general @ 16 May 2012 02:42 pm by DrBill
“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
American History: ************************************************************
Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV’s or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars.
They were told to ‘go sip some Ale and listen to people’s conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. ‘You go sip here’ and ‘You go sip there.’ The two words ‘go sip’ were eventually
combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term ‘gossip.’
Thought for the Day
The latest survey shows that
three out of four people make
up 75% of the population
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David v Goliath… David Bellavia’s run for NY’s 27th Congressional District:
The latest dirty trick:
When running in a primary the candidates are traditionally listed alphabetically. But not so against David. Here is the ballot already printed to confuse the voters. Note that Bellavia is second to Collins and note that ‘write in’ is below his name, as if he is a write in. Do not be fooled by this trick… simply blacken the box after David’s name.
David’s History in a Nutshell…
The Republican primary race in the newly constructed NY-27 district has revealed some dramatic cleaves in the WNY Republican firmament. You have rich, country-club Republican against middle-class, war vet Republican. You have suburban vs. rural. You have conservative vs. crony capitalism. Above all, you have the story of David Bellavia and the Erie County GOP. In 2008, Bellavia agreed to step aside in favor of Chris Lee in the NY-26 race in a deal struck with current ECGOP chairman Nick Langworthy. The deal was, Bellavia lets Lee have the seat, and when Lee vacates the seat, it would be Bellavia’s turn.
But it didn’t turn out that way, and Bellavia was not just snubbed in 2010 when Lee resigned in a Craigslist sexscandal – he was cajoled and threatened. In early 2011, Bellavia was cornered in a back room of an Elmwood Avenue cafe by Chris Collins, Carl Paladino, and Paladino’s lieutenant, Rus Thompson. The trio played good cop/bad cop, attempting to clear the way for Collins’ neighbor, Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, to get the NY-26 nod. They alternately threatened to reveal embarrassing information about Bellavia’s finances, then offering him an endorsement for an Assembly seat of his own. Corwin went on to lose dramatically to Kathy Hochul in what turned out to be almost a frame-by-frame foreshadowing of the November 2011 County Executive race.
To this day, the Erie County Republican Committee has refused to endorse Bellavia for any office, and has reneged completely on the deal it made to clear Chris Lee’s way to Washington.
With redistricting, the lines have changed and Corwin isn’t trying again. Instead, in keeping with the apparent ECGOP policy that a chief qualification for Congress is that you reside on Cobblestone Drive in Clarence, the recently defeated hobbyist-politician Chris Collins has stepped out to yet again deny Bellavia a shot at a congressional race. Bellavia, however, is not bowing out. He has garnered the support of the xenophobic-but-wealthy Jack Davis, and the endorsement of the Republican committees of every one of the so-called “GLOW” (Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming) counties. Bellavia’s campaign has been assisted by former Paladino campaign manager Michael Caputo, and while his fundraising gap vs. Collins is wide, so is the enthusiasm gap – Collins hasn’t made many friends, and is finding that he’s a tough sell outside of Erie and Niagara Counties, within the Buffalo media market that treated him with kid gloves.
There is some overlap between NY-27 and the State Senate district occupied by Michael Ranzenhofer. Although Ranzenhofer claims to be neutral in the Collins – Bellavia battle, he is a product of the Erie County Republican machine, and close friends with Collins ally and Washington strategist Michael Hook. A few weeks ago, one of Ranzenhofer’s Wyoming County-based staffers, Michelle McCullough, was named to Bellavia’s campaign’s steering committee. After all, she is a Wyoming County committeewoman and at worst, she was going along with her committee’s endorsement. She was quickly fired. The Batavian has a story that confirms the political rationale and scheming that led to McCullough’s termination. Text messages confirm that Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy criticized McCullough for her endorsement of Bellavia, and one of her colleagues warned her that “Hook called Ranz” just days before her termination.
Ranzenhofer continues to insist that he is neutral in the NY-27 primary race.
Yet that doesn’t explain another point that the Batavian revealed. In New York, one of the easiest ways you can circulate nominating petitions for a political party with which you’re not registered is to become a Notary Public. The Batavian story reveals that at least six of Ranzenhofer’s staffers are licensed notaries, and not coincidentally went out and collected petition signatures for Chris Collins for the Conservative Party line;everybody including Michelle McCullough, the staffer fired for her support of David Bellavia. All of the signatures were collected in eastern Erie County, following an instruction to ignore GLOW counties.
