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It's a whirlwind of energy inside the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. I'm surrounded by innovators, investors, and media from around the world at the first-ever DEMO Africa forum. Over the next few days, more than 40 African innovators and technology start-ups will get the chance to unveil their products to the world for the first time. In cooperation with Appfrica International, the U.S. State Department will be announcing the launch of the third annual Apps4Africa contest -- Apps4Africa 2012: Business Challenge -- which we hope will inspire African innovators to develop mobile, web, and desktop applications ("apps") that address the challenge of youth unemployment in Africa.
Apps4Africa was launched in 2009 as a way to energize African innovators to work with civil society, private companies, and local investors to develop on-the-ground technology-based solutions to local problems on the continent. In the inaugural competition in 2010, Apps4Africa: Civic Challenge spurred apps developers to find innovative technology solutions to everyday problems on issues ranging from government transparency to health and education. The winning app -- called iCow -- was developed in Kenya, and it allows farmers to track the breeding periods of their cows to maximize farm yields. In 2011, Apps4Africa: Climate Challenge encouraged apps developers to confront the challenge of climate change adaptation. Apps poured in from across the continent and addressed issues from disaster preparedness to health and disease monitoring.
Apps4Africa, like DEMO Africa, is a key partner in the State Department's Liberalizing Innovation Opportunity Nations (LIONS@FRICA) alliance, which uses public-private partnerships to promote innovation and support technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. As in the past two years, Appfrica International will run this year's Apps4Africa competition, under a grant from the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs.
This year's competition -- Apps4Africa 2012: Business Challenge -- will call on African innovators to develop apps that promote job creation, help businesses connect with potential employees, and tackle other challenges faced by young African job-seekers. The competition saw significant growth during its first two years -- from 20 participants and four countries in 2010 to nearly 300 participants from almost 20 countries in 2011 -- and we're looking forward to see how many step up to the challenge this time this time.
Two past Apps4Africa winners have been invited to launch their products at DEMO Africa. Farmerline is a mobile and web-based system that provides agricultural industry information to farmers and investors; and Mini-Shop offers software to help small business owners keep track of inventory, sales, and expenses.
After the launch in Nairobi, Apps4Africa 2012: Business Challenge will be split into three regional competitions: East Africa, West and Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Seven regional brainstorming sessions -- in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal, and Nigeria -- will bring together prospective apps developers, universities, businesses, and members of civil society to help identify needs, form networks, and explore solutions.
A panel of judges -- including experts in technology and entrepreneurship from Africa and the United States -- will pick winners from each region, along with a single grand-prize winner for the continent. Winners will receive cash prizes and follow-on mentoring and support to help bring their products to market.
But this competition isn't only about leveraging the innovative thinking of African technologists. And it goes beyond creating solutions to the difficult challenge of youth unemployment in Africa. We hope that Apps4Africa 2012 will help show young Africans that technology can be a means of empowerment; that it will forge links between civil society and the private sector; that it will highlight African solutions to African problems; and that it will unveil a cadre of African innovators who can serve as role models for the young people to spark innovative solutions to local challenges.
The excitement at DEMO Africa today is palpable. The former Apps4Africa winners are ready to go. We can't wait to see the creativity that's unveiled over the next few months. Stay tuned!
Mossad writes:
You are send me my job and visa travel by my email,please help me for this.Thankyou very mutch.
Dwit in New York writes:
Very intresting
Amy in the U.S.A. writes:
That is a great because there are so many things in Africa that can be develop to boost their economy. Mostly on the agricultural side. If each country in Africa come together to innovate their products, we are going to see a big changement that will satify many of their economic wants.
Judith P. writes:
Thank you Tom for this great article on the impact technology can have in spurring business development and jobs. Apps4Africa is an excellent program and I commend the U.S. Government for providing African innovators with this opportunity. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) recently traveled to Kenya to monitor the performance of three financial institutions whose microfinance lending is supported by the agency. On this trip, we saw the impact mobile phones are having on banking and business in Kenya. Because of a lack of developed infrastructure, many banks do not have a physical presence in Kenya. Mobile banking has worked as a bridge over the rudimentary physical and financial infrastructure that hinders Kenya's economic growth. You can read more about OPIC's trip to Kenya here: opic.gov/blog/opic-in-action/opic-monitoring-trip-to-kenya.


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If not the Lake Placid ER, then what?
Understandably, many people are upset about the recommendation by doctors and administrators that Adirondack Health convert the 24-hour emergency room at its Lake Placid hospital to a 12-hour urgent care clinic.
Also understandably, the doctors and administrators have to cut services somewhere, given that Adirondack Health lost $3 million last year and, so far this year, has taken a combined hit of $1.7 million in Medicare payments from the fiscal cliff and the sequester. That's not counting annual reductions due to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).
The ER conversion is, so far, the most controversial of 30-plus steps Adirondack Health is considering to reduce costs. Others include farming out kidney dialysis and talking with other North Country nursing home owners about ways to team up.
Adirondack Health's board of directors will consider the ER change after a pair of public hearings on May 1 and 8 at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. If you care about this, please attend, both to listen and to make your voice heard. An open process produces better results.
This is not a plan to close Lake Placid's Adirondack Medical Center entirely, as some have said recently. Sports medicine and doctors' offices would remain, along with the proposed urgent-care clinic, although they'd all eventually be moved across Old Military Road to a new building on the Uihlein campus, as announced last June. The old Placid Memorial Hospital building has served the community long and well, but Adirondack Health's plan to build a new, more efficient facility deserves appreciation. That investment won't pay off for a while, so it can only be seen as a long-term commitment to the community.
Adirondack Health has made other investments in this area, and some of them haven't paid off at all. That's an important context to put this debate in.
It's been more than six years since Adirondack Health took over the Lake Placid (Uihlein) and Tupper Lake (Mercy) nursing homes from the Sisters of Mercy, who could no longer take the financial bleeding. Unfortunately, Adirondack Health inherited those deficits, which have cost it millions of dollars. Each nursing home resident costs Adirondack Health about $200 a day, but Medicaid pays much less than that. It seems there's no way anymore to sustain a nursing home – in New York state, at least. Even Essex and Franklin counties are divesting themselves of their homes in Elizabethtown and Malone.
Adirondack Health, a private entity, can't keep doing this. To stanch the bleeding, Adirondack Health is greatly reducing its capacity at Uihein; beyond that, it is in talks with other North Country nursing home owners about the possibility of teaming up. This problem is bigger than here, but we hope local providers take a lead in solving it – perhaps with more home care and less expensive housing for those who can't live on their own but don't need round-the-clock nursing. Still, nursing homes are greatly needed, and the state and federal governments must help make running them possible.
Another example of Adirondack Health doing something good at its own expense is the medical home demonstration project, which emphasizes preventative care and outreach. That helps people stay healthier, which means they need somewhat less care, which means less revenue for Adirondack Health.
"It's the right thing for the patient and the right thing for the nation," Adirondack Health CEO Chandler Ralph told us recently. "But it's like we're standing with one foot on a boat and one foot on a dock, because the reimbursement changes have not caught up with how we're changing the system."
We see the emergency department at AMC-Lake Placid as another example of costly community service. Ms. Ralph said it ran a half-million dollars in the red last year. Plus, the U.S. health care system is wisely being steered away from using emergency rooms as cure-all drop-in clinics – an expensive way to operate – and toward people seeing their own doctors, urgent care clinics and preventative health.
The Lake Placid emergency department has a small and dropping number of patients. Dr. Anthony Dowidowicz, medical director of the AMC emergency departments, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Broderick have been saying for years that it's unnecessary, medically, to maintain two emergency departments 11 miles apart. Now that something must be cut, they say this would be a good place to start.
That makes sense to us, given the circumstances.
There is also a serious plus: The co-pay to visit an urgent care clinic is much less than that for an emergency department, especially with the newly popular high-deductible health insurance plans. For the patient, it could be the difference between $30 and $500.
On the other hand, many people in Lake Placid are against this move. The village board seems to be preparing to formally oppose it. Eleven of the 12 letters and Guest Commentaries we've received on this subject argued against it. The only one for it was written by Dr. Dowidowicz and Dr. Waguih Kirollos, president of the Medical Staff.
