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TCL > July 2013 Issue > James W. Wilson (1925–2000)
About the Author
Jeffrey P. Kelson is Jim Wilson's son. Kelson is a career law clerk for Judge Robert E. Blackburn, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado—firstname.lastname@example.com. Special thanks are due to Brian Lindner who, over many years, has thoroughly researched and preserved the history of the Camel's Hump bomber crash. The author welcomes additional stories about or photos of Jim Wilson.
"You're going to lose both hands and both feet," the Army doctor told a young soldier.1 "It will be rough. You will be able to do simple things afterward, but that is about all. You have got to face it."2 With that, the doctor turned and left.
The young soldier was Jim Wilson. The year was 1944 and Jim was 19 years old. Jim lay in his bed and wept, knowing that his hands and his feet would be amputated. A few days later, he said to himself, "I'm going to prove that guy wrong."3 Relying on the personal strength he gained in his childhood, as well as the support of the other amputees he befriended in the hospital, he began to rebuild his life.
Less than ten years later, Jim began his career as a Colorado lawyer. Throughout his life, he traveled an extraordinarily difficult path; nevertheless, with high levels of strength, skill, generosity, and optimism, Jim practiced law in Colorado for more than thirty-five years. As a lawyer and in countless other ways, he moved from the simple to the extraordinary. Every day, he happily proved that doctor wrong.
Youth in the Deep South
Jim was born in Miami, Florida in 1925, the youngest of five children. The Wilson family was living in Miami because Jim's dad, Mack, had found work there. In 1926, work in Miami dried up and the Wilsons moved back to their hometown of Tifton, Georgia. As the Depression gathered force, the Wilsons lived on the thin economic edge.
In 1931, Mack was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In an effort to treat the disease, the family drove west in a 1929 Chevrolet, towing a homemade trailer.4 For a short time, they lived in an army surplus tent in El Paso, Texas, hoping the dry air would stem the disease. That hope failed, the family returned to Tifton, and in April 1932, Mack died at home in Tifton. At the height of the Great Depression, Jim's mother, Mary, was left penniless with five children and no bread-winner. Jim was 7 years old.
Mary had many relatives in Tifton. Her family, the Mullis family, looked out for each other. For a time, Mary worked for minimal wages in various Mullis family businesses and in a peanut mill in Tifton. Eventually, Mary moved the family to Jacksonville, Florida, so she could take a job in the Swisher Cigar factory. The wage of ten dollars per week seemed bountiful compared to the five dollars per week she earned in Tifton.
Mary worked many other jobs while raising her five children. In later years, Jim often praised his mother's remarkable strength and determination during these hard times. Jim spent the latter half of his childhood in Jacksonville. Typical of the Depression, he and his siblings also worked various jobs to help the family make ends meet.
A Midnight Ride With Mr. Wise
In the early 1940s, when he was 16 or 17 years old, Jim worked at the Foremost Dairy in Jacksonville. One night, while working the overnight shift, he was told to drive a truckload of ice cream to Daytona Beach with Mr. Wise, a well-liked and well-respected older employee.5 Mr. Wise was black. Jim was white. As Jim and Mr. Wise drove south in the dark wee hours, Mr. Wise suggested they get some coffee. He stopped the truck in front of an all-night diner.
Jim knew Mr. Wise would not be permitted to enter the diner, but he was too embarrassed to acknowledge that harsh fact to the respected Mr. Wise. So, Jim said, "C'mon, let's go in." Mr. Wise responded in a stern voice: "You know I can't go in there. The only way we'll get coffee is if you go in there, buy it, and bring it back out to the truck." Jim obliged.
The coffee purchase opened a discussion between Jim and Mr. Wise. As they continued driving south, Mr. Wise told Jim what it was like to be black. He told Jim of the signs on the edge of many small coastal Florida towns that read: "Nigger, don't let the sun go down on you here."6 Mr. Wise described how those signs were deeply terrifying to him and to everyone he knew.
More than fifty years later, his ride with Mr. Wise still reverberated in Jim's mind and brought tears to his eyes. Often, Jim said that certain specific childhood experiences—such as his ride with Mr. Wise—cued him to begin thinking about racism. Other experiences prompted him to begin thinking about elitism, education, politics, and other social issues. As a teenager, Jim did not develop strong opinions on such topics. Rather, as he matured, he often looked back on his childhood experiences as a guide for his approach to life.
War and Airplanes
As a high school student, Jim couldn't "apply himself to his books and he had no compelling ambition."7 He dropped out of high school. He loved cars, but never had the money for anything more than a broken down jalopy. He loved airplanes, too.
As World War II raged and Jim came of age, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He underwent basic training at Tyndall Field in Georgia, a place he always called "Camp Swampy." As a member of the Army Air Corps, his dream of flying was realized, but flaws in his vision prevented him from becoming a pilot. Army training took him all over the country. Ultimately, he was assigned to the crew of a B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber that was a mainstay of U.S. air power in World War II.
The Camel's Hump Bomber Crash
In October 1944, Jim was stationed at Westover Field, Massachusetts. Pilot or not, he was happy to be training as a crew member on a B-24. On the night of October 15, the crew was scheduled for a routine late-night training flight over New England. The crew was assigned a B-24 Liberator numbered 51067. The night was cold and 51067 was not equipped with windows in the waist gun positions, near the tail of the airplane. Before takeoff, Jim and his friend Richard Wynne "discretely removed the waist windows from a nearby Liberator and installed them in their own plane. They knew these windows would help to keep them warm on a night like this."8 The bomber took off from Westover Field around midnight and climbed to 8,000 feet.
At 8,000 feet, the airplane was very cold, roughly 6 degrees Fahrenheit, and the crew's fleece-lined leather flight suits did not provide sufficient warmth. As 51067 made its scheduled turn over Albany, New York, most of the crew remained forward in the airplane, trying to keep warm. Jim had no assigned tasks and he decided a nap was in order. He crossed the catwalk through the bomb bay, stepped into the waist section of the plane, and made himself as comfortable as possible. The borrowed waist gunner windows made things a bit warmer and Jim dozed into a shallow slumber.
A short time later, the pilot permitted the bomber to descend to 4,000 feet, a descent that would increase the outside temperature from the single digits to the low teens.9 Navigational charts showed most mountains on the remaining parts of the flight path to be under 2,400 feet. A mountain named Camel's Hump was shown at 4,083 feet.
Jim continued to doze as the bomber made a right turn near Burlington, Vermont. Flying at about 185 miles per hour, 51067 headed toward Manchester, New Hampshire. In the darkness and without warning, eighteen inches of the bomber's left wing tip struck the cliff on the west side of Camel's Hump, about 200 feet below the summit.10 Liberator 51067 was doomed. Jim woke up to the terrifying sound of scraping, tearing metal. He knew they were crashing. He was bounced into a standing position and then immediately was knocked unconscious. As the 36,000-pound airplane slammed into the south slope of Camel's Hump, it broke apart and wreckage scattered widely. Jim's nine crewmates died instantly in the crash but, remarkably, Jim remained in the waist section of the fuselage as the airplane disintegrated.11 Ultimately, he came to rest at the bottom of a steep embankment, inside the broken waist section. The clock on the bomber's instrument panel showed 1:58 a.m., Monday, October 16, 1944. The ground was covered with fresh snow and the temperature was in the low 20s.
Incredible Bad Luck—Incredible Good Luck
Had the bomber been flying just eighteen inches to the right of its actual path, the crew and their airplane would have flown past Camel's Hump without incident. Instead, Jim's nine crewmates were dead and the bomber was broken and scattered. Jim had the incredible good luck to survive the devastating crash. With a concussion, a bad gash over his left eye, and a broken right knee, he lay alone in the cold wreckage. He had no idea where he was and had no ability to protect himself from the cold. As he lay dazed in the wreckage, he saw parachute fabric in the trees and thought the others had tried to bail out without him. He worried about the return of the waist windows he and Richard Wynne had borrowed from another bomber shortly before takeoff. As he lay in the fuselage, Jim could see that the waist windows now were missing. Of course, his problems were much more serious.
Heavy fog and clouds obscured the wreckage from view by aerial searches all day Monday and into Tuesday morning. The clouds finally cleared on Tuesday afternoon and the wreckage was spotted from the air at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Quickly, Vermont Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Wing Commander William Mason realized that the Army had mis-plotted the map coordinates of the crash site. Mason called Westover Field to report the error. Bluntly, a captain at Westover told Mason that the Army knew what it was doing and the CAP should consider itself off the case. The Army sent a rescue mission, but that team was sent to the wrong side of Camel's Hump.12 Knowing the Army's rescue efforts were misdirected, Mason called his son Peter, a senior at Waterbury High School. Peter gathered several other high school CAP cadets and the CAP mounted an independent rescue mission, a mission focused on the actual crash site.
At about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, five CAP cadets and one adult leader reached the summit of Camel's Hump. More than forty hours had passed since the crash. Looking down at the south slope of the mountain, they saw wreckage and two parachutes flapping from small trees. As they descended from the summit, the smell of aviation fuel filled the air, wreckage was everywhere, and the ground was covered with six inches of fresh snow. Crawling through the brush and wreckage, they heard a faint call. Following the sound down a steep embankment, they found the waist section of the fuselage, the broken tail section, and a semi-conscious Jim Wilson, now outside the fuselage. Jim's forty-one hours alone had ended.
