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UPDATED: Fox News' Long History Of Race-Baiting
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Howard Dean and Joan Walsh recently called out Fox News, criticizing what they called its "racist" handling of the deceptively edited Shirley Sherrod video clip. Indeed, Fox News and its personalities have a long history of aggressive race-baiting and racially charged commentary.
[NOTE: This item has been updated to include racially charged commentary by Fox Business host Eric Bolling]
Walsh, Dean Describe Fox As "Racist," Highlight Sherrod, New Black Panthers Coverage
Fox Pushes Phony Sherrod Video, Keeps Pushing After Full Video Debunks "Racism" Attack
Fox's Nonstop Hyping Of The Phony New Black Panthers Scandal
Racially Charged Rhetoric A Major Part Of Fox News' History
Walsh, Dean Describe Fox As "Racist," Highlight Sherrod, New Black Panthers Coverage
Howard Dean: Fox acted "absolutely racist." In a July 25 appearance on Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean told host Chris Wallace: "Let's just be blunt about this. I don't think Newt Gingrich is a racist, and you're certainly not a racist, but I think Fox News did something that was absolutely racist. They took a -- they had an obligation to find out what was really in the [Sherrod] clip. They have been pushing a theme of black racism with this phony Black Panther crap and this [Sherrod] business and [Justice Sonia] Sotomayor and all this other stuff."
Walsh: "It's true" that Sherrod is a victim of Fox racism. On the July 25 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources, Walsh, Salon.com editor in chief, stated of Sherrod: "I'm not giving her a pass, but I think the idea that she shouldn't be able to say Fox or Breitbart is racist is preposterous. She gets to say that because it's true, and because, from her vantage point, it's especially true."
Walsh describes "Fox News's 50-state Southern strategy." In a July 25 Salon.com post, Walsh noted that Fox News is hyping "one 'scary black people' and 'Obama's a racist' story after another" and wrote: "Fox News has, sadly, become the purveyor of a 50-state 'Southern strategy,' the plan perfected by Richard Nixon to use race to scare Southern Democrats into becoming Republicans by insisting the other party wasn't merely trying to fight racism, but give blacks advantages over whites (Fox News boss Roger Ailes, of course, famously worked for Nixon)."
Fox Pushes Phony Sherrod Video, Keeps Pushing After Full Video Debunks "Racism" Attack
Fox's reaction to Breitbart's bogus video: "Racist" Sherrod "must resign." On the July 19 edition of his show, Bill O'Reilly played the out-of-context clip of Sherrod and said: "[T]hat is simply unacceptable. And Ms. Sherrod must resign immediately." Sean Hannity asserted that Sherrod's comments were "[j]ust the latest in a series of racial incidents." Guest-hosting Fox News' On the Record, Dana Perino suggested Sherrod's remarks were racist, saying, "The video adds fuel to a growing controversy after the NAACP approved a resolution condemning the tea party movement for not denouncing racist members." The next morning, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy said that Sherrod made "a speech to the NAACP that sure sounded racist." Later, after guest-host Alisyn Camerota asserted that Sherrod's remarks are "outrageous and perhaps everybody needs a refresher course on what racism looks like," Doocy responded that Sherrod's comments are "Exhibit A."
Even after Breitbart's racism smear was debunked, some Fox News personalities stayed on the attack. After the full video of Sherrod's remarks surfaced, indicating that her story was one of racial reconciliation rather than discrimination, some Fox News figures continued to attack Sherrod. Hannity asserted: "She still admits that she was discriminating against this white farmer." On Fox & Friends, guest host Juliet Huddy said that there "are things that I think are incriminating" in the full video of Sherrod's remarks that "I do think raise a lot of questions about whether or not she should be in the position that she held in the first place." Fox News contributor Dick Morris suggested that keeping Sherrod at the USDA would represent a "huge problem" for President Obama, adding, "It's like he has Reverend Wright on his staff." On The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News contributor Monica Crowley suggested that Sherrod may be among "radicals, racists, socialists" in the Obama administration.
Fox's Nonstop Hyping Of The Phony New Black Panthers Scandal
Fox relentlessly pushes phony New Black Panthers scandal and uses it as an excuse for race-baiting. Fox News has hyped the manufactured scandal surrounding the New Black Panther Party more than 100 times. On America's Newsroom, Fox's Peter Johnson Jr. responded to a question from co-host Megyn Kelly about "what ... we know about [Attorney General] Eric Holder and his history of prosecuting this kind of case," by saying that "at Columbia college, he [Holder] was active in black student association[s] there" and that "at some point, there had been a takeover of the dean's office at Columbia." Morris used the New Black Panthers scandal to declare that Obama is "stereotyping himself as a racial president."
Fox baselessly links Obama and Holder to New Black Panthers case. Fox News figures baselessly asserted that Obama and Holder were involved in the Justice Department's decision in the New Black Panthers case. Kelly teased an interview with former Bush DOJ official Hans von Spakovsky by saying: "[S]erious allegations today that the decision to drop the now-infamous voter-intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party may have reached all the way to the White House." Beck stated that "Obama comes in and decides suddenly in May of 2009 to drop the case." O'Reilly said Holder's "failure to prosecute is simply a dereliction of his sworn duty." Doocy asserted that "the attorney general drop[ped]" the charges against the New Black Panthers. And on Fox Business' America's Nightly Scoreboard, host David Asman claimed that Obama "is defending racists in ... letting the Black Panthers off." In fact, J. Christian Adams, the conservative activist who has pushed the phony story testified that he had no "indication" higher-ups were involved in the decision.
Racially Charged Rhetoric A Major Part Of Fox News' History
In addition to their racially charged coverage of the Sherrod tape and New Black Panthers case, as highlighted by Dean and Walsh, Fox's employees have relentlessly stoked racial tensions on Fox News.
Rupert Murdoch
Fox News' race problem starts at the very top. Its parent company's chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, baselessly claimed that Obama made a "very racist comment" and that Glenn Beck's characterization of Obama as a "racist" was "right." Murdoch also hired Roger Ailes as Fox News Channel president despite his prior history of using race for political gain.
Murdoch says Beck's "racist" comment "was right." Responding to Beck's description of Obama as a "racist" who has "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture," Murdoch said in a November 6, 2009, interview with Sky News Australia that while that "was something which perhaps shouldn't have been said about the president, but if you actually assess what he was talking about, he was right." Murdoch also claimed that Obama "did make a very racist comment." A News Corp. spokesperson reportedly later told Politico that Murdoch "does not at all, for a minute, think the president is a racist."
When asked what "very racist comment" he was referring to, Murdoch says he "denied that absolutely." On November 19, 2009, Media Matters asked Murdoch to explain what he meant by his remark that Obama made a "very racist comment." Murdoch said, "I denied that absolutely." He added: "I don't believe he's a racist."
Roger Ailes
Before launching Fox News Channel, Ailes worked as a media consultant for several Republican campaigns in which evidence shows he appealed to racial fears and biases for political gain, and as executive producer for Rush Limbaugh's television show, during which Limbaugh made controversial statements about race. Under Ailes, Fox News has routinely engaged in race-baiting, as evidenced by the comments of Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, and other Fox News personalities.
As Nixon campaign consultant, Ailes reportedly looked for a "Wallaceite cab-driver" to bring up race at televised town hall meetings. As media consultant for Richard Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, Ailes directed televised town hall meetings in which Nixon answered questions from a supportive audience. According to historian Rick Perlstein, Ailes suggested Nixon take a question from a "good, mean, Wallaceite cab-driver. Wouldn't that be great? Some guy to sit there and say, 'Awright, Mac, what about these niggers?' " Perlstein wrote, "Nixon then could abhor the uncivility of the words, while endorsing a 'moderate' version of the opinion. Ailes walked up and down a nearby taxi stand until he found a cabbie who fit the bill."
Ailes on 1988 strategy against Dukakis: "The only question is whether we depict Willie Horton with a knife in his hand or without it." Along with Lee Atwater, Ailes was credited with helping George H.W. Bush come from behind to beat Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election. Part of that winning strategy included portraying Dukakis as "soft on crime" and connecting him with convicted felon Willie Horton. Horton committed assault, armed robbery, and rape in Maryland during a weekend furlough -- a program granting temporary release to prisoners that Dukakis supported but was created under the previous governor. While the Bush campaign did not produce the Horton ad that was widely criticized as "racist," Ailes did produce the "Revolving Door" ad that similarly attacked Dukakis for the furlough program. The campaign also created "The Risk," a negative ad that referenced "a furlough escapee" who "terrorized a Maryland couple." Ailes has been quoted as saying, "The only question is whether we depict Willie Horton with a knife in his hand or without it."
Ailes was media consultant for 1989 Giuliani campaign, whose attacks on Dinkins "prey[ed] upon the fears of the Jewish community." While Ailes was media consultant for Rudy Giuliani's first campaign for New York City mayor, the campaign placed an ad in a prominent Yiddish newspaper, The Algemeiner Journal, that featured an image of Giuliani's opponent David Dinkins -- who would become New York City's first African-American mayor -- alongside Jesse Jackson. The ad also displayed a photo of Giuliani with President George H.W. Bush, with the headline reading: ''Let the people of New York choose their own destiny" [New York Times, 9/30/1989]. Howard Kurtz reported that "Ira Silverman, vice president of the American Jewish Committee, said the Giuliani ad seemed a 'legitimate campaign tactic,' but said that he found it 'troubling' because it 'preys upon the fears of the Jewish community' " [Washington Post, 9/29/1989]. National Public Radio has further reported: "Giuliani also tagged Dinkins as a 'Jesse Jackson Democrat.' That was an appeal to the city's large contingent of Jewish voters, who had despised Jackson ever since he used an anti-Semitic epithet to describe New York City. In this context, Giuliani's signature issue of crime took on racial overtones, says political consultant Norman Adler." One of Giuliani's ads featured a New Yorker stating, "I'm tired of living in New York and being scared."
