DTE braces for big layoffs to slash costs
Workers are on edge as utility prepares for what could be the largest downsizing in 50 years.
Nick Bunkley / The Detroit News
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DETROIT-- DTE Energy Co., Michigan's largest utility, has begun a sweeping cost-cutting endeavor that could lead to its largest round of layoffs in at least 50 years.
While it's not clear how many of DTE's 11,000 workers will lose their jobs, DTE President and Chief Operating Officer Gerard Anderson said that layoffs are a certainty.
"We're not going to get through this process without impacts on our employees," Anderson said in an interview with The Detroit News.
DTE, which owns Detroit Edison and Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., is scouring its operations to eliminate costs and become more efficient -- an effort that could eventually lead to lower bills for customers.
DTE has hired consultants to assist the effort and company officials hope to give employees an idea of what kind of reductions will take place in the first half of next year.
An internal report distributed to senior staff members at DTE in October and obtained this week by The Detroit News reveals the types of steps each unit of the company is taking to identify cost-cutting.
The report shows that DTE's fossil-fueled power plant division has 2,010 employees, 39 percent more than "top quality target" utilities, and that eliminating the extra workers could save $62 million a year. The unit spends 176 percent more on staff benefits and 50 percent more on overtime than best-practice companies.
Anderson called the internal report an "early diagnostic" effort to determine a course of action and not an indication of the company's plans. The numbers in it have not been agreed upon or validated, meaning the company has not analyzed whether those target utilities have differences that allow them to operate with fewer workers or lower costs than DTE.
Anderson said he and other executives have made it clear to employees, most of whom are in Metro Detroit, that there will be downsizing.
The leader of DTE's largest union, however, said that while workers are aware the utility is looking to cut costs and know the possible outcomes of such an undertaking, they have not been told to expect layoffs.
The process has created anxiety among workers because the company has never taken such broad steps. DTE continually examines its efficiency, but the initiative now under way goes far beyond that.
DTE has reduced its work force over the past two decades through attrition and recently with a few pink slips, said Jim Harrison, president of Utility Workers Union of America Local 223, which represents 4,500 DTE employees in a variety of positions. But a mass layoff hasn't happened since 1955, when the company eliminated its power plant construction department. Even then, most of those let go were rehired.
At a time when Michigan's economy is creating uncertainty for many workers, DTE employees fear hundreds of layoffs could be coming, Harrison said.
"They haven't said to us at all that layoffs or a reduction in work force are going to happen," he said. "What they have said to us is that benchmarking data suggests, based on first-quartile companies, that we may have too many people."
First-quartile companies are utilities whose costs are lower than 75 percent of others in their industry. As it determines cuts, DTE is comparing the size of its work force; spending on benefits and overtime; the number of contractors it hires; and other expenditures to top-performing utilities.
Anderson said a confluence of factors, including unprecedented fuel prices, regulatory requirements necessitating major investments and changes within the utility industry, have prompted the company's austerity push.
DTE said it is not responding to an ongoing investigation by the Michigan Public Service Commission into unusually high administrative costs, he said. The efficiency push was started months before regulators raised the issue. DTE must report to the commission on overhead costs by Feb. 1.
"Our customers are going through about as tough a time economically as we have seen," Anderson said. "They deserve to see us go through our costs as diligently as they have had to. They expect that their energy company is going to bear some of the burden here.
"We're not doing it because we're in financial distress or bankruptcy is looming. We're doing it because our customers deserve it and the evolution of the industry requires it."
DTE provides electricity to 2.1 million customers from the Ohio state line into Michigan's Thumb. It delivers natural gas to 1.2 million homes and businesses in most of Wayne and Washtenaw counties and other parts of the state.
Detroit Edison's rates are among the highest in the Midwest, and MichCon's rates, while among the lowest nationwide, are noticeably higher than the state's other big utility, Jackson-based Consumers Energy.
Rates are set by the public service commission, which reviews utilities' expenses when responding to requests for increases.
Daniele Seitz, a utility analyst for Maxcor Financial in New York, is glad to see DTE thoroughly examining its operations. Utilities can over time become bloated as they deal with regulatory requirements or when growth of their customer base slows
Now that they face competition -- Michigan enacted an electric choice law five years ago -- utilities are forced to be more vigilant over their operations, Seitz said.
"You don't want it to cost any reliability, but in any business it's always good to review the way you do things," she said.
Seitz said it is difficult to compare utilities' costs because of variables such as the amount of union labor they use and the density of the population they serve.
Layoffs rumors were addressed Monday in an employee newsletter, DTE Daily: "While there are no specific goals for the numbers of employees to be released, it is expected that job losses will be an outcome of the process efficiencies that currently are being identified and evaluated."
Harrison, the union president, said he hopes DTE proceeds cautiously and takes into account that many employees are nearing retirement. Sizeable cuts now, followed by many workers retiring in a few years, could lead to problems.
"If you have a lot of people go out the door," he said, "you compromise your knowledge, safety and reliability if you don't do it right."
Detroit News Staff Writer Brett Clanton contributed to this report. You can reach Nick Bunkley at (313) 222-2293 or nbunkley@detnews.com
Friday, December 16, 2005
Friday, December 02, 2005
RE: Ann Coulter....she just a plain bitch
Ann Coulter's penis, not that she has one, but I've never seen evidence to the contrary by John in DC - 12/01/2005 07:46:00 PM
You may not have noticed, because I try not to give the skank much attention, but Ann Coulter's latest hate-filled diatribe included the insinuation that Cong. John Murtha may not have really earn the Purple Hearts he received in Vietnam. Gosh, sound familiar?Here we have Ann attacking John Murtha while defending Oliver North:
And unlike Murtha, who refuses to release his medical records showing he was entitled to his two Purple Hearts, we know what North did. (These Democrat military veterans are hardly shrinking violets when it comes to citing their medals, but they get awfully squeamish when pressed for details.) Of course, I've never seen any medical records proving that Ann eats or doesn't have a penis (not that there's anything wrong with being anorexic or hermaphroditic, nor that I'm insuinating Ann is either of those, I'm just saying I've never seen any medical records.)There's reason to believe the McCarthyite Wing of the Republican party may kick off a larger campaign in a few days to Swift Boat Murtha. If that happens, I think we need to go nuclear in response. Teach the Coulters and all the rest that the real world of politics is a lot more brutal than a glass of Slim-Fast. If they want to play dirty, then someone needs to slam them down, hard enough, so that it never happens again.Stay tuned.
You may not have noticed, because I try not to give the skank much attention, but Ann Coulter's latest hate-filled diatribe included the insinuation that Cong. John Murtha may not have really earn the Purple Hearts he received in Vietnam. Gosh, sound familiar?Here we have Ann attacking John Murtha while defending Oliver North:
And unlike Murtha, who refuses to release his medical records showing he was entitled to his two Purple Hearts, we know what North did. (These Democrat military veterans are hardly shrinking violets when it comes to citing their medals, but they get awfully squeamish when pressed for details.) Of course, I've never seen any medical records proving that Ann eats or doesn't have a penis (not that there's anything wrong with being anorexic or hermaphroditic, nor that I'm insuinating Ann is either of those, I'm just saying I've never seen any medical records.)There's reason to believe the McCarthyite Wing of the Republican party may kick off a larger campaign in a few days to Swift Boat Murtha. If that happens, I think we need to go nuclear in response. Teach the Coulters and all the rest that the real world of politics is a lot more brutal than a glass of Slim-Fast. If they want to play dirty, then someone needs to slam them down, hard enough, so that it never happens again.Stay tuned.
RE: Post-op says she a lesbian , my kind of girl !
Gender Bending
March 2005
Thai surgeons are renowned worldwide for turning men into women. Richard Ehrlich talks to a former soldier who has been reassigned to the ranks of womanhood After a former US Army corporal became a grandfather, he stopped secretly wearing women's clothes, flew to Bangkok for a sex change operation and emerged as a lesbian. “I heard about Bangkok from the Internet. My daughter found it for me,” Sherri Ann Higgins, 56, said in a recorded interview while recovering from surgery in a Bangkok hospital. “The price was reasonable. And what I liked about Bangkok is there was only a one-month waiting list, whereas in the US there is at least eight months to wait to have the change.” Thai doctors are experts at chopping off a male's sex organ and fashioning a vagina. ”It's not until they remove the bandages that you realise it's gone,” Ms. Higgins said, laughing in her modern hospital room. Some 170cm tall and 68 kilos svelte, Ms. Higgins said the operation was not painful and, after a prescription of hormones, she did not need silicone to create breasts. Her story – from birth as Robert James Higgins, a troubled Catholic childhood, marriage and parenting a daughter and becoming a grandfather – illustrates the plight of thousands of people worldwide who feel they were born in the body of the opposite gender. Successfully concealing his confusion, Higgins was drafted and served in the US Army from June 1968 to June 1970, including stints as a corporal and chief engineer in Okinawa. “Some people think it is strange that I was in the service and I'm [now] transgendered.” Unlike some men who lived as gays before becoming women, Ms. Higgins says she has always been aroused exclusively by women. Despite divorcing her wife in June over the sex-change issue, the couple still lives together in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. “The relationship is still the same,” she says. “I still change oil in the cars, and cut the grass and do the household chores. In fact, I even do the cooking now, because she works 12 hours sometimes and when she comes home, she's hungry, so I have a meal for her.”
March 2005
Thai surgeons are renowned worldwide for turning men into women. Richard Ehrlich talks to a former soldier who has been reassigned to the ranks of womanhood After a former US Army corporal became a grandfather, he stopped secretly wearing women's clothes, flew to Bangkok for a sex change operation and emerged as a lesbian. “I heard about Bangkok from the Internet. My daughter found it for me,” Sherri Ann Higgins, 56, said in a recorded interview while recovering from surgery in a Bangkok hospital. “The price was reasonable. And what I liked about Bangkok is there was only a one-month waiting list, whereas in the US there is at least eight months to wait to have the change.” Thai doctors are experts at chopping off a male's sex organ and fashioning a vagina. ”It's not until they remove the bandages that you realise it's gone,” Ms. Higgins said, laughing in her modern hospital room. Some 170cm tall and 68 kilos svelte, Ms. Higgins said the operation was not painful and, after a prescription of hormones, she did not need silicone to create breasts. Her story – from birth as Robert James Higgins, a troubled Catholic childhood, marriage and parenting a daughter and becoming a grandfather – illustrates the plight of thousands of people worldwide who feel they were born in the body of the opposite gender. Successfully concealing his confusion, Higgins was drafted and served in the US Army from June 1968 to June 1970, including stints as a corporal and chief engineer in Okinawa. “Some people think it is strange that I was in the service and I'm [now] transgendered.” Unlike some men who lived as gays before becoming women, Ms. Higgins says she has always been aroused exclusively by women. Despite divorcing her wife in June over the sex-change issue, the couple still lives together in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. “The relationship is still the same,” she says. “I still change oil in the cars, and cut the grass and do the household chores. In fact, I even do the cooking now, because she works 12 hours sometimes and when she comes home, she's hungry, so I have a meal for her.”
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
RE: The live in another world the Bushies
TOM WALSH: Detroit, U.S. worlds apart
Snow says manufacturing workers so productive that fewer are needed
November 1, 2005
BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow flew a mission on Monday to Planet Detroit, which mysteriously left the economic orbit of GalaxyUSA several years ago along with the rest of Michigan and a chunk of northern Ohio.
Snow assured the restless exiles out on Planet Detroit that all is swell back in GalaxyUSA, where the economies of the remaining 48.7 states are chugging merrily forward, growing at a nearly 4% annual clip despite shocks from Hurricane Katrina and high energy prices.
