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Scriptural proofs for the truth of the Catholic faith
Martin Luther ignited the Protestant Reformation by tacking ninety-five anti-Catholic theses to a church door in Germany. Now Dave Armstrong counters with ninety-five pro-Catholic passages from an authority far greater than Luther: the Bible itself.
Protestants (and even many Catholics) will be surprised to see Catholicism so strongly supported by these Catholic verses.
Not Armstrong!
As a Bible-believing Protestant, he studied Scripture intently. There he encountered countless Catholic verses that convinced him that the Bible is a Catholic book. It was written by Catholics, preserved by Catholics for more than 1,400 years before Luther was born, and even today confirms the claims of the Catholic Church. "That's why," says Armstrong, "early Protestant opinion was virtually identical to today's Catholic beliefs."
With humility and care, Armstrong here explains ninety-five key Bible passages that confound all who would use Scripture to criticize the Church and Her doctrines. These are the verses that have drawn so many serious believers — including Armstrong — out of their Protestant congregations and into the Catholic Church.
Armstrong shows that a fair-minded reading of each of these passages (and of the whole Bible) supports the Catholic position on the key issues that divide Protestants from Catholics. Here is Biblical evidence that Catholicism is right about the nature of baptism, the communion of saints, the Eucharist, and the Church; the authority of the Pope, the Bible, and tradition; the salvific role of faith, good works, relics, purgatory, and Mary; the immorality of divorce and contraception; and much more.
The Catholic Verses is essential reading for all persons seeking to understand God's word in the Bible and to discover the Church that continues to preach His word faithfully today.
Read an excerpt.
This is an excellent investigation into why "we do the things we don't want to do and do not do the things we want to do". I found the book refreshingly honest and objective. Fr. Maturin gives solid practical techniques in overcoming our concupiscence balanced with encouragement and gratitude for God's gifts in each one of us.
Catholics are often accused of two things, not knowing the Bible, and being an unbiblical religion. While the first part may sadly be true in many instances (though nowadays that tide is turning), the second part is not, and this book sets out to bolster the position that in fact all of Catholic belief and practice is grounded in scripture, or at least flows from scripture.
Armstrong lays out clear explanations of how various Catholic beliefs are not only found in scripture, but are strongly supported by it. His writing is clear and his arguments are strong. There was only one verse that I thought felt like he was fishing, but other than that I think it flows nicely.
I think slinging Bible verses back and forth is a poor way to discuss religion, but at least this book should stimulate conversation, and help people, both Catholic and not to understand why Catholics believe many of those things that we do.
I recommend this book without reservation, and I encourage my fellow Catholics to take the study of these verses to heart and to commit them to memory. They are excellent reminders of how the Catholic faith is rooted in the Word of God.
1. The Church
2. Divisions and Denominationalism
3. Bible and Tradition
4. The Papacy
5. Justification and Salvation
6. Judgment and Good Works
7. Baptism
8. The Eucharist
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10. The Communion of Saints
11. Relics and Sacramentals
12. Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead
13. The Blessed Virgin Mary
14. Clerical Celibacy
15. Divorce
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This room is going to be my hardest to pull of yet
I'm lonely. Going to bed alone sucks
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Moving to Chicago.
A week long storm passing through, Internet went out, and I can't sleep. Super.
Tired of being treated like this.
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text: Thorium potential 'overstated' says government report Science 15 September 12 by Duncan Geere Shutterstock A report into the much-touted nuclear fuel alternative thorium has concludedthat many of its supposed benefits are "overstated".The paper, which was compiled for the Department for Energy and Climate Change by the UK's National Nuclear Laboratory, notes that thorium has "theoretical advantages" in the fields of sustainability, reduced radiotoxicity and lower proliferation risk, but adds: "While there is some justification for these benefits, they are often overstated."Proponents of thorium as a nuclear fuel point to its widespread availability, efficiency in running, reduction in hazardous waste and the impossibility of building a nuclear bomb from spent fuel. However, further research is needed to commercialise the fuel and make it competitive with existing nuclear reactors.Britain built an experimental thorium-fuelled reactor in the 60s and 70s in Winfrith, but it's now partially decommissioned. Elsewhere, however, research has continued -- China is developing several different types of thorium reactor, and India is expected to start construction of a thorium plant in four years."It is important to recognise that worldwide there remains interest in thorium fuel cycles and this is not likely to diminish in the near future," the report says. "It may therefore be judicious for the UK to maintain a low level of engagement in thorium fuel cycle research and development by involvement in international collaborative research activities."Image credit: Shutterstock Comments Thorium is a scam... it doesn't even work. yay Sep 17th 2012 In reply to yay Um, thorium is a fertile nuclear fuel and works quite well at that job. Uzza Sep 17th 2012 In reply to yay This article is complete hit job on Thorium. The news services keep picking it up but nobody backs up any of the claims. Imagine in 1900 the article said "Benefits of Cars Overstated" because the combustion engine is not mature. Imagine it said that the automobile engine was only 20% efficient so not worth consideration until it gets above 50%? We would still be living like the Amish. Over the next 50 years, Thorium is our best bet for unlimited cheap clean energy that won't cause the planet to roast. Greg USA Sep 17th 2012 In reply to Greg USA Actually, in the 1900, there were mainly two ways to power a car: combustion engines and electric power. And although it was true and known at the time that combustion engines were not "efficient", they became the prevalent system for moving cars (ultimately it boiled down to the fact that lead batteries were heavy, cumbersome, and had not enough energy in comparison to the same volume of gasoline).To the question at hand, it will ultimately be a matter of economics: if thorium-based reactors become cheaper to build, to maintain and to operate (including refining monazite), they will become the prevalent choice, until the point the energy produced becomes to cheap to support or until the point a more viable alternative has been found.Ultimately, there sould be an ongoing investment on energy and efficiency; thorium can be an alternative, assuming the prime procuders don't monopolize there position. After thorium, perhaps fusion, or hi-solar. Some Guy Mar 5th 2013 In reply to yay Neither does a new born baby. morriarty Sep 30th 2012 has the smell of lobbyst coming from the govenmit jackie cox Sep 17th 2012 "While there is some justification for these benefits, they are often overstated."Where is the evidence that backs this statement? That article is a little too short to say anything. ultra Sep 17th 2012 Benefits of thorium alone are overstated. Benefits of thorium in a molten salt reactor (LFTR) are not. marha Sep 17th 2012 Both the article and the snarky comments contain too little information to be of any use whatsoever. Links, anybody?? Steve Sep 17th 2012 The benefits are not overstated. The technical difficulties are understated. sam green Sep 17th 2012 The benefits are not overstated. The technical difficulties are understated. sam green Sep 17th 2012 DECC ?Wired regurgitating a press release from the most toxic and incompetent eco activist compromised organ of the British state ?Whodthunkit? TomO Sep 19th 2012 "...many of its supposed benefits are 'overstated'."They forgot to flash the Men in Black neuralizer. Theo Nov 12th 2012 Obama's department of energy is in the bag for uranium and Light Water Reactors. That's all they know how to do and they do it poorly. Obama likes wind and solar and nothing else. Thorium in the US will have to await an administration that is not anti-science like this one and is future oriented whether it is Republican or Democrat. John Galt III Feb 19th 2013 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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A minute later, Pirreca's second goal gave Mount Sinai a 4-3 lead, and it kept on going, Fitzgerald and Dellarocca both contributing their second goals to put the Lakers behind 6-3 late in the half and force Marquardt to use a time-out.
