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Friday, November 11, 2011
We Were Always "Men": A Wealth of Dignity in the Civil War Era Photographs of African American Soldiers
He Lives to Rape History: Herman Cain Yearns For the Good Old Days of Jim Crow and "Small Government"
Herman Cain on the stump in Kalamazoo, Michigan. So very sad.
It is a small world. I lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan for a year. There, I would far too often enjoy the lovely evening of a 5 dollar movie, some jazz at the Union, and then a few beers at Burdicks.
My night out on the town would cost me less than 20 dollars.
Kalamazoo was a sad, but dignified place. It was a once prosperous community with beautiful homes from the Gilded Age. Like so many cities across the Rust Belt, Kalamazoo went downhill because of deindustrialization and other changes in the economy that were to the disadvantage of the American worker.
As a measure for comparison, I had an apartment in "the 'Zoo" that cost me about 600 dollars a month including utilities. The same apartment would have easily cost, at a minimum, 2,000 dollars a month in Chicago. Alas, given how inter-generational wealth transfers are to the disadvantage of folks of color, if I had parents to hit up I would have purchased that palatial domicile in a second if afforded the opportunity.
Thus, to hear Herb Cornbread Cain preach the neoliberal, small government, gospel to folks in a community that has been destroyed, precisely by such a civil religion, is more than a little bit off-putting. I shake my head as folks cheer his policies. But, I vomit in my mouth to hear him--once more, as he always does--rape history.
[Do the math. If Herman Cain's pappy walked off the farm in the early 1940s at (let's guess) 20 years old, his parents may have been--and his grandparents most certainly were--born as slaves. How did the free market and the "American Dream" of deregulation help them? Are his supporters that dim? Or are the masses just generally asses?]
It is not only because I am a student of history that I find his allusion to the glory days of Jim Crow, sharecropping, and racialized debt peonage offensive. Rather, it is my common sense.
How can any person, of any reasonable sense, conjure up a story about the evils of "big government," and a racist labor market, as a means of talking about the Horatio Alger myth of the "good old days" relative to blacks in the Jim and Jane Crow South during the 1940s?
I rarely, if ever, use profanity. I will break that rule today: Cain is huffing bullshit as he relays a story that is designed to please the mouth-breathing, upright walking, White conservative populists who are his base; there is no way that even Herman Cain can believe such a noxious fiction. Utterly impossible.
Herman Cain, race minstrel extraordinaire, is truly a performance artist: there are few if any other explanations for his Koch brother funded Bojangles routine.
Folks, he is slouching far past Gomorrah. As a professional Herman Cain watcher, I predict that he is soon about to go somewhere which will leave you shocked--but not at all surprised.
Herman Cain's, "slavery was good for black folks moment," is not too far ahead. You are now forewarned. Be prepared. And do set your clocks by that prediction.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Poetic Violence in Motion: Goodbye Uncle Smokin' Joe Frazier, Do Travel Well
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
The Online Chronicles of an "Angry Black Man" in the Age of Obama: Why is Black Genius So Threatening to Some White Folks?
Writing online is a type of archiving. It is also a type of performance.
What follows is a bit of critical self-reflection, breaking kayfabe, and thinking aloud in public.
I always take a moment to step back whenever I write something on these Internets that riles folks up. When doing so, I ask myself the following: "Okay, if I didn't know the author, what impression would he leave me with?" "What are his politics?" "What 'type' of black man is he?"
He seems pretty reasonable to me, if at times a little provocative and playful. But crazy? Mean? Unreasonable? Not interested in "dialogue?" I just don't see it.
Thus, I am always surprised by the response of some folks to my online work, that in their eyes I am somehow "angry," or "upset." Black folks know that figure, "the angry black man" quite well--he is us, we are at times him. White folks know him too: he looms large in the American political and cultural subconscious, where instead of a 3 dimensional being, this angry black man is a bogeyman caricature, all huff and puff, irrational and rageful towards those innocent white folks who did him no harm.
Of course, there is much to be upset about in this world. And in America, much of this ugliness has worked itself out along lines of race.
Given that clear, plain on its face reality, I nevertheless remain surprised by the power that the very idea of the angry black man holds for so many. Intellectually, I get that white folks, and Whiteness at large, does not want to be forced to confront the righteousness of black anger. Why? Because to do so would force "uncomfortable" conversations about justice, one's personal relationship to white supremacy--and of course their investment in the normality of Whiteness with its White looks, White ways of thinking, White ways of knowing, and White ways of being.
For many, to take ownership over such a fact is the very definition of cognitive dissonance.
America is a country without a history. America has no memory of anything earlier than what happened last week. The historical myopia of Whiteness is no small part of that national personality trait, what is in all, a very bad habit.
I often smile when I read comments by readers who think that I am an angry black man. I am not. Life is too short to overly obsess over the curious ways of white folks. What I struggle and work towards is a holistic type of personhood; I simply want the freedom to be, to integrate every part of my self.
And yes, my blackness, and particular experiences as a working class black man of a certain age, a ghetto nerd, sensualist, reader, and citizen born in the post-Civil Rights moment at the time of hip hop's birth, is a significant part of my full humanity.
Because I love black people, and respect our accomplishments in the face of unimaginable obstacles in these United States, I am at peace, even while I see that there is much work still to be done. Because I understand how black folks helped to save American democracy from its own malformed, retarded, bigotry, I am made quite proud.
Back in the day we used to call that "knowledge of self." At present, I just call it a certain peace of mind.
When I wrote my open letter of sorts to the readers of the Daily Kos about liberal racism, Brother Akbar's words on the need to fully integrate one's self; to not have to ask permission from white folks to speak; to not need white approval when we want to sing our own "heroes" and "sheroes"; and to be unapologetic about demanding that democracy live up to its promises and potential, were echoing in my memory.
Black confidence, black pride, and black self-confidence is scary to many (if not most) white folks. For all of my reflection and research on the topic I do not know why. Of course, I intellectually "get" the ways that race, power, and structures intersect, and how "in-group" identity is normalized. But on a personal and emotional level, how can a people who have so much, who in essence run the world, be so easily upset by black folk's most simple, basic, human needs?
Ultimately, when we refuse to ask permission, we become angry black men and angry black women.
Why is this?
Please, teach me something on these matters. I am eager to sit back, listen, and learn.
What Ever Happened to Shame? Malcolm X Versus Proud Pregnant Black Teens
Hat tip to Rippa on this one. You do have to love Brother Denzel.
A provocative post.
What ever happened to shame? And wasn't shame a good thing when she kept our teen girls from posing bellies-exposed and taking pictures of what should be their private shame and circulating it online?
Please forgive me my old school respectable negro politics. Do pardon my pun, is this what radical sexual autonomy has "birthed?" Where did we go wrong as a people?
Or is this some type of co-parenting adaptive strategy among the underclasses where young women coordinate their pregnancies in order to be in an opportune position to share resources?
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Navigating White Privilege and Liberal Racism: 10 Tips for Blogging While Black on the Daily Kos (and Other Predominantly White Spaces Too)
As demonstrated by hundreds of comments, it would appear that I am the object of no small amount of upset by some readers of the Daily Kos.