"A lot of things are going right," Snow said in an interview before his luncheon speech to the Planet Detroit Economic Club. "You can't have results like that unless the fundamentals are in pretty good shape. What's happened to the American economy over the last 30 years or so is that we have built in an adjustment process, a set of shock absorbers that allow our system to take blows and respond." Not many other places can say that, he added.
Well, whoop-de-do, Mr. Secretary.
If GalaxyUSA's shock absorbers are so good, how did Planet Detroit blow a rod and spin out of orbit into deep space, with companies like Delphi Corp., Collins & Aikman and Federal-Mogul in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and our primary economic engines -- General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. -- sputtering along with junk-rated debt?
And how do the big honchos from Washington, D.C., plan to rescue and retrieve Planet Detroit so its people can again enjoy the same level of prosperity as the rest of GalaxyUSA someday?
Snow's explanation for how Planet Detroit veered out of orbit was creative.
The manufacturing workers of Planet Detroit became so efficient that many of them were no longer needed.
"It doesn't take as many people any more ... The increase in productivity in the manufacturing sector has been astonishing," Snow said. Therefore, many jobs disappeared.
What's more, many of the jobs that remained -- thanks to longstanding union labor contracts -- were the high-paying kind with good benefits, like those at Delphi, GM and Ford. With today's space-age technology allowing work to be beamed cheaply from one galaxy to the next, pressure kept building to slash wages on Planet Detroit or ship the work to other states, planets or galaxies.
Isn't there something you can do in Washington, Snow was asked, to help Planet Detroit return to its home galaxy and share in the economic expansion?
Remember when President George W. Bush slapped tariffs on imported steel to help the steel mills of Planet Pennsylvania a few years ago? Can't he do something similar to help Planet Detroit?
"I think the best help is to do the things we're doing to improve the overall strength of the economy -- good tax policy, lifting regulatory burdens and continuing to push on reducing health care costs," Snow said. Oh yes, and lowering trade barriers to make it easier for Planet Detroit's manufacturers to sell to other worlds.
That all sounds good, Mr. Secretary, but a lot of the restless exiles out here on Planet Detroit believe that all this free trade and lowering barriers stuff is what caused the job losses and wage cuts in the first place. There are some loud and angry voices arguing to throw up more trade barriers, not knock 'em down.
Snow's retort: Forget about it. If you don't like our brave new universe, tough noogies.
"Globalization," he said, "is here and it's not going to stop. It's inevitable, like it or dislike it, love it or hate it."
And with that, Snow departed at warp speed, leaving the confounding questions of Planet Detroit behind as he returned to the friendlier confines of GalaxyUSA.
Contact TOM WALSH at 313-223-4430 or twalsh@freepress.com.
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Snow says manufacturing workers so productive that fewer are needed
November 1, 2005
BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow flew a mission on Monday to Planet Detroit, which mysteriously left the economic orbit of GalaxyUSA several years ago along with the rest of Michigan and a chunk of northern Ohio.
Snow assured the restless exiles out on Planet Detroit that all is swell back in GalaxyUSA, where the economies of the remaining 48.7 states are chugging merrily forward, growing at a nearly 4% annual clip despite shocks from Hurricane Katrina and high energy prices.
"A lot of things are going right," Snow said in an interview before his luncheon speech to the Planet Detroit Economic Club. "You can't have results like that unless the fundamentals are in pretty good shape. What's happened to the American economy over the last 30 years or so is that we have built in an adjustment process, a set of shock absorbers that allow our system to take blows and respond." Not many other places can say that, he added.
Well, whoop-de-do, Mr. Secretary.
If GalaxyUSA's shock absorbers are so good, how did Planet Detroit blow a rod and spin out of orbit into deep space, with companies like Delphi Corp., Collins & Aikman and Federal-Mogul in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and our primary economic engines -- General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. -- sputtering along with junk-rated debt?
And how do the big honchos from Washington, D.C., plan to rescue and retrieve Planet Detroit so its people can again enjoy the same level of prosperity as the rest of GalaxyUSA someday?
Snow's explanation for how Planet Detroit veered out of orbit was creative.
The manufacturing workers of Planet Detroit became so efficient that many of them were no longer needed.
"It doesn't take as many people any more ... The increase in productivity in the manufacturing sector has been astonishing," Snow said. Therefore, many jobs disappeared.
What's more, many of the jobs that remained -- thanks to longstanding union labor contracts -- were the high-paying kind with good benefits, like those at Delphi, GM and Ford. With today's space-age technology allowing work to be beamed cheaply from one galaxy to the next, pressure kept building to slash wages on Planet Detroit or ship the work to other states, planets or galaxies.
Isn't there something you can do in Washington, Snow was asked, to help Planet Detroit return to its home galaxy and share in the economic expansion?
Remember when President George W. Bush slapped tariffs on imported steel to help the steel mills of Planet Pennsylvania a few years ago? Can't he do something similar to help Planet Detroit?
"I think the best help is to do the things we're doing to improve the overall strength of the economy -- good tax policy, lifting regulatory burdens and continuing to push on reducing health care costs," Snow said. Oh yes, and lowering trade barriers to make it easier for Planet Detroit's manufacturers to sell to other worlds.
That all sounds good, Mr. Secretary, but a lot of the restless exiles out here on Planet Detroit believe that all this free trade and lowering barriers stuff is what caused the job losses and wage cuts in the first place. There are some loud and angry voices arguing to throw up more trade barriers, not knock 'em down.
Snow's retort: Forget about it. If you don't like our brave new universe, tough noogies.
"Globalization," he said, "is here and it's not going to stop. It's inevitable, like it or dislike it, love it or hate it."
And with that, Snow departed at warp speed, leaving the confounding questions of Planet Detroit behind as he returned to the friendlier confines of GalaxyUSA.
Contact TOM WALSH at 313-223-4430 or twalsh@freepress.com.
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow speaks to reporters after addressing the Detroit Economic Club on Monday. -->
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Sunday, October 30, 2005
RE: pretty funny and the truth!
Harriet Miers Speaks
Harriet Miers Speaks
SNL did a funny little skit about the Harriet Miers nomination being sandbagged because of a little "qualification" problem.
Video-WMP
Video QT
Harriet finally gets to speak out!
Can any of us really complain about her logic?
Harriet Miers Speaks
SNL did a funny little skit about the Harriet Miers nomination being sandbagged because of a little "qualification" problem.
Video-WMP
Video QT
Harriet finally gets to speak out!
Can any of us really complain about her logic?
Monday, October 10, 2005
RE: Sister is right on! A clip from the CBS Moning Show
Nancy Giles on Cronyism
Nancy Giles' commentary on CBS SUNDAY MORNING about Bush's cronyism.
Video-QT only (hat tip Dan)
She rips Bush and the Senate on his "Clemenza" style attitutde towards key roles in the government.
Nancy Giles' commentary on CBS SUNDAY MORNING about Bush's cronyism.
Video-QT only (hat tip Dan)
She rips Bush and the Senate on his "Clemenza" style attitutde towards key roles in the government.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
RE: First real statement saying the FEDs are bad
Sunday, October 9, 2005
Governor Granholm's statement on Delphi bankruptcy filing
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Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today issued the following statement on the announcement that Delphi has filed for Chapter 11:
I am profoundly disturbed by Delphi's decision and what it means for the nearly 15,000 Michigan employees, many of whom have worked for decades for the company based upon the promise that they would have a pension and health care when they retired.
Globalization is ravaging Michigan's manufacturing job base. Delphi's decision will undoubtedly have a ripple effect through Michigan's economy - an economy already reeling from outsourcing.
I am angry that this action occurs one day after headlines blared that Delphi employees were being asked to accept brutal, draconian pay cuts while upper management is being offered golden parachutes.
I am equally angry about the lack of support from Washington for the industries that made our country great. There is an apparent indifference in Washington to the human pain that so-called free trade has brought to average, patriotic, hardworking citizens who believe in keeping promises.
Moreover, the silence from the federal government is deafening. Washington negotiates these trade agreements and is not offering needed investment in either training our citizens or providing assistance with health care to allow both workers and businesses to be competitive.
If we as a nation can invest billions in infrastructure at home and around the globe, surely we can invest in the human infrastructure -- our American citizens -- whose middle class dreams and plans are being rapidly extinguished by race-to-the-bottom global competition. - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm.
Governor Granholm's statement on Delphi bankruptcy filing
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Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today issued the following statement on the announcement that Delphi has filed for Chapter 11:
I am profoundly disturbed by Delphi's decision and what it means for the nearly 15,000 Michigan employees, many of whom have worked for decades for the company based upon the promise that they would have a pension and health care when they retired.
Globalization is ravaging Michigan's manufacturing job base. Delphi's decision will undoubtedly have a ripple effect through Michigan's economy - an economy already reeling from outsourcing.
I am angry that this action occurs one day after headlines blared that Delphi employees were being asked to accept brutal, draconian pay cuts while upper management is being offered golden parachutes.
I am equally angry about the lack of support from Washington for the industries that made our country great. There is an apparent indifference in Washington to the human pain that so-called free trade has brought to average, patriotic, hardworking citizens who believe in keeping promises.
Moreover, the silence from the federal government is deafening. Washington negotiates these trade agreements and is not offering needed investment in either training our citizens or providing assistance with health care to allow both workers and businesses to be competitive.
If we as a nation can invest billions in infrastructure at home and around the globe, surely we can invest in the human infrastructure -- our American citizens -- whose middle class dreams and plans are being rapidly extinguished by race-to-the-bottom global competition. - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm.
RE: Randi does rock...she on AirAmerica
Randi Rhodes Rocks
Thanks to Virtual Matter for the video and Norman from OneGoodMove for the reformat. Hat tip to David for the WMP.
Video-QT Bittorrent-QT
Video-WMP Bittorrent-WMP
Randy gets into it with Janet Parshall the right winger over NYC. JP uses the talking point of "we're fighting them over there rather than over here" nonsense. Randi quickly points her to the NYC subway scare.
Blondesense has more on her spot. "One side speaks in facts and from knowledge while the other side speaks in spin and ignorance and ideology....read on"
Thanks to Virtual Matter for the video and Norman from OneGoodMove for the reformat. Hat tip to David for the WMP.
Video-QT Bittorrent-QT
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Randy gets into it with Janet Parshall the right winger over NYC. JP uses the talking point of "we're fighting them over there rather than over here" nonsense. Randi quickly points her to the NYC subway scare.
Blondesense has more on her spot. "One side speaks in facts and from knowledge while the other side speaks in spin and ignorance and ideology....read on"
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
RE: Condi is a Lez...Great...Welcome to the community
Condi’s Cable Love Connection
After a grueling day of diplomatic affairs, Condoleezza Rice could probably use an affair of her own. But things must be pretty grim if even Fox News feels compelled to hook her up. Not surprisingly, the blog world is abuzz this week after a recent interview in which Fox correspondent James Rosen lobbied the defiantly single Secretary of State on the charms of a comely female colleague.
The odd interchange aired last Tuesday, when Rice sat down with Rosen for an interview in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Rosen opened the conversation with a few softball questions about President Aristide and Iran’s nuclear ambitions. But he closed it with an impassioned testimonial on behalf of Fox & Friends anchor Lauren Green, a thirtysomething former Miss Minnesota who’s apparently a big fan of the Secretary’s. An excerpt:
ROSEN: … All right. I close with a gift for you. You met this person once, I believe, but you really, I think, ought to know each other because this woman is… I think you’ll have an interest in knowing her. She is one of our Fox News anchors in New York. Her name is Lauren Green. She is brilliant, she’s beautiful, she’s African-American, she’s single and she’s a concert pianist in her spare time.