But the Mustangs kept on charging. Shayna Pirreca converted twice late in the half, with Fitzgerald converting on her third goal in between, and the shell-shocked Lakers went into the break having seen a three-goal lead turn into a 9-3 deficit.
Even the long halftime rest didn't stop Mount Sinai's momentum, as Shayna Pirreca made it 10-3 nearly five minutes into the second half. All told, the Lakers' drought covered nearly 25 minutes before Wood scored with 18:56 to play.
By then, though, the Mustangs were well on its way to its first-ever state championship, extending the lead to double digits with two more goals from Shayna Perreca, which gave her four for the day, plus another goal from Sydney Perreca (her fourth) and Dellarocca.
Battling to the end, the Lakers saw Wood (who joined Emma Ford and Hannah Powers on the All-Tournament team) and Casey VanSlyke put in late goals, all part of a vast learning experience for a team that graduates just six seniors, though it includes standouts like Emma Ford, Rachel Hurley and Alex Welch.
"We played hard to the end," said Marquardt. "We never gave up. We had a spectacular year and I'm very proud of my players. A lot of people didn't think we would get here."
The large group of 2014 returnees will have the same motivation that Mount Sinai had this time around - namely, to get the ending right.
To that end, said Marquardt, she told her returning players to pay attention to the post-game ceremony, to see the Mount Sinai players receive their individual medals and the championship trophy, and get hungry to win it all next spring after seeing someone else take the title.
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Obama's Secret Plan for Govt Openness
The Obama administration is conducting a workshop on government openness for federal employees today.
It is, of course, closed to the public and the media.
While the White House has tried to make the point that the public has a right to know, they have been secretive about many things, including those having nothing to do with national security:
Those include what cars people were buying using the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program (it turned out the most frequent trades involved pickups for pickups with only slightly better gas mileage); how many times airplanes have collided with birds (a lot); whether lobbyists and donors meet with the Obama White House (they do); rules about the interrogation of terror suspects (the FBI and CIA disagreed over what was permitted); and who was speaking in private with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (he has close relationships with a cadre of Wall Street executives whose multibillion-dollar companies survived the economic crisis with his help).
Just last week, a State Department deputy assistant secretary, Llewellyn Hedgbeth, said at a public conference that "as much as we want to promote transparency," her agency will work just as hard to protect classified materials or information that would put the United States in a bad light.
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"The Obama administration is conducting a workshop on government openness for federal employees today. It is, of course, closed to the public and the media."
What a joke this administration is. A very bad joke.
If hiding embarrassing revelations forms the criteria for keeping information from the public, they'd have to shut down their press office. Everything these clods do is criminal, absurd, or both.
On the bright side the valves of dissent are open
"…her agency will work just as hard to protect classified materials or information that would put the United States in a bad light."
Wow! An actual admission of guilt that the United States is doing things that put it in in a bad light. And besides, can it really get much worse than it is?
"Secrecy is openness". We live in "1984" and Obama is Big Brother.
The epitome of Obamanible mirrorspeak: "perfectly" clear, but FALSE!
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They throw this guy out with a canned speech and a Telepromter everyday to throw dust in everyone's eyes. Meanwhile Rahm Emmanuel and the real rulers of the country loot and pillage.
"Bad Light" That should start a red light flashing in what is left of our brains.
But I forgot we don't need to think anymore. We can just hope for change.
Obama is the biggest phony to ever disgrace the White House.
Diclassfy the so-called classified information!
End the use of secert evidence in trials where the accused is not even to see !
Makes as much sense as his plan to advance peace by escalating the war.
"His family maintains he was held in Kenyan custody without charge longer than Kenyan law allows and was tortured by Kenyan officials. U.S. officials later took him from Kenya, to Djibouti, to Afghanistan and then to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a human rights group says.
The case raises questions about the legal justifications for Abdulmalik's U.S. detention, and why the Kenyan was flown to so many U.S. bases.
U.S. officials, who have held Abdulmalik without charge since early 2007, have declined to release even basic information about him. The Department of Defense has declined to release a transcript of his "enemy combatant" hearing at the U.S. base in Cuba, as they have done for other prisoners.
Army Maj. Tanya Bradsher, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said Thursday that the transcript of his review tribunal was still classified…
..The Pentagon has said that Abdulmalik acknowledged involvement in the November 2002 attack on (the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel )near Mombasa, Kenya, in which 13 people died, as well as an unsuccessful attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner )in 2002.
The interesting question to me is when the 'left' and the 'right' are going to figure out that both parties are the same in this regard.
Are the people who criticized Bush for the same practices willing to criticize Obama now?
And, are the people from the right who criticize Obama now willing to admit that Bush was just as bad, and so will be the next Republican to sit in that office?
Right now, I see two powerless minorities, each of whom screams the loudest when the corporate party of the opposite side is in power. So the left yells when the Republicans are in office, and the right when the Democrats. And each corporate party uses this to con its side into voting for it, in the mistaken belief that it will lead to 'change.'
So, is the Democratic left willing to admit that Obama is as bad on this sort of issue as Bush was.
And, will the Repuiblican right be willing to admit that replacing Obama with a Republican is not the answer, as they'll be just as bad.
And, will these two minorities ever figure out that they are complaining about the same issues of lying, misleading and corruption of public officials, and thus be willing to work together to try to really change this. Because, each separate minority is obviously two powerless to change this on its own. And last year's strategy of running at least five separate opposition presidential campaigns so badly divided our votes, our money, our energy, and our effort as to make us all completely powerless.
A house divided can not stand. And they do a good job of keeping us divided.
I wish I had found your site sooner. Adding you to my feed reader right now.
I'm with screeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmm. There are no parties … only politics.