Ailes produced Limbaugh's television show. Ailes served as executive producer for Limbaugh's syndicated television show, which ran from 1992 to 1996. On his TV show, in response to Spike Lee's recommendation that African-American children be permitted to skip school to view Malcolm X, Limbaugh once said: "Spike, if you're going to do that, let's complete the education experience. You should tell them that they should loot the theater and then blow it up on their way out" [Nexis transcript of Limbaugh's show on October 29, 1992]. And after Sen. Strom Thurmond -- who in 1948 ran for president on a States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat) platform that advocated racial segregation -- told a gay service member during a 1993 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on gays in the military, "Your lifestyle is not normal," and asked if he had every sought psychiatric help, Limbaugh stated of Thurmond: "He is not encumbered by trying to be politically correct. He's not encumbered by all of the -- the so-called new niceties and proprieties. He just says it, and if you want to know what America used to be -- and a lot of people wish it still were -- then you listen to Strom Thurmond." Limbaugh added, "He got a standing ovation. Now people -- people applauded that. People applaud -- because -- you know, Strom Thurmond can say it because he's 90 years old and people say, Ah, he's just an old coot. He's from the old days,' and so forth. But that's what most people think. They just don't have the guts to say it. That's why they applaud when somebody does say it that directly and that simply" [Nexis transcript of Limbaugh's show, May 11, 1993].
Glenn Beck
Beck's comment that Obama is a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture" was one in a long line of similar racially charged remarks. In fact, Beck's comment followed on the heels of his claim that Obama has a "desire for racial justice" that he is "setting out to achieve" through "intimidation, vilification, bullying, a system, an underground shell game."
Beck was hired by News Corp. in spite of a number of racially insensitive comments he had previously made, including claiming in 2007 that he "can't win" because he is "American," "white," "Christian," and "conservative." And on the January 25, 2008, edition of his CNN Headline News show, Beck claimed of the Democratic primaries: "[I]f Hillary Clinton wants to be consistent, I believe, affirmative action, she should give Barack Obama an additional 5 percentage points just for the years of oppression."
Beck's racially charged statements on Fox News programs include:
Beck calls Obama a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people." During the week of July 23, 2009, Beck put forth a steady stream of race-baiting and race-based fearmongering on his Fox News show. Beck's comments culminated in his remarks that Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture" and "is, I believe, a racist," a statement he subsequently claimed to stand by, in spite of growing criticism.
Fox News defends Beck's claim that Obama is a racist. Hannity and Ailes joined Murdoch in defending Beck's comment that Obama is a "racist." Discussing Beck's comment, Hannity stated, "When the president hangs out with Jeremiah Wright for 20 years ... can one conclude that there are issues with the president?" Ailes stated: "I don't -- I think he speaks English. I don't know, but I mean, I don't misinterpret any of his words. He did say one unfortunate thing, which he apologized for, but that happens in live television." Ailes did not specify which of Beck's assertions he was referring to, but assuming that Ailes was referring to Beck's claim that Obama is "a racist," the claim that Beck "apologized" for the remark is false. In fact, Beck asserted that "it is a serious question" and apologized only for "the way it was phrased," noting that "living in a sound bite world [is] really a nasty place to live."
Beck warns of progressives' coming "race war." On July 16, Beck stated that progressives are "poking, poking, poking, poking, poking. They need people to react. They need anger in the streets." He later stated: "[T]hey need a race war or any kind of war pulling each other apart. Divided we will fall."
Beck attacks Hispanic group NCLR. On April 19, Beck attacked the National Council of La Raza, suggesting it is similar to the "bloodthirsty," "notoriously violent drug gang" MS-13. Beck also equated NCLR to "neo-Nazis" and said the group is "a danger to society."
Beck says Obama's agenda is driven by "reparations" and the desire to "settle old racial scores." On July 23, 2009, Beck said: "Everything that is getting pushed through Congress, including this health care bill, are transforming America, and they are all driven by President Obama's thinking on one idea: reparations." Beck went on to state: "These massive programs are Obama-brand reparations -- or in presidential speak -- leveling out the playing field." Beck also said Obama's goal is "creating a new America, a new model, a model that will settle old racial scores through new social justice."
Beck: "I'm tired of the race thing," doesn't "think the race thing works anymore." On the September 11, 2009, edition of The O'Reilly Factor, Beck claimed the he was "tired of the race thing." He continued: "I don't think the race thing works anymore." O'Reilly replied: "It works in the hip hop community."
Beck: Obama satisfying his "desire for racial justice" though "intimidation, vilification, bullying." On July 27, 2009, Beck said: "We have demonstrated President Obama's desire for racial justice, but how is he setting out to achieve it? Exactly the way a community organizer would: through intimidation, vilification, bullying, a system, an underground shell game." Beck continued: "Look how he has handled different things. [Henry Louis] Gates -- he calls the cops stupid and racist before he admits, he says, 'I don't know all of the facts.' But he jumps to the conclusion that the cops are racist."
Beck wonders why black people identify as black since he doesn't identify as white. During a panel discussion, Beck asked the studio audience: "How many people here identify themselves as African-Americans? Why?" He added: "Why not identify yourself as Americans?" After a panelist said, "But people can look at you and tell you're black, you can't escape that," Beck said, "Yeah, but I don't identify myself as white or a white American."
Beck attacks India, saying he wants the "American lifestyle" with "flush toilets." On December 9, 2009, Beck claimed that American health care is superior because we have "high-tech hospitals and doctors who studied at Harvard rather than Gajra Raja medical school." He also said that American homes have "something that we in America like to call flush toilets" and said the Ganges River "sounds like a disease." Beck apologized for his comments several days later.
Beck frequently claims things are "slavery" or will lead to slavery. Beck has stated that recipients of federal aid have been "taught to be slaves"; said that "illegal immigration is modern-day slavery"; asserted that progressive policies cause "slavery to government, welfare, affirmative action, regulation, control"; repeatedly said that the stimulus bill "is slavery"; and ranted that Obama is "addicting this country to heroin -- the heroin that is government slavery" and that "the government's irresponsible spending is turning us into slaves."
Beck frequently attempts to co-opt the legacy of the civil rights movement. Beck routinely uses both the civil rights movement and its rhetoric for his own political agenda, such as his claims that his August 28 rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial will "reclaim the civil rights movement" and that his followers "are the inheritors and protectors of the civil rights movement."
Bill O'Reilly
O'Reilly, Fox News' most popular host, is no stranger to racial controversy.
O'Reilly warned of immigration bill's "unintended consequences" -- changing the ethnic landscape. Discussing Senate negotiations on a bipartisan immigration bill, O'Reilly asserted on his Fox News show that the bill "drastically alters the United States of America," adding that "there will be unintended consequences all over the place. The new census report says America's now one-third minority." He continued, "And in four states -- California, New Mexico, Texas, and Hawaii -- whites are the minority." O'Reilly has also suggested that "lefty zealots" believe that "the white Christians who hold power must be swept out by a new multicultural tide, a rainbow coalition, if you will."
O'Reilly: "It is not a stretch to say MoveOn is the new Klan." Discussing MoveOn.org's "Petition Against Fox's Racist & Hate-Filled Smears" during the 2008 presidential campaign, O'Reilly said: "Obama must condemn organizations like MoveOn and the Daily Kos if he truly wants to run without a race component. These are the people that are dividing Americans along racial lines. It is not a stretch to say MoveOn is the new Klan."
O'Reilly likened Newsweek hiring Moulitsas to "hiring David Duke." Talking about Newsweek's decision to hire Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas as a regular contributor, O'Reilly said: "[T]hat's like hiring David Duke. Again, I use Duke too much, but I have to -- the level of hatred coming out of that website is unprecedented."
O'Reilly: "Most Americans" don't want "poor Mexican people ... clustering in neighborhoods and changing the tempo of the whole neighborhood." O'Reilly asserted that "despite the heated rhetoric" regarding immigration, "most Americans ... don't want to hurt any poor Mexican people. ... [T]hey want to know who they are. They want to know where they are, what they're doing. They don't want them clustering in neighborhoods and changing the tempo of the whole neighborhood."
O'Reilly: "white Americans are terrified" to complement blacks out of fear "they may be taken as condescension." During a conversation about former President George W. Bush's description of Obama as "articulate," O'Reilly told then-Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill: "Instead of black and white Americans coming together, white Americans are terrified. They're terrified. Now we can't even say you're articulate? We can't even give you guys compliments because they may be taken as condescension?"
O'Reilly tells "race hustlers" and "race baiters" to "watch it." Discussing what he claimed to be the "white backlash against Reverend [Jeremiah] Wright and racist accusations," O'Reilly asserted that "millions of Americans of all colors are fed up with race-baiters and accusations of racism. This vile stuff has been going on far too long. And now with the Wright controversy, critical mass has been reached." O'Reilly then identified those he deemed to be "race hustlers" and "race-baiters" and declared: "You better watch it. We got your number. And the gloves are off." O'Reilly later added: "The result of all this garbage is that millions of white Americans will no longer even think about discussing race with blacks."
Sean Hannity
Media Matters named Hannity the 2008 Misinformer of the Year in part because of his racially charged attacks on President Obama and Michelle Obama. In these attacks, Hannity repeatedly referenced Wright, going so far as to say, "I think he [Obama] is Reverend Wright."
