original lies - the doubletalk - for almost 2 weeks
it was an inconvenient truth - it was politics - this isn't new - just unseemly
pres. obama ran in 2008 on a platform and mantra that is so opposite of how he conducts himself, his campaign and his decision making
he's a complete phony and this is another example
but i won't "let it go" as it's clear what really happened
Wait, so we've now been told everything, but you're bitching because we weren't given all the sensitive information as the administration was receiving it and possibly before even going through it? Damn this Obama and his Communist agenda of not sharing sensitive military information with the unwashed prols the second he gets it!!!
It's laughable. Basically you're admitting to beating a dead horse, because when they were killing it, they weren't totally honest and clear in the method from the get go.
Huh? It's clear what happened, but you won't let go? I am more and more confused. The underbridge is dark and full of terror.
Yes, I know.
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
So what is your definition of accountability? Maybe the President should resign? If that's the case, then every president since Nixon should have resigned. In fact, assuming you're basing your requirement of accountability on the fact that Americans were killed while in dangerous foreign countries, you could safely say every president since George Washington should have resigned.
It's easy to sit back and make overarching, generalized statements like "there needs to be accountability" or "the President is a terrible leader", but your position lacks any kind of credence or substance if you can't articulate what it is you want to see. Honestly, I don't think those that constantly make statements like this will ever be satisfied with anything the President does because it doesn't serve the underlying issue of them just not liking the guy. They will find anything to seize on and just run with it.
And my piece reads as an event that actually happened that a group of people are reading as a fictional what-if that has some sinister back story where some evil government is attempting to deceive it's citizens. You and everyone else knew from day one that Americans were killed by bad people. Maybe you were expecting all of the details to emerge right then, but time to investigate exactly what happened needed to occur. You had Republicans attacking the administration just hours after the event occurred without having any of the facts themselves. They screamed for an explanation and answers immediately when the facts weren't fully known and then attacked the initial assessment (which was clearly described as such in every interview and press conference after it was given) of what went on when it was given.
Self improvement dontcha say?
Then stop being so dismissive of others when they question your motives.no smug or superior here - i'm actually humble and insecure
No. There was no conspiracy. This has been asked and answered. The administration was very forthcoming about the entire situation and republicans attempted to make it into something it's not. Even John McCain had to back off. That should be a hint enough that there is nothing to that argument.the conspiracy was to hold info from the american public initially - the original lies - the doubletalk - for almost 2 weeks
it was an inconvenient truth - it was politics - this isn't new - just unseemly
More talking points... and this time with even less substance than before.pres. obama ran in 2008 on a platform and mantra that is so opposite of how he conducts himself, his campaign and his decision making
Obama is the complete phony? LOL. Seriously? The two phonies ran against him and they lost.he's a complete phony and this is another example
Beating a dead horse argument is something someone does when they ran out of material and that is what I see here. Obama has had numerous victories in recent days, including demolishing the republican party on taxes... and the republican party seems to be closer to complete internal strife. Grasping onto an old tired issue that has already been explained shows desperation.
the conspiracy was to hold info from the american public initially - the original lies - the doubletalk - for almost 2 weeks
Gosh darn Obama for not knowing everything the minute it happened! I guess his crystal ball was broken that day. Also, darn the CIA for not telling us everything, because they always disclose everything they know to the public. I mean, look at Valerie Plame. She had the nerve to try to stay undercover, but that patriotic Republican Scooter Libby blew her cover because it was the right thing to do!
pres. obama Mitt Romney ran in 2008 2012 on a platform and mantra that is so opposite of how he conducts himself, his campaign and his decision making
There. Fixed for accuracy.
Chance is 100% right about Obama being a talker and not a leader.
The American economy is still in the dumps after four years. Lackluster growth. Millions of people have given up on the American dream. If there was a republican president right now -- you'd be calling for his resignation.
You're failing to look past the love.
No. Chance is 100% wrong.
So what should the President do? Snap his fingers and make everything better? That's what many seem to be suggesting on here. Actually, the US economy isn't in the dumps and has improved steadily. Growth has been solid, but not spectacular. This can be more attributed to the lack of action within the Congress.The American economy is still in the dumps after four years. Lackluster growth. Millions of people have given up on the American dream. If there was a republican president right now -- you'd be calling for his resignation.
