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Congressional Conference Call Briefing - Status of Intelligence Reform

Location: Washington, DC

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REP. HOEKSTRA: This is Congressman Pete Hoekstra, and I welcome you to this conference call. I am joined by my conference colleagues, Senator Collins, Senator Lieberman and Representative Harman. We just completed a conference call with the conferees of the entire set of conferees, where I would guess that we had just about 90 percent participation from the conferees.

Now, here's what we shared with the conferees. That is, that over the last two weeks, especially the four of us, but other members on occasion have been involved in the discussions, we have gotten to know each other very, very well. The four of us have been in Washington-I think the last of us left yesterday afternoon, but up until Wednesday, all four of us were in Washington, almost since the conference began. And we have been meeting on pretty much a daily basis. A number of days we met more than once together.

Now, the issues between the House and the Senate versions, they've been complex, they've been difficult. The discussions have been focused on the direction that we would take with Title I. Title I are the authorities for the national intelligence director, the structure and the responsibilities of the National Counterterrorism Center, and also primarily the Civil Liberties Board. There have been in the House offer that was given last week, we started with Title I. After Title I was presented to the Senate, the other provisions were also provided to the Senate at a later point. The progress we've made has been slow. It is not definitive. We have not reached agreement. We've maybe come close on some issues, but on other issues there is still a-there are some cases what some would describe as a rather significant gap.

Both the White House, the folks from the 9/11 commission, and the speaker have been involved in one form or another of trying to help us bridge the differences. Over the weekend, the-well, maybe not the-put it this way-later this afternoon the House will present another offer back to the Senate. We are expecting hopefully early next week that the Senate will be able to respond to the offer. The offer will consist of all five titles. We hope that we can bridge some of the differences and get closer to where we'd like to be on Title I. We recognize that on Titles II through V there will probably need to be additional work, because we haven't had the same kind of in-depth, meaningful discussions on those titles that we've had on Title I. I do not expect that this would be the final piece of work that would go over to the Senate this afternoon. But what we hope is that it continues to be a step in the right direction.

I think all four of us are committed to doing as much work as we can, so that we can get this done during a lame-duck session. We're realistic about the work-significant work needs to be done. Compromise needs to be made. But with all of us working, we believe that it is possible-it will be difficult, but it is possible that a bill can be completed.

And with that, Susan, I'll turn it over to you, and then we'll go to Jane and then to Senator Lieberman. Susan? Hello, Susan? Senator Collins, are you there?

SEN. COLLINS: Hello, can you hear me now? I don't know why it wouldn't go through.

It is very disappointing that we have been unable to negotiate an agreement to date. But I am heartened by the determination of each of us to keep negotiating towards the goal of reaching an agreement.

I also was pleased that the conferees this morning in our broader conference call encouraged us to keep going as well. I'm determined to keep working toward an agreement, because this issue is so important to our national security. And I'm also encouraged that both sides have moved somewhat from their initial positions. We have made some progress, albeit not nearly as much as I would have hoped by this time.

I remain hopeful that we can negotiate an agreement that could be considered as the first item of business in the lame-duck session.

OPERATOR: Before Ms. Harman begins, we need to let you know that the call is about to be recorded.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Jane? Is Jane there?

SEN. COLLINS: She was. I wonder when you told everyone to press-to mute their phones whether that's the problem. And, Jane, if that's the case you need to do I think it's star-6 to unmute it.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Susan, you're getting awful technical here. I'm impressed.

SEN. LIEBERMAN: Susan is being advised by the National Security Agency. (Laughter.)

SEN. COLLINS: Which is eavesdropping on this call.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Joe, why don't you go, and hopefully we'll be able to work out the technical difficulties with Jane.

SEN. LIEBERMAN: Fine. First, thanks to you, Peter and Jane and Susan, for all of the work that we've done together. And you're right, we have spent a lot of time together, and I think there's sort of a real mood of trust that's grown among us.

For me, as I know for the three others, the inability to reach a conference committee agreement yet has been a deep personal disappointment. I must say, however, that if we do not reach an agreement before the end of the lame-duck session, it will be a shameful failure for Congress. And that's why I know that the four of us and our conferees are committed to trying to do that. And it will be a shameful failure, because this is not just any conference committee on any bill-conference committees regularly fail to reach agreement in Congress. But this one is about the threat of terrorism. And what the 9/11 commission has told us are the vulnerabilities that allowed the terrorists to strike on 9/11, and will allow them to strike again unless we better organize our intelligence assets and community-and that's what this is all about.

We are very accustomed to using a phrase in Congress-"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good." In this case, the quest for the perfect may well be the enemy of the safety and security of the American people, and therefore we have to commit ourselves to a quest for the good, for the best we can do before the lame-duck session to improve our security. Obviously we had hoped that the Election Day would be a point of pressure that would have brought us together. I mean, sadly, that has-though it's brought us closer together, it hasn't brought us together.

Sadly, the election will come and go next Tuesday, insofar as this conference committee is concerned. But the threat of terrorism remains, and I do believe that ultimately, and appropriately, is a stronger incentive to get this done.

I was encouraged on the call this morning by some of the-I can't find a better word than "flexibility" that I thought I heard and a commitment to really stretch to find common ground to pass this bill. One of our colleagues said, "I'm not for the Senate bill, I'm not for the House bill-I'm for the right bill, the best bill we can get done before the lame-duck session"-and that's the spirit in which I proceed now to the next chapter of our work together.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Good, thank you, Joe.

Jane, are you back?

REP. HARMAN: Yes, I'm --

REP. HOEKSTRA: Okay, good.

REP. HARMAN: Can everybody here me? Oh, good. I don't know what happened before. Anyway, I was starting to say that if the Red Sox can win, anything is possible in this year. And they had to wait 86 years. We've only been waiting 55 years for intelligence reform. This is clearly a subject I'm passionately interested in, and I dearly hope we can work some form of good bill by the end of this year.

I wanted to make a couple of points. First of all, the House proposal, which I have not seen, which will be sent around later today, including I assume to the House Democratic conferees, is the House Republican proposal. I think that's unfortunate. I wish that the House were speaking with one voice on this issue, as the Senate is. And in that regard I want to commend Susan and Joe for demonstrating, even in this dismally partisan 108th Congress, that bipartisanship can produce excellent legislation.

I would hope that as we proceed to consider the House Republican offer we would re -- (audio glitch) -- the White House letter that we all received dated October 18th, 2004. And the other one is the 9/11 commission letter that we all received dated October 20th, 2004. Both of those letters are extremely careful and evaluated both the House- and Senate-passed bills and make specific suggestions for common ground. And I personally believe that if we had followed those suggestions 10 days ago we might have had an agreement before the election, which was something all four of us so really wanted to achieve. So my comment is that we do have some benchmarks to look at to move us together.

Finally, I did want to mention that on the House side some specific suggestions were made by one of our conferees, Bob Menendez, on behalf of the House Democrats, and they relate to Title III, the immigration sections. And they essentially proposed taking some of the ideas in the House-passed bill, including more border guards, more beds. The Western Hemisphere changes-but putting the rest of the much more divisive issues into a study-not projecting them, but studying them for a short period of time, so that the House and Senate can come back at a later time and consider them separately. I just wanted to be sure everyone understood there was some engagement on that issue. I don't know whether that suggestion will be favorably considered in the House Republican offer, but we did make that suggestion at the request of Chairman Hoekstra about a week ago.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Okay, thank you. Courtney, I believe you have a list of press folks as they came on the line for questions? Is that correct? Okay, who is this?

Q Hi, this is Simona Chedarchi (ph) with Knight Ridder Newspapers Washington Bureau.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Okay, go ahead.

Q How did the Pentagon letter, I mean the letter from General Myers this week, and negotiations involving Pentagon allies, how did that contribute to where you are now through the stalemate that you have right now?

