We watched a funny movie this morning called failure to lauch . It's about a middle aged retired couple who hire a woman (Sara jessica Parker) to get their35 year old son to leave home (Matthew McConnahey).
We just got our kids out this last month. I never thought it was going to happen, but it did. Their Dad told me I cant' do anything with their rooms yet, just in case they come back. But i'm really hoping its true.
I love them and miss them a lot, but I don't miss the drama and bickering.
Do you have an adult child at home? And what will be the age that you say 'You gotta go'!
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
Sunday, May 25, 2008
NASA Spacecraft Lands On Mars
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has successfully landed on Mars.
This spacecraft will be the first spacecraft to study the Martian Arctic plains. Unlike NASA's mobile twin rovers, the lander will stay in one location. It will use its robotic arm to dig into the surface to determine if the polar environment has the ingredients needed for life.
This spacecraft will be the first spacecraft to study the Martian Arctic plains. Unlike NASA's mobile twin rovers, the lander will stay in one location. It will use its robotic arm to dig into the surface to determine if the polar environment has the ingredients needed for life.
BREAKING NEWS
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Four men went fishing today on Johnson Pond on the dam. One of them fell over the edge and a second went in after him. A search went out for the two men but was called off because of the lack of visibility and thew search for their bodies will continue tomorrow. The other two men, (shown in the last two photos) were clearly upset and did not want to speak to the Press. I'll have more to share tomorrow morning.
I did not see the Daily Times there but Wayne Barrall from Fire in the Hole was there and he does work for them on the photos end. I'd expect him to have additional photos up on his Site this evening or tomorrow.
Breaking News
CNN reports that gas stations will start showing PORN movies on the screens of the pumps so that you can see someone else get screwed at the same time you do!
When is Enough ENOUGH?
Today's Washington Post featured a front page article about the
trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina victims by FEMA supposedly being substandard, and causing health problems for thousands and these thousands are embarking on a major class action suit against the government the trailer manufacturers, and anyone else involved in the process.
According to the article, FEMA placed an order for the trailers with several mobile home companies to fill the need and fill it fast.
2.7 Billion worth of trailers and mobile homes were ordered all with a 'single page of specifications'. This single page of specifications is where health officials and defense attorneys say lies the problem. They claim that more specification needed to be in place to protect the potential occupants of the trailers.
It turns out that Trailers and Mobile homes safety standards are not the same as those in a permanent home or stick built homes.
Formaldehyde seems to be the culprit in this issue.
Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) is a preservative. It is used as a wood preservative and is also found in construction adhesives.
Formaldehyde is one of those chemicals that when exposed to heat and moisture; emanates it's harmful gases. When thinking of Louisianan and Mississippi; heat and moisture are two words that are the first that come to my mind. However, according to the government there is no regulation on the amount of formaldehyde laden wood products that can be used in a RV or Trailer, because they are considered to be 'temporary' and that long term exposure to these chemicals would not be a factor.
Additionally, much of the wood used in these structures is imported from guess where????
China of course, and they use so much formaldehyde in their wood that if an American Plywood plant tried to put out products such as these; their plants would be deemed an EPA Superfund sight.
Where does the blame game end?
Tens of thousands of people live in an area that everyone on the planet knows is below sea level.
Hundreds of Millions in government money has been poured into this same place over the last century to try and make the Levey's storm proof.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were given to the victims in the form of debit cards so that they could relocate.
Then the people who refused to leave were given a home, made from the same stuff that these home and RV manufacturers make their products out of every day.
Our government signed a bill in the 90's opening up trade with China, a country that we know doesn't give a rip about it's people, but we sign a trade agreement with them, and end up cutting the carotid artery to our country's economy, as there is absolutely know way that we can compete with their prices because they use slave labor.
Self Righteous Politicians stand before us every day telling us of they are going to make it all better.
When the truth of the matter is that our government is promoting racism and slavery by trading with these countries.
We are not humanitarian. There is no regulation on the trailers because poor people live in them. There is no regulation on the imports from China and India and all of the other places we import from because we want stuff cheap and we want it in one store and we want it now.
Our country is so different than it was the last time the Mississippi devastated as much as it did after Katrina.
