Confederate Yankee
May 12, 2010
Great Moments in Copy Editing
Oh my:
It takes 14 keystrokes to type "(delete space)" and just one to actually, you know,
do it.
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Apple Loses Another iPhone
I pretty much ignored the drama the first time around, but now it has happened again, I've got to start wondering if it is really a mistake:
Yes, Apple's done it again. Pictures have surfaced on the Vietnamese website Taoviet of another fourth-generation iPhone prototype.
It looks more or less exactly like the one Gizmodo got hold of that caused so much trouble.
A couple of screws appear to have been eliminated, and there's a neat little '16GB' printed on the back where the most-famous-phone-in-the-world had only a series of Xs.
Presumably, Apple will call INTERPOL to retrieve this phone, since they can't send their
pet SWAT team overseas.
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Dammit, I keep losing that thing! Did the guy say where I can pick it up?
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May 11, 2010
Smashing Darwin
This has to be one of the most bizarre mash-ups of 21st century Internet technology (YouTube) and 19th century metaphysics (Evolution vs. Creationism) I've ever seen (via Ben Smith):
I'm amazed that any political group can run an ad like this anywhere in today's presumably educated United States. I like to think of myself as a decent Christian if far from perfect one, and I'm offended by this PAC ad.
I've got a news flash for these folks: evolution may be just a theory, but it is a far more credible theory based upon all the known laws of physics (which I will remind every Christian, are also laws laid down by God as surely as he laid down the Ten Commandments), than the
literalist argument of a creation story where the Earth was created in seven 24-hour days. I don't see how any rational person can look at the wonderful world the Lord has created for us, the layers upon layers of splendor and complexity and logic and beauty that should support belief in an all-powerful and benevolent God, and come away with the thought that
all the science God created to explain this universe to us is superseded by a metaphor created to convey that most complex act of creation
ever to barely literate iron age men.
Likewise, it is undisputed by an educated person that the Bible has been repeatedly edited, revised, and translated by all too human hands, and it is not the literal word of God as it was first revealed. If anyone cares to dispute this point, I'd ask them to please provide their Bible, written in first-century Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew.
I'd also expect them to be able to explain why they are not using
all of the Bible, and instead are using the abbreviated Douay-Rheims Bible favored by Catholics, or the even more abbreviated King James version popularized by Protestants.
But even more bizarre than a Republican PAC arguing that Bradley Byrne believes in science and reason is Byrne's argument that he does not.
As a Christian and as a public servant, I have never wavered in my belief that this world and everything in it is a masterpiece created by the hands of God. As a member of the Alabama Board of Education, the record clearly shows that I fought to ensure the teaching of creationism in our school textbooks. Those who attack me have distorted, twisted and misrepresented my comments and are spewing utter lies to the people of this state.
You're on your own, folks.
I'm leaving this one before someone starts burning heretics, which in Alabama, I presumably am.
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this stuff always slays me. its simple minded and silly. I am a believer, I work on my relationship with the almighty and its a quiet and private thing I struggle with most days to make sense of my world and the crosses many bear in different forms including me.
what I dont get is the arguments ive had with other christians who have taken the position that you cannot be a christian if you dont beleive in the literal interpretation of the bible, that one allways makes me laugh.
it seems sometimes that beleiving in the literal interpretation of the bible is more inportant to some than the message from christ.
my other pet peave, extraneous to this argument is christians who's sole focus is allways and only on armeggedon and the apocalypse, also to the exclusion of christs message of how he wants us to live. I call them the one note nellies of christianity.
Posted by: rumcrook¾ at May 11, 2010 07:44 PM (60WiD)
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Nice post. I agree. The religious right will ruin it for us all if they pitch for their religious ideas and not the secular ones that concern government.
It was the religious right that helped drive me to vote for democrats last time. (yes it was dumb but things were bad)
Of course I won't repeat that move but I sure don't want to vote for a creationist politician who wants to inflict my state with his ideas on religion. Here is Kansas we have had enough of that
Posted by: Kansas Scout at May 11, 2010 10:48 PM (GqnnX)
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The jist of the ad is the statement attributed to him regarding Biblical (in)errancy, to which the comment in support of evolution in education leads. Given the denominational/theological makeup of the majority of those living there, that's a major problem for a lot of folks in Alabama.
Concerning that news flash, evolution does not and can not explain the origin of the universe...it has nothing to do with the formation of celestial bodies or the biosphere in which we live. Evolution as the origin of life is impossible when one considers how mutation and variation are so very rarely beneficial and the mathematical odds of enough random upgrades happening in such an order on such a mass scale to produce the diversity of life we have and have had on this planet. And the assertion that the Author of the laws of physics is limited by them in His creative work is ludicrous in my eyes.
Your problem with it stems from a lack of confidence in the Bible as the inerrant Word of God...you're welcome to your opinion, but which part do you throw out, and by what rationale? Would an all-powerful and benevolent God that you recognize leave you bereft of His plan for you? Would He not be capable of preserving His Word to you? Theoretically, theologically, and bibliologically speaking, certainly. Given the plethora of New Testament manuscripts and proven transmission of Old Testament texts in the past two thousand years in comparison to Dead Sea Scrolls, there is no reason to dismiss the Bible as corrupted, let alone hopelessly so. Which, coincidentally enough, is why deuterocanonicals can be pretty quickly deemed inadmissable.
Posted by: Shwiggie at May 11, 2010 11:46 PM (Lvm7b)
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If we base Christian belief upon known science, then Christ did not rise and we have been wasting our money in the collection plate. Simply put, if you are a Christian, you have to believe that either we do not understand science (God's science, one might say, which would have to escape us) or that there is no God. So, I really do not mind this add at all. Add in the taxes and that's all I need to know about this particular politician.
As far as God creating the earth and all on it in 7 days, I'll ask when I get there. It is as pertinent to my faith as evolution is to actual biology. Further, I believe more in creation than I do in evolution.
Posted by: Doom at May 12, 2010 02:09 AM (W9wBS)
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I remember hearing as a child that the catholic Pope said in the 1960s that evolutionism and creationism compliment each other and that the 'big bang' theory is not at odds with creationism. That was 50 years ago. Why are we still having this debate?
Posted by: Kevin at May 12, 2010 05:57 AM (LQ3SI)
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Doom: well said. I love how some modern day Christians insist on defining God and His powers by limiting Him to our puny and mortal and relatively brief understanding of science and physics, as though God is somehow beholden to them. It's a laughable act of human vanity on our part. It's one thing to say that God made a rational world based on certain scientific and mathematical laws -- we can all agree on that; it's another thing entirely to say that God cannot ignore those rules anytime He pleases. What's harder to believe: that God could re-sculpt and recreate an entire world in seven days or that someone could rise from the dead after three days?
I'm not questioning your Christianity, CY, nor am I branding you a heretic. I'm just fascinated by the inherent contradictions of your own arguments here: a trap into which you rarely fall, but you are knee-deep into the muck this time 'round.
Posted by: AtticusNC at May 12, 2010 05:59 AM (lX7JB)
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It was stuff like this that made me evaluate my faith and eventually move to atheism. I applied all criticisms I had of new age/psychic stuff to my own beliefs and found them wanting. Its a shame really. I shattered my own belief in a benevolent God watching over me and traded it for true uncertainty.
Wish I could go back.
Posted by: Gren at May 12, 2010 07:19 AM (J+S3+)
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A little correction, evolution is not a theory. It was a theory when Darwin and others first proposed the concept. It subsequently has become fact as it evolved and more became known and man was able to reproduce evolutionary principles in the lab (like the corn you eat).
Does anyone know where the creation myth originated from? I suspect from Babylon as they had the exact myth 3500 years ago when the Jews were exiled to that country. The Jews then returned with this and other myths that they incorporated into their culture.
I was always taught in religious school (Methodist) that ones religion grew with him. It was fine as a child to believe in the mystic aspects of this world, but to have true religion, you had to grow and formulate your own set of beliefs and your own concept of a supreme being. The Biblical scholars that we had emphasized that there was nothing at all real about the Bible. If you study Biblical literature, you will see that it has been heavily edited and transformed by the early church to accomodate their needs. Much of the history is very loosely realated to fact. Still, smart people like my brother in law can not have a relationship with me as I believe that the earth is older than 8000 years. Strange that they can not develop.
Posted by: David at May 12, 2010 08:44 AM (dccG2)
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I'd like to know who wrote Revelation, and how he managed to get there before there even existed.
Posted by: Tim at May 12, 2010 10:10 AM (xq7pr)
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"...but it is a far more credible theory based upon all the known laws of physics..."
We don't know all the laws of physics, which is why we do research, and physics alone cannot explain the 'information conundrum' inherent in the complexity of DNA. IE: information implies intelligence.
I've always maintained that it takes a lot of faith to be an atheist, but it takes even more to be an evolutionist - which appears to be more philosophical in foundation than scientific.
Evolution contradicts Gregor Mendel and all we've learned about genetics in order to embrace a purposeless, random process that is not observable on this planet today. It defies zoological common sense.
The only verifiable fact about the fossil record is that of extinction. Everything else, is simply conjecture, as it is incompatible with the scientific method.
In the natural world there are two kinds of animals: the living and the dead. You're either at the top of your survival game or you're tonight's dinner. Transitional species do not fit this paradyme.
Does that mean Creationism is true? Nope. That's a matter of Faith, as well, and doesn't fit the scientific method, either. But that "Cambrian explosion" sure fits this belief more so than Darwin's belief.
Besides, Creation and evolution are apples and oranges. Why? Creationism is a theory of origins, something evolution is not. Evolution by definition simply is a theory of change within that which already exists.
In short, I'll take God's word over man's feeble intellect, anyday.
Sorry for being so long winded.
Posted by: locomotivebreath1901 at May 12, 2010 10:53 AM (l0yrK)
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I have a Greek New Testament that I use to fact check the English Versions. Ancient Greek was a far more expressive language than any we have today. However, since the Book of Matthew was written in Aramaic and all copies of the original text were lost, all we have are copies into Greek that were written by the Ancient Fathers (people who either were disciples of Jesus' disciples or their disciples.
