Find a show you like and click the 
button. The show will be added to your My Playlist page and updated 24/7 with new videos.
Search Results
0 Views
22:16:36 02/06/12
Randy Travis Arrested for Public Intoxication
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 22:16:36 02/06/12
Randy Travis Arrested for Public Intoxication
PHOTO: Check out the country singer's mug shot after he was busted in a Dallas Monday morning after police found him in his car with an open wine bottle. COUNTRY SINGER RANDY TRAVIS HAS BEEN BUSTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION... RANDY TRAVIS WAS ARRESTED IN A DALLAS SUBURB EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AFTER POLICE FOUND THE COUNTRY SINGER PARKED IN FRONT A BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH AN OPEN BOTTLE OF WINE IN HIS CAR, SMELLING OF ALCOHOL AND SLURRING HIS WORDS. AND WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS GOOD MATERIAL FOR A COUNTRY SONG -- BESIDES THE SMIRK IN HIS MUG SHOT -- TRAVIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY DROWNING HIS SORROWS OVER A WOMAN. THE 52-YEAR-OLD GRAMMY WINNER HAD REPORTEDLY JUST GOTTEN INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE ARRESTING OFFICER TOLD THE NBC TV STATION IN DALLAS, "Mr. Travis was unaware of his location and kept asking me to take him home." THAT'S WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION. TRAVIS WAS RELEASED A FEW HOURS LATER. ON MONDAY, HE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, "I apologize for what resulted following an evening of celebrating the Super Bowl. I'm committed to being responsible and accountable, and apologize for my actions." RANDY TRAVIS IS SCHEDULED TO KICK OFF A NATIONWIDE TOUR ON THE 10TH. From: CelebTV Views: 1662 1 ratings Time: 01:07 More in Entertainment
0 Views
22:16:36 02/06/12
Randy Travis Arrested for Public Intoxication
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 22:16:36 02/06/12
Randy Travis Arrested for Public Intoxication
PHOTO: Check out the country singer's mug shot after he was busted in a Dallas Monday morning after police found him in his car with an open wine bottle. COUNTRY SINGER RANDY TRAVIS HAS BEEN BUSTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION... RANDY TRAVIS WAS ARRESTED IN A DALLAS SUBURB EARLY MONDAY MORNING, AFTER POLICE FOUND THE COUNTRY SINGER PARKED IN FRONT A BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH AN OPEN BOTTLE OF WINE IN HIS CAR, SMELLING OF ALCOHOL AND SLURRING HIS WORDS. AND WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS GOOD MATERIAL FOR A COUNTRY SONG -- BESIDES THE SMIRK IN HIS MUG SHOT -- TRAVIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY DROWNING HIS SORROWS OVER A WOMAN. THE 52-YEAR-OLD GRAMMY WINNER HAD REPORTEDLY JUST GOTTEN INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE ARRESTING OFFICER TOLD THE NBC TV STATION IN DALLAS, "Mr. Travis was unaware of his location and kept asking me to take him home." THAT'S WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION. TRAVIS WAS RELEASED A FEW HOURS LATER. ON MONDAY, HE RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING, "I apologize for what resulted following an evening of celebrating the Super Bowl. I'm committed to being responsible and accountable, and apologize for my actions." RANDY TRAVIS IS SCHEDULED TO KICK OFF A NATIONWIDE TOUR ON THE 10TH. From: CelebTV Views: 1662 1 ratings Time: 01:07 More in Entertainment
0 Views
02:05:50 02/01/12
Drae Bowles signs with Tennessee
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 02:05:50 02/01/12
Drae Bowles signs with Tennessee
Drae Bowles Wide receiver, 6-1, 200 Jackson, Tenn. (Jackson Christian) Committed: July 17, 2011 Prospect Rankings 247Sports: 4-star Rivals: 4-star Scout: 3-star 247Sports Rating: 93 (No. 212 overall prospect, No. 25 wide receiver, No. 4 player in Tennessee) The skinny: Bowles was one of the top targets for UT coaches when they began putting this 2012 class together and he quickly became one of its core members, committing early and maintaining a low-stress presence on the Vols' big board. The chance for early playing time is there, and coaches haven't been shy to tell Bowles that he has a good chance of receiving it. His size and speed make him an option at seemingly any spot on the Vols' wide receiver depth chart. From: knoxnews Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:03 More in Sports
0 Views
23:00:06 01/15/12
On This Week, The Long, Last Desperate Gasp of Gov. Rick Perry
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 23:00:06 01/15/12
video platform video management video solutions video player
Poor Rick Perry. Back when he still had a chance, he couldn't string two coherent sentences together. And now that he's probably at the end of the line, he finally learns to play the game: Namely, to lie, exaggerate and deny with the best of them. >
STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor Perry, thanks for joining us this morning.
PERRY: Good morning, George. How are you?
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'm doing well. Thank you. Less than a week to go in South Carolina, you're still lagging far behind. To borrow a metaphor from your home state, has South Carolina become your Alamo?
PERRY: I don't think so. But we get out every day and go take our message of job creation, and, you know, we're the most consistent fiscal conservative and social conservative in the race, and that's our message, both on the airwaves and out on the campaign trail. The retail politics in South Carolina has been awesome.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But as you know, Governor, that big group of social conservatives meeting in Texas yesterday, decided you're not the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. They want Rick Santorum to have that mantle. You didn't even make the final ballot.
PERRY: Well, that's what they said about Ronald Reagan as well, that, you know, he was unelectable, he was not the one that they wanted to pick. But South Carolina citizens said, you know what, he is. So we'll wait and see Saturday what the people of South Carolina say.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What is your message this final week?
PERRY: Well, it's all about jobs and getting this country back working again. I'm -- 11 years of executive governing experience that have created a million jobs in my home state , the 13th largest economy in the world. I keep the taxes low, the regulatory climate fair and predictable, a legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing. And in a state that's got quite a military history and a lot of veterans here, I think they're looking for a president who not only has worn the uniform of the country, but also has been the commander in chief of 20,000-plus National Guard troops that have been deployed multiple times. They know my commitment to the men and women of the military, and we'll stand with them and support them over the course of the years.
