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The good and the bad...
web posted September 25, 2000
"Have we as a people been so dumbed down we can't see it? Well, this is what happens, I'm afraid, in a postmodern culture where all values are equivalent and all truth is relative. One moment the President browbeats Congress to pass a trade bill with China. Forget Christians being persecuted. The same day the same President moments later angrily demands sanctions against Japan for hunting whales. There are no principles, just momentary preferences, and everything depends on what's to be gained by those in positions of power. ...[W]hat's good enough for whales ought to be good enough for persecuted Christians." -- Charles Colson
"Some people don't mind a little constitutional sophistry in a good cause; and for liberals, centralizing all power in the federal government is always a good cause. Since most Americans don't know or care what the Constitution says, let alone what their ancestors thought it meant, the great liberal snow job has been very successful." -- Joseph Sobran
"The most recent crusades for gun control seem to have fizzled, and that's just as well, not only for the sake of the freedom and safety of most Americans, but also for the public reputations of those who push the banning of firearms. There is an ever-increasing amount of evidence that gun control is a failure, not only in the United States but in other countries, too." -- Sam Francis
"The Constitution of the United States was not created as an empty shell, to be filled with the content du jour, a receptacle of the baggage people carry as they arrive from mostly failed societies. The Constitution was erected as an umbrella under which people from every direction of the wind may be safe, enjoy opportunity, and benefit by that exceptional generation of men who applied the best of their knowledge, wisdom and instinct -- in that order -- to make available the blessings of liberty to all." -- Balint Vazsonyi
"Even as Al Gore was delivering an ultimatum to the entertainment industry to clean up its violence act, he was cashing in on music and movie glam power in a trio of huge star-stuffed fund-raisers this week." -- Chicago Tribune
"As Bush economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, if Gore were in charge, only a small number of people would be deemed worthy of tax relief. 'In our plan, you don't have to do anything. You get a tax cut because you work.' That is Gore's idea of 'risky.' It isn't 'risky' for him to suggest so many spending programs that he's already outspent the projected surplus. It isn't 'risky' for him to say he's going to increase spending, reduce taxes for the deserving and still pay down the debt -- when it's mathematically impossible." -- Debra J. Saunders
"A conservative party that reshapes its self-presentation according to the suggestions of the liberal media, of course, may very well get what such lack of courage deserves. Having been told by their opponents for years that the key to Republican victory was a softening of the message and more smiles, Republicans have now apparently taken a big dose of this medicine. One might counsel more caution in accepting medicine from one's enemies." -- Alan Keyes
"The first conclusion to be drawn from all this is that the cover-up worked. The Clintons and their lawyers established an ethos of stonewalls, shady statements, slick lawyering, witness intimidation, and rhetorical assaults on public servants. The key players either kept quiet or were completely discredited by a brutal White House attack machine. ... The result was a series of investigations yielding evidence 'insufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.' This is not to say no evidence." -- Wall Street Journal of Robert Ray's announcement that no charges would be laid against the Clintons over the Whitewater scandal
"Clinton is campaigning for Al Gore...and Clinton says that Al Gore was involved in everything this administration did. I'm no legal expert, but I believe the term for that is 'accessory'." -- David Letterman
"Being liberal means never having to acknowledge limits. You just have to keep saying your motives are higher than your opponents'." -- Joseph Sobran
"In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense." -- Paul Craig Roberts
"What a ridiculous waste. What a legacy for an Arkansas boy with a modest background who made it to the most powerful office in the world. It's not only ridiculous, it's pathetic." -- Bill O'Reilly
"The real evil...was their acceptance of the principle that the end justifies the means. This is how most human beings...are introduced to evil. They are not pushed into evil by a strong desire to do wicked things, but by people who persuade them that evil is necessary to achieve some greater good, and that the good justifies the evil." -- Alan Keyes
"...[P]eople who run presidential campaigns know everything and cannot be bothered by listening to individuals who just might know something." -- Lyn Nofziger on the mistakes the Bush campaign has made
"How delicious it has been to see Vice President Al Gore trash the entertainment industry for 'false and deceptive advertising.' Bill Bradley must have busted a gut laughing over that line." -- Debra Saunders
"George W. is one thing, but as long as the Republican Party -- you noted some of them -- is populated by the Pat Buchanans...the Bob Barrs, don't blacks have a right to be suspicious?" -- CBS's Bryant Gumball
"Clinton's lawyer, David Kendall, had to tell Hillary about Bill's affair with Monica. That was a tough call -- neither Bill Clinton nor Dave Kendall tells the truth." -- Jay Leno
web posted September 18, 2000
"...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain). Unfortunately, only a tiny fraction of the U.S. population today -- subtle logicians like you -- can grasp such nuances. Too bad. The Constitution wasn't meant to be a brain-twister." -- Joseph Sobran
"While we have long found much to admire in Gov. Bush's program, we have always questioned the wisdom of making 'compassionate conservatism' the theme of his campaign. Its chief defect is that it does not provide a compelling reason for voters to make him president. His campaign has instead proceeded as though voters already wanted him to be president and its task were to prevent them from changing their minds. ... Whether he likes it or not, the strongest arguments against Gore are not based on Bush's superior character or style; they are conservative arguments against Gore's program." -- National Review
"Communism and socialism is seductive. It promises us that people will contribute according to ability and receive according to needs. Everybody is equal. Everybody has a right to decent housing, decent food and affordable medical care. History should have taught us that when we hear people talk this stuff -- watch out!" -- Walter Williams
"[Affluence] is changing the nation's political sensibility, reducing to the vanishing point the once-sturdy concern for limited government. .. Congress is complicit in all this because Congress could stop it. Until it does, we will have more of what [Christopher DeMuth of the American Enterprise Institute] calls 'strip mall socialism,' sprawling government, ubiquitous and undistinguished, with 'no theme or theory, just momentum'." -- George Will
"We must elect people to these offices who will defend our liberties, defend the integrity of the Constitution, and take on the full responsibilities they are supposed to exercise as the stewards of that Constitution. I believe that both president and Congress, in recent decades, have failed us in this regard. And in doing so they have unleashed a judicial tyranny that is destroying the soundness, moral and otherwise, of our land." -- Alan Keyes
"Bill Clinton says that the budget surplus cannot be used to reduce taxes because it would 'cost' too much. Just what does that mean? The very idea of government 'costs' is strange. Since government does not generate wealth, but simply spends wealth generated by the people, the only costs being borne are those costs borne by the public." -- Thomas Sowell
"If I'm entrusted with the presidency, I am going to do something about this." -- Al Gore saying he would give entertainment industry bosses six months to "clean up their act" or risk government sanctions
"Al Gore is telling Hollywood to clean up its act after aggressively cleaning out their wallets for the past year. Al Gore waving around a report that he denounced at a Hollywood fund-raiser just a year ago makes him a deserving candidate for an Oscar award in hypocrisy." -- Bush campaign spokesman Dan Bartlett
"[Gore] should say, 'Look, this [visit to a Buddhist temple] is no different from people visiting the black churches or any churches or a Jewish temple. There's nothing wrong.' He shouldn't feel embarrassed or ashamed of relating to the temple. He should feel very proud of himself." -- Gore fund-raiser Maria Hsia, convicted of five felony counts for lying about the major donations Gore picked up while at the temple
