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First continued from the day Kodi was born: The next day after my mom's friend came and they went to lunch. Mike was on the way with the kids… The Pediatrician came and they told me to come down to the nursery. She told me I could have a seat in the rocking chair while she examined my little boy. Then she turned around got on her knees and held both of my hands in hers and said "I know you want the best possible care for you baby! I want this as well. I'm going to be honest I do now know exactly what is wrong with him but I feel we need to transfer him to Children's hospital." She had tears welling in her eyes about to leak out when she said this so very kindly. I was not in tears yet but choked out "Do you have any ideas?" She stated plainly "No. But the best thing I can explain is there are a lot of little things that just don't add up right and they will know more at Childrens." She pointed out some of the concerns. She was so kind. I think she was a Dr from Elk River. I don't know. I never got her name. If she ever reads this "Thank you for setting a precedent for doctors everywhere. I can not tell you how many times I've wondered just who you were and how to thank you so much for your gentle compassion and honesty. I realize now not all doctors will be like you." She was on my "best doctors" list that I had no idea was really going to grow very quickly! The transportation team arrived quickly and informed me they can not transport a baby with out a name. I thought "Where is my mom! I need her now! and her friend! Where are Mike and the kids!" I went back to my room shaking, weak and refusing to let the tears begin for fear they would never stop! I tried my mom's phone. I tried Mike's phone. He finally answered and said he was on his way. I told him we have to name him now because he needs to be transported. I said "I want to name him Kodiak because it means tenacious fighter! Sounds like he's going to need a strong fighting name!" He said "Sure that's fine and we will call him Kodiak or Kodi!" I heard Colt in the background in his 2 1/2 year old little voice whine "NOOOO! I wanted to call him WEEVI!" We could not think of a middle name so Levi it was! Now he was ready to be transported. I headed back to the nursery and they put him in his little incubator with oxygen, all the leads connected to monitors and the ambulance drivers were there waiting for me to fill out all the paperwork. My ob doc said I could also go and be with my baby. As I needed to be with him. I was not even there 24 hours. Mike got there with the kids just as they were about to take him away. My mom and her friend just got back from their lunch to face the shock. Again I fought tears. I got ready to leave and we practically followed the ambulance. We did have to make a stop however and when we got to Childrens they would not allow Symone or Colten to come into NICU as they had not had chickenpox nor been vaccinated for it. So my little ones were only allowed to see their newborn brother from the window for several more days. I was so thankful for the bonding they had with him the night before.
Mike and I walked in to NICU after getting screened and with our new badge photo ID and key. We were walking past preemie after preemie some so small they could fit into the palm of your hand. I got an extremely sick feeling in my gut. Why is my baby here? He's not a preemie! Then I noticed each baby had a name on a sheet of paper with either a pink rocking horse or a blue rocking horse. I noticed a ton of Cody's. Finally we got to our little man. He had a sign already as well. A brown teddy bear that said Kodiak. I knew right then we had the name right! I was shocked to see all the doctors, nurses, resident docs and others standing around Kodiak. Right away the NICU doctor starts off "Ok your son is blind, deaf, probably has heart and kidney problems and probably can't eat…" She kept going on and on and I started to feel the room closing in on me. I was sweaty, and feeling nauseated. I began looking for a chair and one very sweet nurse of Kodiak's quickly found a rocking chair and got it under me before I fell on the floor. Mike asked "Can we fix the shape of his ears?" I thought "Really? did you not hear everything else?" She handed me a sheet of paper stating they will do all kinds of testing on him to be sure but felt he has CHARGE Syndrome. I could not even read the words on the page. I began to get tears in my eyes. I was mad at myself for not being stronger for my baby now! They gave me instructions where to go to get everything I needed to begin pumping breast milk. Honestly I never did this with my first two kids so I have to say this was a bit of shock as well. They told me then to go home and rest. Now the tears flowed freely. Now I was like the mother bear needing to protect her baby. I did not want to leave my baby. I was so scared. Mike said he would take my mom, kids and I home and then come back and stay the night with Kodi. I was so hesitant. This is so unnatural to leave your baby less than 24 hours old. I went up to Kodiak put my finger in his tight little grip and said to his right ear "Baby mama loves you!" "Kodiak Mama loves you so much!" he turned his head to mine. Pulling myself away was so painful. The beautiful nurse who had Kodi one on one put her arm around me and said "Dear he will need you tomorrow. He will need you the day after, and the day after that. Right now you need to go put you feet up and get some real food and sleep. I will be with him and I will call you with updates. I will see you tomorrow. The nurse assigned his care tonight will take good care of him as well." I relented. I was feeling so nauseated, weak and exhaustion was kicking in.
I cried and prayed all the way home! I did feel good to be home. But it was so painful! We got home to find people already had found out and were leaving messages on the answering machines. I began to make a plan for my family as well. I wanted us to still get supper time as a family. I would go during the days and Mike would go at night. So many friends began putting together plans for supper to be brought to our home and to give me rides to the hospital each day because they felt I needed the support. I remember how disconnected I felt to the world around me. I remember people driving me to hospital in rush hour in the morning thinking "where are all these people going? Do any of these people know there are 70 preemies fighting to live? How many of these people have ever heard of CHARGE?" it helped because when we all met back home at supper time we got a special meal together as a family that some kind person brought. My mom wrote down names of everyone that called. I remember on kind voicemail was left that made me cry every time I listened to it. Jeff and his family had such words of wisdom and stated what they prayed for us and Kodi about. A year later it accidentally got deleted and I really missed that message!!! Mike went to work and my mom watched my darling Symone and dear Colt at home. We'd meet at home for supper and then Mike would spend nights at hospital. We had no idea how long this would go on. But we decided we would take it one day at a time.
I remember telling my mom how embarrassed I was to be so weak in NICU and needing a chair. Her reply was "You had him just a few hours before that and got tons of life changing news all at once."
I remember my kids pediatrician calling me from his cell phone expressing his concern about Kodi. He said he started getting reports on baby English and he couldn't believe it either. He said call with any questions and that he was in good hands.
More on this as I remember…
Today I took Kodi to see Dr Feyma. Kodi is now exactly 4 feet tall and had now reached the 50 pound mark. Awesome little man! 2 years ago you had lost so much and was only 33 pounds. Dr Feyma felt we could keep meds the same for now. He felt that Kodi needed to get that communication better. Gotta tell you I'm very scared to switch meds. We need to see the psychologist .. and also we went to get labs to make sure everything is still good. Also because of Kodi's scoliosis and instability in his neck that another xray is in order. This is great. I was wondering about both things. Dr Feyma is an amazing doctor. He's also a new dad and I know he will be the best dad/husband to his little family. I will not relate what is going on but if you are reading this… I know some of what you are going through! Give your wife a hug for me and be strong for your girls. How you have helped me with Kodiak, your kindness, patience and genuine honesty I have no doubt you can do this. Kodiak actually also met Mary and what a sweet heart. We miss Kim but Mary you are awesome as well. So happy to finally meet you.
I heard from my old neighbor that I should call another old neighbor who is an attorney to help set up a fund for Kodi… I did call him and left a message. We have wrist bands that say www.ourbrotherkodiak.com and DEAFBLIND AND LIVES LAUGHS LOVES! They are brown for the grizzly Kodiak is and the pink is for the girls in the family and blue for the boys. The book is Symone and Colten's story the blogs are more mine and Kodi's.
