Well, isn't voting to adjourn Congress last night, instead of voting on the measure to extend the Bush tax cuts across the board, a de facto endorsement of allowing these cuts to expire on December 31st?
Did either Rush Holt or Frank Pallone stop to think that both average citizens and small businesses - without properly understanding what percentages of their salaries would be confiscated by the government - are extremely likely to cut spending and hoard cash until there is knowledge and stability?
Did they realize that the upcoming pullback by the private sector is the worst thing that could be happening as we approach the holiday season, which some businesses rely on to generate the bulk of their annual profits?
Pelosi won the right to shut the House last night by one vote (207-206). If either one of these two despicable Jersey Democrats were the profiles in courage they so often claim to be (hey, it take courage to ram a bill your constituents hate up their collective asses!), they would have voted to stay in session, and worked to cut the federal taxation burden on their constituents, who are among the most tax-burdened in America.
But Rush Holt and Frank ("I wrote the health care reform bill!") Pallone - two of New Jersey's most liberal representatives - are not interested in cutting your tax rates, as their vote yesterday demonstrated. In fact, the opposite is true - they are looking to take more. There are other people more worthy of your money, and only Frank and Rush are smart enough to decide who gets it.
That is, if they are still in office.
Help Anna defeat Frank here.
Help Scott kick Rush's fat can here.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Our Whiner-In-Chief Doesn't Know How Lucky He Is...
...guess that's what comes with having lived your life with the liberal version of a silver spoon up your ass - the right color, the right ideology, and just the right amount of self-righteous snark.
Over at Contentions, Rick Richman (via VDH) reviews some of the crisis previous presidents were either elected into, or were handed early in their terms, and guess what? In comparison, complaining about being handed the 2008 recession is like crying about the rough water in a wading pool:
A recession and 9/11 were not easy in 2001. And 18% interest, 18% inflation, 7% unemployment, and gas lines by 1981 greeted Reagan. Truman took over with a war … a wrecked Asia and Europe, a groundswell of communism, a climate of panic at home, and a soon to be nuclear Soviet Union … capped off soon by a war in Korea.
George W. Bush's thoughts, made shortly before leaving office, on Oval Office whiners:
...the phrase “burdens of the office” is overstated. You know, it’s kind of like, why me? Oh, the burdens, you know. Why did the financial collapse have to happen on my watch? It’s just — it’s pathetic, isn’t it, self-pity.
It is. And while pity is the coin of the liberal realm, it is a currency that has only transitory value amongst the American people. We don't worship the pitiful, we admire those who pull themselves (and others) up by their bootstraps and slog forward, overcoming all obstacles.
No wonder Obama is so confused. In his ideological circle, his failures and incompetencies, not to mention the "burden" of recession (without which, he may not have even won election) he inherited, should earn him some kind of reward. Instead, the voters scorn him and his deficiencies. And that's why he is lashing out at us, incidentally - Barack Obama believes that, because of his failures (and not despite them), he should have in fact earned more of our adoration, not less.
And that is why the baby whines so much...a natural reaction by an immature waif, who suddenly finds things aren't going his way, and that people - having their own problems -don't want to hear how tough his life is...
Over at Contentions, Rick Richman (via VDH) reviews some of the crisis previous presidents were either elected into, or were handed early in their terms, and guess what? In comparison, complaining about being handed the 2008 recession is like crying about the rough water in a wading pool:
A recession and 9/11 were not easy in 2001. And 18% interest, 18% inflation, 7% unemployment, and gas lines by 1981 greeted Reagan. Truman took over with a war … a wrecked Asia and Europe, a groundswell of communism, a climate of panic at home, and a soon to be nuclear Soviet Union … capped off soon by a war in Korea.
George W. Bush's thoughts, made shortly before leaving office, on Oval Office whiners:
...the phrase “burdens of the office” is overstated. You know, it’s kind of like, why me? Oh, the burdens, you know. Why did the financial collapse have to happen on my watch? It’s just — it’s pathetic, isn’t it, self-pity.
It is. And while pity is the coin of the liberal realm, it is a currency that has only transitory value amongst the American people. We don't worship the pitiful, we admire those who pull themselves (and others) up by their bootstraps and slog forward, overcoming all obstacles.
No wonder Obama is so confused. In his ideological circle, his failures and incompetencies, not to mention the "burden" of recession (without which, he may not have even won election) he inherited, should earn him some kind of reward. Instead, the voters scorn him and his deficiencies. And that's why he is lashing out at us, incidentally - Barack Obama believes that, because of his failures (and not despite them), he should have in fact earned more of our adoration, not less.
And that is why the baby whines so much...a natural reaction by an immature waif, who suddenly finds things aren't going his way, and that people - having their own problems -don't want to hear how tough his life is...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Obama At Madison: "Where the White Woman Are At"
OK, I am paraphrasing a line from Blazing Saddles here:
.... but I suppose there's a reason why we haven't seen the overwhelming media coverage of the president's University of Wisconsin-Madison rally that we are usually treated to, especially when Obama is standing before an friendly crowd.
Granted, this photo is taken before the rally, but I seem to detect a certain...enthusiasm gap:
Not a lot of excitement here yet either (closer to the actual start time), but there is one thing here that seems to jump out at me: The crowd is predominately....wait, I can't say it:
Now let's watch for the inevitable Photoshop....
.... but I suppose there's a reason why we haven't seen the overwhelming media coverage of the president's University of Wisconsin-Madison rally that we are usually treated to, especially when Obama is standing before an friendly crowd.
Granted, this photo is taken before the rally, but I seem to detect a certain...enthusiasm gap:
Not a lot of excitement here yet either (closer to the actual start time), but there is one thing here that seems to jump out at me: The crowd is predominately....wait, I can't say it:
...WHITE! (sorry, it just came out)
I mean, is there one face in this crowd - besides Obama's - that has a pigment other than pale?
I guess this sidelines the news lede - so many times recycled this year - of "The large, predominately white crowd at the latest downtown Tea Party gathering...."
Now let's watch for the inevitable Photoshop....
Axelrod: Let's Talk About Abortion!
Because what else can we talk about? Our stellar record on the economy? The wildly popular socialization of the nation's health care system? The bailouts of GM and their unions? Our wonderful foreign policy achievements?
Bring it. From the HuffPost:
White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod said on Monday that the debate over abortion -- specifically, the extreme views of some Republican candidates on the procedure -- will "certainly be an issue" for Democrats in the fall elections.
I think [abortion] is certainly an issue in the campaign and there are some people running on their side who have a very, very extreme view of this," Axelrod told The Huffington Post and National Review's Robert Costa. "Obviously they know that that is a problem because they omitted mention of all that from their Pledge [the GOP's 21-page governing doctrine] and I think that is telling.
When the HuffPost says "There has been, generally, a slow tilt towards more pro-life politics in American governance", you can read that as "there has been, generally, a steady movement in American morality towards pro-life positions".
