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While academics are important, there's a lot more to college than going to class. Want more to your college experience? Get involved in academic-based student organizations, which give you the opportunity to make friends, develop organizational and leadership skills, make professional connections and make a difference in the campus and community.
Marketing Management Association (An Affiliate of Collegiate DECA and PBL) - Fort Hays State University Marketing Management Association is one of the many student organizations on campus. These students participate in many activities on-campus and off-campus that allow them to further develop skills necessary for a successful future in business. Activities range from fundraisers to philanthropy and community service to International competition. As members of Marketing Management Association, these students compete in Collegiate DECA, the sister organization of high-school DECA. Collegiate DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management through co-curricular programs that integrate classroom experiences, application of learning, and building members professional network. Members compete against other college students around the world in a wide variety of business related events at the International Career Development Conference. For more information please contact Mr. Scott Jones, faculty advisor, through email at firstname.lastname@example.com or phone at 785-628-4040.
Business Education Club (Pi Omega Pi) - Pi Omega Pi is the National Business Education Teacher Honor Society, which promotes scholarship and service in the area of business education. FHSU's chapter is sponsored by Mr. Scott Jones.
Beyond activities found in McCartney Hall, home of the Management and Marketing Department, consider getting involved in one of the 100+ campus-wide organizations, such as Tigers in Service or the Student Government Association. For more information about student organizations at FHSU, check out the Center for Student Involvement web site.


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It works great for me, I'm using FckPSN 0.5 standalone version and I don't sign in until after I already picked my game in Multiman. I got an error code twice but it still works.Sponsored Links
It works great for me, I'm using FckPSN 0.5 standalone version and I don't sign in until after I already picked my game in Multiman. I got an error code twice but it still works.Sponsored Links
Attached below is another update (user-compiled from the GIT via Rift on forum.jailbreakscene.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=799#p641) bringing it to FckPSN v0.6 with changes below:Sponsored Links
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I followed this exactly, but I get the error 80710D23. version 0.4 and 0.5 work flawlessly, however this one keeps failing, any ideas?
Same for me. 0.4 and 0.5 work without a problem but with 0.6 Im getting nice 80710D23 error. Tried everything even replacing cert with one in this file (The cert hasn't changed from 0.5 it seems its same anyway.)
Switched back to 0.5. Works like a charm. Someone please report problems version 0.6 seems to have to drizzt84.
The problem is on the consoleid spoofing, I was having the same error, I "fixed" by deleting this part of the FckPsn.rb v0.6 file.
Code:if data.match('consoleid') 164 data.sub!(/consoleid=.*/, 'consoleid=') 165 puts "Fck ".color(:green) + "[#{Time.new}]".color(:blue) + " Spoofed consoleid".color(:red) 166 end
um i see that it says to replace the cert 27 now, is this a requirement for all the fckpsn's? if not then for what versions?
Yo think you can show us how to do that, or atleast point us in the right direction?
But I'm showing to you what I did, I use Linux, I just had to open the FckPsn.rb (the source code has it) on a text edit and delete the part that I put here. Than you load on terminal and it will work.
For Windows I have no idea how to help since I don't use FckPsn on it.
It looks to me like the problem is its Removing the consoleid, not spoofing it there. So you can just do a data.sub!(/consoleid=.*/, 'consoleid=################') where ############ is the console ID you want.

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Are you a Britney Spears Fan? Then fuckin' do this.
"I-I-I Wanna Go-O-O all the way-ay-ay to a Billboard Number One!"
We've supported the fan-favorite "Blackout" this week.
But NOW let's focus on the present; "I Wanna Go"!
"I Wanna Go" is sitting pretty at #13 on Billboard's Hot 100!
So here's the plan:
Let's have a buy "I Wanna Go" weekend!
When: August 4th - 8th
Where: Everywhere (With focus on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
Why: Keep "I Wanna Go" on top of the charts and give it a push into the Top 5 or even a Billboard #1!
But here is the important part of the plan:
Part One:
Here is a direct link to the official "I Wanna Go" mediabase request thread posted by BabyOneMoreTime.:
The steps are easy - click the links, check "I Wanna Go", and submit!
Part Two:
"I Wanna Go" - the single is sitting pretty at #8 on the U.S. iTunes chart (7/26/2011 5 p.m. ET).
On the dates of August 4th - 8th purchase "I Wanna Go" on the U.S. iTunes, Amazon, and other MP3 providers that count towards Billboard's sales!
Buy it, gift it, give it!
Part Three:
This is the easiest part of the whole "I Wanna Go" extended weekend campaign!
Watch the video!
"I Wanna Go"
Videos views DO count for 5% of Billboard's chart increases/decreases… it's the easiest way to give it more love!
Part Four:
Don't forget to click that you are "attending" the "I Wanna Go" campaign on Facebook!
Here is the direct link:
See, it's a simple three step process!
Step One: MediaBase and Requesting on radio stations to gain spins!
Step Two: Purchase the "I Wanna Go" single and music video!
Step Three: Watch the video and enjoy having BRITNEY SPEARS on your screen!
And let's get this song to NUMBER ONE on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100!
P.S.: Feel free to create any promo videos, graphics, icons, signatures, gifs, and other forms of media to support the campaign!
And remember it takes place:
August 4th - 8th, 2011


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Newseum Honors Slain Journalists
WASHINGTON — Journalists who were killed in the line of duty since 1837 were honored in two-day ceremonies at the Newseum on April 3 and April 4, 2008. The new 36-foot tall Journalists Memorial, site of both ceremonies, bears the names of 1,843 worldwide journalists who died between 1837 and 2007.
Since its inception in 1996, the Newseum has rededicated the memorial each year, adding names of reporters who died the previous year. To commemorate the new memorial, which Newseum chief executive officer Charles L. Overby called "a place of reverence" inside the Newseum, this year's dedication paid tribute to the 66 journalists who died in 2006 and the 92 journalists who died in 2007.
