May 17, 2007
But I've never heard of this -- and it impresses me greatly.
[Running Back Ahman] Green, who started wearing 30 even before attending Nebraska, became optimistic but still wasn't sure what it might cost him. The tradition around the NFL is that if you want someone else's number, you pay them.When Green finally asked, [safety Jason] Simmons shocked him.
"He said, 'Sure, but I'd like you to make a down payment on a single-parent home through a foundation or charity,' " Green said. "I was like, 'Yeah I'm all on board. That's easy. Tell me where to write the check to.'
"So instead of putting the money into his pocket, he's going to put in into somebody else's home and help them get their life started."
Simmons had no personal connection to the number 30. He wore 23 for four seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. When he arrived in Houston as a free agent before the 2002 season, they handed him 30.
Now, he will wear No. 22.
Some family will have a home because of Simmons and Green -- and I hope that we have the beginning of a new tradition here in Houston and around the NFL.
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In the veto threat against the National Defense Authorization Act, the White House says they're opposed to two things: Increased survivor benefits of $40 a month to spouses of those who lost someone in military service, and a pay increase to all personnel, across the board, just half a percent higher than what the president endorsed.
There is plenty of good reason to veto the latest neo-Copperhead efforts to cut-&-run-&-surrender -- but this isn't it, because the proposal is not a budget-buster. Indeed, it is only common decency.
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A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers and the White House struck an immigration reform deal Thursday that would grant legal status to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already in the United States and increase border and interior enforcement initiatives.The plan would establish a temporary worker program for new arrivals to the United States with a separate program for agricultural workers. The bill also would include provisions for new technology to ensure against immigration document fraud.
Supporters of the arrangement urged their congressional colleagues and the American public to support the bill as a whole even though strong objection may be felt toward its individual parts.
"All of you know that in the legislative process, no one gets 100 percent of what they want, if you're going to get something done," Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. said, speaking to reporters shortly after the deal was announced.
"From my perspective, it's not perfect, but it represents the best opportunity that we have in a bipartisan way to do something about this problem. And if we had not gotten together as Republicans and Democrats to develop this bipartisan consensus, we can be assured that there would not be a bill passed this year, and probably not next year," Kyl said.
The question is this -- is a bad bill better than no bill at all? Does a bill tha rewards illegal behavior better advance the interests of the United States than continuing with the status quo in the hopes of getting something better? I'm not sure -- but I'm inclined to oppose this one.
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If you are like me, you grew up getting some sort of allowance related to doing household chores. It was a way of teaching us kids some responsibility, and the value of work. I remember that each week we boys would be standing in front of Dad waiting for the cash to be doled out.
Well times have changed. PAYjr Visa Buxxis a new system that lets parents put their child's allowance on a debit card. In effect, it allows for keeping a spreadsheet/checklist of chores for each child. As the chores get done, the money gets transferred to the child's debit card. No chores, no cash -- pretty simple. This way a parent can also monitor where and how the money is being spent -- and restrict certain transactions and locations.
If this sounds familiar to you, it may be because you heard about it on the CBS Evening News last week. The service launches in July, but you can check out the demo now at the PAYjr Visa Buxx website.
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Two 16-year-old Crystal Lake girls were expected in juvenile court Tuesday on hate-crime charges for allegedly printing and distributing fliers with pictures of two boys kissing and inflammatory statements about homosexuality.The girls, both of whom are students at Crystal Lake South High School and whose names were not released because of their ages, were arrested Friday, Crystal Lake Police Chief Dave Linder said. One of the boys on the flier is a student at the school.
When an officer tried to stop the girls from distributing the fliers in a school parking lot, they climbed a fence and ran, Linder said.
Both girls face charges of committing a hate crime, disorderly conduct, and obstructing justice. One girl also was charged with resisting arrest.
Under Illinois law, a person commits a hate crime when he or she commits a crime against another person based on that personÂ’s race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities or national origin.
So tell me -- where is the crime against another person necessary to qualify as a hate crime? It appears here that what we have is a case of speech being criminalized. Yes, there is the issue of whether their venue was appropriate, but even that does not qualify as a crime against a person. And I'm not alone in asking the question -- at least one gay site has the same concern.
Seems to me that this case may be the "poster child" against hate crime laws.
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Once again a minority bulwark of Democratic state senators has blocked the advance of sloppily crafted, partisan legislation in Austin. The legislation would have required Texas voters to produce a confusing welter of identification in order to cast ballots.The demise, at least temporarily, of SB 218 in the Senate was as vituperative and tacky as the process that pushed it through the House. Although none of the bill's proponents produced evidence of widespread voter impersonation, the bill still received easy approval on a largely party line vote.
The bill would have required Texas voters to present at the voting place either photo IDs or substitutes in addition to a valid voter registration card. Republicans said the purpose was to increase voting integrity. Democrats charged the real aim was to suppress voting by their prime constituencies, including the elderly and minorities, who are less likely to have the required identification than more affluent, working-age citizens.
