TALE OF A MASSACHUSETTS VICTORY!

9:38 p.m. -- “I have no interest in sugar coating what happened in Massachusetts. There is a lot of anxiety in the country right now. Americans are understandably impatient" -- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendez.

“In the days ahead, we will sort through the lessons of Massachusetts: the need to redouble our efforts on the economy, the need to show that our commitment to real change is as powerful as it was in 2008, and the reality that we cannot take a single thing for granted and cannot afford even a second of complacency.

9:13 p.m. -- Coakley has conceded in a call to Scott Brown, according to a Brown aide.

9:09 p.m. -- At least Coakley won her hometown of North Adams, 2,854-965.

9:07 p.m. -- Bad news for Coakley from Woburn: The Brown margin there is wider than the margin for Romney against O'Brien in 2002. More bad news from Fall River, a traditional Democratic stronghold: Coakley wins there but with several thousand fewer votes than in 2002 and 2006.

8:45 p.m. -- A bad omen for Coakley in Boston's western suburbs? Take the town of Ashland, where Brown won 3,467-2,897. That's a turnaround from Democratic Governor Deval Patrick's 3,118-2,329 victory over Kerry Healey in 2006. And similar to Republican Governor Mitt Romney's 3,734-2,295 win over Shannon O'Brien in 2002.

8:33 p.m. -- Brown maintains early lead, 52 percent to 47 percent, with 8 percent of precincts reporting.

8:28 p.m. -- “The discussion outside is worrisome,” said State Representative Peter J. Koutoujian, a Waltham Democrat who was at the Coakley party. But Koutoujian said he had been making phone calls for Coakley earlier in the day and the positive response he had gotten “made me feel better about Martha’s pending victory.”

8:24 p.m. -- Brown jumps to an early lead, 52 percent to 47 percent, but that's just with 4 percent of precincts reporting.

8:22 p.m. -- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is expecting Brown to win. "He did what I couldn't do. It looks like he's going to win a seat for Massachusetts in the US Senate, and I congratulate him. He's been a strong candidate, run a good campaign, and he has made it very clear that the arrogance in Washington is being rejected by the people of Massachusetts and across the country."

8:14 p.m. -- The mood at the Coakley party is subdued. A few dozen people are snacking on hors d'oeuvres and checking their Blackberries.

8:10 p.m. -- At Coakley’s party in a giant ballroom at Sheraton Boston Hotel, the stage is draped with a huge American flag, Coakley’s name is projected on one wall, and Blue Soul, a rhythm-and-blues band, is playing. Aides said Coakley is in a room at the downtown hotel, awaiting results from the election.

8:07 p.m. -- The mood is upbeat in the packed ballroom where Brown supporters are gathering, with red, white, and blue balloons poised for a triumphant balloon drop in nets on the ceiling. At one table, Brown's daughter, Ayla, a former American Idol contestant, is expected to sign CDs.

8:03 p.m. -- At the Park Plaza ballroom where Brown supporters are gathering, senior Brown adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told NECN that the turning point for Brown was the Dec. 30 "JFK ad" which put the campaign on the map. "After that, it was like riding a rocket ship for 2 ½ to 3 weeks till today," he said.

8:01 p.m. -- Polls are closing around the state in the extraordinary race for US Senate featuring Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley. It's all over but the counting.

Brown Defeats Coakley In Mass. Race For Senate

BOSTON — In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to defeat Democrat Martha Coakley in a U.S. Senate election today that left President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marred the end of his first year in office.


The loss by the once-favored Coakley for the seat that the late Sen. Edward Kennedy held for nearly half a century signaled big political problems for the president’s party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.


More immediately, Brown will become the 41st Republican in the 100-member Senate, which could allow the GOP to block the president’s health care legislation and the rest of Obama’s agenda. Democrats needed Coakley to win for a 60th vote to thwart Republican filibusters.


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Wicomico County Executive Request New Library Money?

Last night House Bill 99 was filed and showed-up on the Maryland Legislature website. The bill's description describes funding to be used for 'planning and studies' for the Wicomico County library.

From reading the bill one gets the initial impression that Wicomico's County Executive might be seeking funds for the planning and/or feasibility study for a new future library. As an observer at a recent Wicomico County Budget hearing held at the Civic Center, it was obvious that this capital project has drawn considerable consternation among our taxpaying public - especially in light of our sagging local economy.

For those of you who visit this website - I urge you to contact the sponsoring Delegates and let them know how you feel about the proposed project. Sometimes the 'right hand doesn't always know what the left hand is doing' thus it is incumbent upon the taxpayers to relay their sentiments and let their elected State representatives know how they feel about such a large capital expenditure.

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How Coakley (Probably) Blew It In Massachusetts

Nine days ago, on Jan. 10, The Boston Globe carried a rather heartening headline for Democrats: “Senate Poll: Coakley Up 15 Points.” Now, on the morning of the Massachusetts special election pitting State Sen. Scott Brown (R) against Bay State Attorney General Martha Coakley (D), the tables have not so much turned as spun wildly out of control, crashed through the windows, burst into flames and exploded, leaving nothing behind but a smoldering heap of post-apocalyptic rubble.

