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2008: Hope & change - 2012: hypocrisy & change of positions
Original post made by jimf01, another community, on Apr 16, 2012
We do have change, just not the type his voters were seeking perhaps. Higher unemployment, higher deficits, higher taxes. Seems sometimes the only lower is his golf score.
We had a President who took strong positions on many issues during (and prior to) the 2008 campaign, on many of those issues, the Obama admin has changed positions, simply for political expediency.
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Comments (55)
a resident of another community
on Apr 16, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Or let me put it another way, folks. The (removed) festival at the fair grounds was a bust. Bad scheduling to put it in conflict with a NASCAR race. Could have had Sarah Palin come and blather, as her schedule is very open these days.
More importantly, everyone knows that Obama has done a better than decent job and that Republicans are incapable of fielding a credible candidate to oppose him. Instead, therefore, I shall use these pages to rail against the black guy in office.
Yours truly, Jim's Alter Ego
a resident of Happy Valley
on Apr 16, 2012 at 8:05 pm
It's getting bad for BHO, even David Axelrod came out and endorsed Romney this weekend!
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"The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class and that gives people a chance to get ahead and their kids a chance to get ahead and an economy that continues down the road we're on.â€
a resident of another community
on Apr 16, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Poor Jim just can't get his computer to work without giving himself away. Besides that, there's always the predictable lie. To wit: "It's getting bad for BHO, even David Axelrod came out and endorsed Romney this weekend!"
But I guess when you support a pathological liar for president, it's because he reminds you of yourself.
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Apr 16, 2012 at 8:13 pm
"......everyone knows that Obama has done a better than decent job.....". High praise indeed. Almost jimmy carter territory.....jimmy is actually relieved he won't be targeted any more as the worst president ever. At a minimum, he's the worst half white president, since you think race is a determining factor.
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Apr 16, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Obama is a pathological liar? Must be proud to add that to his resume and long list of accomplishments since 2008.....what accomplishments were those again?
a resident of Dublin
on Apr 16, 2012 at 9:19 pm
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Okay, let us use Jimf01's rationale. They elect Bush, Jr. and conservatives are dissatisfied. So, we should follow their lead again?
Face it Jim (and let's be honest), President Obama was not someone you would have voted for in the beginning, i.e, Democrat, and, therefore, someone you have been waiting for these past 3 years to attack again.
Let's face it, Part II, Republicans have had control the House of Representatives thereby creating an Obstructionist congress. He never had a chance to get to the second inning.
Part III, the bale out of Wall Street started with Pres. Bush Administration. He inherited the mess.
And, it goes on & on. No apologies, just reflecting on the things people like you don't bring up.
Bless our mess, and I would rather be here than some where else. At least we have the opportunity to express our thoughts without the secret police knocking on our doors.
p.s. Sonya, you need to do a little more research.
a resident of Del Prado
on Apr 16, 2012 at 9:29 pm
You just wait until President Romney saves us from this Obamanation! Bye bye, Obamacare! Bye bye deficit-creating tax cuts for the poor! Bye bye Planned Parenthood! Helloooooo jobs!
a resident of another community
on Apr 16, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Nice try with the different names, Jimbo! Fact:
April 16th, 2012 CNN Poll
If the election were held today would you vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney:
Obama: 52%
Romney: 43%
Read it and weep, Jimbo. Not exactly Jimmy Carter numbers. More important, the country isn't as racist as you wish it were. Have you thought about starting up a KKK branch in your neck of the woods? You'd have a good base with the handful of losers that showed for your fairground fiasco this past weekend.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 16, 2012 at 11:28 pm
"Bye bye Planned Parenthood! Helloooooo jobs!"
You realize that by getting rid of Planned Parenthood, you'd just be putting more people out of jobs right...?
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:05 am
Mike, I've done my research and am breathing a sigh of relief things aren't worse...after all, obama had control of the house and senate for this first two years in office and the damage culd have been much worse. From the left's perspective, you've gotta be thinking, why didn't our dear leader do more to steer the country towards his vision of utopia during those two ineffective years. Either way you look at it, he's had his chance and failed. Time to move on.
a resident of Danbury Park
on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:09 am
Jim's alter ego,
Better take a look at some other polls for more accurate info. Gallup and Rasmussan both have Romney beating Obama head to head by 4% and 2% respectfully. Looking further and maybe more importantly Republicans are beating Democrats by 46% to 36% in the Rasmussan poll for congress. Most poll services are predicting that the Republicans with take overwhelming control of the House and will take control of the Senate. The more the deficit grows and the less Obama does about it the more he will fall behind.
a resident of Danbury Park
on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:11 am
Romney is also shown leading in the polls against Obama in the swing states of Pennsylvannia, Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, and Virginia.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:35 am
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Like the troll commenters above tossing insults at me, this guy shows what happens when a liberal doesn't like the conservative argument, and has nothing intelligent to say in reply
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a resident of Parkside
on Apr 17, 2012 at 8:52 am
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Liberals typically argue based on emotion and so you get this type of outburst, with either name calling or expletives that would make their mothers cringe. It's embarassing to watch, when logic escapes them...you can literally see their veins pop out in their necks as they realize their positions have no basis in reality. Sad, really.
It's a wonder more people haven't figured out yet that liberals resemble spoiled, undisciplined children.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 9:24 am
"We do have change, just not the type his voters were seeking perhaps."
Well, let's just see what the voters have to say in November, shall we? Many on the conservative side have been saying that Americans were all fooled by Obama and that now that everyone knows the "real Obama" he will be voted out of office in the next election. We'll see, but at this point I don't think that things are going to turn out that way. What are all of you far-right conservatives going to say when Obama gets re-elected? Seems like you don't have any excuses left. You won't be able to say anymore that people were fooled into voting for him because they didn't know the "real Obama". We will have had Obama as President for four years. I just don't think that you can wrap your mind around the fact that the majority of Americans both know Obama and are willing to vote for him.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 9:38 am
Steve and Jimf01, your posts really baffle me. You make it sound like you value "intelligence" and "logic" but then when your far-right conservative wing picks Presidential candidates do you pick people who personify "intelligence" and "logic"? No, you pick characters like Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich, etc.. What gives? The Democratic party gives us a Harvard-educated law professor as candidate. Is he not intelligent enough for you? Not logical enough? You have someone better? Nope, not yet you don't.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 10:22 am
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Sam - I can certainly wrap my mind around it, and that is why I make an effort, and this posting is part of that, to show the voters what they really got with this President. Because many people listen only to the mainstream media and the campaign, who tell them lies.
Why didn't Obama pass legislation when he had a majority in both houses of Congress, and follow through on a few of the campaign promises listed in the article I linked? Why didn't Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, the Congressional Democrat leadership in 2009-2010, negotiate with Republicans to attract the few Republican votes they needed? They certainly were able to do that when they needed to pass the health care legislation (that may well be partly or fully struck down as unconstitutional very soon).
My hope is that people will learn something, but we get replies from people like dublinmike, a good Democrat who claim the Republicans have created an obstructionist Congress, when (in addition to the fallacy of his statement that Sonya pointed out) it is Harry Reid in the Democrat majority Senate who will not even pass a federal budget!
In addition, we are looking at an electoral college count, and if you think, as you put it, "the majority of Americans both know Obama and are willing to vote for him" is going to do the trick for you, you had better think again. Majority vote counts for nothing in the end.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 10:30 am
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It IS getting REALLY bad for BHO when even one of his staunchest supporters in Congress, Barney Frank (after announcing his retirement), tells the press the Democrats "paid a terrible price for health care. I would not have pushed it as hard. As a matter of fact, after Scott Brown won, I suggested going back."
Frank correctly analyzes that the Democrats lost a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate in exchange for the passage of Obamacare.
Many Democrats feely admit that they lost a number of seats in the House in 2010 for the exact same reason.
And for what? The entire thing may soon be struck down by the Supreme Court.
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a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 10:39 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
Sam - your next post falls down on lack of truth, and pushes in to troll territory, but here goes: When did anyone "pick" Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich, etc..
