This comes via the Daily Caller:
…and to beat all, she giggled about it at the end! đ đŻ đź
Category: News
Sarah Palin needs help with her legal bills
I received this via e-mail:
Dear Pat,
Time is running out.
Since the first frivolous ethics charges were filed against Sarah Palin two years ago, legal bills for the Palin family have mounted into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Last year, friends of the family set up the Alaska Fund Trust to help pay legal fees. They used the words “official legal fund” so that supporters would know it was the fund trusted by the Palins.But now — because Governor Palin used the word “official” — an independent counsel decided that Sarah Palin “violated” the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act when she served as governor of the state.Funds donated to the Alaska Fund Trust were immediately frozen until the legal challenge was sorted out.Governor Palin has now agreed to send the money back to the donors. This means that not a single dollar of the trust fund went to pay the Governor’s massive legal fees.On June 24, 2010 a new legal defense fund — The Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund — was created to pay these urgent legal bills.We set up the new fund to cover the Palin’s legal bills for past, present, and future attacks.The fund has been set up by friends and trusted advisors of Governor Palin.Let’s help Governor Palin with this incredible burden that no citizen should have to bear and free her to speak out on behalf of conservatives all across this great country.Will you help us relieve Governor Palin of this burden?
Pat, as a supporter of Governor Palin, help us with the legal fees stemming from those frivolous charges against Governor Palin.
Yours truly,Tim Crawford
Trustee
The Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund
The Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund | www.SarahPalinLegalDefenseFund.org | info@sarahpalinlegaldefensefund.org
645 G Street | Suite 100 # 711 | Anchorage, AK |Â 99501
Now, I will tell you this; I was never really a huge Palin fan. But I thought the gal got a raw deal with the liberal media and from idiots that put this Lady through the mill. I am asking those who actually read this blog to help Palin out. Further more, because of hateful bastards like these twits here, I am asking that you double your support for Palin.
The main reason why I even wanted to get involved with this; is this fact right here:
They called it the Alaska Fund Trust, the “official legal fund” for Governor Palin.
In fact, they added the words “official legal fund” so that supporters would know it was not just approved by the family, but that it complied with disclosure requirements, had professional management, created limits on who could donate and how much could be donated, and a variety of other restrictions that made it a very conservative and limited trust.
Further, the word “official” was used to distinguish the Alaska Fund Trust from other legal defense funds that were starting to pop up and no one knew if these would comply with disclosure laws, lobbyist restrictions, etc.
But now – because she used the word “official” – an independent counsel decided that the Trust “violated” the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act and now requires the Trust to send back every single donation raised by the defense fund while she was governor.
The left-wing media wants you to think Gov. Palin is an “ethics violator.” But they ignore the actual findings that Gov. Palin acted in good faith and relied on a team of expert trust lawyers to set it up.
They ignore that Gov. Palin stated one overriding principle: if the trust fund could be lawfully set up, she would support it. That is hardly the action of a person bent on skirting the law, contrary to the hysterical commentaries. But they ignore the truth and prefer to propagate lies about Sarah Palin.
They DON’T want you to know:
- The National Democratic Committee used its Alaska chapter, the Alaska Democratic Party (ADP), to create a website with one stated goal: “Keep Sarah Palin Out of Public Office.” To this day, the Democrats use this website to publicly seek donations for funding bogus “legal challenges involving issues related to Sarah Palin.”
- The ADP’s “Keep Sarah Palin Out of Public Office” campaign used our own legal system to sponsor more than two dozen ethics complaints against Governor Palin. Out of the 27 complaints, 26 were dismissed!
- The so-called “independent counsel” who started this investigation was an attorney from President Barack Obama’s law firm.
The money in the Alaska Fund Trust has been frozen and bills gone unpaid.
You see the part up there, that I put in bold, underlined and colored red? That, my friends, is the reason why I even bothered to post this here. This crusade against Sarah Palin is nothing more than a 21 century lynching against a Conservative Christian Woman. Admittedly, John McCain’s campaign did do some stuff wrong; at least I feel anyway… — but the bulk of blame goes towards the Democrats, who relentlessly hounded this woman to death and still continues to do so.