Helen Thomas, veteran White House correspondent for UPI, began the April 4 ceremony as she has for nine years by reading the names of journalists who died between 1837 and 1943. Throughout the morning, eight other journalists from the United States and abroad read names through 2005. A chime sounded after each name was voiced.
During a separate ceremony in the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater later that morning, Chris Wells, senior vice president at the Freedom Forum, honored the journalists who died in 2006 and 2007.
Newseum Executive Director Joe Urschel recognized the "courage, dedication and sacrifice" of the lost journalists.
"They live on as an inspiration to the highest ideals of journalism," Urschel said.
ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2006 from a roadside bomb in Iraq, was the keynote speaker of the dedication ceremony.
"We need, without question, to support those journalists," Woodruff said. "Someone needs to go and cover the soldiers, the journalists, and especially the people of Iraq and what's happening there," he said.
In a somber ceremony held on April 3, a small group of family, friends and former colleagues gathered to inter the remains of four news photographers — Larry Burrows, Henri Huet, Kent Potter and Keisaburo Shimamoto — who were killed in a helicopter crash over Laos in 1971.
Richard Pyle, former Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press, was instrumental in recovering the remains from the crash site and giving them a final resting place at the Journalists Memorial.
Horst Faas, co-author with Pyle of the book, "Lost Over Laos," and a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, paid tribute to each of the four photographers.
"The young photographers [covering the war] in Vietnam laid a cornerstone of new photojournalism," he said.
AP chief executive officer Tom Curley, who spoke at the April 3 interment, characterized the significance of both ceremonies.
"We honor [the slain journalists] by attempting as forcefully as we can to preserve their values and champion both the history they recorded and the history they made," he said.


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The Index Research on Technical Innovation Ability of the Coal Enterprise Based on SEM
The coal industry is our country important energy production industry, its technical innovation ability has the important influence on the national overall technical level and the competitive power. But our country coal production and the applied technical are quite backward, the speed of technical innovation is quite slow, therefore, appraising the technical innovation ability level of the coal enterprise correctly to discover its superiority and the insufficiency has the important strategic and practical significance for promoting the construction of technical innovation ability of our country coal enterprise. This article takes the structural equation model as a foundation. It calculates 5 dimensions' path coefficient and various items' loading coefficient of technical innovation ability of the coal enterprise to obtain the model of technical innovation ability index. The paper gives the general reference value of technical innovation ability index of the coal enterprise in order to helping the coal enterprise to appraise its technical innovation ability and discovering its superiority and the insufficiency to propose the corresponding countermeasure and suggestion.
Key words: Coal enterprise; Enterprise technical innovation ability; Enterprise technical innovation ability index; SEM
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It looks like Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is on track to becoming the year's biggest rap release. While we're just now hitting the fifth year mark of Eminem's "comeback," this new album's success and praise has largely been attributed to Em's efforts to rekindle the fire that made the origina ... More >>
For the fifth consecutive year, the good people at Psychopathic Records have smiled upon us and delivered unto the Internet another magical miracle in the form of their Gathering of the Juggalos infomercial. For those who may not be "down with the clown," the Gathering of the Juggalos is the largest ... More >>
Mannie Fresh goes behind the board at santos
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The Brooklyn collective of DJ Ayres, DJ Eleven, and Cosmo Baker celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their now-legendary rap party The Rub this weekend. While their monthly rager moved from the now-shuttered Park Slope club Southpaw to Gowanus' much larger Bell House, the party remains a house-party ... More >>
The heavily tatted 22-year-old comes to town with his signature brand of party rap
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As the story goes, George Balanchine first conceived of his idea for the world's first full-length abstract ballet on a visit to a famous New York jeweller. These three distinct and autonomous pieces – the »Jewels« – are Balanchine's tribute to the »Golden Age« of ballet as well as an exploration of the countries in which the choreographer had lived and which shaped his development: France (»Emeralds«), America (»Rubies«) and Russia (»Diamonds«). With his »Emeralds«, Balanchine, who had belonged for a short time in 1920's to the »Ballets Russes« company of brilliant impresario Sergei Diaghilev, celebrates a France of »elegance, society life and perfume«. To the music of two compositions by French composer Gabriel Fauré, »Pelléas et Mélisande« and »Shylock«, the lyrical choreographer conjures up the era of romantic ballet, the danse d'école and the Slyphides. »Rubies«, on the other hand, makes use of Igor Stravinsky's jazz-influenced Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra to recreate the energy and rhythms of New World urbanity. As for the music of the last work, his Russian »Diamonds«, it is unmistakably clear that Balanchine had no other choice but Tchaikovsky, the composer for whose music he had felt such a close affiliation all his life. Likewise, its choreography is evident as an homage to Marius Petipa. Now, in the 2011-2012 season, all three parts can be savoured for the first time in Dresden.
Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds Choreography by George Balanchine
Running time 2 hours 15 minutes
Premiere 27 Aug 2011
Choreography: George Balanchine
Set Design: Peter Harvey
Costume Design: Karinska
Lighting Design after Ronald Bates: Fabio Antoci
Am Piano: Arkadi Zenziper
Music: Gabriel Fauré
Staged by: Elyse Borne
Music: Igor Strawinsky
Staged by: Patricia Neary
Music: Peter I. Tschaikowsky
Staged by: Elyse Borne


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Tall ships coming to Blaine for Drayton Harbor Days
Published on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 by
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The Drayton Harbor Days festival will take over Blaine Marina August 3 and 4 with food, arts and crafts, activities, races and an appearance by two famous tall ships. The festival draws an average of 3,000 visitors to Blaine each year.
The tall ships – Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain – are expected to be the main attraction, said Carroll Solomon of the Blaine Chamber of Commerce.
