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According to the Blogging World. John Edwards is out.
It's a shame, I would have voted for him too.
I wish him all the best.
According to the Blogging World. John Edwards is out.
It's a shame, I would have voted for him too.
I wish him all the best.
……and the entire G.O.P. groans in Unison.
Read the reactions from Everyone and their uncle. Click here
So, says the Chicago Tribune.
And, of course, it's Hillary's fault. So, says the Blogging World.
How dumb.
I wasn't overly impressed. Neither was many other people, left or right.
Watch it for yourself:
and The Democrats Response:
To me, it was just more of the same from Bush. Nothing remarkable. According to Bob Cesca over at HuffPo:
Just flipped over to FOX News. Fred Barnes: This speech "will be forgotten pretty much. Haha!"
Damn. When Fox News Channel, the cheerleaders for the Neo-Conservative branch of the G.O.P. pans a speech made by their damn hero, that's pretty bad!
Other than that, it's just more of the same. Not really blog worthy in my book.
"Black women are being raped daily in Darfur, Sudan, in the Congo and in Sub-Saharan Africa. That doesn't make news," "One 18-year-old white girl from Alabama gets drunk on a graduation trip to Aruba, goes off and 'gives it up' while in a foreign country, and that stays in the news for months!", "Maybe I am missing something!" Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Read all about it, Right Here
I ask you now, Who is really the one making this election about race?
I hope this story catches on. This sort of thing is totally uncalled for.
I mean, I'm no racist, but this sort of thing is why there's division among the races in this country.
Obama should either condemn these remarks or distance himself from this Church, once and for all.
Presidential Candidate Barack Obama has gotten an endorsement, from the daughter of one the most important political figures of our time.
"OVER the years, I've been deeply moved by the people who've told me they wished they could feel inspired and hopeful about America the way people did when my father was president. This sense is even more profound today. That is why I am supporting a presidential candidate in the Democratic primaries, Barack Obama." – CAROLINE KENNEDY
It seems by reading the Blogs today, that some do not understand the great significance of such an endorsement. In the World of Politics getting a endorsement by the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, is basically like getting the endorsement from the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
This is just what Obama needed, a nod from the old guard, someone from the old school to say, "Yes, we approve". It's a feather in his cap and he will be able to take that to the White House.
It's going to be exciting race.
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Basically, That America wants to believe again.
So true.
Video: (via MSNBC)
I may not agree 100% with his Liberalism. But I will tell you this, if he wins. I will be voting for him. The Republicans have nothing that I want to buy. They've put us into a quagmire. All the while ignoring the problems at home. I hope, that Obama smokes Hillary's butt in the remainder of the primary, for the way she acted, trying to divide a party, and over some of the stupidest nonsense. This is truly a historical moment in our Nation. The last thing we need is some idiotic, power hungry, closet lesbian, screwing up our chances to be in the White House in 2009.
Click here to read about it.
I guess Hillary and Co. will rethink the stupid racist nonsense.
Yeah, I know, I didn't blog any today. I just wasn't in the mood.
So, Here's what is going on the world, Politically and Newsworthy that is.
The Mayor of Detroit, Michigan is in Hot Water. Click Here, and Here and Here to read about it.
How we should Leave Iraq
The New York Times endorses Hillary Clinton and John McCain.
Dennis Kucinich drops out. (Yay!)
The Former Labor Secretary Under Bill Clinton, basically slams his old Boss.
Obama and Hillary are still going at it.
Some think the GOP debate tonight was horrible. I didn't watch enough really to know.
Saddam was shocked that we invaded.
Obama leads Hillary in SC and FL, Romney Leads the GOP in FL.
The Government deports one of his own. Idiots Deluxe.
John Gibson is still Eine dumme Arschloch
Senate rejects secret court measure
Dubya Says, Osama won't be caught while he's in office, Liberals go… "Well Duh!"
and….Finally, Sunny Lucas, (Rachel's Dog) is running for President. (woof!)
The following comes from HuffPo:
At least four major firms have pulled advertising from Michael Savage's nationally syndicated radio show following a campaign highlighting his inflammatory rhetoric. One other company, Geico insurance, is expected to follow suit.
The campaign, launched recently by Brave New Films, generated thousands of calls urging advertisers on the Savage Nation show to sever financial ties to the widely popular (and frequently offensive) talk host.
In less than a week, four agreed to pull their ads from the show, including Union Bank of California (whose representative says they were advertisers on the Savage show by mistake and were glad to be taken off), Intuit, Chattem, ITT Technical Institute.
"We are thrilled at the amazing response of the true patriots all over the blogsphere who responded to our NOSAVAGE campaign," Robert Greenwald, head of the film company, said in a statement. "People have called and emailed and the responsible sponsors have responded by pulling their ads and asking that their ads not be on this racist and hateful show."
But group who has segments run on the show is raising eyebrows by refusing to distance itself from Savage. The USO, a non-profit that does work for U.S. armed forces, wrote Brave New Films complaining about being targeted and even hinting at a lawsuit. The organization's lawyer Tony Bisceglie says it does not pay for the USO public service announcements that air on Savage's show – Read the Rest
I'm going to be honest with you. I'm right of center, I hold to some Conservative values myself. But this idiot is a total loon. He makes Bill O'Reilly look like a nun.
I can see the USO's position, But I think anyone who's paid for ads on his show, should pull them. This is no way to promote goodwill to other races in America. The problem is, Muslims hear this sort of thing and they believe EVERYONE in America is like this. If you're Muslim, and you happen to read this Blog, I assure you, we're not ALL like this.
The problem with Michael Savage is, he believes ALL MUSLIMS are terrorists, which many Conservatives happen to believe. This, I know, for a fact is a crock of bull. Most Muslims in America, that in fact, practice Islam, are moderates. They reject the idea of a violent Jihad. I know this might be hard thing for some Conservatives to swallow, but it's the truth. One thing that the Conservatives must realize, if they are going to ever get anywhere in American politics is, that the guys who carried out the September 11'th attacks were not just Muslims, they were mentally deranged extremists who just happened to be believers in the Doctrines of Islam, if they were not Islamic Muslims, they would have been something else.
Yes, I do believe that there is a war on terror. There is a war against mindless extremists within the Muslim Islamic Faith, Not against Arabic people or Muslims or Islam in General. That sort of mentality has origins in the White Nationalist circles and unfortunately has seeped over into main stream Conservatism.
I know, some of you are going to say, "What about what you wrote here?" Yes, I know what I wrote there. I was referring to the extremists within the Muslim Movement. I also was more commenting on this part:
"The upsetting part is not only do they go into the history (which would be acceptable) but also the teaching of Islam," she said. "This book does not really go into Christianity or the teachings of Christ, nor does it address religious doctrine elsewhere to the degree it does Islam."
She said the book's one page referencing Jews "is only to convey that they were tortured by Crusaders to get them to convert to 'Christianity.' (It fails to mention that the biggest persecutors of Jews throughout history and still today are Arab Muslims). It gives four other one-liner references to the Jews being blamed for the plagues and problems in the land. It does not talk about the Jews as making a significant impact on the culture at large."
That was my issue within that story. I do not, however, believe that Islam, or any other Religion should be PUSHED on anyone, at all. We all should be able to make our own decisions ourselves. It might appear that I am talking about of both sides of my Mouth , but I am not.
