The public is invited to become part of this planning effort by helping to identify the range of issues that should be addressed in the Denali State Park Trail Management Plan. Open houses will be held from 7:00-9:00 PM at the following ...August 6th, 2009 Alaska AG proposes sweeping changes to ethics lawANCHORAGE, Alaska a�� Alaska's attorney general is recommending sweeping changes to state ethics law and the process of dealing with complaints against public officials, ... May 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been inundated by ethics complaints, most of them filed against her after she agreed to become Senator John McCain's running mate in last year's presidential elections. ...He lived in Tacoma with his family for 25 years, but now lives in Kent because his wife heads a five-state non-profit foundation headquartered in Ballard, and it only seemed a sensible compromise to make considering their workplaces are ... 2800 office and passenger service personnel and 625 ramp service and stores agents. The vote is expected to be complete by mid-December. The existing contracts were due to become amendable on July 19, 2010. Categories: General Business ...So what this means is that the Illinois and Purdue games provide by far the best opportunity for Michigan to gain that 6th win to become bowl eligible. And so the statement that has been made for the last three weeks still applies; Purdue and Illinois are .... Alaska 01/22 ... Ferris State 01/23 ... At Ferris State 01/29 ... At Michigan State 01/30 ... Vs. Michigan State 02/04 ... At Bowling Green 02/06 ... At Wisconsin 02/09 ... Bowling Green 02/12 ... At Nebraska-Omaha ...While the standards are not yet final, every state but Texas and Alaska already has committed to work toward adopting them. The head of the department's Institute of Education Sciences said the biggest concern should be the wide ... "That was a really difficult job for us to do and communicate to the public that students did not all of a sudden become very ignorant," he said. North Carolina still has below-basic achievement standards for fourth- and eighth-grade reading. ...For her part in what has become a national race, and a referendum on not only Barack Obama, but the direction of the GOP, DeDe Scozzafava couldn't be less of a sympathetic figure. To call Scozzafava a RINO, Republican In Name Only,.is to insult ..... Governor Palin's Press Release and Photo Archive. All previously cited and referenced content from Governor Palin's state page has been archived by the Alaska State Library: Governor Palin's Press Release and Photo Archive ...Alaska and Maine have been referred to as the a�?bookends of the nationa�?. Canada. Alaska leads the nation in stimulus funds, per capita. This year Alaska overtook Nevada to become the state with the fastest growing population of elderly .... Mudflats: Helpful hint for conservatives who mix up Osama and Obama. Just call him Bin Laden...you know, like you did before the election. Mudflats: That Levi Johnston - all struttin' his body around and being "desperate for attention". ...For a place "infested" with brown bears (according to the Cordova state bio and Chugach Ranger) we saw nary a one. We hiked Beach River for a few miles looking for bears and didn't see hardly any sign, just some old tracks. ...I asked them for some documentation that they did not wish Sea Grant agents (aka MAP in Alaska) to advocate. They gave me a copy of the Sea Grant manual on extension agents and opened it to page 36 on Neutral Brokers of Information. ... nominated to become Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the NOAA Administrator. A short time thereafter any oversight of the Alaska Sea Grant program was removed from James Murray. Elections have their consequences. ...a�?The samples are not representative of the entire state,a�? Gallagher said, a�?but I can tell you that in some areas in New Mexico, some New Mexicans have three to nine times higher the uranium concentration level relative to the national level . ... For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska: The true-life story of an extraordinary Alaskan woman who becomes an unlikely hero in the fight for civil rights. Nov 9 on PBS. Jim Thorpe, The World's Greatest Athlete: A ...
I have a 6 year old son. I have been with his father over 7 years. I am going to leave him. My question is can his father take him away and leave. He is not on the birth certificate but we do have a DNA test proving he is the father so he could become a member of an Indian Tribe in the state of Oregon. I think when I leave him he will take my son and go to Alaska. Is it kid napping?
The Death Penalty, you hear the word and instantly your mind starts wondering about it. The Death Penalty is know as the worst punishment, or charge, to get. The punishment is Death. The death penalty is very rare, but since the 1980a��s, it has became more and more common and more than 1000 people have been executed. The question you might first think about isa�� How do they kill them? The most common method is the lethal injection. A chemical that is released into your body that will instantly kill you. There are some other rarer methods known as hanging, electrocution, gas chambers, and a firing squad.
Many people go against the Death Penalty, this is for many reasons. One of the reasons is that it breaks the rule of the 8th amendment of the Constitution of No Cruel or Unusual Punishment. The Death Penalty can be thought to fit in with this and can not. It is Killing a person, but some people think they deserve it. Another reason people disagree with the Death Penalty is that killing a person is killing a person. They Say no matter what the person did, they are still a person and that doesna��t give you a right to kill them. But there have been about 18,000 murders in the US a year, and some people think that there needs to be more executions.
What I think? I think the Death Penalty is one of the things that I am really disappointed about. Im just a boy, but I know lots of stuff about this topic. So I do not and will never support the Death Penalty. My first reason why is that it is killing a person. Sure they are Mass Murderers but still 2 wrongs dona��t mean a right so that doesna��t mean we have to kill them because the government killing them is basically the government murdering them.
People say that it cost to much money to keep inmates in prison for life, actually thata��s not correct. Studies show it cost more to execute someone. Is the lethal Injection really painless. First of all, they arena��t 100% sure what it feels like because they can not test it. But studies show that people can go through an extreme amount of pain during the procedure. It usually depends on the person. You see there are three main parts in the lethal injection. Therea��s the anesthetic like material that is said to make you feel nothing, therea��s the poison like material that kills you. And finally therea��s the material that doesna��t make you move at all. Science says that over 10% of the Lethal injections the US has done the inmates where most likely going through an extreme amount of pain but didna��t even feel anything. It happens in sugary sometimes, it looks like there asleep but there fully awake feeling everything.
Here are some facts I made from researchinga��
a�?a�?In the United States, about 13,000 people have been legally executed since colonial times.
a�?a�?By the 1930's up to 150 people were executed yearly. 2 Lack of public support for capital punishment and various legal challenges reduced the execution rate to near zero by 1967. The U.S. Supreme Court banned the practice in 1972.
a�?a�?In 1976, the Supreme Court authorized its resumption. 3 Each state could then decide whether or not to have the death penalty. As of the 2002-OCT, only the District of Columbia and 12 states do not have the death penalty. The states which have abolished executions are typically northern: Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin. However, seven jurisdictions have the death penalty but have not performed any executions since 1976. They are also mostly northern: Connecticut, Kansas, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, South Dakota and the U.S. military.
a�?a�?The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that whenever a sentencing jury has the ability to impose capital punishment, the jury must be informed in advance if the defendant would be eligible for parole.
a�?a�?Almost all states have an automatic review of each conviction by their highest appellate court.
a�?a�?There are a number of federal offenses that can lead to the death penalty. About 21 prisoners are housed in death row at the federal Terre Haute, IN facility. One was executed in 2001. This was the first federal execution in 36 years.
a�?a�?Texas holds the record for the largest number of executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Virginia has executed a larger percentage of its population than any other state over 1 million in population.
a�?a�?As of 2002-JAN-1: From 1976, when executions were resumed, until 2002-JUL-1, there have been 784 executions in the US. About 30 to 60 prisoners are currently killed annually, most by lethal injection. About two out of three executions (65.6%) are conducted in five states: Texas, Virginia, Missouri, Florida and Oklahoma. Texas leads the other states in number of killings (256 killings; 34% of the national total). There were about 3,690 prisoners sentenced to death in 37 state death rows, and 31 being held by the U
1. What temporary land mass linking Siberia and Alaska is thought to have allowed hunter-gatherers to migrate from Asia to North America?
(Points: 3)
Sibaskan Peninsula
Siberian Connection
Nomadia
Beringia
2. Why is the information available to archaeologists about early Native American cultures very limited?
(Points: 3)
Archaeologists did not recognize the benefits of learning about native cultures until most of the available information had been lost.