Many conservatives supported these people, to be sure.
The Republican Party, if anyone, is responsible for "picks". The candidacy of a Gingrich is pretty much a result of a rich guy with political ambition throwing his hat in the ring, no one "picked" him.
Now, a Barack Obama, on the other hand, that is a 'pick'. You also push a mistruth calling Obama a professor, he was a lecturer for a brief time, he was never a professor.
As for Mitt Romney being better, well I do value intelligence and logic, but instead we will have to rely on the American voters to "pick" in November.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 10:45 am
It seems Jimbo, in his thoughtless zeal, forgot to mention a few accomplishments of the Obama admin:
Overhauled the food safety system;
Approved the Lily Ledbetter "Equal Pay" for women rule;
Ended "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" discrimination in the military;
Passed the Hate Crimes bill in Congress;(which infuriated Jimbo)
Appointed two progressive women to the U.S. Supreme Court including the first Latina;
Pushed through the Affordable Health Care Act, outlawing denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions, extending until age 26 health care coverage of children under parent's plans, steps toward "Medicare for All;"
Expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) health care for children;
Pushed through a $789 economic stimulus bill that saved or created 3 million jobs and began task of repairing the nation's infrastructure;
Overhauled the credit card industry, making it more consumer friendly;
Established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and used a recess appointment to keep it on track in the face of GOP attempts to derail it;
Also outmaneuvered GOP in naming two members of the National Labor Relations Board blocked by the Republicans in their attempt to shut down the NLRB;
Won two extensions of the debt ceiling and extensions of unemployment compensation in the face of Republican threats to shut down the U.S. government;
Pulled troops out of Iraq and began draw down of troops in Afghanistan.
Stood up before the American people and told them he doesn't think about Osama bin Laden any more -- erm, well actually that was the clown who occupied the office before Obama who stated that.
Oh, and there are hundreds more. Thanks Jimbo! Keep up the good work! By the way, I was one of the 17 people who showed at your tea party bbq on Saturday at the fair grounds. I was the one wearing the tinfoil hat and waving the little $8 flag your wife sold to me.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 17, 2012 at 11:26 am
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And the NLRB has suffered for quite a long time for lack of members, hasn't it? Good thing the board held all those pro forma sessions to prevent Bush from making recess appointments, not that it stopped Obama. I wonder, who benefited the most from all the two-member NLRB decisions? I'm sure Jim's Alter Ego simply forgot to mention it.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 11:54 am
Yes, better to have shut down the agency, which is what Bush effectively did with his appointment of Mitch McConnell's honeybunch, Elaine Chou as Secretary of Labor. Her qualifications? Zilch. Her accomplishments? Raised a lot of campaign money for her hubby. From the above list, that's where you choose to go? Wow, that's pretty unimpressive.
Aren't you supposed to be cooped up in your self-constructed prison of excluded viewpoints? It must have been exhausting posting yourself as author and sentry to defend your embarrassment of words. So, aside from the embarrassment, how did that work for ya? Ah, well, though even your twin sister KR didn't give you uptake, you managed to suck old reliable steve into your web of petulant self delusion. Let's all follow Stacey's lead: Stop the bullying! Ban the liberal trolls and all others who laugh at her viewpoints!
Kudos to Lou, who once again wins this month's Mr. Mittens award. Absolutely delicious. There lived a boy ... who is truly humbled.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Jimf01 said: "Why didn't Obama pass legislation when he had a majority in both houses of Congress, and follow through on a few of the campaign promises listed in the article I linked?"
I don't know. Why didn't Bush solve all of the problems that he had to deal with when he was President AND the Republicans had control of both Houses? Why was it left to Obama to fix the economy and conclude not just one, but two separate wars? Why was it left to Obama to initiate health care reform? Why didn't Bush do something? Health care costs have clearly been spiraling out of control for quite some time and most everyone seemed to agree that the status quo was unacceptable but nothing ever happened.
The difference between you and me is that while I see problems when either the Democrats or Republicans have near-total control, you have joined in with the likes of Steve and other similarly minded people who think that only Democrats have problems and that everything would be rosy if we all voted Republicans into office. Haven't we been down that road before? Yeah, we've been there, done that.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Jimf01 said "Sam - your next post falls down on lack of truth, and pushes in to troll territory, but here goes: When did anyone "pick" Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich, etc.. Many conservatives supported these people, to be sure. The Republican Party, if anyone, is responsible for "picks". "
Jimf01, I don't want to play games with semantics and the definition of "pick", so let me rephrase: Palin, Bachmann, Gingrich and other Republican candidates enjoyed fairly wide support among conservative Republican voters. In terms of intellect, education, and logical reasoning powers, none of them can match Obama. I say this as an independent. If you, Steve, and others think that Palin, Backmann, and Gingrich rise to the level of Obama in terms of intellectual prowess, you're deluded. So I find it interesting how so many conservatives criticize liberals for being "stupid" or "emotional" or "illogical" but then turn around and support Republican candidates such as the ones I mentioned above. Today's Republican party seems to have a distinct anti-intellectual bent to it. It's become the party of "Joe the Plumber".
As for Obama's university position, you're right. He was a lecturer, not a professor.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Sam, you're not quite correct. Obama was a 'Senior Lecturer' which counts as being a professor at arguably the world's finest law institution, the Univ of Chicago. He was not tenured, nor was he tenure track. He was offered a tenure track position numerous times, and at one point declined the offer of 'Tenured Professor' (as he had bigger fish to fry). See the Univ of Chicago's formal statement:
UC Law School statement: "The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer." From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School's Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined."
At any rate, I agree with you that it is so very ironic that the morons on the right insist that Obama is dumb and has never held a real job.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:18 pm
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Brilliant reasoning Sam. We can determine Obama's intellect, education, and logical reasoning powers by a Harvard law degree, and what else?
Obama will not show his transcripts from any college he attended. Obama will also typically never, ever, give a speech which he is not reading from a teleprompter. How do you use the available information to determine that our current President is of superior intellect?
I have seen Newt Gingrich, to pick one name you offered, expound on multiple subjects in long speeches without a teleprompter or notes, and show himself to be of great intelligence.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:23 pm
See, for example, the moron who just posted above me.
p.s. One does not become president of the Harvard Law Review, as Obama was, without being in the top 10% of one's class.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:26 pm
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So then, why would a former president of the Harvard Law Review not be willing to show his transcripts? What possible reason would there be for that?
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:31 pm
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Why would a superior intellect and brilliant professor of law at arguably the finest law school in the word say this, "Ultimately, I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress"
Only to be forced to retract it just a few days later, albeit by a proxy statement from Attorney General Holder?
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:36 pm
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This same President took a starkly different view on overturning another law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.
President Obama stated the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and will not have the Department of Justice pursue a defense in the court system.
It was originally passed by huge bipartisan votes of 342 to 67 in the House and 85 to 14 in the Senate.
So here we have a so-called Constitutional scholar wanting to have his cake and eat it too. The disparity in the president's conflicting positions is glaring and can only lead one to believe it is for political expediency that he talks out of both sides of his mouth.
Remember this when it comes time to vote for the next leader of this nation.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:39 pm
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Jim's Alter Ego,
Ah, you mistakenly believe that I care about Bush. No, instead let's laugh at your need to pad your list, trying to trump up the naming of two new members to the NLRB as an accomplishment after SCOTUS ruled that it needed a quorum. Try taking a dump when you don't have to go. Now that'd be an accomplishment!
Let's pick another, more substantial item from your list: Obamacare. It is far more than outlawing the denial of children's pre-existing conditions and such a reform didn't even need to be bundled. Obamacare should have been the expansion of a minimum coverage national health insurance program funded by taxes, aka: "Medicare for All". There's no constitutional question about the government's power to tax. But oh, Obama pushed on passing healthcare legislation at the absolute worst time to do it: right after the economy went bust, when all the anti-tax Republicans were in a tizzy. Yep, no chance there for a tax. Just a questionable law that tries to create a tax without it being called a tax to satisfy certain right-wing political ideologies. "Medicare for All" would have been an accomplishment!
