For years when I went to the base medical clinic, the TV in the waiting room always had Fox News on. The past two times I’ve been to the clinic, CNN is now on the TV. Interesting, considering we all knows how the CinC feels about Fox News.
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Two courts have ruled against Obama’s moratorium on off-shore drilling but we’re still not drilling. How can that be? Why haven’t they resumed drilling?
RACISM REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN
When I posted about Nazi Pelosi’s “drain the swamp” moments wherein not only Charlie Rangel but Maxine Waters were now snared in ethics charges, I asked how long before the race-card carrying pimps, Sharpton and Jackson, came out of the woodwork.
Well, a couple of what I perceive to be white, liberal, guilt-ridden apologists have beat them to it:
The politically charged decisions by veteran Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel of New York and Maxine Waters of California to force public trials by the House ethics committee are raising questions about race and whether black lawmakers face more scrutiny over allegations of ethical or criminal wrongdoing than their white colleagues.
The controversy over the cases and the prospect of the first simultaneous ethics trials for multiple members in more than 30 years mark the biggest challenge for the ethics committee’s and the House’s ability to police its own members since the mid-1990s, when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and other leaders from both parties found themselves hauled before the secretive panel.
The question of whether black lawmakers are now being singled out for scrutiny has been simmering throughout the 111th Congress, with the Office of Congressional Ethics a focal point of the concerns. At one point earlier this year, all eight lawmakers under formal investigation by the House ethics committee, including Rangel and Waters, were black Democrats. All those investigations originated with the OCE, which can make recommendations — but take no final actions — on such cases.
There’s a “dual standard, one for most members and one for African-Americans,” said one member of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Hey! Asshole!!! Don’t commit the crime and no one will investigate your pathetic criminal asses.
I’m still looking for the statistics on the percentage of black politicians who are either dirty or been involved in dirrty stuff (to include criminal backgrounds) as compared to the same proportional number of blacks in our population and then compare those numbers to the crime statistics by race in the civilian community.
NAACP, CAIR AND BLACK PANTHER NEWS
Let’s get through this quickly:
Pretty much makes both of them enemies of the state as far as I am cncerned:
A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today offered support for an NAACP resolution passed earlier this week asking the Tea Party movement to condemn racism within its ranks.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) echoed concerns by delegates at the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that the Tea Party has failed to repudiate elements within the movement who use racist or bigoted language.
“If the Tea Party wishes to be taken seriously by mainstream Americans, it must repudiate all those who express or promote extremist, racist or bigoted views while claiming to be affiliated with the movement,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
Hooper, islamist terror lover that he is, then goes on to laundry list people he thinks are “racists” for telling the truth. Go on. Click on the link in the title and read it.
It was first reported here at the Washington Times that “Kristen Clarke, director of political participation at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Washington, however, confirmed to The Times that she talked about the case with lawyers at the Justice Department and shared copies of the complaint with several persons. She said, however, her organization was ‘not involved in the decision to dismiss the civil complaint.’”
Ms. Clarke testified to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights a few months back that that account was wrong. But J. Christian Adams, the main lawyer who built the case against the Black Panthers, contradicted her when he testified to the commission on July 6. Here is the exchange between Mr. Adams and commission general counsel David Blackwood:
MR. BLACKWOOD: During the decision making process about the Panther case, did you hear that anyone at the Department was consulting with any outside groups such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?
MR. ADAMS: Well, I did, but we were also consulting with outside groups. We visited the Southern Poverty Law Center. We visited the Anti-Defamation League and would have probably hired them as an expert in this case if it had gone forward. Because of course the Black Panthers, they’re a militant, anti-Semitic group. They’re not just black nationalists. They hate Jews. And the ADL has an extensive database on this organization.
MR. BLACKWOOD: But the — Your communications with the ADL and the Southern Poverty Law Center I assume were related to the substance of the case.
MR. ADAMS: That’s correct.
MR. BLACKWOOD: Do you know whether anybody was consulting as to whether to proceed or the merits of the case with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?
MR. ADAMS: Well, listen. This is not firsthand. But I was told by section management that NAACP members or staffers were talking with the Voting section attorney in March of 2009 and asking, “When is this case going to get dismissed” which, of course, is interesting to hear for the first time that someone’s even thinking about dismissing the case that you’re in the middle of building. And that was — It seemed strange. But it didn’t really give me much pause other than to think that’s a really strange request.
MR. BLACKWOOD: Well, all press reports indicated a conversation between Kristen Clark of the Legal Defense Fund and a Laura Coates of the Department. Who is Laura Coates?
MR. ADAMS: She is a line attorney in the Voting section, no relation to Christopher Coates.
MR. BLACKWOOD: And according to the press reports Laura Coates reported this contact, this conversation, with Kristen Clark of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund “to her superiors.” Do you know whether that occurred?
MR. ADAMS: I do. And if Mr. Coates were able to comply with his subpoena and testify under oath I’m quite confident that he would be able to share the full details of those communications as conveyed to him.
