By Anonymous — Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Written By Orson Scott Card Editor's note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism. An open letter to the local daily paper — almost every local daily paper in America: I remember reading All the President's Men and thinking: That's journalism. You do what it takes to get the truth and you lay it before the public, because the public has a right to know. This housing crisis didn't come out of nowhere. It was not a vague emanation of the evil Bush administration. It was a direct result of the political decision, back in the late 1990s, to loosen the rules of lending so that home loans would be more accessible to poor people. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were authorized to approve risky loans. What is a risky loan? It's a loan that the recipient is likely not to be able to repay. The goal of this rule change was to help the poor — which especially would help members of minority groups. But how does it help these people to give them a loan that they can't repay? They get into a house, yes, but when they can't make the payments, they lose the house — along with their credit rating. They end up worse off than before. This was completely foreseeable and in fact many people did foresee it. One political party, in Congress and in the executive branch, tried repeatedly to tighten up the rules. The other party blocked every such attempt and tried to loosen them. CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Jack Wheeler is a brilliant man who was the author of Reagan's strategy to break the back of the Soviet Union with the star wars race and expose their inner weakness. For years he wrote a weekly intelligence update that was extremely interesting and well structured and informative. He consults(ed) with several mega corporations on global trends and the future, etc. He is in semi-retirement now. He is a true patriot with a no-nonsense approach to everything. He is also a somewhat well-known mountain climber and adventurer. Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler The O-man, Barack Hussein Obama, is an eloquently tailored empty suit. No resume, no accomplishments, no experience, no original ideas, no understanding of how the economy works, no understanding of how the world works, no balls, nothing but abstract, empty rhetoric devoid of real substance. He has no real identity. He is half-white, which he rejects. The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he hides but is disclosed by his non-African Arabic surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way to triply proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya . Only a small part of him is African Black from his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is exclusively. What he isn't, not a genetic drop of, is 'African-American,' the descendant of enslaved Africans brought to America chained in slave ships. He hasn't a single ancestor who was a slave. Instead, his Arab ancestors were slave owners. Slave-trading was the main Arab business in East Africa for centuries until the British ended it. Let that sink in: Obama is not the descendant of slaves, he is the descendant of slave owners. Thus he makes the perfect Liberal Messiah. CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced he has directed the Employment Development Department (EDD) to make available $2 million in job training resources to workers in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties who have lost their jobs because of the recent wildfires. “Wildfires not only devastate property, but also people’s lives,” said Governor Schwarzenegger. “This funding will be an important tool in helping workers who lost their jobs because of the recent fires get back to earning a living and rebuilding their lives.” The funds come from the “Dislocated Worker” funds the state receives from the federal government through the Workforce Investment Act. The three counties will be able to request these funds once existing resources have been expended to serve workers unemployed because of the fires. Funds may be used for assistance in returning to work such as skills assessments, job search assistance and job training specifically targeted to the local economy. CONTINUED » |
By George Runner — Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Senator George Runner Serving the 17th District which incorporates portions of the Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura and Kern counties. Suppose your car needs repairs. After paying money to a mechanic, it’s still broken. Would you be foolish enough to pay the mechanic a second time? Most customers would try something different rather than waste money on a solution that fails to solve the problem. Yet throwing good money after bad is exactly what happened when the City of Los Angeles continued to fund the LA Bridges program, despite the well-known misappropriation of money by the non-profit organization. In a 10-year-period, the City of Los Angeles has spent more than $100 million dollars on LA Bridges (which is supposed to allocate funds to various youth and anti-gang programs aimed at steering vulnerable youths away from the gang lifestyle) without producing one single success story. Good intentions aside, without accountability taxpayer funds have been misused, and in some cases, used for criminal activity. Such was the case for the millions of dollars spent on “No Guns,” a program funded by LA Bridges and run by Hector Marroquin, a “former” gang member. It turns out that as the City of Los Angeles continued to fund this program, Marroquin used city funds to give jobs to