REP. HOEKSTRA: Well, there's been a lot of input in the last week. Some of that has helped move the process forward. Some of it has delayed it or sidetracked it. You know, we've gotten, as Jane indicated, we've gotten comments from the White House, we've gotten comments from the 9/11 commission, we've gotten comments from Phil Zelikow, who is the former staff director. And you know we're-and then we've got the letter from General Myers. All of that stuff is being considered and will be factored into, in one form or another, the offer that we are going to be making later this afternoon.

Does anybody else want to --

Q I'd like to ask a follow-up question, if I could. It's Mary Curtis at the Los Angeles Times. Chairman Hoekstra, this offer that you're going to be making this afternoon, is it going to address-is it going to contain provisions around the way the flow of money would be handled? And does this offer go beyond the offer that I understand the speaker's chief of staff said on Wednesday the House would not go beyond?

REP. HOEKSTRA: We've been in a number of different places in the last four or five days. There will be-one of the issues that we've talked about considerably is the flow of money. The Senate, in response to the offer that we made last week, Friday, sent over, I think, a very helpful, a nine-point Senate-we refer to it in common language as the nine-point Senate memo. And we have tried to address some of the points that they've raised in their memo. They also sent over a statement that dealt with terms and definitions. We're also trying to respond and incorporate some of the changes that they recommended in that document. So there will be changes in there. There will also be changes in the area that Jane referenced, which is Title III, II and III. In some of the informal discussions we've had in the last week-I know that Chairman Sensenbrenner met with Senators Collins and Lieberman. He had indicated that he was willing to consider dropping the-or removing the death penalty from the law enforcement provisions. You know, there was obviously no agreement which was made, but Chairman Sensenbrenner and the offer that will be coming out of the House today will have removed the death penalty. We will also-we've removed the provision dealing with expedited removal, and we will also deal with the issue of caps on aliens granted asylum. So I think in a number of different places in the bill you will see some changes from where we were last week, Friday.

I was going to say-I don't know if there's any-Jane or Joe or Susan, if you want to add anything?

REP. HARMAN: Well, I'm listening carefully. As I said, I haven't read this proposal, and I look forward to reading it, and I don't want to prematurely make a judgment on it. But I think the question was the flow of money. This has to do with changes if you eliminate the declassified top-line, something that three fourths of the conferees support. It was in the Senate bill. The House Democrats voted for the Menendez substitute, to declassify the top line. But if you do not do that, which is the strong wish of the House Republicans, then you have to hide the money in the budget. And how do you do that, and how much control will the secretary of Defense have over the money? And we reached an impasse on that issue a few days ago, because those of us who felt that the NID needs strong budget execution authority felt that some part of this money could not have what we call the second valve of control by the secretary of Defense. So I don't-I didn't hear you, Peter, say that your offer was going to change in any way the language that was suggested a few days ago, which led to an impasse. Is it going to change that language?

REP. HOEKSTRA: I think the-there will be some changes to that, but I-it would not be as significant as what would lead to the opportunity to declassify the number. And obviously part of the flow of the money issue comes as to whether you're going to have a declassified or a classified number.

Q Can I ask-this is Shaun Waterman from UPI. Could I just have a quick follow-up on that? I gather that there is this problem of where you hide $40 billion.

REP. HOEKSTRA: (Laughter.) If that's what it is, you found it.

SEN. LIEBERMAN: They were considering, Shaun, your bank account. (Laughter.

Q I gather there was a proposal for some kind of escrow account managed by OMB. I mean, I guess the point I'm trying to get at is-you know, was rejection from Hunter and some of the other House conferees really about secrecy or was it really about control?

SEN. COLLINS: Pete, could I take a stab at that one?

REP. HOEKSTRA: That's fine.

SEN. COLLINS: This is a key issue in the bill. The reason that the Senate-one of the reasons that the 9/11 commission and the Senate recommended the declassification of the top line is then you don't have to hide the money in the Department of Defense accounts or in other accounts. You can give an account directly to the national intelligence director, and it's a much clearer, cleaner system. However, the two issues are potentially separable. The issue of-it makes it more difficult if the top line is still classified. But presumably those are two separate issues. But what my goal is, speaking for myself, is to make sure that the NID has true budget execution authority. And if someone else is able to control the flow of the money, then the NID does not have true budget execution authority.

But certainly there's a lot of ways to get towards that goal, and that's what we're continuing to discuss. It has been the thorniest issue to resolve so far.

Q On that point, has the House then moved-this is Greta Wodele with Congress Daily-has the House then moved off of its position to allow-to cut out the Pentagon from this process? In other words, are you guys going to allow the money to flow directly from the NID to these defense intelligence agencies?

SEN. LIEBERMAN: Well, that's what we're negotiating. It's fair to say, as you and others have been following us, mostly know-and it seems from your questions that you've got pretty good sources from our confidential meetings -- (laughter) -- the initial hurdle we're facing is the one that intelligence reformers faced for the last half century, which is, Can you have genuine intelligence reform and now a strong national intelligence director, and allow the Department of Defense to maintain some form of budget authority over the intelligence budget? And during the week we thought we might have had a formula to take us a step toward one another, but it didn't sell. There have been times I think when each of us felt that it might be time to walk away. But this thing is too important, and we're going to hang in there and keep trying to find a formula that will I think for me I say and for the Senate, people in the Senate generally, that will lead us to conclude that we have not just created the Office of the National Intelligence Director, but that it's real and it has authority that somebody will be in charge of our intelligence community in a way that no one was before 9/11, as the commission documents. And there are various ways to get to that point, and rest assured we're going to explore every single one of them between now and the lame-duck session.

Q But does the latest House proposal do that?

SEN. COLLINS: Well, we haven't-the latest House proposal has not been submitted to the Senate yet.

REP. HARMAN: Or to the House Democrats.

Q This is Martin Cady (ph) at Congressional Quarterly. Senator Collins, when the Senate passed the bill earlier this month, you said that if we don't get it done this year, you bet we won't get it done at all, if this bill is pushed into next year. Do you still believe that?

SEN. COLLINS: I do. I am pessimistic that if we have to start all over again next year that we would be successful. We're fast learning there's a reason that intelligence reform has been blocked over the past 50 years time and time again. It is extremely difficult to accomplish. I think we have the momentum generated by the strong recommendations from the 9/11 commission. The time is ripe, and I believe that we need to act this year.

Q During the lame-duck-here's a different question-what happens if John Kerry wins, or if the Senate changes hands-are all of you worried that the legislative dynamic and the mood for compromise would change if there is some political change?

SEN. COLLINS: Well, I can't imagine either of those eventualities, so I guess I should let my Democratic colleagues respond. (Laughs.)

REP. HARMAN: I'll take that. I can imagine them. I can wish for them. But, nonetheless, I would say that John Kerry has stated that he is firmly committed to the 9/11 commission recommendations. So I would surely hope that if he wins on November 2nd, he would encourage us to adopt some of the suggestions in the 9/11 commission letter of October 20, which does move beyond the Senate bill as passed or the House bill as passed to some common ground. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, that letter has been around for a couple of weeks. And if that were the basis for our negotiations, we might truly get to an agreement in the lame-duck session, which I think would be in everyone's interests. It's a dangerous world. I totally agree with Joe Lieberman's comments that we cannot put off reforming our intelligence capabilities.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Yeah, I think what you're going to see is obviously the dynamics after Tuesday will depend on what occurs on Tuesday. But the four of us are committed to do everything that we can over the-from the timeframe from Tuesday to when the lame-duck ends-to try to make this bill a reality. We are committed. We have been in Washington for most of the last two weeks working on this, many nights till well past midnight. Our staffs have been there until 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. You know, our focus right now is doing as much as we can to try and get this done before the lame-duck is over.

SEN. LIEBERMAN: I agree with that. And I thought I heard some sentiment in that direction from our other conferees. It was, I suppose understandably and appropriately vague in most cases, but I thought I heard this morning some feeling that to find common ground on the powers of the national intelligence director and the creation of the National Counterterrorism Center, on which-the second on which we're very close-those are the two top recommendations of the 9/11 commission-may well be a willingness among the conferees to put aside for the moment some of the other parts of both the House and the Senate bills that are important, but not as important to do immediately as the NID and the NCTC.

