On the Record: Is your linking legal?
Posted by Jackie Sauter Filed Under law September 12, 2008
Ever wonder if your Web site hyperlinks were legal? I never did, but now I do.
Jennifer Reisinger of Sheboygan, Wis. received a cease-and-desist letter over a link on her site for her business as a Web developer. The link went to the home page for the Sheboygan Police Department. She immediately removed it, probably thinking the whole matter was finished — but it wasn’t.
Read the rest of the post here: Is your linking legal?
20080912 On the Record is your linking legal
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Monday, September 15, 2008
20080914 Sykesville 75th anniversary September 21 2008
Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department, Inc.
P.O. Box 275
Sykesville, Maryland 21784
PRESS RELEASE
September 14, 2008
Media Contact:
Dennis E. Beard, SFDFD Public Information Officer, 410-984-9106
Community invited to celebrate and join the fun!
Sykesville Fire Department’s 75th Anniversary Parade Rolls Down Sykesville’s Main Street this Sunday
SYKESVILLE, MD –The Westminster Municipal Band will lead the 75th anniversary parade of the Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department on Sunday, September 21, at 2 p.m. in Sykesville. The Department’s oldest living members will proudly serve as Honorary Parade Grand Marshals: Mr. Louis Rosier (87 years old), and Mrs. Isabella Harding (101 years old).
Participants will gather at the Sykesville Middle School and the parade will step out at 2 p.m. and move down Springfield Avenue to Main Street, ending at the south end of Main Street, the original site of the department. Following the parade, participants and parade watchers are all invited to the current Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department at 6680 Sykesville Road for light refreshments.
The parade will include antique fire engines, fire apparatus from neighboring departments, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, local service organizations and car clubs. Past Department fire chiefs, presidents, auxiliary and life members will also participate.
If you or your organization would like to participate, there’s still time. Contact Mary Carole Stiffler at (410) 365-7744 or Sue Tarrant at (410) 795-7122.
http://www.sykesvillefire.org/
20080914 20080914 Sykesville 75th anniversary September 21 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?
Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?
September 14, 2008 10:59 AM
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. introduced a new TV ad his week that paints Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as out of touch for being, when it comes to technology, shall we say a touch "old-school."
"1982, John McCain goes to Washington," the narrator says. "Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn't. He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail, still doesn't understand the economy, and favors two hundred billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class. After one president who was out of touch, we just can't afford more of the same."
[…]
Read Mr. Tapper’s entire article here: Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?
Political Punch: Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper,
Jake Tapper is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau. He writes about politics and popular culture and covers a range of national stories.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/why-doesnt-mcca.html
20080914 Why doesnt McCain use a computer by Jake Tapper for ABC News
September 14, 2008 10:59 AM
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. introduced a new TV ad his week that paints Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as out of touch for being, when it comes to technology, shall we say a touch "old-school."
"1982, John McCain goes to Washington," the narrator says. "Things have changed in the last 26 years, but McCain hasn't. He admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer, can't send an e-mail, still doesn't understand the economy, and favors two hundred billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class. After one president who was out of touch, we just can't afford more of the same."
STILL : Barack Obama campaign ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ae409tJEI
[…]
Assuredly McCain isn't comfortable talking about this -- and the McCain campaign discouraged me from writing about this -- but the reason the aged Arizonan doesn't use a computer or send email is because of his war wounds.
I realize some of the nastier liberals in the blogosphere will see this as McCain once again
[…]
Read Mr. Tapper’s entire article here: Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer?
Political Punch: Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper,
Jake Tapper is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau. He writes about politics and popular culture and covers a range of national stories.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/why-doesnt-mcca.html
20080914 Why doesnt McCain use a computer by Jake Tapper for ABC News
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Wired Blog Network: McCain Campaign Deploys 'Palin Truth Squad' By Sarah Lai Stirland September 09, 2008
Wired Blog Network: McCain Campaign Deploys 'Palin Truth Squad' By Sarah Lai Stirland September 09, 2008
John McCain's campaign on Tuesday unveiled a new squadron of politicians whose duty will be to battle perceptions that are quickly forming about the Republican party's vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
The Republicans seem to have been fighting the battle since the moment that McCain announced his pick. Like Barack Obama, whose personal background and history were relatively unknown at the beginning of the presidential campaign, Palin has become the victim of multiple online whispering campaigns, and of partisan bloggers who have been ginning up stories about her record.
There's been so much flying around the internet within the past week and a half that the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center published a long list of rebuttals Monday against many of the e-mails and blog postings about Palin.
The post was titled "Sliming Palin." The bullet points address Palin's record on funding education in Alaska for special needs children, her record (or lack thereof) on 'censoring' books in Wasilla's library, whether she has an affiliation with the Alaskan Independence party, and several other subjects.
[…]
For example, there are various photoshopped pictures of Palin making the rounds on the internet. One of them is of someone in a bikini holding what looks like a rifle. Palin's face has been superimposed on the picture.
The Republicans seem to have been fighting the battle since the moment that McCain announced his pick. Like Barack Obama, whose personal background and history were relatively unknown at the beginning of the presidential campaign, Palin has become the victim of multiple online whispering campaigns, and of partisan bloggers who have been ginning up stories about her record.
There's been so much flying around the internet within the past week and a half that the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center published a long list of rebuttals Monday against many of the e-mails and blog postings about Palin.
The post was titled "Sliming Palin." The bullet points address Palin's record on funding education in Alaska for special needs children, her record (or lack thereof) on 'censoring' books in Wasilla's library, whether she has an affiliation with the Alaskan Independence party, and several other subjects.
[…]
For example, there are various photoshopped pictures of Palin making the rounds on the internet. One of them is of someone in a bikini holding what looks like a rifle. Palin's face has been superimposed on the picture.
While the Obama campaign can try to debunk rumors about his religious faith, it's hard to imagine that the McCain campaign is going to put up a web page saying that Palin has never posed for a photograph semi-naked with a rifle.
Maybe they can just point people to the urban legend debunkers at Snopes.com.
Read the entire article here: McCain Campaign Deploys 'Palin Truth Squad'
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/mccain-campaign.html
20080909 Wired McCain Campaign Deploys Palin Truth Squad
UPDATE: On Sunday, September 14, 2008, I was able to move all the posts on http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ over to http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Welcome to "My Storage Closet"
THIS BLOG IS BEST VIEWED IN MOZILLA FIREFOX
January 31st, 2007 - January 31st, 2008
“Welcome to"My Storage Closet."
