YES, I\’M A BAD AMERICAN by: George Carlin

I Am Your Worst Nightmare. I am a BAD American. I am George Carlin.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid level governmental functionary be it Democratic or Republican!

I\’m in touch with my feelings and I like it that way!

I think owning a gun doesn\’t make you a killer; it makes you a smart American.

I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized, and does not entitle you to anything.

I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, do it in English.

I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God when and where they want to.

My heroes are John Wayne, Babe Ruth, Roy Rogers, and whoever canceled Jerry Springer.

I don\’t hate the rich. I don\’t pity the poor.

I know wrestling is fake and I don\’t waste my time watching or arguing about it.

I\’ve never owned a slave, or was a slave, I haven\’t burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you! So, shut up already.

I believe if you don\’t like the way things are here, go back to where you came from and change your own country! This is AMERICA.

I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches, where he gets his money, and why he is always part of the problem and not the solution. Can I get an AMEN on that one?

I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry rear if you\’re running from them…

I also think they have the right to pull you over if you\’re breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.

And, no, I don\’t mind having my face shown on my driver\’s license. I think it\’s good….. And I\’m proud that \”God\” is written on my money.

I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don\’t want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in the world for the next four years.

I dislike those people standing in the intersections trying to sell me stuff or trying to guilt me into making \”donations\” to their cause.

I believe that it doesn\’t take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.

And what is going on with gas prices… again?

I believe \”illegal\” is illegal no matter what the lawyers think.

I believe the American flag should be the only one allowed in AMERICA!

If this makes me a BAD American, then yes, I\’m a BAD American.

source www.nj.com

Smith has come a long way since graduating from Deptford Township High School in 1964. She studied art at Rowan University then known as Glassboro State College for two and a half years before moving to New York City in 1967.

\”When I went to New York, I wanted to be an artist,\” Smith said. \”I got into music by accident.\”

Ever since that \”accident,\” Smith has left an indelible impression on the music world with the release of ten studio albums, two live albums, three compilations and two EPs. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2004 was counted 47th in Rolling Stone magazine\’s list of \”The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.\”

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: Distinguished Honors – Third grade; Helen Barrett, Cassidy Chambers, Amy Guldin, Alyssa Marszalek, Austin Rampolla and Kelsy Vespe. Fourth grade; Emily Calhoun, Victoria Milano.

 

Honors:Third grade; Sarah Beckett, Ariana Beebe, Richard Bonczak, Nevada DeFord, Angel Dougherty, Andrew Fehr, Holly Fitzberald, Kelsey Immendorf, Valerie LaMarra, Damon Meraz, Amanda Murphy, Lindsay Musselman, Cole Panek, Azalea Rosado, Nicholas Salamone, Michael Snyder, Casey Spadea, Alexis Staib, Georgana Stewart and Kaila White. Fourth grade; Mychaela Bilger, Courtney Bocchicchio, Dominick Cipolone, Kasey Gardner, Harry Harris, Eljah Lapp, Meghan McDonough, William Verzilli and Haley Woodington.

Commendable:Third grade; Anthony Cristino, Scott Fitzpatrick, Lucas Greenwood, Kaelyn Lahn, Zachary Pacetti, Matthew Sutton, Kenneth Zettlemoyer. Fourth grade; Christopher Blaylock, Maryellen Crain, Taylor Gavintlyn Stokes.

R.W. Kershaw School

Distinguished Honors: Fifth grade; Jessica Chambers. Sixth grade; Gabrielle Bocchicchio, Alison Guldin, Samantha Krieg, Brandon Lanchang, Matthew Massey, Trent Maxwell, Paul Milano. Seventh grade; Rachel Cosgrove, Eric Ingram. Eight grade; Matthew Goepel, Lauren Greenwood and Apryle Panyi.

Honors: Fifth grade; Allison Adolf, Jade Carson, Kelsey Coan, Gary Czerski, Samuel Czerski, Stephan Gravenor, Kirsten Hoffman, Zachary Holmes, Carlie McErlane, Natalie Price, Sage Rubeo, Justin Spadea, Jeanine Welsh, Kaitlyn Young.