For mocking the Death of Heath Ledger.
This, my friend, is why Liberals hate Conservatives with a passion.
If Gibson is wanting to Promote Conservative values, he's not doing a very good job.
Yep, that's right, Fred Thompson has dropped out of the race for the White House.
There's much opinion is to why, sources are saying that he's taking care of his ill Mother. Other say it was because he got in too late. Something I said on my other Blog that got hacked, long ago, back when he first got in.
The people I feel sorry for, are the one's who gave money to this guy and supported him, I mean, what do they have to show for it? Not a lousy thing.
Video Via MSNBC:
I wish Fred the best of luck.
I predict that the next one's to drop out, will be Huckabee, Rudy, and possibly Ron Paul. Although he might run as an Independent or a Libertarian. It will then be a mad dash between Romney and McCain. I predict that things will get nasty between McCain and Romney. Which one will get it, that I cannot predict. But it will be quite the race.
I know, you're most likely wondering why I have not Blogged about the Debates.
Because I am just very disgusted with the whole process. That is why.
John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton spent most of the day, which was SUPPOSED to be celebrating the Birthday of a man who stood up for social justice, being civil to one another.
Then all at once, within a one-hour period, all of that civility went out the window.
Some would say, "Hey, that's politics.", Well, you know? I disagree. Just what in the name of the Almighty, is being accomplished by the first African-American and the first Female Presidential candidates sniping over absolutely idiotic nonsense?
I mean, what kind of image is that sending to the American people? What kind of signal is that sending to aspiring young people interested in Politics? That it is perfectly acceptable to attack someone that you are running against?
Normally, I would, without delay, post the videos of the sniping and comment about it. But that's what the main stream media is doing. That's what every political Blogger is doing. They're a part of the media machine. I'm just not interested in joining the chorus of Bloggers talking about that feckless nonsense.
I am actually scared to death, why? Because I am afraid that people have seen this sniping and they've thought, "Why the hell should I vote for those two?" I mean, this would be great thing for Edwards, But we're on the threshold of making history here and the two damned idiots that are principle players in it are acting like total nincompoops!
Don't even get me started about Bill Clinton. "Hey Honey, I'm going go out and destroy you're chances of getting elected!", He's another of the feckless ones. Not to mention his falling asleep during Martin Luther Kings III's speech. More fodder for the media machine, I guess.
I guess I'm supposed to be feeling really good about all this hoopla, so far, Nothing. Nada. No Dice. I'd rather be watching the history channel or something else more productive.
I apologize if you came here thinking that I had some great commentary on the debates, But I just don't. I just don't have an impression.
I will say this, if Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton keep up the nonsense, and the Democrats lose, and we end up with John McCain AKA Bush 2.0 or that Mormon freak Mitt Romney in the White House, the Democrats will have no one to blame, but their own selves for it.
So far, color me unimpressed with the Democrats.
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Rudy Reaches for God's Black Book- (Washington Whispers) (Via usnews.com)
Rudy Giuliani, the socially liberal Republican who's slipping in the polls, is reaching for an unusual E-mail list for help: a collection of 25 million Christian evangelicals. We hear that Rudy's church ally, Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson, is making overtures to the list's owner, Alabama-based Optimum Impact. The E-mail addresses have always been available for the asking, but so far only GOP candidates Rep. Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee have made the call. But is it too late for Rudy to quiet the Huckabee surge among Christians? "Who knows?" says one evangelical leader. "But 'day late and dollar short' comes to mind."
I'd say, at this point, he'd need a miracle, like the top 3 candidates die of heart attacks at the same time.
In other words, he's done.
What he gets for running as Mister 9/11!
Ah well, One less Republican in the race.
What's a cracker got to do to catch a Break?
Click here to see what I'm referring to.
I hate to admit it, But McCain's about the only damn Conservative that's qualified for the damn job, if you ask me.
Before anyone asks, yeah, I remember the immigration thing. I think he has learned from that. I really do, otherwise, he wouldn't still be in the race.
If Hillary wins the nomination, and McCain get's the Republican nod, I might be tempted to hold my nose…. and… You know.
Although, there's quite a bit of time, between now and then, so… I'll stay tuned.
I mean, the stupidity on this subject is about waist deep.
The dude wasn't saying he was JUST LIKE Reagan, he was just making a damn point.
Clue needed on Aisle 5 please!
At a campaign stop attended by a CBS reporter in Lady's Island, S.C., Thompson was asked if he, "as a Christian, as a conservative," supported President Bush's global AIDS initiative. "Christ didn't tell us to go to the government and pass a bill to get some of these social problems dealt with. He told us to do it," Thompson responded. "The government has its role, but we need to keep firmly in mind the role of the government, and the role of us as individuals and as Christians on the other."
Thompson went on: "I'm not going to go around the state and the country with regards to a serious problem and say that I'm going to prioritize that. With people dying of cancer, and heart disease, and children dying of leukemia still, I got to tell you — we've got a lot of problems here. . . . " Indeed, there are a lot of problems here — mainly of Thompson's own making.
Ouch! That's gonna leave a mark. Michael Gerson, by the way, was a Bush Speech writer. Perhaps a little Neo-Con Bias showing, Maybe?
Just sayin'!
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Yep, that's right. He can forget getting elected. Because of this sort of stuff Here.
Money Quote:
QUESTIONER: Is it your goal to bring the Constitution into strict conformity with the Bible? Some people would consider that a kind of dangerous undertaking, particularly given the variety of biblical interpretations.
HUCKABEE: Well, I don't think that's a radical view to say we're going to affirm marriage. I think the radical view is to say that we're going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal. Again, once we change the definition, the door is open to change it again. I think the radical position is to make a change in what's been historic.
Oh yeah, like Centrists and Independents are going to vote for some idiot that makes statements like that.
What's more, was this one:
"I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And thats what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than trying to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family."
Wow. This dude wants to do away with the Separation of Church and State. I bet these guys wouldn't be too happy about that.
I don't know about you, I don't quite think that this guy is quite ready for prime time. Stick to Church Mike, it can only help.
Willard Mitt Romney goes off on a AP Reporter.
He'll pay for that in the caucus. You don't act like a jerk to Media and get away with it. They will bury you.
Video Via MSNBC:
Oh yeah, He's a jerk. Say goodbye to this hosehead.
The Main Stream "Liberal" and otherwise, media will bury him for this.
Update: I guess he does have a lobbyist on his staff and He HAS gotten paid. This comes via Frameshop:
However, a simple search of Romney's recent campaign expense filings found these two entries:
- Dec. 3, 2007 - a payment of "$300" by the Romney campaign to "Kaufman, Ronald."
- Oct. 19, 2007 – a payment of "$100" to "Dutko World Wide."
D'oh! So, so much for the truth.
Two Words.
Huckabee vows to send all illegal aliens home (via Washington Times)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee yesterday continued to move to the right on immigration during this year's presidential campaign, signing a pledge to enforce immigration laws and to make all illegal aliens go home.
The pledge, offered by immigration control advocacy group Numbers USA, commits Mr. Huckabee to oppose a new path to citizenship for current illegal aliens and to cut the number of illegal aliens already in the country through attrition by law enforcement — something Mr. Huckabee said he will achieve through his nine-point immigration plan.
Yeah Right. I don't buy it. Neither does Michelle Malkin.
