5:45 PM IN MANASSAS – GET OUT THE VOTE CAMPAIGN EVENT.Sen. Deeds will join supporters and voters for a campaign event in Manassas. Sen. Creigh Deeds will speak to supporters about the importance of getting out the vote on November 3.
When: 5:45 PM
Where: City Tavern (upstairs)
9405 Main Street
Manassas, VA
Senators Mark Warner, Jim Webb, and Governor Tim Kaine will join Creigh Deeds, along with Jody Wagner and Steve Shannon. Supporters are asked to be there by 5:30-5:45.
Prince William County author Katherine Gotthardt will hold a reading and book signing of her newly released collection Poems from the Battlefield on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Manassas Museum, 9101 Prince William Street, Manassas, VA.
A portion of the proceeds from book sales will be donated to support local and national parks as well as historic preservation efforts.
Poems from the Battlefield captures unique aspects of the Civil War in Manassas and Prince William County, Virginia. Using persona, metaphor, photos and quotes, Gotthardt brings readers from contemporary park experiences back to the days of the Civil War, offering multiple perspectives and insight. Alongside historic themes, the poems touch upon anti-war sentiments, feminism, diversity and humanitarianism.
Sports announcer for ESPN, Bob Griese, has been suspended for a week for making racist remarks.
During the Ohio State/Minnesota football game, NASCAR drivers were shown. Someone asked where Juan Carlos Montoya was. Griese answered he was out having a taco.
The Associated Press reports:
(AP) ESPN broadcaster Bob Griese has been suspended one week for a remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz says Griese will not be working a game this week.
Krulewitz says ESPN has spoken to Griese and “he understands the comment was inappropriate.”
During ESPN’s broadcast of the Minnesota-Ohio State game Saturday, a graphic was shown listing the top five drivers in NASCAR’s points race. Fellow analyst Chris Spielman asked where was Montoya, who is Colombian.
Griese replied he was “out having a taco.”
He has twice apologized on air for the remark.
Montoya is declining to comment on Griese’s suspension. He brushed off the remark Sunday, and said he’d never heard of Griese.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/27/bob-griese-suspended-for-_n_335070.html
Is this comment and subsequent suspension much ado about nothing? Are we just getting way too sensitive as a society? Has PC taken over our lives? Yea, it was a stupid comment for sure but was it harmful?
How does this compare to say, making a comment about watermelon if he was speaking about any black player in the NFL? When put in those terms, suddenly the taco remark takes on a bit more of a punch. All of a sudden that taco grows before my eyes.
On the other hand, Bob Griese did apologize twice on the air. People misspeak. People say stupid things, often things they don’t intend. We all remember what we thought we heard from Bob McDonnell. One week isn’t too bad. It is symbolic. I think we can forgive Bob Griese.
There has been a shooting at a Temple in Los Angeles, click here for more details. Apparently two men were injured, but are recovering in the hospital, with no life threatening injuries. The police have arrested a 17 year old suspect. This act is being treated as a hate crime due to the lack of any other motive. This Temple is not far from the site where children were gunned down at a Jewish Community Center.
As a matter of fact, ADL is holding a Concert Against Hate, honoring one of the survivors of that tragedy, Mindy Finkelstein and the postal worker, Joseph Ileto, who was killed during the summer of hate.
LOS ANGELES – A gunman shot and wounded two men in the parking garage of a San Fernando Valley synagogue early Thursday and Jewish schools and temples were put on alert in case it was not an isolated attack.
Shayan Yaghoubi, 13, was walking with his mother to the synagogue’s adjoining school but wasn’t allowed to cross the police line.
“The cops told us we can’t go,” he said. “I feel very bad because this is my favorite school … I have a lot of friends over there. I hope everyone is OK. There’s never been a problem with fighting.”
The attack occurred 10 miles from Jewish community center where white supremacist Buford Furrow wounded three children, a teenager and an adult, in 1999. Furrow later killed a Filipino letter carrier on another street.
Furrow, who is serving a life sentence without chance of parole, told the Daily News of Los Angeles in a letter last month that he had renounced his racist views and regretted the pain he had caused.
More Bad Fox Manners Except for Shep, that title should read. Fox Anchor Gregg Jarrett showed his anger at Rep. Rob Andrew over the weekend. He definitely left his professionalism somewhere else. Brief synopsis from Huffingtonpost.com:
During a debate on police powers, insurance, and the Constitution, Andrews who appeared with Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) found himself talked over and unable to make his point.
“Can we have just a minute of ‘Fair & Balanced’ here, just as an exception?” Andrews asked, as Blackburn chuckled.
Given the accusations swirling from the White House that Fox News is not a legitimate news organization, Jarrett did not take the swipe lightly.
“Congressman Andrews, I’m not gonna let you get away with that because I asked a very tough question of your colleague Marsha Blackburn and you know it,” Jarrett said. “And that’s a cheap shot and I’m not gonna put up with it here.”
Jarrett promptly concluded the interview
On the other hand, if you don’t want to be called out over ‘fair and balanced,’ don’t talk over people.
How absolutely, totally rude. The combative interview practices need to cease.
Contrast the Gregg Jarrett’s behavior to the darling of Anti, Shepherd Smith:
The video speaks for itself. Shep Smith is just a class act.