Hannity just can't "get over" his Rev. Wright obsession. Hannity mentioned Wright on at least 45 different episodes of his Fox News show between Obama's inauguration and July 31, 2009. Indeed, his repeated references to Wright have prompted his own guests to comment, "You always want to bring up Reverend Wright," and "Sean, you need to get over it."
Years later, Hannity and his guests still using Rev. Wright to attack Obama. Discussing the NAACP's "standard" for condemning racism in the tea party, Hannity stated: "[W]ould that standard apply to Barack Obama in this sense -- sitting in Jeremiah Wright's church?" Tucker Carlson stated on Hannity that during the 2008 election, the controversy surrounding Wright was the "one story" that could have destroyed Obama and compared Wright to a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. Hannity also hosted WorldNetDaily's Jesse Peterson, who said Obama is "destroying America" and that "Obama in all honesty is the Congressional Black Caucus, he is Louis Farrakhan, he is Reverend Wright, his minister. He is all of them wrapped up in one," and "if we allow this health care thing to happen, he's going to turn America into Detroit."
Hannity: "Nobody in the Republican Party" is bringing up race. On the October 9, 2008, edition of Fox News' now-defunct Hannity & Colmes, Hannity said of Sarah Palin: "[T]here are some extreme, left-wing Democratic lawmakers accusing her of resorting to race tactics on the campaign trail. Why? Palin recently referred to Barack Obama as, quote, 'not one of us,' prompting New York Congressman Greg Meeks to say the following, quote: 'They know they can't win on issues, so the last resort they have is race and fear.' " Hannity went on to assert: "If it wasn't so ridiculously idiotic and absurd, it'd be funny. But -- you know, but this -- this sounds a lot like Barack Obama: 'They're going to tell you I have a funny name, and I don't look like those guys on the currency. And they're going to say, 'Oh, he's black?' " Hannity added: "Nobody in the Republican Party is bringing this up except him and his supporters."
Hannity repeatedly distorted Michelle Obama's 1985 thesis to claim she has divisive views on race. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Hannity repeatedly distorted Michelle Obama's 1985 senior thesis from Princeton University, suggesting that she was asserting her own views when she wrote that "[i]t is possible that Black individuals either chose to or felt pressure to come together with other Blacks on campus because of the belief that Blacks must join in solidarity to combat a White oppressor." As the context of the quote makes clear, however, she was purporting to document attitudes among black Princeton alumni who attended the school in the '70s and not expressing her own opinions. Hannity employed this distortion at one point to ask, "Do the Obamas have a race problem of their own?"
After asking whether the Obamas "have a race problem of their own," Hannity continued to smear them. Hannity falsely asserted that Wright "honored [Nation of Islam leader Louis] Farrakhan for lifetime achievement, saying, quote, 'He truly epitomized greatness.' " In fact, the managing editor of a magazine founded by the church wrote those words, not the minister. Hannity also stated that Michelle Obama "wrote in her [undergraduate] thesis that we see at Princeton, you know, the belief -- 'because of the belief that blacks must join in solidarity to combat a white oppressor.' " However, as the full context of the passage makes clear, she was discussing views that black students who attended Princeton in the 1970s may have held, not asserting her own views.
Ignoring Obama's statement on award, Hannity suggested Obama "associated" himself with Farrakhan. Hannity suggested that Obama had "associated" himself with Farrakhan, who had received an award from a magazine founded by Obama's church. But Hannity, who described Farrakhan as "an anti-Semite racist," did not note that Obama issued a statement "condemn[ing]" Farrakhan's "anti-Semitic statements" and saying of the award: "[I]t is not a decision with which I agree."
Hannity smeared Gates as anti-white radical by distorting 1994 interview. Hannity repeatedly misrepresented a 1994 interview Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. gave on C-SPAN to suggest that Gates had recently said he agreed with Malcolm X that the "white man was the devil" and to smear Gates as "extreme" and a "radical." In fact, in that interview, Gates was talking about events in 1959, specifically his witnessing his mother's positive reaction to a documentary they watched together about Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.
Hannity falsely suggested Reich proposed excluding white males from stimulus package. Hannity joined Michelle Malkin and Limbaugh in falsely suggesting that former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, speaking at a congressional forum, favored excluding white males from jobs created by the economic stimulus package. Hannity claimed that Reich "expressed concern that the current [stimulus] package is, well, too inclusive." After airing a clip of Reich in which Reich addressed concerns from women's advocacy groups and others about the composition of the proposed stimulus, Hannity stated: "Now here I thought the package was intended for everybody. So aren't pink slips color blind?" In fact, Reich repeatedly stated that he favored a stimulus plan that "includ[es] women and minorities, and the long-term unemployed" in addition to skilled professionals and white male construction workers, not one that is solely limited to them.
Dick Morris
Morris: "Nobody on the right wing has criticized Obama over race. There isn't a vestige of that." Morris called charges of right-wing racism "ridiculous" and claimed that "nobody on the right wing has criticized Obama over race. There isn't a vestige of that." When Hannity asked Morris about a Politico article headlined, "Dems see race factor for Obama foes," Morris replied: "They wish."
Morris: If not for Sen. Clinton, Americans would be afraid of "the first black man ... running for president." Referring to Obama in 2007, Morris said: "You have to ask yourself, the first black man is running for president and nobody's afraid of him, because everybody's afraid of Hillary."
Morris: "A racist is somebody who is winning an argument with a liberal." Commenting on Journolist emails, Morris suggested that one email written by The Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman, in which Ackerman suggested calling right-wing commentators racist, showed that "a racist is somebody who is winning an argument with a liberal."
Don Imus
Fox Business ignores Imus' inflammatory rhetoric in choosing to simulcast radio program. In 2007, after Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos," MSNBC dropped its simulcast of Imus' radio program, and CBS eventually fired him from that program. Imus' remarks were part of a long history of inflammatory commentary on his show: he previously called Hillary Clinton "that buck-toothed witch, Satan" and referred to the "Jewish management" of CBS radio as "money-grubbing bastards." Despite his history of making such comments and tolerating such comments from his co-hosts and guests, Fox Business began simulcasting Imus' radio program in October.
John Gibson
John Gibson previously hosted Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson where he once encouraged his viewers to "make more babies" and then fearmongered about the birthrates of immigrants in Europe. Gibson also has a history of making inflammatory and racially insensitive comments on his radio show, which Fox News Radio continues to broadcast.
Gibson implored viewers to "[m]ake more babies" while discussing birthrates by race in U.S. and Europe. Gibson advised viewers during the "My Word" segment of his Fox News program to "[d]o your duty. Make more babies." He then cited an article that reported nearly half of all children under the age of five in the United States are minorities. Gibson added: "By far, the greatest number [of children under five] are Hispanic. You know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority of the population is Hispanic." Gibson later said: "Now, in this country, European ancestry people, white people, are having kids at the rate that does sustain the population. It grows a bit. That compares to Europe where the birth rate is in the negative zone. They are not having enough babies to sustain their population. Consequently, they are inviting in more and more immigrants every year to take care of things and those immigrants are having way more babies than the native population, hence Eurabia." After discusing Russia's projected decline in population, Gibson said, "To put it bluntly, we need more babies." Gibson claimed: "So far, we are doing our part here in America but Hispanics can't carry the whole load. The rest of you, get busy. Make babies, or put another way -- a slogan for our times: 'procreation not recreation'."
Gibson responded to criticism of "make more babies" remarks by invoking Europe's rising Muslim population. Gibson subsequently claimed on Fox that there had been "[s]ome misunderstandings" regarding his "make more babies" comments, adding that he's "been accused of being a racist." Gibson explained: "My concern was simply that I didn't want America to become Europe, where the birth rate is so low the continent is fast being populated by immigrants, mainly from Muslim countries, whose birth rate is very high."
John Stossel
Stossel calls for repeal of public accommodations section of Civil Rights Act. On America Live, John Stossel stated that "it's time now to repeal" the public accommodations sections of the Civil Rights Act. Stossel went on to say that "private businesses ought to get to discriminate" and that "it should be their right to be racist."
Stossel defends his remarks. In a May 25 post to his Fox Business blog, Stossel wrote that "two other provisions -- which ban private companies from discriminating -- are a mistake. They violate individuals' freedom to decide with whom to associate, and what to do with one's own property." He further wrote: "Instead of just eliminating segregation, the Civil Rights Act imposed mandatory association. Rand Paul had it right. Neither mandatory segregation, nor mandatory association, is appropriate in a free society."
Laura Ingraham
Ingraham: The Obama administration has "set back race relations in this country perhaps a generation." Discussing the Sherrod tape, Laura Ingraham said: "This president was ushered into office with this great media concoction -- and unjustified -- that he was going to be some racial healer." She went on to say: "I believe much of what's been done in this administration unfortunately has set back race relations in this country perhaps a generation. I predicted that would happen a year ago on my radio show, and I stand by that today."
Guest-hosting O'Reilly, Ingraham claims Obama "channeled his best Jeremiah Wright accent" in NAACP speech. Talking about a speech Obama gave to the NAACP, Ingraham said: "Last night, President Obama spoke to the NAACP and channeled his best Jeremiah Wright accent." After airing a clip of Obama's remarks, Ingraham added: "Now, why does the first African-American feel the need to affect an accent that he clearly does not possess? Or is that the way people speak in Honolulu? It's a cheap attempt to pander to an audience that already supports him."
Ingraham: Democrats "always go back to the well of race." Ingraham expressed disbelief that there are Americans who are "deeply anxiety ridden" about the fact "that an African-American man is president of the United States," asking, "Who are these people?" Ingraham went on to say that "I'm sure there are bad apples in every crowd," but that, in the end, Democrats "always go back to the well of race."
