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A little bit of something for everybody; but a really big something for government. This was the essential thrust of this 44th President's second — and longest, state-of-the-union speech last night. While Barack Obama did not include quite as lengthy a shopping list in his state of the union speech as did his Democratic predecessor, Bill Clinton, his list was long nonetheless.
Even though Obama paid lip service to regulatory reform, community-based education, tax reform, and reform of last year's health care reform (among many other tid-bits), in virtually every instance, the ultimate solution to which he kept returning was more government spending and increased government prioritization.
If "clean energy technology" is the wave of the future, it's because government will dictate it is so.
High-speed rail as a transportation mode of the future? — government will make it so.
Eliminate the billions in government monies now given to "oil companies?" — sure, but turn around and give them to "clean energy" companies. No mention of simply returning them to the people from whose pockets the subsidies were taken — the American taxpayers.
Reduce the massive federal debt? The rhetoric employed by Obama in identifying the need to start reducing the debt was indeed soaring; the specifics decidedly more mundane. For one thing, the list of budgetary sectors the President exempted from cuts — including education and "investments in innovation" — guarantee the cuts will be far less than necessary to truly have a chance of bringing America's spending profligacy into check. For example, the President proudly indicated he plans to push for $400 billion in spending cuts over the next 10 years. That's $40 billion per year. That's a drop in the bucket of the $14 trillion national debt, and it's not serious deficit-cutting. It's smoke and mirrors.
Obama also took meaningful Social Security reform off the table. Pointedly left on the table is a tax increase for "millionaires." So much for not playing the class-envy card.
All-in-all, this was a speech long on time, long on government initiatives, and long on sleight of hand; and noticeably short on real change.
By Bob Barr, The Barr Code.
January 26th, 2011
1:05 am
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January 26th, 2011
8:11 am
Everything that the President wants to do for the country, I thought I was having an out of body experience. High speed rail transportation for 85% of the population and new state of the art roadways north south east and west. If I thought he could do it That would be one thing but with the massive debt that will require 100% of all the revenue taken in by 2020, he would have to have out of the world powers. I liked the speech, everything he wants is good but where is the funding?
I have never made a speech, oh I have made them in court defending myself, I sounded good, but the Judge did not seem sympathetic. I am more of a writer, like Hemingway, he never made a speech either. When he got the Nobel Prize for literature, he sent a letter accepting it.
January 26th, 2011
8:13 am
Bachmann is the sexiest cross-eyed gal this side of Annie Oakley.
January 26th, 2011
8:30 am
One perceives the Republicans will have a pretty specific budget, cutting spending, ready by Valentines Day. Wonder what the budget of POTUS will look like?
January 26th, 2011
8:45 am
President Obama has not yet learned that when you try to please everyone, you only succeed in pleasing no one.
January 26th, 2011
9:05 am
Hey Bob talked to any "reformed" dictators today or cheated on your wife yet today? Well, since it's only around 9:00 a.m., the day is still young………
January 26th, 2011
9:08 am
If it was up to the market and consumers, we would stay with our "cheap" gas and not do any research to get off our dependence, even though we are certain to be buried by the future costs of oil, given the rapid rise of demand in China and India, etc. Unfortunately, Americans have become too shortsighted to do the right thing for our future.
January 26th, 2011
9:08 am
I didn't vote for Obama. I'm neither republican nor democrat…but an independent who does not adhere to any party line. These parties can lead the public astray all the while thinking they are right. I suggest to the citizens of the United States of America (the best country in this world) that we think for ourselves and quit hyping these age-old, dyed in the wool, out-dated politicians who think they have the answer for everything!
January 26th, 2011
9:09 am
This is why the world is passing us by" We have to many old conservatives stuck in the 20th centuary, our President sees what it takes to compete against the world the same way JFK did.
Mr. President we have to many uneduated old white males who think their factory jobs are comming back and still living in 1959, while the rest of the world has moved forward.
President Obama thank God for you, so many more Americans would have been living on the street if you had not acted.
These idiots will not appreciate you until you have left, you will go down as the greatest President of our time.
January 26th, 2011
9:12 am
You fault Obama by not offering 'specifics' on his plan to reduce the deficit. Yet, when Boehner and co sidestep specifics of their plans, it's ok.
They have to 'share the political damage' when making unpopular cuts. Obama would be crucified if he stated he recommends raising the SS retirement age, and also raise the SS tax. The GOP would just sit back and watch. Both parties must come together with a comprehensive plan and jointly take the 'heat'. What you wanted from Obama is to 'stick his head out' like a caged turkey…which would only get his head blown off.
January 26th, 2011
9:29 am
I intend to post this on all 4 (CT, JB, KW, & BB) blogs to prove my point. didn't watch the state of the union. I know the "state of the union". wanna know how I know? I read the NYT piece about the post mortem on the 2008 meltdown. wanna know what the experts think? 1 – federal investigators lay blame at the feet of both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Clinton for making "home ownership" a de facto policy, and Bush for doing what Bush did best (see: 9/11) ; ignoring red flags because he was too focused on other things. 2 – the federal investigators also pointed out what everybody (save the plutocrats) knows; the meltdown was not caused by some schmuck who "bought too much home". the meltdown was caused by Alan Greenspan and the Fed (plutocrats) inflating the housing market with "cheap money" which led to speculation and outright fraud. in response to this; Wall Street (plutocrats) saw an opportunity to "double dip" by securitizing the knowingly 'toxic' loans and placing side bets via the unregulated over-the-counter dirivitives market (signed into law by Clinton in '99. Clinton and Congress are, of course, plutocrats). when the sh*t started hitting the fan, the Bush (plutocrat) administration did nothing being the cynic I am, I suspect he was too focused on bringing "freedom" to the Middle East via the $2 trillion boondoggle in Iraq, WHICH in a very real sense was funded (actually "unfunded") by the very same malfeasance of the Federal Reserve (cheap money). asset bubbles are asset bubbles, and it really doesn't matter if the bubble is produced in a housing market, or so, the Defense/Homeland Securtity "market". I'm gonna ask some of the really dedicated "knuckle draggers" to consider this; is Clinton's faux effort to ensure "home ownership" for Americans any more dubious, and disinfenguous than Bush's faux patriotism and goal of a "democracy" in Iraq or a world without terrorism?
