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Funding Liberalism With Blue-Chip Profits: Fortune 100 Foundations Back Leftist Causes By David Hogberg and Sarah Haney Summary: Although many believe self- interested corporations lavish funds on politically conservative groups, it just isn't true. A painstaking analysis of tax returns for Fortune 100 foundations reveals the nonprofits overwhelmingly favor groups that push for bigger government and tougher regulations. L iberal blogger David R. Mark recently wrote, "Those that call themselves 'compassionate conservatives' would never think to touch their fat-cat sup- porters. It's much easier to spin the 'eco- nomic benefits' of helping huge corpora- tions fatten their bottom lines." Liberal aca- demic Thomas Frank, in his book What's The Matter With Kansas?, claims that the corpo- rate world "wields the Republican Party as its New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (at center above) is living proof that personal political sidearm." Both Mark and corporate leaders do not necessarily lean to the political right. A former Frank express a common view that corpora- head of one of the world largest's investment banks, the then-U.S. senator is shown protesting corporate policies at a June 2005 rally. tions are major funders of the political right, and that when corporations make contribu- the conventional wisdom admits some high- examining giving by the charitable founda- tions to nonprofit advocacy groups they profile exceptions. Certainly New Jersey Gov- tions of the top 100 corporations on this give to groups on the right because those ernor Jon Corzine, a Democrat, was one of the year's Fortune 500 list. For this analysis, we groups are pro-business. most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, con- defined the terms "political right" and "politi- sistently achieving scores of 90% and higher cal left" broadly but with some specificity. On its face, this makes sense. After all, on the legislative scorecard of the left-wing conservatives generally support lower taxes, activist group, Americans for Democratic August 2006 less government regulation, and freer trade, Action. Yet before he entered politics, Corzine public policies that are supposed to coincide was head of Goldman Sachs, one of the larg- CONTENTS with the interests of corporations. Why est investment banks in the world. Nonethe- less, the popular assumption is that groups Funding Liberalism With wouldn't corporations eagerly fund their on the political right should have their coffers Blue-Chip Profits political supporters? In a Washington Exam- filled with corporate money. By contrast, the Page 1 iner editorial, Professor Thomas F. Schaller lamented the "'infrastructure gap' that per- political left, because it is thought to favor Buffett's Compassionate Calling sists between the well-funded and highly policies inimical to business interests, ought Page 7 organized Republican right and the relatively to have scant corporate support. underfunded and generally disorganized Philanthropy Notes Democratic left." [Italics added.] Of course, We decided to test this hypothesis by Page 8 FoundationWatch Nonprofit public interest and advocacy Results cher Daniels Midland, Exxon, WellPoint, and groups on the political right favor lower taxes, In this analysis, we examined only those Wells Fargo—donated more to the political less government regulation, and less gov- Fortune 100 companies that operated non- right. ernment spending on social programs but profit charitable foundations which made more on defense programs. We also put on grants to groups we identified as on either the The Wildlife Conservation Society, which the right groups that defend traditional val- political right or left. That reduced the num- took in the huge $35 million grant from the ues, the right to bear arms, stricter immigra- ber to 53 corporate foundations. (For a list of Goldman Sachs Foundation, was the top tion laws, and tougher criminal laws. those foundations and their giving patterns, beneficiary on the political left of Fortune 100 see page 4.) We examined the most recent tax foundation giving. It was followed by the We put on the political left nonprofit groups return filings for these foundations (IRS Form Conservation International Foundation ($4.5 that advocate higher taxes, more government million), the National Council of La Raza ($2.9 regulation, more spending on social pro- million), and the Nature Conservancy ($1.9 grams and less on defense, and groups pro- million). moting more liberal values, more gun control, and relaxed immigration and criminal laws. The American Enterprise Institute received We looked at grants to groups across the $575,000, which was the largest single For- political spectrum including advocacy orga- tune 100 grant to a group on the right, fol- nizations such as Natural Resources De- lowed by the Competitive Enterprise Insti- fense Council and the Right to Life Commit- tute at $325,000, and the Employment Policies tee, think tanks like the Heritage Foundation Institute at $275,000. (For a complete list of and Brookings Institution, and public inter- the foundations and their grantees, see the est law firms such as the Institute for Justice August 4, 2006 CRC Highlight at http:// and the Southern Poverty Law Center. www.capitalresearch.org.) If the political right and major corporations Funding Left versus Right: Competitive are as closely aligned as popular perception Advantage suggests, then the corporate foundations Why do they do it? To understand why examined in this report ought to be more corporations give more money to the political generous to groups on the political right than Although James Dimon (pictured left than to the political right, it is critical to those on the political left. That's not what we above), CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has understand that businesses are not inher- found. contributed to an array of Democrats, ently "pro-market." Indeed, some business he has given to few Republicans. leaders may support tax increases and more government regulation because they believe Editor: Matthew Vadum 990) and compiled the dollar values for grants it gives them an advantage over competitors. and matching gifts to left-wing groups and Many are not averse to more government Publisher: Terrence Scanlon right-wing groups. spending if it boosts their profits. Foundation Watch The results are the exact opposite of the Consider the rental car business. Most is published by Capital Research Center, a non-partisan education and common perception. The Fortune 100 foun- rental car companies today invite renters to research organization, classified by dations gave more money to the political left. purchase a "collision-damage waiver" (CDW) the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity. In fact, the grantmaking was lopsided: The to cover the cost of any car damage. But in political left received nearly $59 million, while 1989, activist consumer groups promoted a Address: the political right received only about $4 bill by then-Congresswoman Lynn Martin, 1513 16th Street, N.W. million, a ratio of 14.5 to 1. Even if we subtract an Illinois Republican, to ban CDWs. The Washington, DC 20036-1480 a single $35 million mega-grant from the measure would have made the car rental Phone: (202) 483-6900 Goldman Sachs Foundation to the liberal companies liable for most of the damage done Long-Distance: (800) 459-3950 Wildlife Conservation Society, donations to to rental cars. Although this would increase the left still outstrip those to the right by a the costs to all rental car companies, Avis and E-mail Address: ratio of 5.8 to 1. Hertz, the two largest such companies, sup- email@example.com ported the bill! This seems counterintuitive, Of the 53 Fortune 100 corporate founda- but it appears that Avis and Hertz under- Web Site: tions, 29 foundations donated to both the stood that the requirement imposed the big- http://www.capitalresearch.org political left and right, while 24 donated only gest financial burden on smaller car rental Reprints are available for $2.50 prepaid to the left. Of the 29 donating to both sides, companies. If the smaller companies were to Capital Research Center. 25 donated more to the left than the right, forced out of business, Avis and Hertz would while only four—those associated with Ar- benefit. 