HEAVEN or HELL
While walking down the street one day a Corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car and died.
His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.
" Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."
"No problem, just let me in," says the Senator.
"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."
"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the Senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.
The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They played a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.
Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who is having a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are all having such a good time that before the Senator realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises. The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him and says, "Now it's time to visit heaven...”
So, 24 hours passed with the Senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."
The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell...
Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.
The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulders.
"I don't understand," stammers the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil smiles at him and says,"Yesterday we were campaigning, Today, you voted.."
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIST YOUR GUNS ON YOUR NEXT TAX RETURN
You may have received the following e-mail:
Gun owners … Look what’s on the 2010 tax return….
Verified true on Snopes
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/blairholt.asp
If you have a gun, I hope it isn’t registered!
It begins … More freedom gone …. The right to protect yourself and your family gone! Now ALL GUNS must be listed on your next (2010) tax return!
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It will require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun. This bill was introduced on February 24, 2009, by the Obama staff. BUT, this bill will only become public knowledge 30 days after the new law becomes effective! This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee has passed this without the Senate voting on it at all. Trust Obama? You must be kidding!
Please send a copy of this e-mail to every gun owner you know.
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That e-mail goes on and on with a lot of extraneous crap. Everything that is written above is absolutely false!
I have little use for President Obama, but that dire warning for gun owners is from another asshole attacking Obama with an outright lie! The reason I am posting this is because you may have already received this phony message. I first received it last year, and then again several months ago. You’ll notice that the asshole forgot to change the year from 2009 to 2010 when he refers to SB-2099.
The asshole who generated this shit cleverly says 'Verified true on Snopes,' but if you go ahead and click on the link you will find that the tax return crap is just that - a lot of crap!
The warning that you must list your guns on the 2010 tax return is UTTERLY FALSE!!!!
By now all of you should realize that 95 percent of these anti-Obama e-mails are not true. Those assholes out there who generate this shit know that most readers will not verify the truth of the crap they put out.
That Snopes link refers to the Blair-Holt bill which proposes to restrict the ownership and purchase of guns with a retractable magazine and requires their registration. It does not involve tax returns. While still pending, that bill has no chance of becoming law. The Blair-Holt bill was NOT introduced ‘by the Obama staff’ and it does NOT have any support from the Obma administration.
So all you gun owners who may have already received this e-mail, you can relax. Instead of getting all exercised at Obama for this, you should be royally pissed off at the asshole who generated this phony shit.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I also posted this on PACOVILLA Corrections blog. Here is how Bob Waslsh responded: There is plenty of real stuff to go after Obama for that we don’t have to make stuff up.
And FJ said: There actually was a bill by this same number dealing with this same issue [that] was introduced in 2000 and died a timely death in committee. This [e-mail] has been going around ever since as a BS scare tactic.
Gun owners … Look what’s on the 2010 tax return….
Verified true on Snopes
If you have a gun, I hope it isn’t registered!
It begins … More freedom gone …. The right to protect yourself and your family gone! Now ALL GUNS must be listed on your next (2010) tax return!
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It will require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun. This bill was introduced on February 24, 2009, by the Obama staff. BUT, this bill will only become public knowledge 30 days after the new law becomes effective! This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee has passed this without the Senate voting on it at all. Trust Obama? You must be kidding!
Please send a copy of this e-mail to every gun owner you know.
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That e-mail goes on and on with a lot of extraneous crap. Everything that is written above is absolutely false!
I have little use for President Obama, but that dire warning for gun owners is from another asshole attacking Obama with an outright lie! The reason I am posting this is because you may have already received this phony message. I first received it last year, and then again several months ago. You’ll notice that the asshole forgot to change the year from 2009 to 2010 when he refers to SB-2099.
The asshole who generated this shit cleverly says 'Verified true on Snopes,' but if you go ahead and click on the link you will find that the tax return crap is just that - a lot of crap!
The warning that you must list your guns on the 2010 tax return is UTTERLY FALSE!!!!
By now all of you should realize that 95 percent of these anti-Obama e-mails are not true. Those assholes out there who generate this shit know that most readers will not verify the truth of the crap they put out.
That Snopes link refers to the Blair-Holt bill which proposes to restrict the ownership and purchase of guns with a retractable magazine and requires their registration. It does not involve tax returns. While still pending, that bill has no chance of becoming law. The Blair-Holt bill was NOT introduced ‘by the Obama staff’ and it does NOT have any support from the Obma administration.
So all you gun owners who may have already received this e-mail, you can relax. Instead of getting all exercised at Obama for this, you should be royally pissed off at the asshole who generated this phony shit.
EDITOR’S NOTE: I also posted this on PACOVILLA Corrections blog. Here is how Bob Waslsh responded: There is plenty of real stuff to go after Obama for that we don’t have to make stuff up.
And FJ said: There actually was a bill by this same number dealing with this same issue [that] was introduced in 2000 and died a timely death in committee. This [e-mail] has been going around ever since as a BS scare tactic.
SAFE SEX
Why don’t we just legalize prostitution and reap the benefits from taxing the world’s second oldest profession. That’s the same argument the proponents for legalizing drugs are using. Did I say, the world’s second oldest profession? Yes I did. Policing is the oldest profession!
PROSTITUTES ORDERED TO WEAR FLUORESCENT JACKET ON SPANISH HIGHWAS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY
By Tom Worden
Mail Online
October 25, 2010
Street prostitutes have been ordered by police to wear fluorescent jackets to prevent road accidents outside a Spanish town.
Officers have been fining the sex workers £35 (40 euros) for failing to wear the brightly coloured clothing where they work, on the LL-11 highway near the town of Els Alamus, in Catalonia in north-east Spain.
They started wearing the jackets last week following a crackdown by the regional Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra.
Officers fined the women under a road traffic law which states pedestrians on major highways or hard shoulders must wear fluorescent jackets.
The law was introduced in 2004 to prevent the deaths of motorists whose cars have broken down on major roads.
The women have responded to the fines by buying the sleeveless yellow jackets and wearing them over their work outfits, often consisting of short skirts or shorts and skimpy tops.
A spokesman for the force said officers were not singling the women out, and were fining them under traffic laws applicable to all pedestrians.
Mayor Josep Maria Bea has been trying to drive the women out of the area.
The town hall recently passed a bylaw banning prostitutes from offering sex for sale in public areas.
Locals have complained about the women and say the streets are littered with condoms they leave behind.
Street prostitutes are a common sight on Spanish highways.
More than 300,000 women work as prostitutes in the country, where prostitution is not illegal.
Around 95 per cent are immigrants, mostly from South America and north Africa.
A recent survey found one in four Spanish men admitted to having paid for sex.
The industry generates an estimated £16billion a year to the Spanish economy.
PROSTITUTES ORDERED TO WEAR FLUORESCENT JACKET ON SPANISH HIGHWAS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY
By Tom Worden
Mail Online
October 25, 2010
Street prostitutes have been ordered by police to wear fluorescent jackets to prevent road accidents outside a Spanish town.
Officers have been fining the sex workers £35 (40 euros) for failing to wear the brightly coloured clothing where they work, on the LL-11 highway near the town of Els Alamus, in Catalonia in north-east Spain.
They started wearing the jackets last week following a crackdown by the regional Catalan police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra.
Officers fined the women under a road traffic law which states pedestrians on major highways or hard shoulders must wear fluorescent jackets.
The law was introduced in 2004 to prevent the deaths of motorists whose cars have broken down on major roads.
The women have responded to the fines by buying the sleeveless yellow jackets and wearing them over their work outfits, often consisting of short skirts or shorts and skimpy tops.
A spokesman for the force said officers were not singling the women out, and were fining them under traffic laws applicable to all pedestrians.
Mayor Josep Maria Bea has been trying to drive the women out of the area.
The town hall recently passed a bylaw banning prostitutes from offering sex for sale in public areas.
Locals have complained about the women and say the streets are littered with condoms they leave behind.
Street prostitutes are a common sight on Spanish highways.
More than 300,000 women work as prostitutes in the country, where prostitution is not illegal.
Around 95 per cent are immigrants, mostly from South America and north Africa.
A recent survey found one in four Spanish men admitted to having paid for sex.
The industry generates an estimated £16billion a year to the Spanish economy.
HE HAD THEM WATCH A VIDEO OF A WOMAN HAVING SEX WITH A PIG
When they said they had to watch a woman having sex with a pig, could they have meant she was having sex with a cop?
JERRY WILSON: WHEN THE BOSS (ALLEGEDLY) MAKES YOU WATCH PIG-SEX VIDEOS
By Chris Vogel
There's nothing like a video of someone fucking a pig to spoil a perfectly fine day at the office.