So what have we learned, children? if we are trulypaying attention, we are what we are. I am reminded of the famous words of Benjamin Franklin; whom, upon leaving the Constitutional Convention said; "you have a Republic, if you can keep it." seems to me, if we look at how things have played out, the "Founding Fathers" (along with the commercial interests that drove the call for "independence") should have said WE have a PLUTOCRACY, if WE can keep it." and I emphasize the word WE because it is the first word of the preamble to the Constitution. interesting choice, I believe. so, what is "the state of the Union"? same as it has always been, the plutocracy (government and private sector, Democrats and Republicans, bankers and defense contractors – and insurance companies and drug purveyors) are doing just fine; agreeing to disagree on policy and whatnot, but in total, smug agreement that the working American taxpayers will continute to feed the beast; even as "the beast" attempts to blame "the people" for it's problems.
January 26th, 2011
9:33 am
Hey Bob, what's up with you and Baby Doc? I mean I expect he thinks he can get something out of associating himself with you, even though whatever influence you may have once had is now relegated to this column, but what is it that you expect from him? Does he actually have any money to pay you? Do you, and he, think that he'll be back in power in some way in Haiti?…and even if he does – get back in – what's that gonna get you?
Pretty sad commentary, eh Bob? Maybe even pathetic. But you just keep on pretending that you matter. By the way, I'll bet there's a branch of the TeaParty that could use you. I mean if they'll saddle up to Michelle Bachman, you clearly have a chance.
January 26th, 2011
9:33 am
Real American
I think you hit the ball out of the park…the difference between the parties is obvious…the progressive Democrats want to use science and technology, intelligently applied to revitalize this country.
The GOP views any government investment as step toward Socialism. Their mindset, if taken to their utopia would lead this country back to the Guilded Age of pre FDR. Forward…or backward. This article by Bob Barr reflects that negativity. He says we should not invest in "clean energy" companies…just give the money saved from oil company exemptions back to the people.That's
some forward progress there, Bob.
January 26th, 2011
9:35 am
"One perceives the Republicans will have a pretty specific budget, cutting spending, ready by Valentines Day."
Surely you jest. They have already created a stumbling block. A promise to immediately cut $100 billion has now been reduced to $50 billion in cuts. Half of the Republican caucus is up in arms just over that. Right now the House Republicans could not agree on who is in the Super Bowl.
Folks this is going to get real ugly.
In the House you have the old style Republicans bowing to lobbyist and asking for money. You also have the New Republicans, the Tea Party types, the Rand Paul's, who look with disdain on the old style Republicans. They will fight a real ugly war over the budget.
Then the fight between the final bill the House Republicans pass moves over to the Senate with its 60 vote requirement.
As I say, this is gonna be ugly. And a lot of fun.
January 26th, 2011
9:45 am
Trapped in a Red state
Delta is ready when you are.
January 26th, 2011
9:49 am
I'm not sure if Obama is stupid or just plain stupid. His speech was an absolute pile of dung. Just read an article on Yahoo news that fact checked his speech and they pretty much summed it up in one headline: FACT CHECK: Obama and his imbalanced ledger
The president just got the biggest a$$ kicking since the 1930's and he's still proposing big government. Kyle wrote a really good piece about how nothing he said made any sense. Of course, Bookman and Tucker act like everything he said was great and dandy.
January 26th, 2011
9:50 am
"Bachmann is the sexiest cross-eyed gal this side of Annie Oakley."
And left's "tolerance" continues. What happened to the so-called "civility" that Obama talked about at the re-election stop, I mean funeral, last week?
January 26th, 2011
9:51 am
"All-in-all, this was a speech long on time, long on government initiatives, and long on sleight of hand; and noticeably short on real change."
Obama took a cue from the old Clinton playbook but he doesn't realize that Clinton actually had a great economy at the time.
It's time to handcuff this inexperienced community organizer.
January 26th, 2011
9:53 am
Have you read Paul Krugman's book, "The Conscience of a Liberal" ?
It is a documentary…not an opinion book. It is written like a research paper…all his sources are referenced. It describes the rise of the middle class from late 1800's to modern day. From your post…I think you will find much validation for your views.
January 26th, 2011
9:58 am
"Have you read Paul Krugman's book"
Why would a conservative want to read that idiots book?
January 26th, 2011
10:09 am
It is gonna remain status-quo…..life will continue on, as it always has. Bickering will continue, partisanship will continue and the tax-payer will be left holding the bag…..status-quo.
January 26th, 2011
10:17 am
This president is a joke. He speaks of innovation and technology but cancels the space program–the single program that has given us the most innovation and changes in technology in the last 50 years. He freezes government spending at the highest level it has ever been at–how is that going to help anything? He talks of energy independence, but doesn't allow drilling. He talks about how good his healthcare plan is, but exempts his union cronies from having to play by its rules. I am about to vomit.
January 26th, 2011
10:28 am
"He talks about how good his healthcare plan is"
He also missed the part where the majority of Americans want it repealed now.
January 26th, 2011
10:34 am
thanks for the recommendation, but I'd probably find it too depressing. the thing is, a plutocracy can function (see your reference to 'the rise of the middle class'). what has happened (more or less since 1980, maybe 1960; or more specifically, November 22, 1963) is the plutocracy (government by wealth, aka 'special interests' and special interests use ideology to recruit/raise funds, much like al Qeada uses Islam) decided it did not want any new members. the "big" corporate interests (defense, banking, agriculture, oil, medicine, insurance, etc.) and their stooges in DC "closed registration". in short, we replaced a tyrannical monorachy with a slightly less tyrannical plutocracy. people like to yammer about how "social security is a Ponzi scheme"? why stop at Social Security? our entire government is a Ponzi Scheme. the stock market is a Ponzi scheme. the 'selective prosecution' of both the left and the right is amusing, in a delusional, gallow's humor kind of way. the government of the United States (Democrats AND Republicans) are no better than Berine Maddoff. the fact that people ignore this is one of the most amazing dynamics of American society in the history of the Republic (I mean, Plutocracy).