My Grandfather was a child during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. He lived in Tennessee on the Cumberland River and the flood was sooooo great that it backed up adjoining rivers over several states. Over a million people lost their homes and were displaced. Well over 1000 people died, but probably many more because there were so many people unaccounted for because we didn't have the luxury of communication the way that we do now.
My point in sharing this about the flood of 27 is because there was no FEMA then, there were no debit cards sent out to the victims. The military was not dispatched to help rebuild the cities.
People got sick and died and no companies were sued because the river flooded.
Communities came together and helped as much as they could. My Grandfather told me that they were already so poor they didn't really notice much of a difference in their lives after the flood except that their house washed away, and they stayed with his Grandfather for a while until they found another house that they could live in. It wasn't big enough, and my Great Grandmother asked a wealthy childless couple if they would be willing to raise my Grandfather and in return he would do all of the work that they needed to be done around their farm.
Her only request was that he be allowed to go to school and get his education. They agreed and when he was twelve he went to live with this couple. He rose every morning before dawn and milked the cows, gathered the eggs, and slopped the hogs, before school. After school he went fishing. The fish he caught was to be brought to the house and the lady of the house would pick which fish she wanted then he took the mule into town and was to sell the rest. The money made was given to the lady. He planted the couples garden and the vegetables and flowers were also taken into town and sold, with the money made going back to the lady.
My Grandfather was an indentured servant here in America.
He graduated high school, which happened to be right in the middle of the Great Depression, and he thanked the couple for their care and walked to town, hopped on a freight train and went looking for work. He became an iron worker and followed building booms around the country.
He was one of the men who built many of the bridges along the east coast including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It was on this bridge that he lost his eye. He was shot in the head with a hot rivet out of a rivet gun. He didn't fall off. He climbed down and was taken to the hospital. A week after being released from the hospital, he went back to work. He didn't sue his company, he didn't sue the bridge authority, he didn't sue the rivet gun manufacturer. He did at some point run into the guy who accidentally shot him. The man profusely apologized, and said what a horrible mistake he had made. My Granddad accepted his apology and that was that.
This is the way it used to be.
This is the kind of character that made our country great.
This is the kind of life our forefathers led.
These are the examples that have been set before us and at some point in time we stopped listening to them and stopped watching them.
No one takes responsibility for anything anymore, the buck is passed and passed and it stops with no one.
It is time for each of us to take responsibility. It is time for our government officials to take responsibility.
It is time to stop teaching our kids that some one else is going to take care of them.
Let's stop supporting and perpetuating the things that we know are wrong.
Life happens and life is sometimes dangerous. We do what we have to do, and others do what they do.
Poverty isn't a crime, it is a state of your wallet, or lack thereof.
Wealth doesn't make you a better person, it makes your wallet fatter.
The victims of Hurricane Katrina were victims of a storm, and they unlike any other victims on the face of the earth have received more attention, aide, money and help.
Is it not yet enough?
trailers provided to Hurricane Katrina victims by FEMA supposedly being substandard, and causing health problems for thousands and these thousands are embarking on a major class action suit against the government the trailer manufacturers, and anyone else involved in the process.According to the article, FEMA placed an order for the trailers with several mobile home companies to fill the need and fill it fast.
2.7 Billion worth of trailers and mobile homes were ordered all with a 'single page of specifications'. This single page of specifications is where health officials and defense attorneys say lies the problem. They claim that more specification needed to be in place to protect the potential occupants of the trailers.
It turns out that Trailers and Mobile homes safety standards are not the same as those in a permanent home or stick built homes.
Formaldehyde seems to be the culprit in this issue.
Formaldehyde (embalming fluid) is a preservative. It is used as a wood preservative and is also found in construction adhesives.
Formaldehyde is one of those chemicals that when exposed to heat and moisture; emanates it's harmful gases. When thinking of Louisianan and Mississippi; heat and moisture are two words that are the first that come to my mind. However, according to the government there is no regulation on the amount of formaldehyde laden wood products that can be used in a RV or Trailer, because they are considered to be 'temporary' and that long term exposure to these chemicals would not be a factor.
Additionally, much of the wood used in these structures is imported from guess where????
China of course, and they use so much formaldehyde in their wood that if an American Plywood plant tried to put out products such as these; their plants would be deemed an EPA Superfund sight.