On a similar note - the HuffPost, in endorsing Axelrod's "politics of distraction", makes the following case:
A poll commissioned by Emily's List -- an organization tasked with electing female candidates -- revealed that 61 percent of unenthusiastic Democratic women voters said their interest in voting increased a "great deal" when told that their votes could help defeat candidates who don't trust women to make their own decisions on reproductive health.
Well, truth be told, Emily's List is NOT an organization tasked with electing female candidates, it is, as per its annoying website (automatic redirect to contribution page - ugh. Whores.)it is "a community of progressive Americans dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to every level of office. "
And in regards to Emily's poll, I'm just curious - being that the Democratic establishment no longer trusts Americans to make their own decisions on any part of our health, perhaps these women will be interested...in voting Republican this November?
Bring it, David...bring it.
Bring it. From the HuffPost:
White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod said on Monday that the debate over abortion -- specifically, the extreme views of some Republican candidates on the procedure -- will "certainly be an issue" for Democrats in the fall elections.
I think [abortion] is certainly an issue in the campaign and there are some people running on their side who have a very, very extreme view of this," Axelrod told The Huffington Post and National Review's Robert Costa. "Obviously they know that that is a problem because they omitted mention of all that from their Pledge [the GOP's 21-page governing doctrine] and I think that is telling.
When the HuffPost says "There has been, generally, a slow tilt towards more pro-life politics in American governance", you can read that as "there has been, generally, a steady movement in American morality towards pro-life positions".
On a similar note - the HuffPost, in endorsing Axelrod's "politics of distraction", makes the following case:
A poll commissioned by Emily's List -- an organization tasked with electing female candidates -- revealed that 61 percent of unenthusiastic Democratic women voters said their interest in voting increased a "great deal" when told that their votes could help defeat candidates who don't trust women to make their own decisions on reproductive health.
Well, truth be told, Emily's List is NOT an organization tasked with electing female candidates, it is, as per its annoying website (automatic redirect to contribution page - ugh. Whores.)it is "a community of progressive Americans dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to every level of office. "
And in regards to Emily's poll, I'm just curious - being that the Democratic establishment no longer trusts Americans to make their own decisions on any part of our health, perhaps these women will be interested...in voting Republican this November?
Bring it, David...bring it.
Ahmadinejad to throw rocks at Israeli border
...and this is a guy whom America - in the form of their elected representative to the world, Barack Hussein Obama - sits upon bended knee before, pleading with him, begging him, to please please just talk to us.
No wonder he laughs. Like Hitler dancing a jig, complete with the maniacal grin of a madman. From the J-Post:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to throw a rock at Israel to demonstrate his hatred on his planned trip to Lebanon, London-based paper Al-Quds al Arabi reported on Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad plans to meet with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, as well as other Lebanese officials, on October 13. During the two-day visit, the Iranian president will participate in events near the Israeli border.
One event is the inauguration of a garden in southern Lebanon, during which Ahmadinejad plans to throw the rock, Al-Quds reported.
Another event is the establishment of an Iranian center in the village of Maron A-Ras, where there IDF soldiers fought in the Second Lebanon War.
Hizbullah operatives are reportedly providing security for the Iranian president on his trip to Lebanon.
How horrible, how loathsome, of a man is Ahmadinejad (and his regime)? See below; from a letter from a former (teenage) female prisoner at Iran's notorious Evin Prison. And while you are reading this, remember: Barack Hussein Obama, and our nation, sits on bended knee before the man who endorses what transpired below:
... While I was in the prison, I wished many times that I could be free, that I could get out and forget about what happened in there. But now that I am out, I wish I were one of those girls who were lucky enough to go in front of the firing squad. They took everything from me in that prison. I have nothing left.
. . . When I was released from prison, I rushed home to see my mother, but she wasn’t there. She had a stroke a few months after I was arrested. I did not know I could cause so much agony and grief. I feel as though I killed her. Every day I blame myself for the pain I brought her. I prayed to God to let me see her one more time when I was in the prison. I asked God to send me home to her and let me put my head on her shoulder and cry, to ask for forgiveness. She was the only one I had. Now there was nobody to tell what happened to me. I had nobody to cry to. My mom was not there to hug me and tell me that it’s okay — it’s not your fault, Roya, it’s not your fault to have a binamoos touch your body, private and sacred, which God forbids a namahram to see. She was not there to tell me — it’s not your fault that they whipped you every day, beat your bare feet with cables. I could not tell her that I bled so hard that I would faint, never knowing what they did to my unconscious body.
When I was in solitary confinement, these filthy, evil men would come to my cell — every time a different rotten, dirty, nasty guard. Not even animals would do what they did to me. I am embarrassed even to say what they did. They raped me, but it was more than rape. They said the most disgusting things to me. When they were through, they kicked me in the back as hard as they could, threw me down next to the toilet, and told me, “You piece of shit do your namaz now.” Reza Khan, I am a Muslim. I believe in God, and my faith kept me alive in there. I did my namaz every single day, but these shameless people worship Satan, not God.
. . . There are thousands of innocent young girls being held in there. When I was finally released from solitary, they took me to a small cell, a cell designed for just a few, but which held more than thirty women. I had no complaints about being squashed in with these women. Seeing their tormented bodies and minds gave me the strength and the feeling that I was not alone.
Every few days they would call out names over the loudspeaker. We knew what that meant, and we would gather together, hold each other’s hands, and pray that they would not call our names. But always at least one or two from our cell would have to go in front of the firing squad. We could hear the sound of the screams, the pleas for forgiveness, and then the gunshots filling the air.
They would line up the rest of us and make us hold one leg up for a long time. If you got tired, they would lash you on the tired leg and make you stand on it. All of us were crying. Some would faint from the pain and bleeding . . . This was the routine. . . .
One day they released me. Even thinking about it gives me shivers.
A mullah who was in charge of guiding the prisoners to the Islamic path, became fond of me. In the third meeting I had with him, he told me of his interest in me and said that he would arrange my freedom if I agreed to become sigheh to him. I don’t think I gave much thought to it. Being free was enough reason for me to make a bad decision. I made that decision not understanding that I had to give myself to another demented person; not understanding that I was committing myself to more torture and mental anguish by accepting the sigheh, by being temporarily married to a man who already had a wife or two.
For a few months, there was no physical pain, no beatings, no lashings, and no breaking bones. But I was disgusted with myself, of betraying myself, selling my pride to a mullah in return for my freedom. Was it really freedom? I did not know at the time. I did not know the heavy price I had to pay to get back to my life. The only life I knew.
Nothing is the same; it won’t be the same for anybody that has been in that damned prison.
. . . I can’t live like this anymore. You are habs, a prisoner, forever. This is what’s happening to every prisoner in there . . .
~Roya
Roya hanged herself shortly after mailing the letter.
And we sit on the sidelines, and "witness", to quote our president...
No wonder he laughs. Like Hitler dancing a jig, complete with the maniacal grin of a madman. From the J-Post:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to throw a rock at Israel to demonstrate his hatred on his planned trip to Lebanon, London-based paper Al-Quds al Arabi reported on Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad plans to meet with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, as well as other Lebanese officials, on October 13. During the two-day visit, the Iranian president will participate in events near the Israeli border.
