Dayhoff Westminster | www.kevindayhoff.city - Friends of Kevin Dayhoff Writing Travel Art - Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer https://www.facebook.com/DayhoffforWestminster/
Dayhoff Westminster
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Senator Joe Getty’s Tampa convention report – part two
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Senator Joe Getty’s Tampa convention report – part two
By Kevin E. Dayhoff
See also: Senator
Joe Getty’s Tampa convention report – part one By Kevin E. Dayhoff, Wednesday,
September 26, 2012 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/09/senator-joe-gettys-tampa-convention.html
Labels: Elections
2012, Elections
2012 presidential, Elections
20120827 Tampa Republican Natl Conv, People
Getty-Joe Getty
“Mitt Romney's speech was spectacular in energizing the
convention,” reported Senator Joe Getty, R-Carroll, and Baltimore Counties, last
Thursday. This is the second half of TheTentacle.com’s coverage of the
senator’s insights, pictures, and anecdotes from attending the recent Republican
National Convention in Tampa Florida.
The foreign policy theme was one of many highlights of the
convention, according to Senator Getty … “With a riveting speech by former
secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. The convention gave rapt attention as she
worked from her own notes instead of using a teleprompter and provided a
detailed view of future policy challenges: ‘Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan
understand this reality: Our well-being at home and our leadership abroad are
inextricably linked.’”
Senator Getty reported last Thursday that Republican
candidate for vice-president of the United States, Wisconsin 1st
congressional district Representative Paul Ryan said at the beginning of his
keynote address, “After four years of
getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is
Governor Mitt Romney…”
“Those who follow
Congress know Ryan as the policy guy,” observed Senator Getty, but at the
convention, “he proved that he is ready for the national stage. He tactfully
offered a stinging rebuke of the Obama Administration with a focus on the
Romney plan for economic recovery and achieving a balanced budget...
Gov. Scott Walker of
Wisconsin was another highlight of the week for the Maryland delegation, said
Senator Getty. “Walker appeared at the delegation breakfast on the morning
after his friend and Wisconsin colleague Paul Ryan delivered his floor speech
to accept the vice presidential nomination.
“Walker teased the
Maryland delegation that there is a ‘Cheese head Revolution’ going on in
America with three young ‘Reagan Republicans’ who grew up within 30 miles of
each other rising to prominent roles in the national, state and party positions…
Paul Ryan as candidate for vice president, Walker as governor and Reince Priebus
as chairman of the Republican National Committee...
“In a presentation
similar to his speech before the full convention on Tuesday, Walker described
how Wisconsin has added jobs and lowered unemployment over the past two years
under his leadership. When 44 of 50 states saw an increase in unemployment last
month, Wisconsin was instead a leader in job growth. Their success has been
part of his administration's pro-business agenda of lower taxes and less
governmental restrictions. He emphasized that these are the same pro-business
policies that will be the mainstay of a Romney-Ryan administration that will
lead America to economic recovery and restore our greatness.”
Another highlight of
the 2012 convention according to Senator Getty “was the many featured speakers
that represent the younger generation of Republican leaders. The best example
was Florida Senator Marco Rubio who (was) elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010.
“His nominating
speech could have been a keynote address for any other evening of the convention.
He offered one of the best summaries of the Obama administration when, after
listing the failed economic programs of the last 4 years, Rubio said, ‘These
are tired and old big government ideas. Ideas that people come to America to
get away from. Ideas that threaten to make America more like the rest of the
world, instead of helping the world become more like America.
“Romney is not known
as a great orator and the national media had set a very high bar for this speech
to be considered successful,” said Senator Getty. “I felt he leaped over that
bar with much room to spare. He was humble but emphatic that being an excellent
business leader is an honorable career in America. He was emotional in talking
about his family that displayed his human side.
“Romney was critical
of the present administration but did so by expressing his own policy goals.
Citing a plan to make American energy efficient by 2020, Romney said of Obama,
‘His plan to raise taxes on small business won't add jobs, it will eliminate them;
His assault on coal and gas and oil will send energy and manufacturing jobs to
China.’
“Romney assessed the
hype surrounding Obama's candidacy of hope and change in 2008 to as the leading
factor for political disappointment today, ‘You know there's something wrong
with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was
the day you voted for him. President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise
of the oceans and to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your
family.’”
In reference to the
negative attacks on his business accomplishments, Romney retorted, “In America,
we celebrate success. We don't apologize for success.”
