It is easy to make fun of the Internet's current culture of free-lunch libertarianism. Its leaders don't want to be taxed, regulated, or trammeled in any way--meanwhile taking for granted that they can run to the sheriff when threatened by copyright pirates or local toughs like Microsoft. But the question of Net regulation has become more genuinely interesting than many people would have foreseen. In its pose of resistance to the State, the Net has evolved informal solutions to problems that, unsolved, might have invited regulation.
Elsewhere in this issue, Paul Starr talks about the economically "inexplicable" behavior of people who spend time and money putting information online [see "The Electronic Commons," page 30], ultimately for no reason other than the hope that someone else will look at it. In Hyde Park this desire to be heard just becomes a nuisance, but the limitless capacity of the Net has allowed the creation of a new sphere of public discussion we would never have anticipated from rational self-interest models of behavior.
News. In theory, the Net supplies a printing press to every nut, bigot, and rumor-monger. But without censorship or any formal ratings system, the established news media and individual citizens have found ways to decide which Net sources to listen to. Only flat-earthers can now deny that we are better informed, as individuals and as a culture, with the Net than we were before.
Trust. When anyone can hide behind the Net's anonymity, and no one's bona fides can be known, extra information could become sheer cacophony, with no way to judge which of the numerous listings, reviews, or tip sheets to believe. But a brisk market has sprung up in "collaborative filtering" systems, which point people toward advice likely to deserve their trust.
Search. With Net content doubling every three months, people looking for information might drown in it--or find only what big commercial providers decide to put in reach. In fact, search-engine technology has evolved with amazing speed and subtlety. While the Net, like the universe, is zooming outward faster than any tool that could explore it, you are far more likely to find what you're looking for, fast, on the Net than you are anyplace else information is stored (including your own computer's hard disk).
Standards. There are two potential nightmare scenarios for Net standards: the "Windows" nightmare, in which a single company owns the technical standard for the entire industry, and the "cell phone" nightmare, in which competing standards lead to incompatible, shoddy service. But the Net's self-governing bodies, notably the World Wide Web Consortium, have managed to establish broadly accepted standards no single company owns. They have done so with government blessing but no government enforcement.
Revenue. The Net's novel business model, in which print operations give away their content for free and music companies don't wage serious war against free downloading, might have gutted the for-pay branches of those industries so quickly that regulation was called for. Different copyright laws will eventually be necessary, but common sense adjustments--and the print world's gamble that someday it can sell online ads--have slowed the damage enough to let the Net model emerge.
Privacy. There is a strong economic incentive for companies to sell or exploit data the Net allows them to collect: who we are, what we buy, what medicines we need. The offsetting market forces are feeble and slow--consumers can't really tell what's going on or distinguish responsible from reckless companies. Laws spelling out what can and can't be used are the only hope.
Access. This is conceptually simple. Like running water, electric supply, and phone service, modern computer connections should be considered a public utility. The market will naturally serve most eligible customers; regulation and policy should ensure service to the rest, as was the case with all previous utilities. We needn't bother with talk about a "digital divide," a largely bogus concept. (Adjusted for income, minorities are as likely to use the Net as whites. The real "divide" involves jobs in the tech industry.) Instead we can think of high-speed Net connections as this era's water pipes.
Taxation. Alan Keyes's moment of maximum lucidity came in a South Carolina debate, when he mocked the Bush-McCain pretense that because companies call themselves "dot-com," they should magically be spared the tax burden borne by neighbors running "normal" businesses. There is no logical case, nor any infant-industry claim, for considering Net companies too modern for old concepts like tax. But there is no chance of the industry deciding how to tax itself.


Last week, we wrapped up our coverage of coyote sightings in Roslyn. Since coyotes look like foxes, their presence may alarm people. But keep in mind that these mammals are afraid of us harmless humans. And as long as homeowners don't feed them, they will stay away from your residence. Plus, they come out at night, when the children are fast asleep. Mammals who should be concerned are the local geese population. Coyotes like to prey on geese. Let's hope our geese friends find a way to survive at night. Roslyn wouldn't be the same without these elegant creatures.
Last week, we published an editorial on the young woman in Iowa allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant. We'd only add that politicians act like they don't care when Americans lose their lives at the hand of such an individual. It makes them look bad. (Such suspects shouldn't be in America in the first place.) Plus, if they criticize such murderous actions, the media (but not Anton Media Group) may attack them with the usual name-calling and innuendo. Here on Long Island, we'd draw exceptions: Reps. Suozzi, Rice, King and Zeldin. But, we're afraid, they are just that. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office estimates in a new report that since 1974 there have been more than 32,000 immigrants incarcerated for homicide in federal and state prison. If politicians, local, state and national, had cared, such crimes would have vanished decades ago. When it comes to coyotes, geese are on their own. When it comes to undocumented immigrant crime, American parents are on their own, too.