MR. BLACKWOOD: But you’re not in the position to do that.
MR. ADAMS: Other than they existed and you accurately — and that I characterized them as a request as to when the case was going to be dismissed as conveyed to me by Mr. Coates.
Global Warming Label
Yesterday I stopped at my local Dodge Dealer to look at a 2010 Challenger R/T they had on the lot. I always love to stop and look at muscle cars and I’m especially glad to see MOPAR getting back into the muscle car business again. Looking at the car, I was quite surprised to see a Global Warming Label on the window. I couldn’t believe they’re putting this BS on new cars. I stopped at the Ford Dealer but I didn’t see any of this crap on their new cars. Aparently, California required these labels on all new cars sold there in 2009. Since Chrysler is owned by the government, they must have forced them to put the stickers on all their cars sold in the US.
Fortunately, the Challenger R/T had a Global Warming Score below average. I wonder how much this Al Gore BS is adding to the price of a new car?
Kansas City Man Guilty of Aiding al-Qaida
A Kansas City auto parts dealer who had sworn allegiance to al-Qaida pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a conspiracy to provide financial support to the terrorist group.
Khalid Ouazzani, 32, a Moroccan native who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2006, admitted that he sent $23,500 to al-Qaida between August 2007 and mid-2008.
Although Ouazzani talked with others about ways to support al-Qaida, including plans for them to fight in Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia, U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips said he did not pose a threat to the Kansas City area, where he briefly operated a business that sold auto parts and used vehicles.
“At no point prior to his arrest was he any threat to cause imminent harm or danger to the citizens of our community,” Phillips said at a news conference.
Notice, at no point prior to his arrest. It’s a good thing he was arrested because there would have come a point where he was a danger to the citizens of Kansas City.
There’s a few interesting things about Kansas City. At my initial security briefing upon arrival at Whiteman AFB, MO, we were briefed that the largest known cell of Hamas, outside of the Middle East, was located in Kansas City. And, back in 1989 the call went out for Oceans of Blood at a convention held in Kansas City.
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ONLY 12 FRIKKIN’ PAGES AND NEITHER HOLDER NOR NAPOLITANO HAVE READ IT?
Joining Eric Holder in exposing her outright stupidity and incapability to lead even a horse to water (much less the Department of Homeland Security) Janet Napolitano proved what an asshat she is by admitting she’d not sign the Arizona Illegal Immigration Bill even though she’s not even read it!
It would take 20 minutes to read through the statute and less than two to read the key provisions that have raised concerns about racial profiling. But if you read it then you’re responsible for what you say about it, and we can’t have that with the midterms less than six months away. So here’s the deputy border-enforcer-in-chief admitting that she hasn’t found the time yet to review “in detail” an immigration law that’s been the talk of the country politically for about a month now. Consider this a sequel to my post about Huntsman and China: Not only is State badmouthing a statute supported by most Americans, but given administration practices, there’s a better than even chance that no one in authority over there has even read it yet.
Don’t worry, though, all these misperceptions about the law will change once the media buckles down and starts fact-checking the critics, right? In fact, turns out NBC News is partnering with Univision for an immigration special next week. What could go wrong?
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What Say You?
I can see both sides of this issue. Although it is trivial in essence, the rules are the rules. If one chooses to participate in an activity, one must abide by the rules, and one should be aware of all the rules. As the saying goes, ignorance of the law is no excuse, I guess.
Pole vaulter disqualified for wearing braceletYahoo!Xtra Sport – May 13, 2010, 1:03 pm
An American high school pole vaulter has had a title stripped because she was wearing a friendship bracelet.
Competing for South Pasadena High in a Californian track meet last month, Robin Laird had looked to seal victory for her school when she took out the girl’s pole vault event.
However the coach of another school quickly pointed out that a friendship bracelet around her wrist counted as jewellery which is banned from all competition.
Laird’s winning vault didn’t count and the complaining coach’s school Monrovia High went onto the take out the title.
Mike Knowles, who made the protest, was adamant he made the right decision, SI.com reports.
“This is my 30th year coaching track,” Knowles said after the track meet. “I know a lot of rules and regulations.”
Knowles said it was unfortunate that Laird was disqualified but she had to learn a lesson.
“It’s unfortunate for the young lady. But you’ve got to teach the kids that rules are rules.”
“I didn’t notice the bracelet until after she cleared the height and walked by,” he insisted.
“[I had] a sinking feeling for her. I didn’t want to have to do it. But it’s a real rule – it’s in the book – not something I made up. About 10 years ago, I had a girl who wore an earring in the 4×400 relay and it ended up costing us a CIF title. I feel bad for what happened, but I guarantee you she’ll never wear jewellery during a track meet again.”
South Pasadena coach P.J. Hernandez was shocked by the move.
“I said, ‘Coach [Knowles], you really want it to come down to this?’” he said.
Laird was left in tears after the disqualification ripping the bracelet off her wrist.
“As of right now, I am not wearing one,” she said. “Although I do still have a tan line on my wrist. That’s my scarlet letter.”