Q Why do you think this hasn't been more of an issue out in the campaign?

REP. HOEKSTRA: Well, from my perspective there's a lot of-I mean, being in a battleground state and having the president or the vice president or Senator Kerry or Senator Edwards basically in my backyard every day-one of them every day-there's a lot of issues out there. And I think this is one where there's maybe not a lot of distance between the president and Senator Kerry, that they-and between the four of us-we all want to create a national intelligence director, we want to create a strong national intelligence director. We have different definitions as to exactly what that means, but we want to do a Civil Liberties Board. The offer that comes over today will strengthen the Civil Liberties Board for - -you know, let's remember the House offer-the House bill didn't even have a Civil Liberties Board in it. We are going to come closer to the Senate on where they were with the National Counterterrorism Center and on the law enforcement and immigration issues. I mean,. Senator-or, excuse me, Representative Sensenbrenner has been willing to, even with no negotiations from the Senate on this, has been willing to make some concessions, which I think he believes are pretty significant, by pulling out the death penalty and the expedited removal. So I think that, you know echoing Senator Lieberman's comments, I think it really is the sense of our conferees is to try to move this process forward and to take some steps-take some initiative by the conferees on their own, without kind of a tit for tat, saying, Well, I'll give up death penalty if you give over here. And it's kind of like, well, let's take the first step and see where that leads.

Q Could I just follow up on that?

Q Excuse me, could I get a question in. This is Denise with Aviation Daily-I'm sorry, Shaun, can you-let me just get my question in, because you have a follow-up.

Q Sure, sure, go on.

Q Can I just shift gears for a second and look at Title II and IV. I've been hearing that staff was told not to do any work on the aviation portions of the bill. This is Denise with Aviation Daily. Now, is the proposal going to the conference this afternoon, has it changed Title II or Title IV in any way?

REP. HOEKSTRA: The House has not received-at least as of late yesterday afternoon-we had not received a response on the international relations issues or the transportation issues. So I'm not-the offer may reflect what our staffs believe to be-a response to where we believe the Senate may be, but it does not reflect a response to a document that we received back from the Senate.

REP. HYDE: Peter, this is Henry Hyde, I've just joined the conversation.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Good, welcome.

REP. HYDE: Thanks.

Q Congressman, I have a question for you. What happened to all the momentum coming out of August and building over time? How did that all dissipate to a point where a few days before the election-and there still isn't agreement on the major issues here?

REP. HOEKSTRA: I didn't --

SEN. COLLINS: I didn't hear the beginning of the question.

Q The beginning was how did we lose the momentum from of August and late July when the report came out and everybody-you know, all of you said you were behind the recommendations and getting them enacted before the election. How did we get to this point where there's basically no bill, no agreements on the major issues?

SEN. COLLINS: Well, I don't think there has been a lack of effort or a loss of momentum. If you look at when the report came out, which I believe was July 22nd, the Senate started to work right away, immediately, holding eight hearings starting with the very next week. The House soon followed suit also. Both the House and the Senate devoted eight days in floor debate, rather than doing many other pressing issues in order to get this bill to conference. The House also worked very hard to get it to conference. I think what has happened is just that the issues have proven to be very difficult to resolve, because the House and the Senate passed bills that took a very different approach. But I think that the Congress actually-and Congress meaning both House and Senate-actually acted remarkably swiftly in response to the commission's report, and the commission thinks so also, even though there's obviously disappointment with where we are now.

SEN. LIEBERMAN: I agree-this is Joe Lieberman. I agree with everything Susan has said. Let me just add this word: W e focused on Title I, so-called, on the powers of the intelligence director and the Counterterrorism Center, and intelligence reform generally, I should say, and we put the other parts to the side. And in focusing on intelligence reform, we focused on the most central and difficult part of the conference process. But I want to assure you that there have been discussions on every other part of the bill, and on some there is substantial progress made, including I'd take the liberty of saying where you have some hope and appreciation of what's happened on the foreign policy sections, which Congressman Hyde and Senate colleagues have come to-have had very productive discussions on, I'll say. And the same is true of transportation security. So if we can get the intelligence reform pieces to a point of common ground, I think we'll quite rapidly be able to incorporate the progress that's been made on other parts, or frankly just throw overboard for the moment some of the sections we just agree we're not going to be able to reach agreement on, non-intelligence sections, and that we'll save for another day.

REP. HARMAN: And if I could just add to that-it's Jane Harman-the letters I referenced at the beginning of the press call, the October 18 letter from the White House, the October 20 letter from the 9/11 commission, which I think are critical letters and could help us forge common ground, address what we call the global bill. And just reading from the 9/11 commission letter of October 20, with respect to what they call "additional measures," they say, quote, "Finally, we believe strongly that this bill is not the right occasion for tackling controversial immigration and law enforcement issues that go well beyond the commission's recommendations," unquote. And I do think, as everyone else has said, that if we could get through Title I-again, I urge reference to these two letters as our road map - and get to agreement there, we could get to agreement on the rest of it, because there is a lot we do agree on. And then we could put these more controversial provisions off for another day.

Q Chairman Hoekstra, this is Emily Pierce with Roll Call. Senator Lieberman has been talking about perhaps sort of jettisoning these controversial things, and how he got a sense from the conference call today that perhaps there might be some thought amongst other conferees to do that. What's your opinion of that? Do you think that it is possible to jettison these other controversial things, the Titles II and III, the stuff that does not have to do with intelligence reform?

SEN. LIEBERMAN: Please notice that I didn't specify.

REP. HOEKSTRA: That's right, the senator didn't specify. As we've gone through the discussions, I think that there are lots of different views on what might be extraneous materials. There are lots of things that we agree on in the other titles. There are certain things that House members feel very uncomfortable with in Title I which they believe are extraneous. So the process we are now going through and the agreement that we had as we have been negotiating this, and as we will move forward, is that we don't have agreement on any section until we have agreement on the entire bill. And so that's the process that we're going through. Mr. Sensenbrenner has made some, I think, some good moves in the campaign the right direction. Representative Menendez has had the opportunity to input. Those discussions are continuing.

And, you know, what is in the bill and what is not in the bill-you know, that is what this is all about, as well as resolving some of the issues really around the authorities of the NID.

Q But do you think it's possible to get rid of some of these provisions? I mean, do you think that it is even remotely something that you guys could come to an agreement on?

REP. HOEKSTRA: Well, I mean, as I said today, the offer that the Senate will receive this afternoon removes the death penalty from Title II. We have-Representative Sensenbrenner believes that within our conference he can get rid of the expedited removal provisions, and also address the cap on aliens that are granted asylum. So it is clear that there is a willingness on the House to move on some of these. They will be part of the offer that will be coming over to the Senate. And we recognize, as we all certainly began this process, that there are compromises that are going to be made by all the participants, and they're not-we might not put it in the same language that Joe said-we're just going to jettison them. But, you know, as I said, there are things in the offer coming over today that we saw-we recognize that maybe-you know, that are not going to be acceptable in a final agreement with the Senate. We recognize that. They're being removed, even though we haven't formally gone through a negotiating process on that.

REP. HARMAN: Thank you all very, very much.

REP. HOEKSTRA: Okay, thank you very much.

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Today, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (CA-38) made the following statement after joining her fellow Democratic colleagues in signing a discharge petition to bring H.R. 15, the Middle Class Tax Cut, up for a vote.

"Republicans talk a good game about cordiality in negotiating, but when it comes down to actual bipartisanship they are nowhere to be found. They continue to hold America's working families hostage while only protecting the interests of the wealthiest few. It is long overdue for millionaires and billionaires to contribute to our economic recovery and pay their fair share."

