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A Joint Honours degree programme involves the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours programme. Joint Honours students are simply required to choose fewer topics from the range of options available in each half of the programme.
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In this programme, you study half of your modules (60 credits) in Archaeology and Ancient History and half in History (60 credits)
First year
Archaeology & Ancient History: This year you gain a firm grounding in the history and archaeology of the ancient world through introductory lecture courses ranging from the history and archaeology of the ancient civilisations of Egypt to the theory and practice of archaeology and the study of human societies and cultural change. You also gain practical experience through archaeological field training.
History: The first year is the foundational year in an academic process that will see you progress from being a dependent to an independent learner. You will study modules spanning the early medieval to late modern periods. You can choose either Discovering the Middle Ages and Living in the Middle Ages or The Making of the Modern World 1500-1815 and The Making of the Contemporary World 1815-2000 (20 credits per module). These explore fundamental themes and issues focused on key periods and indicate the kinds of questions historians explore and some of the methods they employ in answering them. You will also study Practising History (A): Skills in History (Autumn semester) and Practising History (B): Approaches to History (Spring semester), which look more closely at the techniques of the historian and at the nature and evolution of key historical debates.
Second year
Archaeology & Ancient History: You may choose a historical core module investigating Greek and Roman society, or one which will provide you with expertise in major archaeological sub-disciplines and professional techniques (for example, forensic or environmental archaeology). You also choose from a range of options in history, archaeology, literature, culture, language, myth, religion, art and philosophy.
History: The second year is an intermediate year that builds on the foundations laid in the first year of study. You engage in Group Research and extend your historical knowledge through two (20 + 20) subject-specific modules chosen from a wide range of available from Option A in the Autumn semester and Option B in the Spring.
Third year
Archaeology & Ancient History: You may choose either an archaeological core module or a historical one – this time focusing on Ancient Egypt and Western Asia. You also make your choice from our menu of options. The highlight of the final year is your dissertation: a substantial research project on a subject of special interest to you.
History: The third year represents the culmination of undergraduate study and the final stage of your transition to an independent learner. You hone your historical skills in Advanced Option A or Advanced Option B and you also undertake an in-depth Special Subject module, which is chosen from a variety of available subjects.
This four year route offers you the additional educational benefit of a year of study in an approved University in Europe or in English speaking countries. Students with grades of 2.1 or above in their first year will be asked to apply for the Year Abroad in the first term of their second year and if successful, will go abroad in their third year. In addition to the tutor support given from the host University, students who choose to take a Year Abroad will be allocated a member of staff from the Department of History who will monitor their progress while overseas through regular contact.
This programme integrates archaeological and ancient historical approaches to ancient civilisations such as those of Ancient Egypt and Rome. By interpreting historical and archaeological evidence together, we can build a rounded picture of the life and culture of these ancient societies. Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology is a lively environment where students find friendly encouragement to follow their own particular interests in the past, and where they can gain the necessary skills to equip them for a variety of careers in the future. Our distinctive emphasis on using literature, history and archaeology in the study of the ancient world, and the range of expertise available, ensures a wide choice of times, countries and cultures may be studied. Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham has been ranked among the top five Russell Group departments of Classics in the Research Excellence Framework 2014.
Ancient History open day talk
History is not a plain narrative of events but an attempt to discover how and why our own world emerged. Our Joint Honours History programmes concentrate on medieval and modern Britain and Europe but they also provide scope to range beyond European boundaries.You have the chance to investigate unfamiliar territory and to question some of the prevailing myths, preconceptions and prejudices that surround history from the Middle Ages to the present day. Joint Honours History is taught within the Department of History, which has an outstanding international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The size and quality of the department enables us to offer students a wide range of options across the medieval and modern periods. The Department of History was ranked first in the country in the Research Excellence Framework 2014.
[Video above - Dr Craig Blunt delivers an undergraduate open day talk about studying Joint Honours at the University]
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Number of A levels required: 3
Typical offer: ABB
Required subjects and grades: A Level History, Medieval History or Ancient History at grade A
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We welcome applications from international students and invite you to join our vibrant community of over 4500 international students who represent 150 different countries. We accept a range of qualifications, our country pages show you what qualifications we accept from your country.
Depending on your chosen course of study, you may also be interested in the Birmingham Foundation Academy, a specially structured programme for international students whose qualifications are not accepted for direct entry to UK universities. Further details can be found on the foundation academy web pages.
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University of Birmingham students are part of an academic elite and learn from world-leading experts. We will challenge you to become an independent and self-motivated learner, qualities that are highly sought after by employers.
You will have a diverse learning experience, including:
You will have access to a comprehensive support system to help you make the transition to Higher Education.
The majority of you will have chosen to study subjects with us which you have had little chance to explore at School or College, and which, therefore, will be new and exciting ways of understanding ancient civilizations. These will include primary sources such as Mesopotamian, Egyptian or Classical texts which have survived to the modern day or the monuments and objects which the members of those civilizations themselves created – a steadily growing resource as new discoveries are made.
Your learning with us will be your own voyage of discovery. This will be through small group projects in the first year, seminars in the second and third years and a dissertation in the third. In each year you will be guided in your learning by an expert in the subjects you have chosen and you will learn to research a variety of different source materials, to analyse them, to construct a coherent arguments and to present the story orally or in writing.
Your first year is the foundation of everything which you will achieve with us. In your first year you will be introduced to the University of Birmingham's principles of Enquiry Based Learning (EBL). We will guide you in methods of research, give you feedback on each task, help you improve your style of writing and your use of referencing. We will show you how to examine the views of scholars critically as well the evidence they have used and you will use to construct your stories about each task. Gradually, you will come to rely on the evidence you have found for yourselves and the judgements you have formed about it more than the text books you started with. Soon it will be natural to question rather than accept, to argue your own theories and to be unafraid to disagree with us as well as your classmates. The lectures will be led by experts in their field who will provide the background to your own discoveries, the background which is itself based on the latest research and discovery. Lectures will be supported by discussion classes to provide the background to your understanding of the subject area.
You will also gain practical experience in a three week period of practical fieldwork at the end of the summer term in your first year. This provides a unique opportunity to understand the methods of archaeology in the field and to work as a team under the guidance of our expert archaeologists – and quite possibly to contribute to our knowledge with your own discoveries.
As your personal tutors, we will discuss with you individually your progress in general and identify strengths to build on – or weaknesses to be addressed. We will help you develop transferable skills as well assist you with welfare issues if necessary.
