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DEVASTATION: Destroyed Boardwalks, Burned Homes; State Officials See Them All
More than 30 members of the State General Assembly took a bus tour through Ocean County's barrier island towns.
The bed is still made. A wicker shelf stands in the corner of the room, its shelves covered with untouched knickknacks, shore memories. A framed print of a lighthouse and white-capped waves hangs on the wall, just a tad askew. The bedroom's French doors open to the brisk air and an ocean view previously obstructed by the other half of the house that's no longer there.
The devastation unleashed on the New Jersey shore a month ago by Hurricane Sandy has been captured in countless images and videos, spread throughout the world through news reports and social media, but it's access, being able to see it first hand, the burned out husks of an entire block of summer cottages, the toppled boardwalk, the homes torn away from their foundations and flushed out to sea, that makes it real.
"You know that old adage, the one where they say to see is to believe," State Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, R-16, asked, looking up at a Seaside Heights home cut in half by surging flood waters. "Well, I see it, but I still can't believe it."
On Thursday, more than 30 members of the State's General Assembly participated in a bus tour of Sandy-ravaged shore towns. Organized by local officials and led by State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes, the first-hand look provided state officials with opportunity to see the damage and truly understand the long road to recovery that remains for the Jersey Shore.
Assembly members from districts as north as Essex County, south to Camden County, and areas in between, arrived in Seaside Heights and walked along decimated Casino Pier, watching their step over warped and splintered boards as they arrived at the site of one of Sandy's most iconic images: a roller coaster collapsed into the ocean. The approximately four-hour tour of the barrier island included stops in neighborhoods like Ortley Beach and Mantoloking where damage is, in many instances, total.
With Gov. Chris Christie estimating the cost of damage incurred by Hurricane Sandy at nearly $37 billion, there's a need for local officials to demonstrate need, assert themselves and represent their still-struggling constituents. The best way to inform, they decided, was to allow their peers to see it first hand.
"I think seeing it in person is a heck of a lot better than seeing it in pictures," Assemblyman Greg McGuckin, R-10, said. "There are ideas floating around (the legislature) and we're trying to get them categorized. One of the things we need to do is give people the tools so they can begin to rebuild and get government out of the way as much as possible."
Also in attendance was Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver. She said the state has taken an active role in helping restore New Jersey's Sandy-affected residents. When it comes to delivering aid and providing support, she said she's sure the effort will be a bipartisan one. Beyond enacting legislation, however, Oliver said the Assembly is taking on insurance companies, too.
Already, she said, reports have been trickling in through emails to state legislators that residents are struggling to get the support they need through the insurance they've paid for.
"We want to strongly communicate to the insurance companies that you're not going to stiff our residents," she said. "We're putting them on notice."
Thursday, however, was not the time for discussion of potential legislation that will eventually come out of Trenton, but rather a chance for those outside of Sandy-ravaged areas to gain some perspective.
The barrier island is still closed to the public. Property owners have been allowed back to assess the damage and begin cleaning up their homes, if there's still a home to clean up, but there's no electricity and no gas service along much of the island.
Piles of trash line every street. Warped furniture and wet mattresses join discarded toys and personal effects. In some piles are Halloween decorations, totems erected in defiance of a forthcoming storm that would tear them all down.
Concrete barriers have been erected along roadways washed away by surging water and National Guardsmen, stationed at sporadic checkpoints, gather around flaming trashcans in an effort to keep warm during their 24-hour surveillance.
Assemblyman Angel Fuentes, D-5, whose district includes parts of Camden and Gloucester Counties, said there's some muttering in the statehouse that those outside of significantly impacted areas don't realize the gravity of the shore's devastation and the effort it will take to bring it back.
Standing in the middle of the road in Mantoloking between the first and second floor of the same beach home on either side, Fuentes said he and his fellow Assemblymen and women understand the devastation.
"Good people have lost their properties. They've lost their dreams and their memories," he said. "(The residents of impacted areas) have not been abandoned. That's why we're here today, both parties. It affects New Jersey. It affects all of us."
Chief Wahoo
10:56 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
Sheila Oliver .........LOL
What does she know about anything to do with the shore
8:44 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
Well, Seaside Heights after the storm DOES look a lot like parts of Newark.
Dominick Palermo
10:57 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
George------- We can all see the damage -------- What do i want them to do ------- CLEAN-IT UP AND REBUILD ------------Wheres the money going to come from??-- I have that answer ------------- NO FORIEGN AID TO ANY COUNTRY FOR ! YR __ 2 yrs if deemed necessary ----SORRY Blood sucking parasite nations -- We have a big problem here in the USA -- You will have to wait for your handouts from the USA
12:34 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
I am happy that most people are starting to get it the rest of the world only wants to suck us dry, when we have a problem they just look and say we have to deal with our selves, I saw NO help from that collection of parasites at the UN, what a group of cockroaches, I am in my 60's and when I was a child we collected for CARE and other corrupt UN backed so-called charities! Were is our help today???????????????????? We collected enough money to buy all the farmers in Africa their own tractor, hell all the farmers in the third world!
And as for the visiting NJ legislators they will do nothing! Why we are not of their voting base, if we were Camden, Jersey City, Paterson, Newark they would have been here two weeks ago and they would have moved mountains to buy more Zombie Votes! The best we could do for our selves is to draw a line under Camden up to the top of Mammoth County and every thing south succeed form Northern NJ!
3:51 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
So what you're saying is Asbury Park will get help? Figures waste more money on that cesspool
7:17 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Wookfish the demographic of AP is changing and I would expect after all is sead and done AP will soon be an up scale town!
O C Tim
6:20 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Mr Grumpass
you forgot your white sheet
Mr Grumpass let me remind you Mittens lost
He was the white guy you voted for but said Fema was immoral but is a mormon lol pretty funny a guy who believes in magic underwear
7:53 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Let me remind you as you raise your arm wrapped with a black arm band in defiance, slackers always pull the race crap when faced with the truth, the towns I previously mentioned (and that are not the full list) are parasites and it's their own fault! You are right BHO did win the election but I will make a prediction that in 4 years all the third world nations will be sending us aid due to the impotent narcissist socialist the Zombies put back in the oval office! Get ready for the bread lines fool!
Comfortably Numb
8:22 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
Dominick is right. I'd be perfectly happy for "US" to stop sending money to 3rd world $#% holes and use it here at home. What ever money we are are spending in Afghanistan is a total waste at this point, We're trying to build/protect a road over there mean while our our roads are falling apart.
9:19 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
But yet when the mini war broke out a week or so ago with Isreal, Obama the idiot he is sent Isreal $175 mil. Just to help out! But never mind about us, we have to fight to get money from our own goverment! This country is going to crap n we are doomed with another 4yrs of this idiot running it into the ground! Good luck People!
Dentss Dunnagun
12:55 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
it's the bribery factor ....you stop sending suburban money to urban cities you will see riots,looting and kiling our politicians know this very well so big money is sent there to keep down the restlesness......surburban towns don't riot when they get cut out of funds .....we sit on blogs and complain ....but peacfully .
8:42 am on Saturday, December 1, 2012
What has Obama done for you other than spend your children's money?
O C Tim
6:23 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Who started the 2 unfunded wars and Medicare part D?
9:36 am on Saturday, December 1, 2012
Charity begins at HOME, when we have enough , then help anyone else..That means when WE have NO homeless people ( we have many ) we will help others.So until ALL Americans are in homes, NO AID to anyone else..Got it ELECTED Officals !!!!!
8:29 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
We should stop sending money to other countries period...The End! To many right here in our country needs help. Losing their homes because of all different reasons. Not just from SUPER STORM SANDY. Some individuals are just realizing it more now because of what happened to them recently with the Storm.
type writer
9:05 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Public monies should not be used to repair or replace private properties.
Donna Griffin
11:18 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Slippery - Agreed. Does that include, however, properties damaged by natural disasters in other nations too? Exactly which foreign nations have been in Ocean County to lend a hand?!?! Heck, we even have an Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance at the federal level staffed with federal employees whose benefits' packages are quite generous. We have perfected the art of kicking ourselves in our teeth on so many levels.
9:10 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Not just money to other countries ppl, we need to stop sending food, and our military! Our military need to come home. Whatver other coutries go thru is not our problem, f*ck them countries. They dont help us when we need it
9:14 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Talk is cheap. I also think we, the USA, should keep its money at home, and let so-called "poor" countries fend for themselves. Do we get any thanks from them? It starts with "we the people" telling our elected officials in DC that we want to stop foreign aid--good luck with that! The socio-political pressure is too great, the money will keep being sucked out of this country to parasites around the world. How is it justified when there are homeless, starving Americans? That money could be used to reform our abused welfare system, aid victims of natural catastrophes, aid victims of the recession, etc., etc. Close the borders, stop the flood of money overseas, clean up America, make sure all Americans have food & shelter & schools.........life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Not in our lifetime...
12:15 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
some people should have thought of that BEFORE the election..now the great GIVER-in-chief is back and we're fubar
12:10 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Why is this my problem. These ae second homes in most cases the people knew were basically uninsurable.
1:00 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
If you build/buy a house on the ocean, and it can't be insured--that's a clue! It's like the rebuilding after Katrina--in the same places that were flooded. I don't think taxpayers should pay to rebuild private homes. I still have my house, but a very large tree fell on it and damaged the roof and solar panels. Should I ask the state to fix my roof and replace the broken panels because it was a natural disaster? Don't think so...
6:06 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
So what now all you loosers who voted this clown Obama back in. We fall off the cliff because of his rabid spending n a few weeks and all shuts down, no more FEMA, no aid, nothing.
The perfect storm s coming, sandy was nothing cmpared to the aftermath.
6:10 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
read a book called Lights Out....that's where we're headed
O C Tim
6:26 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Hello Piney
Mittens said Fema was immoral and all of you right wing nuts jobs want a hand out?