"Blaine is one of their most popular stops, since we're so close to Canada and you can see the ships from White Rock," said Solomon. "They book up so fast, so we recommend people start reserving tickets now."
The ships will be on display in Blaine Marina on Sunday, August 4. The Lady Washington is the official ship of Washington state, and has been featured in movies such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Star Trek: Generations."
Walk-on tours will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Lady Washington will set sail at 11 a.m. for an adventure sail, where families can learn to hoist the sails, sing sea shanties and take turns at the helm. Following that, the battle sail will let participants experience an authentic naval battle between the two ships, using real cannons, gunpowder and naval warfare tactics.
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. The adventure sail is $39 for all ages, and the battle sail ranges from $40 to $60.
The Prestigious George Raft Race is another big draw for Drayton Harbor Days. Participants race makeshift rafts made of found materials and row them through the marina. The race will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 3.
More than 40 vendors, with offerings ranging from food and arts and crafts to educational exhibits, will set up along the harbor all weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Food will be provided by Polynesia Rising, Joe's Concessions, Pizza Factory, Excellent Kettle Corn and Surfing Pig Barbecue.
Runners can kick off Drayton Harbor Days in style at the 11th annual Run for the Border 5k race, Saturday, August 3 at 8:30 a.m. The race route runs from Marine Park through the Peace Arch and back.
Kids can participate in the 1-mile Kids' Fun Run around Marine Park at the same time. Runners can register at letsmoveblaine.org. Entry fees range from $6 to $20.
Kids looking to live the pirate life can register for Pirate Daze, starting Saturday, August 3 at 10:30 a.m. in Marine Park.
For $10, kids ages 7–12 will get to dig for treasure on Semiahmoo spit, learn authentic pirate songs, win prizes and make their own pirate costumes, which will be judged at the Blaine Boating Center at 2 p.m.
Pre-registration for the event can be done online at
A 'movie under the stars' will be screened in Marine Park at 9 p.m. Saturday, August 3, weather permitting. In keeping with the nautical theme of the event, Steven Spielberg's 1991 film "Hook" will be shown free of charge, courtesy of Paso del Norte restaurant.
Pet owners can bring their pets by the Blaine Boating Center at 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 4 for a pet contest.
If your pet does an interesting trick, or just looks cute in a costume, it could stand to win one of several prizes donated by local Blaine businesses.
All of this will be supplemented by a pancake breakfast, museum exhibits, boat displays, games and scavenger hunts.
Drayton Harbor Days began unofficially in 1998 as the Plover Swim, a pledge race held to raise money for a boathouse for the Plover ferry. The following year, the event was held again under the name Plover Days. The current name, Drayton Harbor Days, was adopted in 2003.
Richard Sturgill, founding director of Drayton Harbor Maritime, which operates the Plover, said the new boathouse was paid for in five years, but the festival took on a life of its own.
"It's been a great ride," Sturgill said. "It's gotten bigger every year, and now it's one of the bigger events that Blaine has."


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Asheboro, N.C. — A North Carolina textile entrepreneur locked in a too-close-to-call Democratic Party primary with former "American Idol" singer Clay Aiken has died.
The president of the company founded by 71-year-old Keith Crisco says Crisco died at home on Monday after an accident. AEC Narrow Fabrics President Robert Lawson says Crisco's son notified company employees of the death.
There were less than 400 votes separating Crisco and Aiken after Tuesday's Democratic primary contest in the Republican-leaning 2nd Congressional District. The winner faces Republican incumbent Renee Ellmers in November.
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Lodge a short drive took me to the
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pool and fumarole-dotted volcano
Spectacular trees
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Emerging from the forest the trail leads past boiling mud pots, belching fumaroles and bubbling pools, the whole area reeking of hydrogen sulphide. A spectacular and dramatic landscape.
After the heat of the exposed plateau it was a pleasure to re-enter the forest with its clear streams, log-bridges, giant tree buttresses and impressive leaf-cutter ant mounds.
A truly special place preserved for all by dedicated conservation-minded folks here in Costa Rica.


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He recently received the William F. Butler Award from the New York Association for Business Economics. In addition, he is a member of the panel for the Survey of Professional Forecasters, and the Committee on Research in Income and Wealth, and has published many articles in fields ranging from consumer spending and economic measurement to regional economics. He received his bachelor's degree from Emory University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Director of Revenue and Economic Analysis in the Office of the New Jersey Chief Economist. Since September 2012, Dr. Cohen has also served as New Jersey's Assistant Treasurer for Tax Policy and Revenue Analysis. Between 1986 and 2010, he held senior positions in New York State Government, including Deputy Director of the Legislative Tax Study Commission, Director of Fiscal Policy for the New York Senate Democratic Conference, and Director of the Data Resources Division of Tax Enforcement in the New York State Tax Department.
While at the Tax Study Commission, he was the economic architect of the landmark Tax Reform and Reduction Act of 1987. Later, as Director of Fiscal Policy for the State Senate Democratic Conference, he authored the annual Economic and Revenue Report, which was cited by the State Comptroller for its forecast accuracy. At the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, he directed a team whose projects significantly lowered the cost of tax processing and raised the level of tax compliance.
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Michael Thurmond, known as one of the most cautious men in Georgia politics, spent the weekend on the phone with the essential stage hands of the state Democratic party, explaining the gamble he's about to take.
The three-term state labor commissioner has plans on Wednesday – moved from Tuesday, as first reported — to announce his U.S. Senate candidacy against Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson.
Consider that Thurmond is, like Attorney General Thurbert Baker or former Gov. Roy Barnes, an A-list Democrat – often mentioned as a candidate for higher office, but never taking the plunge.
Also consider that Isakson may be the strongest and most popular Republican in Georgia.
So the question becomes whether Thurmond, a former state lawmaker from Athens, has been hiding a passion for the roulette wheel.
The answer is yes – and no.