his wife and two kids at the program while also using his position to continue criminal gang activities, undermining the very goals that he was supposed to fight for. He received an eight-year-sentence for illegally selling assault weapons to FBI investigators earlier this year. His son is on trial for home invasion, and his daughter is being investigated for her involvement in a homicide. Los Angeles taxpayers should be outraged by the abuse of power and money and saddened by the thousands of youths who did not benefit from LA Bridges. By creating the Early Intervention, Accountability and Rehabilitation Commission, Proposition 6 would reform existing practices of funding anti-gang programs. Quite simply, the commission would audit every taxpayer funded anti-gang programs for quality and effectiveness. CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Monday, October 20th, 2008
Written by Rich Carroll Conspiracy theories make for interesting novels when the storyline is not so absurd that it can grasp our attention. 'The Manchurian Candidate' and 'Seven Days in May' are examples of plausible chains of events that captures the reader's imagination at best-seller level. 'What if' has always been the solid grist of fiction. Get yourself something cool to drink, find a relaxing position, but before you continue, visualize the television photos of two jet airliners smashing into the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan and remind yourself this cowardly act of Muslim terror was planned for eight years. How long did it take Islam and their oil money to find a candidate for President of the United States ? As long as it took them to place a Senator from Illinois and Minnesota ? The same amount of time to create a large Muslim enclave in Detroit ? The time it took them to build over 2,000 mosques in America ? The same amount of time required to place radical wahabbist clerics in our military and prisons as 'chaplains'? Find a candidate who can get away with lying about their father being a 'freedom fighter' when he was actually part of the most corrupt and violent government in Kenya 's history. Find a candidate with close ties to The Nation of Islam and the violent Muslim overthrow in Africa, a candidate who is educated among white infidel Americans but hides his bitterness and anger behind a superficial toothy smile. Find a candidate who changes his American name of Barry to the Muslim name of Barak Hussein Obama; and dares anyone to question his true ties under the banner of 'racism'. Nurture this candidate in an atmosphere of anti-white American teaching and surround him with Islamic teacher s. Provide him with a bitter, racist, anti-white, anti-American wife; and supply him with Muslim middle east connections and Islamic monies. Allow him to be clever enough to get away with his anti-white rhetoric and proclaim he will give $834 billion taxpayer dollars to the Muslim controlled United Nations for use in Africa .. CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Monday, October 20th, 2008
Written by Cicero - 55 BC The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Local Republicans are invited to join the Ventura County Republican Party for its annual BBQ on Saturday, October 18, 2008 from 1 to 4 PM. The BBQ will be held at Conejo Creek North Park in Thousand Oaks located at 1379 E. Janss Road. BBQ menu includes “Moose burgers”, hot dogs, and more. Cost of admission is $15 per person and $7.50 for children 12 and under. The BBQ will be a great opportunity to meet local Republican candidates, hear special guest speakers, as well as spend time having fun and relaxing with family and friends. |
By Anonymous — Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties due to wildfires: “As fires burn across California, I want to commend all of the firefighters who are bravely battling these aggressive flames and the first responders who are helping their communities and fellow neighbors. Winds are causing fire conditions to change by the hour, which is why it is so important that residents in the areas surrounding these wildfires heed warnings from public safety officials to evacuate. It’s critical that everyone in the warning areas continue to be prepared—know what you’re going to take and be ready to move very quickly if the evacuation order comes in your area. The state is coordinating with federal and local officials to ensure that firefighters have the resources they need, but with such a serious situation on our hands, we need residents to take every precaution to remain safe during this dangerous and difficult time.” The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has activated the State Operations Center at its Sacramento headquarters. For more information, including evacuation centers and wildfire statistics, go to www.oes.ca.gov or www.calfire.ca.gov. Full text of emergency proclamation: A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS on and after October 12, 2008, wildfires broke out in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties and these wildfires continue to spread; and WHEREAS the wildfires are being driven by high winds, and these conditions are expected to continue; and WHEREAS several thousand acres have already burned with minimal containment, and more acres are threatened; and WHEREAS one death has been confirmed as a result of these wildfires and others have been injured; and WHEREAS numerous homes, businesses and other structures have burned, and many more structures are threatened; and WHEREAS mandatory evacuations are in place resulting in thousands of residents being evacuated and seeking emergency shelter; and WHEREAS several