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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Green Failures
Here are a few of the latest companies to join the growing list of "green" "sustainable energy" failures that have been supported by the current Administration's deficit "stimulus" spending. All this financing has been done using your tax dollars…well, actually tax dollars to be paid in the future by your grandchildren and great grandchildren to China. Plus interest:
Evergreen Energy-Which has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, saying it's "impossible to maintain operations" due to funding shortfalls. This announcement comes after the company received $5.3 million in "stimulus" funds.
Amonix Inc.-A manufacturer of solar panels that received $5.9 million from the "stimulus", will lay off about 200 employees only seven months after opening a factory in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's home State of Nevada.
Beacon Power Corp-Sought bankruptcy protection last year after they received a $43 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy.
Ener1 Electric-A car battery manufacturer, filed for bankruptcy last Thursday, three years after receiving a $118.5 million grant from the U.S. government.
These are all in addition to Solyndra-A solar panel maker that received a $535 million loan guarantee, then famously filed for Chapter 11 protection weeks ago.
This should be quite the political embarrassment for the current White House occupant, who has championed these loans as a way to create "green energy" jobs. When you total up the costs to taxpayers for just these five companies, it comes to $707.7 million. Although it's a recognizable reality that we now live in an insane world where politicians throw the phrase "trillions of dollars" around like nobody's business, even a cocaine addict would take a very long time to blow $1 million, much less $707.7 million. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
These are some of the myriad of problems found with centrally planned big government intruding into the free market. Not only is the spending inherently wasteful, the fact that these companies were in large part operated by big donors to Democratic political campaign points to the corruption involved when ideologically captive, politically driven politicians make investment decisions based on cronyism. Can you say quid quo pro?
All government energy subsidies should end, leaving energy companies free to compete without government interference. If and when "green" "sustainable energy" becomes the best competitive solution, consumers will reward "green" companies that used private capital to successfully situate themselves in the market by purchasing their products. That's how it works. That's what makes America the greatest economic success in human history.
#NDAA TwitterBomb Monday Night
Today – Monday, January 30, 2012 – starting at 7pm Eastern, Twitter users are encouraged to participate in a "TwitterBomb" for the National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA.
The NDAA allows for the unlawful, indefinite detention of American citizens, and has been mostly ignored by the media and politicians. Only two Presidential candidates oppose this unconstitutional bill: Ron Paul & Buddy Roemer.
Looking at the image to the right,coming from Google Trends, the top column is the frequency a topic is searched, and the bottom column is the frequency the topic is discussed in the news.
Monday night, we implore you to Google search every thing you possibly can about NDAA, and then post it and share it to your Facebook & Twitter accounts with the hashtag #NDAA – or, if possible, write out "National Defense Authorization Act" completely.
Search YouTube (owned by Google), where you can find videos by Jon Stewart and many, many others who have voiced their opposition towards the bill. Post and share these videos repeatedly on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites. The American People succeeded in killing SOPA (Is ACTA Worse?), now let's kill the #NDAA.
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." ~Samuel Adams~
Jihad in the USA
Young men in Minnesota still being encouraged to join the jihad.
A college student from St. Paul, MN has been arrested on charges of making terroristic threats, according to his family.
As reported by TwinCities.com, "[t]he family of Sharmarke Duale, 20, told police he had done well in high school and college until he began attending a mosque on University Avenue, according to a criminal complaint.
The name of the mosque was not mentioned.
"Since that time, he has been very disrespectful toward the women in the house and has threatened his father to try to get his father to assist Duale in getting a passport," according to the complaint filed Thursday in Ramsey County District Court."
According to the report, Duale had become aggressive recently and threatened to injure or kill his mother and sister. Duale also allegedly demanded assistance from his father to obtain a passport so he could travel to fight jihad, though his father is denying that claim.
This is not an isolated incident.
The FBI has investigated the rising number of young men from Minnesota that are being radicalized and joining terror groups in recent years.
In 2008 and 2009, the FBI investigated 20 missing persons cases involving young men and boys, who were in some cases reportedly found in Somalia training with al-Shabaab, an Al Qaeda-linked terror group attempting to take over the Somali government.
The New York Times reported on the situation in 2009:
"An examination by The New York Times, based on interviews with close friends and relatives of the men, law enforcement officials and lawyers, as well as access to live phone calls and Facebook messages between the men and their friends in the United States, reveals how a far-flung jihadist movement found a foothold in America's heartland.
The men appear to have been motivated by a complex mix of politics and faith, and their communications show how some are trying to recruit other young Americans to their cause."
Noting the threat to young men of Somali decent in the Minneapolis area, Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed visited the Twin Cities in October 2009 to denounce the recruitment of young men by al Shabaab and its supporters. Ahmed vowed to work with U.S. officials, parents and imams to thwart future attempts to radicalize young people in the United States.
That message didn't make it Sharmarke Duale.
Duale has no previous criminal record and was being held as of Friday in the the Ramsey County Jail.
Congress, a failure to communicate
The Republican candidates running for Oklahoma Congressional District 2 – the seat being vacated by Dan Boren – have grand plans for what they are going to do if elected. While I admire them for the time they have put into forming their plans, I don't think they really understand the situation we face as a nation.
America isn't facing political problems first and foremost. Our nation is facing moral and ethical problems of monumental proportions. Our candidates have this and that planned, but how will they get anything implemented? I have watched Washington D. C. long enough to know what happens when freshmen legislators get there. Trent Lott said it very succinctly after the 2010 mid-term elections. When asked about the TEA Party candidates elected his response was, "we will co-opt them as soon as they get here".
How do new members get co-opted? All of their grand plans have to be given the green light by the Speaker of the House before anything happens with them. And how does a plan get the green light from the Speaker? Ah, the strings begin to come out with "well, you help me with this project and I will help you with yours". The next thing you know our newly elected Congressman is looking for office space close to the powers-that-be, sub-committee and committee seats, that "grand plan" being moved to the front of the line for consideration, etc. The only way to get plum assignments that mean more money, power, and prestige, and to get any action on the grand promises they have made to get elected, is to do as the Speaker wants done. Co-opt accomplished!!! They give-in, give-in, give-in, with the hopes that their turn will come up. It is like the gambler who thinks the next card will be their big strike, but it never happens.
Congress is full of grand plans to solve every issue known to man. The problem is the wheeling and dealing from the bottom of the deck, in smoke filled back rooms and behind locked doors, out of the public eye. What is done to address the grand plans is nothing short of bribery, hence moral and ethical issues. Do you remember the movie "Cool Hand Luke", when the guard says,
"What we have here is a failure to communicate"?
What we have in Washington is a "failure to communicate integrity". Too many members of Congress are willing to make deal after deal to make a splash back home, to "bring home the bacon" so to speak, or to get some pet project a big money supporter wants done. The problem is that it won't happen without compromises that go against every moral fiber that should exist in a member of Congress.
