What did I say about the temperatures across the nation regarding Sandy?

Didn't I say there was no residual coldness in the Arctic Ocean to continue to cool the air mass over the USA while a hurricane of warm temperatures and velocity was approaching? 

Didn't I state that?

You ready to open your eyes to THE TRUTH, we have a Climate Crisis?

October 27, 2012
2045 GMT
The Weather Channel Current Temperature Map

Now.

What did I say about the history of the path of this storm?

Did I say it was a history of death and destruction?

You ready now?

Sandy is a deadly storm. This storm is going to cause a disaster after disaster after disaster.

It needs to be taken seriously all the way into Ohio and Michigan.

October 27, 2012
0115 GMT
The Weather Channel Current Temperatures Map

There is nineteen and a half hours between these images. The temperatures changed far too rapidly to allow this to account for anything but a very hot planet and human induced global warming.

We have a Climate Crisis.

Are Teacher Unions doing their jobs?

Yeah, they are. In Florida alone they have stopped illegal laws governing teacher evaluations. Now, they are breaking the wall down for Florida to take responsibility for teaching supplies.

...bobman15: (click here) I hear a lot of people slamming teachers unions because of how easy it is to get tenure and how hard it is to fire bad teachers. Are they correct or not and why?

Teacher unions represent teachers. And it’s management (e.g. principals, school boards, superintendents) who hire and evaluate teachers and grant tenure – not teachers unions…Tenure should be about fairness and not an excuse for managers not to manage or an inadvertent cloak of incompetence....

Scott didn't take this point of view without a strong nudge from the Teacher Unions.

...Gov. Rick Scott wants all Florida teachers (click here) to get state-funded debit cards they can use to purchase school supplies many now pay for with their own money.

The debit card proposal -- with no specifics on how much each teacher might have to spend -- is one of several Scott officially announced this morning in a speech in Fort Myers. He used the speech to explain the education part of his agenda for the upcoming 2013 legislative session.

Scott said in a statement that he will be pushing lawmakers to maintain current spending on public education and "also working to increase our investment in education," if the economy allows....

The Defense Budget of the USA is a burden to the citizens. It is out of control.

By Jon Healey

October 23, 2012, 11:18 a.m.

...But the thing Obama (click here) said that seemed to resonate most across the Twitter verse was an observation about the sheer magnitude of the defense budget. "We spend more on our military than the next 10 countries combined; China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, you name it. The next 10," Obama said.

That's true, but it also understates the case. The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, an advocacy group for a more fiscally responsible federal budget, noted Tuesday that the United States spends more than the next 13 countries combined. The chart above tells that story at a glance....

Romney's supporters are opportunistic venturists. They aren't business men or women.

Just like the "Queen of Versailles" Time Share boss. They are hooked on liquidity/cash flow/wealth and don't really care about investing in long term sustainability of the USA economy. It is everywhere with Romney.

...When Mitt Romney assailed Americans (click here) who he claimed don't pay federal income taxes during his infamous 47 percent rant in May, one of the guests in the room for this intimate Boca Raton fundraiser was a convicted tax cheat who had gone to jail for failing to pay a quarter of a million dollars owed to Uncle Sam.

James Batmasian, an influential Florida developer and philanthropist, was among the well-heeled crowd at this $50,000-a-plate dinner, which was held at the home of private equity mogul Marc Leder. According to his wife, Marta Batmasian, a member of Romney's Florida finance committee, her husband had attended as her guest after she was "invited for being a donor at the required level." Weeks before the event, she had contributed $50,000 to the Romney presidential effort....

The sponsor of the dinner party is known for his wild orgies. I heard an interview with Romney and the question came up, "What do you like to wear to bed?" There were some chuckles, but, then he responded, "As little as possible." You have to wonder. It rolled of his lips so easily and with pride because his wife was sitting next to him, it just seemed so natural for him.

Batmasian forecloses on Talbott properties (click here)

South Florida Business Journal by Brian Bandell, Senior Reporter

Date: Friday, July 23, 2010, 6:05pm EDT - Last Modified: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 3:23am EDT
James H. Batmasian, one of Boca Raton’s largest landowners, is filing multiple foreclosures against another of the city’s largest property owners.

