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Commentary - Antero Pietila: Roland Park headlines

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Jul 9, 2008 12:00 AM (94 days ago) by Antero Pietila, The Examiner
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BALTIMORE (Map, News) - Breaking news: Roland Park’s first African-American resident has decamped. Retired Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lavon Johnson relocated to Atlanta to be close to a daughter and a sizable farm his kin have owned in Mississippi since the Civil War.

Johnson and his white wife, Carolyn, moved to Roland Park in 1974. They bought a huge Victorian house in a private sale from a Johns Hopkins professor and settled at 206 Woodlawn Road over the Fourth of July weekend. They raised two girls, and then one day all hell broke loose.

One of the Johnson girls fell in love with a dancer from Fidel Castro’s Cuba. So? Unbeknownst to their Roland Park neighbors, Carolyn was a National Security Agency analyst with a top security clearance. Her field: China. Alarm bells rang at the NSA. Roland Park was soon crawling with federal agents asking questions about the Johnsons.

Ken Johnson was a veteran of civil rights battles, having worked as a troubleshooter for the Department of Justice. He was wounded in Southeast Asia, where he helicoptered from one camp to another, conducting investigations for the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Once he arrived in Baltimore, he became known as a “troublemaker.” Whatever that meant, Johnson agreed it sounded good.

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The brouhaha over the Cuban dancer eventually blew over; the lovebirds married. After his retirement, Ken started writing a book about his life. He did so in longhand, getting up each day at 3 a.m. Now and then, he took a break. He drove his red pickup truck to Mississippi, to the family farm, where alligators were mean-spirited and snakes lethal, or so a survivor reported. Carolyn retired, then was called back to work at the NSA.

I was thinking about all this last week while surveying the crowd of 400 at a Roland Park community meeting. It presented a snapshot of diversity radically different from what the Johnsons saw in 1974. After all, Roland Park’s first Jewish homeowners had moved in only a few years before; they were not allowed for 50 years.

Exclusivity was the Roland Park Company’s hallmark. It wanted to legally bar African-Americans from residency as early as in 1893, two years after ground was broken, but lawyers said a ban would be illegal. In 1910, the company bit the bullet and prohibited black residents in deeds. Identical bans later covered Guilford, Homewood and Northwood.

Starting in 1913, an unwritten company policy also excluded Jews, a practice rival suburbs copied. At that time at least three Jewish families owned homes in Roland Park. Two were famous men of their time: David Bacharach, the photographer, and Julius Levy, the world’s largest manufacturer of straw hats. Yet it is Charles T. Levine who fascinates me. A 1911 newspaper article identifies him as an elected director of the Civic League.

How did that happen? We are left to guess because nothing more is known about Levine.

In 1987, James F. Waesche wrote a wonderful 126-page book, “Crowning the Gravelly Hill: A History of the Roland Park-Guilford-Homeland District.” It’s a highly readable, perceptive chronicle, even if it skips discrimination. (Should you own a copy, put it in the safe because they are sold on the Internet for $188-$265.)

As a trailblazing garden district, Roland Park is unique. Its development spanned the whole Progressive Era, from the 1890s until the 1920s. Thus its evolution mirrors the mores, values and bigotry during the peak influence of eugenics, a powerful social philosophy that gave scientific justification for racial and religious segregation.

Roland Park is a ready-made dissertation topic. Want to start? Cornell University keeps company records, all 407 cubic feet of them.

Antero Pietila is a Baltimore Examiner columnist. He can be reached at hap5905@hotmail.com.

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7:52 AM MST on Mon., Sep. 29, 2008 re: "Lynn Marie Honeywill: Kick Columbus Day off the national calendar as holiday"

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Couldn't agree more. I am familiar with Columbus' evil side. If it comes to a vote, I vote with you. Ya know, Columbus isn't the only creep who is honored in history.