Since last Thursday, eight polls have been released in Massachusetts. One, by Research 2000, shows a tied race. The rest show Brown clobbering Coakley by anywhere from 3 to 15 percentage points. Which means that as voters begin to trickle into the polls this morning, it's looking increasingly likely that Brown will win the seat that liberal icon Teddy Kennedy had occupied since 1962—the bluest seat in one of the bluest states in the Union—and become the first Republican senator from Massachusetts in nearly 40 years. As one veteran political observer put it yesterday, "If Brown wins, and he may, it will be the biggest political upset of my adult life.”

Despite all the Democratic hand-wringing, garment-rending, and finger-pointing already on display in the press, the answer, I think, is actually pretty simple: the Coakley campaign took the voters of Massachusetts for granted. Usually, this wouldn't have been much of a problem; the state is so overwhelmingly Democratic that any candidate with a "D" attached to his or her name is virtually guaranteed victory. Clearly, Coakley was counting on Massachusetts's liberal history to carry her effortlessly across the finish line. But this year, in this political environment, that wasn't enough—and the assumption that it was has turned out to be the very thing that may do her in.


Let's review, shall we? On Dec. 8, 2009, Coakley won the Democratic Senate primary by a whopping 19 percentage points. A normal candidate would've hit the streets, shaken some hands, given some speeches, and taken the fight to her opponent. But Coakley, who was leading Brown in the polls by 31 percent at that point, decided to "go dark" instead. Her logic was simple and seemingly safe: during the holidays, voters aren't paying attention to politics, so why give them an opportunity to turn against me when I can just quietly back into the job? As Globe columnist Brian McGrory wrote earlier this month, she "isn’t doing anything in public—no meetings with voters, no debates, no public appearances. For all we know, she's spending much of her time at home with the shades drawn waiting for Jan. 19, Election Day, to come and go."

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This Just In: Another Bad Accident

Joe: There is a bad accident at Mt. Hermon and Mt. Hermon Church Rd. and it is all blocked off at 4:30. 2 ambulances on the scene and a fire engine.

Mayor Ireton On CNBC

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Maryland State Trooper Involved In A Personal Injury Accident

The Vienna Bridge on Rt. 50 has been closed due to a motor vehicle accident involving a Maryland State Trooper.

We'll try to keep everyone posted as to when they'll reopen the Bridge.

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'Weak Tea' Conservative: Tea Party A "Furious Rejectionist Frenzy"

If Republican Scott Brown wins the Massachusetts special election today, the Bay State will have its first GOP senator since the era when disco was king. And Brown will have the much-derided Tea Party legions to thank. They've turned out in force, hoping he'll provide the vote needed to strangle Obamacare.

That ought to give pause to the "reformist" conservatives insisting that Reagan-Goldwater conservatism is dead. Yet the reformists' unofficial leader, former Bush speechwriter David Frum, puts a different spin on what Massachusetts portends.

Brown is no "talk-radio conservative," Frum maintains: As a state senator, he "voted in favor of Mitt Romney's health plan" and supported greenhouse gas curbs. It would be "a travesty" if his victory empowered "anger, paranoia and extremism," which is how Frum characterizes rank-and-file "rejectionism."

But it isn't a desire for Romney-ish RINOism that has Tea Partiers sleeping on couches and getting the vote out for Brown. They're Exhibit A in what Frum recently termed the "furious rejectionist frenzy" motivating the GOP base.

"It's the rank and file who are the problem here!" Frum exclaimed: It has hamstrung GOP leaders by preventing them from cutting deals with President Obama.

Whatever Tuesday's election result, this much is clear: The small-government movement has little to learn from Weak Tea Conservatives like Frum, whose desperate search for relevance blinds them to the facts on the ground.


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OCPD STOPS BURGLARY IN PROGRESS THANKS TO HELP FROM CITIZEN

Once again, the partnership between the Ocean City Police Department and the residents of the community was demonstrated when a citizen called the police while witnessing a burglary at a
neighbor’s residence. On Thursday, January 14, 2010, a citizen advised police that he witnessed three men attempting to break into a house located on the opposite side of the canal from his residence.

As Ocean City Police arrived in the area of incident, they witnessed three men coming from the back porch of a house on Peach Tree Road. After a brief foot pursuit, all three men were apprehended by police, with assistance from an OCPD K-9. The suspects were identified
as James Anthony Haynes, 24, of Willards, Maryland, Frank Allen Dowling, 24, of Pittsville, Maryland and Stephen Marcus Brinson, 28, of Parsonsburg, Maryland. Haynes, Dowling and Brinson were charged with First Degree Burglary, Third Degree Burglary, Fourth Degree Burglary, Theft under $10, 000 and Malicious Destruction of Property. In addition, Brinson was charged with Possession of CDS. Haynes, Dowling and Brinson were seen by a District Court Commissioner, held on $250,000 bond and transferred to Worcester County Jail. The stolen items, which had a value of approximately $2,000, were recovered by police.

The Ocean City Police Department once again expresses it’s gratitude for the partnership with the Ocean City community. The diligent efforts of the residents and the willingness to get involved demonstrates the type of community policing that has continued to create a safe and
enjoyable place for both residents and visitors of Ocean City. The Ocean City Police Department continues to encourage citizens to follow their hunches and call the police if something does not feel or seem right.

