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May 04, 2006
An Imperial Court
It can be of no weight to say that the courts, on the pretense of a repugnancy, may substitute their own pleasure to the constitutional intentions of the legislature. This might as well happen in the case of two contradictory statutes; or it might as well happen in every adjudication upon any single statute. The courts must declare the sense of the law; and if they should be disposed to exercise WILL instead of JUDGMENT, the consequence would equally be the substitution of their pleasure to that of the legislative body.
- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 78
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor, the only two female justices to have served on the Supreme Court, have been lobbying hard against what they see as unwarranted Congressional attempts to check the growing power of SCOTUS. Various liberal pundits, who see the Court as a means to sidestep Congress and the President (ironically, the two democratically elected branches of government) have avidly seized on their remarks as proof of some sinister conservative plot to control all three branches of government.
That liberals and conservatives should compete for political dominance is nothing new; indeed the Constitution provides for elections and appointments so the prevailing will of the people may be reflected as it currently is in the composition of all three branches of government. That respective branches may, through exercise of powers delegated to them, attempt to enlarge their powers beyond their Constitutional sway was likewise foreseen by the Founders. It was to this end the Founders instituted a system of checks and balances each branch may legimately exert upon the others.
To those unfamiliar with this system, the arguments of these two Justices may, on first impression, appear to have some merit. But a thorough examination of their words reveals both overweening arrogance and a stunning disregard for the system of separation of powers and checks the Court as interpreter of the Constitution is perhaps uniquely charged to understand and uphold.
Earlier this year, O'Connor suggested our elected officials should refrain from criticizing the Court, lest the nation slide into dictatorship:
Now that she's left the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor has a few things to get off her chest. One of the first was to warn that the nation could slide into dictatorship if harsh critiques of the judiciary – from the likes of Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Tom DeLay – go unanswered.
"We must be ever-vigilant against those who would strong-arm the judiciary," she said this month at a Georgetown University conference on corporate law. "It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings."
In Justice O'Connor's world, the First Amendment does not apply to one of the two branches empowered to check the Court's power. She finds it improper that either branch should dare to question any act of the Court. Justice Ginsburg went even farther, equating public debate over the use of foreign law to interpret the Constitution to the incitement of death threats:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg assailed the court's congressional critics in a recent speech overseas, saying their efforts "fuel" an "irrational fringe" that threatened her life and that of a colleague, former justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Are all who express opinions liable for the actions of the general public, who may hear them and commit some irrational act? If one accepts Ginburg's spurious logic, the press should be forcibly embargoed from all criticism of the President lest some deranged nut use their words as pretext for assassination. Her argument displays an alarming disregard for the value of debate in a free society. Do she and Justice O'Connor really contend all criticism of the Judicial branch threatens their independence? If so, they admit of no check to the Judicial branch and consequently, the concerted media attack on fellow Justice Scalia should fill them with like trepidation Yet strangely neither woman mentions this in her list of grievances. So it would appear that not all criticism which seeks to limit the freedom of the Court disturbs them; only that which targets their actions.
Justice Ginsburg proceeds to equate Congressional attempts to oversee the Court with Stalinist tactics:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Tuesday that a Republican proposal in Congress to set up a watchdog over the federal courts is a "really scary idea."
"My sense now is that the judiciary is under assault in a way that I haven't seen before," she said.
As an example, she mentioned proposals by senior Republicans who want an inspector general to police judges' acceptance of free trips or their possible financial interests with groups that could appear before them.
"It sounds to me very much like the Soviet Union was .... That's a really scary idea," said Ginsburg, who was put on the court by President Clinton and is one of its liberal members.
Betsy Newmark suggests Ginsburg may have cause for alarm. She has failed to recuse herself in several cases where there was a conflict of interest:
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have violated federal law, as well as professional codes of judicial ethics, by participating in more than 20 cases in which one of the litigants was a publicly traded corporation in which her husband owned stock.
Reviewing Ginsburg's financial-disclosure reports and cases in West's Supreme Court Reporter, Insight found that since 1995, Ginsburg apparently did not disqualify, or recuse, herself from cases that directly affected eight companies in her husband's rollover individual-retirement account, or IRA. Martin Ginsburg owned between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of shares in NYNEX, American Home Products, Exxon, General Electric, American International Group, Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson -- and $15,000 or less in AT&T -- at the time his wife appears to have adjudicated cases that may have affected the value of his portfolio.
And even if that had no effect on the companies' stock-market performance, Ginsburg still may have violated the federal statute governing judicial procedure, which provides that "Any judge, justice or magistrate shall disqualify himself in any proceeding" if "he knows that he, individually or as a fiduciary, or his spouse or minor child residing in his household, has a financial interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding" (28 U.S.C. [sections] 455). "Financial interest," according to the statute, "means ownership of a legal or equitable interest, however small."
If criticism of this type is unwarranted, why did Justice Ginsburg feel no alarm when Democratic members of Congress assailed Justice Alito over a single Vanguard case where his pecuniary interest was far more tenuous? Again, it would seem the principle at stake is less than universally applied.
Any examination of whether Congress' acts are improper must rest upon the notion that they exceed the checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution. Surely a Supreme Court Justice is familiar with these provisions? The legislature is empowered to exercise the following checks upon Judicial power:
- Sole Federal Agency with the power to pass Constitutional amendments (by two-thirds majority and with the consent of three-quarters of the states)
- Power to determine the size and structure of the courts
- Power to determine the budgets of the courts
- Responsibility for confirming judicial nominees
- Power to impeach and remove judges
- Power to determine courts' jurisdiction (except Supreme Court's original jurisdiction)
Yet the specific measures under attack by Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg propose to exercise precisely these Constitutionally-allowed checks:
Sen. Charles Grassley R-Iowa, said last week that the judiciary wasn't doing enough policing of itself. His plan would create an inspector general to oversee federal courts including the Supreme Court. The inspector general would be directed to report any judicial misconduct to the Justice Department.
If Congress is empowered to impeach and remove Justices from office upon proof of bad conduct, how is it they may not act to investigate such conduct? Does Justice Ginsburg perhaps rely on the Judges to report their own misdeeds?
Ginsburg said her concerns were about the legislative branch setting up a so-called guardian for the judicial branch. She also said there have been discussions in Congress about limiting the scope of courts.
American Bar Association President Michael Greco asked Ginsburg what lawyers could do. She said attorneys can speak up and "say these efforts are wrong." Judges, she said, cannot lobby on their own behalf.
