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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia

Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia

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Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia
Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House resigns Van Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en la Casa Blanca renuncia

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http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/J1AZY/CKFXFJ/1AGNHS/UHC6E/QR/t Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements.
Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements. Van Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental, dimite tras semanas de presión de la derecha y una serie de revelaciones acerca de sus declaraciones anteriores.

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White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism Asesor de la Casa Blanca Van Jones renuncia medio de la controversia sobre el pasado Activismo
Updated 12:53 am By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut Actualizado 12:53 am Por Garance Franke-Ruta y Anne E. Kornblut

White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of pressure from the right over his past activism. Asesor de la Casa Blanca, el medio ambiente Van Jones renunció el sábado después de semanas de presión de la derecha sobre su activismo pasado.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "En vísperas de la lucha histórica para el cuidado de la salud y la energía limpia, los opositores de la reforma han montado una campaña de desprestigio contra mí vicioso", dijo Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental, dijo en una declaración que anuncia su dimisión justo después de la medianoche del sábado. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide." "Están utilizando mentiras y distorsiones para distraer y dividir".

He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' Él continuó: "He sido inundada de llamadas - de todo el espectro político - me insta a" continuar y luchar. " But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future." Pero vine aquí para luchar por los demás, no por mí. No puedo, en conciencia, pido a mis colegas que gastar un tiempo precioso y energía en defender o explicar mi pasado. Necesitamos que todos manos a la obra, la lucha por el futuro ".

Jones issued two public apologies in recent days, one for signing a petition that questioned whether Bush administration officials "may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war" and the other for using a crude term to describe Republicans in a speech he gave before joining the administration. Jones publicó dos excusas públicas en los últimos días, uno para la firma de una petición que se preguntó si la administración Bush "de hecho puede haber permitido deliberadamente 9 / 11 a suceder, tal vez como un pretexto para la guerra" y el otro para usar un término del crudo para describir los republicanos en un discurso que pronunció antes de incorporarse a la administración.

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Who is Van Jones? ¿Quién es Van Jones?

Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. Van Jones es un pionero reconocido a nivel mundial, ganadora de premios en materia de derechos humanos y la economía de energía limpia. He is a 1993 graduate of the Yale Law School and an attorney. Él es un graduado 1993 de la Escuela de Derecho de Yale y un abogado.

Van wrote the definitive book on "green jobs": The Green Collar Economy. Van escribió el libro definitivo sobre "empleos verdes": La economía de cuello verde. In 2008 — thanks to a low-cost, viral marketing campaign — his book became an instant New York Times bestseller. En el año 2008 - gracias a un bajo costo, la campaña de marketing viral - su libro se convirtió en un instante New York Times bestseller. It is today being translated into six languages. Es hoy en día se traduce en seis idiomas.

As a tireless advocate for disadvantaged people and the environment, Van helped to pass America's first "green job training" legislation: the Green Jobs Act, which George W. Bush signed into law as a part of the 2007 Energy Bill. Como un incansable defensor de las personas desfavorecidas y el medio ambiente, Van ayudaron a pasar primero de América "formación en el empleo verde" la legislación: la Ley de Empleo Verde, que George W. Bush firmó la ley como parte de la Carta de la Energía 2007. He is the co-founder of a number of successful non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All. Él es el co-fundador de una serie de éxito de las organizaciones no lucrativas, incluidas las del Centro Ella Baker para los Derechos Humanos y Verde para Todos.

Van is the recipient of many awards and honors, including: the Reebok International Human Rights Award; the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader designation; the prestigious, international Ashoka Fellowship; and many more. Van es el recipiente de numerosos premios y honores, entre ellos: Reebok, Premio Internacional de los Derechos Humanos; Jóvenes del Foro Económico Mundial, Global Líder de la designación, el prestigio internacional Ashoka Fellowship, y muchos más. Van was included in the Ebony Magazine "Power 150" list of most influential African Americans for 2009. Van fue incluido en el "Ebony Magazine alimentación Lista 150" de los afro-americanos más influyentes en 2009. In 2008, Essence magazine named him one of the 25 most inspiring/influential African Americans. En 2008, la revista Essence lo nombró uno de los 25 más inspiradores / influyentes de los afroamericanos. TIME Magazine named him an environmental hero in 2008. Time Magazine nombró a él un héroe del medio ambiente en 2008. In 2009, TIME named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. En 2009, TIME le nombró una de las 100 personas más influyentes en el mundo.