Thurmond is better than good on the stump, and has a friendly demeanor that goes down well with voters. But he's enough of a politician to understand the risk.
There are always unknowns. Isakson, 65, has had some health issues this spring. Polling has shown some vulnerability. And while the tea party movement has added emotion to the Republican side of the ledger, it's also added a certain brittleness.
But the known knowns, as Donald Rumsfeld might say, include this: Isakson has raised $6 million for his re-election bid. And a contest against him is an uphill slog by any measure.
So what, short of outright victory in November, is Thurmond up to?
Politics is very rarely a team sport – but we may be seeing the equivalent of a sacrifice fly to deep right field, for the sake of advancing or protecting the Democratic runners already on base.
Thurmond is a sign that Democrats in Georgia and in Washington, with reapportionment coming next year, are dead serious about November.
Point One: All four major Democratic candidates for governor are casting Republican ineptitude in the state Capitol as the issue that will carry them into the general election.
The GOP, on the other hand, will do its best to tie Democrats to Washington and President Barack Obama, who does not poll well here in Georgia. Not among white independents. The economy will be the topic.
Isakson would be a major vehicle for nationalizing the Georgia contest. If the GOP incumbent, at the top of the ballot, clears much beyond 60 percent, strategists figure then Democratic chances of winning the race for governor disappear.
Whether the candidate is Barnes, Baker, DuBose Porter or David Poythress.
And right now, the only Democrat in the Senate race is the unknown and unfunded R.J. Hadley.
By putting up an A-list candidate fluent in the language of jobs and the economy, who just happens to be African-American, Democrats will be taking a large step toward preventing an Isakson-driven avalanche.
And remember that no one anticipated the September '08 economic bust that forced a runoff between Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin.
Point Two: Thurmond had been spoken of as a candidate for lieutenant governor. But Carol Porter, wife of the Democratic candidate for governor, jumped in first.
Arguably, Thurmond might have beaten Carol Porter, but at the cost of a divided Democratic electorate that still bears the scars of the Cathy Cox/Mark Taylor debacle.
Thurmond's shift to the U.S. Senate race in essence hands Carol Porter the Democratic nomination for a post that has never gone to a woman. Carol Porter could be the highest-ranking woman in state government.
Which means the contest against Republican incumbent Casey Cagle is sure to generate interest through November.
Moreover, let's suppose that DuBose Porter does not win the Democratic contest for governor. By assuring Carol Porter's nomination for lieutenant governor, you guarantee that the House Democratic leader will remain engaged.
Point three: In the Democratic race for governor, Thurmond's entrance as a U.S. Senate candidate is likely to benefit Barnes.
Baker, while he has differed with other African-Americans in the party over such volatile issues as Genarlow Wilson, has a legitimate claim on black voters. Barnes likewise has a claim on African-American voters, through his decision to change the '56 state flag.
But with Thurmond at the top of the state ballot, racial loyalty immediately becomes a lesser issue. And if Barnes is indeed the Democratic nominee, the chances of an African-American backlash are greatly lessened.
I'm sure there are other advantages/disadvantages. Feel free to add them below. But bottom line, if Thurmond joins the U.S. Senate race, then — win or lose — should any Democrat win a statewide contest in November, he'll deserve a spot on the stage.
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Meanwhile, Larry Peterson of the Savannah Morning News had this over the weekend:
U.S. Rep. John Barrow's campaign received $12,500 from health care interests on the day he said he'd vote against a major health care bill.
The March 19 donations were listed on the Savannah Democrat's report to the Federal Election Commission for the first three months of the year.
Most of the money came from groups representing radiologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists and dentists, the report indicated.
Peterson included this observation from Charles Bullock, the University of Georgia political scientist:
"What a coincidence," Bullock said, pausing for a few seconds. "I'm trying to find a way to say this delicately. … I suppose some people who had concerns about the bill may have wanted their concerns foremost in his mind."
Democratic votes against Obama's health care reform package have prompted a full-scale revolt in North Carolina, according to the Washington Post:
Now, some of Obama's supporters are mounting a defiant strike against the president's party. The nascent third party, North Carolina First, could endanger the Democratic congressional majority by siphoning votes from incumbent Democrats in November's midterm election, potentially enabling Republican challengers to pick up the seats.
Organizers say they are so fed up with Democrats who did not support health-care reform that they simply do not care.
This morning, the Post also notes an Atlanta connection here:
Daniel Almond, a three-tour veteran of Iraq, is ready to "muster outside D.C." on Monday with several dozen other self-proclaimed patriots, all of them armed. They intend to make history as the first people to take their guns to a demonstration in a national park, and the Virginia rally is deliberately being held just a few miles from the Capitol and the White House.
Almond plans to have his pistol loaded and openly carried, his rifle unloaded and slung to the rear, a bandoleer of magazines containing ammunition draped over his polo-shirted shoulder. The Atlanta area real estate agent organized the rally because he is upset about health-care reform, climate control, bank bailouts, drug laws and what he sees as President Obama's insistence on and the Democratic Congress's capitulation to a "totalitarian socialism" that tramples individual rights.
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April 19th, 2010
11:18 am
One reason why he maybe running could be Isakson might retire. No one knows how good his health is. Heart conditions & blood clots are nothing to play around with, plus he's 65, so who knows.
April 19th, 2010
11:20 am
Predicting Mike Thurmond's mind set is risky business. I do not believe he would run as a sacrificial lamb, though, in the case that he looses, Jim Galloway's considerations are valid. No, I think, he feels that he has a chance to win–Here is my rationale:
There are two key demographic voters that appears not to be very energized: a) the African American voter (29.6% of all registered voters) and the b) Democratic or independent centrist-lef voter who is tired of the cutbacks in State and Local budgets since FY 2009–conservatively, let us say, another 25-30% of all registered voters (out of 67% registered voters categorized as white or other).
