October 17, 2005
I thought we had to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination...
White Legislator Charges Black Caucus With Racial Discrimination
October 14, 2005 A white lawmaker in Tennessee has been barred from becoming a member of the state's Black Caucus. State representative Stacey Campfield says he attempted to join the black political group in order to better serve the large minority constituency in his precinct. However, the Knoxville Republican says a leader of the Black Caucus told him that, because he is not black, he cannot become a full member or even obtain a copy of the group's bylaws without a court order or an attorney general's opinion.
...Members of the Black Caucus have labeled Campfield a racist white separatist, but he dismisses those accusations by pointing out that it is the Caucus that is engaging in racial separatism. "I was never a big believer in separate but equal," he argues. "I don't think it worked in the 1960s and I don't think it works now. I think we need to go with full, equal membership. If we're going to have equality, let's have equality across the board."
Campfield feels the Black Caucus membership policies are racist and has been vocal and controversial in his public criticism of what he sees as the group's discriminatory practices.
...Recently, the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) joined the Nashville chapter in calling on the state Republican leadership to publicly censure Campfield for remarks he made comparing the Caucus to the Ku Klux Klan... (Hmmm... a bit like the pot calling the kettle black...)
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/142005c.asp
More of the pot calling the kettle black...
MADONNA WARNS: ALL WILL GO TO HELL IF DON'T TURN FROM WICKED BEHAVIOR
The former Material Girl now believes "the beast is the modern world that we live in!"
"The material world. The physical world. The world of illusion, that we think is real. We live for it, we're enslaved by it. And it will ultimately be our undoing," Madonna explains in her new documentary film, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET.
In the movie, Madonna warns how people "are going to go to hell, if they don't turn from their wicked behavior."
Chris Wallace: Media Bias 'Astonishing'
Oct. 16, 2005 "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace said Friday that since leaving the mainstream networks behind to join Fox he's noticed an "astonishing" amount of biased reporting on the part of his former colleagues.
"I came from the mainstream media and I didn't used to feel this way," Wallace told WRKO Boston radio host Howie Carr.
..."Fox News wouldn't exist if it weren't for this kind of stuff going on in the mainstream media," Wallace told Carr. "That's why people are fed up with that and want the antidote to it because they get it and they've gotten it for years - the so-called bias in the objective press."
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/10/16/80900.shtml
University finds student Social Security numbers on Internet
October 15, 2005 MONTCLAIR, N.J. -- Montclair State University has warned 9,100 undergraduate students that it accidentally posted their names and Social Security numbers on the Internet for nearly four months.
...Information technology staff at the university became aware of the problem after an undergraduate student notified them that he has stumbled upon the information while making an Internet search on Google.
"He just happened to stumble over it," Frechette said. "Fortunately, he was quick to alert our IT department."
The files with the information were removed Oct. 7. The state Attorney General's Office was also contacted so that they could request that Google and other Internet search engines clear out their caches and erase any remaining links to the information...
Frechette said there were no more links remaining by Wednesday evening.
...The university advised students to get new copies of their credit reports and alert police if there was anything suspicious.
...Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey earlier this year approved a law under which New Jersey colleges will phase out use of Social Security numbers on class rosters, grade postings and student identification cards. (that is a good move)
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/ny-bc-nj--numbersmix-up1015oct15%2C0%2C4035952%2Cprint.story
High School Band Pulls Song Over One Letter
October 16, 2005 In preparation for a guest appearance at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, the marching band at C.D. Hylton High School had a logical and seemingly innocuous idea: play a Georgia-themed song. They decided on "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," by the Charlie Daniels Band.
But early this month, a local newspaper, the Potomac News, published a letter by a Woodbridge resident who, after having seen the C.D. Hylton Bulldawg Marching Band perform the country-western hit at a football game, wondered how a song about the devil could be played at school events, because of the separation of church and state.
Fearing bad public reaction, Hylton's longtime band director, Dennis Brown, pulled the song from the playlist. "I was just being protective of my students. I didn't want any negative publicity for C.D. Hylton High School," he said.
But Brown's strategy backfired. The decision has created a furor, and even Charlie Daniels has weighed in... "I am a Christian, and I don't write pro-devil songs. Most people seem to get it. It's a fun little song," Daniels said Friday in a telephone interview from Mokena, Ill., where he was scheduled to perform a concert. "I think it's a shame that the [marching band director] would yield to one piece of mail. If people find out that he can be manipulated that easily, he's going to have a hard way to go."
....As for that nettlesome letter writer, Robert McLean? He said he meant to start a philosophical debate, not to wreck any student's marching band experience. Besides, he said, "It was one of the first 45s I had as a kid."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501492_pf.html
N.J. Cops Find Alligator in Flooded Yard
Oct 15 Piscataway police recovered a 3-foot long alligator in the backyard of a house on Saturday. "It's not normal to find an alligator around here," said Lt. George Maurer. He added with a chuckle, "I know we've had a lot of rain."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051015/ap_on_re_us/brf_flooding_alligator&printer=1
White Legislator Charges Black Caucus With Racial Discrimination
October 14, 2005 A white lawmaker in Tennessee has been barred from becoming a member of the state's Black Caucus. State representative Stacey Campfield says he attempted to join the black political group in order to better serve the large minority constituency in his precinct. However, the Knoxville Republican says a leader of the Black Caucus told him that, because he is not black, he cannot become a full member or even obtain a copy of the group's bylaws without a court order or an attorney general's opinion.
