With apologies

Just want to apologize for not making posts. Ever since my father died my heart isn't in this site right now. I hope to make posts soon and talk the news of the day.

Conflicts of interests

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/07/virginia-thomas-wife-of-j_n_637596.html

So we have conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. After HIS ruling in favor of Citizens United wife started a political action comittee. She states on her website questions like how do you feel about the healthcare bill passed (this is directed to potential people she will give money to). Also asked is how potential people feel about the Arizona immigration law. Now my thing is this: How can Justice Clarence Thomas not exclude himself from any case that his wife has not or will benefit from? This can and will include things like the immigration law, any case involving corporate money, the healthcare bill. Really one of two things needs to happen: Either he needs to resign or she needs to resign otherwise how can we not question the integrity of the Supreme Court?

Remember When?

Remember when Alaska had the Exxon Valdez disaster? The only thing that the spill in the gulf could be compared to? You know how the alleged liberal media treated the first Bush?

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201006170007

Bush wasn't at all blamed for that disaster in fact the media gave him a free ride.

Again I ask what liberal media?

Unbelievable

So they had hearing yesterday with the head of BP. We had the usual lies from the head saying he had no idea what was going on but that's not why I'm angry cause that would be what was expected. Why I'm angry is how Republican Joe Barton APOLOGIZED TO BP for having to put up a 20 Billion dollar fund for paying for the cleanup for their mess. There are Republicans who think BP shouldn't have to pay for the cleanup it should be paid for the taxpayer. He actually called the money a "slush fund". He is echoing the opinions of Republican leaders like the drug addict and Michelle Bachman. If there is ever a reason to NEVER vote Republican again it's cause of that one statement.

Silence

So remember when Family Guy a few months back made a passing reference to drama queen Sarah Palin on a show and how the right threw a fit saying how they were attacking her children when they weren't? So I'm wondering if you aren't allowed to attack polititions kids how come drug addict Limbaugh and psycho Beck are doing it consistantly? And how come no one who was attacking Family Guy is attacking these heartless individuals?
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201006160033

Or it's ok to attack cause he's a Democrat like they did to Clinton's Daughter.

What will happen

One thing we know is going to happen, again thanks to a law proposed by Bush and passed by the Republican Senate and Congress, is BP will eventually file for bankruptcy to avoid paying claims. The oil disaster in the gulf is yet another example how de-regulation will never work. This, the mining disasters, Wall Street (signed by Bill Clinton). How many more failures cause of de-regulation have to occur before they shut the hell up regarding this.

Anyone??

Has anyone noticed Meg Whittman's adds? I haven't seen ONE that shows what her plans our for California if she is elected Gov. Not ONE. All I've seen from her are attack ads on her opponents whether it was her primary, or Jerry Brown. Just shows how yet another Republican has no ideas but what else is new.

Good News But

So the good news is they reached 16 year old Abby Sunderland and she's ok. Apparently she said, and it's ok with her parents, that she wants to try to sail solo around the world again and break the world. That's fine with me as we have a desire to be the best. What I have a problem with in this whole thing is the fact that you and I taxpayer has to pay for her rescue like now and if she does it again and needs help so I have a simple proposal: When attempts like this happen people have to put up a $5 million dollar bond and if he/she is successful on their journey and don't need assistance in any way they get it back. That way taxpayers don't have to put up with the bill if they need help.

Hammer Dropped

So the hammer dropped on the USC Football program. Sanctions include a two year ban on postseason appearences, loss of 20 scholarships, vacated wins from their undefeated 2004 season among other things. No wonder Pete Carroll bailed on them since he was involved in the problem. Of course why Mike Garrett is still there I don't know. I know how this type of problem would be fixed and that is to pay the athletes but I know that won't happen. It is unknown whether they will have to vacate the National Championship they won in 2004 but if they have to vacate wins I don't see how they can't as well as Reggie Bush's Heisman Trophy. Bottom line they broke rules and they got caught.

So Helen Thomas, one of the toughest White House Reporters for years, resigned after making disgusting anti-jewish comments over the weekend. Now if onely other people were fired for making similar if not worse comments. Here are a few:

The drug addict:
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/5695_12.htm

Pat Buchanan
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2553

Bill O'Reilly
http://mediamatters.org/research/200412070004

She had every right to say, hateful as it is, what she said but she is also responsible for what she said.

Expansion??

So the rumor has it that the Pac-10 wants to expand it's football conference to include teams from the Big-12 if Nebraska and Missouri move to the Big-10. Teams like Texas, Oklahoma etc. I have an idea that would I think be more "traditional" for the Pac-10 if they want to expand. Add from the following teams if they are interested in joining the conference:

Hawaii
Boise St
BYU
Utah
Utah State
Fresno State
UNLV
Nevada-Reno

What an idiot

So I think we have one of the worst idiots in Bud Selig. We have a kid who pitched a perfect game and due to one of the worst calls in history didn't get it. Selig can overturn the ump. It's been done before (like in 1983 and the infamous pine tar game with George Brett) but Selig refuses. I mean the ump said he blew it the Cleveland Indians player said he was out all he has to do is say the ump was wrong and I'm overturning it. All the moron says is that we will look into expanding instant replay (which should be done anyway).

