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Rangel Should Just Resign Already
It's unfortunate but hardly a shock that a Republican-led resolution to strip Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) of his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee until the conclusion of ethics investigations went nowhere. But at least it served to remind us of the list of horribles that got Rangel investigated in the first place.
The House Ethics Committee's Rangel file is stuffed. There's the below-market rents on four Harlem apartments. The failure to disclose any number of financial assets -- from income from the sale of a Florida condominium to money market and stock dividends to not one but two checking accounts valued between $250,000 and $500,000. That's some serious coin to slip the mind. And then there's Rangel's use of official stationary to request meetings with potential donors to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York. (Today, the New York Post reports that Rangel secured a $3 million defense grant for CCNY that the Pentagon doesn't even want.)
Rangel is a revered member of the Democratic Party and the dean of the New York congressional delegation. But that shouldn't give the chairman of the powerful tax-writing committee a pass on basic ethics laws and financial disclosure rules. If the ethics committee doesn't want to be viewed as condoning Rangel's seriously questionable actions it must move quickly to bring the matter to a close. Given the revelations and his recovered memory, if Rangel had any sense of duty, let alone honor, he'd give up the Ways and Means gavel on his own.
Jonathan Capehart
| October 7, 2009; 2:16 PM ET
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Jonathan...you KNOW Rangel isn't gonna resign due to to a resolution put forth by rethuglicans!! Let's get Ensign to resign first or maybe Vitter...the list of competing resignations is too long on the rethuglican side for this to be relevant.....
Posted by: rbaldwin2 | October 7, 2009 3:24 PM | Report abuse
My thoughts exactly. Of course, he should give the charmanship of the Ways and Means Committee.
One might also wonder why the Democratic Party leaders have failed to act.
Rep. Rangel is an excellent example of a hypocritical politician-although he's certainly not standing alone.
The man helps to write tax policy for the rest of us but declines to abide by the tax laws of the country, many of which are written by his committee.
What he has done is not only unethical, it is also criminal.
What ordinary American would still be in such a powerful and lucrative job after being revealed weeks ago as a fraud and a tax cheat.
Why is he still in congress?
Because politicians, it doesn't matter which party, protect each other.
They are all disgusting.
Posted by: BruceMcDougall | October 7, 2009 3:26 PM | Report abuse
Charles Rangel throughout his career has shown unusual insight, intelligence and courage. He often raises important issues no one else will, like the draft, Haiti, tilted tax laws, etc.
None of the 'charges' against Rangel demonstrate corruption. Aid to City College? It appears Rep. Rangel was doing his job, and assisting an important school that educates an underserved population at very low cost. Rangel is a target only because he does not automatically help the wealthy and entrenched, as has been the pattern of our tax laws.
Posted by: jamespepper | October 7, 2009 3:39 PM | Report abuse
Rangel, the loud-mouthed serial tax evader and his "fried, died, and laid to the side" hair will never quit and give up his perks and government paycheck. With a majority fatherless welfare constituency, he can go for another 25 years. God help us.
Posted by: tjhall1 | October 7, 2009 3:40 PM | Report abuse
At the very least, Rangel needs to resign
from the chairmanship. This is just another hypocritical liberal who doesn't pay their taxes but they want to raise everyone else's! And, how do you effectively work with someone you can't even respect?
Posted by: ohioan | October 7, 2009 3:43 PM | Report abuse
Mr. Rangel is just like most Democrat & Republican Senators. They think they are above the laws that they make for the rest of America.
I think Pelosi should have to resign also for defending such a weasel. If you or I did the same thing the IRS would come after us with guns blazing, but not the Congressman. I believe anyone that defends him or others like him no matter if they are Democrats or Republicans should have to pay for the wrongs they have committed.
From just the TAX money that Rangel owes would help others get their refund on time.
Posted by: wildfire1946 | October 7, 2009 3:54 PM | Report abuse
Rangel is a disgrace. The money for CUNY only makes him more like Murtha who has an airport named after him in his district and sends money back there for projects they outsource to the UK. He should resign immediately, and don't forget the fact that he had his car parked in the House garage for seven years. This is as bad as Nasty Pelosi telling everyone that their life was open to inventory to cut back on global warming as she is taking a plane back to California for the weekend. Open and Ethical huh? What a bunch of liars and cheats. Chris Dodd is up there with his house in Ireland too!! What a disgrace this is. Hope and Change?
Posted by: jrfromdallas | October 7, 2009 3:55 PM | Report abuse
Well written.
Posted by: sally62 | October 7, 2009 3:59 PM | Report abuse
Mr. Capeheart, are you seriously believing that Rangel should resign before Vitter and Ensign? Even Larry Craig didn't resign! No one resigns in the House or the Senate, so why should Rangel?
Posted by: paris1969 | October 7, 2009 4:05 PM | Report abuse
jamespepper wrote:
Charles Rangel throughout his career has shown unusual insight, intelligence and courage. He often raises important issues no one else will, like the draft, Haiti, tilted tax laws, etc.
None of the 'charges' against Rangel demonstrate corruption. Aid to City College? It appears Rep. Rangel was doing his job, and assisting an important school that educates an underserved population at very low cost. Rangel is a target only because he does not automatically help the wealthy and entrenched, as has been the pattern of our tax laws.
Rangel failed to include more than $500,000 in assets on his disclosure forms. Back in 2008, Rangel estimated his net worth at between $500,000 and $1.2 million. We now know that was off by as much as 50%. Whoops. Corrupt? Who knows. But half a million is alot to "forget" about. Presidential appointees have had careers ruined for lesser transgretions.
Rangel controls numerous (as many as four) rent controlled properties in Manhattan. Anybody who understands why rent control was enacted in the first place knows how slimy and selfish this is. There is a dearth of affordable housing in and around Manhattan. Yet, "Representative" Rangel enjoys the use of four rent-controlled apartments while thousands of New Yorkers have been evicted by landlords trying to turn their buildings into Co-ops. Rangel lives in three adjacent apartments (three f*cking apartments) and uses the fourth as his permanent campaign office. This is directly against City rules that state that rent-controlled apartments are only to be used for primary residences. So, in historically black Harlem, where affordable rent apartments are nearly impossible to find, Representative Rangel has four of them. And, while mere mortals would pay between $7,500 and $8,000 a month for all four apartments, he claims he has only paid less than 50% of that amount on a monthly basis. Kind of ironic how a man of the people and a champion of the urban poor can elevate himself above those he claims to represent.
Now let's talk about that vacation rental property he owns in the Islands. Accoring to published reports, Rangel -- the Member of Congress who chairs the Committee that writes our Nation's tax laws -- did not report more than $75K in rental income over the recent years. Furthermore, it appears that he may have treated the income-producing property as a second residence and wrote off the mortgage interest as a personal deduction and not a business deduction. This further reduces Mr. Rangel's tax liability and is clearly (according to the United States Tax Code) not allowable.
So yeah, Rangel doesn't help the wealthy. But clearly he doesn't help the poor either. Rangel is a symbol of the failed excesses and entitlement culture of both political parties.
Honestly, if you cannot see corruption in all of this, I feel sorry for you. You'll be choking on sand soon if you dig your head any further down....
Posted by: lingering_lead | October 7, 2009 4:09 PM | Report abuse
Folks, at least Ensign and Vitter apologized to their constituents and the American people. Unless and until "Representative" Rangel apologizes, I think comparing him to them is like comparing a fish with a bicycle.
Posted by: lingering_lead | October 7, 2009 4:18 PM | Report abuse
We impeached a sitting president because of sexual improprieties but we have two senators, David Vitter--who just couldn't leave the hookers alone, and John Ensign who screws the hired help and then bribes them with government jobs. Why aren't they resigning? If they resign, then Rangel should resign, but there seems to be a double standard here for republicans.
Posted by: blarsen1 | October 7, 2009 4:22 PM | Report abuse
Good time charley rangle continues to thumb his nose at his accuser's attempt to force him to resign. The majority of the thug democrats support his illegal activities because there are different standards for his kind.
The "do as I say, not as I do" mentality of the liberal democrats will come back to haunt them in the next election.
Posted by: spiris333 | October 7, 2009 4:22 PM | Report abuse
He is not only a "revered member of the Democratic party," but a bullet-proof, reelectable unless incarcerated (and I'm not too sure about that), senior member of the untouchable Congressional Black Caucus.
Nancy is going to tough it out, because the CBC will have her head if Charlie gets thrown under the bus, and whitey Pete Stark takes over his job at Ways and Means. If whitey Tim Geithner gets a pass, why not Charlie?
There is a developing possibility that 2010 will take care of ol' Charlie's Chairmanship as well as the Speaker's job. I'm sure she's saying to herself, do I want to take sixteen calls from Maxine Waters every day, or should I just let things ride....
I think I'll let things ride!!!
Posted by: Curmudgeon10 | October 7, 2009 4:26 PM | Report abuse
Democrats have apparently given up even the appearance of having the ethics that they touted during the election. Instead, they excuse unethical and even criminal behavior with fingerpointing and childish cries of "yeah but lookit what he did." Meanwhile, the moral high road becoming the road less taken.
Posted by: Ogman | October 7, 2009 4:28 PM | Report abuse
Hey, wait just minute here! I read the NY Post hatchet job on Charlie Rangel and there is no attribution whatsoever for the claim that the "pentagon doesn't even want" the project that CCNY has been granted money to research. That money is for research on a lightweight composite armor. The idea was pitched to a CCNY mechanical engineering professor by the Army's Tank Automotive R & D Center in Michigan. Considering the thousands of lives that could have been saved and the thousands more amputations that could have been prevented by armoring Army trucks in Iraq, I think a little more reporting on such a spurious claim is in order here.
