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By Melissa Vander Plas
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:42 AM
The Lanesboro City Council agreed to designate a parking spot in front of the bank as a handicapped space during its regular meeting on Monday evening, Nov. 5. It also discussed the lodging tax and the need to monitor the proceeds to comply with the requirements within the current ordinance.
First, City Clerk Bobbie Vickerman told the council she had been approached by the bank about the possibility of creating a handicapped parking space in front of the bank, on Highway 250. She explained the bank has quite a few customers who have a difficult time with parking and getting into the bank. Since the bank has put in ramps to make it easier, it was asking the city to designate a spot in order to make it even more accessible for their customers.
The council questioned whether or not the city would have to contact the Minnesota Department of Transportation and get permission to designate the spot since it is located on the state highway.
Council member Tom Dybing suggested locating the parking spot around the corner, on Coffee Street, instead of Highway 250 as requested.
Council member Ceil Allen agreed, saying, "It does seem more feasible."
Tom Smith, a former law enforcement officer who will be joining the council in 2013, questioned the safety of moving the parking spot around the corner. "I think it becomes a safety factor," he said. Council members discussed the fact there are several truck drivers that turn onto Coffee Street at a high speed as well as cut the corner close and may not see people getting in or out of their car. "They will see them if they are parked in front of the bank," Smith added.
City Attorney Tom Manion reported, after investigating the process the city would have to take in order to designate the space as a handicapped spot, that the city could simply mark the parking space as desired. It would be up to the city to continue to enforce and monitor it.
The council approved the request to designate the parking spot in front of the bank as a handicapped parking space, but noted it was not just for bank customers, but for anyone having a handicapped parking permit.
In regard to the lodging tax ordinance, Vickerman and Manion were seeking direction from the council about formulating a plan to check compliance with the area lodging facilities. The ordinance requires Lanesboro bed and breakfasts and inns to collect an additional tax from their visitors to help support the local chamber in its promotion of the community.
The motivation behind the request is associated with the requirements outlined within the ordinance and not with any specific incident with the current lodging facilities.
"To be good stewards, we should be checking compliance," said Vickerman. "Currently, the establishments fill out forms and provide sales tax receipts to figure the tax paid to the city. Part of our duties, outlined in the ordinance, is to check compliance."
It was noted that some figure their tax quarterly, while others do it annually. There is no consistency in the system.
The first step Vickerman would like to pursue is to talk to the city's auditors, Smith Schafer, to discuss the matter with the city's accountant and get his recommendations on how to proceed. The council approved that request.
Allen noted, "There are a significant amount of lodging places involved and a significant amount of money. We want to have some way to monitor it."
In another matter, Sandy Webb attended the meeting to thank the council for its support of the Lanesboro museum. She reported there had been 876 people visiting during the month of July and one Saturday in October recorded 90 visitors.
"I think it's important you know how used the museum is," she added. "It really is an integral part of our community."
Webb noted that local people use the museum when doing research and the staff and volunteers answer many questions throughout their days.
"Most importantly, visitors are impressed by the objects on display and the strong sense of community," she added.
Allen encouraged Webb, "If you can think of other ways we can support the museum, feel free to come to us."
Turkey bowling
Vince Jeannette from the Parkway Pub was present to request the use of two parking spaces in front the Pub to use for Turkey Bowling outside the bar on Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 3:30 p.m. into the evening.
He explained Rhinos Pizza will be offering Chicken Bowling for the younger generation from 3:30 to 5:30 and the Parkway Pub will be offering Turkey Bowling which will begin at 5:30 and run through 10:30 that evening.
Proceeds from the event go towards supporting the local school and student activities.
Jeannette reported that over $16,000 has been given to the senior class, C-squad football team and elementary programs.
The council approved his request.
Library updates
Tara Johnson from the Lanesboro Library reported on the summer reading program noting there were 21 programs, seven story times and five walk-about events offered throughout the summer. A total of 623 kids attended, with an average of 29 at each event. Seventy-two students signed up and 50 of them returned their summer reading logs.
"We had great performers and they were all very complimentary of our Lanesboro kids," she added.
Before returning to the library to help patrons waiting to check out books, Johnson thanked the council for adding signage on the building to allow people to find the library more easily.
In another library matter, Krista Flaig, the art teacher at Lanesboro Public Schools, discussed the possibility of painting a mural on the blank wall by the library. "I have not finalized the colors or the design, but I am envisioning splashes of color draw attention to the library," she added. The project would involve her students and they would likely begin the project after the holiday break.
Finally, David Hennessey presented the library's quarterly report to the council. "We are very pleased with the direction the library is going," he said. "We've met our goal (for circulation) in our first nine months of the year."
He reported circulation totals were 21,611 in those first three quarters of the year, which was better than the entire yearly circulation in 2010 and in 2011.
Hennessey also said money has been saved in the library budget due to the generosity of volunteers who work in the library as well. He added, "Tara and her staff and doing a great job keeping expenditures down."
He thanked the council for the work it has done on library salaries and noted the library board would be addressing those at its meeting in the near future.
Allen thanked Hennessey and the others for the work they have done to promote and improve the library. "It shows," she said. "It is great to see the kids using the library."
O'Connor agreed, "It is a tremendous asset for our community. It's getting better all the time."
EDA report
Allen reported on the EDAs progress on the development of the 2020 Strategic Plan for business sustainability. She said the EDA continues to seek out the important players and they hope to work cooperatively with the Lanesboro Chamber of Commerce in the development of its strategic plan as well.
Chamber update
Representing the Chamber of Commerce, Julie Charlebois told the council that Eagle Bluff would be holding a "Neighbors Night" for members of the chamber on Saturday, Nov. 10, and Joe Deden would be sharing plans for upcoming programs at the environmental learning center.
She also noted the chamber would be developing a letter to send to the Fillmore County commissioners regarding the frac sand mining issue. "It's really a thank you for the hard work they have been doing to make sure the issue is addressed correctly," Charlebois added.
Allen suggested the council to join the chamber in sending a letter as well. Later in the meeting, the city directed Vickerman to draft a letter to the commissioners, from the council, thanking them as well, for their dedication and consideration of the frac sand issue.
Small issues
In other matters, the council handled the following issues.
Liquor and tobacco licenses were approved for several Lanesboro businesses. Vickerman added the wine licenses for Intermission and Smokey River BBQ may change as they serve strong beer as well as wine. She included the additional $50 fee on their licenses and would notify the council if any changes were made.
