oil for the lamps of china

While the infirm of purpose congress of the United States blithers its way into destruction of the economy by chasing the chimera of energy salvation through wind and sun; China continues its efforts to secure an ever greater supply of oil. Incredibly, after all our efforts in Iraq, guess which country has made the best deal for Iraq's oil? What country has Iran's oil future in tow ? It is the same one that controls the oil in Darfur, Indonesia, and is working with Cuba, Venezuela and other oil producing states to share their production. While we genuflect to the quasi-religous global warming crowd, the worlds largest atmospheric polluter continues to increase its control over the fuel of modern industry. Our peerless leaders may still believe that our economy is the strongest in the world but eventually they will face the reality that occurs to all panglossian spendthrifts.

manipulating cap and trade

Does that group of inflated egos parading around Washington enjoy being hood-winked into voting for the new energy bill.Convinced by suppression of views at odds with the save the planet crew they vote a bill that will raise consumer costs , raise taxes and cost jobs . Suppression,yes, Alan Carlin senior research analyst at EPA authored a report critical of the role EPA contends co2 plays in global warming , the report pointed out peer reviewed references that cast doubt on the EPA view. He was directed not to speak to anyone outside the EPA National Center for Environmental Economics concerning the report. He was informed in writing "the administrator and the administratrion have decided to move forward on endangerment (by co2) and your comments do not help the legal or policy case for this decision..... Your comments would have a very negative impact on our office". I thought it was only the Bush administration that silenced scientists......

polling justice

The Congress was in a tizzy over some lawyers at the Justice department possibly fired for political reasons under Bush, ignoring the fact that Bill Clinton on taking office fired all of them. I hear no outcries from congress over the departments refusal to take serious action against the New Black Panthers' jackbooted thugs patrolling a Philadelphia polling place during the last election. Attorney General Holder is apparently comfortable with this intimidation of voters. The offenders were wearing black shirts which possibly distinguishes their conduct from brethren of an earlier era and another country who wore brown.

where do i go

I am a conservative. I believe in smaller government, fiscal responsibility, education, self-reliance, and integrity. What I hope for is immigration control, a balanced budget, free trade,energy independence and ,in an increasingly dangerous world, a strong military. What I wish for is a politician who puts his country before a constituency and re-election. What I don't care about politically are religion,atheism, abortion,sexual orientation these are things that don't deserve governmental attention in a society that is run for the benefit of all. These are things best left to an individual's conscience.I also don't care if people are white, purple,yellow ,red , black or brown. I also don't care if they are Polish,Irish , Russian, Ghanian, or of any other background. I only care if they are Americans. Now, my question what do i do with my vote ?

china's stash

While the grasshopper USA goes blithely on its way chasing the chimera of clean air , defusing global warming and bringing peace to the mid-east the industrious ants of China are no longer buying our debt. They are using the money from the trade imbalance to build stock piles of commodities. They are buying iron , copper, and grains and have stated that they will increase their strategic reserves of oil by 300 per cent. Is this cause for concern ? Not now, but will it be ? Guess. While we continue with the idea that man causes global "Climate Change" and that our puny efforts can some how control the climate the Chinese are preparing for the future whatever it may bring. While our politicians waste billions on ethanol to buy the votes of the corn lobby and Archer Daniel and hinder domestic oil exploration China prepares for the day of world wide oil and other commodity shortages. I guess it makes sense , think how pretty all those windmills of ours will look with a garden of tulips. We have placed our future on the altar of algoreianism.

where elite meet to patronize

The aristocracy of Washington and the media are blinded to reality by their incestuous relationship and deluded by their isolation from the general population. It is difficult to find a major issue in which the elite share the opinion of the populace. Gun control, anthropogenic cause of climate change,even climate change per se, treasury department, tea parties,whether business or government is better at operating things, immigration, bailouts, the list seems endless. The frustrating thing is that the plebeians are often correct while the condescending patricians are so often wrong. Intellectual growth comes from stimulus. Speaking to sycophants who reinforce your ego and opinions stagnates. When you add intellectual dullness to corruption the sum is a congress that is moribund and self serving.

uaw and treasury

Playing with public funds to buy Chrysler and and General Motors for the benefit of the UAW and the votes they will bring. It would be cheaper to pay each UAW member 300,000 each and tell them to retire. We are going to be on the hook for years to come pouring money into failed companies attempting to keep them alive at taxpayers expense and giving them an unfair competetive advantage over the only solvent american auto company, Ford. I would love to sit in the conference room when the UAW bargains with itself over wages and benefits. Under the government plans the UAW will be a 40percent owner of GM , the government a 50 percent owner and the taxpayer a never ending source of bailout funds for these elephantine monstrosities.

legal vote buying

I just received a letter from my estimable congressmen . It informed me that as a social security recipient I would be paid an additional 250 dollars, and that this largesse came from the president and congress's stimulus plan. I understand similar bribes are going to other groups including the largest to people who pay no taxes. Politicians from all over are applauding this plans originality. Bribing voters with their own money is a great political step forward almost eclipsing bribing voters with other peoples money.

inconvienent truth ignored by media

If you assume an ostrich position and bury your head in the ice perhaps the fact the the Antarctic ice cap is growing might not be as reportable as the chicken little claims that we are going to be inundated by rising seas. The fevered reporting of some ice shelf calving in the western Antarctic is in sharp contrast to the ignored report by the British Antarctic Survey based on work by the Antarctic cooperative survey that the Eastern ice area which is four times larger than the Western is growing and denser than it has been in decades. For the sea level to rise appreciably there would have to be extreme melting of the Antarctic ice cap.This is not occuring. Why has A P and the general media ignored this story. I guess they don't want to rain on the U N , Al Gore and his sycophantic congressional and administratiion followers. It is deplorable that psuedo-science is the basis for much of our political leaders work.

welcome to utopia

The congress is nationalizing banks. The congress is nationalizing insurance companies.The congress is nationalizing health care. The congress is considering nationalizing newspapers. The EPA is going to control the emission of carbon dioxide. The congress is increasing the use of ethanol even though it is scientificaly condemned .The administration rejoices. We are being dragged into the third world where bloated bureaucrats replace bloated capitalists. When a government controls banks,insurance, health, education , factories, and newspapers it will result in tyranny. I'm afraid even the ACLU will be muzzled unless they become handmaidens to this change.

fdic:federal deposit investment co.

The FDIC ( Federal Deposit Insurance Company) is an agency created by the government in 1933 for the purpose of insuring bank accounts and restoring faith in the banking system. Now, in the greatest flim -flammery in my experience the administration, without even a vote from congress, plans to use FDIC funds to insure private investment in "toxic bank assets". This will be done by insuring the purchasers of toxic assets from banks against loss. This is a perversion of the purpose of the agency, and probably not legal. Use of FDIC assets in this manner certainly does not restore faith in the banking system.

talk with the animals

President Obama wants to reach out to the "moderate Taliban". Who are the moderate Taliban? Do they exist? During the Inquisition were there moderate inquisitors? The very nature of Taliban is religious conformity . If you are not a zealot you are not a Taliban.The total naiveté of our commander in chief is appalling or his hypocrisy is appalling. Perhaps we should blame the leftist pollyannas who see all people as holding identical views and wishing for the same things in life.

mortgage garbage

Occasionally I reflect on my cynicism and wonder if I am being unfair to the habitues of Washington. Then a situation arises that enforces my attitude. The former ceo of Fannie Mae ,Franklin Raines , who is an economic advisor to the president ,not only fudged the books at Fannie Mae and walked away with millions in bonus money but joined the illustrious Senator Dodd in accepting mortgage favors from Country Wide Financial and lied about accepting such favors under oath. Will he be prosecuted? Don't hold your breath he contributed too much to Senator Dodd, Congressman Frank, and others including the ex senator in the white House.

Incredability

I will pull the troops out of Iraq (on george bush's schedule and keep 50000 there indefinetly)..I will examine every bill
for earmarks and not allow them (except for the 7800 seperate pork projects for my friends injected into the budget bill).I will defend the borders of the United States (by appointing Gov.Napalitano ,who will not recognize there is a border war underway).I will insure energy independence. (by not considering nuclear energy or clean coal only an increase in ethanol ). I will not apoint lobbyists , or tax evaders to high positions. (except ones I like) .Promises, promises another politician. Are you disenchanted too?

two hard truths

Democracy will only last until those who have less realize that they can vote themselves more. A government that can give you everything can take away everything. Not original thoughts but hard truths. At this point in our history not only do we have a realization on the part of the fifty per cent of the population who pay no income taxes, that they can vote for a group that promises them more , and will fill that promise at the expense of the group that pays income taxes. This vote will doom the continuation of the nation as a democracy and insure the rise of bureaucratic government. The voters will find they have traded their freedom for a mess of governmental pottage. The bureaucrats will determine what you need and if you will get it .The trade was economic disparity for bureaucratic rule. Good Luck

winds of change

In 1933 the U.S. government bowed to the inevitable, took us off the gold standard, and devalued the dollar. The depression of the 30's ended in 1934 and stayed quiescent until 1937 when the treasury, buoyed by this success, raised interest rates which moved us back in to a depression. That was relieved by WW II.The huge debt the feds now enjoy can not be repaid but it can be paid off with a debased currency the temptation, and yes, the necessity, will force devalation.

gaming obama

I now have a mortgage on my house for 190,000. When I took out this mortgage my house was worth 270,000 now it is worth 220,000. If I take out a second mortgage now, with my excellent credit, of 30,000 I will be under water and entitled to help with the mortgage. Is this right? Hell no, but if I had bought the house for 220, and refinanced it when it was worth 270,000 and gotten an extra 50,000 to buy my las vegas vacation. . I would now be underwater and entitled to government assistance of some kind with my mortgage. I'll be damned if I want to help out all the stupid refinancers and the mortgage companies that made those crappy loans.

a rose by any other name still smells

The arctic ice cap is growing again . The antarctic has more ice than anytime in the last 71 years. The world temperature has declined .07 celsius degrees in the last ten years Still the carbon dioxide level continues to rise. What to do if you have drawn a wrong conclusion from observable facts. Change the game. We are no longer , i hope , gullible enough to fear anthropogenic causes for global warming so the vested interests in the warming hysteria have a new charge "Global Climate Change". This is genius, now wether or not the future weather is warmer or colder the Savonorolas of climate can argue their prescience and continue to affect political policy and garner financial rewards. Please, sycophants of Al Gore, realize climate has always changed,always will change until entropy occurs and the earth is one ball of ice.

Atheist zealots

The most irritating facet of organized religion is zealotry. It is also the most dangerous. Insistance on and promotion of a single viewpoint as the only way to find ones way in a world of myriad paths is the epitome of hubris. Therefore, I eschew religion and follow an atheist path. I still do , but the new movement of atheist zealotry is depriving me of a philosphical niche. I think it is as ridiculous to insist on a disbelief as to insist on a belief. Obverse views on belief systems can co-exist, without rancor, if zealots would stop insisting we follow their paths.

emotional high

The Rocky Mountain News published a picture of Barack Obama surrounded by CSU college students. Their emotional state reminded me of pictures of kids welcoming the Beatles back in the sixties. The Messianic appeal the candidate has to his admirers is frightening. Savanorola, Peter the Hermit,Frank Sinatra and less admirable characters in historical times have stirred similar passions. Perhaps I have missed it in the past, I have been through seventeen presidential elections, but the frenzy of these supporters seems higher than the normal excitement of elections. I think elections have been lowered by media coverage to promotion of personalities. I think that we have entered an era where politics should be labeled entertainment rather than serious business .

sexist press bias

The national press has been all over Sarah Palin ,they question her inexperience in foreign affairs and her "readiness to be president". They do not ask the same questions of Joe Biden. I was struck by the different treatment afforded to Biden after his assertation " that president Roosevelt went on television to reassure the nation at the time of the 1929 crash " . Of course, we know Hoover was president in 1929 and television wasn't to arrive until 1940. The inimitable Joe also invited a state legislator, who happens to be a paraplegic "to stand up and be recognized by the audience", lovely. Neither of these incidents nor his dispargement of clean coal, in a coal mining state, in contravention of Obama's position, made headlines . I can only imagine what an uproar would have occured if Ms. Palin made these gaffes.

reply to unlearned zealot

While I appreciate Congressman Perlmutter"s attempt to lay all the blame for present economic turmoil on the Bush administration, carefully over looking the brilliant contributions of democrats and republican members of congress,I would like to iterate some history. Subsequent to the 1929 debacle the "Glass -Steagle Act" was passed along with the "Bank Holding Company Act" these acts effectively prohibited banks from acting in non-banking activities like bond underwriting and investment banking.
Sniping at these restrictions started in 1960 reached a crescendo in 1987 resulting in the federal reserve voting 3 to 2 to ease restrictions. Paul Volcker objected strenuously, fearing that lenders would lower loan standards. The lobbying for further easing continued unabated for years , with Greenspan ,the new head of the Fed, as an ally. In November of 1999 President Clinton signed a bill repealing "Glass-Steagall".
"Fannie Mae". was created in 1938 to insure funds for mortgages which private lenders were loath to make in the wake of the depression. It provided funds to local banks to make loans to raise home ownership.then the mortgages owned by "Fannie Mae" became security for loans to "Fannie Mae" at rates lower than it was charging homeowners, this was profit. This secondary market was the private domain of "Fannie Mae" . In 1968 Lyndon Johnson privatized "Fannie Mae" in order to remove it from the federal budget, In 19 70 "Freddie Mac" another "government sponsored enterprise" was created ostensibly to relieve the monopoly position of "Fannie Mae".
In 2003 the management of "Fannie Mae" was charged with manipulation of earnings in order to increase bonuses, 50 million for executive Franklyn Raines and unknown amount for Jamie Gorlick.The two organizations contributed millions to politicians of both parties,. however the largest contributions from 1989 to present went to the impeccable Christopher Dodd, John Kerry, Barrick Obama. President Bush on numerous occasions tried to place some controls on these entitities but was thwarted by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. There is enough blame for this mess to tar everybody some republicans and some democrats but the whole of Washington is at fault

political ostriches

Congress can not continue to play ostrich with its head in the sand, posterior exposed position on domestic oil drilling. It is not the obvious problem of transferring 800 billion dollars a year to countries with no regard for the welfare of the U S but one of national security. Please connect the dots. China is buying up oil from Iran , the Sudan , Nigeria, and every where else it can. Russia now controls oil and gas shipments to Europe. Chavez in Venezuela controls shipments to America and could act in consort with friendly Iran and Russia to cut oil supplies to the U S . Russian naval ships are conducting manuevers with Venezuela in the Carribean. Will the politically driven congress acknowledge the threat. Heck no , they will continue to ignore the obvious and pander for votes with anti "big oil" talk and promises of a future based on alternative energy.

brazil's alternative fuel

For many years environmentalists have been using Brazil as an example of the efficacy of ethanol as an alternative fuel. Ethanol accounted for twenty per cent of Brazil's transportation need . Brazil still remained the fifteenth largest oil importing nation. In an effort to remedy this, Brazil's national oil company went on an exploratory drilling program. In five years it tripled Brazilian oil production. This development ,however was over shadowed in the past year with the offshore discovery of the Tupi field , expected to yield thirty to seventy billion barrels of oil. The Brazilian government , in a brilliant move , has declared that it does not want to become a crude oil exporter but will build refineries for their oil, and export gasoline , diesel, and other refined products with higher value. Is it possible that this example might inspire our benighted politicians to do something to increase domestic production ,make it possible to build some refineries, and stop transferring sixty billion dollars a month to foreign oil producers?