Central to Learning and Teaching in the School of History and Cultures at the University of Birmingham is critical enquiry, debate and self-motivation, summed up by the term Enquiry Based Learning.
What does this mean for you?
Enquiry-based learning describes an environment in which learning is driven by the shared enquiry of students and tutors. Depending upon the level and the discipline, it can encompass problem-based learning, evidence-based learning, small scale investigations, field work, projects and research.
Enquiry-based learning places you at the centre of your own learning process so that you learn through involvement and ownership and not simply by being a passive recipient of information thrown at you. You will spend time developing comprehension and note-taking skills. History is a subtle and complex subject and the literature you need to master can be demanding and complex. To 'get' it, you need plenty of thinking time. Reading, thinking and analysing for yourself are the most important parts of your degree experience. This approach will enable you to take control of your own learning as you progress through your degree. Moreover, it will encourage you to acquire essential skills that are highly valued by employers: creativity, independence, team-working, goal-setting and problem-solving.
The overall approach we adopt is one of more heavily weighted contact hours in Year 1, but tapering off over years 2 and 3, as you begin to acquire greater confidence in discussion and writing. We are strongly committed to small-group seminar teaching, particularly in the final two years of your degree: you will find that most of your teaching happens not in large, anonymous lectures but in smaller groups of students where you can actively participate in discussion and have the benefit of personal contact with academic staff. In your final year, you will also have individual tuition to help you work on your dissertation. As you progress through the syllabus, you are offered an increasingly wide range of particular subject choices.
Year 1 is highly directed – much of it lies in helping you to acquire a general overview of the medieval, early modern and near contemporary past. The 'Practising History' module introduces you to the key skills needed to study History at degree level and enables you to study select historical episodes. All this will help you make more informed decisions about subject choices in Years 2 and 3. These topics are increasingly specialised and enable you to get to grips with them in real depth. During your first year you will undergo a formal 'transition' review to see how you are getting on and offer you help for any particular areas where you need support.
In Year 2, in each term, you have a choice of around 15 Options to study. You will start doing preparatory work for your final-year dissertation, selecting a topic, assessing its feasibility and engaging in preliminary discussions with potential supervisors. The module History in Theory and Practice provides an overview of the evolution of history writing and an introduction to key issues confronting historians today: you will find this helps you reflect on your own historical research. A notable feature of Year 2 is Group Research: about a dozen specialised historical topics for you to research, not, however, as individuals, but on a collective basis. You are divided into groups of 5-6 students, to work as a team, and to produce both individual essays and a group presentation on what you have researched. The capacity to work as part of a team, to know what it is like to have to accommodate yourself to the way others work, is a valuable asset for future employment.
In Year 3, there are some 20 Special Subjects for you to choose from, ranging from the early medieval period almost up to the present day, and covering a wide range of British, European and non-European areas. You approach the particular subject not only through reading but also by intensive study of original documents. In addition, there are around a further 14 Final Year Options to choose from in each of the autumn and spring terms. The real centre-piece of the Final Year, however, for most students is their dissertation – a piece of extended writing on a subject of your choice and which requires significant use of archival and other primary source materials. You will have done extensive preparatory work for this in Year 2. In Year 3, you will have a calibrated set of one-to-one consultation sessions with an academic supervisor, who will comment and advise on your drafts. This will be real academic writing and the results are often impressive.
Assessments - you will be assessed in a variety of ways to help you transition to a new style of learning. At the beginning of each module, you will be given information on how and when you will be assessed. Assessments methods will vary with each module and could include:
Feedback - you will receive feedback on each assessment within four weeks, so you can learn from each assignment. You will also be given feedback on any exams that you take. If you should fail an exam, we will ensure that particularly detailed feedback is provided to help you prepare for future exams.
Graduates in Archaeology, like all arts and humanities students, develop a wide range of skills that are highly attractive to employers. Studying archaeology involves analysing evidence of human activity throughout human history. This helps the development of skills in research and analysis of complex information, working independently and as part of a team, and articulate communication of judgements and arguments. Archaeology study material remains in addition to other sources such as written evidence, and use scientific principles and concepts. You will have the opportunity to carry out self-directed project work which helps self-management, organisation and research skills.??? go on to careers in a wide range of areas such as law, business, education and the media, with employers including central and local government, museums, cultural and heritage organisations, charities and a range of commercial companies. Specific jobs include PR and communications, human resources, legal work, library work, events planning and tourism.
The skills of an ancient historian ? research, analysis, organisation, self-management and reasoning ? are highly attractive to employers. Our graduates are also capable of working independently and as part of a team, and eloquently articulating judgments and arguments, which makes them highly sought-after employees.
BA Archaeology and Ancient History graduates from Birmingham benefit from a higher than average rate of graduates going into professional or managerial roles within six months of graduation. The University of Birmingham has graduate employment rates for archaeology and ancient history graduates above the national average and in the top 10 for the subject from UK universities. Graduates from these subject areas go into a wide variety of career areas including law, education, professional archaeology, museums and curatorial work and business. Jobs taken have included even planning, recruitment consultant, library work, human resources and PR.
Whether you have a clear idea of where your future aspirations lie or want to consider the broad range of opportunities available once you have a Birmingham degree, our Careers Network can help you achieve your goal. This is a unique careers guidance service tailored to your academic subject area, offering a specialised team (in each of the five academic colleges) who can give you expert advice. This includes individual careers advice and events to give you insight into the professions and employers of interest to our graduates, including our 'Careers in Heritage, Museums and History' event.
We also hold events covering careers in teaching, event management, law marketing and working with charities. The newly developed optional professional skills module allows students in their second year to gain experience in a working environment which can lead to the development of further valuable skills. Placements are offered with the support of local employers, and we are developing links with heritage and cultural organisations to create more opportunities for students.
In addition, our students are encouraged to apply their skills in the workplace by undertaking internships in the summer; the work experience bursary scheme enables students to apply for funding for those career areas where placements are often unpaid. You can even apply for our 'Global Challenge' to work overseas on an expenses paid placement during your summer vacation.
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- Dr David Gange discusses careers and employability in the History open day presentation]
Employers target University of Birmingham students for their diverse skill-set and our graduate employment statistics have continued to climb at a rate well above national trends. If you make the most of our wide range of opportunities you will be able to develop your career from the moment you arrive.
There are also internships available at our own cultural assets, such as Winterbourne House, the Lapworth Museum, and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
To enhance your career prospects even further, you will need to think about engaging in some extra-curricular activities to broaden your skills and network of contacts.
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Still, "it has always stumped us" to see black families with lots of breast cancer but no mutations that can be found in ordinary testing for BRCA genes, she said.
