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Ted Cruz earned his BA in Public Policy from Princeton University in 1992. He went on to receive his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1995. Cruz then worked in the following positions in the law field: Law clerk to Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, associate deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and director of the Office of Policy Planning for the Federal Trade Commission. He is currently partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Limited Liability Partnership.<ref name=PVS>[http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/135705/ted-cruz Project Vote Smart biography]</ref>
Ted Cruz earned his BA in Public Policy from Princeton University in 1992. He went on to receive his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1995. Cruz then worked in the following positions in the law field: Law clerk to Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, associate deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and director of the Office of Policy Planning for the Federal Trade Commission. He is currently partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Limited Liability Partnership.<ref name=PVS>[http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/135705/ted-cruz Project Vote Smart biography]</ref>
Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003-2008. In this role he was the youngest Solicitor General in the nation, as well as the longest-serving and first Hispanic Solicitor General in the state. Among his accomplishments, Cruz argued 40 oral arguments, including nine before the [[Judgepedia: United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>[http://www.tedcruz.org/bio/ ''Ted Cruz,'' "Bio," accessed November 1, 2012]</ref>
Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003-2008. In this role he was the youngest Solicitor General in the nation, as well as the longest-serving and first Hispanic Solicitor General in the state. Among his accomplishments, Cruz argued 40 oral arguments, including nine before the [[Judgepedia: United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>[http://www.tedcruz.org/bio/ ''Ted Cruz,'' "Bio," accessed November 1, 2012]</ref>
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|Ted Cruz
|U.S. Senate, Texas
|In office
|January 3, 2013-Present
|Term ends
|January 3, 2019
|Years in position
|Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
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|November 6, 2012
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|November 2018
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|High school
|Second Baptist High
|Princeton University
|Date of birth
|Dec. 22, 1970
|Place of birth
|Calgary, Alberta
|Net worth
|Southern Baptist
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- 1 Biography
- 2 Career
- 3 Committee assignments
- 4 Issues
- 4.1 Legislative actions
- 4.1.1 113th Congress
- 4.1.2 National security
- 4.1.3 Economy
- 4.1.4 Immigration
- 4.1.5 Healthcare
- 4.1.6 Social Issues
- 4.1 Legislative actions
- 5 Reactions to Ted Cruz
- 6 Elections
- 7 Campaign donors
- 8 Analysis
- 9 Personal
- 10 Recent news
- 11 See also
- 12 External links
- 13 References
Cruz is considering a presidential run in 2016, but he has not yet issued any official statements as to whether he will run or not.
Cruz is one of three Latino members of the U.S. Senate. He identifies with the Tea Party and may break with party lines on votes due to legislation not being conservative enough.[3]
Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, where his parents were working in the Alberta oil fields. In 1974 they returned to the Houston area.[4]
Ted Cruz graduated from Second Baptist High School as valedictorian in 1988. He earned his BA in Public Policy from Princeton University in 1992. He went on to receive his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1995. Cruz then worked in the following positions in the law field: Law clerk to Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, associate deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and director of the Office of Policy Planning for the Federal Trade Commission. He is currently partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Limited Liability Partnership.[5]
Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003-2008. In this role he was the youngest Solicitor General in the nation, as well as the longest-serving and first Hispanic Solicitor General in the state. Among his accomplishments, Cruz argued 40 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court.[6]
In August 2012, he was included in a list of 20 Latino political rising stars compiled by the San Francisco Chronicle.[7]
Cruz won election to the U.S. Senate on November 6, 2012.[8]
Below is an abbreviated outline of Cruz's academic, professional and political career:[9]
- 1992: Graduated from Princeton University with B.A.
- 1995: Graduated from Harvard University with J.D.
- 2003-2008: Solicitor General of Texas
- 2013-Present: U.S. Senator from Texas
Before becoming Solicitor General of Texas, Cruz served in the following positions: Law clerk to Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, associate deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice, and director of the Office of Policy Planning for the Federal Trade Commission.
Committee assignments
U.S. Senate
Cruz serves on the following Senate committees:[10]
- United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee on SeaPower
- Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
- Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
- United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
- Subcommittee on Science and Space
- Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
- Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
- Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
- United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
- Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
- Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Ranking Member
- Bankruptcy and the Courts subcommittee
- United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
- United States Senate Committee on Aging (Special)
Legislative actions
113th Congress
The second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 224 out of the 3215 introduced bills (7 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[11] The Senate confirmed 13,949 out of 18,323 executive nominations received (76.1 percent). For more information pertaining to Cruz's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[12]
National security
American response in Syria
- See also: United States involvement in Syria
While speaking to a crowd at the Heritage Foundation, Cruz praised Obama's decision to seek congressional approval, while still acknowledging he would have voted "no." Cruz said, "I would have voted 'no,' great many others would have voted 'no.' But I think it reflected a wise and prudent judgement on the part of the president to postpone the vote, rather than have that authority rejected and I don't believe that the president is going to ignore the views of the American people."[13]
John Brennan CIA nomination
Cruz voted against the confirmation of John Brennan as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 7, 2013, with a vote of 63 - 34. Most Democrats supported the nomination, while Republicans were somewhat divided with roughly one-third supporting the nomination.[14]
Drones filibuster
On March 6, 2013, Senator Rand Paul (R) led a 13-hour filibuster of President Obama's CIA Director nominee, John Brennan. Paul started the filibuster in order to highlight his concerns about the administration's drone policies. In particular, Paul said he was concerned about whether a drone could be used to kill an American citizen within the United States border without any due process involved. Paul and other civil liberties activists were critical of President Obama for not offering a clear response to the question. A total of 14 senators joined Paul in the filibuster -- 13 Republicans and one Democrat.[15][16][17]
Cruz was one of the 13 Republican senators who joined Paul in his filibuster.[18][19]
According to the website Breitbart, 30 Republican senators did not support the filibuster.[20][21]
The day after the filibuster, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Paul, responding to the filibuster. Holder wrote, "Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on U.S. soil? The answer to that is no."[22]
Farm bill
On February 4, 2014, the Democratic controlled Senate approved the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, H.R. 2642, also known as the Farm Bill.[23] It passed the Senate with a vote of 68-32. The nearly 1,000-page bill reformed and continued various programs of the Department of Agriculture through 2018. The $1 trillion bill expanded crop insurance for farmers by $7 billion over the next decade and created new subsidies for rice and peanut growers that will kick in when prices drop; however, cuts to the food stamp program cut an average of $90 per month for 1.7 million people in 15 states.[24] Cruz voted with 22 other Republican senators against the bill.
