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Thursday, February 10, 2011

William “Bill” Joseph Laslo, age 65, of Finksburg

William J. Laslo (April 24, 1945 - February 9, 2011)



William “Bill” Joseph Laslo, age 65, of Finksburg, died Wednesday February 9, 2011 at University of Maryland Medical Center.

He was born April 24, 1945 in Martins Ferry, Ohio the son of Sue Maddy Percosky of Windber, PA and the late Constant Percosky.

He was the husband of Charlotte Quimby Laslo.

He was a veteran of the Army Reserve. William was a member of Ascension Episcopal Church. He worked as a computer systems analyst for the National Security Agency (NSA) at Ft. Meade, MD and retired after 42 years. He loved his work and went to Germany for 5 years where he was able to work and support the Department of Defense. He enjoyed fixing people’s computers and everything else.

William liked taking care of his bird, “Flippy” a cockatiel. Above all, he liked spending time with his family. In addition to his wife he is survived by children, Joseph Donald Laslo of Finksburg, Mara Linda Laslo of Baltimore and Gregory Thomas Laslo of Finksburg; siblings, Sharon Rench of Ohio, Constant Percosky of Bellevue, Nebraska, Kathy Holsinger of Johnstown, PA and Gregory Percosky of Johnstown, PA.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 11:00 A.M. at Ascension Episcopal Church, 23 North Court Street, Westminster with Father Ron Fisher officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Ascension Episcopal Church, designated for the Soup Kitchen.

Arrangements are by the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Westminster.  http://www.myersdurborawfh.com/index.cfm


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Thursday, June 24, 2010

McChrystal spoke truth to power


McChrystal spoke truth to power http://tinyurl.com/2757nx8

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and the inconvenient truth about “Mission Impossible”

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/06/mcchrystal-spoke-truth-to-power.html

Jun 23, 2010 ... President Barack Obama stripped Army General Stanley McChrystal of his command of US troops in Afghanistan for making disparaging remarks ... Gee, one may only imagine that journalists will have great access to the military now – maybe not…

What we are left with is a mixed bag.

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal got into trouble with the president and the leadership of the Democrat Party because he publicly said what many in the military and foreign policy development and execution have been saying privately for over a year.

The president had no choice but to relieve him of command.

Of course if Gen. McChrystal had uttered such observations during the Bush Administration, there would no end to the praise adulation from the very same Democrat leaders.

In the parlance of those on the left: McChrystal spoke truth to power.

McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan - Yahoo! News
Jun 23, 2010 ... President Barack Obama ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top US commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying that his scathing ...

Would that be this General Betray Us? http://tinyurl.com/2f9atzy

Or this General Betray Us? McCain Asks When Clinton Will Apologize to Petraeus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXcXzoHjqhE&feature=related

Gee, I’m guessing that the appointment of General Petraeus requires a certain “suspension of disbelief.”

The Obama administration's attitude towards the military makes the Clinton administration's view look respectful...

That said, what McChrystal did was wrong. The military protects freedom of speech - it does not practice it.

Not to perseverate upon the issue, however, if the American public were to be aware of the increasingly - absolutely seething intellectual revolt of the American military over the military practices and policy of the Obama administration, it would make the alarm over the economy present like Romper Room.

If the traditional media continues to cover-up for the president, it will only add gasoline to the fire.

I have wanted to write about it; however, I usually avoid anonymous sources... (The most vocal are former Obama supporters.)

I have been observing the military closely since the late 1960s and I find the current unrest in the military unnerving.

The grunts on the frontline in Afghanistan call the war effort, “Mission Impossible.”

In spite of his extraordinary service as a black ops warrior, I have not been a McChrystal fan of the role he has played as the top military commander in Afghanistan.

However firing Gen. McChrystal for expressing the opinion of an increasingly large majority of military could precipitate an even bigger crisis.

How the president handles this current matter is critical. To paraphrase someone wiser: “The inconvenient truth is that when it comes to the substance of his criticism, most in the military think McChrystal ‘was right.’”

