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Nebraska Fans Never Tire of Storybook Scripts Written by Walk-Ons
Randy York's N-Sider
To "Respond to Randy" click on the link below and choose "Randy York's N-Sider" under "Area of Interest" on the new screen. Please include your name and residence (city/town and state) and share your thoughts on Nebraska's walk-on tradition and the players you consider your all-time favorite walk-ons. Your comments may be published at the bottom of this column.
At Thursday's Nebraska Walk-On Club Luncheon in downtown Lincoln, Todd Peterson offered some entertaining descriptions of his first two catches in a Husker uniform as a redshirt freshman.
Both resulted in touchdowns in back-to-back road games at Baylor and Missouri in 2005. That's the good news. The bad news is Peterson's dad had no idea his son would make the travel roster, so he missed both games.
"My dad didn't miss a game the rest of that season," said Peterson, who, unfortunately, didn't catch another touchdown pass in the last five games that season either.
Click the link above to hear Peterson, one of the Huskers' most popular walk-ons ever, remember how fast he went from anonymity to star. Even four years ago, his teammates were calling him Touchdown Todd, a fitting description to the final game of his career which included a crucial 19-yard touchdown catch in the Huskers' 26-21 Gator Bowl win over Clemson.
Former Nebraska Academic All-American Jeff Jamrog, the Huskers' assistant athletic director for football operations, also spoke at the luncheon and described the impact walk-ons are having in Bo Pelini's second year as head coach.
Jamrog, understandably, is proud of the six walk-ons who were awarded scholarships this fall and are now living their own once-in-a-football-lifetime dreams this season.
All six are native Nebraskans:
- Senior wide receiver Wes Cammack (DeWitt)
- Senior linebacker Colton Koehler (Harvard)
- Senior offensive guard Derek Meyer (Campbell)
- Junior place-kicker Alex Henery (Omaha)
- Junior tight end Dreu Young (Cozad) and
- Sophomore center Mike Caputo (Omaha).
Koehler and Young say Peterson was an important role model in their respective rise to scholarship status. That means soon, the Husker history book will continue to expand. Right now, 442 Husker walk-ons have become letterwinners since the arrival of Bob Devaney in 1962, and 131 walk-ons have become starters.
Knowing that Nebraska fans never tire of storybook scripts written by walk-ons, here's a closer look at the path each walk-on has taken to earn his coveted scholarship:
Wes Cammack - From Regent's Scholar to Four-Year Letterman
Cammack is one of those rarities. Not only was he not on scholarship, he was not a recruited walk-on. He needed a tryout to gain his spot on the roster.
"Sometimes I feel like I've been at Nebraska 10 years, and sometimes I feel like this is just my first year," Cammack said. "The season moves really fast. It'll be December before you know it."
That's why every day, every practice, every game, Cammack makes a promise to himself to cherish each moment, good or bad.
"The friendships I've made here in the last five years are friendships I'll have the rest of my life," he said. "It's been a long road, but it's taught me how to grow up. I've learned a lot - about football and about life."
Cammack knows the meaning of perseverance and why it's so important whether you're a walk-on or on scholarship.
"Playing football takes a lot of dedication," he said. "We put in a lot of hours. It's almost like a fulltime job."
He was certainly equipped to handle the extra load. He did, after all, come to Nebraska on a four-year Regents scholarship, which paid for his tuition and books the first eight semesters of college.
His first game action came in 2006 against Missouri as a member of the kickoff team. He earned a letter as a redshirt freshman and repeated that honor in 2007 and 2008, meaning he will complete his career as a four-year letterman.
Cammack has played in 30 career games. If Nebraska plays in the Big 12 championship game this season and earns another expected bowl berth, and if he continues to stay healthy, Cammack will finish his career having played in 40 games . . . not bad for someone who had to try out just to walk on.
The two-time, first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection is on track to graduate in May of 2010 and has helped set the table for other non-recruited walk-ons to follow in his footsteps.
"I take great pride and honor in being a Husker, and this program is definitely headed in the right direction," he said. "I'm glad my story might help other kids continue to dream about playing here just like I did."
Colton Koehler - From Nebraska Wesleyan to Nebraska Cornhuskers
Talk about your proverbial long shot. Even the most astute followers of Nebraska football had to check their programs last season when Baylor was pressing the Huskers in Lincoln, and No. 54 started making tackles. He was even credited with an important safety in the fourth quarter.
Colton Koehler went from almost total obscurity to a familiar name in one game. The junior was pressed into important duty when injuries depleted Mike Ekeler's linebacking corps, and Koehler finished the season as a starter in the Gator Bowl win over Clemson.
His journey is worth recounting. A standout quarterback, tight end and linebacker at eight-man Harvard in high school, he spent his freshman season as a linebacker at Nebraska Wesleyan. After his freshman season was complete, he took a trip to Boulder to watch his favorite team while growing up play the Buffs.
Before he left Colorado, he'd made an important decision. "I decided then that I wanted to walk on," he said. "I asked my dad about it, and he kept telling me that I needed to do what I wanted to do . . . he wasn't going to tell me what to do."
So Koehler talked to his high school coach, who initiated a conversation with the Nebraska coaching staff to jump-start the process.
"I was ready to go somewhere bigger and try something that I'd always dreamed about," Koehler said. "It's worked out for me. I'm part of the team, and I've gotten to play."
Koehler couldn't help thinking about the players who have had similar experiences as walk-ons through the years, especially Peterson, a wide receiver who became a second-team Academic All-American last year.
"Todd really worked his butt off and inspired a lot of the rest of us," Koehler said. "It was fun to watch him slowly but surely work his way up the depth chart and onto the field. All of a sudden, he started making plays left and right. He helped the rest of us understand how much you have to keep fighting and never lose sight of the reason why you're here in the first place."
When Pelini became head coach, he told everyone in his first full-team meeting that it didn't matter whether you were on scholarship or a walk-on, every job was open and everyone could compete. "And he's really held his ground on that," Koehler said. "The players who play are the ones who flat-out practice the best to earn the opportunity."
Koehler often thinks about the walk-on tradition that had its meager beginnings with Devaney and was enhanced substantially by Tom Osborne. "If it weren't for the philosophy of those two legendary coaches," he said, "I would never have had the chance I did."
Derek Meyer - From Scout Team to Senior-Year Scholarship
Offensive guard Derek Meyer began his career at Kansas State before transferring to Nebraska in 2008. He redshirted last season and earned the honor of Scout Team Co-Offensive Player of the Year.
Everything he's done since his arrival has been geared to playing in his one and only chance as a senior, and he's built a reputation as someone willing to do anything and everything asked of him.
So, forgive Jamrog for throwing Meyer a curve ball this fall. When he called Meyer into his office, he asked him to shut the door and sit down.
With a stern look on his face, Jamrog told Meyer: "You're in a little bit of trouble here. We've gotten some drug test results back, and . . ."
