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Monthly Archives: February 2009

05 Feb 2009

Jesse Coltrane

By roibal , , , , Doodles 6 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint When the morning paper seems an endless parade of stories about greedy CEO's, the economic downturn, partisan bickering, bankruptcies, pink slips and layoffs, sometimes we need a display of humanity to wash the jaded taste from our mouths. Enter Camden New Jersey native, Jesse Coltrane. He had been exchanging instant messages and phone calls with a despondent California teenager. When he saw the image on his webcam of the teen, who had been talking about suicide, cutting his forearm with a razor blade, his action of calling the police may have saved the teens life. ...

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04 Feb 2009

Tom Daschle

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Swing a cat in Washington and you're likely to hit someone who hasn't paid their taxes. That's making life difficult for our new president who is having trouble finding 15 people to fill his cabinet that aren't tax cheats. Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer each withdrew their names from consideration to be in President Obama's cabinet because of issues over unpaid taxes. We can add their names to the list that includes Timothy Geithner, who ironically, in his capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, will be in charge of collecting back taxes, interest and penalties from the two who withdrew. ...

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03 Feb 2009

Walt Whitman

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Thirteen prominent New Jerseyan's were inducted into the 2008 class of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. By category: History: Walt Whitman. Camden native who was among the most influential poets in history. Paul Robeson. Scholar, actor, athlete, singer, political activist; outspoken opponent of racism. One of the first African-American students to study at Rutgers University. Enterprise: Guglielmo Marconi. Italian-born inventor of Wall Township who won Nobel Prize for contributions to the development of wireless technology. Carl Sagan. World-famous astronomer, scientist, author of popular science books, who was from Rahway. Arts & Entertainment: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, . Famed comedy duo. Abbott was from Asbury Park; Costello from Paterson. Jon Bon Jovi. Sayreville native and Shore resident, this rock musician is also recognized f ...

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02 Feb 2009

Santonio Holmes

By roibal , Doodles 4 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Even though I didn't have a dog in the race, I have to admit that it was a great football game full of strategy, surprises and suspense. Santonio Holmes came up big on Pittsburgh's last drive to put the Steelers ahead for good and capture the Super Bowl MVP. ...

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