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My Mom's here and is leaving tomorrow. Thankfully. I feel bad in a way about feeling that way, but then I don't because my Mom is one crazy bitch and has fucked up a portion of my life that I won't be able to get back. But if it wasn't for her I wouldn't be as strong as I am now and that is good and bad. I live with my Dad and when my Mom comes to visit I just like get really down. I've had a massive headache the past couple of days. I'm really tense around her. My Mom's Master (aka husband) carries a gun. Ya. Not cool. And he brought it to the FAMILY x-mas. There were little kids running around and everything. I honestly was afraid that he was going to pull it out and just start shooting everyone. And I don't even think its legal to carry a concealed weapon in this state, maybe in the South but not here. I hope they get in a wreck on the way home tomorrow and he dies. Atleast my Mom will get his Life Insurance then and won't be as miserable. The world would be a better place without this man in it. You know how people are all like "I don't hate. I dislike." Well fuck that shit. I hate him with a passion.
My Mom likes to play these mind games with me. She got me this calender with Lab dogs on it. She did it to try and make me feel like shit for moving to my dads because when I lived there we had Labs. And then she brought me this article from a newspaper about some of my friends on the basketball team from my old school. I knew exactly what she was doing and I called her out on it and she acted as if she didn't know what I was talking about.
My Dad went through my room today while I was at the x-mas party. You really wanna know what I fucking hate? Invasion of privacy. Don't go through my fucking shit. Its gotten to the point that I remember where everything is so I can tell when someone's been in my room. And thats how I know how he went through it. My Mom gave me a x-mas card with $200 (my present from her) and it was tucked behind some other cards on my desk shelf and when I get home today the cards are laying flat out on my desk totally off the shelf. Ugh.
I really don't like my parents right now. I wanna go over to Sarah's but I feel bad for going over there because all I will do is cry and rant about it. So instead I'm on here writing. I wish I had a choice on whether or not I wanted my life to be fucked up.
dude, that calendar thing is so messed up =\
and I know what you mean about knowing exactly how everything is in your room, I'm the same way. If anything is even slightly moved I notice
I thought I was the only one who said that. Anyway, I'm sorry stuff sucks for you right now. Parents suck. And steps/bf/gfs suck even worse. But before to long hopefully you'll be able to leave home, and then you can choose to have as much or as little contact with parents/steps/bf/gfs. Hang in there and know there are plenty of others going through similar things.
"Dawn must DIE!!"
Fallon, after watching 'Once More With Feeling' of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Actually Dyke of Awesomeness... I saw fuck that shit too. xDD And you know what? That's totally wrong of your mother to try and make you feel guilty. Or of your dad to invade your privacy. I hope you feel better. I think talking to your friend would help and she would understand talking and ranting even bitching because family isn't always the most fun to deal with. So maybe give it a try? I don't know. xD <3
I'm pretty sure my parents found my porn once when they were putting my clothes away. They weren't searching through my room either. I think I left it in clear sight on my bed (My bad! lolz)... and well, they'd rather not see gay porn anymore (or porn in general), so they're afraid to search through it.
And yes, my parents do my laundry and fold it and put it away. They also vacuum my room. They also make me breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack if I want it. It's mostly my mom that does that stuff though. She's a substitute teacher, so on her free days she goes into homemaker mode big time.
But that's really crumby how your Dad searched through your room. I personally love to read cards, even other people's cards, so I can kind of relate. But if you do that shit you've gotta be thorough and put things away exactly. It's just fucking disrespectful if you leave something in a state of disarray.
Does he read your mail or open packages mailed to you? That would fucking set me off. I don't want my parents to look at my Visa statement. I don't look at theirs, so they shouldn't look at mine. And I'd rather not have my parents know if I ordered underwear online, because well, there could be a thong in an order, and I'm pretty sure they'd rather not know.
Hope you feel better sooooon!


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Should Conservatives Give Haley Barbour a Blank Check?
In one fell swoop — his interview for Andrew Ferguson's profile of him in The Weekly Standard — Haley Barbour effectively eliminated himself from being a serious contender for the Republican nomination as the GOP's presidential candidate in 2012. As most everyone knows by now, Barbour said to Ferguson that in his hometown of Yazoo City, the schools were integrated peacefully, and violence was avoided, unlike the case in other Mississippi localities. Barbour then continued:
"Because the business community wouldn't stand for it," he said. "You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK. Where I come from it was an organization of town leaders. In Yazoo City they passed a resolution that said anybody who started a chapter of the Klan would get their ass run out of town. If you had a job, you'd lose it. If you had a store, they'd see nobody shopped there. We didn't have a problem with the Klan in Yazoo City."
By portraying the notorious White Citizens Councils as a solid and decent alternative to the racist Klan, Barbour — a skilled politician if there ever was one — opened himself up for a tirade of attacks as a Southern-born man who had a good life in his segregated boyhood home, and who so many decades later still doesn't get it and is apologizing for the old racism of his home state.
Within one day, Barbour issued a forthright apology:
When asked why my hometown in Mississippi did not suffer the same racial violence when I was a young man that accompanied other towns' integration efforts, I accurately said the community leadership wouldn't tolerate it and helped prevent violence there. My point was my town rejected the Ku Klux Klan, but nobody should construe that to mean I think the town leadership were saints, either. Their vehicle, called the "Citizens Council," is totally indefensible, as is segregation. It was a difficult and painful era for Mississippi, the rest of the country, and especially African Americans who were persecuted in that time.
The question is a simple one: Is his mea culpa enough, or does it still not do the job? Jennifer Rubin, for one, is certain that Barbour fell far short. On her blog at the Washington Post, she writes: "Those who believe, with a fair amount of justification, that he simply doesn't get it on matters of race are hardly going to be mollified by a written statement after more than 24 hours of horrid press coverage." Moreover, she notes that whenever Barbour speaks about anything else, this one statement will be continually brought up — again and again — and he will never be able to get beyond it. Barbour's fans might be disappointed and angry, but Rubin's point is well-taken. In today's United States, a candidate who has made a "racially insensitive" comment simply will not be allowed to put it in his past.
Media critic Howard Kurtz is one of the few who is not so sure. At the Daily Beast, Kurtz argues that while Barbour should clearly have "known better" to make such a foolish statement, he believes that "the press [is] getting itself worked into a lather over what Barbour did and thought when he was a teenager." After all, Barbour also said that he went to hear Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in Yazoo, but as a 15 year old, was more interested in checking out the girls who attended the event.
The problem, however, is that every politician's views of his youth have become fair game. Kurtz notes:
Southerners of a certain age are especially vulnerable on questions of race. When Virginia's George Allen was unsuccessfully seeking reelection to the Senate in 2006, Salon reported that three of his former college football teammates recalled him using the N-word and demonstrating racist attitudes toward blacks. Allen called the allegations "ludicrously false."
Kurtz, however, thinks the time has come to let people like Barbour have a pass for their youthful views, even if they were tinged with the racism which prevailed in the Mississippi white community at the time. He writes:
Barbour should certainly be held accountable for the insensitive way he talked about the bad old days of officially sanctioned racial prejudice. His statement today is an acknowledgement of how badly he bobbled the question. But at some point you have to ask: Shouldn't there be a statute of limitations on this stuff?