Suspecting perhaps that he was the target of a practical joke, Meyer said "No way" in a semi-startled, but confident voice.
"Actually, the reason I called you in here was to tell you we're putting you on scholarship this fall," Jamrog said with a smile every bit as wide as the one starting to emerge on Meyer's face.
"That was a pretty good joke," Meyer said. "I went a full 180 degrees in less than three seconds. Needless to say, I was taken aback. A scholarship was something I was working very hard for, but it was not something I was expecting. Really, just like everyone else, it was another dream come true for me."
Friends and fellow linemen Jake Hickman, Keith Williams and Mike Smith were the first to congratulate him. So was Mike Caputo, the backup center who had learned he was getting a scholarship the same night, but couldn't tell anyone either.
"It was pretty hard not to call my parents, but I was told not to, so I didn't," Meyer said. "When I finally could tell them the news, they were pretty emotional just like I was. They knew I had finally arrived at where I wanted to play all along. I grew up coming to games here with my dad. The whole family was excited."
More importantly, "My honor was another positive way to look at how this program is run," Meyer said. "Bo said he would look at everyone exactly the same - whether you were on scholarship or walking on. It's all about putting in the hard work. There are no favorites at Nebraska. Everyone is equal."
Alex Henery - From Great to Possible Legendary Status
With all due respect to the obvious fan favorite player, there is, among many, another popular choice on this team, and he's not a blocker or a tackler, a quarterback or a running back or even a receiver. They don't scream his name whenever he does something spectacular. The applause meter, though, does move quickly to the right every time he steps on the field and calmly splits the uprights.
Alex Henery, a walk-on placekicker/punter, is even more popular this year than he was as a freshman/sophomore and became the nation's most accurate kicker, making 26-of-29 field goals.
This year, he's made eight of nine field goals and converted all 19 of his extra point attempts. He leads the Huskers in scoring with 43 points and ranks among the leaders in the Big 12 Conference.
Henery is more popular because he's also added punting to his repertoire, kicking 14 times for a 42-yard average while pinning opponents inside their own 20 on half of those punts.
One was a 76-yard punt after a bad snap at Virginia Tech, giving Henery the chance to run first before delivering the punt. "I was in shock because I didn't know what the heck he was doing," Bo Pelini said. "From my angle, I couldn't see that the snap pulled him to the side. I'll be honest with you. When I first looked up, I thought he was running the football and I was like, good God, and then he hit a mortar shot off his foot . . . it was a phenomenal kick. I've seen him do things like that in practice, so it really doesn't surprise me."
Henery was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week. He was responsible for all of Nebraska's points in a 16-15 loss at what is now sixth-ranked Virginia Tech, connecting on field goals from 40, 27, 19 and 38 yards twice. His five field goals in Blacksburg rank second in a single game in school history.
Pelini describes Henery, who turned down a soccer scholarship at Creighton to walk on at Nebraska, as someone who's "tougher than you think. He's very athletic. You can't do that unless you're a tremendous athlete. He's a tremendous athlete."
The only difference is, Nebraska fans only see what Henery can do with his foot and a ball. "He's like a golfer with a lot of clubs in his bag," former Nebraska deep snapper T.J. O'Leary said of Henery. "He's very versatile, and nothing fazes him. He's so gifted, so natural. He'll practice any situation until he gets it down. We've all seen him kick the big ones. We knew, and he knew he could kick that 57-yarder last year against Colorado."
Henery's school record kick catapulted the Huskers over CU and into the hearts of Nebraska fans everywhere.
Ten months later, a record crowd of 86,304 for Nebraska's 300th consecutive sellout applauded loudly when Henery's record kick was shown on a highlight reel during the post-game fireworks display.
It's hard to imagine that less than two months ago, Alex Henery - who will go down as one of Nebraska's most fabled walk-ons ever - wasn't even on an athletic scholarship.
Dreu Young - From Waiting in the Car to Picking Up a Check
Dreu Young said he's had so many walk-on role models at Nebraska, it's hard to say which one inspired him most.
There are, of course, the Makovicka brothers while he was growing up in Cozad, Neb.
Then there are Todd Peterson and Tyler Wortman, a pair of Grand Island walk-ons who became second-team Academic All-Americans at the same time.
Young even mentions fellow junior walk-on Alex Henery as an inspirational role model.
"Man, all those guys inspire me," Young said, "but if I had to pick my favorite one of all-time, I'd go with Petey (Peterson). I played high school football in the same basic area he did, and he kind of remembered me when I got here. He also really helped me, so I probably look up to him the most."
The thing is, Young said, all walk-ons are role models for others. Actually, even walk-ons who did not letter for the Huskers are role models because they were willing to give "the big time" a try, so they'd never have to wonder if they could have made it or not.
"There are still walk-ons on this team who deserve to be on scholarships, and if we had enough to go around, they'd have one, too," Young said.
"When Jeff Jamrog told me I had a scholarship, I was excited," Young said. "When I told my parents the news, I'll admit it - it was hard to hold back the tears because I'm an emotional guy. My parents were very proud of me. They knew how hard I'd worked to get to that point."
Work ethic remains one of the most important measuring sticks in Nebraska football. Sometimes, it's the most important characteristic a walk-on has.
"This coaching staff doesn't care who you are or how many stars you had as a recruit," Young said. "They don't care if you're a 185-pound walk-on from Nebraska or a 250-pound scholarship star from somewhere else . . . they treat you exactly the same. The same standards and the same rules apply to everyone."
Young, now 6-4 and 250 pounds, caught a 27-yard touchdown pass against Arkansas State.
It didn't make him feel any more special. "The only difference I feel now is when we go pick up scholarship checks," Young said. "In the past, I had to wait in the car while my friends went inside. Now, I get to go with them and pick up a check, too."
Mike Caputo - From Listening to Oldies to Lifting with Passion
Sit down with any of Nebraska's strength and conditioning coaches. Ask them what players rank in the top five of the Huskers' most dedicated weightlifters, and one name will make every coach's list - Mike Caputo.
At 6-1 and 275 pounds, the sophomore backup center to Jacob Hickman is undersized by Division I standards, but Caputo more than makes up for it with outstanding technique and incredible strength.
He comes by his strength naturally. His father, former University of Nebraska at Kearney football player Tony Caputo, once held the Nebraska state bench press record.
"He benched 530 pounds once at halftime of a basketball game," Mike said, "so growing up, lifting weights was just something I always did. It was no big deal, but it's made a big difference in my career."
An all-state lineman, who led Millard (Neb.) North to four straight Class A semifinal games and a state championship in 2005, Caputo considered accepting an offer to play football at a Division II school.
But he couldn't resist walking on at Nebraska, and the reward has been worth the risk. After earning a letter in 2008, Caputo was one of six Husker walk-ons awarded a scholarship.
