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Catholic Left (Academic Branch) Boehner Bashing
For many years Catholic universities and colleges have disgraced themselves by honoring pro-abort speakers. The indispensable Cardinal Newman Society has taken upon itself the onerous task of keeping track of this ongoing betrayal of the Church and their latest report may be read here. A prime example was Obama as commencement speaker at Notre Dame in 2009, a debacle which was covered in full by many posts here at The American Catholic. These affairs have often drawn protests by Catholics who realize that honoring pro-aborts is no part, or rather should be no part, of what it means to be a Catholic institution of higher learning.
Speaker of the House John Boehner, a pro-life stalwart and a Catholic, has been invited to deliver the commencement address at Catholic University of America on May 14. 81 professors at Catholic colleges and universities, organized by some CUA profs, have decided to try a little bit of payback by protesting Boehner speaking at CUA by claiming that Boehner, because he is in favor of budget cuts, is against the poor and therefore in defiance of Church teaching.
This is absolutely hilarious! These are the same people who have absolutely no problem honoring people who celebrate abortion as a constitutional right, but they draw the line at Boehner who thus far has made only a very minor effort to stop the government from spending money that we do not have! This is a common tactic of the Catholic Left: ignore an issue that the Church has spoken with one voice on since the time of Christ, and make a test of faith on purely prudential political decisions where Catholics legitimately may disagree.
Father Robert Sirico, President of the Acton Institute has written a response to the letter of the anti-Boehner academics, which may be read here at the National Catholic Reporter (surprise!), at National Review Online.
The specifics of the 2012 Budget proposed by the Speaker and his colleagues are, the letter's authors contend, the result of either ignorance or "dissent." I think they are neither; they simply reflect a different, and in many people's estimation, more accurate and economically-informed way, of proposing how we achieve worthy goals. Indeed, it could be said that what these Catholic academicians are proposing is not a "preferential option for the poor," but rather a preferential option for the State. They make the unfortunately common error of assuming that concern for the economically weak and marginalized must somehow translate into (yet another) government program.
That assumption is wrong, and flies in the face of another principle of Catholic social teaching — the principle of subsidarity. With good reason, this is something the Catholic Left — or whatever remains of it these days — rarely mentions or grapples with, because they know that it would raise many questions about the prudence of any number of welfare programs they support.
Indeed, what strikes me about this letter to Speaker Boehner is how reactionary it is. Instead of seeking to contribute to a creative discussion about how we best meet the needs of the poor in a time of economic difficulty, its authors cannot even begin to contemplate that there may be better ways to address such problems than government welfare programs. For a group of people who, I suspect, pride themselves upon having "progressive" views, their attachment to broken models from the past is rather perplexing and frankly, tiring.
Go here to read the rest. The Catholic Left: generally predictable, usually reactionary, almost invariably wrong and frequently a thin wrapper of Catholicism over a Leftist essence.
About Author
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three and happily married for 26 years. Small town lawyer. President of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center.
T. Shaw
B.'s stock just went up.
Whom they fear they hate and lie about.
They are "telling" me that B. is not marching lock-step in progressives' covert war against economic growth, rational energy policies, job creation, and the evil, unjust private sector.
"Woe to him who calls good evil."
The credentialled, cath wing of the humanist lib/radical devoloution . . . infallible ignorance . . . intellectual incompetence. I am being charitable.
Some questions:
What evidence do you have?: Cite votes on abortion, gay marriage, infanticide, public school brainwashing in the Seven Deadly Sins, (hint: The POPE's four non-negotiables), etc. Cite chapter and verse of the Gospels and Scriptures not your chimera compendium of socialist (economic and moral) bankrupcy for America.
Compared to whom/what? Bernanke, Geithner, Barney Frank, Pelosi, Teddy Chappaquiddick, Jeremiah Wright, . . . ?
Forget charity: Calumnies, detractions, heterodoxy, uncharity, . . .
I'm waiting for these academia types to send a letter to Sen Bob Casey, who's going to be the commencement speaker at Villanova this spring, to ask him to refrain from speaking because of his pro-abortion positions.
the principle of subsidarity. With good reason, this is something the Catholic Left — or whatever remains of it these days — rarely mentions or grapples with, because they know that it would raise many questions about the prudence of any number of welfare programs they support.
By the "Catholic Left", I take it you mean the Episcopate? Have the American bishops ever once opposed a single federal welfare program based on a violation of the principle of subsidiarity? Once? Ever?
After the way Kurt and his ilk trashed the Bishops as misinformed, beholden to partisan groups, liars, or all of the above, for their opposition to federal funding of abortion in the health care bill, I think we can safely ignore him whenever he tries to throw the Bishops in our faces over such prudential matters as federal budgetary policy.
Mike Petrik
Personally, Kurt, I don't think the bishops should oppose such programs. Nor should they support them. The principle of subsidiarity requires an application of prudence. A bishop may well have informed thoughts on such matters, as do I, but if you think their thoughts are more informed than mine you would be mistaken. The bishops should fearlessly teach Catholic teaching, but should wade in with great caution in matters of prudential application for one very important reason: most people will fail to distinguish between the bishops' explanation of their prudential preferences versus their explanations of actual Catholic teaching. This in turn allows people like the Dishonest 81 to try to fool Catholics into conflating the two; it also harms the credibility of the Church when the bishops' prudential preferences are later proven wrong.
Personally, I support a robust federal role in assisting the poor, though I'd organize it differently. My views are based on years of leadership and service to organizations such as the United Way, SVdP, Catholic Charities, and the Salvation Army, Yet, I acknowledge that my opinions, however well-formed, are applications of prudence to Catholic teaching. Reasonable and well-intended Catholics can certainly disagree in good faith. Extending this presumption of good faith is something the Dishonest 81 are unwilling to do.
Bill Sr.
This is bad enough and really turns your stomach but when you add to it the recent news out of the "Vatican" that we simply MUST vigorously act to stop global warming you realize just how much the leftists agenda has poisoned our political theology. The bottom line is they have, with a cheering main stream media which displays its own celebrity Catholics like Pelosi, Fr. Jenkins of ND, and these academic "every day" Catholics behind them, become the more effective purveyor of our faith and its tenants than our Bishops. Where is our 21st century Bishop Sheen and will he please step forward for God's sake?
T. Shaw
There they go again! Politicizing the Gospel.
It's like they plagiarized a diatribe from a Vietnamese re-education camp manual or from Mao's Little Red Book.
It's left-wing liberal propaganda calling itself church teaching.
I didn't know the Church had a dogmatic position on the 2012 fiscal budget! I wonder if they also have a secret dogmatic position on Oscar picks, because that's something I'd really like to get a look at.
I appreciate your thoughts. I would strongly agree with your statement that "Reasonable and well-intended Catholics can certainly disagree in good faith" about public policy questions.
While unlike you, I tend to agree with the statements the Bishops have made on social welfare issues, as well as the statements made by the United Way, SVdP and Catholic Charities. However, I am pleased that each of them has presented their statements in a way that does not make a person like you feel excluded or disinclined to participate in the Church, Catholic Charities, SVdeP, etc.
