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HOLLAND, Mich. – Published in the same month by the same press, poetry collections by emeritus professor Jack Ridl of the Hope College English faculty and 1998 Hope graduate Christopher Dombrowski have now earned honors together as well.
Ridl, who taught at Hope from 1971 until retiring in 2006, and Dombrowski, who is one of Ridl's former students, have received Gold and Silver recognition respectively for poetry in the 2013 IndieFab Awards competition sponsored by "Foreword Reviews" magazine. Ridl received a Gold Award for his collection "Practicing to Walk Like a Heron," and Dombrowski received a Silver Award for his collection "Earth Again." Both collections were published in February 2013 in the "Made in Michigan Writers Series" of Wayne State University Press.
The 2013 IndieFab Awards program recognized work in more than 60 categories, with a panel of more than 100 librarians and booksellers selecting the winners from among more than 1,500 entries from the indie publishing community across a number of genres. The competition presented Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honorable Mention awards, as well as Editor's Choice Prizes for fiction and nonfiction. The winners were announced on Friday, June 27, during the American Library Association Annual Conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
There were two Gold winners, two Silver winners, two Bronze winners and one Honorable Mention in the poetry category. Bronze winner Todd Davis, honored for his collection "In the Kingdom of the Ditch," had read at the college in October 2013 through the Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series.
Ridl is the author or editor of several collections of poetry, and has also published more than 300 poems in journals and has work included in numerous anthologies. In addition, he has read his work and led workshops at colleges, universities, art colonies and other venues around the country.
He has received multiple honors for his collections. The anthology "Poetry in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry," which he co-edited with award-winning poet Dr. William Olsen of the Western Michigan University English faculty, was named a 2014 Michigan Notable Book. His 2009 collection "Losing Season" (CavanKerry Press), was named the 2009 "Sports Education Book of the Year" by the Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island. The Society of Midland Authors named his collection "Broken Symmetry" one of the two best volumes of poetry published in 2006. In 2001, his collection "Against Elegies" was chosen by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins as the winner of the "Letterpress Chapbook Competition" sponsored by the Center for Book Arts of New York City. Ridl's other volumes include "The Same Ghost," "Between," "After School," "Poems from 'The Same Ghost' and 'Between,'" and "Outside the Center Ring."
In addition to his volumes of poetry, Ridl is co-author, with Hope colleague Peter Schakel, of two textbooks, "Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses" and "Approaching Literature." They also co-edited two anthologies.
Ridl also received recognition both at Hope and beyond as a master teacher. In 1996, he was chosen Michigan's "Professor of the Year" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The college's graduating class presented him with the "Hope Outstanding Professor Educator" Award in 1976, and the student body elected him recipient of the "Favorite Faculty/Staff Member" Award in 2003. He was chosen by the graduating seniors to be the commencement speaker in both 1975 and 1986.
More than 85 of Ridl's students are now published authors themselves.
Dombrowski majored in English at Hope and subsequently completed a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at the University of Montana. In addition to "Earth Again," his collections include "By Cold Water," which was a finalist for "Foreword's" "Poetry Book of the Year," and a chapbook. His poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including "Poetry," "Michigan Quarterly Review," "Gulf Coast," "Crazyhorse," "Beloit Poetry Journal" and others. Additionally, in venues such as "Orion," "Outside" and "The Sun," he has published essays and articles that chronicle his 15-plus summers as a river-guide in the West. He has received awards including an Intro Award from the Associated Writing Programs, a Pushcart Prize Special Mention and a writing fellowship from the UCROSS Foundation.
Dombrowski has taught creative writing at the University of Montana and Interlochen Center for the Arts. He guides, writes and teaches in Montana.


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Why $10 a Month for Hulu Is Too Much. And Too Little.
Is ten bucks a month too much to pay for "Hulu Plus"? Or too little?
Perhaps both.
The Web video site is getting ready to roll out its much discussed subscription offering of $9.95 a month, the Los Angeles Times reports. That jibes with chatter I heard earlier this week, though I'm not yet convinced this is a done deal.
But for argument's sake, let's say the report is correct, and the joint venture between GE's (GE) NBC, Disney's (DIS) ABC and News Corp.'s (NWS) Fox is about to test a premium plan. If they are doing so at $9.95 a month, it's possible they've ended up with a price that will make both consumers and network TV guys unhappy.
How's that?
$9.95 a month–$120 a year–is an awful lot to pay for free TV. Industry sources expect the initial plans for "Hulu Plus" to focus on access to a deep catalog from its broadcast TV owners. So instead of just getting the most recent five episodes of, say, "Family Guy"–those will still be available for free on regular Hulu–you'll get an entire season or more.
If you're really, really into a couple shows that run on ABC, NBC or Fox, then perhaps a Hulu subscription makes more sense than buying the shows on DVD or downloading them from iTunes.
But if you're really into "Mad Men" on AMC or "Justified" on FX (which is great), or anything else on cable, Hulu Plus may not do much for you. And at the same time…
$9.95 a month doesn't go that far once Hulu pays the bills. TV executives expect that Hulu will need to hand over something like $1 to $1.50 per subscriber to each of its network owners. Because that's the same price the broadcast networks are trying to extract from cable TV operators in "retransmission" fights (see: ABC vs. Cablevision). And that money is worth a whole lot more to them than Hulu subscriptions. Which means the TV guys can't undercut themselves on the Web.
So Hulu will need to pay out something like $3 to $5.50 off the top for every $10 it brings in. And then it has to shoulder the streaming costs, billing costs, customer service costs, etc.–figure a couple bucks a month more for that stuff. That gets you something like a 30 percent gross margin, which is nothing to brag about.
And what happens if Hulu wants to expand the service and add shows from other providers? It will either have to cut into its thin margin to pay for the programming or raise its rate above $10 a month. Which is already a lot to pay for free TV.
There are a few things Hulu and its owners can do to make Hulu Plus more attractive. Offer the service on more platforms, for one, like Apple's iPad. And tinker with "windows," so that Hulu subscribers get to see stuff before the freeloaders.
