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Bishop Eddie Long Bishop Eddie Long, senior pastor of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, was accused in September 2010 of seducing at least four young men using scripture and sleeping pills. Long is an outspoken opponent of gay marriage and was a strong George Bush ally for the former president's faith-based initiatives. Long denied any wrong doing. (credit: John Amis/Getty Images)
Strom Thurmond In his early law-making career, Strom Thurmond, as a Senator from South Carolina, made no apologies for his racial politics, stance against civil rights laws and belief in keeping the races separate. To put it bluntly, after Thurmond died in 2003, it became abundantly clear he didn't practice what he preached. When he was a young man of 22, he hooked up with his family's black maid, Carrie "Tunch" Butler who was then 16. The two had a child together. The Senator and his daughter, Essie Mae Washington-Williams never acknowleded their relationship while he was alive but he supported her financially well into her adult hood. (credit: AP)
Pokey Chatman Louisiana State's head coach Pokey Chatman resigned May 9, 2007 when it was revealed that she was having an on-going sexual relationship with a former player. What got the school especially riled up, was that the relationship started when the unidentified player was playing under Chatman. Hmmm, in hindsight, that might be an unfortunate way of describing the affair. Chatman was considered one of the best female basketball coaches, ever, and won several Coach of the Year awards. Rumor had it that Chatman's assistant spilled the beans to school brass. Loose lips sink ships, indeed. (credit: AP)
Max Mosley Formula One boss Max Mosley was involved in a sex scandal in March 2008 when it was reported that he was seen, caught on tape, engaging in sex acts with five, count 'em five, prostitutes. That wasn't the part that had people calling for his resignation. Mosley was shown in the video doing what has been described as Nazi role playing. [Obviously, Mosley outgrew a simple doctor/nurse fantasy.] The Federation Internationale de Automobile (FIA), the Formula One governing body, is expected to vote June 2008 as to whether Mosley should keep his job or not. (credit: AP)
Ronaldo Soccer great Ronaldo, 31, so great he only needs one name, stepped in it big time when he decided to go on a wild romp with some hookers at a Rio de Janeiro motel. Athletes and hookers hook up all the time. No news here. But imagine Ronaldo's surprise when the ladies turned out to be dudes. Oops. The scandal got more juicy when Ronaldo claimed one of the ladies, uh, hookers tried to extort money from him to keep the scandal quiet. No suck luck. He paid two of the women, uh, dudes about $600 to, uh, keep their mouths shut. But he said the third wanted $30,000. Ronaldo said he had "no idea" the dudes were not ladies until they started to disrobe. Note to Ronaldo: in the future, if the woman has larger hands than you do, chest hair and an Adam's Apple...it's not a woman. (credit: AP)
Mindy McCready & Roger Clemens The New York Daily News reported in April 2008 that Roger Clemens' had a ten-year-long extra-marital affair with country singer Mindy McCready. If that wasn't scandalous enough, the paper reported that the affair started when McCready was only 15. Clemens denied the report and said through a lawyer that he and McCready were "just friends." For her part, McCready said she could "not" deny any of the paper's allegations. (credit: Brad Barket/Scott A. Miller/Getty Images)
Vito Fossella Rep. Vito Fossella, 43, the only Republican congressman from New York City, got into hot water May 2008 when he was arrested on DWI charges while driving in a suburb of Washington, D.C. His blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. At the time of his arrest, his constituents were further shocked that the married father of three admitted that he fathered a child, now 3, during an extra-marital affair. Fossella says he has no plans to resign and apologized to his family and his constituents for "the deep wounds I have caused." (credit: AP)
Mark Everson Mark Everson, former head of the IRS, was running the Red Cross when he was forced to resign November 2007. The Board of Directors discovered Everson -- a married father of two -- was providing comfort and aid to a subordinate female employee. Isn't that what the Red Cross is supposed to do? Provide comfort and aid? Well, yes, but not in this case. Translation: he was carrying on an extra-marital affair and the Board didn't like it. Or the publicity. Everson was the seventh head of the Red Cross in seven years. But lucky he wasn't. Well, not counting the affair... (credit: AP)
Debbie Stabenow & Thomas Athans Radio executive Tom Athans, who is married to US Senator Debbie Stabenow (D- Mich.) was seen leaving a Residence Inn hotel (address Interstate 75 and Big Beaver) in February 2008 and admitted to police he was soliciting a prostitute he met on line on Craigslist. Athans, co-founder and former CEO of the liberal Democracy Radio, said he paid a 20-year-old hooker $150 to perform a sex act. The room was being watched by undercover cops and Athans left 15 minutes after arriving. Stabenow said she wanted to thank her constituents for "their prayers and support." For his part, Athans said in a statement, "My family and I are dealing with this matter in a personal and private way." (credit: CBS)
Marv Albert Popular sportscaster Marv Albert coined the phrase "Yes!" while doing play-by-play on the basketball court. Because Albert did not take the word "No!" for an answer off the court he got in legal hot water. He went on trial for forcible sodomy and for reportedly biting a sex partner more than 15 times on her back. Wild revelations about Albert quickly emerged including threesomes, forced oral sex, and his wearing women's clothes during sex caused NBC to fire him. More than two years later, and having completed stints in counseling, Albert -- who also does sports commentary in hockey, tennis and baseball -- was hired back by NBC. (credit: AP)
Eugene Robinson Atlanta Falcons free safety Eugene Robinson was arrested in 1999 on the eve of the Super Bowl for soliciting a prostitute. Several players had reportedly visited a seedy section of Miami prior to his arrest for the same purpose but they didn't get caught. Robinson allegedly propositioned an undercover vice cop and offered her $40 to perform oral sex. Robinson insisted he was innocent but apologized to his friends and family for not maintaining "the high standards I've set for myself." Prior to his arrest, Robinson had been awarded the Bart Starr award, given to the player who exemplifies moral leadership on the field and off. Robinson said he would return the award.
Bob Packwood Senator Robert William "Bob" Packwood hailed from Oregon and was a moderate Republican who often got into scrapes with pro-life groups, the pro-gun lobby and even his own party (namely when he refused to confirm Robert Bork or Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court.) He was first elected to the Senate in 1968 and rose to chair several powerful committees. But in 1992, rumors about Packwood sexually harassing, abusing and assaulting women began to surface. At least 29 women came forward and filed complaints. The Senate demanded he turn over diaries he had written and he submitted about 5000 pages. When it was revealed that he heavily edited the diary (leaving out another 3000-something pages) even his Senate friends were convinced he should go. By 1995 there was a call for public hearings about his behavior and Packwood resigned rather than face being kicked out. (credit: AP)
Larry Langford Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was in hot water in 2008 for a charity he set up in 2000 which was being accused of possible mismanagement of funds, many of which supposedly found their way into the pockets of former gay porn star Ryan Idol, born Mark Anthony Donais. The charity, set up to provide computers for school kids, according to the Associated Press, was managed by a Langford friend named John Katopodis. Court documents said $30,000 earmarked for the charity was given to Idol for fixing computers, something he was not trained to do. (credit: CBS)
John McCain & Vicki Iseman A month after endorsing his presidential bid, the New York Times suggested John McCain, left, and Vicki Iseman, a lobbyist, had an affair. Ms. Iseman and McCain both have denied anything improper. The newspaper of record also said many McCain aides believed there was a relationship and, at the very least, tried to suggest to McCain that since she was a lobbyist the idea he was showing her clients special favortism could appear inappropriate to the public. McCain's people said they gave the Times a dozen examples of clients McCain did not show favor to but the paper ignored the information. (credit: Gary Knapp/Stephen Boitano/Getty Images)
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson served as president of the United States from 1801-1809. He said that "all men are created equal." Well, so much for the women. Thomas like many others who traveled in the worlds of politics and hypocrisy allegedly had a female mistress, Sally Hemmings, who was, incidentally, a slave. Back in the day, pretty much all of Washington was abuzz with rumors of their alleged relationship but nothing could be proven till hundreds of years later when the Jefferson family and the Hemming's families subjected themselves to a DNA test. Historians are still debating whether the two families are linked by Thomas Jefferson or, as is also possible, Jefferson's younger brother Randolph. (credit: CBS)
Diablo Cody Seemingly minutes after winning the best original screenplay Oscar for "Juno", naked photos of scribe Diablo Cody hit the net. The one-time exotic dancer (born Brooke Busy-Hunt) appears in some rather provocative photos (including a bikini top made of whipped cream). No comment, yet, from Cody but sounds like the making of another funny screenplay to us. (credit: AP)
Jeri Ryan "Star Trek: Voyager" actress Jeri Ryan divorced Illinois Republican Jack Ryan -- who was then running for the U.S. Senate in 2004 -- alleging that he boldly wanted to go to swinger's clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans. Ryan -- who said he was faithful during his entire marriage -- only said they took the trips for "romantic getaways". He called her allegations (filed in court papers in 2000) "smut" and "ridiculous" but the damage was done and Ryan's political career hit the skids. (credit: CBS)