January 26th, 2011
10:39 am
I agree with the president on the national debt and the need for investment.
That's why I'm heading out the door to the title pawn store on the corner, so I can put it all in my 401(k).
January 26th, 2011
11:26 am
Here is America's response to Obama:
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January 26th, 2011
11:29 am
Thank you Bob: A yawn is actually an understatement! I believe that something more ornamental is needed.
This state of the union address should have been labeled "STATE OF THE UNION FOR DUMMIES!" The American people proved in the recent congressional elections that have had enough of Obama's phony rhetoric. The Wall Street executives that have driven us into poverty and despair have gotten $ millions bonuses to steer our economy into the rocks, and $ millions of bonuses from the U.S. Treasury to re-float it. And, like John Dillinger, they know where the money is, "and how to take it out" – but legally! And even though almost nothing has changed since 2008, Obama sees progress and a promised land ahead – but he keeps the supposed big gains ahead as collateral for his 2012 re-election.
On the other side, the republicans are bound to tear his passed reforms, and scrap or stall any future plan that may help him re-elected. It is a tag-of-war, and the average Americans are the rope that is stretched to the limits of tolerance, a.ka. unemployment, foreclosures, a catatonic market economy, and promises made by Obama two years ago that they still don't see in the horizon. And I am sure, as they watched more of the same promises by Obama last night, and all those standing ovations for his "empty rhetoric," they all probably wondered: I have heard that before -quite a few times, Haven't I?
Yes America, you have. And you will hear it again, and again. And you should expect your suffering to continue, while those politicos { I use the Greek word here} who are responsible for your misery will keep receiving "standing ovations!" And they will continue to do that because "State of the Union For Dummies" addresses have proved to be an effective hypnotic for the population that works for them, not for you! Nikos Retsos, retired professor
January 26th, 2011
11:55 am
That "idiot" is a Nobel Prize winner. What have YOU done lately?
January 26th, 2011
12:12 pm
Mr. Barr,
Are you really working as an image polisher for Baby Doc of Haiti?
January 26th, 2011
1:07 pm
"That "idiot" is a Nobel Prize winner. What have YOU done lately?"
So was Arafat.
January 26th, 2011
1:07 pm
"What have YOU done lately?"
Well for one, I pay my taxes, feed my family etc……
January 26th, 2011
1:08 pm
From Politico:
"…Republican freshman Sen. Rand Paul introduced legislation Tuesday that seeks to cut $500 billion from government spending in one year alone, wiping out three cabinet departments and the entire foreign aid budget while sparing neither the Pentagon nor 2011 war-related funding for overseas military operations."
"Most controversial could be a proposed $16 billion reduction from the overseas contingency funds provided for the military for the current fiscal year."
""War funding from 2001 to 2010 has cost the taxpayer $1.109 trillion," reads Paul's materials. "That amount doesn't include the $159 billion that will likely be spent funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for FY2011. The proposal seeks to reduce war funding for FY2011 by $16 billion, in other words to provide $144 billion.""
Now we will find out if Republicans are serious about reducing spending or are just playing a make believe game.
My money is on make believe games. This bill will die in committee.
January 26th, 2011
1:10 pm
A Yawn???? I was laughing though the entire speech! The looks on Boehler's and Biden's face was comedy enough. Also listening to President's speech I think it is the most centralist speech he has given so far because he was forced to do by the last election. Where is your fearless leader now, leftists? And the part about freezing spending and the Congress being too shocked to applaud on queue? Priceless! It was a great illustration of what is wrong in DC and why it will be a major fight to fix some of it.
January 26th, 2011
2:11 pm
How about the Republicans start by repealing the Senior Prescription Drug Plan, passed by the so-called Republican George W. Bush. Look the Republicans had their chance to tackle deficits when they controlled all 3 brances of government and they blew it. Remember, it was Dick Cheney who stated budget deficits didn't matter.
Now, all of a sudden we're supposed to believe that the Republicans have found fiscal responsibility. When W took office there was a surplus. Sure enough once the Republicans owned the governement they couldn't wait to spend, reduce taxes, start wars, and plunge us into a deep deficit spiral. If they truly want us to get behind them, then start with a plan that reduces Medicare, Social Security, and all of the special interest tax breaks. If you want us to believe you are serious then, go after the real budget busters.
January 26th, 2011
2:25 pm
Mass Dawg
UGA sucks.
January 26th, 2011
3:20 pm
[...] Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr called the speech a "yawn" A little bit of something for everybody; but a really big something for government. This was the [...]
January 26th, 2011
3:51 pm
George W. Bush left the President with a huge great recession after the corporate public bail-out for the greedy & crooked bankrupt companies.
REPUBLICANS are PUNKS.
January 26th, 2011
4:14 pm
Thanks for educating us about the President's speech. Mr. Barr you currently supporting a former DICTATOR of Haiti and talk about change. You just like the rest of them GOPers. All you care about is your dip pockets. I am sure you vote a million times for funds to go and kill kids in Iraq. Ten plus years of tax breaks for you millionaires and we all see millions of jobs created. We as Americans continue to be stupid.
January 26th, 2011
5:17 pm
Why is it that in every President's speech they want to "spend more on education"…yay…Loud Applause!!! Whoo Hoo. You're the greatest President EVER. All hot air. How about something new and innovative from the annointed one??? I thought he was suppoosed to be so great. Two years of failed economic policy has lead to continuing record unemployment and deficit spending. Obozo will say anything to keep his butt in the White House for another 4 years until he can go out and become a real millionaire making speeches. Oh…I almost forgot…he won the Nobel Peace Prize for…come to think of it… I don't know what he did to win that prize since he hadn't been sworn into office when it fell into his lap.
January 26th, 2011
5:19 pm
"A message to Obama",
Your middle finger blog was bad enought but after your UGA sucks comment, I hope you get hit by a bus.
