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"mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of ABUSES and USURPATIONS evinces a design to reduce them under absolute DESPOTISM IT IS THEIR RIGHT, IT IS THEIR DUTY, TO THROW OFF SUCH GOVERNMENT -- AND TO PROVIDE NEW GUARDS FOR THEIR FUTURE SECURITY".
--(The Declaration of Independence July 2, 1776)
Ladies. Gentlemen. Americans. Patriots.
Two centuries and 24 years ago our Founding Fathers created a Nation, conceived in LIBERTY and dedicated to the proposition that GOVERNMENT EXISTS BY THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED a government OF the People, BY the People, FOR the People.
They distrusted government.
WHY do you think our Founding Fathers DISTRUSTED government?
Because history taught them that governments of men were destined to become CORRUPT and eventually USURP their powers and enslave their Citizens regardless of their rhetoric of good intentions or promises of a better life. (the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Fidel's Cuba, the Peoples Republic of China) So our Founding Fathers created a government in which the Citizen was SUPREME the Citizen was SOVEREIGN he would be the king in his own home.
NO kings or queens to answer to. NO GOVERNMENT to be controlled by --- this is what America was supposed to be.
A Government OF the People, BY the People, FOR the People.
We fought a civil war over this.
But history also taught our wise and educated Founding Fathers that men, themselves, could not be trusted. So what did they DO?
They formed a Nation but NOT a DEMOCRACY precisely because they learned from history that if people could vote for their own selfish interests THEY WOULD; this would lead to taxes -- higher, BURDENSOME taxation which would eventually lead to concentration of power and the potential for BANKRUPTCY. We tend to forget that we fought our WAR of INDEPENDENCE over taxation and the abuse and usurpation of individual rights and freedoms.
Our Founding Fathers would turn over in their graves if they knew we had created a PROFESSIONAL CLASS OF LIFE-TIME POLITICIANS feeding off the public trough and then retiring on it not exactly what they had in mind for elected PUBLIC SERVANTS.
Our Founding Fathers -- patriots all -- pledged their fortunes, reputations, property and lives in devising a REPUBLICAN (i.e., REPRESENTATIVE) form of government.
A government of SEPARATED POWERS with a Constitution that provided for CHECKS AND BALANCES so constructed that NO PERSON, NO central government, NO branch of government, NO state government could usurp the WILL and LIBERTIES of the PEOPLEUS the sovereign Citizens that we are supposed to be whose constitutionally guaranteed liberties and rights were clearly and unmistakably avowed in a way that no branch of government -- including the United States supreme Court -- could declare unconstitutional. Not even the Congress could change it. Only Amendment could change its process made purposely difficult.
These wise patriots many who lost everything they owned some who died in abject poverty others who DIED and lost sons in the battle for LIBERTY. These wise PATRIOTS ABHORRED the idea of A SOVEREIGN (whether king or president or ruling junta) governing our Nation or the states or US, the PEOPLE.
So They created 3 branches of a national government each of which was to serve as a checks and balances on the others.
More than that, they vested MOST national power in a two-house (bi-cameral) legislature each with additional checks and balances on the other.
Our Founding Fathers purposely DID NOT vest centralized power in the institution of the PRESIDENCY. --(read ARTICLE 1 of the US Constitution).
More than that Our Founding Fathers thoughtfully ENUMERATED the powers of the national government and these ENUMERATED POWERS were not only focused on very specifically stated LIMITED responsibilities, they were also replete with additional checks and balances.
The simple, plan truth is that our Founding Fathers wisely distrusted CENTRALIZED government. In furtherance of checking and balancing the powers of government, these Patriots further DIRECTED that those powers NOT enumerated in the CONSTITUTION were RESERVED for? For? For whom? Who were they reserved for?????
TO THE STATES and TO THE PEOPLE
--(Amendment X of the Bill of Rights).
After much debate and politicking our Founding Fathers realized they had taken for granted certain FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS that they did NOT enumerate in their originally approved constitution. What do we call this correction?
THE VERY FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS SPECIFICALLY affirmed OUR RIGHTS as SOVEREIGN Citizens insuring our liberties and freedoms from a potentially ABUSIVE government.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of GRIEVANCES".
--(Amendment I of the Bill of Rights)
What did you think they thought to do NEXT?
They insured that the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA would have the TOOLS to protect these CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED FREEDOMS. That's what they did! And what were and are -- those tools?
GUNS were the tools that our founding fathers understood were the only and final means for Citizens to insure and protect their liberties from a government that might someday ABUSE and USURP its constitutional powers.
Not guns for hunting. Not guns for collecting. Not guns for target shooting. BUT GUNS TO PROTECT OUR NATION. GUNS TO PROTECT OUR LIBERTIES. GUNS TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOMS. GUNS TO PROTECT US.
THIS IS NOT RED-NECK RHETORIC. THESE ARE FACTS SURROUNDING THE CREATION OF OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS IS THE TRUE HISTORICAL FACT OF THE 2ND AMENDMENT. Don't be fooled by the MISUSE of the word "MILITIA" by liberals and others who would deny us our Constitutional Freedoms.
Who is the MILITIA? In addition to the underlying documents leading to the creation of our Constitution, TITLE 10, SECTION 311 and 312 of the United States Code says "every person, male and female, between the ages of 17 and 45, are members of the unorganized MILITIA"
(I challenge any one to prove that the first thing totalitarian regimes do, when beginning to control government, is take away the right of the Citizen to own arms. They then attack religion. Then assume control of education. Then centralize power in the personhood of the LEADER. Then give handouts to the impoverished as a means of COERCION. Then begin the takeover of the means of production . . . or at least it's control. Then tax excessively to pay for their manufactured welfare state. Then deny religious worship and practice YOU GET MY POINT don't you? ).
Don't buy the BULL the LIBERALS and the POLITICALLY-CORRECT are trying to tell our Citizens.
Attack Freedom of the PRESS and see how the piggy's will SQUEAL!!!
Defend the lawful, Constitutional ownership of ARMS . . . And we are called all sorts of ugly names. My dear fellow Americans, America is in deep trouble. We, the PEOPLE, have lost OUR Constitutional sovereignty or we are pretty much along the road to losing it.