2 August 2006 FoundationWatch Using government to gain advantage over James Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has the foundation's board of directors: the competition may explain some of the made political contributions to high-profile grants made by the corporate foundations. Democratic lawmakers and candidates, in- Since 2001, former board chair Marjorie For example, the IRS Form 990 for the corpo- cluding New York Senator Hillary Clinton, Magner has contributed $10,000 to the rate foundation of General Motors shows Illinois Senator Barack Obama, former House Democratic Senatorial Campaign Com- that it gave grants of $50,000 to Resources for Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, Indiana mittee and to the campaigns of many the Future and $10,000 to the World Re- Senator Evan Bayh, unsuccessful North Caro- liberal Democratic senators, including sources Institute, both supportive of energy lina Senate candidate Erskine Bowles, Colo- Tom Daschle ($1,000) Tim Johnson policies favoring ethanol production and use. rado Senator Ken Salazar, former Senate ($500), Charles Schumer ($1,000), Erskine Would GM have made the grants had it not Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Representa- Bowles ($1,000), and Hillary Clinton made a major investment in a fleet of E85 tive Harold Ford of Tennessee, and the Demo- ($2,000). Board member Michael Car- vehicles that are designed to run on fuel that cratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Dimon penter, who does support some Repub- is 85% ethanol? has also given to Republican senators Mike licans, also supported Senators Daschle DeWine of Ohio and Richard Shelby of Ala- ($1,000), Schumer ($2,000), Harry Reid Similarly, the foundations of the timber bama. ($1,000) and Chris Dodd ($2,000). Board giants International Paper and Weyerhaeuser Robert Benmosche, who until last year was member Richard Druskin's giving is also fund many groups that support the Endan- CEO of MetLife, is another left-leaning cor- heavily Democratic: Daschle ($1,000), gered Species Act, which has imposed dras- porate chief. His list of contributions in- Dodd ($2,000), Schumer ($2,000) and tic restrictions on the use of forests claimed cludes Democrats Hillary Clinton, Connecti- Daschle's PAC ($5,000). Citigroup divi- to be the habitat of alleged endangered spe- cut Senator Chris Dodd, New York Senator sional vice chairman Stanley Fisher and cies. International Paper Foundation's latest Charles Schumer, New York Representative senior vice president Michael Schlein, tax return shows it made grants of $10,000 to Charles Rangel, and the New York State Demo- who worked in the Clinton administra- American Forest Foundation, $30,000 to the cratic Committee. tion before joining Citibank, also skew Conservation Fund, and $3,000 to the Nature Democratic. Conservancy. The Weyerhaeuser Founda- Not surprisingly, JP Morgan Chase Foun- tion gave money to the American Forest Foundation ($201,180), the Conservation Fund ($30,000), and the Nature Conservancy Corporations and their foundations appear ($74,500). to use "strategic giving" in an attempt to influence It is likely that International Paper and events. The goal may be establishing customer Weyerhaeuser are annoyed by laws restrict- or employee goodwill. Often the objective ing their use of forests. But they have the financial resources and legal talent to fight is buying off the opposition. those policies in court or broker special deals with government regulators. Restrictive for- est-use policies hurt small timber companies dation donated just under $1.2 million to As Oksman noted, the Citigroup far more because they cannot pay what it groups on the left, but no money to groups Foundation's giving tilts way to the left, with takes to fight a government regulatory on- on the right. It gave over $31,000 to the large grants going to the Rainbow Push Coa- slaught abetted by environmental advocacy NAACP, over $59,000 to Planned Parent- lition, the Nature Conservancy, and the groups. Is it so far-fetched to suggest that hood, and $1,000,000 to the far-left Associa- League of Women Voters. International Paper and Weyerhaeuser un- tion of Community Organizations for Reform derstand that they gain more than they lose Now (ACORN). The MetLife Foundation fol- Charity As Investment by supporting political groups that back the lowed a similar pattern. While it did donate "Strategic giving" is another explanation Endangered Species Act? (For more on this $40,000 to groups on the political right in for the Fortune 100 foundations' giving pat- topic, see the February 2006 issue of Capital 2004, it gave over $1.2 million to groups on the terns. In a 1997 article, New York Times re- Research Center's newsletter, Organization political left, including the Children's De- porter Claudia H. Deutsch explained that Trends.) fense Fund ($5,000), the Economic Policy strategic giving is "the fancy phrase that Institute ($275,000), and the National Council corporate-giving gurus use to describe how Liberal CEOs of La Raza ($180,000). every dollar or product they give must mesh But competitive advantage is only one pos- with the company's markets or employees." sible explanation for why Fortune 100 giving In the December 2005 issue of CRC'sFoun- In short, giving to charity is a form of invest- leans leftward. Another reason is personal dation Watch, author Lea Oksman noted ment strategy, in which donations advance political preference. Besides Jon Corzine, similar tendencies in the Citigroup Founda- the company by increasing market share, many other corporate leaders support left-of- tion. The leftward political drift of its grants keeping employees happy, or creating good center causes and candidates. For instance, matched the political contributions made by public relations. August 2006 3 FoundationWatch Giving Patterns of the Fortune 100 Company Foundations to the Political Left and Political Right Giving to the Percent of Giving to the Percent of Company Total Giving Political Left Total Giving Political Right Total Giving Abbott Laboratories (2004) $23,039,015 $18,376 0.08% $0 0.00% Aetna (2004) $8,828,905 $121,050 1.37% $0 0.00% Albertson's (2004) $2,038,070 $250,000 12.27% $0 0.00% Alcoa (2004) $16,999,076 $390,000 2.29% $62,000 0.36% Allstate (2004) $13,988,998 $500,500 3.58% $0 0.00% Amerada Hess (2004) $9,673,267 $88,100 0.91% $0 0.00% American Express (2004) $23,247,401 $63,736 0.66% $16,120 0.17% Archer Daniels Midland (2004) $1,552,836 $1,100 0.07% $4,089 0.26% AT&T (2004) $13,899,924 $540,600 3.89% $84,200 0.61% Bank of America Corp. (2004) $35,727,694 $211,293 0.59% $12,045 0.03% Caterpillar (2004) $15,407,405 $160,360 1.04% $0 0.00% Cisco Systems (2004) $4,397,619 $425,000 9.66% $17,500 0.40% Citigroup (2003) $55,524,404 $1,109,000 2.00% $55,000 0.10% Dow Chemical $10,643,145 $193,300 1.82% $0 0.00% Exxon Mobil (2004) $51,068,151 $1,180,500 2.31% $2,705,000 5.30% Federated Dept. Stores (2004) $12,161,819 $1,000 0.01% $0 0.00% Ford Motor (2004) $89,941,276 $6,160,762 6.85% $1,000 0.00% General Electric (2004) $59,761,733 $697,743 1.17% $276,415 0.46% General Motors (2003) $31,802,075 $1,408,800 4.43% $227,500 0.72% Goldman Sachs Group (2004) $36,850,250 $35,525,000 96.40% $0 0.00% HCA (2004) $8,017,089 $25,375 0.32% $0 0.00% Home Depot (2004) $6,799,782 $155,000 2.28% $0 0.00% International Paper (2004) $5,371,322 $77,460 1.44% $0 0.00% J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (2004) $45,914,081 $1,192,833 2.60% $0 0.00% Johnson & Johnson (2004) $42,871,365 $1,472,946 3.44% $10,000 0.02% Johnson Controls (2004) $6,125,188 $69,050 1.13% $41,980 0.69% Kroger (2004) $2,658,095 $5,500 0.21% $0 0.00% Lockheed Martin (2004) $7,183,885 $125,500 1.75% $0 0.00% Marathon Oil (2004) $3,415,314 $101,000 2.96% $24,000 0.70% Merck (2004) $41,636,724 $15,295 0.04% $0 0.00% Merrill Lynch (2004) $27,036,037 $25,772 0.10% $0 0.00% MetLife (2004) $27,445,352 $1,263,000 4.60% $40,000 0.15% Morgan Stanley (2004) $4,661,953 $20,000 0.43% $0 0.00% Motorola (2004) $5,088,709 $30,000 0.20% $0 0.00% Nationwide (2004) $13,078,870 $15,220 0.12% $5,000 0.04% New York Life Insurance (2004) $7,293,005 $283,000 3.88% $0 0.00% PepsiCo (2004) $15,179,442 $1,065,000 7.02% $10,000 0.07% Pfizer (2004) $28,782,824 $501,358 1.74% $48,454 0.17% Procter & Gamble (2004) $23,158,523 $341,900 1.48% $50,000 0.22% Prudential Financial (2004) $26,188,398 $827,276 3.16% $10,504 0.04% Sprint Nextel (2004) $5,444,815 $15,335 0.28% $5,000 0.09% St. Paul Travelers Cos. (2004) $10,964,449 $191,035 1.74% $180 0.00% Time Warner (2003) $5,046,802 $76,390 1.51% $0 0.00% United Parcel Service (2004) $36,552,445 $269,875 0.74% $143,000 0.39% UnitedHealth Group (2004) $10,707,600 $2,000 0.02% $0 0.00% Valero Energy (2004) $10,421,785 $64,000 0.61% $0 0.00% Verizon Communications (2004) $56,968,636 $48,703 0.09% $42,888 0.08% Wachovia Corp. (2004) $40,983,073 $730,000 1.78% $0 0.00% Wal-Mart Stores (2004) $154,537,406 $732,350 0.47% $2,530 0.00% Washington Mutual (2003) $8,696,151 $60,000 0.69% $0 0.00% WellPoint (2004) $4,976,208 $80,000 1.61% $155,000 3.11% Wells Fargo (2004) $64,747,007 $81,600 0.13% $124,000 0.19% Weyerhaeuser (2004) $9,775,569 $673,300 6.89% $53,500 0.55% TOTALS: $58,928,393 $4,049,405 The need for good PR may help explain little reason to placate environmentalists. Both Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer devote corporate gifts to environmental groups like Unlike logging or oil drilling companies, their sections of their websites to the environ- the Keystone Center ($459,610), Nature Con- products have only a modest environmental ment. Johnson & Johnson's observes that servancy ($1,903,388), Trust for Public Land impact. But perhaps they understand that its "Healthy People…Healthy Planet" pro- ($670,034), the Wilderness Society ($104,790), few terms confer more saintly status in con- gram: and the World Wildlife Fund ($680,637). Some temporary society than the moniker "envi- corporations, like Johnson & Johnson, which ronmentalist." Corporate image-makers fig- reflects our understanding of the critical produces medical supplies, and Pfizer, which ure that it is surely good PR for their company interdependence between human health makes pharmaceuticals, would seem to have to tout itself as "environmentally sensitive." and the health of our planet. As one of 4 August 2006 FoundationWatch the world's most broadly based and diversified health care companies, we A partial list of organizations included in feel a special responsibility to protect our study that received grants the environment. from Fortune 100 foundations: Similarly, the Pfizer website asserts: Conservative, or right-wing groups Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) American Legislative Exchange Council is a key pillar of good corporate citizen- Cato Institute ship. We are committed to seeking con- Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise tinuous improvement in our EHS perfor- Citizens for a Sound Economy mance, maintaining safe and environ- mentally sound manufacturing opera- Competitive Enterprise Institute tions, integrating EHS considerations Federalist Society into our research and