Thursday, November 11, 2010
Audie Murphy, WWII's Unlikely Warrior
Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:03 am | Updated: 4:59 pm, Thu Nov 11, 2010.
If we honor veterans today, who is their hero? If you are a military buff or served our country during the World War II era, then you already know about
Audie Murphy, the most decorated World War II soldier.
I was introduced to Audie this week, thanks to Dale Smith of Caldwell. Smith, a Navy man himself who served in the late 50s, brought several Internet printouts.
Smith suggested a story in the paper about the veteran from Texas.
What are Murphy’s local ties to the community, I asked. Murphy made an appearance at the Caldwell Night Rodeo and stayed at the Saratoga Hotel.
The Caldwell man said the soldier is a true American hero and shared more information.
I told Smith I’d see what we could do, making no promises. An hour later, the gentleman was back, apologizing for bothering me a second time in one day.
He had a videotape of Murphy’s true story, “To Hell and Back,” a bestseller the soldier wrote after he was medically discharged. The book was published in 1949.
“If there’s a heaven, and I believe there is, this is the man I want to meet when I get there,” Smith said, choking back his emotions.
Minutes later I started to watch the movie. Murphy, who still looked 18 years old at the age of 30, played himself.
It starts with a young boy honing his sharp-shooting skills. His parents were sharecroppers in Texas.
Fast-forward to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Murphy tried to join the Marines and Navy, only to be turned away because of his diminutive body. Shortly after his 18th birthday, the Army took Murphy, but his supervising officers doubted his abilities, especially because he had been so sick since his enlistment.
The private became a second lieutenant by the end of 1944.
In 1971, the Veterans’ Administration Hospital in San Antonio was named Audie L. Murphy Veterans’ Memorial Hospital. These are excerpts read into the Congressional Record that account his bravery during the war.
… I believe it would be most fitting for it to be named in memory of America’s most decorated veteran of World War II, the late Capt. Audie Murphy.
Just as the name of Sgt. Alvin York epitomized the heroes of World War I, Audie Murphy is remembered by most Americans as the hero of World War II. …
They symbolize the generations of men who have been willing to put their personal safety aside to preserve freedom for their fellow man. … during World War II, Audie Murphy, the son of a Texas tenant farmer, was awarded 24 citations for his battlefield deeds, including the Medal of Honor and a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant.
In January 1945, the infantry company which Lt. Murphy commanded in eastern France was besieged by six German tanks. Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepare positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, one of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods.
Lieutenant Murphy continued to direct artillery fire, which killed large numbers of advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machinegun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from three sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused the attack to waiver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back.
For an hour, the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep unnoticed on his right flank.
Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound but ignored it and continued the singlehanded fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw.
Lt. Murphy’s indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy’s objective.
Infantryman Tony V. Abramski, who witnessed the brave actions of Lt. Murphy, said later: “The fight that Lt. Murphy put was the greatest display of guts and courage I have ever seen. There is only one in a million who would be willing to stand up on a burning vehicle, loaded with explosives around 250 raging [Germans] for an hour and do all of that when he was wounded.”
Murphy was 19 at the time. He received 33 awards, including the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the U.S. He was credited with killing 240-plus of the enemy while wounding and capturing many others.
After being wounded three times in later combat activity, Murphy returned home, despite his desire to become a career soldier. He did well on the silver screen because audiences knew who he was. He starred in 44 films, many western films and “Red Badge of Courage” during the 25 years he was in Hollywood. He also wrote poetry and songs that were performed by Dean Martin, Eddy Arnold and Charley Pride.
Murphy died in a private plane crash on May 28, 1971. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His gravesite is the most visited year-round, second only to President John F. Kennedy’s. Smith shared all these details with me and explained that although he never served in wartime, he identified with Murphy.
“I was sworn in on my 17th birthday and I wanted to make my military service a career, but I wasn’t able to,” Smith said. “I’ve always had the greatest admiration for him. He was always a perfect gentleman. I think he’s a great example of what military men are today.”
I’m grateful Smith was persistent in having Audie Murphy’s heroic story told in today’s paper.
Every veteran who served the country is a hero.
Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:03 am | Updated: 4:59 pm, Thu Nov 11, 2010.
Audie Murphy, the most decorated World War II soldier.
I was introduced to Audie this week, thanks to Dale Smith of Caldwell. Smith, a Navy man himself who served in the late 50s, brought several Internet printouts.
Smith suggested a story in the paper about the veteran from Texas.
What are Murphy’s local ties to the community, I asked. Murphy made an appearance at the Caldwell Night Rodeo and stayed at the Saratoga Hotel.
The Caldwell man said the soldier is a true American hero and shared more information.
I told Smith I’d see what we could do, making no promises. An hour later, the gentleman was back, apologizing for bothering me a second time in one day.
He had a videotape of Murphy’s true story, “To Hell and Back,” a bestseller the soldier wrote after he was medically discharged. The book was published in 1949.
“If there’s a heaven, and I believe there is, this is the man I want to meet when I get there,” Smith said, choking back his emotions.
Minutes later I started to watch the movie. Murphy, who still looked 18 years old at the age of 30, played himself.
It starts with a young boy honing his sharp-shooting skills. His parents were sharecroppers in Texas.
Fast-forward to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Murphy tried to join the Marines and Navy, only to be turned away because of his diminutive body. Shortly after his 18th birthday, the Army took Murphy, but his supervising officers doubted his abilities, especially because he had been so sick since his enlistment.
The private became a second lieutenant by the end of 1944.