* * * Rather than trying to fix a problem — widespread voter fraud — that does not exist, lawmakers should turn their focus to the real issues: the poor reliability of electronic voting systems and the need for a paper trail to verify the accuracy of the count.
Yeah – voter fraud certainly isn’t a problem. I mean, there certainly isn’t any voter fraud or voting by non-citizens in Texas. Right?
Hundreds of illegal immigrants have registered to vote in Bexar County in recent years and dozens of them have actually cast ballots, canceling out the votes of U.S. citizens, 1200 WOAI news will report Thursday morning.Figures obtained by 1200 WOAI news shows 303 illegals successfully registered to vote, and at least 41 cast ballots in various elections.
Bexar County Elections Administrator Jackie Callanan confirmed the figures, but she says a new form of voter registration card, which requires people to swear they are citizens when they register, should help cut the problem, because people who vote illegally can be charged with perjury.
And we know that those who break our laws by illegally entering the country and working in violation of the law are really very concerned about being charged with perjury, given their high level of respect for the rest of the laws of this country. And if we see a couple of hundred illegal voters in every county – illegal voters who are most likely going to vote for the Democrats – that is just great in the eyes of the Chronicle and the Democrats.
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Large swaths of Baltimore could be declared emergency areas subject to heightened police enforcement - including a lockdown of streets - under a city councilman's proposal that aims to slow the city's climbing homicide count.The legislation - which met with a lukewarm response from Mayor Sheila Dixon's administration yesterday, and which others likened to martial law - would allow police to close liquor stores and bars, limit the number of people on city sidewalks and halt traffic in areas declared "public safety act zones." It comes as the number of homicides in Baltimore reached 108, up from 98 at the same time last year.
"Desperate measures are needed when we're in desperate situations," said City Council Vice President Robert W. Curran, the bill's author. "What I'm trying to do is give the mayor additional tools."
As I read through the article, I cannot help but note that the provisions allow for the suspension of much of the First Amendment (right to peaceably assemble), Second Amendment (right to keep and bear arms), Fourth Amendment (freedom from unreasonable search and seizure), as well as the freedom to freely operate a legal business. Could you imagine the outrage if this were tried in an attempt to get at illegal aliens or terrorists?
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Samuel R. Berger, the Clinton White House national security adviser who was caught taking highly classified documents from the National Archives, has agreed to forfeit his license to practice law.In a written statement issued by Larry Breuer, Mr. Berger's attorney, the former national security adviser said he pleaded guilty in the Justice Department investigation, accepted the penalties sought by the department and recognized that his law license would be affected.
"I have decided to voluntarily relinquish my license," he said. "While I derived great satisfaction from years of practicing law, I have not done so for 15 years and do not envision returning to the profession. I am very sorry for what I did, and I deeply apologize."
Why surrender the license? This makes it all clear.
In giving up his license, Mr. Berger avoids being cross-examined by the Board on Bar Counsel, where he risked further disclosure of specific details of his theft.
In other words, Sandy Berger didnÂ’t want to have to tell, under oath and facing penalty for perjury, exactly what he took and why.
Berger joins a long list of Clinton officials, including the former president himself, to have suffered the loss of their law licenses for criminal activities.
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Foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) yesterday expressed grave concern at the rising tide of discrimination and intolerance against Muslims, especially in Europe and North America. “It is something that has assumed xenophobic proportions,†they said in unison.Speaking at a special brainstorming session on the sidelines of the 34th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM), the foreign ministers termed Islamophobia the worst form of terrorism and called for practical steps to counter it.
The ministers described Islamophobia as a deliberate defamation of Islam and discrimination and intolerance against Muslims. “This campaign of calumny against Muslims resulted in the publication of the blasphemous cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a Danish newspaper and the issuance of the inflammatory statement by Pope Benedict XVI,†they said. During a speech in Germany last year, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said the Prophet had brought the world only “evil and inhuman†things. The Pope’s remarks aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world.
“The increasingly negative political and media discourse targeting Muslims and Islam in the United States and Europe has made things all the more difficult,†the foreign ministers said. “Islamophobia became a source of concern, especially after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, but the phenomenon was already there in Western societies in one form or the other,†they pointed out. “It gained further momentum after the Madrid and London bombings. The killing of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh in 2004 was used in a wicked manner by certain quarters to stir up a frenzy against Muslims,†the ministers pointed out. Van Gogh had made a controversial film about Muslim culture.
Yeah, I guess we should remember that these folks live by the words of the old Islamic nursery rhyme:
Stick and stone
Break infidel bones;
But C-4 is more effective.
I guess this blog entry makes me a terrorist – and no doubt the recipient of another couple of death threats from the fatwa crowd.
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Foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) yesterday expressed grave concern at the rising tide of discrimination and intolerance against Muslims, especially in Europe and North America. “It is something that has assumed xenophobic proportions,” they said in unison.Speaking at a special brainstorming session on the sidelines of the 34th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM), the foreign ministers termed Islamophobia the worst form of terrorism and called for practical steps to counter it.