Caputo made headlines last spring when he worked with the No. 1 unit at center while Hickman moved to offensive guard. The experiment sent a major motivational signal to Ricky Henry, who intensified his efforts in learning the playbook, so he could bring the mental part of his game up to the same level he was demonstrating physically.
Caputo, meanwhile, continues to earn the respect and the trust of his teammates and coaches.
His most memorable moment at Nebraska was playing as a freshman against Western Michigan.
His favorite singer is Frank Sinatra. His favorite band is the Eagles, and he's always enjoyed listening to oldies because he grew up on the songs his parents listened to.
For a 20-year-old, Mike Caputo was the biggest throwback on the Nebraska team when the Huskers celebrated their 300th consecutive sellout crowd last Saturday night.
Not surprisingly, he wears No. 65 - the same jersey his dad wore in college.
Editor's note: To make reservations for the Dec. 10 Walk-On Luncheon, featuring offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and former Husker walk-on and team co-captain Brandon Rigoni, call 402-472-2367 or 1-800-8-BIG RED).
Voices from Husker Nation
I have a comment and a prediction. No one breathed more fire as Nebraska walk-ons than Derrie Nelson and Joel Makovicka. One (Nelson) was the Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year who might belong on a list of the Top 10 all-time Blackshirts. The other (Makovicka) was as physical on offense as Nelson was on defense and would just as soon run over you as look at you. Now, having made those comments, I would like to make a prediction. Two years from now, after he becomes a two-time All-American kicker and leads Nebraska to a national championship in 2010, Alex Henery will go down as the most popular walk-on in Husker history. I make that prediction confident that the skinny, but athletic engineering major is every bit as mentally tough as the other two are physically tough. Therein lies the beauty of Nebraska football . . . brains and brawn. You need both, and Nebraska has both. And just watch how Bo and his staff keep recruiting that combination now and well into the future. Ri Edwards, Yuba City, California
Thanks for taking the time to interview these six young men. They all have amazing stories to tell . . . uniquely Nebraska kinds of stories. We all know about Alex Henery, but it's just as fun to know "the rest of the story" about the other five players. It's obvious they've invested a big part of themselves into the program. It's guys like these and the Matt O'Hanlons who make plays that quite often save seasons. Jake Swanson, Phoenix, Arizona
I like to go way back to the early days and mention my favorite walk-ons. If Bob Devaney hadn't created opportunities for walk-ons like Billy Johnson, Langston Coleman and Jim McFarland to become starters in the 1960s, the walk-on phenomenon might not ever have taken off. I found it interesting last week to see those old pictures of the players carrying Devaney off the field after his first national championship. One of the guys carrying Coach Devaney on his shoulders was Mike "Red" Beran. I read where the "Red Man" didn't even make all-conference at Ord (Neb.) High School, but he spent so much time in the weight room that he ended up lettering on the '71 team and starting on Devaney's last team in '72. Those are the guys that laid the groundwork for others and convinced Tom Osborne to expand the walk-on program and create even more opportunity. Ex-players have said that walk-ons are the heart and soul of Nebraska football, and for those of who have been following the Huskers since Bob Devaney arrived, there is no doubt in my mind about the truth of that statement. Steve Sorum, Lincoln, Nebraska
We all love the Makovicka brothers, and I noticed in your Fan Poll they were Nebraska's most popular walk-ons of all-time. I don't dispute that one bit. Even though I.M. Hipp and Jarvis Redwine are my all-time favorite walk-ons, what about Jimmy and Toby Williams? Like Coleman, they came all the way from Washington D.C. to walk on at Nebraska, and together they ended up playing 18 years in the National Football League. What successes they became, and all because they were attracted to a big-time school that offered them a good education and an opportunity to play. Tom Osborne had one of the best all-time records in college football history because he welcomed walk-ons with open arms, developed them as student-athletes and rewarded their hard work. In reinforcing that same philosophy, Bo just might recruit some terrific out-of-state walk-ons to complement the in-state walk-ons. Jerry Seiler, Hastings, Nebraska
Editor's Note: In an August 6 Fan Poll on Huskers.com, asking Nebraska fans about their favorite walk-on story of all-time, 43 percent of 2,600 voters said Jeff and Joel Makovicka were their favorites, followed by I.M. Hipp (26 percent); Jared Tomich (10 percent); Langston Coleman (8 percent); Brandon Rigoni (7 percent); and Jarvis Redwine (6 percent).
I attended the Walk-on Luncheon Thursday and so enjoyed hearing Todd Peterson and Jeff Jamrog. The Nebraska walk-ons definitely are another very important dimension of Nebraska football and the character of the people in this state. I strongly encourage everyone to attend future walk-on luncheons and to support the Walk-on Club. Ivette Bender

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Sauber is not concerned about its pace in the opening pre-season test at Jerez and will bring significant upgrades to its new car when testing resumes in Bahrain later this month.
The new C33's best lap was nearly seven seconds off the fastest time of the week set by Kevin Magnussen and McLaren as both Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutierrez struggled for grip. But with Sauber's focus set on racking up mileage in Jerez, team principal Monisha Kaltenborn said it was too early to talk about performance comparisons.
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Sauber is powered by Ferrari, which ended the first test with lower engine mileage than Mercedes but had a significantly smoother week than Renault.
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On the Android the HOME key, pushed once, brings you back to the main screen. If you hold it down, then it acts like a task bar (ALT+TAB for any windows readers) and lets you select a running app to switch to.
I realized that the screen would stop locking too! No pocket phone calls, but some actual pocket web surfing and the like. Very annoying.
I had been running http://www.cyanogenmod.com 4.2 on the phone since I started carrying a G1 in January. (I switched from the Rogers Dream to the T-Mobile Dream to get the right radio for WIND in April. I did that with a nandroid backup and restore…)
I was not running APPS2SD before, I had a 4G microSD card, which will plenty big for apps, since Meaghan's new phone needed an uSD card for her MPs, we each got 8G uSD cards. I meant to partition the 8G, flash up to CM 5.0 and run apps2sd.
I started this yesterday with a wonder… since booting with HOME key down is how you get into the recovery image… was I screwed if my HOME key was broken? MIRACLE, it works.
Yesterday, I did a nandroid backup on the 4G uSD card, and then did a factory wipe/reset. SURPRISE. HOME key works. It was somehow a software issue!
I then took the 4G uSD card, inserted it into my laptop, did a tar.gz copy of the contents of the disk, and then inserted the 8G uSD. I partitioned it as 2G for /sdcard, 1.5G (advice from google/forums) for apps, and a 4.5G ext3 partition for… other stuff. Since these partitions can show up on a laptop/etc.
I'll put some "away" SSH keys on it, and likely put some other stuff that
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I'm thinking about putting a copy of QEMU on the windows drive, along with a
live x86 image, and maybe I can mount the ext3fs there directly?