One event is the inauguration of a garden in southern Lebanon, during which Ahmadinejad plans to throw the rock, Al-Quds reported.
Another event is the establishment of an Iranian center in the village of Maron A-Ras, where there IDF soldiers fought in the Second Lebanon War.
Hizbullah operatives are reportedly providing security for the Iranian president on his trip to Lebanon.
How horrible, how loathsome, of a man is Ahmadinejad (and his regime)? See below; from a letter from a former (teenage) female prisoner at Iran's notorious Evin Prison. And while you are reading this, remember: Barack Hussein Obama, and our nation, sits on bended knee before the man who endorses what transpired below:
... While I was in the prison, I wished many times that I could be free, that I could get out and forget about what happened in there. But now that I am out, I wish I were one of those girls who were lucky enough to go in front of the firing squad. They took everything from me in that prison. I have nothing left.
. . . When I was released from prison, I rushed home to see my mother, but she wasn’t there. She had a stroke a few months after I was arrested. I did not know I could cause so much agony and grief. I feel as though I killed her. Every day I blame myself for the pain I brought her. I prayed to God to let me see her one more time when I was in the prison. I asked God to send me home to her and let me put my head on her shoulder and cry, to ask for forgiveness. She was the only one I had. Now there was nobody to tell what happened to me. I had nobody to cry to. My mom was not there to hug me and tell me that it’s okay — it’s not your fault, Roya, it’s not your fault to have a binamoos touch your body, private and sacred, which God forbids a namahram to see. She was not there to tell me — it’s not your fault that they whipped you every day, beat your bare feet with cables. I could not tell her that I bled so hard that I would faint, never knowing what they did to my unconscious body.
When I was in solitary confinement, these filthy, evil men would come to my cell — every time a different rotten, dirty, nasty guard. Not even animals would do what they did to me. I am embarrassed even to say what they did. They raped me, but it was more than rape. They said the most disgusting things to me. When they were through, they kicked me in the back as hard as they could, threw me down next to the toilet, and told me, “You piece of shit do your namaz now.” Reza Khan, I am a Muslim. I believe in God, and my faith kept me alive in there. I did my namaz every single day, but these shameless people worship Satan, not God.
. . . There are thousands of innocent young girls being held in there. When I was finally released from solitary, they took me to a small cell, a cell designed for just a few, but which held more than thirty women. I had no complaints about being squashed in with these women. Seeing their tormented bodies and minds gave me the strength and the feeling that I was not alone.
Every few days they would call out names over the loudspeaker. We knew what that meant, and we would gather together, hold each other’s hands, and pray that they would not call our names. But always at least one or two from our cell would have to go in front of the firing squad. We could hear the sound of the screams, the pleas for forgiveness, and then the gunshots filling the air.
They would line up the rest of us and make us hold one leg up for a long time. If you got tired, they would lash you on the tired leg and make you stand on it. All of us were crying. Some would faint from the pain and bleeding . . . This was the routine. . . .
One day they released me. Even thinking about it gives me shivers.
A mullah who was in charge of guiding the prisoners to the Islamic path, became fond of me. In the third meeting I had with him, he told me of his interest in me and said that he would arrange my freedom if I agreed to become sigheh to him. I don’t think I gave much thought to it. Being free was enough reason for me to make a bad decision. I made that decision not understanding that I had to give myself to another demented person; not understanding that I was committing myself to more torture and mental anguish by accepting the sigheh, by being temporarily married to a man who already had a wife or two.
For a few months, there was no physical pain, no beatings, no lashings, and no breaking bones. But I was disgusted with myself, of betraying myself, selling my pride to a mullah in return for my freedom. Was it really freedom? I did not know at the time. I did not know the heavy price I had to pay to get back to my life. The only life I knew.
Nothing is the same; it won’t be the same for anybody that has been in that damned prison.
. . . I can’t live like this anymore. You are habs, a prisoner, forever. This is what’s happening to every prisoner in there . . .
~Roya
Roya hanged herself shortly after mailing the letter.
And we sit on the sidelines, and "witness", to quote our president...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Australians set record for fastest stiletto race
Australians set record for fastest stiletto race
Competitors leave the start line during a special group photo shoot, with the Harbour Bridge in the background, at the ''Venus Embrace Closest Stiletto Relay'' in Sydney on September 28, 2010. An official world record was set at the event for the fastest ever 4 x 100m stiletto relay, which saw women in teams of four running in stilettos with a minimum height of 3 inches, to help raise funds to find a cure for breast cancer. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD
05:55 AM Sep 29, 2010
Four Australian women from Canberra have set the world record for the fastest relay race in stiletto heels.
The quartet completed an 80m course near Sydney's Opera House in about one minute and four seconds yesterday while wearing 7.5cm stilettos. A record keeper from Guinness World Records presented them with a certificate. The women - known as the Pinkettes - say they plan to use their AU$10,000 ($12,700) prize for a trip to Thailand.
About 100 women and a man competed in the race, which helped raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. AP
Andrew Cuomo Throws The Gauntlet Down Before The Tea Party
Via Politico:
Andrew Cuomo, betting that he's still running in a very blue state, offers a bit of a challenge to the Republican base:
"There are no places in New York today for tea party politics," he said today, per NY1's Josh Robin.
Via CBS News:
Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said: “The spotlight is now on the choice between the tea party extremism of Carl Paladino or Andrew Cuomo's record of fighting corruption, standing up for a woman's right to choose, and his detailed plans to create jobs for New Yorkers.”
What is Cuomo's strategy here? With a lead of a mere six points in a race he was supposed to win in a romp, is he trying to motivate the liberal base to show up in November? Does he believe that the Tea Party's brand of "civic insurrection" won't play well in a de facto welfare state like New York? Or are we seeing what Elliot Spitzer called "the dirtiest, nastiest political player out there" coming out of the closet like a cornered animal?
I guess since Cuomo can't run "above the fray anymore" (as he has been reduced from heir-apparent to simply a contender), he's decided to go negative, and not simply against the opposition candidate, but against all of his citizen supporters as well.
Interesting. Let's see how this works out for you, Andy...
Andrew Cuomo, betting that he's still running in a very blue state, offers a bit of a challenge to the Republican base:
"There are no places in New York today for tea party politics," he said today, per NY1's Josh Robin.
Via CBS News:
Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said: “The spotlight is now on the choice between the tea party extremism of Carl Paladino or Andrew Cuomo's record of fighting corruption, standing up for a woman's right to choose, and his detailed plans to create jobs for New Yorkers.”
What is Cuomo's strategy here? With a lead of a mere six points in a race he was supposed to win in a romp, is he trying to motivate the liberal base to show up in November? Does he believe that the Tea Party's brand of "civic insurrection" won't play well in a de facto welfare state like New York? Or are we seeing what Elliot Spitzer called "the dirtiest, nastiest political player out there" coming out of the closet like a cornered animal?
I guess since Cuomo can't run "above the fray anymore" (as he has been reduced from heir-apparent to simply a contender), he's decided to go negative, and not simply against the opposition candidate, but against all of his citizen supporters as well.
