Pennsylvania Could Deliver Knockout Punch to Santorum in GOP Primary - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | I'm hoping Pennsylvania will knock Santorum out of its primary race with sufficient power that he's unable to beat the 10-count.
But that knockout punch comes with a disclaimer. The Romney camp's attempt to lower expectations has rippled out in the media, reflected in the politics blogs at the Washington Post.
Historically, Pennsylvania has been an important swing state in picking presidents. In primary campaigns? Not so much.
This year will be different. The state where Rick Santorum is Senator ex-officio could give him a second chance or leave him collapsed on the canvas.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Don’t Be Surprised If Obamacare Loses Its Mandate - Yahoo! News
Don’t Be Surprised If Obamacare Loses Its Mandate - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | No one should be surprised that the Justices of the Supreme Court are taking the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act seriously. Yet, The Atlantic Wire conveys a slightly incredulous tone at the notion that parts of the law could be struck down.
Liberal lawyers have long treated anyone who questioned the constitutionality of the individual mandate as if they were part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Opponents of the Affordable Care Act were scoffed at, belittled, and ridiculed on news shows, comedy shows, and in internet forums.
Then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embodied the haughty sang-froid attitude of Beltway imperials toward those who were in doubt about the bill's 2,700 pages.
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it," said Pelosi.
The reach of federal power has been at issue since the founding days of the American republic. Our democracy is different from other countries in that power flows from the individual to the state, not the other way around.
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COMMENTARY | No one should be surprised that the Justices of the Supreme Court are taking the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act seriously. Yet, The Atlantic Wire conveys a slightly incredulous tone at the notion that parts of the law could be struck down.
Liberal lawyers have long treated anyone who questioned the constitutionality of the individual mandate as if they were part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Opponents of the Affordable Care Act were scoffed at, belittled, and ridiculed on news shows, comedy shows, and in internet forums.
Then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embodied the haughty sang-froid attitude of Beltway imperials toward those who were in doubt about the bill's 2,700 pages.
"But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it," said Pelosi.
The reach of federal power has been at issue since the founding days of the American republic. Our democracy is different from other countries in that power flows from the individual to the state, not the other way around.
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Trayvon Martin Shooting: Illegal Homicide, Not Hate Crime - Yahoo! News
Trayvon Martin Shooting: Illegal Homicide, Not Hate Crime - Yahoo! News
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COMMENTARY | The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., a few weeks ago is a simple homicide.
Nonetheless, the Sanford police are in a fix and haven't arrested shooter George Zimmerman. They say they have no clear evidence disputing Zimmerman's claim of self-defense.
Meanwhile, angry protests are swelling across the country and around the internet. USA Today reports on the mounting pressure for Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee to resign.
Because Trayvon was a black youth, civil rights advocacy groups are claiming that his death was a racially motivated attack, and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is investigating whether there was a racial component to the shooting.
ABC News reports a snippet of audio on a 911 call which they seem certain is evidence of racial bias
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COMMENTARY | The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., a few weeks ago is a simple homicide.
Nonetheless, the Sanford police are in a fix and haven't arrested shooter George Zimmerman. They say they have no clear evidence disputing Zimmerman's claim of self-defense.
Meanwhile, angry protests are swelling across the country and around the internet. USA Today reports on the mounting pressure for Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee to resign.
Because Trayvon was a black youth, civil rights advocacy groups are claiming that his death was a racially motivated attack, and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is investigating whether there was a racial component to the shooting.
ABC News reports a snippet of audio on a 911 call which they seem certain is evidence of racial bias
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Rick Santorum Fails in Puerto Rico English Lesson - Yahoo! News
Rick Santorum Fails in Puerto Rico English Lesson - Yahoo! News:
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COMMENTARY | Presidential candidate Rick Santorum should direct his efforts at uniting citizens around being Americans, not dividing them according to his own peculiar notions of the English language.
Santorum's recent statements regarding statehood for Puerto Rico, reported in the National Journal, further alienate GOP Latinos, many of whom otherwise share values of family, work, religion, and country.
On a campaign trip to Puerto Rico, the former Pennsylvania senator told reporters he'd support statehood for Puerto Rico if the U.S. territory adopted English as the official language.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Rick Santorum: Latest Fictional Character Created by Big Media
There are many ways to spin Rick Santorum’s wins in Alabama and Mississippi, and the news media is busy spinning them, but the fact is that Mitt Romney wasn’t even supposed to show.
Had he been a horse, Mitt Romney would have paid off at the race track, coming in third as a long shot against former Georgia Rep. Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum.
A Wall Street Journal article today has this to say about Santorum’s corporate tax reform plan:
“By proposing special breaks for manufacturing, Rick Santorum follows the president’s incorrect lead and introduces a significant economic distortion.”
If the phrase “significant economic distortion” needs interpretation, that comes later in the piece where it is made plain that the “Santorum plan adds greatly to federal deficits.”
Following President Obama’s $16T deficit, the Santorum deficits would be even scarier if he had any chance of winning against Obama in the fall. He doesn’t. Yet Mr. Santorum, his ego inflated by appealing to a narrow segment of the electorate, crows cock-a-doodle as the “true conservative.”
The outcome was predictable in states like Mississippi where 80 percent of the state’s residents describe themselves as evangelicals.
It wasn’t much different in Alabama with Governor Bentley insinuating to Fox News before the primary that Romney’s Mormon religion would be a “subtle” factor among the state’s evangelicals.
Facts are facts and there is no point crying about them. After all, we are not Rick Santorum, and we are not Newt Gingrich, both of them candidates of the crying towel.
The biggest takeaway from the night is that Alabama and Mississippi chose Santorum over Gingrich. Both men are flawed in that they are Washington insiders.
But why were the southerners so smitten with Santorum, a one-trick pony if ever there was one? It appears that Santorum’s record of big government voting didn’t trouble too many people in Alabama or Mississippi.
Where Santorum is concerned, there are more questions about the southern votes:
Why did the southerners look past Santorum’s vote against right-to-work bills when right-to-work has been such a boon for southern workers?
Why did the southerners overlook Gingrich and his grasp of politics and government for Santorum who failed badly in Pennsylvania in his 2006 race?
Why did the southerners look past Santorum’s support for turncoat Arlen Specter against a bona fide fiscal conservative and current Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey?
For the south, the answer is simply that he wasn’t vetted nor much thought about. That Santorum should have any credibility in the rest of the country is even more puzzling if you don’t understand he is largely a fictitious creation of Big Media.
Meanwhile, reality moves along outside of anti-Romney media narratives. Counting the vote in Hawaii and American Samoa leads to the official tally that Romney won the night on delegates by 42-38.
Had he been a horse, Mitt Romney would have paid off at the race track, coming in third as a long shot against former Georgia Rep. Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum.
A Wall Street Journal article today has this to say about Santorum’s corporate tax reform plan:
“By proposing special breaks for manufacturing, Rick Santorum follows the president’s incorrect lead and introduces a significant economic distortion.”
If the phrase “significant economic distortion” needs interpretation, that comes later in the piece where it is made plain that the “Santorum plan adds greatly to federal deficits.”
Following President Obama’s $16T deficit, the Santorum deficits would be even scarier if he had any chance of winning against Obama in the fall. He doesn’t. Yet Mr. Santorum, his ego inflated by appealing to a narrow segment of the electorate, crows cock-a-doodle as the “true conservative.”
The outcome was predictable in states like Mississippi where 80 percent of the state’s residents describe themselves as evangelicals.
It wasn’t much different in Alabama with Governor Bentley insinuating to Fox News before the primary that Romney’s Mormon religion would be a “subtle” factor among the state’s evangelicals.
Facts are facts and there is no point crying about them. After all, we are not Rick Santorum, and we are not Newt Gingrich, both of them candidates of the crying towel.
The biggest takeaway from the night is that Alabama and Mississippi chose Santorum over Gingrich. Both men are flawed in that they are Washington insiders.
But why were the southerners so smitten with Santorum, a one-trick pony if ever there was one? It appears that Santorum’s record of big government voting didn’t trouble too many people in Alabama or Mississippi.
Where Santorum is concerned, there are more questions about the southern votes:
Why did the southerners look past Santorum’s vote against right-to-work bills when right-to-work has been such a boon for southern workers?
Why did the southerners overlook Gingrich and his grasp of politics and government for Santorum who failed badly in Pennsylvania in his 2006 race?
Why did the southerners look past Santorum’s support for turncoat Arlen Specter against a bona fide fiscal conservative and current Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey?
For the south, the answer is simply that he wasn’t vetted nor much thought about. That Santorum should have any credibility in the rest of the country is even more puzzling if you don’t understand he is largely a fictitious creation of Big Media.
Meanwhile, reality moves along outside of anti-Romney media narratives. Counting the vote in Hawaii and American Samoa leads to the official tally that Romney won the night on delegates by 42-38.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Big Media Props Up Gingrich, Santorum
Make no mistake about it, a large part of the media is waging not-so-subtle warfare against Mitt Romney.
Romney is far ahead of the other candidates and yet Big Media portrays his campaign as a kind of insurgency-- off center, out of the mainstream.
This partisanship and lack of fairness by Big Media has some resonance with a narrow part of the GOP primary electorate, but it is not the best part.
I suppose some of that comes from anti-Mormon bias but you hope that all voters discover the better parts of themselves and do the right and moral thing for America.
The focus of the non-Romneys and their jock strap caddies in the media is to highjack the election and subvert the will of the voters.
You do remember the voters, don’t you? They’re the ones who gave Romney 454 delegates, compared to distant runner-up Rick Santorum with 199. Yet Big Media pounds voters with the tired narrative of a fill-in-the-blank Romney as if they’re no smarter than the Democrat Donkey (or is it a jackass?).
The hilarity of media ineptitude is only outpaced by its pathology as it touts a “Southern Strategy” narrative in which Mitt Romney was given “no chance” in Alabama and Mississippi. So why are the polls now showing a neck and neck race with Mitt Romney?
In fact, coming in second in either southern state would be a herculean feat for Romney since both states reward delegates proportionally.
MSNBC, Fox, CNN and many on the major networks are pushing a script trying to tell you Rick Santorum’s the “true conservative” in spite of his support of Democrat Arlen Specter vs. Pennsylvania’s truly conservative Republican Senator Pat Toomey.
Nor do “true conservatives” vote against right-to-work bills, as Santorum did.
Celebrity ostensibly conservative pundits shouldn’t forgive and forget that foundational part of conservatism, as they have been doing in the cases of Mssrs. Gingrich and Santorum.
Mr.Gingrich has won only two of 25 contests. Mr. Santorum hasn't fared much better except when he could wheedle votes to his side, and he dropped ten points in three days when he lost Ohio.