The rescue crew comprised five high school students and one adult leader, Dr. Edwin H. Steele, a local dentist.13 The crew was ill-equipped to spend an October night in the snow on Camel's Hump, much less to nurse a critically ill patient. They had one flashlight, a package of Oreos,14 no shelter, and grossly insufficient clothing. They gathered canvas engine covers, parachutes, and other material from the bomber to give them and Jim shelter. Under those improvised covers, Robert Ladd, a CAP cadet, gave Jim a body hug throughout the night to restore warmth to his body. Using an oxygen bottle from the bomber as an assist, the rescuers built a small fire, despite their fear of igniting aviation fuel spilled across the snow-covered mountainside. When asked about the crash, Jim could not even say his name. Throughout the night, he often spoke deliriously to his rescuers. They feared he would not survive the night.
Without his rescuers, Jim would have died that night of hypothermia. He had the amazing good luck to survive the crash, plus the astonishing good fortune to be rescued by Vermont locals who knew the Army's search efforts were misdirected and who had the skills and initiative to make their own rescue effort.
At dawn on Wednesday, Dr. Steele and one CAP cadet hiked out and informed the Army about its survivor. Later in the day, Jim was carried on a stretcher over a long and difficult trail to the base of Camel's Hump. Three days after the crash, he was loaded onto an airplane at the Burlington airport for the flight back to Westover Field. In 2011, the pilot's flight log for Jim's flight from Burlington back to Westover was discovered. The flight log includes this remarkable entry: "Almost crashed on takeoff."15
It's All Just Preparation
In his forty-one hours alone on Camel's Hump, Jim suffered severe frostbite to both hands and both feet. Initially, doctors took a wait-and-see attitude about the fate of his limbs.
Jim's cousin, Hazel Feldhaus, went to visit him in the hospital. She recalled about her visit:
At that time, they were still doing the amputating. They literally took his fingers and toes off one by one—they didn't know how far up the arms and legs his frostbite [and gangrene] went. I had planned to stay several days, but I couldn't take it.16
Hazel had grown up with Jim and had seen how tough he could be. Now, she saw that Jim's tough childhood was preparation for this major trial.17
Ultimately, Jim's hands were amputated between the wrist and the elbow and his feet were amputated between the ankle and the knee. After the amputations were completed, he contracted double pneumonia. He had lost seventy pounds and he was depressed. At the amputation center of the England General Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Jim was placed on a hospital ward with three other amputees, whom he recalled as being "the biggest hell raisers in the place."18 Although his multiple disabilities were much more severe than theirs, the other amputees treated Jim as an equal and prodded him with their unique gallows humor and grim horseplay.
Customarily, a new patient who had lost both feet was given a box of foot powder, presented ceremoniously by a committee of other amputees. Amputees who had lost both hands were presented a manicure set. Jim used the same humor throughout the rest of his life. Initially, he was fitted with prosthetic hands, which he always called his "hooks," because they literally were metal mechanical hooks. He would hold up one of his hooks and say, "I guess I'll never go hitchhiking."19 Later, he was fitted with prosthetic legs and feet. Ever blunt and pragmatic, Jim always called the remaining portions of his limbs his "stumps." When one of his children complained about an ingrown toenail, Jim said, "I found the cure for that." When he was looking for a home in Florida, someone mentioned nearby alligators. Jim said, "I used to play with alligators all of the time!" Primarily, he used this humor to make others feel comfortable.
While he was a patient at England General, Jim received a package and a letter of support from someone who also dealt with disability. The package contained a long cigarette holder and a warm letter signed "Franklin D. Roosevelt."20
Jim recalled the amputation center at England General Hospital as a place filled with good spirits and high morale—a place where self-pity was not permitted.21 In many ways, Jim's fellow amputees gave him the unique support and encouragement only they could provide. His fellow amputees helped him learn to use his hooks and his new legs.22
Back to School
In October 1944, when the bomber crashed, Jim was a high school dropout whose ambition was to become a mechanic or a truck driver.23 In February 1946, he left England General Hospital walking on his artificial legs and using his hooks as his new hands. His circumstances and his ambitions had shifted dramatically.
Jim returned to Jacksonville, where he was celebrated widely for his amazing recovery. He attended Jacksonville Junior College for two years, and then entered the University of Florida, in Gainesville, in a pre-law course. As he prepared to leave Jacksonville Junior College, he sold some books to a young woman named Dorothy Mortenson. On June 5, 1950, Jim received his BA from the University of Florida. Three days later, he married Dorothy. On their way to honeymoon in Canada, they stopped in Vermont to visit Jim's rescuers.
While in college, Jim realized he could not live in the hot, humid weather of the South. His skin surface had been reduced by the amputations, and that significantly diminished his ability to dissipate body heat. Also, to wear his artificial legs and his hooks, he had to put thick wool stump socks on his legs and cotton stump socks on his arms before inserting them into his artificial limbs. Wearing all of this, Jim often was hot. Air conditioning was still mostly a dream, and the cool, dry climate in Colorado held great appeal.
To a modern-day law student, Jim's description of his application for admission to the University of Colorado (CU) Law School sounds impossible. As he told the story, he simply wrote to the dean of CU Law School saying he had just graduated from the University of Florida and asked whether he could begin law school at CU the upcoming fall semester.24 He described the dean's response to be: "You bet. Come on!"25
Dorothy and Jim arrived in Boulder in the summer of 1950. Dorothy continued her undergraduate work at CU while Jim began law school in CU's Guggenheim Law Building. Chuck Butler, who attended CU with Jim, recalls seeing him climbing the long set of stairs to the main door of Guggenheim, carrying an armload of books.26 Chuck watched Jim take notes in class, holding a pen in one of his hooks. Lacking full confidence in his own abilities, Chuck looked at Jim and thought: "If he can do it, I sure can!"27 Looking back, Jim always spoke very fondly of his experience at CU. Most of all, he enjoyed his classmates, some of whom became lifelong friends.
Into the Deep End
"In law school, they never taught us where the courthouse was located!" For many years, Jim often made that observation, with a slightly critical tone in his voice. Jim and his good friend Charles Montfort graduated from CU Law School in 1953, and they began to practice law together in Denver in early 1954. The Camel's Hump bomber crash was less than ten years behind him. Finding the courthouse ultimately was the easy part; learning to practice law was a big challenge—but it also was a grand adventure.
Jim took many appointments from the U.S. District Court in Denver. These were appointments to defend indigent criminal defendants without pay. Throughout his life as a lawyer, he was staunchly loyal to the concept that all criminal defendants deserve a robust defense. As a new lawyer, he knew these appointments would be a fertile training ground.
Jim recalled U.S. District Judge William Lee Knous with great respect and appreciation.28 "Judge Knous held my hand through my first four or five trials," he said.29 "After that, he let me know that I was on my own and he pushed me into the deep end."30 Apparently, Judge Knous's tutorial was sufficient. Jim continued to accept criminal appointments into the 1970s, while also developing a successful and widely varied law practice.
Prejudice in a New Form—McCarthyism
As an American growing up in the early 20th century, Jim saw many forms of prejudice. His midnight ride with Mr. Wise typified the stark and brutal racial prejudice he saw as a child and young adult. In other ways, he sometimes was on the receiving end of prejudice. As a kid from a poor family, many people looked down on him simply because he was poor. In Jim's view, those snobs had no idea about who he really was, and he was offended by their baseless snap judgment of him. When he returned to Florida as a recovered quadruple amputee, he often was celebrated, but sometimes prejudice held sway. Jim's cousin Hazel recalled that he "would be out to dinner and the waiter would ask the person with him what Jim wanted to eat. That was frustrating; they thought that since he had lost his limbs, he had lost his mind."31
In the 1950s, Jim found McCarthyism to be similarly offensive. In his view, McCarthyism resulted in snap judgments based on fear of a person's union membership or controversial political beliefs, and not on facts about a person's plans to overthrow the government. Like the reckless assumptions of racism, the reckless assumptions of McCarthyism needled him mightily.
In 1956, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the key government tool of McCarthyism, scheduled two days of hearings in Denver.32 The Denver HUAC hearings were preceded by well-publicized criminal trials in which several Coloradans, based on their alleged activities as Communists, had suffered federal criminal convictions for violating the Smith Act.33 As the deep offense of McCarthyism planned a visit to their backyard, the newly hatched lawyers at Montfort & Wilson considered the prospect of representing some of the people who had been subpoenaed by the HUAC to testify in Denver. With that prospect in mind, Jim and Chuck sought the advice of William Doyle, a respected Denver lawyer.34 Doyle advised Jim and Chuck not to represent these clients, fearing the two young lawyers might draw severe retribution that would cause serious damage to their budding careers.35
Jim and Chuck respected Doyle's advice, but they rejected it. They each represented two clients at the Denver HUAC hearings.36 Gene Deikman was a young Denver lawyer who was subpoenaed by the HUAC in 1956. Many years later, Gene said it was great to have Jim, a man "with the status of a war hero," on his side in the McCarthy era.37 Chuck and Jim feared retribution as they considered these clients, but they never felt they actually suffered any retribution.38 Recalling the Denver Smith Act trials, Jim always expressed great respect and appreciation for the Denver lawyers, including many from what he called the "silk stocking law firms," who volunteered to represent the controversial defendants in those trials.39 More than forty years later, he still was deeply offended by McCarthyism and the Denver HUAC hearings. In 2001, recalling the 1956 Denver HUAC hearings, Chuck Montfort said: "It certainly was un-American."40
Thriving as a Colorado Lawyer
By 1957, Jim had significant trial experience, gained mostly through his no-pay appointments in criminal cases. In addition, he had learned bankruptcy law. In the mid-50s, the clerk of the federal district court frequently referred bankruptcy clients to Jim, initially at the suggestion of Judge Knous.41 Jim seized that opportunity and trained himself in bankruptcy law. In 1957, Jim and Chuck Montfort dissolved their partnership. Chuck had other business interests and he found that Jim "did so much work I had to quit."42
Without Chuck, Jim had more work than he could handle. Jon Boltz, a recent graduate of the University of Denver College of Law, was told about Jim's need for help and contacted Jim about the possibility of working with him. The two men hit it off in their first meeting, and Jon immediately began working with Jim.43 With Jim as his mentor, Jon learned trial work and bankruptcy law. Over many years, the two tried many criminal cases and many personal injury cases together, while also managing a busy general practice.