Which is just one, in a litany of reasons why I will never vote for anyone representing the Democratic Party, ever again.
Now, I ask you; as a Christian, as someone who believes that the Republican Party does, in fact, embrace the Tea Party values and does want to see a strong, secure America. * I ask you to help Sarah Palin pay down these legal bills, so that she can be free to enjoy the rest of her political and personal career, as she sees fit. Please, do not allow these liberal bastards to bring someone like Palin down or allow them to win the battle. Fight back, with the best weapon possible — your pocketbook. I know times are hard; In fact, I am going through tough times myself. But, all donations, no matter how big or how small will help her out.
Thanks for reading. đ
-Patrick
* – Disclaimer: I have never, nor will I ever, be a member or affiliated with the actual Republican National Committee. I have never as much sent them a dime. So, before you call me a Republican, please note this.
ACTION ALERT!: Sarah Palin HATE GROUP on facebook
Not a long entry this weekend. But…
There is a facebook group named “Sarah Palin is the BIGGEST LIAR in America”
If you would kindly. Go join the group and tell this troll what you think of his group and then click on “report group.” Select Hate Speech, as this group is brimming with anti-Palin hate speech.
So, go now and take some action!
Judges rule against Obama administration on offshore oil drilling ban
Here’s one I missed:
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled late Thursday afternoon against the Obama administration in the ongoing legal battle over a moratorium on drilling for oil in offshore waters. The quick ruling came as a surprise, since Judge W. Eugene Davis had told the overflowing courtroom at the conclusion of the hearing that the decision would be handed down early next week.
The Department of Interior was petitioning to reinstate its ban on new offshore oil-drilling leases at sites in water more than 500 feet deep. At issue was the June 22 order by Judge Martin Feldman of the Eastern District Court in New Orleans overturning the moratorium. Feldman in ruled in Hornbeck v. Salazar that the drilling moratorium was over-broad and illegal. The case was brought by a coalition of businesses affected negatively by the drilling ban, led by Hornbeck Offshore Services of Covington, La. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was petitioning for a stay of Feldmanâs decision, an order which would keep the moratorium in place pending a full appeal before the court several weeks from now.
Justice Department attorney Michael Gray, appearing on behalf of the Interior Department, told the court that the District Court had âabused its discretionâ in overturning the moratorium. Gray went back and forth with the panel over how much harm the plaintiffs in the case could expect if the stay was granted, and if the Interior Department would suffer âirreparable harmâ if the stay was denied.
via Judges rule against Obama administration on offshore oil drilling moratorium | The Daily Caller
But don’t think that the Obama Administration is going to give up.
In the 2-1 decision, the court turned down the administrationâs application for the stay, saying âSecretary [Salazar] has failed to demonstrate a likelihood of irreparable injury if the stay is not granted; he has made no showing that there is any likelihood that drilling activities will be resumed pending appeal.â The latter comment was a reference to the de facto moratorium which has been in place since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April. The decision allowed for the federal government to apply to the court for emergency relief should any deep-water rigs actually commence drilling before the full appeal is heard on an expedited calendar in the week of August 30.
Stick a fork in Mel Gibson, he is done!
Holy Hell! đŻ (H/T to HotAir, who needs a little lesson is ripping code from websites! đ )
More at Radar Online…
A partial transcript:
âYou go out in public and itâs a f*cking embarrassment to me. You look like a f*cking bitch in heat. And if you get raped by a pack of ni**ers it will be your fault. Alright? Because you provoked it. You are provocatively dressed all the time with your fake boobs that you feel you have to show off. I donât like it. I donât want that woman. I donât want you. I donât trust you. I donât love you.â
HotAir is doing a poll. I voted; Gibson is done. There is no way he can recover from this one. I mean, this is the second time he has done something like this. He career and any sort of credibility that he had is gone. I mean, this guy did a Christian movie and then this? He is done; he’s gone.
Lawlessness at the DOJ?
Unreal:
I was at the Voting Section of the Justice Department for over five years. This office is responsible for enforcing most federal election laws which do not involve criminal matters. My previous articles at Pajamas Media have spoken of the DOJâs lawless abandonment of race-neutral enforcement of voting laws, and other outrageous conduct. I will continue to publish here at Pajamas Media more instances of failure to enforce the law equally by the Department.