As we already know, Texas has a "weak governor," one whose powers and responsibilities are few. We see how well that same "executive governing experience" prepared George W. Bush to be president. >
STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor, as you know, you have taken some heat this week from many Republicans for your attacks on Mitt Romney as a vulture capitalist during his time at Bain Capital. Want to read some of them here. Sean Hannity said, "it almost sounds like Occupy Wall Street." Rudy Giuliani, "it's ignorant and dumb." Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, "it really gives the Democrats a lot of fodder." Any regrets for using that phrase?
PERRY: I think the issue -- it's not a new phrase. It was used by Stewart Stephens (ph), who was one of Mitt Romney's consultants, against Meg Whitman. I think the issue for everyone is, look, this is something that we knew wasn't going to come up. And it's better to be talking about it here in January in South Carolina than it is in September and October with a nominee. So if it's a fatal flaw, then we need to talk about it now.
The issue has been about who's best prepared and who has the background of creating jobs, and that's what those comments were always about, was that, who is the job creator that's on that stage, and I will submit to you that my job creation record is incomparable when it comes to the other candidates on that stage.
Oh yeah, there's the little fact that most of the jobs created in Texas were federal jobs. >
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you don't buy Mitt Romney's argument that at Bain he created more than 100,000 jobs?
PERRY: I think, you know, the issue is, what is the total -- it's just like Sarah Palin, when Sarah asked that question, she said, you know, that's really what this issue is all about, not whether or not did the Bain Capital is a job creator or not, but did they really create that many jobs? So, yes, I think the question is out there, and it's a good conversation to have. We're going to get tested by Obama and his group. So, you better have all of these answers done early. No surprises in September and October.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But I think what a lot of Republicans are worried about, is they're going to hear that phrase "vulture capitalism" coming out of your mouth, from President Obama and the Democrats in the fall?
PERRY: Well, the issue is about job creation. And as I said, I think if this is a fatal flaw, it needs to be talked about now, rather than in September. So, you know, we're talking about it, and the people of South Carolina will decide whether or not that's a problem or not.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So, Governor Perry, what is your plan going forward? If you don't come in first or a close second in South Carolina, is that it for your campaign?
PERRY: Well, we'll make that decision on Saturday. Our intention is to win South Carolina and go forward from there. But to try to plan out your campaign months in advance, I think is a little bit of a stretch.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor Perry, thanks very much for your time this morning.
PERRY: So long, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Take care.
0 Views
23:00:06 01/15/12
On This Week, The Long, Last Desperate Gasp of Gov. Rick Perry
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 23:00:06 01/15/12
video platform video management video solutions video player
Poor Rick Perry. Back when he still had a chance, he couldn't string two coherent sentences together. And now that he's probably at the end of the line, he finally learns to play the game: Namely, to lie, exaggerate and deny with the best of them. >
STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor Perry, thanks for joining us this morning.
PERRY: Good morning, George. How are you?
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'm doing well. Thank you. Less than a week to go in South Carolina, you're still lagging far behind. To borrow a metaphor from your home state, has South Carolina become your Alamo?
PERRY: I don't think so. But we get out every day and go take our message of job creation, and, you know, we're the most consistent fiscal conservative and social conservative in the race, and that's our message, both on the airwaves and out on the campaign trail. The retail politics in South Carolina has been awesome.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But as you know, Governor, that big group of social conservatives meeting in Texas yesterday, decided you're not the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. They want Rick Santorum to have that mantle. You didn't even make the final ballot.
PERRY: Well, that's what they said about Ronald Reagan as well, that, you know, he was unelectable, he was not the one that they wanted to pick. But South Carolina citizens said, you know what, he is. So we'll wait and see Saturday what the people of South Carolina say.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What is your message this final week?
PERRY: Well, it's all about jobs and getting this country back working again. I'm -- 11 years of executive governing experience that have created a million jobs in my home state , the 13th largest economy in the world. I keep the taxes low, the regulatory climate fair and predictable, a legal system that doesn't allow for oversuing. And in a state that's got quite a military history and a lot of veterans here, I think they're looking for a president who not only has worn the uniform of the country, but also has been the commander in chief of 20,000-plus National Guard troops that have been deployed multiple times. They know my commitment to the men and women of the military, and we'll stand with them and support them over the course of the years.
As we already know, Texas has a "weak governor," one whose powers and responsibilities are few. We see how well that same "executive governing experience" prepared George W. Bush to be president. >
STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor, as you know, you have taken some heat this week from many Republicans for your attacks on Mitt Romney as a vulture capitalist during his time at Bain Capital. Want to read some of them here. Sean Hannity said, "it almost sounds like Occupy Wall Street." Rudy Giuliani, "it's ignorant and dumb." Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, "it really gives the Democrats a lot of fodder." Any regrets for using that phrase?
PERRY: I think the issue -- it's not a new phrase. It was used by Stewart Stephens (ph), who was one of Mitt Romney's consultants, against Meg Whitman. I think the issue for everyone is, look, this is something that we knew wasn't going to come up. And it's better to be talking about it here in January in South Carolina than it is in September and October with a nominee. So if it's a fatal flaw, then we need to talk about it now.
The issue has been about who's best prepared and who has the background of creating jobs, and that's what those comments were always about, was that, who is the job creator that's on that stage, and I will submit to you that my job creation record is incomparable when it comes to the other candidates on that stage.
Oh yeah, there's the little fact that most of the jobs created in Texas were federal jobs. >
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you don't buy Mitt Romney's argument that at Bain he created more than 100,000 jobs?
PERRY: I think, you know, the issue is, what is the total -- it's just like Sarah Palin, when Sarah asked that question, she said, you know, that's really what this issue is all about, not whether or not did the Bain Capital is a job creator or not, but did they really create that many jobs? So, yes, I think the question is out there, and it's a good conversation to have. We're going to get tested by Obama and his group. So, you better have all of these answers done early. No surprises in September and October.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But I think what a lot of Republicans are worried about, is they're going to hear that phrase "vulture capitalism" coming out of your mouth, from President Obama and the Democrats in the fall?