"So Al Gore is threatening government sanctions against the entertainment industry for marketing violence to kids. That's chilling. That's cynical. That's brilliant." -- Rod Dreher
"We [Americans] must disbar you to tell the world that a man's word still means something in America, even if he is the president." -- John N. Doggett
"A dramatic -- and complex -- transformation in the role of government is taking place. Government's role in the daily lives of most Americans has expanded dramatically since the 1960s." -- Linda Chavez
"[Gore] has talked a lot about the need for specificity and detail, but apparently he didn't mean it to apply to his own tax plan." -- House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Archer
"Lieberman substituted Gore values for core values." -- Toward Tradition, a national Jewish public policy group
"Abstract language avoids creating unpleasant mental images that might cause horror and shame; concrete language may remind us of what we are really doing. " -- Joseph Sobran
"Why doesn't Bush have more to fall back on? I think we all know the answer. He and his team call it compassionate conservatism, which on closer inspection is nothing more than conservatism lite or a conservatism that dares not speak its name or conservatism repackaged in a kinder, gentler wrapping -- in short, a conservatism that caves under the first sign of pressure." -- Wladyslaw Pleszczynsk
"The most striking aspect of the hour-long 'Oprah' interview was how Gore revealed himself as the perfect political representation of the Oprah era -- how his rhetoric and thinking are a perfect fit with the preachy, relentlessly positive New Age-speak that Winfrey has spent her career popularizing. ... 'We are spiritual beings having a human experience,' Gore said as he attempted to explain how he believes the greatest challenge facing America is a quest to find greater meaning in life. ... The scary part is that Gore really means it." -- John Podhoretz
"Lazio kicked it out of the park. He had Hillary dumbfounded on several occasions. Walked across the stage, invading her 'personal space' and handed her a petition to disavow all soft money. Dared her to sign it. She didn't, of course. Asked by Russert at the end, if she had a life line call, who would it be? She twinkled and said, 'You, Tim.' Lazio said, very quietly, 'My wife'." -- Lucianne Goldberg on the Rick Lazio-Hillary Clinton debate
"There was no handshake." -- White House spokesman Joe Lockhart denying that Bill Clinton and Fidel Castro shook hands at the Millennium Summit
"That's a personal shot. While [Mr. Wellstone] was doing real college wrestling, I was serving in the real United States military." -- Gov. Jesse Ventura, a former Navy SEAL, after Minnesota Demo Sen. Paul Wellstone compared his own college wrestling days to Ventura's "professional wrestling" career
"...[I]f Gore is elected Lieberman will be the first Jew to work under a president since Monica Lewinsky." -- Lyn Nofziger
"Al Gore has been accused of drawing up campaign plans and stands on issues through polling data in order to get more votes. Gore said that was outrageous and 73.8 percent of Americans think that too." -- Jay Leno
"Al Gore appeared on "Oprah" yesterday. Hey, Al, you go, girl! He told Oprah his favorite food was Chinese. That's also his favorite type of campaign funding." -- David Letterman
web posted September 11, 2000
"In addition to the Security Council, we must have an Economic Council and an Environmental Council with authority equal to that of the Security Council." -- Mikhail Gorbachev
"There's Adam Clymer, major league @$$#*!! from the New York Times." -- George Bush to Dick Cheney, unaware his comment was captured by an open microphone
"I'm disappointed in the governor's language." -- Adam Clymer's reponse to that comment. Clyner himself was charged by U.S. Capitol Police recently for acting in a "loud, profane and abusive manner" with four of its officers in the Capital Building. Officer Daniel Quigley penned in the complaint against Clymer: "His using profanity in a crowded area was unnecessary, and he does not have any right to make physical contact, or place his hands on any officer who is performing his duties in an official capacity."
"We will under-spend the surplus." -- Al Gore
"The fact is that we have reached such a low level of funding it will soon be impossible to meet the expectations of this nation in executing our operational tasks and completing the mission." -- Vice Admiral John Nathman after assuming command of the U.S. Naval Air Forces in the Pacific
"...[T]he politically correct culture-warriors, while decrying their opponents' supposed intolerance, exhibit the most stifling kind of intolerance imaginable -- and more. They don't merely demand to be tolerated. They insist that their views be crammed down our throats. Make no mistake. The culture war is raging. I just hope that the voices of sanity don't surrender without firing a shot." -- David Limbaugh
"Never has a class been so abused by a political party as the working class has been by Democrats." -- Paul Craig Roberts
"Let the Millennium Summit be the last hurrah for the United Nations. End it. End it now. The voices call out to us from millions of graves. We are the last great hope of democracy in the world." -- Alan Caruba
"When seniors add up how much they have to pay to get their drugs, they'll realize the benefit of the Gore plan is just 13 cents a day." -- Sen. Bill Frist, M.D.
"...[I]t means something different to be called a 'Boy Scout' than to be called a 'lawyer'." -- Ann Coulter
"Our national problems usually do not cause nearly as much harm as the solutions." -- Thomas Sowell
"When the public no longer cares about real news it signals a civic apathy that is profoundly disturbing for its implications." -- Brent Bozell
"Even in a disbarment proceeding premised on the president's prodigious lies, he lies." -- Ann Coulter
"...[T]he ruling elite can rest easy at night, knowing that the sleep of the masses will not be disturbed by those nasty, perverted freedom lovers." -- Gene Callahan
"We should have the courage to embrace the agenda of tax liberty, confident in the fruits it will bear for the whole society, just as our Founders moved courageously to make political liberty a reality." -- Alan Keyes
"Attorneys are exploiting tort law to get rich on tobacco and asbestos cash. They're turning those riches into political power that in turn makes it easier to loot another private industry." -- Wall Street Journal
"Let's face it: Bush's campaign has been sagging lately. He has been on the defensive since Gore picked Lieberman and then de-coupled himself from Clinton." -- John LeBoutillier
"Why are George W. Bush's handlers so reluctant to allow him to debate three times in prime-time television, on all major networks, according to the usual rules -- the way presidential candidates usually do?" -- Rip Rense
"George W. Bush's campaign aides openl y acknowledge that Al Gore is a formidable debater who deserves to be heavily favored in any one-on-one meeting with their candidate. Maybe they're right. The debates haven't even been held, and Bush is already losing them." -- Steve Chapman
"...[I]s this symptomatic of a campaign, such as Barry Goldwater's in 1964, which had the nomination strategy all worked out but the general election strategy was still being worked on as the ballots were being printed. All those wagging heads sure wish they knew." -- Paul M. Weyrich
"George W. Bush is starting to look like the last Republican presidential candidate to be nominated in Philadelphia, Thomas E. Dewey. ... Like Bush today, Dewey in 1948 was the popular two-term governor of a big state.... But Dewey sat on his lead, refusing to alter his smug course...." -- James Pinkerton
"We were 10-12 twelve points up, we're now three points down, it's the end of the third quarter, you gotta get back on offense. I still believe George Bush is going to win. He's a better man -- a far better man. He's got a better and bolder plan. But, they have to step up, I think, on the issues -- draw the differences in a sharp way." -- William Bennett
"Gloria Steinem's marriage is proof positive of the emotional desperation of aging feminists who for over 30 years worshiped the steely career woman and callously trashed stay-at-home moms." -- Camille Paglia on the titular head of the modern feminist movement, who once said "a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
"Don't quit your day job." -- Detroit Tigers batting coach Bill Madlock, after Al Gore was beaned by a pitch he threw to Robert Fick
"You know people vote for my books with their money, as opposed to saying yes when the Gallup poll calls them up on the phone." -- Tom Clancy, when confronted by media leftist Matt Lauer, "You think you're in step with the feelings of this country [when] long stretches [ of "The Bear and The Dragon"] reads like the transcript of a Rush Limbaugh talkathon?"