The ministers described Islamophobia as a deliberate defamation of Islam and discrimination and intolerance against Muslims. “This campaign of calumny against Muslims resulted in the publication of the blasphemous cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a Danish newspaper and the issuance of the inflammatory statement by Pope Benedict XVI,” they said. During a speech in Germany last year, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said the Prophet had brought the world only “evil and inhuman” things. The Pope’s remarks aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world.
“The increasingly negative political and media discourse targeting Muslims and Islam in the United States and Europe has made things all the more difficult,” the foreign ministers said. “Islamophobia became a source of concern, especially after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, but the phenomenon was already there in Western societies in one form or the other,” they pointed out. “It gained further momentum after the Madrid and London bombings. The killing of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh in 2004 was used in a wicked manner by certain quarters to stir up a frenzy against Muslims,” the ministers pointed out. Van Gogh had made a controversial film about Muslim culture.
Yeah, I guess we should remember that these folks live by the words of the old Islamic nursery rhyme:
Stick and stone
Break infidel bones;
But C-4 is more effective.
I guess this blog entry makes me a terrorist – and no doubt the recipient of another couple of death threats from the fatwa crowd.
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While oil companies make about 13 cents on a gallon of gasoline, the federal government makes 18.4 cents (the federal tax) and California's various governments make 40.2 cents (the nation's third-highest gasoline tax). Pelosi's San Francisco collects a local sales tax of 8.5 percent -- higher than the state's average for local sales taxes.
And the solution, proposed by Pelosi and other Democrats – is to increase the profit the government makes through taxation, thereby raising the price of gas.
As George Will points out, adjusted for inflation the price of gas is below what it was at the start of the Reagan Administration.
And as I noted in February, oil companies are not making that big of a profit.
As a percentage of total earnings, ExxonÂ’s profit was 10.45 %. Is that really an unconscionably high profit?And taken per share, the profit was $6.62. With shares trading at $74 dollars as of this morning, that means that each share had a profit of 8.9%. Again, does the level of profit really shock the conscience?
So who is gouging the consumer – Big Oil or Big Government?
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Some Palestinian analysts predict that a collapse of the Palestinian Authority would pave the way for Jordanian custodial rule in the West Bank and a similar arrangement for Egypt in Gaza.“The message is the Palestinians cannot rule themselves. This fighting will only end if a third party takes over,” said Ibrahim Abrash, a political analyst in Gaza.
How odd that the solution to the “Palestinian Problem” might be to essentially turn the clock back four decades – and that such a solution might, in fact, be the most secure option for Israel.
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No, I mean this little tidbit at the end of the article.
In February he was reprimanded for including a biblical account of creation in an assignment on myths.
Excuse me, but the creation stories found in Genesis meet all the criteria for being included in the literary category of “myth”. Why should there be any discipline meted out for making use of those stories to illustrate the concept?
Now I've heard on the radio that this guy is a pretty outspoken atheist, and that makes some students uncomfortable -- but really, his method is not all that outrageous. In fact, an old colleague from my days as an English teacher and I talked about this thing this afternoon and laughed -- because the two of us, both active Christians, have taught precisely the same sort of assignment with 11th graders.
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The same thing should happen here.
Among the amenities planned for this city's new JW Marriott hotel, one might be a first in America.The Alticor-owned riverfront hotel is reserving its 19th floor and a lounge exclusively for female clientele when it opens Sept. 19.
Andrea Groom, a spokeswoman for the 24-story, 340-room hotel, said the idea recognizes more than half of all business travelers are women.
"A lot of women are saying they're not feeling like they're safe when they're traveling to a strange city," she said. "They don't necessarily want to go down to a lounge and feel like they are getting hit on by guys."
The women-only rooms also will have amenities not found in other rooms, such as chenille throw blankets, ionic hair dryers, jewelry holders and special bath products.
Access to those rooms will come at a $25 to $30 per night premium over standard rates of about $229.
If this is allowed to stand, every sex discrimination law in the country needs to be repealed, for it will be clear that they fall short of the requirement that they provide equal protection of the law.
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, I like to cook. In fact, I do most of the cooking around the house by choice. I've been trying to vary our menu somewhat, but don't always feel safe experimenting. That is why I'm thrilled about this site for free recipes. The recipes they have are tasty, easy to cook, and even include a number that are particularly healthy for folks like me who are dealing with health issues that require a restricted diet. Drop by and check them out!
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May 16, 2007
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, said on Wednesday he was ready to retire in a few years but will keep championing causes to help the Tibetan people, culture and environment.Speaking at Smith College in Massachusetts to about 5,000 students, faculty and invited guests of the Tibetan community, Tibet's exiled and revered spiritual leader said he already sees himself semi-retired.
"Within a few years' time, I will retire completely," the 71-year-old monk and Nobel Peace Prize winner said.