What happens if I put a copy of MSDOS.COM on it, or install grub on it… can I boot a random x86 PC from my phone right into Linux?
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CHAUTAUQUA – Firefighters were able to save a residence Monday night at Chautauqua Institution.
A police officer on his rounds noticed a fire at 30 Ramble Ave. around 11:45 p.m. Firefighters from Chautauqua, Sherman, Ashville and Mayville were dispatched.
A fire chief from the Chautauqua Fire Department said quick action was able to save the three-story residence and nearby structures. A fire investigator pegged damaged at $200,000 due to smoke, fire and water damage.
The fire is being labeled as accidental; an electrical problem in a third-story bathroom was cited as causing the blaze.
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Not only nucleus charge grows, also number of electrons shielding the charge.But there is something much more important. Electrons don't form an amorphous cloud around the nucleus, they are ordered in a way and occupy orbitals. That basically means that new electrons go further from the nucleus (oversimplification and not exactly true), so the attraction is not higher for each next element.Once you will learn a little bit about quantum chemistry, quantum numbers, orbital energies and orbital arrangement in space it will become more clear.
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ANAHEIM – Mayor Tom Tait has asked the city's top administrator to move forward with plans to establish a citizens' committee to review police actions and misconduct allegations.
Community leaders called for such a committee over the summer after police shootings killed two Latino men and sparked weeks of unrest.
"The time has come," Tait said. "It would be good for the city to have a trusted group of citizens look into any allegations of misconduct."
Doing so would help renew community trust and confidence in police, Tait said.
The mayor brought up the idea at the end of Tuesday's City Council meeting, addressing several public speakers who said not enough is being done in response to the shootings on July 21 and 22 and other officer-involved shootings earlier in the year.
Tait has asked City Manager Bob Wingenroth to draft a plan for a review board that would come to the full City Council for a vote, likely early next year.
But what such a review committee would look like – how many members and how they would be selected – has yet to be determined.
The city must also determine how much authority such a committee would have.
In Los Angeles, the Police Department is overseen by a five-member civilian commission, selected by the mayor and approved by the City Council. It acts like a corporate board of directors and the chief handles day-to-day operations but reports to the commission.
The city of San Diego has a 30-member Citizens Review Board on Police Practices that investigates police procedures, officer-involved shootings and jail deaths, and it recommends changes to the police chief. Board members go on ride-alongs with patrol officers and attend police-training sessions.
Anaheim Sgt. Bob Dunn said that Chief John Welter worked with the San Diego review board when with that department and will cooperate in helping form one in Anaheim, if the council wants it.
"That's an effort led by the mayor and city manager, but the chief is happy to participate in that process," Dunn said.
Seferino Garcia, an Anaheim resident and Latino community leader who has worked on gang issues with police, has been a strong advocate for a police review board since the unrest began in Anaheim. Garcia said that a citizens' review board should not report to the police chief.
"It's important – imperative – that we form this committee with a diverse group of citizens so that the people of Anaheim know what's going on, and they can feel at peace that somebody is looking out for them," Garcia said. "And it's important that we have autonomy from the chief and internal affairs, so it's not a matter of the fox guarding the henhouse."
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In 1994, I co-hosted Dick Clark New Year's Rockin' Eve, and we filmed that shit nowhere near New Years. It was like in July or something really early like that. The show was shot in different locations and put together in post like a quilt, but I remember my patch was done at a big megastudio in Orlando, florida, probably MGM or Disneyworld. I am not sure which theme park it was, but I remember at the airport I had to take a tram so it must have been Orlando.
They paid a lot for me at the time, and since I was technically an employee of Disney, whenever I was at Disneyland or Disneyworld, I never had to wait in line for rides or pay one thin dime for food or souvenirs, which basically ruined the theme park game for me. Now when I go to any kind of amusement park, I expect that kind of treatment. I get in through the gates and I feel like a deposed king, no longer in power yet unable to blend back into ordinary life, the memory of riches and entitlements now just a bitter taste in my mouth.
But in the early 90s, I could ride the Matterhorn as many times in a row as I pleased. If I wanted to I could just stay on the ride and go again and again and again and again and I did it so much I didn't enjoy it at all anymore. It just rattled my brain and racked my nerves. I preferred the weirdly retro science rides at Disneyworld, the ones hardly ridden by anyone and set to close down forever, which now would be categorized as 'steampunk' and be kept running by hipsters high on mushrooms.
Whenever you went to Disneyworld you would get a young person who would be your fixer, and they would usually be a good looking, somewhat androgynous and extremely ambitious type. Their jobs had a specific name but I can't remember what it is, or what their individual names were. They would do anything for you, and I even think once I asked them for drugs and they just laughed. They wore plaid vests and were uniformly beautiful and resourceful and trained to please you in all ways that were legal and possible. I guess it is like hiring a geisha, as these vested and happy helpers made a point to flatter you and make good conversation, so they were geisha without kimono. Like Doctors Without Borders. Nice kids.
They drove me to the set in golf carts and complimented my fancy gown, a Gregory Parkinson original, fitted to my body in the workroom of his old store on Beverly Blvd. Gregory slit the back open and pinned the silver sequin masterpiece so it hung perfectly, and after the special was filmed he hand dyed it so I could wear it again without anyone suspecting it wasn't new. It was my first real designer dress and I wish I still had the thing. I can't remember where it is at all anymore.
Dick Clark was there and he looked supernaturally young, which has been the joke with him forever, and he has always been fond of me and relied on me and gave me jobs way before other people did. Once he brought me in specially to shoot an episode of the Donny and Marie talk show. The famous siblings fought throughout my segment, and Dick apologized for their constant conflict. I was merely honored to be there, and probably as starstruck as I have ever been. I remember the Barbie style dolls of Donny and Marie I had as a child, in their purple ice skating outfits, the shredded amethyst and lavender chiffon cut into tiny triangles to give the illusion of movement. I don't know why they don't have tv shows filmed on ice anymore. This was a smashingly good idea.
Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve wasn't filmed on ice, and I shared co-hosting duties with Steve Harvey, who I saw often in those days, as we both had big deals with Disney. He was always hilarious and made fun of the executives and whenever he was there it was a relief because I didn't have to do all the joking. Salt-n-Pepa performed and they wore knee pads and danced impressively and sang their hit 'What a Man' and it was thrilling even though they had to repeat the song a number of times so that the cameras could move and shoot them from different angles. Every time they did the song I still got just as excited as the first time. I love Salt-n-Pepa. Spinderella was there too.
We all stood together at the end and cheered in the new year – I think Hootie and the Blowfish were in attendance as well but my memory doesn't include them and I am not sure why. I saw Darius Rucker multiple times during that period. For some reason we were always in the same hotels. I was always coming when he was going. Different cities, different days, but we always passed each other in the same direction. He's nice too. He'll hold an elevator for you even when its awkward and inconvenient.