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and you know the Liberals are going to be all over this one.
Fried Squirrel?!?!
This isn't much of a surprise to me….
Bad News for Hillary in Michigan (Via CNN)
Even so, roughly 70 percent of Michigan's African-American voters — a group that makes up a quarter of Michigan's Democratic electorate — did not cast their votes for Clinton, choosing the "uncommitted" option instead. Yet these voters weren't uncommitted at all: in fact, according to CNN exit polls, they overwhelmingly favored Barack Obama, whose name did not appear on the ballot.
Had Obama's name been on the Michigan ballot, CNN exit polls show that he would have won an overwhelming 73 percent of the African-American vote, in contrast to 22 percent who say they would have voted for Clinton under those circumstances.
The reason why this does not come as much of a surprise to me, is because Michigan is a very liberal State. I know, I've lived here all my life. Obama not only speaks to Liberals, He speaks to the African-American Community as well. He's their man. He represents their community. There's nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, I think it's an awesome thing myself. It shows that finally, after all the years of bigotry and insecurity in this country about blacks, came to a place where a African-American can run for President and be accepted by the general public as a whole.
I like him, mainly, because he represents change, I'm not too keen on some of his "Liberal" policies, when it comes to national security. I mean, I believe in peace, but I don't believe in selling out America's security in the process. But anything has got to be better than George W. Bush's cowboy way of diplomacy. His "Billy Bad Ass" idea of getting along with other nations, is why we're in the current situation in Iraq.
I was sort of hoping that Edwards would pull out of third place and overtake the other two candidates, But I do not believe that is going to happen. It would be very nice, But I doubt he has the support, money, or momentum to do so.
So, most likely, I, like every other person who votes Democrat in Michigan, will vote for whomever the party chooses for their candidate.
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Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs; flour for dusting; 6 shallots, 150g; 200g button mushrooms; 15g butter; 1 tbsp cooking oil; 400ml dry white wine; 4 sprigs thyme; 1 bay leaf;


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President Obama presented Dakota Meyer, 23, with the Medal of Honor on Thursday at the White House.
WASHINGTON — On the day President Obama presented Dakota Meyer with the Medal of Honor, the 23-year-old Marine veteran stood silently, medals on his chest, his baby-face a mixture of pride and sadness.
For Meyer, the first living Marine to receive the recognition in nearly four decades, the pomp during the White House ceremony was an uncomfortable moment in the limelight for a reluctant hero who looked far more at ease applauding his fellow comrades in arms than standing center stage.
So he stood there, hands folded behind his back, staring stonily ahead as the president listed exactly why the spotlight-shy Kentucky native deserved the nation's highest military award.
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Meyer received the medal used by the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. There are two other medal designs, one for the Army and one for the Air Force.
On Sept. 8, 2009, in a valley in northeastern Afghanistan, the then-21-year-old corporal repeatedly charged through enemy fire to rescue other Marines and U.S. and Afghan soldiers who had been ambushed. Meyer, firing a heavy machine gun from the turret of a gun truck against superiors' orders and despite a shrapnel injury to one of his arms, killed at least eight insurgents, picked up wounded and dead men and provided cover that allowed his team to fight its way out of certain death, according to the Marine Corps.
He did this after an ambush that was covered by McClatchy Newspapers correspondent, Jonathan Landay, who was embedded with the unit during the operation in Ganjgal, and published a report of the account.
The Corps said Meyer's efforts in the six-hour battle saved the lives of 13 Marines and U.S. soldiers and 23 Afghan soldiers. He was later promoted to sergeant.
Meyer said he feels like a failure. He waded into the swarm of bullets, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar fire to find four friends who were pinned down, but they were dead.
"I went in there to get those guys out alive and I failed, so I think it's more fitting to call me a failure than a hero," Meyer told the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader. He wears the names of those four colleagues engraved on a silver bracelet.
The president said Meyer represented "the best of a generation that has served with distinction through a decade of war."
"He drove straight into the line of fire with his head and upper body exposed," Obama said, describing how Meyer and another Marine driving the Humvee went toward the sound of the guns. "They were defying orders, but they were doing what they thought was right."
That Meyer, who at the time of the battle was barely old enough to drink the beer he shared with Obama on Wednesday, stood onstage the next day as a symbol of what many in his generation endured was especially meaningful to those gathered for the ceremony.
"He may not think himself a hero, but his country certainly does," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said.
Meyer completed his active-duty commitment in 2010 and now serves in the Inactive Ready Reserve of the Marine Corps as a sergeant. He is an infantryman and scout sniper.
Adjusting to civilian life has been difficult, Meyer told the Lexington newspaper. But he said the transition had been eased a bit by the support of family and friends.
He spends his days working for his cousin's construction company in Louisville, a job he has poured himself into so wholeheartedly that he asked whether the president could call during a lunch break to inform him of the award.
"I do appreciate, Dakota, you taking my call," Obama said during the ceremony.
Meyer also is working to raise money for a scholarship program to benefit children of wounded Marines.
It was Meyer's turn to receive thanks Thursday.
The East Room was silent as the president fastened the medal around Meyer's neck. He then put a hand on the young man's shoulder.
Lexington Herald-Leader reporter Bill Estep and the Tribune Washington bureau contributed.


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The San Francisco Exploratorium hosts "After Dark: Mars" exhibit, a prelude to the NASA's Curiosity Rover that is expected to land on Mars on Sunday, August 5, 2012. A 7-foot-tall replica of the Curiosity rover, that was launched on November 26, 2011, is part of the exhibit. Some visitors dressed up as Martians during the event, that include talks, presentations and egg dropping experiments among other attractions.
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Summary:The bedroom habits in the small town of Rio Dio, Texas are seen through the experiences of a junkyard worker Lamar Shedd and his sexually insatiable wife Lavonia. While Lamar tries several "cures" for his unusual sexual tastes, Lavonia seeks out sex with various partners around town.


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Goldsboro police say they have solved a rash of armed robberies that have plagued convenience stores since the middle of December.
Antell Nobles had already been charged for last Friday's hold up of the Handy Mart on Highway 70. Now police say he faces charges in five other business robberies. Three of those happened at the same store, the Kangaroo on East New Hope Road on January 3rd, 6th and 15th.
Nobles' bond has been increased from $150,000 to $650,000 with the latest charges. Police say there are other people of interest and further charges are expected.
In addition to the Kangaroo and Handy Mart, Nobles is charged with the December 30th robbery at the Hasty Mart on Millers Chapel Road, and the January 19th robbery at the China 8 on North Berkeley Boulevard.


