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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Remembering Carroll's statuesque and statue sculptor By Kevin E. Dayhoff – Eagle Archives June 19, 2015

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Remembering Carroll's statuesque and statue sculptor

June 19, 2015

Statues and statuesque in Carroll County

By Kevin E. Dayhoff – Eagle Archives, Carroll Eagle – Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0621-20150619-story.html

Many would be surprised to learn that Blaze Starr, who passed away on June 15, is not the only creative statuesque figure with a Carroll County connection.

Another famous Carroll County artist, William Henry Rinehart, now has his works of sculpture on display at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.

Starr was a famous stripper and burlesque performer, another exhibitor of sorts. According to an article in the Sun, "In her day [she] was perhaps Baltimore's best-known figure." She was "a successful businesswoman as owner of the 2 O'Clock Club on East Baltimore Street, [who] was so nonthreatening to local morals that she appeared in an advertising campaign for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co."

A national celebrity, many locales throughout the country claim her, including New Orleans, where she had a torrid affair with the then-governor of Louisiana, Earl Long.

While she began a lifelong relationship with Baltimore in 1950, many may not be aware that for many years she called Eldersburg, in southern Carroll County, her home.

An artist of many talents, she was a striking redhead who was friendly and talkative. She also owned a store at the then-Carrolltowne Center, where she sold her handmade jewelry. That was where this writer interviewed her on several occasions in the 1980s.

The work of Rinehart, meantime, can be "seen … in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Baltimore Museum of Art," according to the Walters Art Museum website.

Rinehart was born into a prosperous farming family in Union Bridge on Sept. 13, 1825 Read more here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0621-20150619-story.html

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Related Memorial Day and memories of native son killed in Vietnam nearly 50 years ago WESTMINSTER Memorial Day and memories of native son killed in Vietnam nearly 50 years ago http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0531-20150529-story.html

WESTMINSTER

Remembering Carroll's statuesque and statue sculptor

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

Many would be surprised to learn that Blaze Starr, who passed away on June 15, is not the only creative statuesque figure with a Carroll County connection.

WESTMINSTER

Shrine in New Windsor honors site where Methodism got its start

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

On June 18, 1937, the Strawbridge Shrine Association was formed just outside of New Windsor, where many historians believe the origins of Methodism in America are located.

WESTMINSTER

Study of schools in Carroll provides an interesting education

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

In researching the history of schools in Carroll County, one comes across many references to early graduations and the "first" beginnings of a system of education in the county.

WESTMINSTER

Memorial Day and memories of native son killed in Vietnam nearly 50 years ago

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM

After a parade through town, a memorial service was held just before noon in the historic Westminster Cemetery. The tradition of the parade and ceremony in Westminster was started in 1868 by Mary Bostwick Shellman.

WESTMINSTER

Westminster band in third century together

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

The March 10 event was not held in a dance hall, but there were quite a few musical numbers played. There were also movies, slides, a history talk and refreshments to the delight of approximately 125 attendees inside the large hall at Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster.

WESTMINSTER

Carroll County pays last respects to emergency responder [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Friends, family, colleagues and law enforcement officers from throughout the central-Maryland region filled Legacy Hall at the Sykesville Freedom District Volunteer Fire Department recently to pay their last respects to fellow firefighter and EMS provider Robin Flater Chenoweth.

WESTMINSTER

Efforts in Carroll County to build harmony from diversity honored [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Steve Guthrie, superintendent of Carroll County public schools, and veteran community leaders Jean and John Lewis were recently recognized by the county's Human Relations Commission for their contributions to the community.

WESTMINSTER

Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s

KEVIN DAYHOFF

Powder, serving with the U.S. Army's 6th Cavalry, was waiting to be deployed to Cuba when he wrote to his sister, "Mrs. Wm. Stansbury," from Tampa, Florida: "Dear Sister. I and our troops are still here.