It's my up close and personal opinion, having worked for both private and public non-profit organizations, that the private non-profits work more for the betterment of those in need and do it for less money. State organizations, unfortunately tend to become first and foremost committed to helping their employees. The poor and the weak become afterthoughts.
However, the logic of this letter writing group would put me at odds with their view of the Catholic Church because I believe that the 10-15% of my income that goes to social services programs would be better spent going to private non-profits that create more benefit with my money and serve more people.
So to summarize, Kurt, you disagree with the stance these CUA professors have taken. Can you now go tell the rest of the Catholic left that they are wrong on this?
So to summarize, Kurt, you disagree with the stance these CUA professors have taken.
I went back and re-read the letter. Let me make three points.
#1 — I am deeply appreciative of the fact that they in no way suggested that he be not allowed to speak or that the event be boycotted. Nor did they trash the University authorities for inviting him. Others on both the Right and the Left haven taken a different course in other cases and my hope is for this to be a model for the future. That part of the letter is very good.
#2 — They give witness to a vision of Catholic Social action that has been consistently promoted by the Episcopate and call the Speaker to practice that same witness. Like the Catholic signatories, I concur with the Bishops witness and statement on social welfare questions,* so I view that as a good.
#3 — I don't see the signatories saying the Speaker is a bad Catholic or a heretic. The letter is vague about Chuch teachings and the Bishops clear and consistent application of those teachings. Perhaps that could be a bit tighter.
Personally, I thing inviting a Catholic Speaker of the House like John Boehner is an obvious and proper choice for CUA. And I think a polite letter from faculty calling him to embrace the principles of social policy the Bishops have called for is a proper response given the Speaker has not.
I have twice (to my memory) received the Eucharist at the same Mass where Mr. Boehner also has and I considered it a great witness of the catholicity of the Church.
*with a few rare exceptions where I respectfully disagree, dissenting towards the position of the secular Right. For example I supported the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which the bishops opposed.
T. Shaw
She is on their "side."
So, I won't hold my breath until the liberats send a letter to Sister Heretic Jeannine Gramick, who blasphemed Jesus as a model homosexual, and is scheduled to lecture at so-called Catholic: Fairfield University.
Don L
The Catholic left (those leftover liberation theology priests and bishops) are responsible for turning the American Catholic Church's fundamental reason for existing from the salvation of souls to one of "social justice" administered by the great utopian state on earth. They've largely lost their faith in God and have turned their souls over to the socialistic destruction of souls. Our bishop's councils are not blameless in this heresy.
This past week the daily gospel readings have been from John chapter 6. Jesus feeds the 5000 and then He and his disciples go across the lake. The crowd awakes the next morning, and finding Him gone, follows Him to Capernaum where they ask, "Rabbi, when camest thou hither?" Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I say unto you, Ye seek me not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meath which endureth unto eternal life…"
Liberal Demokrat self-described Catholics are like the crowd that Jesus fed. They want more bread and circuses, but not the bread of eternal life. And sadly, this social justice heresy has infected even many within the clergy.
Let's take that point a little further. In John chapter 12 Mary, the sister of Martha, anoints Jesus' feet with costly oil. Who protests about this, saying that the oil could have been sold for 300 denarii to feed the poor? The traitor Judas Iscariot, that's who! He was the one conscious of "social justice." And what does Sacred Scripture say about this? "This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein." How like every liberal Democrat elected to Washington, DC who call themselves Catholic (and sadly not a few Republicans)! Every time I hear about this social justice horse manure, I recall Judas Iscariot and John 12:6. With all our science, engineering and technology, man himself has changed not one iota in 2000 years.
T. Shaw
Don L and PWP are 100% correct
Plus, these intellektuals have responded to reasoned GOP proposals (to save our nation, our children, and our grandchildren from national bankruptcy generated by runaway spending) with harsh, partisan demagoguery; and, WORST, call it church teaching.
P. Cary
I am a religious Sister serving my Congregation in Guyana. Today I was looking for a responsible Catholic Dialogue website concerning Catholic Americans. Yours was the first place I saw and the introduction looked promising. Then I saw the horribly disrespectful picture that was posted here (disrespectful regarding religious sisters) and I saw how much rancor and hostility was being touted as dialogue. In order to find a mature, intelligent and respectful dialogue I guess I will have to keep looking…
Best wishes in your continuing search Sister. The picture you are referring to is only disrespectful to Catholic Leftists who use the Faith as a disguise for their political machinations. As to rancor and hostility, blogs open to public comments are rarely going to be mistaken for a Platonic dialogue, especially when one person, a la Plato, isn't writing the dialogue. The American Catholic provides a forum for Catholics to debate issues that people feel strongly about and this will sometimes produce somewhat heated comments. We at The American Catholic try to maintain some decorum, but in my experience unless there is at least a little heat there will be no light.
T. Shaw
Thank you for giving yourself to save souls in Guyana.
P. Cary
To Donald R. McClarey. With all due respect. If I minded a little heat I wouldn't be living here. And I also recognize that public blogs are always going to be open to a certain amount of rancor. However, as to your comment that only Catholic leftists would be offended by the disgraceful picture which was posted. I strongly disagree. The religious sisters that I know here help feed and shelter the homeless, take care of orphans and teach little kids their catechism. This caricature of a religious sister, wearing a symbol of consecration to God, is degrading, ill-thought out and lacks charity. I was hoping, in humility, that you would remove it and say sorry. Was I wrong to hope for that?
Yes Sister you were mistaken to hope for that for the reasons I have already explained. The picture was not intended as an attack on anyone other than the persistant misuse of the Faith by those on the political Left which has been an ongoing problem throughout my lifetime, as I think would have been clear to anyone reading my post.
P. Cary
What is very clear to me from reading your post, and what bothers me, is not so much that you have a problem with the religious left, but that you don't mind showing disgraceful caricatures of religious women, including nuns in habit (which I am privileged to wear, Praised be God). It may not have been "intended" to insult, but it definitely did insult. It didn't insult the religious left, it insulted religious women. You could have gotten your message across without depicting nuns in such a degrading way. As far as my desire to have this disturbing image removed from this site. I still very humbly request that you do it. I will be asking all the sisters I know to pray for that, starting now. And thank you to T. Shaw for your encouragement. Women who serve the Church, sometimes in countries very far away from their home, do so because they love Jesus and want to care for others, pure and simple. They don't deserve to open up a Catholic website and see that.
T. Shaw
The issue here involves partisan demagoguery (exaggerations, distortions, fabrications, omissions) leveled at a decent Catholic man by leftists distorting church teaching.
Mac, "Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness." Nathan C. Brittles, Captain, Cavalry, U.S. Army
We will have to agree to disagree Sister. The picture will stay up. I would think that prayers might be better directed towards Catholic institutions of higher learning no longer honoring pro-aborts, but de gustibus.