In 1971, the Veterans’ Administration Hospital in San Antonio was named Audie L. Murphy Veterans’ Memorial Hospital. These are excerpts read into the Congressional Record that account his bravery during the war.
… I believe it would be most fitting for it to be named in memory of America’s most decorated veteran of World War II, the late Capt. Audie Murphy.
Just as the name of Sgt. Alvin York epitomized the heroes of World War I, Audie Murphy is remembered by most Americans as the hero of World War II. …
They symbolize the generations of men who have been willing to put their personal safety aside to preserve freedom for their fellow man. … during World War II, Audie Murphy, the son of a Texas tenant farmer, was awarded 24 citations for his battlefield deeds, including the Medal of Honor and a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant.
In January 1945, the infantry company which Lt. Murphy commanded in eastern France was besieged by six German tanks. Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepare positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, one of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods.
Lieutenant Murphy continued to direct artillery fire, which killed large numbers of advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machinegun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from three sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused the attack to waiver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back.
For an hour, the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep unnoticed on his right flank.
Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound but ignored it and continued the singlehanded fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw.
Lt. Murphy’s indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy’s objective.
Infantryman Tony V. Abramski, who witnessed the brave actions of Lt. Murphy, said later: “The fight that Lt. Murphy put was the greatest display of guts and courage I have ever seen. There is only one in a million who would be willing to stand up on a burning vehicle, loaded with explosives around 250 raging [Germans] for an hour and do all of that when he was wounded.”
Murphy was 19 at the time. He received 33 awards, including the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the U.S. He was credited with killing 240-plus of the enemy while wounding and capturing many others.
After being wounded three times in later combat activity, Murphy returned home, despite his desire to become a career soldier. He did well on the silver screen because audiences knew who he was. He starred in 44 films, many western films and “Red Badge of Courage” during the 25 years he was in Hollywood. He also wrote poetry and songs that were performed by Dean Martin, Eddy Arnold and Charley Pride.
Murphy died in a private plane crash on May 28, 1971. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. His gravesite is the most visited year-round, second only to President John F. Kennedy’s. Smith shared all these details with me and explained that although he never served in wartime, he identified with Murphy.
“I was sworn in on my 17th birthday and I wanted to make my military service a career, but I wasn’t able to,” Smith said. “I’ve always had the greatest admiration for him. He was always a perfect gentleman. I think he’s a great example of what military men are today.”
I’m grateful Smith was persistent in having Audie Murphy’s heroic story told in today’s paper.
Every veteran who served the country is a hero.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Gary Coleman dies at 42; child star of hit sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes'
The actor dies in Utah days after a brain hemorrhage. After soaring to fame in the late 1970s, his post-TV-series life included a stint as a shopping mall security guard and an unlikely run for California governor.
 Gary Coleman appears at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images) |
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Gary Coleman, who soared to fame in the late 1970s as the child star of the hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" and whose post-TV-series life included a stint as a shopping mall security guard and an unlikely run for California governor, died Friday. He was 42.
The diminutive Coleman, whose adult height was 4 feet 8 inches, died at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage earlier this week, according to a statement from hospital spokeswoman Janet Frank.
A resident of Santaquin, Utah, Coleman had been hospitalized Wednesday and lost consciousness the next day. He was taken off life support Friday afternoon with his family at his side, the hospital said.
Born with failed kidneys, Coleman had undergone two transplants by age 14 and his growth was permanently stunted by the side effects of dialysis medications.
He was a precocious, chubby-cheeked elementary school student living in Zion, Ill., when a scout for TV producer Norman Lear spotted him in a Chicago bank commercial.
The exceptionally bright, talented and self-confident Coleman was 10 when "Diff'rent Strokes" debuted on NBC in 1978.
As the lovably outspoken 8-year-old Arnold Jackson, he was the comedic centerpiece of the series about two Harlem sons of a black housekeeper whose white boss, a wealthy widower, takes them into his Park Avenue penthouse after her death and later adopts them.
The cast of the sitcom, which ended its eight-season run in 1986 after switching to ABC, included Conrad Bain as the wealthy Philip Drummond; Todd Bridges as Arnold's older brother, Willis; Dana Plato as Drummond's daughter, Kimberly; and Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Garrett, Drummond's new housekeeper.
"Its appeal rests chiefly on Gary, a black Pillsbury Doughboy, tiny and cuddly with a face like a pincushion," The Times' Howard Rosenberg wrote in 1979. "At 50 pounds and belt-buckle high, he's small enough to be a Christmas tree ornament. But from his mouth come words … well, you just have to be there."
In a 1979 TV Guide article headlined "Small Wonder," Coleman was described as having "the comic delivery" of Jack Benny, Groucho Marx and Richard Pryor.
"When he walks onto a stage, something has happened, and you feel it," Lear told TV Guide. "That's called presence, and it's rare. Many important actors, even stars, don't have it. Gary does."
The scene-stealing Coleman quickly became a pop-culture icon, whose recurring line "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" became a national catchphrase.
Praised by comedy legends Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, Coleman was in big demand for TV talk shows.
He more than held his own during his first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1978, which led Carson to jokingly ask his young guest, "What night are you available for guest host?"
At the height of his TV series success, Coleman reportedly earned $64,000 per week and is said to have made $18 million during his TV heyday.
Born Feb. 8, 1968, Coleman was the adopted son of W.G. (Willie) and Edmonia Sue Coleman, who, according to a 1990 Times article, brought him home from a Chicago hospital when he was four days old.
It was not until 18 months later, The Times reported, that the Colemans were told that Gary had been born with one atrophied kidney and that the other would soon fail.