Vickerman noted that a "walk through" would be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14, for the Emergency Action Plan. This is one of the requirements associated with the $18,000 grant the city received for fixing the dam. The exercise will include hydrologists, DNR staff, city staff, Sheriff's office, fire department, ambulance service and the mayor. "These current news stories (about Hurricane Sandy and the recovery efforts on the East Coast) remind us how important these kind of things are," O'Connor said.
Vickerman noted a benefit would be held on Saturday, Nov. 17, for Joe Rodgers. The council approved a liquor license for the event and the use of the community center gym. (See related story, with more details on the benefit, elsewhere in this issue.)
The council approved assessing the costs for the city staff to mow one residential property on to property taxes.
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A Steve King Year
Iowa congressman's style attuned to the current Congress - in fact, it helped create the current Congress
Charlie Mitchell
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Congressman Steve King's Legislative Record
113th Congress:
11 bills intro'd, 0 floor votes; 3 amends offered, 2 passed.
112th Congress:
20 bills intro'd, 0 floor votes; 19 amendments offered, 10 passed.
111th Congress:
15 bills intro'd, 1 passed (recognizing the value of signs to small business). Three amendments offered, two passed.
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20 bills intro'd, 1 passed (recognizing the value of Christmas and the Christian faith). 20 amendments offered, 12 passed.
109th Congress:
18 bills offered, 1 passed (recognizing the Iranian Constitution of 1906). 20 amendments offered, 11 passed.
108th Congress:
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December 16, 2013
Washington, D.C.
Iowa's new 4th congressional district chose its representative a year ago and here's what it got: a blizzard of sound bites that sometimes provoked national condemnation, partial successes on conservative priorities, and what could be a crushing failure on one issue, ethanol, that matters deeply to the district's economy.
Say what you will, Congressman Steve King's record in Congress is consistent - he represented Iowa's old 5th district for a decade - and it is emblematic of the Congress as a whole, where victories are measured by political points scored rather than bills enacted into law.
That yardstick serves King well: This year he has introduced 11 bills, and none has even advanced to the House floor. Regardless, this catalogue of ideologically charged measures is quite popular on the far-right edge of conservative politics.
Those bills won't become law anytime soon, but they do make a point and stoke the audience King wants to address.
The congressman declined to be interviewed for this article. But he declared in 2002 that his goal was to "move the center of gravity in Congress to the right."
To the extent that this means grinding the institution to a halt, he can claim to be part of a success story.
On matters that hit closer to home, King has been unable to defend the mandate for biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard, a potentially costly loss for the 4th district.
In terms of his own career, it's unclear where else King might go on the political ladder. Earlier this year he declined to enter the race for the Senate seat Tom Harkin is leaving next year.
Within the House, it seems like a longshot that he will ever grab the chairmanship of the Agriculture Committee despite his seniority (and a spot on the Farm Bill conference committee this year).
King may not be producing new laws or earning important titles, but he may be right where he wants to be.
"He enjoys the kind of platform he has in Washington and he has a safe seat," observed James McCormick, chairman of the political science department at Iowa State University in Ames.
That may be enough.
Steve King's kind of year
The first session of the 113th Congress was a banner year for King: He infuriated the animal welfare community and pro-immigration reform advocates, and cemented his place as an arch critic of Obamacare and the rest of President Obama's agenda.
King is a go-to guest in the world of cable network news with his willingness to let rip on illegal immigrants with "calves the size of cantaloupes," jaunty dismissals of any downside to a default on the federal debt and his defense of dog fighting.
King's remarks on those subjects were not particularly welcomed by his own Republican leadership in Congress, but they did win him plenty of time on CNN programs. King has made more appearances on that network than on the more ideologically aligned Fox News, actually, according to searches on both networks' websites.
His clamorous opposition to the type of immigration reform that passed the Senate disconcerted Republican leaders who were searching for an acceptable path forward on the issue, but it certainly cheered and emboldened foes of the legislation both inside and outside Congress.
King earned another burst of national attention in recent days, and probably produced a few winces in the GOP leadership suites in the Capitol, by hinting about the possible need to impeach the president over alleged abuses of power.
Rebukes from Republican leaders and mockery in the mainstream press roll off King's back - and become fodder for his fundraising efforts.
It was members of the anti-establishment Club for Growth and other conservative activists who stepped in with over $500,000 in contributions to help King defeat well-funded Democrat Christie Vilsack last year, according to the Center for Responsible Politics.
"The more he gets attacked, the more his constituents are endeared to him," said ISU's McCormick.
King has had a dollop of more traditional congressional success this year, too. He scored a spot on the Farm Bill conference and was able to attach anti-Dream Act immigration language and a locally important soil dumping amendment to a couple of annual spending bills.
There is a catch though: King's successful amendments are unlikely to ever make it into law because Congress' appropriations process is a shambles. King and like-minded colleagues helped tear down that most basic of congressional functions - budgeting the federal government - in their multifaceted battle against President Obama.
A Farm Bill is expected to move through Congress early next year, but King's most notable contribution has been an amendment targeting California's state law on the treatment of egg-laying hens.
The amendment won the support of the influential Farm Bureau while creating another difficult political hurdle for the Farm Bill to clear, amid the numerous hurdles already blocking the path of any significant legislation in this Congress.
It galvanized opposition from animal welfare and food safety advocates, but more significantly for the Farm Bill negotiations, it kicked up a dispute over the applicability of state laws that threatened to hopelessly entangle the farm legislation.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that 14 law professors in a recent letter to Farm Bill negotiators said that if the amendment becomes law, there is "a significant likelihood that many state agricultural laws across the country will be nullified, that public health and safety will be threatened, and that the amendment could ultimately be deemed unconstitutional."
Flashing a little media savvy, King struck back in an op-ed published in the Tulsa World, a newspaper in the district of House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla.
King wrote: "There is only one state law that I know will be impacted by the King amendment - California's 2010 law, AB 1437. The language of my amendment is clear; it restores the Commerce Clause in the Constitution, and clarifies that the states cannot dictate the manufacture and means of production of agriculture products raised in other states."
Despite his desire to protect the Constitution, King said he might be willing to trade the hens amendment for deeper cuts to federal nutrition programs, according to the Sioux City Journal. Of course, the food stamp cuts contained in the House-passed version of the Farm Bill already were the biggest stumbling block to a final agreement.
And then there is the Renewable Fuel Standard. The single most important federal program for Iowa's ethanol industry faces its toughest challenge ever. But this isn't the kind of challenge Steve King typically takes on.