"It surely must come as a jolt to most Americans that there'll be a presidential election in just 60 days particularly since the country has been without a president for the past two years or so." --Tony Kornheiser
"A leading world model agency was broken into this weekend. A bunch of photos, names and addresses and phone numbers were stolen. Much like Watergate, I hear this scandal may be linked to the White House." -- Conan O'Brien
web posted September 4, 2000
"We've seen virtually no change in society's glorification of death and violence. As long as the cultural elite [media moguls] can keep our nation focused on a red herring like gun control, they relieve parents from the responsibility of healing empty hearts, wounded spirits, and the numbed consciences that lie behind these senseless acts of violence. If anything, we've witnessed a rise in the barrage of dark, hopeless and annihilative images and words churned out by TV, movies, music, Internet Web sites, and video games." -- Dr. James C. Dobson
"This is an opportunity that Oxford would be ill-advised to squander. It is not merely the status of a departed U.S. President that should appeal to the dons, but also the sheer number of courses where Mr. Clinton might be useful. He would need to lecture on American politics but the university should really exploit the full range of his experience. A man who once informed a Grand Jury that whether or not he had committed perjury depended on the meaning of the word 'is' would surely be the very saviour of any philosophy faculty. Mr. Clinton's intimate knowledge of the latest DNA testing techniques should be harnessed by the chemistry department. A new course on the technicalities of impeachment could work wonders for the Oxford law course. The gender studies sub-faculty would, though, be best appeased if the amount of hands-on student tuition offered by Mr. Clinton were kept to a minimum." -- Times of London on the possibility that Bill Clinton might join the Oxford teaching staff after leaving office
"The framers advocated two-, four-, and six-year terms of office so that the House, president, and Senate would learn, deliberate and lead, as well as be responsible to the people. It was the job of the citizen to remain vigilant, informed, and educated so his voice could be heard on Election Day and keep leaders in check. The problem of republican (small-r) government is the problem of education. When voters cannot answer basic questions about their government or the issues of the day, it is the duty of the media and elected officials to talk more about substantive issues to educate the electorate. Otherwise, voters will lack enough knowledge to make polls meaningful. And the inevitable conclusion will be that these meaningless numbers will be used to make bad laws." -- Matthew Robinson
"In the land of the undecideds, mere assertions pass for argument. Mr. Bush should learn this from Mr. Gore. He should start saying that he is for free health care and prescription drugs for everybody. That's what Mr. Gore said. Heck, everybody is for that. It won't happen. It can't happen. There's no such thing as a free lunch, let alone free drugs. But, Mr. Bush can still be for it. I'm for free Ferraris. Why not? Let them know we care." -- Tony Blankley
"The schools aren't going to improve. The teachers unions, obsessed with protecting their jobs, are absolutely in the saddle. With exceptions, but not enough exceptions, they don't like the whole idea of education, so they jaw-storm about feelings and attitudinal change and empowerment, whatever that is. We don't care enough to buck them. Still, in moments of fatuous optimism, I reflect that it could be done. If a few hundred parents showed up at school with a rope and a focused look, results might follow. In fact, when I'm dictator, I'm going to put a bounty on the National Education Association. Bag one and bring the varmint in stuffed, and you'll get a keg of Budweiser and three free nights of bowling. It would be like duck hunting, but more satisfying." -- Fred Reed
"In his convention appearance Gore recalled how hardships demanded self-reliance from his parents and made them an inspiration to him. Gore wowed his convention by vowing to banish forever all the sorts of challenging conditions that made his parents so inspiring." -- George Will
"We changed things, to help unleash your potential, and innovation and investment in the private sector, the engine that drives the economy." -- Al Gore, taking credit for America's strong economy
Bill Clinton is "a disgrace to the office...a disgrace to the United States. He's made the United States a laughingstock of the world.... I'm still a registered Democrat but from what I've seen on the national scene, I could never vote for a Democrat on the national level again until they clean up their act." -- David Schippers, the Democrat who led the House Judiciary Committee's investigation of Clinton and who voted for Clinton in 1992 and 1996
"In the three-year period since the time I was assistant commandant to now, I have never seen a resource picture so bleak." -- Maj. General Tony Stricklin in an internal Pentagon assessment of the 20 Army combat and support training centers responsible for field artillery, infantry and aviation training, 12 of which received the Pentagon's lowest rating -- C-4
"The president is determined to get as much as he can done for the American people through executive action, as he has for the last eight years. We work with Congress. But just because they've ground to a halt doesn't mean the executive branch should." -- Clinton domestic policy adviser Bruce Reed
"America's progressives, liberals, humanitarians, and other self-satisfied poseurs have found a new group to outlaw, the Boy Scouts." -- Bob Tyrrell
"Political campaigns often seem part circus and part swindle." -- Robert J. Samuelson
"And in politics, a 'negative' influence is nothing more than an opponent, idea or law that a politician dislikes." -- Bruce Fein
"...[T]eachers' unions are going all-out to stop vouchers, because any competition threatens to expose both the public schools' failures and their excuses for failure." -- Thomas Sowell
"George Bush's two major pieces of legislation, the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, both had some awful provisions that Republicans should have caught. But fear of appearing mean usually stampedes the party into supporting flawed social legislation." --John Leo
"Of course, the problem with the Clintons is not that all conspiracy theories about them are true, just that all conspiracy theories about them are possible." -- Jonah Goldberg
"There are few more potent combinations than lawyers and journalists. Together they can demonize, loot and even bankrupt the largest industry. And do so based on the flimsiest evidence." -- Doug Bandow
"Public corruptions create public cesspools, around which private people must step in their private lives. Slowly, ineluctably these cesspools begin to define and dominate existence. ...That the crude and obscene are as good as the righteous, honorable, upright and just -- my brothers and sisters, there isn't a word of truth in it." -- William Murchison
"Al Gore has given George W. Bush the greatest present any politician can receive: The gift of an opponent's hypocrisy." -- Tony Snow
"(Al Gore) reminds me a bit of Barbie's boyfriend, Ken: He's buff, he's honed, he looks terrific, but he has no private parts. I'm not referring to his distinguishing characteristics, but to a general lack of human personality. Clinton puts together a focus group to find out what he should do. Gore puts together a focus group to find out who he should be." -- Mark Steyn
"Gore has proposed a whole bunch of government spending programs run by the Internal Revenue Service...It adds up to about 500 billion in spending programs that would be run by IRS." -- Bob McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice
"I think I have given evidence that I need to be in church." -- Bill Clinton in an interview discussing his faith
"Men rule everywhere and in everything, so why should we care that boys do worse in high school?" -- University of Virginia law professor Amy Wax
"I don't know if I can live on my income or not -- the government won't let me try it." -- Bob Thaves, in the comic strip "Frank & Ernest"
"I am perfectly sane." -- Ezola Foster, Pat Buchanan's Reform Party running mate, on news that she accepted workers' compensation payments for an undisclosed mental disorder
"I'm a liberal, conservative, radical, middle-of-the-road, centrist Democrat." -- actor Richard Dreyfuss explaining his political philosophy