In 1989, Coleman sued his parents and his former business manager, Anita DeThomas, for allegedly stealing more than $1 million from him. The Colemans and DeThomas countersued for defamation and breach of contract.
The legal battle ended in 1993 when, Variety reported, a Santa Monica Superior Court judge awarded Gary Coleman $1.28 million and ruled that his parents and manager had wrongfully profited as his guardians and managers during five years while he was a minor.
Coleman's acting career as an adult fell far short of his "Diff'rent Strokes" glory days. He made only occasional guest appearances and had mostly small roles in films and TV movies.
The diminutive Coleman, whose adult height was 4 feet 8 inches, died at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage earlier this week, according to a statement from hospital spokeswoman Janet Frank.
A resident of Santaquin, Utah, Coleman had been hospitalized Wednesday and lost consciousness the next day. He was taken off life support Friday afternoon with his family at his side, the hospital said.
Born with failed kidneys, Coleman had undergone two transplants by age 14 and his growth was permanently stunted by the side effects of dialysis medications.
He was a precocious, chubby-cheeked elementary school student living in Zion, Ill., when a scout for TV producer Norman Lear spotted him in a Chicago bank commercial.
The exceptionally bright, talented and self-confident Coleman was 10 when "Diff'rent Strokes" debuted on NBC in 1978.
As the lovably outspoken 8-year-old Arnold Jackson, he was the comedic centerpiece of the series about two Harlem sons of a black housekeeper whose white boss, a wealthy widower, takes them into his Park Avenue penthouse after her death and later adopts them.
The cast of the sitcom, which ended its eight-season run in 1986 after switching to ABC, included Conrad Bain as the wealthy Philip Drummond; Todd Bridges as Arnold's older brother, Willis; Dana Plato as Drummond's daughter, Kimberly; and Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Garrett, Drummond's new housekeeper.
"Its appeal rests chiefly on Gary, a black Pillsbury Doughboy, tiny and cuddly with a face like a pincushion," The Times' Howard Rosenberg wrote in 1979. "At 50 pounds and belt-buckle high, he's small enough to be a Christmas tree ornament. But from his mouth come words … well, you just have to be there."
In a 1979 TV Guide article headlined "Small Wonder," Coleman was described as having "the comic delivery" of Jack Benny, Groucho Marx and Richard Pryor.
"When he walks onto a stage, something has happened, and you feel it," Lear told TV Guide. "That's called presence, and it's rare. Many important actors, even stars, don't have it. Gary does."
The scene-stealing Coleman quickly became a pop-culture icon, whose recurring line "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" became a national catchphrase.
Praised by comedy legends Bob Hope and Lucille Ball, Coleman was in big demand for TV talk shows.
He more than held his own during his first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in 1978, which led Carson to jokingly ask his young guest, "What night are you available for guest host?"
At the height of his TV series success, Coleman reportedly earned $64,000 per week and is said to have made $18 million during his TV heyday.
Born Feb. 8, 1968, Coleman was the adopted son of W.G. (Willie) and Edmonia Sue Coleman, who, according to a 1990 Times article, brought him home from a Chicago hospital when he was four days old.
It was not until 18 months later, The Times reported, that the Colemans were told that Gary had been born with one atrophied kidney and that the other would soon fail.
In 1989, Coleman sued his parents and his former business manager, Anita DeThomas, for allegedly stealing more than $1 million from him. The Colemans and DeThomas countersued for defamation and breach of contract.
The legal battle ended in 1993 when, Variety reported, a Santa Monica Superior Court judge awarded Gary Coleman $1.28 million and ruled that his parents and manager had wrongfully profited as his guardians and managers during five years while he was a minor.
Coleman's acting career as an adult fell far short of his "Diff'rent Strokes" glory days. He made only occasional guest appearances and had mostly small roles in films and TV movies.
Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Image via WikipediaJesse James is very popular now on the internet after the divorce thingy with Sandra Bullock and the mistress Michelle Mcgee. Jesse James is trending today with another issue, it is not that serious but it is really funny as hell!
Jesse James Nazi Picture Photo. Yes! Jesse James was so into Michelle Mcgee because he also poses as a Nazi. Michelle Mcgee also have a photo posing as a Nazi long time ago but Jesse James is doing this Nazi posing thing few years ago which is odd.=) Here is the photo.
Jesse James Nazi Picture Photo
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Image via WikipediaTom Hanks on Regis and Kelly - Tom Hanks slips up on live TV!
March 04, 2010 11:29 PM EST (Updated: March 04, 2010 11:31 PM EST)
views: 997 | 1 person recommends this | comments: 2 So what exactly did Hanks do wrong on his TV interview? The mistake by Hanks wasn't anything to do with the current White House, president Obama or any other politics. Instead he mistakingly called Kelly Ripa "Kathie Lee" in reference to Kathie Lee Gifford the former co-host of the show. Kelly Ripa corrected Hanks that she's been a host for nine years now. Regis Philbin said "Everybody used to love Tom Hanks". Hanks of course apologized to Kelly for the mistake.
Later on after the Tom Hanks slip up on live TV, Ripa got another jab in, but all in good humor. It was brought up that Hanks was a presenter at this year's Oscars show. Normally it is the previous year's actor winners who present the awards in the acting categories, so Kelly chimed in "Oh I guess, well you didn't win last year". Hanks asked if his nose was bleeding from the serious "pop" he just took in the face, but again there doesn't appear to be any bad blood between "Kelly Ripa" and Tom Hanks. No comment has been made by Kathie Lee at this time about Tom Hanks on Regis and Kelly either.