Energizing these two segments and assuming they go to vote, would make for an upset.
The Budget effects of the FY 2011 going through the General Assembly right now requires some very drastic additional cuts to the State Budget. This is, at a time, when the stock market is looking quite healthy, and the national numbers seem to be improving. The state government seems to be zagging, while elsewhere there is some zigging.
Mike Thurmond is betting, I surmise,–that job improvement numbers will be significant by the time of the election in November.
A friendly face with the Obama administration which Mike Thurmond would provide, will be seen by Georgia's influential leaders (those not stuck on ideology) as a considerable plus, since the State will need a lot of Federal monies to jump the chasm of the Budget ravine.
Thurmond, three- election- seasons- demonstrated capability in speech making, personality, and appeal in cross-ethnic, cross-racial circles , competes against a dour, unassuming leader who is ideologically proven to a specific constituency and who, has received high numbers when elected, I believe, because he has had no credible opponent. Poll numbers and attitudes are suspect in the State of Georgia, again, my belief.
As to Isaakson's coffers–if Thurmond runs an intelligent campaign–and there is credible evidence that it begins to resonate with voters, the money will come in, from those center and center left contributors that have been sitting in the sidelines.
I just don't see Mike Thurmond thinking he wants to pop a sacrifice fly. He is a team player, but mostly he is very, very ambitious. Yes, he is careful, but, I believe he sees an opening. But, again, predicting what is inside his mind is very risky. I could be all wrong.
April 19th, 2010
11:23 am
No question a lot of national money will be flowing into the race if Thurmond runs for Senate. Barnes, and the rest of the Dem ticket, will benefit from the GOTV efforts. I'm sure Franklin, Young and Lewis are already heading to V-103 to cut their standard radio ad – calling Johnny Isakson the reincarnation of Bull Connor and George Wallace.
The thing I still don't understand is: what's in it for Thurmond?
April 19th, 2010
11:26 am
Good points, but I don't see Thurmond's path to victory. You had Obama do better than any Dem Presidential candidate in Georgia for at least three elections. The Democrat energy in GA was at an huge high, but Martin couldn't beat a "weaker-than-Isakson" Saxby Chambliss.
April 19th, 2010
11:27 am
I remember THurmond ran for Congress once. Can anyone refresh us on the details?
April 19th, 2010
11:28 am
Mr. Raines…most of the votes we cast in elections are for folks who turn out to be fools…regardless of party affiliation. Or maybe we voters are the fools for keeping these liars in office instead of kixcking them out and replacing them with men and women who are willing to put the interests of their country, states, counties, and cities before those of their special interest owners. But then I am probabl;y just dreaming when I hope for the kind of folks who founded our nation to rise from somewhere and get us out of the mess we are in. . The average politician…regardless of party…is like a skunk…they squirtb on you at every opportunity and it is hard to get rid of the smell.
April 19th, 2010
11:34 am
Mike–After being a Senator, he could build his career in the Senate, or he could decide to become Governor, or he could take a leadership position in the Obama administration. Winning a race that to many seems unwinable, would be a feather in his well appointed cap.
April 19th, 2010
11:37 am
Obama not on the Ballot – less liberal and AA voters! True.
April 19th, 2010
11:38 am
Virgilio's right – he does have cross-ethnic appeal. The problem is that darned "D" that's next to his name. He's been Labor Commissioner for such a long time, he's probably ready to move on to something else. Worst case, he loses and BHO offers him a job in DC.
April 19th, 2010
11:38 am
We all know what Michael Thurmond is: He is a left wing, Nancy Pelosi,Harry Reid, Obama, Chicago-style leftist that will perpetuate this "the sky is falling and government has to fix it" regime.
If you want more of this Socialist/Marxist "Hope and Change" that is keeping this economy/employment in the pooper and expanding government exponentially —then Thurmond is your man.
April 19th, 2010
11:39 am
I think everyone is missing the most obvious reason Thurmond would take what I think most observors would agree is a risky run for senate. That reason is Obama and the likelyhood of a federal appointment if Thurmond loses the senate race. It would be a win/win situation for Thurmond.
April 19th, 2010
11:42 am
Thurmond will take one for the team, and then get a job from the Obama Administration.
April 19th, 2010
11:49 am
Well, Just Nasty and Mean, your moniker says it all about Republicans. And by the way, Thurmond is a moderate.
April 19th, 2010
11:49 am
Thurmond is a CENTRIST, not a this liberal that just nasty & mean is trying to paint Thurmond. He knows this state like the back of his hand & he would not enter this race if he didn't think he could win. The man's smart. Something's up with this.
April 19th, 2010
12:03 pm
I don't know just how much more delusional 'white independents' can possibly be if they can't see the lies, the obstructions, the blind hate and the unbridled greed that permeates the Republican Party across the Nation and Georgia. This is our next best chance to bring some sanity to the process – namely a Democratic resurgence across the State and the South.
My bet is that the madness of the Teapartiers and the rest of the extreme right-wing of the Repub Party, will combine with domestic and diplomatic successes from the Obama Admin, to cause 'thinking', and truly 'independent' voters of all colors to recognize that the Republican way is a 'death-spiral' to the bottom.
April 19th, 2010
12:29 pm
thurmond is very smart and gifted. isakson is a nice man, but has accomplished next to nohing in the senate. here's hoping thurmond can make it a competitive race and maybe even pull it off. as for daniel almond, i would hope his 6th grade education would make him think better of taking a bevy of loaded guns to a political rally that will undoubtedly be charged with emotion, but i doubt it will. neo-cons like him don't think too often anyway
April 19th, 2010
12:30 pm
Let's see which candidate voted to override President Bush's VETO of the wastefilled Ag. bill? Who voted for TARP? Who wrote the no child left behind bill? Who wrote the $34 Billion taxpayer rip off housing bill?
Who refuses to sign the no earmark pledge? Hint it's the Socialist candidate..