Paul Patton In 2003, Kentucky Governor Paul Patton's administration was rocked by scandal when he acknowledged having an extra-marital affair with Tina Conner, a local businesswoman. Patton's popularity plummeted almost overnight. The Democrat whose career was on the rise, was head of the National Governor's Association and vowed not to resign. When Conner was accused of mail fraud (later pleading guilty) Patton resigned before the scandal threatened to become even more expansive. (credit: AP)
Richard Curtis Anti-gay lawmaker Richard Curtis was considered one of the State of Washington's most conservative members. He resigned his seat October 2007 after a male prostitute came forward with allegations that Curtis had sex with him in a hotel after they met at a XXX video store in Spokane. Curtis, married father of three, first said he was "not gay" and that the prostitute was trying to extort him. The prostitute also said Curtis liked cross-dressing (red stockings and a black sequin lingerie top) was "into rope and stethescopes" and promised him $1,000 for sex. (credit: AP)
Ingrid Bergman It's hard to believe now, but yes, America was that quaint and old-fashioned. Swedish actress/beauty Ingrid Bergman who starred in "Spellbound," "Notorious" and "Casablanca", fell in love with director Roberto Rossellini and had a child with him while being married to another man, Dr. Peter Lindstrom. The scandal rocked Hollywood and Bergman's career. The bashing got so bad (including being denounced on the Senate floor for all the things wrong with America), Bergman left the U.S. for seven years. (credit: AP)
Debbie Reynolds Maybe Brad really did want out of his marriage to Jenn before he met Angelina. That wasn't Hollywood's first "oh-no-she-didn't" love triangle. Not even the one that got the most ink. Debbie Reynolds was America's sweetheart and her marriage in 1955 to crooner Eddie Fisher dubbed them "the perfect couple" in Hollywood. Eddie, Debbie and Liz Taylor were all so close in 1959...and Debbie would soon find out Eddie and Liz were a little too close. Liz's husband, showman Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash, and Todd had also been Eddie's best friend. Eddie spent a lot of time consoling Liz. You know what happened next. Eddie left Debbie for Liz...America was shocked and they never really did forgive Eddie for breaking Debbie's heart. (credit: AP)
Woody Allen & Soon-Yi Previn In 1992, Mia Farrow, his then-girlfriend, found nude Polaroids of another woman on Woody Allen's mantelpiece. She was shocked and hurt but even more so when she realized the photos were of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, a then 21-year-old girl Allen had helped Farrow raise. Much of Hollywood was shocked and horrified by the scandal. Allen, who turns 72 on Dec 1, has mostly remained mum about his marriage to Soon-Yi (35 years his junior) but he told Vanity Fair in 2005 that their relationship "works like magic." (credit: AP)
Trent Lott Mississippi Senator Trent Lott announced his retirement from the Senate rather suddenly raising conjecture about the real reason he is stepping down. Several liberal blogs (including politico.com, popcrunch.com and the clevelandleader.com,) Tuesday suggest (well more than suggest) that Sen. Lott is about to face down a sex scandal involving a gay prostitute. The vocally anti-gay senator would surely raise eyebrows if he were involved with a man. Benjamin Nicholas, the escort, for his part, told thehuffingtonpost.com that there was nothing between him and the Senator and that they never had any personal dealings. (credit: AP)
Eddie Murphy Comic genius Eddie Murphy said he was merely being a good Samaritan in 1997 when he picked up a transvestite hooker in his car. He thought the hooker needed a ride (she was crying) but the dude -- Atisone Kenneth Seiuli -- was no dreamgirl. The hooker insisted Murphy was trying for a hook-up. Murphy insisted he was being a good egg. In 1998, Seiuli -- in lingerie -- was found dead outside on the sidewalk of her Los Angeles apartment. The autopsy blamed an accidental fall. (credit: CBS)
Denise Richards & Richie Sambora The tabloids had a field day with the Richie Sambora-Denise Richards romance. For one thing, Richie was formerly married to Heather Locklear, who starred with Charlie Sheen on "Spin City." Heather and Denise became fast friends sharing all sorts of things like clothes, recipes and names of good gardeners. Heather did not expect Denise, her former bff, to also share in an exchange of bodily fluids with Sambora. Meanwhile, through their nasty divorce, Richards accused Sheen of all kinds of heinous things. He meanwhile says Richards wants to have another baby with him. (credit: Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
Pat O'Brien Former "Insider" co-host Pat O'Brien created a media and Internet sensation in 2005 when the web featured a series of steamy calls the anchor made that he said were made while he was under the influence of too much booze. After the tapes were made public (and on them he discussed wanting coke -- and not the soda, wild sex romps, hookers and various sex acts) O'Brien entered rehab.(credit: CBS)
Bill O'Reilly For this story, he might have wanted a spin zone. No nonsense Fox host Bill O'Reilly (an outspoken Bill Clinton hater) was accused of sexually harassing one female producer who worked closely with him. Andrea Macris taped many of his late-night phone calls where O'Reilly talked about his prowess, his fantasies, masturbation, three-ways, marital aids and how he lost his virginity. (What? News never came up?) When Rosie O'Donnell mentioned his scandal on "The View" O'Reilly reportedly went ballistic. The suit was settled in Oct. 2004. (credit: AP)
Ted Haggard Pastor Ted Haggard, who often preached anti-gay sermons, was defrocked and forced to resign his post as head of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado -- a church he founded. Mike Jones, a former escort, said Haggard paid him for sex -- often -- and that the two also used meth on several occasions. Haggard first denied even knowing Jones but later acknowledged that, yes, he did do drugs and was involved with "sexual immorality." Post-scandal, Haggard told his congregation and church elders that he would seek counseling (he went three weeks) and was now completely "heterosexual." (credit: CBS)
Jim West Spokane Mayor Jim West, who ran on an anti-gay agenda and one of the country's most virulent and consistent anti-gay bill makers, was one of the most conservative Republicans in the Washington legislature. You know where this is going, no? West, it turns out, was forced out of office in scandal in 2005 when it was revealed he tried to use his office to entice a young adult man he thought was 18. (It was actually a computer expert working for a newspaper). West was also accused of molesting two boys when they were Boy Scouts, a claim he denied...West did acknowledge having several on-line relationships with men he met on gay.com. West, then 55, died in 2006 from complications from cancer surgery. (credit: AP)
David Vitter It was a tender Sen. David Vitter who apologized to the media and his wife for "a very serious sin in my past". He made that statement after it was revealed that, when he was unmarried, the Louisiana Republican used the services of at least one (some say more) escorts on the payroll of the so-called "D.C. Madam." (credit: AP)
Newt Gingrich What is that old adage about people who live in glass houses? While former Speaker Newt Gingrich was practically leading the call for President Clinton's head during the Lewinsky scandal, it turned out the Newtster was carrying on his own extra-marital affair. Ouch! That wasn't his first run in with the tabloids, however. Newt divorced his first wife in 1981 (the one who put him through grad school) while she was recovering from uterine cancer. (credit: CBS/Face The Nation)
Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas said she was a lame employee (although he hired Anita Hill twice) and denied he sexually harassed her. She maintained during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings that he said wildly inappropriate things in the workplace ...including comparing himself to porn star Long Dong Silver and how he found a pubic hair on his Coke can. His what? Huh? (credit: CBS/60 Minutes)
David Justice Dave Justice was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1990 and an Atlanta Braves all-star outfielder when he married actress Halle Berry in 1993. Their marriage lasted three years but ended after Justice was arrested in an area frequented by hookers. Justice (who also played for the NY Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Oakland A's) always maintained the couple was already separated and his arrest had nothing to do with the couple's divorce. Berry moved on to musician Eric Benet and claimed he was a sex addict and womanizer, a charge Benet later denied on "Primetime" saying "I am not a sex addict...I am a person who ...has made some really, really stupid, painful mistakes." (credit: AP)
Gary Condit While he was never charged with her disappearance, the death of former Hill intern Chandra Levy wrecked the political career of Rep. Gary Condit. He acknowledged that they were "good friends" but friends of Levy's and her family said the politican was a lot more...Ironically, Condit was also an outspoken critic of Bill Clinton's during the Monicagate mess. (credit: CBS)
Vanessa Williams Vanessa Williams, the gorgeous former Miss America, was stripped of her crown when Penthouse revealed some pre-stardom photos of the lovely actress-singer in the nude. It wasn't really the nude shots that got Williams in hot water: it was the photos of Williams posed with another woman in suggestive and sexually active poses (she thought they were just artistic) that raised eyebrows. So much for a scandal ruining a career -- getting the crown ripped off her pretty head might have been the best thing that happened to her career. Can you name another Miss America? Didn't think so. America felt sorry for the talented Williams and gave her a second chance...making her a recording artist, Broadway star and celebrated TV actress ("Ugly Betty.")