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Image via WikipediaClinton, 63, had quadruple heart bypass surgery in 2004 to free up four blocked arteries and the latest incident comes after he has traveled twice to Haiti to help recovery efforts after a devastating earthquake there.
Douglas Band, counselor to Clinton, said the former president was admitted to New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital where two stents were placed in one of his coronary arteries.
"President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus on the work of his foundation and Haiti's relief and long-term recovery efforts," Band said in a statement.
Cardiologist Dr. Allan Schwartz told reporters Clinton came to see him complaining of having discomfort in his chest for several days and that tests showed one of the arteries operated on in 2004 needed to be reopened.
"Of the four bypass grafts that he had six years ago, one of the bypass grafts was completely blocked," Schwartz said. "The artery that had been supplied previously by this bypass graft was opened by placing the two stents."
He said there was no indication Clinton had a heart attack or of any damage to his heart. Schwartz, head of cardiology at Columbia, said Clinton was up and walking around and should go home on Friday to resume his "very active lifestyle." He said he could return to work as soon as Monday.
The doctor said the blocked artery was not a result of Clinton's diet or lifestyle, which he described as "excellent." He said the grafts Clinton received in 2004 have a failure rate of up to 20 percent at five to six years.
Schwartz said the main artery operated on in 2004 was "pristine," meaning Clinton's prognosis was "excellent."
Clinton's wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arrived at the hospital at about 7:30 p.m., joining daughter Chelsea.
A senior administration official told Reuters that Secretary Clinton's departure to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, planned for Friday, was delayed to Saturday but that the delay would not affect her meetings in the two countries.
The White House said Clinton told President Barack Obama that he felt "absolutely great" after the procedure.
"The president spoke to former President Clinton shortly before 7 p.m. tonight and wished him a speedy recovery," the White House said in a statement. "He said that the efforts in Haiti were too important for him to be laid up for too long and hopes he'll be ready to get back to work as soon as possible."
Placing the tiny mesh tubes to prop open heart arteries is a relatively quick and routine procedure among patients like Clinton who have suffered from heart disease. Stents are now often coated with drugs to help prevent reclogging.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
MISD Invites Parents to Informative Presentation: ‘What is the Choking Game?’ 1/20/10 MISD News Release
January 20, 2010
Midland, Texas - Midland ISD invites parents to attend an informative presentation, “What Is the Choking Game?” at 6p.m., Monday, January 25, at Rusk Elementary, 2601 Wedgewood St. Andy Sustaita, education consultant for the Region 18 Education Service Center, will present. Parents will learn what warning signs to look for, and what they need to know to prevent their children from participating in the dangerous “game.”
Sustaita said he has presented information about the choking game in a dozen area school districts. He
uses a video as well as a recording of a 9-1-1 call to help parents understand the problem. “It’s such an
eye-opener for parents because they don’t know what it is. They need to get the facts,” he said. “It’s not a
game at all. It’s extremely risky.”
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Although it’s not by choice, the song has been stuck in my head for days after watching him audition with it on American Idol. It didn’t help matters once video of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre leading his own rendition of the song after beating the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday started floating around.
Platt and his song Pants on the Ground just won’t go away (yet at least), so no wonder the producers of The View felt it would be a good idea to invite Platt to perform his “hit” on yesterday’s show.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
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The nation's 42d and 43d presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, have arrived at the White House to meet with No. 44, President Barack Obama. The reunion in the Oval Office begins momentarily, and the trio will appear in the Rose Garden afterward to discuss the Bush-Clinton collaboration on behalf of Haiti earthquake relief.
Make that Clinton-Bush. The 42d president gets top billing on the fund they've set up, dubbed the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Here's the website:
www.clintonbushhaitifund.org
It's Bush's first visitbush-clinton-er-clinton-bush-h.html to the White House since last Jan. 20, inaugur
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The nation's 42d and 43d presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, have arrived at the White House to meet with No. 44, President Barack Obama. The reunion in the Oval Office begins momentarily, and the trio will appear in the Rose Garden afterward to discuss the Bush-Clinton collaboration on behalf of Haiti earthquake relief.
Make that Clinton-Bush. The 42d president gets top billing on the fund they've set up, dubbed the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Here's the website:
www.clintonbushhaitifund.org
It's Bush's first visitbush-clinton-er-clinton-bush-h.html to the White House since last Jan. 20, inaugur
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Friday, January 15, 2010
critics choice awards 2010
Sandra Bullock stays classic in a black fringe corseted Alberta Ferretti cocktail dress at the 2010 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium on Friday (January 15) in Hollywood, Calif.
The 45-year-old actress is nominated for Best Actress for her work in The Blind Side. She’s up against Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) and Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia).
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Sandra Bullock stays classic in a black fringe corseted Alberta Ferretti cocktail dress at the 2010 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium on Friday (January 15) in Hollywood, Calif.
The 45-year-old actress is nominated for Best Actress for her work in The Blind Side. She’s up against Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) and Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia).
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Oklahoma Earthquake: USGS Confirms 4.0 Rattler Hits the "Sooner State"
JONES, OK - The USGS confirmed that a 4.0 magnitude Oklahoma earthquake ratttled parts of the "Sooner State" just after 9 a.m. Friday morning.
They reported that the earthquake hit around 9:18 a.m. Friday about 3 miles northeast of Jones, OK.
No major damage or injuries had been reported.
Ryan Dragg says he was jolted by the quake where he works on the ninth floor of the VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He says he and a co-worker briefly left the building.
"We got jolted up here. We looked at each other and said, let's go outside," Dragg said. "I don't know proper protocol for earthquakes in Oklahoma."
