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About Fairness! Dignity! Respect! The Time Is Now!
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Jazz is a great American art form, yet many jazz artists retire in poverty. Justice for Jazz Artists seeks to work with clubs to ensure jazz musicians receive fair pay, modest pensions, protection of recording rights and a reasonable process for addressing grievances. The top NYC jazz clubs—Birdland, the Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, the Iridium, the Jazz Standard and the Village Vanguard—can afford to do right by musicians. Fairness! Dignity! Respect! The Time Is Now!
Do students pay too much out of pocket for college, or not enough?
Not enough, according to a recent bill submitted in the Arizona Legislature.
House Bill 2675 would require full-time students who aren't athletes or merit scholars to pay at least $2,000 a year toward the cost of their education.
Somewhere along the wide, palm-lined streets just north of Naples, Felipe Santos vanished.
He disappeared without warning on a Tuesday morning, on his way to work.
Santos and two of his brothers were driving to a construction job, about 6:30 a.m., when his white Ford struck another car beside the Green Tree Shopping Center.
Damage was minor. No one was hurt.
A Collier County deputy arrived at the scene and wrote up Santos for driving without a license, not having insurance and careless driving.
The deputy put Santos in a patrol car and drove away. Later that day, Santos' construction foreman contacted the Collier County jail so his brothers could bail him out.
But Santos wasn't in the jail. He never had been.
Has anyone seen my son?
It was a letter to the editor, published in the Naples Daily News.
The letter came from a woman named Marcia Bugg, who told a sad story. On Jan. 12, 2004, her son Terrance Williams, who was 27, was driving a white Cadillac north of Naples, without a valid driver's license, insurance or registration.
A Collier County deputy stopped him.
"Cpl. Steven Calkins searched him and put him in the back of his vehicle and drove him somewhere!" Bugg wrote.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been notable for his use of religious invective in the 2012 race.
A diverse coalition of religious leaders wants the folks running for president this year to quit using religion to get votes.
The collection of faith groups on Tuesday issued what it calls an“Interfaith Statement of Principles,” calling on the presidential candidates and all candidates for public office this election year to help ensure decency, honesty and fair play in elections by conducting campaigns that honor our nation’s traditions of religious liberty and avoid sowing religious discord.
“I have been deeply disturbed by the disproportionate role religion has played during recent election cycles with some candidates seeming to be running for pastor-in-chief rather than commander-in-chief,” says Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of Interfaith Alliance, one of the signatories to the principles. “Candidates are free to speak about their faith ––if it’s important to them ––as a way of giving voters insight on who they are, but a line is crossed when a candidate implies that they should receive your vote because of their faith. Religion is not a political football to be used by candidates for tactical advantage, instead it should be a force that brings diverse people together with mutual respect and understanding.”
The coalition, which runs the gamut from the American Islamic Congress to the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, doesn’t name names. But it’s not hard to imagine who their message is aimed at: ascendant GOP hopeful Rick Santorum.
‘Religious Discord’ thedemocraticdaily.com/
DYSFUNCTION ??? edited by Jack Mobley
MIAMI – Florida Senator and rising GOP star Marco Rubio was baptized as a Mormon during his childhood along with other members of his immediate family, according to a new report Thursday.
The Miami Herald published tidbits from Rubio's upcoming memoir "American Son," revealing that the Rubio family attended a Mormon church in the Las Vegas area for a few years around the time the senator was eight years old. The revelation about Rubio, a practicing Catholic who was elected to the Senate in 2010 and is believed to be on every 2012 Republican candidate's vice-presidential shortlist, had gone unnoticed by the national media until now and has never been addressed publicly by the senator.
Rubio, now 40, was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) along with other members of his family around the age of eight and remained active in the faith during his early years, family members told BuzzFeed.
According to the website, Rubio's immediate family -- with the exception of his father, who liked to smoke and drink -- converted to Mormonism in the 1970s after moving to a Las Vegas suburb to be near their Mormon cousins.
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama announced a compromise Friday in the dispute over whether to require full contraception insurance coverage for female employees at religiously affiliated institutions. Under the new plan, religiously affiliated universities and hospitals will not be forced to offer contraception coverage to their employees. Insurers will be required, however, to offer complete coverage free of charge to any women who work at such institutions. What's in White House compromise plan Female employees at churches themselves will have no guarantee of any contraception coverage -- a continuation of current law. There will be a one-year transition period for religious organizations after the policy formally takes effect on August 1.
BLA, BLA, BLACK PEOPLE Edited by Jack Mobley
Rick Santorum was asked a question about foreign influence on the economy. As he meandered incoherently through his answer, he came out with this gem:
“I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.”
“Right,” said one audience member, as another woman nodded.
“And provide for themselves and their families,” Santorum added, to applause. “The best way to do that is to get the manufacturing sector of the economy rolling again.”