We came home and I took care of other things involving Kodi's care and got some things figured out at well. I'm still trying to be able to focus and recover from the concussion a month ago. This is what happened in an unguarded moment when Kodi was mad. He head-butted me really hard in the face. I don't bruise easily. Photo is few days later. I find I'm asking people to repeat what they just said less and less and I'm not having to move and turn quite as slow. But I don't think I'm ready to run a 5k yet 🙂
My precious other two got home from school and tackled their piles of home work. We ate supper, planned the hunting trip Colt is going on beginning Monday and Symone's girly spa party. Symone wanted to do my hair… she's into doing hair styles… So I sat and did some blogging, computer work etc all while she was playing with my hair.
Kodiak was very happy today. He giggled, wiggled and played a ton today. He was happy to have his mama! I signed in his hand "Dr F E Y M A" to him and he did not push my hand away rather he really seemed like he paid attention. I also signed "nurse M A R Y". I love my babies… all tucked into their beds now. I'm going to join them in the land of slumber… If I can sleep.
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Don King does Beijing
Vegas schmaltz might seem an odd mixer in China, which long ago eradicated western indulgences like gambling and boxing. Yet Beijing opened its arms to boisterous fight promoter Don King, who plans to bring the biggest bout to the PRC since the Civil War.
By Ron Gluckman /Beijing
WE MIGHT HAVE HAD THE BRAWL AT THE WALL. Or better yet, Ra-ging in Be-jing! But bombastic boxing promoter Don King, who peppers even his dinner chatter with K.O.-punch platitudes, said he was feeling uncharacteristically demur when he pondered the billing for his next bout.
"Given the recent tension between our two great countries," he said, referring to rocky Sino-American relations over the recent downing of a spy plane, "I wanted to downplay things."
Yet, subtlety is an even longer stretch for the flamboyant Mr. King than his self-styled role as an international statesman. Hence, the Grand Don who gave the world "Thrilla In Manila" and "Rumble in the Jungle" has dubbed the mainland's first title fight, set for August 5, "the Melee in China."
In the razzle-dazzle, boisterous bellows of Don-speak, that passes for subdued. The splashy Mr. King, with beefy prizefighters Evander Holyfield and John Ruiz in tow, took Beijing by storm during a promotional tour in late May (2001). Received in a style normally reserved for world leaders, Mr. King rolled around in a black limousine and relentlessly blared his enthusiasm for all things Chinese.
"I LOVE China. I LOVE the Chinese people," said Mr. King, who speaks in rich, southern tones, littered with capital letters. "The Chinese have been wonderful.
"I even had an audience with the president," he boasted, ratcheting up the volume. "They DON'T treat a BLACK man like that back home."
Mr. King's red-carpet reception culminated in a gala banquet at Beijing Hotel, just a few blocks from Tiananmen Square and the source, he reiterated often, of great inspiration. Mao's Mausoleum, where the Great Helmsman's body lies in state, "was the most impressive thing I've seen. I was in awe. I was speechless."
If so, that was another first. At the Beijing Hotel, Mr. King was anything but. Chomping a cigar, the boxing magnate preened, posed for pictures and never paused for a breath. Critics say he is more shyster than star, but he certainly sparkled. Dangling around Mr. King's neck, on a diamond-studded necklace, was a jeweled crown, the name Don set inside, in still more diamonds.
Mr. King was in radiant form, apocalyptic-afro styled sky-high in full gravity-defying glory. His roller-coaster voice soared to the rafters in a scream-song style that somehow melded Martin Luther King, Jr. with John Coltrane. An awesome, but erratic orator, he bounced around like boxing's Lenny Bruce, delivering a free-form bebop ramble that blended quotes from John F. Kennedy, Deng Xiaoping and George Bernard Shaw.
Yet heads wagged as Mr. King paraphrased speeches by Mao and Abraham Lincoln, suggesting that the founder of the People's Republic and the American president had advocated essentially the same style of governance, "of the people, by the people, and for the people." Mr. King also praised Chairman Mao and "the yearning for freedom burning in the Chinese breast" in the same breath, leaving many entertained but obviously baffled. One executive with a television sports network whispered: "It's all in code."
Since bursting onto the boxing scene a quarter of a century ago, Mr. King has been almost as renowned for his ruthless opportunism as his showmanship. In fact, several fighters have filed suit to stop the Beijing title bout, asserting alternate claims of first contender-status. Mr. King's response might well be admired by Chinese leadership; he has signed representation deals with some of the fighters and promised others slots on the Beijing billing. In all, there may be four matches in the Beijing extravaganza, which will cost $40 million to stage.
The main event will be another rematch between four-time champion Holyfield and Mr. Ruiz, who stripped Mr. Holyfield of one heavyweight belt in March. While Mr. King promises a star-studded evening in Beijing, the global audience is vastly more important. When Mr. Holyfield fought Mike Tyson, more than two billion people watched in 100 nations.
Yet Mr. King claimed money isn't his motivation. Evoking Mao again, he said bringing boxing to China has been his own "Long March." He added: "I am one of the masses, not the classes. I'm with the peasants. That's my whole bailiwick."
In perhaps the strangest turn on a tour filled with strange events Mr. King was queried about opportunism by the normally unquestioning Chinese media. "The profits for me in this event is the better understanding, respect and appreciation of the Chinese people," he responded. Then, chewing his cigar, he added: "Recognize and respect, though, I AM a CAPITALIST. I like MAKING MONEY."
Even in the rough-and-tumble world of fighting, some see this pairing as the ultimate odd coupling. After all, the P.R.C. long ago banned professional boxing, and China has virtually no experience with pay-for-view television, the mainstay of modern prizefighting. Yet, switch on a TV here and watch a barrage of advertisements for stain removers, miracle growth formulas and ab-shapers. Betting may be illegal in China, but most infrastructure is in place for Saturday afternoon extravaganzas, be they boxing, wrestling or roller derby.
For its part, China is on a fast-track to build a reputation as a world-class sports center. Most analysts consider the fight one more stepping stone in Beijing's drive to win the 2,008 Olympics. Hence, the fanfare throughout the visit of Mr. King, who obliged by touting the Olympics bid at every opportunity.
These self-serving partners may thus be a perfect fit: the promoter, oozing false Vegas glitz, imported to add some party color to the ultimate Mafia operation. But will it work? Mr. King has personality in spades, but the mainland screams out for a mega-transfusion. Bravo, a local ticketing guide, touts the fight thusly: "World Super Boxers Contend for Hegemony Crown Duel in China."
Hegemony is one of those weird English words you hear often in China, just never spoken by a native English speaker. The term refers to overbearing by world powers, and it sure gets mainland crowds hooting with nationalistic fervor. It's just hard to imagine the banner on Showtime.
Still, Mr. King insists: "This is the biggest fight in 5,000 years of Chinese history." Or, at least, since Chiang Kai-shek vs. Mao. Now, that was a real Chinese title fight.
Ron Gluckman is an American reporter who is based in Hong Kong, but who roams around Asia for a number of publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, which ran this piece on the first weekend of June, 2001.
Days before the early-August fight, King's company announced that John Ruiz was injured, and boxers and the flamboyant promoter promptly packed out of Beijing. By then, of course, Beijing had won its Olympic bid, and the bout still had no Pay TV deal. King's people vowed to be back. Don't count on it!
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If you are bullish on a particular company's stock, it is possible to structure your investment with LEAPS so that a rise of, say, 50% could translate into a 300% gain for you. Of course, this strategy is not without risks and the odds are very much stacked against you. Used foolishly, it can wipe out your entire portfolio in a matter of days. Used wisely, however, it can be a powerful tool that allows you to leverage your investment returns without borrowing money on margin.

