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Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
I usually write a short article for each issue of Christianity Today, and last week I began contributing to the CT Liveblog, a coop blog for editors and reporters, with "Christian mission at the porn convention." You probably also saw it here, as co-posting will be the M.O. when I blog for CT.
Today on the Liveblog, Stan Guthrie has a piece attributing the roller-coaster round of early primaries to economic uncertainty. And while I can't say I agree with his political priorities or that I remember stagflation, he makes a strong point encouraging Christians not to worry about what tomorrow brings:
Every generation worries about the economy (remember the âstagflationâ of the seventies?), and while no one knows the future with precision, I would guess that we have less to fear than most generationsâeven if recession comes. There are many other issues we also must consider, such as the war on terror, peace in the Middle East, abortion, the environment, and other priority issues.
Beyond all that, as Christians, we should look at the coming election through the lens of faith, not fear. We are to trust God to provide, not the promises of politicians. As a certain nonpolitical leader once said:
âTherefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.â
Thus, whatever the economy brings, we are to be busy doing his workâincluding helping those who really are strugglingâtrusting him to provide our needs each day.
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January 14, 2008 | 9:13 am
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
There is the Unitarian Church known as The Onion, where Ken Kesey and his Band of Merry Pranksters held their first acid test in L.A. And, of course, there is The Onion newspaper, which publishes story with headlines like this: "Dairy Company Introduces Lots-Of-Pulp Milk."
But there is also The Onion for Christians, better known LarkNews.com, via Christianity Today.
What keeps fans coming back for each month's fresh material is a wit so sharp that, as with The Onion, people sometimes mistake its satirical stories for real news. In February 2003, for example, Kilpatrick made up an item that Zondervan would publish a gay-friendly version of its New International Version of the Bible. Like many gay advocates within churches, the theoretical gNIV assumed that Jonathan and David were lovers. Enough people sent in horrified e-mails that Zondervan issued a statement calling the report "a sick joke."
Meanwhile, homeschooling bloggers fell for "Harvard forcing homeschoolers to 'Fit In,'" which played off of stereotypes that such students need more social skills. And Christian radio stations were duped by "Wal-Mart rejects 'racy' worship cd": "The latest Vineyard Music worship cd, 'Intimacy, vol. 2,' has raced to the top of the Christian sales charts, but Wal-Mart is refusing to stock the album without slapping on a parental warning sticker. The groundbreakingâsome say risquéâalbum includes edgy worship songs such as 'My Lover, My God.'"
Today's top stories include "Warren to buy Saints, build Purpose-Driven Field," "Blessing the iPod: Churches sanctify music devices" and "Holy Spirit neglects to show up at revival."
January 13, 2008 | 5:05 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
A long-time voice for social justice in East Germany and its unified successor, the Rev. Christian Fuhrer is turning 65 and about to begin mandatory retirement. The New York Times made him the Saturday Profile.
CHRISTIAN FÃHRER was born in Leipzig in 1943, during World War II. Aside from how fitting his given name, Christian, is for a minister, his last name, Führer, simply means leader. Yet, for many â especially non-German speakers â the word is all but inseparable from Hitler. In addition to meaning leader, however, it also means guide, appropriate for a spiritual counselor.
A sickly child, he was fascinated by the way Jesus cared for the abject and the outsiders, and from a young age he knew he wanted to follow his father into the ministry. It was not a monastic life, however, but one of involvement that he sought. Pastor Führer cited Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the prominent German Protestant theologian who was part of a plot to overthrow Hitler, and was eventually executed in a concentration camp, as among his greatest influences.
âThe church must always be political,â he said, âbut there is a difference between political and party-political.â
If only American religious leaders and politicians agreed.
January 11, 2008 | 10:13 am
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
God-o-Meter looks at John McCain's second chance in South Carolina, the site of his presidential-would-be collapse eight years ago.
This all seems so eight years ago. A folksy Southern evangelical wins Iowa only to be stopped in his tracks by maverick John McCain. But will what happens next in the Republican presidential race be a replay of 2000? Will the Christian Right stop McCain cold in South Carolina? God-o-Meter doubts it. Let's examine the evidence:
1. As opposed to denouncing the Christian Right as "agents of intolerance," as he did in 2000, McCain is enthusiastically reaching out the movement. ...
2. McCain has launched a "truth squad" in South Carolina to smack down potentially ruinous attacks as they surface. Rumors spread by George W. Bush supporters about McCain in South Carolina—including that he had fathered an illegitimate child—hit him especially hard among "values voters." 3. McCain got just as many evangelical votes in New Hampshire as Mike Huckabee. ... Does this mean John McCain will have an easy time in the Palmetto State? No. But for McCain, what happens next won't be a replay of 2000.
January 10, 2008 | 5:26 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
My friends' apartment resides in the bluish glow of Scientology's LA offices, south and east of its Celebrity Centre in the former Château Elysee. I'm actually always surprised by how little foot traffic I see coming in and out of the main buildings, but clearly the religion based on the writings of sci-fi author L. Ron Hubbard has quite the following. The New Yorker checks in on its draw from the entertainment industry.
