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Monday, September 28, 2009

Agenda for the Westminster Mayor and Common Council Meeting of September 28, 2009

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Agenda for the Westminster Mayor and Common Council Meeting of September 28, 2009

AGENDA http://www.westgov.com/citygov/citygov_council_agendas.html

CITY OF WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND

Mayor and Common Council Meeting of September 28, 2009

1. CALL TO ORDER

T-3 Presentation by the Kiwanis Club

2. MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF AUGUST 24 (CLOSED SESSION) AND SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3. PUBLIC HEARING:

2009 Comprehensive Plan for Westminster

4. CONSENT CALENDAR:

August 2009 Departmental Operating Reports

Third Amendment to Parking Lease Agreement No. A-590 – Albion Parking Lot

2009 Justice Assistance Grant Program

5. REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR

6. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS:

Resolution No. R09-8 – Adoption of 2009 Comprehensive Plan for Westminster

7. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES

8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

a. None as of September 24, 2009

9. NEW BUSINESS

a. Budget Amendment No. 1

10. DEPARTMENT REPORTS

11. CITIZEN COMMENTS

12. ADJOURN

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September 28, 2009
September 14, 2009
August 24, 2009 August 24, 2009
August 10, 2009 August 10, 2009
July 27, 2009 July 27, 2009 July 27, 2009
July 13, 2009 July 13, 2009
June 22, 2009 June 22, 2009
June 8, 2009 June 8, 2009
May 18, 2009 May 18, 2009
May 11, 2009 May 11, 2009
May 4, 2009 May 4, 2009
April 27, 2009 April 27, 2009
April 13, 2009 April 13, 2009
March 23, 2009 March 23, 2009 March 23, 2009
March 9, 2009 March 9, 2009
February 23, 2009 February 23, 2009
February 9, 2009 February 9, 2009
January 26, 2009 January 26, 2009
January 12, 2009 January 12, 2009
December 8, 2008 December 8, 2008
November 24, 2008 November 24, 2008
November 10, 2008 November 10, 2008
October 27, 2008 October 27, 2008
October 13, 2008 October 13, 2008
September 22, 2008 September 22, 2008

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Wife of scandal-plagued SC governor plans memoir

Wife of scandal-plagued SC governor plans memoir

http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=11175177

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - The wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, who separated from her husband in the wake of his affair with an Argentine woman, is writing a memoir.

Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House Inc., said Tuesday it will publish Jenny Sanford's "inspirational memoir" in May 2010.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Dedication of fire hall in 1899 was a hot time in Manchester

Dedication of fire hall in 1899 was a hot time in Manchester

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EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on www.explorecarroll.com 9/27/09

This month marks the 110th anniversary of The Manchester Fire Engine and Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 fire hall, which was dedicated Sept. 2, 1899, in a community-wide celebration.

The fire company is part of a storied history of Manchester that goes back hundreds of years, even before the German and English settlers first appeared on the scene in the early 1700s.

Read the entire column here: Dedication of fire hall in 1899 was a hot time in Manchester

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Recent columns in The Tentacle by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Recent columns in The Tentacle by Kevin E. Dayhoff

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September 23, 2009
Big Media Missing the Point
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Everyone who bickers about the size of the crowd in Washington on September 12, or what network covered it and what media did not cover it, or whether the protest was the work of conservatives or un-American racists is sorely missing the significance of the entire event.

September 16, 2009
Enough Already…
Kevin E. Dayhoff
In the last week, we have witnessed a full-court press by President Barack Obama, in his efforts to push forward broad sweeping health care reform. He’s everywhere. He’s everywhere…

September 9, 2009
Two Plus Two Equals Five
Kevin E. Dayhoff
By now we have all had an opportunity to either read or watch President Barack Obama’s national address to our schoolchildren that aired yesterday at high noon.

September 2, 2009
The Perils of Facebook
Kevin E. Dayhoff
For better or worse, new social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter are here to stay – that is, until something new comes along – like, tomorrow.

August 31, 2009
The Legacy of Sen. Ted Kennedy
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The sad death of Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy last week brought with it a wave of sadness about the tumultuous events of the last four decades in our country.

