Davy Jones 1945 – 2012
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Siku, a polar bear born November 22, 2011 in a Danish wildlife park, is getting a taste of the world around him. The cub’s daily activities are being tracked by Explore, an international wildlife organization. Photo by Søren Koch.
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Quote of the Day
“I hate to say this, but in Texas we can fight all day long, but there’s a propensity to write us off. They think, ‘That’s Texas. Texas is a place where those kinds of things happen.’”
— Texas state Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, discussing why there was little national attention to Texas’ sonogram bill but similar legislation in other states has received national media coverage.
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Chief U.S. District Judge Sends Racially Charged Email About Obama
Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull on Wednesday admitted to sending a racially charged email about President Barack Obama from his courthouse chambers. Cebull, of Billings, was nominated by former President George W. Bush and has served as chief judge for the District of Montana since 2008. He insists he isn’t racist – he just doesn’t like Obama.
According to reports, Cibull sent the following email on February 20 to six people:
“A MOM’S MEMORY
Normally I don’t send or forward a lot of these, but even by my standards, it was a bit touching. I want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read this. Hope it touches your heart like it did mine.
A little boy said to his mother; ‘Mommy, how come I’m black and you’re white?’ His mother replied, ‘Don’t even go there Barack! From what I can remember about that party, you’re lucky you don’t bark!’”
Obviously, the email insinuates that President Obama’s Negro (Kenyan-born) father is a dog. That means when President Obama’s deceased mother married his father, she committed bestiality. Cebull went on to clarify his true sentiments, which somehow got lost in the commotion:
“It was not intended by me in any way to become public. I apologize to anybody who is offended by it, and I can obviously understand why people would be offended. The only reason I can explain it to you is I am not a fan of our president, but this goes beyond not being a fan. I didn’t send it as racist, although that’s what it is. I sent it out because it’s anti-Obama.”
As someone of mixed Spanish, Indian and German ancestry, I’ve been the brunt of such callous remarks, although no one has been so stupid to denounce my parents – or anyone else in my family – guilty of bestiality. It’s typical of some extremist Caucasian conservatives to equate Negroes and Indians with animals. That’s how the first Europeans in the Western Hemisphere viewed the indigenous populations and it’s why they started importing slaves from Africa. They considered our ancestors nothing more wildlife, or at best, livestock.
The email came to light through the usual means. One of its recipients forwarded it to another person, who in turn forwarded it to another person. The email was eventually passed along to the Great Falls Tribune, who contacted Cebull for clarification and comment. Cebull said he was surprised the recipients of the e-mail passed it along with his name on it. Yes, of course! Who could have seen that coming?
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Quote from the Past
“Mark my word. If and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me.”
— Barry Goldwater speaking four decades ago on the subject of religion and politics
Obviously, Goldwater’s prediction hasn’t just come true, it’s turned into a nightmare! God save America from the Judeo-Christian Taliban!
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“Early in my political career I had the opportunity to read the speech and I almost threw up.”
– Rick Santorum reflecting on John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech advocating the separation of church and state
Now Santorum is trying to back away from that repulsive and dramatic statement. You can’t put toothpaste back in a tube (although some have tried), and Santorum can’t do much to make up for such an idiotic description. Santorum isn’t half the man that Kennedy was in his short life and probably never will be. The thought of Santorum in the Oval Office –with his medieval views of society and the various people who occupy it – makes me want to throw up! Fortunately, most Americans – even conservative Republicans – are too moderate and logical to let this clown get that far.
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Beauregard, a Chihuahua, waits with his owner, Pat Day, at the start of the Mardi Gras Dog Parade held Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Baytowne Village in Sandestin, FL. Beauregard was dressed in surfer garb to reflect the theme of this year’s parade, “Fetch a Wave.” Just for doing that to Beauregard, I think Pat should be skinned, quartered and hung out to dry butt naked in the town square! And then, arrest her for indecent exposure. God save the animals! Photo courtesy Devon Ravine AP /Northwest Florida Daily.
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