But is not Congress empowered to determine the jurisdiction, budgets, size, and structure of the courts? Ms. Ginsburg's objections to proposed Congressional action (which must, by the way, garner the support of a majority in both houses to survive) would appear to be sourced not in the Constitution she is charged to uphold, but in some reading of foreign law she declines to reveal to lesser beings who may not dare to question the Court's authority to police itself.
The Founders clearly intended for each branch to both defend itself from unjust encroachments and exercise its Constitutionally-granted powers in opposition to the other two branches, yet both Ginsburg and O'Connor seem to suggest the Judiciary is somehow immune to the limits placed on it by the very Constitution it is sworn to uphold. Furthermore, they apparently believe the least accountable and only unelected branch should have more power than those selected by the People. But this is an interpretation not supported by both Hamilton and Madison, who clearly intended the Judiciary to be the weakest of the three branches:
But it is not possible to give to each department an equal power of self-defense. In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit. It may even be necessary to guard against dangerous encroachments by still further precautions. As the weight of the legislative authority requires that it should be thus divided, the weakness of the executive may require, on the other hand, that it should be fortified.
Arguments like O'Connor's and Ginsburg's rely on the ignorance of the average American, but more alarmingly they represent the growing tendency of the Court to view itself as a law unto itself and of various factions to use the Court to circumvent the will of our democratically elected representatives. As a matter of legal ethics, mere lawyers are enjoined not to offer misleading arguments. How then is it proper for judges, who should be held to a higher standard, to proffer an argument in public which can only succeed if the hearer is ignorant of the very law those judges are sworn to uphold?
Posted by Cassandra at May 4, 2006 07:46 AM
Granted, you would think that someone bright enough to be a Supreme Court Justice would take a moment before uttering the hyperbole quoted above. But I cannot say that either Justice O'Connor or Justice Ginsberg is entirely off the mark. I could understand the Senate's sudden interest in creating an office to "oversee" the judiciary if there were ongoing scandals on the bench. But how many judges have been impeached in the last 200+ years? Here's a hint: six.
The question thus becomes whether there is truly a "need" for such oversight, or where this is just a method of showing judges whose decisions you don't like who's boss. I think the latter.
Note to Senate: If you don't like the way a court has interpreted the law, change the law. 'K?
Posted by: spd rdr at May 4, 2006 12:05 PM
What I think troubles the Senate, and certainly troubles me, is the way that the courts (not just SCOTUS) increasingly changes not the law, but the game.
Take Lawrence v. Texas. The SCOTUS said, "American legislatures can't make laws like that." The legislators responded, "What are you talking about? We've been making laws of this type throughout the entire history of the Republic." SCOTUS said, "Well, things have changed."
Well, maybe they have. But they didn't change through the Constitutional Amendment process -- which, as Cassidy rightly notes, is limited to the Legislatures (Federal and State acting together, in supermajority). So, how precisely did this change come about?
Judicial fiat. And it's been happening with unusual frequency in the last thirty years or so, compared with other periods -- indeed, the only other period I can think of where the legislature and the courts were so off-center with each other was the New Deal. In that case, the courts were right: the legislature/executive really was grabbing unConstitutional powers. This time, it's the courts.
All that's a long way of saying: +1 Cassidy.
Posted by: Grim at May 4, 2006 01:39 PM
It seems to me that any law Congress passes now can be used against both conservative and liberal judges.
If the Constitution specifically gives Congress the right to do a thing, complaining that you perceive that act to be politically motivated simply because past Congresses (over which this one had no control) have not exercised that power strikes me as somewhat specious.
It would be hard to argue that the role of the SC has been expanded dramatically in the past four decades...not by Congress but by the Court itself.
Who, then, may reign the Court in if it has gone too far? No one? That apparently is the answer according to Ginsburg/O'Connor: they are accountable to no one, not even the People. Any move to impeach a sitting judge is going to raise hackles and would have to have broad support to pass both Houses of Congress. What, then, is the objection?
Since judges can only be removed from office by vote of both Houses, they should have nothing to fear unless they have done something wrong. It continues to amaze me that everyone wants Congress to oversee the Executive branch, but somehow the judiciary (not just SCOTUS) as a branch is immune.
How many times has a President been impeached in our 200 year history? Is that then an argument that Congress may never impeach one again?
I am heartened to hear of this "precedent". That will come in very handy in the coming months, because that is precisely what is in the works if you pay attention to the news.
They don't mention California, but there's an initiative underway there too.
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 02:00 PM
And not that anyone's wondering, but I've been watching this for a very long time and that's exactly what gets my back up when conservatives start talking trash about the President. I hope you'll all be happy when we're looking at President Cheney, or worse, President Hastert.
Pay attention - election season is coming up. This isn't a coincidence. You may get exactly what you've been asking for.
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 02:04 PM
If it got through the House, it'd be either President Cheney or President Pelosi.
Posted by: Grim at May 4, 2006 02:16 PM
I don't understand that last comment Cass. Sorry, but I'm stupid today. Could you elaborate please?
Aside: You aren't suggesting that the President should be immune from criticism are you? :-)
Posted by: KJ at May 4, 2006 02:16 PM
Are you talking about that Bush Impeachment article you linked?
Obviously, criticizing the President (by conservatives) for bad domestic policy decisions (usually) or whatever is very different from impeachable offenses.
Impeachment won't happen. Not on any current evidentiary record.
Posted by: KJ at May 4, 2006 02:19 PM
KJ, you are far more sanguine about this than I am.
Do I think it's warranted? No. Do I think it's very likely? I'm concerned. It's not as though we can rely on Republicans to vote the party line on this. The Sun article wasn't particular informative but I don't have time to look more up.
And there have been conservatives saying that the NSA thing is illegal and executive overreaching (though notably no one except Specter had the balls to talk of cutting off funding), which is precisely one of the main points he would be likely to be impeached over. There are also conservatives making stupid claims about the basis for going to war, another central article, though they know better.
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 02:24 PM
And Grim, you may be right, but I'm not so sure it couldn't get though the House on a technical R majority if the dems vote as a block and we get enough defections. I don't trust them anymore.
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 02:26 PM
Cass, the Senate is more at risk than the House don't you think? The House is where the most Republican party conservatives bills (though that would not mean Bush supports them of course) are passed. The Senate is where they go to die.
Posted by: KJ at May 4, 2006 02:37 PM
The House is more likely to vote for impeachment because that is not final. If the Dems get swing votes, I'd expect them to get them there. The Senate if I'm not mistaken votes for removal, which is far more serious.
At any rate, I only brought the House up b/c of the President Pelosi thing.