How can we assign blame to Obama for the mess that he inherited from the past 8-years of absurd and covertly hostile leadership that ran affairs in such a way that our personal freedoms were trounced upon? What about the multi-trillion dollar war that was started without proper approval from the people and outside of the checks and balances put in place by this country's founders?
In my opinion, the office of the President was harmed, originally, by Tricky Dick, and each President that has claimed "Executive Privilege" since that time is an echo from the past.
The truth is, the solution lies with us, the citizens who are informed and are voting. Complaining solves nothing. The way to make a difference is the be the difference.
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Last couples of month�s especially last couple of days have seen a long debate on the issue of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi being a neutralized citizen of India. Issue is valid and should be debated at length but there is another issue (and a more important one), which no one seems to care about. What should be the educational qualifications of a Member of Parliament (MP) or Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA)? You need to be a bachelor�s degree holder if you want to be a clerk in most of the government offices. Even that is not enough. You will need to go through the process of written exam. For higher post you need more qualifications and there is more stringent process. Logically you would assume you would have a more stringent qualifications and process for becoming MLA/MP or PM. Surprisingly we have none. Since there are none, I�m proposing my own 1.Any aspiring MLA/MP or PM must be a graduate (in any stream). 2.In addition before contesting any election the candidate should undergo a course of two years in governance. 3. An Independent national Institute should conduct course. Course should be offered in all constitutionally recognized languages. Requirement number 1 is required to make sure candidate has a minimum education. Requirement number 2 is required to make sure candidate has an aptitude towards governance. Requirement number 3 is required to make sure only the deserving candidates can clear the course. This process will ensure that only qualified candidates will be able to contest the elections. I would like to propose another requirement for becoming a MP or PM. A candidate is qualified for becoming a MP only if he has/had a tenure as MLA. A candidate is qualified for becoming a PM only if he has/had a tenure as MP. This will ensure we do not give the ropes to a total novice to governance. I don�t mind politics being played by illiterate politicians but I would rather have my Government run by professionals.
Originally posted by achit bhatnager: 1. Any aspiring MLA/MP or PM must be a graduate (in any stream).
Originally posted by Kishore Dandu: [QB] The contestability criteria should not be decided by educated lot(like we J2EE developers), rather by who ever dictate or write the constitution.[QB]
Originally posted by Ram Abdullah D'Souza: MLAs/MPs/senators etc,Constitution has not kept minimum educational qualification.Also one can contest from the jail under serious charges.Thats I think makers of constituion are right. Managing the people,taking the right decision at right time and utlilising the state recources for good will and purity in public life are essential qualities that constiution expects from those serving public life.Education teaches you to read/write.How much do they teach about above things?Also good education not necessarily means person will take right decision and will be corruption free.If you see majority of scandals(defence etc) or any local corruption that goes in any Muncipal corporation,all involved people are engineers,builders,clerks,managers who ofcourse are graduates. Person should not have any prison charges etc is fine.But police department(atleast in India) works under State department's Home Ministry.Home minister plays important role when people are arrested for political resaon.(MISA act was implemented by Indira Gandhi,and Vajpayee,Advani and many thousands were sent to jail in 1975)so again makers of constitution were right for allowing any person to contest an election based on minimu criteria of age.
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As I reclined on the couch the other day perusing my emails with my laptop balanced comfortably on my stomach, I came across a British news story from The Independent, 20 August 2006, with a title that caught my attention. "The future is fat: Bloated Britons are just getting bigger and bigger, says a new official report." Hmmm -- even in Britain, with their more walkable urban environment, higher density, better transit, and far more modest offerings of fast food establishments, they, too, were struggling with weight. If it happens in Britain, then it can't all be the fault of American transportation and urban planners. As I read on, any pleasure in knowing that it wasn't all the fault of my colleagues and me and that we were not alone was quickly lost.
"The British are now the second-fattest people in the developed world, dwarfed only by the ever-expanding girth of Americans. Shocking research to be published by ministers this week will show that the nation is quickly catching up with our larger U.S. cousins. Unless drastic action is taken to slim down, we are facing an obesity time bomb with devastating consequences for the nation's health."
Not only is our health shot, but this may explain our high energy use. Think of the relationships: the obvious ones, that we drive more and walk less using precious portable petroleum products -- the delivery truck has farther to go to get to our far-flung suburban McMansions that are 50% larger than new homes a generation ago and take more energy to heat, light, and cool; and the subtle ones, such as foregoing my corn chips and turning the corn into ethanol. If I lived in a high rise, there would be no lawnmower consuming gas, and I could take the elevator to visit friends instead of the car.
This is some real food for thought. In pursuit of energy efficiency, industry spends tens of millions of dollars to pull a few pounds of weight out of our cars, trucks, and jets with exotic alloys; then we show up to fill the seats sporting a few extra pounds of corn syrup sucrose, carbs, and saturated fat to offset any savings. That extra-large wardrobe adds a few more pounds of luggage to the airplane's belly as well. Not only does my car carry an extra
15 20 30 pounds around for every mile, but, as we get larger, we are more inclined to step up the size of our vehicle so we can be comfortable. Europeans and Asians don't just choose to drive smaller cars because of economics; they fit more comfortably into smaller cars.
By doing some simple regressions using the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) data on fuel use efficiency and vehicle weight, the relationship between weight and fuel consumption can be derived. For each extra pound of vehicle and passenger, on average, a vehicle consumes 0.000011 extra gallons of fuel per mile. If the average person travels 14,500 vehicle miles per year (per National Personal Travel Survey), that means that, for each extra pound we pack on, we consume 0.16 extra gallons of fuel each year. National health statistics data indicate 60 percent of men and 50 percent of women are either overweight or obese, resulting in the average adult American being approximately 20 pounds overweight. Multiply that by 210 million American adults. With a national diet, we could make a modest start in energy independence, saving over a half billion gallons of gas per year!
The most recent barrage of stories says our kids are overweight, too, so add some more gallons. If every passenger in a 250-seat jet weighed 20 pounds less, think of the fuel that could be saved. And if we were thinner, we might be more inclined to walk or bike, saving more gallons. And all the food responsible for the extra pounds wouldn't have to be grown or manufactured and shipped to the supermarket, to home, or to the restaurant, and less waste would need to be processed. This may add up to something significant. Recent news stories suggest Americans spend $35 billion annually on diet and weight loss. That could build a lot of sidewalks and transit systems.