In a carefully
crafted closing, Romney provided the vision that I believe will resonate with
voters this November, remarked Senator Getty, “If I am elected President of
these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that
America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That
future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation
depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it. And with your
help we will deliver it. Let us begin that future together tonight.”
Many agree with
Senator Getty’s analysis of the campaign between Governor Romney and President Obama.
That it will ultimately be decided according to who, a majority of the voters
believe “has the ability to guide the nation through the next coming worldwide
economic downturn.
“If Americans think that
class warfare is the right approach, then Barack Obama will be re-elected.”
If, on the other
hand, according to Senator Getty, “Americans believe that expanding
opportunities to succeed is the best way forward, then Mitt Romney will be
sworn in on January 20, 2013…”
I’m just saying
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Senator Joe Getty’s Tampa convention report – part one
Senator Joe Getty’s Tampa convention report – part one
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Last Thursday, September 20, 2012, Senator Joe Getty,
R-Carroll and Baltimore Counties, shared insights, pictures, and anecdotes that
he had gathered from attending the recent Republican National Convention in
Tampa Florida.
At the pre-election breakfast, September 20, in Westminster,
Senator Getty also made some observations about the upcoming general election
in Carroll County,
Several hundred attended the early morning presentation,
including four of the five Republican Carroll County commissioners, Haven
Shoemaker, David Roush, Doug Howard, and Robin Frazier.
Maryland Delegate Justin Ready, a Republican from Carroll
County, and a rising star in the Maryland General Assembly, attended, as did
Senators E. J. Pipkin, R-Maryland Eastern Shore and Allan Kittleman, R-Howard
County.
Many in the audience appreciated the comments of District 8
congressional candidate Ken Timmerman.
It was especially delightful to see former Maryland State
Senator and retired Circuit Court Judge Ray Beck in attendance.
Senator Getty’s thoughtful and well-prepared program
included a narrated slide show of his experiences attending the convention.
He began, in part, with a series of pictures documenting a media
bias incident which involved an unpleasant interaction between members of the
Maryland Delegation to the convention and CBS
News of the contemporary ‘Gotcha Media.’
“About 30-seconds,” into former Massachusetts’ Governor Mitt
Romney’s acceptance speech, a reporter for CBS
News, stationed in the aisle by the Maryland delegation pronounced
prophetically into microphone that Governor Romney had failed to rally his base
support… had failed to rally the convention behind him…
As Senator Getty explained, she said this just seconds after
he had begun his speech. Louis
M. Pope, a national committeeman of the Maryland Republican Party, who was
seated essentially right beside the reporter, objected loudly.
“You can’t say that,” Mr. Pope announced…
Unhappy over the unplanned challenge to her carefully
prepared script, written well in advance of Governor Romney’s speech, the
reporter loudly responded and bit of an unpleasant exchange followed.
I experienced, first hand, several examples of blatant, in
your face, media bias at the Republican National Convention in September 2008
at the “Xcel Energy Center” in St. Paul Minnesota.
Find my Tentacle coverage
of the 2008 Republican National Convention in TheTentacle.com here: Friday,
September 12, 2008, “A Little
Convention History,” and Thursday, September 11, 2008, “Eloquent Prose –
Excellent Friends,” and here, Wednesday, September 10, 2008, “The Four “E’s”
of the GOP Convention.”
I’m here to tell you, that to explore the concept of media bias intellectually – or emotionally is
one thing. But until you have actually witnessed media bias, you cannot fathom
how upsetting it is to see and hear it with your own eyes and ears. There is
something so fundamentally unfair – so un-American about it that it shakes you
to your very core.
As for the current presidential election campaign coverage
by the major elite media; no matter what the situation or the scenario, just
like the CBS reporter in Senator Getty’s example – the story has already been
written with all the Democrat Party talking points included – all the reporter
needs to do is cut and paste and press print…
Moreover, the elite media will cover
for each other and the president. So, for those out there wondering how can
the CBS reporter get away with that behavior? The answer is, because she can.
No organization or individual in the elite progressive media will challenge a
colleague or hold each other accountable for their dereliction of professional
duties and responsibilities…
For some additional perspective of Senator Getty’s
presentation last Thursday please understand that Senator Getty remains, along
with Maryland Senator David Brinkley, R-Frederick County, and Senator
Kittleman, among the most-respected elected officials in Annapolis.
Perhaps Senator Kittleman best explained the significance of
Senator Getty’s keen observations, “Joe Getty does not get up to speak in
Annapolis unless he has something to say… He always does his homework and he
knows the issues…”
Last Thursday, Senator Getty’s informative presentation was positive.