Pee Wee Herman Pee Wee Herman, aka actor Paul Ruebens, was adored by millions of kids on TV and in movies. After being arrested, uh, pleasuring himself during a porn movie in Florida, his career got majorily sidetracked. Next time Pee Wee, we have a thought: home video. (credit: AP)
Monica Lewinsky Monica Lewinsky (here, pictured with comic Tom Green) and a little stained blue dress almost bought down a presidency. Nor will cigar smokers ever be able to take a long puff without thinking about the scandal that rocked the Clinton White House. (credit: AP)
Hugh Grant The hunky British actor Hugh Grant was enjoying immense popularity and screen acclaim in June 1995 when he got busted one late night in Hollywood on the Sunset Strip with hooker Divine Brown in his car. Girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley, who was out of town at the time, was not amused. But Grant got many laughs when he went on "The Tonight Show" and Jay Leno deadpanned "What were you thinking?" (credit: CBS/The Early Show)
George Bush President Bush was a little embarassed, to say the least, when it was revealed that one of his invited White House guests...a Republican artist who presented him with a painting, was actually a former gay porn star who went by the name of Tony Sinatra. The White House continued their flirtation with gay sex, when it was revealed that Jeff Gannon, a "reporter" who often sat in on West Wing press conferences lobbing soft ball questions at the president, was actually a male escort on the side. (credit: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Caught In The Bathroom Senator Larry Craig wasn't the first politician to be caught with his pants down in the bathroom. Lyndon Johnson's chief of staff, Walter Jenkins, was arrested in October 1964 engaging in sexual activity with a Hungarian man in a YMCA bathroom. Jenkins was forced to resign. Republican congressman Jon Hinson, from Mississippi, was arrested for committing a lewd act (exposing himself) at the Arlington National Cemetery in 1976. He blamed alcohol on his "homosexual tendencies" but denied he was gay. In 1981, he was charged with attempted oral sodomy with a male employee in the House of Representatives bathroom. After leaving office, he did a 180 and became a gay rights activist. He died in 1995 from complications due to AIDS. Staunch conservative and anti-gay Republican congressman Robert Bauman was charged with attempting to solicit sex with a 16-year-old male prostitute he paid $50. Bauman -- a married father of four -- blamed "acute alcoholism" for the incident. Gerry Studds, America's first openly gay elected official, a congressional Democrat from Massachusetts, was censured by fellow house members after Studds said he had had an affair with a 17-year-old page. The good news: they didn't meet in the bathroom. (credit: AP)
Rudy Giuliani Wearing a Red Sox cap when you come from NYC is the least of the scandals that have hit one-time Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani. He's been married three times...the first time to his first cousin (hey, it worked for the Roosevelts), the second wife...not a big fan. Actress Donna Hanover was watching TV when she saw her then-husband announce he was seeking a separation...which was news to Hanover. Hanover, feeling pretty scorned, lashed out and accused Rudy of numerous adulteries, the latest with a woman who is now his third wife. His third wife told the press she had been married once before...but, wait, not so fast...she was really married twice before, embroiling the former Mayor in yet another headline-grabbing story. (credit: CBS)
Jesse Jackson Jesse Jackson was instrumental in helping the Clintons patch up their marital woes once the Monica scandal broke. Apparently Jesse had some knowledge of how to handle a scorned spouse...it wasn't long after that it was revealed Mrs. Jackson got nasty when a long-standing affair between the good reverend and one of his former assistants came to light. (credit: CBS)
Jerry Springer Before he presided over one of TV's most raunchy shows, Jerry Springer was mayor of Cincinnati. You could say he put the sin in Cincinnati after it was revealed he paid for a female escort...with a check. Most voters were madder at the fact that he didn't pay cash and left a paper trail. Not very smart there, Jer. In fact, a move as dumb as that, could land you as a guest on your show. (credit: AP)
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Prince Charles & Camilla Parker Bowles The Prince of Wales was married to the former Diana Spencer, who became the People's Princess and one of the world's most beloved women. While married to the delicate flower, Charles carried on an affair with his first love, Camilla Parker Bowles. By the time Diana told Martin Bashir "there were always three people in my marriage," the British press and people were angry with their possibly-future King for making a royal mess of the once storybook marriage that he had with Diana. (credit: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images)
Jim McGreevey & Dina Matos McGreevey Dina Matos McGreevey wanted to stand by her man after the former Governor of New Jersey came out and said he was "a gay American" but Jim McGreevey resigned his office when it was revealed he put a boyfriend on the payroll in a job he wasn't qualified for...home security no less. The former Governor found less security at home when his now estranged wife wrote a scathing book about their marriage. credit: AP)
Jim Bakker Televangelist Jim Bakker founded The PTL Club ("Praise The Lord") and preached on television with his wife, Tammy Faye. Church secretary Jessica Hahn said Bakker asked her to take more than dictation and his ministry was sunk. He was later convicted of fraud and served jail time for his role in the scandal. credit: Thomas Nelson Publishing)
Barney Frank Barney Frank, the popular Mass. congressman and outspoken gay liberal, survived a scandal when it was revealed that a live-in friend was running an escort service from the congressman's basement. An ethics probe found the congressman was clueless about his friend's illegal activity. credit: CBS)
Antonio Villaraigosa First reporters noticed that Mayor Villaraigosa wasn't wearing his wedding ring. When his wife filed for divorce, it raised the possibility that the mayor was seeing someone new. He was. Telemundo anchor Mirthala Salinas was named as "the other woman." Since their affair became public, Salinas and Telemundo have had a parting of the ways...and according to recent reports, so have the mayor and the stunning former anchor. (credit: CBS)
Michael Kennedy In 1996, Michael Kennedy (RFK's son) was married to Victoria Gifford (daughter of Frank) when he became embroiled in a sex scandal when it was revealed that, years earlier, he had had an affair with the family babysitter who was only 14 at the time. The babysitter refused to press charges even though she was underage. But the fallout caused Michael's brother Joseph to pull out of the Massachusetts Governor's race. A year later, Michael (a father of three) was killed when he slammed into a tree during a New Year's eve skiing accident in Colorado. (credit: AP)
Larry Craig Ultraconservative Sen. Larry Craig insists he is "not gay", but he was arrested in the summer of 2007 in a public bathroom where an undercover officer was conducting a sting of gay males soliciting sex. In December, an Idaho newspaper reported that eight men claimed to have sexual encounters with the senator -- or say he came on to them. One of the men, a former male escort, says Craig paid him $200 for sex. That escort, Mike Jones, is the same escort who said Pastor Ted Haggard paid him for sex forcing the pastor to resign when the scandal came to light. (credit: CBS)
Rod Majors aka Matt Sanchez Conservative Matt Sanchez -- who is also an evangelical Christian -- was embraced by TV pundits (Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter particularly fawned over him) as an outstanding Marine and outspoken advocate for the Iraq war. In March 2007 Sanchez, accepted the "academic freedom award" from a right-wing group. Liberal bloggers thought Sanchez looked a bit familiar and outed him as a gay porn star and male escort. Through the 90s, Sanchez, who went by the name of Rod Majors (subtle, no?) appeared in 30-something gay titles like "Jawbreaker", "Idol Country" and "Lunch Hour 2: Sweating Grease" and advertised as a sex-for-sale massage therapist in NY gay publications until recently. Sanchez insists he is heterosexual. (credit: www.falconstudios.com)
Kwame Kilpatrick Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick went on TV in January 2008, with his wife at his side, to discuss charges of whether he lied to a prosecutor about whether or not he and an aide, former chief of staff Christine Beatty, had had an affair, which they both originally denied in a court of law. Fourteen thousand text messages between the two (she: "did you miss me, sexually?" he "Hell yeah, I want some more!") were sometimes steamy and released to the public. Kilpatrick said he would fight to keep his job despite calls for his resignation. Kilpatrick said he was "sorry" and apologized to his supporters and the people of Detroit for his "profoundly embarrassing" behavior. His wife said "my husband and I will get through this. I am angry and I am hurt and disappointed but there is no question I love my husband." On September 4, 2008, Kilpatrick accepted a plea deal: he will go to jail for 4 months and pay a $1 million fine. He'll also be on probation for five years. He also agreed not to run for public office during that five-year period. Kilpatrick also gives up his state pension. (credit: AP)
Mark Foley Congressman Mark Foley ...as conservative as they go and an outspoken critic of Bill Clinton's during the Monica mess...championed child safety on the net and introduced legislation that would keep sexual predators away from kids. Come to find out, while Foley should have been voting on the Senate floor, he was up in his office sending inappropriate IMs to young men. (credit: AP)
Eliot Spitzer New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, 48, came into office in 2006 with a dogged reputation of fighting crime and vowing to clean up New York from corruption. So it was a bit of a shock, to say the least, when the New York Times website reported on March 10, 2008 that Spitzer, New York's former attorney general, was linked as a high-profile client to the escort ring Emperors Club VIP, a web-based service that featured high-class call girls who charged as much as $5,500 an hour. Spitzer abruptly announced he had to spend more time with his family. (credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
