Obama's 1/2 hour of airtime Oct 10, 2008
Things are far from perfect here but we are not sitting on the ground in rags, hungry, our children dying, no home anywhere and not knowing whether our enemies are going to kill us this night. Meanwhile,Democrats in America make the President their aim for their disgust. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Reasons to vote for Obama-Biden Oct 10, 2008
DR wrote on Oct 6, 2008 2:24 PM:" To Obamabiden- This tax situation is a class warfare tax. Tax the rich. Go easy on the middle class. Whatever it is, which I dont believe either way, is un-american. The American dream for some has gone from rags to riches, now we penalize that. Are you nuts? ". former republican wrote on Oct 6, 2008 1:49 PM:" i'm voting democrat this year so we can repeal the bush tax cuts. Biden has made it perfectly clear that if your patriotic, which i am, you'll pay more... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
High tension at Lodi Wal-Mart meeting Oct 10, 2008
Connecting You to Your Community Lodi, California. The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Archery accident (935) Oct 3, 2008
And until you can handle someone that disagrees with you maybe you should stick to your celebrity gossip rags. -) " Lodian wrote on Sep 29, 2008 1:47 PM:" getreal wrote on Sep 29, 2008 1:23 PM. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Snow to get one more 'start' Sep 25, 2008
K/K need to change out just like Rags ... K/K and Rags have definitely hit "stale" status. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Obama reclaims poll lead Sep 19, 2008
I can just imagine what those pinkos at the two rags are asking now, will you vote for Thee Chosen One, Oblahma or are you a racist. bwa. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Rich pickings for Chelsea Sep 14, 2008
Earlier in the month, the city s poor relation found it had a trillionaire godfather in the Middle East and so the club moves from rags to riches, from Bianchi to Robinho. And what better way to announce this new-found wealth but to play host to rivals that were once considered the Premier League s richest. (Times Online)
Fannie, Freddie, Obama, McCain Sep 9, 2008
Rags you should change your name to Dummy. The Replublicans are bailing out FAnnie and Freddie just like that bailed out the Saving and loans institution when THE SUPERDUPER Ronald Reagan was in office. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 7, 2008 Sep 8, 2008
" Old news, end of story.But what about the Number Ones?Barack Obama went fearlessly into the den of pit bull Bill O'Reilley, and even left O'Reilly impressed and unable to dominate him. He is clearly ready on Day One to go head to head with Putin - or worse.So, shall we start the clock counting down to how many days before McCain sits down and goes head-to-head with Keith Olbermann?Or is this another way in which the once-heroic maverick has deteriorated in a McClone of Bush? He Said wrote on... (North County Times)
Back to the good old ways Sep 7, 2008
For rags and cannons. "Wendy and Lucy" Indie auteur Kelly Reichardt (whose "Old Joy" landed on a lot of critics' year-end lists in 2006) returns with another deceptively small slice of life, about a young woman (Michelle Williams) stranded in an Oregon town on her way to Alaska. (Boston Globe)
Diary: 'All fired up' Sep 4, 2008
But it was perhaps done most effectively by a formerly unknown executive from a far-away state, whose family's personal business has been aired by gossip rags and mainstream media alike. Governor Sarah Palin, with her thick Alaskan accent, laid out the case for her and John McCain's election this November while showing some of the aggressiveness of a competition-driven "hockey mom". (BBC News)
Is Palin victim of media conspiracy? Sep 4, 2008
At least in the USA it was relegated to the National Inquirer and a few other rags. Then Rupert brought it to the USA and put it on the airwaves. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Clinton Advisers Skipping Obama Speech... Aug 26, 2008
Politics Newsletter (M-F). The Presidential Field. (The Drudge Report)
Falcons on right course Aug 24, 2008
What greater rags to richs story,Horatio Alger like. So much to be optimistic for with this team and administration. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Player Goes from Rags to Riches at CSCasino.com with US$235,853 Jackpot Aug 13, 2008
Player Goes from Rags to Riches at CSCasino ... Player Goes from Rags to Riches at CSCasino ... WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, August 12 /PRNewswire/ -- CSCasino, (), home to some of the largest jackpots in the history of online gaming, has helped yet another lucky member turn their Rags to Riches with a jackpot payout of US$235,853. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Have cue, will hustle Aug 10, 2008
