Rock-N-Box

This event is called Rock-N-Box. It is being held at the Oasis Restaurant on 346 in Whaleyville and is an Amateur Boxing Show, sanctioned by USA Boxing and put on by Jake 'The Snake" Promotions on Saturday May 15th.

This outdoor event will feature boxers from as many as five states including boxers from Salisbury's Main St Gym.

Fernando Guerrero is the Guest Ring Announcer and Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling, Jake Smith at 410-375-9175.

Tickets are $15 Gen Adm, $300 for reserve table of 10 persons or $500 for a VIP Table of 10 persons. Live music and bands all day starting at 11am. Boxing starts at 1:00pm.

Nightly News At 6 PM

The Roller Coaster Ride Of Best Friends

In 1973 the Albero Family moved to Bowie, Maryland. Mom and Dad has just been divorced and we chose to leave California and come back east to be with Family.

For those of you who know Bowie, we moved into a rental home on Whitehall Drive, (the Whitehall section of Bowie). Bowie was a really cool place. Not perfect but it was a newer community with lots of kids everywhere you turned.

It didn't take but a few minutes after the moving van arrived, people started coming out of their homes to meet their new neighbors. It's funny how life works. Those very same people that came to meet us that very first day are still a HUGE part of my life today.

Bowie was the kind of Town where no one was rich, they were all on their way to becoming something though. In the Albero home, we wondered just how we could be so fortunate to be able to rent such a nice home and survive. Survival meant we had to help support Mom, so at a very young age, (especially my older Brothers) we had to go to school full time and then work full time. Bowie had one of the first early release programs in school where they allowed you to go off to work in high school after 4th period, (if your grades and credits were in order).

Not to be long winded but it wouldn't be fair to my eldest Brother if I didn't share the following. My eldest Brother not only got straight A's his entire life in school, he was accepted into the Coast Guard Academy in 1976. Mind you, the entire time we moved and lived in Bowie, my Brother busted his tail to keep his grades up as well as delivering Mom a weekly paycheck. None of us ever asked Mom for a penny of the money we earned, it was just a way of life. It was our way of staying off welfare and any government assistance.

During that time I quickly met several new friends, especially on that very first move in day. To this day, with the exception of only ONE of those old Best Friends, we have stayed in constant contact, supported each other in good and bad times and I guess you might say we've adjusted in many ways throughout the years.

Since everyone in Bowie pretty much knew the Albero Family, you know, the kids that many times showed up at school in the same clothes we wore the day before, broke, but always well behaved kids, there was a kind of respect everyone had towards my Mother. They knew we all worked after school and over time people stopped picking on us because we were so different.

One Family who lived only 5 houses away was another divorced Mother with two Daughters who were the same age I was. Mom was Sandy Allen and the Daughters were Lynn and Teresa/Terry. Well, Terry and Lynn became some of my very best friends. My God, we had such great times growing up but more importantly, (to me anyway) their Mom Sandy was always so cool to me. Sandy knew how broke we were so she'd call in the afternoon and ask if I was home. Can you come over and cut the grass Joe, she'd ask. Can you come by and plant a shrub for me, paint a door. You name it, she always had something for me to do and I kind of became the handyman of their home. Sandy got the Washington Post, (something we couldn't afford) and she'd ask me to read the Sports Section. It was her way to get me to read on a regular basis, something I always hated in school.

As we grew up from 1973 to 1979, we experienced our first separation as Terry headed off to William & Mary College. Terry had grades like my older Brother and we just knew she'd become a Doctor, Lawyer, whatever she wanted she could have it. I traveled to Williamsburg fairly often to visit Terry and a few other friends fortunate enough to also attend that College.

Unfortunately, after a few trips there, Terry started experimenting with drugs. First came pot, then coke and who knows what else. After college Terry married another great friend of mine when we were kids and together they had a baby boy who is now an adult. Kenny & Terry divorced after a few years as her drug habit got worse. Over the next several years Terry got married a couple more times, divorced, all the while having children along the way.

About 10 years ago I got another call telling me Terry was now in Jail. In and out of rehab numerous times, Sandy, (Terry's Mother) gave her unconditional love to Terry, took her in, got her clean and after a year or so she'd be back into drugs. Never in my wildest dreams did anyone ever think such a wonderful young lady with such wonderful parents would ever fall into such a life. Terry had lost all of her children and was left with mainly mailing them a letter.

What I'd like to share here is that I too had been exposed with "opportunity." Terry's friends always offered me free drugs and I always refused. No one seemed to think that pot would lead to anything else, except me. I watched most of my young friends start off with pot and ultimately ended up living off their parents and never really making anything of their lives.

If only they could have seen how GOOD we actually had it. If only they could have seen Joe Albero with absolutely nothing, work hard all your life and make something of it. So why have I dragged all of you through this entire story so far.