For my latest posts – please see http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ -
“Kevin Dayhoff –
Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies.”
THIS BLOG IS BEST VIEWED IN MOZILLA FIREFOX
January 31st, 2007 - January 31st, 2008
“Welcome to"My Storage Closet."
For my latest posts – please see http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ -
“Kevin Dayhoff –
Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies.”
UPDATE: On Sunday, September 14, 2008, I was able to move all the posts on http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ over to http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
It was a geek-feat for which I am proud.
‘This journal goes with any meal. On the essay evolutionary scale, this journal is a monkey on roller skates. The monkey may or may not be wearing a pink tutu - this is for you to decide.”
Wow, do I wish I had written that, but I didn’t and I haven’t a clue as to who to credit…
Anyway, where was I? Oh - - a bit of an explanation as to why I have two blogs on blogger. Last September 27, 2006 – this blog: www.kevindayhoff.com – froze-up on me.
I immediately started a new blog on what was known at the time as “blogger beta.” That blog is “Kevin Dayhoff – Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies,” and it has two URLs: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ or www.kevindayhoff.net
On December 20th, 2006 I managed to be able to “reconfigure,” for lack of a better was of explaining it, both blogs into the “New Blogger” platform and that unfroze this blog www.kevindayhoff.com.
I now use it as my storage closet…
For my latest posts – please see http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ -
“Kevin Dayhoff –
Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies.”
Otherwise, please enjoy rummaging around in my storage closet.
Kevin Dayhoff. I can be reached at: kdayhoff AT carr.org
January 31st, 2007
Wow, do I wish I had written that, but I didn’t and I haven’t a clue as to who to credit…
Anyway, where was I? Oh - - a bit of an explanation as to why I have two blogs on blogger. Last September 27, 2006 – this blog: www.kevindayhoff.com – froze-up on me.
I immediately started a new blog on what was known at the time as “blogger beta.” That blog is “Kevin Dayhoff – Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies,” and it has two URLs: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ or www.kevindayhoff.net
On December 20th, 2006 I managed to be able to “reconfigure,” for lack of a better was of explaining it, both blogs into the “New Blogger” platform and that unfroze this blog www.kevindayhoff.com.
I now use it as my storage closet…
For my latest posts – please see http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ -
“Kevin Dayhoff –
Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies.”
Otherwise, please enjoy rummaging around in my storage closet.
Kevin Dayhoff. I can be reached at: kdayhoff AT carr.org
January 31st, 2007
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Obama's Race to Lose - And He Might by Charles Krauthammer
Obama's Race to Lose - And He Might by Charles Krauthammer
Friday, September 12, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Democrats are in a panic. In a presidential race that is impossible to lose, they are behind. Obama devotees are frantically giving advice. Tom Friedman tells him to "start slamming down some phones." Camille Paglia suggests, "be boring!"
Meanwhile, a posse of Democratic lawyers, mainstream reporters, lefty bloggers and various other Obamaphiles are scouring the vast tundra of Alaska for something, anything, to bring down Sarah Palin: her daughter's pregnancy, her ex-brother-in-law problem, her $60 per diem, and now her religion. (CNN reports -- news flash! -- that she apparently has never spoken in tongues.) Not since Henry II asked if no one would rid him of his turbulent priest, have so many so urgently volunteered for duty.
But Palin is not just a problem for Obama. She is also a symptom of what ails him. Before Palin, Obama was the ultimate celebrity candidate. For no presidential nominee in living memory had the gap between adulation and achievement been so great. Which is why McCain's Paris Hilton ads struck such a nerve. Obama's meteoric rise was based not on issues -- there was not a dime's worth of difference between him and Hillary on issues -- but on narrative, on eloquence, on charisma.
The unease at the Denver convention, the feeling of buyer's remorse, was the Democrats' realization that the arc of Obama's celebrity had peaked -- and had now entered a period of its steepest decline. That Palin could so instantly steal the celebrity spotlight is a reflection of that decline.
It was inevitable. Obama had managed to stay aloft for four full years. But no one can levitate forever.
Five speeches map Obama's trajectory.
[…]
Read the rest of Mr. Krauthammer’s analysis here: Obama's Race to Lose - And He Might by Charles Krauthammer
20080912 Obama’s Race to lose and he might by Charles Krauthammer
Friday, September 12, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Democrats are in a panic. In a presidential race that is impossible to lose, they are behind. Obama devotees are frantically giving advice. Tom Friedman tells him to "start slamming down some phones." Camille Paglia suggests, "be boring!"
Meanwhile, a posse of Democratic lawyers, mainstream reporters, lefty bloggers and various other Obamaphiles are scouring the vast tundra of Alaska for something, anything, to bring down Sarah Palin: her daughter's pregnancy, her ex-brother-in-law problem, her $60 per diem, and now her religion. (CNN reports -- news flash! -- that she apparently has never spoken in tongues.) Not since Henry II asked if no one would rid him of his turbulent priest, have so many so urgently volunteered for duty.
But Palin is not just a problem for Obama. She is also a symptom of what ails him. Before Palin, Obama was the ultimate celebrity candidate. For no presidential nominee in living memory had the gap between adulation and achievement been so great. Which is why McCain's Paris Hilton ads struck such a nerve. Obama's meteoric rise was based not on issues -- there was not a dime's worth of difference between him and Hillary on issues -- but on narrative, on eloquence, on charisma.
The unease at the Denver convention, the feeling of buyer's remorse, was the Democrats' realization that the arc of Obama's celebrity had peaked -- and had now entered a period of its steepest decline. That Palin could so instantly steal the celebrity spotlight is a reflection of that decline.
It was inevitable. Obama had managed to stay aloft for four full years. But no one can levitate forever.
Five speeches map Obama's trajectory.
[…]
Read the rest of Mr. Krauthammer’s analysis here: Obama's Race to Lose - And He Might by Charles Krauthammer
20080912 Obama’s Race to lose and he might by Charles Krauthammer
Saturday, September 13, 2008
ABC'S BUNGLES By KIRSTEN POWERS New York Post
ABC'S BUNGLES By KIRSTEN POWERS New York Post
September 12, 2008 –
Sarah: Made fewer mistakes than interviewer Charlie Gibson.
LAST night, Sarah Palin had her first big-time media interview with Charlie Gibson on ABC World News Tonight.