PERRY: Well, the issue is about job creation. And as I said, I think if this is a fatal flaw, it needs to be talked about now, rather than in September. So, you know, we're talking about it, and the people of South Carolina will decide whether or not that's a problem or not.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So, Governor Perry, what is your plan going forward? If you don't come in first or a close second in South Carolina, is that it for your campaign?
PERRY: Well, we'll make that decision on Saturday. Our intention is to win South Carolina and go forward from there. But to try to plan out your campaign months in advance, I think is a little bit of a stretch.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor Perry, thanks very much for your time this morning.
PERRY: So long, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Take care.
0 Views
13:48:33 01/05/12
G. Edward Griffin - The Collectivist Conspiracy
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 13:48:33 01/05/12
In this exclusive 80 minute video interview, legendary conspiracy author G. Edward Griffin explains how his research, which spans no less than 5 decades, has revealed a banking elite obsessed with enforcing a world government under a collectivist model that will crush individualism and eventually institute martial law as a response to the inevitable backlash that will be generated as a result of a fundamental re-shaping of society. Griffin discusses the similarities between the extreme left and the extreme right in the false political paradigm and how this highlights a recurring theme - collectivism. Collectivism is the opposite of individualism and believes that the interests of the individual must be sacrificed for the greater good of the greater number, explains Griffin, uniting the doctrines of communism and fascism. Both the Republican and Democrat parties in the United States are committed to advancing collectivism and this is why the same policies are followed no matter who is voted in to the White House. "All collectivist systems eventually deteriorate into a police state because that's the only way you can hold it together," warns Griffin. Carroll Quigley, Georgetown University Professor and mentor to former president Bill Clinton, explained in his books Tragedy and Hope and The Anglo-American Establishment, how the elite maintained a silent dictatorship while fooling people into thinking they had political freedom, by creating squabbles between the two parties in terms of slogans and leadership, while all the time controlling both from the top down and pursuing the same agenda. Griffin documents how the Tea Party, after its beginnings as a grass roots movement, was later hijacked by the Republicans through the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck. Pointing out how Republicans and Democrats agree on the most important topics, such as US foreign policy, endless wars in the Middle East, and the dominance of the private banking system over the economy, Griffin lays out how the left-right hoax is used to steer the destiny of America. Griffin also talks at length on a myriad of other important subjects, such as the move towards a Chinese-style censored Internet, the demonization of the John Birch Society as a racist extremist group, the Hegelian dialectic, the power of tax-exempt foundations and the Council on Foreign Relations, the movement towards world government, and the question of whether the elite are really worried about the growing awareness of their agenda amongst Americans.
2 Views
17:30:23 11/25/11
Thank You - For the Occupation, For the Intensity, For Lettin' Me Be Myself Again
[LESS INFO] 2 VIEWS | ADDED 17:30:23 11/25/11
It's like the old-timers always said: Don't quit before the miracle happens.
While the Arab Spring showed that people can still accomplish the impossible, Our political debate was frozen in corporate cynicism. Now everything has changed. For the United States, spring came in autumn. Who says miracles don't happen?
Like a Prayer
A few months ago I prayed for something. Granted, it wasn't the kind of prayer that's sanctioned by any ecclesiastical authority. And, okay, maybe it wasn't exactly a "prayer." I guess the technical term for it would be "blog post." But trust me, it was a prayer.
I'd been asked to write something for the Fourth of July, and I wrote we have to fight a new war, a " war of independence from corporate politics ." To be honest, those words felt Utopian even as I wrote them. Still, I never doubted them. The words were born out of the desperate sense that so many of us shared, a sense that our society is collapsing. And that it will keep on collapsing unless we change the way we think.
I wasn't arguing for any particular policy or platform. "The problem isn't just with politicians, or even the system," I said then. "The problem is dependence itself."
Oh, come on. How starry-eyed can you get? Stop depending on politicians? Declare psychic and political independence from celebrity-driven politics and media-made leaders? I'd always considered myself a realist, but this was almost embarrassingly idealistic.
Except for the fact that it happened.
Passionate Intensity
Like so many others, I had grieved and raged over the lack of commitment displayed by good people. Cynics, robber barons, and American warlords are hard at work degrading - and downgrading - this country. In a strange set of parallels, we were reenacting the stories of the Third World countries we'd invaded. Like them, we were becoming a nation where servile or fearful politicians served a cynical oligarchy while the people's way of life died all around them.
Some might call it karma - or simply "payback."
But whatever you call it, the forces of hate and greed were running wild. The "two-party" system seemed to offer nothing in response except a) posturing, b) surrender, and c) a politics of compromise that seemed to amount to little more than ... well, see "a)" and "b)", above. Good people were fighting for better policies, and I tried to play my part. But too many of us focused on the prose of politics and not its poetry.
Meanwhile, too many politicians got lazy quoting Bill Clinton's hack line: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. It can be, of course. But before our eyes, the "good" became the enemy of the "perfect" and the mediocre became the enemy of the good. Then the cynical became the enemy of the mediocre, and democracy began to die.
Meanwhile the other side gained its momentum with every passing month, fueled by a pseudo-populist movement ginned up by corporate-funded political hacks. A nation that had rejected the politics of greed and oligarchy at the ballot box was even more suffocated by it than before. No wonder so many people were uninspired, discouraged, despondent. Some people quoted William Butler Yeats:
The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
The good people who did burn with passionate intensity were in danger of turning the torch on themselves. " The game is over," wrote Chris Hedges . "We lost. The corporate state will continue its inexorable advance until two-thirds of the nation is locked into a desperate, permanent underclass."
As boom times came back to Wall Street, depression - emotional as well as economic - entombed the majority. But the suffering of the majority turned invisible inside the Beltway, as politicians debated deficits in a broken economy. It was like debating water conservation while the house burned down.
The Condition of Everything
Miles of commentary have been written about the Occupy movement. As the occupations gained steam, people criticized them for their lack of specific policy demands. But they were right not to issue specific demands. They were declaring independence from a frame of mind, a set of assumptions that led to passive acceptance of an unacceptable system.
And they had passionate intensity.