Today, this morning, I received a call letting me know my very dear and one of my oldest friends, my Sister, died. The drugs took their toll on her life and she is now drug free and gone at 49 years old. What a way to get off such an addiction, eh? First Mom, then little Sarah, then Dawn Mitchell and now Terry Allen. It's been quite a roller coaster ride, especially these past few months.

I spoke to Sandy this morning and they haven't even come close to any kind of arrangements. We are only on this earth but of a blink of an eye, as Mom said just before she passed. Make something of it people. Drugs will kill you. Drugs will take over and control your lives. Drugs will hurt everyone around you, especially those who love you the most.

Terry leaves behind many people who loved her but most of all she leaves behind innocent children, her own children, who never really got to know their Mom and what she was capable of. We only have so much time on this earth to teach what we know is right. If you even suspect your child is experimenting with drugs, know that YOU will probably do EVERYTHING in your powers to save their life. Know that you will drain every single penny you have worked for and earned just to try and help that child get clean again. More importantly, know the odds of your child surviving is as slow, hard and long as someone fighting cancer for a good 20+ years and ultimately dying.

R.I.P. my old friend.

Lost Dog

Hey Joe:

My dad is visiting and his dog dug under my fence and we can't find her. Her name is Maggie she is a small Sheltie, only 12 pounds. Mostly white with black. One blue eye and one brown. Will send picture if I find one. Lost from 118 S. Camden Fruitland. 410-251-5228.

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FBI Files Discuss Cronkite Aiding Vietnam Protesters

Legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite allegedly collaborated with anti-Vietnam War activists in the 1960s, going so far as to offer advice on how to raise the public profile of protests and even pledging CBS News resources to help pull off events, according to FBI documents obtained by Yahoo! News.

The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, say that in November 1969, Cronkite encouraged students at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., to invite Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie to address a protest they were planning near Cape Kennedy (now known as Cape Canaveral). Cronkite told the group's leader that Muskie would be nearby for a fundraiser on the day of the protest, and said that "CBS would rent [a] helicopter to take Muskie to and from site of rally," according to the documents.

The claims are contained in an FBI memo recounting a confidential informant's report on a November 1969 meeting of a Rollins College protest group called Youth for New America. The group was planning rallies near Cape Kennedy on Nov. 13 and 14 — the latter being day of the Apollo 12 launch from Cape Kennedy, which President Nixon would be attending — as part of a nationwide Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. That protest action culminated in a huge march on Washington on Nov. 15.

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Blame It On Bush Begins Again

U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits

WASHINGTON — The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species — and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf.

Those approvals, federal records show, include one for the well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers and resulting in thousands of barrels of oil spilling into the gulf each day.

The Minerals Management Service, or M.M.S., also routinely overruled its staff biologists and engineers who raised concerns about the safety and the environmental impact of certain drilling proposals in the gulf and in Alaska, according to a half-dozen current and former agency scientists.

Those scientists said they were also regularly pressured by agency officials to change the findings of their internal studies if they predicted that an accident was likely to occur or if wildlife might be harmed.

Under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Minerals Management Service is required to get permits to allow drilling where it might harm endangered species or marine mammals.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is partly responsible for protecting endangered species and marine mammals. It has said on repeated occasions that drilling in the gulf affects these animals, but the minerals agency since January 2009 has approved at least three huge lease sales, 103 seismic blasting projects and 346 drilling plans. Agency records also show that permission for those projects and plans was granted without getting the permits required under federal law.

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Salisbury Fire Department To Celebrate National EMS Week

The Salisbury Fire Department announces that the week of May 16-22, 2010 is EMS Week, and this year’s national theme is “Anytime. Anywhere. We’ll Be There.” Members of the department will be conducting several events during EMS Week 2010, with the highlight being an Open House and presentation of the Department’s EMS Provider of the Year Award on Wednesday, May 19th. The ceremony will begin at 10am, at Station 16 at 325 Cypress Street, Salisbury. The open house will also include blood pressure screanings, equipment displays, and station tours; it is free and open to the public.

Members of the Salisbury Fire Department work diligently, year round, to provide the highest quality care and services available to our citizens. In 2009, the Salisbury Fire Department responded to a total of 11,303 calls for service, with 8,452 of those responses requesting emergency medical services. Currently, the Salisbury Fire Department staffs three Advanced Life Support (ALS Paramedic) Ambulances and an ALS Paramedic Engine 24 hours a day. Two additional ambulances can supplement this when needed. So when you see the “Fire Engine” at a neighbor’s home, it may not be for just a fire emergency anymore. Our Firefighter/Paramedics are highly trained in multiple disciplines, maintaining 72 hours of continuing education every two years. Our Firefighter/EMT-Bs are the finest and most competent BLS providers you’ll meet, particularly due in part to our ever increasing call volume and their commitment to training.