"Pragmatic" is the key word Jon Boltz uses to describe Jim as a trial lawyer.44 In trial, Jon says, the jury would see from Jim a straightforward assessment of the facts and evidence, plenty of common sense, and no "hide-the-ball" tactics.45 Jim's trial objections were precise and well stated. That approach, Jon says, "lends to your credibility" and, in a close case, can "draw the jury in your direction."46 In his criminal cases, Jim filed many appeals with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. In oral argument before the circuit, Jon recalls, it was rare for the judges to interrupt Jim. In Jon's estimation, Jim's well-focused arguments and the respect he engendered combined to make the judges less prone to interrupt. Recalling their high-volume bankruptcy practice, Jon says Jim's knowledge of bankruptcy law was encyclopedic. "We confronted a wide variety of bankruptcy issues," Jon says, but Jon rarely had to do research on bankruptcy law. "I just asked Jim," he says.47
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Richard Matsch was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Denver. Jim was appointed to represent defendants in several cases on which Matsch was the prosecutor. In 1974, Richard Matsch became a federal district judge in Denver. Judge Matsch recalls first meeting Jim in the 1950s and wondering how he would treat him, and how he would handle such an opponent in front of a jury.48 This anxiety quickly was eliminated, Judge Matsch says, by Jim's skill with his hooks. "He made things seem normal."49 He made others comfortable and his disability seemed to go away.50 "Judges used to say, 'Mr. Wilson, you don't have to stand to make objections,' but he always stood."51 "He didn't want anyone to give him special consideration."52 Recalling Jim's acceptance of many appointments to defend the indigent accused, Judge Matsch said, "I think a large part of that was his commitment to his view of justice. I think he felt he had a special obligation."53
In 1969, Dave Brougham was a newly minted lawyer in the office of the Denver District Attorney. Dave was told by his colleagues about Jim's use of his handkerchief during closing argument.54 As he delivered a closing argument, he sometimes would remove his handkerchief from his jacket pocket, using one of his hooks, mop his brow, and then nimbly replace the handkerchief in his pocket. Apparently, this held jurors in rapt attention. Over a long span of years, Zita L. Weinshienk was a judge in the Denver County Court, the Denver District Court, and the U.S. District Court in Denver. In 2005, Judge Weinshienk recalled Jim's use of his handkerchief during closing argument. "It was so amazing to watch," Judge Weinshienk said. "I thought it was almost unfair to permit him to put on such a show."55 In several trials over many years, Judge Weinshienk never stopped Jim from mopping his brow.
Dressed in thick stump socks, four artificial limbs, and a suit, Jim often was overheated and sweating, especially when in trial in courtrooms without air conditioning. We never will know how much of his closing-argument-brow-mopping was simply a necessity and how much was a tactic to enhance the persuasive effect of a closing argument. Most likely, his brow mopping was an adroit combination of necessity and a technique of persuasion.
Jack Pfeiffer was a law clerk to Judge Knous from 1954 to 1955, and then an Assistant U.S. Attorney until 1959. As a prosecutor, Jack faced Jim on many cases. Recalling Jim, Jack says: "Everyone perked up when Jim walked into the courtroom. You had a hard time feeling sorry for yourself."56 Courtroom or not, people generally lit up in Jim's presence. His deft grace in handling his multiple disabilities was humbling and inspiring. In addition, he routinely was happy, engaging, humorous, informed, and hopeful. Recalling Jim in interviews for this article, many who knew him have lit up with their own inspired enthusiasm about their memorable friend and colleague. Jim made people feel good.
As a young prosecutor in 1969, Dave Brougham saw many older lawyers who blatantly sought to intimidate a young prosecutor with their age and purported vast experience.57 Jim was older and more experienced than Dave, but, unlike many of his peers, Jim "did not talk down" to Dave.58 Rather, he treated Dave as a respected equal on the opposite side of the case. In Dave's estimation, Jim was both "respected and respectful."59
Laughter in Federal Court
Jim Wilson loved people and he loved a good laugh. As a lawyer, he enjoyed thoroughly the huge variety of personalities who came into his life as clients, judges, witnesses, and opposing lawyers. He loved to share this joy by telling stories about his life as a lawyer. A representative favorite is his story of the bank robbers who tried to fly away.
In 1969, Jim was appointed to defend one member of a four-man team with an unusual approach to robbing a bank. Two members of the team stole a Cessna 172 Skyhawk from Sky Ranch Airport in Adams County and flew to La Jara, Colorado.60 The other two stole a pickup truck from a Lakewood Chevrolet dealer and drove to La Jara. The team met at the airfield just outside La Jara, a town of about 700 people. Three of the men drove into town, robbed the bank in broad daylight, and then fled in the pickup back to the airfield. With all four men aboard the airplane, they began to taxi toward the runway. Recent rains had made the airfield muddy, and the wheels of the airplane quickly got stuck in the mud. By this time, an informal posse and one or two police officers were approaching the plane. Some had guns and some had meat cleavers taken from a nearby meat-packing plant. Three of the robbers were apprehended at the airfield. One slipped away but was captured late that night.
The men were tried in a joint trial before U.S. District Judge Alfred A. Arraj. Jim represented the robber who had slipped away. One of the other defendants had a deep, gravelly voice. As Jim described it, this man "was incapable of a whisper."61 As Judge Arraj read the jury instruction concerning flight as an indication of guilt, this defendant leaned over to his lawyer and tried to whisper, "Flight? Hell, we couldn't get off the ground!" Everyone in the courtroom, including the jury and the usually stoic Judge Arraj, heard the comment and burst out in laughter. Jim loved that "flight hell" punch line. Announcing the conviction of all four men, the Rocky Mountain News headline read: "Jury Clips Wings of 4 Aerobandits."62
Extending a Hook Up
"Money can't buy happiness, but it sure helps." Jim uttered that aphorism frequently, no doubt recalling his childhood. As a lawyer, he earned a very good living and he felt no qualms about doing so. At the same time, he enjoyed using his skills to help clients who could not afford to pay. "Every lawyer has a red cross in his office," he often observed.63 Through his criminal appointments, family, and other channels, he frequently used his legal skills to help those who could not pay for a lawyer. Like many lawyers, he found that making a good living on some cases made it possible to provide public service in other cases.
Over a long span of years, he devoted countless hours to the Colorado Easter Seal Society64 and the national Easter Seals organization. In that capacity, he frequently visited the Handi-Camp, the Colorado Easter Seals' mountain camp for children with disabilities.65 "Jim could relate to the kids," recalled Bruce Whitaker, former executive director of the Easter Seal Society of Colorado.66 "It was kind of neat for him to talk with those kids, to encourage them, and he pointed out that the mind is still a very fertile place."67 In Whitaker's estimation, Jim's recovery was particularly remarkable because he overcame his disabilities in an era of less understanding. "Jim's disability was in World War II. [In that era, a] lot of people worked in sheltered workshops. They did not think they could get out . . . and compete."68
Figuratively, Jim hoped to extend one of his hooks to give a hand up, not a hand out. He loved to see people improve their lives with a recipe he knew very well: some help and encouragement from others combined with tons of personal initiative and hard work. Always, he was happy and ready to provide help and encouragement to someone else. He had little patience for those who were able but unwilling to provide the most important ingredients—personal initiative and hard work.
Family and Later Life
In the mid-1950s, Jim and Dorothy had two children, Polly and Jeff. In the mid-1960s, Jim and Dorothy divorced, a divorce still seen by many as stunningly amicable. Jim re-married and his second wife, Agnes (Marie), brought three children, Chris, Mary (Kayte), and Debbie, to their marriage. Jim and Agnes were married until the late 1970s.
Jim was thrilled to share his joy of life with his children, and he did so with great generosity. For his children, simply watching Jim live his life conveyed impressively strong lessons on many fronts.
From the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, Jim and Jon Boltz pursued a thriving general practice. In that long span of years, they joined other partners, including Blaine Boyens and Dee Glenn. In 1965, Jim and Jon built a small office building at 1129 Cherokee Street, banking on its proximity to the Denver City and County Building. In the 1960s and 1970s, they continued to pursue personal injury, bankruptcy, and criminal defense, while also branching out into real estate, divorce, estates, professional liability, business organizations, DUIs, and almost any other topic that came through their door. Their skills were constantly in demand.