 

Sixth grade; Joshua Beck, Tyler Capner, Chelsea Cassar, Michael Gaglianone, Erica Gilmore, Lisa Harris, Taylor Kennedy, Emily Massi, Amber NcNally, Destinee Meeser, Leyla Ozer, Alexis Venere, Morgan Zielinski.

 

Seventh grade: Jacob Bell, Stephen Severance, Brian Watson Jr., Kristyn Young. Eight grade; Kyle Adams, Kaitlyn Alibrando, Dominic Bocchicchio, Michael Colgan, Tammy Doyle, Nicholas Duffy, Leia Hall, Ryan McErlane, Gina Michael, Miranda Mistalski, Keith Michalski, Jennifer Papa, Amanda Pescatore, Jessica Pescatore, Rebecca Rosetti, Alisha Sarno, Cianca Sciamanna, Gordon Smith and Meleia Wetmore.

 

Commendable:Fifth Grade; Nicholas Alexander, Timothy Alexander, Steafan Barrett, Steven Baxter and Conor Beckas. Sixth Grade; Courtney Angelastro, Sevda Ozer and Andrew Rosetti. Seventh Grade; David Baxter, IV, Emily DiPopolo, Joshua Ferrer and Nusrat Jahan. Eight Grade; Stephanie Dolan, Jessica Gigantino, John Gugel, Matthew Henderson and Zachary Pallotta.

Link to complete poll and release

Pitman, NJ—The College of New Jersey baseball team has been tapped to finish in fourth in the race for the 2008 New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship in the league\’s pre-season coaches\’ poll.

The 2008 Lions return 24 letter winners from last year’s team that captured the program’s third straight New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship. The Lions have already received pre-season acclaim for the upcoming year as TCNJ has been picked No. 14 in the ABCA Division III Pre-Season poll as well as D3baseball.com’s pre-season national poll.

The 2007 squad finished the year having also earned the program’s 17th NCAA Tournament appearance and posted a 34-11 record. Over the course of the season, TCNJ also ranked nationally among the statistical leaders in Division III. Among the categories the Lions were ranked in a year ago were homeruns per game (13th, 0.82 per game), triples per game (13th, 0.51 per game), win percentage (16th, .756), runs scored per game (45th, 7.8 per game), and stolen bases (28th, 2.31 per game). Defensively, the Lions were ranked 26th in field percentage with a .963 average, while turning 0.93 double plays per game, which was 45th best in 2007. TCNJ’s pitching staff ranked 26th in Division III with a 3.34 team ERA and was ranked 25th in strikeouts per game having averaged 7.5 per nine innings.

source http://www.sctimes.com
March 2, 2008

Photos courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Aerial surveys conducted in February on Minnesota’s two elk herds indicate that population numbers are on the rise. Elk numbers in the Grygla heard totaled 55 and the Kittson County herd, which roams back and forth from Manitoba, reflected 60 animals. That was the most ever counted on the Minnesota side.

GRYGLA — When you think of elk and places to hunt them, most thoughts turn to states such as Colorado, Montana, Idaho or New Mexico.

Photo courtesy of Minnesota DNR Another aerial elk photo.

Each is rich with robust elk populations that annually attract thousands of hunters from across the country.

There’s a long history of elk populations in MInnesota, once covering two-thirds of the state, but they now reside in only two areas of northern Minnesota. Many Minnesotans aren’t aware that elk herds still exist in the state and they might be even more surprised that we have a hunting season for them.

Minnesota, on the other hand, isn’t known as a premier elk hunting state. In fact, many Minnesotans don’t even know wild elk exist here.

Photo courtesy of Minnesota DNR

They do, and the state has a hunting season for them.

There’s a long history of elk populations in Minnesota dating back more than 200 years. The current herd has shown an upward population trend in recent years, according to Department of Natural Resources officials.