But moving windows is a good way to confuse/piss off most users, who don't have any interest in digital/analog TV economics and just want to watch shows.
Also, access to Hulu on the iPad seems a bit less valuable given that Disney's ABC, one of Hulu's owners, is already giving away free access to its shows via a very popular app. Industry sources says Hulu CEO Jason Kilar tried desperately to get ABC not to introduce its free app for this very reason.
But while Disney is a minority owner in Hulu, Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs is the largest individual shareholder in Disney. If you want to connect the dots on that one, you'll be doing the same thing everyone else in TV Land is doing.


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There's a tremendous guessing game surrounding Jerry Brown's plans to scale back the state's pension system.
Brown said this week, at an event in Beverly Hills, that it would involve a public vote next year, but that he wasn't ready to offer details.
But there are plenty of clues as to what he has in mind, if you look back at last year's governor's race.
Brown told me, during a sitdown interview at a Sacramento restaurant last fall, that he was prepared to make labor unions unhappy. He indicated that it was time to more closely match stock market performance with the benefits being paid out.
Then there were Brown's remarks made in response to questions from my colleague Amy Chance at the Sacramento Bee, during a debate at U.C. Davis in September of last year.
"We're going to have to raise ages, we're going to have to raise contributions, we're going to have to stop this thing where they take the last one year and spike it up and use that as a measurement for a lifelong pension," Brown said. "When I was governor (the first time) we used the last three years and you averaged them."
Brown joked then that, "I'm the best pension buy California's ever seen," referring to his long years of collecting a public paycheck.
He then referred to his desire to create a two-tier pension system. One of the Capitol's top Democrats, Darrell Steinberg, has said he's open to voluntary participation in a 401K-style plan.
So the details have yet to emerge, even as the legislature named members this week to a special joint committee that's supposed to look at reforms meant to bring fiscal stability to a system that critics point out can't be sustained.
That committee has its first meeting, in Southern California, in the city of Carson, on October 26.
In the meantime, Brown's pension plan is still being cooked. It's clear he wants to move to a system for new workers that will more closely match private industry. And reformers are watching closely to see if that plan will match last year's campaign promises.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
New Rule: A-hole in One Shouldn't Be Obama's Game
Golf, if you're not familiar, is a pastime where you basically walk outdoors with a bag, muttering and cursing. It's like being homeless in loud pants. Anyway, Time magazine is reporting that since he became president, Barack Obama has taken up golf with a passion, playing almost every weekend for the past few months -- and I feel betrayed. He campaigned as a basketball player. It said to us, "I'm urban and athletic and hip and a team player." Golf says, "I like Lipitor and white collar crime." And it's not just golf -- he's been purposefully eating a lot of hamburgers in public lately, to prove he loves meat. And he said that, unlike before he became president, he prays all the time now and that his Faith and Neighbor Initiatives Director sends him scripture on his Blackberry to start every day. Jesus, is there something about that house that turns people into assholes?
I kid the Commander in Chief, he's very far from an asshole, he's a cool dude, and I want to keep him that way! I don't want a regular guy running the country. We tried that for eight years and New Orleans still smells like mildew. Obama was different. He wasn't Joe Six-Pack. He had a six-pack. And when he gave a speech it didn't make English teachers cry. He wasn't some regular schmuck who spent five hours a weekend on the golf course. Why? Because he actually likes his family!
But Democrats have this bad habit of letting the Republicans scare them into acting more "regular guy" than they really are, and then they look inauthentic. Like Hillary drinking shooters. Like Dukakis in the tank. So I'm putting you on notice, Barack Obama: you're from Chicago, the day I see you in a duck blind, I'm taking my hope elsewhere.
So that's why I'm so worried when I see my president playing golf, because golf is a slippery slope. First comes the golf attire, then the golf stories and pretty soon you're telling black jokes. What's worse is that you know Obama doesn't really wanna be golfing, he's just doing it because he thinks it will relax the white people. "How could I be a socialist, I'm putting!" Well, I've got news for you, Mr. President, the people who think you want to kill their Great Aunt Millie aren't going to be swayed by a photo-op on the golf course. They see those photos, they're not thinking you're just like Tiger Woods, they're thinking, "Here comes the Angel of Death, and he's got a nine iron."
There is also a more serious side to this, because golf, hamburgers, and religion are all things that are incredibly bad for the environment. According to the U.N., in 15 years almost two billion people will be living in conditions of absolute water scarcity. And yet, a golf course in Palm Springs consumes as much water per day as an American family uses in four years. Golf courses in America consume over 114 million gallons of water a year on grass that doesn't even get you high. Golf courses also need large quantities of fertilizers and pesticides whose run-off pollutes the ground water for miles around.
This isn't just a third world problem -- there's a water shortage right now in the western United States. If I surpass my monthly water allotment here in Los Angeles, I'll get fined by the city. If I do it twice, they'll send 40,000 prisoners to live in my backyard.
But when it comes to bad for the environment, nothing -- literally -- compares with eating meat. The business of raising animals for food causes about 40 percent more global warming than all cars, trucks, and planes combined. If you care about the planet, it's actually better to eat a salad in a Hummer than a cheeseburger in a Prius.
There was a news story last week about the U.S. military warning America that the ripple effects from global warming inspired disasters could kill millions of people, but none of them can moonwalk, so nobody gave a shit. But if this "planet" problem is so dire the military is saying they're going to have to start dealing with it, maybe the president should set a better example about how we just can't live exactly as we always have and survive. I'm certainly not suggesting that we "take away" your golf or your hamburgers, but when it comes to being a role model on the environment, this president is out to lunch. With Joe Biden, eating greaseburgers.
Which is a shame, because he and his wife have demonstrated enormous power to lead by example. What they do, Americans want to do, because they're stars, and we're star-fuckers! And, like I said last week, we're not very bright, so we need direction -- if Obama grabbed Biden for lunch next week and ordered a veggie burger -- yes, Sean Hannity will call him a mincing fairy, like he did when Obama used mustard instead of ketchup -- like I ever knew one was more manly than the other. Stop caring what Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin will say about you. Be who you really are - a basketball playing, Jay-Z listening, city-dwelling hipster. The only sand trap I want to see you get out of is Afghanistan. And next time you have to get two guys over for a beer, smoke a little weed.