...a selection of uprates...well, my hr stands,I am still unconvinced: the presentation and the racialist undertones still make this post inappropriate for a progressive blog...sure, I am not African American, I may not be able to follow your perspective as an African American, but Dailykos has community standards and I still feel, you haven't met them...but in time with more posts you will probably understand what a progressive blog is really about... progressiveness is looking into the future, not getting hung up by the past!
Chauncey DeVega Versus Daily Kos: Liberal Racists Don't Fancy Black Truth Tellers Too Much
I have been doing an experiment over at the Daily Kos this last month or so. I have long been fascinated by liberal racism, and given what I heard about Daily Kos' war on black bloggers, it seemed the perfect time to do some recon.
Chauncey DeVega's World of Ghetto Nerds: The Obama Administration Discusses UFO's and Louis Farrakhan Tells the Truth about Extraterrestrial Life
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, E.T. lovers — the White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrials exist.
The White House made the unusual declaration in response to a feature on its website that allows people to submit petitions that administration officials must respond to if enough people sign on.
In this case, more than 5,000 people signed a petition demanding that the White House disclose the government's knowledge of extraterrestrial beings, and more than 12,000 signed another petition seeking formal acknowledgement of an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.
In response, Phil Larson of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy wrote that the U.S. government has no evidence that life exists outside Earth, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted any member of the human race.
"In addition, there is no credible information to suggest that any evidence is being hidden from the public's eye," Larson wrote.
But he didn't close the door entirely on a close encounter of an alien kind, noting that many scientists and mathematicians believe that, statistically speaking, odds are high that there is life somewhere among the "trillions and trillions of stars in the universe" — although odds of making contact with non-humans are remote.
It's not the first petition to force the White House to engage on a somewhat off-beat topic since the "We the People" webpage was unveiled in September. The White House also has been forced to explain why it can't comment in response to a petition demanding "Try Casey Anthony in Federal Court for Lying to the FBI Investigators" (because it's a law enforcement matter).
And various petitions demanding legalization of marijuana have gathered more than 100,000 names, to which the White House argues that marijuana is associated with addiction, respiratory disease and cognitive impairment, and legalizing it would not be the answer.
The White House also has addressed topics including gay marriage and student loan debt.
When the website debuted, the White House promised to respond to any petition that garnered 5,000 or more signatures within 30 days, but it's now raised that threshold to 25,000.
Monday, November 7, 2011
A Birth of a Herman Cain Nation Moment: Cornbread Can't Help His Love of the White Ladies
A black Republican is accused of sexually assaulting a white woman. Sound familiar?
With his race baiting antics for the gleeful delight of white populist conservatives, Herman Cain is indeed writing history with lightning.
Yes, Birth of a Nation is such an obvious allusion that it demands to be done, even if it is in many ways quite vulgar. In all, sometimes we just have to put in work, and state an obvious and ugly truth.
To point: I do not know if the continued support of Herman Cain by the Tea Party GOP brigands, despite his being accused of sexually assaulting a white woman, is a sign of progress.
On one hand, not too long ago, a white woman's screams and false cries of rape were enough to justify a one way trip to the lynching tree. Herman Cain is still with us, and his campaign moves forward, despite--and perhaps even emboldened--by these accusations.
This is quite a puzzle. Herman Cain appeals to a part of the American electorate that is racially resentful, possesses no small amount of anti-black affect, likes black folks who know how to shut up and know their place, and who parrot the fantasies that the White Soul possesses of African American humanity.
Herman Cain fulfills the worst stereotypes and fears of black male predatory sexuality: he is the myth of the black male rapist GOP candidate made quite literally real. Yet, they still have his back.
Again, quite a riddle and mystery is afoot. What do you all think will happen with Herb Cornbread Cain? Is the continued support of his Tea Party GOP base a sign of racial progress?
Or do white conservatives have special rules for "their blacks," folks who are every now and then allowed the sweet pleasures of a white woman's alabaster thighs and tasty honey mead yoni wine?
Could the pass they have issued to Herman Cain actually be an ironic triumph of the hard bigotry of low expectations? Where Herman Cain can't help but to have "slipped up" because what black could possibly resist any white woman? Anywhere? At any time?
Random Notes: Chuck Berry's Sex Tape and Herman Cain's 4th Accuser to Go Public Today
IN THE EARLY 1990S, a friend sent me a short videotaped scene in which a man alleged to be Chuck Berry is shown pissing on a white woman and farting in her face. [See below for a complete transcript.] It was explained to me that Chuck Berry had been hassled so many times by authorities for sexin' up young white girls while on the road, he took to videotaping all of his one-night stands as legal proof of consent on the girls' part.
This explanation gained further credence when High Society magazine published eight photos of Berry posing naked with various women, presumably groupies. It was given further credibility in the early 1990s, when a former female chef Berry had employed at his Southern-Air Restaurant in Missouri filed a lawsuit claiming that Berry was covertly videotaping gals in the women's bathroom using cameras placed at angles that gave aerial and eye-level views of the toilet. [The suit was apparently settled out of court.] And a few years back, Spy magazine ran a feature which described not only the piss-and-fart scene which I viewed, but also other videotapes containing alleged poop-eatin' by Chuck and his various lady friends.
A year or two after I received the initial videotape, another friend sent me a Berry-themed tape called Sweet Little Sexteen. Lasting over an hour and a half, it contains the initial piss-and-fart clip, plus TV news blurbs about Berry's restaurant lawsuit, and an interminable parade of hairy, inflamed, slimy, beef-jerky white-girl twats in disgusting clinical closeup, many of them pissing while squatting over motel-room toilet bowls. The tape tends to imply that these segments were all filmed by Berry during one-night-stands. During one sad-yet-funny scene, the feather-headed white girl tries sucking off a skinny old black male wearing only a white T-shirt [presumed to be Berry] for what seems like a half-hour, but he's apparently too old or coked-out to get it up. He tries shoving his half-hard choco-worm inside her pussy, but it plops out limply each time. He finally retrieves a giant black dildo and rams it up her twat like he's shoving a thermometer between a turkey's legs. While she painfully squirms on the monster artificial dong, he cackles, grunts, and asks her things such as "How ya like that big dick goin' up in ya?"
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I DON'T REALLY CARE whether or not the man in these videotapes is Chuck Berry. Even if it isn't, the fact that someone would go to the length of making it all up signifies that Chuck Berry is somehow highly relevant to American cultural psychology. So what reasons could he possibly have for pee-peein' on all those poor dumb white girls?
My favorite Chuck Berry story involves shriveled Limey junkhog Keith Richards, who never played a note Chuck Berry didn't play first. In the early 80s, Richards apparently went backstage at a Chuck Berry show and tapped him on the back of the shoulder, hoping to introduce himself. Before looking to see who it was, Berry instinctively hauled off and slugged him in the face.
Good for you Chuck. Shoulda pissed on him, too.
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The following dialogue was transcribed from a segment of videotape lasting a little over two and a half minutes. The action appears to take place in a motel bathroom. It begins with a white woman sitting in a bathtub, lazily scrubbing herself. The woman's feathered-back blonde hairstyle suggests that the events transpired sometime in the late 1980s. Although the tape is blurry, and although surface "white noise" tends to muddy the sound, it's credible that the warm brown blob of a man who suddenly steps into the bathtub is rock legend Chuck Berry. He is thin and bony, naked except for a classy gold wristwatch. His hair approximates Chuck's greased-back black wool. His speaking voice sounds like Chuck Berry's. But I have no way of proving it's him, and I'm sure he'd deny it, so I have to throw in all these disclaimers.
CHUCK BERRY [allegedly, of course]: Are you bathing?
BLONDE WHITE FEMALE GROUPIE: Yes.
You gotta get clean.
Yes, I do.
You like to stay clean, don't you?
Yes, I do.
You really do.
I'll give you somethin' to bathe for. You know that? [stands up over her] I'm-a give you somethin' to bathe for. See this here? [wiggles his dick]
Yeah? That's what you bathe with.
It is?
Kiss it...Kiss it...Again...Suck on it...You my girl?
You love me?
Very much?
Mm-hmm? I'll bet you do.
I do.
Well...You really love me? [begins pissing on her face]
[she gasps, surprised] I really love you.
Yeah? Put your hands down by your thighs. Take it. [she continues gasping as he continues pissing] Take it. Take it. Take it. Open your mouth. Open your mouth. [sound of piss gurgling into her mouth, then Berry unleashes a LOUD, long fart] You can smell my fart. Piss on ya, that's what I'm doin'. Pissin' all over you. Mm-hmm. You love me?
Tell me you love me.
I love you.
Alright, then, drink my piss. Drink my piss. [grabs towel and hands it to her] Dry yourself off. Clean yourself off. How's that piss taste, hmm?
Alright, alright, alright? Tastes bitter, doesn't it? It's salty, yeah, I know.
You drank my piss.
Yes, I did.
Yeah. Suck this. SUCK IT. [she's sucking and gasping and grunting as if in pain] Here, clean yourself. Clean that piss out of your eyes. Poor sugar, little baby. What's the matter, baby? Did I piss in your eyes?
Did I piss in your eyes? I'm sorry. There's piss all over your neck and your hair. But you love me.
I love you.
I won't betray you. I won't betray you ever. Believe it. [leans in to kiss her, then stops] I can't kiss you—it smells like piss.
I know.
I'm sorry. Clean yourself off. Take a shower. [he walks out of the tub as she turns on the faucet to clean herself]
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Sunday Fun: Uncle Jack the Good Darky, Herman Cain's Crooning Minstrel Confessional, and AMC's Hell on Wheels
Erected in 1927 in northwest Louisiana, the sculpture was hauled three hundred miles to the Rural Life Museum (RLM) in Baton Rouge in 1972.
The life-size bronze sculpture on a limestone base was commissioned by Jackson Lee Bryan. It depicts an elderly African American man, shoulders slumped, head bowed, tipping his hat.
Bryan, a planter and banker in Natchitoches, envisioned a tribute to African Americans who helped build the South's agriculture-based economy. He commissioned eminent sculptor Hans Schuler of Baltimore to create the piece, at a cost of $4,300.
Unveiled in May 1927, the statue bore the inscription: "Erected by the city of Natchitoches in grateful recognition of the arduous and faithful services of the good darkies of Louisiana."
White people regarded the work as a tribute to slavery. The local paper noted that the Rotary Club had adopted a resolution "that express[es] the general Southern sentiment toward the faithful old slaves who took care of their masters' wives and children and homes while the masters were away fighting to hold them in slavery."
Even some African Americans approved of it. P. Colfax Rameau of Birmingham wrote to the Natchitoches paper: "Do not think it will be an insult to the modern, Christian negro. He will only say deep in his heart, 'I wish there were more white men in the South of the cloth of the Honorable J. L. Bryan, and mob violence would soon be history for unborn white and black boys and girls to read.'"
Dubbed "Uncle Jack," after Bryan, the sculpture became a landmark. Tourists took photographs of it, and tributes appeared in newspapers all over the country.
"Many white people in the parish have been nursed or served by the old-time 'uncles' and 'aunties,' and a warm regard remains on each side," wrote the New York Times.
The National Geographic ran a photo of Uncle Jack. Postcards identified him as "The Good Darky," and a poem by that name noted, "How faithfully he played his part, and with the fervor of his race/ Gave all . . . and then his heart!"
But not everybody was happy to see the first statue in town honor a black man, however humble. It was repeatedly vandalized by "paint pouring," whitewashing, and even a reputed cross-burning.
Pearl Payne, 91, who was nine when the statue was erected, recalls that local African Americans "didn't appreciate it. They took if for nothing good. There was controversy. It had a negative effect on our people."
"I recall ire and dismay in the black community," says Ed Ward, who grew up in Natchitoches in the fifties. "It brought forth negative feelings because it promoted a subservient and menial view of the race."
With the sixties came racial unrest. Then-mayor Ray Scott got a telephone threat that the statue would be dynamited. "We were threatened with harm we had never seen before," recalls Ward, a black businessman and civic leader.
In September 1968, city workers showed up in the dead of night to remove the thirteen-thousand-pound statue. Alerted by an anonymous phone call, Jo Bryan Ducournau, the daughter and heir of Jack Bryan, rushed to the scene to stop the imminent destruction. "She basically threw a fit," says RLM director David Floyd.
"They were wrapping it in chains," says Natchitoches historian Bobby DeBlieux. "It was going to be destroyed. [Ducournau] talked the mayor into taking it out of the ground without destroying it."
Exactly how the statue was removed is shrouded in mystery. The Natchitoches Times ran a photo of the sculpture atop a bulldozer and a close-up of Uncle Jack with ropes draped around his neck, looking like a lynching victim.
The statue was hidden at the local airport, according to one account. Ducournau reportedly received many requests for it, including one from the Smithsonian Institution.
Four years later, Steele Burden learned of the statue's fate, contacted Ducournau, and asked her to "loan" the statue to the Burden Plantation.
The Burden family owned five hundred acres in the heart of Baton Rouge. In the 1960s, they began giving the property to LSU in increments. Steele Burden had begun collecting relics of Louisiana plantations—plows, wagons, tools, even buildings, which he dismantled and hauled to Baton Rouge. He resurrected them on the Burden property, creating a collection that commemorated life in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Lousiana. By the early 1970s, it was called the Rural Life Museum.
The sculpture was moved to the RLM in 1972. Set in a landscaped spot selected by Burden, Uncle Jack appeared to greet visitors as they approached the museum by car.
In 1974, the loan became a gift. Burden added a second plaque to the statue's base: "Donated to the Rural Life Museum by Mrs. Jo Bryan Ducournau."
As visitors increased, the statue attracted more attention—not all of it positive. In response to a 1989 letter from State Representative Raymond Jetson complaining about the word "darkies" on the original plaque, LSU president Allen Copping wrote: "It was not possible to completely remove the inscription without damaging the plaque and the base of the statue. Instead, the staff . . . constructed a wooden frame to cover the entire inscription. . . . . I am confident that the modifications made to the base of the statue have eliminated the possibility of anyone being offended."
The second plaque, added in the 1970s, was removed from its position higher up the base of the statue and screwed into the wood now covering up the original plaque.
A prominent visitor offended by Uncle Jack was writer Maya Angelou. In 1997, Angelou wrote: "Uncle Jack is the quintessential obsequious Negro servant. . . . The droop of his shoulders bears witness not only to his years but more specifically to his own understanding of his place as a poor black in a rich white world."
In 1999 James W. Loewen wrote in the book Lies Across America, "This statue was from the start intended to be useful only to the cause of white supremacy. The [museum] has not used 'The Good Darky' to 'provide insight into the largely forgotten lifestyles and cultures of pre-industrial Louisiana,' the museum's avowed purpose. No plaque gives any information about its history or symbolic meaning."
Although the term "darky" is considered outdated and racist today, many recommended that the original plaque be uncovered and resume its place as part of the piece. "The word 'darky' is offensive, but consider the times," says Kathe Hambrick, founder of the African American Museum in Donaldsonville. "You can't change history. Every plaque that was ever made for the statue should have a label on it [for interpretive purposes]."
As for the plaque praising "darkies," Webb says, "I believe that you don't just go around erasing and wiping out history. We need to understand that's how things were. It should be there; it's an opportune moment for education."
With the RLM building a new visitor's center, Floyd says the board of directors decided last summer to move the statue inside the complex of buildings to make it part of the tour given by docents.
When word of the planned move got out, many thought it would be removed entirely from the RLM. Floyd got calls and emails urging him to keep the statue. "I made a stand from the beginning that we would not get rid of it," he says. "It's a great opportunity to use it as a teaching tool."
Meanwhile, Natchitoches wants Uncle Jack back as part of a planned museum in the Texas & Pacific railway depot downtown. Ed Ward, who once opposed the sculpture, hopes for its return. "It can be a stumbling block transformed into a stepping stone," he says.
But not everybody in Natchitoches agrees. Pearl Payne, a retired teacher, is content to have it gone. "I would say no, you're just bringing back something bitter," she says. "It's not good to open a can of worms. It's better to just leave it away, since it's been away so long."
Ruth Laney can be reached at email@example.com.
Friday, November 4, 2011
More Bucking, Shucking, and Jiving: Herman Cain is the Koch Brothers "Brother From Another Mother"
Obligatory Cainage: Herman Cain Meets Marion Berry and Why Herman Needs to Confess that He Has Lust in His Heart
Thursday, November 3, 2011
A Thursday Prayer: Lord, Please Let Herman Cain's Accusers be Big Fat White Women
They say that you should never pray for personal enrichment or gain. Moreover, your prayers should be for the benefit of others. I am unsure if the prayer I am about to offer fits neatly into those guidelines. With the Great Recession, an anemic job market, and America possessed by an existential malaise, we could all use a good laugh.
So please don't blame me for what I am about to write. It is all my mother's fault, a little black lady from Shelbyville, North Carolina who pointed out that Herman Cain looks like a black version of Bill O'Reilly, and that he is likely a sex pervert who wants to have kinky sex with fat white women. She says that with no malice by the way, as some of her best friends are big fat white women.
Moms said I should offer up a prayer on that "website thing" I write on so that maybe God will answer it. I am a good son who cannot deny her anything.
A Prayer for Herman Cain
God; Krom; the Blessed Exchequer; JC Most High; Soul Brother Number One,
I have a favor to ask. I don't pray often and do not really have a tongue for it. I know you have my back as so many random things have happened in my life to my benefit that they cannot all be by accident. Yes, I am a bit of a deist and am a spiritual person. I have no interest in religion. I make no apologies as this is how you made me. In my heart I know what matters: you do intervene in life to make things right, when we help ourselves, and to smooth over the rough patches. I also know that you have a great sense of humor.
God, you are really creative. You made the universe and filled it up with dark matter as a type of joke on all us. You made aliens who travel between the stars just to put probes in people's butts. You put events into motion that created hip hop, the Wu-Tang Clan, and Biggie just to take it all away from us with coontastic minstrelesque Southern ringtone rap. You also made Halle Berry, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana, and Rihanna. You have allowed an average guy like me to bed some beautiful women...just to eventually get tired of them. You are a trickster who makes bets with the devil just to prove a point about faith.
I have a favor to ask. The American people are really stressed out right now. We are trying to find a way in the world, and so many of us are hungry, scared, and worried about the future.
There is a good amount of evidence which suggests that laughter is actually healing for the body and the soul. It would make sense that you designed us that way.
I know that you are very busy, and maybe will have to delegate this to an intern, but please, if at all possible, could the women who were sexually harassed by Herman Cain be big fat white women? You know I have love for all of humanity. But, the visual of new age race minstrel Herman Cain chasing around a big fat white women would be a joy to behold. Yes, I know that stereotypes are wrong. I also know that they can be really funny.
One more quick request.
If you are feeling especially generous, could Herman Cain have also exposed himself to them, or offered up some flirtatious innuendo fit for a Moms Mabsley, Dolemite, or Lawanda Page?
Thank you, the American people could use the laugh.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Three is His Lucky Number: Four Questions on Herman Cain's Angry Black Man Sex Scandal
[There is a new poll up on the sidebar for those so inclined]
The men in white coats are coming to take him away. What a priceless image.
Pimp mack daddy Godfather Herman Cain is grumpy. I think he needs a nap.
An observation: President Barack Obama is not allowed to get angry lest he be called an "angry black man."
First question: will Herman Cain's momentary channeling of Sam Jackson be interpreted by his allies as proof that he is a "strong black man?"
Second question: There is a third woman accusing Cain of acting inappropriately. By the time this winds down how many accusers will there be in total? I say no less than five and no more than 7.
Third question: With each accusation of sexual harassment Herman Cain becomes more popular with his base. Is this a tipping model? Will Herman Cain's stock soar until it reaches a crescendo where his fly by night, thumbing of the nose at those liberals and feminists, becomes even too much for Conservatives to tolerate?
Fourth question: That which lingers but has not yet been broached...are these women white?
A Perpetual Line Stepper: Cornel West Wants to Go Upside Ron Christie's Head on Real Time with Bill Maher
Someone suggested that I sound like Ron Christie. I don't hear the resemblance as I am much more chocolaty and sensual, a mass of impenetrable negritude that calls women to me like a black hole in outer space beckons passing starships.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Please Stop the Lie, Herman Cain is Not Being Lynched
Is a picture worth a thousand words? I suggest that it is...
Campaign Director


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Debates of April 2nd, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #104 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
- Question Period
- Groundwater Contamination
- The Budget
- Sports
- Juno Awards
- Hockeyville
- Member for Papineau
- Hockeyville
- Health Care System
- Pope John Paul II
- Public Safety
- Old Age Security
- Human Trafficking
- Seal Hunt
- Employment
- Thrilla on the Hilla
- Members' Budgets
- Arts and Culture
- Autism
- The Budget
- Intergovernmental Affairs
- Pensions
- The Budget
- Pensions
- Health
- Science and Technology
- Elections Canada
- National Defence
- Search and Rescue
- Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
- The Environment
- Public Appointments Commission
- The Environment
- Bell Canada
- Foreign Affairs
- Search and Rescue
- Immigration
- The Economy
- National Council of Welfare
- Air Transportation
- Board of Internal Economy
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Points of Order
- The Budget
Financial Statement of Minister of Finance
The Budget
Government Orders
2 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Order, please. I regret that I must interrupt the member for Burnaby--New Westminster on his point in order to move to statements by members.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Costas Menegakis Richmond Hill, ON
Mr. Speaker, many families in my riding of Richmond Hill are involved in sport and fitness activities. Whether it is soccer, hockey, gymnastics, baseball or any other sport, our government recognizes the importance of these activities in building healthy and strong communities.
Our government stood up for Richmond Hill families when we brought in the children's fitness tax credit to help parents offset the cost of these programs. We stood up for families when investing in recreational activities and facilities, such as the new artificial field at Crosby Park and the rehabilitation of Elgin Barrow Arena.
Our government continues our support for healthy active living through investments in ParticipACTION, Special Olympics and Own the Podium programs.
This week, as sports groups, like the Richmond Hill Stars, wrap up their season and others, like the Richmond Hill Soccer Club and the Richmond Hill Phoenix Baseball Club, get ready to launch their summer sessions, let us salute all families and sport and fitness activities in Richmond Hill and across the country.
Juno Awards
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Tyrone Benskin Jeanne-Le Ber, QC
Mr. Speaker, excellence in Canadian musical expression was on display this past weekend in the capital region as it played host to the 2012 Juno Awards. I am certain I speak for my colleagues in recognizing the nominees and congratulating the winners, including veterans Feist and Terri Clark, as well as new-found favourites Dan Mangan and Lindi Ortega to name a few.
Through their creative passions, Canadians come to know themselves and make who we are open to the world. Whether singing in French, English or Urdu, these Canadian ambassadors have shown us why it is important that we support and stabilize Canadian arts and culture in the cultural community.
The legacy left by Pierre Juneau, the award's namesake and a native son of Verdun in my riding, is a forward-thinking cultural vision that saw culture as a pillar of our society. His vision of Canada with its own distinctive voice lives on in those who practise at art everyday. Judging by the crowds, I would say that Canadians have added their voices to our celebrated storytellers.
Let us, as members of this House and of government, commit to investing in our artists and allow them to continue the vision that Pierre Juneau believed in. Why? Because it is good to be Canadian.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Dan Albas Okanagan—Coquihalla, BC
Mr. Speaker, West Kelowna is one of our country's newest municipalities. When it entered the Kraft Hockeyville contest, it did so as an underdog, a new municipality without previous decades to establish an identity as a hockey town. The organizing committee was undeterred and worked incredibly hard to put on a first-rate Hockeyville campaign and the citizens of West Kelowna came together in a way like never before. That is what is important for a new municipality.
This past Saturday, we learned, somewhat earlier than expected, that we could congratulate the township of Stirling-Rawdon in winning Kraft Hockeyville for 2012. Faced with the early arrival of this news, what would become of the West Kelowna Hockeyville celebration on Saturday evening? Would anyone show up? However, something amazing happened. The premier arrived, the mayors, the MLAS and, most important, the thousands of citizens from West Kelowna literally jammed the rafters. West Kelowna may not have won Hockeyville 2012 but it did achieve a sense of community pride that is far more important.
I send a special thanks out to organizers Adam and Andrew for making believers of all of us.
Member for Papineau
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Massimo Pacetti Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Mr. Speaker, on Saturday night the political arena moved to the boxing arena—a metaphor that reminds us of the sometimes merciless struggle of political life.
The Conservatives, true to their nature, were confident and attacked their adversary even before the fight began. Their combatant was impetuous, their confidence unshakeable.
The fight began with a solid attack from the man in blue, whose only strategy seemed to be to score a knockout. However, he failed to take account of the Liberal's ability to stand up to repeated blows and come back even stronger.
Like the Liberal spirit, the hon. member for Papineau showed his constancy, patience and perseverance. He came back strongly and showed everyone that brute force, intimidation and a simple strategy may count for something, but training, technique and resilience will always triumph in the end.
Congratulations to my friend and colleague from Papineau. Let this fight be a sign that Liberal strength is returning.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Daryl Kramp Prince Edward—Hastings, ON
Mr. Speaker, the sport of hockey is one of the cornerstones of our Canadian heritage, and nowhere is it more evident than in our small villages and towns.
I am proud to represent a riding where there have been many successes related to the great game of hockey. This year alone my own community of Centre Hastings won an unprecedented three Ontario minor hockey championships. The village of Stirling-Rawdon added one more to build upon its many past successes.
Only last week I stood here and congratulated the towns of Stirling-Rawdon and Bancroft in my riding on making it to the top 15 communities in the 2012 Kraft Hockeyville competition, with Stirling-Rawdon going on to make it to the top five.
Led by organizers like Cindy Brandt and a great team of volunteers, they continued to demonstrate their community's astonishing spirit and passion for the game of hockey while applauding all who participated.
Now I am absolutely thrilled to congratulate Stirling-Rawdon on the announcement Saturday evening that it had won the Hockeyville competition.
I ask my colleagues in Parliament and all Canadians to join me in congratulating Stirling-Rawdon on being named Hockeyville Canada and representing the ultimate in community spirit and love for the great game of hockey.
Health Care System
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Réjean Genest Shefford, QC
Mr. Speaker, our health care system is sick. Recently, I had first-hand experience with our inadequate health care system. I went to the Granby hospital with my spouse, who had a persistent cough following a bout of flu. In a waiting room meant for 50 people, there were just 10 or so patients waiting to see a doctor. We waited over five and a half hours to see a doctor, who eventually diagnosed pneumonia.
In its budget, the Conservative government is going ahead with plans to cut health transfers to the provinces and territories despite the fact that Quebeckers and Canadians are asking it to commit to providing stable funding for health care. Given the government's misguided approach, what will happen to the aging Canadian population?
Pope John Paul II
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Wladyslaw Lizon Mississauga East—Cooksville, ON
Mr. Speaker, today marks the seventh anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II.
During his papacy, he had a profound impact on people of all faiths and cultures all over the world, who continue to admire and revere him.
Many remember that Pope John Paul II was strongly committed to building understanding between the Catholic church and other faiths. His efforts, whether through his historic visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome or his meetings with the Dalai Lama, are seen as having opened new avenues for positive dialogue.
He played a vital role in inspiring Eastern Europe to resist Communist tyranny, which contributed to the success of the democratic transformation of that region.
As we know, blessed John Paul II is now on the road to sainthood. I would like to take this opportunity to remember the tremendous contributions that he made to the world and to the promotion of values that we as Canadians cherish.
Public Safety
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Eve Adams Mississauga—Brampton South, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week it came to light that the member for Toronto—Danforth had complained that a sitting judge had an anti-criminal bias.
Rather than realizing what an absolutely ridiculous stance that is and apologizing to Canadians, the member doubled down and said that it was our Conservative government that should apologize.
We have nothing to apologize for. We will not stand for a hug-a-thug rhetoric coming from that party. That is why Canadians gave us a strong mandate to continue our work to crack down and keep our streets and communities safe.
I call on the leader of the NDP to discipline that—
Public Safety
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
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Public Safety
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order. The hon. member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek.
Old Age Security
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Wayne Marston Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Mr. Speaker, the only crisis for OAS is the one the Conservatives have chosen to create.
A review of Canada's retirement income system by pension experts of the OECD had this to say:
Canada does not face major challenges of financial sustainability with its public pension schemes....Long-term projections show that public retirement-income provision is financially sustainable.
A report from Kevin Page, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, also agrees that OAS is easily sustainable
Prior to the May 2011 election, our leader Jack Layton and I announced the New Democrats' retirement security for seniors plan. During that election, the New Democrats were clear on pensions. In fact, our very first platform plank was on pensions and increasing the GIS to raise seniors out of poverty.
One would think that if the Prime Minister was considering forcing Canadians to work two extra years before retiring, he just might mention it in an election campaign, unless of course he believed it would cost his party votes.
Human Trafficking
Statements By Members
April 2nd, 2012 / 2:10 p.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, our government recognizes that human trafficking is a despicable crime and that anyone who profits from the modern-day slave trade should face serious consequences.
In recognition of this crime, I recently introduced Bill C-310. Our crown attorneys desperately need this tool in order to prosecute human traffickers wherever they commit their crimes. Unfortunately, last Friday NDP members deliberately delayed the passage of Bill C-310. They deliberately threw it to the bottom of the order paper.
This has become a pattern that is very disturbing. When we look at the record, NDP members have already voted against tougher penalties for child predators, against tougher penalties for child kidnappers and against ending house arrest for serious crimes such as sexual assault.
Last Friday the only muscle that was shown was against the innocent victims of this horrendous crime.
Seal Hunt
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Philip Toone Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC
Mr. Speaker, this year's seal hunt on the Magdalen Islands is a historic event. In an unforgettable collaborative project with hunters from the Magdalen Islands, the Micmac people of the Gesgapegiag First Nation have been able to rediscover traditional knowledge that had been lost for centuries.
Although their ancestors helped teach non-aboriginals to hunt for harp seals, the Micmac had this part of their culture taken away from them when the reserve system was created. Some 200 years later, the people of the Magdalen Islands were very moved to be able to return the favour and share their expertise on the pack ice.
Accompanied by an Inuit colleague from Nunavut, the Micmac conducted a harvest based on their traditions, combining respect for the animal and nature.
This event marks a new willingness to develop co-operation, dialogue and friendship between the communities of the Magdalen Islands and Gesgapegiag. We can only applaud the courage of the people who organized the event, which was an opportunity for growth between the founding peoples of this country.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
John Williamson New Brunswick Southwest, NB
Mr. Speaker, our government's top priority is job creation, economic growth and long-term prosperity.
Canada's economic action plan highlighted that we will be introducing new ways to further assist Canadians claiming EI to find jobs and help get them back to work.
The opposition is fear-mongering that these changes will force Canadians to uproot and move away to find jobs. This is simply not true.
In fact, we are increasing our efforts to ensure Canadians are made aware of the jobs available in their local areas, as well as providing incentives for taking all available work in their local community.
Our government recognizes that Canadians want to work. We are working to provide families with the tools they need to find gainful and meaningful employment in their communities.


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By Patsy R. Brumfield/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – Kevin Curtis' attorney on Monday said that with nothing linking the poison ricin and her client, federal prosecutors should dismiss the charges.
"The searches are concluded; not one single shred of evidence was found to indicate Kevin could have done this," said Christi R. McCoy after an Oxford federal courthouse hearing.
Curtis, 45, of Corinth was arrested by federal agents last Wednesday, accused of mailing at least three poison-laden letters to President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland.
Curtis' defense said he should be released after the government's failure to find any ricin during extensive weekend searches of his house, vehicle and his ex-wife's house.
U.S. Magistrate S. Allen Alexander cut short the second day of the hearing, citing a personal schedule conflict.
The hearing resumes at 9 a.m. today for Alexander to determine if sufficient evidence exists to send the case to a grand jury. She also is due to consider Curtis' bail. He's been held in the Lafayette County Detention Center since his arrest.
During the Monday morning session, McCoy repeatedly pressed FBI agent Brandon Grant to tell the court what direct evidence investigators found to link Curtis to the letter scheme.
No traces of ricin, no fingerprints on envelopes, nothing except verbiage from social media sites, which McCoy said anyone could have copied to frame him.
She suggested prosecutors take a look at Tupelo martial arts instructor J. Everett Dutschke, with whom she claims in 2010 Curtis had a heated email correspondence, so much so that Curtis' parents warned Dutschke to back off.
Later Monday, Dutschke insisted he had nothing to do with a ricin-letter plot.
"I categorically deny it," he told the Daily Journal a few hours after the hearing recessed.
"I met the guy on two occasions," Dutschke said in a telephone conversation about Curtis. "I wasn't going to be pulled into his fantasy world."
He did, however, admit he met with the FBI last Thursday, saying he gave agents permission to search his home.
In 2007, Dutschke was a Republican candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives against incumbent Rep. Steve Holland of Plantersville, the son of Judge Sadie Holland.
Dutschke said he had worked with Curtis' brother, Jack, but not with Kevin.
"He almost had my sympathy," Dutschke said, alluding to his own legal problems with three Lee County indictments against him on fondling charges.
He also admitted to what he termed a brief confrontation with Curtis in 2010, claiming Curtis posted a Mensa certificate on his MySpace site. Dutschke said it was a fraud and ultimately was removed.
Mensa is an elite organization for ultra-intelligent people. Dutschke claimed to be a member and insisted Curtis was not.
How long today's hearing will run isn't known, but Alexander seemed restless to come to some conclusion soon.
Grant still will be on the stand when the hearing resumes.
"There was no apparent ricin, castor beans or any material there that could be used for the manufacturing, like a blender or something," Grant testified.
While he suggested that Curtis could have thrown away the processor, Grant said technicians are looking more deeply into Curtis' computers after initially finding nothing to indicate Curtis had searched for information on ricin.
McCoy, who leads the defense with attorney Hal Neilson, said the government doesn't have probable cause to hold her client, and his history of problems related to bipolar disorder are not enough to keep him in jail.
Today, prosecutors could call Tupelo attorney David Daniels and even a Chicago, Ill., man with some knowledge about a years-ago incident involving Curtis.
Daniels, a former assistant district attorney, had an altercation with Curtis in 2003. Judge Holland later granted Daniels a restraining order against Curtis and found Curtis guilty of simple assault.


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By GARY ARRINGTONSports writer
In a continuation of a tough schedule, the Emery High Lady Spartans split two basketball games last week. On Tuesday, Emery traveled to Salina and played North Sevier and on Friday came home for the first time and played Canyon View. They defeated North Sevier 60-49 before losing to Canyon View 65-53.
North Sevier is one of the top teams in 2-A ball and did well last season in the state tournament and return most of the team. Canyon View, although not ranked early on, won the state tourney two years ago over Emery and return the 3-A MVP from that season in Cassie Platt. Canyon View stayed in Castle Country and defeated second ranked Carbon the night after they defeated Emery.
Emery got off to a fast start against North Sevier and stayed that way through three quarters. Emery led 13-7 after the first quarter, 29-19 at half time and 54-33 after three quarters. North Sevier won the final period 16-6 over Emery's bench players.
Leading Emery in the first period were Jodi Robertson and Meagan Pearson, each with 4 points. Frankie Komar hit a 3-pointer and Tiffany Tuttle had a basket. In the second period, Jodi kicked in another 6 points while Abbie Kay and Caitlin Hansen each had 4 points. Tuttle had another basket.
In the third period, Meagan had 7 points and Michonne Robertson had 6 points to lead the Spartans. Jodi added another 5 points on her way to leading the Spartans in scoring for the game with 17 points. Lacey Montgomery hit a 3-pointer and Frankie added 4 points.
Jodi, Michonne and Caitlin each scored 2 points in the final period.
At home against Canyon View, Emery was outscored in three of the four periods. Unlike earlier in the season when the Spartans did not shoot well, the Spartans actually shot decently but were hurt in the game by their turnovers and lack of good defense.
Head Coach Steve Gordon said after the game, "We need to learn to take care of the ball, those turnovers hurt us the most. We knew about Platt and Dancer but it was the whole team that burned us, they shot really well." Platt finished the game with 26 points as she did pretty much what she wanted to out on the floor. She hit several 3-pointers several steps behind the line and the new-look Platt took the ball to the hoop with ease.
Emery trailed after the first period by one at 16-15 before trailing at the half 30-21. Emery won the third period 16-13 and then lost the last quarter 22-16 as the Falcons hit their free throws.
Michonne led Emery with 21 points in the game and Meagan added another 16 points, as these two seniors had their best night of the young season. Jodi added 8 points, Caitlin added 4 points and Tiffany and Sierra Bridgewater each had 2 points.
For the game, Emery shot 45 percent from 2-point land, 40 percent from 3-point land and 70 percent at the free throw line. Unfortunately, Emery also had 18 turnovers in the game, which often led to Falcon fast breaks.
Coach Gordon knew that the season could get off to a rough start with the quality of opponent but he is still very optimistic about the upcoming season. "We are going to be fine, we are a good team," he told the girls after.
Emery continues at home this week with two more home games. On Tuesday night they host Richfield and on Thursday night they host Waterford. Sophomore games start at 3:30 p.m., JV at 5:15 p.m., and varsity around 7 p.m.


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A second-half try from centre Christian Loamanu gave Treviso victory over Zebre in the RaboDirect Pro12 Italian derby.
A second-half try from centre Christian Loamanu gave Treviso victory over Zebre in the RaboDirect Pro12 Italian derby.
Loamanu crossed the whitewash after a scoreless first half and the try was converted by Alberto di Bernardo, who had missed three first-half penalties but made amends with his fourth attempt to put Treviso in the ascendancy.
Luciano Orquera's penalty ensured a losing bonus point for the hosts but they remain eight points behind fellow strugglers the Dragons.
Since their induction, the hosts have failed to win a game in either the PRO12 or the Heineken Cup. This all-Italian affair therefore offered them the perfect chance to finally register their first victory.
However, the home side were under pressure in the opening exchanges. Fly-half di Bernardo had two chances to put early scores on the board, but his penalty attempts were off-target.
Treviso continued to pile on the pressure and Salvatore Perugini succumbed when he was shown a yellow card. But the visitors failed to take advantage as their stand-off missed his third opportunity from the tee.
After conceding 50 points in successive weeks to Harlequins, Zebre were showing impressive resilience and, despite losing Carlo Fazzari to the sin bin, they held on until the break.
The interval seemed to do the trick for Benetton when Loamanu made up for their earlier profligacy to touch down three minutes into the second period. Di Bernardo added the extras, but he was awry for the fourth time when another three-pointer drifted wide soon after.
Although they had been dominated for the majority of the match, Orquera reduced the arrears with a quarter of the game to go. However, it wasn't to be as Treviso's fly-half finally sealed the victory with a penalty.
The scorers:
For Zebre:
Pens: Orquera
For Treviso:
Try: Loamanu
Pens: di Bernardo
Con: di Bernardo
Zebre: 15 Sinoti Sinoti, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Matteo Pratichetti, 12 Paolo Buso, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Andries Van Schalkwyk, 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Nicola Cattina (capt), 5 Josh Sole, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Carlo Fazzari, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 1 Salvatore Perugini.
Replacements: 16 Andrea Mancini, 17 Matias Aguero, 18 Luca Redolfini, 19 Michael van Vuuren, 20 Filippo Ferrarini, 21 Alberto Chillon, 22 Samuele Pace, 23 Ruggero Trevisan.
Treviso 15 Luke McLean, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Christian Loamanu, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Tommaso Iannone, 10 Alberto Di Bernardo, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Dean Budd, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Simone Favaro, 5 Corniel Van Zyl, 4 Francesco Minto, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c), 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Matteo Muccignat, 18 Jacobus Roux, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Valerio Bernabò, 21 Paul Derbyshire, 22 Tobias Botes, 23 Kristopher Burton.


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Utah now has a plan to manage wolves that may one day make their way here from surrounding states.
The Utah Wildlife Board, a panel of seven citizens appointed by former Gov. Mike Leavitt, approved the plan June 9 after hearing comments from several people, including representatives of agriculture and conservation groups and citizens representing Utah's five public Regional Advisory Councils.
"This plan is an important step in the state of Utah being allowed to manage wolves in a way that benefits the state the most," said Kevin Bunnell, mammals program coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources.
Wolves are currently listed on the federal threatened and endangered species list. All wolf management is handled by the federal government. This leaves Utah with little say in how wolves are managed in the state.
"An important component in getting wolves off the federal list is for states to have regulations that ensure wolves will receive adequate protection if they're taken off the federal list," Bunnell said. "We feel the plan the Wolf Working Group put together will meet this requirement."
While much of the plan can't be implemented until wolves are taken off the federal list, some parts of the plan, such as researching and monitoring wolves that arrive here, can begin immediately.
Utah's Wolf Management Plan will be available for public review on the DWR Web site beginning July 1.
Wolf plan highlights:
The plan the board approved includes several amendments brought to the board by an agricultural group which consisted of several groups, including the Utah Farm Bureau and the Utah Wool Growers Association. The amendments had already been approved by Utah's five public Regional Advisory Councils.
Taking wolves that kill or harass livestock
Once wolves are taken off the federal list, ranchers in Utah will be allowed to kill wolves they find killing or harassing their sheep, cattle or other livestock.
Ranchers will not be required to obtain a permit to take wolves that kill or harass their livestock. They also will not be required to use non-lethal methods before killing wolves. While non-lethal methods are not required, many ranchers already employ non-lethal methods, such as guard dogs and herders, to protect their livestock.
The DWR or the USDA-Wildlife Services also will respond to livestock depredation and may remove wolves following the confirmation that wolves have killed livestock.
Payments for livestock loss:
How to compensate ranchers for the livestock they lose to wolves, and where the compensation money will come from, will be determined by the Utah legislature.
The board passed a recommendation to the legislature that livestock owners be compensated 100 percent for all livestock loss that is either confirmed, probably or possibly linked to wolves. The board also passed a recommendation that a system be set up to compensate ranchers for additional animals that may have been lost to wolves but can't be found.
Protecting big game populations:
Board members also directed the DWR to determine ways to deal with wolves if they negatively impact a big game population. An example of a negative impact would be a deer, elk and bighorn sheep population not meeting population objectives in the state's management plans.
The proposed actions the DWR will draft will be taken to the public for comment at a future series of public meetings.
Utah has big game management plans that set various population objectives that the state's deer, elk and bighorn sheep populations must meet. If populations aren't meeting those objectives, more cougars and bears may be taken as one way to try and help the big game populations recover. Wolves could be added to the list of predators that might be taken to help those populations recover.
"Any taking of wolves that are impacting a big game population would be done by either the DWR or USDA-Wildlife Services," Bunnell said.
Paying for wolf management in Utah:
Board members also passed a recommendation to the Utah legislature that the DWR be provided with additional funding to manage wolves and to mitigate for the impacts wolves may have on Utah's wildlife.
An example of mitigation might be additional funding given to the DWR if the agency tried to reestablish a bighorn sheep population and the success of the transplant was affected by wolves. The additional funding would allow the agency to try the transplant again.
Wolf Working Group:
Bunnell praised the 13-person Wolf Working Group that put the plan together. The DWR assembled the group in the summer of 2003. The group included hunters, wolf advocates, ranchers and other people with wolf-related interests.
"The group should be complimented for tackling a very controversial issue and for being willing to see the process through and compromise where they felt they could," Bunnell said.
Bunnell believes it was a good idea to put the group together. "Putting a group like this together is a way of making sure all of the affected parties are represented so you have a plan that's balanced instead of a plan that's biased towards one group or another," he said.
Wolves in the Western United States:
Wolves, which were exterminated in the western United States by 1940, were reintroduced to the greater Yellowstone Park area by the federal government. A total of 66 wolves were released in the area in 1995 and 1996. Since then, the population has expanded to 835 wolves in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
"This wolf population has grown faster than anyone could have imagined," Bunnell said. "I believe it's just a matter of time before some of those wolves make their way here."


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I'm not sure why I find myself talking about hotels again is a disdainful manner, but that's just the way it goes I guess. These are places which are supposed to hold the highest regard for customer service – it's what much of their success is based upon.
So today I witnessed one of the worst cases of business sabotage I can ever imagine. It literally put shivers down my spine to think of my staff ever doing something similar (I know you wouldn't by the way guys!!)
I'm standing at the reception of a well respected and fairly top end hotel in Exeter. There is a well-to-do lady talking to the man behind the reception desk. I'm not really a nosy person but I couldn't help but overhear their conversation. This is where the unimaginable happens.
The lady is asking the guy about hotel rates, she's foreign by the way. The guy, seemingly uninterested responds 'well it's cheaper in the week than at the weekend'. The lady responds politely, 'thats understandable, I'm enquiring for my daughter who would like to stay for quite some time' – BINGO – Music to anyone's ears surely…not this guy. He asks how long she'd be planning to stay and the lady responds 'at least three weeks at first'. This is where it gets really silly. The guy then says to her: 'Oh if its that long you better do it online as you might get a better deal there'!!!
Folks lets analyze this for a minute – you have a potential punter standing in front of you with their wallet open and ready to sign themselves up for a very long time – I'm guessing this is worth thousands of pounds to this hotel and what do they do, tell them to look online as it might be cheaper. Jeez – If it were me and it really were cheaper online (and by the way I doubt it very much) I'd walk them to the hotels computer and help them look myself. My guess is that it was too much work for this guy, perhaps he'd had a bad day or couldn't be bothered with this one lady as it sounded like a bit too much work.
My guess is this woman (clearly in a foreign country) will not bother going online but will probably walk down the road to one of the many other great hotels in town. I know I would.
That guy has potentially cost his company thousands of pounds and doesn't even care. As business owners, what can we do to make sure that our staff are not doing the same to us? Do they care about your business? Do they worry about losing money making opportunities as you do or is it just another job?
Watch out folks – I bet this hotel didn't even realise that this was going on. Are you certain it's not happening to you?
Now Your Thoughts
- Could I be going OTT because I'm naturally a sales person and can't stand to see a sale lost?
- What measures do you have in place to stop this complacency in your business?


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Celebrating Tradition & Forging Change
A Strategic Plan for William & Mary
William & Mary, proud of its standing as the nation's second-oldest college and its place in the top ranks of American universities, is poised to build on its strength as a public ivy, one of the country's leading liberal arts universities. William & Mary will provide and be seen as providing the best undergraduate education, and the university will be internationally recognized for its academic excellence.
We build our future on an extraordinary legacy, but we cannot rest on our laurels. We know that in order to move forward we must retain and attract outstanding faculty, and we must continue breaking boundaries: to broaden our international reach, to improve diversity, to encourage interdisciplinary perspectives, to expand need- and merit-based aid and provide access to the very best students, to assure affordability for low- and middle-income students, to appropriately integrate technology into our model of engaged learning, and to keep innovating to remain relevant and efficient.
Working together we are pursuing our vision. We redefine the academic community: building on more than 300 years of innovation and excellence, we break the boundaries between teaching and research, student and instructor, living and learning.
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(November 07) Today we're celebrating . . . Republican Elephant Day
Republican Elephant Day
On this day in 1874, Thomas Nast used the elephant* to represent the Republican Party in a Harper's Weekly satirical cartoon.
*The 1874 Nast cartoon featured the first notable appearance of the elephant as a symbol of the Republican party.
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Several years ago, Microsoft announced public folders would be discontinued, but did not provide an exact date. The remaining public folders need to be phased out by June 30, 2014 as support continues to decrease and disk space is limited.
While supported in Exchange 2010 (UK's current version) and the recently released Exchange 2013, public folders are not supported in the cloud version of Exchange, such as Office 365. In addition, UK's disk space for Exchange Public Folder is near its limit; therefore UKIT is requesting users delete unnecessary and/or redundant data as soon as possible!
Sharepoint, Shared Mailboxes and Drupal are encouraged for archiving data, document sharing and collaboration users rather than public folders. Contact your departmental IT staff or the UKIT Service Desk at 859-218-HELP (4357) for additional information about these products.
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Pajamas do double duty in the garden
The holiday season is as good a time as any to talk about gardening in pajamas – especially since I host a pajamas-required Christmas Day gathering every year except this year, since my son is getting married in my back yard in January.
There's no doubt that pajamas are designed for comfort and durability. And even though I love them and consider myself a connoisseur, I promised my future daughter-in-law I would not wear them to the wedding.
It begs the question about what other gardeners wear and reminds me of the time when my adorable Barbie-doll neighbor was actually outside with a pair of pruners.
I was on the phone with my husband at the time and told him so. His first question was, "What is she wearing?"
She had on a mini-skirt and platform sandals. I'm pretty sure he claimed sick and rushed home.
The benefits of pajamas are that you can bend every which way – squat, lean, climb, kneel, dig, contort – and the very design of these garments allows you to do all of these things. What other gardening apparel can top that?
You can also wash pajamas for years and they come out perfect every time – ready for another round of weeding.
The drawbacks are obvious. The whimsical prints are a bit obvious: anything from flowers to teddy bears or the ubiquitous give-away – stripes. You can't run to the nursery or the coffee house in a pair of muddy pajamas without getting locked up for a psych review.
I'm not a big fan of so-called durable outdoor wear – clothes that are made so sturdy that you can't quite reach the roses because the waist is too tight and the knees don't bend.
Not that any company since Smith & Hawken back in the day caters to the gardening community. Duluth Trading Company offers workwear pants made of canvas with a fixed waistband. These people obviously don't garden.
Plow & Hearth has a couple of T-shirts and lots of rubber boots. Garden Girl USA is the newest garden-wear maker on the block, but again, that line is all about sturdy. You don't see any real mud on any of the models.
Get over the sturdy garden wear, people, and think about comfort! I don't want pants that will last through the apocalypse; I want something in which I can bend over and find beans.
After the wedding, and when things have settled down, I'm going to pull out the sewing machine and create my own line of garden pajamas. Something that won't get me arrested at Roger's Gardens.
In the meantime, though, I'd love to see what you wear while gardening. Send me a description of your everyday gardening get-up, or better yet, a photo to firstname.lastname@example.com. This, my gardening brethren, might make an interesting story and further my clothing research.
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