Don't forget that Mr. Santorum lost his 'home state' of Pennsylvania by a historical record 18 points in 2006.
Why don’t the pundits of left and right tell their audiences that car companies locate plants in the south because they are right-to-work states? Obviously, it's because they're trying to hold President Obama's union coalition together.
Hearing the truth about Santorum's support of unions in swing state Pennsylvania would surely be more enlightening than listening to Andrea Tantaros of “The Five” spouting “what Romney has to do” and why he “can’t close the deal” and every other false tired cliché of a moribund news enterprise.
We are living in a world of “special” candidates Gingrich and Santorum for whom the bar has been set low. Meanwhile, the Big Media continues to move the goalposts every time Mitt Romney scores.
While some respectable candidates have dropped from the race, two of the worst dissemblers remain, propped up by Big Media. The two math-challenged candidates have almost no path to winning the primaries, and no chance at beating Mr. Obama.
Pundits like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh do a good job of taking on the White House but somehow they pretend not to notice Santorum and Gingrich are essentially Beltway lobbyists who traded on political connections. Perhaps, that’s what the pundits are about anyway, more eyeballs and more revenues.
Except for courageous Ann Coulter, most of the celebrity pundits implicitly believe that political news is about them. The candidates are only incidental, in their view.
Better candidates than Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Santorum have dropped out, and so would the twin lobbyists except for the propulsion of Big Media and a vortex of unclean and tangled motivations.
We need now to remember the times when winning elections was a major goal of the GOP, when we were not held hostage by a growing number of snake oil peddlers who call themselves “conservatives.”
It is not hyperbole to say that Romney Army is fighting to save America from slipping into the deep crevasses of history where lesser civilizations have vanished.
Support Mitt Romney. The Romney Tsunami is coming your way soon.
Romney is far ahead of the other candidates and yet Big Media portrays his campaign as a kind of insurgency-- off center, out of the mainstream.
This partisanship and lack of fairness by Big Media has some resonance with a narrow part of the GOP primary electorate, but it is not the best part.
I suppose some of that comes from anti-Mormon bias but you hope that all voters discover the better parts of themselves and do the right and moral thing for America.
The focus of the non-Romneys and their jock strap caddies in the media is to highjack the election and subvert the will of the voters.
You do remember the voters, don’t you? They’re the ones who gave Romney 454 delegates, compared to distant runner-up Rick Santorum with 199. Yet Big Media pounds voters with the tired narrative of a fill-in-the-blank Romney as if they’re no smarter than the Democrat Donkey (or is it a jackass?).
The hilarity of media ineptitude is only outpaced by its pathology as it touts a “Southern Strategy” narrative in which Mitt Romney was given “no chance” in Alabama and Mississippi. So why are the polls now showing a neck and neck race with Mitt Romney?
In fact, coming in second in either southern state would be a herculean feat for Romney since both states reward delegates proportionally.
MSNBC, Fox, CNN and many on the major networks are pushing a script trying to tell you Rick Santorum’s the “true conservative” in spite of his support of Democrat Arlen Specter vs. Pennsylvania’s truly conservative Republican Senator Pat Toomey.
Nor do “true conservatives” vote against right-to-work bills, as Santorum did.
Celebrity ostensibly conservative pundits shouldn’t forgive and forget that foundational part of conservatism, as they have been doing in the cases of Mssrs. Gingrich and Santorum.
Mr.Gingrich has won only two of 25 contests. Mr. Santorum hasn't fared much better except when he could wheedle votes to his side, and he dropped ten points in three days when he lost Ohio.
Don't forget that Mr. Santorum lost his 'home state' of Pennsylvania by a historical record 18 points in 2006.
Why don’t the pundits of left and right tell their audiences that car companies locate plants in the south because they are right-to-work states? Obviously, it's because they're trying to hold President Obama's union coalition together.
Hearing the truth about Santorum's support of unions in swing state Pennsylvania would surely be more enlightening than listening to Andrea Tantaros of “The Five” spouting “what Romney has to do” and why he “can’t close the deal” and every other false tired cliché of a moribund news enterprise.
We are living in a world of “special” candidates Gingrich and Santorum for whom the bar has been set low. Meanwhile, the Big Media continues to move the goalposts every time Mitt Romney scores.
While some respectable candidates have dropped from the race, two of the worst dissemblers remain, propped up by Big Media. The two math-challenged candidates have almost no path to winning the primaries, and no chance at beating Mr. Obama.
Pundits like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh do a good job of taking on the White House but somehow they pretend not to notice Santorum and Gingrich are essentially Beltway lobbyists who traded on political connections. Perhaps, that’s what the pundits are about anyway, more eyeballs and more revenues.
Except for courageous Ann Coulter, most of the celebrity pundits implicitly believe that political news is about them. The candidates are only incidental, in their view.
Better candidates than Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Santorum have dropped out, and so would the twin lobbyists except for the propulsion of Big Media and a vortex of unclean and tangled motivations.
We need now to remember the times when winning elections was a major goal of the GOP, when we were not held hostage by a growing number of snake oil peddlers who call themselves “conservatives.”
It is not hyperbole to say that Romney Army is fighting to save America from slipping into the deep crevasses of history where lesser civilizations have vanished.
Support Mitt Romney. The Romney Tsunami is coming your way soon.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Romney Tsunami Coming to Your State Soon - Yahoo! News
Romney Tsunami Coming to Your State Soon - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | We're getting news at the speed of light these days, and it can make fools of us all. Some broadcast outlets continue to report that presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum split the delegate votes evenly in the Michigan primary.
Twitter, by several hours, beat yesterday's Washington Post story that state Republicans awarded two more delegates to Romney, who won the state totals.
Once a narrative is out there, it tends to stick, even when it's untrue or partially true. That may have worked in such ancient times as the 2008 elections, but now most people are too sophisticated to believe "narrative."
The prevailing narrative, supported by stale polling data, was that Santorum was a cinch to beat Romney in Michigan. It turned out that Romney won Michigan and slam-dunked Arizona.
COMMENTARY | We're getting news at the speed of light these days, and it can make fools of us all. Some broadcast outlets continue to report that presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum split the delegate votes evenly in the Michigan primary.
Twitter, by several hours, beat yesterday's Washington Post story that state Republicans awarded two more delegates to Romney, who won the state totals.
Once a narrative is out there, it tends to stick, even when it's untrue or partially true. That may have worked in such ancient times as the 2008 elections, but now most people are too sophisticated to believe "narrative."
The prevailing narrative, supported by stale polling data, was that Santorum was a cinch to beat Romney in Michigan. It turned out that Romney won Michigan and slam-dunked Arizona.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Andrew Breitbart Practiced the Dangerous Art of Political Blogging - Yahoo! News
Andrew Breitbart Practiced the Dangerous Art of Political Blogging - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who died unexpectedly at age 43 , was an original.
Breitbart adapted '60s protest methods to a millennial anarchist framework and turned it all back to the left with a fury and rage that may have ultimately broken his health.
He died in Los Angeles early today, reportedly of natural causes, according to "The Cutline."
New Yorker Magazine profiled Breitbart's bombastic and sometimes theatrical nature in a 2010 article which detailed some of his political machinations.
COMMENTARY | Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who died unexpectedly at age 43 , was an original.
Breitbart adapted '60s protest methods to a millennial anarchist framework and turned it all back to the left with a fury and rage that may have ultimately broken his health.
He died in Los Angeles early today, reportedly of natural causes, according to "The Cutline."
New Yorker Magazine profiled Breitbart's bombastic and sometimes theatrical nature in a 2010 article which detailed some of his political machinations.
Monday, February 27, 2012
U.S. Should Attack Iran Nuclear Facilities, Not Israel - Yahoo! News
U.S. Should Attack Iran Nuclear Facilities, Not Israel - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | I wouldn't be surprised to wake up some morning soon to learn Israel has bombed military targets in Iran. But I'm not sure if "soon" means this week, next month or after the 2012 election.
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey recently joined Defense Secretary Panetta in public statements aimed at restraining Israel. I wish the Israelis would wait, too, but for what?
Waiting for Iran to have a nuclear weapon and a means of delivering it would be ultimately more destabilizing for the region than an Israeli or U.S. attack. For America, it's a matter of getting bad news now or horrible news later.
One nuclear bomb could virtually destroy any small country and wreak destruction and havoc on a larger country.
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COMMENTARY | I wouldn't be surprised to wake up some morning soon to learn Israel has bombed military targets in Iran. But I'm not sure if "soon" means this week, next month or after the 2012 election.
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey recently joined Defense Secretary Panetta in public statements aimed at restraining Israel. I wish the Israelis would wait, too, but for what?
Waiting for Iran to have a nuclear weapon and a means of delivering it would be ultimately more destabilizing for the region than an Israeli or U.S. attack. For America, it's a matter of getting bad news now or horrible news later.
One nuclear bomb could virtually destroy any small country and wreak destruction and havoc on a larger country.
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'Anti-Romney' Celebrity Pundits Are Determined to Win by Losing - Yahoo! News
'Anti-Romney' Celebrity Pundits Are Determined to Win by Losing - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | Among celebrity pundits, Ann Coulter is a rogue warrior. She supports Mitt Romney and hopes he'll pick New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as his running mate.
Coulter's opinions run counter to those of Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, or Glen Beck, all of whom have wobbled between Newt Gingrich and Rich Santorum.
Most celebrity pundits don't have to write anything, which means they don't have to think very much, and neither do the people who listen to them. A radio or TV "analysis" is a packaged script where you disparage candidates who stray from the herd.
Mitt Romney stands outside the herd, and he's paying for it.
COMMENTARY | Among celebrity pundits, Ann Coulter is a rogue warrior. She supports Mitt Romney and hopes he'll pick New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as his running mate.
Coulter's opinions run counter to those of Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, or Glen Beck, all of whom have wobbled between Newt Gingrich and Rich Santorum.
Most celebrity pundits don't have to write anything, which means they don't have to think very much, and neither do the people who listen to them. A radio or TV "analysis" is a packaged script where you disparage candidates who stray from the herd.
Mitt Romney stands outside the herd, and he's paying for it.
Gay Bias Trial Continues in New Jersey Suicide of Tyler Clementi - Yahoo! News
Gay Bias Trial Continues in New Jersey Suicide of Tyler Clementi - Yahoo! News
Rutgers student Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010. Before committing suicide, Clementi posted a message on his Facebook page: "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry."
Clementi's encounter with an unidentified male had been live-streamed over the Internet. Dharun Ravi, 18 at the time Clementi committed suicide, has been charged with a hate crime for having set up the webcam that streamed the incident.
The trial began Friday and continued today with student witnesses testifying to how they crowded around a computer screen to watch two men kissing.