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 02:44 PM
How many times has a President been impeached in our 200 year history? Is that then an argument that Congress may never impeach one again?
No, Cass, it's not. I was trying to point out that Congressional oversight of, not a single sitting president, but hundreds of federal judges at any one time, does not appear to be a particularly pressing issue, insofar as judicial misconduct goes, given the number of times the Congress has had to exercise its authority. I also thought that you might appreciate the "irony" that Alcee Hastings, that last judge to be impeached, is now a member of the very Liliputan Congress that now seeks to hold sway over the "Imperial" Court. I like the idea of an independant judiciary, and I want to see something other than mere disatisfaction with the rulings from the bench before I hear about additional Congessional "oversight." Who do you trust more: the guy that takes a lousy paying job for life? or the guy that has to get re-elected every other year?
Posted by: spd rdr at May 4, 2006 04:15 PM
I didn't come to this lightly, nor am I necessarily in favor of it.
But a President is only for 4 years, 8 max. Given that judges are appointed for life and can continue to make decisions that become precedent that every other court in the land is obligated to follow and SCOTUS itself is extremely reluctant to reverse, given the expanding nature of many of the landmark decisions handed down recently (Kelo comes to mind, and what about the totally out of control expansion of the Commerce Clause? Whatever happened to Lopez and Morrison?) I think perhaps we need to consider reigning in the Supreme Court.
Remember that I have argued against this idea for almost three years on the very grounds you cite: judicial independence. But I think the divided nature of the legislature is something of a safeguard against abuse. If judges are impeached it will be because a helluva lot of people think they need to go.
When SCOTUS can't even interpret the plain meaning of the Public Use Clause I think perhaps it *is* time for a warning shot across the bow.
And you assume that just because Congress has chosen not to impeach any judges, this was a good thing. Perhaps they don't do so, not because it's necessarily a bad idea, but because it's too difficult?
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 04:34 PM
And at any rate, my argument was not so much *for* the Congressional measures being proposed (they will have to pass muster) as it was an objection to the over-the-top, meretricious, and dishonest arguments made by these two Justices.
Any time someone advances a stupid argument I'm going to go after them, especially when they are doing it on purpose to be divisive. Arguing that they are not being honest is not the same as saying I completely support the Congresscritters in question. But IMO they have the right of this, now it is up to them to generate support. My guess is that Congress is too lily-livered and they will fail.
In which case all of the judicial hyperbole and hyperventilation was even more ill advised. If they want to argue this is unneeded, that's a better argument, but they didn't say that, did they?
They were dishonest. Which in and of itself ought to raise your hackles.
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 04:39 PM
No. These judges are no more than human beings clothed in black robe, and they are among the best schooled, brightest individuals our culture has to offer. Yet , rather than seek the scores of millions their hard work and reputation could command as mere shills for the legal trade, they have patiently dedicated themselves to listening patiently to the most common-day gripes between we citizens, and have chosen to do so for absolute SHIT pay.
While we may grouse occasionally about how this or that ruling individually effects us, when was the last time the Supreme Court curtailed your particular rights as an American citizen? (Unless you live in New London, I don't want to hear about Kelo.) Granted, we might not agree with all of their their pronouncements, but "dishonest?" The Supreme Court? That gives me heartburn, on or off the bench.
I'm not buying it.
Posted by: spd_rdr at May 4, 2006 08:52 PM
So in essence, you agree with all their arguments and think they're an accurate depiction of the situation?
IOW, you agree that:
1. If these Senators aren't stopped, the country will slide into dictatorship (...composed of popularly-elected officials who can be voted out of office at any time!), and we should "avoid this end by avoiding this beginning"? (O'Connor)
TRANSLATION: don't you care criticize us or attempt to hold us to our responsibilities b/c if you you're some kind of fascist.
2. Criticism of SCOTUS should not be allowed because some jackass may hear it and post a death threat in an Internet chat room? (Ginsburg)
3. Though Congress is EXPRESSLY given the power to determine the judiciary's budget, size, and structure, the jurisdiction of the federal courts and of SCOTUS (except for original jurisdiction) as well as the power to impeach judges, somehow the Constitution says they DON'T have the power of oversight when that involves all those expressly delegated powers?
Ginsburg complains Congress is "talking of limiting the scope of the courts" and calls on lawyers like you to say that's wrong, AND NEVER ONCE MENTIONS THAT...OH, BY THE WAY, THIS POWER IS EXPRESSLY DELEGATED TO THEM BY THE CONSTITUTION. That isn't a dishonest argument?
It's her responsibility to uphold the Constitution. Misrepresenting by omission what it expressly says and encouraging the legal profession to tell Congress they're wrong isn't honest, at least in my book.
Whether something is smart or customary is one thing. That's not their argument - it was yours, and frankly it's a better one. An honest one.
They are saying Congress is overreaching and taking us down the road to Soviet Russia or a dictatorship. Do you agree?
4.(your argument) Accepting a low paycheck means you aren't accountable? Really? My husband will be thrilled to hear that. He could be making twice what he is making now. Easily. Think of all the fun he could be having.
Finally, SCOTUS curtails my particular rights every single time they interpret something into the Constitution that isn't there and the power of Congress or state legislatures is thereby diminished. As a federalist, I'm surprised you don't agree with that.
But it's not just my rights, spd. There are individual and societal rights. What about Roe? In my book the C didn't give them the right to invent rights, especially when they abridge the rights of others and a human life is at stake. Arguably no one should have that right, but as it stands the C reserves that power to the legislatures, and SCOTUS usurped it. Now they are trying to take some it of back.
According to the Constitution, we are given certain rights *through our elected representatives* that no one is supposed to be able to take away absent an amendment to the Constitution.
You know as well as anyone that SCOTUS has been sidestepping this CONSTITUTIONAL requirement for years now. But apparently no one can object or try to stop them without being accused of inciting death threats, bringing on a dictatorship, or overreaching.
No wonder I'm so tired :)
Posted by: Cassandra at May 4, 2006 10:15 PM
I was tempted to let you have the last word on this subject, and you have that option, but allow me restate my objections.
I did not argue that accepting a lower paycheck makes one "unaccountable," but only inferred that I respect the choice of those who could knock down millions a year - very respectfully, mind you - to instead put themselves up to such scorn and ridicule that most of us would not dare confront, and to do so even before they are confirmed. Should that make them immune to public and political scorn? No. But it speaks well to their courage and intellect. How many of us would step up to the plate as such willing targets?