Prayer has been stripped from us.
Parents have lost their rights to bring up their children.
The FBI keeps criminal files on religious leaders (especially Roman Catholic Bishops). We've also just learned that the FBI maintains a complex of hardware and software that allows them to monitor every email sent by every American as well as record their internet activity. --(they call it CARNIVORE what an appropriate name they are DEVOURING our rights, our fundamental rights the the guise of many names. But whatever the name, it boils down to BIG, CENTRALIZED, BUREAUCRATIC GOVERNMENT -- the antithesis of everything our Founding Fathers fought and died to prevent).
The Constitutional right to bear arms is being incrementally denied without Amendment to the Constitution. WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY OUR RIGHTS CAN BE ABRIDGED!!!
Gun-totting criminals shot by police in the act of armed robbery can sue and receive millions of dollars in settlement.
Police have powers never intended by the Constitution.
Judges make law.
Drug addicts can now steal and rob to feed their illegal addiction (by judicial fiat), but they have been declassified as criminals they are in need of counseling.
The issue of the ratification of the 16th Amendment has been called into question by knowledgeable experts and nothing is done about it.
Taxes are stifling and they are CLASS-SPECIFIC.
Homosexuals have infiltrated our schools and are perverting our youngsters paid for by public tax dollars, demonstrating to these youngsters how to enjoy homosexual sex. They can marry and adopt.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
We replace prayer in our schools for condom and homosexual education.
And we wonder what is wrong with America.
We require parental consent before school officials can give an aspirin to students, but deny parental notification when these same officials advocate birth control and abortions to our children.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
We glamorize vulgar and immodest entertainment under First Amendment rights while we infringe on religious freedoms.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
We encourage divorce, abortion and homosexual marriage.
And we wonder what is wrong with America.
We idolize drug-taking, carousing, adulterous, foul-mouthed entertainers . . .
. . . all the while wondering what is wrong in America.
We talk about human rights and the dignity of the person and the person's choice while we destroy the integrity of the family.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
We are mesmerized by violence on TV and the movies and make heroes of cheap, foul-mouthed, adulterating, murdering Mafiosi.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
Our courts rule against religion and public prayer like cops give out their quota of parking tickets.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
Child Protection Service agents, government bureaucrats, are now required (in 42 states) to visit all homes of newborn babies to see if the parents are living up to government standards.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
We give public monies to homosexual advocacy groups ($2.2 million to just one study) to study the impact of rape, incest and pedophilia only to have these agents of perversion conclude that there are benefits to these outrages of abuse.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
We dumb-down America through FAILED liberal public education policies.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
Our courts fine Citizens for flying the American Flag on their home property.
And we wonder what is wrong in America.
They take away OUR rights as sovereign Citizens to keep and bear arms -- arms necessary to protect us from an encroaching, USURPING, ABUSIVE government that is incrementally stealing our Rights and Freedoms and Liberties.
Do we have to wonder any longer what has happened to America?
I have adopted the motto of Ohio for my campaign (recently declared unconstitutional by a federal judge):
In God all things are possible.
Imagine a single, federal court judge ruling that a state motto is unconstitutional because it affronts his notion of separation of church and state.
Next our national motto, "In God We Trust" will be stricken in favor of "In Personal Choice Shall We Trust". Before you know it we will be praying:
"Our President who art in Washington, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come in Washington. Your will be done in every home in America whether it is Constitutional or not. Give us this day our daily bread for which you have overtaxed us to pay for it, and allow those who do not work to enjoy the fullness of others hard work. Forgive us our trespasses especially for insisting on the Constitutional Right to worship God publicly and Bear Arms. And lead us not into the temptation of wanting to preserve the life of the innocent unborn or maintaining our biologically correct heterosexual orientation. And deliver us from FREEDOM at all costs, O! President. For government of man is the kingdom, the power and the glory . . . Amen"
Or maybe our Pledge of Allegiance should go something like this:
"I pledge allegiance to the political party or whoever is in control, and to the democracy through which people can enrich themselves, One Nation, divided, Under the President who answers to no one not even God, with little JUSTICE and NO LIBERTY FOR ANYONE except those who pull the strings".
My campaign for US Senate was begun reluctantly. It is not something I planned to do or I really wanted to do. But I believed that someone had to stand up for values: family values, religious values, property values, Constitutional values among them the RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS so that we SOVERIEGN Citizens can PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY-GUARANTEED FREEDOMS AND our CHILDREN'S' CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED FREEDOMS, AND our CHILDREN'S' CHILDREN'S CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED FREEDOMS.
The current crop of candidates (and originally I was focused on challenging Mr. LIBERAL himself Rudy Giuliani) are liberal.
Rick Clinton and Hillary Lazio are for BIGGER GOVERNMENT.
They are both PRO Abortion (i.e., the killing of innocent persons without due process -- get away with murdering little innocent persons, and I tell you assisted-suicide, euthanasia and targeted executions are next).
They both court the support the Homosexual community and its agenda.
They BOTH want to infringe on sovereignty of Citizens INCLUDING their fundamental / Constitutional Right to Bear Arms.
They both support unconstitutional sanctions on religion and religious expression.
And both, support collective property rights over the right of private property ownership.
Mr. Lazio, HOWEVER, is, by far, the worse of the two because he is a neo-liberal attempting to pass himself off as a conservative. In other words, Mr. Lazio is as counterfeit as a $3 bill.
RICK LAZIO owes his soul, not to the PEOPLE who will elect him, but to the Republican Party bosses who control him his words his thoughts his actions.
The very bosses that lied to YOU betrayed YOU. They lied to you about their support for OUR Right to lawfully Bear Arms. These bosses handpicked their puppet Rick Lazioa dangerous puppet who is opposed to the LIBERTIES we are here today to AFFIRM and SUPPORT.
Rick Lazio is NOT a leader precisely when it is leadership that we need.
Rick Lazio is a PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN devoid of any guiding philosophy other than doing or saying, or voting in congress, what he believes will get him elected.
Rick Lazio is a photo-op looking for a photographer.
Lazio is devoid of SUBSTANCE. Can you think of ONE thing just ONE thing he stands for? THE biggest photo-op of his non-issued campaign is saying GAS PRICES ARE TO HIGH. DAA!!!
