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Week-ends (07/17/10)

Posted by Kevin Fischer on July 17, 2010

Week-ends

A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...


HEROES OF THE WEEK


Robert Howard


Margaret Seip


Radio host Doug McDuff


Honored before this week's MLB All-Star Game, Mitch Arnold of Wisconsin.


Charles Woodson............MORE.


Lee Talos


Peter Crooks


Betty Jenkins


Thomas Horn



VILLAINS OF THE WEEK


Road signs


"A callous murderer" and his supporters............MORE.


The Imperial Valley Press


Michael Bloomberg


Ben Baldanza


Roseanne Barr



QUOTES OF THE WEEK


"As a direct result of failed and inconsistent federal enforcement, Arizona is under attack from violent Mexican drug and immigrant smuggling cartels. Now, Arizona is under attack in federal court from President Obama and his Department of Justice... These funds could be better used against the violent Mexican cartels than the people of Arizona. I will not stop fighting to protect the citizens of Arizona, and to defend Arizonans in federal court. Arizona will ultimately prevail against the lawsuits - including this latest assault by the Obama Administration. Our laws will be found to be constitutional - because that is exactly what they are."
Arizona governor Jan Brewer


"A court battle between the federal government and Arizona will not move us closer to securing the border or fixing America's broken immigration system. Washington failed us on this issue again today, and Arizonans have had enough."
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.)


“All those who wore sheets a long time ago have now lifted them off and started wearing [applause], uh, clothing, uh, with a name, say, I am part of the tea party.”
Rep Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)


“I have seen posters ... where every president from Reagan to Obama has been called a fascist. Why is it that just because we have a black president, we are hyper-sensitive to posters at rallies? (The NAACP wants to) create a climate where they can say that those on the right are in fact racist and those on the left are their saviors. This is very much what the liberal agenda is about. “
Rev. C.L. Bryant


"Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side."
Rep Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)


"No one would expect a member of her seniority to make that kind of statement and think it to be true."
Nat Thomas, a spokesperson for Jackson Lee, said she clearly misspoke about Vietnam.



“Saying goodbye to A.C. means saying hello to the world. With more people spending more time outdoors -- particularly in the late afternoon and evening, when temperatures fall more quickly outside than they do inside -- neighborhoods see a boom in spontaneous summertime socializing. Rather than cowering alone in chilly home-entertainment rooms, neighbors get to know one another. Because there are more people outside, streets in high-crime areas become safer. As a result of all this, a strange thing happens: Deaths from heat decline. Elderly people no longer die alone inside sweltering apartments, too afraid to venture outside for help and too isolated to be noticed. Instead, people look out for one another during heat waves, checking in on their most vulnerable neighbors.”
Author Stan Cox, panning air conditioning.


“Seriously though, you get the feeling that if today’s ‘progressives’ had their way, then none of the technology that we take for granted today — the car, airplanes, air conditioning — the Internet that Salon publishes on — would exist today.”
Blogger Ed Driscoll


“And as for loyalty in sports? This was Pearl Harbor and 9/11 rolled into one. Just check out the jilted Cleveland fans burning all things James. To stretch the point further, James' departure is another blow to the Rust Belt, which has been dying a slow death since the 1980s.”
John Lindsay  of Scripps Howard News Service on LeBron James leaving the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers to join Miami.


"(The Cleveland Cavaliers owner's) feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave."
Jesse Jackson, playing the race card in the LeBron James story.



OUTRAGE OF THE WEEK


I just couldn't narrow it down this week.


Hospital may have infected veterans with HIV.


Schools are teaching 10-year olds about sex.


Cheerleading for abortions on prime time family TV.


Yet another lenient judge.



MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK


Democrats block amendment to open up Gulf cleanup to the press.



MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK


Mel Gibson's rant.



STRANGEST, MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK


Hey, what's that on your ankle, pal?


I can see it now........PRWD.


Then there's STTWP.


Getting dressed pays off for a German police officer.


REMEMBER: Your suggestions/nominations for any of these categories every week are welcome, especially for HEROES OF THE WEEK. If you know of anyone in the community deserving of recognition, please e-mail me.