MSP Press Release

LOCATION: East Wicomico County-Parsonsburg/Pittsville area
CASE NUMBER: 10-54-000555
CRIME: Theft from Motor vehicle
VICTIM: Numerous
Suspect: Unknown


BRIEF RESUME: On 01-19-10 at 0622 hours Tfc. Perdue was distpatched to the area of Brantly Dr. in Salisbury, Wicomico Co., MD for a theft(s) from a motor vehicle. Afterwards the Salisbury BK received numerous calls in reference to approximately 11 additional vehicles that were also broken into. Some vehicles were unlocked, as for the locked vehicles they appeared to be broken into by way of pry tools (lock pick tools). The main items that were taken were portable electronics GPS, DVD players, and a camera. The investigation led troopers as far East to the town of Pittsville. Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Salisbury Barrack @ 410-749-3101.

'Tea Party' Activists Feel Slighted By GOP

Just when the Republican Party appears poised for big pickups in the 2010 midterm elections, a ragtag band of grass-roots conservatives millions strong and fiercely motivated, but with no national leader, threatens to split the Grand Old Party in two.

Leading figures in the burgeoning "tea party" movement complain they are being ignored by the Republican National Committee, despite having already shown their clout in taking down moderate Republicans in a New York special House race and the Florida Republican Party hierarchy.

"I have called into the RNC many times, and they still haven't called me back," said Dale Robertson, head of TeaParty.org, which he claims has upwards of 7 million members. "I've called them, lots of times. I called them this morning. I called them yesterday. It's like they ignore you as they try to figure out a strategy on how to defeat you."

Several other tea party activists talked of a similar lack of communication, despite an NBC-Wall Street Journal survey last month that just 28 percent of voters had a positive view of Republicans, compared with 35 percent for Democrats and 41 percent who report positive feelings about the tea party movement.

"It's important for Republicans to recognize they can only be a majority if they find a way to absorb the tea party movement and absorb the anger against Washington and against big government," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told The Washington Times. "That's the only way the Republicans can prosper in the next few years."

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Blind Industries Holds First Annual Food Drive In Memory Of Sarah Foxwell

The Cutting Division for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland has made a pledge to help re-stock all food banks on the Eastern Shore. This, being our first annual food drive, will be dedicated to our fellow coworkers’ and family members that have passed away in 2009.

As a special mention, we are also dedicating this years food drive in memory of Sarah H. Foxwell and to all the men and women who have served and died for this great country in our conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

If you would like to participate in this years food drive, please contact Andrew Larmore at (410) 749-4305. Below is a list of needed food items that may be dropped off at our location, 1303 Old Ocean City Road, Monday through Friday from 6:30 AM until 2:30 PM.

The Most Needed Food Items are:
Canned meat, ham & chicken, stews & spreads, tuna, sardines, salmon, peanut butter, macaroni & cheese, canned nuts, seeds & dried beans (no glass please).

Canned fruits & juices, vegetables, soup, sauces/salad dressing & applesauce (no glass please).

Baking mixes, muffin & roll mixes, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, rice, rice cakes & pasta

Evaporated milk, powdered milk, infant formula, cheese foods, puddings & custards

We are proud to serve our city, state and country in these tough times and give back to those in need and to all who have lost their jobs this past year due to our present economic situation. Anyone wishing to visit and tour our facility may do so by calling Patrick Tilghman at (410) 749-4305. Thank you for your support.

Judge Davis Writes Personal Check For Eight, $500.00 Trash Cans

Circuit Court Judge Donald Davis has just informed the County Council he takes full responsibility for the purchase of 8 trash cans. Judge Davis stated, "I think the purchase was a mistake."

Councilwoman Stevie Prettyman stated she did not expect Judge Davis to pay for these trash cans out of his own pocket and wished he would reconsider that. The Council President concurred.

Judge Davis stated he'd leave it up to the Council to decide if they'll accept his check.

Foreign Demand For U.S. Assets Rises

Continued strong demand for U.S. debt is crucial to finance deficits

WASHINGTON - Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets jumped sharply in November, rising to the highest level in more than two years even though China's holdings of Treasury securities fell.

Continued strong demand for U.S. debt is critical to financing America's soaring budget deficits and keeping domestic interest rates low enough to support a sustained economic recovery.

The Treasury Department said Tuesday that foreigners purchased $126.8 billion more in assets than they sold in November, the largest gain since an increase of $128.9 billion in October 2007.

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Obama Tax Prompts Put-Upon Bankers To Break Out The Violins

The industry is loudly protesting the proposed $90 billion levy. But the amount is a pittance, says Bloomberg BusinessWeek columnist Chris Farrell

The keening from the banking industry in response to the Obama Administration's proposal to levy a special $90 billion tax on the largest banks is almost touching. It's unfair. It's punitive. It's vindictive. Worst of all, banks won't pay the fee anyway. Their customers will.

"Using tax policy to punish people is a bad idea," said JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Chief Executive Jamie Dimon in remarks after a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearing in Washington earlier in the week. "All businesses tend to pass their costs on to customers."