One such instance relates to the Motor Voter law, and will shock Americans who care about integrity in the electoral process.
The âMotor Voterâ law was passed in 1993 to promote greater voter registration in the United States. It did this â most Americans now know from visits to the DMV â by requiring states to offer voter registration materials whenever someone had contact with a variety of state offices. These included welfare offices, social service agencies, and motor vehicle departments.
A lesser-known provision also obliged the states to ensure that no ineligible voters were on the rolls â including dead people, felons, and people who had moved. Our current Department of Justice is anxious to encourage the obligations to get everyone registered, but explicitly unwilling to enforce federal law requiring states to remove the dead or ineligible from the rolls.
In November 2009, the entire Voting Section was invited to a meeting with Deputy Assistant Attorney General Julie Fernandes, a political employee serving at the pleasure of the attorney general. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Motor Voter enforcement decisions.
The room was packed with dozens of Voting Section employees when she made her announcement regarding the provisions related to voter list integrity:
We have no interest in enforcing this provision of the law. It has nothing to do with increasing turnout, and we are just not going to do it.
Jaws dropped around the room.
I think it is time for revolution; by all means necessary. đĄ
McCarthy was right; and the damned Communists are now in our Justice Dept.
Infighting over at Wizbang?
Click here and Here, and then read the comments section.
Nephew of Chief Justice Clerance Thomas Beaten and Tazed by Hospital Security
The Video:
The Story by television Station WNGO-TV in New Orleans:
MARRERO – Family members of Derek Thomas, nephew of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, are alleging that the younger Thomas, was punched and tazed when he was admitted to West Jefferson Hospital Thursday.
The family says the use of the taser caused Thomas to have a seizure.
According to at statement from the family, Derek Thomas, who is epileptic, refused to put on a hospital gown and tried to leave his examination after a possible suicide attempt. They say security “punched him in his lip, pulled out more than a fistful of his dredlocks and tasered him to restrain him.”
Doctors knew about Thomas’ epilepsy, but ordered security officers to use the taser anyway, instead of sedating him, the family says.
The family is trying to have Thomas transferred to another facility.
Justice Thomas is expected to travel to New Orleans as soon as possible to check on his nephew.
This is awful, no matter what your politics are. I will not speculate on whether this was racially based or just a bunch of overzealous security officers. But my thoughts and prayers are with the Chief Justice and his family.
Congratulations to Robert Stacy McCain
On the Wedding of his eldest daughter Kennedy.
The Reality Report #52
If you can get past the tin foil hat sounding stuff in this video —– It is actually pretty good.
Enjoy: (source)
Radio Show Host Terry Anderson has died
More info over at Digger’s Realm
Such a sad loss… đ
Drudge gets it wrong
Once again, Matt Drudge is posting misleading headlines:
Spooky headline, right?
Wrong.
Actually, the headline is about a story, that is actually a good thing, securing our power plants and so forth.
The story is reported by the Wall Street Journal:
The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.
The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government’s chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn’t persistently monitor the whole system, these people said.
Defense contractor Raytheon Corp. recently won a classified contract for the initial phase of the surveillance effort valued at up to $100 million, said a person familiar with the project.
An NSA spokeswoman said the agency had no information to provide on the program. A Raytheon spokesman declined to comment.
Some industry and government officials familiar with the program see Perfect Citizen as an intrusion by the NSA into domestic affairs, while others say it is an important program to combat an emerging security threat that only the NSA is equipped to provide.
“The overall purpose of the [program] is our Government…feel[s] that they need to insure the Public Sector is doing all they can to secure Infrastructure critical to our National Security,” said one internal Raytheon email, the text of which was seen by The Wall Street Journal. “Perfect Citizen is Big Brother.”
Raytheon declined to comment on this email.
A U.S. military official called the program long overdue and said any intrusion into privacy is no greater than what the public already endures from traffic cameras. It’s a logical extension of the work federal agencies have done in the past to protect physical attacks on critical infrastructure that could sabotage the government or key parts of the country, the official said.