free beer

I really don't know if this is legal but it sure seems amoral. Barrick Obama has stated that if he is elected he would work to get a one thousand dollar rebate to voters and eliminate any taxes on seniors earning less than fifty thousand dollars. Is this buying votes ? If a candidate said vote for me and I'll give you one thousand dollars it sure would be illegal. I don't see the difference, I guess I'm too naive for politics

obamas math class

Obama starts off with ten percent lead among all voters through the "non -racist" vote of ninety four per cent of black voters. That means of the remining ninety percent of voters he has to garner 45 percent of the remaining votes while Mccain must get 55 percent of remaining votes to win ,pretty tough, but remenber Obama had a twenty percent ( higher percentage of black delegates) built in advantage over Hillary and she pulled out most of the eleven last primaries

bigotry or denial

White comedians can't tell jokes that denigrate blacks, women , jews or moslems, or the handicapped. . They can pick on Christians and white businessmen. Black comedians are slightly less restricted only because they can stereotype fellow blacks. There is one minority that both can stereotype and mock with impunity, the elderly. I don't think it is done out of meaness I think it is done and applauded because people realise that they are going to be elderly and think by chortling at the supposed foibles that accompany some aging people they can delay or deny their own arrival at this stage of life. I think it is perfectly allright, actually laudable for an older person to laugh at his contemporaries and his infirmaties, just as it is fine for a black guy to satirize his fellows actions. It does gall me when people frightend of their own mortality set up elderly people as surrogates for their anxieties

canaries in a coal mine

The travail of the airline industry is a warning to the zealots of the environmental movement and shortsighted politicians who cater to them, by opposing coal , oil, and nuclear energy, of what the economy of this country will be like in a few years.

political pelosi

Nancy Pelosi has suggested that oil from the petroleum reserve be released to alleviate gas prices. Of course the reserve is to be used when there is an emergency.If Venezuela, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, or other close friends of the United States would cut oil supplies then we could use the reserve. The reserve is not to be used to further the political ambitions of the Speaker. It would be more helpful to a reeling economy if Nancy and her crew would encourage further domestic production but that would antagonise her green suporters.
Incidentally , I wonder where the oil to replace what was released would come from. I guess Venezuela , Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria. I can't imagine what the price would be.

gimme that old time religion

Friday, June 27, 2008


Martin Luther created a new church with "95 Thesis". Al Gore created one with one movie. Algoreinism with its millions of algorean acolytes is as much a belief system as any religion. It brooks no dissent and demands blind belief from its followers. Its tenant is that global warming is occuring and that man is the cause. While evidence is fairly convincing that global warming is occuring ( in spite of the fact that global temperatures have not moved up for ten years ). It is less certain that carbon dioxide is the cause of any increase. Carbon dioxide has increased over last ten years so the correlation has been weakend. Inconvenient facts have not raised doubts among the true believers in the press or among the public. This church has immense political clout so let us examine its commandments.
1. Thou shall not doubt that global warming is occuring and will remain blind to any evidence to the contrary.
2. Thou art the cause of climate change through use of carbon based fuels.
3. Thou shall preserve the earth for thy progeny even if they have to go hungry and cold
4. Thou shall not question the preservation of areas which only the elite of the church will be able to enjoy.
5. Thou shall keep unbelievers fearful and insist that only through Algorenism can they be saved
6 Thou shall tithe to the Sierra Club , PETA , Friends of the Earth and all other organizations supporting the church so that the selfless acolytes who run these organizations will be well paid.
7.Thou shall stretch facts in order to further the interests of the church and raise money.
8.Thou shall demean any scientists who questions the beliefs of the church as a tool of vicious oil compnanies or other capitalistic despoilers of the environment.
9. Thou shall hold hikers , backpackers, in higher esteem than skiers mountain bikers, horseback riders, the handicapped and other despoilers of the pristine wilderness.
10. Thou shall celebrate the name of our founder, Algore and hold all of his edicts as gospel , as he is infallable in matters of faith.

vote?

Vote,Why? Neither of the two candidates for president or congress want to face reality. Our economy is headed for disaster unless we increase our domestic production of oil, and build some refineries. It is all very well to say conservation and alternative energy sources will, in thirty years ,make us energy independent.What about the interim. We are exporting two billion dollars a day to countries that are essentially our enemies. In the long run we can achieve energy independence without oil but in the long run we might not have a nation to enjoy it.

fat chance

As an atheist i am appalled at a university art exhibit ("Cooper Union ") in New York . A crucifix and rosary beads are depicted trailing out of the anus of a statue of the crucified Christ. Not one riot has occurred nor has their been a major demonstration over this obscenity. This points to a difference between modern Christians and Moslems and tacit acceptance by the media of "art "insulting to Christians. If this was desecration of Mohammed or the Koran I'm certain the media and the ACLU would be all over it.

Bear with Me

I am delighted that we can protect polar bears, whose numbers have doubled over the last four decades, as a threatened species. When will we protect man whose population is growing as fast,from famine ? What a bunch of warm and fuzzy nonsense. This is a transparent effort to prevent oil drilling in Alaska. It won't stop the Russians or Chinese

i have met the enemy

The comedians all blame Cheney and Bush for high oil prices. I submit another culprit, the Congress.I cannot believe that the congress could act in the fashion it does without recieving support from "Big Oil"and foreign governments. The dramatic rise in oil price has come about because of congress opposing the development of nuclear energy, clean coal, building of oil refineries, domestic development of oil resources, and foisting on the public hair brained schemes like subsidized ethanol. These policies result in increased dependence on imported oil and transfer of a billion and a half dollars a day to foreign oil producers. A corallary of this transfer is the continuing devaluation of the dollar. Any attempt to increase domestic production does not have a chance because of congressional opposition. Who benefits from this congressional behavior : Big Oil and and foreign government oil companies, while consumers suffer. It's difficult to believe this occurs because of stupidity.

Zealotry And Common Sense

Zeal in search for solutions is commendable . Zealots ,however, are not. Green zealotry, has placed our nation perilously close to economic disaster. It is responsible for our over dependence on foreign oil and lack of development of energy sources. The real "Inconvenient Truth" is that when economic disaster occurs, through lack of energy in the U S,solutions to environmental concerns will no longer be affordable.

wishing won't make it so

Reality eludes our political leaders. They seem to believe that what they wish for will happen. Examples abound , they believe that energy independence can be achieved though conservation and uninvented substitutes for petroleum. They believe that coverting food to fuel is without repercussions. They believe that global warming is ethnogenically caused and we can combat it by reducing our "carbon footprint". They believe that militant Islam is not a threat to the West and if we accede to demands it will go away. Perhaps they should recognise reality. If we wish energy independence we must have more domestic oil production , we must use clean coal and nuclear energy. We must stop production of the environmentally damaging and useless ethanol.If global warming is a threat we should be preparing for change rather than trying to prevent the inevitable. Militant Islamists have openly declared their intention to destroy the West. We cannot ignore them as we ignored the open declarations in "Mein Kampf" and allow them to use the democractic egaliterean processes of the West to accomplish their purposes. Wishing can get votes but facing reality is survival.

weary of the green

The ethanol fiasco is only the tip of the iceberg in the fatuous "green" movement. We are bombarded with advertising and living style information daily extolling "green" . Today the local newspaper was exhorting us to have a "green" kitchen. Yesterday I was encouraged to have a "green" home. Tomorrow I will be faced with advertising selling "green " paper towels, cleaning products, building materials,home appliances, automobiles, on and on ad nauseum. Believe it or not, some company is selling insurance by promising to donate part of the premium for "green" projects. I'm so weary of the "green" I'm going to pass on green beer for St Patrick's day and tear up my green card.

halleluah

The mainstream media is waking up to the folly of ethanol which we have been ranting over for years. Time magazine has a cover article puncturing the ballon of environmental benefits of ethanol and iterating the horrible effect on food prices. Now, if they would trumpet the fact that in spite of increasing co2 in the atmosphere the world temperature has not increased and actually has decreased slightly we may be on our way to a more rational approach to climate change. It gauls me that even that anti-darwin Limbaugh saw thru this agricultural con game while our illustrious confederation of idiots in Washington are redoubling their efforts to sell us on ethanol and fluorescent lightbulbs. light bulbs.

food prices unintended consequences

The crusade to save the environment , led by the deluded "c" student and Virgina law school drop out scion of a political family, has resulted in mass hunger among the poor of the poorest nations and desperation among the working class people of the developed nations. Grain prices have tripled for corn, soybeans and wheat since the untennable descision to use grains for fuel. Politicians are not known for their regular visits to supermakets , they remain blissfully unaware of the stratafiric rise in food prices. The crusade has also prevented utilization of domestic crude oil reserves and expansion of refining capacity leaving the nation open to blackmail by countries which control world energy supplies and cause high prices for gasoline and heating oil. When are the crusaders going to realize their irrational zeal has exceded good sense? Unfortunately, not soon, the new energy bill calls for tripling grain alchohol production and not one move to provide further oil exploration or new refining capacity.

precious liberties

Why aren't the ACLU and other groups concerned about losing our liberties standing up to stupid goverment requirements for use of ethanol. The requirement in the energy bill requiring replacement of incandescent bulbs with flourescents surely interferes with my rights and can hardly be justified as as nescessary, except by maufacurers of the replacements. Of course these idiotic measures are being done in the name of reducing "global warming" a sure fire argument with the boobery that makes up most of the TV addicted public.

Environmental truth

When poverty comes in the door environmentalism flies out the window.

sleeping dogma

With the dollar declining in value every day ,we still refuse to develop our oil reserves and continue to send our wealth overseas. Environmentalists wake up. We will soon not have enough money to cater your causes. It takes wealth to be environmentally correct. The direction we are pursuing will lead to environmental degradation from lack of money. Where poverty exists environmental concerns vanish.

nine years to bank failure

The Glass-Steagel Act of 1933 seperated investment bankers from banking. It was passed to prevent just the idiocy and greed that bankers exhibited in 1932. Once again congress in its position of prostitute to special interests like Archer Daniels, Environmental groups, bankers etc. repealed the Act.... look at the result.....Bear Stearns , defaults on crappy mortgages that were packadged and sold as investments, failure of bond insurers, all due to the greed of investment bankers, abetted by stupid ,or negligent, or corrupt congress.

desperate

How long can we let national policy be dictated by radical environmental ideas to the point where we send our national wealth to other countries , and depend on their good will to obtain oil to keep our economy running : instead of trying to reduce dependence, not only by methods that hold promise over time ,but by developing our domestic energy supplies? I hope before the dollar becomes worthless internationally, but I'm afraid it is going to take a crisis before panicked action is taken.

romping to extinction

Gleefully filled with salacious tales of celebrity mischief, raucously defending environmental rights and reviling industry , unquestioningly accepting doomsday announcements of ethnogencally caused climate change our democracy stumbles on. Is it possible, as one amazed and disgruntled observerver suggested to me, that congress is purposely working against the best interests of the nation ?
When I rejected this notion he became quite agitated, suggesting I couldn't find my rump with both hands, and began to enumerate unfortunate policies and acts of the governing powers. First he insisted look at the latest priorities of congress, investigating use of steroids by athletes, objecting to a world famous physician touting a lifesaving drug,and protecting polar bears. They attend to these zephyrs of importance while the hurricane winds , of militant Islam , China, energy policy, the decreasing value of the dollar,illegal immigration,and social security reform go unattended or given pathetic attempts at solution.
Turning to recent actions , he referred to the "tax rebate" to almost all taxpayers and non-taxpayers wondering how borrowing more money from China to give to citizens so they could pay for higher priced food and gasoline was accomplishing anything other than buying votes and contributing to the decline of the dollar which is largely responsible for the higher prices.
Speaking of buying votes turned his attention to the "energy bill" which instead of looking to a future where we might free ourselves to some extent from the threat of blackmmail by the likes of Chavez and Saudi Arabia they completely capitulated to
Archer Daniel Midland and "Big Corn" by requiring increases in production and use of ethanol in spite of studies showing it is more deleterious to the environment than gasoline and in spite of evidence that using food for fuel is causing unbearable price increases in food. This stupidity was compounded by a provision in the bill to phase out incandescent bulbs in favor of flourescents as an energy saving measure completely ignoring the problems that arise from disposing of these mercury containing bulbs or the difficulty of remedying breakage. Nowhere in this bill is a plan for energy production, no where a call for nuclear plants, or clean coal, or even for increased drilling of oil wells..The bill is a sop to the environmentally correct; full of feel good measures, that might after fifty years have some effect on our energy problem. Now the latest move is to remove tax incentives on production of oil and move more money to additional "research" on alternative energy sources which may reduce our needs at some mystical time in the future. How do we heat our homes and drive our cars and keep production going from our factories and farms until the millenium arrives.
Congress has totally embraced the radical " chicken little " global warming scenario. If that scenario is correct and global warming is ethnogenicly caused anything our country does to ameliorate the cause is about as effective as sweeping back the tides. World population is growing therefore more greenhouse gases just from bodily fnctions.
. China builds a new coal burning power plant every 6 days, India is building cheap automobiles for its population therefore our turning down thermostats is a joke. Most scientists, who believe in ethnogenicly caused warming think we have already reached the point where no action will reverse the process, scientists who don't agree with human caused warming point at the futility of such efforts. What might be useful is a program to prepare for the consequences of warming rather than trying to negate it.
With the dollar falling to new lows congress still acts as if we were a creditor nation rather than one in deep debt to foreign countries . Witness the "Millenium Bill " just rushed throgh the senate . This gem requires us to give .07% of our gross national product to foreign handouts about an additional 30 billion to what we already do, these sums might be better used for health insurance here at home. The bill also has some very peculiar language that seems to allow the corrupt U N great power over our deliberations.
Social Security is a program on the way to extermination. Thhere are not enough workers to support recepients. Yet the congress added a drug benefit to an already under funded program.Select Social Security recipients are taxed on social security payments but instead of those taxes going to fund social security ,they are put in the general fund to be earmaked for pork projects. Congress refuses to reform the program.
Illegal immigration is a major problem but the government does very little to stem the tide of illegals. Elected officials are afraid of losing the "Hispanic vote". However most citizen hispanics do not approve of illegals. There are laws but they are not enforced. Of course there is a coalition of employers who want the cheap labor. It is up to goverment to find ,enact and enforce a solution.
The litany was losing steam so he glossed over he the failures of the intellegence community which led us into Iraq, the politically correct rules that deny security from "Homeland Security", and congress' total lack of ability to act coherently on anything.
, I had no answer to this tirade except that it was probably stupidity not intentional. I checked AOL celebrity gossip, joined the rest of the lemmings, and headed for the cliff.

capitol capers

While Congress concerns itself with athletes and drugs China increases its military, Chavez threatens oil blockade,Iraq and Afghanistan continue, and congress buys your vote with your money. If the I.Q. of these illustrious leaders were 2 points higher they'd qualify as rocks and if their ethical I.Q was measured, as lizards.

green mail blackmail

Venezuela dictator Chavez is threatening to cut off oil sales to the United States. Our considered response to this threat is to produce more ethanol from food crops, a joke.We obviously cannot succumb to Chavez blackmail. Our legislators , however have genuflected to the environmental greenmail, which has rendered us vulnerable to Chavez and his ilk, by prohibitng oil exploration in Alaska and off shore.

marry in haste

Succumbing to the clamor to "do something about global warming" our leaders hastily decided to invest our future in ethanol. Even now when general scientific opinion is that ethanol is no less, and possibly more polluting then gasoline, they have mandated a doubling of its use, and have subsidised the industry at 1.38 dollars per gallon.The next fiasco in the making is the ban on incandescent bulbs. Theoreticaly this move will save energy by replacing them with fluorescents. The energy cost of disposing of these mercury containing replacements and the effort needed to decontaminate if one breaks, is totally ignored in the haste to appear "green " and aware.

arlen spectacle

Has the senior senator from Pennsylvania completely lost all sense of proportion?. He wants to investigate spying by, not the Chinese, but the New England Patriots. Is this what we elect senators to do, tackle ephemeral and stupid issues. Next he'll wish to take testimony on the psychiatric treatment Brittany Spears is undergoing. How purile can our elected congress people be and what further wastes of taxpayer funds and time can they invent?

judge not

While considering the the case of Indiana's new law requiring voter I D Justice Stevens asked if "this law would favor one political party over another".May I submit this is an impermissable consideration . The justices are charged with determining the constutionaliity of the law not political implications. If Justice Stevens wishes to change laws he should resign from the bench and run for the legislature. Fat chance.

is any one out there

Congress is concerned, so they pass an energy bill which which mandates an increase in discredited ethanol use, mandates use of toxic fluorescent bulbs , demands increases in mileage over years . Where are these people getting these ineffective asinine ideas? The first proposal has doubled grain prices, the second creates an environmantal hazard, and the third is a mirage. Until a viable alternative to oil is found increased production of oil is essential to our economy but these sages would rather see the economy falter than commit the country to further energy production from, coal, nuclear, or oil. If only our elected representatives would restrict themselves to important matters like drug use in major league baseball perhaps we would all sleep better.