As he approached the age of 50, Jim wanted a new adventure. He quit practicing law and bought a small Longmont car dealership from Bob Stapp, one of his clients. Jim loved the cars, but he found running the business to be unpleasantly trying. After a few years, he sold the dealership back to the Stapp family.69 For a time, he worked as a real estate agent for Century 21 Real Estate in Lakewood. Having seen "the other side," he returned to practicing law. When he returned to the law, he again shared office space with his law school classmate, first partner, and lifelong friend, Chuck Montfort.
In 1985, I graduated from the CU Law School. For the next three years, I practiced law under the wing of my father, Jim Wilson. With a new perspective, I was privileged to learn from an accomplished master, to revisit many of the vivid lessons and stories of my childhood, and to see my dad working as a lawyer, day in and day out. Consistently, he continued to exhibit all of the qualities described by his many friends and colleagues, people who had practiced with him for more than thirty years.
In the early 1990s, Jim retired from practicing law and he married his third wife, Ilene Stegeman. After he retired, Jim and Ilene spent six months in Alamosa, Colorado, while Jim worked in the Colorado Bar Association's Lend-A-Lawyer program.70 Then, he and Ilene spent summers at their cabin outside Dumont, Colorado, and winters in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. In the late-1990s, he was diagnosed with emphysema. Bluntly, he would say "smoking is killing me." He spent the final years of his life living with Ilene on Jacksonville Beach, the beach he often visited as a teenager. Jim died on December 30, 2000.
"You're going to lose both hands and both feet." Jim always thought the doctor's brusque delivery of that devastating message was crudely blunt, bordering on cruel. Often, he wondered whether the doctor did that as shock therapy or if he was just heartless.71 Either way, he always said the doctor's prediction that he would only be able to do simple things was a life-changing statement. Describing this incident later in life, Jim said "I decided to prove that S.O.B. wrong."72
Over the next fifty-five years, Jim demonstrated every day how wrong the doctor had been. "This guy was a very quiet hero with the things he did after the crash," says Brian Lindner, who has extensively researched the Camel's Hump bomber crash.73 In his thirty-five-plus years as a Colorado lawyer, and in countless other ways, he moved from the simple to the extraordinary. Memories of Jim's strength, skill, generosity, and good humor still inspire those who had the privilege to know him. Every day, in ways big and small, I am heartened and steeled by that inspiration.
1. Sheeler, "From a survivor to a succeeder," The Denver Post 6B (Jan. 21, 2001).
2. McWilliams, "Toughest Break a Man Can Get," Saturday Evening Post 23 (Sept. 15, 1951).
3. Sheeler, supra note 1.
4. Written recollections of Jim Wilson's brother Mack, Jr. (Feb. 15, 1994).
5. Conversation with Jim Wilson (1999).
6. Towns with such signs are known as "sundown towns." See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town.
7. Muller, "Condensed from Your Life—The Heartening Story of Our Only Two 'Basket Cases,'" Reader's Digest 8 (Oct. 1949).
8. Lindner, The History of The Camel's Hump Bomber Crash, independent report to the Historical Society of Waterbury Vermont (1978). All of the details of the Camel's Hump bomber crash and Jim Wilson's rescue, as described in this article, are derived from Brian Lindner's 1978 publication and his subsequent research on the crash. The work of Brian Lindner has preserved the details of the crash, Jim Wilson's rescue, and the memory of the nine men who were killed in the crash.
9. There is no record of the basis for the decision to descend to 4,000 feet. It is presumed that decision was made to make the aircraft a bit warmer.
10. Camel's Hump is located approximately fifteen miles south of Burlington, Vermont.
11. The nine men killed in the crash were Corp. Robert Denton; Second Lt. Robery Geoffroy; Corp. Luther Hagler; Lt. David McNary; Corp. James Perry; Lt. David Potter; Flight Officer John Ramasocky; PFC Richard Wynne; and PFC Casper Zacher.
12. Lindner, supra note 8 at 12-18.
13. The high school student Civil Air Patrol cadets who found Jim were Richard Izor, Robert Ladd, Rolland Lafayette, Pete Mason, and Mac Nelson.
14. Details of the experiences of the rescuers are well documented, but the Oreos are not often mentioned. The presence of the package of Oreos was noted in a conversation with rescuer Rolland Lafayette in Waterbury, Vermont (Oct. 2004).
15. 2011 letter to Brian Lindner from daughter of U.S. Army Flight Surgeon Dallas Wagner. Dr. Wagner was the pilot of Jim Wilson's flight from Burlington, Vermont to Westover Field.
16. Sheeler, supra note 1.
17. Id.
18. McWilliams, supra note 2.
19. Sheeler, supra note 1.
20. Id. at 51.
21. Id.
22. Id. at 23.
23. Greten, "Lone survivor of plane crash didn't let handicap get in the way of law career," The Denver Post C-1 (July 28, 1986).
24. Numerous conversations with Jim Wilson (1981 to 2000).
25. Wilson's law school classmate Chuck Butler describes the admission process he experienced as similarly informal and simple. Telephone interview with Chuck Butler in Denver (April 14, 2013).
26. Id.
27. Id.
28. Before his appointment to the federal bench, Knous served as President Pro Tempore of the Colorado Senate, Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, and Governor of Colorado. Knous is the only person who has headed all three branches of government in Colorado.
29. Numerous conversations with Jim Wilson (1981 to 1999).
30. Id.
31. Sheeler, supra note 1.
32. Investigation of Communist Activities in the Rocky Mountain Area: Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, 84th Cong., 2d Session, Parts I and II (May 15–18, 1956).
33. Kelson, "The House Un-American Activities Committee Visits Denver: A Crossfire of Accusations," 35 The Colorado Lawyer 89 (Nov. 2006).
34. William E. Doyle later served as a Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, a U.S. District Judge for the District of Colorado, and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
35. Interview with Charles D. Montfort in Denver (Feb. 17, 2001). Decades later, others who knew Judge Doyle well said this cautious reaction was uncharacteristic of Judge Doyle.
36. The House Un-American Activities Committee hearings were conducted from Tuesday, May 15 to Friday, May 18, 1956, in a courtroom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. That second-floor courtroom now is part of the Byron White U.S. Courthouse in Denver.
37. Conversation with Eugene Deikman in Denver (Feb. 17, 2001).
38. Montfort, supra note 35. Numerous conversations with Jim Wilson (1976 to 1999).
39. Numerous conversations with Jim Wilson (1976 to 1999).
40. Sheeler, supra note 1.
41. Telephone interview with Jon Boltz in Denver (April 7, 2013).
42. Greten, supra note 23.
43. Boltz, supra note 41.
44. Telephone interview with Jon Boltz in Denver (April 28, 2013).
45. Id.
46. Id.
47. Id.
48. Telephone interview with Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch in Denver (April 18, 2013).
49. Id.
50. Id.
51. Sheeler, supra note 1.
52. Id.
53. Id.
54. Telephone interview with David Brougham in Denver (April 16, 2013).
55. Conversation with Senior U.S. District Judge Zita L. Weinshienk in Denver (2006).
56. Telephone interview with Jack Pfeiffer in Denver (April 22, 2013).
57. Brougham, supra note 54.
58. Id.
59. Id.
60. "Four Suspects Arrested in Bank Robbery," The Denver Post 3 (June 20, 1969); "La Jara Bandits Fail in Bank Holdup," Rocky Mountain News 21 (June 20, 1969).
61. Numerous conversations with Jim Wilson (1970 to 1999).
62. "Jury Clips Wings of 4 Aerobandits," Rocky Mountain News 2 (Nov. 6, 1969).
63. Numerous conversations with Jim Wilson (1985 to 1995).
64. Today, the Colorado Easter Seal Society carries the name Easter Seals Colorado.
65. The Easter Seals Handi-Camp is now known as Rocky Mountain Village.
66. Sheeler, supra note 1.
67. Id.
68. Greten, supra note 23.
69. The Stapp family grew Longmont Toyota into what is now Stapp Interstate Toyota.
70. Smith, "Talented people give of themselves," Pueblo Chieftan 5A (Nov. 23, 1990).
71. Id.
72. Bushnell, "Crash on Camel's Hump," Vermont Life Magazine 49 (Autumn 2004).
73. Id.


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The Underdogs are gonna do it.
Remember Underdog? Well, he's been Metsmerized.
We're gonna do it tonight. I feel it! I think the offense knows that it's time to crank it up. So, boys! Crank away!
Last night Rob and I headed to McFadden's with a couple friends to watch the game. Rob didn't last very well. He has some coping issues when it comes to watching tough games.
Fun was had, however, in finally meeting dear Mets Grrl in person. She's super great! And also meeting Matt Cerone of Mets Blog, another sweetheart. Here are Matt and Anthony of Hot Foot, celebrating in true Mets fashion–by rocking their five o'clock shadows. See? So Metsy!
Now, I may have mentioned before that Zoe isn't a big drinker. It's not a moral thing or anything, I just tend to only have a couple drinks when I go out.