product develop- Focus on the Family ment, contributing to the common effort Heritage Foundation to protect the natural and workplace Pacific Legal Foundation environment, and fostering openness and dialogue with colleagues and the Liberal, or left-wing groups public. American Association of Retired Persons Foundation What better way to credibly claim the envi- American Civil Liberties Union ronmental mantle than to give to environ- mental groups? In 2004, Johnson & Johnson Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now gave over $100,000 each to the Nature Con- Brookings Institution servancy, Trust for Public Land, and the Children's Defense Fund Wilderness Society, and $450,000 to the National Council of La Raza World Wildlife Fund. Pfizer gave over Nature Conservancy $250,000 to the Keystone Center and over Planned Parenthood $130,000 to the Nature Conservancy. Sierra Club The charity-as-investment strategy may reasons for reaching Hispanics. In 2001 it trouble go away, and they don't know the also account for grants to left-of-center mi- began to expand the number of Hispanic- nature of the groups they fund. nority organizations. Corporate foundations owned Ford auto dealerships. Said Ford ex- may reason, for example, that grants to groups ecutive George Frame: "The fact is indepen- Left-wing groups are far more likely than identifying with Hispanics, the fastest grow- dent Hispanic dealers, adequately capital- groups on the right to organize boycotts and ing segment of the U.S. population, will help ized and effectively managed, are essential to protests to embarrass corporations into cav- them tap the Hispanic consumer market. Bank the successful marketing and sales of Ford ing into activists' demands. Some groups, of America is a case in point. It has engaged products." It's likely that Ford believed do- such as the radical Rainforest Action Net- in extensive efforts to tap into the Hispanic nating to leftist groups that represent them- work, use so-called "civil disobedience" to market, including launching Spanish-lan- selves as spokesmen for the Hispanic com- disrupt corporate meetings and operations. guage ads in 2003 in the Hispanic-heavy munity was one way to do more business. In Instead of stiffening corporate resistance, states of Texas and California. In 2004 Bank 2001 the Ford Motor Company Foundation their tactics frequently help open company of America Foundation donated $40,000 to donated over $200,000 to the National Coun- checkbooks. the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation and $31,000 cil of La Raza, $50,000 to the Congressional to the Mexican-American League Defense Hispanic Caucus Institute, $15,000 to Jesse Jackson is the master of the corporate and Education Fund (MALDEF). Nicole MALDEF, and $4,500 to the Michigan chap- shakedown. His tactics are tried and true. Nastacie, a Bank of America spokeswoman, ter of the League of United Latin American Jackson first fires off a letter to a corporation summed up the bank's philanthropic phi- Citizens. criticizing it for not hiring enough minorities. losophy. "A healthy community is a healthy He demands a meeting. If the corporation place to do business," she said in an inter- Extortion and Indifference defends itself and rejects the demands, Jack- view. The final two explanations for why big son publicly accuses it of racial insensitivity, corporations give to the left are perhaps the announces a protest and calls for a boycott. Ford Motor Company also has commercial most exasperating: Corporations hope to make Since corporations recoil at charges of rac- August 2006 5 FoundationWatch ism, they usually attempt to appease Jackson the Progress Unity Fund. The Sea Shepherd America, then the belief that corporate and agree to a meeting. The upshot is that Conservation Society maintains a fleet of America is more generous to public interest Jackson can claim a historic breakthrough ships that sinks fishing vessels. (For more on and advocacy groups on the right is clearly that also produces a corporate contribution this group, see the February 2004 issue of wrong. Unfortunately, that misperception is to Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition. (For Organization Trends.) The Progress Unity embedded in American consciousness. How Fund is the parent organization for Interna- often are groups on the left derided as "cor- tional Act Now to Stop War and End Racism porate lackeys"? (A.N.S.W.E.R.). International A.N.S.W.E.R. is perhaps best known for organizing pro- Will the pattern change? Corporate foun- tests against the war on terror. In fact, the dations could make a start by better monitor- group's leaders support the communist dic- ing their matching grants. But real change tatorships of Cuba and North Korea. (For requires that they commit themselves to free- more on A.N.S.W.E.R., see CRC's book The market principles that are the basis for the Politics of Peace by John Tierney.) Nicole liberty that lets enterprise grow and prosper. Nastacie explained that Bank of America does If corporations use their foundations to stifle not pass judgment on employees' personal competition and buy off opponents, there is philanthropy. "We respect our associates' little hope that they will be bulwarks of free- individual charitable giving choices by match- dom—no matter what liberal commentators ing associate gifts to all eligible 501(c)(3) believe. organizations," she said. FW There would be massive public outrage if a corporate matching grant went to the Ku Klux Klan or a neo-Nazi group and rightfully so. David Hogberg, formerly with Capital Re- But corporate gifts to the Sea Shepherd Con- search Center, is a Senior Policy Analyst at Jesse Jackson's legendary servation Society and International the National Center for Public Policy Re- corporate pressure tactics were A.N.S.W.E.R. go unnoticed. search. Sarah Haney, a student at George documented in a 2002 book. Washington University, was an intern with Conclusion Capital Research Center in the spring of more on Jackson's tactics, see CRC's Orga- If the Fortune 100 represents corporate 2006. nization Trends —April 2003— and a special section at the National Legal and Policy Cen- ter website at http://www.nlpc.org/ For frequent updates on environmental groups, jjackson.asp). nonprofits, foundations, and labor unions, check out the CRC-Greenwatch Blog at Sometimes Jackson piggybacks on the ef- forts of others. In 2003 the Teamsters and the United Food and Commercial Workers unions www.capitalresearch.org/blog organized a strike of workers at three West Coast grocery chains, Albertsons, Ralphs, and Vons. Jackson showed his support by speaking at rallies for the workers. Jackson's message to the grocery chains got through: Fortune 100 member Albertsons, through its foundation, donated $250,000 to Rainbow Push in 2004. Ralphs also contributed $15,000 to the Jackson group. It is worthwhile to note that many corporate foundations have programs that match do- nations made by company employees. Cor- porations sometimes observe that they can hardly be expected to monitor small employee gifts that they match. For instance, on the Bank of America Foundation tax return we found a matching $300 gift to the Sea Shep- herd Conservation Society and a $50 gift to 6 August 2006 FoundationWatch Buffett's Compassionate In education, the Gates Foundation initially ing her husband's—and Warren Buffett's— believed high school size affects learning. So thinking about how to help the world's poor— Calling Gates used his wealth to break up larger by curing disease rather than fighting over- schools and school districts so teenagers population. By Terrence Scanlon would get the attention they need. That was good in theory, but Business Week recently I have one final caveat. Gates and Buffett In June multi-billionaire Warren Buffett did wrote about the lack of success in this en- need to make sure that the Gates Foundation what most of us could only dream of doing. deavor. Now the Gates Foundation, accord- remains streamlined and well-run. After all, He gave away 85% of his $44 billion fortune ing to a Hoover Institution report, is focusing the United Nation's entire annual spending in Berkshire-Hathaway stock. To some, more on charter schools, private and paro- accounts for a mere $13 billion. Add Buffett's Buffett's generosity was puzzling because chial schools in order to spur education re- $31 billion ante to Gates $30 billion in assets, he gave roughly $31 billion to the foundation form. and it's entirely conceivable the Gates Foun- of the world's richest couple, Microsoft dation could start running with the operating founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. The best news in all of this? It appears that efficiency of FEMA. Buffett's fortune will not be used for the Beyond the head scratching, if you look purpose many conservatives feared—to pro- Terrence Scanlon is president of Capital deeply, you can see the genius in Buffett's mote abortion and reproductive rights. Buffett Research Center. move. Buffett is ensuring his intentions as a biographer Roger Lowenstein once noted donor in the best way possible: He's giving the Omaha billionaire had "a Malthusian away his money while he is alive, in good dread that overpopulation would aggravate Please remember health and in complete control of his facul- Capital Research Center ties. in your will and estate Even better, he's making his charitable con- planning. Thank you for tributions by relying on a close friend he trusts and who shares his philanthropic out- your support. look. Bill Gates has decided to end his reign Terrence Scanlon, President as CEO of Microsoft in two years. He will then devote his full attention to the Gates Founda- tion, a charity with nearly $30 billion that promotes world