While we are attempting to sort it all out, be sure to read the Baltimore Reporter’s June 23, 2010 post: Obama’s Rules of Engagement In Afghanistan Will Ensure Our Failure (Filed under: General, bad foreign policy, Democratic weakness in Defense and the War on Terror) — Robert Farrow from Flopping Aces: The new rules of fighting a war….Obama style, via George F. Will: (h/t The Captain’s Journal.)

It may be found here: http://www.baltimorereporter.com/?p=8158

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Related: "Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal (had) been summoned to Washington to explain a Rolling Stone article that includes highly critical comments by him and his staff about Vice President Biden, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry and other top Obama administration officials." - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062200813.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

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McChrystal's Job in Peril After Obama Slam

Obama leaving options open on firing McChrystal, Gibbs says
By Michael D. Shear, Ernesto Londo?o and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 5:05 AM
President Obama reacted angrily to derogatory comments by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, about administration officials involved in Afghan policy and is leaving his options open about firing him, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

Is Gen. Stanley McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire?
By Greg Jaffe and Ernesto Londono Washington Post Staff Writer
June 22, 2010 11:25 AM
Is Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire?

Obama the sphinx By Richard Cohen
June 21, 2010 4:33 PM
Like his foreign policy, Obama's intellectualism lacks heart.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal comments in Rolling Stone magazine
Ernesto Londono
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 10:09 AM
Washington Post foreign correspondent Ernesto Londono discusses the latest developments regarding Stanley McChrystal's interview with Rolling Stone magazine in which the top general criticized Obama administration policies in Afghanistan.

McChrystal's press aide resigns amid flap
By Ernesto Londono
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 9:33 AM
KABUL -- Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's civilian press aide resigned Tuesday over an upcoming magazine story that portrayed the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and some of his aides as derisive toward Obama administration officials.

Labels: Iraq War General David H Petraeus, Military McChrystal Gen Stanley, Politics Liberal hypocrisy, Pres 2009 44 Obama-Barack, World Middle East Afghanistan

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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Tweeting POTUS address to the nation 8 PM From West Point USMA


Tweeting POTUS address to the nation 8 PM From West Point USMA https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff

POTUS address to the nation 8 PM From West Point USMA

We did not ask for this fight. In Sept 11 2001 we were attached.

History lesson on Afghanistan

NATO Article 5 The attack on nation is an attack on us all

1st applause 8:05 PM on withdrawal info from Iraq

Discussion of March initiative in Afghanistan

Defensive about the time it took for review of our Afghanistan strategy

30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan

~Establishing a nexus of national defense lies with Afghanistan efforts

~Disrupt dismantle

~Deny safe haven

Pursue military strategy Contributions from our allies Withdrawal in July 2011 consistent with facts on the ground

Civilian strategy The days of providing a blank check are over.

Linkage with Pakistan US and Pakistan share a common enemy

3 core approaches military civilian and partnership with Pakistan

1. This is not Vietnam 2. We cannot do what we need to do with our current force level 3. Timetable necessary

Transitioning to a discussion of the economics of the war effort. That’s why our commitment cannot be open-ending

Numerous use of “let me be clear,” yet I think that there has been no use of the word “unprecedented”

Waxing poetic about the strength of out nation and our values Indemnifying and justification as to why we fight in Afghanistan

2nd applause at 8:29 PM

3rd applause 8:31 PM Of the people by the people for the people

4th applause after plea for unity.

POTUS finished his speech at 8:33 PM
(Quite an odd speech... This after 3 months?)

Thursday, October 15, 2009

WSJ stipple artist Noli Novak cries foul over misappropriated art


CREDIT: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4768811

WSJ stipple artist Noli Novak claims Jose Maria Cano has misappropriated her art and that subsequently President Barack Obama “was scammed by the Spaniards and the Czechs”… with the allegedly plagiarized artwork…
WSJ stipple artista Noli Novak afirma José María Cano ha apropiado indebidamente de su arte y que, posteriormente, el Presidente Barack Obama "fue engañado por los españoles y los checos" ... con la obra supuestamente plagiado ...