When the old year was counted out and the new year was ushered in I got scared because it wasn't New Years. It wasn't even close to New Years. I had been watching this show since I was a child and I had always assumed it was live and now to be a part of it, a big part of it and know what a lie it was felt strangely shattering and sickening. I think it was the very beginning of my nervous breakdown of the mid-90s and one of the reasons I never celebrate New Year's Eve.


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Ruben, J. A., Jones, T. D., Geist, N. R. 2003. Respiratory and Reproductive Paleophysiology of Dinosaurs and Early Birds. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 76:141-161.
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Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis was full of praise for his goalscoring duo of Marouane Chamakh and Cameron Jerome after they fired the Eagles to their second Barclays Premier League win in the space of a week at the expense of Cardiff.
Jerome, on a season-long loan from Stoke, opened the scoring with a sixth-minute header with Chamakh sealing the victory in the second half with a well-taken finish.
The win means only an inferior goal difference is keeping Palace in the relegation zone and Pulis was left delighted with the impact his forward players had on the game.
"Those two have been brilliant," the former Stoke boss said.
"They have given everyone in the team a lead in respect how they worked. Chamakh was wonderful, his link-up play was very good, and Cameron is a threat. If he does what he is good at he is a threat to anybody.
"Chamakh has real quality - Arsenal never buy a player unless they're quality. Wenger knows people with quality and he has got it, it is just about getting it out of him.
"He has looked really up for it. He recognises he is an important member of this group and hopefully he keeps playing the way he is."
Palace have now taken 10 points from their last five league games but Pulis, who took charge of the club a little over two weeks ago, knows a string of results has been crucial to stay in touch ahead of a difficult festive period.
"They are important games," he added.
"It is going to be a massive task for us - it's always difficult for promoted teams to stay in it. We needed the points this week as we have some tough away games coming up."
Jerome, whose effort was his first Premier League goal since February, is pleased with the understanding he is starting to form with Morocco international Chamakh.
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"We both work well together and are hardworking players. Chamakh deserved his goal today. He worked hard off the front and is important to the team and shows his attitude is great."
The defeat means Malky Mackay's Bluebirds have just one win in their last nine league outings but the Cardiff boss is not yet worried about the threat of relegation.
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"We know that is not easy to do in the PL but we had a good result against Man United, it is 1-0 against Arsenal with four minutes to go and we got a good point at Stoke.
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The visitors had started brightly at Selhurst Park and Fraizer Campbell was guilty of missing a great opportunity to open the scoring with a second-minute header.
Mackay was left bemoaning that miss and the fact Jerome scored with his own header moments later.
He said: "We certainly weren't at it the way we have been but even then it is about taking chances and we had a great chance in the first five minutes and we should have scored.
"That would have changed the game, goals change games. They went up the other end and scored their chance. Then we head the ball straight down to Chamakh 18 yards out and he strikes at goal. We have got to be better at our end and certainly we have got to defend our box better than that.
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(CNN) -- The photograph was shocking: a hooded detainee, in U.S. custody, standing on a box with electrical wires hooked up to his fingers.
Images of abuse at Abu Ghraib changed the discourse on the war, says Abdul Rahman al-Rashed of Al-Arabiya TV.
That photo, as well as the others depicting detainee abuse inside Abu Ghraib at the hands of U.S. troops, came to symbolize "America in the eyes of the world at that time," said CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
"Those pictures unfortunately became symbolic, emblematic of all the troubles that the U.S. faced in the last four years of the Bush administration, particularly given its war in Iraq," Amanpour said. "Beyond that, it caused a great deal of outrage around the world."
It was against this backdrop that President Obama reversed course last week, telling government lawyers to object to a court-ordered release of additional images showing alleged abuse of detainees. Military commanders urged him to fight the release of the photos, fearing it would endanger the lives of U.S. soldiers.
The photographs first appeared in a report on "60 Minutes 2" in late April 2004, followed by an extensive story on the abuse by award-winning journalist Seymour Hersh in The New Yorker.
"It was a big shock," said Abdul Rahman al-Rashed, the head of the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television station. "It hurt mostly the ones who were for the fall of the Saddam [Hussein] regime. ... It was a heated debate in the Middle East at the time -- whether [the invasion] was the right decision and whether the Americans had bad intentions or not." iReport.com: Did Obama make the right call on photos last week?
The fallout was immediate, both overseas and at home. A year into the Iraq war, the American public had grown increasingly uneasy about the direction of the war, and the Abu Ghraib photographs gave anti-war protesters the ammunition they needed to rally around their cause and question Bush administration policies. See Bush administration interrogation tactics »
A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll immediately after the photos were released showed that nearly three-quarters of Americans said the mistreatment of the detainees was unjustified under any circumstances. Bush's overall performance rating sank to what was then the lowest of his presidency, 46 percent. The poll also showed support for the war at its lowest since before it began, with only 44 percent saying they believed it was worthwhile. See some of the disturbing photos (discretion advised) »
It was a blow from which the administration, especially then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, never fully recovered. Amanpour said Obama's presidential victory and big wins by Democrats in the House and Senate were proof of that.
"The American people said that they wanted their good name, the name of their country, the influence and credibility of their country's standing, to be restored in the rest of the world," she said.
The photos did what a print report could not do. They showed front-and-center what human rights groups had been saying for months: that the Bush administration was abusing prisoners within U.S. custody. Some photos showed naked prisoners piled on top of each other like a pyramid. Another showed a smiling female U.S. soldier giving a thumbs-up next to a naked, hooded prisoner.
As a result of the furor unleashed by the pictures, 11 American soldiers were tried and convicted of Abu Ghraib offenses, and some officers were reprimanded.
Al-Rashed said he had expected violations in war, but nothing like "humiliating individuals in those kinds of scenes." The Middle East has a "bloody, long, bad record about torture of prisoners," he said, but what happened at Abu Ghraib was even more reprehensible because it undercut America's democratic values.
"You talk about democracy, you talk about the respect of individuality, the freedom. ... The prison pictures just really made us speechless."
"It was something completely new -- something that we had not seen before in all the dictionary of prisoners and torture and mistreatment. It just weakened the argument completely about the wisdom of getting rid of a regime like Saddam. It made the argument for the other side stronger."
The photographs had a direct impact within the Iraq insurgency. Just days after the photos became public, American contractor Nicholas Berg was beheaded -- with his executioners saying they were retaliating for Abu Ghraib abuses. The insurgents posted video of the killing on the Internet for all to see.
"The publication of these photos would not add any additional benefit to our understanding of what was carried out in the past by a small number of individuals," Obama said. "In fact, the most direct consequence of releasing them would be to further inflame anti-American opinion, and to put our troops in greater danger." Watch Obama explain reversing course »
The court had ordered the release in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU said the Pentagon had agreed to release a "substantial" number of photographs by May 28. Officials at the Pentagon said the photographs are from more than 60 criminal investigations between 2001 and 2006 and show military personnel allegedly abusing detainees.