Yeah, not so much last night. Whew, I needed a few. And of course, it was after my fourth Stoli vanilla and Sprite (yummy!) when the SNY boys (more sweethearts) turned a camera on me. Urg. I don't like looking straight into a video camera. And I couldn't. They told me to speak about the '80s rivalry between the Mets and the Cards. About which I only know two words. Literally. So this was my (oy!) somewhat inebriated response: "You know what's pond s.c.u.m? The Cardinal fan on the subway who stepped on my foot three times. That's some pond s.c.u.m." (Mlblogs, you bleep out s.c.u.m.??)
Their response? "Great! Look out for your spot on Mets Weekly!"
I think it's time for Zoe to step away from all cameras.
I do think the SNY guy got a kick out of me giving him a goodbye kiss on the cheek, though. "I love SNY!" I said. "And we love you!" He responded.
I may have also scratched Hot Foot's scruff under the chin and called him a sweetheart.
Come on, METS. Win tonight so I never have to drink again.
P.S. McFADDEN'S: These are the cups you're going to serve us all night? REALLY?
P.P.S. Rob says that McFadden's was opened by a guy who used to work at Shea, fell, and opened the bar with his settlement. Is that true!?
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Since I don't have SNY (oh the shame!)you might have to Youtube that for me hee hee
Yankees Cups? Seriously? Some action needs to be taken😛
Counting down to game time here.
he if we tie the series tonight anything can happen.When is glavine pitching again?anyways perez pitch like you did in 04.
Beltran,David Wright back-to back homers!
And another by Delgado… wake up guys! that's what we need. Did you see how the guy threw back the ball? Whatever!
Glavine is supposed to do the next game.
They were saying that there's an 80% chance of rain for tomorrow. If it gets cancelled it's a good thing for us😉 Call out the weather gods make tomorrow, a wet one.
For the record, they DID have Mets cups, and TBF DID try to appropriate one, but clearly they did not have enough.
I hope my SNY spot is slightly better than yours. I had the benefit of doing it earlier in the evening.
I respect fans who throw back the home run ball for the opposing team. That's a longstanding baseball tradition I greatly admire.

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Ender Inciarte entered Spring Training a few weeks ago as something of a forgotten man.
Selected as a Rule 5 draftee from the Diamondbacks all the way back on December 6, Inciarte was the first player acquired by Ruben Amaro, Jr. this past offseason. Typically, a Rule 5 selection isn't met with much fanfare to begin with. But the subsequent additions of Ben Revere–whose popularity grows daily–and Delmon Young, plus the focus on Domonic Brown and Darin Ruf, took even more of the spotlight from Inciarte in the perception of the fans and media.
When camp opened, Inciarte, who has never played a game above High-A Visalia, figured to be a long-shot to win one of the five outfield spots on the 25-man roster.
But as the Spring has gone on, Inciarte has made himself harder and harder to ignore as a legitimate possibility to crack the Opening Day roster.
So far, he's gone 3-for-8 with three walks, two runs scored and a stolen base. Tack on his fantastic play in the outfield, and Inciarte looks like a man with some very valuable tools, albeit in a microscopic sample size.
With Ruf's struggles thus far, and Young's standing appointment on the DL for the next month and change, I'd feel confident in Inciarte's chances to be on the Phillies roster if Spring Training ended today. Further, if Ruf doesn't start to produce and Inciarte continues to do what he's done, things won't look much different three weeks from now when camp actually does end.
But, as stated above, Inciarte is a Rule 5 draft pick. Cracking the Opening Day roster will not be enough for the Phillies to retain his services. If, at any point during the season, they option him off their 25-man roster, the Phils would have to offer Inciarte back to Arizona. If he's still playing as well as he is right now, Arizona would be remiss not to take him back.
So the real question is this: Can Inciarte stick on the 25-man roster for the entirety of the 2013 season?
My heart tells me yes, but my mind tells me no.
It's simple really. For the first few weeks of the season, while Young is on the DL, the Phillies will have no problem keeping Inciarte around. Especially because Ruf still has options (and has been bad in the field and at the plate). But once Young is ready to play again, the Phillies will need to make room for him.
This is where the true test of how much Amaro and Co. like Inciarte will come.
There is a slight, but highly unlikely, chance that the team will elect to carry six outfielders when Young returns, optioning instead to send down one of their utility infielders. In which case, keeping Inciarte around would be no problem. I leave this open as a possibility only because John Mayberry Jr. would be able to back-up first base, while someone like Freddy Galvis could be the fill-in for the middle infield spots and third base. Again, a possibility. But not one I really believe in.
If the Phils want to keep Inciarte, a much more realistic possibility comes in the form of designating Mayberry or Laynce Nix for assignment, and likely losing them on waivers. The way Inciarte has looked so far, and given the poor reputations Mayberry and Nix have developed in this town, there is probably a large contingency of fans who would more than welcome this move.
But, as history has shown us time and time again, the front office of a professional baseball team cannot operate entirely on the whims and desires of its fanbase, however sensible they may be.
Would Amaro really be willing to give up someone like Nix or Mayberry–two players with which he at least knows exactly what he'll get–for a young guy who has never played above Single-A and may just be having a nice couple of months? The answer, in my opinion, is no.
There is one more way the Phillies could find room to hang on to Inciarte without having to surrender Mayberry or Nix to the mercy of the waiver wire: Release Delmon Young. This is another move plenty of people would embrace. But, after Amaro's ringing endorsement of Young on Wednesday, this again seems highly unlikely.
So, unless Arizona for some reason declines to take him back, it seems the Phillies will have some trouble keeping Inciarte around.
Unless of course he really picks up his play and leaves them no other choice.
Who knows? Stranger things have happened.
After all, Michael Martinez managed to survive the 2011 season. If that doesn't show that anything is possible, I don't know what does.
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I would love to see Ender stick with the club. Every day, the Delmon Young signing looks worse.
Agreed Ryan, possible? With Utley, Rollins and M. Young, there is no way Phillies don't include Galvis and Frandsen..also Mayberry and Nix are serviceable platoon players with Mayberry being able to play CF..maybe Ruf goes down, but when D. young comes back Inciarte should go..Martinez stayed way too long.
I think I'd rather have Inciarte than Delmon.
Schmenkman, I am in full agreement. Not a fan of the Delmon Young signing.
Great point on Martinez. The fact Inciarte has shown decent plate discipline on top of his play in the outfield makes me think the Phillies will keep him around. The precedence is there with them (Martinez, Herndon). I think Ruf will be the odd man out when Young returns off the DL. Ruf and Mayberry can both play 1B.
"There is one more way the Phillies could find room to hang on to Inciarte without having to surrender Mayberry or Nix to the mercy of the waiver wire: Release Delmon Young. This is another move plenty of people would embrace."
While that's a fair summation of public sentiment, my own personal slant is a wait and see on Young, and a general lack of enthusiasm for Laynce Nix, so I'd be more looking at parting ways with him, and trusting that Delmon Young winds up more asset than expected. Laynce's game just doesn't excite me. The last chance to prove something chip on the shoulder at least keeps me what I'd like to think is objective.
That comment is based on if you want a strategy to keep Inciarte on the club. Whether he can contribute more than Nix as early as this year would be a tough one to deal with convictionally. But he's doing some good things, and I love me some speed.
Nicely written, and echos some of the sentiments I was writing about yesterday– with the Phillies keeping Ender, and optioning Ruf, then making the decision on Ender only when/if DYoung comes back.
The thing I have to add is that Galvis is the only guy with options. And, it really sounds like Charlie likes him way too much to option him at that point (assuming he beats Yuni). So you could part ways with Frandsen, I guess, having Orr and Martinez at LHV on call. Or I imagine you could play games with the relief pitchers shuttling them up and down 476 on an as-needed basis.
Or, I hesitate to say it, if someone gets injured it could take care of itself. In any case, delaying the decision as long as possible always seems like the best move. Plus it allows you to make sure Tyson Gillies can stay healthy through the WBC and the rest of camp and act as a backup to Revere at LHV.
I wonder what Arizona would want in trade?
Why did we even sign Delmon Young? Let him get healthy and then ship him off for hopefully a prospect. Parting with Mayberry to keep Inciarte would be nuts. I like Nix, too. You could keep Inciarte, Mayberry, and Nix since Mayberry can play first and third, also. Delmon Young. Please.
The Dipsy
Mayberry doesn't play 3rd – or at least he hasn't before
It would take some serious kahunas to release Delmon Young at this point (without having seen him play and after announcing that he would be the starting right fielder). That, my friends, ain't happening. They could roll with one less reliever or they could release Nix. I don't know how it works out but something tells me that Inciarte will be around. He can steal bases, he can play great defense and he's a Rule 5. The Phillies love rule 5's so they'll do their best to find a way to keep him. Given their defensive liabilities in the outfield (Delmon's not fleet of foot and Brown could have some adventures out there), it might make sense to keep a guy like Inciarte around anyway over Nix. What do you need more, pinch hitters or late inning defensive subs?
Are you assuming Ruf makes the big league roster?
I don't think it would take a lot in trade to get Arizona to part with Inciarte. One always wonders how much stock a player has with a team that didn't protect him in the Rule 5 draft.
A trade, to me, would be the best way to keep him, because he probably needs more minor league experience.
OCP – Unless something BIG happens soon (as in he goes on a torrid tear), I think Ruf starts the year in AAA. Young isn't going anywhere for the seasons you stated. I'm for getting rid of Nix if it comes to that because their may be value in keep a guy like Inciarte around. of course, they felt that way about MiniMart, too, when he was a Rule 5….
