River Cities' Reader - Issue 837 - August 22, 2013

River Citiesrsquo Reader bull Vol 20 No 837 bull August 22 - September 5 20132 Business bull Politics bull Arts bull Culture bull Now You Know bull RiverCitiesReadercom

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River Citiesrsquo Reader bull Vol 20 No 837 bull August 22 - September 5 2013 3Business bull Politics bull Arts bull Culture bull Now You Know bull RiverCitiesReadercom

Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho) who served as the chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence that investigated the National Security Agency in the 1970s understood only too well the dangers inherent in allowing the government to overstep its authority in the name of national security Church recognized that such surveillance powers ldquoat any time could be turned around on the American people and no American would have any privacy left such is the capability to monitor everything telephone conversations telegrams it doesnrsquot matter There would be no place to hiderdquo

Noting that the NSA could enable a dictator ldquoto impose total tyrannyrdquo upon an utterly defenseless American public Church vowed that ldquowerdquo implicating both Congress and its constituency in this duty ldquomust see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision so that we never cross over that abyss That is the abyss from which there is no returnrdquo

Unfortunately we have long since

The NSA ldquoThe Abyss from Which There Is No Returnrdquocrossed over into that abyss first under President George W Bush ndash who among other things authorized the NSA to listen in on the domestic phone calls of American citizens in the wake of the 911 attacks And now President Barack Obamarsquos administration has done more to undermine the Fourth Amendmentrsquos guarantee of privacy and bodily integrity than any prior administration Incredibly many of those who were the most vocal in criticizing Bush for attempting to sidestep the Constitution have gone curiously silent in the face of Obamarsquos repeated violations

Whether he intended it or not it may well be that Obama moving into the home stretch and looking to establish a lasting ldquolegacyrdquo to characterize his time in office is remembered as the president who put the final chains in place to imprison us in an electronic concentration camp from which there is no escape Yet none of this could have been possible without the NSA which is able to operate

We now find ourselves operating in a strange paradigm where the government not only views

the citizenry as suspects but treats them as suspects as well Thus the news that the National Security Agency (NSA) is routinely operating outside of the law and overstepping its legal authority by carrying out surveillance on American citizens is not really much of a surprise This is what happens when you give the government broad powers and allow government agen-cies to routinely sidestep the Constitution

Indeed as I document in my book A Government of Wolves The Emerging American Police State these newly revealed privacy violations by the NSA are just the tip of the iceberg Consider that the governmentrsquos Utah Data Center (UDC) the central hub of the NSArsquos vast spying infrastructure will be a clearinghouse and depository for every imaginable kind of information ndash whether innocent or not private or public ndash including communications transactions and the like In fact anything and everything yoursquove ever said or done from the trivial

to the damning ndash phone calls Facebook posts Tweets Google searches e-mails bookstore and grocery purchases bank statements commuter toll records etc ndash will be tracked collected catalogued and analyzed by the UDCrsquos supercomputers and teams of government agents

By sifting through the detritus of your once-private life the government will come to its own conclusions about who you are where you fit in and how best to deal with you should the need arise Indeed we are all becoming data-collected in government files Whether or not the surveillance is undertaken for ldquoinnocentrdquo reasons surveillance of all citizens gradually poisons the soul of a nation Surveillance limits personal options ndash denies freedom of choice ndash and increases the powers of those who are in a position to enjoy the fruits of this activity

If this is the new ldquonormalrdquo in the United States it is not friendly to freedom Frankly we are long past the point where we should be merely alarmed These are no longer experiments on our freedoms These are acts of aggression Continued On Page 14

by John W Whiteheadjohnwrutherfordorg

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scenes and letrsquos just say that some of it ainrsquot good at all

And nobody needs an opposition-research firm to figure out where state Senator Dillardrsquos main weakness is in the governorrsquos race

Rauner has attempted to make this a ldquochangerdquo election to avoid the usual Republican-primary habit of picking the guy who appears to be owed the next turn at the wheel Dillard has been in Illinois politics forever which will work against him if Rauner succeeds in changing the tone But the state senator and former Jim Edgar chief of staff also has another well-known problem that looks to be just as much of a killer issue as Raunerrsquos Rahm situation

Dillard often worked with Barack Obama in the Illinois Senate and he cut a now-

infamous TV ad for his former colleague during the 2008 presidential-primary season

ldquoWould you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate if he had appeared in a TV commercial for Barack Obama before he was elected presidentrdquo the likely Republican-primary voters were asked in the poll

The ldquoless likelyrdquo response was an astounding 82 percent

ldquoDillard faced thousands of gross rating points driving the Obama-TV-ad message against him in 2010 and lost [the Republican gubernatorial primary] by only 193 votesrdquo pollster Gregg Durham said last week ldquoNothing is impossible in Illinois politicsrdquo

Thatrsquos true but the Obama ad tanked Dillardrsquos 2010 campaign in which he lost to state Senator Bill Brady This year he has lagged badly in fundraising and in the polls

Dillard has two things in his favor The first is traditional Republican thinking

Dillard narrowly lost the 2010 primary and wouldrsquove likely done better than Bill Brady in the fall campaign against Pat Quinn so it could be ldquohis turnrdquo

The second is Jim Edgar a former governor who is still quite popular among Republicans Dillard can barely open his mouth without mentioning Edgar and the former governor will likely appear in ads

Whether any of that is enough to overcome the Obama-ad problem is now the biggest question for Dillard

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily political newsletter) and CapitolFaxcom

ILLINOIS POLITICS

I had heard that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Raunerrsquos longtime per-sonal and business connections to Chicago

Mayor Rahm Emanuel were ldquokillerrdquo issues among GOP primary voters so I commis-sioned a poll

The question I settled on is pretty mild in comparison to what could be used in a TV ad so the response may turn out to be even worse for Rauner than the Capitol FaxWe Ask America poll shows if thatrsquos possible

ldquoWould you be more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate for governor if you found out he was a friend and political ally to Chicago Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuelrdquo 1102 likely Republican-primary voters were asked on August 13

A truly astounding 83 percent of Republicans said theyrsquod be less likely to support that candidate Any time you see a ldquoless likelyrdquo response above 80 percent you can pretty much figure that the target is toast But maybe not in this case

The Rauner people have long known that this was a real problem for their guy which is just one reason why theyrsquove been spending so much money this summer ndash almost $2 million on TV and radio ads through the first week of August according to one calculation

And the ties go deeper than the question reveals Rauner helped Emanuel get his start in business advising him to become an investment banker after leaving Bill Clintonrsquos White House and then retaining his firm Their relationship made Emanuel a wealthy man so the advertising possibilities are juicy to say the least

The problem is that nobody has yet laid a glove on the man The other candidates either donrsquot have the money to go up on TV (Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady) or theyrsquore husbanding their resources for the home stretch (Dan Rutherford)

Therersquos also a timing question thatrsquos been debated by at least some campaigns Attack Rauner too soon and he could have time to recover He has the resources and infrastructure to weather a storm over a long haul Attack him too late and it might not have enough of an impact or the other candidates themselves might already be too damaged to do him any harm or may even be out of the race Opposition research on candidates is starting to circulate behind the

by Rich MillerCapitolFaxcom

Two GOP Hopefuls Could Be Sunk by Ties to Democrats

Any time you see a ldquoless likelyrdquo

response above 80 percent the target is toast But maybe not in these cases


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what it looks likeldquoDental fluorosis is a change in the

appearance of the toothrsquos enamel These changes can vary from barely noticeable white spots in mild forms to staining and pitting in the more severe forms Dental fluorosis only occurs when younger children consume too much fluoride from any source over long periods when teeth are developing under the gums

ldquoWho develops dental fluorosis ldquoOnly children aged eight years and younger

can develop dental fluorosis because this is when permanent teeth are developing under the gums Once the teeth erupt through the gums and are in the mouth they can no longer develop fluorosisrdquo

So dental fluorosis only occurs when children under nine years old consume too much fluoride Therefore if a person has dental fluorosis it is proof that they have ingested too much fluoride as a child

The CDCrsquos latest national survey found that 41 percent of 12- to 15-year-olds had dental fluorosis (This is not even counting another 20 percent deemed ldquoquestionablerdquo) This is up 78 percent from the last survey and over an 18-year span Forty-one percent of a generation will now spend the rest of their lives with teeth mottled by fluorosis and the problem is only becoming more widespread

The CDC has itself recognized since at least 1999 that ldquofluoridersquos predominant effect is post-eruptive and topical Fluoride works after teeth have eruptedrdquo So drinking fluoride before age nine causes fluorosis in developing permanent teeth without effectively reducing dental caries or cavities as most of us call them Fluoride is only effective when applied directly to teeth This has been known for the last 14 years We have fluoridated toothpaste Why are we still making our kids drink fluoride Can we stop now

Non-nursing infants are most vulnerable The American Dental Association warned in 2006

ldquoInfants less than one year old may be getting more than the optimal amount of fluoride (which may increase their risk of enamel fluorosis) if their primary source of nutrition is powdered or liquid concentrate infant formula mixed with water containing fluoride If using a product that needs to be reconstituted parents and caregivers should consider using water that has no or low levels of fluoriderdquo

Most people are probably unaware of this caution Two states have taken proactive measures on a statewide basis to warn their citizens The Vermont Department of Health issued its warning not to give any fluoridated water to infants under 12 month of age in December 2006 New Hampshire passed a bill last year requiring water-consumer confidence reports to publish a warning Rather than warning parents that we render the public water supply unsuitable for their babies would it not be far better to stop contaminating the water

(Publisherrsquos note Itrsquos time for Davenportrsquos city leaders carefully and seriously review the requirements terms and benefits of a 60-year-old contract that has resulted in the practice of medicating nearly the entire Scott County population with an industrial waste byproduct The fluoridation of our water supply is happening without informed consent and even if one wished to be medicated through the water supply the current practice does not even use medical-grade materials This issue is no longer fringe Modern science points to the folly of fluoridation much like science caught up with the folly of claiming the health benefits of cigarette smoking What follows are the prepared remarks delivered by Joe Amato to the Davenport City Council Public Works Committee on July 17 The video of this presentation and subsequent additional public comments is online at RCReadercomyamato Fluoride-Free Quad Cities has a meet-up at the Bettendorf Public Library on Tuesday September 3 at 630 pm)

Good evening My name is Joe Amato On behalf of the coalition Fluoride-Free Quad Cities I would like to thank you

for giving us this time to speakWe are here tonight to present to you

evidence that ingesting fluoride by drinking fluoridated water is definitely harmful and only insignificantly effective and to request that you as the responsible legal authority pass an ordinance to cease fluoridating the public water supply

We understand the cityrsquos legal department concluded in 2007 that the city ldquodoes not have jurisdiction over drinking-water quality and cannot stop fluoridation of the water by the Iowa American Water Companyrdquo This is mistaken

Mr Dennis Alt environmental program supervisor and chief of the Water Supply Engineering Section of the [Iowa] DNR [Department of Natural Resources] confirmed ldquoThere is no state law that requires public water systems provide fluoridation The decision to fluoridate is a local optionrdquo

Iowa American Water Company [IAW] has its corporate policy on fluoridation posted on its Web site

ldquoQ Does American Water put fluoride in the water

ldquoA Yes in many systems This is determined by local law American Water and our subsidiaries do not put fluoride in water unless mandated by local law American Water has a neutral stance on fluoride in waterrdquo

Thus the Davenport City Council is the authority for deciding whether or not we fluoridate our water If the city council passes an ordinance directing Iowa American Water to cease fluoridating the water that would be the end of it

The first harm we wish to bring to your attention is dental fluorosis Here is how it is defined and categorized by the Centers for Disease Control amp Prevention the CDC and

Time to Review Davenportrsquos Sixty Year Old Fluoridation Agreement

by Todd McGreevy

Continued On Page 12

WORDS FROM THE PUBLISHER


Understanding the Housing-Development Boom in Downtown DavenportMeat on the Bone

It would be natural to look at the volume of housing being developed in downtown Davenport and infer some coordinated

process or a major new incentive program Roughly 300 market-rate apartments are either recently finished or in the develop-ment process

Therersquos undoubtedly a trend here The Downtown Davenport Partnership ndash part of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce ndash noted in its strategic plan from earlier this year that ldquonearly 100000 square feet of office space is currently planned for conversion to residential unitsrdquo