key local highways and roads have been closed as a result of these wildfires; and WHEREAS the smoke from the wildfires is adversely impacting the public health in the area; and WHEREAS on October 12, 2008, my Office of Emergency Services requested and the Federal Emergency Management Agency granted a Fire Management Assistance Grant to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to rapidly attack the fire and reimburse critical emergency response costs; and WHEREAS on October 13, 2008, the County of Los Angeles issued a local proclamation of emergency, requesting that I issue a state proclamation of emergency; and WHEREAS the circumstances of these wildfires, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat; and WHEREAS under the provisions of section 8558(b) of the California Government Code, I find that, because of the wildfires, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property exist in the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura. NOW, THEREFORE, I, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of the State of California, in accordance with the authority vested in me by the State Constitution and the California Emergency Services Act, and in particular, section 8625 of the California Government Code, HEREBY PROCLAIM A STATE OF EMERGENCY to exist within the counties of Los Angeles and Ventura. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all agencies of the state government utilize and employ state personnel, equipment and facilities for the performance of any and all activities consistent with the direction of my Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the State Emergency Plan, and that OES provide local government assistance under the authority of the California Disaster Assistance Act. I FURTHER DIRECT that as soon as hereafter possible, this proclamation be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity and notice be given of this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this 13th Day of October 2008. ______________________________ ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Governor of California ATTEST: _______________________________ DEBRA BOWEN Secretary of State |
By Anonymous — Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
AMENDED (Correction to APN# on item 9C; and Item 11E; add Item 9E) FILLMORE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FILLMORE CITY HALL AGENDA IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK: Oral Communications is the time for citizen presentations or comments on items not on the agenda, but within the responsibility of the City Council. Please complete an Audience Participation Form prior to the beginning of oral communications and hand it to the clerk if you wish to speak. Please stay within the time limit indicated by the Mayor. If you wish to speak on an item on this agenda, please fill out an Audience Participation Form and hand it to the clerk prior to that item. ITEM REFERENCE** 1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Oral 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Oral CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Written by INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Election Fraud: A radical group Barack Obama used to work for is committing voter-registration fraud in several states, ahead of the election. What does Obama know about this scam? It's a legitimate question to raise now that the FBI has raided the offices of the nonprofit Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now in Nevada and North Carolina, two states where Obama and John McCain are running neck-and-neck. ACORN has registered bogus voters in both states. The group's voter-registration fraud is rampant, and authorities plan a nationwide sweep of ACORN offices to collect records. In Nevada, state officials say the fraudulent registrations included forms for the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys football team, including quarterback Tony Romo. "Romo is not registered to vote in the state of Nevada," Secretary of State Ross Miller said, "and anybody trying to pose as Terrell Owens won't be able to cast a ballot on Nov. 4." While those names will be flagged on Election Day, felonious voters may have better luck using other cutouts. Nevada, along with several other key battleground states, requires no ID to vote. In North Carolina, where Obama has been running nonstop ads, ACORN has registered a record number of new voters, many of them suspicious. Statewide, Democrats are doing better than the GOP in new converts — even in traditionally Republican counties. There have been 218,749 newly registered Democrats in North Carolina since January — more than five times the 38,337 new Republicans, state records show. CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
In all good conscience ----- YOU NEED TO READ THIS An interview with Britt Hume