*It is one of the last remaining areas in the Philippines having unique natural physiographic features (wave-cut cliffs, cave-like outcrops, secluded white sand beaches) resulting from its position where strong winds and fast currents have etched out its distinct morphology.
*It is an important flyway for many migratory bird species, and the deeper portions of the marine environment are the few remaining sites where pink and red corals are found.
*The site is the only area in the Philippines where traditional architecture is of stone in response to the wind and monsoon stresses rather than of the more typical tropical, impermanent materials (wood, bamboo, thatch) commonly used in village architecture.
Best time to go and how long to stay: January to early March when the weather is cool and less rainy. For a minimum of 3 night/4 day stay with early morning departure from Clark, Pampanga.
Local Culture: The Ivatans are a peace-loving, non-confrontational, disciplined, hardworking, highly literate, highly resilient, independent people who are very kind to tourists.
Don't be surprised if children approach to make "Mano po" (your hand to their forehead) as a sign of respect and welcome.
Don't be surprised also if your mild-mannered, quiet tour driver finished his university degree in Finance and formerly worked as a Manila glass plant manager but happens to love the simple life in Batanes and has been instrumental to the healing of "no less than seven hundred" persons in the name of Jesus Christ.
Connectivity. Wifi is patchy even with a purchased P100 internet code at the Harbour Cafe in town. My phone indicated linking to my Smartbro mobile wifi but no data could go through. For emergencies, the Fundacion Pacita allows guests to use its office computer. My Globe phone was able to get intermittent signal. Once a text comes in, stay in that spot to send out your messages.
1. Respect their culture. Be courteous to everyone.
2. Support the local small entrepreneurs. When airline tickets get pegged at high prices, we respect those prices. Since Ivatans all grow or fish their own food for their own subsistence, local folk who go into business to create crafts for souvenirs, serve food, or provide a service give up time from tending their own family's provision.
3. Care for the environment and nature is very important to them. Be mindful of not leaving trash anywhere but in designated bins.
4. Take an interest in them and their culture.
5. Do not take corals as souvenirs.
6. Due to its geographical isolation, resources are limited and are usually sourced within. There isn't enough supply of everything for the locals and tourists. Fundacion Pacita, for example, has posted the law in alignment with Republic of the Philippines Republic Act No. 8550 as an appeal for tourists not to purchase or eat Coco Crabs.
The first part of the post below sounds like it could be sung to Smoky Mountain's "The Coconut Nut" song.
There is a whole range of budgets for a Batanes trip. The one I went on was planned a year earlier by my sister-in-law (I wouldn't have gone if she hadn't invited me except by some unexpected circumstance, she couldn't make the trip). Our booking was for Fundacion Pacita and I must say that I was absolutely delighted with this hotel. But you need to book at least a year in advance online or through your travel agency.
The one who seamlessly and courteously made all our arrangements for flight, tour, and accommodations was Pio Luistro of Pacific Bound Travel and Tours (pacificboundtravel@gmail.com; (632) 525-28-91 / 525-28-93)—even the short notice cancellation for four out of ten original participants.
If you want, once you make a booking, already discuss with your family and friends who might be willing to take over at least your transferable reservations if by chance an emergency comes up because they might actually be only too happy to go but can not plan too far in advance.
The tour Pio arranged for us was from Chanpan Tours (www.chanpantours.com) with Kuya Art Castillejos. I highly recommend Kuya Art. A former welder, Kuya Art is good at explaining the history of sites, he exerted every effort to take souvenir photos of every participant, even going around steep mountains to take 360 degree videos, we were the ones getting nervous for him and asking him to stop. "Laking bundok po ako. Baby winds pa lang yan (I grew up in the mountains. Those are just baby winds)," he would assure us. He is accommodating to customize to our preferences to go to a souvenir shop, to stay longer or shorter at a certain place, and very alert to attend to our needs such as for the life vests, for drinking water, to take us to a cleaner bathroom option. He has good relationships with the locals and is very pleasant to deal with. When one of us needed to go the organic way to answer the call of nature, he made it a point to ensure that the person was safe before he proceeded with the rest of the group.
We took the 1hour, 20 minute Philippine Airlines Flight route from Clark (Pampanga) to Basco (Batanes). Originally, our flight origin was Manila but PAL informed us that the flight route was changed to originate from Clark. It was actually very easy and pleasant to depart from this airport, you could get spoiled. We were going against the traffic both ways so the commute was easy. The restrooms and floors are clean. They took the time to put art on the walls. No business class seats on these flights for now. Check for award ticket availability for your desired travel dates.
The plane from Clark, Pampanga to Basco, Batanes only has Economy Class with 10kg (22 lbs) check-in baggage allowance. Due to small plane size and weight restrictions, weigh your luggage to avoid needing to unload your stuff at the airport. Philippine Airlines didn't accept my request to handcarry my cabin trolley so I checked it in. Request FRAGILE stickers on both sides if yours is fragile (but be ready with Goo-Gone upon return).
A multi-pocket backpack for flight handcarry (and day treks) is handy.
• Cash. And please don't forget mid and small denominations (for tipping, bill-splitting, and purchasing souvenirs). Credit cards are not accepted throughout Batanes and stores do not always have ready change. For emergencies, ATM card (Bancnet/Megalink & Expressnet cards are accepted at Landbank and PNB ATMs in Basco).
• Journal to record your memories or devotions. Small hard copy bible if you usually use a wifi-enabled one (Thank you, Malu, for this suggestion).
• Phone and camera with chargers and/or accessories. Power bank please.
• Travel Packs of folded toilet tissues for public toilets (Thank you, Joanne for thinking of this).
• Well broken-in shoes with good traction soles. If you haven't worn your shoes for a while, have them checked up by shoe repair shops like Heel Sew Quik Megamall. Boulder-hiking can take its toll on your sole.
*Some packing lists said, "bring your own life vest" but our tour guide, Kuya Art, assured me that each passenger is assigned a life vest and that was true. Please double check that all the clasps work. Mine didn't.
1. Packable. Folds flat without destroying its shape. Leave behind any hat that almost requires a cylindrical storage box.
2. Brim is wide enough to shield your chin (or neck if senstive) from the sun from all angles (at least 6″). Narrow brimmed headgear like berets will not protect you from sun spots and sun burn from half a day's exposure.
3. Easy Care. Washable if possible. If not washable, treat with a stain repellant like Scotchguard.
4. Sturdy chin guard (the string under your chin that keeps your hat on your head). The winds in Batanes can get fierce even in March. You will not be fast enough to tumble over mountains running after a flying hat.
For activities when you want to commune with nature such as birdwatching, getting close to the free-grazing animals, you can go for safari camouflage colors.
For attractive photo souvenirs, try thinking of the colors of nature… they include the spectrum of the rainbow and make a lovely contrast against the blue sky, green grass, and earth-colored rocks!
Comfortable dresses or accessories in colors that contrast with nature that flowed with the breeze photographed/videographed well.
Trekking shoes are specially helpful when you have to go through rugged terrain, which is pretty much everywhere. Make sure that you have tried running all-day errands in the shoes you bring and check that their soles are stable.
Inwardly, you can also pray that your souls are stable for whatever adventure comes your way. Ask God for the best scenarios but know that imperfection is a given.
Our strengthening exercises in this regard: spend quiet times with God; read/ review the Word; keep short accounts with Him by confessing when you recognise thoughts, words, and actions not aligned with His Spirit. Be thankful in all circumstances. Pray for a (Holy) Spirit- controlled heart.
And the most important thing to put on? Love.
Col 3:14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
When you suddenly spend long hours over several days with people you normally didn't spend that much time with, love for everyone goes a long way for you as well as for everyone else to enjoy the trip.
This is all of us loving one another at Madangay, Barangay Itbud, a.k.a. I-Dawn-Zulueta-Mo-Ako [sweep-me-off-my-feet] Hill (where the movie, Hihintayin Kita Sa Langit was filmed).
Batanes is so lovely! Here, you see God everywhere and even feel Him in the wind!
I can't agree with you more dear Maricor!!! 🙂 Miss you!