Big Brother's Crazy James "Big Brother" contestant "Crazy James" joined the cast of BB9 saying he liked older women. What he didn't mention was that his repertoire also apparently includes men. Several videos of James in various states of undress -- and in solo action -- found their way onto the net within days of BB9's premiere. Days later, more hardcore fare showed up with James, uh, being active sexually with a male partner. Very hardcore. Very active. No word from the producers if they knew about the houseguest's steamy past. (credit: CBS)
David Paterson Less than a full day after being sworn in as the new governor of New York, David Paterson told the New York Daily News that he and his wife both had extramarital affairs during a rough patch in their marriage. Paterson insisted during his weekly Friday trysts (including rooms at the Days Inn and food at TGIF's...hey big spender!) he always used his own money and not the taxpayers. However, on March 20, 2008 he admitted that at least one of the trysts might have accidentally been charged to his campaign as "constituent services." Paterson, of course, took over when Eliot Spitzer resigned in a sex scandal involving a high-class call girl ring. (credit: CBS)
John Edwards & Rielle Hunter John and Elizabeth Edwards seemed like the perfect couple. Of course, in politics reality is rarely what it seems. Edwards shocked the country, much of his staff and the media on August 8, 2008 when he admitted to an affair the tabloids were long rumor-mongering on. Edwards said he had had an extramarital affair with a woman, Rielle Hunter, who was once hired by his staff to do promotional videos about the Senator. Edwards, however, vehemently denied that he fathered a child out of wedlock with the 42-year-old Hunter. That is until almost a year to the day when he acknowledged the affair, a report from CBS affiliate WRAL on August 12, 2009 said Edwards was ready to admit the child, a girl named Frances, was his progeny. (credit: CBS)
Tim Mahoney In October 2008, congressman Tim Mahoney, a Democrat in Florida, was implicated in a sex scandal after it was learned he paid off a woman he had had an affair with. Turns out, there was another woman. Mahoney admitted to "at least" two affairs but said he broke no laws and that he wouldn't resign his seat. Ironically, Mahoney admitted that one of the affairs began as he was running a "family values" campaign. Ha! Oh, and for more irony: Mahoney was running for the seat left vacant by Mark Foley, the Republican who resigned after the scandal broke that purported he was sending inappropriate and sexually-charged IMs and E mails to male pages. (credit: CBS)
David Duchovny & Tea Leoni David Duchovny and Tea Leoni's marriage hit a rocky patch in 2008 when it was revealed the couple was separating. Reportedly, the star of Showtime's "Californication" (about a sex-obsessed writer) was in rehab for sexual addiction. In a statement, the former "X-Files" heart throb asked for "respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family." By the end of the year, one of Hollywood's more popular couples was publicly trying to patch up their imperfect union. (credit: AP)
Sam Adams Openly gay Portland Oregon Mayor Sam Adams refused to resign his post in Janaury 2009 after admitting he lied about a sexual relationship with an underage male. Adams publicly apologized for lying about a sexual relationship with legislative intern Beau Breedlove who was 17 when he and the mayor met in 2005. Both men insist there was no sexual activity until Breedlove turned 18 but Breedlove said they kissed "twice" when he was a year younger. Adams also apologized for coaching Breedlove on how to lie about their affair when he was first approached by reporters. (credit: AP)
Alex Rodriguez Alex Rodriguez, superstar third baseman for the New York Yankees, was already involved in a messy divorce when his now ex-wife accused the slugger of making time with the Material Girl. No stranger to sex scandals herself (remember the book "Sex"), Madonna and A-Rod denied they were anything more than friends. They did happen to run into each other an inordinate amount for people who just happened to be casual acquaintances. In March 2009, the New York Daily News threw more caution to the wind and reported that madam Kristin Davis -- who reportedly supplied one-time NY Governor Elliot Spitzer with prostitutes -- also supplied call girls -- at least a half dozen times to A-Rod! Well, he is, after all, the highest-paid player in major league baseball! He could just be spreading the wealth around. Davis says A-Rod dated her "for free." (credit: Doug Benc/Getty Images)
Vince Shlomi With one arrest, Vince Shlomi went from being the pitchman for ShamWow to being a guy known for ShamOwww! Police in Miami Beach say Shlomi took a hooker back to his hotel room in March 2009 -- a comely woman named Sasha Harris -- and gave her $900+ for fun and frivolity. For some reason, she bit Shlomi's tongue and refused to let go. Hence the shamOWW! He got mad and reportedly struck her several times. The fight escalated and both got arrested for aggravated assault. Police say neither will be charged. While Shlomi got off (sorry!) relatively lightly he will be the butt of jokes on late night TV and the Internet for several months to come, no doubt.
Father Alberto Cutie Father Alberto Cutie (his name is pronounced Coo-tay, but let's face it, he is rather a cutie) caused a scandal in May 2009 when photos of the popular Miami priest and TV personality were published in a Spanish-language magazine. The photos showed the priest cavorting with a woman on a beach...lots of kissing, fondling and other un-church-like actitivies. After the photos ran, Cutie confessed he was in love with the woman. He is now grappling with whether or not to leave the priesthood. He has already quit as head of the Catholic Church in Miami as well as president of Radio Paz and Radio Peace, two stations run by the diocese. The handsome priest was dubbed by Newsweek "Father Oprah" because of his worldly broadcast appeal. Cutie married his cutie girlfriend June 2009. (credit: CBS)
Dustin Lance Black Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black poses in the press room with his best adapted screenplay award for 'Milk' at the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on Feb. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles. In June 2009, nude photos of Black, engaging in sex, were splashed all over the Internet. The gay community was mostly outraged that out blogger Perez Hilton also published the XXX photos and reported on an alleged sex tape. The photos were reportedly taken in 2006. Black who speaks about the importance of safe sex, was shown having unsafe sex. He later apologized to his fans and blasted the person who "is trying to profit from material which is clearly private." (credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Chip Pickering Chip Pickering, who was a Republican congressman from Mississippi for 12 years, retired in Jan. 2009. His wife, Leisha Pickering, sued her husband's alleged mistress -- Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd -- for alienation of affection. The ex-Mrs. Pickering blamed Byrd for ruining her marriage and for destroying her husband's political career. The former congressman went on to be a lobbyist for Celluar South...which is, incidentally?...a telecommunications company owned by Creekmore Byrd's family. (credit: AP)
John Ensign Nevada Sen. John Ensign was considered a rising star of the Republican party in June 2009, when it was revealed he had had an extramarital affair with a woman who worked on his campaign staff. The woman is also married to one of Ensign's former aides. Awkward! Reading from a prepared statement, Ensign said "I deeply regret and am very sorry for my actions." In a statement, Ensign's wife said the affair actually made them "stronger." Ensign, like Governor Mark Sanford, was an outspoken opponent of Bill Clinton's and called for the President to resign when his sexual scandal came to light. Ensign also called for fellow Senator Larry Craig to step down after he was arrested in an undercover sting. Ensign says he is committed to staying in the Senate. His affair reportedly lasted from Dec. 2007 - August 2008. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Mark Sanford Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford turned down the government's stimulus money, and to hear the late night comics tell it, he was getting his stimulus someplace else. Sanford went missing for 5 days in June 2009 -- his staff didn't know where he was. On father's day weekend, no less, the married father of four was actually in Argentina reportedly breaking up with a woman he had been having an affair, for a year, with. Sanford, of course, was one of Bill Clinton's leading critics during the Lewinsky affair. And Sanford is also a proponent of the Defense of Marriage Act and outspoken against same-sex marriage. Sanford also said one of his trips to Argentina was paid for with tax payer funds and he promises to pay it back. Wife Jenny wrote a best-selling book and divorced Sanford. (credit: William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
Rick Pitino Famed Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino reportedly told police that he was drinking at a Louisville restaurant in August 2003 when he had sex with Karen Sypher. She alleged in 2009 that Pitino had raped her at the restaurant and at another location. The Courier-Journal reported on their website in August 2009 that Pitino denied there had been a rape and that he also gave Sypher $3,000 for an abortion. He also accused Sypher of trying to extort him for $10 million. She denies the extortion charge. (credit: CBS)
Eric Dane & Rebecca Gayheart & Kari Ann Peniche McSteamy indeed! Grey's Anatomy's "Dr. McSteamy" Eric Dane, his wife, actress Rebecca Gayheart, and Kari Ann Peniche turned up together in a naughty online video posted by Gawker.com on Aug. 16, 2009. The tape reportedly was in Peniche's possession. Various reports claimed the tape was stolen from her while Peniche appeared with room mate Mindy McReady on Dr. Drew's "Celebrity Rehab." TMZ quoted Marty Singer, lawyer for both Dane and Gayheart said they would sue anyone who published what is "a private, confidential tape." And he added, "From what I've seen, it's a naked tape, not a sex tape. At most, it's three people maybe wanting to have sex." (Or learn more about anatomy?) (credit: Gawker)
