It's Sunday Night

Now, you know this woman has to have public hair.  She likes to cover herself up, except, for her figure.  I'd like to do some research as Playboy to find out exactly when women were considered more sexy when they look as though they were just moving out of puberty.  There has to be a pictoral record of the 'changing' paradigm of public hair and women.  Has to be.  I think all the mass populous move to depilatories and lazer hair removal started with the 'thong.' 

I don't know there is something about mystery that is important.

(Let's Get) Physical sung by Olivia Newton John

I'm saying all the things that I know you'll like,

Makin' good conversation
I gotta handle you just right,
You know what I mean
I took you to an intimate restaurant,
Then to a suggestive movie
There's nothin' left to talk about,
Unless it's horizontally


Let's get physical, physical,
I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk,
Your body talk, let me hear your body talk


I've been patient, I've been good,
Tried to keep my hands on the table
It's gettin' hard this holdin' back,
You know what I mean
I'm sure you'll understand my point of view,
We know each other mentally
You gotta know that you're bringin' out
The animal in me


Let's get animal, animal,
I wanna get animal, let's get into animal
Let me hear your body talk,
Your body talk, let me hear your body talk
 

I believe CNN took the wrong approach with Rick Sanchez.

This has nothing to do with Eliot Spitzer's program.  I am looking forward to hearing from Eliot.  He is NECESSARY to hear from.  An American Landscape without Eliot Spitzer's point of view is grossly 'lacking.' 

That said.

Rick was very much trying to 'give voice' to those rarely 'cared about.'  Seriously.  By alienating Rick's voice there are many, if not thousands that will fall silent.  I mean that sincerely.  His approach was to 'mine the truth' and 'make it count.'  He was NOT  'seeking the truth' for his point of view which is best known as BIAS.

Contrary to Murdoch's industrial strength 'truth' which 'defines words' rather than providing their meaning in 'real lives,' Rick Sanchez was a gathering storm.  His recent book completely rejects 'conventional knowledge.'  So, for him to be on a Serius radio station where commentators like Howard Stern makes a living out of being outrageous, Rick was 'on message.'

One cannot become a lightning rod without causing controversy.  For CNN to drop the hammer on this Hispanic man without sincerely FIRST mitigating his statements and bringing to focus 'the truth' Rick was seeking is only making the 'conventional' methods of 'employee relations' permanent and not enlightened.

Recently, a female CNN journalist seeking to find the movement of the right wing young activist was victimized.  Every effort was afforded by CNN to expose her experience.  Rick Sanchez is less of a person than this journalist?  I believe their circumstances are similar in that the actions and words of both could have and probably did contribute to 'difficult managerial' positions for CNN.

If outrageous words are deeply felt by a journalist as a personal experience and conventional management discards it 'by convenience' while seeking its own integrity, then there are other forces at work and oppression is the bottom line. 

If ratings were the issue.  If appearing 'fair' by controlling words of hate and bigorty is the only purpose for the actions of management of a media network then a lot is lost.  Murdoch has made vast fortunes through allowing bigotry justify his media services.  In other words, Murdoch's biggest justification for his hideous commentators is "At least they have a voice somewhere."  Bigotry has lived within the USA since its inception.  I think the country will survive it.  Confronting it changes the face of the human experience within this democracy to the extent democracy exists void of Plutocratic Oppression.

When Mr. Sanchez stated he felt the Hispanic experience in the USA was different than that of the Jewish populous within the USA, he is correct.  Whether it is words of bigotry Mr. Sanchez is espousing is a good question, however, I refer to the history of the immigrant experience in the USA.  The most overtly classic immigration experience that incorporated people into the American Landscape was that of the Irish in Boston.  They were segregated.  They found 'democracy' and 'an electorate' a 'handy commodity' to move their populous to places of power to improve their circumstances.  That power at some level became corrupt and the suffering of the Irish in United Kingdom was backed by weapons and the like sent from somewhere in the back streets of Boston.  But, that isn't the point.  SEGREGATION is the point. 

Segregation happens in the USA because ethnicities 'at some level' give up their attempts of complete incorporation and choose to be alone in their culture preferences.  Until people of notoriety are allowed to express their personal experiences we really don't know the 'percent' oppression exists in the greater dynamic of a generous society and democracy.

If Rick Sanchez were to go his own way, the least CNN should have done was to mitigate those difficult words to come to understand why they existed in the first place, no matter how bizarre that might be.  There has been some interesting conversations among the minority members of the CNN network as of late including exploring the 'idea' of the Media Harlem/Ghetto.  I believe Mr. Sanchez from his own perspective was trying to promote that discussion.  I think we all could have survived the 'joint experience' without segregating him or his words.

CNN should not be its own Plutocratic Oppressor.

The latest dangerous egotistical and arrogant political rant by the Right Wing Media.

It was the day before Tyler Clementi fell into crisis due to the acts of others.

Michael Savage (link at title to entry) was ridiculing a female caller that spoke up to say everyone in the country, including young adults, need to have health care and yes there was a segment of the population that need to be on their parent's health insurance until the age of 26.

Michael Savage ranted on and on about his demands to have a USA infrastructure that saw young adults as autonomous at the age of 18 years old or younger to the age of 16.  He stated to his female caller in the 'ugliest voice' he had, obnoxious and loud, that he was not interested in having a young adult on HER insurance policy. 

He stated I am not going to subsidize insurance so that your son can whine to a councilor when life gets a little tough.

Really, Mr. Savage?