At what point does such behavior rise to the level of a hate crime?
Rutgers student Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010. Before committing suicide, Clementi posted a message on his Facebook page: "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry."
Clementi's encounter with an unidentified male had been live-streamed over the Internet. Dharun Ravi, 18 at the time Clementi committed suicide, has been charged with a hate crime for having set up the webcam that streamed the incident.
The trial began Friday and continued today with student witnesses testifying to how they crowded around a computer screen to watch two men kissing.
At what point does such behavior rise to the level of a hate crime?
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
U.S. Should Attack Iran Nuclear Facilities, Not Israel - Yahoo! News
U.S. Should Attack Iran Nuclear Facilities, Not Israel - Yahoo! News
Waiting for Iran to have a nuclear weapon and a means of delivering it would be ultimately more destabilizing for the region than an Israeli or U.S. attack. For America, it's a matter of getting bad news now or horrible news later.
One nuclear bomb could virtually destroy any small country and wreak destruction and havoc on a larger country.
Waiting for Iran to have a nuclear weapon and a means of delivering it would be ultimately more destabilizing for the region than an Israeli or U.S. attack. For America, it's a matter of getting bad news now or horrible news later.
One nuclear bomb could virtually destroy any small country and wreak destruction and havoc on a larger country.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Three Cop Shootings and the Tragic Results - Yahoo! News
Three Cop Shootings and the Tragic Results - Yahoo! News
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In crime-ridden neighborhoods, people are often ambivalent about police presence and sometimes regard police as the enemy. But police are often the only people willing to show up when violent crimes occur.
Sometimes the police become the casualties.
In 2011, 65 police officers were killed by gunfire, 12 were killed by vehicle assaults, and two were stabbed to death, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
Ramarley Graham
Bronx, N.Y., resident Ramarley Graham, 18, was shot to death Feb. 1, according to a New York Post account, by one of two officers who were trailing him after a marijuana deal.
The New York Daily News reports police officers saw Graham adjusting his waistband and thought he was carrying a gun when they chased him to his apartment bathroom and shot him.
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In crime-ridden neighborhoods, people are often ambivalent about police presence and sometimes regard police as the enemy. But police are often the only people willing to show up when violent crimes occur.
Sometimes the police become the casualties.
In 2011, 65 police officers were killed by gunfire, 12 were killed by vehicle assaults, and two were stabbed to death, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page.
Ramarley Graham
Bronx, N.Y., resident Ramarley Graham, 18, was shot to death Feb. 1, according to a New York Post account, by one of two officers who were trailing him after a marijuana deal.
The New York Daily News reports police officers saw Graham adjusting his waistband and thought he was carrying a gun when they chased him to his apartment bathroom and shot him.
Romney Picks Up Speed, Exuding Confidence - Yahoo! News
Romney Picks Up Speed, Exuding Confidence - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | I hadn't quite made up my mind whom I'd support in the GOP 2012 primary and was leaning toward Newt Gingrich when the attacks on Bain Capital started.
It wasn't so much that I'm this great capitalist or anything. It's just that the economy works a certain way, and struggles to be free of government interference.
Moreover, the 1989 collapse of the Soviet Union made it all clear enough. The "dictatorship of the proletariat" was exposed as a hoax.
Newt Gingrich knows that well enough, yet he persisted in his attacks on Bain Capital. Further straining credulity were his awkward attempts at making a distinction between "good venture capitalism" and "bad venture capitalism."
COMMENTARY | I hadn't quite made up my mind whom I'd support in the GOP 2012 primary and was leaning toward Newt Gingrich when the attacks on Bain Capital started.
It wasn't so much that I'm this great capitalist or anything. It's just that the economy works a certain way, and struggles to be free of government interference.
Moreover, the 1989 collapse of the Soviet Union made it all clear enough. The "dictatorship of the proletariat" was exposed as a hoax.
Newt Gingrich knows that well enough, yet he persisted in his attacks on Bain Capital. Further straining credulity were his awkward attempts at making a distinction between "good venture capitalism" and "bad venture capitalism."
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Romney Picks Up Speed, Exuding Confidence - Yahoo! News
Romney Picks Up Speed, Exuding Confidence - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | I hadn't quite made up my mind whom I'd support in the GOP 2012 primary and was leaning toward Newt Gingrich when the attacks on Bain Capital started.
It wasn't so much that I'm this great capitalist or anything. It's just that the economy works a certain way, and struggles to be free of government interference.
Moreover, the 1989 collapse of the Soviet Union made it all clear enough. The "dictatorship of the proletariat" was exposed as a hoax.
It wasn't so much that I'm this great capitalist or anything. It's just that the economy works a certain way, and struggles to be free of government interference.
Moreover, the 1989 collapse of the Soviet Union made it all clear enough. The "dictatorship of the proletariat" was exposed as a hoax.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Iran ‘War Talk’ Stirs Hawks, Doves - Yahoo! News
Iran ‘War Talk’ Stirs Hawks, Doves - Yahoo! News
The Obama would like the Iranians to just back off their nuclear weapons development program. But will the Iranians test Obama before the 2012 elections?
The Obama would like the Iranians to just back off their nuclear weapons development program. But will the Iranians test Obama before the 2012 elections?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Myth of the Great-Hearted Former Slave - Yahoo! News
Myth of the Great-Hearted Former Slave - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | Being skeptical of a story is not the same thing as believing it is entirely untrue, as in the following: The Sideshow presents items of peculiar interest. An item purports to be a letter from a former Tennessee slave to his former slave owner.
The newspaper of attribution was the New York Daily Tribune of August 1865. Presumably, the letter and the Flickr image of the Tribune have been verified as accurate, a stated requirement of the Letters of Note website.
A curious problem with authenticity arises, however, if you note the Library of Congress' New York Daily Tribune list of digitized volumes begins in 1875. A minor point, perhaps, but it signals the letter might have had a different origin.
COMMENTARY | Being skeptical of a story is not the same thing as believing it is entirely untrue, as in the following: The Sideshow presents items of peculiar interest. An item purports to be a letter from a former Tennessee slave to his former slave owner.
The newspaper of attribution was the New York Daily Tribune of August 1865. Presumably, the letter and the Flickr image of the Tribune have been verified as accurate, a stated requirement of the Letters of Note website.
A curious problem with authenticity arises, however, if you note the Library of Congress' New York Daily Tribune list of digitized volumes begins in 1875. A minor point, perhaps, but it signals the letter might have had a different origin.
Rep. Allen West and Fox News' Bob Beckel Fail to Communicate - Yahoo! News
Rep. Allen West and Fox News' Bob Beckel Fail to Communicate - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | Fox News pundit Bob Beckel has a political problem, and his name is Rep. Allen West of Florida.
Beckel appeared on Fox News this morning angrily protesting West's exhortation that certain members of the Democratic Party should take their "message" and "get the hell out of the United States of America."
That's what happens when you express feelings rather than calculated political statements. In politics, one must leave candor at home.
Beckel had been previously chided on the Fox panel program "The Five" for showing disrespect to the retired Iraq war veteran turned congressman. Beckel stubbornly refused to address West by his military or civilian title as a representative of Florida.
COMMENTARY | Fox News pundit Bob Beckel has a political problem, and his name is Rep. Allen West of Florida.
Beckel appeared on Fox News this morning angrily protesting West's exhortation that certain members of the Democratic Party should take their "message" and "get the hell out of the United States of America."
That's what happens when you express feelings rather than calculated political statements. In politics, one must leave candor at home.
Beckel had been previously chided on the Fox panel program "The Five" for showing disrespect to the retired Iraq war veteran turned congressman. Beckel stubbornly refused to address West by his military or civilian title as a representative of Florida.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Romney Makes Brokaw ‘Extremely Uncomfortable’ - Yahoo! News
Romney Makes Brokaw ‘Extremely Uncomfortable’ - Yahoo! News
Tom Brokaw is "extremely uncomfortable," says Mediaite, and doesn't want his name associated with Mitt Romney's GOP primary race.
Through the NBC legal department, the reporter is requesting Romney's campaign stop using a Brokaw clip from a 1997 "NBC Nightly News" broadcast.
Tom Brokaw is "extremely uncomfortable," says Mediaite, and doesn't want his name associated with Mitt Romney's GOP primary race.
Through the NBC legal department, the reporter is requesting Romney's campaign stop using a Brokaw clip from a 1997 "NBC Nightly News" broadcast.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Gingrich House Ethics Investigation Revisited - Yahoo! News
Gingrich House Ethics Investigation Revisited - Yahoo! News
Some of Newt Gingrich's younger supporters were ten years old when he was subject to a House ethics committee investigation. Click the headline to read more.
Some of Newt Gingrich's younger supporters were ten years old when he was subject to a House ethics committee investigation. Click the headline to read more.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
A Dissenting View of the Great South Carolina Gingrich Landslide - Yahoo! News
A Dissenting View of the Great South Carolina Gingrich Landslide - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | After Newt Gingrich's convincing win in South Carolina, the meme du jour is "debates do matter." Flip on any television news show and you're destined to hear this all-purpose story line about the GOP primary in South Carolina.
Gingrich is an able orator but not everyone is convinced that grand oratory did the trick for Gingrich in South Carolina. The Ticket underscored the demographic rift in Republican politics that Democrats are striving to broaden.
Gingrich won 45 percent of South Carolina primary voters who "identified themselves very conservative," with Mitt Romney at 20 percent. Among those identifying themselves as evangelical, Romney only got half the votes Gingrich did.
COMMENTARY | After Newt Gingrich's convincing win in South Carolina, the meme du jour is "debates do matter." Flip on any television news show and you're destined to hear this all-purpose story line about the GOP primary in South Carolina.
Gingrich is an able orator but not everyone is convinced that grand oratory did the trick for Gingrich in South Carolina. The Ticket underscored the demographic rift in Republican politics that Democrats are striving to broaden.
Gingrich won 45 percent of South Carolina primary voters who "identified themselves very conservative," with Mitt Romney at 20 percent. Among those identifying themselves as evangelical, Romney only got half the votes Gingrich did.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Is Bombshell Political Issue - Yahoo! News
Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Is Bombshell Political Issue - Yahoo! News
The Keystone XL Pipeline could turn out to be the exploding dye-pack of the Obama administration's energy policy. In order for the most recent debt extension to pass Congress, the president agreed to a February 21 deadline for deciding whether to approve or halt the plan. The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is a conduit for shipping Canadian oil to refineries in Texas. There is a split in the president's base, with environmentalists opposed and unions favoring construction.