Health care, energy, and transportation have some other things in common. Americans like to eat, drive, and consume energy. We like being empowered to make personal decisions and having the economic wherewithal to eat well, live comfortably with modern amenities, and travel when and how we want. Many of the costs of these decisions are personal, but they can have significant spillover social impacts on others. In spite of social impacts, we are reluctant to interject too much government into these decisions and frankly haven't had much success when we tried. Three-dollar gas, obesity scare headlines, and growing congestion from a couple of decades of under-investment in transportation infrastructure relative to demand have had only modest impacts on behavior. Our efforts to inform and educate may help but may not be enough to preclude what some are predicting to be national crises.
Planners love the challenge of solving complex problems, but we may have an intractable conundrum here. Technology might help but the Segway has hardly set the world on fire, and we seem to have cashed in all the technology advances in vehicle propulsion for more horsepower and vehicle size, not energy savings. The renaissance of transit and alternatives to internal combustion propulsion always seem to be a few decades away. Transportation infrastructure costs have increased about 50 percent in the past three or four years, and yet no one is suggesting that the roughly 50-cent combined local, state and federal fuel tax be increased by 25 cents to preserve our transportation infrastructure buying power.
Perhaps the common element in each of these situations is the fact that Americans are far less inclined to plan for and prepare for the future –- either our own or that of subsequent generations. In many ways, we appear to be more reluctant to sacrifice today for the future than was the case in prior generations. Is the fact that we have had it so well spoiled us? Are we one generation too far removed from the Great Depression? Are we expecting government or technology to bail us out? Could it be that fewer folks have children and hence many folks are less inclined to worry or sacrifice for the future? Regardless of the cause, and it is certainly not a universal problem, until more people begin thinking more about the future and less about the present we are not likely to make as much headway on solving obesity, energy, or transportation problems as many of us hope.
So what do we do? As I laid on the couch, a few hours and four infomercials later, I had a plan. For just three easy installments of $39.99, I will be receiving the newest guaranteed weight loss contraption that folds conveniently for storage. For another two convenient credit card payments of $29.99, I will get three motivational videos to help me chop, hop and bounce myself to a new, lean, sexy self. For four easy monthly payments of $19.99, I will be receiving energy supplements. And for $34.95, I will be receiving the Dr. Wannagetrich diet book with a money back guarantee. All told, for about $300, I am going to lose over 140 pounds in the next 90 days, guaranteed or my money back. A few more infomercials and I may be able to disappear completely!
Perhaps we could get a celebrity to do an infomercial to sell transit systems, high density urban living, energy efficiency, and adequate resource commitments for new transportation infrastructure? Perhaps we should offer a money back guarantee when we produce transportation or land use plans? Maybe do citizen participation through television infomercials? Or how about one of those Fred Flintstone-style cars, or one with a treadmill built in the floor of the car? Then we can get exercise, save energy, and remain unimpeded in our automobility.
Got to go now -- the pizza man is at the door.
Steven E. Polzin worked for transit agencies in Chicago, Cleveland, and Dallas before joining the University of South Florida's Center for Urban Transportation Research. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author.
I understand that the tone of this is anything but pragmatic, but I just have to say that I think this type of thinking can lead to a slippery slope. I think that this style of thinking is what is responsible for the whole notion of the government trying to tax us for things that they find morally reprehensible. These sin taxes are nothing but another way for them to gain more control over our personal lives. We live in an age of gov induced hypersensitivity, and now any little annoyance that is able to be stigmatized is indulged as a legitimate problem. Pretty soon they're going to start persecuting ppl for wearing white, since it reflects light the best and technically would put the ppl around them at a greater risk for skin cancer. Yea, it's ridiculous sounding, but the logic is exactly the same as ppl that can't stand being around smokers. The government is the one instilling a sense of corporeality and attachment to our bodies, which is just another exercise in using fear (the only thing that governments are good at) as well as an attempt at preserving our bodies to increase productivity to the state (what other governments were health nuts for this same reason? oh yea, the nationalist socialist party).The same goes for the way the gov targets certain items to hike up the taxes on, such as "sin taxes." Like almost all laws passed in this country, there's always some corporate bullshit behind it. I took a free smoking cessation class back when I was in college, and it seemed like they legitimately wanted to help me until they started throwing expensive teeth whitening products at us at the end. (I remember one of the brands was malibu bright, which is by no means a cheap complimentary toothbrush if that's what you were picturing). They should just call it "the government needs an excuse to take more of our money" tax.
Some people hate government so much that they would rather see an epidemic of diabetes and premature death than see government acting to improve health.
Since some taxes are necessary, it obviously makes more sense to tax people for destructive behavior than for harmless behavior such as owning a house.
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This is a great article with the perfect touch of sarcasm! I've been working on a project that helps to bring awareness to obesity and energy consumption and this states the problem so perfectly. One thing that is encouraging is that you can now find Americans that are starting to care. You have to talk to a 25 year old or under to find them but they are there! The closer you get to 30 and 40 year old Americans the less they care about things that won't immediately impact them.


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He never had a steady father figure, either. His biological father, a marine stationed at the old El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, abandoned the family in 1977 after the birth of Lindberg's younger brother, Jerry. Gunner, born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, was just two years old. Their mother then dated a series of men, prompting relocations to such places as Riverside, Oceanside, Las Vegas, Missouri and Kansas.
The mother married a marine stationed at Camp Pendleton in 1988. After a reassignment, the family moved to the U.S. military base on Okinawa. The following year, Gunner and several junior-high-school classmates stole a vehicle and sparked a wild, high-speed chase that ended with a collision. Japanese authorities were not amused. They expelled Gunner from the island. Afterward, he told friends he hated Asians.
Back in the U.S., Lindberg—now living with his grandmother in Oceanside, near San Diego—continued to slide into drugs and crime. He began to get drunk and smoke marijuana at the age of 12. He was cited for an assault a year later.
But the month of October 1990 truly signaled the horrors to come, according to his rap sheet. Then just 15, he chased a day laborer in a strawberry field, called him a "wetback," and assaulted him with a tree limb for the money in his pocket. The man's face was so severely cut that it took 19 stitches to sew up, and his arm was broken, with the bone protruding through the skin.
Also that month, Lindberg beat another teenager for a perceived slight and led a knife-drawn home-invasion robbery of 82-year-old Helen Tillman. Not satisfied with just the $50 robbery, he turned around at the front door, returned to the kitchen and slugged his victim in the face. The month ended with an arrest for possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine).
The Tillman attack won Lindberg a court-ordered trip to Vision Quest, a program in San Diego for juvenile offenders. Reports show he socialized well and excelled at sports, especially running. Was he on the verge of turning his life around?