August 26, 2009
Cindy’s Restaurant…
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Sunday President Barack Obama, his extended family and an entourage of friends and colleagues, arrived in a "New England paradise," Martha's Vineyard, for a much-deserved vacation.

August 19, 2009
Hippy Dippy Stardust and Golden Memories
Kevin E. Dayhoff
In case you missed all the recent over-hyped media coverage, forty years ago the weekend of peace, love, and revolution took place in the garden at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre farm in upstate New York.

August 12, 2009
Free Speech was great while it lasted
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Maryland’s Democrat U. S. Senator Ben Cardin got quite an earful at a town hall meeting Monday night in Towson on healthcare reform. Although I choose not to attend, according to many published accounts, those who did go soundly jeered and booed him throughout the evening.

Biography

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I had a great time at the McDaniel Founders’ Dinner this evening

I had a great time at the McDaniel Founders’ Dinner this evening

I had a great time at the McDaniel Founders’ Dinner this evening. The event was superbly organized and there were about 360 great folks who attended.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

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America.com digest

America.com digest

Friday, September 25, 2009

Today's Top Feature
Pluck of the Irish The finance minister of Ireland announced a plan to ransom the hostage economy. Others should follow suit, VINCENT R. REINHART says.

New at The Enterprise Blog

Getting It Wrong in Honduras The Obama administration's position that removing Honduran President Zelaya "was some form of unconstitutional coup is a dangerous exaggeration," warns GARY SCHMITT.

The G-20 Trades in Its Credibility Based on history, expect little to come from the Group of 20 nations summit this past week, says PHILIP LEVY.

The Worst Economy Since...the 1980s? Despite media hype comparing the current economic crisis to the Great Depression, our present economy actually rates closer to the 1980s, writes MARK PERRY.

Netanyahu Lays It on the Line DANIELLE PLETKA highlights the Israeli prime minister's bold address to the UN.

Consumer Financial Protection: Vanilla or Mint? Good thing the administration dropped certain finance-reform mandates, NICK SCHULZ writes, because the market already achieves their goals.

Should Religious Leaders Trust President Obama’s Assurance on Abortion and Health Care Reform? It doesn't matter if abortion isn't explicitly covered under a healthcare reform bill: any such bill will likely lead to that coverage, argues JAY RICHARDS.
Datapoints

Increasing the Deficit While some have made claims of deficit neutrality during the healthcare debate, the public isn’t buying it. In the September ABC News/Washington Post poll, 65 percent said that healthcare reform would increase the federal budget deficit, 24 percent said reform would have no effect on it, and only 9 percent said reform would decrease the deficit. In a mid-September CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, 74 percent said if the president’s plan becomes law, it would increase the deficit, while 24 percent said this would not happen.

Source: ABC News/Washington Post, September 2009.

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It’s no good. He’s on every channel.

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6 women charged after beating up woman for bad karaoke

6 women slapped with assault charges after allegedly beating up woman for bad karaoke BY Carolyn Salazar and Nancy Dillon DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Updated Friday, September 25th 2009, 12:16 PM

Talk about a hit song.

Six Connecticut women are facing assault charges for attacking a Westchester County woman for her amateurish karaoke performance at a bar, police said Friday.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/25/2009-09-25_6_women_slapped_with_assault_charged_after_allegedly_beating_up_woman_for_bad_ka.html

20090925 6 women charged after beating up woman for bad karaoke

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Silver Run MD and Bud’s at Silver Run restaurant is rich in history

Silver Run MD and Bud’s at Silver Run restaurant is rich in history

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EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 9/20/09 (Enlarge)

In a quaint small town in northern Carroll County, Silver Run, happens to be the home of one Carroll County’s elegant fine dining experiences, “Bud’s of Silver Run.” (For more about “Bud’s at Silver Run,” call them at 410-346-6816 or visit them at http://www.budsatsilverrun.com/.)

Silver Run is about eight miles north of Westminster and perhaps 20 miles south of Gettysburg, on Littlestown Pike. You will find it nestled perfectly in our county’s beautiful countryside. It is a little town that looks so pretty, you’d think that Disney or a movie production company built it.