Native Americans had no written languages so information could not be located
The nomadic tribes burned all documents and selected artifacts before they moved to new locations, so no information was available.
A pandemic of European diseases destroyed Native American cultures before information could be gathered.
6. What mountain range extends from British Columbia to New Mexico?
(Points: 3)
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Ozarks
White Mountains
7. What river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and drains almost half of the United States in the process?
(Points: 3)
Colorado River
Mississippi River
Hudson River
Ohio River
9. What did Captain John Smith require of colonists at Jamestown?
(Points: 3)
They provide the Native Americans with tobacco.
They work in order to eat.
They return to England regularly to maintain their sense of culture.
They adopt Native American methods of cultivation.
10. What was the main reason that Jamestown was founded?
(Points: 3)
for religious freedom
to gain wealth
as a base for access to the Chesapeake Bay
to bring honor and glory to the king
11. How did the Mayflower Compact affect the settlement of the Plymouth colony?
(Points: 3)
It defined colonists' separation from King James I.
It established a colonial government that was free of English domination.
It spelled out the religious beliefs of the colonists.
It served as a basis for passing laws for the good of the colony.
12. "Thousands of English Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay as they fled persecution in England." Which term is associated with this event?
(Points: 3)
the Age of Voyaging
the Enlightenment
the Great Migration
the Great Pilgrimage
13. What was a major difference between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Rhode Island?
(Points: 3)
Anne Hutchinson served as the first woman colonial leader in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Squanto provided Massachusetts Bay with corn, but refused to do so in Rhode Island.
Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, believed in religious toleration.
There was virtually no difference between the two colonies, since both were founded by Puritans.
14. Which colony was founded by Catholic proprietors on land given to Cecilius Calvert in recognition of Catholic support for King Charles I? (Points: 3)
Delaware
New Jersey
North Carolina
Maryland
15. How did the colony of New Amsterdam become New York?
(Points: 3)
The British king decided to rename the colony after his wife's family.
When the English captured the territory from the Dutch the king gave it to his brother, the Duke of York.
The Dutch and British agreed on the change as part of a treaty.
The Dutch traded the rights in exchange for trade agreements in India.
16. Which colony was founded as a haven for a religious group known as the Quakers?
(Points: 3)
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Vermont
Maine
17. What was the Middle Passage?
(Points: 3)
the transition from African to British slave traders who then transported the slaves to America
an agreement that allowed British ships to operate legally
an understanding that southern plantation owners could purchase slaves on a trial basis and then return those who proved inadequate
the second leg of a triangular trip from Africa known for its inhumane conditions
18. Why did slavery replace indentured servitude in the colonies as time went on?
(Points: 3)
The work required on plantations could only be done by slaves.
Slaves were more intelligent and could be easily trained to undertake plantation jobs.
Plantation owners were able to convert slaves to Christianity.
Indentured servants left plantations at the end of their servitude.
19. What did John Locke believe?
(Points: 3)
The survival of the fittest would lead to government by the most able.
Humans were superior to animals.
Natural law required governments to pro
Are We There Yet, Are We There Yet?
Let's Check Marx and Engels's List
by Robert Higgs
Reading the news has been exciting lately. Hardly a day passes without the announcement of some new government initiative to save the world. Bail out the mortgage lenders; bail out the big insurance company; bail out the banks; bail out the money-market funds; bail out the commercial-paper sellers; bail out the depositors in belly-up banks; bail out the automobile companies; bail out the deadbeats who didn't make their mortgage payments when they came due. When the Treasury bumps up against its borrowing limits, and interest rates begin to rise on its bonds, bail it out, too, by having the Fed flood the world's credit markets with new reserves created by nothing more than a snap of its electronic fingers. Who knows what industry, special-interest group, or noisy whiners bloc will be bailed out next? With the Fed standing ready to inflate without limit, the festivities need never end.
Of course, our rulers assure us that they will defend the taxpayers' interest like pit bulls. Why, just recently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in which they declared, "We must safeguard the interest of American taxpayers [and also, they continued] protect the hundreds of thousands of automobile workers and retirees, stop the erosion of our manufacturing base, and bolster our economy." Whew! These dedicated public servants clearly do not intend to rest until they've pretty much cured all the world's visible ills, including bad breath and flat feet. If they fail, in any event, it won't be because they were too timid about throwing the taxpayers' money at the problems.
All of which raises the eternal question, have we become a communist country yet? Yes, I know you probably think this question is silly, but I intend to treat it with the seriousness it deserves in the light of past, present, and likely future government actions. To ensure that I do not adopt an irrelevant or tendentious set of criteria in my inquiry, I will consider the question with reference to the list of ten measures that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels presented in the Manifesto of the Communist Party as "pretty generally applicable" for the establishment of communism "in the most advanced countries." In the following text, I reproduce each of Marx and Engels's points verbatim in bold font (from the 1955 edition of Samuel H. Beer), followed by my own evaluation or commentary.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
Of course, in this country we pretend to have private property in land, except for the huge amounts of land owned outright by governments, especially the enormous federal holdings in the western states and Alaska. But land taxation, land-use controls, and other regulations that trench on the rights of ostensibly private owners have already cut a big slice out of thoroughgoing private property rights in land. As environmentalism marches boldly onward, private property rights in land are likely to be chipped away further and further. Land rents, of course, are taxed along with other property income.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
In place. Worse to come.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
Some right of inheritance remains, but estate ("death") taxes have demolished much of its substance. Under the next administration, we might well see renewed attempts to "tax the rich" more heavily by means of increases in estate-tax rates or changes in bracket levels.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
Well, the rebels here are simply shot dead (see encyclopedia entry for "American Civil War"), even if their rebellion takes a muted and inconspicuous form (see entry for "Ruby Ridge"). As for the emigrants, if the federal government believes that it can squeeze a dime out of them after their departure, they will be hounded to the ends of the earth for purposes of legalized robbery (aka taxation). I am not a lawyer, but I notice that the law in this regard appears to be extremely complicated. I recommend that you consult your tax attorney before renouncing your citizenship or even moving abroad without renouncing it. Remember the government's motto: you've got money, and we want it.
5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
We call it the Federal Reserve System. As if it were not enough, the government is now in the process of taking an ownership position in hundreds, perhaps ultimately thousands, of "private" commercial banks by means of preferred corporate shares gained in exchange for its bailout doles.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
Despite PBS, NPR, and other outright socialist media, most of the means of c
I didn't take credit for the composition of this essay. The Authors name is clearly at the top. And apparently you are uneducated about the issues that you ramble meaninglessly about, it doesn't fail on any points. You just need to look into the issues more, including private property. You don't even legally own your own car, just the right to use it.
1. Which period of history was influenced by the classical Greek and Roman works? (1 point)
Renaissance
Age of Exploration
Technology Era
Dark Ages
2. Many Native Americans died after the Spanish invasion because of (1 point)
loss of homes.
loss of pride.
starvation.
disease.
3. The voyages of Christopher Columbus led to contact and an exchange between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas called (1 point)
the Continental Exchange.
mercantilism.
the Columbian Exchange.
the Treaty of Tordesillas.
4. Which of the following is an example of how the first Americans adapted to their resources? (1 point)
They lived along coastlines and fished.
Settlers near the Arctic Circle built homes of reeds and branches.
Settlers in present-day Mexico built houses of gold.
Native Americans in the Great Plains had a diet of tropical fruit.
5. Great early American civilizations built large cities (1 point)
in Central and South America.
in Alaska.
on the plains of North America.
in Asia.
6. Spanish explorers first arrived in the Americas (1 point)
in the nineteenth century.
in the late 1400s.
in the late 1500s.
in the seventeenth century.
7. Strong monarchs and large nation-states in the 1400s helped to (1 point)
increase interest in exploration.
overthrow the British Empire.
increase the demand for spices.
make all Europeans wealthy.
8. The Dutch, English, and French explorers of the 1500s and 1600s were seeking (1 point)
a direct water route to Asia.
English speaking Native Americans.
the gold of the Aztec Empire.
corn, tobacco, and squash.