Where does the blame game end?
Tens of thousands of people live in an area that everyone on the planet knows is below sea level.
Hundreds of Millions in government money has been poured into this same place over the last century to try and make the Levey's storm proof.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were given to the victims in the form of debit cards so that they could relocate.
Then the people who refused to leave were given a home, made from the same stuff that these home and RV manufacturers make their products out of every day.
Our government signed a bill in the 90's opening up trade with China, a country that we know doesn't give a rip about it's people, but we sign a trade agreement with them, and end up cutting the carotid artery to our country's economy, as there is absolutely know way that we can compete with their prices because they use slave labor.
Self Righteous Politicians stand before us every day telling us of they are going to make it all better.
When the truth of the matter is that our government is promoting racism and slavery by trading with these countries.
We are not humanitarian. There is no regulation on the trailers because poor people live in them. There is no regulation on the imports from China and India and all of the other places we import from because we want stuff cheap and we want it in one store and we want it now.
Our country is so different than it was the last time the Mississippi devastated as much as it did after Katrina.
My Grandfather was a child during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. He lived in Tennessee on the Cumberland River and the flood was sooooo great that it backed up adjoining rivers over several states. Over a million people lost their homes and were displaced. Well over 1000 people died, but probably many more because there were so many people unaccounted for because we didn't have the luxury of communication the way that we do now.
My point in sharing this about the flood of 27 is because there was no FEMA then, there were no debit cards sent out to the victims. The military was not dispatched to help rebuild the cities.
People got sick and died and no companies were sued because the river flooded.
Communities came together and helped as much as they could. My Grandfather told me that they were already so poor they didn't really notice much of a difference in their lives after the flood except that their house washed away, and they stayed with his Grandfather for a while until they found another house that they could live in. It wasn't big enough, and my Great Grandmother asked a wealthy childless couple if they would be willing to raise my Grandfather and in return he would do all of the work that they needed to be done around their farm.
Her only request was that he be allowed to go to school and get his education. They agreed and when he was twelve he went to live with this couple. He rose every morning before dawn and milked the cows, gathered the eggs, and slopped the hogs, before school. After school he went fishing. The fish he caught was to be brought to the house and the lady of the house would pick which fish she wanted then he took the mule into town and was to sell the rest. The money made was given to the lady. He planted the couples garden and the vegetables and flowers were also taken into town and sold, with the money made going back to the lady.
My Grandfather was an indentured servant here in America.
He graduated high school, which happened to be right in the middle of the Great Depression, and he thanked the couple for their care and walked to town, hopped on a freight train and went looking for work. He became an iron worker and followed building booms around the country.
He was one of the men who built many of the bridges along the east coast including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It was on this bridge that he lost his eye. He was shot in the head with a hot rivet out of a rivet gun. He didn't fall off. He climbed down and was taken to the hospital. A week after being released from the hospital, he went back to work. He didn't sue his company, he didn't sue the bridge authority, he didn't sue the rivet gun manufacturer. He did at some point run into the guy who accidentally shot him. The man profusely apologized, and said what a horrible mistake he had made. My Granddad accepted his apology and that was that.
This is the way it used to be.
This is the kind of character that made our country great.
This is the kind of life our forefathers led.
These are the examples that have been set before us and at some point in time we stopped listening to them and stopped watching them.
No one takes responsibility for anything anymore, the buck is passed and passed and it stops with no one.
It is time for each of us to take responsibility. It is time for our government officials to take responsibility.
It is time to stop teaching our kids that some one else is going to take care of them.
Let's stop supporting and perpetuating the things that we know are wrong.
Life happens and life is sometimes dangerous. We do what we have to do, and others do what they do.
Poverty isn't a crime, it is a state of your wallet, or lack thereof.
Wealth doesn't make you a better person, it makes your wallet fatter.
The victims of Hurricane Katrina were victims of a storm, and they unlike any other victims on the face of the earth have received more attention, aide, money and help.
Is it not yet enough?
Today's Sunday Daily Times
Ladies & Gentlemen, if you don't get the Daily Times any more you certainly didn't miss anything in today's paper. As a matter of fact, the Daily Times covered news today, (their biggest day) on news I produced more than a week ago!