What is a LEAPS Strategy?

The strategy is based upon acquiring long-term stock options known as LEAPS, which is short for "Long Term Equity Anticipation Securities". Put simply, a LEAP is any type of stock option with an expiration period longer than one year. It allows you to utilize a smaller degree of capital instead of purchasing stock, and earn outsized returns if you are right on the direction of the shares.

How LEAPS Strategies Work

Perhaps it's best to understand how to use LEAPS by way of an example. For now, we'll use shares of General Electric given the enormous size of the company and the fact that virtually everyone in the world is familiar with the firm.

At the time I originally published this article, shares of GE were trading at $14.50. Imagine that you have $20,500 to invest. You are convinced that General Electric is going to be substantially higher within a year or two and want to put your proverbial money where your mouth is. You could, of course, simply buy the stock outright, receiving roughly 1,414 shares of common stock. You could leverage yourself 2-1 by borrowing on margin, bringing your total investment to $41,000 and 2,818 shares of stock with an offsetting debt of $20,500 but if the stock crashes, you could get a margin call and be forced to sell at a loss if you are unable to come up with funds from another source to deposit in your account. You will also have to pay interest, perhaps as much as 9% depending upon your broker, for the privilege of borrowing the money. Learn more about the dangers of investing on margin.

Perhaps you are unsatisfied with this level of exposure. Given your conviction (whether it's well founded or not is another story!) you might consider utilizing LEAPS instead of the common stock. For sake of simplicity, after all it is a timeless lesson, we'll keep the original prices quoted at the time I penned this article in 2011 - you look to the pricing tables published by the Chicago Board Options Exchange and see that you can purchase a call option expiring the third weekend in January of 2011 – nearly 20 months and 3 weeks away – with a strike price of $17.50. Put simply, that means that you have the right to buy the stock at $17.50 per share any time between the purchase date and the expiration date. For this right, you must pay a fee, or "premium", of $2.06 per share. The call options are sold in "contracts" of 100 shares each.

You decide to take your $20,500 and purchase 100 contracts. Remember that each contract covers 100 shares, so you now have exposure to 10,000 shares of General Electric stock using your LEAPS. For this, you have to pay $2.06 x 10,000 shares = $20,600 (you rounded up to the nearest available figure to your investment goal). However, the stock currently trades at $14.50 per share. You have the right to buy it at $17.50 per share and you paid $2.06 per share for this right. Thus, your breakeven point is $19.56 per share. That is, if General Electric stock is trading between $17.51 and $19.56 per share when the option expires nearly two years from now, you will suffer some loss of capital. If GE stock is trading below your $17.50 call strike price, you will lose 100% loss of capital. Hence, the position only makes sense if you believe that General Electric will be worth substantially more than the current market price – perhaps $25 or $30 – before your options expire.

Say you are correct and the stock rises to $25. You could call your broker and close out your position. If you chose to exercise your options, you would force someone to sell you the stock for $17.50 and immediately turn around and sell the shares you bought, getting $25 for each share on the New York Stock Exchange. You pocket the $7.50 difference and back out the $2.06 you paid for the option. Your net profit on the transaction was $5.44 per share on an investment of only $2.06 per share. You turned a 72.4% rise in stock price into a 264% gain by using LEAPS instead of stock. Your risk was certainly increased, but you were compensated for it given the potential for outsized returns. Your gain works out to $54,400 on your $20,600 investment compared to the $14,850 you would have earned.

Had you chosen the margin option you would have earned $29,700 but you would have avoided the potential for wipeout risk because anything above your purchase price of $14.50 would have been gain. You would have received cash dividends during your holding period, but you would be forced to pay interest on the margin you borrowed from your broker. It would also be possible that if the market tanked, you could find yourself subject to a margin call as we warned earlier.

The Temptations and Dangers of Using LEAPS

The biggest temptation when utilizing LEAPS is to turn an otherwise shrewd investment move into an outright gamble by selecting options that have unfavorable pricing or would take a near miracle to hit strike. You may also be tempted to take on more time risk by choosing less expensive, shorter-duration options that are no longer considered LEAPS. The temptation is fueled by the few, extraordinarily rare instances where the speculator made an absolute mint. Witness the Wells Fargo June 2009 $20 calls. Had you put $10,000 in them back during the March meltdown, you would have generated an unbelievable return, bringing your position to a market value of more than $1,300,000 in only a few weeks as Wells stock skyrocketed from less than $9 per share to more than $28 a few days ago.