The Dalai Lama has lived in Dharamsala, India, in the outer Himalayas, since 1959. He was active in establishing there the Central Tibetan Administration, Tibet's government in exile. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
Wearing a yellow-and-maroon robe, he said he was honored to have been recognized in the world for his "small contribution to the welfare of humanity," and suggested the elected Tibetan leadership in exile can soon carry on his mission.
The Dalai Lama says he wants greater autonomy, not independence, for his predominantly Buddhist homeland, but China considers him a separatist and accuses him of continuing to promote Tibetan independence.
Unfortunately, the article brings out the problem with such a retirement. The Dalai Lama appointed a new Panchen Lama several years ago, and the Red Chinese promptly jailed him and selected a false claimant to the office to serve as a puppet. No doubt they will try the same thing with the Dalai lama's successor.
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I never knew there was such a thing as air ambulance service when I was young. It never crossed my mind that such a service would be necessary. After all, I figured you went to the hospital and stayed until you got well -- or until you died.
And then family tragedy hit. My grandmother remarried to a wonderful man who swept her off her feet and promised to provide for her very well. He showed her a marvelous couple of years -- and then came the day that his cancer struck. He went into the hospital for treatment -- but the cancer was way too aggressive to be treated in the local hospital, and he was advised to head over 300 miles to a hospital in a major city associated with a very prestigious medical school. But the question was how to get this frail old man there -- because it was going to be at least seven hours by car.
And that is where an air ambulance service entered the picture. My uncle hooked up with a company that provided this critical medical transportation service. They made arrangements to get this sick family member from his hospital bed in a rural hospital to the local airport, and from there to a business airport just a few miles from the new hospital -- and then checked in. Total time from bed to bed? Only a little over four hours, and they were even able to continue his treatment in the process. Some months later, this same service brought him home, as the doctors pronounced his case terminal, these same folks brought him home again with great care and dignity. Indeed, they made the whole process as painless for him and the family as it could have been.
Now you know I do my advertising through PayPerPost, and I take available offers as they come up. By interesting coincidence, that same air ambulance service is now one of their advertisers. They are called Air Ambulance America. And while I profoundly hope you do not need ever need their services, I hope you will remember them if you ever do.
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In a collision of 21st-century science and decades-old conspiracy theories, a research team that includes a former top FBI scientist is challenging the bullet analysis used by the government to conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald alone shot the two bullets that struck and killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963.The "evidence used to rule out a second assassin is fundamentally flawed," concludes a new article in the Annals of Applied Statistics written by former FBI lab metallurgist William A. Tobin and Texas A&M University researchers Cliff Spiegelman and William D. James.
The researchers' re-analysis involved new statistical calculations and a modern chemical analysis of bullets from the same batch Oswald is purported to have used. They reached no conclusion about whether more than one gunman was involved, but urged that authorities conduct a new and complete forensic re-analysis of the five bullet fragments left from the assassination in Dallas.
The only problem is that the accoustic evidence does rule out more than one shooter -- and computer modeling shows that the Warren Report got its conclusions fundamentally right. I'm waiting to see how this particular piece of research is shown to be flawed, as all the other scientific evidence is against it.
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Think about it --you can play at Wicked Stick, International Club, Indigo Creek, and Wachesaw East. Or maybe you and your group can hit the links at Long Bay, Rivers Edge, Founders Club, and Carolina National. In fact, there are reasonable packages available for you throughout the year that let you play the courses you've always wanted to play. Heck -- with access to 30 golf courses in the area, you could be set for years-worth of hot action on the links!
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Headline.
Ever.
Royals To Get A Taste Of Angels' Colon
ICK!!!
But the story isn't what you think.
Bartolo Colon attempts to win his third consecutive start off the disabled list tonight for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who will be aiming to continue their recent dominance of the Kansas City Royals.After missing nearly nine months to rehab a partially torn right rotator cuff, Colon returned to a major-league mound on April 21 and delivered an outstanding performance against the Seattle Mariners. The former American League Cy Young winner allowed just one run on seven hits to lead the Angels to a 7-6 victory.
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I can't help but think of the headline flashed in Citizen Kane:
FRAUD AT THE POLLS!
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It’s a rough day for the idea that conservative talk shows are the home of “hate radio” if you were tuning in the day after Jerry Falwell passed away. Liberal talk shows are blazing with Falwell hate. In the first minutes of Tuesday’s “Stephanie Miller Show,” callers were saying things like “I hope his soul is writhing in Hell, and may Dick Cheney join him next week.” Another wished Falwell would be soon joined in Hell by “Pat Robertson and Bill O’Reilly.” Miller jokingly suggested she shouldn’t have opened the phones. But later in the hour, a self-described “militant homosexual” called to crack wise that he was eating “pagan babies” in celebration of Falwell’s death, and Miller suggested they tasted better when they were fried. She thought it would be funny if a conservative tuned in at that moment: “Right-wingers, this is satire,” she oozed. But it’s not pretty.