To that question, I answer no, and here's why I think Kurtz is wrong. Barbour should have known that the views he once had — and to which he still seems to subscribe — are both inaccurate and historically incorrect. The White Citizens Council was not a decent alternative to the Klan that sought to help Yazoo move to accept integration without fierce resistance.
Writing at the site of the History News Network, historian James C. Cobb, who has written a new book about the South after World War II, shows that Barbour today is dead wrong when he writes that he remembers the situation for blacks in Yazoo City as "not being that bad." Cobb points out that that Council was "arch segregationist," as much as was the Klan. He explains its purpose in the following paragraph:
Pledged to maintain white supremacy, the councils foreswore violence but did their best to intimidate blacks who might think about challenging the status quo and to make painful examples of those who did. Perched atop the local economic pyramid, the councils' white elites could seriously reduce, if not cut off entirely, the flow of commerce and credit, not to mention employment, to blacks who got out of line. Council leaders typically made it a point to see that the names of any black persons who had attempted to register to vote or signed petitions for school desegregation made their way to the local newspapers so that whites in the community would know which blacks to fire, turn off their tenant farms, or deny credit. An Alabama council member summed up his group's aims quite candidly when he explained, "We intend to make it difficult, if not impossible, for a Negro who advocates desegregation to find and hold a job, get credit, or renew a mortgage."
The Council was strongest in Mississippi, where, he writes, "the Council propagandized about the horrors of racial amalgamation and publicized the NAACP's 'well-known' ties to communism. The group also worked closely with the publicly funded State Sovereignty Commission to spy on, harass, and undermine not only those thought to favor integration but those whose attitudes toward it were simply unclear."
59 Comments, 35 Threads
1. proreason
We all live in the country of tolerance and honey.
Haley Barbour will certainly be given the identical treatment that the president has been accorded for his infrequent slips of the tongue when greatly fatigued by his unfailing efforts to redeem our country from its lifetime of sins, or when his churning hatred for conservative Americans simply boils over into uncontrollable rage.
If necessary, Mr. Barbour will give an acclaimed speech that will be required reading by schoolchildren for centuries.
I can't see any way whatsoever that the msm will be unfair with Mr. Barbour, nor that the seemingly loaded term "blank check" used by our rigorously conservative host Mr Radoff is anything other than an unintentionally judgemental word choice.
December 22, 2010 - 6:02 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
It is an unfortunate truism that, as long as the leftmedia are the main window of perception for large numbers of people, there will be ridiculous imbalances between minor gaffes by white Republicans and major faux-pas by white Dems (YEAH BIDEN, I'M TALKING ABOUT **YOU**).
I'm not so sure we should spend a lot of time working for the defense of Barbour only because I'm not sure he's someone we need/should spend a lot of political capital on. First let's see how well he, and his own people, can handle it. It WAS still his screwup, and he does need to show he has some capability to solve his own problems of that sort… and it's not, as the article suggests, as though it should be too much of a surprise that it's a bad idea to openly support ANY white agency of the south in that time span that had ANY pro-white aspect to it — even a substantially more benign one like the Councils in question.
THAT SAID, I'd toss out one rather obvious fact:
The "defense" that we need to also look at Buckley, et al, as signs the GOP were no prizes in this regard is ludicrous. We need to keep them ON the defense with regards to race, and STOP playing defense ourselves. The history of the Dems makes them FAR, FAR more vulnerable in this regard. By playing defense we allow them to control the narrative.
December 25, 2010 - 10:41 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
2. cfbleachers
Mr. Barbour portrayed his hometown as being more tolerant than it was, from what I gather. Perhaps he embellished their goodness, put a halo around their intentions and expanded their grace, downplaying their sins.
Did he kill a young woman by driving her off a bridge?
Did he meet with enemies of state during a time of war?
Did he champion a group that pinned a sitting senator in a woman's bathroom with threats, intimidation and the undercurrent of potential violence?
Did he consort with tear down the system anarchists and plot ways to circumvent the will of the people.
Should leftists give a "blank check" to any politician that did any of the above things…or worse?
I am a staunch opponent of racism, anti-Semitism, and all forms of bigotry. Have been the whole of my life. In fact, I am such a staunch opponent of mindless bigotry…I even resent it when it is aimed at Christians, Southerners, and white people in general.
Go figure.
My sentiment about Haley Barbour is that he meant no harm and intended no offense. When the leftists who are working themselves into a lather come forward willing to apply the rules of behavior and intention evenly, we can talk about whether I should be at all impressed with their faux umbrage.
What we ought to be considering is whether Mr. Barbour deserves fairness in treatment accorded to others by the very folks who want to destroy him now.
If there is a teachable moment here, it should be for the entire classroom, not just a Southern, white male. They have been a target of unfairness and bigotry all their own. We don't need to engage in some false measuring stick as to which was "worse", all of it is unacceptable. Just because acts were more egregious and despicable against one group does NOT justify bigotry toward another. Ever.
Mr. Barbour…nor anyone else…deserves a "blank check". ANYONE else….when it comes to bigotry. But, we all deserve the benefit of the doubt and a reading of our actions and words that our commensurate with the totality of our lives.
This essay was not your finest moment, Ron. You are better than this. I believe in your heart that you are an extremely good person and I will stand against any who suggest otherwise. I hope you will do the same for others when the opportunity presents itself in the future.
December 22, 2010 - 6:46 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Well said! Unfortunately, we all have a tendency to view past actions through the retrospectoscope fashioned out of present-day attitudes. A White Citizens Council guarding blacks against KKK, while maintaining segregation sounds bigoted today, but let's remember that in that era, separate but equal was official policy of the government. A Citizens Council enforcing order and separate-but-equal in those days would be lawful and patriotic, yet today is regarded as bigoted and shameful.
December 23, 2010 - 4:16 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Your Sensei
"Perhaps" . . . "embellish" . . . these are the words of a man unwilling to write the truth and unable to stand on principle. Barbour's outrage and subsequent fumbling of his walkback portrayed him and his ilk for what they are, race supremacists. That's another name you can scratch off the list of presidential hopefuls for 2012. Too bad, i was looking forward to a good minstrel show.
December 24, 2010 - 3:16 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
I wish the leftist "journalists" would quit stirring the pot! You cannot view past racism through 21st century rose-colored glasses. Having lived in Mississippi for 14 years, including Katrina, I am here to tell you that Governor Barbour is one of the best governors this country has ever seen. New Orleans could wish such a governor, as they are still buried under 2005′s Katrina while Mississippi booms.
December 25, 2010 - 5:18 am Link to this Comment | Reply
3. Pedro
Only the left is allowed verbal gaffes. Mr. Radosh you are hearting your old inner leftist self,Joseph Campbell would be proud.
December 22, 2010 - 9:06 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
4. Lawrence Kohn
I think if you read the previous half dozen posts by Radosh you will see his willingness to skewer the left, to expose the far left, to reveal the leftist tendencies behind some recent groups trying to portray themselves as centrists, to openly expose remaining communists as such, and to defend people like Glenn Beck even while criticizing some of his misunderstandings of historical facts, against charges that he is a racist antisemite. So I don't think Radosh's Barbour article gives the Left a pass; but he won't give the right a pass for its, in some cases, romance with racism in the 50s and early 60s, or in other cases studies neutrality. As for the MSM that is a different story but we can't exclude self critique just because the other side doesn't do it.