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For more information on WSJ stipple artist Noli Novak, go here:

http://www.nolinovak.com/

http://hedcuts.blogspot.com/

Noli Novak's Music Site

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4768811

http://sec.online.wsj.com/community/groups/wsj-stippledot-drawingshedcuts-571/topics/

UPDATE ON MY "CON EXPO" TIRADE

JOSE MARIA CANO, WHAT EXACTLY IS HE DOING? ... […] ... Now, here's something I found especially appalling.

Please check out this link:

http://www.doxprague.org/en/exhibition?10/about

It reads: "Meeting with Vaclav Havel was the last point of Barack Obama's Prague visit. During this private meeting, Vaclav Havel presented American President Barack Obama - a portrait of the president by the Spanish artist José-María Cano.

"José-María Cano generously offered this painting to Vaclav Havel as a gift for Barack Obama", said Leos Valka, director of DOX, Centre for Contemporary art in Holesovice, Prague. The painting will be exhibited at the Centre from Thursday, April 9. until April 27, 2009. After that, the painting, measuring 210 x 149,5 cm, will travel to the White House. The portrait is created using the encaustic technique of painting with hot wax.

After viewing the exhibition Welcome to Capitalism!, which was on view at DOX Centre from last October to February this year, Vaclav Havel was enthusiastic about the Spanish artist's works. Therefore, DOX Centre's director, Leoš Válka offered President Vaclav Havel the option of presenting President Barack Obama with the portrait and Havel welcomed the idea."

This means a copy of a drawing I made was given as a gift to Vaclav Havel who then re-gifted it for president Obama?! And it's now hanging in the White House?! You can bet your knickers I will do my damndest to let the President know he was scammed by the Spaniards and the Czechs! ;-)))
Dice: "Reunión con Vaclav Havel fue el último punto de la visita de Barack Obama Praga. En el encuentro privado, Vaclav Havel presentó el Presidente americano Barack Obama - un retrato del presidente por el artista español José-María Cano.
"José María Cano ofreció generosamente este cuadro a Vaclav Havel como un regalo para Barack Obama", dijo Leos Valka, director de DOX, centro de arte contemporáneo en Holesovice, Praga. La pintura será exhibida en el Centro desde el jueves 9 de abril. hasta el 27 de abril 2009. Después de eso, la pintura, que mide 210 x 149,5 cm, viajará a la Casa Blanca. El retrato es creado utilizando la técnica de encáustica de la pintura con cera caliente.
Después de ver la exposición Bienvenido al capitalismo!, Que fue en la visión en DOX Centro desde octubre del año pasado a febrero de este año, Vaclav Havel, se entusiasmó con las obras del artista español. Por lo tanto, el director DOX Centro, Leoš Válka presidente Vaclav Havel ofreció la opción de presentar el Presidente Barack Obama con el retrato y Havel acogió con beneplácito la idea. "
Esto significa que una copia de un dibujo que hice fue dado como un regalo a Vaclav Havel, que luego re-dotados para el presidente Obama?! Y ahora cuelga en la Casa Blanca?! Usted puede apostar tus calzones haré mi Damndest para que el Presidente sabe que él fue engañado por los españoles y los checos! ;-)))

20091014 Nolin Novak

Related NPR Stories
Gilbert Stuart: Views of George Washington May 14, 2005
'Faces of the Fallen,' Art of War Dead March 23, 2005
Sunny Taylor: Portraits of Early Success March 6, 2005
National Geographic Portraits 'In Focus' Nov. 4, 2004
Painting Clinton's White House Portrait June 14, 2004
Three Artists, One Portrait Aug. 11, 2003
Sketches of World War II Soldiers on Display April 23, 2005
Why We Draw July 12, 2004
Leonardo's Drawings Make American Debut Feb. 15, 2003
Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman Jan. 16, 2003

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http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/10/wsj-stipple-artist-noli-novak.html http://tinyurl.com/ylzzlqv

@romenesko WSJ stipple artist Noli Novak blasts "plagiarist" Jose Maria Cano for blowing up her images, reselling them http://is.gd/4jGE0

http://twitpic.com/l41vz WSJ stipple artist Noli Novak commented: “Make no mistake, Jose Maria Cano is a con artist. This is my drawing that he simply blew up and made a FAKE newspaper clipping! I don't care if he printed it on paraffin or tattooed it on his mothers ass ... it's still my drawing!” (@Fant on October 13, 2009)

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Is President Obama media over-exposed?