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4:07 PM MST on Wed., Aug. 27, 2008 re: "Paul Shapiro: Give factory farm sows one less reason to suffer"

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Why do you print such lies. sow are only kepted in create for three to four day to be bred to a boars. Then put back into sow pens. If they come in to hea t again they are put back in creates to be rebred. Sows who are not in heat will fight with sow who are in heat (estrus). Creates prevent fighting and injury. In the wild none donimate sows will be injured or killed by other sow or baors durning mating. Get your fact right

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6:26 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 15, 2008 re: "Gregory Kane: Is the squeeze worth the juice?"

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Bravo, Greg. But remember, once a government-sponsored program is initiated, it creates jobs and, thus is self-sustaining. It's all political patronage and never contributes to the bottom line. So, like they say, follow the money.

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7:47 AM MST on Thu., Aug. 14, 2008 re: "Gregory Kane: Is the squeeze worth the juice?"

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Mr. Kane you never cease to amaze me. I now know where you writing and will fully enjoy your articles. I prefer your commentary better but I guess this will do Good Luck in all future endeavors

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3:06 AM MST on Thu., Aug. 14, 2008 re: "Gregory Kane: Is the squeeze worth the juice?"

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11:15 AM MST on Sun., Aug. 10, 2008 re: "Cal Thomas: Death of a prophet"

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Cal Thomas's op-ed on Solzhenitsyn's admonishments for the West was excellent, but it's too bad Mr. Thomas doesn't have the same tolerance for today's critics. Maybe they're not all prophets, but there are lotsa people that say the same things about the West (read: the US of A) & more recently than 30 yr ago.

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8:52 PM MST on Sat., Aug. 9, 2008 re: "Gregory Kane: One tone-deaf judge and two pitch-perfect cops"

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Thank God Greg Kane is still writing. I read in another paper - more of a birdcage liner - that he'd taken a buyout. I will now enjoy your columns in the Examiner Mr. Kane.

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2:26 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 8, 2008 re: "Patricia Rhodes and Richard Holley: Program misses changes at Douglass"

 Indie said:
Great article on Douglass. There are a lot of positive initiatives going on in Balt City through partnerships and reforms. I'm optimistic about what this means for our city youth. My only fear is that the non-believers will always condemn these youth who just need a fair chance and a well-funded school. Baltimore City students need great programs like Talent Dev't and the Freedom Academy. Schools need to be renovated and funding for teachers needs to increase after the change in the state funding law which slashed $300 million from education statewide. Every district in MD got hit. We have to make education a priority especially for the at-risk kids, who grow up in unstable, violent, and underserved communities, with single parent headed households that oftentimes don't value education. That's b/c it never worked for them. That has to change if we are to maximize the assets of this city and country.

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2:16 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 8, 2008 re: "Walter E. Williams: A nation full of thieves"

 Indie said:
I'd really like to look into this matter as I've been puzzled over what programs are effective with dealing with poverty. Poverty in Baltimore City is just sad. In looking at the raw numbers in this article, these families should be benefitting from all the programs the various levels of gov't offer. However, we still see severe and widespread poverty in this city and it's not getting any better. Free hand outs, free checks, free healthcare, free whatever doesn't work. It created a society of paupers. The culture of poverty is quite insidious and defective in many ways. It seems the gov't must create programs to promote sustainability and self-sufficiency to solve the problem. It's time for us to get smarter about how we spend out tax dollars. There are a lot of errors we must correct such as the concentration of poverty and fixing our school system. We must stop funding sprawl which contributes to our resources spreading to thin. it's now hurting the traditional suburbs.

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8:07 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 8, 2008 re: "Walter E. Williams: A nation full of thieves"

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To consider all program costs as welfare expenditures ignores the Department's infrastructure costs and in his assessment of "the least of these" he did not factor in Corporate bailouts, subsidies and tax breaks to companies that enhance poverty creation by insourcing illegal labor and outsourcing skill jobs. My question is this: can American capitolism thrive - or even survive without exploiting people via chattle slavery, indentured servitude, cheap (profiled into)prison labor, illegal (wink and a nod) labor, etc. The economy cannot exist in a vacuum. It is part of our society and the situation is getting worse now that 9/11 has deemed every citizen with any criminal justice record a workplace pariah - in the United Staes of Chicken Little (the sky is falling!). Pretty soon, as the insatiable ownership class lobbies to dismantle middle class America, there will be no one left to buy their products/services except their employees in other countries making starvation wages.