December 23, 2010 - 7:25 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
6. Lawrence Kohn
Despite my comment in number 4 ,proreason, cfbleachers and pedro's comments sent me searching for an example of their concerns and I found: Things only a Kennedy could get away with by Mark Steyn. It is worth reading in preparation for the critiques that will follow every Republican who emerges as a potential Obama opponent in 2012.
December 23, 2010 - 7:42 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
7. Gibson Block
I think Ron shows that this is more than a simple error.
Blacks in the South were faced with physical and economic terror. There was nowhere to hide. If Barbour doesn't get it, what's wrong with him?
December 23, 2010 - 8:46 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
There was an entire continent to hide in – it's called Africa. People around the world for centuries have fled oppression to go elsewhere and seek a better life and mass migrations continue today. People who don't do so are not making a persuasive argument for oppression in the true sense of the term or their own resolve.
One need look no further than Jim Cone writing in his 2004 essay, "Living Stones In the Household of God" "…white supremacy is so clever and evasive that we can hardly name it. It claims not to exist, even tho black people are dying daily from it's poison." to see a culture challenged when it comes to perceiving true oppression.
December 23, 2010 - 12:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Adobe Walls
Ah white guilt, is there anything it can't do?
December 23, 2010 - 3:06 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
Charles Martel
You are forgetting that the Blacks who were sold into slavery in America were sold into slavery by their fellow Blacks in Africa.
December 24, 2010 - 10:55 am Link to this Comment | Reply
8. proreason
People who buy into the racism scam are very foolish. The days of virulent racism are gone. Today, cries of racism are a cudgel the left uses to hammer anybody they disagree with.
What do you think is the more dangerous problem the country faces? Racism or Leftism.
To me, the answer is beyond obvious, and I think 70% of the country agrees.
Anybody, and I mean ANYBODY who buys into the racist shell game is aiding and abetting the enemy. That includes Radosh and Kyle-Anne Shriver in the other article today on this topic.
December 23, 2010 - 10:11 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
While all of that is true, it doesn't excuse Barbour for being ignorant of what the reality was. If he's going to speak about it, he ought to have a clue about it.
And while it's true that racism is no longer the problem that it WAS, it's still a big problem in some areas.
I don't think those of us who are white can even begin to understand the enormity of it, and therefore should be very careful about dismissing contemporary concern about it.
We can't just wave our hands and say, "Oh, that's all in the past."
Unfortunately, it's not.
December 23, 2010 - 10:58 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
um, just as a thought experiment here, how do Barbour's comments compare with the actions of Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, Barney Franks, or Maxime Waters?
Everytime you make a comment like you just did, you give fuel to the leftist fire. You are aiding and abetting the real enemy.
Just for a little perspective, slaves certainly had a hard life in this country. In historical terms, few died. But hundreds of millions of people have been tortured and killed by leftist regimes.
Barbout is a frigging SAINT compared to 99.9% of the left.
December 23, 2010 - 2:22 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Jerry Johnson
Proreason, you are one sick dude.
December 23, 2010 - 7:43 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Apparently you don't have the guts to back up your comment.
Which must mean that you believe Ted Kennedy committing a cowardly murder, or John Kerry negotiating with the Viet Cong and lying about his war record, or Barney Franks allowing his gay lover to run a brothel from his townhome are all morally superior to Haley Barbour growing up in the south and choosing to view the culture of his youth as less than pure evil.
You are the sick dude.
December 24, 2010 - 8:48 am Link to this Comment
Of course there's no comparison – there is a huge and intentional double standard. I think we all know that.
That's no reason for us to abandon truth. What I said was true, and speaking truth is NEVER aiding and abetting the enemy. The leftist are the very antithesis of truth.
If we begin to excuse wrong simply because the guilty one is "one of us" or "on our side" (not that Babour IS!), THEN we are aiding and abetting the enemy.
December 27, 2010 - 12:44 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
"We can't just wave our hands and say, "Oh, that's all in the past."
Apparently the Democrats think differently. I remember some guy named Robert Byrd, deceased Senator from West Virginia, ex-KKK. Forgive and forget, right?
December 24, 2010 - 1:16 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
9. miriam rove
Ron: let's say for a moment that he did not make those racist comments, hence he would have been able to run for president.
he is been Mississipi's governor since at least katrina correct?
what has he done for the state of mississipi? nothing. it is the poorest, least litirate and backward state in the unoin. this who who you want to run our country? ron let's get real. it is because of people you and the people who write and those who blog here as well all of those who write and blog for Huff post is that our country is going into a shit hole.
while I am sure I will be censored by Mr. simon's censors but if you do get to read this please give a thought,
Happy holidays!
mDecember 23, 2010 - 10:18 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Miriam, In what state did you learn to spell "literate"? I usually give spelling, punctuation, and capitalization errors a pass, but since your post is filled with those, no one is taking your "Mississippi literacy" cries seriously. Oh, wait. Were you educated in Mississippi, and you intended to demonstrate your poor education? If so, sorry.
December 23, 2010 - 11:04 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Hey Miriam, Have you ever heard of Katrina? Have you compared your state with the others pounded by her? I guess not. Mr. Barbour may have come from a turbulent time in our nation's history but he's not a racial hustler like Mr. Sharpton, Jackson, Farrakhan, Young, Bond, Rangel, Waters and Obama. If you look at anyone of these "People" you will find mean divisive acts and criminal activities. I'll bet you would vote for anyone of them to run Ms. wouldn't you. Mr. Barbour is a can-do Governor and has the smarts to get things done. His past is just that, past.
December 23, 2010 - 11:50 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
Marc Malone
I hate to say it, but Miriam, for once, has a point. Mississippi is one of the worst-off States in the Nation.Barbour did a fine job with the hurricanes, but otherwise, his State is still in the toilet. Not all his fault of course. There are deep-seated systemic problems, but it should be demonstrably better by now.
I do not like Huckabee's approach, but HIS State of Arkansas saw real improvement during his time as Governor. Barbour cannot say the same.
On a purely executive basis, she kinda has a point which bears further scrutiny. Perhaps my information is lacking. Perhaps there has been real progress.
December 24, 2010 - 12:07 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
There's another statistic about Mississippi that explains much of its education and poverty figures, but merely to suggest it will certainly elicit precisely the same reflexive, banal accusations of "racism!!!!11″
December 24, 2010 - 9:54 am Link to this Comment | Reply
10. Dave Surls
"By portraying the notorious White Citizens Councils as a solid and decent alternative to the racist Klan…"
Except he didn't say that. All he said was that the White Citizens Council wouldn't allow KKK types to use violence to block federally ordered school desegregation in Yazoo City and that's why there was no violence in Yazoo City.
I read the article. That's what he said.
December 23, 2010 - 10:49 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
11. Mark
Fine by me. Anything that takes this RINO out of the running is a good thing! Another Establishment Republican bites the dust? That's cause for rejoicing!
Remember, Haley Barbour pretty much gave us Bob Dole as a presidential candidate. Not that Bob was ALL Barbour's fault, but he was certainly PART of the problem.