The Salisbury Fire Department will be scheduling talks throughout the week at local schools, churches, organizations and assisted living facilities. We will wrap up EMS Week on Saturday with two free CPR classes being offered to the public. Pre-registration for the free, layperson CPR classes is required; to sign-up, please contact Lt. Rob Frampton at 410-548-3120.

Acting Salisbury Fire Chief Richard A. Hoppes invites the public and media to our events for EMS Week 2010. If you have any questions regarding EMS Week, please contact FF/NREMT-P Melissa Brown at 410-548-3120.

A Tradition of Excellence in Public Safety

Suspect Captured

Resume: On Wednesday, May 12th, at approximately 3:45 p.m., Troop 3 detectives responded to an undisclosed address in the Woodland Manor Mobile Home Park, in Felton, after receiving a call regarding the whereabouts of Norman Henry.

Officers arrived at the residence and searched inside. They located Henry hiding underneath a bed located in the rear master bedroom. Henry was taken into custody without incident and transported to Troop 3 for processing.

Henry was formally charged with Reckless Endangering 1st (felony), Disregarding a Police Officer’s Signal (felony) and a host of other traffic offenses. Henry was committed to the Department of Corrections in lieu of a $5,710.00 secured bond.

WORCESTER COUNTY BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS

DATE & TIME: May 10, 2010 @ Approximately 1538 hrs
Case # 10-0063

LOCATION: Taylor Bank, Berlin, Worcester County
CRIME: Forgery and Theft from $1,000 under $10,000
VICTIM: Matthew Gardner

Suspects: Amber Nicole Payne (Female), Laurel, DE
Deposition: Held on $10,000 Bond

NARRATIVE:

During the above listed date and time, WCBI was investigating a case of stolen
checks and forgery from the victim, Matthew Gardner. The suspect, Amber Nicole
Payne stole Matthew Gardner’s checks and forged his signature on twenty checks.
Amber Payne cashed a total of $48,100 in checks at various Taylor Banks in
Worcester County, MD.

On 5-10-10 at approximately 1538 hours, Amber Payne was arrested and processed
at the Berlin Barrack. Payne was charged with 19 counts of forgery, 3 counts of
Theft less then $1,000, 16 counts of Theft from $1,000 to under $10,000 and
Theft scheme $10,000 to under $100,000. Amber Payne was held on $10,000 bond
and held at the Worcester County Jail.

Salisbury Police Department Press Releases

On May 13, 2010 at approximately 1:57 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police responded to a residence on the seven hundred (700) block of Roger Street for the report of an assault with a knife. Upon arrival the officers met with the adult male victim who advised that the below listed suspect had attempted to stab him with a kitchen knife. The victim advised that he had been involved in an argument with the suspect for a period of time, which escalated into a physical altercation. The suspect then approached the victim with a kitchen knife and attempted to stab the victim. The suspect was still at the scene and was taken into custody without incident. There were no injuries.

ARRESTED: Florence Virginia McClean, 18 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: First degree assault
Second degree assault
Reckless endangerment
Possession of a dangerous and deadly weapon
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 201000019086

On May 13, 2010 at approximately 3:00 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police received a call to respond to Devage’s Restaurant on East Main Street for the report of a theft. Upon arrival the officers were advised that the below listed suspect had taken a tip jar containing U.S. currency from the counter area and had fled on foot from the restaurant. An employee of the restaurant chased and caught the suspect, and held the suspect for the arrival of the officers. The suspect was taken into custody and the jar and currency were recovered and returned to the restaurant.
ARRESTED: Juvenile, 16 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: Theft (under $ 100)
DISPOSITION: Released to guardian
CC # 201000019089

On May 13, 2010 at approximately 5:45 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police arrested the below listed suspect on an outstanding arrest warrant charging the suspect with two (2) incidents of prescription fraud that occurred in January and February of 2009.
Salisbury Officers identified the suspect as having passed two (2) fraudulent prescriptions at a pharmacy on Parsons Road in Salisbury.

ARRESTED: Precious Jewel Selby, 49 years of age
Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES: Obtain CDS prescription by fraud (2 counts)
Obtain CDS prescription by forgery (2 counts)
Possession of CDS (2 counts)
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking
CC # 200900030026

Hatchet Robber Terrorizes Home Depot Employees / Patrons

Location: Home Depot, 3600 Miller Road, Miller Road Shopping Center, Wilmington, Delaware

Date of Occurrence: Thursday, May 13th, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.

Suspect(s): Andre Walker, 45, of Channing Drive, Bear, Delaware

Resume: At approximately 8:00 p.m. last evening, Troopers were dispatched to the Home Depot on Miller Road in reference to a subject robbing the business with a hatchet.

This investigation revealed Mr. Andre Walker entered the business and selected an orange bucket and hatchet from display. He made his way over to the ‘Garden Center’ and placed the merchandise on the counter. The clerk rang up both items and started to complete the sale. Mr. Walker then grabbed the hatchet and demanded cash. He also grabbed the female employee by her shirt.