It's hard to know how many people would accept the ER's conversion, because they are likely to be quiet about it. It's hard to be roused to defend the lesser of two evils.
The arguments we've heard for keeping the Lake Placid ER are passionate, but if one wants to seriously prepare for the future, it's better to be logical. And logic tells us that converting the Lake Placid emergency department is a pretty small sacrifice, one worth making to help Adirondack Health stay solvent as a whole.
Some have written that they, or people they love, would have died if they had to go an extra 11 miles, but already ambulances take all patients in critical situations to AMC-Saranac Lake, where there is advanced medical imaging and an operating room. Some say, well, why not buy a CT scanner for AMC-Lake Placid? Because that would be incredibly expensive and medically unnecessary, given how few times a year it would be used.
Some bring up the medical need for major sporting events, but the Lake Placid hospital could and would ramp up its services round the clock for these, as needed – and those last two words are the key.
Ambulance squads from Wilmington, Keene and Keene Valley have said that if Adirondack Health makes this move, they would take all patients to Elizabethtown Community Hospital. They should do whatever is best for their patients. ECH is closer to Keene and Keene Valley than AMC-Saranac Lake is; they're about the same distance from Wilmington.
We're not happy about a reduced hospital service, but we don't think it's as severe as some people make it out. AMC-Lake Placid's emergency department doesn't go much beyond the minimum threshold now. Bringing it just below the emergency department threshold would save Adirondack Health a lot of money and lose relatively little: overnight hours, one nurse per shift and some lab capability.
Those are things Tupper Lake already doesn't have, and it's twice as far away from AMC-Saranac Lake – and has more residents than Lake Placid.
Again, one must look at the numbers. Lake Placid's residents and tourists simply don't use the emergency department all that much.
But maybe this doesn't have to happen. We're open to suggestions for other ways Adirondack Health could cut costs, perhaps allowing it to keep the Lake Placid emergency department open. We hope some of the proposal's critics suggest something along these lines at the public hearings, which start at 6 p.m. May 1 and 7 p.m. May 8.
In general, we feel this area is blessed to have Adirondack Health. Few communities the size of ours in the world have such excellent medical facilities. We personally know several people who choose to come here from the Potsdam and Malone areas instead of going to the hospitals there. The outcry coming from Lake Placid is partly a validation of that, as angry as it sometimes sounds. Placidians value their local hospital deeply, and some are willing to fight for it. Good. We hope Adirondack Health officials listen to them closely, and that they listen back.

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Two notations, "Original drawings for Fur Seal Islands Report" and "Original drawings of Maps Comm (ander) & Kuril Isl. for 1898 Asiatic Fur Seal Islands," were written in ink on the brown wrapper and later identified as the handwriting of Remington Kellogg. A search of the Kellogg Library, Dept. of Paleobiology, NMNH, yielded the complete set of four volumes of the Report of Fur-Seal Investigations, 1896-1897, Parts 1-4. Part 1 of this publication was the basis for the identification of the subject matter of eleven of the illustrations of the seals (Paleo. Inventory #'s 1002-1012) and the artist Bristow Adams who executed them. The twelfth illustration (Paleo. Inventory # 1013) was identified from Part 3 of the same publication.
Origin of Illustrations
The Commissioner-in-charge of the fur-seal investigations was David Starr Jordan, already a well-known ichthyologist, who was at the time President of Leland Stanford Jr. University. Jordan, who had close ties to the U.S. National Museum, asked Leonhard Stejneger, Curator of Reptiles, and Frederic A. Lucas, Curator of Comparative Anatomy, to join the investigation. A young undergraduate at Stanford, Bristow Adams, was asked to accompany as field illustrator to draw the seals from life. Two years of observation in the field, 1896 and 1897, resulted in the following publication: Report of Fur-Seal Investigations, 1896-1897, Parts 1-4, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1898, 1899.
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Crossed eyes, Esotropia, Eye turn, Exotropia, Heterotropia, Wall eye, Wandering eye
Introduction to strabismus:
Strabismus can make it impossible for both eyes to focus on the same thing at the same time. In the long run, up to half of the children with an eye that deviates will lose vision in that eye, unless the problem is identified and treated early.
What is strabismus?
When the eyes don't line up or move together properly, we call it strabismus or heterotropia. If an eye deviates inward, it is esotropia (cross eyed); if it deviates outward, it is exotropia (walleyed). Eyes may also deviate up or down.
The misalignment of strabismus is often caused by a mismatch in the strength of the muscles moving the eye. One or both eyes may be affected.
Who gets strabismus?
Strabismus is one of the most common eye problems of childhood. Some children are born with strabismus. Others develop it along the way. Esotropia is more common than exotropia.
Normal newborns will sometimes have eyes that wander from time to time, especially when tired. This is not strabismus, and is discussed in the article on pseudostrabismus.
What are the symptoms of strabismus?
Sometimes the misalignment of the eyes is obvious. Often, however, a misalignment serious enough to cause severe vision loss (amblyopia) will be quite subtle – only a few degrees of deviation. This might be not noticed with even a careful look. Such strabismus is usually only detected on vision screening tests.
Is strabismus contagious?
How long does strabismus last?
Strabismus will usually last until treated.
How is strabismus diagnosed?
Often strabismus is detected on informal vision screening, when the position of a spot of light reflected off the eyes is asymmetric.
It is important to distinguish strabismus from pseudostrabismus – a much more common condition that does not result in vision loss.
Strabismus is common in children, but most young children go untested and unidentified. A March 2002 policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all babies should have vision screening (including screening for strabismus and amblyopia) at the earliest possible age, and at regular intervals throughout childhood.
Rather than relying on informal or subjective assessments of vision, the policy discusses photoscreening, a new test that can make checking vision easier and more accurate for even very young babies. A specially equipped camera takes their picture and a computer or a person analyzes the eye data obtained. Ask your pediatrician about having your baby screened.
A complete eye exam is important if there is any question on the screening test or on a pediatrician's examination.
How is strabismus treated?
Exercise of the eye muscles alone usually will not correct strabismus. Glasses, eye drops, and/or surgery are often necessary to create and maintain good alignment.
Surgery is best done on infants and toddlers. Several operations may be required, and glasses or other treatments may still be necessary after surgery, during the years of visual development.
Any associated amblyopia must also be treated.
How can strabismus be prevented?
Strabismus is difficult to prevent, but it is possible to prevent years of undiagnosed strabismus and the vision loss that results. All children should have vision screening early, and at regular intervals around well-child exams. Premature babies, and especially those with retinopathy, should have formal eye exams.
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Amblyopia (Lazy eye), Astigmatism, Blocked Tear Duct, Cataracts, Colorblindness, Conjunctivitis (Pink eye), Deafness, Farsightedness, Glaucoma, Nearsightedness, Pseudostrabismus, Stye


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DC Vets Club takes six to Takemori Open
Six players from the Washington, D.C. Veteran Administration Medical Center Judo Club participated in the 2013 Takemori Open over the weekend in Maryland. Three athletes won both first and second place in Kata competition, including Claudia Perry, Thomas Huff, and Joe Robinson. Competing in shiai, Jason LeFevers scored three ippons to win second place in the masters division against able-bodied fighters. This veterans club receives support from USA Judo to spread the sport among veterans and soldiers with disabilities.