The Answere is Johnny Isakson (RINO, Ga)
April 19th, 2010
12:32 pm
And then there are, I believe, plenty of those around who are ready to vote for anybody who is vertical and breathing other than Isakson.
April 19th, 2010
12:43 pm
I am a Republican but have to admit I really like Michael Thurmond as a person so am intrigued by his candidacy. I got to know him personally when his wife was the executive assistant to former Fulton Chair Skandalakis (little bit of trivia for y'all) and they are a sensible, conservative, and charming couple. I will likely vote for Johnny but Thurmond is a good guy and a respectable candidate.
April 19th, 2010
12:48 pm
I don't care who is on the ballot regardless of party , I vote against all incumbents. Time to change the picture.
April 19th, 2010
12:48 pm
Keith: Isakson isn't retiring. I saw him last week and he looked excellent: energized and rested. He's definitely running for reelection, and that $6 million dollars and his common sense voting record for Georgia make him incredibly hard to beat.
April 19th, 2010
12:53 pm
On point I forgot to mention: for a candidate who is "fluent in the language of jobs and the economy" according to Jim Galloway, Thurmond as the Labor Commissioner is presiding over the highest all time unemployment rate in our state's history (10.6%). He may be fluent, but it seems he's more fluent in the language of losing jobs and weakening our economy.
April 19th, 2010
12:55 pm
True, Mike–Saxby is not as strong as Isakson. True, also, that the win now seems improbable.
All of this is speculation–but here is one path:
a)Concentrate on 14 counties where 52% of all Georgia registered voters reside (where 68% of the AA voters are and 43% of the White voters). Most of the counties are around the Atlanta Metropolitan area but there are 4 outliers in the SE, SW, and Center of the State. 5 of the counties would be difficult to gain plurality but where substantial votes could be garnered. These 5 counties are not where the largest population exists. In these 14 counties, budget problems have been very high, and voter discontent is also pretty high.
b)Mike Thurmond's message will be jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs. These 14 counties have anecdotally been the most affected by the downturn (the common idea is that North Georgia has been less unfortunate in this recession, but this is not universally true). The subsidiary message will be that while Georgia needs to maintain its cultural identity, Federal government help is necessary in the areas of Education, Transportation, and in resolving the water problem. Thurmond has potential better credibility in this area than the senatorial incumbernts.
There are other specfics that can be brought to bear, but suffice it for the moment, to develop the idea that this is not pie-in-the sky thinking–it is grounded.
Again, whether this can be effectively executed depends on what is inside the mind-set of the potential candidate, Mr. Thurmond.
This is a convoluted way of saying that conditions have changed since Jim Martin forced the unsuspecting Chambliss to a run-off–and then lost. And while Democrats might have a hard time in other regions of the country. This time around egg is in the face of the Republican incumbents. Again, my belief and point of view.
April 19th, 2010
1:21 pm
All "Flagers" should be getting prepared for Roy Barnes!!!
April 19th, 2010
1:26 pm
If Johnny runs on his record he'll lose.. He has a worse voting record than Saxby.
April 19th, 2010
1:40 pm
I've had it with Isakson, we basically have 2 Democrats running against each other. If this the best the Georgia Republican party can do I'll be voting none of the above.
April 19th, 2010
1:46 pm
So Thurmond decided to leave politics by running against Isakson. Sorta like 'suicide by cop'. Too chicken to do it himself, so getting beat by Isakson allows him to not only get out of politics, but save face at the same time.
April 19th, 2010
1:51 pm
The Republican party needs a Real Republican to run for the US Senate.
April 19th, 2010
1:54 pm
When Johnny was in Georgia he worked for Georgia but he went to Washington and now works for the Real Estate Lobby.
April 19th, 2010
1:54 pm
Michael Thurmond is a DLC-corporate Democrat in the Evan Bayh mode. Like Baker, he is more conservative than most of the other AA politicians in Georgia.
But, he's better than Isakson.
April 19th, 2010
1:55 pm
Mike Thurmond is a student of history with an impeccable since of timing. He knows the incumbents on the left and right are at risk from the zealots from within their own parties. His strength is his ability to sit down with Tea Partiers,or the NAACP or the DAR and have a meaningful dialogue and come away with at the very least, respect and often votes. You can try to pigeon hole him if you want, but his record shows him to be fiscally conservative and socially moderate with a strong belief in personal responsibilty. His biggest obstacle to winning will be his reluctance to ask for money or sell himself to the highest bidder.
P.S. For a good read try his book "Freedom" that tells the story of black and white Georgians from the Colonial era through the Civil War escaping slavery and indentured servitude.
April 19th, 2010
2:08 pm
What did Isakson's $6 million war chest cost the Georgia taxpayer? Lobbyist don't just give money, they buy votes.
April 19th, 2010
2:10 pm
Just Nasty & Mean
April 19th, 2010
11:38 am
We all know what Michael Thurmond is: He is a left wing, Nancy Pelosi,Harry Reid, Obama, Chicago-style leftist that will perpetuate this "the sky is falling and government has to fix it" regime.
If you want more of this Socialist/Marxist "Hope and Change" that is keeping this economy/employment in the pooper and expanding government exponentially —then Thurmond is your man.
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Could not be more incorrect here. This lends creedence to the point that there are many bloggers here who simply have no idea what they are talking about. Nothing personal JN&M, but you fit the bill.
April 19th, 2010
2:12 pm
April 19th, 2010
11:49 am
Thurmond is a CENTRIST, not a this liberal that just nasty & mean is trying to paint Thurmond. He knows this state like the back of his hand & he would not enter this race if he didn't think he could win. The man's smart. Something's up with this.
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Then there are those bloggers who are thoughtful and do bring keen insight to the table. I agree with you here Keith, something is indeed up here.