Washington doesn't have a lack of plans; it has a lack of integrity, honor, and honesty. What we need is someone who will go there, not to pass some grand plan that sounds like an answer to prayer, but to bring prayer, honesty, and integrity to a cesspool, or "dismal swamp" as Nancy Pelosi called it. I just heard a speech on the floor of the Senate by Tom Coburn. He talked about the amount of spending, the debt limit raises, and the failure of any kind of reform reaching the floor to be voted on. He chided Senators for talking about problems but never doing anything to stop the runaway spending and duplicate programs. One area he mentioned had 88 programs dealing with one problem.
Washington is full of men and women trying to find a political answer to a moral and ethical issue. Until we send men and women of strong moral character, with the knowledge of how to garner support for honesty and integrity we are going to continue along the lines we have travelled for many years.
We are trying to find political solutions to moral and ethical problems. We need a congressman with the ability to tackle these areas, not get some grand plan for austerity proposed because it won't go anywhere. I have seen it time and again.
Washington D. C. was a very Godly town when our founding fathers resided there. George Washington took the Bible he swore his oath on to a 2 hour church service immediately after the ceremony, asking God for His blessing over the task at hand. Church services were regularly held in the Capitol rotunda in those days, a time before "the separation of church and state". If there is any hope of restoring America this is the way it must be done.
If we had 535 men and women like our founders in Washington D. C., America would not be in the spot it is in today. We don't need a Congress full of "grand plans". We need members of Congress who have the character, courage, and most importantly, the experience to find moral and ethical solutions to moral and ethical problems. Until this is accomplished we have no hope of solving the political problems.
I submit this in the name of the Most Holy Trinity, in faith, with the responsibility give to me by Almighty God to honor His work and not let it die from neglect.
Bob Russell
Claremore, Oklahoma
January 30, 2012
Congress To Attempt Self Policing… Really!
Would you trust your 7 year old child to "self-regulate" their sugar intake the day after Halloween? Just leave your child with a gigantic bowl of candy, and tell them to use their own discretion. Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? Members of Congress are now claiming that they will try something akin to that.
Congress doesn't have a sugar intake problem, it has an insider trading problem.
With this issue recently brought to light, FoxNews reports:
Insider trading laws apply to all Americans, but CBS' "60 Minutes" in November said members of Congress get a pass, citing investment transactions by party leaders and a committee chairman in businesses about to be affected by pending legislation.
The broadcast report raised questions about trades of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; the husband of Democratic leader and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California; and Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
All three denied using any insider information to make stock trades, but the broadcast set off a flurry of efforts in Washington to deal with the public perception.
Due to the revelations from the "60 Minutes" story, the Senate will take up legislation that will prevent Congress members from using information that is "nonpublic" for their personal gain. As expected, the bill has your typical Congressional Acronym to identify its purpose: The STOCK Act, standing for Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge.
A procedural vote is scheduled for today that would allow this bill, which is endorsed by the President, to see a floor vote later in the week.
400 "Peaceful" Oakland Occupiers Arrested
The Occupy Wall Street mob violence flared up again this past weekend in Oakland, Calif., resulting in over 400 arrests while many mainstream media puppeteers still refer to the Occupy protesters as being involved in a "peaceful" historic national movement across America. Yahoo has decided to slap a retread of a Reuters article title today that is titled, Arrests in Oakland protests rise to over 400 into their Destination 2012 section, which is supposed to be about the 2012 national elections. How does that decision line up with the Occupy Wall Street operatives and their constant claims that the movement is not political? Certain people are trying to give this "movement" validity by inserting it into a national politics section. Reuters goes out of it's way to try to distance this weekend's violence from the Occupy Wall Street mob several times in the above-linked article with the following tidbits: (emphasis added)
"The protests in most cities have been peaceful and sparked a national debate over how much of the country's wealth is held by the richest 1 percent of the population. President Barack Obama has sought to capitalize on the attention by calling for higher taxes on the richest Americans."
"Oakland Mayor Jean Quan accused a "violent splinter group" of the Occupy movement of fomenting the Saturday protests and using the city as its playground." ( that would be the same Mayor who spoke at an Occupy Oakland Rally and largely refused to clamp down on these misfits, even when rampant drug abuse, rape, theft, and overall filthy conditions were being reported in these Occupy camps across America, and especially in Oakland)
"Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year." (Notice the concentrated effort to not call these people who they really are, as in Occupy Wall Street protesters?)
The media is proven to be complicit in attempting to separate the Occupiers into two categories to nudge the public perception of just who these Occupiers really are. The thousands of violent acts, rapes, drug arrests, and massive reports of theft are all put into the "violent splinter group category" in order to protect the supposedly peaceful, fun-loving, innocent rest of the group. The Occupiers claim to represent 99% of Americans while the fact remains that the informed citizenry finds them repulsive and disgusting, as many surveys have reported. Politico shows us that, at one point, 37% of Americans viewed the OWS crowd favorably. That was the headline, by the way, while ignoring the other 63% of America that sees the OWS crowd for what it is: A bunch of nasty, defecating on police cars and urinating in the street, rabble-rousers, rapists, anarchists and low-life criminals who have no respect for the rest of society. Yet the media manipulators still paint them as some type of grassroots movement that is endeared by all of America, including Mr. Barack Hussein Obama.
Of course the media has to paint the OWS mob in an angelic light, as we see in this article that the Occupiers do, in fact, have the support of the DNC and Barack Obama. Just ask yourselves one question: When, if ever, have you heard President Obama, any Democrat, or anyone in their media-puppet stable denounce the OWS perpetrators for the numerous reports of rape, theft, and their overall disrespect for the rest of society? Just watch how the media downplays this weekend's 400+ Occupy Wall Street arrests in Oakland, just like they downplayed the planned shutdown of many of America's shipping ports back on Monday, Dec, 12th 2011. To note that after that action, Best Buy ended up with a shortage of electronics products that were ordered for Christmas. Coincidence? The public will never know, as the mainstream media largely refused to report on the mob action targeting the nation's shipping ports 13 days before Christmas.
This latest Occupy Wall Street episode in Oakland actually started on Saturday, when the Occupiers tried to take over an empty downtown convention center to establish a new headquarters. The Occupiers don't think they should have to pay for anything in life, they just take it. To prove this point, they hurled bottles, pipe bombs, smoke bombs, burning flares, and assorted improvised explosive devices at police who were stopping them from taking over a convention center on Saturday. The police also warned the Occupy Wall Street protesters that they would not tolerate the continued violence and overt lawlessness on Sunday. Occupy Wall Street chose to ignore the warning, thus over 400 of them were arrested.
Finally, after months of ignoring the Occupy Wall Street protesters in our nation's capitol on orders from the administration of Barack Obama under the guise of free speech, the National Park Service will start enforcing the decades old ban on camping overnight in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza on Monday at noon. We can look forward to more false-flag media stories about supposed police brutality and abuse tomorrow coming out of DC, as the pattern of Occupy Wall Street protesters baiting police officers with camera's at the ready will be sure to continue.
Update: Watch the mob violence here.
Will Grassroots Ad Campaign Create Political Tsunami?