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Beginner friendly flat 10K with a fete at the end. Very nice race. In full: This has come a long way since the 2 toilets in a boggy field and that's your lot. Easy parking, easy registration, sensible loo arrangements (if overwhelmed but that is the norm). Fete is not quite a s good as it used to be but ideally located. Couple of bottlenecks if you are one of the Alf Tuppers but all in all a real honest good value race. Smashing support all round and top marshalls. What more can you ask for? Date of review: May 5, 2014
In short: Very well designed XC. Hurt like hell.In full: Potentially the best course yet. Evil fun. Top morning out. Date of review: March 6, 2012
In short: A grand day out. Simple and successful. Great cheeseburgers. Sunday hurtsDate of review: February 13, 2011
In short: I was marshall at the extra turnaround point, you all looked knackered. Well done all.In full: Must run this next year, looked a lot of fun.Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: Well, we did it in 35lb pack and boots and weren't last! But ouch.In full: Probably the hardest I have ever pushed a race, felt ill during, ill after and hooky now but what an experience. And good to see the "old" March course is back. Just pain and hills. See you all next year! Date of review: March 6, 2010
In short: Ow, tough this year, or maybe Iam just getting older...Date of review: January 23, 2010
In short: Usual superlatives - Bring on Marthas back passageIn full: For thse of you that do this, you know how good it is, for those of you that don't, stay away, it's getting harder to get into as it fills up so quickly and I want to keep me a place!Date of review: January 24, 2009
In short: Sorry, taking the pi55... maybe next yearDate of review: December 8, 2008
In short: This is one of my fave races, weather didn't change that.In full: Snow upgrades the view to picturesque.Date of review: April 6, 2008
In short: Cold showers are a sin. In full: Bedford Harriers usually put on a good show. A very good ahow. The course was great and the marshalls were among the very best.The parking was irritating and messy though arguably there was sod all could be done about it.All that I can live with, but two loos with one blocked full of cr4p, a shower room that looked like a flood plain and cold water spoilt it for me. With a 130 mile round trip. I won't do it again in a hurry.Date of review: March 16, 2008
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Posted on 09/24/2002 9:07:35 PM PDT by Pokey78Edited on 04/23/2004 12:04:50 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The erstwhile veep blames America first, while the prime minister takes a stand for freedom.
Former Vice President Al Gore assailed President Bush's handling of the war on terror on Monday, and it didn't take long for a rebuttal. It came yesterday from British Prime Minister Tony Blair, once Mr. Gore's ally as part of the center-left Third Way but these days a fast friend of Mr. Bush's Iraq campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
Al Gore turns out to be one of those really creepy sort of politicians, the kind that want high office so they can be somebody, as opposed to someone who has a vision or idea of what they would like to do.
We know this because while Gore pursues high office, his positions about what to do seem to vary with the wind.
How can anyone reconcile what Gore said yesterday with this, which is the same Gore, but in a different election cycle. The problem with electing a man like that to any office is that one can never be certain which Gore would show up on any given day.
For a guy who claims to have invented the Internet, Gore is surprisingly blind to the ways in which this technology changes politics. Clinton is probably the last of his species, the media-powered liar who could tell the public X today and Y tomorrow, and except for a few opposition newspaper columnists off in the corner screaming about it, never get called on it.
Gore's comments to the BBC in June of 2000 have not vanished into the ether, and no one has to run down to the library and fiddle with microfilm spools to find out what he said. Like every other fact in the Universe, Gore's previous positions are now one click away from any other fact about him.
Gore cannot play politics the way Clinton did. He cannot be "committed to the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein" in one election, and totally opposed in the next. Not if he wants to be taken seriously. If he tries, as he has done here, he will be exposed as an opportunistic liar. Since no one can tell whether he was lying then or is lying now, no one should -- or will -- trust him to hold either position. He'll say anything that he thinks will give him an advantage right now. He watched Clinton do this successfully through most of the Clinton presidency. But even for Clinton, by 1998 or so the Internet was already making an impact on Clinton's ability to tell the Big Lies.
Gore seems to have totally missed what this means. The era of the media-powered blow-dried empty suit is pretty much over in politics. People with basic principles, whether on the left or the right, are reasonably safe in this new environment, but the guy whose act was always to say 'the right thing for right now' -- figuring no one will remember what he said yesterday -- is in a world of hurt.
The technology of politics has passed Albert Gore Junior by, and he doesn't seem to have noticed. He's still out there telling us what he thinks we want to hear, but now it's too easy to see that's all he ever does. He doesn't mean anything by what he says, he's just making noises with his mouth, hoping to tap into the public passions of the moment. He stands for nothing, except wanting to be the Chief that people Hail to.
His is not a type that ever should have been elected to high office. He's a little man, with little ambitions and little thoughts, mostly about himself. Good riddance to him, and to his type.
That's about the dang truth. What a loser!
He's still out there telling us what he thinks we want to hear
It's hard to understand why he thinks what he said yesterday is really what we want to hear. A truly dangerous combination: someone who will shift with the winds to say what he thinks we want to hear, but who at the same time has no idea what we really want to hear!
Exactly why I voted for him. The harm he would have done to the democrat party in particular, and to the liberal cause in general, would have been enormous.
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He's clearly trying to appeal to the crazies on the far left.
And that is one spooky deal.
It's a shame that he can't see that alot of America has wised up. I shudder to imagine what it would be like if this nutcase was actually in position today to make decisions for the country. What a wishy-washy emmer-effer. He's speaking in California, of course. It might be a whole different speech if he were speaking in Oklahoma, Kansas or another state in middle America. (fat chance, huh?)
I kind of sense his speech writers are also making his political and moral decisions for him.
Oh well, I don't like algore, no matter what his positions are this week.
Well, it's what a lot of the Democratic base wants to hear. Gore could easily believe that he lost the 2000 election because he did not run far enough to the left. He lost several states by margins that were smaller than Ralph Nader's vote count.
My own sense is that he is wrong about this. I think the 2000 election was played very close to the knife's edge, right where the public breaks between left and right. Had Gore moved left, or Bush right, either of them would have lost more than he gained.
In any case, approaching the 2004 primaries, Gore will want to be farther to the left than he will be for the general election. This is another game that has been long-played in politics, but which is going to become harder as it becomes easier for ordinary voters to see how candidates change their positions over time. Those who are blatant panderers -- and Gore is certainly that -- stand to be identified as such by a much larger number of voters.
I think Democrats in general are still struggling to understand how to operate in the new media environment. They are used to having pretty much the entire news dissemination machinery in the United States pulling for them and cheering them on, even to the point of 'managing the news' on their behalf.
This piece from Reuters is a perfect example of the kind of heavily-slanted news coverage that Democrats have come to rely on. They still get it, but now it's not the only thing out there, and that changes the game in ways they don't understand yet. They cannot count on the public being fed a steady diet of pro-Democratic slant from every nook and cranny in the media. The ability of a Clinton to blatantly lie, and to have the entire media establishment go along with it 'for the cause,' is gone.
The pro-Democratic slant will still come pouring out of the usual places, but increasing numbers of Americans are getting their news elsewhere, so these ideological jihads that the press and the Democrats used to wage together are no longer so effective. I don't think Gore understands that yet. He's doing everything right to win the game as it was played in 1990. I suspect he will be quite baffled by what is about to happen to him.
I was with ya up to that sentence. <|:)~
I think that Gore was set up by his opponents within the Dem. Party. After Gore and Daschle - any semi-sane Democrat will sound reasonable to the American people, maybe even Edwards or Hillary, two slick far left enemies of America.
They're giving me a headache...and I really want to sock a reporter for not only covering up for Daschle's traitorous behavior in the Senate, but for giving either Gore or Daschle's comments front page legitimacy. Grrr!
GORE: Saddam Must Go
Source: BBC; Published: June 28, 2000; Author: Jeff PhillipsUS Vice-President Al Gore has told Iraqi opposition politicians that the United States remains committed to the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein.
Meeting a delegation from the Iraqi National Congress (INC), he also reiterated the administration's view that the Iraqi leader should be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity ...
.There can be no peace for the Middle East so long as Saddam is in a position to brutalise his people and threaten his neighboursAL GORE .
The technology of politics has passed Albert Gore Junior by, and he doesn't seem to have noticed. He's still out there telling us what he thinks we want to hear, but now it's too easy to see that's all he ever does. He doesn't mean anything by what he says, he's just making noises with his mouth, hoping to tap into the public passions of the moment. He stands for nothing, except wanting to be the Chief that people Hail to.
His is not a type that ever should have been elected to high office. He's a little man, with little ambitions and little thoughts, mostly about himself. Good riddance to him, and to his type.
KABOOM! Someone should send this to Rush or Sean.
Again, MHG, Right On!
If Gore was President, he wouldn't have dealt with Saddam, and never would, plain and simple as that.
This statement is just outrageous, and very much like the one he made about Bush 'squandering" the good economy in just a short time. Gore seems to forget that he was one of the ones screaming the loudest during the campaign when Bush said the economy was tanking!!!!!! But Clinton/Gore were still in charge then weren't they?
Anyone who voted for this arrogant unAmerican fool should be even more ashamed of themselves after this speech.