Posted by: TimothyJ at May 12, 2010 11:00 AM (IKKIf)
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I believe in God. There is no reason whatsoever for that to preclude my acceptance of the idea that He might choose a self-correcting plan (evolution) for the continuance of life on Earth.
Posted by: Tennessee Budd at May 12, 2010 11:18 AM (UYim3)
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"credible theory"? Not really. Toss out the Christian view of creation & peruse the works of such noted philosopher/scientist & admitted "secular Jew," Dr. David Berlinski:
http://www.discovery.org/a/3209
Excerpt:
"At the conclusion of a long essay, it is customary to summarize what has been learned. In the present case, I suspect it would be more prudent to recall how much has been assumed:
First, that the pre-biotic atmosphere was chemically reductive; second, that nature found a way to synthesize cytosine; third, that nature also found a way to synthesize ribose; fourth, that nature found the means to assemble nucleotides into polynucleotides; fifth, that nature discovered a self-replicating molecule; and sixth, that having done all that, nature promoted a self-replicating molecule into a full system of coded chemistry."
Posted by: Shadraq at May 12, 2010 11:34 AM (VZD0v)
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When it comes to Christianity, there are a limited number of possible sources for discovering God's will. One can accept a church or supposed prophet as the source of it. One can accept personal revelation. One can accept his own think-sos. Or one can accept the Bible. That's about it as far as possibilities go.
Personally, I'd put the track record of the Bible up against any of the others as far as infallibility goes. I don't begrudge others their own judgment, though. However, I don't see why some can't extend the same courtesy and even feel threatened by those who come to different conclusions.
Posted by: Dr. Horrible at May 12, 2010 12:01 PM (+uLnA)
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Young-earth creationism isn't necessarily the de-facto stance of every Christ-follower on the planet. As a matter of fact, even the church fathers are divided on the topic of young-earth vs. old-earth translations of the "days" in Genesis. There's a ton of good stuff out there that explains the different "days" interpretations, which fall into two different camps: that the "days" are literal 24-hour periods (embraced mostly as a response to Darwin's publications) or that the "days" are indeterminate, but finite, periods of time. Some of those explanations have also been derided by some as heretical, which is unfortunate, because one of the things that Jesus said himself is that he wanted his followers to be "one".
Check out "A Matter of Days" by Hugh Ross. It's worth a read, if only for the perspective that this particular disagreement does nothing to help Jesus' cause, and it's also totally unnecessary.
I guess I'm with you, Bob, in the heretic camp.
Posted by: DrummingAncient at May 12, 2010 12:37 PM (Mx8oC)
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First there was nothing
Then, the Heavens and Earth (Big bang, hydrogen everywhere coalescing denser and denser into matter)
Light - some condensed enough to form fusion/stars
Sky - gravity on some of the denser "earth" formed atmospheres or Sky
Land/Sea - Earth became dense enough to hold water and tectonic plates ensure land masses keep forming
life - first vegetation (first clorophyll filled cells) then seed plants, then trees (evolution has it in that order as well)
Light / Dark/ movement (seasons)
Seas filled with life (evolution says they filled first)
Animals - Life moved to land
Man
To say it was done in a day could be a book keeping error man mand trying to interperet the word of God and not getting it quite right.
Posted by: Retired Navy at May 12, 2010 12:48 PM (cqZXM)
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Loco,
Good attempt at indtoducing creationism dogma, but you are wrong. Go read a good scientific text. Evolution is not, repeat not a theory.
Posted by: David at May 12, 2010 02:35 PM (dccG2)
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I seldom encounter a creationist/ID person, but when I have I ask why they insist that G@d is too stupid to come up with the idea of evolution: leaves them spluttering.
Posted by: John A at May 12, 2010 03:41 PM (LEb+F)
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As a tree-hugging lib myself, you'd be surprised to learn I believe in Intelligent Design - Here's a link to a video that helps make the case my ideas have evolved into...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5585125669588896670#
It's more of a ‘combo fajita’ type of an arrangement, not just chicken, not just shrimp—but both. KnowhutImean?
I also urge you to explore some of the alternative videos you will see there, stuff you would never find on the spoon-fed media we are subjected to here in the United States (NOT the ‘homeland’)
On the political front on my latest post I'm trying to articulate is how we are evolving into a more segmented, ‘strange bedfellows’ political spectrum - I'd appreciate you and your blog followers’ feedback - here's the direct link here:
http://blameblakeart.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/three-dimensional-thought-structure%E2%84%A2-applied-to-linear-politics/
Thanks much!
‘I may disagree with every thing you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it’
- Voltaire
Posted by: blakeart at May 13, 2010 10:37 AM (S8lzv)
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blakeart,
I viewed as much of your video as I could take. It is clearly religious propaganda. For one thing, note the quality of the video. Who paid for it? Then, note that the people argue about the statements of Darwin. All agree that Darwin did not have all the material to make a complete argument. That is why it was originally called a theory. Now using the conclusions of the people. Look at it from a political aspect, you might understand this. For the most part, liberal are under-productive and take more from society than they give. Yet for some strange reason, they are tolerated. Some, eventually grow up to be conservatives. Conservatives are productive and the basic building blocks of our society. If we follow what they are saying, then liberals should be extinct, but by the grace of God they prevail. But we know that is not so as most conservative now days wish all liberals were dead. We can't achieve that so we must adapt until they grow up.
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Budda-Slayers of the Mojave
Just two weeks after winning protection from the Supreme Court, the simple Mojave Desert Memorial Cross was stolen in the night:
The 7-foot-tall metal cross in a 75-year-old war memorial that withstood the heat of the Mojave Desert and a blazing battle in the Supreme Court over its legality was ripped down and stolen Sunday night, according to federal officials.
"This is an outrage, akin to desecrating people's graves," said Kelly Shackelford, president of the Liberty Institute, which represents the caretakers of the Mojave Desert War Memorial. "It's a disgraceful attack on the selfless sacrifice of our veterans. We will not rest until this memorial is re-installed."
The National Park Service says someone cut the metal bolts holding the metal-pipe cross to the top of the memorial's Sunrise Rock and made off with it Sunday night or before dawn on Monday.
Authorities had no immediate motive for the theft but National Park Service officials are considering a range of ideas from scrap metal scavengers to people "with an interest in the case," said Park Service spokeswoman Linda Slater.
Let's be very frank: no thief would trudge to the cross' remote location to remove a vessel of metal filled with concrete that has little or no scrap value. The cross was removed by an individual or group that dimly thinks the cross represents a religious argument instead of of a moment in time where the dead of war were honored with such symbols as a sign of respect and remembrance.
The theft of the Mojave Desert Memorial Cross is a vengeful act committed by small minds that can only grasp their present anger and self-righteous rage. They lack empathy and respect for their fellow citizens who valued the cross as a respectful memorial, lack respect for our laws and system of justice, and are too dim to grasp the historical context of such a symbol.
Another cross will go up if this one is not recovered, and perhaps it will be erected in such a way to make it more difficult to desecrate.
That saddest part of this crime is that those simpletons that removed the Mojave Desert Memorial Cross probably think of themselves as enlightened and progressive in some way. The stark reality is that they harbor the same tolerance, intellectual heft, and sensitivity
as the Taliban.
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Shouting down those you disagree with and now stealing a cross that was put up to honor the fallen warriors of WWI. These are hallmarks of the left in this country.
Who are they kidding with their nonsense, they are anti-civilization, barbarians who don't care who they hurt or destroy.
What needs to be done is for a new cross, ten times as high to be built to replace the stolen one. If someone were to create a fund to do that I would contribute.
Posted by: NevadaDailySteve at May 11, 2010 04:32 PM (+xi30)
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As long as you build-in a function where, if someone tampers with it, it falls on and crushes the perp, I'm all-in on the donations.
Posted by: ECM at May 11, 2010 06:02 PM (nYKDd)
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I nominate as a suspect the wacky California atheist Newdow. He's so obsessive on the issue I wouldn't be surprised if he was involved somehow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Newdow
Posted by: Brad at May 12, 2010 03:49 AM (Xk55q)
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Folks, these are our betters. They know what is best for us, and since they lost the court battle over removing the cross, they settled for the court of last resort. They removed the obscene thing that they know is totally wrong. But they did it for our own good. We just don't know what's good for us, so they will take care of that pesky little detail for us.
Posted by: TimothyJ at May 12, 2010 11:06 AM (IKKIf)
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Not surprised. Same thing keeps happening with the cross in the Methow Valley in Washington-- it's a simple cross with lights along it, on private property, and they go through a LOT of light bulbs because folks will go on and destroy them. Because being able to see a glowing cross is offensive, or something.
Posted by: Foxfier at May 12, 2010 02:53 PM (3WqWa)
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You're Fat and Stupid: White House Manufacturers Another Epidemic Requiring An Intrusive Big Government Response
They can't stop meddling:
A White House report warns, "The childhood obesity epidemic in America is a national health crisis."
The review by the Task Force on Childhood Obesity says one out of every three children is overweight or obese. The task force is a key part of First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to solve the problem of obesity within a generation. President Obama ordered the comprehensive review of the issue.
The report includes familiar themes, emphasizing the importance of improved nutrition and physical activity. It also calls for some new and dramatic controls on the marketing of unhealthy foods.
The task force wants junk food makers and marketers to go on what amounts to an advertising diet. It says media characters that are often popular with kids should only be used to promote healthy products. If voluntary efforts fail to limit marketing of less healthy products to young viewers, the task force suggests the FCC should consider new rules on commercials in children's programming. It also challenges food retailers to stop using in-store displays to sell unhealthy food items to children.
The advisory panel proposes better food content labeling on products and vending machines. Restaurants and vending machine companies are urged to display calorie counts. The experts say the FDA and USDA should cooperate with the food and beverage industries to develop a standard system of nutrition labeling on the front of packages. The study also suggests that restaurants should re-evaluate portion sizes, improve kids' menus and list more healthy food choices.
