DECEMBER
19, 2004 --
(Proprietor's
Note -- Last week, LPR referred to itself as a "phlogsite." Since
then, LPR has learned that there are some 174,000 googles under "phlog," AND
that there is a "phlog.com" -- for photo log. BUT
apparently there is also some support for "phlog" as "phone
log." LPR was not aware of Phlog.com when
it called itself a phlogsite. LPR also reports that there
is presently one google for "phlogsite" -- LPR's
google. Should an LPR clickster google "phlogsite"--she
should be prepared for the query if the search were for "phlogiston.")
LPR got this photo early in May -- of New York Times publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger,
Jr. and the Finemeister having a good laugh -- LPR still wonders if
the laugh is aimed at us.
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From
May 2004 -- Why are these men smiling broadly?
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Certainly that obscure
diagram barring a right turn on green at 46th Street and Broadway offers
officials a laugh on motorists.
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From
May 2004 -- Diagrams replace words.
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November 15,
the laugh cost this writer $90 bucks (including a $50 New York
state surcharge -- to not fix roads?) when an administrative judge
rejected a plea for fairness under the circumstances of rainy night
and hard to see sign.
Later in May the
911 Commission held two days of hearings in Manhattan, and witnesses
included Rudy Giuliani and Bernard Kerik, who have gotten themselves
in the news a bit more recently, with Kerik's nanny-attributed decision
to step down as Homeland Security Secretary-designate (HoSecSec-des).
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May
2004 -- Silent protest in the audience as Mayor Giuliani
spoke.
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There has been
some skepticism that Mr. Kerik withdrew his nomination for a nanny
problem. At the Commission hearing, as this "Fiction" sign
indicated, there was
some skepticism about the Commission's probe.
Early in June, LPR got this photo of Broadway Show League Commissioer Carlos
Martinez scoring for The Boy
From Oz, the Hugh Jackman musical that socred a hit with audiences,
notwithstandikng cool reviews of this musical about songwriter/entertainer Peter
Allen.
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June
2004 -- Carlos Martinez, Boy From Oz first baseman and
league commissioner scoring against the Wife team.
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As June ended,
so did the governorship in Connecticut of John G. Rowland, cut
short for scandal.
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From
June 2004 -- A last look at a perk, of the legal kind.
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LPR got this
photo of Beverly McClellan at the awards evening of the New York
Independnet International Music Festival. Ms. McClellan was best
performer at
the festival.
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july
2004 -- Beverly McClellan, Best Performer.
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The photo was
posted in the July 3 LPR along with a photo of Howard Dean, who
LPR recommended for NYC mayor and, instead, is seeking to head
the Democratic Natioal Committee.
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July
2004 -- Former Presidential candidate Howard Dean.
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Other LPR photos
in July included the Connecticut Agricultural Fair, in Goshen
(don't miss it in 2005), scenes outside the Democratic National Convention in
Boston, and the remarkable Jeff Fabry, at the archery nationals in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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From
July 2004 -- Oxen pulls at the Connecticut Agricultural
Fair.
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July
2004 -- The midway begins to fill with fair-goers on Saturday
at the Connecticut Agricultural Fair.
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July
2004 -- Jersey barriers and blocked streets made LPR feel
right at home in Boston.
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July
2004 -- Jeff Fabry, fourth place finisher in the open men's
compound competition.
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The CBS Broadcast
Center was one of the places LPR suggested that delegates to the
Republican National Convention might visit.
LPR here affirms it had no idea that Dan Rather and CBS News would give credence,
during the presidential campaign, to a document -- on the millitary service
of President Bush -- that would turn out to be a forgery.
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August
2004 -- The TV Studios known as the CBS Broadcast Center,
where CBS News broadcasts nightly.
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August
2004 -- Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator UFPJ (at the
August 10, 2004 News Conference).
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As 2004 draws
to a close, United for Peace and Justice continues to dissent from
the Bush presidency and recently has called for contributions --
and the
purchase of UFPJ merchandise. (By the way, LPR is still planning to come out
with its own merchandise.)
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August
2004 -- An anti-Bush sign that is on a building at the
SE corner of Seventh Avenue and 26th Street.
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Last August, LPR
covered UFPJ press conferences, and its August demonstration against
President Bush and the GOP convention in Manhattan, which included
such noted protesters as Rev. Jesse Jackson, Michael Moore,
Ms. Cagan, and Danny Glover.
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August
2004 -- Close-up of Michael Moore, Leslie Cagan, Rev. Jackson
and actor Danny Glover pausing in front of Madison Square
Garden.
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August
2004 -- Marchers heading east on 34th Street, with a very
interesting sign prominant -- a moderate sign for this
march.
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LPR did not,
alas, see any signs among the anti-Bushies protesting the crumbling
roadways of New York, or calling for affordable parking fines and
clearly legible and visible parking direction signs.
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August
2004 -- Offical neglect--or anti-protest trap?
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Part 3 next week.
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