In March 2009, Van went to work as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality. En marzo de 2009, Van se puso a trabajar como asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca para la Calidad Ambiental.

Thank you for visiting VanJones.net. Gracias por visitar VanJones.net. This is an unofficial site intended to provide some basic information to people interested in Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Este es un sitio no oficial destinado a proporcionar cierta información básica para las personas interesadas en Van Jones, Asesor Especial de empleos verdes, Empresa e Innovación en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental.

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UPDATE: foxnewspolitics RAW DATA: Text of Resignation Letter From Van Jones: Resignation letter from Obama adviser Van... http://bit.ly/YpZ4U

Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House resigns

Washington Post News Alert - 12:55 AM EDT Sunday, September 6, 2009 Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns –


Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements.

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White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism
Updated 12:53 a.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut

White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of pressure from the right over his past activism.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future."

Jones issued two public apologies in recent days, one for signing a petition that questioned whether Bush administration officials "may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war" and the other for using a crude term to describe Republicans in a speech he gave before joining the administration.

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More: http://www.vanjones.net/

Who is Van Jones?

Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. He is a 1993 graduate of the Yale Law School and an attorney.

Van wrote the definitive book on "green jobs": The Green Collar Economy. In 2008 — thanks to a low-cost, viral marketing campaign — his book became an instant New York Times bestseller. It is today being translated into six languages.

As a tireless advocate for disadvantaged people and the environment, Van helped to pass America's first "green job training" legislation: the Green Jobs Act, which George W. Bush signed into law as a part of the 2007 Energy Bill. He is the co-founder of a number of successful non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All.

Van is the recipient of many awards and honors, including: the Reebok International Human Rights Award; the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader designation; the prestigious, international Ashoka Fellowship; and many more. Van was included in the Ebony Magazine "Power 150" list of most influential African Americans for 2009. In 2008, Essence magazine named him one of the 25 most inspiring/influential African Americans. TIME Magazine named him an environmental hero in 2008. In 2009, TIME named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

In March 2009, Van went to work as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality.

Thank you for visiting VanJones.net. This is an unofficial site intended to provide some basic information to people interested in Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

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Saturday, September 05, 2009

The last post of 5/20 Milblogger Jordan Shay KIA Iraq Sept 2 2009


The last post of 5/20 Milblogger Jordan Shay KIA Iraq Sept 2 2009

HT @Michael_Yon Milblogger Through Amber Lenses Jordan Shay 22 KIA Iraq 5th Battalion 20th Inf Reg See http://tinyurl.com/nuk7nk

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Thank you Jordan for all your work. Rest in peace, your labor is done. We salute you. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. Kels, let us know if there is anything you need.

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Amesbury soldier killed in Iraq By Marie Szaniszlo Friday, September 4, 2009 http://www.bostonherald.com/ Local Coverage

Article URL: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1195392

A 22-year-old Amesbury soldier was killed this week on his second tour of duty in Iraq, town officials said.

Jordan Shay, an E4 leader in an attack company assigned to the 5th Battalion of the 20th Infantry regiment, was killed Tuesday, said Kristen LaRue, director of veterans services.

Details about how Shay was killed have not yet been released. But he belonged to the 3rd Stryker Brigade, based in Fort Lewis, Wash., and was on his third tour of duty, LaRue said.

The day before he was killed was the last time he logged on to his MySpace [website] page, where a clock counting down how many days he had left in the Army is still running.

“Our hearts and our prayers are with the Shay family,” she said. “As a community, we are standing together to assist the family in any way.”