In this picture (over leaf) is your 'hero' – the faasiq-faajir, liquor advertising agent whom you have proclaimed to be an ambassador of Islam. While this faasiq-faajir may befool and befuddle you morons with his deceptive beard and other simulated 'religious' acts, the nifaaq lurking in the heart cannot be suppressed for too long. Examine the picture, then examine your hear. If your brain does not malfunction, then you will understand who this agent of Shaitaan is.
SING AND DANCE INTO JAHANNAM!!!


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Die Eric Clapton World Tour von 2009 [] (englisch für: "Eric-Clapton-Welttournee") war eine Konzerttournee des britischen Rockmusikers Eric Clapton. Die Tournee begann am 12. Februar 2009 in Osaka und endete am 30. Juni 2009 in Los Angeles. Im Rahmen der Tournee lud der Brite einige musikalische Gäste ein, die auch mehrfach während der Tournee wiederkehrten. Dieses Prinzip wiederholte Clapton auch von 2010 bis 2011.

Im Jahr 2009 bereiste der britische Gitarrist nach langer Zeit wieder die Kontinente Asien, Europa, Nordamerika und Ozeanien während einer Tournee. Die Auftritte in Australien und Neuseeland markierten seltene Konzerte Claptons in dieser Region. Insgesamt waren der Brite und seine Band vier Monate lang intensiv auf Tournee und traten mehr als 40-mal auf. Clapton besuchte außerdem das Vereinigte Königreich sowie die Länder Japan, Irland und die Vereinigten Staaten.

Tourneegeschehen
Angekündigt wurde der Japan-Leg der Tournee am 27. November 2008. Die Konzerte in der Super Arena von Saitama mit Jeff Beck wurden am 6. Januar zum Kalender hinzugefügt. Clapton begann die Tournee am 12. Februar in Osaka und tourte bis zum 28. Februar durch das Land Japan. Das Highlight der Konzerte in Asien waren die beiden Auftritte, die Clapton gemeinsam mit Beck in der ausverkauften Arena in Saitama vor über 65.000 Zuschauern bestritt. Es war das erste Konzert von Beck und Clapton, dass nicht während eines Festivals stattfand. Anfang März reiste der Brite für ein ausverkauftes Konzert nach Neuseeland und ließ drei ausverkaufte Auftritte in Australien folgen. Das Konzert in Melbourne sollte ursprünglich am 11. März stattfinden, wurde aber einen Tag vorverlegt.

Anfang März wurden auch Claptons Konzerte, die in Europa stattfinden sollten, angekündigt. Ebenso wurden Vorgruppen und Gäste genannt, die mit Clapton auftreten würden. Um die Kartenverkäufe in Europa zu maximieren, fanden öffentliche Ausschreibungen und Gewinnspiele zu den Konzerten statt. Bis auf das Konzert in Manchester waren auch hier alle Veranstaltungen ausverkauft. Am 19. Mai 2009 erreichte Clapton mit seinem Konzert den 150. Auftritt in der Londoner Royal Albert Hall. Er war damit Rekordhalter als Künstler mit den meisten Auftritten in der Arena. Im Jahr 2014 erreichte der Brite einen weiteren Meilenstein in der Halle. Der Europa-Leg endete am 31. Mai. Am 11. Februar wurde die US-Tour vom 10. bis 30. Juni mit Steve Winwood angekündigt. Auch diese Konzerte waren fast ausverkauft.

Besetzung
Es traten folgende Künstler (permanent oder gastierend) und Vorgruppen auf.

Setlist
Während der gesamten Tournee änderte Clapton seine Setlist für einzelne Abschnitte. Während der Japan-Tournee im Februar 2009 trug der britische Rockmusiker vorwiegend eine Mischung aus Blues-Titeln wie Hoochie Coochie Man, Key to the Highway und Driftin' Blues sowie Erfolgsstücke wie Running on Faith, Wonderful Tonight und Layla vor. Die Auswahl von Blues-Titeln variierte der Brite jedoch stetig. Während Claptons Auftritten in Doppelbesetzung mit Beck in Saitama verkürzte der Brite seine Setlist um die Hälfte und trug klassische Blues-Stücke und Hits aus seinem Repertoire gemeinsam mit Beck vor. Zuvor spielte Beck sein Material. Für seine Konzerte in Ozeanien behielt Clapton das Setlist-Prinzip der Soloauftritte bei, variierte jedoch weniger.

Im Rahmen des Europa-Teils der Konzerttournee spielte Clapton nun nicht mehr 18 oder mehr Stücke während eines Konzertes, sondern oftmals auch nur 16 Stücke inklusive Zugabe. In Europa ließ sich der britische Sänger auch nur auf eine Zugabe pro Abend ein. Zum Abschluss der Tournee in Nordamerika trug Clapton nun jede Setlist gemeinsam mit Winwood vor. Der Brite trug nun nicht mehr so viele Blues-Stücke im Vergleich zu seinen Soloshows vor und wählte stattdessen Material wie Presence of the Lord, Had to Cry Today oder Dear Mr. Fantasy aus seiner Zeit mit Blind Faith aus. Auch hier trug Clapton nur eine Zugabe vor, spielte jedoch nun 22 Stücke pro Konzert. Ein Konzert dauerte zwischen zwei und zweieinhalb Stunden.

Konzerttermine

Memorabilien
Im Zuge der Welttournee gab es eine Vielzahl von Fanartikeln und raren Memorabilien, die kurz vor und nach den Konzerten vertrieben wurden. Während des Japan-Legs konnten Besucher ein offizielles Tournee-Programm (alle Konzerte nach Tourneeende), Jacken, Basecaps, Zubehör zum Mobiltelefon, Tote Bags sowie T-Shirts erwerben. Als Clapton seine Konzerte in Japan abhielt, war es ebenso möglich während dieses Zeitraums, ein limitiertes T-Shirt in schwarzer Farbe mit dem Logo von Duck Records mit japanischer Kopfbinde weltweit im Internetgeschäft von Clapton zu erwerben. Eine Vielzahl von bedruckten Kaffeetassen und Konzertplakaten waren ebenfalls erhältlich und streng limitiert.