RIP

Well as the few friends who come here know my dad died yesterday. He was 78. As much as I have the gift of gab I don't know what I can say right now. I hope he knew I loved him. I did. I just hope I can become half the man he was and I'm going to miss him.

Nice People

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/14/pat-buchanan-too-many-jew_n_576948.html

Nice to count on good old fashioned racism from Pat Buchanan who said over the weekend there are "too many jews on the Supreme Court". Actually Pat there are too many right-wing activist judges who care only about pushing their agenda instead of ruling on the law on the Supreme Court. That's the problem.

And again getting back to how the right just throws the word Nazi out in describing the President. Of course the latest is Newt Gingrich
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Newt+Gingrich+Obama+Nazi&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Like I said they either don't really understand what Hitler ACTUALLY DID or they don't care what he did. Either way it's disgusting!

Have You Noticed

Has anyone but me noticed that when baseball players test positive for steroids all hell seems to break loose, Selig and Fehr have to testify before Congress and it's so over the top but when football players test positive for steroids (like Brian Cushing did) no one seems to care? I haven't seen Goodell and Smith (Players Rep) go before Congress at all and I'm wondering why is there a double standard?

Good Choice

It's so pathetic for Republicans that they have no dirt to attack Obama's new Supreme Court nominee Kagan they only thing they can do is defend slavery. They can't use the fact that she's never served on the bench without being countered former Supreme Court Justice Reignquilliam Rehnquist cause it's the same thing.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Republicans+defending+slavery+Kagan&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

One question I've been hearing is why when Republicans nominate Supreme Court Justice they pick the strictest conservatives out there and when Democrats nominate Justices they don't and to me the answer is simple: Republicans are only worried about ideology and Democrats want the law followed. And all we need to do is take a look at the last few rulings to prove that.

Some Questions

So first to again say congrats to FBI, NYPD and Department of Homeland Security for their quick work on capturing the Times Square Bomber attempt suspect as he was trying to leave the country. But I do have some questions:

Does insane McCain and other Republicans who are questioning if he should be given his miranda rights know the suspect is a United States citizen and has miranda rights? They apparently think he doesn't and I guess don't realize if he is not given his rights any guilty verdict would be thrown out in court.

Here is a question as well: Should someone on the no fly list be allowed to purchase a gun? I think no because they wouldn't be on the list if they weren't suspected terrorist.

One thing I will always love about Obama more then anything is he doesn't take victory laps like the previous administration. If this was Bush you would think he single-handidly captured this guy.

A couple of things

Don't be surprised if there are gaps in my posts over the next few weeks. I have two fathers (my mom divorced when I was young and remarried) one of them (who is on dialysis to begin with) is in the hospital with pneumonia and the other is having surgery for mellenoma (sorry if the spelling is wrong) this week. Obviously my mind is going in about a million different directions at this moment so please bear with me.

I would like to talk about something that has bothered me. I posted last week how I agreed with the law in Arizona that delt with illegal imagration. Robert posted I was a "racist, bastard, and nazi". I agreed that on that issue I was a racist I don't deny that but one word has bothered me and that is nazi. I always hated that word with a passion especially being Jewish myself. I never told anyone this of my friends but my grandparents were holocaust survivors (they died when I was young so I never had a chance to really talk to them about it) and my grandfathers sister was apparently killed in the holocaust. I hate how the right continously compares President Obama to Hitler and the fact is either they really have no idea what was done or they really don't care. The ignorance just amazes me and disgusts me and I really just want to talk to these ignorant idiots and ask if they really know what was done. And if you want to know why I really dispise those who deny the holocaust well that's why and why I consider them anti-semetic that's exactly why. It affected my family directly.

Now on a better note I'd like to say congrats to the FBI for arresting the suspect in the attempted bombing in Times Square at JFK as he was trying to leave the country. Good work.

Will never get it

I want to thank Republicans for proving yet again why de-regulation NEVER works. This case proves that with the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. I find it ironic that the right-wing media is calling this "Obama's Katrina" when a couple of things need to be brought up:

1) How come we hear let businesses police themself except when things like this happen?

2) Obama wasn't off playing golf like the President when Katrina hit


Republicans thanks for being consistantly wrong as always.

Now just so you know besides BP Halliburton is also in part responsible they just finished hours before the explosion a major piece of equipment. But you won't hear that from the Bush friendly media either.

A few things

I just want to state a few things regarding immigration and my stance on the law.

First Washington won't take up the issue. And that's no matter who is in charge. Democrats won't because it will hurt a growing base and Republicans won't because it will lose cheap labor which they like.

Second my stance on the law is because living in Los Angeles I hate the fact I need to learn Spanish when I don't live in Mexico. I hate the fact that a majority of radio station in Los Angeles broadcast in Spanish and I hate the fact that I cannot go to say a fast food place and need to understand Spanish to order food. I hate the fact that I've gone to a wrestling show and the announcers were in Spanish and I couldn't understand a word they said.

Third I underestand on this issue I am a racist. I'm sorry about that this is the way I feel and I've always said I'm going to be honest.

Fourth is the nerve of Arizona after passing the law they are actually asking for Federal Funds to train officers. Sorry but if this is what you want you have to pay for it