"I'll be that old lovable rogue who can make a centrist waffle look like red meat." -- William Safire imagining what really went through Bill Clinton's mind in his Demo-confab address
"The Republicans have accused the Democrats of wasting the past eight years, eight years of missed opportunities. I don't think so. I don't think Clinton missed anybody in those eight years." -- Jay Leno
"Polls show Al Gore out in front. Gore has become so confident that he is now raising campaign funds legally!" -- David Letterman
web posted August 28, 2000
"The idea that there is no such thing as truth has gotten very fashionable in some quarters. It is now called 'my truth' or 'your truth' or somebody else's truth. But truth loses its meaning if it becomes private property. The whole point of truth is that it enables one person to rely on what someone else says. Behind all this evasion of reality is the simple fact that some people have constructed a vision of the world in their mind which differs greatly from the real world. And they cannot bring themselves to give up that vision. Nor will they allow others to shatter their vision with facts. The real question is: Why do we take them seriously? Are we so easily impressed or intimidated by their airs of superiority?" -- Thomas Sowell
"You know that story about the youngster who discovers money on a bus and knocks himself out to return it to its rightful owner? The same instinctive decency ought to apply to Washington. Today's gusher exists mainly because the 'irresponsible' Reagan tax cuts redressed the disincentive effects of the old tax structure. We have surpluses because Americans are harder-working and more productive, not because the politicians have become more frugal. Washington's periodic attempts to jack up the wage tax have been a particular disgrace. With the world at peace, the economy humming and the debt already on a path to extinction, Republicans shouldn't be conspiring with Democrats to keep the surpluses in Washington. If that's the plan, why don't they just call themselves Democrats?" -- Wall Street Journal
"Manufacturers have no duty to give warnings about the obvious dangers of handguns. Were we to decide otherwise, we would open a Pandora's box. The city could sue the manufacturers of matches for arson, or automobile manufacturers for traffic accidents, or breweries for drunken driving." -- Ohio's First District Court of Appeals in ruling that Cincinnati has no legal standing to recover an enormous cash windfall from gunmakers because of crimes committed with the guns they manufacture
"If the public doesn't want a populist or a phony, it probably doesn't want a phony populist." -- Wall Street Journal
"Al Gore's sea of promises without priorities provided a summary of the squandered opportunities during the last eight years, underscoring why there is a leadership gap in this campaign." -- Dan Bartlett
"[Gore's speech was] relentlessly banal and formulaic. ... If this is who Mr. Gore is, he's a loser." -- Peggy Noonan
"The only thing Gore could have done to annoy the Jesse Jackson-Al Sharpton wing of the Democratic Party more than putting Lieberman on his ticket would have been to pick a Korean as his running mate." -- Ann Coulter
"Is it really the case that messianic narcissism is OK by the American people? The Gore Experience will test the question." -- Bill Buckley
"With Powell and Rice, their blackness is incidental to their history of accomplishment. By contrast, the people that you saw in Los Angeles -- the quote, unquote, diverse folks you saw parading across the stage in Los Angeles -- are typically people who have punched the card of racial grievance. That's the difference between Gore's vision of diversity and Bush's." -- Center for New Black Leadership's Brian Jones
"Some have suggested that Democrats have no central rallying theme this year. I have a suggestion: 'Prosperity without a Clue'." -- David Limbaugh
"When Republicans abandon their conservative/libertarian bloc of voters, they don't expand their base, it evaporates. The political graveyard is full of contemporary examples. Gerald Ford. George Bush. Bob Dole. The Republicans in Congress in 1998." -- Stephen Moore
"It was completely spontaneous. I think you can tell from watching it, it was completely spontaneous. I didn't plan that out in advance." -- Al Gore on his kiss with Tipper Gore just before his acceptance speech
"If I was the parent of a child who went to an inner-city school that was failing...I might be for vouchers, too." -- Al Gore, accidentally being honest
"[Al Gore claims] 'Actually, I did not wind up becoming a lawyer. I wound up becoming a newspaper reporter.' Actually, Gore left being a full-time newspaper reporter to go to law school, and then left law school to run for Congress. This is the kind of exaggeration he falls into when he's forcing his game, trying to ingratiate himself in a way that obviously isn't real -- the kind that, if anybody catches him at it, can be presented as one of his 'lies'." -- a Gore profile by Nicholas Lemann in The New Yorker
"You don't have to be a cynic to note that this has all the earmarks of a carefully orchestrated, politically motivated leak. The Republican-backed Robert Ray is sponsored by a three-judge panel. ... This panel features two federal judges backed by the [North Carolina Sen.] Jesse Helms wing of the Republican Party" -- Dan Rather, on the "Republican leak" about the federal grand jury convened by Independent Counsel Robert Ray to further investigate Clinton for perjury. The "inadvertent" leak came from one of the three judges who oversee the investigation -- Democrat Richard D. Cudahy, former chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party and a judicial appointee of Jimmy Carter. Judge Cudahy explained the unintentional disclosure "resulted solely" from his response to a press inquiry
"[My show is] a safe zone. We try...not to embarrass or humiliate, but try to celebrate people and their beliefs." --Rosie O'Donnell with Larry "King of the Talkingheads" after attacking her guest Tom Selleck for his defense of the Second Amendment
"Al Gore felt compelled to one-up his rival with 'Love Story, the Convention.' ... When Al joined Tipper on stage, he grabbed her for a long, intense kiss more suited for a third date than the fourth night of a convention." -- Maureen Dowd
"All week long, the Democrats have said they're for working families. Nouns are supposed to trump adjectives, but when a Democrat says 'working families,' it's hard not to believe the reverse is true." -- National Review Online
"One celebrity who was missing from the Democratic National Convention was Rosie O'Donnell. At one time, she was suggested as a participant to the show's producer, Gary Smith, but he passed. Apparently, he felt the convention's TV ratings were low enough without her." -- Ira Lawson
"I'm now going to reveal a dark little secret about Hollywood: It is run mostly by limousine liberals who are primarily concerned about political correctness." -- Hollywood director William Friedkin
"George W. Bush said today that if he is elected, he will spend $5 billion to teach kids to read by the third grade. Here in California, we already have a billion-dollar plan to teach third-grade reading. We call it the 12th grade." -- Jay Leno
"Chelsea Clinton announced that she is postponing her senior year at Stanford University until January so that she can stay with her father during his last few months in the White House. Isn't that nice? In return, the president offered to stay with Chelsea during her last few months in her sorority." -- Conan O'Brien
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Happy Holidays from Caravan-Serai Tours and Willamette Intl Travel!
Each holiday season our friends over at Caravan-Serai offer an assortment of our favorite recipes from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasus. Be sure to subscribe to our blog for updates!
Cucumber & Yogurt Salad ~ Salat Khyar
- 1lb cucumber
- 2lb yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 Tbs salt
- 1 Tbs chopped fresh mint
Peel and dice the cucumbers, crush garlic with salt and mint and stir into yogurt. Add the cucumbers and mix. Serve with mint garnish.
Galayat Bandura
This dish is a popular dish which can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner, as hot mezza or main course. You can add scrambled eggs, tuna, or chicken – whatever you like! "Gulayat" is the Arabic word for skillet, so the name literally translated means skillet of tomatoes.