Roman Polanski Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski fled California in 1978 after he entered a plea bargain for unlawfully drugging and having sex with a 13-year-old girl. (He maintained he panicked when he believed the judge was going to renege on the agreement.) Polanski, who was 44 at the time of the crime, is expected to be extradited from Switzerland to face justice in California for having sex with Samantha Gailey (now Geimer.) For her part, Geimer, who reportedly got a financial settlement from Polanski said she wished the entire ordeal could be "put to rest for both of us." She added, "I don't think he needs to be locked up forever. It's an unpleasant memory. (But) I can live with it." (credit: CBS)
Mike Duvall KCAL 9 reporter Dave Lopez reported exclusively September 2009 about recorded audio tapes allegedly showing a conservative Republican O.C. Assemblyman, namely Michael Duvall, openly talking about at least two affairs on a hot open mic. Duvall was unknowingly recorded during a committee meeting in Sacramento. The sex reportedly occured with female lobbyists in the State Capitol. Lopez also reported that "much of the taped onversation (is too graphic) for television." Duvall, ironically, gets high marks -- 100% in fact -- from Capitol Resource Institute, for his "protection of strong family values." Lopez says Duvall turned down repeated requests for interviews. Duvall resigned his position the day after the scandal broke. The following day he wrote on his web site that he denied having sex but did admit to "engaging in inappropriate strorytelling." (credit: CBS)
David Letterman David Letterman reveals to his late night audience his affairs with several staffers on his show and the extortion plot against him in Manhattan on October 1, 2009. Robert Joel Halderman (known as Joe), a producer at "48 Hours" was accused of trying to extort $2 million from Letterman. Halderman reportedly lived for a time with Stephanie Birkitt, a former Letterman assistant often appeared on the show in comedy bits. (credit: CBS)
Steve Phillips ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips acknowledged having an affair with Brooke Hundley, an assistant at the cable network in October 2009, and has taken a leave of absence during the playoffs. The New York Post reported that after Phillips dumped Hundley she sent a letter to his wife detailing the most intimate aspects of their affair and the newspaper compared some of Hundley's post affair behavior with that of Glenn Close's character in "Fatal Attraction." Several days after the news of the affair broke, ESPN announced both Phillips and Hundley were both fired. Meanwhile, Phillips acknowledged he was entering a clinic to deal with sex addiction. (credit: AP)
Tiger Woods In a statement on his Web site on Dec. 2, 2009, Tiger Woods apologized to his family, friends and fans for "sins" and "transgressions." The apology came after a car crash in his front yard brought the glare of the media spotlight on the golf superstar's personal life. An apparent voice mail message from Woods to a woman who claimed they had had a 31-month affair was released earlier that day. Later, more than a dozen women stepped forward and claimed dalliances with the golf legend. Wife Elin filed for divorced and the couple was officially kaput August 2010. (credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Ben Roethlisberger Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger arrives at the 2009 ESPY Awards held at Nokia Theatre LA Live on July 15, 2009, in Los Angeles, Calif. For the second time in two years, Roethlisberger found himself accused of sexual assault in 2010. First, a woman accused him of raping her in 2008 at a Lake Tahoe hotel. (He denied the charges and is counter-suing the woman.) In a second alleged incident, in March 2010, the NFL star is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a nightclub near his home in suburban Atlanta. (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
Eric Massa Eric Massa, Democrat Representative of New York, resigned in March 2010 with, in his words, "a profound sense of failure." It was revealed that Massa was stepping down rather than face an ethics investigation involving a harassment complaint from a male staffer. During an exchange with sexual overtones, Massa said he used language that left no doubt that he was making his subordinate "uncomfortable." First citing his battles with cancer for the cause of his sudden resignation, Massa later revealed he didn't want to put his family (he is married) through the rigors, and embarassment, of an ethics probe. (credit: AP)
Roy Ashburn Calif. State Senator Roy Ashburn was arrested for a DUI in March 2010. He was pulled over with a male companion in his car. This would normally not be that newsworthy, but Ashburn is a conservative Republican who ran on a family values, anti-gay platform...and when he was pulled over, he and the companion had reportedly just left a gay nightclub called Faces. Ashburn has voted against gay issues at every opportunity. Leading gay activists called Ashburn, the married father of four, "a hypocrite." About a week after his arrest, he came out. (credit: Sac. County Sheriff's Dept.)
Sandra Bullock & Jesse James By all accounts, actress Sandra Bullock and her husband Jesse James were madly in love ... she said as much accepting her Golden Globe and Oscar for her work in the film "The Blind Side." But it was Bullock who was, apparently, blind-sided by magazine reports that her husband was cheating on her, for 11 months, with a tattoo model. Bullock canceled all personal appearances after the scandal broke (two weeks after the Oscars, no less) and James apologized to PEOPLE Magazine for his "bad judgment" and said he deserved "everything bad that is coming my way." (credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
Glenn Richardson Glenn Richardson was a popular family-values Republican from Georgia and speaker of that state's state house. There was talk he could be Governor someday. He stepped down in December 2009 when his wife accused him of having an affair with a lobbyist. And at the same time he acknowleged a suicide try. His successor, Rep. Daniel Stout also admitted to having an affair. And, he too, is a family values advocate. Well, at least these days he is. Ten years ago, it was reported Stout had an affair...with his first wife's mother! Is he ready for "Jerry Springer" or what?? It gets better (or worse, depending upon your perspective.) To add another twist, his then wife was pregnant with their daughter! He told reporters that that "humbling experience changed my life dramatically." He also said his relationship with his mother-in-law "stopped short of sex." Good thing or those family picnics might have been a little awkward...to say the least. (credit: AP)
Mark Souder Indiana Republican Rep. Mark Souder announced plans to resign from Congress because he had an affair with a staffer. In a statement issued on May 18, 2010, the politician who ran on a "family values" platform says he has "sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff." The part-time lover, uh, employee...Tracy Jackson...resigned the following day. (credit: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)
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Thank you, NarutoBase Staff
i like it
not really mad with power jus revenge
why you like it? you like distruction?
innocent ppl may die ...
saskue will be strongest
You re like a child )
yes, it's cool , but in the same time there is nothing to be happy about
I guess you like Naruto much more than Naruto shiippuden
sasuke is not the strongest you will all see
Originally Posted by aVague
You re like a child )
yes, it's cool , but in the same time there is nothing to be happy about
I guess you like Naruto much more than Naruto shiippuden
i like shippuden better even though i read the manga now
im tlk about him destroying the leaf village
nanruto more strong.
sasuke is not mad for power
You guys know why is Naruto so Powerful cause of the Kyuubi Chakra
no not just the kyuubi.
Originally Posted by Takato Uchiha
You guys know why is Naruto so Powerful cause of the Kyuubi Chakra
Originally Posted by shodaime
no not just the kyuubi.
yea thats right..
they r trying 2 make sasuke more powerful so in the next time he fight naruto it be equal
because naruto have more power because of the kyuubi
and sasuke was so weak
YEAH BUT IN MY CHOICE Sasuke is better
Originally Posted by Takato Uchiha
YEAH BUT IN MY CHOICE Sasuke is better
we dont know all naruto power yet ^_^
or the kyuubi power
but so far we know that when naruto take the form of the kyuubi .. they kyuubi chakra work as Susano-o and protect naruto from the attack
and nothing cant effect him.
he's isnt going mad with power he was born that way. It isn't his fault he's crazy, vengeful, stupid , easily manipulated and a self centred brat. its how he was born. Itachi at birth got 99.99999 % of the good genes leaving sasuke with basically 99 % of the crappy genes. Poor sasuke, genes are cruel
He's hungry for revenge. I would be too if my village forced my brother to slaughter my clan.
now he become more angry.
Sasuke's gotten too powerful. He needs to either turn good, go away or die please.
It's weird that people complain about how Sasuke is 'too powerful', even though Itachi can kick his ass easily if he was being serious about it. Itachi is like a bazillion percent more powerful than most of the people in the Naruto universe but no one is complaining.
If Sasuke's too powerful, that's just how it is, that's how Kishi made it.
I mean, Naruto's been spoonfed (literally) some new power from Itachi, and he has the Kyuubi's chakra to help him.
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Stadium Frames
Here's a random, non-game-entry post for your Wednesday night.
You might have noticed from our blog that I like to take a lot of pictures, to visit a lot of stadiums, and to make things out of wood (usually baseball bats). Well, these three passions come together on the wall of my home office. Last season, I made 5″ x 7″ frames to display pictures from the 9 stadiums Tim and I had visited together to that point. (FYI, that includes Safeco Field, Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, Yankee Stadium (1923), Great American Ball Park, Progressive Field, PNC Park, Shea Stadium and Chase Field).