9. Early Americans became farmers and formed communities once they had (1 point)
Europeans to help them.
money.
a dependable food supply.
clay to build homes.
10. Which early civilization built stone pyramids? (1 point)
Maya
Olmec
Aztec
Inca
I know that you have to live in Alaska for at least one year to become a resident. SO, if I go to college at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks for at least a year will I be considered a resident and thus not have to pay the out-of-state tuition fee? Will it work if I don' t live on campus and then stay in Alaska in between years of college there?
So if I make my driver's license registered in Alaska, I'll be a resident?
Note: I already have one.
The Beringia theory states that 10 000 years ago, a land bridge was created between Siberia and Alaska. People from Siberia migrated to Alaska and became the Inuit people of Canada. I have this question as part of an assignment and I have no idea where to go with it. Any suggestions or links?
question on my mind for a while now alaska and hawaii were not states in the early 40's and some people were born then my question is if a man/woman wants to become the president and he/she was born lets say 1943 in alaska could they be the president? if so would there be any controversies?
Slipping into Quicksand
His Rise Wasn't Difficult Enough to Prepare Him
By Monica Crowley | Wednesday, August 19, 2009
President Obama, once considered as politically agile and deft as a gazelle, is now looking increasingly like a deer caught in the headlights.
His poll numbers on everything from job approval to his handling of the economy, health care, taxes and bailouts are dropping faster than a cement shoe in the Hudson River. Perhaps even more worrisome, Rasmussen Reports shows that fewer Americans consider him "trustworthy."
His popular support is hemorrhaging because all of his major initiatives are either failing in execution or in the legislative process. According to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll, 57 percent of Americans say the $787 billion economic stimulus is having no effect on the economy or is making it worse.
An even higher percentage -- 60 percent -- doubt the stimulus will improve the economy in the years ahead. A new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll shows a whopping 72 percent of Democrats, Republicans and independents would like to see the balance of the unspent stimulus money -- about $600 billion -- returned to taxpayers.
The cap-and-trade legislation cleared the House (barely) but looks to die a timely death in the Senate. A majority of Americans now reject this scheme as they have learned it would be tantamount to the largest tax increase in the history of the world.
And now, Mr. Obama's Orwellian health care vision is going down in a ball of flames, with Americans of every ideological stripe in revolt over some part of what's being proposed, conceded and debated.
The president's agenda is in deep trouble, and now it appears not even the silver-tongued, savvy political Merlin himself can salvage it.
It wasn't supposed to be this hard for the Democrats: With control of the White House and huge majorities in the Congress, they were supposed to blow past whatever token resistance to their plans the Republicans and others might raise and easily implement their full-tilt liberal agenda.
But something funny happened on the way to far-left governance: The American people began to reject what was about to be inflicted on them. The Democrats did not anticipate that their constituents might like a say in how they were being governed. (That whole "government for, by, and of the people" is so 18th-century.)
Mr. Obama has been particularly perplexed by the revolt against his ideas, for two main reasons:
First, he (like the rest of his party) misread November's election results as a mandate to impose a far-left agenda without debate. The American people, however, still believe in the quaint idea of robust discussion before ideas are turned into law. They also make up a country that remains ideologically center-right. This week, Gallup released a poll showing that conservatives now outnumber liberals in all 50 states, and that 40 percent self-identify as conservative versus only 21 percent self-identifying as liberal.
No wonder a radical liberal agenda isn't taking off like the Black Eyed Peas' new CD.
The second reason involves Mr. Obama's lack of political combat experience. He has never been hit before. Until the health care blowup, none of his significant political opponents ever really landed a punch. During his early Chicago political career, he ran opponents off the ballot, but such community-organizing manipulation doesn't translate well nationally. And now he finds himself in the presidency, never having known what it is to take a body blow.
The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and the press, and to have to answer the difficult and uncomfortable questions, be investigated, and learn the thrust and parry of political swordplay.
By the time he becomes president, he has been roughed up enough to be better prepared for the job.
Mr. Obama never experienced that. His opponents -- particularly Hillary Rodham Clinton -- tried to go after him, but even she used kid gloves. Former President Bill Clinton tried, too, and nearly got booed off the national stage. And Sen. John McCain could muster only the weakest of attacks against his younger rival. The mainstream media, of course, played up to him intently.
The end result is a president who doesn't know how to take a political hit or repel one without resorting to desperate and shameful attacks on the opposition.
This helps no one -- not the president, not the American people, not the country. Having a president react like a child who has been picked on for the first time doesn't telegraph "leadership." If he's flipping his wig about the health care revolt, imagine how he might react if there were another terrorist strike on the homeland or the Iranians moved to nuke New York or the North Koreans sailed a nuclear-tipped missile toward Hawaii or Alaska.
A president is always cosseted by hi
I want to become a motorcycle technician when I get older. I'm going to school in Arizona, but I wanna get a job as far north as possible (I like the cold). Is Alaska too cold and snowy there, or would some cities be hot and dry, with motorcycle riders? What is the farthest north state I could go?
The 9th circuit court of appeals covers nine states.............
California, Alaska, Arizona, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii, Oregon
If the 9th circuit court of appeals rules California's prop 8 is unconstitutional............
Does that mean gay marriage becomes legal in all nine states?
or just California?
Cause I remember them saying that if this goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, then gay marriage becomes legal in all 50 states.
So at the 9th circuit court of appeals, does it become legal in all nine states?
or does it only apply to California?
Let's say the federal case challenging prop 8 goes to the 9th circuit court of appeals.............and they win.
and the case doesn't go to the Supreme Court.
The 9th circuit court of appeals covers 9 states:
California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada.
If they win at the 9th circuit court of appeals: Does that mean gay marriage becomes legal in all 9 states?
The Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer, has become a smash hit all over the world, selling 25 million copies worldwide and 20 million in the United States alone. Twilight, the first book in the series, has been named a New York Times bestseller and Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year. Quite a shame, considering the substandard quality of these novels. In asking fans what precisely they loved about these books for the purpose of trying to discover exactly how such novels have become fabulously popular, it seems to boil down to three reasons: One, Twilight is entertaining simply for a fun read, with a rather unique plot line. Two, the fluffy love story appeals to the inner romantic in many, many girls and women. Three, Edward Cullen. Twilight in a nutshell: Isabella(Bella) Swan moves to Forks, Washington and meets the Cullens, the impossibly beautiful vegetarian(meaning they only suck the blood of animals) vampire family. Edward Cullen, the only single vampire out of the lot of them, can read everybody's mind but Bella's, and thinks Bella's blood smells utterly scrumptious. They fall hopelessly in love. While playing baseball with his family, vampires who eat humans come and see Bella, making them want to eat her. James, the enemy vampire, lures Bella to a dance studio, but is thwarted by the Cullens. Happy endings ensue. While this certainly is an extremely abridged version of the plot of Twilight, not much else happens, really. When looking at the raw ingredients for the plotline, Twilight seems somewhat promising. The interpretation of vampires is unique and potentially appealing. Admittedly, Ms. Meyer's decision to make the reason that vampires cannot go out in the sun the fact that their skin sparkles in sunlight seems rather questionable, but the idea of making them the perfect predators by using their physical beauty to lure their prey in, then their superhuman speed and strength to kill is an interesting concept. However, the idea is squandered in Twilight, and in its place, a shallow, illogical romance is written in. The section of the book where the enemy vampires come to Forks, incidentally, the only section where there seems to be an actual plot, gives the impression of being hastily tacked on to the end of the novel on the realization that one can't properly end a book with just a groundless love story. The romance in Twilight is not only very, very cheesy, but also incredibly shallow. Edward and Bella fall in love based solely on Edward's looks and Bella's smell. It seems that half the book is dedicated to describing how stunningly attractive Edward is, with Bella marveling at his smooth, hard skin, his perfect muscles, his Adonis-like body, his more-glorious-than-an-angel's face, his beautiful crooked smile, his captivating eyes, his velvety voice, his disconcerting movements, and of course, his mouth-watering breath. All of this, of course, is made even more spectacular when he sparkles like a diamond. Okay. Maybe half the book is an exaggeration, but hearing again and again about how perfectly god-like Edward Cullen gets extremely tiresome. Stephenie Meyer makes full use of her thesaurus for Edward, using every possibly adjective to accentuate his gorgeousness. Twilight manages to make Edward so beautiful that Bella actually is in anguish about it. Direct quote from the text: "He was too perfect, I realized with a piercing stab of despair. There was no way this godlike creature could be meant for me." Of course, if Bella is pained by Edward's magnificence, there is no shortage of fangirls willing to take her place. However, other than his glorious beauty, there doesn't seem to be any truly desirable trait in Edward Cullen. In all honesty, his only distinguishing personality trait is his abrupt and often violent mood swings, clocking in at an astounding 37 inexplicable changes of attitude throughout the novel(Note, this does not take into consideration any of switches that were deemed explainable, regardless of whether or not they were a completely unnecessary overreaction. Otherwise, the count would be at something around 60 or 70.). Even Bella, utterly infatuated as she is, notices this, asking him if he has a multiple personality disorder. In addition to this, Edward seems rather stalkeresque. After seeing Bella for three days(not accounting for the approximate week where he went to Alaska in order to not smell her dangerously appetizing scent), Edward breaks into Bella's house and watches her sleep for months. Amazingly, Bella, rather than be creeped out and take a restraining order on him, is flattered by his spying, and only gets upset when she realizes he heard her talking in her sleep about him. He is also excessively controlling. When James decides to hunt for Bella, Edward throws her into his car, orders his brother Emmett to restrain her by strapping her to the seat and grabbing her wrists, and refuses to listen to anything she has to say until forced to by hi
not that the dems are worth a crap....im just amazed how brainwashed both sides have become.