At times, Palin seemed to know less than she should. On the other hand, Gibson sometimes seemed to "know" things that just aren't so.
[…]
Of course, she needs to be questioned on many issues - but this interview left us with little new information about her.
Americans already know she lacks foreign-policy experience (as, by the way, did Democrats' 2004 VP candidate, John Edwards). All we could learn from Gibson's grilling on that topic was how well she's memorized McCain's positions. Why ask her whether Georgia and Ukraine should be admitted to NATO? Her position will match McCain's, just as Joe Biden's stands will mirror Barack Obama's.
Plus, her answers last night are already being misrepresented…
[…]
Despite Gibson's insistance that she'd said things that she clearly hadn't, Palin was polite and seemed unrattled.
We need to get beyond the stereotypes. Palin has been cast as a right-wing nut job in the media, yet her actual record suggests something more complex. She is a Republican who made herself the enemy of oil companies in Alaska. She raised funding for pregnant teens and learning-disabled children. She has expressed concern that we don't have a clear strategy in Iraq.
[…]
Read Ms. Power’s entire column here: ABC'S BUNGLES By KIRSTEN POWERS New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09122008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/abcs_bungles_128726.htm
20080912 ABCs Bungles by Kirsten Powers
September 12, 2008 –
Sarah: Made fewer mistakes than interviewer Charlie Gibson.
LAST night, Sarah Palin had her first big-time media interview with Charlie Gibson on ABC World News Tonight.
At times, Palin seemed to know less than she should. On the other hand, Gibson sometimes seemed to "know" things that just aren't so.
[…]
Of course, she needs to be questioned on many issues - but this interview left us with little new information about her.
Americans already know she lacks foreign-policy experience (as, by the way, did Democrats' 2004 VP candidate, John Edwards). All we could learn from Gibson's grilling on that topic was how well she's memorized McCain's positions. Why ask her whether Georgia and Ukraine should be admitted to NATO? Her position will match McCain's, just as Joe Biden's stands will mirror Barack Obama's.
Plus, her answers last night are already being misrepresented…
[…]
Despite Gibson's insistance that she'd said things that she clearly hadn't, Palin was polite and seemed unrattled.
We need to get beyond the stereotypes. Palin has been cast as a right-wing nut job in the media, yet her actual record suggests something more complex. She is a Republican who made herself the enemy of oil companies in Alaska. She raised funding for pregnant teens and learning-disabled children. She has expressed concern that we don't have a clear strategy in Iraq.
[…]
Read Ms. Power’s entire column here: ABC'S BUNGLES By KIRSTEN POWERS New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09122008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/abcs_bungles_128726.htm
20080912 ABCs Bungles by Kirsten Powers
“Carroll County's most giving recognized” by Erica Kritt for Carroll County Times
Carroll County's most giving recognized
By Erica Kritt, Carroll County Times Staff Writer Thursday, September 11, 2008
[…]
The Community Foundation of Carroll County is set to honor those people for a third year with the Philanthropist of the Year Awards, said Missie Wilcox, a board member for the nonprofit.
The community foundation has even increased its honors by adding a legacy award, which will honor a Carroll philanthropist who has recently passed away.
For the next six days, the Times will profile each of the winners.
Reach staff writer Erica Kritt at 410-857-7876 or erica.kritt@carrollcountytimes.com.
If you go
What: Third Annual Carroll County Philanthropist of the Year Awards
When: Registration is at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., Sept. 17
Where: The Portico of St. John Catholic Church, 47 Monroe St., Westminster
Cost: $50 per person, $500 for a table of 10.
Registration: 410-876-5505
20080911 Carroll Countys most giving recognized by Erica Kritt for Carroll County Times
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/09/11/news/local_news/newsstory4.txt
Palin Derangement Watch by Blake Dvorak Real Clear Politics
Palin Derangement Watch by Blake Dvorak Real Clear Politics
September 11, 2008
It's not exclusive to the fever swamps.
Wendy Doniger, Newsweek: "Her greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman."
Dan Payne, Boston Globe: "She's got a Taliban-like tolerance for beliefs unlike her own."
Cintra Wilson, Salon (warning: extreme profanity on the clickthrough): "What her Down syndrome baby and pregnant teenage daughter unequivocally prove, however, is that her most beloved child is the antiabortion platform that ensures her own political ambitions with the conservative right."
(ht to Geraghty for the Payne quote, which, Geraghty notes, comes on a pretty bad day for Taliban comparisons.)
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/09/palin_derangement_watch.html
20080911 Palin Derangement Watch by Blake Dvorak
September 11, 2008
It's not exclusive to the fever swamps.
Wendy Doniger, Newsweek: "Her greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman."
Dan Payne, Boston Globe: "She's got a Taliban-like tolerance for beliefs unlike her own."
Cintra Wilson, Salon (warning: extreme profanity on the clickthrough): "What her Down syndrome baby and pregnant teenage daughter unequivocally prove, however, is that her most beloved child is the antiabortion platform that ensures her own political ambitions with the conservative right."
(ht to Geraghty for the Payne quote, which, Geraghty notes, comes on a pretty bad day for Taliban comparisons.)
http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/09/palin_derangement_watch.html
20080911 Palin Derangement Watch by Blake Dvorak
Tentacle columns on the Republican National Convention
Tentacle columns on the Republican National Convention
Friday, September 12, 2008
A Little Convention History
Kevin E. Dayhoff
It would be an understatement to suggest that the events of last week were quite different from the first Republican National Convention June 17 to 19, 1856.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Eloquent Prose – Excellent Friends
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Last week I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to tag along to the Republican National Convention with the Maryland delegation.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Four “E’s” of the GOP Convention
Kevin E. Dayhoff
I made a concerted effort to arrive early on each of the four days of last week’s Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.
20080912 Tentacle columns on the Republican National Convention
Friday, September 12, 2008
A Little Convention History
Kevin E. Dayhoff
It would be an understatement to suggest that the events of last week were quite different from the first Republican National Convention June 17 to 19, 1856.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Eloquent Prose – Excellent Friends
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Last week I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to tag along to the Republican National Convention with the Maryland delegation.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Four “E’s” of the GOP Convention
Kevin E. Dayhoff
I made a concerted effort to arrive early on each of the four days of last week’s Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.
