That’s right, for all you activists out there still insisting that the solution to Virginia Tech could have been saved by a crowded room of scared, untrained students all firing at once, here is a situation that was actually handled correctly!
Posts Tagged ‘crime’
The New Heroes of the Right
Nixon died when I was in fourth grade. My teacher at the time talked about how betrayed she felt watching Watergate come to light. I’ve always thought that my parent’s generation all felt pretty much the same way. A President, sworn to execute and uphold the Constitution of the United States, had committed deplorable crimes in order to win an election. (What’s most disgusting is that he had a good chance of winning that election in the first place).
America Will Not be Satisfied
America will not be satisfied:
There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro’s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by a sign stating: “For Whites Only.” We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until “justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
- August 28, 1963
Craig defended by the….whoa….ACLU!
What do you think Republicans would say if a Democrat were caught engaging in extra-marital sexual activities that questioned the integrity of the person? Hmm. Probably bring the articles of impeachment against him.
You would think the progressive party would lash out in the same way if a Republican were caught deviating from the norm of sexual behavior. Especially if that very person in question had done nothing but deride and condemn members of the progressive party, especially organizations as -lets say- the ACLU.
This is Just Getting Ridiculous
Why is it so hard for Republicans to honestly win an election? ThinkProgress.org, a progressive blog that acts as a sort of watchdog against the scandalous administration that is ruining our country, has been keeping tabs on the voter caging scandal within the top ranks of the Bush Dynasty.
Evidence is irrefutable. PBS Now has copies of emails describing the voter reg fraud strategy used by these un-American fascists.
Even Republicans have to agree that this is just SICK. I know that the average Republican American wants to win elections, but I’m sure they wanted to win fairly…….right?
We need to get these people out of office. Americans need to stand up and not let their rights be infringed upon any longer. ’08 is coming up soon, and I’m going to be ready. I know I’m safe because I live in a Republican controlled (Do-little’s) district. They leave those ballots alone.
Thank you TP, for looking out for the real Americans, and thank you PBS for your thorough investigating. (Plus, I love the nature shows).
What a Week!
If you want a good laugh, see this blog here on ThinkProgress.org
If you are still bored, go see Crispy Quips.
Fine journalism here.
In other news, the man suspected of killing a seventeen year old girl in the back of his SUV was questioned five months ago for a similar shooting. In the previous incident, the girl lived but is permanently blind. She says she remembers nothing leading up to the shooting. The man, Raul Reyes, was never charged. According to the Mountain Democrat, he offers no explanation as to how either victim ended up in his car.
The plot thickens.
I was surprised that this was the fourth story in the Wednesday Mountain Democrat that had to do with murder. It seems that the small town image of El Dorado County is quickly changing into one dotted with murder and crime. Could this be the end of small foothill life in this area? Only time will tell.
Lohan Has Done it Again!
What happened to little, freckle-faced Lyndsay Lohan to make her such a coke-head? Seriously. Her actions aren’t your normal young-adult experimentation phases. To get out of rehab and go straight back to jail is usually reserved for drug addicts and alcoholics a bit more advanced in the disease and a bit older. So maybe she’s just stupid? Another DUI and possesion charges against her just a few days out of a fancy rehab. Maybe someone should put her in Delancey Street. Nothing a little behavior modification can’t fix, right?
She will probably end up going down hard. It may take a couple more years, but it will happen. She is still delusional enough to think she can take charge and fix her drug problem herself. How do I know this? Work in the field of addiction as well as my own life experience. Hopefully, she doesn’t die first.
In other news, I read in the Mountain Democrat (El Dorado County’s finest newspaper…it’s only one), that there was a dead woman found in an SUV at an apartment complex in El Dorado Hills. The owner of the SUV called the cops and told them about the dead woman. There was an entrance hole in the windshield and a two foot hole in the rear window. The woman was dead in the back seat, apparently from a gunshot wound. This was all in the paper.
The owner of the SUV was arrested on suspicion of first degree murder. I wonder why someone would get out of their own car to shoot into it from the front just to kill a person?
There was also a man in a Jetta parked right behind the SUV, (both cars registered to addresses in South Sacramento) but he was let go. Police believe drugs were involved.
The driver of the SUV was described by the paper as “Hispanic,” an outdated description of Latino people used mainly by white people in authority. El Dorado County is still catching up.
This murder is definitely going to mar the image of the nice wholesome place to raise your kids in El Dorado Hills, that’s for sure. Not to mention, it’s just plain strange.
And that is all the news I have for today.
Albania to Paris
Is it selective memory, ADD, or just plain ignorance that causes our president to forget what he says the very day after he says it? Reading the New York Times today, I came upon an article regarding Bush’s visit to Albania, the only country that still likes the man. Bush discussed the future of Kosovo during a visit to Rome the day before, but must be suffering from temporary amnesia. Maybe he hit his head. Anyhow, the Times article ran as such:
The future of Kosovo, a largely Albanian breakaway province of Serbia, is of paramount interest here; some Kosovars traveled to Tirana to join the crowd awaiting Mr. Bush. The United Nations Security Council is considering a plan for independence, but Russia objects. On Saturday in Rome, the president agreed there should be a deadline to end the United Nations talks, saying, “In terms of a deadline, there needs to be one, it needs to happen.”
That seems all well and dandy, until you hear what he said less than twenty-four hours later. The Times reports:
“First of all, I don’t think I called for a deadline,” Mr. Bush said, during a press appearance with Prime Minister Berisha in the courtyard of a government ministry building. He was reminded that he had.“I did?” he asked, sounding surprised. “What exactly did I say? I said ‘deadline’? Okay, yes, then I meant what I said.”
So, I wonder Mr. President, which is it? Did you need a couple drinks before the heavy anti-Bush protests you received in Rome? Maybe you had a few too many and you don’t remember what you said about a deadline. I think you ought to lay off the sauce. Sure, you only have nineteen months and some change before you are finally out of office, but you should at least still be checking with your advisors before you open your big mouth and contradict your statements twenty-four hours after they are said.
It’s too easy to pick on Jr., so I’ll stop now. I’ll pick an easier target instead! Did anyone hear Paris Hilton cry for her mommy when she was taken to jail? Mark one up for Justice. She had been allowed house arrest by Sheriff Lee Baca after only five out of at least 23 days she was supposed to serve. His department now may be held in contempt of court. Paris was brought back to court in a police car and taken away to finish paying her debt to society.
Paris got what she deserved. People have been complaining for years that celebrities only get slapped on the wrists when they get into trouble, and finally the judges are listening! To have the sentence undermined by a horny little Sheriff looking for attention from a nearly anorexic brat was a tragedy. He should join her in jail. Justice was swift though, and she is right where drunkards belong when they don’t pay for their crimes or change their ways. Have fun in the clink, little missy!
And that is all. My quotes were taken from this article in the New York Times:
Bush is Greeted Warmly in Albania, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg. June 10, 2007
