Syracuse City Schools in Crisis - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Until educators, parents, politicians, and just plain folk can speak honestly about the problem, the best solution for parents will be to get their kids out of the ghetto as soon as possible. I know you're not supposed to say "ghetto" but it's the title of a particularly forlorn Akon song which really explains the deal about how it really is
Monday, May 13, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
What's Cooking in Boston? The Tsarnaev Saga
SCENE ONE.
TAM TSARNAEV’S small apartment in Boston. There is a young woman dressed in a burkha attending to a cook stove in the kitchen. Only her eyes are visible as she stirs food into a bowl. There is a side door to the kitchen which suddenly bursts open. A man enters, smiling and shadow-boxing,. This is TAM TSARNAEV.
TAM TSARNAEV
(with a flourish, enjoying himself)
What’s cooking, Katherine? It smells so good.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
I call it ‘IED delight.” It’s an American dish. Ha-ha!
TAM TSARNAEV
Ho-ho-ho! You make joke, Katherine.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
Yes, I make joke, Tam.
TAM TSARNAEV
Don’t make joke of me, Katherine. I will slap you again.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
Where were you, Tam?
TAM TSARNAEV
I will slap you with left hook, maybe with uppercut.
(TAM TSARNAEV shadow-boxes around the kitchen, throwing jabs, left hooks, rights)
TAM TSARNAEV
Good Muslim woman does not ask husband questions. How about some rice? I’m hungry.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
I cannot make rice. I cannot find my pressure cooker.
TAM TSARNAEV
Don’t worry about the pressure cooker. I will buy you a new pressure cooker.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
But this one is the 6th pressure cooker you’ve bought for me this month. What happens to them? Where are my pressure cookers going?
(TUNE IN DAILY AS THE DRAMA CONTINUES. LEARN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PRIVILEGED UPPER MIDDLE CLASS PHYSICIAN'S DAUGHTER DONS A BURKHA TO PLEASE HER VOLATILE HUSBAND--AND IN THE PROCESS LOSES HER PRESSURE COOKERS.)
TAM TSARNAEV’S small apartment in Boston. There is a young woman dressed in a burkha attending to a cook stove in the kitchen. Only her eyes are visible as she stirs food into a bowl. There is a side door to the kitchen which suddenly bursts open. A man enters, smiling and shadow-boxing,. This is TAM TSARNAEV.
TAM TSARNAEV
(with a flourish, enjoying himself)
What’s cooking, Katherine? It smells so good.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
I call it ‘IED delight.” It’s an American dish. Ha-ha!
TAM TSARNAEV
Ho-ho-ho! You make joke, Katherine.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
Yes, I make joke, Tam.
TAM TSARNAEV
Don’t make joke of me, Katherine. I will slap you again.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
Where were you, Tam?
TAM TSARNAEV
I will slap you with left hook, maybe with uppercut.
(TAM TSARNAEV shadow-boxes around the kitchen, throwing jabs, left hooks, rights)
TAM TSARNAEV
Good Muslim woman does not ask husband questions. How about some rice? I’m hungry.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
I cannot make rice. I cannot find my pressure cooker.
TAM TSARNAEV
Don’t worry about the pressure cooker. I will buy you a new pressure cooker.
KATHERINE RUSSELL
But this one is the 6th pressure cooker you’ve bought for me this month. What happens to them? Where are my pressure cookers going?
(TUNE IN DAILY AS THE DRAMA CONTINUES. LEARN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PRIVILEGED UPPER MIDDLE CLASS PHYSICIAN'S DAUGHTER DONS A BURKHA TO PLEASE HER VOLATILE HUSBAND--AND IN THE PROCESS LOSES HER PRESSURE COOKERS.)
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Imperial Governor Cuomo Avoids “In-Kind” Tax, Demands Fealty, Free Rides from Taxpayers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo publicly wagged his finger at the
scandal-ridden New York legislature, attempting to depict himself as the model
of public integrity he is NOT. What Cuomo
does best is to make noble-sounding rules for other guys to follow, rules which
don’t apply to Imperial Governors.
You know how it works.
Keep your State Police security guard close, and free, independent
minded citizens at a distance. Unless
they’re already shown to be solidly in your camp (meaning “submissive”), they can’t
be trusted, Cuomo believes.
Cuomo routinely uses the instruments of state power to
pummel political enemies and allies alike.
When he was Attorney General, he went after disgraced former Gov. Elliot
Spitzer (and fellow Democrat) for using state planes, automobiles, and
helicopters for personal use.
According to reports, Spitzer would fly down to Hooker Haven
in D.C. to meet with high-priced call
girls. He paid for the women out of his
own pocket (and his wife’s pockets, too) but the travel arrangements were
courtesy of the state taxpayers.
As Imperial Governor now, Gov. Andy also feels entitled to
spend hard earned taxpayer money on his personal self-indulgences. Instead of living in Gracie Mansion,
provided to him by the taxpayers, he uses state aircraft to fly down to West
Chester to visit his live-in billionaire BFF girlfriend Sandra Lee.
According to an account in the Wall
Street Journal, Cuomo’s daughters live with the BFF GF, too. All the benefits of marriage—without marriage.
Is that to give the affair the air of respectability?
A better air of respectability would be for the governor to
marry Sandra Lee. That may be his
personal business, of course, but when you’re governor of a state, you forfeit
the privacy a private individual might expect.
It comes with the turf. If you don’t want your personal
beliefs analyzed, then stay home with your GF, wherever that is. Otherwise, everything you do sends a political
message.
The message New York is getting is that of an Imperial
Governor who flaunts the rules he touts in public.
Cuomo abolished the previous ethics committee and established
a new one with people who worked for him, people he knew would look the other
way as he misused state resources, and retaliated against critics.