Pretty boyish faces are not what America needs. We need men and women of character who have A VISION FOR AMERICA . . . consistent with our Constitution and our Christian heritage.
Teddy Roosevelt, another great patriot, said it well:
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly".
This is not just a inspiring quote. This is the story of my life. I may fail again and again, but in the end I know I stood tall, like our Patriot founders of this once great Nation, willing to lose everything I own and cherish in the fight for life and liberty and the ideals set forth in our Declaration of Independence and OUR Constitution.
Always principle, never self.
I NEED YOU TO STAND TALL. REAL TALL. VERY TALL. UNAFRAID TALL. PATRIOTIC TALL. Don't worry about what the pundits are saying about my ability to WIN this election do what you know is right what is best for the future of America. Don't let the PRESS convince you that I don't have a chance to win.
Jim Buckley won in 1970, a darker horse than I.
Jesse Ventura won in 1999, he set the precedent of PEOPLE POWER.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN IF WE ARE DETERMINED TO WIN TOGETHER. My candidacy is NOT about Louis Wein. It's about restoring America to its rightful, balanced Constitutional footing.
It's about focusing on the FAMILY: society's MOST important institution with RELIGION a close second. It's about reclaiming America as a Christian-valued Nation.
OOPS...did I just say something politically incorrect.
The fact is that America was founded as a CHRISTIAN NATION rooted in the belief in the Judeo/Christian and Islamic GOD the ABRAHAMIC GOD the God of Moses, David, Jesus and Mohammed.
It is upon this foundation of religious belief that springs the uniquely American respect for the dignity of man -- the SOVEREIGNTY OF MAN: subject of God alone. This is what gives our Citizens their "unalienable rights...endowed by their CREATOR of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".
George Washington said it best when he said: "Religion and Morality are INDISPENSABLE supports of political prosperity". Only a fool would think otherwise.
There is not one Jew who would dare criticize anyone for saying that Israel is a Jewish nation whose laws rest on the Torah and Talmud.
Nor is there an Moslem who would criticize those who would say Jordan, or Saudi Arabia, or Iran or Iraq are Moslem nations whose laws are rooted in the Holy Koran.
But say America is a Christian Nation and be prepared for all hell to break out.
We were founded as a Christian Nation on Christian principles, values and traditions. Why deny it?
Even Thomas Jefferson, contrary to the lies and distortions of the liberal community, would agree with me or l should I more appropriately say: "I agree with him".
If I lose this race - I lose. So what? Life goes on!
At least I know I stood-up for values deeply rooted in the history of our Nation and our Constitution. And I did it aware of the abuses and hardships I would endure.
Teddy Roosevelt again said it well when he wrote:
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory or defeat".
What you and others MUST understand is that winning this election is neither the ONLY nor FINAL GOAL of my life.
If I can be part of something that begins to bring America and its People back to a common-sense Constitutional balance among our institutions, none more important than the FAMILY, then ALL of us win and WIN big.
I assure you, regardless of the outcome of this campaign, a new movement has begun all across America. We will succeed in RECLAIMING AMERICA as the land of the free and the home of the brave, IF a BIG IF we can learn to express a "UNITY OF PURPOSE", an unselfish and myopic focus of our responsibilities as Sovereign Citizens. To accomplish this we MUST work together.
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3. MONEY I'm NOT ASHAMED TO SAY I NEED IT DESPERATELY SO I CAN CONTINUE THIS FIGHT. I ASK YOU TO GIVE ME A CONTRIBUTION EQUAL TO 1 BOX OF AMMUNITION. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF YOUR AMMO IS "454 WINCHESTER MAGNUMS". Now if you're a POOR SHOT make it 2 boxes of ammo. This will really help me hit the mark dead on.
4. Get involved Help me Help you! And our beloved Nation, one Nation Under God, Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for ALL.
Even if we must use ARMS to protect it.
All this talk means nothing if Howard Phillips, Bob Walsh (2d CD), David Berkowitz (14th CD), Frank Annunziata (29th CD) and I aren't on the BALLOT this coming November. REMEMBER the words I first spoke this afternoon:
"mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of ABUSES and USURPATIONS evinces a design to reduce them under absolute DESPOTISM IT IS THEIR RIGHT, IT IS THEIR DUTY, TO THROW OFF SUCH GOVERNMENT -- AND TO PROVIDE NEW GUARDS FOR THEIR FUTURE SECURITY".
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A Wordless Book is a Christian evangelistic device. Evidence points to it being invented by the famous London Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon, in a message given on January 11, 1866 to several hundred orphans regarding Psalm 51:7 "Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.[2]" It is called a "book", as it is usually represented with pages, although it can be shown on a single page or banner. The book consists of several blocks of pure color that, in sequence, represent a nonverbal catechism for the instruction of children, the illiterate, or people of different cultures about basic Christian teachings.[3] However, the presentation of the book is meant to be a verbal experience, providing the "reader" a visual cue to expound Christian doctrine extemporaneously or in impromptu situations.
Variations on a theme
Spurgeon's concept only contained three colors: "first was black, the second was red, and the third was pure white"
- Black: representing the "sinful state" of humanity "by nature". Usually referred to as the dark page.
- Red: representing the blood of Jesus.
- White: representing the "perfect righteousness which God has given to believers through the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ his Son".
By 1880 at least, the book was being widely used in evangelism among orphanages, Sunday schools, and in cross-cultural missions.
Different versions came about when Dwight Lyman Moody added another color: gold (after white) – representing Heaven - in 1875[4]. Hudson Taylor and missionaries of the China Inland Mission used the four color version in open-air preaching and individual evangelism. It has been used by missionaries and teachers such as Jennie Faulding Taylor, Amy Carmichael, Fanny Crosby (who was blind), and modern day Child Evangelism Fellowship which added a fifth color: green (after white, before gold) - representing one's need to grow in Christ after salvation. Some modern Baptists add a sixth color: blue (after white, before green) - representing baptism.