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Exchange Warnings On Cyprus By AsswiuU'd Press The Greek Cypriot president of Cyprus, Glafcos Clerides, Sat- urday threatened guerilla war against Turkish invasion troops if a crisis solution is not forth- coming. Turkish Information Minister Orhan Birgit said Turkish forces would take "every necessary measure" to counter a guerilla campaign. Such attacks, he) said, would create "a dangerous and prave situation" and "delay the demilitarization of the is- land and peace." Sources familiar with Turkish military plans and thinking said Turkish reaction to guerilla war would be harsh and merciless. Birgit said Turkey sincerely hopes Clerides will not follow up his threat. Rejects Renewal The exchange of threats came after Greece rejected renewing the tripartite Cyprus peace talks in Geneva. Foreign Min- is t e r George Mavros said Greece will instead back a Sovi- et proposal for an 18-nation con- ference. Clerides met in Athens Satur- day with Greek President Con- stantine Caramanlis to discuss the fate of Greek Cypriot refu- gees. Caramanlis promised Greece would cover the needs of the es- timated Greek Cypriots who have been displaced from their home by the invasion and are seeking refuge in the south. The Greek government state- ment said more than tons of foodstuffs have been shipped to Cyprus and another 850 tons are scheduled for shipment within a few days. U. S. Stand The Commerce Ministry an- nounced that Greek shipowners have contributed more than million to the government for the Cyprus cause. In Washington, Secretary of State Kissinger told a Greek- American delegation Friday that the U. S. favors continued independence for Cyprus. George Douris of New Yorkjed." said Kissinger denied any pro- Turkish bias by Ihe state de- partment. "The secretary told] us he'd do everything possible j to bring about a solution consis-: tent with Greek honor and two doaths and 17 injuries, the Greek national Douris E. F. Goodrich Co. has warned Ford: Monitor Group Is Only the Beginning lie promised to hold the line on federal spending and said there would undoubtedly be other remedies coming out of the economic summit scheduled instant answer or an immediate 'for late next month. panacea" to counter inflation, i batnc nas to be won He said the Council on be Ford said. and Price Stability Act was onlyj He praiscd congress and labor a beginning in the fight against jfor cooperating in the battle to curb inflation. The task force created by the bill he signed is to expose abuses in wages and prices. But, unlike the original council established in 1971 by President Nixon, it cannot impose ceilings. seek to reinstate wage and price It will gather information on causes of inflation, and will jaw- bone or try to persuade unions and businesses to take no action that would fuel spiraling I costs. Jurist Stays Ban of Fund Impoundment WASHINGTON (AP) Fed- eral officials may continue to impound highway funds until an appeals court has ruled on the question, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall has decided. Marshall's order Friday set aside temporarily a decision May 7 by U. S. District Judge Robert Hemphill in Columbia, S. C., that blocked the govern- ment from withholding highway funds for South Carolina. Hemphill said the impound- ments were unconstitutional and illegal, but the government has appealed to the U. S. court of appeals in Richmond, Va. Mar- shall's order will remain in ef- fect until that court has ruled. U. S. Solicitor General Robert Bork requested the order, say- ing impoundments of appropri- ated funds are "a settled prac- tice" in fighting inflation. South Carolina officials filed suit in 1972 challenging the high- way impoundments. Bork took issue with Hemp- hill's finding that impound- m e n t s disrupted long-range highway planning. The govern- ment official said the practice "merely extends the period over which the plan will be complet- Warning Issued on Ash and Rush I ireS The bill sets up a staff of; about 25 at a cost of ?1 million. The council will include Roy Ash, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Kenneth Rush, presidential eco- nomic counselor. Ash told a Wall Street lun- cheon that the new administra- tion would "cool the fevers of inflation even if it generates more unemployment than we'd like." Representatives of 11 million elderly Americans told Ford in a White House meeting Friday that inflation is the "No. 1 ter- ror for older people." Executive Director Jack Os- sofsky, 49, of the National Council on Aging quoted Ford as saying he is reviewing problems of the aged. Summit Pledge He said Ford pledged to in- clude a representative of the el- derly at the economic summit. Mary Mullen, 74, of Laguna Beach, Calif., president of the National Assn. of Retired Teachers, said Ford "seemed sincere in making every effort to try to solve some of the problems" of senior citizens and promised to keep his door open to them. The delegation of elderly Americans, jokingly presented Ford, 61, with a gold-encased magnifying glass. Coinciden- tally, less than an hour later the near-sighted President was measured for contact lenses. Other developments Friday: Commenting on offer of Michigan Gov. William Milli- on's official summer home at Mackinac Island, Press Secre- tray Jerald terHorst said Ford --UPI Telcphoto.. President Ford shares a laugh with Douglas Woodruff, president of the American Assn. of Retired Persons, during a meeting the Chief Executive held at the White House with representatives of senior- citizen organizations. said. to take a summer AKRON. Ohio (AP) Citing Ford told the farm family of the year, Mr. and Mrs. Julian! Fowler, who live near Fair- i owners of its Space Saver spare Although the U. S. has never i tires to inflate them "strictly Examiner: Police Suspect Hideout Of Patty Hearst SAN FRANCISCO In- vestigators say the mother of a San Quentin convict may be hiding Patricia Hearst and two other Symbionese Liberation Army fugitives in the Los An- geles area, it was reported Fri- day. The San Francisco Examiner said authorities believe the wanted trio went to the con- vict's Imother for help after a May 17 Shootout in Los Angeles in which six of !their companions were slain. The paper said police have speculated that the woman found a house in a racially integrated neighborhood for Miss Hearst and Bill and Emily Harris. However, the Examiner said that if such a hideout exists, authorities have not found it. The Examiner story by Ed Montgomery, Pulitzer Prize-win- ning investigative reporter, said the Harrises visited the black convict and his brother in prison and became acquainted with the prisoner's mother. Neither the dentity of the convict nor de- tails of his crime were revealed. Wounded Knee Attorneys Marshal Still r j j. D Hasn't Given Jailed; Courfroom Brawl M. ST. PAUL (AP) The eight- month-old Wounded Knee trial exploded Friday as Defense At- torneys William Kunstler and Mark Lane were jailed and spectators and federal marshals had a fistfight in the back of the courtroom. Kunstler and Lane spent Fri- day night in the city jail but no spectators were arrested. The attorneys were held for con- tempt of court after a shouting match with U. S. District Judge Fred Nichol. They were released Saturday after a long meeting of Kenneth Tilsen, one of their defense team cohorts, with Nichol. The judge said he would make a statement Monday. The melee began with Kunstler questioning an Ameri- can Indian Movement deserter, Louis Moves Camp, who ap- peared as a rebuttal witness in She trial of AIM Leaders Russell Means and Dennis Banks, ac- cused of assault, larceny and conspiracy in connection withj :he 71-day armed occupation of Wounded Knee, S. D., last year. brought a snicker from someone in the audience. Nichol ordered marshals to remove spectators from one row of seats. The spectators, most of them AIM President Nixon's testimony in members, refused to budge, leaving marshals to haul them out. Nixon Subpoena LOS ANGELES (AP) Tb U. .S. marshal refuses to say why a subpoena seeking former Pentagon Chieftains On Watch i WASHINGTON l.APi Pen- tagon officials kept close watch j during the last days of Richard Nixon's presidency to make cer- tain no military units became involved in the process of re- moving him from office, in- formed sources said Saturday. They said Secretary of De- fense Schlcsingcr and the joint hicfs of staff kept close watch o make certain no orders were :ivcn military units outside the ormal chain of command. They said the action was de- igned specifically to assure hat no order would go to any units for any sort of action against congress during the ime between a house vote for mpeachment and a senate trial. Past Behavior The Boston Globe Said Schles- mger was in frequent communi- cation with Secretary of State Kissinger and the White House chief of staff, Alexander Haig. It quoted ona source as say- ing the one concern was Nixon's past behavior "during violent military action." When navy warships mined Haiphong harbor in 1972, the Kunstler asked a question that The marshals and spectators jegan fighting and Kunstler and Lane began shouting at Nichol. 