In addition to the apparent lack of supposed neutrality in the Ranzenhofer office regarding the NY-27 race, sources confirm that Erie County Republican elections commissioner Ralph Mohr delivered the Conservative Party petitions to the Ranzenhofer staffers. They didn’t collect signatures on state time, but were asked to use their own “comp” time to do so – time that was theirs and that they had earned as time off.
It shows that the Erie County Republican Committee is not just not neutral in this race, but that it is actively assisting Chris Collins’ effort, and working in concert – in effect controlling – the concomitant effort to get Collins on the Conservative Party ballot.
This is nothing new, and it’s not unique to the Republican or Conservative Parties. The Erie County Independence Party has lost its right and ability to endorse candidates to the state party apparatus. This is because ECDC Chairman Len Lenihan had in 2006 attempted an outright takeover of the IP by urging Democrats to become active IP members. This resulted in the local committee endorsing one candidate, and the state committee endorsing another – a conflict that was resolved in the state’s favor through recent litigation. State committee chair Frank MacKay has taken to endorsing Republicans in recent local races.
You’ll note that not one piece of information written above has anything whatsoever to do with good policy, platform positions, or anything else commonly associated with what government and politics are supposed to be about. This is all about influence and power, and in the case of the minor fusion parties, their sole mission in life is to offer and execute Wilson Pakulas in exchange for influence, power, and – above all – jobs.
http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2012/05/14/electoral-fusion-and-terribleness/
Bellavia campaign invites Collins to set debate schedule
Submitted by Howard Owens on May 13, 2012 – 12:46pm
Press release:
BATAVIA, NY – The Bellavia campaign today invited Collins campaign officials to negotiate the details of a series of debates leading up to the June 26th Republican Primary in New York’s 27th Congressional District.
“It is unfortunate Mr. Collins took so long to assent to the wishes of voters,” Paul Cole, campaign manager for Bellavia for Congress, wrote in a letter to Michael Hook, general consultant for the Collins campaign. “But there is still time to assure the constituents of all eight counties are all afforded opportunities to see the candidates discuss the vital issues of the day.”
On March 27th, Bellavia challenged Mr. Collins to a series of eight debates in the eight counties of the 27th District. Saturday, 47 days later, Collins acquiesced and agreed to debate. The text of Cole’s letter to the Collins campaign can be found below.
Text of letter after the jump:
Dear Mr. Hook:
On March 27, 2012, David Bellavia challenged Chris Collins to a series? of eight debates in the eight counties of the 27th Congressional ?District of New York. It has been 47 days since Mr. Bellavia issued ?this challenge. I am delighted to know Mr. Collins changed his mind ?just yesterday and now agrees with Mr. Bellavia that the voters of the? 27th District deserve debates.
It is unfortunate Mr. Collins took so long to assent to the wishes of ?the voters; the first weeks of the debate series Mr. Bellavia proposed ?47 days ago have come and gone. But there is still time to assure the ?constituents of all eight counties are all afforded opportunities to ?see the candidates discuss the vital issues of the day. For this reason, I would like to invite you or another representative ?of Collins for Congress to join me in negotiations to determine how? many debates we will have, the locations of those debates and other ?important details of the events – rules, attendees, format, and more.
As a reminder of Mr. Bellavia’s position, I have enclosed his March 27 ?letter to Mr. Collins and his list of proposed debates. Please let me ?hear from your team as soon as possible so these important discussions? can begin. I can be reached on my cellphone at 315-xxx-xxxx.
If the Republican candidates for President of the United States can ?endure 20 debates, we can give the Republicans of the 27th District? the debate series they deserve. Thank you for your attention to this ?matter.
Sincerely,
Paul Cole
Campaign Manager
Medical Update
Simply tired of being tired… no news yet on the treatment for the aortic aneurism…
Keep those prayer coming!
Dr B
Family
Photos of son Tim’s Doll Making Course last weekend in NYC (“We Are All the Same Inside”(:
Lighter side
Wisdom from Grammy Sammie:
The original point and click interface
was a Smith & Wesson.