O C Tim
6:27 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
yeah wook
all brought to you by greedy corps and republicons who believe corps are ppl
8:17 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Where's Jimmy Carter and Habitat for Side Steppers? I would think that he would love the chance to help fellow Americans, oops were the wrong kind of Americans we work hard to feed, cloth and put a roof over our family's heads!
I am going to tell you all a little story after Katrina the Pennsylvania Amish carpenters went down to help the victims, their first and only trip down they would working on peoples homes as the locals and the home owners just watched the stupid well meaning Amish work for them as they sat and watched! Typical SLACKER mentalities sit back and watch! Needles to say the Amish did not return!
Donna Griffin
11:27 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Mr. G - I almost hate to agree with you. We will not get the same consideration for a disaster in the northeast for the simple reason that we don't sit around waiting for someone else to do the rebuilding for us. We are the working stiffs who need to get back to work whether or not we have a roof over our heads for a period of time. The sooner we realize that Washington is not the answer to the problems in our lives the better off we will be. New Jerseyans just need to get the shore restored themselves, get back to work, pay their taxes and let Washington decide the special interest groups they are going to spend our money on. Kind of ironic how that worked out.
1:24 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
I must apologies, I don't post as often as many on the patch and get very upset at the way we the Worker Bees are disrespected and abused by our elected officials. I know that in the towns I mentioned there are people who are truly in trouble and need assistance, but when you visit these towns there are far too many high priced cars parked on the streets and in driveways. I work 10 to 12 hr. days and can't afford them or want them! There are forces at work here that will destroy our AMERICA just as Rome fell so will this great nation from with in!
Donna Griffin
3:57 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
MrG - Never begrudge anyone their achievements. Wealth honestly earned ought to be something we aspire to not envy. Whether the properties destroyed were $3 million or $300,000, they were "home" to our neighbors and for that loss, I grieve. Our "fall" will be at our own hands by a government we've put in place. The government's unaccountable spending, insatiable appetite for more of what we earn, control of the media and demise of public education will do far more harm to our generation and the next than any Mercedes-driving, oceanfront home-owning fellow citizen can.
4:45 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Wealth and Honesty should never be in the same sentence.
Donna Griffin
5:31 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Youarekiddingright - You surely have bought into the class envy of the left. Any other global prejudice you care to share? Any opinions on poor folks or minorities or do you only discriminate when it comes to the wealthy? Ironic that you post this nonsense on your computer - the one product which has made many corporations and individuals a whole big pile of EVIL money. I would ask you to walk the walk and toss your laptop, cell phone, ipod, car, etc. At least be honest.
frank rizzo
6:29 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
and what about the other pedophile ted nugent who married a 16 yr old girl he bought a guardianship from her parents? he paid them off so he could avoud charges of having sex with a minor and then ted went on to have a great career going on the mike huckabee show to say if obama was elected he would either be in jail or dead . we are waiting ted your choice. oh and tell rush costa rica has universal health. he,ll love you long time.
7:11 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Frank you fit your name sake out of PA. well, he liked to babble on with little empty tid pits that add up to nothing. You obviously are an Obama Zombie here is a few things to look at if the gov, were to take all that the upper 2% has it will only cover the massive waste in this nation for a very short time. The Obama mantra tax the rich will not work, what need to happen is tax reform witch includes taxing the bottom 30% who pay nothing put cost all of the 70% dearly! What is needed is a usury tax, no more April 15 tax dead line no filling out endless forms that just milk us dry, but a tax on every thing sold in the country, bread, milk, cars, homes all of it, than the government would get their fair share from all. The rich would pay more just by buying more expensive things, and the rest of us buying what we can afford including people visiting on vacation from other nations, illegal aliens, drug dealers everyone would pay there fair share!
And why do you OZ's always associate people who have conservative values as Fox fanatics and Linbaugh fans? And you assume that we sit on the Patch all day I am retired , I substitute teach and volunteer in several organizations what do you do for your community, you left wing zealots always have to insult and try to belittle those who disagree with you, and Frankie my perdition regarding the economy still stands, your boy BHO is a divider not a builder!
frank rizzo
12:17 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
really dom? how did you roll when your boy ronnie reagan raised the debt ceiling 18 times? what people like you and grumpass will never get is the debt ceiling is money we have already spent. maybe you should tell your credit card company you wont pay your bill because you dont want to raise your debt ceiling anymore. get back to us on how that all works out will ya? of the $5 trillion obama put on the budget since 2009 $1.6 trillion is to pay the interest on the debt bush incurred, another $1.4 trillion was from putting the two bush wars on the bookjs for the first time. currently gov crisco is in washington on his knees begging obama for $50 billion for sandy damage. dom maybe you should drive to brick or seaside hts and tell its residents they are spending too much. obama tried to rebuild our infrastructure and was called a socialist for doing so. maybe if he spent a trillion building roads and bridges in iraq like bush did he would be a hero instead.
frank rizzo
12:27 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
dom what constitutional rights exactly did obama take away from you? it certainly isnt your freedom of speech. he didnt come and take away all your guns as a matter of fact he did nothing while the nra threw millions into telling people mass shootings like the one in tuscon where gabby giffords got shot or the batman movie where people died was all just media hype. you know the lefty media. heres a quiz for dom try listing any constitutional right obama took away from you. up until now he even kept the useless bush tax cuts in place
frank rizzo
12:36 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
grumpass will find out how much " babble" i,ve said when he goes to shop rite in january. he can then tell the cashier that shop rite and obama are robbing him.
1:08 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
You are one of the BHO Zombie cults, I made my comment on Wed. and your still babbling on, do you think if you keep babbling on with all your bogus fact check you might convince someone that BHO is the right man for the job, I don't think so all the none Zombies know and are expecting the worst from BHO, so you just keep drinking all that COOL AID for BHO and remember to take your Med's I'm sure Obama Care will make you feel better!
Tim O C
3:12 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Mr Grumpass
it would appear to me that you Sir are the one babbling on about Mittens loss.
Didja miss the Bush admin? you know invading Iraq based on lies?
Medicare Part D Afghan war ring a bell?
can you see the republicons in congress want to raise taxes on 98% of the ppl instead of just 2 %
Didja see Fat Boy Gov Chrisco backed Mittens who said fema is immoral and shoule be left to the states.
Of course you didnt cause your watching fox news day and night and cant see reality
4:00 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
How can you support this President? He has spent trillions, blown unemployment and welfare numbers off the planet, and worshipped a racist preacher for 20 years!
What kind of childlike mind can you really have? Although you probably want the free ride like the rest of the money moching low-life liberals.
What happens when the intelligent republicans are tapped out of money for your crookedness? How are the mindless begging liberals going to make money for themselves?
frank rizzo
4:39 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
bn even a hee haw character like you must know that under carter we had 10 million non govt jobs created. bush jr had 1.9 million and daddy bush had 2.1 million so i guess even two bushes werent even half as good as one carter.grumpass how long did you spend flagging my last comment about your inability to deal with facts and your only ability which is to speak in bumper sticker slogans before you finally had it removed? . barney i can see your already back from the latest skinhead convention so i,ll bring you up to speed on the $5 trillion " obama debt" . out of the $5 trillion $1.6 trillion was to pay the interest on the debt that bush jr ran up for 8 yrs. $1.4 trillion was lost revenue from the useless bush tax cuts and over a trillion dollars was added once obama put the cost of the 2 bush wars on the books for the first time in 2009. whatever money was left obama tried to use to build our infrastructure for which republicans called him a socialist. seems they were much happier building roads and bridges in iraq instead. oh and barney unemployment was over 10% when bush left office. listen carefully all teabaggers the waxwork dummy you guys ran or president lost get over it already and quit cheering for this country to fail just to make your party look better. as of now this useless republican 6% approval rating congress is about to earn us another credit downgrade. when that happens it will be the same whiners like you on the patch once again blaming obama.
5:48 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
You should earn how to write before you attempt to defend yourself. And what makes me a skinhead?
Is it because you and I both know Obama is over his head? LOL.
6:04 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Frank Rizzo- Nice to see someone who has some facts, and not just talk radio baloney. And Barney, it's learn, not earn.
frank rizzo
4:46 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
grumpass that number was 10 million jobs under carter. compared to the two bushes who were sad sacks of job creation
6:19 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
barney- you got to smarten up. . .you want to talk about social welfare...explain to me why the Federal Reserve is carrying over $4Trillion dollars on their books from the too big to fail banks. . .You want to talk about entitlements. . .where is it written in the "capitalist manifesto" that there entitled to be bailed out???
...and that TARP program is a drop on the bucket compared to whats been going on by the plutocrat lobbyists in the District of Corruption...
PS: I won't even begin to talk about the entitlements of trillions of dollars in corporate welfare that's as been doled out for the pass decades in the name of national security and defense. Now unless your one of them(the rich) I suggest you stop listening to their media mouth pieces and go do some research, or do you think your above the fray and insulated?
Ron Spooner
6:52 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
A storm called Sandy simply overwhelmed everything and everybody. Put the politics aside and tell the U.N. that we (the U.S.) have to rebuild our own communities. All those countries who have received that free check every month needs to do with no aide for a few years. Where is France, Germany etc. with all their help? Wait until New York City finds out there might not be a Jersey Shore to come to in the summer.
8:07 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
FEMA hasn't been a huge help to those of us who were responsible and had homeowners and flood insurance - maybe Mitt was right. The only people I've heard of who've gotten aid from FEMA are renters without insurance. Correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe the state would have better criteria for aid....