- 1lb tomatoes
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 2 green chili peppers
- 1 tsp salt
- Saute the pine nuts in oil until light brown, remove from oil and save as the garnish (save the oil in the skillet).
- Finely chop tomatoes and chilies
- Slice garlic and saute in the same oil until light brown, then add the tomatoes, chilies (I recommend starting with half the amount of chilies and taste the mixture after a few minutes to see if you want to add more), and salt
- Bring to a boil, and boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes
- Pour into shallow serving dish and garnish with pine nuts
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You have met a woman, and your views are in agreement in so many areas: politics, religion, rearing a family. She sends your heart aflutter, but she has yet to meet your tyke. It dawns on you that these two wonderful people need to meet and pronto. But put on the brakes, Dad; your tyke is going to need time to adjust slowly to this change, and your new girlfriend may also need time to adjust to your family. Slow and steady is a good mantra to live by when it comes to introducing your new love to your son.
Timing of the Introduction
If your current girlfriend is your first since you broke up with your tyke's mother, your tyke may be hoping to see Mommy and Daddy back together again. Alternatively, if the relationship started soon after your break-up, your tyke may view your new girlfriend as a responsible party. Ideally, you should only introduce your new girlfriend when the relationship has gotten serious. Introducing several short-term girlfriends to your tot can make her less likely to bond with any of them.
Discussions Before the Introduction
Talk to your girlfriend about your tyke: your son's hobbies and interests and your break-up from his mother. These notes not only help your new girlfriend understand what your son may be going through, but they can also help her bond with your son. You will also need to discuss things with your son. Explain that you have met a woman who makes you happy. Your new girlfriend's name and one or two of her interests can help your child start processing that someone new is coming into his life.
Initial Introduction
Put out the toys, books and your tyke's favorite foods because your new girlfriend is coming over. Keep your tot on your lap or at least in close physical proximity when your girlfriend arrives. Your daughter may feel threatened if she plays alone while you and your new girlfriend spend time together. Instead, play games or read books with your toddler together. These activities can help everybody bond. Keep the introduction short, Dad. This initial but brief visit can help your daughter slowly adjust to her changing world.
Follow-Up Visits
The initial introduction may be over, but your tot is still getting to know your new girlfriend. Buckle up, Dad; take your girlfriend and your tyke to a miniature golf course or a park to bond. These group outings can reinforce that your new girlfriend is an addition to your family and not a replacement for your child. Spend plenty of one-on-one time with your tyke between visits with your girlfriend as these can help protect your child from feelings of jealousy.


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Day 1 in Ukraine.
Today I awoke at 5:30 in the morning due to not being adjusted to the time zone. It was nice, because it was 11:30 PM in the U.S. and my girlfriend was still awake. So I talked to her for a little while until she went to bed. By then it was still too early to start working, as our partners here typically do not start until 10:00 AM, so I turned on the tv and started flipping through the channels. In Ukraine, the major language is Russian, so I had no idea what was being said on the tv. Most of the content was American shows, like the Food Network or Law and Order just with Russian voiceovers, but I did find a channel dedicated to nothing but videos of people hurting themselves in stupid ways. I stuck with that until I could find the desire to get out of bed and begin the day.
The greatest luxury of my work is the ability to work from anywhere, so when Kameron finally got his feet under him, we went down to his favorite coffee shop, Travelers Coffee, so we could begin our day. I ordered a coffee and breakfast, which I expected to contain sausage, but to my surprise (and Kam's amusement) the sausage was most definitely a hot dog. I ate as much I could bear (it was disgusting to put it mildly) and began setting up meetings for the day. First one, lunch down by the black sea.
We went to lunch at a very nice place called Terrace, right down by the water. The weather wasn't great, overcast and windy, but the contrast of the water to the sky was very pretty. Our taxi rides to and from our apartment gave me a first hand experience at how crazy drivers are here. I am not sure why they even bother painting lines on the roads because drivers never pay them any attention. Also, as I would learn from more taxi rides, seat belts are not a concept here either, but on the plus side taxiing about gave me a great tour of Odessa.
Later that night, we visited a place outside of the center of town called True Man Club. We were told that it is the premier club in Odessa and it didn't disappoint. Once again, our taxi driver drove like he was running from the cops, but we safely made it, if not for some emotional scaring. It is nice to know so many people in Odessa who speak both English and Russian, because at True Man the staff spoke only Russian. We all got a few beers, the local brew 1715, and I chugged mine immediately to show my manhood, a sentiment that I alone shared as I found out later that 2 of our partners had been drinking O'douls. After our meeting, Kam and I elected to walk home because walking alone through a dark and unfamiliar city in Eastern Europe just felt safer at this point.
My opinion of Odessa so far is that is is a very unique place full of quirks and crazy drivers that, in many ways, adds to its allure. I have been told it is much better in the summer, but I find its just fine this time of year as well. The people are mostly friendly and everything is very inexpensive. The architecture really gives the city character. It has only been 1 day, but I can already tell I will really enjoy the stay.


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A college degree is required for just about every kind of job nowadays. Most trades, professions, and workplaces need the kind of skills one can only acquire through post-secondary school education. For anyone born in the last two decades, a college degree is not a mere luxury: it is a necessity. Getting such a degree, however, costs money. Tuition and living expenses increase by the year. If you are a parent planning for your child's future, it is important to start saving now. Companies such as CST Consultants can help you.
From business administration to criminal justice, nearly every field requires a college education to get ahead. Rather than waiting until the last minute you should get ahead now by making the needed investment. Indeed, such an investment is the key for many persons seeking post-secondary school education. No matter where your child ends up going, it is important for them to have the resources they need to complete the program.
The times are such that getting your degree is not only important, it is vital to getting ahead in the world. The knowledge explosion has led to technological and scientific advancements in jobs that used to require only intuition, experience, and basic skills. Now even the trades require higher kinds of knowledge in order to be practiced.
Not only that. The job market is also more competitive than ever. Everyone is looking for a way to move forward and find a better paying and more rewarding career. For the most part this can only be done by those who have invested the time and resources to obtain higher education. It is becoming increasingly difficult to rise up the corporate or professional ladder without the right qualifications and without obtaining popular degrees. Becoming successful means having the credentials to show that you have the knowledge and expertise to solve problems and deliver solutions. These can only be gotten at a university that offers you the ability to craft and customize your own schedule.
The popular degrees of today may not be the popular degrees of tomorrow. You must therefore be prepared for anything. Indeed, you should also plan for graduate and even post-graduate education if possible. Giving your child every chance in the world is one of the greatest responsibilities of all parents.
Fortunately, it is not that difficult to find organizations that can help you prepare financially for your child's post-secondary education. The place to begin your search is the worldwide web. The web allows you to bring all of the places that offer quality investment schemes. It also allows you to review the quality and value of each program so that you can make a decision about which one is best for you. Using the web also enables you to find out the reputation of the institution you're thinking about going with. The best predictor of future performance is past performance. The investment scheme that has a proven record of delivering high customer satisfaction is the one most likely to meet your needs and expectations.
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Justice for the Halesowen Four
Mon, 14/01/2013 - 20:52
Discontent has been brewing at Halesowen College, Birmingham, following the summary dismissal of no fewer than four Maths teachers in the last month, including Dave Muritu, the College's UCU Branch Secretary. The College has seen pickets, lobbies and widespread condemnation for its persecution of teachers, seemingly solely for raising issues of genuine concern to do with their students' educations.