Nevertheless, for those of you who do get the Daily Times, was today's SUNDAY paper the thinnest you've seen in a very long time, or what? If it wasn't for sale ads you could complete the paper in 10 minutes flat!
I guess it is interesting reading week old article featured on Salisbury News in a different format, right? It's kind of like watching 47 & 16 News on TV, it's mainly Salisbury News pieces on TV. The events I've gone to recently there was no Daily Times at all and I wondered if they were going to be "sent" pictures from the people in these events because they fired 50% of their photographers? Looks like I was wrong. They're just not going to cover these events at all.
The Wife and I are debating our subscription once again and trying to decide if it's worth paying for any more? How many of you have cancelled your subscription so far? Also, how many will be cancelling their subscription after they were ripped off this week from OLD NEWS?
Nevertheless, for those of you who do get the Daily Times, was today's SUNDAY paper the thinnest you've seen in a very long time, or what? If it wasn't for sale ads you could complete the paper in 10 minutes flat!
I guess it is interesting reading week old article featured on Salisbury News in a different format, right? It's kind of like watching 47 & 16 News on TV, it's mainly Salisbury News pieces on TV. The events I've gone to recently there was no Daily Times at all and I wondered if they were going to be "sent" pictures from the people in these events because they fired 50% of their photographers? Looks like I was wrong. They're just not going to cover these events at all.
The Wife and I are debating our subscription once again and trying to decide if it's worth paying for any more? How many of you have cancelled your subscription so far? Also, how many will be cancelling their subscription after they were ripped off this week from OLD NEWS?
Question of the Day, Sun 5/25
Today is National Neighbor Day.
Do you like your neighbors? Are you neighborly? Have you had neighbors that you haven't liked? Have you had to move due to bad neighbors?
Do you like your neighbors? Are you neighborly? Have you had neighbors that you haven't liked? Have you had to move due to bad neighbors?
BREAKING NEWS!
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Fernando Guerrero gets a 1st Round Knock Out Saturday night making him now 7 - 0, all by way of knock out!
He came out of his corner and clobbered the guy with a wicked hook and knocked him down to the canvas in which his opponent barely got up before the 10 count was given. Fernando proceeded to knock him down 4 times in the 1st Round and he could not get back up after the 4th knock down.
This kid is just something else Ladies & Gentlemen. I am working on arrangements to travel perhaps to his next fight and be there live blogging away and calling the fight from ring side. It may be a short post but I truly enjoy this young man and want to offer all the support I can from Salisbury.
Congratulations Fernando and Hal. Thanks for the update and safe home.
Have a great Memorial Day!
Memorial Day Weekend is here , and summer has officially kicked off but while we are running around buying food and beer, or outdoors grilling, or paying through the nose for gas in order to drive somewhere, let us not forget what the Holiday means. While we are enjoying a three-day weekend, there are many members of our US Military who are halfway around the world, away from their families and friends, risking their own lives.There will be many cookouts and other gatherings this weekend across Delmarva and the entire country who will be missing one or more family members, because they are in Iraq, or Germany, or out at sea.There are also many others who lost their lives who have proudly served their country in the past. That, my fellow Americans, is what this Holiday is truly about.
I also wanted to mention that forty years ago this week, the USS Scorpion disappeared with 99 men aboard and was later officially listed as missing in June by the Navy. About six months later the Skipjack class nuclear submarine and her crews remains were found deep in the Atlantic Ocean.the submersible was based in Norfolk,, Virginia.
Let us all take the time this weekend to remember these brave sailors and others who lost their lives serving their country.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Councilman Comegys Blocks Handicap Spot?
10 minutes ago a call went out to check a tag for a vehicle blocking a handicapped ramp. Allegedly it came back to Councilman Comegys and you know what, there was a handicapped person trying to get down ramp and couldn't.
Way To Go Gary! Bubba Comegys, Yo Nex Mare! LOL
UPDATE: No question about it any more. The car was registered to Gary and Debbie Comegys. Now, let's see if he got a ticket for doing so, or not? FOB? The fine is at least $100.00 plus.