The suspect then started swinging the hatchet at the register damaging it. He took the register and threw it to the ground where he started to hit it with the hatchet again until it opened. Walker grabbed the cash and fled the store.

Once in the parking lot, Walker approached a vehicle occupied by a citizen who was sitting in his car. Walker got into the passenger side of the car and surprised the driver. It was unknown what his intentions were; however, Walker then exited the vehicle and started walking back toward the Home Depot. A Home Depot Manager confronted Walker at which time he started to swing the hatchet at him too.

Walker fled the scene and headed east. The State Police dispatcher center, RECOM, issued a broadcast to all police agencies to be on the lookout for Walker. A Wilmington Police Officer spotted Walker along the 500 block of West 37th Street. Walker, who was still holding the hatchet, refused to stop when told to do so and resisted arrest when officers confronted him. A Wilmington Police Officer tased him and took him into custody without further incident.

Andre Walker was formally charged with Robbery 1st (felony), Possession of a Deadly Weapon during the Commission of a Felony (felony), two counts of Aggravated Menacing (felony), Criminal Mischief (misdemeanor), Offensive Touching (misdemeanor) as well as a charge from the Wilmington Police Department for Resisting Arrest (misdemeanor). He was turned over to the Department of Corrections in lieu of a $60,750 secured bond.

Correctional Officers Getting Shafted Again

I sent this to "ASK RICK" to get an answer from him before he presented his budget to County Council and have yet to receive a response.

Why is it that only the Officers at the Wicomico County Dept. of Corrections have received an additional pay cut this year and the next year?

Yes all county employees have furlough days taken out of their pay based on their salary. The officers of WCDC also have a six hundred dollar decrease. This comes out of their hazardous duty allotment. Is the Detention Center less dangerous?

Mr. Pollitt you said that their would be no more salary reductions then cut these officers pay with not even informing them. This allotment was done to stem the tide of officers leaving WCDC for other Detention Centers.

It is hard to attract and retain officers and reductions such as this makes it only harder. Maybe the only way to get the attention of council and others is to file a lawsuit for this unlawful action. I do not write this as veiled threat, but as an action that has already been investigated.

I welcome any and all comments to this post.

Offshore Gas Platform Sinks Off Venezuela; No Leak

CARACAS, Venezuela – A natural-gas platform sank off Venezuela on Thursday after workers escaped in lifeboats and the last few leaped into the Caribbean Sea. The oil minister said there was no threat to the environment and all 95 workers were safely evacuated.

Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez told state television that workers disconnected a tube leading from the gas fields to the Aban Pearl platform, preventing any leak or harm to marine life. He said alarms went off three hours before the sinking, giving the crew time to evacuate.

Many stepped into lifeboats and drifted free, said Abraham Natera, the rig's superintendent. Ramirez said the Indian captain and two assistants, including an American, stayed behind until the platform was badly tilting and about to collapse, and then hurled themselves into the water.

"They had to jump from the platform because at the last moment there was no possibility of getting off by boat," Ramirez told reporters.

The navy picked up the evacuees using a frigate and boats after the gas platform sank below the surface at 2:20 a.m. (2:50 a.m. EDT; 0650 GMT), Ramirez said.

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Holder Hasn't Read Arizona Law He Criticized

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona's new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn't yet read the law and is going by what he's read in newspapers or seen on television.

Mr. Holder is conducting a review of the law, at President Obama's request, to see if the federal government should challenge it in court. He said he expects he will read the law by the time his staff briefs him on their conclusions.

"I've just expressed concerns on the basis of what I've heard about the law. But I'm not in a position to say at this point, not having read the law, not having had the chance to interact with people are doing the review, exactly what my position is," Mr. Holder told the House Judiciary Committee.

This weekend Mr. Holder told NBC's "Meet the Press" program that the Arizona law "has the possibility of leading to racial profiling." He had earlier called the law's passage "unfortunate," and questioned whether the law was unconstitutional because it tried to assume powers that may be reserved for the federal government.

Rep. Ted Poe, who had questioned Mr. Holder about the law, wondered how he could have those opinions if he hadn't yet read the legislation.

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Holder Balks At Blaming 'Radical Islam' For Terror Attempts

Despite crediting the Pakistani Taliban with fostering the recent failed car bombing in Times Square, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was reluctant Thursday to say radical Islam was part of the cause of that and other recent attacks.

Mr. Holder, testifying to the House Judiciary Committee, repeatedly balked at a half-dozen questions from Rep. Lamar Smith, the ranking Republican on the committee, about whether "radical Islam" was behind the attempted car bombing, last year's so-called "underpants bomber" or the killings at Fort Hood in Texas.

"There are a variety of reasons why people do these things. Some of them are potentially religious," Mr. Holder told the committee Thursday, though he would not go further than saying people who hold radical views may have "had an ability to have an impact" on Faisal Shahzad, the man the Justice Department says tried to detonate a car bomb in Times Square.