You know, I saw someone on FOX yesterday trying to spin gores anti-Iraq war
talk. They're still bringing up "algore got 500,000 more votes than Bush".....
This is a really good point you make. I think it speaks to how Gore (and Daschle and others) are now getting caught in their lies - It is just too darn easy to catch them with the technology that is out there for recall of past statements.
The liberal media used to be the only ones that could pull this stuff up easily. Now we have the tremendous resources (that Owl wishes he never invented) catching these fakes.
BTW, there is a poll on Gore that needs to be FReep.
Did Gore act properly in criticizing Bush's policy on Iraq?
-Yes. It was proper. It needed to be said. Gore had the courage to say it. 74%
- No. It was not proper. Gore put his political ambitions ahead of the country. 26%
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Guilty plea entered in Shadyside theft
BELLAIRE Olivia A. Patterson, 36, of Martins Ferry, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of theft Thursday in Eastern Division Court in a move Assistant Prosecutor Scott A. Lloyd and Judge John Vavra hope will help begin the healing process for her victims.
Patterson was accused of stealing nearly $7,000 from the Shadyside Cheerleading Association, the official name associated with the cheerleading squads at Shadyside High School.
That is money the girls on the squad worked to earn over many months and were planning to utilize for uniforms and other related team costs.
Originally, Patterson was charged with a fifth-degree felony.
But as Lloyd stated, amending the charge to a misdemeanor was done so in an effort to strike balance and ensure that the cheerleading teams' money was eventually paid back.
"In discussing with the victims and (defense attorney) Mr. (Frank) Pierce, we wanted to strike a balance between accountability and getting the money taken from the cheerleaders' association to get paid back," Lloyd said. "We want to show the young ladies from Shadyside that there are consequences for your actions but also to get their money back to them that they worked hard to earn."
An adult representative from the association believed the amount Patterson stole was closer to $9,000 while Patterson initially stated she believed she took less than the $6,941.
But that was the number that could be proved was taken.
So in exchange for dismissing the felony charge, Patterson's guilty plea came with:
180 day jail sentence, all suspended
She must pay back $6,941 in restitution, along with $320 in fines and fees at the rate of a minimum of $200 per month.
Upon receipt of her tax refund, Patterson is not allowed to cash the check. She must bring it, along with any action on the sale of her house, to a follow-up hearing in March.
Patterson must issue an in-person apology to the cheerleaders and their parents on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the high school's multi-purpose room.
Failure to meet these conditions will result in Patterson serving her full 180 day jail sentence.
"Like Mr. Pierce pointed out, this is a balancing," Vavra said. "The girls need their money back. It costs the taxpayers more than $100 per day to have you sit in jail. But you have 180 days over your head. You've been given your second chance. If you don't do it, you'll serve 180 days and still have to pay all that is owed."
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Skip to comments.New 'Jews for Palin Group' 'Takes Aim at Obama
Posted on 04/19/2010 10:06:11 AM PDT by Nachum
A new Jewish organization has been started in the United States openly supportive of Sarah Palin, but its bottom-line goal appears to be opposition to President Barack Obama and his tilt against Israel.
The group was officially formed Sunday in honor of Israels Independence Day by Jewish communal activist Benyamin Korn, former executive editor of the Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia, and other academic, religious and community leaders.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
This is welcome news.
Hmmmmm...another Jewish group? I wish all politically conservative Jews would get their act together. Splintering only weakens us.
Oh, what the heck. Sign me up.
Jews for Sarah..........apropos................;^)
Sarah is such a nice Jewish name, too!.........
Oy! Finally some of the dreaded 78% are wising up!
'bout time.
Sarah is such a nice Jewish name, too!.........
Yes, Although the name Sarah (Abraham's wife) was around long before there were "Jews" (Descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob....who's name was later changed to Israel.).
"Jews for Palin"...........I LOVE IT!!!
I hope they will actively "work" the Jewish Community.
Jews for Palin Brooklyn,New York chapter has a grand total of 3 members.(sarcasm)
I doubt you are right, but who cares! It is a start that has been a LONG TIME COMING! Hooray, about time!
I am not Jewish, but I stand 'firmly' with them against Obama.
God bless and protect Sarah.
Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with a Muslim building a nuclear bomb in Iran.
Burt Prelutsky,
ping to this quote....
This quote needs to be widely shared...
Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be far more concerned with a Jew building a house in Israel than with a Muslim building a nuclear bomb in Iran.
Burt Prelutsky,
Faithful Jews and Christians have always been a powerful force for GOOD to a un-believing heathen gentile world...
Jews for Palin Brooklyn,New York chapter has a grand total of 3 members
Yes, but in her honor they are going to field dress a smoked salmon. ;-)
and they plan to travel to Atlantic City where you will hear them say, "You betcha".
Well, of course, since he is opposed to "Exceptionalism"
Now if she opens that walled gate in Jerusalem...
They can hold their meetings in an old phone booth. And almost fill it too!
The left will be stoking up ovens if this takes hold. It won't take hold in the mainstream.
Most American wealthy Jews are communists. I know. I was a fundraiser for one of their pet causes in another lifetime. They hate Jews more than do the socialists (neo-Nazis). I found this out the hard way. Luckily, I was young, and my bosses marked it off to youthful inexperience. I am still "stupid" after all these years.
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
I could see every Lubavitcher sign up.
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By Jeremy Behnke
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NEW ULM – The New Ulm boy's and girl's track and field teams are packed in the middle of a very competitive South Central Conference. However, the Eagles have numbers on their side and that could be beneficial for several meets this season.
The Eagles started their season on Friday at Minnesota State University with about 125 athletes out total for both teams. This gives the Eagles some much-needed depth for coach Tony Ortmann.
"The big thing for us this year is our numbers have really went up," Ortmann said. "Last year, from seventh through 12 [grades], we had about 90 out, this year we're at about 125. We're going to bring about 90 kids to a meet every week so a lot of our kids are going to be able to focus on certain areas and we're not going to have to use one kid in four events all the time. It's going to make us a little bit more well-rounded as the year goes on."
The New Ulm boys are highlighted by a mix of athletes, including sprinters Tanner Ogren, Brandon Hauser and Jordan Hillesheim.
While the sprinters will be a key spot for the Eagles, Ortmann said that they aren't the only ones who have the potential to make some noise this year.
"We have a good mix," Ortmann said. "I'm not going to say one area is better than the other. We lost some throwers and I was going to see what guys step up."
One thrower who will more than likely make the step up is Ryan O'Conell, who threw the shot put more than 40 feet at a time trials scrimmage earlier in the week.
The Eagles may have some questions in the distance races, but Ortmann is confident that the squad will find itself later this season.
"We lost a lot of our mid-distance guys, but our distance crew has a lot of depth and our guys are working hard," Ortmann said.
While the roster is young and may not have a lot of stars yet, Ortmann likes what he sees so far.
"We're very well-balanced and that's one thing that is nice this year," he said. "We've got some guys that I think will push through in the SCC [South Central Conference] and also in the section meets with guys like Tanner Ogren and a couple of our other runners."
The Eagle girls also have some competition at many of the spots. One area where the Eagles should be successful is distance running.
Last year, New Ulm brought up a number of younger runners to get them some experience. They found Sarah Preisinger, who as an eighth-grader now, should be a big threat for them in years to come.
"She placed in the SCC meet and we're excited to see what she can do for us," Ortmann said. "We've got a couple others in that distance crew that are really going to help us out."
The Eagles also return several sprinters and that will be beneficial to them also. Alyssa Kelley, Hailey Trautmiller and Makenna Kluis return to the team and the Eagles also added Sara Hoffman.
"I think we're going to be able to put together some solid relays with that group," Ortmann said.
Michaela Howk returns from an injury she had last year and will give the Eagles another option in some relays and sprints.
Like the boys, the girls don't have a roster full of stars. Ortmann sees the potential and he knows the quality of athletes and their experience is much better.
"I'm not looking at us and saying 'hey we're going to have those huge standout people,' but we're going to get some points in every single area and I think that's going to make us a much more well-rounded team," Ortmann said. "I'm really excited right now about the work ethic from our group and that's kind of something that we pushed four years ago when we took over the program. The kids have really bought into it and it's showing in our younger kids now that started in seventh grade."