Color cosmology
The success of the Wordless Book in communicating with East Asian peoples is arguably due to the influence of "color cosmology" (Wu Xing)[3] or color psychology in Chinese culture. For example, in Chinese symbolism, red is the color of good luck and success, and is used for decoration and wedding attire (during the traditional half of the wedding ceremony, while the bridal attire in the modern half is usually white). Money in Chinese societies is traditionally given in red packets; while white is the funeral color instead of black.
See also
Two books published by Child Evangelism Fellowship under the title "The Wordless Book"
- Austin, Alvyn (2007). China's Millions: The China Inland Mission and Late Qing Society. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0-8028-2975-7.
- Spurgeon, Charles (1911). The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit vol. 57. London: Passmore and Alabaster. ISBN 1-56186-057-3.
- Taylor, James Hudson (1892). China's Millions, January 1892. London: China Inland Mission.

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What in the hell is going on? I just pulled another 4 star hockey player. Another dman, obviously. That's 3 in two pulls. I had one in what, seven or eight seasons before this? Maybe only two or three in the last 10. Of course he's only four stars, so he might have 70Q for his defense. Which isn't actually a 4 star player in my book, but whatever.
EDIT: 4 star Dman, my ass. Unscouted, but really? 99D 58/90/68 is not a 4 star player. Hell, it's not even a 3.5 star player. I swear there is something wrong with my hockey academy. I think the last 4-5 players that I pulled rated 4 stars plus have all been majorly flawed. Because if these are 4 & 4.5 star players, then everyone that I bought for my rebuild must have been five star pulls.
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I was looking at 18 UFA's and some how I picked this guy I was seeing additional 1's infront of passing , tech and heading... Paid 461K
So dump him now for 5M or wait the 51 days and put him on the market.... That way this mistake costs me 2M Which at my level is a chunk of change.
Hockey I finished 1 place higher and with 9 more points than last year.
I at least got the one I wanted....
Ouch. I did that with someone I bought... I think it might have been the young forward Korbetsky. It wasn't as bad as your mistake (he was only 15 and is now a good backup), but I was gutted when I realized the mistake I had made at the time. I spent more than I wanted to because I thought he had 100 OR more than he really had(298 vs 398)
And I'm glad I didn't cost you another position in hockey. I've been so blase about my hockey team that not only did I not realize that this was the final game of the season, but I didn't even know I was locked into 7th. I was still hoping I could somehow fall to 8th so I would have a shot against the darn near manager-less Wiggly Pigs.
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #248
Welcome to the two-hundred and forty-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous two hundred and forty-seven.
Comic Book Legends Revealed is part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of entertainment and sports, which you can check out here, at legendsrevealed.com. I'd especially recommend you check out this installment of TV Legends Revealed to find out which odd TV series coined the phrase "Does Not Compute"!
This week's a special theme week – each legend involves re-using unpublished works!
Let's begin!
COMIC LEGEND: An unpublished script starring the Seven Soldiers of Victory was published within five issues of Adventure Comics…THIRTY YEARS after the Seven Soldiers of Victory feature was canceled!
STATUS: True
Leading Comics was a quarterly title by DC Comics that debuted in 1941.
Inspired by the format of All-Star Comics, Leading Comics featured a number of solo heroes all on a newly formed group called the Seven Soldiers of Victory (the heroes were the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy, The Crimson Avenger, Green Arrow and Speedy, The Vigilante and the Shining Knight – Crimson Avenger's sidekick didn't count for some reason)
Here they are in #1 forming their new team…
A typical issue of Leading Comics had the Seven Soldiers of Victory get together in Chapter 1 in a framing device, then each individual hero (or heroes, as there were a few duos in the group) would get their own adventure, with each chapter usually drawn by a different artist. For instance, in Leading Comics #1, Mort Meskin drew the framing story and George Papp and Creig Flessel were among the artists who worked on each individual chapter (I bet you can guess which character Flessel drew)
Here's an example from Leading Comics #13 (in this issue, though, Arthur Cazeneuve drew each chapter)…
Each issue was written by Joe Samachson.
Well, Leading Comics was not the most popular book (after all, it was never a monthly book), and in 1945, DC Comics dropped the superheroes from the book with issue #14…
The book then became a funny animal title…
until it was canceled with issue #41…
At the time, though, Samachson already had a script written for #15 that ended up being unused.
Well, it was unused for AWHILE, at least!
THIRTY YEARS later, the great Joe Orlando broke the unused script by Samachson out and the last issue of Leading Comics was finally published over five issues of Adventure Comics, #438-443.
Like the original stories, each chapter was handled by a different artist. This time around, Orlando got some of the best and brightest of DC's 1975 stable of artists.
Dick Dillin did the framing story…
Then Howard Chaykin…
Then Lee Elias…
Then Mike Grell…
Then Ernie Chan…
Then Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez…
Then back to Dillin to wrap things up…
I don't know if Orlando came up with the idea, but boy what a cool idea it was!
Samachson (who also co-created the Martian Manhunter) died in 1980, so this was a great little final tribute by DC Comics to one of the greats of the Golden Age!
COMIC LEGEND: Jack Kirby's Kamandi began as a DC pitch to do a licensed adaptation of Planet of the Apes.
STATUS: False Enough for a False (but a lot of True involved)
Reader Brett wrote in to ask:
I recently heard that Jack Kirby's Kamandi began as a pitch by DC for a licensed Planet of the Apes comic. Know whether this is true or not?
Well, Brett, that sounds like one of those ever famous "telephone game" situations, where the real story is close ENOUGH to what you just wrote that it is very likely that the story was just told enough times that the details kept getting fuzzier over each telling until it ended up in the version you heard.
The truth is that yes, Kamandi WAS tied in with Planet of the Apes, but in an odder way than you would imagine.
First off, Planet of the Apes came out in 1968 and was a smash hit.
The first comic book adaptation of the Planet of the Apes was actually Gold Key, who did an adaptation to the first sequel to the film, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
Soon after Carmine Infantino became the publisher of DC Comics, he wanted to acquire the license to make Planet of the Apes comic books, since the film series was very popular (a new sequel came out once a year from 1970-1973).
He was rebuffed in his attempts, so he tasked Jack Kirby with coming up with a comic book that was LIKE Planet of the Apes.