From the outset, the conversion of celebrities was important to Scientology. An internal newsletter produced by the Hubbard Communications Office, probably in the mid-fifties, asserts, âThere are many to whom America and the world listens. On the backs of these are carried most of the enthusiasms on which the society runs.â It goes on, âIt is obvious what would happen to America if we helped its leaders to help others. Project Celebrity is part of that program. It is obvious what would happen to Scientology if prime communicators benefitting from it would mention it now and then.â The piece concludes with a list of the dayâs starsâOrson Welles, Howard Hughes, Walt Disney, and Greta Garbo among themâreferring to them as âgameâ and âquarryâ for Scientologists to âhunt.â Though Scientology is not known to have had success with this early group, the movement now counts Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, and many other celebrities as members.
Celebrity Centre is used for Scientology courses and for âauditing,â a mainstay of the religion, in which a person undergoes a guided talk-therapy session, usually while holding a device known as an E-Meter, which is supposed to measure oneâs spiritual state. The goal is to eliminate âmental image picturesâ associated with traumatic events; when a person is âClearââfreed of all such associationsâhe can advance to the mystical and esoteric levels of Scientology. The path to becoming an âOperating Thetan,â or pure spiritual being (âthetanâ being Hubbardâs word for the soul), is laid out in a table called âThe Bridge to Total Freedom: Scientology Classification Gradation and Awareness Chart of Levels and Certificates.â Scientology is a technological religion and claims to have developed âexact, precise methods to increase manâs spiritual awareness and capability.â Completion of the Bridge takes years, and each stage requires a cash investment. An initial twelve-and-a-half-hour auditing session costs between six and seven hundred dollars, Greg LaClaire, a vice-president of Celebrity Centre, says. (Aspiring Scientologists can mitigate the expense by choosing to be audited by a fellow initiate rather than by a staff member.) In the Holiday 2007 Dianetics and Scientology catalogue, a deluxe Planetary Dissemination Edition E-Meterâbilled as a âtool for Golden Age of Tech certainty,â to assist in âfaster progress up The Bridgeââwas offered, in âDiamond Blue,â for five thousand five hundred dollars.
On Celebrity Centreâs upper floors, there are thirty-nine hotel rooms to accommodate visiting Scientologists. An undated leaflet advertising âa safe environment for Celebrities and Scientologistsâ contains a plug from Travolta: âGood rest, good food, good service but most of all I felt very safe in this spaceâ; Celebrity, a magazine produced by Celebrity Centre, which features a Scientology celebrity on the cover of every issue, urges readers to stay at the hotel for five to six weeks âto complete your Basics books & lectures courses faster!â In the basement, thereâs a drug detox facility. The castle also fosters a feeling of community. âHollywoodâs not a very easy industry to bust into,â Hilary Royce, a former dancer who went to Sarah Lawrence and is now the director of community affairs for the Church of Scientology International, told me. âAny artist at Celebrity Centre would tell you itâs a safe place to study scripts, to network. Itâs really a hub.â
The promise of connectedness attracts many Hollywood hopefuls. Celebrity Centre offers a range of Success in the Industry SeminarsâBreaking Into Commercials, How to Get Cast in the Pilot Season, Hollywood Acting Classâwhich it promotes with flyers posted at auditions around town. A former actor I spoke with told me that when he first got to Hollywood, a decade ago, he went to Celebrity Centre for what âseemed like a legitimate industry workshop,â only to find that âit was more or less an opportunity for them to solicit people.â
âI stood in the foyer and watched this massive indoctrination presentation, where Marissa Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, and a casting director came out talking about how great it is to be in Scientology,â he said. âThis celebrity panel was confirming that the people in the audience could in fact realize their dreams if they took courses and got âClear.â Then I was followed by auditors, who tried to get me to go into another room and get audited. It was a pervasive, invasive type of sales pitch. I started to get really pissed, and then they started to say that my stress was causing discomfort in my life.â
The rest of Dana Goodyear's piece offers a rhythmic history of the Celebrity Centre more than the Church of Scientology, not reminiscent of this staple from Rolling Stone.
January 10, 2008 | 2:40 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
Yesterday, I added to my story list the fact that many Jewish Angelenos are upset with American Jewish University for inviting Karl Rove to speak at its vaunted Public Lecture Series. Then today I opened The Jewish Journal and saw that Rob Eshman had dedicated his column to that exact topic, and I realized how much better a story like this reads when it has the voice of someone who is allowed to inject their opinion.
Something has happened in the Jewish community, all across the political and religious spectrum, and it isn't good.
Somehow too many people in the Jewish community have become stuck in a very dangerous place: their comfort zone.
They are loathe to confront and really hear ideas that differ from their own, and they cleave to the company of voices that echo their preconceived ideas and long-formed opinions.
A few people have picked up on this.
"There was a time," Haaretz's Gideon Levy said in an interview with The Nation, "when you'd ask two Israelis a question, and you'd get three different opinions. Now you only get one."
In The Jerusalem Post, columnist Larry Derfner noted the problem in Israel, where public opinion fell into "lockstep" behind the war in Lebanon, the invasion of Iraq and the criticism of the National Intelligence Estimate report on Iran. How different, Derfner writes, from the Israel of old, where robust public debate was the norm.