Tim O C
8:20 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Thats funny I have a friend who lost 4 cars and his whole first floor but got nothing and he had insurance but didnt have content insurance
Mittens because hes a tool just like the idiots that supported him and no you folks arent in the 1 %
Tim O C
8:16 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Dear Ocean County Republicons
Due to the fact you all voted for Mittens who by the way lost the election
I ask the following you do not file a fema claim after all that would make you a hypocrite because Mittens said fema was immoral and that the states should handle it
5:26 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Good one, Tim. Barney and the other Limbaugh/O'Reilly/Coulter fans are such sore losers! The people have spoken, and Mitt is back in his corporate world.
frank rizzo
8:57 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
thank you lisa you give me hope its not just all rubes on here doing the sour grapes thing over the election.ron spooner your sentiment is a good one and should be the way but politics are always intertwined with disasters. sandy has fema busy in 10 states not just jersey. yes there are mistakes and problems but considering the vast number of claims they are getting a decent grade. in the first week alone fema dispensed $200 million and housed 38,000 people. they have to sort through the mountain of claims some of which i saw people complaining about on the patch of why they arent being fully reimbursed for a 14 yr old truck they must have thought could float.romney said fema was "immoral" . can you imagine what a president romney would have done considering his "let them fend for themselves" theory? . barney here when he asks me where i teach must be either looking for a grammar tutor or its his usual "teachers and those evil unions ruined our economy"thing he tries to always get into. meanwhile bloomberg news reported the banks got $7 trillion of our money and then gave themselves billions in bonuses. to barney that of course doesnt hurt our economy. obama has asked congress for $50 billion more to help jersey but considering this congress is more incompetent than a tim conway and don knotts movie i doubt we,ll be seeing anything but rising prices as well as higher taxes due to their never giving up on making sure millionaires dont get a 3% tax increase.
frank rizzo
9:11 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
heres tonite's homework for grumpass , barney and bn. look up something called the ugland house in the cayman islands. its a building the size of a 2 story burger king that has 18,000 american corporations laundering the money they made from exporting american jobs overseas. people like romney and many other of these " job creators" who pay kids in sweatshops a few dollars a day and then funnel that profit through things like the ugland house. you and grumpass are gravely concerned on how these same people will survive a 3% tax increase when most of these people wouldnt even know the difference. the kind of people like the elderly couple from beach haven who have a second home woth $2 million dollars there and are suing the town because the sand the town bulldozed to protect their home has now blocked their view. they wouldnt have a house to have a view from if not for that sand but for the top 2% of the people grumpass and barney lose sleep worrying about will simply hand it over to the lawyers and sick those same lawyers on a town already hurting from sandy. long beach island doesnt need these ridiculous lawsuits they have to spend big money defending.
frank rizzo
9:12 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
paddler the states cant even fix their own roads . you want to put them in charge of people trying to return to normal lives?
9:57 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
I will go to work for you liberal parasites tomorrow.
Sleep in tomorrow Frankie, Obama Hussein has your back.
9:50 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Obama wants to steal money from the intelligent ones and hand it over to the less intelligent ones.
It's dat simple!
If you are white and successfull, you are a little devil.
We are all dummies today.
The Republicans are done untill the LIBBIES suck them dry.
Too bad they don't know how to make money themselves.
Good night!
Sleep tight.
Don't let the Union and Welfare hungry bed bugs bite!
frank rizzo
9:58 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
thats the thing about republicans if the govt helps others its a hand out. if the govt gives the republicans money its because they deserved it.i wonder how many republicans are taking "obama handouts" for their damaged homes at this very minute.
10:00 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Stop relying on others to pay your coke habit Frank.
Go get a job.
I know welfare is just a (800) number away, but try not to tempt yourself.
frank rizzo
10:11 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
barney i can see your a bit on the attention deficit side but as i said already i am retired. whats your excuse for getting that gubmint check every month? shouldnt whatever pill you just took be kicking in already? . try not to lose any sleep over trump or that dead squirrel on his head having to pay 3% more in tax. lol
10:15 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
No wonder you need free hand government outs. You write like a 10 year old.
NJ public school system?
Ta ta,
frank rizzo
10:58 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
actually college in new york city. you know barney the big city where all that fancy book learning goes on. but for now its way past your bedtime. tommorrow we will go over how the social security system works. you better get some rest there barney you may be too sleepy to work that fryolater in the morning. have a MCnice day. lol
8:33 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
Great comment Frank. Make fun of people who work at McDonalds, yet praise the people on welfare. You are an incredible Democrat.
frank rizzo
11:00 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
just make sure you do a good cleaning job in the men's room before the morning rush for egg mc muffins starts.
Tim O C
11:08 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
you who Barney
Mittens lost but dont worry your taxes wont go up cause your not in the 2%.
Your just a hypocrite tea bagger whos against "entitlements" but are more than likely on Medicare and SS or waiting on your fema check
8:34 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
TomO C, I am at work for you today. Libera lparasites may sleep in another day. I a here to work for you.
frank rizzo
11:20 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
barney states on the other thread that " christie is god" . when christie blew off romney and heaped praise on obama barney must have been walking in circles saying " does not compute does not compute. danger will robinson" . lol
8:35 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
The only GOD you know is the one Reverend Wright preached to Obama and his wife for 20 years.
That GOD hated white people.
Dominick Palermo
5:04 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Tim--Just to enlighten you ---Social Security isnt a entitlement ---------You pay into ss every week ya work -----and Medicare is also taken out of your paycheck every week ----so its not a entitlement --Its your money -----------
Tim O C
5:22 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
@ Dominick
really Dom no kidding you might want to send a quick e mail to Mittens, Ryan, Cantor and the rest of the tea baggers because Fox news and the republicon repukes think those programs are "entitlements" you did vote for mittens didnt ya
you know the guys who said fema was immoral and that states should handle it
you remember right
Khalid Bin Abdel Rehman Al-Hussainan
5:27 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
SS & Medicare are entitilements.
Tim O C
5:33 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
republicons live in denial are out of touch with reality and are hypocrites
you know Sue I cant get any republicons to answer there 2 question
1 How would Bristol have provided for her kid if not for Mommy
2 Is Sarah Palin a hypocrite and socialist since she and every person living in the welfare state of Ak receives a check from oil profits? I say you betcha
Dominick Palermo
5:57 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Khalid------------- Better look at your paycheck SSI is taken out every week -------and Medicare ----- So how is that entitlement??????
Dominick Palermo
6:00 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Tim --Yes i voted for Mitt ------ Did i want to? NO cause he is just as bad a Obama ------------ BUT i figured Mitt would slow down the process of making the USA just another European debitor nation for 4 yrs -- We need a Ronald Regan -- but i dont see any in the near future
Tim O C
6:07 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
@ thats why I like about you republicons Dom voting for a party who wants to get rid of SS and Medicare which im sure you receive wow
Ronald Reagan lol he raised tax you know that right and the debt ceiling 18 times ?
Dom you do know it was Bush who invaded Iraq based on lies right?
and you do know that the Bush tax cuts didnt create jobs right? and you do know about Medicare part D right? Afghan war ring a bell?
go google which party has created the most jobs its not the party of NO
6:44 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
And Tim , Obama is covertly sending arms to Syrian rebels through US friendly countries..they're all the same BOLD FACED LIERS...Dem or Repub...Sh1T in Sh1t out,,the job of government is to protest our right to life and liberty...not provide or dictate every facet of our daily lives..time to stand up and take back our country,one way or another
7:22 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
11 Documents Americans Deserve to See...
frank rizzo
7:51 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
barney once again youre as sharp as a cue ball. i wasnt mocking mc donalds workers i was mocking you. dom if reagan ran for president today the republicans and especially the teabaggers would run him out of town on a rail. reagan who raised the debt ceiling 18 times. reagan who supplied the taliban with weapons to fight the russians, reagan who said the wealthy should pay a little more and reagan who gave 4 million illegals amnesty . dom you and barney and bn would be pulling your hair out if reagan were around today. the only thing republicans would have liked him for was tapping the social security fund in 1985.wookfish who would rather see the muslim brotherhood take charge in syria instead of the rebels obama has funneled medical supplies to. the whole weapons nonsense is all hannity talking. perhaps you and khalid can take our country back. back to the 1950s that is. i love it when they say their constitutional freedoms are being taken away but ask them which ones and they change the subject.more often they just end up like bn here and his wacky conspiracy theories that make him more unhinged looking than a screen door after sandy.just ask him about "agenda 21" its out of a sci fi novel.
8:01 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
No more responses untill you sharpen your writing skills. I do not like back and forth commentary with iliterate LIBBIES.
Tim O C is smarter than you.
8:08 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
15 Signs That The Economy Is Rapidly Getting Worse As We Head Into 2013
8:11 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
UN warns of global collapse due to pesticides; Agenda 21 is pushed as solution
8:28 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
frank....Obama claimed that in Egypt they succeeded in a democratic election and they did ..THEY elected who they wanted....i don't like him, you don't like him but guess what...he was ELECTED.
7:58 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Hi Tim O C,
How does it feel to be a liberal parasite? Do you ever jump on someone's leg at the beach and sink your little buck teeth to drink the delicous republican blood?
How can we feed you for the rest of your life?
Just because Democrats cannot make money unless they steal it from the Republicans doesn't necessarily mean they are that less intelligent. Some parasitic LIBs are known to be lawyers and doctors too. The rest are not as dumb as they think sometimes, although most LIBs have a below average IQ. That's why we need to feed and house them. They are an incapable bunch.