So say, at least, a trio of women who are suing their boss for sexual harassment, claiming he exposed himself and had them watch a pornographic video involving the noble beast, sus scrofa domesticus.
According to the lawsuit filed in Harris County District Court, Jerry Wilson, president of the Houston-based company Premier Adjusters Inc., sexually harassed employees Beth Parchman, Jody Ivie and Sandra Borgstrom during the past two years.
The accusations against Wilson include sending e-mails and text messages containing photos of his genitals to the women, unwanted sexual advances, and requiring the women to watch sex movies.
"Specifically," the lawsuit states, Wilson had the women view a video "that depicted a woman having sex with a pig" and later forwarded them emails of "a scantily clad woman that had pig ears and a pig snout titled, 'Swine Flu after effects .... careful.' Furthermore, the three women claim that Wilson asked one of them if she would like "A big ole gooden or a good ole biggen," and "had trouble keeping his pants up on at least one occasion thereby exposing his genitals."
Wilson has not responded to Hair Balls' request for comment.
The women say that Wilson's alleged harassment has caused them "severe emotional distress," including "nausea, sleeplessness, night terrors, loss of sexual desire, depression, and loss of enjoyment of life."
In addition, they claim that Wilson has violated the company's Code of Ethics, found posted on the company's website, which states that employees will "conduct ourselves so as to command respect and confidence."
According to the lawsuit, the company and Wilson did "not command respect and confidence when they require their employees to watch a video of a pig having sex with a woman."
JERRY WILSON: WHEN THE BOSS (ALLEGEDLY) MAKES YOU WATCH PIG-SEX VIDEOS
By Chris Vogel
There's nothing like a video of someone fucking a pig to spoil a perfectly fine day at the office.
So say, at least, a trio of women who are suing their boss for sexual harassment, claiming he exposed himself and had them watch a pornographic video involving the noble beast, sus scrofa domesticus.
According to the lawsuit filed in Harris County District Court, Jerry Wilson, president of the Houston-based company Premier Adjusters Inc., sexually harassed employees Beth Parchman, Jody Ivie and Sandra Borgstrom during the past two years.
The accusations against Wilson include sending e-mails and text messages containing photos of his genitals to the women, unwanted sexual advances, and requiring the women to watch sex movies.
"Specifically," the lawsuit states, Wilson had the women view a video "that depicted a woman having sex with a pig" and later forwarded them emails of "a scantily clad woman that had pig ears and a pig snout titled, 'Swine Flu after effects .... careful.' Furthermore, the three women claim that Wilson asked one of them if she would like "A big ole gooden or a good ole biggen," and "had trouble keeping his pants up on at least one occasion thereby exposing his genitals."
Wilson has not responded to Hair Balls' request for comment.
The women say that Wilson's alleged harassment has caused them "severe emotional distress," including "nausea, sleeplessness, night terrors, loss of sexual desire, depression, and loss of enjoyment of life."
In addition, they claim that Wilson has violated the company's Code of Ethics, found posted on the company's website, which states that employees will "conduct ourselves so as to command respect and confidence."
According to the lawsuit, the company and Wilson did "not command respect and confidence when they require their employees to watch a video of a pig having sex with a woman."
Monday, October 25, 2010
IT'S THE FANS THAT SHOULD BE PUNISHED (2)
Vancouver Canucks center Rick Rypien gets a six-game suspension for grabbing an obnoxious Minnesota Wild fan by his jersey as he was leaving the ice after receiving a game misconduct penalty. James Engquist, his antagonist, gets an apology, an invitation to dinner and some game tickets from National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman.
Engquist was unhappy with the suspension and told Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press that Rypien should have been fired for grabbing him. "In normal society, minimally, you'd be fired from the NHL." Engquist is also considering a lawsuit against Rypien.
What was Engquist doing standing over the runway in the middle of the game as Rypien was headed for the dressing room? Why wasn’t he in his seat? There’s only one reason Engquist left his seat for the runway and that was to get up close enough to Rypien so that the ejected player would be sure to hear his taunts.
As I said, there should be some way to punish a fan who is so obnoxious as to provoke retaliation by a player. Instead, NHL commissioner Bettman rewards the asshole handsomely. Rypien was clearly wrong in grabbing Engquist and deserved a suspension, but reward the fan who went out of the way to provoke him? Shame, shame on Gary Bettman!
Engquist was unhappy with the suspension and told Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press that Rypien should have been fired for grabbing him. "In normal society, minimally, you'd be fired from the NHL." Engquist is also considering a lawsuit against Rypien.
What was Engquist doing standing over the runway in the middle of the game as Rypien was headed for the dressing room? Why wasn’t he in his seat? There’s only one reason Engquist left his seat for the runway and that was to get up close enough to Rypien so that the ejected player would be sure to hear his taunts.
As I said, there should be some way to punish a fan who is so obnoxious as to provoke retaliation by a player. Instead, NHL commissioner Bettman rewards the asshole handsomely. Rypien was clearly wrong in grabbing Engquist and deserved a suspension, but reward the fan who went out of the way to provoke him? Shame, shame on Gary Bettman!
TAKE CARE OF YOUR PEDOPHILE PRIESTS PROBLEM BEFORE YOU DUMP ON ISRAEL
After meeting for two weeks to study the exodus of Christians from the Middle East, bishops at a Vatican synod blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the exodus and issued a document declaring that Jews are not the ‘Chosen People,’ that Jews have no right to the ‘Promised Land’ and that Israel cannot use the holy scriptures to impose ‘injustices’ on the Palestinians. The synod also called for the internationalization of Jerusalem, Israel’s declared capitol.
Naturally the synod’s declaration, which strongly condemned all of the Jewish settlements and clearly blamed Israel for all of the turmoil in the Middle East, has received widespread coverage by the Arab media.
Here are some excerpts from Arab News.com:
__Asked about the passage at a news conference, Greek-Melchite Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, said: "We Christians cannot speak about the promised land for the Jewish people. There is no longer a chosen people. All men and women of all countries have become the chosen people."
__"The concept of the promised land cannot be used as a base for the justification of the return of Jews to Israel and the displacement of Palestinians," he added. "The justification of Israel’s occupation of the land of Palestine cannot be based on sacred scriptures."
__While recognizing "the suffering and insecurity in which Israelis live" and the need for Israel to enjoy peace within internationally recognized borders, the document was more expansive and detailed on the situation of Palestinians.
__It said Palestinians "are suffering the consequences of the Israeli occupation: the lack of freedom of movement, the wall of separation and the military checkpoints, the political prisoners, the demolition of homes, the disturbance of socio-economic life and the thousands of refugees."
__The synod’s concluding message repeated a Vatican call for Jerusalem to have a special status "which respects its particular character" as a city sacred to the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. [Special status is a euphemism for internationalization.]
I would strongly suggest that before Catholic bishops get all lathered up about injustices imposed on the Palestinians by Israelis, they look after the worldwide injustices imposed on young boys by their pedophile priests.
Naturally the synod’s declaration, which strongly condemned all of the Jewish settlements and clearly blamed Israel for all of the turmoil in the Middle East, has received widespread coverage by the Arab media.
Here are some excerpts from Arab News.com:
__Asked about the passage at a news conference, Greek-Melchite Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, said: "We Christians cannot speak about the promised land for the Jewish people. There is no longer a chosen people. All men and women of all countries have become the chosen people."
__"The concept of the promised land cannot be used as a base for the justification of the return of Jews to Israel and the displacement of Palestinians," he added. "The justification of Israel’s occupation of the land of Palestine cannot be based on sacred scriptures."
__While recognizing "the suffering and insecurity in which Israelis live" and the need for Israel to enjoy peace within internationally recognized borders, the document was more expansive and detailed on the situation of Palestinians.
__It said Palestinians "are suffering the consequences of the Israeli occupation: the lack of freedom of movement, the wall of separation and the military checkpoints, the political prisoners, the demolition of homes, the disturbance of socio-economic life and the thousands of refugees."
__The synod’s concluding message repeated a Vatican call for Jerusalem to have a special status "which respects its particular character" as a city sacred to the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. [Special status is a euphemism for internationalization.]
I would strongly suggest that before Catholic bishops get all lathered up about injustices imposed on the Palestinians by Israelis, they look after the worldwide injustices imposed on young boys by their pedophile priests.
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR THE LEFT, BUT NOT FOR THE RIGHT
The Netherlands, one of the most liberal countries in the world, has put Geert Wilders on trial for denouncing Islam. By putting him on trial while failing to prosecute Muslims for their hateful daily speeches, the Dutch government is letting political correctness dictate who can exercise freedom of speech and who cannot. That usually boils down to left-wingers having the right of free speech and right-wingers being denied that right.