Rezeption
Rolling-Stone-Kritiker Daniel Kreps bezeichnete die anfänglichen Konzerte der Japan-Tournee als "rauchend [und] brillant […]". Journalist Matt Greenop von der New Zealand Herald fand ausschließlich positives zu Claptons Konzert in der Vector Arena. Er Kritiker lobte Claptons Darbietung von Blues-, Pop- und Rockliedern an einem Abend. Das Gitarrenspiel des britischen Musikers sei "deutbar, klar, kompetent [und] fantastisch" gewesen. Auch die Band mit der Clapton an dem Abend auftrat wurde von Greenop gelobt. Sie sei zur Atmosphäre und zum Künstler "perfekt passend", so der Journalist. Als einzigen negativen Kritikpunkt notierte Greenop, dass der Brite mehr Lieder hätte spielen sollen, "vor allem wenn die Eintrittspreise bis zu fast kriminellen 399 Dollar hoch gingen".

Laut dem Billboard Magazin war das Wiedersehen mit Winwood in den Vereinigten Staaten ein voller Erfolg, jedoch sehr kräftezehrend für Clapton, der sich schwer an die neue Setlist angepasst habe, so die Journalisten. Trotzdem lobte die Publikation die gemeinsamen Auftritte sowie die Songauswahl und markierte, dass die Konzerte die Zuschauer mit "großem verbleibenden Appetit" zurückgeblieben haben.

Weblinks
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The Park at Spring Canyon at the shores of Lake Roosevelt.
Hundreds of feet of Sandy Beach and 10's of acres of Grassy Park, complete with BBQ pits, Picnic tables and Shade Trees, Creates for old-fashion family Summer time Fun!
There is a Designated Swimming Area, which hosts a 20 foot square dock in the center surrounded by a huge log boom.
sand Volly Ball court for the Adults.
The Park Rangers put on Nightly or Weekly Shows and Presentations at the Amphitheater at the West end of the Park During the Summer. You will also find area Nature trails throughout the Park.
The View at Spring Canyon is Spectacular... Lake Roosevelt Stretches out forever to the East, giving way to the Granite and Basalt Cliffs that Form the Coulee Walls.... in the distance, only a couple miles away, is the Grand Coulee Dam, holding back the Mighty Columbia River, converted to the 152 Mile long Lake Roosevelt.
Spring Canyon boat Ramp is one of the few entry points into the Grand Coulee end of Lake Roosevelt for the fisherman and Camping Enthusiast alike.
Quick Note: Gas is not available at Spring Canyon, so Be sure to fill up the Boat before venturing out.
You will also find a Tent Campground and RV Park on a first come first served basis, just above the Beach and the Park.
and the Main Park Rangers Offices.
Spring Canyon is located 1 mile off of Hwy SR174 approx 2 miles East of Grand Coulee.
From the SR174/ SR155 Junction; Go East for 3 miles. Go Left at the top of the Hill, it is clearly marked. Drive 1.4 miles down to Lake Roosevelt and Spring Canyon National Recreation Area.


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We can accept the following file types under 5MB: .AI, .PSD, .EPS, .JPG, .JPEG, .PNG, .PDF, .GIF, .BMP, and .SVG. Files larger than 5MB can be emailed to support@queensboro.com.
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A. Currently, we are not printing gradients or photographic images. However, there can be exceptions to this rule. If your logo has gradients or you have a photographic image, please contact our Customer Experience Team to see how we can help.
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I don't have a junk drawer ... I have 3 ... and technically none of them are junk drawers, but they get pretty junky ... My kitchen only have 3 drawers (weird hey), 2 big deep ones and one for utensils ... so needless to say they all get extremely messy.
BEFORE: Bottom Drawer ... wow, no wonder I never know whats in there!


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Except cabin 1, we do provide high speed wireless internet in all cabin. You can get your laptop and enjoy surfing internet and get connected to your near and dear ones instantly. Since these cabins of Pocono Mountains are family owned you do not require carrying heavy stuffs in your car to your vacation place. We take great care so that you will be free from all obstacles.
The chances of availing special offers on our cabin at Pocono Mountains Vacation rental are more. If you are booking for midweek and stay 2 or more nights, you will be entitled with special offers. But you need to be careful that we do not provide these offers in June, July and August. In holidays also we have no special offers.