2014 Budget
On January 16, 2014, the Democratic-controlled Senate approved H.R. 3547, a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September 30, 2014.[25][26] The Senate voted 72-26 for the 1,582 page bill, with 17 Republicans and 55 Democrats voting in favor of the bill.[26] The omnibus package included 12 annual spending bills to fund federal operations.[27] It increased the paychecks of federal workers and military personnel by 1 percent, increased Head Start funding for early childhood education by $1 billion, reduced funding to the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, and left the Affordable Care Act without any drastic cuts.
Cruz voted with 25 other Republican members against the bill.[25][26]
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
During the shutdown in October 2013, the Senate rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, 2013, just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The bill to reopen the government, H.R. 2775, lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funds the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[28] The final vote on H.R. 2775 was 81-18, with all 18 votes against the bill from Republican members. Cruz voted with the Republican Party against the bill.[29]
Cruz vowed to donate his paycheck to charity while the government was on shutdown.[30]
Cruz said the shutdown did not affect his family's visit to the D.C. area. He took his family apple picking and to Mount Vernon.[31]
After the government shutdown ended with Republicans failing to receive any concessions from President Barack Obama, Cruz blamed GOP senators for the loss. He said, "The reason this deal, the lousy deal was reached, is because unfortunately Senate Republicans made the choice not to support House Republicans." He later added, "I think that was unfortunate. I think it was unfortunate that you saw multiple members of the Senate Republicans going on television attacking House conservatives, attacking the effort to defund Obamacare, saying it can not win, it's a fools errand, we will lose, this must fail. That is a recipe for losing the fight, and it's a shame."[32]
Paul Ryan Budget Proposal
In March 2013 the U.S. Senate soundly rejected a balanced budget plan by House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan (R).[33] Five Republicans joined every Democrat present to kill the measure, which failed on a 40-59 vote.[33]
Cruz was one of the five Senate Republicans who voted against Ryan's budget proposal.[33]
The proposed budget would have cut about $5 trillion over the next decade and aimed to balance the budget by the end of the 10-year period.[34]
Some tea party members of the GOP opposed the measure because of its reliance on $600 billion-plus in tax revenues on the wealthy enacted in January 2013, in order to balance the budget.[33] Others in the Senate opposed the Ryan plan because of cuts from safety net programs for the poor and the inclusion of a plan to turn the Medicare program for the elderly into a voucher-like system for future beneficiaries born in 1959 or later.[33]
No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013
Cruz voted against H.R.325 -- No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013. The bill passed the Senate on January 31, 2013, with a vote of 64 - 34. The purpose of the bill was to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and withhold the pay of members of Congress until a budget could be passed. The vote largely followed party lines with Democrats overwhelmingly supporting it and many Republicans in opposition to the bill.[35]
Mexico-U.S. border
Cruz voted for Senate Amendment 1197 -- Requires the Completion of the Fence Along the United States-Mexico Border. The amendment was rejected by the Senate on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 39 - 54. The purpose of the amendment was to require the completion of 350 miles of fence described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted. It would also require 700 miles of fence be completed before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be changed to permanent resident status. The vote followed party lines.[36]
Cruz is one of the most vocal opponents of Obamacare and has led a number of efforts aimed at defunding it.
Continuing Resolution filibuster
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
Cruz spoke for over 21 hours on the floor of the Senate in a faux filibuster about defunding The Affordable Care Act. He relinquished control of the floor at noon on September 25, 2013. According to Senate rules, the latest he could have spoken was only an hour later at 1 p.m. According to Majority Leader Harry Reid, "This is not a filibuster. This is an agreement that he and I made that he could talk."[37]
During the speech, Cruz was questioned by Democrats Tim Kaine of Virginia and Dick Durbin of Illinois and received the support of Utah Senator Mike Lee and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.[37]
The speech took place after Cruz called for Republican senators to effectively filibuster the continuing resolution which passed the House in September 2013. He said, "Step two is the Senate, where all accounts suggest Harry Reid plans to use procedural gimmicks to try to add funding back in for Obamacare. If Reid pursues this plan — if he insists on using a 50-vote threshold to fund Obamacare with a partisan vote of only Democrats — then I hope that every Senate Republican will stand together and oppose cloture on the bill in order to keep the House bill intact and not let Harry Reid add Obamacare funding back in."[38]
He went on, "Now is a time for party unity; Senate Republicans should stand side-by-side with courageous House Republicans."[38]
Bataan death march apology
Cruz's apology to U.S. Filipino Veterans
Cruz issued an apology to Filipino veterans on September 30, 2013, for his comments during his 21-hour long floor speech referencing the Bataan death march.[39]
"I apologize for causing offense. I should not have said what I did," Cruz said.[39]
At the end of his more than 21 hour long speech, Cruz wrapped up by acknowledging floor staff and individuals who worked during his speech, thanking "the men and women who have endured this — this Bataan death march."[39]
Anti-Obamacare rally
Senators Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Lee, who have been leading calls in the Senate to defund Obamacare in any spending bills, headlined a September 10, 2013, "Exempt America from Obamacare" event, organized by Tea Party Patriots and ForAmerica, along with other conservative groups.[40]
