Time Person Of The Year

Obama is the person of year 2008

Time magazine on Wednesday named US president-elect Barack Obama its 2008 "Person of the Year."

"For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the president-elect is TIME's Person of the Year," the newsweekly said.

It said US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was first runner-up followed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and China's Zhang Yimou, who directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Time said its "Person of the Year" selection was the "person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year."

The magazine last year selected Russian leader Vladimir Putin as its 2007 "Person of the Year."

In an interview with Time, Obama said that while he may have won a "decisive victory" over Republican John McCain in the November presidential election, "I don't think that Americans want hubris from their next president.

"I do think we received a strong mandate for change," he added in the December 5 interview.

Asked about the state of the economy, Obama said "I think we should anticipate that 2009 is going to be a tough year.

"And if we make some good choices, I'm confident that we can limit some of the damage in 2009 and that in 2010 we can start seeing an upward trajectory on the economy. "But this is a difficult hole that we've dug ourselves into."

On his foreign policy priorities, Obama said "there's no doubt that managing the transition in Iraq is going to be a top priority. Managing a more effective strategy in Afghanistan will be a top priority.

"Recognizing that it is not simply an Afghanistan problem but it's an Afghanistan-Pakistan-India-Kashmir-Iran problem is going to be a priority.

"Sorting through our policy with respect to Iran effectively -- that will be a priority," he said.

Obama told Time that "dealing with our transatlantic alliance in a more constructive way and trying to build a more effective relationship with the newly assertive and, I believe, inappropriately aggressive Russia, when it comes to the invasion of Georgia -- that is going to be a priority.

"And seeing if we can build on some of the progress, at least in conversation, that's been made around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be a priority," he said.

"Paying more attention to Latin America ... that, I think, would be very important," he continued. "And finally, managing our relationship with China and the entire Pacific Rim, I think, is something that will keep not just me busy but my successor busy."

Obama, who is to be sworn in on January 20 as the 44th president of the United States and the first African-American chief executive, said long-term priorities include nuclear proliferation and climate change.

"I think dealing with development and poverty around the world is going to be a critical component of our foreign policy," he added. "It's good for our security and not just charity."

History

The tradition of selecting a Man of the Year began in 1927, with Time editors contemplating newsworthy stories possible during a slow news week. The idea was also an attempt to remedy the editorial embarrassment earlier that year for not having aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight. By the end of the year, it was decided that a cover story featuring Lindbergh as the Man of the Year would serve both purposes.^[2]

Since then, a person, group of people, and in two special cases, an invention and the planet Earth, has been selected for the special year end issue. In 1999, the title was changed to Person of the Year in an effort to be more inclusive, and avoid purportedly sexist phraseology. However, the only women to win the renamed recognition so far were those recognized as The Whistleblowers (2002) and Melinda Gates (jointly with Bill Gates and Bono in 2005). Four women were granted the title when it was still Man of the Year: Wallis Simpson in 1936, Soong May-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) in 1937, Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, and Corazon Aquino in 1986. Nevertheless, women would also be included in several groups, namely Hungarian Freedom Fighter in 1956, U.S. scientists in 1960, Twenty-Five and Under in 1966, The Middle Americans in 1969, American Women in 1975, The American Soldier in 2003, and You in 2006.

Since the list began, every serving President of the United States has been a Person of the Year at least once with the exceptions of Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover (the presidents who were in office at the time of the first issue and the term immediately following it, respectively) and Gerald Ford.

The December 31, 1999, issue of Time named Albert Einstein the Person of the Century. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mahatma Gandhi were chosen as runners-up.^[3]

Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only person to have received the title 3 times - in 1932, 1934 and 1941.

Dave Attell

Stand-up beginning

Born in Queens, New York, he grew up in Rockville Centre, New York and now lives in New York City. Attell's initial dive into stand-up comedy is attributed to his indecisiveness as to what he should do after college. In 1987 he graduated from New York University with a degree in communications. Like many other fledgling comedians, he worked normal jobs during the day and put in his time at comedy clubs at night. He worked his first gig at Governor's in Levittown and, according to Attell, "totally bombed".^{[citation needed]} After years of honing his act, he found himself being described as "the comedian's comedian". When working a club, the other comedians, such as Michael Royce (a producer/writer on Everybody Loves Raymond), David Juskow (a performer on TV Funhouse), Kevin Brennan (from Saturday Night Live and HBO's One Night Stand) and Jon Stewart, would come in to watch his act. While the audience didn't always follow his up-front delivery, fellow comedians were refreshed by his originality.

Attell's material is considered "blue".^{[citation needed]} His point-of-view is that of the everyman, yet slightly imbalanced. He has an affinity for the bizarre, such as midgets and odd sexual encounters.

Attell often begins a joke in a relatively tame way, but then gets progressively stranger and ends in an obscene non sequitur. For example: "Sex is not important. What's important is that afterward part. When you're both naked and it's warm and you're watching the sun come up in the windshield. You look in her eyes, you look in her one good eye and help her strap on her leg and you know: you just fucked a pirate."^{[citation needed]}

Attell is also notorious for comedically striking down hecklers to the point of embarrassment. Attell dated comedienne Sarah Silverman for a time prior to both of their respective professional primes and major fame. When asked about the relationship on The Howard Stern Show, she remarked that he was her first real boyfriend, saying among other things that he hadn't even smoked cigarettes before they started their relationship. Several weeks later Attell confirmed that she introduced him to "his two favorite things, alcohol and smoking", adding his belief that "Sarah was out of his league and ended up leaving him."^[4][5]

[edit] Television

Attell's first appearance on television was in 1988 on VH1's Stand-Up Spotlight, which also featured early appearances by Lewis Black, Margaret Cho, Jeff Garlin, Jay Mohr and Wanda Sykes. The show was hosted by Rosie O'Donnell.