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Ordination to the Priesthood (Phillip Bogacki)
At the Archdiocese of Milwaukee
Phillip Bogacki will be ordained to the priesthood on Friday, August 1, at 7 p.m. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan will preside at the ordination, which will be held at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
Wisconsin State Fair 2008
starts tomorrow. For the illustration for its reports in last Sunday's paper,
Dan Williams' design received honorable mention in the MIAD student design contest, sponsored by the Journal Sentinel.
Poll shows Obama's trip didn't change race
Alexander Mooney at CNN's Political Ticker
(via Althouse)
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Married Catholic priest and wife getting ready for move to Pewaukee area
Tom Heinen follows up last Saturday's report (see this earlier post) at his Articles of Faith weblog. What positions might Father Michael Scheip take as a married minister who converted and was then ordained? Besides associate pastor at a parish,
...Archbishop Dolan also is considering other possible ministries for Scheip that range from teaching in a Catholic school to assisting married couples at the Metropolitan Tribunal, an archdiocesan court that deals primarily with requests for marriage annulments, archdiocesan spokeswoman Julie Wolf said today
What about parish pastor, now or eventually?
The late Pope John Paul II created an exception in 1980 that allows married Protestant ministers who have converted to Roman Catholicism from various denominations to become priests. They function as priests, including assisting in parishes, but cannot be parish pastors, Wolf said.
What was his former denomination?
he was a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Why the move here?
because [Fr. Scheip's wife Mary] Mercurio was promoted to human resources director for KHS USA, a packaging machinery company with its headquarters in Waukesha.
The mission has a Church
more than the other way around. That was the buried lede in Bishop William Callahan's homily as the main celebrant at last Sunday's Mass for the 70th Anniversary of St. Alphonsus Church, Greendale.
All the Answers
Charles Van Doren on The quiz-show scandals—and the aftermath, The New Yorker, July 28, 2008
(via The Great Ideas)
Diachronic apostolicity
Adoremus Bulletin, July-August 2008, reports Bishops Debate and Vote on Missal Texts at the USCCB meeting last month. The debate was on the English translation of the Proper of the Seasons, the second of twelve segments of the latest revision of the Roman Missal. From Friday Morning, June 13,
Bishop Richard Sklba ... I understand the need for faithful translations. It's obviously an expression of diachronic apostolicity in the Church. We need to be in contact with the Tradition. And I understand the value of translations that are shared through the various subgroups of a linguistic family, because that's an expression of our Catholicity. But this is also, as others have said, a case of oral communication and proclamation. And if I have difficulty understanding the text when I read it, I'm just wondering how it's possible to pray it in the context of worship.
In case John and Mary Catholic are reading, "Diachronic ... is a technical term for something happening over time. ...". Of the several meanings of "Apostolicity," the intended meaning here appears to be "Of, relating to, or derived from the teaching or practice of the 12 Apostles."
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Shelf-Possessed
James Campbell, in last Sunday's New York Times, reviews Books: A Memoir, by Larry McMurtry. Mr. McMurtry is best known as an author, but next best as operator of the Booked Up used book stores in Archer City, Texas.
McMurtry, who has turned Archer City, Tex., where he grew up, into a "book town" and helped give it a public library, is a genuine bookman — a reader as much as a collector...
The used book dealers I talk with often got into the business because they enjoyed reading and thought they could be bookmen. Then they find the business leaves them no time for reading.
Archdiocese of Milwaukee faces lawsuit for fraud in sex abuse case
Marie Rohde reported in the July 25, 2008 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
A man who says he was sexually abused in a state school by a Catholic priest with a history of earlier misconduct has filed a fraud lawsuit seeking damages from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Donald Marshall alleges that while a student at Lincoln Hills School in the 1970s he was sexually abused by Father Lawrence Murphy. Numerous such allegations had also been made against Fr. Murphy by students at St. John's School for the Deaf, where Murphy worked for 24 years.
The church, the lawsuit contends, "affirmatively represented to minor children and their families" that Murphy did not have a history of molesting children when officials knew otherwise and failed to warn others.
Murphy and Cousins are both long dead. The only lawsuit brought while both were alive was dismissed. (see this earlier post)
How spam was sprung (on you)
Joni Moths Mueller in Marquette Magazine, Summer 2008, on the recent 40th anniversary of the first spam, sent by Gary Thuerk (Bus. Ad. 1965) to promote the Digital Equipment Corp. DECSYSTEM 20 computer in May 1978.
(The first Spam luncheon meat was produced by Jay Hormel in 1937.)
Newest parish to celebrate 10th anniversary
Karen Mahoney reports Special to "Your" Milwaukee Catholic Herald in anticipation of today's celebration at St. Anne Church in Pleasant Prarie.
...the congregation was named in honor of the century-old St. Anne Parish in Milwaukee that had recently shuttered its doors.
Pleasant Prarie was and is a fast-growing community west of Kenosha. As I recall, this St. Anne's is actually a revival of the closed parish, which happens to be where I was baptised.
The accompanying photo illustrates what seems to be a liturgical innovation in these parts, Baptism by semi-immersion. There was such a baptism recently at St. Al's. The rite involves dunking the naked infant three times up to her waist. There might be more to it than that, but that's all I could see. We were given no explanation, so I don't know if it's valid [or licit], but there's no denying its cuteness.
P.S. In our time, baptism of infants by semi-immersion could convey the washing away of the diaper rash of original sin.
Archdiocese of Milwaukee to get its first married priest
Tom Heinen reported in the July 26, 2008 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. As of this writing, there's nothing on the Archdiocese of Milwaukee or Milwaukee Catholic Herald websites but our Archbishop did supply the Journal Sentinel with this Q & A: How married clergy become priests.
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan asked his priests and deacons this week which of them would be willing to accept the man - a former Lutheran minister - as an associate pastor at their parish.
It would seem this priest thinks there's such a significant difference that he gave up his career as a Lutheran minister to become a Catholic.
That being the case, a good assignment might be St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Waterford. It's pastor, Father Eugene Doda, has a letter in the July 10, 2008 Milwaukee Catholic Herald (print only), that includes this.
My mother was born and raised in the Lutheran church and was forced to convert to Catholicism in order to marry my father.
Meaning by "forced", apparently, that she had to make a decision. That's part of a prelude to an extended critique of Church teaching on contraception. Father Doda closes by quoting Luke 12:46,
Woe to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to teach them.