Interesting. Let's see how this works out for you, Andy...
Tea Party Darlin' Anna Little Getting Some Love...
...from a DC-based PAC called Freedom’s Defense Fund, who is doing an ad buy in New Jersey's 6th District featuring the Democratic incumbent - the detestable Frank Pallone - bragging that the Health Care Reform Act is "his bill".
The ad can be found here.
Not sure if this is something you want to brag about, Frankie boy, not when the rest of the Democratic establishment is running as fast as it can from "your bill"...
It's good to see Anna Little get some help and national recognition:
In a press release, Michael Centanni, Chairman of the Freedom’s Defense Fund, defined Anna Little as a “true champion of conservative values, limited government and lower taxes.” Incumbant Frank Pallone, in contrast, is a typical big-government liberal who wants to take credit for the Obamacare healthcare scheme which the majority of Americans oppose.
There hasn't been a poll taken in NJ-CD6 since August, and that was an internal, showing Little behind Pallone by a mere 6 points. Since then, Anna has been all over the district, shaking hands and chatting up average citizens, while Pallone has been in hiding in fear from his own constituents.
Anna's district went heavily for Chris Christie in November:
Chris Christie (R) - 110,305 Votes - 54.7%
Jon Corzine (D) - 78,977 Votes = 39.2%
Chris Daggett (I) - 12,393 Votes - 6.1%
That's a 15 point spread against the party of Frank Pallone - the self-proclaimed author of the most hated piece of legislation ever to pass Congress and be signed by an American president.
Why can't the Republican establishment show Anna $ome love? A "Little" could go a long way. Otherwise, of course, should Anna win on just her own steam, she'll owe nothing to the GOP establishment.
And what a shame that would be...
Help Anna Little defeat "the author" of ObamaCare here...
The ad can be found here.
Not sure if this is something you want to brag about, Frankie boy, not when the rest of the Democratic establishment is running as fast as it can from "your bill"...
It's good to see Anna Little get some help and national recognition:
In a press release, Michael Centanni, Chairman of the Freedom’s Defense Fund, defined Anna Little as a “true champion of conservative values, limited government and lower taxes.” Incumbant Frank Pallone, in contrast, is a typical big-government liberal who wants to take credit for the Obamacare healthcare scheme which the majority of Americans oppose.
There hasn't been a poll taken in NJ-CD6 since August, and that was an internal, showing Little behind Pallone by a mere 6 points. Since then, Anna has been all over the district, shaking hands and chatting up average citizens, while Pallone has been in hiding in fear from his own constituents.
Anna's district went heavily for Chris Christie in November:
Chris Christie (R) - 110,305 Votes - 54.7%
Jon Corzine (D) - 78,977 Votes = 39.2%
Chris Daggett (I) - 12,393 Votes - 6.1%
That's a 15 point spread against the party of Frank Pallone - the self-proclaimed author of the most hated piece of legislation ever to pass Congress and be signed by an American president.
Why can't the Republican establishment show Anna $ome love? A "Little" could go a long way. Otherwise, of course, should Anna win on just her own steam, she'll owe nothing to the GOP establishment.
And what a shame that would be...
Help Anna Little defeat "the author" of ObamaCare here...
SmackDown! Linda McMahon Within 3 In Connecticut !
Well, this is a WWE-style kick to the balls for the liberal gentry of Connecticut - and Washington, for that matter:
Propelled by Connecticut likely voters who say they are “angry” with government, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, is closing in on Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democrat, and now trails just 49 – 46 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Independent voters shift from 47 – 46 percent for Blumenthal September 14 to 49 – 44 percent for McMahon today. In a gender reversal, women back Blumenthal 56 – 39 percent while men back McMahon 52 – 44 percent.
The association with the WWE is likely responsible for the wide gender swings here...ladies, ask yourself: Who would you rather have protecting your interests - a wispy career desk jockey who lies about being a tough guy:
Or members of the McMahon posse:
Propelled by Connecticut likely voters who say they are “angry” with government, former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, is closing in on Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democrat, and now trails just 49 – 46 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Independent voters shift from 47 – 46 percent for Blumenthal September 14 to 49 – 44 percent for McMahon today. In a gender reversal, women back Blumenthal 56 – 39 percent while men back McMahon 52 – 44 percent.
The association with the WWE is likely responsible for the wide gender swings here...ladies, ask yourself: Who would you rather have protecting your interests - a wispy career desk jockey who lies about being a tough guy:
Or members of the McMahon posse:
One set of these guys will defend us to the utmost, no matter how many metal folding chairs must be broken over our enemy's backs, and the other guy is Obama's future prison bitch. Really, is it even a contest?
And regarding the "kick in the balls" comment, that stems from this question from one of the Nutmeg State's locals on the campaign trail:
Pesky Jews are "Provocative" ; Deserve What's Coming To Them
I don't know...how else can you explain this statement from the chief mutt in the rabid dog pound that is the United Nations, in which he expresses his feelings about Israel's refusal to extend a 10-month building moratorium in Jerusalem?
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has also expressed disappointment at Israel's "provocative" actions...
It's provocative to build houses in a city that you have lived in since the first written histories of the Earth? Really? Let's get another opinion:
The US state department has said it is "disappointed" by Israel's decision not to extend its ban on settlement building in the West Bank.
Hmmm...it is "disappointing" for a nation to build homes in its eternal capital? But, of course, I assume it is neither "disappointing" or "provocative" for Muslims to build a mosque on the ashes of the Americans they slaughtered 9 years back at Ground Zero? No? That's "tolerance"? But what them should we show towards the Jews? Wait, here it comes...
The state department praised what it called Mr Abbas's restraint...
Really? Because he hasn't released the hounds to throw rocks at Jewish women and kill Jewish babies? That is praiseworthy, but Jews building a home in Israel is "provocative"?
Muslims building mosques on Ground Zero: Tolerable.
Abbas holding off before he kills innocent Jewish women and children: Praiseworthy.
Jews living in their ancestral homeland: Provocative.
Get the point yet?
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has also expressed disappointment at Israel's "provocative" actions...
It's provocative to build houses in a city that you have lived in since the first written histories of the Earth? Really? Let's get another opinion:
The US state department has said it is "disappointed" by Israel's decision not to extend its ban on settlement building in the West Bank.
Hmmm...it is "disappointing" for a nation to build homes in its eternal capital? But, of course, I assume it is neither "disappointing" or "provocative" for Muslims to build a mosque on the ashes of the Americans they slaughtered 9 years back at Ground Zero? No? That's "tolerance"? But what them should we show towards the Jews? Wait, here it comes...
The state department praised what it called Mr Abbas's restraint...
Really? Because he hasn't released the hounds to throw rocks at Jewish women and kill Jewish babies? That is praiseworthy, but Jews building a home in Israel is "provocative"?
Muslims building mosques on Ground Zero: Tolerable.
Abbas holding off before he kills innocent Jewish women and children: Praiseworthy.
Jews living in their ancestral homeland: Provocative.
Get the point yet?