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Fat Police: Bill Would Require Government To Track Body Mass Of American Children

A bill introduced this month in Congress would put the federal and state governments in the business of tracking how fat, or skinny, American children are.

States receiving federal grants provided for in the bill would be required to annually track the Body Mass Index of all children ages 2 through 18. The grant-receiving states would be required to mandate that all health care providers in the state determine the Body Mass Index of all their patients in the 2-to-18 age bracket and then report that information to the state government. The state government, in turn, would be required to report the information to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for analysis.

The Healthy Choices Act--introduced by Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee--would establish and fund a wide range of programs and regulations aimed at reducing obesity rates by such means as putting nutritional labels on the front of food products, subsidizing businesses that provide fresh fruits and vegetables, and collecting BMI measurements of patients and counseling those that are overweight or obese.

Section 101 of the bill amends the Public Health Services Act by stating that health care providers must record the Body Mass Index of all children ages 2 through 18. "The provision relates to all children in states that accept grants under the bill," a spokesperson for Rep. Kind told CNSNews.com. "However, it is important to note that no one is forced to come in for a doctor’s visit to get their BMI tested. BMI will be taken at times when the child makes an otherwise scheduled doctor’s visit."

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Sensenbrenner: Judicial Action Necessary To Repeal New Health Care Law

Since repeal is unlikely, the courts may be the only way to defeat the new health care law, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) said on Tuesday.

“Judicial action is the only way to stop Obamacare, at least until January 2013, and the reason for that is that political action will be impossible, even if Republicans win both houses of Congress in the November election, because any major change to Obamacare, which is an entitlement program, and in most cases not subject to annual appropriations by the Congress, will be vetoed by President Obama,” said Sensenbrenner, former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

"So, we have to put all of our eggs in the judicial basket,” he added.

Sensenbrenner made his remarks at a forum on the constitutionality of the health care law sponsored by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch.

On the dais with Sensenbrenner was Randy Barnett, professor of legal theory at Georgetown University Law Center, who argued that there was a strong political element to overturning the new health care law, enacted in March, which requires every person to buy health insurance or receive it from their employer, while states are required to establish insurance exchanges.

“You cannot separate politics from the courts,” said Barnett.

“One of the things that supporters of this bill are depending on is that the Supreme Court generally defers to Congress, and especially defers to Congress when Congress passes something that is very popular, if something has widespread support, or is considered to be imperative to the national security of the country,” Barnett said.

“It’s all of these imperatives that are brought to bear on the Supreme Court that causes them to give the benefit of the doubt to their co-equal branch of government,” he said. “That all changes either when a bill turns out not to be necessary to the security of the country or very, very unpopular.”

At least 20 states are challenging the constitutionality of the health care law in court. Barnett said that individuals have also mounted legal challenges. The chief argument against the new law is whether the government can legally compel people to enter into an economic agreement with a private company, i.e., forced to buy health insurance.

The Obama administration has said the health care legislation is constitutional based on the Commerce clause of the Constitution. Sensenbrenner said the Supreme Court ruled in 1868 that insurance did not constitute commerce.

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Seating Komrade Kagan-- What Is At Stake?

By Mark Alexander · Friday, March 4, 2005

"The Constitution...is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary which they may twist and shape into any form they please." --Thomas Jefferson

Our Constitution continues to suffer assault from the Left, and the future of liberty and the rule of law suffered likewise.

Leftists on the Supreme Court are, again, "interpreting" the so-called "living Constitution" as a method of altering that venerable document by judicial diktat.

Worse yet, these Left-judiciary Supremacists -- Justice Anthony Kennedy and Court Jesters Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David Souter and John Paul Stevens -- cited "national consensus" as a factor in Tuesday's Roper v. Simmons ruling. In other words, they disregarded the Constitution's prescription for federalism and republican government in the name of unmitigated democracy. Which is to say, while riding roughshod over the Ninth and Tenth Amendments as they overturned the laws of 19 states, the Supremes blithely pushed the nation one step closer toward what everyone since Plato has described as governance in its most degenerative form.

Writing for the majority, Kennedy claimed that Americans had reached a "national consensus" against capital punishment for "children," citing as evidence that only 20 states allow a 17-year-old to be sentenced to death. Of course, Kennedy's logic is utterly at odds with decisions such as Roe v. Wade. In that 1973 decision, the Supremes serendipitously discovered a right to privacy that allowed for the aborting of children, despite the fact that all 50 states had laws at the time either prohibiting or tightly regulating abortion. So we must ask you, Justice Kennedy -- what's all this rubbish about a "national consensus?"

You recall, of course, that in a recent case, the Supremacists discovered a clause in the Constitution specifically stating that a 14-year-old is mature enough to abort the life of her child without parental consent. Now, in Roper v. Simmons, they've found a contradictory clause, which avers that a 17-year-old is not mature enough to be held accountable for capital murder.

