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Laurence Leamer: Chris Dodd's Peace Corps: "The Ambitious Sense of the Possible" Top
Early this evening Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut gave what will probably prove the most important speech in the history of the Peace Corps since that late October night in 1960 when Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy introduced the idea of a volunteers serving in the developing world. Dodd's Senate speech introduced the Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009 to grow and reform the 48-year-old agency. If passed, the legislation will likely make Dodd the father of a bold new Peace Corps for the 21st century, at least double in size, and immensely larger in purpose and impact. The bill was born not in his office in the Russell Building but in the tiny village of Moncion in the Dominican Republican more than forty years ago. It was there the young Dodd, a senator's son and a man of privilege, served as a Peace Corps volunteer and was transformed. In his years in public office, the Senator has had many accomplishments, but this moment today on the floor of the Senate is surely one of the greatest. Whatever his legislative monuments, whatever his faults, he may well be remembered for this one act as much as for anything else in his career if this emboldened, renewed institution is created. The Senator began by celebrating a list of giants who created the historic agency including Kennedy, Warren Wiggins, Sargent Shriver, and Harris Wofford. He spoke about brave leaders taking chances because timidity would have doomed them to failure. But what made his remarks so emotionally powerful is that he talked about his own experience with intimacy and passion. He pointed out that when he joined the Peace Corps in 1966 there were 16,000 volunteer, more than twice what there are now. "I spoke barely any Spanish and had little idea what I was doing and certainly didn't have a clue that more than forty years later I would be standing up here on the floor of the Senate explaining that the Peace Corps gave him the richest two years of his life," he said his voice touched with emotion. "From the story of the Peace Corps and my own story, we learn three things. First of all, the Peace Corps works, Mr. President.. Besides simple labor and good will, every American we send overseas brings another chance to make America known to a world that often fears and suspects us and our motives. And every American who returns to our country comes home as a citizen strengthened with the knowledge of the world that he or she has just lived in. "Second, Mr. President, the perils of a small, timid Peace Corps are just as strong today as they were in 1961. Of course, we need volunteers of the highest quality but we need the highest quantities to make a difference. Third, growth comes at a price. The Peace Corps that started with a staff of two now enjoys a staff over 100 and a fine office building not far from the White House." Dodd's bill calls for the $450 million appropriation approved by the House subcommittee, $575 million in fiscal year 2011 and $700 million in 2012, enough to move vigorously toward a doubling of the volunteers. Dodd then turned to reform and suggested that many Peace Corps supporters were uncomfortable with the idea but said that it must be faced straight on. Dodd is the only politician in America with the power and knowledge to say that and write this bill. It is the work of a man who loves the Peace Corps but understands its flaws and knows that you can not mindlessly grow the agency but must reform it from the bottom up. There could have been dozens of specific reforms in this bill but it fundamentally puts the agency on notice. It orders the new director to do a serious study of the agency and how it should be reformed and then carry the mandate out. Dodd ran through a litany of questions that must be answered and then acted upon. It is clear that if this is not done quickly and well, the wrath of Dodd will be visited upon the agency. In the past few years, Dodd has not given the agency the oversight that he should have given it. But Dodd is not going to strut boastfully about because of the mere passage of the act. He promises to be there overseeing the agency and its new director helping to ensure that volunteers head out into the rich variety of the world, well prepared to help and to learn. Dodd is one of the most powerful senators, and now with the illness of his dear friend Senator Edward Kennedy, he is overwhelmingly busy. Much of the work on the specifics of the bill was done by two young aides, Joshua Blumenfeld and Ben Weingrod, who were not volunteers but in their commitment well could have been. Dodd has worked with them for months, and it is extraordinary that in the midst of struggling over a health bill to insure all Americans, the senator found the time and the energy to introduce the bill. President Obama has not kept his oft-repeated campaign pledge to double the number of volunteers by 2011. Although privately administration members admit they made a mistake, the 2010 fiscal budget contains only $373 million for the agency, enough to fund neither reform nor expansion. But there is such an extraordinary groundswell of support for a reborn Peace Corps that in the House of Representatives the entire Appropriations subcommittee chaired by Rep. Nita Lowey, including all the Republicans, voted $450 million for the fiscal year 2010 budget, enough to begin the long march toward a vastly enlarged, reformed agency. Enter the Senate. The most serious potential adversary of a bold new Peace Corps is an unlikely one: the progressive Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. The Senator is a vociferous foe of the current Peace Corps and as the chairman of the Senator Appropriations Committee his voice matters enormously.. Most of Leahy's criticisms are valid, and if they are not answered to his satisfaction he is going to sit on the Peace Corps, and no matter what his colleagues on the committee want, to teach the agency a lesson it will not forget. There is bound to be broad bipartisan support for a robust, energized Peace Corps led on the Republican side probably by the formidable Senator Kit Bond, a classic son of Missouri. And Leahy may find himself odd man out on his own committee, but if he feels strongly, that won't stop him. No one in American politics has had such a long-term commitment to the Peace Corps as Dodd, but in recent months he had appeared uncharacteristically absent. Everyone in the Senate has been asking the same question about the key player in this drama. "Where is Senator Dodd?" The answer was, "Who knows?" Even Leahy's staff was asking the question for they knew that nothing would impress Leahy more than his friend coming forward with his much discussed bill. Dodd was planning to wait to introduce the bill later this year when he had a break in his incredibly busy legislative schedule. He is running in a tough reelection campaign, and his staff was going to make a big deal out of this, setting up all kinds of media, making sure the speech got the attention it richly deserved. But because of the inner politics of the Senate and how important the bill is to this campaign for full funding, Dodd sacrificed the high visibility to get it out there so his colleagues in the Senate, especially Leahy, would see what he had done. Dodd is calling for the Peace Corps to go backward and forward. It must go backward to the qualities of the bold, fearless men who created the unique institution. And it must go forward to become a lean, tough expanded organization ready to leave the foxholes of caution and match forward into the glorious unknown and unknowable. "And most of all how can we strengthen and grow this remarkable organization without losing that ambitious spark, the ambitious sense of the possible?," Dodd asked rhetorically. "The Peace Corps stands today as one of the singular accomplishments of the twentieth century. Let us never lose that spirit, that idealism, that ambition that led a young president of a young nation to ask a generation to serve." Today the public galleries were largely empty. The media gallery was quiet. There were few other Senators on the floor. But this was a great moment in American politics. As Dodd spoke, it was not a sixty-five-year old Senator rich in gravitas standing there. It was a twenty-three-year old young man in shorts, a t-short and flip-flops sitting around with a bunch of kids, laughing and joking in Spanish, probably as happy as he had ever been, and if he is like many volunteers, as happy as he ever would be. .
 