The Eagles are scheduled to have their first outdoor meet April 3 in Waseca. They have home meets April 24 and April 28 and the SCC meet is May 13 in St. Peter. The Section 2AA meet is schedule for May 28 and 30 at Gustavus Adolphus College.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Starbucks(SBUX) , the largest U.S. coffee retailer, has a lot on its plate. The company is adding food and drink items, pushing into supermarkets around the world, building more shops and devising novel payment platforms.
Thankfully for investors, Starbucks' own java-addicted customers may help guide it through an ambitious expansion plan that risks overreach, which burned the coffee roaster over a decade ago.
As Seattle-based Starbucks undergoes what may amount to CEO Howard Schultz's second major growth offensive after retaking the reins, he may have an unappreciated buffer against slip-ups.
An increasing reliance by customers on pre-paid loyalty cards and mobile applications may help Starbucks in its roll out of recent acquisitions such as juice maker Evolution Fresh , tea specialist Teavanna and bakery chain La Boulange .
Meanwhile, as Starbucks builds its payments capabilities through a partnership with Square, a popular loyalty platform and a highly rated smartphone app, it may have the right infrastructure to grow in emerging markets like India and China.
Starbucks' unique growth agenda, and the risk it carries, has been a key theme for the company's earnings, given a backdrop of stable profit from existing stores and retail channels. Still, an upbeat outlook and strong performance from lesser-known areas of the company are a welcome surprise.
The performance of what's called the Starbucks Card was the highlight this holiday season, and that could give Starbucks reason to expect consistent growth in 2013 amid a year of expansion.
In the first quarter of 2013, Starbucks saw $1 billion loaded on Starbucks Cards, a 25% increase from a year earlier and a new record for the company.
That figure would have amounted to about a quarter of the company's overall revenue of $3.8 billion if card loads were immediately recorded as sales.
Taken another way, the Starbucks Card accounted for 25% of all U.S. tender, the company noted on an earnings call. The card's 20%-plus growth rate far exceeded overall revenue and same-store sales growth of 11% and 6%, respectively.
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"The growth in members and value loaded on Cards is very encouraging both near and long term."
CEO Schultz was exuberant.
"In terms of what happened in holiday in Starbucks Card, I must say it was stunning and almost unbelievable," he said on the company's January earnings call.
A discussion with analysts and an executive overseeing the Starbucks Card indicates that Schultz's excitement may stem from the unit's importance to the company's overall expansion, a key investor pitch in recent quarters.


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Skip to comments.Hugh Hewitt Endorses RINO: Sacrificing Principles for a Win?
Posted on 05/15/2009 7:18:50 AM PDT by chicagolady
Wednesday evening in the Chicagoland area Conservatives attended and event they thought would be an entertaining and informative. Three popular Conservative nationally recognized Talk show hosts were taking questions about Obamas First Hundred Days in office. The Salem Broadcasting Corporation has been hosting a 12-city national tour.
What they got was a shameless promotion of an Illinois RINO candidate courtesy of Hugh Hewitt.
Well give Mr. Hewitt a break, maybe he was auditioning to be Mitt Romneys spokes person for National Council for a New America. Hugh officially anointed Congressman Mark Kirk (R-IL) as the best candidate for the Illinois Senate Primary.
Thanks Hugh, why dont you let the folks in Illinois decide if they want yet another Republican in Name Only in office, who has the same exact agenda as Democratic Senator Roland Burris has.
Mark Kirk supports the unconstitutional hate-crime legislation. Mark also intends to disarmlaw abiding Americans. In fact here are some of KIRKS record on other key issues.
In 2005, Citizens for Global Solutions gave Representative Kirk a rating of A.
In 2006, the National Rifle Association assigned Representative Kirk a grade of F.
Based on information available in 2006, Sierra Club chose to endorse Representative Kirk.
Based on information available in 2006, Planned Parenthood chose to endorse Representative Kirk.
Representative Kirk voted their preferred position of Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 100% in 2002.
Representative Kirk supported the interests of the NARAL 100% in 2005.
Representative Kirk supported the interests of the National Council of La Raza 100% in 2004.
And lastly Mark Kirk a veteran himself, has a problem with honoring and supporting our Veterans.
Illinois' Troops & Veterans Deserve Better Than Mark Kirk
(Excerpt) Read more at americandailyreview.com ...
Very good thread. I wasn't aware of most of this, and Kirk is def. a RINO. He's probably taking the name of Republican because he couldn't get it up, ah , sorry, get up in the already controlled Chicago Democratic structure.
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Hugh Hewitt is a weasel, vastly overrated as a radio guy, he has that smarminess of a liberal, frankly. The arrogance with nothing of substance behind it or justifying it. Sorry, Hugh, you're a RINO, and you continue to prove it with each passing day.
Did Cisco (Cotto) weigh in on the Hewitt "endorsement"?
Easy now, folks. I mean, what's wrong with an utter disregard for principle if it can lead to a win. After all, the selling out of our beliefs rewarded us with Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chaffee, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe....If we had stubbornly refused to betray the nation and the American people, why, terrible things might have happened. Liberals could have been elected. Right?!
Has a conservative announced, or is Kirk's charisma, media manufactured of course, scaring them off?
As a logical person myself, I cannot explain it nor can I claim to understand it, but it is definitely a fact.
The likeability factor carried Bush over Kerry just as it carried ObaMao over McCain with this group. McCain's pathetic debate performance (My friends, this, my friends, that) versus ObaMao's polished debate performance was a huge factor as well.
While it is true that the feeeeelers tend to be easily swayed by the enemedia, the point is that a RINO is not going to win them over, unless it is a RINO with greater likeability and communication skills. In which case a conservative with greater likeability and communication skills will work just as well on this demographic AND will inspire the base.
I'd estimate that the feeeeelers make up a solid majority of the mushy middle, perhaps even as much as two-thirds. And while a portion of that group can be influenced by logic and idealogy, just as a portion of we logical thinkers can be influenced by feelings, these are going to take a back seat.
America, by and large, did not reject conservatism in 2008; they rejected a lousy RINO salesman.
Mark Kirk is my congressman and I have consistently voted for him. He is to the left of the conservative movement, but far to the right of the union Democrat (Dan Seals) who has run very close races against him. I would rather have a centrist Republican than another (far leftie) like Jan Schackowski in the House. She's in the neighboring district.
A conservative that satisfies the Freeper audience cannot win this purple district or any statewide offices in Illinois.
Can anyone name the last statewide office held by a conservative? Don't say "Peter Fitzgerald". He was a libertarian who only beat Carol Mostly Fraud because he had his own (family) money. When Fitz retired after a single term, due to lack of popular support (including conservatives ) we got ... (wait for it) ... BARACK OBAMA.
Rosanna, what percentage of the vote did you get in your last run for office? IIRC, it was under 40%. Yeah, that's who we need to be listening to in Illinois.
Look at this disgrace...
A VETERAN throwing VETERANS UNDER THE BUS!!
RINO alert addition N to all RINOs. "CRIST No" to ours in Florida. Push for Marco Rubio, Conservative.
No to your KIRK...
With a month to campaign, going against the Mayor Richard Daley Obama Machine I got 40% of the vote in the Suburbs,
How many people Voted for YOU ARM CHAIR WARRIOR?
BTW, I think that Hewitt has always been a RINO, so this doesn't surprise me in the least.
Wow! That much in the suburbs. If you counted the city, that might put you at about 15-20%. Even Don and /or Roma could do better. You obviously did not impress anyone in your interview on their radio show. It is obvious that the alternative Rosanna provides is about as likely to win in Illinois as Ron Paul is to become POTUS. Keep trying to sabotage people like Mark Kirk. Soon we will have 100% Democrats running and/or representing the State of Illinois.
I was curious whether he would "bite the hand that feeds him". Guess not.
Looks like neocon1984 is solidly in the "any R who will WIN" column. You get what you vote for...
Ok Mr. ARM CHAIR WARRIOR
Federal "Hate Crimes" Bill a Money-Making Scheme According to Homosexual Activist
Mark KIRK promotes Hate Crime Legislation
My very first post here at FR was saying pretty much the same thing,
Hugh Hewitt is always working to massage his audience just a little more to the left no matter what the year or what the issue.