The Keystone XL Pipeline could turn out to be the exploding dye-pack of the Obama administration's energy policy. In order for the most recent debt extension to pass Congress, the president agreed to a February 21 deadline for deciding whether to approve or halt the plan. The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is a conduit for shipping Canadian oil to refineries in Texas. There is a split in the president's base, with environmentalists opposed and unions favoring construction.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Gingrich Firms Sell Legislative Information and Connections - Yahoo! News
Gingrich Firms Sell Legislative Information and Connections - Yahoo! News
Wall Street Journal writer Brody Mullins today injected new fuel into the debate over venture capitalism, examining Newt Gingrich's activities in consultation with financial firms like Credit Suisse.
Gingrich's panoply of companies are not venture capitalist firms but instead capitalize on the revolving door between government and private interests.
Whether termed "revolving door" or "crony capitalism," the facts of Gingrich's consulting groups undermine his claim of being an anti-establishment iconoclast.
Wall Street Journal writer Brody Mullins today injected new fuel into the debate over venture capitalism, examining Newt Gingrich's activities in consultation with financial firms like Credit Suisse.
Gingrich's panoply of companies are not venture capitalist firms but instead capitalize on the revolving door between government and private interests.
Whether termed "revolving door" or "crony capitalism," the facts of Gingrich's consulting groups undermine his claim of being an anti-establishment iconoclast.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Gingrich, Perry Backslide with Anti-Capitalist Attacks in New Hampshire - Yahoo! News
Gingrich, Perry Backslide with Anti-Capitalist Attacks in New Hampshire - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | The real shocker about the New Hampshire GOP primary race was when Newt Gingrich, followed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, fell into the rabbit hole of class warfare.
Class resentment has been a mainstay of Democrat politics for decades, and Republicans have always been quick to tell them so. What's different now is that Republicans Gingrich and Perry are telling them they're right.
Days before the New Hampshire primary, Perry joined Gingrich in condemning Romney's involvement with Bain Capital, a venture capitalist firm with more successes than failures.
Gingrich's intellectual prestidigitation only tricked himself, and damaged his reputation among GOP conservatives. Populist Perry should have resisted the temptation but didn't and followed Gingrich down the yellow brick road.
COMMENTARY | The real shocker about the New Hampshire GOP primary race was when Newt Gingrich, followed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, fell into the rabbit hole of class warfare.
Class resentment has been a mainstay of Democrat politics for decades, and Republicans have always been quick to tell them so. What's different now is that Republicans Gingrich and Perry are telling them they're right.
Days before the New Hampshire primary, Perry joined Gingrich in condemning Romney's involvement with Bain Capital, a venture capitalist firm with more successes than failures.
Gingrich's intellectual prestidigitation only tricked himself, and damaged his reputation among GOP conservatives. Populist Perry should have resisted the temptation but didn't and followed Gingrich down the yellow brick road.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
9/11 Terror Suspects Could Be Tried in Spring - Yahoo! News
9/11 Terror Suspects Could Be Tried in Spring - Yahoo! News
In 2008, then-Sen. Obama advocated extending constitutional due process rights to accused terrorists associated with the 9/11 plot. As president, Obama's administration continued to push for due process trial in New York City and lambasted critics of civilian trials for the detainees, according to Reuters.
In 2008, then-Sen. Obama advocated extending constitutional due process rights to accused terrorists associated with the 9/11 plot. As president, Obama's administration continued to push for due process trial in New York City and lambasted critics of civilian trials for the detainees, according to Reuters.
Please, No More Housing 'Help' from the Fed - Yahoo! News
Please, No More Housing 'Help' from the Fed - Yahoo! News
The more the government helps, the worse it gets for people trying to sell their houses.
The more the government helps, the worse it gets for people trying to sell their houses.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Gingrich Closes Eyes, Fires Blindly at Bain Capital - Yahoo! News
Gingrich Closes Eyes, Fires Blindly at Bain Capital - Yahoo! News | Newt Gingrich apparently makes a distinction between good capitalism and bad capitalism, "bad capitalism" being the type the other guy espouses.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Awaiting President Obama’s Keystone XL Pipeline Decision - Yahoo! News
Awaiting President Obama’s Keystone XL Pipeline Decision - Yahoo! News
Will Obama appease the environmental elites who believe humans cannot do anything more then befoul the planet?
Will Obama appease the environmental elites who believe humans cannot do anything more then befoul the planet?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
New York City Bags Tea Party Activist Mark Meckler - Yahoo! News
New York City Bags Tea Party Activist Mark Meckler - Yahoo! News
COMMENTARY | Congress needs to pass a national permit to carry weapons, even one that's limited to legal passage in transit. Some states have reciprocity agreements with other states, but one must be careful of restrictions, cautions the "gunlaws" website.
New York City gun laws have criminalized an otherwise law-abiding American citizen when it arrested Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler at LaGuardia Airport.
Gun-control crusaders on Twitter were initially heartened at the bonus catch of bagging a tea party founder but now Second Amendment advocates are battling back.
COMMENTARY | Congress needs to pass a national permit to carry weapons, even one that's limited to legal passage in transit. Some states have reciprocity agreements with other states, but one must be careful of restrictions, cautions the "gunlaws" website.
New York City gun laws have criminalized an otherwise law-abiding American citizen when it arrested Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler at LaGuardia Airport.
Gun-control crusaders on Twitter were initially heartened at the bonus catch of bagging a tea party founder but now Second Amendment advocates are battling back.
Going the Wrong Way on Electric Car Highway - Yahoo!
Going the Wrong Way on Electric Car Highway - Yahoo!
COMMENTARY | We can hardly meet our energy needs wearing beanies with wind-driven propellers while continuing to rely on unstable Middle Eastern countries.
The life preserver for the economy and for individual Americans could be the revamped bipartisan 2011 Nat Gas Bill, according to the website of a popular trucking news magazine.
COMMENTARY | We can hardly meet our energy needs wearing beanies with wind-driven propellers while continuing to rely on unstable Middle Eastern countries.
The life preserver for the economy and for individual Americans could be the revamped bipartisan 2011 Nat Gas Bill, according to the website of a popular trucking news magazine.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Can Corzine Pull a $1.2 Billion Rabbit Out of His Hat? - Yahoo! News
Can Corzine Pull a $1.2 Billion Rabbit Out of His Hat? - Yahoo! News:
'via Blog this'
Is Corzine directly responsible for the losses?
Under licensing, law and regulation, Corzine had a strict obligation to follow the rules against commingling funds. However, Corzine has released a stunning prepared statement in which he claims not to know where $1.2 billion dollars is. Asked by a congressman if he'd authorized the commingling of customer funds, Corzine made an ambiguous response saying he didn't "intend" for that to happen
'via Blog this'
Is Corzine directly responsible for the losses?
Under licensing, law and regulation, Corzine had a strict obligation to follow the rules against commingling funds. However, Corzine has released a stunning prepared statement in which he claims not to know where $1.2 billion dollars is. Asked by a congressman if he'd authorized the commingling of customer funds, Corzine made an ambiguous response saying he didn't "intend" for that to happen
Natural Gas Honda Civic Beats Electric Volt as the Right Green Car - Yahoo! News
Natural Gas Honda Civic Beats Electric Volt as the Right Green Car - Yahoo! News: "My idea of a hybrid car is one without the electric motor, battery not included. Natural gas vehicles seemed a far better environmental and energy solution than either electrics or hybrids.
Didn't Volt fans realize that electric came from burning oil, coal, from hydro or nuclear plants, all of which were viewed as threats to the environment?"
'via Blog this'
My idea of a hybrid car is one without the electric motor, battery not included. Natural gas vehicles seemed a far better environmental and energy solution than either electrics or hybrids.
Didn't Volt fans realize that electric came from burning oil, coal, from hydro or nuclear plants, all of which were viewed as threats to the environment?
Didn't Volt fans realize that electric came from burning oil, coal, from hydro or nuclear plants, all of which were viewed as threats to the environment?"
'via Blog this'
My idea of a hybrid car is one without the electric motor, battery not included. Natural gas vehicles seemed a far better environmental and energy solution than either electrics or hybrids.
Didn't Volt fans realize that electric came from burning oil, coal, from hydro or nuclear plants, all of which were viewed as threats to the environment?
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Corzine Didn’t Answer Important Question at Congressional Hearing - Yahoo! News
Corzine Didn’t Answer Important Question at Congressional Hearing - Yahoo! NewsDon Corzini, otherwise known as Jon Corzine mugged like Frankie Pentangelo in Godfather II. He thinks you're too stupid to catch on...
Click the headline for a quick briefingi--whatit's about.
Click the headline for a quick briefingi--whatit's about.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
I Couldn’t Escape TV Series “Harry’s Law” - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
I Couldn’t Escape TV Series “Harry’s Law” - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.comYou're supposed to empathize with the defendant.
"I didn't want to hurt anyone," the woman defendant sobs pitifully in court.
But right away, I'm thinking there's something wrong with me, that I'm anti-social or have a psychopathic personality. I don't feel sorry for the defendant at all.
(click on the headline to read more)
"I didn't want to hurt anyone," the woman defendant sobs pitifully in court.
But right away, I'm thinking there's something wrong with me, that I'm anti-social or have a psychopathic personality. I don't feel sorry for the defendant at all.
(click on the headline to read more)
Friday, December 2, 2011
Iran and Syria: If We Don’t Speak Out, They Will Love Us - Yahoo! News
Iran and Syria: If We Don’t Speak Out, They Will Love Us - Yahoo! NewsIt's a far cry from President Ronald Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall!"
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Is the Chevy Volt the New Corvair? - Yahoo! News
Is the Chevy Volt the New Corvair? - Yahoo! News
Remember the Ford Edsel? How about the Chevy Corvair? Both cars figure prominently on Time Magazine's "50 Worst Cars of All Time" list.
Ralph Nader killed the rear engine Chevy Corvair but wasn't charged with vehicular homicide. A head-on collision usually ended up with the other car in your lap and your torso impaled on your own steering wheel.
So where are you now that we need you, Ralph Nader?
(click on the bolded headline to read more)
Remember the Ford Edsel? How about the Chevy Corvair? Both cars figure prominently on Time Magazine's "50 Worst Cars of All Time" list.
Ralph Nader killed the rear engine Chevy Corvair but wasn't charged with vehicular homicide. A head-on collision usually ended up with the other car in your lap and your torso impaled on your own steering wheel.
So where are you now that we need you, Ralph Nader?
(click on the bolded headline to read more)
Recording Points to Syracuse Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine - Yahoo! News
Recording Points to Syracuse Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine - Yahoo! News
Until a recording of a dialogue between Laurie Fine and Bobby Davis resurfaced, it looked as if Bernie Fine, assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, might dodge the bullet. Fine and coach Jim Boeheim were quick to disparage allegations of child sex abuse levied against Fine. Now that has changed. Fine was fired Sunday and Boeheim says it the right thing to do.