Are there really people over the age of 12 with working brain cells that don't yet know that high-fat, high-sugar, high-calorie meals are unhealthy?
Like Obamacare, this latest initiative is about control, not health. It is the latest attempt by progressives to usurp power over even the most mundane parts of our lives, and turn a once-free nation into obedient servants.
Michelle Obama is joke of a face for this campaign. Her last paying job was to find a way to
dump hospital patients back on the street, and her parenting skills include subjecting her daughters to a racial supremacist church.
Don't tell us how we should raise our kids, Michelle, when you've set such a horrible example for your own.
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They will continue to hammer this issue, once they get into something new they will never leave and can only get bigger. It may be a small issue, but it can create a big issue down the road.
Posted by: Picric at May 11, 2010 01:00 PM (oKOn9)
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Stop subsidizing HFCL and making cane/beet sugar uneconomic to produce & use.
See what happens then.
Posted by: SSG Jeff (USAR) at May 11, 2010 02:25 PM (zGCLY)
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Sorry - make that HFCS, not HFCL. You know - High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Posted by: SSG Jeff (USAR) at May 11, 2010 02:26 PM (zGCLY)
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I have a theory. That is that we are seeing a world wide epidemic in obesity as a consequence of the liberal emphasis on "healthy diets". For years they have been insisting on low fat diets to reduce the tendency to cardiac disease. The only problem is that you can diet all day long and it want do a damn thing. The consequence is that you wind up eating a high carbohydrate diet to give the taste and satisfaction that fat gives. The fat actually has less to do with weight gain than the carbohydrates. Thus, more food, more calories, more fatness.
The other problem, get little Billy off his ass and make him play outside with the perverts and quit watching him all day long and keeping him from doing what kids should naturally do. Like fight, run, be obnoxious, etc.
Posted by: David at May 11, 2010 02:27 PM (dccG2)
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One of the left's good old standbys, "It's for the kids." Disagree and you're some kind of inhumane monster who hates kids. Presidents have been doing the kids health stuff forever. When I was a kid it was Kennedy pushing health, in all those years it hasn't helped much I'd say.
Posted by: NevadaDailySteve at May 11, 2010 04:37 PM (+xi30)
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Did you know that 27% of potential recruits to the Armed Services in the United States are too obese to be admitted? If you frame it as a national defense issue you might get the attention of one or two conservatives.
Issue two:calories and portion size. Stop with the American size portions! Even when the nation was chopping forests and building rail roads the portions at meal times were smaller. Now Americans are sedentary and eat even more of the same diet.
Hurrah for Michelle! She's starting at the right place.
Posted by: Steve Schwab at May 12, 2010 07:25 AM (aIGi3)
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fat vs bread
It is not what you eat, it is how much and how often. And "Nanny" has been giving some terrible advice, resulting in horrible policies. A few weeks ago, several school districts in the UK came under fire - seems their "healthy" food programs (e.g. five portions of fruit/veg per diem) were actually unhealthy - they are adding back fish, whole milk (yes, with fats), even occasional red meat...
Posted by: John A at May 12, 2010 03:53 PM (LEb+F)
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Sorry, but I'm not falling for the obesity epidemic crap. I've been the same height since high school, but my "recommended" weight has dropped precipitously.
I went from just right to obese solely because they redefined what it means to be obese.
Are there people who are too fat? Duh. Is there an epidemic? No. It's manufactured from the get-go.
Posted by: DoorHold at May 16, 2010 09:02 AM (dDgrf)
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Drugpac Shakur? Tupac's Mom Facing Felony Drug Charges
Oops:
A hearing has been delayed for the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur after her arrest in North Carolina on drug charges.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that 63-year-old Afeni Shakur Davis was charged in April with felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or place for a controlled substance and simple possession of a controlled substance. Her hearing, originally scheduled for Monday, was continued until Aug. 24.
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How does this racist idiot continue to avoid jail time?
Posted by: paul mitchell at May 11, 2010 08:33 AM (WPSP8)
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Silly wabbit! you can't be black AND racist.. thats only word to use for white folks..
Posted by: daniel @ garanhuns at May 11, 2010 09:07 AM (lTROe)
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How much pot makes for a felony?
Posted by: Pablo at May 11, 2010 10:21 AM (yTndK)
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Once again, the stupid "war on drugs" catches a victim. Think of the money to be saved if police no longer had to deal with marijuana-related cases, think of the revenue for governments if it was regulated, sold and taxed like alcohol.
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May 10, 2010
Bill and Ted's Excellent Arson Adventure
Someone in Montana doesn't like medical marijuana.
For the second time in as many days, a medical marijuana business in Billings, Mont. has been the target of an attack.
This, as the city council in Billings is set to vote tonight on whether to place a moratorium on medical marijuana businesses.
This morning, a rock was used to break the glass of Montana Therapeutics, and a beer bottle filled with gasoline was lit and thrown inside. The attacker spray-painted "NOT IN OUR TOWN" on the storefront.
Another account cites video evidence that the arsonists in at least of of the attacks were a pair of young men. The question of the hour has to be, "what motivated these young men?"
Were they strongly against medical marijuana? Or are we looking at a couple of angry young drug dealers who didn't want legal stores cutting their profits?
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I go with reason number 2. Drug dealers trying to eliminate the competition. But, we all know that the Tea Party Movement will get blamed, because, you know, they are anti-drug biggots. Oh, and they are racist, too. And homophobic. Way homophobic, but not as homophobic as they are racist.
Posted by: TimothyJ at May 10, 2010 04:04 PM (IKKIf)
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Try to catch the South Park episode on medical marijuana. It is fairly good on giving a review of the attitudes and forces associated with the stupidity of our laws.
Posted by: David at May 10, 2010 04:17 PM (Pm9VK)
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Living near the city of Billings, I would say it may be more along the lines of a pissed off pothead that is mad that it cannot buy pot without a medical Rx. This place must have refused it. Other choice is one of the isolated holy roller nuts that are roaming around Billings.
Posted by: JT at May 10, 2010 05:28 PM (er7+p)
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Or perhaps a third explanation...
I've spent time in Billings - standing aside the cowpoke western motif is a university town, and rather liberal (based on my experience, one might say radical liberal) town. Young folks throwing Molotov cocktails? Might be a devotee of Olbermann trying to impugn those evil conservatives. When one accepts a purposefully mal-constructed caricature as a real opponent, it is easy to embark on idiotic missions.
Of all the tea parties I've attended, and the tea party advocates I've met, legalization of pot is hardly a motivational issue.
Posted by: bains at May 10, 2010 06:14 PM (ID0s3)
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Oh, come on, there's no such thing as "medical marijuana." It's nothing but a backdoor way to legalize pot. We passed that garbage law in Colorado, all you need to do is tell some doctor your back hurts, and you get a "prescription." No proble, there's tons of doctors, most of which are connected with the "pot shops", that will give you a "prescription" for $75. Cash, of course. All you have to do is claim you have "chronic pain." It's nothing but a huge scam.
Posted by: The_Pilgrim at May 10, 2010 08:54 PM (yDXug)
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It was legal. It always should have been legal.
If one thinks the plant has no medicinal uses then you know nothing about botany. Irt also has entertainment value. The majority of what people call pot-heads are not prone to violence. I find violent behavior to be an individual inclination no matter what drug is used or if no drug is used. I find folks who look doiwn their noses at specific drugs usually have their own blind spots. There are plenty of people who use no drug at all that are fairly usesless or obnoxious or plain evil. One way or another, this little plant shall become legalized. The laws regarding its prohibition have been disregarded for decades. Why not join reality? Why not take the crime out of it? Why not destroy the basis for profit? Why not wipe out the criminals who have restricted and crippled its current market? Take the money away and the crime dies.
Posted by: OdinsAcolyte at May 11, 2010 12:47 PM (brIiu)
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My question is: Did the firemen responding to the scene have to treat any 'smoke inhalation' with 40 cases of twinkies?
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Campos: Is Kagan Obama's Harriet Miers?
I'm not a SCOTUS expert and won't pretend I'm remotely familiar with Elena Kagan's record, but Paul Campos looked it over, and found it very, very thin:
Yesterday, I read everything Elena Kagan has ever published. It didn't take long: in the nearly 20 years since Kagan became a law professor, she's published very little academic scholarship—three law review articles, along with a couple of shorter essays and two brief book reviews. Somehow, Kagan got tenure at Chicago in 1995 on the basis of a single article in The Supreme Court Review—a scholarly journal edited by Chicago's own faculty—and a short essay in the school's law review. She then worked in the Clinton administration for several years before joining Harvard as a visiting professor of law in 1999. While there she published two articles, but since receiving tenure from Harvard in 2001 (and becoming dean of the law school in 2003) she has published nothing. (While it's true law school deans often do little scholarly writing during their terms, Kagan is remarkable both for how little she did in the dozen years prior to becoming Harvard's dean, and for never having written anything intended for a more general audience, either before or after taking that position.)...
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...At least in theory Kagan could compensate somewhat for the slenderness of her academic resume through the quality of her work. But if Kagan is a brilliant legal scholar, the evidence must be lurking somewhere other than in her publications. Kagan's scholarly writings are lifeless, dull, and eminently forgettable. They are, on the whole, cautious academic exercises in the sort of banal on-the-other-handing whose prime virtue is that it's unlikely to offend anyone in a position of power.
If Campos' critique is accurate—and I'm going to proceed as if it is—we need to ask ourselves a very simple two-part question:
- What is the minimum level of competence, experience, intellect, and scholarship that we should expect in someone nominated to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court?
- Does Obama Administration nominee Elena Kagan meet these minimum standards?
I have no problems with Kagan being the nominee based upon her record, because she doesn't have a record to criticize. She is utterly unspectacular as a nominee in every way.
More than partisan loyalty, I suspect most Americans want the sharpest, most penetrating legal minds to serve this nation on the Supreme Court even, even when we disagree with their stances. Elena Kagan has shown no evidence of having that sort of intellect. She seems to be a competent if pedestrian academic, but aren't there thousands of Americans, if not tens of thousands, equally qualified at that level?