That includes 11 different projects from seven different developers

And while the Downtown Davenport Partnership has been a key player its director ndash Kyle Carter ndash said his organizationrsquos role has been to ldquohelp guide that process Not own it guide it

ldquoWe always give advice when these developers are shoppingrdquo he said ldquoBut the vast majority of those plans are developer-driven If anything Irsquom the tour guide Irsquom the guy that is showing the buffet of options down here So I will certainly push for projects that I think are more catalytic or locations that will have bigger benefits for the whole down hererdquo

In other words local government a downtown organization or a plan with the scale or taxpayer cost of River Renaissance isnrsquot behind this housing boom Itrsquos largely happening on its own

Consider the Democrat building on Brady Street north of Fourth being developed by Bluffstone ndash which specializes in new-construction student housing Tim Baldwin said he and his partner Pat Sherman were intrigued by the possibility of using state and federal historic tax credits to develop an older building (Historic and enterprise-zone tax credits are essential to these projects Carter noted because it costs more to redevelop older buildings than to build a new structure on an empty lot)

ldquoWe were looking for a close-to-home historic project to kind of cut our teeth onrdquo Baldwin said ldquoBoth of us have a passion for old buildings We just never really figured out how to make deals with old buildings workrdquo

Baldwin said Bluffstone had explored projects in Missouri and built relationships there with experts on historic redevelopment and tax credits But ldquowe realized that this whole historic rehab was going to be a major undertaking and thought it best if we did that close to home to kind of learn the ropesrdquo

He said they started looking at buildings four years ago and that he first stepped into the Democrat building in late 2011 The property had much going for it It was already listed on the National Register of Historic Places ndash shortening the process to get historic tax credits ndash and the retail tenant had done a good job preserving the lobby area so that its history as a newspaper office could still be seen Furthermore itrsquos right down Brady Street from the Palmer College of Chiropractic ndash meaning that it could draw both student and urban-professional tenants

Interior demolition began 60 days ago he said and its 21 apartment units are

scheduled to be completed in spring 2014Baldwin said a major appeal of the

building was the newspaper lobby And although Bluffstone doesnrsquot yet have plans for the space ndash it might be made available to community groups for meetings for example ndash he said its character will be retained

ldquoYoursquoll walk in the front of our building and yoursquoll feel like yoursquore stepping back into 1924rdquo he said The aim for the lobby and the apartments is to integrate ldquonot just the historical aspect of the building but also the historical use of the building ndash into the deacutecor and the roomsrdquo

Even though Carter said the Downtown

Davenport Partnership mostly plays the ldquotraffic coprdquo with housing development he said the organization is still an important resource for many developers ndash including major players such as Restoration St Louis ldquoThese developers still need to know who to talk to The politics of it are thickrdquo he said ldquoWe serve as a place for advice Oftentimes our biggest role is not a financial one Itrsquos an advisory type of rolerdquo

And the Partnershiprsquos strategic plan for downtown puts a heavy emphasis on residential development ldquoWe spent the better part of 10 years building the bonesrdquo downtown Carter said ldquoAnd now we need to spend the next 10 years putting meat on it and getting people ndash and lots of people ndash in this downtown because we donrsquot have enough right now

ldquoItrsquos great to build a plan off something thatrsquos already functioningrdquo

Believing in the Davenport Story

Whatrsquos happening in downtown Davenport now likely wouldnrsquot have been possible without what Carter called ldquooutside moneyrdquo Madison Wisconsinrsquos Alexander Company and Missourirsquos Restoration St Louis brought in ldquobrand-new capital that literally did not exist before And honestly that is what put us over the edge What changed New money Thatrsquos what changedrdquo

Perhaps more importantly those companies showed the viability of downtown housing Alexander Company was a pioneer in Davenport for mixed-income developments that used Low-Income Housing Tax Credits ndash the first of them opening in 2005

While developments with affordable housing add people market-rate housing is far more valuable to revitalizing downtowns And Restoration St Louis showed what was possible with 20 market-rate units in the Hotel Blackhawk (at 309 Perry Street) and 24 units in the Forrest Block (at 401 Brady Street)

While these werenrsquot the first market-rate developments in downtown Davenport they did offer the imprimatur that the central city was a good investment

That message is being reinforced as those two companies continue to make investments

Alexander is developing the 37-unit mixed-income Fifth Street Lofts (on Iowa Street) while Restoration St Louis has a number of market-rate-apartment projects

COVER STORY

Developer Tim Baldwin in the Democrat building The skylight he said will be integrated into the design of one apartment


by Jeff Ignatiusjeffrcreadercom

recently completed or in the pipeline the fully leased Renwick building at 324 Brady Street (18 units and the future headquarters of Daytrottercom) Pershing Lofts between Fourth and Fifth streets (37 units scheduled to be completed in 2015) and the City Square development on the Putnam-Parker Block (20 units in addition to a new hotel Class A office space and retail)

ldquoWersquore very optimistic about the future of Davenportrdquo said Sam Estep the senior vice president of development for Restoration St Louis ldquoThere are a lot of stakeholders here that wersquove worked with all along the way that have guided us and helped us believe in the Davenport story which we do And that is that fundamentals are improving here and itrsquos a good market for both hospitality and residential and therersquos good demand And I think other developers are picking up on that as wellrdquo

That includes local developers some with multiple downtown-housing projects

Y amp J Properties recently finished 19 units in the Peterson Paper Company building at 301 East Second Street and has begun demolition in the Halligan Coffee Company building at 402 East Second Street The 45 units in that building should be leasing in late 2014 said Y amp Jrsquos Joe Erenberger (Those projects follow 15 apartments developed in the Bayer building at 230 West Third Street)

Erenberger added that he anticipates Y amp J will take on another three apartment projects in downtown Davenport on a similar scale

Financial District Properties will soon be finished with 29 units on four floors of the Wells Fargo building on Main Street between Second and Third and it expects to be finished in fall 2014 with 68 units in the Union Arcade building at 229 Brady Street

Why Here Why NowThere are several reasons why this

concentrated effort is happening right now in Davenport with multiple developers

Carter credits the progress that downtown has made in the past decade from large-scale amenities created under River Renaissance ndash such as the Figge Art Museum and the River Music Experience ndash to hundreds of flower baskets ldquoFifteen years ago this place looked really differentrdquo he said ldquoRiver Renaissance I think had a humongous impact on that All of that really built some bones here that we were missing We have infrastructure where before we did not When Alexander dove in that stuff was planned but it wasnrsquot

The interior of an unfinished apartment in the Wells Fargo building


The view from an apartment in the Wells Fargo building


Vol 20 middot No 837 Aug 22 - Sep 4 2013

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PUBLISHER Todd McGreevy

EDITOR Kathleen McCarthy

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Contributing Writers Amy Alkon Rob Brezsny Rich Miller Frederick Morden Bruce Walters Thom White

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Jay Strickland Doug Wilming

Donrsquot MoveLove Thy Neighbor at the Richmond Hill Barn Theatre through August 25

by Thom White

The sharp wit of playwright Gary Ray Stapprsquos dialogue goes a long way to over-

come the occasional humorless spots in the Richmond Hill Barn Theatrersquos production of Love Thy Neighbor And when the cast is delivering Stapprsquos most amusing banter director Eugenia Giebelrsquos presentation titillates sometimes to the point of tears particularly as Jan Golzrsquos self-important riff-raff-hating busybody Leona Crump squares off against Diane Greenwoodrsquos dolled-up some-what pompous Tupperware and Avon saleswoman Ava The two create sparks of entertaining disdain for each other and best suggest the overall tone Stapp apparently intended for his play

Stapprsquos comedy is not consistent with a few too many awkwardly paced unfunny scenes mucking up the fun and Golz forced to deliver too many dry monologues (which she struggled to remember during Fridayrsquos performance) But his humor and Golzrsquos portrayal are at their best when Stapprsquos script gets catty as when a character is described as wearing ldquohoop earrings big enough for dogs to jump throughrdquo or ndash after Ava mentions that shersquos considering selling Mary Kay products ndash Leona retorts ldquoI thought yoursquod already jumped into that Face firstrdquo Stapp also manages to include some twists and surprises in his plot about Leonarsquos efforts to keep people she doesnrsquot approve of from buying the house across the street from her Plus while itrsquos easy to figure out the identity of the wanted thief burglarizing the neighborhood the climax of Stapprsquos play is something of an amusing shock with yet another surprise lurking in the playrsquos denouement

Golz whose comically acerbic tone was a bright spot in the Playcrafters Barn Theatrersquos Ghost of a Chance earlier this year once again shines when shersquos delivering barbs which she does as the nosy neighbor who is proud of her prize-winning marigolds knows everything about every neighbor and is willing to

steal lawn ornaments if itrsquoll drive away her new hillbilly neighbors It could be argued that Golzrsquos Leona never rises to the point of being a woman so mean that her neighbors would hate her which is key to a major plot point instead other characters seem to overlook Leonarsquos crotchetiness ndash thinking ldquoThatrsquos just the way she isrdquo ndash and still like her Yet while it may be a storyline problem itrsquos not a show-sinker as Golzrsquos sharp-tongued Leona is just too funny and renders the arguably off-pitch characterization a still-welcome one

While Ava is amusing boasting all of Greenwoodrsquos delightful acting charms the double-cast performerrsquos Mawtilda Feeshenshelbafield ndash the mother of the woman who bought the house across the street from Leona ndash is a stitch With her ill-fitting dress reminiscent of Granny Clampett and unkempt gray wig with pink curlers sporadically attached to it Greenwood completes the character with a whooping ldquoHow dordquo greeting and yokel swagger to match In contrast Stacy McKean Herrick goes against her usual type as Mawrsquos daughter Gafina Hambefferschmidt Dressed in designer Suzanne DeReursquos fantastically appropriate costume ndash yellow scarf tying back a reddish-brown wig a white lace blouse under a pink vest a green plastic beaded necklace and green yellow pink and white swirled pants ndash and with smoky eyeshadow that runs from lash to eyebrow without variation Herrickrsquos

Gafina is the epitome of new money with a personality as boisterous as her ensemble Shersquos bold and colorful with her slight Southern accent and breathy pretense loaded with fun and has me longing to see Herrick in more character roles in the future

These actors are joined by Elizabeth DeReursquos pleasantly vapid Judy Harrison ndash a friendly ever-forgiving cooking-talent-impaired neighbor ndash and her smart ever-joshing husband Paul played by the remarkably believable Alex Wolking whose

responses and retorts seem genuinely spontaneous Archie Williams Jr as Leonarsquos husband Albert is rarely seen in the show as hersquos almost always hidden under a blanket while lying on the couch yet the performer earns laughs with his curt answers to Leonarsquos questions Gary Clark leaves a pleasing impression as the postman George a jovial fellow who sours under Leonarsquos biting comments Jim Strauss manages to walk the fine line between entertaining bumpkin and creepy stalker as Leonarsquos new neighbor and unrelenting suitor Turner And Terri Nelson gets to play her Rose Bush ndash the realtor who sells the home across the street ndash with a fairly low-key demeanor while Eric Noyd plays Officer Frank Doonan with an amusingly unauthoritative simplicity

Though imperfect Richmond Hillrsquos production of Love Thy Neighbor offers plenty of laughs and welcome variances from some of the actorsrsquo typical characterizations namely Greenwoodrsquos and Herrickrsquos Stapprsquos taunts are for the most part fresh and the actors required to deliver them do so with a gusto worthy of their wisecracking pointedness

Love Thy Neighbor runs at the Richmond Hill Barn Theatre (600 Robinson Drive Geneseo) through August 25 and more information and tickets are available by calling (309)944-2244 or visiting RHPlayerscom

THEATRE

Jim Strauss Jan Golz and Stacy McKean Herrick


With its charm high spirits opti-mism and infectiously fun tunes selected and arranged by Steve

Przybylski therersquos a wonderful specialness to playwright Warner Crockerrsquos Southern Crossroads And in the Circa rsquo21 Dinner Play-housersquos current production of the show whatrsquos particularly special about what is already a good musical has a lot to do with direc-tor Curt Wollanrsquos cast members who have an apparent love for the material and exude a palpable enjoyment in their performance of it This piece tran-scends traditional musical theatre in a way thatrsquos all too rare pulling in its audience through a spell of song and hope