I can't pass up mentioning another Obama "accomplishment" that you forgot to list: the creation of yet another political favor system that allows the granting of a waiver from Obamacare taxation on cadillac health plans by whichever political party happens to head up the helm that day. Obama has been busy handing out those exemptions, hasn't he? I bet you can't wait to see who the other party favors. I'm sure it will be equally detrimental to the general welfare of the US, but a great chance for you to complain about the other party. Because politics in the US today isn't about doing what is right for the American people, it's about doing what is right for your buddies. But you knew that already.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:44 pm
What does he have to gain by showing them to soft-headed ones like yourself who don't know the difference between Harvard or UnivofChicago from WEST GEORGIA COLLEGE where Gingrich was banished as an incompetent?
Obama was a superior student, just as he's been a superior president. Why don't you wage your silly little boy's campaign against Romney for refusing to divulge his tax returns? Obama has revealed his for the past 12 years. What kind of silly goof are you anyway? Are you a troll planted by the left to make the right look even more ridiculous than they usually do?
For Obama to have his intelligence questioned by the likes of yourself is like Einstein being questioned by a toad. People take you about as seriously as they took the tea party meeting over the past week-end -- you know, the one you were pushing with all your phoney names and to which no one showed. How did that work for you, by the way?
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:50 pm
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Wouldn't he just put all the detractors to shame by disclosing the info? That's what he has to gain.
What does he have to lose? That's the real question. But you are afraid to answer real questions without tossing insults. Try not acting like a child.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 1:59 pm
One really must talk down like a child to match your intellect. Obama revealed proof of his birth in Hawaii. And where did that get him with the intellectual softheads like yourself?
Unlike yourself, Obama is not interested in putting his detractors to shame. He has consistently risen above that kind of partisanship -- one of the reasons he will be re-elected.
So, Romney refuses to release his tax info, and you're concerned about the President of the Harvard Law Review's law school transcripts? Makes sense to ... no one.
Again, how did that tea party bbq work for ya?
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Jimf01 said: "Brilliant reasoning Sam. We can determine Obama's intellect, education, and logical reasoning powers by a Harvard law degree, and what else? Obama will not show his transcripts from any college he attended. Obama will also typically never, ever, give a speech which he is not reading from a teleprompter. How do you use the available information to determine that our current President is of superior intellect?"
LOL! I can understand why Obama or any other public official should release his tax returns or his birth certificate to the public. But school transcripts? I dunno. So you want to see his college transcripts? How about his junior high and high school transcripts, too. Want to see what his kindergarten teacher thought of him, too? Give it a break.
As for his use of a teleprompter, I don't have to remind you of the first President to make frequent use of a teleprompter, do I? Why don't you or other extreme conservatives level any criticism against the "Great Communicator" Ronald Reagan for his use of the teleprompter? A bit of hypocrisy there, no? Actually, I think that the use of a teleprompter by a President, whether Reagan or Obama, is a good idea. Embarrassing international incidents can be caused by a President's slip of a tongue or poor word selection. When possible, working from a script and choosing pre-selected words makes a lot of sense. Score one for the Gipper!
As for Obama's ability to think on his feet without a teleprompter, we've seen him do that in the Presidential debates. He's more than capable of holding himself up in debates against any candidate that the Republicans have been able to throw against him.
Finally, as for Gingrich's ability to give speeches without notes or a teleprompter, you've seen how Gingrich occasionally puts his foot in his month with a poorly chosen word or sentence. Would you really want to see a President Gingrich give speeches off-the-cuff without the use of a teleprompter or carefully vetted script? IMHO, no President should give off-the-cuff speeches if at all possible - and certainly not any character like a GIngrich or a Biden.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Abe said: "Sam, you're not quite correct. Obama was a 'Senior Lecturer' which counts as being a professor at arguably the world's finest law institution, the Univ of Chicago."
OK, thanks for the correction.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 3:04 pm
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Sam - You diverted from the question, how do you use the available information to determine that our current President is of superior intellect?"
You don't know what kind of grades he got, and you rarely hear him speak off the cuff. Debates are a collection of soundbites, and the candidates are highly coached ahead of time. So he out-debated John McCain. BRAVO! Good show, man.
And we know what has happened when Obama got off the 'carefully vetted script'
Obama thought that Austrian was an actual language.
Obama thought there are fifty-eight states in the Union.
Obama said that Hawaii was part of Asia.
Obama didn't know that Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez was first elected during the tenure of President Clinton, not President Bush, whom he blamed for Chávez's ascension.
Obama thought ten thousand of people died in Kansas tornadoes back in May, 2008.
Obama honored "fallen heroes" on 2008's Memorial Day, stating "and I see many of them in the audience here today."
Obama once spoke about his uncle, who supposedly "helped liberate" the Auschwitz concentration camp. Except that the Americans didn't liberate that camp. The Russians did in January of 1945.
Obama repeated his Auschwitz blunder by later speaking of his grandfather, who fought in Patton's army. He also then noted that his grandfather heard the stories of fellow troops who "first entered" the Treblinka concentration camp. Except that Treblinka was never liberated.
Obama didn't know that, with re-election, he only serves a maximum of eight years.
Obama thought that a bomb -- one -- fell on Pearl Harbor that fateful day in December of 1941.
Obama thought he served on the Senate Banking Committee ... even though he never served on the Senate Banking Committee.
Obama claimed that Winston Churchill once stated "We don't torture" to supposedly back up his policy differences with former President Bush in the War on Terror. Except that, there's no record of Churchill ever saying that, but there are records of the British MI19 torturing German POWs from 1940-1948 in what was known as the "London Cage."
And one when he was trying to stay on the script:
Obama didn't know what a "corpsman" is, pronouncing it "corpse-man."
And the hits just keep coming. Down in South America this week, The Telegraph (UK) notes that President Obama made an "uncharacteristic" gaffe by referring to the Falkland Islands as the Maldives."
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Okay. I'm convinced! Boy, this Obama is really a dumb guy isn't he? Whew! Thanks, Jim, for gracing this site with your superior intellect.
a resident of Birdland
on Apr 17, 2012 at 4:18 pm
Actually, that's not even Jim's "superior intellect," it's merely plagiarized from a website!
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a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 4:20 pm
Jimf01 said: "Obama thought there are fifty-eight states in the Union....Obama didn't know what a "corpsman" is, pronouncing it "corpse-man."
Please, I don't know what far conservative rag you're getting all your info from. As for the two specific items above, let's start with the first one: I saw the Youtube clip where he mentioned "58 states" (did you?). As I recall, in the video clip he was talking about his hectic travel schedule visiting nearly all the states of the US. He said something like visiting all the states except for the two non-contiguous states, so 50-2=48. But instead of saying "48" he said "58". A slip of the tongue. What, you're going to condemn him for that? You've never made a similar slip of the tongue? You think that Reagan and both Bushes have never made similar or greater slips of the tongue. Get off of it. Your pettiness knows no bounds.
As for not knowing how to pronounce "corpsman", sorry. I didn't know how to pronounce it, either. I, with all my college education, would have pronounced it "corpse-man", too. I've never come across the word. How often does one read, write, or speak the word corpsman in one's life? For me, up to this morning, the numbers were zero, zero, and zero. I'm sure that most anyone with a military background knows how to pronounce the word and see it in print, but to ridicule someone because they're not familiar with a word that is only used within the military is - again - rather petty of you.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 4:32 pm
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Sam - 'twas you who brought up "use of a teleprompter by a President", and then extolled Obama's ability to think on his feet without a teleprompter.
I'd say it is pretty stupid to say don't ridicule someone because they're not familiar with a word that is only used within the military, when that someone is the commander-in-chief!
I will not continue an argument built on a fake premise, not unless you are willing to answer, how do you use the available information to determine that our current President is of superior intellect?"
You don't know what kind of grades he got, and you rarely hear him speak off the cuff.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Here's a gaffe for ya: "The Tea Party event is going to be the biggest political event in California this year!"
Sure it is.
