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If you aren't into sports, stop here. Go find another post with the political mumbo jumbo you so love to get wound up about. This is about a different kind of fantasy world, but just as full of Armchair Quarterbacks!
I really wasn't into football at all. I didn't even know who was who...
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David Crisp and Carl Cole, the image-makers of Bakersfield’s bygone real estate boom, ended the year deep in a quagmire of home loan defaults, allegations of deceptive borrowing practices, civil lawsuits and an ongoing FBI investigation.
Although Cole, 60, left the now-defunct Crisp...
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There was no avoiding news about the housing slump this year. But just as the residential real estate industry flagged, other local industries surged, such as retail and wind energy.
Mortgage meltdown
The record-setting home value appreciation that swept the city two years ago was replaced...
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Kern County’s 2007
Freeway wrangling
Bakersfield’s transportation future was a hot topic in 2007 — sparking heated debate between city of Bakersfield leaders and Kern County officials for months on end.
City officials argued they could find money to fund a massive web...
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A High School teacher in Mission Viejo, Ca is being sued over an anti-Christian statement he made during a lecture in a class on the development of Europe, of which Christianity was, right or wrong, good or bad, a large part. I say it's about time someone on the non believer side was called on...
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KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit organization that envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in North America. KaBOOM! brings together parents, community leaders and corporate partners to facilitate the group planning and design of new community playspaces. Our goal is...
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So far everything I have predicted Hugo Chavez would do he has done, and every act has caused his country to lean more and more toward a dictatorship. He has nationalized every major industry and has censored all media outlets, seeing to it that nothing that would portray him or the...
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The recent coverage of the trial of the young man(I dont have the article and dont remember the names) on trial for being involved in an accident that killed another young man has really got me to thinking about what is cinsidered safe behavior in the mad world of off roading. The guy was out...
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Did Police Officers Protect Drew Peterson?
Third Wife Documented Abuse in Writing; Peterson Talks on 'America's Most Wanted'
Drew Peterson, a sergeant with the Bolingbrook, Ill., Police Department leaves a Will County courthouse complex in Joliet, Ill. Peterson's wife, Stacy,...
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The outcome of the bruhaha over the KHSD poster plan proves something I have known for a long time. That there are still many more Believers than there are non believers. This is not a slam or a raspberry to the non believers. How someone feels about such matters is their business and they...
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November 11: Veterans Day. On this day we salute and remember all our veterans who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Words can't express how much we thank you veterans for what you've done. Your bravery during the toughest, bloodiest, most difficult times in our...
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Have posted an article about Andy. Will re-post it later here if needed. Andy won the Worlds Junior Division Championship by over 2 feet! He had a jump of 18' 9" in the finals to win going away. He also set a new Cynosports Junior World Record with a jump of 19' 3" in the...
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Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. will again be documented on National Court TV
See this 35 year old GIANT, traded on the prestigious NYSE, and how it is
helping middle to low income Americans make wiser decisions and protect
their families rights for about a Dollar per day.
Pre-Paid Legal...
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Well..They are still at it. They just won't give up, they won't get the message and they wont be almost. I am speaking of the liberals who continue to evoke the name of George W. Bush to enhance their position, popularity and status.
They won't give up because they seem to enjoy slamming the...
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Hello all, last couple weeks have been hard to get on here. Seems when you get "UP" in age you start visiting the ER more often. This past week I found out what it is like to give birth (I'm a male)! Ladies I now understand, really I do, I spent a couple days at Mercy...
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2007 Fire Storm Facts
The Associated Press
October 23, 2007, 6:28 AM PDT
Southern California Wildfires
-- at least 270,000 evacuated
-- 12 wildfires
-- more than 700 homes burned
(from the beaches of Malibu to mountain retreats east of Los Angeles, south through Orange and...
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An aide for the Hillary campaign has stated that, according to internal campaign polls, up to 25% of republican females will vote for Hillary Clinton simply because she is a she. I don't know how accurate that number is but I do know that a significant number will do just that and it is no...
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I was looking over the various headlines today and came across this one. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303525,00.html
What do you think? If what the author of the article says is true, do you think it's right to allow Al Gore to keep the Nobel Peace Prize?
Could his "Inconvenient...
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The first CourTV documentary of Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc.
was so popular part II will be shown Saturday October 27th
You’ll be able to view this program in the
comfort of your own home,
** BUT **
IF YOU ATTEND A SPECIAL SCREENING, YOU’LL
HAVE PERSONAL...
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Our first national documentary on CourTV was so popular we are doing part II
on Saturday October 27th.
You’ll be able to view this program in the
comfort of your own home,
** BUT **
IF YOU ATTEND A SPECIAL SCREENING, YOU’LL
HAVE PERSONAL ACCESS TO AN INDEPENDENT
ASSOCIATE OF...
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Come see what's new in Bakersfield,
Stained Glass, Fused Glass, Bevel Glass Gifts
Stained Glass Commissions, Classes, Tools...
Also see my line of Whimsical Jewelry
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Juliana's Stained Glass is a great place to visit for Stained Glass Windows and Classes.
She also has Bevel and Fused Glass Gifts. While there you can see her line of Jewelry
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Thats a line from Edward R. Murrow, one of the giants in the journalism field. Alternet has a piece up about the evening news and the talking heads that give it to us every evening. By us..I mean the universal 'us' as I very seldom watch local or national news in the evening anymore, getting my...
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Six kids jump one kid. That's BS! If you can't whip someone on your own then keep your mouth shut and stay back. Enter the "Jena 6". Six black kids jump a white kid and beat the crap out of him. It's a crime. Had it been the other way around it would be a crime. It doesn't matter who...
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All's fair in media and war...Or is it?
