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Direct quote from tkozy
"Anglo
It makes no difference how many shouts or rants. The trooper is trained to do his duty.
Morale is the responsibility of the chain of command. Not the civilian.. Whether they be pro war or anti war.. Chicken hawk or dove..
If you think the trooper gets...
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The Pope was excited to visit Montana. He was cruising on a seldom
used mountain road in the Pope Mobile when there was a frantic
commotion just at the edge of the woods. A helpless tree-hugger,
wearing sandals, shorts, and a "Bush Lied" T-shirt was screaming while
struggling...
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Sheriff Uses Pink to Deter Prisoners From Coming Back
Sheriff Uses Pink to Deter Prisoners From Coming Back
"Most Texas males have an aversion to wearing pink, so obviously already they don't want to come back," Sheriff...
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_a near-epidemic rise in the use of Ritalin and other stimulants to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Potential recruits are ineligible for military service if they have taken such a drug in the previous year.
Mar 12 2006, 02:03 PM
K6 Ritalin is no longer a military...
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I am a Bakersfield College student I am doing a short Survey to help the Smart Growth Coalition of Kern County figure out what young people would like to do for fun and I need anyone under 30's opinion on what would make Bakersfield or the community you live in...
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“Now I lay me down to sleep.” Many of us were taught the prayer as children and in turn taught it to our children. One couple bought a Sampler with the prayer embroidered, and wanting to surprise their little boy hung it on the wall above his bed. That night as he knelt to say the...
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In the early 70s, nobody thought pop music could become any more vacuous. Then came disco. And it came on strong. Notwithstanding the Beatles, and the British invasion of the 60s, can a phenomenon possibly get any bigger than Saturday Night Fever? Records were selling like they...
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I was poking through some of our site stats today, and I continue to be overwhelmed by the growing traffic we're getting through RSS feeds.
We've offered RSS feeds (also known as web feeds) for many of our news features for awhile but will be spending more time developing these in the coming...
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PUBLISHED 10/29/2006
Propositions 1A through 1E are a series of bond measures placed on the ballot by a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature and signed by the governor. We urge a yes vote on each — both because of their worth and their history.
These...
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PUBLISHED 10/29/2006
Voters should sink Proposition 84, a water bond floated by special interests.
Aside from the costs of more than $10 billion in principal and interest, millions of dollars in property tax revenue will be lost as a result of private property purchased for public purposes....
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PUBLISHED 10/29/2006
The following is a partial listing of The Californian’s recommendations regarding candidates and initiatives on today’s ballot. To read the published editorial on these races, go to www.bakersfield.com.
Statewide offices:
U.S. Senate: Dianne...
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Prayer changes things. Where and how? It doesn’t save women and children from the monsters in human guise preying on them, it doesn’t prevent tyrants and despots from rising to power, and it doesn’t give us good people of virtue as leaders in America or anywhere else in the...
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Several of us in the office just had this disucssion.
The correct answer is no.
But some thought it would be "hot" to get flowers from a woman.
I'm okay with getting plants. I have one on my desk from my bride. Some years ago, my son's girlfriend gave me a $1 plant when I...
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"The Donald" got a little heated yesterday in his press conference. I did watch some of it. Here is a writeup about his little temper tantrum regarding the timetables set for Iraq to take over the security of their own country. Did He miss the part where the Pres. said there were...
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Does it make a difference to where you shop that Wal-mart donates 78 percent of its campaign contributions to Republicans while Costco sent 99 percent of its political money to Democrats?
Increasing, shoppers are making those distinctions in where they decide to roll their shopping cart,...
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The spinach and carrot juice debacles have led many to think twice before eating up their greens, veggie fan or not.
The following article helps with those food fears, albeit the headline is a little sensational.
A colleague sent me the link to a story from Ediets.com headlined...
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PUBLISHED 10/30/2006
If you were hiring a chief financial officer for your company, who would you pick?
• Someone who has an extensive financial background, years of on-the-job experience, and additional training and experience as an attorney specializing in tax law.
