This week in The Tentacle for Wednesday January 14 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Barack Rhymes With Tupac
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Noticeable, yet relatively underreported in the scandal-filled rhetoric that passes for meaningful political commentary these days, is the passing of an historic era that will occur when President George W. Bush takes off in the presidential helicopter after President-elect Barack Obama takes the oath of office next week.
From The Desk of the Publisher:
John W. Ashbury
Tom McLaughlin, whose column normally appears on The Tentacle every Wednesday, has extended his travels into the Internet void known as the interior of The Far East. So, for the present, his wi-fi connection has been disabled. However, we can expect several fascinating pieces about the wilds of interior Borneo – and what the people he encounters think about the “West” – when he returns to civilization.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Celebrate and Enjoy Next Week
Roy Meachum
It's easy to remember my first day on The Washington Post. It was January 20, 1953. Ike's first Inauguration found me as the Post copy boy assigned to carry the paper's chief photographer Arthur Ellis' camera equipment; news photogs still toted around Speed Graphics. I loved being an insider in the big event.
Missed Opportunities? Perhaps!
Farrell Keough
If you wake up tomorrow and go out to warm up your car before leaving for work – you could be facing a $60 fine and one point on your driving record. This is yet another sign of not actually thinking through an idea, and what unintended consequences are.
Monday, January 12, 2009
General Assembly Journal 2009 – Volume 2
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
You stand at the base of the impressive marble steps and gaze up at the Georgian-era brick edifice to state governance laid out before you. This building, the Maryland State House, has served as the home of the state legislature since 1772.
The Benefits of Bottoming Out
Steven R. Berryman
Not all progress is linear in nature. As in mountain climbing, sometimes one has to travel down to get up. A glacial valley can lead to a better summit trail.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Statue for George Wenschhof
Roy Meachum
Frederick and its citizens should erect a new statue on the City Hall lawn. George Wenschhof earned it.
Bumper Stickers Say It All
Joe Charlebois
In a recent survey (unofficial) of vehicles that travel the highways and byways from Washington to Pittsburgh over the past few months, it was noted that 99% of vehicles with a Democrat or left leaning bumper sticker did not have a United States flag flanking it with pride. That is, they did not have the United States flag emblazoned upon their tailgate, bumper or rear window.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Matt Millens of Our Economy
Tony Soltero
The Detroit Lions just set a new standard for futility in the NFL, having just wrapped up the first winless season by a team since the league went to a 16-game schedule 30 years ago.
New Year Wisdom
Patricia A. Kelly
It’s a New Year again. For me, that’s always time to reflect. There is so much wisdom in the world, and so much idiocy. This time, at the beginning, I’d like to focus on the wisdom.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Pallywood – When Pictures Lie
Kevin E. Dayhoff
After Hamas, the terrorist organization that has controlled the Gaza Strip since June 2007, unilaterally broke a cease-fire on December 19 and resumed shelling southern Israel, Israeli warplanes sprang to Israel’s defense December 27 by attacking Hamas throughout Gaza. Hamas responded immediately with “Pallywood.”
Land Below The Wind
Tom McLaughlin
Santubong, Borneo – The Israeli incursion into Gaza has been met with indifference here in this Moslem land. The news has been buried in the second sections or on pages 14-15 in The Borneo Post, the local English language daily.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Kingdom of Jerusalem Redux
Roy Meachum
Once there was a Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem. The men who founded it wore a huge cross from their shoulders down to their knees. Many did not always do Christian things. They judged the natives as infidels. They killed many. Random cruelties were allowable on those worthless. That was anybody who did not bow to the cross. They moved right in.
Dumbing Down Mathematics – Part 1
Nick Diaz
Since the 1980's, there have been substantial efforts nation wide to weaken mathematics education in America, and, unfortunately, these efforts have largely been successful.