...The Clementi family said that the funeral services would not be open to the public and asked that people respect their privacy.... (click here)

"THE TOUGH GUY"  

Ever since the Bush White House where there were smoking guns and chain saw massacres of forests at Prairie Chapel Ranch the people of the USA have had to put up with these FAUX 'Tough Guys" at every turn.  

This is the USA where people are civilized and value life.  We strive to have high quality life styles even in the face of Wall Street Carpetbaggers.  It is the country where EVERYONE is safe to find their own identity and civil rights.

Insensitivity on the Radio Waves of the country to brow beat average people to pull a lever for a Republican in November should be banned from the FCC.  At some point in time, the FCC has to do research to reveal the subversive agenda of populous radio that EMOTES hate as if it were an authority we respected.

I believe "Savage Nation" is one of the worst programs that ever existed.

Until tomorrow.

In Morse Code it probably spells NAN.

Dash - dot.  Dot - dash.  Dash - dot.

10 01 10

October 1, 2010

I was a little surprised there was nothing made out of the calendar date yesterday.  I thought for sure someone would say, BINARY DAY.

But, it is probably being reserved for October 10, 2010.

1 0 1 0 1 0

Have a good day.

The Republicans are screaming about illegal immigrants. This is their issue. Whitman didn't follow the law.

This isn't rocket science.  "E-Verify" has been around since the 2000 or 2001. 

What's the problem? 

Whitman just didn't care.

This is their issue.  This is a no brainer.  She broke the law. 

An immigrant has to file an I-9 just like everyone else within three days of employment.

Where is the paperwork that Whitman has to prove she followed the law?  She didn't keep records?  Well, how convenient is that? 

...The program (click title to entry - thank you) was authorized by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA).  In short, employers submit information taken from a new hire's Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) through E-Verify to the Social Security Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to determine whether the information matches government records and whether the new hire is authorized to work in the United States....

Tbis is a Republican issue.  THEY are demanding deportation, monies for border fences, etc., etc.  Whitman never complied with the law.  She is above it all.  Her credibility is in definate question.  How can she talk out of both sides of her mouth and expect no one to regard it as a character flaw and questionable integrity?

If the social security number and name do not match, (click here) then the employee is directed to contact the SSA to clear up the issue.

NINE YEARS and her employment was never validated by Whitman?  It was supposed to be logged and resolved in a WEEK.  What the heck goes on?

"...If the employee cannot establish his or her identity and authorization to work in the U.S., then you must terminate his or her employment to avoid liability.

It seems to me Ms. Whitman is facing some liability.  Nine years worth !

So, according to Whitman, she was basically stupid about the people that were working for her.  She hired through an agency and never bothered to check anyone's status.  Immigrant or not an I-9 has to be filed by everyone.  NO excuses.  Whitman is lying and/or pathetic.

Whitman was a CEO.  She didn't ask for I-9s from her employees?  I mean for real.

E-Bay.  Where Whitman fostered an adult site.

...In January we wrote about discontent among workers (click here) at eBay's Salt Lake City-area call center. They didn't enjoy serving customers concerned about the quality of their Strap On Cyberflesh Hollow Extension Dong, or the resolution on their DVD of Blond Cougar from Down the Street Fucks Like a Teen.
One of the Mormon call center employees was so pissed off that he sued, obtaining a deposition from Whitman in which she claimed she was aware of concerns about her porn site. Also deposed was one of Whitman's top underlings, who described his boss' stance in a manner remarkably similar to the way she's dealt with allegations from her ex-housekeeper Nicky Diaz. In both cases, she has claimed the issues at hand were simply beyond her grasp as a manager. In the case of immigration, she apparently didn't know how to find out if an employee's documents were legit. And at eBay, she seems to have run a fetish pornography empire because, well, she didn't know how not to....

There isn't anything else to say.  This is the same PRIVILEDGED demeanor we witness with Republicans over and over and over again.  Whitman is the one taking the 'hard line' for the benefit of being elected, but, when it comes to personal accountability there is none.  End of discussion.

A CEO from an multi-national company doesn't seek 'bonded' domestic help from an agency? 

Give me a break.

That storm was the length of the continent. It is still gigantic.

The water vapor was pulled from the entire length of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical rainforests of Central America.

The east coast managed to dodge a Category Four Storm with damage to the Outer Banks without a single death.  But, a Tropical Storm carrying incredible amounts of water from the Equator turned into a killer storm.

The Climate Crisis.  It definately is.

Storm Kills Five, Drenches East Coast (click here)
by Korva Coleman
The Tropical Storm formerly known as Nicole slid from Florida up toward New England, soaking states that already had too much water and cutting the drought of others.  The National Weather Service is warning of flash flooding and strong winds as far north as Maine.  Police in North Carolina say four people, including two children, died when their car overturned into a ditch filled with water. A fifth person died when his truck swerved off a road into a river....

One of the many landslides on Castleton main road in St Mary caused by Tropical Storm Nicole. - Rudolph Brown/Photographer

Crop devastation still being assessed (click here)

Published: Friday
October 1, 2010
 
..."However, there are indications there have been significant damage to cash crops, including - but not limited to - lettuce, tomato, yam and cantaloupe," the ministry said. "We anticipate there could be some supply concerns with these crops in the short term, based on the devastation."...


What was really bizarre was a blog entry at the Wilmington newspaper, "Star News."  Wilmington, North Carolina recieved nearly 24 inches of rain.  I think it was 22.5 to be exact.  And what does this jerk has to say about a storm that didn't bring high winds but only huge amounts of water erosion, loss of crops and property damage, five deaths and a complete North Carolina town underwater.

