https://conservapedia.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=TonySidaway&feedformat=atomConservapedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T02:17:57ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.24.2https://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Lincoln&diff=1122030Lincoln2014-12-10T15:18:31Z<p>TonySidaway: Lincoln (film, 2012) added</p>
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<div>''For the 16th American president, see [[Abraham Lincoln]]. For the Steven Spielberg film about the President, see [[Lincoln (film, 2012)]].''<br />
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'''Lincoln''' can refer to several towns and cities:<br />
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*[[Lincoln, Nebraska]]<br />
*[[Lincoln, England]]<br />
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[[category:Disambiguation Pages]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:TonySidaway/Active&diff=1068596User:TonySidaway/Active2013-10-21T22:02:13Z<p>TonySidaway: Strike out some blocked usernames</p>
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* {{user|AK}} (Block, edit, SkipCaptcha) [96 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|ASCHsexyLAFLY}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|AaronH85}} [4 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|AlanE}} (Block, edit, SkipCaptcha) [9 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|AmerICan}} (Block, edit, rollback, SkipCaptcha) [5 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|AngusT}} [2 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|ArthurZ}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|Aschlafly}} (bureaucrat, Check user, nsAm_Govt_101RO, nsAm_Govt_101RW, nsAm_Govt_101_ta, nsJudgesRO, nsJudgesRW, nsJudges_talkRO, nsJudges_talkRW, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, oversight, Siteadmin, Administrator) [949 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|Austenbosten}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|AynLanguage}} [3 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BBRodriguez}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BHathorn}} (Block, edit, rollback, SkipCaptcha) [30 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BILLFREAKINCLINTON}} [2 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BStinson}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BillyCrims}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BindMeForSecs}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BobbiStarr}} [12 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|BorisJ}} [2 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|ChesterAA}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|Conservativedreams}} [2 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|DTSavage}} [2 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|DamianJohn}} (Block, edit, rollback, SkipCaptcha) [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|DanielGrant}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|Davidspencer}} (Block, rollback, SkipCaptcha) [11 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|DonnyC}} (edit, SkipCaptcha) [21 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|Dsherman}} [15 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|EJamesW}} (Block, SkipCaptcha) [3 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|Ed Poor}} (Check user, nsTeam1RO, nsTeam1RW, nsTeam1_talkRO, nsTeam1_talkRW, oversight, Siteadmin, Administrator) [352 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|EddyJ}} [29 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|ElizabethF}} [6 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|Gingrich4life}} [4 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|JMR10}} (SkipCaptcha, Administrator) [83 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|JZ}} [2 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|JZambrano}} (edit, SkipCaptcha) [50 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|Jim245}} [3 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|Joaqu铆n Mart铆nez}} (Administrator) [118 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|JohanZ}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
* {{user|JohnJustice}} [16 edits in the last 91 days]<br />
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* {{user|JudyJ}} [1 edit in the last 91 days]<br />
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<div>The caption is humorous, but somewhat frivolous for an encyclopedia. Good message, nontheless. [[User:TheHeroExcelsior|TheHeroExcelsior]] 09:38, 13 August 2009 (EDT)<br />
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I deleted the reference in the "treatment of the elderly" section. It linked to an Onion article. --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 16:13, 10 February 2010 (EST)<br />
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***I feel that while being a humorous depiction of "Obamacare," people may think that the picture used in this article is infact the symbol used for the bill. What do you think? <br />
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[[ObamaCare]] just kicked in. Health care prices increased across the board for me - directly due to Obama's "affordable" health care plan, and my employer said to "expect worse to come." She wouldn't even go into the details for how bad it will get under socialism, but it looked like she was going to start crying. I guess small businesses are already learning of the bad news before the storm actually hits. ...Oh, and now I'm also limited in the amount of doctor visits that I can take per year. I guess I have to make room for 30,000,000 people who will be receiving free health care, paid for by people like myself. Prescription costs increased for me, too. I wonder who I am now paying for to get free health care? Perhaps the unemployed who are already sucking taxpayer dollars out of the system - and probably have been doing so for the last two years. Or, maybe I'm paying the cost for a Public Union member, who is of course also seeking more bailouts for their pension. ...So, I guess this is what it's like to go from a [[Constitutional Republic]] to a [[Socialist]] [[Democracy]]. We are witnessing the fundamental transformation of the [[United States]], and it's truly one of the most tragic moments of our lives. How did we let this happen? [[User:DerekE|DerekE]] 00:29, 25 August 2010 (EDT)<br />
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== Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ==<br />
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It might be more appropriate to change to title of the page from "ObamaCare" to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" since it is now actual law instead of a series of health care proposals by the president. The first line of the page could be changed to reflect this. --[[User:Marqmike2|Marqmike2]] 15:39, 31 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
:Hmmm. The move makes sense to me, but maybe we should get a little more discussion. After all, conservatives (and maybe even everyone in general, I don't know) use ObamaCare more often, so even though "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" may be more accurate, "ObamaCare" is more familiar. --[[User:StoryMaker|StoryMaker]] 21:49, 24 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
::I disagree with Marqmike2. Calling it "Obamacare" seems to fit more with the bias of this site. The real wikipedia says "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), informally referred to as Obamacare" and we say the opposite, "ObamaCare, more formally known as "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act". I think if we change it to be less obviously biased, people will think we've gone liberal. Also, the first sentence should mention how Obamacare forces citizens to "pay for sex offenders to use Viagra", right now this outlandish strawman is buried all the way in the fourth paragraph. --[[User:Romneycare|Romneycare]]<br />
:::Well, I have no problem with the change. Obamacare comes off a bit cavalier and informal, and could harm the site's reputation. I think it's best to go with the name of the law and just redirect Obamacare to the page (which Wikipedia also does). Wikipedia is very obviously biased on the Obama page though, so imitating so biased a site as Wikipedia isn't necessarily a good thing. You have a good point about the Viagra comment too - if that's to stay in the article it should be very well-sourced. I checked the page history and apparently it was added in April 2010 by a now-blocked user.[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=ObamaCare&action=historysubmit&diff=767952&oldid=764365] It should be fine to remove that I'd think. Good catch! --[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 11:22, 3 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
::::"Obamacare comes off a bit cavalier and informal, and could harm the site's reputation". With all due respect, that ship has sailed.<br />
:::::Rarely do ships sail without returning. --[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 11:35, 3 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== New Material ==<br />
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As a sidenote, a lot of this research I actually did back in 2010 for an eBook I wrote for the elections that year.[http://www.slideshare.net/Jzyehoshua/the-zambrano-report] Many of the sources are re-used from Chapter 3, pages 87-114. I actually have even more sources provided there relating to ObamaCare that I could use if I needed to, about 90 all together (and dozens more if counting the cases where multiple sources are given for a single footnote). Anyway, this is less detailed than what I wrote there. --[[User:Jzyehoshua|Joshua Zambrano]] 14:22, 30 July 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== "Obamacare fines to be seized from bank accounts?" article is false ==<br />
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Of course, I can't '''prove''' that it is false (as proving a negative is near impossible), but the claims about Obamacare made by the otherwise-unknown user in Facebook postings and reported in the article are highly unlikely to be true. [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/oct/04/facebook-posts/closer-look-facebook-post-mans-struggle-obamacare-/ PolitiFact] gives the statement a "Pants on Fire" rating. [http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/penalty.asp Snopes] says that the claims are "mostly false". The links I gave are good reading as to why the claims made (especially about liens and driver's license suspensions) are highly unlikely to be true (and therefore would need better sources to appear in the Trustworthy Encyclopedia). [[User:GregG|GregG]] 22:50, 8 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
:Did you sign up for Obamacare in the official website? [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 22:57, 8 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
::I have been to the official website, but I have not signed up since I am under 26 and therefore on my parents' plan. [[User:GregG|GregG]] 23:23, 8 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
:::Well, you made a decisive claim as to the information I posted, and you cannot back up your opinion on it. Nice try. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 23:45, 8 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
::::The Trustworthy Encyclopedia should not be citing an unverified, uncorroborated posting by an heretofore-unknown party that contradicts all known information about Obamacare, as well as common sense, as a source, even in the highly unlikely chance that it may be true. One would expect that if this were the case, there would be far more reports of the purported message about fines, driver's license suspensions, and liens having been sent. [[User:GregG|GregG]] 23:51, 8 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
:::::And again it is you, and you alone, who is saying this story is false without coming up with the contradictory evidence. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 00:29, 9 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
::::::Really? As I mentioned above, Politifact rated the story "Pants on Fire" (their rating for statements that are not only false, but ridiculously so), and Snopes rated the story "Mostly false". Hardly the sort of story that should be quoted as truth on the Trustworthy Encyclopedia. (I note that Mr. Beck has still not proven that he '''didn<nowiki>'</nowiki>t''' rape and murder a young girl in 1990, yet I think such a statement should not belong in the article [[Glenn Beck]].) [[User:GregG|GregG]] 08:15, 9 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
I think Greg is right here - ultimately some sources are more reliable than others - we can't ignore that. Politifact is a reputable fact-checking organization; they seems to have pretty thoroughly debunked the chain email. Will we next have an article about a Nigerian prince needing $500?--<small>[[User:Iduan|<span style="color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000">I]][[User_talk:Iduan|<span style="color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033">Duan]]</span></span></small> 12:19, 13 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
:Is he right? Are you right? More news similar to this is coming out. [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/12/obamacare-rates-trigger-more-sticker-shock/] [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:24, 13 October 2013 (EDT)<br />
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An encyclopedia has an overriding responsibility to avoid spreading dangerous falsehoods. Proceeding by slapping daft rumours and nonsensical claims into this and other articles will do nothing to improve the already abysmal reputation of Conservapedia. As I've occasionally suggested in the past, recruiting from a broader pool of potential editors and implementing procedures similar to those evolved by Wikipedia would improve quality of content. --[[User:TonySidaway|TonySidaway]] 12:47, 13 October 2013 (EDT)</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Axis_powers&diff=1067727Axis powers2013-10-05T19:19:04Z<p>TonySidaway: Minor ce</p>
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<div>The '''Axis powers''' were an alliance of supporters of [[Third Reich|Nazi-Germany]] in the [[Second World War]]. The enemies of the axis powers were the [[Allies]].<br />
==The Axis powers==<br />
*[[Third Reich]] (from September 27, 1940)<br />
*[[Italy|Kingdom of Italy]] (from September 27, 1940)<br />
*[[Japan]] (from September 27, 1940)<br />
*[[Hungary|Kingdom of Hungary]] (from November 20, 1940)<br />
*[[Romania|Kingdom of Romania]] (from November 23, 1940)<br />
*[[Slovakia|Slovak Republic]] (from November 24, 1940)<br />
*[[Bulgaria|Kingdom of Bulgaria]] (from March 1, 1941)<br />
*[[Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] (from March 25, 1941-March 27, 1941)<br />
*[[Croatia]] (from June 15, 1941)<br />
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[[Category:History]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Debate:Should_there_be_a_separate_section_on_the_main_page_for_blogs,_advertisements_and_other_non-news_items%3F&diff=1051152Debate:Should there be a separate section on the main page for blogs, advertisements and other non-news items?2013-05-08T03:38:30Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Regardless of my opinion on the above question, these are other Main Page changes which I would like to see happen (Please include a DETAILED description of your proposed changes) */</p>
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<div>{{debate}}<br />
Frequently items are posted to the [[Template:Mainpageright|"In the News"]] section of the [[Main Page]] which, while they may be interesting and informative, do not fit the clearly stated purpose of this section. This occurrence has led to a significant amount of friction which has then erupted into an increasing number of arguments on [[Talk:Main Page]] and elsewhere. <br />
As a proposed solution to this, I put the following question to the users of this site: <br />
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Does the Conservapedia Main Page need to be redesigned in order to include a separate "In the Blogs" or "Around the Web" section where non-news items can be posted?<br />
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==Yes==<br />
Many other pages around the web successfully display what is going on in many different areas of the Internet but are generally quite careful to keep the straight news separate from the blogs and clearly label each. This not only adds to the professional appearance of the site's main page, but is also the most responsible way to go as clearly separates hard news from blogs which may contain any imaginable blend of facts and personal opinion. [[User:Fnarrow|Fnarrow]] 01:51, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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Yes. There are many things happening all over the internet that may be interesting, entertaining, or informative, but do not fit neatly into the definition of "news". And there's no reason that space to highlight such items cannot be made on the main page. --[[User:DonnyC|DonnyC]] 02:06, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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==No==<br />
The site is what it is. Of course there are going to be a lot of articles and blogs referring to the decline of evolution, homosexuality and atheism because that is what the site is about. No need to change a part of the site (perhaps the only) that functions exactly as is intended. Note that it is not intended that everyone who edits at CP, or even its administrators (or owner!) will agree with everything that is posted there, but it is to generate interest and discussion on topical points. --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 05:32, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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Blogs, advertisements and other non-news items should '''not''' be included on the main page. Similarly, one blog should not be shamelessly promoted under the pretext of being "current news items." The main page should feature content from within CP, not other blogs. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 05:42, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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It's supposed to be an encyclopedia. The main problem with the main page content is that it's a collection of fringe opinion where it is not blatantly false. An encyclopedia should at the very least attempt to publish only established facts and defensible opinion. --[[User:TonySidaway|TonySidaway]] 22:37, 6 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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==Regardless of my opinion on the above question, these are other [[Main Page]] changes which I would like to see happen (Please include a DETAILED description of your proposed changes)==<br />
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The main page contributions should to reflect the full range of editors who work together to make this site run. As of the [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Template:Mainpageright&limit=500&action=history last 500 edits], 7 users make all of the contributions to the [[Template:Mainpageright|MPR]] news sections with 92.6% being made by only 3. While there is a [[Talk:Main_Page#MPR_Article_Suggestion|section on the main talk page]] for suggesting news stories, it seems to be little known and even less used. This has led to frustration/confusion among editors (See [[Talk:Main_Page#Proposal_for_a_Main_Page_Committee|here]]) and even a very well respected and experienced SYSOP in another case (as witnessed [[User_talk:Aschlafly#News_items_for_the_main_page|here]]). I don't know whether the rotating committee, a more visible "suggestion box" or something else entirely is the best option for getting a wider array of important stories on the Main Page, but I feel it's clear that something needs to be done. [[User:Fnarrow|Fnarrow]] 01:51, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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I have made a proposal to create a three-editor committee for editing the main page. You can comment on it [[Talk:Main_Page#Proposal_for_a_Main_Page_Committee|here]]. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 05:44, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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The main page is largely rubbish, including links to some of the most numbingly stupid articles and links to really poorly researched blogs. Doesn't any other editor feel ashamed that science is routinely degraded while silly nonsense from old books is treated as unassailable fact? Enough of the stupid! A detailed plan for improving the main page is not difficult to compose: remove it, it's a disgrace. --[[User:TonySidaway|TonySidaway]] 23:38, 7 May 2013 (EDT)</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Debate:Should_there_be_a_separate_section_on_the_main_page_for_blogs,_advertisements_and_other_non-news_items%3F&diff=1051027Debate:Should there be a separate section on the main page for blogs, advertisements and other non-news items?2013-05-07T02:37:22Z<p>TonySidaway: /* No */ Main page content not even fit for fish wrap</p>
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<div>{{debate}}<br />
Frequently items are posted to the [[Template:Mainpageright|"In the News"]] section of the [[Main Page]] which, while they may be interesting and informative, do not fit the clearly stated purpose of this section. This occurrence has led to a significant amount of friction which has then erupted into an increasing number of arguments on [[Talk:Main Page]] and elsewhere. <br />
As a proposed solution to this, I put the following question to the users of this site: <br />
<blockquote><br />
Does the Conservapedia Main Page need to be redesigned in order to include a separate "In the Blogs" or "Around the Web" section where non-news items can be posted?<br />
</blockquote><br />
==Yes==<br />
Many other pages around the web successfully display what is going on in many different areas of the Internet but are generally quite careful to keep the straight news separate from the blogs and clearly label each. This not only adds to the professional appearance of the site's main page, but is also the most responsible way to go as clearly separates hard news from blogs which may contain any imaginable blend of facts and personal opinion. [[User:Fnarrow|Fnarrow]] 01:51, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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Yes. There are many things happening all over the internet that may be interesting, entertaining, or informative, but do not fit neatly into the definition of "news". And there's no reason that space to highlight such items cannot be made on the main page. --[[User:DonnyC|DonnyC]] 02:06, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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==No==<br />
The site is what it is. Of course there are going to be a lot of articles and blogs referring to the decline of evolution, homosexuality and atheism because that is what the site is about. No need to change a part of the site (perhaps the only) that functions exactly as is intended. Note that it is not intended that everyone who edits at CP, or even its administrators (or owner!) will agree with everything that is posted there, but it is to generate interest and discussion on topical points. --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 05:32, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Blogs, advertisements and other non-news items should '''not''' be included on the main page. Similarly, one blog should not be shamelessly promoted under the pretext of being "current news items." The main page should feature content from within CP, not other blogs. [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 05:42, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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It's supposed to be an encyclopedia. The main problem with the main page content is that it's a collection of fringe opinion where it is not blatantly false. An encyclopedia should at the very least attempt to publish only established facts and defensible opinion. --[[User:TonySidaway|TonySidaway]] 22:37, 6 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
<br />
==Regardless of my opinion on the above question, these are other [[Main Page]] changes which I would like to see happen (Please include a DETAILED description of your proposed changes)==<br />
<br />
The main page contributions should to reflect the full range of editors who work together to make this site run. As of the [http://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Template:Mainpageright&limit=500&action=history last 500 edits], 7 users make all of the contributions to the [[Template:Mainpageright|MPR]] news sections with 92.6% being made by only 3. While there is a [[Talk:Main_Page#MPR_Article_Suggestion|section on the main talk page]] for suggesting news stories, it seems to be little known and even less used. This has led to frustration/confusion among editors (See [[Talk:Main_Page#Proposal_for_a_Main_Page_Committee|here]]) and even a very well respected and experienced SYSOP in another case (as witnessed [[User_talk:Aschlafly#News_items_for_the_main_page|here]]). I don't know whether the rotating committee, a more visible "suggestion box" or something else entirely is the best option for getting a wider array of important stories on the Main Page, but I feel it's clear that something needs to be done. [[User:Fnarrow|Fnarrow]] 01:51, 2 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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I have made a proposal to create a three-editor committee for editing the main page. You can comment on it [[Talk:Main_Page#Proposal_for_a_Main_Page_Committee|here]]. Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 05:44, 2 May 2013 (EDT)</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Richard_Lenski&diff=1037633Richard Lenski2013-03-01T05:51:49Z<p>TonySidaway: /* See Also */ cf E=mc²</p>