Nix won't get cut, because he's the only proven-power they have off the bench. I'd like for him to get some ABs vs. Kimbrel and Soriano this year instead of Inciarte with a game on the line
The problem with Nix is that, like Wigginton last year, if you play him too much, and not just against good matchups- you overexpose him.
Brown will start the year in RF .. then shift to LF once Young comes up.. that will push Nix from a platoon player, to a bench role. And Mayberry starts only against LHP…
I think you've hit the nail on the head Don..lh pop off the bench ala Matt Stairs.


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KUNZE, John J., "BIG JOHN", 78, of Martins Ferry, OH, died Saturday, December 29, 2012.
John was born in Martins Ferry, OH on August 31, 1934, a son of the late Lawrence and Mary Jeannette (Wagener) Kunze.
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Davis isnt starting for Golden State?? I hope we can win this game. We seem to play good at home. Orlando game was terrible.
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Davis isnt starting for Golden State?? I hope we can win this game. We seem to play good at home. Orlando game was terrible.
hes still coming off his injury, but he has been coming off the bench. In his last game he came off the bench and in about 20 minutes had 10 assists
We have to win this game. This is the deciding game of the season. If we win, were in the playoffs, if we don't, were out of the playoffs.
"One Team, One New York"
You guys keep saying that about every game
Its time for change!!!!!!!!
thats because at this stage in the season, with us last, but not out, all games are crutial, thusly making thm all must-wins... actually only a couple of them are must wins, but most of them are "important" wins.
haha. playoffs are whatever but itll still just give us a brief assurance of happyness. Hiding from optimistic people we need some changes...but if we get the lottery im scared utah mite steal our pick...so its a lose lose situation depending on how you look at it.
Facts for the optimists.
Knicks are still 10 games out of 500. and tied with Toronto for 4th-5th.
We need Indiana, Orlando, Boston, New Jersey, Toronto, Philly and even Chicago to lose horribly bad for us to still get a shot. Out of our last 23 games we need to mantain a record of 17-6 yes that many.
Impossible?, i say so for a team who cant get a winning streak past 4 games. and that 17-6 record would only put us 1 game over 500!!!. So wed need Philly, Toronto, New Jersey to stay at there records, being no better than 500. and we need Indiana, Orlando or Boston to drop a few games under 500 to make a spot possible for us. heres something i posted on another thread to add to this...
Only 12 are away games which is good (11 home). More than half the games we play are against over 500 teams (12 of the 23 to be exact) Washington (2), Seattle (2), Miami (2), San Antonio, Boston, Indiana (2), Chicago (2), Golden State (2), Atlanta (2), Portland, New Jersey (2), Milwaukee, Toronto, Cleveland, Charlotte
good luck, keep your dreams alive...
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
brian, if we win this game we make the playoffs? thats a little optimistic dont you think?
this is the game im using as a gauge over wether or not the knicks should drop the season, if we win it will be 4 wins in the last 5 games, this is a mediocre oponent playing deecent basketball obviously a very winnable game. If this is a win ill keep hope alive a little longer , but if its a loss i say throw the season no matter what happens after that..... your prob saying wtf baseing it all on one game thats dumb! Well this game has more significance then meets the eye, we arguably have an advantage individually in each position matchup, and are in a more desperate situation then them. We have shown signs of good basketball, but seem to to need more then signs now we need prescision and consistency and this game is an excellent measure of all those things
NYknicks15.. Who says you need to have a record over .500 to get to the playoffs. We may be far out of the 8th spot, but who said we're looking for that. We're only 6.5 games out of the third seed! Stop trying to tell me that ground cant be made up in two months, it can be done!
Yes anything is possible but stop being so optimistic. Boston who is three games over 500, that has a line up containing Walker, Pierce, Davis and Payton are going to all of a sudden get in a slump with 23 games left in the season?!? look at who they are facing....14 of those 23 games are against under 500 teams...and the ones over 500 are cleveland, chicago, washington, houston are all toss ups and the only big threats are miami, detroit and dallas...be realistic...
Thats what we need to shoot for if your still shooting for something is the 8th spot...or even 7th...we need teams like Indiana, Chicago even orlando to fail to get a spot oh and Philly....
keep your dreams alive its nice to dream ya know...but at some point reality has to set in and look at the teams around us, not great by anymeans but...a line up like the one in Boston, or the tandem of Iverson, webber, iguodala and korver are now 3-2 since the trade, indiana when healthy still has O'Neal, Miller, Tinsley and Jackson.....
yes anything can happen, im just saying its a long shot and ive accepted it...
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
two months.. There are two months left in our season. We can make up ground in the atlantic, and if that doesnt happen we will still have made up ground for the eigth spot. Im not giving up yet, we still have a lot of games left.Originally Posted by NYKnicks15
honestly im kinda rooting for us not to make the playoffs, just thought id make that clear before i keep being pessimistic...rather realistic...
What is the playoffs going to get us Peach??? Give me one good reason we should go and get embarrassed the first round?
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
Im a fan of the New York Knicks. As a fan i like watching games and seeing them win. I dont like loosing a lot, but i have to deal with it. its a blast when they get to the playoffs, even if they loose. If we getr to the playoffs, i will be happy as a fan, because im not a gm or anything.. Its their job to draft for us, not mine..
yes but if we do make the playoffs it will be NO ONES job to draft for us....our first round pick that Pheonix has, will go to Utah if the Knicks make the playoffs and are NOT in the lottery...
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Celebration Salmon with Apple Berry Sauce
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Ready Time: 40 min
- Yield: 4 servings
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch thick slices
- 4 tablespoons Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil, divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Jamaican jerk seasoning
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 4 (6 oz.) skinless salmon fillets
- 1/4 cup shelled pistachio nuts
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 cup Gala or Fuji apples, peeled, diced
- 1 cup coarsely chopped fresh cranberries
- 3/4 cup cranberry-raspberry juice
- 1/3 cup Smucker's® Seedless Red Raspberry Jam
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- Mint sprigs for garnish (optional)
Preparation Directions
- COOK sweet potatoes in large stockpot of boiling water until fork tender. Drain and mash. Stir in 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt and pepper to taste.
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Combine jerk seasoning and pumpkin pie spice in shallow bowl. Reserve 1 teaspoon of mixture for sauce; set aside. Add flour to remaining seasoning mixture; stir to combine. Coat salmon pieces on both sides with flour mixture.
- HEAT 2 tablespoons oil in oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Add salmon pieces; cook until browned, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer salmon to oven; cook an additional 5 minutes or to desired doneness. Remove salmon to a serving plate; keep warm.
- ADD remaining 1 tablespoon oil to skillet; heat over medium heat. Add pistachios; cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove pistachios from skillet, coarsely chop; set aside. To same skillet add apples, cranberries, juice, jam and reserved 1 teaspoon seasoning mixture. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until apples are tender and sauce has thickened slightly, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in orange zest.
- SPOON sweet potatoes into the center of 4 plates; top with a salmon fillet. Spoon sauce around salmon, sprinkle with pistachios. Garnish with mint sprigs, if desired.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 salmon fillet w/ sauce), Calories 690 (Calories from Fat 270), Total Fat 30g (Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 105mg, Sodium 330mg, Total Carbohydrate 62g (Dietary Fiber 6g, Sugars 33g), Protein 43g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 420%, Vitamin C 40%, Calcium 8%, Iron 20%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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The dam at the end of Gabriel Road has been washed out since 2005, when heavy flooding hit the area twice during the spring, and the road to repair has wended through a labyrinth of agencies and interests as the town board sought to repair the dam and let traffic flow across it once again.
To begin with, the dam itself is on private property, but the road that goes over the dam is a town road. In order to fix the dam, the town negotiated with the property owner, Warren Brey, who wanted to restore the pond next to the dam.
Then there was the matter of whether the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was going to have jurisdiction over the reconstruction and, perhaps, the renovation of the pond.
Another agency with an interest in the matter was the New York State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). An application was filed to list the dam as a historic site in 2006. A spokeswoman said, at the time, that because of the application, SHPO has the right to review any plans to repair the dam. Their objective would have been to make sure any repair work does not diminish the dam's historical value.
There was also interest from the Federal Energy Management Agency, which had been involved with funding of some repairs of the dam prior to 2005, but ultimately required the town to return the funds.
These competing interests slowed progress for a while and, in 2010, current supervisor Dan Sturm started the process over again and approached the DEC again asking that the commission focus only on getting the road open and to put the other issues aside. The road is important for emergency vehicles and there are a number of residents who could use it to get to Jeffersonville but now have to travel several extra miles to get there.
Subsequently, the process of obtaining a Stream Disturbance Permit from the DEC took about two years and included an investigation into whether there were eagles' nests within a half mile of the dam, which turned out not to be the case.
Now, if all goes according to plan, the dam and road will soon be functioning again. At the Bethel Town Board meeting on March 27, Sturm said that six companies have entered bids to make the repairs at prices that ranged from $63,400 to $147,550; NGS Construction submitted the lowest bid.
Sturm said the money to pay for repairs was available in the highway fund, and that the town had a commitment to opening the road.
"This is one of those things that just has to be done," he said.
The board voted unanimously to move forward and award the bid to the lowest bidder.