This is what he had to say:

October 1st, 2010 08:53am



Rush Limbaugh has a point about overdone weather coverage — sometimes  (click here)


by Si Cantwell


How much weather reporting is too much?
 
A little after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh was talking about the local media in south Florida, where he lives and works.
I believe he was speaking mostly of television. He said forecasters were talking nonstop in apocalyptic terms about the dangers posed by Tropical Storm Nicole. Limbaugh said it turned out to be just a typical day of thunderstorms. He found it kind of pleasant to sit and listen to the rain drumming on the windows....

Drumming on the windows.  How out of touch and insensitive can people be?

A rather emotional farewell. I hope Rahm is succesful in his Mayoral election. He'll do a great job. He is definately CHICAGO.

The question before us is whom is the replacement? 

I know who I don't want it to be.  There has been speculation about the New York Mayor Bloomberg.

NO !

There is something that really bothers me about Michael Bloomberg.  I know they love him in NYC.  But, what else is new?  Wall Street would love the tenth richest millionaire in the USA as Mayor.

Michael Bloomberg is known to have 'lobbied' Goldman Sachs as Mayor for donations for this and that for the city or whatever.  Nothing radical or illegal about that.

However.

It is more than curious as to how he managed to come away from the Global Economic Crash of the Century without a scratch.

...In March 2009, Forbes reported (click here) Michael Bloomberg's wealth at $16 billion, a gain of $4.5 billion since the previous year, which makes him one of the most successful billionaires in the United States during the recession, and a person enjoying the world's biggest increase in wealth in 2009....

No one finds that curious?

Well, I do.  A Mayor, of which I am assuming his holdings are in 'trust' while he is in office, escalates his worth during the worst financial collapse of the 21st Century.

He is welcome to his mony, but, his close affiliation with the company where the Former US Treasury Paulson resides is more than interesting.  I don't trust his motives.  He is Wall Street, not Main Street and we don't need that influence in the Executive Branch any more than it is today.

Pakistan has a lot of security issues. I don't know why they have to take trucks through there. Airlift supplies.

This was a given.  The trucks stand still long enough something was going to happen.  This isn't the first time.  Three strikes and your out, General.  Someone better get the facts straight and soon.  I would hope.

Three personnel of the Frontier Corps were killed in an attack by two Nato helicopters on a security post in Kurram Agency.—Dawn photo 

NATO supply attacked, 40 trucks, tankers burnt in Sindh Upadated on: 01 Oct 10 10:55 AM  (click here)

...The two helicopters intruded into the Kurram Agency from Afghanistan’s Paktia province before dawn and when security personnel deployed at the Mandato Kandaou post, 15 kilometres west of Parachinar, fired warning shots the helicopters fired missiles.

Sources said that the Nato helicopters had intruded up to 5km across the border.

The incident heightened tension in the region and the government immediately suspended supplies to foreign troops in Afghanistan via Torkham.

An official of the Khyber Agency administration told Dawn that the Frontier Corps had stopped loaded trucks and oil tankers from entering Afghanistan.

According to ISPR, two helicopters from Afghanistan appeared to have crossed the border into Pakistan at Mandato Kandaou in the Ali Mangola area of Upper Kurram Agency and engaged through cannon fire an outpost of the Frontier Corps located 200 metres inside Pakistan and manned by six soldiers.

Troops at the post retaliated with rifle fire to indicate that the helicopters were crossing into Pakistan’s territory. Instead of heeding the warning, the helicopters fired two missiles, destroying the post.

The ISPR statement said this was the third incident of its kind in a week.

Hours later, two Nato helicopters entered Kurram Agency again and fired at least seven rockets which landed near the Akhtar Ghundai post in Matta Sangar area, southwest of Parachinar.

No casualty was reported. Soon after the attack, local authorities closed the Borki point for cross-border movement.

After a similar incident on Sept 27, contact was made at the highest military level and the incident was regretted by the US....

CIA chief takes tough line on drone hits Friday, 01 Oct, 2010 (click here)

...Mr Panetta’s meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani were described by sources as extremely tense.

US Senator John Kerry also called the prime minister in the evening.

The two-day visit by the chief of the US Central Intelligence Agency comes against the backdrop of an unprecedented increase in drone strikes in Waziristan, repeated aerial incursions into the tribal areas by US-led International Security Assistance Force and revelation of a terror plot being hatched in the region to attack European cities.

Mr Panetta last visited Islamabad soon after an attempt by one Faisal Shahzad to carry out a terrorist attack and was able to persuade his interlocutors to launch an operation in North Waziristan, but at the timing of their choice.

The current spike in drone attacks — almost two dozen in September, one of which reportedly took out leading Al Qaeda operative Sheikh Fateh Al Masri on Sept 25 — is being linked to the plot to attack European cities.

According to sources, Mr Panetta snappily demanded full cooperation in neutralising the Europe terror plot, more intelligence sharing and greater ‘operational space’ within Pakistan to avert future threats....


There have been regular issues with supply trucks.  It isn't new.  This isn't some kind of Pakistan escalation to USA opposition.  Sorry, I don't buy it.