"Democrats will stop at nothing to protect the president's signature legislation, and too many Republicans are afraid to fight," rally organizers wrote.[40] They also took a shot at the Office of Personnel Management rule allowing the federal government to continue subsidizing health plans for lawmakers and their aides.[40] "Even Big Government is getting a carve out now," they wrote.[40]
The rally comes after 80 House members signed a letter in August 2013, calling on Congress to defund the health care law in upcoming fiscal battles.[40]
Social Issues
Violence Against Women (2013)
Cruz voted against S.47 -- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. The bill was passed by the Senate on February 12, 2013, with a vote of 78 - 22. The purpose of the bill was to combat violence against women, from domestic violence to international trafficking in persons. All 22 dissenting votes were cast by Republicans.[41]
Reactions to Ted Cruz
2013 best year
Cruz was named by The Hill as the member of Congress who had the best year in 2013.[42]
Harry Reid
Harry Reid stated that he partly thinks it would be good for Cruz to be the 2016 presidential nominee for the Republican Party. He said, "If I didn't care so much about our country, I would hope he would get the Republican nomination for president, because that would mean the end of the Republican Party. With Ted Cruz, I am sure this will help him raise more money." He went on to say about Cruz, "He stands for everything America doesn't."[43]
Fox News interview
Before Cruz appeared on Fox News's "Hannity," Chris Wallace said that he had received opposition research and questions from fellow Republicans so that he could hammer Cruz on the show. Cruz responded to this news by saying, "I mean folks can do whatever they want to resist change, and there are a lot of people that have been in Washington a long time that are fearful of change. They're fearful of risk, they're fearful of anything that changes the clubby way Washington does business." He went on, "And you know, no matter what insults others choose to hurl at me and in the last few weeks they have picked quite a few, some of them have been pretty amusing actually, but no matter what they do I'm not going to respond in kind."[44]
Iowa Reagan Dinner
Cruz gave a 45 minute long speech as the keynote speaker at Iowa's annual Reagan Dinner on October 25, 2013. He spoke about Obamacare and applauded House Republicans for standing up to Democrats. He also mentioned Obama's failed gun control policies saying, "When it came time for a vote [on gun control] every single proposal of the president's that would have undermined the Second Amendment was voted down. That was the power of the grass roots."[45]
Pheasant hunting with Steve King
Cruz announced on August 30, 2013, that he accepted an invitation to hunt pheasants on October 26, 2013, in northwest Iowa with Steve King on the opening day of Iowa's pheasant hunting season.[46]
"Yes, we are confirmed for a hunt with King," Cruz spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said in an email statement. "The senator has enjoyed getting to know him and work with him on important issues before Congress. He's honored to have received the invite."[46]
Primary endorsements
Cruz declined to endorse fellow Texas senator John Cornyn or any other incumbent Republican in 2014. He stated, "I think every elected official, including me, owes it to the people, owes it the grass roots, to go and make the case to the grass roots why he or she is representing their interests." It is thought that his silence could embolden conservatives seeking to challenge incumbents in 2014.[47]
Despite a pledge to steer clear of endorsing incumbents, Cruz has financially backed a handful of Senate Republicans, including fellow Texan John Cornyn.[48]
Cruz's leadership political action committee, Jobs Growth and Freedom Fund, made only five donations in the first six months of its existence, and all of those dollars went to incumbents. On May 10, 2013, according to Federal Election Commission records, Cruz wrote a $2,500 check to the campaign of Cornyn.[48]
Cruz also handed out out four other $2,500 donations to incumbents that same day: Jim Inhofe, Mike Lee, Jim Risch and Tim Scott, who was appointed to the Senate after Jim DeMint resigned and is running in 2014 for the remaining years of DeMint's term.[48]
Senate Conservatives Fund
Cruz privately told his fellow Republican senators that he would not engage in the Senate Conservatives Fund's tactics to defeat them in primary elections. A spokeswoman, Catherine Frazier, said, "He'll continue working with them to promote common conservative policies but not get involved in their endorsement or fundraising decisions. SCF's organization is not just about primary politics but promoting conservative causes that Republicans across the spectrum can support."[49]
Cruz won election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, representing Texas. He and David Dewhurst defeated Joe Agris, Curt Cleaver, Glenn Addison, Ben Gambini, Craig James, Tom Leppert and Lela Pittenger in the Republican primary on May 29, 2012. Cruz then defeated Dewhurst in the primary runoff on July 31, 2012, in what was described as the biggest upset of 2012.[2] He went on to win the general election on November 6, 2012, defeating Paul Sadler (D), John Jay Myers (L) and David Collins (G).[1][50][51]
|U.S. Senate, Texas General Election, 2012
|Vote %
|Ted Cruz
|Paul Sadler
|John Jay Myers
|David B. Collins
|Total Votes
|Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"
|U.S. Senate Runoff Election, Texas Republican Primary, 2012
|Vote %
|Ted Cruz
|David Dewhurst
|Total Votes
Campaign donors
Comprehensive donor information for Cruz is available dating back to 2012. Based on available campaign finance records, Cruz raised a total of $14,511,279 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.[52]
|Ted Cruz's Campaign Contribution History
|US Senate (Texas)
|Grand Total Raised
Cruz won election to the U.S. Senate in 2012. During that election cycle, Cruz's campaign committee raised a total of $14,511,279 and spent $14,031,864.[53] This is more than the average $10.2 million spent by Senate winners in 2012.[54]
Cost per vote
Cruz spent $3.16 per vote received in the 2012 general election. This is the third lowest among U.S. Senators who won election in 2012.