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<div>'''Richard Lenski''' is a professor of microbial [[ecology]] at [[Michigan State University]].<ref>Richard Lenski Biographical Sketch [http://myxo.css.msu.edu/BioSketch.html]</ref><ref>Richard Lenski Homepage [https://www.msu.edu/~lenski/]</ref> He holds a B.A. from [[Oberlin College]] (but does not disclose his field of study in his biographical sketch), and a [[doctorate]] in zoology<ref>Purpose in Evolution symposium Participants [http://www.templeton.org/humble_approach_initiative/Purpose_in_Evolution/part6.html]</ref> from the [[University of North Carolina]].<ref>[https://www.msu.edu/~lenski/]</ref> <br />
When Lenski started graduate school at UNC in 1977, his father, professor Gerhard Lenski, was the Chair of the Division of Social Sciences at the same school. <ref>http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/lenski.htm</ref><br />
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Richard Lenski is best known for his 20-year E. coli experiment in which he claims to have obtained proof of [[evolution]]. Lenski claims that he observed minor changes in bacteria populations in the long-term laboratory study, while insisting that these changes were not due to contamination. <br />
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The 2008 paper he co-authored was [[peer review]]ed in [[peer review#Time_taken_for_Peer_Review|14 days]], sparking obvious questions <ref>See [[Conservapedia talk:Lenski dialog]].</ref> about the thoroughness of the review. The statistical analysis in Lenski's paper has been criticized for several serious flaws.<ref>See [[Flaws in Richard Lenski Study]].</ref><br />
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When Richard Lenski received a public request for the [[data]] underlying his published claims, he did not provide the actual data even though his study was taxpayer-funded and even though the request was made in part to enable review of the data by students of the requestor, although he did offer to provide the data (strains of the ''E. Coli'' bacteria) to an experienced scientist with access to a laboratory able to handle it. <ref>[[Conservapedia:Lenski dialog]].</ref><br />
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Undisclosed or obscured data for Lenski's 2008 paper are noted below (pp. 2-3 from paper, superscripts omitted):<ref>For those wishing to review the paper personally it may be found at [http://myxo.css.msu.edu/lenski/pdf/2008,%20PNAS,%20Blount%20et%20al.pdf this link] from Lenski's website.</ref><ref>A Lenski defender has asserted that this table format is copyrighted under [[GFDL]], which imposes overly complex rules for reuse.</ref><br />
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<TR><TD width=50% valign=top bgcolor=#003366 align=center><font color="#f6f7ff" size="+1">Undisclosed Data</font><br />
</TD><TD width=50% valign=top bgcolor=#000000 align=center><font color="#f6f7ff" size="+1">Some Questions about the missing data</font></TD></TR></table><br />
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====Visual inspection====<br />
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Evolution of Cit Function in Population Ara-3. The LTEE populations are transferred daily into fresh medium, and the turbidity of each is checked visually at that time. ...<br />
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Data on these observations?<br />
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====Turbidity==== <br />
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...the cultures are only slightly turbid when transferred. Occasional contaminants that grow on citrate have been seen over the 20 years of this experiment.<br />
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Data? When and how many?<br />
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====Contaminants???==== <br />
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These contaminated cultures reach much higher turbidity owing to the high concentration of [[citrate]] in the medium, which allows the contaminants to reach high density. (When contamination occurs, the affected population is restarted from the latest frozen sample.) <br />
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Data for when that occurred, and how often?<br />
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A Richard Lenski defender says, "If interested in a thorough review, contact the group directly, with a legitimate request for data. Otherwise, the disclaimer is a more than adequate description of the sample handling process."<br />
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In fact, two requests were made directly to Lenski for data, without success. His [[Conservapedia:Lenski dialog#Second_Reply|second response]] was rude and insulting.<br />
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====The Numbers Please?====<br />
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After 33,127 generations, one population, designated Ara-3, displayed significantly elevated turbidity that continued to rise for several days (Fig. 1).<br />
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Higher resolution data underlying figure not provided despite request.<br />
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====More missing Numbers==== <br />
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A number...<br />
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Data? How many? Statistically significant?<br />
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====Trust us====<br />
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of Cit clones were isolated from the population and checked for phenotypic markers characteristic of the ancestral E. coli strain used to start the LTEE: all<br />
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Data? How many? Statistically significant?<br />
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====Missing Characteristics====<br />
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...were Ara, T5-sensitive, and T6-resistant, as expected (2)<br />
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Data about these and other characteristics?<br />
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A Richard Lenski defender says, "Interested parties should consult the literature on these topics. It is not within the scope of this paper to address the significance of these markers."<br />
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What is missing from disclosure are the data that the markers were actually observed in a reliable and conclusive manner in this study.<br />
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====DNA====<br />
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DNA sequencing also showed...<br />
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DATA??<br />
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A Richard Lenski defender says, "The inclusion of this data would be considerably more extensive than appropriate for the inclusion in this paper."<br />
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No one asked for the data to be printed in the paper. What is missing is disclosure of the data on the website, or upon public request.<br />
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====More missing data==== <br />
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...that Cit clones have the same mutations in the pykF and nadR genes as do clones from earlier generations of the Ara-3 population, ... <br />
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Data about these and other characteristics?<br />
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A Lenski defender cites to general information unrelated to this study: Available in other publications,<br />
pykF <ref>[http://www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/gs/519955.html "IHOP-pykF"]</ref> and<br />
nadR <ref>[http://www.ihop-net.org/UniPub/iHOP/mgi/447129.html "IHOP-nadR"]</ref>.<br />
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A Richard Lenski supporter also cites an earlier claim (perhaps also unsupported by public release of the data) by Lenski's group: See also the reference for the sequence identification which Blount ''et al.'' list as reference #30 in their paper: Woods, R., D. Schneider, C. L. Winkworth, M. A. Riley, and R. E. Lenski. 2006. Tests of parallel molecular evolution in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli. PNAS, USA 103:9107-9112.<ref>http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0602917103v1</ref>.<br />
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====More missing data==== <br />
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...and each of these mutations distinguishes this population from all the others (30). <br />
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Data distinguishing "This population from all the others"?<br />
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====Fast Tracked====<br />
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Therefore, the Cit variant arose within the LTEE and is not a contaminant.<br />
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The astoundingly short 14-day [[peer review | PEER REVIEW]] period, measured from the day the paper was sent out for review to the day of formal contribution by Lenski after acceptance, raises questions as to whether there was any meaningful peer review of this at all.<br />
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====Sample Sizes?====<br />
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Cit<sup>+</sup> cells constituted [about] 0.5% of the population at generation 31,500, then 15% and 19% in the next two samples, but only [about] 1.1% at generation 33,000.<br />
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What were the sample sizes and where are the actual data for this sampling?<br />
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Lenski's paper was published in the Proceedings of the [[National Academy of Sciences]], a professional society of scientists with a strong bias towards [[atheism]] and [[evolutionism]]. <ref>http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/news/file002.html</ref> <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/3506.asp</ref><br />
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Lenski's work has been criticized in the past also. In a paper Lenski published in ''Nature'' in May 8, 2003 entitled "The Evolutionary Origin of Complex Features," he described a computer simulation that contained no actual biology. In fact, the discussion section of the paper stated:<br />
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:"Some readers might suggest that we 'stacked the deck' by studying the evolution of a complex feature that could be built on simpler functions that were also useful. However, that is precisely what evolutionary theory requires ...." <br />
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Dr. William Dembski explained, "In other words, the computer programmers built into the simulation what they thought evolution needed to make it work. The validity of this study therefore depends on whether the simulation faithfully models biological reality."<ref>http://www.designinference.com/documents/2003.09.UncDiss_Intro_Contribs.pdf</ref><br />
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Others have commented on Lenski's work while taking it at face value, including biochemist [[Michael Behe]], who famously stated the Lenski's claims ''harmed'' the neo-Darwinian stance - "''If the development of many of the features of the cell required multiple mutations during the course of evolution, then the cell is beyond Darwinian explanation.''" <ref>[[Michael Behe]] wrote, in ''[[The Edge of Evolution]]'', "I had argued that the extreme rarity of the development of chloroquine resistance in malaria was likely the result of the need for several mutations to occur before the trait appeared. Even though the evolutionary literature contains discussions of multiple mutations (5), Darwinian reviewers drew back in horror, acted as if I had blasphemed, and argued desperately that a series of single beneficial mutations certainly could do the trick. Now here we have Richard Lenski affirming that the evolution of some pretty simple cellular features likely requires multiple mutations." Behe also said, "If the development of many of the features of the cell required multiple mutations during the course of evolution, then the cell is beyond Darwinian explanation. I show in The Edge of Evolution that it is very reasonable to conclude they did."[http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK3U696N278Z93O]</ref><br />
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==See Also==<br />
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*[[Conservapedia:Lenski dialog]] (letters requesting data, and Lenski's responses)<br />
*[[Conservapedia talk:Lenski dialog]] (discussion of Lenski controversy<ref>See [[Liberal style]] point 1</ref>)<br />
*[[Letter to PNAS]]<br />
*[[Significance of E. Coli Evolution Experiments]]<br />
*[[E=mc²]], another example of liberal claptrap<br />
[[Category:Biology]]<br />
[[Category:Scientists]]<br />
[[Category:Academics]]<br />
[[Category:Conservapedia Dealings with PNAS and Lenski]]<br />
[[Category:Evolution]]<br />
[[Category:Deceit]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[http://creation.com/bacteria-evolving-in-the-lab-lenski-citrate-digesting-e-coli Bacteria ‘evolving in the lab’? ‘A poke in the eye for anti-evolutionists’?]<br />
*[http://creation.com/new-genetic-information New genetic information claim rebutted; and goo-to-you terminology defended]<br />
*[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2010/12/michael_behes_quarterly_review041221.html Michael Behe's Quarterly Review of Biology Paper Critiques Richard Lenski's E. Coli Evolution Experiments]<br />
*[http://behe.uncommondescent.com/2011/04/richard-lenski-%E2%80%9Cevolvability%E2%80%9D-and-tortuous-darwinian-pathways/ Richard Lenski, “evolvability”, and tortuous Darwinian pathways] <br />
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<div>'''E=mc&sup2;''' is [[Einstein]]'s famous formula which asserts that the energy ('''E''') which makes up the [[matter]] in any body is equal to the square of the [[speed of light]] ('''c&sup2;''') times the [[mass]] ('''m''') of that body.<ref>"... Einstein proves that energy and matter are linked in the most famous relationship in physics: E = mc&sup2;. (The energy content of a body is equal to the mass of the body times the speed of light squared.)" [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/einstein-genius-among-geniuses.html Einstein: Genius Among Geniuses] - PBS's NOVA</ref> It is a statement that purports to relate all [[matter]] to [[energy]]. In fact, no [[theory]] has successfully unified the [[law]]s governing [[mass]] (''i.e.'', [[gravity]]) with the laws governing light (''i.e.'', [[electromagnetism]]), and numerous attempts to derive '''E=mc&sup2;''' in general from first principles have failed. [[Politics|Political]] pressure,<ref>For example, [[Robert Dicke]], perhaps the greatest physicist of the 20th century, was denied a [[Nobel Prize]] because he doubted the [[Theory of Relativity]].</ref> however, has since made it impossible for anyone pursuing an academic career in [[science]] to even question the validity of this nonsensical [[equation]]. '''''Simply put, E=mc&sup2; is [[liberal claptrap]]'''''.<br />
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In the USA, the popular ''[[Twilight Zone]]'' series featured '''E=mc&sup2;''' prominently, giving the equation greater currency with the public. The song ''Einstein A Go-Go'' by the band Landscape had a similar effect in the UK in the 1980s. But light has never been unified with matter despite more than a billion-dollars-worth of attempts, and it is likely impossible to ever do so. [[Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge]] predicts that there is no unified theory of light and matter because they were created at different times, in different ways, as described in the [[Book of Genesis]].<br />
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[[Mass]] is a measure of an object's inertia, in other words its resistance to acceleration. In contrast, the intrinsic [[energy]] of an object (such as an [[atom]]) is a function of electrostatic charge and other non-inertial forces, having nothing to do with gravity. Declaring the object's energy to be a function of inertia rather than electrostatics is an absurd and impossible attempt to unify the forces of nature, contrary to the accepted view (as predicted by [[Biblical Scientific Foreknowledge]]) that the forces of nature have not been unified. Liberal scientists assert the formula E=mc&sup2; is not limited to nuclear reactions; it applies to chemical reactions and even to the energy stored in a compressed spring. <ref>http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99140.htm</ref><br />
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The claim that '''E=mc&sup2;''' has never yielded anything of value and it has often been used as a redefinition of &quot;[[energy]]&quot; for pseudo-scientific purposes by non-scientific journals. Claims can be found on liberal, second-tier college websites that the equation is used in [[nuclear power]] generation, [[nuclear weapon]]s, ([[nuclear fusion]], [[nuclear fission]], and speculation about [[antimatter]].<ref>[http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/teaching/HPS_0410/chapters/E=mcsquared/index.html John D. Norton ''Einstein for everyone - E=mc²''], Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh</ref><ref>[http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/releng.html Rod Nave ''HpyerPhysics - Relativistic Energy''], Georgia State University</ref><ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/legacy-of-e-equals-mc2.html Peter Tyson ''The Legacy of E=mc&sup2;''] October 11, 2005. PBS ''NOVA''. </ref><br />
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The [[Theory of Relativity]] has never been able to mathematically derive '''E=mc&sup2;''' from first principles, and a physicist observed in a peer-reviewed paper published in 2011 that "Leaving aside that it continues to be affirmed experimentally, a rigorous proof of the mass-energy equivalence is probably beyond the purview of the special theory."<ref>[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AmJPh..79..591H Eugene Hecht: ''How Einstein confirmed E<sub>0</sub>=mc&sup2;'', American Journal of Physics, Volume 79, Issue 6, pp. 591-600 (2011)]</ref><br />
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It has been known for a long time that radiation has a mass equivalence, which was correctly derived by [[Henri Poincare]] in 1904,<ref>[http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josa/abstract.cfm?uri=josa-42-8-540 Herbert E. Ives ''Derivation of the Mass-Energy Relation'', JOSA, Vol. 42, Issue 8, pp. 540-543 (1952)]</ref> but the equation '''E=mc&sup2;''' makes a claim far beyond that limited circumstance:<br />
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{{cquote|The equality of the mass equivalent of radiation to the mass lost by a radiating body is derivable from Poincaré’s momentum of radiation (1900) and his principle of relativity (1904).|||[[Herbert Ives]], 1952}}<br />
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== Description for the layman ==<br />
Ten top physicists were asked to describe in laymen's terms '''E=mc&sup2;''':<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/experts.html Lexi Krock, David Levin (editors) ''E=mc&sup2; explained'', June, 2005. PBS ''NOVA'']</ref>{{cquote|'''''It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life.'''''|||Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History}}{{cquote|''Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena.''|||Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University}}{{cquote|''You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before.''|||Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University}}{{<br />
cquote|''It certainly is not an equation that reveals all its subtlety in the few symbols that it takes to write down.''|||Brian Greene Theoretical Physicist Columbia University}}<br />
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== History of '''E=mc&sup2;''' ==<br />
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The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] explained the history of '''E=mc&sup2;''' for its NOVA series as follows:<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/ancestors-einstein.html David Bodanis ''Ancestors of E=mc&sup2;''], Nov 10, 2005, NOVA</ref><br />
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{{cquote|Over time, [[physicist]]s became used to multiplying an object's mass by the square of its [[velocity]] (mv&sup2;) to come up with a useful indicator of its energy. If the velocity of a ball or rock was 100 mph, then they knew that the energy it carried would be proportional to its mass times 100 squared. If the velocity is raised as high as it could go, to 670 million mph, it's almost as if the ultimate energy an object will contain should be revealed when you look at its mass times c squared, or its mc&sup2;.}}<br />
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==Experimental verification==<br />
The first experimental verification for the equation was performed 1932 by a team of an English and an Irish physicist, John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, as a byproduct of ''&quot;their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles&quot;''<ref>[http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1951/# Nobel Prize Organization]</ref> for which they were honored with the [[Nobel Prize]] in physics in 1951. The idea of the mass defect - and its calculation using ''E=mc&sup2;'' can be found on page 169-170 of his Nobel lecture.<ref>[http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1951/cockcroft-lecture.pdf John D. Cockroft ''Experiments on the interaction of high-speed nucleons with atomic nuclei''], Nobel Lecture, Dec 11, 1951</ref><br />
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They bombarded [[Lithium]] atoms with [[protons]] having a [[kinetic energy]] less than 1 [[Electron-Volts|MeV]]. The result were two (slightly less heavy) [[&alpha;-particle]]s, for which the [[kinetic energy]] was measured as 17.3 MeV<br />
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:::::<math>{}_3^7\mathrm{Li}\, +\, {}_1^1\mathrm{H}\,\rightarrow\,2\, {}_2^4\mathrm{He}</math><br />
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The mass of the particles on the left hand side is 8.0263 [[atomic mass units|amu]]s, the mass on the right hand side ''only'' 8.0077 amu.<ref>Gerard Piel ''The age of science: what scientists learned in the 20th century'', Basic Books, 2001, p. 144-145</ref> The difference between this masses is .00186 amu, which results in the following back-of-an-envelope calculation:<br />
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::::<math>0.00186\,\mathrm{amu} \cdot c^2 = 0.0186 \cdot 1.66 \cdot 10^{-27}\,\mathrm{kg}\cdot\left(3\cdot10^8\,\mathrm{\frac{m}{s}}\right)^2</math><br />
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::::<math>\approx \,17.3\,\mathrm{MeV}</math><br />
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Accurate measurements and detailed calculations allowed for verifying the theoretical values with an accuracy of ±0.5%. This was the first time a nucleus was artificially split, and thereby the first transmutation of elements using accelerated particles:<br />
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Some claim that the best empirical verification of '''E=mc<sup>2</sup>''' was done in 2005 by Simon Rainville et al., as published in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' (which is not a leading physics journal).<ref>[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7071/full/4381096a.html Nature 438, 1096-1097 (22 December 2005)] doi:10.1038/4381096a; Published online 21 December 2005</ref> The authors state in their article in ''Nature'' magazine that &quot;Einstein's relationship is separately confirmed in two tests, which yield a combined result of 1−Δmc²/E=(−1.4±4.4)×10<sup>−7</sup>, indicating that it holds to a level of at least 0.00004%. To our knowledge, this is the most precise direct test of the famous equation yet described.&quot;<br />
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==A Famous Example -- Nuclear Fission of Uranium==<br />
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For most types of physical interactions, the masses of the initial reactants and of the final products match so closely that it is essentially impossible to measure any difference. But for nuclear reactions, the difference is measurable. That difference is related to the energy absorbed or released, described by the equation E=mc&sup2;. (The equation applies to '''all''' interactions; the fact that nuclear interactions are the only ones for which the mass difference is measurable has led people to believe, wrongly, that E=mc&sup2; applies only to nuclear interactions.)<br />
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The [[Theory of Relativity]] played no role in this work, but proponents later tried to retrofit the theory to the data in order to explain the explain the observed mass changes. Here is the most famous example of the mass change.<br />
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Nuclear fission, which is the basis for nuclear energy, was discovered in experiments by [[Otto Hahn]] and [[Fritz Strassman]], and analyzed by [[Lise Meitner]], in 1938.<br />
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The decay path of [[Uranium]] that figured in the ''Hahn-Strassmann experiment'' may have been this:<br />