RICE: My goodness.
ROSEN: And she asked me to give you her CD and I promised her that I would.
RICE: That’s perfect.
ROSEN: And here’s her doing a number of different classical pieces.
RICE: Well, that’s special.
ROSEN: So there you have it.RICE: Thank her very much and I look forward to seeing her sometime.
ROSEN: All right. She’s going to want to hear from you.
RICE: And maybe even playing dual piano sometime.
Not surprisingly, the curious exchange left many wondering if the wry reporter was trying to set Rice up on a date. But when we called to ask if he was trying to play matchmaker, Rosen insisted “nothing could be further from the truth…What I meant to say is that the two of them have a lot in common.” The veteran correspondent, who has frequently accompanied Rice on overseas trips, added, “I would never presume to deal at all with Secretary Rice’s personal life.”
Though Rice hasn’t been publicly linked with anyone since she stepped out with football player-turned-actor Gene Washington in the late 1980s, State Department spokesman Edgar Vasquez dismisses online speculation about a Sapphic set-up. “I wouldn’t read anything into that,” he counseled when we called him yesterday. Vasquez says there is no date set for Rice’s proposed rendezvous to tickle the ivories with Green, but adds, “I don’t think she’d be averse to meeting her. Whether there’s time and her schedule opens up, that’s a different thing.”
Green, whose album, Classic Beauty, was released in 2004, could not be reached for comment.
Photos: NYDN
Friday, September 30, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
RE: A Typical Jewish GOP Hypocrite
ay, September 26, 2005
Jeff Berkowitz, selling out the gay and lesbian community
To jump to the TAKE ACTION, click here.President Bush's liaison to the Jewish Community, Jeff Berkowitz, is a gay man blogACTIVE has learned. In addition to speaking extensively with two of the four original tipsters, this information has been confirmed by five independent, separate, corroborating sources, including:
-A source inside of the White House;-A lobbyist for a top conservative lobbying firm;-An individual who had a sexual encounter with Mr. Berkowitz; and-Two personal acquaintances of Jeff.In addition to being the President's liaison to the Jewish Community, Jeff Berkowitz has had his hand in building the current anti-gay majority in Congress. And, on top of the many sources above, this story has been confirmed by an individual who used to work with Mr. Berkowitz at, get this, Generation GOP. GenerationGOP is the organization created to recruit young people to the GOP platform (including the denial of civil marriage equality) and candidates.Here's a bit from Jeff's bio:
Jeff Berkowitz is a political and communications strategist specializing in youth outreach. He serves as Senior Advisor and Web site Editor for Generation GOP. He was Northeast Field Director for the College Republican National Committee prior to the 2000 Presidential Primaries and has worked on numerous political campaigns throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Jeff Berkowitz, selling out the gay and lesbian community
To jump to the TAKE ACTION, click here.President Bush's liaison to the Jewish Community, Jeff Berkowitz, is a gay man blogACTIVE has learned. In addition to speaking extensively with two of the four original tipsters, this information has been confirmed by five independent, separate, corroborating sources, including:
-A source inside of the White House;-A lobbyist for a top conservative lobbying firm;-An individual who had a sexual encounter with Mr. Berkowitz; and-Two personal acquaintances of Jeff.In addition to being the President's liaison to the Jewish Community, Jeff Berkowitz has had his hand in building the current anti-gay majority in Congress. And, on top of the many sources above, this story has been confirmed by an individual who used to work with Mr. Berkowitz at, get this, Generation GOP. GenerationGOP is the organization created to recruit young people to the GOP platform (including the denial of civil marriage equality) and candidates.Here's a bit from Jeff's bio:
Jeff Berkowitz is a political and communications strategist specializing in youth outreach. He serves as Senior Advisor and Web site Editor for Generation GOP. He was Northeast Field Director for the College Republican National Committee prior to the 2000 Presidential Primaries and has worked on numerous political campaigns throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
RE: Georgie is a boozer...great news
BUSH'S BOOZE CRISISBy JENNIFER LUCE and DON GENTILEFaced with the biggest crisis of his political life, President Bush has hit the bottle again, The National Enquirer can reveal.Bush, who said he quit drinking the morning after his 40th birthday, has started boozing amid the Katrina catastrophe.Family sources have told how the 59-year-old president was caught by First Lady Laura downing a shot of booze at their family ranch in Crawford, Texas, when he learned of the hurricane disaster.His worried wife yelled at him: "Stop, George."Following the shocking incident, disclosed here for the first time, Laura privately warned her husband against "falling off the wagon" and vowed to travel with him more often so that she can keep an eye on Dubya, the sources add."When the levees broke in New Orleans, it apparently made him reach for a shot," said one insider. "He poured himself a Texas-sized shot of straight whiskey and tossed it back. The First Lady was shocked and shouted: "Stop George!""Laura gave him an ultimatum before, 'It's Jim Beam or me.' She doesn't want to replay that nightmare — especially now when it's such tough going for her husband."Bush is under the worst pressure of his two terms in office and his popularity is near an all-time low. The handling of the Katrina crisis and troop losses in Iraq have fueled public discontent and pushed Bush back to drink.A Washington source said: "The sad fact is that he has been sneaking drinks for weeks now. Laura may have only just caught him — but the word is his drinking has been going on for a while in the capital. He's been in a pressure cooker for months."The war in Iraq, the loss of American lives, has deeply affected him. He takes every soldier's life personally. It has left him emotionally drained.The result is he's taking drinks here and there, likely in private, to cope. "And now with the worst domestic crisis in his administration over Katrina, you pray his drinking doesn't go out of control."Another source said: "I'm only surprised to hear that he hadn't taken a shot sooner. Before Katrina, he was at his wit's end. I've known him for years. He's been a good ol' Texas boy forever. George had a drinking problem for years that most professionals would say needed therapy. He doesn't believe in it [therapy], he never got it. He drank his way through his youth, through college and well into his thirties. Everyone's drinking around him."Another source said: "A family member told me they fear George is 'falling apart.' The First Lady has been assigned the job of gatekeeper." Bush's history of drinking dates back to his youth. Speaking of his time as a young man in the National Guard, he has said: "One thing I remember, and I'm most proud of, is my drinking and partying. Those were the days my friends. Those were the good old days!"Age 26 in 1972, he reportedly rounded off a night's boozing with his 16-year-old brother Marvin by challenging his father to a fight.On November 1, 2000, on the eve of his first presidential election, Bush acknowledged that in 1976 he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol near his parents' home in Maine. Age 30 at the time, Bush pleaded guilty and paid a $150 fine. His driving privileges were temporarily suspended in Maine."I'm not proud of that," he said. "I made some mistakes. I occasionally drank too much, and I did that night. I learned my lesson." In another interview around that time, he said: "Well, I don't think I had an addiction. You know it's hard for me to say. I've had friends who were, you know, very addicted... and they required hitting bottom (to start) going to AA. I don't think that was my case."During his 2000 presidential campaign, there were also persistent questions about past cocaine use. Eventually Bush denied using cocaine after 1992, then quickly extended the cocaine-free period back to 1974, when he was 28.Dr. Justin Frank, a Washington D.C. psychiatrist and author of Bush On The Couch: Inside The Mind Of The President, told The National Enquirer: "I do think that Bush is drinking again. Alcoholics who are not in any program, like the President, have a hard time when stress gets to be great."I think it's a concern that Bush disappears during times of stress. He spends so much time on his ranch. It's very frightening."Published on: 09/21/2005
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
RE: Jack even got Wolf Blitzer laughing today!
Cafferty on Delay
Wolf: Well, Jack, we've heard Tom DeLay say that there is no pork to cut in that bill. You've heard that...
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Cafferty: Has he been indicted yet?
Wolf: I'll leave that alone...
Jack is on target again as he constantly points out the obvious. He pains some right wingers to no end. Jack is the flipping man. He tell it like it is. He calm voice in a sea of maddness.
Wolf: Well, Jack, we've heard Tom DeLay say that there is no pork to cut in that bill. You've heard that...
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Cafferty: Has he been indicted yet?
Wolf: I'll leave that alone...
Jack is on target again as he constantly points out the obvious. He pains some right wingers to no end. Jack is the flipping man. He tell it like it is. He calm voice in a sea of maddness.
RE: Jack is kicking some ass on CNN
Cafferty: "John Q. Public not buying it anymore!"
Cafferty rips the Homeland Security Ad. role in Investigating Katrina.
Jack is back and not too happy at the administration for its role in investigating the problems with the response to Katrina. (pics not uploading yet)
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Cafferty: ...The public is not going to buy any of this stuff that comes out of Washington. They're not going to believe anything that comes out of these partisan reports or stuff that was done from within the White House. It just isn't going to wash. The game is up with John Q Public. They're not buying this
Jack is the flipping man ......great video watch and yell..Wolf Blitzer is sellout.
Cafferty rips the Homeland Security Ad. role in Investigating Katrina.
Jack is back and not too happy at the administration for its role in investigating the problems with the response to Katrina. (pics not uploading yet)
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Cafferty: ...The public is not going to buy any of this stuff that comes out of Washington. They're not going to believe anything that comes out of these partisan reports or stuff that was done from within the White House. It just isn't going to wash. The game is up with John Q Public. They're not buying this
Jack is the flipping man ......great video watch and yell..Wolf Blitzer is sellout.
RE: The Lendgery KO ...protest song
http://www.theblacklantern.com/
It great protest video . I'm not a fan of rap music but hell it the truth.
George Bush doesn't care about black people.
It great protest video . I'm not a fan of rap music but hell it the truth.
George Bush doesn't care about black people.
Saturday, September 03, 2005
RE: Fox boys do have feeling
Horror Show
Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera were livid about the situation in NOLA as they appeared on H&C. When Hannity tried his usual spin job and said "let's get this in perspective," Smith chopped him off at the knees and started yelling at him saying, "This is perspective!" It was shocking.
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Geraldo who I'm no fan of was crying, holding a little child up to demonstrate the extremely inhumane conditions these people are forced to live under. Forced is the right word because they are locked in the dome by our government and can't leave. Troops are guarding the bridge.
This goes beyond political lines and it's as sad a situation as I've seen. Let's see all the happy politicians slap themselves on their backs after viewing this segment.
Digby has more: This was some amazing TV. Kudos to Shep Smith and Geraldo for not letting O'Reilly and Hannity spin their GOP "resolve" apologia bullshit. I'm fairly shocked....read on
Talk Left: I've never seen anything as harrowing as Fox News' Geraldo Rivera and Shepard Smith on Hannity and Colmes. While Aaron Brown on CNN said we have "turned the corner" on CNN, it's clearly not the truth....read on
Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera were livid about the situation in NOLA as they appeared on H&C. When Hannity tried his usual spin job and said "let's get this in perspective," Smith chopped him off at the knees and started yelling at him saying, "This is perspective!" It was shocking.
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Geraldo who I'm no fan of was crying, holding a little child up to demonstrate the extremely inhumane conditions these people are forced to live under. Forced is the right word because they are locked in the dome by our government and can't leave. Troops are guarding the bridge.
This goes beyond political lines and it's as sad a situation as I've seen. Let's see all the happy politicians slap themselves on their backs after viewing this segment.