|U.S. Senate, Texas, 2012 - Ted Cruz Campaign Contributions
|Total Raised
|Total Spent
|Total Raised by Election Runner-up
|Total Spent by Election Runner-up
|Top contributors to Ted Cruz's campaign committee
|Club for Growth
|Senate Conservatives Fund
|Woodforest National Bank
|Goldman Sachs
|Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
|Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
|Lawyers/Law Firms
|Oil & Gas
|Securities & Investment
Ideology and leadership
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Cruz is a "centrist Republican follower" as of June 2013.[55]
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[56]
Cruz most often votes with:
Cruz least often votes with:
Voting with party
Cruz voted with the Republican Party 85.4% of the time, which ranked 38th among the 44 Senate Republican members as of May 2013.[57]
Lifetime missed votes
According to the website GovTrack, Cruz missed 1 of 92 roll call votes from January 2013 to March 2013. This amounts to 1.1%, which is better than the median of 1.7% among current senators as of March 2013.[58]
Net worth
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Cruz's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $1,029,049 and $5,159,997. That averages to $3,094,523, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican senators in 2012 of $6,956,438.47. Cruz ranked as the 45th most wealthy senator in 2012.[59]
|Ted Cruz Yearly Net Worth
|Avg. Net Worth
|% Difference from previous year
Cruz and his wife, Heidi, have two daughters.[5] Heidi works as head of the Southwest Region in the Investment Management Division of Goldman Sachs, assigned to the Houston area.[60]
Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on December 22, 1970. His father, a Cuban immigrant, fled his home country in 1957 after fighting against the dictator Fulgencio Batista. His mother is Irish-American.[61]
Rafael Cruz
Cruz's father, Rafael, has made headlines through increasing speaking engagements. At a speaking engagement in July 2013, Rafael compared President Obama to Fidel Castro.[62]
Rafael Cruz endorsed Katrina Pierson in her primary challenge against Republican incumbent Pete Sessions in Texas' 32nd Congressional District in 2014.[63]
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- United States Senate elections in Texas, 2014
- United States congressional delegations from Texas
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CNN "Texas Senate Race - 2012 Election Center"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Washington Post, "The biggest upset of 2012," November 28, 2012
- ↑ Fox News Latino, "Ted Cruz Puts Dewhurst on Defensive in Last Debate Before Texas Runoff," July 18, 2012
- ↑ Chron, "Cruz's life defies simplification," October 15, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Project Vote Smart biography
- ↑ Ted Cruz, "Bio," accessed November 1, 2012
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle "20 Latino political rising stars of 2012 (with PHOTO GALLERY)," August 25, 2012
- ↑ Politico "2012 Election Map, Texas"
- ↑ Biographical Director of the United States Congress "Rafael Edward (Ted) Cruz," accessed February 25, 2014
- ↑ Congressional Quarterly "Senate Committee List" Accessed January 22, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, First Session of the 112th Congress," accessed September 5, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Record, "Resume of Congressional Activity, Second Session of the 113th Congress," accessed March 4, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "Pigs fly, Ted Cruz full of Obama praise," accessed September 12, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "PN 48 - Nomination of John Brennan to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - Voting Record," accessed September 25, 2013
- ↑ CNN, "Rand Paul says he's heard from White House after filibuster," March 7, 2013
- ↑ USA Today, "Rand Paul filibuster ranks among Senate's longest," March 7, 2013
- ↑ ABC News, "Rand Paul Wins Applause From GOP and Liberals," March 7, 2013
- ↑ The Blaze, "Here Are All the GOP Senators That Participated in Rand Paul's 12+ Hour Filibuster… and the Ones Who Didn't," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Breitbart, "AWOL: Meet The GOP Senators Who Refused to Stand With Rand," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Rand Paul filibuster blasted by Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Eric Holder responds to Rand Paul with 'no'," March 7, 2013
- ↑ Senate.gov, "H.R. 2642 (Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013)," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ New York Times, "Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm Bill, With Clear Winners and Losers," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Politico, "Senate approves $1.1 trillion spending bill," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 U.S. Senate, "January 16 Vote," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ Roll Call, "House Passes $1.1 Trillion Omnibus," accessed January 20, 2014
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ Senate.gov, "H.R. 2775 As Amended," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Hill pols plan to donate, halt salary," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz: Shutdown hit family trip", accessed October 9, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Cruz slams fellow GOP senators," October 20, 2013
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 CBS News, "Senate Rejects Paul Ryan Budget," accessed March 22, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "10 House Republicans Vote Against Ryan Budget," accessed March 22, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "HR 325 - To Ensure the Complete and Timely Payment of the Obligations of the United States Government Until May 19, 2013 - Voting Record," accessed September 25, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "S Amdt 1197 - Requires the Completion of the Fence Along the United States-Mexico Border - Voting Record," accessed September 25, 2013
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Politico, "Ted Cruz ends marathon speech," September 25, 2013
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Roll Call, "Filibuster the House CR? Cruz, Other Conservatives Say 'Yes' (Updated)," September 20, 2013
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Politico, "Ted Cruz apologizes for Bataan remark," accessed October 2, 2013
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 Politico, "Rand Paul, Ted Cruz plan anti-Obamacare rally," accessed August 27, 2013
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Voting Record," accessed September 25, 2013
- ↑ The Hill, "Best, worst years in Washington," accessed January 13, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "Harry Reid: Ted Cruz '16 would be end of GOP," October 31, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz responds to Chris Wallace," September 24, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz delivers stemwinder at Iowa's Reagan Dinner", accessed October 25, 2013
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Des Moines Register, "Cruz confirms Iowa pheasant hunt on Oct. 26 with Congressman Steve King," accessed August 30, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Cruz speaks volumes with his silence on Senate GOP colleagues' primary races," August 24, 2013
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 Washington Post, "Cruz backed Cornyn, other incumbents, despite no-endorsement pledge," accessed August 26, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz extends olive branch to GOP senators," October 30, 2013
- ↑ Texas GOP - candidate list
- ↑ Associated Press Election results
- ↑ Open Secrets "Career Fundraising for Ted Cruz," Accessed March 25, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets "Ted Cruz 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed March 4, 2013
- ↑ Open Secrets, "Election 2012: The Big Picture Shows Record Cost of Winning a Seat in Congress," June 19, 2013
- ↑ Gov Track "Ted Cruz," Accessed June 7, 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Ted Cruz," Accessed July 30, 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
- ↑ GovTrack, "Ted Cruz," Accessed April 2, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Ted Cruz (R-Texas), 2012"
- ↑ Heidi Cruz, LinkedIn
- ↑ Texas Tribune, "Bio of Ted Cruz," accessed November 1, 2012
- ↑ Daily Caller, "Ted Cruz's dad: Obama is 'just like' Castro," accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz's dad backs Pete Sessions challenger," January 7, 2014
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"Starting July 1 at midnight, Lenoir County 911 will become Jones-Lenoir County Emergency Communications Center," said Paige Johnson, communications operations manager for Lenoir County Emergency Services. "What that means is we're going to be taking Jones County, their 911 calls, and making their dispatches. They will no longer have a PSAP (public safety answering point) in their county.