if you seriously consider the right better than the left then explain how you reelected a president who outspend every dem admin in US history?
now tell me how you can show any interest in palin ....she hired a lobbyist to seek $27 million in earmarks for a town of 8,000. Palin was for the "bridge to nowhere" before she was against it. She resisted but then retreated on Alaska taking federal stimulus money, although holding out on dollars earmarked to weatherize homes for winter.
She has served as governor of a state that, in 2008, received $508.34 per resident in federal earmarks -- highest in the nation --compared to $18.74 per capita in John McCain's Arizona
so much for the notion the right has a shred of fiscal responsiblity....go ahead and slam obama all you want and insult me all you care to, it wont undo the fact you righties have based your political beliefs on a whole lot BS served up by people who are laughing at you behind your backs.....the GOP.
How do we know if Hawaii really is a state? There are several things that leave me in doubt:
- They were invaded by the Japanese at one point during World War 2.
- They're almost never in the country; they're usually out at sea somewhere.
- Hawaii is just one of several islands. How did the rest of the islands get in? Shouldn't they be separate states?
- Almost none of their street signs is in English.
- It costs at least $500 to go there. Why so much? When's the last time anybody paid $500 to go to, say, New Jersey?
- Hawaii supposedly became a state on August 21, 1959; but Barack Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. That can't be right, because as we all know, Obama is Unamerican.
- Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959. Isn't it a rather large coincidence for America to gain two states in the *same year?*
- Hawaii's state flag has a British flag in the corner. (You may remember from your history books that the British were the very first Unamericans.)
- They're just too darn dusky.
These are legitimate grounds for concern. Sure, somebody in Congress could show us a piece of paper *claiming* Hawaii to be a state, but what kind of proof is that? It could be a fake.
Are there any other "staters" out there who share my concerns?
Note to those with irony deficiency: Yes, it's a joke. It's a bit frightening how many people are taking this seriously. Maybe that's why "birthers" are getting so much press, instead of just being ignored as the frothing loonies that they are.
Palin is an idiot, she can't get re-elected to governor of Alaska, she dang sure won't get elected anywhere in the other 49 states. Maybe she can find a small redneck town somewhere and become mayor.
My boyfriend and I have become very close within this past year. As our relationship continues I find him settling down and hinting towards marriage. I'm a dreamer and I've always wanted that dream come true wedding. Well, as time goes by I've been trying to sort of plan out the wedding and weighing my options. I don't want to go spending tons of money. Honestly, all I want is a good location, my dress, his tux, an altar, preacher to wed us, and our friends plus family. His Father passed away from cancer last year in April and from what I've heard it's always been his Father's dream to go to Alaska which he never did. So here's my though, neither of us have ever been to Alaska. I've always wanted to go for the northern lights and he for his Dad's sake. My thought is, what better place to get married than the beloved state of his Father. I don't know about you, but I think this is a wonderful idea and he just might adore me for it. So now I ask of you, which region of Alaska is best for a wedding?
I'm talking about a belated Canadian response to 54"40 or Fight when the Americans out west tried to put up a fight to connect Alaska with the lower 48 when it was British occupied.'
There was a compromise, but Canadians should be angry that below the 49th Parallel it turns into USA unless you're East of Lake Superior. Canadians should not be satisfied that to drive from Ottawa to Vancouver your short route is right through the Midwest states.
I'm American and I think Canadians should say "This is unacceptable!!!!!" And then they should try to make gains on lands below the 49th Parallel and claim parts of Minnesota for Ontario.
I as an American want this because then I won't have to drive as far north to enter Canada and get Alexander Keiths beer because the land of Canada would supply it once it becomes Canada.
So I want to start a coalition movement inside the USA called "Americans for buttertarts, Tim Hortons, and Alexander Keiths IPA beer" even if it means funding a Canadian take over of USA land to get Canada closer to where we all live.
In response to LaZeR, I think Canada is less discriminatory than the US in actual awareness of racial differences. I think they just are more open in the reality that you can't totally ignore race, you have to work and accept the unique traits of the different cultures in Canada and embrace each one as a piece of the whole and not endorse any culture as supreme over another.
Canada does a better job of this than my country, the USA, where discrimination is tuned out eventhough there is a problem that's obvious under the surface.
And also perhaps a Canadian way to break down race extends to that white people are not all one group. You can be a Scottish highlander, a Dutchman, a Frenchman, a Russian, a Swede, Irish, these varieties shine more in Canada and thrive more (you can call it discrimination or you can call it acknowledgement of difference and accept that it's natural to not be identical to your neighbour if you choose not to be)
I think Canada has progressed farther on the understanding of racial differences. Canada is not perfect by any means on this issue, but one thing Canada would never do is put all Arabs, or all Natives, or all Asians, or all black people, in one basket without acknowledging ethnic variety. In Canada you're suppose to be an equal no matter what you are, but the rainbow of the spectrum is filled with more varieties of color than is the US melting pot.
And so to get to my point, I think the people in different offices were likely in being hired, perceived not as being one group, it's just a diverse group of certain ethnicities that didn't include ALL but can potentially include all under equal opportunity, something like that.
I'm almost finished with my associates degree in biology in Utah but i want to move out of state to Washington or Alaska. How would I get started into nursing in either of those states?
There is no shortage of threats to our economy. Americaa��s unemployment rate recently hit its highest mark in more than 25 years and is expected to continue climbing. Worries are widespread that even when the economy finally rebounds, the recovery wona��t bring jobs. Our nationa��s debt is unsustainable, and the federal governmenta��s reach into the private sector is unprecedented.
Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day than on the gravity of these challenges. So, at risk of disappointing the chattering class, let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and where my focus will be:
I am deeply concerned about President Obamaa��s cap-and-trade energy plan, and I believe it is an enormous threat to our economy. It would undermine our recovery over the short term and would inflict permanent damage.
American prosperity has always been driven by the steady supply of abundant, affordable energy. Particularly in Alaska, we understand the inherent link between energy and prosperity, energy and opportunity, and energy and security. Consequently, many of us in this huge, energy-rich state recognize that the presidenta��s cap-and-trade energy tax would adversely affect every aspect of the U.S. economy.