Is President Obama media over-exposed?

Recent The Tentacle columns by Kevin Dayhoff on Obama over-exposed

http://www.thetentacle.com/

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September 16, 2009
Enough Already…
Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

In the last week, we have witnessed a full-court press by President Barack Obama, in his efforts to push forward broad sweeping health care reform. He’s everywhere. He’s everywhere…

September 9, 2009
Two Plus Two Equals Five
Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
By now we have all had an opportunity to either read or watch President Barack Obama’s national address to our schoolchildren that aired yesterday at high noon.

20090918 sdsom Recent TT on Obama overexposed
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Recent http://www.thetentacle.com/ columns by Kevin Dayhoff on Obama over-exposed

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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia

Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia

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Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia
Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House resigns Van Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en la Casa Blanca renuncia

Washington Post News Alert - 12:55 AM EDT Sunday, September 6, 2009 Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns – Washington Post News Alert - 12:55 AM EDT Domingo, 6 de septiembre 2009 asediado Obama Aide Van renuncia Jones --

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Washington Post News Alert - http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/J1AZY/CKFXFJ/1AGNHS/GENJC/QR/t 12:55 AM EDT Sunday, September 6, 2009 Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns –

http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/J1AZY/CKFXFJ/1AGNHS/UHC6E/QR/t Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements.
Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements. Van Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental, dimite tras semanas de presión de la derecha y una serie de revelaciones acerca de sus declaraciones anteriores.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com - http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/J1AZY/CKFXFJ/1AGNHS/TT08E/QR/t

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Cast of Characters Cast of Characters

White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism Asesor de la Casa Blanca Van Jones renuncia medio de la controversia sobre el pasado Activismo
Updated 12:53 am By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut Actualizado 12:53 am Por Garance Franke-Ruta y Anne E. Kornblut

White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of pressure from the right over his past activism. Asesor de la Casa Blanca, el medio ambiente Van Jones renunció el sábado después de semanas de presión de la derecha sobre su activismo pasado.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "En vísperas de la lucha histórica para el cuidado de la salud y la energía limpia, los opositores de la reforma han montado una campaña de desprestigio contra mí vicioso", dijo Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental, dijo en una declaración que anuncia su dimisión justo después de la medianoche del sábado. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide." "Están utilizando mentiras y distorsiones para distraer y dividir".

He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' Él continuó: "He sido inundada de llamadas - de todo el espectro político - me insta a" continuar y luchar. " But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future." Pero vine aquí para luchar por los demás, no por mí. No puedo, en conciencia, pido a mis colegas que gastar un tiempo precioso y energía en defender o explicar mi pasado. Necesitamos que todos manos a la obra, la lucha por el futuro ".

Jones issued two public apologies in recent days, one for signing a petition that questioned whether Bush administration officials "may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war" and the other for using a crude term to describe Republicans in a speech he gave before joining the administration. Jones publicó dos excusas públicas en los últimos días, uno para la firma de una petición que se preguntó si la administración Bush "de hecho puede haber permitido deliberadamente 9 / 11 a suceder, tal vez como un pretexto para la guerra" y el otro para usar un término del crudo para describir los republicanos en un discurso que pronunció antes de incorporarse a la administración.

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More: http://www.vanjones.net/ Más información: http://www.vanjones.net/

Who is Van Jones? ¿Quién es Van Jones?

Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. Van Jones es un pionero reconocido a nivel mundial, ganadora de premios en materia de derechos humanos y la economía de energía limpia. He is a 1993 graduate of the Yale Law School and an attorney. Él es un graduado 1993 de la Escuela de Derecho de Yale y un abogado.