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The reason for the merger is to bring both counties' systems to state standards. Jones County jailers who have been cross-trained on 911 service have staffed the county's 911 center.
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The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. It is the oldest political party in the United States and among the oldest in the world.[1][2][3]
The Democratic Party traces its origins to the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and other influential opponents of the Federalists in 1792. Since the division of the Republican Party in the election of 1912, it has consistently positioned itself to the left of the Republican Party in economic as well as social matters. The economically activist philosophy of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which has strongly influenced American liberalism, has shaped much of the party's economic agenda since 1932. Roosevelt's New Deal coalition usually controlled the national government until the 1970s. The civil rights movement of the 1960s has continued to inspire the party's liberal principles, despite having lost the more conservative South in the process.
In 2004, it was the largest political party, with 72 million voters (42.6% of 169 million registered) claiming affiliation.[4] Since the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party is the majority party for the 110th Congress; the party holds an outright majority in the House of Representatives and the Democratic caucus (including two independents) constitutes a majority in the United States Senate. Democrats also hold a majority of state governorships and control a plurality of state legislatures. The party's presumptive nominee for President of the United States in the upcoming 2008 election is Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.
- ↑ Party of the People: A History of the Democrats by Jules Witcover, 2003, chapter 1, p.3: "The Democratic Party of the United States, the oldest existing in the world, was in a sense an illegitimate child, unwanted by the founding fathers of the American Republic."
- ↑ The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America by John Micklethwait & Adrian Wollridge, 2004, p.15: "The country possesses the world's oldest written constitution (1787); the Democratic Party has a good claim to being the world's oldest political party."
- ↑ Democratic Party, Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- ↑ Why politics is fun from catbirds' seats Neuhart, P. (22 January, 2004), USA Today
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Pirate Pitching Stifles Baseball in 6-1 Loss; Pou Hit Streak Moves to 36
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PEMBROKE, N.C. Armstrong Atlantic put a pair of runs on the board in two of the first three innings on Tuesday night en route to a 6-1 over Pfeiffer University in non-conference baseball action at Sammy Cox Field on the campus of UNC-Pembroke. The win pushes the Pirates onto the 20-win plateau moving to 20-15 on the season while the Falcons strand 13 runners falling to 21-23.
AASU put the games initial run on the board in the first as a leadoff single by Alex Wyche (Macon, GA) followed quickly by a stolen base paid off two batters later on an RBI-single by Chris Zittrouer (Guyton, GA). A two-out bases-loaded walk by Drew Walker (Ringgold, GA) paid off later as the Pirates held a 2-0 lead after one.
The Falcons bounced back with a run in the third as Myles Pearl (High Point, NC) and Zack Pou (Stanley, NC) began the frame with back-to-back singles. Pou extended his career-high hit streak to 36 with his shot back up the box. Will Davis (New London, NC) put Pfeiffer on the board with a run-scoring double down the left-field line that brought home Pearl.
In the home half of the sixth, Wyche manufactured another Pirates run after a one-out walk and second successful swiping of second. As in the first frame, Zittrouer made it work chopping a single into left plating Wyche from second.
After a one-out double to right by Cameron Scott (Griffin, GA), Josh Wilson (Springfield, GA) came up with his second homer of the season, a two-run blast to left to put the Pirates up 4-1 through three.
Scott began the Pirates seventh reaching on a fielding error at first, later moving to third on Wilsons double to right. Carlos Cardoza-Oquendo (San Juan, PR) promptly plated Scott on the first pitch with a groundout to short.
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When it comes to adopting a shelter pet, it's not uncommon for adopters to experience love at first sight. That's exactly what happened when Charles A. and his wife decided to bring home a new canine addition to their family in February 2013.
"My wife and I had a Pit Bull named Daja, who was eight years old," Charles says. "We had rescued her from the streets of Staten Island after someone abandoned her. After two years, she became sick and we were unable to save her."
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"We wanted to be able to give the love and care that we gave Daja to another Pit Bull, because they are so loving and loyal," Charles says. "We went to the ASPCA website and saw Biggie. His loving face and sad story of abuse touched our hearts."
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comatose – 2,470,000 ghits
comatoast – 24,500 ghits
Most of the 'comatoast' citations are deliberate wordplay, but not all. Declaring someone or something to be 'toast' can indicate that they're 'done' (cooked?) , finished or otherwise beyond help or hope. It is possible that an innocent eggcorner has used 'toast' in this sense in the possible eggcorn 'comatoast'...
It is this physical practice of stillness that can eventually lead to mental stillness and clarity (no, not a comatoast/veggie state, that's different). ...
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It could be that "comatoast" originated with someone hearing someone else incorrectly refering to the state as "comatosed." What an interesting progression…
Google counts on Dec 5, 2006
2,390,000 comatose
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22,900 comatoast—eggcorn of a reshaped word?!!
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ramona on real housewives of new york city just said "coma toast" omfg
Here are some more hits, new only in the splitting of "comatoast" into two words.
I dont have the side effects that I do from the other medications they have perscribed to me that make me feel like a zombi or coma toast.
i was told it would calm me down and help me sleep. well it would put me out like coma toast,
but with all the alcohol, pot, and rufilin, her brain was pretty coma toast.
Ive gone coma toast in my visions and losing muscle control like pissing yourself are common in deep ventures into strong hallucingens.
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They couldn't, could they? Nah, no way. Well, it won't hurt to look.
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my mom said santa was lack toes and tolerant… that's funny so is my dad..
@dmentit: I don't eat too much Mac and cheese I'm lack toes and tolerant but if ya greens is money u can live.
Fructose seems to be quite fruitful.
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Disappointed I couldn't find any Norwegian eggcorns for fruktose << frokost (Norwegian for breakfast.)
