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There’s hardly an evangelical who doesn’t know about Wheaton College. Alma Mater of the Reverend Billy Graham, Wheaton boasts a student body of superior intellect and an education rivaling much of the Ivy League. Wheaton College graduates can boast of presidential speech writers and Speakers of the United States House of Representatives along with doctors and executives and professors and missionaries and pastors across the globe. But Wheaton is different. Founded by an anti-slavery father and son, Jonathan and Charles Blanchard, Wheaton was established as a chain in the Underground Railroad to help runaway slaves. Wheaton’s distinctive has always been...

Bojangles Blanchard, an ordained Baptist minister in Louisville, Ky., says denying same-sex couples the benefits of marriage treats them as second-class citizens. A Kentucky Baptist minister and gay-rights activist filed a lawsuit Feb. 14 claiming the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Maurice “Bojangles” Blanchard — who with his partner, Dominique James, was fined 1 cent for trespassing in November for refusing to leave a county clerk’s office after being told they could not apply for a marriage license — asked U.S. District Judge John Heyburn to build on his finding two days earlier that Kentucky must recognize same-sex...

I’ve carried a sidearm since 1983. I did it first as a US Marine embassy guard and then as a federal police officer. I’ve been an executive protection specialist and traveled armed overseas, on planes and in the homes of national figures. I’ve been trained to teach others. I’ve taught students at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. I have an active national security clearance. I am an ordained member of clergy. I live in Maryland where none of this matters. Here, a person has to prove “good and substantial reason” before being granted a permit to carry a firearm...

Upper Marlboro, MD --(Ammoland.com)- I am one of America’s eighty-million law-abiding firearm owners. While it doesn’t matter, I am an American of African descent, and a Christian pastor, that just so happens to be also a gun rights activist. Advocating for the rights of gun owners was a no-brainer for me, a veteran and former law enforcement officer that has trained others on the safe and responsible use of firearms for a couple of decades. I’ve been the “go-to guy” for many cases and causes. With the help of friends we have effectively countered a few political and legislative attempts...

Upper Marlboro, MD --(Ammoland.com)- It’s been ten years since Rev. Kenn Blanchard launched the URL, BlackManWithAGun.com. The provocative website announced a pro-gun primer of the same name that has been a stalwart introduction to gun rights from the view point of an African American firearms instructor for ten years. Blanchard has been involved in almost every event in the last ten years involving a person of color and gun legislation in the United States. He is a sought after resource for historical knowledge on the racist roots of gun control and common sense solutions for people that fear guns. Blanchard,...

<p>The International Monetary Fund's top economist, Olivier Blanchard, says central bankers should consider aiming for a higher inflation rate than they do currently to lessen the chances of repeating the recent severe recession.</p> <p>Mr. Blanchard, a macroeconomist on leave from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the global economic downturn revealed flaws in macroeconomic policy, especially the reliance primarily on interest rates to manage economies. Although Japan had fallen into a decade-long funk despite low inflation and low interest rates, "most people convinced themselves that the Japanese didn't know what they were doing," Mr. Blanchard said in an interview.</p>

FROM:Dr. Michael S. Brown of Vancouver, WA TOPIC:"NEGROES WITH GUNS" 12/29/01 12:22:27 The year was 1957. Monroe, North Carolina, was a rigidly segregated town where all levels of white society and government were dedicated to preserving the racial status quo. Blacks who dared to speak out were subject to brutal, sadistic violence. It was common practice for convoys of Ku Klux Klan members to drive through black neighborhoods shooting in all directions. A black physician who owned a nice brick house on a main road was a frequent target of racist anger. In the summer of 1957, a Klan...

Johnny Blanchard could have stayed in his home town and played professional basketball with the Minneapolis Lakers, but his passion for baseball led him to play for the New York Yankees. Blanchard, a 1951 graduate of Minneapolis Central High School, appeared in five World Series and claimed two championship rings as a member of the Bronx Bombers. A highlight of his career was hitting two home runs in the 1961 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. The Yankees won the series in five games. Blanchard's professional career spanned 516 games in the major leagues. Besides the Yankees, he also played...

Niccolo Machiavelli was a political philosopher who expressed his thought in a campaign manual for scoundrels. When a threat to your success is small enough to be dealt with, he shrewdly warned, it is all too easy to ignore. When it has grown too large to ignore, it is often too late to do anything about it. So even the most unscrupulous ambition needs at least this much scruple: never take your position for granted. If you were preparing a new edition of "The Prince," you could illustrate this advice with Hillary Clinton's picture. As results came in on Super...

John W. Heisman, for whom the most famous trophy in American sports is named, never wanted his name associated with the award. Heisman was one of the most accomplished college football coaches of the early 20th century and he abhorred the notion of an individual award in what he considered the ultimate team game. "Is it not meant to exemplify the grandeur of a thousand men?" Heisman told members of the Downtown Athletic Club when they approached him about the award in early 1935. It was a rhetorical question, but Heisman, who spent summers as a Shakespearean actor, knew how...

