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Nationally Syndicated Cartoonist: "Only idiots signed up; only idiots died. Back home, the average I.Q. soared."
If you've never heard of Ted Rall, consider yourself blessed. I've been following him for quite a long time, but only because he is so absurd as to be almost comedic. That quote in the title is only part of the ridiculousness that spews forth from this guy on an almost daily basis.
What brought him to my attention again recently was this column he wrote about the SEAL raid on OBL:
President Obama's Sunday evening announcement, timed to fill Monday's papers with a sickening orgy of gleeful triumph but little information, prompted bipartisan high-fives and hoots all around. "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chanted a mob of drunken oafs in front of the White House. Blending the low satire of two Bush-era classic send-ups of a nation allergic to self-reflection, "Team America: World Police" and "Idiocracy," they set the tone for a week or a month or whatever of troop-praising, God-blessing-America, frat-boy self-backslapping. "So that's what success looks like," wrote New York Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley in the paper's special ten-page "The Death of Bin Laden" pull-out section.
The whole diatribe is worth reading for the sheer humor (or, more likely anger) that you get from it. But, I decided that I would plop down my personal credit card and purchase his silly book Anti-American Manifesto on Amazon. Ranked #280,416 in Books, (100,000 places behind Frommer's Guide to Delaware for instance) it would seem that most folks missed this piece of fiction masquerading as intellectual thought, but your humble blogger managed to read it in a bit under 3 hours. (I'll never get those hours back, but I suppose I could have spent it in worse ways, watching Army Wives or Teen Moms for instance.)
This review was a dead giveaway on what I would find:
The Anti-American Manifesto is a "wake up call" for all Americans to stop deluding themselves with all that American Dream drivel and propaganda. Our country is fundamentally collapsing around us as once cherished institutions frantically fray about trying to maintain a minimal sense of order. We need to start a serious dialogue amongst ourselves about how crappy things really are in our country and take action. The Anti-American Manifesto is no Declaration of Independence and Ted Rall is no Thomas Jefferson, but the spirit and remedies of both resonate the same. The concept of "revolution" shouldn't remain unmentionable or considered subversive. The Great Recession is the culmination of decades worth of mismanagement, corruption and chicanery by the "powers that be" and WE THE PEOPLE are the victims (or chumps) of this bold face malfeasance. I recommend this book to any American who loves their country and who are willing to rise up and save it before it's too late. When words won't win action will.
The book was all I expected, flush with tropes about how much America sucks. The most succinct statement he makes on the intent of this trash comes at the end:
We must rid ourselves of our shitty, worthless, incompetent, evil-doing, planet murdering government and its corporate and media allies. (Page 271)
But, he must mean through non-violent actions, right? Like Ghandi sort of marching in the street stuff…. Um, nope:
Of course, nonviolent protest can effect change. [Whew, I was worried he might go off the rails…] But not by itself. [uh oh] We must understand that, in these cases, neither the demonstrations themselves nor their nonviolent nature is what prompts leaders to modify their policies or behavior. It is only the credible threat of violence, the possibility that opposition could escalate to the next level, that makes "nonviolent" protest effective. You don't have to hit someone if they believe you will hit them. Therefore, after a revolution runs its course and "normalcy" returns to the streets, it will be possible for people to demand and obtain changes. (Pages 260-261)
And, how does the US compare to say, Nazy Germany? Not well per Herr Rall:
The United States is the most efficient fascist state ever created – even more ruthless and effective than Nazi Germany. Think that is an exaggeration? Consider the most obvious point: It has no internal opposition. (Page 227)
Reminds me of the classic scene in Dumb and Dumber where the lady tells Jim Carrey's character that the chances of them dating is one in a million and his character responds "So, you're saying there's a chance!" I read Rall's statement here to say: "So, you're saying we are efficient and effective!"
And how do we stack up against Soviet Russia? Alas, not well there either:
America's form of government, masquerading as liberal democracy is actually more formidable a political adversary than a totalitarian state. We can see this clearly in post-Soviet Russia, where the authoritarian pseudo-democracy of Vladimir Putin cracks down with greater ferocity and efficiency on political dissidents than the Soviet State did. (Page 228)
Just how post-Soviet Russia proves that the US sucks is open to speculation.
One might (and I suspect our commenters here will) assume that Rall is a standard leftist. Oh no, my friends, he hates the left with the same vehemence as nearly everyone else. Take for instance this passage in which he quotes another guy whose books I am ashamed to say I have read:
"The illegal wars and occupations, the largest transference of wealth upward in American history and the egregious assault on civil liberties, all begun under George W. Bush, raise only a flicker of tepid protest from liberals when propagated by the Democrats," the journalist Chris Hedges complained in early 2010. "The timidity of the Left exposes its cowardice, lack of a moral compass and mounting political impotence. The Left stands for nothing."
Therein lies the opportunity. Hedge's solution – supporting the Green Party and other third parties – is bullshit. No one thinks that will work. Revolution will. What matters is that Obama has exposed the two-party system for what it has always been: ineffective [wait? I thought we were effective?], disconnected, and removed from the people. Populist rhetoric aside, both parties serve the rich. Now everyone can see that. The next step is to convince people that the answer isn't new parties, but a different political system. (Page 129)
Anyway, you get the idea on his general Anti-American ideas. What drew me to the book though is his view of veterans and military service-members in general. The comic I used above is from October of 2007, and yet inexplicably he is still featured in over 100 newspapers around the country. Why?
Anyway, here are some gems on his military/veterans views and Foreign Policy:
Over the course of four hundred years, Anglo-American foreign policy has created and expanded one of the most willfully aggressive and genocidal modern nation-states in history, killing and stealing on a scale that rivals Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. Conservative estimates put the number of Native Americans murdered by British colonists and their American successors at more than ten million people. More recently, American bombs claimed more than two million Vietnamese lives and at least one million Iraqis and Afghans. The United States has covertly propped up scores of vicious dictators around the world who loot their nations' treasuries, brutalize their people, and leave nothing but death and destruction in their wake; it is impossible to count all the victims of such regimes. (Page 71)
…to say nothing of the fact that America also invented Reality TV Programming and Spongebob, both of which committed genocide on gazillions of brain cells….
So, how have we done at making war? Well, apparently we are efficient at killing but not winning, per General Rall (comparing the US once again to what Lennin called for):
First, the United States has suffered military defeat. And not just one, but a whole half-century plus of clusterf***ery! Since 1945 every major military conflict has ended in either a draw or a loss: Korea (loss), Vietnam (loss, with a generous helping of total humiliation) and the Gulf War (draw). Afghanistan and Iraq appear to be headed into the decisive loss category, although some optimists hold out for a draw in Iraq. Whatever. (page 216)
Whatever? Really? So, you don't really care if peace is achieved in those countries? Bit cavalier aren't you?
There is only one other passage I want to address, and only that because he manages to accuse the Legion of trying to seize power from the Federal Government, albeit in 1933. It's the same accusation I get occasionally from the wackjobs at Veterans Today who implored me to look into it and then do the right thing by quitting immediately. Just why I would quit a great job over some nefarious plot from before my Dad was born is (again) not explained. Nonetheless, I decided to look into it finally.
First, Rall:
Do not assume that these sentiments [subverting the national government] are limited to fringe militia types living in the middle of the woods in the upper peninsula of Michigan. "Mainstream" right-wing Republicans have been itching to seize power from what they perceive as a vast Jewish communist liberal cabal that has controlled the media and the government for many years. (Page 242)
As an aside, Vets Today is anything but right wing, and argues daily that a vast Jewish conspiracy is running the gov't and media. In fact, they were arguing just this week that Osama was killed 10 years ago, and some vast conspiracy of CIA and Mossad kept him frozen until now, and that we actually killed an Osama clone and then dumped the frozen body.
