Monthly Archives: July 2011

JEMAIL: O’Connell, Bill (MC1976) would like to see less government involvement

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On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:11 PM, O’Connell, Bill (MC1976) wrote:

Re: Stebbins and Capitalism

(1) “Forcing women to have a child.” What were those inalienable rights that we are endowed by our Creator with? Well the first was “Life”. I would like to see less government involvement, but stepping in to prevent the killing of an innocent child is among them. Let her give the child up for adoption if she doesn’t want to keep the child. A woman does have the right to control over her own body. I have a question for you. How did she get with child? Did she lose control? After losing control, does she now want to reassert it at the cost of the life of the child. Before you bring out your trump card regarding rape or incest, let me ask you if you support capital punishment for rapists and those who commit incest? If not, why among the three do you chose to kill the most innocent?

(2) You bought food for your fellow man? You gave to the least of your brethren? You BASTARD! Do you realize you could be putting a bureaucrat out of work? How can we survive as a nation without the waste, fraud, and mismanagement? You are a cruel, cruel man.

(3) “You have never seen conservatives at the county offices” You are right. We tend to help young mothers where it will do the most good for each dollar, not wasting time at the county office so that we can get fifty cents on the dollar for the effort.

(4) The wonderful Great Society program of the 1960s helped destroy the black nuclear family, so of course we need more government programs to “help” them recover from the “help” we gave them.

Sincerely,
Bill O’Connell
BE 1976

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Dear Jasper Stebbins. With regard to Hitler, may I remind you that he was the head of the National SOCIALISTS, he wasn’t a conservative, nor a capitalist. He did abolish the unions, only to replace them with his union. He banned private ownership of guns. Once he consolidated power, he was a dictator. By the way, he was able to come to power because the German government couldn’t stop printing money.

With regard to Fannie and Freddie, it took a whole chapter in my book to lay this out, including refuting your cherry picked remarks. I won’t bore the readers with that kind of recap. For those who are interested the book is called Liberty’s Lifeline. Your position is akin to saying that building a wall of separation between the FBI and the CIA had nothing to do with 9/11 because no one from the FBI or the CIA were riding on the planes.

Sincerely,
Bill O’Connell
BE 1976

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[JR: A nuance of difference, between my thoughts and O'Connell, Bill (MC1976), is that I don't want to empower the Gooferment to kill women and doctors who abort babies. I'd rather have them all be persuaded by us having all sorts of better ways to deal with "unwanted issues". We should have a national registry of childless couples who would gladly take these babies. Sigh! There are so many better ways to deal with all sorts of things than giving the Gooferment, politicians, and bureaucrats guns to initiate force on those unfortunate enough to fall afoul of their diktats. Abortion is an interesting topic because the DoI says "right to life". (Was Jefferson inspired?) So when does a human being get those rights that we all agree that they have?]

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JEMAIL: Dans, Peter E. (MC1957) remembers being TV-less

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On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Dans, Peter E. (MC1957) wrote:

Hi John:

Father Sirico of the Acton Institute is one of the most sensible Catholic voices about the concept of subsidiarity and the virtues you mention. Another thing that is never discussed is that the definition of poverty has changed drastically since I grew up on the Lower East Side in a cold water flat until age 11 with only a woodstove in the kitchen and an icebox. Stats now show that some states consider poverty level to be upwards of $50,000 for some benefits. A recent study shows that most “poor” have multiple TVS ( we didn’t get one for many years), refrigerators, cellphones and many other gadgets. I’ll forward the study if I can find it. And No we didn’t consider ourselves “poor” and my family refused to go on “relief” as it was called. We worked and educated our way out.

Best.

Peter E. Dans ’57

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[JR: Careful, you'll ruin my reputation as the "fat old white guy injineer" by outing my erudite places. :-) And, yes, the politicians and bureaucrats depend on us allowing them to confuse definitions. Starving folks in Africa, or in the USA, are "poor"; some of the "poor" in the USA are just being held back by the Gooferment and their own thinking. (I'd have paradigms and memes but that would have really given my act away.) ]

[JR: In those days, you weren't "poor". You had"enough". You knew it was "enough" cause your parents old you: "you've had enough". LOL! Now it's funny; then it wasn't.]