Which one??Call of Duty:Black Ops or Medal of Honour PS3
as i like the call of duty series but Medal of Honour come out in October.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Insults Americans...
...nice company you have there, Reed. Would certainly be a shame if those obscene profit margins went downhill because a certain "self-absorbed" public decided to boycott your business...
In a recent interview, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings responded to a question whether his American customers were likely to be disgruntled about the cheaper deal Netflix is offering
Canadians:
“How much has it been your experience that Americans follow what happens in the world? It's something we'll monitor, but Americans are somewhat self-absorbed.”
Reed later backtracked and apologized, but methinks his first statement was the one really from his heart. We're talking about a guy who had given $245K of his $255K in political donation to one party....a party who's leadership is prone to making statements quite similar to Reed's:
Maybe, you know, they ought to stop being so self-absorbed, and pay a little more attention...
In a recent interview, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings responded to a question whether his American customers were likely to be disgruntled about the cheaper deal Netflix is offering
Canadians:“How much has it been your experience that Americans follow what happens in the world? It's something we'll monitor, but Americans are somewhat self-absorbed.”
Reed later backtracked and apologized, but methinks his first statement was the one really from his heart. We're talking about a guy who had given $245K of his $255K in political donation to one party....a party who's leadership is prone to making statements quite similar to Reed's:
A testy U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday blamed clueless voters with short attention spans for the uphill battle beleaguered Democrats are facing against Republicans across the nation.
“We have an electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or the truth or what’s happening,” Kerry told reporters after touring the Boston Medical Center yesterday.
These Democrats, they keep forgetting that the ugly things they say about us behind close doors are to be replaced with teary-eyes platitudes about "the common man" when out in the public arena.Maybe, you know, they ought to stop being so self-absorbed, and pay a little more attention...
"One Nation Working Together...”
....all under the lash of..the AFL-CIO and the NAACP.
"One Nation Working Together" is the name of a left-wing rally taking place this Saturday in Washington DC at the National Mall, in an admitted attempt to upstage Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally and prove that they remain the driving force in American political life, and that they speak for America's middle class.
Really? Besides the aforementioned union thugs and race-baiters, who else amongst this rabble is claiming the mantle of middle class leadership ?
Oy vey:
American Federation of Teachers
Center for Community Change
Green for All
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
National Action Network
National Council of La Raza
PowerPAC
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
SEIU: Service Employees International Union
Sojourners
UAW, International Union
United States Students Association
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
Coalition of Labor Union Woman
Coalition on Human Needs
Code Pink
Coffee Party Progressives
Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Community Empowerment Network
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Read the list - a tale of socialists, racialists, communists, environmentalists, and psychotics, all going to Washington DC on either the union dime or taxpayer dollars to vent their rage and scream bloody murder. Oh - and to represent the American middle-class taxpayer with a platform with demands that looks like...
The rally’s platform looks like a liberal wish list: extend unemployment benefits, raise the minimum wage, end the foreclosure epidemic, enact legislation making it easier to join unions, increase infrastructure spending to create jobs, “fix our broke immigration system” and end immigration round-ups that “encourage racial profiling.”
Just the change America is hoping for. Will the media up-play it as much as it downplayed Beck's rally? Or are even they weary of claiming union-funded activism is somehow indicative of the nation's mood at large?
We'll see. But I think this rally will provide more laughter and scorn than enthusiasm and enlightenment, no matter how hard a complaint media tries to spin it...
"One Nation Working Together" is the name of a left-wing rally taking place this Saturday in Washington DC at the National Mall, in an admitted attempt to upstage Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally and prove that they remain the driving force in American political life, and that they speak for America's middle class.
Really? Besides the aforementioned union thugs and race-baiters, who else amongst this rabble is claiming the mantle of middle class leadership ?
Oy vey:
American Federation of Teachers
Center for Community Change
Green for All
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
National Action Network
National Council of La Raza
PowerPAC
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
SEIU: Service Employees International Union
Sojourners
UAW, International Union
United States Students Association
Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
Coalition of Labor Union Woman
Coalition on Human Needs
Code Pink
Coffee Party Progressives
Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Community Empowerment Network
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Read the list - a tale of socialists, racialists, communists, environmentalists, and psychotics, all going to Washington DC on either the union dime or taxpayer dollars to vent their rage and scream bloody murder. Oh - and to represent the American middle-class taxpayer with a platform with demands that looks like...
The rally’s platform looks like a liberal wish list: extend unemployment benefits, raise the minimum wage, end the foreclosure epidemic, enact legislation making it easier to join unions, increase infrastructure spending to create jobs, “fix our broke immigration system” and end immigration round-ups that “encourage racial profiling.”
Just the change America is hoping for. Will the media up-play it as much as it downplayed Beck's rally? Or are even they weary of claiming union-funded activism is somehow indicative of the nation's mood at large?
We'll see. But I think this rally will provide more laughter and scorn than enthusiasm and enlightenment, no matter how hard a complaint media tries to spin it...
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Christiane Amanpour Says It All !
Gee, Christine, from your anchor's seat on ABC's This Week - why don't you tell us where you really stand on Barack Obama's presidency?
People don’t appreciate some of the amazing legislative agenda that he’s accomplished.
And far be it from me to ever accuse you of an anti-Semitic history, but doesn't this question - put to your butt-buddy David Axelrod - seem to lead the viewer to believe there is only one responsible party here should the Mideast "peace" talks collapse?
The president asked the Israeli prime minister to keep the moratorium on. He’s not going to do it. What is going to stop these talks from collapsing?
How about acknowledging your neighbor's right to even exist? No, that's not on the table for Christiane...
Or how about this - acknowledge at the outset of each broadcast that your husband was and is:
...former State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin...[and]an informal foreign policy advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama....
...so that people might know your are simply doing PR for your husband's employers?
Nah. That would involve Christiane and ABC being...honest. Don't expect that to happen, at least not before the November midterms...
People don’t appreciate some of the amazing legislative agenda that he’s accomplished.
And far be it from me to ever accuse you of an anti-Semitic history, but doesn't this question - put to your butt-buddy David Axelrod - seem to lead the viewer to believe there is only one responsible party here should the Mideast "peace" talks collapse?
The president asked the Israeli prime minister to keep the moratorium on. He’s not going to do it. What is going to stop these talks from collapsing?
How about acknowledging your neighbor's right to even exist? No, that's not on the table for Christiane...
Or how about this - acknowledge at the outset of each broadcast that your husband was and is:
...former State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin...[and]an informal foreign policy advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama....
...so that people might know your are simply doing PR for your husband's employers?
Nah. That would involve Christiane and ABC being...honest. Don't expect that to happen, at least not before the November midterms...
Scotiabank AIDS Walk and Run for Life 2010
It was sun and cloud and 13 degrees.The Scotiabank AIDS Walk and Run for Life at Joe Ghiz Park. The out and back course on Confederation trail.
I finished in 37:39 and came in 3rd. Stanley Chaisson escorts with Edwin Gillis along the runners and walkers. Run about 9K.