P. Cary
Dear T. Shaw, How about demagoguery (distortions, exaggerations, caricatures) leveled at decent Catholic women serving God by religious conservatives who are mad at religious liberals? And since when is apologizing a sign of weakness? And, T. Shaw, does Captain Brittles think going to Confession is a weak unmanly sort of thing to do? It definitely involves apologizing for one's mistakes. In fact, I think the Church definitely encourages people to apologize (and atone) for their mistakes. And, Mr. McClarey, as far as praying for Catholic Insitutions, that's a very good idea. I can pray for them and for you, too (to take the insulting picture off the site).
"I can pray for them and for you, too"
I can always use prayers Sister, even if they are requesting God to have me do something I have no intention of doing. I am happy that you have decided to stick around the blog thus far. While you are here you might wish to read some of the other posts on the blog in addition to the one which has raised your ire.
T. Shaw
I apologize. Really.
The situation re: Captain Brittles is a military maxim. Therein the officer/leader, even with regard to superiors, cannot evince weakness even if he is wrong, but ever aggressiveness and confidence. Men's lives depend on him.
Another military maxim: never make an excuse. "No excuse, sir." Whatever happens, I am responsible and there is never an excuse.
I believe in Charity and Confession. Also, and maybe this is even harder, a Spiritual Work of Mercy: "forgive all injuries."
There is considerable class, cultural, and political warfare being waged in this country. The left is good at it and constantly shows that it doesn't give a darn about right or wrong.
First, I have the utmost respect and reverence towards those religious women – nuns and sisters – who take their vows seriously, devote their lives to Jesus Christ and work without ceasing for the Kingdom of Heaven. We should and must pray for them and contribute what we can to the good work that they do.
That being said, the picture of the leftist socialist pseudo-nun with the commie painted on her bosom is nothing like the picture St. John gave us of similar Jezebels in Revelation 2:20-23:
St. John was a lot more forceful.
Now, for good or ill (i'm sure the moderators think for ill; I'm not debating that), the signatories of the letter take the Speaker to task for public policy differences where they concur with the Episcopacy and the Speaker dissents from the position taken by the Episcopate. Again, I'm not asserting here the wisdom of the bishops' positions on these issues, I'm just noting that the Speaker (respectfully) disagrees with the Bishops and the signatories are in agreement with the Bishops on these public policy proposals.
So my question is, why the derogatory picture of a woman religious? Why not one of a bishop? It might be a virtue or a vice, but you know critics of your viewpoint will think this is done because conservatives find it easier or more pleasurable to pick on women. Why bait us? Just for jollies?
"Why bait us?" I don't know the reason why, but by your own admission we know for certain what side you're on. Secondly, there would be no bait if the picture weren't so true.
It's amazing that the leftists claim to support wealth redistribution as social justice and codify the same into the law of the land on the supposition that that is the Christian thing to do, yet at the same time would not and do not support measures to restore a sense of righteousness and holiness throughout the land. If the leftists were so intent on Christian virtue as they claim, then they would support measures to outlaw abortion, contraception, homosexual activity, adultery and fornication. The fact that they refuse to support such measures, on the assertion that this isn't a theocracy, points to the fallacy in their argument to codify (at least their version of) social justice as the law of the land: this isn't a theocracy.
Liberals want theocracy (with Obama as their messiah) when it supports redistributing wealth from those who earn to those who don't. By so doing they can keep the non-wage earner addicted to teat of the public treasury, thereby enslaving these people and ensuring again and again the re-election of their champions of the common good where everyone is equal at the lowest common denominator except for those elite few enlightened enough by the gospel of socialism to lead society forward into a man-made kingdom of heaven.
Here's the bottom line: it doesn't matter how much social justice you have, or how much you spend on the poor. As long as you allow abortion, homosexual marriage and the rest of the murder and filth to go on, there will be NO social justice. Repentance and conversion come BEFORE social justice and NOT afterwards. But liberals, wanting unlimited license to do whatever feels good without consequence, refuse the former, and thus will be denied the later.
the Speaker dissents from the position taken by the Episcopate
Or, more precisely, the staff of the U.S. Catholic Conference, which no one seems to be able to control or kill.
but you know critics of your viewpoint will think this is done because conservatives find it easier or more pleasurable to pick on women.
I pull the wings off flies, too.
I'm not particularly interested in defending the picture, but I think the answer to your main question is that few not firmly in the Leftist camp would accept the claim that "the bishops" are against any cuts to or restructuring of entitlements such as outlined in the Ryan budget — certainly not in a way in which disagreement could be classified as "dissent". This in part because I think very few (except those who do so entirely for convenience) would consider the occasional murmurings out of staff in the political offices of the USCCB to be any kind of "teaching" so much as "this is what these particular staff who are hired to try to apply teaching to the issues of the day have to say."
At least when issues such as abortion are being discussed, there is an absolutely clear and doctrinal teaching of the Church in play which it is not hard to figure out how to apply to the political realm — certainly when discussing the scandal of supporting a politician who never found pro-choice legislation he didn't like. By comparison, while the Church unquestionably teaches us about our duty towards the least fortunate among us, there is no Church teaching or clear extrapolation of Church teaching which informs us what the necessary growth rate or structure of specific federal programs in one country in the this particular time in history should be. (And really, when one thinks about it that way, the idea that there would be seems rather silly.)
This is why in situations like this conservatives invariably see the sudden fuss for "fidelity" put forward by leftist Catholics as a set of theatrics in order to claim "oh yeah, you're just the same" when the "dissent" of conservatives relates to fine details of how to allocate tax dollars and entitlements, while the very real dissent on the left involves the legalization of killing the unborn.
that few not firmly in the Leftist camp would accept the claim that "the bishops" are against any cuts to or restructuring of entitlements such as outlined in the Ryan budget —
You need to sign up to get the emails they have put out asking us lay faithful to write letters on various issues. Its pretty clear the signatories and the bishops are asking the Speaker to change his position on the same issues.
It's amazing that the leftists claim to support wealth redistribution as social justice and codify the same into the law of the land on the supposition that that is the Christian thing to do, yet at the same time would not and do not support measures to restore a sense of righteousness and holiness throughout the land. If the leftists were so intent on Christian virtue as they claim, then they would support measures to outlaw abortion, contraception, homosexual activity, adultery and fornication.
I don't support wealth redistribution as social justice. While I support outlawing abortion, I do oppose laws to throw people in jail for contraceptive use or homosexuality. I welcome a chance to hear your arguement for the conservative position on those two concerns and would give a respectful response supporting my position.
"So my question is, why the derogatory picture of a woman religious? Why not one of a bishop?"
The answer to that question is quite simple: the picture was avaliable. If I had encountered a similar picture of a bishop or a priest or brother I would have run with it. The picture was meant to be a symbol of the Catholic Left, and not to single out women religious. If I had wished to attack women religious, I certainly not have chosen a young woman in a habit, normally the sign these days of a member of an orthodox order. I would have picked out a picture of a sixtyish woman dressed like a social worker, the usual garb of the orders of woman religious who have gone off the rails and are now dying out for lack of young postulants.