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JEMAIL: Quinlan, Fr. William M. [MC1985] corrects me

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RE: Quinn, Rev. Peter [MC1969] tagged on FACEBOOK

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Jasper Quinn wrote:

Hey John: I look pretty good for a guy who graduated in 1969, don’t I? Who is this Rev. Peter Quinn of whom you speak?

Rev. Liam Quinlan alias Fr. William M. Quinlan [MC1985]

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[JR: <1> Of course, you DO look better than most Jaspers of our era. You're a low mileage model. If I knelt around praying all the time, I'd look as if I didn't have care in the world either. LOL! Your cares are in the next one. To whom much is given? <2> I thought that was the proper form of address. I may have dozed off in grammar school when they covered forms of address. I'd have paid much close attention if the topic was "forms of A dress!]

Quinlan, Fr. William M. [MC1985]

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JLINKEDIN: Martin, Justin [MC2006] Chemicals Professional

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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/justin-martin/22/a17/b6a  

Martin, Justin [MC2006]
Chemicals Professional
Greater New York City Area
Chemicals

Summary: My name is Justin Martin, I recently graduated from Manhattan College with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. My best attributes lie in my work ethic, management of responsibilities and my ability to easily learn computer software and hardware. I am the oldest of my family, containing four other siblings, three of which are ten and under. I have worked hard to help my parents while maintaining my education. Taking care of my younger siblings allows my father to work the night shift and helps to keep my mother from being overwhelmed. I was taught to always strive to be better in both education and as a person, and to keep with my teachings I am always willing to help those around me, even if it means pushing myself further. Through this I became familiar with computers through my job at Manhattan College. I have learned programs at a much quicker pace than my fellow peers. Since computers have become more mainstream, I have found that they are vital to the daily tasks of work. I believe my skills with computer makes me valuable in this particular area. I hope that my skills can better serve those I will work for, and one day become a valuable asset to well established company.

Specialties:

- VBA, Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Project

- Aspen Plus and Matlab

- Ability to repair and replace hardware

- Ability to Ghost/Image a computer

- Familiar with command prompt, Boolean Algebra and Binary

- Fast learner

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JNEWS: Moyer, Corbin L. [MC2011] gets MC some ink

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http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=323330

Originally Published: 7/31/2011
Military news
Reading Eagle

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Corbin L. Moyer, a son of Steven G. and Lea C. Moyer, Tilden Township, has been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force after completing the Air Force ROTC program and graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College, Riverdale, N.Y.

Moyer, a 2007 graduate of Hamburg High School, is to serve as a developmental electrical engineer at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts.

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Moyer, Corbin L. [MC2011]

[JR: I first viewed these as "newsworthy" as sort of a joke. You know "amazing as it sounds, but the fellow graduated". Then it was explained to me by a very smart lady in the admissions office that these were really MC ads. Parents of high schoolers would read these and know the person and compare to their child. Then, MC would get expression of interest from that area. Free advertising. So let's help, if you know anyone in Reading, then forward it along. Create buzz. It's all about butts in the seats. imho]

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ADMINISTRIVIA: From the Head Man, the fellow in the white suit; not me

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[JR: LinkedIn has stopped giving me new, or updated, Jasper profiles. Unless it restarts or I figure something out, those LinkedIn items will dry up. It’s a slow summer news day, so I thought I’d share what I read on the Vatican’s RSS feed.]

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=11220

Pope’s prayer intentions for August 2011
July 29, 2011

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The Vatican has released the prayer intentions of Pope Benedict XVI for August 2011.

The Pope’s general intention is: “That World Youth Day in Madrid may encourage young people throughout the world to have their lives rooted and built up in Christ.”