Monday, January 5, 2009
This Shakeout Year
Steven R. Berryman
There is really nothing overtly negative about encountering an economic shakeout period such as the one we have entered. In fact, what we will discover this New Year is that long-term national prosperity for America herself depends on a boom and bust cycle.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Friday, May 30, 2008
20080530 Elton John and Tupac Shakur
20080530 Elton John and Tupac Shakur
Elton John - Indian Sunset (Live in Tokyo 1971)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eCneCYAYqQU
Music by elton john
Lyrics by bernie taupin
Available on the album madman across the water
1971
As I awoke this evening with the smell of wood smoke clinging
Like a gentle cobweb hanging upon a painted tepee
Oh I went to see my chieftain with my warlance and my woman
For he told us that the yellow moon would very soon be leaving
This I cant believe I said, I cant believe our warlords dead
Oh he would not leave the chosen ones to the buzzards and the soldiers guns
Oh great father of the iroquois ever since I was young
Ive read the writing of the smoke and breast fed on the sound of drums
Ive learned to hurl the tomahawk and ride a painted pony wild
To run the gauntlet of the sioux, to make a chieftains daughter mine
And now you ask that I should watch
The red mans race be slowly crushed
What kind of words are these to hear
From yellow dog whom white man fears
I take only what is mine lord, my pony, my squaw, and my child
I cant stay to see you die along with my tribes pride
I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons
Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run
Trampling down the prairie rose leaving hoof tracks in the sand
Those who wish to follow me I welcome with my hands
I heard from passing renegades geronimo was dead
Hed been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead
Now there seems no reason why I should carry on
In this land that once was my land I cant find a home
Its lonely and its quiet and the horse soldiers are coming
And I think its time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running
For soon Ill find the yellow moon along with my loved ones
Where the buffalos graze in clover fields without the sound of guns
And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior comes with a bullet hole
*****
"Ghetto Gospel" by Tupac Shakur featuring Elton John
Released August 21, 2005
Tupac Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996)
[1984 to June 1988 lived in
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Friday, January 18, 2008
20080114 WJZ TV: Taneytown votes down immigration resolution
WJZ TV: Taneytown votes down immigration resolution
January 14, 2008
On Monday, January 14, 2008, the Taneytown (Maryland) City Council voted down by a 3 – 2 vote a resolution introduced on December 5, 2007, declaring Taneytown to NOT be a sanctuary city.
WJZ TV, Channel 13 in
To find this and other news videos of breaking
I touched upon the Taneytown immigration debate in my 20080118 Westminster Eagle column: Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring words
20080114 WJZ TV: Taneytown votes down immigration resolution
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Related on “Soundtrack”: Immigration Reform and Taneytown
20080118 Westminster Eagle column: Dr. Martin Luther King's enduring words
20061125 OMG I want this T Shirt,
20061213 Say it in Broken English,
20061121 Hoby Wolf weighs in on Taneytown English First issue,
20061121 Everyone who wants to work is welcome in CC
20061120 Crablaw’s stand-up mea culpa.
20061115 Taneytown, Roger Taney, Raphael Taney, Dred Scott and Tupac Shakur
Often, when I consider the immigration discussions in Taneytown, I think of Marianne Faithfull’s “Say it in Broken English.” (I had the opportunity to see Marianne Faithful in Fells Point – quite a number of years ago and it sounded more like this.)
Related:
This clip from the longer video, Immigration by the Numbers, features Roy Beck demonstrating the catastrophe of the huge numbers of both legal and illegal immigration by
Video was done by
http://www.answers.com/topic/roy-beck
Full video on google:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc...
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Monday, March 05, 2007
20070305 A discussion about the legacy of slavery in Carroll County
Many Rivers CrossedA discussion about the legacy of slavery in
March 5th, 2007
Kelsey Volkmann, writing for the Baltimore Examiner has three great articles in today’s edition of the paper that are compelling “must reads.”
“Carroll County, free at last?”
“A mystery that can be solved”
“Remembering the Dred Scott decision on its 150th anniversary”
Kudos to Ms. Volkmann for once again working hard to bring alive yet another important issue that needs to be further discussed in
In “Carroll County, free at last?,” I am quoted:
“Explaining (the legacy of slavery in
Carroll’s future, Dayhoff said, lies in embracing its diversity.
“In order to go forward, we need to meaningfully address old wounds,” he said. “Done correctly, it can bring us closer together. A meaningful portion of the quality of life we enjoy today in
The column that I have already filed with my editor for the Westminster Eagle for this coming Wednesday will also explore the subject of the legacy of slavery in
On the issue of the Dred Scott decision; if you will recall this was the subject discussed between Maryland Blogger Alliance members Crablaw, Maryland Conservatarian, Soccer Dad and I last November 2006:
“20061115 Taney Taneytown and Tupac Shakur” and “20061120 Crablaw’s stand-up mea culpa.” and “20061122 Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney” and “Thank You to Kevin Dayhoff and MD Conservatarian for Taney Correction.” and “Crablaw’s reflection on Chief Justice Taney” and never mind that Taneytown history stuff…, we got that solved… here and here.”