Anyway, back to the Legion portion of the conspiracy:
In 1933, for example, top officials of the American Legion, the military veterans [sic] organization, approached a popular retired general, Smedley Butler, and offered him the support of five hundred thousand armed veterans to forcibly install him as a so-called Secretary of General Affairs – a de facto dictator. FDR would have remained president, but as a figurehead. (Page 242)
Naturally there is no footnote or anything else to suggest the source on this. So, I did some digging. The clearest exposition of what happened is found in a book entitled "For God and Country: The American Legion, 1919-1941" by William Pencak.
So. Ted Rall's "top officials of the American Legion" were not top officials, and the plot made no sense for the Legion as a whole. Further search revealed the House transcripts on the investigation into this plot. It is interesting, if a bit long. For instance, the "INVESTIGATION OF NAZI PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES AND INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN OTHER PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES" found that:
According to Butler's testimony, MacGuire and Doyle suggested to him that he become a candidate for national commander of the American Legion at its convention at Chicago to be held in October 1933 and further stated that he told him that he was not interested and realized that he could not be elected commander.
According to his further testimony, they discussed ways and means of his becoming a delegate, even suggesting that he might be named from Hawaii. This is the only conferences Doyle attended.
Butler further testified that MacGuire returned on several other occasions and suggested to him that he go to the Legion convention at Chicago and make a speech urging a resolution, the import being that the United States return to the gold standard.
Butler testified that he told him that "I don't know a damn thing about gold."
Butler further testified that on this occasion MacGuire showed him a bank book, the pages of which were flipped, indicating deposits of approximately $42,000.
Doyle was a Department Commander (Mass), but didn't attend any of the meetings with Butler that were alleged to have been in furtherance of this plot. In fact, he was a Democrat, and supporter of the President.
And the high office that MacGuire held in the Legion?
The CHAIRMAN. You are a past department commander in the American Legion?
Mr. MacGuire. No, sir; never held an office in the American Legion. I have just been a Legionnaire—oh, I beg your pardon. I did hold one office. I was on the distinguished guest committee of the Legion in 1933, I believe.
Our Library Director informs me there were 20 members of that Committee in 1933.
Anyway, you get the general idea: Ted Rall hates America, hates veterans, hates service members, REALLY hates the government, and thinks all of us who served are idiots. Fair enough, I hate him back. (So there, in your face Ted Rall!)
Want just another example of why you should hate him too? How about this piece he drew where he intimates that the then-recently deceased Pat Tillman was a racist moron:
This "cartoonist" is still featured in 100 newspapers across the country if Wikipedia is to be believed. According to his employer, "Universal Uclick":
Ted Rall writes for a generation unjustly maligned as a pack of lazy slackers. He voices Generation X's frustration and resentment at the excesses of baby boomers who left a wheezing America in their mammoth wake. Ted's irreverent attitude and deft use of satire combine to make his work thought-provoking and enjoyable to read. Ted's ability to connect with current culture gives his work a fresh, informed perspective.
Actually, seems to me that his work is less a "fresh, informed perspective" and quite a bit more "bullsh*t written by a narcissistic a-hole who wrote a book read by about 37 people", but your mileage may vary.
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Kate (not verified)
May 10, 2011 - 1:45pm
though it annoys me greatly
though it annoys me greatly that this hater is still featured in 100 newspapers around the country, i take solice in the fact that like his book, very few people actually read newspapers these days. this was a terrific blog post -- thanks for reading his book so that i don't have to.
RES (not verified)
May 10, 2011 - 1:47pm
boocat (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 10:03pm
Ted's an idiot
Perfect point!
Willard Turnbow, Jr. (not verified)
June 16, 2011 - 10:38pm
Bree (not verified)
May 10, 2011 - 3:39pm
As the mother and grandmother
As the mother and grandmother of THREE, yes count that, THREE Army service members, I hope there is a special place in Hell for this !@#%$%^&*()!!!!!
Willard Turnbow, Jr. (not verified)
June 16, 2011 - 10:40pm
Just Reward
I'm sure there is. Those like him reap what they sow.
Michael (not verified)
May 10, 2011 - 5:39pm
Phileosophos (not verified)
May 10, 2011 - 6:26pm
The great irony
The great irony, of course, is that if he were actually right, if our soldiers were nothing more than mindless, murderous morons, then one of them would surely have put a bullet through his empty head by now. That they don't illustrates just how wrong he really is. Quite the paradox.
John Kapowsky (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 2:50pm
No, instead they put a bullet through their OWN head
Read the statistics - military men have twice the chance of suicide than a civilian male - military women have THREE times the chance of committing suicide as a civilian woman. You think they're doing this because they're HAPPY?
Forest (not verified)
May 16, 2011 - 9:07pm
Suicide, Depression,
Suicide, Depression, Unhappiness, Fear...Death. Military service is not easy in any branch of service and it's more stressful in a combat zone. And not everyone is cut out for it. Add to that the number of troops that served more than one tour - not by choice, and you have the makings of a new reality show in which mental stress exceeds the limit of tolerance. Washington could correct this problem but it would not be popular with voters and doing so would certainly be political suicide. Enact the draft, with out deferments, and mandate a minimal service period of 2 years. No more than 12 months in a combat zone unless one volunteers for extension.
If the war on terror is so crucial a national threat why have we not enacted the draft? If our military is so thin and at the brink of exhaustion why hasn't the draft been pushed? One reason. It's political suicide and the voters don't want it. We support the troops alright...where's the relief?
Army '72 Vet
RCL (not verified)
May 11, 2011 - 12:25am
Enough tolerance...
Bush should have jailed this son of a bitch when he posted Wanted Posters with rewards for kiling American troops in Iraq. When our leaders refuse to step up their cowardice opens the door to chaos. I'm fed up with this bullshit about freedom of speech for my enemies. We need to stop being so damned tolerant. I'm not qualified to do the job but I pray someone delivers max pain to this a*%hole ASAP.
Art M. (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 2:52pm
Freedom of Speech is NOT bullshit
"I'm fed up with this bullshit about freedom of speech" Freedom of Speech is NOT bullshit. It's in the CONSTITUTION - something that I swore to uphold and defend, against **ALL** enemies, both foreign and (like you) domestic.
Don't trash my Constitution again, you traitorous piece of crap.
Calud (not verified)
May 11, 2011 - 8:38am
He forgets that were attacked!.. any sane society when attacked, fights back. Unless you are part of the weak that we (I am a 26year Army Veteran) in this society are charged with protecting. All NCOs that I served with have a degree and we were Army Infantryman, Rangers, SF, Paratroopers. I lose no sleep over the cowardly few that talk bad about those that provide your security.
As a famous actor spewed in a movie (have to give him something he can relate too, cause you will never see people look fight back) If you have a problem with the protection I provide, pick up a rifle and stand on a wall!.. friggin loser!
JimC (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 9:02am
All NCO's had a degree BS
Anyone who has ever served knows that line is BS- very few NCO's even did well in high school-
claiming they all had a degree must mean you only served with one or two NCO's.
TM (not verified)
May 16, 2011 - 11:15pm
NCOs and College Degrees
I have degrees in Math and Chemistry. The other NCOs in my S-3 Section have degrees from the Citadel, UVa or Clemson. The NCO Corp is strong and intelligent. I'm not sure what branch you are talking about, but the Army NCO Corp is well represented.
RET_TSGT (not verified)
May 19, 2011 - 12:04pm
I served this country and went through 5 deployments, and everywhere I went the NCO"s I met and served with all had multiple college degrees. So wherever you got your info from I would suggest printing it, go to the bathroom and re-read it. Then wipe your ass with it.