But perhaps his biggest break to date was achieved on November 23, 1993 when he made his debut on The Late Show with David Letterman. The appearance was seen by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, who then recruited Attell to be a writer, and occasional performer, on SNL (you can see Attell behind Chris Farley during the famous "Rudy Giuliani Inauguration" sketch). Attell worked on the show for the '93-'94 season.

In 1995 Attell was featured on two HBO specials: alongside up-and-comers Louis C.K., Anthony Clark, Eric Tunney and Dave Chappelle, he was a featured performer on the 1995 Young Comedians Special, hosted by Garry Shandling. He was also given his own 60-minute special on the channel's "HBO Comedy Showcase". Subsequently, Attell was also given an episode of HBO Comedy Half-Hour in 1997.

Also in 1995, Attell appeared as Squiggly Dave on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, kicking-off a long-standing relationship between Attell and Comedy Central. In 1999 the network issued Attell an installment in their ever-popular Comedy Central Presents series.

The same year the network signed him on as a regular commentator on their satirical news show The Daily Show. When he arrived in 1999, the show was just finding its audience after the departure of host Craig Kilborn and the arrival of Jon Stewart, an old friend of Attell's from the New York comedy circuit. The three-year stint gave Attell access to a mass audience on a regular basis (The Daily Show has done much the same for comedians Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Lewis Black and others). Attell's series of commentary on the show was called "The Ugly American".

In 2003 Attell began appearing semi-regularly on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. The show featured many of the performers he works with every day at the (literally) underground comedy club the Comedy Cellar and is based on the conversations they would have off-stage at the Olive Tree Cafe, the restaurant above the club. The unscripted show was canceled in November 2004 due to poor ratings and controversial subject matter.

In 2007 Attell appeared in the Michael Addis film, Heckler. Heckler is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. Attell appeared on Comedy Central's Last Laugh in 2007.

In July 2008 Attell begins hosting The Gong Show with Dave Attell for Comedy Central. Like the 1970's version, the show will have a rotating panel of celebrity judges grade unusual acts.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Other notable television roles for Attell:

• "Dave" in a couple of the early episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond
• The voice of "Frank Demore" on Crank Yankers
• "Brad Campbell" on Ed
• Himself on Arrested Development

Attell has also been on numerous talk shows, including The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Last Call with Carson Daly.

Attell is a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show.

[edit] Film

Attell played the roles of "Don" in Los Enchiladas!. The film was written, produced and directed by his friend, comedian Mitch Hedberg, and co-starred with Hedberg as well as fellow comedians Todd Barry and Marc Maron.

In the short film The Office Party, Attell once again played the role of "Don". The film co-starred ex-Karate Kid/Outsider Ralph Macchio, Jon Stewart, Carol Kane and Tate Donovan. The film was written and directed by Daily Show producer Chiara Edmands.

Pootie Tang saw Attell as the bumbling corporate lackey, "Frank". The film was written and directed by fellow comedian Louis C.K.. It co-starred Lance Crouther, Wanda Sykes and Chris Rock among others.

Attell also played "Efram the Driver" in the Independent feature My Suicidal Sweetheart, written and directed by filmmaking newcomer Michael Parness. The film co-starred Natasha Lyonne, David Krumholtz, Tim Blake Nelson, Lorraine Bracco, David Paymer and Rosanna Arquette.

Also Dave Attell had a cameo appearance in the film Abby Singer

Though not a film, the video game Outlaw Golf 2 featured the voice of Attell as the Color Commentator.

He plays the character Barker in the 2008 comedy film Harold.

Gary Owen

The origins of Garryowen are unclear, but it emerged in the late eighteenth century, when it was a drinking song of rich young roisters in Limerick. It obtained immediate popularity in the British Army through the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, who were garrisoned in Limerick and was played throughout the Napoleonic War, becoming the regimental march of the 18th Foot (The Royal Irish Regiment).

A very early reference to the tune appears in The Life of the Duke of Wellington by Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler, published in 1853. He describes the defence of the town of Tarifa in late December 1811, during the Peninsular War. General H. Gough, later Field Marshall Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, commanding officer of the 87th Regiment (at that time known as the Royal Irish Fusiliers), after repulsing an attack by French Grenadiers "...was not, however, merely satisfied with resistance. When the enemy, scared, ran from the walls, he drew his sword, made the band strike up 'Garry Owen', and followed the fugitives for two or three hundred yards."

Garryowen was also a favourite in the Crimean War. The tune has also been associated with a number of British military units, and is the authorised regimental march of The Irish Regiment of Canada. It was the regimental march of the Liverpool Irish, British Army.^{[citation needed]} It is the regimental march of the London Irish Rifles (now part of The London Regiment (TA)). It was also the regimental march of the 50th (The Queen's Own) Foot (later The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment) until 1869.

Garryowen became the marching tune for the 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Militia, (the famed "Fighting 69th" ) in the mid-1800s. The "Fighting 69th" adopted Garry Owen before the Civil War and recently brought it back to combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom

It later became the marching tune for the US 7th Cavalry Regiment during the late 1800s. The tune was a favorite of General George Armstrong Custer and became the official air of the Regiment in 1867. According to legend it was the last tune played before the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

The name of the tune has become a part of the regiment, the words Garry Owen are part of the regimental crest, and there is a Camp Garry Owen, north of Seoul, Korea, which houses part of the 4th Squadron of the regiment.The Seventh Cavalry regiment became a part of the US 1st Cavalry Division in 1921, and "Garryowen" became the official tune of the division in 1981.

The word garryowen is derived from Irish, the proper name Eóghan ("born of the yew tree") and the word for garden garrai - thus "Eóghan's Garden". The term refers to an area of the town of Limerick, Ireland.