April 19th, 2010
2:17 pm
Thomas Stein
April 19th, 2010
12:53 pm
On point I forgot to mention: for a candidate who is "fluent in the language of jobs and the economy" according to Jim Galloway, Thurmond as the Labor Commissioner is presiding over the highest all time unemployment rate in our state's history (10.6%). He may be fluent, but it seems he's more fluent in the language of losing jobs and weakening our economy.
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What? The collapse of the construction industry, the banking debacle, the worst recession since the Depression is the fault of the labor commissioner? Job losses come with any economic downturn –you can't point the finger at the labor commissioner. Thurmond has done much to stimulate job creation through various programs that lean towards benefit to employers who hire UI drawing laid of jobless workers. You're just plain wrong here.
April 19th, 2010
2:28 pm
First off let's be honest. Jim Martin is milk toast. Saxby ran rings around him. Senator Isakson is a pleasant man who is reaching the age where his health can be used as an issue against (I don't think Comm Thurmond would though). I happen to believe Comm Thurmond is lining up the ducks to take the presidency of the University of Georgia.
I believe the good folks of Georgia will be served better by getting rid of the state legislature. If you believe all politics is local then you should start there. Our transportation troubles and water woes are not being address by them. Don't need a gov'ment hand out but can't get either of those issues resolved without the gov'ment cooperation.
April 19th, 2010
2:40 pm
It's interesting to read that Thurmond is a moderate. Maybe yes, maybe no. I don't think he has spoken on national issues enough for Dems or Reps to make the point he is liberal, moderate, or conservative.
One needs to be careful with a label. To a liberal democrat person x may be moderate. To a conservative republican he would be liberal. It's all relative to ones own viewpoint.
April 19th, 2010
2:50 pm
RetiredSoldier 2:40 pm
Just changed the name, same same:
"It's interesting to read that ISAKSON is a moderate. Maybe yes, maybe no. I don't think he has spoken on national issues enough for Dems or Reps to make the point he is liberal, moderate, or conservative.
One needs to be careful with a label. To a liberal democrat person x may be moderate. To a conservative republican he would be liberal. It's all relative to ones own viewpoint."
April 19th, 2010
2:51 pm
I worked for Thurmond at DFCS and can tell you he is not a centrist or a moderate. He is a true believing liberal. He was a very nice man and a very charismatic speaker. I guess he might be able to fool the people because Obama did but I just can not see the state of Georgia electing a liberal.
April 19th, 2010
2:53 pm
Jim 2:28 pm
Martin was being honest, SAXBY was being SAXBY, selling out to the LOBBYIST.
April 19th, 2010
2:54 pm
Mr. Thurmond has sold out numerous poor and blacks in Athens Clarke County on vital issues of fire protection, water and sewer service and public bus service. As many have gotten the shaft from the Five Points crowd, does Mr. Thurmond speak up? No he remains silent. Citizens in the Danielsville Rd. area could have easily and should have had a fire station first since they had none, but instead Five Points received a $ 6 million Taj Mahal in the worst corner in town and took that valuable real estate off the tax rolls forever. I submitted a proposal demonstrating how they could have saved millions of dollars by placing two stations on already public lands owned by UGa and the Navy School. Had this been done there would easily been enough money for the fire station out Danielsville Rd. at the first SPLOST. Did Mr. Thurmond speak up and support this? No he remained silent as he has done about the corrupt Jennifer Stone Murder Cover up , as he has done about numerous other instances of corruption and unfairness in the Athens Clarke County Cesspool of Georgia.
Mr. Thurmond is a nice guy but a cowardly good for nothing politician looking out for Mike Thurmond and nobody else. He has also demonstrated zero leadership in reducing the high unemployment rate in Georgia. Why would any company want to come to the Robin Hood Communist Capital of Athens anyway? Mr. Thurmond's answer: Cowardly silence. He holds one of the softest jobs in Georgia.
April 19th, 2010
3:01 pm
Isakson has spoken enough for anyone to determine from their point of view where Isakson is on their "spectrum". I like Isakson, disagree occasionally with a vote, but overall I think he has been an excellent senator. In addition, I have heard rave reviews of the staff work his people do.
April 19th, 2010
3:11 pm
I can assure you that a black cannot be elected US Senator from Georgia. Why do they even bother?
April 19th, 2010
3:18 pm
In Athens Clarke County, the public bus system operates buses which unsafely block traffic lanes, pollute the air with diesel exhaust and cost the property taxpayers about $ 4 million a year to subsidize as they run around with from zero to five passengers. But no service is provided out U.S. 441 N. or Commerce Rd. and other areas too, but those taxpayers are forced to pay for the service for the mostly empty buses to other areas. This is completely illegal and violates the Georgia Constitution. But is the corrupt Attorney General of Georgia Mr. Baker doing anything about this illegal conduct by the Unified Government of Athens Clarke County? Why no, he sits in his air conditioned office and corruptly does nothing. The U.S. Attorney should arrest him and jail him and sue Athens Clarke County and force them to either shut down this unsafe and wasteful system or provide service to everybody as demanded by their own Charter and the Georgia Constitution and simple fairness and conscience. Georgia is a corrupt cesspool and Mr. Baker is nothing but a good for nothing corrupt politician with an easy, soft job. While citizens are forced to comply with government edicts under threats of fines, jail time and confiscation of their property and intimidation, no such rules are available for compel corrupt politicians to do their jobs in the corrupt state of Georgia. This is partly why this state is so backward in so many ways. This is a Democratic and Republican problem. It is not restricted to one party.
He has also stood idly by while the government of Athens has been engaged in an illegal cover up of the murder and sexual assault of Jennifer Stone for 18 years this month since April 23, 1992. Lawyers, judicial officials and even the GBI are involved in this cover up. Georgia is a very corrupt state.
April 19th, 2010
3:18 pm
RetiredSoldier 3:01 pm
Do you agree with Johnny on TARP?