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Accessing Task Scheduler from the Start Screen is easy
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Would you prefer to have Windows 8 bypass the Start Screen and boot straight to the desktop? If so, you can do so using a technique that takes advantage of a feature that is built right into the operating system - no third-party tools required. All you have to do is create a specially configured task that is scheduled to run at log on.
In this post, I'll walk you through the steps required to make Windows 8 boot straight to the desktop using a specially configured scheduled task.
Some background
If you were working with/testing Windows 8 during the Preview/Beta period, you may know that a similar trick allowed you to make Windows 8 boot straight to the desktop and that the loophole that allowed that trick was closed when the Windows 8 code was finalized.
As you may recall, in previous versions of Windows, a special shortcut called Show Desktop appeared on the Quick Launch menu. This shortcut was a standard text file that contained five lines of code and was saved with the file extension SCF. The fifth line of that code was Command=ToggleDesktop.
During the Preview/Beta period, it was discovered that if you recreated that shortcut in Windows 8 and set it up as a scheduled task that ran at log on, the operating system would run the SCF file and boot to the desktop rather than the Start Screen. Once the Windows 8 code was finalized, that particular shortcut was no longer recognized by the operating system. Whether Microsoft did that on purpose or whether the contents of the SCF represented legacy code that was never intended to be a in the final code is unknown.
In any case, it seemed there would be no way to get Windows 8 to boot to the desktop without a third-party tool, such as Stardock's Start8 utility, which, once installed, bypasses the Start Screen as well as revives the Start Menu.
Convinced that there had to be another way to make Windows 8 boot to the desktop using a scheduled task, I began experimenting with different shortcuts and executables. Then, it dawned on me that explorer.exe is still the heart and soul of the Windows desktop. I figured that if anything could trump the Start Screen, it would be explorer.exe. So I tried it and found that it worked.
During my experimentation with this technique, I haven't found any serious side effects or other problems. However, that doesn't mean that sometime down the road, Microsoft might release a patch that will disable or even invalidate this technique.
Catch up with all of TechRepublic's Windows 8 tips on our focus page.
Getting started
To begin you'll need to launch the Task Scheduler tool. To do so, just press the [Windows] key, type Schedule, select Settings, and click Schedule tasks, as illustrated in Figure A. When you do, the Task Scheduler will appear.
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I find myself going to the desktop to use internet explorer which I have pinned to the taskbar. The reason - well I can use tabbed browsing there and can then copy and paste links into the facebook pages that I administer. Using the metro interface for Internet explorer makes this task quite involved and tortuous.
No I won't use this. It is really easy to just hit the keys - WINDOWS + D to go to the desktop after boot. I did add Windows Explorer to my metro startup screen and have just twigged that when I click on it the desktop view also appears.
I just bought a Toshiba PC with Windows 8. Following the instructions to set it to boot to the desktop, when i press the [Windows] key thee isn't a place to type "Schedule". What am I missing? Thanks
Hi, Now its working on my PC but, what if i'm going to change and back to normal booting process. How should I change the c:/windows/explorer.exe
Is it possible to keep the 'Libraries' window from launching when the desktop appears?
this is great. I'll definitely use it.
I wonder wether the boot settings are made via bcdedit in Windows 8 as it is with Windows 7 ?
nice work .thanks it works and you pass it on. this is the kind of tech i remember. I will pass it on too.
Having Win8 installed for several months now, I discovered that when you hook it up to dual monitors it boots to the best of both worlds. By default in Win 8 one monitor boots to the start screen, one monitor boots to the desktop and your off and running. With black friday 23" very nice name brand digital monitors were around $100. Great solution for the boot issue and then you have a dual monitor environment to work with which is a nice improvement. Since I'm not experiencing the inconvenience of not booting to the desktop I've actually found Win 8 to be very robust and not having any issues even on older hardware. I still wouldn't put it in my clients offices for rank and file employees as it would create too many support desk issues.
The dual monitors setup was a surprise to me as well but then thought about it and that would be a typical function of Windows to to by default. Display expand instead of clone. But seeing how most users wont have a dual display setup. This was actually a great find, so great that I have implemented it on a few Win8 boxes of users who dont like the titles being displayed upon login. They will be ecstatic once I explain what I did after I get the call from them stating that Win8 is broken in the morning. This could also turn out to be uses as a good prank. :)


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Pressure (symbol: 'p') is the force per unit area applied to an object in a direction perpendicular to the surface. Gauge pressure is the pressure relative to the local atmospheric or ambient pressure.
Pressure is a scalar quantity, and has SI units of pascals; 1 Pa = 1 N/m2, and has EES units of psi; 1 psi = 1 lb/in2.
Pressure is transmitted to solid boundaries or across arbitrary sections of fluid normal to these boundaries or sections at every point. It is a fundamental parameter in thermodynamics and it is conjugate to volume.
The SI unit for pressure is the pascal (Pa), equal to one newton per square metre (N·m-2 or kg·m-1·s-2). This special name for the unit was added in 1971; before that, pressure in SI was expressed simply as N/m2.
Non-SI measures such as pound per square inch (psi) and bar are used in parts of the world. The cgs unit of pressure is the barye (ba), equal to 1 dyn·cm-2. Pressure is sometimes expressed in grams-force/cm2, or as kg/cm2 and the like without properly identifying the force units. But using the names kilogram, gram, kilogram-force, or gram-force (or their symbols) as units of force is expressly forbidden in SI. The technical atmosphere (symbol: at) is 1 kgf/cm2. In US Customary units, it is 14.696 psi.
Some meteorologists prefer the hectopascal (hPa) for atmospheric air pressure, which is equivalent to the older unit millibar (mbar). Similar pressures are given in kilopascals (kPa) in most other fields, where the hecto prefix is rarely used. The unit inch of mercury (inHg, see below) is still used in the United States. Oceanographers usually measure underwater pressure in decibars (dbar) because an increase in pressure of 1 dbar is approximately equal to an increase in depth of 1 meter. Scuba divers often use a manometric rule of thumb: the pressure exerted by ten metres depth of water is approximately equal to one atmosphere.