"This is a society that's been brainwashed by consent," he wrote. "And when all hands are raised together, it not only enhances certainty, it offers the added comfort of unity."
J.J. Goldberg, The Forward's brilliant executive editor, wrote that the national Jewish debate is similarly afflicted. In fighting nouveau anti-Semitism, he wrote, "It doesn't help when Jews ignore or deny Israel's genuine shortcomings. It doesn't help when they overreact to criticism—hostile, benign or just clumsy—and intimidate their critics into resentful silence, reinforcing their enemies' worst stereotypes."
The response to Goldberg's essay? One organization head accused him of blaming the Jews for their own victimization.
And here at home things aren't any better.
January 10, 2008 | 9:34 am
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
About a year before I joined The Jewish Journal, on the paper's 20th anniversary, Tom Teicholz wrote this column in honor of Yiddish reportage. I just stumbled across it, and it's worth a read, especially in light of that article I linked to earlier this week.
People who seem to actually like what I write are always telling me they wish it were published somewhere else. Somewhere better—i.e., more prestigious, with a larger circulation or certainly a less parochial one ... somewhere less, in a word, Jewish. "It's really good," I'm told as if that would disqualify my work for publication in a Jewish publication.
I won't say that I haven't, on occasion, shared these thoughts about other Jewish papers or Jewish journalism or even about my own ambitions for my writing. But when I do—and particularly on the occasion of The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles' 20th anniversary—I call to mind the longer view and recall the great history, tradition and noble cause of Jewish journalism.
I'm not sure who qualifies as the first Jewish journalists. It may have been the biblical Caleb and Joshua, who reported on the land of Canaan and brought back the headline: "Flowing With Milk and Honey; Land of Plenty."
Or perhaps it was Josephus (37 C.E.-100 C.E.) who chronicled "The Jewish Wars," his firsthand account of the Roman conquest of what is today Israel.
Jewish tradition is marked by rendering the oral tradition in print and recording the stories of the patriarchs and matriarchs, the accounts of the prophets, the tales of Kings David and Solomon and the tales of the rabbis. One can argue that the Jewish embrace of the responsibility to bear witness and pass along the stories from generation to generation is the cornerstone for a calling in journalism.
Regardless of the cause or the inspiration, by the late 19th century, Jewish journalism was flourishing, as were Jews who were journalists—some of whom would forever shape the course of journalism and the course of world events.
To give but one notable example: In 1894, among those covering the Paris trial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was Theodor Herzl, an Austro-Hungarian journalist. Witnessing the French crowds screaming "Death to the Jews!" profoundly impacted him. Two years later in 1896, Herzl wrote "The Jewish State," the rallying cry for Zionism and the establishment of a Jewish homeland. Although he didn't work for a Jewish publication, Herzl entered history when his reporting focused on Jewish matters. Herzl did not live to see the creation of the State of Israel, a mere 52 years later, but in recognition of his role in the founding of the state, and as per his wishes, he is buried there today.
In the United States, America's first Jewish newspaper, The Occident and American Jewish Advocate, was published in 1843 by Philadelphia's Isaac Leeser. More than a decade later in 1854, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise of Cincinnati, leader of the Reform movement, founded The Israelite, a weekly that proclaimed itself "devoted to the Religion, History and Literature of the Israelites."
Wise, himself an immigrant from Bohemia, was one of the most important Jewish figures of the post-Civil War era. The Israelite (later The American Israelite) was devoted to helping its readers become, as Wise once wrote, "Americans through and through." However, Wise's greatest contribution to American Journalism may not be The Israelite but rather his daughter, Iphigene "Effie" Wise, who married German Jewish immigrant Adolph Ochs in 1884.
In 1896, Ochs purchased The New York Times and set about making it the national newspaper of record. His descendants continue to steer The Times to this day.
Around the same time, the Hungarian-born Joseph Pulitzer, who had worked as a journalist for a German-language newspaper, acquired the St. Louis Post, later merging it with the St. Louis Dispatch. Pulitzer continued to acquire newspapers and became famous for sensationalist stories—or "yellow journalism." In spite of that—or maybe because of it—he endowed the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism at Columbia University.
English was only one of several possible languages for Jewish journalism in the United States. There was also a prevalence of German and Russian. The beginning of the 20th century saw a flood of Jewish immigration to the United States, bringing in a vast and engaged audience for Jewish papers in many languages, most notably Yiddish.
For many of its readers, there was a special quality to the Yiddish press that is missing from today's Jewish journalism. Eddie Portnoy, a historian of Yiddish popular culture, said it this way: "The Yiddish press was a private conversation."
It was by Jews for Jews, without concern about what the non-Jewish population might think.
Like FUBU for Jews.
Which brings me back to my original point: Don't Jewish newspapers deserve a little more respect?
January 9, 2008 | 6:16 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
Though he is not especially funny, Rudy Giuliani likes to begin with a joke. âDid you know that Iâm running for President of the United States?â
That's how Elizabeth Kolbert begins a profile of the former New York mayor's presidential campaign, which, she writes is more of the same.