Guests on this week's program include Brad Pitt, Dana Gould, Ashton Kutcher, General Anthony Zinni and Ross Douthat.
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- steveprutz said...
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- August 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- steveprutz said...
Maybe more people will believe me now when I say GOLF IS TERRIBLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. Anything that has the potential to take a shit on the putting green is slain in the name of sport.
- August 14, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- Unknown said...
OK, Mr. Maher I think I'm in love. Can you be any more adorable? A friend of mine just turned me on to you, I had no idea who you even were since I don't have cable and I don't watch much TV anyway. I mean I'd heard your name before, but didn't know anything about you and now I'm hooked. You are awesome, and passionate about the important things. If I wouldn't have a panic attack, I'd totally come see you in person when you come to the east coast, but I can't handle the big crowds. I did see clips of the town hall meetings, of the idiots screaming about their health care and you're so right, it's like why don't they just take care of themselves a little more, so they won't need to run to the doctor every ten minutes. I'm totally with you Sir, I think people are stupid too, and the sad part is I have stories that make those town hall meetings look like MENSA meetings. Thank you so much for just being you, I think your great and you brighten up my days!
- August 14, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- Dean Jackson said...
The April 2000 Air Force Instruction, as in effect on 9/11/01, said, "The First Air Force Commander...provides SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF THE AIRSPACE OF THE UNITED STATES..."
In 2004 the Air Force contradictorily said, "Before 2001, 1st Air Force was charged with keeping an eye on the nation's borders, usually looking for threats in the form of Russian aircraft skirting too close for comfort to the mainland. In those few hours, the command's mission went from looking outward to looking inward."
See the 5 articles on NORAD at www.DNotice.org
- August 14, 2009 at 10:58 AM
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- August 14, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
On Tuesday we got to see what Obama looks like when he's explaining things to his kids. Pity that he has to act like this to explain things to adults... more a shame that it worked to get his message across.
Golf courses, thats where displaced animals are seeking refuge from the encroaching concrete jungle...
- August 14, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Anonymous said...
He makes Condit look safe. Now I understand why you didn't want to ask Darrell why he's so bent on paving over California, stuffing people into tinderbox units neatly stacked like shoeboxes and not much bigger, and spewing excrement into the Pacific.
- August 14, 2009 at 11:54 AM
- ZenGrouch said...
Maher must have been smoking the good shit, whilst sipping on 20 year old scotch straight from the bottle through one of those twistie straws.
Not that there's a god damn thing wrong with any of that! It's just that it makes it difficult to know when to quit typing.
But, umm... the only thing I fear about Obama playing golf, is that someday, he, as did Tiger Woods, may become tired of being referred to as being Black, and point out that in no uncertain terms, his mother was NOT of the Black race.
Then, we'll be in an entirely different world of shit...
As it is now, we can sit back and say, "SHUT THE FUCK UP NIGGERS! WE GOT ONE OF *YOU* IN THE BIG HOUSE!"
We're fucked if Obama decides to set the record straight, and point out that he's the 50% solution, not the real McCoy, or McWilliams.
Hopefully, Obama may decide to go the other way, and embrace his Blackness, by breaking the head off his putter and stabbing to death, with the shaft, anyone who dares to say something stupid and white, like, "Bush did have some good points."
- August 14, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Robyn Webb, CTS said...
When I'm elected Queen of the World, my first official act will be to plow over the golf courses and grow food. We will also be confiscating all golf clubs to be beaten into plowshares.
- August 14, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
What a marvellous posting. It's a talent of yours Mr. Maher to input humour and rowdy-mouthed language into an article which is supposed to be sending a very serious message and, what seems to me, the downfall of Obama (already). I understand, probably like everyone else that Obama has a lot on his shoulders and sometimes he should kick back his feet, fold some paper and play with paper aeroplanes. I don't know, the whole situation sounds similar to Animal Farm Which was written by George Orwell. Indeed, How does the White House turn normal men who wear shoes with torn soles like Obama into arseholes?
- August 14, 2009 at 12:56 PM
- Barnacle said...
it's a rare day i disagree with you and it ain't today either!
and thank you for the comment about golf course using all that water. we are battling a PGA style course some a-hole wants to build on the Placencia peninsula Belize.
they will suck all our water and runoff will ruin our lagoon!
i never miss your show.
- August 14, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
The problem I have with BM's analysis is: I am not ready to give BO a pass because he is "cool". In what real respect is he "cool" - because he reads well off the teleprompter in complete sentences and attempts basketball (I guess we'll ignore his pitch at the All Star Game)? POTUS is about getting something done - not this superfluous stuff. Besides, Tiger Woods is cooler than BO, and he is a golfer!!
- August 14, 2009 at 3:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
If elected president, I promise to do away with social security, the speed limit, all laws requiring insurance. I will do away with traffic citations: if elected I will make sure everybody has the right to be free. No drinking age, no gun control, I'll shut down the FDA, eliminate building codes, laws against prostitution, drugs and pornography, the EPA and those laws too. I will abolish the DMV, the DOT and grant Firestone exclusive oversight of all tire production. I promise to close the prisons and have the former traffic cops work with the guards to execute or free the inmates, on a case by case basis.
There is nothing wrong with the planet, there are just too many people. Eliminating idiotproof laws will eliminate all the idiots unfit to survive. I'll have my freedoms and the lizard people are in the way! This plastic veneer is too boring anyway. Let 'God' sort them out the way 'God' has been managing things here on the 3rd stone from dawn since the beginning.
3-5 billion fewer wrong opinions and the atmosphere will recover, Mother Nature will recycle all the pollution, there will be plenty of clean water, fuel and whole foods; Bambi will come back, and there won't be any crazies trying to regenerate dinosaurs from frog DNA.