Because of a DEC fishery restriction, construction may not begin until after April 30, and must be completed by September 30, but Sturm said he thought the work would be completed earlier than that, perhaps by early July.


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JPMorgan's Dimon Expected to be Cleared in Ongoing SEC 'Whale' Probe
Updated from 4:42 p.m ET Thursday, with JPMorgan's settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Friday premarket action.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- JPMorgan
The SEC, even after winning an admission by JPMorgan that it broke federal securities laws in its handling of the trade, continues to investigate individuals involved. The regulator's settlement also repeatedly notes that senior management at the bank failed to adequately disclose the extent of the trading loss to its Board of Directors and to investors by way of its financial statements, however, an ongoing investigation is unlikely to target Dimon.
"Our counsel has had discussions with the SEC Staff, and the Staff has informed us that based on the evidence now known to them, they do not anticipate recommending any action against Mr. Dimon," JPMorgan said in an emailed statement.
In total, the bank's regulatory tab on Thursday was $1.289 billion, split between $920 million in fines from four regulators over its "London Whale" trading loss, and $369 million in fines and customer refunds from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, springing from "illegal credit card practices."
In a settlement with the SEC, the bank also admitted it violated federal securities laws and its senior management failed to ensure that traders in the bank's now-disbanded Chief Investment Office (CIO) properly valued a portfolio of illiquid structured products that swelled to over $150 billion by early 2012.
That settlement and a report detailing what senior JPMorgan management knew of the trading losses, however, left open the prospect that some top executives would face additional sanction from regulators.
JPMorgan admitted its senior management failed to timely escalate deficiencies within the CIO unit to the firm's audit committee, according to the SEC. By late April 2012, the SEC also said JPMorgan senior management knew that the firm's Investment Banking unit used far more conservative prices when valuing the types of assets in its CIO portfolio, and that applying those valuations would have caused approximately $750 million in losses for the CIO in the first quarter of 2012.
Unnamed senior managers also personally rewrote the CIO's valuation policies before the firm filed with the SEC its first-quarter report for 2012, which showed minimal losses. Internal reviews of the CIO unit also led some executives to express reservations about signing certifications for that quarter's earnings report.
"Senior management failed to adequately update the audit committee on these and other important facts concerning the CIO before the firm filed its first quarter report for 2012," the SEC said. Ultimately, JPMorgan restated its first quarter 2012 earnings by $459 million , as CIO losses swelled into the billions.


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There's a fine line between optimism and delusion, and right now, anyone who feel this Phillies season is not in serious jeopardy after the team dropped another series, losing to the Mets, 6-5, in walk-off fashion is fooling themselves. The loss was another nail in a Phillies coffin that seems closer to being sealed for good by the day. They're now ten games below .500 and 13 games back of the Nationals. They finished the road trip 1-5.
– During the months of May and June, R.A. Dickey went 9-0 with a 1.31 ERA. He was the best pitcher in baseball, rolling through lineups with ease, and hypnotizing hitters with a capricious knuckle ball. A possibility to start the All Star game, tonight would be Dickey's last chance to convince NL Manager, Tony La Russa, he should be his man on the mound on Tuesday night.
– The Phillies got a first inning run off Dickey–the first time Dickey allowed a first inning run since September 2, 2011–and they'd continue to tack on from there. They wound up with five runs on 11 hits–Dickey's career high for hits allowed–and battled the wily veteran over his seven innings. They were far from the reason the team lost tonight.
– Cole Hamels's struggles against the Mets have. been well-documented. Tonight, he'd once again find himself battling to keep the Mets at bay, allowing four runs while throwing 119 pitches over seven innings. The home run he allowed to David Wright in the fifth inning to give the Mets a 4-3 lead seemed like a dagger. But Hamels would be able to stop the bleeding there, and the bats would answer right back, regaining the lead in the top half of the sixth. It wasn't a dazzling effort by Hamels, but he did enough to put the team in position win.
– It was peculiar to see Charlie Manuel go with Antonio Bastardo in lieu of a right-hander to start the eighth with Wright and Scott Hairston due up in the inning and the Phillies nursing a precarious 5-4 lead in a game they desperately needed to win. As unconventional as the move seemed, it paid off as Bastardo retired the side in order, effectively bridging the gap between Hamels and Jonathan Papelbon. Victory seemed like a lock.
– The Phillies had to win this game. They had just capped a dreadful month of June, and were in dire straits. Winning their first series of the new month would wash the sour taste out of their mouths, and at least give the team a chance to head in the right direction. Papelbon could not blow this save. A loss in the ninth inning, after losing games by the bundle, would be catastrophic to the team's psyche. There was no room for error. But the $50M closer was not up to the unenviable task.
He allowed a leadoff double and eventually loaded the bases with two outs, but the lead still intact. In a tension-filled at-bat, Papelbon and the Phillies would become the victim of a little misfortune, when Daniel Murphy lined a ball back through the box, off the foot Papelbon and into foul territory for a single to plate the tying run. The play seemed surreal; a microcosm of the Phillies snake-bitten season so far. Everything going wrong all the time with this team. It's as though cosmic forces are conspiring against the boys in red pinstripes.
– Phillies killer David Wright would seal the Phillies fate when he blooped a single into right to bring home the winning run. It's the first time the Phillies lost a game when leading going into the ninth this season. They've found another new way to lose a game.
– The death march through the N.L. East continues tomorrow as the Phils play the Atlanta Braves in a three-game series to take them into the merciful All Star break. Kyle Kendrick faces Tim Hudson.
– Following the game, Ruben Amaro announced that Ryan Howard was likely to be activated from the DL tomorrow. I'm sure he's looking forward to getting into some of these soul-crushing games as soon as possible.
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My farts are gonna smell bad tonight. I wish I was a Met fan.
Stop eatin those shitty Philthy cheesesteaks.
Can't say I find your headline so captivating, Ryan.
I might have tried Phils Lose Balls Breaker to Mets. That's not exactly G rated, but G rated stopped watching this club 2-3-4 weeks ago. All that's left are Massochists of the World, Unite.
Anyway, you mentioned a fine line between optimism and delusion.
Voila, from the MLBTradeRumors personnel.
"We plan on being contenders in '13, '14, '15 and '16," said Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. to reporters (including Matt Gelb of The Philadelphia Inquirer) when asked about selling at the deadline (Sulia link). "So we're not blowing this team up. That's not going to happen, regardless of what happens over the next couple of weeks."
Rube's plan aint soundin promisin……
That plan sounds fine.The team will be good next year and it would be insane to blow it up. If they can get some pieces back for players they don't intend to re-sign, that's fine.
I totally agree. There is no sense in completely rebuilding the team. Amaro didn't say he wasn't going to make some changes, so anyone who thinks he plans to keep everyone is reading "delusional" into his statement. (He can't keep everyone, anyway, because many of the current players will be free agents soon.)
It's the fringe players, such as Mayberry, Kendrick, Blanton, and most of the bullpen that are the main culprits, and they can and probably will be replaced.
(They should replace Samuel, too. Unfortunately, though, every 3rd base coach they've used the past few seasons hasn't had a clue, so they'd probably replace him with another idiot.)
Geez, I hope that's not advertising copy geared at selling tickets.
I guess it's just the facts, maam, but I cracked up when I got to that portion of the post.
You never know, but M-I-S-M-A-T-C-H.
Take 2.
"Kyle Kendrick faces Tim Hudson."
Geez, I hope that's not advertising copy geared at selling tickets.
I guess it's just the facts, maam, but I cracked up when I got to that portion of the post.
You never know, but M-I-S-M-A-T-C-H.
Washington came from behind with 2 in the 9th to beat San Francisco. The news gets worse and worse. Im done.
They really stink this year. really stink. Heatache express.
Theres always tomorrow!
And Howard will be back soon 🙂
@ Bart yea its pretty bad.
Have a pabst blue ribbon and enjoy the team though!
Losing sucks, we're not used to it around here the last few years, but it really sucks. I hate losing more than I like winning, if that makes any sense at all.
But as a baseball fan I have to say that was an exciting ball game, a hell of a ball game, full of playoff level intensity. Tonight they actually hit off RA Dickey, something they've had trouble doing the past couple years. To me, they looked like they were battling, like the old the Phigtin's, just came up short.
I hate the way it ended, but you can't make me believe that was a bad way to spend an evening, you just can't. Go Phils.
Well said, Lefty.
I agreed with Lefty's comment. Exciting ballgame; many twists and turns; teams exchanging leads back and forth; and the 9th inning loaded with drama. Only the ending gave a sour note to the game. I can't say that I was totally surprised on how it ended. After all, not only the Phillies have been "snake-bitten' all season but their bullpen is the Achilles' heel in contributing to the meltdown of so many games.
Although it's only Papelbon's second blown save, this one really hurts for the team. On the other hand, one must give some credit to Mets' hitters in the 9th inning in having great at-bats in fighting off Papelbon's fastballs and sinkers. Of course, Wright, who is having a great season ,simply killed the Phillies tonight with 4 RBIs and came up with the walk-off hit.
Those Amazin' Mets now have beaten the Phillies 8 out of 12 games played between them this season. I have to tip my Phillies cap to them. It's their year.