The only problem, Stephanie, is that your comments and callers donÂ’t meet the definition of satire. But the callers certainly do meet the standard for being called hateful -- and your egging them on makes it clear you belong in that same category. Would you consider such statements appropriate if the dead political minister were Jesse Jackson?
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The father of a middle school student in Spring is upset about comments a teacher's aide made in class. They had to do with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.David Glasker is used to answering questions from his 12-year-old son. But there was one question last week about civil rights leader Martin Luther King that he wasn't prepared for.
Glasker recalled, "'Dad, what is a womanizer?' I looked to him, 'Son, where did you hear this term?'"
His son claimed that's how his teacher's aide described King during a discussion last Thursday. The students were in math class talking about the civil rights leader when he claims the teacher's aide injected her opinion. It's an opinion Glasker is not only offended by, but feels had no place in a math class.
"This is math, this is not American history," he said. "If you're going to talk about a subject, let's keep it to what the class is about."
So, is he objecting to a discussion of MLK in class? Or to the characterization of the civil rights leader?
Well, it quickly becomes clear what the problem is. The parent just doesn’t like having the truth told about King – and doesn’t know the difference between a fact and an opinion. Not that King’s apparent human weakness in any way diminishes his greatness or his accomplishments.
While Glasker isn't against the aide for having her opinions -- in fact, others have written similar statements about King in the past -- he feels based on what his son told him, the aide didn't provide context to the class nor verifiable documentation. Other parents agree."I would want the kids to find out the truth, and not something that somebody's assuming," said parent McCoy Brown.
So rather than deal with the facts, parents want the aide sanctioned – which may be an appropriate course of action in this case. After all, is the sex life of a long-deceased American hero a particularly appropriate topic for discussion with young children? However, the basis should be educational appropriateness, not some sort of politically correct sanitizing of history.
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The suit in Ohio alleges that when the girl sought an abortion in November 2004 -- she was 16 years old at the time -- she told Planned Parenthood staff that her father was the baby's father and that he had been raping her since 2000.It alleges that the employees did not comply with Ohio law, which requires them to report suspicion of rape and incest to authorities. The suit charges that failure to report the rape led to another year and a half of abuse.
The girl, whom Cybercast News Service will not name because the crime was committed when she was a minor, is seeking $25,000 in damages "to compensate her for the severe harm she has suffered as a direct result of [Planned Parenthood's] breach of their duties owed her." She also asks the court to levy punitive damages against Planned Parenthood.
Becki Brenner, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio, told Cybercast News Service Tuesday that she feels sorry for the girl who is suing her organization, calling her a victim of pro-life activists.
"I consider this woman a victim not only from her father and the abuse that occurred previously," Brenner said, "but I feel she's also being a victim from this court case and what's going on politically regarding this case."
Brenner has it exactly wrong here. The young woman is certainly the victim of her father, but is also the victim of Planned Parenthood. That the spokesperson of this criminal organization would blame those who are assisting the victim is incredibly low – but then again, given that the organization supports itself by murdering the unborn, why should we be surprised.
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The suit in Ohio alleges that when the girl sought an abortion in November 2004 -- she was 16 years old at the time -- she told Planned Parenthood staff that her father was the baby's father and that he had been raping her since 2000.It alleges that the employees did not comply with Ohio law, which requires them to report suspicion of rape and incest to authorities. The suit charges that failure to report the rape led to another year and a half of abuse.
The girl, whom Cybercast News Service will not name because the crime was committed when she was a minor, is seeking $25,000 in damages "to compensate her for the severe harm she has suffered as a direct result of [Planned Parenthood's] breach of their duties owed her." She also asks the court to levy punitive damages against Planned Parenthood.
Becki Brenner, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio, told Cybercast News Service Tuesday that she feels sorry for the girl who is suing her organization, calling her a victim of pro-life activists.
"I consider this woman a victim not only from her father and the abuse that occurred previously," Brenner said, "but I feel she's also being a victim from this court case and what's going on politically regarding this case."
Brenner has it exactly wrong here. The young woman is certainly the victim of her father, but is also the victim of Planned Parenthood. That the spokesperson of this criminal organization would blame those who are assisting the victim is incredibly low – but then again, given that the organization supports itself by murdering the unborn, why should we be surprised.
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Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who gained national attention by targeting illegal immigrants living in his small northeastern Pennsylvania city, cruised to the Republican nomination for a third term on Tuesday - and unexpectedly won the Democratic nomination, too.Barletta trounced GOP challenger Dee Deakos with nearly 94 percent of the vote. And he beat former Mayor Michael Marsicano for the Democratic nomination by staging a last-minute write-in campaign, all but guaranteeing himself another term, unofficial returns showed.
"I think the message is clear," Barletta said. "The people of Hazleton want me to keep fighting for them."
The Republican mayor said Democrats kept telling him they wished they could vote for him in the primary. So, about a week ago, he mailed instructions to Democratic voters on how to write in his name.