I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again: When OccupyDC marched down K Street, in the early days of the movement, a young security guard asked an older one what they were protesting. "I'm not sure," said the older man. "But I think they're objecting to ..." He circled his hands to indicate the environment around him. ".... the condition of everything. "
By objecting to the condition of everything, the Occupiers changed the political dialog in this country. By rejecting leaders and insisting on self-governance through General Assemblies, they taught us by example how to escape emotional dependence. Like William Butler Yeats, they understood that you can't distinguish the dancer from the dance.
One of the movement's most articulate and forceful advocates is Chris Hedges.
Recalling Democracy
The Wisconsin uprising had been going on for months, even in the dark days of July. The miracle of Wisconsin is that it's still going on. People there occupied their capitol to protest laws designed to break the middle class, laws written by corporate America's "ALEC" division. Then they mounted recall efforts against recently elected GOP State Senators, reducing their majority and draining resources from their coffers.
Now Gov. Walker is facing a recall. The struggle in Wisconsin isn't about "Democrats" against "Republicans." It's about resisting politicians that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of corporate America.
The people of Wisconsin showed the country how to resist. Now they're showing us how to persist.
And just this month, Ohio voters rejected an ALEC-inspired initiative to strip that state's workers of rights. Maine voters rejected a move to overturn election-day registration, another attempt to restrict the ability of lower-income citizens to vote. And Mississippi rejected a definition of prenatal rights so extreme that many anti-abortion advocates were disturbed by its implications for the rights, health, and safety of women.
Like I was saying: Miracles.
Radical Innocence
But elections aren't the point. They can be a reflection of the change we need, but they're not the change itself. The real changes are personal. "When I remake a song," said Yeats, "it is myself that I remake." The Rolling Stones said "It's the singer, not the song."
We misunderstood our own power. We were being distracted and manipulated by fear and anger. Our minds, our souls, were being manipulated by what the Native American poet and activist John Trudell calls "the mining of the essence." One of the reasons we were powerless is that we believed we were powerless. That's even true economically. "All money is a matter of belief," said Adam Smith.
We needed to push our fear and anger away to see the obvious truths all around us: The corporations rule our political process. That our democracy is dying. That Wall Street is filled with people who broke moral (and sometimes actual) laws and forced the rest of the country to pay the price. We had to see with fresh eyes.
"All hatred driven hence," wrote Yeats, "the soul recovers radical innocence."
Our political process has become too cynical. Even reasonable and very moderate ideas favored by a majority of Republican voters, as well as others - a breakup of five or six too-big-to-fail banks, a public option health plan that's only available to one American in twenty - were declared impossible.
We needed an infusion of radical innocence, the innocence of Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. We sometimes think of innocence as something childlike and weak. But innocence has great power. Innocence changes the world.
We needed that radical innocence,and we got it. What we do with it now is up to us.
Can we commit ourselves to moving forward, to persevering against all odds? The future's unwritten. But we know what's happening right now. The political dialog has shifted in a way that seemed impossible a few months ago. I don't know how you feel about that, but I know how I feel.
I feel thankful. So thankful, in fact, that I'm gonna let Sam & Dave tell you all about it. Take it away, fellas:
2 Views
12:47:43 11/11/11
Pirate Log #3 Cooke City part 1
[LESS INFO] 2 VIEWS | ADDED 12:47:43 11/11/11
This week's PirateLog is all about Cooke City. We fell in love with this tiny village that is situated right next to the Yellow Stone National Park a few years back already! It was Justin, our North American filmer that introduced us to this spot back then and eventually was guiding the crew consisting of Tyler, Stian and Marco through the wilderness this last season. Marco was leading the hard working crew by pushing the others with his motivation, commitment and skills. And that's good for everyone, including you! Stay tuned for Part 2.
4 Views
23:00:53 11/01/11
Elected Officials Attempt Living On Food Stamps
[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 23:00:53 11/01/11
Jackie Spier is discovering how difficult it is to shop and buy food on just over $32.00 per week. She and seven other Congressional Democrats have taken the Food Stamp Challenge, where they commit to planning and buying food under the same limits as food stamp recipients. This year, more than others, it's a very big deal since Rep. Paul Ryan and his cohorts seem to think they can slash funding to the SNAP program and people will still be able to survive.
How are they doing so far? The Hill : >
“Day 2 of #foodstampchallenge so I can't drink Joe's coffee,” Lee tweeted Friday before her appearance on the MSNBC show "Morning Joe." “Had peanut butter and crackers for breakfast.”
Schakowsky has taken to Twitter, as well, seeking suggestions for nutritious meals under $1.50, the average limit per food stamp meal. She said she is also keeping a diary of everything she ate and will post it at week’s end.
Her followers tweeted suggestions ranging from wholegrain pasta and chickpeas to a peanut butter-and-banana sandwich.
Del. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands) — who is also participating in the challenge — said she checked grocery store prices and found the challenge would be harder than expected.
“Ok this #foodstampchallenge is going to [be] really hard.,” Christensen tweeted Thursday. “Checked prices in Safeway and so easy to blow the whole week's allotment.”
Huffington Post: >
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) along with eight other congressional Democrats are eating on a budget of about $4.50 a day to show solidarity with food stamp recipients who receive $32.59 a week.
The personal thrift, which is part of a challenge organized by Fighting Poverty With Faith, was reported by Pacifica Patch . The site also listed the food items that Speier was now buying. >
Speier displayed some of the items she was able to purchase for her first day of living on a food stamp budget: a bag of coffee and a loaf of bread from the Dollar Warehouse; a can of Campbell's low sodium chicken noodle soup; and a can of sweet peas, possibly to put in a tuna casserole later in the week."And this is my treat for the week," Speier said, holding up a box of microwave popcorn packets.
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), along with his wife and daughter, chose to live on a food stamp budget of about $1.59 per meal. He tweeted about the challenge, relaying that he ate "generic cereal and part of a banana for breakfast."
Rep. Joe Courtney, via the Hartford Courant : >
Toward the end of Rep. Joe Courtney's week-long SNAP Challenge, during which he and his family — including wife, Audrey, and teenage daughter, Elizabeth —- lived on just over $32 a week apiece, the pickings were slim. For his last meal of the week, Courtney had leftover spaghetti with a little cheese sprinkled on the top.