Ethanol on the ropes
King knew this was coming. It's just unclear whether he did anything about it.
A review of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency database shows that King exchanged letters with EPA's regional administrator about combined animal feeding operations, certainly an important issue for the 4th district.
His legal petitions to block EPA's greenhouse gas rules are well known.
But while he was defending dog fights on cable TV, when it comes to the RFS, this was one dog that didn't bark.
"I didn't see it coming early enough ... you have to be ever vigilant," King said last February of the repeal of the ethanol blender tax credit, approved by the previous Congress.
Ethanol policy has been under siege for several years, battered by environmentalists on one side and by the booming domestic production of oil and gas on the other. The environmental and national security arguments for ethanol were on shaky legs in the nation's capital, and everyone could see what was coming next.
Governors and influential lawmakers like House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., papered EPA with correspondence urging the agency to scale back the RFS, citing its impact on food prices among other issues. The program had a bull's eye painted on it.
There is no sign that King ever contacted EPA about the standard.
"I'm going to go back and read the statute," King said at a November press conference, after EPA's announcement that it was reducing ethanol goals for the coming year dealt a major blow to the industry. "I'm not sure the administration has the authority to do this."
King was playing catch-up. He ripped the EPA decision on Facebook and Twitter and he urged the crowd at that November press conference to activate their "networks" in opposition to EPA's move. But he wasn't well positioned to reverse it.
And, as the benefits of a major federal policy shifted away from his 4th district constituents, King was off in another direction.
He had an urgent new legislative priority: shifting around federal judgeships in retaliation for Democratic changes to Senate filibuster rules.
Consistent, to a fault?
King's record reflects that of the troubled institution where he serves. The bills that pass the House of Representatives are message oriented and destined to die in the Senate, which on occasion can pass an immigration or some other notable measure that is simply unacceptable to House Republicans.
The tone on Capitol Hill is unremittingly antagonistic and compromise is mostly a dirty word.
In that environment, King introduces the same bills year after year. It's a style attuned to the current Congress - in fact, it helped create the current Congress.
It's a lock that King will introduce measures mandating the use of the English language, attacking rules requiring union-scale wages on federal construction projects and repealing the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the one that authorized the income tax.
None of his 10 bills and one proposed amendment to the Constitution have passed the House so far in the 113th Congress; he was 0-for-20 in the 112th Congress and 1-for-15 in the 111th Congress, passing a resolution "congratulating the on-premise sign industry for its contributions to the success of small businesses."
One King-sponsored, stand-alone resolution passed in the 110th Congress: The House agreed in December 2007 to recognize the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.
He has had more success over the years pushing amendments to other lawmakers' bills on the House floor. Occasionally, those amendments address a local issue like the soil dumping measure or shifting funds to the Army Corps of Engineers.
Many of his amendments focus on illegal immigration, stopping spending on foreign language services, eliminating perceived union advantages, and, of course, repealing or defunding Obamacare.
King will parachute in as a piece of legislation moves across the House floor and offer an amendment that appeals to his most conservative colleagues, then move on to the next political firefight.
But, as noted, the underlying bills usually die before they become law, taking King's amendments down with them.
Defining success in Congress
King and other tea party-aligned conservatives can lay claim to two tangible successes this year: They continue to make it extremely difficult for their party leaders in Congress to reach any kind of deal with the Obama White House, and, through the so-called budget sequester, federal government spending is dropping dramatically.
Conservatives have achieved a significant victory in their efforts to restrain, and even begin reversing, the direction of the federal budget. But there haven't been any parades in celebration.
The Republican Party as a whole tends to shy away from the achievement for two reasons: First, sequester is a politically loaded word, and second, they are loath to share any credit for deficit reduction with President Obama.
King is eager to keep the battle raging elsewhere.
With his unceasing verbal campaign against Obamacare, his willingness to begin a discussion on impeaching the president and the ongoing rhetoric against immigration reform, King ensures that the issues closest to the hearts of conservative activists are constantly raised within the House and then echoed throughout the media landscape.
That may or may not benefit the 4th district but it provides a distinct service to the conservative movement.
According to CQ Roll Call's profile of King: "His service to conservatives includes many media appearances covering a wide range of subjects. King is polite and self-deprecating in individual encounters, but capable of delivering a 30-minute stemwinder on the House floor. ... He elicits a response. One of his closest friends and colleagues in Congress is Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, and, like Bachmann, King is admired by the like-minded and reviled by opponents on the left."
The similarities go beyond that: Bachmann, like King, doesn't move actual legislation and both members are indifferent to the protocols and niceties of Capitol Hill.
That may discomfort Republican leaders more than it upsets Democrats, but Bachmann and King's conservative credentials are unquestioned and they have created a cottage industry championing rightward causes in Congress.
By other measures, King's role and successes on Capitol Hill are a little harder to rate.
He has risen to a senior position on the Agriculture Committee, winning a subcommittee chairmanship this year. But the subcommittee has been idle; its web page shows no hearings at all since King took over.
Observers are skeptical that King has much chance to win the full committee chairmanship when it comes open in three years, even though he would have a strong case to make based on seniority.
"He's probably too much of a lightning rod for a chairmanship," ISU's McCormick said. "That would give the Democrats a real person to take aim at and use in the campaign."
A Republican strategist and former House GOP leadership aide is more blunt, saying: "It's highly unlikely they give him any [full committee] chairmanship. The design of a chairmanship is to help the Republican Conference and enlarge the majority. King is a very loud talker with little to show for it."
King has also largely avoided the fundraising game of trying to win friends and influence the agenda with cash contributions to his colleagues.
That could be viewed as a "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"-style rejection of cash-greased, business-as-usual in the capital. Except that King also repeatedly introduces legislation to abolish all limits on campaign contributions.
It could also hobble a bid for a chairmanship because members are expected to contribute hefty sums to the House Republican Conference's campaign arm if they hope to win the top spot on a committee.
King pays his dues to the National Republican Congressional Committee but not at the level of a would-be committee chairman. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma, the current Agriculture chairman, kicked in over $500,000 during the election cycle before he won the committee gavel.
King is on pace to contribute one-quarter of that amount during the current cycle, although his numbers may look different after he files his next fundraising report next month.
In addition, King's Conservative Principles PAC has contributed small amounts to other GOP candidates over the past few cycles.
More importantly, perhaps, King's annual Defenders of Freedom fundraising dinner is a vehicle for hosting conservative luminaries and presidential hopefuls on visits to Iowa. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was his guest for the dinner in Le Mars in October.