In May, Batmasian bought four problem loans that Boca Raton-based Paradise Bank made to developer Gregory Talbott. He also secured a $4.5 million mortgage from the bank to support that purchase.

It didn’t take Batmasian long to decide what to do with those loans.

On July 15, Batmasian filed three foreclosure suits against Talbott – bringing the troubled developer’s foreclosure tally up to 14 properties.
The largest case was against Talbott personally, and his wife, over a $3.2 million mortgage. Batmasian wants to take over their 3,000-square-foot, waterfront home at 541 Kay Terrace....
Egos and power. I can hear the discussions at Thanksgiving. "So tell me son how many homes have you foreclosed on this week? What is your cash flow like? Don't you just love the lifestyle, it allows you to love the trees of Michigan which are the perfect height. Not everyone can appreciate that fact."

So, let me get this right. Batmasian buys four foreclosure properties while getting $4.5 million to mortgage the properties and then turns around and uses his new found liquidity to foreclose on more of the properties.
If that isn't enough the ego trip regarding the Talbott home is outrageous. Batmasian wants to be the largest property owner in Boca. That is what this is all about. These folks have egos that are NOT contained by shame. No different than the Versailles home. It is all about egos. They don't care about other people. They don't care about each other, they just gloat in each other's company. They are like Romney. He didn't care about people. Besides closing businesses for his cash flow, he walked all over the neighbors in California objecting to the renovations to the home with the car garage, the statement "Those people are not my job.", the son angry enough to punch the president in the nose, lying for convenience and expecting everyone to see past the lies to enjoy the victory. It is all about egos.
I don't trust him. He hasn't got good judgement. He does not understand this nation. He loves everything. Sure. Trees, people, women, the Middle Class. You know I never heard him say he loves dogs.

When the rest of Wall Street comes to realize they need to manufacture in the USA, things only get better.

A Chrysler sales consultant shows a Jeep Wrangler to a potential customer at the Hollywood Chrysler Jeep car dealership in Florida.

We do not need Republican ideology to recover our economy. We are doing well only four years out from the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression.

By Shobhana Chandra - Oct 26, 2012 4:18 PM ET

...Gross domestic product, (click here) the value of all goods and services produced, rose at a 2 percent annual rate after climbing 1.3 percent in the prior quarter, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast of 86 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 1.8 percent gain.

“We are encouraged by the improvement we’re seeing in consumer spending and housing,” said Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist in New York for Barclays Plc, who correctly forecast the rate of growth. “These will be dominant themes in the fourth quarter too.”...

Correct. This is a dangerous storm.

The North Carolina coast has already received three days of rain. It is not expected to clear for at least another three days if Sandy continues its current path. It is a whole lot of water.

Regardless of its official category, Sandy is expected to be a monstrous storm that poses a serious threat for the entire Eastern Seaboard (click here)

BY VICTORIA CAVALIERE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Saturday, October 27, 2012, 7:48 AM

Updated: Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:01 AM

Hurricane Sandy is setting up to become an “unprecedented” storm that could leave millions of people in the northeast without power for days or even weeks, experts said Saturday.

“This storm will affect millions and cost billions,” AccuWeather forecaster Marshall Moss told the Daily News.

“This is really going to be a huge storm and something unprecedented in meteorological terms,” he predicted.

Emergency preparations were already under way in the city, with the MTA considering a total shut down of buses and subways if worst predictions hold when the storm blows into the region late Sunday. City officials were mulling the evacuation of as many as 375,000 New Yorkers.

Experts say the storm shows no sign of slowing its current northward track up the Atlantic, and its impact will rattle states along the Eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine....

Voter equity. The laws in Michigan encourage the use of Voter ID in local polling, but, it also provides for a safety net.

The signature of the voter is proof positive of the validity of their vote. There is no chance a signature can be forged at the polling station. The signature is witnessed by officials pledged to carry out a legal election.

I don't think picture ID matters so much as signatures as a record or a fingerprint. Photo IDs can be manipulated before the person places their ballot. Fingerprint or signature at the time of the balloting can't be manipulated. Signatures at the time of balloting is a legal record.

Photo IDs presented at the time of balloting leaves no record of the proof. It seems to me photo IDs for balloting would encourage ID fraud and not deter it
because it does not provide a permanent record. To require both photo ID and signature is redundant and burdensome.