Which raises the question of what his parish teaches the students in its school and Christian Formation program. If his letter contradicts what's taught, Father Doda is undermining the work of his own parish. If his letter is what is taught, the parish undermines the work of the whole Archdiocese.
Update: Archbishop Dolan's Q&A cites Sacerdotalis Caelibatus, the Encyclical of Pope Paul VI On the Celibacy of the Priest.
(via Dad29)
P.S. Fr. Doda is using a variation of the my-poor-mother argument used by Father Ken Smits, OFM Cap., at the February 25, 2006 meeting of the local chapter of Voice of the Faithful (see this earlier post).
Abba Yabba Dabba Do!
(via comment by vbspurs at Althouse)
Mayor wants Python film ban ended
Carl Yapp of BBC News reported that Sue Jones-Davies, Mayor of Aberystwyth, Wales, is advocating that the town repeal the legislation it enacted in 1979 against showing the film The Life of Brian, in which she played Judith Iscariot.
(via Shark and Shepherd)
Marvelous mighty mortgage
In the From the Pastor's Desk column in the July 13, 2008 St. Al's parish bulletin he writes,
Thanks, too, for your continued financial support. This enables our parish to do marvelous works and mighty deeds.
At St. Al's, this kind of flattery is usually soon followed by a reminder that the parish has some trouble paying its bills. In this case, it follows immediately.
We have finalized the re-financing of our $2.6 million dollar debt. We will pay 6.45% for the next 20 years. This brings our monthly payments to a manageable amount.
Or, to put it another way, the original plan for shorter term financing with periodic debt-reduction campaigns turned out to be unmanageable. To the question What would my loan payments be? Yahoo's calculator replied
Your estimated monthly payments are $19,308.44 and you will pay $2,034,026 in interest over the life of the loan.
The annual payments total $231,700. The parish currently budgets expecting $1,365,000 in regular donations, mostly through the "weekly envelope". Assuming the refinancing will mean, more or less, adding the mortgage payment to this, the total required becomes $1,596,000 (about 17% more, a total of $133,000 per month or $30,700 per week).
Name and Form
Paul Niedermeyer at The Truth About Cars with General Motors Death Watch 189
What's in a name, and a name change?
The [planned 2010 Chevrolet] Cruze will be the recipient of the eightieth name that GM has used on one of its mid-sized or smaller sedans since 1968.
Why 1968? It's the year Toyota introduced the Corolla.
Excommunicated St. Louis priest stresses truth over obedience
Tom Heinen in last Saturday's religion ghetto of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel interviewed Father Marek Bozek of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Father Marek is to speak tonight at a Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) meeting at Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookfield. His talk is titled "The Odyssey of Joseph the Dreamer: A Reflection on Those Who Care to Dream". It appears that his, and VOTF's, dream is to be Protestants.
Q: Your reasoning?
A: In the Catholic theology, obedience is very, very high up in their so-called hierarchy of values. ...
I appreciate his candor in referring to things Catholic as "their".
The Archdiocese of St. Louis has its own Q&A.
More at Dad29.
Some Guidelines for Service
This column by Father Ronald Rolhieser, OMI, ran in "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald June 26, 2008. His first guideline,
Be beyond ideology, be both post-liberal and post-conservative
That kind of statement has in recent decades marked someone as a liberal. (see this earlier post)
What is meant by St. Al's?
In the From the Pastor's Desk column in the July 6, 2008 parish bulletin he writes,
Recently, I asked myself, "What is meant by St. Al's? Is it the pastor? Is it the deacons? Is it the pastoral staff? Is it the parish council? Is it the group of dedicated committee members and other volunteers?"
Alas, it's the bureaucracy formed when you put them all together.
Election Season Provides Opportunity for "Faithful Citizenship"
This July 10, 2008 Eye on the Capitol Wisconsin Catholic Conference press release by John Huebscher, its Executive Director, looks ahead to the fall general election. Among the election year resource it references are the June 2008 editions of WCC Guidelines for Church Involvement in Electoral Politics Long Version and Short Version.
Packing up and moving on: Life's journeys
This "Herald of Hope" column by Bishop Richard J. Sklba appeared in the July 10, 2008 issue of "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald. He was in the midst of packing up to move his office from one wing of the Archdiocesan headquarters building to another.
This time I was chagrined to discover a few letters still unanswered because they were initially simply too important for a hasty answer; so they were put aside for a more favorable moment and for the leisurely, thoughtful response which they deserved but never received.
It might have been better for him to leave that out. It brings to mind accounts that he did not return phone calls to people reporting ongoing sexual abuse of children by a priest and did not follow up on promised calls to victims.
Keeping it Catholic
Joni Moths Mueller in Marquette Magazine, Summer 2008, on the Faculty Seminar on Catholic Higher Education
These students are also teachers — Marquette teachers. Bringing them together like this was inspired by Carey's desire to create an opportunity for young faculty to learn what it means to teach at a Catholic, Jesuit university. The semester is devoted to a study of issues confronting Catholic education, including mission, academic freedom, Catholic identity, and the difference between non-Catholic vs. Catholic traditions in higher education. [Dr. Patrick] Carey hopes the teachers come to understand why faith and learning are interconnected and why Pope John Paul II wrote that Catholic universities are "born from the heart of the church."
Quoting the Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities by Pope John Paul II.
"When I came up with a new course a couple years ago, I had to justify how it would fit Marquette's mission statement and the core curriculum," says Father Mueller [Rev. Joseph Mueller, S.J., assistant professor of theology]. "I went to the mission statement and connected every part of the course to it. Then I went through the preamble of the core in the same way. When I submitted the course description I was told, 'This is exemplary. We wish everyone did this.' That's a small but not insignificant reaction; it says this university's mission statement is operative."
But barely, at least judging by the "We wish everyone did this."
Challenging ... Challenges
The Rev. Neil J. Roy reviews A Challenging Reform: Realizing the Vision of the Liturgical Renewal, 1963-1979 (2007), by Archbishop Piero Marini, in Adoremus Bulletin, June 2008. From a quote from the book,
...The Congregation for Rites, instituted in 1588 to safeguard the Tridentine liturgy, existed for almost four centuries. However, the Congregation for Divine Worship, instituted to implement the liturgy of the Second Vatican Council, lasted for a mere six years. ... (156-157)
Labels: Vatican II failure analysis
Stritch buys Cousins Center
Brian T. Olszewski reported at "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald's website. It was posted Monday, July 14, 2008, at 3:11 p.m., as "Breaking News" in advance of the Herald's usual publication date. This was the day before the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported the sale in its print edition. (see this earlier post)
Since the Herald posts between print editions so rarely, there's not much reason to check its site between issue dates. There would be a reason if they spread out posting articles online so that there was new content every day. This might also ease the transition if the Herald has to phase out its print edition.