Yes, the Committee on Domestic Justice and such send out fairly vague (and from a policy point of view, to my mind not very incisive) letters every so often. However, to take that as a representative of what all US bishops think is quickly belied by the fact that when you actually get all the bishops together what they can agree on in the political arena is generally both more vague and more moderate.
Indeed, if there are two things which the bishops generally can agree on, it's generally in opposing same sex marriage and opposing abortion — two things which the Democratic party is singularly out of sympathy with.
(Which, incidentally, simply underscores how unprecedented it was for such a huge number of bishops to come out against Notre Dame giving Obama an award — the event which these signatories are trying to be the equal and opposite to.)
Yes, the Committee on Domestic Justice and such send out fairly vague (and from a policy point of view, to my mind not very incisive) letters every so often.
You need to get on the same list I am on. The alerts are not vague, but pinpoint specific: "Please contact your Senators/Representatives and tell them to vote yes/no on S./HR. 123"
And they are fairly frequent when Congress is in session.
And they have been doing so for a long time..I recall getting them my postal delivery before email was an option.
And there are letter sent to Members of Congress by the Bishops themselves again asking for a particular vote — yes or no — on a particular piece of legislation.
I respect the right of any Catholic to respectfully disagree with the bishops on any public policy proposal. I just think people are being silly and childish to pretend the bishops pnly mean it when they argree with them and don't really mean it when they take a position contrary to their opinion.
The bottom line remains the signatories have done what the bishops have already done — asked the Speaker to support certainly legislative proposals.
Well, if this list has a news feed or website, I'd be happy to take a look.
Maybe I just have an overly exalted view of how the bishops spend their time, but I must admit that I'm having a very hard time believing the claim that all the nations bishops routinely meet or otherwise confer, discuss the merits of specific pieces of legislation, and then ask the faithful (in their capacity as bishops) to support a yes or no vote. I remain convinced, until proved otherwise, that this is the work of a couple of staffers somewhere with at most one or two supervising bishops on a single committee providing signatures.
And if that is the case — no, I really don't see that I'm much more required to agree with their judgments on legislative merit than I am with the USCCB film reviews on artistic merit.
ask the faithful (in their capacity as bishops) to support a yes or no vote.
I'm looking at a 2009 statement; "USCCB supports H.R.1" (the Stimulus bill). I don't know how much more clear it could be they are asking the faithful to support (or oppose) a particular piece of legislation.
And if that is the case — no, I really don't see that I'm much more required to agree with their judgments on legislative merit
No debate. I don't think any Catholic is required to agree with the Episcopate on a matter of civil legislation. I just think it is silly to try to pretend the bishops don't take stands on particular pieces of legislation and encourage the lay faithfull to support their position. I can accept that the bishops may be misguided but its just an objective fact they take such positions.
When I Google the title you give, Google tells me that no documents match it.
And again, I'm unclear as to the mechanism which you are claiming exists for the episcopate as a body to express detailed and frequent opinions on specific pieces of legislation. The bishops only convene as a body a few times a year, and on the agendas I've seen I don't recall ever seeing debates on specific pieces of US legislation. How exactly are we to know that the bishops as a body actually hold the opinions which you are to attributing to them? Do they hold an vote of some sort? How much of a majority constitutes "the episcopate" in your view?
If I went up to my bishop with a specific one of these policy updates and asked, "Do you and all other bishops agree with this?" would he reply in the affirmative, or is it possible he wouldn't even know that the update had gone out?
T. Shaw
Prudential judgments exist.
Is this the stimulus USCCB told Catholics to push?
Two economists quoted on Power Line:
"Our benchmark results suggest that the ARRA created/saved approximately 450 thousand state and local government jobs and destroyed/forestalled roughly one million private sector jobs. State and local government jobs were saved because ARRA funds were largely used to offset state revenue shortfalls and Medicaid increases rather than boost private sector employment. The majority of destroyed/forestalled jobs were in growth industries including health, education, professional and business services."
Facts not ideology . . .
Where is Sgt. Friday when we need him?
If the USCCB endorses legislation and tells people how to lobby or vote it could lose IRC tax exempt status.
Mike Petrik
"If the USCCB endorses legislation and tells people how to lobby or vote it could lose IRC tax exempt status."
Half right. 501(c)(3)s are not permitted to engage in partisan political activity, which includes instructing people to vote for or against candidates. Within certain limits they can endorse or oppose legislation. That said, the broader point is correct. The USCCB should be cautious about sharing its collective prudential judgments for the reasons I expressed earlier as exemplified by the econimic study cited by T Shaw.
Sinners. God creates the Hell too. There's no social justice even God being nailed to dead on the cross by this type of 'catholic' people. SIC!
T. Shaw writes:
Prudential judgments exist.
Yes. And I have tried to go out of my way to simply make the point that I am just noting the position adopted by the bishops and not suggesting any Catholic is bound to follow their stance on pieces of particular legislation.
If the USCCB endorses legislation and tells people how to lobby or vote it could lose IRC tax exempt status.
Mike gives a correct and accurate responses to this. The Bishops have developed and maintain a very good lobbying and grassroots action operation.
And again, I'm unclear as to the mechanism which you are claiming exists for the episcopate as a body to express detailed and frequent opinions on specific pieces of legislation.
The method is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. I don't know why you are puzzled by this.


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The death of a teenager on train tracks south of Brisbane has sparked marches by indigenous people of the community who are claiming racial tensions are running high.
Jackson Doolan, 17, was killed on Monday night when he got into a fight with three other people at a train station, jumped on the train tracks and was hit by a train.
Since then there have been marches through the streets of Logan, Woodridge and Loganlea as Aboriginal people in the communities claim racial tensions with the Pacific Islander community are at an all time high and had something to do with the death of Jackson.
On Wednesday, Jackson's family met with police and it was reported the meeting was about racial tensions. The teenager's mother Racheal Doonan was shown CCTV footage of her son's death to quell rumours which have run rampant around the community.
The rumours involved a range of different scenarios revolving around Jackson's death and have been inflamed on social media.
"They apologised and all that to me and I said thank you for showing me the footage," Ms Doonan told Ten News after the meeting.
After the family met with police at Logan police station in Civic Parade, a group of demonstrators marched with a police escort to Woodridge train station.
Some people have called for arrests in relation to Jackson's death but his aunt Tanya Costello said the rally was about other issues too.
"They need to show us dignity and respect, this is our land," she said.
Police have maintained there were not troubles with violence during the march but there has been footage of some people getting aggressive.
Logan District Superintendent Noel Powers has stressed since Tuesday it was important to police to try to keep the grieving community calm.
"It's a heightened emotional state, it's fuelled by rumours, unfortunately it is also fuelled by a number of rubbish reports on the social media," he said.