Obama's decision has sparked a heated debate on what is best for democracy.
Marc Thiessen served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2009, including time as Bush's chief speechwriter. He has said that the "enhanced interrogations" of detainees worked and has opposed the release of the latest round of prisoner abuse photos. Watch more on the photo debate »
"If these photos had been released, within two seconds flat, they would have been up on jihadi Web sites, and al Qaeda would be using them to incite violence," he said.
ACLU attorney Amrit Singh disagrees, saying terrorists already have plenty of information "at their disposal to conduct violence."
"They can conduct all the violence they want without the release of these photographs," she said. "So to pick on these photographs as the cause of violence, I think, is a grave mistake. There were people who suffered immensely, the victims of torture depicted in these photographs. It's for their sake and for the sake of future victims of torture that these photographs must be aired."
She added, "It is essential that these photographs be released so that the public can know the full scale and scope of prisoner abuse that took place in its name."
Republican strategist Kevin Madden said Obama sided with national security instead of "the fury of propaganda that would be unleashed against U.S. forces overseas." He said the liberal left is trying to use the photos "as a vendetta against the Bush administration."
"And in that process, what they're doing is essentially smearing the country as a country that condones detainee abuse and condones the torture, when in fact we don't," he said.
To that, Singh shot back, "But what is the limit of that argument? If gross human rights violations have been committed, do you sweep them under the rug because they will cause outrage?"
Al-Rashed of Al-Arabiya said Obama's decision didn't get much play in the Arab world last week, mostly because the alleged abuse isn't as "shocking anymore."
"It's not as big news as it used to be," he said.
CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, a former adviser to several Republican presidents and one Democrat, said Obama made a wise political decision, even if he upset the left.
"I think in these situations, you can't think about who is going to be pleased and who's not. I think you have to think about what's the right decision for the president and assume good policies ultimately make good politics."
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Nearly half of the 107 medical students graduating from UC Davis in June will enter primary-care medicine residency programs, the highest percentage in more than a decade, demonstrating the school's ongoing commitment to alleviating the nationwide shortage of providers in the specialty.
Of the 107 students in the UC Davis Medical School Class of 2013, 48.6 percent will advance their educations in primary-care medicine, the largest percentage since 2002, when 49.5 percent of students were accepted into primary-care residencies. This year, 9.4 percent will enter advanced subspecialty residencies, the lowest number since 2000.
The graduating class also is the second-largest in the past 13 years, second only to the Class of 2012, with 113 students, so that the total number of graduating students entering primary-care residencies also is larger. Class sizes vary from year to year. The class sizes have grown by as many as 20 students or more in recent years.
Fifty-nine percent of the graduates will attend residency programs in California, with 15 percent remaining at UC Davis to continue their training to become licensed physicians.
UC Davis students learned which residency training programs they would enter on March 15, during the annual event that occurs simultaneously at medical schools nationwide known as Match Day. The students celebrated with faculty, administrators, family and friends.
Each year, more than 16,000 medical school students in the United States, together with thousands of "independent" applicants including former medical school graduates, students at schools of osteopathy and graduates of foreign medical schools, apply for approximately 26,000 positions available in the U.S. Their matches are based on the results of the National Resident Matching Program, which uses a computer algorithm to match the preferences of applicants with those of residency programs at teaching programs nationwide.
Lee Jones, associate dean for student affairs, said students in the Class of 2013 matched to "really solid," high-quality programs throughout the country, including residencies at Harvard University, Stanford University, UCLA, the University of Washington and other top-flight institutions, as well as UC Davis. The percentage of students entering primary care increased once again, reaching a 10-year high, he said.
"The UC Davis School of Medicine is recognized nationwide for producing outstanding clinicians, people who are culturally competent and who really care about their patients," Jones said. "They are academically superb, clinically wonderful people who you would want to go see as a doctor.
"We feel really good about passing the baton of medicine on to this next generation of physicians."
"I am so thrilled to be going to my first-choice pediatric residency, and I am so thankful to UC Davis," said Angela Venturelli, a 27-year-old graduate who is from South San Francisco. Venturelli will be pursuing a pediatrics residency at Oakland Children's Hospital.
"The student-run clinics showed me how important it is for all people to have great primary care, regardless of age, status, or class," Venturelli said.
Kaveh Zivari, 27, of Los Angeles, president of the graduating class, was matched to a residency in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. — where his uncle completed his own residency in obstetrics and gynecology before him.
"This is a very exciting time for us," Zivari said. "This huge weight is lifted off our shoulders. We did so many all-nighters, we answered so many pagers and we studied so hard — all for this moment. Now we know what our futures are going to be.
"I'm excited to be going to a big city to experience life in New York."
Wendy Palacios, 28, of Fairfield, Calif., will spend a transitional year at Harbor UCLA Medical School before returning to UC Davis for a residency in diagnostic radiology.
"I feel a combination of utter elation and absolute relief mixed with a little freaking out," Palacios said. "I'm overjoyed I got my number-one choice of UC Davis and am excited to take on the adventures that one year in Los Angeles will hold."


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Marin 2010: Major overhaul for full-suspension bikes
Plus carbon hardtail, fixies and more
Marin have made some major changes to their full-suspension range for 2010, as well as introducing some new hardtails and jumping on the fixie bandwagon. Here are some of the highlights of their range. Click on the thumbnails on the right for more images.
Mount Vision
The top-rated 120mm-travel Mount Vision series has been revised for 2010, with a slacker head tube (68.5°), lower bottom bracket and slightly lower front end for increased stability at speed, and a steeper seat tube for improved pedalling.
Based around Marin's Quad Link 2.0 suspension system, it also features a 200g lighter and more aerodynamic swingarm than last year (inherited from the ill-fated Alchemist project), with narrower linkages.
Modular dropouts can be switched for use with quick-release skewers or through-axles, and there is top tube routing for an adjustable seatpost. Pivot bearings still have a lifetime warranty, and internal headset bearings are now used for increased strength.
Prices range from £2,150 for the Mount Vision 5.7 with RockShox Reba SL fork, Fox Float R shock, SRAM X-5 and X-7 shifting gear, and Hayes Stroker Trail brakes, to £3,499 for the top-end 5.9 model with Fox 32 F120 RLC FIT fork and RP23 shock, Shimano XT drivetrain, Avid Elixir CR brakes and Fulcrum Red Metal 3 wheels.
We've already reviewed the new Marin Mount Vision 5.8 and if that's anything to go by, first impressions of the 2010 range are promising.
Attack Trail
Launched last year, the Attack Trail promised to offer "pocket downhill bike" style handling. That's still the aim for 2010 but it's now shed some weight (the 6.9 and 6.8 weigh less than 30lb), gained 10mm of travel and become more trail-friendly.