I'm guessing that jim's prediction of an Obama defeat will be just as on-the-money.
Hmm...which makes me think--with that many WAAAYY off-base predictions, maybe jimf01 is really that pastor who keeps predicting the end of the world every 3 months? Anybody know if that guy is from Tracy too?
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Jimf01: "I'd say it is pretty stupid to say don't ridicule someone because they're not familiar with a word that is only used within the military, when that someone is the commander-in-chief!......You don't know what kind of grades he got, and you rarely hear him speak off the cuff."
So you think that as Commander-in-Chief Obama should know that a "corpsman" is an "enlisted medical specialist for the United States Navy" and he deficient if he doesn't? (I had to look up that definition, BTW.) Sorry, but I'm an ex-military brat and I never heard the word "corpsman" in all my years growing up. (Guess we don't have "corpsmen" in the Air Force.)
As for Obama's transcripts, with people like you around I now realize why he doesn't release them. What point would be served releasing those documents to people like you who are merely determined to find fault in anything and everything that he does? I can't imagine you looking at the transcripts and saying "Hey! I was wrong! Obama is a pretty bright guy after all!" No, you'll find something to nitpick or claim that the transcripts were doctored or make some other such ridiculous claim. I wouldn't release my transcripts either if I were in his place with all of the "birthers" and other nut-jobs running around these days. It would only lead to another circus sideshow.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Stacey asks for sympathy: "Try taking a dump when you don't have to go. Now that'd be an accomplishment!" I'm quite certain you know quite a bit about this, Stacey!
Her most recent effort? The embarrassing little snit of petulant censorship she instituted in response to others finding her views laughable.
My, does she not take her self-appointed role as PW Forum propagandist a wee bit too seriously? "Ban the unregistered trolls who pull back the curtain while I am attempting another of my great life's accomplishments!"
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 17, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
You don't look censored. Obama didn't get us Medicare for All, did he? That's a failure.
a resident of another community
on Apr 17, 2012 at 11:32 pm
No, he didn't get medicare for all. He got what he could, which is far more than what the GOP "offered." You're one smart cookie to point that out. And smart enough, too, to not defend Elaine Chou as sham Labor Secretary. No instead, you grasp whatever straw you think might work. Here, that Obama's health care legis didn't go far enough; that he settled for less as a matter of political expedience. No kidding? That's your critique?
Do you realize how silly you've made yourself look over the past few days? I mean, truly, even more than usual. No face-saving for you here, I'm afraid. Even your evil twin, gossip-mongering sidekick has been too embarrassed to lower herself yet even further, if possible, in your defense. I suppose I should close off, as it's no doubt time for you to pick up your dolls and march on home with a petulant look about you. Ah, alas, if ONLY everybody registered on this forum, just like you -- feet stamping up and down -- the girl with a first name of Stacey.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 17, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Jimf01 said: "Sam - 'twas you who brought up "use of a teleprompter by a President", and then extolled Obama's ability to think on his feet without a teleprompter."
Oh, and finally, Jimf01, you're wrong (again). You're the one who first brought up the President's use of a teleprompter. If you forgot, a re-examination of the posts above should refresh your memory.
a resident of another community
on Apr 18, 2012 at 6:00 am
I really don't see the point in continuing to discuss this with jimf01 until he releases his birth certificate, tax returns, and academic records to us. First, for all we know, he might not even be a Pleasanton resident. What if he lives miles and miles away and only posts here to disrupt our Community of Character? What if he's not really Taxed Enough Already? We have no proof of this! What if he's not very intelligent? Again, I've seen no real evidence of it on this site.
Oh, and can one of you Tea Party Professors show me where to find George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, or Ronald Reagan's academic records? I know this has been required of all the white presidents, too, and I'm sure it's mandated by the Constitution, but for some reason I can't find them. That's why I'm voting for Romney--he's not hiding his academic records, his tax returns, or even his birth certificate!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 18, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Looks like it may be a close race.
Web Link
a resident of another community
on Apr 18, 2012 at 1:03 pm
These types of polls are meaningless. This will be an electoral battle in a few key states. Highest likelihood is the winner of Pennsylvania takes it.
This ABC story seems to capture the current conventional wisdom Web Link
a resident of Parkside
on Apr 19, 2012 at 9:09 am
Mitts dog....based on your hokey name and the fact you have no interest in the polls of likely voters, maybe this little distraction is up your alley:
"...in President Obama's best-selling memoir, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance," the president recalls being fed dog meat as a young boy in Indonesia..."
Web Link
Man's best friend indeed.......what's next, cannibalism?
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 19, 2012 at 10:26 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Ho ho, "he got what he could". Outlawing denial of coverage for children with pre-existing conditions could have been gotten without sticking it into the largest piece of legislation under his presidency, putting it together with the questionable individual mandate. I made this point already.
a resident of another community
on Apr 21, 2012 at 6:57 am
Looks like ol' jimbo's fled the scene. Curious that a request for reciprocal transparency made him scamper like an undocumented immigrant at a Jan Brewer rally. There really can't be any lingering doubts now that jim has a lot to hide from truth-loving patriots like the rest of us.
a resident of another community
on Apr 21, 2012 at 3:46 pm
More facts to send all the GOP nutjobs scampering:
Relative to national economic trends, states that increased spending enjoyed on average:
0.2 percentage point decrease in the unemployment rate
1.4 percent increase in private employment
0.5 percent real economic growth since the start of the recession
In contrast, states that cut spending saw on average
1 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate
2.1 percent loss of private employment
2.9 percent real economic contraction relative to the national economic trend
We could debate whether the Republicans (and some Democrats) pushing these policies see rising unemployment as a good thing as opposed to just not caring since it doesn't touch their families. But there's no way to seriously argue they're trying to reduce unemployment and put people back to work.
Source: Center for American Progress
a resident of another community
on Apr 23, 2012 at 11:04 am
jimf01 is a registered user.
Adam Hersh, the liberal economist who works for the George Soros funded Center for American Progress simply ignores a common truth in statistical analysis, "Correlation does not imply causation". There is no correlation to data from other recessions included here. That's because data from other recessions make this recovery look quite weak indeed.
Anyone old enough to remember knows that unemployment went higher, interests rates were WAY higher, and the recession that faced Ronald Reagan in the early 80's was much deeper, and the recovery that was underway three years later was much stronger.
Here 's another quote from Adam Hersh last year when he was coming up with this info:
Adam Hersh, an economist with the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress, recently ran a calculation to see when, at the current pace, the nation would regain the number of jobs lost during the great recession. The answer was 2037. "Look, we have a huge employment crisis," Mr. Hersh said. Web Link
What has changed in a year on jobs? Very little. But the Democrats are practiced at manufacturing claims to back up their positions. Practiced at it, just not real good at it.
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But hey, by all means, please do have the Democrat President run on his economic record. The American people will judge this admin on it, whether he tells the truth or not.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 410 diseños de 96 diseñadores freelance.
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We are developing a brand identity for a new human resources consulting firm. While larger companies have an in house human resources group, Caldwell Human Resources helps smaller companies, dentists and other professionals manage hiring, performance, discipline, documentation and termination, employee retention and employee productivity. Services include HR consulting, best practices, policies, templates and forms, employee handbooks, training, HR compliance, etc.
Small business owners and professionals looking to outsource human resources. Primary geography is the Pacific Northwest, but the brand will target small companies throughout the U.S.
We are looking for a wordmark and logo treatment that is clean, simple, and professional. No color palette or specific visual aesthetic have been chosen so we are open a variety of design concepts and color ideas. Graphically, we want something that depicts people and productivity.
Please submit each concept 2-up, with one version against pure white background and a second version reversed against a pure black background; no gradient backgrounds; we want to be sure the winning design will display well in a variety of applications (print, online, etc.)
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The issue of cities and land deals connected to sporting teams is playing out up and down the state.
It's like a sporting event watching the politics of it all whether it involves the LA Coliseum or the San Francisco 49ers and their plan to move out of town.