Huh? (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 2:55pm
Rick Schwag (not verified)
May 11, 2011 - 10:44am
I love Ted Rall
At least someone tells the truth!!
Come to Cuba!!
Write me and I'll tell you how!!
Pablo (not verified)
May 11, 2011 - 1:15pm
Next time you absolutely must
Next time you absolutely must read the writings of a dirtbag like this, hie thee over to Half.com and plunk your money down, so that you may utter then every author's 4 least favorite words to hear about their book: "I bought it used."
Ltc.. (Ret) Wil... (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:09pm
Ted Rall ideas
Thank God he has the right to say what he thinks; idiots gave that right to him and sustain it. Not the politicians and not generation X slackers who have grown up under the illusion of instant and costless gratification. My roots come from those who fought in every major war in US History (me in RVN and my son in Iraq) since the revolution. None of us great but all dong what was needed. May some life altering event come into his life where he recognizes that no matter how screwed up the US appears to be; it is still the best thing around and he recognizes who really keeps this country going, the citizen soldier.
Huh? (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 2:57pm
frank artzer (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:10pm
hall's blasphemy
I was going to comment ,but thought ..why bother ..He would never understand anyway .So I can be self assured that his day will come.
Navy Vet (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:20pm
T. Rall
Let's face it, the guy is a low life puke. I've never seen his work in any of the local papers, but any paper that carries his crap should be boycotted until his column is dropped. Then he can pen cartoons on welfare people. The American servicemen are the best and brightest and he wouldn't make a pimple on a recruit's butt. enough said..........
Jim USAF Vet (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 4:28pm
Nationaly syndicated Cartoonist
Just ignore this peasant. That will show him .
Please tell me, Why did we invade Iraq ? Why did over 4,000 of our American troops die and keep on dying ? I just love seeing those silver coffins come off those silver planes. For what did they die? To bring democracy to a people that don't want it and never had it.
The cartoonist used his Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression. "Enough Said"
SF Defender (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:24pm
All government hatred aside,
All government hatred aside, what do you have against a military member? What did they do except what you are afraid to do? Hate the government who sent them there, not the member who is willing to do what it takes to get a mission accomplished, to protect not only your rights but the rights of people he/she has never met. Whatever your political preference, it does not matter to the military member. You lack of practical education shows Mr. Rall shows through. As a ten year veteran of the United States Army with tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, I have seen the good we have done in both countries. Mr. Rall from your comments, I can easily venture to guess you have never set foot in either country. You view has been gained through the media, which only shows half of the story. For every bad story shown in the U.S., there are ten others not shown, about the schools being built, the civil liberties being reinstated. I thank you for using your constitutional right to free speech, I thank you for showing how democratic our country really is, however, next time you thank god for your life, take a second and thank the veteran who ensures your continued constitutional right.
Huh? (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 3:01pm
"As a ten year veteran of the United States Army with tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, I have seen the good we have done in both countries."
Guess you must have missed the depleted uranium munitions we spread over their country but didn't clean up. Guess you missed the mass graves of the women and children (over hundreds of thousands) that were killed in the war we started in Iraq - FOR NO VALID REASON WHATSOEVER. Remember? NO WMD were found. The ones they had INCONTROVERTIBLE PROOF OF - remember that?
Yes, good soldiers follow orders. Then again, that wasn't a good enough defense of the Nazis when they were being tried in Nuremberg, was it?
Retired Man Nurse :) (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 7:10pm
You are clueless.
First off we were in Iraq well before 2003. Obviously you missed the little Desert Fox incursion, the no fly zone and various border skirmishes. Second, my guess is you never were in Iraq or Afghanistan. I was and guarentee that we did more good than bad. And comparing American Soldiers to Nazi's, there is no comparison at this point. The Nazi's tried in Nuremberg were tried under the prefix of mass genocide and war crimes. We do prosecute our soldiers under, ie Abu Gairib (sic). So trowser monkey please educate yourself and then slap your dad for not pulling out.
Retired SNCO (not verified)
May 14, 2011 - 8:25am
You're an idiot
They did have incontrovertible proof, ask the people of Halabja. Oh, wait, you can't, Hussein gassed them. That's all the proof you need. Add to that Russian President Putin telling Bush that his agents in the country warned that Hussein was planning on attacking America (right after 9/11, mind you), and you have all reason you need.
And as for your "good soldiers" comment...DIAF.
Forist (not verified)
May 16, 2011 - 9:45pm
You're right we got ourselves
You're right we got ourselves into a mess and allot of people have died in between it all. War is unfair and unfortuantely the innocent sometimes get caught in the middle. We got into this mess because Bush failed to recognize the three factors one should consider before going into war; idealogy, national morality and strategy. He focused on idealogy with no significant strategy to exit a war nor the morality of the people. Getting out of these wars is expensive in terms of cost and lives. Ours and theirs. However, its academic at this point and to retreat now would be to repeat the errors of Vietnam. The best we can hope for is a truce in which terror is kept at bay and contained by the local government.
There is no comparison between the actions of our troops and those of Nazis Germany and I for one see it has an insult to even suggest there is. Nazis selected to eliminate a people and did so as an adversion to Hitlers true agenda - world domination. He needed to unify the Germany people and he did so by creating a hatred for a people. He did it by getting the Germans to place blame for all of their woes on the Jews versus taking responsibility for their own actions.
With regard to those mass graves you might want to ask who created them? Who planted all the road side bombs? Who trained and encouraged suicide bombers? And ask what cowards would kill women and children to drive fear into the populace? Sir, do not compare my brothers and sisters with those that created the condition for war. Rather give them credit for trying to liberate two countries fro intolerant domination.
Jerry Coker (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:29pm
I worked for a PHD and it was his opinion that anyone that served in the military was to stupid to figure out a way to get out of it. This is a person who got his degree on government money and then worked for the government -Department of Agriculture. He also told his sons not to register when they got of age. I have faced this opinion all my working career around a University.
Doug (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:35pm
Lynn (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:42pm
Mensatocracy? Really?
As both a member of Mensa and a veteran, I found that appalling. I never even heard of that guy until now.
dickusaf53 (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 3:44pm
Ted Rall
Obama wants to take away our 2nd Amendment rights,but it's o.K. for this pig to say what he wants..However my father served during WW2,I served during Korea and my son served for 21 active duty years to give this person the right to say what he thinks.Like the man said"I don't agree with what he said,but I will defend to the death his right to say it"...
JimC (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 9:07am
2nd Amendment
Your racist BS about President Obama taking your 2nd Amendments rights is wrong. The Supreme Court should find a pair and tell you losers what the 2nd Amendment really means- not what the NRA pays them to say it means.
EdwardS (not verified)
May 13, 2011 - 4:26pm
Man am I getting fed up with
Man am I getting fed up with this guy and "Mr. Huh?".
Okay buddy. It is a FACT that the U.S. military of WWII had a higher percentage of high school diplomas and college degrees than the civilian population. The same was even MORE true of the Vietnam era (my era).
Also, just why is criticism of Obama's politics and actions racist? YOU, sir, like most liberals, are the racist for trying to deflect valid criticism in such a way. Of course, the shout "racist" usually means "shut up, I am incapable of intelligent argument". Please also tell us on what basis you know the "real" meaning of the Second Amendment. I agree with the NRA's position, but then I only have an I.Q. of 145 and a law degree with honors. (I easily aced the Con Law class, by the way.)
Oh, by the way, I also have undergraduate degrees in engineering and math ... and I served, and I never found cause to look down my nose at my buddies. I can't say that the same has always been true in civilian life.
Cpl D (not verified)
May 15, 2011 - 9:48pm
Dave (not verified)
May 18, 2011 - 10:22am
PMI (not verified)
June 7, 2011 - 6:20pm
He criticized President Obama
He criticized President Obama, duh!