On March 12th, 2007 there will be a public presentation on the subject of the legacy of slavery in
“Many Rivers Crossed”
Sponsored by the
In Partnership with
the
The Enoch Pratt Library
Carroll Citizens for Racial Equality
Carroll County Public Schools
With Special Guest appearance by Dr. Jesse Glass
A presentation by Enoch Pratt Library regarding:
v Collecting and Organizing Family papers
v Examples of Documents
v Slaves Census
v Immigration Records
v Vital Records
v Preserving Family records
v What to think about when collecting documents
v The role of informal oral history
v Where the library can help
March 12, 2007
7-9 pm
At the Board of
Board Room
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
20061120 Crablaw’s stand-up mea culpa.
On November 17th, 2006 Crablaw wrote yet another stand-up post for which I admired: “Thank You to Kevin Dayhoff and MD Conservatarian for Taney Correction.”
Thank you for this post. Yes you may have not been aware of the history of Taneytown, (20061115 Taney Taneytown and Tupac Shakur,) but please do not lose sight that you never-the-less made your point.
What it is that can be learned from Crablaw’s post is that the “English First” initiative in Taneytown sends a negative and perhaps, even more importantly; an inaccurate message as to how welcoming a greater community that is our Carroll County.
My family roots in Carroll County may very well go back to the 1700s and the Carroll County I grew up in is by and large, a much more welcoming community than what it is that I worry, is our reputation.
To be certain, we have our challenges and we have to be ever constantly vigilant, but Carroll County is still, to a great extent, a friendly and welcoming community that cherishes hard work and family, and values a work-ethic that places emphasis on “it’s performance that counts.” Look that up in the dictionary and you will see a picture that includes a hard-working Spanish speaking family.
Yes, before anyone reaches for their keyboard with their itching flaming fingers to call to my attention slights and unpleasant behavior, there are examples of folks behaving badly in Carroll County, just as there is in any community.
The problems are important, but it is the response that is critical and for the most part, the Carroll County community comes together to address the unpleasant behavior as aggressively as possible.
Crablaw’s inadvertent point was excellent; that folks are going to be pre-disposed to think the worst of not only Taneytown, which is, by the way, is a wonderful community; but folks will also think poorly of Carroll County as a result of this misguided “English First” initiative.
Thank you for both your posts (here and here) Crablaw. I have more to say about the “English First” initiative in a piece that I began writing as soon as I read your original post. Time has not been my friend recently; however, as soon as I get this up on the blog, I’ll take a look at what I already wrote and see if I can’t get that post up also.
I grew up in the green industry and I made a living as a landscape contractor, designer – and raised nursery stock on a small farm for over 25 years. I have spent my entire life around Spanish speaking workers and they have my utmost respect and I think that “English First” effort is misguided and ultimately, unfair. Please read my Tentacle column on May 31, 2006: “The Great Mexican Maginot Line,” which begins;
Last Thursday, the United States Senate passed the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006" by a vote of 62 to 36. The legislation has sparked rigorous and rancorous debate as it supports a bi-partisan, multi-disciplinary approach to the challenges of immigration reform embraced by President George W. Bush.
Meanwhile, Crablaw’s forthrightness is exemplary. Besides, I will make more “mistakes” than you and I depend on colleagues and friends to keep me straight.
Mi amigo, te deseo a ti y tu familia un felíz día de acción de gracias. No comas y no bebas demasiado. Cuida tu dieta.
Kevin
Ref: http://www.crablaw.com/2006/11/thank-you-to-kevin-dayhoff-and-md.html
Thursday, November 16, 2006
20061115 Taney Taneytown and Tupac Shakur
Taneytown, Roger Taney, Raphael Taney, Dred Scott and Tupac Shakur
November 15th, 2006
November 15th, 2006
Maryland Blogger Alliance member Crablaw has pondered in a November 11th, 2006 post, as to whether or not Taneytown was named after Roger Brooke Taney, the fifth Chief Justice of the United States from 1836 until his death in 1864. Chief Justice Taney lived from March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864.