The College management's reasons for the sudden firings remain unclear. They point to the apparently poor performance of the lecturers, despite the fact that their performances were above the national average, and the College itself rated all four as 'good' teachers in its own internal observation system. Management also accepts that there is no case for gross misconduct for any of the Halesowen Four, and they also failed to follow both their own disciplinary procedure and that of ACAS, the work disputes mediations body.
The sacked teachers themselves speculate as to their role in highlighting a number of issues which had made their work increasingly difficult, such as "refusal to pay for specialist cover (in spite of a huge surplus) for times of long term sickness and paternity leave, teaching in two different classes in two different rooms at the same time [and] groups being pushed together into one room even though they are supposed to be covering different material".
It certainly seems unlikely that the four teachers – having received Grade 2 ratings when observed, in a system that has been criticised for its readiness to give Grade 3 ratings (average) – were targeted for being exceptionally poor, or indeed that removing them from their posts midway through the academic year (mid-term in the case of three of the four) will actually assist in the education of their students.
Indeed, as well as attending the lively pickets outside the College gates on cold, wet Monday mornings and joining the almost 10,000 signatures on the petition for the Halesowen Four's reinstatement, many former students of Muritu et al in the Maths Department have emerged on Facebook to emphasise the quality of Muritu's classes. This one, for example, from Claire Davies-Thompson, presents a very different picture to that of the College, which claimed that the students in the classes of the four teachers weren't "reaching their potential":
"My son who is a diagnosed epileptic & also has slight autism gets very stressed & struggles with sudden change! He took to Dave immediately as they both have such a shared passion for Maths! He was on line for an A/A* in the coming exams but now due to this we really worry this may not be achieved bearing in mind it is Dave's excellent teaching skills who have bought Ben to that stage! He needs to be reinstated immediately it is ludicrous that kids are going to suffer due to this as are exam results!"
The Halesowen Four case is another example of a growing tendency in education to use internal observation as a disciplinary tool; a means of breaking union branches and removing critical and principled staff.
The campaign has called for supporters to register their disgust with College Principal Keith Bates at firstname.lastname@example.com or write to him at:
Keith Bate
Halesowen College
Whittingham Road
More info can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/groups/reinstatedavemuritu/?ref=ts&fref=ts and here: http://justiceforhalesowenfour.wordpress.com
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Grechetto IGP Lazio Bio Propizio
Old Price: £15.95
You save: £3.80! (23.82%)
- Designation: IGP
- Producer: Donato Giangirolami
- Year: 2015
- Grape: 100% Grechetto di Todi (organic)
- Region: Latium
- Size: 750ml
Intense yellow colour with bouquet of yellow roses, lime tree, pears and exotic fruit. Rich and full bodied with a satisfying finish
A Grechetto of deep yellow colour with bouquet of yellow roses, lime trees, pears and exotic fruit. Rich full bodied and satisfying finish.
Recently chosen to be one Italy's best white wines with food
As the name indicates, Grechetto origins could be found in Greece. Nevertheless the grape has been grown in Italy for so long that it is now widely regarded as being native to Umbria. Since the late 20th Century, its reputation has significantly improved. Grechetto is now considered as one of the finest white wine grapes in the region.
Food pairing: fish and white meat dishes, ripe cheeses, also pumpkin-filled ravioli or almond cookies.
Just as with Montecivoli we have begun to convert ourselves to bio dynamic ideas. Donato has taken over the estate founded by his father Dante in 1956 and today his two daughters Laura and Federica are also involved in the family-run business. Bio since 1993 and grown to 80 hectares, 38 of which are cultivated as vineyard and the rest as orchard (kiwi).
The wines are produced in three vineyards, two within Castelli Romani Doc area and one located in Cori Doc area, all registered in the I.G.T. vineyard registry of Lazio. Red grape vines are cultivated in Borgo Montello (Le Ferriere), where the company's cellar is also located, while almost all white grape vines are cultivated in Doganella di Ninfa, in Cori DOC area. Should you fancy a trip to the area, a visit to the beautiful and world renowned Garden of Ninfa is an absolute must.
The production capacity per hectare is reduced thanks to the lack of any kind of forcing method.
The cellar is equipped with modern technology. All the tanks are in stainless steel with exchanger to control the temperature, fermenters aso in stainless steel with Bosio or submerged-cap method.
The press gently extracts the must (0.7 atm), it features a vacuum system and with the aid of inert gas (nitrogen), the grape marc is never in contact with air.
Their logo represents a wind pump, which as Laura explained, was part of the landscape as she grew up on the farm. An affordable and necessary solution to the irrigation need of an area that may reach 37+ degrees centigrade in the summer.


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The Royals Steakhouse
10 Jalan Pisang
Reservations: +65 6291 3326
Opening Hours: 11:30am to 10pm daily
Halal status: Halal-certified
Halalicious Rating: 9/10
Average Spend: ~S$30 per pax
During the Vesak day holiday, my friends and I decided to have a girly lunch together and check out The Royals Steakhouse, a relatively new halal café/steakhouse on Jalan Pisang, near Arab Street.
It's a pretty small space; I dare say just slightly smaller than The Lab SG (its hipster neighbour along Jalan Pisang), and perhaps roughly the same size as the old Royz et Vous, which used to be on Bali Lane but has now moved to 137 Telok Ayer Street. The decor is pretty simple and breezy, with some old-school themed wall decorations.
The restaurant is styled as a steakhouse, so most of the options comprise burgers and steak. Check out the simple menu here:
I'm not a huge breakfast person so by the time I got to the restaurant I was ravenous and ordered two starters; the Homemade Pumpkin Soup (S$6) and the Crispy Fries (S$6). Out of sheer politeness I invited my friends to "feel free to have some!" but in my greedy heart of hearts I knew I'd want to have them ALL TO MYSELF 😦 Little did I know, I needn't have worried, as the portions are way generous!
The pumpkin soup was SO GOOD! It's got just the right consistency – rich, creamy, and of perfect thickness so you can savour it in your mouth before swallowing. The taste was also spot on, slightly sweet and salty at the same time. UGH perfect. I'm not a fan of croutons in my soups, but my friends had them and said they tasted good, so I guess that's a bonus too. 10/10 for the pumpkin soup!
I had my doubts about the fries – I was worried 'crispy fries' would mean skinny, unjuicy fries but what came was a large bowl of fat fries that were crispy on the outside but perfectly mushy on the inside. Tremendous. 10/10
For my main, I had the Australian Striploin (S$22) in medium, served with a side salad, grilled Roma tomato, and your choice of either caramelised onion sauce, black pepper sauce, or mushroom sauce. Superb! I went with the reliable black pepper sauce, although next time I would like to try the other sauces.
The meat had some parts that were tough, but the rest was perfectly done – I had requested for a medium, on a scale of rare, medium rare, medium, medium done, and well done. The meat was fresh, tender, and savoury enough with its own juices (and what I assume was maybe butter). There were also bits of fat that were just SO tasty and nicely charred. The salad though, I did not touch, so no thoughts on that, apart from that I would have preferred a side of fries or mash, instead of them greens! #roadtoheartdisease Overall, 8.5/10 for the steak!