What is it that has bankers upset? The Administration wants to charge banks a fee that is expected to raise some $90 billion over 10 years. (The two biggest U.S. banks, Bank of America [BAC] and JPMorgan, will be on the hook for $1.5 billion each, according to a report by Wisco Research analyst Sean Ryan.) The money will go toward defraying the cost of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which used taxpayer money to prop up a tottering U.S. banking system at the height of the financial crisis. The tax calculation limits the impact of the fee to larger banks, and it's designed to create an incentive for banks to stay smaller and keep their leverage in check.

"It's not unfair to say that these big institutions that have benefited one way or another have got to carry part of that burden," said Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman and Obama Administration adviser in a recent talk before the Economic Club of New York.

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FACEBOOK FULL OF FAKE HAITI FUNDRAISERS

Fake fundraising efforts for the Haiti disaster are spreading like wildfire on Facebook. Dozens of fan pages have been set up, urging users to join and promising a $1 donation for each member. One group this weekend attracted 1.5 million members before it was disabled.

Meanwhile, during the weekend, Facebook officials had to beat back a rumor that the firm had promised a $1 donation for every member that changed their status to include a message about Haiti.

"This status is being tracked, the owners of facebook have confirmed they will send $1 to the rescue fund for the Haiti earthquake disaster for everytime this is cut and paste as a status," read one form of the bogus claim. "You only have to leave it for a minimum of 1 hour. Lets all do our bit to help."

Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said the firm took aggressive steps to quell the rumor. It posted a note on its blog on Saturday warning about the bogus message.

"Beware of scams and hoaxes and ensure that your donations for Haiti get to the right places," the social networking company wrote on its blog. Contrary to a current meme, Facebook is not donating $1 for statuses, however we are sharing reputable resources via the "Other Pages" tab on the Global Disaster Relief on Facebook Page."

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Buried In Haiti Rubble, U.S. Dad Wrote Goodbyes

But with iPhone info, he treated his injuries and was rescued after 65 hours

The words on the pages of the plain black notebook are written in a semi-scrawl, punctuated by smears of blood — stark evidence of the desperation in which they were written.

Sitting with his wife, Christina, in Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital, Dan Woolley showed the notebook to TODAY’s Meredith Vieira via satellite hookup Tuesday. Trapped for 65 hours under tons of wreckage in the lobby of his hotel by Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake and knowing he could die, Woolley had written notes to his two young boys and his wife.

“I always wanted to survive, but I knew that was something that I couldn’t control. So I decided if I had to go, I wanted to leave some last notes for them,” Woolley said. Opening the book and fighting his emotions, he read an entry he addressed to his sons, Josh, 6, and Nathan, 3:

“I was in a big accident. Don’t be upset at God. He always provides for his children, even in hard times. I’m still praying that God will get me out, but He may not. But He will always take care of you.”

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Brooke Mulford Goes Home Today

Brooke was scheduled to be discharged today (Monday) but her blood pressure was low again last night so this morning we decided that staying one more night so that her BP can be monitored would be best. Brooke was thrilled to get to stay another day (sometimes I think she likes it here a little too much!) and I never mind an extra day in our comfort zone of CHOP. It is almost 1am and her last BP was 80/50's so I feel confident that we will go home tomorrow.

Thank you so much for all the prayers and encouragement this past round. I love reading everyone's guestbook messages and scripture verses.

God Bless,

Amy

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Wargotz Drops His Own Campaign Agenda For The Moment & Heads To Mass.

Last night I received a call from Eric Wargotz filling me in on the incredible electricity & excitement going on in Massachusetts. I have to admit Folks, I wish I was there myself.

Eric explained how he just felt he needed to put his own agenda aside for a few days and get up there to show his support. When they arrived there was 6" of fresh snow on the ground but they had geared up for the elements and were prepared to take on whatever necessary to show their support.

I will be getting regular check in calls from Eric to keep us posted here on Salisbury News as to the freshest information on the campaign trail. I have also been told they'll be sending pictures as well, some time on Wednesday.

Eric is a smart man to use the Blogs as his main resource for news and information and we personally appreciate his keeping all of us posted on current events.

ANOTHER REVOLUTION COULD TAKE FIRE IN MASSACHUSETTS TODAY!

Every school child learns where and how the American Revolution began in April 1775 – the "midnight ride" prelude to the Minutemen, some having been felled by "the shot heard ‘round the world," attacking British troops, thereby putting the fat in the fire that burned until the surrender at Yorktown, Virginia over six years later.

Almost 235 years later, another revolution may ignite in Massachusetts. This one, hopefully, will burn for two plus years and result in the end of the Obama agenda and also the political career of both him and his ilk (Pelosi, Hoyer, Frank, Shumer and Reid, to name a few).

Patriots: keep your fingers crossed and your powder dry.

And now a few words from Mr. Longfellow. . .

Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

You know the rest. In the books you have read
How the British Regulars fired and fled,
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load.

So through the night rode Paul Revere;
And so through the night went his cry of alarm
To every Middlesex village and farm,
A cry of defiance, and not of fear,
A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door,
And a word that shall echo for evermore!
For, borne on the night-wind of the Past,
Through all our history, to the last,
In the hour of darkness and peril and need,
The people will waken and listen to hear
The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed,
And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

IS POLLITT’S PARKING LOT WORTH MORE THAN LAND AT THE CENTRE AT SALISBURY?

Warning: sit down and take a deep breath before reading this!