Gored by bull

The inimitable Al Gore blames the United States for holding up material progress against green house gases. O.K. Al , please explain why from 1997 to 2004 world wide emissions increased 18%... Kyoto signatories emissions increased 21% . Non Kyoto participants increased 10% and the horrible U S emissions increased 6.6%. Bashing the US quite often results in an Noble prize.

Oh sweet Myster of LIfe

The favored organzation of corruption the UN is bemoaning the scarcity of food in the world. Our congress in its infinite wisdom calls for a huge increase in grain based fuel to reduce our dependence on foreign oil but will not permit drilling of our own oil reserves. Net result less food , less fuel and further dependence on foreign oil. I have to belive the actions of congress are dictated by pandering for votes. Monumental stupidity is not an option , or is it.

no sin city

New York ! New York! that healthy old town. Mayor Bloombergs spa city has not only prohibited smoking and the use of trans-fats in cooking but now will only liscence pushcarts that sell fruits and vegetables exclusively. Next he will force us all to drink eight glassses of water a day, except in times of drought or broken water main, and start off the day with a shot of prune juice....

addiction cure

The price of wheat topped $10.00 a bushel for the first time in history. Our congress people have mandated a sevenfold increase in ethanol production from grain. Thus they will curb our addiction to oil and to food with one magnificent stroke.

Gorefied nonsense

The belief of ethnologic caused global warming suffered another blow with publication in the prestigous ""International Journal of Climatology" (aren't all science journals "prestigous")of studies done at the Universities of Rochester, Alabama, and Virginia which purport to show human affect on climate are minor and the principle cause of global warming is variations in the sun. This brought an immediate reaction from the high priests of the ethnological hierachy, afraid of losing their cushy jobs at the U.N., stating that these findings did not comport with the consensus view on global warming therefore these scientists would be excommunicated along with the rest of the dissenters. They further drew attention to the fate of dissenters in history; Galileo, Kepler,Wegener,Jenner, Lister, Simmelwies etc., and urged these radicals to recant before heresy invited an "auto de fe".

The Elusive Truth

Where are the seers , the cassandras who tell the truth ? Not around here. Promises of relief from global warming if we reduce co2 emissions are totally empty. We could all stop breathing and global warming would continue to occur. Let us not waste time on stupid feel good remedies,if warming is going to occur let's prepare for the affects. If seas will rise let's move from the areas that will be affected or at least protect them. If weather will no longer allow traditional crops, plant something else or move to an area which will allow planting. These stupid calls to erase carbon footprints etc. will do nothing to to stop an inexorable natural process. If warming is going to escalate prepare. It's better than cooling.....

OPEC currency

The latest salvo in the war against America has been fired by Iran's president with a suggestion to OPEC that they institute a new currency and value oil with the new currency instead of "currency that continues to lose value". When are the sleeping political leaders going to realize that while we may not be losing the armed war against terror we are ignoring the constant erosion of our economic clout. We must develop our own oil reserves before it is too late or Venezuela and the rest of the countries that wish us ill can exert the power oil gives them and destroy our economy. In which case their will be no "carbon footprint" to worry over.

Take the Fifth

I am distressed at the high profile cases where no crime is alledged except not confessing to wrong doing. What has happened to the right against self incrimination.? Doesn't anyone tell Martha Stewart, Scooter Libby or Barry Bonds to just shut up .? Why is it a crime to not confess to a crime ?

third world express

It is sad to watch the United States hurtling into third world status because of the religous belief that ethnogenicaly produced carbon dioxide is a significant cause of global warming.

amnesty international

Amnesty International continually attacks the United States as a repressive and tyranical power. Yet, when it wants to accomplish some worthy goal it does not petition China, Russia or France or any other nation to help out. It petitions that depraved United States. I guess it is because the United States press is the only outlet that sees the organnization as relevant

ostriches

All the democrat candidates are united in one cause, that we decrease our reliance on foreign oil. They are also united in refusing to allow drilling in the arctic or off the coasts. They are united in pushing ethanol as fuel, wind power , etc. in spite of the many learned studies showing the futility of of these panaceas . They are united against nuclear power and clean coal plants. They are united against common sense solutions to dependence on foreign oil. They are pandering to perceived public opinion while our vulnerability to oil blackmail by Venezuela, Iran , and Indonesia increases and China continues to deal for more oil. This is abominable , incidentaly, most of the republican candidates also refuse to address the issue realisticly. A pox on both their houses.

social security ??????

Once again the congress and administration are up to "means testing " social security.When will these uninformed people realize that social security is already " means tested" through taxing social security payments of high earners. High earners congress has defined as single people with incomes, including social security, of thirty two thousand dollars. Gosh , what wealthy people. It is sinful, the luxury that thirty two thousand dollars provides.

2005 redux food prices

Food prices , fueled by demand for grains, are rising at the fastest pace in 17 years. The price of bread has increased 24 percent in one year.. Yet, our uninformed congress and president bow to the demands of pressure groups to increase and subsidize the transformation of corn into fuel. This is patently ridiculous. It annoys me because two years ago the unintended consequence was readily apparent to anyone with half a brain and no desire to win votes from the farm bloc or campaign contributions from Archer Daniel Midland.

I surrender

I cannot keep up my Pantheon of Prosecutorial Nifong Potato Heads. There are so many my list making task is becoming onerous and depressing. The latest ; a 15 year old trying to impress girls accidentaly backed over a child :scared, he drove off. He has been charged as an adult with vehicular homocide. If convicted he will enter years of incarceration as a child and be released as as a hardend criminal. A mother neglectfully kills her child and is charged with murder. What purpose is served by indictments like this ? There should be a crime termed "terminal stupidity" under which people could be charged for events of this type and prosecutors would have an alternative to idiocy.

whatever happened to the ACLU

Once upon a time their was a noble protector of free speech, civil rights and the underdogs. I cannot recognise that in the present day ACLU. Where is the organization that stood up for the rights of Nazi's to parade. I have not seen one example in the last ten years where the ACLU has supported the rights of of anyone, or group, on the right of the political spectrum. They have become blind to abuse of individual rights of people whose politics they disagree with. This is not the orginization I idealistically supported for many years. It has become a nasty partisan political group. Interested mostly in awarded attorney fees for its lawyers, and ignoring injustices to those not endorsing its aims.

coming out of the stall

I do not understand why solicitation for unpaid sex occuring in a public lavatory is a crime. I could understand why committing a sex act in public is a crime. My concern is what makes a public lavatory different from the normal hetero or homosexual pick up bar where solicitation for sex occurs regularly and nobody is ever charged with a crime. Maybe it is because the ambience in a public bathroom is so conducive to sex, ugh.

what war on terror

Please, some body in authority stop being politically correct. This is not a war on terror. This is an attempt to stave off attacks by a militant army of Jihadist Muslims who believe they are fighting a Holy War against infidels that will eventually result in muslim hegemony over a large part of the world. The pathetic attempts by politicaly correct apologists ignore the realities in the same manner Hitlers"s avowed purpose was ignored. The West cannot afford the luxury of ignoring the expressed aim of these attackers. This is not a threat to be thwarted by police but only through recognition that it is a war: not of our choosing, but a war.

where's the ACLU

New York city board of education is opening a school for middle eastern muslim children. The school will only teach about Arab culture and not religion. Please tell me how you divorce Arab culture from Islam. Since Islam is a state religion it would seem that the two are inextricably combined. It totally naive to believe they can be divorced. Italian immigrants were not provided with Catholic schools, Jews not prvided with schools, Buddhisis not provided with schools. If they had been the ACLU would have sued on seperation of church and state grounds . Where is the ACLU. Busy fighting over t-shirts and crosses in graveyards.. What a duplicitous orginazation.. As Stalin said , useful idiots..

no drilling within 50 miles

No drilling for oil within 50 miles of the Florida coast. Does this rule apply to the Venezualens, Cubans and Chinese who intend to explore Cuban waters ? Do similar restrictions apply to the Russians who intend to explore the Arctic ? Nope, they . only apply to our domestic companies: energy independence , my foot.

Arrogant Asses

The U S senate has a plethora of pompous and arrogant asses. They range from Republican pontificators to Democrat platitudenors. The leaders in these catagories are Trent Lott and Leaky Leahy. These two better look to their laurels they have just been challenged by Senator Chuck Schumer who stated that no new supreme court justices would be confirmed " unless they conformed to mainstream American values". Guess who decides what are "mainstream values".? Why , obviously that talented savant Senator Schumer. Hubris? Heck no , asinine confidence in his own abilities, which he assuredly posesses , derived from constant accolades of his sychophantic staff. Does anybody ever tell these preening peacocks they have no feathers?

panthon of prosecutorial idiots

D A Bradley Berry of Oregon joins my pantheon of prosecutorial meglamaniacs for originally indicting two 13 year olds for felony sexual abuse for engaging in junior high school horseplay. He has dropped the charge to a misdemeaner and advised probation However these kids would have to register as sex offenders a stigma that would follow all their lives. What good does giving prosecutorial discretion accomplish when given to prople without any common sense. For his action he recieves my Golden Potato Head Nifong Award for the week. I intended to only give one a month but worthy recepients abound and it is a disservice to ignore them.

America cannot exist without oil

Is there one courageous politician willing to tell it like it is, in the face of environmental opposition? America can not exist without oil. It is disquieting to read the sloganeering that prevents us from developing our own oil reserves. I challenge the "save Alaska for our children" brigade to explain how their children will have the opportunity to experience Alaska when the American economy is in shambles as a result of world oil being ninety nine per cent controlled by foreign governments. They are not constrained from economic blackmail. I presume it will be working as roughnecks in the arctic for Chinese controled companies. We cannot have a military without oil. We cannot have agriculture or industry without oil. Pie in the sky promises of ethanol, wind power, solar power providing all the energy we need are are false . We cannot rely on such measures in a competitive world of increasing population. I'm all for protecting the environment. I want a realistic approach , holistic, which will consider the political and economic environment my children will live in not the one issue feel good, save the caribou, approach which controls the argument over hydrocarbon and nuclear power. Where is that politician? Nowhere, the short sighted only vote for people who speak pap rather then reality.

kick the ant pile

It's a catastrophe Some child dies in an auto crash and the next day grief counselors descend on the school. There's a natural disaster and they appear out of nowhere to offer sevices. Who are they? What are they ? I'm 80 years old have lived through most everything and have never run into one of these people. Where do they hide and why do they appear? What service do they provide ? Do they make things better or worsen bad situations ? It was common in my youth to lose a classmates each summer to polio, and other scourges. We thought death was a part of life. We said too bad and went to class. We didn't have "professionals" of doubtful credentials ( internal rhyme, sorry )running to offer guidance and perhaps exacerbate the sorrow. Just who are these self appointed interlopers who show up when the ant pile is kicked. Who pays them or do they act gratuitously?

Stupid prosecutors

A new addition, Daniel McDade, Georgia prosecutor who released child porn tapes in effort to preserve a sentence that should never have been given.. The Golden Mister Potato Head Nifong Award for the month of July.

reality shmeality

The politicians play their pie in the sky oil policies while national oil companies of China , India, play footsie with national oil companies of Iran , Venezuela, Sudan and Brasil. I wonder how we are going to fuel our military when push comes to shove. Windmills, solar panels , fuel cells on tanks and airplanes? Strategic planning , not just for military , falls to feel good, get elected pandering.

its not my job

Will congressional leaders realize that their job is to legislate for the good of the country not to conduct endless investigations to try to destroy political opponents. It's a disgusting performance

WHERE IS THE ACLU

The ACLU steps into the breach whenever religion pops up in public places. Crosses in cemeteries , on mountains , court house frescos or city shields and any references to Christianity at Christmas. They bring suit against public schools for allowing religous groups to use school facilities after hours. They even object to the phrase "under God". However it seems they only object to the Christian religion in publicly supported schools. Moslem prosyletising and preferential treatment for Islamists in a public school ,clearly in violation of the constitution, does not arouse their ire.This is occuring in a San Diego public school where Moslem rituals e.g. prayer are conducted during classroom time, and where pork and other foods are banned from the cafeteria and boys and girls are put into segregated classes in accord with moslem law. WHERE IS THE ACLU? Soliciting me for money because ,I guess, I'm a proffesed atheist.

just to make things clear

I do not believe global warming is a myth. I believe it is mainly caused by natural phenomona. I believe the assumption that human effort can halt it is arrogant and stupid. I do not believe that climate change is the biggest threat to the U S. I believe jihadist Islam and political correctness is. I do not believe the pundits who assume the American Hispanic community favors illegal immigration. I think most of them, the pundits , only hear activists in Washington and not the working Hispanic citizens. I believe energy independence is an attainable goal but not through using food crops to make ethanol. I believe too many district attorneys use their positions for self aggrandisement and to further their political ambitions. I believe the ACLU lost its way since the wars of the civil rights movement and no longer is a proponent of free speech. I believe zealot atheists are as much of a pain as zealous religionists. I believe people have a right to die and live as they wish as long as they do not infringe on others right to do the same. I believe most politicians are not to bright and are concerned with their own welfare.

apologise al

Do you think Al Gore and the greenies will apologise when it becomes apparent to all that sun cycles and not greenhouse gases are the major cause of global temperature fluctuations ? Will they apologise for the enrichment of the companies that thrive off their fervid rhetoric and doomsday warnings. Will they apologise for all the ill considered policies adopted by politicians currying favor with an ill informed Goreian proslytised electorate. Will they apologise for putting forth false alarms about shrinking ice caps and rising seas as a result of co2 pollution ? Heck no, just a petulant "never mind" might be forthcoming. In the meantime steps to avert the effects of global warming, if it continues , will be ignored while we play at doing something effective by decreasing our "carbon footprint" and feeling highly moral.

New immigration bill scuttled

Now that the ill concieved immigration bill has been scuttled do you think the congress and administration might start sensibly enforcing existing law before ms 13 grows any larger ? I doubt it ,they are too busy protecting the civil rights of illegal criminals and prosecuting border patrol agents to pay attention to the law. This bill was merely an attempt to divert the public attention from the abandonment of enforcing present law .

Congressional arrogance

The Senate just rammed thru re-instatement of the flawed immigration bill. Congressional approval rating prior to this action was 14 per cent, a record low. Since the American public overwhelmingly opposed this bill I can only assume the Senate is aiming at a new record .

Stupid prosecutors pantheon

Worthy of receiving the Golden Mr. Potato Head Nifong Award is Attorney General Charles Foti of Louisiana. He has taken over the prosecution of Dr. Pou in New Orleans. He is going to prosecute a doctor who stayed in the city caring for patients until the Hell of the city broke over the hospitals. I will have to remove D A Eddie Jordan of New Orleans from the pantheon of prosecutorial idiots he rightly tried to avoid this prosecution..

Congressional fools and charlatans

Want oil independence, easy, tax oil companies so that they do not have any incentive or money to explore and develop and use the money raised for alternative energy which shows no promise of relieving our oil dependency. Do not allow any oil developement in the United States... Brilliant solution by the charlatans who inhabit congress. Incidentally their moraliity and rectitude can be judged by the fact that ats least 92 of them almost equally split between republicans and democrats have ethical violations. My particular favorites are that smarmy Harry Reid, with his three lobbyist sons , Diane Fienstein, whose husbands companies made millions in defense contracts, a the two alaskan republican beauties...