Why didn't the recording surface earlier?
(click on the headline to learn more)
Until a recording of a dialogue between Laurie Fine and Bobby Davis resurfaced, it looked as if Bernie Fine, assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, might dodge the bullet. Fine and coach Jim Boeheim were quick to disparage allegations of child sex abuse levied against Fine. Now that has changed. Fine was fired Sunday and Boeheim says it the right thing to do.
Why didn't the recording surface earlier?
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Defense Counters in Sandusky Child Sex Abuse Charges - Yahoo! News
Defense Counters in Sandusky Child Sex Abuse Charges - Yahoo! News..................................The term "bombshell" is tossed around so much as a teaser to news stories that people are numb to it. Not so with the accusations of child sex abuse against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
There were immediate convulsions of anger, revulsion, and shock at the allegations made against Sandusky.
However, a resourceful defense strategy could conceivably get Sandusky cleared of some charges. As always, there are questions:
There were immediate convulsions of anger, revulsion, and shock at the allegations made against Sandusky.
However, a resourceful defense strategy could conceivably get Sandusky cleared of some charges. As always, there are questions:
Sunday, November 27, 2011
After Egypt Perp Walk, American College Students Return Home - Yahoo! News
After Egypt Perp Walk, American College Students Return Home - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | What could be more embarrassing than being arrested on the rooftops of the American University of Cairo with Molotov cocktails in hand? I could only think of two things worse.
Being shot dead is one of them. The second most embarrassing thing is to have your picture transmitted worldwide in a group shot, telltale bottles presumably filled with flammable liquid, held in your hands.
Being shot dead is one of them. The second most embarrassing thing is to have your picture transmitted worldwide in a group shot, telltale bottles presumably filled with flammable liquid, held in your hands.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Bob Costas' NBC Exclusive Shows Sandusky 'Ugly' - Yahoo! News
Bob Costas' NBC Exclusive Shows Sandusky 'Ugly' - Yahoo! News
"I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their legs …"
"I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their legs …"
Monday, November 14, 2011
Iran -- The Real Flame War - Yahoo! News
Iran -- The Real Flame War - Yahoo! NewsWe are in a time warp, back where we were in 2008 when Sen. John McCain was caught happily parodying that 1960s tune, singing "bomb, bomb, bomb ... bomb, bomb Iran."
The Middle East is more volatile than ever after repeated waves of revolution and NATO bombings. Islamists envision a Middle East without Israel and an Ayatollah with nuclear weapons
The Middle East is more volatile than ever after repeated waves of revolution and NATO bombings. Islamists envision a Middle East without Israel and an Ayatollah with nuclear weapons
Penn State Lessons -- Male-on-Male Sex Predation Often Hidden - Yahoo! News
Penn State Lessons -- Male-on-Male Sex Predation Often Hidden - Yahoo! NewsWhen sexual abuse occurs with a male perpetrator and male victims, there is a strong tendency, especially on the part of university athletic departments, to either hide it behind a wall of pseudo-masculinity or to make it disappear in the black hole of political correctness.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Penn State Child Abuse Allegations Recall East Stroudsburg University Scandal - Yahoo! News
Penn State Child Abuse Allegations Recall East Stroudsburg University Scandal - Yahoo! NewsThe often attributed Dostoevski line: "If God doesn't exist, then everything is permitted" line reflects the problem. The extreme liberties which educational institutions often necessarily sanction can also shelter criminality and repetitive psychopathic behavior.
Why were the allegations against Jerry Sandusky secreted in the administrative lockbox of a prestigious university?
Why were the allegations against Jerry Sandusky secreted in the administrative lockbox of a prestigious university?
Friday, November 4, 2011
Obama’s Significant Others: Valerie Jarrett and Penny Pritzker - Yahoo! News
Obama’s Significant Others: Valerie Jarrett and Penny Pritzker - Yahoo! NewsPresident Obama's chief 2008 fundraiser, Penny Pritzker, is CEO of Pritzker Realty Group.
Courting Chicago's well-known wealthy Pritzker family paid off big for the man who would become president. It was fellow Chicagoan and long-time Obama friend Martin Nesbitt who introduced Obama and Pritzker.
Not ironically, it was Pritzker money that financed Nesbitt's successful startup of The Parking Spot.
Courting Chicago's well-known wealthy Pritzker family paid off big for the man who would become president. It was fellow Chicagoan and long-time Obama friend Martin Nesbitt who introduced Obama and Pritzker.
Not ironically, it was Pritzker money that financed Nesbitt's successful startup of The Parking Spot.
Factbox: Jon Corzine and the MF Global Bankruptcy - Yahoo! News
Factbox: Jon Corzine and the MF Global Bankruptcy - Yahoo! NewsAs top man at MF Global, Corzine was not subject to the degree of oversight and monitoring which might have limited the firm's risk had the investments been made at by a lower level executive. Corzine's headlong plunge into risky investments seems to have been a case of the tail wagging the dog with the board of directors applauding.
Friday, October 28, 2011
U.S. Foreign Policy a Jigsaw Puzzle with Pieces that Don't Fit - Yahoo! News
U.S. Foreign Policy a Jigsaw Puzzle with Pieces that Don't Fit - Yahoo! NewsThe strange thing about the Libyan venture was that most Americans got behind the president on the face of it. Gadhafi was the long-time bad guy, the boogie-man who had ordered the Lockerbie bombing. Meanwhile, Abdel al-Megrahi, one of the guys who actually did the bombing, is being sheltered in the arms of the people that President Obama, the French, and the British put into power in Libya.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
DOW Hits 12,000 Mark on Greek Debt Resolution: Q & A - Yahoo! News
DOW Hits 12,000 Mark on Greek Debt Resolution: Q & A - Yahoo! NewsWhy is today's move different from other up and down market fluctuations?
An S&P above 1230 at the end of the month is a good sign. But stock market traders say that an S&P 1275 level would be even better because that's what people who chart the markets say is the "200 day moving average." Typically, breaking out of the 200-day old pattern on the up side leads investors to believe there will be more gains ahead.
An S&P above 1230 at the end of the month is a good sign. But stock market traders say that an S&P 1275 level would be even better because that's what people who chart the markets say is the "200 day moving average." Typically, breaking out of the 200-day old pattern on the up side leads investors to believe there will be more gains ahead.
High-Profile Killers Haunt Incumbent Martin in Lehigh County, Pa., Race - Yahoo! News
High-Profile Killers Haunt Incumbent Martin in Lehigh County, Pa., Race - Yahoo! NewsWho is Charles Cullen and what crimes did he commit?
Charles Cullen is known in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the "serial-killer nurse." Cullen is accused to have killed as many as 40 patients at hospitals and nursing homes during his 16-year career as a registered nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals and nursing homes. His modus operandi, says the state, was to administer fatal overdoses of dangerous drugs to patients he selected for unknown reasons.
Charles Cullen is known in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as the "serial-killer nurse." Cullen is accused to have killed as many as 40 patients at hospitals and nursing homes during his 16-year career as a registered nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals and nursing homes. His modus operandi, says the state, was to administer fatal overdoses of dangerous drugs to patients he selected for unknown reasons.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Public Execution & Sharia Law; Obama's Libya Legacy
Why is it that the United Nations is going to conduct a probe of Gadhafi’s torture and public execution? Didn’t they see the video? It’s plain as day the barbarians were having a good old time stabbing and bludgeoning Gadhafi –before they bravely shot him point blank.
Then they posed with the former dictator, a fresh kill bathed in blood. Followed by a circus in which the locals could get in line and gape at the two corpses. Therapeutic, you could say.
Lots of bloody fun was had by all. Even Hillary Clinton joined in, raising the dignity of the state department by gloating and laughing over the savage and barbaric spectacle. Google the CBS video, and see for yourself.
The Obama administration must truly believe the torture and execution of the “Madman of the Middle East” is something to be proud of, for there are no calls for restraint, just the usual victory lap.
I suppose the justification for all that is the Gadhafi was a bad guy, and did things that were just as bad. But if that is justification, then why the screaming from the Obama White House about little things like waterboarding KSM, a man who murdered thousands of people?
But there are reasons for the rule of law. Ever hear of the Nuremburg trials, in which Nazi criminals of even more monumental proportions were treated in a dignified manner befitting the legal foundations of great nations.
Gadhafi was captured alive. There was a chance for the “rebels” to demonstrate a common humanity and a sense of justice rather than the naked barbarism which was fortunately captured on film.
If the Libyans were proud of what they’d done, then why did they try to hide it by tall tales? First there were stories that Gadhafi had been shot in the legs and “bled out” on his way to the hospital. When that fib didn’t fly, Jabril came up with another whopper, that Gadhafi was shot to death in a cross-fire between loyalists and rebel fighters.
It shows a kind of disrespect and condescension, a belief that Americans are so stupid that they will believe that the people pummeling Gadhafi, slapping at him with fists and pistol-whipping him, and propping him bleeding on the hood of a truck, were doing so while “loyalist” bullets were flying about their heads.
But they are half-right to condescend to us stupid Americans. Some of the great lights on CNN tried their damndest to repeat the lies, to rationalize the brutality and the blood lust and the hatred. The poor dear Libyans were sooooo oppressed by Gadhafi that this disgusting, dehumanizing, barbarism was completely justified.
There was no need for humanity where Gadhafi was concerned. The hypocrites might be opposed to capital punishment in the U.S. for murderers, rapists, and other monsters, but they erupt into orgasms at the sight of savages ripping at Gadhafi’s wounds.
It was obscene. It doesn’t speak well for the people of the so-called National Transition Council. Instead of choosing to be a country, they have chosen to be for nothing. They have declared that Sharia will be the law of the land. They think that they are heroes by following in the wake of NATO bombing and stealing, robbing, murdering, and imprisoning suspected loyalists for have the wrong skin color.
Of course, there will be secrecy and lies from in the “liberated” Libya. We still don’t know what happened to General Abdel Younis, who defected to help the rebels, was called for a “discussion” with the NTC and then assassinated. It’s the New Libya…just like the Old Libya.
Thank you, Mr. Obama. Mission accomplished.
Then they posed with the former dictator, a fresh kill bathed in blood. Followed by a circus in which the locals could get in line and gape at the two corpses. Therapeutic, you could say.
Lots of bloody fun was had by all. Even Hillary Clinton joined in, raising the dignity of the state department by gloating and laughing over the savage and barbaric spectacle. Google the CBS video, and see for yourself.
The Obama administration must truly believe the torture and execution of the “Madman of the Middle East” is something to be proud of, for there are no calls for restraint, just the usual victory lap.