20080912 Tentacle columns on the Republican National Convention
Westminster Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint
Westminster Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint
WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
36 LOCUST STREET
WESTMINSTER, MD 21157
410-848-4646
JEFFREY SPAULDING
CHIEF OF POLICE
MEDIA CONTACT
Captain Gerry Frischkorn
Administrative Bureau
Westminster Police Department
36 Locust Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
(410) 848-1638
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2008
The Westminster Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint sometime during the weekend of Friday, September 12 through Sunday September 14, 2008. The checkpoint is part of the Checkpoint Strikeforce initiative.
The exact location and time of the Sobriety Checkpoint is not being disclosed, however the location was chosen due to the number of alcohol related arrests and crashes in and around the Sobriety Checkpoint site.
The Sobriety Checkpoint location will be clearly marked and staffed by uniformed officers from Westminster City and other law enforcement jurisdictions within Carroll County.
Individuals who do drive into the Sobriety Checkpoint will be stopped for a brief period so that an officer can determine if the operator’s ability to drive is impaired. Drivers who display signs of impairment as the result of alcohol or drug consumption will be directed to the roadside for further evaluation.
Individuals who do not wish to drive through the Sobriety Checkpoint will be provided with an alternative route around the checkpoint.
This is the first Sobriety Checkpoint conducted by the Westminster Police Department. The Department joins a growing list of jurisdictions both locally and nationally that use this effective tool to combat drunk and drugged driving.
Statistical results for the Sobriety Checkpoint will be issued in a follow up media release.
WESTMINSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
TIPS LINE—-(410) 857-8477
20080912 Westminster Police Department Sobriety Checkpoint
Friday, September 12, 2008
Palin Rumors by Charlie Martin at Explorations
Palin Rumors by Charlie Martin at Explorations
Initially retrieved by me September 12, 2008
Charles Martin has compiled a wonderful list of various examples of what I have been calling “Palin Derangement Syndrome.”
You may want to bookmark: “Explorations: Palin Rumor” as the elite misogynist media and hysterical liberals don’t seem to be done with her yet.
Of the list, I perhaps, could easily do a “Top Ten,” however if pressed, striking close to home, No. 55 might very well be my favorite.
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Hat Tip: Analog – About Sarah Palin
This is shorter enlightening read...
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157986
This is a looonnnggg but enlightening read... some quite humorous. It begins with a list of 71 items....
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/
There seem to be lots of "facts" flying & hiding.
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Charlie Martin (variously known as Charles R Martin in technical publications, “Charlie (
Charlie Martin is a
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Updated 2008-Sep-08 05:15: Fox News is moved to 0915 EDT.
Updated at 2008-Sep-07 20:51: Okay, the Fox News thing is on, at least as far as I know. I’m going to bed.
Updated at 2008-Sep-07 19:41: I still haven’t gotten word from Fox where I’m to go for the interview. I’ll keep you up to date but I guess these things do sometimes get bumped etc.
Also: If you want to copy this list, please include a link back to me at least. It’s changing fairly rapidly still, plus, cripes, it has been a lot of work. The permalink is:
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors
Updated as of 2008-09-07 0845: This list has grown quite long and I’m finding people referring to the rumors more and more often by number, so I’m going to add all new rumors at the end, so the numbering won’t change any more. And see above.
Also, I’m scheduled right now to be on Fox News at 0935 Eastern time Monday morning with Bill Hemmer and Megan Kelly to talk about the list. Excuse me while I have a minor fanboy moment about Megyn Kelly.
{2008 09 06}
Palin Rumors
Updated 2008-Sep-08 05:15: Fox News is moved to 0915 EDT.
Updated at 2008-Sep-07 20:51: Okay, the Fox News thing is on, at least as far as I know. I’m going to bed.
Updated at 2008-Sep-07 19:41: I still haven’t gotten word from Fox where I’m to go for the interview. I’ll keep you up to date but I guess these things do sometimes get bumped etc.
Also: If you want to copy this list, please include a link back to me at least. It’s changing fairly rapidly still, plus, cripes, it has been a lot of work. The permalink is:
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors
Updated as of 2008-09-07 0845: This list has grown quite long and I’m finding people referring to the rumors more and more often by number, so I’m going to add all new rumors at the end, so the numbering won’t change any more. And see above.
Also, I’m scheduled right now to be on Fox News at 0935 Eastern time Monday morning with Bill Hemmer and Megan Kelly to talk about the list. Excuse me while I have a minor fanboy moment about Megyn Kelly.
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- Yes, she is Governor of Alaska. No, she’s not the Lieutenant Governor. No, she’s not currently Mayor of Wasilla. Yes, she was Mayor of Wasilla, some years ago.
- Yes, as Governor of Alaska, she’s the Commander in Chief of the Alaska National Guard. And yes, her professional military subordinate is quite impressed with her in that role.
- And yes, the New York Times says the job of Governor of Alaska is one of the harder, and more powerful, jobs in state government.
- Yes, there are people in
- Yes, she did giggle when someone called Lyda Green a “bitch.” Yes, Lyda Green is a cancer survivor. Yes, it was the same Lyda Green who tried to force a scheduling conflict that would make Palin miss her son’s high school graduation. Yes, this would also be the Lyda Green who complained no one had asked her about Palin during the vetting process.
- Yes, she did push for and approve the Wasilla Sports Center. Yes, it did cost a lot of money. (People keep saying $20 million, that article says $14.5 million, but then they also added a $1.2 million dollar food service/kitchen piece. This year, after Palin was out of office as Mayor.) Yes, the city went into debt to do it (how did you buy your house, bunkie?) and raised the city sales tax from 2 percent to 2.5 percent to pay for it. Yes, the city is paying it off early. Yes, there is an ongoing dispute about title (following a struggle with the Nature Conservancy and another buyer. And yes, at the time it was built, Wasilla had a Federal judge’s decision that they had title to the land.
- Yes, she did want authority to have wolves culled from the air, because they were taking too many moose and caribou. Which people hunt for food in the back country in
- No, the Downs baby (Trig) isn’t Bristol’s kid, and no, the kid wasn’t born with Downs because (a) Palin flew on an airplane (b) went home to have the baby after an amniotic leak (c) because he was the result of incest between Todd Palin and Bristol.
- No, Track (the kid who is leaving for
- No,
- Yes, Trig’s name may be misspelled. Isn’t it usually “Tryg” as in “Trygve”? In any case, I doubt he’s named for the Secretary General of the UN (1948-1952), either. But at least that was before he was born, unlike the others.(Thanks to Chris, via his blog
- Yes, it appears that she has a Big Dipper tattooed on her ankle. She lost a bet.