Tim O C
10:31 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
yeah Barney pull your head out of your ass and look at a map
the most uneducated states are red states
frank rizzo
8:43 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
THIS FROM THE SAME BARNEY WHO TELLS PEOPLE "I,M HERE WORKING FOR YOU" BY WORK OF COURSE HE MEANS GOING TO SOME CUBICLE AND GETTING PAID TO GOSSIP ON THE PATCH ALL DAY ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT THE SUBJECT OF THE THREAD. BARNEY WHO GETS MAD WHEN 75% OF THIS COUNTRY WANTS TO ADD 3% TAX ON THE " JOB CREATORS" WHILE BARNEY HERE SPENDS ALL DAY SCREWING the guy who created his job AS HE LOAFS ON THE INTERNET ALL DAY PRETENDING TO BE WORKING.BN PLEASE WE CANT TAKE ANY MORE WACKY BLOG SITES . HERES ONE " GO TO A RELIABLE NEWS SOURCE .COM" .
frank rizzo
8:50 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
wookfish you must want egypt a dictatorship we,ve been giving $3 billion a year to for decades to be all wrapped up neatly by a first election. right now the guy who wont give up control wants the muslim brotherhood in there which is not what the rebels want. the rebels are up against the full military might of a regime but you get ancy when weapons get supplied to certain factions so there is no easy answer. right now that regime is squashing its people by putting sky high prices on everything from food to utilities. there are no easy answers when dealing with a 3rd century culture.just ask barney he came from the town of bedrock which was another very old culture. yabba dabba doo
12:38 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
"sky high prices on utilies and food" you forgot GAS..sounds real close to home to me.
frank rizzo
8:52 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
bn as far as pesticides go yes there is far too much pesticide being used today. its polluting rivers , killing bees and doing who knows what to humans. but it has nothing to do with the mad max beyond thunderdome wacky theory known as agenda 21.
9:11 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Will The Peak Of The Solar Cycle In 2013 Produce Technology Crippling Solar Super Storms?
9:12 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Online sales tax to be added to defense authorization bill
9:15 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Public Buses Across Country Quietly Adding Microphones to Record Passenger Conversations
9:16 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Tech Companies are Developing TV's that Watch You
9:18 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
UN Agenda 21 - Coming to a Neighborhood near You
9:22 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Obama conducts atomic test amid global urge for nuclear disarmament
frank rizzo
9:32 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
most of this tin foil hat stuff can be easily explained. buses have security cameras on them for the protection of all on board.there are already laptops that had cameras in them. one school was sued over it because these kids were being watched at innapproiate times.solar flare cycle? what are the lenght of these cycles? obama blew up an atomic bomb and somehow kept it a secret? sounds like real roswell area 51 type stuff.
Paul Michaelis
3:11 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The solar cycle is 11 years +/- and try looking it up on Google.
9:39 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Tim O C,
You are much smarter than Frank Rizzo. Where are you?
9:42 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Obamacare architect leaves White House for pharmaceutical industry job
frank rizzo
10:11 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
you can almost see the smoke come from the back of barney's head as he thinks up these comedy gems.
frank rizzo
10:12 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
its kinda hard to compete with someone like barney when he is giving you the " nah nah na na nah i know you are but what am i ?' kind of cutting wit.
3:28 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Barney and BN
This Rizzo corrector is still babbling on and on and on what Moronic behavior, you are right not to respond with this Obama Zealot, he drank the COOL AID he is lost to the dark side.
Paul Michaelis
3:08 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The comments that I've heard from people who lost most everything is that the statement " I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" is the biggest lie since "open and transparent" government was uttered. People with houses being totaled have been "given" pittances as help. In one case, known to me personally, the person was told by FEMA that since their credit rating was so high, they could get a repair loan on their own and didn't need FEMA support. Class warfare has dribbled down to government agencies from the political leaders. He was told that if he were poor and on food stamps the decision would have been different........taxpayers be damned.


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Eat Drink Local Week
We're thrilled to announce our fourth annual Eat Drink Local Week, an eight-day fest for our foodshed celebrated by Edibles around the Tri-state area. The Week kicks off June 23 and involves partners from every part of our local food system, who urge you to dine out, cook in, and celebrate the ingredients, landscape and people behind our plates through a week's worth of events, restaurant meals and plenty of cooking and drinking at home. What can you do to join in?
Be sure to make a reservation between June 23 and 30 to have an Eat Drink Local meal at our partner restaurants, which will be serving prix-fixe menus featuring our seasonal ingredients of the week (those are listed below). You can search our entire Eat Drink Local guide–which includes listings for restaurants, shops, wineries, bakeries and other retailers participating in the Week–or go directly to lists for your area below:
- Manhattan's Eat Drink Local Restaurant Guide
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Partner wineries, breweries, bakeries, cheese shops and other food businesses will be offering discounts during Eat Drink Local week. Search our Eat Drink Local guide–which also includes our restaurant partners–by neighborhood right here.
Each year we pick one seasonal locally available ingredient, food group or beverage to highlight for each day of Eat Drink Local Week, and encourage our partnering businesses and home cooks to try them. This year those ingredients are: Spinach, Eggs, Goat (milk, cheese, yogurt, meat, etc.), Radishes, Rose Wines, Porgy, Fava Beans, and hops. One great place to get your hands on the ingredients of the week is at your neighborhood Greenmarket.
1. June 20: Kickoff event at Union Square farmers market with chef demos and prize giveaways.
2. June 20: Meet your Maker at the Brooklyn Brewery. Four groups will meet at Brooklyn Brewery, then go on tours to explore Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Winery, NY Distilling Co. and Toby's Estate Coffee. All tours are $20 and will meet back up at the Brewery for beers, sandwiches and story swapping.
3. June 23: Chef demos and prize giveaways at the Grand Army Plaza farmers market.
4. June 27: Children's Museum of Manhattan will host an Eat Play Local Day, with kid-friendly, healthy cooking demos and important health information for parents.
5. June 27: Taste of Greenmarket featuring market-inspired dishes and cocktails prepared by over twenty of the city's finest chefs and mixologists.
6. June 28: At the Edible Eat Drink Local Feast, CITY GRIT Culinary Salon will be teaming up with New York Wines for a special dinner centered around the Featured Ingredients of Eat Drink Local Week.
7. June 30: A Food and Film Night, in conjunction with the Parrish Art Museum, at Marder's Gallery in Bridgehampton.
Eat Drink Local Week 2o12 is made possible with help from the following businesses, each of which does its part to support local foodsheds:
Meatless Monday | Whole Foods Market | Brooklyn Brewery | Williams-Sonoma | New York Wine & Grape Foundation
A portion of proceeds from Eat Drink Local Week events and restaurant events will be donated to the following organizations, but they could also use your help all year long.

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Training helped Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy talk man off bridge
There he was - cold and alone, perched on the wrong side of the railing atop the Hoan Bridge, about 120 feet above the Milwaukee River. A young, desperate man hanging on to a wire.
By the time Milwaukee County sheriff's Deputy Steven Schmitt arrived, highway traffic was shut down in both directions. Firefighters, Milwaukee police officers and a mental health team stood by. Below, the U.S. Coast Guard waited.
Schmitt had gone over the usual checklist of questions in his mind - "What is your name?" "What happened today?" "Do you take medication?" »Read Full Article(26)
Sex-abuse allegations in bankruptcy case reveal no safety crisis, judge says
The judge in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy case said Wednesday that she sees no current child safety crisis in the 550-plus sex-abuse claims filed in the case, suggesting that claims to the contrary - by victims' advocates and lawmakers - distort statements made by attorneys in a Feb. 9 hearing.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley said most of the allegations raised in the claims were committed by 44 diocesan priests already identified as abusers on the archdiocese website, many of whom are dead.
"My review has not indicated one iota of a public safety crisis to be concerned about in those proofs of claims," Kelley said during a hearing Wednesday. "Absolutely none, and I've looked at every one." »Read Full Article
Turnovers lead to tough road loss for Golden Eagles
Cincinnati - Let's take a few minutes to ponder the many reasons for the Marquette Golden Eagles' humbling 72-61 loss to Cincinnati on Wednesday night.
Marquette's 17 turnovers, which tied the season high, might be a good starting point.
"We threw the ball around like it was a wet bar of soap," said Golden Eagles sophomore forward Jamil Wilson. "No one could hang on to it." »Read Full Article(24)
Poor third quarter dooms Bucks in loss at Boston
Boston - A third-quarter meltdown proved deadly to the Milwaukee Bucks' hopes on Wednesday night at TD Garden.
The Bucks played a solid first half but had no response when Boston turned up its defensive intensity.
And the result was a predictable 102-96 loss to the Celtics as the Bucks squandered a chance to gain ground on a team now 3 ½ games ahead of them in the conference standings. »Read Full Article(20)
Mining legislation appears all but dead
Madison - The marquee job-creation bill of the Republican-controlled Legislature appeared all but dead Wednesday when a key holdout refused to support mining legislation that held out the possibility of work for thousands but could roll back environmental protections.
Republicans who control the statehouse had banked on the mining bill as their signature employment bill this year, but with two weeks remaining in the session, their efforts have faltered amid opposition from Sen. Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) and others.
Schultz said Wednesday he met with Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and top officials with the state Department of Natural Resources in a closed-door meeting Monday, but they could not reach an agreement. »Read Full Article(1190)
Leader of choice school indicted on theft, fraud charges
A pastor who ran a private choice school in Milwaukee is facing federal counts of fraud and theft of federal funds.
Gregory Goner, 41, of Milwaukee was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on four counts of theft of federal funds and one count of wire fraud. The theft counts carry a maximum of 10 years in prison and the fraud count 20 years.
Goner, pastor of Spirit Governed Baptist Church, also was president and chief administrator of Excel Academy, which taught kindergarten through high school. It operated in various locations between 2004 and 2010, most recently at 4744 N. 39th St. »Read Full Article(55)
Two polls, one surprise
Wisconsin's politics have been in the national spotlight over the past year after Republicans won control of the governor's office, the state Assembly and state Senate and approved changes the GOP leaders championed - a hotly debated budget and changes to collective bargaining for public workers.
So it might be a surprise that a political polling firm would find that Democrats across the country have a more favorable perception of Wisconsin than Republicans.