...Members of the Black Caucus have labeled Campfield a racist white separatist, but he dismisses those accusations by pointing out that it is the Caucus that is engaging in racial separatism. "I was never a big believer in separate but equal," he argues. "I don't think it worked in the 1960s and I don't think it works now. I think we need to go with full, equal membership. If we're going to have equality, let's have equality across the board."
Campfield feels the Black Caucus membership policies are racist and has been vocal and controversial in his public criticism of what he sees as the group's discriminatory practices.
...Recently, the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) joined the Nashville chapter in calling on the state Republican leadership to publicly censure Campfield for remarks he made comparing the Caucus to the Ku Klux Klan... (Hmmm... a bit like the pot calling the kettle black...)
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/142005c.asp
More of the pot calling the kettle black...
MADONNA WARNS: ALL WILL GO TO HELL IF DON'T TURN FROM WICKED BEHAVIOR
The former Material Girl now believes "the beast is the modern world that we live in!"
"The material world. The physical world. The world of illusion, that we think is real. We live for it, we're enslaved by it. And it will ultimately be our undoing," Madonna explains in her new documentary film, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET.
In the movie, Madonna warns how people "are going to go to hell, if they don't turn from their wicked behavior."
Chris Wallace: Media Bias 'Astonishing'
Oct. 16, 2005 "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace said Friday that since leaving the mainstream networks behind to join Fox he's noticed an "astonishing" amount of biased reporting on the part of his former colleagues.
"I came from the mainstream media and I didn't used to feel this way," Wallace told WRKO Boston radio host Howie Carr.
..."Fox News wouldn't exist if it weren't for this kind of stuff going on in the mainstream media," Wallace told Carr. "That's why people are fed up with that and want the antidote to it because they get it and they've gotten it for years - the so-called bias in the objective press."
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/10/16/80900.shtml
University finds student Social Security numbers on Internet
October 15, 2005 MONTCLAIR, N.J. -- Montclair State University has warned 9,100 undergraduate students that it accidentally posted their names and Social Security numbers on the Internet for nearly four months.
...Information technology staff at the university became aware of the problem after an undergraduate student notified them that he has stumbled upon the information while making an Internet search on Google.
"He just happened to stumble over it," Frechette said. "Fortunately, he was quick to alert our IT department."
The files with the information were removed Oct. 7. The state Attorney General's Office was also contacted so that they could request that Google and other Internet search engines clear out their caches and erase any remaining links to the information...
Frechette said there were no more links remaining by Wednesday evening.
...The university advised students to get new copies of their credit reports and alert police if there was anything suspicious.
...Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey earlier this year approved a law under which New Jersey colleges will phase out use of Social Security numbers on class rosters, grade postings and student identification cards. (that is a good move)
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/ny-bc-nj--numbersmix-up1015oct15%2C0%2C4035952%2Cprint.story
High School Band Pulls Song Over One Letter
October 16, 2005 In preparation for a guest appearance at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, the marching band at C.D. Hylton High School had a logical and seemingly innocuous idea: play a Georgia-themed song. They decided on "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," by the Charlie Daniels Band.
But early this month, a local newspaper, the Potomac News, published a letter by a Woodbridge resident who, after having seen the C.D. Hylton Bulldawg Marching Band perform the country-western hit at a football game, wondered how a song about the devil could be played at school events, because of the separation of church and state.
Fearing bad public reaction, Hylton's longtime band director, Dennis Brown, pulled the song from the playlist. "I was just being protective of my students. I didn't want any negative publicity for C.D. Hylton High School," he said.
But Brown's strategy backfired. The decision has created a furor, and even Charlie Daniels has weighed in... "I am a Christian, and I don't write pro-devil songs. Most people seem to get it. It's a fun little song," Daniels said Friday in a telephone interview from Mokena, Ill., where he was scheduled to perform a concert. "I think it's a shame that the [marching band director] would yield to one piece of mail. If people find out that he can be manipulated that easily, he's going to have a hard way to go."
....As for that nettlesome letter writer, Robert McLean? He said he meant to start a philosophical debate, not to wreck any student's marching band experience. Besides, he said, "It was one of the first 45s I had as a kid."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501492_pf.html
N.J. Cops Find Alligator in Flooded Yard
Oct 15 Piscataway police recovered a 3-foot long alligator in the backyard of a house on Saturday. "It's not normal to find an alligator around here," said Lt. George Maurer. He added with a chuckle, "I know we've had a lot of rain."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051015/ap_on_re_us/brf_flooding_alligator&printer=1
posted by David Bennett | 7:40 PM
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