So Thursday, the first day back on his regular diet, Courtney was acutely aware of the $4.25 bowl of chili he ordered from his Washington, D.C., cafeteria.
This effort is particularly poignant as I begin my annual task of picking through some FEC and IRS disclosures for different Republican organizations. Eric Cantor, for example, spent $365.00 on one meal in New York in September. That's one meal, equal to roughly ten times what SNAP recipients can spend in a week. On August 4th, he spent $370.00 in Washington DC for one meal. Those were not fundraisers. They were simply meals.
Eric Cantor has repeatedly voted to reduce SNAP allotments. Senator Jeff Sessions' PAC spent over $1,800 on meals in August. Not fundraisers. Meals. You may recall Sessions as the one who was so concerned over waste, fraud and abuse in the SNAP program that he wanted even more cuts to it along with assorted other hoops to jump through.
It's good to see some elected officials learning to live on what's allocated under SNAP. Unfortunately, it's not the ones who could really benefit from the learning experience, but at least some can testify.
5 Views
23:00:53 11/01/11
Elected Officials Attempt Living On Food Stamps
[LESS INFO] 5 VIEWS | ADDED 23:00:53 11/01/11
Jackie Spier is discovering how difficult it is to shop and buy food on just over $32.00 per week. She and seven other Congressional Democrats have taken the Food Stamp Challenge, where they commit to planning and buying food under the same limits as food stamp recipients. This year, more than others, it's a very big deal since Rep. Paul Ryan and his cohorts seem to think they can slash funding to the SNAP program and people will still be able to survive.
How are they doing so far? The Hill : >
“Day 2 of #foodstampchallenge so I can't drink Joe's coffee,” Lee tweeted Friday before her appearance on the MSNBC show "Morning Joe." “Had peanut butter and crackers for breakfast.”
Schakowsky has taken to Twitter, as well, seeking suggestions for nutritious meals under $1.50, the average limit per food stamp meal. She said she is also keeping a diary of everything she ate and will post it at week’s end.
Her followers tweeted suggestions ranging from wholegrain pasta and chickpeas to a peanut butter-and-banana sandwich.
Del. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands) — who is also participating in the challenge — said she checked grocery store prices and found the challenge would be harder than expected.
“Ok this #foodstampchallenge is going to [be] really hard.,” Christensen tweeted Thursday. “Checked prices in Safeway and so easy to blow the whole week's allotment.”
Huffington Post: >
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) along with eight other congressional Democrats are eating on a budget of about $4.50 a day to show solidarity with food stamp recipients who receive $32.59 a week.
The personal thrift, which is part of a challenge organized by Fighting Poverty With Faith, was reported by Pacifica Patch . The site also listed the food items that Speier was now buying. >
Speier displayed some of the items she was able to purchase for her first day of living on a food stamp budget: a bag of coffee and a loaf of bread from the Dollar Warehouse; a can of Campbell's low sodium chicken noodle soup; and a can of sweet peas, possibly to put in a tuna casserole later in the week."And this is my treat for the week," Speier said, holding up a box of microwave popcorn packets.
Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.), along with his wife and daughter, chose to live on a food stamp budget of about $1.59 per meal. He tweeted about the challenge, relaying that he ate "generic cereal and part of a banana for breakfast."
Rep. Joe Courtney, via the Hartford Courant : >
Toward the end of Rep. Joe Courtney's week-long SNAP Challenge, during which he and his family — including wife, Audrey, and teenage daughter, Elizabeth —- lived on just over $32 a week apiece, the pickings were slim. For his last meal of the week, Courtney had leftover spaghetti with a little cheese sprinkled on the top.
So Thursday, the first day back on his regular diet, Courtney was acutely aware of the $4.25 bowl of chili he ordered from his Washington, D.C., cafeteria.
This effort is particularly poignant as I begin my annual task of picking through some FEC and IRS disclosures for different Republican organizations. Eric Cantor, for example, spent $365.00 on one meal in New York in September. That's one meal, equal to roughly ten times what SNAP recipients can spend in a week. On August 4th, he spent $370.00 in Washington DC for one meal. Those were not fundraisers. They were simply meals.
Eric Cantor has repeatedly voted to reduce SNAP allotments. Senator Jeff Sessions' PAC spent over $1,800 on meals in August. Not fundraisers. Meals. You may recall Sessions as the one who was so concerned over waste, fraud and abuse in the SNAP program that he wanted even more cuts to it along with assorted other hoops to jump through.
It's good to see some elected officials learning to live on what's allocated under SNAP. Unfortunately, it's not the ones who could really benefit from the learning experience, but at least some can testify.