Whats more, despite a bona fide rags to riches story, Pearson still seems to be searching for his happy ending. Known affectionately as the ginger wizard, Pearson has been a phenomenon all his career. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Jose Lambiet's Page Two Aug 10, 2008
This, at the same time some of the rags were blasting Norman's ex, Palm Beacher Laura Andrassy, for allegedly trying to take Norman to court for a share of the money that Norman and Evert made from the sale of their recent wedding pictures. Not true either. (The Palm Beach Post)
Aylesworth, Newton explore life of Edgar Cayce Aug 8, 2008
In the checkout line at Safeway a few weeks ago, I'm scanning the magazine rack for that bottom-rung tabloid that's usually kept safely away from the more respectable gossip rags, the one that features stories about alien Bill Clinton clones and human-bat hybrids. Ah, here it is, the Sun, with a big picture of Edgar Cayce on the cover and headlines promising doomsday predictions inside. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Our Country's Good Jul 25, 2008
Some of the transformations will take place right on the stage, with a "convict" becoming an "officer" simply by throwing a hat and coat over calico rags. One cast member is Dr Chris Rodwell, who was one of the vets on ABC-TV's The Pet Show. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Will Meet With Jindal... Jul 22, 2008
The European rumor rags have it wrong. The boy was four if he was a day. (The Drudge Report)
William Buchan Jul 8, 2008
A substantial, conciliatory memoir of his father, John Buchan (1982), overlapped with a fragmentary autobiography The Rags of Time (1990). After leaving Reader's Digest, William started his own public relations company. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Pitch perfect for Summerfair concert Jul 8, 2008
For Chris Rose, a percussionist who played the xylophone for two rags in a mallet-blurring show, they produced a standing ovation. And for a selection from Victory at Sea by Richard Rodgers, at Malinas direction, they did the wave twice. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Hollywood's Latest Sequel: "Strike II"? Jun 29, 2008
(5:04)She's had a rags to riches life story, and now Grammy-nominated Rer and songwriter Ledisi performs her soulful song "Alright" from her album "Lost And Found" at the Second Cup Caf. (5:04). (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
All that fuss about a few frills? Jun 25, 2008
The Irish pin-up's former mother-in-law, Sue Katona, has claimed she tried to bed the pretty boy when he was married to her pop singer daughter, Kerry Katona, British tattle rags reported. Sue, who is negotiating a deal for her tell-all autobiography, bragged that she had taught her daughter all her bedroom tips - then tried to steal her lovers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Snapshots' a Stephen Schwartz scrapbook Jun 24, 2008
The boy wonder who hit Broadway with three big hits in the early '70s - "Godspell," "Pippin" and the mostly forgotten "The Magic Show" (represented by two songs) - floundered with a succession of failures ("Baker's Wife," "Working") that culminated in "Rags" (music by Charles Strouse), one of the biggest bombs in Broadway history ... Kelley, who managed to turn "Rags" into a hit, gives "Snapshots" a fine staging, well balanced between intimacy and a buoyant exuberance that lights up Joe Ragey's... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Anne Hathaway gets smart about career decisions Jun 23, 2008
She must be planning on starring in a movie about a woman who rises from rags to riches through her love of bluegrass music. "I decided to learn the banjo because my hands aren't big enough to play the guitar. There was a banjo on the set of the last movie I made, and I liked the way it sounded," Hathaway says. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Obama the Anti-Christ Jun 17, 2008
based on the coverage given by the drive-by liberal rags like the AJC. Wait until he wins the election and flops. The libs will leave him faster than. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Questions remain about Obama (375) Jun 16, 2008
Old Voter wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:58 PM:" I thought Obama was running for President of the United States not President of Local Politics. Mrs. Wheeler doesn't live here because she doesn't want to pay higher taxes than she pays in South Carolina. Of course, our roads are better, our police force doesn't have to set up speed traps to fund themselves, and we don't have Chinese Factories employing those who work here. But I think she does a pretty good job of spreading her neo-con, me-first,... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Return to pre-pregnancy shape weighs on minds of new moms Jun 5, 2008