I have already conceded that the remarks you quoted from Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg were...well, unfortunate. These women are nevertheless entitled to their opinons (however ill advised airing such drivel in pubiic may be in light of their professional stature). They do not speak for the federal judiciary, however, anymore than John Kerry speaks for the Senate.
I do not agree that if Senate oversight of the federal judiciary is extended the U.S. will devolve into a fascist state. That's silly. I do, however, question the motives of those election-seekers who cast dark eyes on the Court to divert the populace from their own dismal records. Like I said, who do you trust?
Posted by: spd_rdr at May 5, 2006 01:00 AM
There, take (says Justice), take ye each a shell:
We thrive at Westminster on fools like you;
'T was a fat oyster,—live in peace,—adieu.
-Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
Posted by: Drive-by I'll Pay For This One at May 5, 2006 01:16 AM
Spd _rdr,ever since that Kelo decision has come down,there have been a bunch of land grabs going on across this country,with the expception of Fox news,and maybe here in the Blogosphere,it has received scant attention!These Developers are taking advantage of this decision and milking this thing for all that is worth.I hope all these justices who voted for that decision lose their homes(as far as I know one in particular is about to lose his).Our elected officials are too beholden to these wealthy special interests groups,and they don't give a damn about us!For instance, on this illegal immigration business,all they had to do was enforce the laws we have,but,they refused and want to put a another useless amnesty bill before us insulting our intelligence.I say we hang most of them and destroy some of those builidings on K Street,what a waste of taxpayers funds.
Posted by: Lisa Gilliam at May 5, 2006 02:49 AM
Never argue with a lawyer :)
mr rdr, I agree with everything you just said, in spades. I also conceded most of your points earlier because they were well taken. Undoubtedly some of this is based on partisan motives. However, I can also see some justification from a non-partisan basis; and if it were ever to come about Congressional oversight would apply to both conservative and liberal judges. The composition of Congress is unlikely to stay the same, after all.
What prompted my lengthy comment was your objection to my use of the word "dishonest". I was trying to clarify my use of the term; it wasn't meant as a general characterization of either Justice and certainly not of the entire SC or federal bench, but merely of the arguments Ginsburg and O'Connor put forward. I still don't see how either woman can really believe all that nonsense based on the facts.
Let me see if I can explain to you what offends me so much about this whole episode.
It would be one thing if these women (and I'll tell you right off the bat that is part of my problem with this) had said these things once. I can understand SC Justices are human, that they might take umbrage at what they perceive as a political attack. However, these remarks weren't made just once.
Both women are on a campaign to drive these ill-considered points home and have repeated them on several occasions in various speeches to diverse audiences. It really frosts me to see two of the first women to hold high positions in the US make what I think is an inflammatory, emotional, and above all fundamentally misleading argument when there were other objections they could have voiced that I would have respected. How long did it take you to come up with far more valid objections? A minute or two?
My perception is that they're playing the victim card and using scare tactics; Ginsburg more so than O'Connor. Now these are supposed to be two jurists at the very pinnacle of their profession. Does that really seem ethical to you? Because it doesn't to me.
What's more, have they represented women well? Not at all. I don't expect this argument to carry much weight with you, but women are so new to the professional scene that what highly visible women do continues to reflect on all of us, so it matters greatly to me. Instead of making the kind of calm, reasoned argument one expects of an experienced SC Justice, they throw out hysterical, whiny, overwrought sound bytes that are immediately picked up by papers everywhere "Eek! Dictatorship! Just like Soviet Russia!" As you know, their remarks weren't made in a vacuum either - both women are well aware of the current charges being made by certain members of Congress.
As I said, people are human, and one can engage on a wrong course of action without invalidating an entire life of service. But I think their remarks reflect poorly on the stature of the Court and also on the professionalism of women in general, and I really resent that. We don't need two women at the top of their field reinforcing the stereotype that women play the victim card at the first sign of political opposition. Fight fair! Furthermore, Ginsburg's argument in particular is highly misleading.
In closing, I thought all of your points were well taken. I may disagree on the advisability of Congressional oversight - frankly it would really depend on how it was implemented. My perception is that the Court is currently engaged in an unconstitutional power grab and something really ought to be done about it before nothing in the Constitution means anything anymore.
And to Mr. Drive-by I'll Pay for This I have only one comeback. "You never have before... why should this time be any different, wiseacre?" :)
Posted by: Cassandra at May 5, 2006 05:22 AM
Spd, I am surprised at your take on this. I usually agree with you more often than not, but you are totally wrong on this one.
There is no greater threat to our democracy, IMHO, than a rampant, activist court. Sure, there have always been corrupt, grasping lawmakers, but one can always hope the people wake up and vote them out of office. Remember jerks like Dan Rostenkowski?
OTOH, how do you deal with unelected, unaccountable imbeciles like Souter, Kennedy, and Ginsburg? Don't give me that best and brightest crap. I have read some of their opinions, and they frankly couldn't argue their way out of a paper bag (except maybe against other liberal moonbats). Sadly, this is nothing new. SCOTUS has replaced constitutional interpretation with social engineering and political manouvering years ago. Do you want to justify opinions based on "penumbras and emanations" to me?
Any country run by a nine-member group, unaccountable to anyone or anything, that can rule by mere Diktat, fulfills the definition of oligarchy last time I checked Webster's. Yes, I know that TECHNICALLY there are checks and balances in place, but the last time anyone had the cojones to do something about judicial abuses was Andrew Jackson in the 1820s. Jackson also shot several political opponents and newspapermen in duels to protect his reputation against their slander and innuendo. The latter would be interesting to see in the modern era. Schumer and Kennedy would be dead by morning when half the Republicans in Congress called them out to the field of honor. No loss though.
Anyway, if something hasn't been enforced in nearly 200 years, I don't see it as a true check or balance to anything.
Why in the world do you want to defend Those People (in the fullest Robert E. Lee use of that term)? I see SCOTUS as a less evil (so far) version of the Politburo. SCOTUS is the antithesis of freedom and democracy. Only the 9th Circus is worse.
I was watching the 10 Commandments over Easter. I like that line where Yul Brynner, as the full-on arrogant Pharaoh Rameses says "So let it be written, so let it be done" and the trumpet fanfare blasts. Our Ruler and God Pharaoh has spoken His Law unto us, and we must obey without thought or question. I see no difference between that and the attitude of SCOTUS. They act like the most pompous, arrogant aristocrats of the past. Didn't people come to the US from Europe to escape their "betters" in the nobility commanding them how to live their lives? They can kiss my big, white heinie if they think this guy will knuckle his forehead, bow, and mumble "yes, your lordship" when a justice passes by.