December 23, 2010 - 10:51 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
12. Michael
It doesn't matter what he actually said or what he meant. He will be pilloried by the left and the MSM into oblivion. It is imperative for the left to assassinate (in some manner) anyone who might be a strong contender for the right. In a civil debate of facts only, there would soon be only a rump party of "progressive" politicians left in DC.
December 23, 2010 - 11:15 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
13. icr
A leftist blogger compares Mississippi in the 60s to the Holodomor:
http://www.samefacts.com/2010/12/uncategorized/haley-barbour-and-walter-duranty/That's a real obscenity.
Forty years of leftist Hollywood brainwashing has left many people-probably a majority-with an incredibly distorted picture of the past. Racial segregation, deprivation of voting rights and a handful of murders can in no way be equated with mass murder operations like the Holocaust and the Holodomor.
December 23, 2010 - 11:32 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
14. Dave Surls
If you ask me why the Soviets didn't launch an invasion into western Europe or launch a nuclear strike against the United States, and I say that it's because the communist leadership wouldn't let their more rabid generals engage in that level of violence, and you turn around and try and say that I'm endorsing communism or I'm saying their leadership was a bunch of swell guys…then you're an absolute idiot.
And, that's the same situation here. Radosh and the other people that are slamming on Barbour are way off base.
There might be legitimate reasons to criticize Haley Barbour for all I know…but, this criticism is not legitimate.
December 23, 2010 - 11:33 am Link to this Comment | Reply-
Marc Malone
Truly excellent point, Dave. Nice analogy to put it into perspective.
December 24, 2010 - 12:10 am Link to this Comment | Reply
15. Steve McDuffy
Any time I hear "racist" any more I ignore it. It doens't mean anything to me any more. It's counterfeit currency as far as I'm concerned.
December 23, 2010 - 12:18 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Many would agree with you. Many would not.
December 23, 2010 - 2:06 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
16. snork
Fair enough critique of Barber, if for no other reason than he should have understood the political dynamics of this, and took ownership of it before it took ownership of him. But let's not pretend that the left doesn't embellish their heroes and flush inconvenient facts about, for example, Communists in the FDR administration, down the toilet, either.
I would actually welcome turning all of the rocks on all of the major politicians of the 20th century. Neither side would come out looking better, but I know which side would come out looking a lot worse.
December 23, 2010 - 12:20 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
17. Dan D
What the heck is the matter with you people? Can't you make a fair assessment about Haley Barbour and how he has conducted himself over his life and career, and the significance of his remarks?
"The other guys were worse, racism doesn't exist anymore, it's all a scam, why isn't Ron writing about Obama's perceived failings instead", I'm surprised we haven't seen anyone contending yet that the Civil War wasn't about slavery.
It really does not make sense to see every issue as being "our side" against "their side". Making these arguments only reveal intellectual and moral weakness.
Look, Haley Barbour and many other white men of his generation were not personally damaged by the legal and social discriminations common in Mississippi throughout their lifetime. They managed to prosper and live well without developing empathy or outrage over real and continuing oppression of people solely because of their skin color. They feel no need to try to make amends in any way or to condemn past wrongs while furthering brotherhood in the here and now.
Some people are not bothered by that and will give the Haley Barbours of this world a huge benefit of doubt. Others will think that having conducted himself in such fashion openly for years Gov Barbour does not deserve their personal support.
Mr Barbour is a smart and clever man, and he must have his eyes open enough to realize that he makes no big attempt to appeal to the latter folks, while basing his efforts on the former. We shall see whether that is a productive strategy for him, politically.
December 23, 2010 - 1:03 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
"It really does not make sense to see every issue as being "our side" against "their side". Making these arguments only reveal intellectual and moral weakness."
We have to be better than them of course, even if it means letting them control our lives.
It would be morally weak not to admit that castigating a decent man for political purposes is 100% justified, even though 95% of the people in his generation undoubtedly were worse. Virtually EVERYBODY in that generation were, at the least, guilty of low-level racism.
You sir, are thoroughly brainwashed, and probably have a very long arm from patting yourself on the back.
December 23, 2010 - 2:44 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
"I'm surprised we haven't seen anyone contending yet that the Civil War wasn't about slavery."
Well, if it will make you happy…
It wasn't. Not ENTIRELY. (Did you know that only about 15% of Southerners owned slaves?)
There. Feel better now?
December 27, 2010 - 1:00 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
18. miriam rove
inspectorudy: please read my post carefully. where did I say he is racist. I said he made a racist comment. the reason he should not be running our country is that in the ast ten years of running mississpi, that state is still the most pathetic state in the union which can only tell me of his track record which is less that pathetic. as for all those black people you mentioned here it clrearly shows that you are a racist becacause plenty of white politicains have committed crimes and are corrupt which you failed to mention. by the way with the exception of prsident obama the rest of those assholes you mentioned are the biggest scmam on this side of the Atlantic and the biggest douch of all is Al sharpton and by no choice of mine I happen to see him every f…ing week in an exclusive club in new york wining and dining but has no money to pay his f…ing rent.
MDecember 23, 2010 - 1:44 pm Link to this Comment | Reply -
I am totally sick of this BS. I know little about Governor Barbour, but I will no longer accept this pillorying of public figures for innocent statements. So what if this "Citizens' Council," whatever it was, wasn't wholly in tune with contemporary politically correct racial nonsense? They took an admirable and unambiguous stance toward the most noxious, violent organization of that context.
Nothing Governor Barbour said should be taken as an endorsement of legally enforced segregation or racial prejudice. That forces and voices on the Right are already offering him to the Left as a sacrificial lamb marks those forces and voices as cowards and appeasers, worthy of no respect whatsoever. It's time we manifested the backbone appropriate to persons who are proud of our values and understand the contextual nature of American history. Are we to disavow Lincoln next because he, a man of his times and its beliefs, publicly endorsed the supremacy of the white race?
December 23, 2010 - 3:51 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
;'So what if this "Citizens' Council," whatever it was, wasn't wholly in tune with contemporary politically correct racial nonsense?'
You simply cannot make this stuff up.
December 23, 2010 - 7:44 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Marc Malone
You have a point, but so does he.
In today's view, the Council would be considered virulently racist and noxious. But in those times, they were actually rather tolerant in comparison. As a policy, they eschewed the violence. Good for them. This was not an easy thing to achieve in those days. One only need look at the Selma march to see what that difference means.
Barbour should have qualified his statement, but one should not have to go around getting into all the weeds on every single issue. Answers in such things, by nature, have to be short and simple. As such, it leaves much opportunity for folks to read too much into one's position.
Should he have gone into great detail on the subject? Should he have vilified his hometown for attitudes that were then quite tolerant?
Besides, it's not like he was Senator Byrd who was a member of the KKK. It's not like he was Biden who described Obama as "clean". He simply made the statement that they eschewed the violence. It does not make him a racist. After all, he, too, has a point.
He made a statement of fact. It was not an endorsement of racism. Yazoo city, at least, eschewed the violence so prevalent in other areas like theirs at the time.
It's really a non-story.
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20. exceller
Barbour was NEVER a serious presidential contender for 2012. He is a non complete non-factor. I cannot understand why he receives as much attention as he does.
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21. Emma
Couldn't care less about Haley Barbour's as potential POTUS….but I thought Eric Holder wanted us to have a conversation about race. We Mr. Barbour supposed to check with somebody about what he was allowed to say or think about it?