Ingraham: Obama "goes to the race card." Discussing Obama's "Vote 2010" ad, in which Obama tells supporters that "It will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, African-Americans, Latinos, and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again," Ingraham asked: "What's with the racially charged rallying cry?" adding that it showed Obama "doesn't have any other cards to throw down so he goes to the race card." Guest Mary Katharine Ham similarly claimed that Obama was making a "race-based pitch to his voters."
Mark Fuhrman
Mark Fuhrman, a former officer in the Los Angeles Police Department, was discredited for his role in the O.J. Simpson murder trial; after he had retired from the LAPD, Fuhrman pleaded no contest to a perjury charge in which he was accused of lying under oath about using a racial slur. Fox News subsequently hired Fuhrman as a Fox News contributor and has turned to him to discuss such racially charged topics as Gates' arrest.
Fuhrman on "people" he "dealt with ... for 20 years": "They will kill somebody and go have some chicken at KFC." Fuhrman has asserted that the type of "people" he "dealt with ... for 20 years" will "kill somebody and go have some chicken at KFC. You will catch them eating chicken and drinking a beer after they just murdered three people." Fuhrman added that "these people are out there. They're all over the place." Later in the broadcast, Alan Colmes challenged Fuhrman on his comments, asking him: "[Y]ou said, in the last segment, that these people will go and kill someone and go have chicken at KFC -- who are you talking about?" Fuhrman replied that he was "talking about a murderer, whether they're white, black, or Caucasian; or they're Mexican. It doesn't make any difference." Colmes persisted, asking, "[D]o you think that comment could be interpreted as a racist comment -- they go have chicken at KFC?" Fuhrman replied that he "used to eat chicken at KFC," then accused Colmes of having "a chip on your shoulder." Fuhrman continued: "The problem is, Alan, is you're talking about things that you don't have any knowledge of. None. You've never been on the street. You've never been out there." Fuhrman concluded: "This is O.J. Simpson. He loves you right now -- I hope you like that -- because you are doing exactly what he wants. You are flipping everything around to 1994 where he got a bum rap because of racism."
Jesse Lee Peterson
Peterson: "I think we all agree that Barack Obama was elected by, mostly by black racists and white guilty people." In an appearance on the February 3, 2009 edition of Fox News' Hannity, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson stated: "I think we all agree that Barack Obama was elected by, mostly by black racists and white guilty people." He further claimed that "most black Americans -- 96% of them -- are racist." Peterson then suggested that people are "not going to be able to speak out against [Obama] at all unless you're being -- you will be called a racist."
Peterson: Most blacks "lack moral character," Katrina victims "turned the [Super]Dome into a ghetto." Discussing the controversy surrounding remarks by nationally syndicated radio host Bill Bennett linking crime rates to abortions by blacks, Peterson argued that Bennett's remarks were simply "an attempt by the liberals to prevent white, conservative Republicans from speaking the truth about black America." Peterson then suggested that "the root cause of crime is a lack of moral character." He explained that "crime and out-of-wedlock birth, black folks having babies without being married, and stuff like that is out of control." According to Peterson, "Not all ... but most of them lack moral character. Look what they did to the [Louisiana Super]dome. In three days, they turned the Dome into a ghetto."
Tucker Carlson
Carlson: When Dems say Reid supports civil rights, "what they're saying is he's for racial set-asides." On Happening Now, discussing 2008 comments by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Carlson said that he was "amazed by the number of Democrats, though, you hear saying we support Reid because he supports civil rights -- as if his opponents don't support civil rights." Carlson then claimed that "what they're saying is he's for racial set-asides, therefore, given that pay-off, he gets a pass when he uses the phrase 'negro dialect.' "
Carlson compares Obama video to "Nixon's Southern Strategy." On Special Report, Carlson criticized Obama's "Vote 2010" message. After host Bret Bair played a clip of the ad, Carlson said: "So how is this different substantially from Nixon's Southern Strategy? What he's doing is, saying, 'You have reason to fear on racial grounds, therefore vote for me.' I think he is using racial anxiety for political gain."
Bernie Goldberg
Goldberg claimed that "left-wingers" "threw Oreo cookies" at Michael Steele. On The O'Reilly Factor, Bernard Goldberg revived the claim that, in 2002, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, an African-American, had Oreo cookies thrown at him. In fact, Steele, who was running for Maryland lieutenant governor at the time of the alleged incident, Robert Erlich, Steele's then-running mate, and Paul Schurick, Erlich's then-spokesman, have recounted several different -- sometimes contradictory -- versions of the alleged incident. Indeed, in November 2002, Steele reportedly speculated that Oreos allegedly present at the debate may just have been "someone having their snack."
Goldberg: Liberals "love the fact" Obama is black because if "you criticize his policies, you run the risk of being called ... a racist." Goldberg suggested that "an awful lot of liberals, who supposedly don't want to see race in anything, they love the fact that Barack Obama's a black man because -- in addition to the historical significance -- because anytime you criticize his policies, you run the risk of being called by them a racist."
Eric Bolling
Fox Business host Eric Bolling has made a number of unacceptable and bizarre racially charged comments.
Bolling: "What's With All The Hoods In The Hizzy?" During the June 10 edition of his Fox Business show, Follow the Money, Bolling teased a segment about Obama hosting Ali Bongo Ondimba, president of Gabon, by saying: "Guess who's coming to dinner? A dictator. Mr. Obama shares a laugh with one of Africa's kleptocrats. It's not the first time he's had a hoodlum in the hizzouse." In a subsequent tease, Bolling said, "Smile for the birdie," while footage of a smiling Bongo with a flashing tooth, apparently made to resemble a gold-plated tooth, was shown on-air. Bolling continued: "Our president's sitting with one of Africa's most wanted. It's not the first time he's had a hood in the big crib." Footage of rapper Common appeared on air as Bolling spoke. Bolling began the actual segment by saying: "So what's with all the hoods in the hizzy?" [Fox Business, Follow the Money, 6/10/11, via Media Matters]
Bolling Tweet: Obama Is "Chugging 40's" In Ireland "While Tornadoes Ravage MO." Promoting the May 23 edition of his Fox Business show, Bolling wrote on his Twitter feed: "Obama chugging 40's in IRE while tornadoes ravage MO. Very intense show tonight. Beck and Mike Gallager, Rep..." [Eric Bolling, Twitter, 5/23/11]
Bolling On Fox: Obama Was "Chugging A Few 40's" Instead Of Responding To Joplin Disaster. Bolling commented on his Fox Business show:
BOLLING: [N]ow, tornadoes devastating the heartland, killing scores, and leveling just about every building in Joplin, Missouri -- Mr. Obama, you've decided that chugging a few 40's and rediscovering you're Irish is more important than a presidential visit to a community trying to figure out what just hit them. Leadership, Mr. Obama, leadership; it's about choices and you seem to be fresh out of the right ones. [Fox Business, Follow the Money, 5/23/11, via Media Matters]
Bolling On Obama's Budget Proposal: "Maybe" It Makes Sense "In Kenya, But Certainly Not Here." Discussing Obama's budget proposal, Bolling stated: "How does increasing taxes count as spending cuts in your world, Mr. Obama? Maybe in Kenya, but certainly not here. This plan will amount to deficit increases, not reductions. It's a load of crap, and I'm offended that you think we're dumb enough to accept your math or your plan." [Fox Business, Follow the Money, 4/13/11, via Media Matters]
Bolling: Border Around Long-Form Birth Certificate "Had To Be Photoshopped In." Following the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate, Bolling claimed that the birth certificate's "green border" "had to be Photoshopped in." Bolling also suggested Obama's birth certificate wasn't authentic because the doctor "who signed it" didn't tell his family he had helped deliver baby Obama. [Fox Business, Follow the Money, 4/27/11, via Media Matters]
Bolling: Downtown NYC Islamic Center "May Be A Meeting Place For Some Of The Scariest ... Some Of The Biggest Terrorist Minds." On the August 19, 2010, edition of Fox & Friends, Bolling claimed that a proposed New York City Islamic center "may be a meeting place for some of the scariest minds -- some of the biggest terrorist minds." Bolling also smeared Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Sufi leader spearheading the project. [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 8/19/10, via Media Matters]
Bolling Pushed To Start "Aggressive Profiling," Including "Cultural Profiling," At TSA. From the November 27, 2010, edition of Fox News' Bulls & Bears:
BOLLING: Here is what we should do: privatize [TSA]. Fire them all. Let independent companies come in, take it over, and then do this: aggressive profiling, not just behavioral profiling, cultural profiling as well. Get the airways safe again. [Fox News, Bulls & Bears, 11/27/10, via Media Matters]
Bolling Asked If Muslim Americans Are "Starting To Live By Sharia Law Within Our Own U.S. Law." During the July 28, 2010, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Bolling asked Pamela Geller if Muslim Americans are "starting to live by Sharia law within our own U.S. law." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 7/28/10, via Media Matters]
Other Fox Personalities
E.D. Hill on Obama: "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab?" Teasing a segment on the "gesture everyone seems to interpret differently," E.D. Hill said: "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? ... We'll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says." In the ensuing discussion with a "body language expert," Hill referred to the "Michelle and Barack Obama fist bump or fist pound," but at no point did she explain her earlier reference to "a terrorist fist jab."
Banderas called Obama a "Halfrican." On Red Eye, Fox News host Julie Banderas referred to Obama as a "Halfrican." Host Greg Gutfeld asked Banderas, who said she is of Colombian descent, "[D]o minorities hate other minorities?" Banderas responded: "I have something in common with Obama, and I don't even know what the big deal is. He's a Halfrican anyway, so I'm not really quite sure why the Asians and the Hispanics have no -- you know, have a problem with him."