Conservative Daily News has reported on two 2012 Congressional candidates using the controversial, tightrope-walking ad which garnered over 90,000 views in four days. "Turn This Ship Around" lands a series of punches squarely on the chin of President Obama. Mr. Obama is portrayed as the arrogant, steadfast captain of a ship heading in the wrong direction.
The first candidate to feature the ad was Mark Oxner of Florida, followed by Senate Candidate Brian K. Hill of Connecticut.
This is just the beginning.
The ad has already caused waves in the political world – but a Political Tsunami may be brewing on the horizon.
According to the ad's producer Vernon Furniss, more candidates will be using the ad in their campaigns in the near future.
"It's all part of a new strategy to make it easier and more cost-effective for grass-roots Republican candidates to gain national attention," Furniss said. "It's also part of a strategy to directly counter Obama's one billion campaign dollars on a nationwide scale for every candidate opposed to his policies. We call it asymmetrical campaigning."
Why would so many candidates around the country gravitate around the use of a common ad?
"A candidate has to have the name ID to raise money and put up a good fight," said Ladd Ehlinger, the director of the ad. "The game is tilted towards the super-rich, self-financing candidate or the famous. It should instead be about political philosophy."
The financial aspect of the advertising concept was highly attractive to the campaign of Brian Hill, who faces a primary showdown with Linda McMahon – wife of millionaire wrestling magnate Vince McMahon.
Chip Jones, political consultant and Political Director for the Brian K. Hill for U.S. Senate campaign, agrees, saying:
"It's a completely new concept in grassroots campaigning – "reverse bundling." In the past, major national candidates employed 'bundlers' who put numbers of donors together to maximize return in fundraising. Those candidates were, in reality, the most highly capitalized to start with, often backed by their own money. Grassroots candidates, most often those who owe no favors and can bring forth the freshest ideas, are at a competitive disadvantage behind the fundraising ability of the 'status quo.' Yet the voters yearn for fresh unencumbered faces to support. This is a means of highlighting them to larger donors who want to support their particular platform."
The ad is not all about finances and access to fundraising, as Mr. Ehlinger stated. It's about philosophy and strategy. With multiple candidates around the country using the same ad, it highlights the policies of President Obama, his administration, and, more importantly, the incumbent Democrats in Congress who agree with Obama.
There are detractors in the GOP establishment who say that focusing on Obama is the wrong path due to some of his recent favorability poll numbers.
"Hogwash," says Brad Marston, co-founder of the political strategy firm FourTier Strategies, one of the participating vendors in the concept. "Our
job is to change the polls, not cower in fear from them. Don't just take a poll and then throw up your hands. Polling is just part of the initial research. Then you devise a strategy to win."
Furniss is in agreement with Marston, ""This is what the RNC, NRCC, and the NRSC should be doing. They should be experimenting, helping to figure out ways for their candidates to advertise more cost-effectively against Obama and George Soros and other rich Democrats."
The controversial nature of the ad, and unorthodox method of it being a nationwide, multi-candidate ad will change the face of Grassroots marketing and political campaigning. The most important facet, perhaps, is the consolidation of the message. This "reverse bundling" campaign style could unite candidates around singular ideas and messages and be the first step in uniting the conservative cause and message.
Prepare yourself… The Political Tsunami could strike very soon.
U.S. Military Leaving Iraq? Not So Fast…
President Obama and his administration are making preparations to negotiate with Iraq on a possible long-term defense relationship between the two nations.
Acording to Michele Flournoy, an aide to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the administration is poised to hear Iraqi proposals about how much involvement the US will have, according to a FoxNews report:
"One of the things we're looking forward to doing is sitting down with the Iraqis in the coming month or two to start thinking about how they want to work with" the U.S. military to develop a program of exercises, training and other forms of security cooperation, Flournoy said.
The U.S. military completed its withdrawal from Iraq in December after nearly nine years of war. Both sides had considered keeping at least several thousand U.S. troops there to provide comprehensive field training for Iraqi security forces, but they failed to strike a deal before the expiration of a 2008 agreement that required all American troops to leave.
Members of the administration, including Vice President Biden are continuing negotiations with members of the Iraqi government in hopes of striking an agreement.
"Turn This Ship Around" Becoming 2012 Mantra, And Movement
On January 25th, CDN reported on the new video by Florida GOP Candidate Mark Oxner, which was titled "Turn This Ship Around". The video created a buzz due to the unique – even odd – nature of the video, with it's plethora of innuendos and subtle messages.
Now, the message is spreading. Connecticut Republican Brian K. Hill, who is running for the US Senate, has adopted the video and the message. What started as a single campaign video, now appears to be transforming into a movement, sporting it's own website: TurnThisShipAround.com.
Hill is a former active duty military officer & JAG attorney and small business owner who still abides by the oath he took to protect the US Constitution. His path to the GOP nomination will be a hard one, as he faces off against Linda McMahon – wife of millionaire Wresting mogul Vince McMahon.
UN Considers Action Against Syria
Amid violence and unrest in Syria has the UN Security Council proposing a resolution that would call on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down from office and transfer power to a new government.
Reports from the Syrian State Media Monday say that the 'terrorists' have blown up a gas pipeline near the border with Lebanon.
According to a Breaking News Report from The Associated Press at 4:30am ET:
Syrian activists report hearing gunfire and explosions in suburbs of Damascus as the country's conflict moves ever closer to the capital.
Monday's reports by the Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group, could not be independently confirmed.
On Sunday, Syrian troops in dozens of tanks and armored vehicles stormed rebellious areas near the capital, shelling neighborhoods that have fallen under the control of army dissidents and clashing with fighters.
Activists and residents said at least 62 people were killed in violence nationwide.
The widescale Sunday offensive suggested the regime is worried that military defectors could close in on Damascus, the seat of President Bashar Assad's power.
The reports of the effects of Syrian violence differ, depending on whose statistics are cited. According to CNN:
The United Nations last month estimated that more than 5,000 people have died since March, when the government launched a crackdown against demonstrators. Opposition groups estimate a higher death toll, with counts near or exceeding 7,000 people.
The opposition has blamed the deaths on government actions. The Syrian government says terrorists are responsible for the casualties.
Embracing Technology, Obama To Host Google+ Hang Out Today
When Google launched it's "Google Plus" – a social network – one of the key features was a "Hang Out". A "Hang Out" is where users can interact and communicate with multiple friends and people in a video conference style setting.
Today at 5:30 ET, President Obama will be hosting a Google+ Hang Out town hall meeting. The President is keeping the trend of utilizing social media and connection to many younger voters with these interactive town hall meetings. in 2011, Mr. Obama held a Twitter Town Hall, Youtube Town Hall, and a Facebook Town Hall.
In the previous incarnations of these Social Media Town Hall event, the White House was criticized for using too much pre-screening and avoiding the tougher or more controversial issues.
Did You Forget About Oregon Election On Tuesday? We Didn't.
On Tuesday, January 31st, Floridians will be heading to the polling booths to vote in the
Presidential primaries for their state. But there is another election on Tuesday, and it's on the other side of the continent.