Lest these concerns be seen as the steaming detritus of a
gossip column, let’s be clear on two things:
Governor Cuomo has not paid IRS federal taxes on these
purloined “in-kind” gifts by New York taxpayers. When common ordinary taxpayers are paid “in-kind”
(meaning you get a car, a free hotel stay in Vacationland, or a Rolex watch
instead of cash money), it counts as income under IRS rules and is taxable.
Governor Cuomo has not reimbursed the taxpayers for these “gifts”
of taxpayer largesse. Doing so would
eliminate the tax problem posed by undeclared “in-kind” income, and would be in
keeping with New York State law.
Of course, New York State law and a submissive voter base
has never been anything an Imperial Governor had to worry about.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Short Hops In Basketball
I started to watch basketball...that's how things are going. In college rock, I watched the entire Syracuse loss, that was novel for me. As an outsider, it was an exciting game, played largely by the hand of God. Michigan could miss from the 3-point line in the first half. In the second half, they couldn't hit and Syracuse had a chance, albeit a small one.
I can dig it that the Carter-Williams kid is leaving for the NBA. It's not 1960 any more where the only place you can get an education is in college. These days knowledge floods in from everywhere. Whereas it's a chance for Carter-Williams, a nice chance to get up and over.
He's nice giant. I hope he gets over.
I can dig it that the Carter-Williams kid is leaving for the NBA. It's not 1960 any more where the only place you can get an education is in college. These days knowledge floods in from everywhere. Whereas it's a chance for Carter-Williams, a nice chance to get up and over.
He's nice giant. I hope he gets over.
Accused Child Rapist/ Murder David J. Renz Perfect Fit for Death Row
You read the news.
You may know this. If you live in
Central New York, you may have heard about David J. Renz. David J. Renz had been arrested in late 2012
as the result of a federal investigation into child pornography. He had four computers and tons of ugly files
involving bestial acts with children.
Imagine the worst—no, don’t.
There’s a town
near Syracuse named Clay, NY. It was there, in the parking lot of the Northern
Mall, that David J. Renz accosted librarian Lori Bresnahan and her 10 year old
daughter as they were leaving the child’s gymnastics class.
Renz, who should
have been in jail, was released on bail with the approval of Obama appointee
and U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. If you read the indictment charging child
pornography etc, it would have been clear that Renz posed a danger to children
at the very least.
If it wasn’t
clear then, it is clear now. Renz
removed his electronic monitoring bracelet, kidnapped Bresnahan and her
daughter, forced them to a remote part of the giant parking lot, tied them up
and raped the child. After raping the
child, he drove them to an abandoned road where he stabbed the woman to death
as she fought to save the child. The
child, though bound with plastic ties, escaped and ran into the roadway where
she was rescued by two passing motorists.
Renz fled but was captured by police, still wearing the
bloody clothes when he attacked Lori.
Just yesterday, Renz had the nerve to plead innocent, probably looking
for some kind of deal. The Onondaga
District Attorney, Fitzpatrick, seems willing to oblige, as the death penalty
is in liberal suspension in the state of New York. Nor will Fitzpatrick even deign to mention the
federal death penalty, which applies in this case.
To be specific, I’m citing an article
on Yahoo which mentions the federal criminal codes which apply:
“U.S.C. 1201 applies
to murder
during a kidnapping) and 18 U.S.C. 2551 applies to cases of "murder
related to sexual exploitation of children."
The situation is
clear in a county which doesn’t allow women like Bresnahan to obtain concealed
carry permits, and yet can’t protect them and their children in public parking
lots in quiet middle-class suburban towns.
There is now in the local newspapers a great deal of liberal prating
about the wrongheadedness of the death penalty, but no hand-wringing among this
group regarding the death penalty of Lori Bresnahan (not to mention the
absolute terror & horror & torture of her murder) nor the rape of the
child.
Surely, these
people do care about the victims, but the manner of their caring makes it
certain to happen again and again and again.
Just as in the Petit case in Connecticut, this murderer, when proved in
court, deserves the same sentence as those murderer/rapists.
Need more
evidence of hypocrisy? These very same
liberals cheered for the execution of mass killer Timothy McVeigh. Not a peep
out of them. Nor should there have been.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Economy Flatline: The Cure has Been as Bad as the Disease - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Economy Flatline: The Cure has Been as Bad as the Disease - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
COMMENTARY | In 2012, people had a chance to choose an economic way forward. They chose President Obama's way.
The Obama way was to stimulate the economy through "stimulus" government spending and monetary policy that kept interest rates near zero. Accelerating the money supply pumped up the financial markets.
Wall Street was quiet, a silent partner in the financial fraud. Voters were quiet because they were promised something for nothing.
It helped, too, that Eurozone economies were falling apart so fast that the Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke couldn't weaken the dollar fast enough to keep up, a relationship explained in Daily FX. Compared to the sickly Euro, the dollar and the American economy was safe harbor
.
But today's plunging employment figures stunned Wall Street and sent stocks tumbling. There was an increase of only 88,000 non-farm jobs, compared to analyst projections of 200,000 jobs, according to Reuters.
The Obama way was to stimulate the economy through "stimulus" government spending and monetary policy that kept interest rates near zero. Accelerating the money supply pumped up the financial markets.
Wall Street was quiet, a silent partner in the financial fraud. Voters were quiet because they were promised something for nothing.
It helped, too, that Eurozone economies were falling apart so fast that the Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke couldn't weaken the dollar fast enough to keep up, a relationship explained in Daily FX. Compared to the sickly Euro, the dollar and the American economy was safe harbor
.
