Thursday 27 September News Articles and Observations

Here are some recent news articles from Thursday 27 September and some brief observations on them.


A. Rutgers Professor Speaks the Truth About the Hypocrisy of Big Time College Athletics


By big time college athletics, that means college football and mens college basketball. The other college sports for men are guilty on limited occasions and at certain schools (re: Arizona State and college baseball). Virtually no womens sports are in the mix with the possible exception of womens college basketball in the SEC and perhaps a few other high profile programs around the country. But to back to the point, the college professor is absolutely right and I am in complete agreement with him. It is time to eliminate college athletic scholarships for football and mens basketball and force the NFL and NBA to create and fund their own farm system rather than virtually exclusively relying on a wholly taxpayer subsidized system to grow and mature their future athletes and players. Most college players are a walking joke as college students in football and mens basketball across the nation. But it will never change...


http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-rutgers-controversialquotes&prov=ap&type=lgns


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B. What State Has the Best Quality of Life and Economy ?


The answer is Idaho and there can be little argument.


http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070927/1a_cover27.art.htm


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C. Invaders Beginning to Withdraw


This is very good news, and hopefully the numbers of the invaders withdrawing back to their own countries will only continue to increase. More states need to enact harsh laws against these criminals to further encourage their departures.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-26-moving_N.htm


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D. Ecosystem Crisis in the Making


What is not said here is not surprising. Foraging animals need to have natural predators in their ecosystems, and for these deer and antelope that means a greater number of cougars, mountain lions, bears, coyotes, and particularly wolves are needed to control the growing and increasingly destructive populations of these foragers. Man cannot do it alone.


http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5708169,00.html


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E. Only in History Will We Know


Very strong words and an argument from this writer, but it is premature to draw any conclusions of these magnitude.


http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10121


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F. Technology to Greatly Aid Chicago Police


I look for this technological application to be in widespread use, particularly in urban and suburban areas where crime is known to occur and where riffraff and other questionable people are known to congregate, within about a decade.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RTSNE84&show_article=1


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G. Tennessee Goes After Cigarette Smugglers


Nice to see that state employees in Tennessee have so much free time on their hands.


http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/27/cigarette-surveillance-program-begins-today/


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H. New Citizenship Test


The sad thing is that a clear majority of graduating high school seniors, college students, government employees, corporate executives, and American adults would fail this test.


http://www.ocregister.com/news/new-test-citizenship-1853131-exam-immigrants


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I. Likelihood of War With Iran Continues to Grow


These two articles only strengthen the opinion of many, including yours truly, that military action is forthcoming against Iran, perhaps as soon as in days or weeks.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070927092137.ds7oql03&show_article=1


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070927013841.qmnowmi7&show_article=1


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J. Cheyenne Plans for Future with Huge Park, Open Space


The city of Cheyenne has been endowed with land that exceeds the size of the city itself and is largely in original and undeveloped condition. It will be interesting to follow what the city does with this prized resource in the coming years. It will become a significant revenue generating place for the city with the development of wind energy turbines as well as a great place to enjoy the scenery, nature, and wildlife within minutes of civilization.


http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2007/09/27/local_news_updates/19local_09-27-07.txt


http://www.belvoirranch.org/index.php


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K. Insight from One of the Greatest, Vin Scully


I am very thankful to have had the honor of meeting this legendary man a few years back when I drove him from Coors Field to his hotel in downtown Denver in my cab.


http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-sound27sep27,1,3442758,full.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-mlb-dodger&ctrack=7&cset=true


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