The black population of Sioux City is 2.9 percent. In Woodbury County, in which Sioux City sits, 13 percent of the people are on food stamps, an increase of 26 percent since 2007, with nine times as many whites as blacks using them.
"The Bad Boys Of The GOP"
"Who let the Damn Dogs out"...
GPB Walk Down Memory Lane. Republican & Christian Sexcapades
Republican Governor Mark Sanford
Newt Gingrich former Speaker of the House
Republican activist Matthew Glavin,
Republican Congressman Edward Schrock
Republican Mayor Jim West
Republican preacher Jimmy Swaggart
Republican Party Chairman Sam Walls,
Pastor Ted Haggard,
Editors' Note, consider the facts before you vote, go to
The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas.
The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for the first time since its 2003 decision endorsing the use of race as a factor in admissions. This time around, a more conservative court is being asked to outlaw the use of Texas' affirmative action plan and possibly to jettison the earlier ruling entirely.
A broad ruling in favor of the student, Abigail Fisher, could threaten affirmative action programs at many of the nation's public and private universities, said Vanderbilt University law professor Brian Fitzpatrick.
A federal appeals court upheld the Texas program at issue, saying it was allowed under the high court's decision in Grutter vs. Bollinger in 2003 that upheld racial considerations in university admissions at the University of Michigan law school.
This afternoon, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a Texas redistricting case that could have major implications for minority voters -- as well as determine which party is likely to control Congress after the 2012 elections. Here's our guide to why the case matters, why it could pose a challenge to part of the Voting Rights Act, and what impact the Court's ruling could have on voters across the country. This seems like a dry question, but it's not. Thanks to population growth, Texas is gaining four seats in Congress, and how the district lines are drawn is likely to determine whether those additional seats will be won by Democrats or Republicans -- and how big an impact minority voters will have in deciding who the new representatives will be. As it has done before, the Republican-dominated state legislature drew maps that heavily favor Republicans. www.propublica.org
Citizens United, the First Amendment, and The Supreme Court
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 08-205 (2010), 558 U.S. ––––, 130 S.Ct. 876 (January 21, 2010), was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment prohibits government from censoring political broadcasts in candidate elections when those broadcasts are funded by corporations or unions. The 5–4 decision originated in a dispute over whether the non-profit corporation Citizens United could air a film critical of Hillary Clinton, and whether the group could advertise the film in broadcast ads featuring Clinton's image, in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act in reference to its primary Senate sponsors.
RIGHT-TO-WORK and YOU...
Right-to-work laws are statutes enforced in twenty-two U.S. states, mostly in the southern or western U.S., allowed under provisions of the federal Taft–Hartley Act, which prohibit agreements between labor unions and employers that make membership, payment of union dues, or fees a condition of employment, either before or after hiring, which would require the workplace to be a closed shop.
Section 14(b) of the Taft–Hartley Act goes further and authorizes individual states (but not local governments, such as cities or counties) to outlaw the union shop and agency shop for employees working in their jurisdictions. Under the open shop rule, an employee cannot be compelled to join or pay the equivalent of dues to a union, nor can the employee be fired if he joins the union. In other words, the employee has the right to work, regardless of whether or not he is a member or financial contributor to such a union.
Najibullah Quraishi journeys deep into the Afghan countryside to reveal the deadly bargain local farm families have been forced to make with drug smugglers in order to survive.
The practice of trading girls for debt is hardly new to Afghanistan, but it goes far beyond debts incurred from opium eradication policies and efforts to address the issue are constrained by many factors. Learn more about why it's so difficult, and get information about organizations working on the ground here.
The Afghan Government eradicates poppies on direct orders from the U.S. government as part of the U.S. "war on drugs". If it was up to Afghans, the cultivation of poppies would be regulated resulting in licensed opium production to support the (global) legal manufacture of narcotic painkillers. This would provide a relatively cheap input for major pharmaceutical companies, it would provide the Afghan government with a steady source of income to put back into the economy, and most importantly, it would stop Afghanistan's drug lords from taking advantage of these villagers and the country as a whole. Various organizations have pitched this approach to the Afghan government and donor countries over the years, to no avail. Surely a sensible approach like this is not going to be accepted in a country where America's biggest allies happen to be Afghanistan's major drug lords.www.pbs.org/
Rachel Maddow is the host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” which airs on MSNBC at 9:00 pm Eastern, Monday through Friday, and is rebroadcast at midnight ...
The nation’s gloomy jobs picture continued to brighten in December as employers added 200,000 jobs, pushing the unemployment rate down to 8.5 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday.
Private employers added 212,00 jobs, moving the total of private-sector jobs created in 2011 to 1.9 million. Governments, particularly at the local level, cut jobs — 12,000 last month — holding overall job growth for the year to 1.6 million.