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When Nature Runs Out Of Paint: 25 All-White Animals
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Given the millions of different shades of color that we see in nature, it's no wonder that, once in a while, nature might simply run out of paint. Perhaps this is why pure-white animals leave such a strong impression on us. Some of them look like ghostly spirit animals. Others, like albino whales or moose, are lonely one-in-a-million albinos with striking, unexpected appearances. [Read more...]
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The Low Oxalate Cookbook Book 2 (Hardcover)
|Author: Meg (EDT)/ Yount Stoltzfus
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|To enjoy this lovely, informative book, one doesn''t have to be oxalate sensitive. However, this one-of-a-kind cookbook can help restore quality of life to those suffering from the syndrome that includes fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis, and vulvodynia, or those with a history of oxalate kidney stones.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Don't miss this third and final year to be dazzled by the spectacular autumn landscapes of Japanese gardens with scarlet maples and golden bamboos set against the backdrop of emerald conifers. Celebrating the time-honored tradition of Japanese fall flower-viewing, more awe-inspiring chrysanthemum "sculptures" than ever, painstakingly trained using traditional Japanese methods, are the centerpiece of the most elaborate exhibition the Botanical Garden has ever mounted, on display in the Conservatory Courtyards. Bonsai provide another fabulous element to the show. On weekends, enjoy guided tours, autumn gardening demonstrations, and taiko drumming performances.
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Specific combinations of light and heat are needed to bring the massive chrysanthemums, cultivated from tiny cuttings over the last 12 months, into simultaneous flower. This year, just as the Yankees have battled the elements during their baseball postseason, Garden staff have also had to deal with quirky weather in the Bronx. Cold temperatures and overcast skies in New York necessitated staff gardeners returning the star mums of this outdoor show to the greenhouses for the extra light and warmth they crave to bloom. This was in direct contrast to what was required during the first two years of the Kiku exhibition when warm, late-summer temperatures persisted through October, and staff gardeners scrambled to shade and cool the plants to prevent flowering before showtime. Visitors can appreciate this marvelous manipulation of nature and see the spectacular fruits of the gardeners' labor in this, the third and final year of the exhibition on view through November 15.
Also now through January 10, visit Ex Libris: Treasures from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library. Considered to be one of the world's greatest repositories of botanical and horticultural literature, the Mertz Library houses a treasury of published and archival documents that trace the development of botany and horticulture from the 12th century to the present day. Drawing from this wealth of materials, the exhibition highlights rarely seen books, botanical art, and original manuscripts that demonstrate the extraordinary beauty and depth of the collections. Eighty percent of the items displayed in Ex Libris have never before been exhibited to the public.
For more details, visit http://www.nybg.org/kiku09/
A more detailed press release is available at http://www.nybg.org/press_releases/KikuInTheJapaneseAutumnGarden2009.pdf
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It's becoming harder and harder for members of Barack Obama's fan club to defend their hero — as least when it comes to his defense for NSA spying.
A difficult time for Barack Obama's fans
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@ Mr. Jackson:
IMO, you underestimate the mindset of a true believer.
Every May Day across Russia, hundreds of supporters of Comrade Stalin protest for a return of the "good old days."
And, if legal, I can imagine that there would be similar rallies in Germany for Der Führer every yr. on April 20th.
Enjoyed reading Eric Hoffer's classic in high school yrs. ago.
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Gloom and doom Winnie, first one out of the gate!
No difficult time here. It's fun watching the right wingers squirm.
Obama fans are only getting what they voted for, they just didn't recognize it at the time. It's hard to admit you were wrong, so it'll take a lot more than these recent events to wake up a lot of his followers
Wrong how? Unemployment down, better healthcare, an economy that is taking off. Sounds like what I voted for.
Better healthcare? Really? You and I have discussed this before, and you've yet to answer the single question I had for you: How, pray tell, under the "Affordable" Care Act, am I going to be able to afford the increased insurance premiums when I can't afford the premiums as they are NOW? And with premiums set to rise an average of 88% in Ohio shortly, I could really use your helpful answer sooner rather than later.
sam, where did that bullspit come from? Oh wait, the Fox news owning, WSJ owning Rupert Murdock. And in Ohio it comes from Mary Taylor, a Repub. Tell me the name of one Repub politician who has ever had a good word to say about the ACC. It's really getting a little old sam.
So if it came from Democrapper you would then believe it?
Still not answering the question, are you? Could it be because you HAVE no answer? Hmmm...
And as far as the premium costs go, well, I have no idea which insurance agents/agencies/companies are conservative or liberal. I didn't think to ask when I requested quotes.
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This bullspit came from forbes......and right from the mouth of Ohio's Lt. Governor. "Democrats continue to try to dismiss the evidence that Obamacare will dramatically increase the cost of insurance for people who buy it on their own. But on Thursday, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced that, based on the rates submitted by insurers to date, the average individual-market health insurance premium in 2014 will come in around $420, "representing an increase of 88 percent" relative to 2013. "We have warned of these increases," said Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor in a statement. "Consumers will have fewer choices and pay much higher premiums for their health insurance starting in 2014."
BDB, you're response makes my point.... keep on dreaming. By the time you wake up it will be too late.
The liberal machine has been gaining momentum for the last 2 decades and has you and so many other Americans fooled. You guys can banter and play tit-for-tat with morsels of information all you want. It's the bigger picture that will direct what road our country travels
So unemployment isn't down? The economy isn't moving forward? Healthcare insurance isn't better?
No, no and no
Unemployment numbers are misleading due to the influence of seasonal and part time minimum wage jobs and an ever growing federal government
Economy is proped up by over printing currency and is unsubstanable
The healthcare reform, while needed, missed the mark. It's gonna cost a fortune to make it operational and the outcome is uncertain.
Don't try to explain economics to the mutt. He only knows what his union spoon feeds him.
@ Huron_1969 You are lieing --- it will cost a fortune because this country has been too worried about building a multi-million dollar weaponry, and helping out other countries-- Which is what the president Pre-Obama era did! Obama is trying to pull us out of that RUT!!! Hail Glory Praise and Honor to our wonderful POTUS!!!
I think you've been drinking too much Grey Goose granny
Ahhhh, I forgot. It's still George Bush's fault.
re: GooseyGrandma
On the contrary, Obama is set to double foreign aid by 2015 and, as history keeps showing, it always hurts more than it helps. As Senator Rand Paul has noted, many of the people who hate us do so because, among other things, they hear us claiming to be so generous to them by sending billions of dollars in foreign aid but, instead, it ends up in the hands of the very leaders who are committing injustice against them.