Flags have been lowered to half-staff across town in memory of Shay, who graduated from Amesbury High School in 2005.

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Friday, September 04, 2009

Through Amber Lenses, A Light

At times he must have been no more than two hundred feet from me, but I never had the privilege to meet Jordan Shay. Together we chewed up the most inhospitable terrain on earth, and back on Ft. Lewis, we worked daily in the same dilapidated Korean War era barracks. The only connection I shared with Jordan was through the comments section of his blog, which I keep linked on the top of the page under our unit crest. Though our companies faced a heated inter-battalion rivalry, Attack Company was always in the thick of combat with my company, Battle. They shouldered a far greater burden than us, sustaining eight KIAs to our two. Jordan, at 22 years old, saw more combat than a lot of crusty old vets before he could legally buy a beer. For his third combat tour with the 3rd Stryker Brigade, Jordan started a blog to chronicle his experience. He named it Through Amber Lenses, the color of his sunglasses. He wanted to explain to the world what he saw with a bright amber tint.

What I read when I checked his most recent comment section hit me straight in the gut. "RIP Jordan." I rushed to the DoD announcement page and found nothing. Through a Google search I confirmed my worst fear: Jordan Shay, 22 years young, killed in Iraq.

Read the rest here: http://armyofdude.blogspot.com/2009/09/through-amber-lenses-light.html

Be sure to check out Spc. Jordan Shay’s blog: http://throughamberlenses.blogspot.com/

Here, pasted below, I want to preserve his last post:

Be sure to go here: http://throughamberlenses.blogspot.com/2009/08/promised-real-post.html to read the comments – and perhaps say a few words of thanks and condolences. Keep his family and Kels in your prayers as you enjoy Labor Day, brought to you by the sacrifice of Spc Shay and too many others like him…

Thursday, August 27, 2009

The Promised "Real" Post!

The back ramp of the Stryker dropped to reveal a dusty, rundown Iraqi Police station in a nondescript Baqubah suburb. We stepped out of the truck onto the ramp, and took the two foot drop to the ground in stride. Todd took off for a walk around the compound; I motioned for the rest of our squad and followed after him. The walk revealed a typical IP station, a large walled courtyard surrounding an average size building. The courtyard was filled with trash, sewage, broken generators and spare parts to nonexistent machines.

Leaning up against the back of the building we discovered half of a rusted Russian heavy machine gun, and another piece of a Cold War era anti-aircraft gun. No big deal, except both weapons had been used against our company two years prior during the retaking of the city of Baqubah. Pretending this find meant the IPs were doing their job and taking dangerous weapons off the street and not that they were the average two-faced insurgents, we rounded the last corner of the compound and headed for the front gate.

Thanks to the hand-tying status of forces agreement between Iraq and the United States, American soldiers are not allowed to operate in urban areas without having the Iraqi Police or Iraqi Army present. Exceptions apply, but they're few and far between.

By the time our squad had regrouped around the front of the building, our IA escort forces from outside the city had exited their humvees and stood around smoking and joking with each other. They were dressed in USMC desert fatigues, military body armor, and commercial tactical vests. They were also carrying clean weapons outfitted with modern American optics and flashlights. Apparently, Iraqi Army Special Forces are fairly well funded.

We passed them by and headed out the gate, since our absurdly strict platoon leader wasn't around to stop us. One lonely IP stood guard just outside the entrance to the station. He remained rooted to the ground while we moved past him and out into the neighborhood. We figured he'd count as our Iraqi escort if someone important came along. Crossing a small lot with a few scattered cars and trash piles, a pack of four or five dogs picked up our scent and barked to alert the area to our presence. We held up at the far side of the lot, less than a hundred meters from the IP station. A group of kids had been playing around in the street, but had scattered as soon as we left the station. In previous years, that was a bad sign. Kids scattered and plugged their ears before roadside bombs detonated.