Francesca Biller-Safran: Michael and Farrah's Death the End of our Childhood Top
With the deaths of Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and David Carradine, it feels as though a large part of the 1970's has died right along with them, making those of us old enough to remember them feel as though a part of our culture and childhood is gone forever. Barely old enough to be baby boomer, I can remember the golden girl of the 1970s gracing every boy's room in the form of a poster, dancing to every song Jackson ever sang with indefinable dance moves, and watching Kung Fu each week during dinner as if it were a religious experience. Are we really so old that it is now time for our own childhood icons to begin passing away, or are these deaths and our shock simply a symbol that it was in the 70's that we began to take entertainers and celebrity-hood too seriously? Either way, there is no argument that there was no era that has ever been like or will be like the seventies and eighties, as anyone who has lived, celebrated and survived through those years can attest to. They were magical decades, a time when television characters, music, pop idols and commercialism became almost a part of our own families, and when many of us with dysfunctional, absent families turned to for comfort and identity. It was a time for kicking back, partying, looking "marvelous" always, and putting on the glitz before "bling" ever became a lame modern term without any true meaning. It was an era we "seriously" watched shows like Charlie's Angeles without laughing and because we thought these new powerful and beautiful women were cool and deserved to be idolized as the sexy, strong, modern woman. And we all either had a favorite angel to wither lust over or try to emulate. It was a time when disco and rock and roll clashed, when "Disco Sucks" was chanted at Rolling Stone's concerts and yet Jagger used a lot of the rhythms and black sounds in his music. We can remember too when Farrah Fawcett turned her famous hair in for a mop hairdo and a serious acting role in 'The Burning Bed' and other movies, something no one thought the beautiful blonde sex symbol could do. We can remember Jackson crossing barriers of race, gender, age, and culture with his astounding talent with songs like Billie Jean, We are the World, The Thriller Album, and even Ebony and Ivory with Paul McCartney. When Ed McMahon died this week, I was very sad to hear the news. I can remember watching the Tonight Show with my father as a teenager, one of the happier moments we often shared together. It seemed when Johnny's sidekick died, that a piece of that lighter side of childhood had now simply passed away. But at least with McMahon, he was elderly and it wasn't a shock to my system, or to my father's. We also knew about Farrah. The seemingly-impossibly healthy, sunny-faced poster girl who defined Hollywood, California beauty--we tried not to think this iconic angel could be suffering from the dreaded C word, and I am still in shock over her death as well, even though it was expected. David Carradine was a an iconic symbol of my generation too. Most of my elementary school male classmates had King Fu lunchboxes and thermoses. My brother even began martial arts because of the show and still practices today. But Michael Jackson was only fifty. 50 year-olds and especially iconic cultural superstars aren't supposed to die. 50 is the age of one of my older siblings, not of my grandfather or great uncle. We danced to his songs at my prom in Hawaii, watched street performers break dance to his songs with boom boxes New York, and I had a boyfriend who always donned a glove when attending parties. Jackson looked up to James Brown, and some say his talent was equaled; he had the grace of Fred Astaire who once called to compliment him on his dancing; he made the moon walk the ultimate dance goal for both blacks and whites, and sadly because he was forced to act as an adult in childhood, he became like a frail child in adulthood. This is truly sad day for all of us who are old enough to remember this special era that Michael, Farrah and David symbolized, and young enough to worry, panic and grieve. Their deaths mean in part that we must actually be getting older, and forced to face our own mortality. It makes an entire generation mourn that a big part of our own youth, culture and childhood has truly been washed away, never to return. More on Michael Jackson
 
Allison Kilkenny: NPR Asks Viewers to Identify Healthcare Lobbyists, But Misses the Real Point Top
NPR is asking listeners to out known healthcare lobbyists: When 22 senators started working over the first health care overhaul bill on June 17, the news cameras were pointed at them -- except for NPR's photographer, who turned his lens on the lobbyists. Whatever bill emerges from Congress will affect one-sixth of the economy, and stakeholders have mobilized. We've begun to identify some of the faces in the hearing room, and we want to keep the process going. Know someone in these photos? Let us know who that someone is -- e-mail dollarpolitics@npr.org or let us know via Twitter @DollarPolitics. I'm the last person to defend healthcare lobbyists. Really, I think they're terrible, terrible people. However, NPR is diverting attention away from the real problem: centrist Democrats and Congress representatives that receive thousands of dollars in donations from the private healthcare and insurance industries. If healthcare reform fails this time around, it will be because of so-called Democrats like Ben Nelson, who said a public option would be a "deal-breaker" because such a plan would threaten private insurers. Call me naive, but I thought Senator Nelson was elected to represent the interests of his constituents, and not the private insurance industry. Other public option naysayers include Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) who said that the U.S. Senate will not "go down the government-run health care road" even though the most recent New York Times -CBS poll shows that 72% of Americans want a government role in health care, and are willing to pay higher taxes for it. NPR has aimed its crosshairs at the wrong group because lobbyists are dispensable. Think of a giant pez dispenser that ejects only smiling assholes and that's sort of what the lobbyist machine in Washington is like. Outing a dozen healthcare lobbyists won't stop unscrupulous Senators from moving on to the next fresh-faced hustler from Pharma Inc. The real problem are the folks taking the cash. Below is a list (PDF) of the worst offenders from Common Cause, a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization. Pay special attention to the column "Committee or Leadership?" The representatives with a "Yes" beside their names (I've highlighted the tables for easy viewing) are the representatives simultaneously receiving money from the private healthcare industry while actively working to reform healthcare. These individuals are far more dangerous than an endless supply of lobbyists because they are actually shaping policy. Additionally, voters have control over these representatives. Namely, citizens have the ability to vote them the hell out of office if they try to shove a bullshit excuse down your throat like the one spouted by Lindsay Graham: we can't have healthcare because it will hurt my donors in the private healthcare industry. There will always be a new shady ombudsman for the private healthcare industry waiting in the shadows to dick the American people just so they can get a vacation house in Malibu. You can't control that, but what you can control is your vote, and your representatives, who ultimately shape public policy. If these representatives are actively working to deny you from receiving healthcare, stop voting for them. Support Progressive candidates that acknowledge you're a human being and you have the right to healthcare. Cross-posted from Allison Kilkenny's blog . Also available on Facebook and Twitter . More on NPR
 