A perfect example is that President Obama is about to send aid which will arm Syrian rebels (Al-Qaeda among them) so that they can fight Assad (in Syria) for us. And what do you think is going to happen, once Al-Qaeda gets that money, to the approx. 2 million Christians who sought refuge there?
You seriously want to "hail" and give "glory," "praise," and "honor" to those who would continue these practices?
EDIT: I agree that Assad needs to be toppled. My point is that there just has to be a better way.
@Big Dog I see what you did there. You replaced "better healthcare" (in your earlier comment) with "better healthcare insurance" (in a more recent comment).
That is not to say that either is true by any stretch of the imagination.
The issue I take is that you seem to want "free healthcare" and "green energy." I would say that you should, instead, try "green healthcare" and "free energy." This way, the healthcare could truly become free shortly thereafter. But that is a somewhat long story and I will wait for an article that addresses those topics more directly.
Better health care? Better health care? I'm just making this post because that comment makes it obvious you don't have any first hand knowledge of this situation. I purchase my own insurance, I have for years, we received notice that starting in Jan when the great one's Obama care goes into affect my insurance costs will go up 56% for the same coverage. Prior to Obama Care the highest jump I ever saw was 8%, Thank you president Obama!!!
That's funny Big Dog, as of Thursday the Unemployment ticked up to 7.6% and 354,000 more workers filed for unemployment and by the account of the GAO the economy is stagnant. But go ahead and enjoy the kool aid you are drinking and you will find in 2014 the Damocrats are going to lose the Senate and more seats in the house and this lame duck pres is just waiting out his time so he can go back to his Chicago mafia friends and live happily ever after, although probably not with Michelle.
Sorry, but it is actually up over 14%. You have to include those who've stopped looking for employment, but yet, remain unemployed. The 7.6% rate from April is measuring from a smaller pool of the American workforce. http://www.forbes.com/sites/robe...
Using the analogy that supporters of the President's policies that the rate is decreasing, is akin to something that most of us see in the grocery every day. Remember going to the store and buying a 1/2 gallon of ice cream? Many companies, Breyers for one, have kept their prices "the same" but reduced the size of their product from 64 oz. to 48 oz.
The 7.6% rate is extremely misleading, but it is one that is easily toutable to the proverbial low-information voters.
At Least our POTUS, whether black or white- race is not the issue- {he's actually over qualified}~~~isn't rubbing elbows @ dinner with murderers of good unsuspecting people Like yer good ole Bush eating dinner with his buddies Sadamn and BinLaden... Go figure-- I just love watchin all of Anti-Obama people slamming Our POTUS for things that have been going on for years and years-- But it is brought out WHY??? Because you are Racists and you really do not want to applaud his efforts and successes-- instead you'd rather find something to gripe about so that maybe you will get recognized as "THE ONE WHO SLAMMED OBAMA" If recognition is all you want then why not just go tell the Supreme Court Justice that you indeed have a hangnail and you just need someone to judge whether to bite it off or go to the doctor~~~ RIDICULOUS!!! Yes it is --- and the s.o.s. is still your ways of trying to persecute a man for the mistakes that previous repukes did years ago! And if Congress would have back Our POTUS in the last 4.5 years-- Our POTUS's Plan would have worked back then-- But no one wanted to give him a fair shake and they shot down every p.o.a. he laid out on the table... Are you really siding with the Iggit, wants to cut Education spending so that they can put that $$$ towards building a bigger prettier PRISON~~~~ really where is your Head--- Never mind WE ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION!!!!!
[ the sound of 'applause'] for GooseyGrandma.
Applauding an idiot doesn't make you look the least bit intelligent.
Democracy IS hard and well beyond the cerebral capacity of t-baggers.
LOL. Apparently even the mods thought you must have snorted to much litter dust from the potty box.
WOW!!! It's back!! See, I knew I didn't type anything vulgar!!!! Thanks Moderator!!
Meow - I hit the "Dispute Comment Moderation" button on your behalf. if that was the reason your post came back, I"m not 100% sure, but it was worth a try.
It's not all moderated by SR.
Odds are though , somebody out there screaming about their "rights" tried to take away yours --- because they didn't like what you said...typical Republican strategy.
There's truth in what GooseyGrandma says.
You can't see it?
Oh yes, I see it now. LOL. Another liberal white guilter, throwing up the race card.
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Nope. Obama's just planning to arm cannibals and negotiate with terrorists. But never mind! Pay no attention to the little man behind the curtains (and the myriad lies). It's Bush's fault!
You see no truth at all, huh?
You refuse to see.
What is that that the Republicans say ... dodge and deflect?
Please tell us how that works, you liberals are the masters at it. When you can't defend the President, throw out racism.
My question was: Do you see ANY truth at all in what Meow said?
(update: crap! I meant GooseyGrandma)
Try hard not to dodge and deflect.
Seems like SamAdams was honest enough to recognize something since he didn't respond back.
@ Knuckle Our POTUS needs no defending~~~~As many devil minded repukes that we can get rid of ~~~ The better for all AMERICANS!!! You can't see what This man in Office who is 510% improving our economy... making this world a better world to live in...and people just repubes are trying to degrade him for anything they can find.! period! Face the facts-- this is A LOSS for your side-- now grow up and get a life and let's move on together as a nation should!
SamA-- Please, did you forget about the GOP's anointed savior Ronald Reagan's gaffe-- or do you just have "selective" memory?
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran Contra Affair was a big political scandal during the 1980's. It involved members of the Reagan administration. In 1986 the people involved in this scandal sold weapons to Iran. Iran was a known enemy. They then used the money they got from the weapons to aid the Contras an anti-communist gguerrila organization in Nicaragua. In November 1986 the sales were revealed but Reagan denied them, but later that month he returned to T.V. to say they did happen but not in exchange for hostages.
Will you nuts quit referring to the past,we have a nut case loose destroying this country.Now he is running loose in Europe, where they had a parade mocking him and laughing at him.They think he is a nut case as well as us.
Fan of history? Google Jamie Gorelick and the wall!!!!
Am I supposed to believe you have pictures of the sit down dinners with Osama and Hussein with potus bush!!!!
Tue, 06/18/2013 - 9:33pm
At Least our POTUS, whether black or white...
Racer card?
Uh, grandma. I think you are confusing President Obama with Senator Rand Paul. Especially the part where you say that Congress (The Democrat-led Senate, in this case) should back him instead of shooting down every plan of action that he lays on the table.