However, it’s real. Apparently I’m not the only fan of Silver Run and Bud’s; it seems that many folks have already discovered the place. Not only was the restaurant full the evening I went, but we recognized many familiar faces there.

Read the rest of the column here: Silver Run MD and Bud’s at Silver Run restaurant is rich in history

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Carter Clews Dir of Communications ALG responds to NBC

Carter Clews Dir of Communications ALG responds to NBC

ALG Response to NBC Accusations on Politico: “We did our due diligence.”

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Carter Clews, Director of Communications, Americans for Limited Government

We at Americans for Limited Government are saddened that instead of helping us to get to the bottom of the hateful email that was indeed sent from NBC’s server, and this can be verified, and was not tampered with, which can also be verified, that NBC President Steve Capus has instead chosen to circle the wagons and protect what is indefensible with hysterical, frantic accusations.

This email has left a digital footprint that is undeniable. We did our due diligence. We have confirmed that it indeed came from NBC’s server and Jane Stone's email address.

As before, we renew our offer that we made to both Ms. Stone and NBC President Capus over the phone today to get to the bottom of who sent this email from Ms. Stone’s Blackberry email address. That offer remains open, and we would like it very much if both Ms. Stone and NBC would issue an apology to both Americans for Limited Government, and Mr. Alex Rosenwald, who was the target of this hateful email.

ALG Statement in Response to NBC “Bite me, Jew Boy” Email

Bill Wilson, President, Americans for Limited Government

Americans for Limited Government is appalled that an employee of the NBC news network apparently felt it was appropriate to send an email to an ALG employee, in response to a standard news release, saying, “Bite me, Jew Boy.”

According to ALG records, the email came from the Blackberry and email address of Jane Stone, a producer for NBC’s Dateline. The email was sent to Alex Rosenwald, the ALG Director of Media Outreach. The news release to which Ms Stone apparently responded was one in which ALG called upon Congress to defund ACORN.

Americans for Limited Government does not contend that NBC or its parent company GE, are anti-Semitic. What is highly disturbing, however, is that there clearly is a culture at NBC that has allowed this person who clearly has issues to go unchecked.

Ms Stone claims she did not send the offensive email. If that is not the case, we at ALG call upon her to help ascertain who did send it using her Blackberry and her email address. If Ms Stone did, in fact, send it, we at ALG call upon Ms Stone to apologize to Mr. Rosenwald, and we call upon the NBC hierarchy above Ms Stone to join her in issuing that apology.

Attachments: Anti-Semitic email from NBC to ALG, September 24th, 2009.

20090924 Carter Clews Dir of Communications ALG responds to NBC

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Calderone: NBC News prez blasts ALG: 'reckless' and 'defamatory' UPDATE

Carter Clews, the Director of Communications, Americans for Limited Government, has in the past, lived in Westminster, MD, involved in disagreement with NBC News…

NBC News prez blasts ALG: 'reckless' and 'defamatory' UPDATE

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0909/NBC_News_prez_blasts_ALG_reckless_and_defamatory.html

September 25, 2009 Categories: Networks

NBC News president Steve Capus fired back at Americans for Limited Government Friday, after the conservative group published an email allegedly from NBC producer Jane Stone to its director of media outreach Alex Rosenwald, with one line: “Bite me Jew Boy.”

“I’m still in shock, and outraged that this reckless organization would go out with such a defamatory, irresponsible statement,” Capus told POLITICO. “We have done a complete email analysis, all of our IT, all of our records.”

Here's what both sides agree on: Stone responded yesterday to a mass email from ALG.

[…]

UPDATE: Carter Clews, Director of Communications for Americans for Limited Government, has issued a statement following Capus' interview with POLITICO. And NBC has put out an official statement, too Both are after the jump.

We at Americans for Limited Government are saddened that instead of helping us to get to the bottom of the hateful email that was indeed sent from NBC's server, and this can be verified, and was not tampered with, which can also be verified, that NBC President Steve Capus has instead chosen to circle the wagons and protect what is indefensible with hysterical, frantic accusations.

This email has left a digital footprint that is undeniable. We did our due diligence. We have confirmed that it indeed came from NBC's server and Jane Stone's email address.