- No, she’s never been in any porn as far as anyone can find (and God knows I get enough google hits on those very topics.) I would think the Big Dipper tattoo would be a giveaway.
- No, no one seems to be able to even find swimsuit pictures of her from her beauty queen days; God knows I looked. The bikini pictures that are around are photoshopped, just like the Vogue cover I have up.
- No she wasn’t a member of the (wild-eyed libertarian)
- No, neither the (Canadian) National Post, nor Marc Armbinder at the
- No, she was never a Pat Buchanan supporter; even when Buchanan claims she was, she was on the board of Steve Forbes’a campaign in
- No, she’s not anti-semitic. In fact, she has an Israeli flag in her office. (Contrary to popular belief, the usual Evangelical thinks
- No, I don’t think she’s being “indoctrinated by Lieberman and AIPAC as we speak”; I don’t get the feeling that being indoctrinated is something that Palin does well.
- Yes, it seems unlikely that she’s going to be in hiding for the next two weeks seeing as she’s been in rallies twice in the last two days. Or at least it’s going to be real rough, given that she has three media interviews scheduled today (6 September) alone.
- Yes, it does appear that Palin’s local pastor preached about an end time when God will judge everyone, even Wasilla, Alaska, and the United States. Duh. This is called the Book of Revelations, and while I don’t believe it personally, I don’t see it as a disqualifier for the hundred million or so Baptists, Methodists, Evangelicals, Episcopalians, Catholics, Assembly of God, Presbyterian, Lutherans (traditional and Missouri Synod), African Methodist, and so on Christians in the US.
- Yes, I do sometimes wonder about the state of Andrew’s health.
- No, she’s doesn’t believe that the Iraq War was directed by God. Yes, she did pray that proceeding with the war was God’s will: “they should pray ‘that our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God, that’s what we have to make sure we are praying for, that there is a plan, and that plan is God’s plan.’” (Ever hear the phrase “Not my will, but Thine, be done”?) Yes, this apparently freaks some people right out.
- No, Buchanan doesn’t support her now; in fact he’s supporting Obama. (Buchanan did think her speech was amazing, but then so do 80 percent of the people who saw it.) Or maybe not. Buchanan sure doesn’t like McCain though.
- Yes, she was apparently pregnant when she got married
- No, so far there’s no confirmation she had an affair while she was married, and they’ve denied it pretty strongly. No, she wouldn’t be the first Christian woman who got a little on the side, if it were true.
- No, she wasn’t named as a co-respondent in a divorce; there’s no evidence she had an affair with her husbands’ business partner. The partner tried to have his divorce records sealed because he was being harrassed by journalists who used them to get his phone number.
- Yes, barring
immaculate conceptionvirgin birth (whatever), - Yes, I have it on reliable report that
SarahLevi’s mom has been heard screaming “Way to go Levi!” at herfuture son-in-lawson. No, it doesn’t appear to have been when
Note: I originally understood this story to be about Sarah, not Levi’s mom, in the context of hockey games. As such, it’s shouldn’t be in a Sarah Palin Rumors story, but I like the story too much to delete it.
- yes, her 17 year old daughter is pregnant; no, the baby’s father is not an eighth grader; no, having sex at 16 is not statutory rape in
- yes, she did fire the public safety guy — but he said in the
- and yes, the state trooper (her sister’s ex-husband) she was worried about did: tase her 10 year old nephew; drive his state patrol car while drinking or drunk; did threaten to “bring her down”; and did threaten to murder her father and sister if they dared to get an attorney to help with the divorce.
- yes, the state trooper was suspended when he was put under a court protective order
- no, the trooper wasn’t fired
- yes, she did fire the Wasilla Chief of Police as Mayor; yes, it was because he was lying to the City Council.
- Yes, she did try to cut her own salary as Mayor by $4000 a year; yes, she had voted against the $4000 a year raise while on the City Council.
- No, she didn’t cut funding for unwed mothers; yes, she did increase it by “only” 354 percent instead of 454 percent, as part of a multi-year capital expenditures program. No, the Washington Post doesn’t appear to have corrected their story. Even after this was pointed out in the comments on the story.
- No, she didn’t cut special needs student funding; yes, she did raise it by “only” 175 percent.
- yes, she did try, clearly unsuccessfully, to get
- yes, she did ask the librarian if some books could be withdrawn because of being offensive; no, they couldn’t; yes, it was “rhetorical”, at least as was reported contemporaneously in 1996[1] ; yes she did threaten to fire the librarian a month later; no, that wasn’t over the books thing but instead over administrative issues; no, the librarian wasn’t fired either; yes, the librarian was a big supporter of one of her political opponents; yes, the librarian was also the girlfriend of the Chief of police mentioned above; no, this is not the first time in the history of civilization that someone has been threatened with being fired over a political dispute
- No the list of books she wanted to ban that’s being passed around isn’t real; among other things, it includes a number of books published after her time in office there.
- No, that hasn’t actually deterred people from claiming it really is true even if the list isn’t correct. For example:
“This list might not in fact reflect the books Sarah Palin wanted banned. As more than one person in Comments has pointed out, some of them were not published when Palin was in office. It is my hope that the mainstream media will not let this story drop and that at some point an actual list will surface. The very thought of having someone who once advocated book-banning possibly occupying one of the highest offices of our land fills me with profound dread. It should fill you with dread too.”
- No, I don’t understand why a fake list is supposed to fill me with dread, either.
- no, it
wasn’twon’t be [bad tense, hasn't happened yet] a shotgun wedding; - yes,
she’s anwas an Assembly of God Holy Roller. No, she doesn’t attend an AoG church now. Yes, she did leave the AoG because they were getting too weird for her. - No, she’s not anti-Mormon. No, not all AoG churches are anti-Mormon. (AoG is even more hard-core about allowing each pastor and congregation to make their own decisions than the Baptists are.) (Thanks to AnonAmom in the comments.)
- No, she’s not from another planet.
No, I haven’t actually heard that one yet, but you wait.Okay, I have now heard it. - yes, she apparently believes in some variant of Intelligent Design
- no, she didn’t try to force the schools to teach it; she said if someone brought it up, it was an appropriate subject for debate.
- No, she doesn’t believe in “abstinence only” education. Yes, she thinks abstinence is an effective way of preventing pregnancy. Duh. Yes, she believes kids should learn about condom use in schools.