Welcoming positive economic news in an election year, President Barack Obama said Friday the new monthly jobs report shows the U.S. economy is starting to rebound, even though some people are still struggling. (Jan. 6)
Still, the jobless rate has declined by 0.6 percent since August, and it now stands at its lowest level in nearly three years.
www.rachelmaddow.com/
Rachel Maddow is the host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” which airs on MSNBC at 9:00 pm Eastern, Monday through Friday, and is rebroadcast at midnight ...
Positions: Response Associates, Supervisors, Analysts, Managers, IT Engineers, Trainers
Salary: Various, both salary and hourly positions available
Where: Hiring significant numbers at proposed call center in South Carolina or Tennessee
Also hiring in pre-existing centers
Irving, Texas
Medford, Mass.
Sebring, Fla.
Tucson, Ariz.
When: New call center scheduled to open in May
Details: Agero, a Massachusetts-based company providing roadside assistance programs for automakers like BMW and Toyota, plans to hire hundreds of new employees this year as it fills open positions in offices across the country. The bulk of these hires will be at a new call center opening this May. The location for the new call center hasn’t been decided yet, but will be in either Florence, SC or Clarksville TN. Majority of jobs will be “response associates” – representatives answering calls from drivers around the country, but all types of employees will be needed, including managers, supervisors, technical staff, and more. Ideal candidates for entry-level positions should have strong customer service skills, and a high school diploma or GED. Training available in some instances.
Want more info?
If you live in or near South Carolina, you can attend Agero’s jobs fair at Florence-Darlington Technical College in South Carolina January 9-10.
No matter where you live, like PoliticsNation on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. We’ll update you as we learn more about hiring plans at Agero and the other companies we’ll be featuring in the weeks and months to come.
Miller-McCune.com Editor's note by Jack Mobley
I n America, making money is the name of the game.
When February of each year, rolls around
the American marketing machine goes into full throttle mode.
"Be proud of being black, and buy, buy, buy!!!
The captains of the corporate world reminds
the "Black Community", a way to celebrate Black History Month,
is to buy our products. America is driven by capitalism.
Celebrating Black History has become a proven marketing campaign.
The in-you-face technic delivers the message by , way of
Heiniken Nike, Pepsi, and the list goes on.
I see nothing wrong with sales through association. Madison Avenue makes money through advertising, as well as Wall Street.
You might want to get off of Facebook.
Anewly published studysuggests the phenomenally popular social networking site may be skewing the way users perceive their lives. It finds those carefully selected photos of cheerful, contented people cumulatively convey a self-esteem-shattering message: Our lives are fantastic! What’s wrong with you? Miller-McCune.com
Polyamory
Polyamory(fromGreekπολύ[poly, meaning many or several] andLatinamor[love]) is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge andconsentof everyone involved. It is not to be confused withpolysexuality, which is attraction towards multiplegendersand/orsexes.
Polyamory, often abbreviated as poly, is often described as consensual, ethical, or responsible non-monogamy. The word is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to sexual or romantic relationships that are not sexually exclusive, though there is disagreement on how broadly itapplies; an emphasis on ethics, honesty, and transparency all around is widely regarded as the crucial defining characteristic.
The term "polyamorous" can refer to the nature of a relationship at some point in time or to a philosophy or relationship orientation (much like gender or sexual orientation). It is sometimes used as an umbrella term that covers various forms of multiple relationships; polyamorous arrangements are varied, reflecting the choices and philosophies of the individuals involved. National Geographic Channel
"OOPS"... How to save a wet cell phone edited by Jack Mobley
1. Curse at it, as you take it out of the toilet bowl. 2.Do Not turn it on. Instead remove the battery and SIM card pronto. 3.Dry phone with something absorbent, towels are good Vacuum cleaners are even better for sucking out the water. 4. Leave phone in container of uncooked rice overnight to absorb any excess moisture. 5.Now reinsert the battery and turn on. . 6. Still dead ? Plug in the phone without the battery If that works just buy a new battery And next time try staying off while in the bathroom.
"The Control Freak"
edited by Jack Mobley
Those who try to control other people are, simply put, not nice-and probably have deeper issues, most notably 'Codependency'. Here are some ways to recognize a controlling person and respond accordingly.
Keep track of your relationships. A controlling person will try to cause trouble between you and your friends. This is in order to isolate you from others. Be sure to stay aware of these traits.
Why A Teen Who Talks Back May Have A Bright Future
by Patti Neighmond, January 3, 2012
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If you're the parent of a teenager, you likely find yourself routinely embroiled in disputes with your child. Those disputes are the symbol of teen developmental separation from parents.
It's a vital part of growing up, but it can be extraordinarily wearing on parents. Now researchers suggest that those spats can be tamed and, in the process, provide a lifelong benefit to children.
Researchers from the University of Virginia recently published their findings in the journal Child Development. Psychologist Joseph P. Allen headed the study.