I'd rather the President nominate a brilliant mind I utterly oppose than a middling, if inoffensive candidate.
Americans deserve to have our best on the Supreme Court. I would like to see anyone make the serious argument that Elena Kagan is the best we can nominate for the highest court in the land.
Bueller? Anyone?
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Kagen has as much judicial experience s Barry had executuve experience,to wit, zero, nada and none. You see how well Barry fifteen months, and counting, of on the job training has worked out. As Barry's second favorite philosopher said: "What me worry!"
Posted by: DavidL at May 10, 2010 11:06 AM (uMia6)
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What a silly argument. Logic does not count, except for conservative picks.
The DEMS control the Senate and the Repubs just want to get along. This is why they blindly accept as true Senate testimony at odds with everything a candidate (for any position) has said or done in the past.
Remember the recent remonstraons from Republicans that Attorney General Holder is doing precisely what he said he would not do during his testimony, even though he is doing eactly what he said he would do prior to the Senate hearings.
Oh. And the media will lie cheat and to ensure the Obama pick gets the best possible coverage.
Oh. Oh. The time for letting a President have his pick, because he is the President, should be over for liberal presidents (It has been over for some time for Repiublicans).
Posted by: davod at May 10, 2010 11:48 AM (GUZAT)
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This doesn't pass the sniff test. The woman is on the record as being against gay marriage. There seems to be something else in play such as getting gay marriage on the table or using her as an initial sacrifice.
Posted by: David at May 10, 2010 01:58 PM (Pm9VK)
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Your description of Kagen seems almost to mirror that of the "pre-confirmed" Justice Souter, which means she would be a "wild card" that straight laced Obama supporters should probably fear.
One quick example is that this morning there is a report of a Kagen "opinion" from the Clinton Administration that he should support a ban on "late term" abortions. This has got to have the Democratic "pro-abortion" minions stirring.
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May 09, 2010
PJM Exclusive: High School Where Flag Flap Occurred Hides Racist Secret
If you are a high school principal or assistant principal that has authorized a racial supremacist/seditionist group to have a presence on your school campus, you should probably not draw attention to yourself by castigating students who merely want to wear patriotic clothing.
If the administrators at Live Oak High School who allowed MEChA on campus aren't on administrative leave by the end of the week, then something is extremely wrong with the
Morgan Hill Unified School District. That applies to any other school district that allows this group to sow racist sedition, for that matter.
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Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) is a student organization that promotes higher education, cultura, and historia. MEChA was founded on the principles of self-determination for the liberation of our people. We believe that political involvement and education is the avenue for change in our society.
If I put up a site like this, I'd be called a racist.
Posted by: Tim at May 09, 2010 10:53 AM (ZQ3vW)
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Can anyone expain to me what it is that the Hispanics are mad about. It seems that a large portion of them have a chip on their shoulders and for some reason feel it is necessary to identify themselves as oppressed and desiring a radically different government from the one we were founded on. Most Hispanics seemed to have thrived under capitalism but now want communism. Most Hispanics that I have encountered have been hard working and industrious. The women are great. So why do they have a difficulty with merging with us?
The other beef I have is this organization of people along race lines. If a white did half of this they would be in jail.
Posted by: David at May 09, 2010 11:04 AM (Pm9VK)
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The principal and vice principal should be fired from Live Oak HS. The American flag should always fly and never be hidden for another flag. May 1st. is not a holiday to me because I'm an American. You want to be proud of your mexican flag,go back to Mexico and celebrate. If you want to be American,speak English,blend into society and celebrate the American way, but don't come here illegally,suck all the benefits out of our country and tell me that I have to conform to your ways.People from different countrys have come to the US only to blend into society and prosper.I know many Mexicans that are born Americans that are good people and a asset to America but I cannot figure out the younger illegals that just come here to take,not blend into society and then call me a racists. Never in history have illegals turned citys into gettos. Drive into any alley in the city and they are littered with broken glass and rain gutters that once were on garages are now gone because of thiefs taking them for the aluminum,and human feces allover. Really,who in there right mind wants to live with them,but remember I'm called a racist.
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Thanks for uncovering this tidbit on LOHS, Bob.
"The women are great."
How great, David?
Posted by: mockmook at May 09, 2010 04:34 PM (5ssRl)
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Bob, it's not just the younger "illegals" who want to take and not blend with American society -- young people of Hispanic ancestry who were born here are part of this movement to "liberate" California and the Southwest and rejoin it to Mexico. I'm not sure what they hope to gain by that; since the illegal immigrants are leaving Mexico and coming here, we must have something that Mexico doesn't. I guess they don't realize that if the southwestern states were to become Mexico, they'd probably lose that "something" that the U.S. has.
MeCha started when I was in high school, in 1969. I wonder if they have accomplished anything truly positive and constructive in 41 years. Promoting differences, "us" vs. "them," is neither positive nor constructive.
Posted by: CalifGirlInMaine at May 10, 2010 07:01 AM (Oj+Hd)
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Tim:
You said:
"If I put up a site like this, I'd be called a racist."
My, my. That's calling Bob, and people like me racist. And that's lame, Tim. It shows you have no other argument.
"Liberation?" Wow. How brave you are standing in an American HS fist pumping, and calling for Liberation. Do you not see the irony? Liberation from WHAT? Your own corrupt culture? No, I didn't think that's what you meant, but it should be.
German Americans celebrate their heritage with German AND American flags. Italian Americans celebrate their heritage with Italian AND American flags, and so do other cultures. They came here TO BE AMERICANS because their home cultures DIDN'T OFFER WHAT OURS DOES.
But YOU come here to "take back" land that was never yours? In your dreams. If you want what America has to offer, you can have it if you play by the rules. Do it our way, and you'll have what we have, and we'll welcome you. Do it YOUR way, and you'll simply have more of what you left behind. And, we won't tolerate that for long, Tim.
Stop listening to these Che-wannabes who've never built a business, or met a payroll. You can steal money, Tim, but wealth -- which is what you want -- ISN'T MONEY! It's knowledge of methods, it's education, it's perseverance, it's the ability to provide goods and services that other people want to buy.
Your way has ALWAYS led to economic disaster. Look at Venezuela. Look at history. Lose your idiot teachers who are telling you this crap.
You start a war here, you will lose. Badly.
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Blow Still Huffing and Puffing About Tea Partiers
Poor Charles Blow.
Like every other leftist op-ed writer in the NY
Times stable, he continues to beat the drum touting the Tea Parties as racist, gosh darn it,
even if he can't provide any direct evidence of that at all.
The irony lost on Blow and his comical compatriots is that they are wedded to disparaging a group that doesn't exist, and has never existed. They describe a Tea Party of knuckle-dragging Klansman manufactured in their fever dreams, not the congenial protests typically organized and run by moms and grandmothers.
There is hate surrounding the Tea Party.
But it comes from Blow and his absurd leftist allies that long ago lost an unsupportable narrative.
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"Racist/Racism" is a term invented to neuter white people, and white people only.
Have you noticed that?
A Latino Group standing up for itself and protesting is NOT "racist".
A White Group standing up for itself and protesting is "racist".
On and on, etc.
I'm getting rally sick of the double standards.
There's a book titled 'White Gold' about North Africa's One Million European Slaves. Nobody ever talks about this.
White People as evil is propagandized 24/7 in the West. Enough!
Posted by: Jen at May 08, 2010 11:41 AM (9OQQO)
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You do realize that such columns are the very reason Charles Blow is employed -- he is the token black trotted out to attack non-liberals as racist. That is the "Blow job" at the NY Times.
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When all you have is a hammer, everything you see is a nail. Blow doesn't even have a hammer, just victimhood.
When the NYT finally collapses, of course Blow will find the culprit in his farewell column: racism.
Blow is a good name for Charles. It describes that hole on the front of his head quite nicely.
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May 07, 2010
Corrupt Chicago Public Servant Throws Self Under Bus Train
Embattled Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano, under investigation by his own agency for financial issues, threw himself in front of a Metra train this morning and was killed, sources said.
It happened in an unincorporated area near Crystal Lake just after 8 a.m.
"It's very sad day for Metra," Metra board member Jack Schaffer said after emerging from a canceled meeting this morning that was to deal with Pagano's job status.
Pagano, executive director of the commuter rail service since 1990, was put on paid administrative last week amid a probe that he paid himself an unauthorized $56,000 bonus. The probe expanded to look at "more serious allegations of official misconduct," according to the attorney hired to conduct Metra's inquiry.
Pagano's salary was just under $270,000/year, and he still couldn't stop himself from (apparently) stealing.
He's the
third corrupt Chicago politician to commit suicide in recent months.
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May his family be comforted ...
Posted by: Adriane at May 07, 2010 01:50 PM (mXBw3)
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Threw himself they said? Or did they throw him because he got caught? Just thought I throw in some comspiracy theory stuff.
Posted by: ron at May 07, 2010 03:06 PM (JYtLH)
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That's unusual. Usually disgraced Chi-town pols shoot themselves in the back before jumping in front of a train.
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Funny, isn't it, how many corrupt Chicago pols "commit suicide" before they can blab.
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The Chicago Tribune reports "The engineer looked right into the eyes of the man"
That's a terrible thing to do to the man driving the train. Right up to the end, he was showing his contempt for the ordinary working men and women of Metra.
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The Appalling Media Double Standard on Reporting Political Violence
The majority of political violence in this country comes from the radical left... but you'd never know it, as the ideologically-aligned media does it's very best to conceal crimes ranging from riots to murder committed by progressives.
Progressives will be sure to point out that some of the instances I cite are the work of anarchists, not progressives. I'd suggest they look at lot closer at the groups and individuals implicated. Many if not most of those cited are adhere to variants of anarchistic thought that have ties to Marxist/Leninist philosophy, and are cut from much of the same cloth as Bill Ayers and his Alinsky-trained protégé in the White House.
Doubt that the media are covering for their blood-thirsty left wing allies?
Decide from yourself in my
latest article at Pajamas Media.