Set in a small town in Virginia in 1933 represented by set designer Susie Holgerssonrsquos nicely dilapidated theatre front (the same one used in Circa rsquo21rsquos production of the musical last year) Southern Crossroads is a jukebox musical filled with Depression-era hits such as ldquoTom Dooleyrdquo and ldquoLittle Brown Jugrdquo These songs are performed by The Greene Family Singers who upon arriving in town for their latest concert discover their theatre has closed With their hotel and train money seemingly stolen they set up and perform their concert in front of the shuttered venue ndash trying to earn enough donations to buy train tickets to make it to the next stop on their tour ndash and also find themselves facing the local bank owner and his wife who try to prevent the Greene family from performing

Although a musical the songs in Southern Crossroads are not used to further the story Instead the story is a device used to add theatre to whatrsquos otherwise a concert of early-20th Century hits and with its live music played very well by the cast members the show would hold up as nothing but a concert However the addition of a story and the setting add to the fun particularly as the audience gets to participate by booing Tom Walljasperrsquos comical-bad-guy banker William while hersquos ordered around by his marriagersquos pants-wearing Matilda played with deliciously condescending self-importance by Lora Adams (On Saturday Walljasper was also up to the challenge of bantering with certain obviously inebriated members of the audience)

Itrsquos Rachelle Walljasper however who best embodies the tone of the piece in her ever-

hopeful sincerely friendly Shannon the lone female member of the Greene Family Singers Walljasper is a pleasure to watch as she meekly floats around the stage thoroughly charmed by the music that she and her brothers are playing clapping and dancing and offering kind words of encouragement and wisdom when needed As yin to her

yang Ryan Edward Wisersquos Rusk is the voice of pessimism and distrust in the family with an effectively cold nature and darkness about him His spirit does lighten up while performing music although Ruskrsquos chilling rendition of

ldquoHouse of the Rising Sunrdquo is particularly strong

Andrew Crowe and Jody Alan Lee offer similar changes in tone as the brothers-of-few-words Ewell and Willis whose faces beam with smiles the moment their music starts and return to blank states after the last notes are played Tristan Layne Tapscottrsquos Loomis though endearing in his love for Kimberly Steffenrsquos forlorn doe-eyed Marian is most noteworthy while drumming ndash especially considering that with Loomis having pawned his drum set in another town hersquos using found objects such as metal buckets bottles chains and a fire hydrant As the leader of the family (and musical group) Brad Hauskins impressively balances his Wallacersquos appropriate air of authority with a stubborn refusal to change And Pat Flaherty offers a memorable turn as Jake the maintenance employee of the now-closed theatre and narrator of the story whose character grows endearing through his humility and eagerness

Yet itrsquos the energy of the musical performances that truly drives Southern Crossroads and Saturdayrsquos audience was on its feet at the end of the show eagerly accepting the Greene Family Singersrsquo offering of an encore The act was befitting of Circa rsquo21rsquos production which is just as charming as last yearrsquos presentation and worthy of an encore run so soon after its debut

Southern Crossroads runs at the Circa rsquo21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue Rock Island) through September 21 and more information and tickets are available at (309)786-7733 extension 2 or Circa21com

Depression What DepressionSouthern Crossroads at the Circa lsquo21 Dinner Playhouse through September 21

By Thom WhiteTHEATRE

Brad Hauskins Tom Walljasper Rachelle Walljasper Lora Adams Andrew Crowe and Jody Alan Lee


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by Mike Schulz bull mikercreadercomby Mike Schulz bull mikercreadercomMovie Reviews by Mike Schulz bull mikercreadercom

improbable Zelig-like figure sojourning through 20th Century race relations in America however actually aids rather than harms Danielsrsquo and Strongrsquos presentation which is less interested in literalism than a kind of hyper-realism A kaleidoscopic view of American history seen through the prism of Cecilrsquos experiences the movie is like a cinematic adaptation of America itself ndash wondrous and inspiring and frustrating and more than a little crazy ndash and the blood in its veins pulses with searching vibrant life whether itrsquos engaging in the sublime (such as its climax featuring the ending that Spielbergrsquos Lincoln should have given to us) or the ridiculous (such as John Cusackrsquos appearances as Nixon who here looks and sounds uncannily like John Cusack) Beautifully paced spectacularly well edited and with the staggeringly fine Whitaker leading a tremendous cast that includes Terrence Howard Cuba Gooding Jr Lenny Kravitz Valessa Redgrave Liev Schreiber and Jane Fonda (and who wouldrsquove thought wersquod ever see the day that the famed liberal would enact Nancy Reagan both believably and wholly free of irony) Lee Danielsrsquo The Butler is an unmissable experience that you can if you want wait for to hit home video But I think yoursquoll be grateful if you donrsquot

For reviews of Kick-Ass 2 Jobs Elysium Wersquore the Millers Planes Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters and other current releases visit RiverCitiesReadercom

Follow Mike on Twitter at TwittercomMikeSchulzNow

LEE DANIELSrsquo THE BUTLERWhile raving to him about Lee Danielsrsquo

The Butler ndash the glorious heart-rending hugely entertaining Civil Rights saga that may showcase the finest performance yet by star Forest Whitaker ndash a friend asked if it was the sort of movie that needed to be seen at the movies or if it was something that could wait until home video I replied that as much as I think great films should always be seen first in as grandly scaled a format as possible it was probably a work that wouldnrsquot lose much in the transition from big to smaller screen Although director Danielsrsquo effort covers some 75 years of American history with Whitaker portraying an eight-term White House servant over more than 50 of them itrsquos still a rather intimate epic boasting a mostly understated visual style and will no doubt play just fine in home-theater settings (Actually after the filmrsquos ldquoFor Your Considerationrdquo screeners are eventually sent out I think itrsquos going to play awfully fine in the home-theater settings of Oscar voters My first thought on the drive home was that even though itrsquos only August this yearrsquos Best Picture Director and Actor races were already all sewn up)

But Lord how I hope my buddy instead chooses to catch the movie as soon as possible because everyone should be able to enjoy the same experience with Danielsrsquo film that I did surrounded by a large attentive crowd who laughed and gasped and applauded the finale together with a collective appreciation that you all too rarely feel at the cineplex Lee Danielsrsquo The Butler (its awkward title the result of one of

the seemingly stupider legal hassles of recent years) is I believe a magnificent achievement ndash an impassioned angry funny and at times wildly theatrical exploration of a subject more frequently approached by Hollywood when itrsquos approached at all with stoical seriousness and bland ldquogoodrdquo taste And thanks to Danielsrsquo screenwriter Danny Strongrsquos and the actorsrsquo combined willingness to take their material to risky extremes ndash gambits especially apparent in the narrativersquos Forrest Gump-like pileup of coincidences and the borderline-lunatic casting of several US presidents ndash it never threatens to sedate the audience with obvious sanctimony or lofty idealism The movie for a goodly percentage of its length is as much lowbrow comedy as high-minded drama and the joy felt in my auditorium as we all gradually realized that was the sort Irsquove only occasionally experienced over more than 40 years of movie-going

Though inspired by the real-life career of White House butler Eugene Allen whose Washington DC tenure began with the Truman administration The Butler follows Whitakerrsquos Cecil Gaynes from the presidencies of Eisenhower (Robin Williams) through Reagan (Alan Rickman) balancing his professional life of quiet dignified service

with his personal life of complex occasionally wrenching chaos The son of two cotton-plantation workers who following his parentsrsquo grim fates

becomes trained as a ldquohouse n------rdquo for a wealthy Georgia family Cecil knows firsthand the horrors of racism and disenfranchisement and that knowledge is forever seen in the beautiful pained face of Forest Whitaker who serves with a smile even when his employers casually toss off racist invective in his presence (LBJ and Nixon as one might imagine are especially guilty of this even while enacting history-making civil-rights legislation) But in the home he shares with his loving yet alcoholic wife (Oprah Winfrey whose own potential Oscar win may also be a done deal) the Cecil we see is a far more visibly complex figure Gregarious friendly and opinionated Cecil is also staunchly against the ever-growing radicalism of his son Louis (the sensational David Oloyewo) whose personal search for justice leads him to ride an ill-fated Freedom Riders bus associate himself with the Black Panthers and join others for a motel-room meeting with Martin Luther King Jr (Nelsan Ellis) on the day of the manrsquos assassination no less

This employment of Louis as a somewhat

Listen to Mike every Friday at 9am on ROCK 104-9 FM with Dave amp Darren

Serving in Silence

Forest Whitaker and Terrence Howard in Lee Danielsrsquo The Butler


Whatrsquos HappeninrsquoWhatrsquos Happeninrsquo

MusicHowie DayThe Redstone RoomThursday August 29 730 pm

An award-winning gold-certified recording artist will perform

from his wide repertoire of originals and covers at the Redstone Room on August 29 Thatrsquos a Thursday but in honor of our area guest letrsquos just go ahead and call it Howieday

Or if yoursquore more comfortable with a two-word spelling Howie Day ndash which also happens to be the name of the Davenport venuersquos headlining Los Angeles-based rock and pop musician Born and raised in

Brewer Maine the 32-year-old Day reportedly revealed his musical gifts early Very early as he was quickly enrolled in piano lessons when his mother heard him plunking TV jingles on the piano at age five By age 13 Dayrsquos musical interests had shifted to vocals and the electric guitar and by 17 he had already secured a gig that artists twice as old would envy opening for the legendary Ziggy Marley at a concert held at the University of Maine

Following a successful showcase at the National Association for Campus Activities Convention Day secured four months of collegiate bookings and in 2000 self-financed and released his debut album Australia With the Boston Globe praising Dayrsquos ldquobrave beautiful singing voicerdquo the CD went on to be named Best Debut Album at the 2001 Boston Music Awards and eventually sold more than 30000 copies

With the release of Dayrsquos major-label debut 2003rsquos Stop All the World Now the musician had a gold-certified album to his credit along with a pair of top-10 radio hits ldquoShe Saysrdquo and ldquoColliderdquo the latter of which achieved platinum-single status And following the release of 2009rsquos Sound the Alarm ndash with his

MusicTruckfightersRock Island Brewing CompanyFriday August 23 9 pm

The Swedish rockers of Truckfighters play a special

concert at the Rock Island Brewing Company on August 23 and the outfit is composed of Ozo on bass and vocals Dango on guitar and Poncho on drums I regret to inform you that despite the musiciansrsquo names the names of past band members (Franco

Fredo Frongo Paco Pedro and Pezo) and the grouprsquos three albums all being released under the label Fuzzorama Records the ensemble will not be performing a cover of 2012rsquos

Oscar-winning ldquoMan or MuppetrdquoInstead Truckfightersrsquo lineup of

Oskar Cedermalm (Ozo) Niklas

Kaumlllgren (Dango) and Andre Kvarnstrom (Poncho) plans to blow the roof off RIBCOrsquos house with their soaring raucous psychedelic- and desert-rock stylings that have been compared to those of bands Dozer Fu Manchu and Kyuss and that led Terrorizer magazine to state that the group puts ldquomore rock energy into a single performance than a good portion of bands do into a careerrsquos worth of showsrdquo

Therersquos plenty more to add from Truckfightersrsquo performing of more than 400 live gigs across Australia Europe and North and South America

MovieAdjust Your Tracking The Untold Story of the VHS CollectorRozz-ToxMonday August 26 7 pm

As a movie fanatic who came of

age in the 1980s and spent perhaps too much of his collegiate time watching Z-grade titles such as Surf Zombies Must Die and Mondo Magic I was beyond stoked to learn that Rock Islandrsquos Rozz-Tox venue on August 26 would be hosting a screening of the new documentary Adjust Your Tracking The Untold Story of the VHS Collector I was even more stoked after I watched a screener of directors Dan Kinemrsquos and Levi Pereticrsquos effort because this informative and fun-as-hell doc burrows so deeply and entertainingly into the subculture of VHS lovers that you can practically smell the magnetic tape

Featuring interviews with more than 100 video retailers filmmakers and rabid fans of the format the movie begins with a history of the rise and fall of VHS from its earliest days on the market ndash a new machine in 1977 cost $500 ndash to its borderline obsolescence with the advent of DVD and other technological advances (ldquoPornrdquo says one former owner of a mom-and-pop video store ldquocould have kept us in business but then the Internet killed thatrdquo) Yet after about 30 of the filmrsquos fast-moving 80 minutes we start enjoying

personal recollections and ldquoCollectors Spotlightsrdquo with some of Kinemrsquos and Pereticrsquos interviewees and this is when Adjust Your Tracking becomes not just enjoyable but

seriously touching the filmrsquos subjects love VHS with a passion bordering on (and oftentimes crossing into) mania and the movie appears to love its subjects just as much