Francesca Biller-Safran: Michael and Farrah's Passing a Death of Our Childhhood Top
With the deaths of Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and David Carradine, it feels as though a large part of the 1970's has died right along with them, making those of us old enough to remember them feel as though a part of our culture and childhood is gone forever. Barely old enough to be baby boomer, I can remember the golden girl of the 1970s gracing every boy's room in the form of a poster, dancing to every song Jackson ever sang with indefinable dance moves, and watching Kung Fu each week during dinner as if it were a religious experience. Are we really so old that it is now time for our own childhood icons to begin passing away, or are these deaths and our shock simply a symbol that it was in the 70's that we began to take entertainers and celebrity-hood too seriously? Either way, there is no argument that there was no era that has ever been like or will be like the seventies and eighties, as anyone who has lived, celebrated and survived through those years can attest to. They were magical decades, a time when television characters, music, pop idols and commercialism became almost a part of our own families, and when many of us with dysfunctional, absent families turned to for comfort and identity. It was a time for kicking back, partying, looking "marvelous" always, and putting on the glitz before "bling" ever became a lame modern term without any true meaning. It was an era we "seriously" watched shows like Charlie's Angels without laughing and because we thought these new powerful and beautiful women were cool and deserved to be idolized as the sexy, strong, modern woman. And we all either had a favorite angel to wither lust over or try to emulate. It was a time when disco and rock and roll clashed, when "Disco Sucks" was chanted at Rolling Stone's concerts and yet Jagger used a lot of the rhythms and black sounds in his music. We can remember too when Farrah Fawcett turned her famous hair in for a mop hairdo and a serious acting role in The Burning Bed and other movies, something no one thought the beautiful blonde sex symbol could do. We can remember Jackson crossing barriers of race, gender, age, and culture with his astounding talent with songs like "Billie Jean," "We are the World," The Thriller Album , and even "Ebony and Ivory" with Paul McCartney. When Ed McMahon died this week, I was very sad to hear the news. I can remember watching the Tonight Show with my father as a teenager, one of the happier moments we often shared together. It seemed when Johnny's sidekick died, that a piece of that lighter side of childhood had now simply passed away. But at least with McMahon, he was elderly and it wasn't a shock to my system, or to my father's. We also knew about Farrah. The seemingly-impossibly healthy, sunny-faced poster girl who defined Hollywood, California beauty -- we tried not to think this iconic angel could be suffering from the dreaded C word, and I am still in shock over her death as well, even though it was expected. David Carradine was a an iconic symbol of my generation too. Most of my elementary school male classmates had King Fu lunchboxes and thermoses. My brother even began martial arts because of the show and still practices today. But Michael Jackson was only fifty. 50 year-olds and especially iconic cultural superstars aren't supposed to die. 50 is the age of one of my older siblings, not of my grandfather or great uncle. We danced to his songs at my prom in Hawaii, watched street performers break dance to his songs with boom boxes New York, and I had a boyfriend who always donned a glove when attending parties. Jackson looked up to James Brown, and some say his talent was equaled; he had the grace of Fred Astaire who once called to compliment him on his dancing; he made the moon walk the ultimate dance goal for both blacks and whites, and sadly because he was forced to act as an adult in childhood, he became like a frail child in adulthood. This is truly sad day for all of us who are old enough to remember this special era that Michael, Farrah and David symbolized, and young enough to worry, panic and grieve. Their deaths mean in part that we must actually be getting older, and forced to face our own mortality. It makes an entire generation mourn that a big part of our own youth, culture and childhood has truly been washed away, never to return. More on Michael Jackson
 
Tamar Abrams: Baby Boomers Lose Two Icons on One Sad Day Top
If, like me, you grew up in the 1960s and 70s, the soundtrack of your life included the Jackson Five and "Charlie's Angels" was must-see TV. So today is a sad day for a generation - even for those who found Michael Jackson's lifestyle distasteful and Farrah Fawcett bland. They helped define a generation of Baby Boomers who were too young to claim Elvis and too old to boast about Jennifer Anniston. It's odd to lose two key representatives of my youth on the same day. I know my parents are used to it. When you reach the seventh and eighth decades of life, there is a certain resignation to hearing about the death of your peers. The obituary page begins to read like a high school yearbook, with a daily relief that your name isn't listed there. But at 52 I'm still shocked by the death of those close to my age, or anyone whose childhood photos are all in color. Among other things, we tend to define ourselves by the roadmap of celebrities, TV shows and music that we follow throughout our lives. As with certain smells from the past, a song or a TV clip can be almost painfully evocative. So what happens when those icons whose lives ran parallel to our own begin to disappear? We search for answers: How do you get anal cancer? How could someone like Michael Jackson die suddenly of cardiac arrest? Was he abusing drugs? In the answers we look for reassurance that the death had less to do with human frailty than with something that can be prevented. But in the end, it is all a part of the process of letting go. There's no guarantee that the celebrities we admire in our youth will grow old alongside us. And sometimes the celebrities appear to grow younger in direct contrast to our own aging. Farrah Fawcett left us with an iconic poster, even more iconic hair and a haunting documentary about her own impending death. Michael Jackson left us so suddenly, but the music and the dancing remain. At the end of a sad day, a generation of men and women in our late 40s and early 50s are reminded of our own mortality and the increasing losses that lie ahead. More on Michael Jackson
 