A 2.8 magnitude quake was also recorded in the area at 11:16 p.m. Sunday and a 3.3 quake was recorded at 4:05 a.m. Thursday.
Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine carried a cover story titled "Getting Hosed." Over a cartoon of Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill Maher (who looked more like Robin Williams), "investigative humorist" Gene Weingarten, calling himself an "unapologetic, unreconstructed New Deal liberal," resolved to absorb 24 hours straight of punditry on TV, radio, and the Internet, and disdained Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, but also Keith Olbermann. In an online chat, Weingarten said this about conservatives: "I continue to believe that far right wing conservatives are either intelligent, rich people protecting their self interest, or poor, misguided, deluded fools who have been conned by the first group into working against their best interests."
Weingarten selected Valentine’s Day for his experiment, and the hot issue of that day was Jane Fonda dropping a C-word in promoting "The Vagina Monologues."
Clearly, Rush and Bill are courageously willing to address this shocking and distasteful subject even at the risk of driving their audiences into multi-orgasmic rapture.
Limbaugh joyfully eviscerates Fonda and moves quickly on to other things, but O'Reilly is in high dudgeon and is all over this reprehensible event. He's morally outraged, and seems to want to wring all he can get out of it, as though it were, say, a luffa sponge.
As someone in the broadcasting business, he says, he doesn't want to become "the scold police," but he wonders just the same if someone ought to call the FCC and demand punishment. (Later at night, on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor," he will devote an entire segment to the issue, practically sputtering in exasperation when he can't persuade his guest, lawyer Anita Kay, to agree with him that heads must roll... B-b-but "this is the most vile word in the lexicon of obscenity!" O'Reilly protests. Laughing, Kay basically tells him to calm down and grow up, that the average 12-year-old girl has heard this word, and it's no big deal. It's my favorite moment of the day. (Anita Kay, the cure for the common scold.)
Weingarten found himself liking Rush as much as he hated Bill, despite declaring himself a fervent liberal:
The peril of listening to Limbaugh and O'Reilly at the same time is that you tend to compare them, and these are dangerous waters for an unapologetic, unreconstructed New Deal liberal like me. The comparison makes you actually like Rush. He's funny; O'Reilly is not. Limbaugh teases and baits his political adversaries; O'Reilly sneers and snarls at them. Limbaugh is mock-heroic; O'Reilly is self-righteous. So, when Limbaugh speculates that the Democrats in the House committee went after Roger Clemens because liberals hate cherished American institutions such as churches, the Boy Scouts and baseball, you know he's sorta kidding. When O'Reilly says liberals who oppose torture of prisoners just don't care how many people will die in a terrorist attack, you know he's as serious as an aneurysm.
But Weingarten goes looking for a reason to dislike Limbaugh:
It's complicated, but here it is: There's something real about all this palaver all around me; in its own overheated, perfervid way, it's inspiring. You can't get away from that. Unfettered discourse is the sign of a robust democracy. It's a genuine war of ideas out there, being fought by highly committed people who care about the world. And I am no conscientious objector. I'm not a witling. I have opinions. There are timeless truths; there are friends and there are enemies; there is right and there is wrong, and, by God, Rush is wrong. To admire Rush in any way is to consort with the enemy. It's treachery. It's siding with them.
I focus on Rush once again and finally notice something. A toehold.
Limbaugh mocks Obama mercilessly for what he sees as the thinness of his message and the mooing, unquestioning devotion of his supporters. That's all fair game, and Limbaugh prosecutes it with bite, flair and humor. But there's this, this . . . thing he sometimes does -- how did I not notice it before? -- when he pronounces the candidate's last name. He lowers his voice a register and booms it out from his chest, drawing out each syllable. I'd taken it as just a theatrical embellishment, but now I see it for what it is. Rush is reducing Obama's name to an African tribal chant.
"O-bahh-mahh." He makes it sound like: Booga booga. Yo' Mama.
Now, that's ugly.
I'm right. I know I'm right. I'm so right.
I lean back in my chair, at peace again.
At war, again.
Rush sucks.
But Weingarten also found Keith Olbermann’s shtick to be dramatically over the top as he described a scrape between President Bush and the Democrats over NSA electronic surveillance and whether telecom companies will get legal immunity:
Olbermann begins strongly, addressing himself directly to Bush that he's only protecting his cronies, the powerful telecoms. Yay!
Now he compares the bill Bush wanted to other bad laws, including the Alien and Sedition Acts, which I actually think might be just a little over the . . .
Uh, now he's comparing it to . . . slavery.
Now he's addressing Bush directly, and he's . . . oh, God.
"If you believe in the seamless mutuality of government and big business, come out and say it! There is a dictionary definition, one word that describes that toxic blend. You're a fascist! Get them to print you a T-shirt with FASCIST on it!"
Now he's, he's . . .
". . . and if there's one thing we know about Big Brother, Mr. Bush, it is that he is -- you are -- a liar!"
I've already checked the thesaurus, so I know there's no help there.
"You are a liar, Mr. Bush. And after showing some skill at it, you have ceased to even be a very good liar!"
And:
"You said that the lives of countless Americans depend on you getting your way. This is crap! And you sling it with an audacity and a speed unrivaled by even the greatest political felons of our history!"
I mute it.
Silence again.
I send an e-mail to a friend who I know is online. This is what it says:
o s, s brtu dytpmh [rtdpm/
I realize I had my hands on the wrong position on the keyboard. I have to resend it. It says: "I am a very strong person," more of a plea than a statement of fact.