I have to assume that you do not watch Congress live on TV (you know, C-SPAN and C-SPAN2) and that you, instead, rely on media pundits and opinion bloggers to tell you what is happening.
You r a goosey granny u cool aid sippin' race card playin fo, yo fazzizle
Things are so so so much better than they were in late 2008 at the end of the disastrous Bush presidency. Unless you want to return to double digit unemployment and the worst recession in the last 80 years...
I just read today that only 3 states have higher unemployment in 2013, and all 3 are led by Republican governors. So, it would seem as if Republicans are also getting exactly what they voted for...
WOW !! You are really swinging for the fence, aren't you? So, coasterfan, YOU threw Bush under the bus for a spike in fuel prices, yet under Obama's dictatorship, fuel averages for the past five years are higher than anytime in history! More than 47 million people on welfare or assistance of somekind, and that's just been raised since Obama's been in the white house. I can list a dozen more failures you blindly look past, you are the problem with the US now! Blind followers and low information voters are destroying our country!
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Yea,and the top ten cities with the highest crime rate and unemployment have had Dumacrats Mayors for 10 years.Why don't you say something to improve this country ?I am an Indy Voter and haven't seen one non idiot in congress since Harry!
Well said coasterfan! Now there is an act of intelligence that Knucle should take notes on-- maybe someday we can all pool together and share ideas to help the CIC with getting this country whipped back into shape-- Obama is doin' the best and right ideas for us-- Let's Help Anyway We Can! And not by slamming him for being Black or whatever-- He's a very Intelligent Man with nothing but good intentions! I Thank God Every Day For Obama Being In Office... I shudder to think We would all be today if ROBBME/LYANRYAN were in there! We would have already begun the 7 year Holocaust and WWIII! =(
Yes, unemployment numbers are down and that is good. Do you really blame Bush for the crash in 2007-2008? It was the banks that crashed the economy and it would haven't mattered if Al Gore or W was in office. Who signed the Modernization Bank Act? The bill that repealed Glass-Steagal? It allowed investment banks to loan and regular banks to speculate in the market....that would be William Jefferson Clinton. You can blame Bush all you want, but Democrats had a hand in this as well.
@coasterfan What, at this point, does it matter what Bush did (even IF you had told the truth about whether or not Obama signed 9 of the 12 appropriations bills for 2009..which you most certainly have not)?
If you want to find the guilty, you need only look in the mirror.
You could've worked to get Warren G. Harding re-elected in either 2008 or 2012 (in the person of Ron Paul) and we would've had another "Roarin' 20's."
You chose, instead, to viciously lie (left and right) in your effort to elect and re-elect a party whose leaders pounced on their perfect opportunity to make it appear as if Capitalism had failed (which the Dems' party leaders have done ever since gaining control of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections).
Seriously, man..You could've at least nominated Democrat Dennis Kucinich in 2008 and the economy would be doing better also. He was running for POTUS, you know. You were all "star-struck" with Hillary and Obama, though. SMH.
Are you STILL trying to convince us that your party, whose leaders hold disdain for Capitalism, is trying to save our economy and that the Republicans, who love Capitalism, are trying to destroy it?
He is now a minority in more than one way!
Doesnt matter. the RACISTS WHO ELECTED OBAMA don't care what he does.
if OBAMA REPEALED the 13th Amendment to REINSTITUTE SLAVERY FOR BLACKS, he would not lose a single supporter
All that mattered to blacks in 2008 and 2012 was that Obama was NOT WHITE
All that matters to the WHITE LIBERALS and BLACK CONSERVATIVES who supported him was his (sort of ) BLACK SKIN
Liberal whites and blacks openly admitted that they were voting for the first BLACK president, NOT the best choice.
McCain was far more qualified than Obama but a great many LIBERALS think that HATING WHITES is GOOD RACISM
To them voting FOR someone because they are BLACK is not racism in their twisted deluded minds
Gosh, where, I wonder, were all of these people who were so PROUD to vote for the "first black president" when far more qualified black men were running for the office?
I'm proud to say that I supported a black man for president some twenty YEARS ago! (Supported a black man in 2012, too, as it happens). But I didn't support him because he was black. Nope. I supported him because I thought he was QUALIFIED! Oh, yes, and he also had some respect for the Constitution, that document in which Obama's never met a codicil he didn't want to change.
So I guess I'd also like to know why it is I'm suddenly a racist merely because I criticize a black man who ISN'T qualified for office? (At any level, much less the presidency...)
And yes, Tbone, you're right: The TRULY racist among us are those who voted FOR a man because of his skin color. They're no more or less guilty than those of equally small minds who refused to vote for Obama for no other reason than that.
What about the millions who voted for Obama NOT because of his skin color, but because we thought he was the far more qualified choice? Or the millions who voted Democrat not because of Obama, but because the GOP is stuck in the 1950's, and only caters to rich and/ or white people? You guys lost to women by double digits, Hispanics by almost 5 to 1, and age 18-29 voters by double digits. You didn't lose because of Obama, or Romney. You lost because Americans DO understand what the the Republican brand IS, and fewer people share your viewpoint.
If you voted for him becuase you thought he was qualified, then you can hopefully now admit that you were misinformed.
BTW, thanks for highlighing all of the standard D - talking points in your post.
@coasterfan Please explain to us how Obama (or Hillary, for that matter) was a better choice than Dennis Kucinich (another of your party's 2008 candidates)? I expect no substantial response.
The very things you proclaim that Obama is (but is not) would actually describe Kucinich very well. So, you really make no sense to me.
I predict that you will also continue to engage in the same hypocrisy once you realize that Senator Rand Paul is going to be the next POTUS. This would be very telling to me if I could pinpoint exactly what it is telling of : P
I take it that double digits is code for "not much more than 9% but we still want it to sound big." Is that correct? (Not that it holds much weight either way, considering the current state of the accuracy of information which voters use.)
The GOP is stuck in the 1950's? It seems an odd statement to me, considering that the only time I've ever heard of a congressman pushing to investigate "free energy" (harnessing Electromagnetism, etc) was a Republican Rep. (You do realize that harnessing Electromagnetism is the single greatest opportunity to end poverty and even war, do you not? It would even reverse the damage to our environment - Plasma Arc Reactors. So, please read up.)
Either way, please elaborate on what "stuck in the 50's" is even supposed to mean. Please link us to some facts about where the GOP leaders got down there on the floor of one of the houses of Congress and tried to take us back to the 50's. I have my popcorn at the ready.