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Governor Jindal Highlights G2X Energy Plans for $1.3 Billion Natural Gas-to-Gasoline Facility in Southwest Louisiana

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Today, Governor Bobby Jindal praised G2X Energy Inc.'s plans for a $1.3 billion natural gas-to-gasoline facility at The Port of Lake Charles in Southwest Louisiana. The Calcasieu Parish project would create 243 new direct jobs, averaging $66,500 per year plus benefits. LED estimates the project would also result in 748 new indirect jobs, for a total of nearly 1,000 new permanent jobs in Southwest Louisiana.

Governor Jindal said, "Today's announcement is great news for Southwest Louisiana and our entire state. Louisiana is an energy-rich state and we're proud of that heritage. In order to keep our energy industry strong, we have made a serious commitment to aggressively pursue companies that want to invest in Louisiana and create jobs here for our people. G2X's investment is proof of that commitment, and this project will mark another milestone in Louisiana's momentum as a leader in oil and gas initiatives that bring innovation and energy independence to Louisiana and the entire country. G2X could have invested in other states, but they chose Louisiana because of our strong business climate, energy infrastructure and incomparable workforce."

This week, G2X Energy will finalize an option to lease 200 acres in the Industrial Canal at the Port of Lake Charles, where the company will have the flexibility of shipping gasoline by pipeline or sea. G2X Energy will build its facility near Trunkline LNG, a major energy tenant operating at the port. Through a proven technology process, G2X Energy will use natural gas to produce methanol, then convert methanol to final gasoline for 90 percent of its production. About 10 percent of the output will be liquefied petroleum gas or propane.

"We are very excited to be working with the State of Louisiana and The Port of Lake Charles on this project," G2X Energy President and CEO Timothy Vail said. "Our natural gas-to-gasoline conversion process ¬-- developed and backed by one of the world's largest energy companies -- is a proven solution for the clean and economic production of transportation fuels from abundant domestic natural gas. The Lake Charles location is ideally suited for our plant facilities, and Governor Jindal's teams have been very proactive in working with us to ensure a successful project. We look forward to the completion of our preliminary evaluation of the opportunity and a firm decision to move forward with the project."

The state began formal discussions concerning the project with G2X Energy Inc. in late 2012. To secure the project, LED offered the company a $5 million performance-based grant for infrastructure improvements at the port, including an access road, utilities and a dock facility. In addition, G2X Energy is expected to utilize the state's Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption program incentives.

"Once again the Calcasieu River Ship Channel has proven to be a valuable asset to our region's growth and success," said Port of Lake Charles Executive Director Bill Rase. "We are pleased that G2X has chosen to bring its innovative conversion technology to Southwest Louisiana's energy corridor, and the Port's board of commissioners welcomes its newest corporate citizen."
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With Google acquiring Motorola, it looks like Korean company Samsung plans to open source its Bada platform next year. The move is to get more manufacturers and developers to help grow the Bada ecosystem, and also to be less reliant on the Android mobile operating system.

Google's acquisition of Motorola has created a huge impact, especially to mobile phone makers. And Korean company Samsung is planning to open source its Bada platform next year to garner support from other manufacturers and developers, and to be less reliant on the Android operating system. Although no concrete details is available at press time, Samsung currently has no intention to acquire software company; not even HP's webOS.

Once the Bada platform has been made open-source, mobile phone and set-top box manufacturers are free to use and modify the system, and hopefully attract more developers to create applications and grow the Bada ecosystem. In August, Google acquired Motorola for US$12.5 billion and critics are worried that Motorola would be the search engine giant's "direct descendant" with priority to the latest version of Android. If Samsung continues to rely too heavily on Android, it could put the company  at a disadvantage in the mobile phone market. Prior to the news of acquisition, Samsung increased its support for other operating systems – the company will be launching three new Bada smartphones in October.

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CH: "I like being naked, and I like Allure, so I figured, Why not?"

ALLURE: What was it like on the set?
CH: "I think it was easy—you're naked a couple times a day, so I think it would be easy for most women."

ALLURE: What body parts are you most proud of?
CH: "My boobs are good. They're real and perky. Even if you can't see them, the important thing is that I know about them, and the guys I've slept with know about them."

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Actress Eliza Dushku and four other Hollywood celebrities speak about what it was like to bare all for the latest issue of Allure magazine.

Dushku, 28, grew up in a conservative Mormon family and says the naked shoot made her more nervous for her grandmother than for herself. "I think she would like me to wear more clothing sometimes." But the star of FOX's sci-fi series "Dollhouse" -- who has six tattoos -- says she didn't have major reservations about posing and is "really comfortable with my body, and I think all women's bodies in all shapes and sizes are beautiful."

Padma Lakshmi, the sexy host of Bravo's culinary reality show "Top Chef," also appears in the magazine and reveals a scar on her forearm that she got from a car accident at the age of 14. "This is my favorite part of my body," says Lakshmi, 38, while pulling up her sleeve to reveal the scar. "I love it because it makes me a person who has an interesting past, and it reminds me that I can survive any pain."

Another actress who took it all off is 36-year-old Sharon Leal, who appeared on "Private Practice" and has a role in the upcoming TV movie "Limelight." When it was time for her to drop the robe, Leal -- who has a seven-year-old son -- says she tried repeatedly to keep reassuring herself. "I just reathed and said to myself, 'I’m comfortable, I’m beautiful; I’m comfortable, I’m beautiful' until I felt OK." Would she do it again? "I’ve never done anything like this, and it’s liberating," she says. "But once may be enough."

Also posing in the magazine -- on newsstands April 21 -- are comedienne Chelsea Handler and 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' star Lynn Collins. Click here to view more photos from Allure's annual nude issue.

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Fashion alert! Celebrities cannot keep color off their pucker! That's right... these stars are RED HOT! Whether it's burgundy, crimson, or really, really RED, Hollywood's golden girls have gone glam. Are you RED-y?!

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You can tell how much weight Lindsay Lohan has lost recently by the brand of jeans she is now wearing. This week she was snapped rocking a pair of Ksubi ankle-zip skinny jeans - a skin-tight Australian denim brand that she has not been seen in since back in 2007

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Another year older, and another year wiser, but don't forget the Botox to keep those wrinkles from surfacing. Birthdays are always filled with presents, cake and plenty of celebration. Of course, if you're part of the Hollywood elite, you receive cars for gifts, have larger than life cakes, and rent out entire clubs in LA, NYC and Vegas to party it up... Cristal and all.

Celebrating this week...

December 29th: Jude Law celebrates 36
December 30th: Tiger Woods turns 33
December 31st: Anthony Hopkins turns 71
January 1st: Happy New Year!...and Verne Troyer, aka Mini Mi, turns 40
January 2nd: Kate Bosworth turns 26
January 3rd: Mel Gibson turns 53
January 4th: Michael Stipe of REM turns 49

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Paula Abdul is going from celebrity judge to celebrity coach.

"American Idol" premieres in less than two weeks but, in the meantime, Paula has a new show where she shows her school spirit by coaching cheerleading.

On MTV's "Rah" Paula coaches five collegiate cheerleading squads who are competing to be the best in the country.

"I always knew the power of cheerleading -- it's the backbone of my breaking into show business," she says of her days as a Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader.

Paula's coaching skills can be seen this Saturday on MTV.

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Pamela Anderson is Bottoms Up, Really ????

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Cameron Diaz says she's a big fan of "Shrek the Musical" but has no desire to star in it.

The actress voices Princess Fiona in the "Shrek" film franchise. She raved about the musical adaptation of the animated blockbuster at its Broadway opening Sunday night.

Asked whether she'd consider portraying Fiona on stage, she says, "absolutely not." She says the job of stage actors "is, to me, impossible."

Tony-winning actress Sutton Foster plays Fiona in "Shrek the Musical." It began preview performances last month at the Broadway Theatre.

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Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria-Parker seems to be determined to kill the never-ending pregnancy rumors. Ever since Eva started shooting the 5th season of the famous ABC show, people starting talking about her visible weight gain.

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Jennifer Aniston’s Wet T Shirt Controversy... !!!!!!!!

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Fernando Alonso with Race Babes !!!!