• Or a...
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PUBLISHED 10/30/2006
The race for the District 2 seat on the state Board of Equalization offers Kern voters an interesting choice this year.
The usually obscure agency administers dozens of fee and tax programs, including sales taxes; hears appeals of income tax cases decided by the...
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Come on Adults! Show us your halloween costume and you can win a $49.99 gift certificate to Whitewater Car Wash & Lube if we at Bakersfield.com choose your costume as our favorite! There will be one winner and the winner will be announced 11/1/2006. Entries will be accepted until...
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Fans apologize for Afro wigs, blackface
Hudson fans also accused of using racial slurs against Shaker Heights team
The Associated Press
Updated: 2:34 p.m. PT Oct 26, 2006
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Bono is, without a doubt, one of the greatest humanitarians of our time. He's one of those rare individuals I like to call a true "rock 'n' role model." But there's a woman I'm sure he holds in high esteem, that started out with much more humble beginnings, and left an immense,...
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It's really hard to believe we're this far into the season. Next week should be great and then we all know how much playoff time is.
Bakersfield (5-3) at Highland (0-8)
Bakersfield, trying to get healthy for the playoffs, should still handle Highland with ease. BHS...
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The incident with the golden empire player and the referee, SICK. The referee had no right grabbing a child in such a manner. If that were my child I would have been in the referees face also. To the parents of this child, you should hire an attorney and sue Golden Empire and the referee. I hear...
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I am the curent President of the Kiwanis Club of Kern (Kern Kiwanis). Wesley Crawford Sr. has incorrectly claimed that he is a member of our club. He makes this claim in the Bakersfield Californian and on his "vote for me" website. Wesley Crawford Sr. is NOT a member of the Kern...
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Women are wearing sexy Halloween costumes this year.
Kathryn Brinkley of Fantasy Frocks in Bakersfield said costumes by Playboy sold out in a week. The store's owner, Jennifer Keller, said Playboy doesn't have enough costumes for the demand.
Some are making Mother Goose sexy -- grown up...
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Wow, I've seen bad perl and java scripting before, but yours just keeps getting worse. Is your site hosted by Yahoo?
[from http://www.bakersfield.com/...
...'yahoo/YAHOO', 'yahoo/dom', 'yahoo/event', 'yahoo/calendar'...
What the hell are you doing? Using Yahoo...
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VoteVets.org has released a new ad today which will run in CA. District 4, home of incumbent John Doolittle. You can watch the ad here. Senator Barack Obama, who sits on the Vet.Affairs Committee, understands the need for increasing the monies for the Dept of Veterans Affairs and has co-sponsored...
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As a product of an all-boys high school, the thought of people willingly signing up for single-sex education — without being ordered by a Catholic mom — strikes me as counter-productive.
Whatever more I would learn in class would be counter-balanced by learning less about the other...
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Did our Vice President actually say that? According to this write up, he did:
"The radio interview Tuesday was the first time that a senior Bush administration official has confirmed that U.S. interrogators used water-boarding against important al-Qaida suspects, including Khalid Sheikh...
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So you send a co-worker an e-mail praising him, and he thinks you're mocking him.
What's with that?
According to a story written by Dana Knight of the Indianapolis Star, your e-mail has a 50 percent of being misinterpreted.
Who knew?
The story's example is a worker sends the...
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PUBLISHED 10-27-06
Californians have a clear choice for lieutenant governor between Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, a Democrat from Walnut Grove, and Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks.
Garamendi is the better choice.
Although the lieutenant governorship itself is not a powerful...
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PUBLISHED 10-27-06
If Proposition 90 actually did what its out-of-state sponsor promised it would do, it would be worth considering.
But it is so broad, poorly written and confusing that it is dangerous for taxpayers and property owners, alike.
Proposition 90 seeks to limit the reach of...
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Last week county supervisors passed an ordinance requiring A, B or C grades be posted in the windows of local restaurants after inspections by the county's environmental health department. The new letter grades will start appearing in restaurants in January. Some other California...