Oregonians will be participating in a special election to fill the vacant seat for the state's 1st Congressional, formerly held by Democrat David Wu.
The candidates are Democratic State Sen. Suzanne Bonamici and Republican Rob Cornilles.
A recent Moore Information poll showed Cornilles at 42%, with Bonamici holding a 4 point lead at 46%.
Democrats have maintained control over the 1st District seat for 38 years.
Keystone Pipeline Now In Congressional Hands?
Only two fistfuls of days after President Obama shut the door on the Keystone Pipeline project, it appears that The House Of Representatives and Speaker Of The House John Boehner may be kicking that door back open.
On Sunday, Speaker Boehner spoke with ABC's Jake Tapper on "This Week" saying:
"All options are on the table. If it's not enacted before we take up the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, it'll be part of it,"
The Keystone project would extend an oil pipeline from Canada through the United States.
Citing political maneuvering as President Obama's motivation for killing the project earlier this month, Boehner said:
"Now that the president has decided for political reasons that we're not going to move ahead just yet, not until after the election… we're going to have to find another way to lean on the Senate, to take this issue up, because the Keystone pipeline will create … over 100,000 indirect jobs,"
In an economic environment where jobs are a precious rarity, we will keep an eye on Congress and see if the Split-body can make inroads into the project.
Why Successful Business Owners Benefit Us All
Over and over, we hear from the far-left in this country how, the rich should be paying their fair-share. And, there is this continued presumption by the left, that, the rich owe citizens more and more simply because they are rich. It is well-established that the rich in this country pay far more taxes then any other group of citizens. In fact, there is a vast amount of American citizens who are currently paying no Federal Income Tax, whatsoever. So, the logical question that should be asked, is, why are these citizens not paying their so-called, fair-share?
I recently saw this clip of Elizabeth Warren, where she says, "There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own." That, in my humble opinion, and in the context of how she framed it, is not only very disturbing, but it also confirms another presumption by the left, that, business owners, who have become successful in business, are the only ones who gain from their business. Nothing could be further from the truth! For example, let's consider a local supermarket: Every day, that supermarket works around the clock to bring fresh food products to "their communities." This is a "luxury" that we Americans really take for granted; but, this luxury is a direct result of our mostly free-market economy, and the entrepreneur who "took the risk" and opened that supermarket.
We also need to consider the hundreds of employees that the supermarket owner employs. And, how about the thousands of companies that manufacture these food products? The supermarket owner, by buying and selling their products, has helped those companies to grow; and, by extension, has helped those respective companies to hire more people, as their needs grow.
The value that this supermarket owner created, has not only benefited their community, but it has benefited thousands of people all over the country. And this is only a few of the thousands of examples that one could think of, when pondering all the "reciprocal benefits" of a successful business.
When most of us clock out, and go home for the evening; or spend our weekends in leisure, we should consider the millions of people who have worked around the clock, rarely took off, and sacrificed most of their leisure time, and personal lives, so that they could create a successful business – that not only bettered their lives, but hundreds, if not thousands of lives as well.
Therefore, for anyone who wants to continue believing that rich people and business owners are just greedy, and out for themselves, I would ask you to reconsider your mode of thinking, and try to see how, and why, we should actually be grateful to most of the people who have become wealthy in our country.


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MIAMI (AP) - Two University of Miami football players have been arrested on sexual battery charges and were kicked off the team.
A statement from James said both have also been suspended from school and barred from campus facilities.
They each face charges of sexual battery on a physically helpless victim. Figueroa is additionally charged with possession of a stolen or forged driver's license.
A statement from James said: ''Any allegation of sexual assault is extremely serious, and the university will not tolerate conduct that threatens the sanctity and safety of our students and our campus.''
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'Dragonball' Release Date Moved Up2008-11-11 11:11:44
The big screen version of Akira Toriyama's famous Japanese manga, 'Dragonball', will hit theaters a couple days earlier than its previous schedule.
Full Movie Nominees List of the 35th People's Choice Awards2008-11-11 10:11:30
'The Dark Knight', 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' and 'Iron Man' are among the top contenders named for the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards.
Clips and Featurette of 'Miss Pettigrew' Comes Out2008-02-20 01:02:54
As the preliminaries for the movie release, Focus Features have let out 5 clips and one featurette of the upcoming film 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day' starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams.
Amy Adams Just Likes "Miss Pettigrew" Very Much2007-04-10 04:04:08
Amy Adams has signed on to star opposite Frances McDormand in period drama comedy "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day."
Ben Stiller at Harvard, Honored as the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year2007-02-24 11:02:46
Ben Stiller accepted his Hasty Pudding award at Harvard University Friday night, February 23, 2007.
Frances McDormand Is "Reading" for A Whole "Day"2007-02-24 11:02:09
Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand is set to topline two Focus Features' projects of "Burn After Reading" and "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day."


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Here's a preview of one of last season's episodes:
Getting My Genealogy Fix
With NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" in its third season, I'm finding that I can't get enough of genealogy on TV! A good complement to that show is The Generations Project, which is produced by BYU-TV. Rather than following celebrities, they take an ordinary person like you or me, who has a compelling reason for exploring their ancestry, and follow them through that journey.
Here's a preview of one of last season's episodes:
Getting Ready for the 1940 Census!
According to the count-down calendar on Ancestry, it's only 40 days until the release of the 1940 census! What will you find there? Who will you look for, and where will you look for them? To get a start, you can view the introductory video on the National Archives website here.
After you see the video, you can visit the National Archives website to read about finding your relatives and ancestors on the 1940 census returns, even before they're indexed. You can start by making a list of parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, and note where they were living in 1930, and where you think they were living in 1940.
Here's my list:
Arnold and Ervilla Stoelt - Detroit, Michigan
Maurice and Ruby Reed - Lansing, Michigan
Henry Hickox Chase - Traverse City, Michigan
Percy and Mary Reed - Beulah, Michigan
Herbert Kenny Randall - Detroit, Michigan
Stacy and Marian Thompson - Manistee, Michigan
Of course, they're just the beginning of the list of people I'll want to find. For all the cousins, aunts and uncles who I've found on the 1930 census, I'll use my genealogy software (Legacy Family Tree) to generate a list. It's as simple as asking it to find everyone who was born before 1940 and died after 1940. My search of my database (with over 3000 names) yielded an 18-page list of over 500 people!
Another thing I'm doing to get ready is indexing for FamilySearch. You can sign up here - it's easy and fun, and contributes to all of us who are searching for our ancestors!
Our Ancestors and the Weather
Living in Maple Valley, just southeast of Seattle, Washington, we are generally safe from major weather events. We don't get hurricanes or tornadoes or blizzards. We don't even see much snow; our winters are generally more rain than snow. We've had snow on Christmas Day for 2 out of the past 33 years.
But when we do get a major snowstorm, it's a news event. This past week we've been hit with snowstorms and ice storms, prompting our governor to declare a state of emergency.