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:<sup>235</sup>U &rarr; <sup>140</sup>Xe + <sup>91</sup>Sr + 4n<br />
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(The [[Xenon]] decayed within about a minute to <sup>140</sup>Ba. There are a large number of fission paths and fission products, but they were searching for the chemical signature of [[Barium]].)<br />
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The masses of the particles are:<br />
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{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;8&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; <br />
! Substance<br />
! <sup>235</sup>U<br />
! <sup>140</sup>Xe<br />
! <sup>91</sup>Sr<br />
! 4 neutrons<br />
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| Number of protons<br />
| 92<br />
| 54<br />
| 38<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| Number of neutrons<br />
| 235<br />
| 140<br />
| 91<br />
| 4<br />
|-<br />
| Number of electrons<br />
| 92<br />
| 54<br />
| 38<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| Mass<br />
| 235.04393<br />
| 139.92164<br />
| 90.910203<br />
| 4.03466<br />
|}<br />
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The mass of the Uranium atom is 235.04393, and the sum of the masses of the products is 234.866503. The difference is .177427 amu, or, using the E=mc&sup2; equation, 165 million electron volts. (The generally accepted value for the total energy released by Uranium fission, including secondary decays, is about 200 million electron volts.)<br />
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The insight that the conversion from Uranium to Barium was caused by complete fission of the atom was made by Lise Meitner in December, 1938. She had the approximate &quot;mass defect&quot; quantities memorized, and so she worked out in her head, using the E=mc&sup2; equation, that there would be this enormous release of energy. This release was observed shortly thereafter, and the result is nuclear power and nuclear weapons.<br />
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==A Topical Example: Speed of Extremely Energetic Neutrinos==<br />
Here is another example of the use of this formula in physics calculations. Recently there has been quite a controversy over whether neutrinos were observed traveling at a speed faster than light. Relativity doesn't allow that, and, since neutrinos have nonzero (but incredibly tiny) mass, they aren't even supposed to travel ''at'' the speed of light. This very issue came up on the [[Talk:Main_Page#Neutrinos]]. The speeds under discussion were calculated by the use of E=mc<sup>2</sup>.<br />
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The mass of a neutrino is about 0.44x10<sup>-36</sup>kilograms. (Normally all of these things are measured in more convenient units such as Giga-electron-Volts, but that makes implicit use of E=mc<sup>2</sup>. If we don't accept that, we have to do the calculations under classical physics, using SI (meter/kilogram/second) units.) The neutrinos were accelerated to an energy of about 17GeV, or .27x10<sup>-8</sup>Joules. Using the classical formula <math>\mathrm{E} = \frac{1}{2}mv^2</math>, we get v=110x10<sup>12</sup>meters per second. This is about 370,000 times the speed of light.<br />
However, the classical formula breaks down at speeds close to <math>c</math>, and indeed, as the speed of a massive object approaches <math>c</math>, the object's kinetic energy approaches <math>+\infty</math>.<br />
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Several scientists have gone on record stating that the neutrinos, which have mass, travel at precisely the speed of light. If true, this disproves the [[Theory of Relativity]] and the claim that '''E=mc<sup>2</sup>'''. However, it is more likely that those scientists are using language inaccurately. It is impossible to measure the speed of neutrinos precisely. What is meant is the difference between the speed of light and the speed of the neutrinos is too small to measure.<br />
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==Deducing the Equation From Empirical Observation==<br />
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While the equation was historically developed on theoretical grounds as an inevitable consequence of special relativity, it is possible to deduce it purely from empirical observation.<br />
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So, for the purposes of this section, imagine that one is in the era of "classical physics"; prior to 1900 or so. Relativity has not been invented, but, inexplicably, nuclear physics has. Imagine that the phenomena of radioactivity and nuclear fission have been observed, without any knowledge of relativity.<br />
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A well-accepted physical law of classical physics was the law of conservation of mass. This was not easy to deduce. It required careful analysis of such phenomena as combustion, in the 1700's, to eliminate the various confounding sub-phenomena that made the law difficult to see. But, by 1900, the law was well established:<br />
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:::*'''In all interactions, mass is precisely conserved.'''<br />
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For example, the mass of a TNT molecule is 227.1311 Daltons, or 227.1311 g/mol, which is, for all practical purposes, the same as the mass of its constituent Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Oxygen atoms. It is essentially impossible to measure the difference. The principle of conservation of mass is upheld.<br />
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But when nuclear phenomena are discovered, we notice something different. The masses of the result particles after an event (e.g. alpha decay, nuclear fission, or artificial transmutation) is measurably less than the masses of the original particle(s). With the invention of the mass spectrometer around 1920, it became possible to measure atomic weights of various isotopes with great precision.<br />
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Radium-226 decays into Radon-222 by emission of an alpha particle with an energy of 4.78 MeV.<br />
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1 kg of Radium-226 = <math>\frac{6.022 \times 10^{23}}{226.0254}</math> atoms. (The numerator is [[Avogadro's number]], and the denominator is the atomic weight of Radium-226.) This is 2.6643647 * 10<sup>24</sup> atoms.<br />
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That number of Radon-222 atoms has mass .98226836 kg. That number of alpha particles has mass .01770863 kg.<br />
The mass lost is .00002301 kg.<br />
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Each emitted alpha particle has energy of 4.78 MeV, or 4.78 * .1602 * 10<sup>-18</sup> Joules. The total alpha energy from the decay of 1 kg of radium is 2.04 * 10<sup>12</sup> Joules.<br />
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Also, Radon-222 decays into Polonium-218 by emission of an alpha particle with an energy of 5.49 MeV.<br />
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1 kg of Radon-222 = <math>\frac{6.022 \times 10^{23}}{222.0176}</math> atoms. This is 2.7124611 * 10<sup>24</sup> atoms.<br />
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That number of Polonium-218 atoms has mass .98194467 kg. That number of alpha particles has mass .01802830 kg.<br />
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The mass lost is .00002703 kg.<br />
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Each emitted alpha particle has energy of 5.49 MeV. The total alpha energy from the decay of 1 kg of polonium is 2.39 * 10<sup>12</sup> Joules.<br />
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It looks as thought we have to rewrite the law of conservation of mass:<br />
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:::*'''In all "ordinary" interactions, mass is precisely conserved.'''<br />
:::*'''In nuclear interactions, there is a small but measurable loss of mass.'''<br />
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:By the way, we can clearly see that atomic weights of pure isotopes are not integers, and that it has something to do with the energy released by nuclear disintegration. In retrospect, the formula E=mc&sup2; explains the non-integer character of atomic weights.<br />
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Making special cases like this is unsatisfactory, of course.<br />
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We do this for a few other interactions, including the explosion of TNT. This would include the Lithium-plus-Hydrogen and Uranium fission phenomena described above. We won't bother with the details. As observational scientists, we look for patterns in the behavior of nature. We make a table:<br />
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! interaction<br />
! energy released per kg, Joules<br />
! mass lost per kg of original substance, kg<br />
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| explosion of TNT<br />
| 4.184 * 10<sup>6</sup><br />
| seems to be zero<br />
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| alpha decay of Ra-226<br />
| 2.04 * 10<sup>12</sup><br />
| .00002301 kg<br />
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| alpha decay of Rn-222<br />
| 2.39 * 10<sup>12</sup><br />
| .00002703 kg<br />
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We plot these, and a few others, not shown, on graph paper, and find to our amazement that the relationship is linear.<br />
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For Ra, m/E = .112794118 E-16<br />
For Po, m/E = .113096234 E-16<br />
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If this is linear, the mass defect for TNT would have been .47 * 10<sup>-10</sup>. We couldn't possibly have measured this.<br />
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So we can rewrite the rule for conservation of mass in a more satisfactory way:<br />
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:::*'''In all interactions, there is a loss of mass, equal to about .113 * 10<sup>-16</sup> kg per Joule of energy released.'''<br />
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What we thought was exact conservation is just very nearly exact, and we hadn't been able to measure it before.<br />
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But maybe there's more. This constant has dimensions of kilograms per Joule. From high-school physics, we know that that is seconds squared divided by meters squared. That is, it is the reciprocal of the square of a velocity. We calculate that velocity. It is about 2.97 * 10<sup>8</sup> meters per second. Very close to the speed of light! Very interesting! (The calculations above were not extremely precise. The formula has been verified with great precision, but not here.)<br />
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We don't understand why (that will have to wait for the invention of relativity), but we can formulate a hypothesis:<br />
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:::*'''In all interactions, there is a loss of mass, equal to <math>\frac{1}{c^2}</math> times the amount of energy released.'''<br />
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We don't have to give the units any more, since everything is now dimensionally correct.<br />
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::There is a very interesting analogy with the discovery of [[Maxwell's Equations]]. Maxwell found an interesting relationship involving the fundamental constants <math>\epsilon\,</math> and <math>\mu\,</math> appearing in his equations. Specifically, <math>\epsilon\mu\,</math> has the dimensions of seconds squared divided by meters squared, and that:<br />
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::where "c" was the known velocity of light. He also showed that his equations predict electromagnetic waves, propagating at that speed.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Counterexamples to Relativity]]<br />
*[[Essay:Rebuttal to Counterexamples to Relativity]]<br />
*[[Richard Lenski]], another famously wrong liberal scientist<br />
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<div>[[Image:Yes on prop 8 prop 4 sign.jpg|right|thumb|A house in California showing support for Prop 8 and other conservative causes]]<br />
'''Proposition 8''' was a ballot proposition in [[California]] that added the following text to Section 7.5 of Article I of the California Constitution: ''Only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California.'' <ref>Voter Information Guide, ''Proposition 8'' [http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/text-proposed-laws/text-of-proposed-laws.pdf#prop8]</ref> It sought to return [[traditional marriage]] to the state. The proposition passed with 52.3% of the vote on November 4, 2008.<br />
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The proposition only affected whether same-sex couples could call themselves married under California law, and did not affect any substantive rights. Same-sex couples can still file joint state tax returns, adopt children, and enjoy other marital benefits under the California domestic partnership law. They could not call themselves married under federal law anyway, and the federal government does not recognize any same-sex marriages.<br />
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After the election, demonstrations and protests occurred across the state and nation. Numerous [[lawsuits]] were filed with the California Supreme Court by same-sex couples and government entities, challenging the proposition's validity and effect on previously administered same-sex marriages. The court heard oral arguments on March 5, 2009, and declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional on August 4, 2010.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/35374462/Prop-8-Ruling-FINAL Prop 8 Ruling FINAL] Scribd, August 5, 2010.</ref><br />
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==History of Marriage in California==<br />
Historically marriage in the state of California had always been between a man and a woman as that was the understood definition of marriage. There was no need to include language that specified gender. In 1977, amidst a changing climate that saw the advent of the gay rights movement, the California legislature amended the California Family Code to make it clear that marriage was between a man and a woman. <ref>UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, ''Same-Sex Marriage in California - Overview and Issues''[http://igs.berkeley.edu/library/htGayMarriage.html]</ref> <br />
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In 2000 the possibility of same-sex marriage being legalized in other states led to Proposition 22 being passed, adding language to restrict California from recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples from other states as valid. <ref>California Voter Guide, ''Limit on Marriages. Initiative Statute. Text of Proposition 22'' [http://primary2000.sos.ca.gov/VoterGuide/Propositions/22text.htm] Section 308.5 was added to the Family Code, to read, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."</ref> Proposition 22 passed easily with 61% of the vote, but it was overturned by California's Supreme Court in May of 2008. The court also mandated that [[gay marriage|same-sex marriage]] licenses be issued by judicial degree, not by the will of the voters or the legislature. The licenses were not recognized by the federal government and most of the nation.<br />
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==The Campaign for Proposition 8==<br />
Proposition 8 was written in anticipation of four California Supreme Court Justices who overturned the will of the people and sought to redefine traditional marriage in California. <br />
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With a total of over 70 million dollars being spent, it became the most expensive campaign on a social proposition in history. The campaigns for and against Proposition 8 raised $39.9 million and $43.3 million, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKiw9iO4JJqxjTDd98GqpwyqDEewD963PUK00|title=Donors pumped $83M to Calif. gay marriage campaign|publisher=The Associated Press|date=2009-02-02|accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref><br />
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The measure passed with 52% of the votes being for to 48% against. While much was made of the fact that it was losing in the polls up until the time of the election, proponents pointed out that similar measures were often reported as polling poorly, but the actual vote was different. For instance Proposition 22 was supposed to be too close to call in 2000. Although it had been claimed that minority voters were against the message, exit polling on election day showed that latinos favored it overall while blacks favored it with a 70% yes vote. The large number of blacks who came out to vote for [[Barack Obama]] helped to tip the scale for Proposition 8's passing. Obama ironically stated that he did not support same-sex marriage, though also against Proposition 8.<ref>[http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081106/news_1n6exit.html Blacks, Latinos helped Prop. 8, exit polls say]</ref><br />
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===Proponents===<br />
ProtectMarriage.com was the main proponent of the measure. It sponsored the initiative that placed the proposition on the ballot and spearheaded the campaign.<br />
====Political Figures====<br />
*Presidential-nominee and Senator [[John McCain]]<br />
*Vice presidential-nominee and Governor [[Sarah Palin]] <br />
*Former Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]]<br />
*California State Senator [[Tom McClintock]]<br />
<br />
====Religious Figures====<br />
*[[Rick Warren]]<br />
*[[Roman Catholic Church]]<br />
*[[Knights of Columbus]]<br />
*[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]<br />
*[[Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America]]<br />
*[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]<br />
====Others====<br />
*Grossmont Union High School District<br />
<br />
===Opponents===<br />
Equality For All, which ran NoOnProp8.com was the lead organization in opposition to Proposition 8.<br />
====Political Figures====<br />
*Then-presidential nominee and Senator [[Barack Obama]]<br />
*Then-vice presidential nominee and Senator [[Joe Biden]]<br />
*California Republican Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] <br />
*House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]]<br />
*Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]]<br />
*Senator [[Barbara Boxer]]<br />
*Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]]<br />
*Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]]<br />
*California Attorney General [[Jerry Brown]]<br />
====Religious Figures====<br />
*[[Episcopal Church of America]]<br />
*[[Jewish Mosaic]]<br />
*[[American Jewish Committee]]<br />
*[[Anti-Defamation League]]<br />
====Others====<br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Apple Inc.]]<br />
*[[Los Angeles Unified School District]]<br />
*[[California Teachers Association]]<br />
*Eight of the state's largest newspapers plus ''[[The New York Times]]''<br />
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==Results==<br />
Proposition 8 passed with a 52.30% majority (7,001,084 votes) over a 47.70% minority (6,401,482 votes) with 340,611 invalid or blank votes. 79.42% of the Californian population turned up to vote on voting day. <br />
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Ron Prentice, the chairman of ProtectMarriage.com issued a statement saying, ""The people of California stood up for traditional marriage and reclaimed this great institution." The organizers of the "No on Prop 8" campaign issued a statement on November 6 saying "Tuesday’s vote was deeply disappointing to all who believe in equal treatment under the law."<br />
<br />
==Vandalism and Protests==<br />
Supporters of same-sex marriage vandalized some "Yes on 8" signs, sent hate mail, and ultimately made death threats which caused at least one top supporter of Proposition 8 to hire a bodyguard.<ref>ABC 30HD, Fresno, CA. "[http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6479879 Prop 8 Threat: Fresno Police close to Arrest]"</ref> Ultimately the realization that the people had spoken led to protests and arrests.<ref>FoxNews.com, ''Several Gay Marriage Ban Protesters Arrested in Clashes With Police in California'', Thursday, November 06, 2008 [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,447744,00.html]</ref> Continuing protests months after the election have led to more issues.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,450884,00.html Cross-Bearing Woman Says She Was Attacked by Gay Marriage Supporters, May Press Charges] </ref> The Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was vandalized with the words Prop H8 and a Nazi swastika in spray paint. <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=41858 San Francisco Catholic Church Attacked by Pro-Homosexual Marriage Vandals] CNSNews, January 13, 2009</ref> The slang H8 stands for 'Hate' or Proposition Hate.<br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
Due to the text that Proposition 8 added to the states constitution, same-sex marriage licenses are no longer being issued in California.<br />
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California Attorney General Jerry Brown has argued that the 18,000 same-sex marriages that were performed before Proposition 8 passed should still be considered valid in California.<ref>[http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/37701prs20081105.html ACLU:''California Will Honor Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Married Before the Possible Passage of Prop. 8, Initiative Would Apply to Future Marriages'', 11/5/2008]</ref> Others have postulated the marriages may be converted to domestic partnerships <ref>[http://www.volokh.com/posts/1225907782.shtml The Volokh Conspiracy, ''What Will Happen to California Same-Sex Marriages?'', Eugene Volokh, 11/5/2008]</ref>, which in California have the same state-law rights as marriage.<ref>[http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/11/the_odd_legal_g.html Concurring Opinions,''A small wrinkle regarding the Volokh proposal on Prop 8 retro-activity'', by Kaimipono D. Wenger, 11/5/2008]</ref> Regardless of the court, any California couple can convert to a domestic partnership any time the couple wishes.<br />
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Following the passage, a group of gay couples and governmental entities (a small collection of coastal cities and counties) have filed suit against Proposition 8. The California Supreme court accepted the three lawsuits which sought to overturn Proposition 8 (Strauss v. Horton, Tyler v. California, San Francisco v. Horton). According to the AP, "All three cases claim the ban abridges the civil rights of a vulnerable minority group. They argue that voters alone did not have the authority to enact such a significant constitutional change."<ref>AP, ''Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban'', Nov 19, 2008 [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081119/D94I8U1G3.html]</ref> Similar laws upholding traditional marriage had already been passed in 30 other states.<br />
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The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on December 19th to no longer recognize the alleged marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that said that same-sex marriages were not to be recognized. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Dec19/0,4670,GayMarriageLawsuits,00.html Prop.8 sponsors seek to nullify 18K gay marriages] AP, December 19, 2008</ref> "Proposition 8's brevity is matched by its clarity. There are no conditional clauses, exceptions, exemptions or exclusions,".<br />
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Oral arguments were heard March 5, 2009, and the decision was rendered May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court voted to uphold the proposition, but maintain state recognition of same-sex marriages already performed.<ref>http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S168047.PDF</ref><br />
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A group of Hollywood actors led by musical theater composer Marc Shaiman wrote “Prop 8: The Musical.” The music video mocks Christians, defames Christ, and distorts the teaching of the Bible through a series of "pick and choose" doctrines. Marc Shaiman is also the composer for “Hairspray” and “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.” <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=40318 Group Calls for Hollywood to Apologize for ‘Prop 8: The Musical’] CNSNews, December 4, 2009</ref><br />
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Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the San Francisco 9th Circuit District Court declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional on August 4, 2010. "The judge found that the gay marriage ban violate[d] the [Federal] Constitution's due process and equal protection clauses."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/04/federal-judge-overturns-californias-sex-marriage-ban/ Federal Judge Overturns California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban] FoxNews.com, August 4, 2010</ref> The case was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and is due to be reviewed by the US Supreme Court in early 2013, alongside another case finding key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The ruling against the Proposition has been stayed pending the Supreme Court review.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Anti-Defamation League]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Law]]<br />
[[Category:California]]<br />
[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]<br />