'Judge, you brought this yelled Kunstler over the com- motion. Nichol responded angrily, "I did not bring it on! You brought t on and you know very well you did, Mr. Kunstler. You make one more statement like :hat and you're going to jail." "You might as well send us, replied Kunstler, who was echoed by Lane. Nichol, his face flushed, or- dered the attorneys removed. The fighting continued until a marshal sprayed a chemical ir- ritant at one non-moving pro- .ester. Lane said in a telephone inter- a Watergate cover-up trial has not been served, even as a sec- ond subpoena is reported on the way. Los Angeles Marshal Gaylord Campbell has held the Water- gate subpoena since he received it by mail Monday from Wash- ington. It was obtained by attor- neys for John Ehrlichman, Nix- on's former domestic adviser. The marshal, asked on Friday about the status of the subpoe- na, said simply "I have no com- ment until service is complet- ed." Earlier in the week, he said he was negotiating with Nixon's representatives on "a mutual agreement on time and place for service" of the subpoena which must be served to Nixon personally. OKicr Suhpocna Globe's source said, Nixon cul- tivated the image of a man "who might do anything." "If the Russians thought he might do anything, that was fine with the source said. "Never Indication" The sources said the action was merely normal contingency planning "in the event of im- probable circumstances." "There was never the slight- est indication from within or without the military establish- ment of any thought of involve- ment by the military in any action contrary to the constitv tional they said. The action by Schlesinger and the joint chiefs was based on view from his cell that a deputy j Meanwhile, in Charlotte. N. marshal punched him in thejC., Attorney George Daly filed banks, that he hoped -to visit Alaska before the end of the taken a position favoring parti- according to operating instruc- year. The trip would presum- tion of Cyprus, department options." ablv be part of a previouslv-an-i ficials have publicly endorsedj A company spokesman saidinounced journey to Japan. "a greater degree of autonomy Friday that deviation from the! Try Fails; Kidnap Victim Free eye. He said he was treated in U. S. district court that ja physician. "I can barely seelne would take a deposition from lout of my left he added, i Nixon Sept. 24 in Santa Ana, A jailer, however, said he sawiCalif. no reddening of the eye and! A copy of the notice was sent llhere were no marks on Lane'si'o the clerk of the U. S. district hypothetical situations that could arise during the period when Nixon's hold on the presi- dency was not clear, the sources said. A defense department spokes- man quoted Schlesinger as say- ing: "In keeping with my statu- tory responsibilities, I did as- sure myself that there would be I no question about the proper constitutional a n d legislative chain of command, and there was never any question." Never Arose The sources said the hypothet- ical circumstances never arose and the normal lines of commu- face. i court in Santa Ana. where ar- nicalion functioned well during 'rangements are to be made to for its Turkish minority. Not Considered instructions "could result (serious personal injury." ml jln Jail for Theft, The Space Saver, invented in! i i I n I L A department spokesman.. come. Home IS Robbed; Robert Anderson, said the US. j 3nd'must "fcc jnflatcd a; BEDFORD. England is not considering a shift injspcdal pressurized air contain-JThe judge gave Alan Parker a NATO military defenses (he spokesman said. i 12-month suspended sentence cause of Greece s military with-; was PHILADELPHIA (AP) Kid-jtownship Friday night, he naped Executive Edward blindfolded out of a car. son said Saturdav that he was' fc" infthe f !in front of me like an the period of transition. They said no special meetings t HI T F'AT "li'll il 1'jdSlCiTl J 1 '-J'-ut.J UUVUI, i.tl tlllll-, ti--iu l. r and right Airlincs Jet with 160 pas- war Protesters who claim they j and the joint chiefs to 5 a nhone'scngcrs landcd safely in Tampaiwcrc illegally excluded from for tightening the after an engine conked out ('ranam day rally at the'.authority. Instead wor drawal from the alliance. Turkish Premier Bulent the alliance and we are not thinking of any alternative' means of protecting its southern; flank." Anderson said in re-, spnn.se. i Today's Index Church Page Comics ....................5 Crossword 5 Daily Record 2 j Deaths....................2 j Editorial I'calures j Financiiil...... 9 Marion (i Movies.................. fi .Spurts Television...........8 j Want Ads 10-111 i a 36-hour ordeal in which his ab-j a in hJ9 ductors demanded but failed 10jpOCket, not enough for the long get ransom. distance toll. Patterson made a Patterson, 45, said that, call home and an FBI he was finally released un- j answered the phone, harmed in suburban Springfield! Patterson said he spent most ----------------------------------------jof thc time blindfolded and tied Scheme I No arrests have been made. ing a non-stop flight from Xcv, Owners sometimes inflate it theft Friday after Parker jwith air hoses, a habit that can told the court his home was bur- cause Space Savers to while he was in jail vit had said his country could ,3wam compensate for any weakness in U. S. defenses in the Mediterranean. j "We consider Greece an im-i portant and valuable member of j Sale Landing 'deliver the subpoena to Nixon. TAMPA (AP) An Eastern Daly represents about 25 anti- were held between the secretary to make lines of word was pw'Charlottc Coliseum Oct. 15, 1071.jpassed that no military com- Col 5.1 lmandcr would takc a" _ that came from the White House or elsewhere that did not come down through military channels. No evidence turned up of any plot of any kind involving the military. Ihc sources said. Ship Company and Its Chief in Guilty Pleas XEEDHAM. Mass. (API Two armed men wearing slocking mask.1; held a bank manager's wife and 2-year-old daughter hostage and forced him to clean out Ms bank's vault of an estimated Rut Ihc scheme collapsed as an off-duty fireman spotted the bandils escaping from the manager's home and another found the money before the robbers could pick it up. The episode began Friday m o r n i n g when Stephen George, 117, left for work. Police said two men waiting outside his front door forced him bark inside and made him lie on !he floor while they played a tape recordng giving him instructions. Mrs. George. 27, was tied up and left on the bed. Their daughter was left to her own devices. All the telephones were ripped out. The recording directed George to drive to the bank, open the vault and put all the money except coins and bills in his wife's suitcase. He was told to take the suit- case and two tellers with him to a dropoff point described on a note in an envelope he was lo open after leaving the bank. After George left for the bank. Ihe robbers look off tor the pickup poin1. Hut Fireman .lames Hopkins, a next-door neighbor, saw Iho men run- ning from the house, tele- phoned police and R.IVC chase. At the bank. George and thc two tellers filled the suitcase with money and left for the pickup spot, a dirt road near Massachusetts 128, the super- highway circling Boston. The bandits had placed a small American flag at the spot, and George tossed out the suitcase, tore up Ihe note as he had been instructed, and drove away. Minutes later, Boston Fire- man John O'Malley, and Terence Hilcy. 17, drove past the spot, .saw the suitcase slnppjd and picked it up. They drove to a gasoline station and called state police, who recovered Ihe money. "We were rich for 15 min- Riley .said. CLEVELAND lAPj The explanation Patterson Amcrican ShiP BuiIdinS Co and Thursday as he drove into lls chanman and chief cxecu- j( the parking lot of the Arthur H. live officer, George Thomas Co. from his Haddon- ner, pled guilty Friday of con- field, N.J., home, lit is a vicc- for a S25.UOII con- i2 campaign and c o m p a n y employes Man Is Nurse Of the Year CHICAGO IAP) -A man has into giving the explanation to'hcaten out 1-10 registered i t.'ur n spiracy ,0 violalo KB[ president of the firm, which dis-, t, contribution' jury. al Swedlsh CovpnalU tributes scientific equipment. American Shir also in being named Nurse Two men. one armed with a Tncy wcro charged in an of contributing'illegally to'of the Year, revolver, ordered him into their Aprji 5 witn contribm-'the campaign of Rep. Charles! Steven Kaufman, 2G, was car and drove off First word of ling illegally to the campaigns nf'Mo.sher (R-Ohio) in 1970. the honor by interns and the incident'formcr president Nixon and in- Corporations are barred doctors, came an hour later when an-jlluer.tial members of congress. from rnntnbuting lo noli'i-' Kaufman, connecled with Ihe other vice-president, had previously pled campaigns. ]hospital for six years, was ap- nocent. i Senlcncinj! wa.s delayed one of five nursing su- Stembrenrier is g e n e r a Contie pending aipervisors in 1972, Ihe first man partner in the New York Yan-'prc-scntcnep invc.stiKation .named to .Mich a position in the kees baseball team. Bauer said the maximum 87-year history Assistant K.S. 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Sixth-ranked Glacier Peak used a stifling defense and a few fireworks on offense to shut down Seattle Prep in a Class 3A round-of-32 playoff game.
