JULY 24,
2005 --
The Stare
Decisis of "Unconditional Surrender"…
Syndicated columnist Cal Thomas wrote a column the other day that carried this
title in The New York Sun: "Unconditional Surrender". The title
referred to what Mr. Thomas thought should be our demand of the Islamic jihadist-terrorists.
Mr. Thomas cited the precedents of the allied victories over the Nazis and
Japan, to end World War II. "Uncondition Surrender" in this context
says, in two words, what LPR put here in recent weeks: "Protect
Civilized Society: Root Out Terrorism."
JULY 24,
2005 --
Stare Decisis
II -- Subway Security Checks …
At Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park and Broadway theaters, LPR has witnessed
long lines of people, each of whom go through security checks before entering
the venue.
Persons concerned about the personally-invasive aspect of random searches of
subway riders should:
1) consider the precedents already established for crowds entering public facilities
and
2) realize that part of the cost of the ongoing war against terrorism
the Reagan security formula -- on a personal level --
"trust, but verify."
JULY 24,
2005 --
LPR Wonders…
A recent column,
whose source escapes memory, prompts LPR to wonder: if liberals of
today were transported back to 1775, or so, would they accuse all those
revolutionaries of being "anti-government"?
Also, LPR has a vague recollection of reading, not too long ago, of criticism
of an alleged practice of making detainees taken in the war on terrorism uncomfortable
by annoying sounds.
Wasn't it reported, at the time of the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians,
in Waco, Texas, that blood-curdling noises were played at night by the government
besiegers, to unsettled the besieged?
LPR recalls that at a hearing on the siege, and its violent end, then-Rep.
Charles
Schumer used his time mainly to lambaste the National Rifle Association.
The day is long past when it was said that politics stops at the water's edge.
If that were still so, there might be less denunciation of political adversaries
in Washington, D.C. -- and a bit more of the
terrorists who proclaim responsibility for their atrocities.
JULY 24,
2005 --
Photos of
the week …
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LPR
congratulates Lance Armstrong (here shown in Central Park,
last April) on his seventh Tour de France championship.
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LPR
learned recently that the person in the July 14 photo
with Patrick Wilson is Ricardo Antonio Chivira who plays Carlos
Solis on "Desperate Housewives."
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JULY 24,
2005 --
LPR Reminder …
Don't forget the Connecticut Agricultural Fair in Goshen, this weekend, July
29, 30, 31. Full of good, old-fashioned Americana. For more info, please
click the LPR link to this terrific summer
experience.
JULY 17,
2005 --
Washington
Politics …
LPR cannot figure out the controversy about the CIA's Valerie Plame, her husband
Amb. Joseph Wilson, and now
Karl Rove. The other night, on public television, Democrat John Podesta thought,
if I heard right, that Mr. Rove should step down from his job in the White
House. Others wonder about the truthfulness of Ambassador Wilson.
For LPR, it would be terrific if it is really Mr. Wilson who is undercover
-- for the GOP, inviting Democrats by their partisan zeal, to get the country
to feel uneasy about them. One Democrat who
apparently would use the Plame-Wilson matter as partisan lance is Senator Charles
B. Schumer who demonstrated his curious sense of fairness when by
letter to the New York attorney general, he denounced the owners of Dayton
Seaside (including this writer and members of his family) without having heard
from them.
LPR continues to hold that Republicans would vastly increase their numbers
by following the counsel of Federalist 57 --standing with, not apart from,
the people on the economic squeezings that get no reaction from the big media.
Karl Rove at least once suggested that President Bush is a populist at heart.
If so, this is as good a time as any to make the point -- at risk, no doubt,
that Democrats would cry
"smokescreen."
Let's have some leadership from the
White House that calls for officials to work for the common good, that opposes
the "ambitious sacrifice of the many to
the aggrandizement of the few,"
The Federalist 57 Spirit in NYC …
A report about a
building collapse in New York City noted that strangers rushed to help
victims and marveled at their sense of
active concern and help. Heaven help us if we only aid people in harm's way
-- while we contribute to the economic harm that can be as devastating as a
natural disaster.
What a different place NYC would be if the spirit that moved the rescuers was
found 24/7 in the city's corporate suites and public agencies.
Just wondering…
If, as November 2008 gets closer, it seems likely that Senator Clinton will
be the Democratic presidential nominee, will there be interest on the GOP side
that
Laura Bush succeed her husband?
LPR also
wonders …
How long until we gain global consensus in opposition to suicide bombs, in
opposition to terrorism?
Please tell
people about us …
If LPR prompts a politician or a corporate exec to check out the first half
of Federalist 57, we might be getting somewhere.
Protect
Civilized Society
Root Out Terrorism
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JULY
10, 2005 --
The
Bush Admistration is getting No Respect from Big Oil …
En route Connecticut, July 1, this writer heard a report on New York's WCBS
that people would not change driving habits until gas reaches $3.00 a gallon.