Well, last weekend, I finally updated my wall through the 2009 season (click to enlarge picture):
If you click on the picture, you will see that I added frames for the 9 new stadiums Tim and I visited in 2009: Citi Field, Nationals Park, Yankees Stadium (2009), Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, H.H.H. Metrodome, Miller Park, U.S. Cellular Field, and Rogers Centre.
By the way, all of the links take you to the game entries that correspond with the framed pictures.
Also, I guess I should mention two more things: In the 8″ x 10″ picture of Tim just left of center, Tim is standing in Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia, just before his first game at Citizens Bank Park (his second game of his life).
In the 8″ x 10″ picture just right of center, that is Ken Griffey, Jr. holding a sign that says "Hi Todd." My mom had him pose for that picture on his first day of Spring Training in 2008 (literally, his first day back in a Mariners uniform) and my folks gave it to me for my birthday.
Its good to finally be caught up with my frames. However, soon the 2010 season will start and we are set to add Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium Not of Los Angeles, Petco Park, AT&T Park and the Oakland-Alameda County Colesium. And, I'd really like to get to Comerica Park, but right now it is a long shot for 2010.
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thats awesome that griffey did that, would be realy cool if you could get him to sign it or something as well.
Thanks for the nice photo full of priceless memories! I enjoyed reading all post linked within this page.
One of the two bats on the wall is Tim's first bats of his life, isn't it?
Yeah, it was pretty sweet of Griff. I'd love to get it autographed. I've thought of bringing it to games this season, but Griff is a near impossible autograph to get at the stadium. We'll see.
Glad you enjoyed. And good eye. That 's is Tim's first bat (from this entry http://cookandsonbats.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/09/end-of-an-era-beginning-of-another.html). I don't have a proper display spot for it yet, so its just resting on one of my favorite bats. That is also his batting helmet resting on top of his first batting tee (also pictured in that same entry).
Thanks for your comment. That's what I thought. Great you are always with Tim, even there are times you have to close the door of your home office to concentrate on your work.
I remember when I saw Tim's photo here for the first time, I felt as if I would have met him somewhere before. Now I can see why. I had seen him in one of the family pictures by Norman Rockwell featured in a Japanese Tv program.
And now it's only three days to the start of Spring Training 2010! I can't wait for it!
HA, Norman Rockwell. That's funny. Maybe a little Norman Rockwell and a Little Dennis the Menace at the same time. Tim's probably got a little more attitude than a classic Rockwell character…in a good way, of course.


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Week number three of On the Road with the Agency of Transportation will start with a major paving project on I-89. The work in the southbound lane starts in the southbound lane at mile marker 64 in Richmond and ends at mile marker 78 in Waterbury. Crews will begin grinding away markings and filling cracks. The actual paving will begin in early May.
Another paving project will start in Northfield on routes 12 and 12A. Crews will be milling the entire width of the roadway on Route 12 (Main Street). Traffic will be reduced to alternating one way through the work zone. Drivers can expect minor delays during morning and afternoon commutes.
Montpelier will have two work zones connected with the District Heat Project. The first location is on State Street in front of the Capitol Plaza (extending to Taylor Street). The second location is on School Street from the Fairpoint parking lot to Union Elementary school. Parents can call (802)-262-6200 for school drop-off information.
Ongoing projects across the state include the finishing touches on Barres Big Dig. There is minimal impact on traffic and no delays.
The Railroad Square Bridge replacement project in Newport will be working on abutment #1 and forming handrail posts.
The paving work in Cambridge is one of three projects in that area. Route 108 from Cambridge to Bakersfield is being paved. There is also a roundabout being installed at the intersection of Routes 15 and 108. Beside the new roundabout a temporary bridge has been installed while the bridge replacement project continues. Daytime traffic will be reduced to one lane on Route 108. Motorists should expect delays in this area.
I-89 at mile marker 101 in Milton, bridge # 80, is reduced to one lane during a bridge replacement project. The speed limit is reduced to 50 mph in the work zone.
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Route 2B in St Johnsbury is reduced to one lane with a 40 mph speed limit. On Route 2 in St. Johnsbury is a bridge replacement project. A temporary bridge will be in place in early May.
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os2wiz thanx 4 provin my point. you're not up front. you seem 2 be a complete bullsh*t artist who has no idea wtf your talking about. how bout u try proving us wrong instead of pretending you're the next shakespeare.
you have to have substance to cast a shadow. I really think you are a cynical version of shallow Hal. I am not naive , but cynical yuppie types laughOriginally Posted by donchris
at politicos like Bush or even Hilary Clinton, but do nothing in substance to fight their destructive influence. On the job these same cynical types laught at those on the bottom , while opening their anus's to the bosses to curry favor. Butt kssing and back stabbing are their way of life. I have no use for them and I can read them like a book.
I am up front. I hate capitalism and all the lackies who serve it. Occasionally I err. But I never err in my character assessments. You are empty bluster .
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For everyone sitting back defending Marbury, I say wake up! If you would take Stephon Marbury in a draft over Chauncey Billups.. Yes my friend you are an Idiot. You would take an perennial loser who has made every franchise he's played for better simply by leaving for a guy who is clutch, plays defense, takes over games in the 4th Q, and yes is a great teammate with an NBA ring. One guy led his team to 64 wins, the to significantly less. So you're a GM and these two guys are on the table. If took Marbury over Billups, you'd be fired. Maybe even shot. The biggest problem with the Knicks right now is the fans. If I was running the show, I'd say real fans will wait for the bad contracts to expire. then make a run for it. You have young guys like Frye, Lee, Robinson. Put them out there. Richardson was hurt most of last year, should be better this year. Curry needs to be tougher as a rebounder and shot blocker. Bring a Moses Malone to work with him & Frye. Hell all your bigs! We took on more water cause stupid fans wanted a deal before the trade deadline. Result Steve Francis??!! I hate this guy as much as Marbury. And now they probably will share the backcourt on this team. Minnesota is now starting to look at other point guards, because Marbury's contract is so hefty. Marbury is truly a beneficiary of the old CBA (Collective bargaining Agreement: if you don't know, now you know). If you don't believe me here is a short list of people he makes more money than:
Tim Duncan 3 Time NBA Champ 2 Time MVP
Kobe Bryant 3 Time NBA Champ
Paul Pierce
Vince Carter
Jason Kidd
Dirk Nowitzki
Jermaine O'Neal
Ray Allen
there are tons of other that I consider better than Marbury, but I think I've made my point. By the for the guy who said Billups was worse than Marbury this is head to head comparison done on NBA.com
2005-06 Statistics
By the way the right hand column is Marbury. the Other left is Billups. So digest this people. I still got more bullets in this G#N. Later.
did u read my post fully there doc. i said marbury had the worst season of his 10 year long career. i won't blaim brown i will just say he wasnt playing his style of basketball. how bout u digest their career averages and determine who is a better player. dont mention the nba title from a few years ago because billups has far more talented people starting with him and coming off the bench. even tho we may agree billups played better d than marbury, y is it that marbury has more steals? i find it funny how close their #'s were this season considering chauncey had his best season and marbury had his worst. here u go doc choke on the career averages...
Marbury / Billups
go ahead doc lemme hear what u gotta say...
you mean to tell me KOBE BRYANT, TIM DUNCAN, DIRK get paid less than Steph??????
is this true? how did you find out NBA salaries?
This type of info on Steph should be kept secret. = (
I dont think any one is saying that Steph is better than Billups. It's just that Billups ant tring to come to NY so what does it matter. If any one of you guys that hates Marbury can think of a realistic trade that will bennifit the team, (meaning a trade of equal value for a star or close to a star type of player) I'd be happy to read it. But so far you all have failed to do so. He's no Nash or Baron Davis but he is a good scorer and seemingly the best scoring pg in the league next to Iverson.
I see Chris Paul moving up to second place on that PG list real fast.
I know many of you believe in what is called "a scoring point guard". To me, that's an oxymoron; the ability to score shouldnt be a point guard's top quality... it should be his ability to involve teammates and make them better. Jason Kidd and Steve Nash have made this an art, and Chris Paul is the obvious heir to that claim.
Arenas and Steph should be reclassified and known as shooting guards who can play the point.
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I am of course saying that Billups is better! You made my point. Numbers mean absolutely nothing when you lose. When was the last time Steph led a team to 64 wins? How about the eastern conference finals? How about the NBA finals? Has he won Finals MVP? Chauncey isn't one dimensionally based on numbers. He has heart, a higher basketball IQ, and is team leader BY EXAMPLE!!! He doesn't blame Flip Saunders, He just plays hard. My father said to me there comes a time in everyone's life where problems stop being everyone else, and start being you! The last statement is a synopsis of Stephon Marbury's basketball life. Do you think the Media and fans all dislike him cause they're bored? NOOOOO!!!!! He often takes plays off, and at 5 dollars or at 16 plus million that's unacceptable!! How many posters at this site if they had the chance to trade places with Marbury if it meant taking 10 years of their life expectancy would trade? I say 90%. The NBA is a privilege not a right. Marbury doesn't see it that way. If he did he wouldn't racking up gaudy stats on awful teams. Who couldn't? Karl Malone is the Number 2 scorer in NBA history. Do you think he wants a ring or to be number 1 scorer? If anyone said the latter you are lucky to be able to read. Cause beyond that you're stupid! Winning is everything. Stats mean nothing when all you do is lose. You wanted a response so there you go sxmarbury516. Now this response is going to be interesting. I mean that in the most facetious manner if you couldn't tell....
portega1968 you know what you're talking about. Your posts have thought put in to them, not just silly fan rambling. thank you for psting something that is well thought out rather than trash.