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<div>[[Image:Yes on prop 8 prop 4 sign.jpg|right|thumb|A house in California showing support for Prop 8 and other conservative causes]]<br />
'''Proposition 8''' was a ballot proposition in [[California]] that added the following text to Section 7.5 of Article I of the California Constitution: ''Only marriage between a man and a woman is recognized in California.'' <ref>Voter Information Guide, ''Proposition 8'' [http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/text-proposed-laws/text-of-proposed-laws.pdf#prop8]</ref> It sought to return [[traditional marriage]] to the state. The proposition passed with 52.3% of the vote on November 4, 2008.<br />
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The proposition only affected whether same-sex couples could call themselves married under California law, and did not affect any substantive rights. Same-sex couples can still file joint state tax returns, adopt children, and enjoy other marital benefits under the California domestic partnership law. They could not call themselves married under federal law anyway, and the federal government does not recognize any same-sex marriages.<br />
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After the election, demonstrations and protests occurred across the state and nation. Numerous [[lawsuits]] were filed with the California Supreme Court by same-sex couples and government entities, challenging the proposition's validity and effect on previously administered same-sex marriages. The court heard oral arguments on March 5, 2009, and declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional on August 4, 2010.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/35374462/Prop-8-Ruling-FINAL Prop 8 Ruling FINAL] Scribd, August 5, 2010.</ref><br />
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==History of Marriage in California==<br />
Historically marriage in the state of California had always been between a man and a woman as that was the understood definition of marriage. There was no need to include language that specified gender. In 1977, amidst a changing climate that saw the advent of the gay rights movement, the California legislature amended the California Family Code to make it clear that marriage was between a man and a woman. <ref>UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, ''Same-Sex Marriage in California - Overview and Issues''[http://igs.berkeley.edu/library/htGayMarriage.html]</ref> <br />
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In 2000 the possibility of same-sex marriage being legalized in other states led to Proposition 22 being passed, adding language to restrict California from recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples from other states as valid. <ref>California Voter Guide, ''Limit on Marriages. Initiative Statute. Text of Proposition 22'' [http://primary2000.sos.ca.gov/VoterGuide/Propositions/22text.htm] Section 308.5 was added to the Family Code, to read, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."</ref> Proposition 22 passed easily with 61% of the vote, but it was overturned by California's Supreme Court in May of 2008. The court also mandated that [[gay marriage|same-sex marriage]] licenses be issued by judicial degree, not by the will of the voters or the legislature. The licenses were not recognized by the federal government and most of the nation.<br />
<br />
==The Campaign for Proposition 8==<br />
Proposition 8 was written in anticipation of four California Supreme Court Justices who overturned the will of the people and sought to redefine traditional marriage in California. <br />
<br />
With a total of over 70 million dollars being spent, it became the most expensive campaign on a social proposition in history. The campaigns for and against Proposition 8 raised $39.9 million and $43.3 million, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKiw9iO4JJqxjTDd98GqpwyqDEewD963PUK00|title=Donors pumped $83M to Calif. gay marriage campaign|publisher=The Associated Press|date=2009-02-02|accessdate=2009-02-03}}</ref><br />
<br />
The measure passed with 52% of the votes being for to 48% against. While much was made of the fact that it was losing in the polls up until the time of the election, proponents pointed out that similar measures were often reported as polling poorly, but the actual vote was different. For instance Proposition 22 was supposed to be too close to call in 2000. Although it had been claimed that minority voters were against the message, exit polling on election day showed that latinos favored it overall while blacks favored it with a 70% yes vote. The large number of blacks who came out to vote for [[Barack Obama]] helped to tip the scale for Proposition 8's passing. Obama ironically stated that he did not support same-sex marriage, though also against Proposition 8.<ref>[http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081106/news_1n6exit.html Blacks, Latinos helped Prop. 8, exit polls say]</ref><br />
<br />
===Proponents===<br />
ProtectMarriage.com was the main proponent of the measure. It sponsored the initiative that placed the proposition on the ballot and spearheaded the campaign.<br />
====Political Figures====<br />
*Presidential-nominee and Senator [[John McCain]]<br />
*Vice presidential-nominee and Governor [[Sarah Palin]] <br />
*Former Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]]<br />
*California State Senator [[Tom McClintock]]<br />
<br />
====Religious Figures====<br />
*[[Rick Warren]]<br />
*[[Roman Catholic Church]]<br />
*[[Knights of Columbus]]<br />
*[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]<br />
*[[Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America]]<br />
*[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]<br />
====Others====<br />
*Grossmont Union High School District<br />
<br />
===Opponents===<br />
Equality For All, which ran NoOnProp8.com was the lead organization in opposition to Proposition 8.<br />
====Political Figures====<br />
*Then-presidential nominee and Senator [[Barack Obama]]<br />
*Then-vice presidential nominee and Senator [[Joe Biden]]<br />
*California Republican Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] <br />
*House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]]<br />
*Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]]<br />
*Senator [[Barbara Boxer]]<br />
*Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]]<br />
*Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]]<br />
*California Attorney General [[Jerry Brown]]<br />
====Religious Figures====<br />
*[[Episcopal Church of America]]<br />
*[[Jewish Mosaic]]<br />
*[[American Jewish Committee]]<br />
*[[Anti-Defamation League]]<br />
====Others====<br />
*[[Google]]<br />
*[[Apple Inc.]]<br />
*[[Los Angeles Unified School District]]<br />
*[[California Teachers Association]]<br />
*Eight of the state's largest newspapers plus ''[[The New York Times]]''<br />
<br />
==Results==<br />
Proposition 8 passed with a 52.30% majority (7,001,084 votes) over a 47.70% minority (6,401,482 votes) with 340,611 invalid or blank votes. 79.42% of the Californian population turned up to vote on voting day. <br />
<br />
Ron Prentice, the chairman of ProtectMarriage.com issued a statement saying, ""The people of California stood up for traditional marriage and reclaimed this great institution." The organizers of the "No on Prop 8" campaign issued a statement on November 6 saying "Tuesday’s vote was deeply disappointing to all who believe in equal treatment under the law."<br />
<br />
==Vandalism and Protests==<br />
Supporters of same-sex marriage vandalized some "Yes on 8" signs, sent hate mail, and ultimately made death threats which caused at least one top supporter of Proposition 8 to hire a bodyguard.<ref>ABC 30HD, Fresno, CA. "[http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6479879 Prop 8 Threat: Fresno Police close to Arrest]"</ref> Ultimately the realization that the people had spoken led to protests and arrests.<ref>FoxNews.com, ''Several Gay Marriage Ban Protesters Arrested in Clashes With Police in California'', Thursday, November 06, 2008 [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,447744,00.html]</ref> Continuing protests months after the election have led to more issues.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,450884,00.html Cross-Bearing Woman Says She Was Attacked by Gay Marriage Supporters, May Press Charges] </ref> The Holy Redeemer Catholic Church was vandalized with the words Prop H8 and a Nazi swastika in spray paint. <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=41858 San Francisco Catholic Church Attacked by Pro-Homosexual Marriage Vandals] CNSNews, January 13, 2009</ref> The slang H8 stands for 'Hate' or Proposition Hate.<br />
<br />
==Aftermath==<br />
Due to the text that Proposition 8 added to the states constitution, same-sex marriage licenses are no longer being issued in California.<br />
<br />
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has argued that the 18,000 same-sex marriages that were performed before Proposition 8 passed should still be considered valid in California.<ref>[http://www.aclu.org/lgbt/relationships/37701prs20081105.html ACLU:''California Will Honor Marriages of Same-Sex Couples Married Before the Possible Passage of Prop. 8, Initiative Would Apply to Future Marriages'', 11/5/2008]</ref> Others have postulated the marriages may be converted to domestic partnerships <ref>[http://www.volokh.com/posts/1225907782.shtml The Volokh Conspiracy, ''What Will Happen to California Same-Sex Marriages?'', Eugene Volokh, 11/5/2008]</ref>, which in California have the same state-law rights as marriage.<ref>[http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/11/the_odd_legal_g.html Concurring Opinions,''A small wrinkle regarding the Volokh proposal on Prop 8 retro-activity'', by Kaimipono D. Wenger, 11/5/2008]</ref> Regardless of the court, any California couple can convert to a domestic partnership any time the couple wishes.<br />
<br />
Following the passage, a group of gay couples and governmental entities (a small collection of coastal cities and counties) have filed suit against Proposition 8. The California Supreme court accepted the three lawsuits which sought to overturn Proposition 8 (Strauss v. Horton, Tyler v. California, San Francisco v. Horton). According to the AP, "All three cases claim the ban abridges the civil rights of a vulnerable minority group. They argue that voters alone did not have the authority to enact such a significant constitutional change."<ref>AP, ''Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban'', Nov 19, 2008 [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081119/D94I8U1G3.html]</ref> Similar laws upholding traditional marriage had already been passed in 30 other states.<br />
<br />
The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on December 19th to no longer recognize the alleged marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that said that same-sex marriages were not to be recognized. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Dec19/0,4670,GayMarriageLawsuits,00.html Prop.8 sponsors seek to nullify 18K gay marriages] AP, December 19, 2008</ref> "Proposition 8's brevity is matched by its clarity. There are no conditional clauses, exceptions, exemptions or exclusions,".<br />
<br />
Oral arguments were heard March 5, 2009, and the decision was rendered May 26, 2009. The California Supreme Court voted to uphold the proposition, but maintain state recognition of same-sex marriages already performed.<ref>http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S168047.PDF</ref><br />
<br />
A group of Hollywood actors led by musical theater composer Marc Shaiman wrote “Prop 8: The Musical.” The music video mocks Christians, defames Christ, and distorts the teaching of the Bible through a series of "pick and choose" doctrines. Marc Shaiman is also the composer for “Hairspray” and “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.” <ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=40318 Group Calls for Hollywood to Apologize for ‘Prop 8: The Musical’] CNSNews, December 4, 2009</ref><br />
<br />
Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker of the San Francisco 9th Circuit District Court declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional on August 4, 2010. "The judge found that the gay marriage ban violate[d] the [Federal] Constitution's due process and equal protection clauses."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/04/federal-judge-overturns-californias-sex-marriage-ban/ Federal Judge Overturns California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban] FoxNews.com, August 4, 2010</ref> The case was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and is due to be reviewed by the US Supreme Court in early 2013, alongside another case finding key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Anti-Defamation League]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
[[Category:Law]]<br />
[[Category:California]]<br />
[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]<br />
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<div>'''''Lincoln''''' is a 2012 film by director [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] as [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the last four months of his life, focusing on the lame duck session after reelection to his second term as President, in which he achieved the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning two including Mr. Day-Lewis's third Oscar for best actor. The screenplay is based in part Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals. <br />
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==Plot synopsis==<br />
As the Civil War drags to a close, the President's thoughts move to the reconstruction, and the urgent need to replace his Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure, with an amendment definitively freeing the former slaves. Time constraints, the difficulty of passing the Amendment in the Secession States, and the competing radical and conservative factions in the Republican party, lead him to embark on a risky strategy. While secretly summoning Confederate representatives to Washington the President simultaneously has his political operatives covertly approach lame duck Democrats with promises of federal positions in return for support in the House for the Thirteenth Amendment.<br />
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[[category:American Civil War]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Lincoln_(film,_2012)&diff=1036877Lincoln (film, 2012)2013-02-26T05:27:23Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Plot synopsis */</p>
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<div>'''''Lincoln''''' is a 2012 film by director [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] as [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the last four months of his life, focusing on the lame duck session after reelection to his second term as President, in which he achieved the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning two including Mr. Day-Lewis's third Oscar for best actor. The screenplay is based in part Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals. <br />
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==Plot synopsis==<br />
As the Civil War drags to a close, the President's thoughts move to the reconstruction, and the urgent need to replace his Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure, with an amendment definitively freeing the former slaves. Time constraints, the difficulty of passing the Amendment in the Secession States, and the competing radical and conservative factions in the Republican party, lead him to embark on a risky strategy of secretly summoning Confederate representatives to Washington while simultaneously having his political operatives covertly approach lame duck Democrats with promises of federal positions in return for support in the House for the Thirteenth Amendment.<br />
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[[Category:Movies]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Steven_Spielberg&diff=1036870Steven Spielberg2013-02-26T05:16:07Z<p>TonySidaway: Somewhat jarring to dwell on an American's descent unless there is adequate context.</p>
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<div>'''Steven Spielberg''' (born 1946) is an award-winning [[American]] film director. His most famous films include ''[[E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial]]'', ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', ''[[Jaws]]'', ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Schindler's List]]'', ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', and ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.<br />
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He has won three [[Academy Awards]] for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan and has been nominated for another nine. <br />
==Links==<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229/ Steven Spielberg] at the Internet Movie Database<br />
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[[Category: Directors]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Lincoln_(film,_2012)&diff=1036868Lincoln (film, 2012)2013-02-26T05:11:51Z<p>TonySidaway: </p>
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<div>'''''Lincoln''''' is a 2012 film by director [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] as [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the last four months of his life, focusing on the lame duck session after reelection to his second term as President, in which he achieved the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning two including Mr. Day-Lewis's third Oscar for best actor. The screenplay is based in part Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals. <br />
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==Plot synopsis==<br />
As the Civil War drags to a close, the President's thoughts move to the reconstruction, and the urgent need to replace his Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure, with an amendment definitively freeing the former slaves. Time constraints, and the difficulty of passing the Amendment in the Secession States, and the competing political factions in his party, leads him to embark on a risky strategy of secretly summoning Confederate representatives to Washington while simultaneously having his political operatives approach lame duck Democrats with promises of federal positions in return for support in the House for the Thirteenth Amendment.<br />
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[[Category:Movies]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Lincoln_(film,_2012)&diff=1036866Lincoln (film, 2012)2013-02-26T05:11:06Z<p>TonySidaway: </p>
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<div>'''''Lincoln''''' is a 2012 film by director [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] as [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the last for months of his life, focusing on the lame duck session after reelection to his second term as President, in which he achieved the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning two including Mr. Day-Lewis's third Oscar for best actor. The screenplay is based in part Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals. <br />
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==Plot synopsis==<br />
As the Civil War drags to a close, the President's thoughts move to the reconstruction, and the urgent need to replace his Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure, with an amendment definitively freeing the former slaves. Time constraints, and the difficulty of passing the Amendment in the Secession States, and the competing political factions in his party, leads him to embark on a risky strategy of secretly summoning Confederate representatives to Washington while simultaneously having his political operatives approach lame duck Democrats with promises of federal positions in return for support in the House for the Thirteenth Amendment.<br />
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[[Category:Movies]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Lincoln_(film,_2012)&diff=1036864Lincoln (film, 2012)2013-02-26T05:10:25Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Plot synopsis */</p>
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<div>'''''Lincoln''''' is a 2012 film by director [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Daniel Day Lewis]] as [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the last for months of his life, focusing on the lame duck session after reelection to his second term as President, in which he achieved the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning two including Mr. Day-Lewis's third Oscar for best actor. The screenplay is based in part Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals. <br />
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==Plot synopsis==<br />
As the Civil War drags to a close, the President's thoughts move to the reconstruction, and the urgent need to replace his Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure, with an amendment definitively freeing the former slaves. Time constraints, and the difficulty of passing the Amendment in the Secession States, and the competing political factions in his party, leads him to embark on a risky strategy of secretly summoning Confederate representatives to Washington while simultaneously having his political operatives approach lame duck Democrats with promises of federal positions in return for support in the House for the Thirteenth Amendment.<br />
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[[Category:Movies]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Lincoln_(film,_2012)&diff=1036862Lincoln (film, 2012)2013-02-26T05:09:10Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Plot synopsis */</p>
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<div>'''''Lincoln''''' is a 2012 film by director [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Daniel Day Lewis]] as [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the last for months of his life, focusing on the lame duck session after reelection to his second term as President, in which he achieved the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning two including Mr. Day-Lewis's third Oscar for best actor. The screenplay is based in part Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals. <br />
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==Plot synopsis==<br />
As the Civil War drags to a close, the President's thoughts move to the reconstruction, and the urgent need to replace his Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure, with an amendment definitively freeing the former slaves. Time constraints, and the difficulty of passing the Amendment in the Secession States, and the competing political factions in his party, leads him to embark on a risky strategy of secretly summoning Confederate representatives to Washington while simultaneously having his political operatives approach lame duck Democrats with promises of federal positions on return for support in the House for the Thirteenth Amendment.<br />
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[[Category:Moviess]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Lincoln_(film,_2012)&diff=1036861Lincoln (film, 2012)2013-02-26T05:07:37Z<p>TonySidaway: stub</p>
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<div>'''''Lincoln''''' is a 2012 film by director [[Steven Spielberg]], starring [[Daniel Day Lewis]] as [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the last for months of his life, focusing on the lame duck session after reelection to his second term as President, in which he achieved the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in the House of Representatives. The film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning two including Mr. Day-Lewis's third Oscar for best actor. The screenplay is based in part Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography, Team of Rivals. <br />
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==Plot synopsis==<br />
As the Civil War drags to a close, the President's thoughts move to the reconstruction, and the urgent need to replace his Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure, with an amendment definitively freeing the former slaves. Time constraints, and the difficulty of passing the Amendment in the Secession States, and the competing political factions in his party, less him to embark on a risky strategy of secretly summoning Confederate representatives to Washington while simultaneously having his political operatives approach lame duck Democrats with promises of federal positions on return for support in the House for the Thirteenth Amendment.<br />
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[[Category:Moviess]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1023065Todd Akin2012-12-13T23:33:27Z<p>TonySidaway: /* 2012 Senate Campaign */</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district. In 2012 he was the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012, which he lost against the incumbent [[Democratic]] [[senator]] [[Claire McCaskill]] in November 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. He was replaced in the second district House seat by fellow Republican Ann L. Wagner, who won her race.<br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has lost one election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