Interestingly enough, the meat dish also came with a trio of condiments – fresh cut chilli padi, freshly milled black pepper, and some rock salt.
According to our waiter, they serve these condiments on the side because they want us to (a) really taste the freshness and the quality of the meat, and (b) be able to adjust the taste of the meat to our liking. Definitely a plus point for me!
I took some photos of the other items my friends ordered so you can have an idea of what they look like:
All in all I'd say this place is definitely worth repeat visits. Service was very attentive and patient, although I have to say we were one of two parties present at the time. The food is hearty, tasty, and served in decent portions. A bonus feature is that you don't have to order and pay at the counter like at some places in the neighbourhood like The Lab SG and Working Title. It's full-service so you can bring friends and family for a good time!
Speaking of family; my friend brought her 1-year-old daughter to the restaurant and they provided her with a cute frisbee-like plate made of plastic, along with a plastic spoon, for her to play with so she could feel like one of the adults at the table! It was adorable. So feel free to bring your kids here, guys! It's a family-friendly establishment!
The Royals Steakhouse
10 Jalan Pisang
Reservations: +65 6291 3326
Opening Hours: 11:30am to 10pm daily
Halal status: Halal-certified
Halalicious Rating: 9/10
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Agh! I have had it! Between the never ending fence and the lack of cow milking going on around here, I could just scream. I have decided I am going to build an actual milking stanchion. No more of this dancing around the barn and chasing cows in or out to where ever they are supposed to be.
I had Lucy trained so well I could have milked her just loosely tied to the fence rail with no problem. It was determined that I was too pregnant to milk at the time, so no pen was set up to separate Elvis and Lucy. I am quite positive I could have sat on the barn floor and milked her just fine. Getting up would have been a sight, but I was always alone in the barn anyway.
After the little Miss was born and I was back to doing chores, we got a pen together for Elvis. I started working with Lucy again. She walked on a lead rope just fine but anything else… nope. She was not having any of it. The other two were no help in the matter either. Every time I step into the pen they start to play musical feeders; horn to rump pushing each other out of the way. It makes it very difficult to accomplish much. I did shut the other two outside a time or two. That worked okay but I spent more of the time I had, chasing cows rather then working with Lucy.
I know it's not all Lucy's fault, I should have kept up working with her through the last couple weeks of pregnancy and maternity leave. I whimped out, it was cold, my coveralls didn't fit and I was tired. All poor excuses but that's all I've got. She didn't need to go and forget everything we worked so hard on up to that point though either!
As far as the fence goes, we have been almost done for quite some time now. I might as well sing the song that never ends when I am out working on it.
"This is the fence that never ends. Yes it goes on and on my friend. Someone started stringing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue stringing it forever just because…" (repeat) Ahhh!
My fencing rendition of the 1988 "Song that never ends" by Norman Martin.
We got the wood posts in and started stringing the barbed wire. Then decided we need a couple more gates, added a couple more posts to support those. Next the steel posts went in. Insulators on those and started stringing the hot wire. Added more insulators to the wood posts. Reworked how the electric would run to adjust for the new gates. Almost had everything strung and ready to turn on when we realized all five wire gates need to be redone so they don't short out the whole thing when unhooked.
In the mean time the cows have been allowed into the first paddock to graze while I am home. Chest high grass and alfalfa for them to eat and Elvis has to climb through my temporary gate to eat what's one the other side (it's the same thing!). At this point I don't need a rope and halter to take him for a walk. We go for an evening walk quite regularly lately.
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The World Race
Hike with Hope has been given an incredible opportunity to sponsor Kim Butler who is joining an incredible organization called "The World Race." Here is a little about Kim:
"I'm what they call a type A personality. I'm a perfectionist… I'm even trying to perfect not being a perfectionist! (a work in progress). I'm also an over committer, I always have multiple things going on at a time and as soon as something comes off my plate I find something else to replace it. I'm excited to spend 11 months committed to nothing except God and sharing His love with others.
I'm 24 years old and I graduated from Berry College in May 2008 with a degree in Business Management. I'm currently working in property management, an industry that I am less than passionate about, I coach a women's crew (rowing) team at Brenau University, something I am overly passionate about, and I'm almost done planning a wedding for my oldest friend. God has used each of these things and more, even the job, to prepare me for this trip and grow me up in Him.
So, how did I come to make the decision to go on "The World Race." Well, it started with my sister who mentioned that she thought it might be something I would be interested in. We didn't talk much about it, and honestly I forgot about it. A few days later the idea came back in my mind, and again and again for a few weeks. At that point I said, "God, are you trying to tell me something?" So I went online and looked up this elusive trip. I got really excited about it after reading just a few things and decided I should shut the computer. I tend to get my hopes up about things and then they become about me and not about God's will for my life, and I wanted this to be ALL God if it was His will. I made the decision to not actively think about the trip and only pray and surrender it to God anytime He brought it to mind. For about 2 more weeks the Spirit continued to speak to my heart and remind me of all the events that He had used to lead me to this place. He began to confirm that this was not my own voice but rather His still small voice leading me to this place. After looking more deeply into the trip online I decided to pray more intentionally for God's guidance and spoke with my mentor who advised that I begin walking through the doors God opened. Not 100% confident, I decided to take a vacation alone, something I have never done. I ended up going to 4 cities in 4 days and God revealed to me more about Himself and His desire to fulfill my desires. It was a sweet time to get quite and alone with God and He confirmed even more that I was to lay down my desires and trust Him to give me life to the full!"
To Keep up with Kim or to partner with Hike with Hope in supporting her please visit her site HERE!
Thanks Kim for all that you are doing for the kingdom and we are looking forward to reaching the world with you!
We are Going back, are you coming?
As many of you have heard the Hike with Hope team is heading back to Delicias, Honduras on April 25th. We do want to announce that we still have a couple of slots available if this is something that interest you.
Here is a little about the trip:
This is a 6 day trip in which we will leave on the 25th and return on the 30th.
The cost will be about $700-$800 pending on plane tickets between then and now
You will need to be able to Hike for roughly 6 hours through rough terrain and climate change.
During this trip we will be living among the Lenca people and providing for some of their immediate spiritual and physical needs (such as but not limited to Food/Water/Shelter/agriculture)
Before you email me with a desire for a slot you will need to make sure that you can have $700 by March 1st
Be able to meet with me or a team member by February 6th
Passports are required to leave the country, but there are no immunizations needed
If you are at all interested to come with us on our next adventure to Honduras please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
The village down the street
For the last month we have been building relationships with a village that is down the street from my house. It has been such an eye-opening experience for me and everyone else involved with Hike with Hope. This village consists of 15-20 residence living in tents and shacks, Women and Men and even a dog name Sadie. We have went in a couple of times a week for a while now and have gotten to the point of being on a name to name basis. The idea of this process is to restore dignity, to love the unloved and to bring hope to the hopeless. Ultimately we want to bring awareness of the need and give you the opportunity to get involved. Be the Change.
Last week we got the opportunity to bring in a meal(thanks to Project Axis) and not just serve these people but actually sit down and have Thanksgiving with them. As we set up this feast on the makeshift ping-pong table, the eyes got big in the woods! It was such an unbelievable feeling to be able to sit down and do life with these people. Be the Change
The most incredible thing happen the other day while we stopped by to visit, a guy named Scotty came up and handed me several pairs of pants and shoes and expressed his desire to be apart of this movement and he wanted to help clothe and meet the needs of people too. How ridiculous that generosity comes natural to those who have nothing to lose. You and I are rich, Be the Change.