Now Kirby had not actually seen the film, but he knew the basic gist of the story, and surely enough, Kirby had done a story years earlier in 1957 (before the novel, Planet of the Apes, was written, let alone the film adaptation) when he was working for Harvey Comics' Alarming Tales, about a post-apocalyptic future where talking anthropomorphic animals ruled the world.
Here are a few pages from that tale…
So this was definitely something Kirby was comfortable with.
As for the name, Kirby had a comic strip pitch that had not been picked up called Kamandi of the Caves from 1956.
Here are a few of the unpublished Kamandi strips…
So there Kirby had the basic plot for his series as well as the name of his main character.
Later, Infantino would suggest that he came up with the basic concept for Kamandi and Kirby ran with it, but I dunno, that doesn't seem to match up with Kirby's Alarming Tales story as well as the comic strip.
Kirby wrote and drew Kamandi for 37 issues and drew another three.
Lasting for 59 issues, Kamandi was the most successful comic launched during Kirby's 1970s tenure at DC Comics.
Annoyingly enough, though, when Kirby pitched the idea, his intention was that someone else would write and draw it, as he wanted to devote his time to his Fourth World comics. Infantino "helped" Kirby out by canceling Forever People so Kirby could devote his time to Kamandi (Infantino "helped" Kirby out in a similar fashion when he canceled New Gods so that Kirby could launch The Demon).
Much to Infantino's chagrin, I'm sure, Marvel ended up getting the Planet of the Apes license in 1974.
And amusingly, Kirby later made a pitch for a Planet of the Apes animated series that ended up not getting picked up.
So there ya go, Brett – it has a lot of what you heard, but not exactly as you heard it!
Thanks so much to John A. Modica for the Kamandi comic strips (courtesy of the fourth edition of the Collected Jack Kirby Collector – you can buy a copy here) and thanks to Eric Nolan-Weathington for the picture from Kirby's Planet of the Apes animated pitch (courtesy of the Jack Kirby Collector #32, which you can buy a copy of here)!
COMIC LEGEND: J.M. DeMatteis' first three issues of Captain America were adapted from an unpublished tie-in comic to the 1970s Captain America TV movie!
STATUS: True
J.M. DeMatteiis has an acclaimed run on Captain America, working mostly with penciler Mike Zeck, from issue #261 through #300.
However, his first three issues were not actually written to be part of any sort of run!
No, issues #261-263, which came out in the Summer of 1981, were actually part of DeMatteis' very first paid work at Marvel Comics, for a project in 1979!
You see, in 1979, there was a TV movie made starring Reb Brown as Captain America.
Here's a cool poster for the TV movie from French television…
Here's Brown as Cap…
The movie was popular enough that it had a sequel.
In any event, Jim Shooter thought that it would be a good idea for Marvel to do a project tying in with the film, so DeMatteis was hired to write a Treasury Edition comic about the movie – rather than an adaptation, the comic would be about Cap having an adventure with the people from the movie, including meeting Reb Brown.
The project fell by the wayside, but a couple of years later, Captain America Editor Jim Salicrup was looking for some fill-in issues (the book had been all fill-in issues since John Byrne and Roger Stern's run had ended), so he dug out DeMatteis' issues and had DeMatteis re-work them from a Treasury Edition into three regular issues of Cap.
Here are some pages from #261 to give you an idea of what the original plot must have been…
Anyhow, I guess the issues went over well, as DeMatteis was named the regular writer for the title and stayed on the book for three years!
Thanks to Mike Higgins, Jim Salicrup and David Kraft's Comics Interview for their great interview with DeMatteis back in Comics Interview #39 (and, of course, thanks to DeMatteis for the interview!).
Okay, that's it for this week!
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It was predictable that NSW politicians would seek to avoid the restrictions on donations recently imposed (too little and too late) by the former Labor government (''Come in, donor: Libs push to let developers back'', May 6).
The Herald rightly identifies the motivation: the ''multimillion-dollar cost of election campaigns''.
Unless something is done to reduce this cost, capital, whether it comes from a crooked union boss or an unscrupulous property developer, is always going to be able to undermine legitimate democratic process. Can I suggest an excellent start (and an overall improvement to our quality of life) would be to ban or severely limit political advertising on television ?
John Croker Woonona
Good to see John Robertson continuing to learn the true lessons from The Gong's Table of Knowledge.
Your front-page story suggests the Liberals believe that big fat political donations are somehow good for democracy.
We should brace ourselves for a barrage of the kind of spin that made Don Draper famous.
As a counterweight I offer three quotes from experts in the field: ''In politics stupidity is not a handicap'' - Napoleon Bonaparte. ''The truth is the greatest enemy of the state''- Dr Joseph Goebbels, and probably most persuasive of all, this from Mad as Hell's political blogista, Vomitorium Catchment: ''Hello, Ringa Ding Ding.''
Nick Franklin Katoomba
Unless the nexus between donors and political parties is broken, NSW voters can continue to expect government policy to be highly influenced by major donors. One has only to look at the difficulty in addressing alcohol-related harm in the community.
Proven harm-prevention measures including a modest rollback in trading hours, exemplified in Newcastle and advocated by experts and the community, are not being introduced in other alcohol hotspots across the state due to the vociferous lobbying of the Australian Hotels Association, one of the largest donors to the Liberal Party at the last election. It seems the deep pockets of major donors results in undue influence and NSW will remain a state of property developers, gambling and booze.
Danielle Ecuyer Bondi Junction
It's no surprise a government-dominated committee of the NSW Parliament has recommended repealing a ban on donations to political parties from property developers and directors of tobacco, gambling and alcohol companies.
The ban was introduced by the Labor government in 2010 but the Liberal Party has always been less concerned about the source of donations.
For example, while the Labor Party has refused since 2004 to accept tobacco company donations, the federal Liberals have no such qualms and at the end of last year the Tasmanian Liberal Party voted down a government bill banning them. The Liberals also accept money from the Free Enterprise Foundation. The foundation's revenue includes donations from developers which are then passed on to their favoured parties.
There is often a way around legislation and the present arrangements are probably the best that can be achieved.
Ultimately, it comes back to the ethics and values of the political parties and these are demonstrated by the sources of the donations they accept.
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Greed begets greed in state politics. Palm us with a little silver and we'll lie down for you to walk all over us.
