http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com Mon, 6 Feb 2012 22:29:27 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/13/50/the-founding-fathers-who-are-they.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/13/50/the-founding-fathers-who-are-they.html Publisher's Note: This is the second installment in Diane Rufino's series on what forged "Our Founding Principles" to birth this once great land. These are serious times that we find ourselves in. I pray that we can muster the same integrity, which our Founding Fathers possessed, to fight our way out of the deep dark hole that we now occupy.

The term "Founding Fathers" of the United States includes many great and courageous and wisely forward-thinking men. They include:

— Those men wh... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:23:08 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/12/50/the-declaration-of-independence.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/12/50/the-declaration-of-independence.html Publisher's Note: As we initiate this ongoing series; this chaptered treatise on what made America a once great nation, we examine our nation's first document. Diane Rufino submitted this first edition in this voluminous history of how we began, and I expect we will read a good bit from, and by her in the future.

Intoduction to the Declaration of Independence:

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, although they had no yet won their independence from Britain... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:11:28 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/11/22/winter-s-bone.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/11/22/winter-s-bone.html A Splash of Hope Painted Upon a Bleak Landscape

This is a story that, at first, one may question whether it should even be told. At the end of the film, one realizes that it had to be told, if only to give hope that there can be an unlikely hero in most all circumstances. Her family depended on it, whether they realized it or not, and Ree Dolly aimed to deliver come Hell or high water.

Nineteen year old actress Jennifer Lawrence played 17 year old Ree Dolly as if she knew exactly who the ... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:04:23 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/10/49/all-good-things.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/10/49/all-good-things.html When the Father Spawns a Bad Seed

We all pay. In this instance it was those that were brought into the family of David Marks. Matrimonial bliss ... not hardly.

The film opens with the strikingly masculine figure of a woman in a bad blond wig struggling with heavy packages enveloped in an assortment of containers on an old county road bridge in the deep of a very dark night: Foreboding of evil tidings, foreshowing events that symbolize depravity that is the psyche of the bad seed of an ... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:03:16 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/9/48/the-mission.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/9/48/the-mission.html Forces Beyond All Control Clash in the Jungle

One man sought redemption, the other sought parity for the weak, powerless. Together they found themselves working for the Lord against those who were called to represent Him - the Holy Catholic Church. In the end two of the three knew God. The other was irretrievably lost.

"The Mission" was not as much a film about the delivery of God to the primitive natives of the Paraguayan rain forest as it was, primarily, a mission to discover the truth ... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:02:33 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/8/47/leaves-of-grass.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/8/47/leaves-of-grass.html Life is not Poetic

It is altogether something else entirely. It is a misidentified path to the wrong side of the well for most, and a constant struggle to keep on the straight and narrow for most everyone else.

Enlightened humans endeavor to rise above the human condition, but most slip back into the tragedy of the mire as if somehow magnetic to is malevolent tides that are there to ensnare us all, and surely drown some us. The film "Leaves of Grass" is less to do with Walt Whitman's o... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:00:05 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/7/47/robin-hood.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/7/47/robin-hood.html Ridley Scott Plays to Robin's Strengths

Timeless tale told well would be an understatement; but, was it told well enough to placate the most ardent critic, who expected far too much? Possibly not.

How can the professional critic be satisfied with this version of such an ancient story when there was such a limited up side to producing the perfect film? When such a well financed picture is perfectly cast, with the perfect action director, Ridley Scott, would it shine like a diamond? Well, "... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:56:24 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/6/47/red.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/6/47/red.html Lost in Time, Love on the Road

nbsp;And still this rag-tag, and somewhat elderly band of ex-CIA agents find within themselves the fortitude to turn back the hands of time to fend off a corruptible rogue arm of their former agency bent on their destruction. The simple foil to this premise is: These retired CIA agents aren't ready to die quite yet.

That simple premise is the foundation of "RED," which, in Central Intelligence Agency jargon stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous, keeps the... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:54:36 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/5/6/the-president-takes-on-minority-leader-boehner-and-republicans-at-large.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/5/6/the-president-takes-on-minority-leader-boehner-and-republicans-at-large.html On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, President Barack went to Parma, Ohio to speak to the students, faculty and local labor union members at the local center of learning, Cuyahoga Community College. His initial message was to taut his new 50 billion dollar stimulus initiative, but his speech almost immediately degenerated into attacking Minority Leader Boehner, all activist Republicans, and the wealth of productive Americans.

In a direct affront to a speech made by the Minority Leader, made hours... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:47:43 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/4/43/sheriff-s-office-locates-unregistered-sex-offender-leads-to-arrest.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/4/43/sheriff-s-office-locates-unregistered-sex-offender-leads-to-arrest.html On July 30, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Patrol Division discovered that a sex offender registered in Beaufort County had failed to notify the Sheriff's Office of an address change. The Patrol Division at the Sheriff's Office performs routine checks on registered sex offenders to confirm they are living at the addresses they have provided. The Sheriff's Office began an investigation and conducted interviews.

As a result of the investigation, Investigator Ernest Moore applied for and o... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:45:16 EST http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/3/40/metal-gear-solid.html http://www.cityofsuffolknow.com/post/3/40/metal-gear-solid.html Gray Fox: "Snake. We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at. But... at least I always fought for what I believed in."

Metal Gear Solid is the game that has had gamers of all ages running to the store for over 5 years. The question is, does Metal Gear Solid (MGS) live up to the years of build up? I think so but it depends on your perspective.

MGS is THE stealth action game. Forget about running into rooms with your... Read More]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:43:13 EST