Rob (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 4:09pm
This is so sad that we have,
This is so sad that we have, yet another example of one moron (who has no idea of duty, honor and country) mixing the whole idea of politics and false ideaology with service to our country. I come from a long line of veterans and now at 50 years finally realized what an honor it was to serve and that service has nothing to do with politics. Something I'm confident Ted Rall has never experienced. Maybe one day, his youthfulness will wear away and he might just find what he missed out on.
David L (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 4:14pm
You guys are giving this
You guys are giving this twerp WAY too much attention. So his scrawl runs in about 2 college papers per state, that's virtual invisibility. You've just made him less so, by featuring this in the Update. Best way to deal with such trollers is to ignore them.
Oh yeah -- Obama doesn't want to take away our 2nd Amendment rights. That's a pure Faux News fabrications.
Willard (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 7:57pm
2nd amendment rights
Way too many ignorant people believe this crap about the govt. wanting to take away our guns. The 2nd Amendment can be repealed only by a vote of 3/4 of the states and that is NOT gonna happen. This Faux Noise b.s. appeals to the most ignorant and useless part of our population and serves only to get demagoagues elected to misrepresent us and serve only corporate fascism. To hell with Rall. I served for 25 years and don't regret a day of it.
Brent Miller (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 4:14pm
I just have two things to say.
1. I served in the army from 2001-2007, two years of which were in Iraq.
2. I am a card carrying member of Mensa.
'Nuff said.
a REAL MENSA ca... (not verified)
May 16, 2011 - 3:10pm
A card carrying MENSA member
A card carrying MENSA member would know to capitalize MENSA and would know how to spell "enough." Stop lying to make yourself sound good. Enough said.
ronamje (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 4:17pm
Ray (not verified)
May 12, 2011 - 4:24pm
Stupid Liberals
I served in the Air Force for 21 years. Like you, I am a Mensan. While in the sevice, I did a study for one of my PME courses, and the result is that service members are much more highly educated than the geneeral public. Obviously more educated than Ted Rall.


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Well, I swore I was done shopping for a WHOLE month...but I found some bargains just too good to pass up!
Chipper had to make a trip to Lowe's, so I loaded up my file of bargains and headed out with him. I've come to the conclusion that the Walgreen's staff hate me. I'm sure they know my face a start running when they see me step through those sliding glass doors. If I had to guess, I'd say they draw straw to see who has to check me out. Then the person who doesn't have to check me out, has to open the alternate check-out line to keep all the other customers from having to wait the 74 minutes for me to finish my purchasing.
Anywho...so proud of my bargains tonight!
Total saved with coupons...wait for it...over $116!!!!
It's my new favortite hobby!
What a great night it was!!!
We ate (as always) and laughed (again, as always)...and I got to spend some time with some awesome ladies I haven't ever been able to spend enough time with. I am blessed with such Godly women to call friends. I am much enjoying learning from their examples as Godly wives and mothers.
I'm so thankful for each and every one of them!

subset: commoncrawl


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Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it, because no one else will.
I come from a city full of chaos, where I was never meant to be. Yet it runs through my veins every single day. It is a place full of noise that made me run away to Italy and Spain to discover the part of me that creates. My body grows with my art, and impacts the constant change in my medium. Materials and tools are non important: it is the scar of love or wisdom; the yearning and learning of the human condition in each work of art that makes it become its authentic self.
Art is my gift to nature. It represents the journey of becoming my own world, and the way I see this earth, our home. Time is my obsession. With every piece of work a part of my heart opens, and they show my eyes what is important, and it becomes my story.
I paint what I don't understand, what I love, what I hope, what I want. I paint my breath and animals.
I used to paint with my hands, now I paint with my heart.
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Why do dogs eat wood?
People have different reasons in getting a dog. Dogs are hunted, utilized to herd and guard livestock, used to perform farm works and guard the family. Dogs though are most commonly kept as companions. Dogs are much loved and highly valued because they are loyal and affectionate animals. A responsible owner would spare no expense to provide the dog with the best care and high quality food. However, dogs do have some very disconcerting eating habits. An owner would certainly be puzzled by the dog's habit of eating feces, vomits, dirt, mud and many other non-edible things. A new dog owner would surely be surprised if he finds the new sofa without a leg because the dog has eaten the wood.
- Why do dogs eat wood?
Dogs would also eat mud, rocks, leaves and wood. This habit of eating non-edible things is called pica. Causes and reasons for pica is not really known though dog experts propose that this can be an attention getting behavior.
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Pica is the habit of eating non-edible things. We know that dogs have great appetites, they are voracious eaters but it would still be perplexing to the owner if the dog that is provided with enough food would still eat things with no nutritive values. There is no definitive reason for this abnormal eating habit of the dog.
An attention-starved dog
Dogs are pack animals. In the wild they stay together. Domesticated dogs consider the family as its pack. Because of busy schedules the family may not have time to spend with the dog. Often times this would result into a lonely pet that craves for the attention of its people. The dog will be destructive…dig holes in the garden, chew the carpet and eat wood to gain the attention of the master. The dog will surely be scolded. But for the dog negative attention would be much better than no attention at all.
Nutrient deficiency
Some dog experts believe that the wood eating habit of the dog can be its way of filling up the nutrient deficiency in the diet. Low grade commercial dog food mostly contains cereal fillers. Various studies have been conducted on the behavior of dogs but the dog's uncanny ability to know what is wrong with their system was never explained. The nutrient deficiency theory however is not accepted by some dog owners given that even if a dog is fed premium quality foods, the dog would still manifest the wood eating habit.
Is wood eating dangerous for the dog?
Dog owners would agree to the need of stopping this bizarre eating habit. Not only would it be too expensive to change the wooden door or the furniture eaten by the dog but this habit can have dangerous repercussions to the health of the dog. Wood splinters can get embedded on the mouth and can perforate the esophagus and the intestines of the dog. Wood can block the throat and the intestines as well.
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Wood Eating Dogs
ben eating a chunk of wood
The Dog Who Loves Wood
I also have adog who eats copious amounts of sticks the whole thing,she swoollow.s all of the stick .
What is the best thing to do? She is four years old.
My dog (pit bull) eats big pieces of wood, she ate an entire log in one hour, she carries them around with her too ( she's two) she plays ball gets two walks aday and three bowls full of food, she continues to eat it even after she gets splinters, don't know what to do with her
My dog (an English Setter) eats wood and hard plastic. If the wood had not become lodged in his esophagus we would not know that he had hard plastic in his stomach. The vet had to scope him (3 hours sedated)to unlodge and retrieve the wood then explored this stomach and found the hard plastic. The plastic was retrieved through his esophagus. We were told that it would have eventually killed him because it was cutting the lining of stomach plus would eventually cause cancer. He gets great food and lots of attention. Can't figure out why he does this.
My Dog is an outside dog and gets plenty of exercise as well as attention. He also is feed kibbles and bits dog food by the weight scale on the bag, but yet he continues to eat and swallow wood. Whether it be sticks or chunks of wood. He is 3 years old and is still very playful. I do not know how to stop this behavior. I fear my dog is going to become ill from this bizarre behavior. When he was a puppy he got very sick and it took weeks to get him well again, whereas all 4 of his siblings and mom and dad died. No known cause. This is when he started this habit. Does anyone have any idea of how to stop this behavior?
My puppy (well he's 8 months old) is the stick eating king, I tell you. And, he enjoys a nibble on our trim from time to time. Has all the stimulation, attention, best food in the world. They're just programmed to chew and it becomes habit. Great hub.