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The “Control Freaks” cast were on my gratitude list today. I can’t help but include them, they are each and every one so incredible.
I felt bad because R.J.’s car got broken into during rehearsal. How did that happen? We didn’t hear anything,...
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Californian reporter Lisa Schencker wrote a story about students and parents complaining that eighth grade students were asked to wrote their own obituary.
Parent Natalie Chamblee didn't think her 13-year-old stepdaughter, Kristal, who spent nearly a month in the hospital with an esophagus...
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I get Jacobys mailer every few days. A good share of the time it's on the boring side and I just give it the once over and delete it. The last few days he's been coming up with things that interest me and here's another one.
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To persuade voters to ratify the U.S. Constitution, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in 1787 wrote in the Federalist Papers, "Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society." There are many values embodied in a legitimate government, but none is more foundational...
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Prop 85 is not about a minor's right to an abortion, nor requiring parental consent. Abortion rights were settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade three decades ago and the California Supreme Court ruled there is no requirement for minors to obtain parental consent in American Academy of...
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Whoa! Did you see the letter in the op/ed page today (Wednesday) in which the writer (Bill Hogarth of Kernville) said that the incumbent advantage in an election is 98 percent?
I may as well turn in my Diebold card!
I had heard figures in the past such as 75 percent - even heard 90...
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Have a costume but not sure where to go to show it off? Visit anyone of these places to enter contests, enjoy drink specials and dance the night away!
Syndicate Lounge
2nd Annual Halloween Party
Saturday Oct. 28th @ 9:00 PM
Corner of 19th & Eye
Costume Contest & drink specials
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PUBLISHED 10/26/2006
Proposition 87 has a laudable goal — energy conservation and independence. But the initiative proposes a horrible strategy that will harm Kern and other oil-producing counties.
If only for that reason, a no vote would be commended. But it gets worse.
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PUBLISHED 10/26/2006
Proposition 89 is a fraud. If enacted, Proposition 89 would provide public funding for statewide political campaigns.
Public funding of campaigns is not necessarily a bad concept, but the inequities in this scheme are terrible.
The bulk of the annual $200 million...
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This writeup in WaPo continues a story I saw last night on Countdown. The soldiers are making use of a legal protection afforded by the Military Whistle-Blower Protection Act, which provides that members of the military, acting in their capacity as citizens, can send a protected communication to...
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I was the last to arrive at rehearsal, which is a pleasant experience in more ways than I can express. I don’t think this has ever happened before. Oh, Jenn wasn’t there, but she is on a cruise and we didn’t expect her.
I was still fuzzy when I walked through the...
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With the future of the real estate market uncertain, more and more research firms and companies in the industry are forecasting which metro areas are headed for price declines.
And Bakersfield always seems to be near the top of the pack.
The latest reference is in Business 2.0’s...
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CNN has a writeup here. FindLaw has the syllabus on the ruling here.
Notice the word union instead of marriage. Will that calm the rightwingers that are so against gay marriage?
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It's a theatretastic ramble! Oh boy! If you want to be entertained this weekend there is a crapload of cool stuff to do. There are some new shows opening, and some fun ones closing, and a couple of one time only special events as well, too, also. Any of you grammar...
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When asked who the first two Apostles were Tom Sawyer replied, “Adam and Eve?” We may laugh at Tom’s desperate answer, but it reminds me of many a similar “answer” to Bible questions. My great-grandmother was fond of showing off my Bible knowledge as a child to...
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Week 6
Cao Boi and Cristina Voted Out
In a monumental twist in the game on night 15, both tribes are sent to Tribal Council. Despite Aitu's dominance in the Immunity Challenge, they are forced to send a member home and choose the wild card, Cao Boi, as their sacrificial lamb. Anh-Tuan...
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Medications for nerve damage cure nothing. And work to different degree at different times.
I have a hole/cyst that runs ½ the length of the inside of my spinal cord.
Because it went undiagnosed for apx 20 years, before it was drained. A considerable amount of nerve damage was...
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