I suppose that's next…and Mr. Holder just hasn't released the details of the rules yet…or Mr. Barbour didn't get the memo.
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22. paul_unalaska
Miriam Rove tries to pull a relation between Mississippi's DREADFUL public education system and Governmental leadership.
Miriam, I'm a product of California's 80′s public education system. At the time the state ranked in the low-mid 20′s nationally (now ranked 48th). This is when the state 'boasted' of the 1st idiocy of Moonbeam as Governor, sun-in hairdo Boxer and Doiley-collared Feinstein in place. Heck, even Pelosi was probably trying some early forms of botox at the time. All the same players.
The glaring difference between then and now is the cradle to grave welfare gravy train/entitlement types has increased exponentially. In some of today's 'reasoning':
-Single parent? No problem, 'school provided' breakfast, lunch and some instances dinner.
-Low SAT & ACT scores? Hey, lowered standards for your particular race.
-Homework not completed? No problem, there's no set date.
-Illegal alien? You get in-state tuition!
-Don't like the degrees offered? How about a degree in Latino studies, Black Feminism etc.,There's infinitely more examples.
The point is, accountability is disregarded and in some instances encouraged. Actual pro-society courses, 4 year degrees are in many instances WORTHLESS – yet you're surprised by such results?
Instead of pointing blame at your self-serving elitists in the political arena, talk to those diplaying destructive, lazy, empathy-seekers who are merely existing and make change THEMSELVES and not by some 'Government intiative'. Those 'initiatives' is idiot-speak for continued reliance upon thy Government teet.
As for Barbour, the man is little/no different than the 500+ folks on the Hill.
Too bad the Hispanic and Black Caucus 'brainstorming sessions' weren't recorded for public use. Suffice to say it'd be very interesting.
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Why are Republicans always on the defensive when The racist Democrat party has all the 'splain'n to do?
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24. David Thomson
I might worry about Haley Barbour's behavior as soon as the politically correct left-wing establishment is concerned about Barack Obama's disgraceful past infatuation with extreme leftist ideology. The nonsense that racism is the worse sin of all must be soundly rejected. It is merely one major sin of many. Haley Barbour was nothing more than a confused child. We should only be concerned with his early adult and onward behavior. Barbour is only guilty of being a white Republican. A Democrat would be cut all sorts of slack.
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25. E. Fluvius Maximus
Well, Haley Barbour Week at PJM sure has been interesting. I'm actually rather gratified that so many people have come out in favor of Barbour's rights, while able to seperate those from his words. Better still, some rational discussion of his record has ensued. Merry Christmas to all.
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26. Ken Besig, Israel
I too was raised in the Deep South and I recall quite vividly from having seen it first hand and in person the terrible White on Black violence which accompanied the years of integration. Now I am an adult and I realize how deeply emotional and highly charged those years were, and how easily decades of discrimination turned into bloodshed over something as simple as Blacks trying to use what was heretofore a Whites only public park.
Those were terrible and very difficult times in the South, for everyone, and the really miraculous aspect to it all is that so few Whites were willing to use physical violence against Blacks and how few, albeit far too many, Northern and Southern White integrationists and Black American citizens were hurt and killed by those Whites.
Fifty years later it is much easier to make judgements and accusations, but for those of us who were there, it was not so simple and clear.December 24, 2010 - 3:38 am Link to this Comment | Reply -
27. Numerian
I am not so sure Haley Barbour is wrong in his recollections – a bit "off", perhaps, but not totally off base. I have noticed that leftist academics (redundant I know) have established a rigidly dogmatic narrative of racial history in America that does not allow for nuance and shades of gray. I am wondering if this incident isn't an aspect of that attempt to control the narrative – and thus control how people frame the present. Currently the leftists historians are attempting to recast the reconstruction period and early Jim Crow era as a period of virtual slavery for African-Americans, instigated by a white population whose motives were 100% racist and utterly predatory. They're attempting to airbrush away the post-Civil War crime and chaos in the south that came with sudden emancipation, for example, and refuse to put Jim Crow into the context of the prevailing intellectual consensus of the time.
I'm absolutely NOT endorsing Jim Crow or trying to apologize for the crimes of the KKK, by the way, but I do understand that this is not as simple as the current leftist historical narrative pretends.
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28. Bill Lawrence
I think we should stop eating our own. If we demand perfection all we are going to end up with is Democrats which are the farthest thing from it one can imagine.
Has Haley shown competency in government? Has he generally been consistent in his principles?
If yes, then he remains in the game.
Frankly, I'm sick of losing because morality junkies need their jolts of self-righteousness.
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29. steveb
Ron, if pretending to be conservative ever gets boring, I'm sure you could get a job at the Huffington Post. They're always looking for conservative bashing authors.
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30. MissAnthropy
Why does "the Right" always fall for these canards hook, line, and sinker? Does nobody remember the list, of presumptive GOP candidates, being circulated a month or two ago, instructing Democrat apparatchiks and the media (but I repeat myself) to begin launching the -ism missiles at those on the list? Barbour was on this "enemies list".
This point has already been made by several other commenters, but it bears repeating. Democrats routinely get away with far worse things than this. Why? Well for one thing, they have a compliant media. A huge advantage for sure. But they also get away with these things because they close ranks and get all their members on the same page. Their political instincts are orders of magnitude better than Republicans'. I would, in fact, say they know how to circle the wagons but I'd hate to be called a racist.
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31. SmokeVanThorn
Ron Radosh and those who agree with him on this subject are quintessential useful idiots.
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32. Edward A.
Once again, we witness another influential Republican spouting insensitive and/or insulting remarks about blacks, Latinos, gays and other minorities. Who will be voting for GOP candidates in the future?
December 24, 2010 - 2:05 pm Link to this Comment | Reply-
Unfortunately, Tea Bagging morons who want "the government to keep their hands off of medicare" will be watching Glenn Beck doodle on his chalkboard and mindlessly vote against their (and our) best interests.
December 25, 2010 - 7:45 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
33. bobmontgomery
No, conservatives, and conservative writers should just mournfully nod their heads in agreementwhen left-wing hacks nd DNC operatives call Barbour names, and bleed their little hearts all over the place about all things pre-1965. OR. They could grow a pair and tell the MSM and Politico and everbody else claiming that Haley stepped in it to JUST FREAKIN' GET OVER IT. Or, they can, as Eric Holder famously said, remain a nation of cowards in matters of race.
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34. will
I am TIRED of Southerners dictating policy!!! Haley is a political hack from a bygone era. Conservatism doesn't mean re-living the mistakes of the past! Another fat-racist-Republican. Any more stereotypes you wish to be filling?
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35. Schroder
Why am I not surprised that a man who spent not only his youth but much of his adult life actively working for the greatest evil in human history, Soviet Communism, now feels Haley Barbour is unfit to associate with decent people for the crime of not denouncing his parents for their evil thought crimes. Eric Honnecker would be so proud.
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Unsettling the West: Perspectives on the American Frontier
What: A panel discussion exposing the cutural myths and historical thruths that shaped the frontier experience, especially for women. The event concludes with a sneak-peek performance by the cast of Abundance.