WESTMINSTER

Carroll County's connection to Greece [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN. E. DAYHOFF

Several weeks ago, Westminster was the focal point of a distinguished assembly of Greek families as folks from all over the country came to town to celebrate the life of Zoe Amprazis Sirinakis, 85, who died on Dec. 29.

WESTMINSTER

Volunteer fire companies truly a valued asset in the county

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

The first mention of a fire department in what we now know as Carroll County was in 1808 when the Maryland General Assembly "passed an act authorizing the raising of money by lottery to pay for a fire engine?"

WESTMINSTER

Sergeant major's appointment brings attention of Annapolis to Carroll County

KEVIN. E. DAYHOFF

On Jan. 21, the adjutant general of Maryland, Brig. Gen. Linda Singh, announced that she had appointed Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Beyard, of Westminster, to be the senior enlisted leader of the Maryland National Guard, its top enlisted position.

WESTMINSTER

Underlining surveyors' contribution to Carroll County's history [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

For this year's event, which was scheduled for Jan. 17, the topic was the history of the county's northern border, the storied, celebrated and, at times, vilified Mason Dixon Line.

WESTMINSTER

New year begins with familiar faces missing from county leadership [Column]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

On April 24, Carroll County's chief of staff, Steve Powell, retired from county government. He started worked for the county in October 1985 as a budget officer.

WESTMINSTER

Fire department dinner meeting an annual tradition in Westminster [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

The annual event is a time-honored tradition that goes back to the beginning of the current fire company in Westminster, which was incorporated on Jan. 29, 1879, in the midst of enormous contention after a series of disastrous fires between 1857 and 1879, when there was no fire company in town.

WESTMINSTER

Center hosts annual event to celebrate farming in Carroll County [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Recently, about 100 hardy souls braved temperatures in the upper 20s and the final remnants of a freezing rain to attend the annual Carroll County Agriculture Center's dinner meeting.

WESTMINSTER

Carroll County's new leaders share more than priority of public safety [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN. E. DAYHOFF

Just days after the sheriff's office made that announcement, the office announced the appointment of an additional investigator to the county's drug task force to address the community's growing alarm regarding the abuse of prescription drugs and heroin.

WESTMINSTER

A love story that began on New Year's Eve, 1945 [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Much of the time, history can be the dry stuff of names and facts or memorized dates found in textbooks. Nothing can bring history alive more than our own memories or growing up listening to the recollections of our parents or grandparents.

WESTMINSTER

Celebrating Grace Lutheran Church's growth and history in Westminster

KEVIN DAYHOFF

... church's commitment to Westminster — and was, in part, initiated by the husband and wife team of Pastors Martha and Kevin Clementson, who have led the congregation since December 2007. The rededication service on Sept. 14 will be officiated by ...

WESTMINSTER

Pond a source of respite for Westminster visitors and residents

KEVIN DAYHOFF

More than 60 years ago, the Route 140 "Roadside Picnic Area and Community Fish Pond" was dedicated with great fanfare by then-Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin during a Saturday program that began at 2 p.m. and lasted all afternoon.

WESTMINSTER

Westminster mayor remembered [Eagle Archives]

KEVIN E. DAYHOFF

Many historians would agree with state Sen. Joe Getty, a local historian, who wrote, "Researching local business histories is difficult and challenging. Sources for such information are generally scarce and incomplete?"

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Also see related: Love Reconciled with Death

July 7, 2007 by Kevin Dayhoff

Updated August 16, 2009

While we were in Union Bridge for dinner on July 5, 2007, we had the opportunity to study and admire the sculpture at the corner of North Main Street and East Broadway, which is a reproduction of “Love Reconciled with Death” by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874.)