Dou agree with Johnny on the Housing Bill? I assume yes because you are in the real estate business.
Do you agree with Johnny on the override of W's Veto of the farm bill?
If you agree with him you just as well vote Democratic and be done with it.
April 19th, 2010
3:23 pm
Not one more Obamacrat. Not Barnes. Not Thurmond. Why would we vote for someone who would help the Reid/Pelosi/Obama drift toward socialism?
April 19th, 2010
3:24 pm
1. no
2. no, though it does help me a wee bit
3. no
Johnny's voting record while not perfect is better than any of the 61 dems in the senate. While if I was Ga's junior senator, I would have a perfect voting record, others I have to be a bit tolerent.
April 19th, 2010
3:30 pm
I'm so proud of us!!!!!! I actually got some information from reading the comments on this blog. It seems that we're actually thinking about the political process and contributing factors specific to Georgia, instead of reacting emotionally or attacking those who have dissenting opinions.
RetiredSoldier makes the point that one needs to be careful with a label-I agree. We all can remember instances when the label had nothing to do with the quality of the content (e.g. Tylenol with cyanide, Skippy with salmonella, Toyota with dangerous mechanical problems). We also can remember instances when the label Democrat meant populist, moderate and, if not virtuous, worthy of the public trust. I believe Commissioner Thurmond representing Georgia in the US Senate would be one of the latter instances.
I will support Commissioner Thurmond in his senate run because he has faithfully executed the duties of the office of Georgia labor commissioner, and has been responsive and accountable to his constituents. Unlike other sitting (serving?) Georgia politicians, he actually deactivated his attorney's license while maintaing his membership in the Georgia bar since he's been in office (to say nothing of the fact that he actually has a license). With respect to his future political aspirations, I think it's acceptable for him to keep his own counsel as long as he's efficient and effective in the current office.
April 19th, 2010
3:51 pm
@Gerald, that entire set of talking points you rattled off did not exist in such combination 2 years ago and have never been applicable to Thurmond or even to the centrist Georgia realpolitik of the last two decades. For all the Georgia Democrats running for office this year, precious few (if any) are truly "liberal" in essence.
April 19th, 2010
3:54 pm
RetiredSoldier 3:24 pm
I have known Johnny most of my life but he has not represented Georgia in the Senate. I will NOT vote for him.. Most likely I'll vote for Chuck Donovan. He may not win but I can at least I'll be voting for someone I respect, Johnny has totally lost my respect.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Four years after GE's Chairman and CEO made plans to sell or spin off Appliance Park, Jeffrey Immelt was back in Louisville on Tuesday to celebrate 600 jobs moving back from Mexico and Korea, and the rebirth of American manufacturing.
It's not everyone who stands and cheers the unveiling of a new refrigerator, but 600 jobs moving back to America from is cause for applause.
"They're saying you can't bring jobs back to America, manufacturing is dead in America. But, our CEO at least he's standing up and saying 'That's not right,'" Jerry Carney, Local 61 IUE-CWA President said to cheering workers. "We can bring jobs back to America."
With production of the French door bottom freezer refrigerator a few weeks away at Appliance Park, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt came back to Louisville on Tuesday. The manufacture of traditional style refrigerators has been moved from Building Five to Decatur, Alabama.
Just last month, Appliance Park began production of a hybrid water heater in the first new factory to open at Appliance Park since 1957. Both the water heater and the new refrigerator are examples of 11 new products GE Appliances pledges to launch by 2014.
"We've got the door open to bring as many things back here as we can compete in," Immelt said.
Sixty years after the 900 acre Appliance Park opened, and 40 years after employment peaked at 25,000 workers, GE in Louisville now has 4000 employees, and it appears to be growing again.
Just four years ago, Immelt decided that GE would abandon appliances and Appliance Park would put up for sale and the corporation would entertain offers for a joint venture or spin off of the historic 900 acre facility.
How have things changed?
"I think the place looks great," Immelt told WHAS11's Joe Arnold. "And the product is outstanding. And, in the end, satisfying customers is ultimately the proof in the pudding and I'm thrilled to see where we are."
Immelt was asked whether Appliance Park is still for sale.
"No," Immelt laughed. "The park has never had a better future than it has right now."
The refrigerator is the fourth new-product GE is launching in Louisville since 2009.
By 2014, GE pledges 11 new products and 1300 new jobs in Louisville.
"GE is a company that never stands still," said Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear (D).
The new jobs come at a price. $17 million in city and state incentives and a starting wage of about $13, or about half of what the previous generation of GE workers earns.
Is a middle class dream still achievable with those wages?
"Nobody has to explain to me the value of a middle class job. Nobody. I get it," Immelt said, himself the son of a lifelong GE worker.
"For 250 jobs, we got 10,000 applicants last week," Immelt said. "And so, I just think we want to start where we know we can compete. We want to invest in a way that gives these people a chance to win, and we want to do it at a fair wage with benefits."
Immelt, chairman of President Barack Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, did not answer directly when asked if he was satisfied with the direction of the U.S. economy under Mr. Obama's leadersip.
"Look, the President has been a great partner on the jobs council," Immelt responded.
In Tuesday's New York Post, columnist Charles Gasparino wrote that Immelt's friends describe him "as privately dismayed that, even after three years on the job, President Obama hasn't moved to the center, but instead further left."
"The GE CEO." Gasparino wrote, "is appalled by everything from the president's class-warfare rhetoric to his continued belief that big government is the key to economic salvation."
"I don't even know who these people..." Immelt began, "Look, I have every opportunity to speak in public for myself. I have a thousand people who ask me questions, just like you have. And, I am extremely respectful of the President and I'm also here to tell you that he has been a great partner on the jobs council."
Yet, does Immelt wish, as Gasparino suggests, that the President had moved more to the center on economic policy?
"Look, I'm going to leave that to you," Immelt said.