Van wrote the definitive book on "green jobs": The Green Collar Economy. Van escribió el libro definitivo sobre "empleos verdes": La economía de cuello verde. In 2008 — thanks to a low-cost, viral marketing campaign — his book became an instant New York Times bestseller. En el año 2008 - gracias a un bajo costo, la campaña de marketing viral - su libro se convirtió en un instante New York Times bestseller. It is today being translated into six languages. Es hoy en día se traduce en seis idiomas.

As a tireless advocate for disadvantaged people and the environment, Van helped to pass America's first "green job training" legislation: the Green Jobs Act, which George W. Bush signed into law as a part of the 2007 Energy Bill. Como un incansable defensor de las personas desfavorecidas y el medio ambiente, Van ayudaron a pasar primero de América "formación en el empleo verde" la legislación: la Ley de Empleo Verde, que George W. Bush firmó la ley como parte de la Carta de la Energía 2007. He is the co-founder of a number of successful non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All. Él es el co-fundador de una serie de éxito de las organizaciones no lucrativas, incluidas las del Centro Ella Baker para los Derechos Humanos y Verde para Todos.

Van is the recipient of many awards and honors, including: the Reebok International Human Rights Award; the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader designation; the prestigious, international Ashoka Fellowship; and many more. Van es el recipiente de numerosos premios y honores, entre ellos: Reebok, Premio Internacional de los Derechos Humanos; Jóvenes del Foro Económico Mundial, Global Líder de la designación, el prestigio internacional Ashoka Fellowship, y muchos más. Van was included in the Ebony Magazine "Power 150" list of most influential African Americans for 2009. Van fue incluido en el "Ebony Magazine alimentación Lista 150" de los afro-americanos más influyentes en 2009. In 2008, Essence magazine named him one of the 25 most inspiring/influential African Americans. En 2008, la revista Essence lo nombró uno de los 25 más inspiradores / influyentes de los afroamericanos. TIME Magazine named him an environmental hero in 2008. Time Magazine nombró a él un héroe del medio ambiente en 2008. In 2009, TIME named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. En 2009, TIME le nombró una de las 100 personas más influyentes en el mundo.

In March 2009, Van went to work as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality. En marzo de 2009, Van se puso a trabajar como asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca para la Calidad Ambiental.

Thank you for visiting VanJones.net. Gracias por visitar VanJones.net. This is an unofficial site intended to provide some basic information to people interested in Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Este es un sitio no oficial destinado a proporcionar cierta información básica para las personas interesadas en Van Jones, Asesor Especial de empleos verdes, Empresa e Innovación en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental.

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Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns



Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns

Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House resigns

Washington Post News Alert - 12:55 AM EDT Sunday, September 6, 2009 Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns –


Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com - http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/J1AZY/CKFXFJ/1AGNHS/TT08E/QR/t

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Cast of Characters

White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism
Updated 12:53 a.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut

White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of
pressure from the right over his past activism.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future."

Jones issued two public apologies in recent days, one for signing a petition that questioned whether Bush administration officials "may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war" and the other for using a crude term to describe Republicans in a speech he gave before joining the administration.

[…]


Continue reading »

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More: http://www.vanjones.net/

Who is Van Jones?

Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. He is a 1993 graduate of the Yale Law School and an attorney.

Van wrote the definitive book on "green jobs": The Green Collar Economy. In 2008 — thanks to a low-cost, viral marketing campaign — his book became an instant New York Times bestseller. It is today being translated into six languages.

As a tireless advocate for disadvantaged people and the environment, Van helped to pass America's first "green job training" legislation: the Green Jobs Act, which George W. Bush signed into law as a part of the 2007 Energy Bill. He is the co-founder of a number of successful non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All.

Van is the recipient of many awards and honors, including: the Reebok International Human Rights Award; the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader designation; the prestigious, international Ashoka Fellowship; and many more. Van was included in the Ebony Magazine "Power 150" list of most influential African Americans for 2009. In 2008, Essence magazine named him one of the 25 most inspiring/influential African Americans. TIME Magazine named him an environmental hero in 2008. In 2009, TIME named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

In March 2009, Van went to work as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality.

Thank you for visiting VanJones.net. This is an unofficial site intended to provide some basic information to people interested in Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.