I think Steph is # 4 on your list. Baron Davis is way under rated. He could have been on the verge of something great prior to getting injured. At the same time if dude is a fan than he's a fan. He's going to support his man. Your right a career is measure by wins but there are certain players that go to bad teams or young teams. The nash thing was perfect timing. He made the team better, no doubt about that but the players were more developed. Can you really compare Amare to Eddie? It's not like Steph was a ballhog and had a dominate center. It's like telling Kobe to pass the ball. Pass it to who? But Steph still averaged 6 asts per game. So it kind of is about stats, may be a little...
It's a bit unfair to compare Chauncey's career stats to Steph's career stats to determine who is better.
Chauncey is like Manu, Gilbert and other draftees who didn't come into the NBA with great expectations or handed starting positions from the get go; they had to prove themselves on this level. Being the street legend that he was, Steph came in with much hype and was handed the keys to Minny. Expectations for him were much higher and he has failed to prove himself as a winner.
In other words, Chauncey didn't get much of a chance when he came in and had to go through the Celtics, Raptors, Nuggets and Minnesota before he found a team that allowed him to play his game (btw, it's funny how he credits Larry Brown for bringing is game up to another level whereas Steph's stats went down under LB).
So in a sense, his career averages don't reflect his ranking because they're deflated after various years of being underused.
The point of this thread? It's not who's a better PG, something you guys can debate 'till the death without ever agreeing. It's that Steph wants to continue being a Knick.
Considering Larry is as good as gone, I say we should stick with Steph another year to see if he finally elevates his game to the next level.
Billups? He can die a Piston for all I care.
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Thanks Doc!!!
Keep up the trash talking guys; along with the analysis, opinions and useful info, it's what makes this site interesting.
All I beg is for everyone to realize we are all Knick fans and that makes us some sort of brotherhood, so nothing here should be taken personally or result in serious hating. As in all families, there are fights and different points of views. So I believe we can all talk **** and still feel the love.
Props to Rady for bringing us together as Knick fans.
I'm headed to Orlando this weekend with my kids for ten days, and hopefully, will be able to attend at some point the NBA pre-draft camp. Hopefully, I'll get to watch up close our next Knicks.
Before I leave, I have two words... **** DOLAN!!!
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i agree an nba championship is more important than any stat. but u brought the #'s into it. but like i said before all 5 of the pistons starting line-up are all-star caliber. if u knew the situation with the teams he played on u would know injuries on key players plagued him on pretty much all 4 of the teams he played for. here's a quote from a question i asked marbury in an nba.com live chat. it got published in an issue of inside stuff also.
"SXMarbury516 at 3:16pm ET
What are some of your goals that you are aiming 4 this season?
Stephon Marbury at 3:17pm ET
This year I really don't have any individual goals. My long term goal is first and foremost to win the championship. But then we have to make it to the playoffs. Once we make it to the playoffs, it's anybody's championship. Everyone starts the playoffs with the same record. It doesn't matter who won 70 games or whatever."
this was all the way back from when he was on the nets. but point being is he isn't as selfish as a lot of u make him out to be. he knows the game and knows the #1 priority is winning.


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Posted on 12/30/2003 11:44:49 AM PST by GunsareOKEdited on 07/12/2004 3:41:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
President Bush is beginning to anger certain hard-line conservatives, particularly over fiscal issues, the way his father did in the year before he lost to Bill Clinton in 1992.
It's not clear how deep the dissatisfaction goes, and whether it will translate to damage at the polls in November.
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He absolutely is. One of the most conservative we have ever had. So much so that he's willing to make sure he does not lose the White House (which he took back for us) to liberals, even if it means having to give in on some things he'd much rather not have to sign.
I just listened to a radio program where the caller was a supposed hard-line conservative but is "angry" at George Bush. This sounds like a DNC plan, albeit very transparent, to attract illiterate conservatives. Well, this is one true hard-line conservative who does not buy it and does not intend to roll-over for the socialist Howard Dean.
This is bunk. The truth is the truth: The Republican party, under Bush II, has become the thing it hated most: A money-dispensing, vote-grubbing party more determined to do what will maintain majority (and buying votes ALWAYS works in a democracy, it's why they all eventually go broke) than what will preserve the Republic. There is no excuse for the Medicare vote, except as a grotesque, unapologetic 'triangulation' of a typically Democrat issue for purely political gain.
WHile I will hold my nose and vote for Bush next year, I don't have any illusions that he's really a conservative.
Incidentally, Clinton was the best thing that ever happened to the Republican party. He causes a major re-alignment in Congress - breaking a 40 year stranglehold his Party had on the institution. Dean can be just as devastating to liberalism. Problem is, he's going to be outflanked on liberal issues by Bush - who is going to use liberal issues to bankrupt us by the end of his second term, at which point conservatism will be discredited.
I know it's a sin not to gloat about Bush, but he has a lot to prove before I can honestly say I support him 100%. War on terror - sure, because none of the quacks in the Democrat fold have a freaking clue about the nature of the enemey. But on social issues, and particularly spending issues, Bush II has been a complete dud so far. Maybe he'll use his second term to become the draconian budget cutter his opponents claim he is. I hope so.
But this nonsense about being a traitor because one is mad enough at Bush's pandering to consider letting others elect him is just nuts.
They are like the few Iraqis who fully supported the invasion and celebrated its success but now complain that the place isn't a paradise yet.
For you, maybe. He'll win in a landslide though b/c most conservatives are very happy with him, and the moderates trust him enough to vote for him as well.
You forget the option of gridlock! Klintoon couldn't get these passed and it wasn't for lack of trying.
Besides I already said I was voting for Bush again. Can you tolerate any disagreement at all? Sheesh.
The "Party is always right" mentality only applies to Stalinists and Democrats (but I repeat myself)
I don't know... maybe you're just not very intelligent. Who knows? Must be something like that though.
I hope you are right.
But I'll tell you, my parents
are both working class
Republicans, and
so are their friends. These people
are television
and newspaper types.
My parents and all their friends
completely swallowed
the media's line
about Bush -- he's dumb, hated,
ruining the world...
No matter how I
explain to these people that
TV and papers
show a tiny part
of the political world,
their generation
grew up believing
mainstream news was all there is
and by keeping up
with the mainstream news,
they were informed and involved
and ready to vote...
I'm sure the future
belongs to netizens. But
I'm afraid enough
of the TV crowd
is still around to fracture
Republicans bad...
Name calling shows the weakness of your position.
It is Bush who fails the test of conservatism with his stand on illegal immigration, his willingness to violate both the 1st (CFR) and 2nd (AWB) amendments, and his outrageous growth of government.
Hear, hear. More power to him. The Nazis need to be (and are being) routed out of the GOP so that true conservatives like GWB can run the party again.
It's not name-calling at all. If you happen to support the tenets of national socialism, then yes, you are a national socialist.
I loved Keyes in '00. I voted for Bush.
And we all know how poorly Reagan did in 84.
These holier-than-thou one-note doomsters make me laugh.
I think you are wrong. But the way I heard it was:
"We survived eight years of Bill Clinton. We can survive again if we have to in order to get our point across."
Gun Control, (AWB)
Immigration Control
The Pill Bill
Same Sex Marriage
are issues that I believe can torpedo this presidency, just as No New Taxes did for his father.
Bush/Cheney'04 is worried about the undecideds who they feel will determine this election. They are addressing the decidedly huge Democratic advantage in the Get Out The Vote effort with "Voter Registration", "Voter ID", and the "72 Hour Plan". They want to outhustle the hustlers. However they assume that all of the Hard Corps Right that they are alienating will stay with them.
I see more and more evidence every day that will go to the Constitution Party as a protest vote. They may not vote for Dean, but the result may be the same.
Can they attract more voters by looking like Demoncrats than they turn off?
I will be looking for answers to that at CPAC next month.
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..Semper Fi
Newsflash: Our deficit as a percentage of the GDP is very manageable.
Newsflash: Our electorate is split 50/50 in the middle of a war that the overwhelming majority of the world and 40% of the US despises.
George W. Bush is one of the most conservative Presidents America has ever had.
The AWB will never get out of the House. Even if the Chris Shays GOP Northeast liberals join up with the Dem leadership, Democrats in rural areas & swing districts are not going to vote against guns right before the election, ESPECIALLY not with Dean topping the ticket.