Adding grievous insult to this "national consensus" injury, Kennedy cited "international consensus" noting "the overwhelming weight of international opinion" as a factor in the Court's decision. Kennedy referenced the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when writing, "The United States is the only country in the world that continues to give official sanction to the juvenile death penalty." Here, his message was all too clear: The High Court is building a tradition of referring "to the laws of other countries and to international authorities as instructive for its interpretation" of the U.S. Constitution.

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here

Noteworthy Quote

"[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not ... would make the judiciary a despotic branch. ...
[T]he germ of dissolution of our federal government is ... the federal Judiciary ... working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped. ...
They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone."

--Thomas Jefferson

OBAMA USES STOLEN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

Mikulski's NO Vote On Audit The Fed

Mikulski and Cardin Endorse Endless Bailouts

Cast NO Votes on 'AUDIT THE FED'

Maryland Senators B. Mikulski and B. Cardin continue their liberal march as they voted down Senator Vitter's Amendment, Audit the Federal Reserve, to Dodd's Federal Empowerment Act. Their NO vote illustrates their support of endless bailouts and an unelected and unaccountable Federal Reserve whose destructive policies wrecked our economy. This is just one more reason to not re-elect either senator.
November IS coming.

We Knew This

How many times have we talked about this? Listen to what this guys says about the blogs. Blogs cannot be manipulated (yet) by the government in the same manner that the MSM can be manipulated. If we let them control the internet all that will change. Listen to this guy!

Yard Sales

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Lost Dog In Delmar

Mr. Albero could you please help out by posting this?

My co-worker's black and white female Boston terrier got out of her house sometime yesterday and hasn't been seen since. She lives in Delmar in the area near the ball fields on the MD side so it is possible Lucy followed some one's child home as she loves children.

Please keep your eyes open for her and contact 443-366-3435 if you see her.

THANKS
Linda

Thank God Its Friday

What Will You Be Doing This Weekend?

These People Vote, God Help Us

The Panic Is On!

What this country is coming to
I sure would like to know
If they don’t do something bye and bye
The rich will live and the poor will die
Doggone, I mean the panic is on!

–Song from the Great Depression

As the Great Depression of the 1930’s was getting underway, President Herbert Hoover refused to acknowledge it. In the weeks following the events of Black Tuesday, Hoover called the economy “fundamentally sound.” Months later, he still insisted that the strength of the American economy was “unimpaired.” However, by 1931 he could no longer hide the truth. With the economy in shambles, Hoover was forced to declare that America was indeed in a ‘depression’. He chose the word ‘depression’ because he believed it to somewhat innocuous and far less provocative than terms like ‘panics’ or ‘crises’ that had previously been used to refer to significant economic downturns.

That same semantic game is being played on us today. What we now call a ‘recession’ is what was known as a ‘depression’ back in the 1930’s. As economist John Williams explains:

“The Great Depression was one that was so severe that in the post-World War II era, those looking at economic cycles tried to come up with a euphemism for “depression.” They didn’t want to create the image of or remind people of the 1930s. Basically, they called economic downturns recessions, and most people think of a depression now as a severe recession.”(1)

The lies propagated by our government and their paid shills are perhaps their greatest crime. Deceiving the people concerning the scope and magnitude of our financial crisis denies them the opportunity to prepare for the tough days ahead. Even the word depression does not fully impress upon the people the serious predicament we now face. Perhaps its time we do remind people of the 1930’s and draw parallels between those tragic times and our current situation.

Today’s unemployment rate is fast approaching the worst levels seen since the Great Depression. The official unemployment rate (U3) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is currently at 9.9%. This is the number often reported by the mainstream media for public consumption but is far removed from reality.

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Obama's "Inherited Deficit"

I have seen this explanation before, but it is really important for people to understand. Hope you will pass it on.

Ellen


The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough,...... a lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, a short civics lesson.

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party. They controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009, as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.

And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009. Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period: (below)


If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets. If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.

In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.

Wicomico County Sheriff's Office Press Release

Incident: Theft Investigation
Date of Incident: 13 May 2010
Location: 1400 block of S. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Pending

Narrative: On 13 May 2010 at 11:58 AM – a deputy from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to an office building in the 1400 block of S. Salisbury Blvd for a reported burglary and theft that had just occurred. Occupants of the building reported an unknown suspect entered a back door designated for employee use only, grabbed a purse from the floor and then walked outside. A worker there attempted to confront this individual who then ran off towards the direction of Salisbury University with the purse while leaving his bicycle behind.

The suspect is described as a black male, 25-30 YOA, wearing a green jacket and a red hat. Attached to this press release is a photograph of the suspect’s bicycle. If anyone has any information on this crime or the possible identity of the operator of this bicycle, you are asked to contact the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office at 410-548-4890 or Crime Solvers at 410-548-1776.