U.S. intelligence officials have grown increasingly alarmed about what they believe to be Chinese and Russian surveillance of computer systems that control the electric grid and other U.S. infrastructure. Officials are unable to describe the full scope of the problem, however, because they have had limited ability to pull together all the private data.
Perfect Citizen will look at large, typically older computer control systems that were often designed without Internet connectivity or security in mind. Many of those systemsâwhich run everything from subway systems to air-traffic control networksâhave since been linked to the Internet, making them more efficient but also exposing them to cyber attack.
The goal is to close the “big, glaring holes” in the U.S.’s understanding of the nature of the cyber threat against its infrastructure, said one industry specialist familiar with the program. “We don’t have a dedicated way to understand the problem.”
The information gathered by Perfect Citizen could also have applications beyond the critical infrastructure sector, officials said, serving as a data bank that would also help companies and agencies who call upon NSA for help with investigations of cyber attacks, as Google did when it sustained a major attack late last year.
So much for that big scary headline eh? But when you are Matt Drudge. The facts mean nothing; as long as you have an agenda to fulfill. As a Conservative; I believe that securing our infrastructure is a good thing. The only people who have to fear from something of this nature, are the people who are using the internet to break the law. So, if you are law abiding citizen, you have absolutely nothing to fear at all.
Also, it should be noted, that the Government did something similar to this, under the Bush Administration. That until the liberal media ran with it, and the courts decided that Bush needed a warrant to spy on people. So, this little narrative is quite silly.
Now, can someone please tell me why the heck Matt Drudge’s site is so popular? It cannot be because of his factual reporting. đ
Way too fast
I say this, at the risk of sounding like a crusty old curmudgeon:
The Bugatti Veyron
The Bugatti Veyron is, once again, the fastest production car on the planet.
Bugatti says an orange-and-black Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 267.8 mph at the hands of test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel. Stop and think about that for a moment. Thatâs more than 393 feet per second and almost 4.5 miles per minute. Even Bugattiâs engineers were surprised.
âWe took it that we would reach an average value of 425 km/h (264 mph),â chief engineer Wolfgang Schreiber said in a statement. âBut the conditions today were perfect and allowed even more.â
Raphanel made his record-setting run at Volkswagenâs test track in Ehra-Lessien, Germany, in the latest version of the greatest automobile ever made. He had one hour to make back-to-back runs in each direction. The speedo hit 427.933 km/h against the wind and 434.211 with it. That came to an average of 431.072, which by our math is 267.8 mph.
And that was more than enough to take the title back from Shelby Super Cars and the Ultimate Aero, which had held the record since peeling off an average of 256 mph in 2007. Raphanel set the record on June 24; Bugatti announced it on July 4. Bugatti says Guinness was on-hand to verify the record, and we imagine the guys at SSC will not take this sitting down.
As the name suggests, the Super Sport is a hot-rodded version of a car that already has too much of everything. The 16-cylinder engine has been tweaked and tuned with bigger turbochargers (four, count âem, four) and intercoolers. Bugatti says the engine is good for 1,200 horsepower and a staggering 1,106 pound feet of torque.
I’m sorry, but 267 miles per hour is just way, way, waaaaaay too fast. I mean, I am all for the idea of going fast; in fact, I love going to Milan Dragway here in Milan, Michigan. But for a street car, 267 miles per hour? Hell no. Too fast. Reason I say that is because if you happen to be in one these contraptions, and you happen to hit an inanimate object going that fast — forget calling the ambulance; call the farking morgue. Be sure to tell them to bring a big spatula, to scrape your greasy spot off of whatever you hit.
Do not misunderstand me; it is a nice car — To look at and say, “Yeah, I bet that thing goes really fast!” đ
May God Bless Huffington Post for publishing this
This is a very interesting read:
Much has been said in the Cuban regime’s official media about my son Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a young black man. Many lies have been told, and it has been said that my son was a criminal, and that he was not simply allowed to die. The truth is that my son was murdered. The truth is that my son was allowed to die on a hunger strike he held to demand respect for his rights, and to demand freedom for his people. Today, I would like to tell you just who Orlando Zapata Tamayo was: a defender of human rights, and my beloved son.
This article is a very good read, it is truly hard to believe that Huffington Post would actually publish that on a Liberally biased site. After all, are not Liberal Socialists at least sympathetic to the communist cause?