Taliban Torch 50 Trucks in NATO Supply Convoy  (click here)

Attack calls into question Pakistan supply route

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 9, 2010 8:20 AM CDT 

Newser) – In a bold attack on the allied military supply chain in Afghanistan, Taliban gunmen last night torched a convoy of 50 NATO supply trucks in Pakistan, killing at least seven people. The gunmen ambushed the convoy on the outskirts of Islamabad, killed drivers and security guards, then set the vehicles on fire. While western supply convoys are often attacked near the Afghanistan border, yesterday's ambush was the first in the vicinity of the Pakistani capital....

The attack on NATO supply trucks is taking on a theme, so to speak!  It seems like a cultural statement.  Definately.

Afghans burn NATO trucks in response to killing of 3 civilians  (click here)

By Joshua Partlow

Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, April 26, 2010 
KABUL -- Afghan protesters torched NATO supply vehicles in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, hours after allegations emerged that U.S. and Afghan troops had killed three civilians, including two brothers, in their home.
The demonstration occurred in Logar province after a nighttime joint patrol of U.S. Special Operations forces and Afghan soldiers fatally shot three people and arrested two others. NATO officials said the men were insurgents who had displayed "hostile intent." One of those captured was a low-level Taliban commander who planned suicide bombings, they said...

Arsonists.  Hell of a protest.

160 NATO supply trucks torched in Pakistan

Incident is biggest assault yet on a vital military supply line to Afghanistan 

Dec 7, 2008

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Militants blasted their way into two transport terminals in Pakistan on Sunday and torched more than 160 vehicles destined for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, in the biggest assault yet on a vital military supply line, officials said.

The U.S. military said its losses in the raid near the northwestern city of Peshawar would have only a "minimal" impact on its operations against resurgent Taliban-led militants in Afghanistan.
However, the attack's boldness will fuel concern that Taliban militants are tightening their hold around Peshawar and could choke the supply route through the famed Khyber Pass.
Up to 75 percent of supplies for Western forces in landlocked Afghanistan pass through Pakistan after being unloaded from ships at the Arabian sea port of Karachi. NATO is already seeking an alternative route through Central Asia...


For all the suffering the people experience in that country, one would think stealing the stuff would be the preferred protest.  That might be mistaken for desperation rather than hate though.


NATO oil tankers destroyed by militants in Pakistan (click here)

Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS)
 At least four NATO supply oil tankers were completely destroyed by militants Sunday near Torkham in northwest of Pakistan.
Militants attacked NATO tankers supply caravan with rockets turning four of them into ashes in Khyber Agency tribal area near Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Xinhua said, citing local media reports. No casualties were reported in the attack.
Attacks on NATO supply truck have been accelerated this year where almost a hundred of trucks and oil tankers carrying supplies to 140,000 US-led NATO troops fighting insurgency in Afghanistan were frequently attacked and destroyed in southern Balochistan and troubled northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
In June, 60 NATO supply trucks were burnt to ashes and eight local drivers were killed in an attack near Islamabad. In April four policemen were killed as 12 NATO trucks were burnt in eastern Punjab province.
Some 70 percent of NATO supplies and 40 percent of its fuel are being shipped through trucks into the landlocked Afghanistan from the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi.

And the USA thought it had problems with Police Unions.

A police officer demonstrates next to a bonfire during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador on Thursday. 

I'd be a liittle PO'ed if they cut my salary.  But, I don't know if kidnapping the President of the country is the way to go. 

...It was unclear if anyone died during the rescue, although Mr. Correa said that at least five people had been wounded....

I guess he is a little worse for wear  Ecuador.  Whatever happened to the little country with the Galapagos?  Looks like Beck's PREMONITION of violence was correct, just the "W:rong country.

Wow.  Beck is like a real psychic or something, huh?  If he practices enough he might even be able to 'channel' Murdoch. 

...Miguel Carvajal, the minister in charge of internal security issues, said at least one person had been killed and several injured...

Well, that is sort of everyday stuff in some ways.  Remember the time when they almost nabbed Bush in South America?  That was so cool.  He was happy he had his body guards, too.

These Bolivarians are tough stuff.


...The chaos raised new doubts over the stability of a country that had churned through eight different presidencies in the decade before Mr. Correa was first elected in 2006. Since then, Ecuador has enjoyed relative calm, and Mr. Correa’s leftist agenda of increased state control of the oil industry and welfare programs for the poor proved popular enough that he was re-elected in 2009....

I am not really worried about INCREASED instability.  They had elections, that means something.

If they nabbed Bush we would have had to deal with Cheney, but, if that happened the stress might have sent his heart over the edge sooner.  I think it would have worked out.  Go, Nancy, Go.

I am not worried.  See, the police are annoyed.  The poor got some improvement in their status and the police had to take a hit on it.  There is always a chance Big Oil is involved in some of the unrest, too.  The President of Ecuador needs to investigate this mess.  Maybe he might ask the President of the USA to 'lend' the CIA or FBI to get to the bottom of it.  It would be interesting to know if the CIA and Big Oil are connected, too.  So, the President might want to throw Interpol into the mix instead.  That would be good.  Interpol is a better idea.  I am sure the communists will be snooping around, too.

I think he is trying to do right by the people.  Reorganizing the federal system, huh?  Hm.

That might do it, too.  You know how these burgeoning democracies are, right?  The people finally get out of the rut of oppression and hold elections to put someone who really gives a damn about them into power.  But.  Low and behold 'the elements' from the old regime that weren't elected are still hanging out at the federal level.  I don't know if that was the reason for the reorganization, but, it most likely had to do with getting rid of some old regime.  That wouldn't play well, because, the 'opposition' candidates would feel as though they were being eliminated completely.  Gone from power and influence forever.