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Lindberg ultimately failed at Vision Quest. Taking orders from adults and living in a structured environment annoyed him; he ran away. When he reappeared in Missouri, he continued his monstrous ways. He chased an 11-year-old on a bike in a park and shot him in the throat with a BB rifle after the kid said he was a cop's son. The pellet lodged in the kid's heart and required surgery. Lindberg attacked another boy, repeatedly kicking him in the ribs, to steal his skateboard. He chased two acquaintances down a highway, firing shotgun blasts at them. He interrupted a high-school beer party by shoving a shotgun under a teenager's throat and threatening to pull the trigger; he ended up merely walloping the guy in the face with his fist.
During this crime spree, he was in and out of a Missouri juvenile facility and eventually landed in a state prison, where he ran the White Aryan Resistance, plotted the murders of enemies and ambushed a guard. On Halloween 1994, Lindberg began writing Gordon Jack Mohr, a Korean War veteran and right-wing racist who advocated that the enemies of Christ are those "who have mixed blood—the Oriental and Negroid races." These people, Mohr (now deceased) claimed, are the "real enemies of freedom," and "they have been trying and will continue to try to destroy the pure bloodline by interbreeding."
Lindberg was hooked.
"Dear Mr. Mohr, I have received a copy of the Christian Patriot Crusader," he wrote. "And I would like to stress my many thanks for yours and the Lord's support while I've done my time in the Gulag! If it weren't for you and God's word I would have gave up a long time ago."
After his release, Lindberg violated parole, fled Missouri and became a fugitive, according to court records. He landed undetected in Tustin, moved into a two-bedroom apartment with an older man and took a job at Kmart using a fake identity: Jerry Scott Lindberg, the name of his younger brother, who had committed suicide two years earlier on Gunner's 18th birthday.
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When I saw Monday's LA Times story about the debate on the Nuclear Posture Review, I didn't make much of it because it didn't reveal anything that someone who has been following the issue wouldn't already know.
However, as someone who has played the spin … er, "media relations" game from inside the national security infrastructure, I should have known that often the timing of a story is itself the story. Why was this being published now? Is it just an attempt to "match" a similar New York Times story published on December 18? Or was it that it took a long time to report, and/or Monday was the first day the editors gave it the space? Or maybe sources started talking now for a reason.
Two subsequent revelations point to the latter. First is the news that the NPR will be delayed until March 1. This is the second postponement of this congressionally mandated report. It was supposed to be delivered to Congress by the end of last year. Then the administration pushed it off until February 1. Now, it's been pushed another month.
Why? The official letter of notification (from Principal Undersecretary of Defense James Miller to Senators Levin and McCain, and Representatives Skelton and McKeon) cites "the complexity of the issues being addressed." The LA Times story was more or less complete on what those issues are. But oddly, it made no mention of any delay—despite the fact that Miller's letter was delivered on December 29. Presumably, reporter Ritcher wasn't told of it—presumably because all his sources are Democratic, and the real purpose of their leaking was to lay the groundwork for an explanation of and blame for the delay.
That blame, it now seems clear, will be heaped on the uniformed military and some of the permanent civilians who handle nuclear issues within the Department of Defense. They have had a rough time under the new administration. The Reliable Replacement Warhead—a program championed by Secretary Gates and carefully designed to be acceptable to Democrats (i.e., it requires neither new testing nor the production of new fissile material)—ran afoul of the president's anti-nuclear absolutism and was cancelled in March (although it is possible that elements may reappear in some other form, and under a different name, down the road). The mostly sensible (and hardly revolutionary) recommendations of the Perry-Schlesinger Commission have so far gathered dust. A long and costly program to reconstitute the ability to manufacture "pits" for the W88 (the fissionable first stage of America's most sophisticated warhead) may also be on the chopping block.
What are they being blamed for now? In short, for questioning the near term steps that the president wants to talk on the road to his vision of a "nuclear free world." Most of the objections have been aired in public quite thoroughly already, including whether or not to proclaim a "no first use" pledge for the first time in U.S. history; whether to further limit the role of nuclear weapons in formal policy; whether and how to pursues stockpile modernization; and most alarming of all, whether or not to axe one leg of the strategic triad (long range bombers).
But the second piece of news is what I suspect is the real sticking point. The day before the LA Times story appeared, the Boston Globe published its own long survey piece about the NPR. Buried in there was a little-noticed nugget that could well hold the key to the mystery.
About four months ago, the Guardian reported that Obama rejected an early draft of the NPR and told planners, in effect, not to show him another until it came back with a deployed warhead level of three figures; that is, take the arsenal down to fewer than 1,000 warheads for the first time since the closing days of the Truman Administration. This was particularly alarming since there seemed to be no rationale for that number beyond optics: everyone likes to break a nice, round number.
But I asked around and experts assured me that the report was not true; the real floor was going to be 1,500, a level most (but not all) nuclear professionals—uniformed and civilian—could live with. In addition, the story was not picked up by any American papers. Another thing I should have known: never trust British reporting on Washington until you see it somewhere else.
But now it is in an American paper. Does that make it true? It makes me believe it more. And it helps explain the delay, and the sudden appearance of so many fraught stories about a seemingly mundane report to Congress.
In truth, this NPR is anything but mundane. For one thing, it appears likely that it will espouse a lot of naïve, dangerous rhetoric plucked from the Nuclear Freeze era. For another, it puts the cart before the horse. It's well known that the administration is trying hard to negotiate with the Russians a follow-on treaty to START I, which expired last December 5th (and whose simple extension provisions were not invoked). That we are negotiating such an agreement before we have figured out what our own force requirements are is troubling. The last time the U.S. went though this exercise (in 2001), we at least put the horse before the cart. We calculated our force requirements then used that as the basis for a new treaty (the so-called "Moscow Treaty"). This time, the delay in finishing the NPR may well be in order to allow the new treaty to be finished first, to that the NPR can be backfilled with rationalizations for all the concessions Obama administration officials are busy making to the Russians.
No doubt the latter would be delighted to set a mutual deployed strategic warhead level of 1,000. It allows them to maintain parity at much lower cost. Plus, if the new treaty—like all its predecessors—remains silent on tactical warheads, the Russians (who have thousands more than we do) will once again reap a sizable advantage. Worst still, a 1,000 warhead level suddenly appears to be a plausible goal for China to reach should Beijing decide to make nuclear parity a trilateral instead of a bilateral game.
There's a lot riding on this document, or at least on the policy that it will spell out. Here's to hoping they get it right. I for one am not hopeful.
Michael Anton is a writer in New York who served in national security positions in the Bush administration.