Who: Faculty panelist include; Professor of History, Carl Guarneri, Professor of Sociology, Phylis Martinelli, Professor of Anthropology, Juan Avila Hernandez, Professor of History and Professor of English and Director of the Honors Program, Mary Volmer.
When: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 12:45-1:45 p.m.
Where: Soda Center, Saint Mary's College of Califorina, 1928 St. Mary's Rd., Moraga.
Sponsored by: This event is part of the Food for Thought, series of pre and post-show gatherings, offering context and conversation around the fall production of Beth Henley's Abundance, openng Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008.
Sponsored by; The Performing Arts Theatre Program, History Department, and Women's Studies Department.
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Thursday 23rd July: 12.00 – 23.00
Friday 24th July: 09.00 – 23.00
Saturday 25th July: 09.00 – 23.00
The exit gate never closes so it is possible to leave at any time, not that you would want to.
Please note: Weekend ticket holders can enter the site from 12.00 on Thursday. Saturday ticket holders are only entitled to enter the site from 09.00 on Saturday.
Gates close at 23.00, so we urge you to arrive safely and in time unless you want to wait in a holding bay until the gates reopen at 09.00 the next morning.
The campsites are open from 12.00 Thursday 23rd to 12.00 Sunday 26th.
Please note you can only camp if in possession of a valid Wickerman ticket.
Please note that it is not possible to reserve space in the above campsites, if you are unsure of how to locate either campsite please ask one of the stewards upon arrival on site to direct you to the appropriate car park. If you would like some help to move your belongings between the car and campsite and then back to the car on Sunday why not check out our Sherpa service.
This is not the campsite for those who want to party all weekend, but is ideal for families and indeed anyone who wants to retire at the end of the evening and doesn't want to be disturbed by their neighbours. It is worth remembering that Wickerman is a music festival and as such background noise should be expected. Please don't camp in this area if you want a lively weekend as you run the risk of being asked to move.
If you would like to bring a caravan, campervan or trailer tent, we have room to accommodate you too. In fact our caravan/campervan/trailer tent field is divided into two areas, general and family, information on each can be found below.
An area for families or perhaps those looking for somewhere a little quieter. If you have family accompanying you to the festival and you need a little extra space, you can erect one small tent next to your van in is area (if you want to).
If you don't have family accompanying you to the festival, then the general area is for you. No tents are permitted in this area, and we would ask that you do not attempt to erect one as our steward will ask you to remove it (and that would just be a waste of time that you could be spent enjoying yourself).
If you don't fancy putting up your own tent at the festival, perhaps the Luxury Camping Field is for you. Take a look at our Luxury Camping Page for full details.
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The MnSCU Merger - Summary
Financial Audit of Minnesota State University Moorhead - Released on August 11th.
9/11 Memorial
USA Patriot Act
World Terrorism Links
Climate Change Impacts on the U.S. - The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability & Change [Gov Docs NS1.2:C61/FOUNDA]
Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group
Pearl Harbor Hearings
The Pearl Harbor Archive -- A site with substantial information.
Investment in Tobacco Control: State Highlights 2001
Report of the No Gun Ri Review (US Dept. of the Army)
The Encyclopedia Smithsonian -- Features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z. [Curt Davis]
Famous Cases - The FBI has been involved in many famous cases and have prepared monographs on some of the cases.
OSHA Ergonomics Standard
OECD Statistics
European Commission Online Press Room [English version]


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FILE - This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo, shows the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock indexes edged slightly lower in early trading Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, after the U.S. economy slowed more sharply than expected in the final three months of 2014. Utilities stocks were among the biggest decliners. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
February proved to be a strong month for U.S. stocks, even though it ended in downbeat fashion.
Major stock indexes closed lower on Friday, capping a week of subdued trading that still delivered a couple of new highs for the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index. It also brought the Nasdaq composite within striking distance of its March 2000 high.
The Nasdaq notched the biggest monthly gain at 7.1 percent. But the S&P 500's 5.5 percent performance marked its best monthly increase since October 2011, and a turnaround from its 3.1 percent slide in January. The Dow rose 5.6 percent for the month.
Trading was listless for much of Friday as investors balanced encouraging reports on housing and consumer confidence against data showing that the U.S. economy grew at a slower annual rate in the final months of 2014 than previously estimated. Oil rose, recouping some of its losses from a day earlier. Technology stocks were among the biggest decliners.
"Many people are trying to figure out what to do, taking some profits when they can. We saw that over the past couple of days with tech stocks," said JJ Kinahan, TD Ameritrade's chief strategist. "It's a wait-and-see attitude."
The Dow ended down 81.72 points, or 0.5 percent, to 18,132.70. That's 0.5 percent below its most-recent high of 18,224.57 on Wednesday.
The S&P 500 slid 6.24 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,104.50. The index is down 0.5 from a high of 2,115.48 on Tuesday.
The Nasdaq fell 24.36 points, or 0.5 percent, to 4,963.53. The index has been inching closer to crossing the 5,000-point mark, something it hasn't done since March 2000 at the height of the dot-com era. It's now within 86 points of that peak.
The three main U.S. stock indexes are all up for the year.
The current bull market, now in its sixth year, has been powered by strong corporate earnings growth and low interest rates, which make stocks more attractive relative to bonds. Strong job growth and improving consumer confidence have also encouraged traders, despite signs of sluggishness in Europe and elsewhere.
Some of that confidence appeared shaken on Friday, when the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the October-December quarter, weaker than the 2.6 percent estimate last month. The latest growth projection represents a major slowdown from the previous quarter, which produced the strongest growth in 11 years.
Other economic bellwethers were more upbeat: An index of pending home sales, an indicator of potentially completed sales, rose in January and the December figure was revised higher to show a smaller decline. Separately, the University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment slipped this month. It remains at the highest level in eight years.
"The market does not have a clear catalyst to either cause it to sell off or to surge forward, and we're getting a little expensive from a valuation perspective," said David Heidel, regional investment director at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
Investors should get a better sense of the economy and consumers' willingness to spend next week, when automakers report their February sales figures and the government issues its monthly update on hiring.
All told, eight of the 10 sectors in the S&P 500 ended lower, with technology stocks notching the biggest decline. The sector is up 4.2 percent this year. Consumer staples rose the most. Those stocks are up 2.9 percent this year.
Several energy companies were among the biggest decliners in the S&P 500.
Southwestern Energy fell $1.27, or 4.8 percent, to $25.08, while NRG Energy lost 79 cents, or 3.2 percent, to $23.98. Chesapeake Energy slid 52 cents, or 3 percent, to $16.68.
Benchmark U.S. crude rose $1.59 to $49.76 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude rose $2.53 to $62.58 a barrel in London.
U.S. oil prices appeared to stabilize in February around the $50 a barrel mark. That's made a key variable of business more predictable for investors, Kinahan said.
"That's really the kind of thing that gives stability to the stock market," Kinahan said.
U.S. government bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 1.99 percent from 2.03 percent late Thursday.
In metals trading, gold edged up $3 to $1,213.10 an ounce, silver fell seven cents to $16.51 an ounce and copper was flat at $2.72 a pound.