But today's plunging employment figures stunned Wall Street and sent stocks tumbling. There was an increase of only 88,000 non-farm jobs, compared to analyst projections of 200,000 jobs, according to Reuters.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Installers of Latest Samsung Push App Experience the Rapture - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Installers of Latest Samsung Push App Experience the Rapture - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
I immediately thought of people being pushed to their deaths from New York subway platforms. You could attribute the conjuring of that dismal image to generational dysfunction. If I were a savvy post-collegiate twenty-something, I would have immediately known that these persistent, annoying incursions into my private Idaho could propel me to new heights of self-awareness, to raptures heretofore inconceivable
I immediately thought of people being pushed to their deaths from New York subway platforms. You could attribute the conjuring of that dismal image to generational dysfunction. If I were a savvy post-collegiate twenty-something, I would have immediately known that these persistent, annoying incursions into my private Idaho could propel me to new heights of self-awareness, to raptures heretofore inconceivable
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
New York Politicians Need to Clean the People’s House - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
New York Politicians Need to Clean the People’s House - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
COMMENTARY | The criminal complaint filed Friday by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara against six prominent New York political officials has spread like a radioactive cloud, leaving politicians scurrying for their hazmat suits.
If you haven't heard, the scandal involves a Democratic New York state senator named Malcolm Smith, accused of paying Republican New York City councilman Daniel Halloran to assist him in bribing two other Republican political officials.
COMMENTARY | The criminal complaint filed Friday by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara against six prominent New York political officials has spread like a radioactive cloud, leaving politicians scurrying for their hazmat suits.
If you haven't heard, the scandal involves a Democratic New York state senator named Malcolm Smith, accused of paying Republican New York City councilman Daniel Halloran to assist him in bribing two other Republican political officials.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Tammany Hall Deja Vu in New York City Bribery Bust - Yahoo! News
Tammany Hall Deja Vu in New York City Bribery Bust - Yahoo! News
People are finally learning how to pronounce the name of Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. Among other duties, Bharara's mission is to fight corruption in state and local government. Few New York histories fail to mention the Tammany Hall government which set the tone of New York City politics in the 19th century. The biggest problem with such histories is that the clandestine political corruption of political bosses is depicted as the detritus of a bygone era. Not so. Bharara just filed a criminal complaint against several New York political operatives he accused of conspiring to bribe political officials in return for favors, according to the New York Daily News.
What are the charges in the criminal complaint?
People are finally learning how to pronounce the name of Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009. Among other duties, Bharara's mission is to fight corruption in state and local government. Few New York histories fail to mention the Tammany Hall government which set the tone of New York City politics in the 19th century. The biggest problem with such histories is that the clandestine political corruption of political bosses is depicted as the detritus of a bygone era. Not so. Bharara just filed a criminal complaint against several New York political operatives he accused of conspiring to bribe political officials in return for favors, according to the New York Daily News.
What are the charges in the criminal complaint?
The complaint is long, amounting to 28 pages, and was filed at the end of March. But the basis of the complaint is that New York state Sen. Malcom Smith, a Democrat, along with his consorts, allegedly bribed Republican Party officials to enter the Republican primary race for mayor of New York City.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Stop and Frisk Will Win in New York City Court - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Stop and Frisk Will Win in New York City Court - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Imagine that you were a New York City cop, obliged to follow the New York City Police Department's updated stop and frisk policy. The Gothamist explains the additional documentation a New York City cop has to provide when conducting a "stop and frisk," discovered only because the memo turned up in court yesterday.
Along with a check sheet, the cop now has to provide a CYA narrative, reports Gothamist.
If it were me, I couldn't do it. I would soon find myself in the same tough spot as that of Officer Pedro Serrano of the 40th District of the South Bronx. According to the New York Post, Serrano appears to be rebelling against a policy that puts cops between a rock and a hard place.
Imagine that you were a New York City cop, obliged to follow the New York City Police Department's updated stop and frisk policy. The Gothamist explains the additional documentation a New York City cop has to provide when conducting a "stop and frisk," discovered only because the memo turned up in court yesterday.
Along with a check sheet, the cop now has to provide a CYA narrative, reports Gothamist.
If it were me, I couldn't do it. I would soon find myself in the same tough spot as that of Officer Pedro Serrano of the 40th District of the South Bronx. According to the New York Post, Serrano appears to be rebelling against a policy that puts cops between a rock and a hard place.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Federal Death Penalty and Clay N.Y. Murder, Child Rape Conviction a Perfect Fit - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Federal Death Penalty and Clay N.Y. Murder, Child Rape Conviction a Perfect Fit - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Any clear thinking person reading Renz' criminal complaint on federal child pornography charges would conclude he was a loaded gun pointed at society's head. Yet he was bailed out--with naive preconditions. The laxity of electronic monitoring meant that Renz could slip off his "bracelet" to kill and rape at 9:00 p.m. without authorities being informed until 11:30 p.m.
Any clear thinking person reading Renz' criminal complaint on federal child pornography charges would conclude he was a loaded gun pointed at society's head. Yet he was bailed out--with naive preconditions. The laxity of electronic monitoring meant that Renz could slip off his "bracelet" to kill and rape at 9:00 p.m. without authorities being informed until 11:30 p.m.
Like the infamous Petit murder-rape in Connecticut, a conviction for these crimes would argue for a death penalty New York does not have. The last person administered capital punishment in New York was executed in 1963.
New York SAFE Act Gets a Mental Health Assessment - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
New York SAFE Act Gets a Mental Health Assessment - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Lawmakers perhaps considered cases like that of Seung Hui Cho, who shot to death 32 people in a 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech. Cho had been judged mentally ill in a court procedure two years earlier, according to the Washington Post.
Yet Cho passed required background checks to obtain guns, according to CNN, because his mental health records were kept out of the gun check database. With the SAFE Act, New York state legislators made a half-hearted attempt to remedy that by obligating mental health professionals to report dangerously mentally ill patients to authorities.
Such persons would then be entered into a national gun database.
The defiant reaction of the mental health community was summed up in a Syracuse Post-Standard story quoting Dr. James Knoll, director of forensic psychiatry at New York's Upstate Medical University.
"We're being transformed into agents of the state and agents of government control," Knoll said.
Lawmakers perhaps considered cases like that of Seung Hui Cho, who shot to death 32 people in a 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech. Cho had been judged mentally ill in a court procedure two years earlier, according to the Washington Post.