The new bike has been designed around Truvativ's HammerSchmidt planetary gearing system, which appears on the top-end Avalanche and 6.9 models, and features a reconfigured version of Marin's Quad Link 2.0 suspension system plus updated geometry.
Features include a one-piece forged bottom bracket shell with ISCG-05 mounts (for the Hammerschmidt), oversized head tube (1.125-1.5in tapered on the top two models and 1.5in on the 6.8 and 6.7), longer stroke shock, Maxle-compatible modular dropouts and top tube cable routing for an adjustable seatpost.
Prices range from £1,999 for the Attack Trail 6.7 with RockShox Revelation SL fork and Monarch 2.1 shock, SRAM X-5 and X-7 gearing,and Avid Juicy 3.5 brakes, to £3,750 for the top-of-the-line Avalanche model with RockShox Lyrik U-Turn fork and Monarch 4.2 shock, HammerSchmidt, Mavic SX wheels, SRAM X-0 and Avid Elixir CR brakes.
Quad XLT
The freeride-inspired Quad XLT range has been tested on the trails of Whistler Mountain Bike Park in British Columbia and boasts a totally redesigned, hydroformed frame.
Features include a one-piece forged bottom bracket shell with HammerSchmidt-compatible ISCG-05 mounts, internal bearing 1.5in head tube and replaceable modular dropouts.
The 180mm of suspension travel, courtesy of a longer stroke RockShox Vivid coil shock, has been retuned to give it a more linear feel and improve pedalling.
There are two models: the Quad XLT 7.8 with RockShox Domain 318 fork and Vivid 4.1 shock, SRAM X-5, X-7 and X-9 gearing, an e*thirteen dual ring device and Avid Code 5 brakes, and the £3,999 XLT 7.9 with RockShox Totem fork and Vivid shock, and a mix of Shimano Saint and SLX.
CXR Team SLX
When it comes to hardtails, one of the most eye-catching models in Marin's range is the swoopy CXR Team SLX, described as a "flat-out, balls-to-the-wall cross-country weapon".
With a monocoque frame made of high modulus uni-directional carbon, it's specced with a 100mm-travel RockShox Reba SL fork and, interestingly for a carbon race bike, mainly kit from Shimano's tough mid-range SLX groupset. RRP is £2,299.
Indian Fire Trail
The Indian Fire Trail, launched last year, is another key bike in Marin's hardtail lineup. It's made from high-spec 7000 series alloy and is aimed at cross-country and endurance racers.
For £1,950 you get an upgraded spec for 2010 including a 100mm-travel Fox 32 F100RL fork, a mix of SRAM X-0, X-9 and X-7, Hayes Stroker Carbon brakes and Fulcrum Red Metal 5 wheels.
Other hardtails
There isn't space here to list details of all Marin's 2010 hardtails – see www.marin.co.uk for that (the international site, www.marin.com, didn't have 2010 models at time of publication) – but here are a few that caught out eye…
The Alcatraz is team rider Andrew Taylor's signature singlespeed dirt jump bike. It's made of 4130 chromoly steel and comes with a Marzocchi Dirt Jumper III fork, FSA Gap MegaExo DH chainset and Avid Juicy 3 hydraulic disc brakes. RRP is £999.
The Rocky Ridge trail bike gets 140mm-travel RockShox Revelation SLs for 2010, along with a through-axle to beef up steering. At £1,299 it comes with a mix of SRAM X-9, X-7 and X-5, and Hayes Stroker Trail discs.
The B-17 is more of a playbike, and now comes with a RockShox Tora XC fork with 20mm Maxle through-axle, SRAM X-5 (X-7 rear mech) and Avid Juicy 3.5 brakes. RRP is £999.
For those on a tighter budget, the Madrone Trail boasts similar looks and an award-winning ride for just £575. Costs have been cut with the speccing of a 120mm-travel Spinner 300 fork, a mix of basic SRAM and Shimano shifting kit, and Tektro Novela mechanical disc brakes.
Marin may have made their name as a mountain bike brand – their name comes from the area of California where the sport was born – but they've now branched out into tarmac riding. There were loads of flat-bar hybrids at their 2010 launch but the models that caught our eye were the fixies/singlespeeds and drop-bar commuters.
The classy-looking £899 drop-bar Ignacio is made of 4130 chromoly and comes with a triple butted fork, Alex-rimmed wheelset, Vittoria Zaffiro tyres, Sugino Track chainset and Tektro R-720 brakes. A flip-flop rear hub means you can run it freewheel or fixed.
Dominican is new for 2010 and has a 4130 chromoly frame, chromoly fork, Alex-rimmed wheelset, Vittoria Zaffiro tyres, Sturmey-Archer track chainset, flip-flop hub and unbranded dual-pivot brakes. RRP is £525.
Inverness is made of double butted 6061 aluminium and has an identical parts spec to Dominican, except with bright orange rims instead of lurid green. RRP is £475.
Marin also have two drop-bar geared commuters, the Toscana and Lombard, which both come with disc brakes and mudguard eyelets.
The £999 Toscana has a 6061 aluminium frame and comes with an RFE carbon fork, Maxxis Overdrive tyres, a mix of Shimano Sora and Tiagra, an FSA Vero Triple crankset and Avid BB5 mechanical discs.
Lombard is £250 cheaper (£750) and comes with an alloy fork, Maxxis Overdrive tyres, Shimano 2300, a Truvativ Touro crankset and Tektro Lyra brakes.
For full details of these and all other Marin bikes, check out www.marin.co.uk.


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Matthews's statements defy conservatives' claims that he is a "liberal Democrat"
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From a Republican National Committee (RNC) press release to the tirades of right-wing pundits, conservatives have repeatedly accused MSNBC host Chris Matthews of being a "liberal Democrat." But while Matthews did work for former President Jimmy Carter and former House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (D-MA), his statements on major political issues belie the claim that he consistently sides with the Democrats.
Despite Matthews's assertion that Vice President Dick Cheney clearly won the 2004 vice presidential debate over Democratic nominee Sen. John Edwards ("The analogy would be a water pistol [Edwards] against a machine gun [Cheney]"), the RNC issued a press release following that debate titled "Democrat Chris Matthews' Selective 'Analysis': Matthews Pinch Hits For Edwards And Strikes Out The Truth." Similarly, in recounting a September 1, 2004, confrontation with Matthews in his new book A Deficit of Decency (Stroud & Hall, April 2005), former Sen. Zell Miller claimed that Matthews took him out of context because "Matthews was only interested in his usual liberal bias and rapid-fire questions."
Media figures have also broadly labeled Matthews a liberal. Nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh frequently asserts that Matthews is a "liberal Democrat," most recently on May 10 (membership required). Media Research Center president L. Brent Bozell III recently declared of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews: "When it comes to liberal or radical guests, he [Matthews] ought to rename the show 'Cuddles with Chris.' " Right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin described Matthews as one of "the Democrat Party waterboys in the media." NewsMax.com columnist Wes Vernon described Matthews as a "Democrat-leaning commentator."