Here is a list of things we need for these people
Tarps, Tents, Long Johns, shoes(Men/Women), Personal products(Men/Women), Work Opportunities, Gloves, Coats, toboggans, Hand and Feet Warmers, Shoes, batteries, candles, plywood, Sponsorship/Partner. Be the Change
View from the lens
Here is one of many videos put together from our hike in Honduras
A word from Chris "Khaki" Altman
By now many of have heard about our friends from Delicias and Benigno in particular. Benigno was the gentleman who gave his life to Christ during one of our services within the village. Since our visit the village has encountered episodes of persecution and no doubt public rejection. The Hike with Hope teams heart is very heavy for Beningo and other professing believers within the village. We're thankful for the persecution as it confirms to us that God is at work. Specifically and intentionally God is at work within the hearts of this village. This is very evident through the resistance being shown and the thickness of a religion that is depending on man rather than relationship with the Father, through Jesus Christ. Our prayer here is anything. Anything it takes God for your glory to have maximum exposure in my world. That's a tough prayer but we're thankful for Benigno and his stand for the Gospel and glory of Jesus Christ.
We encourage and beg you to pray for Benigno. He didn't accept Christ amidst a loving congregation that would accept, equip, and love him. He accepted Christ amidst the stares, whispers, and soon coming persecution. He's likely to be shut out from the inner circles of the village. Maybe not allowed to walk a certain trail or share in a meal. We really don't know the truth of it because truth is our world is different. But is it all that different? How well do we rejoice when one soul comes to Christ? How well do we come along their side to equip, accept and love? Maybe a quick hug or pat on the back and then it's back to our usual routine? Truth is those who accept Christ often have to backslide or "calm down" before they'll ever fit in at an average American church, and that's sad. So this is post is both an encouragement and challenge. Be encouraged, thankful and mindful of the freedom we have here. Bondage exists within religion but freedom is there for those in Christ Jesus. Walk in that freedom! Be challenged to pray for Benigno and resist religion. Stand strong with those around you to be the hands and feet of Christ as we possess His mind.
As I pray for Benigno and the people of Delicias this is my prayer, this is my hope, and a great reminder of how specific and intentional our prayers should be for Benigno and those around this world, even within our own communities:
"For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, the you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills in all." Eph. 1:15-23


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The video of Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima's Pikes Peaks run spawned a lot of comment about how his times should be compared to the runs of previous years which had more dirt and less pavement to work with. But commenter DrunkenMessiah had some eyewitness information that added to the already insane level of difficulty Tajima overcame:
The most amazing thing about this run? Tajima DESTROYED the car!
Seriously; when it got to the top of the hill fluid was gushing from the radiators. The motor and turbos where cooked, ruined. Tajima said that the car started overheating two miles into the 12 mile run. 9:51 is pretty much the fastest time that car could possibly have gone. It was physically incapable of giving up any additional performance. The Monster was totally in the zone, driving 11/10s the whole way up. He was so far beyond the limit it was just mesmerizing to witness first-hand. He went around the three corners that make up The Sump (where this pic was taken) as if it was one continuous bend. From start to finish he was on it the whole time. I heard from people at the starting point that it was the hardest launch any of them had ever witnessed; he exploded off the line and did not slow up for a nanosecond. By the time he was a couple hundred yards into the race he was already four seconds ahead of Rhys Millen.
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External job announcement (internal applicants welcome) Technical Drawing
Position: Deputy Art Director for Technical Drawing
Program: Corporation-wide
Reports to: Art Director
Classification: Unpaid internship
Organization overview:
Founded in the philosophical works of the distinguished Prof. Richard Buckminster Fuller, original designer of Tokyo Tower (among many, many other things) the mission of Tokyo Global Engineering Corporation ("TGEC") is to apply currently accepted scientific principles to the design of projects that cannot be implemented until the emergence of a global state. Headquartered in the North Aoyama Ward of Tokyo, TGEC has employees around the world, and prides itself in its pointedly anti-discriminatory policies, while demanding the same of all its employees. TGEC has two divisions, and two corporate boards: theOperations Division and the Support Division, and the Board of Investors and the Board of Advisors. Within the Operations Division exist the following departments: Bioengineering, Nanoengineering, Civil Engineering, Space Engineering, Global Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Communication Engineering. Within the Support Division are the following bureaus: Art, Business Development, Communication, Diversity, Econometrics, Editing, Employment, Finance, General Counsel, Grants, Health, Information,Innovation, Knowledge, Networking, Philanthropy, Procurement, Reputation, Scheduling, Threat Analysis, Translation, and Workforce Education.
Position overview:
The Deputy Art Director for Technical Drawing/ Deputy Chief Art Officerfor Technical Drawing(DADTD/DCAOTD) will serve as a member of the Corporation's managementsupport.
In coordination with the Art Director and other members of the Art Branch, the DADTD will play a key role in the Corporation by focusing on how TGEC visually represents its projects. The DADTD:
a. Ensures the Corporation's desired message and ideas are conveyed visually.
b. Works with artists and editors to use technical drawing techniques, among other media, to create visualartifacts.
c. Supports the Corporation's overall visual aspects of advertising and media campaigns and complements the work of other artistic and design staff members, such as the Corporation's graphic designers.
d. Manages digital assets and deliveries for technical drawings.
e. Collaborates with art and design staff members of advertising agencies, public relations firms, and book, magazine, or newspaper publishers to create technical drawings.
f. Explains technical drawing to inspire other employees.
g. Keeps projects on budget and on time, developing budgets and timelines as needed.
h. No travel is required; however, university students seeking internship placement in Tokyo have some options available to them, pending approval from universities assigning grades.
i. Other duties will arise from time to time and will be assigned to the Employee.
Preferred qualifications:
– Undergraduate degree preferred; graduate degree intechnical drawing, engineering, art, graphic arts, or a related field is strongly desired.
– Leadership experience in non-profit, for-profit, government, or philanthropic sectors, working on art or related issues.
– Demonstrated experience managing a high-performing team in a multi-tiered structure to include professional development and mentorship.
– Comprehensive working knowledge of organizational planning, organizational structure, budgeting, administrative operations, and fundraising.
– Strong relationship builder, with the ability find common ground, build consensuses, and strengthen collaboration among diverse stakeholders.
– Strong global awareness and astuteness.
– Ability to successfully navigate in a quickly paced, outcome-driven, entrepreneurial environment.
– Demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
To apply:
Please complete a TGEC Form 1, Application for Employment, which can be obtained from TGEC's Employment Branch at the e-mail address featured on the "Careers" webpage. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. TGEC offers this position as a highly competitive unpaid internship. TGEC does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of anything that otherwise lands the worst of corporations in court, and prides itself in its pointedly anti-discriminatory policies, while demanding the same of all its employees. All persons that believe themselves capable of performing all of the tasks outlined in this announcement should apply without delay.
Screening process:
Qualified applicants will be evaluated by the TGEC Employment Branch's rating panel to determine the most qualified applicants and will be based upon the degree to which qualified applicants meet the preferred qualifications. The rating panel will refer the top applicants to the selecting official for consideration.
Please follow all instructions very carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating.