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As the Supreme Court prepares to announce a landmark ruling on same-sex marriage, the issue has already transformed American politics -- including the life of a prominent Republican strategist who helped elect President George W. Bush.
Ken Mehlman, who ran Bush's 2004 re-election campaign and later served as Republican Party chairman, is a once-closeted gay man who, as The New York Times reported, "is waging what could be his final campaign: to convince fellow Republicans that gay marriage is consistent with conservative values and good for their party."
Mehlman's announcement about his sexual orientation created crosscurrents of ideological reaction.
Some liberals welcome Mehlman's advocacy of gay marriage, while others -- citing the policies of the Bush administration -- describe Mehlman as a hypocrite.
Some conservatives call Mehlman an apostate, while others don't care one way or another.
It's been "a little bit like the Tom Sawyer funeral, where you show up at your own funeral and you hear what people really think," Mehlman told the Times in an interview.
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"He will not talk about any guilt he might feel for serving as the 2004 campaign manager, when Mr. Bush, courting Christian evangelicals, called for a federal ban on same-sex marriage and conservatives marched to the polls. Mr. Mehlman was rewarded with the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, a job he held until 2006.
"Some who once taunted him now praise him, saying coming out is difficult and anyone can change. 'If you're going to have an epiphany, do it like Mehlman,' said John Aravosis, a gay blogger.
"Others are still furious. 'I doubt Ken Mehlman will ever be anything more than a bitter footnote in the history of our movement,' said another blogger, Joe Jervis."


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A baker's dozen of mice, all still in possession of their tails
Subject: General Tech | May 14, 2012 - 07:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: input, gaming mouse, logitech, saitek, razer, roccat, corsair, epicgear
A sampler of gaming mice from a wide variety of companies is now available at Hardware.Info, which can be a handy tool for those looking for a new mouse. No longer is it choice between Logitech and Microsoft, the list of companies supplying the mice includes A4 Tech, Corsair, Epicgear, Razer, Saitek and more. If you want a large heavy mouse, one designed for macro button programming or a mouse you can adjust into a variety of shapes to ensure the most comfortable fit for your hand then this roundup has you covered. There is no winner, as everyone wants a little something different from their own mouse but if you'd like an idea of what is out there then they have you covered.
"To many computer users the mouse is just a necessary little tool for operating their computer. As long as it has two buttons and a wheel and the cursor goes where it's supposed to, most people are satisfied. Gamers are more demanding, however, in terms of comfort, performance, and features. We reviewed 13 gaming mice to find out what's currently out there.
A decent mouse is crucial for the serious gamer, that is why we are in the habit of regularly doing a round-up of the latest gaming mice. The 13 mice in this comparison test vary quite a bit in price, from £45 to £69. It's a pretty big difference, which should mean that the performance and features should differ significantly as well. The only way of finding this out for sure is by a thorough test. And that's exactly what we did."
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- CM Storm Sentinel Advance II Laser Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
- Corsair Vengeance M90 Mouse Review @ Hardware Secrets
- MadCatz Official Xbox 360 Force Feedback Racing Wheel Review @ eTeknix
- CM Storm Trigger Gaming Keyboard Review @ Techgage
- Tesoro Durandal & Durandal Ultimate Gaming Keyboards @ Metku.net
- Cmstorm Trigger mechanical gaming keyboard review @ Rbmods
- Corsair Vengeance K90 MMO Keyboard Review @ Techgage
- Corsair Vengeance K90 Keyboard @ TechwareLabs
Optical or laser, EpicGear's Meduza can do one or both at once
Subject: General Tech | April 2, 2012 - 06:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: meduza, input, gaming mouse, epicgear
If you can't decide if you prefer an optical sensor or a laser sensor better then EpicGear's new mouse is a great find. It sports laser, optical and the blended HDST mode which combines them both and offers better sensitivity than the optical sensor though not quite as much as in laser only mode. They also offer a hybrid mouse pad designed to be used with the mouse, which OC3D also tried out. The software for programming macros is also worth a mention, not only does it properly record pauses between button presses but is easily editable after you've recorded them, just in case you didn't time it perfectly.
"Epic Gear are willing to throw their hat into the gaming mouse ring with the innovative Meduza mouse."
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- Corsair Vengeance M90 Performance MMO and RTS Gaming Mouse @ Tweaktown
- Corsair Vengeance K90 Performance MMO Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ Tweaktown
- Cyborg M.M.O.7 Gaming Mouse Review @ eTeknix
- TteSports MEKA G-UNIT Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review @ NikKTech
- ROCCAT Isku Illuminated Gaming Keyboard Review @ NikKTech
- Corsair Vengeance K60 Mechanical Keyboard Review @ Techgage
- Thrustmaster T500RS @ LanOC Reviews
Remember GeIL? Now they make EpicGear Gaming Mice
Subject: General Tech | May 27, 2011 - 06:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: geil, epicgear, input
Following in the footsteps of just about every RAM vendor except for Crucial GeIL is now making mice; though they chose under a pseudonym. The EpicGear MeduZa Hybrid Dual Sensor Technology Gaming Mouse is not quite as big as its name, hidden in that name is an interesting feature though. The MeduZa dual sensor has both an optical and a laser sensor, with the optical sensor ranging from 400DPI up to 3200DPI and the laser programmable up to 6000DPI. VR-Zone can't tell you how it performs yet but hopefully we will know after Computex.
"Memory maker GeIL will be branching out into the gaming peripheral industry under the brand name EpicGear. Their first product will be, surprise surprise, a gaming mouse. According to EpicGear, this isn't just any other gaming mouse with lights and a gazillion buttons. The EpicGear MeduZa will be first in the world to incorporate Hybrid Dual Sensor Technology - marketing-speak for both optical and laser sensors. A switch on the underside will allow on-the-fly changing between optical, laser, and HDST (combined) sensor modes. According to them, HDST combines the speed of laser sensors and the stability of optical sensors to provide the best experience, reducing the problems of jitter, skip and drift."
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text: OverviewBack to top Drink Chia - Whole Omega-3 Superfood Drink Lemon Blueberry - 12 oz. Item# :122470UPC# :853569003285 Brand:Drink Chia Size/Form:12 oz. Ship Weight:0.55 Servings:1 Dosage:1 Bottle(s) Flavor:Lemon Blueberry Drink Chia Whole Omega-3 Superfood Drink Lemon Blueberry - 12 fl oz (355 mL) Fueled by the tiny, mighty chia seed, Drink Chia Whole Omega-3 Superfood Drink Lemon Blueberry is a refreshing, delicious, and downright chuggable grab-and-go, super-power pick me up. Drink Chia Lemon Blueberry Whole Omega-3 Superfood Drink B Meyer is perfect for the fit lifestyle because it's low in sugar, low in calories, rich in chia and omega 3's and it's uniquely delicious. Drink Chia Whole Omega-3 Superfood Drink helps you get through your personal training regimen, email reading marathon, super-charged dance class, bumper-to-bumper traffic jam, high speed grocery cart race, face-first-in-the-water surfing lesson and all the other stuff on your must-do list. 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And that's all without a single chemical or preservative. This amazing ability is not found in other seeds like flax or sesame, because those seeds don't have the same rich anti-oxidant content. Chia seeds have three times more anti-oxidants than blueberries. Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein and the body uses protein to build and repair tissues. Protein is also used to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. Chia seeds have five times more protein than kidney beans. Chia seed possesses 23 percent protein, this is higher than other traditional cereals such as wheat(13.7 %), corn(9.4 %), rice(6.5 %), oats(16.9 percent) and barley(12.5 %). Fiber adds bulk to your diet and makes you feel full faster, helping you control your weight. Fiber helps digestion and helps prevent constipation. You can get fiber from whole grains, beans, nuts, fruits and vegetables.. Comparing the fiber content of chia, it has 1.6, 2.3, 2.6, 8.3 and 9.8 times more fiber per 100 grams of an edible portion than barley, wheat, oats, corn and rice, respectively. Chia seeds contain 25% more fiber than flax seeds. Potassium is essential for the proper functioning of the heart, kidneys, muscles, nerves, and digestive system. Chia seeds have twice the potassium of bananas. Phosphorus is an essential mineral that is required by every cell in the body for normal function. Next to calcium, phosphorus is the most abundant mineral in the body. These 2 important nutrients work closely together to build strong bones and teeth. Chia seeds have eight times more phosphorus than whole milk. Zinc is one of the minerals that are important for your body to stay healthy. Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including building bones, making hormones and regulating your heartbeat. 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Allman Brothers Band confirm Beacon Theatre run
The Allman Brothers Band will take on their annual residency at New York City's Beacon Theatre in March, performing 10 shows in just over two weeks' time.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will perform in two-night pairs beginning March 1 and finishing up March 16. Another four dates follow in April: two at New York City's Madison Square Garden (4/12-4/13) and Live Oak, FL (4/19-4/20).
Tickets for the Beacon Theatre shows go on sale Jan. 11 via Ticketmaster.
"The Beacon run is always magical," frontman Gregg Allman said in a press release. "The room sounds great, lots of familiar faces and the band really stretches out. After Macon, New York is really our second home. There's just something about it, and our fans know it."
The Allman Brothers Band, currently comprised of Gregg Allman (vocals/keyboards), Butch Trucks (drums/tympani), Jaimoe (drums), Warren Haynes (vocals/guitar), Derek Trucks (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass) and Marc Quinones (congas/percussion), celebrated its 43rd anniversary last year. The iconic rockers first kicked off the Beacon Theatre residency in 1989 and have featured special guests Eric Clapton, Bob Weir, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy and Dr. John, among others.


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John Frieda Frizz-Ease Daily Nourishment Leave-in Fortifying Spray strengthens and repairs hair with a high-potency infusion of vitamins, proteins, and supplemental moisture. Instantly detangles for smooth, silky, and vibrantly healthy-looking results.
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A historic 1800s family farm that is maintained in its original location. Programs depict settlers' lives with period accuracy.
CITY:Wood Dale
The growth and history of Winnetka since 1830 is chronicled in this museum, which includes the Carlton Washburne Library.
Learn about the history of Wilmette, the North Shore area and Gross Point. Housed in the former Gross Point Village Hall, the museum also offers a research library.
The Chicken Basket in Willowbrook opened in the summer of 1946 on Historic Illinois Route 66. Dell Rhea's chicken has been bringing visitors from around the world on a regular basis for years.
This 500-acre park offers vast formal gardens, picnic grounds, a top-ranked public golf course and two museums: Robert R. McCormick Museum and First Division Museum. Enjoy a wide variety of programs and events throughout the year, such as festivals, lectures, concerts and workshops.
Museum and education center highlighting our nation's social heritage through captivating exhibits and programs. Stories of the 1915 Eastland Disaster, and experience life on the run following the Underground Railroad.
A "living history" farm depicting life in the 1890s DuPage County. Original structures, authentic recreations and livestock combine to make a realistic 1890s working farm.
DuPage County Historical Museum
Enjoy DuPage County's rich history from the 1830s to the present. The Museum exhibits feature hundreds of historic artifacts and photos along with many fun hands-on activities. You'll find something for toddlers to seniors, and everyone in between. Housed in an 1891 Richardsonian Romanesque building, the museum highlights 150 years of DuPage County history with participatory activities, changing exhibits and extensive model railroad display.
This museum located on the campus of Wheaton College is devoted to the history of Christian evangelism and its influences on society. View rare artifacts, art and displays that include a powerful 3-D presentation of the gospel message.
Edman Memorial Chapel - Wheaton College
This large auditorium, seating more than 2400 people, is the site of campus chapels, concerts, commencements, and various community-related events such as the Artist Series.
A cherished landmark in the heart of downtown Wheaton, The Little Popcorn Shop is perhaps one of the most loved and narrowest stores in the Chicagoland area measuring 49 inches wide by 60 feet long. The store's small, quaint space is like walking into a Norman Rockwell painting. Popcorn is freshly popped, candy lines the wall, and locals greet each other warmly while welcoming newcomers to this very special place called The Little Popcorn Shop.
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Victorian, red-bricked house displays collections typical of the 1920s through 1940s in authentic lifestyle settings. Open Wednesdays and Sundays.
Representing a variety of downtown restaurants, an array of shops and services and entertainment. Stroll downtown and enjoy shopping the unique stores, visiting the art galleries, eating at one of the many restaurants and end the day with a show at the famous Genesee Theatre, Three Brother's Theatre or enjoy live entertainment at one of the downtown eateries. Join the fun at one of the many events throughout the year, including the monthly ArtWauk. Waukegan has something for everyone.
Built in 1929, the Villa Park Historical Museum building originally served the community as the Villa Ave stop for the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin electric train line and an appliance store. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Today, it houses relics and artifacts from Villa Park's past including articles from the Ovaltine Factory which once operated in Villa Park and Sears Catalog Homes in the area.
CITY:Villa Park
The opulent Cuneo Museum and Gardens, located on 75 acres and dotted with formal gardens and statuary was the perfect setting for the wedding scenes in "My Best Friend's Wedding." The gazebo where the best friends were caught kissing was built specifically for the film, but Cuneo's owners liked it so much they decided to keep it permanently. Take a guided tour through the historic Mediterranean-style Cuneo mansion to see Renaissance artworks and lavish European furnishings.
CITY:Vernon Hills
Hoosier Grove Schoolhouse Museum
Originally built as a one-room schoolhouse in 1904 on the corner of Old Church and Barrington Roads, the museum was moved to its present site in 1991.
Home of the Skokie Art Guild and Devonshire Playhouse, the Cultural Center offers children's and adult theater, as well as visual and performing arts.
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
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The merchant is placing its bet on emerging mobile technologies.
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2012 was the year of emerging technologies for Fathead, a web retailer of life-size wall graphics of athletes and stars and custom-made wall graphics of a consumer's family or friends. In the spring the e-retailer launched a mobile commerce app for smartphones that uses augmented reality technology to transfer the image of a wall graphic onto a consumer's wall via her smartphone camera view. And in November Fathead launched a completely redesigned e-commerce site built using responsive web design so it automatically reformats the design on the fly to fit the size of the screen of any device accessing the site, be it a desktop computer, tablet, smartphone or TV.
Mobile traffic as a percentage of total traffic at Fathead has grown from 10% in 2010 to 25% today, and Fathead had to respond to this steadily growing group of shoppers to make shopping as easy and enjoyable as possible on smartphones and tablets, says Michael Layne, director of Internet marketing at Fathead.
Adopting the responsive web design technique for its web site was the big play. Responsive design is a relatively new concept that enables a retailer to maintain one code base and one set of web content to create a site that rearranges itself to fit any screen. It's an alternative to creating an e-commerce site, a separate site optimized for tablets and a separate m-commerce site for smartphones.
"We had a separate mobile site we built in 2010," says Tom Smith, a web engineer at Fathead. "We set that up when we were looking at increasing mobile traffic on the old site, which was hostile to mobile users. When the time came around to re-evaluate our e-commerce site design, enough of the media query/responsive-capable web browsers were out there that we could move forward into the future of responsive design."
Media queries allow the presentation of web content to be tailored to a range of devices without having to change the content, a key to responsive web design. Internet Explorer 9 and up, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and most mobile phone browsers can handle responsive design and media queries.
Fathead web and design staff members designed a grid with five columns as the foundation of web pages. Smartphones receive the narrow one-column display, some tablets the two-column display, standard desktop computer monitors and some tablets the three-column display, and extra-wide desktop monitors and laptops the four- and five-column displays.
"Once they had the framework built and the five columns, template and sizing in place, I went through with our CIO and built a document that instructed every page type what the content would be for each of the different column width layouts and what went where," Layne says. "It's a joint effort between marketing and technology staffs to build a responsive design site. Having those guidelines and framework in place and being able to plug assets into spaces was a very helpful way of doing it."
The one-column view (smartphones) accounts for 16% of traffic, Layne reports. The two-column view (tablets) 6%, three-column (tablets and desktops) 54%, four-column (widescreen desktops or laptops) 17%, and five-column (widescreen desktops or laptops) 7%.
"The conversion rate varies depending on how many columns are viewed," Layne explains. "The more columns visible, the higher the conversion rate and the lower the need for searching. Average order value is different, though. The two-column view, which is largely tablets, has a significantly higher average order value. The bounce rate is lowest in five-column view."
Layne declined to reveal exact figures. However, the benefits of responsive design are plenty, and, so far, there is no downside, Layne and Smith say.
"Having a single code base and one set of content lets us roll out content across all devices at once, which means we're that much faster to market with things," Layne says.
"From a design perspective, the branding and consistency across the mobile and desktop and tablet platforms is a lot more consistent when you have the same code base to follow," says Tim Edwards, web designer at Fathead.
"Another way to look at it is, four years ago we focused on two web browsers, Internet Explorer and Firefox, they were 90% of our base," Smith says. "Nowadays, with all the desktops and phones and tablets, you have to start working on something that can adapt to everything. There is so much to keep up with now."
Building the responsive design site took 1,500 staff hours over three months, with 10 people actively working on it, Layne says. The cost? $250,000. Has Fathead achieved a return on its investment? It's not terribly concerned about ROI, as it believes it had to successfully respond one way or another to the increasingly mobile consumer.
"We had a good year and a great holiday period. Would we have had as good a holiday season without the new responsive design site? Probably not," Layne says. "With the responsive site we have a higher conversion rate, more page views per session and higher time spent on site. But we don't look specifically at that kind of ROI. We know we have the resources to do this kind of thing, so we do it."
The same applies to Fathead's Big Shot smartphone app. The iPhone version has been downloaded 32,000 times, the Android version 5,000 times. Fathead built the app with Detroit Labs, a sister firm under an umbrella company owned by Quicken Loans creator Dan Gilbert. A consumer prints off a target and tapes it to her wall in her home, then opens the app, selects the Fathead graphic she wants to see on her wall, then snaps a picture of the target from eight to 10 feet away. The target is needed so the app can properly scale the large graphic to the wall. She then has a picture of the graphic in her home that she can share with friends and family via Facebook.
Fathead promotes the app in a box on the responsive site and in product packaging. "Any time we ship products to a customer we include the target and instructions so when they get their Fathead they get the sheet with the target on one side and instructions on where to go for the app on the other side," Layne says.
Augmented reality is about previewing products, it gives a consumer context, Smith says. "It's one thing to see something on a page in a catalog and another to see it in your house," he says.
To purchase a graphic, the app sends the consumer to the responsive site. Commerce within the app may come later. Layne will not reveal exact usage figures for the app, but says the tens of thousands of people who have downloaded the app are using it.
"We wanted to see how many downloads we would get first and what kind of usage it got. Phase two would include commerce if we decide to take that route. It's been used a lot, but it's not a big driver of commerce," Layne says. "We didn't know whether it would be or not, but that wasn't why we did it. We wanted to engage people and get them to socially share it. To secure the ongoing resources to maintain the app, it will be a combination of how many downloads, how many social shares, and revenue associated with it. The app is less than a year old; we're still learning about it."


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Skip to comments.DEMO SEND CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTER TO REPUBLICANS OVER AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS TO VOTERS- GOP Reply #95
Posted on 11/06/2006 2:44:01 PM PST by excludethis
I suggest the Dems check the No-Call privacy laws - political calls are exempted.
I sure we will be more than happy to obey this order at about the time the polls close tommorrow night...
Interesting. I've gotten one phone call from Laura Bush asking me to vote Republican, and about a DOZEN calls from the left pimping their causes.
Cease and desist, my @ss.
Joe freakin Piscopo was on my answering machine today.
Shilling for Kean.
WTF is that about?
I personally hate automated phone calls. I call for a cease-fire on both sides and we will all be happy.
Sign up, it's not too late, these calls can make the difference.
Ditto that, if the Philly suburbs.
The oldest MSM trick in the book. Take something that both parties do, and highlight only the Republicans doing it.
And whose army? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
What's wrong with phone calls? Happens every election. Dems are children who refuse to grow up.
Are you not allowed to do it? Either party?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1732756/posts - previous discussion of the subject you raised.
The Dems do that so well.
While the dems are in cemetaries writing down names.
Automated calls? So I'm guessing this will form the basis of their legal complaint when and if they contest the election results...
Exactly. Anytime you hear a Dem screaming it means you are being highly effective.
I just got one from a the democratic campaign trying to unseat Frank Wolf
"I don't want to get any messages saying that, "We are holding out position." We're not holding anything! Let the Dems do that. We are advancing constantly and we're not interested in holding on to anything except the Dems. We're going to hold on to him by the nose and we're going to kick him in the ass; we're going to go through him like crap through a goose."
Setting up for fraud allegations after they lose.
Wrong approach. Get a different attitude.
What are they going to do? Take it to court overnight?
I have to say that I have gotten a bunch of automated calls this past week, but I hang up before I know whether it is Democrats or Republicans. Frankly I find them extremely annoying, and I wonder if they really help?
What a biased website. Even I was surprised.
And I'm cynical.
Each and every "story" is from a Dem POV. They are laundering Dem talking points and press releases.
I'm still boiling my telephone after receiving a phone call from bill klinton urging me to vote for California's Prop 87.
I've received 10 phone calls from "Fast Eddie" Rendell today, and I'm a registered Libertarian.
better to be shilling for kean than menendez!!!!!
No, they are going to bitch about it and have the MSM carry their water. ABC (are you reading this Mr. I-Wanna-Be-Fair-And-Balanced Halperin?) should be ashamed of themselves.
I hope you're right. I just made about 100 calls for the local GOP, and I don't think people are really receptive to the phone calls anymore. Everyone has gotten literally 50 calls over the past 3 months. I am in PA 6, where we have Santorum and Gerlach fighting to stay in office, so it's ground zero for phone calls. One man I talked to said that he just got a recorded call not 30 seconds before I called. Frankly I think the barrage of calls are pissing people off.
Make that 51 calls, John McCain just called me as I was typing this. Sigh. Oh well, back to headquarters to make more phone calls.
Mine too. I almost hung up before he delivered his message to support Kean.
I think I heard Rush made some calls too.
I wish they weren't. Particularly now that interest groups cannot run tv ads (thanks, McCain), we get even more pestering phone calls. F them.
My answering machine has been overheating. Lot of Dem calls, too. Some of theirs don't have any sound for about the first 15 seconds.
EEEEUUUUUU!!!!!! I got a Clinton call too! Now my whole house no longer feels clean.
Dumb question: For breaking news... it's sure taking a long time for the actual story to come out. I don't see it anywhere else.
Wow, a level 1 DNC mediafax:
While the dems are in cemetaries writing down names. ...... Actually saw that in NY back in 2000. She had a "Hillary" sticker on the car too. Here in Fla. I received a call from John Mc Cain but when I had a question about what he said he had already hung up.
A personal call is better than an automated call, and a personal call from someone you know is better yet.
I can't imagine that an automated call would change anyone's mind, but then I'm not a political pro.
RAT whine bump!
That's the Clinton call. If you listen closely you can hear the heavy breathing.
I picked up the phone today to hear Bill Clinton. Unfortunately, I had just eaten lunch!
Piscopo? Feh! I've heard "personally," (gag, hack), from Shrillary, George Clooney, Rob Reiner, and I think Babs Streisand -- but I'm not sure.
Yeah. I'm sure of the others, though. I heard their names just as I blipped the messages!
Nonsense, Republicans can't be doing that, they're too busy tampering with voting machines.
The only one I answered just had a live girl reminding me to vote. Mentioned nothing else.
maybe in 24 hours they can cease and desist as a Party
Joe is an Italian Ameircan and was ticked off when the dems in jersey dissed Alito.
No Kidding! Those prop 2 calls drove us nuts all summer!
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Skip to comments.Public School in a Norman Rockwell World
Posted on 12/01/2009 3:24:54 PM PST by MNDude
I was recently scanning some of my mom's old slides into digital format. She was a teacher at a public school in the 1960's. I couldn't believe some of the religious symbols in her classroom.
This is my first time posting a picture, so I hope it works:
Great pic!
You can tell from the picture your Mom was a WONDERFUL teacher...the children were allowed to have fun, be children and yet, there was joy in a classroom of respect and 'control" . How lovely. thanks.
Wow, they could say Holy Night then. Holy Cow!
One of my jobs is delivering books to various schools for book fairs. I happened to be dropping some off at a grade school in NJ and heard the kids practicing for their upcoming "Holiday Pageant". Nothing about Christmas. I didn't expect to hear "Oh Holy Night", but not even "Let it Snow", "Jingle Bells" or "Roudolph". Everything was songs about generic happiness and gifts, and a few about Kwanza, but not even Hanukkah. Very depressing.
I agree. I was looking for the zoned out kid on Ritalin and couldn't find him.
Among other things, remember when teachers used to dress like professionals? Often when I see local teachers interviewed on TV, they look like bums.
That was before Christians allowed the ungodly secularists rob their children of their Christian heritage. Every Native American, African-American, Latino child can celebrate theirs, even if they have to make up events like the bogus Cinco de Mayo, but Christians can no longer celebrate the birth of Jesus. Our classrooms are much poorer for it.
The one just to the right of your mom, is that a girl? If so she's a time traveler! Girls wearing pants in the sixties was contrary to the known laws of physics!
Living in a Godless society sucks. If only today's children could look as happy as the children in your Mother's class. If only teachers looked as caring as your beautiful Mother...
In music class when I was in elementary schools we learned ever verse to every Christmas carol at school and then had a Christmas program where each class sang 3 Christmas carols each with all verses. These were songs like Silent Night, O Little town of Bethlehem, O Come All Ye Faithful, along with a few of the more fun Christmas songs. This was in the mid to late 60's and early 70's, back when Christmas was Christmas. We also learned every patriotic American song and all the old songs of the pilgrims and some Indian songs. It was a wonderful time to be an American child.
I don't get your comment. Latinos are overwhelmingly Catholic. That means that they celebrate Christmas.
And Cinco de Mayo is made up and bogus? What does that mean? If Americans what to commandeer the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo and make it a drinking day, I don't see that as much different than Americans commandeering the Irish holiday of St. Patricks Day and making it a drinking day.
WOW....Nativity Pictures on the walls!!! That looks like about the age I would have been at that time...but, we had to wear skirts/dresses!
That was my class room in about '59. I'd forgotten how much gentle religion was incorporated into the curriculum. Notice that the clock, it's after 2:00, day is nearly done.
Tonight they will go to the Christmas Sing at the fieldhouse where all the school choirs were performing traditional Christmas songs and hymns.
That was back in the day when the teachers were allowed to discipline. The boys stayed in line because they knew they would get it at home too if they got in trouble at school. The boys were under control and not on "calm down" drugs. They were afraid to go to the principal.
I did an illegal painting in perhaps 5th grade. It was Calvary with three men on crosses and I misquoted Luke 23 with the caption "Tomorrow (sic) you will be with me in paradise."
And my 5th grade Easter painting was in perhaps 1962.
Thank you MNDude. It's a heartwarming scene.
I, personally, am older than dirt, and attended two different one-room schools in rural Pennsylvania before moving to an area where we had a consolidated school district. We started each day with Bible reading by the teacher and group recitation of The Lord's Prayer by the student body. Then we had the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. It has been so long ago it may not have been in that precise order.
We had an hour off for lunch. Kids who lived nearby walked home for lunch. The rest carried lunch. When school reconvened at 1:00 P.M., the first thing we did was to sing a HYMN.....out of HYMNALS! Then there was a short 2 or 3 minute spiritually-based talk by the teacher, and another 2 or 3 minutes of discussion and Q&A between the teacher and pupils, and then back to the regular classes. And this was NOT a parochial school. It was a Public School in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania!
Today.....that teacher would be frog-marched out of school to a paddywagon and hauled off to the hoosegow! Meanwhile, the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave slouches on towards Gomorrah!
I graduated high school in 1975.
We said lord prayer.
We celebrated Columbus, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, all Vets days, Valentines.
We did patriotism plays all the time.
We had fish on Fridays for catholics. We played Parochial schools in sports and subsidized their textbooks etc.
Religious speakers sometimes spoke...the few Jews we had went to the library if their parents wanted.
We had rifler and archery at the YMCA outing we did.
YMCA sponsored out football and basketball and track in grade school.
We showed Littlest Angel the day we got let out for Christmas..old Coronet reel...I cried every time.
There was no political correctness...zero. Then came forced busing and it was a cliff dive from there.
Now my kids go to a grade school in one of the most conservative counties in the US but PC still rules. They are very scared of Christmas since Jewish groups and have already sued them and are suing Mt Juliet as we speak.
Their school has 2 Jews and one Muzzie out of 700 kids K-5...so the 697 other ostensibly Christian kids just give up their heritage.
Do Yom Kippur days in Monsey public schools get the same treatment? not that I know of.
and then there is more...average teacher even "conservative" ones are PC robots....they use a Harcourt book...not very PC but they feel they have to qualify every damned thing with something negative the white man did...constantly...schools is 99.5% white...black schools don't do this...they teach black mythological history as pure fact...just go sit and one and watch the fantasies unravel...stuf you never knew..lol
boys cannot play combat, no stick drawings of war, no teasing, God forbid fighting...though my brrod sure will...recess only 3 days per week with some girly game or just walk the track...retch..
Young freepers have been so brainwashed to think that since we were not as noble as they now are about blacks, women, Mexicans etc that everything back then was wrong and they are now so much smarter and more righteous.
