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When Army Spc. Jason Lopez first arrived in Afghanistan in 2004, these small tents are where the soldiers slept for weeks. Photo courtesy of Jason Lopez









A history professor who specializes in military history at SJSU said that veterans are just normal people but at the same time, combat veterans are a sort of subculture.

“These young people have experienced things that most people will not,” said Jonathan Roth. “The crucible of war, as they call it, changes them. And I don’t think we should focus on them as somehow sick or ill, but I think they’ve earned our respect.”

Roth said that while some veterans need extra help working through post-traumatic stress disorder, others are working through the process of rebuilding and moving on by themselves.



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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 31, 2010
Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with 9 soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organisation that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.

In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.

You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilised age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can’t imagine civilised people talking calmly about it.

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Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with 9 soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organisation that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.

In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.

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Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with 9 soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organisation that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.

In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.

You just can't imagine people in this supposedly civilised age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it's legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can't imagine civilised people talking calmly about it.

War is insanity. They're declaring war in the name of peace!

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Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with nine soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross. But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organization that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.
In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilized age of intelligent sane people actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame – a culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children! You just can’t imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity!
They’re declaring war in the name of peace.

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Many traditions in America have become warped and twisted into Hallmark holidays and Halloween is no exception.

By the time mid-August comes around, Target is getting ready to dedicate a portion of its store to excess amounts of candy, fake spider webs, party decorations and costumes for kids, adults and pets.

One of the most iconic Halloween traditions is the Jack-O-Lantern, and to understand where pumpkin carving got its start, it is important to know where Halloween began.

Samhain (pronounced “sowwen”) means “summer’s end,” and is the ancient Celtic holiday that Halloween is based on.

Many years ago, pagans believed that Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 was the day to honor loved ones who had died, and it was during this time that spirits could come back and visit.




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The true name of Halloween is “Samhain.” This was the Celtic Lord of the Dead! For 3 days from Oct 29-31, the Celtic people, along with their priestly class called Druids, would hold an ancient rite which would mark the beginning and the end of the year.
Usually a week before the rites of Samhain began, the Druid had ordered the people of the Celtic tribe to disperse throughout the countryside and gather thousands of wicker reed.This is a very strong and durable stick. Wicker furniture has been made from it and most of us are familiar with it.
They would then construct a giant human effigy that would stand from 30 to 50 feet, as the Wicker Man. Many cages had been built within it. Each prisoner would be tied to one of the cages. Then the Druids began their idea of fun and games.
Yet, I have seen many Christian churches throughout this nation hold Halloween Parties within the church building. Every single one of these things is directly from the celebration of Samhain. You are simply trying to turn something evil into something good! Isaiah 5:20. We pray this helps you to NOT be a partaker of this “holiday.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is, in theory, a drama centered around the fall of some of the U.S.’s banks in 2008.

The reality is that it’s a love story hidden behind expensive suits, lavish philanthropic events and the fabulous life that is New York.

Directed by Oliver Stone, this movie gives only slight insight to what it may have been like during those hectic days, behind the closed doors of some of the largest financial institutions of the United States.

The movie is a sequel to Stone’s 1987 film “Wall Street,” in which Douglas played Gordon Gekko.

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October 26, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus “don’t understand basic economics.”
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.

Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

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Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the money-makers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.

This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn't the dollar crash?

Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the money-makers staged the whole thing!






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As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don’t understand basic economics."
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.

Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.


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Friday, October 22, 2010

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Predatoryby Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Oct 22nd, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don’t understand basic economics."

One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.

Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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The moneymakers decided in 1973 to hike the price of oil by 400% and ensure that the sale of oil would be restricted to dollars only and that the monstrous amounts of petrodollars, generated thus by the Arabs, would be reinvested in specific banks in New York and London. 

 

Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the moneymakers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide and exploded all over the place. 

 

The global extension or global ballooning of the dollar, the petrodollar, backed by oil. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal. 

 

This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn’t the dollar crash? Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the moneymakers staged the whole thing! 