Posted by: codexjust1 | October 7, 2009 4:32 PM | Report abuse
i have always admired congressman rangel for his knowledge and insight into complex tax and financial issues. and i really don't think for a minute that someone in rangel's leadership position is the one who actually sits down at the kitchen table and fills out the financial disclosure forms. so a minor omission here and there might be forgivable since a staff member may not know all of the facts. but in mr. rangel's situation, there are just too many blunders and suspicious transactions that give pause and make one wonder what the heck is going on here. and to me, it doesn't matter whether mr. rangel is a democrat or republican. i'd find this kind of behavior by any politician a little unsettling, especially one who is chair of the tax writing committee in the house. in his position, he should have made certain that there was no inkling of impropriety or even the appearance of impropriety in his dealings. while members of congress are supposed to help support their local institutions and organizations as part of their duties, doing so in such a highly visible manner (sending requests for funding on official stationary) for a center named after the one sending the solicitation smacks of impropriety, especially if those being solicited have interests that may/will come before the committee the congressman chairs. sorry charlie, you should have had better taste.
Posted by: dlpetersdc | October 7, 2009 4:39 PM | Report abuse
Rangel should only resign when others who have been accused or confessed to "stuff" do so.
Posted by: rlj1 | October 7, 2009 4:40 PM | Report abuse
The Dems are making a mistake voting along party lines to stall this in comittee. Yes Rangel is one of their own, but when you tie yourself to corrupt politicians, you eventually pay. The proper move is to 'ask' him to step down for the good of the party.
Posted by: Wiggan | October 7, 2009 4:40 PM | Report abuse
We impeached a sitting president because of sexual improprieties but we have two senators, David Vitter--who just couldn't leave the hookers alone, and John Ensign who screws the hired help and then bribes them with government jobs. Why aren't they resigning? If they resign, then Rangel should resign, but there seems to be a double standard here for republicans.
Posted by: blarsen1
OK, Clinton was impeached for obstruction of justice and perjury. Remember when he stuck out his finger and wagged it in your face and said No. Well, he lied. His libido got him into trouble, and his lack of character got him impeached. And the fact that he was gettin BJs in the Oval Office just isn't becoming.
Vitter and Ensign are both despicable. However both of them (ultimately) told the truth. Neither of them lied under oath to a Grand Jury. Both of them have apologized -- as opposed to Rangel. Vitter and Ensign are guilty of crimes against their families. Their constituents can determine whether to send them back to Washington.
Rangel is apparently guilty of crimes (tax evasion) against the American People.
It's simple. Your ad hominem arguments tying the behavior of Rangel to Vitter/Ensign reaks of party-line talking points and quite honestly does nothing for your cause.
As always, your mileage may vary.
Posted by: lingering_lead | October 7, 2009 4:42 PM | Report abuse
Senator Vitter and Senator Ensign...
Have they apologized on the floor of the Senate to their esteemed colleagues and to the nation for their less than Senatorial behavior? Hardly! That same body voted to impeach a former president for a BJ given by an unpaid staffer. Vitter visited call girls and Ensign, I think even worse than Vitter and Craig combined, carried on a torrid affair with his Chief of Staff's wife, tried to cover it up with bribes and other jobs, etc.
Now Charlie, if these allegations prove to be right, then you should give up the chairmanship of the committee. Sorry, but I believe ya'all are there to set an example for the country.
Posted by: Woodie731 | October 7, 2009 4:43 PM | Report abuse
Instead, they excuse unethical and even criminal behavior with fingerpointing and childish cries of "yeah but lookit what he did." Meanwhile, the moral high road becoming the road less taken.
There seems to be some notion rattling around in everybody's head that if the other side did it first, then everybody's square. The way I see it, this sort of thing should go to the ethics committee on Monday, and they should have an answer Wednesday morning. If the guy didn't pay his taxes, he shouldn't be a congressman anymore starting Thursday, end of story.
There should also be strict penalties for lodging frivolous ethics complaints to keep it from becoming a political tool, but we should expect and demand zero tolerance for this kind of ridiculous behavior in our elected representatives.
How you can be a US Representative and fail to properly pay your taxes is just beyond comprehension.
Posted by: ponkey | October 7, 2009 4:44 PM | Report abuse
Frank, Pelosi, Reid, Rangel, Kerrey - they're all cartoon characters. They actually make Hillary look tolerable.
Posted by: AsstGM | October 7, 2009 4:48 PM | Report abuse
Oh My God..
If you're a Rethuglican, you hate Clinton and make excuses for Vitter, Craig, Ensign, Gingrich, etc.
If you're a Dem, you hate the Rthuglicans and lay out all the reasons the Democrats' behaviors are more despicable.
I wish they would all leave their private lives private, that teh country would tell the news hounds who dredge this crap up that they aren't interested, and the world would be a better place. Just who the Hell needs to know with whom you sleep?
Posted by: Woodie731 | October 7, 2009 4:48 PM | Report abuse
Ditto what Ponkey said!
Posted by: Woodie731 | October 7, 2009 4:49 PM | Report abuse
Rangel began by replacing Adam Clayton Powell.
Now he has become Adam Clayton Powell.
Ain't life strange?
Posted by: WhatHeSaid | October 7, 2009 4:52 PM | Report abuse
Cheating on wife/paying off mistress (as long as it's reported as a taxable gift) is not the same as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee abusing NYC rent control laws (a crime), failing to report taxable income (potentially a fraudulent action) and understating his net worth by as MUCH AS 50% on his disclosure forms.
Why can't some of you understand this? You are comparing two jerks who cheated on their families to a jerk who cheats on you, me and the rest of the American people. It's comparing abuse of familial relations with abuse of office/power. Not even in the same ballpark.
Fine, much like the GOP learned in 2006, there can be devastating consequences for getting too comfortable on Capitol Hill.
Posted by: lingering_lead | October 7, 2009 4:54 PM | Report abuse
For blacks who say it is whites holding them back -
No, it's blacks like Rangel, Barry, Hastings, Jefferson, etc, etc, etc that are holding you back with their pathetic "You're only after me because I'm black" rhetoric.
No, were after you because you cheated on your taxes, bought crack, took bribes, and took payoffs from African countries trying to win American contracts respectively. Add those charges to being just plain stupid and that's enough to want to get rid of you.
Posted by: Bcamp55 | October 7, 2009 4:57 PM | Report abuse
"Those without sin, cast the first stone"
It's so easy to condem when you are not in that position. Charles Rangel has servered this country well - he may not be liked for telling the truth but as far as I'm concerned - he messed up - fixes it and move on.
Get a life you all
Posted by: gloriaeforbes-compton | October 7, 2009 5:09 PM | Report abuse
The same leftists who complain about waste in the Pentagon condone Rangel's misuse of military money for his own purposes.
Nothing personal, and I respect his military service but the time has come for him to move aside.
Posted by: alstl | October 7, 2009 5:10 PM | Report abuse
So like the Dems. Most are corrupt! So this is no surprise. God will not look the other way!
Posted by: getreal121 | October 7, 2009 5:19 PM | Report abuse
Rangle.. another corrupt NY dem blowhard
Posted by: rg019571 | October 7, 2009 5:30 PM | Report abuse
Why am I even surprised that there has been no action on this by the Democrats. The thing that I find so appauling about Politics is how the people we send to Washington who are there to represent OUR interests feel it justifiable to act as they do.
This is why we need to impose term limits for ALL public officials!
Posted by: sanmateo1850 | October 7, 2009 5:39 PM | Report abuse
I think Democrats have to take a stand against corruption even when it means sanctioning a well liked and effective member of the party. Rangel is a highly effective Representative for his district, but in America know one is above the law. Ethics are important. Let's wait for the ethics committee to conclude their investigation, however, before we demand resignations.
Posted by: NathanielSmith | October 7, 2009 5:45 PM | Report abuse
In the interest of fair play, among other things less acceptable in polite company, I concur with your opinion ........ unless of course he is suffering from an early onset of Alzheimer's disease in which case, for the good of all, he should simply be removed. The intervention of any divinity should not be necessary. Ian MacFarlane
Posted by: imacfarlane | October 7, 2009 6:04 PM | Report abuse
Rangle should be cuffed up and tried fully for evasion, to make an example of tax evasion being bad, for little Timmy "al capone " Geithner.
The crooks calling the crooks criminals and the American people are all just terrorist needing spied on.
B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l job by this Congress.
American people note to self: Don't allow illegals at your polls to invite any of them back from either party.
Vote better.
Posted by: dottydo | October 7, 2009 6:26 PM | Report abuse
"We impeached a sitting president because of sexual improprieties"
No we did not. He was impeached because he lied under oath, something that would put you and me in prison.
Posted by: GRILLADES | October 7, 2009 6:42 PM | Report abuse
Randall "Duke" Cunningham
Posted by: robinhood2 | October 7, 2009 6:47 PM | Report abuse
Rangel isn't going to resign. Congress is all about the perks. Even the back benchers have perks but committee chairs have many more.
Posted by: mortified469 | October 7, 2009 7:12 PM | Report abuse
Yes he should resign, along with ALL the Democrats that prevented him from being tossed.
Are these the AH0LES that should take over our health care...not no but HELL NO!
Posted by: ekim53 | October 7, 2009 7:30 PM | Report abuse
"Rangel is a revered member of the Democratic Party and the dean of the New York congressional delegation."
No. He is a bold faced crook who tells us working stiffs that we need to pay our fair share while he deems himself above paying any share. Kick his sorry butt out of the congress and give him 8-10 years in the lock-up. Maybe that would get us a better class of criminals in Congress.....