These Presidents of the young governments in South America have to find a way to 'incorporate' the 'old regime' into the new government without threatening what APPEARS to be a complete over throw.  That isn't necessarily what 'democracy' in its purest practice is about and people tend to 'settle in' around 'ideals' in these early stages of a new style democratic government.  It is a little tricky.

Well.  The guy seems alright.  Sorry to hear people were hurt and one dead.  That is sad.  I guess with vast change these issues crop up.  I really do believe some First World countries need to help 'stabilize' this sort of mess by HELPING with investigations to get to the TRUTH and resolve the violence.  It would be nice to be an ally to a new President.  Not necessarily a 'partner' to his government, but, at least concerned for the 'stability' of it.  For the people's sake.  Their elected President.  You know?  Respect.

The Pakistanis are correct. I stated CORRECT. The USA needs to chill. They killed Pak soldiers. No joke, man.

I also do not believe Pakistan is 'suddenly' an enemy.  They are, however, paternalistically left 'out of the loop.'  Those soldiers should have known they were in the line of fire.  I do believe this is called friendly fire.  I don't believe it is appropriate and we have also witnessed attacks on NATO and UN caravans before.  So, where is Petraeus going with all this?

I'll be the first one to state, the ISI is a concern within Pakistan, but, that does not give permission to the USA and NATO to simply run rough shod over the Pakistani military.  I realize 'defense' against aggression is important, but, the USA has to ask when it is inappropriate when 'friendly fire' occurs.  Yes?

I don't believe the USA and NATO have been very inclusive of the Pakistani military, especially near the Afghan border.  Why?  Does the USA actually believe the Paki military is as much the enemy as the Taliban?  Sympathizers?  I believe General Petraeus needs to make a clear deliniation between the Paki miltary and the Taliban.  Sincerely.  They are not the same thing.

My first instinct would be to have the USA apologize, make reparations, which has to occur anyway, but, that isn't 'IT,' exactly.  These border excursions have been problematic.  I am confident the USA military has documentation or videos to justify their aggression, but, there are issues here that are being ignored and General Petraeus needs to look beyond his immediate plans to make this a partnership THAT WORKS and does not victimize.  I remind, Pakistan is under dire conditions with its populous, its military is stretched way past capacity by floods alone.  The Pakistani people have issues and I know the Taliban are taking advantage of that, but, at the same time the USA should NOT be.

Now, if General Petraeus is going to start stating Pakistan is more an enemy than an ally, he needs to realize that point of view will only cause more problems for him and the USA than not.  See, India already has problems with past Paki activities in their country.  To declare Pakistan is a problem opens up all kinds of shifts in dynamics.  I do not believe this is an aggression by Pakistan.  I do, however, believe they are being disregarded in ways that are problems for their miltary and government.

A friendly fire incident is NOT the basis of declaring another country an enemy.  And quite frankly if the USA was under attack when a caravan of supplies was approaching, I would expect the caravan to stop and reassess the region for safety.  The caravan was stopped by Pakistani military for a very good reason.  They didn't want the supplies compromised.  That's being an enemy?  Nope.  General Petraeus has some in roads to make here and he needs to do it ASAP.  I believe Pakistan WANTS to be a good, if not great ally even through its stuggles to protect and serve their own people.  The USA has been exceptionally good to Pakistan and the people are best to come to understand we are very friendly and care about them and their well being.  I believe stopping the supply caravan was the right thing to do considering the chaos that existed in the Pakistan military about their dead soldiers.  FIX IT !

McDonald's calls that health insurance? This is a non-issue.

The people work for McDonald's at their front counter have no way to really have sufficient health insurance.

These people make minimum wage and the health insurance option that is open to them have very high co-pays and deductibles.  Forget about insuring any kind of family they can't afford it.

This is classic Wall Street abuse.  I believe in local restaurants and I really don't care if McDonald's suffers with an 'image' issue.  Too bad.  They mistreat people anyway.  McDonald's has some of the highest fat content in the nation. 

They like have their cartoon characters and donation bins speak for the benevolence of the company, but, the way they mistreat their employees is hideous.

They need a McDonald House for their children, they can't afford anything else.

McDonald's charges at least $5.00 and change for any meal that is purchased and they can't afford real health insurance for their employees.

How ridiculous is it for an employee to work for 6 hours 5 days a week making minimum wage and having co-pays and deductibles that are higher than a month's salary after taxes?  They can't afford to go to the doctors so they don't subscribe to optional health insurance.  These insurance policies need to be eliminated from the market place because it places people 'at risk' for illness and dangerous disease.  Most of their employees nationwide are young people.  And quiter old people that are still working becuase Wall Street robbed them blind in 2008. 

There are definately health issues with both those groups and they have no real insurance when they enter into employment with McDonalds.  So, I hope the federal government holds them responsible for obtaining 'real insurance' for their employees.  I really wish the State Exchanges were already in place, but, it takes time.  There are going to be these 'petty' issues come up.  The employers really don't care about their employees.  They don't offer good policies that are realistic for their employees to actually use them and maintain good health and this is going to come up.  It really is a nonissue.  I wish it weren't taking until 2014 to establish much of the insurance support that is mandated.  It is a huge paradyme change.

Go get 'em, Rahm. He is the best man for the job. I hope he gets good endorsements.

I admire the Obama Administration for their openness to their staff and their movement into the private sector again.  The dynamics of this country right now has to be burning people out. 