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A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin ran against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but true [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill, for a time, did not comment directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focused upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demanded that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, while the principled Akin repeatedly made it clear that he was campaigning to win, and was projected to do better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs would.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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Even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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The Republican Party was not united in this reconciliation, however. On September 30 Governor [[Chris Christie]] of New Jersey told ABC's ''This Week'' emphatically that he opposed the endorsement of Akin. A recent Rasmussen poll had shown Senator McCaskill leading Akin by 49 to 43 points among likely voters.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/01/christie-says-gop-should-not-support-missouris-akin/</ref> Closer to election day, McCaskill ran radio and television spots featuring clips from [[Rino Backers]] criticizing Akin. <ref>http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nick-pistor/claire-mccaskill-features-mitt-romney-in-new-ad/article_5c4a5e19-82b8-5d3d-b9b3-6d740bcc3e57.html</ref><br />
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Federal Election Committee documents released after the election showed that the National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) quietly attempted to salvage Akin's campaign as election day approached, making two donations totaling $760,000 to the Missouri Republicans at the beginning of November, 2012. The Missouri Party spent nearly that much money on large ad buys in the name of "W. Todd Akin" at the same time. Akin's adviser Rick Tyler has commented that by then the damage was done by NRSC's and Karl Rove's earlier actions. "They came in because they finally accepted what I had been saying publicly for weeks and that is that it was not possible to win a majority in the Senate without winning Missouri. But by the time they spent the money we were already going to lose Senate seats not gain them. It was too late." <ref name="hill.com_20121207">Alexandra Jaffe, _The Hill_, December 7, 2012, [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/271617-nrsc-funneled-760k-to-missouri-gop-in-final-days-of-election NRSC funneled $760K to Missouri GOP in final days of election]</ref><br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
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On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
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Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
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Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
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In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
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President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district. In 2012 he was the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012, which he lost against the incumbent [[Democratic]] [[senator]] [[Claire McCaskill]] in November 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. He was replaced in the second district House seat by fellow Republican Ann L. Wagner, who won her race.<br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has lost one election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
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A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin ran against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but true [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill, for a time, did not comment directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focused upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demanded that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, while the principled Akin repeatedly made it clear that he was campaigning to win, and was projected to do better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs would.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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Even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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The Republican Party was not united in this reconciliation, however. On September 30 Governor [[Chris Christie]] of New Jersey told ABC's ''This Week'' emphatically that he opposed the endorsement of Akin. A recent Rasmussen poll had shown Senator McCaskill leading Akin by 49 to 43 points among likely voters.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/01/christie-says-gop-should-not-support-missouris-akin/</ref> Closer to election day, McCaskill ran radio and television spots featuring clips from [[Rino Backers]] criticizing Akin. <ref>http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nick-pistor/claire-mccaskill-features-mitt-romney-in-new-ad/article_5c4a5e19-82b8-5d3d-b9b3-6d740bcc3e57.html</ref> <br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
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On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
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Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
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Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
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In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
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President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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[[category:politics]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1023063Todd Akin2012-12-13T23:31:43Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Comments on rape and pregnancy */ Revelation that NRSC tried to salvage Akin's run just before the election.</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district. In 2012 he was the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012, which he lost against the incumbent [[Democratic]] [[senator]] [[Claire McCaskill]] in November 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. He was replaced in the second district House seat by fellow Republican Ann L. Wagner, who won her race.<br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has lost one election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
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A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin ran against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but true [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill, for a time, did not comment directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focused upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demanded that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, while the principled Akin repeatedly made it clear that he was campaigning to win, and was projected to do better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs would.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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Even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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The Republican Party was not united in this reconciliation, however. On September 30 Governor [[Chris Christie]] of New Jersey told ABC's ''This Week'' emphatically that he opposed the endorsement of Akin. A recent Rasmussen poll had shown Senator McCaskill leading Akin by 49 to 43 points among likely voters.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/01/christie-says-gop-should-not-support-missouris-akin/</ref> Closer to election day, McCaskill ran radio and television spots featuring clips from [[Rino Backers]] criticizing Akin. <ref>http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nick-pistor/claire-mccaskill-features-mitt-romney-in-new-ad/article_5c4a5e19-82b8-5d3d-b9b3-6d740bcc3e57.html</ref> <br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
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On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
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Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
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Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
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In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
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President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Federal Election Committee documents released after the election showed that the National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC) quietly attempted to salvage Akin's campaign as election day approached, making two donations totaling $760,000 to the Missouri Republicans at the beginning of November, 2012. The Missouri Party spent nearly that much money on large ad buys in the name of "W. Todd Akin" at the same time. Akin's adviser Rick Tyler has commented that by then the damage was done by NRSC's and Karl Rove's earlier actions. "They came in because they finally accepted what I had been saying publicly for weeks and that is that it was not possible to win a majority in the Senate without winning Missouri. But by the time they spent the money we were already going to lose Senate seats not gain them. It was too late." <ref name="hill.com_20121207">Alexandra Jaffe, _The Hill_, December 7, 2012, [http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/271617-nrsc-funneled-760k-to-missouri-gop-in-final-days-of-election NRSC funneled $760K to Missouri GOP in final days of election]</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[category:politics]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1017955Todd Akin2012-11-10T13:57:03Z<p>TonySidaway: Replaced in MO-02 by Ann L Wagner</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district. In 2012 he was the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012, which he lost against the incumbent [[Democratic]] [[senator]] [[Claire McCaskill]] in November 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. He was replaced in the second district House seat by fellow Republican Ann L. Wagner, who won her race.<br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has lost one election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
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A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin ran against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but true [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill, for a time, did not comment directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focused upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demanded that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, while the principled Akin repeatedly made it clear that he was campaigning to win, and was projected to do better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs would.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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Even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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The Republican Party was not united in this reconciliation, however. On September 30 Governor [[Chris Christie]] of New Jersey told ABC's ''This Week'' emphatically that he opposed the endorsement of Akin. A recent Rasmussen poll had shown Senator McCaskill leading Akin by 49 to 43 points among likely voters.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/01/christie-says-gop-should-not-support-missouris-akin/</ref> Closer to election day, McCaskill ran radio and television spots featuring clips from [[Rino Backers]] criticizing Akin. <ref>http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/nick-pistor/claire-mccaskill-features-mitt-romney-in-new-ad/article_5c4a5e19-82b8-5d3d-b9b3-6d740bcc3e57.html</ref> <br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
<br />
On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
<br />
Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
<br />
Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
<br />
In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
<br />
President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
<br />
In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[category:politics]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1010203Todd Akin2012-10-02T16:11:56Z<p>TonySidaway: /* 2012 Senate Campaign */</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district and is the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. <br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
<br />
A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin is running against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill is not commenting directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focuses upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demand that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, even though the principled Akin has repeatedly made it clear that he is campaigning to win, and is likely to better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs will.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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Even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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The Republican Party was not united in this reconciliation, however. On September 30 Governor [[Chris Christie]] of New Jersey told ABC's ''This Week'' emphatically that he opposed the endorsement of Akin. A recent Rasmussen poll had shown Senator McCaskill leading Akin by 49 to 43 points among likely voters.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/01/christie-says-gop-should-not-support-missouris-akin/</ref><br />
<br />
== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
<br />
On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
<br />
Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
<br />
Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
<br />
Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
<br />
=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
<br />
In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
<br />
President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
<br />
In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akin, Todd}}<br />
[[category:politics]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1010202Todd Akin2012-10-02T16:10:55Z<p>TonySidaway: /* 2012 Senate Campaign */ Christie, Rasmussen</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district and is the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. <br />
<br />
Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
<br />
In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
<br />
Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
<br />
A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
<br />
== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin is running against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill is not commenting directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focuses upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demand that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, even though the principled Akin has repeatedly made it clear that he is campaigning to win, and is likely to better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs will.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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Even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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The Republican Party was not united in this reconciliation, however. On September 30 Governor [[Chris Christie]] of New Jersey told ABC's This Week, emphatically that he opposed the endorsement of Akin. A recent Rasmussen poll had shown Senator McCaskill leading Akin by 49 to 43 points among likely voters.<ref>http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/01/christie-says-gop-should-not-support-missouris-akin/</ref><br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
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On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
<br />
Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
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Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
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In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
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President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district and is the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. <br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
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A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin is running against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill is not commenting directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focuses upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demand that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, even though the principled Akin has repeatedly made it clear that he is campaigning to win, and is likely to better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs will.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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Even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
<br />
On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
<br />
Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
<br />
Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
<br />
Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
<br />
=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
<br />
In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
<br />
President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akin, Todd}}<br />
[[category:politics]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1010199Todd Akin2012-10-02T16:03:55Z<p>TonySidaway: /* 2012 Senate Campaign */ More, including Bond's endorsement</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district and is the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. <br />
<br />
Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
<br />
Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
<br />
A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin is running against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill is not commenting directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focuses upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demand that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, even though the principled Akin has repeatedly made it clear that he is campaigning to win, and is likely to better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs will.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref> By then, former Missouri governor [[Kit Bond]] had endorsed Akin for Senate, and RNC chairman [[Reince Priebus]] had backed off on his earlier vows not to provide a penny to Akin. <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57522102/kit-bond-to-endorse-akin-priebus-hints-at-rnc-support/</ref><br />
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After making such comments, even while ostracised by the party, Akin drew over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
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On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
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Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
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Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
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In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
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President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[category:politics]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1009607Todd Akin2012-09-28T19:37:42Z<p>TonySidaway: /* 2012 Senate Campaign */ Abortion clinic arrest</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district and is the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. <br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
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A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin is running against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill is not commenting directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focuses upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demand that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, even though the principled Akin has repeatedly made it clear that he is campaigning to win, and is likely to better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs will.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref> On Friday 28th September, Akin confirmed that he had been arrested at an anti-abortion protest at a clinic some 25 years ago. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/09/akin-speaks-about-old-arrest-at-abortion-clinic-136954.html</ref><br />
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Since making such comments, Akin has drawn over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
<br />
== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
<br />
On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
<br />
Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
<br />
Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
<br />
Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
<br />
=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
<br />
In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
<br />
President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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<references/><br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akin, Todd}}<br />
[[category:politics]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Todd_Akin&diff=1009258Todd Akin2012-09-26T15:43:55Z<p>TonySidaway: /* 2012 Senate Campaign */ Santorum and DeMint endorse Akin in late September</p>
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district and is the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. <br />
<br />
Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
<br />
Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
<br />
A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin is running against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill is not commenting directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focuses upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demand that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, even though the principled Akin has repeatedly made it clear that he is campaigning to win, and is likely to better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs will.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref>http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/24/2703769/conservative-fund-considers-backing.html</ref> On Wednesday 26th, Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint publicly endorsed Akin for Senate, in a joint statement saying "we cannot afford six more years of Senator McCaskill." <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/santorum-demint-back-akin-136707.html</ref><br />
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Since making such comments, Akin has drawn over $600,000 in small donations<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/us/politics/todd-akin-counts-on-support-of-home-schoolers.html?ref=politics</ref>.<br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
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On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
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Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
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Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
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In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
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President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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<div>'''William Todd Akin''' (born July 5, 1947) is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Missouri]]'s second congressional district and is the Republican nominee for one of the most-watched races for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2012. Akin was first elected to Congress in 2000. Prior to that he served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. <br />
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Akin has taken a strong position on the role of [[faith]] in politics. In late July 2011 he said, "... at the heart of [[liberalism]] really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace [[God]]." [http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rep-todd-akin-refuses-to-apologize-for-saying-at-the-heart-of-liberalism-is-a-hatred-for-god/] [http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/28/congressmans-claim-liberals-hate-god/] <br />
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Akin is the son of Nancy Perry (née Bigelow) and Paul B. Akin. Both Akin's father and grandfather served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Laclede Steel Company. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute]] in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. degree in engineering in 1971.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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Following his college graduation, he served as an officer in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the Army Combat Engineers, then served in the Army Reserve until 1980.<ref name=bluebook>[http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstatepub&CISOPTR=99477&REC=17&CISOBOX=akin Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1993-1994], p. 157</ref><ref>[http://akin.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2 Biography], Congressman Todd Akin, Missouri's 2nd District, retrieved August 23, 2012.</ref> After leaving active duty, Akin worked as a salesman for IBM marketing large computer systems, and later went to work in management in the family steel business.<ref name=bluebook/><br />