If the states are worried about ballot roles due to the deceased and/or imprisoned persons issues then they need to formulate a solution that actually works to target those registrations. Simply purging should be noted to be manipulation to effect the vote. 

The finger print is absolute proof of the person placing the vote whether or not they are committing fraud. It also places an identity that is traceable. It has its own problematic implications though. Fingerprints are serious proof of location and identity it is frequently objected to as a method of identity in transactions. Transactions, whether they involve financial or otherwise is considered an economic transaction and not a criminal act. So, the fingerprint carries brevity that other forms of ID such as a signature does not.

What to Bring

Make sure you bring your Michigan driver’s license, or a Michigan personal identification card.

If you do not have either of these things, you can show any of the following forms of picture identification as long as they are current:

• Driver’s license or personal identification card issued by another state.
• Federal or state government-issued photo identification.
• U.S. passport.
• Military identification card with photo.
• Student with photo – from a high school or an accredited institution of higher education.
• Tribal identification card with photo.

If you don’t have a photo ID, then the voter can sign an affidavit attesting that you’re not in possession of picture identification.

For first time voters, make sure you bring one of the following:

• Current and valid photo ID or
• A valid paycheck stub with your name and address, or
• Utility bill with your name and address, or
• Bank statement with your name and address
• Government document that lists your name and address.

If you have additional questions about voting in Michigan, please contact the MI Secretary of State at (888) SOS-MICH or see here

A rib injury is never minor.

I swear security details need police escort. 

Many cautiously prepare for Sandy. There is nothing wrong with preparedness.

All it takes is one severe storm running through the area any time of year and electrical power will be down. So, having at least one shelf in the kitchen with food, water, a flashlight and working batteries is always a good  idea. I did say shelf and not refrigerator shelf. If the electricity is out, after a time, the refrigerator will not do anyone any good. 

On my shelf I like to keep at least one container of Parmalat. I suppose dry milk like Carnation is okay. That kind of stuff. I will use most of everything on that shelf at least every two months and keep a rotating supply. I don't purchase by the case of anything. It is wasteful to throw things out as they expire and aren't used. Besides this is 2012, I would expect help to arrive within a reasonable period of time if needed and I do have neighbors within a walking distance. So, no one is ever completely alone. Unless. Of course. One is a survivalist / Prepper and lives 60 feet underground.

Storm Preparedness and Recovery (click here)

Important steps New Yorkers should take to be prepared for a storm

I always find some humor in Preppers. They are good people. They are very smart people. They study ideas that are important to them alot. 

What surprises me about their thinking is that it is incomplete.

They have their shelters in case of all kinds of problems including nuclear detonation. They believe six months is a good time for having enough supplies on hand in their shelters. Well. If there is a nuclear detonation and one is underground with an air supply to the surface it won't make any difference.

Now, think about this. Being in a place where one survives nuclear detonation only to run out of supplies for living in six months. 

Hm.

Will the surface be safe after six months to actually survive or is there simply a postponement of the inevitable?

Below ground living isn't smart if there is a flood. We don't have gills.

Preppers should put their time, energy and money toward living and surviving. They should also be stomping Washington, DC for non-proliferation. "Trust but verify." 

A man sits in front of his house, on debris left by a flood caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Gran Goave, Haiti on Friday (click here)

This man in Haiti was not a Prepper. He lived to say he saw the devastation of his home. He also knows help will be coming.

I hope Sean Penn is okay. He spends a lot of time in Haiti. He is a remarkable person. He may even know this man. An elderly man such as this is so fascinating. He has seen and survived so much. People of the Third World have wisdom about their world.

I understand Mr. Romney is lying again. Entertain this. Not lying, but, LOST.

...“Let’s set the record straight: (click here) Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China,” Ranieri said. “It’s simply reviewing the opportunities to return Jeep output to China, for the world’s largest auto market. U.S. Jeep assembly lines will continue to stay in operation.”...

Yes. Lost.

This is a Chinese Concept Jeep.