The North Carolina firm Public Policy Polling listed each of the 50 states in a poll released last week and asked respondents whether they had a positive or negative view of the state. Overall, Wisconsin ranked 16th. »Read Full Article(19)
Phish announce 2012 tour with two Alpine Valley dates
2012 Summer tour that includes a two-night stand at Alpine Valley in East Troy June 30 and July 1. The outing, which also has the Vermont band headlining Bonnaroo and performing two three-night spots in New Jersey and New York, was revealed through a funny online video today that featured a seemingly out-of-shape drummer Jon Fishman limbering up and prepping for the tour through exercise, vegetable juicing, mending his trademark dress and tuning up his vacuum at the band's "Secret Training Facility." Watch the video below.
Venerated jam band Phish announced aTickets for all shows on the tour are currently available through the band's advance ticket selection process at this link. Full general public ticket details will be released at a later date. For Phish fans looking to hit more than the two Alpine Valley shows, the band will also visit the Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville, In. June 28 and 29.
In other Phish news, the band will be releasing a limited edition three-LP version of their 1989 debut album, "Junta," for Record Store Day April 21. »Read Full Blog Post(5)
Rodgers will appear in Brewers promo ads
NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers has shot a couple of Milwaukee Brewers promotional spots, which will start appearing around the beginning of the season.
Brewers spokesman Tyler Barnes confirmed that Rodgers was in Arizona to shoot the ads. Barnes declined to say if Rodgers was compensated for the work.
The Rodgers ads will be part of the usual rotation of promotional ads the Brewers air each season. (4)
West Allis high school student hospitalized after fight
A 16-year-old high school student has been hospitalized after being punched by another student in a West Allis Hale High School bathroom Monday, police said Wednesday.
Chuck Padgett, deputy chief with the West Allis Police Department, said police were called after the 16-year-old and a 15-year-old got into a physical altercation.
The 16-year-old suffered facial injuries from punches and was taken to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, police said. The 15-year-old was taken to the Milwaukee County Children's Court Center in Wauwatosa. Padgett said the Milwaukee County district attorney's office will be reviewing possible charges against the 15-year-old for substantial battery. Police had not recommended any charges against the 16-year-old as of Wednesday, but investigation was still ongoing. »Read Full Article
Fort McCoy gets new garrison commander
A new garrison commander was named Wednesday to lead Fort McCoy.
Col. Steven W. Nott assumed command during a ceremony at the large military base in central Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon, replacing Col. David E. Chesser, who had commanded the garrison since April 2008.
Before moving to Fort McCoy, Nott served in Washington, D.C., as military executive for the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee in the office of Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs. »Read Full Article
Medicaid program vendor to cut 157 jobs
A company that helps administer Wisconsin's Medicaid programs as a contract vendor will cut as many as 157 jobs in Madison and Milwaukee.
HP Enterprise Services Inc. notified the State Department of Workforce Development that it plans to eliminate the positions, most of them clerical, between late April and late August. Of the jobs to be cut, the state agency said, 134 are in Madison and 23 are at HP Enterprise Services' offices at 6095 N. Teutonia Ave. in Milwaukee.
HP said some of the affected employees may get new jobs with the firm.
HP is the largest private vendor involved in the state's Medicaid programs. As of last June, the company had more than 1,100 employees doing the work, according to a recent audit.(23)
Sentry Insurance names new CEO
Peter G. McPartland has been promoted to chief executive officer of Sentry Insurance Group, the Stevens Point-based insurer said Wednesday.
He succeeds Dale R. Schuh, who will remain chairman of Sentry's board of directors.
McPartland joined Sentry in 2010 as president and chief operating officer. He has more than three decades of experience in the industry.
"Sentry's board of directors is very pleased to recognize Pete's performance over the past year and a half. His knowledge and experience in the insurance industry, his strong leadership and his energy have served, and will continue to serve, Sentry well," Schuh said in announcing the promotion.(4)
Former Madison tech college controller charged with stealing $34,542
Madison Area Technical College two years ago changed its nickname to Madison College to avoid confusion with its sister college in Milwaukee, which also goes by MATC.
Now the technical colleges with the same acronym have one more thing in common: They both have former employees who controlled money, and are now charged with stealing from college coffers.
The latest news is from Madison, where former controller Ryan L. Liebert, 45, of Lomira was charged Tuesday with stealing $34,542 from Madison's MATC, or Madison College, between 2004 and 2007 by writing checks to himself. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
Tommy Thompson leads GOP Senate field in new poll of primary voters
Tommy Thompson has a double-digit lead over two rivals in the GOP Senate race, according to a statewide survey of 556 likely primary voters released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm that polls independently in the state.
In a three-way GOP field, Thompson leads with 39% followed by Mark Neumann and Jeff Fitzgerald with 22% each. Those results have a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 points.
In a broader survey of all voters, Thompson runs neck and neck with Democrat Tammy Baldwin in a November matchup, with Baldwin getting 46% and Thompson 45%. Baldwin leads Neumann 47% to 41% and Fitzgerald 47% to 39%. That larger sample of 900 voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. »Read Full Blog Post(30)
Brewers, Axford talking multi-year deal
Phoenix -- There's a good reason that closer John Axford is the last player on the Brewers' 40-man roster to sign a contract for the 2012 season.
Assistant general manager Gord Ash confirmed Wednesday that the Brewers have been trying to work out a multi-year deal with Axford, who is in his final season before being eligible for salary arbitration.
Ash said the sides probably will have to settle for a one-year deal with the renewal date coming up Friday but sounded optimistic that a multi-year agreement could be worked out afterward. »Read Full Blog Post(19)
Walker signs legislation that loosens state rules on wetlands
Madison - Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation Wednesday to loosen state regulations on development in wetlands.
The Republican governor approved the controversial legislation before an appreciative audience from the Wisconsin Realtors Association. Realtors, builders and property rights advocates pushed for the legislation, saying current law hamstrings development and the changes would better balance environmental interests and the rights of property owners.
"It's a great example of how government can be a true partner in economic development instead of a barrier," Walker said. »Read Full Article(140)
More than a foot of snow in North Woods
A storm dumped up to 18 inches of wet snow on northern and central Wisconsin on Wednesday, causing dozens of schools to close and creating treacherous driving conditions.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said several northern and central highways were covered in snow and ice and recommended drivers steer clear of the area.
"I guess since we've had such an easy winter, this one sticks out," said Dan Clark, meteorological technician with the National Weather Service in Green Bay. »Read Full Article(13)
An 'Mke' welcome awaits Mitchell commuters
Lest there be any doubt, passengers driving into Mitchell International Airport starting sometime next year will pass giant roadside letters spelling out the airport's official and an increasingly common abbreviation for the city: "Mke."
Airport Manager Barry Bateman said Wednesday that the letters will stand up to 11 feet high - the lowercase "e" will be 9 feet 6 inches - and will be mounted alongside the airport spur road, which also will be upgraded by the state. The "Mke" sign will cost $350,000 and will be paid for with airport revenue, not local taxes.
Bateman said the letters would be the kind of symbol that's become increasingly common around the country and help reinforce the city's brand. Denver's airport has its 32-foot-high rearing blue horse with glowing red eyes, and Los Angeles' has giant all-capital letters spelling that airport's abbreviation - LAX. »Read Full Article(73)
Three charged with dealing drugs from Milwaukee condo
Three people in their 20s have been charged with possessing marijuana with intent to deal and maintaining a drug house in a condo north of downtown after police say they trafficked and dealt up to 1,000 pounds of marijuana worth about $3 million over more than three years.
Ryan J. Raketti, 28; his girlfriend, Rebecca L. Friedel, 28; and Raketti's best friend and roommate, Matthew D. Gardipee, 27, were part of a group that trafficked marijuana from California to Milwaukee, according to a criminal complaint released Wednesday.
On Feb. 15, the delivery person, who wasn't named in the complaint, was busted during a traffic stop in Utah while transporting about 120 pounds of high-grade marijuana in a pickup truck. The person agreed to be a confidential informant and deliver some of the marijuana in the 2000 block of N. Commerce St. in Milwaukee as planned. »Read Full Article(18)
Wauwatosa police may soon have say on special events
The Wauwatosa Police Department spent $3,000 on employee overtime to have officers provide security at the rally in support of Gov. Scott Walker at Hart Park in January. However, no one consulted Chief Barry Weber about the resources it would take to conduct the political event safely.
"We didn't have any say-so in that approval at all," he said.
In these contentious political times, he foresees more requests to hold similar events within the city, and that could cost his department a lot of money, he told the Community Development Committee on Tuesday. »Read Full Article(11)
Waukesha County urges residents to get whooping cough shots
Waukesha - With cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, up sharply last year and so far this year, the Waukesha County Public Health Division is urging adults - especially those who have contact with small children - to get vaccinated.
Public Health Supervisor Rosie Kapp said Wednesday that Waukesha County averages 27 cases a year, but last year 111 cases were reported. This January, 39 cases were reported. February's cases have dropped to eight so far, though more are being investigated, Kapp said.
The cases are from throughout Waukesha County, and the majority are school-age children, she said. »Read Full Article(2)
Mining bill in trouble, former exec says
Former mining company official Timothy Sullivan said Wednesday that the state's mining bill is facing serious problems and may not pass.
"This bill is in trouble, serious trouble," Sullivan told the reporters and editors of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Sullivan is the former CEO of Bucyrus International Inc., which was purchased in 2011 by Caterpillar Inc., and is chairman of the Wisconsin Mining Association, »Read Full Blog Post(49)
Second Gokhman foreclosure suit dismissed
Tuesday that Madison-based AnchorBank's foreclosure suit targeting Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre, and other properties owned by partnerships led by developer Boris Gokhman, had been settled.