Labels: Ouch diocese
Dismissal of lawsuit against two Catholic dioceses upheld
Marie Rohde reports in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision in Hornback v. Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Allegations against our Archdioces included,
Claims of sexual abuse were brought to the attention of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee long before Kazmarek went to Kentucky. Church officials promised two dozen of the victims' parents "that [Gary] Kazmarek would be sent to a treatment center and that he would never have contact with children again," according to the complaint, and "pleaded with parents to not report Kazmarek's crimes to the police." Instead, he was allowed to leave Milwaukee quietly and work in other schools.
Even if not the basis for a lawsuit, our Archdiocese is "paying damages" in other ways when its people are convinced of the truth of these allegations.
The Hidden Hand Behind Bad Catholic Music
A reader suggested this article by J. A. Tucker at Catholic Culture on Oregon Catholic Press.
The truth is that no one is happy with the state of Catholic liturgical music — least of all musicians — and the OCP is a big part of the problem. So, what can you do? Step 1 is to get rid of the liturgical planning guides and use an old Scripture index to select good hymns that have stood the test of time (if you absolutely must continue to use the OCP's materials). Step 2 is to rein in the liturgical managers and explain to them that the Eucharist, and not music, is the reason people show up to Mass Sunday after Sunday.
You might recall, on the other hand, we've been told at St. Al's that Sunday Mass would be dull and uninspiring without the choir.
Step 3 is to get rid of the OCP hymnals and replace them with Adoremus or Collegeville or something from GIA (no, none of these is perfect, but they are all an oasis by comparison).
To be fair, even the OCP hymnals we use at St. Al's contain an Order of Worhip that follows the GIRM, unlike the parish liturgy.
Update: from his "That Was the Year that Was" (1965)
Lyrics here.
For Catholics, an On-Air Mix of Sacred and Silly
Paul Vitello in Sunday's New York Times on Lino Rulli and "The Catholic Guy" show on The Catholic Channel at Sirius Satellite Radio.
At other times, callers are asked less historical questions: Is it possible for men and women to be just friends? (Catholic Guy: No. "Guys are pigs.") Does using the word "chaste" put people off? (Guy: "Chaste just sounds so Amish-Catholic. ...")
In case you were thinking of setting Rulli up with Dawn Eden.
Man seeks defrocking of ex-Wisconsin priest
From Regional News Briefs in the July 15, 2008 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A Massachusetts man who says a priest sexually abused him 22 years ago in Franklin is calling on the Vatican to defrock the priest.
Bill Nash, 41, said he hoped to deliver a letter to Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan on Monday, petitioning the Vatican to defrock Father James Tully.
Nash made a similar appeal to the Diocese of Springfield, Mass., in June, according to news reports.
(See Ashfield Man Pushes for Laicization of Xavarian Priest, by Father Bill Pomerleau, reposted at Bishop Accountability, June 25, 2008)
Tully worked at a number of Milwaukee nursing homes and at area parishes in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge in 1992 related to other complaints of abuse. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests says Tully is living in Vicenza, Italy, with a religious order known as the Xaverian Missionary Fathers.
Nash said he was studying to be a priest when he was abused in 1986. He said he received a $75,000 settlement from the Xaverians in 2005.
Why Franklin? Presumably because that's the site of the order's Community at Xavier Knoll.
Cardinal Stritch University to buy Cousins Center
Tom Heinen reports in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The Cousins Center was constructed as a high school seminary at 3501 S. Lake Drive in 1963. It closed as a preparatory seminary at the end of the 1979-'80 school year, and the archdiocesan central offices moved there in 1983.
It was eventually renamed for former Archbishop William Cousins, who was archbishop when it was built.
The archdiocese had been trying to sell the property, partly to pay off a $4.6 million loan that helped pay its $8.25 million portion of a nearly $17 million settlement of 10 sexual abuse lawsuits in California in 2006.
(See this earlier post) Most of that abuse was committed by a priest who Archbishop Cousins allowed to move to California, giving what the California courts later found to be inadequate warning to the receiving bishop of the priest's history of sexual abuse here.
Update: Stritch purchase of Cousins Center would impact St. Francis, by Tom Heinen at Articles of Faith
Hiking trail through Israel's north follows in footsteps of Jesus
The Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran this feature by Laurie Copans of the Associated Press.
Since the trail is not yet marked, travelers can hire a tour guide, download GPS coordinates from Jesustrail.com or pick up trail maps at tourist sites.
The Jesus Trail website includes a Four Day Itinerary.
The Word of God as lived and taught by the church
This June 12, 2008 "Herald of Hope" column in "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald was by Bishop Richard J. Sklba. It's a critique of what he calls "literalistic" biblical interpretation by converts from Calvinism. For all the claimed problems in their approach, Bishop Sklba never literally says any of their conclusions are contrary to Church teaching.
For your protection, by Diogenes at Off the Record
Lead Us Not Into Temptation, by Dad29
Catholics and the Bible. by Becky Schwantes, at Young Adult Catholics (Call to Action)
Support for water innovation rated tepid
John Schmid reported in todays' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
The Milwaukee area's ambition to become the Silicon Valley of water technology will get a cold shower Monday from experts who warn that the region so far lacks the research funding, entrepreneurial spirit and academic support to become a major player in the global water business.
Might have been factors in not hanging on to "Beer Capital" and "Machine Shop of the World".
The finest men on the planet
This column by the Washington Post's Carolyn Hax ran in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
S.G. writes,
I am almost 50 and have been dating, by all accounts (especially mine), one of the finest men on the planet for three years. ...
She elaborates.
He's a churchgoing Catholic, very successful, thrifty, a doormat for his kids and an overthinker.
Diocese's financial picture brightens
Not Milwaukee's, it's that of the Archdiocese of Boston, reports Michael Paulson in today's Boston Globe.
But the archdiocese continues to face huge financial challenges, particularly in its pension fund for retired and disabled clergy, which covers about 800 active and retired priests and is underfunded by $110 million.
Milwaukee's might be fully funded, but I can't tell from the 2006-2007 Financial Statements.
(via Diogenes at Off the Record)
Update: A reader interprets Note 12's Adoption of Recognition Provision of FASB Statement No. 158 on Page 16 to include the Priests' Pension Plan. That would mean our Archdiocese's various pension plans, including the priests', were overaccrued by about $4.5 million. With the change, this amount became an unrestricted asset.
Electronic Papyrus: The Digital Book, Unfurled
Anne Eisenberg in The New York Times, July 6, 2008
One new mobile device, the Readius, designed mainly for reading books, magazines, newspapers and mail, is the size of a standard cellphone. Flip it open, though, and a screen tucked within the housing opens to a 5-inch diagonal display. The screen looks just like a liquid crystal display, but can bend so flexibly that it can wrap around a finger.