January 26th, 2011
5:49 pm
Bob Bar is one reason why georgia is screwed up, another old white conservatives who cares less about moving this country to the 21st century.
The Rep party is the reason Georgia is last in eveything, yet these idiots continue to support people like Barr and most Rep living in 1959, while the world is passing by.
January 26th, 2011
5:55 pm
Daniel Boon: The reason you can not understand why the President is concern about education because you live in Georgia and thats how stupid hicks are.
People like you is why this country can not move forward to the21st century.
Name me anyone who has passed health care in the United States? thats why he won the Nobel, please come out of your trailer time to time.
January 26th, 2011
6:04 pm
I don't care who was president, the last two years would have been horrible. And, even many conservative economists tell us the bail-outs meant we had less unemployment and less of a drop in the economy than we would have had without them. So, everybody – get over yourselves. What would the state of GA have done without the federal bail-out it got? Cut spending on schools more? Well, maybe we would not have spent that $25 million on the land deal that bailed out ol' Sonny's friends from that financial boondoogle they were facing.
And, maybe if that money hadn't been squandered and we could find a few more millions here and there, we could actually pay for dredging the Savannah harbor instead of trying to get the federal government to do it. You know, the federal government that we all say should not be spending money on boondoogles and anything except national defense, that over-spending, gluttonous, bureaucratic, deficit ridden, ineffecient and ineffective government that we want to bail us out of having to spend our own money on our own harbor. Yep. I guess deficits don't matter (as ol' Cheney said) when it is for something you want – it is just all those other yahoos are misspending. You know, the Dimocrats.
As for Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize. He got it for not being Dubya, and the mistaken idea of the rest of the world that the U.S. had finally come back from the brink of insanity. We hadn't. We just took a short break.
January 26th, 2011
6:28 pm
"Your middle finger blog was bad enought but after your UGA sucks comment, I hope you get hit by a bus."
Gotta love intolerant loser left wingers who resort to wishing death upon other bloggers who don't like bad SEC football teams.
WAR EAGLE, loser!
January 26th, 2011
6:30 pm
Hey loser, UGA only excels in one sport. Women's gymnastics.
And a….
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January 26th, 2011
6:35 pm
love all these folks flashing their iqs by hand
January 26th, 2011
8:58 pm
SO why is this blowhard Barr fronting for Baby Doc Duvalier — a tyrant (who hates Freedom and stole from his people like a common thief) who was tossed out of Haiti on his fat butt by GOP Icon Ronald Reagan, no less!
January 26th, 2011
9:12 pm
Hey Michelle Bachmann — what a BIG pair of …. eyes you have!
January 26th, 2011
9:52 pm
Bob is as solid as ever. I worked with him years ago. He was something else. One alsways knew where he stood. Never one to mince words. Thank God.
January 27th, 2011
3:24 am
Obama vs. Palin.
Doesn't having to pick between those two really give you a warm sense of optimism ?
The left will say only an idiot could vote for Palin. The right will say only an idiot could vote for Obama.
Guess what ?
They're both correct.


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Dear Carolyn: You've run a number of columns on people having cold feet and the relationship (later) failing. But what about having cold feet and the marriage works out?
I ask because my mother (and other ladies in her generation) scoffs at cold feet. She told me that my dad had it, and she just "let him" freak out. He got his act together after a few days, and she married him. They've been together 50-plus years. My aunts tell me that a couple of my uncles did the same, and these women just brushed it off! It all worked out for them too.
During my bridesmaid days, I remember a friend or two completely freaking out — the "What am I doing? Why am I marrying him? I don't want to do this. This is a bad idea!" sentiment. Those worked out too. I've seen accounts where people claim they had cold feet after the relationship collapses. But that's so easy to say in the afterthought!
My friends don't remember saying that stuff, but I bet if they got divorced, they would. What do you say for those who have cold feet but end up happily married decades later?
Cold Feet
Both the seeds of doubt and the definition of "it all worked out" are highly individual. Does that mean they were genuinely happy — or does that just mean they didn't divorce? Some pretty miserable unions manage to go the distance, and I don't see that as something to celebrate.
When brides and grooms have doubts, I hope they face them squarely. I hope the people they confide in have the compassion and presence of mind to draw the bride or groom out a bit, and then listen carefully enough to offer the right kind of reassurance — either that it's OK to feel nervous or that it's OK to walk away. Presumably loved ones know the bride or groom well enough to recognize whether "completely freaking out" is in character or not, and founded or not.
I hope they don't bring any biases for or against marriage or for or against the people involved to their counsel, at least not without labeling them as such.
I think "cold feet" sufferers of all kinds, even the ones who just are nervous about the significance of the commitment, should read here or hear from someone they love: It's OK to face your doubts, whether the episode lasts an hour or two or pre-empts the wedding itself. The only wedding that has to happen is the one the couple enters freely and unburdened.
I'm not sure that answers the question, but that's my answer.

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Safe Harbor?
A second round of federal grants and new rules and regulations are shoring
Following Sept. 11, the dust literally hadn't settled over New York City and Washington, D.C., before security experts were warning that the seaports were more vulnerable and more important to the nation's economy than its airports. The numbers were staggering. A major attack on one of the nation's seaports could result in losses of up to $58 billion and a stock market drop of more than 500 points. By contrast, last year's West Coast dock labor dispute cost the U.S. economy an estimated $10 billion to $20 billion.
"It's not that our harbor was considered unsafe," says Maj. Gen. Bob Lee, head of the state Department of Defense and adjutant general of the state of Hawaii. "I can say that security was adequate before Sept. 11, but the standards have changed, and in that light, every harbor and coastline in the country looks weak. Is Honolulu Harbor as secure as the airport, or the rest of the city, for that matter? No, it's not, but it's getting a lot better in a hurry."