Maybe we should give some attention to another team in Pennsy. After all, they are in 1st place. However, Phillies will always be my true love; no matter what. 🙂
Hey! I'm looking forward to seeing Howard maybe this weekend. I hope management is not rushing him back too soon. No need to as the Phillies will settle on playing the role of spoiler against some contending teams in the coming months and to keep their pride intact.
It's his second blown save, but I believe he's also self destructed in a couple of tie game situations. He could be the only pitcher in baseball who fears Jordany Valdespin as well.
Lefty play with your right.
My buddy joe joe baddaboots is a die hard Boston fan.
When we singed papsmear he said you can have that piece
Of sht
Shane needs to go. I'll take pierre in center cause if I see another shane pop up I'll die.
Tom McCarthy needs to be fired.
Out of a cannon.
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Bad things happen when you walk a guy in the ninth that has a .229 average.
"Tom McCarthy needs to be fired. Out of a cannon."
I damn near spit my coffee out reading that one!
TMac stinks. Sarge should be embarrassed to share a birthday with him.
The Dipsy
Glad to see Bastardo finally getting back to where he was before. I remember throwing out a first pitch in Lakewood and him being the catcher. That picture still sits on my end table. Great memory of a good ballplayer!
I find it hard to call this game a heart breaker when I expected the outcome after Papelbon gave up that double to start the ninth. When you know disaster is imminent, it's usually your stomach that acts up.
I don't mind a couple of blown saves during the season, as it shows that even the best closets are like us, human. However, I firmly believe last night was the worst one to blow, it was a pivotal game on so many levels: comin back from being down, scoring consistently on an almost impenetrable Dickey, a possible morale and motivational booster, etc. However, it should have been a positive win considering Bastardo pitched a scoreless eighth and we had our multi-personality closer, Cinco-Ocho/Papaelbon on the mound. And then he gives up a lead-off double to some guy hitting in the low twos, had a terrible at-bat against the weak-hitting Valdespin; he made a terrible pitch to Murphy; and Pence, a right fielder with poor defensive this season, lumbered after a ball that many right fielders would have caught, knowing full well a single wins the game. Now we have the Braves and have Kendrick starting tonight. Excuse me while I go vomit. I'm with Lefty, I hate losing, but more than that I hate losing pivotal games, and yes, I know every game is important, but some are more important than others. Man, this team has really gotten to me this year. I could deal with the ineptitude and such of the Dark Ages of the Phillies, but this year has gotten under my skin like a splinter. So here is my last and final Go Phils before the all-star break! Sorry, PN, for the rant.
P.S. the shooting TMac out of a cannon line made my day! F'ing hilarious.
You mention Muphy's line drive off Papelbon's foot as just another thing that went wrong for the Phillies. Personally, I feel like that was actually a lucky break. Once it hit his foot there was basically no play, but if that doesn't hit his foot, it's up the middle for a walk off 2 run single. That ball was smoked. Obviously the Phils weren't able to take advantage, but they did catch a break that at least gave them the opportunity to get the game to extras after blowing the lead.
That closing by papelbon reminded me a bit of Brad Lidge…..he always made the last out a freaking nail bitter!!! I hated that 3rd strike for the 3rd out!!!! I think Im getting an ulcer from the agitta.


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Skip to comments.All of the candidates except Gingrich, Romney and Paul should drop out before Iowa
Posted on 12/01/2011 5:54:03 PM PST by TBBT
The Newt Surge is official. Over the last week, Gingrichs Intrade odds of winning the nomination rose from 16% to 39%. Romney has faded a little but still leads with 47% odds. No one else is above 5% odds.
The polls are even more stunning. Rasmussen shows Gingrich leading 38%-17% in a national poll. Real Clear Politics lists polls with Gingrich leading Romney by 15-30 points in Florida, South Carolina and Iowa, and trailing Romney by only 10 points in New Hampshire.
In the general election match-up, Rasmussen has Gingrich leading Obama by 2% and Romney trailing Obama by 6%. Romney is typically competitive with Obama. The tier-two GOP candidates usually trail Obama by double digits.
As a result of this data, we believe only Romney and Gingrich have a realistic hope of winning the 2012 GOP nomination. We believe that only Romney, Gingrich and Paul have a sufficient following to justify continuing.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/01/all-of-the-candidates-except-gingrich-romney-and-paul-should-drop-out-before-iowa/#ixzz1fKyB2Rl7
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However, it would be nice to see those debate stages with fewer candidates standing on it.
That's funny. This is the list of the first three I would like to see drop out.
It may not matter.
Wrong Paul? Seriously?!
sure.. sets it up for Newt. you have the liberal, the nut, and the Conservative poser.
Giving a choice between the 3 I'd likely go Newt. Or stay home.
Nobody needs to go anywhere till some actual voting is done.
This would totally destroy the whole point of a primary system.
Paul won't win any primaries and then we'll be stuck with Newt Romney.
The Kingmakers:
All of the candidates except Cain and Romney should drop out before Iowa
The Kingmakers: All of the candidates except Gingrich, Romney and Paul should drop out before Iowa
The Kingma... who cares what you think!
I don't see why anyone should drop out before the very first primary.
stay home then, and find something other than FR to do with your time.
I mock Ron Paul.....LMAO that he should stay in the race. He needs to check himself into an insane asylum with his soul mate Dennis Kook-sin-itch.
That's the whole point. The establishment wants it that way. They want the nominee to be chosen just like the Republican gubernatorial nominee is selected in states like Ohio...when it's Joe Blow's "turn" because he's been such a loyal RINO party man for 25 years.
Um, of all the current candidates who should drop out, R-U-N Paul is number one.
That's the second time I've seen you say that to somebody. Who put you in charge?
Shessh dude. Chill out.
I share the opinion with lots of freepers. No Mittens, and unless newt convinces me he's not a global warming, amnesty, single payer health care system lover.. No Newt.
You know what you call someone who doesn't vote yet continues to gripe about everything in politics? A stupid jackass.
You are about as stupid as they come.
Then go ahead and call me one. I'm done selling my soul. No Perry, no Newt, no Paul, no Romney. Ever.
I would go write in, also with huntsman or La Raza Rick.
Paul is a Losertarian not a Republican.
Oh, well, since theses never heard of before Tech Guys say it then it must be done.
Everybody wants to freeze the field when their choice is at the top. By your standard, Gingrich shouldn't even be in the race, because he should have dropped out when Perry surged in August. And of course when Cain surged in October.
Preach it brother, buccaneer. Can I get an Amen? :-)
You would stay home? That is what most FReepers did in 2008. Are we trying to help LIBS wreck America?
He is now on a Greta interview (taped today) and is on a stride. Newt is doing well.
Says who? 90% of us voted for Palin.
Forget it! People just want to bitch about Newt on a couch, giving amnesty that he never proposed, and that he has been married three times. They don't want to be faced with any real substance. When I hear Gingrich, I feel hope and possibilities for the first time in three years.
38% Rasmussen is pretty damn high.
Who knows? Paul will do better in caucuses than primaries on average. Newt will likely be hit very hard in the next month.
It remains to be see whether Newt is a flavor of the month or not. There's a lot to hit Newt with, and he'll get hit. Every candidate knows that has to happen. So it'll happen.
Someone could win Iowa with 21%. If Santorum keeps working hard, he could get 10% or more. Bachmanns a neighbor, she could get 10%. Cain hangs in there, he gets 10%. Give 5 to Perry and 5 to Huntsman. Gingrich, Romney, Paul all at 20%.
It's a fairly realistic potential scenario.
I can't believe that the Iowa Evangelicals want multiple adultery and divorce Gingrich. So they might go to Santorum or Bachmann.
With the way the attacks on Bachmann have ramped up I'm guessing she worries them.
No.. I'll vote down ticket. I assume Michelle will run for her seat again unless she pulls off some magic and wins the first few primaries.
However, if it is mittens or Zero.. I don't see a lick of difference between them.
It is really sad to read all the so called Republicans/Conservatives on FreeRepublic that are so anti-freedom and mock the only candidate that espouses liberty of the individual.
I was mocked and told to vote McCain back in 2008 knowing full well that man was a RINO.
Ron Paul 2012
No matter what, we need to defeat 0.
No matter what, we need to defeat 0.
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(Bluefield)—A new baccalaureate degree program, the Bachelor of Science in Health Services Management, will be offered at Bluefield State College, beginning this fall. The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission approved BSC's program proposal during its January 22, 2010 meeting.
"The program is designed to provide students with learning opportunities to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare them for careers in middle and top level healthcare management positions and/or strengthen their current employment performance and advancement opportunities in healthcare," explained Dr. Betty Rader, Dean of the BSC School of Nursing and Allied Health.
Graduates may also choose to pursue a master's degree in Health Administration or a related field. The program is designed to serve beginning freshmen students, associate degree graduates primarily from the fields of business administration, management, or clinical science, and allied health professionals employed by area health care organizations.
Potential organizations for program graduates include hospitals, long-term care facilities, physician practices, home health companies, and healthcare consulting and healthcare equipment, supplies and services companies.
The Health Services Management program at BSC was developed to meet the growing need for baccalaureate graduates in middle and top level management positions in the broad array of health services organizations throughout West Virginia and the nation. Bluefield State College will house the degree program within the School of Nursing and Allied Health.
Individuals interested in learning more about the program are encouraged to contact the BSC Office of Admissions (304-327-4065).


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