âThis is where we really need a leader,â he told her. âWe need somebody who can do the impossible. Now, I say that because I did this a lot in New York.â
Depending on whether you count his abortive race for the U.S. Senate in 2000, this is either Giulianiâs fourth or his fifth political campaign. In the earlier races, his goal was to persuade New Yorkers to vote for a Republican; this time around, itâs to persuade Republicans to vote for a New Yorker. Gone are the âGodfatherâ imitations, the snapping at the press, and the praise for immigration (âthe single most important reason for American greatnessâ). The candidate who stopped by the Letiziosâ, and before that had coffee at Suzieâs Diner, in Hudson, and before that went on a holiday stroll in Nashua, where he waited in line to buy a Christmas ornament of a moose, is a less ethnic, less impatient, and more conservative candidate than voters in Brooklyn and the Bronx ever knew. This Giuliani invokes Ronald Reagan, smilesâor tries toâat children, and pledges to âsecure our borders and identify every non-citizen in the nation.â
And yet the logic of his new campaign isâmutatis mutandisâthe same as that of the old. Once again, Giuliani is in the awkward situation of wanting to represent a group of people whose views he does not actually represent. Once again, appeals based on âvaluesâ or personal history are closed to him. (Fourteen years agoâbefore he had appeared in drag, or ditched his second wife on TV, or met his third wife at a cigar barâa âvulnerability studyâ commissioned by his staff noted that Giulianiâs âpersonal life raises questions about a âweirdness factor.â â) And so, once again, Giuliani is left to campaign on the basis of a single, strongly held idea: a great-leader theory of history, in which the great leader happens to be himself.
January 9, 2008 | 5:50 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
In a major blow to a decade-long campaign to play down divisions within the Chabad-Lubavitch ultra-Orthodox movement, the sectâs Israeli leadership appears ready to publicly distance itself from a significant messianic strand within the movement.
The unexpected development has been forced on the Chabad leadership by a spreading tide of anger toward the movement this week, after a rabbi from the messianic strand declared that, were Israel properly run, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would be âhanged from the gallows.â
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe, a Chabad educator and author, launched into a tirade about Israelâs negotiations with Palestinians at the conference of a right-wing organization he runs, S.O.S. Israel.
âThe terrible traitor, Ehud Olmert, who gives these Nazis weapons, who gives money, who frees their murderous terrorists, this man, like Ariel Sharon, collaborates with the Nazis,â Wolpe said on Wednesday, January 2, in remarks that were shown on Israeli television news.
A Chabad spokesman in Israel, Moni Ender, lashed out at Wolpe for his comments.
âThis is not Lubavitch. Rabbi Wolpe is talking by himself. We have nothing to do with him. He makes dirt for Chabad,â Ender said.
Wolpe is the most popular leader of the messianic strand of Chabad, which holds that the 1994 death of the Lubavitcher rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson did not challenge the belief held in parts of the sect that he was the messiah. Wolpe was the first rabbi to go public with this position in 1994. A conflict has festered since then between followers of this belief and others, who present themselves as the mainstream and who reject such overt messianic claims.
January 9, 2008 | 3:46 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
LIMURU, KENYA â When men with machetes and axes chased Paul Otieno from his home here, they wanted more than his belongings. They wanted to cut off his foreskin.
"They were shouting, 'If we don't kill you, we'll cut your private parts,' " Otieno, a 25-year-old mechanic, said of the attack Sunday. "They were just shouting, 'Kill! Chop them all!' "
In Kenya, circumcision is a rite of passage for male members of most tribes. The Luos, however, do not practice it. In the recent tribal violence triggered by a disputed Dec. 27 election, circumcision checks have been conducted by roaming gangs of killers hunting for Luos. And the threat of forced circumcision has been used to terrify Luo men.
The number of such assaults so far appears small. The hospital here in Limuru, 30 miles northwest of Nairobi, confirmed that two cases of forced circumcision were treated after Sunday's violence, which saw members of the larger Kikuyu tribe evict hundreds of Luos from their homes. One case involved an adult, the other a 4-month-old.
But rumors of men being circumcised by gangs from rival tribes have cast a shadow of fear over Luos, who feel their manhood and cultural practices are under threat.
First off, circumcision doesn't remove your manhood, just your foreskin. (Though I know this was of great concern on an episode of "South Park.") But does this story from the LA Times remind anyone else of this story from 1 Samuel? To me, David's act of slaying Goliath pales in comparison to his ability to collect for God the foreskins of 200 Philistines. I can only wonder why this was necessary.
January 9, 2008 | 12:06 pm
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
On this Wednesday last year, Brent Hopkins and I drove his Civic (not my Civic) out I-15 to Las Vegas for the annual AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. I am fairly certain that will be the only time I spend 20 hours over two days at a porn convention. My excuse was that I was writing a big story about adult-industry Christian ministries for the LA Daily News' then-upcoming porn series.
I focused on the guys and gals of XXXChurch.com, "the #1 Christian porn site," who are the most prominent of the anti-adult-industry ministries. Another character in this milieu is a former stripper named Heather Veitch, (pictured on left) who runs JC's Girls. I spoke with her last year at her booth, a black backdrop with furry pink accents, that was for some reason located in the gay porn section. She's back in Vegas this week with Hooker for Jesus Annie Lobert, and an LA Times blog gives them some play.
