In case you haven't heard,Terry O'Neill, current president of NOW had much to say; to quote LA Times website... "I am blown away at the celebration of the violence against women in it," she said. "That's what comes across to me even more strongly than the anti-abortion message. I myself am a survivor of domestic violence, and I don't find it charming. I think CBS should be ashamed of itself."
WOW, did we all watch the same commercial? I mean I was stuck in snowmaggedon, but CBS are you listening? I think you are in trouble. BIG trouble. I'm flying today, but I bet CBS is practically shutdown with all people boycotting their programming. I feel really bad for KBOI TV in Boise, everyone please take candles down to the station.
Lee here, dropping a few words as Dennis encouraged me recently to do. I've lived in Boise for quite a few years, but as the title says...
Yep - born in New Orleans in `66, family has lived in New Orleans since the mid 1800's, so I have some history. I actually did go to Saints games and wore the first, unofficial, game attire - a brown paper bag. If you don't know that whole bit, just go Bing/Google "Aints" and New Orleans.
My food for tomorrow's Superbowl? Tami's Red Beans & Rice. My drink for tomorrow (if I could buy them here) would be Barqs in very cold GLASS bottles. Those who know, know what I mean, so I'll have to just wait a week. I'll be there, in my first city, on February 13th. I tried to get down there yesterday, but the airfare was too costly. I tried to explain to friends what it would be like to "be in that place" if the Saints win tomorrow. I'm sure the city and my family will still be enjoying things and I'll just coast into a wonderful reunion. If the Saints lose on Sunday, then I'll just have to relish in the fact that we are no longer part of the group of teams that has never been to the Big Game and I'll look forward to next season to go all the way.
One thing `bout Saints fans I think all should know; this goes beyond passion, beyond reason, beyond faith, beyond anything you can imagine. The Saints are more than a team to the diaspora of New Orleans folk; they are our family, they are the one thing that our hopes and dreams are connected to. Now don't get all religious here - this is sports, not Jesus. But when you are a group of people that should have been wiped off the face of the earth many times in the modern history of 500 years, you get an attitude. When as a recent son, born between "Hurricane Aunts" Betsy and Camille, and you have close relatives that lose everything and have to rebuild over and over again, you get an attitude. When as a city you are looked at as so stupid to live in a bowl of bayou with the Mississippi constricting around just waiting to receive the next disaster - it gives you an attitude... that maybe, just maybe, this is our moment to LIVE! This is our moment to BREATHE! This is our moment to see the SUN!
Who Dat, Who Dat, Who Dat Say They Gonna Beat Dem Saints...
To hear/stream all the kewl & krazy Saints songs head over to wwl's website - my favs are Bring Em to the Dome, Who Dat & Ying Yang Twins Crunk, plus the whole punk-ish style of "The Saints are Coming" by U2 and Green Day, makes me think of the movie Boondock Saints. Remember when #17, Robert Meachem ripped the ball from Washington's #41 who had just intercepted Drew Brees throw? Yeah, look out, The Saints Are Coming...
In case you haven't heard, and only know what was shown Monday night on Fox Sports' broadcast of BSU's win at the Fiesta Bowl, the "cowbell girl' does smile! Her story has lit up the internet in a special way and many people are either embarrassed or excited.
One of the most respected think tanks in America has weighed in on prisons, budgets along with the staffed, safe and sober house issue. Fascinating piece, and you know where I stand. Take time to read and then respond, if you would. At what point do you think our current path deserves a 2nd or 3rd look?
Right from their about section – "The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life."
Now I try to walk with a higher power than knowledge -> Veritas vos liberabit
Please read the whole article and Conicio Mihi Ossis
Think of being 16 years old, on your way as an observer, to a national Bowl Game, when the night before you're given a chance to meet one of the truly "greats" of NFL Football.
What would you do?
Well, let me tell you what young Justin Gaupp, die-hard BSU fan, did this evening.
He and I (along with other friends) were given a chance-meeting tonight to be with Coach Chuck Knox , legendary NFL Coach and inspiration for now-greats like Redskins Coach Jim Zorn.
Coach Knox was at his daughter's house - down the street from where Justin, his dad Lee and the rest of us are staying the night prior to the Poinsettia Bowl Game tomorrow.
I had already decided to take my BEST orange BSU cap with me to give to Coach Knox. During a conversation that Justin and I were having, it became clear that we ought to get Coach Knox's signature on the hat so that Justin could give it to Coach Pete prior to the game, if at all possible.
Will Coach Pete care? Hmmm. Will young Justin succeed? Hmmmm. If I were Coach Pete, I'd REALLY want anything connected to Coach Chuck Knox near me the ENTIRE game...for good luck....or good fortune.
Here are some photos that prove our night and will hopefully open the door for Justin to hand over the BSU hat with Coach Knox's autograph ESPECIALLY for the Poinsettia Game.
Any BSU coach or staff person (Gene Blaymire?) who can make this happen, please call Justin's dad, Lee Gaupp, at 1-208-863-7830.
I was watching the local news coverage of weekend rallies planned by Idaho's/other States' opponents to California's recently passed Proposition 8 - which negated the CA Supreme Court's May '08 decision to allow same-sex marriage.