Remember the 72% Water & Sewer Rate Increase
Well, it's one thing to have an average bill of $972.00 a year right now that will go up to $1,572.00 a year. It's another thing when you're a resident just OUTSIDE the City Limits who already pays 150% on that $972.00. Their normal yearly bill is $1,458.00 a year. When you tack on a 72% increase their bill will go to $2,507.76 a year! The rates I'm giving you are RESIDENTIAL rates, not business rates.
It's one thing when you have competition but it's another when you have a monopoly on a business and you create increases like they have. In other words, if McDonald's had a burger for $1.00 and they increased it to $1.72, you could go to Hardee's and still get their burger for $1.00 and the competition would keep things in check or McDonald's would go under. There is no Hardee's in the Water & Sewer business, so screw the Taxpayer and make them pay for the mismanagement mistakes of the Mayor.
Look, there are numerous reasons in which I have watched this Mayor mismanage the City of Salisbury while the majority of the Council sat back and rubber stamped Developer Reimbursements not knowing what the hell they were doing. If you'll even recall, the contract the City had with these Developers was, IF the City couldn't afford to pay back these reimbursements, they didn't have to. Debbie Campbell challenged this long ago and clearly stated, the City of Salisbury is NOT in a financial position to give back money to ANY of these Developers. The Mayor and majority of the Council ignored her and instead had a 14% Tax Increase on the TAXPAYERS and in reality forced the Taxpayers to foot the bill for these reimbursements.
Would YOU have someone running YOUR business this way? Well, it IS YOUR BUSINESS! It's time to get rid of these people and put someone in Office that would get back to accountability. Get the accounting department back to the way it used to be. Heck, I could go on and on about what I'd do but I'm sure you get the picture. I know my example in the burger business is a small one but it sends the message home in comparison.
You people need to make some serious changes or the City will certainly be Bankrupt, just like the Council Vice President. Whoops, did I say that? In the mean time Mr. & Mrs. Cathcart, enjoy your new increases and showing such undying support for Barrie Tilghman's decisions.
It's one thing when you have competition but it's another when you have a monopoly on a business and you create increases like they have. In other words, if McDonald's had a burger for $1.00 and they increased it to $1.72, you could go to Hardee's and still get their burger for $1.00 and the competition would keep things in check or McDonald's would go under. There is no Hardee's in the Water & Sewer business, so screw the Taxpayer and make them pay for the mismanagement mistakes of the Mayor.
Look, there are numerous reasons in which I have watched this Mayor mismanage the City of Salisbury while the majority of the Council sat back and rubber stamped Developer Reimbursements not knowing what the hell they were doing. If you'll even recall, the contract the City had with these Developers was, IF the City couldn't afford to pay back these reimbursements, they didn't have to. Debbie Campbell challenged this long ago and clearly stated, the City of Salisbury is NOT in a financial position to give back money to ANY of these Developers. The Mayor and majority of the Council ignored her and instead had a 14% Tax Increase on the TAXPAYERS and in reality forced the Taxpayers to foot the bill for these reimbursements.
Would YOU have someone running YOUR business this way? Well, it IS YOUR BUSINESS! It's time to get rid of these people and put someone in Office that would get back to accountability. Get the accounting department back to the way it used to be. Heck, I could go on and on about what I'd do but I'm sure you get the picture. I know my example in the burger business is a small one but it sends the message home in comparison.
You people need to make some serious changes or the City will certainly be Bankrupt, just like the Council Vice President. Whoops, did I say that? In the mean time Mr. & Mrs. Cathcart, enjoy your new increases and showing such undying support for Barrie Tilghman's decisions.
Memorial Day
It is the *VETERAN*, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the politician, Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the *VETERAN* who salutes the Flag,
It is the *VETERAN* who serves under the Flag,
*ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.*
It is the *VETERAN*, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the *VETERAN*, not the politician, Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the *VETERAN* who salutes the Flag,
It is the *VETERAN* who serves under the Flag,
*ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.*
Question of the Day, Sat 5/24
Happy Memorial Day weekend. Summer is practically here. Children are just a few weeks away from summer vacation from school.
What vacations do you have scheduled this summer? What's your idea of "roughing it" while on vacation? Is your vacationing plans changing due to the economy and fuel prices?