The lesson should be obvious: Using LEAPS is not appropriate for most investors. They should only be used with great caution and by those who enjoy the game, have plenty of excess cash to spare, are willing to lose every penny they put into play, and have a complete portfolio that won't miss a beat by the losses generated in such an aggressive strategy.

Don't delude yourself – using LEAPS is most often a form of outright gambling. As Benjamin Graham said, such practices are neither illegal, nor immoral – but they are certainly not fattening to the wallet.


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In this post I will share my bullet journal and how simple and easy it is that you also can start your own bullet journal.
I started my bullet journal on January this year as it is the best time for me to start my year by starting refresh and plan what I want to achieve by the end of the year.
Why I choose bullet journal system instead of the plain planner or diary system because in bullet journal I can personalize it the way I want. No pressure at all. Most importantly, I can have the most beautiful organizer in my life.


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The Rogue: The Traitor Spy Trilogy, Book 2
"Kyralia is facing threats at home and abroad, as a rogue killer stalks its capital's streets, while the neighbouring kingdom of Sachaka is breeding a rebellion that could destabilise the entire region.
High Lord Akkarin and Sonea's son Lorkin has a legacy of heroism to live up to, but despite his good intentions, his incarceration in Sachaka's rebel traitor stronghold could destroy the tenuous peace between the two countries. Angered by Lorkin's seeming defection the Sachakans blame the Kyralian ambassador, Danny–and they are a savage people when roused.
And back home, in the University, two young novices are about to remind the Guild that sometimes their greatest enemy comes from within…"
I love Trudi Canavan books. I have read all of them and this is the latest release and the second book in the Traitor Spy Trilogy. The trilogy is an extension of the Black Magician Trilogy series published before this series.
It is a fantasy novel, with great characters and plot development. It is good fun while being thrilling. I could put it down towards the end. There are some good twists as well. I like the fact it stays true to the characters from the original series. It was a new, yet familiar read that I really enjoyed.
I would recommend starting at the beginning of the story as this trilogy hints at the past without going into too much detail.
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Look, white people have a limited understanding of the world. So do cis people. It just comes with the territory of privilege. We can't see all the colors of the rainbow, even if it's there in front of us.
So even though the unity principles for the women's march were intersectional, it unfolds differently in practice. Pretty much any setting that tries to unify all "women" ends up privileging white, cis women over marginalized folks — "Black women, Native women, poor women, immigrant women, disabled women, Muslim women, lesbian queer and trans women" to quote the principles.
It probably didn't occur to people that equating womanhood with vaginas is problematic (not all women have vaginas). And as much as white people try, if we aren't actively engaged in multiracial, antiracist spaces, we're just going to perpetuate whiteness as the norm everywhere we go. Even at the women's march.
I went because my body matters. Showing up matters. The women's march was not intended to be a disruptive protest — it was a public demonstration. Numbers mattered, bodies mattered. Showing up mattered. I didn't agree with everyone's signs, and I felt its overwhelming whiteness. But people who do not ordinarily show up for Black lives or for indigenous people or for immigrant rights or for trans issues took the Metro en masse, took their kids, took the time, took themselves out of their daily routine to show up. I hope they show up again. I hope I continue to prioritize showing up the way I did on Saturday. I remember showing up in 2003 for peace, and in 2006 for immigrant rights — those massive demonstrations were transformative times for me and the beginning of my learning how to "show up." For many of those kids and families I saw on Saturday, it was their first time in the streets. I agree with the critiques that showing up one day is not the daily work of social change. But it does send a message, and I was counted. Just because I showed up to a "mainstream" event one day does not mean I don't also do "the work" other days.
Through medical transition I've chosen to look and identify less as a woman, but I've lived in the realm of womanhood most of my life. As a transmasculine person I was there in solidarity, prioritizing this moment in history over whatever else I would have done that day. Gone to brunch? Watched Netflix? I've been doing that. I've been caring for myself, cooking healthy meals at home, setting boundaries on how much work I take home with me each night, watching movies in bed, hiking in the woods. On Saturday, my self care looked like BEING THERE, in the streets and on public transit with so many other bodies, being a part of the biggest demonstration in US history, in solidarity with people across the world — to just BE there and count my body in the numbers.
I went because showing up matters. The Womxn's March was not a movement, it was a show of resistance. It didn't seem to matter why people were showing up, just that they did. In the US, where people don't ordinarily show up in the streets as a matter of practice, that means something. The Movement for Black Lives, queer people, immigrants, Standing Rock protectors, disabled folks have been building movements, asking people to show up and put their bodies on the line. For anyone who was ignited (or reignited) on Saturday, there are already people doing the daily work that you can be in solidarity with.
So where will we show up next?
Others, namely women of color, have written better reflections on the women's march than this… I just wanted to get some incomplete sentiments onto the page and I welcome questions or challenges of my limited perspective. I appreciate the bullet point lessons in this article and the theorizing on Black womxn's bodies in this article.


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NBC's Today show has been fairly prolific with shark-related features over the past few weeks. The show recently interviewed C.J. Wickersham, a 21-year-old spearfisherman who was bitten by a 9′ bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) off Florida's Anna Maria Island last month.
Wickersham's friend Connor Bystrum witnessed the bite and immediately jumped in to assist him back to the boat. Once Wickersham was aboard the boat his friends used a rope as a tourniquet. Wickersham was rushed to shore where paramedics were waiting thanks to 911 call from another of his friends on the boat.
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Garage broken into last night, fortunately b###ards only took a Road bike - recon the alarm going off made 'em scarper. MTBS all chained with a f***k off big chain - carbon framed road bike hanging to avoid damage. Fortunately the coppers have caught 3 of the toe rags who drove away but the bike was ridden away - wet last night so hopefully the fecker fell off - keo pedals not very grippy without cleats especially in the wet.
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DESPITE reaching 33 points with a Boxing Day win over Flintshire rivals Gap Connah's Quay, director of football Andy Preece is still uncertain whether it is enough for his Airbus UK Broughton side to claim a top-six finish at the split.
"It's horrible, it's difficult this year, 30 points is normally enough. You look at our 33 after today's game and you're thinking I don't know if that is enough," he said.
"So we've just got to keep getting as many points as we can but obviously we've put ourselves in with a great chance and, if you're in the top six, you've got a chance to be in the top two or three or the play-offs.
"When we look at the teams that are not going to be in there, we're grateful that we are. I'm pretty sure another three points would be enough, so the sooner we can get those the better."
Port Talbot have staked a strong claim for a top-six spot with successive victories over Aberystwyth and Newtown.
"To have had this last week's performance and results together is top drawer," says manager Bernard McNally.
"I'm delighted with the players in the way that they've applied themselves, the way that they've gone in with passion and commitment and, on top of that, they've really started to play some great football.
"We've got a nice three or four days now to relax, regroup and hopefully go on to do the double over Newtown.
"I think we''d be disappointed if we didn't get the top-six now - I think the players would be absolutely gutted.
"We're looking at it now to go to Newtown and get another three points and, hopefully, if other results go our way, it might just that security that we're looking for."
Newtown are two points adrift of making the cut but manager Chris Hughes remains optimistic.
"Carmarthen are our main competitors for a top six place and they have a few tough games coming up which they are going to have to play without their main weapon, Cortez Belle who should be getting a three-match ban with the totting up of yellows and yesterday's sending off," Hughes said.
"We have to look to accrue more points than them in the remaining games."