Cruz's visit was bad news for any pheasants in the vicinity; it was unclear whether it might help King in the future on ethanol or other issues of importance to the district.
Voters' choice
However things play out for King in Washington, D.C., it's a good bet that candidates for the Republican presidential nomination like Cruz, and Bachmann and Newt Gingrich before him, will make the trek to western Iowa for King's dinner.
And given that King has changed little or nothing about his approach since moving into a district where he was a new face to half the voters, it's a good bet that he will continue offering the same bills, pounding the same notes on cable TV and living largely on the periphery of the legislative machinery in Congress.
He'll turn 65 in May and he is now a senior member in the House. If there are to be any new twists to his career on Capitol Hill or in politics generally, he certainly isn't tipping them off.
Lawmakers can choose several paths when they arrive in Congress: Master specific policy issues and rise through the committee ranks to positions of authority on agriculture, for example, or work up the ladder as a political leader who helps your party run the institution and win elections.
A member of Congress also can decide to stay on the outside - independent, some might say, or marginalized.
King's path doesn't promise many rewards of the type that lawmakers typically seek on Capitol Hill, whether that's legislative success or the ability to wield power. But it does come with a cheering section of conservative activists and a chance to be heard on a handful of issues that he is passionate about.
Ultimately the voters of the new 4th district will decide what kind of representative they want. One year after electing him, these constituents now know exactly what they'll get with Steve King.
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Sitting back and doing nothing is easy, if one feels a member is doing a horrible job, then step up to the plate, and run for congress...remember Congress is merely a reflection of it's population!
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Steve King says "Climate change is more of a religion than a science." That statement could not be more wrong, more backwards. He has "faith" that all scientists, world-wide, who agree climate change is real, are in some kind of liberal conspiracy. What the ultimate goal of this conspiracy is, well who knows. I'm embarrassed that we're represented by him.
"Well the scientist keep saying that the planet will get warmer. I'll tell you I've gone through many a cold winter, maybe a warmer planet would be a good thing. See there's a positive side of the ledger that they're not talking about."
OH OK Steve.
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Whether you are conservative, liberal or Methodist, Iowa can do better than this opportunist-bigot.
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Oregon Education Association Supports U.S. Postal Workers in Campaign Against Staples
Recently, the leadership of the Oregon Education Association approved a resolution showing solidarity with and support for U.S. Postal Workers in their campaign against Staples. Staples and the U.S. Postal Service have cut a deal that jeopardizes mail service for Oregonians and post offices in local communities. In fact, post offices across the country are at risk – along with thousands of good jobs.
UPDATE: The National Education Association took action in support of the Stop Staples! Campaign in May and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) voted to join the 'Don't Buy Staples' movement in mid-July. Since then Staples has launched a major marketing effort directed at teachers.
Just two days after the AFT vote, Staples and the USPS resorted to trickery to try to derail the boycott, announcing they are terminating the no-bid deal and replacing it with an "approved shipper" program. But the Postal Service has publicly acknowledged that the "new" program is the same as the old Staples program. Read more about this latest update.
The U.S. Postal Service and Staples are refusing to staff the postal counters with unionized, uniformed U.S. Postal Service employees who have the training and experience to properly handle U.S. mail, and who have sworn an oath to uphold the highest standards of public service. Go here to learn more and get involved!


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Island Stage Left Presents The WinterÂ's Tale July 15-24
Island Stage Left presents "The Winter's Tale" - one of Shakespeare's later romances, and a play that celebrates the triumph of love, nobility and all things good, ending with the promise of rejuvenation, redemption, and hope - a magical story of jealousy, love and reconciliation. Part family drama, part fairytale, ....the perfect play for a summer's evening."
It is our great pleasure to announce the opening of "The Winter's Tale" - this summer's production of "Shakespeare Under the Stars". Please check the poster below for dates and times or refer to our website for details.
Relax and enjoy the evening with old and new friends, beautiful surroundings and great theatre! (bring a picnic if you'd like). We so look forward to seeing you!
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Minneapolis-based General Mills, one of the largest food companies in the world, on Tuesday announced the company will support "the development of pregnant sow housing alternatives." The company markets its products in more than 100 countries.
The company announced that it "will favor pork suppliers that provide actionable plans by 2017 to create traceability and end their use of gestation crates within the U.S. pork supply chain. At General Mills, we care about animal welfare – and we support the humane treatment of animals in agriculture. Our focus extends in various ways to how animals are raised and treated."
General Mills also said it "agrees with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that judicious use of medically important antibiotic drugs can help preserve the effectiveness of these drugs as therapies for humans and animals. For that reason, we do not support routine use of antibiotic drugs to promote growth in livestock, and believe such drugs should be used only as necessary and appropriate to maintain the health of animals."
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Fox Spreads Romney's Dubious Talking Point On Women's Job Losses
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Fox is reinforcing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's attacks on the Obama administration by parroting his misleading claim that since President Obama took office, "92.3 percent of the job losses ... has been women who've lost those jobs." In fact, this indicator is meaningless in understanding how Obama's policies have impacted working women as it ignores several important factors, including when the recession began and the fact that more women are in the workforce today than in January 2008.
Mitt Romney: "The Real War On Women Has Been Waged By The Obama Administration"
Mitt Romney Made Dubious Women Jobs-Loss Claim To Attack Obama Over Economy. CNSNews.com reported:
GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Tuesday said President Barack Obama is waging war on women through his administration's failure on the economy.
The former Massachusetts governor said 92.3 percent of job losses during Obama's presidency were experienced by women.
"The other day there's been some talk about a war on women. The real war on women has been waged by the Obama administration's failure on the economy. Do you know what percent of the job losses in the Obama years have been casualties of women losing jobs as opposed to men?" Romney said during a campaign stop in Wilmington, Del.
"Do you know how many women - what percent of the job losses were women? 92.3 percent of the job losses during the Obama years has been women who've lost those jobs. The real war on women has been the job losses as a result of the Obama economy," he said. [CNSNews.com, 4/11/12]
Fox Runs With Claim That Women Have Suffered 92 Percent Of Job Losses
Fox Host Steve Doocy: 92 Percent Of The People "Who Have Lost Jobs On Barack Obama's Watch Have Been Women? That's Big." On the April 11 edition of Fox & Friends,co-host SteveDoocy presented Romney's talking point:
DOOCY: And [Romney] uses for the first time we have heard a statistic that is absolutely jaw-dropping. Listen to this. He's going to mention that 93, rather 92 percent of the people who have lost jobs during Barack Obama's three and a half years have been women. Listen to this.