But in an age in which People, Us Weekly and lesser gossip rags track the stars' post-pregnancy weight loss with a laser-like focus, the pressure on regular new moms to slim down starts in the maternity ward itself, while they're flipping through glowing articles about Hollywood weight-loss triumphs. What woman would feel good reading a headline like this (from the Daily Mail): "New mum J-Lo loses 40 pounds in four weeks with aid of gruelling workouts." Or this, from Star magazine: "Wow! Body... (Boston Globe)
LETTERS: NCT, May 30, 2008 May 31, 2008
Even if one does have much righteousness, such as Mother Teresa or Billy Graham, Isaiah 64:6 says, "all our righteousness are as filthy rags." So, in truth and reality, the only way to enter heaven is by way of Jesus Christ, to be forgiven by him and to have his righteousness put to your account so you can be perfect. John 3:16 says whosoever believes in Jesus has everlasting life, not whosoever does good works. (North County Times)
Dima Bilan: From rags to riches May 28, 2008
Eurovision Song Contest winner Dima Bilan has had a rags to riches rise from an impoverished region of Russia to pop superstardom singing with the likes of Timbaland and Nelly Furtado. Fresh from his victory in Belgrade on Saturday night with the ballad Believe, the 26-year-old has taken another stride to becoming Russia's first genuine international pop star. (ABC Online)
Miley - People Look at me Like That?! May 25, 2008
Obama is what America stands for and his rags to riches story is an inspiration to every American. He is the definition of grace, dignity, integrity, eloquence, and honesty. (TMZ.com)
Industry Buzz May 25, 2008
"I would not advise going to the Gobi Desert between November and March because as hot as it gets in the summer, it's bitterly cold in the winter. We dressed the boys in rags, but they were warm rags so they were really actually very appreciative.". Forty of the original 60 Huang Shi orphans are still alive. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Black singing inspires two local troupes May 23, 2008
Guest director/choreographer Timothy Ware frames the show in an alleyway where five down-and-outs shed their present rags to step back into the Waller 1940s at the Savoy Ballroom (New York's, not the one on Pittsburgh's Hill). Ware then moves them briskly from number to number. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Michael Savage Mocks Ted Kennedy Tumor May 22, 2008
Even Ted Kennedy's spoke kindly of him when they learned that he had a. But not conservative talk show host Michael Savage. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Arlo Guthrie fishes for Dylan May 20, 2008
She gets the Shop Vac out, gets all the oil- and gas-soaked rags and dumps the whole thing in the toilet in the bathroom. The man comes back, his arms out in front of him in casts, thinking this would be a good time to go into the bathroom and light up a smoke. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Tucker enjoyed reprised role as commissioner in 2007 May 18, 2008
To support the family, her father rode around in his horse and wagon, collecting scrap metal, rags, and trash. His business changed into Allan Industries around 1950 and remains open under the ownership of her brother s family in Hanover Township. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
May Center opens 'Funshine' summer program for kids May 18, 2008
Rags to Riches Party Bridge tournament, June 26, 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.; no recommended for for beginners or serious Duplicate Bridge players. Choose a partner and sign up as a team; $24 per team suggested donation payable at registration, non-refundable. (Lake Houston Sun, TX)
New publisher/editor will lead The World May 2, 2008
Too many private owned papers are just rags that people line their bird cages with and they don't have the financial backing to compete or provide what's needed in a community this size. Just Me wrote on Apr 25, 2008 9:55 AM:I am former employee as well, and I loved my job there. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Will Stafford, Moreno turn pro in '09 May 2, 2008
Amazing what lengths this rags goes to in order to support the hometeam. By War Eagle. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
School ‘uniforms’ a bad idea May 2, 2008