White House Luau: Congressional Picnic Hawaiian Style (PHOTOS) Top
***SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS*** By JULIE PACE and CHRISTINE SIMMONS, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON - Straw huts, hula dancers and kids playing with hula hoops were all on display Thursday evening in the White House's backyard -- not the typical congressional picnic. President Barack Obama wanted it this way for the annual picnic for members of Congress and their families. "I just want to say to all the members of Congress, you've been working hard. I wish I could give you all trips to Hawaii," Obama said in his brief remarks. "But I figured since, given our budget crunch we can't do that, that we'd at least bring Hawaii to you." The Obama White House turned its first congressional picnic into a Hawaiian luau, in celebration of the president's home state. Tents were set up on the South Lawn, tiki torches lined the perimeter, and potted palm trees were brought in. More than 2,000 guests, many wearing leis and sipping drinks, were scattered on the South Lawn under the blue sky. All wearing leis, the president, first lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters 10-year-old Malia and 8-year-old Sasha along with Vice President Joe Biden walked from the White House to meet the crowd. Before Obama shouted an "aloha" to guests, he and Sasha could be seen boogying to the music. On the menu were traditional luau foods like kalua pig and lomi lomi salmon prepared by famed Hawaii chef Alan Wong. Wong said he's been discussing the menu with the White House for more than a month. In addition to luau fare, he was flavoring the menu with some picnic favorites_ but with a twist, like wasabi potato salad. Wong first met Obama several years ago, when the then-senator ate at one of his Hawaii restaurants. Wong said the president is showing his guests great respect by throwing a luau. "To do a luau in Hawaii is a special occasion," Wong said. "You throw a luau for your child's first birthday, or you throw a luau for a wedding." Hawaii has seen its profile raised in Washington since its native son moved into the White House. In January, the 50th state held its first state inaugural ball -- also a luau -- and the marching band from the president's high school, the Punahou School in Honolulu, performed in the inaugural parade. In addition to a Hawaiian meal, the White House said traditional island entertainment was being offered, including a performance by Tihati, a group featuring members from each of the Hawaiian islands. Darlene Morikawa, of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, said they offered a blend of Polynesian and traditional hula dancing. Morikawa said she wouldn't be surprised to see the president get into the act. "He seems to be a good sport," Morikawa said. Also proving to be good sports? White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, who took his turn in the dunk tank. Many members of Congress and other top figures sent their RSVPs for the luau, including Democratic Sens. Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka of Hawaii; Roberta McCain, the mother of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate; House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio; and Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. "I hope everybody's got their Hawaiian shirts and their muumuus for our luau tonight," Obama told lawmakers gathered at the White House Thursday for a meeting on immigration. Before the luau, the Obamas put some members of Congress to work in their ongoing effort to promote community service. Five representatives joined the Obamas at Fort McNair, where they assembled 15,000 backpacks for children of military families. The event was part of the president's ongoing effort to promote community service. He launched a new service initiative, "United We Serve," aimed at getting people to tackle problems in the areas of education, health, energy and the environment and community renewal. More on Barack Obama
 
David Obey, Maxine Waters Fight On The Floor Of The House Over Earmark Top
Two Democrats got into a verbal altercation -- and according to one a physical one -- on the floor of the House on Thursday night over an appropriations earmark one was seeking. After the House floor had largely cleared following a series of votes, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) split apart from a heated conversation and began yelling at one another.
 
Andy Sernovitz: What "appreciating our troops" really means Top
I consider myself a patriot, but I've never had any real contact with the armed services. I read about it in the paper while I sit on my sofa. It only took a single day and night on an aircraft carrier to open my eyes. The Navy invited 16 bloggers to spend an night on the USS Nimitz. ( Guy Kawasaki provides a great travelogue here .) Here's what I learned: This is a really hard, nasty, grueling job. 18-hour shifts, deafening noise, noxious fumes, no privacy, no real time off, rough living conditions, and days without sunlight. You are risking your life. This is not just about getting wounded in battle. Every day is dangerous. Five died in a helicopter crash a few days before we got there; someone fell overboard (and was fortunately rescued) while we were there. The ship-board hospital was full, even in peacetime. Bottom line: There is no safe way to stand 5 feet from an F-18's engine or to spend your day building bombs. But they do it every day. Family sacrifices are immense. I will never again complain about being away from my kids for a few days on a business trip. These folks are gone for 6-8 months at a time. I met so many people who missed the birth of their children. To me, this is the hardest thing I can imagine. You can be a tough-as-nails fighter pilot, but no one can really handle missing their kids' life moments. They are doing it for us. This isn't about war. This is about peace. The world is full of nasty people with bombs and guns. They want to hurt us, and they want to hurt everyone. Our service to the world is that we have this massive Navy that we donate to keep the peace, for everyone. The world is safer because when a bad person starts playing with nuclear rockets or killing innocents, we can park this incredibly dangerous war machine in their front yard and remind them to calm the fuck down. This is about raising the quality of life for everyone. Our economy depends on seaborne commerce. When you walk into any store, remember that 80% of what you see came there by ship. The current problems with piracy are nothing compared to what would happen if the world's navies weren't out there to keep the peace. Are you really ready to only eat and wear what is made within driving distance? We owe them. I could never do this job. I would never want to do this job. I doubt you would either, for 50 cents more than minimum wage. Actually, it comes out to about $2/hour when you realize that they are working 24/7. But I'm deeply grateful and respectful of those who do. We need them, and we owe them. You wouldn't live the life you do if our friends in the military weren't making these sacrifices for you. For anyone who serves their country for us, who risks death for us, they should be taken care of. Health care, money, education -- whatever they need, for the rest of their lives. In the words of Stephen Colbert, broadcasting from Iraq: I am rarely at a loss for words, but when I think of all you've sacrificed for your country, it really seems insufficient to say "Thank You" and really inappropriate to say "Holy Shit" -- so I'll just say what I hope you can all say soon, "Honey, I'm coming home." Thank you. P.S. You really should watch this documentary . P.P.S. Related posts from my fellow travelers: All of my USS Nimitz Posts | My Photos Guy Kawasaki | Photos Dennis Hall Carroll "Lex" LeFon (USN, ret.) | #2 | #3 | #4 | Photos Charlene Li | #2 | #3 | Photos Pamela Slim Jennifer Jones | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 Jen Leo Robert Scoble | Photos Chris Pirillo Andrew Nystrom Jennifer Van Grove | #2 | Photos Bill Reichert Beth Blecherman | Photos Jenny Lawson | #2 | Photos
 