Just don't tell professional racist Andre Carson. Finding out that his side is the side with along history of domestic terrorism would make his
poor little hateful head explode.
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OFF TOPIC -
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/96485-pelosi-be-very-careful-about-lieberman-brown-terror-citizenship-bill
This is an awful, horrible, miserable idea and new-minted Senator Brown should hang his head in shame. And who has been spiking Lieberman's drinks, with what?
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Dana Milbank Caught with Live Boy, Dead Constitution
In his best work, his trenchant insights lead to thought-provoking articles that almost make you forget his insatiable lust for prepubescent boys and his heroin habit.
This is not Dana Milbank's best:
By George W. Bush's standard -- you're either with us or against us in the fight against terrorism -- NRA chief Wayne LaPierre should be just a few frequent-flier miles short of a free ticket to Gitmo right about now. Seems he and the rest of the gun lobby are fighting for terrorists' right to buy firearms.
The Bush administration urged Congress to pass a law barring people on the terrorist watch list from buying explosives and guns. The gun lobby objected. Now the Obama administration is urging Congress to pass the same legislation, and the gun lobby continues to object.
On Wednesday, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, using the star power they acquired in the apprehension of the Times Square bomb suspect, came to Capitol Hill to plead for Congress to change the absurdity in the law that keeps those with alleged terrorist ties off airplanes but enables them to legally buy guns and explosives.
Once upon a time, not so very long ago, Dana Milbank railed
against alleged civil rights violations he attributed to the various evil shamans of the Bush Administration. He seems to have gotten past that, now that a little inconsequential tyranny suits his peccadillos.
He now proclaims that faceless government bureaucrats should have the power to strip Americans of their constitutional rights, based upon nothing more than their name appearing on a list... a terrorist watch list so
comically flawed that it contains the names of infants and nuns, Congressman and Senators. A list nearly impossible to appeal. A list that often seems utterly insane.
Still, Milbank feels comfortable denying the constitutional rights of citizens in
this instance. It satisfies his gun control fetish, and allows him to slander the NRA, the group dedicated to defending the Second Amendment when no other civil liberties organization will. Milbank labels them terrorists. Milbank, the pedophile/addict, seems to enjoy slander and libel as it suits his needs.
Seems fair, doesn't it?
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Obviously, people on the no fly list should not be allowed to write editorials or other political speech, be permitted to associate with others, and may not prevent the government from rifling through their underwear drawers looking for anything and everything. They may not worship at the church of their choice.
We must even prevent them from getting abortions.
No, wait, now I've gone too far.
Posted by: Tim at May 07, 2010 09:30 AM (VJvMk)
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We must even prevent them from getting abortions.
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Heh. Good one.
Suspects on no fly list lose their habeas corpus rights as well?
Posted by: iconoclast at May 07, 2010 09:49 AM (MZd0C)
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More like they want to force others to have abortions. Unless they're rape victims, of course. That's the Lefty M.O.
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Third and Final SEAL Found Not Guilty of Terrorist Beating
Oh, how heartbroken our military-hating left must be:
A Virginia military jury found a Navy SEAL not guilty Thursday on all charges he punched an Iraqi suspected in the 2004 killings of four U.S. contractors in Fallujah.
"I'm really happy right now," Matthew McCabe, the Navy SEAL, told Fox News shortly after hearing the outcome of the court martial. "It's an amazing feeling. I'm on cloud nine right now."
McCabe, a special operations petty officer second class, called the proceedings "troubling at times," adding "having your career on the line is not an easy thing to handle.
McCabe was the third and final Navy SEAL to be prosecuted in the case. He had faced charges of assault, making a false official statement and dereliction of performance of duty for willfully failing to safeguard a detainee. McCabe was accused of punching last year is Ahmed Hashim Abed, the suspected mastermind of the grisly killings six years ago.
What an absurd and morally bankrupt country we live in that this even came to trial. Political correctness has run amok to the point that terrorists trained to lie are leant more credibility that the highly trained counter-terrorists that captured them.
Every time an asinine case like this is brought up, it simply ensures that good men will refuse terrorists the right to surrender. Weep not for the dead men to come. Weep only that our society's values have become so perverse that we have to kill those who would surrender so the good guys won't later be tired up in court when all they really desire is the honor of protecting those who do not appreciate their sacrifice.
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The argument that Guantanamo Bay encourages otherwise rational, non-violent Muslims to become Jihadists is, of course, lunacy. However, those who qualify to become SEALS, among the brightest of our top warriors, will surely think twice about becoming a SEAL in the first place, and certainly about taking on any mission that requires close handling of Jihadist prisoners. After all, it has been made clear that in the Age of Obama, they have more to fear from their own government than from their enemies. Or is the government their enemy?
And one might be tempted to suggest that this would cause SEALS and other operators to shoot first, last and always to avoid such situations, but considering what these warriors went through for the now proven false crime of possibly punching a terrorist once or twice, leaving him with a boo boo on his lip, what kind of persecution might they face for actually--gasp!--killing an innocent, precious terrorist, thus denying him his rights under the US Constitution?
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mikemcdaniel: Even allowing the argument that Guantanamo is a recruiting tool for terrorists begs the qustion - why? Because the ratbags in the USA supported the terrorist meme. Remember the scandal (not) when a policy letter from the Democratic leader of the Senate Select Committee for Intelligence was leaked outlining the argument for using the information provided to the committee for political purposes.It is hard to counter lies when some in government give credance to the arguments.
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The Disaster America Ignored
I'll be frank: I didn't have a grasp of how bad the flooding in Tennessee was, because I didn't see enough news coverage to grasp to severity of the disaster.
I know now. [via
Hot Air]
It's amazing and inspiring to watch a community exhibit so much courage and a can-do attitude in the face of such utter devastation. They didn't cry and wait for others to rescue them; they rescued themselves. They didn't loot and riot and shoot at those trying to help them; they organized and helped those most in need.
In several years, I suspect most of Nashville will bear few physical scars from the 2010 flood, because the city and people of Nashville are not just survivors, they are winners determined to triumph.
Years after Katrina, New Orleans will still be a stinking cesspool of quitters and defeatists crying for handouts.
Look at the character of these two cities, and see if you can figure out why one will thrive no matter the odds, and why one will fail no matter the treasure wasted.
Character matters.
Update: Frank Ross has similar thoughts:
Nashville had all of the elements of Katrina, except for the "narrative" bits: no helpless population, no incompetent governor, no hopeless mayor, no looting, no screeching about FEMA, and most important, no Republican in the White House. Instead, it offered a community that banded together, took on the task, saved its neighbors, fought back the floods and is now getting on with its life.
In other words, it offered an old fashioned America: folks doing what Americans do best, including that most important thing: not whining. Maybe that's why they call it the Volunteer State.
Meanwhile, readers of left wing blogs did what liberals always do, and immediately attacked this post as being—sigh—racist. Why of
course it is, dear liberal.
Strong moral fiber. Deep sense of community. Selflessness. Courage in the most extreme circumstances. Charity.
All racist.
At least for liberals, I mean. For those of you able to comprehend a more complex world view, I'd suggest re-reading Bill Whittle's excellent post-Katrina essay
Tribes.
As I said... character matters.
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1,836 people died in Katrina. According to CNN, the death toll in Tennessee is now 21.
Katrina was orders of magnitude worse than the current disaster in Nashville -- you comparison is inaccurate.
Posted by: AndyS at May 06, 2010 10:04 AM (g1d9l)
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Sorry, AndyS, you missed the point.
It's not about the magnitude of the storm. It's about the magnitude of heart of the people.
Posted by: Goatroper at May 06, 2010 10:25 AM (dql7p)
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That "stinking cesspool of quitters and defeatists" known as New Orleans have spent the past 5 years re-building their city in some parts by scratch. Quit whining and suit up if you care. I'm sure you can find a "defeatists" to show you how.
Posted by: Syntax_game at May 06, 2010 10:59 AM (OX5qU)
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Remind me: how much warning did the residents--and the local government--have that Katrina was imminent?
Posted by: baldilocks at May 06, 2010 11:57 AM (kdxcR)
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I went to help a friend last night who lives about 100 yards _uphill_ from one of the Harpeth River branches. The water ended up going up to the level of his kitchen counter tops, and covered his mailbox in the front yard. Luckily, he seems to have been one of the few folks living near a river here who had flood insurance.
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"Luckily, he seems to have been one of the few folks living near a river here who had flood insurance.
Luck had nothing to do with it. Your friend displayed foresight and commmon sense by insuring an obvious exposure. Good for him!
Posted by: Diogenes Online at May 06, 2010 12:21 PM (2MrBP)
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Yankee, I've only replied to one of your posts in the past, and it was regarding Katrina. I think you need to pay the City of N.O. a visit and see for yourself how your uninformed opinion is dead wrong. I guess you are paying too much attention to the media coverage and not to the reality. I agree with previous poster, the severity of Katrina and it's Corps of Engineers' disaster, was on a whole different scale. I'm not sure what your problem is with N.O. and the people of Louisiana, but you have a misguided and perhaps media-generated view. BTW, not everyone in the affected area lived in the ninth ward or are minorities. You fail to realize that the largely cnservative majority of this area did fend for themselves. There were many heroes and self-sufficient people who brought the city back from ruin. Educate yourself, Yankee!
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Thanks for keeping us in the loop C.Y. I was caught up in bailing out my basement and checking on the one roof leak I had to know that there was a Bomb in N.Y.
Posted by: Picric at May 06, 2010 03:48 PM (xJEYd)
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@ glen harness:
"I went to help a friend last night who lives about 100 yards _uphill_ from one of the Harpeth River branches. The water ended up going up to the level of his kitchen counter tops, and covered his mailbox in the front yard. Luckily, he seems to have been one of the few folks living near a river here who had flood insurance."
wait a minute, you're saying that the one of the Harpeth River branches actually raised 100 yards from normal flow?
charcoal grill tidos?
Posted by: faster at May 06, 2010 04:09 PM (0T6zg)
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False equivalency FAIL.