One more happy idea:
I see that the health care debate rapidly degraded from health care to a bunch of pussies terrified of their own mortality. These are the same pussies so sure that mythical God will magically save them from the recycler. Everybody dies, shut yer whining, suck it up and show some class: the health care plan does not - though I'm sure Obama had to trade something to the ignoramouses to keep this one off - guarantee eternal life.
- August 14, 2009 at 3:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey! About time a blog about Zenny!
A-hole in One? That's Zenny's game!
- August 14, 2009 at 6:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hey Bill,
Seems obvious that Hannity knows the hand gestures, foot tapping & other cues.
I read Beck's book. He's a blow hard self promoter, devout follower of PT Barnum. He might have saved some time, his entire philosophy on life is succinctly illustrated on page 78. But that would cut into his equally bloated book deal...
2 birds down: glad I didn't buy it!
- August 14, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sarah Palin is THE MOTHER IN LAW FACTOR. Are you afraid of MILFs? You should be. Especially you Levi; be very afraid.
The newest Fox O'Reality Show coming soon, 'Republican MILF': starring Sarah Palin. September 9 2009. Starting 9.9.9 Fox brings you into the personal hell of her family! Just like you, see her immediate victims living in quiet desperation! Watch as the fun starts, as her new inlaws realize what they've gotten their rubarb into!
Thats Sarah Palin: The Mother In Law Factor starring in "Republican MILF" starting on FOX 9/9/9 at 9:09! Both 9:09s! Check It! Bring your own bong Sarah, I wouldn't share with yooooooouuu!
- August 14, 2009 at 7:14 PM
- Anonymous said...
Point: Ashton. We just gettin the crazies, don't mind while we rape your boarding school! (thats based on fact, supressed news)
- August 14, 2009 at 7:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
Point: Ashton. What may happen if you don't finish what you start, is some Stalinesque tard like W (Cheney is fronting) will twist it his way.
- August 14, 2009 at 7:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Hey Bill,
You dont think there are too many fundamentalists out in the world wanting to do us harm..? Lets just say there is 15 crazy fundamentalists...nope...they cant do shit...you are right. Ya, I guess if there is 19 of them though, and they coordinate in a Tora Bora cave in Afghanistan or apartment in Hamburg Germany..they can only kill 3000 Americans..of which 343 were FDNY Firefighters. You are an idiot... I am in awe of your ignorance. Go Fuck yourself.
- August 14, 2009 at 7:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
You think our "crazies" compare to Al Quaeda or the Taliban?
Move to Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan...etc...get my drift?
You have got to be fucking kidding me!
We have crazies as we always have but: NOTHING COMPARED TO THE ABOVE!
Give me a fucking break!
Zenny will find this one....lol
- August 14, 2009 at 7:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
That was great. I have one question: why do you think the bent democrats are caving to the equally bent, guncrazies on the other side of the aisle?
- August 14, 2009 at 8:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
15 out of 15 religulous 'fundamentalists' are doomed to fail.
If you are in service in country, say it. Otherwise fuck you, poser.
- August 14, 2009 at 8:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
Our Country has gone to:
"Stupid is as Stupid does"!
That's all there is too it!
Screw you attitude....it's my way or the highway!
- August 14, 2009 at 8:05 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 8:09 PM
- Anonymous said...
Give me a fucking break!
- August 14, 2009 at 8:13 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 8:15 PM
- Revbailey said...
I LOVE Brad Pitt, but could someone please point out to him that "Christian" does NOT equal "gay basher." I am deeply Christian and also deeply committed personally and theologically to the right of gays and lesbians to marry. Pitt is free to embrace or not embrace religion, but don't paint all Christians with the same narrow brush!
- August 14, 2009 at 8:27 PM
- Revbailey said...
I LOVE Brad Pitt. But seriously, someone needs to let him know that "Christian" does not equal "gay basher." I am deeply Christian and deeply committed personally and theologically to the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry. Brad is free to embrace or not embrace religion, but please don't paint all Christians with the same narrow brush.
- August 14, 2009 at 8:27 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 9:47 PM
- dweebisis said...
DWEEBISIS: Stupid - Narcissism and News Flash: Brad Pitt is also unattractive.
- August 14, 2009 at 9:47 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
- ZenGrouch said...
"Hey! About time a blog about Zenny!
A-hole in One? That's Zenny's game!"...
You got me there. I prefer the solitary of being an ahhole in one...
...rather than the hectic Right Wing Nut game of circle jerking in public toilets.
But what the hey! You guys are pack animals, with a herd mentality. Gotta go with what ever blows up your skirt, snookums.
- August 14, 2009 at 9:52 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 9:53 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- ZenGrouch said...
"Our Country has gone to:
"Stupid is as Stupid does"!
That's all there is too it!
Screw you attitude....it's my way or the highway!"...
The left wingers invented that, don't ya' know?
- August 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
lens said...
I like Brad Pitt, he's a great actor. His playing a stoner was one of the 2 best actors performances I have seen - the other was Woody in Natl Born Killers (excellent support by Tommy Lee)
Don't get me wrong but! You're worried about his political stance when you think his best movies were these? A Stoner and Natural Born Killers?
"Legends of The Fall" - "Interview with a Vampire" - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".....?
OMG! I worry about you....lol
- August 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
ZenGrouch said..
The left wingers invented that, don't ya' know?
Well, for once you said something correct!!!
- August 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM
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- August 14, 2009 at 10:13 PM
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lens said...
so, any of you want to vote what color my skin is, and if I'm swinging a pair?
I know Zenny is hoping to use the "C" word again....lol
- August 14, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- Ed said...
One of the interesting features of the "Human Bill of Rights" is:
You can increase the scope by amending it. No one screams socialism about it. Governments have to measure up to it. Stop calling it "Health Care Reform". "Health Rights" in the "Human Bill of Rights". It is a global issue, bring the fight to the root and set an example. Not everything has to be for profit. Doctors want to live large, go into cosmetic surgery, suckle on the vanity of those who can afford it and stop praying on those who can not afford the basic service. Not insurance, a health co-op. Insurance forces the prices go up so you have to by insurance, fear mongering.
