The American Spectator

The American Spectator: "James R. Clapper Jr. headed the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is now Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and the Director of Defense Intelligence. In October 2003, Clapper told reporters that 'satellite imagery showing a heavy flow of traffic from Iraq into Syria, just before the American invasion in March, led him to believe that illicit weapons material 'unquestionably' had been moved out of Iraq,' as the New York Times reported."

The Volokh Conspiracy - -

The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Even if you do believe that those defaulting on subprime mortgages are innocent victims, any government bailout for them is likely to create innocent victims of its own: The taxpayers who will be forced to pay for it."

Murderous Hummers?

My Way - Sports News: "Cornelius police said the Mazda that Herbert's children were in attempted to pass a third car when it went out of control and collided with a Hummer."

Muskegon Chronicle advocates 16 year lod drop outs!

mlive.com: "It seems to us that 16 is a reasonable year for youngsters and families to determine whether high school is a continuing good fit."

How Bush Decided on the Surge

How Bush Decided on the Surge: "And the president chose not to deal with his hosts, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as a commander in chief would address subordinates. He hadn't come to the military brass's turf simply to order the five chiefs and two combatant commanders to begin a 'surge' of additional troops in Iraq and to pursue a radical change in strategy. For that, he might have summoned them to the Oval Office or the Situation Room in the basement of the White House. He had come to the Pentagon to persuade and cajole, not command."

ooof!

My Way - Sports News: "Playing off Michigan running back Mike Hart referring to Michigan State as a little brother last fall, the Breslin Center crowd chanted, 'Little Sisters! Little Sisters!' toward the end of the game."

Don't tweak the Izzoners.

Football wisdom

Subject: Fw: Football Wisdom !!

At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any." Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.
"Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game.
"After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that."! Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." Lou Holtz / Arkansas
"When you win, nothing hurts." Joe Namath / Alabama
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated." Lou Holtz / Arkansas
"If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!" Bear Bryant / Alabama
"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall." Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." Woody Hayes / Ohio State
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation." Bob Devaney / Nebraska
"In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant." Wally Butts / Georgia
"You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life." Paul Dietzel / LSU
When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. "No, but you can see it from here." Lou Holtz / Arkansas
"I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game." Bear Bryant / Alabama
"There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line." Matty Bell / SMU
"Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died." Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
"I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's." Alex Karras / Iowa
"My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor." Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades." Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
"Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David. " Shug Jordan/ Auburn
"They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces." Darrell Royal / Texas
"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"They whipped us like a tied up goat." Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: "Well,Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good." Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel." Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport." Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his post-game message to his team: "All those who need showers, take them." John McKay / USC
"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education." Murray Warmath / Minnesota
"The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"Oh,we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon." Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches." Darrell Royal / Texas
"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking." John McKay / USC
"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad. Darrell Royal / University of Texas
"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football" John Heisman

Lansing State Journal: Among 50 large cities, Detroit ranked worst place to have a baby

Lansing State Journal: Among 50 large cities, Detroit ranked worst place to have a baby: "Motor City moms would be disappointed to find out that a fitness magazine ranked Detroit as the worst place to have a baby out of the 50 largest cities in America.
In its February/March issue, Fit Pregnancy ranked Detroit last based on affordability, birth risks and health factors, breastfeeding, birthing options, stroller friendliness, fertility services, quality of hospitals and doctors, safety and quality of child care."

Free smoke detector giveaway begins

Free smoke detector giveaway begins: "Red Cross volunteers will go door-to-door on four dates over the next two months to check and, if necessary, install free smoke detectors in Grand Rapids neighborhoods.
Saving Lives At The Sound is a program aimed at putting a smoke detector in every home."

Gateway Pundit: 10 Years Young-- The Clinton "Saddam Has Nukes" Speech (Video)

Gateway Pundit: 10 Years Young-- The Clinton "Saddam Has Nukes" Speech (Video): "Together, we must confront the new hazards of chemical and biological weapons and the outlaw states, terrorists, and organized criminals seeking to acquire them. Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade and much of his nation's wealth not on providing for the Iraqi people but on developing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them."

Big belly up?

Economics & Finance business Articles - MLive.com: "The parent company of Old Country Buffet, Fire Mountain and Ryan's Steakhouse has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Buffet Holdings Inc. said its 626 restaurants, including two in the Grand Rapids area, will remain open as it reorganizes."

Survey: Norton Shores residents want more services, but not at higher cost - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com#more

Survey: Norton Shores residents want more services, but not at higher cost - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com#more

The Corner on National Review Online

The Corner on National Review Online: "Check out the charts on economist Mark Perry’s Carpe Diem blog site. They show that the U.S. share of world GDP and its world stock market capitalization are shrinking. This is not a bad thing. It does not mean that America is heading downwards. On the contrary, it means that newly freed economies are heading up."

Ask the pilot, Patrick Smith, Air-traffic crisis | Salon Technology

Ask the pilot, Patrick Smith, Air-traffic crisis Salon Technology: "I woke to the following headline: 'Bush Pressures FAA to Act on Flight Delays.' With the number of commercial flights soaring to an all-time high, congestion at airports has never been worse."