Digby has more: This was some amazing TV. Kudos to Shep Smith and Geraldo for not letting O'Reilly and Hannity spin their GOP "resolve" apologia bullshit. I'm fairly shocked....read on
Talk Left: I've never seen anything as harrowing as Fox News' Geraldo Rivera and Shepard Smith on Hannity and Colmes. While Aaron Brown on CNN said we have "turned the corner" on CNN, it's clearly not the truth....read on
RE: Haliburton and friends make money in the mess
AROUND THE REGION
CONSTRUCTION
Halliburton hired for storm cleanup The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.
KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.
CONSTRUCTION
Halliburton hired for storm cleanup The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.
KBR was assigned the work under a "construction capabilities" contract awarded in 2004 after a competitive bidding process. The company is not involved in the Army Corps of Engineers' effort to repair New Orleans' levees.
RE: Republican starting to see Bush is a loser ?
KATRINA: Republicans Attack Federal Response As Bush Tours Gulf Coast
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: "If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?"Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts called the government's response "an embarrassment."Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., called upon Bush to recall National Guardsmen stationed in Iraq whose homes and families were in the path of Katrina's destruction. The president said there were enough Guard troops for Iraq and recovery efforts.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich: "If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?"Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts called the government's response "an embarrassment."Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., called upon Bush to recall National Guardsmen stationed in Iraq whose homes and families were in the path of Katrina's destruction. The president said there were enough Guard troops for Iraq and recovery efforts.
Friday, September 02, 2005
RE: Poor Fox News can't handle the FWord
Sheppard Smith of Fox News gets more than he bargained for when he asked a man why he wasn't evacuating New Orleans. Download noneofyourfuckingbiz.wmv
Thursday, September 01, 2005
RE:Anderson Cooper shows way he good reporter!!!
Anderson Cooper just gave it to Landrieu
Cooper started the interview this way:
Cooper: "Does the federal government bear any responsibility for what is happening, should they apologize for what is happening now?"
Landreiu put on a happy face and thanked all the wonderful politicians for showing their support. I mean WTF? Everyone is worried about their own asses and doing little if anything for the people on the ground.
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Jeralyn: "He laced into Sen. Mary Landrieu saying people who have witnessed the devastation don't want to hear politicans congratulating other politicians for how they've responded. He was yelling, basically, "Don't you get it yet?" He mentioned seeing a woman's body on the ground being eaten by rats. Landrieu told Anderson she understood what he was saying and then thanked the President again ."
All Spin Zone: Cooper Rocks: "Cooper has been down in the middle of the devastation on the Gulf Coast since the beginning of the week. Today, he apparently hit his breaking point...read on"
Cooper started the interview this way:
Cooper: "Does the federal government bear any responsibility for what is happening, should they apologize for what is happening now?"
Landreiu put on a happy face and thanked all the wonderful politicians for showing their support. I mean WTF? Everyone is worried about their own asses and doing little if anything for the people on the ground.
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Jeralyn: "He laced into Sen. Mary Landrieu saying people who have witnessed the devastation don't want to hear politicans congratulating other politicians for how they've responded. He was yelling, basically, "Don't you get it yet?" He mentioned seeing a woman's body on the ground being eaten by rats. Landrieu told Anderson she understood what he was saying and then thanked the President again ."
All Spin Zone: Cooper Rocks: "Cooper has been down in the middle of the devastation on the Gulf Coast since the beginning of the week. Today, he apparently hit his breaking point...read on"
RE: Jack is kicking some ass it about time CNN!!
Cafferty Goes Off on the Administration
Jack has been a lightning rod of late and he excoriates the federal government for the way they have handled this disaster.
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Cafferty:...I'm 62 and I remember the riots in Watts, I remember the earth Quake in San Francisco, I remember a lot of things. I have never, ever seen anything as badly bungled and poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans. Where the hell is the water for these people. Why can't sandwiches be dropped to those people that are in that Super Dome down there...This is Thursday...This storm happened five days ago. It's a disgrace and don't think the world isn't watching...
Full Transcript by Janet
Jack has been a lightning rod of late and he excoriates the federal government for the way they have handled this disaster.
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Cafferty:...I'm 62 and I remember the riots in Watts, I remember the earth Quake in San Francisco, I remember a lot of things. I have never, ever seen anything as badly bungled and poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans. Where the hell is the water for these people. Why can't sandwiches be dropped to those people that are in that Super Dome down there...This is Thursday...This storm happened five days ago. It's a disgrace and don't think the world isn't watching...
Full Transcript by Janet
RE: Jack Cafferty is the man....telling it the way it is
Jack Cafferty on CNN
by lesliet
Thu Sep 1st, 2005 at 13:01:43 PDT
[From the diaries -- Hunter.]
Another example of a newsman calling it like it is. (Transcribed as best I can. )
The thing that's most glaring in all of this is that the conditions continue to deteriorate for people who are victims and the efforts to do something about it don't seem to be anywhere in sight. [...]
The questions that we ask in The Situation Room every day are posted on the website two or three hours before we go on the air and people who read the website often begin to respond to the questions before the show actually starts. The question for this hour is whether the government is doing a good job in handling the situation.
I gotta tell you something, we got five or six hundred letters before the show actually went on the air, and no one - no one - is saying the government is doing a good job in handling one of the most atrocious and embarrassing and far-reaching and calamatous things that has come along in this country in my lifetime. I'm 62. I remember the riots in Watts, I remember the earthquake in San Francisco, I remember a lot of things. I have never, ever, seen anything as bungled and as poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans. Where the hell is the water for these people? Why can't sandwiches be dropped to those people in the Superdome. What is going on? This is Thursday! This storm happened 5 days ago. This is a disgrace. And don't think the world isn't watching. This is the government that the taxpayers are paying for, and it's fallen right flat on its face as far as I can see, in the way it's handled this thing.
We're going to talk about something else before the show's over, too. And that's the big elephant in the room. The race and economic class of most of the victims, which the media hasn't discussed much at all, but we will a bit later.
by lesliet
Thu Sep 1st, 2005 at 13:01:43 PDT
[From the diaries -- Hunter.]
Another example of a newsman calling it like it is. (Transcribed as best I can. )
The thing that's most glaring in all of this is that the conditions continue to deteriorate for people who are victims and the efforts to do something about it don't seem to be anywhere in sight. [...]
The questions that we ask in The Situation Room every day are posted on the website two or three hours before we go on the air and people who read the website often begin to respond to the questions before the show actually starts. The question for this hour is whether the government is doing a good job in handling the situation.
I gotta tell you something, we got five or six hundred letters before the show actually went on the air, and no one - no one - is saying the government is doing a good job in handling one of the most atrocious and embarrassing and far-reaching and calamatous things that has come along in this country in my lifetime. I'm 62. I remember the riots in Watts, I remember the earthquake in San Francisco, I remember a lot of things. I have never, ever, seen anything as bungled and as poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans. Where the hell is the water for these people? Why can't sandwiches be dropped to those people in the Superdome. What is going on? This is Thursday! This storm happened 5 days ago. This is a disgrace. And don't think the world isn't watching. This is the government that the taxpayers are paying for, and it's fallen right flat on its face as far as I can see, in the way it's handled this thing.
We're going to talk about something else before the show's over, too. And that's the big elephant in the room. The race and economic class of most of the victims, which the media hasn't discussed much at all, but we will a bit later.
Monday, August 15, 2005
RE: couldn't say it any better myself....the truth!!
Bush polls at all-time low for 2d termer - but the GOP borg still support him by John (temporarily) in Paris - 8/14/2005 04:54:00 PM
90% of Republicans still approve of him, fine. Send your own kids to die in Iraq, get blown up in New York, pay $3.00 for gas, and learn about creationism grade school.Or shut up.
90% of Republicans still approve of him, fine. Send your own kids to die in Iraq, get blown up in New York, pay $3.00 for gas, and learn about creationism grade school.Or shut up.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
RE: Christoper Walken ..make sense to me
"Our great country is in a terrible downward spiral. We're outsourcing jobs, bankrupting social security, and losing lives at war. We need to focus on what's important-- paying attention to our children, our citizens, our future. We need to think about improving our failing educational system, making better use of our resources, and helping to promote a stable, safe, and tolerant global society. It's time to be smart about our politics. It's time to get America back on track."The Official Homepage of the Walken 2008 Campaignhttp://www.walken2008.com
Friday, August 12, 2005
RE: damm Detroit is hotbed for Liberals?
United Press International
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Detroit found to be most liberal U.S. city
Aug. 11, 2005 at 7:39AM
Detroit is the most liberal U.S. city while Provo, Utah, is the most conservative, a study of voting patterns indicates. The list was compiled by the Bay Area Center for Voting Research in California through an examination of voting in 237 U.S. cities with populations of more than 100,000. "Detroit and Provo epitomize America's political, economic and racial polarization," BACVR Director Jason Alderman said in a release Thursday. "As the most conservative city in America, Provo is overwhelmingly white and solidly middle class. This is in stark contrast to Detroit, which is impoverished, black and the most liberal." Gary, Ind., was found to be the second-most liberal followed by Berkeley, Calif.; Washington; and Oakland, Calif. The group that did the ranking is based in Berkeley, not far from Oakland. Texas, home to President George Bush, has three of the five most conservative cities, as determined by BACVR, including Lubbock and Abilene in the Nos. 2 and 3 spots and Plano in the fifth spot. Hialeah, Fla., was ranked fourth. BACVR offered no detailed breakdown of its methodology.
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Detroit found to be most liberal U.S. city
Aug. 11, 2005 at 7:39AM
Detroit is the most liberal U.S. city while Provo, Utah, is the most conservative, a study of voting patterns indicates. The list was compiled by the Bay Area Center for Voting Research in California through an examination of voting in 237 U.S. cities with populations of more than 100,000. "Detroit and Provo epitomize America's political, economic and racial polarization," BACVR Director Jason Alderman said in a release Thursday. "As the most conservative city in America, Provo is overwhelmingly white and solidly middle class. This is in stark contrast to Detroit, which is impoverished, black and the most liberal." Gary, Ind., was found to be the second-most liberal followed by Berkeley, Calif.; Washington; and Oakland, Calif. The group that did the ranking is based in Berkeley, not far from Oakland. Texas, home to President George Bush, has three of the five most conservative cities, as determined by BACVR, including Lubbock and Abilene in the Nos. 2 and 3 spots and Plano in the fifth spot. Hialeah, Fla., was ranked fourth. BACVR offered no detailed breakdown of its methodology.
Monday, August 01, 2005
Monday, July 18, 2005
RE: Do Two Wrongs Make it Right?
Tancredo clarifies 'ultimate response'
Congressman says he's just thinking of threats to deter attack
By John Aguilar, Rocky Mountain NewsJuly 18, 2005
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo's office on Sunday tried to clarify remarks the congressman made on a radio show that the U.S. could threaten to "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalists were to attack the country with nuclear weapons.
The Republican congressman made his remarks Friday during an interview with talk show host Pat Campbell on WFLA in Orlando,
Do two wrongs make it right? Believe me I thought that ......but is right.aren't we better than that? I sure hope so.
Congressman says he's just thinking of threats to deter attack
By John Aguilar, Rocky Mountain NewsJuly 18, 2005
U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo's office on Sunday tried to clarify remarks the congressman made on a radio show that the U.S. could threaten to "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalists were to attack the country with nuclear weapons.
The Republican congressman made his remarks Friday during an interview with talk show host Pat Campbell on WFLA in Orlando,
Do two wrongs make it right? Believe me I thought that ......but is right.aren't we better than that? I sure hope so.