Is Honolulu Harbor safe? Yes and no. It depends on who you ask and when you ask them. On the one hand, the harbor is more secure than most ports of call around the country, because of its moderate traffic and narrow main waterway, which is relatively easy to monitor. But, on the other hand, it is more vulnerable because its waterfront is dotted with a plethora of large and small businesses. Also, unlike most cities around the nation and the world, Honolulu's harbor sits very close to the heart of the city, with a major thoroughfare (Nimitz Highway) skirting its edge. But, while Hawaii is located closer to terrorist hot spots in Southeast Asia than the Mainland, only about 10,000 of the 150,000 cargo containers coming through Honolulu Harbor annually are from foreign ports.
In the homeland security business, in which one tiny oversight can lead to disaster, there are a lot of yes and no answers.
"We are pretty porous here in Honolulu. We have a lot of vulnerabilities that other locations don't have," says Gary Moniz, head of port operations at Matson Navigation and of the State Law Enforcement Coalition, a task force of state officials who monitor security issues at Hawaii's ports. "However, we have a few strengths, too. For instance, I can't think of any other port in the country that has a U.S. Coast Guard base stationed right in the middle of it."
According to Moniz, Lee and other homeland security officials in the state, Honolulu Harbor and its surrounding areas will be getting a lot safer over the next several months. In June, Hawaii companies and state agencies received the second round of port security grant funds, $7 million in all, from the Transportation Security Administration. The grant money was part of $105 million distributed across the nation to enhance cargo and passenger security and access control. Hawaii ranked seventh among the states and territories that received port security grants. California topped the list at $28.51 million.
Matson Navigation Co., one of four companies receiving grant money, got $805,000. According to Moniz, the funds, which were matched by approximately $240,000 of Matson money, will be used for improving the fencing around the perimeter of his Sand Island facility, as well as the installation of various types of electronic intrusion detection devices, improved access control for personnel entering the terminal, hardware to monitor the trucks and drivers coming in and out of the facility and a new barricade system.
Tesoro Hawaii Corp. received the largest grant of $2.85 million. Like Matson, much of Tesoro's funds will be used to strengthen the perimeter of the company's Campbell Industrial Park facilities. According to Tesoro spokesperson Jeanette Metzger, some of the measures include the installation of pan and tilt video cameras and motion detectors to monitor the facility's perimeter areas, as well as improved lighting and new fencing around areas housing electrical equipment.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) received $1.5 million in federal funds. Plans for the money haven't been finalized, but DLNR officials say it will most likely be used for overtime pay for security personnel at Kailua-Kona and Lahaina harbors.
Other grant recipients were the state Department of Transportation, $645,000; the Gas Co., $630,561; and Chevron Products Co., Hawaii Refinery, $625,000.
"It's a good start," says Lee of the grant program, which will have a third phase in 2004. "It's a good news bad news kind of thing. Yes, we didn't get as much money as Seattle, Oakland and Long Beach. But the good news is that we don't need as much money as those ports. Not only are the funds distributed according to size of facility but also by the location's threat level. Honolulu isn't at the same level as those ports."
On July 1, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security began implementing the interim rules and regulations of the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA), a comprehensive port security legislation. MTSA's rules and regulations include passenger, vehicle and baggage screening procedures; security patrols; establishing restricted areas; personnel identification procedures; access control measures; and/or installation of surveillance equipment. It is the first time the federal government has imposed security requirements on U.S. ports since World War II. The final rules go into effect later this month.
"It's landmark legislation in many respects," says Lt. Commander Todd Offutt, chief investigations and command public affairs, U.S. Coast Guard. "The regs are designed to be seamless, with the minor exception of getting padded down or screened when you board a cruise ship. For the public's point of view, these new procedures will be no less onerous than what they might see at the airport."
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I picked up some chanterelles on Friday, the first of the season. I'd arranged for any available mushrooms to be offered to the other people at the wine lunch, but when they saw my mushrooms being delivered to me, it instigated a scene akin to a fungal rape of the Sabines as people were trampled and the foremost took the limited spoils. I hope Jenise got a few.
Anyway, there is a dish I always make at this time of the year because it mates so well with these mushrooms and I thought I'd share it with you.
There is a magical and transitory time each autumn when the first rains come and this is followed shortly by the first local harvest of chanterelles. They pick them small because this is the first harvest and the pickers are anxious to get the cash flow started. Later in the season when they are harvesting areas that weren't touched earlier, you begin to see the mammoth mushrooms, which to me taste are woodier and coarser. The small mushrooms of the early harvests are definitely the choice tidbits to me.
It just happens that at about this time of year, the anxiously awaited Rosés from Southern France start coming into our local market (I'm sure you get better service elsewhere) – the wines we could have used much earlier in the summer.
The conjunction of that wine and those mushrooms climaxes, for me, in a dish I make that goes so perfectly with the wine that I just have to sit back and have another glass in wonder. Here it is:
Make a pastry shell for a 9" pie pan and make enough for a top too.
Sauté a half a chopped onion and 4 cloves of chopped (or pressed) garlic. Before they start to get too coloured, whack in about 2 pounds of lightly chopped (and cleaned, of course) chanterelles, and lightly brown (more just a tinge of gold, you know what I mean) them.
As they are almost done, add at least 4 tsp each of fresh sage, thyme and rosemary (to taste – I usually use more) and about 3 tbsp. chopped sundried tomatoes.
Stir that around a bit and then take a bunch of spinach that you've cleaned and whacked off the stems, and spread it over the top of the shrooms and put the lid on until it wilts and you can stir it in. Take that off the heat and drain in a colander.
Take 1 potato and peel and grate it fairly finely.
Beat 3 large eggs and add 2-3 tsp of Dijon mustard –mix. Add salt and pepper (c. 1 tsp each) and the grated potato. Add 1 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts – this is important – gives not only flavour but great texture.
Add the mushroom mixture to the egg mixture and stir, then plop it down on the lower pastry crust and spread it out. Put the top shell on and bake at 375 for 35-45 minutes – just keep an eye on your pastry.
Haul it out and let it sit for at least 10-15 minutes and then serve with a chilled flagon of Rosé – I used Ch. Guiot from Nimes and it was magnificent. A great wine and food match is one that elevates both to heights unachieved alone. This is one of those rare cases. Enjoy.