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Friday, August 07, 2009

Free Speech was great while it lasted

Free Speech was great while it lasted.

August 7, 2009

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Thursday, August 06, 2009

This week in The Tentacle



This week in The Tentacle

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
R.I.P. – Dr. Ira Zepp
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Last Saturday word spread quickly throughout the greater Carroll County community that Rev. Dr. Ira Gilbert Zepp, Jr., professor emeritus of the Religious Studies department at McDaniel College, had died peacefully at his home. He was 79 years old.

Rainforest World Music Festival
Tom McLaughlin
Santubong, Sarawak, Malaysia – Shhhhhh! It’s a secret! Don’t tell anybody! I want to hoard this event for just my friends! I don’t want anymore people to come. As far as I am concerned, there were just enough people here a weekend or two ago.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
“Uppity Negro” vs. “Racist Pig”
Roy Meachum
Any American who can see or hear knows exactly who are the “uppity negro” and the “racist pig.” That’s how each is described by radical elements in both camps. Their names may not be remembered. Their professions are: Harvard professor and Cambridge Police sergeant. The reality will probably offend more Henry Louis Gates, Jr., than James Crowley.

Motorcycle Touring – Part 3
Nick Diaz
Everyone needs to eat. On the road you, the touring motorcyclist, have two choices. You could buy food in a grocery store and prepare it yourself, or you can pay someone else to prepare the food. You cannot just go to the refrigerator and grab something, or drive to your favorite restaurant. While touring by motorcycle, you'll have to get food wherever you can.

Monday, August 3, 2009
Failure may be the only option
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
Okay, by now you have to have spent time wondering why, in spite of all of the rhetoric thrown around over the last few decades, we’re no closer to substantive and meaningful healthcare reform than we’ve been before.

More-on Medicine!
Steven R. Berryman
Call me crazy, but I want to live longer, and into a fruitful old age. All events surrounding healthcare reform convince me of the opposite!

Friday, July 31, 2009
Those Movie Rating
Roy Meachum
Various groups have protested to the media how Hollywood advertises its product to the public; the G, PG, PG13, R and NC-17 appraisals have been found lacking. It seems today that before allowing a child to go off to a moving picture, parents should see the picture first.

So you want to buy a car?
Joe Charlebois
The American automobile industry, General Motors, Chrysler and Ford Motor Co. are publically traded corporations, private industry that – for the most part – has struggled to survive the marketplace in the past two decades. There are a multitude of reasons that the Big Three are failing while their foreign-owned counterparts have tapped into greater percentages of the American market share.

Thursday, July 30, 2009
Who is watching the cookie jar?
Chris Cavey
At our family reunion last weekend, conversation turned to Maryland’s politics. Not that political talk is uncommon at this type of gathering, however, this time the facial expressions of the miscellaneous kinfolk gathered for this chat told me there was both interest and concern on many levels.

Summer Reading List
Michael Kurtianyk
Ah! The joys of summer! As the days get longer and I am busy with work, I love beginning the day (6 A.M.) with a cup of coffee, The Frederick News-Post (Washington Post on Sundays), and then a chapter or two of a book I am currently reading. So, I’d like to share with my readers my summer reading list:

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Black and blue and stupid, too
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Thursday afternoon, July 16, the otherwise peaceful and stately Ware Street in Cambridge, MA, within shouting distance of Harvard University, became the latest ground zero for a debate over race relations in our country.

Stranger No More
Tom McLaughlin
Kampung Boyan, Sarawak, Malaysia – The sampans ply the Sarawak River between two docks. On one side, where I live, is the city with tall buildings like the Hilton, Grand Margurita (formerly the Holiday Inn), Harbor View Hotel and my 16 story edifice housing my modern condo. These are all at least 10 stories high.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Not Forgotten! Not Quite!
Roy Meachum
To emphasize the new importance America’s current president gives to the war we had been told was finished, The Washington Post prints separately the names of those lost in Afghanistan; they were once “lumped in” with Iraq. Saturday’s edition published Germantown’s Rodrigo A. Mungula Rivas among the other dead soldiers. He was 27.