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ClearysNoteBook is preparing our February Cheer and Jeer column otherwise known as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

If you have anyone/anything that you feel deserves a Cheer or a Jeer now is the time to speak up.

Send your remarks to B[email protected].

A signature along with your comment would be nice but not necessary.

Everyone can participate. You need not be from Gloucester City. So come on Brooklawn, Bellmawr, Mt. Ephraim, Westville, Collingswood, Haddonfield, Haddon Heights, Cherry Hill, Camden……South Jersey get involved.

Send in your suggestions. Cut off date is Thursday, March 6th.

Related: Bill\’s Point of View

 

By Coach Heath source ramscrosscountry.blogspot.com
 

\”How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Thou know\’st we work by wit, and not by witchcraft; And wit depends on dilatory time.\”

As a high school English teacher, Ted Callinan could easily identify and identify with this quote from Shakespeare\’s Othello.
Patience is a virtue that Ted has displayed in a consistenly excellent running career from his freshman year at Gloucester Catholic ,winning the South Jersey Frosh cross country title in 1988 to a sparkling 7th place 49:41 finish in the 2007 Broad Street run (ten miles).

Ted has displayed patience and plenty of talent in fulfilling his potential. From his Meet of Champions races at Gloucester Catholic, to his outstanding collegiate career at Brandeis (where Ted graduated with an English and American Literature degree in 1996), to his post collegiate career, Ted has been able to maintain his high level of performance for close to 20 years.

Ted the middle child among five Callinan boys, is a 1992 graduate of Gloucester Catholic (NJ) High School. Ted followed his brother Chris (1988), also an outstanding runner at GC. Chris is presently a track and cross-country coach at Cherokee.
Ted currently resides in Haddon Township where his average training week is 100 miles.

Ted\’s PR\’s also include: 3:51 for 1500 meters
14:19 for 5000 meters 23:47 for 8000 meters (approx. five miles)
1:06.39 for the half marathon at the the Phila Distance Run and
a sparkling 2:21.22 at the Phila marathon.

Teds favoite workouts share the basic outline of Coach Jack Daniels training system: 5 x a mile on the track with 1 minute rest then a hard ten miles on the road or 2 x 2 miles then the 10 hard road miles or even 3 x 2 miles with the hard 10 mile to follow.

Ted\’s favorite pre race meals are bagels, Gatorade, Power Bars and Snickers Marathon bars.
His running philosophy: \”I had a t-shirt that I wore a good deal as a Freshman at GC. It had a sketch of a guy running on a winding, hilly road.

It read: \”The road is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.\”

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STOCKTON TO HOST NCAA MEN\’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GAMES
Richard Stockton College will host NCAA Division III Men\’s Basketball Tournament first and second round games this weekend. On Friday, March 7, Nazareth will play Rhode Island College at 6 pm and then Stockton will play Immaculata at 8 pm. The two winners will play an NCAA Tournament second round game at Stockton on Saturday, March 8 at 7 pm. After winning the NJAC championship, Stockton is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1999.

MEN\’S BASKETBALL TEAM WINS NJAC CHAMPIONSHIP
(February 28) The Stockton men\’s basketball team defeated Ramapo 60-59 in an NJAC tournament semifinal game. Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) sank two free throws with 22 seconds remaining to lift Stockton into a one-point lead and Ospreys survived three missed shots by Ramapo in the final seven seconds. Hubbard scored a team-high 20 points and Omar Smith (Newark/Central) added nine points for Stockton, which won despite shooting just 14-27 (51.9%) at the line and being out-rebounded 42-20.