DOOCY: Ninety-two percent of the women -- of the people who have lost jobs on Barack Obama's watch have been women? That's big. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/11/12]
Conservative Fox Guest: "Under Obama The Number Of Unemployed Women Has Increased By 858,000." Adding to Romney's misleading figure, conservative author Jedediah Bila said on Fox News that the number of unemployed women since January 2009 has increased by 858,000:
BILA: [Women] know what these costs are. They're the ones who are unemployed. I want to add one figure to Mitt Romney -- what he said before, under Obama the number of unemployed women has increased by 858,000. Talk to women. Explain why these policies, Obamacare, etcetera, are hurting women. [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 4/11/12]
Doocy: "92 Percent Of People Who Have Lost Jobs Since That Guy Took Office Have Been Women." On the April 12 edition of Fox & Friends, Doocy again pushed Romney's talking point:
DOOCY: The former governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mr. Romney, said -- and I looked it up. He was citing Department of Labor Statistics, which said that since Barack Obama has been in office -- since the day he took office up to the end of March 2012 -- of the women who have been losing jobs under President Obama, 92 percent of the people who have lost jobs have been women. Ninety-two percent of people who have lost jobs since that guy took office have been women. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/12/12]
But Romney And Fox Are Ignoring Key Facts About The 2007 Recession
Wash. Post: 92 Percent Claim Is "A Function Of The Dates One Picks." Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler found that the 92 percent figure was a "function of the dates one picks":
[T]here is less to this stat than meets the eye. First of all, why start in January? Obama, after all took office on January 20. If you start the data in February, then the overall job loss is just 16,000 jobs--while women lost 484,000 jobs. (We should note that in a previous column we said that, by picking January, the RNC was using a relative common measure of job growth during a presidency.)
How could women lose more jobs than the overall total? It's a function of the dates one picks. In fact, the picture becomes clearer if you start running the data from the date the recession began -- December 2007. With that starting point, the total decline in jobs was just over 5 million, with women accounting for nearly 1.8 million of those jobs.
Now look what happens when we just look at the past year, March 2011 to March 2012. Men gained nearly 1.9 million jobs while women gained 635,000 jobs.
In other words, men did lose more jobs in the recession. Now that the economy is growing again, men are recovering jobs at a faster pace than women. In fact, the latest employment report shows that male participation in the work force was up 14,000 while female participation fell 177,000, in part because women tend to work in retail or government jobs (such as teaching), which have been cut in recent months. [The Washington Post, 4/10/12]
AP Fact Check: In Recession, Which "Began 13 Months Before Republican George W. Bush Left The White House," More Men Than Women Lost Jobs. In its fact check looking at Romney's claim, the Associated Press wrote: "As a meaningful measure of Obama's economic record and its effect on women, though, it is dubious at best." It further stated that the people pushing the claim "ignore how recessions generally -- and the last one in particular -- unfold." From AP's article:
Romney's math is solid as far as it goes. But more men than women have lost jobs since the recession began -- that's why economists called it a "man-cession."
The deep recession that began 13 months before Republican George W. Bush left the White House hit men harder than women at the beginning. Recessions often do that because male-dominated enterprises such as construction and manufacturing tend to be the first to tumble in a downturn. Eventually, sectors with more women in the workforce follow suit, and that happened mostly after Obama took office.
In the recession that began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009 -- with high unemployment lingering to this day -- the crisis in the financial sector and bursting of the housing bubble accentuated the damage to jobs held primarily by men. "The initial losses were even more male-dominated than normal because of the nature of the recession," [Diane] Swonk [chief economist at financial services firm Mesirow Financial] said.
Women were more heavily represented in jobs that suffered in the recession's later months and beyond, as revenue-strapped state and local governments laid off teachers and cut other public-sector workers.
Romney's claim is based on statistics showing the number of unemployed women grew by 858,000 since January 2009, Obama's inauguration month. But it ignores the disproportionate hit on men the year before Obama became president - and their greater job losses overall.
Some 3.4 million men and 1.8 million women have lost jobs since the recession started, according to the government. [Associated Press, 4/12/12]
Talking Points Memo: "Male-Dominated Industries Took A Hard, Early Hit During The Recession." As a chart from economist Justin Wolfers of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School showed, men suffered higher job losses during the recession:
Male-dominated industries took a hard, early hit during the recession. As those industries rebound, more jobs are going to men than to women. Conversely, women lost a huge number of jobs in states and municipalities as a result of teacher layoffs -- a hemorrhaging that could have been stanched by Obama-proposed legislation to spur teacher hiring, which the GOP blocked.
[Talking Points Memo, 4/11/12]
PolitiFact: "Women Account For Just 39.7 Percent" Of Total Jobs Lost In Recession. PolitiFact rated the 92 percent statistic "mostly false," because it "ignores critical facts that would give a different impression":
"Between January 2009 and March 2012 men lost 57,000 jobs, while women lost 683,000 jobs. This is the reverse of the recession period of December 2007-June 2009 (with an overlap of six months) which saw men lose 5,355,000 jobs and women lose 2,124,000 jobs," [Bureau of Labor Statistics spokesman Gary] Steinberg told us in an email.
So timing was important. And if you count all those jobs lost beginning in 2007, women account for just 39.7 percent of the total.
Gary Burtless, a labor market expert with the Brookings Institution, explained the gender disparity.
"I think males were disproportionately hurt by employment losses in manufacturing and especially construction, which is particularly male-dominated. A lot of job losses in those two industries had already occurred before Obama took office," he said. "Industries where women are more likely to be employed - education, health, the government - fared better in terms of job loss. In fact, health and education employment continued to grow in the recession and in the subsequent recovery. Government employment only began to fall after the private economy (and private employment) began growing again." [PolitiFact, 4/10/12]
NBC News: "Women Actually Make Up A Larger Share Of The Workforce Now Than They Did In Jan. 2008." An NBC News fact check criticized the Romney campaign for painting an "incomplete picture" and stated:
First Read contacted the Bureau of Labor Statistics to get to the bottom of this 92 percent charge. The conclusion: The Romney campaign's figures don't tell the whole story.
The campaign, in a research document circulated yesterday and on its website, said the numbers come from the "Current Employment Statistics" database at BLS. The document notes that there was a net change of -740,000 nonfarm payroll jobs from January 2009 to March 2012 -- and that women accounted for 683,000 of those jobs.