health and American educa- From right to left: Warren Buffett, You can probe the tion. With Buffett's contribution, Gates will eventually have twice as much money to Melinda Gates, Bill Gates backgrounds of many of the work with. problems in all other areas – such as food, organizations profiled in housing, even human survival" and that the Foundation Watch By giving to the Gates Foundation, Buffett late Mrs. Buffett was most concerned about acknowledges and accepts its priorities, women's issues. The Buffetts set up the by visiting our which are curing and preventing diseases Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation which online database at that afflict the world's poor and improving currently has $270 million in assets, accord- American education. Recent articles about ing to the Wall Street Journal, and may have www.capitalresearch.org the Gates Foundation say its approach to billions more once Mrs. Buffett's own estate is settled. Its main focus is family planning You can also retrieve past issues of these problems is encouraging. The founda- CRC newsletters, including tion is a streamlined organization that, like and reproductive rights. In Buffett's current any good businessperson, holds account- spending spree, he left it $3 billion dollars. Organization Trends able those who receive its grants and de- mands measurable outcomes, not vague That's peanuts compared to Buffett's gift Foundation Watch promises. to the Gates Foundation, which will literally Labor Watch and figuratively double in size. Until recently, Compassion and Culture In global health, the foundation focuses on the largest private U.S. foundation was the fighting diseases like AIDS and malaria. It's Ford Foundation, which is eager to encour- Past issues may be ordered for $2.50 said that Mr. Gates gets intellectually excited age the formation of nongovernmental politi- each. Orders must be prepaid. For cal advocacy organizations in the U.S. and information or credit card orders, call about using his wealth to find vaccines and around the world. Gates, seems to be more (800) 459-3950. cures for diseases. But the foundation also is Or mail your check to: involved in less exciting but important work interested in getting things done, solving such as providing mosquito nets soaked real problems that are fundamentally non- Capital Research Center, with insecticide in order to help prevent the political. Some speculate that Melinda Gates, 1513 16th Street, N.W. spread of malaria. a Catholic, should be credited with reorient- Washington, D.C. 20036 August 2006 7 FoundationWatch PhilanthropyNotes Leftist meddler extraordinaire George Soros has changed his mind and decided that his social-engineering foundations should live on after he has shuffled off this mortal coil, the Wall Street Journal reported June 23. Previously, the billionaire speculator had wanted his worldwide network of foundations to close their doors upon his death, but he has since reconsidered. Soros explains in the prologue to his new book, The Age of Fallibility: The Consequences of the War on Terror, that although he did not originally want his foundations to survive him, he later came to feel that allowing the foundation to lapse with his death would be "selfish" because "many people are devoting their lives to the foundation. Why should their work be terminated with my death?" Soros also reportedly intends to create an oversight board to look after his cherished Open Society Institute and the other tentacles of his philanthropy empire. His son, Jonathan, will be a member of the board. In other Soros news, the left's preeminent funder discloses his future philanthropic plans in The Age of Fallibil- ity. Because America has failed "to exercise the right kind of leadership," the time may be right "for launching a European open society foundation," he states in the book's prologue, a dreary recitation of the philanthropist's increasingly tedious and predictable critique of the United States. "The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States," he writes. Soros also writes he is establishing "an Arab Cultural Fund," and is considering new political adventures in countries near Russia. Soros writes he is "ready to do what I can to help the countries of the 'near abroad' that have been able to hold free elections to maintain their independence from Russia.'" With the ouster of their favored university president, at least four donors who pledged $390 million to Harvard University apparently believe that nothing safeguards donor intent better than revoking a donation. In late June Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison put the kibosh on a $115 million gift to the wealthy Ivy League bastion of wrongheaded thinking as then-president Larry Summers was being shown the door. An Ellison spokesman said his boss reneged because Summers, who was axed in part because of past politically incorrect com- ments he made to the easily outraged faculty, would not be around to manage the global health foundation that Ellison had wanted to create. Three other donors upset at Harvard –Mortimer Zuckerman, Richard A. Smith, and David Rockefeller— have since followed suit and canceled plans to donate to Harvard, which already has a whopping $26 billion endowment, the Wall Street Journal reported July 13. "It is quite normal in situations of leadership transition in any not-for-profit organization for donors who are considering very major gifts to wait for a new leader to be in place before finalizing and announcing a major commitment," said Donella Rapier, the university's development director. Zuckerman had planned to give $100 million for a neuroscience institute, while Smith wanted to fund a $100 million science complex. Rockefeller chopped $65 million from a planned $75 million gift to fund study-abroad trips for needy students. His smaller $10 million gift will now fund the existing Rockefeller Latin American Studies Institute instead. The four philanthropists' moves ensure in a dramatic way that the future powers-that-be at Harvard will have no opportunity to use their money in a way they disapprove. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat who polices the Empire State's 60,000 charities and nonprofits, is helping his family administer a charity that his office oversees, the New York Daily News reported July 9. According to the newspaper, the Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust invests almost all of its nearly $26 million in assets in hedge funds and equity funds whose executives have made generous donations in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to Spitzer's gubernatorial campaign. Spitzer, a trustee for the nonprofit organization, denied any wrongdoing, but ethics expert Marcy Murninghan, a consultant to foundations and a former ethics professor at Harvard Divinity School, said the actions raised red flags. "It raises ethical questions -- and suggests a level of self-dealing -- when financial investments are placed with investors who happen to be his biggest contributors." 8 August 2006
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China Shadow Follows Obama in Latin Trip
President Barack Obama begins a four-day Latin American tour Saturday with the aim of re-establishing U.S. leadership in the hemisphere at a time when China's clout is rising fast from Santiago to São Paulo.
The trouble is, Mr. Obama, who meets with Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff Saturday in Brasilia and will also visit Chile and El Salvador, brings little to offer the region in key areas from trade to immigration reform.
Mr. Obama will have trouble checking China in a region the U.S. has long considered—to many Latin Americans' chagrin—its backyard.
White House officials say the U.S isn't facing off economically with China in Latin America. They cast the trip as a bid create U.S. jobs by linking more closely to fast-growing markets like Brazil. But the president's large entourage—including four cabinet members— and the trip's timing amid a pressing budget debate and multiple international crises underscores an awareness in the White House the U.S. has lost ground there as Latin leaders turn East for economic opportunity.
"It's very much in the United States' interest, in the hemisphere's interest, for us to signal that we're committed to the region and that we not...cede...our own hemisphere, which is incredibly important to us," said Ben Rhodes, the White House deputy national security adviser for strategic communications.
China's fast-growing economy has helped transform Brazil into a rising global star. Once known more as a sunny beach destination with a volatile currency, Brazil is now the world's seventh-largest economy and boasts a strong, steady real, thanks largely to a decade of soaring exports of iron ore, soy and other goods to China. Last year, China surpassed the U.S. as the biggest buyer of Brazilian goods. China also eclipses the U.S. in trade in Argentina and Chile.
Suddenly, the U.S. is seeking out Brazil in important global debates. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who is traveling with Mr. Obama, flew to Brasilia last month to lobby for support in persuading China to let its currency appreciate, a move Mr. Geithner says is essential for putting the global economy on sound footing. Chinese officials are doing the same: pressing Brazil to criticize the U.S. for letting the dollar weaken. So far, Brazil has not taken a side, preferring to criticize both countries' currency policies.
"The courtship of Brazil by the U.S. and the other great power, China, is quickly becoming an important theme in international economics," said Eswar Prashad, a Cornell University economist and former head of the China program at the International Monetary Fund.