The standard atmosphere (atm) is an established constant. It is approximately equal to typical air pressure at earth mean sea level and is defined as follows:
Because pressure is commonly measured by its ability to displace a column of liquid in a manometer, pressures are often expressed as a depth of a particular fluid (e.g., inches of water). The most common choices are mercury (Hg) and water; water is nontoxic and readily available, while mercury's high density allows for a shorter column (and so a smaller manometer) to measure a given pressure. The pressure exerted by a column of liquid of height h and density ρ is given by the hydrostatic pressure equation p = ρgh. Fluid density and local gravity can vary from one reading to another depending on local factors, so the height of a fluid column does not define pressure precisely. When millimeters of mercury or inches of mercury are quoted today, these units are not based on a physical column of mercury; rather, they have been given precise definitions that can be expressed in terms of SI units. The water-based units still depend on the density of water, a measured, rather than defined, quantity. These manometric units are still encountered in many fields. Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury in most of the world, and lung pressures in centimeters of water are still common.
Presently or formerly popular pressure units include the following:
Another example is of a common knife. If we try and cut a fruit with the flat side it obviously won't cut. But if we take the thin side, it will cut smoothly. The reason is, the flat side has a greater surface area(less pressure) and so it does not cut the fruit. When we take the thin side, the surface area is reduced and so it cuts the fruit easily and quickly. This is one example of a practical application of Pressure.
The gradient of pressure is called the force density. For gases, pressure is sometimes measured not as an absolute pressure, but relative to atmospheric pressure; such measurements are called gauge pressure (also sometimes spelled gage pressure). An example of this is the air pressure in an automobile tire, which might be said to be "220 kPa/32psi", but is actually 220 kPa/32 psi above atmospheric pressure. Since atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 100 kPa/14.7 psi, the absolute pressure in the tire is therefore about 320 kPa/46.7 psi. In technical work, this is written "a gauge pressure of 220 kPa/32 psi". Where space is limited, such as on pressure gauges, name plates, graph labels, and table headings, the use of a modifier in parentheses, such as "kPa (gauge)" or "kPa (absolute)", is permitted. In non-SI technical work, a gauge pressure of 32 psi is sometimes written as "32 psig" and an absolute pressure as "32 psia", though the other methods explained above that avoid attaching characters to the unit of pressure are preferred.
Gauge pressure is the relevant measure of pressure wherever one is interested in the stress on storage vessels and the plumbing components of fluidics systems. However, whenever equation-of-state properties, such as densities or changes in densities, must be calculated, pressures must be expressed in terms of their absolute values. For instance, if the atmospheric pressure is 100 kPa, a gas (such as helium) at 200 kPa (gauge) (300 kPa [absolute]) is 50 % more dense than the same gas at 100 kPa (gauge) (200 kPa [absolute]). Focusing on gauge values, one might erroneously conclude the first sample had twice the density of the second one.
A closely related quantity is the stress tensor σ, which relates the vector force F to the vector area A via
This tensor may be divided up into a scalar part (pressure) and a traceless tensor part shear. The shear tensor gives the force in directions parallel to the surface, usually due to viscous or frictional forces. The stress tensor is sometimes called the pressure tensor, but in the following, the term "pressure" will refer only to the scalar pressure.
The pressure of a moving fluid can be measured using a Pitot tube, or one of its variations such as a Kiel probe or Cobra probe, connected to a manometer. Depending on where the inlet holes are located on the probe, it can measure static pressure or stagnation pressure.
Surface pressure is denoted by π and shares many similar properties with three-dimensional pressure. Properties of surface chemicals can be investigated by measuring pressure/area isotherms, as the two-dimensional analog of Boyle's law, πA = k, at constant temperature.
Real gases exhibit a more complex dependence on the variables of state.


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It seems that the more controversial a topic the more difficult it is to find unbiased information on the internet. The materials presented below from Kenneth Humphreys are no exception as the name of his website clearly indicates. However in the ongoing debates concerning the authenticity of the Old and New Testaments Humphreys strongly states his points thus allowing direct and pointed discussion. His materials raise questions that can be useful starting points and/or lightening rods when sifting through the many and varied texts produced by theologians, archaeologists, historians, linguists, etc.
"Legendary kings David and Solomon supposedly had an imperial capital in Jerusalem. Yet extensive archaeology in the city reveals Jerusalem was a village in the 10th century BC. In contrast, Megiddo, 'part of the empire.' far to the north, had a palace!
In reality, separate and distinctive chiefdoms developed in Samaria and Judah in the 9th century. They were never a 'united monarchy.' The north was larger, richer and more developed – and soon succumbed to the Assyrians.
Judah, in reaction, produced its pious, biblical fraud, castigating the apostate kings of the 8th - 9th century northern kingdom of 'Israel' and elevated its own importance in an earlier, fantasised empire – ruled from an imperial capital of Jerusalem.
"... in Jerusalem nothing has as yet been brought to light which can be ascribed to Solomon with certainty." – Isserlin, p81."
King David
"David, "son of Jesse the Bethlehemite," is a "curiously elusive figure" (Oxford Companion to the Bible). In turns shepherd, giant killer, court musician, poet, warlord and king, nothing and no one outside the Bible notes his existence.
If an original 'Dawid' inspired the legendary king, he was an inconsequential bandit chieftain in the Judaean hills, nothing more. Possibly the only element of truth in the biblical story is the episode of David as renegade and outlaw leader, living from theft."
"It will come as an unpleasant shock to many that the God of Israel, YHWH, had a female consort and that the early Israelite religion adopted monotheism only in the waning period of the monarchy and not at Mount Sinai."
The impressive race history, tracing the Jews (the people of Judah), back through Hebrews in Canaan and Israelites in Egypt, to a noble ancestor called Abraham (father, it seems, of all the races, including Greeks and Arabs!), and the whole melodramatic story of the Exodus, was concocted at a much later date, after the tribal leadership of these Judaean tribesmen had been taken into exile and had learned the rudiments of civilization from their Babylonian captors. This was not at the dawn of time but in the seventh century BC, when Greece was already a civilization and Carthage had a maritime empire.