0 Views
04:25:41 10/28/11
Occupy Bowling Green Ohio
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 04:25:41 10/28/11
About 30 people showed up in support of the new Occupy Bowling Green protest during the general assembly meeting Saturday October 22nd. The assembly discussed how they will operate as a group and gave their reasons for being there. Everyone's reason for joining Occupy BG is different, said Taylor Scribner, one of the original organizers of the protest. Scribner has been a part of Occupy Toledo since day one, more than two weeks, with her boyfriend Gilbert Bentley and said one day she felt a responsibility to start it in her home town. Bentley is one of the original organizers of the protest. "I agreed with a lot of messages I heard individuals at Occupy Wall Street say ... and I realized it is essential for occupations to start in little towns as well," he said. Occupations should not just be centralized to one city but every town, regardless of size, because the presence is just as important, Bentley said. "Everybody has their own grievances and it's important that we make a difference in our own town first before going onto a global scale," he said. Michael Hale, an ethnic studies professor at the University said his reason for attending was his motivation of both anger and hope. Hale said, to see his students in class that have so much potential hope and knowing how hard it is to find a job today just breaks his heart. It's impossible nowadays to be guaranteed a good job, he said. People aren't looking for handouts, Scribner said, but when an average Joe works 40 hours a week and still can't afford to get by that's just wrong. "I'm here more out of concern," graduate student Jared Brown said. "I'm a child of unions, my father was the president of one and everything he fought for is being put at risk by the decisions being made by the government without the disenfranchised members of society in mind." Clare Lemke, a graduate assistant at the University, said she's excited about the movement. "It presents an opportunity for people to come and support the community," Lemke said. In fact, local businesses have shown their support for the Occupy BG movement. Scribner said most local businesses have given them support in terms of allowing them to put up their flyers to giving them a place to meet to donating food. Grounds For Thought is among one of those supporting businesses. Sunday morning, they provided the protesters with donuts for breakfast. "Grounds For Thought is all about the community and committed to helping serve the community," said store manager Kate Dauphin. "We are proud to support the efforts of Occupy BG," said owner Kelly Wicks. Along with the local businesses, other community members are helping support the movement. People who can't come and protest or camp out find other ways to support the protesters, Bentley said, just this morning a family brought us oatmeal for breakfast. While the occupation is still in its infancy, the assembly discussed and voted on how they would operate and govern themselves along with how they would interact with the administration and the public. The general assembly created committees to deal with a wide range of aspects from a committee to educate the public on the occupy movement to a legal committee that would deal with the administration. They operate on a 90 percent consensus rate and discussions and proposals are facilitated by anyone person of the group, there is no set leader. There can be no leader because everyone has an equal say in the assembly meetings, so essentially everyone is the leader, Bentley said. The assembly is a place where people of any background or standing can come and express their opinion and educate each other in order to form stronger opinions based on those discussions, he said Everyone has their own view of how they want society to change and the groups establish that through proposals the people bring up during the meetings, he said. Occupy BG plans to have future rallies and marches with one march scheduled for this Friday on the banks in order to make people aware of the homes being foreclosed by the banks and to encourage them to join credit unions. Occupy BG is a peaceful protest and the groups want to cooperate with both the public and the police force, Bentley said. Police Chief Bradford Conner said there have been no reports of problems with the protesters and as long as they don't infringe on the rights of others, he sees no need to interfere. If a complaint does present itself, the police will work to resolve it with both parties, Conner said. The protesters want to be on good terms with everyone, despite differing opinions, Bentley said, If you notice, they swept the common area shared by a sorority and helped them clean up after their fundraiser. The Occupy BG movement plans to operate 24/7 indefinitely. If you want to join the Occupy BG movement, attend a general assembly meeting, which are held every day, twice a day at noon and 7 p.m. in the alleyway across from Reverend's or check out their Facebook page at facebook.com/occupybg
1 Views
04:25:10 10/28/11
Occupy Bowling Green Ohio
[LESS INFO] 1 VIEWS | ADDED 04:25:10 10/28/11
About 30 people showed up in support of the new Occupy Bowling Green protest during the general assembly meeting Saturday October 22nd. The assembly discussed how they will operate as a group and gave their reasons for being there. Everyone's reason for joining Occupy BG is different, said Taylor Scribner, one of the original organizers of the protest. Scribner has been a part of Occupy Toledo since day one, more than two weeks, with her boyfriend Gilbert Bentley and said one day she felt a responsibility to start it in her home town. Bentley is one of the original organizers of the protest. "I agreed with a lot of messages I heard individuals at Occupy Wall Street say ... and I realized it is essential for occupations to start in little towns as well," he said. Occupations should not just be centralized to one city but every town, regardless of size, because the presence is just as important, Bentley said. "Everybody has their own grievances and it's important that we make a difference in our own town first before going onto a global scale," he said. Michael Hale, an ethnic studies professor at the University said his reason for attending was his motivation of both anger and hope. Hale said, to see his students in class that have so much potential hope and knowing how hard it is to find a job today just breaks his heart. It's impossible nowadays to be guaranteed a good job, he said. People aren't looking for handouts, Scribner said, but when an average Joe works 40 hours a week and still can't afford to get by that's just wrong. "I'm here more out of concern," graduate student Jared Brown said. "I'm a child of unions, my father was the president of one and everything he fought for is being put at risk by the decisions being made by the government without the disenfranchised members of society in mind." Clare Lemke, a graduate assistant at the University, said she's excited about the movement. "It presents an opportunity for people to come and support the community," Lemke said. In fact, local businesses have shown their support for the Occupy BG movement. Scribner said most local businesses have given them support in terms of allowing them to put up their flyers to giving them a place to meet to donating food. Grounds For Thought is among one of those supporting businesses. Sunday morning, they provided the protesters with donuts for breakfast. "Grounds For Thought is all about the community and committed to helping serve the community," said store manager Kate Dauphin. "We are proud to support the efforts of Occupy BG," said owner Kelly Wicks. Along with the local businesses, other community members are helping support the movement. People who can't come and protest or camp out find other ways to support the protesters, Bentley said, just this morning a family brought us oatmeal for breakfast. While the occupation is still in its infancy, the assembly discussed and voted on how they would operate and govern themselves along with how they would interact with the administration and the public. The general assembly created committees to deal with a wide range of aspects from a committee to educate the public on the occupy movement to a legal committee that would deal with the administration. They operate on a 90 percent consensus rate and discussions and proposals are facilitated by anyone person of the