- August 14, 2009 at 10:35 PM
- Ed said...
One of the interesting features of the "Human Bill of Rights" is:
You can increase the scope by amending it. No one screams socialism about it. Governments have to measure up to it. Stop calling it "Health Care Reform". "Health Rights" in the "Human Bill of Rights". It is a global issue, bring the fight to the root and set an example. Not everything has to be for profit. Doctors want to live large, go into cosmetic surgery, suckle on the vanity of those who can afford it and stop praying on those who can not afford the basic service. Not insurance, a health co-op. Insurance forces the prices go up so you have to by insurance, fear mongering.
- August 14, 2009 at 10:35 PM
- ZenGrouch said...
"I know Zenny is hoping to use the "C" word againlol"...
...shut up nigger
- August 15, 2009 at 12:24 AM
- Anonymous said...
I must admit, when Bill listed the names of his guests I was like: What??? Brad Pitt AND Kutcher, what's up with you Bill?
At least Pitt can speak his own mind and you could tell their were his own words. Unlike Kutcher, who again, probably got all the answers crammed into his brain at home by Demi. Just loved the expression on his face, when mentioned an arcticle and started talking about 1993-2007, just the look on Kutcher's face could tell he was thinking: "S***! We didn't go through this with Demi, how the hell am I gonna answer THIS?"
I don't know what Kutcher is doing on Real Time, he's just a stupid kid. He was sweating like a pig the whole time.
- August 15, 2009 at 5:58 AM
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- August 15, 2009 at 6:15 AM
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- August 15, 2009 at 6:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
Listen Lens...Those weren't Ashton's own words and you know it. He just memorized it like in his previous apperances. He's not smart. He's just a Hollywood-pretty-boy with a few funny movies.
Pitt did do well. And I've got know beef with him.
And would prefer it if you wouldn't call me a slave.
The only slaves are the one that "want their country back from Obama" and those narrow-minded, religious fools.
And that's my opinion. Whether you like it or not.
- August 15, 2009 at 7:28 AM
- ZenGrouch said...
...hmmm, a serious debate on the inner workings of Ashton Kutcher's brain.
I hope I die soon.
- August 15, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- Unknown said...
On the August 14 show, guest Ross Douthat said without challenge that the rich pay most taxes. He also said American corporations are the most heavily taxed in the world. Both of these statements are false.
The rich do not pay most taxes. Since the 1980s, Social Security taxes have steadily increased. The purpose was to create a surplus in the Social Security Trust Fund. Each year only half the money collected is needed to cover retirees. The rest is surplus. This surplus has been used to pay the government's bills. This makes half of the Social Security tax a hidden income tax.
How much money are we talking about? So far, the amount adds up to $3.9 trillion (in today's dollars). Only working Americans pay the tax. The very rich, who get their money through dividends and capital gains (the sale of stocks and bonds) pay not one penny. Also, doctors, lawyers, and CEOs with huge incomes have only part of their income taxed (the first $100,000); the rest is not taxed at all.
Add this hidden income tax to the actual income tax, and average Americans pay 58% of federal income taxes. Which is a big burden because they earn only 44% of all income. When you add state and local taxes to the mix, working Americans pay 61% of all taxes.
Our corporations are not the most heavily taxed in the world. The truth is they pay almost no taxes. That's right — no taxes. On the books they are supposed to pay a 45% tax. But there are so many loopholes that 63% of corporations pay no tax at all. A third pay less than 5%. Only a handful of corporations pay more than this, and on average it's less than the Social Security tax. The truth? American corporations pay the lowest corporate taxes in the world.
How do I know these things? I'm just finishing a book that exposes these lies and many more.
Keith Quincy, Professor of Government, Emeritus EWU
If the staff at "Real Time" wants more explanation, I will gladly send along my chapter on taxes, repleat with references, graphs, and tables.
- August 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- ZenGrouch said...
Someone wrote the following in Twitter and I don't have a good answer...
"HangingGardener@ZenGrouch a filibuster proof congress and a democratic president. What are the DEMS afraid of?! LMAO!!!!!"...
Anyway, if the Democrats let health care reform slip through their fingers again, that's it, I give up. I won't be voting anymore, well, not for a while anyway.
Fuck it. The idiots are winning and once we start that slide down the slope of idiocy, that's it.
At least if I don't vote, they won't bother me with those god damned jury duty nastygrams.
- August 16, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- Susie Taylor Miller said...
Mr. Pitt mentioned there were probably only 3 Christians, if any, that watched Real Time... WELL, my husband and I watch every week! We are Christ followers, not religion mongers. We appreciate your willingness, Bill, to tell it like it is! Honest and real. We don't agree with everything and everyone on the show, but we agree with the freedom to express opinions and dialogue openly! So, now we are looking for that 3rd Christian! Where are you? :} Be well...
- August 17, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- Scarlett Ohara said...
HERE I AM, SUSIE!!!! Glad to meet ya!!!
- August 18, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
ZenGrouch said...
"I know Zenny is hoping to use the "C" word againlol"...
...shut up nigger
Wow! You just never cease to amaze me as to the class and integrity in your soul! Oops! I forgot, you have no soul!
My Bad!
- August 19, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- ZenGrouch said...
"Wow! You just never cease to amaze me as to the class and integrity in your soul! Oops! I forgot, you have no soul!"...
Look, if you got nothing but personal attacks to respond with, go fuck your daddy ...again, OK?
- August 22, 2009 at 3:50 PM
- Anonymous said...
ZenGrouch said...(in response to me)
Look, if you got nothing but personal attacks to respond with, go fuck your daddy ...again, OK?
Well crap, just posted something nice to you on one other of Bill's blogs..can't remember and now you just ruined it!
big sigh!
- August 24, 2009 at 11:15 PM
- xlinker said...
Sibel Edmonds - the most credible whistleblower alive today, completely backed up by the FBI 100%, yet gagged by our government, has been let loose to say what she knows, yet the media isn't covering it. The BRAD BLOG is breaking the story hard with videos of her previously gagged depostion. Many senators and government officials were being protected, and still are, because our media refuses to cover it. Here's a link for you to check it out.