I'm very grateful to still have power, light and warmth - and a good internet connection! I've been remembering times past, when we've lost power for days at a time, and kept a fire burning in the fireplace while my children did homework by lamplight. We have documented in our photo albums the Inaugural Day storm of 1992, when trees came down in our back yard, and the local grocery stores had generators going until power was restored. In my Christmas letter of 2003 I told of the high winds that hit our area and blew part of the roof off the elementary school: "Steven's school was badly damaged, and was closed for a week for repairs to the roof. His classes are meeting in the gymn until after Christmas break." My children will undoubtedly be telling their children about the "olden days", when they had to do without TV, computers and internet because of severe weather.
In thinking of how my ancestors coped with severe weather, I immediately thought of the great Blizzard of 1888 that hit New York City. Grandma Stoelt's great-grandfather John Christopher Varran and his wife Margaret, both in their 60's, lived in New York City, at 301 S. 121st St.
I wonder what their experience was, living through the blizzard. Obviously they survived - although John Varran died just two years later in 1890, Margaret lived until 1918. Did they have a wood or coal stove to warm their home? Did they have enough food? In some ways, looking out at the snow and ice surrounding them was very similar to mine, 124 years later, on the other side of the country.
But most of my ancestors were living in Michigan, and the worst storm there was the Big Blow of November 1913.
In 1913 my great grandparents Henry and Ruth Chase were living in Bear Lake, Manistee County, just a few miles from Lake Michigan. My great grandparents Percy and Mary Reed lived in Beulah, also close to the Lake Michigan shoreline. Their children, Ruby Chase and Maurice Reed, were attending Michigan State Normal College in Ypsilanti (Ruby) and Michigan Agricultural College (Maurice) in Lansing, but I'm sure they were affected by the storm as well.
As for my maternal great-grandparents, Herbert and Claudia (Thompson) Randall were greatly affected by the storm - they lived in Manistee, right on Lake Michigan, and Herbert worked as a ship's engineer. Herbert's father Augustus Randall and Claudia's father Stacy Thompson lived in Manistee, as well. As for the Stoelts, my grandfather Arnold Anthony Stoelt was 12 years old and living in Sebewaing, Huron County, with his parents Johan and Catherine (Dorsch) Stoelt. In fact, looking at the dates, I see that Johan Stoelt died just weeks later, on 26 December 1913.
So in dealing with the weather, stocking emergency supplies and coping with power outages and downed trees, we have a lot in common with our ancestors. Today's ice storms are tomorrow's stories ~ just as I tell stories of living through hurricane watches and warnings in Florida in the 1970's, someday my children will be telling their grandchildren about the high winds they experienced in Western Washington, lo these many years ago.
The Christmas Scrapbook
When I was a little girl, living with my family in Cincinnati, we used to drive to Michigan several times a year to visit relatives. My favorite destination was the little village of Beulah, on Crystal Lake, where my Grandma and Grandpa Reed had built a cottage in the 1940's and named it Columbine Cottage for the wildflowers that grew there.
On one of these trips - and I'm not certain if it was before my Grandma Ruby Reed died in 1963, or afterwards - I was given something magical, that delighted my reader's heart. It was a scrapbook that Grandma Ruby had put together of some children's stories about Santa Claus, that were published in ladies' magazines in the 1920's. They were written by Sarah Addington and illustrated by Gertrude Kay.
The stories had been cut out of the magazines and carefully pasted into a homemade scrapbook between stiff cardboard covers. The lined notebook pages are yellowing with age, and the masking tape binding is disintegrating, but the newsprint is as readable as ever. Some of the stories were too large for the page, so my grandmother had taped and glued these sections so that they would fold out and up, just like a pop-up book.
The first story was "There Was a Boy Who Lived on Pudding Lane", subtitled, "A True Account, if Only You Believe it, of the Life and Ways of Santa, Eldest Son of Mr. and Mrs. Claus". In these stories the author seamlessly and believably (at least to an 8-year old girl) interweaves her version of Santa Claus with all the Mother Goose nursery rhymes and stories. This one begins:
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Old King Cole there lived a father and a mother and a fat little boy who always dressed in a bright red suit. The father, whose name was Mr. Claus, was a baker, and he lived on Pudding Lane, between the butcher and the candlestick-maker.
Mr. Claus was really about the best baker in the world. He knew so well how to make little cake puppies with red currant eyes. And he knew so well how to make funny gingerbread Brownies with black raisin eyes. He made great fat loaves of bread, warm and golden and crusty. And he made little plum tarts that a boy could eat up in one gobble, and a girl could eat up in two.
The story goes on to tell how Santa grew up, with his younger brothers (who arrived as two sets of twins and named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and younger sister, how all the children of the village loved Santa because he would give away cookies from his father's bakery, and that he was especially loved by his grandmother, Mother Goose herself. And it tells how Santa saved all the village children from following the Pied Piper by promising to make every child a toy for next Holy Day. It tells how he married Bessie, the candlestick-maker's niece, and how Old King Cole set him up in the North Country with sleighs, reindeer, and a great workshop.
All year long Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus worked to make toys. Santa cut down straight pine and spruce trees. He carved dolls and horses and rabbits out of wood, and Mrs. Claus painted them until her arms ached. He made dolls of sawdust and linen, and Mrs. Claus dressed them in the latest doll styles, in blue and pink silk, with lace on the edge of their bonnets. Santa made a roomful of rocking horses; it seemed that every little boy in the world wanted a rocking horse. And Mrs. Claus made candy until she said she thought she'd turn into candy. Whereupon Santa told her she was sweet enough for that anyway!
And so it is that Santa Claus has come every year since that first Christmas, and will keep on coming - forever.
Citation: Addington, Sarah. "There Was a Boy Who Lived on Pudding Lane. Ladies Home Journal, December 1921, p.12.
Some of the bloggers I read have been posting "If Our Ancestors Wrote Christmas Letters", and I have been thinking about doing the same. However, until I do, here's a blast from the past - a Christmas letter my dad wrote from Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1960:
Dear Kinfolk and friends,
I have so enjoyed "annual family status reports" received from friends and relatives at this time of year in the past that I'm trying it out myself this year. First, let me start off with a hearty, "BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON," to all.
Since November 19th of 1959, when Craig Cameron was born, we have been a family of five. Christopher Chase (3 1/2) and Claudia Catherine (6) are the other children, with Mary and myself completing the roster. A split level house in Forest Park (a suburban development about 5 miles north of Cincinnati) is the place we call home. At the present time we are all healthy and happy and sharing the childrens anticipation and excitement about Christmas.
A year ago, things were not as settled. Mary and Craig came home from the hospital the day before Thanksgiving. I took "vacation" to help Mary at home. With an "innocence is bliss attitude" prepared a huge turkey. About the time I got a dozen eggs, a quart of oysters, a dishpan full of breadcrumbs and all the sage I could find in the house mixed together for the stuffing, I began to have a few misgivings. For the first attempt, the results were nearly amazing...the bird was delectable.
With the hubbub connected with adjusting family routine to a new baby, last Christmas was kind of hectic. But for the young ones, it was the culmination of their weeks long dreams. For Mary and me, it was somewhat of an anti-climax since our big present (Craig) had already arrived.