A Fool and his money
can throw one heck of a party
Five days a week my body is a temple.
The other two it’s an amusement park.
LEARN FROM YOUR PARENTS’ MISTAKES
USE BIRTH CONTROL
Money isn’t everything,
but it sure keeps the kids in touch.
Don’t Drink and Drive
You might hit a bump and spill something
If at first you don’t succeed
skydiving is not for you
Reality is only an illusion
that occurs due to a lack of alcohol.
We are born naked, wet and hungry.
Then things get worse.
Red meat is not bad for you
Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.
Xerox and Wurlitzer will merge
to produce reproductive organs.
New Mexico state motto:
At least we’re not Mississippi
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO
MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY.
“You know why a banana is like a politician?” “He comes in and first he
is green, then he turns yellow and then he’s rotten.”
Ninety-nine percent of all lawyers
give the rest a bad name.
From Davenport Richard:
Just one question . . . . . . . .
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Kaybob…
If My Body Was a
Car!
This is just too funny -
scary how true it is!!!
If my body was a car,
this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a
newer model. I’ve got bumps and dents and scratches in my
finish and my paint job is getting a little
dull…
But that’s not the worst
of it.
My headlights are out of focus and it’s
especially hard to see things up close
My traction is
not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and
bump into things even in the best of weather.
My
whitewalls are stained with varicose veins.
It takes
me hours to reach my maximum speed. My fuel rate burns
inefficiently.
But here’s the worst of
it,
Almost every time I
sneeze, cough or sputter,
either my radiator leaks or
My Exhaust Backfires!
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Under Reported Stories
This is the census as I have never seen it… very interesting with vital information at your fingertips (submitted by kaybob):
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1
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Beyond Disrespect
We all know what happened to Sodom and Gamora…
Abraham asked the Lord to spare 50 righteous people. God responded to Abraham’s plea “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all ….Genesis 18:16-33
The movie ” Corpus Christi ” is due to be released this June to August. A disgusting film set to appear in America later this year depicts Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals! As a play, this has already been in theaters for a while. It’s called ” Corpus Christi ” which means “The Body of Christ”. It’s revolting mockery of our Lord. But we can make a difference.
That’s why I am sending this e-mail to you. If you do send this around, we just might be able to prevent this film from showing in America . Let’s stand for what we believe in and stop the mockery of Jesus Christ our Savior. Where do we stand as Christians? At the risk of a bit of inconvenience, I’m forwarding this to all I think would appreciate it, too. Please help us prevent such offenses against our Lord. There is no petition to sign, no time limit, or minimum number of people to send this to.. It will take you less than 2 minutes!
If you are not interested and do not have the 2 minutes it will take to do
this, please don’t complain when God does not have time for America (read “Harbinger”).
Apparently, some regions in Europe have already banned the film. All we need is a lot of prayer and a lot of e-mails. … JUST GET THE WORD OUT!
Now go out and read “The Harbinger” and you will understand. America it is time to get on our knees and repent… before it is too late:
available at Christian Bookstores or on Amazon.com
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Saving Pastors Yousef and Behnam (no news but rumors)…
No new word on this Christian Pastor who is being threatened by the regime in Iran with execution because he refuses to renounce Jesus Christ as his savior and embrace Islam. As far as we know he is still in prison awaiting execution.
But…Pastor Behnam & Family
When most of us think about an imprisoned pastor in Iran, our thoughts often turn to Youcef Nadarkhani. Viewed as an apostate from Islam, the Iranian government has sentenced him to die because of his Christian faith. He’s been imprisoned now for 1,000 days. The good news? International pressure is apparently working. He is still alive.
Another Iranian pastor is getting less attention in the West—even though he has endured torture and is in ill health.
41-year old Pastor Behnam Irani is from Kraj, Iran. He was convicted of crimes against national security in January 2011 and is currently serving the remainder of a six-year sentence. He has a wife and two children.
You can learn more about his case and even write a letter to him in the Farsi language by visiting VOM’s Prisoner Alert.
Present Truth Ministries also does an excellent jobinforming Americans and others about persecution in Iran. In the edited video clip below, Jason DeMars describes Pastor Behnam’s prison experience. http://blogs.cbn.com/globallane/archive/2012/04/29/imprisoned-iranian-pastor-in-ill-health.aspx
Please Continue to Pray for these Godly Men!