There is no denying that as the world becomes more industrialized, we need to reform our energy policy and become less dependent on foreign energy sources. But the answer doesna��t lie in making energy scarcer and more expensive! Those who understand the issue know we can meet our energy needs and environmental challenges without destroying Americaa��s economy.
Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs.
In addition to immediately increasing unemployment in the energy sector, even more American jobs will be threatened by the rising cost of doing business under the cap-and-tax plan. For example, the cost of farming will certainly increase, driving down farm incomes while driving up grocery prices. The costs of manufacturing, warehousing and transportation will also increase.
The ironic beauty in this plan? Soon, even the most ardent liberal will understand supply-side economics.
The Americans hit hardest will be those already struggling to make ends meet. As the president eloquently puts it, their electricity bills will "necessarily skyrocket." So much for not raising taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year.
Even Warren Buffett, an ardent Obama supporter, admitted that under the cap-and-tax scheme, "poor people are going to pay a lot more for electricity."
We must move in a new direction. We are ripe for economic growth and energy independence if we responsibly tap the resources that God created right underfoot on American soil. Just as important, we have more desire and ability to protect the environment than any foreign nation from which we purchase energy today.
In Alaska, we are progressing on the largest private-sector energy project in history. Our 3,000-mile natural gas pipeline will transport hundreds of trillions of cubic feet of our clean natural gas to hungry markets across America. We can safely drill for U.S. oil offshore and in a tiny, 2,000-acre corner of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if ever given the go-ahead by Washington bureaucrats.
Of course, Alaska is not the sole source of American energy. Many states have abundant coal, whose technology is continuously making it into a cleaner energy source. Westerners literally sit on mountains of oil and gas, and every state can consider the possibility of nuclear energy.
We have an important choice to make. Do we want to control our energy supply and its environmental impact? Or, do we want to outsource it to China, Russia and Saudi Arabia? Make no mistake: President Obamaa��s plan will result in the latter.
For so many reasons, we cana��t afford to kill responsible domestic energy production or clobber every American consumer with higher prices.
Can America produce more of its own energy through strategic investments that protect the environment, revive our economy and secure our nation?
Yes, we can. Just not with Barack Obamaa��s energy cap-and-tax plan.
The writer, a Republican, is governor of Alaska.
Go, Sarah, go!
Now, tell me again. Why are liberals constantly attacking Ms Palin? Becuase she is right or because she is a female and they are threatened by her? Perhaps they should read this before calling her all those vile names and insult her intelligence?
I meant to say, was the Governor of Alaska.
When he won his seat in Chicago (on his second try) it was because he took out his opponent by challanging every single signature on her nomination petitions. No "i" dotted..... not valid. No "t" crossed..... not valid. Printed......Not valid. He won because he ran unopposed.
Then Sarah came along and he sent his goons to Alaska. According to Palin advisor Meg Stapleton, (with regards to all the frivilous ethics charges), "A lot of this comes Washington, DC. The trail is pretty direct and pretty obvious to us. The anti Palin offensive seems lifted straight from "The Thumpin", which describes the poltcal strategies of Rahm Emaneul, who is now the White House chief of Staff. It's the Sarah Palin playbook. It's how they operate."
Palin and her Alaska circle find evidence for their suspicions about the Whtie House in the person of Pete Rouse, who lived in Juneau for a time before he became chief of staff to a young US Senator named Barack Obama. Rouse, they note, is a friend of former Alaska state senator Kim Elton, who pushed the first ethics investigation of Palin, examining her controversial firing of the state's public saftey commissioner. Both Rouse and Elton have joined the Obama Administration.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs scofffed at the theory. "The charge is ridiculous," he said. Obviously there is no effort....From my vantage point, a lot of the criticism she is getting from others seems to be generated from self inflicted wounds."
Now Palin has resigned and people have been very quick to call her finished in politics.
Was Obama so scared of her in 2012 that he had to "take her out", just as he did his first opponant?
She said this morning she is jumping into the national political scene immediately and with both feet. Did Obama and his Chicago thugs meet their match?
opponent..............
Rank the 6 steps listed below in the order in which they were taken in the process of granting statehood to alaska. Mark the first step taken 1, the nex 2, and so on until marking 6 for the last step.
15)____ The people of Alaska petitioned Congress for admission to statehood.
16)____ Congress passed statehood legislation.
17)____ Congress passed an enabling act authorizing Alaska to frame a state constitution.
18)____ The president proclaimed Alaska a state.
19)____ the ratified state constitution of Alaska was submitted to Congress.
20)____ The people of Alaska voted approval of the proposed state constittion.
Arizona was a close race...........McCain won it by 4%.
and if I recall correctly..................Alaska was becoming a close race before McCain announced who his running mate was. Once Palin got on the ticket, Alaska polls shifted heavily Republican. So the VP has influence.
You think Obama would have won Arizona if he picked Janet Napolitano?
ok so be prepared this is going to get long...
So in the beginning of the school year one of my best friends, Jenine, met another one of my other friends, James, and needless to say they hit it off. Even though their personalities seeminly clashed for some reason it worked and soon enough Josh was sending her "love texts" and wooing her and she, being a typical teenage girl, fell for him. They weren't official for about 7 months but it was still there. Then finally they started dating and for the first 2 months everything was going great. However after a while they began to agrue over small matters making it obvious that the last official month of there relationship was the end.
Jenine then, deciding it was going to end sooner or later, dumped James only to take him back after he begged and pleaded. This process then happened for a second time and again they got back together. However the third time they decided to end their relationship James did not beg and plead and they did not get back together.
However, Jenine was heart broken for she claimed he was "her first love". And then James jumped into another relationship only a month after their break up. Everybody knows this new relationship is only for fun and will not last long for he is moving in only a few weeks to Alaska. Jenine on the otherhand, is still extremely depressed about her ex's quick rebound and her obbsession with getting him back and spending nearly all her time wondering "what might have been" has only gotten worse. Although I consider myself a very patient person I dont know how much longer I can deal with her she's driving me and all of her other friends INSANE. Since their official break up (which occured over a month ago) she has became an extremely self-centered person and deals with her emotional state by talking about her friends behind their back. She also has been flirting with all her friends ex-boyfriends (even after it was carefully explained to her how much it was hurting her friends) and she also refuses to listen to anyones advice.
She is only hurting herself more by continuing to think of the "what ifs" and along the way is hurting all her friends and family. I have tried just about everything to help her get over James so she can go back to her own sweet self rather than the selfish person she has become but nothing seems to work. When I offer ways of how to slowly move on she gets really angry and when I try to explain to her the reality of the situation she only screams. I have also attempted comforting her by taking her out and keeping her busy for she was always a party girl. But no matter where I take her or who is there she only gets upset and wants to leave.
I am out of ideas and am loosing my patience with her! I need advice on how to help my friend get over James. I know because of personal experience that a broken heart is not easy to mend and I'm aware it takes time however the person she has become is pushing away all her friends. He's also the only things she talks about and it's crazy. Please help, I'm desperate!!!
Herea��s a woman from true humble roots, who took on her own partya��s corrupt alliance with big oil in her own state, beat them at their own game, and prevailed to become Governor of the state of Alaska. Now no Alaskan pays either state or sales tax!
All these comments about Sarah Palin being a�?dumba�? just make me laugha��do you all still think the earth is flat, too?
You got to have some smarts to do that, not to mention being pretty damn brave.
Sarah as we see, gets the double whammy of both sexism and classism. It is as much her class status as her female status that makes the elitist lefties crazy.
For all their claims of being for a�?the little guya�?, the left these days only really cares about the amorphous little guy that they can control and patronize. The poor in abstract are fine, because they can be graciously a�?givena�? support by the ever-so-enlightened creative class. The grateful poor are ever in fashion.
But blue-collar working people who really dona��t want a damn thing from them but to be respected, left alone, and not gutted by the oligarchs? The ungrateful poor, who dona��t give a rata��s ass for the benevolence of the Village, and may, perhaps, openly mock them? Them, not so much. Those people have to be destroyed, as they are fucking up the self-congratulatory savior complex of the elite. We ungrateful working class dona��t look at them with shining eyes as they try to a�?elevatea�? us to their level, because we see them for what they are and say, a�?You know what? I really wouldna��t want to be you.a�? Horrors! How dare we!