Besides, I really believe the first two years of the Obama Administration was more a 'transitional' staff.  They have done a remarkable job for two years.  The next two proves to be just as interesting.  I believe the 'fluid' nature of the staffing in the Obama White House clearly demonstrates whom is making the decisions in the Executive Branch and that he is not dependent on advisors to carry out his responsibilities.  I love it.

Chicago could have a wonderful mayor for a long time to come.  I am happy for them.

Palidino is an illegitmate candidate and he knows it. He was ashamed of his past when his daughter should be at his side.

The Journalists involved in covering this political circus HAD to cover every aspect of these candidates and Palidino is dealing from the bottom of the deck.  He isn't trustworthy. 

The Journalist is doing the right thing no matter how vicious it sounds.  He is protecting the public from a less than honest candidate.  A child?  He denies he has a child by hiding her from the public?  Wow.  That is not what I call an honest candidate.  No one I know would ever hold the birth of a child and support of a child against any candidate if that candidate had proven he loves the child and protects, defends and supports that child.

But this?  I don't like the way it sounds and I don't like what the 'shame' Palidino has displayed will effect his own child.  He hid the truth and shows that he intended to continue to do so.  He display good character.  Very questionable motive behind his actions.

I consider the actions by Palidino to be very vicious and ruthless when it comes to being honest with the electorate.  Hidden agendas are a real problem for this party.  This is a prime example of it.

Whitman is no different.  She is angry now because she hid the truth.  What does the public have to judge a candidate by except how they handle their personal lives and interpersonal relationships.  If Whitman is saying one thing to 'subvert' the electorate into her camp while PRACTICING completely different moral content in her life, what is a voter to believe?  Darn right, it is going to effect things.

Reporter defends comments to Paladino  (click title to entry - thank you)



Public outburst making rounds on Internet


Updated: Thursday, 30 Sep 2010, 1:24 PM EDT


Published : Thursday, 30 Sep 2010, 12:40 PM EDT
Michele McClintick


Posted by: Emily Lenihan


BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - That very public outburst is making the rounds on the Internet and could have a big effect in the weeks leading up to the election.
It all happened while Carl Paladino was at the Sagamore in the Adirondacks to address the state business council, but nobody's talking about that. It's all about what he said before that speech and now his campaign may have to do damage control because of it....

Look, the Republicans had a good and decent candidate.  They threw him out.  Why?  To dominate the electoate with a man that has scruples.  Everyone understand what scruples are?  Silly word.  Silly sounding word.  Huge word..

Journalists understand what scruples are.

Scruples are an ethical consideration or principle that inhibits action.
Rick Lazio talks to reporters after speaking to the New York State Associated Press annual meeting in Colonie, N.Y., on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Lazio says he'll continue to be a voice in the New York governor's race, but wouldn't say if he'll drop his run on the Conservative party line against surging GOP candidate Carl Paladino and Democrat Andrew Cuomo.

I sincerely believe the Tea Party, Republicans and Murdoch have absolutely NO scruples.  Their inhibitions to 'take over' the power in DC and othewise lacks morals and commitment to the integrity of Civil Rights in the USA.

Look, I wanted MSNBC last night with that new show they have.  It is an interesting program.  Well composed in some ways. But, there was an interesting interaction between Palin and Katie Couric that everyone overlooked due to the focus on Johnson.  But it bears looking at again and I was more than pleased I was able to hear the interaction again,

The Republicans, whom are now 75% Tea Party members are chronically using the 'wedge issue' of Abortion in elections.  Did everyone HEAR what Palin said to Couric?  Sincerely hear it.  I did.  Last night I heard it and it reminded me of a statement by Bush years ago.  I am damn tired of these morons trashing the country year after year after year, so let's get this right.  Abortion is NOT a legitmate issue in the USA anymore, except, where it empowers women to live a life they choose, because, abortion is about love of a child as much as limiting child birth.  Women remove suffering from a child when they choose abortion.  Abortion is a socio-economic decision.  You'll never convince me of anything else.  EXCEPT.  In the case of incest or rape.  Making a woman or GIRL carry a child to term for the sake of 'church standards' is emotionally curelty and I don't care how a society dresses it up.

Abortion dominates race for state attorney general  (click here)
continued...


Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:59 AM

Deborah E. Young

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As Planned Parenthood yesterday rolled out its first-ever presence in the borough with its mobile health unit in St. George, candidates in the race for state attorney general went another round on the hot-button issue of abortion.
Democratic candidate for attorney general Eric Schneiderman used the news on his challenger's home turf to jab again at Republican Daniel Donovan, Staten Island's district attorney, excerpting a comment made over the weekend during a public television interview in seeking to characterize Donovan as "extreme."...

In her interview with Katie Couric, Palin stated when commenting about "The Day After Pill" that HER PERSONAL point of view was to never use it.  In stating that, she also stated she had no right to make that decision for anyone else.  In a statement, a few years ago, "W" was addressing a group of women and I want to say it was on the lawn of the White House and was 'telephoned' in or some darn thing.  That could just be bad memory on my part, but, he definately made that statement to the Pro-Lifers at this meeting/rally.  He stated something like this, "Abortion may some day be unattainable in the USA."  In those words he encouraged the extremists that want to dominate every aspect of the American Landscape with their religious preferences, including depriving Gay Citizens their proper Civil Rights, TO KEEP AT IT.  In other words, the Republcans are the only people willing to be this intrusive into PRIVATE CITIZENS lives, so 'hang with us' and we will get it done.  SOME DAY.  How convenient.