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In 1984, Akin earned a divinity degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but entered politics rather than the ministry.<ref name=legacy>{{cite news|title=Small legacy, loyal allies|author=Stephanie McCrummen and David A Fahrenthold|work=Washington Post|date=August 23, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> He was elected to the Missouri legislature in 1988.<ref name=legacy/><br />
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Todd Akin has never lost an election, and has repeatedly won upset victories against more [[liberal]] opponents who have spent far more money than he has.<br />
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A [[veteran]], Congressman Akin has been a leader on military issues in the [[Republican Party]] in [[Congress]]. He is also a minister who has championed the greater use of [[prayer]] and [[charity]]. His family has [[homeschooled]] their children.<br />
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== 2012 Senate Campaign ==<br />
Akin won the August 7, 2012 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in a three-way field.<ref name=wsj2>{{cite news|title=Todd Akin's Sinking Ship|work=Wall Street Journal|page=A12|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> The [[Club for Growth]] and the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] backed John Brunner in the primary, while [[Sarah Palin]] supported former state official Sarah Steelman.<ref>{{cite news|title=Akin case tests power of GOP's heirarchy|author=Paul Kane and Ed O'Keefe|work=Washington Post|page=A4|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> In an April primary debate, Akin said that federally guaranteed student loans were a "Stage 3 cancer of socialism."<ref name=wp910>{{cite news|title=With Senate at stake, GOP awaits Akin's next move|author=Rosalind S. Helderman and Jason Horowitz|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/with-senate-at-stake-gop-waits-on-akins-next-move-mccaskill-goes-on-offense/2012/09/09/584d77bc-f8ef-11e1-8398-0327ab83ab91_story.html|work=Washington Post|page=A1|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Akin is running against the Democratic incumbent [[Claire McCaskill]] in the general election. Two weeks after his primary victory, Akin defended his principled [[pro-life]] position by indicating his opposition to abortion for pregnancy supposedly due to rape. A media firestorm ensued (see below), perhaps initiated by [[RINO]]s, but [[conservatives]] defended Akin's principled remarks. For example, Connie Mackey of the [[Family Research Council]] called the discussion of Akin's remarks "another case of 'gotcha politics' against a conservative leader."<ref name=wsj/> On August 22, Akin met with leaders of the [[Council for National Policy]] in Tampa, Florida, who indicated their unwavering support for his campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80027.html|title=Todd Akin in Tampa with top social conservatives|date=August 22, 2012|work=Politico|first=Kate|last=Nocera|accessdate=August 23, 2012}}</ref> On August 24, 2012, Akin held a press conference to announce, "We are going to be here through the November election and we are going to be here to win,” he said. Akin added, “there may be some negotiations but they don’t include me.”<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/08/24/todd-akin-we-are-going-to-be-here-through-the-november-election/|title=Todd Akin: ‘We are going to be here through the November election’|work=Washington Post|date=August 24, 2012|first=Sean|last=Sullivan|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref> At the Missouri delegation breakfast at the Republican National Convention, many delegates voiced support for Akin's candidacy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/80203.html?hp=t3_3|title=Missouri delegates angry at Mitt Romney over Todd Akin|first=Manu|last=Raju|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012|work=Politico}}</ref><br />
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McCaskill is not commenting directly on Akin's abortion remarks in her campaign, but instead focuses upon Akin's remarks comparing student loans to Stage 3 cancer.<ref name=wp910/> [[RINO Backers]] demand that Todd Akin remove his name from the ballot by September 25, 2012, even though the principled Akin has repeatedly made it clear that he is campaigning to win, and is likely to better on [[Election Day]] than many of the RINOs will.<ref name=wp910/><br />
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By September 23, as the polls nationwide showed the Senate races tightening and Akin showed no sign of giving up the fight, Newt Gingrich urged the party to let him back into the fold and at least one campaign finance group started to reconsider the wisdom of leaving Akin to fight alone. <ref><br />
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== Comments on rape and pregnancy ==<br />
''See also'' [[Media bullying]].<br />
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On August 19, 2012, in a local television interview with KTVI, Todd Akin rejected a suggestion that there should be a broad [[rape]] exception to limits on [[abortion]]. Akin distinguished between an actual rape and a false allegation of rape by referring to the former as a "legitimate rape," terminology that the [[liberal media]] then unfairly took out of context to engage in demagoguery against him.<br />
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Akin's statement from the interview was:<ref>McMorris-Santoro, Evan. "Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant." August 19, 2012. Talking Points Memo. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/todd-akin-legitimate-rape.php</ref><br />
{{cquote|First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn't work or something, I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child.}}<br />
Akin restated the same fact that has been published in the medical literature, which is that the incidence of pregnancy due to rape is rare. For example, the 6th Edition (2012) of the classic textbook by Lentz confirms:<ref>Lentz: Comprehensive Gynecology, 6th ed. (2012)</ref><br />
{{cquote|In the experience of most sexual assault centers, the chance of pregnancy occurring is quite low.}}<br />
An objective medical commentator, citing a published statistic that pregnancy from rape occurs only 1 in 50 times, observed that Akin was not wrong in his medical observation, and that false allegations of rape obviously do occur.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/akin-not-far-off-base-in-rape-comment/</ref><br />
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Published peer-reviewed studies confirm that stress -- which rape would induce -- interferes with the establishment and maintenance of a pregnancy:<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22687324</ref><br />
{{cquote|stress-related biomarkers ... affect establishment of pregnancy.}}<br />
"Hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus" due to stress, as reported in 2003 in this peer-reviewed study:<ref>http://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20030605/how-stress-causes-miscarriage</ref><br />
{{cquote|In what may prove to be a breakthrough finding, a team of scientists from Tufts University and Greece have identified a suspected chain reaction detailing exactly how stress hormones and other chemicals wreak havoc on the uterus and fetus.}}<br />
The [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]-[[Paul Ryan|Ryan]] campaign, which had already caved in to [[liberals]] on abortion and other important social issues, then ran away from Todd Akin's principled stance in a manner that reflected poorly on Romney and Ryan.<ref>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/mitt-romney-slams-lawmaker-todd-akins-rape-comments/story-fnd134gw-1226454546819</ref> [[RINO]]s tried to pressure Akin into withdrawing from the race for [[U.S. Senate]], so that a more [[liberal]], Establishment-supported candidate could be nominated. Akin stood up against the pressure and rejected the liberal demands.<br />
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Todd Akin has stood up against [[media bullying]] and namecalling by [[liberals]] such as [[Piers Morgan]] of ''[[CNN]]''.<ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/08/piers-morgan-calls-todd-akin-gutless-little-twerp-132635.html</ref><br />
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=== Apology about the Wording ===<br />
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In response to the demagoguery against him, Akin issued a general apology to anyone who misunderstood what he was saying.<ref>"Akin says he misspoke when making a comment about rape and abortion during the taping of The Jaco Report on FOX 2." [http://fox2now.com/2012/08/19/the-jaco-report-august-19-2012/] </ref> "I made a mistake. What I said was ill-conceived and it was wrong and for that I apologize." <ref> [http://www.akin.org/]</ref><br />
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President Obama tried unsuccessfully to exploit the issue for personal gain with an unusual statement to the press on August 21: "So what I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women."<ref name=wsj/> [[RINO Backers]], including Senators [[Mitch McConnell]], [[John Cornyn]], [[Scott Brown]] and [[Ron Johnson]], appeared to be acting on talking points provided to them as they rudely and unsuccessfully urged Akin to withdraw from the race.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title=Republicans look to force Akin out of Senate race|author=Paul Kane and Nia-Malika Henderson|work=Washington Post|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><ref name=wsj>{{cite news|title=Crucial Senate Race in Uproar|author=Naftali Bendavid and Louise Radnofsky|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 21, 2012|page=A1}}</ref><br />
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In September, Akin's wife, Lulli, brought more media attention to the "rape" comment by using a rape metaphor in an interview with the ''National Journal''. She said, "Party bosses dictating who is allowed to advance through the party and make all of the decisions &mdash; it's just like 1776 in that way." She added that colonalists "rose up and said, 'Not in my home, you don't come and rape my daughters and my ... wife.' But that is where we are again."<ref>{{cite news|title=In Mo. race, that word again|page=A4|work=Washington Post|author=Diana Reese|date=September 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/09/18/todd-akin-wife-rape-tyranny-missouri-senate/70000588/1#.UFi2hRg5V4s|title=Akin's wife compares GOP moves to 'tyranny'|work=USAToday|author= Catalina Camia|date=September 18, 2012|accessdate=September 18, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== How about you stop inserting liberal claptrap into articles ==<br />
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Dinosaurs existed 65 million years ago, you say. The world ain't even 65 million years old! Please discuss anything before you remove information from this encyclopedia, and try adding some for a change. --[[User:JamesWilson|James Wilson]] 12:53, 23 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
: My edits are consistent with the best scientific knowledge we have at present. Bearing in mind the the light reading our telescopes from the Andromeda galaxy were emitted by stars over two million years ago, what conceivable reason could you have for asserting that the earth cannot be old? --[[User:TonySidaway|TonySidaway]] 07:54, 25 September 2012 (EDT)</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dinosaur&diff=1008387Dinosaur2012-09-23T13:44:33Z<p>TonySidaway: /* In Popular Culture */ Removing more rubbish. Dinosaurs have been in movies, and popular, since the earliest days of stop frame animation</p>
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<div>{{Taxonomy<br />
|name=Dinosaur<br />
|image=Fdt566e4.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|superkingdom=<br />
|kingdom= Animalia<br />
|subkingdom=<br />
|superphylum=<br />
|phylum=Chordata<br />
|subphylum=<br />
|infraphylum=<br />
|microphylum=<br />
|superdivision=<br />
|division=<br />
|subdivision=<br />
|superclass=<br />
|class=Sauropsida<br />
|subclass=Diapsida<br />
|infraclass=Archosauromorpha<br />
|superorder=Dinosauria<br />
|order=Ornithischia; Saurischia <br />
|suborder=<br />
|infraorder=<br />
|superfamily=<br />
|family=<br />
|subfamily=<br />
|supertribe=<br />
|tribe=<br />
|subtribe=<br />
|genera=<br />
|genus=<br />
|subgenus=<br />
|species=<br />
|binomialname=<br />
|sub=<br />
|alt=<br />
}}<br />
'''Dinosaurs''' are extinct animals usually believed to be ranging in size from a few ounces to some of the largest land animals ever to exist. <br />
The word ''dinosaur'' was coined in 1841 by [[Richard Owen]]<ref>Grigg, Russell, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1956/ Dinosaurs and dragons: stamping on the legends], ''Creation''<br />
14(3):10–14, June 1992</ref>, from the Greek words for "terrible lizard", and reflected the creatures' large size and fearsome appearance to the early paleontologists.<br />
<br />
==Highlights of the history of dinosaur paleontology==<br />
[[Image:Osborn.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Henry Fairfield Osborn]]]]<br />
In the United States during the 1900s, the public imagination was caught by the discoveries of [[Henry Fairfield Osborn]] (1857-1935) and the great competitive dinosaur hunters, Edward Drinker Cope (1847-1897) and Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899). Exploring in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, they found numerous fossil dinosaurs. Their museums worked out the techniques for mounting and displaying them.<br />
<br />
==Dinosaur Species==<br />
Dinosaurs were immensely varied, and included both herbivores and carnivores. Although many have been found in the fossil record, paleontologists expect that they have barely scratched the surface of the vast superorder that the dinosaurs encompassed.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060905-dinosaurs_2.html Vast Majority of Dinosaurs Still to Be Found, Scientists Say], ''National Geographic''</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Dinosaurs existed on earth from 230 million years ago to 65 million years ago. The entire population of dinosaurs were wiped out by a mass extinction event (usually thought to be a meteorite) about 65 million years ago.<br />
<br />
====Extinction====<br />
<br />
Close to 65 million years ago, at the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period, and the beginning of what is called the [[Tertiary]] period, an event occurred which has come to be known as the [[K-T Event]]. This event obliterated most life on Earth, plunging the world into perennial winter, through which few extant species could survive. Although the nature of the K-T Event is still the subject of some dispute on detail (selecting among any number of catastrophes that could have caused the significant global cooling that resulted), most scientist believe that the K-T Event was caused by the collision of a massive asteroid with the Earth, the dust and debris from which would have shrouded the sky for thousands of years, cooling Earth considerably.<ref>Kevin O Pope, "Meteorite impact and the mass extinction of species at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, available at [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/95/19/11028]</ref> According to this view, the dinosaurs did not survive this cataclysm.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0823_020823_asteroid.html Prehistoric Asteroid "Killed Everything"], ''National Geographic''</ref> A layer of rock containing high concentrations of [[Iridium]], a metal that is extremely rare on earth but common in asteroids, is attributed to the vaporization and then fall of dust from the meteorite's impact, and its compression within the subsequent geological record.<ref>''Ibid''</ref>The evidence of a large impact crater can be found in rocks of the [[Yucatán]] Peninsula of the supposed age of this layer.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0307_030307_impactcrater.html "Dinosaur-Killer" Asteroid Crater Imaged for First Time], ''National Geographic''</ref> <ref>http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html</ref><br />
<br />
====An Explosion of new species ====<br />
<br />
The mass extinction of life, like the Permian and other extinctions before it, removed a major food competitor, and predator, of smaller animals. As a result of a new "vacancy" in the food chain, following the [[K-T Event]], vast speciation occurred, as the evolutionary pressure of a new cold age propelled animal species to adapt or die out. [[Mammals]] were some of the main beneficiaries of this explosion: their fur allowed them to adapt to the cold, and their small size allowed them to conserve energy relative to the huge dinosaurs of the previous age.<ref>Bennet, Shostak, Jakotsky, "Life in the Universe," viewable at [http://www.amazon.com/Life-Universe-Jeffrey-Bennett/dp/0805385770]</ref><br />
<br />
====Dinosaurs and Birds====<br />
<br />
As a number of feathered dinosaur fossils have been discovered, numerous homologies between between birds and dinosaurs show that modern birds are a descendants of dinosaurs.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1006_041006_feathery_dino.html New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers], ''National Geographic''</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
<br />
===''[[Saurischia]]''===<br />
Herbivorous species were almost all quadrupedal. They carried peg-like teeth which cut, rather than chewed, plant material; grinding of food was aided by gastroliths. Carnivorous species were exclusively bipedal. <br />
*Sauropoda<br />
::Species of this infraorder are characterized by long necks and tails, barrel-shaped bodies, and column-like legs. In three families (notably Diplodocidae, Brachiosauridae, and Titanosauroidea) there are species which are of extreme size, in excess of 125 feet in length and 100 tons, making them the largest animals to have walked the earth.<br />
:::''[[Apatosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Brachiosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Ultrasaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Seismosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Argentinosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Diplodocus]]'' <br />
<br />
*Theropoda<br />
::Exclusively bipedal; forearms meant for grasping or holding. Fossil evidence for several species indicate pack hunting. <br />
:::''[[Coelophysis]]'' <br />
:::''[[Ornithomimus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Allosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Deinonychus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Velociraptor]]'' <br />
:::''[[Giganotosaurus]]''<br />
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===''[[Ornithischia]]''===<br />
Species of this group were all herbivorous; most were quadrupedal. Front teeth were lacking, while a predentary bone was present in the front of the lower jaw. Several species (mainly within ''Ceratopsia'') had a distinctive parrot-like beak.<br />
*Ceratopsia<br />
::Species of this infraorder carried one or more horns on their heads, as well as a shield-like frill to protect the neck.<br />
:::''[[Triceratops]]'' <br />
:::''[[Pachyrhinosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Torosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Protoceratops]]'' <br />
:::''[[Styracosaurus]]'' <br />
*Stegosauria<br />
::Large dinosaurs with a row of bony plates on top of their backs, and several spikes used as a defensive weapon at the end of their tails.<br />
:::''[[Stegosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Huayangosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Kentrosaurus]]''<br />
*Ankylosauria<br />
::Heavily-armored dinosaurs, some with a row of spikes along each side, and possessing a bony tail club.<br />
:::''[[Ankylosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Euoplocephalus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Edmontonia]]'' <br />
*Ornithopods<br />
::Large, herd-dwelling dinosaurs that could run bipedaly. Several species had a "boss" of bone on their heads (Pachycephalosaurs) which may have been used for head-butting similar to bighorn sheep; others a crest of bone (hadrosaurs) which may have been sound resonators. <br />
:::''[[Camptosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Iguanodon]]''<br />
:::''[[Pachycephalosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Parasaurolophus]]''<br />
:::''[[Edmontosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Bactrosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Maiasaura]]''<br />
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== In Popular Culture ==<br />
Dinosaurs have been a fixture of popular culture since their discovery. It is theorized that some of the myths of fantastical creatures stem from the accidental discovery of dinosaur fossils. More recently, dinosaurs have featured in popular stories including books, movies, television, video games, even music.<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
*[[Evolution]]<br />
*[[Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]<br />
*[[Irreligion and superstition]]<br />
*[[Young earth creationism]]<br />
<br />
==References== <br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Dinosaurs]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Dinosaur&diff=1008386Dinosaur2012-09-23T13:43:16Z<p>TonySidaway: Removing anti-scientific nonsense, rewording a good part of the article to at least approximate the scientitific view.</p>
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<div>{{Taxonomy<br />
|name=Dinosaur<br />
|image=Fdt566e4.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|superkingdom=<br />
|kingdom= Animalia<br />
|subkingdom=<br />
|superphylum=<br />
|phylum=Chordata<br />
|subphylum=<br />
|infraphylum=<br />
|microphylum=<br />
|superdivision=<br />
|division=<br />
|subdivision=<br />
|superclass=<br />
|class=Sauropsida<br />
|subclass=Diapsida<br />
|infraclass=Archosauromorpha<br />
|superorder=Dinosauria<br />
|order=Ornithischia; Saurischia <br />
|suborder=<br />
|infraorder=<br />
|superfamily=<br />
|family=<br />
|subfamily=<br />
|supertribe=<br />
|tribe=<br />
|subtribe=<br />
|genera=<br />
|genus=<br />
|subgenus=<br />
|species=<br />
|binomialname=<br />
|sub=<br />
|alt=<br />
}}<br />
'''Dinosaurs''' are extinct animals usually believed to be ranging in size from a few ounces to some of the largest land animals ever to exist. <br />
The word ''dinosaur'' was coined in 1841 by [[Richard Owen]]<ref>Grigg, Russell, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1956/ Dinosaurs and dragons: stamping on the legends], ''Creation''<br />
14(3):10–14, June 1992</ref>, from the Greek words for "terrible lizard", and reflected the creatures' large size and fearsome appearance to the early paleontologists.<br />
<br />
==Highlights of the history of dinosaur paleontology==<br />
[[Image:Osborn.jpg|200px|thumb|right|[[Henry Fairfield Osborn]]]]<br />
In the United States during the 1900s, the public imagination was caught by the discoveries of [[Henry Fairfield Osborn]] (1857-1935) and the great competitive dinosaur hunters, Edward Drinker Cope (1847-1897) and Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899). Exploring in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, they found numerous fossil dinosaurs. Their museums worked out the techniques for mounting and displaying them.<br />
<br />
==Dinosaur Species==<br />
Dinosaurs were immensely varied, and included both herbivores and carnivores. Although many have been found in the fossil record, paleontologists expect that they have barely scratched the surface of the vast superorder that the dinosaurs encompassed.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060905-dinosaurs_2.html Vast Majority of Dinosaurs Still to Be Found, Scientists Say], ''National Geographic''</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Dinosaurs existed on earth from 230 million years ago to 65 million years ago. The entire population of dinosaurs were wiped out by a mass extinction event (usually thought to be a meteorite) about 65 million years ago.<br />
<br />
====Extinction====<br />
<br />
Close to 65 million years ago, at the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period, and the beginning of what is called the [[Tertiary]] period, an event occurred which has come to be known as the [[K-T Event]]. This event obliterated most life on Earth, plunging the world into perennial winter, through which few extant species could survive. Although the nature of the K-T Event is still the subject of some dispute on detail (selecting among any number of catastrophes that could have caused the significant global cooling that resulted), most scientist believe that the K-T Event was caused by the collision of a massive asteroid with the Earth, the dust and debris from which would have shrouded the sky for thousands of years, cooling Earth considerably.<ref>Kevin O Pope, "Meteorite impact and the mass extinction of species at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, available at [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/95/19/11028]</ref> According to this view, the dinosaurs did not survive this cataclysm.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0823_020823_asteroid.html Prehistoric Asteroid "Killed Everything"], ''National Geographic''</ref> A layer of rock containing high concentrations of [[Iridium]], a metal that is extremely rare on earth but common in asteroids, is attributed to the vaporization and then fall of dust from the meteorite's impact, and its compression within the subsequent geological record.<ref>''Ibid''</ref>The evidence of a large impact crater can be found in rocks of the [[Yucatán]] Peninsula of the supposed age of this layer.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0307_030307_impactcrater.html "Dinosaur-Killer" Asteroid Crater Imaged for First Time], ''National Geographic''</ref> <ref>http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html</ref><br />