Therersquos neither judgment nor satire in the filmrsquos clear-

eyed empathetic view of its video-hound talking heads and the tales and experiences they share are both hilarious and surprisingly moving one young man with perfect sincerity advocates the appreciation of VHS ldquolike we appreciate our old War World I or World War II heroesrdquo And when you add the filmmaking savvy the instantly quotable sound bites (according to author Zack Carlson a VHS lover is ldquoan archaeologist of lowbrow culturerdquo) and the discussion of titles that should shoot straight to the top of your must-see list ndash Zombie Versus Mardi Gras Bring it on ndash Adjust Your Tracking emerges as what might be the definitive word on its subject at least for fellow movie geeks like me ldquoIt could be worserdquo says one videotape collector about his girlfriendrsquos irritation at his hobby ldquoI mean I could like sportsrdquo

Prior to the screening which will have directors Kinem and Peretic in attendance for a post-film QampA Rozz-Tox will host a VHS swap for collectors and admission to the event is free though donations are encouraged For more on the Adjust Your Tracking evening call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzToxcom

Continued From Page 5

The second harm relates to brain development The Harvard School of Public Health just published a review in October 2012 The Harvard review validated the methodology and findings of 27 separate studies on fluoride neurotoxicity published over 22 years Here are the key quotes from the review

ldquoChildren in high-fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ scores than those who lived in low-fluoride areasrdquo

ldquoA recent cross-sectional study based on individual-level measure of exposures suggested that low lev els of water fluoride had significant negative associations with chil drenrsquos intelligencerdquo (Davenport falls in the cited range)

ldquoThe results suggest that fluoride may be a developmental neurotoxicant that affects brain development at exposures much below those that can cause toxicity in adultsrdquo

There were more children in the lower-IQ ranges and fewer in the higher-IQ ranges in areas of higher fluoride concentration This study found a mean IQ difference of 8 points

We do need to point out that concentration isnrsquot the same as dosage Dosage will vary with how much water one ingests The more water one drinks the greater the harm from fluoridation

Our research has uncovered discrepancies between the public-policy pronouncements of several health organizations and the scientific findings within their organization or profession

The American Dental Association reflexively defends water fluoridation against any challenges Our suspected reasons and their conflicts of interest on this issue are spelled out in the binders

We find it ironic that the EPA set fluoride standards for drinking water at a level higher than its own scientists are willing to drink The

EPA Headquarters scientists determine drinking a quart of water in Washington DC causes one to consume over 100 times the calculated safe reference dose

You like most people probably assume that sodium fluoride the compound used in toothpaste is what is used to fluoridate water It may have been but now we are being fluoridated with hexafluorosilicic acid obtained from water-scrubbing fertilizer-factory smokestacks

The EPA Headquarters Union of Scientists opposes water fluoridation They conclude

ldquoThe implication for the general public of these calculations is clear Recent peer-reviewed toxicity data when applied to EPArsquos standard method for controlling risks from toxic chemicals require an immediate halt to the use of the nationrsquos drinking-water reservoirs as disposal sites for the toxic waste of the phosphate-fertilizer industryrdquo

Given the harms caused by fluoridated water one would presume the benefits of fluoridation must be great indeed to outweigh such harm This is not the case

Let us for the sake of argument make the strongest documented case for water fluoridation The 1987 National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR) survey found that the average Decayed Missing and Filled [DMF] Surfaces were 215 percent higher in unfluoridated versus fluoridated areas This sounds significant but isnrsquot In absolute terms wersquore looking at a difference between 28 and 34 tooth surfaces ndash about one-half of one tooth surface In terms of teeth rather than surfaces the difference is less than one-tenth of one tooth The figures of this study clearly show the lack of appreciable difference in DMF between fluoridated and unfluoridated areas

The ADA warns

Time to Review Davenportrsquos Sixty Year Old Fluoridation Agreement WORDS FROM THE PUBLISHER


MUSICThursday August 22 ndash Steel

Magnolia Concert with the season-two winners of CMTrsquos Can You Duet Englert Theatre (221 East Washington Street Iowa City) 8 pm $16-18 For tickets and information call (319)688-2653 or visit Englertorg

Friday August 23 ndash Shel Alternative folk and pop musicians in concert The Redstone Room (129 Main Street Davenport) 830 pm $10 For tickets and information call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperienceorg

Friday August 23 ndash Mary Gauthier amp Wylie Hubbard Folk singerssongwriters in a concert co-sponsored by the Englert Theatre The Mill (120 East Burlington Street Iowa City) 8 pm $22-25 For tickets and information call (319)688-2653 or visit Englertorg

Saturday August 24 ndash Creedence Clearwater Revisited Concert of hits performed by the rhythm section and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers from Creedence Clearwater Revival Riverside Casino Event Center (3184 Highway 22 Riverside) 9 pm $25-55 For tickets and information call (877)677-3456 or visit RiversideCasinoAndResortcom

Wednesday August 28 ndash Blues Traveler Grammy Award-winning blues-rock musicians in concert Englert Theatre

What Else Is Happeninrsquo

Whatrsquos Happeninrsquo by Mike Schulzmikercreadercom




songs also heard on such TV series as Greyrsquos Anatomy Scrubs Cold Case Bones The Vampire Diaries and One Tree Hill ndash Dayrsquos accolades and significant fan base have only continued to grow

So be sure to catch the artist during his local set on August 29 and if you think you might wind up having just a li-i-itle too much fun that evening be sure to tell your boss in advance that yoursquore taking Friday morning off Just say yoursquore gonna be on Howieday and hope your boss thinks itrsquos a speech impediment

Howie Day performs with an opening set by Justin James and more information on the evening is available by calling (563)326-1333 or visiting RiverMusicExperienceorg



to their rave reviews such as the mentions of the grouprsquos ldquofull spectrum of classic stoner-rock goodnessrdquo and ldquodeft ability to create surprisingly lush arrangementsrdquo on the heavy-metal Web site LastRites But really donrsquot you get everything you need to know from that kick-ass poster on the left Letrsquos just hope that unfortunate soul in the grill got LastRites too

Truckfightersrsquo Friday-night concert begins with sets by Deepspacepilots and The Post Mortems and further information on the concert is available by calling (309)793-4060 or visiting RIBCOcom

MusicKC amp the Sunshine BandQuad-Cities Waterfront Convention CenterSaturday August 31 830 pm

ldquoDo you feel all right baby It seems like somethingrsquos happening Like I just got the red lightrdquo

ldquoOh give it up mister boogie shoes It happens every night You say my dancinrsquo in the streets will make me a star and all that good stuff But when I ask lsquoWho do ya loversquo you tell me lsquoI will love you tomorrowrsquordquo

ldquoPlease donrsquot go baby Wrap your arms around merdquoldquoWill you love me in the morning Irsquom so crazy rsquobout you I get

lifted when you blow your whistle and sound your funky horn and when you shake shake shake shake your booty But you said yoursquod gimme some more ndash a higher love ndash and itrsquos the same old songrdquo

ldquoBut thatrsquos the way I like it The way I like to do it You know Irsquom your boogie man so letrsquos get down tonightrdquo

ldquoIf you wanna rock your baby you gotta love me Are you ready for this game of loverdquo

ldquoYes Irsquom ready I even got us tickets to the KC amp the Sunshine Band concert at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center on August 31 I betcha didnrsquot know thatrdquo

ldquo Keep it cominrsquo love rdquoldquoTheyrsquore playing with openers Smooth Groove and wersquore even in

the dance-pit area so we can get our shotgun shuffle onrdquoldquo rdquoldquoSo whaddaya say Do you wanna go partyrdquoldquoIrsquom a pushover Letrsquos go rock and rollrdquoldquoHey donrsquot run Come back to me The concertrsquos not rsquotil

Saturday babyrdquo

KC amp the Sunshine Bandrsquos outdoor 830 pm concert on the levee opens with Smooth Grooversquos 615 pm set and more information on the evening ndash and the chance to hear some of the headlinersrsquo 38 aforementioned songs ndash is available by calling (800)724-5825 or visiting BettendorfIsleOfCapriCasinoscom

Celtic Festival and Highland Games

wwwCelticHighlandGamesorg

September 21 2013 Centennial Park Davenport IA

Searson - Exorna - Wylde NeptThe Sandcarvers - The Beggarmen

Darron Raleigh - Ryan SheridanBlack Hawk Pipes and Drums

Live MusicFree Admission

Celtic Food

Merchants

Medieval

Combat

Family Fun Tent

Athletics Rugby

Irish Dance

Sheep Herder

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The ADA warns

ldquoDental decay can be expected to increase if water fluoridation in a community is discontinued for one year or more even if topical products such as fluoride toothpaste and fluoride rinses are widely usedrdquo

Studies conducted in communities that ceased fluoridating water including countrywide in Cuba show that not only did dental decay not increase but continued its decrease

Finally a quick examination of World Health Organization data reveals a similar worldwide decline in dental caries or cavities among both the countries that fluoridate and the majority that do not The worldwide decline in dental caries cannot be attributed to water fluoridation This decline continues even after fluoridation is ceased

The Fairbanks Alaska city council found themselves in your current position in 2010 Fairbanks even fluoridated to the same

concentration as Davenport When they were asked to cease fluoridation they formed a committee of four PhDs one MD and one DDS who studied the science and took public comments for one year The task force submitted its recommendation to cease fluoridation to the council Less than two months later the city council passed an ordinance ceasing fluoridation The research has been done We ask that you use it to follow their example and free our residents from the harmful effects of drinking fluoride Please cease fluoridating our water

Thank you This concludes this eveningrsquos presentation I can remain to answer questions or return at a time of your choosing after you have had a chance to review the provided information binders For more information we encourage the public to visit FluorideFreeQCorg and FluorideAlertorg

Time to Review Davenportrsquos Sixty Year Old Fluoridation Agreement by Todd McGreevy


detect communication among terrorists and their contacts and to quell future attacks in the aftermath of September 11 2001

The New York Times story forced Bush to admit that he had secretly instructed the NSA to wiretap Americansrsquo domestic communications with international parties without seeking a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant or congressional approval The New York Times had already sat on its story for a full year due to White House pressure not to publish its findings It would be another six months before USA Today delivered the second and most significant piece of the puzzle namely that the NSA had been secretly collecting the phone records of tens of millions of Americans who used the national ldquoprivaterdquo networks ATampT Verizon and BellSouth

It would be another seven years before Americans were given undeniable proof ndash thanks to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden ndash that the NSA had not only broken privacy rules and overstepped its legal authority thousands of times every year but was actively working to flout attempts at oversight and accountability aided and abetted in this subterfuge by the Obama administration

Then again all Snowden really did was confirm what we already suspected was happening We already knew the NSA was technologically capable of spying on us We also knew that the agency had since the 1960s routinely spied on various political groups and dissidents

So if we already knew that the government was spying on us whatrsquos the big deal And more to the point as I often hear many Americans ask If yoursquore not doing anything wrong why should you care

The big deal is simply this Once you allow the government to start breaking the law no matter how seemingly justifiable the reason you relinquish the contract between you and the government that establishes that the government works for and obeys you ndash the citizen the employer the master And once the government starts operating outside the law answerable to no one but itself therersquos no way to rein it back in short of revolution

For those who are not worried about the government filming you when you drive listening to your phone calls and using satellites to track your movements and drones to further spy on you yoursquod better start worrying At a time when


outside the constitutional system of checks and balances because Congress has never passed a law defining its responsibilities and obligations

The constitutional accountability clause found in Article 1 Section 9 Clause 7 of the Constitution demands that government agencies function within the bounds of the Constitution It does so by empowering the peoplersquos representatives in Congress to know what governmental agencies are actually doing by way of an accounting of their spending and also requiring full disclosure of their activities However because agencies such as the NSA operate with ldquoblack opsrdquo (or secret) budgets they are not accountable to Congress

In his book Body of Secrets the second installment of the most extensively researched inquiry into the NSA author James Bamford describes the NSA as ldquoa strange and invisible city unlike any on Earthrdquo that lies beyond a specially constructed and perpetually guarded exit ramp off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway ldquoIt contains what is probably the largest body of secrets ever createdrdquo