This time around, it's a different war. "War" is hardly the word to describe the current situation. Anyway, the unit we're replacing didn't spend a single second of their tour mingling with the locals around this particular IP station. It had been months since the last American foot patrol through their village. They peeked around corners and out from behind courtyard gates. Families weaving around rubble and small rivers of sewage eyeballed us suspiciously, rarely returning a wave.

Two young boys crept closer, stopping about ten meters ahead of us. I motioned to them to come closer while Todd called to them in broken Arabic. Cautiously, the older of the two darted up to us. Todd pulled a pack of gum from his pants pocket and handed a piece to the boy, who looked confused but optimistic. Todd pulled out another piece for himself, and popped it in his mouth. The boy smiled and darted back to the safety of his house. When he stuck his head out a moment later, he was chewing happily and surrounded by a new group of local kids.

I motioned again to them, and a younger boy came running up over the broken bricks and dirt littering the street. I handed him a little pack of Sweet Tarts as my squad started moving back to the police station. He accepted happily and ran back to the house. I turned and followed the squad out of the neighborhood and back through the guarded station entrance, offering the lone IP a wave as he closed the gate behind me.

We walked up to the front of the building, wondering where our blundering platoon leader was. The Iraqi Army Special Forces soldiers were still lounging around, smoking cheap cigarettes in the scorching afternoon sun. Approaching them, they welcomed us with open arms and all sorts of broken English. Cigarettes were offered all around, we removed our helmets and gloves, and relaxed. The language barrier is always difficult to overcome, but through the few Arabic phrases I remember from my first deployment and creative sign language, we got to know each other. We examined each others rifles and pistols, resisted the pleas of the IA soldiers to trade watches and jokingly traded insults. An American private from Guam was played up as an Iraqi who forgot how to speak Arabic, and the sexual preference of all involved was questioned. Some things are funny to soldiers no matter their nationality.

A number of the Iraqi soldiers pulled out mobile phones with built-in cameras to take pictures with us. In true Iraqi style, they showed us pictures of their wives and children and poked fun at each other before finally settling down to pose for pictures. Todd took a few pictures with my camera, then moved into the group for a few more.

Our platoon leader emerged from the station a short time later, and ordered us back onto the trucks. We said goodbye to our new friends and loaded up into our Strykers. As our convoy pulled out of the compound onto the bumpy village roads, we offered the locals a final wave. Surrounded by young kids, even the parents waved back.

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It's scary to think the few minutes my squad spent outside the police station interacting with the local kids, showing that we're there to be friendly and help the Iraqis, and proving we're not afraid to wander the streets alone may set the tone in KBS for the rest of our deployment.

Also interesting to note: According to the interpreter we had along with us today, the citizens of Baqubah (and most of Diyala Province) fear the men who wear the patch with the Indian head and star on a black shield (2nd Infantry Division.) When asked about 5-20 Infantry, they talk of the grey phantoms (rough translation) who appear in the night, move without sound, and rain incredible destruction down upon their enemies. At the same time, they praise our battalion for driving Al Qaeda out of their city, out of their neighborhoods, and out of their children's lives.

We are respected in Baqubah. We are also feared. Our battalion has a fantastic opportunity to use these facts to our advantage and make a real difference before the withdrawal of all combat forces in the summer of next year. We made a difference in 2007, we could do it again in 2009. I fear we will not.

From Diyala Province,

Jordan
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Dick Morris digest

Dick Morris digest

Obama Adviser 'Has to Resign'

Sep 04, 2009
Dick Morris says on FOX's "On the Record" that Van Jones, Obama's "green jobs" adviser, must resign after he reportedly signed a petition calling for an investigation into whether 9/11 was an inside job. He also said Obama's healthcare plan is in deep trouble.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY

Polls Tell Grim Tale For Obama

Sep 03, 2009
The longer President Obama takes to resolve this healthcare issue, the more his ratings will slip — diminishing his power to achieve anything. No president with poll approval numbers in the 30s would be able to push through a program like this.
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Health Bill Breaches IRS Privacy