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock recently or were without Internet access to this blog you know that Rick Pollitt wants Wicomico County to purchase part (5 acres) of the site of the former "Salisbury Mall" for $300,000 per acre, or about $1.5 Million. The site has been unused by its owner since long before the structure was demolished.

Now, hear this: at the Centre at Salisbury, which is the reason why the old mall went belly-up, several lots ("pads") are on the market for $225,000 to 235,000 per acre. That’s significantly less per acre for land that is worth at least twice as much as the 5 acres at the old mall, directly across from the Civic Center, that Pollitt wants to buy with tax dollars. And now he is asking the Council to approve the purchase of another 10 or so acres there.

Frank Kratovil Admits Democrats Lied

On this morning’s Bill Reddish show on WICO-AM, First District Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-MD) admitted that his own party lied about the impact of ObamaCare on the federal budget.

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This Is How We Help Those In Such Need In Haiti

Answering the Call

When the Uprising Church in Hebron, MD received news that Salisbury natives Beverly and Tom Brumbley were still alive after an earthquake struck their home and the school that they run in Port a Prince Haiti almost a week ago today, they knew they had to answer the call for help.

Within a few days, working alongside the Brumbley’s who still reside in Salisbury, an effort to answer a call for help has turned into a effort to save a school community of children and a family a half a world away.

The Brumbleys, who run a school in Port a Prince and 4 satellite schools around the capital, spoke with Pastor Bill Cropper of the Uprising Church just a few days ago, stating “Please tell people to pray. We have nothing.”

Down to only 5 gallons of water, Pastor Bill Cropper and the Brumbley family here in Salisbury knew something would have to be done, and done fast.

A collaborated effort and an outpour of expedient support led to the delivery of 500 lbs of food and water by small plane to Tom and Bev Brumbley yesterday.
However, the effort to help this family and school of over 900 children in need does not stop here.. The Brumbley Haiti Relief Fund has been established here in Salisbury. With the support of the local Red Cross, PRMC, large corporations, and local businesses, an effort is being made to fill 9 trailers donated by Allied Trucking that are stationed around the Salisbury community with food and medical supplies for the Brumbley family and the school in which they lead. As soon as these trailers are filled, a local corporation has offered to ship 2 50,000 pound containers of those materials at no cost directly to the Brumbley s and their children in Haiti.

Donations have already begun to pour in as stories of young children emptying their piggy banks to purchase supplies in order to make a difference have inspired others. In 3 days the effort has raised over 40,000 dollars. The short term goal is to collect 100,000 lbs of supplies at the drop off spots throughout the area. The long term goal is to raise 500,000 dollars to rebuild these schools and these peoples lives in Haiti.

For a list of supplies and how to make contributions go to http://www.theuprisingchurch.org/ and click on Brumbley Haiti Relief.


Beginning January 19th from 7am to 7pm supplies can be taken to one of these 9 locations

Oakley's Farm Market27466 Ocean GatewayRt. 50 Hebron, MD(Next to Shore Stop)

The Tabernacle ChurchNorth Campus9887 Bi-state Blvd Delmar, MD 21875
East CampusRt. 50 & Morris RdPittsville, MD 21850Hours: M-F 9am-5pm and at Sun morning services

Redmen Lodge103 Clyde AveFruitland, MD 21826
Shorebird Stadium6400 Hobbs Rd.Salisbury, MD 21804

Zia's Italian Grill2408 N. Salisbury Blvd. Salisbury, MD 21801

Barrett Chevrolet, Inc10419 Old Ocean City Blvd.Berlin, MD 21811

Next to ApplebeesOff Rt. 50 in West Ocean City

Dorsey Marshall State Farm Insurance
Princess Anne MD

Pastor Bill Cropper states that another plane will be taking a smaller amount of medical supplies and food as well as local relief responders as early as tomorrow.

Let’s rally as a city, a county and the Eastern Shore and come to the immediate and long term aid of these Salisbury natives and the over 1000 children and their families that they are responsible for in Port A Prince Haiti.

For more information or ways you can help the Brumbley family and the school they lead, please contact http://www.theuprisingchurch.org/

UPDATE: We were just informed that some of the individuals that were supposed to leave Salisbury last night to head to Haiti had their flight cancelled. It turns out another rescue group had flown out there and were murdered for their food & supplies and the rest of the incoming flights were cancelled.

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TROOPERS CHARGE MAN AND WOMAN WITH PROSTITUTION CHARGES

On January 19, 2010 at 1:45 am, Troopers from the Salisbury Barrack of the Maryland State Police were patrolling in the area of Poplar Hill Avenue in Salisbury Maryland. In that area they observed a female subject wave down a vehicle that was travelling in the area. The vehicle returned and picked up the female subject. The vehicle was subsequently stopped for a traffic violation. Through further investigation, Troopers learned that the driver of the vehicle, Russell Lee Camper, Jr. 27, of Salisbury picked up the female, Angela Lynn Parkinson, 42, of Princess Anne for the purpose of paying her U. S. currency in exchange for sex. Both were arrested and transported to the Wicomico County Detention Center where Camper was charged with soliciting a prostitute and various traffic violations while Parkinson was charged with prostitution.