For a larger image click here:

See also: “The Dinners at the Buttersburg Inn” July 5, 2007

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Reproduction of “Love Reconciled with Death” by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart. Corner of North Main Street and East Broadway Kevin E. Dayhoff July 5, 2007

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“Love Reconciled with Death” by William Henry Rinehart in Union Bridge

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Reproduction of “Love Reconciled with Death” by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart Corner of North Main Street and East Broadway Kevin Dayhoff July 5, 2007

According to an undated brochure, “Union Bridge Walking Tour,” which I retrieved in June 2009:

“‘Love Reconciled with Death’ was sculpted by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874) as a memorial to the wife of Baltimore art connoisseur and philanthropist, William T. Walters.

“The original sculpture is located in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore. The memorial was selected by the Town of Union Bridge to be reproduced and installed in 2007 as a tribute to the sculptor.

“Rinehart was born into a farming family near Union Bridge and became known as one of

America

's most-skilled nineteenth-century sculptors. One of his best-known works is the relief known as The History of Justice on the bronze doors of the United States Senate Chamber in Washington.”

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William Rinehart's artwork can be seen at the Historical Society of Carroll Co.

June 22, 2015

Historical Society of Carroll County recently wrote, “A recent Baltimore Sun article [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0621-20150619-story.html – “Remembering Carroll's statuesque and statue sculptor,” by Kevin E. Dayhoff – Eagle Archives] notes that ‘the work of Rinehart, meantime, can be seen in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.’

An earlier form of Rinehart's sensitive bust of his mother was the first evidence of the young artist's talent. After his mother's death in 1868, he sent home for the work and for one of her caps. The artist prepared several plaster-casts of the new bust for presentation to his brothers and a marble one for himself. This example was probably given to his older brother Evan Thomas who gave it to his daughter, the donor.

A recent Baltimore Sun article notes that "the work of Rinehart, meantime, can be "see in the collections of the...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

22 June 1954: President Eisenhower authorized the first use of the first official Marine Corps Seal.

22 June 1954: President Eisenhower authorized the first use of the first official Marine Corps Seal. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/06/22-june-1954-president-eisenhower.html

22 June 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the first use of the first official Marine Corps Seal. The seal had been designed at the request of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr.

Semper Fi

According to a history account on the USMC Museum website found here: http://www.usmcmuseum.com/Museum_LoreCorps.asp “The origins of the eagle, globe, and anchor insignia worn by Marines can be traced to those ornaments worn by early Continental Marines as well as to the British Royal Marines.

"In 1776, Marines wore a device depicting a fouled anchor. Changes were made to that device in 1798, 1821, and 1824. An eagle was added in 1834. The current insignia dates to 1868 when Brigadier General Commandant Jacob Zeilin convened a board “to decide and report upon the various devices of cap ornaments of the Marine Corps.” A new insignia was recommended and approved by the Commandant. On 19 November 1868, the new insignia was accepted by the Secretary of the Navy.

"The new emblem featured a globe showing the western hemisphere intersected by a fouled anchor and surmounted by an eagle. Atop the device, a ribbon was inscribed with the Latin motto “Semper Fidelis.” The globe signified the service of the United States Marines throughout the world. The anchor was indicative of the amphibious nature of the Marine Corps. The eagle, symbolizing a proud nation, was not the American bald eagle, but rather a crested eagle, a species found throughout the world.

"On 22 June 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an Executive Order which approved the design of an official seal for the United States Marine Corps. Designed at the request of General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, the seal replaced the crested eagle with the American bald eagle, its wings proudly displayed. With the approval of this seal by the President of the United States in 1955, the emblem centered on the seal was adopted as the official Marine Corps emblem.