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6:26 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 8, 2008 re: "Walter E. Williams: The green hold on Congress"

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Heard on the radio: If a company wanted to get rid of oil it had in containers by drilling a hole and pouring the oil down into the ground, would the Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club and the Nature Conservancy sue them for polluting the earth? That is where the oil is now, lets get that nasty stuff out of motehr earth and get rid of it by converting it to fuel!

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10:20 PM MST on Thu., Aug. 7, 2008 re: "Gregory Kane: One tone-deaf judge and two pitch-perfect cops"

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this judge was picked by the department, to not find this officer guilty,its how they do business,and its ashamed that shela dixson is a part of this kind of behavior.this officer is guilty and should be fired,he has done this before,and no charges,but if he was black,you can be sure he would be fired,,and as far as internal investigations go,nothing is going to happen to this officer,and he will keep on assaulting tax payers,and you can thank beafeild, shela dixson and the police department for putting this jerk police officer on the city streets..and there are a lot more like him,just wait

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12:14 PM MST on Wed., Aug. 6, 2008 re: "Tom Moore: Live entertainment panel makes sense for Baltimore"

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I play music too. But let's imagine the writer living in or adjacent to a B2 zoning district--say, in Union Square or Federal Hill or any number of old historic neighborhoods where bars are sometimes on every corner in residential blocks. Let's say he has invested considerable money in his property there and really loves his house after some years there with spouse and maybe family. Would he be so optimistic about a plan that would allow a bar next door to or down the street from his house hosting live entertainment? A cabaret, maybe, or an acoustic guitar night would probably be fine, I'd imagine. But the legislation makes absolutely no distinction among levels of live entertainment. That little bar could become a high-volume rock or hiphop venue, rumbling the writer's walls, changing the character of that place he calls home. And maybe even interfering with his ability to produce opiniion pieces like this one. Would he then be so philosophical?

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4:00 PM MST on Tue., Aug. 5, 2008 re: "J. Thomas Sadowski: New arena will benefit the region’s economy"

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Either J. Thomas Sadowski is a yesman or he drank a few libations too many. This city desperately needs a world-class expansion of the Baltimore Metro Subway system a lot more than it does a suicidally-planned new arena, especially for $300 million.

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7:12 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 4, 2008 re: "Mark Tapscott: Bad things happen in a blind Congress"

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Perhaps one way to avoid votes on bills that are too voluminous to read and digest in short periods of time (by the way, Bush pushed us into war by pushing trojan horse legislation with no review time available before the vote)is to establish a minimum timeline (that dirty word) between delivery of proposed legislation and the required vote to pass that legislation or not. The short review period is part of the game to push through pork and provide alibis to elected officials. Given a required minimum review time would force legislators to read what they intend to sign off on. Then the only excuse they'll have left is, "the donkeys/elephants ate my homework!"

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6:58 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 4, 2008 re: "Jules Witcover: McCain’s early desperation"

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"Too good to be true" is the only antidote McCain has to Obama's candidacy, especially now that Bush has begun to adopt Obama's presciptions for ending the Iraq quagmire and dealing with Iran directly, positions that Obama was harshly criticized for by Hillary. Now that McCain has taken up the "kitchen sink toss" strategy that Hillary used, it behooves Hillary as a loyal Democrat to push back hard on McCain's nasty tactics so Obama can maintain his "high road" posture. As for McCain, he has abandoned every position and promise of civility, derailing the "straight Talk Express", in the hopes that the damage will also harm Obama. Obama needs to combat the nastiness with a populist agenda that will draw the middle and working class voters, whose very existence is being dismantled piece by piece by the policies McCain has now fully adopted.