The U.S. is still by far the biggest source of foreign investment in the region, and local units of U.S. companies from Caterpillar to Colgate-Palmolive have a far bigger share of the Latin American economy than Chinese firms. What's more, Mexico still sees China more as a competitor in manufacturing than an economic partner.
But after Latin leaders for decades bent over backwards to meet U.S. demands for access to U.S. markets and investment, China is rebalancing the equation. These days, commodity-rich countries such as Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Peru that export to China are less motivated to please Washington.
"The Chinese are newcomers to the region but they are gaining experience fast and should not be underestimated," said Anthony Root, a partner at the law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy who helped China negotiate the purchase of power grids in Brazil.
Brazil, for instance, didn't like the terms of a U.S.-proposed hemispheric free trade pact and blocked it in 2005. Brazil also helped derail a U.S.-proposed global trade deal at the World Trade Organization. Brazil has also criticized U.S. use of Colombian military bases. Signaling Brazil's global ambitions, the country teamed with Turkey last year in a failed bid to head off U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran's nuclear program.
Mr. Obama's trip marks an effort to reverse the trend by forging a warmer relationship. The first black U.S. president is immensely popular in Brazil, which shares a history of slavery with the U.S., Mr. Obama plans to visit a poor Rio de Janeiro shanty town and make a major speech. Meantime, Ms. Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla in her third month in office, has signaled a desire for a less contentious U.S. relationship.
"It's a bit of a paradox because of her radical past, but [Ms. Rousseff] appears to be free from the ideological bias and the elements of anti-Americanism that badly affected the relationship during the Lula years," said Roberto Abdenur, a former Brazilian ambassador to the U.S.
Mr. Obama may succeed in putting the U.S on friendlier terms with Brazil, but deepening the economic relationship may be a tougher gambit. U.S. officials say they want more access to Brazil's economy for U.S. exports. But Mr. Obama isn't likely to get far, considering the U.S. restricts imports of Brazilian steel, beef, orange juice, sugar and other goods in order to protect U.S. industries.
Mexico, which has been lobbying for immigration reform for years, also wants Washington's help in stopping the flow of assault weapons and guns that end up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, fueling violence south of the border. But there has been little progress on both issues owing to political disagreements in the U.S. Congress.
"The president really has significant challenges to deliver on the issues that matter most to Latin America," said Ted Piccone, who covered the region on President Bill Clinton's National Security Council and is now deputy director for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "These issues run smack into very difficult domestic concerns here in the United States."
In Chile, a copper rich economy which has free trade with both the U.S. and China, Mr. Obama plans a major speech on the importance of the U.S.-Latin American relationship. In El Salvador, where the political descendents of an anti-U.S. 1980s rebel group recently came to power via the ballot box, Mr. Obama's visit will also be mainly about symbolism: Burying the past.
Mr. Obama is likely to unveil a $1 billion credit line to finance U.S. companies working on Brazilian infrastructure, including preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, U.S. officials say. By contrast, China's state-owned banks are unleashing much larger sums directly to Latin American firms and governments in a strategy to gain access to key Latin industries.
China has used its deep pockets to secure Latin oil supplies. Last year, China promised to lend oil-rich Venezuela $20 billion as part of a deal to give Chinese firms access to its vast fields. In 2009, China lent Brazil $10 billion in exchange for future oil shipments.
A decade ago, Latin America and China barely traded. But that changed as China's need for raw materials led it to seek new markets such Brazil, the world's biggest iron ore exporter, and Chile, the world's biggest copper producer. Between 2000 and 2008, trade between Latin America and China grew at an astonishing 31% annual rate, while China snapped up oil, mining and other commodity assets from Venezuela to Argentina.
Coincidentally, a generation of leaders skeptical of the U.S. came to power in countries like Brazil who were eager to diversify trade ties and assert independence. Meantime, pro-U.S. leaders in countries like Mexico began complaining that Washington was neglecting the region as it became engrossed in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Two countries that Mr. Obama won't visit this time, Panama and Colombia, are telling. Both countries are among the region's closest U.S. allies. The U.S. backs Colombia with anti-drug aid. Panama, which was essentially created by the U.S. as part of canal building efforts, uses the U.S. dollar as its currency. But free-trade agreements negotiated under former President George W. Bush haven't even been submitted to Congress yet. Rather than turn up empty handed, Mr. Obama is avoiding both nations altogether.
China, meanwhile, is drawing up plans with Colombia to build an alternative to the Panama Canal that would link ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail. The plan calls for Colombia to send raw materials to China and in return receive goods for assembly and export. China is Colombia's second biggest trade partner after the U.S.
China is also amassing regional trade deals. China's 2005 free trade agreement with Chile was it's first-ever with a non-Asian country. In 2009, China signed a similar pact with Peru—where leaders have been hoping in vain for a similar deal with the U.S for years—and made a deal with Costa Rica last year.
China has focused mainly on trade, rather than investment. But recent deals show that's changing. Chinese firms bought more than $11 billion in assets in Argentina since November, including business units from Occidental Petrochemical Corp. and British Petroleum. China has spent a similar amount in Brazil purchasing oil rights and a $1.8 billion purchase of seven Brazilian power grids.
—Paulo Prada in Sao Paulo and Ken Parks in Buenos Aires contributed to this article.
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USBYGS on the road...
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We just seperated from the local Ptero's who are heading for the Haul Road at Delta Junction. We are now sitting in Beaver creek. The ride over Denali Hwy was spectacular. Gusgus and Friar met up with us this morning at the gracious house. All is good. Nice to be on the road again. Be in the states in about 4-5 days. PS: thanks to Barb for getting Fite such a furry mount. We are having a great time with that and he spends a lot of time petting and grooming it... No More Mondays - glad I don't have to do it until August...
Tim Horton's is the best!
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Leaving early after a stop a Tim Horton's, for the Casiar. Mrs. USxGS has to have her coffee, double-double and a couple of plain donuts. Road to Destruction bay has lots of frost heaves but not bad otherwise. Lots of moose, a fox, coyote, swans (one swan ran a moose out of a lake)... over 200 picts already and some great video. Gas is about $4.80 US a gallon.
Ran into a couple of biker gals heading to AK. F650 and a Honda dual sport. German ladies I believe. Been on the road 3 weeks and have 5 to go. That's all for now........
Just arrived on Vancouver,WA
Okay, the Cassiar has only about 40 miles of dirt. What is that all about? Now everyone will start using it! There is some sweet paved stretches around Bell 2.
We ran from Whitehorse to Iskut - saw fox, coyote, and no bear. Great road - about 20 mi. of dirt before Dease Lake and 10 after with misc. stretches of dirt. Ran into a couple of groups of adventure riders. Most had heard about the D2D. Two guys on Harleys were running up to Deadhorse from Key West. Had to get there and back in 30 days. They had raised $110K for MS by getting pledges per mile... pretty cool. Were not worried about paint jobs - cosmetic can be fixed.
We came across a family of 4 brown bears and 7 black bear btw Iskut and Prince George. One blackie was half way up a tree. Yeah, there is video footage. Saw a Black fox and a couple of shaggy reddish ones. We then set up camp in the rain in P.George and hit the showers.
Prior to bed we gave a call to sis and the in-laws. Found out we had a family emergency on hand - Mrs. USxGS's grandma was in the hospital and it was not looking good (aggressive C of lungs - not even a smoker!). So, we have to get Gina down to Southern Ca. ASAP.
So, as Sheryl Crow says, Everyday is a windy road...
800 mi day
From P. George to Vancouver, WA. I hate those long runs but sometimes you gotta do it. We got a flight for Gina to CA from Portland the next morning and I will ride the bike down and meet up with everyone.
Frasier Canyon BC was awesome and the weather cooperated for a long ride. 20 miles from out goal (Gina's sister's place in Vancouver) we hit grid lock on I-5 at 11PM. We finally made our goal in 16 hours, including stops at several Tim Horton's on the way. Gotta love the coffee! (and doughnuts).
I will toss Gina on a plane in the morning and head out on the road solo to meet up with my bride in Southern CA. Lonely days aheab but I love getting reaquainted!
Oh, yeah - we met a guy on the Cassiar who said he met 5 Pterodactyl's several years ago at a rally and remembered Griz and his "painted" bike. Them Ptero SOB's sure get around!
Anyway, I am three beer's into it, tired and need some rest. We'll drop some more 'scribe later... Thanks for the push on doing the thread, MotoMamma, and we live your motto. We have been thinking about you and Hacky and we are glad you are finally on the road!