Allen says almost all parents and teenagers argue. But it's the quality of the arguments that makes all the difference.
"We tell parents to think of those arguments not as nuisance but as a critical training ground," he says. Such arguments, he says, are actually mini life lessons in how to disagree — a necessary skill later on in life with partners, friends and colleagues on the job.
Teens should be rewarded when arguing calmly and persuasively and not when they indulge in yelling, whining, threats or insults, he says.
Why We fight...
Arguments disputes, disagreements fights
Are all forms of CONFLICT.
a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.
.controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties.
discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles: a conflict of ideas.
a striking together; collision.
incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule.
"If You Can't Dazzle People With Footwork, Baffle Them With BS"
The leaders of the conservative right ( GOP) in this country wants you to believe in the following:
President Obama in not a U.S.citizen, nor a christian.
Women have no rights when it come to abortion, and abortion should be OUTLAWED.
President Obama is the FOODSTAMP President.
Parents should home school their children.
Health Care Law is unconstutional.
GEORGE CARLIN: " CONSERVATIVES WANT LIVE BABIES, SO THEY CAN GROWUP TO BE DEAD SOLDIERS. "
The History of R & B
Rhythm and Blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s.[1] The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular.[2]
The term has subsequently had a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s and beyond, the term rhythm and blues was frequently applied to blues records.[3] Starting in the 1950s, after this style of music contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term "R&B" became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. By the 1970s, rhythm and blues was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as contemporary R&B.
S O U L R O O T S :
"A Matter of Record"
34% whites on food stamps
22% blacks on food stamps
17% hispanics on food stamps
Source: USDA
SOUL ROOTS
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Understanding society can help you understand your own life. Sociology is the scientific study of society, sociology is the study of a group not an individual.
CULTURE : Culture isn't something we are born with, it is something we learn. Culture can simple be defined as shared understandings, everything in your head you share with other people.
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SOCIOLOGY FOR DUMMIES
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Under The Radar
Add slaves to a math equation and what do you get: Upset parents in Gwinnett County
10:35 pm January 6, 2012, by Maureen Downey
I understand cross pollination between subjects, but interjecting slave imagery into a math problem without any context does not seem to fit the bill.
As a parent, I would have been dismayed to discover my 9-year-old figuring out such math problems as, “Each tree had 56 oranges. If 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?”
And parents in Gwinnett were perplexed and disturbed by such math questions on a third grade math worksheet, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Some American politicians use the media ( T.V. Newspapers, and The Internet ) to communicate to the American people, what's going on in the government. Sometimes the politics will convey half-truths, as well as down-right lies, which can be proven, or disproven, by researching the information.
CNN, MSNBC, FOXNEWS The Wall Street Journal, Newyork Times should not be considered as statements etched in stone, but can be opinions marketed to sound like TRUTH.
The White House is Up For Grabs...
President Barrack Obama (Democrat)
Mitt Romney (Republican)
Rick Santourum
Newt Gingrich (Republican )
Ron Paul (Republican )
CONSERVATISM
CONSERVATIVES – believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. Believe the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals.Conservative policies generally emphasize empowerment of the individual to solve problems.
EXPLOITATION .
When American leaders exploit public fears to heard the public in directions they might not othewise choose, then fear itself can quickly become a self-perpetuating , free wheeling force .
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The Concervative Christian Culture
One of the most striking developments on the religious landscape over the past several decades has been the emergence of a coordinated well-defined coalition of conservative christians , known as the "Religious Right", this movement under the leaders like James Dobson (conservative christian minister), has played an important role in defining and influencing the debate over issues ranging fromabortion to capital punishment to taxation and budgeting.
F E A R ???
FEAR : FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL...
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving: A Crash Course in MADD
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was founded in 1980 by Candy Lightner, whose daughter was tragically killed by a drunk driver who was a repeat offender. The goal of MADD was to reduce drunk driving traffic fatalities and the organization has been highly effective in raising public disapproval of drunk driving. The proportion of traffic fatalities that are alcohol-related has dropped dramatically, in part because of MADD's good efforts. For more, visit Drinking and Driving.
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by Jack Mobley
After careful thought, and countless months of research, I have been able to write some important facts about life thats not always pretty, but can be a learning tool for your life skills management. This writing, is deadicated to my Daughter Tonya Mobley Sanders who is my HERO !!!
MIAMI – Florida Senator and rising GOP star Marco Rubio was baptized as a Mormon during his childhood along with other members of his immediate family, according to a new report Thursday.
Najibullah Quraishi journeys deep into the Afghan countryside to reveal the deadly bargain local farm families have been forced to make with drug smugglers in order to survive.
edited by Jack Mobley
Those who try to control other people are, simply put, not nice-and probably have deeper issues, most notably 'Codependency'. Here are some ways to recognize a controlling person and respond accordingly.