Agreeing with Wilders that the three judges in his trial were biased against him, a special chamber of the court approved a request last week to dismiss the judges for his trial on charges of inciting hatred against Muslims, forcing the court to start the case all over again.
CANDIDLY SPEAKING: THE WILDERS TRIAL AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
by Isi Leibler
The Jerusalem Post
October 11, 2010
The bizarre trial of Dutch political leader Geert Wilders, for having allegedly insulted Islam and incited hatred against Muslims, may have major long term repercussions on Europe.
Voted politician of the year in Holland in 2007, the highly charismatic Wilders has had a meteoric public career. The Freedom Party which he leads gained 24 seats in the recent elections, making it the third largest parliamentary party. With the new government now dependent on its votes to retain office, he has considerable influence in the formulation of policy.
Wilders represents the antithesis of political correctness. He courageously condemns the prevailing craven appeasement of Europeans to the intransigence and threats of violence emanating from Islamic fundamentalists. He considers the widespread migration of Muslims to European countries as an Islamic fundamentalist Trojan horse, and predicts that if the jihadists are not resisted, "Eurabia will be just a matter of time."
Last week in a speech in Berlin, Wilders stated:
__"They [the left] want us to feel so ashamed about our own identity that we refuse to fight for it... The same leftists who turned a blind eye to communism then, turn a blind eye to Islam today... we even hear a repetition of the old moral equivalence mantra. They used to say that Western "imperialism" was as bad as Soviet imperialism. They are now saying that Western "imperialism" is as bad as Islamic imperialism... Are we about to repeat the fatal mistake of the Weimar Republic? Are we succumbing to Islam because our commitment to freedom is already dead? No it will not happen."
Although accused of being a fascist, Wilders adamantly opposed and explicitly condemned right-wing extremists like Le Pen and Heider. "We will never join up with fascists." he repeatedly says.
He is also a passionate admirer and supporter of Israel, where he lived for two years and which he has visited over 40 times, frequently describing the Jewish state as "the West's first line of defense."
The threats and rewards offered by Islamic extremists for his murder are taken seriously, especially after the murder of media personality Theo Van Gogh by a Dutch Moroccan Islamic fanatic. Wilders has been under 24-hour police protection during the past six years.
The trial he faces will be a watershed for European democracy. He is being accused of inciting hatred because of the documentary film (Fitna) he produced which graphically links Islam to the violence prevailing in many Muslim societies. It highlights practices such as the stoning of adulterous women, beheadings, execution of apostates, honor killings, hanging of homosexuals, amputation of limbs for petty crimes, forced child marriages, female circumcision and other odious practices which to this day are prevalent in many Islamic countries.
……….it is surely Wilders' democratic right to express such views without facing criminal prosecution. Particularly so, when he condemns Islam as an extremist ideology but urges his followers to eschew violence against individual Muslims.
More importantly, his demand that Muslims in our society be integrated and that those imams and their followers who incite to violence be vigorously prosecuted and deported is a crucial prerequisite to any form of accommodation with Islamic migrants.
When his trial resumed last week, Wilders was entirely justified in saying "I am on trial, but on trial with me is the freedom of expression of many Dutch citizens."
In truth, this trial exemplifies cowardly European appeasement and capitulation to Muslims threats of violence and intimidation against any critics.
Agreeing with Wilders that the three judges in his trial were biased against him, a special chamber of the court approved a request last week to dismiss the judges for his trial on charges of inciting hatred against Muslims, forcing the court to start the case all over again.
CANDIDLY SPEAKING: THE WILDERS TRIAL AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH
by Isi Leibler
The Jerusalem Post
October 11, 2010
The bizarre trial of Dutch political leader Geert Wilders, for having allegedly insulted Islam and incited hatred against Muslims, may have major long term repercussions on Europe.
Voted politician of the year in Holland in 2007, the highly charismatic Wilders has had a meteoric public career. The Freedom Party which he leads gained 24 seats in the recent elections, making it the third largest parliamentary party. With the new government now dependent on its votes to retain office, he has considerable influence in the formulation of policy.
Wilders represents the antithesis of political correctness. He courageously condemns the prevailing craven appeasement of Europeans to the intransigence and threats of violence emanating from Islamic fundamentalists. He considers the widespread migration of Muslims to European countries as an Islamic fundamentalist Trojan horse, and predicts that if the jihadists are not resisted, "Eurabia will be just a matter of time."
Last week in a speech in Berlin, Wilders stated:
__"They [the left] want us to feel so ashamed about our own identity that we refuse to fight for it... The same leftists who turned a blind eye to communism then, turn a blind eye to Islam today... we even hear a repetition of the old moral equivalence mantra. They used to say that Western "imperialism" was as bad as Soviet imperialism. They are now saying that Western "imperialism" is as bad as Islamic imperialism... Are we about to repeat the fatal mistake of the Weimar Republic? Are we succumbing to Islam because our commitment to freedom is already dead? No it will not happen."
Although accused of being a fascist, Wilders adamantly opposed and explicitly condemned right-wing extremists like Le Pen and Heider. "We will never join up with fascists." he repeatedly says.
He is also a passionate admirer and supporter of Israel, where he lived for two years and which he has visited over 40 times, frequently describing the Jewish state as "the West's first line of defense."
The threats and rewards offered by Islamic extremists for his murder are taken seriously, especially after the murder of media personality Theo Van Gogh by a Dutch Moroccan Islamic fanatic. Wilders has been under 24-hour police protection during the past six years.
The trial he faces will be a watershed for European democracy. He is being accused of inciting hatred because of the documentary film (Fitna) he produced which graphically links Islam to the violence prevailing in many Muslim societies. It highlights practices such as the stoning of adulterous women, beheadings, execution of apostates, honor killings, hanging of homosexuals, amputation of limbs for petty crimes, forced child marriages, female circumcision and other odious practices which to this day are prevalent in many Islamic countries.
……….it is surely Wilders' democratic right to express such views without facing criminal prosecution. Particularly so, when he condemns Islam as an extremist ideology but urges his followers to eschew violence against individual Muslims.
More importantly, his demand that Muslims in our society be integrated and that those imams and their followers who incite to violence be vigorously prosecuted and deported is a crucial prerequisite to any form of accommodation with Islamic migrants.
When his trial resumed last week, Wilders was entirely justified in saying "I am on trial, but on trial with me is the freedom of expression of many Dutch citizens."
In truth, this trial exemplifies cowardly European appeasement and capitulation to Muslims threats of violence and intimidation against any critics.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
BICYCLISTS IN THE ROADWAY
Every time I come across a bicyclist riding in the roadway, it scares the shit out of me because I might run into him with my truck or because I might get hit by other drivers while I’m trying to get around him. It’s even worse when there are a group of cyclists. I know the cyclists have a right to be on the road but many of them act like they own the road and don’t give a damn about motor vehicle drivers.
When NYPD tried to do something about the cyclists’ disregard for the rules of the road, it got sued. And like with most lawsuits against the police, the city decided to settle out of court.
Here is what Centurion1950, a PoliceOne.com reader, said: Funny. I was a competitive cyclist for years. I don't consider it a victory. None of my old pals do either. The people I know who participate in these events brag about blowing through intersections and shutting down whole sections of cities to other traffic in order to make their statement. So I think she meant...Radical cyclists...
CRITICAL MASS CYCLISTS SETTLE SLUIT WITH NYPD
The 83 plaintiffs were among hundreds cited in the rides between 2004 and 2006
PoliceOne.com
October 22, 2010
(AP) NEW YORK — Bicyclists who were arrested or ticketed in Critical Mass rides in New York say they have settled with the city for nearly $1 million.
The 83 plaintiffs were among hundreds cited in the rides between 2004 and 2006. The rides are held regularly in cities worldwide to bring attention to the needs of urban bicyclists.
The civil rights lawsuit against the New York Police Department was filed in 2007. Lawyers for both sides learned of the settlement Monday.
The city's law department says the settlement is in the best interest of all parties.
The settlement doesn't include lawsuits filed by riders arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Plaintiffs spokeswoman Barbara Ross calls the settlement a victory for all cyclists.
When NYPD tried to do something about the cyclists’ disregard for the rules of the road, it got sued. And like with most lawsuits against the police, the city decided to settle out of court.
Here is what Centurion1950, a PoliceOne.com reader, said: Funny. I was a competitive cyclist for years. I don't consider it a victory. None of my old pals do either. The people I know who participate in these events brag about blowing through intersections and shutting down whole sections of cities to other traffic in order to make their statement. So I think she meant...Radical cyclists...