Some of Jackson's family and friends have claimed the fight he was in before jumping on the tracks was fuelled by racial tension but police have said the allegations were based on rumours.
Mourners have been gathering at Loganlea police station since Monday night and on Tuesday night the Gold Coast and Beenleigh lines were suspended from 10pm to 10.45pm.
His girlfriend Krystel Hill had described watching on as Jackson jumped out of the path of one train and into another after he had ended up on the train tracks.
"He just lay there, he wouldn't move, he wouldn't open his eyes or his mouth," she said.
"He wouldn't kiss me, he wouldn't move."
There will be a coronial inquest into the teenager's death.
Support is available for anyone who may be distressed by phoning Lifeline 131 114.


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Even the most aggressive defenses have to let off the gas.
The 12th-ranked Ellison Lady Eagles went from their usual full-court defense to a zone late in the third quarter, further stymieing an unproductive Killeen offense, and Deja Pointer hit a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth to give Ellison a season-opening 51-38 win over the 4A No. 23 Lady Roos at home on Tuesday night.
Porter scored eight of her team-high 12 points in the fourth to help the Lady Eagles (1-0) put away a back-and-forth, sloppy affair and win their third straight opener against their crosstown rivals. "The adrenaline was pumping and I wanted to win. It was a must that we needed to accomplish and we got it done," Pointer said. "When we did the 2-3 (zone) that really helped a lot. We shut down their key players and we were able to get the ball and go down and score."
Killeen (0-1) went 0-for-12 from the floor in the final 10 minutes and made just 10 field goals in the entire game. The Lady Roos were 10-of-44 from the field in the game but hit 17 of 28 free throws to keep with the Lady Eagles, 5A regional semifinalists last season.
"They picked up the intensity and we just, I don't know. They hit a couple of 3-pointers in a row because we were having matchup problems and it was over," Killeen coach Latisha Williams said.
Jasmine Goodwine scored 19 points to go along with 13 rebounds and Esha Atkins added 11 points. Ellison senior post Alayshia Hunter scored eight of her nine points in the third, including the Lady Eagles' final go-ahead bucket with 2:13 left in the period.
A Goodwine layup gave Killeen a 34-33 lead with 2:25 remaining in the third, but Hunter's answer gave Ellison its final lead as the Lady Roos scored their final four points from the free-throw line.
"Unfortunately, we had to resort to zone to get our legs back under us a little bit, but one thing we usually don't do well here at Ellison when we go to a zone is rebounding," Ellison coach Sherry McKinnon said.
Ellison outrebounded Killeen 38-27, grabbing more boards than the Lady Roos in every quarter but the third, when Killeen had a 12-9 advantage and rallied from its 25-20 halftime deficit.
The Lady Eagles finished the third quarter on a 6-1 run to take a 39-35 lead into the fourth quarter, and when Pointer's eight-point burst in a span of just 75 seconds was over, the Lady Eagles led 49-36 with 5:24 left.
"Deja, as I said at the beginning of the season, is going to be really special," McKinnon said. "She's going to be a very good player and her hitting those 3s ... she just stepped up to the plate."
Ellison hit three of its six 3-pointers in the first quarter to take a 15-11, but Goodwine trimmed that to 20-19 in the second with the second of her three three-point plays in the game. Pointer and Taneiqua Malden gave Ellison its five-point halftime lead with back-to-back steals and fast break layups. Contact Kevin Posival at firstname.lastname@example.com or (254) 501-7562.


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Beijing - China's government says it has detained 70 people in ethnic Tibetan areas in a crackdown following a series of self-immolations aimed at protesting Communist rule.
The detentions, reported by the official Xinhua News Agency, reflect stepped-up efforts by Beijing to stamp out protests in which nearly 100 Tibetan monks, nuns and lay people have set themselves on fire since 2009. They are calling for Beijing to allow greater religious freedom and the return from exile of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 show big improvements in JavaScript performance
They found that the iPad 2 is up to four times as fast as the original iPad. But that improvement wasn't solely due to hardware improvements. To compare, they loaded an iOS 4.3 beta on an original iPad, and found that the iPad 2 was only 1.5 times as fast. This bodes well for other iOS devices receiving a 4.3 update. The iPhone 4, for example, should become 1.5 times as fast with iOS 4.3.
Comparing the iPad 2 to their Android rivals, CNET UK found that the iPad 2 was three times faster than the Galaxy Tab, and three times faster than a Google Nexus S. Considering both the performance of iOS 4.3, and the recent price-reduction of the original iPad, Android devices might experience more immediate competition from the original iPad, rather than the iPad 2.
We should clarify that JavaScript performance isn't everything. But it does mean a lot, particularly if web-browsing is your primary tablet activity. CNET UK specifically mentions that complicated sites like Facebook will run smoother and quicker, when running on a stronger JavaScript platform.
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1. Egar Astawiguna (unregistered)
Ah, this is good to hear.
I don't use iPad, just iPhone 4. But my web browsing activity quite high, usually at night before went to bed.
1.5 times faster is good enough.
2. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
The iPad 2 better have been faster than the Galaxy Tab or Nexus S.
Comparing a dual-core to single-core?
A single-core product will be immediate competition to another single-core product?! Saying the Galaxy Tab + Nexus S's single-core is only a competition to the original iPad with single-core and not a dual-core iPad 2? What is this world coming to?!
Oh yeah, visit the TUAW link.
Main, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Video, Photos, App Reviews, Macworld 2011, About Us.
The site seems a little bit biased there, don't you think?
3. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
In any event, if iOS v. 4.3 speeds up current edition iDevices that run it, the software should be a must-install item. This is rarely the circumstance with MS. Code bloat is the rule for them. But then they seem to be having problems even releasing code for WP7 these days.
4. chocolatebear76 (Posts: 122; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
the dude that wrote this article,to me he's insane.how did he get this job in the first place?how can you compare a single core to a dual core CPU?it just shows is a big ipad fanboy,damn!
5. IOS5 (unregistered)
It's true A5 dual core already optimized for the latest IOS that's what I think unlike dual core in Android nexus s still the fastest Android phone with single core comparte to LG optuims 2x and LG optuims 3D.
6. neutral (unregistered)
Compare it to the Atrix first before talking about the single core.
7. Po0yAn (Posts: 2; Member since: 11 Jan 2011)
it seems these guys don't know anything about XOOm! u cant have one, but check anandtech and it's javascript benchmarks for XOOM, you'll get a better idea of the last android product!
8. clevername (Posts: 1436; Member since: 11 Jul 2008)
The naive measure of 1 core = X performance, 2 cores = 2X performance. It works well when you're marketing to people who don't know any better.
cnets sunspider test was a flawed test to begin with. You cannot accurately test a dual core processor with sunspider. .
For reference, the Tegra 2 LG Optimus 2X only outperforms the Nexus One by 40% on Sunspider, despite the fact that the former is dual core (A9) while the latter is single core.
So of course the iPad 2 is going to appear only 50% faster by itself on sunspider. Perform a proper benchmark and the iPad 2 and tegra 2 will both appear significantly faster.