"The eagle, globe, and anchor insignia is a testament to the training of the individual Marine, to the history and traditions of the Marine Corps, and to the values upheld by the Corps. It represents “those intangible possessions that cannot be issued: pride, honor, integrity, and being able to carry on the traditions for generations of warriors past.” Said retired Sergeant Major David W. Sommers, “the emblem of the Corps is the common thread that binds all Marines together, officer and enlisted, past and present…The eagle, globe and anchor tells the world who we are, what we stand for, and what we are capable of, in a single glance.”"Read more here: http://www.usmcmuseum.com/Museum_LoreCorps.asp

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August 20, 1967: Sargent Shriver said Unity is ‘built by all Americans’

June 22, 2015 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/06/august-20-1967-sargent-shriver-said.html

Labels: Diversity, Diversity African-American, People Shriver family, People Shriver-Sargent, Quotes, Words of wisdom

In a recent tweet – on June 22, 2015, Maria Shriver ‏@mariashriver, noted that her father, (Westminster, Carroll County, Md. native son) Sargent Shriver, said “My father said Unity is ‘built by all Americans.’ Sadly, words still relevant @RSargentShriver: http://eepurl.com/bq43Ir”

On August 20, 1967, Mr. Shriver said: “"We have a statue of liberty on the east coast given to us by a foreign community. But we need a statue of unity built by all Americans, for all Americans -- in every American community. Today, our nation is not united. This country is in trouble because too many Americans prefer not to know each other. Not to care about each other. […] Our country cannot go on like this."

This may be found on the Sargent Shriver Peace Institute website, http://www.sargentshriver.org/speech-article/address-to-the-negro-shriners-convention.

According to the website, “Sargent Shriver did not shy away from speaking about racism throughout his career. This address at the black Shriner convention in August of 1967, given in the middle of a long, tumultuous summer of rioting throughout the country, demonstrates his frankness and his concern on the topic of racial inequality…”

He said this in an “Address to the Negro Shriners Convention, CLEVELAND, OH.

He also said: “It is keeping America divided into ghettos--not the city slums, but ghettos of the mind where we seal off parts of democracy that don't suit us, where we box off our obligations to justice and shut out our commitments to fairness. These ghettos of the mind are more damaging to America than the ghettos of the city…”

Indeed, Sargent Shriver did not shy away from speaking about racism throughout his career. Read the entire speech here: http://sargentshriver.org/speech-article/address-to-the-negro-shriners-convention

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"Camp COPS receives generous donation from Koons Westminster Toyota Scion" Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland; June 18, 2015

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Carroll Co Bus, Carroll Co Bus Koons Westminster Toyota, Police, Police Camp COPS, Police Carroll Co Sheriff's Dept

Sheriff Jim DeWees, along with everyone involved in the Camp C.O.P.S. program, would like to thank Koons Westminster Toyota Scion for their generous support of this summer program.

On Tuesday, June 16th, Nigel Hayes, General Manager, along with Angela Boerner, Controller, presented a check for $5000 to Sheriff Jim DeWees and Sgt Keith Benfer of the Westminster Police Department to help fund the program.

Carroll County Camp C.O.P.S. (COURAGE TO BE OUTSTANDING WITH PRIDE AND SELF CONFIDENCE) is a joint effort between the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Westminster Police Department, Maryland State Police, Taneytown Police, and the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office, and is designed to bring a better understanding of Law Enforcement to the youth of Carroll County, while working in the atmosphere of a Police Academy.

Located at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Camp C.O.P.S. is open to middle school students (those students going into 6th, 7th, or 8th grade).

This year, the Camp will run from July 20th through July 24th.

The donation will be used to purchase many of the items needed to run the popular summer program. This will include equipment and activities for the camp, as well as such items as shirts, hats, water bottles, and food.

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Friday, June 19, 2015

WESTMINSTER: Study of schools in Carroll provides an interesting education by KEVIN E. DAYHOFF June 10, 2015

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-06-20150610-story.html

The e first weeks of June are a time when many young adults in Carroll County look forward to the end of the school year and graduation ceremonies.

In researching the history of schools in Carroll County, one comes across many references to early graduations and the "first" beginnings of a system of education in the county.