BASEBALL TEAM OPENS THE SEASON WITH TWO WINS
(March 1) The Stockton baseball team opened the 2008 season by sweeping a doubleheader from Polytechnic 17-7 (five innings) and 11-5. Stockton scored at least two runs in four of its five offensive turns in the opener. The game was halted after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Freshman Nick Corrado (West Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) went 2-3 with a walk-off three-run homer, his first career home run, in the bottom of the fifth that brought the 10-run rule into effect.
Chris Discher (Cherry Hill/CH West) went 2-4 with a double and five RBI while Pat Goodwin (Mays Landing/Holy Spirit) was 2-3 with a double, three-run homer, three runs and three RBI. Relief pitcher Anthony Angarano (Old Bridge/Old Bridge) earned the win on the mound with 2.1 scoreless innings during which he allowed just one hit. Polytechnic scored all seven of its runs in the third inning.
Stockton rallied from a 5-3 deficit with eight runs in the sixth inning to complete the sweep 11-5. Corrado doubled in two runs and Goodwin tripled in a run during the key sixth frame. Goodwin finished 2-4 with a double, triple and an RBI while Joe Sacerdote (Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) went 2-3 with a double, home run and two RBI. Winning pitcher Amit Shah (Maple Shade/Maple Shade) allowed five runs (three unearned) on five hits with five strikeouts in five innings pitched for Stockton.
(March 3) Scott Fisher (Toms River/Toms River East) was named the NJAC Player of the Week and freshman Nick Corrado (West Deptford/Gloucester Catholic) was named the NJAC Rookie of the Week. Against Polytechnic, Fisher went 4-5 with a triple, five RBI and two stolen bases. Corrado went 4-7 with five RBI and three runs, and he also slammed a three-run home run for his first career homer.

WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
MEN\’S BASKETBALL: Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) averaged 19.5 points in Stockton\’s two NJAC tournament wins. Hubbard scored a team-high 20 points against Ramapo and a team-high 19 points against William Paterson. Hubbard also was named the NJAC Player of the Week for his performance in the conference playoffs.
BASEBALL: Scott Fisher (Toms River/Toms River East) went 4-5 including a triple and five RBI in Stockton\’s doubleheader wins over Polytechnic. Fisher also was named the NJAC Player of the Week.
LACROSSE: Keith Bologno (Glen Gardner/Voorhees) tallied two goals and three assists for a team-high five points in Stockton\’s opener as the Ospreys fell to Wesley 14-7.

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers baseball team will host Temple on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. in its 2008 home opener at Bainton Field. The Scarlet Knights welcome back former Rutgers assistant coach Rob Valli, who now serves as the head coach of the Owls.

Valli was a member of the Scarlet Knights\’ coaching staff from 1999 to 2000, helping guide the program to the 2000 BIG EAST Championship and a pair of NCAA Tournament berths during his time \”On the Banks.\” During his tenure with the Scarlet Knights, Valli worked with the catchers and hitters. Following a highly-successful stint as head coach at Gloucester County College that included the 2005 NJCAA National Championship, Valli moved on to Temple where he is in his third season as the head coach.

Wednesday marks the first meeting between Rutgers head coach Fred Hill and Valli. It is one of two local teams with Rutgers ties amongst the coaching staff that the Scarlet Knights will face this season. Wagner, which is coached by former Rutgers standout second baseman Joe Litterio (1990-93), visits Piscataway on April 1.

Rutgers (2-3) holds a 40-24-1 all-time record against Temple (2-4). The schools have not faced off since the 1995 season when Rutgers was a member of the Atlantic 10.

Junior right-handed pitcher Jon McCue (Hillside, N.J.) will be on the mound for the Scarlet Knights on Wednesday. He was a perfect 7-0 with a 2.62 ERA last season. McCue made one relief appearance this season.

Rutgers freshman first baseman Jaren Matthews (Teaneck, N.J.) is coming off a productive weekend where he hit .364 (4-for-11) with his first two collegiate home runs against then No. 22 Georgia Tech. The true freshman ranks third on the team with a .286 (6-for-21) batting average through the season\’s first five games.

Temple senior Eric Fritz will be the starter for the Owls. The right-handed pitcher was 2-1 with a 9.39 ERA last season. He has made one appearance for the Owls in 2008.

Junior shortstop Mark Ortega leads Temple offensively with a .368 batting average, including a triple, home run and a pair of doubles.

The Scarlet Knights and Owls have both faced Old Dominion this season with Rutgers splitting a double-header on Feb. 24 and Temple taking one of three from the Monarchs last weekend.