I think Bush is awesome, but of course there are always things that could be better: spending habits, more free trade, more trade enforcement, ending illegal immigration (more legal is ok by me), immediate Marriage Amendment.
I think 2004 will be a GOP victory, followed by a renewed mandate for 1) lower spending, 2) more competition in Medicare (1&2 when we pick up a couple votes in Congress in 04 -- 51-48 ain't much of a Senate majority, and the House has its liberals), privatization of social security, and dealing with immigration.
I agree. However, the policies you listed were clearly espoused during the 2000 campaign as things he would do... Education bill, prescription drugs, and campaign finance reform. He also said he would "take out Hussein", limit Partial Birth Abortion, and appoint "strict constructionists" to judicial roles. He has done all of these things. I voted for him knowing what he promised to do, and I didn't agree with everything he said.
I realize that neither Alan Keys nor Howard Phillips will be elected, but if they were, I would be confident that they would make good choices of Federal judge nominees.
I will vote my conscience for President. Sorry if some don't like it.
Truly - and a man who cares for the country, at that!
I am not voting for Bush BECAUSE I'm a conservative.
You're not one at all actually. Sorry to break it to you. You'll be part of a 1% FRinge group of right-wing socialists.
You think they will all still be alive in 5 years? I'd take that action, might even give you odds.
I just care enough about Howard Dean not being in the White House to work on making sure it doesn't happen. There are many right-wing socialists at FR that don't care though. That's fine, that's your choice. Just don't kid yourself into thinking you're a conservative or that you represent a large percentage of people.
Exactly. Thank you.
The "official announcement" won't happen until his second term. You read this prediction here first.
- John
Is that salary costs?
If so how have salary costs increased or decreased when normalized by inflation?
Just curious.
Excellent. It sums up the key points perfectly.
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Home List of Titles The early-type galaxies NGC 1407 and NGC 1400 I: spatially resolved radial kinematics and surface photometry
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- The early-type galaxies NGC 1407 and NGC 1400 I: spatially resolved radial kinematics and surface photometry
- Author(s)
- Spolaor, Max; Forbes, Duncan A.; Hau, George K. T.; Proctor, Robert N.; Brough, Sarah
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- This is the first paper of a series focused on investigating the star formation and evolutionary history of the two early-type galaxies NGC 1407 and NGC 1400. They are the two brightest galaxies of the NGC 1407 (or Eridanus-A) group, one of the 60 groups studied as part of the Group Evolution Multi-wavelength Study. Here, we present new high signal-to-noise ratio long-slit spectroscopic data obtained at the ESO 3.6-m telescope and high-resolution multiband imaging data from the Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys and wide-field imaging from Subaru Suprime-Cam. We spatially resolved integrated spectra out to ∼0.6 (NGC 1407) and ∼1.3 (NGC 1400) effective radii. The radial profiles of the kinematic parameters vrot, σ, h3 and h4 are measured. The surface brightness profiles are fitted to different galaxy light models and the colour distributions analysed. The multiband images are modelled to derive isophotal shape parameters and residual galaxy images. The parameters from the surface brightness profile fitting are used to estimate the mass of the possible central supermassive black hole in NGC 1407. The galaxies are found to be rotationally supported and to have a flat core in the surface brightness profiles. Elliptical isophotes are observed at all radii and no fine structures are detected in the residual galaxy images. From our results, we can also discard a possible interaction between NGC 1400, NGC 1407 and the group intergalactic medium. We estimate a mass of ∼1.03 × 109 M⊙ for the supermassive black hole in NGC 1407 galaxy.
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- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 385, no. 2 (Feb 2008), pp. 667-674
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- 2008
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- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 020103 Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
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- Galaxy evolution; Galaxy formation; Galaxy kinematics; NGC 1400; NGC 1407; Photometry
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- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
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Family historians will often find themselves searching records relating to the Great War, and there's a good reason for this. Such a large part of the population was involved, and so many were killed, that its effect was felt by every family in the country. We provide an excellent collection of records covering British forces. However, for those with the military in their blood – people whose ancestors were soldiers going back into the 19th century – we also have a number of other records relating to Britain's colonial period.
The first Boer War in 1880-81 saw descendents of Dutch settlers in South Africa fighting for their independence, with fewer than 500 men killed on both sides. Things were a great deal more serious when hostilities commenced again between 1899 and 1901. The bloody conflict, in which the Boers used guerrilla tactics and the British set up concentration camps and interned civilians, stirred many to volunteer to fight.
The British force alone – which included men from British India, Australia and volunteers from Canada and New Zealand – suffered over 54,000 casualties. This number includes those killed, wounded or inflicted with disease. Using our records you can search for ancestors in UK, Casualties of the Boer War, 1899-1902. The trick to finding a record is to enter your ancestor's surname and their first initial. If you're looking for a Donald Mackie, enter D Mackie and you'll see that a D R Mackie was killed at Boschbult on 31 March 1901 and he was part of the Royal Horse Artillery.
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Britain's colonial pretensions in Africa were modest compared with the commitment to the Indian Empire and a large force was kept in the sub-continent. We offer a 1912 instalment of the Indian Army Quarterly list, which is a good snapshot of the country's pre-WWI professional Army. Again, you should use initials for searching and you'll discover your man's rank, regiment, location, and sometimes other details like their date of birth or the date they were commissioned.
It was Napoleon Bonaparte's colonial pretensions that were laid to rest nearly a century earlier when, in 1815, Wellington's men defeated the French at Waterloo. The Waterloo Medal Roll effectively lists everyone who served as, for the first time in British history, everyone who fought was given a medal. Details recorded include the soldier's rank, regiment and sometimes their fate, such as 'Died of wounds received in action 18 June, on 25 July in General Hospital at Brussels'.
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For those with maritime roots, particularly if your ancestor was high ranking, two further collections might be of use. The British Naval Biographical Dictionary of 1849 includes over 1,400 biographies – covering every naval officer serving at the time. Substantial detail is given, including the date the officer received their commission, ships they served on and where they were stationed, accounts of naval engagements with enemy vessels and even the tonnage of certain vessels. If the officer married, it records the maiden name of his spouse and her father's name.
You can pursue further research in the collection Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815. Read the abbreviations document before consulting the actual records as merely searching for a name can produce cryptic results. However, you can find out when someone served, their rank and when they either retired or died.
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PARKERSBURG – While a court battle rages in Kanawha County regarding public library funding by boards of education, Wood County does not have to worry about the outcome ending the system's funding.
Kanawha and nine other county school boards, including Wood County, are now required by law to allocate parts of their budgets to public libraries. It's been that way for those nine counties since 1957.
Brian Raitz, director of the Parkersburg and Wood County Public Library, said while Wood County is also a special act county, the board of education funds the library through an excess levy, not the general levy.
"In Wood County the board of education, the county commission and city levy at a certain rate in a regular levy," he said. "As a result of the 2006 lawsuit in Kanawha County, Senate Bill 541 allowed counties to transfer money from the regular levy to an excess levy at the same amount."
Raitz said Wood County made the change four years ago.
"We've always had a good relation with board of education; unfortunately Kanawha County does not have such a good relationship," he said. "In our last excess levy with the county commission the Wood County Board of Education passed a resolution in favor of the levy."
Raitz said library officials across the state are watching the Kanawha County case and its effects could be felt throughout the state. Raitz said until the library had an excess levy with the board of education, the board of education was responsible for 30 percent of overall funding.
Raitz said the library and board of education relationship goes back to 1905.
"The old Carnegie Library was supported completely by board of education until a separate library board was set up in 1967 creating the current library with city and county funding," he said. "Before 1967 the library employees were board of education employees."
Raitz said while the city had a library before 1905, to get funding from Andrew Carnegie, a local entity had to be involved.
"The city and board of education applied and board of education was picked," he said. "Parkersburg has helped preserve a library since the 1890s."
Raitz said Wood County's library funding is safe until the excess levy comes up again.
An attorney for the Kanawha County Board of Education told the state Supreme Court Wednesday nothing has changed since a 2006 High Court ruling and the local school board is still being unfairly forced to allocate millions of dollars to the Kanawha County Public Library.
The 10-year funding battle was back before the court for oral arguments. The High Court sided with the local school boards in a ruling more than six years ago but Kanawha County School Board attorney Albert Sebok told justices Wednesday very little has changed even though the Legislature adjusted how tax monies go to the counties. He says the nine counties are still left with losing money.
"The non-special act counties don't have to give that two to three million dollars a year to their libraries. They can basically give all of it to their classrooms," Sebok said.
Christopher Winton, Kanawha County Library Board attorney, said funding should stay in place. He says the Legislature has already determined libraries are educational and the Legislature has more power than a county school board.
"It can't sue its creator, the Legislature, merely to complain that it didn't get enough funding," Winton told the justices.
Sebok says the school isn't against public libraries and believes they aid education but he says it's wrong to force some counties to fund them and some not.
"Why are these nine counties different than these 46 others?" Sebok asked.
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