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I wasn't of legal voting age in 1960 and didn't live in Chicago where such legalities didn't much matter, so I didn't vote for JFK although, at 18, I thought Jack Kennedy was the greatest thing to come on the scene since sliced Irish soda bread.Â
I maintained that immature viewpoint through Jack's narrow election victory and until he proved he was more liberal than he was presidential, not anywhere near the mold of America's current extreme leftist chief executive but still far from what I had anticipated of him.Â
As it subsequently turned out, JFK was more in Bill Clinton's mold.Â
 In my admittedly harshly though accurately-titled article, "JFK: Whoremaster, Pimp, Drug Pusher," I discussed Mimi Beardsley Alford's new book, Once Upon a Secret: My Secret Affair with JFK, which details the author's experiences as a 19 year old Kennedy White House intern in 1962. (http://bit.ly/ygir7l)
According to Alford's recollections, Jack was indeed a whoremaster, pimp, and drug pusher who seduced her in Jackie Kennedy's private bedroom, carried on a lengthy affair with her, farmed her out to perform oral sex on his buddy, Dave Powers–while Jack watched–and suggested she take his prescribed drugs, which she refused to do.Â
Of course, fifty years later, there is little possibility of verifying Mimi Alford's allegations and hence no hindrances on the media alleging it's all baloney. There are no other living witnesses and, regrettably, no Monica Lewinsky blue dress dna evidence, evidence that wouldn't deter JFK idolators, anyway.Â
Following the usual script, liberals are now busily attacking both Alford's remembrances–which would be extremely difficult to fabricate–and her motives in publishing her book.Â
One of MSNBC's arch-leftists, Chris Matthews, Mr. Tingles, who confessed to feeling a thrill up his leg in the presence of Barack Hussein Obama, didn't contest Alford's steamy account and simply dismissed it since America's "greatest heroes are often the most flawed." In other words, just roll over and accept Jack's whoring, pimping, and drug-pushing because he was a great American hero.Â
I hate to disillusion the clueless Matthews but JFK was only one of many World War Two heroes. However, aside from his exploits on PT109, it's difficult to pinpoint any other Kennedy heroics and his presidency was largely lackluster. Being assassinated does not a hero make.
Matthews' observations were complemented by "Rock Center" host Brian Williams and the plagiarist historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, also chimed in defending JFK. NBC's Ann Curry and Meredith Viera took more more aggressive, defensive approaches by attacking Alfords's integrity and accusing her of "burdening" Americans with the truth.Â
Truth is burdensome to liberals but whether it's a burden to most Americans is a stretch. Doesn't truth set us free?   Â
Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball" is pushing his own book on Kennedy and  discounted Alford's revelations in typically-Matthews fashion laced with Freudian implications: "And so with it all, the total picture still arouses the country."Â
Mr. Tingles is still as tingly over the murdered president as he is about Obama and is presumptuously extrapolating his personal sensations to all of America. Â
Brian Williams waxed philosophical on the "mythic figure" who was JFK and wondered aloud how Americans would interpret Alford's book in light of Jack's "vaunted role in our history and in our society," ignoring the reality that JFK's brief role was far more glitter than substance.Â
Jack had few accomplishments during his presidency unless one considers the facedown with the USSR over nukes in Cuba an achievement. In view of later reports that Jack traded our missiles in Turkey for the missiles in Cuba and the fact he insured the humiliating Bay of Pigs defeat by reneging on a promise of air support, all in all, his thousand days rate a "C," at best.  Â
Goodwin also spoke for all–liberal–Americans by adding that everyone was already aware that Jack screwed around–not her phrase–which hasn't detracted from "their fundamental liking for the memory of John F. Kennedy." Liking doesn't confer heroism, either. Â
Viera was especially aghast that Alford would graphically detail the Powers incident.Â
She berated the author on Williams' "Rock Center" by saying, "This is going to shock people and you also had to know that in writing it, it was going to hurt some people, maybe members of the Kennedy family, members of the Powers family. Because it's powerful and it can't be corroborated," and provocatively asked, "So what did you want people to understand by including it in the book?"Â
Curry expected Alford to crumble under the interrogation but she didn't.  Alford was much more civil than her interrogator and responded that she hadn't, as yet, gotten any flak from the Kennedy clan who have to be very accustomed to shocks such as Uncle Teddy letting Mary Jo Kopechne drown in Poucha Pond to save his career.Â
See a 30-second clip of Ann Curry attempting to drape the liberal albatross of truth around Mimi Alford's neck here http://bit.ly/wZ4kO6 and details on Chris Matthew's silly arousal blatherings here http://bit.ly/wWXMP6.   Â
When any president causes supposedly-objective reporters to get all tingly over an extremist radical, when any MSM correspondent refers to honesty as "burdensome," when our mainstream media rips a woman confessing to seduction and degradation, this nation is in serious jeopardy.Â
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06th Aug 2008 11.00 IST
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In several of his blockbusters, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi makes a 'grand entry', often marked by tantalizing precursors that send his fans into rapturous joy.
A similar sense of anticipation grips the political circles in Andhra Pradesh now as the actor is all set to enter politics and announce the launch of a new party this month.
Fifty-three year old Chiranjeevi, who rose from humble background to become the reigning star of Telugu cinema, is expected to announce his political plans in the third week of August, which will be followed by a series of public meetings and road shows across the state.
"The announcement will be made without any fanfare. Later, a public meeting will be held in Hyderabad and Tirupati after August 15 where the party's name, agenda and programmes will be unveiled," the sources close to the actor said.
For several months now, there has been a flurry of activity in Chiranjeevi's camp with two of his brothers and brother-in-law, all connected with the Telugu cinema industry, and his close aides organizing meetings with the fans associations and people from various walks of life and training programmes for the potential cadre ahead of the party formation.
Chiranjeevi, a Padma Bhushan awardee who has acted in 148 films in his three-decade long career, is among the highest paid actors in the country and has a massive following particularly among the youth.
Chiranjeevi is a hero often seen as in the mould of the late N T Rama Rao with an image of a do-gooder, kind-hearted and loving family man.
When he dons the political robes analysts feel it will be a kind of repeat of the era. NTR, the demi-God of Telugu cinema, who stormed to power within nine months of floating TDP in 1983, achieved a feat that is unparallel in India's political history.
The admirers of Chiru, as Chiranjeevi is referred to in film circles, are hopeful that their hero will re-create the magic of NTR while some others argue that he lacks the charisma of NTR.
The new party plans to position itself as an alternative to Congress and TDP, the two main political formations at present, sources close to the star say.
Political analysts, however, feel that the ageing actor will find it difficult to garner support from across the communities despite considerable fan following.