Keep postin USBYGS. I must be the only one left in Anchorage besides poor :kurtBarb.
Maybe I will see her today when I get a new tire.
Maybe not.
Assume you took some pix & we will see them sometime.
Have a good & safe ride.
Going Solo for a day or so...
I am hitting the road this morning for Southern Ca. to meet up with Gina. Grandma is now at peace along with one of my aunts who had been fighting more aliments than I can mention. Same day.:cry
So not only is this road we travel windy but has some serious ups and downs. As you fellow bikers know, when life throws you a curve lean into it...
So I ride with the thoughts of meeting up with my soul mate and the pleasures of the open road. Gas prices here in Vancouver are $3-$3.20 for reg and super:eek1 . The front tire (Dunlops) is looking excellent while the rear is flattening out quickly in the middle. Too many straight roads. Someday I want to wear out the sides first. I am thinking of splurging for some driving lights after riding out of town with Katoomer and seeing how visible he was.
I hope all is well for the D2D riders as well as those on the road to the Land of the Midnight Sun. We wish you a speedy recovery, Barb, as we have been thinking of you. Thanks for the words, Tom. Time to roll, I am outta here...:rofl
Jerry, Sure hope Gina made it in time to say goodbye to her grandma. My condolences to the entire family. Have a good trip. I'm going in to the shop in the mornings before customers come in right now. When it quits hurting so much, I'll be there in the daytime. Call me in a week or two. Barb
I sure did enjoy reading your ride report. Sorry, to read about your losses, my thoughts go out to you and your family.
Two day to LaVerne, CA
I rolled out of Vancouver late and started motoring the SLAB known as I-5. My goal was to only stop for fuel (fuel, bathroom, drink, cliff bar) and stretch the legs for about 15 min. I wanted to get as many miles as possible behind me before shutting down for the night. I don't like riding at night with the deer factor. Ipod on, wheels rolling.
I got a crazy idea one the early part of the ride that to save time in the morning, I would not pitch a tent. I planned on sleeping on the bike. It was warm enough and very few bugs. Where should I do this? Well, I have noticed a lot of motorhomes parked at Wal-marts across the country (camping). So, I just had to find a Wal-mart.
Man, it got cold in them hills in southern Oregon. It also got dark. I had to have a warm place to pitch my bike (No tent tonight!). So I rode into the night until about 10 when I came upon Redding, CA and a Wal-mart.
I motored around the lot until I found a shaded spot (from the street light) and pulled in behind a motorhome. After a quick dinner snack of tuna salad and cracker (package deal so no clean up) I set up the bike to sleep on.
The Helmet and tank bag went on the back UBag and the bike cover went over the bike. With the helmet on the back it created a perfect one-man tent - if you were only 5 feet tall. I crawled in and slept - kind of. The passenger seat was my worst enemy for it stuck up and created a lump in my bed. I slept on my side, on my back, with my feet on the bars, on the panniers, on the UBag. I tried it all. In the end I woke at 5am ready to roll. I was tired from working so hard to sleep, but I did get some sleep despite the noise from a lawn blower and kids whooping it up for a bit. Yeah, I worried about someone messing with bike - but what a shocker for them to have the bike come alive - besides, I was packing more that clean underwear for the travels.
When I awoke, refreshed (yeah, right), I crawled out of bike to see that there were no motorhomes left in the lot. They must have gotten the memo that told of the cleaning that involved gas blowers... Whatever. I survived and fired up the beemer for a quick ride to Denny's for coffee and toast.
I was heading down the slab by 6am with the same game plan as the day before except I needed to get to LaVerne before 5pm for a family event. Not 30 minutes later a trooper went flying by me (I was doing 80). A minute later I was passed again. By the third one the mind began to wonder... I came up to the accident 5 minutes later. A mini vana on the other side was upsidedown in the middle of I-5. 30 yards in front of the van a guy was laying on the ground, no one around him despite a minimum of 10 cars/trucks/semi's parked all over that side of the road. Troopers were talking to other drivers. The thought of that guy on the ground was unsettling for several hours down the road. Another reminder to stay alert of other drivers and yourself.
I traveled 150-180 miles a shot before filling up, drinking something, and a cliff bar. A couple of stretches later I would hit the road again. Half the time listening to a book the other to music. Gotta love an iPod.
By 10am I was over 300mi into it and getting sleepy. It was time to remove the sweat shirt and jacket liner. It was heating up outside. The closer to LA I got the more traffic there was. I have come to the conclusion that people don't care about the price of gas. There were so many large pickups and SUVs running about 90 that gas mileage must not be an issue. Of course these same people pay over $10 a gallon for bottle water and who knows what for a coffee...
I got to LaVerne at 3 and that left me 2 hours to decompress after the last stressful hundred miles (CA drivers fly on big roads). I am once again complete (with Gina) and as a bonus the rest of the family is here. We have three days here to do the family thing and maybe hit the local bike shop before we get back to business. We are ready to get on with our travels and looking for the beauty in every state we go through. The ride will be slow, no SLAB, and we will camp early. No Wal-mart camping from here out...
Check the D2D Sturgis of the North pic thread?
Great Reports
My heart goes out to both of you :cry
You are in our thoughts and prayers!
Thank you for the new thread! It is awesome!
And I thought Hacky was the only one who napped on his bike......:norton
Jermo/Gina.... keep the reports coming. Fite
Keep posting away and don't forget to unload that little mac music thing you use to store pics on and toss a couple up here when you get a chance.
I'll hoover down a donut and a snort a' coffee in you two's honor tomorrow morning. Be safe. Have fun.
One more day b4 hitting the road again.
Finishing up here in a day and we will be heading for Joshua Tree National Park and then start winding our way up north. So far our milage is as follows:
Home - Gracious House 318
GH - Beaver Creek 409 (nice campground behind Westmark Hotel -cheap w/hot showers)
BC - Whithorse 303
WH - 64 mi. past Dease Lake 497
- Prince George 592 (Camped in rain - found out about Grandma)
PG - Portland 778 Gina on plane next morning
P - Redding, CA 504 (slept on bike @ Walmart)
R - LaVerne, CA 596
total miles to date : 3997
Today, Kit, Gina, SisterDi, and I went to Chapparal motorsport and Berts motorsport. Both carried 4 brands of bikes and had huge accessory departments. The showroom floor was HUGE. Prices were about the same you might find elsewhere but with a 7+ percent sales tax...
We are looking forward to getting back on the road. We are about ready for a new tire. It was new when we left. The dunlop does not get the milage the Anakee's get. We will squeeze another 1000 out of them. We will work on picts, but they may have to wait (I am just lucky to be able to post once and a while. Happy Trails!
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I now see why you've been following me around here recently. You think Kapernick is a lock. I don't.
Cousins is doing just fine for the Skins for example. Alex Smith = Cousins
RGIII won't be as good as people think just like Kapernick won't. Running based QBs and gimmicks won't work long term.
You continue to misread and make things bigger then they are. I said Kaepernick has a ton of experience playing in cold weather, rain and snow and it hasn't bothered him in the past. He played many games @ Nevada in this type of weather. Your comment was a brilliant one.... "LOL"
I have no idea why you are laughing, its a true statement I made. Apparently you have problems with true statements. You seem to make and like only statements that aren't that arent true and fits your crooked way of thinking.


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Feb 23, 2011, 7:48 PM EDT
Multiple sources are reporting that the Atlanta Hawks have agreed to trade Mike Bibby, Mo Evans, rookie Jordan Crawford, and a #1 pick to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong.
This deal fills an obvious need for the Hawks. Mike Bibby is still a sharpshooter, but he has contributed in few other ways this season. His defense has always been an issue, he's shooting worse on two-point shots than he is on three-pointers, and he's averaged only 3.6 assists per game.
Hinrich isn't a top point guard in the league, and he never quite lived up to the promise he showed during the 06-07 season, but he is the epitome of a solid guard. He plays good defense, can knock down the open shot, and is a quality passer who doesn't make many mistakes. This certainly isn't the biggest trade of the day, but the Hawks did get a much-needed upgrade at the point guard spot.
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What about the Wizards? They have had Hinrich on the roster and obtained 3 first round picks for him….2010 17th pick from the Bulls for him and $3MM cash from Wiz….Jordan Crawford (2010 27th pick) and future 2011 1st rd pick from Hawks. That's a good haul in 9 months from a player like Hinrich for a rebuilding team.