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Megan Fox did a steamy bikini photo shoot for GQ magazine in October 2008 and now some even steamier outtakes have been released that makes you wish that GQ made a whole new issue dedicated to Megan. Check out Megan ripping off her clothes and getting all wet for you.

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Megan Fox arrived at LAX with her boyfriend Brian Austin Green and she was forced to carry her own bags. Now granted that big bag does seem to contain her dog, but no way you make Megan carry that. What happens if she hurts her should and can’t wear skimpy tops because the straps irritate her injury? Don’t people think about this before they get off a plane?? Smarten up BAG!

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Paris Hilton arrived at LAX late last night pulling off her best traffic cone impersonation with her all orange ensemble. Paris might want to be a bit more careful when wearing sheer tee shirts in front of the camera because it doesn’t leave much to the imagination.

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Who would have thought few months ago that Britney Spears would have such a comeback? Here she is, looking great, at the Bambi Awards 2008 in Germany last night. Also, click on the video below to see her performance of Womanizer.

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New Let’s Talk About It series ahead

Aug 23, 2012

Belfast — The Belfast Free Library has been selected by the Maine Humanities Council to offer a new Let’s Talk About It, a free reading and discussion group with copies of the books available through the library. This program is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Maine Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State Library.

The series, “Making Sense of the Civil War,” a reading and discussion program to commemorate the anniversaries of the Civil War and Emancipation, will begin Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Abbott Room of the library, 106 High St., and continue for five sessions, through Dec. 6. The library will partner with the Belfast Historical Society and Museum to bring this series to the community.

“Making Sense of the American Civil War” was created and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its We the People initiative that promotes scholarship, teaching and learning about American history and culture. The program is designed as a series of five conversations exploring different facets of the Civil War experience, informed by reading the words written or spoken by powerful voices from the past and present.

The following books will be read and discussed in this program: “March” by Geraldine Brooks, “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” by James McPherson and “America's War: Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries,” a new anthology edited by Edward L. Ayers and published by NEH and ALA.

The topic of the first program is “Imagining War” and will include discussion of “March” and a selection by Louisa May Alcott from “America’s War Anthology.” The remaining topics of discussion will be: Oct. 4, “Choosing Sides”; Oct. 25, “Making Sense of War”; Nov. 15, “The Shape of War”; and Dec. 6, “War and Freedom.” The specific readings for each session will be listed in a hand-out to the participants who sign up for the series.

The Maine Humanities Council has provided a scholar, Patricia Bixel, to lead the discussions. Bixel is a professor of history and chairman of the Department of Arts and Sciences at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine,. She has been a discussion leader for both Let’s Talk About It and Literature and Medicine for the Maine Humanities Council. She holds a doctorate in history from Rice University in Houston and a master of arts degree in history from Duke. A Jack-of-all-trades in history, she teaches survey courses and electives in American history, Atlantic history, the American Civil War and Reconstruction and public history, as well as courses in international relations and American government. She is author of “Sailing Ship Elissa” (Texas A&M University Press, 1998, 2011); “Galveston and the 1900 Storm” (with Elizabeth Hayes Turner, University of Texas Press, 2000); and “Seeing the New South: Race and Place in the Photography of U.B. Philips” (University of South Carolina Press, 2012). Like most academics, she also has published articles and reviews in professional journals.

Books for this series will be available for loan at the library the last week of August. Pre-registration is required to ensure that enough copies of the books are available; stop by the main circulation desk or call the library at 338-3884, ext. 10 to register.  For more information about Let’s Talk About It and the work of the Maine Humanities Council, visit

Courier Publications' A&E Editor Dagney C. Ernest can be reached at 207-594-4401 or

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Oliver Sacks, Renowned Neurologist And Author, Dies At 82

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An interfaith event in Northern Virginia placed a modern spin on the traditional Seder.

The All Dulles Area Muslim Society, or ADAMS, and the group Washington Area Jews for Jewish Muslim Understanding recently teamed up to honor Passover, but their relationship continues throughout the year, even after traditional seder.

"We think that as Jews who have suffered discrimination, we are in a position where it's our responsibility to counter Islamaphobia in the United States."

Andrea Barron says tolerance needs to be held up by religious groups year-round.

Rizwan Jaka with ADAMS says the group participates in dozens of interfaith events throughout the year. That includes a Unity Walk coming up September 11th.

"Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Baha'i, Hindu," she says. "We all come together and walk from the synagogue to the Islamic Center to various churches and to the Ghandi memorial."

That will be the 6th annual Unity Walk.

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Debbie Friedman

In 1995, I was living in Nashville, Tennessee, and belonged to a small Conservative congregation. One day, I saw a flier on the wall advertising a concert for some woman named Debbie Friedman. I had no idea who she was, and I imagined that whatever this “Jewish music” of hers was, it was probably cheesy.  But, I bought a ticket anyway. When you live in a Jewish desert like Nashville, you are so desperate to hang out with other Members of the Tribe, you are pretty much willing to attend anything!

That night, I packed into the tiny sanctuary, which was filled way beyond capacity. I was wedged in some tiny little nook where I could barely see a  thing. Fire code? What fire code. And, when I walked away a few hours later, I remember thinking one of those rare thoughts you have in life: “Wow. That was really something.”

Her show was so transformative, I went home and ordered all of her CDs and proceeded to share them with my friend Kathy, who hadn’t been there. I don’t remember doing this, but when Debbie Friedman died on January 9 this year, Kathy sent me an email from Nashville. “Hey Nator,” she said, invoking my nickname. “Remember when you came back from Debbie’s concert, and lent me all her CDs, and I spent the next 5 years playing them in my car? Well, I know every song we sing in my synagogue now, because of those CDs!” Debbie’s concert had been so transformative, it shaped the future Jewish life of someone who hadn’t even see it.

Just what is so powerful about Debbie’s  music? Well, for one thing, it’s beautiful. She takes simple, memorable melodies and blends them with ancient words from Torah or liturgy. Her songs have depth, and that rare sense of openness and vulnerability. If you listen to Debbie’s music, it’s just a matter of time before something she says will ignite a tear.

What makes her music even more powerful though, is to think about how she single-handedly transformed Jewish ritual life in the 20th century. Music has always been at the heart of Judaism — the Torah tells us that Moses and the children ofIsraelsang after crossing theSeaofReeds. But the cantorial tradition as we know it didn’t really begin until the 14th century, in Germany, when R. Jacob Molin codified the high holy day melodies. This became the foundation of a whole new cantorial tradition, carried on by other composers like Louis Lewandowsky, of fixed songs and melodies shared across congregations and countries.

The cantorial tradition, like the rabbinic tradition, was not just an exclusively male enterprise — it was also a familial enterprise, much like the history of medicine. To become a doctor, or a cantor or a rabbi — you pretty much had to be the son of one. These were prized family trades that you didn’t just give away to the Am HaAretz, the poor of the people. And you definitely didn’t give them away to women.

There’s another reason women’s voices have been literally silent when it comes to the composition and performance of Jewish music — and that is a rabbinic concept called Kol Isha.

Kol Isha literally means “Voice of a Woman,” and it means that a man is not allowed to hear a woman sing, lest he have lascivious thoughts. This idea that men might think improper things — and that the solution to this problem is to shut the women up — dates clear back to the Talmud, to the year 500.

It’s laughable to me that in this day and age, anyone could argue that a woman‘s voice might spark an improper thought in a man — but it doesn’t work the other way around. Obviously, these rabbinic authorities have never been to a Neil Diamond concert, where there are literally thousands of screaming women screaming thousands of improper thoughts.

It’s funny — but it’s also sad — because there has been a very real consequence to this idea. As far as I could find, a woman never performed a cantorial role in the Jewish world until the early 1950s in theUnited States. Even then, they were not technically cantors. The first woman wasn’t invested as a cantor until 1975.

This was the world Debbie Friedman grew up in. Debbie had no women role models in the Jewish musical world. In fact, she had no musical role models at all. Incredibly, the woman who has done more to innovate Jewish music had NO formal musical training, and NO formal Jewish education.