There is no way in the USA women will ever be deprived abortion rights somewhere, except, if the Right Wing Grassroots Militias kill and bomb every clinic and hospital in the nation.  Women will seek abortions and they have to be safe.  Girls cannot be jeopardized as such young ages by their own unsophisticated decisions.  This is not ideology, it is 'keeping people alive' and productive in their own lives.  It is the way it is and Americans have rights to conduct their PRIVATE lives without intrusion.

The issue with entire 'church - state' mess is 'maintained' as a political issue in order to maintain a base, no matter how radical and how dangerous it is to the security of our domestic peace.  This has gone on for decades, but, until the Bush White House it has never manifested in a demonstrative way before.  The base of the Republicans are always complaining about their 'status' in legislation and in regard to the continuance of government at the federal level.  They are extremists.  There is about 28 to 30 percent of the total electorate of the USA.  They 'pull' other in, including Independents' by creating wedge issues that are 'popular.'  They play 'populous' issues.  The Repubicans cause issues within the social structure of the USA with violence and permission to be violent on every issue their base consents to vote on as if it were 'real' when the candidates and the RNC know full well there is way. 

It is no different than the tax cut issue.  When President Obama stated, "I just don't have the math."  He meant it.  That didn't matter.  The Republicans wants to increase the National Debt in order to win elections.  There is no other reason to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest in this country.  Those cuts are completely unconstitutional from the 'view point' that they are completely disproportionate to any tax cut of any other socio-economic class in the USA.  The Republicans have no basis for their demands.  The 'class' of people they are advocating for are supposed to be supplying small businesses with monies for jobs.  We know these small businesses aren't really 'neighborhood' businesses.  They are multi-national companies and have special status due to ownership numbers under the Tax Code.  That investigated too, but, that isn't the point.  The point is the Republicans, REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUE, always decieve people.  They can never realistically pass laws that would kill people, even if it by their own actions.  The Republicans are a huge joke.  They want to remove government from people's lives, have no taxes except to pay for the military, cast the economy to FREE MARKET no matter what hardship it causes the populous of the USA and want to have everyone live under the moral oppression of Evangelical Christianity.  So, basically, as a woman have children regardless of the ability to support them, OR, give them up to some kind of adoption issue, but, definately give birth to the little 'rug rats.'  I DON'T THINK SO.  That lacks respect for women, their needs in life, their self determination of the path of their lives and their ability to improve their lives without ridicule and to support their children into high quality lives.

Where is the morality in that?  When Gingrich pulled the rug out from under the former First Lady when we were looking at improving the health care system he didn't care about the people of this country, he pandered to Wall Street and how many died over the 16 years since it happened?  No conscious about life or the people of this country.  Who gives a damn?  Losers are losers.

Nah, I am tired of it.  We are great country and we can solve our own problems and we can do it with a good central government that finds solutions for us.  I reject the right for the Republicans and their 'Tea Party' to exist.  They are lack scruples and morals and any 'content' to conscious that actually equals Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  They are wrong and this election is showing it over and over and over again.
Enough.

The deaths of 19 journalists in a 'peacetime' Russia seems extreme. Within its own borders?

The Russian government needs to be more vigilant of the safety of its citizens even when they complain.

Russia, at some point in time, has to admit not all the 'foot soldiers' within its country are marching to the same set of rules and values.  There are 'elements' that need to be contended with.  Elements that sometimes exist 'in convenience' if not legitimacy.  

Post Oligarchy is an interesting dynamic to say the least.  I wish the President a great deal of success in purging this 'element' from his country.

UPDATE 1-Watchdog says Russia steps up efforts in media murders (click title to entry - thank you)

Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:13am EDT

...But the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it had seen a new attitude in a meeting with the head of the federal Investigative Committee, which reopened formal probes into five of the slayings and vowed to actively pursue the other cases.

"The atmosphere was different this time," CPJ board member Kati Marton told reporters in Moscow. She said the New York-based group was "impressed by the seriousness" of Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin.

Russia ranks eighth on CPJ's "Impunity Index", a listing of countries where journalists are killed regularly and governments fail to solve the crimes. The CPJ says there have been 19 unsolved murders since 2000, when Vladimir Putin came to power....

Anna Politkovskaya - In Memoriam one year later (click here)

Published 07 October, 2007, 23:16

...Members of her family and colleagues from Novaya Gazeta went to the cemetery where she is buried. Her colleagues also joined a rally at Pushkin Square and later made their way to her apartment....

I swear Nixon should never have made the age of majority 18.

No respect for life.  

No respect for privacy.  

No respect for each other.  

And we call a society?  

I don't think so.

The USA needs to go back to being 'real people' with each other, rather than commodities available for Plutocratic election fodder.  The reason this happened at all is because of the complete rejection of the Gay Community.  

Mr. Tyler was in his new 'single' life ready to take on the challenge of launching into manhood on his own terms and his roommates made a game out of it.  What their purpose was will be their waterloo.  The family needs to file a lawsuit against not only the people that did this, but, the companies that profit off displays of this mess, including the equipment companies that provided the means to film it in the first place.  I'd never let them get away with it.

Sounds like Rutgers has a real rats nest of a problem.  This type of invasion of privacy is allowed in rooms?  No regulations regarding these devises?  Everything goes, huh? 

I am tired of hearing how 'it won't stop it anyway?'  That was George Bush's America whereby government is nothing and nobody.  If one doesn't regulate it AND enforced rules and regs, then I guess it never will be stopped.  Those Social Networking sites are nothing but trouble.  They are invasion of privacy from the beginning.  They enforce 'social order.'  This is an example. 