You're failing to look past the love.
And don't tell me what I would be doing or not. A republican got us into this fucking mess, and a democrat has to pick up the pieces. Don't skirt around the reality.
First of all, lower/higher taxes does not equate to more/less jobs. Jobs are created when the demand is there to meet them. If you want to point fingers at people, point them at all of the companies that are posting large profits and sitting on huge cash reserves but aren't utilizing them to create jobs (at least in this country.)
Second of all, "the guy" didn't just push through anything. The only reason taxes went up on everyone was because the payroll tax holiday was allowed to expire (the only tax that affects everyone.) That was never meant to be permanent and thus is not an increase. The rate was merely allowed to return to where it originally was after "the guy" pushed for it to be temporarily during his first term in office. Also, you should definitely enroll in a US Government 101 class to learn how laws are passed in this country. The President doesn't do it. Congress does. I don't see how you can sit there and claim he doesn't show leadership and then turn around and say he showed enough leadership to force Congress to raise taxes. It's one or the other, assuming you actually want to make a valid point instead of just trying to create controversy where there is none.
Finally, the President has little, if any, control over job creation. If you're like most conservatives and tout all of the benefits of Capitalism, then you need to also accept the negatives that come with it. In a capitalist system, the sole purpose is to generate profit for the business. They don't care about employees, the customers, or the larger economy. Those are all just means to the end of maximizing profit. If the demand isn't there that absolutely requires a company to hire someone, they're not going to hire anyone. If you want to be mad at something, be mad at the corporations for not generating enough demand for their product to require hiring additional employees. Be mad at the people who turn their nose up at working a low paying job because they're holding out for their dream job. Be mad at the places that farm stuff out overseas in order to reduce costs. I see the President attempting to do what he can to help people out. The same can't be said for the "on your own" conservatives and "too big to fail" corporations that love sucking from the teat of the government but will be up in arms if they're asked to do anything to give back to it.
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If you try to take Jack seriously, you are just going to end up chasing your tail - he doesn't want to discuss, he wants to vilify and provoke. He comes from the UnderBridge.
the "UnderBridge?" LOL
u and the guy NO ONE likes keep using that term - it's so silly - and not very funny either
I believe the use of it is yet another symptom of the dreaded Obamallegiance
needing to silence those who don't live in the pod (see Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
as for Hills,
she's back to work tomorrow
hopefully some day soon she'll share her thoughts on Benghazi - I don't expect much frankly
so much time has passed and in Obamamania, it's ceased to exist - it's been wiped from the slate
think of it as OBAMA FARM - Orwellian
Hills better be careful - if she fesses up about the real story of Benghazi, they'll send her to the glue factory
I beg your pardon, it's both silly AND funny.
You forget, I am the Troll Whisperer, familiar with all breeds both foreign and domestic.
I'm happy with the friends I've got thanks, they laugh at my jokes.
Chance, you think any of us are taking these fake outrages remotely seriously.
We stomp on your b.s. but that's all we're doing. You seem to be under this delusion that we're panicky and running around doing damage control and defending Obama. These outrages are all ridiculous. It's clear what motivates these thread and it's equally clear there's nothing that you or Jack can hear other than "Obama completely fails" that registers in your minds.
If this is the best you got, this is the best you got. When these outrages amount to failures that actually harm anyone other than by inventing an unsupportable conspiracy theory around them and making mishaps look like planned policy I'll actually feel like damage control is necessary. Till then all we're basically doing is making fun of you guys. You make yourselves look like shrieking ideologues desperate to find any mud to sling no matter how petty, small and imaginary it is. That's all the more seriously we take it.
As the "GUY NO ONE LIKES" (or so says God apparently), I want to enforce the proper use of "underbridge" which is also an adjective and should mostly be used as such. Jack does not "come from the underbridge", he IS underbridge, and so is his logic.
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
Personal attacks? Moi? Was I the one who was sending post comments about "who said what about Rolyo"? Memory is fuzzy...
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
He was "called out publicly..." Really, oh my, that sound serious?. By whom, are you having another bondage fantasy Jack? Did that also go on his permanent record?
Well, see I kinda thought the "UnderBridge" was kinda like the "Matrix," ya know, a fantasy dystopia pumped into the minds of the herd by a malevolent alien intelligence. So one could BE UnderBridge and BE FROM the UnderBridge at one and the same time.