However, his followers argue that his entry will alter the present political equations in the state where elections are due in May next year.
The main political players fear that their traditional support base might erode if the superstar takes the political plunge. The TDP is already reeling under widespread desertions by several frontline leaders who are said to be keenly watching moves of the star.
The left parties, who have been making efforts to forge Third Front in the state, said they would work with the actor provided he comes up with a definite set of policies and programmes.
Several senior leaders across the political spectrum have already indicated their willingness to join Chiranjeevi's party. Prominent among them are Congress MP from Narsapur Ch Harirama Jogaiah, former TDP minister K Vidyadhar Rao and former TDP MP B Nagi Reddy.
Chiranjeevi, who hails from West Godavari district in the coastal region, is seen by 'Kapus', a dominant community to which he belongs, as the best bet to fill the perceived political vacuum and end the domination of Congress and TDP in the state.
He is also being projected as a rallying point for backward classes yearning for their share of political power. As a prelude to donning the political robes, the cost accountant turned film star has been quietly making efforts to build a larger-then-life image for himself. His recent films provide a glimpse of his political aspirations.
The titles of his recent films, loaded with political message, and the increased philanthropic activity through the blood bank he had floated years ago have not gone unnoticed in political circles.
'Born for the People' was the tagline for his 2002 film Indra that deals with political violence in Rayalaseema region.
Then came Tagore , a year later, in which the superstar dons the role of a corruption-buster who advocates formation of anti-corruption force to wage a war against the menace.
In Stalin , Chiranjeevi is a man of the masses, a do-gooder who comes to aid of those in distress.
From the dusty small town of Narsapur in West Godavari district, Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad, his original name, has come a long way to dominate the Telugu tinsel world.
With no family connection with the film industry, Chiranjeevi's was a lone journey from rags to riches. After graduation in Narsapur, he moved to Chennai, the hub of south Indian films, where he worked as cost accountant and enrolled himself in a film institute.
He made his debut in 1977 with 'Manavoori Pandavulu', a hugely successful film directed by Bapu. There was no looking back since then.
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LAS CRUCES >> New Mexico State University's football team may play its home games on artificial turf as soon as this August.
The NMSU regents Friday approved $1.3 million to install artificial turf at Aggie Memorial Stadium.
Stan Fulton, for whom the Stan Fulton Center is named, donated $1 million for the turf installation at the request of President Garrey Carruthers.
The turf proposal now goes before the Higher Education Department and the state Board of Finance for approval.
The two bodies approve requests of more than $300,000 for NMSU main campus to ensure public funds are used properly, officials said.
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Aggie football coach Doug Martin called artificial turf a "game changer," saying it would improve player safety and allow other campus and community groups to use the field year-round.
During off-season practices, when grass is growing in, players often slip and face injuries, he said.
"We need a surface that maintains throughout the year," he said.
Artificial turf could also aid recruiting efforts as it is "what young men want to play on these days," he said.
NMSU currently paints its grass field during recruiting season to make it look nicer, he said.
The University of New Mexico has played on a synthetic surface since 2012.
NMSU Regent Ike Pino questioned why an agriculture school would have fake grass.
Rather than protect the growing field during the off-season, it could be opened to cheerleading and band camps, car shows and other events, Martin said.
"We could engage a lot more people, get them on our campus," he said.
Officials said maintaining turf would be cheaper than grass, after the university purchases the materials needed to care for the new surface.
Grass maintenance totals nearly $60,000 a year, Carruthers said. Turf would cost about $12,000 a year, he said.
Turf would last about 10 years, he said.
NMSU officials expect to bring the turf request before the state boards next month.
The Aggies' first home game is Aug. 28 against Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo.
Las Cruces Superintendent Stan Rounds agreed to let NMSU use LCPS' Field of Dreams if Memorial Stadium isn't ready by then, Carruthers noted with a laugh.
Energy improvements
The regents also discussed a failed bid to issue lien bonds for energy improvements across campus.
NMSU asked for a $15.9 million bond to retrofit more energy efficient lighting in university buildings.
The state Board of Finance denied the request in a tied vote, citing concerns about how much those improvements would actually save the university.
NMSU officials said they viewed the denial as an indication the board needs more information, not that the project is flawed.
"We look at it like we could've done a better job presenting," Glen Haubold, NMSU associate vice president for facilities and services, said.
The university hopes to make its case again in April, giving the Board of Finance more information about the improvement projects this time around, Haubold said.
If the proposal fails again, NMSU will make the improvements one at a time rather than all in one go, he said.
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The world now hosts 7.2 billion people; the United States, 316 million. More than one billion people go to bed hungry every day. Another 768 million people do not have access to safe drinking water. Almost half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended, 80 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned, the highest rates in the industrialized world.
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king had the better punches
so vote=King
desenuts got the win
but were short, but dese had the polished verse
kid had better punches, but both of yall need to step up ya game
fahren got mudered IMO
XXl's first 6 barz were nice and original
farehns verse was ehh, kind of wack
Vote=mx xxx
Imperial took it
better punches and alot more clever
even though from your previous battles, they were 100% better, but
i guess its only...
sorry bout da editing, ^^^^^
please let it slide
Ya death is near, casket is made, you'll neva see grown people
Cuz I'm a have this kid surrounded by wood like Home Depot
You have the nerve to...
prob 14, will see
Good lookin^ your a respectable head
so thanks for peepin this battle
good win Pen I had to post the night you did because I wasnt gon
I don't wanna be a dick, but you edited ya verse
thats a no no
DQ for editing. but whateva,
This battle aint a task for me. Pen is in need of work
I mean I actually thought you were ILL, until you keyed ya...
peril took this, betta lines
The Ran sacked line had me rollin, so overall
Both of you came wack
why would you only drop 4 lines? ha anyways
Trap gots this, betta lines and more to read
MH came wit it
wit 6 lines buwahahaha
The class sick line won it for ya, other cat just came wit simple punches
I'm a give this to Req
Both were shaky as fuck, but Req had 1 good punch
also dawg, you need to go ova ya verse before you post
theres a few...
This was a good battle
Ill nik a had the flow in the verse that caught my eye
I liked the closer. overall pretty dope verse wit nameplays...
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Who's this fuckin scary joke? c'mon kid..ya barely dope
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On July 4, Cyril and three other Red Cross employees were approached on the road outside Jacmel by a woman about to give birth but with no means to get to the hospital. The team did not hesitate for a second and quickly helped the woman into their car to take her to the local hospital. However, only a few short moments later it was clear that there was not enough time to transport the woman to the hospital.