The great white guilt and the American Sense of Value that everybody deserves a second chance reelected Obozo!!
Obviously, SamA was temporarily supporting Herman Cain, you all remember him, the pizza guy. Gee, he was "qualified" because he ran a pizza chain. Big Whoop! I'm sick and tired of people thinking this country should be run like a business!! It is NOT A BUSINESS--it is much more like a non-profit organization--to do what's best for it's citizens--like oh, say, healthcare, police and fire protection, a safe infrastructure for travel. Teabuggers/Con's just have a problem getting that through their heads.
"There once was a man named Herman Cain-
he used to run-
a pizza chain..."
Yes, I did support Herman Cain. But the qualified candidate from 20 years ago that I was talking about was Alan Keyes.
Alan Keyes??? I'm surprised anyone would admit to supporting that fool--another faux christian.
Here's a fun fact I found on him though:
Due to student deferments, Keyes was not drafted to serve in the Vietnam War. Keyes and his family were staunch supporters of the war.
In other words, I have my book learnin' to do--you other folks go and fight this war.
--True GOP/TP through and through all righty!
sorry but if you sincerely feel that Mccain was qualified then you need to be put out to pasture with him-- The only thing he might be qualified to do is to pull a hairball from his cats throat and if that qualifies him then ok Hallelujah for him. Maybe back in the 60's or 70's he might've been qualified to take ideas from Nixon-- but oh wait--- it was Nixon who took ideas, bribes, etc....... They are in the same category! And John never knew what he was saying -- that's why he repeated it 3, 4, 5, 6, times~~ over, and over, and over,;;;;; But still he never really made any sense to his words!
Is it just me, or is the REAL racist in the room, Mr. Tbone? I voted for Obama. Not because he was black, but because his platform was the better fit for my beliefs, and Romney and (to a lesser extent) McCain stood for everything I didn't support. It wouldn't have mattered if Obama was green or pink - he would have gotten my vote, and the color of his skin was probably #200 on my list of important presidential attributes. For you, on the other hand, it appears to not only be a big issue, but the only issue. Your comments tell us a lot more about you than they do about the person(s) you were attacking...
Ditto coasterfan! Well said. Yeah sure, I voted for Obama because he's black. Not because I'm pro-choice, pro-universal healthcare, pro-all paying their fair share tax-wise, pro-gay marriage legalization, etc....
While I agree Obama wasn't necessarily qualified, I disagree that McCain would have been much better. His recent decisions on policy matters makes me wonder if McCain is not going senile.
The right wingers slay me, they are all for water boarding and the like to gain insight to terrorism yet they are worried about the government having record of telephone , text or e mail traffic. Do you want the government to take an pro active or passive part in tracking down potential threats from any front.
No difficulty here, Tom. I don't believe he needs defending. Things have turned around and are going in the right direction. That's what I voted for. I'm all for tracking threats to our country in any way that is necessary. I don't worry that someone is tracking my phone calls or email. Do you really think someone is listening to billions of phone calls and reading all of the email? People are getting to paranoid.
tk: So you admit, then, that George W. Bush, John Ashcroft, and Dick Cheney were right? Interesting...
No, we just say that it's flat out silly for Republicans to complain about the NSA issue when it was Bush who initiated it. Obama added the checks and balances to the system that Bush did not.
What checks and balances are those? The ones he supposedly initiated for transparency are actually done in private.
What do you want?
You want EVERYTHING laid out for public viewing?
We could start with restoring trial by jury as the law of the land again. Is that too much for you?
What the hell are you talking about?
Don't reply... because I don't care.
[placeholder]..........I will be back after work to respond. I can't believe you even hit "save" on such a reply.
I'm going re-word my response.
This is what I had in mind:
What the hell are you talking about?
Don't reply... because I really don't care about your opinion.
The fact (not opinion) to which I refer is that, while we did succeed in getting the SCOTUS to strike down the indefinite detention part of the NDAA, we have not yet seen the SCOTUS strike down the part where it is now legal, under the NDAA, for people to be convicted without a trial.
People just want to find another reason to hate on a black man because the righty-sissy's didn't get their way-- so they gotta have something to gripe about.....Phone calls and emails have been tracked over the course of two maybe three decades now~~~ why the insistence now of WHY?????? Why-- because WE LIKE YOU~~~M-O-U-S-E! It's all in resemblance of a Giant Kangaroo Court... For those of you who do not know what that IS!!!! { LOOK IT UP} you have internet... OHHHHHH wouldn't you want to know if you were being stalked on facebook with lies being told about you and death threats-- darn right I'd check every last email down to the POPE's Pc!!!! So stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
GooseyGrandma is kicking buttocks.
^^another case of a lib who when confronted with the truth and no defense, throws put the race card. Soooo predictable.
We put the truth out there knuckle, but you righties can't handle it. Does not compute. Does not compute. Does not compute.
You know I dont care if they were blue and pink striped , as long as something is getting done and in the best intrest of the country
That is all you people can ever come up with, is race.He would be just as ineffective as a president if he were half white.He has not implemented one policy for the betterment of this country.He is a puppet put there by the powers to be, and you all are too blind to see it.You really don't think you elect the presidents,do you?
Well, for starters, he is half-white, not "if he were". You've been watching the Manchurian Candidate haven't you Jackel???
Funny GooseyGrandma because your president, Obie, was every bit against tracking Americans phone calls/records, internet searches...etc in 2008....and now he is fully for it. Can you say HYPOCRITE. I think so.
I don't agree with everything he does but is a hellava lot better than the last bunch of "hey lets lie about WMD's and start a war so China can come in and take control of the oil when we get our ..... kicked.
Yea there were really a lot of persons telling lies,
I do not think that Bush and the republicans were the only persons wrong about the WMD's If he was in fact lying then so were the democrats listed below and I could have continued to fill a whole page with the quotes or as you say lies
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." — Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." — Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb 18, 1998
"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies." — Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." — Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." — Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein wiill continue to increase his capability to wage biological and chemical warfare and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East which, as we know all too well, affects American security."
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years .. We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction." — Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
Get the timeline right. The inspectors found nothing. Get over it.
So, ignore the fact that the Democrats were lying to us right along with Bush because they all get their info from the same sources? SMH
Oh, wait. You didn't even read his/her comment to which you replied, did you? SMH even more.
Are you new to this planet?
The Dems and others were given information that the Bush/Cheney lying machine churned out.
Want to debate if the world is flat?
So, you think that the Democrat party leaders were only listening to Bush/Cheney and did not inquire of any other information sources at all when they have their own party members sitting on intelligence committees? That would make the Dem party leaders highly incompetent, at best.