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Monthly Archives: February 2012
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Dance, Dance….and Dance
Dimension: physical
Activity: Zumba
Thursday, February 16th at 7:15pm
The activity was to attend the Zumba class. I have been wanting to try one of the many group fitness activities offered at the wellness center but something always came up. This was the time! I had heard great things about the class and Zumba seems to be "the thing" these days. My friends back home are also into zumba and they talk about it a lot. Dancing as a way to get cardio work out, sounded like it would be fun and not too hard. It was tough! The class started at 715 and I found myself constantly looking the clock and counting down the time. The instructor was really good and only in my head, I was mirroring her well. Some moves were easier than the others. Most attendees seemed like they visited frequently, they were on beat most of the times. I suppose I should go more often that way I will look like I know what I am doing as well. The instructor said she will switch up things occasionally but, mostly she will try not to switch up too much too drastically. I am so glad I went to the class. It really was a great workout, so much better than running on a treadmill. I was breathless, sweated, wanted to puke at times, but I survived! How much you get out from the class depends on how hard you push yourself. You can stand there and moves your hips and arms and legs. You certainly don't have to jump very high or stump hard if you are looking for something mild. But if you want an intense work out, jump high and stump hard. Hard work pays off, eventually! Go and try it out. I suggest starting with ½ hr long class rather than a hr long.
Living Through Violence!!
Dimension: Emotional
Event:"Living Through Violence: The Oncebay Textile Family" Photography and Textile Exhibition at the North Dakota Museum of Art
Date: February 18, 2012
Visited ND Museum of Art and the gallery showing living through violence. It showed a violent period in Peru in the period of 1980 to 2000. There was so many political violence with involving a group called The Shining Path where they killed nearly 60,000 people and over 600,000 were forced to abandon their homes. The pictures were horrible…(in a good way). They were graphic, but it really allowed me to try to figure out why people could kill so mercilessly all because they thought they were right. There were pictures of dead dogs hanging from posts in the town with signs saying 'Sons of b-word'…excuse my language…People who were bombed in a truck and they were only bystanders. I don't get it! What actually makes people think they have the right to take another life because they can !!! Who are they??? What is man ??? We are but dust of the earth, that's what we were created from and to act AS IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF RIGHT TO DO THAT … WHO gives such authority? In my opinion that's wrong. Only God has that kind of POWER! But I only wish, that people will begin to examine themselves and realize we are here only for a time and that respecting others' lives is a means of valuing our own. See that changing yourself first, CAN eventually change the world…one day at a time!
CAB Crawler
Dimension: Environmental
Activity: Obtain/Update your CAB or CAT Crawler
Sunday, Feb 12
The most shocking thing when I first came to UND was the price of a cab
ride. During the orientation I was told about the CAB and CAT Crawler but since I had a car I didn't think I would need them. I would generally take the campus shuttle to go to classes and when I needed to go off campus I had a car for that. In the past few years since I have been to UND, I have made use of CAB crawler couple of times. At first I thought I wouldn't even need to use them, but it came in handy when my car was in the shop. Taking cabs around town with couple of friends is economic and environmental. Not to mention one doesn't have to worry about driving home after having couple of drinks. I encourage everyone to obtain and use CAB crawler. You would not only be helping the environment but yourself as well. What can be great than knowing that you will get to your destination safe anytime of the day in any condition for few bucks. Last Sunday in order to obtain an environmental Band, I renewed CAB crawler and a city bus pass. Now, I know in emergencies I can get a cab for few bucks. One horrible thing associated with getting cabs is the wait time. I have had to wait for at least 1/2 hr to an hr for a cab. And, generally I end up sharing the cab with bunch of other strangers. I suppose for $3 bucks what more can I expect?
Pursuit of Wellness – Recycling Aluminum Cans
Dimension: Environmental
Activity: Recycle Aluminum Cans
Date: Monday, February 20th
Yesterday I brought my cans into Minnkota Recycling to earn my Environmental WOW. I am a firm believer in environmental wellness and recycling (Earth Day is one of my favorite holidays!) so this was an enjoyable task to complete. I usually put my cans into our normal recycling, so it was fun to get paid for bringing cans into the Minnkota Recyling Center! It was quite a simple experience, you hand the employee your bag(s) of aluminum, he puts them into a big long conveyor belt-like contraption where the cans are weighed, then he puts your information into the computer and prints your off a check! Although I didn't make much money for my cans, any money is good money, it was still a new and fun experience, and it took less than 10 minutes for the whole procedure. I would strongly suggest that all try this, or at least begin recycling at your home. Here are some fun facts about aluminum:
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to watch a TV for three hours – it's equivalent to half a gallon of gasoline
- At one time, aluminum was more valuable than gold.
Crazy huh! Even if it is only for a few bucks, why not bring them in if its that simple? I know I enjoyed it!
Dimension: Environmental
Date: Sunday Feb 12
Activity: Obtain you CAB or CAT Crawler
Sunday was the day to earn your environmental band, and I went to the Student Gov office to try and obtain mine but, as I suspected, they are not open on Sundays. So I went back on Monday and finished out earning my 6th Green Environmental band. Yay!
I've heard about the Cab Crawler passes, but for some reason I thought you had to pay for them. Being as this year is when I turn 21, I thought it would be a good idea to get one in case I couldn't find a ride home. It's really cool that UND does these passes, because it shows their devotion to going green-and it's very convenient to get. I'm glad I finally have my Cab Crawler pass because now when I carpool with friends in a cab, I know I'm helping reduce my Carbon Footprint! I'm very big on recycling, but I don't do a lot with trying to carpool and stuff-not nearly enough as I should. Now with my cab crawler pass, I can get to one place with all my friends at the same time for a really cheap price. It was a smart and easy way to earn my green band!
Altru's Pursuit of Wellness Announcements
If you are planning on earning your purple wristband by attending tonight's Spiritual Event "The Importance of Spiritual Wellness in Supporting Whole-Body Wellness" by Taylor Miesel – please note the location has been moved to the Quiet Lounge in the Wellness Center. This event starts at 7pm.
- March 5th an Exit survey will be emailed following the end of Pursuit of Wellness. If you complete that survey, you can be registered into a drawing for a $100 Visa giftcard. Please complete your survey by NOON on March 7th to be officially entered.
- March 7th is Altru's Wellness Expo. Winners of the Visa gift cards (7- $20 gift cards and 1 – $100 gift card) will be announced, along with the winner of the Ultimate Pursuit of Wellness – for the Apple iPad*. All students are welcome to attend Altru's Wellness Expo, as there will be an additional $2,000 worth of prizes handed out from area businesses and FREE food from Pita Pit.
*Remember Ultimate Pursuit of Wellness iPad drawing is limited to those that have opted into blogging and have written about their experience of all 7 Dimensions.
Check out this week's events to earn more wristbands at www.und.edu/health-wellness/pursuit.
For questions please contact Erin Dickson at firstname.lastname@example.com
Want a job??
Dimension: Occupational
Activity: Career Fair at the Wellness Center
Tuesday, February 14th at 1:30 pm
I must admit attending the Career Fair I was not prepared. First, I left work late but still tried to get there as I thought it was ending at 2 pm…NOT! When I entered the gymnasium where all the employers were, I firstly went to those employers who are seeking Computer Science majors for their companies. Speaking with these employers really enlightened me on what exactly they are looking for. But what I thought was the main concern was that I had to end up asking as the first questions, 'Do you sponsor international students?' which may seem awkward at first, but I realized it was necessary as at least half of them do not cater to international students which would make it pointless for me to inquire about job positions which are available; none would be pertinent to me. Upon exiting this event, my concern was made knowledgeable to the Career Services employees who were present and also filled out a comment form. But, from this I realized I had some work to do in getting my degree done with and it is a motivation for me. I suggest students go even if they are not looking yet. It gives students the opportunity to actually keep current with what is happening in their particular area of study and what that particular industry is looking for.