Nevertheless, there is a “sense of urgency in this election,” explained Senator
Getty. That is the … “most prominent theme there and in discussions with people
at home - people are” worried…
“On a more positive note, “Gov. Matt Mead of Wyoming also
spoke to Maryland Republicans about the leadership that America needs NOW -
This country has a lot of problems. We need leadership, not in 4 a years, or 8
years… We need it now…”
“The toughest job of the convention,” said Senator Getty,
belonged to “Ann Romney, the wife of Mitt Romney. She had to offer a personal
view of her husband's career with being overly sentimental or superficial. She
did an excellent job and energized the entire convention floor.”
As for Ms. Romney’s speech, Senator Getty remarked, Gov.
Mead shared with us his wife’s opinion about Ann Romney's speech the prior
evening: “It was a message to the women of American and I needed my wife's
perspective - as the first lady of a state, she has never heard anything better
than Ann Romney's speech.”
“Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey who implored the audience
to elect Mitt Romney as the candidate with the experience to create jobs,
ignite the private sector economy and restore America's greatness. He was very
blunt: US needs an adult conversation… That Obama should quit the pandering…
America needs strong leadership…”
At this point in the morning, I was already quite sad that I sat-out this
convention due to a series of scheduling conflicts. And I felt this way
long before Senator Getty shared his observations of Paul Ryan’s, the Republican
candidate for vice-president and currently Wisconsin 1st
congressional district Representative - and Governor Romney’s acceptance speeches
- which we will cover in another column soon.
Until then, please understand that now more than ever, the
old adage; do not believe everything you read in the newspaper has never been truer…
I’m just saying.
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
citybizlist Baltimore: The sad demise of Urbanite
citybizlist Baltimore: The Cruelty of Digital Media: The Sun
Reports on the Urbanite’s Demise
+++++++++++++++
September 15, 2012 http://baltimore.citybizlist.com/article/cruelty-digital-media-sun-reports-urbanite%E2%80%99s-demise
Urbanite, the free monthly magazine that has been a
Baltimore staple for nearly 10 years, is coming to an end. Its last print issue
is already on the streets, and its website is expected to shut down by October,
according to the Baltimore Sun’s David Zurawik.
Urbanite’s publisher Tracy Ward told the Sun that the
combined loss of a key investor and a top advertiser in 2008, along with a
continued sluggish economy, contributed to the publication’s struggles.
"If this year had been a healthier year in terms of
economic growth, I don't think we would be going out of business. It's just
been too slow -- it's been four years of slow growth when you're already in a
weakened position. But we were so close. We were so close to making it. And
every year I would say, 'I can't do one more year,' and then it would be
another year of very difficult circumstances particularly on my part,” Ward
said…http://baltimore.citybizlist.com/article/cruelty-digital-media-sun-reports-urbanite%E2%80%99s-demise
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
10 Public Colleges with Insanely Luxurious Dorms
10 Public Colleges with Insanely Luxurious Dorms
+++++++++++++++
By STEVE YODER, The Fiscal Times August 29, 2012 http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/08/29/10-Public-Colleges-with-Insanely-Luxurious-Dorms.aspx#page1
Competition for students who have more sophisticated tastes than in past years is creating the perfect environment for schools to try to outdo each other with ever-more posh on-campus housing. Keeping up in the luxury dorm race is increasingly critical to a school’s bottom line:
A 2006 study published by the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers found that “poorly maintained or inadequate residential facilities” was the number-one reason students rejected enrolling at institutions.
PHOTO GALLERY: Click Here to See the 10 Schools with Luxury Dorms
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Is the media piling on Romney? September 26, 2012 by Kevin E. Dayhoff
Howard Kurtz, the host of the weekly CNN program Reliable
Sources, tweeted last Sunday: “I'm at CNN and about to ask whether the media
are piling on Romney.”
Well, duh. Is a school bus yellow? Of course, the media is
piling on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former
Massachusetts governor.
We are currently a witness to history. We are spectators to
a presidential election this November that still has all the hallmarks of
potentially being stolen by the media. We are witnessing a coup d’état by the
elite-progressive press, if you will.
“The weird ecstasy of the media-political complex at the
Democratic Party convention in Charlotte last month was the first sign that its
attachment to President Barack Obama, always fawning, had become morbid,” wrote
Michael Knox Beran in National Review Online on September 17.
“How
Republics Fall” – The Fourth Estate’s degrading hero worship
trivializes an election” – was called to my attention by political writer Steve
Berryman. It is an erudite, but scathing, review of the media’s active
participation in the presidential campaign.