According to research for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Joe Getty, it was "in 1865 when the state government mandated formation of a county school board. Carroll County protested this development, but the county school board was established…" http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-06-20150610-story.html

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A big thanks to Jack and Beth Tevis for investing so generously to Carroll Hospital and our community

A big thanks to Jack and Beth Tevis for investing so generously to Carroll Hospital and our community.

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LODD Police Officer Sonny Kim Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio End of Watch: Friday, June 19, 2015

#LODD Police Officer Sonny Kim Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio End of Watch: Friday, June 19, 2015

Police Officer Sonny Kim was shot and killed after responding to a 911 call reporting that a man was behaving erratically at the intersection of Roe Street and Whetsel Avenue at approximately 9:30 am.

Shots were exchanged upon Officer Kim's arrival at the scene and both he and the subject were shot multiple times. Officer Kim was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.

Officer Kim had served with the Cincinnati Police Department for 27 years.

Bio & Incident Details

Age: 48

Tour: 27 years

Badge # Not available

Cause: Gunfire

Weapon: Gun; Unknown type

Offender: Shot and wounded

https://www.odmp.org/officer/22514-police-officer-sonny-kim

Police Officer Sonny Kim Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio End of Watch: Friday, June 19, 2015 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/06/police-officer-sonny-kim-cincinnati.html

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Debate rages over the need for a better Marine sniper rifle By James K. Sanborn, June 17, 2015

Debate rages over the need for a better Marine sniper rifle By James K. Sanborn, Staff writer June 17, 2015 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/06/debate-rages-over-need-for-better.html

A smoldering debate over the need for a more powerful sniper rifle for Marines is once again ablaze. http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/06/17/debate-rages-over-marine-corps-sniper-rifles/28811495/

The Army’s M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle has a range of about 1,300 yards. A new story by the Washington Post has reignited the debate over the Corps’ needs for new sniper rifles. - Ms. Andricka Thomas/ATEC

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A recent story by the Washington Post has generated renewed controversy among Marines who say that some snipers have been outgunned on deployments, taking fire from targets they can see, but not shoot. While the Marine Corps' M40 is undeniably rugged and accurate, its .308 cartridge is unreliable beyond half a mile.

The story compares the Corps' rifle to the Chinese M99, which can reach targets twice as far away. The British and U.S. Special Operations Command also have sniper rifles with better firepower that can reach nearly a mile. And the Army's M2010 can reach targets about 1,300 yards away.

Marines told the Post that having the best training doesn't matter if their rifles and cartridges are subpar. Some said they fear better weapons can reach the hands of their enemies, including Islamic State militants.

Marine snipers have long been frustrated with the Corps' Vietnam-era M40s and .308 Winchester cartridge. In 2005, Marines operating in Iraq were calling on the Corps to develop a sniper rifle that had a range of more than 1,600 yards, nearly twice that of the M40.

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This picture shows the pain of Greece falling apart By Matt O'Brien June 17, 2015

This picture shows the pain of Greece falling apart By Matt O'Brien June 17, 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/17/this-picture-shows-the-pain-of-greece-falling-apart/?tid=pm_business_pop_b

This picture is worth approximately 317 billion words in Greek. That's how many euros its government owes, and how many euros it's going to start defaulting on if it doesn't agree on a new bailout in the next few days.

After all, you don't have to be an expert in game theory, like Greece's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is, to know it's not good if he's crouching with his head in his hands right before midnight strikes on his country's solvency. But I think we can sympathize with how he feels. We do too. The years change, but the Greek crisis doesn't. It owes more than it can pay, so it needs Europe to give it the money to pay, well, Europe back. The problem, though, is Europe doesn't want to just hand over the money in such circular fashion without getting something else—pension and spending cuts—in return, and Greece doesn't want so many painful strings attached after it's already cut a lot and only seen its economy shrink by 25 percent.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

THE NIGHT WATCHMAN: Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.

From an e-mail.... Nevertheless, it tells a compelling story:

THE NIGHT WATCHMAN

Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.

Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.

Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?"

So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.

Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"

So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One was to do the studies and one was to write the reports.

Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?"

So they created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer then hired two people.

Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?"

So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.

Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back."
So they laid-off the night watchman.

NOW slowly, let it sink in.

Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY during the Carter administration?

Anybody?

Anything?

No?

Didn't think so!

Bottom line is, we've spent several hundred billion (BILLION with a B) dollars in support of an agency, the reason for which very few people who read this can remember!

Ready??

It was very simple... and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.

The Department of Energy was instituted on 8/04/1977, TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.

Hey, pretty efficient, huh?

AND NOW IT'S 2015 -- 38 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!

(THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?")
38 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.

Ah, yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.

NOW, WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?

Hello!! Anybody Home?

Signed....The Night Watchman

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Monday, June 15, 2015

Web site to aid victims of federal cyberattack crashes due to high volume - The Washington Post

Web site to aid victims of federal cyberattack crashes due to high volume - The Washington Post:

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How a devastating loss in Florida taught Jeb Bush what it takes to win - The Washington Post

How a devastating loss in Florida taught Jeb Bush what it takes to win - The Washington Post: "By Karen Tumulty June 14, 2015

[...]

That was late spring of 1997, a time in his life that Bush now refers to as “wandering around.”

But he was far from aimless.

In that period, Bush retooled himself and his image from that of a sometimes cartoonish ideologue into what he is today. Indeed, as he prepares to formally announce his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the question being asked is whether he is strident enough.

Humbled by defeat the first time he ran for office, Bush spent the mid-1990s broadening and deepening his knowledge of how his state worked, forging relationships that softened his profile and striving to talk about what he believed in a way that would bring people together.

“I learned tone,” Bush said in an interview. “You can say the same thing that represents your core beliefs in a way that draws people toward your message, rather than pushes people away.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jeb-bush-opens-up-about-his-wandering-years/2015/06/14/8477c8ac-1196-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

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Maj. Gen. Linda Singh gives keynote speech to Baltimore City police officers

Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh, the Adjutant General of Maryland, spoke words of encouragement to officers of the Baltimore City Police Department’s Western District at the Hyatt Hotel in Baltimore, Md., June 11, 2015.

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News from The Hill: Obama pleads with House Dems to save trade package

News from The Hill

Obama pleads with House Dems to save trade package

By Peter Schroeder and Cristina Marcos

President Obama made an impassioned plea to House Democrats on Friday to not kill his trade agenda.

In a last-minute, closed-door meeting held hours before scheduled votes on the fast-track package, the president huddled with House Democrats for about a half hour.

Read the full story here.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244813-obama-pleads-with-dems-to-save-trade-package

Update:

News from The Hill

Pelosi to oppose Obama on trade

By Ian Swanson

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a meandering but dramatic floor speech on Friday said she will vote "no" on a measure providing assistance to workers displaced by trade.

Pelosi's opposition to the Trade Adjustment Assistance program casts doubt on whether the measure will pass.

Read the full story here.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244833-pelosi-to-oppose-obama-on-trade

http://media.thehill.com/services/player/bcpid2764968420001?bctid=4293126544001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEA-5AE~,7pYsU79IKz2CXW_BSQItHbG6JoyZCfQ5

And yet another update... What a sop opera... In the end, it does not matter. If the legislation fails - the Republicans will be blamed. If the legislation passes, the Republicans will be vilified ... Whatever...

News from The Hill

House deals humiliating blow to Obama in trade fight

By Cristina Marcos

Defying President Obama, House Democrats on Friday rallied to vote down legislation granting aid to workers displaced by trade, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the fast-track legislation that had been scheduled to hit the floor.

An overwhelming majority of Democrats voted to sink the package in the 126-302 vote despite an impassioned plea from the president, which he delivered in person during a rare morning visit to Capitol Hill. A majority of Republicans also opposed the bill.

Read the full story here.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244835-house-deals-humiliating-blow-to-obama-in-trade-fight

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