I suppose the justification for all that is the Gadhafi was a bad guy, and did things that were just as bad. But if that is justification, then why the screaming from the Obama White House about little things like waterboarding KSM, a man who murdered thousands of people?
But there are reasons for the rule of law. Ever hear of the Nuremburg trials, in which Nazi criminals of even more monumental proportions were treated in a dignified manner befitting the legal foundations of great nations.
Gadhafi was captured alive. There was a chance for the “rebels” to demonstrate a common humanity and a sense of justice rather than the naked barbarism which was fortunately captured on film.
If the Libyans were proud of what they’d done, then why did they try to hide it by tall tales? First there were stories that Gadhafi had been shot in the legs and “bled out” on his way to the hospital. When that fib didn’t fly, Jabril came up with another whopper, that Gadhafi was shot to death in a cross-fire between loyalists and rebel fighters.
It shows a kind of disrespect and condescension, a belief that Americans are so stupid that they will believe that the people pummeling Gadhafi, slapping at him with fists and pistol-whipping him, and propping him bleeding on the hood of a truck, were doing so while “loyalist” bullets were flying about their heads.
But they are half-right to condescend to us stupid Americans. Some of the great lights on CNN tried their damndest to repeat the lies, to rationalize the brutality and the blood lust and the hatred. The poor dear Libyans were sooooo oppressed by Gadhafi that this disgusting, dehumanizing, barbarism was completely justified.
There was no need for humanity where Gadhafi was concerned. The hypocrites might be opposed to capital punishment in the U.S. for murderers, rapists, and other monsters, but they erupt into orgasms at the sight of savages ripping at Gadhafi’s wounds.
It was obscene. It doesn’t speak well for the people of the so-called National Transition Council. Instead of choosing to be a country, they have chosen to be for nothing. They have declared that Sharia will be the law of the land. They think that they are heroes by following in the wake of NATO bombing and stealing, robbing, murdering, and imprisoning suspected loyalists for have the wrong skin color.
Of course, there will be secrecy and lies from in the “liberated” Libya. We still don’t know what happened to General Abdel Younis, who defected to help the rebels, was called for a “discussion” with the NTC and then assassinated. It’s the New Libya…just like the Old Libya.
Thank you, Mr. Obama. Mission accomplished.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Social Security’s Rep Payee Program an Open Invitation to Defraud - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com
Social Security’s Rep Payee Program an Open Invitation to Defraud - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.comHow did it happen that a criminal team could hold mentally incapable people hostage in a Philadelphia basement while stealing their Social Security checks?
It's easy, and it happens all the time.
It's easy, and it happens all the time.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! News
Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! NewsTo most Americans, the trade in global currencies may seem something of an abstraction but not for those who shop at Dollar Store, Walmart and other vendors of low cost goods manufactured in China. Tariffs would result in higher prices to consumers.
What is currency manipulation?
In the U.S., "currency" means the dollar. China's currency is the yuan. There are things governments can do to increase or decrease the value of their currency. When one's own country acts to lower the value of its currency, it is politely called "monetary policy." When trade competitors do it, we call it "currency manipulation." There has been a strong inclination from some quarters in the U.S. to punish the Chinese for the influx of cheap imports. Tariffs are the instrument of punishment in S 1619.
What is currency manipulation?
In the U.S., "currency" means the dollar. China's currency is the yuan. There are things governments can do to increase or decrease the value of their currency. When one's own country acts to lower the value of its currency, it is politely called "monetary policy." When trade competitors do it, we call it "currency manipulation." There has been a strong inclination from some quarters in the U.S. to punish the Chinese for the influx of cheap imports. Tariffs are the instrument of punishment in S 1619.
Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! News
Currency Manipulation -- Q-and-A - Yahoo! NewsTo most Americans, the trade in global currencies may seem something of an abstraction but not for those who shop at Dollar Store, Walmart and other vendors of low cost goods manufactured in China. Tariffs would result in higher prices to consumers.
What is currency manipulation?
In the U.S., "currency" means the dollar. China's currency is the yuan. There are things governments can do to increase or decrease the value of their currency. When one's own country acts to lower the value of its currency, it is politely called "monetary policy." When trade competitors do it, we call it "currency manipulation." There has been a strong inclination from some quarters in the U.S. to punish the Chinese for the influx of cheap imports. Tariffs are the instrument of punishment in S 1619.
What is currency manipulation?
In the U.S., "currency" means the dollar. China's currency is the yuan. There are things governments can do to increase or decrease the value of their currency. When one's own country acts to lower the value of its currency, it is politely called "monetary policy." When trade competitors do it, we call it "currency manipulation." There has been a strong inclination from some quarters in the U.S. to punish the Chinese for the influx of cheap imports. Tariffs are the instrument of punishment in S 1619.
‘Occupy Wall Street’ Relying on the Kindness of Corporate Strangers - Yahoo! News
‘Occupy Wall Street’ Relying on the Kindness of Corporate Strangers - Yahoo! NewsThe Occupy Wall Street protestors propose no remedies, and answer few questions.
- What should the president do to create jobs?
- Do you want the government to nationalize and regulate all private industry?
- Do you think the U.S. should set high tariffs to curtail cheaper foreign imports?
- Is your occupation of Wall Street aimed at saving lives in Darfur or lives of the snail darter?
- What should the president do to create jobs?
- Do you want the government to nationalize and regulate all private industry?
- Do you think the U.S. should set high tariffs to curtail cheaper foreign imports?
- Is your occupation of Wall Street aimed at saving lives in Darfur or lives of the snail darter?
Friday, October 7, 2011
Wall Street Protests: Co-Opting the Revolution - Yahoo! News
Wall Street Protests: Co-Opting the Revolution - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | The movement officially began with the moniker "Occupy Wall Street," but I prefer the more reflective "Citizens Against Nearly Everything."
Symptomatic of the shotgun approach to protest, one news clip depicted a woman carrying a sign advocating for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The beauty of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is that you can protest anything and everything.
Dark and nefarious Wall Street financiers rigged world economic conditions to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Sure, why not?
If there was a focus at all, it was on that giant concatenation of interlocking financial linkages known in the popular lexicon as "Wall Street." Somewhere in the labyrinth of collateralized debt obligations, mortgage derivatives, "swaps," and global ETFs, there were larcenous financiers who accepted taxpayer bailouts and spurned the unemployed.
Symptomatic of the shotgun approach to protest, one news clip depicted a woman carrying a sign advocating for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The beauty of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is that you can protest anything and everything.
Dark and nefarious Wall Street financiers rigged world economic conditions to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Sure, why not?
If there was a focus at all, it was on that giant concatenation of interlocking financial linkages known in the popular lexicon as "Wall Street." Somewhere in the labyrinth of collateralized debt obligations, mortgage derivatives, "swaps," and global ETFs, there were larcenous financiers who accepted taxpayer bailouts and spurned the unemployed.
Helicopter Crash Prompts Call for New Small-Aircraft Restriction in NYC - Yahoo! News
Helicopter Crash Prompts Call for New Small-Aircraft Restriction in NYC - Yahoo! News.....
COMMENTARY | I shuddered one October day in 2006 when I heard the live broadcast of a small plane which crashed into an apartment building on New York City's Upper East Side, close to where our daughter shared an apartment with three other young women.
After a few minutes of frantic phone calling, we connected and found her at a window watching the flames in the building across the street and a few buildings down from her own.
The crash killed New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor. Such accidents are not common in New York City, but neither are they rare.
A helicopter crash Tuesday in New York City's East River killed 40 year old Australian tourist Sonia Marra Nicholson. Three other passengers survived and are receiving medical attention. Pilot Paul Dudley swam to safety and refused
COMMENTARY | I shuddered one October day in 2006 when I heard the live broadcast of a small plane which crashed into an apartment building on New York City's Upper East Side, close to where our daughter shared an apartment with three other young women.
After a few minutes of frantic phone calling, we connected and found her at a window watching the flames in the building across the street and a few buildings down from her own.
The crash killed New York Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor. Such accidents are not common in New York City, but neither are they rare.
A helicopter crash Tuesday in New York City's East River killed 40 year old Australian tourist Sonia Marra Nicholson. Three other passengers survived and are receiving medical attention. Pilot Paul Dudley swam to safety and refused
Monday, October 3, 2011
Italian Court Acquits Knox and Sollecito of Murder in Perugia - Yahoo! News
Italian Court Acquits Knox and Sollecito of Murder in Perugia - Yahoo! NewsKnox's characterization as a "she-devil' and a sex-obsessed succubus who, within a short period of time teamed up with virtual strangers in a paroxysm of orgiastic violence, ultimately didn't stand up.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Obama Drops the ‘Bedroom Slippers’ Bomb - Yahoo! News
Obama Drops the ‘Bedroom Slippers’ Bomb - Yahoo! NewsThe "marching shoes" reference intended to capture the civil rights spirit and seemed a matter of political desperation, according to Washington Post columnist Courtland Milloy.
But the "bedroom slippers" allusion was baffling. Was the "bedroom slippers" allusion supposed to be a metaphor for laziness or complacency?
But the "bedroom slippers" allusion was baffling. Was the "bedroom slippers" allusion supposed to be a metaphor for laziness or complacency?
Friday, September 30, 2011
Lose the Hijab: American Diplomats, Wives, and Reporters - Yahoo! News
Lose the Hijab: American Diplomats, Wives, and Reporters - Yahoo! News think it's annoying as hell when American female reporters have to wear a hijab. If you wear it while reporting, you should wear it all the time at home, too---if that's what you believe. Oh, duh!...that's the point isn't it? Submit to Muslim oppression of woman, gays, "infidels"...... just to show how internationalist you are. crock of b.s. it's weak.
Chris Christie Unlikely as Savior of the Republic - Yahoo! News
Chris Christie Unlikely as Savior of the Republic - Yahoo! NewsThe tri-state newspaper stories which are passionately hyping a Christie run drop big names like Kissinger, Bush, and Pataki but most such references are not sourced and even Mitt Romney welcomed a Christie run saying it would "be fun."
Ask Rick Perry how much fun he had in the most recent GOP debate when he got flummoxed and then wrapped around the axle. Perry was smooth and composed when he made a CNBC appearance yesterday, but people will remember his stricken look and a dangling debate response that went nowhere.
Ask Rick Perry how much fun he had in the most recent GOP debate when he got flummoxed and then wrapped around the axle. Perry was smooth and composed when he made a CNBC appearance yesterday, but people will remember his stricken look and a dangling debate response that went nowhere.
Why Christie Buzz Won’t Go National - Yahoo! News
Why Christie Buzz Won’t Go National - Yahoo! NewsChristie's approval ratings are rising with his leap into national prominence and his California speech Tuesday night added to his stature. The eastern newspapers seem to be having their Chris Matthews moments and have thrills running up and down their legs.