The latest deal happened in the heart of Silicon Valley where San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and the San Jose City Council voted to make available about five acres of city-owned land to the Oakland A's for a fraction of its value.
U.S. & World
The land, part of the acreage set aside for the ballpark, will sell for $6.9 million only if the A's relocate to San Jose. The price is about half of the land's present value and about one-quarter of what the city originally paid.
The question of whether Oakland should come south is not the subject of this discussion; most South Bay residents love the idea.
Rather, the focus is on the long-discussed question of whether a local government should be doing favors for a private party at a time when draconian cuts in services and programs are a constant for San Jose's population.
City leaders contend that the lost funds associated with the fire sale will be returned in a matter of a few years through increased property taxes, sales taxes and other new revenues--funds that may be used to provide more community services.
Hopefully, that will occur if the A's come to town and the deal goes forward.
But along with all the excitement of big league baseball coming to San Jose, there is a nagging question-- should government be doing favors for a private sector client clearly capable of meeting its needs when so many public obligations are at risk?
How many police officers or firefighters could the city hire if the land was sold for an amount closer to the full value when the local economy improved?
How many more hours could libraries remain open?
It's a discussion worth having, not only because of the present situation, but for fiscally challenging times when city leaders may need to define who should benefit from public resources at the same time that so many others suffer from doing without them.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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You did good Fonzzy Sue!! If I can figure it out I will contact you and try to do it for you
No announcement yet.
Scrappin' Challenge 3 ~ Hosted by Autisticwonder
new posts
Fonzy girl..
It has been several years since I have done any blinkies..so you are dusting me off with this challenge to make you one!!
I will do my best for you using your goodies!!!
Will email you the results by the end of the week..10-26-13
Maybe we need another Blinkie challenge! I'll simplify it better!!
OK..it's done! Not the best job..but it's finished using your template..I'm sorry to have forgotten how to do these..but working yours helped me remember some of it! Go to your inbox for the link!
You are too kind KimmyAnn! Took 3 hours to make her blinkie!! LOL 82 frames to make up! Could not remember some very basic steps to follow! Now she needs help figuring out how to put it in her signature..I'm assuming same as the buttons get loaded..the instructions I gave her did not work..she has the url link! Can you tell her?
THanks much!
Upload the blinkie to Photo bucket, Click the IMG link and it will copy, next go to your settings, click on edit signature on left side, and then insert the IMG link in signature box, by clicking on the little picture box, just like posting a LO.
You can preview your signature by clicking preview button at the bottom, if everything is good, click save.....
Hope this Helps Fonzzy SueHugs!!
This link is same as I gave her...so she can pick it up here and follow your incredible directions!
I need to make a Fall blinkie for myself! I have a winter I really like! So KimmyAnn..send me your
work up..tell me how you want it to "blinkie" transition frames..etc..and I'll have at it! Now..housework
has to get done and for breaks I come up with another SHAPE! LOL
O Fonzzy that is too cute!!! Thanks Donna, for offering to make me another, but I haven't figured out what I want yet
Now Fonzy, how I put it in my signature was like this:
I right clicked on the blinkie Donna posted - Saved Picture As to my computer - Up loaded to Photobucket my account.
(If you click the blinkie it will take you to Donna's photo bucket page, where you can get the IMG link also)
Next I went to setting in SBM (next to your name at top) next click on Edit Signature - I clicked in my signature where I wanted it (after everything else) and I just pasted the link.
I hope it works for you!!!Hugs!!


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Are the electronic retailer's latest closures a shift away from the giant strip mall model?
Best Buy is learning the hard way that bigger isn't always better.
Following their reported fourth-quarter net-loss of $1.7 billion, the electronics retailer recently announced that it plans to close 50 of its big box locations throughout North America and open 100 of its smaller Best Buy Mobile stores. Of the stores that are closing, most are located on the edge of a city or suburban center and are surround by other familiar retailers who have, for decades, embraced the development model of building big box stores surrounded by vast parking lots on cheap land. By my count, 18 of the planned closures are in "very walkable" areas, according to Walk Score. But of those 18, only three — in Baltimore, Boston, and Los Angeles — are in truly urban settings, surrounded by more than just parking lots and similarly large buildings.
Is this strategic downsizing signaling a dramatic shift away from the big box development model so prevalent throughout North America?
Don't bet on it just yet. The closure of some big box stores in conjunction with the opening of smaller retail configurations certainly marks a shift in thinking when it comes to retail development. For now though, it's still a very, very small shift. In 2011, there were 1,099 Best Buy stores in the United States. Subtracting 50 stores from that total moves the number of stores to 2009 levels, but still a far cry from the 357 stores the company operated in 2000. Of the more than 1,000 remaining Best Buy stores throughout the U.S., 518, nearly half, are of the 45,000 square-foot variety, with the next largest chunk, 425, coming in at 30,000 square-feet.
Conversely, there were only 177 of the newer, 1,200-square-feet Best Buy Mobile stores in 2011. But by the end of 2016, the company expects to have 600-800 of the smaller stores. After taking a quick look at the current locations of some of the Mobile stores, it appears most are located in the shopping malls that line the exurbs and the highways that lead to them. A few are located in urban centers like Manhattan and Boston.
As Best Buy adds more of these small stores, it'll be worth watching to see if they make a move into more urban centers. Methodical downsizing will give the retailer more versatility to make the move into more dense, walkable locations if and when the day comes when big boxes turn to big ghost malls.
At least on a small scale, Best Buy seems to be buying into the adage often embraced by cities, "less is more."


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Eight helmeted men on four motorcycles forced Wickramatunga's
car to the side of a busy street outside
Wickramatunga, editor-in-chief of the weekly The Sunday Leader, was a prominent senior Sri Lankan journalist known for his critical reporting on the government. According to his brother, Lal Wickramatunga, chairman of the paper's parent company, Leader Publications, the editor had received anonymous death threats for months.
Lasantha Wickramatunga's wife, Sonali
Samarasinghe-Wickramatunga, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that
the couple had been followed by two men on a motorcycle as they ran errands earlier
that morning. Samarasinghe-Wickramatunga left
Wickramatunga foresaw his own murder. In an editorial written shortly before his death and published three days after the murder, he said: "Countless journalists have been harassed, threatened, and killed. It has been my honor to belong to all those categories and now especially the last."


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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Friday, March 15, 2013, at Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. in Lincoln. Committee meetings begin at 8 a.m. and the Board meeting begins at noon. All meetings are open to the public. Meetings also will be audio-streamed live at www.nebraska.edu.
Following are highlights of the March Board meeting. A complete agenda and schedule is available here.
8 a.m.: Legislative Update Presenter: Sen. Greg Adams, Speaker of the Legislature
8:15 a.m.: Business Affairs Committee Topic: Budget Presenter: Chris Kabourek, NU assistant vice president for business and finance and director of budget
Topic: UNO Arena/Community Facility Presenters: University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor John Christensen; Athletics Director Trev Alberts; Bill Conley, vice chancellor for business and finance; and Joel Pedersen, NU vice president and general counsel
9:15 a.m.: Break
9:30 a.m.: Academic Affairs Committee Topic: Strategic Framework Report – Research Update Presenters: Susan Fritz, NU interim executive vice president and provost; Jennifer Larsen, vice chancellor for research, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Risto Rautiainen, associate professor in the UNMC College of Public Health and Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health; Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Rodney Moxley, professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UNLTopic: Sequestration Impact on Federal Research Funds Presenters: Chris Kabourek and Matt Hammons, NU director of federal relations
Topic: Sequestration Impact on Student Aid Presenter: Craig Munier, director of scholarships and financial aid, UNL, and 2013-14 chair of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
11:20 a.m.: Lunch
Noon: Board of Regents meeting
The Board will be asked to approve:
- A new undergraduate certificate in information technology administration in the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Information Science & Technology. (Addendum IX-A-1)
- A five-year extension of the agreement with adidas America, Inc. for exclusive sponsorship of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's athletic programs. (Addendum IX-B-2)
- An agreement with the University of Nebraska Foundation providing for acceptance of a gift from the Robert and Ardis James Foundation which will support an addition to the International Quilt Study Center at UNL. (Addendum IX-B-3)
- The program statement and budget for the Health Sciences Education Building at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. (Addendum IX-B-11)
- A resolution authorizing the University of Nebraska Facilities Corp. to issue bonds for financing of the cancer center project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. (Addendum IX-B-13)
- The program statement and budget for the UNO arena. (Addendum IX-B-19)
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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and send your kid off to her first day of kindergarten. I did NOT promise myself I wouldn't cry. I promised myself I'd bawl like a infant. LET'S GO!