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Gareth Morgan devotes chapter 4 of his insightful study Images of Organization to the conceptualization of organizations as brains. This metaphorical understanding is dictated by different factors. Like brains, organizations have to process information in order to exist and take decisions. Like brains, organizations promote learning and knowledge that can allow them to face unpredicted events as well as to adapt to changes in the environment and context in which they operate. Finally, like brains, organizations are like an hologram, whose parts are able to reconnect themselves to a whole and regenerate the system when they are separated. Organizations function like a brain in that they use both centralizing and decentralizing features. This last feature may account for some resistance to conceive organizations as brains as it entails the managers' willingness to give some of their powers to their employees and start processes of self-regulation and decision among them. Systems of organizations built on the brain model treat hierarchies in flexible and open ways. Hierarchies become more the result of organizational improvements and innovations, to which all parts of the system contribute, than the product of pre-determined and imposed rules and qualifications.


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Fred 'won't be joining Spurs'
Fred's agent has accused Harry Redknapp of lying after the Spurs boss said the striker failed to attend a meeting.
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Lyon striker Fred's brother and agent has accused Harry Redknapp of lying after the Tottenham Hotspur boss claimed the Brazilian failed to turn up for a meeting.
Redknapp is interested in the forward but said on Tuesday that the 25-year-old failed to attend an arranged get-together in London.
However, Fred's representative, Rodrigo, has hit out at the claims, and confirmed that the disagreement means the player will no longer be signing at White Hart Lane.
He said in the Daily Mirror: "What Redknapp said is a lie, Fred never said he would come to a meeting.
"Redknapp said he would come to see us in France on Sunday but he did not come.
"Then everything changed, they suddenly wanted us to come to Tottenham but they let us down so he will not be joining them. It's as simple as that."
Fred is keen to depart Stade Gerland this transfer window, with his current contract due to expire in the summer.


text: okay lets start with some background... first of all I've been at UPS for just over two years now as a preloader. Around October of last year, I dislocated my knee playing basketball and had the accompanying contusion and ligament sprains, etc. Nothing to serious, I was out a week or two, then came back to work. I have been able to work without incident ever since just using a simple knee brace. Outside of work though it has been giving me problems, like giving out when I put torque on it, so I went to an Orthopedic Surgeon to get a diagnosis. It turns out since the original injury, I have torn my ACL and Meniscus and will need surgery to repair it. This doctor's appointment was back in March. Due to schooling reasons though, I transferred to a new center in May. I told the sups at the new center about the impending surgery right when I started. I now have set a date for the surgery, December 23rd, and kept management informed the whole way. My question is should I file for disability or workman's comp? (not sure which one applies) I don't have an specific on the job injury or date to point back to. BUT, I do have the X-rays and doctor's write up from the original injury saying there was no ligament damage at the time, and an MRI from March that shows the ACL and meniscus tear, implying that the damage is not due to the off the job incident. What may complicate it even more, is the period of time in which the tears occurred (Nov 10'-March 11') I was at working my old center, but will be filing for Worker's comp at my new one. I guess what I'm asking is, Do I have a case? or should I just get the surgery and enjoy my 4 months of not having to wake up at 3AM? Thanks P.S. I am pretty ignorant on our disability/W.C policy actually so if someone can shed some light on what I could even expect from Disability, I would appreciate it.


