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I recently read on article about Pope Benedict XVI's treatise on Islam and
the West. As a long-time educator and Protestant Christian, I have always
been interested in religious and political views, especially as they impact
the U.S. At this point, attention to Islam, Christianity and world...
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I remember the actual day I learned to read. I had been in first grade for a
few weeks. One morning I left the house to walk to school and I wasn't a
reader. But when I came home that afternoon, I COULD READ! I felt I was the
lucky recipient of a personal miracle. It was as quick as that!
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After reading a recent letter to the editor regarding fundraising walkers
and bicyclists sharing the Kern River Bike Path, it occurred to me to
communicate my personal insight to this gentleman and others who may not
understand the full impact these fundraising walks have on all participants....
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It was with great sadness and a heavy heart to hear of another life lost at
the railroad crossing at Kratzmeyer Road and Santa Fe Way.
The deadly accident that took place on Nov. 29 is one more reason our local,
state and federal governments need to come together to fix this crossing.
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PUBLISHED 2-2-2007
Oliver repeatedly admonished Stanley in 1930s slapstick: “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into.”
Bakersfield taxpayers should feel that way after learning Fire Civil Service Commissioner Stuart Gentry telephoned dismissed...
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The OB/GYN physicians in Kern Women's Health Group have had their share of troubles with county supervisors.
Accused of being paid too much, bilking the county out of money, taking advantage of a convoluted contract — the physicians have had to go to bat against the board more than...
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Looks like our freshman Congressman has someone other than working people in mind when he thinks about the people who he represents. Today, he voted against the Employee Free Choice Act. The Majority Leader describes the act this way:
http://speaker.gov/newsroom...
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WASHINGTON - The Army said Thursday that the two-star general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of command following disclosures about inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers.
Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, who was commanding general of the North Atlantic Regional...
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A Santa Rosa high school freshman was being razzed by classmates about her conservative Mormon upbringing when she retorted, "That's so gay."
The school, Maria Carillo High School in Santa Rosa, gave the girl, Rebekah Rice a warning and noted it in her file.
Her parents have sued...
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There is nothing worse than losing a baby.
The hurt by a mother, a grandmother and other relatives is more painful and lasting than being touched by a flaming sword.
So initially, we all wondered how grandmother Brenda Stockman, 46, and her daughter, Sandy, 28, could be arrested on felony...
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I’ve already called attention to our treasonously porous borders being like that asteroid in the film “Armageddon,” threatening us, coming straight at us. But in the film “Deep Impact” when the reporter discovers “Ellie” was really E.L.E. she is...
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What's with Republicans announcing candidacies on late night comedy shows?
Did Arnold start a trend?
Arizona Senator John McCain announced his intention to run on the David Letterman show Wednesday night.
Is the message here that this is funny?
On a personal note, I like McCain as a...
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Calico.3.1.07.carrie
Young and free
How could this happen
You lay there twisted and broken
Eyes wide open to the sun
Copper and beautiful
On hard pavement
To be passed under harder stares
I’ve watched you from my window
Following your mother
Leaping at your shadow
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For those of you charting my humble musical path, the song Merle Hasn't Lost His Fightin' Side jumped over about 1200 songs this week on this chart,
http://www.neilyoung.com/lw...
to hit #243. Yes, it's still a long way to #1, but with a little help from my friends...
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I like Rudy, America's favorite mayor and a former US Attorney General. I like his stand on gay and pro-choice issues. His stance during his tenure as Mayor of NYC showed he respects illegals as human beings when he issued a decree that stated city employees could not contact the feds with...
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Help me fellow bloggers.. how do you start tracking someone you suspect has Alzheimers, when do you call their doctor and what can you expect the Dr. to do. When do you call the family attorney, and when do you begin to interfere with someone's life?????
Story is my relative shows signs, short...
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teachers, parents, students, and their supporters flooded the education center last night in support of bcsd educators, with numbers of picketers estimated to be upward of 800 ... the superintendent and his clan contend that the union is being unreasonable & that teachers don't want what the...
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PUBLISHED 3-1-2007
Logic dictates that a lethal product used as directed ought to be banned — and there is no longer any scientific doubt that tobacco is a killer.
But Congress and few people want to risk another Prohibition era — with all its attendant risks of crime,...
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PUBLISHED 3-1-2007
How nice. How very genteel. How downright Marie Antionette-like.
On the eve of a critical meeting, during which scarce road-building dollars were to be doled out, members of the California Transportation Commission were being wined and...
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n-gage, our e-newsletter about all things interactive on Bakersfield.com, goes out to your inboxes every Thursday at 10 a.m. Tomorrow's will be issue number 2. To make sure you don't miss a single edition, including a new "neighbor" profile every week, click here to sign up...
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Clark and Soltz of VoteVets.org have created a YouTube Video about their new website: StopIranWar.com
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The Titanic was real, so must "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" which includes Jesus, the Biblical Savior of the world; his wife, Mary Magdeline, and their son Judah, also be real?
Where does that question come from?
James Cameron, the filmmaker who explored the wreck of the Titanic and...
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Now it can be told: people are concerned about global warming not because it's a serious threat, but all due to Satan's Plan to change the subject using the Weather Channel as his minion:
http://www.thecarpetbaggerr...
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The evidence is far from over in the trial on whether Vincent Brothers killed five of his family members, but the last two days has shown the ebb and flow of "who's winning."
One could argue that on Monday when Vincent Brothers sobbed upon seeing the photographs of his dead family...
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2/28/07
Paint it Black. It's a song I used to love, but could never relate to entirely. Now, sadly, I can relate to it. I know that getting depressed is a common reaction that Alzheimer's patients experience, especially as they approach the middle stage of the disease. ...