Yet Cho passed required background checks to obtain guns, according to CNN, because his mental health records were kept out of the gun check database. With the SAFE Act, New York state legislators made a half-hearted attempt to remedy that by obligating mental health professionals to report dangerously mentally ill patients to authorities.
Such persons would then be entered into a national gun database.
The defiant reaction of the mental health community was summed up in a Syracuse Post-Standard story quoting Dr. James Knoll, director of forensic psychiatry at New York's Upstate Medical University.
"We're being transformed into agents of the state and agents of government control," Knoll said.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Factbox: Man Who Allegedly Killed Librarian, Raped Child Was Released from Jail in January - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Man Who Allegedly Killed Librarian, Raped Child Was Released from Jail in January - Yahoo! News
On Thursday evening, Lori Bresnahan was heading toward the parking lot of the Great Northern Mall with a 10-year-old girl who had just finished a gymnastics class. The two never arrived home. Bresnahan was found stabbed to death in her car parked on isolated Verplank Road. The 10-year-old had been raped. The facts of the murder-rape have left Clay and nearby communities boiling with anger:
On Thursday evening, Lori Bresnahan was heading toward the parking lot of the Great Northern Mall with a 10-year-old girl who had just finished a gymnastics class. The two never arrived home. Bresnahan was found stabbed to death in her car parked on isolated Verplank Road. The 10-year-old had been raped. The facts of the murder-rape have left Clay and nearby communities boiling with anger:
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Questions Hang Like a Mist at Scene of New York Rampage Shooting - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Questions Hang Like a Mist at Scene of New York Rampage Shooting - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
It wasn't the kind of ending you wanted to see, but then again it wasn't the kind of beginning you wanted to see, either. Sixty-four-year-old Kurt R. Meyers shot to death four innocent people in two quiet towns along the Mohawk River in upstate New York.
From there on, you knew it was going to be ugly, and it was. Since the rampage shooting spree began yesterday at mid-morning, Meyers was holed up in a vacant building on North Main Street in the small town of Herkimer.
(CLICK ON THE HEADLINE TO READ MORE & TO COMMENT) Could the police have apprehended Kurt Meyers? Or did the scenario not fit Cuomo's SAFE Act. scenario?) You decide!
It wasn't the kind of ending you wanted to see, but then again it wasn't the kind of beginning you wanted to see, either. Sixty-four-year-old Kurt R. Meyers shot to death four innocent people in two quiet towns along the Mohawk River in upstate New York.
From there on, you knew it was going to be ugly, and it was. Since the rampage shooting spree began yesterday at mid-morning, Meyers was holed up in a vacant building on North Main Street in the small town of Herkimer.
(CLICK ON THE HEADLINE TO READ MORE & TO COMMENT) Could the police have apprehended Kurt Meyers? Or did the scenario not fit Cuomo's SAFE Act. scenario?) You decide!
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Factbox: Four Dead in Mass Shootings in Quiet Upstate New York Towns of Herkimer, Mohawk - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Four Dead in Mass Shootings in Quiet Upstate New York Towns of Herkimer, Mohawk - Yahoo! News
A 64-year-old man is being sought in the slaying of four people and the wounding of two others in a normally somnolent upstate Herkimer County, N.Y. The shootings, believed to have been carried out with a long rifle, took place in the tiny villages of Herkimer and Mohawk, according to the Associated Press. The situation right now is fluid and developing, but police have cordoned off part of the town where the shooting suspect may be cornered. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a press conference scheduled for this afternoon but this has twice been delayed. The facts so far:
* The shootings began at mid-morning when a man armed with a long gun killed two people and injured two at John's Barber Shop in Mohawk then apparently drove to Gaffney's Fast Lube in nearby Herkimer where the second shootings and two deaths occurred.
(CLICK ON THE HEADLINE TO READ MORE)
A 64-year-old man is being sought in the slaying of four people and the wounding of two others in a normally somnolent upstate Herkimer County, N.Y. The shootings, believed to have been carried out with a long rifle, took place in the tiny villages of Herkimer and Mohawk, according to the Associated Press. The situation right now is fluid and developing, but police have cordoned off part of the town where the shooting suspect may be cornered. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a press conference scheduled for this afternoon but this has twice been delayed. The facts so far:
* The shootings began at mid-morning when a man armed with a long gun killed two people and injured two at John's Barber Shop in Mohawk then apparently drove to Gaffney's Fast Lube in nearby Herkimer where the second shootings and two deaths occurred.
(CLICK ON THE HEADLINE TO READ MORE)
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Factbox: The Steubenville, Ohio, Rape Trial of Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond - Yahoo! News
Factbox: The Steubenville, Ohio, Rape Trial of Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond - Yahoo! News
Adults who work with volatile teens know how quickly events involving them can move from merely fast to wildly out of control. An ABC News story recounts events last week when a group of eight adolescents piled into a stolen vehicle, hurtled along a freeway, and launched themselves upside down into a pond. A tragedy of another type occurred in August in Steubenville, Ohio, when police arrested two teen members of the town's football team for the rape of an allegedly intoxicated 16-year-old girl.
Adults who work with volatile teens know how quickly events involving them can move from merely fast to wildly out of control. An ABC News story recounts events last week when a group of eight adolescents piled into a stolen vehicle, hurtled along a freeway, and launched themselves upside down into a pond. A tragedy of another type occurred in August in Steubenville, Ohio, when police arrested two teen members of the town's football team for the rape of an allegedly intoxicated 16-year-old girl.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Factbox: First Trial of 9-11 Linked Al Qaida Operative in New York Criminal Court - Yahoo! News
Factbox: First Trial of 9-11 Linked Al Qaida Operative in New York Criminal Court - Yahoo! News
The Obama administration, rebuffed in previous attempts to put al Qaida terrorists on trial in New York criminal courts, is trying again. The son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is in U.S. custody and will be prosecuted under the rules of criminal law in the Southern District of New York. Where previous attempts to try terrorists in criminal court were opposed by Democrats like Chuck Schumer, the senator recently "said it's fine with him if Abu Ghaith is put on trial in New York," according to NBC News.