“In spite of the anemic economy and a real unemployment rate
above 11 percent, the high priests of pontificating liberalism were giddy with
euphoria. The Democrats ‘put on a nearly flawless convention,’ Paul Begala
opined, and it was soon all but incontrovertibly established that, come
November, the president — beautiful, magical, and lovable as he was — would
vanquish his boring opponent.”
And then there is a story about overt media bias witnessed
by Maryland State Sen. Joe Getty (R., Carroll/Baltimore) at the Republican
National Convention in Tampa. Senator Getty communicated his first-person
witness to blatant media bias at a pre-election breakfast September 20, in
Westminster… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5361
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Time to rethink Afghanistan September 25, 2012 by Kevin E. Dayhoff
In light of a recent dispatch from Michael Yon, “Stuck in the Mud,”
24September 2012, http://www.michaelyon-online.com/stuck-in-the-mud.htm,
I am reminded of what I wrote back in March, 2012:
“Time to Rethink Afghanistan” by Kevin E. Dayhoff March 28,
2012
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/03/time-to-rethink-afghanistan-by-kevin-e.html
http://twitpic.com/92a7wz
So far, 2012 has not been a good year for the war in
Afghanistan. Just last Monday a New York Times/CBS poll quantified what most
Americans already know in their gut: support for the war is dropping sharply
among both Democrats and Republicans.
According to the Times’ article, “Support in U.S. for Afghan
War Drops Sharply, Poll Finds,” “the survey (a copy of which may be accessed
here,) found that more than two-thirds of those polled — 69 percent — thought
that the United States should not be at war in Afghanistan. Just four months
ago, 53 percent said that Americans should no longer be fighting in the
conflict, more than a decade old.”
Inadvertently, the Times article explained part of the
problem when it quoted “Michael E. O’Hanlon, a military expert at the Brookings
Institution, who is close to American commanders in Afghanistan, said that the
opinion polls reflected a lack of awareness of the current policy…”
Yes, Mr. Hanlon, you are correct. Ten years of war and at
this point in time, most Americans cannot tell you why we are still risking the
lives of our young men and women.
The rest of the quote from Mr. Hanlon reads: “…the current
policy, which calls for slowly turning over portions of the country to Afghan
security forces, like the southern provinces, where American troops have tamped
down the violence.
“I honestly believe,” said Mr. Hanlon, “if more people
understood that there is a strategy and intended sequence of events with an end
in sight, they would be tolerant…”
Here’s the takeaway: “The overall image of this war is of
U.S. troops mired in quicksand and getting blown up and arbitrarily waiting
until 2014 to come home. Of course, you’d be against it,” said Mr. Hanlon.
Bingo. Increasingly the overall image of this war has become
the feckless foreign policy of sending young men and women into quicksand to
get blown-up arbitrarily.
The additional context of the troubled mission-drift
approach to the war may be found in a recent telling interview with the top
commander in Afghanistan, detailed by Jennifer Hlad and Chris Carroll in Stars
and Stripes.
U.S. Marine Gen. John Allen was quoted as saying that “he
believes the majority of non-commissioned officers; staff NCOs and young
officers are ‘extraordinarily well-trained.’
“Repeated tours in Afghanistan, and prior to that, in Iraq,
don’t inherently reduce the effectiveness of the force or reduce the
effectiveness of small-unit leadership… I’m confident the institution is
solid,” said General Allen in the article, “Allen: Investigation of Afghan
killings to look at leadership climate.”
Anecdotally and unscientifically, all intuition and
instincts indicate that General Allen has unwittingly responded to what has
been, heretofore, only whispers in the hallway… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5001
Time to Rethink
Afghanistan by Kevin E. Dayhoff March 28, 2012 The Tentacle http://tinyurl.com/8a4emqm
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Le déjeuner des canotiers, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880–1881, by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Le déjeuner des canotiers, Luncheon of the Boating Party,
1880–1881, by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
September 25, 2012 http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/2012/09/le-dejeuner-des-canotiers-luncheon-of.html
Labels: Art
Off Track Art, Art
Off Track Artist Seabolt Carolyn, Artists
Renoir Pierre-Auguste, French
Impressionism, History
1880s
Luncheon of the Boating Party,
1880–1881, by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland.
Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/
For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Le déjeuner des canotiers, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880–1881, by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Le déjeuner des canotiers, Luncheon of the Boating Party,
1880–1881, by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
September 25, 2012 http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/2012/09/le-dejeuner-des-canotiers-luncheon-of.html
Labels: Art
Off Track Art, Art
Off Track Artist Seabolt Carolyn, Artists
Renoir Pierre-Auguste, French
Impressionism, History
1880s
Luncheon of the Boating Party,
1880–1881, by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland.
Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/
For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art
Articles on Westminster's Matthew Seidler in the Baltimore Sun
Articles on Westminster's Matthew Seidler in Explore Carroll in the Baltimore Sun
+++++++++++++++
Labels: Military
Fallen Hero, Military
Fallen Hero Carroll Co, Military
Fallen Hero Cartwright C I, Military
Fallen Hero Seidler Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, People
Tributes
24 search results for Seidler http://www.baltimoresun.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Seidler&target=adv_article
-
Westminster's Matthew Seidler among honorees at Memorial Day observance
May 26, 2012
...was less than six years ago that MatthewSeidler accepted his diploma as a member of Westminster...less than six months ago that Matthew Seidler was healthy, happy and pursuing a job that...Monday, May 28, Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler will be remembered on the first Memorial...BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM
-
Westminster's Matt Seidler 'knew his calling was in the Air Force'
May 28, 2012
...Carroll County 's own Matthew R. Seidler, 24, an Airman First Class in theU.S. Air Force 21st Engineer Squadron. Seidler, a 2006 graduate of Westminster ...killed in the blast. At the time,Seidler was working as part of an elite Air Force...BY BOB ALLEN
-
Seven Marylanders honored in Memorial Day ceremony
May 28, 2012
...30, of Woodsboro, Air Force Airman First Class Matthew R. Seidler, 24, of Westminster; Air Force Senior Airman Julian S...Dec. 11, 2011 ?Air Force Airman First Class Matthew R.Seidler, 24, Westminster ; killed by an IED in Helmand Province...BY MATTHEW HAY BROWN, THE BALTIMORE SUN
-
Remembering duty, service and 'lost human potential'
May 28, 2012
...Aug, 3, 2011). ? Army Spec. Ronald Wildrick Jr., of Woodsboro, (Dec. 11, 2011). ? Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, of Westminster (Jan. 5, 2012). ? Air Force Senior Airman Julian Scholten, of Upper Marlboro (Feb. 18, 2012...BY BOB ALLEN
-
Towson Legion Post and Dulaney Valley offer pair of Memorial Day events
May 23, 2012
...Aug, 3, 2011). ? Army Spec. Ronald Wildrick Jr., of Woodsboro, (Dec. 11, 2011). ? Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, of Westminster (Jan. 5, 2012). ? Air Force Senior Airman Julian Scholten, of Upper Marlboro (Feb. 18, 2012...BY JIM JOYNER, JJOYNER@PATUXENT.COM
-
Friends, family celebrate life of Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
January 17, 2012
...respects to Airman 1st Class Matthew RyanSeidler, a Westminster man killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 5. Seidler's flag-draped coffin waited in front...said Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro. Seidler, 24, a 2006 graduate of Westminster...BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM
-
Airman from Westminster is killed in Afghanistan
January 7, 2012
...Saturday. Airman 1st Class Matthew R. Seidler died Thursday in the attack, which killed...Kalyn Masek, who last communicated with Seidler on Tuesday, his birthday. "I was really...and the man that he'd become." Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal technician...BY STEVE KILAR, THE BALTIMORE SUN
-
Funeral services Jan. 17 for Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
January 12, 2012
...Afghanistan. Airman 1st Class MatthewSeidler, 24, of Westminster, had been assigned...FE Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal technician...Base. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt...BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, CARROLL EAGLE AND STEVE KILAR, BALTIMORE SUN,KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM
-
Mourners remember Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
January 17, 2012
...Mourners of Airman 1st Class Matthew RyanSeidler said the Westminster man had followed...been in his life," his father, MarcSeidler, told the more than 500 mourners who...He loved the Air Force." Matthew Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal apprentice...BY MATTHEW HAY BROWN, THE BALTIMORE SUN
-
Westminster airman killed by explosive device in Afghanistan
January 7, 2012
...Afghanistan . Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler, 24, of Westminster, had been assigned...Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal technician...released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt...BY KEVIN DAYHOFF, KEVINDAYHOFF@GMAIL.COM
Maryland Guard travels dangerous road in hopes of Afghan peace
January 28, 2012
...pursues the possibility of peace talks with the Taliban , Afghanistan remains deadly. Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal apprentice from Westminster, was killed Jan. 5 when the vehicle in which he was traveling...BY MATTHEW HAY BROWN, THE BALTIMORE SUN
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff
Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/
E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
+++++++++++++++
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)