I do believe in a�?promoting the general welfare, in some degree of social safety net, in govt and policies that are helpful to a�?the little guya�?. And I believe that one does that by actually consulting that little guy (novel thought!), and giving the average American a voice of his own. But this is not what the current Left believes a�� not really. Their approach is more of a a�?Sit down and shut up and allow ME to tell you how I shall help you, and give you a better America.a�?
Sarah flies in the face of every bit of that. She is not appropriately grateful, or appropriately cowed by their self-evident intellectual superiority. She is not ashamed of her state college roots, her working class sympathies, her hard and insignificant work in some podunk place that happens to be home. She is not ashamed of her averageness, and she is not ashamed of ours. She does not worship at the Shrine of The Benefactors of the Grateful Underclasses. She spits on their Ivy-league noblesse oblige.
Ah yes, State College, where they let in any C-high school graduate, and once there they are as tough or far tougher than any private school and don't give oneshit whether that student flunks or succeeds...it's sink or swim time baby. Compare that to the trust-fund babies on legacy admissions to private U's who have a vested interest to assure every last one of them graduates with a fake "laude" on their degrees.
Wrap all that in tits and a vagina, and she is the elitist left's worst nightmare. Whether you agree with all her politics or not, she shines a light on the emptiness of their entire construct of who THEY are, and they just cana��t stand it.
I say GO, SARAH! Thata��s my sister, there. I dona��t always agree with you, but I GET you. You are us.
Democrat: Now that you remind us of Obama's comment about putting lipstick on a pig, that really does reveal the elitism of some on the left doesn't it? It's as if, other than their private school route, anyone attaining success is not legitimate and in fact a horrible threat to them. Interesting, thanks for verifying the points made.
I'm currently state certified for Alaska
Needing to know what certificates I need for the state of Washington & how to contact someone for training.
This past Monday I met with my publisher to discuss changing the title of my forthcoming book on Sarah Palin. After batting a few names back and forth we settled on "Wild Card," unaware that just three days later she would live up to our title with a bizarre press conference in which she announced her resignation as governor of Alaska. Her rambling defense of why she felt she needed to quit wasn't quite as rambling as South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's "what I did on my weekend in Argentina" speech, but even her supporters can be forgiven for being confused by the mixed signals she was giving out. Was she a) tired of having her son Trig mocked b) tired of being investigated c) looking out for the taxpayers of Alaska by quitting so the state wouldn/t be spending any more money to investigate her or d) clearing her schedule for a presidential run?
It's anyone's guess. But what is clear to me, based on her experience in Alaskan politics, is that beneath the veneer of sweetness and mangled syntax lies a tough, canny, opportunistic, steel-eyed politician who sees opportunities on the horizon and instead of waiting for them to come her, moves toward them. So what opportunities could she be seeing on the horizon?
Whatever her current deficiencies, Palin has the luxury of having time on her side. At 45 years-of-age, she can comfortably take time to grow her stature on the American cultural and political scene by writing a bestselling book, hosting a nationally syndicated TV talk show that would position her as the heartland's answer to Oprah, rearing her children and getting into fighting trim.
In 2028, with Trig turning 20, and two decades of a daily talk show under her belt, coupled with lots of time to reflect, write and think about the great issues of her time, Palin could very well be an unstoppable cultural and political force-part Oprah, part Reagan.
While she may be compared by her supporters to Reagan, what they forget is that when Reagan was Palin's age, it was 1956 and he was still 24 years away from his moment of impact on the American presidency and from finding his voice on issues like tax cuts, Soviet Communism, and opposition to abortion, all of which fully ripened as issues and came to the fore of American public consciousness in the turbulent 1970s. Reagan spent those intervening two decades writing, listening, reading, talking and developing a philosophy of governance that he simply didn't have at the age of 45, when he was a shadow of the politician he would become.
If Palin is to be a serious political force in American politics, she too will need to take time to hone her craft and both deepen her understanding of the issues as well as sharpen her communication skills.
In my book I quote a prominent conservative commentator -- no Palin hater she -- who says this about her: "She has natural skills that can't be acquired but what she does need is book smarts which can be acquired."
Mark Joseph is a producer, the editor of Bullypulpit!.com and the author of the forthcoming book "Wild Card: The Rise of Sarah Palin"
Never Mind: Alaska's Failed Legalization Experiment
In 1975, Alaska's Supreme Court held that under their State Constitution an adult could possess marijuana for personal consumption in the home. The court's ruling became a green light for marijuana use. A 1988 University of Alaska survey showed that the state's teenagers used marijuana at more than twice the national average for their age group.
Users can become dependent on marijuana to the point they must seek treatment to stop abusing it. In 1999, more than 200,000 Americans entered substance abuse treatment primarily for marijuana abuse and dependence.
The drug business is the most violent and profitable business in the world. What makes anyone think that the drug billionaires and their hatchlings will walk away from a "successful business" just because we have legalized it? Did the end of prohibition end mobster influence in the alcohol industry? Today, the mob is as deeply involved in the distribution and sale of liquor as it was at the end of Prohibition. There is no way that the drug lords will stop their evil work just because we have legalized drugs. In fact, it will "legitimize" them and turn our law enforcement community into enforcers for "legalized" drugs. Many supplement their incomes with kidnappings now.
Stop killing people in 3rd world countries because of your weak minds. This is not a victimless crime, it is a human rights issue now. 7,000 people in Mexico died from cartel violence. U.S. citizens are also now affected, since cartels have crossed the borders. This is suicide for our country!
We know addicts won't stop consuming drugs because they're hurting somebody else; they're concerned only with their own pain. But if you're not hooked, stop and think: The money you put in a dealer's hand may not have any blood on it yet, but it surely will. When you hand that money over, you're cashing in your innocence.
Everson v. Board Of Education (1947)
The Supreme Court decision Everson v. Board of Education 330 U.S. 1. (1947) prepared the dismissal of religion from American public schools. We are hidden by more than a half-century from the shock and numbness this new doctrine of "separation of church and state" occasioned, a great bewilderment caused in part by the absence of any hint of such a separation doctrine in the Declaration, Constitution, or the Bill of Rights.
The Court, which erected the wall of separation, went on to radically change the entire face of American jurisprudence, establishing firmly a principle which had only operated spottily in the past, the "judicial review" power which made the judiciary final arbiter of which laws were legal. No longer could the peoplea��s representatives expect that by working for legislation, their will would be honored by the courts. A new and higher power had spoken, a power with the ability to dispense with religion in government facilities, including schools and the towns and villages of America where public property was concerned.
Everson was no simple coup da��etat, but an act of Counter-Reformation warfare aimed at the independent and dissenting Protestant-Christian traditions of America. To understand the scope of this campaign, you have to look at a selection of court decisions to appreciate the range of targets Everson was intended to hit:
Item: A verbal prayer offered in a school is unconstitutional, even if it is both denominationally neutral and voluntarily participated in. Engel v. Vitale, 1962; Abington v. Schempp, 1963; Commissioner of Ed. v. School Committee of Leyden, 1971.
Item: Freedom of speech and press is guaranteed to students unless the topic is religious, at which time such speech becomes unconstitutional. Stein v. Oshinsky, 1965; Collins v. Chandler Unified School District, 1981.
Item: If a student prays over lunch, it is unconstitutional for him to pray aloud. Reed v. van Hoven, 1965.
Item: It is unconstitutional for kindergarten students to recite: "We thank you for the birds that sing; We thank you [God] for everything," even though the word "God" is not uttered. DeSpain v. DeKalb County Community School District, 1967.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a war memorial to be erected in the shape of a cross. Lowe v. City of Eugene, 1969.
Item: It is unconstitutional for students to arrive at school early to hear a student volunteer read prayers. State Board of Ed. v. Board of Ed. of Netcong, 1970.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a Board of Education to use or refer to the word "God" in any of its official writings. State v. Whisner, 1976.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a kindergarten class to ask during a school assembly whose birthday is celebrated by Christmas. Florey v. Sioux Falls School District, 1979.