The feel good society

We are doing something about energy dependency, global warming, environmental degradation and immigration. Look at us, we passed laws for alternative sources of energy, to reduce greenhouse gases, collect and recycle rubbish, and laws we don't enforce on immigration. None of these actions effectively affect the problems but they sure make us feel good and highly moral. How energy independence can be achieved without producing more oil is a question we ignore. Whether or not reducing greenhouse gases will measurably affect global warming; or efforts to reduce human effects on the environment are effective in view of burgeoning population erasing benefits of these efforts, are questions never adressed. Our media, politicians and numerous "save the world" non profits preen while the problems remain, but gosh do we feel good.

Panacea or Pandoras Box:Ethanol

Reverberations are increasing from the corngrowers and environmentalist ethanol fiasco. Major oil companies are rethinking plans for increasing or building new refinery capacity in reaction to congressional fiats for more use of ethanol. This will insure high gas prices for years. When added to the problems already extant from corn based ethanol production, i. e. higher food prices, greater pollution,increased use of water resources , greater health risks and taxes to subsidize the production; it is becoming more and more evident that ethanol is not a panacea but a Pandora's Box.

i wish i had written this

See what 50 years will do.


Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1956 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1956 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1956 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.

1956 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair wi th psychologist.

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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1956 - Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1956 : Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006 : Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school syst em and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.

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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1956 - Ants die.

2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

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Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.

1956 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. this was posted on aol by "silence at last 789"

omniscience by apple

“For today we celebrate the first, glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directive! We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology, where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths.”

“Our Unification of Thought is a more powerful weapon than any fleet or army on Earth! We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion!”

This was part of the text of Apple"s famous 1984 Super Bowl commercial. Substitute Militant Islam for the phrase "Information Purification Directive" and it pretty well describes the problems of the world today.

who CAIR's

There are 1700 members of the Council of American Islamic Relations. Yet the organization claims to speak for all American Moslems . Politicians and media slavishly pay attention to and promulgate their messages. The Boston Globe recently published an article citing this groups statement that discrimination against
Moslems by federal agencies had increased . If CAIR is reffering to the band of brothers who intended to attack soldiers , or the Imams who purposely disturbed airline passengers, I applaud the federal agencies. The funding of this group is truly suspect , it comes from foreign governments and nationals who are inimical to western interests and have links to Hamas. I cannot fathom how any responsible politician or media person can not be aware of this and mention it in any reference to this group. The group should be forced to register as representing foriegn governments.

solution=pollution

One hundred and nineteen ethanol plants operating ; seventy three have been cited for environmental violations, mostly for clean air laws. What regulatory response? The EPA at the request of a few congessional allies of the "National Corn growers Association has raised the limits on ethanol plants pollution requirements by 150 percent. Congress keeps giving the industry incentives . The whole ethanol from corn boondoggle is the biggest feel good scam ever put over on the American Public

immigration januses

Politicians from the left and right state they are in favor of "securing the border" if so, why don't they do it ? Vote on a bill securing the border then take up the difficult "path to citizenship "question. We know the reason . They can hide behind the difficulty of the latter to avoid acting on the former.. What a bunch of dissembling clowns

name change

I couldn't get people to think and since my positions are often at odds with the "church of global warming" .I have been declared a "heretic" by that group. I thought of buying carbon footprint indulgences from the pope's ,Al Gore, company which sells such things. Instead I have embraced the banishment from the righteous group of true believers and henceforth will be known as "savanarola"

staring them in the face

The pundits and politicians, including our Ken Salazar are finger pointing at everyone for the failure of the immigration bill to get through the Senate. The reason the public raised such hell is not because of a word "amnesty" but because of complete distrust of enforcement of the bills provisions. A similar bill was passed in 1986 at the behest of luminaries like Spector and Kennedy. The bill provided for amnesty for about 3 million illegals ,the closing of the border and penalties for hiring illegals. The latter two provisions were never enforced by either Republican or Democrat administrations. Why expect more now? Fool me once , shame on you: fool me twice shame on me.

I laugh so i shall not cry

Our social conscience is hilarious. Al Queda tortures and decapitates civilians and captured soldiers and casually kills people by the hundreds in mass executions while we prosecute our troops when they overstep civilized behavior. Border smugglers kill civilians and shoot at border patrol guards and we prosecute guards for minor transgressions on the testimony of criminals. Perhaps the idea is that Al Queda and border criminals will laugh themselves to death at our antic actions.

Darfur Reality

What started out as Muslim genocide towards Christian and animist groups has changed from a civil repression to a general war. Nieghbor country Chad is now at war with Sudan. It is all about oil. The Arab leaders of Sudan , in concert with China are trying to control the region. The atrocities of this war have spawned a plethora of non-profit organizations in the United States pleading for contributions . The avowed aim of these groups is to stop the genocide. One of them has published a list of companies for dis-investment because they are doing business with the Sudan. Only one of more than 200 is a United states company and not one U.S. oil company is in the Sudan. Other nations oil trusts are. Many call for U.S. intervention ignoring the fact that China would certainly resist such action. Ironically some of the same people calling for the U S to intervene militarily are calling for a withdrawal from Iraq. In the geopolitical world we exist in not a damn thing can be done in Darfur. The U N is powerless and American military is not going to be used to confront the Arab leaders and their Chinese partners.

divided we fall

The title derives from an article published in the "Denver Post" by guest contributor Billie Louden. The thrust of the article copntends that if we, the public, don't stop the vile internicine war between left and right and unite we are going to fall to the enemies of our country. She is absolutely correct. I have made that argument here, in the past, not as eloquently as Ms. Louden. The critics of government criticise only to further their own agenda , which is to replace the party in power, so that they can foul up in their own way.

exercise in futility

Do the President and congress really believe a new set of laws controlling immigration is workable ? Do they really think piling rules on already existing rules will improve anything ? Do they really think think that by legislative fiat they can solve the problem? Heck they haven't been able to enforce the existing laws. Do the even consider how to enforce the rules of the cumbersome process they are contemplating or do they think compliance will be the result of their good intentions ? Have they considered the huge beuracracy they will have to create ? The whole thing is an exercise in futility , a redoubling of effort as they lose sight of the goal.

americas favorite whine

Gas prices are too high. Will the public do anything but whine ? Of course not. They will keep electing officials who pander to the warm and fuzzy and ignore reality. They will not accept hard choices like building refineries, exploring in a small part of wilderness areas or off shore. They will embrace a snake oil solution like ethanol from corn. What can you expect from a population that pays more attention to Paris Hilton than Paris, France. That ignores the fact that 95% of the world's petroleum is controlled by governments that have interests inimical to ours and that China is courting these governments. Good grief, the no personal thinking or responsibilty rubens just keep loking for someone other than themselves to blame. Whine, whine ,whine

cindy,don't let me down

Of all the sad stories arising from the Iraqi war, the Cindy Sheehan odyssey is perhaps the most pathetic. It is amazing that after all the lionizing comments and supportive efforts of the far left Cindy Sheehan was able, after many months , to see through the veil of purported sympathy for her and her position and realise that she was being used. She is revolted by the political reality of zealots of left and right ignoring the national interest and fighting for their own gain. Welcome aboard Cindy, even if your metamorphous was long in coming. Most of us are revolted by the scene.

idiots delight sue opec

In an amazing act of courage , to protect the American public, our peerless cynical congressional representatives are blowing smoke towards our nethermost regions by voting to give the justice department authority to sue opec for price fixing. Just explain to me oh highly regarded savants how in hell would you enforce any judgement obtained? What is to prevent the countries involved in a suit to quit selling oil to the U S and developing other markets? What jurisdiction would any American court exert over a soverign nation ? The move will give you something to campaign on in the next election but only will be met with jeers by your constituents, whoops, they were dumb enough to vote for you in the first place i guess it will be cheers. Couldn't you do something sensible like relaxing rules against refineries ? Nah, that wouldn't play well with the yahoos.

gloomy sunday

Some poll or other believes the American populace is gloomy. Why shouldn't they be. Aside from full employment, which is seldom reported,we are treated to a cacaphony from a whining media. The constant barrage of criticism would wear down pollyanna. The Senate has done nothing with its passage of an immigration bill but increase the gloom. How can any halfway intelligent American applaud new legislation when we can't enforce the laws we already have? What makes those intellectual giants think that merely passing feel good legislation will accomplish anything. As one person in a comment to my opinions said "they don't hold mensa meetings on capitol hill"

black and white never read

It is amazing that the media ignores horrendous black on white crime while sensationally covering white on black crime. The alledged Duke rape story, the horror of the black man dragged behind on automobile in Texas, and even the Tawana Bradely fiasco. I am not writing this to indict black people but to indict the press. I do not understand why the case in Tenessee where two barely out of adolescense white people were the victims of car jacking , rape ,torture, and murder by four black people has recieved no national attention. If the perpetrators and victims were reversed the national media would be covering it ad nauseum. Is it because black on white crime or black on black crime is more common than white on black crime or is it because the press has a committment to insure racial friction because it profits from it. Perhaps the press in general, which is predominately white, castigates whites to prove it is free from bigotry. It seems to me it is a form of bigotry to cover stories on the basis of race.

down on the border

While we prosecute border patrol agents on evidence provided by drug smugglers the Mexican police have their own problems. Four Mexican police officers were killed and seven kidnapped by a group of fourty who invaded a police station near Nogales . Three more were killed in Aculpoco. The vacuum which exists on our southern border has been filled with private armies of drug and people smugglers. When any of them are apprehended on our side of the border they use our laws , with the help of useful idiots like the a c l u and some federal prosecutors , to evade justice. The situation on the border is intolerable. The Mexican government is not in control, corruption and terror rule. Our government twiddles its thumbs and pollyanna-like hopes if ignored it will all go away. It won't......

ethanolstagflation 2

Food prices have risen 5.6% in March and 3.6% in April .. Way to go ethanol and pandering congress.

congressional follies

Now our appointed clowns are considering banning incandescent bulbs and requiring flourescents in an effort to save our environment and end energy independence. I predict this effort if done will have multitudenous unexpected consequences as does the growing ethanol fiasco. Speaking of which , have you checked grocery prices lately, up 5.2% in March. Hanburger at five dollars and chicken breasts at almost thee dollars a pound. Senator Shummer is calling for investigation of gas prices, this by a guy complicit with his colleagues, for devising regulations which have prevented a new refinery from being built since 1974 and preventing exploration for domestic oil. When the cosequences of irresponsable catering to the politically correct crowd become evident the best our genius legislators can do is point the finger elsewhere . As the Wizard of Oz shouted "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" ..Just let him mislead you.

saving social security by indexing

Social security is already indexed. If you are single and have income, including social security,of thirty two thousand dollars you pay tax on 85% of your social security payment. A couple with income of fourty two thousand faces the same tax. Congress in its infinite wisdom decided these monetary thresholds signified wealthy social security pensioners threby penalising those who saved for their retirements. I wouldn't be as exercised about this if the money collected were used to improve social security's fiscal soundness but it isn't:it goes to the general fund which among other things pays congressional pensions. Incidentally these munificent sums defining wealth were proscribed some years ago and have no been adjusted.Golly , I wish I had a congressional pension.

extrodinary popular delusions redux

Oh for the good old days of tulipmania and the "South Sea Bubble". We do have however "The love of the marvelous and disbelief of the truth" and as in the past, abetted by the media. "Cornomania", "Anthropegenic caused global warming" and energy independence without domestic oil exploration qualify as the madness of crowds. We believe that CO2 creates global warming instead of being a a result of global warming without real science to support the theory. We believe that ethanol will result in independence from foreign oil and reduce pollution ( this, abetted by the huge push from agricultural interests and ADM ) and it is often cited that Brazil thru ethanol hs achieved energy independence; the truth however is quite different. Brazil imports 550 million bbls of oil a day in spite of doubling domestic production in the last ten years and ethanol is as polluting as petrol. The worst of our beliefs is that humans can do something serious about a degrading environment without population control,world population increased from 1.5 billion to 7 billion in one hundred years with concommitent use of resources. Human exhalation and flatulance therefore results in a fourfold increased contribution to CO2 and methane. Perhaps if everyone took two fewer breaths each minute and farted only three times a day we could solve all our problems.

P B S

PBS an acronym for Public B...S. They hold auctions to raise money and plead for community support and yet they run commercials , have a never ending income stream from Sesame Street items, and support from the federal goverment. These self righteous officials will get no more of my money.. They refused to show a documentary depicting the plight of mainstream muslims trying to combat the Islamist radicals because it might offend such radicals but have no trouble running a documentary on mormonism that offends mormans. I am an atheist but their show ,generally favorable to my position, should not be shown when juxataposed to the two programs reffered to. These self appointed guardians of what should and what should not be viewed are no longer nescessary. Cable now provides better programming ,on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, National Geo, and countless others. PBS is now the superflous channel of a small elite who enjoy appearing on television pleading for contibutions.

None so Blind

Those who will not see..The elected representatives of the people continue to play pollyanish ostriches ignoring these truths. First, the United States economy is the avowed target of moslem jihadists. Second, that energy independence is not attainable without domestic exploration and production. Third , that global warming is real, but human contribution to warming is small. Their actions to avert facing these facts is to continue preaching that it is only a small group of radicals among the moslem population that wishes us harm and we must cater to the vast majority who do not. I have yet to see evidence of this vast majority which wishes to co-exist. The second reality of energy independence, is met with a denial of domestic drilling and feel good measures promoted by special interets to increase use of corn as fuel , the resultant explosion of inflation of food prices is totally ignored. The third reality of global warming is met with a wealth of morally righteous posturing worthy of a religous movement, we will appease the Gods by wearing sack cloth and ashes :instead of taking steps to ameliorate the effects of the unstoppable natural process.

Hands Up

There is one thing that I know...I won't shake hands with Sheryll Crow.... and on reflection I'd be sorry ... to shake hands with her friend Laurie

Thanatopsis II

Why does our society condemn sick old people who wish to die , to do so by starvation or dehydration? . It is a crime to starve an animal but the only acceptable way for a sick person to die is to honor their advance directive not to sustain them with food or water. This is a disgusting condemnation of the individual. Why not honor their wish by allowing a comfortable death. If the constitution gives a woman the right to control her body and have an abortion why can't a sick person have the same right and have their wish to die honored.

Nail In The Coughan

A new study by a Stanford University researcher shows ethanol blended gasoline to be a greater ozone polluting fuel than gasoline. Cornell researcher adds that ethanol in addition to ozone releases formaldahyde , benzene and other carcinogens. This is stuff the EPA mentioned years ago. Agricultural interests and Archer Daniel Midland supplied enough campaign cash and misinformation to get the easily led politicians to accede to their wishes for a subsidized ethanol industry.. Manipulate the thrill a minute press and public then watch panicky politicians react, it's disgusting.

Commissars of Climate

John Kerry and wife wrote a book on saving the planet while spending eleven hundred dollars a month on electricity for one of their homes. Al Gore wrote a book and made a movie about responsible use of natural resources while spending thirty thousand a year at one of his homes. These hypocritical commissars of climate sure enjoy telling us peons how to live in accord with their beliefs.

ethanostagflation

Inflation is coming . Ethanol use will result in inflation. Corn used to make this inefficient fuel reduces the amount of corn available for food . The prices of eggs , meat, chicken , and the myriad other products which depend on a supply of corn are already rising in response to the increase in corn prices. Ignored is the price and use of irreplaceble water to grow and process corn. The transportation of ethanol must be done by tanker trucks or rail cars. That burdens the transportation system and uses energy. The subsidization of ethanol producers , currently fifty cents a gallon, is a use of tax money that reduces money available for other governmental problems. The shortsighted program encouraging ethanol use may make us feel highly moral and ethical but it will be a disaster.