Aug 31, 2009
Under the House healthcare bill, the IRS is required to make available, to the new government “health choices commissioner” established by the legislation and to each state health program, all of your personal tax information.
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Obama Goes After CIA to Appease Left

Aug 27, 2009
Because Barack Obama hasn’t yet pulled out of Iraq and might have to adjust his healthcare plan strategy, he had to pacify his constituency and throw a few CIA interrogators to the wolves.
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Lieberman Opens Door to Democratic Retreat

Aug 25, 2009
Joe Lieberman's critique was not primarily focused on the healthcare aspects of the program, or even on its ultimate desirability, but rather on the wisdom of attempting so radical a transformation and so extensive — and expensive — during a major recession.
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CIA Chief Panetta's Job Appears Secure

Appeals Court Rules Against Ashcroft in 9/11 Case

Goldwater Jr.: Obama Policies 'Scare the Hell Out of Me'

AP Picture of Wounded Marine Sparks Debate

Rep. Lynch May Seek Kennedy's Seat

Ethics Waiver OK'd for Probe of Sen. Stevens Case

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Cellphone karma

Cellphone karma

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Cellphone karma

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American Farm Bureau and Ag digest

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American Farm Bureau and Ag digest

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The ‘Dirty Dozen’ May Not Be So Dirty
There seems to be this misconception surrounding the “dirty dozen” (the 12 fruits and vegetable considered by some to contain the highest levels of pesticide residue)... read more »

The Omnivore’s Delusion
I’m so tired of people who wouldn’t visit a doctor who used a stethoscope instead of an MRI demanding that farmers like me use 1930s technology to raise food. read more in FB News »

Marketplace Holds Answer to Dairy’s Dilemma
We dairy farmers must remember throughout our current dilemma, the same force that gave us the glory of $20 milk in 2008 is the same thing giving us the grumbling of $10 milk in 2009. read more »

Grassroots Voices Can Help Defeat Climate Change Bill
To spotlight attention on this important issue, Farm Bureau joined forces with like-minded organizations to form “Energy Citizens.” read more »

American Farm Bureau Federation Wisconsin FB member and dairy farmer Brent Sinkula featured on Fox report on the dairy industry. http://bit.ly/IzPHG

America's Heartland - Recipes & Tips
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America's Heartland Recipes and Tips - Baked Egg Custard

Keep your self-righteous fingers off my processed food -- latimes.com
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Just in time for the worst economic downturn since the Depression, here comes a new crop of social critics to inform us that we're actually spending too little for the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the furniture we sit on and the gasoline that runs our automobiles.Never mind that U.S. ...

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One Single Payer System


One Single Payer System

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Ann Coulter: "Obama Birthers" Are Wrong

Ann Coulter: "Obama Birthers" Are Wrong

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Friday, September 04, 2009

The Hotel sitter

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Grandma git yur gun

Grandma git yur gun


Grandma git yur gun
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A silly short fable of a sorts, of course. http://tinyurl.com/lfdd3q

September 4, 2009 by Kant E. von de Betrue, New Bedford Herald

It was just the other night when it happened. You see, lots of kinfolk are coming into town this weekend and Grandma was sittin’ at the kitchen table and she began to frettin’ and a fidgetin’.

It was already Monday, and she was a-wonderin’ and worrying ‘bout what she was going to feed all these people. They usually come quite hungry.

Grandma seemed a bit annoyed as we were just sitting there on the musical-revolving kitchen chairs – just talkin’. When all of the sudden we heard quite a commotion out in the back yard. Some critter was making a whole hechuva lot of noise.

The sun had long-since gone down and Grandma got a big smile on her face and exclaimed, “That’s it. Ronny git ma gun.”

No room to complain. It was déjà vu all over again.

As we sat around the table, we began to remember, that as hunter, Grandma was the stuff of folklore and fable.

So, there really was no cause for alarm. With gun in hand and quick prayer for success, Grandma loaded the firearm and out the back she went.