Rezlan Ferdaus was ‘Radicalized’ by Islam, Not the Internet - Yahoo! News
Rezlan Ferdaus was ‘Radicalized’ by Islam, Not the Internet - Yahoo! NewsRezlan Ferdaus was born into comfortable circumstances, graduated from "diverse" Northeastern University, lived a life that many less fortunate Americans would envy. None of that mattered.
The most important act of Ferdaus' life was to load up remote-controlled airplanes with C-4 explosives and fly them into the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol building. He planned then to have assault teams murder anyone fleeing the building with machine-gun fire or grenades.
The most important act of Ferdaus' life was to load up remote-controlled airplanes with C-4 explosives and fly them into the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol building. He planned then to have assault teams murder anyone fleeing the building with machine-gun fire or grenades.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Flip-Flopping the Death Penalty: Troy Davis and Lawrence Brewer Executions - Yahoo! News
Flip-Flopping the Death Penalty: Troy Davis and Lawrence Brewer Executions - Yahoo! NewsApparently, death penalty opponents are politically motivated, and arbitrary in their opposition. Worse, they are dishonest in presenting themselves as interested in moral justice.
Clinton Era Nostalgia and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process - Yahoo! News
Clinton Era Nostalgia and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | Ex-presidents are often more appreciated than sitting ones, and the "love" is not conditioned upon passing any bills.
Touting his Global Initiative, the popular former president Bill Clinton has been making the media rounds this week. Today's stop was at the "Morning Joe" program on MSNBC.
With President Barack Obama's approval ratings dropping, the man whom writer Toni Morrison praised as "America's first black president" likely has today's Democratic leadership longing for the days when their president had a firm grasp of economics and a pragmatic foreign policy.
Touting his Global Initiative, the popular former president Bill Clinton has been making the media rounds this week. Today's stop was at the "Morning Joe" program on MSNBC.
With President Barack Obama's approval ratings dropping, the man whom writer Toni Morrison praised as "America's first black president" likely has today's Democratic leadership longing for the days when their president had a firm grasp of economics and a pragmatic foreign policy.
Pennsylvania Juggalo Killers Found Guilty of Murder - Yahoo! News
Pennsylvania Juggalo Killers Found Guilty of Murder - Yahoo! NewsShawn Freemore thought he could outwit lead prosecutor Michael Mancuso, a dogged prosecutor with considerable stamina, and a grasp of the dizzying disparities in the statements Freemore gave to investigators.
Mancuso replayed audio clips of rap narratives detailing the night of horror while simultaneously displaying photos of the dead man lying frozen in the snow and at the morgue, with deep facial, head, and neck gashes, slashes, all just where the rap-poems said they would be.
Then there was that deepest gash of all, the one that went through Michael Goucher's neck and passed through cartilage and tissue and bone to the other side.
Mancuso replayed audio clips of rap narratives detailing the night of horror while simultaneously displaying photos of the dead man lying frozen in the snow and at the morgue, with deep facial, head, and neck gashes, slashes, all just where the rap-poems said they would be.
Then there was that deepest gash of all, the one that went through Michael Goucher's neck and passed through cartilage and tissue and bone to the other side.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Defendant Takes the Stand in Juggalo Homicide Trial - Yahoo! News
Defendant Takes the Stand in Juggalo Homicide Trial - Yahoo! NewsThe rap compositions did not in themselves mean anything, said Seagrave's defense attorney, Joe D'Andrea. But the lines composed by the defendants were damning.
"He sat next to me and I stabbed the (expletive) right in the neck and head. … He choked and started running but his (expletive) was dead. … He wanted to (expletive) from friend but we (expletive) him instead. … He was begging, begging, begging but Skippy said 'no' so I left the blade in his neck."
It fit with Freemore's confession. Of course, it was all art and poetry, according to the defense.
"He sat next to me and I stabbed the (expletive) right in the neck and head. … He choked and started running but his (expletive) was dead. … He wanted to (expletive) from friend but we (expletive) him instead. … He was begging, begging, begging but Skippy said 'no' so I left the blade in his neck."
It fit with Freemore's confession. Of course, it was all art and poetry, according to the defense.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
American Support for Israel -- Can You Hear Us Now? - Yahoo! News
American Support for Israel -- Can You Hear Us Now? - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | The Palestinian Authority's bid for statehood via the United Nations is fast becoming the black hole of foreign policy space, sucking in Obama administration officials and providing opportunities to step into the vacuum for Republican presidential candidates.
Through its policy statements and public snubs of Israeli officials, the White House has invited what today has become something of a political disaster for the administration.
President Barack Obama has lost a great deal of support among the American Jewish community, which gave him 77 percent of its vote in 2008. Currently, the president's approval rating among Jewish voters has dropped to 55 percent.
Through its policy statements and public snubs of Israeli officials, the White House has invited what today has become something of a political disaster for the administration.
President Barack Obama has lost a great deal of support among the American Jewish community, which gave him 77 percent of its vote in 2008. Currently, the president's approval rating among Jewish voters has dropped to 55 percent.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And the Supreme Court of Boxing - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. And the Supreme Court of Boxing - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.comHead-butted, Mayweather likely felt as if his head had suddenly been fast frozen. That sort of thing doesn't melt right away.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Was Engine Explosion Covered Up on Sept. 8 Virgin Atlantic Flight? - Yahoo! News
Was Engine Explosion Covered Up on Sept. 8 Virgin Atlantic Flight? - Yahoo! NewsThere are two ways to look at a jet engine explosion....
Friday, September 16, 2011
Perfection Under A Red Umbrella: Regulation Nation~An Army Of Regulators
Perfection Under A Red Umbrella: Regulation Nation~An Army Of RegulatorsA mind boggling 4,225 laws are placed in the federal regulatory pipeline to become law and 224 are considered economically significant, wielding an estimated economic impact of $22 billion dollars annually.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Bachmann Bites the Twitter Dust with HPV Vaccine Retardation Remarks - Yahoo! News
Bachmann Bites the Twitter Dust with HPV Vaccine Retardation Remarks - Yahoo! NewsOf Republican-leaning Twitter users, there are people who pride themselves on being the purest of conservatives, engaged in a perpetual exercise in brinkmanship.
If you tweet that the White House should deploy 4,500 additional agents to protect U.S. borders, the "top conservative" Twitter users will go one up on you and tweet that government should round up illegals and take them on a Bataan death march to the border.
I tweeted Monday's CNN debate was because I needed pare down my list. On the basis of that debate, I dropped Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul
If you tweet that the White House should deploy 4,500 additional agents to protect U.S. borders, the "top conservative" Twitter users will go one up on you and tweet that government should round up illegals and take them on a Bataan death march to the border.
I tweeted Monday's CNN debate was because I needed pare down my list. On the basis of that debate, I dropped Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Ron Paul
Solyndra Stigma Hangs Over Solar - Yahoo! News
Solyndra Stigma Hangs Over Solar - Yahoo! NewsThe lack of due diligence precipitating the Solyndra collapse has given it the stigma of a special needs industry.
The FBI raided Solyndra's California offices and carted out boxes of documents, loaded them on trucks and drove them away for analysis. Deep within those financial records will be the story of a company that stoked the Obama administration's environmental fantasies in exchange for taxpayer cash.
The FBI raided Solyndra's California offices and carted out boxes of documents, loaded them on trucks and drove them away for analysis. Deep within those financial records will be the story of a company that stoked the Obama administration's environmental fantasies in exchange for taxpayer cash.
House Hearings to Get Answers on Solyndra's Taxpayer Assets - Yahoo! News
Solyndra, Inc. - Strategic Analysis Review
House Hearings to Get Answers on Solyndra's Taxpayer Assets - Yahoo! NewsIt must have been embarrassing for the White House last week when teams of FBI agents wearing those dark jackets emblazoned with huge yellow lettering and the initials F.B.I. raided the California offices of solar energy company Solyndra.
The agents piled several boxes of documents and financial records onto a truck, and took them off to be analyzed.
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House Hearings to Get Answers on Solyndra's Taxpayer Assets - Yahoo! NewsIt must have been embarrassing for the White House last week when teams of FBI agents wearing those dark jackets emblazoned with huge yellow lettering and the initials F.B.I. raided the California offices of solar energy company Solyndra. The agents piled several boxes of documents and financial records onto a truck, and took them off to be analyzed.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
10th Anniversary of 9/11 was More Important to Me Than I Thought - Yahoo! News
10th Anniversary of 9/11 was More Important to Me Than I Thought - Yahoo! NewsSunday, I woke up from a nap in the middle of the afternoon with a voice penetrating my sleep. Sarah McLaughlin was singing "I will remember you" at the opening of the Pennsylvania memorial in Shanksville, where Todd Beamer formed an impromptu American militia and they took Flight 93 down into flames and history.
It was very moving, and so are the ceremonies which continue today.
It was very moving, and so are the ceremonies which continue today.
Comedian Jon Stewart Axes Jon Huntsman - Yahoo! News
Comedian Jon Stewart Axes Jon Huntsman - Yahoo! NewsBecause of his unceasingly liberal-left slant on current events, clips of political satirist Jon Stewart's show are routinely aired as introductory pieces on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
Stewart is popular, smart, and committed to liberal politics. His "Daily Show" features clever satires of political figures like GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman.
Huntsman earned the comedy spotlight by saying recently that the Republican Party was in danger of becoming "anti-science."
"Who on the stage is anti-science?" asked moderator John Harris, at Wednesday's GOP debate.
Stewart is popular, smart, and committed to liberal politics. His "Daily Show" features clever satires of political figures like GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman.
Huntsman earned the comedy spotlight by saying recently that the Republican Party was in danger of becoming "anti-science."
"Who on the stage is anti-science?" asked moderator John Harris, at Wednesday's GOP debate.
Will Obama's Jobs Speech Inspire Confidence? - Yahoo! News
Will Obama's Jobs Speech Inspire Confidence? - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | There are no great expectations of the president's jobs speech slated for tonight. The bottom line is that the economy needs at least 150,000 new jobs per month to break even, and GDP must grow at a minimum of 3 percent.
In simplified terms, there are two opposing political philosophies at work.
There is the Keynesian model of getting federal money into the economy by one means or another. People who hold this view believe that past Obama stimulus plans failed because the government didn't spend enough on infrastructure jobs, unemployment benefits, federal hiring, 'green' technology, and social welfare.
In simplified terms, there are two opposing political philosophies at work.
There is the Keynesian model of getting federal money into the economy by one means or another. People who hold this view believe that past Obama stimulus plans failed because the government didn't spend enough on infrastructure jobs, unemployment benefits, federal hiring, 'green' technology, and social welfare.