Posted by: Spitfires | October 7, 2009 7:39 PM | Report abuse
Didn't they get Capone on tax evasion?????
Posted by: Spitfires | October 7, 2009 7:41 PM | Report abuse
Charlie Rangel is just yet another corrupt leftist who is making a career out of "public service". The only service he provides is to himself..the rest of the world be damned. He tries to tell the American public that he "didn't know" his rental money from his real estate holdings was taxable. C'mon Charlie, even the most stupid among the public knows that if money winds up in one's bank account, it's certainly a "cash flow to the recipient" (IRS speak) and as such must be reported with the rest of your ill gotten gains!!
Posted by: OregonStorm | October 7, 2009 8:04 PM | Report abuse
Give up the Gavel?
You must be insane.
Rangel is untouchable. The House will never investigate nor impeach him nor even take away his chairmanship.
His constituents are happy because he continues to steal from others and give to them.
No, Rangel isn't going anywhere and your a fool for appealing to any sense of justice you think he may have.
He got rich the old fashioned way. He got elected to congress then stuck his snout in the trough.
Posted by: krankyman | October 7, 2009 8:05 PM | Report abuse
Won't happen - Rangle is black - he'll be defended to the bitter end. Same as 90K Jefferson.
Posted by: birvin9999 | October 7, 2009 8:22 PM | Report abuse
Bravo; well said.
Posted by: kyoto27 | October 7, 2009 8:33 PM | Report abuse
The liberals are so out of ammo that they equate on of their own fable characters sins of tax avoidance and hiding assets from the IRS, with 2 Republican minor characters personal sex sins. Rangel is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee which is in charge of our tax laws for God"s sake. NOt some unknown backbencher.Stop defending this crooked tax dodger. I just got dunned, correctly, for 1,200 dollars for some gas reinbursement I received from my employer...which I paid. Who in hell is Rangel to lie and cheat with no punishment. He should be in jail.
Posted by: jstratt2 | October 7, 2009 8:37 PM | Report abuse
Since the Democratic controlled House failed to act and the GOP is despirate, then the New York Republicans should recruit someone to be a strong opponent to Rangel in the next election. If the GOP can't find a Republican-then they should throw their support to a liberal Democrat holding another office in his constituency. If the challenger to Rangel wins, don't put up an opponent on this general election. If the challenger fails to defeat Rangel, then the GOP still has the option of another candidate for the general election.
In either case, the House Republicans can use Rangel as a symbol of corruption in the Democratic House for the 2010 cycle..as they try to retake the House.
Posted by: bobby2012 | October 7, 2009 8:43 PM | Report abuse
How can the US Congress maintain any semblance of moral authority for governing when they appear totally incapable of policing themselves? When the top tax author is involved in CORRUPTION that goes unpunished, what does that tell those who are supposed to be abiding by the laws that this body writes??
We have the same type of individuals now working in the White House/cabinet! Sec of Treasury; Sec of HHS; and the husband of the Sec of Labor!
What happened to Pelosi's and Obama's promises of transparent and honest government?
THIS IS PATHETIC FOLKS!! Pelosi and Company have passed being the laughing stock -- Pelosi should be fired for total incompetence, and enabling fraud, waste, and abuse (including Murtha!!).
Posted by: wheeljc | October 7, 2009 8:57 PM | Report abuse
Republicans will now be able to count among their talking points in the mid-term elections which Democrats supported keeping Rangel as Ways and Means chairman in the face of this scandal.
Fine, let it go on to the Ethics Committee and let them "investigate" him; in the end, this guy will be kryptonite to his fellow Democrats and about as supportable as ACORN in voter's eyes.
Posted by: EddietheInfidel | October 7, 2009 9:07 PM | Report abuse
Well, this white boy is a big fan of Charlie Rangel. Charlie is compassionate, wise, extremely funny, tough, productive, and genuine. And, sadly, he's also human. He was awarded a bronze star - and for those of you who don't know what this means; it's a very big deal. A bronze star entitles you to the kind of respect that means you can't be called things like scumbag and sleazeball. The insults stop at "he's human after all". But human he is, and it looks like he screwed up, so Jonathan is right - Charlie has to do what's correct. It breaks my heart. We all lose. But you can be sure that more than 80% of his constituents will keep voting for him as long as he's alive; because they're proud of him, he takes care of them, he's a lovable rogue, and it will be a long time before we see the likes of him again.
Posted by: BrianTRaven | October 7, 2009 9:32 PM | Report abuse
"Charles Rangel throughout his career has shown unusual insight, intelligence and courage."
Ok ok. You're just confused. We're talking about CHARLIE Rangel, the crooked congressman from New York.
You must be talking about your brother in law or something from some other place. CHARLIE Rangel stays in power simply because he keeps spending his way in and gerrymandering. He's a blowhard who will use any means to keep his power.
His concern for the common man disappears when the camera is turned off.
Posted by: Ombudsman1 | October 7, 2009 9:45 PM | Report abuse
It is time for Nancy to do the right thing.
Posted by: concernedaboutdc | October 7, 2009 9:54 PM | Report abuse
Why must America acquiesce to dishonesty's tainting vital Congressional committees? Murtha and Rangel should be booted from heading them.
Posted by: Martial | October 7, 2009 10:07 PM | Report abuse
We protect our own.........
......because we never know when it may be OUR turn in the barrel !!!
Posted by: thgirbla | October 7, 2009 10:07 PM | Report abuse
It's "stationery," not "stationary".
Posted by: yarcan228 | October 7, 2009 10:22 PM | Report abuse
We've seen this movie for many years; some representative of the people makes a series of apparently unethical or even illegal activities while "serving" in D.C. Very seldom does the elected official get the boot, and the House or Senate may reprimand the offender. The list is too long on both sides of the aisle to mention individuals. Some Presidents have lied with impunity and got off without impeachment; Bush is only the latest example of lying to get us into a senseless war, and he was paid for two terms. Clinton lied under oath and served two terms. Reagan lied about the Iran-Contra deal and served two terms. Nixon lied on a daily basis and was elected twice. Do you see a pattern here? The best liars get re-elected. Ford and Carter were too truthful most of the time and served only once.
Posted by: cy31b | October 7, 2009 10:24 PM | Report abuse
Some of these posts in defense of Rep. Rangel seem so very, well, polished beyond the norm for comments. They almost seem salted.
Posted by: perfgeek | October 7, 2009 10:45 PM | Report abuse
Capehart don't become a "Token Tamron" - Write an article about why Ensign and Sanford should resign....
Posted by: danders5000 | October 7, 2009 11:06 PM | Report abuse
A quarter million? I left that in a suit once -- found it like, a year later. That really is kind of annoying to forget where you put things.
Posted by: kls1 | October 7, 2009 11:20 PM | Report abuse
Rangel is just following in the footsteps of his infamous predecessor, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - one of the most corrupt members of congress ever.
If we had term limits for congress we would not have all these problems - like committee chairmen who act like gods.
Posted by: alance | October 8, 2009 12:29 AM | Report abuse
When it comes to issues of corruption, there's really no difference between the parties.. they're both equally crooked.
Take a look at CREW's (Citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington) list of the 15 most corrupt members of congress.8 Dem - 7 GOP.
There is, however, HUGE difference between parties when it comes to their level of denial .
The greatest myth Liberals have been able to perpetuate is that of the "Noble" Democrat, and the "Evil" Republican. Take a cruise of the blog circuit and you'll see this undeserved sense of self-righteousness on display.Elitist Liberals incessantly doling out condescending accusations from their(imaginary) pedestal of superior morality - Makes me wanna puke at times.
This attitude does have a bit of comic value though. They LOVE to portray Republicans as "Dumb Rednecks" which always gives me a giggle...as if being delusional is a better condition to be stricken with.
As for Charlie and his GOP counterparts, they all should be prosecuted.
You break the law, you go to jail. A fact that our lawMAKERS should be keenly aware and respectful of.
Posted by: owebama | October 8, 2009 12:30 AM | Report abuse
Mr. Capehart: You have to know that when a hawg gets his snout in the trough he will stay there as long as he can find something to eat. He has to be smacked away but fellow Dems are loath to do any smacking
Posted by: Mecarswell | October 8, 2009 6:13 AM | Report abuse
Charlie must go. He represents much of what is wrong with Congress, regardless of party. No one's hands are clean.
Posted by: jckdoors | October 8, 2009 8:47 AM | Report abuse
More offensive is the $20 million earmark in the Defense Bill that will go to millionaire Ted Kennedy memorial in Boston. Our troops are being left in isolate outpost, undermanned and ignored, and the democrats are giving $20 million of taxpayer money through the defense budget to a dead millionaire?
The democrats hate the military, and are proving it by giving money intended for troops to a man who hated the military.
Posted by: Cornell1984 | October 8, 2009 9:03 AM | Report abuse
jamespepper, what planet are you on? He hasn't done anything improper? He hid money from the IRS! He didn't pay taxes! He wrote many of the tax laws he broke! Screw the comparisons to the equally morally bankrupt members of the other party. If law is broken, investigate, charge, punish, repeat as necessary. This is the only way the Democratic Party can keep and maintain the moral high ground. Otherwise, they're just Contract With America 2.0.
Posted by: JerWH | October 8, 2009 10:18 AM | Report abuse
Oh, and dander5000, way to pull out the "Uncle Tom" canard on a journalist who appears to be calling it like he sees it. Disgusting.
Posted by: JerWH | October 8, 2009 10:21 AM | Report abuse
Oh, gosh. He's acting like a Republican. Let's string 'im up!