- August 26, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- Susie Taylor Miller said...
To Scarlett Ohara... Nice to meet you too! Be well!
- September 6, 2009 at 4:29 PM
- Cliff said...
Lets have a Show that people will remember for a long time. Prise winning Show. Audit Politions Expense Accounts. They get $750.00 per day to travel PLUS a FREE GAS Credit Card. Double Dipping????? I think so. If they do NOT travel some days,[vacation. holiday they still collect $750.00 per day plus they use the free gas credit card.
They make VACATIONS a Working Vacation & WE ge to paay for it. The ENTIRE vacation goes on there Expense Account.
When they get Cought. The answer is allways the same. I thought I could do that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- September 12, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- sense said...
Does anybody know a way to get this word out quickly? The following approach could help.
The current case before the Supreme Court, which could allow corporations almost unrestricted campaign contributions, stands to give away unrestricted voice to corporations via unlimited campaign contributions (striking down the McCain- Feingold law).
Justices Scalia and Roberts have been attempting to give more and more individual constitutional rights to corporations on the grounds that corporations are indeed people under our constitution. The more realistic and "strict" interpretation of corporations is that they are not "people" but "ideas" for the organization of human endeavors – like "baseball" or almost anything you can name which organizes people together in an activity.
So let's substitute the word corporation for people in our two cornerstone expressions of the Constitution – the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the Constitution itself. Here's how it sounds! It's hard to call this constitutional interpretation "strict construction" as Scalia and Roberts both describe their mutual approach to constitutional interpretation.
Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all corporations are created equal to men, that they are endowed by The Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of wealth. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men and corporate brethren, deriving their just powers from the consent of the corporations and their benefactors. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the corporations to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and success.
The Preamble:
We the Corporations of the United States, in Order to complete a more perfect Union, establish inanimate Justice for business concepts, insure corporate Stability, provide for the corporate defense, [1] promote the corporate Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to corporations and their Acquisitions in Perpetuity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United Corporations of America to stand alongside with the People's Constitution.
See original documents for comparison.
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Cardiff City 4-2 Watford (22:01:11)
by Mike Parkin
"You can't always get what you want"
- Mick Jagger, 1968
"Sometimes you get what you didn't know you wanted""I want, I want doesn't get"- My Dad, to me, all the
Three pieces of undoubted wisdom, from three doubtful characters. They feature here partly because I always like articles that start with a quote or two. They seem to add weight to a piece, give it a sense of credibility. Admittedly one of the quotes is from my Dad and the other is mine, but quotes are quotes.- Me. Just now.
The main reason for their inclusion is their apt summary of my current feelings on Watford, brought into focus after a trip to watch them take on high flying, loan addicts Cardiff City. Allow me to explain.
Ahead of the trip to Wales, Watford were flying. Leicester, QPR, Cardiff City, Portsmouth, Scunthorpe, Hartlepool and Derby had provided the Hornets last seven opponents and each had been handed beatings of various severity. Seven wins in a row and for the first time in a long time, eyes were beginning to look up the table instead of down. In hushed tones, Watford fans were beginning to ask the question, to dream of the impossible.
Anyone that knows me will tell you that when it comes to football I'm a hopeless pessimist. I will suck all the joy out of even the most commanding of leads, assuring all around me that even at 3-0 up with minutes to go, 'We still need a fourth here...' I know why I do it. It's self preservation. I want my team to do well so badly, that I daren't even let myself believe they can win. Sad isn't it? Anyway, even I have been forced to enjoy Watford's recent run of form and ahead of the trip to Cardiff, which was made with my fellow 'From the Rookery End' podcast hosts Jason and Jon, I was clear on my stance. Get something from this game and I'll believe we can challenge.
Before I talk about the game and what the result means for Watford's season, a little bit about the trip. Determined to do things in the true awayday spirit, our little sojourn took in not just Cardiff, but the hotspots of Weston Super Mare and Barry Island too. Barry was the perfect place to begin. With most buildings shut fast, solid shutters preventing access, the bleak appearance of the seaside town seemed to mirror my own inner football feelings. Whilst I don't dare to believe my team can win, these beleaguered premises didn't dare to dream that a cold January morning could deliver any paying punters. Anyway, one of the places that was open just happened to be a pub. You can guess the rest.
From Barry we got a delightful little train to Cardiff. The train itself seemed to be a hastily remodelled bus, with a few minor modifications allowing it to operate on train tracks. A Japanese bullet train it was not. No matter, we were sold tickets by a friendly conductor and we set about recording a segment of the podcast as we trundled towards Cardiff.
The stadium itself was much as I had expected. Big and soulless from the outside, cavernous and uninspiring once inside. Having said that, it was comfortable. The facilities were fit for purpose and the view was OK. There's a lot to be said for grounds with 'character' but as you get older, there's even more to be said for grounds with good toilets and easy access to the bar. The locals were relatively friendly and inside the ground there was the occasional indication of what the atmosphere could be like, should the assembled masses (23,000 for our visit) put their collective minds to it.
Perhaps on this occasion the atmospheric apathy could be attributed to the fact that the game appeared to be done and dusted after 30 minutes. Goals from Bellamy, Chopra and Bothroyd put Cardiff into what looked like an unassailable lead. A minute later however, it was 3-1. Will Buckley, the December choice for 'NPower Championship young player of the month', slotting home from close range. Danny Graham, the leading scorer in the division, missed a fantastic opportunity to add to his impressive total just before the break, and we sensed that Watford weren't quite done yet.
The start to the second half further fanned the faint flames of hope with another of Watford's in-form youngsters, Marvin Sordell clipping the ball over the stumbling Cardiff keeper and into the top corner. 48 minutes gone and it was game on.
Watford continued to push for an equaliser and totally dominated proceedings. Will Buckley continued to prove influential - the number of times he was on the wrong end of a crude challenge testament to his involvement. Indeed it was Buckley who had the ball in the back of a net, finishing with a deft back heel, only for a marginal offside call to go against him. The male linesman was correct. Just. The same player then clobbered a fine effort against the left upright with Tom Heaton beaten.