RIDICULOUSNESS – 10:00PM (MTV) There's an entire new block of programming on MTV tonight, starting at 10 with this show in which host Rob Drydek takes you around the Intertubes and shows you all of the silliest viral videos he can find, including people falling off of pogo sticks and stuff. I really liked this show the first time I saw it, WHEN IT WAS CALLED TOSH.0. I bet Rob is already used to that joke. ANTICIPATION: BUFFERING!
DEATH VALLEY – 10:30PM (MTV) Next up on MTV tonight is this mockumentary show about the LAPD's Undead Task Force, charged with helping the city control its vampire and zombie populations. It's not a bad concept, though I do prefer that all my mockumentaries include at least 17 minutes of Ron Swanson. ANTICIPATION: DEAD PEOPLE!
CUFF'D – 11:00PM (MTV) Your final new MTV show tonight is this documentary series taking a look at teens getting arrested (and in one case, pepper sprayed), and awaiting their time in jail. I'd really like to know what MTV has against the "e" in all past tense suffixes. Regardless, I for one would very much like to see a half an hour of ungrateful teenagers getting tased and beaten with nightsticks. It's really a dream come true for me, and for most adult Americans. ANTICIPATION: TASTE THE JUSTICE!
CRAVE – 8:30PM (Food Network) It's a brand new food porn show, featuring food writer Troy Johnson searching the nation for the most crave-worthy foods. Tonight he goes around looking for the best slice of pizza in the country, because NO SHOW has ever done that before five hundred times. ANTICIPATION: PIZZA!
CARFELLAS – 10:00PM (Discovery) Ring the bell, because we're five-for-five with new shows tonight. This last one is a Discovery Channel show featuring a reformed convict turned used car dealer. Funny. They usually become convicts AFTER being used car dealers. This one's the other way around! ANTICIPATION: SLEAZY!
Monday Watch List: MTV Rolls Out The New Shows
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and send your kid off to her first day of kindergarten. I did NOT promise myself I wouldn't cry. I promised myself I'd bawl like a infant. LET'S GO!


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Participants learned how to make four mother sauces at a cooking class by Memphis Cook's Exchange. Up next: Fall Pasta Workshop on Sept. 28.
The first thing I learned to cook in eighth-grade Home Ec class was white sauce. The sauce was a base for creamed chipped beef on toast. The chipped beef looked disgusting, and I wouldn't eat it.
Forty years later, I decided to tackle my disdain for the most basic mother sauce in cooking with help from chefs Sue Hall and Wendy Rylee, who offer cooking classes at the Whitton Farms Cannery through Memphis Cook's Exchange. Happily, my second attempt was more successful. Calling the sauce Béchamel helped. So did the affable encouragement of class members and the chefs' hands-on demonstrations.
One of four sauces we made during the afternoon's Classic Sauce Workshop, the Béchamel was a lead-up to Hollandaise, Buerre Blanc and a simple but spectacular Pomodoro. (The secret ingredient in the tomato sauce: one or two teaspoons of balsamic vinegar.)
Simply put, these women could cook, tossing out advice and flavor combinations with easy aplomb. Consider these tips from class, all well-worth remembering:
If tomato sauce is too sweet, add more tomatoes, a little water or chicken stock.
Always save the rind ends from Parmesan cheese. Add them to soups for extra flavor. They freeze just fine.
Roast soup or knuckle bones at 350 degrees for 30 or 40 minutes and toss the bones into Sunday gravy.
Store a four-pack of individual serve wine in the kitchen for cooking.
You can't reheat Hollandaise, so keep it warm in a thermos until ready to serve.
Toss pasta with a little sauce to keep it from sticking together.
Cut butter into slices and refrigerate before making Buerre Blanc. The cold slices make for easy and uniform whisking.
It's no wonder the class was so informative. Both women are culinary-school trained, and Hall still helps with the catering at her parent's longtime restaurant Valle's Italian Rebel, located in Whitehaven. The friends met at the former Viking Cooking School in Park Place Mall where they worked as instructors. When the school closed, they decided to keep teaching.
"We missed teaching together, because we always had so much fun," Hall said.
For now, the team teaches classes at the Cannery about once a month. Students cook and sample, so be sure to bring an appetite. For the sauce workshop, we lunched on pasta tossed with Pomodoro, lightly steamed asparagus with Hollandaise, and mini crab cakes drizzled with Buerre Blanc (which is white wine butter sauce, btw.) The recipe from Chef Richard Grenamyer of the former Blue Fish was an outstanding combination of jumbo lump crab, torn French bread, green onions, fresh dill and corn.
Expect similar culinary treats at the Fall Pasta Workshop Sept. 28, when participants will make pasta from scratch, including pumpkin ravioli with sage butter, three cheese manicotti with Pomodoro Sauce and fettuccini with Gorgonzola cream. A Homemade Soups Workshop follows on Oct. 5 with classic French onion soup, Italian minestrone, seafood bisque with sherry cream and broccoli cheese with lemon-pepper croutons.
Is anybody hungry yet?
Memphis Cook's Exchange also stages cooking parties for home cooks and corporate clients. For more information on private events or to register for upcoming classes, go to the Memphis Cook's Exchange Facebook page or email Hall and Rylee at email@example.com.
Fall Pasta Workshop, Sept. 28, and Homemade Soups Workshop, Oct. 5, at Whitton Farms Cannery, $60. Classes run from noon to 3 p.m.


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Chicken Kofta Curry - Day 7
Apologies for the bad picture. It doesn't speak at all about the melt-in-your-mouth quality of these koftas or the mellow taste of coconut milk, studded with cashews. It was a hurried weeknight dinner, thrown together with pantry staples and there just wasn't enough time to find a good angle. Hunger won over the desire to capture the image satisfactorily.
I used the chicken meatballs recipe from this previous post. I had made and frozen a batch the previous week. They were dunked in a simple curry of coconut milk and fresh ginger-garlic paste and scooped up with store bought naans. I really don't remember the proportion, but for the sake of the recipe am going to put down what I think is right. You can adjust your seasoning as you go along.
Chicken Kofta Curry
1/2 can coconut milk
1 onion, chopped real fine or made into paste
2-3 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
2-3 small green chilies
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp nigella seeds
pinch of turmeric
1/2 cup yogurt
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cashews, grind some to paste and fry the rest
chopped coriander leaves.
Heat some ghee in a kadai, splutter the jeera and nigella seeds and fry the onion paste and ginger-garlic paste. Add the green chilies, cashew paste, yogurt and both milks. Let the mixture boil for a while and add the cumin and coriander powder. Slide in the meatballs/koftas. Take the curry off the heat. Garnish with coriander leaves and fried cashews.
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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
A lot of people do not like much Proof of Stake (PoS) coins as quite a lot of these do not have a long lifespan and are generally considered a loss of time and money, however there are some coins that have endured the test of time. Some of these coins might be an interesting option to invest into by buying and making some profit from the staking and future increase in their value, below we have compiled a short list of some such coins with a bit more details about each one and a link to the announcement thread on Bitcointalk where you can get additional information to help you make a decision. The focus of the list are coins with higher annual interest rate as if there is just 1% or less per year you can only hope to gain profit by long term increase of the value of the coin. When considering PoS coins that might be interesting for long term investment you should look for ones with higher interest rate that start at about 5% annually, but be careful with ones that have a very high interest rate as that might not be that good. Other things to look for include an active and bigger community of users, the coin being traded on larger altcoin exchanges such as Bitttrex or Poloniex with a decent volume. Check our list below with some such coins that we consider that are worth checking out in more detail if you are interested in making investment in Proof of Stake coins, the list may be missing some coins, so feel free to point additional ones in the comments below…
List of PoS coins to check out:
– BlackCoin (BLK/BC), currently PoS only, fixed stakign reward of 1.5 BLK + fees time dependent, traded on Bittrex and Poloniex with big volume, active community.