You make excellent points.
Like most Freepers, we'd all like it if Kirk's voting record were more conservative - but given the leanings of his district, we're damned lucky to have anyone with a R behind his name holding that seat.
If Mark Kirk makes it to the Senate, is he gonna cast votes that will irritate the hell out of us?
But will he vote more conservatively than Jan Schakowsky or Lisa Madigan?
Is Mark Kirk gonna be a thorn in the side of the GOP like Arlen Specter was?
What Hewitt is saying is that we sometimes have to grimace and accept candidates that may not always be as conservative as we'd like them to be.
Because the alternative is considerably (no, a lot) worse.
Thanks for your thoughts, BUT,
His voting record is the same as any Democrat
Mark Kirk supports the unconstitutional hate-crime legislation. Mark also intends to disarmlaw abiding Americans. In fact here are some of KIRKS record on other key issues.
In 2005, Citizens for Global Solutions gave Representative Kirk a rating of A.
In 2006, the National Rifle Association assigned Representative Kirk a grade of F.
Based on information available in 2006, Sierra Club chose to endorse Representative Kirk.
Based on information available in 2006, Planned Parenthood chose to endorse Representative Kirk.
Representative Kirk voted their preferred position of Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 100% in 2002.
Representative Kirk supported the interests of the NARAL 100% in 2005.
Representative Kirk supported the interests of the National Council of La Raza 100% in 2004.
If you've consistently voted for Mark Kirk, you might as well vote for half the Democrats in this state, since many of them are as equally liberal or less liberal than him. My DEMOCRAT State Rep. is considerably to the right of your guy Kirk -- for example there's both gun-grabbers, but my guy is opposed to abortion and gay unions, which is more than you get out of Kirk. You say Kirk is "far to the right" of Dan Seals, eh? Care to point to some major issues where Kirk is "far right" of him? I can think of only two votes out of a dozen major issues where they differed -- tax cuts and Obama's porkulus bill. (in the latter case, Kirk didn't "oppose" it until after the election when the House leadership twisted his arm. During the campaign, he all for billion dollar "bailouts" and pork-filled "stimulus" plans) Give that fact, it looks like they agree roughly 80% of the time. In some cases, Kirk actually ran to the LEFT of Obama clone Seals, gloating how the Sierra Club rates him "better than Obama". A Republican who is proud he's more radical than Obama is? Scary stuff.
>> I would rather have a centrist Republican than another (far leftie) like Jan Schackowski in the House. Shes in the neighboring district. <<
So lemme get this straight... Citizens for Global Solutions gives Kirk an A., the NRA gives him an "F", Planned Parenthood gives him 100% rating, the Brady Bunch Gun Grabber crowd says he votes with them 100%, NARAL gives him 100%, La Raza rates him 100%... and that's the voting record of a "centrist"? I know plenty of people who consider themselves "middle of the road" squishes who don't agree with my views on those issues, but not ONE of them would support Kirk's radical left-wing extreme views. He's on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. Kirk doesn't support a few types of "reasonable" gun control, he supports confiscation of all guns. Kirk doesn't support allowing legal abortion in certain circumstances, he supporting killing 9-month infants as their being born. If that's your idea of "moderate", what's liberal? I don't think you can get further left than Kirk.
I'm pretty sure Jan Schakowsky got the exact same ratings from those liberal groups, and she does indeed represent a leftie district full of moonbats. Kirk represents a district that's 50% Republican, yet he votes like Schakowsky anyway. That says alot more about Kirk than it does about his district.
>> A conservative that satisfies the Freeper audience cannot win this purple district or any statewide offices in Illinois. <<
While I agree someone as conservative as me would likely to be to the right of the overall constituency of the 10th district and have a tough time winning there, I certainly think someone more conservative than the likes of Mark Kirk could "win" that district, as well as statewide. Survey's show over 70% of the general public completely supports banning partial-birth abortion, yet your boy Kirk is with the radical 15-20% of the population that was against the ban. You really think he needs to take extreme left positions like that to "win"? Kirk is to the LEFT of his constituents, as well as to the LEFT of Illinois voters in general, on many key issues.
>> Can anyone name the last statewide office held by a conservative? Dont say Peter Fitzgerald. He was a libertarian <<
Peter Fitzgerald. No, he was not a libertarian, he was a self-described "traditional Reaganite" who was strongly pro-life, pro-family, and for a strong national defense.
>> who only beat Carol Mostly Fraud because he had his own (family) money. <<
Repeating media talking points I see. Never mind the fact we haven't even RUN a strong conservative since 2004. All the recent Republicans to go down in flames in this state were so-called "electable" moderates like Toopinka/Sauerberg/McCain.
Pre-November 1998: Fitzgerald WILL NEVER WIN Illinois because he is TOO FAR RIGHT to EVER be ELECTABLE in a moderate state like Illinois.
Post-November 1998: ::shrugs:: Sure, Fitzy beat Moseley-Braun, but ANY Republican would have taken her out because she was so vunerable. Besides, Fitzgerald bought the election.
>>> When Fitz retired after a single term, due to lack of popular support (including conservatives ) we got ... (wait for it) ... BARACK OBAMA. <<
Fitz retired due to the fact the "moderate" Andy McKombine/Judas Toopinka/Ray LaThug crowd were prefer a RAT over a principled conservative, and thus were planning to "take him out" in the primary and Fitz didn't want to go into the general election with one hand tied behind his back with the party "leadership" rooting for the RAT. But if you're trying to make a case that some conservatives wouldn't support Fitz either, you are correct. There were a handful of purists in the old "cut off your nose to spit in your face" crowd saying he "deserved" to lose because he voted the wrong way on some gun-bills, ANWR drilling, and campaign-finance reform (even though he had a lifetime conservative record of 91%) Of course they weren't "the" reason he's out of office, you find those types in every state (see Jon Kyl haters for more examples) >>
Rosanna, what percentage of the vote did you get in your last run for office? IIRC, it was under 40%. Yeah, thats who we need to be listening to in Illinois. <<
Yes, she got under 40%, which is not surprising given that most of the district is in Chicago and it's over 60% DemocRAT, not to mention the state and national party wouldn't lift a finger to help her. She did finish several points higher than the Mark Kirk-type RINO (a self described "liberal Republican") who was the previous GOP nominee in that district. Hmmm.
Hey, what percentage did "centrist" Steve Sauerberg get when he was on the top of the ticket for Illinois Republicans last year? As I recall, the RINO won a pathetic three counties and finished worse than Alan Keyes (and Keyes had the excuse of being an 11th hour replacement candidate from out of state). Yep, those "centrists" are just so darn popular with voters, don't they? Incidentally, you will note that squishy "middle of the road" centrist Steve Sauerberg is not as bad as Kirk is on the issues. That's because Kirk is not a centrist. He's a liberal.
His district is drawn to be about half Republican. Bush won 47% there in 2000, Gore won 51%. The district has been held by Republicans since 1980. Republicans to the right of Kirk have won handily within the district. One of the most notably examples is Tony Peracia (a McCain type Republican who is disliked by the conservative base but considerably to the right of Kirk on social issues) won the Cook County portion of Kirk's district handily in 2006 when he ran for County Board President. Of the three counties in the district, Cook is home to Chicago and by far the most liberal of the three.
>> If Mark Kirk makes it to the Senate, is he gonna cast votes that will irritate the hell out of us? <<
Yes on a weekly basis, along with Durbin.
>> But will he vote more conservatively than Jan Schakowsky or Lisa Madigan? <<
No. I can't think of any major issue where Kirk or Madigan disagree. On any issue that he USED to vote conservative on, like tax cuts and the WOT, he has since renounced them and moved left since 2006 to endear himself to the RAT majority. He now hates Bush/Cheney as much as Schakowsky. Kirk can't even think of any major issues where he disagrees with the RATs. During his 2000 "debate" with moderate-liberal Lauren Beth Gash, the two couldn't think of a single issue the moderator brought up that they disagreed on, so they started arguing about who had stronger roots in the district instead ("I was born here!" "Oh yeah, but I lived here the last 20 years and you haven't! Nah nah!") Read transcripts if you don't believe me.