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First attested in the 17th century, noun use of 5th century Latin oxymōrum (adj), neut. nom. form of oxymōrus (adj), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμωρος (oksúmōros), compound of ὀξύς (oksús, "sharp, keen") (English oxy-, as in oxygen) + μωρός (mōrós, "dull, stupid") (English moron ("stupid person")).[1][2] Literally "sharp-dull" or "keen-stupid", itself an oxymoron, hence autological; compare sophomore (literally "wise fool"), influenced by similar analysis. The compound form *ὀξύμωρον (*oksúmōron) is not found in the extant Ancient Greek sources.[3]
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oxymoron (plural oxymorons or oxymora)
- A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
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- No light, but rather darkness visible
- Serv'd only to discover sights of woe
- Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1. Scene 1, in which Romeo utters nine oxymora in just six lines of soliloquy:
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Limitations and failures of the price system > Private and public price control
Sometimes prices are not permitted to do their work. Monopolies are able to exert control over prices, and they use it, sensibly enough, to raise their profits above the level allowed by competition. The monopolist (or group of colluding enterprises) sets prices at a level such that prices are above costs or, to use words of identical significance, such that resources earn more in the monopolized industry than they can earn elsewhere. The basis of the monopoly is its ability to prevent outsiders from entering the industry to share in the unusual profits and, by the act of producing, actually serve to eliminate them.
The fixing of prices by monopolists reduces the income of society. This is, in fact, the only well-established criticism (on grounds of efficiency) to be levied against monopolies; there is no reason to assume that they will make products less-suited to consumer tastes or innovate more slowly or pay lower wages or otherwise misallocate resources. But the basic inefficiency led, first in the United States in 1890 and then increasingly in European nations, to governmental policies to maintain or restore competition.
Public price control has two aspects. A large part of public regulation is intended to correct monopolistic pricing (or other failures of the price system); this includes most public-utility regulation in the United States (transportation, electricity, gas, etc.). Whatever the success of these endeavoursand on the whole there has been a substantial decline in confidence in the regulatory bodiesthey are usually instructed to achieve the goals of an efficient price system.
Other public price controls are designed to serve ends outside the reach of the price system. Prices of farm products are regulated (raised) in most nations with the intention of improving farmers' incomes, and the fixing of interest rates paid by banks is undertaken to improve bank earnings. Such policies are invariably defended on various economic and ethical grounds but reflect primarily the political strength of large and well-organized producer groups.
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Totally cool fact: Although she plans to go to dental school, Lizzie is majoring in business so she will know how to run her medical practice.
What made you decide to come to school in the South?
My brother Steven was a baseball player for the Lynx, and knowing my passion for soccer, he boasted that Rhodes was a great place to be a student-athlete. He was right. Playing on the women's soccer team has far exceeded my expectations. In my three years at Rhodes, we have compiled a 36-13-6 record. I've met some of my best friends on the team, and my coach, Bobby Lessentine, has been a wonderful mentor both on and off the field.
What is it like to be a student-athlete at Rhodes?
Coach Lessentine encourages his players to give their best efforts in games and practices, but he also expects us to do the same in the classroom. Our team was recognized as a 2007 Team Academic Award Winner by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for the third year in a row. I've found the professors at Rhodes to be just as accommodating as my coaches. I am a business major and plan to attend dental school after graduation. My business advisor, John Planchon, has guided me on how I can use my marketing and accounting background as a good foundations for running a successful dental practice. Biology professor Alan Jaslow has always been extremely approachable and has helped me tailor my classes to anticipate my future in dentistry.
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When I headed to Memphis from Needham, Massachusetts, I knew I was leaving behind family and friends, ice hockey and snow. But when I arrived at Rhodes to a warm welcome, I knew I would find a new home here in Memphis. The food here—especially the barbeque—is delicious, and I love going to Memphis Redbirds baseball games and other Rhodes sporting events. I even run into my brother from time to time when I'm in The Bryan Campus Life Center working out. Steven is a part-time recruiting coordinator and pitching coach for the baseball team.
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Jordan tends to be defined as a desert land, but most people – locals as well as visitors – don't ever get to know the desert, spending virtually all their time in the fertile, relatively well-watered strip of hilly territory running down the western part of the country. Yet more than eighty percent of Jordanian territory comprises the Badia (pronounced bad-ya; from the same root as "bedouin"). This hard-to-define term may be translated as "desert", but you should banish ideas of classic rolling dune-scapes: gravelly badia desert, though arid and wild, is richer in both flora and fauna than the sandy sahra deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
Jordan's Badia divides into three sectors. The areas around Wadi Rum in the Southern Badia are now widely known, but much less is understood about the vast stony deserts which stretch east of Amman and Mafraq, and south to Qatraneh. Beyond the Central Badia around Azraq, the Northern Badia, hemmed into Jordan's long panhandle, remains terra incognita for most visitors. It lacks the drama of Rum's soaring cliffs and red sand dunes, yet holds some of the most striking scenery in the country, from the black, boulder-strewn, volcanic harra desert near the Syrian border out to the undulating limestone plateau of the hamad desert in the farthest corners of the country near Iraq.
This is also one of Jordan's most rewarding areas for birdwatching. Recent animal sightings have included the sand cat, the Levantine viper and Tilbury's Spring-Footed Lizard, all of them rarities, and ongoing investigations have turned up 49 plant species new to science. In addition, there's a handful of relatively minor archeological sites that serve as a useful hook on which to hang a visit. Everything centres on the small, dusty town of Safawi: north lie the ruins of Jawa, a long-abandoned city; south is the holy tree of Biqyawiyya which, legend has it, once sheltered the Prophet Muhammad; and east, barely 50km from the Iraqi border, is the astonishing, mirage-like apparition of the glittering lake and ruined black castle of Burqu.Read More
On the western edge of Safawi town is the junction of the roads to Mafraq and Azraq. Almost exactly 15km along the Azraq road – but without any signs or noticeable landmarks – a side-track branches off the highway on a lovely journey towards the holy tree of Biqyawiyya, well worth the tough, 35-minute ride by 4×4 across open country.