– CoinMagi (XMG) – M7M, PoW and PoS, up to 5% annual interest rate, traded on Bittrex and Poloniex, small volume, active community.
– Diamond (DMD), Diamond-Groestl, 0.2 DMD PoW, 25% annual interest rate for PoS, decreasing further in time, traded on Bittrex, active community.
– Mintcoin (MINT), currently PoS only, 10% annual interest rate to further decrease to 5%, traded on Poloniex, large volume, active community.
– OKCash (OK), currently PoS only, 20% annual interest rate to decrease further to 6%, traded on Bittrex, small volume, small community.
– HyperStake (HYP), currently Pos only, up to 750% annual interest rate with limitations on how much coins you can stake driving actual rate lower, traded on Poloniex, small volume, active community.
– Hyper (HYPER), currently PoS only, 5% monthly interest rate to further decrease to 2% annual, traded on Bittrex, small volume, active community.
– Quotient (XQN), currently PoS only, 1618% annual interest rate for PoS (max reward cap?), traded on Bittrex, small volume.
– Reddcoin (RDD), currently PoS only, 5% annual interest for PoS, traded on Bittrex and Poloniex with big volume, active comunity.
– ZeitCoin (ZEIT), currently Pos only, 15% annual interest rate to further decrease to 5%, traded on smaller exchanges only, small volume, active community.
One of the main issues for users that are into altcoins are coins switching to PoS (Proof of Stake) or supporting both PoW (Proof of Work) and PoS (Proof of Stake) is that they need to run multiple wallets all the time usually with very low interest rate to keep them motivated. Of course the idea of PoS is to keep the network operational and with multiple nodes by stimulating users with rewards to keep their wallets running all the time, but this rarely happens as planned. This is precisely why the user interest usually drops in coins once they go to PoS pretty quick, but there is an interesting solution that might help users not loose interest in PoS coins and avoid the inconvenience of running multiple coin wallets all the time. Staisybit is an online wallet for multiple crypto coins that allows users to keep their coins stored in it and have them staked, earning rewards based on the interest rate that each coin has with very low fees. This will save you the trouble of running multiple wallets that can be heavy on the computer they are installed and require a lot of resources, especially if they are more than just a few coins. The drawback will be a smaller number of users running the wallet and supporting the network of the specific coins as the service runs a single wallet per coin with multiple users, but then again it is also about the convenience of the users.
Staisybit has been available for a while apparently, but it is not very well known among users apparently and is not very popular, even though it provides interesting service and is easy to use and works well. Currently the service has support for 13 different coins with PoS, they are: Bitz (BITZ), Blackcoin (BLK), Diamond (DMD), Energycoin (ENRG), Europecoin (ERC), Fuelcoin (FUEL), Noblecoin (NOBL), OKCash (OK), Shadowcoin (SDC), Sterlingcoin (SLG), Vericoin (VRC), CoinMagi (XMG) and Quotient (XQN). Once you register (set a secure password with small and big caps and numbers) you need to Open Wallet for the supported coin you like and send in some coins in order for the staking to start. The service can use a bit of polishing and needs some more information and details such as info on all supported coins as some of them might not be familiar to many users etc, but is still quite good and might be useful to some users.
– If you are interested in checking out the cloud staking online wallet service…
BlackCoin (BLK) is pure Proof of Stake coin, except stage of initial distribution, when it's mixed PoW and PoS coin. Recent Bitcoin patches against transaction malleability are integrated. Problem is not solved, but harder to exploit. Mining of Blackcoin will only be available for one week, since after the 10.000th block it will be a Proof of Stake coin only.
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Cookies have been and will likely always be my favorite thing to bake. I imagine my favoritism largely has something to due with the fact that cookies are one of my favorite things to eat. In addition they are easy, versatile, and always a crowd-pleaser. All these reasons are why I chose to use my green M&M's in a cookie. I had considered making a cake or brownies for St. Patrick's day, but in the end I went with cookies. I used my traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe and jut replaced half the chocolate chips with M&M's. You could definitely make these with any of the Holiday M&M's or you could just use regular M&M's because they are so good there is no need to wait for a holiday. If you do choose to make these cookies tonight or tomorrow for St. Patrick's day, I assure you they go well with beer :)
M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 1/4 cup M&M candies
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, salt, package of vanilla pudding mix, and dash of cinnamon. In a second larger bowl beat together the butter, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Slowly beat in the flour mixture until smooth. Stir in the chocolate chips and M&M's. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Recipe makes between 4 and 5 dozen cookies.


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Sergio Aguero has shone on football's biggest stages, playing for his country in the FIFA World Cup and Copa America, and scoring freely for clubs in the Spanish Liga and Premier League following his breakthrough as the youngest debutant in the Argentine league at 15. For Diego Maradona's son-in-law, it must be hard to separate the extraordinary from the everyday, yet get him on the subject of the Olympic football tournament and he does not hesitate to describe it as "unique".
The prospect of tomorrow's draw for the football event at this year's London Olympics had Aguero casting his mind back four years ago to Beijing where he played a prominent part in Argentina's triumph, scoring twice in the semi-final defeat of Brazil before the victory over Nigeria in the gold-medal match. "I had never been to the Olympics and my team-mates who had been said it was something incredible," Aguero remembered. "When it came to my turn, it was something unique, that you can only experience once. I was so pleased and especially because we could achieve the gold medal."
Aguero was reflecting on the Olympic experience with his City colleague and compatriot Pablo Zabaleta, also a gold medallist with Argentina in 2008. The pair sat down with FIFA.com after an autograph session with fans at the Etihad Stadium club shop to reflect on that shared memory and look ahead to this year's Olympic Games, taking place in the country they currently call home.
The presence of Olympic football in Manchester – albeit at Old Trafford, home of City's rivals Manchester United – will "bring back a lot of memories" for Aguero, and he believes the 16 men's and 12 women's teams will find the perfect stage in Britain to create new ones. "People coming from abroad for the first time will like for sure the stadiums and training complexes. They won't regret being here."
Zabaleta may joke about the rain that traditionally dampens the summer in these parts but he concurs. "Britain is very well prepared to host an Olympics," he said. "It will take place in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. For Britain it is a great challenge, and, as Sergio said, especially for the athletes who will enjoy an unforgettable experience."
For Zabaleta, being at the Olympics is wholly different from the usual experience of a professional footballer, and all the more precious for that. "When we go to play in any tournament, friendly matches, whatever, we always go in very professional way, with the tools to work, good hotels, good food, everything is great. The difference with the Olympic Games is the amateur spirit. There you're in the same boat as all the other sportsmen, athletes from other disciplines – you have the same rooms, with six or eight in the same apartment with just one bathroom. You have to get a bus to go and eat; you're training in difficult places. This is the difference."
In the case of Argentina's footballers in Beijing, this allowed priceless opportunities to mingle with big names from other sports, as Zabaleta explained. "We had the good fortune to meet [Rafa] Nadal, Kobe Bryant, other Argentinian sportsmen who were staying in the same place." There were also outings to see Las Leonas, Argentina's women's hockey team, recalled Aguero, though it is the Argentina "basketball team" that he will be following closely in London, given the footballers' failure to qualify.
It is Brazil and Uruguay who will fly the flag for South America instead and the significance of the Olympic football tournament was spelled out further by former Brazil strike ace Ronaldo, who will assist at tomorrow's draw at Wembley Stadium. He was part of the Brazil side that won bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Games and he ranks that experience "among my greatest achievements in football". In Ronaldo's words "the Brazil national team always aims for first place, but sport, and the Olympic Games in particular, teach us to value all accomplishments."