That is accurate, according to BLS. But Brian Davidson, an economist at BLS, told First Read: "The math they use is correct; the terminology is completely wrong."
Davidson noted that women actually make up a larger share of the workforce now than they did in Jan. 2008 before the financial meltdown, and since January 2009, it is a statistically insignificant change.
In January 2008, women made up 48.8 percent of the workforce; in January 2009, 49.5 percent; now 49.3 percent.
"Do we still have the same amount of women workers relative to men in the 'net-change'? Yes we do," Davidson said.
He added, "It's like trying to pull a bunny out of a hat, but there's no bunny inside." [NBC News, First Read, 4/11/12]
CNN: "Since February 2010, Women Have Actually Gained 863,000 Jobs." CNN reported that employment among women has actually increased by 863,000 jobs since February 2010:
[T]he statistic does not reflect that men constituted a much larger chunk of the job loss pie in the year leading up to Obama's inauguration.
In the 2008 calendar year, men lost a total of 2.7 million nonfarm jobs, compared with 895,000 jobs lost for women. Men made up 75.4% of the 3.6 million jobs lost that year.
Romney's claim also does not reflect that the job losses for women began in March 2008, almost a full year before Obama took office. At that point, women held a total of 67.3 million nonfarm payroll jobs, the highest level of female employment of the Bush administration.
From that high point, the number of women with nonfarm payroll jobs fell for 23 consecutive months, spanning from the final 10 months of the Bush administration and first 13 months of the Obama administration. Since February 2010, women have actually gained 863,000 jobs. [CNN.com, 4/11/12]
Recession Aftermath Impacted Women-Dominated Industries
Economist Betsey Stevenson: "Many Of Women's Job Losses Have Been Government Jobs ... Which Have Been Slower To Come Back." PolitiFact reported:
Betsey Stevenson, a business and public policy professor at Princeton University, also pointed out that "in every recession men's job loss occurs first and most, with unemployment rates for men being more cyclical than those of women's."
She added that many of women's job losses have been government jobs -- teachers and civil servants -- which have been slower to come back because they require greater government spending.
So have Obama's policies been especially bad for women?
Said Stevenson: "I don't think you could point to a single piece of evidence that the pattern of job loss: men first then women, is due to the president's policies. It's a historical pattern that has held in previous recessions." [PolitiFact, 4/10/12]
Ezra Klein: The Recession Aftermath Was "Harder On Industries That Women Dominate, Like Retail And Teaching." The Washington Post's Ezra Klein wrote that recessions tend to hit male-dominated industries first:
To put this a bit differently, the crisis began in industries that men dominate, like construction and manufacturing. That was where we saw the bulk of the job losses. But the aftermath has been harder on industries that women dominate, like retail and teaching. Because Obama took office midway into the recession, he's got less of the initial crisis on "his" record, but all of the aftermath.
The reality is that the recession has been easier on women than men. You might remember various magazines branding it the "he-cession." [The Washington Post, Wonkblog, 4/11/12]
St. Louis Fed: "Men Always Bear The Brunt Of Unemployment Losses During The Recession." A study by the St. Louis Fed broke down unemployment during recessions along gender lines in the last six recessions and found that unemployment is usually higher among men than women:
As already mentioned, men always bear the brunt of employment losses during recessions, and the current recession has been no different. This is true whether one looks at payroll employment, as earlier studies have, or at household employment, as this study does.
[St. Louis Fed, September 2009]
Obama Has Pushed For Increasing Female Employment
NY Times: First Bill Obama Signed Was Aimed At Eliminating Gap Between Men's And Women's Salaries. The first bill President Obama signed as president did away with the 180-day statute of limitations in wage discriminations cases:
President Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, approving equal-pay legislation that he said would "send a clear message that making our economy work means making sure it works for everybody."
Mr. Obama was surrounded by a group of beaming lawmakers, most but not all of them Democrats, in the East Room of the White House as he affixed his signature to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a law named for an Alabama woman who at the end of a 19-year career as a supervisor in a tire factory complained that she had been paid less than men.
Now 70, Ms. Ledbetter discovered when she was nearing retirement that her male colleagues were earning much more than she was. A jury found her employer, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant in Gadsden, Ala., guilty of pay discrimination. But in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court threw out the case, ruling that she should have filed her suit within 180 days of the date that Goodyear first paid her less than her peers. [The New York Times, 1/29/09]
Matt Yglesias: The Obama Administration "Pushed Hard For Legislation To Prevent Layoffs Of Teachers." Because teaching is dominated by women, preventing teacher layoffs would have resulted in higher levels of employment for women:
The story within the story is that recessions hit male-dominated highly cyclical sectors like construction and manufacturing first. Women tend to disproportionately work in sectors like health care and education that show slow and steady job growth. But those male-dominated cyclical sectors also bounce back relatively quickly. So since the recession started more than a year before Obama's inauguration, male job losses were close to bottoming out by the time Obama took office and he's presided over a lot of rebound growth in male employment. Women, by contrast, have been devastated by cascading waves of teacher layoffs:
Not only have these layoffs primarily been implemented at the behest of Republican Party governors and state legislators, but the Obama administration twice--once in the Spring of 2010 and a second time in the fall of 2012--pushed hard for legislation to prevent layoffs of teachers. These efforts were roundly denounced by conservatives as wasteful and costly "bailouts" and so they didn't happen. [Slate, Moneybox, 4/11/12]
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Zimmermann Plays Dvořák
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Manfred Honeck, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Dvořák: Carnival Overture (c. 10 minutes) Dvořák: Carnival Overture Program Notes
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor (c. 32 minutes) Dvořák: Violin Concerto Program Notes
About This Performance
Dvořák wrote his tuneful, dancing Violin Concerto in 1879 for the great Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, who was also the inspiration for Brahms' Violin Concerto, written the year before. Dvořák revised the work extensively on Joachim's suggestions, but the violinist was never completely satisfied and eventually returned the score to its composer in 1882. Dvořák revised the Concerto yet again, and in October 1883 it finally had its successful premiere in Prague and was soon introduced in Vienna and London, as Dvořák's music swept Europe in the 1880s.
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"…an exceptional performance of Dvořák's Violin Concerto by Frank Peter Zimmermann… There was electricity in his sound…You felt the physicality of his performance." (The New York Times)
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Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck, a former member of the Vienna Philharmonic and currently Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony, makes his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut with a bracing program of Dvořák.