The Eyes of the Beholder
Farrell Keough
What an interesting week of racism. First we had a non-hearing on the confirmation of a proposed Supreme Court justice. And most recently we had the President of the United States defending a Harvard scholar for incendiary statements toward a policeman. It seems we have finally reached a point where racism is acceptable in some circles, as long as it is the ‘right’ kind of racism.

What are the answers?
Bill Brosius
Circumstances are troubling today. No one in the current Obama Administration seems terribly concerned. The president appears to think they can be ignored, or he can apologize for the USA, and every potential problem will melt away. The axis of evil is no more? Terrorists have mended their ugly ways? There are no latent catastrophic threats for us?

Monday, July 27, 2009
Why Take Back America?
Steven R. Berryman
To the uninitiated, the very concept of a “meet-up group” can be worrisome, and a bit unsettling. With much curiosity about our local splinter organization emerging from the original “Tea Party Movement,” I jumped into the fray last Friday night at the Hampton Inn’s meeting room.

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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Black and blue and still stupid, too

Black and blue and still stupid, too

By Kevin Dayhoff July 29, 2009 – August 5, 2009
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Almost three weeks have passed since Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar, was arrested in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just outside of Harvard University…

And yet, there are folks who seem to not be able to let go.

“Cambridge police say they responded to the well-maintained two-story home after a woman reported seeing ‘two males with backpacks on the porch,’ with one ‘wedging his shoulder into the door as if he was trying to force entry.’”

As for the rest of the story, the details are easily found in print, on the Internet and on television – as well as analysis of the incident – and an analysis of the analysis, ad nauseum.

Hopefully by the time you read this column the country will have collectively rediscovered that our nation is involved in two foreign wars, a recalcitrant economy in the toilet, and a raging debate over healthcare reform – to name just a few of the challenges.

At the time of Dr. Gates’ arrest,one headline screamed, “Harvard Prof Arrested; Gates Tried To Get Into Own House.”

However, as more facts come to light, the incident began to remind many of the infamous Duke lacrosse players’ debacle some time ago in which an African American female claimed that she had been assaulted the lacrosse team at a party.

Race, class, old wounds, and privilege immediately came into play. The media, along with other individuals who should know better, such as a large number of the Duke University faculty, jumped to broad-sweeping horrid conclusions before all the facts were known. Then there were extreme consequences.

After all the facts became clear, it became apparent that no crime had been committed except for extreme stupidity on the part of a whole host of bad actors.

As for the recent incident in Cambridge, Massachusetts; in days gone by, in an era long before the cable news and blogosphere-overloaded information – or disinformation – dissemination architecture, the story may have been lived and died in one or two news cycles.

However, the story quickly grew legs when cable news seized it as yet another example of law and order lunacy, not unlike last summer’s nightmare of police officers breaking into the home of a popular small town Maryland mayor and shooting his two dogs. Oops.

It is the latest saga of bad public relations for law enforcement in our country. Nevermind the detail that the facts do not support the hype in the case of the Cambridge incident.

Whether the example is speed cameras, red light cameras; or the recent incident where members of one law enforcement agency performed an undercover drug operation in Statesboro, NC, in which they arrested a member of another agency’s undercover operation; members of the public are continuing to be pre-disposed to believe that law enforcement in our country is becoming a bad Saturday Nigh Live skit.

Everyone immediately analyzed the recent Cambridge incident through the prism of his or her own experiences. Even those of us who grew up in small town America, where the local police officer was your friend, and helped you put your chain back on your bicycle; began to recall bad memories of our own war stories of dealing with overly officious adrenaline-driven police officers with the common sense of a goldfish.

The police report was scoured with a fine toothcomb looking for clues as to what really happened. The report may be found here (http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/07/23/0498.001.pdf.)
In the final analysis, President Barack Obama lost his script as the great uniter and weighed in badly as the great divider at a news conference last week, and further disseminated bad information by saying the Cambridge police department acted stupidly.

Never one to miss an opportunity to use race to promote himself, the Rev. Al Sharpton also weighed-in.