One Vegas topless bar allows Veitch to come at night to buy lap dances and use the time to talk to the dancers about Jesus. I have been invited along for a future trip and am very curious to see how that works out. Veitch says she has received almost no hostility from the people she is trying to reach in Vegas, even those not at all interested in her message.
On the other hand, selling her fellow Christians on her project has been difficult. Veitch has found that some churches are not interested in populating congregations with strippers she has invited to services. And then it always comes back to her look. Veitch says, "The Christian community can be very judgmental. But we think our look lets girls in the industry identify with us."
For the upcoming 40,000-strong Adult Entertainment Expo, Veitch and Lobert will be working the convention floor, handing out cards and delivering their message to whoever will listen.
There is no question that patrons and performers at the porn convention are open to Veitch and XXXChurch and the handful of other ministries. But after watching these interactions, I wasn't sure how effective they were. A lot of people listened, few people turned down the "Jesus Loves Porn Stars" Bibles handed out by XXXChurch, but they seemed to think it was more kitsch than Gospel.
Craig Gross, who runs XXXChurch, told me that people ask him all the time whether he feels like he is making a difference. And at one point he wasn't so sure. In his book "The Dirty Little Secret," he writes about a guy who he thought he had helped free from the bondage of porn—only to find the guy later fly off the deep end.
Some Christians are cynical of Gross and his colleagues, claiming they're a bunch of perverts who want an excuse to cavort with unnaturally endowed women. In a documentary, "Missionary Positions," one of the guys from XXXChurch (I can't remember who) gets smacked by a more fire-and-brimstone preacher who thinks Gross is doing the work of the devil.
I don't buy this. Certainly there are people who want out of the adult business. People like Keri Humble. And knowing that, these ministries just want to be there. Even if there is there.
(Hat Tip: My old editor, A-Ron)
January 9, 2008 | 9:43 am
Posted by Brad A. Greenberg
No one ever claimed Ron Paul was mainstream. But, sheesh, look what The New Republic found in his old newsletters:
Martin Luther King Jr. earned special ire from Paul's newsletters, which attacked the civil rights leader frequently, often to justify opposition to the federal holiday named after him. ("What an infamy Ronald Reagan approved it!" one newsletter complained in 1990. "We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day.") In the early 1990s, a newsletter attacked the "X-Rated Martin Luther King" as a "world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours," "seduced underage girls and boys," and "made a pass at" fellow civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy. One newsletter ridiculed black activists who wanted to rename New York City after King, suggesting that "Welfaria," "Zooville," "Rapetown," "Dirtburg," and "Lazyopolis" were better alternatives. The same year, King was described as "a comsymp, if not an actual party member, and the man who replaced the evil of forced segregation with the evil of forced integration."
While bashing King, the newsletters had kind words for the former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke. ...
The rhetoric when it came to Jews was little better. The newsletters display an obsession with Israel; no other country is mentioned more often in the editions I saw, or with more vitriol. A 1987 issue of Paul's Investment Letter called Israel "an aggressive, national socialist state," and a 1990 newsletter discussed the "tens of thousands of well-placed friends of Israel in all countries who are willing to wok [sic] for the Mossad in their area of expertise." Of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a newsletter said, "Whether it was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little."
Paul's campaign response: "I have never uttered such words and denounce such small-minded thoughts."
(Hat tip: Campaign Confidential)
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Dog Jan 2, 2013 21:22:58 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Cyn on Jan 2, 2013 21:22:58 GMT -5 I purchased Saige's dog at AGP Dallas on 1/1/13. He is fully plush, with no wire or internal posing mechanism. His collar/leash is one piece of light blue grosgrain ribbon, and is not removeable, as it is sewn into the seam on the back of his neck. He has brown eyes and a black velvet-covered plastic nose. His black and white fur is very soft. He seems to have the opposite problem from McKenna's dog - Cooper would sit and not stand, Sam prefers to stand and not sit. However, by looping a clear elastic band over the left front and back feet, and another over the right front and back feet, I was able to replicate the catalog "pose". His tail is long and white on the tip. I find his coloring to be surprisingly authentic. Overall, I think he's adorable!Grade: A
Dog Jan 3, 2013 15:55:07 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by *Snow*Bite* on Jan 3, 2013 15:55:07 GMT -5 I love the AG animals for the most part. When I get a doll, if she has an animal, I always buy it. I picked this guy up yesterday at the Atlanta store! As far as adorable, he gets an "A++". His plush fur is of good quality and he is VERY soft. I was disappointed that he is literally just plush. He is not very firm in the legs so he does topple over quite easily. He comes with a VERY simple ribbon as his leash, I was quite dismayed AG chose such a very lame material for this. They could have made it of a better, sturdier material. I am not thrilled his leash is sewn to his head, too...you won't be removing this without cutting it! Granted, Saige walks Rembrandt and Sam a lot in the book, but I would like to have the leash be removeable! Confusing is he is referred to simply as "Saige's Dog" on the AG box, not Sam or Rembrandt. In the AG catalog I noticed they refer to him as Rembrandt, which as far as I've read in her first book is her grandmother's dog. Saige's dog is Sam.So, without posting spoiler alerts, I must need to read farther into her books! Overall, with a $24 price tag, I would rate him about a "C" based on the quality/price comparison. He could easily be replaced with a dog of similar size and coloring that is NON AG for FAR less. Unless you are mostly an AG purist, like I am. I sit here still shaking my head thinking, "I can't believe you paid $24 for a tiny stuffed dog." SMHAttachments:
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I personally,have always liked the 70's.