Allen West: GOP Should Follow MLK's Principles

Republicans need to follow the example of Martin Luther King Jr. and return to their basic principles if they plan to win big in this year’s midterm elections, says Lt. Col Allen West, a retired Iraq and Afghanistan veteran who is challenging Democratic Rep. Ron Klein in Florida’s 22nd congressional district.

West used King’s birthday as an opportunity to emphasize the importance of the slain civil rights leader’s belief in the importance of character and to critique the mentality that many black leaders have instilled.

“I think we need to be very careful about losing the sense of individualism, and when you look at this collective progressive mentality that has turned the black community into victims and dependent upon the government,” West, who himself is black, told Newsmax TV’s Kathleen Wolter and Ashley Martella.

West says many black clergy hold conservative values such as the need for self-reliance and personal responsibility, and believe in traditional family values even if they don’t self-identify as conservatives.

“It is just a matter of us connecting and getting them to contrast between liberal principles of victimization and conservative principles of empowerment,” he said.

Republicans, he says, can reclaim the trust that many blacks, including Martin Luther King Jr., gave them by emphasizing the heritage of defending their rights going back to that party’s 1854 foundation and not by trying to be all things to all people.

The GOP pioneered civil rights for blacks through the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution.

“The first congressmen of this country that were black congressmen were congressmen of the Republican Party,” West said. “Then you contrast that with the segregation laws, the Jim Crow laws and the founding of the Ku Klux Klan, which was the terrorist arm of the Democratic Party.”

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Michael Savage Talks To Mother Of Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna

On March 20th, 2009, Army Ranger 1st Lieutenant Michael Behenna was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing Ali Mansur, a known Al Qaeda operative while serving in Iraq.

Salisbury Police Department Press Release

On January 14, 2010 at approximately 3:15 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Community Action Team were in the area of Maryland Avenue and observed the below listed suspect acting in a suspicious manner. The suspect was hiding behind a fence. The officers approached the suspect on foot and found that the suspect had attempted to discard a plastic bag. The bag was recovered and found to contain a number of smaller bags of suspected marijuana.

ARRESTED: Jaquan Fredrick Cannon, 19 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES: Possession of marijuana with the intent to
distribute
Possession of marijuana
Possession of CDS/paraphernalia

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000002006

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Are You Dating A Loser? It's Something You Should Know Sooner Than Later

With the recent events occurring in and around the Salisbury area still fresh in our minds, and with others still an unpleasant memory, it seems a good time for each of us to take stock of what's good in our lives, and what isn't so good.

Many of us have had the experience of dating or "seeing" or "going out with" a person who was, at least maybe in the beginning, one that seemed to be the answer to a prayer, or from a scene in a happy dream . As many can attest, in the end they were far from what they first seemed.
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Very few relationships start on terms other than sweetness and politeness. In the beginning, “the honeymoon” of the relationship, it’s difficult to determine what type of individual you are dating. Both you and the date are guarded, trying to obtain information about the other as much as possible without seeming like a police detective.

Romantic relationships can be wonderful with the right person. A relationship with the wrong individual however can lead to years of heartache, emotional/social damage, and even physical damage. A damaging adult partner can damage us, damage our loved ones, and even damage the way we feel about love and romance in the future. They can turn what is supposed to be a loving, supporting, and understanding relationship into the “fatal attraction” often described in movies. A variety of “bad choices” may be encountered each week — most of which are easy to identify and avoid. We all know to avoid people that appear insane or abusive and not select them as a dating partner. However, some individuals are better at hiding their personality and behavior abnormalities. In an effort to provide some warning about these very damaging individuals, this paper will outline a type of individual commonly found in the dating scene, a male or female labeled “The Loser”.

“The Loser” is a type of partner that creates much social, emotional and psychological damage in a relationship. “The Loser” has permanent personality characteristics that create this damage. These are characteristics that they accept simply as the way they are and not a problem or psychological difficulty. In one sense, they have always lived with this personality and behavior, and it is often something they learned from their relatives/family. Psychologists usually treat the victims of “The Loser”, women or men who arrive at the office severely depressed with their self-confidence and self-esteem totally destroyed.

The following list is an attempt to outline the characteristics of “The Loser” and provide a manner in which women and men can identify potentially damaging relationships before they are themselves severely damaged emotionally or even physically. If your partner, male or female, possesses even one of these features, there is risk in the relationship. More than three of these indicators and you are involved with “The Loser” in a very high risk relationship that will eventually create damage to you. When a high number of these features are present — it’s not a ‘probably’ or a ‘possibly’. You will be hurt and damaged by this person if you stay in the relationship.

1.Rough Treatment: “The Loser” will hurt you on purpose. If he or she hits you, twists your arm, pulls your hair, kicks you, shoves you, or breaks your personal property EVEN ONCE, drop them. Male losers often begin with behaviors that move you physically or hit the wall. Female losers often slap, kick and even punch their male partners when upset.

2.Quick Attachment and Expression: “The Loser” has very shallow emotions and connections with others. One of the things that might attract you to “The Loser” is how quickly he or she says “I Love You” or wants to marry or commit to you. Typically, in less than a few weeks of dating you’ll hear that you’re the love of their life, they want to be with you forever....





Sound familiar so far? Maybe there's a reason for that.