Which would make ME Morpheus and YOU Neo - no wonder the herd doesn't like you - YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERBRIDGE!!!
And really, they just want a steak.
I do listen to the news. I don't listen to Fox News. The President did not get his way with taxes. He wanted the rate to return to pre-Bush levels on people making over $200,000/250,000. The cut off was set at $400,000/450,000. You are right in that he didn't want to extend the payroll tax holiday, because when it was passed in his first term, it was never meant to be permanent. The payroll taxes fund Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid. They would run out of money even faster if the tax cut was made permanent and everyone knew this. They were lowered as part of a temporary stimulus and now that we are not in an economic free fall, they were allowed to go back to where they were supposed to be.
How you didn't understand that reading my previous post or "listening to the news" is what is truly unbelievable!
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Of course he understood your previous post, he just didn't care.
Nobody is considering that $200-250K before 2001, was equivalent to something higher now. Not quite as high as $400/450K, but probably at least $310K or something. So the gap between the new reality, and the Clinton reality, is not quite as great.
When the "payroll tax holiday" went into effect, I was P-I-S-S-E-D O-F-F! My thought at the time was that it was the "foot in the door" to completely destroy Social Security and the medical ones, or eventually use it as a ploy for the Feds (read: Republicans) to just take that whole thing and THROW that money at Wall Street, so they could gamble it all away and sniff the rest up their noses.
If course most of us know that if they just threw all that damned money at Wall Street, it wouldn't suddenly be put into place in three hours, logistics and new financial structures and all. No, it would take months to accomplish. In anticipation of this ****MASSIVE***** new demand, stock prices would skyrocket. These federal funds would go in at the absolute highest stock market possible and, once the expectation of this new one-time surge was consummated, I think stock prices would go into a HORRIFIC crash.
The federal entitlement monies would go into the stock market at prices that would not be seen again for at least twenty or thirty years and, as it quickly becomes almost worthless, those who saw this coming would be walking away with platinum parachutes. Gold isn't good enough.
The markets would also crash because of all the super-rich who invested in this bubble, and many of whom would suddenly sell their stocks. It wouldn't surprise me if it crashed the market from the 30,000's to the 4,000's. Of course, as some point, people would start buying stocks at the bargain prices and it would go back up, but retirees, those dependent on outside medical care, etc. would be flattened.
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires" - Susan B. Anthony
Hillary Clinton, on September 21st, 10 days after the attack said to reporters before she was to meet with the Pakistani foreign minister
That was about 4 mos. ago - what's actually happened since then doesn't suggest getting to the bottom of it and it's worse than thatWhat happened was a terrorist attack, and we will not rest until we have tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four Americans.
There are three suspects but we're not able to talk to one and the other two well ....Were not even close, says one U.S. official involved in the investigation.
The Tunisa details are especially troubling - if you care to read - sorta chilling at just how fucked in the region we are - and how we have NO cred and there's no fear of American strengthOne leading suspect is in custodyEgyptian custodyand were being denied access to him. Another sipped a strawberry frappe in the lobby of a luxury hotel in Benghazi as he told a New York Times reporter that he felt no need to hide from the United States. And when a third suspect was freed from a Tunisian prison earlier this month, the U.S. government was given no warning, but extremists belonging to an al Qaeda-linked group apparently had advance notice.
So where are we ?
So it looks like this is a long lasting problem for the U.S. well beyond the murder of four innocents. Lots of lip service (the specialty) by the Admin. but no there thereDespite its many promises, after four months of a criminal investigation, the U.S. government has made little progress on bringing the Benghazi attackers to justice. The Obama administration, which came to office trumpeting smart power, has shown itself unable to produce cooperation even from governments receiving vast sums of aid from the United States without congressional threats. And now, the same terrorist organizations that supplied the attackers for the assaults on American facilities in Benghazi and Tunis are openly threatening FBI investigators and celebrating the release of one of the few suspects in the 9/11/12 attacks.
Hash. Recycled cooked pork. Or, recycled corned beef.
Still HASH.
Look how long it took to catch Bin Laden, who wasn't particularly hiding and was in regular need of kidney dialysis.
If I read this article correctly these men have split to the virtual four corners of the world and aren't major well known figures to begin with.