Debbie was born in 1951 inUtica,NY. At the age of 16, when working at a summer camp, she picked up a guitar and tried playing the songs the kids were singing. A few months later, she went to a Reform retreat; the group needed a song leader, and she was, as she said, “elected by default.”

At the age of 21, in 1970, she wrote her first original piece, “V’ahavta.” When she taught it to the kids at a Reform retreat, the teens stood up, crying, and wrapped their arms around one another. “I realized,” she said, “that something important was happening.”

Over the next 41 years, Debbie would release 23 albums, containing songs that are now ubiquitous in Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist congregations worldwide.

It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise, but Debbie was not always embraced by Jewish leaders. As rabbi Daniel Freelander explained, “During the late ’70s to mid ’80s, Debbie was really demonized by the Jewish musical establishment. She was seen as someone ruining synagogue music. She was hurt by it, but also courageous. It was probably the most creative period in her life. In the middle of this difficult time when people were devaluing her, she created a whole new genre, a new idiom.”

By the last decade of her life, Debbie was officially embraced by the Reform movement. The American Conference of Cantors made her an honorary member, andHebrewUnionCollegehired her to train cantorial students.

Debbie died at the young age of 59. When I met her, over 20 years ago, she was just beginning to suffer the effects of a degenerative neurological disorder called dyskinesia, which sporadically paralyzed her legs. She also suffered from seizures and adrenal problems. The struggles of her physical life powerfully infused her music with a depth and a humanity that can often only be borne from human suffering.

As the Forward explained, in her obituary: “Friedman’s gift was her ability to make Jewish prayer accessible … Her English lyrics frequently dealt with the empowerment of women and other disenfranchised groups. Her spirituality was rooted in her own feelings of being on the margins.”

Women feeling like they are on the margins of Jewish leadership is the whole reason associations like the Women of Reform Judaism were founded. Groups of women first began banding together under the name “Sisterhood” in the 1800s. It was a way to socialize and do charitable work, but it was also a way to have a voice in organized Jewish life, generations before women could officially take such a mantel.

It is amazing that in only a century, our synagogues have undergone a complete transformation. We now have women rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders galore. Our challenge has gone from empowering women, to making sure our men continue to be inspired and involved.

Debbie knew she probably would not live into old age. When asked about the legacy she hoped to leave behind, for a 2007 book called Jewish Sages of Today: Profiles of Extraordinary People, she had this to say. It is one of my favorite Debbie Friedman wisdoms:

“When I finally do leave this world, I want people to understand that they are the essential element in the universe, and that without them, the universe wouldn’t be the same. They are the essential element not in a narcissistic way, but because they have a heart and soul and the capacity to do good … and that the person (sitting) next to them, is the same.”

Amen to that.

One of my favorite Friedman songs: All silly and no serious!

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – For the third consecutive week the Komets earned five points posting a 2-1-1 record and improving to 23-15-11 for 57 points.  Fort Wayne trails North Division leader Kalamazoo by three points with 23 games remaining.

Week 18 in review— The week began when the Komets doubled-up the Cyclones at Cincinnati Wednesday 4-2.  Komet goaltender Ben Meisner extended his unbeaten streak to 5-0-1 and pushed his road winning streak to six games and remains unbeaten on the road this season after stopping 23 of 25 shots for his seventh Fort Wayne win of the season.  Mike Embach (LW) netted his first hat trick of the season and his second as a pro.  Brandon Marino (RW) scored his fifth game winner (league high) and reached 60 points on the season for the third straight year.

Friday the Komets were edged 3-2 in a shootout at Cincinnati but extended their point streak to a season-high eight games (5-0-3).  Dean Ouellet scored his first Fort Wayne career goal and Marino tallied his 21st of the season while Andrey Makarov suffered the shootout loss making 31 saves.  8,014 attended the game for the most attended pro hockey game in America for the night.

Saturday at Kalamazoo the Komets fell 5-2.  It was the ninth meeting of the season (3-3-3) with five matches remaining against the Wings.  Christian Ouellet (RW) and Jordon Southorn scored while Makarov suffered his first regulation loss in five starts.

Sunday the Komets capped a five-point week by snapping Wheeling’s win streak at three games with a 4-3 home win in front of 7,526.  Fort Wayne extended their home point streak to five games (2-0-3).  Marino registered his sixth three-point game dishing three assists.  Matt Carter (LW) netted a pair including the game winner while Chris Auger (C) and Shawn Szydlowski (RW) contributed goals.  Makarov stopped 20 of 23 shots in his third straight start.  The netminder earned his 14th win of the season and has not been beaten at home in regulation after seven starts (4-0-1-2).  The Komets are now 17-0-2 when scoring four or more goals in a game.  The Komets complete their season series with the Nailers at 2-1-1.

Milestones— Wednesday’s 4-2 win at Cincinnati gave the Komets their 5200th standings point since the club was established in Fort Wayne in 1952……Auger posted his 100th Fort Wayne career point with his first assist Friday at Cincinnati…..This Wednesday’s game at Florida will mark the Komets’ 2,300th regular season road game since the first Fort Wayne road game Saturday, Oct. 25, 1952.

The week ahead— The Komets enter week 19 tied with Florida (26-17-5, 57 points) for sixth place in the tight Eastern Conference race for playoff position, setting up a critical showdown this week at Florida.  The Komets visit for a three-game set against the Everblades beginning Wednesday at Germain Arena (7,186) in Estero, Florida near Fort Myers.  The series at Florida continues Friday with a 7:30pm faceoff and concludes Saturday at 7pm.  The Everblades scored a 3-0 shut out victory at South Carolina Sunday in their last time out to finish a 1-1-1 week and improve to 4-2-2 in their last eight games.  Florida owns a 9-8-4 home record while the Komets are 14-9-2 on the road.  The Komets are 1-1-0 after two meetings with the Everblades in Fort Wayne this season.  Following the three-game set at Florida this week the Komets will host the Everblades for a weekend double-header March 14 and 15 to conclude the season series.

Komet leaders— Marino continues to lead the ECHL with 44 assists and 65 points…..Auger leads the Komets with 23 goals…..defenseman Simon Danis-Pepin leads with +14…..Meisner leads with a 2.27 goals-against average and .924 save percentage after 12 Fort Wayne appearances. provides commenting on many stories to allow for constructive discussion. In order to comment, you acknowledge you have read and agreed to our Terms and Conditions. Anyone violating these terms, including the use of vulgar language or racial slurs, will be banned. Please be respectful of the opinion of others. If you see an inappropriate comment, flag it so our moderators can review.

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Bush and his famous false choices means, withdrawal NOW

Bush's favorite political gambit is the false choice. One alternative is what he wants to do. The other is unacceptable. No other alternatives are allowed, creating a false choice.

Remember this one: either use US military force to remove Saddam OR DO NOTHING. Other moderate alternatives, like UN inspections or containment or continued sanctions, were simply rejected or ignored to create the false choice: give Bush power to invade or let Saddam do whatever he wanted. America picked giving Bush power.

Now Bush's false choice is, give me yet another blank check for occupation in the way and as long as I want, that I may torture who I want, contract with Halliburton as I please, stop loss who I want---or just cut and run. Other moderate alternatives, like timetables or target dates, are simply rejected, as are little things like transparency or some stated metric by which we can say the mission is "accomplished". It's either retreat and leave Iraq a mess or let him do whatever he wants.

Well, sadder but wiser from the earlier false choice experiences, I say withdraw.

That's right. Bush has presented me with but two alternatives, thinking I would find one unacceptable. I do. I find the idea of giving the same bunch of lunatics and incompetents another blank check impossible to contemplate. I choose leaving, leaving Iraq a mess. It sure beats another round of Bush having absolute control and fucking it up royal until he offers us the same false choice two years from now.

It's not up to me to figure out a third way, a way out of Bush's false choice. He has no intention of allowing it anyway. His intent is to maintain the false choice rather than give up one iota of control to us or to a timetable or a target. So why bother? There will never be another alternative as long as Bush is president.