" I got a long with about 1100 friends in H.S., but there were about 3000 more I didn't really fit in with. Even so, it's never easy. This is not to boast, but to say for everyone I got along with in a school of over 4000 kids, for each one I got along with, there were about three I didn't (Or didn't get to know)I definitely know how it can be to be an outsider. It's hard to fit in with cliques, but maybe there are some ways you can help her be more amiable or at least a desirable friend--even... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Brucie's big night at TV awards Apr 21, 2008
Kayvan Novak, the man behind prankster sketch show Fonejacker, was equally grateful to see the show walk away with best comedy programme, saying its making has become "a rags to riches story". It was also a first for US sci-fi series Heroes, which won best international show to the delight of its makers and stars Milo Ventimiglia and Adrian Pasdar, while Milo was a massive draw for the red carpet fans. (BBC News)
LETTERS: April 20, 2008 Apr 21, 2008
If we don't do something soon, the population will be composed of two types of people, those who wear purple and those who wear rags. If you don't stand up for your rights, you won't have any. (North County Times)
Did Obama Just Pivot? Apr 17, 2008
Untill you take a closer look and see that the woman is bruised and bloodied, dressed in tattered rags, the harp reduced to a single frayed string. Your eye is then drawn down to the scene below, down to the valley below, where everywhere are the ravages of famine, the drumbeat of war, a world groaning under strife and deprivation. (Slate)
Actress Madeline Lee Gilford dies Apr 16, 2008
In the 1980s, she turned to casting and producingon Broadway, co-producing"The World of Sholom Aleichim," starring her husband, and the musical "Rags.". She co-authored the memoir"170 Years in Show Business" with Kate Mostel (Zero's wife), which chronicled the lives of the two couples, who were friendly with one another. (Variety)
School notes Apr 14, 2008
and A Little Spotted Puppy and Rags. The kindergarten will create a sound picture of a Big Old Storm A-Comin with Emily Peet and Alexis Krautter flashing lightning on the cymbals; blowing wind with Anthony Ioppolo, Quinlan Burke and Gionni Wadud, on the tambourine; rain coming down with Elijah Sedora, Ashley Darling, Gavin Hearn, Sandy Wittner, Madison Henwood and Rebecca Cykosky on the shakers; and rolling thunder with Brian Wyckoff, Sean Vennie and Alex Davies drumming away on various drums. (Scranton Times, PA)
Sexy? Me? George Clooney says you've got to be kidding Apr 10, 2008
He's changed into his glad rags for the big night. I of course am rocking the same cheap jacket and shirt. (Sky News)
This NPP-NDC blame-shifting game, are we safe? Apr 3, 2008
I urge all and sundry, to join hands in fighting the evil that once left Liberia tattered and trembling like scarecrows rags. The melee in Fadama should actually be treated as a blessing in disguise. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Zito blog comments Apr 1, 2008
I see him ripping into Bochy, Rags, et al., instead of into the players. But Bochy's an easy target. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Strained Satire Mar 29, 2008
Every element of the production screams grotesque laugh riot, from Beaver Bauer's outrageous rural Russian rags and finery and Erik Flatmo's hallucinatory off-kilter sets - with the massive table that rises from a trap door and tilts toward the audience - to the would-be comic interpolated dances, Alexander V. Nichols' expressionist lighting and the snatches of Russian opera, klezmer and laugh tracks in Darron L. West's soundscape ... But the comedy is sparse and the action drags after the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Stephanie Holm Mar 26, 2008
I read the gossip rags and Gyrlande reads the bride magazines. Seriously. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Letters for Saturday, March 22, 2008 Mar 23, 2008
" That's easy: Since the late eighteenth century when the founders declared this to be an independent and sovereign nation. Of course, our sovereignty has been all but erased by the politicians who have forfeited control over immigration to the immigrants themselves, who now have the ultimate authority to decide who comes here, in what numbers, and for how long. As for the words used to describe the newcomers, it doesn't matter. Illegal alien or undocumented immigrant, they're the same thing. We... (North County Times)
In D.C. they love Paul Johnson Mar 23, 2008
The rags to riches story of the sisters could have happened anywhere in the world and especially on their home continent of Africa. By ben. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Lonely Londoner Mar 15, 2008