RE: My Top 21 Bands & Concerts
1. Bob Seger....If your from Michigan he has to be your Number 1choice 2. Eagles......saw them 3 days in row back at the Nob in 1977 3. Allman Brothers Band..............Eat a Peach Cobo back in 1971. 4. Pink Floyd....Dark Side of the Mood....Olymipia back in 1971 5. Dan Fogelberg.....He great now and then....Nob numberous times 6. James Taylor.....he JT Sweet Baby James....The Nob 7. Fleetwood Mac....The Nob .....Stevie Nicks is still hot 8. Hall & Oates....Masonic Temple back in the day...Late 70's 9. The Guess Who.....Number 9 Number 9 Glamour Boy...many places 10. Crosby,Stills & Nash....seen them over 20 times at least 11. Crosby,Still,Nash & Young....at least 4 times they great 12. Crosby & Nash.....they are truly sweet music at the NOB 13. Stills & Young Band...Long May You Run....1978 Pine Nob 14. Stephen Stills.....solo...great any place..amazing gurartist 15. Neil Young.....Tonight The Night.....he totally great any place 16. Poco.....the Nob ...the great...love there sound and harmonies 17. Little Feat....Royal Oak Music Thearte back in 1979 18. Jimmy Buffet ....great summer music and show the Nob 19. John Mellencap....he put on great show just saw him 2005 Nob 20. The Who...enough said....The Sliverdome 1972...Palace 2003 21. Marshall Tucker Band.....Smoke on the Moutain...back in the day There a lot more music I've seen and they were all good...music ismy blood that make me get through tough time and good times. Love tohear everybody else Top 21. I guess you can tell my age andbackground.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
RE: Bernie Goldberg should put himself on the LIST
Bernie Goldberg's new book: Hannity is in Heaven
OK, I had to watch the segment about his new, more biased than ever book:100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. I wonder who would top the list..let's see...Does anyone think that Osama Bin Laden might be the one? Does Bernie think Osama played the pivitol roll in screwing up our country? Colmes makes it quite obvious that the amount of research Bernie used to write his entire book was probably less than it took me to pen this post.
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OK, I had to watch the segment about his new, more biased than ever book:100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. I wonder who would top the list..let's see...Does anyone think that Osama Bin Laden might be the one? Does Bernie think Osama played the pivitol roll in screwing up our country? Colmes makes it quite obvious that the amount of research Bernie used to write his entire book was probably less than it took me to pen this post.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
RE: NYC First Known Cop
NYPD's First Transsexual Cop
G.N. Miller
The transsexual transit cop, who went from John to June Lo, yesterday in Queens. Lo has already won colleagues' acceptance.
MURRAY WEISS and DAN MANGAN Courtesy of New York Post
June 23, 2005 -- A Queens police officer has rocked the NYPD with an announcement that he is becoming a she - the first known transsexual cop in New York City.
"Everyone's been very supportive, and I'm very happy about it," said a smiling Officer June Lo, who, until earlier this week, was known as Officer John Lo.
"It's taken courage, but I'm very pleased," Lo told The Post on the way to work last night at the Queens Transit Task Force, wearing a white sleeveless blouse, tan cargo pants and sneakers, and hair in a ponytail.
Declining to comment further, the 31-year-old Lo said that at some point in the future, "I will make a statement" about the transition from man to woman.
Lo revealed the gender-bending decision Tuesday night during a roll call of Queens Transit Task Force cops.
When Lo's name was called out by the sergeant, the cop asked to address the assembled officers and was granted permission.
"He said, 'This is the way things are now. My name is June Lo. I've legally changed it from John to June,' " said a Queens transit cop familiar with the situation.
Lo also told the other cops that she had been taking female hormones in preparation for undergoing surgery to completely become a woman.
The hormones have enabled the slight, 5-foot-4 Asian-American officer to noticeably grow breasts over the past several months. In addition to that change, officers have seen the freckle-faced Lo grow fingernails and hair long, and wear earrings in both ears.
"He's been like this for a while," the Queens cop said. "He's been transforming into a woman for a long time."
"You don't know, in street clothes, if he's a male or a woman," said the cop.
Lo told the other officers at roll call that if they had any questions about the process, they could either ask then or later privately.
The cops, most of whom were aware that Lo was in the process of becoming a female, burst into applause at the announcement by eight-year veteran.
"Some guys asked, 'Can we still call you J.Lo?' He said, 'Yeah,' " said one cop, noting that Lo had affectionately has been known by that nickname for some time.
Lo was "totally open and not . . . scared or whatever" during the announcement, the cop said.
Helping Lo was the fact that "everyone seems to like him," the cop said.
Officials said Lo is the first known person ever to undergo gender reassignment in NYPD history.
"His captain had no idea that this was going down at a roll call. He had J.Lo in his office for about an hour," the cop said.
The cop said that superiors are being accommodating by allowing Lo to change in a separate room.
"He's got a private locker room, basically," the cop said.
G.N. Miller
The transsexual transit cop, who went from John to June Lo, yesterday in Queens. Lo has already won colleagues' acceptance.
MURRAY WEISS and DAN MANGAN Courtesy of New York Post
June 23, 2005 -- A Queens police officer has rocked the NYPD with an announcement that he is becoming a she - the first known transsexual cop in New York City.
"Everyone's been very supportive, and I'm very happy about it," said a smiling Officer June Lo, who, until earlier this week, was known as Officer John Lo.
"It's taken courage, but I'm very pleased," Lo told The Post on the way to work last night at the Queens Transit Task Force, wearing a white sleeveless blouse, tan cargo pants and sneakers, and hair in a ponytail.
Declining to comment further, the 31-year-old Lo said that at some point in the future, "I will make a statement" about the transition from man to woman.
Lo revealed the gender-bending decision Tuesday night during a roll call of Queens Transit Task Force cops.
When Lo's name was called out by the sergeant, the cop asked to address the assembled officers and was granted permission.
"He said, 'This is the way things are now. My name is June Lo. I've legally changed it from John to June,' " said a Queens transit cop familiar with the situation.
Lo also told the other cops that she had been taking female hormones in preparation for undergoing surgery to completely become a woman.
The hormones have enabled the slight, 5-foot-4 Asian-American officer to noticeably grow breasts over the past several months. In addition to that change, officers have seen the freckle-faced Lo grow fingernails and hair long, and wear earrings in both ears.
"He's been like this for a while," the Queens cop said. "He's been transforming into a woman for a long time."
"You don't know, in street clothes, if he's a male or a woman," said the cop.
Lo told the other officers at roll call that if they had any questions about the process, they could either ask then or later privately.
The cops, most of whom were aware that Lo was in the process of becoming a female, burst into applause at the announcement by eight-year veteran.
"Some guys asked, 'Can we still call you J.Lo?' He said, 'Yeah,' " said one cop, noting that Lo had affectionately has been known by that nickname for some time.
Lo was "totally open and not . . . scared or whatever" during the announcement, the cop said.
Helping Lo was the fact that "everyone seems to like him," the cop said.
Officials said Lo is the first known person ever to undergo gender reassignment in NYPD history.
"His captain had no idea that this was going down at a roll call. He had J.Lo in his office for about an hour," the cop said.
The cop said that superiors are being accommodating by allowing Lo to change in a separate room.
"He's got a private locker room, basically," the cop said.
Monday, June 20, 2005
RE: Cinderalla Man hell it might well be now
Okay....I don't want to get depressing here.....but hell is it me or are things not getting better out there? First my expenses they keep going NORTH and my income keeps going SOUTH. Maybe I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed. I like to make some flipping more money. Somedays it like spining your wheels. It not that I've done all that bad in my life and I don't want people feeling sorry for me. I just feel that people have a lost their hope for the future out there. That is sad to me. I ask in my 21 questions do you think you'll ever be able to retire in 20 years? Ever since November of 2000 this country has gone downhill. W is the biggest nightmare in my lifetime. You know the idea of sex isn't that good anymore. ( you know I must be depress) HELP!! I'm to young to die and to old to rock. Not really....I still enjoy a good rock & roll show. I saw Cinderalla Man yesterday it really good and moving and tell you the 30's are very much like today. The problem is their is no FDR out there that worrying about the people today.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
RE: results of speaking
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
Sunday, June 12, 2005
RE: New set of 21 questions
1. Do wonder what the world be like in 20 years? 2. Will you be able to retire like you thought you would? 3. Do you drive a domestic or forgein brand transportion? 4. When you buy something do look to see where it is made? 5. Do have health insurance? 6. Do you pay for it?7. Did you attend any pride events this month? 8. Do watch Meet the Press or This Week on ABC, Face the Nation(CBS) or Fox News Sunday? 9. Do enjoy shopping online? 10. Do you consider yourself a lesbian? 11. When you do have sex do you think of yourself in female or male role? 12. Have you seen new Star Wars or the Longest Yard yet? 13. Will you go to see a concert outdoors this summer? 14. If the election were held today Bush or Kerry? 15. Will the Democracts get the senate or congress back in 2006? 16. What was your favorite cartoon when grew up? 17. Who is your transgender hero?18. Your popcron butter or nonbutter? 19. What is your favorite show on TV after 8 at night that is on now? 20. If you could start a new career what would you go into? 21. Your favorite shoes?
Post you answers or email to me Coyotte777@aol.com
Post you answers or email to me Coyotte777@aol.com
RE: James Senenbrener big fat GOP Idiot
Rep. James Sensenbrenner shut down the Patriot Act hearing
After repeated criticism of the Bush administration, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee yesterday gaveled a hearing to a close and walked out while Democrats continued to testify -- but with their microphones shut off...read on
Video-WMP
Watch the video and see how this country is being run.It scarey.If they don't like your veiws they shut off the mic's.
After repeated criticism of the Bush administration, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee yesterday gaveled a hearing to a close and walked out while Democrats continued to testify -- but with their microphones shut off...read on
Video-WMP
Watch the video and see how this country is being run.It scarey.If they don't like your veiws they shut off the mic's.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
RE: hero or traitor ? Hero in my book
Here a couple new questions? Do you veiw Deep Throat as hero or as a traitor?That man had a moral compass ...which nobody it seems in goverment has today. I remember when I first started college back in the fall of 72.I took a political science course and the professor said does anybody know the names of Hadleman and Ericlhman. This was before Watergate it hit the papers and network news. This was before cable,talk radio, internet sites. I remember like it was yesterday he said "these guys are the most powerful guys in Washington DC" He was right. It really scare you how many people don't know who Karl Rove is. Do you think the Right Wing owns the mass media? After watching the cable new channels last night. It was like what Nixon did was a-ok with these guys. The started trashing this guy.Made him out to be a snitch. The man had moral compass. If we reallyknow the truth it would scare the hell out of us. Give people the spin and they will believe it. Yes, I believe the big media companies are leaning to the right. At this time in history. Sorry.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
RE: Tom Brokaw has balls
Tom Brokaw was the Today show and told the truth about the wacko from the right go on Crooks and Liars http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/06/01.html and click on the viedo. Brokaw always told the truth that cause really true midwestern at heart.
Monday, May 30, 2005
new set of 21 question for the hell of it!!!
1. First concert you ever went to and who did you see and where at?
2. First record album you own?
3. First time you ever got high and how old where you?
4. First time you ever made love?
5. Have you had a gay affair?
6. Who did you vote for in your first presitdental election?
7. First car you ever own?
8. First legal drink you ever had and what kind was it?
9. All-time favorite baseball player?
10. What your favorite place to eat outdoors in the summer?
12. How old were you when you made love for the first time?
13. How old were you when put on woman panties for the first time?
14. Ever see Bob Seger in concert?
15. What your favorite coney island?
16. Favorite tooth paste?
17. Favorite Sunday morning routine?
18. Favorite postion in sex?
19. Favorite radio station ?
20. Leather or cloth for a sofa?
21. What do like breasts or legs on woman?
I hope you enjoy answering these questions their all off the wall. Peace!!