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9:49 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Tom Moore: Live entertainment panel makes sense for Baltimore"

 Examiner Reader said:
tom, i have read your lopsided opinion and couldn't disagree more!!with whom did you speak when doing your research about the vellegia's request? we the residents and business {yes i said business owners} are not idiots or berserk. we have been subjected to mr. coffman's version of "cabaret" and it was not fun for the all of us who were disturbed by spot lites in the sky, pit bulls on leashes,public urination, gun fire,and total mayhem in our community!! get your facts right buddy.you don't run over hordes of people with a ten ton truck and then ask these same people to support you when you try to get your drivers liscense!! live entertainment has it's place in baltimore, but not in a community that consists of 80% of residents, such as little italy. we give up enough in taxes and inconveniences with valet parking, festivals, open air movies and 35 family restaurants.we don't need to tolerate nite clubs because someone is in financial straits.no nite clubs in little italy. phil,lico

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9:25 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Tom Moore: Live entertainment panel makes sense for Baltimore"

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I have to take exception with Tom Moores portrayal of the situation and the residents opposing the issuance of a live entertainment liscence to Vellegia's. He paints a picture of the the residents as a hysterical mob foaming at the mouth,unfairly keeping Mr. Coffman from obtaining an unrestricted permit. Mr. Moore is either ignorant of or unwilling to convey all of the circumstances of this situation. That is to say that one of Mr. Coffmans first acts upon taking over Vellegia's was to throw an all night rave party, which culminated in his drunken, patrons roaming the streets in the early hours of the morning, screaming,fighting,urinating and causing all kinds of mayhem in what is gererally a quiet,residential area. Since that time Mr. Coffman has been cited for serving to minors. The BERSERK , Mr.Moore says, property owning, taxpaying residents just don't understand why their peace,safety not to mention property values must be threatened. Michael Salconi Pres. Little Italy comm.org

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6:16 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Dan Gainor: Baltimore Arena plans an Olympic-sized mistake"

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Spot on Mr. Gainor.

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5:08 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Dan Gainor: Baltimore Arena plans an Olympic-sized mistake"

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I agree with your comments 100%. What can we do to stop this craziness?

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1:23 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 31, 2008 re: "Dan Gainor: Baltimore Arena plans an Olympic-sized mistake"

 Examiner Reader said:
10:05 poster...I meant Downtown, not in a ghetto. Sorry for being unclear.

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10:05 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 31, 2008 re: "Dan Gainor: Baltimore Arena plans an Olympic-sized mistake"

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Bad idea 9:00 am poster. An arena in the middle of the ghetto. Im sure that will draw alot of fans and venues. Downtown or in Canton is the best and safest spots for an Arena.

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9:00 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 31, 2008 re: "Dan Gainor: Baltimore Arena plans an Olympic-sized mistake"

 Examiner Reader said:
I agree. It's stupid. We have thousands of decrepit buildings in the city needing condemnation. Why not raze a few blocks, build an arena, then tear down the old one to make way for a different type of redevelopment? I smell money changing hands somewhere in all of this.

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6:57 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 31, 2008 re: "Cal Thomas: Obama undecided on Iraq stance"

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Any SURGE is BAD, unless Obama suggests it, like for Afghanistan. Why is a surge both good and bad, and WHY does the press refuse to ask this question for our Future Flipper-in-Chief? Take the worthless surge troops out of Iraq because a surge can not help and send the surge troopt to Afghanistan where it will help...

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3:42 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 31, 2008 re: "Tom Moore: Live entertainment panel makes sense for Baltimore"

 Examiner Reader said:
Here in Little Italy we have every reason to go "berserk" over live entertainment when it comes to Velleggias. The last time Mr. Coffman had entertainment at Velleggia's ,the neighborhood was held hostage by his patrons. He had a rap party not a cabaret night. I have no problem if a new board would grant Velleggias's a live license for a cabaret but just a cabaret. The way it is now once he is granted a live license he can just about put anything in. That is his intentions. He can not make it as a restaurant. Last month B.G.E closed him down for not paying his bills.He is in foreclosure now. If Mr. Moore wants a new gig I suggest he learns how to spell Velleggia,s

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1:37 PM MST on Wed., Jul. 30, 2008 re: "Tom Moore: Live entertainment panel makes sense for Baltimore"

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The community associations are like the Gestapo. They would shut down every bar in Baltimore if they could. Then they would complain because there's nowhere to go for Sunday brunch that they can walk to.