Posted by: kjohnson3 | October 8, 2009 11:25 AM | Report abuse
Did you ask Wilson to resign? Sanford refused to resign and why not check all Congressmen and Senators for that offshore and Island pleasures? Betcha that will turn some heads spinning. This has been one more year! Sex, Hidden Bank Accounts; Wall Street CEO's-oh the webs weaved? Yes indeedy-what bliss been going on? Ha, Ha, Ha! It is not funny but President Obama sure brought the dogs out-Bow Wow!!
That is not critical cause President Obama-I respect and admire but, accountability sure shaking pockets-big time.
"Money, Money, Money!" MONEY!!! This has been better than any Soap Opera. In the news...
Posted by: Scar1 | October 8, 2009 12:07 PM | Report abuse
I disagree with those who want Rangel kicked out. His electorate elected him, would likely re-elect him despite his criminal acitivty, and deserve him as their representative.
Instead, "TAX CHEAT" should be permanently branded across his forehead in 2" high letters to forever remind those whose taxes he is passing judgment on that, like many Democrats, he is for taxing other people's money and that outrageous political hypocrisy underlies everything that government does.
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... in one poem! I illustrated this with the January blues in mind ... these are my two favourite antidotes. A bit of poetry comes a close third remedy. There is something very innocent and endearing about this poem and the line 'I thought she was afeared till she stroked my beard' did make me giggle!
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these are my new twin grandsons. they make grandchild #'s 4 & 5, 2 more on the way.
So many of you guys are such great Blogs and I love to read them. I have not gotten the hang of it yet, all my thoughts and feeling do not come out very easily in written words. But I am going to keep trying.
I have decided to plant a big veggie garden this year. I did not have a garden last year because my surgery was on May 12, planting time. I also realize I am not a very good gardener but I really love to do it, so I am doing it anyway good or not. i also love to can my own foods so I hope the garden will give me enough to can this year. This means I have to work in the garden more and that equals exercise, I may be on to something. i am starting seeds this week end in my green house. I am doing zucchini, yellow crock neck,cucumbers, string beans, snow peas, carrots, lettuce, spinach, tomato's, peppers and herbs. We will see what grows. I will post pic as I go.
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1. I'm 33 weeks pregnant today. I will be SO SO SO happy when she decides to get the heck out of my body. Hopefully only 7 weeks to go.
2. I picked out the girl's Halloween costume. She is going to be a fairy princess. For those that know me, also know that I was totally stressed out about the costume thing. I mean it's probably the last year I get to pick FOR her and I certainly didn't want to screw it up. Ultimately I decided to use the fairy wings we got her at the Ren Festival and get a dress and crown and wand and call it good. So she will be somewhat unique. I wanted her to be something warm and I managed to find a nice long sleeved, long princess dress at Savers and it's big enough I can put stuff on under it, so it doesn't ruin the effect of the costume.
3. We went to pick out pumpkins last weekend. Had a lot of fun, went to the A Maze'n Farm in Eden Valley, They had a ton of stuff to do and the girl had fun and so did we. However, we didn't buy our pumpkins there cause they were too dang expensive, and since we had to pay to get in I couldn't justify it. So Lily and I stopped yesterday and bought some at the grocery store. She is so frickin' excited to see what's inside them it's not even funny. Hopefully I can get her to reach in and grab some goo. We'll see.
4. My house looks like a bomb went off in it. I'm kinda sick of it, but apparently not sick of it enough to actually DO anything about it. One of these days though.
5. Work is slow, REALLY slow. They are talking hour cuts and heaven forbid, layoffs again. I am not thrilled about it but really what can I do? Hopefully they wait until at least I would be off for maternity leave before they lay off anyone. We need every last cent we can get right now.
6. Adam had a week off from work and finally got the front sidewalk done. We've only been planning to re-do it since practically we moved in 3 years ago. It looks great, him and his friends did a good job. Sadly there wasn't much else that got done over his "working" vacation. That's ok, I probably would have done the same.
7. I have some new pictures of the girl, but I am feeling far too lazy to upload and caption them, so I'll try and do it another day. No promises though.


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I enjoy a Sweet Potato(as I know it), by boiling it and then just a sprinkling of salt, pepper and lemon juice :) And my mom's sweet potato chaat brings me immense joy!! It includes fresh boiled & chopped sweet potatoes, banana & guava in tamarind sauce.........YUM :) I can down bowls full of this "nutritious" chaat any given day!!
In my quest to try different recipes with this adorable tuber, I made Paratha's and to make things simpler, made the non-stuffed kind ;) This recipe is inspired from the much talented BurekaBoy's puris.
Sweet Potato Paratha
2 sweet potatoes, boiled
1.5 cups wheat flour (regular chapati atta)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp chili powder, adjust to taste
salt to taste
5-6 mint leaves finely chopped (optional)
(coriander leaves work very well here, but i had just used up my entire stock making chutney, so I tried mint leaves from my beautiful plant, a thoughful gift from a dear blogger friend! )
2 tbsp yogurt/dahi
1 tbsp oil
a few tbsp water to knead the dough
a few tbsp oil to cook the paratha
1. Peel the boiled sweet potatoes.
2. Mix wheat flour, spices, yogurt, oil and mashed sweet potatoes. Mix well to incorporate the spices in to the flour.
3. Add water as required to knead a soft and smooth dough. Keep aside for an hour for the flavors to develop. If pressed for time can make them immediately as well.
4. Heat a griddle/tava. Roll into medium sized parathas and cook like a regular paratha, spreading a few drops of oil on both the sides while cooking them.
5. Keep covered in a box lined with paper napkins. Enjoy these soft and delicious parathas. They are very easy to roll and stay very soft for a long time. Can be served with chutney & pickle of your choice and some yogurt on the side :) They make a wonderful accompaniment to Tea!!!!


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anybody hear on the abc news some girl walked off a plane and got her arm taken off but a plane propeller???
what is she doing by the front of the plane???
Picture getting sucked off by a jet engine though... it would be like extreme sports for people who really love their vacuum cleaners
Saw this article yesterday.
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I think it's funny my friend's dad picked up an old oscilloscope about two years ago and still nobody knows how to work it or what to even do with it.
Makes a good conversational piece I guess.
Complete lack of imagination
Also,it's about time.
From the Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum.
All of those 'splosions were a bit too rich with gasoline if you ask me.
I got one in the beginning of summer - I wish I had one just laying around before it! I was working on designing LED power supplies and needed something to monitor switching frequencies greater than the good 'ol "computer sound card oscope" could handle lol.
Not even a 192 kHz one?
Clucking bell... shouldn't that be in the combustion section?
Any Aussies here watch this Test match today? I was glued to my seat all day. Screw winning the Rugby World Cup, this is my sporting highlight. There were half a dozen occasions in the last 2 hours or so where the favourites would swap from the Kewis (Mark Taylor pronunciation) to the Aussies or vice versa... this is why I love every minute of Test cricket.
What despair looks like after losing a game that lasts 30 hours over 5 days
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URL of the article: http://www.flatmattersonline.com/throwback-thursdays-intrikat-background-2
This weeks Throwback is dedicated to everyone that took part in this classic Intrikat Background Video back in 2001. To this day, still one of the best videos of all time!
Featuring Terry Adams, Bobby Carter, Stephan Cerra, Phil Dolan, Anthony Durbano, Gonz, Chad Johnston, Alex Jumelin, Martti Kuoppa, Mike MacPhaden, Jeff Desroche, Lee Musselwhite, Akira Okamura, Nathan Penonzek, Tagi, Mike Sommer, Jody Temple, James White, Matt Wilhelm, Eno Yang, Kotaro Tanaka, Takashi Ito, Eugene Collins, Scott O' Brien, Eric Stefano, Shawn White.
It's been three years since I last posted this! Enjoy a great trip down memory lane and thank you Chad J for this!
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A gathering of some of my ideas to raise, teach, and clothe yourself and your children with not so much money, a little creativity, and a BIT of time. All paterns and instructions listed are free and I have added lots of links to other peoples ideas as well.
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We have seen firsthand creeping costs, delayed enrollment and extended study timelines with previous studies.
Durham, NC (PRWEB) May 04, 2011
Health Decisions, the leading contract research organization (CRO) in adaptive clinical research, has created a strategic development division that aligns the interests of pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, physicians, and patients with a risk sharing model that accelerates clinical development through incentive based performance and fixed price investments.
Evofem, a women's sexual and reproductive health company, recently chose Health Decisions strategic development division for a global female contraceptive study that will involve 60 sites and 2,800 patients. The objective of the trial is to determine the efficacy and safety of Amphora contraceptive gel compared to a known marketed vaginal contraceptive gel.
"We have seen firsthand creeping costs, delayed enrollment and extended study timelines with previous studies," said Joe Pike, CEO of Evofem. "With Health Decisions' strategic development division, we are confident we will not run into these issues and are willing to reward Health Decisions for even greater results."
On average, only 10 percent of traditional clinical research studies enroll on time and go over budget by 30 percent. Traditional CROs that use a time-and-materials-based model have little incentive to complete a study on time and are actually rewarded the longer the study takes, resulting in more revenue for the CRO.
The fixed-price strategy requires no additional costs outside of the initial partnership from the client, regardless of reworks or delays. Health Decisions becomes a business partner and aligns its goals to the client which is getting safer and better products to patients earlier. Incentive plans are designed to accelerate clinical study performance by reducing timelines focusing on getting the studies completed earlier. Unlike the traditional clinical development model, the Health Decisions strategic develop model rewards performance that results in products to patients faster.
"Pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufactures have been the benefactors of a broken and inefficient process for too long," said Dr. Michael Rosenberg, CEO of Health Decisions. "Because Health Decisions leverages adaptive process well beyond design, we know our sponsors can have a much more efficient solution to bring their products to market."
Health Decisions' new strategic development model creates a sense of urgency to complete the study as efficiently as possible without sacrificing quality to meet the pharmaceutical or medical device companies budget requirements of a fixed-price investment and to be rewarded with incentives for exceeding performance expectations.
Health Decisions designed its new strategy thanks to the results of the Agile Clinical Development approach. Agile Clinical Development takes adaptive research a step further by integrating adaptive design, adaptive operations and Health Decisions' HD360° proprietary technology platform, to target every source of inefficiency in clinical research - from design elements to the day-to-day operational pain points.
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This is one of my FAVORITE things to cook and it is Terry's favorite thing I make. I posted it last year, but a couple people were curious about it so I thought I would post it again! I call it deconstructed chicken parm. or caprese chicken. Either way, I personally think it is delicious.
- 3 to 4 Chicken breast (grilled, baked, or breaded*)
-Fresh basil - as little or as much as you like (chopped)
-1 Small onion (diced)
- Garlic (as little or as much as you like - I use at least 1 tbsp or 3-4 cloves)
-2 containers of cherry tomatoes halved (I actually use more but we really love tomatoes in this house.)
-1 package Fresh mozzarella cheese (thin to medium sliced). If you can't find fresh shredded mozzarella cheese is good, but if you can get fresh use that!
*Now you can grill the chicken, bake it, or bread/fry it (to bread and fry the chicken I suggest pounding out the chicken a bit or buying chicken cutlets so it cooks all the way through and the outside doesn't get burnt but stays golden brown. Then for the breading - place pounded out chicken (or chicken cutlets) in flour, then egg wash, then bread crumbs and fry up in a skillet with a little vegetable oil). I have tried both breaded and grilled and both are wonderful. Just depends what you are in the mood for!
- Grill/bake/fry some chicken breasts. (Your preference.)
Pounded out chicken
- While the chicken is cooking........In a skillet with a little olive oil and over medium heat cook up a small or half a medium onion diced with some garlic.
- After a couple minutes (just enough time to let the onions start to soften) add the halved cherry tomatoes and season with salt and pepper. Let them cook until the tomatoes start to fall apart and are soft and cooked and create a little bit of a sauce.
- Remove from the heat. Add as much chopped fresh basil as you want and let heat through.
- When the chicken is done cooking, place chicken on a baking sheet or oven safe container and add the tomato and basil mixture on top of the chicken breasts.
- Add slices of fresh mozzarella over the tomato mixture. You can also add Parmesan cheese if you like. Sometimes we do sometimes we don't. Heat in the oven for maybe 10 minutes at 350 to make sure the chicken is cooked through and the cheese is melted. (everyone's oven is different so this can vary)
- Serve with pasta, a salad, a veggie or whatever sounds good!
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Teaching in three languages (Tibetan, English, and excellent Mandarin) the Ninth Ogyen Tulku took the throne at Alameda, California's Orgyen Dorje Den this past Sunday to commemorate Longchenpa's anniversary, and to conduct prayers for the swift rebirth of the late Penor Rinpoche. The event was well attended, and the temple beautifully decorated with lights and flowers.
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Project Overview: Cafe Fanny was previously owned by legendary Chef, Restauranteur, and Pioneer in the Organic arena, Alice Waters for almost 30 years. With Alice Water's blessing, Cafe Fanny was signed over to CC Made's founder, Cassandra Chen. Cassandra has not only maintained the quality of the organic granola line by using the same staff, kitchen, and handmade recipe, but has added a few new flavors into the granola mix to best service the loyal clientele. Cafe Fanny remains one of the oldest and first Organic Granola Companies.
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I always love trying new recipes, so I don't usually make the same thing twice unless it's really good. So you should know it's really saying something that I've made this Thai coconut soup more times than I can remember.
This soup recipe comes from my favorite vegetarian cookbook, Linda McCartney On Tour.* Ms. McCartney was an animal rights activist who refused to "eat anything with a face." Her cookbook is fantastic and contains recipes influenced by all sorts of different world cultures and cuisines. I do have to say that I disagree with her choice of name for this recipe -- she calls it "tom yum soup," but it has pretty much zero in common with tom yum (at least as I'm familiar with it). This soup has more in common with tom kha gai, since it has a coconut base, except this is a vegetarian version with lots more veggies. And in my opinion, more deliciousness.
Whatever you want to call it, this soup has lots of wonderful flavors, and like all good soups it tastes even better the next day.
Thai Coconut Soup
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1 medium onion, chopped finely
- 1 fresh jalapeno pepper (or other, if your store has interesting types), seeded and minced
- 2 stalks lemongrass (if my store doesn't have it, I sometimes add some lime zest instead)
- 3/4 pound eggplant, cut into half-inch cubes
- One 14-ounce can of diced tomatoes in juice
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- One 14-ounce can of coconut milk
- Cilantro, anywhere from 2 to 4 tablespoons (or none at all)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 to 1 cup cooked jasmine, basmati, or long grain brown rice
- Chopped peanuts, for garnish
Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat and add the oil. When it is hot, add the garlic, onion, jalapeno, and lemongrass stalks (leave them whole, or at least in large enough pieces that you can easily remove them later). Stir-fry for 2 minutes, then add the eggplant and cook for about 4 minutes until it has browned. Stir in the sugar and tomatoes, and mix well. Add the stock, coconut milk, and cilantro (if using). Bring to a simmer, season to taste with salt and pepper, and simmer gently for about 5-10 minutes. Add the rice about 2 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Remove the lemongrass, pour the soup into bowls, and garnish with the chopped peanuts.
*Note: to be distinguished from my favorite vegan cookbook, which is definitely Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero. You'll definitely see recipes from that book cropping up on this blog more than once.


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Baby Footprints.....yes, REAL baby footprints taken from the hospital! I can do hand prints, drawings and much more too!
But it doesn't stop there....here I have taken a picture of a leaf and etched it to make a pendant-I dressed it up a little with a tube set garnet.
And finally a hand drawn wave (gotta love Southern California!)
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The second graders at our school have been memorizing poems all year. It's been a bit challenging for Kaydon, who couldn't read at the beginning of the year. But, he did it. He has the GREATEST teacher, Mrs. Swinyard. Really. She is the greatest. Proof= Kaydon was the second grader who scored the LOWEST on the math test at the beginning of the year. He is one of THREE second graders who scored 100% on the end-of-the-year math test!
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I am starting to look back at my relationship, with a different perspective. I know that it was a horrible marriage and he was abusive toward me. I was recently explained, that the "abuser" has a "we" plan and if you deviate from his "we" plan, than he will start to treat you poorly and become abusive. He wants you to think like him, and conform to his ideologies, beliefs, values, and behavior. During, this time, you begin to lose your sense of self, and start conforming to what he wants you to become, "an image of himself". It took over 1 year to realize that there is nothing wrong with me, just because I am not like him. I learned this just recently after dating several men. They were all very different, and none were alike. Some liked to golf and like sports, and on the other hand some liked boating and riding motorcycles. I am learning to embrace myself, and at the same time learning more about myself everyday. No one is no longer telling me "who I am", instead I am defining who I am. Do you know who you are?


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This is, as the saying goes, some deep shit!
Aaron Dykes & Alex Jones / Jones Report | June 5, 2006
Goddamn fucking fascist motherfuckers, may they swallow anti-freeze cocktails, and perish in abject misery.
Manchester, NH - Freelance reporter Matt Lepacek, reporting for Infowars.com, was arrested for asking a question to one of Giuliani's staff members in a press conference. The press secretary identified the New York based reporter as having previously asked Giuliani about his prior knowledge of WTC building collapses and ordered New Hampshire state police to arrest him.Jason Bermas, reporting for Infowars and America: Freedom to Fascism, confirmed Lepacek had official CNN press credentials for the Republican debate. However, his camera was seized by staff members who shut off the camera, according to Luke Rudkowski, also a freelance Infowars reporter on the scene. He said police physically assaulted both reporters after Rudkowski objected that they were official members of the press and that nothing illegal had taken place. Police reportedly damaged the Infowars-owned camera in the process.
Reporters were questioning Giuliani staff members on a variety of issues, including his apparent ignorance of the 9/11 Commission Report, according to Bermas. The staff members accused the reporters of Ron Paul partisanship, which press denied. It was at this point that Lepacek, who was streaming a live report, asked a staff member about Giuliani's statement to Peter Jennings that he was told beforehand that the WTC buildings would collapse.
Giuliani's press secretary then called over New Hampshire state police, fingering Lepacek.
Though CNN staff members tried to persuade police not to arrest the accredited reporter-- in violation of the First Amendment, Lepacek was taken to jail. The police station told JonesReport.com that Lepacek is being charged with felony criminal trespass. Multiple witnesses on the scene reported that the state police were also heard discussing charges of espionage.


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PARIS (AP) — French police discovered bomb-making materials in an underground parking lot near Paris as part of a probe of an "extremely dangerous terrorist cell" linked to an attack on a kosher grocery, a state prosecutor said Wednesday.
Interior Minister Manuel Valls said some of the 12 suspected cell members arrested over the weekend appeared to have plans to go to Syria to fight in its civil war. Valls, quoted in an interview posted Wednesday on the website of Paris Match magazine, said some had "unquestionably" spent time in Tunisia and Egypt. He did not elaborate.
Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said the discovery of the bomb-making materials late Tuesday in Torcy, east of the capital, led authorities to invoke a rarely used legal clause to allow them to extend questioning of the 12 suspects by a day — and possibly two.
Authorities have been on high alert for possible terror attacks by radical Islamists after a Frenchman who claimed links to al-Qaida shot and killed three Jewish children, a rabbi and three paratroopers in southern France in March.
A counterterrorism official, speaking only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said authorities were working to try to verify a possible link to Syria.
The case amounts to one of the biggest break-ups of a suspected Islamic terror cell in years in France, and the international link revived memories of the height of the Iraq war in the mid-2000s — when counterterrorism authorities dismantled a string of feeder cells that sent or plotted to send fighters to join the combat against U.S.-led allied forces there.
French authorities have been particularly concerned that the young militants might gain important skills in combat, bomb-making and other terrorism tactics abroad — then later return home to carry out attacks.
Investigators were led to the parking lot through information collected during questioning of the suspects, who were arrested in weekend raids across France in a probe of a firebombing of the grocery north of Paris last month, Molins said.
Authorities believe the two organizers of the Sept. 19 grenade attack in Sarcelles are in custody, Molins said. However, he suggested that the two people who actually carried it out could still be at large.
"When there is a serious risk of the imminence of a terrorist action in France, police custody — after 96 hours — can be extended by 24 hours," Molins told reporters at the downtown Paris courthouse.
It was only the second such extension since a 2006 revision to France's powerful anti-terrorism legislation. In most terrorism cases, police can detain suspects for questioning for up to four days before preliminary charges are filed or the suspects are released for a lack of enough evidence to merit prosecution.
In Torcy, investigators recovered bags of potassium nitrate, sulfur, saltpeter, headlight bulbs and a pressure cooker — "all products or instruments useful to make what are called 'improvised explosive devices,'" Molins said.
"We can say that we are clearly and objectively facing an extremely dangerous terrorist cell," he said.
Masked police investigators, backed by riot police, returned to the apartment building and underground lot in Torcy to continue poring over the contents for much of the day Wednesday — before leaving in a half dozen unmarked police cars, some containing bags.
French President Francois Hollande, speaking at a news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, said: "Let's let the investigations play out, because we haven't brought everything to light" in the case.
On Saturday, police shot the suspected leader of the cell, Jeremie Louis-Sidney, after he opened fire on them during a raid in Strasbourg. Police found weapons, cash and a list of Paris-area Israeli associations after raids in Strasbourg, near the Riviera resort of Cannes, and in the Paris area — including Torcy.
Molins said Saturday that the suspects in custody were French and recent converts to Islam. Four of the men involved in the raid had written wills. One was carrying a loaded gun when arrested.
Justice Minister Christiane Taubira said the prosecutor and police investigators were conducting their work "with the necessary seriousness and meticulousness, clearly in respect of our state of law."
Retiree Jacqueline Pierre-Brebois, a resident of the Torcy apartment building, said she and her husband were frightened after learning of the stash right under them.
"We thought, 'we're sleeping over a pressure cooker' — because we live right above the garage," she told AP Television News. "We didn't know what was happening, but it's true it was worrisome ..."
"We haven't slept for the three days since they arrested somebody here," Pierre-Brebois said of herself and her husband, Philippe.
Sylvie Corbet in Paris and Nicolas Garriga in Torcy, France, contributed to this report.


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8 am Trinidad Harbor - Walking the dog
9 am Strolling along the Pacific Ocean
10 am Yard Sale
11 am The Discovery Museum
Love the morning ocean views! (I wonder if we're the only ones who managed to take the photos this time round?)
I've spent some time in Northern California for work, and seeing these just makes me miss it more! BTW, I hope you bought that leg lamp! It's pretty sweet;)
Megan, sorry, I was a bit tardy posting my pictures from Saturday, but they're there now.
Thanks for taking part!
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Air Force HPSP Scholarship
Has anyone gone through the HPSP program offered by the Air Force? Can you tell me about it? I spoke with a recruiter and he recommended that I talk with people that have done it to get an objective perspective.
Also on COT; two websites give two different schedules: one starts at 0500 and one at 0515 and the end of the day one at 21:00 and one at 23:00. Can someone tell me what their specific schedule was during COT.
Thank you for your time and help.
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from USJan 14, '11I have also been considering HSPS. I talked with a recruiter and I am in the process of getting my packet together. I am curious about what you find out!Jan 15, '11So far, no one has responded but you. If you find more out from anyone please let me know as well.Jan 22, '11I am very much interested in this as well (just heard about it a few days ago from a coworker). I found your post during the beginning of my Googling, so I have lots to research still, but it sounds like it is highly competitive?? Said coworker also mentioned that there are limited spots per year and her recruiter said there are only three or so left (though I don't know if this is in the state, nation, nusing specialty, etc). Heard anything??Jan 30, '11The healthcare recruiter I talked to said that HPSP is open to people going to school for nurse practitioner and that it is best to complete the application just prior or at the same time as applying to a university program. Sorry...that's all I have.Jan 30, '11I can answer the COT question. That schedule is just a Guideline. lol. Depending on the day, you generally have to be dressed and ready and formed up by 0445. Wake up is no earlier than 0430. Now you try to get 2 people into 1 bathroom, get your hair up properly (or shave for men), in 10 minutes! lol. We all cheated and broke the rules and set our alarms for 4am and dressed in the dark so they wouldn't see our lights on. After the days scheduled events, you are not done. There are meetings and projects to get done. Lights out is at 2330. We rushed to get to be by then, and often read/studied by flashlights. Weekends you are off unless your flight has activities. But you are still on lockdown in the dorms. We slept then.
The HPSP scholarships were all med students in my COT class. They did COT and then back to school. they get paid during their education years and then owe the military time. It's a great program. But when your done and ready to serve, it'll have been years since COT and it would be a difficult transition I think. My 2cents.Aug 26, '12I am also extremely interested in this program, I have contacted an AF recruiter and am waiting to hear back, any information I find out I will be sure to share!
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Postal service asks to drop Saturday deliveries
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
USA Today reports that mail carriers may spend their Saturday's home watching college football this fall if their request to ditch weekend delivery is approved by Congress. I don't know about you, but, while I was aware that the Postal Service wasn't exactly killing it bottom-line-wise, it comes as news to me that they too are struggling with "massive debt".
The U.S. Postal Service will move this month toward reducing mail delivery from six days a week to five, a change Postmaster General John Potter has said is critical to reducing its massive debt.Is anyone not borrowing from the Treasury Department these days?
Potter said Monday he'll submit a formal request by the end of this month to the Postal Regulatory Commission, which must issue an advisory opinion on any change in mail service that would have national impact.
"We know we're going to have less mail in 2020 than we have today," Potter says. "We can't freeze wages. We can't freeze fuel costs."
Once Potter makes the request, the Postal Regulatory Commission will hold public hearings in Washington and around the USA and seek expert testimony, Commission Chairwoman Ruth Goldway said.
The Postal Service has already borrowed $10 billion from the U.S. Treasury. Potter says it expects to borrow another $3 billion this year, leaving it just $2 billion under the $15 billion cap set by Congress.
Wards of the state Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac along with the FDIC, the FHA, and other government agencies are already getting billions from Tim Geithner and the crew at Treasury or they soon will - what's a few billion more for the Post Office?


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It's now been about 18 months since I started learning Norwegian. Some periods of that time have been quite intensive, others have been much more passive and slow (read: lazy). After this weekend's trip to Norway, I wanted to think through my progress and evaluate honestly - and I summarise my thoughts in Norwegian below.
My main weakness has always been in conversation, and specifically listening comprehension, something I've found particularly difficult in Norwegian compared to other languages due to the range of dialects and accents present. But even though I know I've improved, and often I can understand what's being said by others, I'm still not jumping in and having those conversations in Norwegian.
I really do still have a lack of confidence, and many conversations will switch or drift into English - sometimes that's my doing, while other times the Norwegian will change to English to make things easier.
And that's the right thing to be doing. While I want to learn Norwegian, and take advantage of the opportunities presented to me in a visit to Norway, my trips there are not language-learning expeditions - they're a holiday. And I'm there to have fun with friends old and new. And the problem is that me speaking Norwegian often isn't conducive to that kind of fun - it's difficult to keep up fun, sponteneous conversation and it also risks me getting stressed, confused and frustrated.
Whether it's dancing in a club, chatting about boys or throwing ice cubes down each other's clothes, these are all things that are best done in the language that most people speak best - and that's in English. The split second of waiting for me to form a witty comeback in Norwegian can be enough to shatter the mood, and I don't want that. I'd love to be doing these things in Norwegian, with Norwegians, but at the moment I just can't do that well enough.
I really hope that the people I met at the weekend didn't think I was lazy for reverting back to English so often. I want to have a good time, and I want you to have a good time with me. And I know I certainly did.
If you're Norwegian and reading this, please comment and let me know what you think (in Norwegian!). And do please keep helping me. If the opportunity presents itself, speak to me in Norwegian. Be helpful and clear. Tolerate me a little and help me along, especially if I actually seem to be doing well, forming real sentences and not getting nervous and stuttery about it. I love speaking Norwegian with you, and I want to do it more. But I want us all to have a fun time too.
På norsk:
Før meg, vanskeligste på norsk er å høre og forstå bra, og det er spesielt vanskelig på norsk. Mer og mer kan jeg forstå hva nordmenn sier, men jeg fremdeles ikke snakker med og tilbake. Jeg mangler selvtillit, og ofte snakker vi på engelsk.