The Obama administration, rebuffed in previous attempts to put al Qaida terrorists on trial in New York criminal courts, is trying again. The son-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, is in U.S. custody and will be prosecuted under the rules of criminal law in the Southern District of New York. Where previous attempts to try terrorists in criminal court were opposed by Democrats like Chuck Schumer, the senator recently "said it's fine with him if Abu Ghaith is put on trial in New York," according to NBC News.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Rand Paul Filibuster Dog & Pony Show or Talk Radio Script
Who are these losers on Twitter who were today and yesterday
so proud of Senator Rand Paul’s 13 hour filibuster yesterday?
Are they delusional?
The occasion for the prolonged Show and Tell was the senate
confirmation hearings for CIA director John Brennan. Even Senator Paul agrees that Brennan will be
confirmed, and that he couldn’t do anything to stop it.
What I like about Senator Rand Paul is that he’s a “regular
guy,” the kind of guy who might change his own flat tire when he’s not out on
the range trying out his new Remington.
But after making a grand show of his opposition to Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s nominee for
Secretary of Defense, Rand reversed himself and voted for Hagel.
Yesterday, he used the occasion of Brennan’s nomination to take
the stage as leader of the Libertarian
so-far-right-they’re-left cheering section. That
enhanced his profile, but it also sucked up much needed oxygen on issues that
really need answers.
But the worst thing about Rand Paul’s filibuster was he
voted for the incompetent Hagel and spent a tremendous amount of energy
opposing the competent Brennan. Brennan escaped
the grilling by Congress without revealing significant details about Benghazi, true,
but supplanting the black hole of Benghazi, something that did happen, with a
hypothetical drone scenario which didn’t happen, is just the sort of thing that
marginalizes.
Besides, doesn’t it worry the tight sneakers “principled”
crowd that Rand Paul’s filibuster was praised by uber-lib Jon Stewart, Left Wing-Ding Van Jones, and actor John
Cusack? Ask Andrea Tantaros , if you don’t
believe me, or check her Twitter TL. And doesn’t it clue anyone in that Ron Wyden
joined with Rand Paul to open up the filibuster?
It should, but then again, these people I’m talking about
are intellectually numb, monomaniac, and born to lose.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Cuomo SAFE Act Doesn’t Shoot Straight - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Cuomo SAFE Act Doesn’t Shoot Straight - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
With his new gun control law, Cuomo seems to have "jumped the shark." That term seems to apply as it is defined in the Urban Dictionary as the point "when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity."
Post-Standard reporter Tim Knauss writes of blowback coming from the 31 New York counties which have passed resolutions calling for repeal of the SAFE Act. If half the counties in a state think their governor has gone too far, he has probably gone too far.
New York already had a 10-round gun magazine limit in place when Cuomo pushed through a seven-round limit. Only a few pistol manufacturers make a seven-round magazine, so passing a law requiring them amounts to a de facto total ban on most firearms.
Under pre-SAFE Act law, New York State residents cannot possess handguns even in their homes without $55.75, fingerprinting, four character references, safety courses, police interviews, and months of delay. The purchase of pistol ammunition also requires a state-issued pistol permit.
With his new gun control law, Cuomo seems to have "jumped the shark." That term seems to apply as it is defined in the Urban Dictionary as the point "when something that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity."
Post-Standard reporter Tim Knauss writes of blowback coming from the 31 New York counties which have passed resolutions calling for repeal of the SAFE Act. If half the counties in a state think their governor has gone too far, he has probably gone too far.
New York already had a 10-round gun magazine limit in place when Cuomo pushed through a seven-round limit. Only a few pistol manufacturers make a seven-round magazine, so passing a law requiring them amounts to a de facto total ban on most firearms.
Under pre-SAFE Act law, New York State residents cannot possess handguns even in their homes without $55.75, fingerprinting, four character references, safety courses, police interviews, and months of delay. The purchase of pistol ammunition also requires a state-issued pistol permit.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Cuomo Presidential Ambitions Eclipsed by Hillary’s Giant Shadow - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Cuomo Presidential Ambitions Eclipsed by Hillary’s Giant Shadow - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Owing to the proliferation of conventional and social media, political campaigns are unending. Politico's already begun writing about a potential Gov. Andrew Cuomo vs. Hillary Clinton faceoff in the 2016 presidential primary.
So has the New York Times. Cuomo's aspirations are in limbo until Mrs. Clinton makes a decision, leaving the New York governor to focus on reelection in 2014. But that focus on New York State issues may be a sign that Cuomo is resigned to regional rather than national prominence. Cuomo seized upon the Newton tragedy to make the toughest gun laws in the country even tougher. New York State currently requires the registration of all handguns, even those kept at home.
On other fronts, Cuomo has stalled "fracking" in an appeal to the party's left. He hasn't made clear a final position, perhaps keeping that a hole card to play out at the right time. Still, with a political pedigree and deep roots in New York politics, Cuomo is the "man who would be king." Facts indicate that a major obstacle stands in Cuomo's way: Hillary Clinton.
Owing to the proliferation of conventional and social media, political campaigns are unending. Politico's already begun writing about a potential Gov. Andrew Cuomo vs. Hillary Clinton faceoff in the 2016 presidential primary.
So has the New York Times. Cuomo's aspirations are in limbo until Mrs. Clinton makes a decision, leaving the New York governor to focus on reelection in 2014. But that focus on New York State issues may be a sign that Cuomo is resigned to regional rather than national prominence. Cuomo seized upon the Newton tragedy to make the toughest gun laws in the country even tougher. New York State currently requires the registration of all handguns, even those kept at home.