Bamfordrsquos use of the word ldquoprobablyrdquo is significant because the size of the NSArsquos staff budget and buildings is kept secret from the public Intelligence experts estimate that the agency employs 38000 people with a starting salary of $50000 for its entry-level mathematicians computer scientists and engineers Its role in the intelligence enterprise and its massive budget dwarf those of its better-known counterpart the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Neither the number of employees nor the size of the agencyrsquos budget can be publicly disclosed However if the NSACSS (Central Security Service) were considered a corporation in terms of dollars spent floor space occupied and personnel employed it would rank in the top 10 percent of the Fortune 500 companies

If the NSArsquos size seems daunting its scope is disconcerting especially as it pertains to surveillance activities domestically The first inkling of this came in December 2005 when the New York Times reported that Bush had secretly authorized the NSA to monitor international phone calls and e-mail messages initiated by individuals (including American citizens) in the United States Bush signed the executive order in 2002 under the pretext of needing to act quickly and secretly to

The NSA ldquoThe Abyss from Which There Is No Returnrdquo


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the average American breaks at least three laws a day without knowing it thanks to the glut of laws being added to the books every year therersquos a pretty good chance that if the government chose to target you for breaking the law theyrsquod be able to come up with something without much effort

Then again for those who insist theyrsquore not doing anything wrong per se perhaps they should be Because if yoursquore not doing anything wrong it just might mean that

yoursquore not doing anything at all which is how we got into this mess in the first place

Constitutional attorney and author John W Whitehead is founder and president of the Rutherford Institute (Rutherfordorg) and editor of GadflyOnlinecom His latest book A Government of Wolves The Emerging American Police State is available online at Amazoncom



Beyond HousingCarter is quick to point out that

downtown housing wonrsquot be Davenportrsquos savior on its own ldquoThere is no one silver bullet to thisrdquo he said Long-term success downtown he said will also require commercial and restaurant development

The strategic plan notes a downtown-office vacancy rate of between 26 and 28 percent Although Class A office space is the ultimate goal for downtown Carter said itrsquos infeasible to build it at this point unless itrsquos owner-occupied

ldquoRight now you need to focus on cleaning up the Class B and Class C office spaces yoursquove got in these historic buildings and prep them for an office that is modernrdquo he said

The Downtown Davenport Partnership earlier this summer passed an Interior Improvement Grant amp Design Assistance Program with the aim of upgrading existing office space The first-year budget is $85000 Carter said and he hopes to attract or retain two tenants with that money Participants can receive $5 per square foot for build-out costs funded through the downtown Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District

ldquoSpace is spacerdquo Carter said ldquoWhat matters is whorsquos in there At the end of the day this program is about employees and creating a bigger daytime population down here We need commercial and office just as muchrdquo as residential

With restaurants downtown Davenportrsquos sales of $72 million are a little more than 60 percent of those for the downtowns of Rock Island ($118 million) and Moline ($116 million) ndash despite having a significant advantage in terms of employment and residents

Carter said a future study will explore the causes of that disconnect but he said that Davenportrsquos larger area probably plays a role While Molinersquos and Rock Islandrsquos downtown-dining establishments are relatively concentrated Davenportrsquos are more spread out Davenport also has more chain restaurants outside of the central city competing for dining dollars he noted

But the influx of people from residential development will inevitably assist efforts to attract downtown businesses and restaurants More residents means more potential employees and more consumer money that can be spent

A denser downtown Carter said will ultimately result in a healthy downtown ldquoYou need to fill it with more people Thatrsquos the solution Itrsquos not rocket science We just need more peoplerdquo

the nice market-rate apartments is very high They fill quickly I know the few complexes have long waiting listsrdquo

The developers contacted for this article told a similar story Erenberger said all the apartments in the Peterson Paper building leased in roughly three weeks Two weeks ago Henderson said the Wells Fargo apartments were 25-percent leased well in advance of being ready for occupancy

The Downtown Davenport Partnership in its strategic plan backed up the idea of strong demand for market-rate apartments ndash not just in downtown Davenport but in the Quad Cities as a whole Its survey of more than 11000 apartment units community-wide found an occupancy rate of 985 percent

Carter said that lack of available apartments ldquokills mobilityrdquo because renters hold on to premium units It also leads to lease inflation Ideally he said occupancy rates would be 95 percent ndash allowing for greater tenant movement without having many empty apartments

The study concluded that in the next five years downtown Davenport could fill 300 market-rate apartment units beyond the 300 either recently completed or in development ldquoWersquore not in the ballpark of tapping out at this pointrdquo Carter said

ldquoThat [study] tells me I can bring 70 to 100 units into market with no problemrdquo Financial District Propertiesrsquo Henderson said ldquoTherersquos a lot of pent-up demand at this pointrdquo

He added that the challenge might be finding suitable buildings for additional large-scale residential development ldquoFrankly therersquos not that many more buildings down here that are great targets for residential certainly not of any significant size Wersquore in prime positionrdquo

Restoration St Louisrsquo Estep said his companyrsquos research paints a similar picture ldquoOur numbers indicate that there is plenty of demand to absorb what supply is in the pipelinerdquo


done Therersquos just more here for the resident to enjoyrdquo

With those components the development of Centennial Park and a strong summer-festival schedule downtown Davenport is ldquostarting to finally have a real sense of placerdquo he said ldquoFor people who want to live in a market-rate unit theyrsquove got to feel like theyrsquore living somewhere There has to be more to it than you can getrdquo at a typical apartment complex outside of downtown

There are also the examples of Restoration St Louis and Alexander Company Baldwin said his company likely would have pursued its project regardless (ldquoIrsquod like to think wersquore somewhat adventurous ourselvesrdquo) but he noted that ldquopeople like the Gills [Amrit and Amy of Restoration St Louis] and others had already identified Davenport as an opportunityrdquo

And as Erenberger said throughout the country ldquothe downtown-housing markets are just on the rise Pretty much everywhererdquo Bryce Henderson the COO and CFO of Financial District Properties cited the example of Kansas City in explaining his companyrsquos housing projects in Davenport

Itrsquos also critical to understand that Iowa has a statewide historic-tax-credit program while Illinois does not ndash meaning that itrsquos easier for developers to finance market-rate projects on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities

And Davenport has a larger inventory of historic and historic-district buildings than Bettendorf Baldwin said his company would have preferred to do a Bettendorf project but there was a dearth of historic properties

Another factor is the surfeit of vacant office space in downtown Davenport ripe for redevelopment into housing

ldquoWe had vacant space in the [Wells Fargo] building and were trying to find a better use for itrdquo Henderson said ldquoTherersquos just a large volume of available space here in downtown When therersquos so much vacant space in the market yoursquore competing against yourselfrdquo

Yet the continued development of market-rate housing is happening most importantly because therersquos the demand to support it

Anecdotally market-rate downtown units lease quickly

ldquoI just wanted to jump on it as soon as I could before they were finishedrdquo said Justin Anderson who recently moved into the Renwick building from a market-rate apartment in an Alexander Company building downtown ldquoThe demand for

Meat on the Boneby Jeff Ignatius

jeffrcreadercom

That demand is fueled by the nature of these downtown-housing projects Because historic tax credits require developers to retain the characters of buildings apartments often feature unusual layouts and architectural features unique to the buildings theyrsquore in At the Peterson Paper building Erenberger has kept the buildingrsquos industrial feel The Halligan project will look much different he said ldquoWe kind of design around the buildingrdquo

The historic flavor is often augmented by higher-end finishes and included appliances ndash such as washers and dryers in the units ndash with the goal of appealing to higher-income renters Among developers contacted for this article rent is typically between $1 and $120 per square foot and apartments range from 500 square feet to 2100 square feet

And then therersquos the appeal of living in the urban center

ldquoI liked the atmosphere downtownrdquo Anderson said ldquoIt was a livelier type of place You can walk wherever you need I love not having to drive anywhere for the whole week rdquo Because he has a downtown office he added he can walk to work

COVER STORY

Nathan Carroll and Kelly Komadino in their apartment in the Peterson Paper Company building The pair moved last month

from the Crescent Lofts where theyrsquod lived for four years


as the two musicians first met at the Davenport levee in 1919 Beiderbecke was still a high-school student when he met Armstrong ndash who played cornet for a jazz orchestra on the Capitol the largest of the Streckfus riverboats while it was docked at the levee As Armstrong recalled ldquoHersquod come down to hear the bands and then go home and practice what he heard He and I became friends the first time we met He was the type of youngster I admired all the wayrdquo

When the pavilion was built five years later Beiderbecke was already a rising star ndashsoon to be the soloist in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra the

most popular band in the rsquo20s In the same decade Armstrong was making his most influential recordings Both were transforming jazz

It is fitting that the bust of Beiderbecke and the music pavilion are side-by-side The interplay of cultures found in the roots of jazz is also found in the fusion of classical and Middle Eastern architectural styles of the 1924 pavilion It is also fitting that the place where the two jazz legends first metndash one white and the other African-American ndash would later be the site of a civil-rights gathering associated with Marin Luther Kingrsquos words of equality and brotherhood

Bruce Walters is a professor of art at Western Illinois University

This is part of an occasional series on the history of public art in the Quad Cities If therersquos a piece of public art that yoursquod like to learn more about e-mail the location and a brief description to BD-Walterswiuedu

Article and Photos by Bruce Walters

Fifty years ago ndash on August 23 1963 ndash

approximately 2000 people gathered at the LeClaire Park bandshell for a civil-rights rally that served as a warm-up for the national March on Washington Twenty-eight local delegates who would participate in the historic march were introduced They would hear Martin Luther King Jr deliver his ldquoI Have a Dreamrdquo speech in the nationrsquos capital five days later

This was by no means the only rally at the bandshell George W Bush for example gave a campaign speech on its stage in 2004 Barack Obama spoke there three years later

The bandshell has also served as center stage for numerous annual events ndash including the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival River Roots Live the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival and the Quad City Symphony Orchestrarsquos Riverfront Pops concert Past performers on the stage include Greg Brown Albert Collins Blue Oumlyster Cult Buddy Guy Little Feat Los Lobos The Marshall Tucker Band and ndash this past weekend ndash the Wallflowers

The bandshellrsquos official name is the WD Petersen Memorial Music Pavilion It was built in 1924 as a memorial to his daughter Wilma who had died the previous year at the age of 38 Petersen paid for the pavilionrsquos construction himself

The 40-foot-tall structure is a wonderful example of the Exotic Revival style popular in the 1920s The pavilion has classical architectural elements such as its twin Corinthian columns but

it is the distinctive Middle Eastern ornamentation ndash including the

minaret-like pinnacles ndash that sets it apart from other architectural structures in Davenport Its design is striking The bold blue and gold colors contrast beautifully with the neutral light color of the stone

To its north is a larger-than-life bronze bust of Bix Beiderbecke (1903-31) whose musical genius life and early death have inspired Hollywood and international films novels and biographies Created by Ted McElhiney in 1979 the bust has an unassuming demeanor Bix has a shy smile and his head is slightly tilted downward as if he is humbled by the literal wall of praise given to him on the three bronze plaques behind the sculpture

Among the many statements on these plaques are a few words from jazz great Louis Armstrong ldquoIrsquove heard a lot of cats try to play like Bix but ainrsquot nobody play like him yetrdquo The inclusion of Armstrongrsquos words is especially relevant to this location

Art in Plain Sight LeClaire Park Bandshell and Bix SculptureART


hippie-chick-ectomy unpack your things As long as theyrsquore together in your suitcase theyrsquore about her but a lone shirt back on your shelf is just a shirt And because research shows that trying to suppress thoughts makes the little buggers come back with a vengeance use a surprisingly simple trick discovered by psychologists Jens Forster and Nira Liberman In trying to stop revisiting a thought admit that doing this is hard which actually makes the unwanted thought far less likely to bubble up You should also change the story yoursquore telling yourself You werenrsquot loved by her you were fooled by her She might have run naked through the kale shouting ldquoShall I compare thee to a locally sourced summerrsquos dayrdquo but a woman who loves you doesnrsquot let you move across the country so she can spend a month comparing you unfavorably with Chad from the food co-op with his wind-powered toilets and biodegradable sports car