Just goes to show what American patriots want done about illegal immigration.
Round ‘em up! Ship ‘em back! Rawhide!
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Defense attorneys expressed outrage Tuesday when federal prosecutors compared 10 Earth Liberation Front arsonists who are awaiting sentencing to Ku Klux Klan arsonists."I cannot sit idly by and hear what these defendants did be compared to acts of the Ku Klux Klan burning empty churches," defense attorney Amanda Lee said in federal court.
But what are these eco-freaks charged with? Burning down empty buildings for political purposes – just like the Kluxers.
And the prosecutor had it exactly right.
Federal prosecutors asked Judge Ann Aiken that a so-called terrorism enhancement be added to their sentences."This is a classic case of terrorism, despite their protests of lofty humane goals," Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Peifer said. "It was pure luck no one was killed or injured by their actions. If that is (humane), then the Ku Klux Klan did not commit terrorism."
IÂ’m sure the sheet-heads in the KKK thought they were justified, too. Just ask Senator Byrd.
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At one point, one of Mr. Giuliani’s lesser-known opponents, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, gave what turned out to be a big platform to Mr. Giuliani when he appeared to suggest that the United States invited the attacks of Sept. 11 by having originally invaded Iraq.“May I comment on that?” Mr. Giuliani said, looking grim. “That’s really an extraordinary statement. That’s an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attack of Sept. 11, that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq. I don’t think I’ve heard that before, and I’ve heard some pretty absurd explanations for Sept. 11.”
Mr. Giuliani was interrupted by cheers and applause. “And I would ask the congressman to withdraw that comment and tell us that he didn’t really mean that,” he said.
Ron Paul needs to get out of the presidential race -- and out of the US Congress. And not only that -- the GOP needs to put distance between ourselves and the Kucinich of the Right. I wonder how a resolution rebuking Ron Paul would go over at the next Executive Committee meeting.
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Above the woman’s fireplace hangs her wedding picture, taken in a Lutheran church years ago. Below it, on the mantelpiece, is a small Wiccan altar: two candles, a tiny cauldron, four stones to represent the elements of nature and a small amethyst representing her spirit.The wedding portrait is always there. But whenever someone comes to visit, the woman sweeps the altar away. Raised Southern Baptist in Virginia and now a stay-at-home mother of two in this Washington suburb, she has told almost no one — not her relatives, her friends or the other mothers in her children’s playgroups — that she is Wiccan.
Among the most popular religions to have flowered since the 1960s, Wicca — a form of paganism — still faces a struggle for acceptance, experts on the religion and Wiccans themselves said. In April, Wiccans won an important victory when the Department of Veterans Affairs settled a lawsuit and agreed to add the Wiccan pentacle to a list of approved religious symbols that it will engrave on veterans’ headstones.
But Wicca in the civilian world is largely a religion in hiding. Wiccans fear losing their friends and jobs if people find out about their faith.
I'm not a Wiccan, and I don't agree with their theology. That said, I don't have a problem with the practice of the faith and respect those friends who are open practitioners (which include at least one colleague and one student). I appreciate the interesting article.
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Now right now, they are running their alpha site -- but very soon, TestFreaks.com will be up and running, showing you all the best in electronic accessories and consumer products. For example, when it comes to mp3 player reviews, TestFreaks has a bunch of good ones about all different brands and varieties -- from Apple to Transcend! As the full site gets up and fully operational, they will have even more mp3 reviews, plus reviews of many other consumer electronic products. You won't have to do the comparing, because TestFreaks.com will have done it all for you.
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Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center.King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51.
Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem.
This is, of course, a terrible tragedy for the King family, and my prayers are with them at this time.
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I'll be honest -- I lucked out on my financial aid needs when I hit college. I didn't need much because of merit scholarships and a decent college fund. However, I did need to take out a couple of student loans to get me over the hump. But that didn't debt didn't go away easily after graduation, and I found myself having to pay off what seemed like a small fortune.
Fortunately, I was able to get a student loan consolidation package that really helped me out. I was fortunate to get to pay the thing off quickly, so I didn't have to swim in debt.
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An accused enemy combatant held at Guantanamo Bay told a military hearing he was physically as well as mentally tortured there by having to read a newsletter full of 'crap,' being forced to use unscented deodorant and shampoo and having to play sports with a ball that would not bounce.Majid Khan of Pakistan denied any connection to Al Qaeda and said he was tortured and his family hounded by U.S. authorities, according to a redacted transcript released Tuesday by the Pentagon.
Khan told an April 15 hearing called to determine whether he was rightly classified as an "enemy combatant" that he also had his baby pictures taken from him, that cleaners left marks on his cell walls and that detainees have no DVD players or other entertainment.
At one point, Kan said he wrote on his walls, "stop torturing me, I need my mails, newspaper and my lawyer."