The important news

The media had great reportage ..Imus , Nicole's baby's daddy. pacman suspended ..golly gee what would we do without a sensation each day......

unintended tradeoffs

Depletion of the Ogallala aquifer, higher prices for corn , chicken, beef even soda and heavy water use in drought stricken west. Yessir lets save the planet by subsidizing ethanol and giving tax breaks to producers of the the stuff. Stampeded by outrageous claims of environmentalist alarmists we have traded one mess for another with no remedy for our hasty jump into the panacea of ethanol.. Please note earlier blog and the myth of Brazilian oil independence through ethanol..

john sutton, new leader

John Sutton has taken the lead as idealogically unfit for prosecutor. A sheriff and an officer are now being sued for denial of civil rights by two illegal aliens. The sheriff and his deputy were cleared of any wrongdoing by the Texas Rangers but Sutton decided to persecute, prosecute ,(take your choice) in furtherance of his vendetta against border security and achieved a great victory , a one year conviction. I think he is laying the groundwork for a Mexican presidential bid: or perhaps leader of the ACLU. Sutton has now replaced North Carolina's Nifong for most pompous jerk prosecutor.

emasculation of the west

My diatribe directed to our peerless congressional leaders especiallly the arch - hypocrites Fienstein and Leahy bore no fruit ,although she has finally resigned from the committe which has enriched he husbands companies by billions in contracts, the continual time wasting investigation in to picayune matters like political firings of political appointees goes on. The disgusting political manuevering to insure election continues at the expense of the country. These asses will not admit we are the targets of a global jihad by extremist muslims and think they can continue secure in a world where we abdicate power and act pusalanimously in the face of direct provaction. The siezure of British sailors is the jihadists reiteration of the siezing of the u. s. embassy, a message saying to adherents "the west is weak of purpose and we will easily overcome their resistance". Unfortunately , they are right. If the mendacious fools , our leaders, do not recognise reality , give up political correctness and catering to "useful idiots" we will someday be bowing to mecca or speaking chinese

that's political

Senator Leahy's judiciary committee is conducting a political witch-hunt to find out if the white house firing of eight political appointees was political..... meanwhile the country's business is ignored and we continue to pay these fools.

"Gore" an adequate sci-fi novel

A political icon becomes obssessed with fear of rising temperatures. Testifying before congress, producing a movie, conning the media he succedes in terrifying people around the world. Scientists dependent on funding from governments cater to these fears and, sensing a chance to wrest money from America ,smaller natiions at the world organization clamor for developed nations to cease using a disproportionate share of energy. Scientists who don't adhere to the hysteria are deprived of funding and in spite of their stature are relegated to the role of bystanders> A savior arises , an obscure savant attracts followers to his plan to reduce the radiation from the sun, lowering temperatures. He attracts more and more adherents until with great enthusiasm his plan is adopted and a great shield is placed about the earth . It works ,warming stops and it becomes colder.....and ...colder and ..colder .and co...... for the sun has entered a period of lesser radiation. Don't laugh ,in 1975 when a new ice age was expected some prominent idiot was espousung putting carbon black on the ice at the poles to encourage more heat absorption and thus more melting.

a pox on both your houses

I cannot believe the spectacle that is government today. Instead of working for the benefit of the country tawdry politicians are working to make each other seem monstrous. I am certain now , aided by a media that is only in interested in creating crisis in order to fill empty air time, the basis of our goverment is being eroded by unprincipled clowns inadvertently destroying institutions that have served us well as a nation. This confederation of fools we call congress are only concerned with their own survival at the next election and not at all concerened with the national good. I am afraid that sceptics of the 18th century were correct doubting the long term viability of democracies. Democracies cannot last, they carry a seed of destruction within which will sprout when watered by unfettered personal ambition.

vaclav kraus revisited

Yesterday I reported the warnings of the Czech president concerning government intrusion into the lives of citizens as a result of "isms". How prescient of the president . Today their is talk in congress of mandating the use of flourescent light bulbs and ceasing production of incandescent bulbs ( to the delight of "Phillips" the leading producer of the former), further restrictions on makers of suv's, and increasing subsidies for ethanol.The latter to the delight of farmers , speculators and hogs at the public trough but mighty tough on people who eat...The price of corn has doubled .

VACLAV KRAUS

The name sounds like the title for a sci-fi novel, but he is a real person , the president of chzekoslovokia. He is also a realist who lived under soviet domination which required hewing to the party line. He gave a speech yesterday comparing the quasi-religous "isms" of our time with the quasi religous communism and facisms of an earlier period. If you are not aware of the religion of environmentalism insofar as its basic tenent e .g. "those awful human beings, myself excepted and you if you agree with me, are the cause of global warming": or humanism or animal rights or fuzzy idealism you should be. These "isms" are increasing the power of government over our lives and doing more to subvert human rights than the patriot act. We now have new classes of criminal conduct, smoking, offensive speech, and socially disaproved acts like using two squares of toilet paper instead of just one. Shortly we can expect controls over caloric intake,and the amount of energy one may consume. Don't worry about prohibition though: even comunist Russia couldn't bring that turkey back. It is ironic that followers of the "isms" are also supporters of the aclu blithely tripping their way to greater government control of our lives.

legalland, martha and scooter libby

I was a lawyer but obviously a lousy one. Because I still can't figure out why Martha Stewart was convicted.The story is she lied to an investigator about wether or not she had committed a crime. She denied that she had so she was charged with obstruction of justice. Was she supposed to confess to a crime when questioned ? If a suspect charged with murder denied that he committed the crime could he later be charged with lying? Isn't there a rule prohibiting forced self incrimination? This brings us to the Libby trial .He is charged with obstruction of justice in a situation where no crime was committed or charged to anyone . How can you obstruct justice in a case where there is no crime. Legal fictions are fun but only when Grisham or Gardener write them, and you don't get stuck with attorney fees, or sent to prison.

prosecutors unlimited

In my pantheon of prosecutors I had Duke prosecutor Nifong in first place. He has now been supplanted by Prosecutor John Sutton of Texas who seems to make a hobby out of prosecuting border patrol agents and giving amnesty to drug smugglers and other assorted naughty , murderous illegals. Nifong is now relegated second place. Another Texas office,where prosecutors suppressed evidence to obtain a conviction of a border patrol agent which has since been overturned and the agent exonorated , that of Merwyn Mossbacker has moved into third position. Eddie Jordan, New Orleans D A prosecuting a doctor and two nurses for murder in spite of medical report that no homicide exists remains at fourth. The fifth position remains with Fitzgerald prosecuting Libby for obstruction in investigation of a crime that never was committed.

gore electric

What's this ? Al Gore uses 30,000 dollars worth of gas and electricity at one of his three houses. Well yes , but at this house for four months he purchased "green power" at an extra charge of 400 hundred dollars a month.The extra 400 is used to help subsidize renewable energy research and sources. The message is, if you have enough money, you don't have to sacrifice any use of energy. Thats quite an egalitarian message: on a par with Marie Antoinette"s "let them eat cake".

Brazil energy story

Brazil has doubled its domestic oil production in the past decade, from one to two million bbls per day. Brazil relies on ethanol for 15 percent of its transportation needs. Brazil is the fifteenth largest oil importer in the world . Brazil imports 572 thousand bbls a day. The largest reasons for a decline in Brazilian reliance (which still exists) on foreign oil is increased domestic production. Ethanol production on the scale of Brazilian effort would provide about 2 per cent of our transportation needs. .To all who may be offended by these facts google it yourself, i'm just tired of the constant refrain "brazil is energy independent through ethanol".

chicken chronicle

The Houston Chronicle ran a front page story describing the effects of a 225 mile an hour tornado wind on the city, claiming that 23,000 lives would be lost. Thats nothing, when the yellowstone caldera explodes half the mid west will die. and just think of the havoc if a tsnumai hit chicago or an asteroid landed on New York. Gosh Al gore is a piker with his scary scenarios.

prosecuting persecutors

Add to the list of infamous prosecuting attorneys , the heroes of justice who obtained a conviction of Border Patrol officer Sipes by supressing evidence. These champion federal attorneys work for U.S. attorney Merwyn Mossbacker Jr. The conviction fortunately was thrown out on appeal due to the misconduct of the attorneys and in subsequent trial the officer was exonerated.. The federal government has paid 80000 dollars to the illegals who testified against the officer and supplied them with social security cards. However , as is not unusual, misconduct by the federal prosecutors has not , as far as I have been able to ascertain,resulted in any penalties for the miscreant attorneys.

william jefferson??????

Nancy Pelosi, who didn't deem william jefferson congressional bribe taker from Louisiana,fit for the tax committee; has appointed the crook to the "homeland security" committee... So much for her promise to run a clean government... if hypocrisy were money congress could settle the national debt and provide free health care for the world.

my favorite things

Political hypocrites..religous zealots..atheist zealots..arrogant prosecutors..the modern aclu..true believers in global warming..true believers in anti-vaccine, anti-flouridation , anti- evolution,and the "benefits" of organic products.. those who profit from fears of frankenfoods and radio transmission towers..those who think we should live forever..the people who make lists of most"dangerous toys".. those who find can offense in every remark..those who make offensive remarks..leaders who will take no action to improve social security or illegal immigration problems..those who think we can achieve energy self sufficiency thru depleting food supplies e.g.corn and ignore nuclear energy and domestic oil production..those who don't think we are privileged to live in the best of times..amnesty international..all demagogues of all persuasions..every orginazation that solicits funds to finance their efforts to tell us what is good for us..all the "non-profits" that exist to provide salaries for the non-profit officers and employees..those who KNOW they are right...without them what would I have to dislike ?

Go Guiliani

The only presidential candidate who realises and is not to afraid to express the truth that militant islam, which represents at least one hundred million people is trying to destroy western governments. Rudy told the saudis to keep their offered blood money. He would have the courage to expose the jihadist mosques and perhaps lessen the avowed purpose, and power of the jihadists. Although with the mealy mouthed, get elected at any cost, let's not offend, congress people, it may be a sysaphesian task.

Jonn Edwards Bloggers

John Edwards has refused to fire his bloggers in chief.. These two defamed Catholics in the most vile and vulgar way.. My test for horriblness of religous attacks is to substitute jew or moslem for the religion attacked and imagine the general reaction by the press . John Edwards is a pusillanimous jerk for not firing these two bigots. Incidentally, as my constant readers know I am an atheist.

hotsy totsy

Stop this years global warming before I freeze to death. If last years hurricane season was fierce,indicative of global warming, is this seasons lack of hurricanes indicative of global cooling?

another prosector for mifong honor role

Eddie Jordan district attorney in louisiana is going to pursue murder charges against doctor and two nurses who cared for dying patients during hurricane Katrina. This, in spite of coroners finding that no homocide committed..Is there no end to malicious and , pompous prosecuters......

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the sky is falling again

During my eighty years on this planet I have been subjected to all kinds of planetary extinction media hype.. I'm at little young for the hype on Martian canals but have been thru two cycles of gobal warming and global cooling and of course, The Bomb. The interesting thing is that after all this I do believe that a global warming cycle is underway.I do also belive part of cause is ethnographic. However I depart from the mainstream belief that ethnographic causes,manufacturing , the eternal combustion engine, are the major factors I deem them merely ancillary .
The major ethnographic cause is people . At the begining of the last century world population was about one and half billion now it is seven billion. As a result we have five and a half billion more organisms exhaling co2 and flatulating methane into the atmosphere . The increasing support system of sheep, goats, cattle etc. contribute a propotionate amount of the same materials. The problem is not the use of natural resources but one of the number of users. I submit unlimited population growth is the largest factor in planetary desecration and that any solution to the problems without population control is merely cosmetic and akin to trying to cure cancer with a band -aid

john sutton , mike difong etc

A new chapter to prosecutors run wild.... John Sutton , excels in the illustrious group of despicable prosecutors for charging and convicting two border patrol agents for shooting a drug smuggler. John however compounds his misguided ways by obtaining a conviction of a sheriffs deputy who in self defense shot at a car containing illegal border jumpers. With prosecutors like this why bother about realties of justice ,,

prosecutors gone wild

Is it a disease? If so let us quarantine it now. A North Carolina D A hides evidence of innocence. A federal prosecutor gives immunity to a drug smuggler to testify against two border patrol agents. A federal special prosecutor
indicts a guy for lying to federal agents about a crime that never existed and to which the prosecutor already knew the answer. These guys, Nifong, Sutton and Fitzgerald , do not deserve to be in positions of power. if I have ever seen prosecutorial abuse and hypocrisy personified it is in these three.

come to the church in the wild wood

Whose high priests deny dissent and cast out heretics, while welcoming all those who repent of open discourse and accept the teachings of the faith. What in hell kind of country do we live in? It is a new form of government. Descisions on policy are made by who scares us the most. Charlatans decry vaccination, flouridation, and sell vegetarianism, excess vitamins, and equal rights for reptiles. Oh yes and the present high priests of "Global Warming" wish to cast out the devils who dare to question the ethnogenic influences on climate change. Come unto Me all you little children and I will take all your worldly goods and protect you from the bogeyman. The orthodoxy cannot be questioned , those who do will be excommunicated. Who shall reap the rewards ?The quasi religion followers like windmill manufacturers, Archer Daniel Midland, crowd following politicians, corn producers and academics who agree. Who shall suffer .Unbelievers,sinners , who won't get government grants, subsidies and accolades and poor peons whose tortillas cost to much and average joes whose hamurgers etc. get pricier...... Pity the poor Galilieos bearing up under the new Church.

a myth is as good as a smile

Yes its true evil big oil controls oil prices but how they accomplish this when countries control and own ninety per cent of the world production is one of the eternal mysteries . Another mystery, I am told often by well meaning friends in the corn business that Brazil has become totally independent of foriegn oil by using ethanol why then is Brazil the 15 th largest oil importer in the world ( importing 600,000 barrels a day) in addition to increasing domestic Brazilian production 10 % a year to over 2400000 barrels? And still the mysteries increase, while no one disputes global warming, none of the doom sayers never refer to the largest contributer to green house gases , water vapor, it makes up 95 % of those gases and is 99 % naturally occuring. This makes anthropogenic sources pale into insignifigance. The mysteries can be solved : no one gets grants unless the house is on fire and no one gets votes unless there is a villain.

deja view

I never knew idiot ideas from experts could repeat until I read an A P report that some climatologist has suggested to the U N that we intentionally spew pollution into the air to slow global warming. It was only thirty one years ago that a noted scientist suggested that we cover the arctic ice cap with carbon black to slow global cooling. Good grief, have either of these learned gentlemen ever considered the law of unintended consequence which states do something for the sake of doing something and it will come back to bite you in the nether regions.

pelosi's petro promise

I love alliteration but a abhore idiocy. The new speaker has stated that we must become self sufficient in energy sources. Yet her first action to accomplish this will be to hinder petroleum exploration within the United States. She intends to rely on alternative fuels to run our industrial society. Does she think we have unlimited time to switch to alternative fuels or that her enviromentally feverish compatriots will allow expansion of nuclear or coal power..Windmills and corn cobs are not going to do it. The money used to encourage such use will merely reward a new set of oligarchs like corporate farms and Archer Danieil Midland. Mean while or enemies like China and theArab zealots will continue tying up all the available petroleum...

mea culpa western style

It is all the fault of the Western World, especially theUnited States. Exploitation of the rest of the world has resulted in HIV in Africa , recurring floods in Bangladesh, earthquakes in Asia,poverty in the Arab population, un remittung plagues of locusts and the ubiqitousness of coca-cola: at least that is the prevailing view among psuedo intellectuals in Europe and the groves of American academicia. Let us contemplate a world as envisioned by these people, it is a world in which the muslim leaders who have repeatedly stated their aim to destroy the infidels and western culture are not serious in their intent. That the only reason they make threats and blow up buildings is American intransigence and that the west can reason with religous zealots and if we were nicer they would refrain from from such assertivness.. If they assumes such an ostrich like position , denying reality ,they will deserve having their exposed posteriors violated.

i surrender here

We are in the throes of election idiocy. Slimy commercials misrepresenting candidates views and votes are rampant. The only view I see completely ignored is a true one. In the name of political correctness not one candidate has faced publicly the unpleasant fact that we are at war. Not a war of our own choosing but a war that has been declared against the West by muslim jihadists and not renounced by a large proportion of the muslim community. This is not a war resulting from United States support of Isreal but a war against the non muslims of the world. The object of this war, repeatedly stated by its leaders, is to destroy non muslims. Ridiculous. perhaps, but do not underestimate the strength of religous fanaticism fed by unrelenting repitition of the canard that the West is the cause of all the ails of the muslim world. It is interesting that not one candidate in election mode has chosen to refer to this war. What are they afraid of? Perhaps the liberal press accusing them of extremism. It is not extreme to mention a sincere threat to our existence. While it maybe true " all jihadists are muslims but not all muslims are jihadists" I will remind them of the fact that"all Nazis were German but not all Germans were Nazis" did not prevent world war 2.