 

Ted Rudow III,MA

Monday, October 18, 2010

Disappointed By Obama

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IF I had been working like mad in 2008 to get Obama elected because of some beauties in his rhetoric and had experienced what I have experienced now, I would not work for the midterm elections. Guantánamo is still there. Rendition is still there. There is the saying that no torture should take place; I haven't seen the mechanism to ensure that that's the case. The withdrawal from Iraq, with 50,000 remaining. Stepping up, escalating the war in Afghanistan. And as we know, whatever withdraws from Iraq essentially goes to Afghanistan instead.

I think it's very contrary to the kind of thing that he was exuding, including the nuclear point. What kind of thing is this, to get rid of old-fashioned weapons with the Russians and then arguing for $180 billion to modernize the nukes—$100 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for new warheads? What kind of nuclear-free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way.

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

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October 8, 2010

Today marks the ninth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, US bombers began air strikes and submarines launched cruise missiles from the Arabian Sea to start what’s become the longest ongoing war in American history.
The Pentagon called it “Operation Enduring Freedom.” The Western powers have to take on an even more determined foe: hunger.
The price of food has skyrocketed, and many poor Afghans can hardly afford to eat.
Many are out of work and have no money, and those who do have a little money are already spending up to 70 percent of it on food, so there is a lot of malnutrition and hunger.
Six million people, nearly a fifth of the country’s population, receive some sort of food aid, and the ranks of the hungry are growing all the time, to the point that officials are worried that people might rise up and loot the markets.
And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right.
It’s a stalemated war. They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see.
And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?

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Friday, October 15, 2010

Ballooning

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Ballooning of the dollar
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Oct 15th, 2010
The moneymakers decided in 1973 to hike the price of oil by 400% and ensure that the sale of oil would be restricted to dollars only and that the monstrous amounts of petrodollars, generated thus by the Arabs, would be reinvested in specific banks in New York and London.

Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the moneymakers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide and exploded all over the place.
The global extension or global ballooning of the dollar, the petrodollar, backed by oil. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.
This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn’t the dollar crash? Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the moneymakers staged the whole thing!
Ted Rudow III,MA

Thursday, October 14, 2010

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Bank of America has joined JPMorgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation’s major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a 12-fold increase since 2005.


Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested] — bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever greater debt. Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts, or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc. Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.





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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

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Ted Rudow III,MA Menlo Park, CA
Bank of America has joined JP Morgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in twenty-three states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation's major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million home this year, a twelve-fold increase since 2005.

Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested] --- bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever-greater debt. Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts, or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc.

Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

San Jose conservative candidates speak at SJSU Student Union

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Scott Kirkland’s two kids were part of the reason, among others, why the Republican candidate decided to run for congress, he said.

Kirkland, along with five other local candidates — Frank Jewett, Larry Pegram, Minh Duong and Dan Sahagun, spoke in the Umunhum room of the Student Union on Wednesday afternoon.

Both Kirkland and Jewett are SJSU alumni.

The event was hosted by Campus Liberty Movement and College Republicans.

The movement is a grass-roots organization that introduces ideas to people and educates them on how to vote, working to empower high school and college conservatives, said Elly Varbanets, chairwoman for Campus Liberty Movement.

“We partner with existing campuses to solidify conservative, free-market thinking,” she said.

Each candidate was given several minutes to speak and accept questions from the audience.

Freshman biology major Henna Sayah was on the fence about all of the candidates.

“They were different from what I thought,” she said. “I kind of agree with some of them and definitely disagree with others.”

Senior psychology major Evelyn Shieh said she was frustrated with Dan Sahagun’s disapproval of gay marriage.

Sahagun said he voted yes on Proposition 8 and believes men and women are only allowed to marry because they are able to procreate.

“I saw a fundamental contradiction when he said he supports rights for gays but completely ostracizes them when it comes to marriage,” Shieh said.

Although Sahagun is a naturalized U.S citizen originally from Mexico, he said illegal immigrants should not be made citizens but rather legal citizens who pay taxes.

Sayah and Shieh both said the candidate they could most identify with was Kirkland.

“His policies were interesting,” Shieh said. “He is on the younger side and he seems like he believes more in younger ideals. I can relate more to what he is saying.”