CRITICAL MASS CYCLISTS SETTLE SLUIT WITH NYPD
The 83 plaintiffs were among hundreds cited in the rides between 2004 and 2006
PoliceOne.com
October 22, 2010
(AP) NEW YORK — Bicyclists who were arrested or ticketed in Critical Mass rides in New York say they have settled with the city for nearly $1 million.
The 83 plaintiffs were among hundreds cited in the rides between 2004 and 2006. The rides are held regularly in cities worldwide to bring attention to the needs of urban bicyclists.
The civil rights lawsuit against the New York Police Department was filed in 2007. Lawyers for both sides learned of the settlement Monday.
The city's law department says the settlement is in the best interest of all parties.
The settlement doesn't include lawsuits filed by riders arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Plaintiffs spokeswoman Barbara Ross calls the settlement a victory for all cyclists.
PROOF THAT HUMANS ARE THE MOST CRUEL OF ALL ANIMALS
No punishment would be too great for these subhuman perpetrators. It’s people like these who will morph into cold blooded murderers.
TRICK OR TREAT GONE WRONG: DOZENS OF HEADLESS ANIMALS FOUND ON RESIDENTIAL STREET IN HORRIFIC HALLOWEEN PRANK
Mail Online
October 22, 2010
A Miami neighborhood was left horrified on Thursday morning when they woke to find dozens of dead, headless animals littered along their street.
In a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, the bloodied remains of the animals were laid out over nearly two blocks in the residential area.
Decapitated goats, cats and different kinds of birds like pigeons and hens were strewn along the street in what some residents think may have been part of some kind of witchcraft or a religious ritual like Santeria.
Police are investigating if the bizarre find was in fact something more sinister or an early Halloween prank.
Santeria is a centuries old religion where sacrificial birds and animals are an offering during ceremonies as believers worship saints and feel they are cleansed of all evil.
Resident Marioly Perez who woke when she heard screeching tires said she was terrified at what was outside her front door: 'Nothing had a head. I have never seen anything like this. It's scary'.
Onlookers said that there was also a 'very large' animal that no one could identify.
Some neighbors said they saw five people dressed in white and others heard a loud bang and the sound of a speeding car's tires peeling away.
When they walked out of their homes they were faced with headless carcasses and body parts all over the road.
Perez said as well as the unsightly images the smell was suffocating as it appeared the animals may have been dead for a while.
Josefine Pita who also lives in the area said: 'We all love animals here. This is very, very depressing. You don't know what kind of crazy people are around your neighborhood'.
She added: 'It's very, very scary because you don't know if they are going to steal your animal'.
Miami's Sanitation Department arrived to clear away the bodies and intestines while the Fire Department hosed down the street to get rid of all remnants of the blood.
TRICK OR TREAT GONE WRONG: DOZENS OF HEADLESS ANIMALS FOUND ON RESIDENTIAL STREET IN HORRIFIC HALLOWEEN PRANK
Mail Online
October 22, 2010
A Miami neighborhood was left horrified on Thursday morning when they woke to find dozens of dead, headless animals littered along their street.
In a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, the bloodied remains of the animals were laid out over nearly two blocks in the residential area.
Decapitated goats, cats and different kinds of birds like pigeons and hens were strewn along the street in what some residents think may have been part of some kind of witchcraft or a religious ritual like Santeria.
Police are investigating if the bizarre find was in fact something more sinister or an early Halloween prank.
Santeria is a centuries old religion where sacrificial birds and animals are an offering during ceremonies as believers worship saints and feel they are cleansed of all evil.
Resident Marioly Perez who woke when she heard screeching tires said she was terrified at what was outside her front door: 'Nothing had a head. I have never seen anything like this. It's scary'.
Onlookers said that there was also a 'very large' animal that no one could identify.
Some neighbors said they saw five people dressed in white and others heard a loud bang and the sound of a speeding car's tires peeling away.
When they walked out of their homes they were faced with headless carcasses and body parts all over the road.
Perez said as well as the unsightly images the smell was suffocating as it appeared the animals may have been dead for a while.
Josefine Pita who also lives in the area said: 'We all love animals here. This is very, very depressing. You don't know what kind of crazy people are around your neighborhood'.
She added: 'It's very, very scary because you don't know if they are going to steal your animal'.
Miami's Sanitation Department arrived to clear away the bodies and intestines while the Fire Department hosed down the street to get rid of all remnants of the blood.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
IT'S THE FANS THAT SHOULD BE PUNISHED
Professional ice hockey is a fast and furious game played by some really tough guys that generates a lot of fan excitement. As with other sports, fans can get carried away at games when supporting their home team. When they’ve had a few too many beers they tend to become absolutely boorish.
Years ago, before there was a glass barrier between the player benches and the stands, it was not uncommon for a visiting hockey player to leave the bench and jump into the stands to kick the shit out of some really obnoxious fan who had singling him out by shouting the vilest of obscenities at him.
I remember being at a New York Rangers game when the whole Philadelphia Flyers team jumped into the stands and whipped the living shit out of a bunch of drunks who had hurled beer and food at them. Many of the Ranger fans applauded the Flyers and the cops took the busted-up assholes to jail or to the hospital.
And from time to time I still see fans throwing beer and food at visiting players as they head for the dressing room after having been ejected from the game. And I’ve also seen them throw things at the visiting team as it is leaving the ice at the end of the game.
During Tuesday’s 6-2 loss at Minnesota, Vancouver Canucks forward Rick Rypien got into a scuffle with some Minnesota Wild players for which he received a double minor roughing penalty and a game misconduct. As he was headed down the runway to the dressing room he suddenly grabbed a taunting fan leaning over the railing. Rypien was pulled away by teammate Manny Melhotra.
The National Hockey League has suspended Rypien for six games.
James Engquist, 28, the obnoxious fan, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that he’s "definitely seeking legal representation. I was assaulted, that’s just the bottom line. I was just standing straight up applauding as he was getting kicked out. He was out of control. And then I said, ‘Way to be professional,’ and he obviously didn’t care for that comment and decided to grab me and almost dragged me over the rail."
Now if you believe Engquist’s version of what happened, I still have some beachfront property in Phoenix that I’ll sell you for a damn good price. You can bet that this asshole shouted obscenity-laced insults at Rypien and never calmly said, "Way to be professional."
I’m not implying that what Rypien did was right and that he did not deserve the six-game suspension. But I do not believe that fans should be able to yell and say whatever they want to the players, even if they’ve paid $300 for their ticket. There should be some way to punish a fan who is so obnoxious as to provoke retaliation by a player.
Years ago, before there was a glass barrier between the player benches and the stands, it was not uncommon for a visiting hockey player to leave the bench and jump into the stands to kick the shit out of some really obnoxious fan who had singling him out by shouting the vilest of obscenities at him.
I remember being at a New York Rangers game when the whole Philadelphia Flyers team jumped into the stands and whipped the living shit out of a bunch of drunks who had hurled beer and food at them. Many of the Ranger fans applauded the Flyers and the cops took the busted-up assholes to jail or to the hospital.
And from time to time I still see fans throwing beer and food at visiting players as they head for the dressing room after having been ejected from the game. And I’ve also seen them throw things at the visiting team as it is leaving the ice at the end of the game.
During Tuesday’s 6-2 loss at Minnesota, Vancouver Canucks forward Rick Rypien got into a scuffle with some Minnesota Wild players for which he received a double minor roughing penalty and a game misconduct. As he was headed down the runway to the dressing room he suddenly grabbed a taunting fan leaning over the railing. Rypien was pulled away by teammate Manny Melhotra.
The National Hockey League has suspended Rypien for six games.
James Engquist, 28, the obnoxious fan, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that he’s "definitely seeking legal representation. I was assaulted, that’s just the bottom line. I was just standing straight up applauding as he was getting kicked out. He was out of control. And then I said, ‘Way to be professional,’ and he obviously didn’t care for that comment and decided to grab me and almost dragged me over the rail."
Now if you believe Engquist’s version of what happened, I still have some beachfront property in Phoenix that I’ll sell you for a damn good price. You can bet that this asshole shouted obscenity-laced insults at Rypien and never calmly said, "Way to be professional."
I’m not implying that what Rypien did was right and that he did not deserve the six-game suspension. But I do not believe that fans should be able to yell and say whatever they want to the players, even if they’ve paid $300 for their ticket. There should be some way to punish a fan who is so obnoxious as to provoke retaliation by a player.
ANOTHER USE FOR ARM & HAMMER BAKING SODA
Arm & Hammer works well in covering up the stench of cat litter. Here's the latest use for that outstanding product.