- Yes, she did smoke marijuana, when it was legal in
- yes, she kills animals and eats them, and wears their skins
- yes, she was a beauty contest contestant
- yes, she was once a sportscaster
- yes, she has a college degree in Journalism, but I won’t hold that against her, as she seems to have found honest work as well
- yes, she sometimes wears her hair up; no that’s not a “beehive”
- yes, her husband is Not A White Person (he’s a Yup’ik; an Eskimo but not an Inuit as my Inuit cousins have taken some pains to explain)
- yes, she has on occasion, as Mayor, tried to get money from the federal government.
- yes, she did finally turn down the money for the bridge. Yes, that meant changing her mind about it.
- yes, she was vetted extensively, not just in three days — I’ve got links to press reports about people coming to Wassila on 29 May, and we had her on our Veepstakes at PJM from the first day we ran it.
- yes, she want to a bunch of colleges before getting a degree. No, that’s not illegal. Yes, she seems to have made something of herself anyway.
- no, they didn’t talk to a lot of the R’s power structure during the vetting; that probably has to do with the fact that she beat them in elections and sent a bunch of them to jail.
- Yes, Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech was written by a speechwriter. Duh. No, none of Obama’s, McCain’s, nor Biden’s speeches were impromptu off the cuff things either.
- Yes, she did put the Governors plane on eBay. No, that’s not how it was finally sold. Yes, McCain did say it wrong. Bad McCain.
- No, Sarah Palin doesn’t have such control of Alaskans that people are afraid to say bad things about her. (What, are you nuts? Look at this list.) No, I don’t think it’s likely that she called Obama “Sambo”. (Good God, man, I’m ten years older than she and I barely remember “Little Black Sambo.”) Yes, it seems unlikely to me that she’s be real racist and marry a Yup’ik (or a part Yup’ik.) But yes, people are capable of amazing things. Yes, I’m sure there are people who don’t like her — I’ve talked with some myself. And no, I don’t think this waitress would have been thrilled to be called an “aboriginal”. And yes, if she called Hillary a “bitch”, I’m pretty confident is wasn’t the first time anyone in politics has said that.
- No, she’s not a “global warming denier”, and when the crush dies down remind me to explain why the very phrasing “global warming denier” is anti-scientific, anti-intellectual, and a clear sign of a desire to impose your beliefs by coercion. But in the mean time, while I do believe that she has expressed some skepticism that warming is wholly human-caused, the existence of the Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet and the Alaska Climate Change Strategy work demonstrate that she’s considering the problem and has brought together people more expert than she to advise her.
- Yes, Todd Palin did have a DUI. Twenty-two years ago. Get a grip.
- No, Sarah Palin’s brother isn’t in jail. No matter what the commenter at Anderson Cooper’s page says. (Thanks to Galynn in comments.)
- Yes, Sarah Palin’s pastor apparently does believe that gays can “repent” and be cured of homosexuality. No, believe it or not, even fundamentalist Christians don’t have to believe every litle thing their pastor believes. Yes, Palin seems to be more libertarian about this.
- Yes, contrary to press reports, Sarah Palin’s mother-in-law plans to vote for her and the R ticket (on Inside Edition this evening.)
- No, the fact that some 17 year old was arrested for malicious mischief at the right time doens’t mean Track Palin was. Goddamn, Josh, have you no shame at all?
Anyone who sees a new rumor, leave it in a comment. Update: The Other McCain has a better blurb than I did:
Charles Martin has established a clearinghouse for all the existing rumors about Sarah Palin, and any new ones you want to make up, if you want to try your hand at being a professional journalist like Elizabeth Bumiller.
2008-Sep-05 23:22 Update: Changed it to a numbered list. I’m beginning to think we need to start referring to these things by number.
Footnotes:
- and thanks to Cecil Turner@ Jusr One Minute for this [↩]
Chris Cavey has another column on the Republican National Convention in The Tentacle
Chris Cavey has another column on the Republican National Convention in The Tentacle
Thursday, September 11, 2008
A Pit Bull With Lipstick
Chris Cavey
Sen. John McCain’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate was the dominating conversation in St. Paul at the Republican National Convention. The resulting affect of this selection vice presidential pick was a totally revived Republican Party, like giving a huge shot of adrenalin to a formerly lethargic patient.
Read the rest of Mr. Cavy’s column here: A Pit Bull With Lipstick
20080911 Chris Cavey on the RNC in The Tentacle
Statement from Governor Martin O'Malley on the Board of Revenue
Statement from Governor Martin O'Malley on the Board of Revenue Estimates
http://www.governor.maryland.gov/pressreleases/080909e.asp
BALTIMORE, MD (September 9, 2008) – Governor Martin O’Malley today issued the following statement following the Board of Revenue Estimates:
“Today, the Board of Revenue Estimates announced a budget shortfall for the current fiscal year and 2010. Given the national economic downturn, national foreclosure crisis, and the increased price of energy, gasoline and food, these revenue estimates are not unexpected; and we are preparing to bring hundreds of millions in cuts before the Board of Public Works in the coming weeks to address this challenge.”
“Given the national economy, other states are facing the same or significantly worse budget pictures. In fact, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that at least 29 states are facing a total budget shortfall of $48 billion in FY 2009.”
“In Maryland, because of the tough decisions we made to protect public education, public heath and public safety, and expand opportunity for our middle class families, we are ahead of the game. Working with the General Assembly, we have already reduced spending by $1.8 billion and taken actions to address the structural deficit that we inherited.”
“Without these actions and tough decisions, our State would be facing an estimated $2.5 billion shortfall in FY 2010. Instead, Maryland is a facing a shortfall that is significantly less that is the result of a downturn in the national economy, not structural in nature.”
“We have worked hard to restore fiscal responsibility and accountability in Maryland over these last two years.”
“In 2008 and 2009, our state budget grew by less than 4 percent annually – less than the Spending Affordability Guidelines set by the General Assembly – compared to 22 percent in the last two years of our Republican predecessors.”
“We have already cut $1.8 billion from state spending, eliminated over 700 state positions, and yes, we have asked the people of Maryland to play a role in this solution by increasing the sales tax by a penny and enacting a more progressive income tax structure. The people of Maryland will also have an opportunity to vote on a slots referendum in November that is expected to provide an additional $650 million for public education in our State.”
“As we have worked together to address the structural deficit that we inherited, we will come together in the weeks ahead to address this latest budget challenge presented to us by our national economy; and we will do so in a way that recognizes the burden and challenges faced by our middle-class families as the cost of everything continues to rise even as wages remain stagnant.”