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When peering into the next room to find a friend… do you hold your breath?
When choosing to open the paper, your latest feed, your Facebook page… do you hesitate?
When fighting your way through False Fact Fatigue… are you hoping for a 12-step program to remind you of reality?
Perception, Reality, The Twilight Zone
Ah, Perception and Reality… I once held you in such good stead! And now, I'm gazing into the Cloud in search of Rod Serling and Alan Funt. Is it time to return to our regular programming? Are we ready for the gleeful ring of "Smile, you're on Candid Camera?"
Oh, to blink my eyes (à la Jeannie), or to click my heels (à la Dorothy), or possibly to heed the hookah of the Cheshire Cat and take whatever comes with a toothy grin, be it the diminishing drink or the beautiful bite of big-bigger-biggest baked goods. And yet, I wake each morning inside-out and upside-down, expecting — silly me — to behold policy presentations in which an exchange of issues at least feigns substance, and adults in positions of power can construct a cohesive sentence.
These days, as if any interpretation of both perception and reality weren't frightening enough — I find I go to bed anxious (if consuming headlines before zzzs), or thinking too much (admittedly, an alarming affliction), or, at any given hour of wakefulness, anticipating that complex situations will encourage thoughtful and thorough discussion… and being sorely disappointed.
Alas! I plead guilty to succumbing to an alternate reality of my own — all the while clinging to concepts of reason and science, and even in the face of our surfeit of surreality.
Worse, as a fan of clear communication — I am (occasionally) a writer after all — I'm convinced that the ignominious impacts of invective and ignorance are brain-bedeviling, diction-diluting, word-wilting weapons of mass destruction. At the very least, they're killers of common sense, maulers of manners, and breeders of disrespect.
As for my own spiraling symptoms of this spreading dis-ease, I am dismally dispatched from, well… my former (fun?) self. I was once BIG TIME fun, believe me, really great fun, the center of all fun, the Fun Sun! And I've become serious and sermonizing, jaded and judgmental, harping and humorless. I am mopey in my maneuvering of the solar systems that naturally (and rightfully) revolve around Me, Me, Me.
Fortunately, despite my shift in tone and my periodic pausing from posts-a-plenty… everybody loves me! I get millions and millions and millions of page views! I can prove it! Everybody says so! Forget Fox… Go Wolf! I'm big! I'm really really big!
Down the Rabbit Hole
Alice in Wonderland. What a terrific tale it is, and how often it comes to mind with such widespread application as to seed a sophomoric smile in spite of myself. From my own sense that everything I touch is labeled "eat me" — and I do; how many others are inexplicably bulking up during the current administration? — to my jeez-it-doesn't-work GPS that deems the local lowly landscape inexpressibly incomprehensible.
Reality Check: It's dank and dreary (and dire and daft) down here. My wit is withering. My prose grows gloomy.
Certainly not. I have reasons beyond tea parties and the Mad Hatter that lead me to read more (while writing less). And, I am otherwise engaged in offline (dare I say it, "Real World") matters. Still, recent events are amping up my anxiety, and pushing me to precarious pressurized postures. (I'm sleeping little, I'm stressing much, and I know that I am not alone in both.)
In fact, if you accept the voracity of this report from the American Psychological Association (as seen at Time) —
… between January 5-19. 72% of Democrats said that the results of the election were a significant source of stress, while 26% of Republicans said the same. But overall, two-thirds of people said they were stressed about the future of the country, including nearly 60% of Republicans and 76% of Democrats.
My bottom line?
This Alice needs a conspiratorial comestible that does more than pack on pounds, but rather, strengthens spirit.
Contemporary Recipe for… Sanity?
Now, for a while I thought the trick to surviving the onerous onslaught of noxious news, especially as one who really isn't into Better Living Through Chemistry, might be this: Remain blissfully uninformed. My recipe was as follows:
Zero papers + Zero feeds + Zero Facebook = Marvelous Mood Management.
For days (or was it weeks?), I added several servings of Bette Davis and Cary Grant, and no doubt an excess of 60s television. Sadly, this was barely a temporary fix. As for writing therapy — my usual — the very phrase "daily plate of crazy" has taken on whole new (frightening) dimensions. So this, too, seemed another No Go, even as I politely penned pertinent points to members of Congress.
So here I am, with nary a catchy Kumbaya, an egregious excess of annoying alliteration, and still seeking some kind of balancing balm rather than a daily (hourly?) mental balancing act. As I amble for any and all amiable and savory suggestions — have you a recipe? — here's what I come up with. It's the Alt-Alt-Reality Cook-Off! And why not? What say we heal our divides with some really great, really tremendous… I mean big, the best ever, (mine really are… everyone says so… believe me, this)… a beautiful, beautiful all-American concoction… balls! Yes! And they're especially amazing after a great bowl of patchy-pausy-ponderous Word Salad!
So I say, try it. A big big beautiful beautiful batch of Nut Balls*, not illustrated below, because, well… media won't get it right anyway, but also known (by me) as… Sanity Cookies.
- 2 cups of milk (of human kindness)
- 2 cups of flour (better still, flower power)
- 3 eggs (hold the fertilization or we might need to deem this life)
- 1 tsp of vanilla (are you really surprised?)
- 2 cups of sugar (and spice and everything nice)
- 2 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar, divided (like the country)
- 1 huuuuuuge cup of pecans (or nuts of your choice)
- 2 generous tablespoons of Make Love Not War
- 1 pinch of salt (of the earth)
- Many, many other good things and terrific stuff
Preheat oven to 375. Mix dry ingredients with a strong arm. Stir in remaining ingredients while contemplating your next Congressional (and presidential) campaign checks. For extra stress-fighting nutritional value: Season to taste with art, music, theater, cooing at babies, cuddling toddlers, volunteering with kids of any age, kissing your beloved, and kissing your reproductive rights goodbye.
Form balls. The bigger the better. Drop onto greased sheets. Bake for 15 minutes, then cool. Better yet, chill. Roll in confectioner's sugar. Then eat. Drink. Be merry. For tomorrow… well, you know how the saying goes. Besides, you can always go ask Alice if you're into that sort of thing. Or rally round with recipes! Something so splendid that all it takes is one great great beautiful tremendous bite, and we may be bigger (and bolder and braver) than we ever realized.
And by the way, these delectables hail from South of the border.
*Unadulterated "real" pecan cookie ball recipe here. Also known as Mexican Wedding Cookies, with assorted global variations.
Image of Alice in Wonderland, Engraving by John Tenniel, 1872, Bigstockphoto.
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Dropcam Unplugged!
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Triple Crown Organic BBQ Sauce Classic Limited Harvest Edition, (14oz, 1-pack)
Triple Crown Classic Limited Harvest Edition is made each fall using locally-grown and processed organic tomatoes. We are proud to offer a product that is not only awesome in itself, but something quite (if not totally) unique in the Upper Midwest. This is the same recipe as our standard Classic but with some local pizazz!
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"El Guapo" will return to Nashua after a successful 2007 campaign in which he accumulated a 6-4 record, with an ERA of 4.42 in 36 games pitched.
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"I am happy to be back with Nashua," said Garces. "I want to compete and win another championship and the Pride is the team that I want to do it with."
The 6-foot, 250-pound, right-hander, is a ten year Major League veteran who became one of the most popular relievers in Boston Red Sox history in 1999 after going 5-1 with 33 SO, a 1.55 ERA, two saves, and a victory against the Cleveland Indians in the American League Division Series. He followed up that performance with two more outstanding seasons with Boston in 2000 and 2001, before leaving the Red Sox in 2005.