<br />
====An Explosion of new species ====<br />
<br />
The mass extinction of life, like the Permian and other extinctions before it, removed a major food competitor, and predator, of smaller animals. As a result of a new "vacancy" in the food chain, following the [[K-T Event]], vast speciation occurred, as the evolutionary pressure of a new cold age propelled animal species to adapt or die out. [[Mammals]] were some of the main beneficiaries of this explosion: their fur allowed them to adapt to the cold, and their small size allowed them to conserve energy relative to the huge dinosaurs of the previous age.<ref>Bennet, Shostak, Jakotsky, "Life in the Universe," viewable at [http://www.amazon.com/Life-Universe-Jeffrey-Bennett/dp/0805385770]</ref><br />
<br />
====Dinosaurs and Birds====<br />
<br />
As a number of feathered dinosaur fossils have been discovered, numerous homologies between between birds and dinosaurs show that modern birds are a descendants of dinosaurs.<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1006_041006_feathery_dino.html New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers], ''National Geographic''</ref><br />
<br />
==Description==<br />
<br />
===''[[Saurischia]]''===<br />
Herbivorous species were almost all quadrupedal. They carried peg-like teeth which cut, rather than chewed, plant material; grinding of food was aided by gastroliths. Carnivorous species were exclusively bipedal. <br />
*Sauropoda<br />
::Species of this infraorder are characterized by long necks and tails, barrel-shaped bodies, and column-like legs. In three families (notably Diplodocidae, Brachiosauridae, and Titanosauroidea) there are species which are of extreme size, in excess of 125 feet in length and 100 tons, making them the largest animals to have walked the earth.<br />
:::''[[Apatosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Brachiosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Ultrasaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Seismosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Argentinosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Diplodocus]]'' <br />
<br />
*Theropoda<br />
::Exclusively bipedal; forearms meant for grasping or holding. Fossil evidence for several species indicate pack hunting. <br />
:::''[[Coelophysis]]'' <br />
:::''[[Ornithomimus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Allosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Deinonychus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Velociraptor]]'' <br />
:::''[[Giganotosaurus]]''<br />
<br />
===''[[Ornithischia]]''===<br />
Species of this group were all herbivorous; most were quadrupedal. Front teeth were lacking, while a predentary bone was present in the front of the lower jaw. Several species (mainly within ''Ceratopsia'') had a distinctive parrot-like beak.<br />
*Ceratopsia<br />
::Species of this infraorder carried one or more horns on their heads, as well as a shield-like frill to protect the neck.<br />
:::''[[Triceratops]]'' <br />
:::''[[Pachyrhinosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Torosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Protoceratops]]'' <br />
:::''[[Styracosaurus]]'' <br />
*Stegosauria<br />
::Large dinosaurs with a row of bony plates on top of their backs, and several spikes used as a defensive weapon at the end of their tails.<br />
:::''[[Stegosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Huayangosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Kentrosaurus]]''<br />
*Ankylosauria<br />
::Heavily-armored dinosaurs, some with a row of spikes along each side, and possessing a bony tail club.<br />
:::''[[Ankylosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Euoplocephalus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Edmontonia]]'' <br />
*Ornithopods<br />
::Large, herd-dwelling dinosaurs that could run bipedaly. Several species had a "boss" of bone on their heads (Pachycephalosaurs) which may have been used for head-butting similar to bighorn sheep; others a crest of bone (hadrosaurs) which may have been sound resonators. <br />
:::''[[Camptosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Iguanodon]]''<br />
:::''[[Pachycephalosaurus]]'' <br />
:::''[[Parasaurolophus]]''<br />
:::''[[Edmontosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Bactrosaurus]]''<br />
:::''[[Maiasaura]]''<br />
<br />
<br />
== In Popular Culture ==<br />
Dinosaurs have been a fixture of popular culture since their discovery. It is theorized that some of the myths of fantastical creatures stem from the accidental discovery of dinosaur fossils. More recently, dinosaurs have featured in popular stories including books, movies, television, video games, even music.<br />
<br />
Dinosaurs were introduced to a wide modern audience when movies like the Jurassic Park series were released.<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
*[[Evolution]]<br />
*[[Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]<br />
*[[Irreligion and superstition]]<br />
*[[Young earth creationism]]<br />
<br />
==References== <br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Dinosaurs]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Jon_Stewart&diff=1008385Jon Stewart2012-09-23T13:22:58Z<p>TonySidaway: Removing misleading juxaposition of statements.</p>
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<div>[[Image:Jon Stewart.jpg|right]]<br />
'''Jon Stewart''' (born '''Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz''' on November 28, 1962) is an [[American]] [[liberal]] [[comedian]], whose hosting of the [[Oscars]] in 2008 set the modern record for its '''''smallest''''' number of viewers: it "drew the worst ratings ... of the modern era. Whoever came because of Stewart was more than offset by those who tuned out."<ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/billy-crystal-what-if-the-oscars-want-to-stay-old.html</ref> <br />
<br />
Stewart appeared in several bad movies, including "Big Daddy," "The Faculty," "Half Baked," and "Death To Smoochy." Because his movies almost always do very badly (critically and financially) people say that there is a "Jon Stewart Curse" that he brings to all his movies. <br />
<br />
Jon Stewart has described himself as "more of a [[socialist]] or an [[independent]] than a Democrat."<ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/15/lkl.00.html</ref> [[Roger Ailes]] mentioned that Stewart told him he is an [[atheist]].<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/11/18/roger-ailes-says-jon-stewart-told-him-hes-atheist-and-socialist#ixzz15j5QaQnF Roger Ailes Says Jon Stewart Told Him He's an Atheist and a Socialist, Newsbusters.org, November 18, 2010]</ref> He is best known as the host of [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' and for his political satire.<br />
<br />
Stewart held a "Rally to Restore Sanity" on October 30, 2010.<br />
<br />
Stewart and Fox News host [[Bill O'Reilly]] will be holding a pay-per-view online debate with on October 6, 2012, at George Washington University, with proceeds going to charity.<ref>[http://www.therumble2012.com/index.html The Rumble 2012]</ref><br />
==Early Life==<br />
Stewart was born in Lawrenceville, [[New Jersey]]. He graduated from the [[College of William and Mary]] in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1984, where he studied psychology and played on the men's [[soccer]] team.<br />
<br />
==Family==<br />
Stewart lives with his wife Tracey Stewart (née McShane) in New York City. They have two children.<br />
==Books==<br />
Jon Stewart has co-written, with other writers of ''The Daily Show'', ''[[America (The Book)|America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', which satirizes the American political system, and ''Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race''. Both are crude books full of sophomoric humor such as swearing, vulgarity, tasteless sexual references, and objectionable Photoshopped pictures. Both contain a heavy [[liberal]] slant.<br />
==See Also==<br />
*''[[The Daily Show]]''<br />
*[[Rally To Restore Sanity]]<br />
<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT: Stewart, Jon}}<br />
[[category:broadcasters]]<br />
[[Category:Comedians]]<br />
{{liberalism}}</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Jon_Stewart&diff=1008384Jon Stewart2012-09-23T13:22:11Z<p>TonySidaway: Depalinizing information about debate</p>
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<div>[[Image:Jon Stewart.jpg|right]]<br />
'''Jon Stewart''' (born '''Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz''' on November 28, 1962) is an [[American]] [[liberal]] [[comedian]], whose hosting of the [[Oscars]] in 2008 set the modern record for its '''''smallest''''' number of viewers: it "drew the worst ratings ... of the modern era. Whoever came because of Stewart was more than offset by those who tuned out."<ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/billy-crystal-what-if-the-oscars-want-to-stay-old.html</ref> <br />
<br />
Stewart appeared in several bad movies, including "Big Daddy," "The Faculty," "Half Baked," and "Death To Smoochy." Because his movies almost always do very badly (critically and financially) people say that there is a "Jon Stewart Curse" that he brings to all his movies. <br />
<br />
Jon Stewart has described himself as "more of a [[socialist]] or an [[independent]] than a Democrat."<ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/15/lkl.00.html</ref> [[Roger Ailes]] mentioned that Stewart told him he is an [[atheist]].<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2010/11/18/roger-ailes-says-jon-stewart-told-him-hes-atheist-and-socialist#ixzz15j5QaQnF Roger Ailes Says Jon Stewart Told Him He's an Atheist and a Socialist, Newsbusters.org, November 18, 2010]</ref> He is best known as the host of [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' and for his political satire.<br />
<br />
Stewart held a "Rally to Restore Sanity" on October 30, 2010, and the following Tuesday voters elected [[conservatives]] in an historic landslide.<br />
<br />
Stewart and Fox News host [[Bill O'Reilly]] will be holding a pay-per-view online debate with on October 6, 2012, at George Washington University, with proceeds going to charity.<ref>[http://www.therumble2012.com/index.html The Rumble 2012]</ref><br />
==Early Life==<br />
Stewart was born in Lawrenceville, [[New Jersey]]. He graduated from the [[College of William and Mary]] in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1984, where he studied psychology and played on the men's [[soccer]] team.<br />
<br />
==Family==<br />
Stewart lives with his wife Tracey Stewart (née McShane) in New York City. They have two children.<br />
==Books==<br />
Jon Stewart has co-written, with other writers of ''The Daily Show'', ''[[America (The Book)|America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', which satirizes the American political system, and ''Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race''. Both are crude books full of sophomoric humor such as swearing, vulgarity, tasteless sexual references, and objectionable Photoshopped pictures. Both contain a heavy [[liberal]] slant.<br />
==See Also==<br />
*''[[The Daily Show]]''<br />
*[[Rally To Restore Sanity]]<br />
<br />
==Notes and References==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT: Stewart, Jon}}<br />
[[category:broadcasters]]<br />
[[Category:Comedians]]<br />
{{liberalism}}</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Peggy_Noonan&diff=1007910Peggy Noonan2012-09-21T13:05:29Z<p>TonySidaway: Criticism of Romney campaign management</p>
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<div>[[Image:Peggy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Peggy Noonan]] '''Peggy Noonan''' (born Margaret Ellen Noonan on September 7, 1950, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]) is a columnist for The [[Wall Street Journal]] and best selling [[author]] of eight [[book]]s mostly on [[politics]] and [[religion]]. Her columns have also appeared in [[Forbes]], [[Time]], [[Newsweek]], the [[Washington Post]], [[Wall Street Journal]] and the [[New York Times]]. <ref>[http://www.peggynoonan.com/biography.php PeggyNoonan.com: Biography]</ref> <br />
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Noonan holds honorary doctorates from Adelphi University, St. John Fisher College, [[Miami University]], and her alma mater, Fairleigh Dickinson University. After serving as a producer for [[CBS News]], she worked as a speech writer for [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[administration]]. She wrote Reagan's famous 1986 speech after the [[Space]] Shuttle Challenger disaster. During the 1988 Presidential Election she also wrote memorable phrases for then-[[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] such as "a kinder, gentler nation" and "a thousand points of light." <br />
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In 2008 she criticized [[John McCain]]'s choice of [[Sarah Palin]] for vice president. In an opinion piece, she railed against Palin as too inexperienced. In September 2012, after several post-Convention setbacks in the campaign of Republican candidate Mitt Romney, she described his campaign management as "incompetent" and "rolling calamity"<br />
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==Books==<br />
*''What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era'' (1990)<br />
*''Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness'' (1994)<br />
*''Simply Speaking: How to Communicate Your Ideas With Style, Substance, and Clarity'' (1998)<br />
*''Character Above All'' (1999)<br />
*''The Case Against [[Hillary Clinton]]'' (2000)<br />
*''When Character Was King: A Story of [[Ronald Reagan]]'' (2001)<br />
*''A Heart, A Cross And A Flag'' (2003)<br />
*''John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father'' (2005)<br />
*''Patriotic Grace: What it is and Why We Need it Now'' (2008)<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Noonan, Peggy}}<br />
[[Category:Women Authors]]<br />
[[Category:Conservative Commentators]]<br />
[[Category: Conservatives]]<br />
[[Category:The 100 Americans The Left Hates Most]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=This_Land_is_Your_Land&diff=1006348This Land is Your Land2012-09-15T00:20:55Z<p>TonySidaway: about the enclosure of land for private purposes</p>
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<div>'''This Land is Your Land''' is a [[communist]] folk song written by [[Woody Guthrie]] in 1940, and initially recorded in 1944. It has been recorded by performer/liberal activist [[Bruce Springsteen]], folk singer [[Bob Dylan]], and [[British]] socialist performer [[Billy Bragg]]. Despite the communist sympathies of Guthrie and this song, it is generally regarded as one of America's favorite folk songs and was at one point being considered as a suggestion to be the national anthem.<ref>[http://banteringbibliocrat.blogspot.com/2008/07/woody-guthries-this-land-is-your-land.html]</ref> Communist [[Pete Seeger]] has stated that Guthrie was also a communist; however, Guthrie's membership in the Communist Party is debated (though he has always been associated with United States communist groups), and his daughter called him a "commonist, not a communist."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/07/woody-guthrie-centenary-protest-songs Woody Guthrie still inspires, 100 years on from his birth] Ed Vulliamy, guardian.co.uk, July 7, 2012, retrieved September 13, 2012</ref><br />
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One of the last verses of the song, about the enclosure of land for private purposes, is.<br />
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:As I was walking, I saw a sign there;<br />
:And on the sign said "No Trespassing";<br />
:But on the other side, it didn't say nothing;<br />
:This land is made for you and me.<br />
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An alternative is:<br />
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:There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;<br />
:Sign was painted, it said private property;<br />
:But on the back side it didn't say nothing;<br />
:This land was made for you and me.<br />
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Another verse referring to the [[welfare]] lines of the great depression is:<br />
<br />
:In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;<br />
:By the relief office, I'd seen my people.<br />
:As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,<br />
:Is this land made for you and me? <br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Music]]<br />
[[Category:Communism]]<br />
[[Category:Songs]]<br />
[[Category:Liberalism]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=This_Land_is_Your_Land&diff=1006346This Land is Your Land2012-09-15T00:19:57Z<p>TonySidaway: Obviously very poor people need relief, lest they starve.</p>
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<div>'''This Land is Your Land''' is a [[communist]] folk song written by [[Woody Guthrie]] in 1940, and initially recorded in 1944. It has been recorded by performer/liberal activist [[Bruce Springsteen]], folk singer [[Bob Dylan]], and [[British]] socialist performer [[Billy Bragg]]. Despite the communist sympathies of Guthrie and this song, it is generally regarded as one of America's favorite folk songs and was at one point being considered as a suggestion to be the national anthem.<ref>[http://banteringbibliocrat.blogspot.com/2008/07/woody-guthries-this-land-is-your-land.html]</ref> Communist [[Pete Seeger]] has stated that Guthrie was also a communist; however, Guthrie's membership in the Communist Party is debated (though he has always been associated with United States communist groups), and his daughter called him a "commonist, not a communist."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/07/woody-guthrie-centenary-protest-songs Woody Guthrie still inspires, 100 years on from his birth] Ed Vulliamy, guardian.co.uk, July 7, 2012, retrieved September 13, 2012</ref><br />
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One of the last verses of the song implies that there should be no such thing as private [[property]].<br />
<br />
:As I was walking, I saw a sign there;<br />
:And on the sign said "No Trespassing";<br />
:But on the other side, it didn't say nothing;<br />
:This land is made for you and me.<br />
<br />
An alternative is:<br />
<br />
:There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;<br />
:Sign was painted, it said private property;<br />
:But on the back side it didn't say nothing;<br />
:This land was made for you and me.<br />
<br />
Another verse referring to the [[welfare]] lines of the great depression is:<br />
<br />
:In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;<br />
:By the relief office, I'd seen my people.<br />
:As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,<br />
:Is this land made for you and me? <br />
==References==<br />
<references/><br />
[[Category:Music]]<br />
[[Category:Communism]]<br />
[[Category:Songs]]<br />
[[Category:Liberalism]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User:TonySidaway/Evolution&diff=1006343User:TonySidaway/Evolution2012-09-15T00:15:24Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Population thinking */</p>
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<div>'''Evolution''' is the common name for the emergence, life, and eventual extinction, of different species on earth over time. We know that species become extinct because this has been observed directly and the proximate cause of a particular extinction is usually evident. We can also observed directly that living organism are not randomly distributed across the Earth but are adapted to their surroundings. But we now also know that new species come into existence over great expanses of time, and that all individual organisms are connected by a chain of ancestry. We also know much about the mechanisms that drive this evolution. This essay outlines the chain of evidence and reasoning that has led us to make this deduction.<br />
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==The fossil record==<br />
Fossils were known in ancient times, and various explanations were offered to explain their existence. Our modern appreciation of how fossils form is based on the key observation that fossils tend to be confined to certain strata of rock. When European explorers started to examine strata outside Europe, they quickly began to see that rock strata are laid down in a predictable order and that the order represents the chronology of Earth's long history. Thus fossils represent the forms of life that existed at the time the strata were laid down. This chronology has come to be known as the fossil record.<br />
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==Geological time==<br />
Early scientific estimates for the age of the Earth differed widely because although the geological strata indicate a chronology, there was no way to assign an age to different strata. Similar problems plagued attempts to measure the age of other astronomical bodies such as the sun and the other stars. In the past century this problem has been solved by the use of multiple radiometric markers. The principle is that radioactive decay follows an inverse exponential relationship, with a predictable half-life. While any one marker may produce a misleading result as a side-effect of contamination, by measuring multiple radioactive markers in the same rock sample we can reduce the uncertainty. Modern mass spectrometry can produce remarkably accurate assays of very small samples. The results obtained for the ages of rock samples are consistent with those from meteorites which indicate that the solar system is some 4 billion years old.<br />
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Thus we can now estimate that the rocks in which the earliest fossil microbes are found are about 3.5 billion years old, that the earliest known widespread fossil fauna of solid-bodied animals were laid down in the Cambrian sediments over 500 million years ago, the first bony fish appear some 440 million years ago, and so on. We can also date the appearance, long histories, and eventual extinction, of whole groups of species, most notably the trilobites.<br />
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==Common descent==<br />
Very close similarities between species have always been observed. Specific details of living organisms serve quite different purposes, such as the jaw bones of certain fish, whose analogues in mammals are part of the inner ear. The presumption of a familial relation existed long before plausible mechanisms were understood and confirmed. Organized taxonomies, based on such homologous traits, drew attention to this persuasive though at the time mysterious evidence suggesting common descent.<br />
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By the early nineteenth century fossil collecting had spread widely enough to make the recognition of a succession of different forms of life to be a commonplace. Many naturalists noticed that some of the fossils seemed to be extinct members of known species, though often of different size from any of their living relatives, or bearing characteristics unknown in the surviving species.<br />
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==Population thinking==<br />
There were still barriers to thought, hurdles that prevented the understanding of common descent gaining ground. Chief among these was what might be called the platonic species concept. In this view of species, individuals are all members of one and only one species, and the range of variation of any species is quite small. This is expressed in a very strict form by the classical Greek philosopher [[Plato]], but it conforms to everyday experience and most people's instincts.<br />
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An alternative to this species thinking which is often adopted by modern biologists, is population thinking. A population is a group of organisms that interbreed. If river flooding or some other force should isolate some members of a population from others, then the members of the isolated group become a new population. Since descendants get their characteristics from their ancestors, this provides a coherent alternative to the platonic species concept. This new thinking allows naturalists to think about what happens to a population that is isolated in such a way? Does it mirror the population from which it is derived, or does it change? Could such change help to explain why organisms, both in modern day and as represented by fossils, appear so well adapted to their circumstances?<br />
==Natural selection==<br />
Species have a degree of plasticity, this was known from the earliest times, but understanding adaptation--how species tend to be fitted to their circumstances--took many iterations. Somehow, it seemed, successive generations must become better at doing what they did, but how could this be so if each generation had to start anew as a seedling, or as a newly hatched or newly born animal?<br />
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A milestone on this route, which was not fully abandoned until the mid-20th century, was the notion that the experiences of the parent are somehow transmitted to the offspring. This led to an explanation of adaptation that relied on the observation that many organisms adapt during their lifetimes. Thus in cold conditions many species of mammal do react by growing more fur.</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Solar_System&diff=1005161Solar System2012-09-09T19:50:57Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Scientific dating */ The destination page is an anti-scientifc rant</p>
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<div>According to the scientific consensus, the Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago.<br />