She was not the sort to fool around and it was only moments later; with a “yee-ha” and “glory be,” there quickly came a loud report.

And then she appeared, with the gun in one hand, a critter in the other and big smile on her face - at the back door looking so dear.

Food for the kinfolk she exclaimed. Now all we need are some wild carrots and free-range potatoes and we’re set. It was nice to see Grandma in such a good mood.

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No animals or vegetables were hurt in the composition of this short literature of the absurd. It is just a silly story, get a life.

Kant E. von de Betrue, a Carthaginian with a Doctorate in Modern Anxiety and a minor in ennui; whose family settled in Westminster after the Third Punic War, has been with the New Bedford Herald since the 1960s (he can’t remember exactly when in the 1960s…). A Pulverized Prize winner for journalism, he writes about issues ranging from the international syntactic semiotic economics to avatars of hyper-theoretical exploding toilets.

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Guy Babylon, from New Windsor, long-term keyboardist for Elton John has passed away

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UPDATE: Be sure to read Jennifer Jiggetts’ Carroll County Times story. She did a great job: “Elton John's keyboardist, New Windsor native dead” at 52 By Jennifer Jiggetts, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 04, 2009

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/09/04/news/local_news/newsstory3_keyboardist_new_windsor.txt

When he was in seventh grade, Guy Babylon and several of his New Windsor friends formed a band.

They performed at the New Windsor carnival, gave small concerts by Babylon’s pool and won many talent shows in Carroll County. The band rehearsed wherever it could.

Those practices would set the foundation years later for a more famous gig for Babylon: backing up Elton John.

Babylon, John’s lead keyboardist, died Wednesday night in California. He was 52.

Read more: Elton John's keyboardist, New Windsor native dead”

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Guy Babylon, from New Windsor, long-term keyboardist for Elton John has passed away

September 3, 2009

By Kevin Dayhoff

Guy Babylon, 52, died Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, California, according to family sources and Elton John’s official website.

He was born on December 20, 1956, in New Windsor, the son of Graham and Mary Babylon, owners of the Babylon Vault Company, a Carroll County business that has manufactured burial vaults since 1930.

After he attended Francis Scott Key High School he earned his BFA in music composition from the University of South Florida. In 1980, six months after graduation he moved to California, where he quickly established himself as an accomplished keyboardist and composer and respected session musician.

Babylon, as a young man, was known to be a national level swimmer and a family member noted with pride that he once beat Mark Spitz, of Olympic swimming fame. Babylon died of an apparent heart attack while swimming.

Elton John, who according to his official web site, is on holiday in Nice, France, said: “I am devastated and heartbroken at the death of Guy Babylon. Guy played over 1000 shows with me, and we worked together on The Road To El Dorado, Aida, Billy Elliot, Lestat and Gnomeo and Juliet, as well as on countless albums.

“He was one of the most brilliant musicians I ever knew, a true genius, a gentle angel - and I loved him so much. David and I send our deep condolences to Kathy, Max, Ben and Jessica, to Guy's parents, to Kathy's parents and to all his immediate loved ones.’

The web site reports, “Guy's first performance with Elton was for a benefit at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles in July 1988, and his first world tour as part of the Elton John Band began two months later in Miami, Florida.

“Guy became lead keyboardist on May 26, 1992, and has been the only synth man on stage since the Walden Woods Benefit Concert in the fall of 1993.”

Check back with http://www.explorecarroll.com/ later for the full story.