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The Herald's Editorial this morning argues in favor of allowing food trucks in Downtown Lexington. With a yearlong task force exploration of the subject and some serious push-back from the HVAC-and-plaster restaurant industry, things are shaping up to be… weird.
That's a legitimate reason to think carefully about how, where and when mobile food merchants would operate — as the task force has — but it's not a compelling argument to keep them out of downtown altogether. More important to Lexington, to downtown and ultimately to the business people who have invested there is creating a lively, inviting street scene that will attract people throughout the day and the week. It's in the interest of everyone to find a compromise that can bring street food to Lexington this summer.
….Back in Lexington, the task force is considering a pilot program that would allow food carts and trucks after 10 p.m. to cater to the bar crowd after restaurants have closed their kitchens. We'd take that a step further and suggest some regular daylight hours on weekends for those too old or too young to enjoy the late-night scene. It could help dispel the eerie quiet that can settle over downtown Lexington on summer weekend days.
On top of that, food trucks have allowed many blossoming chefs and entrepreneurs without the resources to set up physical shop the chance to burst into their city's culinary scenes, develop buzz and attract investors.
As ProgressLex has pointed out, the Cheapside Entertainment District Association, representing restaurants in that area, have pushed for a 200 Foot buffer between any physical locations and a truck. Some even pushed for a limit of just 2 food truck allowances.
Why then, aren't they seeking similar buffer zones and number limits on physical restaurant locations? Why would the growing number of sit-down spots not hinder established businesses from making money but certified food trucks would? It doesn't make a lot of sense.
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After spending one year playing in Belgium, forward Tristan Bowen returned to Chivas USA early this year to continue doing what he does best. Although he had played with the Red-and-White Reserves League, it wasn't until this past Saturday that Bowen made his debut with the team this season as he came off the bench to replace Alejandro Moreno in the 62nd minute. Twenty minutes later, Bowen made a cross that would lead to the club's 1-1 draw with Colorado Rapids.
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Check out Bowen's first assist with the club this season:
In the few games the 2012 MLS SuperDraft selectee Casey Townsend has played with Chivas USA, he's learned to be the difference maker. In the team's first road match, Townsend scored his first MLS goal as he gave the Goats their first win of the season against Real Salt Lake. Since then, Casey has played in 11 games (four starts) and sums one assist (earned in the team's last match vs Colorado Rapids).
Can his Facebook fan base recruit more people to vote for him for 24 Under 24? Make sure to cast your vote for Casey and the other Red-and-White players by clicking here.
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As part of your weekly routine, the time has come for you to vote once again for Super Dan Kennedy for MLS Save of the Week for his many heroics in last Saturday's match at Colorado Rapids! Last Sunday, we voted Dan as the cdchivasusa.com's Man of the Match, and it wasn't for any reason; Dan's saves really kept Chivas in the game until Juan Pablo Angel's goal gave the Goats the equalizer.
One of the many saves that Dan had in the match that is now nominated for MLS Save of the Week; the selected save came in the 60th minute when Omar Cummings headed a cross by Hunter Freeman to the left side of the goal. Luckily for Chivas, Kennedy's cat-like reflexes avoided that shot from hitting the back of the net.
Check out the nominees and make sure to cast your vote for Super Dan Kennedy in this week's MLS Save of the Week:
Just last April, Colombian forward Jose Erik Correa was the top goal scorer in his native country's Liga Postobon with his now former club Boyacá Chico FC. Then, he joined Chivas USA. In his first two games, 19 year-old Correa began demonstrating the type of player he is when he scored one goal each game. But we're not talking about just any goals, but he notched the winning goal in the first SuperClásico of the season, a win that took four years to come to the Goats. Aside from action within MLS regular season, Correa became the top goal scorer for the Red-and-White in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup run.
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Check out Correa's first goal in a 1-1 draw with San Jose Earthquakes on May 13 at Buck Shaw Stadium:
Jorge Villafaña, aka "Sueño" is the longest serving Chivas USA player in the current squad after winning the 2007 Sueño MLS contest. Since then, Villafaña has had stellar performance for the Red-and-White, leading the club to many victories. Just this year, 22 year-old Villafaña has disputed seven games (three starts) helping the club with one assist but taking many dangerous shots on goal. In his MLS career, Villafaña has disputed 59 games (42 starts), notching five goals and adding two assists.
And did we add that Villafaña is a new dad? Last June 3rd, Jorge became a father for the first time to a beautiful baby girl named Arely.
A vote for him would make his little princess a very happy girl so make sure to cast your vote for him for 24 under 24 by clicking here.
Just one week from being acquired from the New York Red Bulls, Colombian-born Juan Agudelo gave us a preview of what's yet to come as he scored his first goal with the club in a 1-1 draw with Seattle Sounders on May 26 at The Home Depot Center.
In 12 games with the club, 19 year-old Agudelo has disputed eight MLS regular season matches (seven starts) and adds one assist before missing a few games due to a swollen knee. Now that he has recovered, Agudelo has continued making a positive impact in the team, starting in all three games and creating scoring opportunities.
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Check out his first goal with the club:
For our first Man of the Match award, we have to agree with the sponsors and say, goalkeeper Dan Kennedy really kept the Goats in the game tonight vs Colorado Rapids. If you watched the match, then you've must've gotten a good glimpse of Dan in the first 45. At halftime, match statistics were not quite in favor of Chivas USA, as the Rapids had two shots on goal, while the Goats had none. It was in the second half that Kennedy was seen sporadically, and once the Goats got the equalizer, the Red-and-White 'keeper made sure the Rapids did not score their second. By the end of the match, Kennedy made four saves for a total of 75 saves this season.
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Colombian striker Juan Pablo Angel came into the match in the 72nd minute and just 11 minutes later, he scored the equalizer for Chivas USA off a cross by Tristan Bowen, who was making his year debut with the Goats.
It wasn't that long ago that Bobby Burling was playing wearing the Red-and-White colors for the first time. If you don't recall Bobby from the 2007-2009 era, here's something to remind you of those years:
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Bobby Burling! After acquiring his rights on July 6th, defender Bobby Burling officially became a Chivas USA player for the second time. Burling was initially part of the Red-and-White from 2007 to 2009 when he was traded to San Jose Earthquakes. After two seasons with the Earthquakes, Burling was selected by expansion team Montreal Impact but was never signed. He joined the Goats in early June and since then has played with the Reserves Team.
This morning, Burling travelled with the First Team ahead of tomorrow's match at Colorado Rapids in Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Make sure to watch Bobby Burling's possible debut tomorrow at 6pm on KDOC or KWHY-22.