2. First record album you own?
3. First time you ever got high and how old where you?
4. First time you ever made love?
5. Have you had a gay affair?
6. Who did you vote for in your first presitdental election?
7. First car you ever own?
8. First legal drink you ever had and what kind was it?
9. All-time favorite baseball player?
10. What your favorite place to eat outdoors in the summer?
12. How old were you when you made love for the first time?
13. How old were you when put on woman panties for the first time?
14. Ever see Bob Seger in concert?
15. What your favorite coney island?
16. Favorite tooth paste?
17. Favorite Sunday morning routine?
18. Favorite postion in sex?
19. Favorite radio station ?
20. Leather or cloth for a sofa?
21. What do like breasts or legs on woman?
I hope you enjoy answering these questions their all off the wall. Peace!!
Saturday, May 28, 2005
RE: Ann Coulter the darling of the right wing a Jew lover!!! NO
05.27.2005 Eugene Volokh
Ann Coulter on Jews
I have little affection for Ms. Coulter's style, or for many of her opinions; I've strongly criticized her in the past for things she's written. Still, I wonder whether the Jews/pandering item might be sarcasm gone awry. Here's the context of her quote:
[Al] Sharpton . . . inflamed angry mobs in Brooklyn's Crown Heights, leading to the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. He incited an anti-Semitic pogrom against a Jewish-owned clothing store in Harlem, Freddy's, ending in a blaze of bullets and fire that left several employees dead. So while the other Democrats talk about their personal tragedies, Sharpton goes around creating personal tragedies.
In addition to having a number of family deaths among them, the Democrats' other big idea – too nuanced for a bumper sticker – is that many of them have Jewish ancestry. There's Joe Lieberman: Always Jewish. Wesley Clark: Found Out His Father Was Jewish in College. John Kerry: Jewish Since He Began Presidential Fund-Raising. Howard Dean: Married to a Jew. Al Sharpton: Circumcised. Even Hillary Clinton claimed to have unearthed some evidence that she was a Jew – along with the long lost evidence that she was a Yankees fan. And that, boys and girls, is how the Jews survived thousands of years of persecution: by being susceptible to pandering.
Clark said that when he discovered he was half-Jewish, he remembered growing up in Arkansas and feeling "a certain kinship" with Jewish families in the dry-goods business. (I, too, have always felt a certain kinship with Calvin Trillin.)
The Democrats' urge to assert a Jewish heritage is designed to disguise the fact that the Democrats would allow the state of Israel to perish as Palestinian suicide bombers slaughter Jewish women and children. . . .
Being susceptible to pandering, of course, is not a survival trait -- it's usually harmful to one's survival. That itself suggests that her statement was meant sarcastically, to suggest that in fact a group as savvy as we Jews are (and, hey, we are pretty savvy) can see right through all this pandering.
Moreover, anti-Jewish "bigot[s]" are usually not the first to denounce instigators of "anti-Semitic pogroms," or express concern for Israel. This isn't a categorical rule; we can certainly imagine someone who's both an anti-Semitic bigot and who defends Israel and denounces those who stir up pogroms. If Coulter's other statement were clearly anti-Semitic, one can imagine some such complex set of motivations on her part. But given that her other statement seems at worst ambiguous -- and in my view pretty clearly sarcastic -- these other statements help resolve the ambiguity in Coulter's favor.
So one may certainly fault Ms. Coulter for much; but I don't think one can properly fault this column of hers for anti-Semitic bigotry.
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Ann Coulter on Jews
I have little affection for Ms. Coulter's style, or for many of her opinions; I've strongly criticized her in the past for things she's written. Still, I wonder whether the Jews/pandering item might be sarcasm gone awry. Here's the context of her quote:
[Al] Sharpton . . . inflamed angry mobs in Brooklyn's Crown Heights, leading to the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. He incited an anti-Semitic pogrom against a Jewish-owned clothing store in Harlem, Freddy's, ending in a blaze of bullets and fire that left several employees dead. So while the other Democrats talk about their personal tragedies, Sharpton goes around creating personal tragedies.
In addition to having a number of family deaths among them, the Democrats' other big idea – too nuanced for a bumper sticker – is that many of them have Jewish ancestry. There's Joe Lieberman: Always Jewish. Wesley Clark: Found Out His Father Was Jewish in College. John Kerry: Jewish Since He Began Presidential Fund-Raising. Howard Dean: Married to a Jew. Al Sharpton: Circumcised. Even Hillary Clinton claimed to have unearthed some evidence that she was a Jew – along with the long lost evidence that she was a Yankees fan. And that, boys and girls, is how the Jews survived thousands of years of persecution: by being susceptible to pandering.
Clark said that when he discovered he was half-Jewish, he remembered growing up in Arkansas and feeling "a certain kinship" with Jewish families in the dry-goods business. (I, too, have always felt a certain kinship with Calvin Trillin.)
The Democrats' urge to assert a Jewish heritage is designed to disguise the fact that the Democrats would allow the state of Israel to perish as Palestinian suicide bombers slaughter Jewish women and children. . . .
Being susceptible to pandering, of course, is not a survival trait -- it's usually harmful to one's survival. That itself suggests that her statement was meant sarcastically, to suggest that in fact a group as savvy as we Jews are (and, hey, we are pretty savvy) can see right through all this pandering.
Moreover, anti-Jewish "bigot[s]" are usually not the first to denounce instigators of "anti-Semitic pogroms," or express concern for Israel. This isn't a categorical rule; we can certainly imagine someone who's both an anti-Semitic bigot and who defends Israel and denounces those who stir up pogroms. If Coulter's other statement were clearly anti-Semitic, one can imagine some such complex set of motivations on her part. But given that her other statement seems at worst ambiguous -- and in my view pretty clearly sarcastic -- these other statements help resolve the ambiguity in Coulter's favor.
So one may certainly fault Ms. Coulter for much; but I don't think one can properly fault this column of hers for anti-Semitic bigotry.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005
RE: Bill Maher speaks the flipping Truth!!!
05.25.2005 Bill Maher
Fruit
First, I had never heard of Congressman Bachus before this. Now lots of people have heard of him. You're welcome, Congressman, glad I could help get your Q rating up.
By the way, are we sure he's really a Congressman? Maybe he's just a guy with a fax machine. You know how fact checking goes these days.
I could go on and on, but this is too ridiculous, so I'll just say this: I'm not a congressman, I'm a comedian. There's nothing I can really do to help or hurt our troops (although anyone who's watched my shows or read my books in the last twelve years knows I'm a pretty ardent supporter of the military).
But a congressman, there's someone who can actually DO SOMETHING to help our troops. In fact, a case could be made that it's a lot more treasonous for someone in his position to be wasting his time yelling at a comedian. Shouldn't he be training his outrage at such problems as troops not having enough armor? Wouldn't that ACTUALLY support our troops more? And citizens of this country who claim to support our troops should write this man and tell him GET...
Fruit
First, I had never heard of Congressman Bachus before this. Now lots of people have heard of him. You're welcome, Congressman, glad I could help get your Q rating up.
By the way, are we sure he's really a Congressman? Maybe he's just a guy with a fax machine. You know how fact checking goes these days.
I could go on and on, but this is too ridiculous, so I'll just say this: I'm not a congressman, I'm a comedian. There's nothing I can really do to help or hurt our troops (although anyone who's watched my shows or read my books in the last twelve years knows I'm a pretty ardent supporter of the military).
But a congressman, there's someone who can actually DO SOMETHING to help our troops. In fact, a case could be made that it's a lot more treasonous for someone in his position to be wasting his time yelling at a comedian. Shouldn't he be training his outrage at such problems as troops not having enough armor? Wouldn't that ACTUALLY support our troops more? And citizens of this country who claim to support our troops should write this man and tell him GET...
Monday, May 23, 2005
Friday, May 20, 2005
RE: Check out if you can Handle the Truth
I’m fast becoming very embarassed by my country’s leaders... [General] - Annah - x@x.com @ 22:32:45
George Galloway has some fine things to say!Real VideoWindows Media Video
George Galloway has some fine things to say!Real VideoWindows Media Video
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
RE: Biggest A--hole in the USA
Bill Frist...the Senate Majority leader has to be the biggest putz in the Senate. He like a spoil child. Let him run for President he'll lose early on in the primarys and he won't be in the senate anymore. Watch these people the so-call GOP party they are very scarey.
Friday, May 13, 2005
RE: what a month so far
What a month so far. I can't seem to get anything going in the right direction in either business or socaily. Maybe I'm pressing to hard in both. I'll just lay back and see what happens. I made a big step by putting my picture ala femme mode on a couple of different sites. I'm not hiding my desire anymore. It truly not the picture I would like to post. I'm for the natural looking type. But I need more practice in that area. I would love to find a friend you truly understand were I'm coming from and help learn to dress that way. Again I just wait to see what happens. I have to add two new woman to my TG Hall of fame. That my friend Lady Di..she is so encouraging and now living the role in real life. The other is my friend Amy ....she as well is living the life fulltime. They are both true role models for the one still somewhat in the closet. I have never meet them in person but have chatted and exchange emails with both. I look forward to hearing from them and learning from them as well. They are younger than me but have taken on the fights that I just dream about. You both go girls!!
In the meantime the world is going to hell in a hand basket. The politics in this country are getting scarery everday. Let hope in 2006 this country will stop this ride to the extreme right. I don't know how many of you listen to Air America on the radio but you can stream it on your computer as well. Listen people. The city of Detroit what a good comedy Kawmi has made it. Mayor Hip Hop.....give me a break. He a kid running a major city. Until the next time. Peace. I want to wish my another one of my hall of famer Denise from Ann Arbor who getting her SRS this month from Dr.Bower. Enjoy the ride. She really one neat woman ....I owe her a couple of drinks if she'll ever meet me for them!
In the meantime the world is going to hell in a hand basket. The politics in this country are getting scarery everday. Let hope in 2006 this country will stop this ride to the extreme right. I don't know how many of you listen to Air America on the radio but you can stream it on your computer as well. Listen people. The city of Detroit what a good comedy Kawmi has made it. Mayor Hip Hop.....give me a break. He a kid running a major city. Until the next time. Peace. I want to wish my another one of my hall of famer Denise from Ann Arbor who getting her SRS this month from Dr.Bower. Enjoy the ride. She really one neat woman ....I owe her a couple of drinks if she'll ever meet me for them!
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
RE: Better results I will live until 84
Welcome to the Longevity Game! See how your lifestyle can affect you in the years to come by answering just 12 quick questions. Your expected age will show in the tabulator in the upper left corner. Keep in mind your answers may increase, decrease, or have no affect on your expected age.
How long you have already lived is one of the best predictors of how long you may live. Life expectancy has been continually increasing for years as there is a growing awareness of personal health maintenance and improving medical care. Enter your age.
age
Ever since records have been kept, women have outlived men. Click on your gender.
Male Female
Maintaining normal blood pressure is important to living longer. High blood pressure is a common problem, yet many people with hypertension don't know their blood pressure is high. And those who do know are often under-treated. Following a sound medical regimen can keep your blood pressure under control. Click on the answer which best describes you.
Do not know my blood pressure Blood pressure checked regularly & normal High blood pressure, on medication & under control High blood pressure, not under control
Overweight and obesity are epidemic in this nation in both kids and adults. It's a condition that may lead to serious medical problems, including diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. Knowing your Body Mass Index (BMI) puts it all in perspective. BMI values according to the Centers for Disease Control are normal 19-24, overweight 25-29, obese 30+. Enter your weight and height below.