As soon as you leave the Safawi–Azraq highway, the track deteriorates to reveal an old, 5m-wide cambered roadway, known to locals as the "British Road", made of fieldstones packed together, with defined kerbstones and a central spine. This leads dead straight out across the undulating desert, visible for miles ahead without diversion; from satellite imagery it appears to follow the line of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (or "Tapline"), built in 1947–50 to transport oil from the Saudi Gulf coast to Sidon in Lebanon, but disused in Jordan since 1990. Watch for kilometre markers all along the side of this route: the first, just off the highway, is 978; after 3km of a very bumpy ride you pass a modern brick hut marked "Km 975". Around 1500m further across the stony desert is a gentle rise, on the far side of which – in a memorable flourish of natural drama – stretches a vast area of fertile rolling grassland, often dotted with standing water, soft on the eye and echoing with the calls of swooping birds. A little after Km 970 is another small rise, which gives onto more gentle countryside in the area known as Biqyawiyya. Shortly after you'll be able to see the holy tree itself, located about 300m past Km 967.
Brief history
In his youth, the Prophet Muhammad is said to have travelled at the behest of a wealthy widow Khadija (who later became his wife) from his hometown of Mecca north across the desert to Syria. Accompanying Muhammad on this trading mission was Khadija's slave, Maysarah. During the journey the caravan stopped for a break near the remote home of a Christian monk named Bahira. While Muhammad rested under a wild pistachio tree, Bahira came up to Maysarah and asked, "Who is that man?" – to which Maysarah replied, "That is one of the tribe of Quraysh, who guard the Kaaba in Mecca." In a reply which has passed into folklore, Bahira then said, "No one but a Prophet is sitting beneath that tree." Islamic tradition holds that the particular tree beneath which Muhammad rested still lives. There are competing claims, but the prime candidate stands far out in the desert south of Safawi. The fact that dendrochronologists have estimated the tree's age at only around 500 years detracts from the power of the legend not one jot.
The holy tree
The holy tree of Biqyawiyya stands in a beautiful setting on the edge of a flowing stream feeding a modern reservoir. It's the only tree within view – indeed, just about the only tree visible on the entire journey from Safawi – in a peaceful and pleasant spot, from where vast panoramas stretch out across the open desert. Bear in mind, however, that this is a holy place, and that the local bedouin as well as pilgrims from around Jordan and beyond make the long journey here specifically in order to pray and spend time alone or with their families in the presence of the Prophet. Frivolity, or stripping off to go bathing in the temptingly cool water, would be most disrespectful, as would tampering in any way either with the tree itself or with the strips of cloth which pilgrims leave tied to the lower branches as a mark of respect.
East of Safawi: towards Iraq
East of Safawi: towards Iraq
A short way east of Safawi, the highway crosses the Wadi Rajil, which feeds water falling on Jabal Druze in Syria south to Azraq. Soon after, you pass alongside the prominent Jibal Ashqaf mountains, looming on both sides above the rolling slopes of black rocks (overlaying yellowish sand) which fill the immensely long sightlines in all directions. The Ashqaf area marks a watershed, since the large Wadi Ghsayn, which runs alongside the road further east, drains water into the flat Qa Abul Ghsayn and then to Burqu and north into Syria. As you head on east, you cross the dividing line between the black stony harra desert and flatter limestone hamad, which stretches east to the Iraqi border and is much more soothing on the eye.
Some 90km east of Safawi, Muqat is the starting point for a journey north along the Wadi Muqat into the roadless desert towards Burqu.
The qasr at BURQU (pronounced "beurkaa" with a throaty gargle: "berkoo" is wrong) is a small Roman fort, occupied and expanded during the Islamic period, that can be grouped – archeologically speaking – with the "Desert Castles" of Hallabat, Azraq and others. However, the ruins take a poor second place to Burqu's extraordinary natural environment, both on the off-road journey to reach the site and once you arrive. The qasr stands on the shores of Ghadir Burqu, a substantial lake some 2km long which is fabulous enough in itself, hidden in the depths of the desert, but which also serves as the lifeline and congregation point for an array of animals and local and migrating birds. Proposed to become a protected nature reserve, Burqu is a wild and dramatic place, well worth the long and difficult journey. It lies at the focal point of desert tracks roughly 18km north of Muqat and 25km northwest of Ruwayshid, and is all but impossible to locate without the help of a guide with intimate local knowledge.
The dam and castle
The dam 2km north of the qasr (which led to the lake's formation) and the jagged, broken-off tower which still rises above the ruined walls of the castle are thought to have been constructed in the third century, possibly to guard the water source for caravans travelling between Syria and Arabia. Inhabited throughout the Byzantine period – possibly as a monastery – Burqu was expanded by Emir Walid in the year 700 AD; an inscription dated 1409 might indicate occupation up to that date. The entrance into the qasr is on the north wall, which gives access to two inscriptions – one naming Walid – above the lintel of the room in the far left-hand corner of the rubble-strewn courtyard, next to a room with a pointed arch. In the opposite corner is a small, freestanding circular room with a cross carved into its lintel; next to it is the original tower, still standing to around 8m, with a tiny, easily defended door (now blocked) in one wall.
The lake
It's Burqu's lake and its flora and fauna which most impress. The drive from Muqat crosses a large, flat qa, from which subterranean water rises to form the lake, full almost year-round and bordered in spring by poppies, irises and other wildflowers. Gently lapping wavelets fringe the most incongruous beach you're ever likely to stroll on.
The projected nature reserve is to be centred on this mirage-like apparition, which stands between two very different habitats. To the east is a vast expanse of hamad, or stony desert pavement, covered with bushes and grasses in winter. To the west sweeps the black Harrat ash-Sham, a moonscape of basalt rocks ranging in size from a few centimetres to a metre or more across. The rocks make the harra impassable even for 4×4 jeeps: hunters cannot penetrate the area, turning it into a perfect wildlife refuge. Gazelles roam here, in addition to hyenas, wolves, sand foxes, sand cats, caracals and hares. Birders, too, will be delighted: as well as regular sightings of sandpipers, larks, wheatears and finches, Burqu boasts herons, pelicans, storks and cranes, along with buzzards, owls, vultures and even the rare imperial eagle, pallid harrier and saker falcon. Rumours, as yet unsubstantiated, persist among the locals of the presence of cheetahs. For the latest news about access, check with staff at the Azraq Lodge.