Worm FeelingsMy girlfriend and I broke up and I want

to move on but she keeps trying to talk to me I finally told her that we cannot talk anymore She said that if Irsquom unwilling to talk to her it means that we never had a relationship at all I feel bad that shersquos hurting so I pick up the phone sometimes but I have nothing to say and Irsquom weary of the drama

ndash Finished

There comes a time in a manrsquos life when hersquos so desperate to be abducted by aliens that he goes to Roswell and tries hitchhiking (ldquoYer galaxy or bustrdquo) But donrsquot stick your ex with all the blame After all nothing says ldquoI never want to speak to you againrdquo like picking up the phone to have yet another conversation about it Talking probably seems kind but giving her what she wants in the short term is cruel in the long term because it gives her hope ndash and reason to call back Answer one last call Tell her only that you will no longer be answering her calls and that you need to move on If somehow she sneakily gets through gently reiterate that message and immediately hang up Sure itrsquos a stock plot of chick flicks a girl annoying a guy into loving her Unfortunately if this were a movie it would be the sort shot by your doctor using a tiny snaking camera with your girlfriend typecast as the polyp

Got A Problem Ask Amy Alkon171 Pier Ave 280 Santa Monica CA 90405

or e-mail AdviceAmyaolcom (AdviceGoddesscom)copy2013 Amy Alkon all rights reserved

Ask the Advice Goddess BY AMY ALKON

Barn YesterdayFor two summers Irsquove traveled to work

on a small organic farm There this woman and I had this amazing romance including lovemaking during summer thunderstorms and dancing naked in the fields It was all very romantic and this spring I moved across the country to live with her I soon discovered that she was infatuated with a man living several hours away She even pointed out ways she wanted me to be more like him After a heartbreaking month feeling worthless foolish and ignored I left In retrospect she showed signs of her self-centeredness on the farm (such as compulsively talking about herself) and a habit of dropping friends instead of working out conflicts Somehow I still long for her and I canrsquot bring myself to unpack my things because they remind me of the love we shared

ndash Stuck

The opportunity to dance naked in the fields with some hot hippie-chick does explain some of the allure of your ldquohay-cationrdquo Still my ancestors clawed their way out of some peasant existence in Eastern Europe not that long ago so if Irsquom going to pick lettuce itrsquoll be from a menu handed to me by a guy who also asks whether Madame would like more wine

How could you not see that you were just another crop to be rotated Well because you allowed yourself to fall prey to ldquoconfirmation biasrdquo our tendency to seek out information that confirms what we want to believe and to shut out information that says ldquoCome on reallyrdquo When we make up our minds about something ndash especially something that shines up our self-image ndash we tend to make them up like beds with the sheets glued to the mattress

Understanding this tendency is the best way to root out the ugly truth the one suggesting that the summer romance is just a summer romance since trying to squeeze love (or a scrap of empathy) out of a narcissistic person is about as productive as trying to squeeze orange juice out of a desk lamp Sure in the moment itrsquos more fun to believe ldquoShe loves me she really loves merdquo but forcing yourself to take a few skeptical walks through the less than ideal bits about a woman can help you avoid spending a long winter weepily harvesting everything in sight at another farm ndash Pepperidge Farm

To begin giving yourself a much-needed

(221 East Washington Street Iowa City) 8 pm $35 For tickets and information call (319)688-2653 or visit Englertorg For a 2011 interview with Blues Travelerrsquos Chan Kinchla visit RCReader comytraveler

Friday August 30 ndash William Elliott Whitmore Outdoor concert with the singersongwriter featuring opening sets by American Dust and Chris Coleslaw Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue Rock Island) $12-15 For information call (309)793-4060 or RIBCOcom

Friday August 30 ndash The Nighthawks Blues and roots-rock musicians in concert The Redstone Room (129 Main Street Davenport) 730 pm $12-15 For tickets and information call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperienceorg

Friday August 30 and Saturday August 31 ndash The Travoltas Outdoor concerts with the touring pop and disco musicians with guests Funktastic Five on Saturday and Terry amp the Loan Sharks on Sunday Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue Rock Island) $10-15 For information call (309)793-4060 or RIBCOcom

Saturday August 31 ndash A Damn Good Time Volume 5 Variety show of rock reggae hip hop comedy DJs dancers juggling and more hosted by Masterpeace Productions River Music Experience (131 West Second Street) 8 pm $10 For tickets and information call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperienceorg

Sunday September 1 ndash Joe Diffie Grammy-winning chart-topping country star in concert Riverside Casino Event Center (3184 Highway 22 Riverside) 8 pm $17-33 For tickets and information call (877)677-3456 or visit RiversideCasinoAndResortcom

Wednesday September 4 ndash John Scofield Uumlberjam Band Concert with the modern-jazz guitarist and his ensemble Englert Theatre (221 East Washington Street Iowa City) 8 pm $22-35 For tickets and information call (319)688-2653 or visit Englertorg

THEATREFriday August 23 and Saturday August

24 ndash Anything Goes Cole Porterrsquos musical-comedy classic performed by a 16-piece orchestra with dance numbers by Nolte Academy students Coralville Center for the Performing Arts (1301 Fifth Street Coralville) Friday 730 pm Saturday 2 pm $12-22 For tickets and information call (319)248-9370 or visit CoralvilleArtsorg

Thursday August 29 through Saturday September 7 ndash Stop Kiss Diana Sonrsquos GLAAD Award-winning drama presented by Fourth Room Theatre Coralville Center for the

Performing Arts (1301 Fifth Street Coralville) Thursdays Fridays and September 7 ndash 8 pm $15 For tickets and information call (319)248-9370 or visit CoralvilleArtsorg

EVENTSFriday August 23 through Sunday

August 25 ndash Tribute to Our Fallen Weekend salute to military veterans featuring the Illinois and Iowa Traveling Memorial Walls guest speakers concerts flag-raising ceremonies a Sunday worship service and more Davenport Memorial Park (1022 East 39th Street) Friday 7 pm gates Saturday 9 am gates Sunday 10 am gates For information visit TTOFQCweeblycom

Friday August 23 Pints for Preservation Sample beer wine and spirits from 10 outdoor stations in a roving-cocktail-party fundraiser Niabi Zoo (13010 Niabi Zoo Road Coal Valley) 6 pm $30-35 For tickets and information visit NiabiZoocom

Saturday August 24 and Sunday August 25 ndash Antique Tractor Show Annual outdoor event featuring featuring a petting zoo rope-making a gator raffle pedal tractors a tractor ride-around wagon rides and more Village of East Davenport 10 am-4 pm Free admission For information visit VillageOfEastDavenportcom

Sunday August 25 ndash QC Ride for the Cure Sixth-annual fun run benefiting Gildarsquos Club of the Quad Cities with a silent auction 5050 raffle and more Milan Community Center (2701 First Street East Milan) 9 am $15vehicle $10passenger For information and to register visit GildasClubQCorg

Friday August 30 through Monday September 2 ndash Ringling Bros and Barnum amp Bailey Dragons Arena staging of the all-new circus spectacular i wireless Center (1201 River Drive Moline) Friday 7 pm Saturday 11 am 3 pm and 7 pm Sunday 1 and 5 pm Monday 1 pm $13-66 For tickets call (800)745-3000 or visit iwirelessCentercom

Saturday August 31 and Sunday September 1 ndash Rock Island Grand Prix Annual kart-racing event through the District streets with vendors activities and more The District of Rock Island 830 am-6 pm Free admission For information call (309)788-6311 or visit RIDistrictcom

Sunday September 1 and Monday September 2 ndash Village Fall Festival Period-attired ldquoFriends of the Villagerdquo demonstrate crafts and sell their wares in an event featuring childrenrsquos games make-it-and-take-it crafts and music by John amp Kay Retzl on Sunday and Johnny Outlaw on Monday Walnut Grove Pioneer Village (18817 290th Street Long Grove) 11 am-5 pm $1-2 For information call (563)328-3283 or visit ScottCountyIowacom




and dream like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselvesrdquo As interesting as Hessersquos declaration is letrsquos not take it as gospel Letrsquos instead envision the possibility that when people reduce the number of lies they tell themselves their lives may become sweeter and more harmonious as a result I propose that exact scenario for you right now Leo There might be a rough adjustment period as you cut back on your self-deceptions but eventually your folly and bewilderment will diminish as the sweet harmony grows

VIRGO (August 23-September 22) Novelist James Joyce once articulated an extreme wish that other writers have

probably felt but never actually said ldquoThe demand that I make of my readerrdquo said Joyce ldquois that he should devote his whole life to reading my worksrdquo Was he being mischievous Maybe But he never apologized or issued a retraction Your assignment Virgo is to conjure up your own version of that wild desire a clear statement of exactly what you really really want in all of its extravagant glory I think itrsquoll be healthy for you to identify this pure and naked longing (PS Irsquom not implying that you should immediately try to get it fulfilled though For now the important thing is knowing what it is)

LIBRA (September 23-October 22) Now and then a British Libra named

Lloyd Scott dresses up in funny costumes while competing in long-distance races He does it to raise money for charity In the 2011 London Marathon he wore a nine-foot snail outfit for the duration of the course It took him 27 days to finish I suggest you draw inspiration from his heroic effort From a cosmic perspective it would make sense for you to take your time as you engage in amusing activities that benefit your fellow humans

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) What will you do now that you have acquired more clout and visibility

Will you mostly just pump up your self-love and bask in the increased attention Therersquos nothing wrong with that of course But if those are the only ways you cash in on your added power the power wonrsquot last I suggest you take advantage of your enhanced influence by engaging in radical acts of magnanimity Perform good deeds and spread big ideas The more blessings you bestow on your fellow humans the more enduring your new perks will be

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) Yoursquove been pretty wild and uncontained lately and thatrsquos

okay Irsquove loved seeing how much permission yoursquove given yourself to ramble free experiment with the improbable and risk being a fool I suspect that history will judge a majority of your recent explorations as tonic But now Sagittarius the tenor of the time is shifting To continue being in alignment with your highest good I believe

Go to RealAstrologycom to check out Rob Brezsnys EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES

amp DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPESThe audio horoscopes are also available by phone at

1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob BrezsnyARIES (March 21-April 19) An Indian student named Sankalp Sinha has invented the ldquoGood Morning Sing

N Shockrdquo Itrsquos an alarm clock that plays you a song and gives you a small electrical jolt when you hit the snooze button The voltage applied is far less intense than say a Taser and is designed to energize you rather than disable you I encourage you to seek out wake-up calls like the kind this device administers Aries fairly gentle yet sufficiently dramatic to get your attention The alternative would be to wait around for blind fate to provide the wake-up calls They might be a bit more strenuous

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) If you Google the statement ldquoI can change overnightrdquo most of the results that come

up are negative like ldquoItrsquos not something I can change overnightrdquo or ldquoI donrsquot think I can change overnightrdquo But therersquos one Google link to ldquoI can change overnightrdquo Itrsquos a declaration made by Taurus painter Willem de Kooning He was referring to how unattached he was to defining his work and how easy it was for him to mutate his artistic style I wouldnrsquot normally advise you Tauruses to use ldquoI can change overnightrdquo as your battle cry But for the foreseeable future you do have the power to make some rather rapid and thorough transformations

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ldquoThe artist is by necessity a collectorrdquo said graphic designer Paul Rand ldquoHe accumulates

things with the same ardor and curiosity with which a boy stuffs his pockets He borrows from the sea and from the scrap heap he takes snapshots makes mental notes and records impressions on tablecloths and newspapers He has a taste for childrenrsquos wall scrawling as appreciative as that for prehistoric cave paintingrdquo Whether or not yoursquore an artist Gemini this would be an excellent approach for you in the coming days Yoursquore in a phase when you can thrive by being a gatherer of everything that attracts and fascinates you You donrsquot need to know yet why yoursquore assembling all these clues That will be revealed in good time

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Can you remember the last time you bumped up against a limitation caused by your lack

of knowledge What did it feel like I expect that sometime soon you will have that experience again You may shiver with worry as you contemplate the potential consequences of your continued ignorance But you may also feel the thrill of hungry curiosity rising up in you If all goes well the fear and curiosity will motivate you to get further educated You will set to work on a practical plan to make it happen