Lloyd Garver: Obama's Smokescreen Top
Obama's Smokescreen By Lloyd Garver What's the biggest secret that the President and his Administration tried to keep from us? Was it about health care? Did it deal with foreign-policy? Was it where he hides the key to the front door at Camp David? No, it's about whether the President still smokes cigarettes. The other day, President Obama signed an historic tobacco bill. It was aimed primarily at protecting kids by discouraging tobacco companies from targeting young people. The President said that he knows what it was like to get hooked early. "I was one of those teenagers. I know how difficult it can be to break this habit once you've started." What he didn't say was, "Even though it's difficult, it can be done. I'm proud to say that I did it." This omission led at least one reporter to ask the President about it. However, he ducked the question like George Bush ducking a shoe. When Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, was asked the question, he didn't want to answer either. Finally, Gibbs said that it's something that the President "continues to struggle with... like millions of Americans have." I guess in Nixonian terms, you could call that a non--confirmation confirmation. Apparently, the press thought the inhale-and-puff issue was important enough to continue to press the President for details. Finally, the next day, Obama admitted, while he "is 95% cured," sometimes he has "fallen off the wagon." He said he doesn't smoke in front of his kids, and obviously he avoids being photographed with a cigarette in his mouth. With this admission, Tabloid TV and papers will probably send reporters to dive into the White House dumpster to look for cigarette butts. The Obama's drycleaner will be grilled about any cigarette odors. Disgruntled former generals will give interviews about alleged smoking. That's why he should make his struggle with smoking public. Very public. First of all, think of the millions of people who can identify with a person who is trying to juggle a high-pressured job with family obligations while trying to stop smoking. It would also demonstrate just how hard it is to quit -- as if more evidence is still needed. If such a determined man who has overcome so many obstacles has a hard time quitting, that stuff must really be addictive. Finally, those who view him derisively as "Mr. Perfect" would see him walking around with a flaw. Actually, puffing on a flaw. The White House should give out daily bulletins on how he's doing with giving up smoking. The whole country would get involved. It would be bigger than "America's Pet Makeovers" or whatever the latest reality show is called. I can see the television newscasts beginning with, "Today, the President signed a trillion dollar education bill, warned against nuclear attacks, and threw away half a pack of Marlboros." And then, every day, the evening news would begin with how many days Obama has been without cigarettes. "Today was the President's seventh tobacco-free day," or "One month and still counting," or "Obama falls off wagon but will start stopping again tomorrow." Instead of pretending that he doesn't hear difficult questions or saying he can't answer them because of national security, whenever Obama doesn't want to deal with something tricky, all he'd have to do is shift the conversation over to his non-smoking: "The struggle in Iran reminds me of another struggle - my struggle with tobacco. It all started when I was a teenager, lured by advertising that made smoking look cool,..." So if he's still smoking, why does he feel he has to hide it like a teenager who's afraid of being punished? Is it because he went on television during the campaign and pledged that he was stopping? Is he afraid of going back on a campaign promise? Nah, that can't be it. Presidents break campaign promises more often than roided-out athletes break baseball records. So what is it, you ask? If you remember, he didn't make his "I'll give up smoking" pledge to the nation. He made it to his wife, Michelle. A President can go back on his word to the country and the public will probably yawn. But if he goes back on a promise to his wife, he's in big trouble. Now that it's out in the open, he'll have to come up with something more clever than, "Michelle, I know Boo just went for a walk, but I think I'll take him for another one. Alone. And the Bidens are barbecuing again, so my jacket might smell smoky when I get back." Lloyd Garver has written for many television shows, ranging from "Sesame Street" to "Family Ties" to "Home Improvement" to "Frasier." He has also read many books, some of them in hardcover. He can be reached at lloydgarver@gmail.com. Check out his website at lloydgarver.com and his podcasts on iTunes .
 
Sharon Waxman: From King of Pop to Whacko Jacko: A Tragedy in Black and White Top
Michael Jackson's life is a modern day tragedy. A star at 11, a teen idol as an adolescent and the King of Pop before he hit 30, Jackson spent what should have been the best years of his life confused, hounded and haunted, an Alice in Wonderland creature in a world of pop culture that he helped to create. We all must mourn twice today. First, the loss of a great musical and stage talent. But that person disappeared long ago. Second, we mourn the arc of a life that should have been filled with the blessings of success as defined in our world: money, talent, fame and celebrity. But instead it descended into a hellish purgatory on earth -- damned by public opinion and tortured by demons only he understood. It was a life left in ruins. His death is a shock, and we can only expect the unexpected in the coroner's report. But it is not nearly as shocking as the events that led to an untimely demise we could only expect sooner rather than later. A child prodigy. An adored adolescent. Then -- pop star bizarre. Accusations of pedophilia. Million dollar shopping sprees. A hyperbaric chamber. Evian water piped into the tap on tour. A fake marriage (to Lisa-Marie Presley) and sad surrogate parenting (with Deborah Rowe). Caucasian children who wore veils when in public, and two of whom were named -- who would do this to a child? -- Prince Michael. The world will have a hard time writing Michael Jackson's epitaph. We see him, frozen forever in time, electric on stage, sliding his inimitable way through Thriller, a defining image in our collective memory. We see him singing about racial harmony, ebony and ivory, with Paul McCartney. We see him pleading for world peace. Singing of brotherly love with his friend Diana Ross. Begging for a cure for AIDS, with his pal Liz Taylor. Influencing music and fashion and dance for three decades., generations of fans. We made names for him: the King of Pop. The Gloved One. Or he was just plain Michael. And we see him creating the fantasy childhood world at Neverland, where he entertained children dying of cancer. Then we see him accused of molesting children -- children he abused, or so it certainly seemed. But it got complicated; some were children who may well have used him for fame and fortune, for headlines and a book deal. It was ugly. It felt dirty. We were learning, along the way, about the treacherous nature of celebrity in our modern age. He embodied the vice, and helped it morph into an epidemic. We found new names for him: Whacko Jacko. My kids would ask: Mom, is Michael Jackson black or white? In Three Kings , an Iraqi torturer asks US soldier Mark Wahlberg: Hey man, what happened to Michael Jackson's face? And yet his fans stuck by him. There were always those waiting outside the courtroom who screamed his name like a prayer, a mantra. Who would never believe the worst. Because in fact, Michael Jackson always seemed harmless. More, he seemed like someone who needed our protection. And this much was true: he needed our love and approval. He lived for it, and the only place he ever got it was on stage. That's where he was preparing to return, to the one place he could find the love and adulation that never seemed to register anywhere else. It seemed an impossible dream. And it was. A lost cause. We reported at TheWrap weeks ago that the Michael Jackson 50-city tour was an impossibility, a dream destination where the singer might once again find what always eluded him in the world. He never found it. That is a tragedy. More on Michael Jackson
 