>> Is Mark Kirk gonna be a thorn in the side of the GOP like Arlen Specter was? <<
No. Kirk will be worse. Specter votes conservative about 40% of the time, you won't even get that much with Kirk. For example, Specter got some pretty good ratings from gun groups. Kirk has an F record from gun-groups. Kirk is likely to be another Linc Chafee type, voting with us maybe 20-30% on a good day. If that's acceptable, you might as well campaign for Mark Pryor for Senate.
>> What Hewitt is saying is that we sometimes have to grimace and accept candidates that may not always be as conservative as wed like them to be. Because the alternative is considerably (no, a lot) worse. <<
Oh, I agree with that point, and if Kirk were a real "moderate" who is not always conservative as I'd like him to be, but clearly better than the RAT, I'd support him. There are many examples of that, like Norm Coleman. Not as conservative as me, but votes conservative 70% of the time while Al Franken is conservative about 5% of the time. Unfortunately, Kirk is not one of those cases.
Let's say Dan Seals had won in November 2006 and taken out Kirk, serving from Jan. 2007-Jan. 2009. On what major issues would "Congressman Seals" have voted differently on?
You don't know much about IL politics, do you ?
Fitzgerald a "libertarian" and not a conservative? I don't know where you get that neocon1984. He is a social conservative if that's what you mean.
He did very well downstate against CMB. I'm not so sure a Kirk type would have done as well. Old lady Didrickson I guess she would have won too but Fitzgerald provided a much bigger contrast and certainly rallied the base better. Conservatives not bothering to vote for RINOs is a problem for Illinois Republicans.
I'd vote for Kirk over (insert scumbag) but a lot of IL conservatives will not. The pro-partial birth abortion stance is particularly harmful.
You were not paying attention. Fitzgerald was not going to win re-election by any stretch of the imagination. He angered people of all stripes because he was so independent. For example, he was the one who nominated the other Fitzgerald (a NY Democrat) for US Attorney. You know, the guy who persecuted Rove and Scooter Libby.
If Fitzgerald did not have family money, he would have hard a hard time beating Mostly Fraud because he was not getting a lot of financial support from Illinois conservatives and Republicans. After all, he was not a telegenic or dynamic figure (whiny voice and all).
IMHO, he was a good senator, and I fully agree with his libertarian positions.
Your incredulousness is either disingenuous or reflects your willful ignorance. (Probably both).
I agree on most of your points. The partial birth abortion issue is very harmful to Kirk.
Fitzgerald had some social conservative views. However, people forget that he was truly a maverick who mostly focused on less government in all aspects of our lives. In my mind that is a libertarian point of view.
I live in Kirk's district, and I agree with Bill. I've never voted for Kirk. Since my choices were a liberal with a "D," by his name and a liberal with an "R," by his name, I skip that section of the ballot.
Illinois Republicans need to nominate conservatives, for all statewide races, in 2010. In 2008, Dr. Sauerberg was moderate. He won his primary, but, in the general election, he got 33%. In 2006, then-Treasurer Topinka was moderate. She won her primary, and, in the general election, she got 38%.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald (no relation to the man who appointed him) is enormously popular with Illinois conservatives, unlike national conservatives where he is despised. That's because national conservatives are ignorant and base their entire opinion of the man based on the Scooter Libby case, and have no clue that "partisan Democrat" Patrick Fitzgerald has indicted and imprisoned dozens of Democrat machine politicians, including the highest ranking circles of Daley's henchmen. Go on IllinoisReview and other forums for Illinois conservatives, and you'd see that his appointment was applauded by Illinois conservatives because the combine was against it. A lot of Illinois conservatives want Patrick Fitzgerald to run for Governor.
Yes, the fact Fitzgerald is very wealthy and was able to self-fund his campaign was instrumental in ensuring he'd win -- and you know why? Because the RINO infested party leadership refused to spent one cent on him and wrote him off as "unelectable" after he won the primary. If the state party would play ball with conservatives, they wouldn't have to spend vast amounts of their own money to be competitive.
Given the recent showing by Sauerberg and Topinka, seems to me that "centrists" have shown absolutely no evidence they are magically more "electable" than conservatives. Topinka was a well known statewide elected official running against an unpopular governor and Sauerberg was a very wealthy medical doctor running against a Senator that Illinoisans were indifferent on, and one that had hurt his re-election prospects by comparing our troops to NAZIs.
So Illinois Republicans gave the "centrists" their chance. What's their excuse for losing in a landslide?
Let's compare where they stand on major issues:
Kirk supports taxpayer funded abortion being allowed in any and every circumstance, including late trimester and partial-birth abortions most of the general public opposes. He gets perfect ratings from NARAL. Schakowsky votes the same way, and Seals took the same position. I think there a handful of circumstances where Lisa Madigan has opposed abortion, so she might actually be to the right of Kirk on this (though she is considerably to the left of her nominally "pro-life" father)
Kirk is cosponsoring a major anti-gun bill right now and has consistently supported every piece of legislation designed to curtail gun-rights. He gets an A rating from the Sarah Brady campaign and an F from the NRA. Schakowsky, Seals, and Madigan have similar opinions on gun control.
Kirk claims to be "personally" be against "gay marriage", but is opposed to any laws that would prevent it from being legalized. He favors "civil unions" instead, that would be create a defacto "gay marriage" and give it equal status and the exact same benefits of a traditional marriage, making it marriage in every way but name. He is supportive of "gay pride" events and takes great steps to hire openly gay staffers and make appearances with the gay community. The same position is taken by
Schakowsky, Seals, and Madigan. All of them are "officially" against gay marriage, as is Obama.
Kirk supported intervention in Afghanistan, but has since used the situation there as an excuse to attack Bush's leadership. He voted for the Iraq War, but now regrets it and Bush mislead him. Kirk vocally opposed the surge, and insisted it wouldn't work. He was the leader of a group of anti-war Republican who marched to the white house and demanded Bush withdraw the troops from Iraq immediately in 2007 because it was hurting the Republican Party. The whole "mislead about Iraq" talking point was also used by Madigan and Blagojevich. Seals took the exact same policy positions on the WOT during last year's campaign as Kirk. Schakowsky is slightly to the left of Kirk (and half of the Democrats) on this one, she opposed Iraq from the start)
Kirk claims that he opposes earmarks, but he ensured that his district got at least $5 million, each, for Headstart, HUD, commuter trains, and local police departments, although none of those subjects is mentioned, in the Constitution. He opposes earmarks, for other congressional districts, and he earmarks them, for his district. He supports all kinds of liberal feel good measures like wasting billions from embryonic stem cell search, fighting AIDS in Africa, giving money to the Palestine Authority, etc. He got a 100% A rating from Americans for the Arts and supported the interests of the Citizens Against Government Waste 33 percent in 2007. Seals also decried earmarks in other districts while promising to fund all kinds of pet projects in his. Not sure if Schakowsky ever denounced earmarks, but her spending levels on are par with Kirk's. Madigan has not taken a position on the issue.
Kirk got 100% rating from Hispanic supremacist group "La Raza" and F ratings from anti-illegal immigration groups. Freeper PhilCollins has heard credible evidence that Kirk visited the border and advised "undocumented" types how to sneak across the border. Seals and Schakowsky likewise supports a "path to citizenship" for illegals and embrace La Raza. Madigan has not taken a position on this.
Kirk votes down the line on the envirowacko agenda and has taken the lead on their pet projects. He believes global warming is man-made and is an eminent threat that we have to spend billions in government money to combat, opposes ANWR drilling and other kind of pro-buisness initiative that gets in the way of the tree huggers. The Sierra Club loves this guy. Obama got an 92% rating from them, Kirk voted to the left of Obama and got a 96% rating. Schakowsky got 100% rating. Seals and Madigan take the same positions as Kirk, but are not quite as extensive about it as Kirk is in his bragging.
Kirk supported all kinds of bailouts last year, including the big wall street bailout and the auto bailout. On the campaign trail, he welcomed spending zillions in borrowed money to "stimulate" the economy. He changed his mind at the last minute and opposed Obama's porkulus bill, after arm-twisting from the GOP leadership. Lisa Madigan took similar positions in endorsing bailouts but being someone cautious on embracing this year's stimulus bill. Seals took the same position as Kirk last year, and has not made a statement on this year's bill .Schakowsky supported all bailout and stimulus intiatives.