As before, we renew our offer that we made to both Ms. Stone and NBC President Capus over the phone today to get to the bottom of who sent this email from Ms. Stone's Blackberry email address. That offer remains open, and we would like it very much if both Ms. Stone and NBC would issue an apology to both Americans for Limited Government, and Mr. Alex Rosenwald, who was the target of this hateful email.

UPDATE 2: NBC's statement:

Americans for Limited Government has chosen to launch an outrageous, reckless attack and smear campaign against an NBC News employee. Faced with irrefutable evidence that our employee did nothing more than ask to be removed from an email mailing list, the organization has maliciously published a fabricated email.

Our employee never sent any such email.. She is completely innocent of the outrageous charges and is being used by an organization to make a self-serving point. This is a shameless, hateful and defaming act which should be roundly denounced.

By Michael Calderone 05:57 PM

Read Mr. Calderone’s entire article here: NBC News prez blasts ALG: 'reckless' and 'defamatory' UPDATE

20090925 NBC News prez blasts ALG reckless and defamatory UPDATE

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Five windows and a door

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Frederick News-Post: Troopers: Four found dead in Mount Airy home

Troopers: Four found dead in Mount Airy home

Originally published in the Frederick News-Post: September 25, 2009 - Updated 10:50 PM, September 25, 2009

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/displayBreaking.htm?StoryID=95728

By AP Associated Press

Mount Airy — Four people have been found dead in a house in Mount Airy , Maryland State Police said.

Spokesman Greg Shipley said troopers found the four, two adults and two children, about 5:30 p.m. today in a single-family home in the 300 block of Contour Road.

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/displayBreaking.htm?StoryID=95728

Related: State police: Four found dead in Mount Airy home

From other Baltimore sources

Troopers: 4 Found Dead In Mount Airy Homewbaltv.com

Four Found Dead Inside Mt. Airy Homeabc2news.com

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Barone: Obama's Time Warp: The U.S. Is Still the Bad Guy

Barone: Obama's Time Warp: The U.S. Is Still the Bad Guy
Friday, 25 September 2009

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Flight of MD Millionaires Haunts O'Malley Budget Policy

Flight of MD Millionaires Haunts O'Malley Budget Policy by: Mark

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“Of course millionaires are leaving Maryland,” exclaimed Anirban Basu as he discussed the deteriorating economic conditions facing Maryland’s citizens and businesses.

Basu, an economist and CEO of Sage Policy Group, was the keynote speaker at the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO) summer conference last week. In analyzing the decline of revenues from personal income taxes paid to the state, Basu attributed part of the decline to Governor O’Malley’s initiative last year to raise the tax rate on earners of $1 million or more.

Under the O’Malley proposal enacted into law in the 2008 Session, the top marginal tax rate was increased from 5.5% to 6.25%. When coupled with the local income tax, some Maryland filers are now taxed at a combined 9.45% personal income tax rate – or they can move to a low tax state where there is no personal income tax.

Prior to the O’Malley tax increase, a miniscule 0.3% of Maryland taxpayers (taxpayers with $1 million or more income) contributed 15% of the total revenues for the state's personal income tax receipts.

We can expect the Comptroller’s office to provide final figures on the flight of millionaires from Maryland in October, but the initial analysis was not good. As reported in the Wall Street Journal (click here) in May:

“One year later, nobody's grinning. One-third of the millionaires have disappeared from Maryland tax rolls. In 2008 roughly 3,000 million-dollar income tax returns were filed by the end of April. This year there were 2,000, which the state comptroller's office concedes is a ‘substantial decline.’ On those missing returns, the government collects 6.25% of nothing. Instead of the state coffers gaining the extra $106 million the politicians predicted, millionaires paid $100 million less in taxes than they did last year - even at higher rates.”

This ill-fated policy decision represents a $206 million shortfall of the current $800 million hole in the O’Malley deficit. It is likely that state employees will be forced to cough up at least $34 million (if the furlough is comparable to last year's furlough plan) although many analysts expect even deeper cuts into state employee salaries. O'Malley told local officials at the MACO conference that they should expect $250 million in cuts to local aid.