So I'm not sure of the angle here other than "look, inept, they haven't caught them yet."
I am so sorry for all the discomfort that Obama winning the election has caused you I want to offer you his most sincere apologies.
That we are capable only of being what we are, remains our unforgivable sin.
- Gene Wolfe
What?!?! People in a historically violent and distrusting part of the world are releasing prisoners instead of turning them over to the US and aren't cooperating with our investigation? And what's that? When left to choose their own democratically elected governments, they don't choose one exactly like our's? No way! But you're right, it's somehow the President's fault.
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On November 9TH, 2013, In Kiev , Ukraine, was held the 4th National Taekwon-do Seminar. For the first time, came with a two days visit ITF Director of the International Taekwon-do Federation Grand Master Wim Bos, 9 degree (Italy). The program of the visit supposed to study the work of the All-Ukrainian Taekwon-Do Union as the official representative of the International Taekwon-Do Federation in Ukraine, assessment of skills coaches AUTU and holding the technical seminar.
In the seminar took part athletes from Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv City, Kirovograd, Crimea, Lviv, Sevastopol, Kharkiv, Rivne and Chernivtsi AUTU centers. Also attended seminar sportsmen from Russia, Georgia, Moldova and Italy. Totally in sporting event took part 108 athletes from 5 European countries. The seminar brought together sportsmen of all age categories: children, juniors and adults.
Grand Master Wim Bos held the seminar by his own method. Seminar's program consisted of three parts: basic techniques, sparring techniques and theoretical part (philosophy Taekwon-Do). The assistant was his student, head coach of the national team of Italy Leandro Iagher, 6th degree.
GM Wim Bos and his son Timothy Bos
In confirmation practicality of Taekwon-Do philosophy as a way of life in harmony of body and soul, Grand Master Wim Bos by example demonstrated his physical preparation. All present were convinced, despite his respectable age, the Grand Master is in excellent physical form and good spirits. This GM Wim Bos requested from all Ukrainian coaches.
Gm Wim Bos and Oleg Solovey - Application of a pattern technique
For Ukraine, this seminar was significant for another reason, as in the gym also trained four current 2013 world champions, Katya Solovey and Ivan Grischuk (Ukraine), Timothy Bos (Italy) and Ekaterina Kozlachkova (Russia). For the first time our athletes had the opportunity of live communication and learning in a team with Taekwon-Do world-class stars - said the head coach of the national team of Ukraine Oleg Solovey.
GM Wim Bos - Oleg and Katya Solovey
At the Closing Ceremony Grand Master Wim Bos noted the positive atmosphere that was at a seminar, athletes' craving for new knowledge and desire to grow. Grand Master thanked the AUTU for discipline and a high level of organization of the event. After seminar all participants received certificates with Grand Master Wim Bos' autography.
I am satisfied with the organization of the All-Ukrainian Taekwon-DoUnion, with the level of the skills of Ukrainian trainers and students - said the director of ITF Grand Master Wim Bos. - Most importantly, I saw a great desire of Ukrainian athletes to develop, the desire of leadership AUTU to create proper conditions not only for achieving sporting results and overall the developmentpersonality. Ukraine has potential - added Grand Master Wim Bos.
Relaxing time with Gm Wim Bos - Oleg Solovey - Leandro Iagher and Timothy Bos
At the end of official part of the visit our guests were invited to a guided tour of the historical and cultural places of the capital of Ukraine.
President AUTU,
Valentyn Zorba


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Although there are many things that the two might have in common, when that little girl becomes a teenager those common things that once connected the two usually disappear.
In the case of Leroy Cotton, Sr. and his teenage daughter LaShyra Cotton that relationship is as strong as ever and the binding instrument is basketball.
Leroy is the varsity basketball coach for the East Side Trojans here in Cleveland and LaShyra has been the best player on the school's varsity girls basketball team since she was a freshman.
On Friday, the two will share more than last names when they hit the court to represent the state of Mississippi in the annual Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Basketball Game in Montgomery, Ala.
Leroy will be the head coach in the boys contest, and LaShyra will compete in the girls game. To see all of their hard work culminate in such a huge way means everything to Leroy.
"It's an honor and a blessing for us to have the opportunity to participate in this event. It means a great deal for her (LaShyra) playing in the game and me having the chance to coach the Mississippi boys team," said Leroy.
