Don't worry America isn't the only country looking to spent billions on a
supposedly foolproof electronic ID card. Anything Alfred E. Nuemann,
oops i mean George W. Bush can do, Tony 'The Grin' Blair can do worse :P

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More proof of the liberal controlled media that hates America....

Bush said he shed the baggage of bigotry? ........and this gal gets invited to the White House for a private interview?

Marian Kester Coombs is a woman who believes America has become a "den of iniquity" thanks to "its efforts to accommodate minorities."

White men should "run, not walk" to wed "racially conscious" white women and avoid being out-bred by non-whites. Latinos are "rising to take this country away from those who made it," the "Euroamericans." Muslims are "human hyenas" who "smell blood" and are "closing in" on their "weakened prey," meaning "the white race." Blacks, Coombs sneers, are "saintly victims who can do no wrong." Black solidarity and non-white immigration are imposing "racial revolution and decomposition" in America.

Coombs describes herself as just "a freelance writer in Crofton, Maryland." But this is one writer who's a bit more well-positioned than she lets on.

Marian Kester Coombs is married to Francis Booth Coombs, managing editor of the hard-right Moonie funded newspaper The Washington Times. Fran Coombs has published at least 35 of his wife's news and opinion pieces for his paper, although his relationship to her is not acknowledged in her Times bylines.

....and a Moonie was named to administer the faith-based programs?

They truly do still walk among us....

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> More proof of the liberal controlled media that hates America....
>
> Bush said he shed the baggage of bigotry? ........and this gal gets invited to
> the White House for a private interview?
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> Marian Kester
> Coombs is a woman who believes America has become a "den of iniquity"
> thanks to "its efforts to accommodate minorities."
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That part I can agree with, but I do not draw the lines of change in terms of race. The lack of pressure to learn English, is especially frustrating. Just 50 years ago, even if the parents immigrating didn't, they more or less forced their kids to learn English. Government forms didn't come in 108 different languages (as now required by law). Some ethnicities are more willing to adapt to their new country than others (even in groups that don't tend to, some of the individuals will anyway, and I applaud them for the effort).

Why we insist on race/sex based Affirmative action is beyond me. A socio-economic model makes a lot more sense, at least to me.

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Still looking for something profound or inspirational to place here.

Sex acts on student TV investigated by UCSD

February 19, 2005

The University of California San Diego is investigating whether a campus television station's broadcast of a student performing sexual acts violated federal and university regulations.

The 90-minute show, "Koala TV," which has aired three times this month, contains a 10-minute segment showing UCSD senior Steve York performing sexual acts with an unidentified woman.

The show is a spinoff of The Koala, a satirical magazine distributed on campus that has printed irreverent and controversial material. It has featured graphic photos and illustrations of lewd sexual behavior, and poked fun at Asians, blacks, Jews, Mormons, gays and lesbians.

"Koala TV" was broadcast on Student Run TV, a closed-circuit station that can only be viewed on campus.

When contacted earlier this week, York said he would agree to an interview only if The San Diego Union-Tribune purchased alcoholic beverages for him.

He told a student newspaper earlier this week that the point of the TV show was to provide entertainment and fight for students' free speech rights.

"It's my effort to bridge the gap between students and their sexual desires in a fun way," York told the UCSD Guardian.

UCSD administrators are trying to determine if the broadcast violated Federal Communications Commission regulations, the charter for SRTV, or any campus policies and procedures.

The investigation, which began Feb. 11, is expected to take a couple of weeks, said Carmen Vazquez, assistant vice chancellor for student life.

"We are disappointed that SRTV is being used for this kind of programming and these particular students have chosen to express themselves in this way," Vazquez said. "It's an educational mission and I don't necessarily see the educational value in this."

Because SRTV is a closed-circuit station, FCC regulations appear not to apply. However, SRTV's charter calls for it to provide an "artistic medium within the context of FCC rules and regulations governing on-air conduct and the operation of a closed-circuit television station."

Vazquez noted that, depending on the findings of the investigation, students can face sanctions.

"SRTV is a student-operated service, so yes, they would be held accountable," she said.

Chelsea Welch, SRTV's general manager, believes the content of the show does not violate any campus or FCC regulations. Station rules allow indecent material to be broadcast between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., as long as it's not copyrighted material, Welch said.

Deciding whether the material is obscene will be difficult, because many of the FCC regulations are not black and white, said Mark Powers, vice president of the California Broadcasters Association, a trade organization.

"Obscenity is always in the purview of the beholder," Powers said. "It's such a murky area."

The station's $9,000 budget is funded by student activities fees and is allocated from the Associated Students budget.