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When you feel like you’re drowning in life,
don’t worry — your Lifeguard walks on water.
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Pray, Pray, Pray
Marilyn adjustments in her Spinal Cord Stimulator… she is still in pain.
Decision for my aortic aneurism.
Brother Pat for healing
JS and MS for undiagnosed illness which is tearing the family apart
Cousin Marcy severely broken arm… healing
Bill D (Marge and Jim F’s brother-in-law)… has been diagnosed with ALS
GS… being falsely accused of crime… please keep in prayer very serious… definitely not guilty … grand jury upcoming
Ken and Betty G’s family in need of prayer for several serious needs.
Job request and healing for a very discouraged special friend
BTD has important presentation … please pray for calmness and confidence
CDL marital problems
Two families wish to remain anonymous, financial and marital strife
JM has throat problems swallowing and soreness
Justin for rare pulmonary (lung) disease
A close friend for undiagnosed lung disease
Prostate cancer patient Jesse
Cousin Donna (B):for several medical problems
Our Poignant Pam had laminectomy in January and is recovering at
Cousin Jimmy (Fredonia Patti) has been diagnosed with diabetes
Friend from Strong (radiation) with lymphoma having complications, please pray for JoAnne
Antonio to be accepted into Air Force
Fredonia Patti’s cousin Bobby… reoccurrence of cancer
Jer C health and stress issues
CK health issues
Daughter Betsy (Dan) for care of her father
AC young lady, in need of prayer
Please keep Joshua in prayer… Ester and Gordon B’s great grandson he is now home and on medication, but still very ill. Please pray for a complete diagnosis and healing.
LB for undisclosed problems
GS to be grandfather pray for safe delivery
Dr B’s Medical UPDATE: I now have cardiac issues… congestive heart failure (complication of Lupron… chemo/hormone) as well as a more serious complication an aneurysm on the aortic arch.
As you know my cancer was not totally removed and had spread into the lymph and other surrounding tissues. Pray for a continued resolution to the bleeding. Continue to pray I have the strength to endure these procedures and that the Lord strengthens me with courage, stamina, and wisdom.
Rita H continues to have complications with her broken ankle and diagnosis of RSD
Troubled young woman who is living with grandparents may need to change school due to districting rules. Grandparents are Christian and are holding her to standards…
Vicky H (lost her husband); Eldridge W (prayer needed); and Lisa P(lost her best friend through cancer and having difficult time
Betsy’s grandmother Janet is suffering from dementia and has gone into kidney failure… feeding tube has been placed… please pray
Please pray for our military; never forget our police and fire fighters… those who put their lives on the line to serve must have constant prayer cover. God bless them and their families.
JAZ: mother and father serious medical conditions
Pray for AC and RW both in a cult, and in need of gospel truth and a heart which will receive it
Pray for Pastor Neil’s ministry at Applegate.
Feaster family loss of Keith, Donna K, loss of husband Bill, McElwain family for loss of John (husband, father), Morrison family loss of mother; Baker family for the loss of Graydon; Brunacini family and Marilyn for loss of oldest son and brother Joey; Dimaio family for loss of mother; Traxler Family for loss of Greg; Lyndonville’s Trevor Cook was lost in a military accident, pray for his family; Albion’s Nicholas (Middle School Student who leukemia) recently passed away, please pray for his family; Uncle Rich passed away recently, pray for wife (Aunt Anne, son Rick, daughter, Lucy), also pray for the following families with losses: friend Cindy P, loss of husband Fran , Cousin Tom D and family for loss of wife Jan, family of California Clint, Deedee C’s family for loss of Mom, and sister Valerie who lost her husband (brother) Les the past fall
SBS infection
LW close friend, lymphoma
Friends DBG, DPS, and RLM having employment and employee problems
Len VS, childhood friend has recurrent tumors in rib cage, kidney, and neck (metastasized from colon)… update: cancer has spread, decision to continue chemotherapy
Loss of loved ones: Please continue to pray for Stephanie K and family loss of brother, Jim K, Jackie C, Shirley B, Karen B, Linda Baker, Joyce C, Judy L and kids, Pastor Lyle, Mruczek family, Krisher family, Jane H, Jackie C, neighbor Anita, neighbor Bill, neighbor Anita, Ritas’s cousin, Kilpatrick’s, O’Conner’s, Simon’s, M. D’s family, Tricia, Steven M father…
Niece MS, has become addicted to pain pills after surgery…
JC… chemo and metastatic disease
JS pregnancy for safe delivery and healthy baby
Please continue to pray for Mary C, as her cancer has returned
Brother Vince, digestive problems as well as heart, and circulation issues
Brother Mike, siblings Sandy, Jane, Sal as well as Dr. B… high blood pressure
AG lupus
Cousin Doug for joint pain and diseases causing pain and emotional stress
DK, GC, MLB, TDB and GD stress
Sue intestinal disease… she is trying medication rather than this serious surgery… so far she is responding, please keep praying… recently changed medications
Please pray for our troops and especially the victims of Islamist Terrorism
Jamestown Patti’s special family Steven’s Johnson Syn. little 7 yr. old girl
Our nation, our President, our Congress, our courts… to put the people before their ideology
AW… for special intention
TD for special intention
PJ for special intentions
Kiros Torch for juveniles is a Christian outreach to troubled youth. Please pray that Kairos Torch will become reality in NY.