I choose withdrawal.

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This is a very clear article, thank you.
They misuse the principles of critical thinking very effectively,
ad hominum, ie slander, slippery slope, ie. if we dont contain em in Iraq they will be marrying your daughter and cutting off your head. Straw dog, faulty logic, illogic. They lie in 46 different ways, commission, omission, exaggeration, bait and switch, missing pieces, false logic, emotional appeals. Philosophy teachers could/should be using these examples in their critical thinking classes.

There are so many ways to lie. rove may have invented new ones. With control of mass media its no wonder people are not thinking clearly. People overseas can see our situation more clearly than we can cuz they are not surrounded with the barrage of propaganda and the mind sets of conditioned/hypnotized robots everyday.

Thanks for good insight. Thats exactly one of their tactics, false choices. Oreaallly used it the other nite with a Gold Star Mom . Do you support the president or Michael Moore? He badgered her with this false choice over and over,like those are the only two alternatives

Is there an end to this assault on the truth? Its like the aliens in war of the worlds. They just keep coming and coming and coming.These are the same people who waxed so eloquent about truth telling and morals when clinton redefined what the meaning of is was or is or..? In a way he was the prototype for the smear campaign.

Remember it was Henry Hyde and Sensenbrenner who attacked Clinton relentlessly while he tried to do his job.Lets start pressuring these two moral giants. These two repiglicking hacks now head two very important congressional committes and are major obstacles to getting our Resolution of Inquiry on DSM or investigations on other bushco scandals.

Speaker Hasstert has his own bribery scandal developing.He is also influential in blocking any attempts at developing accountablility or visibility with the most secretive administration since who? Stalin??

Thanks to the Camp Casey Patriots and Cindy Sheehan. See you in DC.

is also usual.

The righties pick someone they can't identify with as a cultural matter, like Moore and Sharpton or movie stars or Kerry and say, whose side do you want to be on? A christian white rural texan's, or that (gay)(rich)(black) guy's?

It's the fruit of the cultural divide. You either have to support Bush's policies or invite Michael Moore to dinner. But it's not true. Choices between policies isn't betraying your family or church or background, and for republicans to prey on people's prejudices and clannish identity politics is disgusting.

By now Bushes "favorite spin", "Staying the Course" means "No Exit Policy"! Hell no, they will need all the military there to fight in the war with Iran!

Given the alternatives offered, the obvious choice is simply to get out ASAP. We can then do our best to repair whatever we can after the primary cause for further damage to the victims (ours and theirs) has been removed.

There is also, of course, the fact that every additional twenty-four hours is one more day of ILLEGAL occupation. Not that any such consideration would matter to a MADMAN like his Imperial Majesty, Gutless Wonder Bush, of course.

Unfortunately, gutless wonders aren't confined to the Republican side of America's political dupoly. Sanity is currently LEADERLESS on the Democratic side as well.

A pox on both their houses. It's time for a popular uprising. Sharpen the guillotines and prepare the gallows. The Imperial Palace first and then on to the Congressional Bastille!

then the Imperial Palace

Sure. Whatever spontaneous and/or tactical manoeuvers work best.

'06 elections come first

There are plenty of alternatives to the guillotine and gallows:

--the military prison at Leavenworth, KS
--Al Gharib
--a shipboard Naval Brig

I'm sure you can think of many more.

I'm not normally an advocate of the death penalty either. But, in this case, I think I could persuade myself to make an exception.

On the other hand, there have been numerous suicide attempts resulting from their "humane" detentions of others. I suppose we could just hand them a dull razor and let them make their own decisions.

Good way of putting it: false choice. This whole right wing agenda is based on false order to get their way. The gig is up...people know the modus operandi...and realize the game. No more. Facts have been documented and will soon speak for them. No one will be silent or politically correct as not to insult their stupid argument which is a non-argument. Unfortunately, those who resort to these false choices never win the war...just the battle.

Bush Choices -

1. Cut off funding for New Orleans Levee repair (they're just a bunch of Catholics, anyway . .. )

2. Send all of Louisiana's National Guard AND their equipment to Iraq to fight in an illegal war so they will be unavailable to aid in any domestic emergencies.

3. Don't send the blackhawk helicopters to aid in the levee repair efforts.

So, did anyone report hearing any "FEMA explosions" right before the levees "broke?" Can a levee have a "pancake effect" like the WTC??

It would be easier if you liberals would just say which "problems" President Bush IS NOT responsible for. That should be a very short list.

Very good. Now that we know EVERYTHING is Bush's, perhaps liberals will stop boring people with the blame game. Yeah, like that would ever happen.

You will not see this in the mainstream news

Iraq Reconstruction and Humanitarian Relief Weekly Update

184 public works and water projects are planned

Najaf road projects improve transportation

Housing projects for returning refugees\2005-08-17\10488.htm

School improvements continue

Sunni General Conference Urges on Participating in Elections

Sunni Arabs in Fallujah ready for in Iraq's coming referendum

Kurds revive villages in Iraq

Iraqi citizenship being restored

Najaf Property Boom

IFC to invest $210 million in Iraq cement works$210+million+in+Iraq+cement+works__1111458.html?PHPSESSID=14d8898c62d72567ae4cff87fa8481b8

Iraq and Sweden Agree on Establishing a Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Iraq increases southern oil production to 2.3 mln bpd

Korea Supplies Iraq with an Internet System

Al-Najaf base to be international airport

American Grant of $20 Million for Rehabilitating Baghdad telecommunications infrastructure

New Hospitals in Maisan Province

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Propaganda. US funds, earned by the efforts of US citizens should be used for the citizens of the USA.

So, are you contract "COINTEL-PRO" guys paid by the post, now?

We got your message the first 20 times. Why don't you go play on someone else's site.

This is called a "Forum" . .. it has to do with "logical threads of reason, fact, and conjecture." What you are doing is called, "SPAMMING" and it is quite rude and illegal.

I do hope you were never in one of my classes. I would be so embarrassed. But then again, I am quite embarrassed for most of what my government and her allies have done with the communication technology lessons I taught them. Silly me, I thought we were the "civilized" country.

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After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2007, Capitals star Alex Ovechkin says the team is in the "middle of nowhere." (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2007, Capitals star Alex Ovechkin says the team is in the “middle of nowhere.” (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

ARLINGTON, Va. — Explaining early playoff exits became an annual, awkward task for Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. This season, for the first time since 2007, they didn’t even make the postseason, so now there’s something new: real uncertainty.

Four years removed from winning the Presidents’ Trophy, Washington is in the “middle of nowhere” and in a “hard position,” is the way Ovechkin put it.

The Capitals did not make any immediate changes or announcements about the job status of coach Adam Oates or general manager George McPhee on Monday, the day after the regular season ended.

Oates, at least, has one year left on his deal. McPhee is not under contract for next season and met Monday with owner Ted Leonsis and team president Dick Patrick; the team said those three will reconvene “again later this week or next.”

McPhee declined to speak to the media Monday, while Oates said he had not received any indication about his future.

“I don’t really know what to expect, what to think,” defenseman Karl Alzner said. “But you would imagine when you miss the playoffs completely that you do a whole re-evaluation of what’s going on.”

After making late pushes to get into the Stanley Cup playoffs in recent seasons — but never, during Ovechkin’s time, making it past the second round — the Capitals finished with the ninth-best record in the Eastern Conference. Their 90 points were three fewer than Columbus and Detroit, who got the wild-card berths in the East.

Among the problems that stuck out for Washington: a propensity for giving away leads (they let a two-goal advantage slip away in 12 games); a lack of 5-on-5 scoring (Ovechkin did not have a single point in such situations in March); no long winning streaks (their best run was four games); up-and-down play on defense (its 240 goals allowed were more than any team that reached the playoffs); the team set a record by playing in 21 shootouts (its tiebreaker record was 10-11).