On other fronts, Cuomo has stalled "fracking" in an appeal to the party's left. He hasn't made clear a final position, perhaps keeping that a hole card to play out at the right time. Still, with a political pedigree and deep roots in New York politics, Cuomo is the "man who would be king." Facts indicate that a major obstacle stands in Cuomo's way: Hillary Clinton.
Pro-Gun Rally Hits Cuomo - WSJ.com
Pro-Gun Rally Hits Cuomo - WSJ.com
Another anti-Cuomo rally is set for Albany today. The extreme position Gov. Cuomo has taken on gun control could sink his 2016 dreams as more Democrats plead for a moderate Democrat to represent them nationally.
Another anti-Cuomo rally is set for Albany today. The extreme position Gov. Cuomo has taken on gun control could sink his 2016 dreams as more Democrats plead for a moderate Democrat to represent them nationally.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Put Blue-Collar Workers on Endangered Species List in Upstate New York - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Put Blue-Collar Workers on Endangered Species List in Upstate New York - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Put Blue-Collar Workers on Endangered Species List in Upstate New York
‘Blade Runner’ Defense Attorney Put Cops on Trial to Free Pistorius - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
‘Blade Runner’ Defense Attorney Put Cops on Trial to Free Pistorius - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
A third strike by the defense and the legendary runner will be able to resume life as the hero who triumphed over impossible odds to secure a berth in sports history. The first line of The Guardian account spelled trouble for the case in general, as it sub-headlined "lead detective taken off case after attempted murder charges."
A third strike by the defense and the legendary runner will be able to resume life as the hero who triumphed over impossible odds to secure a berth in sports history. The first line of The Guardian account spelled trouble for the case in general, as it sub-headlined "lead detective taken off case after attempted murder charges."
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Cuomo’s ‘Pension Smoothing’ Just Another Name for ‘Vote Hustling’ - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Cuomo’s ‘Pension Smoothing’ Just Another Name for ‘Vote Hustling’ - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Cuomo's plan is to lower worker contributions to the pension and to mandate a standard contribution rate across the entire state. This upends local control and responsibility, but that seems to be the point. Cuomo says his plan will balance over a 25-year period of economic ups and downs, but if it doesn't, then who will be around 25 years from now to complain about it?
Miner correctly points out that the uniform contributions are not a cure-all for the state's pension and benefit debt. Cuomo's uniform contribution rate plan is much like Social Security's FICA tax, also uniform, also spread over eons of time, and we all know how that's working out.
Cuomo's plan is to lower worker contributions to the pension and to mandate a standard contribution rate across the entire state. This upends local control and responsibility, but that seems to be the point. Cuomo says his plan will balance over a 25-year period of economic ups and downs, but if it doesn't, then who will be around 25 years from now to complain about it?
Miner correctly points out that the uniform contributions are not a cure-all for the state's pension and benefit debt. Cuomo's uniform contribution rate plan is much like Social Security's FICA tax, also uniform, also spread over eons of time, and we all know how that's working out.
Factbox: Similar Facts, Different Conclusions in Death of Reeva Steenkamp - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Similar Facts, Different Conclusions in Death of Reeva Steenkamp - Yahoo! News
What is the prosecution version of events?
The prosecutor's version is that Steenkamp fled to the bathroom in fear, that Pistorius put on his prosthetic legs, marched to the toilet where Steenkamp was hiding, and fired the fatal shots through the door. The prosecutor's "premeditation" case is atypical, in that the only planning and deliberation involved occurred in the bedroom.
Pistorius allegedly decided to kill Steenkamp just before he "walk(ed) seven meters" across the bedroom with his gun, and fired into the small locked toilet room.
"Why would a burglar lock himself into a toilet?" prosecutor Gerrie Nel was quoted as saying in the New York Times article.
What is the prosecution version of events?
The prosecutor's version is that Steenkamp fled to the bathroom in fear, that Pistorius put on his prosthetic legs, marched to the toilet where Steenkamp was hiding, and fired the fatal shots through the door. The prosecutor's "premeditation" case is atypical, in that the only planning and deliberation involved occurred in the bedroom.
Pistorius allegedly decided to kill Steenkamp just before he "walk(ed) seven meters" across the bedroom with his gun, and fired into the small locked toilet room.
"Why would a burglar lock himself into a toilet?" prosecutor Gerrie Nel was quoted as saying in the New York Times article.
Factbox: Similar Facts, Different Conclusions in Death of Reeva Steenkamp - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Similar Facts, Different Conclusions in Death of Reeva Steenkamp - Yahoo! News
What is the prosecution version of events?
The prosecutor's version is that Steenkamp fled to the bathroom in fear, that Pistorius put on his prosthetic legs, marched to the toilet where Steenkamp was hiding, and fired the fatal shots through the door. The prosecutor's "premeditation" case is atypical, in that the only planning and deliberation involved occurred in the bedroom.
Pistorius allegedly decided to kill Steenkamp just before he "walk(ed) seven meters" across the bedroom with his gun, and fired into the small locked toilet room.
"Why would a burglar lock himself into a toilet?" prosecutor Gerrie Nel was quoted as saying in the New York Times article.
What is the prosecution version of events?
The prosecutor's version is that Steenkamp fled to the bathroom in fear, that Pistorius put on his prosthetic legs, marched to the toilet where Steenkamp was hiding, and fired the fatal shots through the door. The prosecutor's "premeditation" case is atypical, in that the only planning and deliberation involved occurred in the bedroom.
Pistorius allegedly decided to kill Steenkamp just before he "walk(ed) seven meters" across the bedroom with his gun, and fired into the small locked toilet room.
"Why would a burglar lock himself into a toilet?" prosecutor Gerrie Nel was quoted as saying in the New York Times article.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Dead or Alive, Chris Dorner Haunts the American Psyche - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Dead or Alive, Chris Dorner Haunts the American Psyche - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
AlterNet carries an account of the intentional burning scenario largely consistent with others of its type. A YouTube audio carries scanner audio of police communications regarding remote-operated vehicles, "blood spatter" inside the cabin, and snippets of reference to a "plan."