Dietl dismisses Muslims as "Aba Daba Doo and Aba Daba Dah," argued for racial profiling in "your 7-Elevens." On Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox News contributor Richard "Bo" Dietl, a private investigator and former New York City Police Department detective, stated: "[I]f I see two guys that look like Aba Daba Doo and Aba Daba Dah, I'm gonna pull 'em over, and I wanna find out what you're doing." Dietl and host Neil Cavuto were discussing the arrests of two college students from Kuwait and Egypt who were allegedly found with pipe bombs in their car near a Navy base in South Carolina. Dietl had previously suggested that instead of flying, passengers such as the six imams who were removed from a US Airways flight in 2006 should "call their cousin up there, Ali Baba Boo, and go by cab." Dietl at one point argued that seven men arrested on charges of conspiracy, which allegedly included plans to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago, were a "crew of mutts," suggesting that "[t]he people that are coming in to our country" are "like a cancer" and "[w]e need some chemotherapy now." He further stated that law enforcement officials should "[g]o into your 7-Elevens or go into one of these stores that keep rotating young men who are Muslims," and say "identify yourself."
Matalin: Civil rights leaders are "nothing more than racists" who are keeping "their African-American brothers enslaved." Talking about the speakers at Coretta Scott King's funeral in 2006, Mary Matalin said: "I think these civil rights leaders are nothing more than racists" who are keeping "their African-American brothers enslaved."
Project 21's Borelli: A "big message" in black community is "you are owed something ... and don't have to work hard." On Hannity, Project 21's Deenan Borelli claimed that "a big message that's going around in the black community, unfortunately, is that you are owed something, and you are deserving, and you don't have to work hard, and that's a bad precedent to set."
Santorum: In "mainstream media," conservative African-American is an "Uncle Tom." Discussing Palin's resignation as Alaska governor and her treatment in the media, Fox News contributor Rick Santorum claimed that "nobody gets beat up worse in the mainstream media than a woman conservative or an African-American conservative." Santorum continued by suggesting the media considered Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom."
Taranto claimed Democrats' charges of racism are "part of the effort to keep blacks from leaving the party." On The O'Reilly Factor, Wall Street Journal editorial board member James Taranto claimed that attacking the Tea Party on racism was "part of the effort to keep blacks from leaving the [Democratic] party." Taranto agreed with O'Reilly's summation of his position that "the Democratic Party has used racism as a political tool to keep African-Americans in the fold." Taranto also claimed that "it's much harder to say that America is a racist country now that we have elected a black man president. So that means that it's all the more necessary to keep alive this idea that the Republican Party is a racist party."
Pinkerton: The media "like brown people" and "black people," but "what they really dislike, of course, is white people." Referring to news coverage of the "Day Without Immigrants" demonstrations, Newsday columnist James P. Pinkerton claimed that "[t]he media like brown people, but they like black people more." He then added: "[W]hat they really dislike, of course, is white people."
Malkin: "Oh, geez. Here we go with the 'blame whitey' again." Malkin responded to guest Opio Sokoni's statement that those making money from hip-hop music are "[w]hite people that you coddle to in almost all your articles" by saying: "Oh, geez. Here we go with the 'blame whitey' again. Blame whitey."
Attacking The NAACP
Fox figures push back on NAACP's concerns about racism in tea party by attacking NAACP as racist. On Fox & Friends, Ingraham stated: "The NAACP has become a push organization for racist sentiments in many ways." She further claimed that people with "racist sentiment" "have burrowed their way into the Obama administration." On Hannity, Breitbart responded to criticism of his advancing the deceptively edited Sherrod videos by saying that the full video shows racism "far worse than anything that has ever been alleged against the tea party."
Not looking very hard: Fox ignores tea party racism in attacks on NAACP. Criticizing the NAACP for passing a resolution condemning racism in the tea party movement, Fox News figures and guests -- including Hannity, Monica Crowley, and Thomas Sowell -- repeatedly claimed or suggested that there was no evidence of such racism. They made this claim despite allegations of racial epithets hurled at African-American congressmen and documentation of racially charged signs and slogans from various tea party protests.
Attacks On Sonia Sotomayor
Numerous Fox News figures misrepresented remarks Justice Sonia Sotomayor made during a speech at Berkeley in 2001 to smear her as a racist and bigot while she was under consideration for the Supreme Court.
O'Reilly: "[S]hould white Americans be concerned about Judge Sotomayor?" Referring to Sotomayor's nomination, O'Reilly stated: "Next on the rundown: Should white Americans be concerned about Judge Sotomayor? Later, far-left Hispanic group says if you oppose the judge, you could be racist."
Fox News is just asking about Sotomayor's "wise Latina" remarks: "New Racism?" Martha MacCallum stated, "The battle over Sonia Sotomayor's nomination intensifies tonight. Some conservatives continue to hammer Judge Sotomayor and they are focused on this comment, which we have seen a lot this week." MacCallum then read Sotomayor's comments while the quote was displayed on air under the headline: "New Racism?"
Beck: Sotomayor "sure sounds like a racist." Beck said Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment "smacks of racism" and is "one of the most outrageous racist remarks I've heard." Beck later added: "I hate the charges and cries of racism. But when I hear this -- I mean, gee. She sure sounds like a racist here."
Carlson claimed Sotomayor made "racist statement." Carlson claimed that Sotomayor had said that "because of your race or gender, you're a better or worse judge -- that female Latina judges are likely to render wiser decisions than white male judges." Carlson continued: "That's a racist statement, by any calculation."
Kelly on Sotomayor comment: "sounds to a lot of people like reverse racism." Kelly joined conservative commentators such as Limbaugh in saying that Sotomayor's "wise Latina" remark "sounds to a lot of people like reverse racism, basically. Like she's saying that Latina judges are obviously better than white male judges, and that that's her assumption, and people get worried about putting a person like that on the U.S. Supreme Court." Kelly later added: "I've looked at the entire speech that she was offering to see if that was taken out of context, and I have to tell you ... it wasn't."
Juan Williams: Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment was "racial." During a Fox News special on Sotomayor, Fox contributor Juan Williams stated that he thought Sotomayor's "wise Latina" "was a racial statement, if not a racist statement."
Hannity: Comments like Sotomayor's "would never be tolerated" if said by a "white male." Hannity asked: "This would never be tolerated by a white male," then asked guest Julie Menin: "Why do you, as a liberal, accept this double standard?" Hannity twice repeated the hypothetical, asking Menin: "To use the Newt Gingrich example, 'My experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' If anybody said that, would they have any chance today of getting on the court?" Hannity subsequently said to Menin: "And if a white male said that, you liberals would be excoriating them."
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They say everything is bigger in Texas and beginning March 1, that includes reductions in military spending.
Scheduled Army budget cuts could amount to an economic loss of around $2.4 billion for the Lone Star State, if Congress fails to pass a budget plan before the beginning of March. The cuts will induce furloughs and layoffs across the Department of Defense, and Texas is among the worst hit with a projected loss of $34,734 jobs, according to documents first obtained by USA Today and reviewed by Texas on the Potomac.
The Air Force projects sequestration alone would cost employees $127 million in lost wages.
Officials, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, warn should sequestration occur, it will have a serious impact.
"In the event of sequestration we will do everything we can to be able to continue to perform our core mission of providing for the security of the United States, but there is no mistaking that the rigid nature of the cuts forced upon this department, and their scale, will result in a serious erosion of readiness across the force," Panetta said in a statement to Department of Defense employees.
The deep cuts were developed by Congress and President Obama to create a severe alternative, in hopes of forcing lawmakers to come up with a better budget solution. So far, no such luck.
"Congress has offered two realistic replacement bills that were both shot down. It's now time for the Senate and the President to send us something," said Rep. John Carter, whose district includes Fort Hood. "We have done our job. It is time to do their job."
Former Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison suggested that politics might be coming into play in the decisions on what to cut.
"The irony is that the President of the United States has the ability to determine what part of defense spending will be cut," Hutchison said today at a meeting in Dallas. "If the President is trying to raise fears, he may cut areas that affect the most people, like TSA and Border Patrol agents, but if he is trying to assure that security for the United States will remain at top levels, he will assure the priorities in defense and security agencies will not be cut."
Hutchison questioned Obama's assertion that an aircraft carrier deployment has been delayed due to the threat of congressional spending cuts.
Steve Bell, senior directory of economic policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center says local communities with more defense economic involvement will see a bigger impact. The Corpus Christi Army Depot will face $799 million in reductions. Fort Hood and Fort Bliss — two of the largest military bases in the country — will face a reduction of $291 million and $ 136 million, respectively.
And spending is significant in Texas. The state is the third highest total recipient of Department of Defense spending — after Virginia and California — receiving $54 billion in 2010, according to a Consolidated Federal Funds report.
And per capita spending is higher in Texas at $2,157 per person, compared to the national average, $1,773 per person.
However, Bell says Texas' "diverse economy" will help keep the state from enduring too much backlash.
"The biggest impact will be on Texas firms that will have large contracts with the Department of Defense," he said.
Majors firms that include General Dynamics, LockheedMartin, and M7 Aerospace.
But to an extent, the hype is overblown, political play, said Edward Luttwak, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The cuts won't be self-evident on March 1, but will ripple over time, including inevitable budget reconstruction.
"It will cause disruption, discomfort and cause inconvenience," he said. "It's not going to cause a fighter jet to drop out of the sky."


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• Apple Releases Java Update to Remove Flashback Malware – It's a Java update that nukes the most common Flashback variants, disables Java by default and, if you re-enable it, turns it off again after 30 days if you don't keep using it.