The purpose of SRTV, Welch said, is to provide an avenue for students to express a viewpoint or receive coverage for a student event. The station does not censor students' material.

"Students dictate what gets put up on the air," said Welch, a 21-year-old psychology major. "If a student has a problem with a show, they can have their own show to counter it. If a majority of students have a problem, we can take it off."

Welch said that of the estimated 100 e-mails, calls and comments the station has received related to the Koala TV segment, the vast majority have been positive.

UCSD student body President Jenn Pae said she has not heard of any student complaints. Pae has chosen not to watch the show, and stressed that all students have that choice.

"Students can either turn off the TV or change the channel," Pae said. "They are not a captive audience."

In the past, UCSD's administration has shied away from sanctioning The Koala magazine, stating that all the material is protected free speech.

But newspaper editors at other universities, including some private ones, have been disciplined. For example, earlier this week, editors at the Nassau Weekly, a student-run magazine distributed at Princeton University, said they would apologize for publishing a top-10 list of made-up Holocaust movies that offended some students.

By Eleanor Yang
STAFF WRITER

>>>>The lack of pressure to learn English, is especially frustrating...

Good idea to teach your kids Spanish,
As soon enough in the US it will be dominant.
If you dont understand what peope are saying,
Well then you'll just have to learn it yourself.
Like global warming, you can ignore it if you like
But best purchase a pair of hipboots.
Ay Dios mio!- el agua viene...cc

> Good idea to teach your kids Spanish,
> As soon enough in the US it will be dominant.
> If you dont understand what peope are saying,
> Well then you'll just have to learn it yourself.
> Like global warming, you can ignore it if you like
> But best purchase a pair of hipboots.
> Ay Dios mio!- el agua viene...cc
>

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against speaking Spanish. I just hold people to the standards I hold myself to. If I were moving to a country that spoke a different language, I would learn it. I can speak enough to order a cup of coffee, or some fast food, but so far that's all I've needed. BTW, rising water just puts me closer to the beach.
No me preocupo (ok I had to look it up to spell it right)

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Still looking for something profound or inspirational to place here.

"The court specially informs the mother that if she does not make the effort to learn English, she is running the risk of losing any connection — legally, morally and physically — with her daughter forever," reads a court order from the hearing, according to Jerry Gonzalez, the Nashville attorney who represents the woman.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-english14feb14,0,7602461.story?coll=la-home-nation

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I think the US should also use the finger in the ink so people here in the US can only vote once.

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Red Bull Air Racing

Gas price by zip at Seti

Special election would be especially crowded
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's apparent determination to call a special election this year has created an unprecedented stampede of proposed ballot measures that would dramatically reshape California government and politics...

PZ-
That link is a rip-
Only in America could an educated man who has jumped through all the hoops to actually become a judge say to an immigrant 'Learn English or lose your kid.'
What's he going to say to his court officers when they dont understand English?
If I move to Italy, I will learn to speak Italian
If I move to the US, I better learn Spanish
Most will be speaking it after a while
Like it or not

Cosmic-ray unit can find smuggled nukes

February 23, 2005

WASHINGTON – Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a muon cosmic-ray screening device that can accurately detect smuggled nuclear weapons and materials in any vehicle or container, the nuclear lab said yesterday.

Los Alamos officials said the device would provide an enormous advantage over X-ray scanning equipment, which can generate dangerous amounts of radiation and cannot penetrate lead containers and other shielding.

Several test models of the scanner have been built and successfully operated, and work on a full-size prototype is expected to be completed this summer, the laboratory said.

Large enough to scan a 50-foot trailer truck or a typical 20-foot-long ship container, each new device would cost an estimated $1 million and could be used for screening vehicles at border crossings or ship cargo at major ports.

Its essential parts are two sets of parallel tubular sensors constructed so that large trucks and other vehicles could drive through or the sensors would fit over ship containers.

In its threat-analysis report for the year just ended, the Central Intelligence Agency said, "The threat of terrorists using chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials remained high."

Though few believe terrorist groups yet possess the sophisticated knowledge and means to build a nuclear weapon, that possibility exists – as does the more likely prospect of terrorists deploying a "dirty bomb" that would scatter radioactive material over a large area with a conventional explosion.

Less than 5 percent of the cargo entering the United States is examined.

The Department of Homeland Security has been approached about the muon cosmic-ray device but has made no decision on its deployment.

At present, it takes 60 seconds for the muon system to complete its examination of a vehicle or object. The scientists expect to reduce that time to 20 seconds, making it feasible for use with a large volume of motor traffic or cargo.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

the word none dare speak

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Better than contributing to a fund that will be bankrupt long before I'm even close to collecting benefits, but what do you care as long as YOU get YOUR check?

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