Predictably, the waves of Watford pressure couldn't last and eventually Cardiff got the fourth goal needed to bury the game once and for all. Revenge for their 4-1 defeat at Vicarage Road in December was sealed. I'd come into this game wanting a result. Something that would allow me to start dreaming about an exciting future for my team. I didn't get it. I got something far more valuable.
In witnessing this defeat, I saw the true colours of the 2010/11 Watford vintage. I saw a fearless, confident, competitive group. A team with talent and tenacity in equal measure. An organised defence, a tough midfield, tricky wingers and on song strikers. They are a team that simply does not give up.
I'm sure someone famous said something about learning more about people in defeat than in triumph, and it was Watford's ultimately fruitless efforts in Wales that made me realise it isn't important where we eventually finish this year. What matters to me is that the team I support are giving it 100% whenever they pull on the shirt. I care deeply about Watford Football Club and this trip showed me that the current crop of players do too. You know what? That'll do for me.
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How many group a ae86 where there is oz? Any idea how many still exist?
Congrats dude. That's very cool. Do these ever come up for sale. In 5 years of looking I've never seen it.
i sold one about 10 years ago and its almost back on the track. the TTA car changed hands a few months back and should be racing again next year.
Yeah I saw the post for the car you sold in the archives. I guess it's about right place right time? Do you know how much the tta car sold for? When I look at group a cars the prices vary so much.
yes i do know, but i'm not at liberty to say. any race ready GpA car under about $100k is a bargain and many sell for north of $250k. I've got my GpA AE82 for sale at present as i have too many race cars!
Yeah I agree. Tempted to get the bmw for sale on my105. But bmws mean nothing to me. Same with the Sierra
There were 7 Group A AE86s based in Australia and as Terry said, 6 of them survive to this day. They rarely come up for sale, but in race ready condition, you should expect to pay between $50K & $75K.
"There is only Bathurst, the rest is just waiting." Allan Moffat.
this would only be the track cars ,as I know of at least 4 rally cars built to group A specs during the period of group A rallying in Aust.


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A judge on Friday banned a 30-year-old woman from going near Simon Cowell after she admitted smashing a window of the entertainment mogul's house with a brick.
Leanne Zaloumis was arrested March 24 at Cowell's west London mansion.
Prosecutors say Cowell was watching TV in his bedroom when he heard a loud bang coming from his bathroom and discovered Zaloumis inside a wardrobe with a brick.
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At a court hearing Friday, Zaloumis admitted possessing a brick with intent to damage or destroy property, but denied burglary and affray.
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Judge John Denniss said the 102 days Zaloumis has spent in jail were sufficient punishment, but warned she would go to prison if she breached her bail conditions, which forbid her from contacting Cowell or going within 300 yards (meters) of his home.
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His spokesman, Max Clifford, said Cowell was "glad that the judge was understanding and sympathetic, and hopes that she (Zaloumis) gets some help and support."


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The purpose of the Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE) program is to equip and prepare students to become competent leaders in the educational ministries of the Church. The MACE degree is designed to help students develop their own philosophy of Christian education and sharpen existing pedagogy while being exposed to in-depth teaching methodologies. The program is designed to offer a balance between educational theories and practices.
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- in order to serve the Christian community with effectiveness and professionalism.
Program Requirements
1. Course Requirement
The program requires a total of 60 semester hours for graduation: 18 courses (54 credits) and final project/thesis (6 credits). In addition, MACE students must also maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or more to be eligible for graduation, with no more than one course completed with a grade of "C-" or below.
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Pat Roberts on Environment
Republican Sr Senator (KS)
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes: Mr. WHITEHOUSE: This measure was part of the RESTORE Act, [but] this piece of it fell out of the bargain. If you supported the RESTORE Act, you have already supported this bill. If you believe that deals should be deals in the Senate, then you should support this bill. It is very important that we as a body support this bill. It does not create a single extra bureaucracy or person. It works within the existing government, and it adds no funding.
MississippiRiverDelta.org Summary of RESTORE Act: The Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act (RESTORE Act) dedicates 80% of all Clean Water Act penalties paid by those responsible for the 2010 gulf oil disaster to Gulf Coast restoration.
Proponent's press release supporting Yes vote: The National Endowment for the Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes Act would provide steady funding that universities, non-profit organizations, and government agencies can count on every year to support research and restoration projects. It would be funded primarily by dedicating 12.5% of revenues from offshore energy development, including oil, gas, and renewable energy. Revenue is generated through offshore lease sales and production based royalty payments. Funds from the Endowment would be distributed through a competitive grant program to fund projects to restore habitat, manage fisheries, plan for sustainable coastal development, enhance ocean monitoring and research activities, acquire coastal properties for preservation, and relocate critical coastal infrastructure.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. OBEY (D, WI-7): The cash for clunkers program has proven even more wildly popular than its strongest supporters had predicted. Just last month, Congress passed the program, which provided up to $4,500 if you trade in your old gas guzzler for a new car that gets better mileage. That was done in the hopes of spurring some new car sales and encouraging people to be a little more environmentally friendly. We provided $1 billion in the supplemental to get it going, enough for about 250,000 sales--which was just about exhausted in one week. This bill transfers $2 billion from the Department of Energy's Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee program, which doesn't expect to award funding until late next year.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. LEWIS (R, CA-41): In the majority's haste to slam legislation with no time for consideration or amendments, we are now seeing the effects of such shortsighted martial law tactics.
Senator Feinstein tried to negotiate some changes to improve the program but was told that it was this way or the highway. Not one hearing on the Cash for Clunkers program, not one hearing on how the first billion dollars has been spent, not one hearing on how much money the program will need to get through the fiscal year.
Many of my colleagues will say, This is a great program, and it is necessary for the revitalization of the car industry. I'm not really going to argue with those goals. However, are we sure this program is working like it's supposed to? I don't think so. This program has only been up and running 1 week. If that is how the government is going to handle billion-dollar programs affecting all Americans, I ask, Whatever will we do if the administration takes control of our health care system?