Blanchard says Kerry state director to be named soon By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 6/1/2004, 6:50 p.m. ET LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has tentatively scheduled another Michigan bus tour for June 16-17 and on Tuesday unveiled new ads to run in Michigan and other key states. But he has yet to name a state director to run his campaign here. Former Gov. James Blanchard, a Kerry campaign adviser in Michigan, said an announcement should come in the next two or three days. He has been pushing for someone to be named for...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia , Sept 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. court has ruled that a case against Barrick Gold Corp. ABX.TO and J.P. Morgan Chase JPM.N alleging they conspired to manipulate the gold price can proceed to trial, court documents obtained on Tuesday show. A Louisiana district court judge ruled last Wednesday that the antitrust case brought by New Orleans-based coin and bullion dealer, Blanchard & Co., against the world's third-biggest gold producer and the U.S. financial services giant can go ahead. Blanchard alleged in a lawsuit filed in mid-December that Barrick and J.P. Morgan Chase made $2 billion in...

Blanchard to host Kerry fund-raiser in Detroit The Associated Press 3/24/03 8:56 PM LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts appeared in Detroit Monday night for a fund-raiser hosted by former Gov. James Blanchard. Kerry, one of nine Democrats running for the presidential nomination, was last in Michigan in October. While here, he campaigned for several Democratic candidates, including Jennifer Granholm, who went on to win the governor's race. During that October visit, Blanchard hosted an event for Kerry at the Detroit Athletic Club. Blanchard, now in private law practice, said he hoped to raise about $200,000...

Dear Mr. Levin: Why haven't you voted on any of the bills alliterated below? They've been passed in the House and it seems to me that the Senate is playing Tom (Puff) Daschle games. In fact it is my understanding that Senate fillibusters have occured so as to avoid voting on the issues. You should understand that I'm watching you. Your actions will be reported by myself via opion editorial letters to all of the metropolitan area newspapers in your precinct. Perhaps you can influence these newspapers not to publish my letters, but I've already published them on the internet...

First, please don't forget to vote today. I doubt I have to remind anyone here that. Secondly, what's the turnout in your area? Lastly, Go Posthumus, Blanchard, both Dingells, Ficano, Jonathon Grant(over RINO Stewart), Alan Cropsey, Allen Lowe, Steve Vear, Dale Shugars(over RINO Upton), Michelle McManus, and Bob Gosselin.

Democrats hold first televised debate in Marquette By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 7/18/02 3:51 PM MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) -- The three Democratic candidates for governor held a heated debate Thursday in their first televised meeting. The hour-long verbal matchup at Northern Michigan University was one of two for the Democratic candidates before the Aug. 6 primary. All three aggressively challenged their opponents, shaking fingers at each other at times and raising their voices on more than one occasion. Former Gov. James Blanchard and U.S. Rep. David Bonior both accused Attorney General Jennifer Granholm of working too closely with...

Democratic gubernatorial camps at odds over debates By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 6/25/02 6:44 PM LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Democratic candidates James Blanchard and David Bonior have agreed to appear together in at least four debates, but candidate Jennifer Granholm now says she wants to debate only twice before the Aug. 6 primary. Blanchard's debate negotiator, Bob Kolt, says Granholm is breaking the pledge she made when she accepted Blanchard's call to do five debates. In a June 4 news release, Granholm said, "I agree to five debates. ... I look forward to meeting you on the debate...

Gubernatorial candidates plan to vote Monday; some have missed earlier votes By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 6/9/02 11:01 AM LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- School elections usually don't draw too many voters, but all of the candidates running for governor plan to be at the polls or vote absentee on Monday. That hasn't always been the case for Attorney General Jennifer Granholm, former Gov. James Blanchard and U.S. Rep. David Bonior, the three Democrats in the race. While the voting records of Republican candidates Dick Posthumus and John Schwarz show neither has missed a school, primary, presidential primary or...

<p>MACKINAC ISLAND -- Attorney General Jennifer Granholm arrived with an economic plan, favorable polls and a history of impressing the influential gathered for the Detroit Regional Chamber annual Mackinac conference.</p> <p>As a Democratic candidate for governor, though, she also came with a target on her back.</p>

<p>It's getting chippy along the gubernatorial campaign trail. Nothing really nasty, just aggressive elbowing.</p> <p>U.S. Rep. David Bonior, who went into an attack mode early in the campaign, was the target of weekend jabs from contenders from both parties. Republican state Sen. Joe Schwarz branded Bonior "a socialist." Ex-Gov. Jim Blanchard, a fellow Democrat, called him a far-left "Nader Democrat."</p>