It didn't cost ClubsNSW very much to get the NSW Libs and Nationals to sign a non-legally binding Memorandum of Understanding on October 10, 2010, leading to a huge raft of concessions for the gambling industry and to our health minister declaring that we must delay smoke-free outdoor dining until July 2015.
You won't have to hold your breath too long until Big Tobacco gets a tighter hold of our mighty Libs/Nats, especially with Nick Greiner (former big shot in Big Tobacco) holding court as adviser for everything to the Premier.
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Paid parental leave an investment in future of nation
Maryanne Murray (Letters, May 6) says: ''It's a couple's personal decision to have a child, and they don't do this for the good of society''. I agree it's a couple's decision but with an ageing population surely there is some benefit to society.
An ageing population means there will be less and less revenue from income tax to fund the services for the care of the elderly. So what happens when all the baby boomers reach their 70s and 80s without new blood being born into the country? It will mean a fall in the standard of the care of the elderly. Therefore, any paid parental leave (something which all of the top industrialised countries except the US have) should be seen as an investment in the future of the tax base and not a handout to child-bearing couples.
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A novel idea for Tony Abbott - ditch the paid parental leave scheme but maintain the levy on big business (''Time to ditch parental leave pledge: Liberal MP'', smh.com.au, May 6). Put the funds towards the national disability insurance scheme.
Stephanie Edwards Wollstonecraft
Maryanne Murray is on the money. I must add my voice to those who are imploring Tony Abbott to dump his parental leave policy. As an ageing taxpayer, I am happy for my taxes to fund education and other government services, but I cannot support this idea that I should pay someone to have a baby. It must be the responsibility of the parents.
John Whiteing Willoughby
Property motive, not nimbys, is the issue
Peter Bentley laments the lack of affordable housing, blaming well-heeled nimbys and their political action aimed at preventing overdevelopment of their suburbs (''Nimbys are the haves who want the whole hog'', May 6). Has Mr Bentley considered a possible mismatch between the luxury housing built by property developers versus the low-cost housing that is required for the shortfall? It takes either gutsy property developers or greater government intervention to step up and provide housing for those most at risk of homelessness i.e. single parents, the unemployed, those suffering mental illness or disability and those with low education or skill levels.
Perhaps those well-heeled nimbys also realise population growth is not sustainable and the sooner everyone realises it the better.
Anne Matheson Gordon
Peter Bentley is a director of the McKell Institute, a body that describes itself as a think tank. Apparently he didn't do much of that when he wrote that nimby's are the cause of our housing woes. Sydney house prices are the second-highest in the world because the market has been manipulated to benefit developers and lenders. Negative gearing, first-home buyers grants, foreign investment and the developed world's highest rate of immigration has seen housing demand outstrip supply, a boon for banks and developers but a disaster for the rest of us.
Don Owers Dudley
The notion that nimby groups and housing supply failure in Sydney is somehow responsible for our housing affordability crisis is a myth. The world's highest density cities (including Vancouver, frequently cited by the NSW government as an example of good planning) are also the world's most expensive in terms of housing.
If we are serious about housing affordability, we need to stop believing in fairy tales and look at what can really make a difference: property taxation and housing finance reforms; improving accessibility in western Sydney; and supporting not-for-profit housing developers to deliver affordable housing.
Corinne Fisher convener of the Better Planning Network, Lane Cove
Tall storeys the way to go at Barangaroo
Aren't there any Sydneysiders who love the idea of a beautiful tall and tapering skyscraper adorning our city skyline (Letters, May 6)? Why stick to low-rise matchboxes? Don't people admire the Empire State and the Chrysler buildings in New York, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Shard in London?
Grow up, Sydney, and act like a city of the world: make the building as tall as tall and tuck a grand opera hall into it as well.
Chris Burns Hunters Hill
Perhaps we could live with Packer's proposed ''iconic'' building at Barangaroo if we ensured it contributed significantly as a public place. I have in mind one of the most fabulous spaces for showing modern and contemporary art in the world in the uppermost floors of the building with sweeping 360 degree views over harbour and mountains punctuated by major works of art (with contributions from a new Packer collection). Bearing in mind what MONA has done for Hobart, it would be a major attraction and expose more people to modern art, while also ensuring many visitors to the site. Win, win.
Dale Bailey Five Dock
Why honour the Barangaroo area, named after one of the great women of this land, by installing phallic structures towering into the sky? Why not base the design on the tools used by the women of Barangaroo's time: carrying vessels, netting, and fire pits? To see a series of structures inspired by the coolamon would surely be a stunning contrast to the shells of the Opera House.
Paul James Umina Beach
How have the Barangaroo developers overlooked the most obvious design? In the great tradition of The Big Banana, The Big Merino and other Aussie icons, a glittering, golden, glassed 88-storey tower, with panoramic harbour views, in the shape of a dollar sign, reflecting the true spirit of Sydney.
John Lander Killarney Heights
Do the proposed designs for the Packer tower suggest we are being given the finger?
Peter Wotton Pyrmont
Doctors have a choice
Professor Neil Ormerod (Letters, May 6) fudges the ethical consideration of euthanasia. For some diseases there simply is no palliative care, and many doctors would find no ethical bar to assisting such sufferers to die on their own terms.
The movement in support of voluntary euthanasia is not suggesting doctors be compelled to euthanise or to do anything else that is against their conscience. But Ormerod wishes to enforce his ethical view of euthanasia on everyone. Death is unimportant. The manner of death is.
Richard Griffiths Pagewood
White's history useful
Your story on Aussie cyclist and administrator Matt White and his involvement with drugs surely demonstrates why he shouldn't be kept away from cycling (''Regretful White lifts lid on 'ridiculous' amount of doping'', May 6). Doesn't knowing the good and bad of what goes on give him the knowledge and experience to contribute to sorting out whether drugs should or should not be allowed and how to administer the matter?
Will Hagon Johns River
Make solar compulsory
It's exciting to read about further advances in solar energy (''Breakthrough in solar efficiency by UNSW team ahead of its time'', May 6). Surely, we must have now reached the tipping point where the efficiency and cost of solar makes it a ''must have''.