Proponents support voting YES because:
Sen. CRAIG: "Eminent domain was elevated greatly as an issue following a highly controversial 2005 Supreme Court decision known as Kelo vs. The City of New London. Since that decision, we as a nation have allowed state & local governments to utilize eminent domain to force landowners to yield their property to private development. Farmers and ranchers in particular have become vulnerable to state and local governments taking their property for economic development or open space designations. My amendment is a very targeted amendment. It addresses only cases in which private working agricultural land is taken and turned into public open space."
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Sen. HARKIN: This amendment doesn't reach the Kelo decision [because Kelo was about taking open space for private development]. Under this amendment they can still do that.
CRAIG. Oh, I disagree totally. We reach a portion of Kelo that is now most frequently impacting farms and ranches, and that is open space for open space.
HARKIN. The amendment has the Federal Government telling a local government what it can and cannot do within its own jurisdiction.
Letter from the National Conference of State Legislatures & US Conference of Mayors:
"This amendment is not only ill-advised, but it is also unconstitutional [because it] preempts state & local land use laws. The 5th Amendment expressly permits the taking of private property for public use provided just compensation is provided to the owner. The power of eminent domain has always been, and should remain, a state and local power."
H.R. 2941 Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act.
Republican Main Street Partnership Congresswomen Marge Roukema (NJ), Sue Kelly (NY), and Melissa Hart (PA) as well as Congressman Paul Gillmor (PA) have introduced legislation providing a new source of funding for improving former industrial sites. H.R. 2941 reauthorizes the Brownfields Remediation Grant Program as well as creating a new loan program for brownfields redevelopment. The pilot program encourages cities to tap private loans for civic improvements by using the federal grants as collateral. The bill allows for Community Development Block Grants to be used in industrial site clean up as well.
H.R. 2438/H.R. 2694 Department of Environmental Protection Act.
Republican Main Street Partnership members Sherwood Boehlert (NY) and Steve Horn (CA) each have introduced legislation that would elevate the position of Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to that of cabinet level. Initially, the EPA served as a regulatory agency, but as a result of numerous statutes enacted by Congress, the agency's jurisdiction has swelled. Each bill would redesignate the EPA as the Department of Environmental Protection. RMSP supports the efforts of Congressman Vern Ehlers to include a deputy administrator for science within the department.
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is the political voice of the national environmental movement and the only organization devoted full-time to shaping a pro-environment Congress and White House. We run tough and effective campaigns to defeat anti-environment candidates, and support those leaders who stand up for a clean, healthy future for America. Through our National Environmental Scorecard and Presidential Report Card we hold Congress and the Administration accountable for their actions on the environment. Through regional offices, we build coalitions, promote grassroots power, and train the next generation of environmental leaders. The 2003 National Environmental Scorecard provides objective, factual information about the environmental voting records of all Members of the first session of the 108th Congress. This Scorecard represents the consensus of experts from 20 respected environmental and conservation organizations who selected the key votes on which Members of Congress should be graded. LCV scores votes on the most important issues of the year, including environmental health and safety protections, resource conservation, and spending for environmental programs. Scores are calculated by dividing the number of pro-environment votes by the total number of votes scored. The votes included in this Scorecard presented Members of Congress with a real choice on protecting the environment and help distinguish which legislators are working for environmental protection. Except in rare circumstances, the Scorecard excludes consensus action on the environment and issues on which no recorded votes occurred.
A BILL to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out conservation reserve program notice CRP-598, entitled the 'Voluntary Modification of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Contract for Critical Feed Use'.
BACKGROUND: USDA announced that certain acreage enrolled in CRP would be available for hay and forage after the ending of the primary nesting season. Beginning June 2, 2008, CRP participants may request to voluntarily modify CRP contracts for critical feed use, such as haying and grazing. The increased demand for commodities and resulting higher prices has impacted the livestock industry.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. Known in the Senate as the Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2009.
112th Mid-Term Humane Scorecard: The Humane Society Legislative Fund has posted the final version of the 2011 Humane Scorecard, where you can track the performance of your federal lawmakers on key animal protection issues during last year. We rated legislators based on their voting behavior on measures such as agribusiness subsidies, lethal predator control, and the Endangered Species Act; their cosponsorship of priority bills on puppy mills, horse slaughter, animal fighting, and chimps in research; their support for funding the enforcement of animal welfare laws; and their leadership on animal protection. All of the priority bills whose cosponsorships we're counting enjoy strong bipartisan support; in the House, each of the four now has more than 150 cosponsors.
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Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to publish a proposed list of at least 15 contaminants that may occur in public water systems and that are not currently subject to EPA regulation. Provides for proposed lists of at least 12 additional contaminants every four years. (Current law requires EPA to regulate 25 contaminants every three years.) Bases the determination to regulate a contaminant on findings that:
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Volunteers back up words with fundraising action for Romanian Orphans
A couple of years ago some volunteers set off on their trip of a lifetime with a Projects Abroad placement. Little did they know that their trip was to have a profound affect on their own lives and the lives of the children they were working with.
Esther Gilbert, Rebekah Griffin and Dominic McCann were all volunteers who worked in the same orphanage. The three met in Romania and quickly became good friends. They shared a common aim to help do something constructive about the plight of the children in the orphanage. 'The moment when I realised that I simply wanted to help was when I walked through the door, at the very beginning of the first shift,' recalled Esther.
These dedicated individuals agree that their hard work and efforts simply couldn't finish when they left the country. They busily set about organising a trust for orphanages in the area amongst the orphanages where Projects Abroad work in Brasov.
In its short history the fund has really benefited from various people taking on a whole manner of feats. The founders lead from the front. Esther did a sponsored swim and Dominic has just begun a sponsored walk across France.
He anticipates putting his best foot forward for the next month covering over a staggering 450 miles. We of course wish him the best of luck with this and hope that the fund will carry on helping the Romanian orphans for many years to come.
This news story includes references to working in or with orphanages. Find out more about Projects Abroad's current approach to volunteering in orphanages and our focus on community-based care for children.