I first reportedAt the end of that blog item, and in a story printed in Wednesday's Journal Sentinel, I also reported that a smaller, separate foreclosure suit involving a company operated by Gokhman and partner Walter Shuk was still scheduled for a July trial in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
Shuk on Wednesday brought to my attention that the second case has been dismissed as well. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Board seeks more time to review Walker recall petitions
Madison - State election officials say they likely will need extra time to review recall signatures even though Gov. Scott Walker has said he will not challenge the petitions against him - a move that would give Walker more time to raise unlimited sums of money.
Meanwhile, Republican legislators groused Wednesday that the Government Accountability Board was not doing a thorough enough analysis of the signatures even as it was asking them for $975,000 to do its work.
"It just seems like they are doing the bare minimum but not enough to instill confidence in the system," said Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester), co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee. »Read Full Article(889)
High court to hear case on water levels of Lake Koshkonong
reporting that the the State Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to regulate water levels on Lake Koshkonong.
The Janesville Gazette isThe local lake district in 2003 sought to raise the level of the lake by 7.2 inches in the summer and eliminate the DNR's practice of lowering the lake in the winter.
The DNR denied the request, and an appellate court judge upheld the agencys decision last summer. The appellate judge said the DNR isn't required to consider the economic effect of water levels on residents and businesses.
Rocketship solidifies move to Milwaukee, plans to serve 4,000 children
The board of Rocketship Education, a nonprofit charter-school chain of K-5 elementary schools in California, has officially approved expansion plans that will bring Rocketship Education to Milwaukee.
The organization has already gotten the necessary approval from the Milwaukee Common Council, a charter-school authorizer, to open up to eight elementary schools in the city by 2017, which would eventually serve a total of 4,000 children.
The national board voted Wednesday to green-light expansion plans outside of California. »Read Full Blog Post(15)
MATC board targeted for overhaul
Two state Republican lawmakers are leading a charge to change the make-up of the Milwaukee Area Technical College Board and give a stronger voice to the business community.
But the effort is sparking a backlash one day before a key committee vote.
The Senate version of the bill already passed out of committee by a 4-3 party line vote. The Assembly version is set for a vote Thursday. The legislation seeks to increase representation of area businesses from two to five of the nine MATC board seats. »Read Full Blog Post(164)
PolitiFact: Testing Priebus claim on national unemployment
New today fromRepublican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus says "The national unemployment rate has been above 8 percent for a record 36 months." We check it out. (19)
Clark County man killed in farm accident
Marshfield News-Herald reported.
Greenwood - A 41-year-old man was killed Tuesday in the town of Mead when the skid steer he was operating tipped over, theAllen D. Herman, the owner of the farm, was pronounced dead at the scene.
'Mary Poppins' soars when tech marvels take back seat
Early in the adaptation of "Mary Poppins" now on stage at the Marcus Center, a stiff and jerky George Banks insists that all he is asking for is precision and order.
It was therefore both ironic and weirdly appropriate when Tuesday night's jolly holiday with Mary took an unexpected detour: a 15-minute interruption, occasioned by technical difficulties with the set, during which the curtain went down and the house lights came up.
That snafu is a reminder of what Julie Andrews taught us and what this production occasionally forgets: "Mary Poppins" works best when it does least, focusing less on technical marvels such as flying nannies and more on what it means to be human. »Read Full Article(3)
WinterFest lost $100,000
Last December's WinterFest in downtown Milwaukee lost approximately $100,000, but its promoters say they hope to be back next December.
The loss was disclosed on Wednesday during the Wisconsin Center District's board meeting. The district, which owns and operates the Frontier Airlines Center, the U.S. Cellular Arena and the Milwaukee Theatre, brought back WinterFest after a number of years as a means of bringing families downtown during the holiday and to generate additional revenue for the area's restaurants and other retailers.
The festival ran from Dec. 21 through Dec. 31 and included an indoor ice rink, a large snow globe, daytime and nighttime entertainment, choirs and other performers. »Read Full Article(18)
Wisconsin man gets death in Florida double murder
Bushnell, Fla. - A Wisconsin man is headed to Florida's death row after a judge ruled he should die by lethal injection for killing a woman and her daughter 12 years ago.
Circuit Judge William H. Hallman III handed down the sentence Tuesday against 36-year-old Bill Paul Marquardt, who represented himself during his capital murder trial.
The Orlando Sentinel (http://thesent.nl/y2bqv3 ) reports investigators spent years searching for the suspect in the murders of Margarita Ruiz and Experanza Wells. Jon Thiesen, a prosecutor in Chippewa County, Wis., finally made the connection using DNA evidence found on Marquardt's knife.
Thiesen started researching blood samples on the knife after a Wisconsin jury acquitted Marquardt of killing his mother. Knowing Marquardt went to Florida after his mother's death, Thiesen researched double murders and found the Sumter County case. (5)
Slow growth in manufacturing continues
The recent trend of growth in manufacturing continues, although it's slow, according to a report Wednesday from the Milwaukee-area chapter of the Institute of Supply Management.
The ISM index for February was 58.61, up from 58.40 in January. An index rating above 50 indicates growth, while below 50 indicates a decline in economic activity.
The new-orders portion of the ISM index was at 63.10 for February, up from 62.18 in January. »Read Full Article(3)
Blaring ring of weather-alert sirens may fade away in Brookfield
By this time next year, city of Brookfield residents might be relying on phone calls or text messages to alert them to a tornado spotted in the area, in lieu of sirens sounding throughout the city.
The Finance Committee recently discussed eliminating the city's emergency warning siren system, due to a recent mandate by the Federal Communications Commission.
Per the FCC mandate, the wide-band frequency currently used to contact the city's 11 emergency warning sirens must be switched to narrow-band frequency by Jan. 1 in order to continue operating. The cost is estimated at nearly $100,000. »Read Full Article(39)
Weyco 4Q sales, earnings boosted by acquisition
(WEYS) said Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings rose 7.7%, boosted by sales from its acquisition of the Combs Co. last year.
Weyco Group Inc.The Glendale maker of Florsheim, Nunn Bush and Stacy Adams shoes said net income increased to $5.53 million, or 50 cents a share, from $5.14 million, or 45 cents, a year ago. Sales were up 20% to $74.8 million from $62.3 million.
Weyco acquired Combs, maker of Bogs and Rafters footwear, on March 2, 2011. Interest expense for the year increased primarily due to additional debt outstanding following the acquisition, the company said. »Read Full Article
Waukesha County Board approves pay raises
Waukesha - On divided votes, the Waukesha County Board approved pay raises Tuesday night for three elected officials and about 575 members of two former unions.
The board voted 14-7 to approve 1.5% pay increases in each of the next four years to whoever is elected county clerk, treasurer and register of deeds this fall. Candidates can circulate nominating petitions for the positions, which carry four-year terms, beginning April 15.
As approved, salaries for the clerk and treasurer would be $70,180 in 2013 and increase to $73,384 by 2016. Pay for the register of deeds would increase to $71,125 next year and increase to $74,372 by 2016. »Read Full Article(7)
Gov. Walker to sign wetlands legislation
Madison -- Gov. Scott Walker will sign legislation Tuesday loosening restrictions on building in wetlands.
The controversial legislation was supported by business groups and opposed by environmentalists and many sportsmen's groups. The Republican governor will sign the legislation Wednesday afternoon at the Monona Terrace in Madison before the Wisconsin Realtors Association. (59)
Supreme Court rules for Basil Ryan in river barge case
Former Franklin alderman Basil Ryan has won the right to argue the state was responsible for a barge lashed to the banks of the Menomonee River downtown that led to years of litigation.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Milwaukee circuit judge's decision to grant summary judgment in favor of the state in a forfeiture action over the barge was a mistake, and so was the appellate court's affirmation of that decision.
In 2009, Circuit Judge Thomas Cooper ordered Ryan, a former Franklin alderman, to pay $37,691 in fines for failing to remove the barge, which sank in July 2006, and to put $100,000 in an escrow account to pay for the barge's removal. »Read Full Blog Post(6)
Michigan's tight contest could be a preview of Wisconsin's primary
won Republicans, moderates, college grads and upper income-earners, but lost the most conservative voters, evangelicals, working-class voters, union households and Democrats.
In edging Rick Santorum in Michigan, Mitt RomneyThese patterns could all come into play when Wisconsin gets its turn to vote on April 3, assuming the Republican race is still up in the air by then.
Of all the GOP primaries so far, Michigan's is the closest match to the electorate that the candidates are likely to see in Wisconsin. Both are Midwestern industrial states with lots of blue-collar white voters. Both have open primaries so independents and even Democrats are free to participate. »Read Full Blog Post(62)
In popularity poll, more Democrats like Wisconsin than Republicans
Wisconsin's politics have been in the national spotlight over the past year after Republicans won control of the governor's office, the state Assembly and state Senate and approved changes the GOP leaders championed – a hotly debated budget and changes to collective bargaining for public workers.
So it might be a surprise that a political polling firm would find that Democrats across the country have a more favorable perception of Wisconsin than Republicans.
The North Carolina firm Public Policy Polling listed each of the 50 states in a poll released last week and asked respondents whether they had a positive or negative view of the state. Overall, Wisconsin ranked 16th. »Read Full Blog Post(294)
Miss America to model at Mayfair on Friday
Here she is, Miss America.
Or at least she will be on Friday. Wisconsin native and Miss America 2012 Laura Kaeppeler will come to Mayfair in Wauwatosa for a Homecoming Fashion Show.
Kaeppeler and some of her fellow contestants will be modeling fashions by corporate sponsor Express in the mall center court at 6 p.m. The fashion show is free and open to the public. »Read Full Article(1)
Foul odor has Tosans asking, 'What's that smell?'
Something's rotten in the city of Wauwatosa.