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Some Windows pass the bottom of the screen and I cannot resize them to make them not do that. I am running Windows 7. Examples of this happening are the HPL2 tools and Autotune. I can work around this by using the move function combined with arrow keys to get to the part of the window I need, but then I need to move the window back to get to the other side. Any suggestions?
Michael, if you haven't found a solution yet, then I'd like to pick up on Toot's point. Some graphics card utilities will allow you to set a larger desktop size than the screen resolution. For example, your screen size may be 800x600 and you can set the desktop size to 1280x1024. This make the screen into a 'port' into the larger desktop, and you can scroll around this virtual desktop simply by dragging the mouse to the edge of the screen. Unfortunately, this is not a common option on modern graphics cards (I guess nowadays most screens nowadays are more than big enough and don't required this), but you may be in luck, or perhaps somebody knows of a third party utility that will do the same thing?
thanks for letting us know. how did you fix it in HPL2 Tools?
fixed problem in HPL2 Tools, will have to deal with autotune(which i very seldom use)
Did you try changing the screen resolution? What is your current resolution?
current resolution is my monitors native one...
Hi, just an idea come across my mind that the possibility of having another screen to merge both screens into a big screen. The big screen would then be able to keep to your windows size.
There is video display utility usually available from the display card which is in handy to make the adjustment of the multiple displays setting and the windows size.
Try WindowSpace shareware
WinSplit Revolution
Auto Window Manager 1.5
Changing Resolution-
1.In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.
2.Click the Advanced button.
3.Click the Adapter tab, and then click the List all modes button.
4.Select the resolution, color depth, and refresh rate that you want and click OK.
if I understand you correctly, you cannot resize these windows because they have a fixed size.And your problem is, how can you easily move between multiple windows without having to move the front window out of the way first.
Did you try the [Windows] + [TAB] key combination? While holding down the [Windows] key click the [TAB] key and you should see how different programs in the taskbar are being highlighted. When the right one is selected, just hit [Enter] and it should come to the foreground.
Similarly, you can use [ALT] + [TAB], which will show you a list of programs for you to tab through in the middle of your screen.
Also check out the following article for more Windows 7 specific keyboard shortcuts that will make your life easier:
Please let us know if any of these tips answered your question. Thank you!
Well thanks, but that is not the problem. I can access other windows. But within the same window some features (buttons and such) are outside the borders of the screen, and thus inaccessable.
This should work: Gab the TOP part of the Window with your Mouse. The Mouse Pointer turns into a 2-ended Arrow, pull the Top of the Window downward, which shrinks the top-to-bottom size of the window, until you can see the Bottom part of the Window, then release the Mouse.... Hope this helps.


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SOUTH CAROLINA: Judge Diane Goodstein turns restraining order into an injunction
It is so ordered, she said
By Mary Ann Mueller
Special Correspondent
February 1, 2013
"AND IT IS SO ORDERED." the final line of the court document proclaims.
As of 5:29 p.m., (Eastern Time) Thursday, January 31, 2013, the temporary restraining order that South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein issued on Jan. 23 became a preliminary injunction enjoining The Episcopal Church and its new ecclesial jurisdiction in the Palmetto State - The Episcopal Church in South Carolina - from using the identity names and mark of The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.
"No individual, organization, association, or entity, whether incorporated or not, may use, assume, or adopt in any way, directly or indirectly, the registered name and the seal or mark of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina as are set out below or any names or seal that may be perceived to be those names and seal or mark," the new injunction orders.
"The registered names and mark that are subject to this order are: the seal of the Diocese of South Carolina as described in its registration with the South Carolina Secretary of State; the name 'The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina', as registered with the South Carolina Secretary of State; the name 'The Diocese of South Carolina', as registered with the South Carolina Secretary of State; and the name 'The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina,' as registered with the South Carolina Secretary of State," the injunction continues. "Again, this seal and these names are those registered by this Plaintiff corporation with the South Carolina Secretary of State."
A preliminary injunction, or as the First Judicial Circuit Court of South Carolina calls it, a "temporary injunction", means that the terms of the temporary restraining order remain in force until such time that the court gives another ruling, by a judicial order modifying or dissolving the current injunction.
The Episcopal Church possibly dodged a bullet today by agreeing to the new injunction through mutual consent. Otherwise The Episcopal Church in South Carolina's new chancellor Thomas Tisdale would have been in court this morning at the Richland County Courthouse in a prescheduled hearing concerning the continued status of the temporary restraining order. At that time the chancellor would have to show that his client - The Episcopal Church - had fulfilled the terms of last week's restraining order.
Tisdale, who was once the chancellor for The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, is a member of the Nexsen Pruet, a large law firm which has offices scattered throughout the Carolinas. Tisdale is in its Charleston offices.
It was Tisdale who first approached Judge Goodstein through a Jan. 29 electronic mail communiqué. In it he states: "The purpose of this letter is to inform the Court that the Defendant [The Episcopal Church] is in full compliance with the Court's order. Under these circumstances, the Defendant hereby agrees that the TRO [Temporary Restraining Order] may remain in effect, and that the Defendant will continue to be bound by it beyond the statutory 10 day period when it would have normally expire; and will continue to be bound by it unless and until the Defendant requests a hearing on the issues contained in the TRO at some future date."
The e-mail to Judge Goodstein was carbon copied to the six attorneys who are representing The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and its trustees.
However, during formation of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina, the Charleston-based chancellor voiced his own view of the competency of the South Carolina court.
"The Episcopal Church has been sued by a group led by the former bishop and some of his people acting under his leadership. The court has issued a temporary restraining order against The Episcopal Church, of which we are a constituent part as we in South Carolina are a constituent part of the United States," he explained at TECinSC's organizational meeting. "In that connection it is proposed that the name 'The Episcopal Church in South Carolina' be used in place of, and instead of, what we believe is our true and lawful name in all these proceedings and everything that we do until a court of competent jurisdiction allows us to do otherwise."
The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina's lead attorney, Alan Runyan, who hails from a small four-man law office in Beaufort, was quick to respond, poking holes in Tisdale's letter to the court, pointing out four specific areas of concern.
He highlighted that South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 65, under which the original temporary restraining order was issued, does not allow for a mutually consented to indefinite time frame, but requires that an injunction hearing be set at the earliest possible time.
Runyan also pointed out that Tisdale's understanding of the TRO indicated that it would bind the defendant only, where Rule 65(d) allows the mandate to extend to others.
The Diocese's legal counsel also pointed out that the defendant would no longer be bound by the dictates of an extended restraining order once the defendant had requested a hearing.
"... the Defendant's consent appears to be conditioned on an agreement that it is 'in full compliance with the Court's Order,' which is not accurate," Runyan informed the judge. "While it is our present intention to offer evidence of non-compliance with the Court's Order at the hearing on Friday, without waving our right do to do in the future, we believe that there may be a way to forgo the February 1, 2013 hearing."
At which point Runyan suggests that the court issue a "temporary" injunction which would extend the current restraining order for the duration of the lawsuit.
A temporary restraining order, like what was issued last week, is used in situations in which the plaintiff needs immediate protection and does not have the time required to hold a scheduled hearing on the matter at hand.
The situation which faced The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina was that The Episcopal Church was coming to town to establish an overlapping ecclesial jurisdiction and the concern was that the faux diocese would attempt to claim and use the name and seal of the long-established diocese, thus complicating legal matters and clouding later litigation. So the court was asked to step in and provide temporary protection against that happening during TECinSC's initial formational weekend event.