Between weather, work, and the baby, we saw little outside activity during the winter. Occasional weekend evenings playing bridge with friends furnished diversion and pleasant entertainment during those months.
The arrival of Mom and Dad Reed en route from Florida to Beulah was an indication (even more welcome than the first robin) that spring was coming. They parked their trailer at a nearby court and stayed about three days. Bridge, visiting, and resting was the comfortable, unhurried, unharrassed agenda.
The first of July we took our vacation. Mom Stoelt volunteered to care for Craig. Since there seemed to be adequate and eager hands to help her, we left him with his Grandma in Detroit, thus enabling Mary to have something of a vacation too. The rest of us went on to Beulah for about ten days. What with Crystal Lake to swim in, cousins to play with, and ideal weather all the time, we all enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Mary and I took a day by ourselves to drive up to the Straits of Mackinac to see the bridge. This added to our pleasure and Claudia and Chris enjoyed their day with Aunt Jane, Uncle Lewis, Dorcas, Cherith and Teresa.
On and off for many months, Claudia had been troubled with tonsillitis. She had a tonsillectomy in August that hospitalized her for a day. Several more days were spent recuperating, but by the time school started this fall she was raring to go.
Since she had attended the Forest Park Cooperative Nursery for two years, she was eager to start kindergarten. It seems to be everything hoped for since she enjoys it, and what's even more important, is actually learning a fascinating number of things. "Like a duck to water," would be the proverbial description of her adjustment to her first formal schooling.
Chris, in retrospect, seems to have had a mischievous, but rather uneventful year. The most significant event seems to be the day he arose early and busied himself in the kitchen. Goodness knows what he was making, but when one dumps popcorn, sugar, flour, cake mix (chocolate), cleanser, and Cheerios in a pile and mixes it up, it is best described by a four letter word (or a series of them). Although extremely upset about such activities, I am reminded of similar actions of my own some 25 years ago and am therefore inclined to be tolerant (after disciplinary action, though.)
Craig has been occupying himself by cutting teeth (ten of them already) and learning to walk. He's not yet walking without hanging on, but it's going to be a toss up between whether he walks first or cuts another tooth.
Until recently I had occupied my spare time serving as President of the Forest Park Cooperative Nursery Center for children in the area. The organization employs a teacher, rents quarters, and has daily classes (organized play) for preschool age children. The mother-members assist the teacher two or so at a time on a scheduled basis. My activities with the nursery school permitted me to become acquainted with many other families in the area. I found the job to be quite interesting even though we didn't have a child in the nursery school this fall. I resigned last month since I'd filled the post for a year and was beginning to find it difficult to devote the time necessary to do the job.
My regular job is in the Marketing section of General Electric Co. where I assist with selling improvements on one type of the large jet engines we make here. My primary responsibility is for the engines used on the B-58 Hustler bomber, but my duties are only limited to jet engines which the US Air Force orders (as opposed to US Navy, foreign, commercial airline and turboshaft engines). The work is interesting, challenging, and enjoyable.
Thanksgiving this year was spent with relatives on Mary's side of the family in Lake Orion, Michigan. With 15 adults and 6 children we sure had a big meal. Everything worked out beautifully and it far surpassed my attempts at "turkey with trimmings" the year before.
Well, that's the year in review. I hope you feel better acquainted now. To complete the picture, we're sending along a family portrait taken about a month ago. Wish we could drop in in person. It would be much more fun to say,
As a genealogist, I'm not going after just names and dates. I'm looking for anything that will place my (or my clients') ancestors into historical context. What were their lives like? What was it like to homestead in Oklahoma Territory? How did it feel to sail on Lake Erie, or to travel north to Michigan from Ohio in a covered wagon? What was it like to live in Lansing, Michigan, during the years of World War II?
My grandfather kept a journal, where he wrote about daily life in Lansing during those war years. He talked about their backyard garden, and even inserted some of the rationing books into the pages of the journal.
For a riveting, first-hand view of what it was like to live in London during the war years, I can highly recommend World War II: London Blitz Diary, by Ruby Side Thompson. These are excerpts from the journal that she kept all her adult life. Reading it, I'm taken back to a time and place when it was normal to hear air raid sirens and the "incessant noise of incendiaries falling" all night, every night; to cook with no eggs, butter, milk or meat and to put oatmeal water in your tea; to wait for the all-clear siren before going outside and to know the location of every bomb shelter in the neighborhood; and to pray for the end of "this hellish destruction".
And so tonight, as I stand in my kitchen baking Christmas cookies, I look outside at the darkness, and give thanks that I don't have to use blackout curtains, and for the bright Christmas lights decorating our neighborhood. I am thankful that I have butter and eggs, sugar and chocolate to cook with, and that we have no shortage of food. I am thankful for the safe return of my nephew Jason, serving in the Marines, from his overseas deployment this year. Most of all, I am thankful for peace.
A List of My Favorite Genealogy Blogs
I have found that one of the most important things I can do as a genealogist is to keep up with current events. I like to hear about new technologies, new websites and databases, and news around the US about the records that are available - or being restricted. I like to read about other genealogists' work, and how they solve problems, and about where they research. All of this information helps me to help my clients.
So, to get an idea of where I get my news, here is a list of my favorite genealogy blogs:
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/
If you have time to read only one blog, this one should be top priority. Dick Eastman has been writing this newsletter since 1996, and it's full of news and helpful information.
Midwestern Microhistory: http://midwesternmicrohistory.blogspot.com/
My friend Harold Henderson writes about "Genealogy and family history in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and neighbor and feeder states". Since I have ancestors in Michigan and Ohio, and have done research for clients in all of these states, this is an important one for me.
Planting the Seeds: http://michaelhait.wordpress.com/
Michael Hait, a certified genealogist in the Delaware/Maryland area writes about the process of becoming a professional genealogist.
Genealogy Roots Blog: http://genrootsblog.blogspot.com/
As someone who uses Online Searchable Death Index and Records (http://www.deathindexes.com) on a regular basis, I need to know when updates are published. This blog notifies me of updates.
GeneaWebinars: http://blog.geneawebinars.com/
I've found that watching webinars is another good way to learn something new, on my own time, at home on my computer. This blog lets me know about upcoming webinars and how to register for them.
Randy Majors: http://randymajors.com/
Randy Majors is all about maps - he has some great tools on his blog that I need to use more often!
Clue Wagon: http://www.cluewagon.com/
Kerry Scott (who used to be a Human Resources executive) is hilarious and down to earth.
Up Front with NGS: http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/
The official blog of the National Genealogical Society - this keeps me informed about new videos & publications.
Marian's Roots & Rambles: http://rootsandrambles.blogspot.com/
Marian Pierre-Louis has done some great webinars for Legacy Family Tree, and writes interesting and informative articles on her blog.
These blogs represent a fraction of the 38 blogs I subscribe to on Google Reader. Which is informing me that I have 163 articles still unread, and more are being added every day.
Now, if you'll excuse me - I have some reading to catch up on!