• Google Grows Revenues 24% From Last Year, Plans New Class Of Stock and Google co-founders explain company's first stock split – Google will split its stock by creating a new class of stock.
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• Microsoft roadmap leaks for Office 15, IE 10 and more key products – According to this roadmap, don't expect to see Office 15 until next year.
• Tracking everything, Placeme is the smartphone assistant of the future – It stores your locations without a checkin, using all your iOS or Android device's sensors, but doesn't share the info online. I bet this really does a number on battery life, though.
• Sprint's LG Viper 4G LTE launches April 22nd for just $99.99 – You should be able to use this phone on Sprint's new LTE network once it goes live in Houston in a few weeks.
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• This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. – At the moment it's just an idea, but this guy wants to start an ISP that will encrypt all data and resist federal subpoenas for customer's information and surveillance.
• U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette – As expected, the feds charge Apple and a publisher with violating antitrust statutes. And Inside the DOJ's ebook price-fixing case against Apple: an analysis
• Cut in E-Book Pricing by Amazon Is Set to Shake Rivals – The feds' lawsuit targeting Apple and book publishers puts Amazon in the driver's seat. Will e-book prices come down?
• Why Microsoft and Facebook are Pro-CISPA but Anti-SOPA – A good explainer on the pros and cons of CISPA, which would let government agencies swap customer data they get from ISPs in the name of cyber-security.
• Code Not Physical Property, Court Rules in Goldman Sachs Espionage Case – In a case involving a former Goldman Sach programmer, a federal appeals court rules he can't be charged with theft because the source code he downloaded isn't physical property.
• Antivirus Firms Release Free Tools for Cleaning Macs Infected by Flashback – While you wait for Apple's own cleaning tool, try these third-party apps.
• Tablets a TV friend: 85 percent of tablet owners use the device while watching shows – According to Nielsen, tablets may also be replacing smaller TVs as people stream movies and TV shows to them.
• Sony confirms 10,000 layoffs as part of 'One Sony' initiative – The price tag for a huge restructuring: $926 million.
• WordPress completely dominates top 100 blogs – It's used by 49 of the top 100 blogs, as determined by Technorati rank.
• Amazon Now Lets You Trade In Your Old CDs In Exchange For Gift Cards – The amount you get varies depending on the title. For example, the original CD release of the Stones' Exile on Main Street gets you up to $2.55.
• Google+ Refresh: Just Like Facebook, It's All About the Apps – Google+ gets a redesign that makes it easier to find things, and allows for greater customizations.
• Samsung's $249 Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 To Make U.S. Debut On April 22, We Go Hands-On and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) review
• Is AT&T's sales force prepared to sell the Nokia Lumia 900? – Some AT&T sales personnel are pushing customers to other phones, including the iPhone.
• Nokia Lumia 900 Carries Bill of Materials of $209 – Which, given that it only costs $100 at AT&T and may be free if you get one with the data flaw, may explain this: Nokia shares drop 15% after profit warning
• Intel: ultrabook prices will drop to $699, 75 new designs already in the pipeline – Intel had promised 50 models at CES.
• Google 'Plans To Make Substantial Investment' In Motorola's Phone Business, Not Sell It – Google seeks to quiet rumors that Motorola Mobility may be up for sale.
• VIDEO: Watch an iPad get made from the Foxconn factory floor – The reporter who blew the whistle on Mike Daisey gets his own tour of Foxconn.


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Update on Brisbane Meet-Ups, January 2012
Fiona, Chris and Ken came up from the Gold Coast, and Helen and I were the Brisbane representatives. I see Helen, and Ken and his lovely wife Chris, every few months, but this was the first time I had met Fiona. She has just started using Twitter and blogs for genealogy, and I love the name she chose (Dance Skeletons).
The cafe I originally suggested for our second event is under new management and no longer suitable, so I have changed the venue. On Sunday 22 Jan 2012 (1:30pm) we will meet at Tognini's cafe and wine bar, beside the bookshop near the entrance to the State Library of Queensland. If you are coming and have not already contacted me, please do so, as I need to confirm numbers for the table booking.
If you want to take this opportunity to ask for help with your family history, come prepared with names, dates and places on family group sheets, and photocopies of relevant certificates. You could also bring 'trading cards' with the address of your genealogy Web site, blog, Twitter account etc.
The Lifeline Bookfest, the largest second-hand book sale in the world, will be nearby at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Sunday will be the last day (8:30am - 7:30pm), so most items will be half price. You may want to park under the Centre (about $15) and bring a small suitcase on wheels.
I am already thinking about future get-togethers. With luck, a date in late February or early March may coincide with trips to Brisbane by Pauleen from Darwin and Chris from Rockhampton. A weekday meet-up at Queensland State Archives (BYO lunch) is another possibility.
What team social events (with or without a Kiva fund-raising focus) would you be interested in attending in your local area?
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Love the idea of a Queensland State Archives meet-up!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, I think a Queensland State Archives meet-up would work well for a very small group.Delete
I have my fingers crossed re the late Feb, early March meeting. I'd be happy to meet anywhere if I'm in Brisbane -CBD or Archives. 2nd March will not work for me.ReplyDeleteReplies
My fingers are crossed too. I will check with Chris from Rockhampton to see whether she knows her flight times and work schedule yet. I note that 2nd March does not suit you, Pauleen.Delete
As to team events -don't know that there are any other Kiva sponsors in Darwin..will need to check. Perhaps there's an opportunity for those of us involved with Kiva to grab a few minutes at the Bombing of Darwin presentations.ReplyDeleteReplies
Pauleen, if you would like to distribute 'Genealogists for Families' flyers at the Bombing of Darwin events, let me know and I will email you a master copy in PDF format. The same applies to anyone can put flyers on a noticeboard or display stand at local Archives or libraries.Delete
Hope we can have a meetup at Congress in AdelaideReplyDeleteReplies
Jill, I certainly intend to have at least one meet-up (probably two) at the Congress. I am open to suggestions re which evening/s would be suitable. Perhaps those of us who are not going to the Congress dinner could eat together on the Friday night. And I would welcome suggestions on how a social event might also become a minor fund-raising exercise to fund an extra Kiva loan.Delete
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Hi Judy I just send you a fb message and thought that a meet up at the Queensland State Archives would be good and realise that Helen has already suggested it on here - great minds think alike as they say! Chris (still have to set up blog name :))ReplyDeleteReplies
There seems to be plenty of support for a meet-up at Qld State Archives. Can you come on a weekday, Chris, or only the second Saturday of the month? (Looking forward to reading your genealogy blog when it is up and running. Keep me posted!)Delete
Good morning/afternoon/evening folks!ReplyDelete
I must say that the meeting sounded like a great success and it's great to know that folk are meeting face to face and swapping stories and information... wonderful!
Here's to the continued success of the meetings... good for genealogy and good for Kiva! :-)
Thanks Gill. Before we had finished our first cup of coffee we were swapping ideas, sharing research tips and learning from each other. I am looking forward to getting to know more members of the team. These outings will definitely give my social life a much needed boost! As time goes on I hope we can also try some of the fund raising event ideas suggested in Kiva's Lending Team Playbook.ReplyDelete
Things are moving fast! We will have another meet-up in Brisbane on Saturday 3rd March 2012. This should suit Chris Wright (who will be down from Rockhampton that day) and hopefully Sharn White and Pauleen Cass (who may be visiting Brisbane from Sydney and Darwin respectively). I'd suggest 10:30am at Tognini's cafe near the State Library. Who's interested?ReplyDelete
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Citrix has announced new engineering support for the optimization of its own products and Windows applications that run on Amazon Web Services (AWS). As interoperability and performance of workloads on the cloud continue to feel the weight of vendor enhancement efforts, Citrix is aspiring to boost these factors while trying to balance continued innovation for the Xen virtualization platform.
Citrix will also work to extend these optimizations to on-premise deployments of its commercial server virtualization platform Citrix XenServer in the hope that customers will find it easier to migrate workloads between enterprise data centers and the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). This, in turn, should provide AWS customers with Citrix services focused on virtualizing and optimizing the delivery of Windows workloads.
Citrix and Amazon Web Services customers can expect the following benefits from this collaboration:
- Enhanced Interoperability: The collaboration will make it easier for XenServer customers to take advantage of the pay-as-you-go benefits of AWS and cloud computing.
- Crossing Clouds: With this collaboration, XenServer customers will be able to better connect, migrate and manage virtual machines across both AWS and on-premise XenServer.
- Advanced Cloud Solutions: Citrix will collaborate on advanced cloud solutions for the enterprise such as disaster recovery, applications-on-demand, advanced security and compliance.
"This news expands our relationship with Amazon Web Services to enhance features in Xen, helping to further the rapid adoption of cloud computing by enterprise customers," said Simon Crosby, CTO of the data center and cloud division at Citrix. "This effort will also focus on furthering compatibility with AWS to give customers an enhanced experience when connecting their XenServer virtualized data centers. Citrix will continue to work with Amazon to enable easier migration of workloads to the cloud to take advantage of the elasticity, cost and scalability benefits of AWS."


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Yes 69,So is it correct if you have console with gauges you should have a clock?
A few years ago I got to spend some time examining N500003, probably the 1st '69 Z/28. The dash cluster was hand-made. Never had a body tag; has a '68 style floor pan. Hope to see it again with a lot more lighting.Obviously a Pilot Car, hard to believe Chevy sold it.
Car in picture is an Automatic ?? Danny


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Post by Stefan of Tokyo Whisky Hub
Sushi + Soul".