sell out to big whine

Nancy Pelosi of California has voted against strengthining border protection, increasing border patrol, requiring employers to check citizenhip of workers,id for voting. She has voted for giving drivers liscences to illegals and is for preventing co-operation between local and federal authorities enforcing immigration laws.. Nancy Pelosi is worth 55 million with vineyards in the Napa valley worth 25 million. In spite of recieving a United Farm Workers award she hires only "non- union" workers a euphuism for non legal. Nothing like voting your own interest. This is the person who will become majority leader if or when dems win the house..Hastert is a jerk and I doubt he's clever enough to equal this kind of hypocrisy...

die chotomy

Soaring population and environmental protection are inherently incompatible. Like trying to cure cancer by smoking....

memories memories

One of the disadvantedges of being eighty years old and cursed or blessed with a good memory is experiencing "deja vu" moments repeatedly. The latest is the call for appeasment of North Korea: as if catering to their demands would lessen their truculence. From 1990 thru 2002 we supplied the paranoid rulers of North Korea with money, food, oil and nuclear know-how; with special encourgement from Jimmy Carter and Madelaine Albright ,two of Neville Chamberlains most ardent followers. This idiocy resulted in grants of money and technical information used to further their nuclear program and food used to feed their army. That the " if only we were nicer to tyrant crowd" still believes that accededing to the demands of such people will result in their mending their ways is ridiculous. Capitulation only results in their demanding more . I am now "deja vuing" with the Taliban, jihadists, North Korea , Sudan, and Iran. Remembering Joe Stalin , Mussolini, Adolf, Napolean, Cromwell , Cotton Mather, the fall of the Roman Empire and the Assyrian conquest of Eygpt.

cooling off

Inasmuch as ardent supporters of the anthropogenic theory of global warming used last years hurricane season to reinforce their conception of global warming does this years dearth of of hurricanes indicate a period of global cooling ?

humanitarian or polititical

There is advertising on television depicting the horrors of genocide in the Sudan which ends with an appeal to the president to "end the genocide in Darfur". I wonder how the president is supposed to accomplish this. Do the humanitarians expect the United States to unilaterally send troops into the moslem controlled country and unseat the government. Such action is dsapproved of by these same people in Iraq. T he U.S. can not get support from the Chinese which is in partnership with the Sudanese Arabs developing and protecting the oilfields of Sudan. China recieves a large portion of its oil needs from this partnership. Nor can the French be relied on , they have oil concessions from the government. The Moslem government of Sudan refuses to let U N peacekeepers into the country and the UN is impotent in any case because of Chinese and French veto power. Moslem countries in general support the government of Sudan. The perpetrators of these ads have to know that unilateral action by the U S could mean military confrontation with China . The question therfore is are these ads humanitarian or political in nature.

senator lindsey graham...crackers?

According to the senator we will win the struggle against terrorists because "we are better than they are". There hasn't been a more fatuous statement since "God is on our side". This represents political correctness taken to an extreme . We are now going to fight wars by being morally superior to the enemy. Why even defend yourself ? Just tell the attacker we are nicer than you and watch him quake.

hold my nose and vote

I am going to vote Republican in spite of the fact thatI favor abortion, assisted suicide, stemcell research , freedom from unreasonable search etc because I am more frightend of the despotism and beliefs of the extreme left than I am of the religous beliefs of the extreme right. These highly rigid demagouges of both persusions believe they answer to a higher morality than the rest of us. I however think , forced to chose, the danger to the nation from the extreme right is less than the threats from the extreme left .

archetypical archival thief

It is absolutely hilarious for Sandy Berger, the sneak thief of the federal archives, to object to his portrayal in the ABC miniseries. It is impossible to determine his role in various descisions during the Clinton administration since his infamous waddle out of the archive offices with stolen documents stuffed down his pants. The question of course is what documents did he destroy ( we must assume that they cast an unfavorable shadow upon him) and why did he destroy them. Incidentally , how come he didn't do jail time for this theft as an ordinary citizen would....

jimmy carter midget

He was a complete failure as president. More of a sanctimonious religous than George Bush.His awareness of his own moral superiority to every one else is so damned apparent and irritating that when listening to his pronouncements on the state of the world he seems a protestant pope. His ex cathedra remarks are as damaging to the country as the "great malaise" he presided over.

disaster preparedness oxymoron

We might as well prepare ourselves for monstrous finger pointing by media "experts" and self appointed champions of the poor benighted masses when the next disaster strikes. Please explain to me what can be done to prepare for a repeat of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1812, a volcanic explosion at Yellowstone or near Tacoma, another force five hurricane at Galveston ,New Orleans or New York , even the tsnaumi that could devastate the West coast. All these natural disasters will happen , have happened. Then there are the man made disasters that could happen . Atomic attack, suicide bombings , waves of arson , poison gas are all possible. Don't despair, people have always lived with uncertainty. the "little ice age" and black death killed two thirds of the population of Europe. China , India and Africa have been decimated on many occasions. It is part of the human condition , so prepare but expect the worst and quit bitching. Maybe even sacrifice a few virgins or sheep. It never worked before but who knows ?

defining love

when the other person's irritating foibles are seen affectionatly, as charming eccentricities

close the barn door

The totally idiotic responses to terrorist attacks are the result of political correctness and fear of being called racist. It is irrational to subject all airline passengers to equal inspections , when in actuality offenses against air travel are overwhelmingly perpertrated by young moslem people. It is a waste of resources to examine a non moslem seventy year old lady passenger, or a mother travelling with three little kids as if they are as liable to be threats as a moslem twenty year old. I realise that treating passengers differently may be unfair since all moslems
are not terrorists but unfortunately all terrorists lately have been moslems.

On another subject, the constant attention to air travel as a terrorist target is leaving all the other targets wide open. It might be a fine idea to hire some people to think like a terrorist and perhaps anticipate a terrorist threat rather than to always be reacting to threats.

none so blind

All I can do is guess that sheer dislike for George Bush blinds some of the left to todays reality. We, not for our actions but because we exist, are the target of of a vast zealot conspiracy to change the world to a Muslim theocracy. When presented with this concept the reply often is that it is no different from Christian or Mormon zealotry, equating peaceful suasion with terrorist acts of murder. The believers in this sophistry , like pacifists, feel morally superior to the benighted herd that does not agree. Consider , the terrorists who would gladly murder them feel morally superior also for they are doing God's will. It always is amazing to me, an atheist, how people can commit heinous acts and feel morally superior because they are doing God's will: just as it amazes me how many may be smugly pacifist , understanding and feel morally superior when others fight and die so they can express themselves as above the fray.

leakers and papers

When puppies are being trained they are taught to go to the paper to leak. It seems the same thing is true of government intelligence people. The latest is somebody in the f b i leaked to the "N Y Daily News" information on an on going investigation involving six foreign governments. I hope there is an investigation into this leak at least as thorough as the valerie plame political leak. This leaker has damaged relations with governments aiding us in the fight on terrorists and compromised the rest of the investigation by warning other conspirators of their peril......The leaker has committed an offense against me, my family, and his country. I assume his only motive was vanity but whatever prompted the action it should be punished by dismissal and jail. Twenty years would be appropriate and might stop further idiot actions.

our times is their times

In the 1940's the N Y Times, fortunately for me ,did not publish shipping schedules thereby abaiting some of the risk to sailors. Now it seems the editors of that esteemed journal are so blinded by their disgust with the present administration that they do not hesitate,in spite of requests from democrat and republican legislators, to reveal the most effective method we have to interdict the flow of funds among those intent on destroying us. They do not seem to understand that they are part of us. Of course,in the 40's we were allied with Joe Stalin, a times icon then, perhaps that explains their restraint.

Where's the ACLU

Hiding I guess, while eight American marines are being held incommunicado at Camp Pendelton. No charges have been filed against these men , yet they are in solitary confinement while an investigation is underway of alledged atrocity avowed by some Iraqi trying to collect damages. If these soldiers were muslim men arrested and held under the same conditions under some allegation of terrorism, those tireless defenders of the rights of man would be burying the courts with writs.

childrens eyesight at risk

The American Opthamologic Association has issued a warning that children's eyesight is at risk due to exposure to red and green lights. It seems that alternate exposure to these colored lights causes confusion in color transmission to the brain from the percieving rods and cones of the eye. The Association is suggesting that traffic light colors could be changed to blue and red, or green and orange to avoid the repitative red green effect.

Where's Brutus when needed

The Senate of the United States and the congress in general, theoreticaly reflects the views of the electors . That's the theory. Reality is quite different. Seventy per cent of the people want the laws against illegal immigration enforced, congress can't even stop more illegals from arriving.. Eighty per cent of the people believe the f b i , with a court search warrant, should be able to search a crooked congressmans office , but the leaders of both parties in the congress don't. Seventy per cent of the people believe that obtaining records of phone calls to and from suspected terrorists is just fine the Senate objects. Seventy per cent of the people believe that profiling whom to search at airports is common sense congress forbids it. Sixty five per cent of the elderly want the right to die when they see fit legislatures forbid it. For many years these same legislator kept the intelligence agencies from sharing data . So, who do these paragons of wisdom represent, I don't know, but I know who they kow-tow to:the wild eyed extremists of both parties ,who control nominations, certainly not the American people.

i'll be seeing a c l you

After years of supporting the ideals of the A C L U fairness, individual rights , free speech I can no longer support the organization. It has degenerated into an organization that supports fairness , individual rights, and free speech for only those who agree with its leadership's opinions. The latest evidence of this is an imposition of silence on directors who disagree with the policies of the cabal that control the group. I would suggest that contributers to those who believe in free speech for all, contribute to the non-political group "Foundation For Individual Rights In Education" ,which tries to even handedly protect free speech on college campuses rather than the ACLU which merely tries to push its leadership's agenda.

i hate to dementia this

If the major and minor media, politicians, and concerned do-gooders would stop condescending to the elderly I might forgive their callow uninformed youthfulness. It is a tenet among these people and institutions that every person over 70 is in need of their services in order to perform the intellectual demands of living. I would like to submit that there are many feeble minded people well under this age, for example ; those enthralled by "American Idol ", the love lives of various celebrities, and incidental idiocies like run away brides . Congress is another matter, their stupidity comes from insufferable pompousness.
I submit to you that understanding the new drug program under social security would be equally difficult (tho it really is easy) to any randomly selected groups of citizens no matter what age. The cluck cluck clucking of the forementioned groups is demeaning to people who have lived longer and are probably better able to mentally cope than the cluckers and , considering the declining educational system, better educated than they are.

myself before the common good

That group of posturing hypocrites who pose as "the greatest delibrative body" are discussing the future of our nation . Immigration , energy independence , even the common language, all are being considered and voted upon. You would think that these 'statesmen' would consider the welfare of the country but these poltroons only consider their own political advantage. They vie for the approval of pressure groups ranging from the now anti-american ACLU, UN, Amnesty International to the super patriots and religous right. The disgusting spectacle would be amusing ,in a sordid way, if we did not have people dying in Afghanistan and Iraq while they preen and prance at their circus on capitol hill.

oil for the lamps of china

While the pampered American public wails , and congress tries to blame everyone else for its own failures; China goes quietly about the world gobbling up oil supplies. The Chinese are partners with the Sudanese regime in developing that country's oil ( why do you think the U N isn't doing anything in Darfur) and partners with Cuba, drilling 40 miles off the coast of Florida. Florida , incidentally, is off limits for American development as are the entire east and west coast. China has also made a deal with Nigeria for development of that country's resources and is cozying up to Venezuela and Iran. Our brilliant politicians , looking for votes, refuse to adress the problem ,extolling ethanol and conservation as solutions to the world oil shortage as if those two ideas are a panacea for our problems.. They are slight helps, but increased production and refining are needed within the United States, also greater use of clean coal and nuclear energy. Unfortunately the politicians are frightend to take any steps that might antagonise well funded blocks of voters. So, they whistle in the dark hoping the problem will go away while the nation goes waltzing to extinction.

the 360degree parallell

Hitler's racist views propelled his move towards world domination.The move explicity stated by him but was poo-pooed by "intellectuals" and many politicians as too crass and benighted to deserve consideration. This resulted in the policy known as "appeasement" a diplomatic form of surrender to fear which permitted Hitler to gobble up; in 1936 the Rhineland, in 1938 Austria and Chechoslovakia, and culminated in 1939 with Poland precipatating WW2. The Taliban moslem's religous, racist views have propelled its move to world domination, explicity stated, but poo-poo'd by "intellectuals" and many politicians as too crass and benighted to deserve consideration. This has resulted in a policy of "appeasement" in which the West must apologise for offending Taliban sensibilities by allowing freedom of expression . However the Taliban moslem supporters are truly offended by the existence of a western civilisation which does not abide by their rules. Is it incumbent upon the West to apologise for their insensitivity or on the Taliban to show tolerance and co-existence with other beliefs and end WW3?

we have met the enemy

It's us. The incessant internicine warfare between the political left and right is tearing this country apart. From the rantings of that archetype of sore losers, Al Gore, to the idiocies of Pat Robertson there is no surcease from the one note boobs. it makes no difference if a governmental action is wise or foolish the haters of the left and right will criticise. Osama ben lodin is a piker when it comess to unwavering intolerance of others right to exist . Lessons are freely given in congressional hearings daily. The senatorial inquisitors of left and right endeavor to tear apart any poor soul who gets into their self righteous clutches. They ignore their own responsibility for results that come from their own actions in their zeal for media coverage and a desire to cover their nether parts. Cry, the beloved country.

If there ever has been a more sordid exploitation since the days of Nelly Bly I have not witnessed it. A grieving mother, of limited education, not too bright , celebrated by the media as some kind of political statement. The journalistic proffesion should be infinitly proud of itself for creating an embarassing situation for the public by lauding Sheehan, and the poor lady has been deluded into thinking she is important, this is sad.

howling at the wind

My previous efforts on these pages accomplished little but relieved my frustrations . I found other outlets . I now return because of the continuing nattering of the n y times,the champion of orwellian double speak. According to the times it is treasonous for some one to reveal the name of a cia employee to a times reporter ,which does no harm, but not treasonous to reveal to the times secret operations of the cia which causes great problems with our allies and alerts al queda to the fact that we are spying on them... the times has no allegiance to America, as its publisher has often stated, but its hatred for Bush results in active resistance to America's welfare and the safety of citizens. When will the idiots wake up to the war that is occuring between civilization and religous zealots. Only when the times renounces its own zealotry and faces the fact that its own existence is threatened.

only in america continued

Disaster strikes , hundreds of thousand people are homeless. There have been feckless performances by local , state and federal governments. What are politicians in congress worried about: pets. A bill is being introduced in congress requiring relief agencies to insure the rescue of pets. The rational behind this proposal is that people are adverse to rescuing themselves unless they can rescue their pets. I am a dog and cat lover but I want my taxes spent for human relief not catering to the the idiocies of a person who cares more for a pet than for themselves and puts that stupid burden on society. Suggestion, in cases where a pet guardian choses to stay with the pet, rescue the pet and leave the guardian to rescue themself.

those so blind

Gasoline at three or four dollars .. blame the greedy oil companies...blame the government..blame saudi arabia.... but never never blame environmental organisations which have fought with scare tactics and misinformation the building of new refinaries within the united states, successfully too. There hasn't been a new one built in thirty years. The public doesn't know or care that we import a large part of our gasoline. We are constantly bombarded by the "fact": drilling in alaska will only add three month or six month supply of crude to our needs but no one mentions it would almost double domestic production. Catering to the doomsday enviromental lobby will soon cost this nation dearly as jobs, the economy, and the standard of living rapidly decine while scare groups thrive on the contributions of scientific and economic ignoramouses.

a rose by any other name

The airforce emulating the huge success of the ncaa in political correctness has changed "indian" names of its exercises. "Warrior"becomes "phantom", "chief becomes arrow", "falcon brave" becomes "falcon dart ",and" falcon indian" becomes "falcon sabre". Many warriors from various nations are extremely disturbed over becoming ghosts, while many ceo's are upset at becoming "arrow executive officers" not to mention thepanic among" police arrows"," fire arrows" and "arrow petty officers". Our avian friends were proud to be courageous flyers. They can only be grateful that the change to "Falcon Dart" was not alliterative.

tilting at wind bags

We are going to have an new energy bill. It will result in less energy saving. More revenue for corn farmers, ethanol maufactures, and trial lawyers more expensive subsidies paid by taxpayers and do absolutely nothing to relieve the energy crunch. Ethanol requires more energy to produce than it provides, while the "mtbe" the goverment previously authorised and pushed as an additive to prevent air pollution has proven to be a danger. Anyone who used it may now be sued, watch the class action boys jump on this. Those clowns in Washington have screwed up so badly and hypocritically on this issue ; I can't wait to see what they'll do on immigration .