What saddens me, is that the Huffington Post actually advocates the kind of Government that this woman’s son died under; Big Government. Which is, in fact, socialism, which is, one step away from actual communism.
I think it took courage to post that, considering some of the comments on that posting. Which is not too surprising for that crowd.
One the other hand, Huffington Post did crop a photo of the President of Israel to give him devils horns. Which tells me, not everyone over at Huffington Post shares in the ideals of freedom for everyone; including Israel.
Sad Personal Story: U.S. Coast Guard Suspends search for missing N.C. Boater
This is so awfully sad:
The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a boater who disappeared Thursday near Myrtle Beach.
A boat belonging to Thomas “Andy” Richmond of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., washed ashore near 60th Avenue North late Thursday night, sparking the search. Searchers spent all day Friday and Saturday and much of both nights scouring the sea for Richmond after his 28-foot boat, “Heads or Tails,” was found on the beach just before midnight with its engine still running.
Agencies involved in the search included the Coast Guard, S.C. Department of Natural Resources, State Law Enforcement Division and Horry County. The search covered an area the size of the state of Rhode Island, according to a release from the Coast Guard. Rescue crews searched for approximately 48 hours covering 1,783 square nautical miles, the release said
The reason why I even know about this is because I usually talk to the man’s cousin named Ed on 3.865khz on the 75 meter Amateur Radio Band. It is with a group called “The Moonrunners” that meet from 4:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. EST. I will not print his callsign for privacy reasons But I can really tell by this man’s voice that this has devastated this poor man to know this his cousin has had this horrible thing happen to him. đ đ„
My prayers go out to the Richmond Family, and all of the extended family as well.
Of Course: Dem Bloggers play race card on unemployment
Man, pick a day to sleep in after the Holiday weekend and all sorts of stupid breaks out. Must have been too much Holiday for these idiot liberals. Because most of them are talking out of their rear-ends!
I will forewarn you; this is going to be a very long posting….
First up, we have Paul Krugman, who is once again, talking out his rear end about unemployment:
Wait: thereâs more. One main reason there arenât enough jobs right now is weak consumer demand. Helping the unemployed, by putting money in the pockets of people who badly need it, helps support consumer spending. Thatâs why the Congressional Budget Office rates aid to the unemployed as a highly cost-effective form of economic stimulus. And unlike, say, large infrastructure projects, aid to the unemployed creates jobs quickly â while allowing that aid to lapse, which is what is happening right now, is a recipe for even weaker job growth, not in the distant future but over the next few months.
In reality, here is the reason why passing unemployment benefits, is just wrong:
- States provide unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to involuntarily unemployed workers. UI benefits typically replace 35â40 percent of a workerâs weekly income.
- States normally provide UI benefits for up to 26 weeks. Workers in states with high unemployment rates may collect extended benefits for an additional 13 weeks for a total of 39 weeks. The federal government and the states normally split the cost of these extended benefits.
- Congress has modified the UI program so that workers in states with high unemployment now qualify for a maximum of 99 weeks of UI benefitsâalmost two years. Congress increased extended unemployment insurance benefits to 46 weeks and now covers the full cost of providing them. Congress also created the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program, which provides benefits for an additional 34 weeks in all states. Workers in states with unemployment above 6 percent qualify for an additional 13 weeks of UI benefits, and workers in states with unemployment above 8.5 percent qualify for an additional six weeks of benefits on top of that.
- Under current law, the EUC program expires on February 28, 2010, and benefits will continue to be paid until July 31. Workers who lose their jobs after February 28 will not qualify for the 53 weeks of EUC benefits. The full federal funding of the extended benefits program also expires on February 28. Congress will probably vote on continuing these programs before this happens.
Higher Unemployment
- By reducing the need to look for new work, extended UI benefits cause unemployed workers to take longer to find new work. Heritage Foundation macroeconomic modeling shows that the previous extension of UI benefits from 26 to 46 weeks increased the unemployment rate by 0.22 percentage points.[1]
Subsidizes and Extends Unemployment
- The consequences of extended unemployment benefits are some of the most conclusively established results in labor economic research. Extending either the amount or the duration of UI benefits increases the length of time that workers remain unemployed.[2] UI benefits subsidize unemployment. They reduce the need to search for new work and to make difficult choicesâsuch as moving or switching industriesâto begin a new job.