In 1993, the popular Civil War Music Company, The 97th Regimental Stringband, recorded 'Garryowen' on their 'Marching Along' (Volume 6), a CD of Marching tunes.

Madoff ScandaL

Nomura says it could lose 302 mln dollars in Madoff scandal

Japan's top broker Nomura said Monday it faced losses of up to 27.5 billion yen (302 million dollars) due to the scandal surrounding New York investment manager Bernard Madoff.

"Nomura Holdings has confirmed that its Madoff-related exposure is worth 27.5 billion yen," the group said in a statement.

"The impact of the exposure is relatively limited in the light of our accounting capital," it said.

Madoff is alleged to have lost up to 50 billion dollars through a pyramid trading scheme which collapsed because of the financial crisis.

Despite the news, shares in Nomura Holdings rose 16 yen, or 2.40 percent, to 682 yen in early morning trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, as the benchmark Nikkei index surged more than four percent.

Several major financial institutions around the world have been hit by the fraud scandal, even as they struggle to weather the global financial crisis.

Spain's largest bank, Santander, said Sunday its investment fund unit may have lost 2.33 billion euros (3.1 billion dollars), while French bank BNP Paribas also revealed it could lose up to 350 million euros in the scandal.

European media have said HSBC of Britain and Union Bancaire Privee of Switzerland could also have suffered losses, although both have remained tight-lipped so far about potential exposure.

Madoff was arrested on Thursday for allegedly defrauding his customers through a giant pyramid scheme. Prosecutors say that the 70-year-old, a Wall Street veteran, has confessed to losing at least 50 billion dollars.

Free Trade Show Idea Guide

Booth Designs for Trade Shows

Trade Show Displays Buyer's Guide

Once you choose the type of display you want, you have to decide on a booth design for the trade shows. A combination of text and images is the most effective way to get attendees' attention at trade shows. And the most flexible way of adding custom text and images is to order Velcro or magnetic-backed signs that you can easily attach to your trade show booth.

Much of your signage will have a long shelf life - your logos and basic product information are generally consistent for all trade shows. However, by using multiple signs, you can update one or two for show-specific offers or timely information, and not have to reprint your entire graphics package.

An alternate route to attaching signs to the fabric or panels is to make the panels or fabric itself into a graphic. This is typically done by creating large photomurals that are applied to the display. This can create a much more striking visual presentation, but can be harder to update and can add substantially to your total cost.

Consider the size and construction of your signs carefully. While panel displays can support large, flat images, pop-up displays require smaller graphics or flexible signs that can be applied to curved surfaces. These considerations can change your entire trade shows both design.

Graphics for your display are usually purchased from the booth vendor, but you can also turn to graphic designers who specialize in producing artwork for trade show displays. Getting professional help with your trade show booth design is probably a good idea.

Most systems can also be equipped with lots of other fancy add-ons. Some trade show booths are designed to include counter space that can hold computers for demonstrations, others have shelves that protrude from or are recessed into the display, and most include at least some basic lighting attachments. Consider what products, promotional items, or literature you want to distribute or display to determine what extras you need: depending on the type of display you choose, the weight and size of the items you can display will change.

Bush Shoe Site

Bush in sports? It's gotta be the shoes

President Bush could be looking for work now that his White House run is coming to an end. Sunday in Iraq, he gave us a glimpse at the possibilities when he dodged a pair of shoes thrown from point-blank range that were coming right at his face. How could it apply in the sports world? Dubya could be a ...

Backup NHL goalie: Over the weekend, the Capitals suited up a Web site employee because he was a small-college goaltender once upon a time. Can't imagine that kid had any better reflexes than the prez.

Baseball commissioner: The only problem here is, Bud Selig is even better at avoiding the high hard one.

Raiders receiver: Hey, none of them can handle the passes coming their way anyway. Anyone else get the feeling that if JaMarcus Russell had thrown those shoes, one of them would have hit a reporter in the front row and the other one would have hit the ceiling? And also that the shoes would have been worth $5,000?

ON THE AIR

The gang's all there

CBS, because there isn't enough else happening in the world, turned to sports for approximately the 473rd consecutive edition of "60 Minutes." This one featured USC Coach Pete Carroll and his gang-prevention efforts.

Nice story. But couldn't this just be Carroll's signal that he's ready to take over the Bengals?

Lake Washington School District

Lake Washington School District – A Community for Learning

Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is a high-performing public school district in Kirkland, Redmond and Sammamish, Washington

Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is located between Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains, to the east of Seattle. Covering 76 square miles, LWSD is the public school district for the cities of Kirkland and Redmond as well as about half of Sammamish. On the north end of the district, some Bothell and Woodinville residents also attend our schools. The district map shows all school locations and boundaries.

Number of Schools
31	Elementary Schools	Grades K-6
12	Junior Highs	Grades 7-9
7	High Schools	Grades 10-12
Note: exact grade levels may vary in Choice schools.

Student Enrollment, October 2008
Elementary School	13,134
Junior High School	5,259
High School	5,376
Total	23,769

Student Ethnicity, October 2007*
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.62%
Multi-Racial	3.11%
Asian	14.73%
Black	2.38%
Hispanic	6.68%
White	72.47%

Sondra Fortunato

Sondra Fortunato Shows It Off For The Giants, Is Asked To Cover It Up

If her bra size is any indication, Sondra Fortunato may be the Giants’ biggest fan. How do we know? Because Fortunato regularly shows up to games in skimpy outfits to cheer on her team. But officials at Giant Stadium aren’t cheering about the peep show anymore… Or as the AP put it: “The New York Giants need another sack – to cover a flamboyant fan who wears skimpy outfits.”

On Sunday, Fortunato attended the game wearing a tiara, fishnets, a Santa outfit, a bathing-suit bottom and high-heeled boots. What like that’s weird?

She was also carrying a suitcase full of Christmas presents and held two large signs, one reading “Go Giants” and the other saying “Have a No Guns Christmas.”