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[[Young Earth Creationists]] reject this and believe it was made by a deity less than 10,000 years ago. However, support for this theory is virtually nil among scientists.<br />
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==Planets==<br />
A [[planet]] is defined as an object that orbits the [[sun]], is massive enough that its own gravity pulls it into a nearly round shape, and is dominant enough to clear away objects in its neighborhood. <ref>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/planetsf-20060824.html</ref> There are 8 planets in the solar system. They are, in order of increasing distance from the sun:<ref>The third grade</ref><br />
*[[Mercury]]<br />
*[[Venus]]<br />
*[[Earth]]<br />
*[[Mars]]<br />
*[[Jupiter]]<br />
*[[Saturn]]<br />
*[[Uranus]]<br />
*[[Neptune]]<br />
<br />
The first four planets are [[terrestrial planet]]s, the last 4 planets are jovian planets. Terrestrial planets are small in size, have high densities, and consist of rocky materials. Jovian planets are large in size, have low densities, and consist of gaseous materials.<br />
<br />
==Dwarf Planets==<br />
A [[dwarf planet]] is an object that orbits the sun and has a round shape. The crucial difference between a planet and a dwarf planet is that a dwarf planet is not large enough to clear the neighborhood of its orbit. Currently recognized dwarf planets are:<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/dwarf-planet</ref><br />
*[[Pluto]]<sup>[[#Note|[1]]]</sup><br />
*[[Eris]]<br />
*[[Ceres]]<br />
*[[Makemake]]<br />
*[[Haumea]]<br />
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===Note===<br />
<sup>[1]</sup>Pluto was considered a planet until 2006.<ref>http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/261408.html</ref><br />
<br />
==Asteroids==<br />
[[Asteroid]]s are irregularly shaped chunks of rocks in the solar system. They exist mostly in 2 places:<br />
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*The [[asteroid belt]], which is between the orbits of [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]<br />
*The [[Kuiper belt]], which shares its orbit with [[Pluto]]<br />
<br />
==Comets==<br />
[[Comets]] are astral bodies composed of dust and ice. As they approach the sun the increased temperature causes them to heat and shoot off jets of material, forming a "tail" pointing straight towards the sun. Most comets are in circular orbits out in the Oort cloud beyond Pluto. Some are in an [[ellipse|elliptical]] orbit around the sun, meaning that they will repeatedly enter orbits near the sun until they have evaporated. Some are in a [[hyperbola|hyperbolic]] orbit around the sun, meaning that they will only come into the solar system once and will never return, moving on to other solar systems until they have evaporated or are captured in an elliptical orbit.<br />
==Scientific dating==<br />
The closest material we have to hand, rocks formed in Earth's crust, has been subject to chemical alteration over time from volcanic action, so for accurate dating scientists use meteorites which have been free flying for billions of years before entering our atmosphere. Mass spectrometers are used to accurately identify and measure the different atomic isotopes making up a core sample from a meteorite. Different radiometric dating techniques from the same sample are used as a guard against possible contamination. The isotopic ratios of the sample correspond to the degree of atomic decay, accurately measuring the sample's age.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[http://www.solarviews.com/eng/terms.htm Glossary]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Milky Way Galaxy]]<br />
*[[Counterexamples to an Old Earth]]<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
{{Solarsystem}}</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Jerry_Falwell&diff=1005145Jerry Falwell2012-09-09T15:26:26Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Obesity */ Rather trivial coatrack about obesity.</p>
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<div>[[Image:Jfalwell.jpg|thumb|250px|Right|The Reverend Jerry Falwell <Br>1933-2007]]<br />
'''Jerry Falwell''' (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was a politically active [[United States|American]] evangelical, and one of the biggest influences on the conservative movement in the late 20th century and a leader in gaining Christian Evangelical support for Israel. <ref>[http://www.cmep.org/Alerts/2004March31.htm Washington Post on Evangelical-Israeli connection,] Bill Broadway, ''Washington Post'', March 27, 2004.</ref> Falwell was born on August 11, 1933 along with his twin brother, Gene. Jerry and Gene were the youngest children in a family of 5. Young Jerry Falwell was recognized for his incredible intellect at a young age, skipping the second grade at Mountain View Elementary School. He held firm on this intelligence, even finding a way to obtain his driver's license at the age of 13 - 3 years before he was legally eligible.<br />
<br />
==Early years==<br />
<br />
During his teen years, Falwell excelled in athletic endeavors. During high school Falwell played [[football]], [[basketball]] and [[baseball]]. He valued athletics for their numerous benefits: teamwork, coordination, fitness and overall health.<br />
<br />
Dr. Falwell became a committed Christian on January 20, 1952 while enrolled at [[Lynchburg College]]. He bought his first [[Bible]] the day after his [[baptism]], and carried it with him wherever he went. After graduating Lynchburg College, Falwell enrolled in [[Baptist Bible College]] in [[Missouri]], later joining the vaulted rank of [[clergy]]. [http://www.falwell.com/meet_dr_falwell.php] In 1956, he founded Thomas Road Baptist Church in an abandoned bottling plant, [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/jerry_falwell;_ylt=Av1Rxhr4jqj67i6szuF7386s0NUE] and today the church has 22,000 members.<br />
<br />
==Ministry==<br />
<br />
In 1971, Falwell founded [[Liberty University]] in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]]. The University provides an opportunity for students to gain the benefits of a rich and diverse academic environment while simultaneously offering the opportunity to become closer to [[God]].<br />
==Moral Majority==<br />
In June of 1979, Dr. Falwell organized the [[Moral Majority]], a coalition of groups whose mailing lists reached over 100,000 clergy representing over 7 million conservative, religious Americans. The Moral Majority, part of the [[Religious Right]], organized a series of voting drives and political demonstrations to advance their conservative point of view and enhance the moral and religious attitudes of the nation. It is best known for supporting [[Ronald Reagan]]'s election in 1980, and registering millions of voters to act on his behalf. The Moral Majority played little role during the Reagan years; Falwell stepped down as its leader in 1987 and it was disbanded in 1989.<br />
<br />
==Controversy==<br />
Falwell is well known outside of Evangelical circles for his claim, made on "The 700 Club" on September 13th of 2001 that it was not just [[al Qaeda]] that was to blame for the terrorist attacks of [[9/11]]. He said, ""I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" His statement was severely criticized and Falwell apologized soon after. <ref>CNN article on the statement[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/14/Falwell.apology/]</ref><br />
<br />
== Personal Life ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Reverend Falwell and his wife Macel were married on April 12, 1958. The couple had three children: Jerry Jr., Jonathan and Jeannie. Jerry is currently an [[attorney]] and Vice-Chancellor at Liberty University. Jonathan is an attorney and pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia. Jeannie is a [[surgeon]] in Virginia.<br />
<br />
Reverend Falwell passed away on May 15, 2007.<br />
<br />
{{Conservatism}}<br />
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==Reference==<br />
<references/><br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Falwell, Jerry}}<br />
[[Category:Religious People]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Jerry_Falwell&diff=1005144Jerry Falwell2012-09-09T15:24:21Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Personal Life */ improve style</p>
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<div>[[Image:Jfalwell.jpg|thumb|250px|Right|The Reverend Jerry Falwell <Br>1933-2007]]<br />
'''Jerry Falwell''' (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was a politically active [[United States|American]] evangelical, and one of the biggest influences on the conservative movement in the late 20th century and a leader in gaining Christian Evangelical support for Israel. <ref>[http://www.cmep.org/Alerts/2004March31.htm Washington Post on Evangelical-Israeli connection,] Bill Broadway, ''Washington Post'', March 27, 2004.</ref> Falwell was born on August 11, 1933 along with his twin brother, Gene. Jerry and Gene were the youngest children in a family of 5. Young Jerry Falwell was recognized for his incredible intellect at a young age, skipping the second grade at Mountain View Elementary School. He held firm on this intelligence, even finding a way to obtain his driver's license at the age of 13 - 3 years before he was legally eligible.<br />
<br />
==Early years==<br />
<br />
During his teen years, Falwell excelled in athletic endeavors. During high school Falwell played [[football]], [[basketball]] and [[baseball]]. He valued athletics for their numerous benefits: teamwork, coordination, fitness and overall health.<br />
<br />
Dr. Falwell became a committed Christian on January 20, 1952 while enrolled at [[Lynchburg College]]. He bought his first [[Bible]] the day after his [[baptism]], and carried it with him wherever he went. After graduating Lynchburg College, Falwell enrolled in [[Baptist Bible College]] in [[Missouri]], later joining the vaulted rank of [[clergy]]. [http://www.falwell.com/meet_dr_falwell.php] In 1956, he founded Thomas Road Baptist Church in an abandoned bottling plant, [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/jerry_falwell;_ylt=Av1Rxhr4jqj67i6szuF7386s0NUE] and today the church has 22,000 members.<br />
<br />
==Ministry==<br />
<br />
In 1971, Falwell founded [[Liberty University]] in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]]. The University provides an opportunity for students to gain the benefits of a rich and diverse academic environment while simultaneously offering the opportunity to become closer to [[God]].<br />
==Moral Majority==<br />
In June of 1979, Dr. Falwell organized the [[Moral Majority]], a coalition of groups whose mailing lists reached over 100,000 clergy representing over 7 million conservative, religious Americans. The Moral Majority, part of the [[Religious Right]], organized a series of voting drives and political demonstrations to advance their conservative point of view and enhance the moral and religious attitudes of the nation. It is best known for supporting [[Ronald Reagan]]'s election in 1980, and registering millions of voters to act on his behalf. The Moral Majority played little role during the Reagan years; Falwell stepped down as its leader in 1987 and it was disbanded in 1989.<br />
<br />
==Controversy==<br />
Falwell is well known outside of Evangelical circles for his claim, made on "The 700 Club" on September 13th of 2001 that it was not just [[al Qaeda]] that was to blame for the terrorist attacks of [[9/11]]. He said, ""I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" His statement was severely criticized and Falwell apologized soon after. <ref>CNN article on the statement[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/14/Falwell.apology/]</ref><br />
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== Obesity ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Brain2.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Medical research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.<ref><br />
*[http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/41/18/25.1.full]<br />
*[http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/25/as-waistlines-widen-brains-shrink.html]<br />
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21167850]<br />
*[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714112832.htm]<br />
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/instance/2568718/]</ref>]]<br />
Despite being a Christian and knowing that the Bible declares gluttony to be a sin, Falwell had issues with being overweight. According to medical science, there are a significant number of physical and mental health related problems associated with being overweight.<br />
<br />
== Personal Life ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Reverend Falwell and his wife Macel were married on April 12, 1958. The couple had three children: Jerry Jr., Jonathan and Jeannie. Jerry is currently an [[attorney]] and Vice-Chancellor at Liberty University. Jonathan is an attorney and pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia. Jeannie is a [[surgeon]] in Virginia.<br />
<br />
Reverend Falwell passed away on May 15, 2007.<br />
<br />
{{Conservatism}}<br />
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==Reference==<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falwell, Jerry}}<br />
[[Category:Religious People]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Solar_System&diff=1005134Solar System2012-09-09T14:07:18Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Comets */ Scientific dating</p>
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<div>According to the scientific consensus, the Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago.<br />
<br />
[[Young Earth Creationists]] reject this and believe it was made by a deity less than 10,000 years ago. However, support for this theory is virtually nil among scientists.<br />
<br />
==Planets==<br />
A [[planet]] is defined as an object that orbits the [[sun]], is massive enough that its own gravity pulls it into a nearly round shape, and is dominant enough to clear away objects in its neighborhood. <ref>http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/planetsf-20060824.html</ref> There are 8 planets in the solar system. They are, in order of increasing distance from the sun:<ref>The third grade</ref><br />
*[[Mercury]]<br />
*[[Venus]]<br />
*[[Earth]]<br />
*[[Mars]]<br />
*[[Jupiter]]<br />
*[[Saturn]]<br />
*[[Uranus]]<br />
*[[Neptune]]<br />
<br />
The first four planets are [[terrestrial planet]]s, the last 4 planets are jovian planets. Terrestrial planets are small in size, have high densities, and consist of rocky materials. Jovian planets are large in size, have low densities, and consist of gaseous materials.<br />
<br />
==Dwarf Planets==<br />
A [[dwarf planet]] is an object that orbits the sun and has a round shape. The crucial difference between a planet and a dwarf planet is that a dwarf planet is not large enough to clear the neighborhood of its orbit. Currently recognized dwarf planets are:<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/dwarf-planet</ref><br />
*[[Pluto]]<sup>[[#Note|[1]]]</sup><br />
*[[Eris]]<br />
*[[Ceres]]<br />
*[[Makemake]]<br />
*[[Haumea]]<br />
<br />
===Note===<br />
<sup>[1]</sup>Pluto was considered a planet until 2006.<ref>http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/261408.html</ref><br />
<br />
==Asteroids==<br />
[[Asteroid]]s are irregularly shaped chunks of rocks in the solar system. They exist mostly in 2 places:<br />
<br />
*The [[asteroid belt]], which is between the orbits of [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]<br />
*The [[Kuiper belt]], which shares its orbit with [[Pluto]]<br />
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==Comets==<br />
[[Comets]] are astral bodies composed of dust and ice. As they approach the sun the increased temperature causes them to heat and shoot off jets of material, forming a "tail" pointing straight towards the sun. Most comets are in circular orbits out in the Oort cloud beyond Pluto. Some are in an [[ellipse|elliptical]] orbit around the sun, meaning that they will repeatedly enter orbits near the sun until they have evaporated. Some are in a [[hyperbola|hyperbolic]] orbit around the sun, meaning that they will only come into the solar system once and will never return, moving on to other solar systems until they have evaporated or are captured in an elliptical orbit.<br />
==Scientific dating==<br />
The closest material we have to hand, rocks formed in Earth's crust, has been subject to chemical alteration over time from volcanic action, so for accurate dating scientists use meteorites which have been free flying for billions of years before entering our atmosphere. Mass spectrometers are used to accurately identify and measure the different atomic isotopes making up a core sample from a meteorite. Different radiometric dating techniques from the same sample are used as a guard against possible contamination. The isotopic ratios of the sample correspond to the degree of atomic decay, accurately measuring the sample's age.<br />
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{{Solarsystem}}</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Donna_Hutchinson&diff=1004960Donna Hutchinson2012-09-08T14:58:25Z<p>TonySidaway: /* References */ :Category:People of Native American descent</p>
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<div>'''Donna Jean Hutchinson''' (born 1949) is a [[Republican]] member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 98, which includes part of populous Benton County in northwestern [[Arkansas]]. A resident of Bella Vista, she was initially elected to the House in 2006 and assumed her position in January 2007.<br />
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Her son, [[Jeremy Hutchinson]] (born 1974) is a former state representative who has served since 2011 in the Arkansas State Senate. Another son, [[Timothy Chad Hutchinson]], Jeremy's twin, of Springdale, Arkansas, previously served with his mother in the state House. A third son is Joshua Luke Hutchinson (born c. 1978) of Rogers, Arkansas. Hutchinson's former husband, from whom she was divorced in 1999 after twenty-nine years of marriage, is [[Tim Hutchinson]], the Republican U.S. senator from Arkansas from 1997 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecabin.net/stories/081300/sta_0813000084.html|title=Sen. Tim Hutchinson to wed former staffer, August 13, 2000|publisher=thecabin.net|accessdate=June 30, 2012}}</ref> Her former brother-in-law is [[Asa Hutchinson]], a Republican former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Arkansas's 3rd congressional district, the former undersecretary of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]], and the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006, the same year that Donna Hutchison was elected to the state House. Prior to his election to the Senate in 1996, Tim Hutchinson had also held the Third District U.S. House seat.<br />
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An [[American Indian]], Hutchinson is a member of the Blackfoot tribe. She was reared in a military family and lived in twenty-nine different locations as a child. She holds a master's degree in education from the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville and is employed as a professional mediator. She is a non-denominational [[Christian]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/196/donna-hutchinson|title=Donna Hutchinson, R-98|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=June 30, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Hutchinson serves on the Arkansas House Education Committee and is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Vocational-Technical Institutions. She is also a member of the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Joint Budget Committee. She is an alternate member on the Joint Energy Committee. In addition, she chairs the Arkansas Legislative Women's Caucus.<ref name=bio/><br />
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[[Category:People of Native American descent]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Benito_Juarez&diff=1004957Benito Juarez2012-09-08T14:56:00Z<p>TonySidaway: /* External links */ :Category:People of Native American descent</p>
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'''Benito Pablo Juárez Garcia''' (Gueletao, 1806 - Mexico City 1872) was a Mexican statesman. A member of the [[liberal]] faction, he was president from 1858 to 1872. He is often considered Mexico's national hero and one of the country's greatest presidents. His most notable achievements include introducing and defending separation between church and state and repelling the French who tried to set up a puppet government in the country.<br />
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Juárez was born in San Pablo Guelatao, in the southern state of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico on March 21, 1806. He was one of the very few [[Native Americans]] ever to become president. Juárez was a Zapotec Indian educated as a middle-class liberal On July 31, 1843, Juárez married Doña Margarita Maza, catholic lady of Italian descent.<br />
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Juárez became a lawyer in 1835, on 1847 he became governor of Oaxaca and on 1857 became the Minister of Justice. During the period known as [[Mexican Reform]] laws sponsored by the Liberal Party curtailed the power of the [[Roman Catholic]] church and the military. Juárez on 1855 decreed a law which separated church and government; this law was "...the spark that produced the flame of the Reform that in later times would consume the decaying structure of abuse and prejudice...". This launched the War of Reform fought from December 1857 to January 1861. Between 1859 and 1863, Juarez proclaimed the Laws of Reform. <br />
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From 1862 to 1867 Juárez led the Mexican opposition to the [[French]] intervention (2nd Mexican Empire). When [[Civil War]] was over, the [[United States]] invoked the [[Monroe Doctrine]] to give diplomatic recognition to Juárez' government and supply weapons and funding to the Republicanism forces. On 1867 Emperor's forces were defeated and [[Archduke Maximilian]] was sentenced to death (June 19) and executed at the Cerro de las Campanas, [[Querétaro]]. Juárez entered Mexico City on July 15, 1867. <br />
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The McLane-Ocampo Treaty (formally the Treaty of Transit and Commerce), negotiated on 1859 in [[Veracruz]], could be the only important mistake in Juárez' government. Fortunately it was never ratified by the US Senate. <br />
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Juárez was a Mason since 1845, member of the National Mexican Rite; he spoke of the law as "my sword and my shield." ''Much as [[George Washington]] was a redeemer from the tyranny of England, so Benito Juárez accomplished the final emancipation from the colonial age. [[Freemasonry| Masonry]] was the vehicle enabling these men to bring about freedom and independence.'' (1).<br />
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Juárez died while in office on July 18, 1872, in [[Mexico City]]. He received from most of the countries of America the recognition as "Benemérito de las Américas”.<br />
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* [http://www.crossandcompass.com/benito_juarez.pdf The Civic Religion of Benito Juárez] The Cross and the Compass by Sara Frahm.<br />
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[[Category:People of Native American descent]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Elizabeth_Warren&diff=1004956Elizabeth Warren2012-09-08T14:51:29Z<p>TonySidaway: /* Notes */ :Category:People of Native American descent</p>
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<div>'''Elizabeth Warren''' is the [[Democrat]] candidate for the [[U.S. Senate]] held by [[Republican]] [[Scott Brown]] in [[Massachusetts]]. Warren was appointed by [[President Obama]] as special adviser to Treasury Secretary [[Timothy Geithner]],<ref name=wsj /> where she ran "the [[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]." <ref>[http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2010-09-19-1.html Obama Spits on the Constitution]</ref><br />
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The fair-skinned Warren obtained [[affirmative action]] preferences by misrepresenting that she was of [[Native American]] descent, when in fact her heritage does not support her claim under widely accepted standards. "[[Elizabeth Warren]]'s '[[Native American]]' claims: if she was a [[Republican]], the [[liberal media|media]] would call her a racist."<ref>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100165458/elizabeth-warrens-native-american-claims-if-she-was-a-republican-the-media-would-call-her-a-racist/</ref><br />
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"The pride of Harvard Law School, Ms. Warren is a hero to the political left for proposing a new bureaucracy to micromanage the services that banks can offer consumers. But she is also so politically controversial that no less a liberal lion than Connecticut Senator [[Chris Dodd]] has warned the White House that she probably isn't confirmable."<ref name=wsj> [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748703440604575495681843430198-lMyQjAxMTAwMDEwODExNDgyWj.html Elizabeth III - Obama to Senate: Stick that in your advice and consent clause.]</ref><br />
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[[Category:People of Native American descent]]</div>TonySidawayhttps://conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Crispus_Attucks&diff=1004954Crispus Attucks2012-09-08T14:49:02Z<p>TonySidaway: [:[Category:People of Native American descent]]</p>
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<div>'''Crispus Attucks''' was born in 1723 to a [[Native American]] mother and an [[African]] slave father. He was the first person killed in the [[Boston Massacre]], a pre-[[American Revolutionary War]] altercation with [[British]] soldiers.<br />
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