Item: It is unconstitutional for the Ten Commandments to hang on the walls of a classroom. Stone v. Graham, 1980; Ring v. Grand Forks Public School District,1980; Lanner v. Wimmer, 1981.
Item: A bill becomes unconstitutional even though the wording may be constitutionally acceptable, if the legislator who introduced the bill had a religious activity in his mind when he authored it. Wallace v. Jaffree, 1984.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a kindergarten class to recite: "God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food." Wallace v. Jaffree, 1984.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a graduation ceremony to contain an opening or closing prayer. Graham v. Central Community School District, 1985; Disselbrett v. Douglas School District, 1986.
Item: In the Alaska public schools in 1987, students were told that they could not use the word "Christmas" in school because it had the word "Christ" in it.
Item: In Virginia, a federal court ruled in 1987 that homosexual newspapers may be distributed on a high school campus, but religious newspapers may not be.
Item: In 1987, a 185-year-old symbol of a Nevada city had to be changed because of its "religious significance."
Item: In 1988, an elementary school principal in Denver removed the Bible from the school library.
Item: In Colorado Springs, 1993, an elementary school music teacher was prevented from teaching Christmas carols because of alleged violations of the separation of church and state.
Item: In 1996, ten-year-old James Gierke, of Omaha, was prohibited from reading his Bible silently during free time in the Omaha schools.
Item: In 1996, the chief administrative judge of Passaic County, New Jersey, ruled juries could no longer be sworn in using the Bible.
Item: In 2000, Ohioa��s state motto, "With God, all things are possible," was ruled unconstitutional by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because it expressed "a uniquely Christian thought."
Actually, for all you simple people responding with Jefferson quotes from a private letter...I specifically said, the first time it entered American Juris Prudence...the first time the courts entertained this dimwitted idea...you peole need reading comprehension
It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something."
"What Ia��m looking at is not the day-to-day gyrations of the stock market, but the long-term ability for the United States and the entire world economy to regain its footing."
"You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done."
"We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture (1 Corinthians 13:11), the time has come to set aside childish things."
"I won. I will trump you on that." (Obama to GOP)
Note: That sounds childish. I thought the time had come to set aside childish things. Where's that new tone? Where's that promise of bipartisanship, Barack?
"In terms of speaking to former presidents, I've spoken to all of them that are living. Obviously, President Clinton -- I didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any seances."
"I am going to teach [my daughters] first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."
"[J]ust to take a, sort of a realist perspective... there's a lot of change going on outside of the Court, um, that, that judges essentially have to take judicial notice of. I mean you've got World War II, you've got uh, uh, uh, the doctrines of Nazism, that, that we are fighting against, that start looking uncomfortably similar to what we have going on, back here at home."
"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
"It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
"John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this (spreading the wealth around) socialistic. You know, I don't know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness."
"Over the last 15 months, wea��ve traveled to every corner of the United States. Ia��ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."
"I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face."
"We could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could save just as much."
"Will we acknowledge a�� will we acknowledge that there is no more powerful example than the one each of our nations projects to the world? Will we reject torture and stand for the rule of law?
"The objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to ten years."
(Note to Obama: A U.S. president can be elected to two 4-year terms.)
"You need to make sure your child can speak Spanish. You should be thinking about how can your child become bilingual. We should have every child speaking more than one language."
"We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid. They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black? He's got a feisty wife."
"I mean, think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela-- These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us."
"Well, I think actually Justice Breyer, Justice Ginsburg are very sensible judges. I think that Justice Souter, who was a Republican appointee is a sensible judge. What you're looking for is somebody who is going to buy the law where it's clear."
"You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
"The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person who, if she sees somebody on the street that sh
24 yrs old im still depressed...this is my natural personality now but i guess i go though life unaware of it. Didnt relize it, until this girl at work told me "whats wrong why are u sad all the time?"....im thinking to myself ..."whats does she mean ive been acting myself?". So I relized being depressed is a state of mind...so i notice i have this rare ability to come out of depression I notice myself laughing and making others laugh...I can only attain this for 10min or so then revert back to my old quiet depressed self, this is not someone telling a joke and im ok this is a different state of mind that only happens with a trigger i can reuse the trigger but its hard to do the more times i use it. When i was 17-18 i was not depressed i was social and had friends, i was happy. Ive been trying to get that back ever since but why does my personality have to be naturaly depressing.Theres 2 things i hate about myself, ok physically 5'6" 130lbs this bothers me and my natural "depressed" personality bothers me. Now let me tell you when im out of the personality and im happy and in my better form, holy crap i am another person its like i have a unbreakable confidence in me, im happy comfortable with myself , positive and i make the real decisions that i want to happen. But my natural personailty sucks to high hell and i hate it, so this is it , there is a soultion to depression but its not the outside world that makes you depressed and im not talkin about a death in the family , im talking chronic depression over many many years, depression can be cured BUT ONLY if you can change the "state of mind" your in ( i can do this manually but its tough and only for minutes at a time) this kinda proves anti-depression pills are a joke and not the real cure to it, but ive been in this depressed state for so long it has now just become my "normal" personality that i hate", but the real me the me i love, If could be like that just 24/7, that would be great , like heaven on earth. So i hate this its very hard , sometimes the stress from trying to go back into the positive state is so bad i just want to end my life, its terrible. Ive put a loaded shotgun to my head twice i wasnt crying i wasnt breathing hard it was like putting a cellphone to my head or something cause i didnt care what it was, cause there was no fear at all, the safety was off... a round in the chamber and my finger on the trigger...kind of a rush but there is something that goes though your mind (this is the most selfish thing in the world) i would be putting everyone else though so much pain from this if i went though with it ....I cant do it =(. Im not writing this right after i did the shotgun thing it was maybe a few months ago but...its just a terrible life to live...maybe i should say this, i am attactive i know this alot of people think i am...ive been single for years ..i have never had any lasting relationship im talking longest maybe a month...so when i was 17-18 i on was on top of the world...i broke down a few months after highschool when i helped my dad move to alaska....then joined the air force and now im out , still depressed and im 24 i hope that it well end soon, thank you for reading this, ive never told anyone this side of me not even my family knows , what can u say to this... i dont even know what to say to it so hopefully i change i cant do anything else , god help -Michael
I posted this on twilightsaga.com but nobody seems to reply to tell me if its good and if I should continue.so here it is.I didn't know what to call it so I just called it "The Wedding"...
"Hey, Edward!" Alice called as she quickly danced to Edward and I standing in the doorway.
We had just come back from hunting,and were now back at the main house to pick up Renessmee with Jacob.I was glad Alice's voice sounded full of excitment, rather than worry.I didn't want any more problems in my already content life.But then again,whatever the news was, I didn't feel I would be all up for it.I was currently in a pleasant state,and even with as much free time as I have now,I wasn't in the mood for another responsibility.
"What is it,Alice?" Edward asked.His hold on my hand slightly tensed.
Alice's smile became wider as she flipped a gray card infront of Edward's confound face.
"We're invited to a wedding!" Alice rang.
A wedding?Who would be getting married?Who would even think to invite us?
Edward grabbed the card which I now understood was an invitation,and he and I both began to read it in curiousity.
It was somewhat formal.With black cursive letters written across a cloudy patterned card.
The pleasure of your company is
requested at the marriage uniting
Kate and Garrett
Next Saturday.
At half past nine oa��clock in the evening
At the home of the Denali's.You know where to go.
We both looked up at Alice,still beaming a bright smile.
"I thought Kate and Garrett already mated," I said.
"Well they have," Alice replied,"but Kate kind of wanted to make it official.She told me she loved your wedding,and that she wanted one of her own!"
"Well I'm sure Garrett is thrilled," Edward mumbled.
I looked up at his perfect face.
"Oh,Edward.It was nice of them to invite us...atleast," I smiled.
He tilted his head.