Tuesdays paper ran a color photo of a mother in Iraq holding her dead six year old son who was killed in an insurgent ambush. It was a heart and gut wrenching shot that anyone would sympathize with and it emphasized the horror of war. It has become...
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Being a believer in God (I am Baptist), I think marriage should be only between a man and a woman. Gay marriage should be outlawed!
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** Special Screening **
S AT U R DAY, S E P T E M B E R 2 9 , 2 0 0 7
An educational series to air on Court TV, produced by Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
You’ll be able to view this program in the
comfort of your own home,
** BUT **
IF YOU ATTEND A SPECIAL SCREENING, YOU’LL
...
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http://www.projectcensored....
It is that time of year again~ time flies when there is so much to ponder. Here are the Top ten stories
#1 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person
#2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
# 3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s...
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If you haven't heard already, the Blitz arenafootball2 team is likely going to fold. Unfortunately, we all knew this was going to happen about 3 years ago. That's too bad. I enjoyed going to their games and am going to miss seeing arena football here, even though...
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Six years ago, on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, America was attacked by a bunch of senseless terrorists. It was on this day six years ago that we all watched in horror as the Twin Towers came down and the Pentagon was hit and when another hijacked plane went down in...
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Last year, Bakersfield city officials decided to create a new image for Bakersfield. An image of a better quality of life, a better place to live. And so they created a new motto that goes something like this: "Bakersfield: Life as it Should Be." Here's...
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Thanks for your comments. Got word last night that Andy had one jump of 17'2" a new PR. Wow, what will next year bring? will write more when they return with details.
I think God gave us dogs so when the weight of the worls was upon him, man could have a friend when...
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Haven't been on here for a while. Spent last few days in Memorial Hospital. Had a little plumbing done. Went in for a Angio-plaste, Doc had to do an "Intervention" and inserted a "Stint" while in there, all is OK now. At home taking things easy for a few days. Gotta get...
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Looking for a place to train Andy. Ot could be a swimming pool. It needs a ledge for him to see as he jumps, not a sloping bank. If you know of a place please let me know about it. Need a place to get him ready for the upcoming World Championships in AZ.
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The Super Retriever Series, Splash Dogs Super Fly, competition took place at the Sports Warehouse in Reno, NV. this past weekend. There were two divisions of competition, the Amateur division for dogs jumping 18 feet and under and the Professional division for dogs...
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As I sit here I have heard that plane fly overhead a minimum of four times, spraying that 'harmless' chemical to kill mosquitoes. I did not take precautions against this chemical as we were supposed to be about 3 miles from the target area, with no wind drift.. This chemical is not harmless as...
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A recent news article made a great case for people wishing to reside in America to be caused to learn English in a specific period. A Liberian(not to be confused with a Librarian)man who had been a resident in America for an extended period BEFORE he was jailed on charges of molestation and...
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I actually like Barack Obama. He is fresh and witty, he has vices he freely admits to and he inhaled. In other words, he is honest, at least about himself. I appreciate his plans for the war on terror and he seems to understand the quandry in Iraq and it's broader part in teh war on terror. He...
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Did you read today's Bakersfield Californian (7-28-07) ? They ran my story of Prince Andy the Flying Puppy along with pictures, slid show and video. Very nice job too.
Not much to write about today, going to try to give my older lab a hair cut today, that should be fun?
The USA...
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Vallejo--The Sonoma County Fair Splash Dog Challenge was a success for local flying puppy "Prince Andy". On Friday Andy qualified for the "Open" Division by finishing 2nd in the Junior class with a jump of 14' 7". On Saturday, 6 month...
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ONLY THE BEST QUALIFY
The ASA youth program, also known as the Junior Olympic program, annually registers over 83,000 youth girls' fast pitch softball teams comprising over 1.3 million girls and 300,000 coaches who try to qualify for ASA Nationals each year in 2...
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List of Kern County Teams that have qualified for ASA post season play:
"A" division:
Bakersfield Babes 14u
Bakersfield Havoc 14u
Bakersfield Babes 16u
Bakersfield Mustanges ...
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Bakersfields ASA "A" Division Teams qualify for post season play.
The Bakersfield Babes 14u's of Coach Tim Ford qualifyied for the PCR 14 Regionals in Tulare along with the Western Nationals in Phoenix, Az. The Bakersfield Havoc of Coach Jess Morua also qualified for the...
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Eminent Domain was set up to ensure that the expansion of America, states, counties and cities would not be interferred with by private landowners and businesses intent on being greedy or just hardheaded by giving the government the power to take over certain land for the good of the many as...
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NEWSFLASH!!! DATELINE CANADA!!!!!
Canadian Indians theaten to block CN Railroad mainline railroutes in protest of poverty, lack of education opportunity and poor healthcare!
HEY! Wait just a doggone minute! How is this possible? Canada is a socialist society. A Classless society(no pun...
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ExxonMobile and ConocoPhillips heve pulled their financial backing and resources for the heavy crude refinement programs in Venezuela in the face of the nationalization of the oil industry in that country and ceding majority ownership and control to the government. Hugo said he was...
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Bakersfield teams qualifying for ASA Nationals:
BASA Blast 10u, Coach Linda Lamb 3rd Place
BASA Blast 12u, Coach Bill Senecal 1st Place
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I just talked to Ryan's Mom. Here is the skinny. As of yet, he has not qualified to PLAY in the 07-08 season at FSU. He is waiting for the results of ACT testing to see if he will qualify. If he doesn't he will gray shirt this year and work on the academics the scholarship is actually paying for....
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We, the political bloggers, the opinionated Monday morning presidents and political wannabes who spend a good deal of our spare time wearing out our keyboards with our endless meanderings and rants and ridiculous vocabulary that would leave our peers in the real world pointing and laughing at...
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