If there is no doubting the impact of the Olympic spirit even on hardened professional footballers, Zabaleta expands further on the significance, as an Argentinian abroad, of playing for his country. "We left [Argentina] some time ago and to go back and spend time with people from your country and be with your family who are still there is special, to represent you country is something extra," he said. He and Aguero were part of the Argentina side that reached the quarter-finals of the Copa America on home soil last year – "playing in your home country with your own people is great," says Zabaleta – and their association at international level goes back much further.
Zabaleta, then 20, captained Argentina at the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup, leading a team that included both Aguero and Lionel Messi to the trophy. "He learned a lot from me," jokes Zabaleta though Aguero, 17 at the time, was already a first-teamer with Independiente. Two years later Aguero followed his friend's lead by skippering Argentina to the title again (winning the adidas Golden Ball and Golden Shoe too), and he sees a clear reason for La Albiceleste's success at junior levels. "In Argentina, unlike in Europe, the coaches give you your chance very young. This gives you experience and when you go to the U-20s you're up against players from Europe who aren't playing in the top flight so you have the advantage."
Of course, Argentina in 2005 had another advantage: Leo Messi. "From when he was little you could see he was different; he had a special touch," Aguero says of the Barcelona ace. "Already in that tournament you could tell he was going to go very far." As far as Beijing, in fact, where he helped illuminate the last Olympics – with a helping hand from the two Argentinians who were busy lighting up a rainy afternoon in Manchester for a long queue of fans last week.


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President Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort around Mitt Romney for the White House.
Obama's April fundraising haul fell short of the $53 million he raised in March. That's as his campaign said more than 400,000 people contributed to the campaign last month, including 169,000 new donors.
"This election is going to be close, given the historic challenges this country faced when the president came into office," campaign manager Jim Messina told supporters in a YouTube video released Wednesday.
Obama's fundraising announcement came the same day the Republican group Crossroads GPS said it would spend $25 million on ads critical of the president. Crossroads is the non-profit arm of American Crossroads, a "super" political committee backed by former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove that has raised about $100 million this election to defeat Obama.
Indeed, Messina's message pointed to the millions of dollars being spent on anti-Obama ads by so-called special interests and oil company executives — specifically calling out the Koch brothers, who founded Americans For Prosperity. That group has spent about $5 million on ads so far critical of Obama.
While Romney and the Republicans have super PACs working in their favor, so does Obama. Priorities USA Action on Tuesday released a video critical of Bain Capital, the firm Romney once headed. But Democratic super PACs have raised and spent less on average than their GOP counterparts, including Restore Our Future, which supports Romney.
Obama's campaign and the Democratic Party had about $124 million cash on hand at the end of March, while Romney and the GOP reported $43 million left in the bank at the end of March, federal reports show. Obama's recent figures don't count donations this month, when the president raised about $15 million at a Hollywood fundraising event hosted by actor George Clooney.
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President spoke of the success of the Raffy Memorial BBQ, huge turnout, great time. 1 pilot was suspended for violation of the 25' rule. Discussion proceeded regarding changing Rules and Bylaws to allow officers to issue suspensions for up to 14 days without a hearing. Show of hands indicated majority of members support the change. Ken reported that the FF SUP is up for renewal shortly, and steps being taken to assure this.
V.P. gave a report of new stickers issued.
Treasurer reported bank balance of $16473. Budget being met, Proceeds of t shirt sales $100. BBQ cost $300.
Safety officer reported on accident report filed with USHPA regarding recent pilot fatality due to equipment failure.
Clubhouse Mgr reported 2 spaces available, and commented on the great job Rob Johnson did painting the clubhouse floor. Big thanks to Rob from all!
Tech officer reported on weather station maintenance, ropes camera, ongoing DSL issues, and need for auto re-boot of computer.
Tandem Administrator reported new equipment inspection stickers will be issued to tandem pilots, new requirement for side wires replacement annually -proof of purchase required.
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Summer Miracles for Kids and Families
January 29, 2010
by Daniel Neal
Three and a half years ago my wife, Heller An, and I met our now 14-year-old son, Alex, through an amazing organization: Kidsave International. Kidsave's motto is "Because every child needs a family." Simply put, that is why kidsave exists. It helps kids without families find them.
In their own words:
"Kidsave gives kids who are hidden from public view in foster care and orphanages the opportunity to visit with families and build relationships. We work as a catalyst for change, training social workers, orphanage workers and volunteers to help kids find permanent families, and change practices, laws and public financing to increase permanent family care for orphans and youth in foster care."
Since 1999, more than 2700 individual children have found parents and lasting connections with adults because of Kidsave programs. Thousands more orphans and children in foster care around the globe have parents and lasting connections because of Kidsave's training and advocacy efforts.
One of Kidsave's most successful programs is its Summer Miracle Program.
Our family participated in this program in 2006. Yes, you probably guessed: our beloved son Alex was the child we hosted that magical summer.
Kidsave is now seeking Host Families for its 2010 Summer Miracles Program. If you know someone who may wish to learn about this program, you can find out more here .
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Why is anyone who cares about the environment drinking bottled water? Yesterday, I went out for lunch at a trendy Philadelphia spot. The city has a very hip and environmentally conscious restaurant scene.
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Just as is true in New York, Chicago and San Francisco, the city's menus boast that there are no genetically engineered grains or vegetables. Most things being served are grown relatively locally and the chickens that appear on plates have ranged freely and happily before being turned into dinner.
One thing you quickly notice in fancy-pants establishments such as this is that despite all the attention to the political correctness of the food, everyone drinks bottled water. Philly bistros are awash in fizzy water from San Gimignano in Italy, still waters from French springs, mountain water from Norway and water that is supposedly captured from the waterfalls of Fiji.
So at this fashionable eatery, I asked for tap water. Eyeballs rolled, but I was right in my request. Why? Because it's time for those of us who care about the environment and are concerned about global warming to stop buying and drinking bottled water.
Droplets of truth
Not too long ago, critics of Al Gore were prattling on about how his daughter had served Chilean sea bass — a rare fish — at her wedding reception and that Gore had eaten it. Well, protecting the fish may be a nice thing to do, but it does not make a difference to the problem of global warning and the even bigger problem of handling the enormous amount of waste humanity is dumping into leaky landfills. If you want to head out on hypocrisy patrol among the environmentally concerned, don't worry about what they are eating or whether they fly, drive or walk from place to place. Just ask them, "What are you drinking?"
Here are a few facts about bottled water:
- The containers are made of plastic or glass. When full, both become very heavy. It costs a fortune in oil to ship heavy bottles around the country, much less around the world.
- Close to 2 million tons of plastic was used to make bottles for water last year. That manufacturing involves an enormous about of petroleum, since it is a key ingredient in plastic. In the U.S. alone, 30 million bottles a day, billions of bottles a year get tossed out. Recycling them costs another small fortune in gasoline to haul them to plants.
- Bottled water is being promoted all over the world by a host of companies such as PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Co., Nestle and Cadbury Schweppes. These companies, plus the boutique outfits such as Evian and S. Pellegrino, are staking their future on getting you to drink water from bottles since it is getting harder and harder to persuade you to drink soda and other sugared water from their cans — and it's working.
- According to Beverage Marketing Corp., a provider of beverage-related data, consumption of bottled water has been growing by a gallon a year per capita in the U.S., and consumption has doubled in the past decade. Americans now drink more water from bottles overall than any other nation. However, we are only tenth among nations of the world in drinking bottled water per capita, trailing Italy, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany and Switzerland.
Then there's the cost. Why pay dollars per gallon for bottled water packaged with a fancy name and aesthetically impressive label when you can get pure and healthy New York City, Seattle, Boston, Geneva or Singapore tap water for pennies without adding to environmental problems?
In other words, if you want to do something to really reduce global warming and cut down the earth's pollution burden, stop buying bottled water. The containers mean oil in the shipping, oil in the refrigerating and oil in the recycling, not to mention the oil that's also needed in the manufacturing of plastic bottles. That's a whole lot of oil to quench your thirst in a most unethical way.
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