Posted by: a former european at May 5, 2006 05:27 AM
Actually, afe, I was just trying to get Cass to admit to the whole "whiny woman" thing. :-0
Posted by: spd rdr at May 5, 2006 08:37 AM
Egad. How humiliating... manipulated by a wily attorney... again :D
Posted by: Cassandra at May 5, 2006 08:46 AM
Daaaaam Spd!
"(Unless you live in New London, I don't want to hear about Kelo.)"
You're kidding, right? What is the most basic principle in our society that is the core foundation of the Republic? Property ownership. Correct? Well, there are over 10,000 cases of eminent domain abuse since SCOTUS ruled, incorrectly, on Kelo. That's TEN THOUSAND Spd. I don't live in New London but By God that gets my boxers in a bunch!
Go to that site and click on their interactive map. There's a reason so many state legislatures are making laws to stop SCOTUS. And you see no reason for oversight? Hell, even the bedwetters want some type of oversight so SCOTUS won't "steal" another election. Heh, this might be the ONLY thing that IS bipartisan! Shoot, we can't even fight a war with bipartisan support but this issure of activist benches has gotten totally out of hand!
Ginsburg needs to get laid! Who'll volunteer? Step up men, it's for the good of the Republic! :-o
Anyone working on that 3rd Party yet? ;-)
Posted by: JarheadDad at May 5, 2006 09:06 AM
Anyone working on that 3rd Party yet? ;-)
Fricking Democrats... :D
Posted by: Cassandra at May 5, 2006 09:17 AM
Dagnabit, Spd! You are supposed to transmit the super-secret signal when you are only Cass-baiting! The other members of the Lodge are not happy with your disregard of Cass-baiting protocol.
Posted by: a former european at May 5, 2006 02:39 PM
Haven't you figured out that he is *always* in Cass-baiting mode? Maybe it would be more efficient if he notifies us if he is ever not in Cass-baiting mode.
Posted by: Cassandra at May 5, 2006 02:47 PM
As Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg frame the problem, we have only two choices: (a) unquestioned judicial supremacy, to which the rest of society, including elected leaders, must submit; or (b) dictatorship by someone else, with threats to the life of any Supreme Court justice who doesn't submit.
If this is really what they believe, then it shows they can't imagine any sort of political system except a dictatorship. How can we expect them to rule in accord with a Constitution that establishes a republican form of government, if they can't even conceive that such a polity as possible?
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This eight-session small group Bible study, Life & Ministry of the Messiah, from noted teacher and historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume three of the 12-part Faith Lessons series. In it, Vander Laan illustrates how Jesus call to follow him turned the world upside down.
Faith Lessons is an in-depth video tour of the buried, distant, or otherwise forgotten places where the stories of the Bible actually happened. From this cultural perspective, teacher and historian Ray Vander Laan challenges long-held Western assumptions about even the most well known Scripture passages and reveals unique insights into the Scriptures' significance for modern believers.
The Life & Ministry of the Messiah Discovery Guide (296 pages) includes eight sessions. Each lesson
- Focuses on passages of Scripture explored in the DVD - Includes sidebars, maps, photos and other study tools- Features questions that facilitate discussion and inspire personal reflection- Includes 30 personal Bible studies to help you deepen your learning experience between sessions, and turn lessons from the past into applications that impact how you live out your faith today.
The Life & Ministry of the Messiah DVD sessions were filmed on location in Herodion, Masada, Qumran, Krazin/Mount of the Beatitudes, Gamla, Sepphoris, Belvoir, and En Gedi.
These illuminating "faith lessons" afford a new understanding of the Bible that will ground your convictions and transform your life. The Faith Lessons video series is ideal for use in small groups, personal and family Bible studies, and adult Sunday school. Individual believers and families will gain vital insights from long-ago times and cultures through this innovative approach to Bible study.
Lessons include:
1. In the Shadow of Herod Filimed in Herodion2. My Rock and My Fortress Filmed in Masada3. The Time Had Fully Come Filmed in Qumran4. No Greater Love Filmed in Korazin/Mount of Beatitudes 5. The Rabbi Filmed in Gamla6. Language of Culture Filmed in Sepphoris7. Misguided Faith Filmed in Belvoir 8. Living Water Filmed in En Gedi
This pack includes both the eight-session DVD and 296-page Discovery Guide."

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Over 300% Increase in Student Usage Fuels Technology Expansion
LONDON--(Marketwire - May 2, 2012) - Echo360, the global leader in campus-wide blended learning and lecture capture solutions, is being integrated into the curriculum at the University of Exeter, as part of the University's progressive technology-enhanced learning strategy. The institution has attained a solid reputation as a destination university and seeks to further boost levels of student satisfaction by answering the student demand for the latest in learning technology. The announcement was made from the 5th Annual Echo360 European Community Conference going on today.
The University deployed Echo360 after completing a successful pilot program in 2008 and has documented a dramatic rise in the total number of recording views per week over the past four years. During the pilot, students viewed 4,000 recordings during the 2008-2009 academic year. Accelerating student usage propelled the number of views to nearly 12,000 during a one-week period in 2010-2011.
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Lectures are being captured across all of the university's disciplines and categorized in EchoCenter, and then the recordings are embedded into the Moodle VLE. Analytics have shown a distinct trend in increased recording views by students prior to assessment, evidence that they are using the recordings as a key component in the review process.
Academics are not only capturing lectures to better prepare students for assessment, but are also pre-recording content for student review prior to class. "Echo360 can support academics' delivery of lectures and the way they interact with students inside the live lecture environment. The ability to record material for review prior to class can allow more time for questions and discussion of more complex issues during allotted class time," said Newcombe.
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text: MAE MCQUILLIN WISE, 71, 4757 Ternstone Road, Orlando, died Thursday. Born in Milwaukee, she moved to Orlando from Brainerd, Minn., in 1952. She was a retired registered nurse and was a member of Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. Survivors: husband, Frank P.; son, Tony, Cape Coral; daughter, Sandy Miller, Orlando; brother, Walter McQuillin, Green Bay, Wis.; six grandchildren. Colonial Guardian Funeral Home, Orlando.


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August 28, 1780
THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, August 28, 1780
* George Washington
A newspaper from the midst of the Revolutionary War with much reporting from England & the rest of Europe. I only see one brief item relating to the Revolutionary War: "...that as soon as Mons. de Ternay shall have victualied, New York will be immediately infested by him by sea, while General Washington attacks it by land.".
Four pages, folio size, light damp stains near the bottom, nice condition.