Not long into the game, Fortunato was escorted about by security who informed her signs and baggage are not allowed. This is true, but that reasoning may just be a cover up for their real motive: getting her to cover up.

The New York Post explains:

Then, she was lectured about her clothes.

"They said, 'Can't you come to the stadium dressed like a regular person?' " she said. "They said there were a lot of kids there."

She was advised to wear a sweater to games.

"I guess some ladies got jealous and complained," groused Sondra, who lives in Toms River, NJ.

We’re with you Sondra. Save Our Favorite Gigantic Giants Fan!

Deal Hack

Dealhack Posts Online Holiday Shipping Deadlines

Wondering how long you have to procrastinate this holiday season? Dealhack has the answer.

The online service, which posts special deals, coupons, rebates and clearance items on its site, today posted a list of Holiday ordering deadlines for online merchants. The list includes everything from 1-800 Contacts to Zappos, including Amazon, Apple, B&H, Calumet, Dell, HP, J&R, Kodak, Newegg, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Radio Shack, Ritz and ThinkGeek. Even the Post Office is included. Adorama, however, is curiously missing.

The list reports various shipping options (standard, expedited, fastest) as well as exceptions and includes the customer service number.

Love Fatigues

Changing The Way You See Camouflage Forever

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. ~Ludwig von Mises

War is a defeat for humanity. ~Pope John Paul II About the quote: from 1/1/2000

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore...prove ultimately futile. ~Pope John Paul II About the quote: from 1/1/2000

The fact that certain planets are uninhabited may very well derive from the fact that their nuclear scientist are more advanced than ours. ~Salon Gahlin, Swedish author

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace. ~St. Augustine About the quote: From "The City of God"

One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy. ~Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke About the quote: from "America Alone"

If [America] becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable. ~William Graham Sumner About the quote: from 1903

O, it is excellent To have a giant’s strength! But it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. ~William Shakespeare About the quote: from "Measure for Measure," Act II, Scn. ii

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. ~Victor Hugo

Killing someone is the ultimate crime, while on the other hand, killing someone in uniform is fulfillment of duty. ~Ramman Kenoun

The best defense is no offense. ~Dr. Ivan Eland

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. ~Mahatma Gandhi

Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play. ~Joseph Goebbels

One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force. ~Maximilien Robespierre

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ~James Madison About the quote: This quote is from the period he served as a US Congressman (he represented Virginia from 1789-1797).

The right to revolt has sources deep in our history. ~William O. Douglas About the quote: Supreme Court Justice Douglas lived 1898-1980.

We may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

To preserve our independence...We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. ~Thomas Jefferson

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. ~George Orwell About the quote: This quote comes from "Homage to Catalonia," Orwell's 1936 eyewitness account of the Spanish Civil War.

If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime. ~Charles Eliot Norton

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. ~Nelson Mandela

All it takes is a single act of aggression to permanently wound a nation's reputation. ~Ramman Kenoun

The tyrant always talks as if he's preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them. ~Ramman Kenoun

It’s one thing to fight for what you believe in, another thing to fight for what others believe in. ~James Wolcott About the quote: in his article “From Fear to Eternity” in Vanity Fair, March 2005

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself. ~James Wolcott About the quote: in his article “From Fear to Eternity,” Vanity Fair, March 2005

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. ~Lewis Mumford About the quote: from "Technics and Civilization"

We have met the enemy and he is us. ~Walt Kelly About the quote: Cartoonist, notably of "Pogo." lived 1913-1973.

Patriotism lies not in blind obedience to authority, but in the desire to search for the truth. ~Ramman Kenoun

When we fill our souls up with creativity, artistry and intelligence ... we have a better chance at avoiding the behavior that leads to destruction. ~Rick DellaRatta About the quote: Rick DellaRatta is founder of the group Jazz for Peace.

The only antidote to the poison of war is the public's courage to disagree with their leader. ~Ramman Kenoun

What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify. ~Henry Kissinger About the quote: from page 303 of his book, "Diplomacy"

There are many terrorist states in the world, but the United States is unusual in that it is officially committed to international terrorism. ~Noam Chomsky About the quote: from his book "Necessary Illusions" (p. 270)

Politics and crime are the same thing. ~Michael Corleone (from "The Godfather: Part III") About the quote: This line is spoken by Al Pacino's character in the Francis Ford Coppola film "The Godfather: Part III," script by Coppola and Mario Puzo.

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war... ~Pope John Paul II

In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence. ~Chris Hedges

Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power. ~Fred Reed About the quote: You can read Fred Reed's articles on LewRockwell.com: http://www.lewrockwell.com/reed/reed-arch.html

Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and for the same reason--hubris. ~Andrew Greely About the quote: Andrew Greely is a columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. You can read his articles at http://www.suntimes.com/index/greeley.html

War...should only be declared by the authority of the people... instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. ~James Madison

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. ~Edward Abbey

Why, the Government is merely...a temporary servant... Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. ~Mark Twain

The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. ~Dick Cheney About the quote: Speaking to the Discovery Institute after the first Gulf War, on 8/14/1992, when he was Secretary of Defense.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service... ~John Adams

It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true. ~Henry Kissinger

Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order. ~John V. Lindsay

Governments use national animosities, foreign wars and the glamour of empire-making, in order to...divert rising sentiment against domestic abuses. ~J. R. Hobson

Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the innocents... ~Anthony Gregory About the quote: Anthony Gregory is a writer and musician from Berkeley, CA. You can read his articles at www.lewrockwell.com

Criticism in time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government. ~Robert Taft

Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it. ~James Madison About the quote: as written in a letter to Thomas Jefferson. You can read more about this in Thomas E. Woods, Jr's article "Presidential War Powers" on www.LewRockwell.com.

Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is. ~George W. Bush About the quote: Speaking on the war in Kosovo.

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised "for the good of its victims" may be the most oppressive. ~C. S. Lewis

Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man. ~Jean -Luc Godard

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other. ~Thomas Jefferson

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be...surer of the noose than a private homicide. ~H. G. Wells

If you make peaceful change impossible... you make violent revolution inevitable. ~John F. Kennedy

Not only is war a form of legalized murder, but it is mass serial killing. ~Sarah Bellum

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. ~Thich Nhat Hanh About the quote: Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk

War creates peace like hate creates love. ~David L. Wilson

War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics. ~Chris Hedges

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. ~Johan Christoph Schiller

Today the real test of America's power and wisdom is not our capacity to make war but our capacity to prevent it. ~Dale Turner About the quote: from an article in The Seattle Times, 1/11/03.

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other-- instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. ~Edward Abbey About the quote: A naturalist and author, Abbey lived from 1927-1989.

Our "neoconservatives" are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell. ~Edward Abbey About the quote: A naturalist and author, Abbey lived from 1927-1989.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln

War...is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer. ~Thomas Jefferson

It takes more courage to get out of a war than it does to get into one. ~Mark Couturier

Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing. ~Ayn Rand

One keeps healthy in wartime...by a vigorous assertion of values in which war has no part. ~Randolph Bourne

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. ~Ronald Reagan

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. ~Thomas Paine

A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang. ~Benjamin Franklin About the quote: Speaking to Benjamin Vaughan, 14 March 1785.

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. ~George W. Bush About the quote: from a UN Speech in Sept 2004

If you support any offensive war, consider yourself just as culpable of murder as the most insane serial killer. ~Sarah Bellum

You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It’s like having a war on jealousy. ~David Cross About the quote: Cross is a comedian, most well known for his roles on the television series "Arrested Development" and "Mr. Show." This quote is from his 2002 comedy album.

The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations. ~Anthony Gregory About the quote: Anthony Gregory is a writer and musician from Berkeley, CA. You can read his articles at www.lewrockwell.com

The maintenance of the right of criticism in the long run will do the country... more good than it will do the enemy. ~Robert Taft

Iraq was a war of choice, not necessity. ~Senator Barbara Boxer About the quote: From a speech delivered Wed. July 6, 2005.

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. ~Thomas Jefferson About the quote: in a letter to William Short, 28 July 1791.

Wars are inevitable... as long as we believe that wars are inevitable. The moment we don't believe it anymore it is not inevitable. ~Lydia Sicher

...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery. ~Robert Higgs About the quote: Robert Higgs is a Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute.

The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor. ~Ronald Reagan About the quote: From a speech on nuclear weapons, March 23, 1983.

How does one prevail in war? Both sides have already lost. ~Logan Kodysz

Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional. ~Max Lucade

For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. ~Mahatma Gandhi

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ~Thomas Alva Edison

Politicians' Logic: Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it. ~Yes, Prime Minister (UK TV Show) About the quote: http://www.yes-minister.com/polterms.htm

War: first, one hopes to win...in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost. ~Karl Kraus About the quote: Satirical writer and journalist. (1874–1936)

Be loyal to your country always, and to the government only when it deserves it. ~Mark Twain

When the largest industry in the world is no longer War, I will accept Darwin's theory of Evolution. ~Dale S. Mugford

Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is. ~George W. Bush About the quote: The future president said this in regard to Kosovo in April 1999.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. ~Thomas Jefferson

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies. ~Salvador de Madariaga

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. ~Thomas Jefferson

It is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. ~Robert H. Jackson

The real fabric of American society is not all those flags you see on people's cars... it's in the Bill of Rights and in our constitutional form of government. ~John Adams (composer) About the quote: This quote is not from founding father John Adams, but from the Pulitzer Prize-winning modern composer and conductor of the same name (2001).

Democracies become dictatorships if governments do not listen to the voice of the people. ~Tom Van Meurs

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful...They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. ~George W. Bush About the quote: From remarks by the president at the signing of The Defense Appropriations Act for 2005 (8/5/04)

Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously--and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply. ~George W. Bush About the quote: from the President's Veteran's Day Speech (11/11/05).

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your governmant when it deserves it. ~Mark Twain

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb. ~Brendan Behan

Suspicion must always fall on those who attempt to silence their opponents. ~Ian Buckley

Why should we hear about body bags, and deaths...I mean, it's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? ~Barbara Bush About the quote: Mrs. Bush spoke these words on ABC's "Good Morning America," March 18, 2003.

So long as the deceit ran along quiet and monotonous, all of us let ourselves be deceived, abetting it unawares or maybe through cowardice... ~William Faulkner About the quote: from his book "As I Lay Dying"

If you want war, nurish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men ever are subject... ~William Graham Sumner

The world should take notice when someone...with a fanatic mind and with powerful means, receives his marching orders from Heaven. ~Rodrigue Tremblay About the quote: From Trembaly's "The New American Empire." Tremblay is a Professor of Economic Science at the University of Montreal.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ~Thomas Alva Edison

The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. ~Thomas Jefferson

All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished. ~Eleanor Roosevelt About the quote: from "My Day," February 7, 1939

Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment. ~Thich Nhat Hahn

That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention. ~T.S. Eliot

Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion. ~T.S. Eliot

Where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. ~Lord Acton

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. ~Lord Acton

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. ~Cesar Chavez

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position... ~Thucydides About the quote: Thucydides was a Athenian historian, born in the 5th century, BC. Here, he is quoting the Athenian general Nikias on the proposed invasion of Sicily during the Peloponnesian War.