The newly-minted public policy decision by CA's electorate to deny their Supreme Court from determining the state's public policy on same-sex marriage was met by a mini-firestorm of resentment and anger. (Hmmm...for some reason, I never saw the McCain/Palin team hosting regional rallies two weeks after the election implying hate or anything else, but I might have missed them...See, they lost the public policy debate for President/VP....and the debate was over.)
In fact, cleverly woven into the signs were various uses of the term "H8". Pretty good use of symbols, I thought - though I disagreed with them - still, creativity should always be given its due....even when it might be disingenuous.
Hate? Because the public has decided over and over again that same sex marriage is inappropriate for the United States? The President-elect is not in favor of it. Neither is Joe Biden, nor Teddy Kennedy. Even Elton John doesn't want same sex "marriage". They all prefer civil unions...but not marriage.
Do they hate same sex couples? So, why the use of the word "hate"? Is there ever a time when this word can be rightly used?
Well, historically we can say "Hitler hated the Jews". Correctly, we can say " the KKK hates minorities."
And if you lived through the civil war in Lebanon, as did Brigitte Gabriel, you can say that many Arabs hate the Jews and Israel....and , from her life story, be accurate.
In fact, she's written a very personal memoir of the years she and her parents lived in a bunker during that time, entitled "Because They Hate.". I'm reading it right now. I'll put her bio, etc below so you can read up on her and visit her website.
I suppose this weekend's news reports, coupled with being deeply in the middle of her book caused me to wonder out loud: " Do the soft-seated fill-in-the-blank cubical employees and others who attended the downtown rally in support of same-sex marriage REALLY even have a clue regarding H8?" I'm just not sure.....but I bet Ms. Gabriel has an opinion.
First and foremost I'm glad we have KTVB Channel 7. Their news program is tops, I always go there first for my local coverage of news! If you haven't tried the website via your cell phone go try now…it is amazing (of course you have to have a decent cell phone).Coverage of weather is also great! The coverage of local high school sports is pretty cool, and I'm sure they get the high school teen and parent crowd for that. Their new(er) 24/7 channel is nice to have when you miss the normal news program time slot. But, do you cringe, when after you've seen ESPN's coverage of BSU and you have to watch BSU play on KTVB?
Saw a piece in the news about a fellow who graduated from BYU who was excommunicated from the LDS church prior to receipt of his diploma.
The story told a strange tale: his leaving the church prevented him from the diploma. Hogwash.
Sounds to me like anti-Mormon prejudice...and I am not LDS...just logical and (hopefully) more fair-minded than the reporter.
Dennis "iPhone" Mansfield
Not sure if you remember my posting that Senator Obama's incredibly poor decision to choose Senator Joe Biden could ultimately come to be seen as the equivalent of Senator George McGovern's equally incredibly poor choice of Senator Thomas Eagleton, as his running mate in 1972. What, no McGovern-Eagleton '72 buttons and signs?
Probably because there are none - at least none that can be found. Eagleton was replaced by Kennedy-esque R. Sargent Shriver, just weeks after the Democrat Convention. By the way...they lost.
So, read the following piece from DC that was circulated all across the US just minutes ago. Gary Bauer's reach is amazing....he's skeptical that it could/would happen. I am not.
Remember, www.Dennismansfield.com was the first blog in America that connected the Palin-TR comparisons.
Den
Bye, Bye Biden?
I’ve been getting a lot of messages lately about the rumor that Obama will drop Biden from the ticket next month and replace him with Hillary in an “October surprise” intended to offset the gains Senator McCain has made with his selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. I am skeptical about Hillary being on the ballot in November.
It would undermine Obama yet again on the key issue of experience and decisive leadership. We choose presidents to make tough decisions. You can’t vote “present” or change your mind on major decisions, like who should be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.
It would severely undermine Obama’s “change” mantra if a Clinton were on the ballot. Hillary is not forward-looking change, but a look to the past. Obama would be running for Bill Clinton’s third term.
Obama rarely admits he’s wrong or has made a mistake, and I don’t think he is capable of admitting that the selection of Biden – rather than Hillary – was the wrong choice. And what would that ultimately say about his candidacy if he has to admit that he is not strong enough to win without her?
Hillary comes with a lot of baggage, not the least of which is Bill, who recently said that Hillary wasn’t interested in being Obama’s running mate. I doubt those hard feelings have softened much since Obama so publicly dissed her by not even considering her for vice president.
It could actually backfire, further energizing conservatives to vote and turning Independents against Obama, many of whom never really liked Hillary. During the primaries, many polls consistently showed that Hillary was very unpopular with Independent voters.
Lastly, Hillary might not even accept. If Obama gets that desperate, there would still be a good chance he might lose anyway. It would be easier for Hillary to run in four years with the theme “I told you so” if she is not part of the losing ticket this time around.
Of course, with the Clintons, you “never say never,” and Biden is certainly doing his best to make the idea more attractive every day. From calling Obama campaign commercials “terrible” to taking contradictory stands on clean coal, Biden is living up to his reputation for having “foot-in-mouth” disease.
By the way, if John McCain had said, as Joe Biden recently did, that President Roosevelt went on the TV after the market crash in 1929, we’d be getting non-stop stories about the onset of senility and how unfit he is. (Roosevelt wasn’t president in 1929 and the television was still in the experimental stage.)
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