So now hat we know what the allegations are, I think we can see that the claims of inhumane conditions at Guantanamo Bay are nothing but a load of crap from enemies of this country and their fellow travelers. Call me when we start cutting off heads like this jihadi pig's fellow terrorists do -- maybe I'll start to care then. In the mean time, Majid Khan and the rest can do without Grey Poupon and other such indignities.
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The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73.Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. "CPR efforts were unsuccessful," he said.
Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but he said Falwell "has a history of heart challenges."
"I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast," Godwin said. "He went to his office, I went to mine, and they found him unresponsive."
FalwellÂ’s death was clearly sudden and unexpected, and comes as a shock to those associate with him. May his family, friends, church members and students all be comforted in this time of loss.
And IÂ’d like to note that the classiest response IÂ’ve seen to FalwellÂ’s passing comes from Al Sharpton.
"I am deeply saddened by the passing of Reverend Jerry Falwell. Though he and I debated much and disagreed often, we shared a very cordial and warm friendship. I visited him in Lynchburg, dined with him, and even talked with him during personal crises. Though we were as politically opposite as two people could be, I truly respected his commitment to his beliefs and our mutual belief in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As I stated to my nationally syndicated radio show, I pray for the Falwell family and join the nation in mourning the passing of this religious leader."
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A majority (54%) of the 903 adults surveyed last week disagree with Reid's assessment that the war is lost, with 30% disagreeing "strongly." Meanwhile, 78% say Iraq should be stabilized before troops are withdrawn. Fully 48% believe this is "very important."In short, the idea of stabilizing Iraq before withdrawing troops has universal appeal, and the idea could potentially unify support behind the president.
In fact, our poll shows this concept appeals not only to Republicans, 91% of whom agree with it, and Independents (80%), but to a solid majority of Democrats (66%). Even those who believe we have lost the war believe stabilization is important.
The leadership of the neo-Copperhead Democrats wants to cut-and-run-and surrender in Iraq. They donÂ’t care what the consequences will be. Americans view the matter differently. Perhaps that is why the approval rate for Congress is now at 29%, lower than that for the President.
Even though Democrats now control both houses of Congress, the poll shows that only 37% of Democrats approve of the job Congress is doing right now. These marks are, however, significantly better than those given to Congress by independents (24%) and Republicans (25%). Democrats have been more likely than Republicans to approve of Congress this year, whereas Republicans expressed a higher level of approval prior to the change of power experienced after the midterm congressional elections in November 2006.
Seems to me that the Democrats have lost whatever mandate they may have had.
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Why the need to find someone to bash the Pope? Why not respectfully present the historical and religious event as significant in and of itself – perhaps even with a little bit of reverence? Because of a misguided notion of “fairness†as found in the so-called “Fariness Doctrineâ€, that’s why. Because of a government mandate that there be equal time given to different points of view, even the bigots need to be given their say.
Of course, advocates of this faux fairness would argue, equal time doesn’t mean that any old viewpoint needs to be given a chance to be heard on the airways. But as a practical matter, it will mean giving special prominence to “opposing views†that are outside the mainstream in the interest of making “good television†or “good radioâ€. We already see that, when Ann Coulter is used as the “conservative voice†on liberal shows. Rather than a thoughtful voice, we get screeching rants that contribute lots of heat and very little light. But at least Coulter has the advantage of being somewhat in the mainstream, as measured by book sales and circulation figures.
But imagine a discussion of terrorism. Will it be necessary for every discussion a bombing to include an apologist for Hezbollah, Hamas, and al-Qaeda? And if the discussion doesn’t, has the station in question violated its obligation to provide balance? Doesn’t the Fairness Doctrine really do nothing more than create a new grievance class – in this case, marginalized terror supporters. Should the WTC attacks on 9/11 have been accompanied with the pious dronings of an America-hating Islamist to explain why our nation deserved to have thousands killed?
But the reality is that such extremes may still be left out, on the theory that their views are sufficiently bizarre to include. Instead, the new rules will be used to force conservative commentators to include liberal views – or broadcasters to exclude the conservative commentators that the audience has again and again shown that it wants. That isn’t fairness – that is out-and-out censorship. And it is the goal of those seeking to revive the Fairness Doctrine.
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Why the need to find someone to bash the Pope? Why not respectfully present the historical and religious event as significant in and of itself – perhaps even with a little bit of reverence? Because of a misguided notion of “fairness” as found in the so-called “Fariness Doctrine”, that’s why. Because of a government mandate that there be equal time given to different points of view, even the bigots need to be given their say.
Of course, advocates of this faux fairness would argue, equal time doesn’t mean that any old viewpoint needs to be given a chance to be heard on the airways. But as a practical matter, it will mean giving special prominence to “opposing views” that are outside the mainstream in the interest of making “good television” or “good radio”. We already see that, when Ann Coulter is used as the “conservative voice” on liberal shows. Rather than a thoughtful voice, we get screeching rants that contribute lots of heat and very little light. But at least Coulter has the advantage of being somewhat in the mainstream, as measured by book sales and circulation figures.