- hnirobert3 - Feb 24, 2011 at 7:42 AM
This will take Joe Johnson off of Wade if the Heat and Hawks meet in the playoffs. Good move for ATL.
- hollywood26 - Feb 24, 2011 at 8:24 AM
Great trade for the wiz. we get a young player who can play the 2 or 3 as well as more draft picks. Now if we can somehow move Blatche we'd start to have a team of professionals
- paintan8 - Feb 24, 2011 at 8:29 PM
Nothing the Wizards do will be good until they fire Grunfeld. He'll probably sell those draft picks for cash or trade them for Luther Head and James Posey.
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A number of American cable networks and studios had interest in the popular project.
"Fox got the creative vision of the show, that it has to be funny while it treads sensitively on certain Muslim issues," original series executive producer Mary Darling said, according to
Created by Zarqa Nawaz, "Little Mosque on the Prairie" focuses on the small Muslim community in a fictional Saskatchewan town. The show premiered on CBC in early 2007 to extensive international attention and strong ratings. A second season premiered last fall and a third season has already been ordered.
Twentieth Century Fox TV hasn't attached writers to the project.
The original "Little Mosque" has yet to air on American TV and a separate deal to sell the series for broadcast could still be coming. The show was referenced in a number of early reviews for


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Just before dawn one morning in June, Howard Samuels, the executive director of the Wonderland Center—a private alcohol-and-drug rehab facility in West Hollywood, California—was standing in the spacious foyer of his Craftsman-style house, greeting his publicist, Cathy Griffin. They were about to head over to Fox Studios, where Samuels, who frequently turns up on the punditry circuit when an actor overdoses, relapses, or checks herself in, was scheduled to discuss the recent drug bust of Tatum O'Neal and the apparent bisexuality of Lindsay Lohan, on "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet." "Do you want any coffee?" Samuels asked Griffin, adding, "I've had two cups already." Samuels is a recovering cocaine and heroin addict who in August, at the age of fifty-six, celebrated twenty-four years of sobriety. Caffeine is the only addictive substance permitted in the Samuels household. (His thirty-eight-year-old wife, Gabrielle, has also conquered several addictions—alcohol, crystal meth, and compulsive eating.) Samuels is a tall, solidly built man with close-set green eyes, a prominent nose, and lips that cover his teeth when he talks, occasionally giving the impression of missing dentures. He was wearing a gray linen Armani jacket with cuffed jeans and Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers.


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This is what the breakfast table sometimes turns into in our home. Pancakes, coffee, napkins, and, ahem...tape. Of course, yes, please pass the tape! Tape has been a favorite medium since it arrived in our house a couple months ago, and it's taken on all kinds of forms since. The colors are incredible, and full of tons of possibilities. You can find a set of ten … [Read more...]
Giving Thanks
I started writing these posts just six months ago, and can't believe how far this site has come. Thank you so very much to each and every one of you who reads this blog. Family, friends, new friends, loyal readers. It means the world to me. And it delights me to no end when I read your comments about your own creative adventures, or visit you in your homes and see that you … [Read more...]
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This is Painting Project #3 from last week's series of painting experiments (Drippy Gravity Painting and Aluminum Foil Painting were #1 and #2), when we dug into three totally different painting projects in one hour. If you've been following me, you most likely know that my projects value process over product, but I can't help but appreciate how freakin' pretty these … [Read more...]
Aluminum Foil Painting
Why stop with paper when you can paint on egg cartons, fabric, and wood? I love digging around my cabinets and recycling bin for substrates other than paper, and aluminum foil became the basis of yesterday's second painting experiment. (The first was Drippy Gravity Painting). Foil wrapped around a piece of cardboard. And securely taped. N chose blue and orange paint. … [Read more...]
Drippy Gravity Painting
Many of you have commented that attention spans at your art tables run short. Shorter than short. Maybe almost nonexistent. And I want to support you in two ways: one is to say that this is so normal for toddlers and preschoolers to give an art project their 4-minute all, and two is that I must be deceiving you into thinking that my daughter's interest is sustained over many … [Read more...]


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Christina Ricci's AROUND THE BLOCK Opens at Arena Cinema in L.A. Today
Random Media has announced that Sarah Spillane's Around The Block will open theatrically in Los Angeles today, August 1 at the Arena Cinema in Hollywood. Around The Block stars Golden Globe nominee Christina Ricci (Monster, The Opposite of Sex) and Hunter Page-Lochard in an acclaimed debut performance. The supporting cast includes Jack Thompson (Breaker Morant, Man from Snowy River), Damian Walshe-Howling (Underbelly, Terra Nova) and model Ruby Rose (Break Free).
Around The Block is the story of American Dino Chalmers (Ricci) - an edgy and charismatic drama teacher with a Passion for Shakespeare. When the opportunity arises for her to work at a school in inner Sydney, she embraces the chance to introduce the magical world of theatre as an alternative to life on the tough streets of Redfern in Sydney, Australia. The film centers on the developing relationship between Chalmers and Liam (Page-Lochard), a sixteen-year-old urban Aboriginal student who lives Around The Block in Redfern and earns the lead in her production of Hamlet. As Chalmers presents Liam with a possibility of a life without drugs and violence, he must choose between pursuing his newfound dream of performing or following his family into a cycle of crime.
Around The Block premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has Gone on to receive accolades around the globe, particularly for Page-Lochard and for its twist on the classic teacher as a fish out of water tale. Set amid the 2004 Redfern riots, the film was shot in the very neighborhood where tensions between Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians reached a fever pitch a decade ago.
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Cultural Resources: Winter, 2009
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In addition to having photographers document the buildings at Elkmont (see the Partner Profile for more information), the park is also mapping many of the physical features in the area ahead of planned construction. Ben Zank, GIS specialist at the Smokies, spent many mornings (when the satellite signal is better) taking Geographic Positioning System (GPS) points of the houses, electric poles, utility boxes, and manhole covers around the settled areas of Elkmont. From these, he made maps to give to park managers and construction crews. Many of the houses in Elkmont will be restored in the coming years, but those that are not historic or that are too dangerous to enter will have to be removed. Having accurate maps of all of the features helps in the area's restoration process.
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2nd year sketchbook
I just realized that CA hosts images! So i debunked my old sketchbook and i'm starting this new one.
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Here's some concepts for Little Red Riding hood- 50s powerpuff girl sorta style
I'm going to turn a few of these into paintings.
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Nice work! Keep going! :-)
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On this day, when the State of Utah (and Mormon communities and congregations elsewhere) celebrate the entry of the first pioneer companies into the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, it might be appropriate to listen to these eloquent remarks — delivered in 1947, the centennial of that event, by J. Reuben Clark Jr., first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
The speech runs about twenty-five minutes. President Clark's faith, and his love for the ordinary pioneers who, under the leadership of Brigham Young and the Twelve, built up the Mormon settlements in the West, are palpable.
A transcript of President Clark's speech can be found here.
William Clayton, baptized in the River Ribble at Preston, England, by the first Latter-day Saint missionaries there, wrote a great pioneer anthem on 15 April 1846 — in the cold of winter — while encamped at Locust Creek, Iowa Territory, more than a hundred miles out of the great Mormon city of Nauvoo, which the Saints were now being forced to abandon:
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
Tis better far for us to strive
Our useless cares from us to drive;
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell -
All is well! All is well!
Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?
'Tis not so; all is right.
Why should we think to earn a great reward
If we now shun the fight?
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take.
Our God will never us forsake;
And soon we'll have this tale to tell-
All is well! All is well!
We'll find the place which God for us prepared,
Far away, in the West,
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the saints, will be blessed.
We'll make the air, with music ring,
Shout praises to our God and King;
Above the rest these words we'll tell -
All is well! All is well!
And should we die before our journey's through,
Happy day! All is well!
We then are free from toil and sorrow, too;
With the just we shall dwell!
But if our lives are spared again
To see the Saints their rest obtain,
Oh, how we'll make this chorus swell-
All is well! All is well!


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BOSTON, July 1, 2015 – The American Petroleum Institute announced today that Steve Dodge has been promoted to executive director of the Massachusetts Petroleum Council (MPC); Dodge had previously served as associate director of MPC.
DENVER, June 26, 2015 – The Colorado Petroleum Council, a division of the American Petroleum Institute, hosted more than 170 sixth through eleventh grade young women in a half-day of hands-on, interactive Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities. The event explored the benefits of STEM through practical energy exploration exercises and examined the range of related career opportunities.