Broken tests equal broken results.


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(CNSNews.com) - Have you ever heard of the Obama administration's Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers?
The obscure office on Thursday will join the Labor Department's Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships in hosting a symposium on "the important role of job clubs and career ministries in getting Americans back to work."
The Labor Department, in a news release issued the day after Obama's election victory, said the symposium in Hales Corners, Wis., will highlight the work of local job clubs, including how they can be run effectively.
Job clubs and career ministries allow people who don't have jobs to talk about jobs. They do not create jobs.
Instead, they bring unemployed people together, often in churches, community centers or public libraries, to share professional networks, learn the latest job search techniques and receive emotional support, the Labor Department said.
Job clubs are "one of the unsung heroes of our economic recovery," according to a recent blog from the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
"They offer practical and technical tools for a successful job search, including networking, social media training, and direct access to employers seeking qualified employees. But they also offer much more: fellowship, spiritual and emotional support, and confidence," the blog said.
President Obama's Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers was formed in 2009 to assist communities affected by the downturn in the automotive industry. The office does not appear to be very busy. It issued its last report over a year ago; and the most recent press release posted on its website is dated Jan. 12, 2012.
As CNSNews.com reported last week, the long-term unemployment rate rose to 40.6 percent of the total unemployed in October, up from September's level of 40.1 percent, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Long-term unemployment is unemployment lasting for 27 consecutive weeks or longer. The government reported that over 5 million people were unemployed for more than six months (27 weeks) in October, up from September's level of 4.8 million.
In his stump speech on the campaign trail, president Obama admitted that he has "more work to do" on job creation: "As long as there's a single American who wants a job but can't find one, our work is not yet done," he said in various places.
In his election night speech, President Obama mentioned jobs only in passing: "You elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours," he said, adding later: "I believe we can build on the progress we've made, and continue to fight for new jobs, and new opportunity, and new security for the middle class."
Asked how he would create jobs at the first presidential debate, Obama indicated his plan rests on taxing more and spending more:
"I think we've got to invest in education and training. I think it's important for us to develop new sources of energy, here in America, and we change our tax code to make sure that were helping small businesses and companies that are investing her in the United States; that we take some of the money we're saving as we wind down two wars to rebuild America, and that we reduce our deficit in a balanced way that allows us to make these critical investments."


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With global stock markets recently under tremendous selling pressure, today King World News interviewed highly acclaimed trader Dan Norcini. Norcini correctly predicted the current downturn in global markets back on May 11th and today he issued a further warning. But first, here is what Norcini had to say about the recent action in the markets: "There was a sea of red on the global stock markets today. We had a pretty good hit in the Asian and European markets. This was followed by downside action in the S&P and Dow, along with the Nasdaq."
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"There is still continued fear regarding the Spanish downgrade of yesterday. There are also ongoing fears about Greece leaving the eurozone. The euro just made a new 52 week low against the dollar. The Swiss franc also made a new 52 week low against the dollar.
As you would imagine, this means the US dollar index is hitting new yearly highs. The yen is also moving higher. Remember, the yen tends to rally against the dollar when you get a safe haven bid. The 30-Year and 10-Year US Treasuries both just hit a new all-time highs.
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Volkswagen Chief Executive Bernd Pischetsrieder has laid low since taking the wheel of Europe's No. 1 auto maker a year ago from autocratic Porsche scion Ferdinand Piëch. But that's true to character. As former CEO at BMW, Pischetsrieder had a penchant for planning strategy secretly and painstakingly with a small core of trusted cohorts and then springing decisions on his managers -- including the surprise acquisition of Rover in 1994.
But investors feel they have waited long enough for the plotting Bavarian to make his bold move. After all, VW's problems were evident when Pischetsrieder took over -- aging models, shrinking market share, too many brands of cars built on too few platforms. And as Pischetsrieder mulls his strategy, the situation is deteriorating. Market share in Europe continues to slip. Vehicle sales in the first quarter in the U.S. dropped almost 11%. The Peugeot 206 recently dethroned the VW Golf as the best-selling car in Europe. Golf sales are expected to fall 21% this year before the new version hits European showrooms in November. Especially disappointing were sales of VW's new luxury model, the $62,000 Phaeton. Group revenues stalled last year around $95 billion, and net profit dropped 11.2%, to $2.7 billion. Tough competition was one reason, but so was VW strategy: Its brands, from Seat to Skoda and VW to Audi, are all built on a handful of underlying platforms, blurring brand image and cannibalizing sales within the group.
Pischetsrieder has no time to lose. On Apr. 24, the 54-year-old engineer warned that first-quarter profits will fall sharply. Analysts estimate the decline could be as much as 60%. Meanwhile, VW's stock is down more than 40% since Pischetsrieder took over. The VW chief insists that 20 new models will buoy unit sales in the second half of 2003, but a flush of younger cars alone will not fix VW's problems. The real challenge is rationalizing overlapping models across VW's four major brands. "Pischetsrieder is facing the mother of all marketing problems," says Stephen B. Cheetham, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in London.
To speed change, Pischetsrieder needs to get his management team in place. "The time is now. These are the last months [for a new CEO] to channel energy in the right direction," says Christoph B. Stürmer, senior analyst at researcher Global Insight Automotive in Frankfurt. Pischetsrieder finally signaled a shakeup at the top on Apr. 8, with the abrupt resignation of Robert Büchelhofer, the board member in charge of sales and marketing. Büchelhofer disagreed with a plan announced by Piëch and Pischetsrieder in 2002 to divide VW brands into two families: the sportier Audi group, including Seat and Lamborghini; and the VW group, made up of VW, Skoda, and Bentley. Under the new groupings, Audi will become a rival to BMW. Volkswagen -- literally, "the people's car" -- aims to shed its plebian image and offer more comfort and class.
But remaking brands and untangling overlapping models is no easy feat. Some models may have to be cut, riling employees and managers. Workers at Skoda in the Czech Republic already are angry about being relegated to making a "lesser VW" after years of strong growth, which fueled fund expansion upmarket into a pricier sedan. Uncertain where they are headed and what products they will make, Skoda workers staged a strike in October to express their discontent. "Skoda, the rising star at VW, now has its wings clipped," says one Frankfurt-based auto analyst.
Dealers meanwhile are livid about plans to increase the number of VW-owned dealerships and the failure to revitalize its best-sellers, the Golf and Passat. Faced with falling sales of aging models, recalls, and increasingly thin margins, some dealerships may go bankrupt this year, the Association of Volkswagen Dealers warned.
The bright spot is Audi, which Pischetsrieder wants to build into the leading premium brand in Europe. Audi spent billions over the past decade on engineering innovation and is several laps ahead of VW in sharpening its image. Powered by its four-wheel-drive models, including the A4 compact and A6 sedan, Audi outsells BMW in Western Europe, ranking second behind Mercedes-Benz among premium brands.