Captain Sandy Bradley Leaving Fruitland Police Department

Captain Sandy Bradley will be leaving the agency to accept a position with the Salisbury University Police Department. Her last day with the Fruitland Police Department is May 14. Good luck!!

Today's Nature Photo By Scott Phoebus

Cabins At Loon Lodge Maine

GUN CONTROL

While you were watching the oil spill, the New York failed terrorist bombing and other critical crises, Hillary Clinton signed the small arms treaty with the UN.

OBAMA FINDS LEGAL WAY AROUND THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND USES IT.

IF THIS PASSES, THERE could BE WAR
On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States

On Wednesday the Obama administration took its first major step in a plan to ban all firearms in the United States . The Obama administration intends to force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for US citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations. By signing international treaties on gun control, the Obama administration can use the US State Department to bypass the normal legislative process in Congress. Once the US Government signs these international treaties, all US citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments. These are laws that have been developed and promoted by organizations such as the United Nations and individuals such as George Soros and Michael Bloomberg. The laws are designed and intended to lead to the complete ban and confiscation of all firearms. The Obama administration is attempting to use tactics and methods of gun control that will inflict major damage to our 2nd Amendment before US citizens even understand what has happened.

Obama can appear before the public and tell them that he does not intend to pursue any legislation (in the United States) that will lead to new gun control laws, while cloaked in secrecy, his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton is committing the US to international treaties and foreign gun control laws. Does that mean Obama is telling the truth?What it means is that there will be no publicized gun control debates in the media or votes in Congress.We will wake up one morning and find that the United States has signed a treaty that prohibits firearm and ammunition manufacturers from selling to the public. We will wake up another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that prohibits any transfer of firearm ownership. And then, we will wake up yet another morning and find that the US has signed a treaty that requires US citizens to deliver any firearm they own to the local government collection and destruction center or face imprisonment. This has happened in other countries, past and present!

THIS IS NOT A JOKE NOR A FALSE WARNING.

As sure as government health care will be forced on us by the Obama administration through whatever means necessary, so will gun control. Read the Article U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto. The decision, announced in a statement released by the U.S. State Department, overturns the position of former President George W. Bush's administration, which had opposed such a treaty on the grounds that national controls were better. View The Full Article Here

Click on the link below for further acknowledgement…..
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE59E0Q920091015

HOW TO HANDLE A HUSBAND

A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on the beaches in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town. People would say, 'What a peaceful & loving couple'.

The local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.

The Husband replied: 'Well, it dates back to our honeymoon in America,' explained the man.

'We visited the Grand Canyon, in Arizona, and took a trip down to the bottom of the canyon, by horse. We hadn't gone too far when my wife's horse stumbled and she almost fell off.

My wife looked down at the horse and quietly said, 'That's once.'

We proceeded a little further and her horse stumbled again. Again my wife quietly said, 'That's twice.'

We hadn't gone a half-mile when the horse stumbled for the third time my wife quietly removed a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.

I SHOUTED at her, 'What's wrong with you, Woman! Why did you shoot the poor animal like that, are you *%&#@$ crazy!?'

She looked at ME, and quietly said, 'That's once.'

And from that moment..... we have lived happily every after.'

DNA SOLVES 2008 MEMORIAL WEEKEND RAPE

Nearly two years after asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect of a brutal rape, Ocean City Police detectives have solved the case thanks to DNA evidence. The attack, which took place on May 24, 2008 at approximately 2:30 a.m. in the area of 113 49th Street, left police with little evidence and few witnesses.
After continuously pursuing leads regarding the assault, detectives learned last week that the FBI Laboratory’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) had positively matched the DNA recovered from the rape with a man convicted of burglary in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. OCPD Detectives traveled to Florida to interview the suspect,
Lorenzo Ivan Garcia-Moreno, 23, who is currently being held in a Florida State Prison.

On May 12, 2010, Ocean City Police charged Garcia-Moreno for the May 2008 rape. In addition to 1st and 2nd Degree Rape, Garcia- Moreno is being charged with Attempted 1st Degree Rape, Attempted 2nd Degree Rape, 1st Degree Assault, 2nd Degree Assault,
1st Degree Sex Offense, 2nd Degree Sex Offense, 3rd Degree Sex Offense, 4th Degree Sex Offense, Kidnapping and Reckless Endangerment.

Garcia-Moreno is currently being held in Florida. Anyone with further information regarding the attack is asked to contact the Ocean City Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 410-723-6604 or Detective Corporal Shawn Jones at 410-723-6661.

The Mystery Of Barack Obama Continues

Most Americans don’t realize we have elected a president whom we know very little about.

Researchers have discovered that Obama’s autobiographical books are little more than PR stunts, as they have little to do with the actual events of his life. The fact is we know less about President Obama than perhaps any other president in American history and much of this is due to actual efforts to hide his record. This should concern all Americans.