This is just one of a great number of bad policy decisions made by the O’Malley Administration. As state employees, local governments and others face the day of reckoning this week for the announcement of the next round of cuts, they will realize that it’s not just the “Great Recession” but also the misguided O'Malley budget policy that places on them the burden of cleaning up the state’s budget crisis.

- - Maryland Senate Republican Caucus

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Sunset on I-485 in Charlotte NC

Sunset on I-485 in Charlotte NC

September 24, 2009

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Virginia Tech April 16 Memorial

Virginia Tech April 16 Memorial

September 21, 2009

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Virginia Tech exit 118b

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September 21, 2009 Kevin Dayhoff

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Smigiel Pipkin protest closing the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center

Smigiel Pipkin protest closing the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center

Can you only imagine the outrage of the liberal Maryland media if former Governor Robert Ehrlich had closed the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center?

Delegate Mike Smigiel Press Release:

Contact: Andi Morony September 24, 2009 410-490-2734

For Immediate Release

Delegate Mike Smigiel (R-District 36-Upper Shore) will be joining Senator EJ Pipkin at an all-night vigil in Chestertown, MD to protest the closing of the Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center.

"Very few issues touch the community in such a real and significant way as the need for basic services for those who are unable to help themselves. When those issues arise, public servants need to do everything possible. to bring attention to the urgency of the situation." Smigiel said of the vigil.

"The community has been working very hard to save the USCMHC. We, as public officials, must lead the charge to reverse this decision." Smigiel said in reference to the decision to close the center.

"I find it in poor taste and particularly callous that the Governor will attend a $1,000 a plate fundraiser here in Chestertown but cannot find the time to tour this award-winning facility and speak directly with the people most affected by the cuts" Smigiel concluded.

An invitation went to the Governor's office a week ago from the members of the 36th District Legislative Team asking that he come and tour the facility. To date, no response has been received. The high dollar campaign fundraiser is scheduled for this Saturday at 1PM in Chestertown, Md.

20090924 Smigiel Pipkin vigil Chestertown protest closing Mntl Hlth Cntr

Smigiel Pipkin protest closing Upper MD Shore Community Mental Health Center

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Alaska News-Miner apologizes for calling Palin “A broad in Asia”

News-Miner Editorial An apology to Sarah Palin By Rod Boyce

http://newsminer.com/news/2009/sep/23/apology-sarah-palin/?opinion

Published Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Daily News-Miner has had its agreements and disagreements with now-former Gov. Sarah Palin at various points during her time serving the state of Alaska. We have tried to maintain respect for the office of governor and to be generally civil when discussing Mrs. Palin, her policies and the actions she took while serving as governor. The same has been true for the time since she left office.

Today I must apologize to Mrs. Palin personally and on behalf of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner for the choice of words used on the bottom of Wednesday’s front page regarding her speaking engagement in Hong Kong this week to a group of global investors.

We used offensive language — “A broad in Asia” — above a small photograph of the former governor to direct readers inside the newspaper to a full story of her Hong Kong appearance.

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20090923 NewsMiner Ed An apology to Palin By Rod Boyce

News-Miner Editorial An apology to Sarah Palin By Rod Boyce

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Do Not Believe Anything They Tell You

Do Not Believe Anything They Tell You

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ABC = Amalgamated Barack Channel CBS = Continuous Barack Coverage NBC = National Barack Cheerleaders

September 24, 2009

20090923 DoNotBelieveAnythingTheyTellYou

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Big Media Missing the Point
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Everyone who bickers about the size of the crowd in Washington on September 12, or what network covered it and what media did not cover it, or whether the protest was the work of conservatives or un-American racists is sorely missing the significance of the entire event.

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Is President Obama media over-exposed?

Recent The Tentacle columns by Kevin Dayhoff on Obama over-exposed

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September 16, 2009
Enough Already…
Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

In the last week, we have witnessed a full-court press by President Barack Obama, in his efforts to push forward broad sweeping health care reform. He’s everywhere. He’s everywhere…

September 9, 2009
Two Plus Two Equals Five
Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
By now we have all had an opportunity to either read or watch President Barack Obama’s national address to our schoolchildren that aired yesterday at high noon.

20090918 sdsom Recent TT on Obama overexposed
20090422 Smiling Sheep

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