This is like comparing a dust-devil and a tornado.
Not to downplay what happened in Tennessee. It is obviously very bad. But Katrina was a perfect storm of nature, poor engineering, and very susceptible geography.
Nashville had a bad flood, and parts of the city were under water. New Orleans got hit by a major hurricane and areas got wiped the f*#k out.
Posted by: t4toby at May 06, 2010 04:54 PM (Qmm20)
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dwnsth,
He is talking about New Orleans, not Louisiana. I live in Louisiana and have lived in New Orleans. The city is not really a part of the state. In fact, I have often thought it inhabited by space aliens. But the characterization of New Orleans is dead on accurate. The majority of the city is inhabited by people who have never worked in their lives and this is assisted by the Democrats in our state. It assures them a block vote for any liberal. The scenes of the fat, lazy, ignorant people sitting around waiting for someone else to do something is very much typical of what occured. All of the law enforcement folks knew that the city was dangerous as the population is nuts and was very dangerous with the status quo disrupted. Do you know of any other major city with a catastrophe were it would be necessary for such a show of fire power? I know first hand that many of the rumors and wild reports that the media suppressed were indeed true. Remember there was a second hurricane that hit us. It did considerable damage to Lake Charles and surrounding area. Yet the people there took care of themselves and did not need the extraordinary efforts that were required in NO.
In short, NO is a poster child for the evil that big government does to humanity.
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In short, NO is a poster child for the evil that big government does to humanity.
Like the evil it's currently doing trying to save the entire gulf coast? Or the evil of the roads? Or the evil of the police, fire, national guard? that kind of evil?
Seems the gubmint is evil until you need something, then suddenly it's responsible for everything...
Posted by: t4toby at May 06, 2010 05:12 PM (Qmm20)
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David,
I think given extremely similar circumstances, the same 'population' you are referring to is capable of the exact same response. Whether it is Los Angeles, Oakland, New York or any other city with a large segment of the 'population' you hint at. Again Yankee attacks the entire city and its people and by reference the entire metropolitan area and does not distinguish that the large majority of the population does and has taken care of itself. The generalization is his error!
Posted by: DwnSth at May 06, 2010 07:20 PM (AWmfw)
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"In fact, I have often thought it inhabited by space aliens."
As a side note, I once listened bemusedly to an NPR commentator praise New Orleans precisely because it was so pathologically dysfunctional.
Posted by: pst314 at May 06, 2010 07:52 PM (XP0Bd)
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Today I was tired when I woke up. But I got out of bed anyway and went to work.
This proves that I am awesome and everybody in New Orleans has no character. Or something.
Posted by: Joe Bauers at May 06, 2010 09:01 PM (ds+wf)
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The whole rebuilding of NOLA makes me wonder what would have happened had Katrina *actually hit* the city. The brunt of the hurricane impact was in Mississippi. Therefore, the whole "apples and oranges" argument some are making here is bogus. The effect of broken levees vs. 500 year flooding and the quantifiable affected area of each may be compared and contrasted, but they are certainly analogous.
Posted by: Shwiggie at May 06, 2010 11:02 PM (wVrpG)
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Exactly. For example, while government, businesses and schools were disrupted in New Orleans for months by the flooding there, I am going home to Nashville this weekend for a college graduation--they were only obliged to reschedule one day of final exams. This is clearly a sign of the superior moral fiber of Tennesseans, because the two natural disasters were otherwise exactly the same.
Posted by: Bosola at May 07, 2010 01:46 AM (oXcXW)
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Item: Nashville floods knock out city’s beer distributors (http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100506/NEWS01/5060329/Nashville+floods+knock+out+city+s+beer+distributors)
“The waters that spilled over the Cumberland River’s banks shut down — temporarily — all three of Nashville’s beer distributors…the shutdown has led to few empty coolers in the city’s supermarkets and gas stations, and the industry says delivery trucks should be back on the road before beer stocks run low.”
Do you see what we’re talking about here, people? There is still a serious risk that local _beer supplies_ might run low before normal distribution is restored. I know for a fact that white people in New Orleans were able to “find” (and blacks were able to “loot”) plenty of beer there, even in the worst days of their piddly little so-called “flood.”
Posted by: Bosola at May 07, 2010 02:13 AM (oXcXW)
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I like how these people whine about "big government" when also whining about Nashville and Tennessee and the Conservative welfare state that it has become. If you don't like "big government" than clean up your own damn mess and don't touch my tax dollars that funded FEMA. David, go to Nashville and grab a mop and make sure you tell them people to leave Liberal "big government" entitlement programs like FEMA and National Guard disaster response teams alone. Make sure you tell them "big government" Army Corps of engineers that the "Tea-partiers will take care of this mess" and tell "big government" to go on home so us Liberals don't have to waste our tax dollars on you ungrateful spoiled rotten brats. Hate "big government" so much, grab a mop and get off my tit!
Posted by: Syntax_game at May 07, 2010 03:39 AM (bhNGz)
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Oh and David, when you're done cleaning up Nashville like a good little small government patriot who takes care of himself, you want to head on over to Louisiana and tell that "secessionists", Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour and the Louisiana and Mississippi "Tea-partiers" to stop sucking on the tit of every Liberal disaster response program they can find and just clean up their oil? I mean, where are all the Tea-partiers who hate "big government" helping the secession states in cleaning up their mess. Why is it these secessionists always whine and snivel to "big government" whenever there is a crisis of some sort? Where is Palin, Bachmann, Beck, Limbaugh and the rest of to help these small government lobbyists to help in this crisis so "big government" don't have to be bothered helping those who don't appreciate it unless they need it and then MY taxes have to pay for these ungrateful bastards.
Posted by: Syntax_game at May 07, 2010 03:46 AM (bhNGz)
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Syntax_game, are you giving back my tax dollars before you start insisting on how yours can be spent?
Here's the think about Nashville and Tennesseans: They're not victims. They pull together and get to work. Oh, and there's a damned lot of them that are people "of color". God Bless 'em all.
Yes, read Whittle's Tribes if you don't get it.
Posted by: Pablo at May 07, 2010 08:54 AM (yTndK)
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Frankly, I think these strong folks should tell the good ole' federal government that they don't need the money the two republican senators are asking for:
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20100504/NEWS01/100504019/President+Obama+declares+Nashville+a+disaster+area
That will show them weaklings in New Orleans by God!
Posted by: Scratch at May 07, 2010 12:51 PM (S9SXP)
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Syntax,
In your first post, I was confused until I realized that you were really serious about the roads and other things that the great government has supplied us. Do you really want to hold up those entities as examples of good government? If so, I really don't think you know what you are talking about. Of the whole rant, lets take roads. I have a good friend that builds the roads. He built I49. Now the problem is that I49 which was built 10 years ago is falling apart. I asked him about that and he said that was so. That they had told the Federal engineers that their plan of construction would not work in Louisiana. But they said that was the specs and the build it anyhow. So they did, and now it is a mess and will have to be rebuilt. And no, it was not his fault as he has not been brought on charges. Your other examples have similar problems if you scratch the surface.
Now, lets take disaster response. I am flat out against it. In fact, I think it is a joke. I would guess that if the Federals were not in the way, then the oil spill would have been corrected days ago. Are you aware that BP is a government company? That right, it is partly owned and run by the British. They have a terrible safety record. As to Tenn, it would be useless to go help now. That is because the government is there in the way. With Katrina, Fish and Wildlife was stopping people with private boats from going to rescue people as they did not have enough life preservers. That is one small aspect, the rest was pure government stupidity. I know as I was around.
Big government is bad. It has not been our friend and is often our enemy.
Posted by: David at May 07, 2010 01:52 PM (Pm9VK)
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Um, you know that the mayor of Nashville is a Democrat, right?
Posted by: Lou Vuoto at May 07, 2010 03:54 PM (G0nop)
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Scratch, if the Feds want to stop stealing it in the first place, we can talk. until then FOAD.
Posted by: SDN at May 07, 2010 04:27 PM (IeuXV)
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Both LA and TN, like most Red states, get more Federal dollars back than they pay out so do be too quick to talk about the Feds taking your money.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html
Posted by: Jim at May 07, 2010 04:34 PM (YPeWM)
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Jim,
How about this, let us break away and form our own country. That is what we wanted to do and you jerks stopped us. Your statement makes no sense at all, by the way. Simply beacause we have a large number of people sitting on the asses here does not mean that the working among us feel that we should pay a significant amount of taxes. Besides, I can assure you that our politicians are the ones carrying off the money. Not the working man.
Posted by: David at May 07, 2010 07:59 PM (Pm9VK)
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I live here, and you don't know what you are talking about. First and foremost, the level of destruction is not comparable. NO was basically destroyed - on the other hand, plenty of folks in Nashville weren't affected at all. Seriously, you have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: Theron at May 07, 2010 08:42 PM (CaSEv)
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David, how 'bout we don't. I'm Southern and actually proud to be an American and happy that the single greatest act of treason against my country failed.
I'm sorry that you don't love your country.
Posted by: Theron at May 07, 2010 09:59 PM (CaSEv)
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No theron, you are not Southern. You may live in the South. But, no, you are not of the South.
Posted by: David at May 08, 2010 09:47 AM (Pm9VK)
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David:
That's rich. An admitted apologist for treason telling me if I'm a true Southerner or not. You do know there's a long history of dissent and radicalism in the South, or did you think it's all authoritarian anti-patriots all the time? I'm proud of my home, and not you or anyone else will be running me out. Enjoy!
Posted by: Theron at May 09, 2010 12:44 AM (CaSEv)
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Theron: Too bad about no one running you out. Your support of the sticky-fingered subversive seditionists in the democrat party makes you a first order disgrace - not only to the South, but even more so to America as a whole. The title "Traitor" fits you to a "T" komrade rimmer.
So. Gratuitous insult returned. Now, get off your parasite backside, and copy/paste the inevitable pre-recorded, infantile Progressive nya-nyas. JUMP NOW, you fool.