At
the time, it just seemed that that report was an invitatation to the oil companies
to go to $3.00 a gallon (and likely higher) --raising the price of crude accordingly
-- to $70 a barrel?
And there the media goes again, it seemed, not really standing on the people's
side. In view, however, of the continued slide in the stock market as oil prices
zoom higher, LPR believes WCBS
should ask whether people will continue current gas purchase habits until gasoline
crosses the $3.00 line -- while their stock holdings lose ten percent of value
as price of crude goes out of sight -- leaving Big
Oil easy bargains on Wall Street. Not to mention the inflationary pressure
$3 gas has on consumer prices generally.
LPR's "common good" concern:if we don't react wait till gas hits
$3 -- and we will be very sorry. LPR reiterates its reflection a few weeks
back -- the folks jacking up the price of crude are putting a thumb in the
eye of the Bush Administration -- certainly, the extreme cost of crude indicates
little respect for the Administration. This is not a good thing. LPR believes
JULY
10, 2005 --
Travel
Tip in NYC…
Drivers going north on the FDR Drive, heading for Bruckner Expressway will
find a sign directing them to the Bruckner by bearing left to the toll-bearing
Triborough Bridge.
If, however, drivers bear to the right and head for the Willis Avenue Bridge
and stay on the right, they will see a sign directing them to the same Bruckner
Expressway -- without requirement of a toll, but allowing for stopping at a
few red lights.
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Bruckner
by toll …
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Bruckner
no toll …
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JULY
10, 2005 --
Giambi
Update …
LPR again posts
this photo of Jason Giambi, taken before the June 26 game at
Yankee Stadium with the New York Mets.
This was not the first time LPR
photographed Mr. Giambi outside the Stadium. In previous photographs, however,
he tended to look straight ahead, LPR recalls. Here, he is looking either at
LPR or fans, or both and clearly has a
positive expression in his face. Mr. Giambi has been doing his baseball work
very well since June 26. LPR hopes this positive development continues fior
Mr,. Giambi, for the Yankees -- and, indeed is contagious to the rest of us.
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Jason
Giambi, before the June 26 game against the Mets that
the Yankees won on Giambi's ninth inning hit.
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JULY
10, 2005 --
Photos
of the week …
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A
Kelley Transit Bus, from Torington, Connecticut, as seen
on the West Side near Lincoln Center on July 10.
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A
sign announcing the Shakespeare play "As You Like
It" performed at Central Park's Delacorte Theater
through July 17.
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JULY
10, 2005 --
Mark
Your Calendars …
For info on the Connecticut Agricultural Fair, please click the LPR link to
the fair, to be held July 29, 30, 31.
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JULY 3, 2005
--
The People
of Winsted, CT …
Jedd Gould -- published The Voice, in Winsted, for some ten years, until 2003.
He is now president of Mediabids, advertising's auctioneer. Mediabids is on
the top floor of 448 Main Street. The first level, formerly home to The Voice,
is now the cartoon studio of Guy Gilchrist, internationally syndicated cartoonist
of "Nancy," "Mudpie" and other cartoons,
and home of Guy Gilchrist's Cartoonist's Academy.
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Jedd
Gould.
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Guy
Gilchrist.
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JULY 3, 2005
--
Gulf Prices
in Winsted, CT …
These prices at a Gulf gas station in Winsted, July 1, are humane when compared
to prices in New York and
indicate one aspect of the specialness of Winsted.
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Winsted
Gulf Station on July 1, 2005.
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JULY 3, 2005
--
Yankees Update …
On June 26, LPR stopped
outside Yankee Stadium to get a photo of the sign announcing the game
that night against the Mets. And shortly after, LPR got a photo of
Jason Giambi heading to the game that the Yankees won, 5-4 on his clutch
hit in the bottom of the ninth
inning.
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Mets
at Yankee Stadium, June 26.
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Jason
Giambi, before the June 26 game against the Mets that the Yankees
won on Giambi's ninth inning hit.
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Derek
Jeter, seen leaving the ballpark after the Yankees' win.
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JULY 3, 2005
--
A P.S. …
LPR, some weeks ago,
took note of some media criticism of attorney Lawrence S. Goldman for supporting
the Manhattan distridct attorney candidacy of former Judge Leslie Crocker
Snyder over the
incumbent, Robert Morgenthau.
LPR should have pointed out that it is not clear how unwarranted and collateral
criticism of third parties bear on the merits of the candidates -- or strengthen
the First Amendment.
JULY 3, 2005
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Noteworthy
-- this month …
The Connecticut Agricultural Fair, in Goshen, CT, presented by the
Connecticut State Grange. Lots of exhibits, entertainment, rides, booths, food
and more - July 29, 30, 31.
On the Main Stage --
Marshall Crenshaw
Saturday, July 30
5:00 PM & 6:30 PM
David Ball
Sunday, July 31
2:00 PM
Click on the LPR
link below for more information on this year's fair.
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