Official Result: 3rd out of 19
~9K in 37 minutes, 39 seconds
"the afternoon schedule features Aboriginal drumming and dance performances,
a warm-up led by Gord McNeilly of UFit,
and a 10K run showcasing 2009 PEI Marathon champion and record-holder, Stanley Chaisson.
All three Aboriginal Chiefs of PEI - Darlene Bernard (Lennox Island), Brian Francis (Abegweit) and Jamie Gallant (Native Council of PEI) – will attend and speak at the celebration
as will Minister of Environment, Richard Brown.
A lobster feed provided by The Lennox Island Mi’kmaq Band closes out the event!"
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2010-09-27/article-1797336/AIDS-Walk-for-Life-raises-over-%248%2C000/1
Guardian photo by Brian McInnis
AIDS Walk for Life raises over $8,000
Guardian photo by Brian McInnis
Participants leave the Joseph A. Ghiz Memorial Park as they participate in the annual Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life. The walk is a partnership project of the Canadian AIDS Society with the British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society, the AIDS Committee of PEI.
Todd’s life turned around 180 degrees when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive in October 2008.
Doctors told him if they hadn’t caught the disease when they did, he would have soon been dead.
At the request of Todd, The Guardian has decided to omit his last name.
Depressed and feeling alone in his struggle with the disease, Todd attempted suicide and found himself in hospital.
“Sure enough, the whole AIDS P.E.I. society came down to the hospital to support me,” he said.
Their support didn’t end there.
Whether it was through providing mental and physical support, financial, or, most of all, friendship, Todd never forgot how the group helped him in his darkest hour.
“I don’t know what I’d do without them,” he said at the 2010 AIDS Walk for Life at the Joe Ghiz Park on Sunday.
He wasn’t the only one there showing his appreciation for the society.
More than 50 runners, walkers and supporters combined to raise over $8,000 at the annual walk.
Money raised goes towards AIDS P.E.I. to assist those diagnosed with the disease while also raising awareness to prevent others from contracting it, said co-ordinator Danielle Moore.
“The money stays specifically on P.E.I. to help
educate and bring awareness. We help our clientele, who are HIV-positive, pay for forms, travelling if they have to go to Moncton or wherever and pay for small living expenses,” said Moore.
Raising over $30 million since 1996, the walk is held in communities across Canada throughout the last week of September.
Tom Hilton, executive director of AIDS P.E.I., said new HIV cases on P.E.I. in 2008 were the highest they’ve been since 1998 and are affecting a different demographic than homosexuals and injection drug users.
“What we’ve seen a big increase in is young Canadians, ages 15 to 19, and aboriginal Canadians, especially women,” he said.
While women represent about 15 per cent of AIDS cases in the general population, in aboriginals the number is much higher, at 35 per cent, said Hilton.
“This is about gender imbalance and power imbalance — women who are too embarrassed or feel they can’t say no to their partner and don’t practise safe sex,” said Hilton.
Because of the disease’s hold on the aboriginal community, Hilton said he was especially pleased with their involvement in this year’s walk.
All three First Nations chiefs on P.E.I. attended the event to talk about how the disease affects their communities.
“We don’t really know why. We just know that it is,” said Abegweit First Nation Chief Brian Francis, trying to explain why many new cases of HIV are among aboriginals.
Part of the reason may be a sense of false comfort from living in a small province, said Francis.
While many Islanders seem to dismiss the idea that AIDS affects the province, it is important to support groups like AIDS P.E.I., said Francis.
“We hope by doing this thing we’ll create more awareness of the disease so people can deal with it more effectively,” said Francis.
With help from AIDS P.E.I., Todd has been able to deal with his HIV more effectively. In the two years since his diagnosis, his white blood cell count has risen from nine to 365, while his viral level has plummeted from 22 million to under 40.
He wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for the group’s support, he said.
“It makes me cherish life a lot more. I wake up in the morning now and I’m thankful.”
Islanders on the Run - Today in New Hampshire & Newfoundland
136(Place) - 4/24 F5059 - 3:58:46 - Elaine Burkholder - 53 F - Charlottetown CN
300 Runners
Full Results
Congrats Elaine!
| 9(Place) | 3:21:39 | Francis Fagan | Charlottetown PE | M 60-69 |
Full Results
Congrats Francis!
Update, Loyalty and Robin Hood
Loyalty from figure companies is something my friends and I have discussed lately, my second order from Four A miniatures included a free figure(one that I can use aswell),hasslefree have loyalty points,sweets and extras and even Pig Iron sent extra when they screwed up but the likes of copplestone(does not respond to enquiries about products and has never offered any individually generated extras for years of buying his products,foundry(offered discounts but did not work and took full amount without discount and was not changed even after ringing them and have never ordered again), there are others but thats not the point.Now why should they offer or even give extra its not compulsory, not economically viable(or is it?) but I believe it is good business sense because it prompts you to order again,recommend them to others and hopefully increase their business by buying more or choosing a period that they do that you had not planned to startWe are not looking for this all the time but now and again would be nice and I think it would increase sales but I understand margins are tight and some companies are a hobby more than a business(hasslefree have nearly gone bust in the past) and that in the end if you do want the figures you will buy them regardless and I believe thats how some companies think.
Finally I got to see the new Robin Hood with Russell Crowe and despite the historical saving private ryan scene(with what looked like landing craft painted brown) it was a 4 star romp with good action scenes and humour and I recommend it with the above comments.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
For Sale: Brand New Vibram FiveFinger KSO F41
~ For Sale ~
Brand new
Vibram FiveFingers KSO
Female Size 41 (see chart)
Black
Brand new
Vibram FiveFingers KSO
Female Size 41 (see chart)
Black
(click image to enlarge, click HERE to go to Vibram's webpage)
"The KSO remains among our most versatile styles for women. Featuring a thin, abrasion-resistant stretch nylon and breathable mesh upper that wraps your entire forefoot to “Keep Stuff Out.” A single hook-and-loop closure helps secure the fit. A non-marking 3.5mm Vibram TC1 performance rubber outsole is razor-siped for a sure grip, and a 2mm EVA insole enhances plating protection and comfort.
KSO IS BEST FOR: Light Trekking, Climbing/Bouldering, Running, Fitness, After Sport, Water Sports, Yoga/Pilates & Travel
Materials:
UPPER - abrasion-resistant stretch polyamide fabric & Hypalon® straps
SOLE- Vibram TC-1 performance rubber
FOOTBED- Antimicrobial microfiber with 2mm EVA insole
*Machine washable. Air dry.
Weight: Women’s size 38 - 4.7 oz. each, 9.4 oz "
so I ordered a pair in 42 that fit much better.
These size 41 have been tried on but not worn.
They are new, with tags, in box.
"I'M A MAN; CAN I WEAR WOMEN'S SIZES? (OR, I'M A WOMAN; CAN I WEAR MEN'S SIZES?)
We have recommended many male consumers to try on a female size FiveFingers and have had great success. The only difference between a male and female FiveFingers is that, male "lasts" are slightly wider and longer than the female models. If your foot is smaller than the smallest male size, certainly try on a female size based on your measurement in inches --you may have much better luck! Alternately, if you are a woman and your foot is bigger than the largest female size, we encourage you to try one of our Men’s models based on your foot measurement in inches."