“The investments we have fought so hard to preserve in public education, public safety, and public health are intended for one purpose only – to strengthen and grow our middle class over the long-term and create a more sustainable future for our children.”
“This has been our goal from the beginning, and it will continue to guide the actions of this Administration as we work to address this latest challenge.”
20080909 St from O’Malley on the Brd of Revenue Estimates
http://www.governor.maryland.gov/pressreleases/080909e.asp
BALTIMORE, MD (September 9, 2008) – Governor Martin O’Malley today issued the following statement following the Board of Revenue Estimates:
“Today, the Board of Revenue Estimates announced a budget shortfall for the current fiscal year and 2010. Given the national economic downturn, national foreclosure crisis, and the increased price of energy, gasoline and food, these revenue estimates are not unexpected; and we are preparing to bring hundreds of millions in cuts before the Board of Public Works in the coming weeks to address this challenge.”
“Given the national economy, other states are facing the same or significantly worse budget pictures. In fact, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that at least 29 states are facing a total budget shortfall of $48 billion in FY 2009.”
“In Maryland, because of the tough decisions we made to protect public education, public heath and public safety, and expand opportunity for our middle class families, we are ahead of the game. Working with the General Assembly, we have already reduced spending by $1.8 billion and taken actions to address the structural deficit that we inherited.”
“Without these actions and tough decisions, our State would be facing an estimated $2.5 billion shortfall in FY 2010. Instead, Maryland is a facing a shortfall that is significantly less that is the result of a downturn in the national economy, not structural in nature.”
“We have worked hard to restore fiscal responsibility and accountability in Maryland over these last two years.”
“In 2008 and 2009, our state budget grew by less than 4 percent annually – less than the Spending Affordability Guidelines set by the General Assembly – compared to 22 percent in the last two years of our Republican predecessors.”
“We have already cut $1.8 billion from state spending, eliminated over 700 state positions, and yes, we have asked the people of Maryland to play a role in this solution by increasing the sales tax by a penny and enacting a more progressive income tax structure. The people of Maryland will also have an opportunity to vote on a slots referendum in November that is expected to provide an additional $650 million for public education in our State.”
“As we have worked together to address the structural deficit that we inherited, we will come together in the weeks ahead to address this latest budget challenge presented to us by our national economy; and we will do so in a way that recognizes the burden and challenges faced by our middle-class families as the cost of everything continues to rise even as wages remain stagnant.”
“The investments we have fought so hard to preserve in public education, public safety, and public health are intended for one purpose only – to strengthen and grow our middle class over the long-term and create a more sustainable future for our children.”
“This has been our goal from the beginning, and it will continue to guide the actions of this Administration as we work to address this latest challenge.”
20080909 St from O’Malley on the Brd of Revenue Estimates
Doug Ross: The top ten cities with the highest poverty
Doug Ross: The top ten cities with the highest poverty
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
What do the ten cities with the highest poverty rate have in common?
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-do-ten-cities-with-highest-poverty.html
[…]
What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
Democrat leadership.
Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961;
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)... since 1984;
Cleveland, OH (4th)... since 1989;
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th)... since 1949;
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)... since 1908;
Philadelphia, PA (9th)... since 1952;
Newark, NJ (10th)... since 1907.
Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats --- yet are still disadvantaged.
20080910 Doug Ross The top ten cities with the highest poverty
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
What do the ten cities with the highest poverty rate have in common?
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-do-ten-cities-with-highest-poverty.html
[…]
What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
Democrat leadership.
Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961;
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;
Cincinnati, OH (3rd)... since 1984;
Cleveland, OH (4th)... since 1989;
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;
St. Louis, MO (6th)... since 1949;
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;
Milwaukee, WI (8th)... since 1908;
Philadelphia, PA (9th)... since 1952;
Newark, NJ (10th)... since 1907.
Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats --- yet are still disadvantaged.
20080910 Doug Ross The top ten cities with the highest poverty
Thursday, September 11, 2008
CNSNews.com E-Brief for Wednesday September 10 2008
CNSNews.com E-Brief for Wednesday September 10 2008
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‘Spare Me the Phony Outrage,’ Obama Says
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack Obama, appearing at a Norfolk, Va., high school Wednesday morning, responded to the “made-up controversy” involving Obama’s own comment about “lipstick on a pig.” “Enough! I don’t care what they say about me. But I love this country too much to let them (Republicans) take over another election with lies and phony outrage and Swift Boat politics. Enough is enough.”
Americans Mull Obama’s ‘Lipstick on a Pig’ Comment
(CNSNews.com) - “You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig,” Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday on the campaign trail. He was questioning Sen. John McCain’s commitment to “change,” but many people think he was making a sly reference to Sen. John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin, and some are offended.
Pelosi Puts ‘Big Oil’ on One Side, Taxpayers on the Other
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats plan to introduce a “comprehensive energy bill” this week, but Republicans say it doesn’t go far enough. “In fact, this package would permanently put 80 percent of our offshore resources under lock and key,” warned House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.). “That's hardly the kind of comprehensive approach to crafting real energy solutions that the American people are demanding,” he said.
McCain Closing in on Obama on Economy
(CNSNews.com) – GOP presidential candidate John McCain has gained voter support on the economy, according to the latest Gallup poll. Before the Democratic National Convention, Obama had a 16-point lead over McCain on the economy. Now it’s just three percentage points, within the margin of error.
Foreigners Support Obama, Global Poll Shows
(CNSNews.com) - A BBC World Service poll finds that in all 22 countries surveyed, respondents favored Democrat Barack Obama for president over his Republican rival John McCain. But nearly four in ten people passed on the question, instead giving replies such as “neither,” “either,” “don’t know” or “no difference.” One columnist acknowledged the risk that foreigners’ voicing support for an American candidate could backfire.
Palin’s Travel Reimbursements Not News to Alaskans
(CNSNews.com) – The Washington Post on Tuesday ran a front-page story about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin receiving $16,951 in travel reimbursements, including a per diem travel allowance for members of her family, and for sometimes staying in her home as part of official business. But Alaskans who follow politics told CNSNews.com that such action is standard practice. Palin’s spokeswoman, Sharon Leighow, said the reimbursements were within the law, and commonplace. Other Alaskans who follow politics in the nation’s northern-most state, agreed.