SNOHOMISH — Teré Calloway studied video of Glacier Peak and expected some fireworks on offense.
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Glacier Peak used a stifling defense and a few fireworks on offense to shut down Seattle Prep 28-0 Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium in a Class 3A round-of-32 playoff game.
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"As a defensive-minded player — I'm playing defense in college — I was really watching a ton of their passing film to make sure that we'd be able to contain their offense," said Calloway, Seattle Prep's star running back and safety. "Their defense was truly a surprise. We looked at them and they didn't look too big, so we were pretty confident, but they had an incredible defense."
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The Grizzlies came out roaring and contained Seattle Prep's dynamic running-back tandem of Calloway and Charlie Brennan in the first half while Glacier Peak built a 21-0 lead.
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Glacier Peak drove 89 yards in the final minute of the first half, getting a Sean Elledge 43-yard reception with 22 seconds to go.
Calloway finished with 102 yards on 24 carries. Brennan finished with 104 on 21 rushes.


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Thurman Sowed the Seeds of Civil Rights Movement
Weightman, Sharon, The Florida Times Union
On the April afternoon Martin Luther King Jr. was slain, he
carried a book that had been a profound influence on his
thinking about non-violent protest.
The book was Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman, one
of the spiritual fathers of the civil rights movement.
Years earlier, during the 1956 bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala.,
historian Lerone Bennett Jr. first saw Thurman's book in King's
briefcase. Bennett has said King carried the slim volume with
him until the day he died, which was 29 years ago today.
But Thurman, a Daytona native who attended high school in
Jacksonville, was not known for that book alone.
He founded the country's first interdenominational and
interracial church; was a member of the first African-American
delegation to meet with Mohandas Ghandi; was the first tenured
African-American faculty member at Boston University; was an
honorary canon of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in
New York; and was considered an innovator for including the arts
in worship services.
Thurman was featured in Life magazine in 1953 as one of the
nation's 12 most influential preachers. He was the only
African-American on the list.
Though Thurman's name isn't as readily remembered today, his
influence has been farreaching.
He was the man who "sowed the seeds that bred a generation of
activists" and "blew away the philosophical underpinnings of
racism and segregation," civil rights activist Jesse Jackson
said when Thurman died in 1981.
Jesus and the Disinherited became a centerpiece for many people
in the movement of nonviolence," said the Rev. Rudolph McKissick
Jr., pastor of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in
Jacksonville. The church was once affiliated with Thurman's high
school, Florida Baptist Academy.
"Many used that book to validate the idea of Jesus having a
specific ministry to those on the margins of life," McKissick
Thurman's views on religion and race were rooted in a difficult
and segregated childhood in Florida.
Born in Daytona in 1900 and baptized in the Halifax River, he
was the son of a railroad worker and a cook, and the grandson of
former slaves.
He grew up reading the Bible to his grandmother, Nancy Ambrose.
"She couldn't read her name if it was as big as this chapel,"
Thurman said of her in a lecture. "But she had stood inside of
Jesus and looked out on the world through his eyes. And she knew
by heart what I could never know."
Thurman's grandmother insisted Thurman receive the best
education he could. He was the first African-American in the
Daytona area to receive an eighth-grade certificate. But there
was no public high school there he could attend.
With help from several benefactors, he traveled north to
Jacksonville, where he studied for four years at Florida Baptist
Academy. He learned algebra, Latin and Greek and was introduced
to poetry. He spent what little money he had on books instead of
Just days before he graduated as valedictorian, he collapsed in
exhaustion. After a brief rest, he spent the summer working at a
Jacksonville bakery, then headed to Morehouse College in Atlanta
on a scholarship.
There, where Martin Luther King Sr. was a fellow student,
Thurman studied hard and again graduated as valedictorian.
Thurman then attended Rochester Theological Seminary in New
York, which had a policy of admitting two African-American
students a year. …


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A Good Walk Spoiled
About 18 years ago I wrote a feature on golfer Tom Sieckmann for a local lifestyle magazine. I ran across the article recently while boxing up old press clippings during my move. There was Sieckmann on the magazine cover, leaning back in a cheap plastic lawn chair next to a bucket of golf balls, a driver leaning on his left shoulder like a lazy rifle.
Throughout the 2,000-word profile, I...
The Project, Pt. 4: The Dream Home
This is the fourth and final part of a series that ran in the Dec. 20, Feb. 28 and April 18 issues of The Reader. Read Pt. 1, Pt. 2, and Pt. 3.
They say going through a house remodel is the most stressful thing a couple can live through, more stressful apparently than surviving a life-threatening illness or financial ruin. Yet months into our project and we were having the time of our lives....
Kids Eat Free: Pull Up A Seat
Only 10 percent of the children in the state of Nebraska who are eligible for the summer meals program actually take advantage of it.
Hunger Free Heartland is out to change that by spreading the word about its Summer Food Service Program.
Sue Arment, Director for Hunger Free Heartland, says the program is open to kids ages 1-18. There are no ID checks and no paperwork or documentation is...
Dark Side of the Runway or There She Is, Miss American Idiot
A few notes from last week...
Nostalgia and my prurient curiosity were the reasons we switched channels between Game 5 of the NBA finals and the Miss USA beauty pageant Sunday night.
I remembered the pageant growing up, seeing a teary-eyed Bob Barker (Burt Parks hosted the Miss America pageant, a completely different animal) serenade a teary-eyed Miss Wherever as she strolled down the...
Once upon a time an urban dead end became the Old Market
In a state with few destination attractions, Omaha's Old Market arts-entertainment district packs them in. The draw is not any one or two venues, but a collective of shops, restaurants, bars, galleries and creative spaces, along with the historic character of those places.
Designer Roger duRand opened one of the first businesses there, the head shop The Farthest Outpost, with Wade Wright in...
You Can't Always Get What You Want (But you can get what you need)
Maybe it was because of the rain, but no one was shopping at the Benson Farmers Market last Saturday morning, except for us. Then again, there was no one shopping at said farmers market two weeks ago when the weather was fine.