If you're interested, email me: jypsy@planetautism.com
These were bought directly from Vibram in the US.
You can buy them (if they're in stock) in Canada here at MEC for $85CDN plus shipping
but they don't carry female black.
I love mine!TOSH Farmers Helping Farmers 5 & 10 Miler
It was cloudy and 12 degrees.The TOSH Farmers Helping Farmers 5 and 10 Miler at Three Oaks High School. The course on Old Summerside, trail and boardwalk.
The 10 mile race was changed from Miscouche Firefighters 10 Mile Run last year.
Scott Clark won the race and Jennifer Pizio-Perry for the top female.
I finished in 1:10:29 and came in 7th out of 59 runners.
Paul Wright won the 5 mile race and Eva Strongman for the top female.
Official Result: 7th out of 59
10 Miles in 1 hour, 10 minutes and 29 seconds
5 Mile Results
10 Mile Results
More Photos
http://www.journalpioneer.com/Sports/2010-09-26/article-1795244/Clark-top-overall-finisher-in-TOSH-run/1Clark top overall finisher in TOSH run
Amber Nicholson/Journal Pioneer
Scott Clark was the overall winner of the 10-mile event of the Three Oaks Farmers Helping Farmers Run on Saturday. His time was 1:01:19.
Published on September 26th, 2010
Amber Nicholson
SUMMERSIDE - Scott Clark of Linkletter was the top overall finisher in the premiere Three Oaks Farmers Helping Farmers Run on Saturday morning.
Clark finished the 10-mile event in one hour one minute 19 seconds (1:01:19), making it his first first-place finish this season.
"I feel great," Clark said as he sailed over the finish line. "It was a beautiful run that really showcased Summerside."
Jennifer Pizio-Perry of Greenmount was the top female for the 10-mile run with a time of 1:10:04.
"It was a good, wet run," Pizio-Perry said. "I had never run the Summerside boardwalk before."
Top male and female runners for the five-mile run were Paul Wright of Central Bedeque at 34:38, and Eva Strongman of Linkletter at 41:54.
The course took runners along the boardwalk, Confederation Trail and through the streets and parks of Summerside.
"It was a beautiful run that really showcased Summerside." - Scott Clark
Clark is currently preparing for the upcoming P.E.I. Marathon that happens in October.
"Sixteen kilometres (10 miles) is a good distance to get you ready," he said.
Clark has a personal goal of two hours 50 minutes for the P.E.I. Marathon.
Pizio-Perry also has the P.E.I. Marathon in the back of her mind. She said that if she gets a few more long-distance runs in over the next three weeks she would strongly consider attempting her first full marathon.
"I have a lot of work ahead of me," Pizio-Perry said with a smile.
~*~
acceptance, inclusion, awareness
Running For Autism
Not Against Itacceptance, inclusion, awareness
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Learn to run with Go!PEI
Learn to run with Go!PEI
Have you always wanted to "learn to run", but felt you did not know how? The Charlottetown Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with Go!PEI and the PEI Road Runners are offering a 10 week "learn to run" program in Charlottetown.
DATE: Tuesdays, starting September 28, 2010
TIME: 6 – 7 PM
LOCATION: Victoria Park (meet at the ball field clubhouse)
This is a FREE program for all, please contact us to register.
Brief overview of program:
- This 10 week program is designed to help you build the stamina to learn to run.
- The most important part of the program is for the runner to be patient and not try and do too much too early.
- The program is based on 3 - 4 workouts per week. The group will meet once a week and you will pick 2 - 3 other days that are convenient for you to train on your own. A workout plan will be provided.
- Please dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable sneakers.
For more information and to register, please contact the Charlottetown Parks and Recreation Department at (902) 368-1025 or email: fquinn@city.charlottetown.pe.ca.
Website: www.city.charlottetown.pe.ca; www.twitter.com/gocharlottetown
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
WARNING: teaching embroidery to children will warm your heart
by Dena LenhamIt was Grandparents' Day recently, and while I no longer have my grandparents here, I fondly thought of them and how much they taught me, and loved me, over the years. My grandfathers taught me about the outdoors and baseball, for instance. My grandmothers taught me how to sew, embroider, and crochet. I love them for it — I celebrate all of these passions to this very day.
Charles and Danielle's grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. Kreinik senior) taught them about needlework. You probably have a grandmother or friend that taught you how to use a needle and thread, or maybe you just watched them as they stitched. These impressions add up, and they keep the age-old passion of needlework alive. Just think how many people have this wonderful hobby, creativity, and stress relief in their lives because of you...
At Kreinik we get to hear about many stitchers sharing their knowledge by teaching others. When Claudette Osterreicher sent us photos of her young students stitching with Kreinik threads in an embroidery class, we asked her if we could share the story with others. The smiles on the girls' faces should encourage all of us to keep sharing our time and talents with others. Thank you to Claudette and the parents for letting us share the photos.
Claudette, who is a member of the Embroiderer's Association of Canada (http://www.eac.ca) and has won an award for her own needlework, teaches a group of Hutterite ladies and girls in Canada. She shared some of the different Kreinik threads with her students and they wanted to learn more. The colors and textures and variety in the Kreinik line is visually exciting and the threads can be used by all ages. "I am amazed at how fast these girls caught on," Claudette told us. If you are thinking of teaching youngsters in your community, take a note from Claudette about types of projects her students prefer: "They like to make more practical things. They don't do alot of pictures on the wall. Right now the little ones are doing needle books and the older girls are doing pincushions."A message to Claudette's students: Your work is excellent, Lisa, Helen, Jessica, Maryanne, Niomi and Dorothy! We hope this begins a life-long love of needlework and creativity. You have inspired us to take time and teach others too.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Finish Line Photos
I've taken a lot of finish line photos over the past few years. Currently there are 48,057 photos on Alex's Flickr account, most of them finish line photos. Here's a finish line photo I didn't take:
Loretta snapped this yesterday as I crossed the finish line at the Terry Fox Run.
After cycling 34.63Km with the Maritime 50K Fox runners (taking photos along the way), I saw Alex onto the Bridge then I parked my bike at Cape Jourimain in the parking lot and took to the Bridge on foot.
I met up with my youngest son, who had walked over from the PEI side about 2Km in and we walked back together. It took just over 2 hours to cover the 12.9Km and we even ran most of the last 1.5Km. We were off the Bridge by the 12 noon deadline.
I wonder how many more finish line photos like this there will be......
Loretta snapped this yesterday as I crossed the finish line at the Terry Fox Run.After cycling 34.63Km with the Maritime 50K Fox runners (taking photos along the way), I saw Alex onto the Bridge then I parked my bike at Cape Jourimain in the parking lot and took to the Bridge on foot.
I met up with my youngest son, who had walked over from the PEI side about 2Km in and we walked back together. It took just over 2 hours to cover the 12.9Km and we even ran most of the last 1.5Km. We were off the Bridge by the 12 noon deadline.