In other energy futures trading, wholesale gasoline rose 6 cents to $1.768 a gallon, heating oil jumped 16.3 cents to $2.30 a gallon and natural gas rose 3.7 cents to $2.734 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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Tag: anime
Showing results 1-19 of 19
Comics A.M. - First Second's Mark Siegel On "New Mainstream"
Siegel talks 2014 and 2015, library market and more! A look at anime, manga and Japan's child porn laws! Nick Spencer on "Ant-Man"! Plus more!
Comics A.M. - DiDio and Lee on DC's Move, Changing Audience
DC co-publishers talk about state of market, growing female readership! Digital distributor iVerse to relaunch! U.K. man convicted for illegal manga, anime images!
Comics A.M. - Canadian Man Jailed For Watching Illegal Anime Porn
Man gets jail time for watching "hentai" featuring underage characters! Dublin International Comic Expo spotlights harassment policy! This weekend, it's SPX!
Comics A.M. - Japan Launches Anti-Piracy Initiative
Japanese government joins with anime and manga companies! Examining the new Thor, and female readership! Interviews with Rutu Modan and Box Brown! Plus more!
CCI: Viz Media Adds To "Shonen Jump Alpha," Reveals Neon Alley Details
At Comic-Con International the Viz Media staff announced new additions to the "Shonen Jump Alpha" lineup, a Street Fighter/Hello Kitty crossover and more news about its 24/7 anime channel, Neon Alley.
F.J. DeSanto On Reinventing "Cyborg 009" For Mainstream Superheroes
Classic '60s cyborg superhero manga series "Cyborg 009" gets an American facelift from Archaia, and writer/producer F.J. DeSanto explains how he's keeping the series core while turning visuals over to Marcus To.
PRESS RELEASE: G4 Premieres "Iron Man" and "Wolverine" Anime Series on July 29
NYCC: Marvel Anime Panel
The "Iron Man" anime doesn't premiere on G4 until next summer, but fans were treated to a glimpse, as well as other Marvel anime efforts at the New York Comic Con, and CBR News has all the details.
SPINOFF: WB Plans "Supernatural" Anime
Madhouse, the acclaimed anime studio behind "Death Note," "Paprika" and segments of "Batman: Gotham Knight," is producing 22 episodes that cover the first two seasons of the live-action CW series "Supernatural."
Eric Nash on "Manga Kamishibai"
Author Eric Nash chronicles a lost performance art form that was used to entertain children, convey news during World War II, and went on to influence the shape of comics in Japan. CBR News spoke with the author about his book.
PRESS RELEASE: "Witchblade - The Anime Series" episode 1 available as FREE iTunes download
PRESS RELEASE: The Stars Shine Bright at New York Anime Festival
PRESS RELEASE: VIZ Media launches VIZ Productions
PRESS RELEASE: NY Anime Festival partners once more with World Cosplay Summit
PRESS RELEASE: Super Anime Day, Super Comic Day announced by SuperCon
PRESS RELEASE: Kinokuniya Bookstore announces "Loliata & Maid Fashion Day"
SPEED ZONE: Matthew Fox on Racer X
Speed Racer star Matthew Fox talks to CBR News about his role in the upcoming Wachowski Brothers adaptation of the classic anime, and offers some tidbits on Lost's season finale.
NYCC: The Tokyopop Panel
The US manga giant, TOKYOPOP, had their NYCC panel on Sunday where they made several news announcements and showed the crowd samples of their original manga, imports, licensed goods and more.
PRESS RELEASE: New dates announced for the New York Anime Festival
Archives: All | Comic Books | TV/Film | Video Games | Web Comics


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Treating A Pigmented, Slightly Pruritic Nodule
A 37-year-old Caucasian male presents with a chief complaint of a nodular growth on the left calf. He first noticed the bump about two months ago but says he did not think too much about it until recently. At that time, he noticed it was causing mild discomfort when he touched it but the growth was only slightly pruritic. The lesion did not appear to be infected and it did not drain or bleed at any time. He says he checked the rest of his body for any similar looking lesions and found none. Otherwise, he has no other complaints or concerns.
The patient has not changed his diet or eating habits, and has been healthy for the past year. He denies any out-of-state or foreign travel, and has not changed his occupation or hobby activities in several years. The patient reports no known exposures to any new chemicals, paints, toxins, irritants or other potential allergens. He denies taking any medications, vitamins or supplements. No one else in his household or within his family has any similar conditions. He has never had similar signs or symptoms in the past that he can recall.
What The Exam Revealed
Upon examination, the patient demonstrates a pigmented nodular lesion on the anterior lateral calf that is 0.8 cm in size and dome shaped. It is reddish-brown with a smooth surface and a slightly hyperpigmented ring around the base of the lesion. A careful cutaneous examination shows no similar lesions or any other distinctive skin lesions elsewhere on the torso, arms or legs. There are also no color changes or inflammation involving the hands or feet. The fingernails and toenails are normal in appearance.
The patient's vital signs and pedal pulses are normal. The remaining portion of the physical examination is within normal limits and the patient has no other clinically significant skin conditions.
A Closer Look At Dermatofibromas
The most likely diagnosis is dermatofibroma (fibrohistiocytoma), which is a common cutaneous nodule of unknown etiology that occurs more often in women with a female-to-male ratio of 4:1. The condition frequently develops on the lower legs (80 percent of cases) but may arise on any body region. These nodules are usually asymptomatic although pruritus and tenderness are common findings. Women who shave their legs may be troubled by the razor cutting the lesion in that region as it may lead to increased pain, bleeding, erosive changes and ulceration.
These nodules are considered to be the most common of all painful benign skin tumors. Although they may occur at any age, dermatofibromas most frequently affect individuals in early to middle adult life with about 20 percent of lesions occurring before the age of 17. They are usually solitary in nature but clinicians may see multiple lesions. The multiple variant (15 or more lesions) is most frequent in the setting of autoimmune disease or altered immunity (i.e. systemic lupus erythematosus, HIV infection or leukemia).
Typically, the clinical appearance of the lesion is a solitary, 0.5- to 1-cm nodule. They may enlarge up to 2 cm in some cases. Giant dermatofibromas (> 2 cm) and atrophic variants have been reported. The overlying skin of the characteristic lesion of the dermatofibroma may range in color from flesh to gray, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, blue, brown or black. Upon palpation, the dense nodule may feel like a small stone or frozen pea attached to the skin surface, which is freely movable over the subcutaneous layer. Tenderness is common with movement of the lesion or with direct pressure. Roughly 80 percent of all dermatofibromas will involute or withdraw below the surface of the skin when one applies lateral squeeze compression, creating a dimple in the skin. Although this "dimple sign" is not exclusive to dermatofibromas, it is still a very useful clinical sign.
In the past, many experts attributed dermatofibromas to some external injury such as a small cut, a penetrating foreign body or insect bite but the true cause is still undetermined. More recent articles suggest that dermatofibromas are more likely to be a neoplastic process as opposed to a reactive tissue change because of the persistent nature of the lesion.


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Gigabyte GTX 260 Core 216 Super Overclock Video Card Review
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 - 12:00 AM
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Batman Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham Asylum is an action-adventure stealth video game based on DC Comics' Batman for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in conjunction with Warner Bros.
For our testing we set everything as high as it would go, except for Physx and NVIDIA AA.
As you can see here, all of our cards are topping out around 62fps, which is what the game is limited to without tweaking the configuration.