Moses sneers at his "Black Power glad rags" ("a pair of platforms, yellow socks, purple corduroy trousers") and suspects that he has ulterior motives for coming to visit. In his experience, appeals to community spirit are usually only made by people who want something. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The death of Kings Mar 15, 2008
The country holds around itself the rags of a constitution, and takes refuge in a nominally respected hereditary system of power. But peace breeds its own dangers: there are sidelined generals, a disaffected old guard, an impoverished population and death squads cracking their fingers out of boredom. (Guardian Unlimited)
What's Ahead Mar 7, 2008
The Heritage Textile Arts Guild will host Beautiful Things from Rags at 9 a.m. on Saturday in Space 157A of the Pony Village Mall in North Bend. It will be presented and demonstrated by Eva Douthit and Katherine Cranston. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
I wanna be a superdelegate Feb 29, 2008
Phil wrote on Feb 27, 2008 8:15 AM:" Read the NY papers? You mean the NY Times that has William Kristol - the standard for (wrong) conservative neo-cons - as a columnist? Or the NY Sun or NY Post - couple of right wing rags that pass themselves off as newspapers. I don't mind conservative columnists at all - I have mentioned several in my posts over the weeks that I read regularly. Anyone, conservative, moderate, or liberal who makes thought out, reasoned arguments I have no problem with as a... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
'Fiddler' sequel loyal to spirit if not story of original Feb 29, 2008
When the musical "Rags" was first conceived by Joseph Stein, writer of the show's book, it was meant to be a sequel to Fiddler on the Roof ... Even so, "RAGS", does flow from that familiar and loved show "Fiddler on the Roof" ... Charles Strouse, who also wrote the music for "Annie," wrote the music for "RAGS." Stephen Schwarz, who wrote the music and lyrics for "Wicked" currently playing on Broadway, wrote the powerful lyrics. (Pratt Tribune, KS)
Readers respond Feb 28, 2008
I finally have realized that I bear some responsibility for contributing to Britney Spears' spiral downward, in that each time I purchase a tabloid, I am then encouraging the media to continue to exploit her, because I am creating the demand for more pics in order to sell more movie rags. I have stopped buying any of the tabloids, and I wish others would do the same. (MSNBC -- News)
NCRT cast, production team overcome rough spots, fairy-tale end Feb 27, 2008
Costumer Jeanne Reith evokes the '40s with Rose's vintage frocks and Mordechai's fine suit, as well as the rags of those who didn't get out in time. A great pleasure of this show is Chris Luessmann's spot-on sound design, which mixes Yiddish songs and 1940s popular tunes. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Letters to the Editor - 2/22/2008 Feb 23, 2008
Rags get stories from "sources" all the time and it is there job to check out the sources for truth. So if this story is true, good job NYT. If it is false, shame on you NYT.. (North County Times)
A hit job on McCain? Feb 22, 2008
The NY Slimes is deservedly a failing newspaper, its circulation - like the Urinal s and other treasonous far left hate rags - is hilariously plummeting, which is a damn good thing. Ann Coulters long ago quip about bombing the NY Slimes still stands as one of her funnier more pragmatic gems. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
GDC 2008: Postal III Feb 21, 2008
Think, "porn store maintenance man." That's right; you run around with a vacuum on your back and clean up "snot" rags from the "private viewing rooms." "Get it?!" Clean up the place to the manager's satisfaction and you complete the job, at which point a group of bible-loving soccer moms storm in and try to ransack the place. This is where Postal III starts looking like it's attempting to offer some depth to its gameplay. (IGN PC Games)
Musician celebrates 80-year career Feb 8, 2008
"He could really play his rags (jazz) and was like a pied piper. Many youngsters would follow him and stand outside wherever he was playing to listen to what many people at that time referred to as the 'devil's music.'". Long's sister Willie was a schooled pianist, and his brother Robert joined the army, riding through the streets beating a bass drum. (Sealy News, TX)
Is Super Bowl a drag on dating? Feb 2, 2008
Truth - My parents went from riches to rags growing up, but times were never hard enough to have a mustard sammich ... Truth - My parents went from riches to rags growing up, but times were never hard enough to have a mustard sammich. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