Men kanskje det er bedre. Jeg vil lære norsk, men jeg er i Norge til å ha det gøy med vennene mine - det er ferie! Og noen ganger når jeg snakker norsk er det ikke egnet å ha det gøy, fordi jeg snakker ikke nok bra, og jeg vil ikke bli frustrert!
Og nå vi er ute, og danser på en bar eller prater om gutter eller kaste is i bukser, er det bedre å snakke engelsk sammen, og ikke norsk, fordi for alle er engelsk mer naturlig i denne situasjonen. Det går bedre for alle om vi snakker engelsk. Folk vil ikke vente på meg å tenke om noe på norsk, fordi det kan ødelegge kvelden for alle. Jeg vil at jeg kunne gjøre det på norsk, men for nå kan jeg ikke, så sikkert det er bedre at vi snakker engelsk sammen.
Jeg veldig liker å snakke norsk, og vil bli bedre. Så, nordmenn, hjelp meg! Snakk med meg og vær klart! Vent litt på meg, støtte meg, spesielt om det virker at jeg snakker bra uten mange feil eller uten å bli nervøs! Men på samme tid jeg vil at vi kan alle ha det gøy - og denne helgen helt sikkert hadde jeg det veldig gøy med dere!


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Sunday, April 6, 2008
WHFS 102.3 Weasel: Wed Evening 01-26-1983, Shared By Robbie
It's a rainy day here in the D.C. area, a perfect day to post some cool WHFS tapes.
Here is another super fine setlist and show from legendary Disc Jockey Weasel (Jonathan Gilbert), taped in the evening of the 26th of January 1983. You get cool local commercials, The Concert Connection, featuring long lost clubs and bands, The Jobline, UPI World News, The Weather and all this great party music.
Paula Lockhart, Jona Lewie, Brian Briggs [SEE YOU ON THE OTHER], Ginger Baker, Squeeze, Bram Tchaikovsky, Elvis Costello, The Who, George Harrison, The Rockin' Dakotas, Dave Edmunds, Marshall Crenshaw, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Tom Petty, The Concert Connection, R.E.M, Doug and the Slugs, The Flaming Groovies, Marvin Gaye, Bar-Kays, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, Dexies Midnight Runners, Ian Dury, The Beatles, Captain Sensible, The Inmates, D.O.A., The Nightcaps, The Memphis Rockabilly Band, Duke Robbilard, Eddie Angel, Charlie and the Eggs, The Ramones, The Sleepers, Transistor Sister, Freddie 'Boom Boom' Cannon, David Lindley, NRBQ, Todd Rundgren
346MB, MP3@320, Two 90 Minute Maxell UDXLII Cassette Tapes
Hadn't heard that Brian Briggs tune in a while.
Frankie was a modder, the King of Merton Park,
in his triple sole, brown suede floaters,
he could run fast in the dark.
Big Moe stepped on his toe
so to get Moe off his back,
he played hooky,
to play chicken,
down on the railroad tracks.
Goodbye Frankie
So long.
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
Frankie and Moe rode their scooters to the corner of Camley and Rue,
they waited at the end of the tunnel for the 309 to come through.
Frankie smiled and spit on the ground
the 309 was on time,
He knew Moe would never have the guts
to be the last one over the line.
Goodbye Frankie
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
Goodbye Frankie
(so long)
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
Frankie waited far too long
you could see in his face this was it,
Frankie knew he'd never beat that train
and he didn't give a shit.
(scooter sounds)
Goodbye Frankie
so long mate.
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
Goodbye Frankie
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
Goodbye Frankie
(so long)
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
Goodbye Frankie
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
Goodbye Frankie
(so long)
Goodbye Frankie,
I'll see you on the other side.
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thanks rainy day; Robbie, Jim and HFS. It's a gorgeous day in Chicago where I walked listening to random. Mark's show came on; he was a bit obnoxious....
- April 6, 2008 at 3:40 PM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
Thanks for checking in Bill...Sorry to hear Mark was obnoxious...Hope to get a tape or two of yours posted soon...
- April 6, 2008 at 3:55 PM
love the way the train whistle comes in on Brian Briggs song to knock down the curse word. Yes, it's in your new collection as well.
- April 6, 2008 at 10:52 PM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
And I am Grateful!
- April 6, 2008 at 11:24 PM
- The Walking Dead Man (TWDM) said...
TWDM Gives Back:
- April 10, 2008 at 10:10 PM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
How friggin cool is that?
You rule Walking Dead Man!
I never even seen the album, and confess, never looked for it either!
Much appreciated...Thanks!
- April 10, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- The Walking Dead Man (TWDM) said...
No problem - this is my own vinyl rip from a pristine LP I bought from someone in Spain via Ebay. A friend in college turned me on to BB when it came out and I had been searching ever since.
I am still perfecting my A to D conversion and if I ever come up with a better sounding version, I will let you know.
Thanks for all the great WHFS stuff!
- April 11, 2008 at 6:38 PM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
Well keep up the good work, it sounds pretty good to me!
Cya on the otherside
- April 11, 2008 at 7:27 PM
hello mate
i found this show on your site completely by chance.thanks for posting it and brightening up a rainy day here in spain!cheers
- July 12, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
thanks for the feedback!
- July 13, 2008 at 2:48 PM
i really enjoyed listening to this especially all the commercials etc.this may sound strange but have you ever posted a compilation just of radio ads,jingles etc.?id love to hear one if you ever get round to doing it.i have a c.d compilation of old english radio ads from the 60's which is always good for a laugh that i could send you a link for in return.
anyway thanks again mate!
- July 22, 2008 at 5:21 PM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
cool to hear your comments and your enjoying the commercials...It is interesting how things change over time. Doubt I'll ever get around to posting a compilation of commercials. Feel free to download all these radio tapes and make one your self tho...Thanks again for the feedback!
- July 22, 2008 at 7:22 PM
as a life long dc resident, youve
managed to blow my shorts off...
i once contributed to john page and chris thompson @ WGTB back in the day - and it sure as hell is sweet to stumble across this nugget
of pure psychedelly/bethesda shizz !
many many thanks !
jim g.
- July 21, 2011 at 8:49 PM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
Thanks for the comment Doc!
You will find tons more great stuff here...Enjoy!
- July 22, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- mayewil7 said...
Back in the day, I listened to Weasel in the D.C. area. Friday afternoons I loved hearing a couple songs that really revved up end-of-work week. One was called "Thank God It's Friday". But I can't find it on YouTube. Can you tell me the song title and artist? There were at least two songs played back-to-back at around 5:00 PM on Friday's.
- September 23, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
Someone posted the info in one of these 'HFS posts...dig around..you might find it...sorry if I'm a bit lazy today...
- September 23, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- mister muleboy said...
sorry to revive long-lost pursuits, but
is there an active link for this anywhere? Or can one be posted?
If so, yers truly would be
truly happy. . . .
- March 22, 2017 at 8:31 AM
- Camarillo Brillo said...
Here ya go mister muleboy... http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/TveyI43B/file.html
Sorry, but I sadly compressed most of my old WHFS files to save disk space. Still sounds great.
- March 22, 2017 at 9:15 AM
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I've downloaded plenty of bootlegged concerts from various blogs. As a rule I will only post stuff from my collection and not what is already available out there.
I also post out of print CDs and LPs from my collection.
I will repost from my readers anything someone sends me as long as it is either out of print or something that's not from someone else's blog. If you want to share a link for a cool item on your blog, or someone else's, please feel free to post it in the comments........
Enjoy and please leave a comment and pass this blog along.
Can you believe that so many out there are starving for the old WHFS? Amazing!
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Tonight is the first of Season 10 for American Idol. Are you excited? I've got mixed emotions.
We've been Idol watchers since Season 2. Faithfully. Last season really had us wondering about the show, the judges, the contestants, etc. We just about lost interest and we were actually glad when the show was done in May.
This year is bringing quite a few changes - some good; some not so good (in my opinion). Here are some of my thoughts on a few of the changes I read about:
- I've never been a fan of Randy, Jennifer Lopez or Steven Tyler. So as far as the judges go, I'll just have to be patient.
- They have lowered the age limit from 16 to 15. Not so sure about this change.
- They have moved the air days to Wednesday and Thursday. That doesn't really bother me.
- They are not picking 6 guys and 6 girls to make up the top 12. They are simply picking the TOP 12. I LOVE this and feel it should have been this way all along.
What about you? Are you and Idol fan? Are you looking forward to the start of Season 10?


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GEEK 2013: the best of gaming – Reader's Feature
A reader returns to this year's games expo in Kent, with a report from the four day event that aims to celebrate the best of modern and retro gaming.
Readers with a long memory may remember that last year I attended GEEK 2012 (Games Expo East Kent) at the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent. Well, after its successful debut last week GEEK 2013 took place at the same venue running from 21st to 24th February.
For those of you that don't know GEEK 2013 is exposition that celebrates computer games and has hundreds of consoles and thousands of games to play on, with tournaments, talks and presentations, and cosplay masquerades all happening as well. GEEK 2013's message is to meet, make and play.
I was already in a geeky mood after watching Wreck-It Ralph at the cinema and staying up late to watch the PlayStation 4 announcement the day before, so GEEK 2013 was the perfect tonic to quench my need gaming needs.
I attended the event with friend wickenbreux (gamertag)/joshlegend (PSN ID) but sadly we could only attend on the Thursday and Friday. With so much going on over the coming days it was impossible to experience everything on offer but my aim was to play as many games as possible, preferably ones I never played before.
I started off with the arcade versions of Killer Instinct, Silent Scope and Pac-Man, while wickenbreux was glued to the Donkey Kong Jr. machine. He was determined to have the high score at the end of each day, a feat he achieved. Sitting alongside arcade machines were long rows of classic pinball machines, my personal favourite was the Star Wars machine.