Obama and his ties to William Ayers HUME: I suppose the question most Americans have is not whether they (Ayers and Rev. Wright) are truly close now—obviously you shed all such ties when you are getting ready to run for president—but whether Obama has shown in the past a certain tolerance of radical views about the United States of America. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434042,00.html# "Special Report With Brit Hume" from October 6, 2008. ROBERT GIBBS, OBAMA COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: Bill Ayers isn't involved in this campaign. Bill Ayers isn't going to be involved in this campaign except when John McCain brings it up. BRIT HUME, HOST: So who is this guy Bill Ayers? Well, among other things, he is a guy that said in an interview with our own James Rosen back in 2004 for James' book, he said, and I quote, talking about 9/11, "Was that an act of pure terror? It absolutely was. And there are many other acts of terror carried out by our government even recently that are comparable. And there are other acts of terror that have gone on in places like Bosnia that we forgot to notice." That from James Rosen's book, "Strongman: John Mitchell and the secrets of Watergate." Does that name ring a bell with you if you remember this from the Reverend Jeremiah Wright? REV. JEREMIAH WRIGHT, BARACK OBAMA'S FORMER PASTOR: We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye. HUME: Well, those are two Obama associates who both seem to have sort of similar views of 9/11, that it was not really worse than anything we did as a nation. Some thoughts on all this now from Fred Barnes, Executive Editor of The Weekly Standard, Mara Liaison, National Political Correspondent of National Public Radio, and Juan Williams, Senior Correspondent of National Public Radio, all are FOX News contributors. CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Written by By Stanley Kurtz Ayers was in charge of a 60 million dollar give away to Chicago's school children. He appointed Obama to be in charge of distributing these monies. Did they go to improve the schools? NO. They went to radical groups like ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now ) ACORN is a radical group, that teaches children to rebel against authority, the Government. William Ayers was being tried for bombings, in the late 60's they had him on wiretap admitting to these bombings, but the case was thrown out due to a technicality. So in later years, he decided to try a different approach, start with impressionable youth. Obama began run for office in Ayers living room. For those under 50, you need to educate yourself to the radical left underground that tore apart out country in the late 60's. For those over 50, you will remember the fear gripped our nation, and how these radicals had the U.S. by the throat. For many, Obama's ties to anti-American radicals is going to mean little, they just cant understand how alarming this is to us 'older folk'. --below is ACORN information, and below that is a CHILLING bio on William Ayers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inside Obama’s Acorn |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Washington, DC – At 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 8, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will testify at a California State Senate field hearing in Van Nuys examining last month’s deadly collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth. The September 12 accident killed 25 and injured 135, many of them critically. Senator Feinstein will testify about actions by Congress to improve rail safety, including passage October 1 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act, which includes a key collision-avoidance provision pushed strongly by Senator Feinstein and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) The legislation specifically calls for installation of Positive Train Control technology on major rail lines by December 31, 2015. Senator Feinstein is pushing the Federal Railroad Administration to require railroads to install this technology sooner on high-risk lines. Senator Feinstein has also called on Metrolink to add two engineers to its locomotives, to add Automatic Train Stop technology on trains as an interim safety measure and to enforce its ban on cell phone use by train crews. WHAT: Testimony at California Senate field hearing into the Metrolink collision. WHO: Senator Dianne Feinstein WHEN: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 WHERE: Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center |
By Anonymous — Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Senator George Runner Serving the 17th District which incorporates portions of the Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura and Kern counties. Tuesday was the deadline for the Governor to either veto or sign bills into law. Among those that he signed was “Michelle’s Law,” also known as Senate Bill 1168, a bill I authored that allows dependent college students to continue receiving health insurance for up to one year upon taking an academic leave of absence due to serious illness or injury. The measure is named after Michelle Morse, a New Hampshire college student who was diagnosed with colon cancer some years ago. When advised by doctors to reduce her course load, Morse’s family discovered that she would be dropped from the family’s health insurance and required to pay monthly premiums of $550 for a continuance policy. This catch-22 situation made life difficult for the Morse family. In response, many states have passed laws to remediate the problems Michelle Morse experienced during her illness. Now with California’s Michelle’s Law, ailing students and their families will be put at ease and allowed to focus on treatment and recovery instead of haggling with health care providers and insurance companies. The Governor also signed Senate Bill SB 1546, another bill I sponsored, that authorizes the Department of Mental Health to contract with independent evaluators to perform clinical assessments of sex offender inmates for possible commitment to state mental hospitals. The goal is to streamline the evaluation process and to effectively determine who needs further treatment in state mental hospitals – for the sake of sex offenders who did not rehabilitate in state prison and certainly for the safety of communities. The Governor also signed the following bills: CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