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When you think “Rescue the damsel in distress, kill the bad guy, save the world” think of Al Gore. Say what anyone will anyone hated by both the Clintons and Bush must have something right about him; and in my opinion this something is the fact Al is a consummate romantic. There are...
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It's been only three years since that nightmare of a grocery strike here in Bakersfield, but already there are rumblings of another strike in the offing.
Union reps now negotiating with owners of Vons and Albertsons are looking to get back what they lost with their last contract, but they may...
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A few weeks back, I posted something about an old phone device I had found under a house. I kept toying with it and had made some headway. Then, the other night, I was having trouble sleeping and was flipping through some old catalogs I have. Very old in this case. They...
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Sunday Al Gore won an Oscar for his Powerpoint presentation turned into a movie, “An Inconvenient Truth”. On Monday, everyone’s favorite rightwing nutjob websites went into attack mode on Gore. It started with a rightwing Think tank called Tennessee Center For Policy Research,...
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PUBLISHED 2-28-2007
Let’s agree: Bakersfield’s monument signs — two concrete greetings posted along Highway 99 on the north and south approaches — should be replaced.
They are ugly. Their lettering is hard to read in the daylight and impossible at night. They are...
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PUBLISHED 2-28-2007
Some students are falling to the bottom of the barrel and are being left there. California high school drop-out rates slightly increased with the class of 2006.
Students need to be given options, as early as middle school, to shape their futures.
Not all students want...
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I am a 23 year old guy who has had a lot to go through within the past year and a half, but I am a different person today. I once lived an unproductive life that led me into some trouble. Through the events that took place in my life I came to Teen Challenge a year ago and my life has been...
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An afterschool project, dedicated to the formation of engineering chapters at our local schools, dedicated to Renewable Energy Development in Kern County. We want trade schools in every field related to local industry, and Renewable Energy promises a prosperous future in the High Desert...
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I know, you've been afraid to hope, but finally, it's here.
No longer will your lovingly typed text disappear from the comment submission form at the bottom of blog posts when you mistype the anti-spam code. Go ahead. Test it. I did. It works! Not only will your...
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Central Valley Prices Down 3.5% YOY
Numbers for January 2007 are out and the Central Valley of California is down 3.5% year over year. So much for prices going up, as per ALL the local realtors.
From the report comes a note about the inventory overhang, see your Econ 101 textbook for an...
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Its a British tale..but still, its sad and utterly unhealthy and dangerous no matter where it takes place.
LONDON (Reuters) - British social workers will meet an eight-year-old boy who weighs almost 200 pounds (91 kg) on Tuesday to decide whether he should be taken away from his mother after...
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Gee, couldn't be because we borrow money to fund the war in Iraq? We can't afford to have China 'slow down' right now..they won't be able to keep loaning us money for our war effort.
The Dow fell 500 pts today..biggest drop in quite awhile. MSNBC has a nice writeup here about how the Chinese...
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Al Gore: “It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”
I’m not about to cast stones when someone is speaking ex tempore and winds up with their foot in their mouth. And while politicians have...
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Noveltown is gearing up for its NOVELTOWN 2.0 campaign, a community magazine, and we're publishing a memoir... But we need community support.
Here's an article I wrote titled, "The Making of an Indie Press Part One. Is it self-publishing? And what’s the DIY battle in the literary...
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On the outside, they look like they have all their ducks in a row, in one, several, or nearly all areas of their lives. But internally, they are imploding. I'm talking about the ostensibly "functional" alcoholic.
Today, I'm going to unveil the first entry in the...
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For the first time since 1979, religious leaders from America have met with an Iranian leader, in this case..yes, that man..Ahmadinejad. American Friends Service Committee General Secretary Mary Ellen McNish has a video up here, on google about her discussions with Ahmadinejad and...
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I met James Winterroth in The Mint on 19th Street back in August. A friend was in town for my birthday and she was getting a tattoo of a cave salamander on her shoulder at Mad Dog Tattoo. I went across the street to the bar to have a drink while I waited.
At the bar, drinking coffee, was a man...
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Want to see someone who doesn't practice what he preaches? Read this article from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. By the way, they claim to be a non partisan orginization.
http://www.tennesseepolicy....
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For a Slideshow of the 'Event' Visit:
http://www.ifeelgoodaboutmy...
From the very day we moved to this house the back yard was sort of an...eyesore. Not really bad just sort of as if it had been let go. It is true the owner of this home was quite the socialite...you...
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A friend of mine sent this to me. Truer words have rarely been spoken.
A lady I know wrote the best letter in the editorials in ages!!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.
Her point:
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country...
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Posted by Editorial Page Editor Dianne Hardisty -- On Wednesday, Feb. 28, Bakersfield City Council members will consider a proposal to spend about $69,000 to landscape and improve the two locations along Highway 99, where the city's "monument signs" greet northbound and soundbound...
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So I've tried Siam Dish over on Ming and Stine. And I have to say I wasn't impressed with the dish I had nor the experience of the restaurant. The only Thai food restaurant I have tried and will compare other restaurants too is Royal Thai in San Luis Obispo. I used to live in San Luis...
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My parents have a Maltese that I swear they bought to replace my brothers and me when we left the house. They paid $600 for him when he was six weeks old. They were recently informed that their "baby" needs major surgery on both rear legs. The "specialist" vet quoted them a...
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I just got a new puppy this morning. I've never had a chihuahua before. She's 8 weeks old. How much should she eat? What do I feed her? Is warmed milk OK. How about dry dog food mixed with milk? Will she freeze to death if I don't let her sleep with me...
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Say what anyone will of the good points of the show, some of the good films, why wasn’t there a terrorist attack on the Oscars? Because our Muslim enemies knew the show would be a propaganda coup for their cause. “Hey, don’t we keep telling you America is morally bankrupt and a...
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