Finance Committee Keeping Health Care Cost Numbers From Other Democrats Top
The Senate Finance Committee may have announced earlier Thursday that its new health care reform package costs less than a trillion dollars over ten years, but it has no plans to share the details with most Democrats on the committee until a committee bill is written. Citing fears that the budget numbers would be leaked, staff for Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) e-mailed staffers for other Democratic committee members on Thursday evening that they intend to keep the scores private until the committee bill -- known as a mark -- is written, a senior Democratic aide said. There is no set timetable for the completion of a committee bill. Senators and staff learned of the general trillion-dollar number that had come back from the Congressional Budget Office at a closed-door committee meeting Wednesday evening, aides said. The CBO individually scored multiple parts of the committee proposal, but no agreement as to which parts will make up the whole has been made. The purpose of getting the CBO scores was to enable the committee to piece together a proposal that comes in at around a trillion dollars. With the agreement yet to be reached, it's unclear how the bill, which doesn't exist yet, can be said to have a cost of a trillion dollars. The CBO, in other words, provided the committee with a number of options that could come in under a trillion dollars, but what those options are remains secret. The Finance Committee has generally operated in the open. In April, New York Times reporter Robert Pear wrote that, "In setting forth detailed 'policy options' and inviting public comment, Mr. Baucus and Mr. Grassley set a precedent for openness. Four other Congressional committees are developing equally ambitious proposals in secret." Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), speaking to reporters Thursday afternoon, seemed to expect that to continue."With all these new scores, people will have a chance to look at how you fit together these options to get the best package from a policy perspective and also in terms of support," he said. The Huffington Post asked Conrad what had been cut from the previous package, which had cost $1.2 trillion earlier this week, to get it down to one trillion. "Two hundred billion," joked Conrad. More specifically? "Subsidies, largely," he said. Will the details be shared with the rest of the committee? "You have to talk to the chairman, because that's his responsibility. I do have them, I can't speak for others," said Conrad, the Budget Committee Chairman and a charter member of Baucus' 'Coalition of the Willing.' "I haven't seen them," Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), a finance committee member, told HuffPost. Baucus has "been very candid; when he's had information, he's made it available. I sure don't have any quarrels about that," said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), a finance committee member. He said he met with Baucus on Thursday but has not seen the specific numbers from the CBO. "I think the chairman felt they just got it this morning, so you'll have to ask him." So HuffPost told Baucus that a number of people on the committee had been unable to see the specific numbers. "We're addressing that subject a step at a time," he said. "I did meet with all the members today. I met with everybody today." Will you share the numbers? "Every senator on the finance committee is able to, how do I say this? We're working on it," said Baucus. Jeff Muskus contributed reporting. More on Health
 
Michael Jackson's Death: Madonna, Quincy Jones, Brooke Shields, Liz Taylor React Top
The sudden death of Michael Jackson jolted his friends and family, a second blow to the entertainment world after it lost another icon, Farrah Fawcett, just hours earlier. "I can't stop crying over the sad news," Madonna says. "I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever! My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless." More on Michael Jackson
 
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone: Save Your Career Now! Top
So many people have that "end goal" in mind. They know what their ultimate career goal is - be it General Manager, CEO or business owner. As definitive as they are in that goal they are equally unspecific on how they're going to get there. Some people believe that just by doing well on their job, they'll magically arrive at their career goal. That approach may work for some, but for most people it takes structure. Having a successful career takes planning. Too many people allow their careers "to happen" rather than being the architect. They move in and out of jobs without looking at the overall picture of where they want their careers to be. To build the career you want think of yourself as the architect of your ultimate dream. You need a vision, a blueprint and the resources to build it. It Starts With Your Vision - Where do you want to be? What are you passionate about? Nobody knows you better than you. Whatever your career goal is, remember it's not only about the end result, it's about the journey, which is why it's important to go after something that you really want. You want to be excited every day (or almost every day) while you're working on that goal. Whatever your vision is, it's important to keep it top of mind. When Are You Going to Get there? Think about where you are right now in your career. How long will it take you to get from where you are today to that ultimate goal? It's important that you write down this end date, just like you would for any other deadline at work. This date is going to drive the actions you'll be taking towards your goal. It doesn't have to be set in stone but, it does have to be realistic. How Are You Going to Do It? It may involve getting new skills (education or job rotation), strengthening current skills (seminars, finding a mentor), developing a successor, taking on more responsibilities, joining a board, raising your profile internally and externally. Ask your boss for projects that will help you get there quicker. When you're creating your blueprint prioritize your efforts so that you're focused on the things that have the greatest impact. Show your roadmap to someone who already has the job to get their input. How Are You Doing? Matt LeBlanc (Joey) on "Friends" used to ask this question all the time. It's a good one to be asking yourself in terms of measuring your progress. Are you on track based on your timeline? Most people don't measure and then wonder why they're not getting closer to their goal. Just like companies have a quarterly analyst call to measure results, have your own quarterly review to measure your progress. If you do it quarterly and make the necessary adjustments, you'll never be far off track. Course Correction - If you're not getting there, you need to adjust. You may need to do different things or things in a different order. Change things until you find the right combination that leads to the results you want. Think about the people who have been very successful in their careers. They took charge of their destiny by creating their roadmap and by making the necessary adjustments along the way. The difference between these people and most others is that they focused on what they wanted and worked strategically to get there. You can do the same by creating your own blueprint for success and there's no better time to start than now. Fred & Gladys Whelan Stone Executive Search and Coaching Authors of "GOAL! Your 30 Day Career Plan for Business & Career Success"
 