"We have spent some long nights in the gym and all of our efforts on and off the court has paid off. For LaShyra's senior season to culminate with her playing in this game is a result of all those hours in the gym working on her game," added Leroy.
This past season was LaShyra's senior campaign and the stellar ball player entered the year as a Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen selection.
In addition, LaShyra signed her National Letter of Intent with the University of Southern Mississippi in November to play for the Lady Eagles next year.
The 5-feet-11 guard/forward had an incredible season as she led the Trojanettes by averaging 22.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, four steals and 2.6 blocks per game this season, guiding the team to the 3A North Half Playoffs. LaShyra was also named the The Bolivar Commercial Girls Player of the Year for the third consecutive season.
Leroy led his Trojans to the 3A North Half Playoffs this season as well. The team finished the year 22-10 and Leroy was named the Region 4-3A Coach of the Year.
For Leroy and LaShyra Friday will be a big day, but in many respects it will just be another East Side double-header.
"With her playing first I will watch her until halftime and then I will go in to be with my team and then come back out and try to sneak a peek at the end of the game," said Leroy.
LaShyra was not available for comment by press time, but Leroy said, "LaShyra was very excited to be chosen to play in the game. Because she is signed already she's just going out and competing with no pressure of trying to turn heads. She is ready to go and looking to have a good time out there Friday."
"I told her to always remember what we talk about when we play. I told her to always go hard, play the game the right way, be a good teammate and give maximum effort. I know she will do that and I will do the same with my team," Leroy added.
The all-star doubleheader will be played at the ADA Dome in Montgomery. The girls game starts at 5 p.m. with the boys contest set for 7 p.m.


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Mumford & Sons to play at Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball
Wednesday 25, January 2012
Spent way to much money to only hear 3 songs!! What a bummer!
On Mon, March 05, 2012 - 4:21:02 by sf4663
Just bought tickets today. They were NOT cheap! Hopefully you can play at least a few songs. Can't wait!
On Thu, February 02, 2012 - 10:38:49 by srb8522
@RebeccaPierce I don't know how many people have already made an inquiry, but I'm always up for 2 tickets. How much?
On Thu, February 02, 2012 - 8:57:28 by ginbin1
I have two extra tickets. I don't know what to do…I'm in a Pickle! I got them from the devil (I will admit that) and then my friend managed to get me a ticket in a better section. I paid THROUGH the nose for a nosebleed ticket! I have to sell them for the price I paid. (which I don't want to admit in public) ha! I don't want to put them on stubhub (the devil) because another 'scalper' will buy them and turn around and sell them for three times the price. So I'll leave it up to one of you who might be interested. you can find me on FB and send me a message. http://www.facebook.com/rebeccapierceus to find me there…
On Thu, February 02, 2012 - 7:17:43 by RebeccaPierce
Hello guys - you are lucky to be so loved. And try as I might I never succeed in getting tickets (at a price I could possibly afford). What about acknowledging that with offering a pair of tickets up via a lottery - you could use it to collect donations for a cause you'd like to support? I would be happy to buy lottery tickets for $10 knowing that either I support a good cause or ... win tickets to your concert?
Just a thought - from someone who wants to get a look in ...
On Wed, February 01, 2012 - 6:59:58
Tried all morning to get tickets to see you in NYC but the only that were available cost $500 each, so, needless to say I won't be seeing you in March. I think you're worth the money but I need to pay the bills:-(
On Mon, January 30, 2012 - 6:25:33 by carriecarrie1
I'll be there!!!
On Sun, January 29, 2012 - 9:00:26 by amu295
Oh awesome! When are you guys gonna drop by Arizona? Right now we have what you guys would call "nice" weather… to us it's freezing when it's 54 degrees in the early morning! If you guys come in the summer when basically everyone is melting from the heat I know a great town that's just about two hours from Phoenix. I'm sure you guys would love the small town-ness after going through all those big cities!
On Fri, January 27, 2012 - 12:24:39 by TallyMcNally
Oh my gosh, and with Russell Brand co-hosting…...so will this be on channel 4 in the US, or is that Channel 4 in the UK?
On Thu, January 26, 2012 - 10:45:58 by countrysunnie
Since you are in the United States PLEASE PLEASE come to MINNESOTA!!! The midwest loves you!!!
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