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By Catherine Contiguglia
♦ Civil activism in China is becoming a force the Chinese government can no longer ignore as activists increasingly unite to rally with broader demands, largely through the growing platform of social media.
♦ Following the initial applause for getting Israel and Palestine to the negotiating table for the first time in four years, US secretary of state John Kerry is facing deep scepticism about the two-day talks in Washington D.C.
♦ Borzou Daragahi argues that in the wake of Mohamed Morsi's ouster in Egypt, Islamists should investigate their own role in contributing to the tensions in the years leading up to the coup.
♦ Alexei Navalny is hitting the streets "western-style" to revamp his mayoral campaign in Moscow six weeks before the vote.
♦ France's culture minister Aurélie Filippetti has survived a tough first year in office, representing her party by bringing "extravagant" French culture to the level of the people, while still fighting for France's "cultural exception." Read more


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Hey Paul congrats on your well deserved community awards. You work so hard at educating people regarding C.S.S., make things interesting running the contests, and don't make people feel like fools!
I would also like to shout out thanks to Stomme poes, Ralph.m and Deathshadow60 for your efforts. Each with very different approaches but just the same each very helpful. You all make Sitepoint a great place to learn, lurk, ask questions and occasionally contribute, so thank you!
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That's great to know. Hopefully we'll all have a great 2012. See you around.
Thanks, we have some great contributors here and some good members asking interesting questions so there is always something new to learn:)
Look out for more fun css quizzes in the new year to while away your lunch breaks.
Ditto! Sitepoint has saved my backside many times. Paul O never ceases to amaze me at his ability to solve what I've considered seemingly impossible CSS challenges.
Paul and Ralph are lifesavers. I can't wait until I am good enough to come help people
Don't be shy, just start out by answering simple, easy (for you) questions. Not all people ask complex things, so if you happen to come across a question you know the answer to, don't hesitate!
Paul as well as other have been life savers for me Aand I really can not express my gratitude. But I agree with pretty up everything above and ill try ti keep it sumple— which my posts or problems usually are not
Thank you with all and from the absolute (not relative ) bottom of our hearts!
Paul your the man! Well deserved
Absolute legend, well done and all the best for 2012 mate!
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HANOVER, N.H. - The University of Pennsylvania women's soccer team saw its Ivy League unbeaten streak come to an end at nine matches Saturday night, as Dartmouth scored early in the second half and made it stand up for a 2-1 win at Burnham Field.
Penn's loss, coupled with Princeton's 2-1 win at Columbia, means that the Tigers are now atop the Ivy League table at 4-0-0. The Quakers and Dartmouth are now tied for second place, both at 3-1-0, while Harvard is now fourth at 2-1-1 (the Crimson defeated Brown, 4-1, earlier in the day).
Penn fell to 7-5-1 overall, and continued a string of futility in Hanover -- the Quakers have not won there since 2002. Dartmouth improved to 9-4-0 overall.
Dartmouth was first on the board Saturday night, as Chrissy Lozier was able to finish with an assist from Kelly Brait in the 13th minute. As the match approached the half-hour, Penn drew level as Kerry Scalora sent a ball in that found the inside of the far post. It marked the fourth straight Ivy League goal that Scalora has been involved in -- she has scored three of them, and assisted the other. Scalora was a menace all night, with six shots including three on goal.
Dartmouth scored again just eight minutes into the second half, and this one Penn could not get back. Aurelia Solomon netted it, her first goal of the season, with Brait again assisting.
Penn and Dartmouth each took 12 shots in the game, but Big Green goalkeeper Tatiana Saunders was far busier as she had to make seven saves while Sarah Banks was called on to make just one stop.
Penn returns to Ivy League action again next Saturday, traveling to Yale to face the Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m.
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You get the call: "Your mother has fallen and is in the hospital. How soon can you get here?" As you rush for the airport, you ask yourself: "What do I do? Who can I call? What do I ask? How do I know? What if they're wrong? What's going to happen?" No one is prepared for this, but now there is a tool to help you and your elder loved one get through it. Elder 911 takes Doctor Marion's 35+ years of experience and puts it in the palm of your hand as you navigate the complexities of transfer trauma, what to ask the doctor, planning hospital discharge and life after the event, plus much more.
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Elder 411 takes Doctor Marion's 35+ years of experience as a geriatric care manager and makes it accessible when and where you need it most. Over 500 pieces of expert advice are organized into 11 eldercare topics providing you with proven solutions to caregiving problems as you encounter them. If you are one of the more than 40 million family caregivers in the U.S. helping take care of an elderly relative, you will undoubtedly benefit from Doctor Marion's insightful and tested solutions which help you face daily challenges with an expert at your side.
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Fred Wilson, the venture capitalist who is a mainstay of New York internet start-ups, has some provocative thoughts on the lifecycle of web and mobile apps – that their lifecycles are similar to those of hit television shows:
"This round trip from nothing to everything to nothing again is also true at some level with many tech companies. Digtal Equipment Corporation was founded in 1957 and shuttered in 1998. RIM was founded in 1984 and in all liklihood will be gone before the end of this decade. Same with Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, and many more iconic tech companies."
As he says, the networks effects that work in favour of social networks on the way up can also turn against them:
"Network effects are powerful in both directions. They can help you grow exponentially. But when they are going against you, they work just as fast. Myspace's decline was mind-blowingly quick. RIM's has been as well. Who is next?"


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Shiraz is widely perceived as Australia's premier grape variety. An intense black grape, it produces a variety of red wine styles, from medium red in the Hunter Valley, through to rich black red in the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale - all available to buy online here at Wine Selectors, from the winery to your door. When buying a good Shiraz wine, look for those that are deep and dark in colour, full of chocolate, licorice and fruit with spice and pepper characteristics and firm, fine tannins. Shiraz is best enjoyed alongside rich spicy meat dishes like pepper steak, veal schnitzel or roast kangaroo.
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HOUSTON - World #1 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland has now officially committed to play in the Shell Houston Open and his star power will also result in extra funds for one of the event's longtime benefiting charities.
"A committment from the #1 player in the world, especially one who is going to help us rais money for a tournament charity, is very special for our event," said Steve Timms, SHO Tournament Director and President/CEO of Houston Golf Association.
McIlroy is the third player currently in the Top 10 of the World Golf Rankings committed to tee it up the week of March 25-31 at Redstone Golf Club.
This will mark the 3rd appearance at the SHO for McIlroy.