Chris first came into contact with Japanese cuisine in 1991 and discovered Japanese whisky shortly after, on his first trip to Japan. He's still got a few bottles of Golden Horse and some old Suntory whiskies from that trip stowed under the counter. When he opened Sushi + Soul in 1999, there were only a handful of Nikka and Suntory blends available in Europe, so he started with a meager 15 bottles in his bar. Over the years, friends, people who worked for him and even guests brought bottles over directly from Japan. Japanese flight attendants, in particular, played a crucial role in expanding his range of Japanese whiskies. Imagine that.
Around the turn of the century, with the proliferation of information about Japanese whisky on the internet, it became a little easier for interested parties abroad to figure out how to get hold of special releases. This, according to Chris, was the "golden age" for him and his colleagues in Europe: distributors and people in the bar trade in Europe had become aware of the quality of Japanese whisky, but the average consumer and most whisky enthusiasts/collectors hadn't caught on yet. It often happened that entire allocations for the German market ended up behind the bar at Sushi + Soul. Then, Japanese whiskies started taking top prizes at international whisky competitions and awareness and interest spread.
Well, there you have it: a place worth making a serious detour for. In our next instalment, we'll take you to Hong Kong and introduce an exciting new bar that just opened a few weeks ago. Stay tuned.


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The lovely Ms Faerlina is the second boss in the spider wing and is another pretty simple fight. She does a poison bolt volley that hits for some initial damage and leaves a cleansable dot and the casts a rain of fire randomly around the room. Have your shaman and paladins cleansing and the poison bolt volley won't be a problem and don't stand in fire and the rain of fire won't be a problem.
The MT will pick up the boss and an OT will pick up the other 6 adds. The Naxxramas Followers don't do anything special and you can kill them straightaway. Every 60 seconds the boss will enrage which greatly increases her damage and attack speed. The way to stop the enrage is by killing the Naxxramas Worshipper (in the 40 man version a priest would mind control them and there was a Sacrifice ability on the pet bar but since you can't count on having a priest in 10/25 man raids, you can just kill the worshipper).
There are two different strategies for dealing with the enrage. In both cases the raid will burn the Worshippers down to around 10% HP so that they can be easily dispatched when the time comes. The most common method of dealing with the enrage is to try and time the killing of the worshipper so that it dies immediately after the boss enrages. The tank will probably want to pop a cooldown because he may take a few hits from the boss before the worshipper dies. By killing the worshipper after the enrage happens, you remove the enrage and reset the boss' 60 second cooldown on the ability. The other strategy is to kill the worshipper before the enrage. When you kill the worshipper before the enrage, another 30 seconds is tacked onto the boss' cooldown.
There are only four worshippers so you can only remove/delay the enrage four times. After the fourth worshipper dies the tank is just going to have to stay alive as long as possible through the enrage. The benefit of killing the worshippers after the boss enrages is that it allows the enrage CD to fully reset so you have more time to kill the boss. But the drawback of that strategy is that your tank is going to take a few swings from the enraged boss and depending on the tank's gear, the healers' awareness, or RNG, that can be enough to kill the tank. If, on the other hand you decide to kill the worshippers before the enrage happens, the tank is never really in danger. But, since the enrage CD doesn't get reset to 60 seconds – only delayed by 30, you are going to run out of worshippers to kill earlier so your DPS on the boss needs to be very high.
Both strategies worked at 60 and if the beta forums are anything to go by, it looks like both work at 80. If you know your DPS is hot, then you will probably want to kill the worshippers before the enrage so you never endanger the tank. If you aren't totally confident in your DPS then you can kill the worshippers after the enrage and just have the tank be ready to use a CD.


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Send announcements to Church News, The Star, P.O. Box 48, Shelby, NC 28151, fax to 704-484-0805 or e-mail to email@example.com.
Send announcements to Church News, The Star, P.O. Box 48, Shelby, NC 28151, fax to 704-484-0805 or e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. Church news must be received by Wednesday at noon to be published the following Friday on a space available basis. Type or print announcements on an 8�-by-11-inch sheet of paper. Include church address and contact telephone number.
What: Kingdom Living Ministries will be celebrates Apostle Que'Tonnia Barnett�s 5th Pastoral Anniversary
When: 7 nightly, Oct. 9-12
Where: 308 Linwood Road Gastonia
Guest Speakers: Apostle John Benton, Words of Restoration, Gastonia, on Tuesday; Pastor Johnny Brown, Mills Chapel Holiness Church, Gastonia, on Wednesday; Apostle Kathy Johnson, Greater Shekinah Glory Ministries, Hickory, on Thursday; and Apostle Kathy Feemester , Miracle Tabernacle International Ministry, Kings Mountain, on Friday.
Contact: 704-865-0084 or www.kingdomlivingmin.com
What: Prayer Walk at Cleveland County Schools
When: 5 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: Every school in Cleveland County
Details: A prayer leader will be at each school to begin prayer walk with prayer requests
What: Community Youth Rally
When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6
Where: Fallston Baptist, 109 Circle Drive, Fallston
Details: Chris Walker, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Chaplain at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, will lead in the youth rally. Walker played four years of football at the University of Tennessee
What: Sixth Annual Teen Summit, �Giving You Something You Can Feel�
When: Oct. 12-13
Where: LeGrand Center, Cleveland Community College
Featuring: Movie screening on Friday and tribute to an icon, Whitney Houston; summit, workshops, seminars and concert on Saturday; featuring eight-time Grammy Winning Gospel Artist Ce Ce Winans; seven-time Grammy Nominee R&B Artist Kelly Price; Essence Magazine Editor at Large, Mikki Taylor; Keynote Speaker, Dr. Tony Luck of Johannesburg, South Africa; welcoming back, Dr. Yolanda Thompson, Dr. Shirley Shields, and two time Grammy Winner Dr. Cissy Houston and other guests
Tickets: Available at Celebrity Consignment, 110 E. Warren St, Shelby; $30 in advance; $40 at the door
Information: 704-482-8223
What: Fall Festival
When: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 27
Details: Food, games, cake walk, prizes, candy, hay ride and more
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan Family Life Center, 701 E. Gold St., Kings Mountain
Information: 704-739-3215
What: Free community supper
Where: Lawndale Baptist, 407 W. Main St., Lawndale
When: 5:30-6:30 p.m. first Thursday (Oct. 4) of each month
Contact: 704-538-8794
What: Fore Our Kids Golf Tournament Fundraiser, East Gold Street Wesleyan
When: 9 a.m. shotgun start, Sept.29
Where: Challenger 3 Golf Club, 1650 N. Post Road, Shelby
Entry Fee: $30. Sign up individually or as a team of four.
Details: Includes green fees, bag lunch and door prizes; Captain�s Choice, best ball winners receive trophies and gift cards, also prizes for closest to the pin.
Contact: Brian Denham, 704-860-2373, to register
What: Yard sale
When: 7 a.m. Sept. 29
Where: Living Light Baptist, 1540 Kings Road, Shelby
Details: A variety of items available; all proceeds will go to the building fund
What: Golf Tournament sponsored by Youth Ministry of Flint Hill Baptist
When: 2 p.m. Sept. 29
Details: Captain�s choice format with shot gun start; entry fee is $60 a person which will include lunch; trophies and prizes awarded
Information: 704-473-1610
What: Church bazaar and outdoor sale, sponsored by Mount Pleasant Baptist
When: 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Sept. 29
Where: 1420 Crowders Mountain Road, Bessemer City
Details: food vendors, furniture, clothing, tools and baby items
Information: 704-477-5950
What: Second annual � Cruisin � to the Cross�
When: Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., car, truck and bike show; and noon-2 p.m., concert with Blood Bought
Where: First Baptist, 107 E. Washington Ave., Bessemer City
Details: Prizes to top 25, model car show with no entry free; entry fee for others is $20; proceeds from entry fees, food and T-shirt sales benefit childcare and youth ministries
What: Cards and Games Benefit, sponsored by the United Methodist Women
When: 7 p.m. Oct. 11
Where: Aldersgate United Methodist, 1207 W. Dixon Blvd., Shelby
Details: People are encouraged to gather four people to play the card game of their choice. The cards and tallies will be available at the tables and there will be a high score prize for each table. People may also bring the board game of their choice to play, whether it requires two or four players. Refreshments made by the United Methodist Women will be served, and numerous door prizes and a raffle item will be given away. Proceeds will assist local missions.
Tickets may be purchased from the church office or from a member of the United Methodist Women.