The original Hebrew/Canaanite occupants of Palestine did pass into history. Many, including the so-called 'lost tribes' of Israel (those living in northern Palestine) were assimilated by Assyrian conquerors during the eighth century.
But the 'victors', a Persian-sponsored priesthood who settled in Judaea in the 6th century BC, wrote a sacred history, known to the Jews as the Torah (or Pentateuch ) and to the Christians as the first 'five books' of the Old Testament. Together with the 'Prophets' and 'Wisdom' literature this voluminous text purports to be an account of the trials and tribulations of the Jews through the previous two millennia. Rather oddly, its detail and obvious accuracy peters out the closer it approaches the time when it was actually written. Joshua, supposedly on the rampage in the thirteenth century BC gets vast reportage, whereas several 7th century kings known to history are omitted.
Indeed, the four hundred years between the last book of the Old Testament (the 5th century Malachi) and the first book of the New Testament echo in a biblical silence.
No biblical text gives the conquest of Palestine by Alexander the Great (in 323 BC) a mention. Ptolemaic Egypt's loss of her Palestinian provinces to Syria in 198 BC is unrecorded. 'Minor' personages like Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great are overlooked. And the books of Maccabees – which should tell us the 'recent' story of the successful Jewish rebellion against Greek rule in the second century BC – are so blatantly filled with error and incoherence that even biblical editors shunted them into the 'Apocrypha' or omitted them entirely.
But of course we are not speaking of history but rather, of sacred testimony, designed to control, justify and inspire.
Anyone can be factual. In the Bible we have a book with a purpose.
Earliest Jewish writings:
9th century
There was no written Hebrew before the 9th century BC. At that time, the Hebrews adapted the Phoenician script.
Phoenician Alphabet


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For lawmakers playing music, politics takes second fiddle
Lawmakers, including Snohomish Rep. Hans Dunshee, put away rancor and pick up instruments for some 'celtic punk.'
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Rep. Hans Dunshee, D-Snohomish, plays the Scottish smallpipes on the Senate floor during a joint House and Senate memorial service Feb. 13 in Olympia for lawmakers who had died in recent years. Dunshee is one of a handful of House lawmakers and staffers who meet weekly to play in an informal band comprised of fiddles, guitars and bagpipes.
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From left, Rep. Vincent Buys, legislative assistant Marilyn Pedersen, and Rep. Hans Dunshee, practice outside of Dunshee's legislative office in Olympia. They're among a handful of House staffers and lawmakers who meet weekly to play in an informal band comprised of fiddles, guitars and bagpipes.
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From left, Rep. Vincent Buys, legislative assistant Marilyn Pedersen, Rep. Hans Dunshee, and security staffer Joel Espedal, practice outside of Dunshee's legislative office. They're among a handful of House staffers and lawmakers who meet weekly to play in an informal band comprised of fiddles, guitars and bagpipes.
One plays the bagpipes. A few others, the fiddle. Throw in a guitar or two, and you've got the as-yet-unnamed band comprising a handful of lawmakers and staffers who meet each Monday night to play what one member jokingly describes as "punk Celt" music -- an assortment of Scottish and Irish tunes, with a bit of Appalachian folk mixed in.
"I'm the limiting factor," says Rep. Hans Dunshee, a Democrat from Snohomish who has been playing the Scottish smallpipes for about nine months. "The fiddlers can play anything."
On a recent evening, those fiddlers were Republican Rep. Vincent Buys of Lynden and Marilyn Pedersen, legislative assistant to the Democratic chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Ross Hunter. Joel Espedal, a House security guard, accompanies on guitar, as does his 12-year-old son, Erik, who was visiting the Capitol that day.
After tuning their instruments, the cacophony soon transitions into a melody at once mournful, rich and up-tempo. A few employees still at the office wander over to listen as the group finishes "Skye Boat Song," a Scottish folk tune.
"That was good," yells Guy Bergstrom, a House Democratic spokesman who often sits in on the practices.
"Very good," Dunshee agrees. "The slower the better, I guess. We're better when slower."
They've only played together a few times, in the common area outside of Dunshee's third-floor office and only after the long hours of committee hearings and floor votes have come to a close. But for this bipartisan, eclectic bunch of musicians, their meetings transcend politics.
"It not anything that you could call an organized thing," Dunshee says. "But it's very therapeutic."
Dunshee, chairman of the House Capital Budget Committee, surprised many earlier this year at a joint House and Senate memorial for lawmakers who have died in recent years when he wore a kilt and played his bagpipes on the Senate floor.
Dunshee, 61, grew up playing Great Highland bagpipes, continuing through college before stopping. About nine months ago, he says, he felt the urge to get back into music and decided to give the smaller Scottish smallpipes a try.
"It gave me something else to think about other than the numbers and words of my job," he says. "It just gives me peace."
Every Monday night is the standing date for the informal jam sessions, which kicked off with the start of the legislative session last month.
So far, the regulars include Dunshee, Pedersen, Espedal and Rep. Kathy Haigh, a Democrat from Shelton who plays guitar. Buys, who has played with Pedersen and Espedal before, made his first appearance with the larger group this particular evening.
The group's odds of thriving may hinge on the primary rule that governs it: "no politics involved," as Espedal explains.
"We put everything aside and just concentrate on the music," he continues. "It's just about getting together and jamming."
The group isn't the only musically inclined presence on campus. Buys, 33, has played the violin for 28 years and said he has played classical music with other violin-playing lobbyists. Democratic Lt. Gov. Brad Owen plays guitar, saxophone and drums, and has performed for school anti-drug assemblies and end-of-session parties at the Capitol. Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, has played guitar with Owen as well.
There are no plans to play public venues -- allowing a reporter to attend their practice bordered on "exhibitionism," Dunshee said -- but a few band names have been tossed around, including Capitol Kilts, House Brand Band and Lege Zeppelin.
At the mention of band names, Buys turns to the others.
"Are we an official band?" he asks.
The question is met with laughter, and then they move on to the next song.
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