Is it time for governments to update building regulations to make solar mandatory for new buildings, both residential and commercial?
Michael Jones Wahroonga
Different party, same old politicking
It seems the election of the Coalition in NSW was a case of ''out with the old and in with the old''. Note to Gladys Berejiklian: renaming a poor service will not improve it (''Changing signs of time for commuters'', May 6). This is exactly the sort of ''action'' we had from Labor for all those years: lots of ideas and announcements but very little in the way of substantial improvement or new works.
Of course, it doesn't help when your maintenance staff cannot complete relatively small tasks on time and create chaos the morning following your ''bold new initiative'. Pick up your act O'Farrell/Berejiklian and try to look a little bit different to the former Labor government.
Ross Fyfe Lane Cove
I am pleased overseas visitors will be assisted in swiftly changing between modes of transport because of the use of an initial code letter. Perhaps the same letter ought be printed on the tickets because most overseas tourists will be confused that, weekly tickets aside, you need to buy a separate ticket for each mode of transport. Perhaps effort ought be directed to improving the product not changing the labelling.
James Sleight Point Piper
It was great to start the week with such an L1 (laugh one). Not sure how T for Train, B for Bus and F for Ferry will help travellers.
Patricia O'Brien Rozelle
Memo: Transport for NSW. Please let us know how many people you have observed at Milsons Point Ferry Wharf waiting for a train?
Tom Hatfield Surry Hills
To be expected
Of course, the Mad Men episode entitled For Immediate Release was released immediately (''Bad Apple: Mad Men episode leaks out on iTunes before US screening'', May 6). Someone was just following orders.
Paula Wilson Surry Hills
Try to stay calm
A few years ago at the University of NSW, students could observe the sign on an emergency exit, advising: ''This door is alarmed'' (Letters, May 6). Below that, handwritten in ink, was the addition, ''But not alert''.
Thea Gumbert-Jourjon Alexandria
''Mind the step'' annoys me. Surely the steps are big enough to look after themselves?
Rae Morris Marrickville


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Best Of :: Food & Drink
Let it be known here: The I-10 Nachos made at Cocina 10, the Mexican kitchen inside Crescent Ballroom in downtown Phoenix, are flawless. Nachos, of course, suffer a reputation for being a lowbrow snack food, the sort of thing enjoyed at bowling alleys and baseball stadiums. But that doesn't mean nachos aren't delicious. The I-10 Nachos elevate the humble snack food to new flavor heights. This is a carefully engineered nacho plate, made with a sturdy, crunchy base of tortilla chips, layered with refried pinto beans, and then generously lubricated with Tillamook sharp cheddar and Oaxaca cheese. The whole thing is baked into one delicious unit, then topped with fresh guacamole, scatterings of cilantro and cotija, and given a final blessing — a dollop of sour cream. As far as nachos go, the I-10 Nachos are perfection.
Located on the southeast corner of Third and Flower streets in central Phoenix, Ocotillo is much more than just a neighborhood eatery — though it certainly qualifies as that, too. With a full-service restaurant, coffee shop, and outdoor beer garden, this dining and drinking destination is a sort of catchall intended to meet all your needs. The restaurant, however, is the true centerpiece and an edible homage to the bounty of the Sonoran desert. Chefs Walter Sterling and Sacha Levine offer up an ever-changing, vegetable-focused menu highlighted by wood-fired roasted chicken, handmade pastas, and local produce often treated with globally inspired preparations. The sweet, earthy roasted cauliflower that's complemented with chiles and mint is not to be missed, nor is the signature Ocotillo chicken, which comes steeped in the flavors of local honey and herbs. General manager and sommelier Dave Johnson heads up the service team and has crafted a fun, approachable wine program with a list that offers a symbol-based tasting note key.
When it comes to badass women chefs in metro Phoenix, no one can hold a candle to Chrysa Robertson. For more than two decades, she's been serving simple, seasonal, Italian-influenced cuisine at her Rancho Pinot restaurant, now one of the Valley's longest-standing dining spots. But Robertson's career in the culinary arts goes back much further than that. She got her first job at 16, and has spent time working with some of the most legendary women chefs in Arizona, including Carol Steele of C. Steele and RoxSand Scocos of RoxSand, over her career. She founded the Phoenix chapter of the Slow Food Convivium in the '90s — long before "farm-to-table" became one of the food world's biggest buzz words — and continues to showcase the desert's bounty through her food, often using local produce, fresh eggs, and homegrown herbs in the Rancho Pinot kitchen.
"Serious Food, Extemporaneous Style" is the mantra at Scottsdale's Posh restaurant. And chef Josh Hebert truly means it. At this improvisational restaurant, chefs create specialized menus based on diners' preferences — imagine a Choose Your Own Adventure book translated into a one-of-a-kind dining experience. Here's how it works: Show up, select a number of courses, let the kitchen know what you'll eat (and what you won't), and wait for the magic to happen. Hebert and his team are known for creating thoughtful, modern fare, including "cheesecake" topped with raw uni and veal sweetbreads served over carrot puree with zucchini. Not a picky diner? Opt for the Chef's Omakase, which means the kitchen team gets the freedom to throw down whatever their hearts desire.
Most people who love good food can appreciate the subtle details that make great sandwiches stand out from merely good ones. And that's why a true food lover will surely appreciate Jason Raducha's simple-yet-elegant Noble Eatery, where rustic house-made breads serve as the foundation for excellent sandwiches loaded with imported Italian meats and cheeses and local vegetables. The menu at the lunch spot changes almost every day, but you can count on a concise selection of sandwiches, pizza, smorgas (open-faced sandwiches of Swedish descent), and the Ramon Navarro bowl. The last has become something of a Noble Eatery staple: a bowl of heritage grains like durum white wheat, lentils, and Khorasan wheat mixed with vegetables and seeds and dressed in oil. There's only a handful of seats, and they're nearly always full, but we like to think the wait just makes the experience seem all the more exclusive.