For every estate inventory you find online (for example, those of Revolutionary war veterans) there must be thousands, if not millions, of others in files, in boxes, in books, tucked away in dusty (or well-kept) corners of courthouses and state archives. Among the 476 pages of photocopied material I brought back from my visit to the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh is an estate inventory for Mary Stacy, deceased, widow of Buckner Stacy, who lived in Montgomery County, North Carolina. This was dated March 31st 1849, and is a fascinating look at a time and place long vanished:
1 spider
1 skillet
1 pot, oven & hooks
2 baskets of grind stones
1 plow
2 axes
2 augers
2 hoes
1 wagon
11 bushels cotton seed
5 bushels corn
1 sow & 8 choice shoats [young hogs]
1 coffee mill
1 Bible
1 cupboard
1 lot crockery
1 table
1 clock
1 Bureau
1 pr. sheep shears & scissors
1 pr. steelyards & candle moulds
1 bell
lard stand & contents
1 churn
1 Bed & furniture
4 chairs
100 lbs. bacon
1 lot sugar & coffee
Most of these items sold for just a few cents; the most expensive item on the list was the wagon, which sold for $22. The names of the community members who bought these items are illuminating, too - many of them were the sons-in-law of Mary & Buckner, and a granddaughter, Eliza Stacy, bought a looking glass for 92 cents.
Along with this inventory, I also brought home an inventory and a will for Buckner Stacy, who died in 1842. His much shorter inventory included:
1 black mare 24.60
1 bay mare 70.85
1 dark red cow 7.00
1 black heifer 2.26
10 head of sheep 9.00
Bill 435.50
Ann 430.10
Ben 650
George 550.25
Ally 5.00
These last items were obviously slaves. One of the stipulations in Buckner Stacy's will was "that my executor should expose to publick sales my negro man West and the proceeds be applied to pay my debts".
Yes, it was a different time and place.
Help Index the 1940 Census!
As of today, we're just 140 days away from the release of the 1940 US census on April 2, 2012! This release is historic for a number of reasons, first and foremost is that it will be the first census released as free digital images at the National Archives website. The images will be there, but until the census is indexed you'll have to browse the images to find the families you're interested in.
FamilySearch is now recruiting volunteers to help with the indexing of over 132 million names. You can sign up here. And you can even pick the state you're most interested in! I picked Michigan. (You had to ask?)
This is the second post in my series about records that are not online, and perhaps never will be. In preparing to start compiling my portfolio for certification, I decided on the family I want to write about: my paternal grandmother Ruby Chase Reed, her father Henry Hickox Chase and his mother Mary Ann Hickox Chase. Each of them have fascinating stories, and I'm fortunate to have lots of original records that I received from my grandfather's estate in 1974. In looking over the records, I realized that I didn't have some basic information - such as wills or probate records. So I wrote, and then called the Manistee County Probate Clerk to see about getting those.
I had known that Henry Hickox Chase died in the Traverse City State Hospital in 1940; what I didn't know was that the Manistee County Clerk had a treasure chest of papers, waiting to be discovered. She described it on the phone as a packet of guardianship records, and just said that there were "lots" of papers. It would have cost me $1 per page to have them photocopied, so I emailed my cousin (who lives in Benzonia County, the next county north to Manistee County), and asked if she could do me a huge favor and go the courthouse to take digital photos. She and her husband drove down that very afternoon, and took 75 digital photos of the papers, some of which were too fragile to be photocopied.
Courthouses all across the country are filled with papers like these!
April 2015
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It's not that Force India has been bad the last several races – Nico Hulkenberg's points-scoring run in every Grand Prix through Silverstone continued and Sergio Perez has had his moments, as well – but the early-season pace the team showed has dipped slightly the last few events.
At Hockenheim, however, the team is bullish on its prospects. The car handles a bit better on the supersoft and soft tires, and Hulkenberg said that should play to the team's advantage at this weekend's German Grand Prix.
"Even on tracks where we have been struggling slightly, we have managed to score points – for example, in Silverstone the car balance was not ideal, but we still came away with four points," Hulkenberg said in the team's advance release. "I'm feeling more positive about our performance in Germany, especially with the return of the soft and supersoft tires."
Added Perez, "Hockenheim should suit our car and we should be in a much stronger position. It looks like a track where we can perform well. With the softer tyres and warm temperatures it's going to be an interesting race."
Team principal Vijay Mallya said this is a pivotal race for Force India in terms of the Constructor's Championship. Williams' 45 points in the last two races have taken it past the fellow Mercedes-powered squad for fourth in the Constructor's Championship.
Force India is now fifth on 91, and just one point ahead of McLaren on 90. Ferrari on 106 and Williams on 103 are over the century mark in the battle for third.
"Hockenheim is a medium-speed circuit and we have done well on these sorts of tracks this year. It's also Nico's home race so I am sure he will have some extra motivation to do well," Mallya said. "We have scored points in every race, but we need to score with both cars if we want to maintain our position in the championship. It's expected to be one of the hotter races of the year and that usually works in our favor."
Hulkenberg finished ninth for Force India at Hockenheim two years ago from fifth on the grid, while Perez took his Sauber from 12th on the grid up to sixth.
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I know, I know unrelated to the article here but why does this site devote three stories to DTM back marker Susie Stoddart running 4 laps when one article on her being the fist woman in over 20 years to participate would suffice, and yet no stories on the looming ban on FRIC suspensions for this weekend onward. Potentially race order changing and not a mention at all.
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If true (and it seems pretty thorough), this story may affect his draft status as much as the disappointing BCS Championship game did. Weird as hell.
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If true (and it seems pretty thorough), this story may affect his draft status as much as the disappointing BCS Championship game did. Weird as hell.
Yeah, ND already put out a response...
I have no idea what to think here...I don't buy Manti was "fooled". I think he played along with this Tuiasosopo character. His parents may have been fooled, or they may have found out and just ran with it to get their son's legacy built up.
I'd imagine he's going to PLUMMET on draft boards, if not disappear. After the Combine, maybe he'll show up in Round 2-3, but I can't see him going in Round 1.
As gifted as he is, right now, I don't want Ravens touching him. Screams character questions. If he was REALLY "fooled"...is it possible to get a 0 on the Wonderlic?
I'm pretty sure I recall interviews with him where he referenced his girlfriend.... And her passing.
Something doesn't sit right with this. I'm not buying he was fooled. Ok in today's world it's entirely possible to have a relationship with someone online. But when she did "die", did he not want to go to the funeral. Did he not wonder why he was never invited or that the family didn't reach out to him?
In this CNN article the father claims she came to visit him in Hawaii multiple times.
Like I said not all is right with this story. Seems there is more to this, that may come to light later.
Oh, i believe he was in on it...
For the funeral part, it was to be held during a game and he mentioned a conversation they had before she passed, where she told him when she went, she didn't want him to miss any games, since she knew it (football) meant so much to him.
As far as his parents, it mentions once visiting while Manti was home. It doesn't say they ever met her. They mentioned in another article they were looking forward to meeting her at ND's Senior Day, but she passed before that happened.