But imagine a discussion of terrorism. Will it be necessary for every discussion a bombing to include an apologist for Hezbollah, Hamas, and al-Qaeda? And if the discussion doesn’t, has the station in question violated its obligation to provide balance? Doesn’t the Fairness Doctrine really do nothing more than create a new grievance class – in this case, marginalized terror supporters. Should the WTC attacks on 9/11 have been accompanied with the pious dronings of an America-hating Islamist to explain why our nation deserved to have thousands killed?
But the reality is that such extremes may still be left out, on the theory that their views are sufficiently bizarre to include. Instead, the new rules will be used to force conservative commentators to include liberal views – or broadcasters to exclude the conservative commentators that the audience has again and again shown that it wants. That isn’t fairness – that is out-and-out censorship. And it is the goal of those seeking to revive the Fairness Doctrine.
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Many Europeans believe the Jews dictate US policy in the Middle East, wield disproportionate global economic influence and talk too much about the Holocaust, according to a report released Monday by the Anti-Defamation League.The report's findings found that significant numbers of people in five European countries continue to hold anti-Jewish stereotypes, said Abraham Foxman, national director of the US group.
"A large number of Europeans continue to be infected with anti-Jewish attitudes, holding on to classical anti-Jewish canards and conspiracy theories," Foxman said at a news conference where he presented the report.
The survey of 2,714 people in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland found that 51 percent of respondents believed that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the countries in which they live. In the Spanish sample, the figure was 60%. In France, only 39% agreed.
I wonder to what degree the survey reflects the failure to eradicate the hate that brought on the Holocaust, and to what degree it shows the Islamicization of Europe.
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On Monday, PPLA sent a cease-and-desist letter to Rose, warning her that "surreptitious" recordings of PPLA employees without consent violates California privacy laws.California law prohibits recording "intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication." Violating the prohibition could mean a $2,500 fine, plus civil penalties of $5,000 or more.
In the letter, obtained by Cybercast News Service, PPLA president Mary Jane Wagle demands that Rose stop the undercover investigations, remove existing clips from online video sharing site YouTube, and turn the original tapes and all copies over to Planned Parenthood.
"If you do not agree to take these three steps, PPLA will seek all appropriate legal remedies," Wagle wrote.
Cybercast News Service obtained a copy of the video and audio before the cease-and-desist letter went into effect and has preserved it for our readers' benefit. Click here for the full video -- a large file that may take time to load. (As it was produced by Rose, the video features clips of a song by rapper Ludacris and singer Mary J. Blige called "Runaway.")
David French, an attorney with the Christian legal group Alliance Defense Fund, accused Planned Parenthood of "engaging in a campaign...to bully an 18-year old to distract attention from the fact that their employees were engaging in unlawful behavior."
French, who is serving as Rose's legal adviser, said, "Nothing changes the truth of what's contained in those videotapes. Planned Parenthood was advocating that a patient lie, advocating a way around mandatory reporting requirements for statutory rape, and nothing that Planned Parenthood does as far as trying to bully her regarding the tapes themselves can change those facts."
So let’s get this straight – California law protects criminals from being caught in the course of their crimes, under the theory put forward by lawyers for Planned Parenthood. What is even more frightening is the demand that investigations of Planned Parenthood by the media cease – indicating that Planned Parenthood believes that the fictitious right to an abortion is superior to the freedom of the press guaranteed by the US Constitution.
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May 14, 2007
Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip.
"We got together and discussed what we would have done in a real situation," he said.
But parents of the sixth-grade students were outraged.
"The children were in that room in the dark, begging for their lives, because they thought there was someone with a gun after them," said Brandy Cole, whose son went on the trip.
Some parents said they were upset by the staff's poor judgment in light of the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech that left 33 students and professors dead, including the gunman.
During the last night of the trip, staff members convinced the 69 students that there was a gunman on the loose. They were told to lie on the floor or hide underneath tables and stay quiet. A teacher, disguised in a hooded sweat shirt, even pulled on a locked door.
After the lights went out, about 20 kids started to cry, 11-year-old Shay Naylor said.
"I was like, 'Oh My God,' " she said. "At first I thought I was going to die. We flipped out."
Principal Catherine Stephens declined to say whether the staff members involved would face disciplinary action, but said the situation "involved poor judgment."
Yes, you read that right -- an assistant principal was a full participant in this "learning experience". And administrator was involved in putting children in fear for their lives.
I hope Tennessee has some process for revoking the certification of educators who abuse children in this manner -- and I hope it is immediately used. And at a minimum, I hope the district involved uses every available legal remedy to fire each and every teacher involved in this disgusting abuse of authority -- which is, in the end, nothing less than the psychological abuse of each and every one of the children in their care.
UPDATE: Looks like there may be real penalties after all. One teacher and one AP have been suspended -- and I hope that this is done with a view towards termination. What will happen to the rest of those involved? And will there actually be serious sanctions?
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