It isn't a hidden gem, per se — after all, chef Jeff Kraus' south Tempe breakfast and lunch spot has won awards from just about everyone in town, and it's right there in plain sight in the middle of a strip mall — but for some reason, Crepe Bar does seem to fly below the radar. Except, that is, with the Valley's food and drink devotees, who pack the restaurant's dining room each and every chance they get. And it's easy to understand why. The menu at Crepe Bar features sweet and savory crepes that show the chef's knack for creating food that's as fun as it is delicious. Kraus also offers a new expanded selection of sides that includes dishes ranging from tiny salads of local tomatoes, purslane, and tahini, to house-made "Rolos" for dessert. And it's not just the food. Crepe Bar is also one of the Valley's top spots for inventive coffee drinks. Always made with top-quality ingredients, Crepe Bar's caffeinated creations range from coffee brulee (as in, coffee covered in a layer of burnt sugar) to the singular Moroccan latte, which combines espresso, spices, and honey for a truly inspired pick-me-up.


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By Alex Taylor
The rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham is fierce!
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So when a video of former Spurs manager Glenn Hoddle appears in which he praises the Gunners for their brilliant form, we can't help but laugh!
Arsene Wenger's side have got off to a cracker this season, Granit Xhaka has been class and even Theo Walcott has been among the goals!
If this form carries on Wenger might actually win something! Imagine it…
Tottenham have also started well this season, but doing this video would have really pissed Hoddle off!
Check out what he says below:
It's hardly ground-breaking analysis but we liked the sci-fi theme, even if Hoddle's delivery is somewhat disjointed.
I'm not sure how much Unibet forked out for this, but let's hope they kept the receipt eh?
Anyway, he might not be the best pundit going, but he played the game brilliantly. Have a look at this from when he was a player:
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Scott recruits the area of Florida that includes Punta Gorda—the hometown of Charlotte High School senior Mike Bellamy.
"It was pretty good, same as usual. We had a good time laughing," Bellamy said of his conversation with Scott.
Coaches from Tennessee and Georgia have also been through Charlotte High since coaches were permitted to hit the road last week.
Bellamy doesn't mind seeing the coaches walking up and down the halls of his high school.
"It's fine. They also understand that I'm still committed to Clemson," he said.
He's been heavily recruited for good reason. Earlier this fall, Bellamy set the Florida High School all-time touchdown record.
In Charlotte's 49-11 win over Naples Gulf Coast in the first-round of the Florida AAAA playoffs, he surpassed Emmitt Smith and Tyrone Moss on the all-time touchdown list.
Smith set the record of 106 at Pensacola Escambia before he went on to become the NFL's all-time leading rusher.
Mike Bellamy remains "100 percent" committed to Clemson. (Scout.com)
"It's great," Bellamy said of the record. "I'm just happy I'm healthy, so I can do the same thing at Clemson.
"I'm trying to win the Heisman."
Though he's "fine" with how things ended up at Clemson this past season, Bellamy looks forward to the future.
"Hopefully the guys coming in there next year like me, Sammy Watkins and Marlin Lane, we all can help the team up," Bellamy said.
The Scout.com five-star was asked for his thoughts on the changes at Florida. The nation's No. 4 running back was heavily recruited by the Gators.
"I have nothing to do with Florida. I don't have to deal with that. I have no intentions on them, period," Bellamy said.
After rushing for over 7,000 yards during his high school career, Bellamy has one game left on the prep level. He'll be suiting up to participate in this year's Under Armour All-America Game.
"I'm still liking it. It's great. It's a great town. I love Clemson," Bellamy said. "I'm still 100 percent with Clemson."
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History of the San Diego St. Patrick's Day Parade
By James Foley
Parade Founder
My wife Pat and I decided to make our home here in San Diego in 1978 and a year later we opened the Blarney Stone Pub in Clairemont. Word got out that we were involved in organizing the St. Patrick's Day Parade back in Hartford, Connecticut and I quickly found myself in planning discussions with Vincent Lynch, Tom Mulcahy, Father McGovern, Rod Page, John Reynolds and Jim Shannon about starting a parade here in San Diego.
We adopted the same approach we had used in Hartford, which was actually borrowed from Holyoke where I had also volunteered. There, we enlisted the support of the Mayors, fire departments and high schools of all the area towns, so here in San Diego we got to work on the fourteen cities around our county. It was slow-going getting the Irish up, but when we convinced Mayor Callahan of Coronado and Mayor Morgan of Chula Vista in early 1980, the parade picked up steam and we hit the streets of San Diego in March 1981.
Vince Lynch was the first President. The Parade organization grew quickly to include a number of hard-working volunteers including Dave Shean, Pat Bergin, Frances Avik, Claire Houlihan, Larry Cronin, Dana Fowler, Pat Flannery, Tom Nolan, Tom Clancy, Mary Testa, Joe Botkin, Des Marmion, Colleen Murphy, Brian McLellen, Bob Mulrooney, Pat McIntire, Peggy Cahill, Michael Wilson, Tom Rodstrom, Chuck Fox, Charlene Bromley, James McNaughton, Kathleen Bradley, Barbara McCarty and many, many others.
Jim Shannon suggested a simple name for the parade organization, the "Irish Congress of Southern California", and bylaws were created with the express purpose of presenting an annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival. The parade was to be no longer than two hours and strictly non-political. To add to the festivities, it was decided to host an annual Miss Colleen Pageant and Bernadette Cashman was the first Pageant Chairperson.
Many of the early organizers stayed on for years, for example, Mick Ward arrived in the mid-1980's and soon was "volunteered" to serve as the Emcee for our annual Miss Colleen Pageant. He did such an outstanding job that the Committee refuses to allow anyone else have the job and in 2011 he completed his 27th consecutive Pageant.
Thinking back over the years, I recall that first day in 1981 when Tom Mulcahy and I were standing on Juniper Street and Sixth Avenue as we kicked off the first parade to the resounding march of a high school band. I was proud that we began it and I've been proud to watch it grow every year due to the hard work and long hours of so many dedicated volunteers. The festival in Balboa Park has been a joy with so many of our talented Irish musicians. San Diego's celebration is a special event that still has that cozy, small town feeling today that it did all those years ago, even though San Diego has grown up around us.
This singular event is an invitation to all of San Diego to be Irish with us for the day, and it showcases the best of our community. We still stand on that corner every year for the parade start and I feel as excited today as I did back then. Congratulations to all who made the magic happen again this year!