- Roughly one-third of workers receiving UI benefits find work immediately once their benefits expire. This happens both when unemployment is high and when unemployment is low.[3]
- Economic research shows that each 13 week extension of UI benefits increases the average length of time workers receiving benefits stay unemployed by approximately two weeks.[4]
Reduces Other Income
- Families respond to unemployment benefits by reducing other income. Wivesâ earnings fall by between 36 and 73 cents for each dollar of UI benefits married men receive.[5]
Ineffective Stimulus
- Extended UI benefits are frequently claimed to provide significant economic stimulus. The studies that come to this conclusion ignore the effect of UI benefits in raising unemployment and incorrectly assume that unemployed households spend every dollar of UI benefits they receive. Empirical studies contradict both of these assumptions.
- Heritage Foundation macroeconomic modeling accounting for both these factors show that for each dollar spent extending UI benefits to 46 weeks, GDP expands in the first year by just $0.17. Almost any other use of resources would provide a greater short-term boost to the economy.[6]
Negligible Wage Effects
- Some analysts suggest that extended UI benefits should enable workers to find better jobs and increase their wages when they return to work.
- Other analysts suggest that workersâ skills deteriorate when they are unemployed and, by encouraging longer unemployment, extended benefits will reduce workersâ wages.
- Economic research finds neither effectâextended benefits do not increase or decrease unemployed workers wages when they find new jobs.
Pictures from San Juan Capistrano Tea Party
Opus 6 and Donald Douglas
See more at American Power and MAinfo here and here
Ouch: New York man blows off arm with party fireworks
This is why it pays to be careful around fireworks:
ISLIP TERRACE, N.Y. (AP) â Police say a man lighting fireworks has blown off his arm at a party on New Yorkâs Long Island.
Suffolk County police say the 36-year-old manâs friends and relatives retrieved his severed left arm and packed it into a cooler after the blast Saturday. Police say doctors at a hospital are trying to reattach the limb.
Police believe the man leaned over a mortar tube containing fireworks to ignite it outside a home in Islip (EYEâ-slip) Terrace around 5:45 p.m. He apparently didnât or couldnât get out of the way before the explosive went off.
An update on his condition wasnât immediately available.
via Police: NY man blows off arm with party fireworks | The Daily Caller
I have not said it here; and now I will. Please, to all my readers — Please, during this Independence Day; please use caution around fireworks. Especially if you have been drinking and more especially if you have children around.
Don’t risk your life or your kid’s lives. Play it safe and smart.
That is all…
Horrible News: UN says at least 220 dead in oil explosion in Congo
This is just damned awful:
SANGE, Congo â A tanker truck hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed at least 220 bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.
Among the dead were 61 children and 36 women, the Red Cross said. Also killed were villagers who had descended on the truck to siphon fuel illegally from the wreckage, apparently unaware of the danger, the U.N. said.
U.N. peacekeepers rushed to evacuate more than 200 wounded from the scene by helicopter and ambulance, while Red Cross teams carried the charred bodies from the scene in body bags and buried them in two mass graves a few miles (kilometers) away.
The truck overturned as it was trying to pass a minibus late Friday near the village of Sange, around 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Uvira, a town on the northern tip of Lake Tanganyika near the Burundi border, said Mana Lungwe, manager of the Congolese oil company that owns the truck. The vehicle began gushing oil, then burst into flames an hour later, he said.
Lungwe said the driver was injured in the accident and taken to a local clinic before the blast occurred. Sange is located between Uvira and the Congolese provincial capital, Bukavu, further to the north.
via Congo: UN says at least 220 dead in oil explosion – Yahoo! News.
This is just awful news; I would never make stupid jokes about it either. My thoughts and Prayer are with the victims; and yes, damn it they were victims of this most awful accident.
But yet, assholes like Steve Gilbert write idiotic tripe like this:
Because of their âaddiction to oil.â
[…]
Is this really a time for levity?
[….]
Which sounds like the domicile of Mr. Obamaâs brother.