This maybe can be a stupid thread but that's something I've always asked myself and I'd like to know you're opinion
I'm listening to the album Promised Land, one of my favourites with a lot of beautiful songs and I've started thinkg to this: I've heard many times rock 'n roll and Elvis Presley were both OVER the day Elvis went to the army.
Sure when he came back it wasn't the same for rock 'n roll and Elvis wanted to try new kind of songs...opera, gospel (something that in reality he had already inside himself).
But when people ask to his fans what period of his career they prefer, the most part of them (and I'm one of these) answer SEVENTIES
The question is this...why others (not fans) don't see what we see in Elvis in this period?
I can understand that the quality of his music was law in the hollywood period (even though many songs are underrated to me) but what about the seventies? He had a powerful voice and his interpretations in studio and in live performances are amazing.
No more rock n' roll but to me Elvis gave his best in the seventies and he communicated the most in that period
I would like people stop saying Elvis music died in 1958
What do you think?
I personally,have always liked the 70's.
I love the 70's
However you can see how the jumpsuit image could overtake the seriousness of the music (re:- R&R)
"NO-ONE, BUT NO-ONE,IS HIS EQUAL, OR EVER WILL BE. HE WAS, AND IS SUPREME".Mick Jagger
Yes...this is something I've always heard about the seventies...how Elvis was ridiculous with those jumpsuits
I know WE LOVE the SEVENTIES...but why critics and other people don't see the same? Maybe early rock 'n roll was over but not Elvis
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Even non-fans say the 50's Elvis was betterBelieve me i've heard it all Things like..Elvis was an overrated lounge singer who wore ugly jumpsuits & sang opera like songs. They do not understand that Elvis practically invented Rock & Roll I like Elvis in all the decades ..the 50's, 60's & 70's
I'm the King of the Jungle, They call me Tigerman
because Elvis as the rebel world changing rocker was over when he entered the army,
but what people don't realize is that it was by design - as the rebel rocker Elvis had a more limited audience than Elvis the all round entertainer
by moving to movies that the whole family could watch, Elvis was reaching a three generation audience
he couldn't have come out of the army and picked up where he left off
He was older, his fans were older and moving into new phases of life beyond teenagers.
Entertainers who stick with one thing, tend to be called one hit wonders
but, the 70's are underrated and Elvis was still doing rock then, but what was rock in the 70's was different than 50s - and Elvis, unlike his 50's peers, was never a nostalgia tour
He was still recording and continuously touring from 69 to 77
as for the jumpsuits - the biggest teen idols of the 70s did too to copy Elvis - David Cassidy, Donny Osmond and Leif Garret occasionally
people act like Elvis was the only one in bellbottom pants
heck, most SciFi shows use jumpsuits for uniforms
If you listen to his music from 1956, and the distinct sound he had, that no one had ever heard before, which started a entirely new sound of music which was named Rock&Roll, and you will not hear that sound again, after he came out of the Army.
What happened to him I don't know, but he changed his style of singing. Don't misunderstand me, I love all of his music, but that ('56) sound was just an awesome sound, that you don't hear now or then, nobody else had that sound but Elvis.
Even listening to the 1956 songs today, still brings back that great part of Elvis. Haunting melodies, like Blue Moon, First In Line, I'm Counting On You, I'm Playing for Keeps, How's The World Treating You, etc. Groundbreaking stuff.
Raw, rough, exciting songs, like Trying To Get To You, Good Rockin' Tonight, One-Sided Love Affair, Lawdy, Miss Clawdy, Shake, Rattle and Roll, Ready Teddy, Jailhouse Rock, I'm Left, Your Right, She's Gone, I Got A Women, Rip It Up, must I go on.
I always wondered what would have happend to his style of singing if he had never gone into the Army.
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Elvis had to appeal to a wider audience after he came out of the Army.Even other rock and roll singers changed their styles of singing too.
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I wonder the same...sure he couldn't sing rock 'n roll forever and he would have grown up musically all the same
Anyway I can understand what you mean...yesterday I was listening to his first sessions, especially the Sun years and I can imagine how much innovation Elvis could have brought. My feet can't stand still listening those songs...there's so much energy. His voice is immature but it's like a bomb
I've grown up with rock music and it's hard to imagine a world without it...as it was in the 40's and early 50's.
Music started to belong to young people, not only to adult...he was the first one to have such numbers of crazy fans..
Anyway, after the army, with much maturity he managed to reach a new audience...not only teenagers but adults too, that started to appreciate and not to fight him as they did before
What I don't understand is why people don't recognize that Elvis was great in all the 3 decades, maybe in a different way
When I watch his live concerts in the seventies and see children, teenagers and adults of every age I see his biggest SUCCESS...reach everyone with his music, just because it came from his heart
The 70s produced some of Elvis' greatest music, right up to the final session. The jumpsuits were fine for the time and looked great up till 1975
The jumpsuits get blamed for Elvis being ridiculed, when in fact, its the IMPS who wear the jumpsuits that have turned them into a joke.