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Distant Horizons
Li Bao
Second Mate aboard the Araen Horizon
LN Male Human (Yung An) Alchemist 3/Expert 2
Li Bao had the misfortune of sailing aboard a Yungian merchant ship sailing the straits between Nordland and Sudland as a passenger, when the vessel was taken by pirates around the year 22 A.F. The pirates were not inclined to take prisoners, being solely interested in the cargo and 2 Yungian cannon the ship carried. Fearing for his life, Li Bao spoke quickly, offering his services as an alchemist in return for his life. The pirate captain saw the advantages this would give him, and enslaved the frightened young man rather than killing him outright.
Li Bao spent the next five years of his life chained in a ship's hold, providing his captors with potions and firebombs. As time passed and the pirate's brutality increased, Li Bao came more and more to regret his momentary panic and subsequent decision. He began dreaming of escape, and was approaching a personal flashpoint when salvation came from an outside source.
The pirates had been ranging further and further, raiding and terrorizing the Nordland coast from Taren'Vel to Elvedon, and grown bolder with each success. Long since having run out of powder, they had nevertheless continued to use the empty cannon to intimidate potential prizes. Eventually, they ran afoul of a captain who refused to be intimidated. Morgrym Breakwater had been sailing cargo from Elvedon's Port Eldritch to Faerlien Bay in Navanaith when his ship was attacked. Rather than surrender or run, Breakwater bluffed the pirates into following him closer to shore. With superior charts and a greater familiarity with the local waters, Morgrym was able to avoid the rocky shoals that he led the pirate vessel onto. Once it was clear his attackers had foundered, Captain Breakwater turned his ship around and attacked the helpless pirates.
Upon boarding the ship, Morgrym found Li Bao chained in the hold. After hearing his tale, Captain Breakwater offered the Yungian alchemist two choices. He could either take passage to Faerlien Bay, where he would be put ashore with no restrictions to find his own way home, or he could sail with Morgrym as a full member of the dwarven captain's crew. Seeing a chance to make up for the mistake he had made five years earlier, Li Bao agreed to serve with Breakwater's crew. He has spent the last three years learning the sailor's trade, as well as using his alchemical skills to aid his captain and combat piracy. When Morgrym took command of the Araen Horizon he asked Li Bao to come aboard as his second mate, an offer the man gratefully accepted.


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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Melting moments fishcakes
This was part of a delivery meal back on 21st December - the delivery was going to get there whether I had to take it the last couple of miles on a sledge or not. That last single track country road up to the house is rather isolated.
As it turned out getting there was fine. Evening meals for 2 days delivered. But then, on the way back, I had to reverse into a passing place to allow someone coming the other way to pass. As soon as they passed I went to pull out, then found I was stuck - wedged into the snow. Well and truly. Luckily I'm prepared (after an incident in the Welsh hills when I was 19) and carry a spade, blanket and thermos in the van. Also had the walking boots on which helped. Managed to dig the van out, but still no traction - was -12 or something by then. So I laid the blanked under the front wheels and after a few attempts managed to stall it onto the blanket to get some traction. Half an hour later I was back on the road. The delivery route which normally takes just under 2 hours took 4 hours overall - but there you go. Come floods (drove through floods half submerging van & car in 2007), snow, ice, extreme heat (road was melting earlier in summer), we'll be there. We don't give up & we don't close - whatever happens we'll be there.
2 comments:
- Lucy said...
Wow that is some dedication to good food there! These fishcakes look delicious, love the mozzarella idea - reminds me of arancini.
- Tue Jan 11, 01:46:00 PM 2011
- James said...
Oh yes - put mozz in the middle of arancini - I keep forgetting....
- Thu Jan 13, 12:57:00 AM 2011


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For a few years now I have tried to share my carvings as well as cartoons on Facebook through my personal page but I have never liked the idea of people I only know through the web and carving having access to my personal life. At times I have held back sharing certain things and at times I share more on the carvings side and not as much on the personal side due to the blurred lines. Don't get me wrong I have met some wonderful carvers through the internet and will always welcome getting to know new carvers. But I need to have a private life, between family and close personal friends. I am old school in this regard and will be this way till God calls me home.
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Multiple venues (AP, AFP, NYT) are reporting that Google has apologized to Chinese authors whose books it scanned and promised to turn over a list of the books it has scanned. Piecing together the stories, this is my understanding of the state of affairs:
- The letter and apology went to the China Writers Association.
- Google is in talks with the China Written Works Copyright Society "to try to resolve outstanding copyright issues and agree terms for compensation" (AFP). According to the letter, Google "Google plans to work out a settlement proposal with Chinese writers by March and reach a formal agreement by June." (NYT)
- Novelist Mian Mian is pursuing an individual civil lawsuit against Google.
As the precise legal status of the CWS and CWWCS remains unclear to me, it would be unwise for me to speculate further on how what all of this means. The CWS is an "association of 8,000 Chinese writers" (NYT) and is "one of the groups leading accusations against Google" (AFP). The CWWWCS is described by the AP as "government-affiliated" and the NYT explains that it "manages Chinese copyrights." Further deponent sayeth not.
UPDATE: I believe that this is the website of the CWWCS. I am given to understand by correspondents that CWWCS:
- Has been approved by the Chinese government as a collecting society.
- Is the only collecting society currently in operation in China for literary works.
- Represents authors on an opt-in basis.
- Is not a member of IFRRO, and it is unclear whether it will be.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a Chinese entity of this sort, whether it should be classed as "governmental" or "private" does not appear to be a question with a determinate answer.


text: Anaheim's OC Fest of Ales With summer coming to an all too quick close here in Orange County, we are certain you're all wondering what big event is on the horizon. Well, this September the good ol' OC is offering something different that is sure to be a smashing success – the 1st Annual Anaheim's OC Fest of Ales! On Saturday September 22nd at the Downtown Anaheim Center Street Promenade, the OC Fest of Ales will bring you over 100 different beers to sample, VIP food pairings, a food truck challenge, live music, a home brew challenge, and even a Beer Run 5K! Each of these OC Fest of Ales activities offers a little something unique to participants. "Such as?" you ask breathlessly. Well, the Beer Run injects some fun into the 5K with special on course goodies like OC Fest of Ales Beer Pong and a Beer Batter Pancake Breakfast. Participating teams also receive a 10-15% discount on combo tickets (depending on when the team registers, so hurry!). Which brings us to the tickets! OC Fest of Ales tickets come in a wide variety – from General Admission to VIP Unlimited Passes and even VIP Designated Driver passes – and range from $40 - $95 depending on what you are looking to experience. We recommend the Designated Driver pass as we are staunch advocates of safe and responsible beer tasting. You could also take a taxi to the event and back from Ayres Hotel Anaheim, which is only 3 miles away and offers the plush Ayres Dream Sleeper bed to sink into after a long day of tasting and toasting. So say sayonara to summer and bring on the lager! The OC Fest of Ales is being held in conjunction with the Downtown Anaheim Association and all proceeds (100%!) will benefit the many non-profit organizations supported by the Association.