His missionary intention is: “That Western Christians may be open to the action of the Holy Spirit and rediscover the freshness and enthusiasm of their faith.”

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[JR: I find this interesting in that the Head Man can communicate his thoughts around the globe at amazing speed at virtually zero cost. Thus demonstrating the “flattening effect” of the internet on hierarchies. We now returning you to our regular broadcast. See what happens if you don’t write stuff in. I “pontificate”. Pun intended.]

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POSITRACTION: Saving a humpback whale

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http://www.flixxy.com/humpback-whale-gives-show-after-being-saved.htm

An amazing encounter with a humpback whale that was entangled in a fishing net.

[JR: 8 minutes of joy. You have to admire a bunch of folks who spent a hour of hot, hard, and dangerous work to save a whale. Admirable! Heroic. And, strangely human.]

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ENDNOTE: Four flats; violence begets violence

Posted on July 30, 2011 by | Leave a comment

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/12/vandals-target-pro-life-interns-vehicle-slash-their-tires

Vandals Target Pro-Life Interns’ Vehicle, Slash Their Tires
by Steven Ertelt | Wichita, KS | LifeNews.com | 6/12/11 5:33 PM

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The pro-life organization is on the receiving end of pro-abortion vandalism again — this time when abortion advocates apparently targeted the vehicle of two young pro-life interns.

Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, emailed LifeNews.com with the details: Friday morning our two young interns, Josh and Elisabeth, found that all four tires on their car had been slashed. We believe they were targeted for this attack because of their pro-life convictions.

The only vehicle damaged in the parking lot was the only one with the pro-life bumper sticker.

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[JR: Interesting? No? Should be. What could possibly enrage some one so much that they damage someone else’s property over a bumper sticker. The First Amendment says the Gooferment can’t restrict speech. But we have to moderate our own behavior. If someone’s car said “pro choice”, I’d no more slash their tires that I would my own. Heck, I’d probably agree with them. We should be “pro choice” on everything. Where we as a society get into trouble and allow the Gooferment to divide us from our fellow man is over the use of force. “Pro whatevers” should be able to agree that the Gooferment is probably the worst way to handle any problem other that invasions and most violent crime. “Governments are instituted among men to protect these rights”. And, even that a “voluntarist” would debate. Gooferment diktats, as distinguished from “laws” like the “Law of Gravity”, are ham handed attempts to change people’s hearts and minds. It ain’t going to work as evidenced by four flattened tires that cost a grand to replace and fix. Sorry, we have to win folks over by the worthiness of ideas. A tire for a tire, just leaves the whole world flat.]

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ADMINISTRIVIA: JASPER JOTTINGS Week 31 – 2010 July 31

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JASPER JOTTINGS Week 31 – 2010 July 31

Jasper Jottings – The achievement journal of my fellow Jaspers, the alumni of the Manhattan College

http://www.jasperjottings.com/2011/jj2011W31.html

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JLINKEDIN: Van-Sharp, Jey [MC2005] Creative Director\at MyÜberLife

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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jey-van-sharp/5/415/174  

Van-Sharp, Jey [MC2005]
Creative Director | Creative Strategist at MyÜberLife
Greater New York City Area
Management Consulting

Summary: Creative Strategist, Culture Vulture, Friend, Lover, Thinker….

As creative strategist of MyÜberLife, I have had the opportunity to combine innovative, perceptive and holistic insights of MÜL’s clients and help bridge their goals with the pragmatic and systematic skills of project planning to guide strategic direction in the context of business needs, brand intent, design quality and customer values.

MyÜberLife a NYC based consulting group, offers solutions for business needs that exist in fashion, music, and the arts. MÜL provides business management, project management, art/creative direction, branding, and strategic marketing services that transform client’s ideas into profitable business initiatives.

Specialties:

-Researching the market for profitable business opportunities,

-Developing strategies for marketing management, operations management, financial management and human resources management.

-Implementing the strategies through planning, organizing, motivating and control.

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