I wonder how many more finish line photos like this there will be......
Islanders on the Run - The Cape Breton Fiddlers Run
6(Place) - Donald Stephens - 1/2 - 3:26:32*
13(Place) - Bev Walsh - 2/5 - 3:47:17*
15(Place) - Dianne Watts Pye - 1/4 - 3:51:16*
17(Place) - Maureen Leard - 2/4 - 3:54:39*
24(Place) - Kim Critchley - 4/4 - 4:28:32
28(Place) - Cathy Vaniderstine
Half-Marathon Results
105 177 Nancy McMinn - 5/5 - 2:39:37
13(Place) - Bev Walsh - 2/5 - 3:47:17*
15(Place) - Dianne Watts Pye - 1/4 - 3:51:16*
17(Place) - Maureen Leard - 2/4 - 3:54:39*
24(Place) - Kim Critchley - 4/4 - 4:28:32
28(Place) - Cathy Vaniderstine
Half-Marathon Results
105 177 Nancy McMinn - 5/5 - 2:39:37
Congrats All!
Congratulations on the win Leo, the PB Dianne and the Boston Qualifying Maureen!
Congratulations on the win Leo, the PB Dianne and the Boston Qualifying Maureen!
Fire Juggling Revisited
"So... I've decided to start working my way back to juggling fire and, in August, when my eldest son hopes to return to the Island for a visit, I plan to give the kids a demo." - July 1st 2010
My eldest son took these photos Saturday evening.
He's left PEI and gone home now but I will keep at it and get that flaming video soon....Testing personal limits on Terry Fox Run
Testing personal limits on Terry Fox Run
Stephen Brun/Journal Pioneer Fifteen Island runners chose to tack on an added challenge - they ran 50 km, starting from Tidnish, N.S.
Others take the opportunity to test their own limits.
Case in point: the P.E.I. Regiment, which marched the 13 kilometres with 50-pound knapsacks strapped on each soldier's back.
"We have to do a battle-fitness test every year, which involves (marching) 13 kilometres over a certain time period. We thought we'd take the opportunity to do that and connect with the community here at the Terry Fox Run and to make some money for the foundations as well," said Lt.-Col. Donnie Walsh., shortly after the troops were played off the bridge by the Regiment band.
"Everybody did really well, I'm quite pleased. We kept everybody together and had the band out for entertainment as well."
As if the march wasn't enough, after arriving on the Island each member had to complete a drag exercise - where one soldiers pulls another comrade along the ground for 25 metres.
"We'll be sore for the next two or three days," said Master-Cpl. Calvin Arsenault of Summerside. "There were a lot of people cheering us on, saying thank you, even giving us high fives."
Much earlier Sunday morning, another group also set out to complete the Terry Fox Run.
These 15 Island runners chose to tack on an added challenge - they ran 50 km, starting from Tidnish, N.S.
"They have an 'across-the-border' race in Amherst and I realized you could cross three borders, it would add up to 50K, and you could do it during Terry Fox," said the group's organizer, John Van Ekris of Charlottetown. "Seven of us had done that distance before, but we brought eight new people over to the darkness. Everybody made it, most people are smiling and they still like me."
In case you're counting, the distance is nearly 8 km more than a full-length marathon.
Van Ekris said the runners all finished the 50K between four-and-a-half and five-and-a-half hours.
"We started at 5:20 (a.m.) under the stars and out in the country," said Kensington's Ken Taylor of the run. "You just grit your teeth and keep going. (Terry) ran close to a marathon a day, on one good leg - it was amazing."
Rebecca Pike is originally from Pennsylvania, and is also one of the group's youngest runners at 24. She began running to relieve the stress of being a grad student at UPEI.
"I met this wonderful running community and it just became a passion. John was talking about the 50K run he was organizing for Terry Fox and I thought, 'Why not?' she said. "I had never heard of Terry Fox before I came to Canada. He's really inspirational. If he could do what he did with one prosthetic leg, I can do 50K."
sbrun@journalpioneer.com
Thousands walk/run the Confederation Bridge Sunday
Guardian photo by Brian McInnis Thousands walked/ran on the Confederation Bridge Sunday during the Terry Fox event.
Fred Fox, Terry’s older brother, was among those who crossed the 13-kilometre span over the Northumberland Strait.
He said it was an emotional moment as the group from the P.E.I. side met the group that started on the New Brunswick side.
“Everybody was cheering everybody on,” he said in an interview afterward, sipping water in the shadow of the bridge on the New Brunswick side.
“It was a pretty cool experience.”
The Terry Fox Foundation says the annual event, which has become one of the largest cancer research fundraisers in the world, has raised almost $500 million over the years.
That money has been used to make important breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, Fred Fox said.
On Sunday, he marvelled at the number of walkers and runners wearing red Terry’s Team T-shirts, signifying they are cancer survivors.
“It’s a testament to how cancer research is working ... People are surviving their cancer and living longer,” he said.
“It’s pretty rewarding when you get people coming up to you and saying, ’I’m a live today because of what Terry did in 1980 ... It’s pretty incredible to hear people express that.”
Fred Fox, only 14 months older than his famous brother, said he was thinking of Terry when he was crossing the bridge.
“We did everything when we were together,” he said. “He liked to stay active and compete all the time... We challenged each other to do our best.”
Many others have followed Terry Fox’s journey from the start, including Bruce Moore, his high school soccer coach.
“He was an average kid who did extraordinary things,” Moore said in an interview, adding that Terry Fox was a gifted athlete who also played basketball and rugby.
“He was a good student who was on the honour role ... But he was very quiet, and always the first one on the field and the last one off. He led by example, rather than make a lot of noise.”
Moore and his family ran in the first September event in 1981 and have taken part or helped to organize every run since then in Fox’s hometown of Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Moore, who’s now 70, was later diagnosed with cancer. He says he strongly believes he’s still alive because of the money raised from the annual runs.
Meanwhile, Terry Fox’s parents, Betty and Rolly Fox, were in southwestern Nova Scotia to take part in three runs. The community of Barrington won a national contest to host the Foxes.
“There are few folk heroes in Canadian history as formidable and inspiring as Terry Fox,” said local councillor Shaun Hatfield.
Terry Fox was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer when he was 18. His right leg was later amputated 15 centimetres above the knee.
Three years later, wearing a new leg made of steel rods and a plastic bucket, he was ready to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.
On April 12, 1980, he dipped his artificial leg into St. John’s harbour to mark the beginning of his Marathon of Hope.
His trademark hop-skip gait took him through six provinces, running the equivalent of a marathon every day — 42 kilometres.
But the country was shocked in September 1980 when word came that cancer had spread to his chest.
The young man was forced to stop his run in Thunder Bay, Ont. He died 10 months later, a month short of his 23rd birthday.
His 143-day marathon, covering 5,373 kilometres, still stands as an incredible feat that has inspired millions around the world.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/09/19/pei-bridge-terry-fox-run.html
Thousands of participants showed up Sunday to take part in the Terry Fox Run across the Confederation Bridge. (Tracy Lightfoot/CBC)
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