When a war breaks out, people say: "It's too stupid, it can't last long." But though a war may be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. ~Albert Camus

Only fools seek power, and the greatest fools seek it through force. ~Lao Tsu

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. ~Thomas Merton About the quote: (1915-1968)

A tyrant has succeeded in his search for absolute power when his own people fear to question his actions. ~Ramman Kenoun

When goods don't cross borders, soldiers will. ~Fredric Bastiat

Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. ~Michael Gillespie

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ~James Madison About the quote: This quote is from the period he served as a US Congressman (he represented Virginia from 1789-1797).

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate power of the society but the people themselves. ~Thomas Jefferson About the quote: Originally in a letter to William C. Jarvis, 1820. Can be found in volume of "Writings" (New York, NY: Library of America) p.493

This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force. ~Thomas Jefferson About the quote: in a letter to John Adams, 1796.

A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. ~James Madison

Freedom is whatever the president says it is, pending revision. ~James Bovard About the quote: http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/01/17/credo-from-attention-deficit-democracy/

Historically, the most terrible things--war, genocide and slavery--have resulted from obedience, not disobedience. ~Howard Zinn

Good leaders serve the interests of their people, while unfit leaders exploit their citizens to serve their own. ~Ramman Kenoun

You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable. ~Condoleeza Rice About the quote: Comment trying to convince mideast policy makers Russia, the EU and the UN to stop aid to the new Hamas Palestinian government; 1/30/06.

How is it possible for people to consider themselves supporters of the troops when they approve of an event that throws those troops into...peril? ~Ramman Kenoun

When people have friends and customers in other lands, they tend to take a dim view of their government dropping bombs on them. ~Terry Liberty Parker

No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people. ~Eugene Debs About the quote: (1855-1926)

He that is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. ~Thomas Paine

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means. ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. ~Albert Einstein

War comes from our being immature, fearful, and injured, and not being able to concieve of other ways of solving problems. ~Patricia Sun About the quote: Patricia Sun is an internationally renowned philosophical psychologist.

War is a failure of human intelligence. ~Patricia Sun About the quote: Patricia Sun is an internationally renowned philosophical psychologist.

[War] comes from an immature style of thinking where creativity and overview is scarce. ~Patricia Sun About the quote: Patricia Sun is an internationally renowned philosphical psychologist.

War may be only temporary, but its toll remains permanently. ~Ramman Kenoun

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons. ~Dalai Lama

Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few. ~Lt. General William E. Odom, US Army (Ret.),

The greatest crime since World War II has been US foreign policy. ~William Ramsey Clark About the quote: William Ramsey Clark was US Attorney General under Lyndon B. Johnson

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Power is usurped from the people, first by implementing fear, then it is maintained by slandering as 'unpatriotic' those who refuse submission. ~Ramman Kenoun

Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory . . . and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles. ~Alfred Adler

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion. ~James Reston About the quote: American Journalist (1909-1995), best known for his work with the NY Times.

Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives. ~Daisaku Ikeda About the quote: From his proposals for peace. Ikeda is President of Soka Gakkai International

Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong to be set right' ~Senator Carl Schurz (MO) About the quote: from his senate remarks 2/29/72. published in 'The Policy of Imperialism, Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz, vol. 6, pp. 119–20 (1913).

Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve. ~Shirin Ebadi About the quote: Ebadi is Nobel Peace Laureate of Iran. This quote is excerpted from the 5/5/06 Washington Post's "Diplomatic Dispatches," by Nora Boustany.

It is frightening how the actions of a single leader can have such drastic effects on the prestige of an entire nation. ~Ramman Kenoun

If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire. ~Pat Buchanan About the quote: From Buchanan's 5/9/06 article "Why Are We Baiting Putin?"

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ~John Lennon

The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. ~Julia Ward Howe About the quote: Julia Howe was the "founder" of Mother's Day.

Although tyranny...may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people. ~Hannah Arendt

Wisdom is better than weapons of war. ~Ecclesiastes 9:18

In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished...There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind. ~U Thant , Burmese UN Secretary General

The greatest protection against war is a well educated populace. ~L.L. Castetter About the quote: Castetter was a WWI veteran; this quote is from the 1930s (from p. 178 of the book "A Page A Day," ed. by Kenneth Adams, published by Authorhouse.com).

You lose nothing through peace. You can lose everything through war. ~Pope Pius XII

Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide. ~Henri Barbusse About the quote: from his book "Under Fire: The Story of a Squad" (1916). Barbusse lived from 1873-1935.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people. ~Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy. ~Charles de Montesquieu About the quote: from "The Spirit of Laws" (1748)

The demands of internal growth are incomparably more important to us...than the need for any external expansion of our power. ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media. ~William Colby, former CIA director About the quote: as quoted by Dave McGowan in his book "Derailing Democracy"

I have condemned any organizer of war, regardless of his rank or nationality. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land. ~Mark Twain About the quote: From an interview, 9/15/1900

It's truly ironic how self-proclaimed 'patriots' have a tendency to support those who seek to undermine their country. ~Ramman Kenoun

The hardest thing for me in Vietnam wasn't seeing the wounded and dead. It was watching the big transport jets come in, bringing loads of fresh new boys for the war. ~Johnny Cash About the quote: Speaking about his experience when he and June Carter went to Vietnam to entertain the troups in 1969. from 'Cash: The Autobiography,' Harper Collins, page 218

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. ~Abba Eban About the quote: Israeli diplomat (1915-2002)

Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower About the quote: from 1953

To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life... ~Woodrow Wilson

The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is being attacked, and every man will be glad of these conscience-soothing falsities ~Mark Twain

The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments. ~Michael Parenti

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ~Thomas Jefferson

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. ~Mahatma Gandhi

Wars of aggression are the most barbarous of all human endeavors and are, more often than not, the instruments of insane tyrants who hear voices. ~Rodrigue Tremblay About the quote: Tremblay is a Canadian-born economist.

Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death. ~Otto von Bismarck About the quote: Bismarck (1815-1898) was the first Chancellor of the Germany Empire from 1871-1890.