Don't you think it sounds a little too convenient for it to be all their political opponents' fault? You would believe that?
Perhaps a little too weak to keep the lying Republicans in check.
Kimono ,Those WMD"s still exist,where do you think Syria got them ?The rest went over the border by truck to Pakistan !
And your proof of that is ...............
Spoken like the true leaders of our country, Glenn Beck & Rush Limbaugh! When will intelligent adults actually read the facts and come to their own conclusions. Obama does not need defending at all. We need to start asking when the people we elected to Congress will start doing their job. Did none of them read the Patriot Act before voting on it several times?
And if Obamacare is so bad, please tell me factually why. The problem in this country is no one takes any responsibility for themselves while pointing at others. The answer is leadership, regardless of party.
vary well said --( applause to you)
I have more money now than ever, my home value is up, and I'm not ashamed to be an American any more, GO BARACK we love you!
OMG ~~~!!!!!~~~~ YOU TAKE THE CAKE-- DON'T YA JUST LOVE HOW THEY ARE ALL JUST STANDING THERE WITH THEIR HANDS UP IN THE AIR ~~~ MOUTHS GAPED OPEN~~~ FACES ALL RED~~~ SAYING "WILL SOMEONE PLEASE FIND A WAY TO GET THE GOODS ON THIS 'BLACK' MAN AND GET HIM OUTA THERE!" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA yOU gO GET 'EM *YOUR MASTER* DO IT!
Home value is up......now there is a good one. lol.
Per my above post:
Better health care? Better health care? I'm just making this post because that comment makes it obvious you don't have any first hand knowledge of this situation. I purchase my own insurance, I have for years, we received notice that starting in Jan when the great one's Obama care goes into affect my insurance costs will go up 56% for the same coverage. Prior to Obama Care the highest jump I ever saw was 8%, Thank you president Obama!!!
When a president signs a law such as the Food Safety and Modernization Act (which allows the FDA to raid your nutrition supplement store and seize your products with no proof at all that there is anything wrong with them and, even IF there WERE something wrong, allows you to be arrested even if you had no way of knowing) and people say he doesn't need defending "at all," why bother even talking...anymore...about anything?
I also think you need to watch Senator Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster. It wasn't just about drones (as that was just a way to get his foot on the floor) so, please, get a clue. It was mostly about our right to trial by jury.
EDIT: And on that note, you need to start watching C-SPAN and C-SPAN2 because they broadcast Congress live to the world almost 24/7. When you act like Obama is innocent and it is all the fault of Congress, it makes one think that you rely on media pundits and opinion bloggers to tell you what is happening instead of watching live on TV for yourself. /end EDIT
President Obama is either complicit in exposing us to the potential for terrible injustices to be committed against us (whether by himself or future leaders) or he is incompetent to safeguard the people. Pick one.
This is why Obamacare is so bad....and this is just Ohio. There's your facts.
"Despite What the President Said, There's Nothing "Transparent" About a Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings"
Centauri - do you have Facebook? or Twitter or whatever the hell else?
Why is it that the person we call the POTUS and "fans" seem to be like our gov't is a "game"?
Last I checked, being POTUS was supposed to be that he wanted what was right for the people who VOTED or NOT VOTED him in. NOT for when he scored a "goal" in some people's eyes..
The presidency of the USA has now become a sport? When should I look for it to be considered in the Olympics?
If I don't like B. Obama and I also don't like H. Clinton .... am I a racist? How about if I also do not like B. Clinton or Bush for that matter .... Is it not possible that I can decide that I do not like a person simply because I DO NOT like what he/she stands for? I Am American ... I am free to have a choice (at least for a while yet). I do NOT make my choices of who I do and do not like based on skin color. I do NOT like Obama but I would vote for Dr. Benjamin Carson in half of a heart beat because HE is a great man. I wish Dr. Benjamin Carson would run for president. I believe he would be a GREAT President.
Isn't he the guy who completely (but politely) destroyed Obama's entire presidency and worldview over breakfast, standing a mere few feet away from the very uncomfortable-looking President Obama at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast? Ha. Yeah, I love that guy : P
I remember, looking at President Obama's face and, feeling certain that Obama MUST be thinking "I bet everyone in the room wishes THIS guy was the first Black president."
@ Mr. Jackson:
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), one of the authors of the Patriot Act wrote:
"How could the phone records of so many innocent Americans be relevant to an authorized investigation as required by the Act?"
How is it that the left originally hated the Patriot Act, but under Pres. Obama, it has been renewed and expanded along with the NDAA?
Isn't it rather odd that under Pres. Bush, the left decried The Patriot Act, but under Pres. Obama, his sycophants have come to embrace it and love it?
Reminds me of a "double plus good" line from "Nineteen Eighty-Four":
"You must love Big Brother. It is not enough to obey him, you must love him."
Dr. Daniel Elsberg of "The Pentagon Papers" fame hails Edward Snowden as a "hero."
"I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65." - David Bowie, 1984.
Bill Ayres: Obama should be tried for war crimes.
Obama, Obama, how many innocent men, women and children are you gonna kill with your drones today?
The Bush administration should be tried for war crimes against America.
LOL. Racism...Bush...Wash...Rinse...Repeat.
Blah, Blah, Blah!
What I've noticed about the Republican commenters here is that when they get stumped--- they get stupider.
Maybe so,but this one should be hung for treason !
You Should Be T R I E D for STUPIDITY!
It seems to me Mr. Jackson that you have jumped the gun on your sarcastic reference to the President as a hero to we libs. Funny thing, last night on world news it was reported the NSA has thwarted over 50 terrorist plots due to it's actions. I was never one that had problems with the Patriot Act under GWB and have no issues with what the NSA is doing now. Call me one of those progressives who take the "better safe than sorry" approach.
What if a Republican was President during these scandals? Then what would your tone be?
Scandals???? Too much Faux News for you JJ! The NSA is not a scandal to me. The IRS and it's scrutinization of teabag organizations "not-profit" status may have been over-kill but then again, EVERY SINGLE APPLICATION was eventually approved, whereas, not all democratic/progressive applications were. Besides, isn't that the JOB of the IRS-to ensure all the right people are paying their taxes?--Romney would have lost, no matter what--get over it. Oh, and then we have the infamous Benghazi "scandal". THIRTEEN embassies were attacked under GWB--and I'm sure there was plenty of forewarning for a good portion of them! Why the indignation now?? Hypocrites--all of you fauxbots.