I was a lawyer. There,it is admitted. I am so disgusted with the legal profession I cannot disguise my repugnance. I supported the ACLU while it was doing noble work supporting free speech for everyone and working for civil rights in meaningful cases. Now it seems an orginisation consumed with a burning desire to collect legal fees by bringing stupid and minor complaints under the Civil Rights Act. I believe this degradation of the profession stems from the huge surplus of lawyers and the nescessity for the them to find work. The ACLU is not alone in frivolous litigation . Trial lawyers, abetted by timorous judges, file actions that should under any reasonable standard be dismissed. These actions are allowed to go trial and often , with or without the aid of junk science , result in unjust enrichment from ignorant juries. These juries are often obtained from venue shopping. The whole system reeks of hypocrisy. ( There is one orginisation that does still fight for free speech F I R E , so perhaps this indictment doe not quite apply to everyone..)

reveillie for dunces

The obvious has now been recognised by the press, most of the suicide bombers in Iraq are not Iraqis. I wait breathlessly for some media pundit to now take the giant step of questioning why this occurs. Will they continue riding their hobby horse, bashing the United States, or will they finally realise that that we are engaged as targets for religous fanatics. The Jihadists are trying to foment a civil war in Iraq so the may take over and impose a theocratic rule. They are imbued with the fervor of religous zealots and certainly would not stop trying to impose their "morally superior" system on the rest of the world, when succesful in Iraq. The European countries which have allowed uncontrolled immigration of moslems are in peril but are led by self - serving politicians who refuse to recognise the danger. The citizens of Belgium are aware but are voices crying in a wilderness of apathy. Europe may be confronted with a problem last faced in 782 a.d. at the "Battle of Tours" alas, they have no Charles Martel,merely the prideful Jacque Chirac.

A D M reaps reward

All hail the all powerful Archer Daniel Midland co. grand contributor to politicians of all persuasions... They recieve a 51 cent subsidy on every gallon of ethanol they produce and they produce most of the ethanol used in the US somewhere around 100 million gallons. An attachment to the energy bill mandates a 5 to 8 billion gallon increase in ethanol use, a product that reduces gas mileage, does nothing to improve air quality, and may even reduce the quality according to the EPA . Politicians from the corn growing states along with the lickspittles of congress are frothing at the mouth for the oppurtunity to award their benefactor.

where the elite meet

European leaders, faced with two rejections of the E U constitution, have decided to delay any more plebicites on the issue. They declare that the elites must find out what their citizens are concerened over. Wouldn't it be fine if our "elites" would recognise their detatchment from citizens. Perhaps then they might adress some of the problems the constituents feel important. They could concern themselves with ILLEGAL immigration, the delays in approving drugs that Europeans have been using safely for years, the over weaning influence of trial lawyers on legislation, the frivolous lawsuits resulting in jackpot awards to attorneys, the intrusion of government on personal descisions involving life or death,the influence of Archer Daniel Midland and oil companies on energy policy,and the petty idiotic bickering between the true believers of the right and left which is destroying the fabric of our nation at a time when our global position is threatend economicaly and militarily.

razzle dazzle rules

It is gratifying to witness the application of the first rule of scamming e.g. "when discovered ,keep on lying and denying". The three major proponents at this time are Koffi Annan , Ward Churchill and Bernie Ebbers. Although I'm sure that Jacques Chirac will join this threesome at some future date when he is finaly tried on corruption charges.

global warning

Only about four per cent of greenhouse gases are the result of human endeavors, the rest being provided from natural causes.like volcanoes, forest fires, termite flatulance , yes, humans and cattle add their share. The worst and most catostrophic prediction is a ten degree increase in temperature over the next century. Four percent of that increase attributable to man made pollutants would be .4 degrees hardly enough to raise the sea level noticably within that 10 degree temperature change. It seems to me the hieght of hubris to think that the Kyoto treaty can do much to affect what is an event , climate change , that has been occuring since earthly time began. It is politically correct to moan over the event so we will do something ; ineffectual as it will be .

he's a good boy

It seems everytime a minority youth is arrested or shot pictures of a grieving mother and family members are published in the media. In each case. no matter how long the rap sheet for various crimes , the bereaved relatives will echo the mother's sentiment that the arrestee or deceased was a "good boy". In the event it is not a minority member the neighbors will all be quoted as saying "unbelievable, he was a nice guy".

pants over heads

why is there more "moral" indignation in the media over a picture of a prisoner of Americans with underpants on his head than a picture of a beheaded American ?

insurgents or invaders

Why does the media insist on calling the suicide bombers in Iraq insurgents. Insurgents are those within a country in unorganised revolt against their government. While there are some Sunni Iraqis involved in insurgency, the vast majority of jihad suicide martyrs come from other arab lands.They are invaders. These tools of the radical muslim movement have one goal , destroying the fledgling democracy and throwing Iraq into chaos, in hope that an Islamic theocracy will arise. Of course these more moral people would then exercise governing power. As Iran is worse off under theocracy then it was under the shah :Iraq would be worse off under these rulers than it was under Saddam.

extra protection agency (EPA)

Three states New York, California, and Connecticut petitioned the EPA to allow them to quit using ethanol to oxygenate fuel . The states averred they could meet clean air standards without using oxygenation. The EPA in what must stand as the wierdest reasoning by bureaucrats stated "that the states failed to show using ethanol prevented them from meeting clean air standards", HUH ? The EPA then went on to say that economic loss to farmers would occur if ethanol was not produced from corn. I guess the eight cents per gallon added to the cost of a gallon of gasoline was an inconsequential cost to consumers. Is it coincidence that one of the largest contributors to both political parties Archer- Daniels-Midland is the largest supplier of ethanol. Since when has the EPA become a farmer protection agency or an ADM enabler.

incredible orgs

The U N and ACLU have a new companion on my incredible incredulous list. Amnesty International has ranked the U S along with Sudan as the top human rights violaters. This for the country that puts its own soldiers on trial for human rights violations,which contributed and supplied billions in relief to tsunami victims, supplied Africa with AIDS drugs, and rushes to the aid of any country afflicted by disaster..We are linked with the genocidal government actions of the Sudan (which the U N ignored at the behest of China). Have these self righteous idiots at A.I. never heard of N. Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Lybia, Syria, Cuba, Congo, Chechnia, on and on ad nauseum.

pro choice

I am pro choice but I never get a choice. Candidates are selected by the extremists in each party. I certainly can't agree with the far right on abortion, stem cell research, and hatred for homosexuals... I certainly can't agree with the uni-global positions, the laissez faire attitude on immigration, and pornography , the wild environmentalists of the far left. These are the people who select the candidates for public office . It is amazing the country manages to function at all.

a. p.irony

In a story today on public attitudes about the press and its biases and trustworthiness the author saw fit to interview only one congressman . Democrat Congressman Conyers stated, predictably, " the press is unwilling to report the failures of the administration". The public is well aware of press bias in both directions but the journalist for AP was, hopefully, completely unaware of the bias in his piece.

canute canoodoling

The president will oppose any bill that would allow or support cloning that is certainly putting his religous convictions ahead of reality. The environmentalist movement oppose any building of nuclear plants, or thinning of forests to halt spread of pine beetle putting their religous belief ahead of reality. The Peta people want everyone to become a vegan putting their religous belief ahead of reality.. The moslem jihadists want all infidels to convert or die putting their religous beliefs ahead of reality. I am sick unto death of all these true believers who think their way is the right way and they are more moral than the rest of us and serving a "higher purpose". Let me remind them. Mr. President, cloning will be done..Environmentalists, nuclear power is here to stay. Peta, people are by nature omniverous. Jihadists, there are more christans ,budhists, jews , taoists , etc than you can kill and they all think their way is right. Face up to it once the genie is out of the lamp you can't stuff him back in and as powerful as you may be King Canute showed you can't stop the tide.

my morality is better than yours

The creed of the true believer demands that his beliefs are of higher moral worth than others beliefs. This tenant allows him to commit acts which done in furtherance of such beliefs ,no matter how heinous , are sanctified .

murder for God

The N Y Times wonders what is the motive of the insurgents in Iraq. It is obvious that the Times is bringing a Western mind set to the question. The Times states that without a political plan and support of the population no insurgency can succeed. While that is a classic notion this insurgency is quite different. It is fueled by some native Iraqis and a large number of foreign religous zealots. They do not have a plan for governing Iraq, believing a theocratic state will emerge from the chaos of the civil war they are trying to incite. In order to further this result they have taken to murdering leaders ,religous and secular , who might provide peaceful evolution of a stable Iraqi regime and ,collaterally ,any native Iraqis who may be loitering in the area.

free information for Newsweek ?

Newsweek has responded to allegations about their story of the flushed Koran by stating that it cannot be confirmed and apologising to the resulting dead. The have not apologised to the people of the United States . They stated that their information came from a U.S. official who has provided reliable information in the past. I am so happy to know that our hired officials pass on tid- bits of news to commercial enterprises like Newsweek. Why do they dish the dirt to Newsweek? What do they get in return? Does it further their careers or bring down a policy or person they dislike, what is the motive? I think Newsweek should disclose this information and perhaps take such gossip with a tablespoon of salt. Incidentally, if the individual who passes along the back-fence talk as a matter of course is discovered he should be fired. This won"t happen :Newsweek will protect him. Update ...Newsweek just quit quibbling and retracted the story. Happy ending for all except the dead and the reputation of the U.S. One question remains, since the incident would be so inflammatory why publish in the first place... answer, to sell magazines and feed egos with a scoop.

the new oxymoron

It was formerly "military intellegence" , "senatorial courtesy" , or " authentic reproduction" that would serve as the example of an oxymoron. We now have a new candidate for prime example provided by the illustrious "Newsweek" magazine. Newsweek reported a rumour, originating with unamed sources, that interrogators at Guantonamo had desecrated Korans in an attempt to wrest information from prisoners. This rumour , reported by Newsweek prompted anti-American riots all over the Moslem world resulting in deaths and injury. Newsweek cannot confirm the truth of this rumour or identifythe source but the story certainly had an effect in what is viewed as a religious conflict by one side. I now present Newsweek the oxymoron award of "responsibile journalism".

fool me once

When are the powers that be in the Iraqi police and armed forces recruiting department going to learn that it is counter productive to have prospective recruits massed outside recruiting stations. They have lost 100's of recruits and civilians to car bombs and homicide bombers through this practice. Please wake up guys; find another way to interview recruits . Providing targets for terrorists is stupid.

volcker vacilates

Paul Volcker no longer is a credible person . He has transformed himself from an icon of probity to a menial follower of internationalism. His action in asserting the sanctity of the U N's diplomatic immunity , and a confidentiality agreement as superior to a citizens duty to respond to a subpeona indicates where his loyalties lie. His committe can no longer be viewed as a serious investigation of the UN oil for food program but only as an exercise in exculpatory effort to spare the orginazation from a searching investigation. As stated previuosly it is sad to see this end to a career.

social insecurity

At the same time the administration is pushing a plan to save social security it is pushing legislation that would bankrupt social security . Under a theory called totallity, president Bush and Vincente Fox have signed an agreement that would put 5 million illegal aliens into the social security system . This legislation will be brought to congress for approval. Any congressman who votes in favor of this legislation should be deported to Mexico. The obvious result of this arrangement would be a huge increase in illegal immmigration and the more rapid demise of the social security system. It is an indefesible idea and I can not imagine any congressperson voting in favor being re- elected .

credibility, credulity

It is lamentable to watch one man destroy his reputation for honesty and forthrightness attained over years of public service. Paul Volcker is damaging himself beyond repair .. He has tried to prevent his chief investigator , Parton, from responding to a congressional subpoena. He lobbied congressmen in effort to thwart the subpoena and has threatend the other investigators with enforcement of non-disclosure agreements. What is the purpose of this reprehensible conduct? It can only be for the protection of Koffi Annan and other corrupt U N officials. Why is Volcker compromising himself in this fashion does he believe he serving some greater good by acting in this fashion? Please tell us Mr. Volcker.

when there's trouble on the wind

The disdain for the military held by the N Y Times and the liberal elite is a luxury they can enjoy while all is secure in their own roseate world..This despicable attitude is currently being displayed in the highest reaches of academia where elite law schools are trying to prohibit recruiting by the armed forces at their tax supported schools.... Rudyard Kipling had it right "it"s Tommy this, and Tommy that , and Tommy get behind, But it's yes sir, Mr. Atkins, when there's trouble on the wind."

universal health insurance

According to two Columbia University economics professors ILLEGAL immigrants (caps provided to insure readers note difference from legal, and I am hispanic so save the racist rant) cost the American economy 68 billion dollars a year. If we were to spend 28 billion to solve the problem we would still have 48 billion left over to buy health insurance for our uninsured citizens. When are the elected clowns in Washington going to address the problem. I was in an emergency room at St. Anthonys hospital last Saturday night and a good 50 percent of the patients were non-english speaking. I am tired of subsidizing the hotel, chicken producers, farmers , landscapers and other industries who use ILLEGALS and expect the tax payer to pay for health care, education and security for their employees. Pay higher wages and many Americans will do the jobs.

so's your old man

As a cursory reading of these thoughts should show the writer is an equal opportunity opponent of idealogues of both political parties. I must take issue with the democrat leadership at this time , the inimitable Nancy Pelosi critisizes every initiative Bush proposes and marshalls her forces to bury them, but she does so without admitting a problem exists, thereby avoiding the duty to present alternative plans. The democrats are going to have a difficult time winning elections by merely opposing Bush. They must come up with some alternative solutions. This is true unless the republican right wing extremists manage to shoot themselves in the foot while adjusting their halos, which is entirely possible.

black blood for oil

The protesters who accuse the U. S. of being the international Dracula are missing a more identifiable target. China is hand in glove with the inhumane arab regime in the Sudan and has worked to block any change in that regime which continues to murder black africans. Why, you ask, because China is recieving 7% of its imported oil from Sudan and is major partner of the Sudanese government developing oil reserves in Sudan. Sound familiar, think France and Saddam.

the whole story

Startling news report that the United States has more imprisoned persons than any other country.... what no newspaper pointed out is that 30 percent of the prison population is made up of ILLEGAL aliens in prison for felonies.. not for being in the U S illegaly.

capricious justice

A jury convicted the Arthur Anderson accounting firm of obstructing justice for telling Enron employees to shred papers in accord with company policy. This action was taken prior to any government investigation. The conviction has been appealed to the Supreme Court and it looks like it willl be overturned, rightly so. Contrast this Anderson action with the conniving of Koffi Annan's chief of staff,Mr.Riza. Mr Riza shredded documents concerning the oil-for - food program while the Volcker committe was investigating. The, oh so honorable, Mr. Annan has decided that this action was not intended to impede the investigation but was an innocent mistake;like allowing Mr. Annan's son to distribute business cards to visitors to his fathers office. The U N may be necessary but it surely needs reforming.