IN today's world of media urgency has replaced accuracy, just think about recent and tragic events and how much we learn later.
That said, I think it's entirely possible he was fooled just as much as he was in on it.
But I'll wait till the whole story comes out before I pass judgement. One thing for him, he should come as clean as possible as soon as possible. It's never the crime, it's the cover-up that makes it bad.
Unless one of his friends steps up and "turns" on him, there will be no "complete story"...
Manti is going to deny it up, down, and sideways until someone comes out with hard evidence that he knew she was made up and ran with it. And why would there be much hard evidence? Not like he and Tuiasosopo would have recorded down "Our Plan to Fool a Bunch of People".
there are some weird discrepencies, if you take him at his word...How long ago did he know this was fake? I'm guessing the Deadspin story wasn't the first time he'd been clued into it. Why not come out and deal with it BEFORE some site has this long "expose" on it? That way, you DO look like the victim, instead of trying to defend yourself. He mentioned that when he spoke on the phone to her while she was in a coma, her face would brighten. I assume it was family members of her's that told him this? So did he speak to them on the phone? Who are they? Did Tuiasosopo master 1,000 voices?
We're not talking crimes here, but the whole story looks...odd. Even if you take him at his word, he really made a girlfriend out of someone he NEVER met? Didn't think it was weird that every time they tried to meet, she had some excuse?
They use quotes from stories, but not who gave them the quote, almost like it came directly from Manti.
They also say:
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Te'o and Tuiasosopo definitely know each other. In May 2012, Te'o was retweeting Tuiasosopo, who had mentioned going to Hawaii. Wrote Te'o, "sole"—"bro," in Samoan—"u gotta come down." In June, Te'o wished Tuiasosopo a happy birthday. How they know each other isn't clear.
Late in the article I will say though, it does seem as if they are hinting that they one kid "Tuiasosopo" could have been jealous of Manti's football success and he could have set him up.
Part of what makes me so skeptical is I have known people who were so desperate fora relationship they would have believed something like this and told people things like we met and we talked on the phone etc.
In my opinion, I think he was setup, started to catch wind of it and tried to cover it up towards the end, how much beats me....
Like I said, I do know people who have been so desperate for a relationship they would believe something like this.Quote:
We're not talking crimes here, but the whole story looks...odd. Even if you take him at his word, he really made a girlfriend out of someone he NEVER met? Didn't think it was weird that every time they tried to meet, she had some excuse?
You can see 20/20 shows about online identity theft and people who have admitted to given women over seas all their credit card info etc. who they said they were going to marry, yet never having met them.
I'll give you this...we have the first report of someone saying Kekua is real:
Still, with that PR, looks like Te'o is admitting he never met her in person. Certainly, would need to investigate Mauia's statement, but it is at least offering a counter view of the Deadspins story...
Personally as weird as this thing is, if he slides and is a good value then I would still have very little hesitation pulling the trigger over this stuff. Look its not like he was caught doing drugs, carrying a gun, or some other type of egregious behavior. This is a kid who seems to be a decent kid other than this one albeit bizarre thing. When your in the spotlight, everything you say and do is fair game. I would guess that maybe Teo is learning this valuable lesson that will serve him well in the future. Look if NFL teams started seeing less value in every prospect who told a lie at sometime or another they would have very few prospects to consider lol.
What evidence? The investigator hired by ND said he has all the phone records showing that they talked for hours and hours and hours a week. If Teo was "in on it", why would he do that? Why take the time to call this mythical woman with that frequency if it was just a hoax? Doesn't that seem a bit much?
The Manti Te'o story is just really really odd. I dont see how a team can just look past it. Either hes in on it and obviously shady and the purpose would be questionable at best or he wasnt and you almost have to question the guys intelligence to be duped by such a thing. At the very least is he mature/responsible enough to hand the pressure of being an NFL player on and off the field?
I think he was in on it personally, because he and his father have claimed to have met the girl multiple times in Hawaii. How do you meet somebody that doesnt exist and continue to believe they do? The fact that he would fake such a thing for national attention, or whatever the case, is definitely raising questions about his maturity and character. things that have dropped far better talents in the draft.


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We fired up again tonight - pizza 2 nights in a row, now that's decadent :D
I took a lot of pics along the way this time. Better find a more appropriate forum to post them after this I guess ;)
We went out today and got some nice dry redgum branches. Having some older wood definitely made a difference. There was almost no smoke out the front, the chimney drew really well this time. The pizzas were much better after a longer rise.
I knocked up a quick door this morning too so I could bake some bread. It is just pine plank, and I soaked it in water for a few hours before cooking to stop it spontaneously combusting. No signs of charring but I'm not sure how long it will hold its shape.
The bread came out pretty well but I did cook it a bit hot. It was cooked in about 10 minutes. I think I will have to spend some time adapting to baking in the WFO before I get it just right.
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More pics - I committed the cardinal sin and cut open the funniest shaped loaf straight out of the oven to try it. Lovely drizzled with little olive oil.
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great looking pies!!!! The one with onions looked especially good! I'll take two, please.
Bread looks great - especially for a first try! Mine taste good but never seem to look good.
I love the big fire pics, too
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The bread tasted pretty nice, and my coworkers were impressed enough. To be honest, one of the loaves exploded into some kind of bizarre mutant but I just hid that bit when I took the photo ;)
I could really get used to this lifestyle... I got home from work and fired up the oven, called up my gfs brother and his partner and they came around for a couple of pizzas, steak grilled over coals raked to the front, then a beer can chicken with rosemary and some potatoes. Heavens to betsy that tasted good. I finished off by roasting some capsicums for pizzas or something later in the week. Burrrrp!
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Tim you are making me so JEALOUS........Hope you enjoyed it all, I bet your family did !!
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Hey Tim,
This is looking so good. Way to go; you are definitely getting the hang of this. :-)
One small thing -- when you build up a really big bed of coals, and you are mostly cooking pizza (and the coals keep spilling out on the cooking floor), you can shovel a lot of those coals out. Just keep feeding the fire to keep a nice big flame!
Oh, and one more thing. Never cut into a warm loaf again (hah hah).
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Thanks for the tip! I'm on the lookout for fire-tending implements; a long handled shovel will go on the list I think.
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Hi Tim, i just purchased a small ash shovel from Bunnings and attached a long wooden handle to it (also from Bunnings) It seems quite hard to find these tools in Australia.
Your Pizzas look great! I'll be doing me first ever pizzas next weekend i think.
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Good one Tim,
now you'll be scouring those back roads and calling in to farmers to clean up all that fallen wood that might be a hazard to their stock eh?
We have friends at Charleston with numerous fallen trees on their dairy property that I got the odd load of wood.
Great pizzas, and max use of the heat. Guess you'll get to use more of the heat to dry your oversupplied vegies, herbs and not so dry firewood.
It is hard with that smell of fresh bread, not to cut and enjoy it whilst it is hot. Guilty as charged an every occasion!
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Good luck with your pizzas!
Neil - I certainly have been busy 'cleaning up the roadsides' ;)
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