"NO-ONE, BUT NO-ONE,IS HIS EQUAL, OR EVER WILL BE. HE WAS, AND IS SUPREME".Mick Jagger
When I talk to people, my feeling is that the older generation likes the early stuff best while the younger gereration likes the later stuff better....but ofcause we(Fans) mostly like "it ALL" the best, (at least I do)maybe because we listen to EVERYTHING Elvis and therefor finds something for everybody in it all somehow.......
I`m sure that IF all people would sit down for days like we do, and listen to Everything Elvis, everybody would find something they like from each decade......
"Elvis music is how feelings sounds like"
My opinion, Elvis's music had to change and evolve whether he went in the army or not.
The 50's he was the raw new rock n roll that everyone was getting into. When he got out of the army the times changed and so did he. He mellowed coming out of the army and I read that the army training toned him down somewhat and he matured. Taking out all the goofy movie songs, look at the 60's music. It's brilliant and really shows the quality of his voice! Moving on the the 70's he was really singing songs that were personal experiences in his life and again showed the quality of his voice. he still had some rockers like Way Down and Burning Love. They were just rocking songs for that time period. Only ignorant non-fans focus on his jumpsuit and turn him into joke. True Elvis fans know his music is the most important thing and Elvis fans who have seen him live experienced the energy he gave no matter what he was wearing!
Ok, not to bash all the movie songs he did have some great movie songs too.


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Miami Heat superstar LeBron James on Thursday led the reigning NBA champions into the first of two pre-season matches staged in China against the Los Angeles Clippers.
He lived up to the considerable hype that surrounds him.
Just a few minutes into the game, James made five straight points, punctuated by a big dunk, to the delight of the thousands of Chinese fans who packed the arena in Beijing chanting "MVP, MVP!"
The man dubbed by many as the world's top player notched 20 points, as the Heat beat the Clippers 94-80.
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The two teams will play again on Sunday in Shanghai.
Local fans here were treated to an NBA-style mix of basketball and entertainment, featuring cheerleaders, mascots and DJs egging the crowds to applaud and do "the wave."
James is well-known in China for being part of the Team USA that won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Basketball-mad Chinese fans watch him regularly in NBA games televised by local sports channels here.
In an exclusive interview with Talk Asia, scheduled to air on CNN soon, James noted the Chinese love for the game. "Here in China they haven't seen the game up close and personal the way we have in the States," he said.
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We review the season of Chivas USA midfielder Ben Zemanski, in the latest entry in our offseason series.
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Ahead of the quarterfinal round of the men's NCAA tournament starting this weekend, we go over the teams remaining in the tournament and their road to make it to the final eight.
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Buffalo Football 99 for 99: #43. On this day 13 years ago, after a 29 year absence, the Bulls played their first game in College Football's highest level, and their first MAC game, coming into the game as 20 as point underdogs, UB fell to Akron 17-10
Cleveland Browns running back Armond Smith was able to get into the NFL with the help of the Beyond Sports Network Collegiate Showcase, which will be beginning on March 9th through 11th.
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They are called "homegrown terrorists," Western citizens highly prized by Islamic militant groups because they can move across borders and carry out attacks easier than people from Middle East or South Asian nations.
Two such people — one Canadian and one Australian — are believed to have been involved in the July 18 bus bombing in Bulgaria that killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver, according to Bulgarian investigators. Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov of Bulgaria said the two were members of the Lebanese Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah, which in turn is linked to Iran.
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I purchased and Waring fryer and it fell apart last night. I attribute it to cheap plastic connections. The fryer has been used, maybe, two dozen times over a 14 month period. ( I consider that low use)
I am wanting a HIGH quality fryer that will LAST so I can do my chicken wings that wife and so much love!
Criteria: Reputation for quality. Single Basket. Electric Power. Counter-top.
I know you get what you pay for and will pay top $ for the right equipment. suggestions appreciated.
I am ticked because I wanted wings tonight! Now I have to settle for stir fry.If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what will never be. (Thomas Jefferson 1816)
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Go buy a commercial fryer.
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I have been using this Hamilton Beach for years with no problems, I think I got mine at Kmart
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I have been having great luck on Craigslist. Just include "made in USA" on your searches. Planned obsolescence wasn't always the way things were designed. I just purchased a 10 year old Weber grill, for $50, that is still better than any of the three $400 grills I've used up were new. I was never into used stuff, I just can't find anything new that doesn't look like it was designed to be temporary.
I have the exact same one. It is well made but I think it takes a long time to heat up. And the basket is kind of dingy. I'd give it a 6.5 on a scale of 10.
BUT for chicken wing I use a wak. My son converted me on this. We have a big wak and it holds a full bag of wings. 3 lbs. They cook in about 25 mins.
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09-21-2011, 01:22 AM #8The picture in my avatar is of the Houston Ship Channel and was taken from my backyard. I like to sit outside and slap mosquitos while watching countless supertankers, barges and cargo ships of every shape and size carry all sorts of deadly toxins to and fro. It's really beautiful at times.....just don't eat the three eyed fish....