delay delay

I don't like people like Tom Delay. I don't like people like Al Gore, or Dobson , or Nancy Pelosi. They are people of little intellect and large ambitions and an absolute certainty that their positions are correct and that everyone else is a lesser mortal. Their egos shine so bright they are blinded and cannot see their own frailities. The leaders of the self satisfied pack however is that pompous ass Senator Leahy

true lies

The investigators alluded to in the previous note had to affirm they resigned as a matter of principal because one of the committee members , a Mr. Goldstone, contended that they had resigned because their work was complete. This saga of lies has cast real doubt on the credibility of the Volcker committee. Why haven't the N.Y. times and Washington Post picked up on this possible whitewash?

where's everyone

On page 26 of my local Denver paper there is a fifty word note alluding to the resignation of two of the leading investigators of Paul Volckers committee probing the UN oil for food program. Robert Parton and Miranda Duncun resigned because the report issued by the committe was too soft on Koffi Annan.. It is a shame a man as respected as Paul Volcker lends his prestige to this cover-up. The sad thing is while our media pay all kinds of attention to the alledged personality flaws of ambassador designate Bolton, they completely ignore this story

the petty posse

The fact that the political parties can argue over inanities like Bill Frist's appearance on a religous program, or Bolton's relationship with subordinates, or Terry Schiavo is totally disgusting. The nation is faced with a fight for economic survival in a rapidly changing world and these clowns argue over ephemera. Wake up congress, whether the communion host transubstantiates or remains symbolic is hardly a question to influence realities ...

un or us

Is the United States representative to the U N supposed to represent the U N or the U S.? If the latter John Bolton is a good choice. The moribund U N , an orginzation run by world bureacrats whose main interest is to keep the cushy jobs they have and avoid returning to their dismal origins while living the Manhattan high life and thieving what they can. Our U N ambassador should represent American interests even if Barbara Boxer disagrees.

school iq zero

In response to media overplay of "Columbine", legislators in various state passed legislation to try to divert another school tragedy . The legislation usually took the form of "Zero Tolerance" rules to be enforced by school adminstrators. Previous experience should a have alerted the legislators to the timidity and retreat from common sense that would result. School administrators are governed by two rules , avoid lawsuits and cover your butt. It was perfectly forseeable that with the draconion rules promulgated by the legislator and adherence to the aforementioned principles of principals, the result would be chaos. Children were led away in handcuffs for inadvertantly bringing an aspirin or boyscout knife to school , or in a more extreme case for writing a story that included violence at school. The only thing that can be learned from this exercise in futility is that I Q testing for school administrators and legislators might have them all in remedial classes.

"zombie wills ",not quite living

With all the attention given to "living wills" I think it's necessary to point out the inconsistencies arising under the law governing these instruments. First "living wills" do not enable one to chose the method, time or place of ones death they merely allow the refusal of methods to prolong life. One is faced with the unfortunate choice of refusing life extending practices and slowly dwindling away in a situation which may be painful or living on in spite of a wish to die.
Why don't the states permit one to chose the time ,place and manner of their death. Old people who want to die as they chose should have the right to do so just as women have the right to chose an abortion..I don't believe it serves any public good to refuse this right to those who wish die. This is certainly a more seious church intrusion on civil rights than exhibiting a creche on public property or including "under God" in the pledge of alliegance.

with a hey nanny nanny

The nanny government has out- done itself. Not satisfied with suspending students from school for such heinous sexual offenses as a six year old boy pecking a six year old girl on the cheek {probably would have been o k if another boy had been the peckee};or threats to public safety such as inadvertantly bringing a butter knife to school, having a three inch thin chain attatched to girls purse or giving another child a cough drop. Our school officials have been discovered disallowing the application of sun-screen. Believe it or not, the Maryland legislature has been forced to pass legislation allowing students to apply sunscreen without medical authorisation. Slop it on Merrylanders.

edwin lear leer

The "Indian" professor Ward Churchill
A genealogical search will
Show him for a scam,
A razzle dazzle flim-flam.
Forgive him? only a church will.

imperturbable calm

I was going to ignore the unseemly mess that is the Schiavo situation.. but..... The supporters of her parents fulminate over the poor womens husband. The husband's supporters decry the actions of her family. The congress shows its usual callous opportunism. The spectacle is shabby ,encouraged by the shameless news media in its insatiable lust for "news". The only one with a shred of dignity left is the victim, Terri, who thankfully is completely unaware of the idiocy surrounding her.

off my chess

Why is the government pursuing Bobby Fischer. He is merely another in the long line of wildly eccentric but harmless grand masters of the grand game. The bizarre behavior of these people ranges from escaping the scene of a loss through french doors without opening them and vanishing for years, to the exicited urinating upon the game table while exclaiming "how could I lose to this idiot". Compared to many of the masters Bobby is just a nasty puppy dog.

sweet sewers

Two ladies during a binge weekend threw a party. They provided alchohol to underage football recruits , a felony, with which for some reason they have not been charged. They also made available a party dish of condoms, I dont know what colors but probably gold and black, the University of Colorado colors. During the festivities the ladies so drunk they cannot clearly remember believe they were raped. This is a terrible action on the part of the rapists but I am not sure that the young men were not induced to have sex with older women which would be a crime committed by the alledged victims. All this is besides the point of this comment :which is that the two party girls are now suing the university for not protecting them from the results of their own behavior. Their parents , instead of abhoring their actions are supporting their suit. Isn't a college experience a wonderful thing. Sweet sewers

koffi klatch

Our peerless U N leader Koffi Annan now announces the orginisation must be reformed , typically calling for more money to be given to the corrupt organisation and diluting the influence of the U S . I suggest the following reform, the resignation of Mr. Annan and his thieving scion from the organisation or alternatively moving the headquarters from sybaritic New York to one of the impoverished nations it is supposed to help.

sadistic society

When the inevitable result occurs and the court as previous courts have done permits the removal of Ms. Schiavos tubes and allows her to die through starvation and dehydration. Will the august thinkers in congress revisit this issue and allow some one who has made it clear they don't wish to be kept alive under similar conditions to pass away through an overdose rather than painfully dwindling away. I doubt it , republicans who theoriticaly stand for individual rights won't because they want to be re-elected by fanatical right wing religous zealots and democrats won't because the haven't got the guts to say that people have a right to live and die as they wish and not as the government decides. These congress people don't even realise what sadistic know -nothings they are.

when two is not enough

Who among candidates presented by the major parties can a calm and reasonable person, who does not believe in conspiracies,or the utter evil of opposing points of view support?Unfortunately to be nominated for high office a candidate must appeal to the party activists, if republican to the far right pecans: if democrat the far left filberts. There is no difference between Tom De Lay and Henry Waxman or between Ted Kennedy and Trent Lott. There is a hell of a lot of difference between them and the general American public which is niether mean spirited or completely partisan. Of course all of those officials are pompously inflated with their importance, and belief in their own infallibity, which is reenforced by the army of sycophants surrounding them. Politicians now play the game for their own ambitions and to the devil with the governing of the country.

congress of dolts

Sometimes it seems like the people we elect to govern us are incomplete idiots , they lack even a modicum of common sense. There are are only three ways to become an authority on everything , be a rock star, an actor or get elected to public office. It appears mere election to public office confers , in the elected , certainty of their infallibility, Perhaps it is the reason our public clowns in congress can waste time on matters like the Schiave case and steroid use in baseball when they should be paying attention to the state of the country.

just no energy

The reason for the high price of oil is purely geographical. The oil is in California, Alaska, Texas Oklahoma , Wyoming , Colorado but the dipsticks are in Washington, D. C.

pictues don't lie

In the case of the"Artic Refuge" pictures don't lie : they merely misrepresent. Like the brochures for summer camps and mountain retreats . Perhaps more accurately like the sexy pictures photographers advertise which will make the average woman look like a movie star. It is amazing what camera angles , filters , and make up can do.

illegal negligence

Today 130 members of a salvadoran based gang, almost all illegal aliens ,were arrested .What was really interesting is that some of these gangsters had been arrested many times and deported three or more times. Coincedentaly , another gang of eastern european smugglers ,almost all illegal aliens, were arrested for smuggling weapons into the u s for sale. It is the hieght of irresponsibility and an insult to all Americans that our elected officials ,democrat and republican, do not act to protect our borders and remedy this abhorrent situation. Let me suggest a simple remedy, any person or corporation hiring an illegal alien be immediately fined $10000 dollars, for the second offense $50000 and for any subseqent offense jail time .Thirty percent of our prison population is made up of illegal aliens being held for serious crimes.. Where is the outrage; only among citizens politicians better wake up or they will be voted out of office.

mea culpa culpa culpa

I have the impression that the media delights in reporting missteps by our government. I don't know why this penchant to magnify whatever the United States does wrong and tred lightly on errors by the U. N. or foriegn governments exists. Is it a "gotcha" syndrome, or a feeling of guilt for the wealth of the United States. I do know that it is a disturbing phenomenon. The fact that the guilt will prove evanescent with the awakening dragons of Asia is not comforting

steroidal bovine feces

Our esteemed senators are delving into the use of steriods by baseball players. This action is, of course, of paramount interest because of its threat to our survival as an nation. Why be concerened about illegal immigration , the outsourcing of jobs occuring under unfair trade agreements, or terrorism ;when wether or not a group of over paid atheletes hypes their performance with steroids threatens the very substance of our lives. Thank whatever gods there may be for the protection offered by these guardians of our democracy

no free lunch

If the irate media and public want lower oil prices we are going to have to drill for oil in the United States. For years there has been a concerted effort by environmentalist extremists and flat earthers, abetted by the media, to dupe the public into believing that by conserving and prohibiting drilling we can feed our energy needs.. Public lands, and some private lands , have been declared off limits for oil exploration and while these actions have contributed to higher oil prices the ireffutable fact is that as China and India grow into industrial nations they will use more oil. Unless we have our own sources we are going down the tube and perhaps to war .The oil companies and the administration are not to blame for high prices ;the world demand for a commodity in short supply drives prices. Wake up, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

a modest proposal

A solutiion for the illegal alien problem is at hand. We can merely round up the illegals and sell them as slaves to the chicken packing plants, the stoop labor vegetable farms, the hotel chains and other present employers of illegals. in this way we can relieve the taxpayer of the enormous burden of educating their children, providing healthcare,jailing the criminals,and providing lawyers to protect their rights. Slaves would have no rights, and instead of subsidizing the employers as we do now by providing these services, the employer would have the responsability for their welfare and the government would collect a fat fee on every sale.

a time to live, a time to die

The zealots who want to tell you how to live and how to die are using their flagellant whips to figuratively flay Clint Eastwood for presenting suicide as an alternative to existing as a paraplegic in his movie "Million Dollar Baby". Why don't they get a life instead of trying to enforce their morality on other peoples lives?

doublespeak

George Orwell is alive. Undocumented immigrant = illegal alien, insurgent=terrorist, youths = thugs, the only group escaping is business crooks they are rightly called thieves and con-men, even fraudelent fellows.

panama lost

Just returned from panama; a most disorienting country. By all instincts the canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific should be oriented from East to West but it"s North to South. Spent half the time waiting for sunrise or sunset to determine where i was. I think most politicians would feel right at home.

those so blind

It would be amusing if not so terrifying. The leaders of Syria, Iran , and Saudi Arabia are harboring the seeds of their own destruction. Do they really think that if the terrorists are successful in Iraq they will be satisfied. Those who ride the tiger ultimately become food.

churchillian

Ward Churchill is a psuedo intellectual professor of ethnic studies , whatever that means, at Colorado University. His forte is writing outrageous polemics disguised as serious research. He believes his right to free expression is ordained, while others rights are subserviant to his. In other words he is a facist.

take this job and

Why is it that all the pundits, immigration lawyers, and assorted advocates who repeat the mantra; "we need illegal immigrants because they take jobs Americans won't take" are well fed, well off , secure people with medical insurance. We are never introduced to a poor person making this claim.

made for t v

The inaugural ball is a made for t v event comparable to the "acadamy awards", the Grammy, the Golden Globe etc. All it needs is Joan Rivers and daughter to comment on the clothes.

times that try mens brains

In a month when the U N has collected more charitable contributions than ever Koffi Annan has the gall to ask for more aid to distribute to corrupt governments in guise of helping poor people. When George Bush proposes an amnesty program for illegal aliens. When the iraqi police can't defend themselves. When it turns out the EPA illegally declared the salmon in Klamath Falls endangered directly ruining the lives of the people of the area and indirectly causing the death of four firefighters. When the euro is worth thirty percent more than the dollar. When Washington pols celebrate lavishly . When outsourcing of jobs is epidemic. Doesn't it seem stupid that political figures can play churlish partisan games to salve their egos.

springing to oblivion

The far left has another spokesperson, Jerry Springer. The group just doesn't get it, while many people may embrace "values" on a religous basis and rail against homosexuals and abortion others ,some atheists included, take ''values" to mean a revulsion against tackyness. If there is one public figure who epitomizes this lowest common denominator it's Jerry Springer :although the guy who thought it funny to paste the head photos of supreme court justices on top of full frontal sagging nude bodies sure gives him a sophmoronic run for the post.

jan egland of th u n

Jan is a real prize.He opens his mouth and inanities trip forth.The latest observation from this oracle is that nature is more of a danger than terrorists. I must assume this is a call for the U.S to act to thwart natural phenomena. Shall we start with capping volcanoes, diverting tornadoes and hurricanes, perhaps, prohibiting earthquakes . Methane gas is a green house gas and is produced by almost all living creatures perhaps we could get all the fauna to refrain from flatulence, of course ,that would only stop the gas from one orifice. We'd still have Jan.

(A)lways (P)redictable

Some embittered voter in the midwest is calling for a boycott of all goods and services on inaugeration day. Nobody would even be aware of this poor lost soul if A P in its infinite wisdom didn't somehow find this individual and deem notice of his action important enough for a story. Which ,of course, was dutifully reprinted on AOL. There must not be enough going on in the world to keep A P reporters busy.

Enabling Horror

Consdidering the actions of U N troops in the Congo, rape and corruption, I find it difficult to accept the turnover to the U N of humanitarian efforts in Sri Lanka ,Thailand,and Indonesia with any degree of equanimity.

boxed in

Senator Barbara Boxer, a cheerleader whose team lost, says the officials were bribed. I really can't blame Ms. Boxer the media treats elections like football games and hypes the event so that partisans , like football fans lose all sense of perspective. Still, to see a senator so divorced from reality that she embraces conspiracy theories and weeps over the outcome of an election reflects very poorly on the stability of elected officials.

leaky leahy

i saw the noble senator from vermont pontificating on the nomination for atty general, and heard his cries for probity. this from the same self important figure who was censured and thrown off the intelligence committee, by his own peers, for leaking top secret information.

behind the "Times"

The sanctmonious n y times, in kneejerk reaction, is criticising american response to indonesian disaster:ignoring the fact that in two days the red cross has recieved over 3o million dollars, and other organizations millions more. American ships and troops are already moving to the area and great cost .By the time this is overI estimate america will pour in 500 mil to a billion dollars. This does not include huge contributions by american corporations in medicine and water. I have not been informed of any contributions by "Time Inc" or their staff.

huh-nduras

In Honduras a group of political opponents of the death penalty waylaid a bus carrying women and children and sprayed it with gunfire killing 23 people. Fortunately, they did not support the penalty or the death toll would have been higher.

anything to make aliving

some sharp operators have devised away to relieve disgruntled voters of some cash. they have organised a web site suggesting that the voters (contributors)buy goods only from the "blue states". its a good thing they don"t restrict the purchases to only "blue counties" ; the only thing they,d have to eat is sushi.

united nothing with arafat on the side

arafat skimmed hundreds of millions of dollars meant for betterment of the palestinian people but he is a piker compared with the court of kofi annan where u n participants have stolen billions from iraq and elsewhere. if it were not for the u n most of the people working there would have to live with the people they represent in third world squalor. instead of trying to redistribute the wealth of the civilised world they might try to emulate it.

the new nero

the U N and kofi annan fiddle while the sudan burns.....