Maker Polymer Vision's website for the Readius claims,
With Readius you can enjoy paper-like reading comfort on the move. You can read eBooks and news in the airport, train station, park, and even on the beach. You have no need to carry 3-4 books with you on business trips or on holidays anymore. With Readius, you can carry your whole private library of eBooks in your pocket and read all your favorite eContent for a week without having to re-charge the battery.
Additionally, you can get your personally selected news "as-it-happens", because Readius offers you instant worldwide access through the high speed 3.5G network. ...
If that means its a reader and wireless service package, I suspect the pricing will keep me from buying.
Census figures show Milwaukee population is steady
Bill Glauber and Grant Smitt report in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
...Milwaukee's population bleeding from its 1960s heyday has stopped.
Milwaukee's population was 741,324 in 1960 and is estimated at 602,191 now.
The accompanying graphic on Population gains and losses in Wisconsin says that here in suburban Franklin the population has increased by an estimated 5,516 or 18.7% between 2000 and 2007.
Labels: Ich bin ein Frankliner
The Most Rev. David L. Ricken is named the new Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay
Announced today, effective August 28, 2008.
(via Daniel Suhr at The Triumvirate)
Update: New Green Bay bishop has broad background, by Tom Heinen at Articles of Faith
Cathedral Square may get historic makeover
Mary Louise Schumacher's Art City column in Sunday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on a proposal for a replica of Milwaukee's original 1836 courthouse at what long was Courthouse Square.
The idea is to restore the city's first public space, Milwaukee's unrivaled heart for generations...
The current courthouse is twelve blocks west, in what is, or was, called the Civic Center. It's location is one factor in Milwaukee not now having an unrivaled heart.
The "square" is on a rectangular block, now a park called "Cathedral Square". The plan would create a literal square of grass and walkways to the south of the courthouse replica, and plant trees around it on the northern balance of the block. The portico of the new structure would be extended for staging the musical performance series now held in the park.
One purpose of the trees proposed for the northern part of the block is "setting the square apart from Kilbourn Ave." In architectural criticism, one person's "setting apart" can be another's "turning its back". While the grove of trees makes sense in creating the square, no mention is made of how this fits with a past vision for Kilbourn Avenue. It was long ago widened into a broad boulevard with various civic and cultural buildings were built along it, starting a few blocks west of the old square.
U.S. bishops give new translation thumbs-down
David Gibson at dotCommonweal reported the U.S. Bishops announcement that the proposed new translation of the Proper of the Seasons for the revised Missal fell short of the votes required for approval.
No word (at least in the official communique) of the vote tally.
Perhaps the exact totals are ineffable ["the ineff word" for readers in the Diocese of Erie].
Update: Fun with Dick and Jane Catholic, by Jeff Miller at The Curt Jester
Neighbors no longer ask, 'Where's St. Catherine's?'
Brian T. Olszewski reported in "our" Milwaukee Catholic Herald. When Father John "Jack" Kern arrived as pastor in 2004, he found that people in the neighborhood often didn't know St. Catherine's existed. That lead to what he calls the parish's evangelization effort.
"It opened my mind to the fact that we have to let the draw bridge down over the moat, leave the castle and get out into the community. That was the beginning of our 'Knock, Knock' ministry - not as proselytizers but as neighbors."
The parish is in District 12 and its latest Archdiocesan statistics show for St. Catherine's:
Registered Members: 2005 484; 2006 583;
Average Mass attendance: 2005 202 (42%); 2006 187 (32%);
This doesn't look like the basis for an argument against "proslytizing". A neighbor could drop in at Sunday Mass, see 187 people in the 530 available seats, and still ask "Where's St. Catherine's?"
Consultant files rebuttal in county suit over pension scandal
Steve Schultze reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sunday on Mercer, Inc.'s filings in its defense in Milwaukee County's lawsuit against it. Mercer had acted as actuarial consultant in the county pension revisions that included the disastrously expensive "backdrop" provision.
Milwaukee County has paid out about $134 million in backdrop pension benefits since 2001, county records show. The county has estimated its overall costs linked to the 2000-'01 benefit package and other pension enhancements at $600 million ...
American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot
Nelson D. Schwartz's report in today's New York Times included the bi-partisan opposition to increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy [CAFE] standards for vehicles in 1990. Those voting against included Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Jesse Helms (R-NC). The article originally said,
Mr. Levin and Mr. Helms didn't return calls for comment.
The online version now has this correction.
An article today in Sunday Business about missed opportunities to reduce America's dependence on imported oil refers to a 1990 effort by Senator Jesse Helms, Republican of North Carolina, to block higher mileage requirements for vehicles and notes that Mr. Helms did not return calls seeking comment. The section went to press on Thursday, before Mr. Helms's death Friday morning.
Saving Seminary Woods: 70 acres in St. Francis may be on endangered list
John Gurda in tomorrow's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Seminary Woods is 70 pristine acres of forest and wildflowers adjoining St. Francis Seminary on Milwaukee's south lakefront.
It sits between the Seminary and the Cousins Center, the former minor seminary, then Archdiocesan headquarters.
the sex abuse scandal and its related costs have all the appearances of a bottomless pit. The Cousins Center is already on the block, and the Woods could ultimately suffer the same fate.
So there's an effort underway to purchase and preserve the property.
"Attacking" McCain's Military Record
Zachary Roth at Campaign Desk
Why should it be out of bounds for Democrats to argue that McCain's particular military experience has done little to prepare him for the decisions he'll have to make as president?
As long as they don't do it while wearing a PT-109 tie clasp.
(see this earlier post)
Merrill says GM bankruptcy possible
That's Merrill Lynch.
Credit option contracts on the Chicago Board Options Exchange that would pay out if GM or Ford default before September 2012 ticked higher. The contracts, which remain lightly traded, point to a roughly 73-percent default risk for GM and a 69-percent risk for Ford over that period.
(via The Truth About Cars)
Powell Doctorin'
AOL News captions this photo
President Bush, left, meets with U.S.A. Freedom Corp volunteer Robbie Powell after arriving at Adams Field on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in Little Rock, Ark. Powell gave the President a bracelet in memory of his friend Ben Patterson who passed away after being diagnosed with Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation.
For a different caption, see the post at Democracy in America.
How I hate the word "vibrant"
Rod Dreher at CrunchyCon,
... Whaddaya know, I just checked the Stuff White People Like website to see if "vibrant" turned up, and it does, in the comments under the Gentrification entry. ...

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