Information: 704-487-8491
What: Breakfast, sponsored by United Methodist Men and United Methodist Women
When: 7-9:30 a.m. second Saturday of each month (Oct. 13)
Where: Aldersgate United Methodist, 1207 W. Dixon Blvd., Shelby
Details: All you can eat eggs, grits, sausage gravy, pancakes and french toast (made to order) country ham, sausage, bacon and livermush with coffee and juice cost is $6 for adults $3 for children; funds go to the building fund
What: Annual Barbecue
Where: Waco Baptist
When: 4-6:30 p.m., Oct. 13
Details: Barbecue plates, drink and dessert, $9, dine in or carry out; Boston Butts, $35, preorder by Sept. 30
Information: 704-435-9300 or 704-435-2865
What: Britt�s Sixth Annual Bike Show & Auction
When: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 13; (rain date: Oct. 20)
Hosted by: Driven By Grace Biker Ministry, A Ministry of Lincolnton Church of God
Where: 1435 Riverview Road (NC 150 Bypass West), Lincolnton
Details: $15 Entry Fee includes lunch. All bikes must ride in. Bike judging at 1 p.m.; food, band, auction items, prizes, shirts, vendors and more
Information: 704-732-0012
What: 22nd Homecoming and Revival
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 30, Homecoming; 7 nightly, Oct. 1-4, Revival
Where: Peoples Baptist, 1010 Groves St., Kings Mountain
Speakers: Dr. Arthur Bankhead of St. Luke Church No. 1, Sharon, S.C., is the homecoming speaker; the Rev. Robert Coleman of Hoppers Chapel in Shelby is the revival speaker
What: Fall revival
When: 6 p.m. Sept. 30 and 7 nightly Oct. 1-3
Where: Pleasant View Community Church, 129 Michael Drive, Forest City
Guests: Mike and Teresa Blanton and Evidence
What: Homecoming
When: 11 a.m. Oct. 14
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan, 701 E. Gold St., Kings Mountain
Speaker: The Rev. Harold Bumby
Details: Fellowship dinner to follow service
Information: 704-739-3215
What: Revival
When: 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Oct. 21 and 7 nightly Oct. 22-24
Where: Hudson Memorial Baptist, 762 Warlick Road, Lawndale
Speaker: the Rev. Earl Godfrey
Information: 704-538-9200
What: Revival
When: 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Oct. 28 and 7 nightly Oct. 29-31
Speaker: The Rev. Dale Freed
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan, 701 E. Gold St., Kings Mountain
Details: Nursery provided during services
Information: 704-739-3215
What: New Jerusalem Rebirth & Restoration Ministries
When: 11 a.m. Sundays for worship; 7 p.m. Wednesdays for Bible Explosion
Where: Canaan Baptist, 300 Ross Grove Church Road, Shelby
What: Fifth Sunday Night Singing
When: 5 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: Plainsview Baptist Church, Fallston
Featuring: Providence from Shelby
Details: Refreshments and fellowship will follow service
What: Sunday Best Two (special edition)
When: 3:15 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: City of Hope and Love, 712 Buffalo St., Shelby
Featuring: Tyrone Rice and the Gospel Southern Lights of Spartanburg, S.C. (first time in this area); New Creation of Spartanburg; TheRoyal Six of Blacksburg, S.C.; The Kings of Joy of Forest City; Island Creek Male Chorus of Cowpens, S.C.; Sisters of Faith of Greenville, S.C.; Charles McClee and the Southern Sons of Charlotte; and the Linder Sisters of Spartanburg
Information: Willie at 704-989-9869 or Walter at 704-484-0613
What: Gospel singing
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: Faith Harvest Church, 1001 Buffalo St., Shelby
Featuring: Faithful Gospel Singers, Lasting Peace Singers, Joy Gospel Singers, Pastor Ann Jennings, Salvation for Soul, Community Baptist All Male Chorus, Shiloh Baptist All Male Chorus, Wall Memorial Baptist All Male Chorus, all of Shelby, Mighty Revelations Singers, Unity Gospel Singers
Information: Pat McGowan, 704-481-2962
What: His Glory in concert
When: 6 p.m. Sept. 30
Where: Westover Baptist Church, 114 Westover Drive, Kings Mountain
Details: Refreshments served after the service
What: Rainbow Tea
When: Noon, Sept. 29
Where: Brooks Chapel, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
Details: Tickets are $10 per person
Contact: Sis. Betty Gidney or Patricia Withrow at 704-538-7249 or 704-538-3616
What: Movie, �Courageous�
When: 9:45 a.m. Sept. 30
Where: Green Bethel Baptist, 120 Bethel Ave., Boiling Springs
Details: Hot dogs, popcorn, Kool-Aid and soft drinks will be served during intermission.
Contact: Wade Wallace at 704-434-6003 or 704-466-3588
What: Family and Friends Day
When: 11 a.m. Sept. 30
Where: New Start Fellowship Church, Shelby
What: �Calvinism: Fate or Faith?� Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association workshop
When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 1
Where: Ross Grove Baptist, 1225 Fallston Road, Shelby
Details: Led by Dr. Wayne Stacy, former professor and dean of the Gardner-Webb School of Divinity, presently serving as a professor at Liberty University; topics: �Calvinism: Defining Terms,� �Calvin in Context,� �Calvin the Theologian,� �Southern Baptists and Calvinism,� �Calvinism: An Assessment,� no pre-registration or cost
Information: 704-482-3472
What: Bless the Animals Service
When: 1 p.m. Oct. 6
Where: Bethea United Methodist, 605 E. Maryland Ave., Bessemer City
What: Break Free � An interdenominational Ultra-contemporary Service
When: 6 p.m. Oct. 20
Where: East Gold Street Wesleyan Family Life Center, 701 E. Gold St., Kings Mountain
Details: Starts at 6 p.m. with food and games and the service starts at 7 with Praise Band, �3:16� and speaker, Rainey Belt, East Gold Street Wesleyan
Information: 704-739-3215
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What: Annual Women's Day Program
When: 11 a.m. Oct. 14
Where: Ellis Chapel Baptist Church, 114 Ellis Chapel Road, Patterson Springs
Speaker: Sister Linda Lockhart
What: Christian Women�s Club
When: 11:30 a.m., third Thursday (Oct.19)
Where: LeGrand Center, Cleveland Community College
Details: $15 at the door; to make a reservation call Lib Grayson at 704-482-1627 by Sept. 18. Cancellations are necessary by Sept. 19
What: Woman�s Day Program
When: 3 p.m., Oct. 21
Where: Brooks Chapel United Methodist, 110 Brooks Chapel Court, Polkville
Speaker: The Rev. Louise Learson , St. James United Methodist, Denver.


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"If you value your life, don't do hockey," they said.
I heard that advice from multiple parents after our family moved to Vermont. Never mind that our daughters were still too young to participate in organized sports, or that they'd never once displayed the slightest interest in or aptitude for hockey; the advice came unsolicited: "Hi, I'm Susie. Don't let your kids play hockey!"
I believe the warnings against hockey stem from a combination of the heavy and expensive equipment, the rigorous practice schedule, and the hours of weekend travel to tournaments. But I can't be sure, because I don't know any hockey families personally -- perhaps because they're either in the throes of or recovering from hockey season.
Nobody warned me about swimming.
This summer, our oldest daughter is a "Cub," part of the 8-and-under training group of the Middlebury Swim Team. I never expected to be a swim mom. Swimming is at the very bottom of my own list of preferred forms of exercise. I know it's good for you, but it just requires too much trouble: you have to find a pool, change into a swimsuit (and goggles and cap, if you're really serious), and after you swim it's hard to avoid taking a shower. (When I hike or do yoga, for instance, I don't have to change clothes and can usually put off taking a shower for the rest of the day. Nobody notices, right?)
I blame my husband. He caught the swimming bug back in graduate school, when he developed back problems from too much desk-sitting. When he began working at Middlebury College and we learned that swim lessons (taught by members of the Middlebury College Swim Team) were available for children of employees, we signed up.
Over the past three years, I watched in awe as my oldest daughter went from refusing to put her head underwater ("Water in my eyes, water in my eyes!"), to begging to join the town swim team as soon as she reached the minimum age of six. When I told her that she had to be able to swim across the pool unassisted, she snapped on goggles over determined eyes, jumped into the pool, and swam all the way across (with much huffing and puffing).
What's a mom to do? I signed her up for the summer swim team. My Mother's Day gifts this year were an athletic swimsuit, cap, and goggles so that I could join the rest of the family in their favorite pastime. I threw in the towel, so to speak.
And swimming, as opposed to hockey, seemed like such a nice, simple sport. No contact. No expensive equipment. I may or may not have dreamed about future swimming scholarships; I may or may not have said to my husband, "Hey, it could happen! It's a small state!"
Then my husband and I attended the first of two mandatory parent meetings for the swim team, and it was clear that our family was entering a new era. I knew that summer swim team involved daily 30-minute practices at the town pool; I hadn't known that there would be meets -- some at home, some as far as St. Alban's -- roughly twice a week. There were team swimsuits and caps. There was a team website that would be updated almost daily. Parents were expected to volunteer at three meets during the season, and help provide food for concessions. And this year, Middlebury is hosting the Champlain Valley Swim League Championship (July 25th & 26th), which entails more volunteer shifts and selling advertising space in the program.
"What have we gotten ourselves into?" I asked my husband on the drive home.
As it turns out, our daughter has loved every second of swim team. She's never once complained about waking up, changing into her swimsuit, and heading out to practice every morning of her summer vacation (and I don't mind, either -- in my experience, fists start flying when everyone has a little too much relaxed time at home during the summer!) After the first swim meet, she was sold -- and so were we. It's lovely that the Middlebury Swim Team is largely parent-run; everyone around the pool, even those holding stopwatches, knows these kids. There was much cheering and hugging, and the loudest cheering came for the last children to reach the wall.
It's also lovely how the town has supported the swim team. Until this year, Middlebury's pool was leaking water, had a reputation as one of the coldest pools in the state, and there was even some question as to whether it would open for the 2014 season. Thanks largely to the efforts of the town's new Recreation Director, Terri Arnold, the pool now has a new liner, an insulated cover, and will soon be outfitted with a solar heating system. Just because you're a Vermonter doesn't mean you should swim in 50-degree water.
So, if you want to find me this summer, chances are I'll be by the pool. And if my daughter continues to love swim team, chances are I'll be there for decades to come. Because with this level of commitment, we don't have the capacity to cater to the individual desires of our three younger daughters. We're a swimming family now; it's either watch, or get in the pool.
Faith Gong has worked as an elementary school teacher, a freelance photographer, and a nonprofit manager. Since moving to Addison County in 2011, her work has involved caring for a house in the woods, four young daughters, one anxiety-prone puppy — and writing for her blog, The Pickle Patch.