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Some movers and shakers come from humble beginnings.
Such is the life of Hugh A. Lee, a vital link in the chain that's grown into our corner of the globe here in Richmond County.
Hugh Alfred Lee, 91, a founding member of Richmond Community College and long-time attorney, passed away Dec. 2, leaving friends and family to recall his long and full life, and how his presence impacted the lives of countless people in Richmond County and beyond — in decades past and future.
Lee was born in Maggie Valley, a dot on the map that is tucked into the remote ruggedness of the Smoky Mountains. His was a simple life at the start, and those austere beginnings helped carve out Lee's thirst for and appreciation of education.
"He was dedicated to education because he grew up in the mountains in the '30s and '40s. He saw what the Depression did to people and he really wanted them to have an education," said his good friend J.C. Lamm of Rockingham.
"He felt strongly for the little man; he was very supportive of people who didn't have a lot. I'm sure his time in the Legislature was devoted to education … ," Lamm said.
Lee attended Western Carolina University and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. He received his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his LL.B. and Juris Doctorate from Duke University.
He served in World War II and the Korean War and had achieved the rank of major before his discharge. He practiced law in Richmond County for more than a quarter century, and served as a member of the N.C. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1984 and from 1993 until 1997.
In 1964 he was appointed to the Richmond Community College Board of Trustees by then Governor Terry Sanford, and he served continuously as board chair until his death.
Lamm worked closely with Lee at RCC, as Dean of Students for 17 years, and as a member of the Board of Trustees on which Lamm has served since 1982 until now, with the exception of a four-year hiatus.
Lamm believes Lee saw education as a way for people to help themselves better their lives. He said Lee made sure his family all received an education, and currently has a grandchild in his second year at a Coast Guard academy, and another grandchild is studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Our community college always held a special place in Mr. Lee's heart.
RCC President Dale McInnis was close friends with Lee and saw him as a mentor.
"Throughout our college's 48-year history, Mr. Lee is the only unbroken thread, connecting us to our roots and focusing us on our mission. He liked to quote his friend Terry Sanford that RCC is the 'people's college,' and that we have a special trust and responsibility to the people of Richmond and Scotland Counties," McInnis said.
We are lucky to have Richmond Community College in our backyard, and we were lucky to have had Hugh Lee as our neighbor.
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The host Lady Rebels (4-2, 4-1 TVC Hocking) stormed out to a 16-5 first quarter advantage and never looked back, handing the Lady Tomcats (2-5, 2-3) their third straight setback of the season. SGHS has now won three consecutive decisions, all against TVC Hocking Division opponents.
After establishing a double-digit advantage after eight minutes of play, the Lady Rebels followed with a 19-9 surge in the second canto for a commanding 35-14 lead at the break. THS closed the second half with a small 28-24 spurt and trailed 45-27 headed into the finale, but the guests never came within single-digits down the stretch.
Ellie Bostic led South Gallia with a game-high 21 points, followed by Sara Bailey with 11 points and Rachel Johnson with nine markers. Meghan Caldwell chipped in eight points to the winning cause, while Lesley Small and Mikayla Poling each added four markers to the winning cause.
Jasmyne Johnson rounded out the SGHS scoring with two points. The hosts were 10-of-17 at the free throw line for 59 percent. Only three of the Lady Rebels' 23 made field goals were three-pointers, and all three came in the opening half.
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Town East Mall salutes all the great dads and grads out there with a fun, easy, text-to-win sweepstakes. From Monday, May 21 to Sunday, June 17, shoppers can text-in a keyword to 50304 to join The Club Mobile, the mall's text message program, for a chance to win a $25 Shop Etc. Mall Gift Card and many cool graduation and Father's Day-themed gifts, including an Arizona golf vacation for two, one of six Dell computers, an Xbox 360 + Kinect 32 Gig, a Weber grill and other "must-have" items.
"For graduates and dads, this is the season and we're celebrating here at Town East Mall. Our retailers have lots of great gift ideas and we've hosting a special text-to-win promotion that offers entrants a chance to win lots of different prizes, including an Arizona golf vacation and mall gift cards," said Chad Hastings, general manager of the shopping center. "And, on Sunday, June 17, everyone is invited to stop by for our free Father's Day Car Show from 12 noon to 4 p.m. There will be about 150 classic, antique and collector cars and trucks. It's a fun way to spend the day."
Shoppers have a chance of winning a $25 Shop Etc. Gift Card each day of the 28-day promotion. Eleven additional prize winners also will be chosen at the end of the sweepstakes to receive one of the 11 featured prizes. Entrants are encouraged to enter each day to increase their chances of winning.
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Become a fan of Town East Mall on Facebook. Town East Mall is at I-635 E (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) and Town East Boulevard. For information, visit
or call (972) 270-2363.
Town East Mall is owned and managed by General Growth Properties, a fully integrated, self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust focused on owning, managing, leasing, and redeveloping regional malls throughout the United States. GGP currently owns, or has an interest in, 135 regional shopping malls comprising approximately 140 million square feet of gross leasable area. GGP is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol GGP.
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