Resident Charles Jagemann has on a number of occasions smelled a putrid odor while standing in his front yard or while patronizing the shops along Mayfair Road between Watertown Plank Road and North Avenue. He and his wife have tried to figure out how best to describe the scent.
"She says like overly sweet poop, and I would say the same, but more discreetly, such as, like decomposing plant matter with a slightly sweet sewer smell," Jagemann said. »Read Full Article(20)
Quad/Graphics reports loss in final quarter of 2011
Even as it reported a loss in the latest quarter, Quad/Graphics Inc. announced a 25% increase in its quarterly dividend Wednesday in what the Sussex-based commercial printer called a sign of confidence that it is weathering a tough economy in a media industry that's in transition.
"We feel really good about the sustainability of supporting that dividend," Chief Executive Joel Quadracci told investors in a conference call. The dividend increase to 25 cents a share reflects "confidence" in the strength of the company's balance sheets, he said.
Quad shares rallied more than 14%, or $1.90, to close at $14.97 Wednesday. »Read Full Article(4)
Tourism conference starts Sunday in Green Bay
Madison - Nearly 1,000 tourism officials from around Wisconsin are expected at an annual conference in Green Bay.
The speakers expected include Miss America Laura Kaeppeler, Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby and Gov. Scott Walker.
The Wisconsin Governor's Conference on Tourism is an annual three-day education and networking event for Wisconsin innkeepers, restaurateurs and others tourism officials. The featured educational topics include customer service, social media and economic forecasts.
It will be held at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay from Sunday through Tuesday.(3)
Guard program for at-risk youth to fill new class
Fort McCoy - A Wisconsin National Guard program for at-risk youth is accepting applications for its next class.
The Wisconsin Challenge Academy accepts teens who are at risk of not graduating from high school. The free program is open to boys and girls who have dropped out, been expelled or fallen at least a year behind in credits.
The goal is to help teens earn their high school equivalency diplomas, learn essential job and life skills and become responsible citizens. »Read Full Article(4)
Ex-West Bend grocery site targeted for redevelopment
The owner of a former Pick n' Save supermarket in West Bend will demolish the building with plans to eventually redevelop the site.
Bruce Taylor, who operates Milwaukee-based Hallmark F Limited Partnership, is seeking city permission for a new site plans that includes razing around 75,800 square feet of Westwood Mall Shopping Center, 2376-2384 W. Washington St.
The Plan Commission will consider that request at its March 6 meeting. Taylor told me the demolition will allow for an eventual redevelopment of the site. He currently has no specific plans of what will replace the former supermarket. »Read Full Blog Post(6)
Joy Global first-quarter earnings increase
Joy Global Inc. posted a higher fiscal first-quarter profit Wednesday, raised its 2012 earnings forecast and reported strong orders for mining equipment.
The Milwaukee-based company said net income rose 39% to $142.4 million, or $1.33 a share, from $102.2 million, or 96 cents a share, a year ago. Sales increased 31% for the three months ended Jan. 27, to $1.14 billion.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S had anticipated $1.35 a share in earnings on revenue of $1.16 billion. »Read Full Article(3)
Vigil set for boy killed by train in Wauwatosa
WAUWATOSA - Organizers have scheduled a vigil in Wauwatosa to remember a boy killed by a train.
A freight train struck and killed Joey Kramer on Monday morning near the corner of North 68th and West State Streets.
He was wearing ear buds and had his hood up, so he didn't hear or see the train. »Read Full Article(8)
I-43 northbound reopened after closure following crash in Cedarburg
CEDARBURG - The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department says it has reopened I-43 northbound after closing the freeway following a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday.
The crash happened near County Highway C (Pioneer Road) in Cedarburg at about 4:40 a.m.
TODAY'S TMJ4's Melissa McCrady reports that there were some injuries, but authorities had no word on the extent of them. »Read Full Article(3)
On Tap Today: Ways to celebrate Leap Day
Hello, Feb. 29. Thank you for making an effort.
Seriously, thank you. And no one says thank you like Peter Frampton did in the 1970s. He's in town, you know. He plays the Pabst Theater at 7 p.m.
Today isn't your-run-of-the-mill hump day, either. For one thing, there's Leap Year Sky Gazing starting at 6 p.m. at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. »Read Full Blog Post


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Where does one begin with Eric Koston? Koston will go down as one of the all-time greats in skateboarding. Since turning pro in 1993, he has seemingly done it all; from X-Games medals, to being recognized as one of the best street skaters around, and to this day, he still continues to leave an impact in skateboarding. Always known for being an innovator and influencer within the skateboard community, Koston continues to grow the culture with his online powerhouse, TheBerrics.com, in partnership with Steve Berra. You might think with all he's accomplished that he might be unapproachable, but he's still one of the most humble and down-to-earth guys around.
Eric Koston – Part 1: Epicly Later'd
Here it is, the Epicly Later'd series on the man considered to be the greatest street skater of the modern era. What does that mean exactly? Nothing really, but Eric Koston is the standard by which all street skaters are judged. How did this come to be? Where did Eric hone his skills? Who was his guru? Answer: "El Gato." El Gato, or Eddie Elguera, nurtured young Eric's astonishing natural abilities and brought him places that allowed this talent to blossom. Many people will learn about Eddie after watching this series.
Eric Koston – Part 2: Epicly Later'd
Eric Koston's first big video part was, well, big. Clocking in at almost seven minutes long, Eric's part in H Street's Next pretty much contains every trick known to skaters at the time. It also features the mind-blowing 540 transfer from ramp to ramp at the end of the video.
Eric Koston – Part 3: Epicly Later'd
Eric Koston's part in 101's video Falling Down is so good. Everybody still talks about the switch tre down the EMB seven, but we think the backside flip down the small Carlsbad gap is the dopest. Mike Carroll, on the other hand, thinks the fronstside pop shuv and kickflip over that bump were the best tricks in the part. As for Guy Mariano, he trips on the switch flip back tail line. That's what really scared other pros at the time, Guy says.
Eric Koston – Part 4: Epicly Later'd
Eric Koston got everyone talking again with his part in Girl's first video, Goldfish. Not only was he doing backside heel flips over walls, but he was also making it look easy. Pretty hard to top that, but then in Mouse he once again took skating to another level, and did what's probably the best impression of Charlie Chaplin to date. With an appearance by legendary director and Girl co-owner Spike Jonze, and with behind-the-scenes footage of The Chocolate Tour where Koston wears a full-body costume and plays an old man, this part of the Koston series had some of the best footage.
Eric Koston – Part 5: Epicly Later'd
How many ways can you say that Eric Koston is one of the most impressive skaters ever? In Part 5 we hear from Atiba Jefferson on how he went from a Koston super fan to a super friend. We also learn that Mike Carroll thinks that Eric's part in Chomp on This is the truest representation of the real Eric Koston.
Eric Koston – Part 6: Epicly Later'd
The finale Mr. Koston's series. The series has been an honest look at a skater who hasn't sabotaged his career by falling prey to the pitfalls that are all too common in professional skateboarding. Maybe the most remarkable thing about his run is that Eric has taken full advantage of his talent, which is often the hardest thing to pull off. All that being said, we hope that Koston takes Spike's and Ty's advice and films wacky shit for Pretty Sweet.


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Real actors read Yelp reviews
Do you ever read Yelp restaurant reviews? They can be really over the top. So, this actor doing a dramatic reading of a bad review made me laugh out loud.
(Via Eater. Thanks, Megan!)
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However, the day is still young, and there is still time for the alleged Mayan apocalypse rumored for today.
Emergency officials from NASA all the way down to Floyd County Emergency Management Director Scotty Hancock don't anticipate an asteroid crashing into Earth and obliterating mankind today.
When asked if he had been receiving worried calls about doomsday, Hancock chuckled. "No, not at all," he said. "We honestly haven't given it any kind of thought."
But Hancock is concerned about the storms passing through the area, especially some heavy winds today after Thursday's rain.
In the event that smoldering space debris begins to hurl down on us from the heavens at any point today, Hancock suggested taking cover. "Duck and take cover, like the old civil defense days," he said, laughing. "Honestly, that's all you can do at that point. And pray a lot."
Instead of bunkering down in basements with a year's supply of water and canned goods, some locals will be celebrating the mock apocalypse well into the night. Anthony Barba, an owner of La Scala, said there will be an "End of the World" party tonight beginning at 9 p.m. at 400 Block Bar on Broad Street. Steven Smith and Ian Griffin performing as the Shameless Natives will provide musical entertainment.
Millions of people across the globe have been anticipating Dec. 21 with either knots in their stomachs or a roll of their eyes as the Mayan long-count calendar ends on this day. Some feared that meant an uncertain future for Earth and its inhabitants.
The Associated Press reported that the Mayans never really predicted that the world would end today, and now, some New Agers are convinced that humanity's demise is indeed imminent. Or at least that it's a good excuse for a party.
Believers worldwide are being drawn to spots where they think their chances of survival will be better, and accompanying them are the curious, the party-lovers and people wanting to make some money.
These parties, which are taking place across the globe, are more or less celebrating the dawning of a new era.
In Merida, Mexico, the celebration of the cosmic dawn began with a fumbling of the sacred fire meant to honor Friday's end of the Mayan long count calendar.
Gabriel Lemus, the white-haired guardian of the flame, burned his finger on the kindling and later somebody knocked a burning log out of the ceremonial brazier onto the wooden stage, before he quickly scooped it up.
Still, the white-clad Lemus, like about 1,000 other shamans, seers, stargazers, crystal enthusiasts, yogis, sufis and swamis in a Merida convention center about an hour and a half from the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza, was convinced it was a good start to the coming "New Era" supposed to begin at about 5 a.m. today.
"It is a cosmic dawn," said Lemus. "We will recover the ability to communicate telepathically and levitate objects ... like our ancestors did."