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On November 1, 1950, the 3d Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division fought back a vicious onslaught of Chinese Communist forces in Unsan Korea. Though repelled, the enemy soon surrounded them. Those Americans still able to do so were ordered to evacuate.
Captain Emil Kapaun, a Catholic chaplain who courageously ministered to the men throughout the battle, "elected to stay behind," reads his Medal of Honor Citation, "fully aware of his certain capture." After his capture, "Chaplain Kapaun…bravely pushed aside an enemy soldier preparing to execute Sergeant First Class Herbert A. Miller. Not only did Chaplain Kapaun's gallantry save the life of Sergeant Miller, but also his unparalleled courage and leadership inspired all those present." Kapaun and the other POWs were marched 80 miles, in the Tiger Death March, to a prison camp.
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In the camp, Kapaun continued his selfless service, ministering to the men, stealing food, and lifting spirits. "People had lost a great deal of their civility," a fellow POW told the Washington Post, "…and here is this one man—in all of this chaos—who has kept his principles." Kapaun died in captivity on May 23, 1951.
"He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured." Donald Trump recently told an audience in Ames, Iowa. He was referring to Senator John McCain, but his comments could just as easily have applied to Chaplain Kapaun; or Doug Hegdahl, a young POW during Vietnam who convinced his captors that he was stupid and posed no threat, then proceeded to memorize—to the tune of "Old McDonald"——the names of his over 200 fellow POW's. Granted an early release, which he was ordered to accept by an American officer being held with him, Hegdahl provided to the American government the names of all the POWs held at the camp along with other invaluable information. Trump could have been talking about Jeremiah Denton, who used a televised Vietnamese propaganda press conference to confirm to the US that he and other American prisoners were being tortured by blinking, in Morse Code, T-O-R-T-U-R-E repeatedly. Trumps comments could be applied to Louis Zamperini, the Olympian-turned-bombardier who refused to allow the brutal treatment by his Japanese captors to break him, demonstrating to all the resolve and strength of the American spirit.
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We know all of these men, because they were captured. But it is their heroism, their dignity, and their perpetual dedication to our nation, in the face of terrifying, excruciating conditions that we honor when we call them heroes. Mr. Trump's failure to understand this disqualifies him to serve as Commander-in-Chief.
In the days following his senseless remarks, Trump's response to the backlash has revealed much about his character: he is an immature, wannabe bully. He doubled down and tried to claim that his comments have been taken out of context. Saying, "People who fought hard and weren't captured and went through a lot, they get no credit. Nobody even talks about them; they're, like, forgotten." Honoring John McCain does not mean that John Basilone, Audie Murphy, Riley Pitts, Dakota Meyers, Michael Murphy, Ross McGinnis, or countless other heroes do not receive appropriate recognition. There is not a finite amount of honor; celebrating one heroic act does not detract from another.
Trump also said, "I used to like [McCain] a lot. I supported him…but I would love to see him do a much better job taking care of the veterans." After 5 and a half years of unimaginable pain and torture in service to America and her military, John McCain has paid in full. Anything else that he does is above and beyond. And certainly, someone like Donald Trump who, while John McCain languished in prison was, as the Washington Post pointed out, "living large…He ate in New York City's finest restaurants, rode in his father's limousines and began hitting the clubs with beautiful women," is certainly in no position to demand more of the senator.
Trump's best excuse for this attack on John McCain is that McCain attacked him—basically, Trump is whining "he started it." Thin skin and a bad attitude is not going to turn Washington around, after all that's what we've had for the past six years. Republican primary voters owe America—and certainly America's service members—a better candidate than Donald Trump. It's time for him to go.
Arizona Republic reporter Dan Nowicki writes that Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl oppose the sales tax increase that the legislature referred to the May 18 election ballot.
I'm not surprised. Both McCain and Kyl have been pretty darn solid on not raising taxes.
What is more surprising, as I have blogged before, is that a Republican Governor is supporting a tax increase, particularly in this economic environment.
Predictably, the Yes on 100 crowd "couldn't be more disappointed."
Eh, what do you expect? Did you really think that two Senators with fairly consistent "A" ratings from National Taxpayer's Union would support a tax increase?
As I have pointed out before, Greg Patterson over at espressopundit is a really smart guy and has a great, great blog.
But he needs to put the crack pipe down and rethink what he wrote here:
The new schism in the Republican party is not Conservative or Moderate, it's Conservatives who are part of the establishment versus conservatives who are part of the resistance and it looks to me like McCain, and to a lessor extent even Shadegg and Brewer, are vulnerable in Republican Primaries.
McCain vulnerable in a primary? Maybe. Depends a lot on who it is.
Brewer vulnerable in primary? Uh, oh yeah – you know, the whole demanding a tax increase thing? Yes, Greg, Brewer is vulnerable, very, very vulnerable. No "lessor extent" about it.
Shadegg vulnerable in a primary? What are you smoking? Seriously. Yes, McCain has not been the most solid of conservatives – you know, campaign finance, global warming, and, you know, immigration. Yes, Brewer is following in George H.W. Bush's footsteps. But Shadegg?
This is a guy that conservatives (you know, like, Mike Pence, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, et al.) begged to stay in Congress when he announced retirement last year. This is a guy who consistently ranks among the most conservative in the U.S. House by Club for Growth, National Taxpayer's Union, American Conservative Union and Americans for Tax Reform among others.
If the argument is that some elected officials are potentially vulnerable because they are not conservative enough, then I get it. But saying that Shadegg isn't conservative enough is a little bizarre.
Sen. John McCain is buying a Ford Fusion Hybrid to replace his Cadillac in Washington, D.C.
Now, a politician buying a car really isn't news, is it? And is it really news that McCain is buying a hybrid?
The most intriguing part of the whole story was this:
The Arizona senator said on his Twitter feed Monday…
McCain twitters?!? Now that's news. Hit me anytime @snoble37, Senator.
The Arizona Guardian is breaking yet another story on a GOP operative in trouble with the law. This one is a staffer for Senator John McCain, Carlos Sierra, who has a couple DUI's and speeding violations.
So we've had the AZ GOP Executive Director Brett Mecum arrested a couple weeks ago, and now this. My guess is that McCain will NOT follow Pullen's example and actually show Sierra the door.
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By Dennis Welch
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Phoenix authorities have issued arrest warrants for a staff assistant to U.S. Sen. John McCain who is accused of skipping two court appearances on separate DUI charges this year.
Carlos Sierra, who works at McCain's regional office in Tempe, was arrested twice within a five-week period on suspicion of DUI, according to records from Phoenix Municipal Court.
Each time, the court records show, Sierra didn't show up for his assigned court date.
Sierra, 27, says there must be a mix-up because he thought his attorney took care of the matter. He declined to release the name of his lawyer.
"I haven't received any notices in the mail," Sierra said Friday during a phone interview. "My lawyer told me he took care of it and I believe him."