group, there is no set leader. There can be no leader because everyone has an equal say in the assembly meetings, so essentially everyone is the leader, Bentley said. The assembly is a place where people of any background or standing can come and express their opinion and educate each other in order to form stronger opinions based on those discussions, he said Everyone has their own view of how they want society to change and the groups establish that through proposals the people bring up during the meetings, he said. Occupy BG plans to have future rallies and marches with one march scheduled for this Friday on the banks in order to make people aware of the homes being foreclosed by the banks and to encourage them to join credit unions. Occupy BG is a peaceful protest and the groups want to cooperate with both the public and the police force, Bentley said. Police Chief Bradford Conner said there have been no reports of problems with the protesters and as long as they don't infringe on the rights of others, he sees no need to interfere. If a complaint does present itself, the police will work to resolve it with both parties, Conner said. The protesters want to be on good terms with everyone, despite differing opinions, Bentley said, If you notice, they swept the common area shared by a sorority and helped them clean up after their fundraiser. The Occupy BG movement plans to operate 24/7 indefinitely. If you want to join the Occupy BG movement, attend a general assembly meeting, which are held every day, twice a day at noon and 7 p.m. in the alleyway across from Reverend's or check out their Facebook page at facebook.com/occupybg
0 Views
05:23:27 09/15/11
Too many problems in my life
[LESS INFO] 0 VIEWS | ADDED 05:23:27 09/15/11
http://rehdogg.bandcamp.com/album/virgin-islands-reggae-explosion (Intro) So much problems inside of my life, I don’t understand why From time meh born,you know what I mean Want you understand what me ah chat seh, mercy me All people who struggle, I want you listen this lyrics consciously seen (Verse) There’s so many problems going on in meh life, when will I settle down get a girl to be my wife My mother wants me to commit to Jesus Christ, but the demons inside always put up a fight Life is unfair and the world is not nice,every man in this world will have to pay a price I’m living hell on earth all day and in the night, drink Budweiser until I’m high as a kite Soundclick emcees join and unite,continue my lyrics yes I chat through the mic Bob Marley told us it would be all right, but I highly disagree my life is put up a fight Here is a quote from Tom Ripley, If I had a big eraser I would rub out the world The first person I would start with is myself,cause I have too many secrets backed up on myself No matter how hard I try my life is a lie, happy on the outside but sad inside Pain so deep I’m drowning that is no lie, most times I’d rather live in a virtual world I had a virtual girl but I had to leave her, she fell too deep in love so I had to leave her Cause this love inside I have none, that’s why I have to come and tell everyone (Verse) There’s so many problems in my life going on, I have to settle down and het a nice wife And my mother told me I have to pray to Jesus Christ, but the demons inside always put up a fight a Life is unfair and the world is not nice, every man in the world will have to pay a price I’m living on earth and hell that’s a lie, try to sort things that takes time Soundclick emcees time to unite, now these conscious lyrics I’m spiting here through the mic (Break) Bob Marley told us it’s gonna be all right but I highly disagree my life is one big fight Umm yeah I don’t know what’s going on, but I know it’s time to reborn I want you to listen to me cause you know Reh Dogg come to reborn Yeah (5 times) (Verse) I was born on the Island St. Thomas, the tourist them come and they want to run me out Them sort of things make me get dangerous, so meh get dangerous and then meh get anxious Hit them one cuff and they fall to the ground, the tourist them really,really,really, bother me But that’s all right with me I don’t care, cause I went away and moved away cause I played dare Anyway I want you to understand me, so many problems in a meh life I need to pray to Jesus Christ my mother said, she may be right that’s a good answer I thought I found true love but I guess I was wrong, that’s why I decide to write this song So I can remain calm thought our feelings were strong, we use to sit back in my bed and watch funny movies I remember your favorite Something Mary; we used to watch it laugh so hard until we pee Play PS2 until we both fell asleep, you were my boo God knows how much I loved you I guess I was a fool would you believe me, I don’t know but it’s time that you go Cause you know I am the star of the show, Christmas was Merry but New Years better yeah http://rehdogg.bandcamp.com/album/virgin-islands-reggae-explosion
14 Views
13:09:19 08/10/11
The LYING Acid Attack Victim
[LESS INFO] 14 VIEWS | ADDED 13:09:19 08/10/11
"Bethany Storro, the 28-year-old Washington woman who told police she was attacked by an acid throwing woman late last month, has a new surprise for you. That woman who allegedly popped out of nowhere and threw a cup of skin melting acid all over Storro's face? Yeah, that one... The one half the country has been looking for. As it turns out, the woman never existed and the alleged attack never happened. While the injuries to Bethany Storro's face are quite real, the drama-poached story behind how they were inflicted has now crashed head on into a truth. You guessed it folks. Apparently Bethany Storro attacked her own face with acid and then blamed the entire incident on a fictitious assailant. Investigators say Storro admitted to making up the entire incident after details of her story began to skew in directions that didn't match up with the realities of physics. Investigators will soon try to figure out what elves of insanity could have crawled into this woman's brain to evoke such behavior, but that must wait for now. The first order of business, according to detectives, is getting the news of the hoax out to the media in an effort to set the record straight. The fear of copycat acid attacks have been a very real concern to police, since non-ordinary crimes like these tend to attract more media attention and those who commit crimes to gain that attention. Storro previously told Vancouver Police that she was on her way to buy coffee at a Starbucks around 7:15 p.m on August 30, when an African-American woman with a pony tail walked up to her and said ""Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"" The woman then allegedly splashed a cup full of acid on Storro's face and blouse. As the acid seared and bubbled on Storro's skin, she reportedly tore off her smoldering blouse and used it to wipe as much of the acid off her face as she could. A good Samaritan who came to her aid, called 911. In the days that followed, Storro posed for pictures before surgery and held a widely televised press conference afterwards. Storro made the empty skirt reporters misty eyed when she stated that with time she ""would forgive"" her attacker. Her father beamed beside her - proud of his daughter's positive attitude and seemingly unshakable faith. Storro's story began to fall apart, however, when investigators noticed the splash patterns of the acid were not consistent with Storro's account of how the occurred. Detectives believed the patterns were more consistent with acid being poured or rubbed on her skin, as opposed to being splashed on her face. A large part of Storro's account of what happened centered on a pair of sunglasses that Storro claimed to have purchased just 20 minutes prior to the alleged attack. Detectives wondered why a woman would be compelled to buy and then wear sunglasses when it was almost dark outside. Also, the wounds on Storro's face existed in places the large framed sunglasses would have covered - had she been wearing them at a time acid was splashed from an adjacent attacker. Detectives then conducted a search of Storro's home, and while they did not find an acid-strength substance inside the residence, a Storro confession soon followed. As detectives try to untangle the crossed wires in Storro's head long enough to identify what her motive was - prosecutors are looking at the case to determine what charges - if any - will be filed. ""She is extremely upset. She is very remorseful,"" said Commander Marla Schuman. ""She's got a fragile mental state at this point."""