The highlight of the first day was when wickenbreux got interviewed by BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, which made the BBC national news at six (which I haven't heard the end of by the way).
We soon sampled the console games but I soon found myself being drawn back to the same two games, Micro Machines: Turbo Tournament 96 (Mega Drive) and Mr Driller (Dreamcast). Micro Machines was so addictive, especially Versus mode and it definitely brought out my competitive side. Later that night when I got home I managed to find a copy on eBay and subsequently purchased a copy of the game.
The other game Mr Driller, I had never even heard about before but now I can say is one of my favourite games. It is a simple to play, difficult to master type puzzle game where you have to drill down screens of coloured boxes, while having to keep you air supply topped up with air capsules and avoiding being squashed by falling boxes. The game doesn't sound like much but once you play it you won't be able to stop. There are numerous versions of this game on a variety of consoles so try and track down a copy.
Other standout games I would have liked to spend a bit more time on were Kula World (PlayStation), Viewtiful Joe 2 (GameCube) and Gunstar Heroes (Mega Drive) but time was always against us.
On the Friday there was a sectioned off 18+ only area where the mature games were available to sample. Various Call Of Duties were on offer and the full game of the newly released Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the Xbox 360.
Of the more recent games on offer we also played FIFA 2013 but with a slight twist. We played this game of FIFA at the Special Effects Charity stand, who use technology to help people play computer games, regardless of any disability. We both had specially built 'controllers', they were more like arcade joypads, to use when playing the game. We had to use a joystick to move the players who were set to auto-run and only use two 'buttons' to control everything else. We soon got use to the setup and enjoyed a few games and overall the charity looked like it was doing great work in helping people play video games whatever their needs.
During the two days I did learn that in contrast to the bigger expos like Eurogamer, although GEEK was busy there were hardly any queues or long waits when you wanted to play something due to the sheer size of the amount of games and events on offer. Moreover I found GEEK 2013 to be the perfect blend of both retro and modern gaming which I think you will struggle to find anywhere else.
Don't worry if you missed out this time as they have already confirmed they are coming back next year for GEEK 2014.
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I promised some new posts for this blog, but I was just stuck on the T for about 40 minutes longer than necessary, I already have a bit to write tonight and I'm not quite feeling up to it. So here's a compromise, on my end at least: a piece new to you, but not to me. It's a selection from an unpublished essay I wrote on Woody Allen years ago, revived in honor of seeing Manhattan on the big screen recently, with Gordon Willis in attendance. Even with the cinematographer on hand to speak after the show, it was hard to focus exclusively on the photography: the image, the performances, the story all blend seamlessly together in one of Woody's finest pictures. Here, then, in a moment of frustration with my own city let me turn my gaze towards Allen's idealized metropolis...
(P.S. The time it took me to actually dig up this old piece made this not so economical after all, but at least it didn't take much mental energy...)
[Following Interiors, Allen's] next picture was just right for the times, a last summation of the seventies spirit before it was swallowed by the feel-good comforts of the Reagan era. In 1979's Manhattan, Allen returned to the combination of seriousness and comedy that had worked so well with Annie Hall, but without the hectic and buzzing style. In fact, the director made a very interesting stylistic choice with Manhattan: instead of using the form to reinforce the content, he does the reverse, letting the look and feel of the film offset and balance the story and characters. While analyzing the struggles and flaws of a few Manhattan love affairs he glorifies the city around them. Manhattan's uplift derives from the romantic possibilities provided by the beautiful city, photographed in black-and-white Panoramic widescreen.
The film's most famous sequence is its opening, which features a gorgeous montage of New York City's skyline, streets, and people, in all seasons, scored to "Rhapsody in Blue." On the soundtrack, Isaac (Woody Allen) crisply revises the opening lines of his new novel, finally settling on: "Chapter One. He was as tough and romantic as the city he loved. Beneath his black-rimmed glasses was the coiled sexual power of jungle cat. (I love this.) New York was his town, and it always would be…" Cue the transcendent finale to "Rhapsody," bring on the wide shot of the fireworks in Central Park, and you've got a grand prelude. It has little to do with the rest of the film, but perfectly sets the background mood, so that we can move on to the more intimate stuff. This opening sequence is Manhattan in a nutshell: admittedly pretentious but technically brilliant, with an enthusiasm that washes away any lingering tastes of self-importance.
Formally, Manhattan is like a finely-tuned instrument that never misses a beat, sharing its perfectly modulated outpouring of joy with the George Gershwin soundtrack. The final scene of the movie is a masterpiece of measured dialogue, camerawork, and music; and the closing expression on Isaac's face speaks volumes. This formal maturity, however, is a double-edged sword. If the movie has a flaw it is that it may be too self-assured, the confidence of the style seeping into the characters as well; it lacks the frenetic goofiness of Annie Hall that made that film so fresh, honest, and endearing. The bourgeois smugness of many of the characters signals an artistic impulse that will come to envelop much of Allen's work. Here it is redeemed somewhat by the vulnerability of its central characters.
For example, Mary (Diane Keaton) is not as arrogant as she first appears; when they first meet (she's having an affair with his married best friend) Isaac can't stand her. But after they run into each other again and begin to talk, he discovers she actually has very low self-esteem. As for Allen's character, any smugness he may suffer has to be a defense mechanism. His self-assured balloon is constantly being pierced: by his lesbian ex-wife (Meryl Streep) who writes a tell-all book about their marriage; by his guilt over sleeping with Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), a 17-year-old who thinks they'll spend the rest of their life together; and by the weakness of his friend Yale (Michael Murphy), who ends up stealing Mary back after setting her up with Isaac.
Isaac's quest in this movie is for stability and some sort of moral structure. While Yale ends up whining "we're only human" to justify his own behavior, Isaac tries to hold himself to a higher moral standard. That is why he is always telling Tracy that she shouldn't waste all her love on him; he tries to remind her that she's still in high school and has her whole future ahead of her and she should pursue an opportunity to study acting in England rather than keep dating him. In the end, when he realizes his love for Tracy and tries to stop her from going overseas, it's a moral lapse; he's abandoned his better judgment to his emotions, the same way that Yale did. But Isaac is lucky; his high standards have rubbed off on Tracy, who gently rebuffs him with the same advice he gave her. It's Isaac's realization that finally his morals have paid off—albeit in a bittersweet way—which gives the story it's redemptive, ever-so-optimistic resolution.
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Sure I still get e-mails offering the newest and most advanced herbal reproductive organ supplements, but lately there have been more offers for generic Viagra, Cialis, and other ED medication - mailed discretely from a reputable "Canadian" pharmacy. My spam folder thinks that I'm getting less concerned about the size of my God given endowment (a young man's issue) than I am about my ability to keep said God given endowment attentive and able to be utilized (more of a mature man's issue).
And yes there are still plenty of hot Russian and Ukrainian women offering themselves as candidates to be my next wife. And yes they are still more than happy to offer graphic descriptions of their abilities and proclivities, but nowadays they seem more likely to be seeking "distinguished gentlemen" or state they are "good for a mature man" (yes these are both quotes from recent spam I've received). What gives? I'm neither distinguished or mature.
Fewer are the promises to find hot young singles in my area, and more frequent are the solicitations to locate that high school classmate before my upcoming reunion. Have I crossed the imaginary spam line from likely to be seeking hot young singles to be more likely to be undergoing some midlife crisis by reuniting with a high school flame*? I'm closer to my 10 year high school reunion (it was a while ago) than I am to my 25 year reunion (it's not for a while), so what gives?
*the joke's on them. I was not the most popular dude in high school and don't really have any long lost high school flames pining for me. I know, I know this is hard for you to believe, but it's true.
I get more offers for cruises, genuine Rolex watches, and tees times at the most exclusive golf courses than I used to receive. These all seem like offers and possessions of an affluent older gentleman, not a young dashing gentleman such as myself. Does my spam folder think I'm getting old? Yeah, I do.


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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Happy New Year!
Hi all,
Happy New Year to everyone! Hope you all had a lovely night. I decided to stay home last night since it is still revoltingly hot here (I am sooo NOT a fan of the heat and a week of 38C-40C is testing my patience). I spent NYE watching TV shows I had taped over this last month ... I had a few gin and tonics too, I'm not completely anti-celebration. Of course I got silly and stayed up until 1am, then my morning loving six year old came and bounced on me at 6:30am -- luckily some Panadol and lots of water has made me feel more human now.
I have so much to catch up on, and things to post that I have made. I did really well this Christmas season, getting out all my Christmas cards and I made four kid's door signs for some friends.
As for my New Year's resolutions ... I am ashamed to say I will have to recycle my list of "things I want to achieve" from last year. Moving house seemed to distract me for most of the year -- and the evil Kindle took up another chunk of my year. I need to fight my inner procrastinator every day just to get things done.
One thing I did achieve last year was to go to a scrapbooking class once a month and scrap the previous month. I have nearly finished the whole year... one more class and some journalling to finish and I will be done. It is the first/most scrapping I've done in ages, so I'm pleased I stuck with it and it's nearly done.
Now I'm setting myself a bigger challenge for 2013. I've had the Project Life stuff for 12 months or more now -- time to crack on and get it done!
Craziness! ... it just "dropped" to 30C and there is a bit of a breeze so I have turned off the aircon and opened all the doors to get some fresh air in the house. Looking forward to Thursday as it is supposed to be 27C here - yay!
Anyway, best get on and entertain Miss Six. Will download photos to computer and put up all my projects ASAP.
Take care,
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