According to Kirkland’s campaign brochure, he opposes bailouts of private industries, supports laws requiring  a balanced budget and supports a free-market reform of health care.

Kirkland does not support Proposition 19, but said he is in favor of legal immigration.

“I have friends who have gone through the process,” he said.  ”It is unfair to taxpayers to let people come in illegally. We need to protect our borders and put a stop to illegal immigration and the burden that unaccounted people have on our economy.”

If elected, Kirkland said he will work to put forward a two-pronged approach to efficient energy production.

“We need to take advantage of what we already have, drilling and nuclear energy, and offer an incentive to businesses who partake,” he said.

There are two things Kirkland said he would like students to know.

“I am a younger businessman and a parent,” he said.  “I have not been tainted by the political system and I am fighting for jobs. I am against current policies that will not help students find jobs after school.”

According to the Campus Liberty Movement website, the organization will be hosting events throughout the campaign and into the rest of the year and are looking for board volunteer



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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 10, 2010
It turns out that not quite 20 percent of Americans are tea party supporters. Those who are tend to be white, Republican, male, older than 45 and wealthier than the rest of us. Fifty-seven percent hold a favorable opinion of George W. Bush. And where most Republicans describe themselves as “dissatisfied” with Washington, tea partiers are apt to use a different term.

They say they’re angry. It is a telling word, especially in light of another survey, this one from the University of Washington’s Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality. That poll offers strong evidence that, contrary to the denials of tea party enthusiasts, President Barack Obama’s race plays a big role in their outrage.

After all, if the tea partiers were truly only concerned about so-called “tyranny,” they’d have started howling when Bush claimed he need not be bound by laws with which he disagreed.

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Born to pioneer parents in what was then British Palestine, Sharon joined a Jewish paramilitary organization at age 14 and was shot in the abdomen fighting in the 1948 war. After the war, Moshe Dayan recruited Sharon to head a new commando unit to fight Arab attacks against Israel.
In one retaliatory raid against the Jordanian village of Qibya in 1953, Sharon’s forces blew up homes and killed 69 civilians. He insisted that he thought the houses were empty, but the incident earned Israel its first condemnation by the UN Security Council, and it would not be the last time that Sharon would be implicated in a massacre.
To the Palestinians, in the words of Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, “Sharon spells disaster. He is from the school that says, between settlements and peace agreements, he’ll take settlements. He belongs to the past. Unfortunately, he is making the future for us.”
For now the Palestinians suffer, but they will reign with Him because so many of them are good Christians who love the Lord. It is sad to see the underdog trampled upon and crushed by such wicked and evil men. But we know that the Lord is in control.

Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States

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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Waging Peace

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Waging Peace: The End of War
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Tuesday, October 5, 7:00 PM
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You've seen the bumper sticker: Wage Peace.  Now let's talk about what that really means.
 
Building on the powerful argument for "waging peace" laid out in his first book, Will War Ever End?, Paul Chappell's new book, The End of War, explains in detail how together we can end the wars between countries, our ongoing war with nature, and the suffering in our hearts.
 
We will also talk about Chappell's upcoming Peace Leadership Training Workshop, which he will give on Saturday, October 9 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charelston Road, Palo Alto. Click here for details about the workshop.
 
Chappell is a 2002 West Point graduate who served in the US Army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He currently serves as Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and speaks throughout the nation at schools, veterans groups, churches, and other organizations.
 
Simultaneous live TV broadcast on cable channel 27, Mid-Peninsula area.
 
Simultaneous live Internet webcast at the Community Media Center's website: http://www.midpenmedia.org/watch/stream/ (select channel 27)
 
Cable TV Channel 27 Rebroadcast Schedule: Tuesdays 7:00 PM / Wednesdays 2:00 AM & 10:00 AM

I phone in to the live TV Show and express thank for Paul work and also related to service as I play basketball and the result of it! I returned to college in the Fall of 1971 and began to practice for the up-coming season. I then really began to see the tremendous hatred and violence that sports express. I had become thoroughly disgusted with my hypocritical involvement with basketball.