We've seen (click here) before how companies in China can take a radical concept design never meant for mass production, modify it a bit and offer it for sale. The latest evidence of such activity can be seen in the Jeepzter. Ostensibly a replica of the Jeep Hurricane concept from 2005, the Chinese replica does away with the dual 5.7L HEMI V8 engines for a single 650cc unit. That lone powerplant sits up front and powers the rear wheels, not all four like the concept. Of course, it goes without saying that the ridiculous turning ratio of the Hurricane has been lost in transformation, as well.

It has always been my contention that outsourcing from the USA was never a necessity so much as building the culture of consumerism within China and India or any other developing country such as Iraq.

When Jeep Corporation states it is investing in China, it is doing what it should be doing as a 'smart' corporation with recognition of its strong consumer base in the USA. It is not simply using Chinese labor as slave labor IN SERVICE to the USA consumer while impoverishing the American work force with low, subsistence wages. Not at all. Jeep is actually building consumer products 'in demand' in China. 

I hope this is the new model of the Chinese government. Such a consumer base will help China secure its economy without RELYING on USA consumers to insure its economic outcomes. In other words, what happens in the USA with well paid workers and an increasingly strong consumer base can happen anywhere in the world. Why can't the Chinese build cars for the Chinese?

Where Mr. Romney FOLLIED today, was to make example of a company very different in philosophy, ethics, morality and profit margin than Bain Capital and its vulture capitalism. 

JEEP doesn't hate USA labor, it embraces it while BUILDING NEW MARKETS for goods in countries such as China.

See, Mr. Romney never worried about preserving jobs in the USA. Today, he ASSUMED the CEO of Jeep would be shunning more investment in USA labor and find the 'cheap labor' in China more attractive, but, that isn't what occurred.

Jeep is building a consumer base in China while encouraging new products the Chinese like and want and having them build the product. The consumer base in China and the USA is safe from each other, when both populous are well employed and participating in their economies.

In all honesty, when Jeep's model is followed both economies are secure without any real need for competition except what occurs between manufacturers within the sovereign borders of each country. China and the USA does not have to compete for each other's markets when they each have their own WITHOUT outsourcing.

This is the concept car for the Jeep Wrangler.

Use Less Fuel ... Have More Fun Out There (click here)

The 2008 Jeep® Renegade Concept is a sporty two-seater that is just as equipped to navigate a winding off-road trail as it is to turn heads on the auto show circuit . With its stand-alone, cut-down windshield and doors with their lower sections cut out, it's a minimalistic, eco-friendly approach to having maximum fun. Plus, it combines a lithium-ion battery pack with and a small-displacement BLUETEC diesel engine, which together help the Renegade achieve a fuel economy of more than 110 miles per gallon.

Outsourcing is NOT MANDATORY for every CEO that seeks to make higher dividends to stockholders. That is what Jeep is saying. It is not necessary to chose to build cars in China that Americans want. Both the Chinese markets and American markets can exist with their own cultural icons. They don't have to mix. There are European cars imported to the USA everyday, but, that doesn't mean manufacturing in Europe has to be outsourced to make that happen. 

Mr. Romney likes power. He likes to use it. Like he said, "Those people are not my responsibility." He was referring to those losing their jobs with plant closures in the USA. Mr. Romney is only correct in stating that for one reason. And that reason is if there is no need for employees anymore after the company was scavenged for plenty of money. 

Romney ran a recking crew of a company NOT a venture capitalist firm seeking to start production of a product believed to be profitable with longevity to achieve and MAINTAIN market share. You know. Sorta like "Gerber" baby food. It is just always there. In most circles that management model embraces BRAND NAME RECOGNITION AND RELIABILITY. 

Mr. Romney is not the person for the White House. He was lost on this one. He had absolutely no reference point to the 'idea' Jeep was investing in Chinese manufacturing that would have its consumer base in China, not the USA. 

Romney only understands 'seek and destroy' capitalism, not long term investment with sustainable market share, stable income for the stockholders and well trusted products that serve the American family generation after generation. He has NO CLUE how to build an economy with jobs for Americans. 

Romney's history is removing jobs from the American economy, not creating them.

I'm tired. 

Good night.

"Frankenstorm" Sandy is taking up an entire sector of the hemisphere.

(Click here for ISS Video)

From the same web article.

The monster storm leaves 19 victims in the Caribbean.