In the final stage, most all the finger-pointers have egg on their face and are walking back what they said in haste and spinning it for all its worth.

The news media was only too happy to help the president walk back his unfortunate hasty words, when it was revealed that Dr. Gates may have, in reality, precipitated and participated in his own victimization by his unprofessional and uncivil treatment of the police officer involved in the incident.


Here is what I wrote for The Tentacle last Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Black and blue and stupid, too

Kevin E. Dayhoff July 29, 2009

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3287

On Thursday afternoon, July 16, the otherwise peaceful and stately Ware Street in Cambridge, MA, within shouting distance of Harvard University, became the latest ground zero for a debate over race relations in our country.

For everyone who wishes that the debate would just go away, the uneasy discussion over racial relations in America continues to take one step forward and two steps back.

This story gets tedious quickly. On July 20, The Associated Press reported: “Police responding to a call about ‘two black males’ breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there – Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar.

“Gates had forced his way through the front door because it was jammed… Colleagues call the arrest last Thursday afternoon a clear case of racial profiling.”

The plot followed an all too familiar storyline. First there were the initial sensational reports in the media that a prominent African American scholar, at Harvard, no less, was arrested at his own home for breaking into his own house.

Unfortunately, for black males in our country, it is a story that is all-too familiar.

However, as more facts come to light, the incident began to remind many of the infamous Duke lacrosse players’ debacle some time ago in which an African American female claimed that she had been assaulted by the lacrosse team at a party.

After all the facts became clear, it was obvious that no crime had been committed – except for extreme stupidity on the part of a whole host of bad actors.

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Friday, July 31, 2009

Recent columns in The Tentacle by Kevin Dayhoff





Recent columns in The Tentacle by Kevin Dayhoff
Biography

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July 29, 2009
Black and blue and stupid, too
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Thursday afternoon, July 16, the otherwise peaceful and stately Ware Street in Cambridge, MA, within shouting distance of Harvard University, became the latest ground zero for a debate over race relations in our country.

July 22, 2009
The Ironies of Empathy
Kevin E. Dayhoff
As last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court quickly becomes a distant summer memory, the ranking Republican member, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions assured that the nomination will get a full Senate vote on her confirmation before the Senate goes on recess August 7.

July 15, 2009
Remembering the Sacrifice of Vietnam
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Saturday, at 1 P.M., members of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Air Cavalry Troop – the Black Horse Regiment, from all over the country – will pause to remember the fallen from the Vietnam War at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park at Willis and Court Streets in Westminster. The public is invited.

July 8, 2009
Palin Derangement Syndrome
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Last Friday the liberal hate machine gasped in collective horror at the very idea that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may not be around in the foreseeable future and be the object of anger looking for a safe victim.

July 1, 2009
Zelaya has left the building
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Early Sunday morning four units, consisting of 200 soldiers of the military in Honduras, stormed the presidential palace in the capitol, Tegucigalpa, at 6, arrested and bundled-up their pajama-clad president, Manuel Zelaya, and carted him off to the airport and flew him to Costa Rica.

June 24, 2009
Irony Deficient
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Half-way across the globe on June 12, the volatile and enigmatic theocratic nation of Iran held elections in which the Iranian government counted 32 million hand-written paper ballots in about three hours and declared the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad victorious.

June 17, 2009
The fall'll probably kill ya!
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Monday, the ever-perpetual campaigner in chief, President Barack Obama, took his health care reform road show to Chicago for a 55-minute speech before the American Medical Association’s annual convention.

June 10, 2009
Obamamobile hits a bump
Kevin E. Dayhoff
With the checkered flag in sight, late last Monday afternoon, with only minutes to spare before the 4 o’clock deadline set by Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg caused the fast-tracked Obama economic recovery plan for Chrysler – and GM - to hit a speed bump.

June 3, 2009
Sotomayor – Break Her and You Die
Kevin E. Dayhoff
At 10:13 A.M. on May 26, President Barack Obama introduced to a breathless nation, a fawning audience, and a mesmerized press, his selection to replace retiring U. S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter – Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit of New York.
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