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7:55 AM MST on Mon., Jul. 28, 2008 re: "Jules Witcover: Mood, gaffes test McCain"

 Examiner Reader said:
McCain strikes as someone who suffers from PTSD, but is functional, so long as he can ride the wave of respect he gets for being a war hero and torture victim. But, when he's pressed to answer questions that require nuance he's lost and when he tries to disarm critics with humor it seems nasty and aggessive instead of funny. By contrast, Obama seems imperturbable and surer footed when cornered by tricky questions - like a diplomatic politician should be.

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1:33 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 22, 2008 re: "D.R. Belz: Thanking you in advance"

 Greta said:
I must read or hear "thank you in advance" three or four times a week and always wonder what the heck they're talking about. Now I know its not just me...thanks!

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6:17 AM MST on Tue., Jul. 22, 2008 re: "D.R. Belz: Thanking you in advance"

 Examiner Reader said:
Thank you in advance for this very funny article. D.R. Belz's humor is always a pick me up.

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1:41 PM MST on Fri., Jul. 18, 2008 re: "Cal Thomas: A school for scoundrels"

 Examiner Reader said:
I love, love, love how there are so many issues with the teachings at a Islamic School, about martydom, murder and other not-so-hot subjects; but there is no issue with any of the Christian Schools, whose Bibles claim that slavery is okay, as well as martydom, and murder for those who are not part of your sect. A little bit bias, don't you think.

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8:03 AM MST on Fri., Jul. 18, 2008 re: "Cal Thomas: A school for scoundrels"

 Examiner Reader said:
What has happened to journalism? Why, instead of relying on the views of others, hasn't Mr. Cal Thomas gone and visited the school and its officials himself? As an Alexandria resident, I am unimpressed with mudslinging done without firsthand experience. Is it too much to ask that a journalist acutally go to the source when writing a story?

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7:43 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 17, 2008 re: "Louis Miserendino: Smart growth starts with lower city taxes"

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Great point but remember who we voted for Gov? The guy who’s only plan is higher taxes and who’s energy plan view has been "if energy were more costly; people would use less of it". Baltimore is a great city that has been high jacked by minority special interest and a liberal view that will surely mean its demise! Oh, I moved out years ago and my taxes are much less for a larger home… ummmm

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8:03 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 9, 2008 re: "Jay Ambrose: Ideology trumps science"

 Cory Bryant, PhD Food Scientist said:
There has not been a "burp" because even though it's true that this technology has been around for decades it has seem very limited use on food in the marketplace. Likewise, we have very limited knowledge of the potentially negative long-term health effects. I have studied this technology extensively -- read many studies (most of which are funded by entities that support its use), including those upon which FDA based its decision to support. There are known unique radiolytic products (URPs) formed (aka chemicals we've not found in food before, some of which have carcinogenic potential), known nutrient degradation, known quality reduction, known negative environmental impacts, and known negative health impacts on animals. Not to mention that this is yet another band-aide for a problem that starts on the (factory) farm. Were it not for intensive animal agriculture we would not be faced with much of this problem. If you choose to eat this that's your business, I choose not.

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10:20 AM MST on Mon., Jul. 7, 2008 re: "D.R. Belz: The Great-Ideas-That-Never-Got-Off-The-Ground Catalog"

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Wild stuff. Where'd you find this guy. Mencken and Thurber ride again at the Examiner. Keep up the great work.

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9:11 AM MST on Mon., Jul. 7, 2008 re: "D.R. Belz: The Great-Ideas-That-Never-Got-Off-The-Ground Catalog"

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And please do not forget the Pet Rock. This one "got off the ground" but maybe would have been better served if it remained buried.

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7:13 AM MST on Mon., Jul. 7, 2008 re: "Jules Witcover: Vice President Jim Webb?"

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I think Webb is a strong choice for Obama, filling most of Obama's holes. The only constituency that would be troubled would be hardcore Feministas who see Hillary as the only choice.

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4:05 AM MST on Mon., Jul. 7, 2008 re: "Jules Witcover: Vice President Jim Webb?"