Yet Piëch's vision of an upmarket Volkswagen has put it on a collision course with Audi. Piëch funded VW's multibillion-dollar expansion into luxury models, such as the Phaeton and the $41,000-plus Touareg SUV, which many say should have belonged to the Audi family. While funding direct challengers to its own Audi unit, the effort siphoned resources from VW's core mass-market products. "VW and Audi share dealerships and showrooms. There is inevitably going to be cannibalization," says George Peterson, president of AutoPacific Group Inc. in Tustin, Calif.
Pischetsrieder also needs to grapple with VW's high cost base. The government of Volkswagen's home state, Lower Saxony, controls 20% of VW shares and traditionally resists layoffs or plant closures and supports the industry's most generous pay agreements. As a result, margins remain under pressure. In March, Pischetsrieder pledged to focus more on profitability and to save $1.1 billion this year, slashing capital spending by 10% in tandem with expected lower sales. Lowering capital spending? It works for a time, but it could put future model development at risk.
A lingering question is whether VW's corporate culture will be resistant to needed change. A brilliant engineer credited with the makeover of Audi, Piëch routinely bypassed middle management at VW -- giving direct orders to engineers himself and terrorizing anyone who disagreed with him. Now, VW's traditional civil service-like bureaucracy is reestablishing its rule, setting up a plethora of councils and committees to oversee decision-making. What VW needs is a more market-savvy management that can leverage the company's exceptional strength in engineering. "The big danger is Pischetsrieder doesn't take the organization with him," says one analyst.
Pischetsrieder is starting to roll up his sleeves. Büchelhofer's departure is already the second boardroom reshuffle since the new CEO took the helm. In September, he appointed former BMW manager Hans Dieter Poetsch as chief financial officer to replace Bruno Adelt at the end of 2003. Adelt has been the focus of investor frustration over VW's opaque financial reporting. "VW is an enigma to analysts, its brands provoke questions in the minds of consumers, and its management earns the scorn of investors," says Jay N. Woodworth, president of consultancy Woodworth Holdings Ltd. in Summit, N.J. Not an enviable legacy. It's time for the Bavarian to act.
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Yes, I got my wish -- and I was also secretly rooting for the BoSox. BTW, the city held a parade for them yesterday, and the route went past our office windows. Several of my co-workers brought cameras, and once I get their permission, I'll post a couple of photos.


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As humans are (unfortunately) fallible, they cannot be relied upon fully. Meaning it is technology's place to fill the gaps wherever possible, minimising the risks and decreasing the surface area vulnerable to attack.
A bare basic requirement for all security policies, and one that is stipulated in the terms of HIPAA as well as across the NHS, is that user actions must be identifiable to an individual.
There are multiple levels at which this must, or should, be implemented.
The first is user logins – if users are not even required to login to the network, then there is no hope of them being identifiable. Quite aside from the issue of user identification, this obviously leaves access wide open to attackers. And alarmingly, this is the case among 22% of US healthcare organisations, and more than a third (36%) in the UK.
Beyond this most basic of requirements is a (still very basic) further requirement, in that each user on the network should have a unique ID. Sharing logins naturally obfuscates user identification, meaning you cannot possibly confirm who has access to what files or folders, not to mention when or where from. Nearly a third of US healthcare workers (30%), and 44% in the UK, do not have a unique ID to log on to their employer's network.
We've mentioned human fallibility and how we tend to make mistakes, especially when we're in a hurry – say to get out the door and go home at the end of the day, or to get to our next meeting. Which is why logoff procedure should not be left to the user. This is an 'addressable' requirement of HIPAA, and a stipulation of NHS Scotland's security policy, however 48% of US and just 28% of UK healthcare wokers are automatically logged off their network after a set period of inactivity.
To take this a step further, identification continues to be obfuscated if the user can login from multiple devices or locations. Disabling concurrent logins strengthens the affirmation that it is the designated employee using their unique ID, and not an intruder or someone they have shared their password with. Just 37% of US and 13% of UK are restricted from logging in on multiple machines simultaneously. This also of course relates to remote access, with 24% in US and 17% in UK allowing employees to use the same login to access the network remotely.
On the topic of password sharing, obviously this is a practice which goes against the requirement of being able to identify specific users. Some users may engage in it against the guidance of their organisation's security policy, but shockingly there are a number of healthcare organisations that willingly permit it. In fact 12% in the UK and 6% in the US allow their employees to share logins.
A method of taking identifiability a step further than unique user logins and automatic logoffs, as well as reducing vulnerable surface for attack, is by implementing access restrictions for set times and locations. By limiting access to a network not just to individual users, but by workstation, device or department, this reduces risk and makes identifiabilty stronger. Restrictions on time of access, limited to business hours for example, take this even further.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, a minority of healthcare organisations have taken these extra steps, with 28% having implemented location based restrictions and just 13% basing limitations on time.
Ultimately, all of these restriction levels are aimed at ensuring that user actions are identifiable, and a minority of 46% US or 33% UK healthcare workers feel that their actions on the employer's network can be attributed to them. While a majority of employees may not be planning to take any malicious actions on the network, they are still less likely to be conscientious if they don't think they will be culpable. On the same note, those that may be looking to steal data are unlikely to feel there's anything stopping them!
There also isn't much point in ensuring user actions are identifiable unless someone is monitoring those actions. We found that only 50% of US and 34% of UK healthcare workers are aware of their organizations monitoring network access. It is possible that organizations will be monitoring without employee knowledge, but transparency in this regard will encourage good behavior.
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According to Rachel Maddow, Republicans skip her MSNBC show because she is so insistent on being "unimpeachable in the facts." In a brief interview for the March 2 Entertainment Weekly, the liberal anchor huffed about her personal integrity.
Maddow insisted she'd "love" to host a Republican presidential debate, but cautioned, "[On my show] our responsibility is to be unimpeachable in the facts, and then to be honest about when we are giving our opinion."
She piously added, "We don't fake objectivity on cable. We tell you where we're coming from, but that doesn't mean we lie or twist the facts."
Of course, Maddow has repeatedly been caught "twisting the facts." In February of 2011, she proclaimed that, contrary to what Republicans are saying, Wisconsin actually had a budget surplus. Politifact found this to be "false."
On August 4, 2011, Maddow misleadingly played a joking clip of Rush Limbaugh, attacking the conservative for something he said "yesterday." Turns out, it was a year old.
In the March 2 issue, Maddow knocked the Republicans for trying to fool Americans into thinking they disagree with each other:
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A Terry woman says $8,000 worth of appliances in her home were destroyed by a power surge from Entergy lines last Tuesday.
She says Entergy first told her they would be responsible for replacing the appliances, but the man who told her that, called back 30 minutes later and said he was wrong.
Jessica Watkins lives at 213 Cunningham Avenue in Terry, just three doors down from city hall. There are several trees that look to be on City of Terry right of way in front of her house. The trees have grown up beside a power pole and the lines now run through the trees.