“We weren’t quite there to be a high-powered offense team. We weren’t quite there to be a strictly defense, shut-’em-down team. We weren’t quite there to be a grind-it-out-and-make-’em-really-work-for-it team,” Alzner said. “So we were bits and pieces of everything. But maybe we need to next year focus on one aspect and really nail that down and have that as our identity and then have bits and pieces of other things.”

Ovechkin, Washington’s captain, led the NHL with 51 goals but also had a minus-35 rating, among the league’s worst, and Oates said that’s an aspect of the three-time MVP’s game that needs to improve.

“I talked to him and it’s one of the things that we have to address for sure,” the coach said. “It’s obviously counterproductive.”

Said Ovechkin: “I get paid to score goals. I scored 50.”

He also acknowledged “that kind of minus” is not good, while pointing out that he’s not the only player with a negative rating on the Capitals.

As for what comes next, Ovechkin and various other players hope it can serve as a lesson for the future.

“It’s a wakeup call for everybody,” Ovechkin said. “For us and for the bosses.”

Notes: D Mike Green said he missed the last four games because of a cracked rib. … C Marcus Johansson was wearing a cast on his broken left forearm. … C Brooks Laich did not pass his end-of-season physical — he had surgery on a groin muscle last month — but said he expects to be fine for training camp. … G Jaroslav Halak, acquired at the trade deadline and now an unrestricted free agent, said: “I wouldn’t be against coming back, so we’ll see what the future brings.” The other UFAs are LW Dustin Penner and C Mikhail Grabovski. … Washington will have a 0.5 percent chance of winning Tuesday’s draft lottery, the NHL said. … The Capitals re-assigned D Julien Brouillette and C Peter LeBlanc to Hershey of the AHL.

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The waxwings are currently (and very slowly!) taking shape in this miniature painting, which harks back to a brilliant invasion by these wonderful birds before Christmas. Their visit to our garden was brief but full of frantic activity and luckily they weren't especially bothered by human watchers with cameras as they had far more pressing concerns. I have a looooong way to go with this one but you never know, I may finish it before their next visit...

I have been busy of late with illustration work and here are some little snippets of recent pieces:

The exhibition by the Miniature Society of Florida at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art in Tarpon Springs ends this weekend and I was happy to learn I had received an award for 3rd place in Birds and Animals for my painting of a Socorro Dove. Fingers crossed for some sales as well! It was also a lovely surprise to hear that after their recent meeting I had been selected for signature membership of the Miniature Artists of America - and especially nice that President Kay Petryszak phoned to let me know personally. This is a wonderful organisation and I'll be honoured to be a part of it.

My entries for the MASF exhibition in Florida
I have also been helping Roz Pierson set up a website to showcase the miniature art collection of Sue Lee. This is an incredible collection of over six hundred paintings, spanning over 25 years and featuring work by many wonderful miniature artists including fifteen Royal Miniature Society Gold Bowl winners. Sadly Sue is not in the best of health, but she is very keen to share her marvellous collection and love of miniature art with the wider public. You can see the website and explore the paintings here - The Sue Lee Collection. It is very much a work in progress as we add more paintings as often as possible until the entire collection will be available to view.

Gail Hayton said...

Congrats on MAA. Thank you for putting this website together of such a wonderful collection of miniatures. I have bookmarked this site and look forward to seeing more in the future.
Gail Hayton

Carol Blackburn said...

Tracy, congratulations on your signature membership. How wonderful!

Sketchbook Squirrel said...

Many congrats Tracy, such wonderful news. This year is already shaping up into a good one. Love your illustrations too. x


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Beyonce is almost as famous for her classy and gracious nature as she is for her powerhouse pipes and killer dance moves, so we’re taking this news with a grain of salt — or sand, as it were. Could Beyonce really be banned from the pyramids in Egypt … due to rudeness?

The Independent reports that the “Egyptian Indiana Jones,” archaeologist Zahi Hawass, refuses to ever allow Queen Bey into the tombs housing the likes of Queen Nefertiti.

Hawass, Egypt’s former Minister of State for Antiquities, griped, “Most people I take on tours are very nice and we become friends. But this lady! She said she would come at 3PM, but she came late.” He added, “I said, ‘You have to say I’m sorry I’m late.’ But she didn’t open her mouth.”

Hawass continued, “I brought a photographer and she also had a photographer and a guard. When my photographer started to shoot, he said, ‘No, Stop! I am the one who says yes or no, not you.’ I said, ‘In that case since you almost hit my photographer and you are not polite — out! I am not giving you the privilege of having you on my tour.’ I said Beyonce was stupid and I left.”

Ouch! We’re willing to bet that there was perhaps a language or cultural barrier at play more than deliberate rudeness. But in any case, don’t expect Bey to star in a reboot of ‘The Mummy’ anytime soon.

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J-Fly and Joey Sommerville are two key members of the Atlanta Jazz Family, and they always take time to drop by WCLK when they are playing in town.  Today they joined Jamal Ahmad during The S.O.U.L. Of Jazz, heard weekdays 2p-6p on The Jazz of The City.

Friday night February 1 will find J-Fly & The Fly Trap accompanied by Joey Sommerville and special guest Donnie at Acoustix, on Marietta Street.  They caught up with Jamal on a stormy hump-day afternoon, telling tales of musical derring-do from around the world and right here at home.

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That’s right – the moment all of you artists and aspiring artists have been waiting for…the 2014 T-Shirt Design Contest has arrived. From now until Wednesday September 17th, you can submit your original artwork to be considered for this year’s T-shirt contest.

One lucky winner will win $89.03, free merch from the gigantic WCSB warehouse and, the biggie, the winner’s artwork will be smack-dab on the front of the 2014 Radiothon T-shirt, along with gracing the label of the 2014 WCSB Frequency Modulated Schwartzbier and the Fall edition of the WCSB Program Guide. Not to mention the winner will garner the respect and admiration of the Cleveland art community.  (***Disclaimer – WCSB cannot guarantee the last point***)

To enter, simply whip up your hand drawing, sketch, oil painting, doodle or Photoshop image and send it to:

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Or you can email it to DEVELOPMENT.WCSB@GMAIL.COM

Make sure you give us your full name, phone number where you can be reached and email. Also, include your affiliation to the station (i.e. loyal listener, CSU student, etc.).

Don’t forget, you only have until September 17th so get them in early and get them in often.

Happy Drawing, Cleveland and thanks for listening.

Rules: CSU faculty, their family and any affiliated party with CSU are not eligible to win. WCSB members, their family and any affiliated party with WCSB are not eligible to win. Contest submissions must be the sole artwork of the submitting artist and cannot infringe on copyright law. An artist can submit more than one entry, but there will only be one winner selected. All submissions will become property of WCSB and may be used in future station projects including but not limited to, Program Guides, flyers, etc. Full credit will be given to the artist of any submission(s) used in future station projects.

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This month's installment of Heavy Rotation demonstrates the breadth of music played on public radio stations every day. Hip-hop, electronica, contemporary classical, Cuban jazz, blues rock — it's a truly eclectic mix.

WBGO's new digital channel The Jazz Bee features jazz musicians from every corner of the genre, and its selection of Cuban pianist Omar Sosa's smooth yet surprising "S'Inguldu" is a great example of its adventurous programming. Q2 — WQXR's contemporary classical music channel — picked the transfixing piano playing of Lisa Moore, who recently recorded Donnacha Dennehy's piece "Stainless Staining." KEXP is playing a passionate confessional by Seattle rapper Raz called "They'll Speak" — its closing lyrics "They'll speak if you don't" are certainly words to live by. KCRW's pick of Poolside's downtempo "Next To You" practically screams "From LA, with love." And WGLT in Illinois highlights a local favorite, a bluesy exercise from 17-year-old guitarist Matthew Curry called "If I Don't Got You."

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Longtime college friends from Syracuse, N.Y., Ra Ra Riot gained notoriety with their unique blend of indie and orchestral pop songs. With their latest release Beta Love, the group moves towards catchy dance beats and synth sounds you can hear in "Dance With Me."

Watch Ra Ra Riot's entire Morning Becomes Eclectic session at KCRW.com.

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