Is Solace Set In Stone?

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:42:15 GMT

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Terrie Light has spent more than three years thinking about the elegant structure. She has attended more meetings than she can count about the $190-million cathedral complex while helping to design its most famous garden.

But the 57-year-old has no plans to be a regular visitor to the shadowy corner, with its privet hedges, curved wooden benches and somber dedication: "To those innocents sexually abused by members of the clergy. We remember, and we affirm: Never again."

Light was molested by a priest in the Diocese of Oakland half a century ago

Although being around churches stirs painful memories, she hopes the tribute "might provide solace" to survivors and their family members.

But as she discovered, "what it actually ended up doing was make a lot of people mad."

What is the proper way to remember the thousands of victims? What do the tributes accomplish? Are they enough? Why aren't there more?

WV coal baron: Energy efficiency is communist plot

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:31:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: King of WV coal industry (and of WV Republican bankrollers) Don Blankenship rejoices to be criticized by the "communists and atheists" of the Charleston Gazette - and anybody who doesn't believe America's future is built on coal.
Did YOU know Charleston was a hub of Communist activity, and that the coal industry was our only hope?

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"They can say what they want about climate change. But the only thing melting in this country that matters is our financial system and our economy."

He also explained where the real risk of a Communist take over of the U.S. comes from -- it all begins with energy efficiency:

Turn down your thermostats? Buy a smaller car? Conserve? I have spent quite a bit of time in Russia and China, and that's the first stage. You go from having your own car to carpooling to riding the bus to mass transit. You eventually get to where you're walking. You go from your own apartment and bathroom to sharing kitchens with four families. That's what socialism and the elimination of capitalism and free enterprise is all about."

If you'd like to offer your soundbites, you can go to the Sierra Club's "Clean Coal Is Not the Answer" website and enter your best ideas. We'll put a billboard with the winning entry on a truck and drive it to where Mr. Blankenship will be sure to see it.

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Is Solace Set In Stone?

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