These are not people who believe the world will end today; the summit is scheduled to run through Sunday. Instead, participants say, they are here to celebrate the birth of a new age.
A Mexican Indian seer who calls himself Ac Tah, and who has traveled around Mexico erecting small pyramids he calls "neurological circuits," said he holds high hopes for Dec. 21.
"We are preparing ourselves to receive a huge magnetic field straight from the center of the galaxy," he said.
Even as the clock ticks down on the latest doomsday rumor, the European Organization for Nuclear Research has listed a number of odd subatomic phenomena — "magnetic monopoles," "Vacuum bubbles" and "strangelets" — that could play a role in the next apocalypse scare.
All of it had Mexico City tourist Deyanira de Alvarez amused as she snapped a photo of the countdown clock mounted in the Merida international airport showing just more than two days left to "the galactic alignment."
"My grandmother says that people have been talking about this (the world ending) ever since she was a little girl," De Alvarez said, "and look, Grandma is still here."


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Friday, December 08, 2006
Christmas, Peace & John Lennon
Today marks the anniversary of the death of the greatest musician of the 20th century, John Lennon. Though not a believer in Jesus he did grasp, ironically, some of the import of the message of the Babe from Bethlehem. One of my favorite "secular" songs for Christmas was written by Lennon in 1971 and it reached #2 on the charts. It is stirring and I find myself singing it over and over. I think this song is just as "prophetic" now as it was when I was a little kid.
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
"Every warrior's boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9.6-7, NIV)
"He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore." (Micah 4.3, NRSV)
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good wil [sic] towards men." (Luke 2.14, KJV)
Bobby Valentine
27 comments:
- Ben Overby said...
Greatest musician of the 20th century? Bobby, you've been in the cold too long! Ever heard of George Jones? : )
Seriously, doesn't Bono get a nod. Love his song that has the lyric "Heaven on earth, we need it now, sick of all of this hanging around. Sick of the sorrow, sick of the pain; sick of hearing again again . . .Peace on earth . . . "Jesus can you spare the time to through a drowning man a dime . . . " Hear it every Christmas time, what's it worth, Peace on earth, peace on earth, peace on earth . . .
I've used it as a way of getting into my Christmas message for the last few years.
Next thing you're going to try to convince us of is that Star Wars was a fairly good movie.
Ben - 10:23 AM
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
Yep, I just might try to do it, :-)
Bono is a great person and U2 has awesome music. Of this there can be no doubt. I have followed their music since "War" came out. Bono I think actually has a better grasp on the mission of Jesus than some preachers do.
But the Beatles and then John Lennon on his own, they are the greatest.
Now who is George Jones?? :-)
Bobby Valentine - 11:12 AM
- john said...
Even the ones who won't recognize the reality of Jesus and His mission long for the things that only Jesus can give. Why do you suppose that is?
Lennon was special indeed, but he could have been used to reach a generation for Christ. He chose not to be used for his destiny. Instead he was just another great singer.
We all are special creations for a specific destiny determined by God. Whether we reach our destiny is determined by our choice. - 12:19 PM
- Velcro said...
What a good song!
And I think you're wrong about the greatest musician of the 20th century.
George Michael has got to be the greatest musician of the 20th century. Are you forgetting WHAM? - 12:46 PM
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
George Michael?! That is TOO funny!!!
I recall when Pamella and I were dating, I asked her if she had ever been to a concert. She assured me she had. She had gone to see George Michael in Orlando.
I quickly concluded that she had NOT been to a real concert and bought tickets to go see Van Halen in St.Petersburg, then Tom Petty and finally the Stones ... now she can say she has been to a concert.
Bobby Valetine - 12:57 PM
- Mike Exum said...
Van Halen, Petty... Amen.
Nuff said. - 2:41 PM
- Ancient Wanderer said...
John Lennon as theologian?
I have a saying, "I don't get my B-B-Q tips from a Vegan." ;)
- Frank Bellizzi said...
So I guess you classify Britney Spears as a 21st-century musician?
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
Frank I certainly hope you are not comparing Spears to Lennon???
Bobby Valentine - 4:31 PM
- Bobby Cohoon said...
I will give you that Lennon and the Bea'les were a good group; and I think John and Paul wrote some of the finest stuff I have ever tried to play. But, when it comes to rock, I am sorry they ain't the STONES! I had the chance to see Jagger and the stones in DC in the early 90's. I think Charlie Watts was already getting Social Security at that time too and they were still awesome.
Your story of your wife seing "Wham" reminds me of being a good big brother in 1984 when my sister wanted to see Duran Duran...she's still convinced they were a good rock and roll group!
I even almost saw George Jones once; I was there but he was drunk and didn't show up!
Merry Christmas brother, and I am praying for your new move.
Bobby - 6:25 PM
- Tim Archer said...
I guess if Paul can quote pagan poets, you can quote John Lennon.
[I agree that the Lennon was a great musician. The only pop musician that I can think of that compares is Paul Simon. They both did a lot of exploration with different styles of music, different instruments, etc. They both reached a point where the music interested them more than the success.
However, my guess that the "greatest musician of the 20th century" probably was not a rocker. Names like Bartok, Gershwin, etc. come to mind]
Anyway, I'll join in the prayer for peace. - 5:18 AM
- Laymond said...
How about Willie?
- Joel Solliday said...
I vote for Irving Berlin.
I often pray for peace too, earnestly. And when a loved one has cancer, I pray for healing. But I also support an aggresive fight against the cancer, including the painful use of radiation and chemo as necessary.
Can God heal without radiation? Yes. But there is much courage in using it in the battle against a deadly disease.
There are few "cancers" more deadly today than Islamist terrorism and tyrany.
With respect, count me out of the John Lennon admiration society. He dreamed of no religion, no heaven, no faith, NOTHING to fight for, no countries, no posessions, and had a vision for life that disincluded any trust in our God.
Not my hero. Sorry. - 10:20 AM
- Joel Solliday said...
Salutations Frank and Tim, ol' pals. Nice to see your comments on this fine blog. I will try to visit more often. All the best to you, and to all.
Ta for your thoughts!
Maria in the UK
- Velcro said...
Haha, Bobby. I was the same way when my wife told me she had been to see New Kids On The Block. I said, "We've got to get you to a real concert!"
Van Halen would be awesome. I think Def Leppard's coming to town with Journey next year. - 9:54 AM
- Danny said...
I gotta go with Ben on this one! Give me the Possum anytime. :)
Bobby, I am a little late with the congrats on the new position. I know God has had this planned for you and you and the church there will flourish together in kingdom work. - 12:19 PM
- Steve said...
The Beatles changed the world. They started out as a talented boy band then matured, experimented and explored, and , by showing others that it was possible, inspired others to do the same. I doubt the Stones could have fluorished as they have without the Beatles creating the British invasion. Its hard to imagine that there could have been a Led Zeppelin or a U2 or a Leonard Skynrd if the Beatles had never been. Almost no pop musician or group since about 1966 has been unaffected by them in a primary or secondary way. I was 13 when they landed in NY for their initial concert and so, having lived from this period to the present, I think I know whereof I speak.
Who knows what direction John would have moved had he lived. I submit he would have continued to change, and possibly for the better.
Thanks for the memory. - 7:57 PM
- Wade Tannehill said...
I had to laugh when I read about the wives who had been to George Michael and New Kids on the Block. When I met Gretchen, I had been to see Ted Nugent, Molly Hatchet, Bad Company, etc. She had been to see Air Supply.
- Royce Ogle said...
I didn't know the Lennon sisters had a brother. I don't guess he was good enough to be on the Lawrence Welk show.
One of the first things we put in our trailer was our big picture of George Jones and Tammy Wynette. Its over the couch in the living room.
Anyone who doesn't get all teary-eyed listening to "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is unAmerican! When they played that at my sisters divorce party last month there wasn't a dry eye in the service station.
You are a good preacher Bobby but you don't know beans about music.
Merry Christmas,
Royce Ogle - 8:14 AM
- Mike Exum said...
That was classic man. I gotta quote that...
I don't have a dry eye just laughing so hard.
Many blessings... - 11:07 AM
- Wade Tannehill said...
My last comment even gets better. My wife reminded me at lunch that Air Supply was not the only concert she had been to when she met me. She had also been to see Captain and Tenille and the Osmonds. I told you it got better.
- Wade Tannehill said...
My last comment even gets better. My wife reminded me at lunch that Air Supply was not the only concert she had been to when she met me. She had also been to see Captain and Tenille and the Osmonds. I told you it got better.
- Velcro said...
Wade, that's hilarious. Yeah, my wife also reminded me last night that she has been to see Cher and Simon & Garfunkel. I replied, "Those aren't concerts!"
This was fun! - 8:48 AM
- Mike Exum said...
Last night I started reading the OT relational theology book you recommended a few weeks ago. Ch 1 is already grabbing my interest. However, it would really be good to be in a discussion group or something to help digest it. I do not have access to such at this point. Would you be interested in some email exchange in regard to this reading? If so, contact me through my blog profile via email and we are off. If not, I will search for another discussant.
Many blessings... - 12:09 PM
- Stoned-Campbell Disciple said...
Mike I would be willing to do that with you. But I cannot do that until probably the second week of January.
I am neck deep in a move and will be out of Milwaukee by Jan 2 and moving into Tucson by Jan 6.
I am also busily engaged in research and writing for a book project that is supposed to be done by summer and released in September.
I am using some of Freitheim's material though. He is a very insightful reader of the Hebrew Bible.
Bobby Valentine - 1:47 PM
- Mike Exum said...
Sorry I did not respond to your message yesterday...
That will be fine. Totally understandable. Let me know when you are available.
Happy moving & Many blessings...
AZ is nice! this time of year especially - 11:21 AM