And I can't blame them, because there ain't much there to "shop." Of the handful of tents that lined Military Avenue, one sold baked goods, another bedding plants, one...
Getting straight
Compassion in Action's move to the former Wesley House campus at 2001 North 35th Street is symbolic for CIA founder-executive director Teela Mickles.
Her nonprofit serving men, women and children touched by the judicial and penal system will return community-based human services to a site that housed Nebraska's oldest social service agency.
The Wesley House Community Center was a United...
90 Days Down - A Meaty Interim Looms
In January The Reader contacted some Omaha state senators to see what they were expecting in the long 90-day session ahead of them.
On June 5th senators were scattering after a session almost uniformly described as "tough." We tried to contact the same senators. Two revealed they were considering higher office. All were focused on the summer interim session--after a break.
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The investor wants to help U.S. companies bring back $2 trln of overseas cash in return for a reduced tax that will fund infrastructure. A massive so-called super PAC will back like-minded candidates in 2016 elections. The idea makes sense, but a longer-term fix would be better.
Twitter free-speech chirps carry overtone of risk
After its UK super-injunction tiff, the microblog is fighting to reveal secret U.S. demands for data. The two cases show that firms have power to resist being muzzled – or forced to speak. That's a check on judicial and government overreach, but it could undermine regulation.
Review: Paul Ryan changes delivery but not direction
"The Way Forward," by the U.S. congressman and former VP candidate, is more campaign manifesto than memoir. Ryan's rhetoric has softened but his harsh policy proposals haven't. The title is accurate in at least one way. His austerity ideas probably will guide Republican strategy.
JPMorgan hits Washington's reset button
U.S. senators who oversee the banking sector slammed regulators on Tuesday for apparent lapses related to JPMorgan's trading losses. Other Dodd-Frank tweaks that had been moving along are grinding to a halt. Glimmers of hope for clear bank rules look all but squashed for now.
Jamie Dimon should come out swinging in Senate
JPMorgan's dumb trades exposed its risk management as fallible. But it's an issue primarily for shareholders, not politicians. The notion that rules and watchdogs should prevent banks from losing money engenders the false sense of security that girds too-big-to-fail thinking.
Pandora's income stream on congressional playlist
The online radio company is shackled by music royalties that lock up about half its revenue. Newly proposed U.S. legislation would cut those costs to as low as the 8 pct paid by rival Sirius XM. A Breakingviews calculator shows just how much value that would release for Pandora.
Gunsmith finds cold shoulders on Wall Street
Financiers typically turn away fees as willingly as dogs give up steaks. But major banks are leery of financing bids for Freedom Group for fear of damaging their reputations. Making assault rifles has joined pornography on the list of activities with risks that money can't hide.
Financial reform hits double deep freeze
Even before the U.S. capital was buried under three feet of snow in a matter of days, Washington was frozen solid.
Obama's new sanctions aim to expose crony Putinism
The punitive steps against Russia are ostensibly just an escalated response to the Crimea annexation. But they allege a link between the Kremlin boss and Swiss oil trader Gunvor. Washington seems determined to reveal how Putin and his comrades amassed fortunes at public expense.
Washington needs to quit housing business
There are, to be sure, lots of villains to blame for America's financial crisis: regulators, Wall Street executives, credit ratings agencies, Alan Greenspan. But the one baddie Washington doesn't want to touch is, well, Washington. Its crime: pushing federal policies that favored ever-increasing home ownership, thus helping spawn the housing bubble at the center of the devastating meltdown.
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Offer In Compromise - A Process To Settle Back Taxes With The IRS
If you owe money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), you know how stressful of a situation it can be. However, you do have options that can help you erase your debt and enjoy a clear conscience, free from the burdens of financial obligation. The IRS may consider working with you to formulate an offer in compromise (OIC), which can reduce your tax bill to a mere percentage of the original amount owed. Although there is no legal obligation for the IRS to accept an OIC to settle a tax bill, they are required to seriously review any properly submitted request. Additionally, if your OIC is not approved, you have the recourse of requesting a hearing with the IRS Appeals Office.
How to Qualify for an OIC
Everyone would like to settle their tax bill for a fraction of what they owe. The IRS does not grant an OIC to anyone wishing to shirk their financial responsibility to Uncle Sam. There are certain circumstances that must be met in order for the IRS to consider granting an OIC.
Doubt of liability is one such condition that may qualify you for an OIC. Essentially, this means that there are genuine factors in existence which... read article


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This was opening day of the Cherry Blossom Festival. I drove in and parked at 9AM in a free, on-street, unlimited-time block near the Washington Monument. By tihe time I left three hours larter, after walking around the basin and through the Jefferson Monument, the place was teaming. Lots of little kids, lots of asian ...
My friend Judith has lived in this tiny house for a million years and has one of the most charming gardens imaginable. This panorama would have continued on, but both sets of batteries ( camera and robot ) went out during different stages of shooting and my beer was getting warm.
A beautiful day.
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A beautiful day and an awesome view.
This was one of the early missions on the journey of Father Kino, who travelled widely through the area. It was actually quite busy there this day with people attending mass and getting their foreheads smeared. This is the first part of an "Ashtray" series, in which I will be visiting locations around Arizona which are...
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Glucose is apparently > fructose when it comes to lasting satiety, and if that matters to you, here's a brief, likely simplistic comparison of glucose-y foods (most carbohydrates) and fructose-y foods (fruits, vegetables, honey), and here's the Wikipedia page for glucose, although it doesn't take you on the wildest ride in the world.
The study originally appeared, glucose-ishly, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, although it's been popping up, fructose-ishly, in more easily digestible forms elsewhere.
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Q2 2008 Earnings Call
July 29, 2008 10:00 am ET
Earl J. Hesterberg - President and Chief Executive Officer
John C. Rickel - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Randy L. Callison - Senior Vice President of Operations and Corporate Development
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Peter DeLongchamps
Good morning everyone and welcome to the Group 1 Automotive 2008 Second Quarter Conference Call.
Before we begin I'd like to make some brief remarks about forward-looking statements and the use of non-GAAP financial measures.
Except for historical information mentioned during the conference call, statements made by management of Group 1 Automotive are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve both known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results.
Those risks include but are not limited to risks associate with pricing, volume and the conditions of markets. Those and other risks are described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the past 12 months. Copies of these filings are available from both the SEC and the company. In addition, certain non-GAAP financial measures are defined under SEC rules and may be discussed on this call.
As required by applicable SEC rules, the company provides reconciliations of any such non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures on its website.
I'd now like to turn the call over to our President and CEO, Mr. Earl Hesterberg.
Earl Hesterberg
In a moment I will turn the call over to our CFO John Rickel, who will provide Group 1 financial results. After he is finished I will go over our updated guidance and then open up the call for questions.
Before I turn the call over to John, I will begin by telling you what we observed during the quarter. The overall selling environment certainly got more challenging during the second quarter. Beginning with Memorial Day weekend, the market took another significant step down. Customer traffic declined further as consumer confidence was again shaken due to the higher gasoline prices and issues surrounding the financial markets.