If you read any of the comments, notice how so many people advocate making exceptions to the rule or try to rationalize and justify breaking the rules. I feel bad for the girl not winning the title based on a technicality that does not seem to have any bearing on how high she vaulted, but, again, the rules are the rules – and there is (or was at one time) a reason for having this particular rule.
The thing about holding fast to the rules is that it discourages future infractions from occurring, while making exceptions will achieve the opposite.
You make the call.
WAS OBAMA EVER A REAL LAW PROFESSOR?
This is now the question gathering momeNtum around the blogosphere.
Was Barack Obama ever a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago?
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WND has traced the current controversy to Doug Ross and a March 1 posting on his DirectorBlue.blogspot.com asserting the Obamas are no longer lawyers registered to practice law in Illinois and that claims President Obama was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago are “a sham.”
This current round of the controversy harkens back to the 2008 presidential campaign when Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton made nearly the same charges in a March 25, 2008, “Hillary for President” press release entitled “Just Embellished Words: Senator Obama’s Record of Exaggerations & Misstatements.”
After stating Barack Obama was not a law professor at the University of Chicago, the Clinton press release insisted: “He (Barack Obama) is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school. In academia, there’s a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter. Professors have tenure while lecturers do not.”
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Ross wrote on his blog that he “spent some time” with an unnamed professor who was “the highest tenured faculty member” at the University of Chicago who claimed Obama “applied for a position as an adjunct and wasn’t even considered.”
“A few weeks later the law school got a phone call from the Board of Trustees telling them to find [Barack Obama] an office, put him on the payroll, and give him a class to teach,” Ross continued. “The board told him he didn’t have to be a member of the faculty, but they needed to give him a temporary position. He was never a professor and was hardly an adjunct.”
Ross further claimed other professors “hated” Obama because “he was lazy, unqualified, never attended any of the faculty meetings, and it was clear that the position was nothing more than a political stepping stool.”
The Siren Sings: Reality Answers
by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
THE SIREN SINGS: Put aside your ambition. Don’t work so hard. Slow down and live a little. Don’t worry. Give the government your insecurities. Let us take care of them.
BUT REALITY ANSWERS: If we go back to being a nation of childlike dependents, relying on a parental government, we will become poorer and poorer, having to make do with less and less. Government cannot create jobs or wealth. It can only take from some and give it to others. And if people cannot keep their own money, they will stop working, innovating, taking the risks that are key to survival and growth—and we will all have less.
THE SIREN SINGS: You’re not alone in the world. You have your community to surround you and a safety net below you. We have anticipated all the vagaries of life, all of its uncertainties, and have made provision for them.
BUT REALITY ANSWERS: It’s the fear of failure, as much as the dream of success, that motivates us all to work hard, compete, and succeed. If life holds no perils, there’s little to get us out of bed in the morning. While we must protect those who cannot help themselves, for most of us it’s the fear of bad outcomes—as much as the lure of reward—that impels our labor.
THE SIREN SINGS: Give up some of your sovereignty and independence. You won’t need it anymore. Your leaders will show you what to do. You must surrender what you have to the community. We are all in this together. We are a unit, an entity. We will share the sacrifice, take care of each other, and let our government point the way.
BUT REALITY ANSWERS: Government does almost everything worse than private business. The U.S. Postal Service is a joke compared to FedEx and UPS. The Veterans Administration hospitals are a disgrace to the men and women who have served us. Our government cannot control our borders. It can’t even distribute flu shots to those who need them. Private and church schools educate better, for less money, than public educational institutions do. State universities are drowning in their own bureaucracy. And the list goes on. Only in the military, police, and firefighting services—with their extraordinary standards of martial discipline, self-sacrifice, unit cohesion and morale—does the public sector excel.
THE SIREN SINGS: Abandon the delusions of your religious faith. They are old, for a different time. You don’t need them anymore. Secular humanism has made them unnecessary. Turn away from the spurious rituals and the false security they offer. Embrace the real security of a committed community led by enlightened experts.
BUT REALITY ANSWERS: We each have a God-sized hole in our hearts and souls. Without faith, some people turn to addiction; others lose themselves in narcissism. Some become workaholics, others compulsive gamblers, and still others status-seekers who make the acquisition of material goods their own yardstick in life. Where religion falters, self-involvement takes the place of child-rearing, and birth rates drop. Values decline—and an increase in crime, sexually transmitted disease, and suicide are the result.
THE SIREN SINGS: You don’t really need your democracy anymore. Let us experts run things. We know better than you what you need and we have the knowledge to get it for you. Turn away from the cantankerous politics of shrill debate. Trust those who act with benign knowledge of what is best for you.
BUT REALITY ANSWERS: The experts covet power, and power corrupts them as easily as it does anyone else. Bureaucracies become obsessed with self-perpetuation and soon lose sight of the populations they are supposed to serve. They develop cozy relationships with the power brokers in big companies to form a consortium of business and government to control our lives. It is only through democracy that we can fight their tyranny.
H/T: Theodore’s World
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