DRIVER KEPT DEAD FRIEND’S BODY IN HER CAR FOR 10 MONTHS FEARING POLICE WOULD ‘ACCUSE HER OF SOMETHING’
Mail Online
October 22, 2010
A woman drove around for ten months with the body of her dead friend concealed in her car.
As the flesh started to decompose she scattered baking soda in the vehicle to try to cover up the smell.
By the time the police discovered the dead body it was partially mummified and consisted of just skin and bones. It weighed just 30lb.
The bizarre saga started when the woman befriended a homeless woman in Fountain Valley, California, and let her sleep in the car.
The 57-year-old driver, from nearby Costa Mesa, says she did not know what to do when her friend died suddenly in December last year.
Sergeant Ed Everett, of Costa Mesa police, said: 'She felt she would be accused of something and with everything going on in her life she did not want to deal with that.'
The driver had fallen on hard times herself and was living with friends.
All that is known about the dead woman is that her first name was Signe and she was in her 50s or 60s.
Her remains were found after police were called when the car was reported for blocking a driveway. Officers also discovered a box of baking soda.
A post mortem examination showed no signs of foul play but the driver is still being questioned.
DRIVER KEPT DEAD FRIEND’S BODY IN HER CAR FOR 10 MONTHS FEARING POLICE WOULD ‘ACCUSE HER OF SOMETHING’
Mail Online
October 22, 2010
A woman drove around for ten months with the body of her dead friend concealed in her car.
As the flesh started to decompose she scattered baking soda in the vehicle to try to cover up the smell.
By the time the police discovered the dead body it was partially mummified and consisted of just skin and bones. It weighed just 30lb.
The bizarre saga started when the woman befriended a homeless woman in Fountain Valley, California, and let her sleep in the car.
The 57-year-old driver, from nearby Costa Mesa, says she did not know what to do when her friend died suddenly in December last year.
Sergeant Ed Everett, of Costa Mesa police, said: 'She felt she would be accused of something and with everything going on in her life she did not want to deal with that.'
The driver had fallen on hard times herself and was living with friends.
All that is known about the dead woman is that her first name was Signe and she was in her 50s or 60s.
Her remains were found after police were called when the car was reported for blocking a driveway. Officers also discovered a box of baking soda.
A post mortem examination showed no signs of foul play but the driver is still being questioned.
MURDERING ISRAELI JEWS IS A LEGITIMATE PART OF THE PEACE PROCESS
Mr. Obama, what part of the Palestinian belief that it’s OK to murder Israeli Jews do you not understand?
PALESTINIANS’ TRUE INTENTIONS MADE KNOW ON INTERNET
By Ryan Jones
Israel Today
October 20, 2010
Since Western leaders regularly ignore everything printed in the Arabic press and sidestep the contradictions presented by Arab opinion polls, researchers for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) decided to go to a source no one today ignores, social media, to find out what the Palestinians are really thinking.
Western media and politicians like to paint a picture of widespread moderation and liberalism in a Palestinian society that is frustrated, but just wants to live in peaceful coexistence with Israel.
But after conducting a lengthy survey of Palestinian participation on websites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, the FDD researchers found that "the Palestinian web landscape…is dominated by radicalism."
In their study titled "Palestinian Pulse," which was published in The National Interest, authors Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz said the results show a marked and irreversible rise in radical Islamic sentiment and overall rejection of Israel in Palestinian society.
They cautioned that by ignoring these trends and pushing ahead aggressively with a comprehensive peace settlement that does not take Palestinian sentiment toward Israel into account, the Obama Administration is just laying the groundwork for an escalation of the conflict.
"The US cannot afford to discount the potential impact of deepening Palestinian radicalism and rejectionism," they wrote. "If the online environment is even a relatively accurate indicator of Palestinian public sentiment, the Obama administration should consider the serious risks to Israeli security from an overly aggressive and premature push for a comprehensive peace agreement."
Western leaders and especially the media have for years done their best to ignore the true feelings, attitude and behavior of the "Palestinian street" as they push for an ill-advised land-for-peace settlement.
Most notably, anything and everything that Palestinian leaders say in Arabic to Middle East news agencies - in other words, what they say for local consumption by their own people - is summarily ignored by the rest of the world, even when it directly contradicts their conciliatory rhetoric in English.
When it comes to public opinion polls of Palestinian Arabs, politicians and reporters like to focus on answers that show a majority of Palestinians are in favor of the diplomatic peace process. But at the same time, they ignore those answers that show an equal number of Palestinians believe that murdering Israeli Jews is a legitimate part of that process. They also brush off the answers that show Palestinians will not see the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria as an end to the conflict.
With the international community so effectively closing its eyes to this readily available evidence that the Palestinians in general do not want true peace, there is little hope anyone in a position of power will pay attention to the new social media study.
But there is hope that it will serve to better educate that part of the population involved in social media regarding the context and underlying causes of the ongoing Middle East conflict.
PALESTINIANS’ TRUE INTENTIONS MADE KNOW ON INTERNET
By Ryan Jones
Israel Today
October 20, 2010
Since Western leaders regularly ignore everything printed in the Arabic press and sidestep the contradictions presented by Arab opinion polls, researchers for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) decided to go to a source no one today ignores, social media, to find out what the Palestinians are really thinking.
Western media and politicians like to paint a picture of widespread moderation and liberalism in a Palestinian society that is frustrated, but just wants to live in peaceful coexistence with Israel.
But after conducting a lengthy survey of Palestinian participation on websites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, the FDD researchers found that "the Palestinian web landscape…is dominated by radicalism."
In their study titled "Palestinian Pulse," which was published in The National Interest, authors Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz said the results show a marked and irreversible rise in radical Islamic sentiment and overall rejection of Israel in Palestinian society.
They cautioned that by ignoring these trends and pushing ahead aggressively with a comprehensive peace settlement that does not take Palestinian sentiment toward Israel into account, the Obama Administration is just laying the groundwork for an escalation of the conflict.
"The US cannot afford to discount the potential impact of deepening Palestinian radicalism and rejectionism," they wrote. "If the online environment is even a relatively accurate indicator of Palestinian public sentiment, the Obama administration should consider the serious risks to Israeli security from an overly aggressive and premature push for a comprehensive peace agreement."
Western leaders and especially the media have for years done their best to ignore the true feelings, attitude and behavior of the "Palestinian street" as they push for an ill-advised land-for-peace settlement.
Most notably, anything and everything that Palestinian leaders say in Arabic to Middle East news agencies - in other words, what they say for local consumption by their own people - is summarily ignored by the rest of the world, even when it directly contradicts their conciliatory rhetoric in English.
When it comes to public opinion polls of Palestinian Arabs, politicians and reporters like to focus on answers that show a majority of Palestinians are in favor of the diplomatic peace process. But at the same time, they ignore those answers that show an equal number of Palestinians believe that murdering Israeli Jews is a legitimate part of that process. They also brush off the answers that show Palestinians will not see the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria as an end to the conflict.
With the international community so effectively closing its eyes to this readily available evidence that the Palestinians in general do not want true peace, there is little hope anyone in a position of power will pay attention to the new social media study.
But there is hope that it will serve to better educate that part of the population involved in social media regarding the context and underlying causes of the ongoing Middle East conflict.
Friday, October 22, 2010
BLACK ANTI-SEMITISM (2): Black candidate blames Jewish landlords for high rents
In BLACK ANTI-SEMITISM (9-6-06) I wrote that "Over the years, numerous public opinion surveys have revealed that blacks generally have a very low opinion of Jews. Obviously influenced by anti-Semitic sterotyping, blacks are convinced that they have been exploited by greedy Jews. They believe that Jews are inner-city absentee landlords, and that Jewish "slum lords" charge blacks higher rents while neglecting the maintenance of rental properties."
I also wrote that "It is ironic that blacks represent the largest anti-Semitic group in our country when ordinary Jews, in large numbers, stood and marched side by side with blacks during the 1960s civil rights movement. Leaders of the Jewish community have been among the most vocal and active supporters of black civil rights."
There was further proof of black anti-Semitism during the only debate that was scheduled to be held among candidates competing in this year’s campaign for Now York governor.
Jimmy McMillan, a black candidate representing the ‘Rent Is 2 Damn High’ party, stole Monday’s televised debate from the other candidates with his rants against high rents in New York. And who does McMillan blame for the high rents? Jewish landlords, of course.
Prominent blacks, including Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton among others, have charged that absentee Jewish landlords and Jewish grocers are gouging blacks with unreasonably high prices. And then there were the frequent anti-Semitic rants by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright that his close friends Barack and Michelle Obama listened to for nearly 20 years.