The erroneous description of Matthews as a liberal may serve to advance the more general misperception of balance in MSNBC's prime-time lineup. In fact, joining former Republican Rep. Joe Scarborough's Scarborough Country, progressive* commentator Keith Olbermann on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and Hardball will soon be The Situation with Tucker Carlson, hosted by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson.
Those who label Matthews a progressive have evidently ignored telling indicators to the contrary. As recently as the May 27 edition of Hardball, Matthews responded to documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi's suggestion that members of the media -- including Matthews -- have portrayed President Bush as a "dunce" by asserting that he has voted for Bush "at least once" and that he has "defended [Bush] against the liberal elitists":
MATTHEWS: I make this president look like -- you don't watch this program, Alexandra. That has never been the case with me. And anybody watching knows right now, we treat this guy [Bush] with respect. I happen to like him. I voted for him at least once. I'm not going to go any further on that. But the idea that we treat him like a dunce is just inaccurate.
MATTHEWS: Just to straighten the record out, Alexandra, back in the 2000 race, I was one of the few journalists that pointed out that George W. Bush did extremely well in those debates against Al Gore. In fact, I said he won in terms of personality, in terms of likability and fairness and on other grounds. I was the one who took a lot of heat for taking that position.
From the beginning, I've defended him on issues like saying Jesus Christ is his personal philosopher. I've defended him against the liberal elitists who did put him down. So, I don't think it's fair to say that I have in any way abused him. Do you want to take that back or do you want to start over or what here?
Matthews previously admitted that he "voted for Bush" in the 2000 election on the October 3, 2003, and February 23, 2004, editions of Hardball. Further, his stated positions on a variety of issues undermine characterizations of him as a liberal, and his false and misleading claims have often furthered a conservative or Republican agenda. Some examples since the 2004 presidential election are listed below.
Matthews on the filibuster debate
Matthews has repeatedly espoused Republican talking points while discussing the Senate compromise over judicial filibusters. He has claimed, among other things, that progressive advocacy groups are "fanatical" and "militant"; that because of the recent bipartisan agreement aimed at averting the "nuclear option," Democrats can stop "pouting and bitching ... [and] actually participate in legislation now"; that Republicans might "get double-crossed or screwed by the Democrats"; and that the Republican position that every judicial nominee deserves an up-or-down vote "sounds great to me."
Matthews on Social Security
Matthews baselessly impugned the motives of Democrats opposing Bush's proposal to cut Social Security benefits for middle-class and wealthy retirees using so-called "progressive indexing" and falsely suggested that means testing would result in cuts only for those who "do well" or "make more than the average income." Earlier in the Social Security debate, Matthews echoed privatization proponents' crisis rhetoric and pushed the Bush administration's terminology on Social Security privatization by referring to "personal accounts" more frequently than "private accounts."
Matthews on Hillary Clinton, Tom DeLay
Matthews has repeatedly smeared Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and questioned her ability to lead. On the May 30 edition of Hardball, Matthews expressed surprise that retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, an NBC military analyst, wasn't "chuckling a little bit" at the idea of Clinton giving orders to the troops as commander in chief:
MATTHEWS: [L]et's talk about the troops. The troops out there, they see Hillary Clinton, commander in chief, a liberal Democrat, maybe a liberal-to-moderate Democrat these days. She starts giving orders. "You guys are going to jump into hell tomorrow. You're going." Will they take the orders?
McCAFFREY: Look, the soldiers are listening -- they're listening to female first sergeants, battalion commanders, general officers. Why wouldn't they listen to a [female] commander in chief? Sure.
MATTHEWS: You're chuckling a little bit, aren't you?
McCAFFREY: No.
MATTHEWS: No problem? No problem? No problem?
McCAFFREY: Absolutely not. None.
MATTHEWS: Hillary Clinton, president?
McCAFFREY: Well, I think she's a terrific candidate, great public servant. And there's others, Condoleezza Rice.
MATTHEWS: Just remember how the military responded to Bill Clinton the first couple years. In fact, how about the first eight?
Matthews has also attacked Clinton by referring to her as a "sort of a Madame Defarge of the left." Yet he has defended House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). When Democrats turned down a Republican offer to investigate DeLay because the offer failed to correct Republicans' earlier efforts to undermine the House ethics committee's ability to initiate investigations of alleged misconduct by all House members, Matthews accused Democrats of attacking DeLay and the Republican-led House for political gain rather than offering him a chance to clear his name.
Matthews on the Iraqi election
In praising the Iraqi election in January, Matthews falsely claimed that no insurgent attacks had occurred at polling places on election day. He also claimed that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) responded to the election by "calling for a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces" from Iraq when Reid's statement had explicitly expressed opposition to a timetable for withdrawal.
Matthews on the Newsweek/Koran story
In line with a number of conservative commentators, Matthews praised Newsweek investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff even though the magazine was forced to retract a story co-written by Isikoff alleging that an internal military investigation had uncovered evidence that U.S. interrogators at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, flushed a Quran down a toilet. Isikoff is perhaps best known for his investigation into former President Bill Clinton's sex life, during which Isikoff relied extensively on unreliable sources.
Matthews on voters' Republican allegiances
In April, Matthews cherry-picked poll data to support his misleading claim that Catholics have voted increasingly Republican since 1960. In fact, exit poll data indicate that Catholics are actually a swing constituency: In every presidential election since 1980, a majority or plurality of Catholics have voted for the candidate who won the popular vote, including Clinton in 1992 and 1996 and Al Gore in 2000. Similarly, Matthews ignored his own network's downward revision of Bush's share of the Hispanic vote in the 2004 election, falsely claiming: "The Hispanic community in this country, in this last election, voted almost 50-50." Revised poll results gave Kerry an advantage among Hispanic voters of 58 percent to 40 percent.
Matthews on media bias
In December 2004, Matthews suggested that listening to National Public Radio (NPR) would counter the conservative slant of the Wall Street Journal editorial page, even though NPR presents primarily news content, not editorial opinion, and Media Matters has documented numerous instances of conservative misinformation from NPR as well as the Journal.
Panels skew to the right
Matthews has hosted numerous MSNBC panels that contained far more conservative commentators than progressives: during MSNBC's presidential debate coverage; its presidential inauguration coverage; and both before and after Bush's 2005 State of the Union address. While moderating discussion panels on Hardball, Matthews has repeatedly emphasized the liberal allegiances of progressive guests, while failing to note that other guests on the same panel were Republican. And the syndicated The Chris Matthews Show is no different: Of the 45 Chris Matthews Show panels convened in 2004, 21 skewed to the right, 12 were balanced, seven skewed to the left, and five featured a conservative who supported Sen. John Kerry on an otherwise balanced panel.
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