Really? Ever single application was approved? Where are you getting your information from?
Did GWB ever have an Ambassador DIE during any of those embassies attacks and then LIE about the whole thing?
You want to talk about "Why the indignation now??" Yes lets ask that question. Why is it that when something is going bad for Obama it is everybody else fault and not his? But if the same thing happened to GWB it was his fault regardless of who's fault it was?
You see it's like Regan, when his administration did something without his approval he still stepped up and took the responsibility for the actions of his administration. UNLIKE Obama who doesn't take any responsibility but rather states that he has no knowledge. Like Holder has no knowledge but yet he signed the orders.
Hilliary did the smart thing and got the heck out before Obama could ruin her career for good. Though her "What difference does it make?" comment wasn't good, she won't have to worry to much about it because of the extreme LEFT Media will cover it up for her.
I see you watch and learn from the Left leaning media. Notice how you bring up the Benghazi "scandal" and then immediately leave out all facts about it and try and redirect the topic to how many embassies were attacked under GWB. But to correct you GWB had 11 attacks, Clinton had 1 and Obama had an Ambassador die during his Watch. But the FACTS don't support your cause so you redirect the topic.
This is Obama's presidency. NOBODY can now blame Bush anymore. Blaming Bush is like beating a dead horse. That cart has long gone.
The Tea Party, The IRS 'Scandal' — And The Actual Facts Of The Case
Specifically, while the IRS delayed confirming the tax-exempt status of some groups, and some also faced additional scrutiny, not a single Tea Party organization was denied tax-exempt status.In fact, the only known 501(c)(4) applicant whose request for tax-exempt status was recently denied happens to be a progressive group: the Maine chapter of Emerge America, which trains Democratic women to run for office. Although the group did no electoral work, and didn't participate in independent expenditure campaign activity either, its partisan nature disqualified it from being categorized as working for the "common good."
Maybe not denied but not approved either. In other words still waiting.
Another teabagger living in a bubble. Sad.
Hey, Bloggers, this article is about Clapper getting caught lying. Why all the nasty and ignorant comments about Obama, his puppet Jay Carney, and your hate for Fox News? Do you deny Clapper lying (watch the video) and Carney stating Obam's support (watch the video)? Why not comment about Obama's $60-100million dollar African vacation?
The truth hurts!
Presidents Bush and Reagan took twice as much and three times as much vacation as President Obama has. Did you whine and cry about it then? No, of course you didn't. The "facts" you get from Faux News gets sucked into it and never come back out again. Only gas comes out instead.
3X as much vacation time ? where did you get that info. Ridiculous response with no credibility
Huron-- Try googling "Who took more vacations as President".
I bet that you wonder about all kinds of silly things that aren't true when it comes to President Obama eh?


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The case of rape and molestation against Mumbai Deputy Inspector General Sunil Paraskar took a different mode more mysterious on Monday after shocking claims made by the complainant model's former lawyer.
The model has accused Paraskar of sexually assault on various occasions between November 2013 and March 2014, when he was then additional commissioner of police (north region).
The former lawyer of the Mumbai model, has made startling claims, saying she admitted to him about the plot to create a controversy to participate in a television show. Model's former lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui said he quit the case as he got the feeling that the case was filed for publicity.
The 25-year-old model had lodged a complaint against Paraskar on July 23 and accused him of raping and molesting her between November 2013 and March 2014 when he was posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region) with the Mumbai police.
Few days ago, In an editorial in 'Saamna', on Saturday, the Shiv Sena extended its support to senior IPS officer Sunil Paraskar who stands accused of rape by a Mumbai-based model. The editorial also said that it has become fashionable to level rape charges.
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Although the Mumbai police have taken the initiative to protect women by introducing an Android phone application named In Case of Emergency (ICE), they don't seem to have put much thought into its practicality as many can't afford to buy it.
The ICE application, which was launched on Saturday, the first day of the Cyber Safety Week, is supposed to allow a person in distress to send out immediate text alerts to contacts saved on the application free of cost.
Surprisingly, even though the application can easily be downloaded from the Mumbai police website, www.mumbaipolice.org, it is not supported on Android phones, for which it was made.
When asked about the failure of the application, Himanshu Roy, joint commissioner of police (crime), said, "I will surely look into the matter and find out why the application is not supported on Android phones. We will solve the problem soon."
Also, the police have failed to take into account the fact that not many women can even afford simple mobile phones, leave aside the higher-priced Android smartphones.
Not only this, you will also need internet connectivity on your phone to be able to download and access the application.
Roy agreed and said, "We have taken an initiative, and will work out something for those women who cannot afford a phone."
Even if you manage to solve these issues, there is another problem. If you're stranded in an area where there is no network coverage, the application becomes useless.
Also when in distress, how often do we get time to take the phone out of our bag, unlock it and open an application to let people know we are in trouble?


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I'm new to vertex modelling and am trying to create a polyline, but when I place a vertex it jumps to the working plane unexpectedly as if there's some snap to box option selected - I don't think there is such an option.
I'm using the following steps.
1:Create a vertex object
2:Set screen to 4 views
3:Activate the 'floor' plane
4:Choose the polyline tool
5:In director's camera view, click to place first vertex on floor plane. - So far so good, the vertex appears in all 4 views to be placed on the floor plane. I now intend to create my second vertex above and to the side of the first, within the £D space defined by the working box.
Now, this is where it goes wrong.
6:I move the cursor over the "front" view to place my second vertex above the first, in 3D space, but when I click, the vertex snaps to the "front" plane of the working box instead of appearing above my first point.
I've watched Mark Brammer's video on drawing a polyline sweep countless times but can't replicate his result of a wavy line, starting on the floor and curving upwards parallel but not touching the working plane.
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Sterling pedestrian killed by drunken driver
Jeffrey A. Carter, 53, died from his injuries at Inova Loudoun's Lansdowne campus following the 10 p.m. incident, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
The driver of the 2010 Ford Explorer who hit Carter is Pierpaolo Verrone, 47, of Sterling. He was charged with DUI and is being held at the Loudoun Adult Detention Center.
According to reports, Carter was attempting to cross Cascades Parkway, just south of Middlefield Drive, when he was hit by a northbound Verrone.
Verrone stayed at the scene following the crash, deputies said.
The crash is under investigation by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Crash Reconstruction Unit.
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This man should of lived until he was 77.4 years old. The guy that killed him should face a minimum of 24 years in jail on top of what the judge feels murder by vehicle is worth.
Also give male sex offenders on the first conviction castration and any second conviction a sex change!