Kirk is too busy attacking Bush and touting his own "independence" from evil right-wing Republicans to say anything negative about the likes of Durbin/Obama/Daley, etc. He has taken pot shots at Blago (given that Blago's approval rating was in the toilet), and loudly called for Blago's resignation last year after Blago got arrested. Lisa Madigan has done the same, but been even more vocal about it and "taken the lead" in maneuvering to oust him. Schakowsk, like Kirk, denounced Blago and demanded his resignation after he got arrested as well. Seals has stayed aloof and taken no position on RAT corruption, just like Obama.
That covers a wide range of different issues. Based on that, here's how they stack up:
* Lisa Madigan is just as liberal as Kirk on most issues, but could possibly be a hair to the right of him on one or two things.
* Dan Seals agreed with Kirk on virtually every major issue in 2006 and 2008, and there is no evidence to show any of that has changed since then.
* Jan Schakowsky agrees with Kirk on most issues, and may actually be a millimeter to the left of him on some things.
Conclusion: Only Schakowsky shows evidence of possibly being even worse than Kirk. Congressman Kirk is not "far to the right" of any of them.
"Fitzgerald had some social conservative views. However, people forget that he was truly a maverick who mostly focused on less government in all aspects of our lives. In my mind that is a libertarian point of view."
Well it OUGHT to be the position of both conservatives and libertarians.
Fitz was for some gun control, that wasn't libertarian, one of his few blemishes along with opposing ANWR drilling.
I think it's time we start looking for a conservative to draft for the Senate, with Congressman Roskam announcing he won't run and no conservative on the horizon considering an exploratory committee. I'll say one thing about Kirk... the little RINO turd is smart enough to read the writing on the wall and knows he'd lose against Lisa Madigan, but he'd be in the right place at the right down to take down a weak Dem type (Schakowsky, Jackson, Giannoulias, etc.) tained by corruption. And then Kirk can use the opportunity to claim he won because he's "moderate" and reshape the GOP to conform to his liberal agenda.
Kirk is playing his cards carefully. He need to be ready to take him out. His voting record will be his achillies heal if the rest of Illinois learns just how extreme, Mr. "Thoughtful Moderate" is.
Linc Chaffee's little clone is being groomed to go places.
I think it's time we start looking for a conservative to draft for the Senate, with Congressman Roskam announcing he won't run and no conservative on the horizon considering an exploratory committee. I'll say one thing about Kirk... the little RINO turd is smart enough to read the writing on the wall and knows he'd lose against Lisa Madigan, but he'd be in the right place at the right time to take down a weak Dem type (Schakowsky, Jackson, Giannoulias, etc.) tainred by corruption. And then Kirk can use the opportunity to claim he won because he's "moderate" and reshape the GOP to conform to his liberal agenda.
Kirk is playing his cards carefully. We need to be ready to take him out. His voting record will be his Achilles heal if the rest of Illinois learns just how extreme, Mr. "Thoughtful Moderate" is.
Linc Chaffee's little clone is being groomed to go places.
After they had been brainwashed by the media that is was KOOOOOL to vote for Obammy/
I wonder if you have a "modern" education where simple logic was ignored. You "proved" nothing but made a lot of specious assumptions. Why do I waste my time with moronic children like this?
How old are you? I suspect about 19-20 (My granchildren are older). First, get a life. Then, tell us (who have had a life) how to live it.
BTW, your wordiness is a seriously bad tell.
Kirk votes identical to socialist Democrats on most major issues, and I have shown you his voting record to prove it. If you can't understand what an "A" rating from NARAL means, then you probably shouldn't be voting. There's nothing remotely "moderate" about Kirk's views on abortion, guns, gays, the environment, immigration, etc. He's a liberal, and is rated accordingly by professional issue-based organizations who monitor politicians for years.
Clearly there's no talking to you if you're going to argue the kind of garbage Kirk votes for is "moderate" and he "needs" to take those positions to "win" over middle of the road voters. Middle of the road voters think 13 year old girls should be allowed to cross state lines and get an abortion without mommy and daddy knowing, eh? Funny, I've never meet ANYONE who agrees with that except flaming far-left nuts like Mark Kirk.
If you actually believe that about Kirk's record, you're either incredibly foolish or senile.
Oh...so you would like ANOTHER OBAMA instead of a moderate Republican?? geesh....you NEVER want to be in power again do you?
See how screwed up Republicans are who love Moderates? They write this note to me...
Oh...so you would like ANOTHER OBAMA instead of a moderate Republican?? geesh....you NEVER want to be in power again do you? Courtesy of AnnArchy
NOW read the Tag line!!(Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
Screaming about abortion and defending RINO Mark Kirk who PLANNED PARENTHOOD supported! YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TO.
Apparently they "vote RINO" crowd is only against that agenda when the person implementing it has a "D" next to their name!
They don't seem to keen on the idea of backing up their claims with facts, do they?
Virtually your entire description of the event was wrong. Fitzgerald was a Conservative, respected by Conservatives, opposed by the corrupt and bipartisan IL Combine, the real enemy of reformers. He was their enemy by having defeated their annointed "R" choice in '98, the liberal RINO Combiner Comptroller Loleta Didrickson, and they were quite happy to sabotage him to keep Combiner crook Carol Mostly-Fraud in office. He was attacked from day #1 in the Senate, and the lead thug/enforcer for the Combine trying to take him down was the RINO Congressman LaHood, for whom the False Messiah rewarded with a Cabinet post for his success at forcing Fitzgerald from office and paving the way to the White House.
For you to not even mention the Combine when discussing Sen. Fitzgerald shows you don't know anything about the political situation in IL at all. Others in this thread are well aware of it and called you on it.
Are you a member of the Combine ?
You would rather have a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT elected????????
I hope that Kirk will run for the U.S. Senate and lose the primary to a conservative. Jon Zahm said that Eric Wallace will probably run for the U.S. Senate.
So you're for electing a LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PRO-DEATH politician who is even more rabidly pro-abortion than the DEMOCRAT he defeated, Ann Archy?
Mark Kirk is to the LEFT of even Lisa Madigan on abortion, as I've previously documented on this thread. You can't get anymore pro-death than Mark Kirk, unless the Dems somehow recruit an abortion doctor to run against him.
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It started yesterday and I want to stop it from getting worse.
What is a good remedy for this pesky infection?
mayayo wrote:I hardly catch any colds due to my Chinese Kung Fu, Qigong practice and healthy diet, but the other day a gust of wind caught me off guard in the park, I was wearing only a tank-top on the upper part of my body, this year the start of the spring in Australia is being way too wet, and you know the rest
I have tried this morning adding cayenne, garlic and ginger to Keemun tea and it seems to work, I am feeling a tad better. I will drink this concoction throughout the day and the following days and see how things go from here.
Anyway, thanks for the advice.
skilfautdire wrote:Grated ginger: exactly. I wonder why 'ginger teas' would be bought whne one can get dirt-cheap ginger roots at many supermarkets, grate some, and infuse it. Or is it that 'ginger teas' are using other parts of the ginger plant ?


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Correcting a bit of misinformation from the comments section of a recent post…
Tandem swimming is allowed on Catalina swims, so long as each member of the tandem is sanctioned by CCSF. This is from a CCSF official:
The CCSF recognizes a difference between a SANCTIONED swimmer and a COMPANION swimmer. Sanctioned tandem swims are allowed.
What's at issue is the COMPANION swimmer, who typically knows the swimmer but has no relationship with the CCSF (eg application, swim history, insurance). For safety purposes, the CCSF wishes to limit that swimmer's time in the water to a maximum of 3 hours in shifts no longer than 60-minutes. That's more in accordance with English Channel standards. Different than Dover, a CCSF swimmer could– if they so desired– recruit 5 companion swimmers. Technically, they could rotate 1-hour legs for a 15-hour crossing (5x 3-hours). I have also pondered having a tandem event from the same boat: One solo swimmer going side-by-side with a 6-person relay. Though, it would take some serious synchronized swimming to make that feasible….
The SBCSA also allows for tandem swimming (with each swimmer being sanctioned), but has not yet followed CCSF in adopting a 3-hour limit on pace swimmers.


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