A nation-wide network of researchers has sprung up to attempt to fill in the blanks, but at every opportunity Obama’s high-priced lawyers have built walls around various records or simply made them disappear. It is estimated that Obama’s legal team has now spent well over $1.4 million dollars blocking access to documents every American should have access to. The question is why would he spend so much money to do this?

The president who campaigned for a more “open government” and “full disclosure” will not unseal his medical records, his school records, his birth records or his passport records. He will not release his Harvard records, his Columbia College records, or his Occidental College records—he will not even release his Columbia College thesis. All his legislative records from the Illinois State Senate are missing and he claims his scheduling records during those State Senate years are lost as well. In addition, no one can find his school records for the elite K-12 college prep school, Punahou School, he attended in Hawaii.

What is he hiding? Well, for starters, some of these records will shed light on his citizenship and birth.

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ANNUAL WALK @ LUNCH SET FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 19TH

In observation of National Employee Health & Fitness Day, WINPAC (Wellness Information on Nutritional and Physical Activity Coalition) has once again organized WALK @ LUNCH. Sharon E. Cooper, the Health Department’s Community Health Educator and the co-chairperson of the event, is encouraging everyone to, “Enjoy a short walk on our new route and then join us for a healthy lunch with dessert and giveaways.” Ms. Cooper said that the course will be open from 11:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. and that participants can begin at any time during that period.

Walkers may register online at www.wicomicohealth.org until May 17th. After that, participants may sign up prior to the event. The walk will take place on a “Rain or Shine” basis.

Ms. Cooper pointed out that, “While WINPAC is organizing this ‘fun, popular’ event, I want to acknowledge our many sponsors. They are: Avery Hall Insurance, CFS Retirement & Tax Solutions, Market Street Inn, Peninsula Insurance, PRMC, Pepsi Cola, City Florist, the Wicomico County Board of Education School Nutrition Services and the Wicomico County Health Department.”

Interested participants may call 410-546-5311 for more information.

Westside Community Center Offers Bingo Night

First & Third Friday of Every Month

(Salisbury, MD) Be the first to shout Bingo! at the Westside Community Center’s Bingo Night. Held the first and third Friday of each month, our next Bingo night is slated for Friday, May 21.

Doors will open for Bingo Night at 6:00pm and play will start at 7:00pm. Regular games are only $10 with the chance to win a $50 jackpot. A variety of other games are also available. Quickie and U-Pik-Em games are $1 each or six for $5. Pull tab instant bingo cards are $1 each. Bring your appetite, as our concessions stands will be open offering hot dogs, chicken salad, chips, sodas, dessert and more. Bingo Nights are held the first and third Friday of every month.

For more information please contact Fawne Bauer at 410-873-2993. Proceeds benefit programs at the Westside Community Center, which is located at 21109 Bivalve Lodge Road in Bivalve, MD. Operated by a local advisory council, the Westside Community Center provides recreational and educational programs to the Nanticoke, Bivalve, Tyaskin, Whitehaven and Quantico communities. If you would like to learn about other upcoming programs offered by the Wicomico County Recreation, Parks and Tourism Department sign up for Recreation email announcements at www.wicomicorecandparks.org.

Velvet Pearl Fashion Show

Flower Show

Flower Show
"Eastern Shore Treasures"
presented by
Town & Country Garden Club
to be held at
Christ United Methodist Church
Phillip Morris Drive
Salisbury, MD
on
Wednesday May 19th
2:00 - 5:00 PM
Public Invited
Admission is Free

DOYLE DOMINATES AS INTIMIDATORS BLANK SHOREBIRDS, 5-0

Game Three of the Series on Friday Night at 7:05 p.m.

Kannapolis, N.C. – The Delmarva Shorebirds managed only two hits as the Kannapolis Intimidators took game two of the series at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium, 5-0, on Thursday night.

The Intimidators took an early lead in the first inning. Daniel Wagner led off with a bunt single pushed to the right side. A passed ball charged to Michael Ohlman pushed Wagner to second. After moving to third on a ground out, he came into score on a sacrifice fly into left field off the bat of Ian Gac.

Kannapolis plated three runs in the fourth inning against Matt Hobgood. Brady Shoemaker drew a one out walk. Kevin Dubler, who entered for the injured catcher Miguel Gonzalez (hand), singled. Then, Jake Oester connected on a two-run double to the left field corner to give the Intimidators a 3-0 edge. Oester advanced to third on the throw home and scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Wagner.

Kannapolis starter Terry Doyle was the story tonight. In seven innings, he allowed just two hits and no runs. He struck out ten batters including the final six he faced.

Matt Hobgood was pinned with the loss. In four innings, he allowed three hits and four runs. Nate Moreau tossed three scoreless innings for the Shorebirds. He allowed two hits.

The Shorebirds offense was held to just two hits. The final 19 batters of the game were retired. Their last hit came in the top of the third inning.

The Shorebirds play game three of the series on Friday night against Kannapolis at 7:05 pm.