While most blacks appear to harbor strong anti-Semitic views, Jews do have some good friends among the African-Americans who are thankful for the active support of the Jewish community in their fight against racism. Unfortunately, such friends are few and far between.
I also wrote that "It is ironic that blacks represent the largest anti-Semitic group in our country when ordinary Jews, in large numbers, stood and marched side by side with blacks during the 1960s civil rights movement. Leaders of the Jewish community have been among the most vocal and active supporters of black civil rights."
There was further proof of black anti-Semitism during the only debate that was scheduled to be held among candidates competing in this year’s campaign for Now York governor.
Jimmy McMillan, a black candidate representing the ‘Rent Is 2 Damn High’ party, stole Monday’s televised debate from the other candidates with his rants against high rents in New York. And who does McMillan blame for the high rents? Jewish landlords, of course.
Prominent blacks, including Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton among others, have charged that absentee Jewish landlords and Jewish grocers are gouging blacks with unreasonably high prices. And then there were the frequent anti-Semitic rants by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright that his close friends Barack and Michelle Obama listened to for nearly 20 years.
While most blacks appear to harbor strong anti-Semitic views, Jews do have some good friends among the African-Americans who are thankful for the active support of the Jewish community in their fight against racism. Unfortunately, such friends are few and far between.
WHY SHARKS CIRCLE HUMAN PREY BEFORE ATTACKING
Two great white sharks swimming in the ocean spied about a dozen survivors of a sinking boat treading water.
"Follow me son." the father shark said to the son shark and they swam toward the surviving people.
"First, we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing." And they did.
"Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing." And they did.
"Now we eat everybody." And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked," Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them?"
His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without the shit inside!"
"Follow me son." the father shark said to the son shark and they swam toward the surviving people.
"First, we swim around them a few times with just the tip of our fins showing." And they did.
"Well done, son! Now we swim around them a few times with all of our fins showing." And they did.
"Now we eat everybody." And they did.
When they were both gorged, the son asked," Dad, why didn't we just eat them all at first? Why did we swim around and around them?"
His wise father replied, "Because they taste better without the shit inside!"
Thursday, October 21, 2010
ONE WAY TO MAKE A KID USEFUL
Two candidates for both DUMB MEXICAN OF THE MONTH and DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE MONTH. They’ve each got my vote for both honors.
LINDA ROSALES AND JESSICA ROSALES: FAIL IN SCHEME TO USE KID’S BREATH TO FOOL BREATHALYZER
By John Nova Lomax
Houston Press Hair Balls
October 20, 2010
We've all been there before: we've driven to a party and gotten shit-faced. And then we've been faced with a dilemma: How best to get you and all your kids home?
It's especially hard when the damn law has ordered that your car be fitted with an Interlock device. Those built-in Breathalyzers are sensitive. You can't even drive after two beers, much less the boatload you took on.
You could give up and call a cab, or ask a sober friend to give you a lift, but if you did that you wouldn't be as enterprising as Rio Grande Valley women Jessica Rosales, 28, and Linda Rosales, 31, two people who truly fail to grasp the concept of the designated driver...
No, if you're mom of the year timber like Jessica Rosales, you look to the back seat, and get one of your kids back there to blow in the Interlock for you, and awa-aaay you go.
A witness called cops to complain of a suspicious vehicle in front of his house. Police arrived to find the two women -- described in the arrest report as having "lost all use of their mental and physical faculties" and "a danger to themselves and others" -- attempting to coax a sober, ignition-giving exhalation from one of the five kids in the car. Brilliant!
In addition to the children -- a two-week-old baby, two 10-year-olds, a 4-year-old and a 5-year-old -- police also found open containers of alcohol.
Why not? Hell, if Junior's gonna blow your Interlock for you, you might as well have one more for the road. It's just a shame his little feet can't reach the pedals too. (What relation, if any, the Rosales women are to each other was not released.)
Both of the women are charged with child endangerment and public intoxication, and they remain in Cameron County jail. In addition to a conviction for felony theft, court records show that Linda Rosales has a criminal history that includes state jail felony theft and three arrests for DWI, while Jessica Rosales is amid a six-year probationary sentence for a December 2007 DWI. Bail is set at a cool $50,000 for each of the women.
Child endangerment, if determined to be of the second degree felony variety, is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Maybe a cab wouldn't have been a bad idea after all...
LINDA ROSALES AND JESSICA ROSALES: FAIL IN SCHEME TO USE KID’S BREATH TO FOOL BREATHALYZER
By John Nova Lomax
Houston Press Hair Balls
October 20, 2010
We've all been there before: we've driven to a party and gotten shit-faced. And then we've been faced with a dilemma: How best to get you and all your kids home?
It's especially hard when the damn law has ordered that your car be fitted with an Interlock device. Those built-in Breathalyzers are sensitive. You can't even drive after two beers, much less the boatload you took on.
You could give up and call a cab, or ask a sober friend to give you a lift, but if you did that you wouldn't be as enterprising as Rio Grande Valley women Jessica Rosales, 28, and Linda Rosales, 31, two people who truly fail to grasp the concept of the designated driver...
No, if you're mom of the year timber like Jessica Rosales, you look to the back seat, and get one of your kids back there to blow in the Interlock for you, and awa-aaay you go.
A witness called cops to complain of a suspicious vehicle in front of his house. Police arrived to find the two women -- described in the arrest report as having "lost all use of their mental and physical faculties" and "a danger to themselves and others" -- attempting to coax a sober, ignition-giving exhalation from one of the five kids in the car. Brilliant!
In addition to the children -- a two-week-old baby, two 10-year-olds, a 4-year-old and a 5-year-old -- police also found open containers of alcohol.
Why not? Hell, if Junior's gonna blow your Interlock for you, you might as well have one more for the road. It's just a shame his little feet can't reach the pedals too. (What relation, if any, the Rosales women are to each other was not released.)
Both of the women are charged with child endangerment and public intoxication, and they remain in Cameron County jail. In addition to a conviction for felony theft, court records show that Linda Rosales has a criminal history that includes state jail felony theft and three arrests for DWI, while Jessica Rosales is amid a six-year probationary sentence for a December 2007 DWI. Bail is set at a cool $50,000 for each of the women.
Child endangerment, if determined to be of the second degree felony variety, is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Maybe a cab wouldn't have been a bad idea after all...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
BUYER'S REMORSE
From day-one of his presidency, Barack Obama, confident that Jewish voters would never desert him, set out to make Israel pay for all the conflicts in the Middle East. "Today, a sizable number of American Jews are having a serious case of buyer’s remorse when it comes to Obama." IT’S ABOUT TIME, HIGH TIME!
Part of a long article in the October 15 issue of The Jerusalem Post, THE JEWISH PROBLEM WITH OBAMA by Edward Klein with Richard Z. Chesnoff, follows. The article noted that "the Obama administration was not only outwardly hostile to Israel but perhaps, without even knowing it, hostile to Jews as well."
From the article by Klein and Chesnoff:
THE CURRENT Jewish problem with Obama can be traced back to his first full day on the job. On January 21, 2009, he summoned his national security team to the Oval Office and laid out a tough new policy toward Israel. According to my sources, Obama said that to make good on his campaign promise to extricate 200,000 American troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US had to create a grand coalition of "moderate" Muslim states and Israel to isolate Iran, which has made no secret of its ambition to become the nuclear hegemon in the Middle East.
The only way to accomplish that goal, he stated, was to eliminate the poisonous effect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which provides Iran with an excuse to stir up trouble. Thus it was "a vital national interest of the United States" to stop Israel from building settlements in the occupied West Bank and housing in east Jerusalem, and force the Jewish state to resolve the Palestinian problem.
Previous White Houses had made similar noises about bringing peace to the Middle East, and at first Jewish leaders didn’t pay much attention to leaks emanating from the new administration about a fundamental change in American policy. However, a clue to the president’s true intentions came in March 2009, when Abe Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, met with the president’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. "This is Israel’s moment of truth," Emanuel told Foxman. "This president is determined to make peace between Israel and the Arabs."
To many Jews, it seemed highly improbable that a brand-new president would choose to alienate Israel, America’s oldest and most loyal ally in the Middle East. But then, in July 2009, when Obama made his first overseas trip, he chose to visit three Muslim countries – Turkey, Saudi Arabia (where he bowed to King Abdullah) and Egypt. During a landmark speech in Cairo, he announced his intention to seek "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world."