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The SBYNews PD Theater

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Today's Cartoons:

Hep Cat Symphony (1949)

Boy Meets Dog (1938)

Our short feature:
Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle (1942)

U.S. War Department training film,

previously classified Restricted.

Today's Double Feature

Killers From Space (1954)

Starring Peter Graves.

"A scientist monitoring atomic tests, killed in a plane crash, is revived by aliens so he can spy on the tests and help them conquer the world." (IMDB)

Detour (1945)

"Man is involved in two freakish accidents that make him look like a murderer. Poverty row masterwork that is the most precise elucidation of the noir theme of explicit fatalism." ( film noir expert Spencer Selby)

Disclaimer: All linked films, as far as the poster can determine, are in Public Domain.

Today's Wildlife Photos By Scott Phoebus

Training

Italian Bread

Two old guys,one 80 and one 87, were sitting on their usual park bench one morning.

The 87 year old had just finished his morning jog and wasn't even short of breath.

The 80 year old was amazed at his friend's stamina and asked him what he did to have so much energy.

The 87 year old said, "Well, I eat Italian bread every day. It keeps your energy level high and you'll have great stamina with the ladies."

So, on the way home, the 80 year old stops at the bakery. As he was looking around, the lady asked if he needed any help.

He said, "Do you have any Italian bread "

She said, "Yes, there's a whole shelf of it. Would you like some?"

He said, "I want 5 loaves."

She said, "My goodness, 5 loaves .... by the time you get to the 5th loaf, it'll be hard."

He replied, "I can't believe it, everybody knows about this crap but me."

Know The TRUTH About The Government Health Care Bill H.R.3200

A Decade Of Decline

A decade of decline
Barbarians inside the gates in 2000-2009
Washington Times

By Jeffrey T. Kuhner

America is going the way of ancient Rome. The past decade will be remembered as the pivotal tipping point where the United States ceased to be a superpower. Like the Roman Empire in its later stages, America's imperial grandeur masked moral rot and economic decay.

The beginning of the 21st century promised continued U.S. global dominance. Our economic might seemed unrivaled; the dot-com boom had not yet gone bust. Washington was still basking in the warm glow of its victory in the Cold War. America bestrode the world like a military and economic colossus.

The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks changed everything. Like Rome and Imperial Britain, the United States embarked upon costly, prolonged wars in far-away countries. The result is that America remains mired in Iraq and Afghanistan. The two wars have cost more than 5,200 dead and $1 trillion with no victory or end in sight.

The fundamental mistake was made by President Bush. Contrary to popular myth, Mr. Bush was not a unilateralist conservative traditionalist; rather, he was a Great Society Republican who championed nation-building abroad and Big Government corporatism at home. Our goal should have been to smash the forces of global jihad through a strategy of total victory through total war - just as in World War II, when every domestic priority was subordinated to defeating the Axis Powers.

Instead, Mr. Bush tried to plant democracy in the sands of Mesopotamia and the stony soil of Afghanistan. He followed a foolish - and ultimately, destructive - policy of seeking to implement social engineering, nation-building projects. The result was imperial overstretch.

Moreover, he also stressed that America could have both guns and butter.

There was no need to choose. Tax cuts, federalizing education, a massive Medicare prescription drug plan, runaway government spending, soaring deficits, huge bank bailouts and expensive stimulus programs - Mr. Bush's brand of corporatist Keynesianism paved the way for socialism and reckless spending.

President Obama is making the same mistake. He is not the antithesis of Mr. Bush, but his culmination. Mr. Obama represents Bushism on steroids. He is seeking to erect a European-style social democracy characterized by a bloated public sector, a burdensome welfare state, economic sclerosis and foreign policy impotence.

Mr. Obama is slowly pushing America toward financial ruin. His $787 billion stimulus failed to regenerate the economy. His health care reform bill will cost taxpayers nearly $2.5 trillion. He has effectively nationalized the automakers, the financial sector and the banking system. His environmental regulations will stifle industry and manufacturing. Unemployment is high. The housing market continues to sag. Inflation is increasing. The dollar is plummeting. The nation's infrastructure is crumbling.

The budget deficit for 2009 was over $1.4 trillion. It is scheduled to be $1.5 trillion in 2010. Under his administration, the national debt is projected to explode by more than $10 trillion in 10 years. He is burying America under a mountain of debt. We are becoming the United States of Argentina.

Mr. Obama's decision to surge 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan is a dangerous - and reckless - escalation of the war. It will only deepen our military quagmire, draining America of further blood and treasure. Repeating the tragic mistakes of Vietnam, Mr. Obama is sending U.S. troops to die without a clear strategy for victory.

Yet, as Americans are being bled white in the caves and mountains of Afghanistan, terrorists are penetrating our homeland defenses.

The United States is increasingly vulnerable to Islamist attacks: Hezbollah is crossing our porous southern border, the Fort Hood massacre and the attempted suicide bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253. Similar to Rome in its final days, America is no longer feared or respected. Instead, we are being invaded - and slowly conquered - by barbarians.

Rome collapsed due to moral decline, pervasive corruption and a loss of will. The Roman Empire became plagued by crushing taxation, a ubiquitous bureaucracy, economic stagnation, political factionalism, military adventurism and a lack of civic virtue. Its culture had become so decadent - with its glorification of homosexuality, infanticide, sexual permissiveness and constant entertainment (such as circuses and games in the Coliseum) - that Rome was not only scorned but reviled.