Northeastern Pennsylvania Floods: a Reflection - Yahoo! News
Northeastern Pennsylvania Floods: a Reflection - Yahoo! NewsFIRST PERSON | It's wet in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I've been trying to avoid talking about it because of my deep-rooted psychological demons.
We are high on a hill and the rains which began with Hurricane Irene and continue to Lee and Katia have made life uncomfortable for us but not devastating.
We are high on a hill and the rains which began with Hurricane Irene and continue to Lee and Katia have made life uncomfortable for us but not devastating.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
Social Security Disability Programs Have Structural Problems - Yahoo! News
Social Security Disability Programs Have Structural Problems - Yahoo! News The Yahoo! News web site today published an article explaining in detail how the Social Security Disability system will be bankrupted even before the retirement and Medicare programs.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the disability program will run out of money in 2017, as opposed to 2040 for the Retirement and Medicare system.
Lots of people need and deserve social security disability benefits. However, there are many people receiving benefits who have simply defeated the system.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the disability program will run out of money in 2017, as opposed to 2040 for the Retirement and Medicare system.
Lots of people need and deserve social security disability benefits. However, there are many people receiving benefits who have simply defeated the system.
Rick Perry Targeted the Fed, Not Bernanke - Yahoo! News
Rick Perry Targeted the Fed, Not Bernanke - Yahoo! News.....
COMMENTARY | People who are suffering most from this recession speak of policy issues in blunt terms, and not in the refined, euphemistic way that political officials spoon-feed information to them.
When your gasoline bill for a single fill-up at the gas station is $60 or more, it's not uncommon to hear people say &()*(&)* to those folks in Washington.
COMMENTARY | People who are suffering most from this recession speak of policy issues in blunt terms, and not in the refined, euphemistic way that political officials spoon-feed information to them.
When your gasoline bill for a single fill-up at the gas station is $60 or more, it's not uncommon to hear people say &()*(&)* to those folks in Washington.
Easton Says President Obama Could Return from Vacation with Great Idea - Yahoo! News
Easton Says President Obama Could Return from Vacation with Great Idea - Yahoo! News
Reporter Nina Easton, a member of the Fox News panel on Brett Baier's "Special Report," unwittingly teased the audience with high hopes for a vigorous presidential message.
"After all, FDR went on vacation at a critical time and came back with the Lend-Lease program," she said.
To which the acerbic Washington Post writer Charles Krauthammer replied: "If the President comes back with a Lend-Lease program, I'll change and become a Democrat."
Reporter Nina Easton, a member of the Fox News panel on Brett Baier's "Special Report," unwittingly teased the audience with high hopes for a vigorous presidential message.
"After all, FDR went on vacation at a critical time and came back with the Lend-Lease program," she said.
To which the acerbic Washington Post writer Charles Krauthammer replied: "If the President comes back with a Lend-Lease program, I'll change and become a Democrat."
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Rick Perry Targeted the Fed, Not Bernanke - Yahoo! News
Rick Perry Targeted the Fed, Not Bernanke - Yahoo! News"I dunno what y'all would do to him in Iowa but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas."
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Is Rick Perry the One Republicans Have Been Waiting For? - Yahoo! News
Is Rick Perry the One Republicans Have Been Waiting For? - Yahoo! News........This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where individuals publish their unique perspectives on some of the world’s most popular websites. Do you have a story to tell? Become a Yahoo! contributor......Is Rick Perry the One Republicans Have Been Waiting For?
..By Anthony Ventre
.PostsWebsite .By Anthony Ventre | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Sat, Aug 13, 2011....tweet3Share0EmailPrint......
COMMENTARY | Give Texas Gov. Rick Perry a big welcome of applause. He sure knows how to create a sense of drama surrounding the announcement today that he'll run for president.
With the Ames Straw Poll in progress in Iowa, the long, tall Texan headed to South Carolina, another early primary voting state, where the official announcement took place. If the "long, tall Texan" tag sounds a bit too fatuous, consider that many Republicans have greeted the current field of candidates with yawns and snide comments.
Not me. At this point, I like them all. America needs to turn from the path of European socialism-lite, and any of the GOP candidates will do.
I identify with Rick Perry already. Like the Texas governor, I sometimes take a pistol with me when I'm jogging or hiking along lonely roads and trails. Pennsylvania has more bears than thugs, but neither is in short supply.
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..By Anthony Ventre
.PostsWebsite .By Anthony Ventre | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Sat, Aug 13, 2011....tweet3Share0EmailPrint......
COMMENTARY | Give Texas Gov. Rick Perry a big welcome of applause. He sure knows how to create a sense of drama surrounding the announcement today that he'll run for president.
With the Ames Straw Poll in progress in Iowa, the long, tall Texan headed to South Carolina, another early primary voting state, where the official announcement took place. If the "long, tall Texan" tag sounds a bit too fatuous, consider that many Republicans have greeted the current field of candidates with yawns and snide comments.
Not me. At this point, I like them all. America needs to turn from the path of European socialism-lite, and any of the GOP candidates will do.
I identify with Rick Perry already. Like the Texas governor, I sometimes take a pistol with me when I'm jogging or hiking along lonely roads and trails. Pennsylvania has more bears than thugs, but neither is in short supply.
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President Obama Has a Huge Fan in Iowa Farm Country - Yahoo! News
President Obama Has a Huge Fan in Iowa Farm Country - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | During the rancorous budget deficit debate, President Barack Obama's strategy was to position himself above the fray and be remembered for applying a guiding hand to the incorrigible children of Congress. The media dutifully played along, emphasizing the president vs. Congress scenario outlined by the president's strategists.
The end result was that cognitive-dissonance became the national policy with the creation of a "Super Congress," which effectively assuaged all egos and put the $14.4 trillion debt problem on the shelf for another day.
Congress claimed victory and went home as President Obama's press secretary announced a presidential vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
The end result was that cognitive-dissonance became the national policy with the creation of a "Super Congress," which effectively assuaged all egos and put the $14.4 trillion debt problem on the shelf for another day.
Congress claimed victory and went home as President Obama's press secretary announced a presidential vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
FBN's Charles Payne Wonders: Is Obama Smart? - Yahoo! News
FBN's Charles Payne Wonders: Is Obama Smart? - Yahoo! NewsPayne criticized what he termed another Obama "campaign speech" Monday, calling it "the worst speech of his presidency." He found particularly galling the president's implication that unlimited unemployment checks were another civil right."
The criticism followed a Payne interview today with Wall Street Journal editorial writer Brett Stephens who is the focus of much attention for an article titled "Is Obama Smart?"
The gist of the article was not that the president was unintelligent, but that Obama is a mediocre man surrounded by media flatterers who habitually elevated Obama's prosaic pronouncements to the level of the divine.
The criticism followed a Payne interview today with Wall Street Journal editorial writer Brett Stephens who is the focus of much attention for an article titled "Is Obama Smart?"
The gist of the article was not that the president was unintelligent, but that Obama is a mediocre man surrounded by media flatterers who habitually elevated Obama's prosaic pronouncements to the level of the divine.
African American Environmentalist Association: Charles Payne and Wall Street Strategies, Inc.
African American Environmentalist Association: Charles Payne and Wall Street Strategies, Inc.Dressing for success and carrying a briefcase in some New York neighborhoods could be a dicey proposition when neighborhood youth couture tends to favor sagging pants and advertised underwear. But Payne is not the kind of guy you’d pick to make fun of. You can easily imagine him switching to street trash talk if hindered on his way to success.
“Out of my way before I get to be slapping you around, son.”
“Out of my way before I get to be slapping you around, son.”
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Obama Administration to Continue War on the Dollar - Yahoo! News
Obama Administration to Continue War on the Dollar - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | The danger of populism is that you could end up in the arms of demagogues who rail at the wealthy and expect you to be satisfied with promises that never materialize. Avoiding that trap, it is perfectly sensible to fight the cheap dollar, and the people who dilute it.
A site called InvestorWords.com defines dollar weakness as currency that can "only be exchanged for a small or decreasing amount of foreign currency."
I won't be buying any foreign currency any time soon; I can hardly afford to visit America.
The InvestorWords definition of a weak dollar explains that a weak dollar favors exports. That's an outmoded definition, though still useful in muting opposition to Obama administration monetary policies.
In fact, what a weak dollar exports most of all is jobs. The financial markets and giant corporations can get funding for free from the U.S. taxpayer and then shelter it by moving jobs, investments, and output to foreign countries where they reap profits in stronger currencies.
A site called InvestorWords.com defines dollar weakness as currency that can "only be exchanged for a small or decreasing amount of foreign currency."
I won't be buying any foreign currency any time soon; I can hardly afford to visit America.
The InvestorWords definition of a weak dollar explains that a weak dollar favors exports. That's an outmoded definition, though still useful in muting opposition to Obama administration monetary policies.
In fact, what a weak dollar exports most of all is jobs. The financial markets and giant corporations can get funding for free from the U.S. taxpayer and then shelter it by moving jobs, investments, and output to foreign countries where they reap profits in stronger currencies.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Is the New General Motors a Spin Story? - Yahoo! News
Is the New General Motors a Spin Story? - Yahoo! NewsThe good earnings news about the new General Motors may be obscured by a continuing sell-off on Wall Street as the major indexes continue their plunge in the ninth of 10 days . According to Reuters, GM's better than estimated second quarter earnings didn't boost the stock price as an overall market swoon dragged stocks down.
The news of GM's profit is particularly important to the White House, which bailed out the once-doomed U.S. automaker thanks to the largely involuntary largesse of taxpayers.
GM's share price for common stock at the time of its November IPO was $33; today's inter-day price is $26.33.
The news of GM's profit is particularly important to the White House, which bailed out the once-doomed U.S. automaker thanks to the largely involuntary largesse of taxpayers.
GM's share price for common stock at the time of its November IPO was $33; today's inter-day price is $26.33.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Stocks Continue Longest Slide Since 1978 - Yahoo! News
Stocks Continue Longest Slide Since 1978 - Yahoo! NewsCOMMENTARY | The great thing about economic forecasting is that you can rarely be proven wrong. I'm waiting for the day when Bloomberg News, CNBC or Fox Business News begins a daily forecasting interview with a homeless man who lives under a bridge.
"Things are looking up. Today's going to be the day," he'll say with an optimistic smile.
It's the same stuff we've heard from President Barack Obama's economic advisers. If the optimism seems out of place, consider the White House is anxious to avoid any comparison with a 1979 Jimmy Carter malaise speech.
"Things are looking up. Today's going to be the day," he'll say with an optimistic smile.
It's the same stuff we've heard from President Barack Obama's economic advisers. If the optimism seems out of place, consider the White House is anxious to avoid any comparison with a 1979 Jimmy Carter malaise speech.
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