Close family friend Brenda… has been diagnosed with MS
AE for strength to face his dilemma
Bless and pray for our service men and women as they seem to have fewer and fewer options as they deal with a mortal enemy.
Grandson Scott, Marine, Jon H, JW, nephew Jon sailor, as well as Former Student Nate G deployed (Navy).
Pastor Neil pray for God’s Will in his ministry.
Niece Rhonda strength and healing please pray
Transplants: Good Friend Keith – liver, Brother Pat – liver, Good Friend Jim – kidney; Cal’s brother-in-law Chris (liver transplant) … please keep praying for their wellbeing; they all are doing well as of this printing
For the families with recent losses: Corser (Bea), Jack and Judy S for loss of son Michael, also the following families: Goodwin, Beach , Murphy, Knapp, and Masters families for loss of loved ones
Sister Jane, Brenda, and Karen for strength… all are suffering from MS.
Jenifer S, Tom H, Rita H, Linda F, and Marilyn for RSD
Tolerance, Christ’s Love, and understanding for our families, friends, and enemies
Bonnie Erbie (author accusing Christians of being knuckle draggers), prayer for salvation.
Pray for wisdom and spiritual guidance in rearing children for our family as well as the renewal of the nuclear family; pray that marriage stays as one man, one woman, but rights are extended to same gender union
Pray for truth in education… i.e. AIDS, abortion, evolution, American History, Man Made Global Warming, and the Shroud of Turin
Sister Jane difficult decisions… pray for spiritual guidance
Pray that America wakes up to evil internal and external… before it is too late
Prayer partners Gary, Pastor Neil, Greg, John and Ron and families.
Friend CM … legal issues
Friend KH alcoholism
Please continue to pray for health issues for five of our nieces and Marilyn.
Pastors: Dan, John, Tom, Lyell, Steve D, Ben, Estes, Gail, Sam, Whittikers, Neil, Hustes, Dan T, Scott T, and Steve T for their ministries, ease of stress, and courage to spread the gospel; wisdom for all leadership at Yates, Greater Toledo 1st Baptist, AW Church
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Billy Graham’s Prayer for Our Nation:
‘Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem. We have abused power and called it politics.. We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!’
Yates Prayer List
Sandy Lilley was in (still is in?) ICU but no details…
Dirk C has undergone brain surgery and is now recovering at home and in PT
Melanie G health during pregnancy
Young man who is suicidal (pre-teen)
James M terminal illness
GDB healing, success, and health
Marilyn B, Rita H, Tom H … all suffering with RSD
Linda F healing and strength
Gordon and Ester’s great grandson Joshua respiratory problems…
LeAnne W stage 1 lymphoma
Pat F lymphoma
Bill Woodroe recovering from heart surgery
Families: Zauners, Feaster, Ashton, Farwell, Simpson Anderson, Jenine Z, Graydon Baker, J. Zacker, Warrinwer, Corser, Murphy, May S, Landis, King, Bannister, Cook, and Knapp recent losses
Jill D 7 years old… leukemia
Be Blessed and Be a Blessing
Dr B