Posted by: CFM at May 10, 2010 09:10 PM (1N8nO)
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Yes, I saw the video when it first came out; I was irked by the righteous indignation. Bad things happen to good people but spare me the Daniel Boone self___ry.
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It's Time For Radical Steps to Rid Us of Illegals
I just watched a man (I didn't get his name) on Fox & Friends relate how his niece was brutally murdered by an illegal alien in 2005. She was one of more than 2,200 people murdered every year by illegal aliens.
At a time where spoiled basketball millionaires protest against the safety of American citizens, it is time to consider radical action to deplete and deport the criminal aliens that infest this nation.
Obviously, locking down the border should be our primary concern. Governors in border states have called upon the White House to deploy the National Guard; Bush, and then Obama, have turned a deaf ear. Congress, likewise, refuses to provide the funds needed to secure our borders. Our Department of Homeland Security? A joke more interested in confiscating toy guns and strip searching grandparents that protecting our citizens.
Our first actions should include attempts to impeach elected and appointed officials for violating their oaths of office. This should apply uniformly to Democrats and Republicans that have stood in the way of of border security.
As this occurs, state governors should attempt—again—to pressure the President to call out the National Guard to serve along our borders as aides for the border patrol, and those units with engineering capabilities can be put to work immediately hardening the border itself.
State and federal elected officials should allow residents and legal aliens an opportunity to be rewarded for pointing out the criminal aliens in our midst, but offering them bounties for the capture
and deportation of illegals. Ensuring that bounties will be paid only for successful deportation and enforcing laws against filing false statements will make the information actionable, and provide American citizens a financial reason to do the right thing. Bounties of $250-$500 per illegal may not sound like much, but it will be enough to make a difference.
Most importantly, there needs to be a zero-tolerance policy for employers of illegal aliens. Businesses that are found to have
intentionally skirted immigration law and who make a practice of knowingly hiring illegal aliens should not be fined. They should be shut down entirely. Make it unprofitable for employers to hire these criminal aliens, and even the underground economy of illegal day laborers will find themselves quickly out of a job.
If the federal government continues to refuse to act responsibly on this matter, states will be forced to act in their own best interests, just as Arizona has.
We are a proud nation of immigrants, and we respect and desire
legal immigration and assimilation into our diverse society. We do not condone criminal immigration nor the radicalized segmentation preferred by pro-criminal alien radicals, and must protect our borders from those who would leach us dry.
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Mr. CY ... I'm puzzled by one aspect of your post above. Aren't the governors of various states from which the National Guard units are drawn the first deciders of where such units will be deployed, within the United States at least? I remember when Katrina happened, and Pres. Bush called Governor Kathleen Blanco to beg her to let him send in the Guard from neighboring states like Texas to help with the clean-up, and she said she would think about it. Guard units were mobilized outside Louisiana, all equipped and ready to come in to New Orleans and help, but she refused.
It would seem that the governor of Arizona had first dibs on calling up the Arizona National Guard to reinforce border protection. If so, could the governor call home those Arizona National Guard members from deployment in the Middle East? After all, what is their first duty as Arizone Guard members, to defend Arizona citizens, or to carry out Federal mandates in a country far away?
I think from what I can gather that if our country is officially at war overseas, the mandates of the Federal government override those of the states. But I don't recall the Congress having officially declared war on Iraq or Afghanistan. So would the Feds have first dibs on the Arizona Guard or would the governor of the state?
Marianne Matthews
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As I understand it, the Governor can call up the National Guard, but then the State has to pay for it. If the Federal Government calls them up, then the Federal Government pays. I am not sure what, if any, restrictions there may be in how they are deployed based on who calls activates them.
Posted by: Jim at May 06, 2010 09:13 AM (YTe8V)
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@Marianne - "If so, could the governor call home those Arizona National Guard members from deployment in the Middle East? After all, what is their first duty as Arizone Guard members, to defend Arizona citizens, or to carry out Federal mandates in a country far away?"
Short answer: No.
Long answer: While activated, an NG unit is no longer under the direct control of the Governor of their state of origin. It is my understanding that the NG units are round out units for active duty organizations thus funded and controlled by the Fed. The Governor can use them, while not in use by the Fed, but the Fed has overriding authority in all aspects. This is why the NG doesn't fall under the 'well regulated militia' clause of the 2nd Amendment since they are actually a part of the federal forces and not the sovereign states.
Posted by: Dan Irving at May 06, 2010 09:19 AM (zw8QA)
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"She was one of more than 2,200 people murdered every year by illegal aliens."
So........ it seems as if we are having a 9/11 size death toll (almost) occurring in this country EVERY YEAR as a result of foreign invaders.
Perhaps, we should invade Mexico and bring about a regime change as we did in the ME.
Posted by: Hangtown Bob at May 06, 2010 11:28 AM (mTCr7)
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Looks, it's past time for the state governors to step up and do their jobs to protect the citizens of this nation. Call up the state guards and pull the cost out of the Federal income tax before it goes to Washington. States that are not on the Boarder should send support to the boarder states. If we can't get the state/national guard then start calling up the militias. I am sure out militias will be more than happy to provide a rotating security detachment for the boarder. I am also sure the militias will agree to a give their oaths to guaranty rules of engagement and conduct that are acceptable to out constitution and christian ethics. All the governors need to do is ask of the militias and then tell the Federal government to go to H***! Yes, I have lived with this mess and am tiered of it!
Posted by: s4f at May 06, 2010 02:12 PM (u0FmQ)
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Well, we need to finally start enforcing the law. Is that a radical step? In some ways, I suppose it is.
Posted by: flenser at May 06, 2010 05:13 PM (hZo0T)
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Don't go using the same brush to tar Bush with Obama.
Bush did authorize AND send the National Guard to the border. For two (2) years. Now it is true that Bush wouldn't extend the deployment because by that time they had expanded the Border Patrol by almost five thousand agents and had completed almost two hundred miles of fence.
Another thing. The Terminator initially didn't want the Guard deployed in his state. But he finally jumped on the band wagon with Arizona's Napolitano for what ever reason.
Papa Ray
Posted by: Papa Ray at May 06, 2010 09:14 PM (JpVJn)
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We really don't need radical steps. Just do the following:
- refuse to allow illegal aliens into our schools. This would have an added benefit of returning some schools in CA to the USA.
- illegal aliens at hospitals will be treated, then turned over to the INS for deportation. No Medicaid care for any illegal alien.
- All businesses are required to use eVerify. Any that don't or avoid checking for illegal status would be prosecuted criminally
- End all federal aid to any state or municipality that has a "sanctuary" policy.
- clear out every street corner flooded with illegals working under the table through aggressive raids by police and INS
- stop producing multi-lingual government materials such as voter guides, particularly in Spanish.
- end all bilingual education
It will take a few years to clear out the infestation of illegals pouring over our southern borders, but it took quite a few years to get to this situation. So rectifying it will take time. But it is definitely possible to do without calling out the guard.
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News Organ Freaked by Dramatic Rise in Pistol Permits in Upstate NY
You can almost hear the reporter's sphincter tightening as she frames her story:
Oswego County Clerk George Williams delivered some startling news to the legislature's Community and Consumer Affairs committee during the April 22 meeting.
Pistol permit applications have increased sharply, following both a state and national trend, he noted. "Something is happening in this country," Williams added.
During the entire year of 2008, the county clerk's office handed out 208 pistol permit application packets. Of those, 67 were returned. For 2009, 428 application packets were handed out and 110 were returned.
As of the date of the committee meeting, 400 application packets were given out and 142 have been returned. That is more than double the number of pistol permits issued for 2008. "Something's on the move," Williams said, adding that other county clerks in the state are seeing the same trend. "It's scary."
Scary? 142 pistol permits?
My county's sheriff has a name for that.
Thursday.
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Your county requires pistol permits? You should move to a part of the country that's still free, while you can.
Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2010 04:54 PM (RZhcI)
Posted by: paul mitchell at May 05, 2010 05:02 PM (WPSP8)
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As per my cousin, who lives in the city of Oswego: "dipsh#t reporter is complaining about pistol permits increasing? Not one word of the increasing crime rates? Figures. Our city, county, and region is going to hell, and I am one putting in for one of those permits. I need some measure to protect myself and my kids. We dont know when some scumbag is going to bust into the house. Its not a matter of if, its when!"
Talking to her now on IM. Now she appreciates why I got the hell out of NY state near 20 years ago.
Posted by: LM at May 05, 2010 05:38 PM (er7+p)
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Your county requires pistol permits?
Thank the Jim Crow Democrats in North Carolina for that law, which was originally intended to give county sheriffs the option to keep blacks disarmed for the Klan's safety. Also, thank modern day North Carolina's liberal Democrats for that law still being on the books, as the favor any and all gun control, no matter how evil the source.
That said, these purchase permits are simple to get, and if you are one of the 10,300 CCH permit holders in the county, you can buy whatever you want, whenever you want.
Posted by: Confederate Yankee at May 05, 2010 06:05 PM (8uhHq)
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Pistol permits are a joke in NY. A permit ALLOWS you to buy a pistol. You cannot leave the house with it unless your going hunting or target shooting. Do not dare put down that it is for defense. You will not get it. For home defense your better off with a shotgun anyhow.
I moved to Vermont more than a decade ago and carry daily without so much as asking for a "by your leave" from the state of Vermont. The way it should be for free citizens.
New York is broken and broke. Run for your life. The county clerk will be wondering about the tax base next year instead of having wet diapers about guns you cannot even take out of the safe...
Posted by: Toaster802 at May 05, 2010 06:53 PM (ObeRh)
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O/T, Bob, but you might want to look into it: in an interview today Mayor Bloomberg proposed forbidding firearms purchases by anyone on a terrorist watchlist..
Sure, we don't want those jihadi nutjobs- oh, right. Janet Napolitano decides who goes on the list.
And who will that be, I wonder? Yup, us "violent racist right-wing extremists." No due process, no hearing, no charge, no allegation, not even *notice*- and an explicit Constitutional right taken away?
Posted by: Bohemond at May 05, 2010 08:06 PM (GznpF)
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Regular American citizens with arms? Ooo, scary. What's next, letting them vote?