About 10km east of Muqat – and 100km east of Safawi – stands the last town in Jordan, RUWAYSHID, another shabby but bustling place boasting a couple of truckers' motels and a few diners. A dual-lane highway makes short work of the 79km to the border, which is better known by the name of the Iraqi border post Turaybil than by the Jordanian post of Karama. Baghdad is about 550km further east.


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What guidelines would you give someone preparing a TEDx talk?
TED Community, I've attended a number of independently organized TEDx events and seen plenty on YouTube and was disappointed to find out that some talks presented weren't TED material. They lacked the 'idea worth spreading' element. What would you suggest to a speaker who's preparing to deliver a TEDx talk in order for them to make sure their talk is up to standards?
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Some great feedback. Thank you Fritzie Reisner, Deborah Zotian, Kashaf Mamoon, Edward Long, Shariq Hashme, Tofig Ahmed, Abhinandan Chatterjee, Johnson Tam-Lit, Philip Kanoutos, Jenoye Cole, Lucas Avelleda, Asha de Vos, JenniferAnne McCool, Carlos Miranda Levy, Bharath Kumar Kunjibettu, Lesley Rickard, Edmond Hui, and Tosca Killoran. :)
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Asha de Vos 100+May 1 2012: Make sure you are talking about something close to your heart - that makes a difference. You can then be freely passionate and inspiring. Don't talk about something that IS NOT your work.....you are more inclined to make blunders.
Make sure you fact check before embarking on a talk. The worst thing you can do is inspire people about an idea that is completely misleading.
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How we read to children is as important as how frequently we read to them. With school beginning very soon, here are some helpful suggestions to use with pre-schoolers as well as even younger children, as we begin to reinforce those early literacy skills.
Children learn most from picture books when they are actively involved with the reader and the book. "Dialogic Reading is an interactive shared reading technique designed to enhance early literacy skills and language development." It is the child and adult having a conversation about the pictures and the text that is most important. Research from the U.S. Department of Education shows that dialogic reading is based on three main strategies:
- Asking "what, where, when, why, and how" questions. "What is this?" "What else do you see in the story? Tell me about it."
- Repeating what the child says, while giving praise and encouragement. Extend the child's response by giving more information and developing vocabulary about the pictures.
- Asking open-ended questions about the pictures."What is the bear doing? I wonder what is going to happen and why."
Invite the child to respond throughout the story. Repeat phrases so child can "read" along. Most of all enjoy the experience, the book and have fun.
Good choices to start with might include:
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- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and other books by Mo Willems
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SPOKANE-- The Mead School District in Spokane County opened a new, innovative school Tuesday where students work with iPads instead of textbooks.
The new school is located in the University District at the Riverpoint Campus.
The new Mead School District Innovative School was started when officials were looking at different, better ways of education according to Assistant Superintendant Dan Butler. He said the district came up with the Stem External School where the curriculum focuses heavily on science, technology, engineering and math.
Bio Med is the cornerstone, along with language arts and entrepreneurship. Coursework in integrated, rather than split into a six period day.
There are 75 spots. Students are split between Mead High School and Mount Spokane. The district selects those interested through a lottery system.
The Riverpoint Academy has community partners with WSU, Community Colleges of Spokane, Eastern Washington University, and Greater Spokane Incorporated.
Students also do an internship with career professionals.
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Since the Occupy protests began, there has been no shortage of anti-Semitic sentiment being aired by its demonstrators across the country. Their messages often revisit the age-old anti-Semitic slur likening the Jewish people to money-grubbing "bankers" who are in complete "control" the country and its finances.
Zombie's blog now brings us new videos by Urban Infidel and an independent New York blogger depicting the same kind of bigotry. In the video that follows, an Occupy protester can be heard disparaging a Jewish man wearing a traditional kippah head-covering — at one point calling him a "dumb motherf**ker."
Since the words can be difficult to discern at times, a partial transcript provided by Urban Infidel follows the video. Caution, explicit language is used:
Jewish man wearing a yarmulke: I work 65 hours a week.
Protester: You probably live in the Hamptons 'n' some shit.
Jewish man: I live in the Hamptons? I live in Brooklyn…I work 62 hours a week. Do you work 62 hours?
Protester: You know what's funny? Your people own schools and fuckin' government buildings, but your wives are on welfare. I don't understand that. I don't understand that. I met a public assistance officer. And they were Jewish, but their husbands own fuckin' everything.
Jewish man: I work 62 hours a week. How many hours a week do you work?
Protester: I don't work. How about them apples?
Jewish man: So why don't you get a job?
Protester: I don't need a fuckin' job.
Jewish man: Why not?
Protester: You don't need paper! We can grow our own fuckin' food. We can shoot our own fuckin' animals. We can do all that shit. We can build our own fuckin' houses.
Jewish man: How do you get the materials?
Protester: We can just take it from the Earth! You come from the Earth. This comes from the Earth. Everything comes from the Earth, you dumb motherfucker! Like seriously. Technology comes from the Earth, protons, neutrons, electrons.
Jewish man: Is this a real conversation? Is this a real conversation?
Other OWS protester: He's making points. But he's making points.
Jewish man: What are the points?
Protester: I don't need a point. It comes from here (indicating the ground). It came from here for free! Why we gotta pay for it? It's here for free! Why we gotta pay for it? It's bullshit. This is bullshit.


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Active Ingredients
Per 3 Softgels: Total Fat 1 g; Protein < 1 g; Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol) 300 IU; Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate) 900 mg.
Inactive Ingredients
Soybean Oil; Gelatin; Glycerin; Soy Lecithin; Water; Titanium Dioxide (Color).
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