America is repeating the same tragic mistakes. Our sexualized, celebrity-obsessed, libertine culture is despised around the world. Power trumps patriotism. Washington no longer embodies democratic virtue.

If America does not veer course quickly, we, too, like the Romans, will squander our glorious heritage.

Taco Bell Founder Dies At Age 86

Glen W. Bell launched Taco Bell in 1962 in Los Angeles area

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. - Glen W. Bell Jr., an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Taco Bell chain, has died. He was 86.

Bell died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, according to a statement posted Monday on the Taco Bell Web site.

The Irvine-based company did not release a cause of death.

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Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On January 12, 2010 at approximately 8:50 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to the Sears Department Store at the Centre at Salisbury for the report of a shoplifter. Upon arrival the officers met with store security who advised that store employees had observed the below listed suspect take clothing and jewelry items from the store without making payment. The property was recovered and returned to the store.

ARRESTED: Diana Elaine Griffin, 27 years of age
Pittsville, Maryland

CHARGES: Theft (under $ 100)

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000001668


On January 12, 2010 at approximately 10:50 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to a residence on the two hundred (200) block of Washington Street for the report of a domestic type assault. Upon arrival the officers met with an adult female victim who advised that she had been assaulted during a domestic argument.
The victim advised that as a result of the argument, the below listed suspect struck the victim in the facial area with his fists, then with a bottle. The victim had visible injuries and was transported to the Peninsula Regional Medical Center for treatment.

ARRESTED: Garry William Morris, 51 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES: Second degree assault (2 counts)
Reckless endangerment
Domestic related incident (2 counts)

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000001698


On January 13, 2010 at approximately 12:15 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to the Sav-A-Lot food store on Cypress Street for the report of a shoplifter. Upon arrival the officers met with store employees who advised the officers that the below listed suspect had been observed taking meat from the store without making payment. The suspect had left the store but was located by the officers several blocks away still in possession of the stolen meat. The meat was recovered and returned to the store.

ARRESTED: Karen Denise Holliday, 46 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES: Theft (under $ 100)

DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000001796


On January 13, 2010 at approximately 8:59 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police arrested the below listed suspect for an assault that occurred on January 5, 2010. On that date the suspect responded to the Sports Zone store on North Salisbury Boulevard and became involved in an altercation with a female juvenile. The altercation resulted in the suspect striking the victim in the head area with her fists which contained a metal object.

ARRESTED: Juvenile, 17 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland

CHARGES: First degree assault
Second degree assault

DISPOSITION: Released to Juvenile Justice
CC # 201000000677

SPLC Report: Return Of The Militias

The 1990s saw the rise and fall of the virulently antigovernment "Patriot" movement, made up of paramilitary militias, tax defiers and so-called "sovereign citizens." Sparked by a combination of anger at the federal government and the deaths of political dissenters at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and Waco, Texas, the movement took off in the middle of the decade and continued to grow even after 168 people were left dead by the 1995 bombing of Oklahoma City's federal building — an attack, the deadliest ever by domestic U.S. terrorists, carried out by men steeped in the rhetoric and conspiracy theories of the militias. In the years that followed, a truly remarkable number of criminal plots came out of the movement. But by early this century, the Patriots had largely faded, weakened by systematic prosecutions, aversion to growing violence, and a new, highly conservative president.

They're back. Almost a decade after largely disappearing from public view, right-wing militias, ideologically driven tax defiers and sovereign citizens are appearing in large numbers around the country. "Paper terrorism" — the use of property liens and citizens' "courts" to harass enemies — is on the rise. And once-popular militia conspiracy theories are making the rounds again, this time accompanied by nativist theories about secret Mexican plans to "reconquer" the American Southwest. One law enforcement agency has found 50 new militia training groups — one of them made up of present and former police officers and soldiers. Authorities around the country are reporting a worrying uptick in Patriot activities and propaganda. "This is the most significant growth we've seen in 10 to 12 years," says one. "All it's lacking is a spark. I think it's only a matter of time before you see threats and violence."

A key difference this time is that the federal government — the entity that almost the entire radical right views as its primary enemy — is headed by a black man. That, coupled with high levels of non-white immigration and a decline in the percentage of whites overall in America, has helped to racialize the Patriot movement, which in the past was not primarily motivated by race hate. One result has been a remarkable rash of domestic terror incidents since the presidential campaign, most of them related to anger over the election of Barack Obama. At the same time, ostensibly mainstream politicians and media pundits have helped to spread Patriot and related propaganda, from conspiracy theories about a secret network of U.S. concentration camps to wholly unsubstantiated claims about the president's country of birth.

Fifteen years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote then-Attorney General Janet Reno to warn about extremists in the militia movement, saying that the "mixture of armed groups and those who hate" was "a recipe for disaster." Just six months later, Oklahoma City's federal building was bombed. Today, the Patriot movement may not have the white-hot fury that it did in the 1990s. But the movement clearly is growing again, and Americans, in particular law enforcement officers, need to take the dangers it presents seriously. That is equally true for the politicians, pundits and preachers who, through pandering or ignorance, abet the growth of a movement marked by a proven predilection for violence.

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