[…]
Just wait until all of our cars run on safe electricity â and pixie dust.
Mocking people’s deaths, and mocking blacks in Congo! How farking quaint! HAW HAW HAW! đ
If this is what the Republicans mean by reaching more people; they’re screwed. Not only was this not funny, it is highly offensive and quite stupid. Freedom of Speech? Oh Sure, fine. The SAME damned freedom of speech that Steve Gilbert is given, is also given to me to slam dunk the farking bastard and say that he ought to be frog marched into the damn street and shot in the damned head for making jokes like that! So there, there’s MY first amendment right! Damned idiot.
The sick part is; this is ANN COULTER’s friend. She makes friends with idiots like this? Egad. đŻ đ Now I know I don’t want anything to do with that idiotic shrieking harpy.
No Wonder Ace hates Steve Gilbert with a passion
I cannot believe he would post stupid stuff like this….
What an asshole! đĄ
Background on Gilbert and Ace
I mean, that’s just straight up farking wrong. I’m sorry. But it is.
I am checking to see if sweetness and light is in my blogroll, if it is, it’s gone. Screw that idiot, he will get no more traffic from me.
Living proof that spending the way out of a recession does not work
Well, looks like my job prospects just got worse:
The train that is the nationâs economic recovery has slowed noticeably, unable to generate enough jobs in the last two months to keep pace with population growth, much less reduce the vast numbers of unemployed Americans.
The United States added just 83,000 private sector jobs in June, according to the monthly statistical snapshot released by the Labor Department. The unemployment rate declined to 9.5 percent, from 9.7 percent in May. But that was a largely illusory decline, as 652,000 Americans left the work force.
Over all, the nation lost 125,000 jobs in June, but those losses came as temporary federal Census workers headed for the exits.
With the economy slowing â housing sales plummeted, while earnings and hours worked ticked downward last month â the stakes grow larger, economically and politically. The next few monthly unemployment reports will unfold during the run-up to the midterm Congressional elections this fall. Incumbents feel particularly precarious, and major economic decisions about financial reform, unemployment benefits, and aid to states still sit on their desks.
via Recovery Slows With Weak Job Creation in June – NYTimes.com.
Think maybe now the Democrats will finally get it? Guess again. (h/t The Other McCain)
Quote:
âNow, let me say that unemployment insurance, we talk about it as a safety net and the rest â this is one of the biggest stimuluses [sic] to our economy. Economists will tell you, this money is spent quickly. It injects demand into the economy and itâs job-creating. It creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name because, again, it is money that is needed for families to survive, and it is spent. So it has a double benefit â it helps those who have lost their jobs, but it also is a job-creator and so, uh, for that reason â for those two reasons at least â it should be passed, and Iâm optimistic that it will.â
â Nancy Pelosi, July 1, 2010
Democrats, clueless as usual.
Barack Obama is among best presidents ever, but why?
Stupid liberals…:
George W. Bush was no FDR, but Barack Obama could be.
That’s the verdict of 238 of the nation’s leading presidential scholars, who – for a fifth time – rated Franklin Delano Roosevelt the best president ever in the latest Siena College Research Institute poll.
In office for barely two years, Obama entered the survey in the 15th position – two spots behind Bill Clinton and three spots ahead of Ronald Reagan.
Obama got high marks for intelligence, ability to communicate and imagination, but his score was dragged down by his relative lack of experience and family background.
“Most of the presidents came from elite backgrounds, and he certainly did not,” said professor Douglas Lonnstrom, who crunched the numbers. “He grew up without a father.”
By contrast, Bush’s dad was our 41st president, George H.W. Bush, who came in 22nd in the poll.
And yet, the scholars rated Dubya a dud as a president, ranking him in the bottom five at 39th place.
That’s a steep drop from 23rd place, which is where Bush ranked when he entered the survey after his first year in office.
via Barack Obama is among best presidents ever – George W. Bush not so much, say scholars in Siena poll.
Hmmmmm… Could it be….Because…. He’s Black? đŻ
Just saying…. George W. Bush was an evil White man. Obama, he’s the socialist black savior.
This bears repeating:
Oil Spill Timeline from RightChange on Vimeo.
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