Michael Jackson Mourned In Gary, Indiana Hometown Top
[Michael Jackson] wasn't a frequent visitor to his boyhood hometown, but his family's roots in Gary were a source of great pride for many of its residents. Within minutes of the news of Jackson's death, crowds began to gather outside the home, laying stuffed animals at the doorstep and playing Jackson's music. More on Michael Jackson
 
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston: "Never Can Say Goodbye..." Top
II Samuel 12:23 "But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." These are the words of King David after the death of his infant son. I use them for Michael Jackson because he indeed was the eternal child. Always curious. Always playful. Always believing that the best was still to come. I remember playing with Michael's children as he looked on. We shared a laugh that big kids laugh when they watch the unlearned joy of little ones playing -- oblivious to headlines, paparazzi and muckrakers. My time spent with Michael always brought about a host of questions from my friends and colleagues who were also fans: "Does he really have that skin disease? (yes)", "Is his voice really that high? (most of the time until he would go straight GI (Gary, Indiana) on you)", "Yo, G, you think he's a pedophile? (No. Just a showbiz juggernaut who was always trying to recapture his childhood)." Now of course for an infinite number of days Michael's life will be analyzed, scrutinized, demonized and canonized. Like Elvis and Tupac, he will be seen darting through supermarket parking lots and wearing his trademark disguises while watching a summer blockbuster. However from my faith tradition the words of King David tell the real story: The Thriller, the manchild who lived among us for fifty years won't be coming back to do a Redemption Tour. Ed, Farrah and Michael a strange trinity who ruled pop culture won't, of course, be coming back, but we all one day, my friends, shall go to them. Love ya Mike. See ya in the bye and bye... More on Michael Jackson
 
Adele Stan: Michelle Pfeiffer Dazzles in Chérie Top
From the opening frames of Chérie , the viewer is drawn into an opulent, decadent world, at once foreign and familiar to those who have mixed with the denizens of high society in our own time. But the depiction of that world in director Stephen Frears' tour de force is no simple condemnation nor exhaltation: the charms and moral ambiguities of France's Belle Epoch co-exist in this rendering of a gilded age at its apogee, most completely in the glowing figure of Michelle Pfeiffer as Léa de Lonval, an exquisite courtesan about to age out of her profession. At its core, Chérie is a movie about time and the constancy of change -- a theme that could be esoteric and depressing, were it not for the stunning visual and aural landscape the filmmakers grant us, the stylized repartee that screenwriter Christopher Hampton draws from Colette's celebrated novel, and Pfeiffer's grounded, sexy and elegant rendering of the woman at the center of the film. Léa is both wise and playful, jaded and vulnerable, a ravishing beauty who looks every minute of her 49 years. In Léa, Pfeiffer offers a rendering of an aging woman such as I have never before seen on the big screen. Like Diane Keaton's character in Something's Gotta Give , she plays a woman with wrinkles who is undeniably sexy. But unlike Keaton's sweet and sexually uptight character, Léa is in full possession of her sexuality; she knows what she's got, knows she's still beautiful, yet has no illusions about society's contempt for the older woman as a sexual creature. Alone with her maid, preening before her mirror, Léa raises her arms above her head, and remarks, "Nice handles for such an old vase." So she opts to retire while she's still in demand. Enter Chérie, played by Rupert Friend, who is the 19-year-old son of her rival, the retired courtesan Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates), still known to her by the pet name she bestowed upon him when he was a baby. Charlotte, a relic of her time, was a disinterested mother at best, and is now eager to deliver her spoiled, neglected and costly offspring into Léa's hands. She takes him in because she likes him, because she has something to teach him and because she wants a lover of her own choosing. He goes with her to her home in the south of France because he has grown bored with his life of debauchery in Paris, and winds up staying with Léa for six years, until Mama Charlotte contrives another plan for him -- one that will ensure her a handsome pension. Along the way, the worldly courtesan and the petulant young man fall in love, a love on which Father Time, if not Mama Charlotte, has imposed his limitations. Chérie concerns itself at once with the peculiarities of time as it shapes human relationships; one cannot escape the age into which one has been born, after all. But within one's own time, a woman can opt to cling to old glories, or move with the current of the age. The turn of the last century heralded the coming modern age: the telephone and the automobile were among its innovations. Women's clothing changed in significant ways, as well: bustles disappeared from dresses, and dresses inflected with exotic forms eliminated the need for corseting. The glorious costuming of this film cleverly points this up: Charlotte is still dressed in the fussy, old style, while Léa glides about in Art Nouveau gowns that feature kimono-inspired bodices, loose sleeves, and skirts that are sumptuously draped, not frivolously gathered into confining waistlines. (I predict that Consalata Boyle's designs for Pfeiffer will be reflected in the 2010 fall fashions.) The film speaks to changes still percolating in today's society. Because we meet Léa at the close of her courtesan career, we find her a liberated woman, one free to do as she pleases. She has money and beauty, a good mind and business acumen, and a young lover. She has the freedom to get her heart broken, and she does. Still, we're left with the sense that hers is a life fully lived. Yet her young charge is still trapped in his mother's time, when an arranged marriage ensured one's future fortunes, and we find him enslaved to a most female fate while Léa possesses the independence to live in beauty. Chérie himself is a jarring character, a simpering young man with a love for pearls and fine fabrics, and ultimately far more vulnerable to the pain of love than his feminine paramour. Gender norms are reversed in Colette's story, which was written in 1920, in the aftermath of the Great War, but set in its ante bellum. Throughout Frears' film, change and indeed its backlash is suggested, and a sense of foreboding provides a faint undercurrent. Though not every element of Chérie succeeds, it is a film that haunts the viewer days after the final credits have rolled. Special kudos belong to composer Alexandre Desplat for a stunning score, cinematographer Darius Khondji and production designer Alan MacDonald who, along with costumer Boyle, create a world into which the viewer longs to step, if only for one moment in time. Chérie opens nationwide on Friday, June 26th.
 