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1953 Glendale Meats Complete Set (28) with Autographed Houtteman!
Starting Bid - $1,000, Sold For - $2,938
Presented is a complete set of 1953 Glendale Meats (28 cards). The regionally issued 1953 Glendale Meats set features only Detroit Tigers players. One card was inserted in each pack of Glendale hot dogs. Their striking design and legendary rarity have always made Glendale's one of the most significant and desirable regional issues of the era. The reverse of each card invites youngsters to collect the set and mail them in to Glendale to potentially win one of three pairs of tickets to the World Series. The Art Houtteman card (which is included in this set) has long been recognized as one of the great regional-issue rarities of the era. The Houtteman card in the set is autographed. It is almost certain that Houtteman was intentionally short printed and that this short printing perhaps relates to the Glendale contest offer. Because of how they were issued (with hot dogs, one card per package), condition has always been a problem with Glendales in general. This is an extremely attractive low-grade complete set of twenty-eight different cards. Most of the cards look better than their technically accurate assigned grades. Condition composite: Eight cards range from Gd to Vg: Bucha, Delsing, Garver, Herbert, Houtteman (autographed in blue ink grades "5"), Kuenn, Madison, and Pesky. Twenty cards are lesser (mostly Fr-Gd): Batts, Carswell, Dropo, Erickson, Foytack, Friend, Ginsberg, Gray, Hatfield, Hitchcock, Hoeft, Jordan, Lund, Marlowe, Mullin, Nieman, Priddy, Souchock, Sullivan, and Wight. This is a very rare opportunity to acquire a complete set of this unique and classic 1950s regional food issue. Total: 28 cards. LOA from James Spence/JSA (for the one autographed card). Reserve $1,000. Estimate (open). SOLD FOR $2,938
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After our program students say that they have changed their idea of what makes themselves and others beautiful by their actions rather than their appearance.
Hello beautiful,
I love the sudden feeling of connection. The one where you're mid sentence sharing with someone and suddenly you see the other person's eyes soften, the corners of their mouth create a smirk, while simultaneously everything around you slows down. Then, your brain registers, "They get me."
I have had this experience with the students in the Rewrite Beautiful programs. There is a distinct stillness that comes over the room when I talk about seeing people's beauty for their creativity, kindness, and strength. Whether it's a group of 10 year olds or 30 year olds, everyone wants to live in a world where we look beyond the surface. A world where we take more time to notice people's character rather than their physique. Where we spend more time admiring our own actions and less time criticizing the flesh and bones that house our soul.
This concept is something Rewrite Beautiful has been reinforcing through our message of creativity, kindness and strength since its inception in 2010. Rewriting the definition of beauty is an ongoing effort-just this year we educated 1,400 students. However, it takes great time and energy to maintain the thousands of connections we have cultivated. The effort and resources needed to maintain and grow our organization far exceeds our current capacity. Acknowledging this, the Rewrite Beautiful board of directors and I have mindfully chosen to celebrate all that Rewrite Beautiful has accomplished and dissolve the organization at the end of 2015.
I would like to personally thank all of our donors, board members, Beautiful Actionistas, and volunteers who have given so generously to Rewrite Beautiful. Your dedication has changed many lives for the better. Here are just a few of the things you have helped make possible:
1. According to our stats, we kicked ass at educating on eating disorders and changing the way people see beauty. Since 2010, we have educated over 6,000 people. After our school programs, students as young as 10 years old reported:
▪ Having greater knowledge about the harm of eating disorders than before the program.
▪ Being able to name local eating disorder recovery resources.
▪ Feeling more compassion for people struggling with mental illness.
▪ A change in their idea of what makes themselves and others beautiful.
2. We made the taboo cool. We creatively engaged people in the conversation about eating disorders by:
▪ Hosting 3 art shows, highlighting the work of 20 Southern California artists.
▪ Teaching 12 street art workshops to over 300 participants.
▪ Supporting 12 Beautiful Action Clubs across the USA and Korea.
▪ Publishing a book and workbook that is now used as narrative therapy in addiction rehabs.
In total you have helped us work with over 42 different groups and organizations.
3. We changed the course of many lives. One that sticks out to me is Julia Schaeffer, a program participant who said,
"I struggled with bulimia for 6 years. The disease told me that I am worthless, ugly and a burden. But, the night I met Irvina through Rewrite Beautiful my life completely changed. For the first time ever, I realized that I had a disease and that there are people who understand my struggle and want to help. Before this evening, I had no idea there was a way out of this nightmare. This organization saved my life."
I think that calls for a slow clap for all of us.
As an organization that has focussed on prevention, we have voted to donate our remaining funds to Teen Line: a non-profit that prevents teenage suicide. We chose Teen Line because eating disorders are the most deadly of mental illnesses, these deaths are due to suicides and heart attacks. The rest of our goods (art supplies, books and t-shirts) will be donated to Orangewood Children's Home and The Salvation Army. Also aligning with the Rewrite Beautiful mission to create a better future for our youth and provide rehabilitation to those struggling with addiction.
My hope for all of you is that you continue to live out the Rewrite Beautiful message. One way I personally do this is every morning I think through what's on my schedule and then I visualize how I will use my creativity, kindness, and strength that day. When I am mindful to carry out these actions, I see myself and others in a more beautiful way. You should try it-it has actually been statistically proven to make the world the kind of place we all want to be in :) As for me, I'll be making art, writing, and pondering the next universal truth. If you'd like to connect with me, you can do so in the universal photo booth, Instagram @IrvinaKanarek.
You're Beautiful,
Irvina Kanarek
Founder + Rewriter-In-Chief
Did you see Rewrite Beautiful in the Daily Pilot today?! We are so honored!
Rhea Mahbubani wrote a story about the work we are doing to prevent eating disorders and our upcoming art show, TRANSFORMATION at The Island Hotel!
Read all about it HERE!
Want to support the work of Rewrite Beautiful? Donation opportunities HERE!