LEO (July 23-August 22) ldquoMy story isnrsquot sweet and harmonious like invented storiesrdquo wrote novelist Herman Hesse

ldquoIt tastes of folly and bewilderment of madness

you will have to rein in your wanderlust and start attending to the care and cultivation of your power spot Can you find a way to enjoy taking on more responsibility

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19) ldquoThe person who canrsquot visualize a horse galloping on a tomato is an

idiotrdquo said the founder of Surrealism writer Andreacute Breton I wouldnrsquot go so far as to call such an imagination-deprived soul an ldquoidiotrdquo but I do agree with the gist of his declaration One of the essential facets of intelligence is the ability to conjure up vivid and creative images in onersquos mind When daily life has grown a bit staid or stuck or overly serious this skill becomes even more crucial Now is one of those times for you Capricorn If you have any trouble visualizing a horse galloping on a tomato take measures to boost the fertility of your imagination

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) ldquoI want to be with those who know the secret things or else

alonerdquo wrote the eccentric ecstatic poet Rainer Maria Rilke That wouldnrsquot be a good rule for you Aquarians to live by all the time To thrive you need a variety of cohorts and allies including those who know and care little about secret things But I suspect that for the next few weeks an affinity for those who know secret things might suit you well More than that they may be exactly the accomplices who will help you attend to your number one assignment exploratory holy work in the depths

PISCES (February 19-March 20) To launch your horoscope Irsquoll steal a line from a Thomas Pynchon novel A

revelation trembles just beyond the threshold of your understanding To continue your oracle Irsquoll borrow a message I heard in my dream last night A breakthrough shivers just beyond the edge of your courage Next Irsquoll use words I think I heard while eavesdropping on a conversation at Whole Foods If you want to cook up the ultimate love feast yoursquore still missing one ingredient And to finish this oracle Pisces Irsquoll say that if you want to precipitate the trembling revelation activate the shivering breakthrough and acquire the missing ingredient imitate what Irsquove done in creating this horoscope Assume the whole world is offering you useful clues and listen closely Homework Do you have a liability that could be turned into an asset with a little (or a lot of) work Testify at FreeWillAstrologycom


August 8 Answers RightPOINTS OF VIEW August 22 2013

ACROSS1 Month when Purim is observed5 Ideology10 A stone fruit15 Ending for auto or bureau19 Mr Shankar20 Poppycock21 Distant22 Leanderrsquos love23 Start of a quip by Mitch Hed-berg 4 wds25 Part 2 of quip27 Inferior Hyph28 ldquoArabian Nightsrdquo sailor30 Queried31 Prong32 Boredom33 Variety of cheese35 Monastic heads38 Allegation39 Somewhat comical43 Cherry picker44 Fingerbreadth45 Coffee and cocoa46 Siemens unit47 Tessera48 Watch49 Fox or wolf eg50 Three-banded armadillo51 Spitchcock52 State tree of Texas53 Part 3 of quip 5 wds55 More bleak57 Gordon and Buzzi58 Straphangerrsquos place59 Drift60 Curia _61 Smith or Page63 Mark with a notch65 Improbable tale66 Warn in a way69 Part 4 of quip 3 wds72 Starts up73 Wall Street event Abbr74 Oh woe75 Bird habitation76 Sideshow worker77 Apocalypse78 Datebook abbr

79 Teacher of Aristotle80 Unpredictable81 Henry Jane or Bridget82 Red-carpet event84 Parts85 Shuttered86 Research org87 Organic compound88 Insult89 Convex molding92 Scows94 Supporters98 Part 5 of quip 4 wds100 End of the quip 2 wds102 Before long103 Chili con _104 _ Wiggily105 The Emerald Isle106 Stoutrsquos Wolfe107 Ermine108 Knightrsquos mount109 TelestichDOWN1 Seed cover2 Pedestal part3 Declare4 Cellphone feature5 Allen and Hawke6 NFL event7 Skep8 Unseal poetically9 Whelk or limpet 2 wds10 _ opus11 Accusedrsquos claim12 Ibsenrsquos Helmer13 Trim for uniforms 2 wds14 Incorrect15 Cheat16 Smell17 English composer18 ldquoSweeney _ The Demon Barber of Fleet Streetrdquo24 Stale26 Wading birds29 First Abbr32 City in Illinois34 Musical work35 Trod the boards36 Thorny plant

37 Dance enthusiast38 Panatela39 Leary or Diderot40 Unfair demands41 Wrap42 Seasons goddesses44 Chopped45 Sitz and sponge48 Nervure49 _ pie50 Girl in ldquoWest Side Storyrdquo52 Primp53 Horn54 Bush and Capshaw56 City in northern France57 Jewish spiritual leader Var60 Shortwave61 Ring62 Dilettantish63 Overwhelm64 Characterize65 Direction in music66 Doughnut shape67 Lyric poem68 Rootless one70 Prince of _71 Instant72 Gable anagram76 Statue at Rhodes77 Sill underfoot79 Wine grape80 Memory alone81 Cast83 Lombardiarsquos capital84 Compunction85 Copied in a way87 Icelandrsquos currency88 Plug89 Muscat and _90 Barn topper91 Reputation93 Frizzy hair style94 Groom in India95 Louisvillersquos river96 Steak order97 Check99 Hosts for short101 Pismire

August 8 Crossword Answers


Live Music Live Music Live Music Email all listings to calendarrcreadercom bull Deadline 5 pm Thursday before publication

Truckfighters - Deepspacepilots - The Post Mortems -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Two Peace -Barrel House Moline 1321 5th Ave Moline IL

20130824 (Sat)

ABC Karaoke -Creekside Bar and Grill 3303 Brady St Davenport IA

Back 4 More (noon) -Rock Is land Conservation Club 2421 Big Island Pkwy Milan IL

BellaDiva -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 River-side IA

Brian Johannesen -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA

Bumsy amp the Moochers - Fairhaven - The Suites - Highfives amp Hand-shakes -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Chuck Murphy (4pm) -Moonlight Parade amp Festival 1st Ave amp 11th St Silvis IL

Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar (7pm) -Phoenix 111 West 2nd St Davenport IA

Sarah Allner (2pm) -Creekside Vine-yards Winery amp Inn 7505 120th Ave Coal Valley IL

Shelter Our Community Stephen Swanson - Jared Rogers - Mutiny in the Parlor - Kristen Behrendt Degrazia - Krista Neumann -Englert Theatre 221 East Washington St Iowa City IA

Smooth Groove -Martinirsquos on the Rock 4619 34th St Rock Island IL

Terry amp the Loan Sharks -Bier Stube Moline 417 15th St Moline IL

The Acoustic Project -Dunn Bros Cof-fee 787 Middle Rd Bettendorf IA

The Candymakers -Barrel House Mo-line 1321 5th Ave Moline IL

Tribute to Our Fallen Cody Rhodes (1230pm) - The Terrill Sisters (1pm) - Trent Avery amp Buckshot (3pm) -Davenport Memorial Park 1022 E 39th St Davenport IA

Tronicity -11th Street Precinct 2108 E 11th St Davenport IA

20130825 (Sun)

Anthony Catalfano Quartet (1030am) -Brady Street Chop House Radis-son QC Plaza Hotel 111 E 2nd St Davenport IA

Buddy Olson (3pm) -Duckyrsquos Lagoon 13515 78th Ave Andalusia IL

Carnival of Madness Shinedown - Papa Roach - Skillet - In this Mo-ment - We as Human (5pm) -US Cellular Center 370 1st Ave NE Cedar Rapids IA

20130822 (Thu)

Bebop Night -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Chuck Murphy -Harringtonrsquos Pub 2321 Cumberland Dr Bettendorf IA

David G Smith -RME Community Stage 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA

Jam Sessions with John OrsquoMeara amp Friends -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Jason Carl amp the Whole Damn Band -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Karaoke Night -Crabbyrsquos Bar amp Grill 826 W 1st Ave Coal Valley IL

Karaoke Night -Pepperjackrsquos 1225 E Kimberly Rd Davenport IA

Karaoke Night -Purgatoryrsquos Pub 2104 State St Bettendorf IA

Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Karaoke Night -Zero to Sixty 811 East 2nd St Davenport IA

Lewis Knudsen (11am) -Mama Comp-tonrsquos 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Mixology -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA

Open Mic Night -Uptown Billrsquos Coffee House 730 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Open Mic Night w Karl -Kilkennyrsquos 300 W 3rd St Davenport IA

Open Mic Night w Rob Dahms -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille amp Pub 1151 East Iowa St Eldridge IA

Randy Pobanz -Cool Beanz Coffee-house 1325 30th St Rock Island IL

Steel Magnolia -Englert Theatre 221 East Washington St Iowa City IA

20130823 (Fri)

ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap 1345 Locust St Davenport IA


Roo amp the Howl - Stephanie Dor-man -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Shel -The Redstone Room 129 Main St Davenport IA

Southern Thunder Karaoke and DJ -Hollarrsquos Bar and Grill 4050 27th St Moline IL

The Candymakers -Barrel House 211 211 E 2nd St Davenport IA

The Dave Churchill Band (6pm) -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse 1325 30th St Rock Island IL

The Harris Collection -Blueport Junc-tion 6605 W River Dr Davenport IA

The Karry Outz -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL

The Old 57rsquos (530pm) - Night People (8pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Tony Hanilton Orchestra -CASI (Center for Active Seniors) 1035 W Kimberly Road Davenport IA


Chuck Murphy (9pm) -Docrsquos Inn Bar amp Grill 985 Avenue of the Cities Silvis IL

Creedence Clearwater Revisited -Riv-erside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Crossroads -City Limits 1303 10th Ave Viola IL

Desert Noises - Spin Spin Coupling -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Double D amp the Sensations -Col Ball-room 1012 W 4th St Davenport IA

Erin Ebnet -Uptown Billrsquos Coffee House 730 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Joe Pena Memorial Jam -Geezerrsquos Draft House 1654 W 3rd St Davenport IA

Karaoke King -Chuckrsquos Tap 1731 W 6th St Davenport IA

Keep Off the Grass -River House 1510 River Dr Moline IL

Kelly Klees -Mama Comptonrsquos 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Koobyrsquos Karaoke Sing-Off -Headquar-ters Bar amp Grill 119 E 22nd Ave Coal Valley IL

Meet the Press -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

My God the Heat -Rascals Live 1418 15th St Moline IL

Night People (630pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

North of 40 -Wildwood Smokehouse amp Saloon 4919 B Walleye Dr Iowa City IA

Orangadang - Two Peace -The Redstone Room 129 Main St Davenport IA

Parranderos Latin Combo -Weather Dance Fountain Stage outside the Sheraton Hotel 210 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Premium Sellouts -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Redneck Party Fulton Underground - Cody Road - Sugar Nipples -Paddle-wheel Sports Bar amp Grill 221 15th St Bettendorf IA


Big Joersquos DJ amp Karaoke Show -VFW Post 9128 2814 State Street Bet-tendorf IA

Bob Burns -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille amp Pub 1151 East Iowa St Eldridge IA

Chuck Murphy -Champs Sport Bar amp Grill 216 Locust St Sterling IL

Crazy Blue (630pm) -TGI Fridayrsquos 1425 River Dr Moline IL

Cross Creek Karaoke -Stickmanrsquos 1510 N Harrison St Davenport IA

Dan Peart (5pm) -Wide River Winery - LeClaire 106 N Cody Rd LeClaire IA

EmJay Tour Completion Show -Brady Street Pub 217 Brady St Daven-port IA

Friday Live 5 The Low Down (5pm) -RME Courtyard 131 W 2nd St Dav-enport IA

Jake McVey -Weather Dance Fountain Stage outside the Sheraton Hotel 210 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Jerra Williams (11am) -Mama Comp-tonrsquos 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island IL


Kelly Richey -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Live Lunch w Mo Carter (noon) - Keith Soko w Roger Carlson amp Friends (7pm) -RME Community Stage 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA

Mary Gauthier amp Ray Wylie Hubbard -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA

Mighty Shady - Home-Grown - Sound Thoughts -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

North of 40 -Martinirsquos on the Rock 4619 34th St Rock Island IL

The Whigs Rozz-Tox ndash August 25


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Crazy Blue (noon) -TGI Fridayrsquos 1425 River Dr Moline IL

Cross Creek Karaoke -Bootleggers Sports Bar 2228 E 11th St Dav-enport IA

Doc Andersonrsquos ldquoBack in the (Sun)Day rdquo Par ty (6pm) -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA


Karaoke Night -The Torchlight Lounge 1800 18th Ave East Moline IL

River City Six (2pm) -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Soul Karaoke -Top Shelf Lounge 1327 13th Ave East Moline IL

Sunday Funday Karaoke (3pm) -Frickrsquos Tap 1402 W 3rd St Davenport IA

Sunday Jazz Brunch (1030am amp 1230pm) -Bix Bistro 200 E 3rd St Davenport IA

The Whigs -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

20130826 (Mon)

ABC Karaoke -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Musical Morning (7am) -Brewed Awak-enings 221 Brady St Davenport IA

Open Mic at the Paddlehweel hosted by Silly C amp Slack Man -Paddlewheel Sports Bar amp Grill 221 15th St Bet-tendorf IA

Open Mic w J Knight -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA

20130827 (Tue)


Friday Live 5 Natty Scratch (5pm) -RME Courtyard 131 W 2nd St Dav-enport IA

Item 9 amp the Mad Hatters - Das Thun-derfoot - The Savage Hacks - Whi-tleblower - HouseCoat -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA



Little Vito -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA

Live Lunch w Rose lsquonrsquo Thorns (noon) - Ja-cob Green (730pm) -RME Community Stage 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA

Night People (630pm) -Headquarters Bar amp Grill 119 E 22nd Ave Coal Valley IL

North of 40 -The Office 305 3rd St Sherrard IL

Ryan Burchett amp the Moonshiners (5pm) -Wide River Winery - LeClaire 106 N Cody Rd LeClaire IA

Serious Business -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Smooth Groove -River House 1510 River Dr Moline IL


The Hitman -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille amp Pub 1151 East Iowa St Eldridge IA

The Nighthawks -The Redstone Room 129 Main St Davenport IA

The Phat Cats -Blueport Junction 6605 W River Dr Davenport IA

Tim Stop -Barrel House 211 211 E 2nd St Davenport IA

Uniphonics - Chazman Band -Weather Dance Fountain Stage outside the Sheraton Hotel 210 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Burlington Street Bluegrass Band -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA

Daddy Mack -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Dharma Dogs - Rusty Buckets - The Blendours -Gabersquos 330 E Washing-ton St Iowa City IA

Jason Carl amp Friends -Creekside Bar and Grill 3303 Brady St Davenport IA

Karaoke Night -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Karaoke Night w Fat Dawgs Produc-tions -QC Family Entertainment Cen-ter 4401 44th Ave Moline IL

Keller Karaoke -Martinirsquos on the Rock 4619 34th St Rock Island IL

Open Mic Night -Booziersquos Bar amp Grill 114 12 W 3rd St Davenport IA

Paul Franklin (6pm) - Karaoke King (930pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Shiloh Terry -Zero to Sixty 811 East 2nd St Davenport IA

The Chris amp Wes Show -Mound Street Landing 1029 Mound St Daven-port IA


Acoustic Music Club (430pm) - Desert Noises (7pm) -RME Community Stage 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA

Brian Johannesen - Sam Knudsen -Ro-zz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Buttonhoof - Conetrauma - Other Band -Gabersquos 330 E Washington St Iowa City IA

Glenn Hickson (530pm) -OrsquoMeliarsquos Supper Club 2900 Blackhawk Rd Rock Island IL



Manran -CSPSLegion Arts 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids IA

Open Jam w the Harris Collection -Brady Street Pub 217 Brady St Davenport IA

Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-house 1325 30th St Rock Island IL

Open Mic w Jordan Danielsen -11th Street Precinct 2108 E 11th St Davenport IA

Southern Thunder Karaoke amp DJ -Mc-Manus Pub 1401 7th Ave Moline IL

The Lonely Wild - Roadkill Ghost Choir -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA

20130828 (Wed)

Acoustic Jam Night w Steve Mc-Fate -McManus Pub 1401 7th Ave Moline IL

Birds of Chicago -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Blues Traveler -Englert Theatre 221 East Washington St Iowa City IA

Bob Burns (11am) -Mama Comptonrsquos 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

20130829 (Thu)

Chuck Murphy -Itrsquos on the River 201 N Main St Port Byron IL

El Ten Eleven - Eliot Lipp -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Funktastic Five -Schwiebert Riverfront Park between 17th amp 20th Streets Rock Island IL

Howie Day - Justin James -The Red-stone Room 129 Main St Daven-port IA


Jayke Orvis amp the Broken Band - Soda Gardocki - CJ the DJ -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL











The Parish Festival - Multiple Cat -Ro-zz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Touch People -The Mill 120 E Burling-ton Iowa City IA

20130830 (Fri)



Band Du Jour (530pm) - Funktastic Five (8pm) -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA


Bleeding Rainbow - Heavy Times - Huge Lewis -The Mill 120 E Burl-ington Iowa City IA

Chuck Murphy -Cochranrsquos Pub 13464 Galt Rd Sterling IL

Corporate Rock -11th Street Precinct 2108 E 11th St Davenport IA



Dylan Sires amp Neighbors -Gallery C 900 Jackson St Dubuque IA

William Elliot Whitmore RIBCO ndash August 30

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The John Scofield Uumlberjam Band -En-glert Theatre 221 East Washington St Iowa City IA

20130905 (Thu)

Battle of the Bands VI -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Chuck Murphy -Miss Kitty rsquos Grape Escape 242 N Main Street Galena IL

Corporate Rock (6pm) -Duckyrsquos La-goon 13515 78th Ave Andalusia IL

Dessa - Ion -The Mill 120 E Burlington Iowa City IA


Jazz Jam w the North Scott Jazz Combo -RME Community Stage 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA











Painkiller Hotel -Barrel House Moline 1321 5th Ave Moline IL



Little Vito -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort 3184 Highway 22 River-side IA

Nugget - El Scorcho -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

Open Mic Afternoon (2pm) -Creekside Vineyards Winery amp Inn 7505 120th Ave Coal Valley IL

Red Rage After Party -Big Shots 419 15th St Moline IL



The Travoltas - Funktastic Five -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

20130901 (Sun)


Chuck Murphy (430pm) - Firesale (7pm) -Bleyartrsquos Tap 2210 E 11th St Davenport IA

Corporate Rock -Heineejorsquos 340 Mill St Toronto IA


Crossroads -Dickson Park Milan ILFreddie Steenbock Duo (8am) -Daven-

port American Legion 702 W 35th St Davenport IA

Joe Diffie -Riverside Casino Event Cen-ter 3184 Highway 22 Riverside IA







Those Howlings -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

20130904 (Wed)



Jam Session w Ben Soltau -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA


Karaoke King -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA







20130902 (Mon)





20130903 (Tue)






North of 40 -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Red Rage After Party -Bent River Brew-ing Company - Rock Island 512 24th St Rock Island IL

Smooth Groove -Martin Luther King Center 7th Aveamp 9th St Rock Is-land IL




The Travoltas - Terry amp the Loan Sharks -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

Them SomrsquoBitches - Le Roy - Comfort -Bier Stube Moline 417 15th St Moline IL

Tim Stop (2pm) -Wide River Winery - LeClaire 106 N Cody Rd LeClaire IA

Uniphonics - Limbs -Iowa City Yacht Club 13 S Linn St Iowa City IA

William Elliott Whitmore - American Dust - Chris Coleslaw -RIBCO 1815 2nd Ave Rock Island IL

20130831 (Sat)

A Damn Good Time Volume 5 Variety Show -RME (River Music Experience) 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA


Calliko Hip-Hop Showcase -Rozz-Tox 2108 3rd Ave Rock Island IL

Caught in the Act -The Rusty Nail 2606 W Locust Davenport IA

Chris Avey Band -The Muddy Waters 1708 State St Bettendorf IA

Chuck Murphy -Bleyartrsquos Tap 2210 E 11th St Davenport IA

Community Drum Circle (1030am) -RME Community Stage 131 W 2nd St Davenport IA

E11eventh Hour -Clinton Riverview Bandshell Clinton IA

Flash Point -Martinirsquos on the Rock 4619 34th St Rock Island IL

Jennifer Danielson -Uptown Bill rsquos Coffee House 730 S Dubuque St Iowa City IA

Joe Tingle -Barrel House Moline 1321 5th Ave Moline IL

Just Chords -Barrel House 211 211 E 2nd St Davenport IA


Karaoke Night -The Mill 120 E Burling-ton Iowa City IA

KC amp the Sunshine Band - Smooth Groove (630pm) -Quad-Cities Wa-terfront Convention Center 1777 Isle Parkway Bettendorf IA

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Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho) who served as the chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence that investigated the National Security Agency in the 1970s understood only too well the dangers inherent in allowing the government to overstep its authority in the name of national security Church recognized that such surveillance powers ldquoat any time could be turned around on the American people and no American would have any privacy left such is the capability to monitor everything telephone conversations telegrams it doesnrsquot matter There would be no place to hiderdquo

Noting that the NSA could enable a dictator ldquoto impose total tyrannyrdquo upon an utterly defenseless American public Church vowed that ldquowerdquo implicating both Congress and its constituency in this duty ldquomust see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision so that we never cross over that abyss That is the abyss from which there is no returnrdquo

Unfortunately we have long since

The NSA ldquoThe Abyss from Which There Is No Returnrdquocrossed over into that abyss first under President George W Bush ndash who among other things authorized the NSA to listen in on the domestic phone calls of American citizens in the wake of the 911 attacks And now President Barack Obamarsquos administration has done more to undermine the Fourth Amendmentrsquos guarantee of privacy and bodily integrity than any prior administration Incredibly many of those who were the most vocal in criticizing Bush for attempting to sidestep the Constitution have gone curiously silent in the face of Obamarsquos repeated violations

Whether he intended it or not it may well be that Obama moving into the home stretch and looking to establish a lasting ldquolegacyrdquo to characterize his time in office is remembered as the president who put the final chains in place to imprison us in an electronic concentration camp from which there is no escape Yet none of this could have been possible without the NSA which is able to operate

We now find ourselves operating in a strange paradigm where the government not only views

the citizenry as suspects but treats them as suspects as well Thus the news that the National Security Agency (NSA) is routinely operating outside of the law and overstepping its legal authority by carrying out surveillance on American citizens is not really much of a surprise This is what happens when you give the government broad powers and allow government agen-cies to routinely sidestep the Constitution

Indeed as I document in my book A Government of Wolves The Emerging American Police State these newly revealed privacy violations by the NSA are just the tip of the iceberg Consider that the governmentrsquos Utah Data Center (UDC) the central hub of the NSArsquos vast spying infrastructure will be a clearinghouse and depository for every imaginable kind of information ndash whether innocent or not private or public ndash including communications transactions and the like In fact anything and everything yoursquove ever said or done from the trivial

to the damning ndash phone calls Facebook posts Tweets Google searches e-mails bookstore and grocery purchases bank statements commuter toll records etc ndash will be tracked collected catalogued and analyzed by the UDCrsquos supercomputers and teams of government agents

By sifting through the detritus of your once-private life the government will come to its own conclusions about who you are where you fit in and how best to deal with you should the need arise Indeed we are all becoming data-collected in government files Whether or not the surveillance is undertaken for ldquoinnocentrdquo reasons surveillance of all citizens gradually poisons the soul of a nation Surveillance limits personal options ndash denies freedom of choice ndash and increases the powers of those who are in a position to enjoy the fruits of this activity

If this is the new ldquonormalrdquo in the United States it is not friendly to freedom Frankly we are long past the point where we should be merely alarmed These are no longer experiments on our freedoms These are acts of aggression Continued On Page 14


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by Todd McGreevy































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by Thom White












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The ADA warns































Saturday babyrdquo








Celtic Food

Merchants

Medieval

Combat

Family Fun Tent

Athletics Rugby

Irish Dance

Sheep Herder







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GUEST COMMENTARY























































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Combat

Family Fun Tent

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Sheep Herder







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Saturday babyrdquo








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Combat

Family Fun Tent

Athletics Rugby

Irish Dance

Sheep Herder







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by Thom White












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Medieval

Combat

Family Fun Tent

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Sheep Herder







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Irish Dance

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Merchants

Medieval

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Family Fun Tent

Athletics Rugby

Irish Dance

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GUEST COMMENTARY























































jeffrcreadercom





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jeffrcreadercom





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River Cities' Reader - Issue 837 - August 22, 2013