"We're going forward with the plan…like we talked about," someone says on the scanner audio," followed by "burners deployed, and we have a fire."
How much the scanner audio points to any one conclusion is a matter of interpretation. San Bernardino Sheriff John McMahon, seen in this YouTube video, disputes that police intentionally burned the cabin.
"We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr. Dorner out," he said.
AlterNet carries an account of the intentional burning scenario largely consistent with others of its type. A YouTube audio carries scanner audio of police communications regarding remote-operated vehicles, "blood spatter" inside the cabin, and snippets of reference to a "plan."
"We're going forward with the plan…like we talked about," someone says on the scanner audio," followed by "burners deployed, and we have a fire."
How much the scanner audio points to any one conclusion is a matter of interpretation. San Bernardino Sheriff John McMahon, seen in this YouTube video, disputes that police intentionally burned the cabin.
"We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr. Dorner out," he said.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Jury Should Explain How it Arrived at ‘Murder Two’ in Figoski Killing - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Jury Should Explain How it Arrived at ‘Murder Two’ in Figoski Killing - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Here's what happened, according to a New York Daily News account, when a crew planned to rob a drug dealer in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment building.
One of people who lived there heard the ruckus and called police. While trying to escape, Pride says he collided with Figoski, stumbled, and accidentally fired a round into Figoski's face.
Prosecutors tend not to believe in the miraculous, even less when suspect has a lengthy criminal record. But a first-degree murder conviction depended on what the jury believed. The jury of 10 men and two women ruled out first-degree murder.
You have to marvel at the jurors' love of fantasy. They wanted to pretend Pride didn't know how his gun worked.
A Daily News report says that Pride's accomplice, Ariel Tejada, testified he had "racked" the pistol before entering the basement. Tejada's testimony shows an awareness of intent and a familiarity with handguns. "Racking" meant operating the pistol slide to move a bullet from the magazine to the gun's chamber. You can learn at least that much from listening to gangster rap.
Here's what happened, according to a New York Daily News account, when a crew planned to rob a drug dealer in the basement of a Brooklyn apartment building.
One of people who lived there heard the ruckus and called police. While trying to escape, Pride says he collided with Figoski, stumbled, and accidentally fired a round into Figoski's face.
Prosecutors tend not to believe in the miraculous, even less when suspect has a lengthy criminal record. But a first-degree murder conviction depended on what the jury believed. The jury of 10 men and two women ruled out first-degree murder.
You have to marvel at the jurors' love of fantasy. They wanted to pretend Pride didn't know how his gun worked.
A Daily News report says that Pride's accomplice, Ariel Tejada, testified he had "racked" the pistol before entering the basement. Tejada's testimony shows an awareness of intent and a familiarity with handguns. "Racking" meant operating the pistol slide to move a bullet from the magazine to the gun's chamber. You can learn at least that much from listening to gangster rap.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Factbox: Tesla CEO Elon Musk vs. New York Times Car Review - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Tesla CEO Elon Musk vs. New York Times Car Review - Yahoo! News
The Great Electric Car Challenge is about to begin, as the New York Times reports that the Tesla-S model it test drove didn't live up to its advertising in cold weather. The conclusion drawn by car expert John Broder didn't sit well with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed the newspaper's auto reviewer had "faked" the test. The looming question is whether electric cars will work in the cold northeast. Broner planned to drive from Washington to Boston, but claimed he had to stop at a Dunkin' Donuts to warm his hands and be towed to a charging station. Let's look at some of the facts of this budding public brouhaha:
The Great Electric Car Challenge is about to begin, as the New York Times reports that the Tesla-S model it test drove didn't live up to its advertising in cold weather. The conclusion drawn by car expert John Broder didn't sit well with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who claimed the newspaper's auto reviewer had "faked" the test. The looming question is whether electric cars will work in the cold northeast. Broner planned to drive from Washington to Boston, but claimed he had to stop at a Dunkin' Donuts to warm his hands and be towed to a charging station. Let's look at some of the facts of this budding public brouhaha:
Monday, February 11, 2013
Dorner Case Tests the LAPD - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Dorner Case Tests the LAPD - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
A photo of a bullet-riddled truck accompanying a story in the Los Angeles Times shows how badly things went wrong. The two women were delivering newspapers in the early morning hours when their pickup truck was mistaken for that of the fugitive.
Jittery police opened fire. Bullet entry holes in the back of the blue truck lead to a single conclusion. It will be nearly impossible to make that mistake right no matter what extenuating circumstances investigators find.
A photo of a bullet-riddled truck accompanying a story in the Los Angeles Times shows how badly things went wrong. The two women were delivering newspapers in the early morning hours when their pickup truck was mistaken for that of the fugitive.
Jittery police opened fire. Bullet entry holes in the back of the blue truck lead to a single conclusion. It will be nearly impossible to make that mistake right no matter what extenuating circumstances investigators find.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Factbox: Suspected Cop-killer Christopher Dorner Boasts of Tactical Superiority - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Suspected Cop-killer Christopher Dorner Boasts of Tactical Superiority - Yahoo! News
Suspected Los Angeles cop-killer Christopher Dorner doesn't fit the media profile of a crazed murderer. He's a former police officer, an honorably discharged officer in the Naval Reserve, and a man with grievances against the Los Angeles Police Department. Dorner's lengthy manifesto was posted with named individuals on the site Crimes, Guns, and Videotape. While it reads like a resume of martial skills, it is also a political diatribe. Dorner's ramblings exhibit media-consciousness, a sense of persecution, and a liberal political philosophy. Dorner's "manifesto" is a touchy-feely justification for indiscriminate murder. The facts to date are chilling:
Suspected Los Angeles cop-killer Christopher Dorner doesn't fit the media profile of a crazed murderer. He's a former police officer, an honorably discharged officer in the Naval Reserve, and a man with grievances against the Los Angeles Police Department. Dorner's lengthy manifesto was posted with named individuals on the site Crimes, Guns, and Videotape. While it reads like a resume of martial skills, it is also a political diatribe. Dorner's ramblings exhibit media-consciousness, a sense of persecution, and a liberal political philosophy. Dorner's "manifesto" is a touchy-feely justification for indiscriminate murder. The facts to date are chilling:
What Set Dorner Off?