US lbs ft in Your BMI =
Like gender and age, family history is something you can't control. But knowing the medical history of your family may help you identify potential problems and minimize related risks. Click on the description which best describes your family history.
Family member lived to the age of 70 with no cardiovascular problems before the age of 55
Cardiovascular problems of a family member before the age of 55
2 or more family members with cardiovascular problems before the age of 55
Parents not yet 70 and in good health
Don't know mine
An active lifestyle is good insurance against both heart disease and cancer, both common causes of death. Do you have a job requiring physical activity? Or do you make physical activity or sports a regular part of your day? Now get moving and rate your level of exercise.
Daily vigorous exercise Walk at minimum 30 minutes 4 days per week Somewhat active Not active
Stress can be a cruel master or a helpful servant. Knowing how to handle stress makes life more enjoyable. Relax, this is an easy question.
Stress is a positive influence I have my share of ups & downs Stress often uses me
Motor vehicle accidents are a common cause of death in the US. What's more, auto accidents are THE leading cause of death for Americans age 6-27. Click on the answer which best describes you.
No accidents or violations in the past 3 years 1-3 accidents or violations in the past 3 years 4 or more violations or accidents in the past 2 years Convicted of driving while intoxicated in past 5 years Convicted of DWI more than once in past 5 years
The plain fact is that more than half of auto fatalities occur in local areas - many while driving under 40 mph. Do you always buckle up? A fastened seatbelt is reliable protection.
Yes No
More than 400,000 deaths per year are related to the effects of smoking. The risk of lung cancer and heart disease begins to decline as soon as you quit smoking. Put that cigarette out and click on your smoke intake.
Never Smoked Quit more than 2 years ago Quit less than 2 years ago Smoke less than 2 packs per day Smoke 2 or more packs per day
Drinking moderately (no more than 2 drinks per day for men, 1 for women) may be good for you. However, drinking too much alcohol causes auto accidents, cancers, and liver disease. Watch how much you drink, and don't drink and drive. (1 drink equals 12 oz. of beer, 5oz. of wine, or 1 1/2 oz. of 80-proof spirits.)
Don't drink or never drink more than 2 drinks a day 3-4 drinks more than 2 times a week 5 or more drinks at one time, more than once a month
Taking drugs is one of the best ways to lose the Longevity Game. If you use hard drugs like cocaine or narcotics, it's time to look at your lifestyle, not your longevity. Click on your drug use.
Never use drugs for "recreation" Use drugs for "recreation"
A good diet is key to good health. Every day you should eat 5 or more servings of colorful fruits and vegetables, substitute fish for meat, and limit the amount of red meat and saturated fats you consume. Red meats and junk food raise cholesterol which contributes to heart disease. Vegetables, fruits, whole-grain breads and cereals contain no cholesterol or saturated fats, and have lots of healthy cancer and heart disease-fighting nutrients.
Eat more than 5 portions of fruits and vegetables per day Average Eat fast or processed food regularly, and minimal vegetables
Your age is .
Your gender is for a starting age of .
Blood Pressure
Height & Weight
Family History
Cardiovascular problems of a family member before the age of 55
Exercising
Stress
Driving
Seatbelts
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Drugs
Diet
Your longevity is:
Don't like your score? Change your answers to see where making different choices could improve your numbers - they may lengthen your life. Happy Living!
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How long you have already lived is one of the best predictors of how long you may live. Life expectancy has been continually increasing for years as there is a growing awareness of personal health maintenance and improving medical care. Enter your age.
age
Ever since records have been kept, women have outlived men. Click on your gender.
Male Female
Maintaining normal blood pressure is important to living longer. High blood pressure is a common problem, yet many people with hypertension don't know their blood pressure is high. And those who do know are often under-treated. Following a sound medical regimen can keep your blood pressure under control. Click on the answer which best describes you.
Do not know my blood pressure Blood pressure checked regularly & normal High blood pressure, on medication & under control High blood pressure, not under control
Overweight and obesity are epidemic in this nation in both kids and adults. It's a condition that may lead to serious medical problems, including diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. Knowing your Body Mass Index (BMI) puts it all in perspective. BMI values according to the Centers for Disease Control are normal 19-24, overweight 25-29, obese 30+. Enter your weight and height below.
US lbs ft in Your BMI =
Like gender and age, family history is something you can't control. But knowing the medical history of your family may help you identify potential problems and minimize related risks. Click on the description which best describes your family history.
Family member lived to the age of 70 with no cardiovascular problems before the age of 55
Cardiovascular problems of a family member before the age of 55
2 or more family members with cardiovascular problems before the age of 55
Parents not yet 70 and in good health
Don't know mine
An active lifestyle is good insurance against both heart disease and cancer, both common causes of death. Do you have a job requiring physical activity? Or do you make physical activity or sports a regular part of your day? Now get moving and rate your level of exercise.
Daily vigorous exercise Walk at minimum 30 minutes 4 days per week Somewhat active Not active
Stress can be a cruel master or a helpful servant. Knowing how to handle stress makes life more enjoyable. Relax, this is an easy question.
Stress is a positive influence I have my share of ups & downs Stress often uses me
Motor vehicle accidents are a common cause of death in the US. What's more, auto accidents are THE leading cause of death for Americans age 6-27. Click on the answer which best describes you.
No accidents or violations in the past 3 years 1-3 accidents or violations in the past 3 years 4 or more violations or accidents in the past 2 years Convicted of driving while intoxicated in past 5 years Convicted of DWI more than once in past 5 years
The plain fact is that more than half of auto fatalities occur in local areas - many while driving under 40 mph. Do you always buckle up? A fastened seatbelt is reliable protection.
Yes No
More than 400,000 deaths per year are related to the effects of smoking. The risk of lung cancer and heart disease begins to decline as soon as you quit smoking. Put that cigarette out and click on your smoke intake.
Never Smoked Quit more than 2 years ago Quit less than 2 years ago Smoke less than 2 packs per day Smoke 2 or more packs per day
Drinking moderately (no more than 2 drinks per day for men, 1 for women) may be good for you. However, drinking too much alcohol causes auto accidents, cancers, and liver disease. Watch how much you drink, and don't drink and drive. (1 drink equals 12 oz. of beer, 5oz. of wine, or 1 1/2 oz. of 80-proof spirits.)
Don't drink or never drink more than 2 drinks a day 3-4 drinks more than 2 times a week 5 or more drinks at one time, more than once a month
Taking drugs is one of the best ways to lose the Longevity Game. If you use hard drugs like cocaine or narcotics, it's time to look at your lifestyle, not your longevity. Click on your drug use.
Never use drugs for "recreation" Use drugs for "recreation"
A good diet is key to good health. Every day you should eat 5 or more servings of colorful fruits and vegetables, substitute fish for meat, and limit the amount of red meat and saturated fats you consume. Red meats and junk food raise cholesterol which contributes to heart disease. Vegetables, fruits, whole-grain breads and cereals contain no cholesterol or saturated fats, and have lots of healthy cancer and heart disease-fighting nutrients.
Eat more than 5 portions of fruits and vegetables per day Average Eat fast or processed food regularly, and minimal vegetables
Your age is .
Your gender is for a starting age of .
Blood Pressure
Height & Weight
Family History
Cardiovascular problems of a family member before the age of 55
Exercising
Stress
Driving
Seatbelts
Smoking
Drinking
Drugs
Diet
Your longevity is:
Don't like your score? Change your answers to see where making different choices could improve your numbers - they may lengthen your life. Happy Living!
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Thursday, April 28, 2005
RE: There has to be one bad apple in the crowd
Ann Coulter: Most likely Not a Man
Probably the most persistent attacks aimed at Ann Coulter by her political opponents have contended that she is a post operative transexual who was born as a man. I intend in this piece to show that this contention is not supported by any firm evidence.Here is an example of the attack from Liberal Site DailyKos:there is a persistent rumor that Ms. Ann Coulter is a male drag queen or male to female transsexual. IMHO, the reason for the rumor is in the relatively rare pictures when one can see her neck at any level of detail, there is something on her neck that has a very suspicious resemblance to an Adam's apple. I have seen such pictures myself. I've heard that there are other things about her physical appearance that aren't quite consistent with that of a normal biological female.Also from DailyKos:I will always refer to her as "Ann-drew" or "Ann the Man," until someone convinces me that he/she is indeed a female who just happens to look like a skinny guy with a big Adam's Apple.
Probably the most persistent attacks aimed at Ann Coulter by her political opponents have contended that she is a post operative transexual who was born as a man. I intend in this piece to show that this contention is not supported by any firm evidence.Here is an example of the attack from Liberal Site DailyKos:there is a persistent rumor that Ms. Ann Coulter is a male drag queen or male to female transsexual. IMHO, the reason for the rumor is in the relatively rare pictures when one can see her neck at any level of detail, there is something on her neck that has a very suspicious resemblance to an Adam's apple. I have seen such pictures myself. I've heard that there are other things about her physical appearance that aren't quite consistent with that of a normal biological female.Also from DailyKos:I will always refer to her as "Ann-drew" or "Ann the Man," until someone convinces me that he/she is indeed a female who just happens to look like a skinny guy with a big Adam's Apple.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
RE: another poll.....I agree with most of it
How's Your Taste in Music?
Your Taste in Music:
Classic Rock: Highest Influence
90's Pop: Medium Influence
Progressive Rock: Medium Influence
80's Rock: Low Influence
Adult Alternative: Low Influence
Country: Low Influence
Your Taste in Music:
Classic Rock: Highest Influence
90's Pop: Medium Influence
Progressive Rock: Medium Influence
80's Rock: Low Influence
Adult Alternative: Low Influence
Country: Low Influence
Saturday, April 23, 2005
RE: SNOW IN APRIL REALLY SUCKS !!!
It April 23,2005 it flipping going to SNOW 7-10 inches tonight. The majority of Republican don't think there is global warming either. They think the economy is aokay as well. What world do they live in. Now the world has a nazi for a Pope.(Great) I can hear Lewis Black do skit on that. Maybe it me but I can't seem to get this year going in good direction. Should I move? What the hell should I do? I just can't see me starting new career over again. Well that why I started this blog to express myself. Put it all on the line. Michigan sucks right now weather,economy, socail connections the whole flipping thing. This when I really enjoy the arms of another woman.Is their one out there for me?
Thursday, April 21, 2005
RE: I sure hope not that pretty young now adays
What Age Will You Die?
You Will Die at Age 76
76 You're pretty average when it comes to how you live...And how you'll die as well.
You Will Die at Age 76
76 You're pretty average when it comes to how you live...And how you'll die as well.
Thursday, March 31, 2005
RE: 21 questions just for fun
1. What cable news channel do watch?
2. Some your favorite music?
3. What is your favorite sport to watch?
4. What size bed do sleep in?
5. How often do you shave your legs?
6. What your favorite pizza to eat at and carry out?
7. What radio station do listen to?
8. What do drive SUV or car?
9. Where do like to go on vacation urban or country?
10. Dress or pants?
11. What your favorite TV shows on networks and cable?
12. Do you like extroic pictures of other woman?
13. What your favorite holiday?
14. Steak or fish?
15. What a typical Saturday night?
16. Are your cotton panties fan or other materials?
17. What do you wear to bed?
18. Are you Costco or Sams Club fan?
19. Are you a bottle water fan?
20. Do lean left or right politically?
21. Is sex important to you in relationship? ( Give the answer you might surprise yourself)
2. Some your favorite music?
3. What is your favorite sport to watch?
4. What size bed do sleep in?
5. How often do you shave your legs?
6. What your favorite pizza to eat at and carry out?
7. What radio station do listen to?
8. What do drive SUV or car?
9. Where do like to go on vacation urban or country?
10. Dress or pants?
11. What your favorite TV shows on networks and cable?
12. Do you like extroic pictures of other woman?
13. What your favorite holiday?
14. Steak or fish?
15. What a typical Saturday night?
16. Are your cotton panties fan or other materials?
17. What do you wear to bed?
18. Are you Costco or Sams Club fan?
19. Are you a bottle water fan?
20. Do lean left or right politically?
21. Is sex important to you in relationship? ( Give the answer you might surprise yourself)
Sunday, March 27, 2005
RE: states I've been or lived in....
Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maine / Maryland / Massachusetts / Michigan / Minnesota / Mississippi / Missouri / Montana / Nebraska / Nevada / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New Mexico / New York / North Carolina / North Dakota / Ohio / Oklahoma / Oregon / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / South Dakota / Tennessee / Texas / Utah / Vermont / Virginia / Washington / West Virginia / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Washington D.C /
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Monday, March 21, 2005
Friday, March 18, 2005
The flipping moral police
"Members of Congress went to the U.S. Attorney in DC to ask for a temporary restraining order to be issued by a judge, which protects Terri Schiavo from having her life support, including her feeding and hydration tubes, removed... Developing..." This is from the evil Derudge Report. This just you want I meant that the flipping uptight missionary Republicans want to be in your life and face . They are lower than a curb and that pretty low in my book. Let the woman go. She hasn't recover in 15 years it not going to happen. Steroid in baseball that important as well.Give me a flipping break. Let them really do something in congress. I'm done ranting
RE: it a bubble gum world
I'm driving and listening to the radio ....What are they talking about Robert Blake, Scott Peterson, M.Jackson all these things are a distraction to take our eyes off the ball. In the meantime your congress and senate are screwing with us. They want to pass laws that make cable and satellite television have indecency rules like they do for regular radio and TV. The Republicans have become the moral police. In the meantime they pass a bill to drill for oil in Alaska. (great) Like that is going to bring gas prices down. They are worry about social security 20 years from now or longer. So they can make all their buddies on Wall Street can make more money. In the meantime gas is at all time high and it going to keep going north. By mid summer you'll be paying over $2.50 a gallon if not more. Health insurance which is major problem and one the Republican do not want to address anytime soon. In there world everything is fine and mellow. Pardon me .... All my lesbian friends and gay friends but if any of the Democracts had balls they would be hammering the GOP on the Health Care issue and embarrass the flipping GOP. Hillary better come to the plate and hit it out of the flipping ball park. http://krupsjustsayin.blogspot.com/ checkout this blog and click on the Lewis Black CD and laugh your ass off. Randy Rhodes was back on Air America radio today after being out for a while because she was recovery from surgery. She great and is great voice to hear in these crazy days of buggle gum for the mind which the major media is covering. Speaking of no balls. Can you tell I'm piss-off tonight. The world is going crazy and it seems like nobody cares. Is it me? Peace
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
RE: I wish I was Bette she is hot.....Flashdance
"Which Character from The L Word are You???" - Results:
you are BETTE! you've got an established career, a significant other, and ethnicity that no one can define. you're also fairly hot!
you are BETTE! you've got an established career, a significant other, and ethnicity that no one can define. you're also fairly hot!
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
RE: Now I'm bold and brave...maybe I like BDSM
You Are Bold And Brave
But daring? Not usually?You tend to like to make calculated risks.So while you may not be base jumping any time soon...You are up for whatever's new and (a little) exciting!
But daring? Not usually?You tend to like to make calculated risks.So while you may not be base jumping any time soon...You are up for whatever's new and (a little) exciting!
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
RE: Transformation.....Help!!
I did it yesterday...I had somebody give me a transformation. I was not happy with the results may I say. The person that did is more in the CD mindset and like to wear a lot of make-up and dress more what other words may I say sluty. First I'm not into it ....the make-up and dressing sluty. My mindset is not that of CD. I'm old hippie at heart. So give me a denim skirt and cotton top. Very little make-up I like the more natural and mature look. I try it and if someone like to see the results I can email a picture to you. ( believe me you can have a good laugh) It would be nice to have a mentor to show me the correct way of becoming what I like to achieve. Being trans to me is something that is a mindset and also political in nature. Being accepted by other woman and transpeople also is important to me as well. I think the one that get dress up and go to the bars on the weekend and act trampy doesn't help the cause it just makes it stereotypical of what people think of trans people. That a shame. Well it back to drawing table. I will say I don't have bad legs. They couldn't ruin that. It was something I want to try and I did. It was also a very cold enviroment to me as well. They told me whatever they felt I wanted to hear.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
From the Rainbow Room to Iraq
It funny I try a new adventure this weekend I went to bar called the Rainbow Room on East Eight Mile Road and let me say I will vote to make bar's all nonsmoking in a New York Minute. The other thing is the majority of lesbians that were at this bar, well let say they didn't make me feel warm and wanting to get to know me at all. The bartender was about the only nice one I meet there. She didn't charge me for a club soda after two Rolling Rocks at $4.00 a piece. The trannies that were there well .....they have they work ahead of them if they want to pass as woman. So here my question about being the different gender if you can't do it well then should you do it? I walk out there more confused because when I see two woman being emotional and holding each other I get excited wishing it was me. I want to thank the bartender for letting me into her world last night. She and the other bartender a little older woman probably in mid-40's and they acted like lovers and to watch them interact together well it fun and very cute. The reality of it all is that I'm 6'3 and 230 pound person. I do not look like the woman I truly would like to look like. I drove home for over forty minute drive listening to some good old rock'n roll I must admit I do not like dance music at all. So what I need to do is open a gay friendly mature bar with a good taste in background music. Maybe there is such a place in Michigan I just haven't found it.
The next subject about Iraq and all the bullshit that happening there just get me even more mad at current administration. I was actually watching Meet the Press this morning and what scare me was I agreed with Pat Buchcan. Don't worry I still flipping liberal and fighter for the cause. Pat just believes we need to get the hell out of there and that Bush basically make deals with the devil to improve he popularity points. I agree. We got to keep the pressure on these politicians and to war on descend of Bush policies. Oh, well. I actually did another wacky thing yesterday I went in to store called Lover's Lane on Woodward in Royal Oak. They actually have saleswoman in there and that show you all their products. I actually blush when I was back in I what I guess is adult toy department and the sales woman tells me that the area I was looking at is mostly the anal area. EH! I want to buy a vibrator for myself. Even at fifty years of age one still wants a sometype of sex life. But I must be living in cave the selection was unbelievable didn't know of all the different type of weird toys their are. I did buy one .....not the anal one those. As Woody Alan one said " It better to do it somebody that you love". I guess I like my sex like my music and drink. Simple and pure. Peace.
The next subject about Iraq and all the bullshit that happening there just get me even more mad at current administration. I was actually watching Meet the Press this morning and what scare me was I agreed with Pat Buchcan. Don't worry I still flipping liberal and fighter for the cause. Pat just believes we need to get the hell out of there and that Bush basically make deals with the devil to improve he popularity points. I agree. We got to keep the pressure on these politicians and to war on descend of Bush policies. Oh, well. I actually did another wacky thing yesterday I went in to store called Lover's Lane on Woodward in Royal Oak. They actually have saleswoman in there and that show you all their products. I actually blush when I was back in I what I guess is adult toy department and the sales woman tells me that the area I was looking at is mostly the anal area. EH! I want to buy a vibrator for myself. Even at fifty years of age one still wants a sometype of sex life. But I must be living in cave the selection was unbelievable didn't know of all the different type of weird toys their are. I did buy one .....not the anal one those. As Woody Alan one said " It better to do it somebody that you love". I guess I like my sex like my music and drink. Simple and pure. Peace.
Monday, February 07, 2005
RE: Superbowl Night
It funny I was at Superbowl Party and we all had great time and then at halftime. Sir Paul Mc Carthny was playing it was great it seem at moment everybody watching was singing " Hey Jude" it one classic moment. Then the downer came when a old friend who so to right it was painful we got into argument about Health Care Insurance and the cost and how out of control it is. May I say thank GOD for drugs that help me with my problem this week. I started a new drug for my RA called EMBEREL it another shot once a week and then my doc gave something it relieve the inflammation on my wrist and fingers even those it he said he might be temporary. One day without pain is a good one. Like I said to him I like to pitch 9 innings instead of the problems of walking up & down the stairs. I guess being a translesbian isn't what happens when I still have some of my old male ways but I love my female ways as I get older. Why does getting to get layed always have to be about GENDER? The Eagles gave a great fight ...It was both two Blue States against each other. Well that my story and hope you listen and read the blog. Music tonight was from Sly & Family Stone " Family Affair" to Boz Scaggs " Loan Me A Dime" .
Friday, January 28, 2005
RE: Two Woman I Admire in the Trans World
There are some transgender woman that I have meet or should I say been introduce to them by either their web page / blog/ some support group. This road of being a transgender lesbian is not a easy one. Some the TS Woman don't really want to tell you their sexual preferance they want to be somewhat mysterious about it. I guess because I've always been in sales I just rather be up front on what I am and what I'm going to be. I guess I am more drawn to the more mature TS/TG woman and they path they have chosen to take. A couple of my new hero's are Donna Rose who is a very classy woman period. And she does answer her email and is very supportive. Read her book "Wrapped in Blue". It would be a dream of mine to be with her like she was with her friend Kathy and have that special feeling that she has made the right decision. I got to be believe she more of a lesbian than she is hetro woman. But that only a guess and whatever she is okay with me. My newest hero is Denise /UMlawgirl. She has a great blog to read and she doing two things I at once transtioning in womanhood and going back to school to get LAW degree at University of Michigan. I've haven't meet or talk to her but she must be one bright woman cause to go back in mid-life and to be with the young students in competitive environment is well one tough thing in my book. Becoming a woman when you have been a man close to 50 years that one hell of tough road as well. Denise you got my vote and support. You go girl. These woman represent what I want to be in the world of womanhood. It doesn't hurt that both very cute and stylish as well. Keep going ladies. You all have a good weekend.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
RE: Keep the pressure on
Well I haven't written here in a while. I was little depress about the election. I stared my morning getting out of bed hearing on the radio that Michigan is the leading the country in the highest unemployment rate. Then I go to my office and put on MSNBC to see my main man the grump Don Imus tell everybody that over 30 soldiers died in helicopter crash in Iraq. If you think that situation is going to getting better well pass me one as well so I can take a good toke. Then I heard the W. press conference and you say to yourself he must be living in Disneyland and what world is he living in. I started my year out with my annual present from Michigan Blue Cross and Blue Shield a 10% plus increase. Also I went to 2 funeral in one day at the same place and both these people where at my 50th birthday party. My they have peace in the after world . And now Johnny Carson. All 3 of these people where classic people and all meant something to me. As I get older I realize your health and mental well being are the most important thing to preserve for yourself. But I'm still One Mad Jewish TransLesbian. When I see injustice it make me mad and I got to speak up. Their is only one bush I like that why I'm lesbian as well. We got to keep the pressure on these Bushie people because sooner hopefully not later they will screw up. Let me know what you think. I guess this more political than about transgender problems. But don't they go hand in hand? Just go download Lola by the Kinks and enjoy your life. Until next time. Peace.
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