Blind faith in your leaders or in anything will get you killed. ~Bruce Springsteen About the quote: This was part of Springsteen's introduction to his 1985 version of Edwin Starr's song 'War.'

If you love this land of the free, bring 'em home, bring 'em home, Bring 'em back from overseas. ~Pete Seeger About the quote: Lyrics from Seeger's song 'Bring Em Home.'

As long as mankind shall bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst for military glory will remain the vice of the most exalted characters. ~Edward Gibbon

It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from error, it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. ~Justice Robert Jackson About the quote: Jackson (1892-1954) was a US Supreme Court Justice 1941-1954.

Violence is not power, but the absence of power. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

A rational army would run away. ~Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu About the quote: Commonly known just as 'Montesquieu,' Charles (1869-1755) was a social commentator and thinker of the French Enlightenment.

War is both the product of an earlier corruption, and a producer of new corruptions. ~Lewis Mumford About the quote: From "The Conduct of Life" (1951, republished 1970), page 13, Chapter 1, "The Challenge to Renewal," Section 3, "Diagnosis of Our Times."

How can you make a war on terror if war itself is terrorism? ~Howard Zinn

Every politician in the world is all for revolution, reason, and disarmament--but only in enemy countries, not in his own. ~Hermann Hesse About the quote: Hesse (1877-1962) was a philosophical writer, best known for his work "Siddartha."

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. ~Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The welfare of the people ... has always been the alibi of tyrants. ~Albert Camus

Our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in...war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear. ~General Douglas MacArthur

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. ~Joseph Goebbels

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps the most to be dreaded because it compromises and develops the germ of every other. ~James Madison About the quote: from "Political Observations," 1795.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. ~James Madison About the quote: from "Political Observations," 1795

After victory, you have more enemies.

Dubai Ladies Masters

Sorenstam ends career with birdie at Dubai Ladies

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Annika Sorenstam ended her Hall of Fame career with an eight-foot birdie on the 18th hole of the Dubai Ladies Masters on Sunday, completing a 1-under 71 that left her in seventh place, six shots behind winner Anja Monke.

Sorenstam, who is retiring to focus on her family and business interests, led the tournament after the second round but shot a 75 on Saturday that torpedoed her hopes for a third straight title at the season-ending tournament on the Ladies European Tour.

Still, the Swede managed to end on a positive note with her final birdie drawing a standing ovation from a packed gallery. She raised her putter to acknowledge the crowd before hugging caddie Terry McNamara.

"I have had many farewells since I announced my decision some five months back, but this one was special," Sorenstam said. "I started my career with LET, and it is fitting to end it with an LET event.

"I felt at peace. I really felt very content. I walked up to hit my third shot on the 18th, and I felt the breeze coming in, and it was just a really comfortable feeling. I saw some players standing behind the 18th green, that gave me a tear. I saw my parents and my family and that give me a tear."

Monke shot a 68 to protect her overnight lead, finishing at 13-under 275. Veronica Zorzi of Italy was second, three strokes behind the German, with British veteran Laura Davies another shot back in third.

"I'm feeling very happy," Monke said, adding that it was tough to focus on her game and not Sorenstam. "Of course I heard the big applause when she was hitting her shot into the 18th green. I was on the 16th green at the time. And then we saw her actually finishing it off on 18. We hit our tee shots by that time and so I could at least see a little bit."

Sorenstam said she was a little nervous Sunday morning and came to the course a bit earlier to stretch and reflect on the day. But once she hit her first shot, she said it was "automatic."

"I know the time is right, and therefore I feel very happy," Sorenstam said. "If you think about 15 years and all of the things I've achieved, it's sad. But you close one door and you open another one. I'm glad I have a chance to do that."

Football Guys

When you purchase Football Guys, your grandchild will receive enough players to field two separate teams. Included in each package are 24 players, one referee, two goalposts and a 24"x36" felt field. Each figure is 2 inches high, sturdy, and very easy for children to manipulate.

Little Jackie

Little Jackie are an American band consisting of Imani Coppola and Adam Pallin. In 2008, Little Jackie released a hit single called "The World Should Revolve Around Me" from their debut album The Stoop.

Coppola was a solo singer, whose most successful single was "Legend of a Cowgirl", from the 1997 album Chupacabra.^[3] Adam Pallin is the DJ/programmer of the band.

In 2008, Coppola and Pallin signed a contract with S-Curve, an independent label owned by Steve Greenberg, to issue an album.^[4] This coincided with the duo's television debut on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.^[4] Album promotion is by Nabbr, a company that has created viral video campaigns for Justin Timberlake and Amy Winehouse.^[5] Coppola, originally signed as a solo act with Columbia Records, plans to approach the music business differently with Little Jackie, bolstered by her experiences.^[6] She also sees Little Jackie as an opportunity to get back into pop.

Bobby Lashley MMA Debut

WWE Champion Bobby Lashley makes his MMA debut @ Mixed Fighting Alliance in Florida.

Bobby Lashley, the former amateur wrestler who became a star in the WWE, says he's serious about taking up mixed martial arts. He also says he has a contract signed and will be making his fighting debut soon.

But as for the little issues like where, when, against whom, and for what promotion he'll be fighting? Yeah, he has no idea.

Lashley spoke to Ariel Helwani of MMARated.com, and he said he's signed with the American Fight League, but "they're still getting everything together."

Lashley added, "We're working on a contract right now. I think we're going to fight in December. I think a contract will be signed this week. ... I don't know who my opponent is."

We're seeing a lot of this in mixed martial arts lately, with fighters saying they've got a fight scheduled but they have no idea where, when or against whom. And until you know those things, you don't really have a fight scheduled at all. So while Lashley might fight in MMA some day, and he might be a fairly big draw, I don't think anyone should count on seeing it any time soon.