The bravest woman in America

Metro Pulse: "But as the four-engine propellor-driven plane taxied down the tarmac, it skidded off the icy pavement, through a cyclone fence, and into a ditch. The left wing broke, and the plane burst into a gasoline fire.
As the cabin filled with smoke, passengers screamed. Some were on fire themselves.
Frankie Housley was the lone stewardess. She was a striking young woman with dark-brown hair and darker eyes, so dark that some described them as black. The 24-year-old had been a stewardess for only five months, but she took charge of the situation. “Take it easy,” she commanded soldiers."

Ankle Biting Pundits » Blog Archive » In Philly, Public Employee Pension And Benefit Costs Bankrupting City

Ankle Biting Pundits » Blog Archive » In Philly, Public Employee Pension And Benefit Costs Bankrupting City: "this depressing report done by the Pew Charitable Trust and Economic League of Philadelphia, which shows that the cost of public employee pensions and health care benefits are crippling the city’s finances."

Tavern owners' objections help sink church's plan - mlive.com

Tavern owners' objections help sink church's plan - mlive.com: "A small local church was denied permission Tuesday to locate in a large, unused building on Sherman Boulevard last occupied by a Tony Betten & Sons Lincoln-Mercury dealership.
The pastor and his flock were barred -- in part -- by two bars.
Muskegon planning commissioners denied the Celebration Community Church's request for a special-use permit on a 5-3 vote.
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Pentagon Heavy Airlift Helicopter Designs - 6 Chinook Replacements for Army in Iraq - Popular Mechanics

Pentagon Heavy Airlift Helicopter Designs - 6 Chinook Replacements for Army in Iraq - Popular Mechanics

The Rainbow Coalition Evaporates by Steven Malanga, City Journal Winter 2008

The Rainbow Coalition Evaporates by Steven Malanga, City Journal Winter 2008: "“Massive illegal immigration has been devastating to my community,” Anderson, a former auto mechanic and longtime South Central Los Angeles resident, tells listeners. “Black Americans are hit the hardest.”"

Good advice

Kudlow's Money Politic$: "The idea is to stay long-term. Younger investors should be 100 percent in stocks. Middle-aged investors should be about 80 percent in stocks. And elderly investors should probably be about 50/50 between stocks and bonds."

WZZM13 - Grand Rapids teachers protest lack of progress in contract talks

WZZM13 - Grand Rapids teachers protest lack of progress in contract talks: "They want safer classrooms, higher pay and they want the district to continue paying 100 percent of their health care premiums."

Judge orders Delphi to slash executive bonuses by 81%

Judge orders Delphi to slash executive bonuses by 81%: "A judge says he would approve Delphi's bankruptcy exit plan once the auto supplier reduces the total payout of cash bonuses to top executives.

The judge told Delphi to slash executive cash bonuses to a total of $16.5 million from a proposed $ 87.9 million - an 81% reduction."

$8.00 an hour?

Fulton to pay students in after-school program ajc.com: "Forty students from Creekside High and Bear Creek Middle schools in Fairburn will be the first to try the 'Learn & Earn' program, where students will get paid to attend after-school tutoring programs."

Hispanics "racists"?

Power Line: At the end of the rainbow coalition?: "The apparent hostility of Hispanic Democrats to Barack Obama on racial grounds seemed to play a prominent role in the Nevada caucuses last week. Obama lost hugely to Clinton in Nevada among Hispanics (23-64 according to Newsday). Why? Last week's New York Times story by Adam Nagourney and on black-Hispanic tensions stays resolutely on the surface. It's a phenomenon that we would be learning much more about if it were occurring within the Republican Party."

My Way News - Study: False Statements Preceded War

My Way News - Study: False Statements Preceded War: "A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks."

Cal Study: Rich Countries Do $1.8 Trillion Damage To Poor Countries - News Story - KNTV | San Francisco

Cal Study: Rich Countries Do $1.8 Trillion Damage To Poor Countries - News Story - KNTV San Francisco

Getting in Shape Reduces Death Risk -- Newsday.com

Getting in Shape Reduces Death Risk -- Newsday.com

Missing Cat Found In Owner's Suitcase , Fla. Woman's 10-Month Old Missing Cat Found In Owner's Lost Suitcase - CBS News

Missing Cat Found In Owner's Suitcase , Fla. Woman's 10-Month Old Missing Cat Found In Owner's Lost Suitcase - CBS News: "The last time cat-owner Kelly Levy saw her tiger-striped feline was before she took her husband to the airport. The 24-year-old came back to her house late Friday to find the bottom step, where Gracie Mae would usually be waiting, empty."

Philly's cold shoulder - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Philly's cold shoulder - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "The youth of Philadelphia are in danger. Nearly 112,000 children — over 30 percent of children in the city — live beneath the poverty line. There are as many as 3,900 homeless families in Philadelphia. Only about half of Philadelphia ninth-graders graduate from high school within four years, and last year's state standardized math and reading tests came back to 11th graders in Philadelphia public schools with 70 percent of scores below proficient. In 2006, 1,030 young Philadelphians between the ages of 7 and 24 were shot; 179 kids were murdered."

Scientists: Warm seas may mean fewer hurricanes -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Scientists: Warm seas may mean fewer hurricanes -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: "Observations from 1854 to 2006 show almost all the world's oceans have warmed, particularly in large areas of the tropical regions of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, the study found. That warming has increased vertical wind shear in the Atlantic and suppressed hurricane activity, the NOAA study found."