At 2560×1600 we can see that the Gigabyte GTX 260 core 216 Super Overclock rules the roost, running at the framerate cap!
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From Malaga airport turn right onto the N340 direction Cadiz. Continue on the E15/N340 for 3 km, then you will see signposts for Algeciras/Benalmadena. Continue on this road following the directions for Fuengirola. DO NOT take the "peaje" (tollroad) to Marbella. There are several exits in Fuengirola, keep going until you see on your right the "Euromarket" and also the road sign that says "Esta usted en las lagunas de Mijas". Take the next exit marked "Fuengirola Coin". At the roundabout take the first right towards Coin which is also sign posted for " Hotel Byblos" Keep on that road for about two miles until on your left you see a big sign "Restaurante el Golf" followed by another sign saying "for Matchroom turn right here" Once you have turned right, you will pass the restaurant "El Golf" on your left and you will also pass a building called "Valleverde" and then you will come to the resort.The total distance is about 30 km from the airport.
Even skiing is possible in the winter months as the highest ski resort in Europe just two hours away. This resort is one of the Costa del Sol's most renowned holiday club destinations having been purpose built by Heritage Resorts in 1989/90 and having subsequently won annual prizes for the quality of service and superior facilities. EXTERIOR: Adjoining the beautiful Mijas Golf Courses, this resort features fully equipped apartments with panoramic views of the golf courses and mountains.
This resort enjoys a front-line location on Mijas Golf, in the Costa Del Sol. Close to the two towns of Marbella and Fuengirola with their international shops and abundant and varied nightlife and restaurants.
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Acclimating musicians, congregations to missal changes poses challenge
Choir members sing during Mass at St. Mary's Church in Rochester, N.Y. (CNS file/Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier))
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The new Roman Missal authorized Aug. 20 for use in the United States beginning in Advent of 2011 will pose significant challenges to both the musicians performing music based on new Mass texts and the congregations expected to learn them.
"The thing that's on most people's minds -- rank-and-file music directors -- is how to adapt to new texts, especially for things like the Glory to God, which is essentially the most heavily changed from the one we've been using for many, many years," said Charles Gardner, who is director for spiritual life and worship and director of liturgical music for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
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One liturgical music figure said musicians should not be bothered by the changes in Mass texts. The new translation was designed to follow more closely the text in the original Latin.
"It's unleashing a lot of creative energy" among liturgical music composers, said Michael McMahon, executive director of the National Association for Pastoral Musicians, based in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, Md.
Publishers are "on the verge of releasing ... samples of new and revised Mass settings," he told CNS.
The publisher OCP, once known as Oregon Catholic Press, is preparing a book for parishes that subscribe to its missal aids and annual "Music Issue" supplements with as many as nine new Mass settings that parishes can choose to sing.
McMahon said, "We're half-expecting there to be a grace period, at least for sung settings of various Mass parts. They did this again back in 1970 (the year the first edition of the Roman Missal was issued), which will allow people (time to acclimate themselves). There are not that many sung texts that are changing."
The Aug. 20 announcement of the implementation date by Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, marks the formal beginning of a more than 15-month period of education and training leading to the first use of the "third typical edition" of the Roman Missal at English-language Masses in the United States on Nov. 27, 2011.
The missal, announced by Pope John Paul II in 2000 and first published in Latin in 2002, has undergone a lengthy and rigorous translation process through the International Commission on English in the Liturgy during much of the past decade.
Since mid-April, Msgr. Anthony Sherman, director of the USCCB divine worship secretariat, and Father Richard Hilgartner, associate director, have been conducting workshops around the country for priests and diocesan leaders on implementation of the new missal. The workshops will continue into November.
Marty Haugen, composer of the widely used "Mass of Creation," has already revised his setting of the Sanctus to incorporate the new text, which now begins "Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts," said Tom Tomaszek, OCP's director of artists and repertoire.
Tomaszek said it might seem as if liturgical music publishers and composers will be able to cash in by selling new books with the newly mandated texts, but he said that for the past three or four years, parishes had held off from buying new hymnals and similar items because "they all knew it was coming" and didn't want to be shackled with books they could use only for a few years.
Ken Canedo, a liturgical musician and composer who was just starting to hone his craft in 1970, said of that era: "We all learned new Mass settings at the time. The difference between 1970 and 2010 or 2011, we were living in a culture of change. Just a few years before, in 1964, we changed from Latin to English. In 1970 it was just a matter of course.
"Maybe three generations have grown up with the 1970 text. We're not in a culture of change in the liturgy anymore," Canedo added. "I think in just a couple of months, if history is a guide, we're all going to get used to it and wonder what all the fuss was about."
And, in the "everything old is new again" department, World Library Publications will reissue Jan Vermulst's "Mass for Christian Unity," composed to meet the pastoral needs of English-speaking congregations trying to get used to Mass in the vernacular in 1964. "The new translation is closer to the 1964 translation than the 1970 translation," McMahon said.
"The missal itself is more musical than the previous edition," McMahon added. "I'm kind of hoping that all of us will be able to incorporate that into our liturgical repertoires."
Gardner, in Indianapolis, said the new missal encourages singing of the Preface Dialogue, which begins with the priest's "The Lord be with you." The people's response, currently "And also with you," will change to "And with your spirit." If the dialogue is sung, noted Gardner, "that would be a signal that something different is occurring."
Gardner said it would likely be difficult to teach the new Gloria to a congregation gathered for Christmas Mass, since the Gloria is omitted during Advent. He said he hopes parish music directors could find a version of the Gloria that uses one line of the prayer as a chorus, easing the transition.
Acknowledged McMahon, "We've got our work cut out for us, no question about it."
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It's funny how Democrats will claim President Bush is trashing the Constitution and trampling civil liberties when they talk about a program to monitor communications with suspected terrorists… then they turn around and not only endorse government monitoring of American citizens, but call for such monitoring to be mandated.
Listen carefully to what John Edwards is proposing:
"I think one of the reasons that young people have these kind of results from cancer is, unlike you Lance, they don't go to the doctor very often, they don't ride through their pain. Basically what they do is, they either don't have healthcare coverage or they don't believe they need to go to the doctor because they feel healthy, they're young, they see no reason to go to the doctor.
And the result is, whenever they have some kind of symptom, they put it off and they put it off. They're much more likely to do that than a 54 year old like me. And the result is, by the time they get to the doctor, they have their diseases advanced to the stage it's hard to treat.
And that's why it's so important … that what we do instead is, as part of the universal healthcare system, we don't just cover preventative care, we mandate preventative care. In other words, if you're in this universal healthcare system, you have to go for regular, periodic checkups, you have to be monitored…"
If this doesn't scare the hell out of you, you're not paying attention. Democrats want to turn our entire healthcare system into a government-run operation, thereby eliminating our ability to pick and choose our doctors and the level of care we prefer (which I still find ironic as they continue to complain about the level of service received at VA hospitals… which are government-run healthcare facilities). And on top of that, Edwards is proposing that the government mandate monitoring of every citizen to force them to see the doctor if they show symptoms of health issues.
So where are the "defenders of civil liberties" now? Why aren't they burning effigies of Edwards and claiming that he wants to trash the Constitution? Where are the cries of fascism? Where are the protests and marches to protect our freedom?
The silence is deafening…