On Monday, Weingarten consented to a chat session online at washingtonpost.com. When asked about how awful the experiment was, he replied:
The whole thing was painful, including the writing. The only joy I got was hiding a secret, nasty, double-entendred luffa sponge joke in there, about Bill O'Reilly, and in coming up with the expression "a tempest in a crock pot." And then even this small joy was dashed when I discovered the expression had already been used four times on the Web.
Wait, one more thing. I felt I had reached something of a valuable insight when I explained the fundamental difference betweeen Limbaugh and O'Reilly. [He requoted the aneurysm passage above.]
He later added:
I like Mr. Obama's opinions.
Actually, I like Mr. Limbaugh's opinions, too.
I suggest liberals listen to Limbaugh from time to time. He's funny, and when we're weak on an issue, he gets us good.
O'Reilly is just a mean 'ol hypocrite.
Unsurprisingly, Weingarten is a huge fan of the Newsy Giggle Twins on Comedy Central:
Vienna, Va.: Gene, Did you hear any of the right wingnuts bash Stewart and Colbert? I tend to think that the wingnuts are very, very afraid of those two.
Gene Weingarten: Very shrewd question.
I think Colbert and Stewart are the most influential political voices right now. And I think they are untouchable by the right.
I hope they are helping to raise a generation of kids who are skeptical of the raging right. Actually, I think the Bush administration has helped this along, too.
A liberal from Potomac, Maryland said he differed with Weingarten on Olbermann:
...I appreciate Olbermann's ability to work up outrage over a genuinely outrageous issue (as opposed to a campaign-manufactured "outrage" prompt), whereas it seems to just irk you. Now that you've recovered from your ordeal, have your feelings on his tirade changed?
Gene Weingarten: No, we are not in the same boat. You are sunk in partisanship, and therefore adrift, unable to tweeze reason from hype. It's not your fault.
I found Olbermann just as over the top and outrageous as most of the right wingers. There is no excuse for taking what is essentially a matter of political disagreement over an issue that is, on some level, debatable, and start talking about fascism, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and slavery.
The very next exchange was this:
Washington, D.C.: I appreciated the part of your piece on Keith Olbermann. I used to be a great fan of his show, but it has continued to devolve into the kind of ranting to which it was meant to be an antidote. Step back from the dark side, Keith!
Gene Weingarten: He has no shame.
AND it has helped his ratings.
Which underscores that...
He has no shame.
Weingarten recommended to a conservative questioner that he try Randi Rhodes if he wanted to sample liberal talk radio:
Prince William, Va.: As part of the small conservative minority among your minions, I appreciated the distinctions you drew between Limbaugh and O'Reilly. Is there someone like Rush from your end of the spectrum that you would recommend to us right wingers, and someone like O'Reilly that we should feel free to ignore?
Gene Weingarten: I'd totally ignore Olbermann.
Sure, listen to Randi Rhodes.
Finally, whatever good will Weingarten may have gained with conservative readers by seeing some skill and entertainment value in Rush Limbaugh crumbled with this answer:
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.: I'm an extreme liberal, and I watch Fox news and their associated commentators. Simply, I want to know what the opposition is saying. And they have changed my views. I used to think conservatives were misguided. Now I think they're evil.
Gene Weingarten: I continue to believe that far right wing conservatives are either intelligent, rich people protecting their self interest, or poor, misguided, deluded fools who have been conned by the first group into working against their best interests.
I don't think that answer was meant for giggles.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/03/25/wapos-magazine-mocks-oreilly-limbaugh-even-olbermann#ixzz0ck9Ft7xL
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Oklahoma Earthquake: USGS Confirms 4.0 Rattler Hits the "Sooner State"
JONES, OK - The USGS confirmed that a 4.0 magnitude Oklahoma earthquake ratttled parts of the "Sooner State" just after 9 a.m. Friday morning.
They reported that the earthquake hit around 9:18 a.m. Friday about 3 miles northeast of Jones, OK.
No major damage or injuries had been reported.
Ryan Dragg says he was jolted by the quake where he works on the ninth floor of the VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He says he and a co-worker briefly left the building.
"We got jolted up here. We looked at each other and said, let's go outside," Dragg said. "I don't know proper protocol for earthquakes in Oklahoma."
A 2.8 magnitude quake was also recorded in the area at 11:16 p.m. Sunday and a 3.3 quake was recorded at 4:05 a.m. Thursday.
Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine carried a cover story titled "Getting Hosed." Over a cartoon of Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill Maher (who looked more like Robin Williams), "investigative humorist" Gene Weingarten, calling himself an "unapologetic, unreconstructed New Deal liberal," resolved to absorb 24 hours straight of punditry on TV, radio, and the Internet, and disdained Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, but also Keith Olbermann. In an online chat, Weingarten said this about conservatives: "I continue to believe that far right wing conservatives are either intelligent, rich people protecting their self interest, or poor, misguided, deluded fools who have been conned by the first group into working against their best interests."
Weingarten selected Valentine’s Day for his experiment, and the hot issue of that day was Jane Fonda dropping a C-word in promoting "The Vagina Monologues."
Clearly, Rush and Bill are courageously willing to address this shocking and distasteful subject even at the risk of driving their audiences into multi-orgasmic rapture.
Limbaugh joyfully eviscerates Fonda and moves quickly on to other things, but O'Reilly is in high dudgeon and is all over this reprehensible event. He's morally outraged, and seems to want to wring all he can get out of it, as though it were, say, a luffa sponge.