Posted by: Silrette at May 06, 2010 08:40 AM (+ZT5h)
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We don't need a permit down here, but have you tried to buy ammunition? It is about an hour wait to get to the counter, if it is available.
Posted by: David at May 06, 2010 10:36 AM (Pm9VK)
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I have a full box of reular and a box of hollow points. Reloads. That is the way to go. Save your brass. You can also pack a bit more bang for the buck just don't blow yourself up!
Yes. Be afraid. Better yet, get a gun.
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>>Pistol permits are a joke in NY. A permit ALLOWS you to buy a pistol. You cannot leave the house with it unless your going hunting or target shooting. Do not dare put down that it is for defense. You will not get it.
Posted by: KevinC at May 11, 2010 11:52 AM (TMPkg)
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I applied for my CCW permit in Oswego County in 2009 and my permit is indeed restricted to carrying to/from target, hunting, sporting, etc. We were told by the gun safety course instructor that the issuing judge would not issue an unrestricted CCW without good reason. In other words, unless you own a business and have to carry large amts of cash, or other such reason, you aren't going to be allowed to carry unrestricted.
Having said that, I keep my guns locked up at all times but I really want to be able to carry whenever I want to. I don't believe I need to carry all the time but at the same time being restricted isn't right. I underwent the proper checks and spent time and money to apply for the permit. I don't think there should be any carry restrictions for those who follow the rules.
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Bomber Admits Terror Motive
Shahzad, who rather infamously hates George W. Bush, was inspired to bomb Times Square by the drone attacks he saw carried out against the Taliban in Pakistan on the orders of the Obama Administration:
It was payback.
The Connecticut man charged yesterday with the botched Times Square car bombing confessed to trying to slaughter innocent people in retaliation for US drone attacks that wiped out the leadership of his beloved Taliban, The Post has learned.
Admitted terrorist Faisal Shahzad -- who copped to training in explosives in the past year with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, the leading extremist Islamic group in his native Pakistan -- said he was driven to evil by the slew of deaths among leaders of the terror group, law-enforcement sources revealed yesterday.
His training came in a tribal area where American drone aircraft have pummeled members of the Pakistan Taliban and al Qaeda in the past year.
The article goes on to mention that the current Administration is downplaying Shahzad's motive, no doubt hoping to stem of the chorus of "I told you so!" yips from his anti-war left flank. Obama has not only validated the Bush Administration's use of drone warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but escalated it significantly with brutal effect.
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Bob...you know this just won't fly, it just does not fit 'teh angry white, teabagger' scenario.
I am rather surprised ol Faisal survived his Bomb Building 101AfPaK course.
You think they passed & packed the askhole off before he had a work-accident which blew-up the staff & class?
Posted by: ProfDela at May 05, 2010 05:10 PM (NNztY)
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Obviously sir, you know nothing about bombs. That guy made a fire hazard at worst. I think the whole thing was terifically funny and laughed when I started hearing about how he had designed the fireworks display.
His motives? I'm sorry, did everyone forget we now have a few million Muslims in this country and their loyalities will lay with Islam first, and us second, always. To a Muslim, paybacks come first and formost forever. Not hard to understand the savagery in that, you just got to believe it.
Posted by: ron at May 06, 2010 12:10 AM (MXX1P)
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As Achmed the Dead Terrorist says: "New guy."
But this new guy seems to have trouble blowing up anything other than the Left's "The Teabaggers did it!" theory
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WaPo Upset Tea Party Groups Are "Battling Perceptions of Racism"
I imagine their alternate title was "How much longer must we toil to make this stick?"
As several states with active "tea party" groups prepare to hold important primary elections this month, the movement is struggling to overcome accusations of racism that are tinting perceptions of this loose network of conservatives.
The challenge is made tougher by one of the defining elements of the tea party movement: No one person controls it. There is no national communications strategy. And incidents of racist slogans and derisive depictions of President Obama continue to crop up, providing fuel for critics who say the president's skin color is a powerful reason behind the movement's existence.
Amy Gardner and Krissah Thompson are among the cohort of Obama loyalists that
create accusations of racism by constantly insinuating that there is a problem of racism, without ever providing evidence much beyond imagery provided by LaRouche Democrats. Racist invective hurled at black Republicans has long been a staple of so-called "progressives," and the most "derisive depictions" of President Obama pale in comparison to the constant steam of caricatures, effigies, and threats directed at President Bush that these same journalists ignored for the proceeding eight years.
"Racism" is the charge brought up by progressives in the media and their elected allies because identity politics is all they have left. As more and more Americans realize that conservative fiscal policies are our best way out of this recession and that shrinking the government that the current Administration is so feverishly attempting to grow, sowing division—even where none exists—is the last desperate attempt to keep a real grass roots movement from enveloping and thwarting a radical President and his radical allies in Congress. Statists dream of establishing the ever more powerful, ever more controlling government that they seek to rule. Progressives want an easily led public with skin-deep diversity masking ideological conformity.
No wonder real ideological diversity, without strawman leaders to objectify and demonize, terrifies progressives so thoroughly.
Update: The progressive narrative
continues to collapse.
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President Obama, who sometimes seems to have something hairy and wrinkled in his mouth, has vulgarly called the tea party patriots "teabaggers". As CY points out, his minions, acolytes, and other real teabaggers claim the patriots are racists. This is a false charge. All these librul clowns should read this by Bill Jacobson:
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/05/democrats-worst-fear-is-about-to-come.html
Posted by: Fred Beloit at May 05, 2010 08:16 AM (aNJkH)
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When are white European people going to realize that no matter what they do they'll be called racist?
Racist/Racism is a term invented by the left to neuter white people and force them into supporting politically correct cultural marxism.
White people must start uniting as ... white people and stating it proudly. Who founded the USA?
The Free Speech Double Standard
http://www.truthinourtime.com/2009/12/free-speech-double-standard.html
Posted by: Elizabeth at May 05, 2010 08:44 AM (SFeFt)
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One of the problems that the left has is psychological. The problem is projection. They take their own character and assuming that those around them are acting in a similar way or similar purpose. Thus the wild charges of racism, dishonesty, etc.
One observation, I am seeing true honest to God blatant racism from the black community. But it is directed at Obama. They are calling him a long legged McDonald halfbreed. At least that was what one preacher had to say. I think blacks might be concerned about a raction from whites if this keeps up.
Posted by: David at May 05, 2010 08:55 AM (dccG2)
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"Amy Gardner and Krissah Thompson are among the cohort of Obama loyalists that create accusations of racism by constantly insinuating that there is a problem of racism, without ever providing evidence much beyond imagery provided by LaRouche Democrats."
Yeah, those durn people throwing around accusations of racism without evidence! How dare they?!
"Racist invective hurled at black Republicans has long been a staple of so-called "progressives,""
Yeah, those durn racist progressives!
Now let's check out the comments for a little bit of totally non-race-based discussion!
"Racist/Racism is a term invented by the left to neuter white people and force them into supporting politically correct cultural marxism.
White people must start uniting as ... white people and stating it proudly. Who founded the USA?"
Yeah! White power! White power!
Posted by: David at May 05, 2010 10:54 AM (upNQ+)
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The Tea Parties are not struggling to counter accusations of racism. That is the impressions progressives hope to create. So far it is working only in the Democrat lap-dog news media.
We laughing out lound at their pitiful attempts to scare us into submission. Keep it up girly-boys.
Teabaggers, indeed! Talk about projection.
Posted by: garrettc at May 05, 2010 11:45 AM (DQjJA)
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The news media loves to comment on the charges of racism and the tea party's inability to answer the charges that they themselves have levelled. So, Mr. Smith, when did you stop beating your wife? The news media does a pretty much similar thing when they level false accusations against the tea partiers and then denounce the tea partiers for their failure to prove that they are not racists.
Posted by: TimothyJ at May 05, 2010 12:03 PM (IKKIf)
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David,
Where did you get the quotes. There are certainly some who extoll white power, like stromfront, but the average commenter does not do this. I feel you need also to look at the source of the racism on the left. Lets start with the president and move through major news agents. This is a little different than the average Joe saying something.
Posted by: David at May 05, 2010 01:34 PM (dccG2)
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"derisive depictions of President Obama" does not equal "racist slogans".
Posted by: MikeM at May 05, 2010 03:01 PM (zfcnf)
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Mike,
Not any more than previous depictions of all the other presidents. If you can't deal with the cartoons, then don't take the job.
Posted by: David at May 05, 2010 03:26 PM (dccG2)
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Wow, while it is good to point out the left's steady "Racist!" rhetoric you missed the biggest line in the article:
"The challenge is made tougher by one of the defining elements of the tea party movement: No one person controls it. There is no national communications strategy."
Why not just say the fact it is a grassroots movement makes it hard to counter. That the Astroturf accusations are, at best, wrong or, at worst, blatant lies by people who should know better. Someone needs to check the continuity of the narrative they are trying unsuccessfully to put upon America. Oops
Posted by: James S. at May 05, 2010 09:29 PM (QcNoR)
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Yeah, those darned racist tea party folk. I am sure they would want children to be discriminated against in school on the basis of their skin color.
Yes, the conservatives are definitely the racists....
Posted by: iconoclast at May 05, 2010 10:34 PM (MZd0C)
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It Must Be Contagious
Spending all your time thinking, writing, and talking about homosexuality must eventually turn you gay.
Fred Phelps must be about to burst into flames...
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That is quite unfortunate, if true. It is sad that someone would condemn the actions of others that he himself participates in. It makes it all the more sad/hypocritical that it would be done by a minister who is supposed to be above reproach. It is not that this guy may be innocent, it is the very 'appearance of evil' that condemns him.
Posted by: TimothyJ at May 05, 2010 12:08 PM (IKKIf)
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We can only hope. Although I still have hopes for an asteroid strike that leaves a fifty foot crater with the words "An Example" branded in the bottom.
Posted by: Georg Felis at May 07, 2010 05:40 PM (eG/MC)
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