Another Maryland Blogger Alliance member, Maryland Conservatarian, joined Crablaw in discussion in the comment section.
First things first, as far as Crablaw’s oblique suggestion that Taneytown re-name Main Street to “Tupac Amaru Shakur Boulevard;” perhaps he may wanna take that up with Taneytown Councilman Paul E. Chamberlain Jr.The idea is a great example of an opportunity to discuss semiotics and syntagma…
But I’ll tell ya what, if ya know anything about 2Pac’s life, you don’t wanna ever go jaywalking [21][22] on Shakur Boulevard.
For the rest of this post, I’m going to play referee over the matter as to whether or not Taneytown was named for the fifth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
As to the discussion over the historical legacy of Chief Justice Taney, Crablaw is an attorney and I will defer to him on the Dred Scott decision and Chief Justice Taney’s place in judicial history. Although I had to smile at Maryland Conservatarian’s observations… But ultimately, I’ve got just enough horse-sense not to get between the two of them… Although I’ll enjoy watching.I am quite conflicted on Chief Justice Taney myself. Above and beyond the moral challenges with what the fifth Chief Justice ad lib-ed in the Dred Scott decision, (great example of a violation of Occam’s Razor,) I tend to agree with many scholars that say: “The Dred Scott decision was widely condemned at the time … as an illegitimate use of judicial power.”
Then again, the gentleman was a Federalist for pity sake, what does one expect…?
But ultimately Chief Justice Taney was an extraordinarily complicated and conflicted man. I mean, study this sentence and make some sense out of it: “…who had supported a broad role for the federal government in the area of economic regulation, Taney and the other justices appointed by Jackson more often favored the power of the states…”
And yet he helped start the Panic of 1837 by helping undermining the Second Bank of the United States.
Okay – this all hurts my head, so moving on to something I do understand; Taneytown was named, to the best of my knowledge, after Raphael Taney, who, along with Edward Diggs, “founded” Taneytown on May 2nd, 1754. I am not aware as to whether Raphael Taney was related to Chief Justice Roger Taney?
Most of my notes on Chief justice Taney are self-study and hand written from over 30 years ago, so for a quick and convenient double-check, I used Wikipedia. I might add that I have found mistakes in Wikipedia, but for something like this, I’m betting that it is correct…
Roger Taney was once a nearby Frederick, Maryland resident, but, according to Wikipedia: “Taney began his political career in Maryland in 1799 as a Federalist, elected at age 22 to the House of Delegates. After he was defeated for reelection in 1801 he moved to Frederick, Maryland, where he practiced law until 1823, when he relocated his family and practice to Baltimore… He married Anne Phebe Charlton Key, sister of Francis Scott Key, in 1806.”
Wikipedia calls to our attention, “He was the first Roman Catholic to hold this office. Taney died on the same day that his home state of Maryland abolished slavery.”
In consideration of his participation in the “Dred Scott Case,” I like the part where he “died on the same day that his home state of Maryland abolished slavery.”
Again, using Wikipedia for convenience, “Dred Scott v. Sandford,[1] 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857)[2], known as the "Dred Scott Case" or the "Dred Scott Decision", was a lawsuit decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1857 that ruled that people of African descent, whether or not they were slaves, could never be citizens of the United States, and that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories. The decision for the court was written by Chief Justice Roger Taney.”
As mentioned earlier, Taneytown was “founded” on May 2nd, 1754 by Edward Diggs and Raphael Taney (taalw-nee), who were granted “a patent under the designation of ‘The Resurvey of Brothers Agreement of 7900 acres.” This, according to a history written by Miss Elizabeth Annan, which was published in September 1954 in a “Bulletin of the Historical Society of Carroll County – Special Taneytown Issue,” upon the occasion of the Taneytown bi-centennial.
But land in what we now know as Taneytown today was first obtained on April 14, 1744. I mention this because many folks find it of interest that in 1744, what we now know as Taneytown was in Prince George’s County until Frederick County was formed in 1748. It later became part of Carroll County on January 19th, 1837.
“Lots were laid out and the first deeds registered in 1762…”
I hope this was helpful. In the words of Tupac, “I Ain't Mad at Cha"
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA. E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org http://www.thetentacle.com/ Westminster Eagle Opinion and Winchester Report http://www.thewestminstereagle.com/ www.kevindayhoff.com has moved to http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
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