As someone in the broadcasting business, he says, he doesn't want to become "the scold police," but he wonders just the same if someone ought to call the FCC and demand punishment. (Later at night, on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor," he will devote an entire segment to the issue, practically sputtering in exasperation when he can't persuade his guest, lawyer Anita Kay, to agree with him that heads must roll... B-b-but "this is the most vile word in the lexicon of obscenity!" O'Reilly protests. Laughing, Kay basically tells him to calm down and grow up, that the average 12-year-old girl has heard this word, and it's no big deal. It's my favorite moment of the day. (Anita Kay, the cure for the common scold.)
Weingarten found himself liking Rush as much as he hated Bill, despite declaring himself a fervent liberal:
The peril of listening to Limbaugh and O'Reilly at the same time is that you tend to compare them, and these are dangerous waters for an unapologetic, unreconstructed New Deal liberal like me. The comparison makes you actually like Rush. He's funny; O'Reilly is not. Limbaugh teases and baits his political adversaries; O'Reilly sneers and snarls at them. Limbaugh is mock-heroic; O'Reilly is self-righteous. So, when Limbaugh speculates that the Democrats in the House committee went after Roger Clemens because liberals hate cherished American institutions such as churches, the Boy Scouts and baseball, you know he's sorta kidding. When O'Reilly says liberals who oppose torture of prisoners just don't care how many people will die in a terrorist attack, you know he's as serious as an aneurysm.
But Weingarten goes looking for a reason to dislike Limbaugh:
It's complicated, but here it is: There's something real about all this palaver all around me; in its own overheated, perfervid way, it's inspiring. You can't get away from that. Unfettered discourse is the sign of a robust democracy. It's a genuine war of ideas out there, being fought by highly committed people who care about the world. And I am no conscientious objector. I'm not a witling. I have opinions. There are timeless truths; there are friends and there are enemies; there is right and there is wrong, and, by God, Rush is wrong. To admire Rush in any way is to consort with the enemy. It's treachery. It's siding with them.
I focus on Rush once again and finally notice something. A toehold.
Limbaugh mocks Obama mercilessly for what he sees as the thinness of his message and the mooing, unquestioning devotion of his supporters. That's all fair game, and Limbaugh prosecutes it with bite, flair and humor. But there's this, this . . . thing he sometimes does -- how did I not notice it before? -- when he pronounces the candidate's last name. He lowers his voice a register and booms it out from his chest, drawing out each syllable. I'd taken it as just a theatrical embellishment, but now I see it for what it is. Rush is reducing Obama's name to an African tribal chant.
"O-bahh-mahh." He makes it sound like: Booga booga. Yo' Mama.
Now, that's ugly.
I'm right. I know I'm right. I'm so right.
I lean back in my chair, at peace again.
At war, again.
Rush sucks.
But Weingarten also found Keith Olbermann’s shtick to be dramatically over the top as he described a scrape between President Bush and the Democrats over NSA electronic surveillance and whether telecom companies will get legal immunity:
Olbermann begins strongly, addressing himself directly to Bush that he's only protecting his cronies, the powerful telecoms. Yay!
Now he compares the bill Bush wanted to other bad laws, including the Alien and Sedition Acts, which I actually think might be just a little over the . . .
Uh, now he's comparing it to . . . slavery.
Now he's addressing Bush directly, and he's . . . oh, God.
"If you believe in the seamless mutuality of government and big business, come out and say it! There is a dictionary definition, one word that describes that toxic blend. You're a fascist! Get them to print you a T-shirt with FASCIST on it!"
Now he's, he's . . .
". . . and if there's one thing we know about Big Brother, Mr. Bush, it is that he is -- you are -- a liar!"
I've already checked the thesaurus, so I know there's no help there.
"You are a liar, Mr. Bush. And after showing some skill at it, you have ceased to even be a very good liar!"
And:
"You said that the lives of countless Americans depend on you getting your way. This is crap! And you sling it with an audacity and a speed unrivaled by even the greatest political felons of our history!"
I mute it.
Silence again.
I send an e-mail to a friend who I know is online. This is what it says:
o s, s brtu dytpmh [rtdpm/
I realize I had my hands on the wrong position on the keyboard. I have to resend it. It says: "I am a very strong person," more of a plea than a statement of fact.
On Monday, Weingarten consented to a chat session online at washingtonpost.com. When asked about how awful the experiment was, he replied:
The whole thing was painful, including the writing. The only joy I got was hiding a secret, nasty, double-entendred luffa sponge joke in there, about Bill O'Reilly, and in coming up with the expression "a tempest in a crock pot." And then even this small joy was dashed when I discovered the expression had already been used four times on the Web.
Wait, one more thing. I felt I had reached something of a valuable insight when I explained the fundamental difference betweeen Limbaugh and O'Reilly. [He requoted the aneurysm passage above.]
He later added:
I like Mr. Obama's opinions.
Actually, I like Mr. Limbaugh's opinions, too.
I suggest liberals listen to Limbaugh from time to time. He's funny, and when we're weak on an issue, he gets us good.
O'Reilly is just a mean 'ol hypocrite.
Unsurprisingly, Weingarten is a huge fan of the Newsy Giggle Twins on Comedy Central:
Vienna, Va.: Gene, Did you hear any of the right wingnuts bash Stewart and Colbert? I tend to think that the wingnuts are very, very afraid of those two.
Gene Weingarten: Very shrewd question.
I think Colbert and Stewart are the most influential political voices right now. And I think they are untouchable by the right.
I hope they are helping to raise a generation of kids who are skeptical of the raging right. Actually, I think the Bush administration has helped this along, too.