I spoke about feminism, eating disorders and sexualization with the Orange County Register last Friday! Bummed, they edited out the stuff I said about mental health. I guess the OC can only handle so much Irvina in one day ;) The article that appeared in the OC Register is below:
Women's History Month : 'Why aren't women farther along?'
By: Irvina Kanarek
The feminist movement today reminds me of the computer game from the fifth grade, "The Oregon Trail."
To me there seemed to be a glitch in the program because it appeared as if everyone became plagued with yellow fever before ever reaching Oregon.
Today's women have the road to the top paved for them with the advancements in women's rights and gender equality in the workplace. So, the biggest question during Women's History Month is, "Why aren't women farther along?"
The glitch is that though at no other time in history have American women been more equipped, there also has not been a time when so many have been sick:
- 1 in 4 women struggles with eating disorders
- 1 in 8 women struggles with depression
- 4 million women are alcoholics
Consider how our society and economy suffers with that many women out of work, on unemployment or in rehabs. In my role as a counselor in an eating disorder rehab, I have seen women who were chief executives. What are we as a society doing wrong that a woman can climb to the top just to throw herself out of the corner office?
Some blame the media, for its sexualization of women. Studies by The American Psychological Association show that young women who see themselves as sex objects are more likely to be depressed and have eating disorders. They also have lower ambition.
In the fields of film, marketing and writing, we need to advocate for portraying strong female characters who come in a variety of body types. As viewers we need to advocate for change.
I am blessed to be fully equipped with an education and entrepreneurial spirit. I am lucky to have survived the trail, but I passed many women with the same map as I had who didn't make it.
There is a glitch in this system, and it will take the collective voice of all of us to fix it.
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Guess who was featured in Lifestyle + Charity Magazine with ever/after?! Quite the honor!
Read more about the Rewrite Beautiful story HERE!
Last week our Founder / Creative Director, Irvina spoke with FLOC, Orange County at CES Contemporary Gallery in Laguna Beach! Irvina shared how Rewrite Beautiful was founded, our programming and how to get involved! Check out the video HERE:
Congrats to our Founder, Irvina Kanarek for being the youngest person to make it into the Daily Pilot Hall of Fame today! Recognized for her work in the Newport-Mesa community to prevent eating disorders with Rewrite Beautiful! Yeah baby!
In case you missed it Rewrite Beautiful was featured on the TV show, Joy in Our Town! It was an awesome opportunity to get the word out about eating disorders and bring some attention to prevention! A special thanks to the lovely Michelle Smith, LVN the Program Director of The Victorian, eating disorder treatment center for speaking about the mental and physical components of eating disorders. Also, a super special thanks to our very own Board Member, the remarkable Robyn Baker who gave her eating disorder testimony! These two women made this a well rounded show! I admire both of you for the work you do so other girls and women can also Rewrite Beautiful for themselves. Now we just need to figure out how to get on to Ellen together ;) xoxo!
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It's always nice when T.V. producers call you begging you, for your time ;) Especially when it has nothing to do with your 72 day marriage and everything to do with a cause that means the world to you: changing how women see beauty in themselves and preventing eating disorders. The Trinity Broadcasting Network aka 'The television network with a little fetish for Christmas lights" which (besides the whole Mother Earth thing) I think does a pretty-good-artsy-job with those millions of tiny bulbs...anyways, those fine folks asked if I and a few other eating disorder professionals would come on their show Public Affairs. Apparently, the producer was enjoying her latte one morning and read this article about Rewrite Beautiful in the OC Register. She bookmarked it wanting to do a show on it.
I was accompanied on the show by the lovely Michelle Smith, LVN, the Program Director of The Victorian – eating disorder treatment center in Newport Beach, CA. As well as the lovely Robyn Baker, an eating disorder survivor. Both these ladies are incredibly intelligent, poised and gracious. And dude, Robyn's apparently a veteran at this, she was once on the Tyra show to talk about eating disorders! Such a rockstar for recovery and prevention this woman is!
The show runs for a half hour and if I do say so myself we all rocked it with some really awesome and relevant information the public needs to know about eating disorders. Be sure to check it out!
The show is scheduled to air on:
January 13th at 10 am
January 16th at 8:30 am
January 19th at 3 am (*for my fellow insomniacs!)
Happy Monday Beautiful friends!
Rewrite Beautiful is so stoked to announce that we are being featured in the Lifestyle + Charity SHOP this week! That means that every purchase from 10/31 through 11/06 will be combined and 10% of that total will go to Rewrite Beautiful! Please check out the Lifestyle + Charity SHOP and see if you can get a head start on some Christmas gifts, birthday gifts or maybe find something just for your BEAUTIFUL self :) Thanks for the support beauty's! Happy Shopping!
Keepin' it Beautiful,
Where do all of the free thinking, off beat marching, riff raff entrepreneurs and creatives go for inspiration? Create The Map! Create The Map is a blog for creative entrepreneurs, dreamers and free thinkers looking for inspiration to make their projects and dreams come true!
Being a rebellious, hard working and creative chick I was asked to do an interview about how Rewrite Beautiful started with Jay Delaney of Create The Map. Check out our conversation here:
Creator of: Rewrite Beautiful
Location: Orange County, California
Website: Rewrite Beautiful
Twitter: @irvinakanarek
Combining Three Passions Into a Nonprofit
Irvina Kanarek used to have three different jobs: (1) a nanny, (2) and art teacher, and (3) a job at an eating disorder rehab center. Through each of these jobs – and the juxtaposition of them – she learned that how women see beauty in themselves has a rippling effect throughout their lives, from birth to childhood to adulthood. One day, in the midst of writing and reading a blog post online, she had the realization to start a nonprofit aimed at telling girls, "Your beauty isn't in the way you look." Irvina launched the nonprofit Rewrite Beautiful to help prevent eating disorders.
"I think every single thing you do, take a look at it. That's building on the next thing you're going to do and building on the next thing you're going to do." -Irvina Kanarek
As she was developing the nonprofit, Irvina had a few key criteria she wanted to stick to. She wanted prevention to be one of her main points; she knew she wanted to use art; she knew she wanted it to be fun; and she knew she wanted it to be something open to people of all ages. Slowly she began to share the idea with people, and many of her friends could see the passion she had. (Irvina has had an eating disorder herself.) The idea blossomed and evolved over a year's time as she had conversations with friends who worked in fields such as marketing, communications, and law; they each helped push her onward, asking important questions, offering valuable advice, and ultimately helping her to refine her idea.
*To read the rest of this article please visit the following link: http://www.createthemap.com/irvina-kanarek
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