The Relationship Between Barack Obama And Bill Ayers Is Much More Extensive Than Obama's Campaign Is Willing To Admit
Written by Republican National Committee Obama's Top Campaign Staff Have Attempted To Downplay The Relationship Between Obama And Bill Ayers: Obama Spokesman Robert Gibbs Said That Obama And Ayers Weren't Close And That Obama Was Only 8 Years Old When Ayers Was Bombing Buildings. Robert Gibbs: "If you read the article ... it says these two men weren't close, this man isn't involved in our campaign. Bill Ayers is somebody that Barack Obama said his actions were despicable and these happened when Barack Obama was 8 years old." (FOX News' "FOX & Friends," 10/6/08) Gibbs Has Also Limited The Relationship Between Obama And Ayers To Serving On Two Boards Together. John Roberts: "Barack Obama knew Bill Ayers and had contact with him between 1995 and 2005. Exactly what was the nature of the relationship?" Robert Gibbs: "Well, John, as The New York Times reported this weekend, they served on two boards together during that time period." (CNN's "American Morning," 10/6/08) Even Obama Has Previously Referred To Ayers As "A Guy Who Lives In My Neighborhood" And Not Someone He Exchanges Ideas With "On A Regular Basis." Obama: "George, but this is an example of what I'm talking about. This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who I know and who I have not received some official endorsement from. He's not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis. And the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense, George." (Sen. Barack Obama, ABC Democrat Candidates Presidential Debate, Philadelphia, PA, 4/16/08) But Obama's Connections With Bill Ayers Are Much More Extensive Than He Or His Campaign Staff Is Willing To Admit: In 1995, During Obama's First State Senate Campaign, William Ayers And Wife Bernadine Dohrn Hosted A Meeting Of Chicago Liberals At Their Home For Obama, Which One Attendee Said Was Aimed At "Launching Him." "In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district's influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. While Ayers and Dohrn may be thought of in Hyde Park as local activists, they're better known nationally as two of the most notorious -- and unrepentant -- figures from the violent fringe of the 1960s anti-war movement. ... 'I can remember being one of a small group of people who came to Bill Ayers' house to learn that Alice Palmer was stepping down from the senate and running for Congress,' said Dr. Quentin Young, a prominent Chicago physician and advocate for single-payer health care, of the info rmal gathering at the home of Ayers and his wife, Dohrn. '[Palmer] identified [Obama] as her successor.' ... Dr. Young and another guest, Maria Warren, described it similarly: as an introduction to Hyde Park liberals of the handpicked successor to Palmer, a well-regarded figure on the left. 'When I first met Barack Obama, he was giving a standard, innocuous little talk in the living room of those two legends-in-their-own-minds, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn,' Warren wrote on her blog in 2005. 'They were launching him -- introducing him to the Hyde Park community as the best thing since sliced bread.'" (Ben Smith, "Obama Once Visited '60s Radicals," The Politico, 1/22/08) CONTINUED » |
By Anonymous — Monday, October 6th, 2008
A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine that America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves. Pause a moment, reflect back. These events are actual events from history.. They really happened!!! Do you remember? 1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a Muslim male extremist. 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by Muslim male extremists. 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim male extremists. 4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by Muslim male extremists. 5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by Muslim male extremists. 6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by Muslim male extremists. 7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens , and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by Muslim male extremists. 8. In 1988 , Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by Muslim male extremists. 9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by Muslim male extremists. 10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim male extremists. 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take down the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by Muslim male extremists. 12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against Muslim male extremists. 13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by-- you guessed it-- Muslim male extremists. No, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people... Absolutely No Profiling! They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males alone lest they be guilty of profiling. According to The Book of Revelations: The Anti-Christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, he will destroy everything. And Now: Have the American People completely lost their Minds, or just their Power of Reason ??? To take a chance on an 'unknown' especially Obama, a marxist muslim will be the defeat of this great Nation of ours... Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Aldreds and other stupid attorneys along with Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense, feel ashamed of themselves -- if they have any such sense. As the writer of the award winning story 'Forrest Gump' so aptly put it, |