Basically what an injunction does is to keep things exactly as they are for a long enough time to allow the court to make an informed decision on the underlying issues. In this case the topic is: Who ultimately is The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina? The preliminary injunction is intended to act as a stopgap, preventing parties from taking a disputed action, before and during the full judicial proceedings which will eventually resolve the conflict.
Judge Goodstein agreed with The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and issued her injunction which will remain in force until she changes it. The injunction does not have a built-in and limited time frame the way the temporary restraining order does.
The court's new injunction is signed (consented to) by five attorneys for the plaintiffs and one attorney for the defendant. Signing for The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina and its trustees are: Alan Runyan, Speights & Runyan, Beaufort; Henrietta Golding, McNair Law Firm, Myrtle Beach; Charles Williams, Williams & Williams, Orangeburg; David Cox, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Charleston; and Thomas Davis, Harvey & Battey, Beaufort.
The lone signer for The Episcopal Church is: Thomas Tisdale of Nexsen Pruet in Charleston.
In all 27 law firms are currently involved in the early stages of The Diocese of South Carolina and its churches' legal proceedings against The Episcopal Church's attempt to reclaim the 228-year-old diocese as its own.
Canon Jim Lewis, the Diocese South Carolina's Canon to the Ordinary, has been quoted as saying: "The Episcopal Church is more than free to establish a new diocese in South Carolina," he said. "What the court ruling says, though, is that they can't do that and claim to be us."
"We are gratified that The Episcopal Church has consented to a temporary injunction protecting the identity of our Diocese and its parishes," he continued. "We pray that sentiment fuels the prompt and reasonable resolution we all seek."
The Diocese of South Carolina is one of nine original colonial dioceses which helped form The Episcopal Church in 1789. The other founding dioceses are: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware.
The court document shows that the new injunction does not end case number 2013-CP-18-00013 in the Dorchester County Court of Common Pleas.
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This Holiday Season, Find Your "Place Of Joy" At The New Four Seasons Resort Oahu At Ko Olina
Before the arrival of Christianity, the forerunner to the festive season celebration in Hawaii was the four month New Year celebration of rest and feast to honour the earth called Makahiki.
The new Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina will honour Hawaiian traditions of rest, feast and family in its first festive season on Oahu with a spectacular array of special programs, including a "Worlds of Christmas" Buffet on December 25, 2016, themed evenings in the Resort's destination restaurants and a ticketed vintage Royal Hawaiian Ball on New Year's Eve, set in front of the Resort's stunning 120 foot (37 metre) infinity pool and against the panoramic backdrop of the South Pacific.
Adjacent to Lanikuhonua ("where heaven meets the Earth"), luxury accommodations at Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina offer stunning panoramic ocean views and a naturally elegant décor. With 371 luxury guest rooms and suites, the Resort offers breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and Ko Olina's turquoise-blue waters beckon with white sand beaches and spectacular sunsets. More than 200 oceanfront rooms offer unparalleled views of the awesome annual humpback whale migration.
Rooms (averaging more than 640 square feet or 59 square metres) welcome in authentic Hawaiian style, inspired by nature and featuring traditional local woods and banana leaf headboards. Special in-room amenities for the holiday season welcome with the true spirit of aloha.
Guests luxuriate in bespoke Four Seasons signature beds, with HD flat-screen televisions, special holiday in-room dining options and spacious private lanais that seamlessly blend indoor and outdoor tropical living. Marble bathrooms provide two vanity sinks, deep soaking tubs and walk-in glass showers.
From December 21, 2016 to January 3, 2017, Four Seasons chefs will present themed evenings in the Resort's destination restaurants La Hiki, Noe and Fish House, culminating in a "Worlds of Christmas" Buffet on December 25 surrounding the Resort's circular Serenity Pool.
Entertainment options from December 21 to January 3 include Chinese dragon dancing at La Hiki, Al Capone night with prohibition cocktails at Noe, fire knife dancing and hula at Fish House and a traditional Hawaiian BBQ luau ocean side on December 23.
Four Seasons Executive Chef Martin Knaubert and restaurant chefs Ray German (Fish House), Jobbie Domendon (La Hiki) and Ryo Takatsuka (Noe) will present special menus on New Year's Eve in two seatings, or guests can order a la carte to experience the Resort's signature pan Asian, southern Italian and line-to-table dining options. Reservations are now available on Open Table.
Kids for All Seasons, Four Seasons signature brand of family programming (complimentary with stay) will present an array of family activities from stargazing and storytelling, holiday tree decorating and baking, in-room visits from Santa (by reservation only), mele and hula on Makahiki Day, a glow in the dark beach party, mermaid training camp, Ko Olina tea party, hula camp, lei making and teen karaoke and carnival nights.
Families can ring in the New Year with an amazing night of dancing, magic, karaoke, a photo booth, snacks, balloons and prizes from 6:00 to 10:00 pm.
In Hawaiian culture, there is a profound connection between the`aina (land) and the ocean.
Lanikuhonua, adjacent to Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina, is a sacred and culturally rich oceanfront estate "where heaven meets the Earth." Once a special retreat for Hawaiian royalty and chiefs, its natural rock formations, or "ponds," contain spring water from the mountains.
Today, Lanikuhonua serves as a place for meditation as well as a connection to Hawaii's history thanks to educational lectures by Auntie Nettie Tiffany, the spiritual Kahu for Lanikuhonua. The estate's pristine 10 acres (4 hectares) of lush jungle and oceanfront grounds are also a favourite wedding and event destination with idyllic outdoor setups.
Four Seasons cultural curators such as Ha'a Keaulana (one of Hawaii's famous water women) and Makua Rothman (world champion big wave surfer) share stories and offer guests a unique immersion in the real Hawaii, complimenting extraordinary experiences such as the Palehua hike, circle Oahu helicopter tours with mountain top landings, whale watching and sunset yacht cruises on the Waianae coast.
Pure Indulgence
No festive experience is complete without true pampering. Holiday guests can rejuvenate at Naupaka Spa, the Resort's 35,000 square foot (3,250 square metre) spa and fitness centre, with traditional Hawaiian healing and massage therapies including the Liliko'i Lomilomi and Papa Lani Massage ("heaven and the spiritual powers").
Halotherapy, offered in Naupaka's two Himalayan salt chambers, complements the natural detox of fresh air and ocean swimming on Oahu's leeward coast with wide-ranging calming and detoxifying effects.
Treatments include HĀ ("breath of life") ritual and Ho'okahi ("to make as one") blending European halotherapy with traditional bathing elements of a Turkish hammam with centuries-old curative effect. Face therapies include Rose Quartz Healing and the Samadara Ultimate Age-Defying Facial.
The excitement of an evening out is heightened with feng shui hair styling and make up at the Yamaguchi Salon. Men may opt for the Ali'i Royal Shave, while being served craft beer in the Spa's barbershop after 18 holes at Ko Olina's award-winning golf course or an afternoon at the Resort's five court Jim Courier Tennis Centre.
Keiki can also indulge with the Hulali Mani Pedi or Hawaiian Hula Princess treatment.
There is no minimum stay required at Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina this holiday season. For reservations, call 808 679 0079 or toll-free 1 844 387 0308, or book online.


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Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore Band
Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore Band is Austria's contribution to this year's Artscape, America's largest free arts festival that will be held from 19-21 July, 2013 in Baltimore, MD.
The Austrian singer and the band will perform soul and blues tunes, mostly written by Meena and her musical partner Chris Fillmore themselves.
When: July 21, 2013 2:00 pm
Where: Wells Fargo Main Stage | Artscape Baltimore | 1400 Cathedral St | 21201 Baltimore, MD


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Kansas City Star 12/8/11.Hyatt Hotels will not contribute to skywalks memorial — KansasCity.com
Hyatt Hotels Corp., which no longer operates the hotel at Crown Center that was the site of the 1981 skywalks collapse that killed 114 people, will not contribute to the memorial planned for a park across the street.