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Fun start. Takes a little while to notice the toothpick. The background looks crisper and more in focus than the dragon. Cropping feels a little weird with his back touching the edge.
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So youve got your sketchbook. Youve been having fun drawing Spider Man, and youve had some folks tell you that you should draw from life, but dang it, still lifes are dull! Why bother with them?...
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Hello again. I have time to post one more, then off for a few. If for any reason these crash, can someone else post the images for others to get to?
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It has been recently revealed in a report a 47 years old nurse from Britain, Gill Archer, has been suffering from nausea for the past around 6 years after having been in a turbulent flight. As strange as it might seem it was in the year
2006, the second ever flight of her life that she suffered nausea, and since then, the saga continues.
She has been feeling nausea and wobbly for 6 years now. She is a mother of three and is of the view that she does suffer from these attacks and they seem to last for a few months at a time. University of California professor Dr. Yoon-Hee Cha is of the view that the condition Mal de Debarquement Syndrome is very less researched and is a rare condition as well.
"A hallmark feature is the temporary symptomatic improvement of the rocking sensation when the patient is passively moved again, notably when they are driving. The worst situations are usually when they are standing still or coming to a stop after either passively or actively moving", said Dr. Cha.
He further said that the other symptoms of this disorder are poor attention, fatigue and poor concentration.
Ms. Archer is of the view that she hasn't yet been able to find a permanent cure for her condition and has been using antidepressants for the treatment of the problems since all these years.
There is need for more research to be done in this regard so that there can be an effective cure found for the same. It is essential that a permanent cure for the condition is found; otherwise the woman shall have to suffer for the rest of her life. There is need for the research to be done also because there might be others suffering from the disorders that are in need of help.
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We at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia were honored to host Anne Schuchat, MD, Acting Director, CDC's Center for Global Health, on February 26. 2013. Dr. Schuchat was here to accept—symbolically, because as a government employee, she was unable to receive the actual medal—the Jonathan E. Rhoads Medal. The College, the American Philosophical Society, and University of Pennsylvania's Department of Surgery award this medal annually. Schuchat has worked for the CDC since 1988, when she was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer. Her biography, which includes a description of her important work on preventing Group B streptococcal disease in newborns, can be found here. More
Thanks to Joshua Prasad, MPH student at Drexel University School of Public Health, for putting together the information from the White House in an easy-to-read way. Most of you are probably following the news about the potential sequester that may begin on March 1. If US lawmakers can't come to an agreement to avert the sequester, many federal agencies and programs will need to make across the board budget cuts of 10%. One area in which the cuts may be felt is seasonal influenza response and planning. Representative Henry Waxman summarized CDC Director Tom Friedan's description of the effects of sequestration on CDC's influenza immunization activities in the following way: More
It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of our long-time Fellow and Presidential Advisor, C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD. Dr. Koop was more than a colleague: he was a mentor, advisor, and teacher, but most importantly, our brother and friend. His dedication to our profession and service to this College helped us all better understand what it means to be part of medicine. His compassion for his patients taught us how to be good and caring physicians. More
What does the following list mean to you? Bill Gates, Stanley Plotkin, Rino Rappouli, Melinda Gates, Seth Berkley, Paul Offit, Suresh Jadhav, Ted Bianco, Ciro de Quadro, Gordon Dougan. Followers of the blog and LinkedIn group Vaccine Nation chose the ten as the most influential people in the vaccine world. Vaccine Nation is run by Terrapinn, a media company that sponsors conferences on, among other things, vaccines and orphan drugs. The full list of vaccine influencers is 50 names long, and includes individuals in academia and research institutes, industry, NGOs and nonprofits, and government. More
As of today, The History of Vaccines has published a book. This book has been in the making for the past few months and features new material and material adapted from the History of Vaccines website. The book showcases more than 40 illustrations and photographs, many of them drawn from the Historical Medical Library here at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. It was generously funded by an independent educational grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. More
We've just posted a set of video clips of an interview we conducted in October 2012 with March of Dimes archivist David Rose. Rose was here to give a talk about the Foundation's involvement in polio treatment and vaccine research and promotion from the 1930s through the 1960s. He discussed the role of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt in found the March of Dimes and funding medical treatments for children and adults with paralytic polio. Addtionally, he gave an overview of the principle researchers investigating poliovirus at the time: the Enders team in Boston, Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh, and Albert Sabin at the Universty of Cincinnati. More
I take the influenza vaccine just about every year, and blogged about my reasons for doing so last year. But I was curious about my co-workers: we work in an organization whose mission is "to advance the cause of health and uphold the ideals and heritage of medicine." Would they be more likely than the average American to take the vaccine? Or would we look roughly like the American population, of whom about 58% pass up the vaccine? I managed to talk to just about everyone here who works directly for the College in a full-time capacity. I told people that they were not obligated to answer my question (one person declined to participate). In response to "Did you get a flu shot this year?" 13 people responded that they had, and 17 people said that they hadn't. So, here at the College we have about 43% uptake of the vaccine, on par with the national 42%. I was surprised. More
Every year, beginning in early fall, public health messages go out to the American public encouraging influenza immunizations. The reason for this is simple to understand. Influenza causes yearly epidemics during the cold months in each hemisphere – December to March in the northern hemisphere and June to September in the southern hemisphere. To prevent illness and even death from influenza, public health authorities encourage influenza vaccination of all people age 6 months and older. The vaccine – available as an injection or a nasal spray – has been promoted as "the best way to reduce the chances that you will get seasonal flu and lessen the chance that you will spread it to others." Shortly after the 2009 influenza pandemic, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), based at the University of Minnesota, undertook a Comprehensive Influenza Vaccine Initiative (CCIVI). The primary objectives of the CCIVI "were to provide a comprehensive review of all aspects of 2009-2010 pandemic A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine preparedness and response based on the events of the pandemic vaccine effort and to review the scientific and programmatic basis for the current seasonal influenza vaccine efforts." This review took about three years, and it was an exhaustive analysis of many aspects of what goes into getting those yearly influenza vaccines from the manufacturer and into the arms or noses of consumers. More
We came across this sketch of smallpox vaccine production in the Historical Medical Library's collection of materials from Charles F. Guillou (1813-1899). Dr. Guillou was a native Philadelphian who spent many years as a U.S. naval surgeon. In fact, he kept spectacular visual diaries on several scientifically and diplomatically important journeys. He was part of the infamous Wilkes Expedition that explored the Pacific coast. He also sailed with the U.S. Frigate Constitution and met and impressed King Kamehameha IV during the ship's stay in the Hawaiian islands. After Guillou finished his naval service, he returned to Hawaii, opened several hospitals, and served as Court Physician to the king. More
For National Influenza Vaccination Week, we interviewed Dalton Paxman, PhD, FCPP, Regional Health Administrator for the mid-Atlantic region, where he oversees public health initiatives for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIVW is a national observance that was established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination, as well as fostering greater use of flu vaccine after the holiday season into January and beyond. Dr. Paxman answer our questions about regional influenza activity and vaccine availability as well as his office's involvement in seasonal flu vaccination. More
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We have just spent a year searching for a property in the city we know very, very well. York. Ashtons were so helpful that they 'knocked the spots off' every other agent in York. They were ever mindful of our specific requirements, (walking distance to a high street, no traffic noise, private sunny rear garden, off road parking were all deal breakers) and kept us informed of all new arrivals. When they contacted us they were professional, respectful and succinct. This is our 14th house and if we ever sell again it will be through Ashtons. A big thanks to Annalise and Adam.
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Scenic City Rides (Chattanooga)
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Squirrely Girl
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Victoria Secret green pj's of Ponies & Puppies
Oddometer: 911
It sure was as cold as a frosty beaver! (I hope that's what you were meaning Twisty)
Nah, we didn't camp at Crawfords, but we did go by there. It didn't look like many patrons were there. It seemed that the RV's that were there looked to be stored and not in use. But I dunno, we didn't stop as we were hustling on to Davis Creek Rd back towards camp on North River Rd.
MB ~ It was so cold!!!
The temp was 28 Saturday morning and around 31 Sunday morning. I know a cabin sure woulda felt nice, as we were under a tarp the past 2 nights.
We also did Trail 82 and it was clear, we passed another dirtbike on it, didn't recognize them.
How was the cabin MB? Did you get out and ride some this weekend? Twisty? ~ Also Twisty, do you have a son that works in Chattanooga? I coulda sworn I saw a guy who looked very similar to you at one of the pubs here in town.
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