8 Views
10:21:33 08/10/11
So Sad: 2nd Grader Bullied So Much That He Jumps From Window To Commit Suicide
[LESS INFO] 8 VIEWS | ADDED 10:21:33 08/10/11
"http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhQSLr2DhM92y19xTO There are disturbing allegations of bullying at an elementary school on Houston's south side. A second-grader says other students picked on him so much that he wanted to die. His mother says the school didn't do enough to protect him. Both the boy and his mother say the teacher knew about the bullying, but didn't do anything to stop it. The 8-year-old second-grader says he was tired of the bullying. And one final incident in which another child pulled down his pants and embarrassed him pushed the boy to jump from the second floor of Blackshear Elementary on Wednesday. ""They were bullying me for no reason,"" said the boy. ""He was fighting me in the restroom and was trying to fight me in class and pulled down my pants for no reason."" His mother says immediately following the attempted suicide, the school asked the child, who is dyslexic, to sign a 'no suicide' agreement. ""The teachers are supposed to help,"" said Yamshannta Robertson, the child's mother. ""They're supposed to be there for them. If they know that he's going through this, you shouldn't let another child belittle him."" The district contends the agreement is standard in the district among children who may try to harm themselves, but is revisiting the policy. ""We find it to be a very useful tool. Now, whether this particular contract or agreement was written at an age appropriate level, that's probably a good question and something we'll need to look at,"" said HISD Spokesperson Norm Uhl. But of even greater concern to the mother is that she and her son reported the bullying multiple times as far back as September, and nothing was ever done about it. ""This needs to be resolved because when we send our kids from home to school we expect them to be safe. And I don't want this to happen to anybody else's child ever,"" said Robertson. ""I know the parent has some concerns about how reporting of bullying was handled and the principal is doing an investigation on that,"" said Uhl. ""I can't really comment on that, but in this kind of situation, if bullying is reporting and isn't dealt with, there could be some consequences for the employee."" The district says there was a district-wide assembly at Blackshear on Thursday to talk to the students about bullying. They also say letters were to go home to parents about what happened. As for what will happen to the kids who are accused of bullying, the district won't comment about what exactly they'll do, but they did say they could face disciplinary actions, as could the person who doesn't report it. ""If procedure is not followed that needs to be investigated and if it's true, there needs to be discipline,"" said Uhl. Robertson has pulled her son now from Blackshear Elementary, and she's not the only one at the school who claims their children are bullied and little is done to stop it . ""We're thinking about moving our daughters out,"" said parent Jame Jackson. Psychologists like Dr. Megan Mooney at the Depelchin Children's Center help children and their families cope with bullying. She says it's important for the child to know it's OK to ask for help, and for the parent to know what to look for. ""If you start seeing a kid who is generally fairly happy and upbeat start to become moody, withdrawn or irritable, or if they're having changes in their grades or not wanting to go to school, then that's when it's become too much and it's time to seek out help,"" said Dr. Mooney. The boy's mother still has many outstanding questions - like why EMS or paramedics were never called after the boy's leap from the second floor balcony. HISD says a school nurse looked him over and he appeared OK. The mother also wants to know why the 8-year-old was asked to sign the form saying he wouldn't harm himself again, and why he was asked to do that before she ever even got to the school. HISD says that's policy, a way to get a child to commit to not hurting himself or at least calling someone before doing so. At least 15 states including Texas have anti-bullying laws. They mostly require public schools to have an anti-bullying program in place. In Texas, the anti-bullying law went into effect in 2005."
2 Views
18:51:42 07/31/11
A Real Killer #4 of 4, Competition Fighting taken to the highest level
[LESS INFO] 2 VIEWS | ADDED 18:51:42 07/31/11
"Confessions of a Mafia Hitman. Richard Kuklinski. Killed over 100 people. http://www.documentary-log.com/you-are-watching-the-iceman-confessions-of-a-m... Quotes: ""I didn't like my father, he would beat me just b/c he felt like it, to get my attention I guess. He'll come in and give you a whooping for no reason whatsoever. My mother wouldn't hesitate to give me a swat here and there, she would hit me with a broomstick. She broke the broom on me more than once."" 13min. ""When I was a young man I found out that, if you hurt somebody they'll leave you alone. Good guys do finish last. When I tried to leave everybody alone and do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I decided, well I had enough of this picking. I went upstairs and I took a bar, I went back downstairs and there were 6 young men, figuring they were going to mess with my head and we went to war. To their surprise I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it. That's when I learned it was better to give than to receive."" ""I've been known to hurt people for no reason. I could be anywhere and if somebody humiliated me I would think nothing of it than to hitting them with a cuestick in an instant. And the only thing they might have done is made me feel bad, or challenge my authority at the time."" Kuklinsky's reputation as a tough guy with a hair triggered tempter had grew, by the time he was 18 the abused had become the abuser. It wasn't long before he committed his first murder. ""I got into a fight at a bar and I hit him with a cue stick a few too many times and he died. I felt sad a first but later on I didn't feel sad, I felt some sort of rush that I had control. If you mess with me, I'll hurt you."" He was a contract hitman for the mafia. I would kill a person for 5 figures. He has cut people up with chain saws. Cut a persons tongue off and sticked it up his anus. Shot a person through a peep hole. Poisoned people's food. He would carry 3 guns with him and a knife. Used cyanide to kill. Strangled people. Used a crossbar. 24min. ""He grew up with absolutely no love, without a doubt."" He went over 30 years with getting away with murder. One of the most dangerous criminals that they have encountered in that State. Video #2 6'5"" 300lb man. Took 5 Police Officers to place him under arrest. Contract killer for the Gambino Family. 3min. ""I hated my father, if I could of I would have killed him. Probably would have felt good about it too. My father would beat me just if I looked at him. Loud mouth people remind me of my father. Once a loud mouth person starts with me I love it. That's the only excuse I need."" At the age of 18 a person at a bar made him mad, so he burned him to death by setting the car on fire while the guy was sleeping in it. ""I was a hard working expediter. I looked at myself as someone who did something that someone else wanted done, and they paid me a good price."" He wanted to see if a crossbar would work so he just killed someone with it. His brother is in prison for life for murder. At age 25 he raped and killed a 12 year old girl. He killed many friends. The only friend he didn't kill was the one who ended up putting him in prison. A Real Killer, More Intimidating than any Competition Fighter"