So let me get this straight. Hyatt Hotels Corporation (that used to run the hotel at Crown Center, site of the 1981 skywalk collapse killing 114 people) has decided because it is no longer in Kansas City, it will NOT donate a single penny to the planned Skywalk Memorial?
Can you spell public-relations disaster?
12/23/11Check out the latest development on this story.
I am thrilled that Hyatt finally decided to do the right thing. Perhaps they decided to donate as a public-relations damage-control measure, or perhaps they finally woke up to the fact that this donation is the moral, ethical, appropriate, and kind action to take, or perhaps they cunningly calculated the long-term image of being the hotel without a heart.
Regardless, it is sad that Hyatt did not simply step up to the plate immediately. That still boggles my mind. I'm sorry, but to me, this one was a very clear Public-Relations 101 situation.


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Ex-Husband Showed Up To Her Work After Being Divorced for Over 40 Years And Did WHAT?!
Divorce can be most one of the most difficult experiences in life. Sometimes the split couple can remain friendly with each other, but other times the disagreements and problems can never be patched over. How often does an amazing story come around that has the couple doing both?!
Meet Renate Stumpf and Louis Demetriades. Their love story began in an army base in Germany in 1959. At just 18 years old, they fell in love, got married and had three children. A typical story until 13 years later they realized their differences were irreconcilable. They probably resented and despised each other because for 43 years they didn't even speak to one another.
"We had little financial support, I didn't know anything and I could barely speak English," Stumpf told ABC News, adding: "We started arguing about every little thing."
I would have smacked him!


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An Scoping report has been submitted for series of buildings as part of a residential lead development , on the site of the former hostel Oaklands behind a forthcoming Crossrail depot has been submitted to the Old Oak Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC).
The Development known as Oaklands has been submitted on-behalf of Genesis Housing Association Ltd & QPR Holdings.This could provide around 600 residential units with varying heights from 6 to 25 storeys with around 33% of the housing deemed as affordable. Alongside 3,500sqm of commercial floorspace. The outline of the near to completed Crossrail depot can be seen as the rectangular outline to the south east.
The former Oaklands hotel is situated on a sliproad which is used frequently by construction vehicles used in order to facilitate the construction of one of the two depots required for the future Crossrail route which will call at Old Oak Common although not until around 2026 alongside the forthcoming HS2 rail line.
Albeit a temporary depot for that Old Oak Common is earmarked for regeneration which is expected to create 25,500 new homes and 65,000 new jobs by 2037 , to which the current Crossrail depot alongside many others including the former Eurostar depot will need to make way for the regeneration scheme.
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Ever drive through middle America and see 10 story tall Jesus statues? Wouldn't this money be better used to actually help people in need? How much money is needed to fund the churches legal battles? How much money is used to prozelitize faith? Religion is for the narrow minded who need to be threatened in order to be morally good. Act with your own good morals and remove the hypocrite deities.
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Montana wrote:Looks like Swix changed there waxing suggestion somewhat. Here's the Classic recommendation:Swix wrote:Kickwax recommendations
Binder Layer: VG35 Green Base Binder
Kicking Layer: VR50 (2-4 Layers)
Note- If more kick is needed, try VR55N, or VR62. If more glide is needed, apply one layer of VX53. If precipitation comes in the form of rain, KX40S Silver Klister covered with VR50 can be an option. If you have Zeros, I would prep these skis as well.
The feedback I got was that Violet Klister covered was the ticket. Not sure why Swix isn't recommending this because they have excellent Violet Klisters...I would not cover with VR waxes...
BNS had Violet Klister covered with Oslo Violet as their best kick. So right now I'm feeling pretty good about my early wax rec


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What would a president do if he were furious over criticism, or felt that his noble aims justified most means of attaining them?
Answer that question by comparing the behavior of Richard Nixon to that of an increasingly similar Barack Obama.
Nixon tried to use the Internal Revenue Service to go after his political enemies – although his IRS chiefs at least refused his orders to focus on liberals.
Nixon ignored settled law and picked and chose which statutes he would enforce – from denying funds for the Clean Water Act to ignoring congressional subpoenas.
Nixon attacked TV networks and got into personal arguments with journalists such as CBS' Dan Rather.
Nixon wanted the Federal Communications Commission to hold up the licensing of some television stations on the basis of their political views.
Nixon went after "enemies." He ordered surveillance to hound his suspected political opponents and was paranoid about leaks.
Now, consider how President Obama has directed government, as opposed to the platitudes he has offered about how it should operate.
The IRS? So far, the Obama-era IRS has succeeded in hounding nonprofit Tea Party groups into political irrelevancy. By holding up rulings on nonprofit status, the IRS ensured that the Tea Party's big political wins of 2010 would not be a factor in the president's 2012 re-election bid. Disgraced former IRS official Lois Lerner headed the division that focused inordinately on conservative groups. But she has refused to answer questions to Congress – invoking the Fifth Amendment to protect herself from self-incrimination.
The FCC? According to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, Obama's agency, until outrage arose, had planned "to ask station managers, news directors, journalists, television anchors and on-air reporters to tell the government about their 'news philosophy' and how the station ensures that the community gets critical information." In other words, Obama FCC appointees dreamed of predicating federal licensing on having politically correct views similar to their own.
Enemies? Federal authorities jailed a video maker for a probation violation after the Obama administration falsely blamed him for causing a riot that led to the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi in September 2012. In truth, the attack was an organized terrorist strike facilitated by our lax security.
Dinesh D'Souza has written and filmed some very unflattering things about Obama. He might be as openly critical of the president as Daniel Ellsberg was of Nixon. In January, the office of Obama-appointed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara indicted D'Souza on federal charges of violating campaign finance laws. If convicted, D'Souza could be imprisoned for up to seven years.
Speaking of the Obama Justice Department, a former director of its Office of Public Affairs, Tracy Schmaler, was reported to have worked closely with the George Soros-funded Media Matters for America on stories slamming critics of the administration. When the story alleging this public-private political partnership came out, Schmaler resigned – and then went to work for former Obama political operative David Axelrod.
Going after reporters? Obama regularly blames Fox News by name for its criticism. In 2008, he seemed to enter into a personal grudge match with Fox's Sean Hannity.
Ignoring the law? The Affordable Care Act as currently administered bears little resemblance to the law that was passed by Congress and signed by the president. Federal immigration law is now a matter of enforcing what the president allows and ignoring the rest.
Wiretaps? Well, aside from the electronic surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency, the Obama Justice Department secretly monitored Fox News reporter and sometime critic James Rosen. The Justice Department even seized his e-mails and phone records in fear that he might publish administration leaks.
There are a few differences, however, between the transgressions of Nixon and Obama, and America's reaction to them.
The old watchdogs of civil liberties that took on Nixon – the America media of the Watergate era – are now silent. For them, Obama is not right-wing, easily caricatured, unappealing or an old anti-communist agitator. He's an iconic liberal, charismatic and, in the past, an experienced community organizer. A Democratic Senate majority has little interest in auditing Obama, though it once zealously pounced on Nixon's misdeeds.
If you once suggested that Nixon's team was violating constitutional principles, you were hailed as speaking truth to power. Try that with progressive Obama, and you are likely to be caricatured as some sort of embittered Tea Party zealot at best, a retrograde racist at worst. Nixon ended impeached and disgraced; Obama may well enjoy a lucrative and in-demand post-presidency.
Both presidents once had enormous potential and high poll ratings, but their treatment of the Constitution was as Orwellian as it was unnecessary. Before Nixon imploded, he was warned to stop it.
Will Obama?


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