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On Holliday n Baltimore

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View from my seat while eating lunch in downtown Baltimore at the corner of Holliday and Baltimore Streets, at the Big Apple Tree Café on Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

MRC Alert: Sheehan More Consistent Than Media

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MRC Alert: Sheehan More Consistent Than Media: She Protests Bush and Obama, Media Only Bush

Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996 Monday August 31, 2009 @ 11:22 AM EDT

1. Sheehan More Consistent Than Media: She Protests Bush and Obama, Media Only Bush On a Sunday evening in August four summers ago the NBC Nightly News devoted its "In Depth" segment to how Cindy Sheehan was "single-handedly bringing the Iraq debate to Mr. Bush’s doorstep" with her protest in Crawford, Texas. But Sunday night this year, after Sheehan departed Martha's Vineyard without earning any network media coverage as President Barack Obama's wrapped up his vacation there, NBC's Ron Allen began a story: "Hours before President Obama's vacation ended, he treated his girls to ice cream and candy - the kind of family time the President said he had in mind for the week on Martha's Vineyard. A chance, friends say, to renew himself." A week ago, a MRC Media Reality Check asked: "Will Nets Note Sheehan's Anti-Obama Protest? Media Embraced Cindy Sheehan's Anti-Bush Push in 2005; ABC Anchor Now Says: 'Enough Already.'" The answer: No.


2. Newsweek's Jonathan Alter: Rush Limbaugh Is the 'Great Blowhard of Our Time' Newsweek columnist and editor Jonathan Alter appeared on Friday’s Hardball and slammed Rush Limbaugh as the "great blowhard of our time." Host Chris Matthews prompted the quote when he discussed how Limbaugh had criticized him on his radio show for calling Barack Obama the "last brother" of the Kennedy clan. Referring to Ted Kennedy's death, Matthews snarled, "What is the matter with these people? Can't they take a week off, Jonathan? Just take a week off. It's a funeral."


3. Totenberg: Kennedy a 'Truly Shakespearean Figure' Redeemed by 'Greatness' In full swoon for the late Senator Ted Kennedy, NPR's Nina Totenberg fondly recalled his "greatness" in doing "enormous things" for "millions and millions." She predicted on the weekly Inside Washington aired Friday night: "I think he'll be remembered as a truly Shakespearean figure: tragic, flawed; who in the end achieved redemption through greatness - both in his personal life and in his professional life, and did enormous things for millions and millions of people."


4. Huff-Po Wonders If Mary Jo Kopechne Would 'Feel It Was Worth It' Writing at the Huffington Post, Discover magazine deputy web editor Melissa Lafsky, who formerly worked on the New York Times's Freakonomics blog, wondered about the drowned Mary Jo Kopechne's reaction to Ted Kennedy's life and career: "Who knows - maybe she'd feel it was worth it."


5. NYT Editor Finds Kennedy's Flaw: He Helped Reagan Win Presidency Appearing on MSNBC’s New York Times Edition on Friday, the paper’s ‘Week in Review’ editor, Sam Tanenhaus, lamented one of Ted Kennedy’s flaws: "There’s a further paradox to this, which is we sometimes forget, I mean, all of the wonderful things being said about this extraordinary figure Edward Kennedy, that he was partly accountable for Ronald Reagan’s ascendency."


6. Andrea Mitchell Gratuitously Drags Up '88 Debate Slam During Quayle Interview MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Friday used an interview with Dan Quayle to gratuitously highlight Lloyd Bentsen's famous 1988 slam, "You're no Jack Kennedy." Although Quayle appeared on "Andrea Mitchell Reports" to share his reflections on the passing of Ted Kennedy, the cable anchor sniped, "One of your toughest moments was during the debate with Lloyd Benson when you compared yourself to John F. Kennedy..."


7. CNN Sees Dangers In Obama's Deficit: 'Taxes That Would Make a Scandinavian Revolt' Amid all of the tributes to Ted Kennedy's lengthy career of expanding the scope of government and its cost to taxpayers, CNN's American Morning on Friday dug up a six-week old op-ed from the Tax Policy Center's Len Burman warning that massive trillion-dollar deficits are a catastrophe that could lead to the end of the U.S. as a great power "or even a mediocre one." Burman: "Taxes would rise to levels that would make a Scandinavian revolt. And the government would not be able to provide anything but the most basic public services....The social safety net would evaporate."


A daily compilation edited by Brent H. Baker, CyberAlert items are drawn from daily BiasAlert posts and distributed by the Media Research Center's News Analysis Division, the leader since 1987 in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias.

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