That sort of arrogance is killing our culture....and it is based on utter lies and zero context.
Parents like me have to fight a steady battle to combat the emasculation, feminization , white guilt, negativity about Europeans, disdain for American and Christian culture all the effing time.
sometimes I just have to tell my boys to let it go for one night...its' so damned depressing.
you guys have no idea what a stupid and weak culture has been created with all this crap swirling around us..it got Socialist bro elected and may ruin us for good in a very dangerous world
i blame the rise of feminism, treating blacks like pampered pets as though they can't take care of themselves, a rise in anti-Christian sentiment from the usual atheist groups and left wing kumbayaers and academia...the later having throughly trounced us
the only thing better about today is medicine, air conditioning saturation and cars that handle better...ain't that is diddlysqyat compared to the negative ...but try telling that to an under 45 without kids
it will take WWII again to right the course ....better sooner than later
so for now I'm with Sarah...she knows what time it is to folks like me...she has to fight the same battle
btw...Rockwell was no a conservative
This is about what I remember, too. I wish I'd known how good I had it then.
Such miserable people. The girls are all thinking "I wish we could dress like sluts." The boys are all thinking "I wish we could walk around with our underwear showing." All the kids are thinking "those religious symbols are destroying our very soul! And why haven't we heard a single word this year about gay rights and transsexuals and safe sex?"
The teacher is thinking "how much better a world it would be if we had no power to discipline these kids and they would run around with nothing I could do! And if only we had a strong union that would keep all the incompetent teachers employed!"
Those people back then look so miserable, don't they? Thanks goodness the cultural revolution of the sixties saved this nation!
/sarcasm off the scale to the moon and back with a round trip to Jupiter thrown in alert.
We allow public jokes (er, schools) to exist. We allow the ill-educated union members that stock our schools.
We can stop it anytime we wish.
First step...NO ONE with a degree in EDUCTION gets near a child.
I miss that America, too.
But you know what a liberal would say if you showed them that picture? "Oh yeah, life was great when black people were forced to go to separate schools."
The thing is: they're right. Life was better for both blacks and whites before desegregation.
But if you say it: "you a raciss".
EDUCTION? (sorry, couldn't resist)
Lord's Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance was mandatory every morning. Some other things I can't recall, but in Fourth grade, we put on a play of "A visit from St. Nicholas" (Twas the Night Before Christmas). We practiced for a couple weeks and knew every line from memory.
In Fifth grade we learned the Gettysburg Address from memory and the Star Spangled Banner (First Stanza) from memory.
In Fourth grade, the Principal interrupted us with news to teachers and students alike, The President has been shot in a motorcade in Dallas Texas. With a male teacher, we all swallowed our shock and marched on.
And from the picture it looks like this Christmas celebration involves a pinata.
We had opening exercises every day of the school year. A bible reading, the Lord's prayer, and the pledge of allegiance.
And a Christmas pageant once a year; at our 50th reunion I looked up the woman who had been the poor girl in 3rd grade who had to recite a verse of scripture for a pageant, and just couldn't get it right in rehearsal. So we all had to listen over and over again, as the teacher tried to get her to say it correctly.
I found her in the reunion, and just said, "And there were in the same country shepherds . . ." - and she burst out laughing at the memory from the late 1940s.
Bless you Wardaddy! i couldn't change a word.
Wonderful picture. Those were the days! It was great to be an American, teacher or student, back then.
Gone forever in the Obama world of Marxism...
ps read my tag line.....................
I couldn't help but notice the game they are playing... I think it is called something like "let's beat Santa with a baseball bat" or something like that. LOL
It's EDUMACATION
Mnay popeaol hvae ntocde thta ist nto the odrer fo teh wrods ro splleing thta mttarsa, jsut ttha hte flwo of radeing ist'n ecnumrdeb.
There are few conservatives in Stockbridge, MA. It has been an artsy-lib enclave even when Rockwell tried to portray it as quintessential small-town America.
All the people with memories on this thread—look out, you are on the hit list for the government. Rush said on his program today that cutting healthcare for seniors is in the Maoist tradition of getting rid of the people with memories of how things were before the "cultural revolution"...
there is a decent article in Vanity Fair...I know..what am I doing?
i never knew he was a lib till i read the article
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