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Webb ran a dirty campaign and was the matermind of deceit. He fooled Senator Allen who fell for the bait. Yes Webb can mke Obama look better, however who wants another liar? There are better choices for Obama. The press is in love with the WEBB OF LIES

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8:18 AM MST on Sun., Jul. 6, 2008 re: "Walter E. Williams: Humans are ultimate resource"

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Professor Williams's thesis on population has one glaring flaw: humans are the most environmentally damaging species nature ever suffered to crawl on the surface of the earth. We don't simply take from the environment and leave no traces as do whales, porcupines, redwoods and bacteria; we alter our environment and drive out the niche species that are supposed to share it with us. Ants crawling in the sugarbowl? Call the exterminator. Mice nesting in the basement? Call the exterminator. Geese defecating on the golf course? Call the exterminator. But who calls the Exteriminator for us? One good, longitudinal airborne plague will do it.

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4:21 PM MST on Sat., Jul. 5, 2008 re: "Stanley F. Battle: Here’s what’s going on at Coppin State"

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2:28 PM MST on Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 re: "Walter E. Williams: Humans are ultimate resource"

 Examiner Reader said:
Please change "imprevious" to "impervious." Sorry!

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1:51 PM MST on Fri., Jul. 4, 2008 re: "Walter E. Williams: Humans are ultimate resource"

 Examiner Reader said:
If I am reading this column correctly all the Congo has to do is increase its population and all will be well. Hati is still mired in poverty at 642 people per squae mile, so the magic thresehold must be nearer Hong Kong's 6,571 per square mile! If overpopulation is not the cause of zoonoses; forest decline; acidification of the oceans; biodiversity loss; impending freshwater shortages; climate change; loss of Net Primary Production from the sun's energy; water degradation from the increase of imprevious areas; etc. what is it? Perhaps human ingenuity? The Chesapeake Bay ecosystem has become too degraded to support the human population now occupying it. Fortunately, we have other more robust ecosystems to draw upon. But now I know, the problem in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem is not too many people, it is too few. I wonder how much food Hong Kong exports?

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6:40 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 re: "Mark Newgent: Republicans: Return to first principles"

 G. A. Harrison said:
Excellent piece. I agree with just about everything except the bit about Ron Paul While I respect libertarians, that is only one leg of the fusionist stool. I recommend Mickey Edwards' book, "Reclaiming Conservatism". I believe that Edwards lays out a prescription that will reignite the conservative movement. A problem remains with social conservatives (such as myself). Few of my brethren are willing to accept the notion that bringing social issues back to where they belong - the state, rather than federal, government and our own communities - is the answer. However, as long as faux conservatives pander, we will continue to have a problem.

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9:42 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 2, 2008 re: "Bob Ewing: Shameful U.S. legacy persists"

 Examiner Reader said:
Land of opportunity? for Large corporations anyway. This is unacceptable! How can a legal business be shut down in this manner in the U.S.? Our government does not care about the people, only the $ - Shameful!

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8:12 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 re: "Jules Witcover: The military speaks out"

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whats the oldest a pittbull can be to have its ears clipped

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9:11 PM MST on Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 re: "Usha Nellore: Money can’t buy math performance"

 calamity said:
The CEO trying to pay students for good grades was no different then when Andre Bundly bribed parents and students at Walbrook for good grades if they voted for him when he ran for Mayor a few years ago. This is how people in our school system show their total disrespect for our children, our parents and our communities.

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8:41 AM MST on Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 re: "Jules Witcover: Democratic failure on ending the war"

 Examiner Reader said:
democrats are just as usless lying and greedy as republicans.guess we have to put up with both parties till bankruptcy proceedings start,which should have been 39yeras ago.

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7:22 AM MST on Mon., Jun. 30, 2008 re: "Louis Miserendino: A tale of two cities"

 Examiner Reader said:
Well written commentary.

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10:10 AM MST on Sat., Jun. 28, 2008 re: "Walter E. Williams: Control criminals not guns"

 Examiner Reader said:
Walter Williams objective insight into emotional issues helps bring order to ill conceived knee jerk reactions of politicians. We need to address criminals, not the means by which they commit crimes.

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