Watkins says a tree has rubbed the insulation off of one wire which caused the surge. She says Entergy is now telling her that the destruction of her appliances is her responsibility or that of the City of Terry.
"Later a gentleman from Entergy called me back and said that they was not responsible for the service lines," said Watkins. "That was either up to the homeowner to keep the trees away from the power line, or the Town of Terry's place to cut the limbs away."
Watkins says the oven on her stove, microwave, washer and dryer, a computer and her television sets were all fried by the power surge.
Mara Hartmann, spokesperson for Entergy, says no decision has been made about replacing the appliances.
"We just got the claim yesterday and our claims management department assigned an adjuster or two to investigate what happened and you know determine exactly what transpired," said Hartmann. "We haven't denied the claim, we haven't affirmed the claim. It's just very early on in the investigation."
Entergy has not decided what to do about the trees that have grown up into their lines causing a surge.
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Jimmy Redmon has taken his years of shaping wakeboards and surfboards and used the experience to build what some are calling the best wakesurfers yet! They rode these two new shapes at Lake Powell this summer and couldnt stop smiling. Reps, riders, friends, etc they all loved the new skim/surf style boards that Jimmy designed. Equipped with an LF Traction pad for grip and a lightweight core, these boards fly on the wake. Look for Liquid Force wakesurfers to be showing up all across the waterways this upcoming year!
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The group at LF has got it dialled in as far as astetics are concerned...the first production board that actually looks and feels like a surf board! Nice call boyz. But...some design considerations are the fact that do you really think a board that is only the thickness of a wakeboard and designed like a surf board (foam and glass) gonna last off the swim platform long? Nope...one day and there was stress fractures towards the tip...directly caused from the flex at the start of a "off the platform" start. Come on guys...you cannot expect to use a rope for a start?
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It is the first time during the campaign against terror that such a large number of American troops have landed in Afghanistan.
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By MATTHEW PATE
Survival dictates that we each make thousands of decisions every day. Most are wholly benign with little in the balance. Some are matters of life or death. Some seem benign, but hold life or death consequences.
We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. In some instances, we are Bayesian and in others, we're swept along by incalculable anomic passions. Even so, we seem to find comfort in the notion that we have used rationality to guide us.
We act in an environment that bombards us with information. In recent years we have achieved the ability to virtually drown ourselves in seemingly limitless information. Every new datum begs a new question. As Emile Durkheim suggests, this leads us to anomic tendencies…we advance toward the infinite… which is by definition unobtainable and therefore, a source of pain.
The Dutch criminologist Henk Elfers uses the term "bounded rationality" to describe humans' most common method of decision making. Despite the limitless ocean of information, every decision we make, we make with incomplete information. All acts are "bounded" in their reason. They require at least a modicum of faith.
Using bounded rationality, we make decisions with the information we have on hand at the time. Even so, as Pieter Van Baal observes, "This does not mean that everybody includes the same parameters as costs and benefits or that they evaluate those parameters in the same way."
This variability is precisely the point where morality intervenes. Not only are there differences in what inputs any given person might include, those factors may be given a disparate weighting depending upon an underlying moral filter. In other words, different people might arrive at conflicting "rational" decisions because we use different criteria to make them.
The 19th century cavalryman, Lt. Col. George Custer, provides an excellent example of this. On August 5, 1873 Custer had his first encounter with the Sioux while his 7th Cavalry was camping along the Tongue River in southeastern Montana.
As the cavalrymen were encamped, a large band of Sioux warriors suddenly attacked. The Indians were led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, but the two young leaders appear to have attacked with little planning — perhaps hubris of their own. Custer, who had been napping, reacted quickly and repelled the attack.
Herein lies the critical variable — the rub, as it were for Custer. He would later base his whole approach to the Sioux on this one encounter, one in which inexperienced leaders were forced to hastily retreat.
Three years later, when Custer again encountered Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse at the Little Big Horn River, his greatest fear was that they would withdraw before he could attack. Swept along by his own hubris and incomplete information, he rushed in without proper reconnaissance.
This time, the Sioux were of a different mind. They stood their ground, leaving Custer and more than 200 of his men dead.
In something more recent and admittedly esoteric, Christoph Adami, a Michigan State University biologist, and Arend Hintze, his research associate, just published a paper titled, "Evolutionary instability of Zero Determinant strategies demonstrates that winning isn't everything." In this tome, the pair use a classic game theory puzzle (the Prisoners' Dilemma) to demonstrate that selfish decisions may yield short term gains — even great ones — but selfishness as an exclusive strategy is ultimately a loser.
"We found evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean. For a short time and against a specific set of opponents, some selfish organisms may come out ahead. But selfishness isn't evolutionarily sustainable," Adami observes.
As above, that's exactly the crux of the problem: We usually don't know all we really need to know. As such, a little cooperation, even if it's a bit forced, stands to foster better outcomes for all involved.
Matthew Pate is a former law enforcement executive who holds a doctorate in criminal justice He writes from Pine Bluff, Ark. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Enjoyed time on the Seaton Trail where I took these picture
Beautiful trail. I favour shot 1 here.
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I don't know where this trail is but it looks fabulous. I too favour shot 1 but I do like the diagonals and textures of shot 2.
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Another vote for #1. Like the aerial perspective.
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Big fan of number one as well. I really like the composition of that one.
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Woosnam rolls back the years
Ian Woosnam shot a superb third-round 67 at The Open Championship on Saturday to move into joint first place on the leaderboard.
The Welshman started the day five shots off the lead but finished the day on six under thanks to an eagle three at the 11th plus two more birdies.
Woosnam is part of a four-strong pack that includes playing partner Bernhard Langer, American David Duval and Alex Cejka of Germany.
Only three weeks ago, Woosnam admitted he was bored with the game, saying he would rather have a couple of pints than spend time practising.
But an exhilarating round with Langer has rekindled his fire, both players shooting four-under-par rounds of 67 to move to six-under-par totals of 207 and a share of the lead.
With his switch to the long-handled putter reaping rich rewards on the greens especially, good enough to put him top of the tournament's putting statistics, Woosnam feels he has a real chance of winning his first Open.
"I'm in love with golf again and I'm going to play as much as I can," the 43-year-old said. "I think golf's fantastic and I'm going to play 52 weeks of the year, Christmas as well!
"When you're running around the world and bashing your head against a brick wall like I have for a while now, it's hard.
"I've been too aggressive in the past but now I'm hitting the middle of the greens and with my long putter I always feel I've got a chance from 25-30 feet.
"Anybody who's British wants to win The Open and I certainly do. This is my 20th time in it and I've only had four top-10s.
"My experience will be a help because I should know when to go for the pin and not to go for the pin at the wrong time."
Victory would also clinch Woosnam a place in Europe's Ryder Cup team - he is already vice-captain to Sam Torrance.
"If I do win this - or even come second - I'm in the Ryder Cup and that would be fantastic, so there's a lot at stake," said Woosnam.
"I won't let it put pressure on me and I'm going out to enjoy it."
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