Credit is the drug of choice

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Credit is the drug of choice

Dear Editor: Bank of America has joined JPMorgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation's major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a twelvefold increase since 2005.

Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity (cash invested) -- bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever greater debt.

Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc. Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.

Ted Rudow III, MA

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Credit is damaging

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Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages. For the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity — bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries. Credit leads to debt that spirals into ever-greater debt.

Lenders then gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go deeper into debt. The people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, borrowing what they need to pay off their debts, set themselves up for retirement or finance their lifestyles.

Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.

Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park

Monday, October 04, 2010

Chivalry is dead?

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Chivalry is dead

By Melissa Sabile
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I was walking out of class the other day when the guy in front of me with a skateboard got to the door before I did.

Seeing that he was going to hold the door open until I got there, I hurried my steps to keep him from waiting too long.

As I walked through the door, I smiled and said thank you.

“Oh, you didn’t have to rush,” he replied. “I would have waited, and you’re welcome.”

He then hopped on his skateboard and went on his way, not giving it a second thought.

After processing what he had said, the wheels in my head started turning.

This guy was simply going about his day, but was courteous enough to hold the door open for me with no expectation of anything in return.

Chivalrous acts, like holding a door open for a girl, seem to be a dying art.

Dictionary.com defines chivalry as the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor and dexterity in arms.

Though the men of today certainly don’t have to endure the things knights went though to prove their worth, it wouldn’t kill them to show some of these characteristics on a regular basis.

Sure, maybe “dexterity in arms” doesn’t quite apply in today’s world, but courtesy, generosity and valor most definitely do.

A man shouldn’t defend a woman’s honor because he has to, but because it’s the right thing to do.

More often than not, we rush around life and are completely self-absorbed, never really taking the time to consider what other people need.

I hardly ever see guys my own age making an effort to help a girl out without trying to get something else out of it.

The question that comes to mind is, why are the young men of today acting like this?

It doesn’t seem to be the issue with the generations before us, and the younger kids of today aren’t at that mentality yet, so why is our generation full so full of ill-mannered guys?

Did their parents never teach them about chivalry when they were younger?

Or perhaps they did, and our generation is choosing not to apply these principles because we think they are outdated.

Does it have anything to do with the way pop culture has changed the way we see things today, to where the words “please,” “thank you,” “sir” and “ma’am” are no longer common in everyday conversation?

Maybe it’s something entirely different, but regardless of the reason, it’s a sad thought.

In a perfect world, women would be smart enough not to put themselves in compromising situations to where men would have to defend their honor — yet men would take on the challenge no matter what the circumstances.

But alas, we live in a world where chivalry is dying and no one seems to realize or care.

So think about it sometime — not just men, but women too — because courtesy, generosity and valor are qualities that we all should embrace.

Take some time, slow down and realize what is going on around you, because you never know when one tiny chivalrous act will make someone else’s day.


One Response to “Chivalry is dead”


Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 4, 2010
Almost everybody needs encouragement. Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority complex and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves. Therefore, encouragement is a very important thing.There is much experience and input that the older generation of this day and age has, which the current generations are passing up. Lessons of love, of enduring through hardship, of chivalry and civility are being replaced by barbarism, anarchy, selfishness, and lust instead of love. It’s sad, but the world has to become much worse so that man can realize he can’t make it on his own.
“The whole of heraldry and chivalry,” wrote Emerson, “is in courtesy.” There is no characteristic of human nature that is as exchangeable as courtesy. You give it–it is returned to you–and the other person feels good. In contrast, to treat a person with disregard and discourtesy is to kindle their belligerence and hostility.

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He adorned his 1878 estate house with towers, gables and cupolas and furnished with exotic. The area now known as Lindenwood was developed between 1937-1955, after the death of Flood's son. Some of my neighbors were the Chairman of the board of such companies as Kelly-Moore Paints, Memorex, Transamerican and Ampex.
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new warheads? What kind of nuclear new warheads? What kind of nuclear free world is this? He should have free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel k the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. haven't earned it gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it. He didn't say that, and have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way. disgraceful way. TED RUDOW III,MA MENLO PARK


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