Understandably enough, American Jews were annoyed that the president had failed to include Israel in his Mideast swing. But what rankled them even more was that Obama seemed to adopt the Arab narrative to explain the existence of Israel – namely, that Israel deserved to exist because of past Jewish suffering in Europe, particularly during the Holocaust. Nowhere in his Cairo speech did Obama mention the fact that Jews had a 3,000-year history in the Promised Land.
Things went from bad to worse when the president called a meeting of Jewish leaders in July. Fourteen major Jewish organizations were represented at this meeting.
"I agree with your goal to bring peace to the Middle East," Foxman told the president. "But the perception is that you’re only pressuring Israel and not the Arabs." Foxman said the president agreed. Another Jewish leader at the meeting said, "If you want Israel to take risks for peace, the best way is to make Israel feel that its staunch friend America is behind it."
"You are absolutely wrong," the president replied. "For the past eight years [under the Bush administration], Israel had a friend in the United States and it didn’t make peace."
On March 10 of this year, a relatively low-level official in the Interior Ministry issued a permit for 1,600 new housing units for Israelis in the Ramat Shlomo section of east Jerusalem. The ill-timed announcement came on the very day Vice President Joe Biden arrived to kick-start a round of indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu immediately apologized to Biden, who accepted his expression of regret. But Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, called off the "proximity talks."
The next day, at the regularly scheduled weekly breakfast meeting between the president and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama made his feelings clear. He was livid. As he saw it, the Israelis had purposely humiliated his vice president and tried to sabotage his peace plan. It was a personal affront, and he wouldn’t stand for such treatment. He instructed Clinton to call Netanyahu and read him the riot act.
The following day, during a 43-minute harangue, Clinton delivered a set of ultimatums to Netanyahu. Prefacing each remark with the phrase "I have been instructed to tell you," she demanded that Israel release a substantial number of Palestinian prisoners as a token of goodwill; lift its siege of Gaza; suspend all settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem; accept that a symbolic number of Palestinians be given the "right of return" to Israel under a future peace treaty; and agree to place the question of the status of Jerusalem at the top of the peace-talks agenda.
"If you refuse these demands," Clinton told Netanyahu, according to my sources, "the United States government will conclude that we no longer share the same interests." Netanyahu bit his tongue and remained noncommittal about the American demands, though he did eventually agree to ease the blockade of Gaza.
That same Friday, [Israel's] Ambassador Michael Oren was summoned to the State Department and given a severe dressing down. Someone who saw him that night at a party described him as "shaken." And things did not end there. Ten days later, Netanyahu was invited to the White House, where he was treated less than elegantly.
The White House seemed strangely indifferent to the feelings of resentment that its treatment of Netanyahu aroused in the Jewish community. For shortly after Netanyahu returned to Israel, the president risked provoking even greater Jewish outrage by insinuating that American troops were dying in Iraq and Afghanistan because Israel refused to agree to peace with the Palestinians. The Israeli-Arab conflict "is costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasures," he said.
Part of a long article in the October 15 issue of The Jerusalem Post, THE JEWISH PROBLEM WITH OBAMA by Edward Klein with Richard Z. Chesnoff, follows. The article noted that "the Obama administration was not only outwardly hostile to Israel but perhaps, without even knowing it, hostile to Jews as well."
From the article by Klein and Chesnoff:
THE CURRENT Jewish problem with Obama can be traced back to his first full day on the job. On January 21, 2009, he summoned his national security team to the Oval Office and laid out a tough new policy toward Israel. According to my sources, Obama said that to make good on his campaign promise to extricate 200,000 American troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US had to create a grand coalition of "moderate" Muslim states and Israel to isolate Iran, which has made no secret of its ambition to become the nuclear hegemon in the Middle East.
The only way to accomplish that goal, he stated, was to eliminate the poisonous effect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which provides Iran with an excuse to stir up trouble. Thus it was "a vital national interest of the United States" to stop Israel from building settlements in the occupied West Bank and housing in east Jerusalem, and force the Jewish state to resolve the Palestinian problem.
Previous White Houses had made similar noises about bringing peace to the Middle East, and at first Jewish leaders didn’t pay much attention to leaks emanating from the new administration about a fundamental change in American policy. However, a clue to the president’s true intentions came in March 2009, when Abe Foxman, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, met with the president’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. "This is Israel’s moment of truth," Emanuel told Foxman. "This president is determined to make peace between Israel and the Arabs."
To many Jews, it seemed highly improbable that a brand-new president would choose to alienate Israel, America’s oldest and most loyal ally in the Middle East. But then, in July 2009, when Obama made his first overseas trip, he chose to visit three Muslim countries – Turkey, Saudi Arabia (where he bowed to King Abdullah) and Egypt. During a landmark speech in Cairo, he announced his intention to seek "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world."
Understandably enough, American Jews were annoyed that the president had failed to include Israel in his Mideast swing. But what rankled them even more was that Obama seemed to adopt the Arab narrative to explain the existence of Israel – namely, that Israel deserved to exist because of past Jewish suffering in Europe, particularly during the Holocaust. Nowhere in his Cairo speech did Obama mention the fact that Jews had a 3,000-year history in the Promised Land.
Things went from bad to worse when the president called a meeting of Jewish leaders in July. Fourteen major Jewish organizations were represented at this meeting.
"I agree with your goal to bring peace to the Middle East," Foxman told the president. "But the perception is that you’re only pressuring Israel and not the Arabs." Foxman said the president agreed. Another Jewish leader at the meeting said, "If you want Israel to take risks for peace, the best way is to make Israel feel that its staunch friend America is behind it."
"You are absolutely wrong," the president replied. "For the past eight years [under the Bush administration], Israel had a friend in the United States and it didn’t make peace."
On March 10 of this year, a relatively low-level official in the Interior Ministry issued a permit for 1,600 new housing units for Israelis in the Ramat Shlomo section of east Jerusalem. The ill-timed announcement came on the very day Vice President Joe Biden arrived to kick-start a round of indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu immediately apologized to Biden, who accepted his expression of regret. But Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, called off the "proximity talks."
The next day, at the regularly scheduled weekly breakfast meeting between the president and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama made his feelings clear. He was livid. As he saw it, the Israelis had purposely humiliated his vice president and tried to sabotage his peace plan. It was a personal affront, and he wouldn’t stand for such treatment. He instructed Clinton to call Netanyahu and read him the riot act.
The following day, during a 43-minute harangue, Clinton delivered a set of ultimatums to Netanyahu. Prefacing each remark with the phrase "I have been instructed to tell you," she demanded that Israel release a substantial number of Palestinian prisoners as a token of goodwill; lift its siege of Gaza; suspend all settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem; accept that a symbolic number of Palestinians be given the "right of return" to Israel under a future peace treaty; and agree to place the question of the status of Jerusalem at the top of the peace-talks agenda.
"If you refuse these demands," Clinton told Netanyahu, according to my sources, "the United States government will conclude that we no longer share the same interests." Netanyahu bit his tongue and remained noncommittal about the American demands, though he did eventually agree to ease the blockade of Gaza.
That same Friday, [Israel's] Ambassador Michael Oren was summoned to the State Department and given a severe dressing down. Someone who saw him that night at a party described him as "shaken." And things did not end there. Ten days later, Netanyahu was invited to the White House, where he was treated less than elegantly.
The White House seemed strangely indifferent to the feelings of resentment that its treatment of Netanyahu aroused in the Jewish community. For shortly after Netanyahu returned to Israel, the president risked provoking even greater Jewish outrage by insinuating that American troops were dying in Iraq and Afghanistan because Israel refused to agree to peace with the Palestinians. The Israeli-Arab conflict "is costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasures," he said.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
EVERYTHING IN TEXAS IS BIGGER
Talk about everything in Texas being bigger, the current election ballot for Harris County (Houston) has 175 candidates and propositions on it. The list of candidates includes 70 judges. Such a jungle ballot prevents most voters from making intelligent choices in selecting many of the candidates. Many voters will just vote a straight party ticket so they won’t have to bother with making so many choices.
My biggest bitch has always been about the election of partisan candidates for judicial positions. A judge should not be chosen because he seeks election as a Democrat or a Republican. Justice cannot be blind when a judge is influenced by a political party affiliation. As a matter of fact, I believe that all elective positions that are not legislative positions should be non-partisan.
It is hard for me to imagine that there may be longer ballots anywhere else out there. Yup partner, we really do things big in the Lone Star State.
My biggest bitch has always been about the election of partisan candidates for judicial positions. A judge should not be chosen because he seeks election as a Democrat or a Republican. Justice cannot be blind when a judge is influenced by a political party affiliation. As a matter of fact, I believe that all elective positions that are not legislative positions should be non-partisan.