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Little Green Street

Incredibly, the Planning Inspectorate have determined that the proposal to use Little Green Street as a truck route is fine by them and have upheld the developer's appeal to overtrun Camden Council's decision to reject the proposal.

What this means precisely remains unclear, so check back over the coming days for the latest.

History

The street is diminutive, with only eight houses on one side and two on the other. The houses were built in the 1780s, are Grade II listed, and remain one of the few intact Georgian streets in London. There are records of the small, bow-fronted shops selling ribbons and mousetraps, and previous inhabitants include manual workers such as carpenters.

One of the first official mentions of Little Green Street is in the court records of the Old Bailey for 10 July 1805, where Mary Lee, a female servant was fined and sent to the Clerkenwell House of Correction for "simple grand larceny" (theft).^[1]

Almost a century later, in 1898 or 1899, Charles Booth, in his survey Life and Labour of the People in London, gave the following description of Little Green Street:

"Little Green St. (E. side of H. Road) with 8 old-fashioned cottages; 2 st. and 2 plus attics; round projecting windows; small panes of glass; quaint; been done up; decent. Pink. These on N. side. On the S. are 2 or 3 more modern but much worse houses; 2 and 3 st. light blue."

(The colours in this description refer to Booth's poverty classifications. Light blue was: "Poor. 18s. to 21s. a week for a moderate family". Pink was "Fairly comfortable. Good ordinary earnings.")

Miss Porter s School

Miss Porter's School Sued Over Expulsion

Tatum Bass appeared to be thriving at the elite Miss Porter's School in Farmington.

The senior from South Carolina ran track and belonged to a Christian fellowship group. She traveled to Peru with other students to help renovate an orphanage and regularly made the honor roll. In a sign of the boarding student's social standing, her peers this year elected Bass to serve on the Nova Nine — a panel of nine seniors that leads the student body — as the student activities coordinator responsible for the prom and other events.

Then, over the past three months, Bass became a campus pariah and was expelled from the all-girls private school in November.

A federal lawsuit filed recently in U.S. District Court in New Haven contends that students in a "secret society" orchestrated a bullying campaign against Bass for her role early this school year in planning a multi-school prom. The "Oprichniki," as the group called itself according to the suit, apparently was named after the 16th-century Russian secret police that brutally eliminated the czar's enemies.
In the civil suit against Miss Porter's and its head of school, Katherine Windsor, Bass family attorneys say some girls, unhappy over the Nova Nine's plans to hold a joint prom with students from other schools, made Tatum Bass a target. The harassment weighed so heavily on Bass, according to the suit, that she missed about a week of school.

The suit says the school's decision last month to expel her was based largely on the unexcused absences and "violations of school rules." The suit also acknowledges that Bass was suspended from school this fall for cheating on a test.

But the lawsuit contends that Bass only cheated because she was frazzled by the harassment and that Windsor and other Miss Porter's officials neglected their duty to stop the abuse, despite repeated pleas for intervention from Bass and her parents.
School officials declined to comment on any aspect of the suit, including the existence of a Miss Porter's Oprichniki or school policies on bullying.

"It's very important for me to respect the privacy of the Bass family," Windsor said.

Classmates, the suit says, belittled Bass for having attention deficit disorder. They called her "retarded," yelled expletives at her at a school dance and taunted her — through "text messages, on Facebook and in person about being stupid and threatened to boycott the prom because of her," the suit says.

The family is seeking a judgment voiding the expulsion as improper, along with Bass' reinstatement at Miss Porter's as a student in good standing and a temporary injunction preventing the school from reporting the expulsion to colleges where Bass has applications pending. The lawsuit also seeks more than $75,000 in damages and legal fees.

Attorney Heather Spaide of the Bridgeport firm Cohen and Wolf P.C., which is representing Tatum Bass, did not return requests for comment.

The Oprichniki

The lawsuit singles out the girls in the Oprichniki as responsible for much of the harassment.

"Oprichniki members were at the forefront of taunting Tatum in class and advising others" about her ADD, the suit says.

Some students also circulated a petition within the senior class that sought to cancel out Bass' vote as a member of the Nova Nine in an attempt to derail plans for the multi-school prom, according to the lawsuit.

The original Oprichniki were ruthless loyalists to Ivan the Terrible. Dressed in black, they rode through the Russian countryside on black horses and carriages and were said to impale, drown, hang, mutilate and sometimes boil alive any suspected traitors. Their emblem — a dog's head and a broom — was a reminder of how efficient they were in sniffing and sweeping out the czar's enemies.

Bill Bass, president of an insurance agency, and Nina Bass, a pediatric psychiatrist, flew to Connecticut in late September to speak with Miss Porter's officials about the alleged bullying and its effect on their daughter, according to the suit. Nina Bass met with Windsor twice, the suit says, and after the trip repeatedly contacted Windsor and the school throughout October when the harassment didn't stop.

The family's attorneys contend that when Bass used her notes to finish an art history test on Oct. 27, it was a first-time cheating offense that the teen attributed to the emotional stress of weeks of bullying. The suit asserts that Bass was so disturbed by her own actions that she sought out Windsor in tears to confess. School officials, the suit says, then violated a Miss Porter's policy by alerting Vanderbilt University that Bass, an early decision applicant, had received a three-day suspension after that incident.

After serving the suspension off-campus, the suit says, Bass returned to her classes, but slept at a local hotel with her parents. More on-campus harassment made the environment "emotionally traumatic" for Bass, who sought medical treatment for anxiety and missed about a week of classes.

On Nov. 11, the suit says, a week before learning that school officials planned to expel her from Miss Porter's, Bill and Nina Bass went with their daughter to get a few things from her dorm room.

Inside, they found Tatum's belongings tossed in a corner, according to the suit. On her bed someone had placed a "For Rent" sign.