Alderman Want Olympics Leaders To Come Clean On Costs Top
Several aldermen are demanding complete details about the city's proposed financial guarantee for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games so they can have them evaluated by outside financial analysts before signing off. More on Olympics
 
Ben Sherwood: Michael Jackson RIP: Does Anyone Survive Sudden Cardiac Arrest? Top
Every twenty seconds, a heart attack strikes someone in America, killing five hundred thousand a year. That's fifty-seven deaths every hour, almost one per minute. In the United States and many nations, it's the leading cause of death among adults over age forty. The most lethal kind of heart problem--called sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) --occurs when your ticker's electrical system goes haywire and stops pumping blood to the rest of your body. SCA accounts for an estimated 325,000 deaths every year in the US and it appears to have killed Michael Jackson. The King of Pop was found unconscious and not breathing by paramedics who attempted CPR and rushed him to UCLA Medical Center. It's important to note that a heart attack is different from cardiac arrest. A heart attack or myocardial infarction is a blockage of your heart's plumbing while cardiac arrest is an electrical problem with your heartbeat, according to the Heart Rhythm Foundation . The difference is critical: Cardiac arrest is typically much more dangerous than heart attack. What are your odds of surviving cardiac arrest? In major cities in North America, your chances range between three to nine percent depending in large part on the quality of the emergency response system. In communities with the best emergency response like Seattle, the salvage rate tops out at 16 percent. Put bluntly, even in the best cities in America, 85 to 95 percent of cardiac arrest victims simply don't make it. So who does? People like Thurman Austin. The sixty-three-year-old textile worker from China Grove, North Carolina, was gambling at the Stardust Casino in Las Vegas when he collapsed, banged his head on a dollar slot machine, and hit the floor. He didn't even know his wife, Gwen, in the next seat had just won nearly three hundred dollars. Within minutes, security guards arrived with one of the casino's new defibrillators and shocked his heart back into normal rhythm. It was July 1, 1997. "I hit the jackpot that day," he says. Yes, he did. Believe it or not, casinos are among the safest places in the world for a heart attack, according to the New England Journal of Medicine . The reason has nothing to do with Lady Luck, says Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, a former paramedic and emergency physician who teaches at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and writes textbooks for emergency caregivers. Survival depends on how fast you're defibrillated and receive chest compressions. If you get the first jolt within one minute, your chances are around 90 percent, but they drop 10 percent every sixty seconds. Incredibly, the salvage rate on the Vegas Strip is now 53 percent. Even in most hospitals, your odds aren't as good. Why is Sin City the best place to survive cardiac arrest? It starts with the alarming fact that two to three times more people suffer cardiac arrest in Las Vegas than other cities of similar size. The reason: Vegas Syndrome. Older tourists keel over because of too much eating, drinking, partying, smoking, exhaustion, and stress from gambling. Indeed, paramedics in Clark County, Nevada, found themselves responding to so many fatal cardiac arrest calls in casinos that they urgently needed a solution. In 1997, they began persuading casino owners to buy automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and to install them like fire extinguishers in public places. They also started training casino workers in CPR and defibrillation. (Note: The story of cardiac arrest in Vegas is told wonderfully in a Wall Street Journal piece in January 2006 by Kevin Helliker.) With security cameras and guards always on the lookout for cheaters and troublemakers, virtually everyone is under constant surveillance. That means if a visitor drops, someone notices quickly. If you keel over at the MGM Mirage, for instance, a trained staffer with a defibrillator will be standing over you in just 2.8 minutes. Even if you're in a hospital, the response rate isn't always so fast. And that can make the difference between hitting the jackpot and losing everything. That's a big reason why airports, ball parks, libraries and other public places are installing more and more defibrillators. They save lives. Indeed, the AED program at O'Hare and Midway airports in Chicago has showed a salvage rate of 64 percent, even better odds the Vegas strip. More on Michael Jackson
 
Michael Jackson Prescription Drugs: Brian Oxman, Family Spokesman, Says He "Warned" Family Jackson Might Be Abusing (VIDEO) Top
Brian Oxman, Jackson family spokesman and attorney, reacted to the tragic news of Michael Jackson's death on CNN. He said he was "stunned" and that he cried with the family. He also said that the people surrounding Michael were "enabling him" and that he "warned" the family that Michael may have been abusing prescription drugs. Watch the interview below. More on Michael Jackson
 
Andrew Bergman: Clarence Thomas Stands Up for the Right to Strip Teenagers Naked Top
Hats off to Justice Clarence Thomas for his courageous stand on behalf of school officials' right to strip teenagers naked in an effort to find prescription pills. This great man has more than justified George H.W. Bush's faith in his character, dignity, and wisdom. Taking a position at odds with such moral relativists as Scalia, Roberts and Alito, Justice Thomas once again proved that he is indeed our Man For All Seasons. Hopefully, one day school administrators will be free to strip all children bare-ass naked each and every morning, perhaps during the Pledge of Allegiance and the Prayers to God, so that parents can rest assured that pills of any sort will be kept out of class, not to speak of the weapons of mass destruction that could easily make their way through our nation's school doors. Is it too much to suggest that with the Republican Party in such a moral wasteland with the activities of Messrs Ensign and Sanford, that its leaders look to Justice Thomas to lead them back to the promised land in 2012? More on Supreme Court
 
Michael Jackson Number 1 Singles: VIDEOS Top
The tragic news that the King of Pop Michael Jackson has died has the entire world reflecting on just how spectacular his music is. What also stands the test of time are his epic music videos. Jackson accumulated an astonishing 13 number one singles. Watch the videos of those singles below. And check out his life in pictures here . Thriller Michael Jackson - New Music - More Music Videos Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson - New Music - More Music Videos Bad Michael Jackson - New Music - More Music Videos More on Michael Jackson
 

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