What vacations do you have scheduled this summer? What's your idea of "roughing it" while on vacation? Is your vacationing plans changing due to the economy and fuel prices?
Friday, May 23, 2008
DON'T MISS THE BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING ON PAC 14
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The Budget Public Hearing on PAC 14 plays again at 1 p.m. tomorrow, (Saturday) and again at 8:59 p.m.
Monday AT 9:25 p.m., they play the budget hearing again.
The photos above are just some of the concerned taxpayers/citizens expressing their thoughts, concerns and ideas referencing the Mayor's Budget for 2009. Believe me Ladies & Gentlemen, this is a must see Show on PAC 14. You can skip the first 30 minutes of the Mayor's grandstanding. I love how she pulled, (for the third time in a row now) the old, how much was that loan rate for that project Mr. Caldwell? (No reply the first time from Caldwell) I believe it was .04% wasn't it Mr. Caldwell? I believe he's shaking his head yes. Boy, I sure would love to have that kind of rate on my home, said the Mayor.
Click HERE to start the streaming with REAL Player.
IF you want to navigate from their website HERE look for PAC 14 Services on the taskbar near the top of the page, and click there. The pull-down list includes Live streaming of PAC 14 (Real Player).
Latest McCain News
STOCKTON, Calif. (May 22) - Republican John McCain on Thursday rejected endorsements from two influential but controversial televangelists, saying there is no place for their incendiary criticisms of other faiths.
McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of Texas preacher John Hagee after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land. McCain called the comment "crazy and unacceptable." He later repudiated the support of Rod Parsley, an Ohio preacher who has sharply criticized Islam and called the religion inherently violent.
McCain issued a statement Thursday afternoon announcing his decision about Hagee. "Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Reverend Hagee's endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well," he said. Later, in Stockton, he told reporters: "I just think that the statement is crazy and unacceptable." Then in an interview with The Associated Press, McCain said he rejected Parsley's support, too."I believe there is no place for that kind of dialogue in America, and I believe that even though he endorsed me, and I didn't endorse him, the fact is that I repudiate such talk, and I reject his endorsement," McCain told the AP.Hagee had sparked controversy since the San Antonio pastor endorsed McCain on Feb. 27 shortly before the Texas presidential primary. Parsley's views were aired Thursday in an ABC News report.
Hagee has referred to the Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and called it a "false cult system." He also has linked Hitler to the Catholic church, suggesting it helped shape his anti-Semitism. And Hagee said Hurricane Katrina was God's retribution for homosexual sin. McCain has faced a barrage of criticism over Hagee, with some comparing the situation to the controversy Democrat Barack Obama faced over the views of his longtime and now former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.McCain tried Thursday to draw a distinction between the Obama-Wright connection and his own relationships with Parsley and Hagee, saying Hagee was not his pastor."My church I attend is North Phoenix Baptist Church; my pastor and spiritual guide is Pastor Dan Yeary," McCain said. "I've never been to Pastor Hagee's church or Pastor Parsley's church. I didn't attend their church for 20 years. I'm not a member of their church."
McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of Texas preacher John Hagee after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land. McCain called the comment "crazy and unacceptable." He later repudiated the support of Rod Parsley, an Ohio preacher who has sharply criticized Islam and called the religion inherently violent.
McCain issued a statement Thursday afternoon announcing his decision about Hagee. "Obviously, I find these remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them. I did not know of them before Reverend Hagee's endorsement, and I feel I must reject his endorsement as well," he said. Later, in Stockton, he told reporters: "I just think that the statement is crazy and unacceptable." Then in an interview with The Associated Press, McCain said he rejected Parsley's support, too."I believe there is no place for that kind of dialogue in America, and I believe that even though he endorsed me, and I didn't endorse him, the fact is that I repudiate such talk, and I reject his endorsement," McCain told the AP.Hagee had sparked controversy since the San Antonio pastor endorsed McCain on Feb. 27 shortly before the Texas presidential primary. Parsley's views were aired Thursday in an ABC News report.