It is hard for me to imagine that there may be longer ballots anywhere else out there. Yup partner, we really do things big in the Lone Star State.
CHINESE FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE MAN CAPTURED BY MODERN TOILET
I remember when Chinese and Japanese shitters were holes in the tile floors of private bathrooms and public restrooms. I think that’s where the term ‘shit hole’ must have come from. If you dropped anything down one of those holes you wouldn’t think of retrieving it unless your life depended on it. Apparently not so with the modern toilet.
From ABC News:
Chinese rescuers have freed a man after he got his arm stuck in a toilet pipe in an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone.
Emergency workers in eastern China say they found the man crouched over the toilet with his entire arm submerged in the drain.
They broke the porcelain bowl with crowbars and hammered the pipes, taking care not to injure the man.
They also managed to find the man's phone, but it no longer works.
It is not clear how the man managed to call for help.
From ABC News:
Chinese rescuers have freed a man after he got his arm stuck in a toilet pipe in an attempt to retrieve his mobile phone.
Emergency workers in eastern China say they found the man crouched over the toilet with his entire arm submerged in the drain.
They broke the porcelain bowl with crowbars and hammered the pipes, taking care not to injure the man.
They also managed to find the man's phone, but it no longer works.
It is not clear how the man managed to call for help.
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS LONG BEEN OUT OF CONTROL AS A CREDIBLE INSTITUTION
The Muslim dominated General Assembly punished Canada for its support of Israel by denying it a seat on the Security Council. The UN has long been an enemy of Israel and this is just one more example of that.
Let me suggest that the UN be renamed UNITED MUSLIM NATIONS.
CANADA PUNISHED IN UN FOR BACKING ISRAEL
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
IsraelNationalNews.com
October 18, 2010
The United Nations has humiliated Canada and rejected its bid for a seat as a non-permanent member on the Security Council, apparently because of Ottawa’s pro-Israel stand, according to Canadian media.
Newspapers in Canada called the rejection a "humiliating" defeat for Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, considered one of Israel’s staunchest supporters. The blow to Canada, which has been a non-permanent Council member until now, reflects the growing dominance of Muslim countries in the international body. Canada found itself in last place before the last round of General Assembly voting on the membership. Rather than face obvious defeat, Ottawa pulled out of the running.
The non-permanent members, beginning January 1, will include Lebanon, a declared enemy of Israel, Brazil, which is aligned with Iran, and South Africa, where anti-Israel groups flourish. Other members will be Gabon, Bosnia, Nigeria, India, Colombia, Germany and Portugal.
Writing in the Toronto Sun, Peter Worthington commented as follows:
__"The United Nations has long been out of control as a dispassionate, objective, credible institution for peace, human rights and justice, so it’s a wonder decent countries still pay attention to it…
__"Surely, it makes no sense to put Germany and Portugal on the Security Council — making four European countries represented. Besides, Portugal is a near-economic basket case, threatened with bankruptcy.
__"The truth is, Canada’s vigorous, unqualified support for Israel under Harper worked against us at the UN, which regularly condemns Israel for policies it ignores in other countries… While the UN regularly votes in favor of human rights, roughly half of the 192 member states abuse human rights in some form in their own countries.
__"As Groucho Marx said in a different context, he wouldn’t want to belong to a club that accepted him. Canada could say the same of the Security Council."
The Vancouver Sun noted a week before the voting that International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan’s announcement that Canada would try to strengthen trade ties with Israel might affect the outcome of the United Nations vote, and the analysis apparently was correct.
Van Loan declared that Canada’s ties to Israel were "very deep" and that the friendship between the two countries is "important."
Let me suggest that the UN be renamed UNITED MUSLIM NATIONS.
CANADA PUNISHED IN UN FOR BACKING ISRAEL
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
IsraelNationalNews.com
October 18, 2010
The United Nations has humiliated Canada and rejected its bid for a seat as a non-permanent member on the Security Council, apparently because of Ottawa’s pro-Israel stand, according to Canadian media.
Newspapers in Canada called the rejection a "humiliating" defeat for Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, considered one of Israel’s staunchest supporters. The blow to Canada, which has been a non-permanent Council member until now, reflects the growing dominance of Muslim countries in the international body. Canada found itself in last place before the last round of General Assembly voting on the membership. Rather than face obvious defeat, Ottawa pulled out of the running.
The non-permanent members, beginning January 1, will include Lebanon, a declared enemy of Israel, Brazil, which is aligned with Iran, and South Africa, where anti-Israel groups flourish. Other members will be Gabon, Bosnia, Nigeria, India, Colombia, Germany and Portugal.
Writing in the Toronto Sun, Peter Worthington commented as follows:
__"The United Nations has long been out of control as a dispassionate, objective, credible institution for peace, human rights and justice, so it’s a wonder decent countries still pay attention to it…
__"Surely, it makes no sense to put Germany and Portugal on the Security Council — making four European countries represented. Besides, Portugal is a near-economic basket case, threatened with bankruptcy.
__"The truth is, Canada’s vigorous, unqualified support for Israel under Harper worked against us at the UN, which regularly condemns Israel for policies it ignores in other countries… While the UN regularly votes in favor of human rights, roughly half of the 192 member states abuse human rights in some form in their own countries.
__"As Groucho Marx said in a different context, he wouldn’t want to belong to a club that accepted him. Canada could say the same of the Security Council."
The Vancouver Sun noted a week before the voting that International Trade Minister Peter Van Loan’s announcement that Canada would try to strengthen trade ties with Israel might affect the outcome of the United Nations vote, and the analysis apparently was correct.
Van Loan declared that Canada’s ties to Israel were "very deep" and that the friendship between the two countries is "important."
Monday, October 18, 2010
IT'S NOT COWBOYS AND INDIANS, IT'S COWBOYS AND COPS
The shooting match will be held Saturday at Founders Ranch off N.M. 217, southwest of Edgewood. The ranch is a 480-acre property that includes 1800s-style clapboard storefronts, tents and the facade of a Spanish church.
COPS FACE OFF WITH COWBOYS IN NM SHOOTOUT
Old-fashioned shooters go up against modern guns
By Lee Ross
Mountain View Telegraph
October 17, 2010
ALBUQUERQUE — The Single Action Shooting Society's second annual Cops vs. Cowboys Shootout will go on this weekend.
The cowboys, who are all members of SASS, are only allowed to use single action pistols and old-fashioned rifles and shotguns. They match their guns against the modern sidearms used by law enforcement.
There are also penalties for missed shots, so the winning combination is one of speed and accuracy in loading guns, switching from one weapon to the next and accurately shooting a series of targets in order.
According to SASS marketing assistant Misty Miller - who goes by the intoxicating and mysterious SASS name Misty Moonshine - the only other difference in the two competitors is that cops will shoot slightly different targets than the cowboys. Their higher-powered weapons would destroy the metal targets that the cowboys use.
Last year's event brought about 30 cops from departments all over New Mexico, including departments in the East Mountains and the Estancia Valley. There were even a few cops from California and Texas. They pitted their skills against 55 cowboys from across the state and beyond.
It looks like the event has grown, Miller said. There are 63 entrants now, and she said that number usually doubles in the last few days before the event.
The proceeds from the event, generated from the cost of registration and sponsorships, will go to Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation.
Last year about $2,000 was collected for Carrie Tingley, Miller said.
COPS FACE OFF WITH COWBOYS IN NM SHOOTOUT
Old-fashioned shooters go up against modern guns
By Lee Ross
Mountain View Telegraph
October 17, 2010
ALBUQUERQUE — The Single Action Shooting Society's second annual Cops vs. Cowboys Shootout will go on this weekend.
The cowboys, who are all members of SASS, are only allowed to use single action pistols and old-fashioned rifles and shotguns. They match their guns against the modern sidearms used by law enforcement.
There are also penalties for missed shots, so the winning combination is one of speed and accuracy in loading guns, switching from one weapon to the next and accurately shooting a series of targets in order.
According to SASS marketing assistant Misty Miller - who goes by the intoxicating and mysterious SASS name Misty Moonshine - the only other difference in the two competitors is that cops will shoot slightly different targets than the cowboys. Their higher-powered weapons would destroy the metal targets that the cowboys use.
Last year's event brought about 30 cops from departments all over New Mexico, including departments in the East Mountains and the Estancia Valley. There were even a few cops from California and Texas. They pitted their skills against 55 cowboys from across the state and beyond.
It looks like the event has grown, Miller said. There are 63 entrants now, and she said that number usually doubles in the last few days before the event.
The proceeds from the event, generated from the cost of registration and sponsorships, will go to Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation.
Last year about $2,000 was collected for Carrie Tingley, Miller said.
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