"It's not that I don't want to go,love.We are going.I just had a plan for you and I next Saturday."
"Well what was it?"I asked.I stared at him in anticipation.
"It can wait,"he assured.
I knew that it would be a waste to keep asking what it was he had in mind,he would never tell me anyhow.So I let it go.
It had been month now since our family had seen the Denali's.As much as I just wanted to stay home,I was curious to see their home in Alaska too.And I'm sure Renessmee would love seeing them again.
"Isn't this something to look forward to?"Alice exclaimed,"I'm going to have you look stunning,Bella!"
I shrugged.Of course Alice would be taking care of my wardrobe.
So the next week went on smoothly.Jacob had insisted to come along since Renessmee was going.I supposed he was already very used to being around vampires.None of our daily routines changed,and we rarely spoke of the wedding.Not that it wasn't important,but that it was just a minor plan for the weekend.I imagined for regular people it would be a big event travel all the way to Alaska for a wedding.But with our sources,it seemed like it would be just a mere trip.Then we would come home knowing it wasn't a once in a lifetime vacation,because we had the longest lifetime in the world.Alice insisted on doing all my packing,which left me more time with Renessmee.
She had grown,no surprise.But of course I was no longer worried about her progressing growth,and I enjoyed every second of it.
We had a booked plane flight to Denali,Alaska.We were only going to stay for two days,and then we would fly back.Everything was planned.It was just another adventure.
That next Saturday we left to the Seattle airport to fly to Fairbanks,Alaska.From there we would just drive to Denali.We left that afternoon with everything we needed.
With no problems at the airport, we took our seats on the plane.We were all in one section,each of us paired in our two-seated rows.I took the window seat, and Edward sat beside me.Behind us were Jacob and Renessmee,and behind them were Jasper and Alice.Across us were Esme and Carlisle,and behind them were of course Rosalie and Emmett.
"Momma,is this going to be fun?" Renessmee tapped my shoulder.
I had just realized that this was the first time she had ever been a plane.I turned to face her.
"Yes,Renessmee.Its going to be a lot of fun.Its like you're a bird,"I assured.
"Don't worry,Nessie,"Jacob nudged her arm,"nothing's gonna happen to you."
"I'm not worried about that,Jake,"Renessme said,"I just don't want it to be boring."
I laughed and turned to Edward.
"You never told me what your plan was for this weekend."
I figured since now it had come,he would tell me.But I was not surprised.
"I'll tell you later," he mused.
The plane was now slowly starting to take off.Feeling a need to do something,I thought that it would be fun to practice with my shield.I had gotten to the point now that Edward could read my mind with a little less of my concentration.I looked down and felt myself slowly pushing it out of me.I finally felt it was gone in a fraction of
And yes I know its long but there are longer ones out there.Please tell me whether I need to improve?And give your ideas?
And sorry I didn't know this thing had a limit.The rest of the story is under the same question except it says Part 2.
And yes I made this by myself and sorry if its not totally amazing because I'm only fifteen
The year is 2014, Alabama and Alaska have just become the last two states in the union to legalize same-sex marriage. How has your marriage been affected by this? How has your life been changed by these rulings?
Hello. I would like some tips/advice on how to get into this field.
I looked at many websites and according to one the levels of EMS training in Alaska are-
ETT
EMT-I
Defibrillator Technician
EMT-II
EMT-III
MICP
So it doesn't look like the Alaskan model in much different from that of other states.
What sorts of prerequisites need I have before getting into ETT training? The only certification I have is for CPR/AED-Adult I received from a course I took with the Red Cross recently. I am thinking that I should go for basic life support and first aid stuff but I don't know. Although I have gone over this over the internet quite a bit, if I knew what I was doing I wouldn't be asking this question. Thank you for your help.
alot of you state multiracial as not a race well read this
Multiracial Americans have become the fastest growing demographic group, wielding an impact on minority growth that challenges traditional notions of race.
The number of multiracial people rose 3.4 percent last year to about 5.2 million, according to the latest census estimates. First given the option in 2000, Americans who check more than one box for race on census surveys have jumped by 33 percent and now make up 5 percent of the minority population a�� with millions more believed to be uncounted.
Demographers attributed the recent population growth to more social acceptance and slowing immigration. They cited in particular the high public profiles of Tiger Woods and President Barack Obama, a self-described "mutt," who are having an effect on those who might self-identify as multiracial.
Population figures as of July 2008 show that California, Texas, New York and Florida had the most multiracial people, due partly to higher numbers of second- and later-generation immigrants who are more likely to "marry out." Measured by percentages, Hawaii ranked first with nearly 1 in 5 residents who were multiracial, followed by Alaska and Oklahoma, both at roughly 4 percent.
Utah had the highest growth rate of multiracial people in 2008 compared to the previous year, a reflection of increasing social openness in a mostly white state.
"Multiracial unions have been happening for a very long time, but we are only now really coming to terms with saying it's OK," said Carolyn Liebler, a sociology professor at the University of Minnesota who specializes in family, race and ethnicity.
"I don't think we've nearly tapped the potential. Millions are yet to come out," she said.
In Middletown, N.J., Kayci Baldwin, 17, said she remembers how her black father and white mother often worried whether she would fit in with the other kids. While she at first struggled with her identity, Baldwin now actively embraces it, sponsoring support groups and a nationwide multiracial teen club of 1,000 that includes both Democrats and Republicans.
"I went to my high school prom last week with my date who is Ecuadoran-Nigerian, a friend who is Chinese-white and another friend who is part Dominican," she said. "While we are a group that was previously ignored in many ways, we now have an opportunity to fully identify and express ourselves."
The latest demographic change comes amid a debate on the role of race in America, complicating conventional notions of minority rights.
Under new federal rules, many K-12 schools next year will allow students for the first time to indicate if they are "two or more races." The move is expected to cause shifts in how test scores are categorized, potentially altering race disparities and funding for education programs.
Five justices of the Supreme Court have signaled they would like to end racial preferences in voting rights and employment cases a�� a majority that may not change even if Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed as the first Hispanic justice. Blacks and Hispanics, meanwhile, are touting a growing minority population and past discrimination in pushing for continued legal protections.
Left out of the discussion are multiracial people, who are counted as minorities but can be hard to define politically and socioeconomically. Demographers say that while some multiracial Americans may feel burdened or isolated by their identity, others quickly learn to navigate it and can flourish from their access to more racial networks.
"The significance of race as we know it in today's legal and government categories will be obsolete in less than 20 years," said William H. Frey, a demographer at Brookings Institution.
"The rise of mixed-race voters will dilute the racial identity politics that have become prevalent in past elections," he said.
Liebler noted a potential dilemma where a white student who is one-eighth Cherokee applies to college and seeks an admissions preference based on race and disadvantaged status. Should the college give the multiracial student the boost, if one-eighth of his family suffered a past racial harm but seven-eighths of his family were the perpetrators?
"It's a huge question for our legal system and our policies," she said. "Tomorrow we could have a legal case that challenges whether a multiracial person is a minority."
Census data also show:
_More than half of the multiracial population was younger than 20 years old, a reflection of declining social stigma as interracial marriages became less taboo.
_Interracial marriages increased threefold to 4.3 million since 2000, when Alabama became the last state to lift its unenforceable ban on interracial marriages. (The Supreme Court barred race-based restrictions on marriage in 1967.) About 1 in 13 marriages are mixed race, with the most prevalent being white-Hispanic, white-American Indian and white-Asian.
_Due to declining immigration
this means anyone can claim both and have that choice thank god for people who are pushing for this issue even though people dont think people want to claim both they really do this article is proof of how msny people would like to have that option cause again i say its what you are be proud of both sides whatever colors you are mixed with YOUR BEAUTIFUL JUST LIKE ME AND MY CHILDREN DONT TRY TO FOLLOW HATERS OR PEOPLE THAT FEEL IT MAY TAKE AWAY RIGHTS OR STATISTICS FROM OTHER COLORS MULTIRACIAL PEOPLE ARE TAKING OVER AND THATS THE PROOF IN THE PUDDING
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