A liberal from Potomac, Maryland said he differed with Weingarten on Olbermann:
...I appreciate Olbermann's ability to work up outrage over a genuinely outrageous issue (as opposed to a campaign-manufactured "outrage" prompt), whereas it seems to just irk you. Now that you've recovered from your ordeal, have your feelings on his tirade changed?
Gene Weingarten: No, we are not in the same boat. You are sunk in partisanship, and therefore adrift, unable to tweeze reason from hype. It's not your fault.
I found Olbermann just as over the top and outrageous as most of the right wingers. There is no excuse for taking what is essentially a matter of political disagreement over an issue that is, on some level, debatable, and start talking about fascism, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and slavery.
The very next exchange was this:
Washington, D.C.: I appreciated the part of your piece on Keith Olbermann. I used to be a great fan of his show, but it has continued to devolve into the kind of ranting to which it was meant to be an antidote. Step back from the dark side, Keith!
Gene Weingarten: He has no shame.
AND it has helped his ratings.
Which underscores that...
He has no shame.
Weingarten recommended to a conservative questioner that he try Randi Rhodes if he wanted to sample liberal talk radio:
Prince William, Va.: As part of the small conservative minority among your minions, I appreciated the distinctions you drew between Limbaugh and O'Reilly. Is there someone like Rush from your end of the spectrum that you would recommend to us right wingers, and someone like O'Reilly that we should feel free to ignore?
Gene Weingarten: I'd totally ignore Olbermann.
Sure, listen to Randi Rhodes.
Finally, whatever good will Weingarten may have gained with conservative readers by seeing some skill and entertainment value in Rush Limbaugh crumbled with this answer:
Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.: I'm an extreme liberal, and I watch Fox news and their associated commentators. Simply, I want to know what the opposition is saying. And they have changed my views. I used to think conservatives were misguided. Now I think they're evil.
Gene Weingarten: I continue to believe that far right wing conservatives are either intelligent, rich people protecting their self interest, or poor, misguided, deluded fools who have been conned by the first group into working against their best interests.
I don't think that answer was meant for giggles.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/03/25/wapos-magazine-mocks-oreilly-limbaugh-even-olbermann#ixzz0ck9Ft7xL
tylenol recall 2010
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–A Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) unit failed to test whether its pain reliever Tylenol was chemically contaminated despite receiving a heightened number of consumer complaints in 2008 that the pills smelled musty, according to a report by U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors.
In 2008, J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare received more than 70 musty odor complaints for Tylenol Arthritis Caplets. However, the company didn’t conduct a formal investigation at the time even though more than eight of the complaints suggested the pills caused gastrointestinal problems in patients, the FDA report says.
The report says the company did physically examine whether the moldy odor originated from the presence of microorganisms and concluded it didn’t.
McNeil spokeswoman Bonnie Jacobs said the company has received the FDA report and “is actively working in consultation with the FDA to address their concerns.” She said the company wouldn’t answer other questions at this time.
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tylenol recall 2010
In 2008, J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare received more than 70 musty odor complaints for Tylenol Arthritis Caplets. However, the company didn’t conduct a formal investigation at the time even though more than eight of the complaints suggested the pills caused gastrointestinal problems in patients, the FDA report says.
The report says the company did physically examine whether the moldy odor originated from the presence of microorganisms and concluded it didn’t.
McNeil spokeswoman Bonnie Jacobs said the company has received the FDA report and “is actively working in consultation with the FDA to address their concerns.” She said the company wouldn’t answer other questions at this time.
Oklahoma Earthquake
Quakes of magnitude 2.5 to 3 are generally the smallest felt by people.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Oklahoma falls in what's called the Stable Continental Region.
The following Oklahoma Earthquake is an excerpt from the USGS website about earthquakes that happen in the region:
"Most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes. Here and there earthquakes are more numerous, for example in the New Madrid seismic zone centered on southeastern Missouri, in the Charlevoix-Kamouraska seismic zone of eastern Quebec, in New England, in the New York - Philadelphia - Wilmington urban corridor, and elsewhere. However, most of the enormous region from the Rockies to the Atlantic can go years without an earthquake large enough to be felt, and several U.S. states have never reported a damaging earthquake. The earthquakes that do occur strike anywhere at irregular intervals. "
According to the USGS, the first ever earthquake felt in the state was recorded in 1918, producing a series of shocks, with only minor effects of.Oklahoma Earthquake
Oklahoma last had a quake of magnitude 4.0 or greater on April 28, 1998, when one hit about 10 miles north of Lawton.
(The Associated Press & KSAX Eyewitness News)
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Quakes of magnitude 2.5 to 3 are generally the smallest felt by people.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Oklahoma falls in what's called the Stable Continental Region.
The following Oklahoma Earthquake is an excerpt from the USGS website about earthquakes that happen in the region:
"Most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes. Here and there earthquakes are more numerous, for example in the New Madrid seismic zone centered on southeastern Missouri, in the Charlevoix-Kamouraska seismic zone of eastern Quebec, in New England, in the New York - Philadelphia - Wilmington urban corridor, and elsewhere. However, most of the enormous region from the Rockies to the Atlantic can go years without an earthquake large enough to be felt, and several U.S. states have never reported a damaging earthquake. The earthquakes that do occur strike anywhere at irregular intervals. "
According to the USGS, the first ever earthquake felt in the state was recorded in 1918, producing a series of shocks, with only minor effects of.Oklahoma Earthquake
Oklahoma last had a quake of magnitude 4.0 or greater on April 28, 1998, when one hit about 10 miles north of Lawton.
(The Associated Press & KSAX Eyewitness News)
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