The major shift in car versus truck sales that has resulted from higher gas prices is unprecedented in terms of the magnitude and speed of the mix shift. For the second quarter, 62% of our new vehicle unit sales were cars. This was nearly 7 percentage points more than in the same period last year. Conversely, truck sales fell from 45% of unit sales to 48% for the period. The result of this rapid switch in customer preference is significant declines in secondary market valuations for trucks and large SUVs and a large imbalance between supply and demand for both new and used units.
On the new vehicle side, beginning in June, we've seen a number of the manufacturers respond with higher incentives to try to address some of this imbalance.
These changes are creating many challenges in our business for perfectly sizing our operations, determining inventory stocking and helping customers with residual value issues. Any one who has financed a large truck or SUV in the past several years is almost certainly upside down on their loan. As a result, we've seen our volume in margins for new and used vehicles impacted adversely.
The mixed shift coupled with general slow down meant that dealerships that are more dependent on truck sales, Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet, were particularly hard hit. Geographically California remains weak, but does not appear to be slowing further while Florida and the Southeast deteriorated again this quarter. Our business in Texas and the Northeast held up better, but no region of the country was immune to the slow down.
In the midst of these challenges we did have several bright spots. We have continued to be profitable and grow in our more controllable parts and service and financing insurance businesses. The parts and services business has historically been relatively stable during sales downturns and we believe that this business should remain solid through this current decline.
Parts and service profits covered approximately 70% to 80% of our total fixed costs and is therefore the core of our business. Our total parts and service sales increased 9.2% for the quarter with a 4.8% increase on a same store basis. Gross profits in this area were up 7.7% for the quarter as we experience improvements in all areas of this business. In addition with our continued focus on strategic improvements in the finance and insurance business, we continue to grow our profit per retail unit, which at $1,078.00 per unit was up $74.00 from the same period a year ago.
Now let us turn to inventories. Our new vehicle inventory improves 4 days to 66-day supply from the end of the first quarter and increased 8 days from the prior year period. Cars accounted for 37% while trucks made up 63% of the inventory. Although we saw improvements in our new vehicle day's supply we clearly need to continue shifting our mix to match consumer demand.
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We radiate at various strengths, depending on how well we are acting on the guidance of our conscience. Our conscience lets us know what is right for us in each moment - it is our personal guidance system.
This is lesson 37 in the series "Conquering Codependency - Loving Without Leaning" looking at aspects of codependency from a spiritual point of view.
All the uplifting practices we use with our mind and body to regain and maintain peacefulness and ease are for the purpose of clearing the mist that is lying between our everyday waking consciousness and our conscience.
Some uplifting and cleansing practices include:
- Clean diet - free of harmful substances;
- Physical exercise - aerobic (walking, biking, swimming, jogging), hatha yoga, tai chi;
- Prayer, meditation, mindfulness, reflection, affirmations;
- Positive attitude;
- Virtues such as caring, sharing, kindness, compassion.
Reflective Meditation
Sit in your favorite place on a cushion or chair; breathe in an even pattern such as 2 counts in and 2 counts out. After a minute let go of your conscious counting but continue the pattern. Close your eyes and reflect on these thoughts -
The cleansing practices allow our light-strength to be naturally increased - as when a globe of light shines brighter after being dusted. As we increase in our capacity to shine, we experience love more profoundly and abundantly.
If we can experience more love by shining at 150 watts, why stay at 40 watts? Caring and sharing to the best of our ability each moment does the process of going from dim to shining brightly.
Every one of our loving acts opens our consciousness a little more, till we eventually feel connected and comfortable in lovingness. This state of lovingness is like feeling ourselves as a limitless self-effulgent sun - our energized love warming our own body and radiating upon all the creation through our caring actions.
Let Your Light Shine Prayer
May I shine brightly today
And brighter tomorrow
Becoming aware of the Light I once knew.
Finish your meditation with a deep breath and go on with peace in your heart and the intention to let your light shine ever more brightly.
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David Pick: Raptors SL forward Darington Hobson, a former draftee, signs with Brasilia in Brazil. I'm told deal includes NBA & Euro outs.
David 'Dubi' Pick: The San Antonio Spurs invite former second-round draftee SF Darington Hobson for workout. Recently played in the Israeli minors.
Though the Warriors essentially let the 87ers take Hobson away, they could have, nevertheless, still invited him to NBA training camp had they wanted to. Instead, RidiculousUpside.com has learned exclusively that two of his Santa Cruz teammates (Cameron Jones and Scott Machado) are expected to be in camp instead. What's more, Stephen Curry's little brother, Seth, is expected to be in town for that as well. Needless to say, Hobson wasn't at all too pleased about that.
By signing with a team in China, Hobson is likely to forgo any "NBA out" clause he would normally be accustomed to when signing an international deal with another team overseas. That said, the CBA concludes its season a little bit earlier than other international leagues, making it possible for Hobson to come home to the states and cash in on his success by catching on with an NBA team if so desired.


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Report: Barkevious Mingo (lung) could be ready to play by Week 2
When Browns rookie linebacker Barkevious Mingo, the No. 6 pick overall, bruised his lung in a preseason game earlier this month, the results turned scary soon afterward when he began coughing up blood.
At that point, it was thought Mingo could be out for as long as two months, because the blood signified a more serious injury.
Now, though an ESPN report states that Mingo, though he probably won't play in the team's season opener, is expected to return by Week 2.
Mingo is scheduled for a CT scan Monday, and the results of that will determine whether Cleveland will try to get him ready to play in Week 1.
Mingo, though, hasn't practiced since he hurt himself in the Detroit game about two weeks ago. He's begun to run on the side and has worked with weights, but he still hasn't been cleared to practice.
"We have no timetable," coach Rob Chudzinski told reporters earlier this week. "We'll just have to see how he progresses and how he heals."
Chudzinski also said the team doesn't plan to place Mingo on the short-term IR list, which would keep him from playing for half the season.
Instead, it sounds like we'll see Mingo sooner rather than later, which is stupendous news for a Browns squad that, at one point, was rightfully worried about his prognosis.
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Knott's Berry Farm's annual Coaster Run will take place March 10.
The event includes 5k and 10K run/walks and a half-mile Camp Snoopy fun run for kids.
All have a sweet finish: a slice of boysenberry pie and a Snoopy medal.
Admission to the park will be half-price for racers.
Click here for details from the organizer.
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have 105 sti 8spd shifters.
Scirrocco wheels with campag hub.
Veloce 9spd cassette with spacers and 1 cog removed to be compatible with the 105 sti.
I need a new rear DR for about 6 months before changing to all Campag Chorus drive chain and Chorus 10spd Ergo.
Which RD would give me the best shifting in the interim?
1. 9spd 105
2. 9spd Ultegra.
3. Used 8spd Durace if I can find one.
4. 9spd Veloce
5. Used 8spd Veloce if I can find one.
Any other suggestion?
Thank you all for your time, much appreciated.
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Because my son is an 11yo junior road/cyclocross/triathlon racer and my husband and I need to learn a lot about the sport. I searched for "junior" and did not come up with much but did enjoy the descriptions of how to buy a bike. I am sure my son will enjoy the site as well. Any advice on where to turn for junior specific info on training, bike purchases (the darn boy just keeps growing), etc. would be appreciated. There does not seem to be a clearinghouse site on this topic, perhaps because most kids have parents who know what they are doing?
The answer to the question, how many people and how many trips to the bike shop does it take to fix a flat in our family is 3 and 4. But we did it!