Hagee has referred to the Roman Catholic Church as "the great whore" and called it a "false cult system." He also has linked Hitler to the Catholic church, suggesting it helped shape his anti-Semitism. And Hagee said Hurricane Katrina was God's retribution for homosexual sin. McCain has faced a barrage of criticism over Hagee, with some comparing the situation to the controversy Democrat Barack Obama faced over the views of his longtime and now former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.McCain tried Thursday to draw a distinction between the Obama-Wright connection and his own relationships with Parsley and Hagee, saying Hagee was not his pastor."My church I attend is North Phoenix Baptist Church; my pastor and spiritual guide is Pastor Dan Yeary," McCain said. "I've never been to Pastor Hagee's church or Pastor Parsley's church. I didn't attend their church for 20 years. I'm not a member of their church."
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HELP! SOS! 911! SPD Needs You Again!
On Friday, May 23, 2008, at approximately 2:02 am, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the Bottle Factory Nightclub on Roland Street for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival Officers found a victim with a single gunshot injury to the upper chest. The victim was transported to the Peninsula Regional Medical Center where she died from her injury. The victim has been identified as 21 year old Kiaira Kishay Jones, of Salisbury. This investigation is continuing.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or may have information regarding this incident are asked to contact the Salisbury Police Department at 410-548-3165 or to contact Crime Solvers. CC # 200800018108 OK Chiefy, what's Crime Solvers phone number????????? Obviously if you call Dispatch at SPD, they're not going to take your name.
On May 22, 2008 at approximately 3:37 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to a residence on the six hundred (600) block of Fitzwater Street for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located the victims of the assault a short distance from the residence. The victims had not sustained any gunshot injuries. One of the victims advised the officers that he had been in an argument with his girlfriend earlier which led to a physical altercation. The girlfriend, listed below as the suspect, used a knife and damaged the victim’s property. The suspect then enlisted the assistance of several other subjects who physically assaulted the victims. During the assault, one of the suspects attempted to break the victim’s door, then shot through the door with a firearm. The investigation is continuing and additional arrests are forthcoming.
ARRESTED: Marqueta Kiesha Schoolfield, 22 years of age Salisbury, Maryland
CHARGES:
Second degree assault
Reckless endangerment
Malicious destruction of property
Telephone misuse
DISPOSITION: Released to Central Booking CC # 200800018049
Northwestern University Center For Public Safety
Wicomico County Sheriff's Department Chief Gary Baker, Lieutenant Babe Wilson and Sheriff Mike Lewis
Left to Right- Tom Gianni of the Maryland Highway Safety Office, Lieutenant Babe
Wilson, Michelle Camden of Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Center for Public Safety
School of Police Staff and Command
Lieutenant Babe Wilson Graduates from Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety
The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the recent graduation of Lieutenant Babe Wilson from the School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University. Lieutenant Babe Wilson has successfully completed the ten (10) week Staff and Command program held in Sykesville, Maryland from February 18, 2008 – May 2, 2008 and is the first deputy to attend the training from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. This program, which was implemented by the Center for Public Safety in 1983, has graduated over 7500 students both nationally and internationally. Lieutenant Babe Wilson was a student in SPSC Class 263 which accommodated a total of 32 students for the ten week period. Lieutenant Babe Wilson was nominated and elected as the President of SPSC #263. Tuition was paid for by the Maryland Highway Safety Office and the Maryland Sheriff’s Association.
The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction in a total of twenty-two core or mandatory blocks of instruction and utilizes nine additional optional blocks of instruction during each session. The major topics of study include: Management and Management Theory, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources for Law Enforcement, Budgeting, Staffing Allocation and Personnel Deployment.
Each student is academically challenged through a total of eighteen written examinations, projects, and quizzes in addition to two research papers that are a required part of the curriculum. Upon successful completion, students may be awarded a total of 8 units of undergraduate credit and a total of 2 units of graduate credit from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
The Center for Public Safety was established at Northwestern University in 1936 with the specific goal of expanding university-based education and training for the Law Enforcement Community. Since its inception, the Center has broadened its original objective and now provides a variety of courses and programs in the area of Police Training, Management Training, and Executive Development.
The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office anticipates a variety of benefits from Lieutenant Babe Wilson attendance at this program. Many of the program’s graduates do go on to achieve a variety of leadership positions within their respective agencies. Currently, over 750 graduates hold the title of Chief of Police and 39 of the 50 Directors of State Police Agencies are also graduates of this program.
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