Officials with the court said it was possible the case was resolved and the paperwork hasn't been changed. But as of Friday afternoon, they said, the arrest warrants were still live and there are no records indicating Sierra and his attorney fixed the legal problem.
McCain's office wasn't waiting to find out.
"The matter is currently under review," said McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan. "However, he has been suspended immediately."
Sierra was first arrested about 2 a.m. March 28 on suspicion of DUI after Phoenix police clocked him going 60 mph in a 35 mph zone near Missouri and 14th Street. Sierra, who drives black, 2006 four-door Cadillac, also is accused of running a red light.
Records do not show exactly what his blood alcohol content was at the time of the arrest, only that it was more than .08, which is the legal limit.
Phoenix police arrested Sierra again about 9 p.m. May 2, this time for the more serious accusation of extreme DUI, according to court records. Once again, documents don't say precisely what his blood alcohol level was at the time, only that it exceeded .20.
In addition to the DUI, Sierra is accused of driving 60 mph in a 40 mph stretch near 24th Street and Camelback Road. Phoenix police also cited him for not having proof of insurance or registration and driving on the sidewalk.
Although Sierra listed on a Phoenix police report that he was employed by the U.S. Senate when he was first arrested, he told authorities he was unemployed when he was arrested the second time.
Officials at McCain's offices in Phoenix and Tempe on Friday confirmed he still works for the Arizona senator and former presidential contender. When asked about this discrepancy, Sierra declined to comment.
Maybe it's because it is really late at night as I write this, or it's because I have been really, really busy and not able to focus, but this story is really confusing to me. I mean, talk about something right out of the twilight zone. Things are not as they appear, or just the opposite of what you would expect.
The Hill has a story headlined "Napolitano says thanks, but no thanks, DHS has funds" and then reports on a Senate hearing about border security. Here is a quick synopsis.
Chairman Lieberman (D-CT) said he requested $380 million for enhanced border protection. But Napolitano said that she had already found the money within the agency to make sure such enhancements are "budget neutral."
Senator McCain jumped into the discussion and suggested that Napolitano take the money. She said she didn't need it – that we are in difficult times and need to make do with current funds.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) jumped in and criticized Napolitano for not taking the money and said that he would support sending military to the border to deal with the drug cartel violence.
Lieberman concluded saying that he was going to work to get more funding whether Napolitano thought she needed it or not. "This is kind of war," he said referring to the border violence.
So let me get this straight, the Chairman of the committee says he is requesting more money for border security, he is supported in that by two Republican Senators (whose position on immigration is no secret) and Napolitano says, no, wouldn't be prudent.
I only have one question: Where in the h*** was this prudent, fiscal responsibility from Napolitano when she was the Governor?!?!?
My family was getting ready for a game night. My oldest son, Adam, had been acting like a typical three-year-old (even though he is about to turn 10) and was sent to his room. My wife decided that she would have the other kids vote on whether to allow Adam to come back down and play. Seven-year-old Jenna immediately blurted, "I vote for Adam." My wife then asked five-year-old Kate how she voted, to which she responded, "I vote McCain."
I love that my kids paid enough attention this last election cycle to even answer in that way. It struck me, with what Obama has done so far with the stimulus bill, his housing bill, his proposed budget, and what has happened to the stock market – now under 7,000, and down 1,200 since Obama's inauguration – I think there are a lot of people thinking, "I vote for McCain."
Last Friday, the Yellow Sheet Report, which is the equivalent of an "inside the beltway publication" for the Arizona capital, reported that Arizona GOP Chairman Randy Pullen claimed that the Arizona Delegation was "neutral" in his race against Lisa James for Chairman. Huh?
I've known Randy for a number of years, and we have a cordial relationship, and, just as I have said to newly-elected Maricopa County GOP Chairman, Rob Haney, if Pullen is reelected, I'll work on finding common ground. In the meantime, I strongly support Lisa James.
But even as a James partisan, I'm taken aback by Pullen's comment. It's a whopper so big that it isn't even remotely believable. Usually, if you are going to push the envelope, you at least have an envelope to push. What mystifies me is why Pullen would say something so demonstrably inaccurate.
McCain, Kyl, Shadegg and Flake have been open about their support for Lisa James, and Trent Franks is officially neutral. So maybe Pullen believes that Franks is the entire delegation.
Yesterday, Lisa James put out a statement from Kyl:
"I support Lisa James for Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party because she will provide the leadership to increase Republican voter registration, raise funds, recruit candidates and execute a successful get out the vote effort."
I second Senator Kyl's comments. I have seen Lisa in action, and know her capabilities. I've done enough major get-out-the-vote efforts, fundraising, grassroots organizing and messaging to recognize who gets it and who doesn't.
Lisa James gets it, and would be a great asset as GOP Chairman going into the 2010 election.
Following the 2004 election, President Bush launched an effort to reform Social Security. It has been an article of faith for conservatives since Barry Goldwater wrote "The Conscience Of A Conservative" that Social Security is destined to failure. Goldwater's position was particularly courageous, given that insolvency was still decades away.
Bush knew that the future obligations of Social Security would far outstrip ability to pay with millions of baby boomers beginning to retire in the next few years. As those boomers retire, the spending obligations will drive our country further and further into unfathomable debt. It's not like we can't see this coming. When Social Security was created, there were literally dozens of workers paying into the system for every person receiving benefits. That ratio is now three workers for each retiree and it will soon be two workers per retiree.
Unfortunately, Democrats have used the scare tactic of Republicans wanting to destroy Social Security in every election since 1964, making substantive reform politically impossible. There is a reason Social Security has been called the third rail of politics.
So it was very interesting when, in his final press conference, Bush said, "I believe that running the Social Security idea right after the '04 elections was a mistake. I should have argued for immigration reform."
Consider how different that last four years would have been had Bush pushed for immigration reform right after the 2004 election. First, Bush had a strong showing at the polls on Election Day 2004, so while he may not have had a "mandate" he clearly was in a strong position to push an agenda. In fact, pundits figured he had enough mojo to push Social Security reform.
Had Bush picked immigration reform, conservatives would have had a larger role in crafting the bill, and avoided some of the most divisive rhetoric that has created so much angst among party faithful.
Democrats would have been much more likely to work with Bush on immigration reform than on Social Security, and giving Bush a success on a bipartisan issue.
And, how would that have changed the overall make-up of the Presidential race? I'd venture to speculate that had Bush successfully shepherded immigration reform through Congress, the tone in Washington would have been much different, and we would not have had Obama even in the primary. It is clear that the anti-Bush crowd was the driver on Obama, and had that been tempered, we may have seen a McCain/Clinton general and it would be McCain getting sworn in as the 44th President on Tuesday.
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