My deepest sympathies for the family of Tyler Clementi.  Wonderful young man and sincere loss to those that knew him and loved him.

I am quite sure the FBI didn't need to 're-enact' the potential for the Times Square Bomb. It is video evidence for the trial.

Faisal Shahzad

FBI releases video of what Times Square car bomb could have done (click here)

Go, Pakistan !

Accomplice of Times Square plotter arrested in Pakistan  (click title to entry - thank you)
Pakistani security forces have arrested a man who allegedly helped in the training of Faisal Shahzad, the accused in the failed Times Square bombing case. Faisal Abbasi, a major link between Shahzad and Pakistani Taliban chief Hakeemullah Mehsud, was nabbed while he was travelling from Waziristan to Islamabad, sources said on Thursday....

Do as I say and not as I do.

Billionaire California Republican candidate accused of employing illegal immigrant (click title to entry - thank you)



The Republican candidate for Governor of California, has been accused of knowingly employing an illegal immigrant from Mexico as her housekeeper for nine years.
 
By Nick Allen in Los Angeles



 
Published: 11:59PM BST 29 Sep 2010
 
Meg Whitman, the billionaire former chief executive of eBay, has repeatedly called for tougher sanctions against employers who hire illegal workers and immigration is a key issue in the state.
Nicky Diaz, the Mexican maid, worked in the would-be governor's home from 2000 to 2009, when she was fired....

...At her press conference a tearful Miss Diaz claimed Miss Whitman "threw me away like a piece of garbage" after she went to her in June 2009 to discuss her illegal immigrant status, and to ask for help finding an immigration lawyer.
She claimed Miss Whitman told her: "You don't know me, I have never seen you and you have never seen me. Do you understand?"
The maid added: "I was shocked and hurt that Miss Whitman would treat me this way after nine years." She is filing a claim with the California Department of Industrial Relations for unpaid wages and mileage.
Miss Whitman said the allegations that Miss Diaz was underpaid and exploited were "without merit." She said the maid came to her in June 2009 and admitted using her sister's documents to gain employment. At that point she "immediately terminated Nicky's employment".
*A Tea Party novice who has become Delaware's Republican candidate for the Senate has been accused of "misleading" the public by claiming she studied at Oxford University.
Christine O'Donnell included Oxford on her CV on the business networking website LinkedIn. The course however was not run by Oxford but the Phoenix Institute, a group that runs summer courses in rooms at the university.

The nation needs to get past the propaganda of the Right Wing Extremists.

We have a bill that will assist our DOMESTIC small businesses put America back to work.  FINALLY !!!

Dems' bill would help more small businesses than extending tax cuts for rich  (click title to entry - thank you)

Fun fact of the day: The small business bill that the President signed earlier this week would help far more small businesses than extending the Bush tax cuts for those above $250,000.
The small business bill was opposed by almost all Repubicans, while the principle rationale many GOPers (and some conservative Dems) have given for extending the high end tax cuts is that it would help small businesses.
Extending the Bush tax cuts would impact roughly 2.5 percent of small businesses -- some 900,000 of them, according to the Tax Policy Center.
By contrast, the new small business bill, which would create a $30 billion fund to open up lending to small businesses, would directly impact far more of them than extending the high-end tax cuts. According to the White House fact sheet, over one million small businesses are eligible to receive investments this year that could be excluded from capital gains taxation; and millions more will be able to make new investments, because the ceiling has been lifted on the amount that can be written off.
To be clear, there's nothing inconsistent in Republicans supporting the high end tax cut extension, while opposing the small business bill. That's broadly consistent with the overall GOP argument: We must rein in government spending while freeing up private capital to foster economic growth. But the above comparison shows just how heavily invested Republicans are in tax cuts as the cure-all.
By Greg Sargent
September 29, 2010; 2:05 PM ET

DeMint. Well. We know whom the Plutocracy is now. The Senate Republicans.

It would seem as though BP gets protection from both sides of the Atlantic.  First, it was Great Britains Plutocrats that sold out to Libya for BP to obtain the oil favor.  On the USA Senate floor DeMint states he is representing the entire of the Republican Senate (click here) and stopped the investigation of BP by the USA.  He has OBSTRUCTED the power of tthe USA to subpoena witnesses under oath.  He is Anti-American.  He has no reason to be retained in office for any branch of government.  He is a treasonist and should be impeached along with his REPRESENTED Republican Senators.  He is no different than the Scots that turned loose the Lockerbie Bomber to benefit BP in negotiations with Libya for oil.

Tulane doctor doubts Lockerbie bomber was near death at release  (click here)

Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 5:10 PM
Updated: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 5:17 PM
 Bruce Alpert, Times-Picayune
WASHINGTON -- Oliver Sartor, medical director at Tulane University Cancer Center, watched the August 2009 TV coverage as the Libyan man convicted for the deadly bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland, was welcomed back to his home country....
...Sartor told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday that as he watched al-Megrahi get off the plane in Libya, where he was "greeted as a hero," he quickly realized that al-Megrahi was not near death.
"Patients who have less than three months to live, as Mr. al-Megrahi was said to be by the Scottish government, are typically unable to walk without assistance," said Sartor, who has spent 20 years specializing in treatment of prostate patients. "Indeed, they are often bed-ridden or close to bed-ridden because of the pain, weakness and weight loss that occurs as consequence of advanced cancer....