Obama on Wright, Ayers: ‘Guilt by Association’
(CNSNews.com) - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Weather Underground radicals Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dorn, MoveOn.org, and the Daily Kos blog: You have some pretty bad friends, Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly told Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the third installment of an interview taped last week. “I know thousands of people,” Obama told O’Reilly, adding that his critics have singled out certain individuals to score political points.
Palestinian Children’s Program ‘Glorifies Terror’
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – A children’s television program aired on the Palestinian Authority’s official television station glorifies a notorious terrorist and ignores the existence of Israel. “To Win With Shahad,” a children’s quiz program, is broadcast daily in the afternoons by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
OPEC Production Cut May Not Trigger Huge Gas Price Increase (CNSNews.com) - OPEC oil ministers met Tuesday in Vienna, with several nations – especially Iran and Venezuela -- pushing for the cartel to cut production to stop a retreat in world oil prices from the all-time high of $147 a barrel this summer.
Fannie, Freddie Takeover Criticized by Some Free Market Experts
(CNSNews.com) - In a move intended to ease the nation’s housing crisis, the U.S. government is taking over two of the largest mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which hold a combined $5 trillion worth of mortgages. Some free market experts said the decision raises a number of concerns for investors.
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NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:
Columnist: Palin ‘oozes sexuality’
Liberal critics force change in venue for McCain-Palin rally
Palin outshines Biden in favorability, head-to-head polling
Biden says he isn't afraid of Palin
Reduced dominance predicted for U.S.
Rangel says he will pay back taxes; GOP wants hm out of chairmanship
Ron Paul: Reject GOP, Dems at the polls
Safer Iraq draws foreign investors
COMMENTARY
Sisterhood of the Protected Female Liberal Journalists
By Michelle Malkin
Let’s talk Mommy Wars, double standards and the media elite. Last Friday, Howard Gutman, a member of the Obama campaign’s National Finance Committee, attacked Sarah Palin’s ability to be a good parent and have a high-powered public life at the same time. Damningly, it’s high-powered working mothers in the journalism business who are helping to broadcast the anti-Palin slams or doing nothing to defend her. What I challenge is their silence and complicity as the Palin-bashers impose a “Family First” double standard on conservatives.
To Whom Joe Biden Bows
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Take a leap of faith. Assume Sen. Joe Biden is an intellectually rigorous man who never fails to act on his own convictions when he votes in the Senate -- and that he is especially careful in thinking things through when he votes on matters of life and death. Now, try to entertain Joe Biden’s logic on a matter of life and death. “I’m prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception,” Biden said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “But that is my judgment.” Biden’s implication is that it is equally plausible to conclude that life does not begin at conception and that this conclusion ought to command as much respect from rational people as the conclusion that life does begin at conception.
MTV: Where Virgins Go To Die
BY Ben Shapiro
Virginity is hilarious, according to MTV Video Music Awards host Russell Brand. After Brand was done encouraging Americans to vote for Barack Obama because George W. Bush is a “retarded cowboy fellow,” he attacked the Jonas Brothers for wearing promise rings that are intended to demonstrate support for abstinence until marriage. It’s always so easy to make fun of teenagers who want to remain abstinent until marriage. But at the end of the day, those teenagers who do succeed in upholding their standards are, by and large, the happiest people in the world. They don’t enter marriage with the baggage of past relationships; they don’t get STDs; they don’t need abortions or adoptions. They have a lower suicide rate and experience depression less than their peers.
November Lineup: Obama vs. Obama
By Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
Now that Sen. John McCain has definitively separated himself from George Bush, he has become an acceptable alternative to Sen. Barack Obama for voters seeking change. Obama was wrong to invest so much in the Bush-McCain linkage. He should have focused very specifically on McCain himself and taken shots at specific votes and bills that he introduced. Now, after the massive exposure McCain got at his convention and the demonstrable commitment to change embodied in the selection of Sarah Palin, it is too late.
20080910 CNSNews E Brief for Wednesday September 10 2008
4-H’ers heading to national competitions by Carrie Ann Knauer
4-H’ers heading to national competitions By Carrie Ann Knauer, Carroll County Times Staff Writer
Monday, September 08, 2008
Four teens from Francis Scott Key High School will represent the state at several regional and national livestock judging competitions this fall after winning the top positions in the 4-H competition at the Maryland State Fair last weekend.
This is the first time that the four-person A team will be made up of youths from the same county, let alone the same school, said Kathy Gordon, 4-H youth development extension educator for Carroll.
About 30 youths competed in the 4-H livestock judging competition at the Maryland State Fair Aug. 30, Gordon said. During the competition, the youths examine several rounds of beef cattle, sheep and swine, and judge them on their physical build and characteristics. They rank the animals in each class, then submit their rankings to be compared to the professional judges’ rankings.
Claire Bennett won first place with 614 points, followed by Drew Cashman in second place with 613 points and Lukas Ziegler in third place with 610 points. Claire’s brother Troy Bennett placed seventh with 578 points...
Read Ms. Knauer’s entire article here: 4-H’ers heading to national competitions
20080908 4Hers heading to national competitions by Knauer
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/local_news/newsstory3.txt
Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Monday, September 08, 2008
Four teens from Francis Scott Key High School will represent the state at several regional and national livestock judging competitions this fall after winning the top positions in the 4-H competition at the Maryland State Fair last weekend.
This is the first time that the four-person A team will be made up of youths from the same county, let alone the same school, said Kathy Gordon, 4-H youth development extension educator for Carroll.
About 30 youths competed in the 4-H livestock judging competition at the Maryland State Fair Aug. 30, Gordon said. During the competition, the youths examine several rounds of beef cattle, sheep and swine, and judge them on their physical build and characteristics. They rank the animals in each class, then submit their rankings to be compared to the professional judges’ rankings.
Claire Bennett won first place with 614 points, followed by Drew Cashman in second place with 613 points and Lukas Ziegler in third place with 610 points. Claire’s brother Troy Bennett placed seventh with 578 points...
Read Ms. Knauer’s entire article here: 4-H’ers heading to national competitions
20080908 4Hers heading to national competitions by Knauer
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/local_news/newsstory3.txt
Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/
Fly the flag in remembrance on September 11, 2008
Fly the flag in remembrance on September 11, 2008
Hat Tip: Grammy
On Thursday, September 11th, 2008, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the
We do this honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.
In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism.
Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn't take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds
20080911 Fly the flag in remembrance on September 11, 2008
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