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Due Process Laws Don't Apply to Battlefield Situations - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Due Process Laws Don't Apply to Battlefield Situations - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
By this writing, I hereby bequeath to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) the legal authority to strike me down with a Predator drone should I ever become a "senior operational leader of Al Qaida" or "its associated forces."
I don't believe constitutional due process laws apply to battlefield situations, whether the president is named George Bush or Barack Obama.
By this writing, I hereby bequeath to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) the legal authority to strike me down with a Predator drone should I ever become a "senior operational leader of Al Qaida" or "its associated forces."
I don't believe constitutional due process laws apply to battlefield situations, whether the president is named George Bush or Barack Obama.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Factbox: Advanced Speculation on 2014 New York City Mayor’s Race - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Advanced Speculation on 2014 New York City Mayor’s Race - Yahoo! News
* New York Magazine analyzed Public Advocate Bill De Blasio's chances of defeating Quinn in the Democratic primary but NPR host Scott Simon wondered if "his family life has gotten more attention than maybe he wanted," the reason being his wife's "I am a Lesbian" treatise from the 1970s, reported in the New York Post.
* New York Magazine analyzed Public Advocate Bill De Blasio's chances of defeating Quinn in the Democratic primary but NPR host Scott Simon wondered if "his family life has gotten more attention than maybe he wanted," the reason being his wife's "I am a Lesbian" treatise from the 1970s, reported in the New York Post.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Factbox: New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Claims He’s the Target of a ‘Right-Wing Blog’ - Yahoo! News
Factbox: New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Claims He’s the Target of a ‘Right-Wing Blog’ - Yahoo! News
* The Newark Star-Ledger today published a quote purportedly taken from a now 19-year-old woman: "I was underage when I met him (Menendez). But I can't say for sure whether he knew it or not. I don't know if he was aware of that, but he can't say I'm not telling the truth. He does know I had sex with him being very young and that's a fact he can't deny."
Hit the Headline to read more...
* The Newark Star-Ledger today published a quote purportedly taken from a now 19-year-old woman: "I was underage when I met him (Menendez). But I can't say for sure whether he knew it or not. I don't know if he was aware of that, but he can't say I'm not telling the truth. He does know I had sex with him being very young and that's a fact he can't deny."
Hit the Headline to read more...
Sen. Bob Menendez Shouldn’t Take Foreign Relations Too Literally - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Sen. Bob Menendez Shouldn’t Take Foreign Relations Too Literally - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
COMMENTARY |The major networks appear silent on allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Websites and blogs like Twitchy are going full speed ahead, however, and The Daily Caller appears angry at the smug hypocrisy of a powerful senator expected to be elevated the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Political scandals are endemic on both sides of the aisle and the unfortunate thing is that we have come to expect them. The Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, covered by ABC News, revealed a married congressman who couldn't resist emailing revealing photos of himself to women he wanted desperately to impress. Former Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. was disgraced when he betrayed a friendship for a love tryst, as reported by ABC News.
Some Europeans may call American condemnation of sex tourism as an excess of Puritan zeal, but what Americans resent most is the abuse of power. We expect our privileged leaders to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, and to spend their time and our resources doing the people's business.
COMMENTARY |The major networks appear silent on allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Websites and blogs like Twitchy are going full speed ahead, however, and The Daily Caller appears angry at the smug hypocrisy of a powerful senator expected to be elevated the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Political scandals are endemic on both sides of the aisle and the unfortunate thing is that we have come to expect them. The Rep. Anthony Weiner scandal, covered by ABC News, revealed a married congressman who couldn't resist emailing revealing photos of himself to women he wanted desperately to impress. Former Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. was disgraced when he betrayed a friendship for a love tryst, as reported by ABC News.
Some Europeans may call American condemnation of sex tourism as an excess of Puritan zeal, but what Americans resent most is the abuse of power. We expect our privileged leaders to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, and to spend their time and our resources doing the people's business.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Factbox: New York’s Catholic Gov. Cuomo Faces Abortion Dilemma - Yahoo! News
Factbox: New York’s Catholic Gov. Cuomo Faces Abortion Dilemma - Yahoo! News
* A chart by the Guttmacher Institute comparing the number of New York State abortions to national averages over the period 1991 to 2008 shows that abortions in New York State are nearly double the national average.
* A chart by the Guttmacher Institute comparing the number of New York State abortions to national averages over the period 1991 to 2008 shows that abortions in New York State are nearly double the national average.
* A chart of the latest available figures from the Center for Disease Control shows also that New York State leads the nation in abortions and also that 4.1 percent of New York abortions were performed for out-of-state residents.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Dirty Harry Can’t Be by Your Side at All Times - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
Dirty Harry Can’t Be by Your Side at All Times - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
The New York Daily News reporters now covering the trial strained to justify New York's anti-gun crusaders, attributing the killing to "what's become a scourge of the city -- an illegal handgun."
Swoon! Is it news that thugs with long rap sheets carry illegal guns? Aren't they the ones law-abiding gun owners and cops need to protect themselves from? What cop ever had to worry about being gunned down by Wayne LaPierre of the NRA?
The New York Daily News reporters now covering the trial strained to justify New York's anti-gun crusaders, attributing the killing to "what's become a scourge of the city -- an illegal handgun."
Swoon! Is it news that thugs with long rap sheets carry illegal guns? Aren't they the ones law-abiding gun owners and cops need to protect themselves from? What cop ever had to worry about being gunned down by Wayne LaPierre of the NRA?
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