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Elderly Couple Will Have You Cracking Up in These Local Commercial Bloopers
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Emo (music)
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This article was made by an Emo Kid. Tread lightly!
"You can't spell "mediocre" without "emocore""
"In England a pack of cigarettes is called a pack of fags, in America a pack of fags is called an emo band."
"They stole our music genre!"
"They stole our style!"
"They stole our Makeup!"
Emocore is a distinct music genre which requires you to whine, scream, and let everyone know how your girlfriend broke up with you. Only emo kids and depressed people listen to it.
edit History
Emocore started in around the 80's when the band Rites of Spring decided to start to sell their sanity to the depressed population of the world. Then some bands called Sunny Day Real Estate and Jimmy Eat World stole their music and started and changed it to make some money with a "new" music genre until around the late 90's when emocore started to die down again. But still in the 2000's some emotionally unstable bands remained, like Jimmy Eat World, and emocore was revived again, when Jimmy Eat World made a depressing album called Bleeding Americans.
Soon after, a new youth subculture called "emo" (a group of highly depressive teens) began to emerge once this music genre was revived. With this, emo broke off of punk rock and made its own genre, due to the Punk Family disowning the Emo Family. Soon after being disowned from the Punk Family, the metalheads and goths, for some unknown reason, started to pay more attention to emocore and saw it as a threat.In short, emo is goth for pussies.
edit Sound and Rhythm
The emocore music genre generally consists of whiny lyrics and incredibly distorted guitars which, if you listen to emocore, will begin create a void in your soul and turn you into a emo kid.
- Vocals: Vocals normally consist of a teenager or a feminine male who has mastered the art of screaming. Unless they're screamo, most emo singers just sing. The screaming in Emo music is not like the death growling and screaming in metal, Emo screams sound completely pathetic and pussy. Emo lead singers are normally obsessed over by teenage girls so they are the most likely in the band to get laid. Common lyrics from the genre consist of subjects like:
- Cutting (mainly for those influenced by Hawthorne Heights) for no apparent reason, just to try and fit into a trend
- Love and Mainstream
- how cool it is to be emo
- Guitar: Guitar is mildly distorted, as so it is not clean, but definitely not metal. E standard and Drop D and C tunings are common. All Emo guitar player's use Gibson Les Pauls or Gibson Les Paul copies, usually with a black finish. All guitars use ultra-ultra-light gauge strings, like .8-.40's. All Emo Guitar players have no talent. They will strum simple power chords, maybe interjected with an extremely simple high pitched melody that sucks.
- Bass Guitar: The genre's bass player's are extremely untalented. They will just finger-pick open strings repetitively
usually the Low E.
- Drums: Drums... what is there to do? All you do is bang on them. (just like your mother)
Emo drummers always use cymbals because they are high pitched.
edit Emo Bands
- My Chemical Romance - Even though denying being an emo band, they know deep down inside their dark hearts they are emo
- Fall Out Boy - Very popular, especially in Mexico where the song "This ain't a Scene, it's a March in Mexico" was used in protest of being picked on by punks and metalheads
- Panic! At The Disco - They are so emo, I mean come on, they wear makeup and eyeliner!
- Blood Red Romance - Mainly loved by the emo crowd that hates Adam and Andrew, very popular for their song "Gangster Kid" (a parody of "Emo Kid" by Adam and Andrew)
- The Unbearable Lightness - The first emo band to do something useful
- Aiden- A band fabricated by Jack Skellington IV from the Emo Dynasty
- Conor Oberst - He's a band?
- Stealthcore - ...
edit Subgenres and derivatives
- Screamo: The art of molesting ones eardrums. The human ears can only stand so much screaming that few people can listen to it. These people include Emos, Scene Kids,and metal-heads. While metal-heads have the ability to with stand such high amounts of estrogen, they choose not to because they fear that they will contract vaginitis. One of the only good things to come from emo kids as it has the ability to ward off chavs and other Dollar Store gangsters. One example of this subgenre is Alexisonfire.
- Emo rap: Attracting both emos and wiggers, emo rap unbelievably whines about losing their girlfriend to some douche with a bigger dick than the emocore genre. It normally consists of catchy tunes and singers taking all the talent away from real music. It is under debate if emo rap is real music or not. One example of this subgenre is 3oh!3
- Emotronic: A complete and utter joke that has spread via MySpace. It is supposed to be a mix between emo and electronic. It is a proven fact that this music subgenre is the most tuney and rhythmical of all of them. It is popular among females, because they can dance to it. Another form of preforming this type of music, is to throw a bunch of gays in a pit and record them having sex with each other, whilst playing an electric drumset and synthesiers in the background. One example of this subgenre is Medic Droid. This one genre could be a danger because it may be confused with trip hop, especially Massive Attack's album Mezzanine. Also it could be confused with a song from Boards of Canada, because it has strange shouts of I LOVE YOU! on there.
edit Pros and Cons of listening to/being in a band of the genre
- Pros
- The lead singer is most likely to get laid
- You will sell out and get rich. Oh wait, is that good?
- You will have thousands of fanclubs named after one of your band members and how teenage girls will want to have sex with you (but you won't get laid unless you are the lead singer or look the faggiest.)
- You will be accepted by other emos
- You will be trendy (only 'til 2012)
- You can walk out like a fat person and not care what others think. (Which you really do or else you wouldn't look like you do.)
- This particular genre of music requires no talent or effort
- Cons
- Punks, Metalheads, Rockers, and Indie Kids will hate you for ruining Rock and Roll.
- Lying to everyone by telling them you're straight. (Which you aren't fooling anyone except prepubecent girls)
- This genre of music sucks satans cheesy dick
edit Also See
edit External links
- Emo Bucket - Its like a bunch of emos, in a bucket
- Fourfa - A pretty good history on the Subculture and Music


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Looks like the UK are looking to go down the same line as Germany.....
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A revamp of the UK's outdated computer crime laws is long overdue. However, provisions to ban the development, ownership and distribution of so-called "hacker tools" draw sharp criticism from industry. Critics point out that many of these tools are used by system administrators and security consultants quite legitimately to probe for vulnerabilities in corporate systems.
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IT and the law are never easy bedfellows. While the guidelines probably make it less likely the security consultants will be prosecuted by over-zealous lawyers for actions they don't understand are legitimate, they are still a bit of a mess.
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More idiotic bureaucracy with no understanding on the subjects they want to try to govern...........
One to watch...........
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i hope so much the government here wont make such stupid rules...
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