This hurricane is very dangerous. I can understand how some might believe "Frankenstorm" is a more or less mockery of this weather system. I thought it was named for the serious of the storm while occurring at Halloween. The name "Frankenstorm" came out in the media after the brevity of the storm wasn't noted. My first thought was the 'funny name' would lead people to pay attention, rather than be caught up in Halloween without realizing the hurricane season wasn't over yet.

The name isn't offensive if the funny name saves lives and causes preparedness. If it makes the storm more lighthearted then it is inconsistent with reality. I don't believe that is how the storm's name manifested. I sincerely believe it resulted because it is sincerely a MONSTER storm.

Hurricane Hazel, October 1954 (click here)

On the morning of October 15, Hurricane Hazel made a direct hit on the heart of North Carolina. It was one of the greatest natural disasters to ever affect the state, and one of the most destructive hurricanes to strike the United States.

The North Carolina damage report:
An estimated $136 million in property damage
19 deaths
200 injuries
15,000 homes and structures destroyed. 39,000 structures damaged

I need to take a look at this entire idea of the storm morphing into some kind of huge cold weather storm.

October 27, 2012
0115 GMT
Current Temperature Map 
The Weather Channel

It is important to make the distinction between speculation into the accuracy of the 'winter hurricane' idea and PREPAREDNESS. This is not to diminish the assessment by anyone in regard to preparedness. But, there is a satellite that shows some air mass movement that could effect the interaction of Sandy and the frigid air mass. 

October 27, 2012
0130:19z
UNISYS Water Vapor North and West Hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop)

There is a huge vortex off the west coast of North America in the Pacific south of Alaska. I have never witnessed an Arctic Oscillation this size. It encompasses the entire East Pacific north of the equator. It is larger than Sandy.

For as cold as the air mass is over the USA, it may very well be diluted with more tropical air. In the hemisphere satellite loop the movement of the arctic air is more or less circular while the tropical air moves north. I'll try to be more specific.

There is a vortex forming over Hudson Bay, Canada. It is also the leading edge of the front moving through the USA. It is pulling warm air off the equator. That air movement is carrying warm water vapor north with the formation of the vortex over Hudson Bay. At the same time the arctic air moving down from the north is becoming homogenized with the warmer air coming up from the equator. NOT that is is going to become as warm at the east coast air is now, but, to it will become somewhat warmer due to this forming vortex in Canada.

The point is if the arctic air mass warms it will 'permit' velocity to be maintained by Sandy. This is a forming vortex over Hudson Bay. It is pulling warm air north. The Hudson Bay vortex will mix with the cold air mass over the USA. There is a chance this will cause warming of that arctic air mass and will provide 'opportunity' for Sandy to continue a velocity. The movement of water vapor off the equator will also provide acce

I HAVE A PHONE CALL. I'LL BE BACK. I HAVE TO TAKE IT.

Okay, where did I leave off?


The movement of water vapor off the equator will also provide accelerant to Sandy. 

Basically, the situation with the storm is not at all static according to the dynamics existing as of right now. 

1. The reality is the arctic air mass, in my opinion, will warm a bit depending on the degree of heat carried north by the Hudson Bay vortex.

2. The Hudson Bay vortex will provide additional WARM water vapor to the arctic air mass and Sandy stabilizing the velocity of Sandy while potentially adding more. 

3. Sandy will be soaker.

4. People need to take the storm seriously.

5. Vigilance to concentrate on the movement of heat. Colder air will get warmer. Warmer air will not necessarily become colder. Why? And this is getting off track, but, there is no residual frigid ice formations in the Arctic that can add to the coldness in a real way. 

I'll show you want I mean.

This is more than an abstract design.

Earth and its physics can be so beautiful, but, if you listen to the language of the planet, Earth also talks.

No, I am not crazy. Believe me there are times people want to have me committed, but, the petroleum industry is never correct and the shrinks always let me go. 

I am just joking. Let's put it this way, for as often as others have said I am crazy, they have never proven it.

Okay, the language of Earth. Ready?

...Along Greenland’s east coast, (click here) the Fram Strait serves as an expressway for sea ice moving out of the Arctic Ocean. The movement of ice through the strait used to be offset by the growth of ice in the Beaufort Gyre. Until the late 1990s, ice would persist in the gyre for years, growing thicker and more resistant to melt. Since the start of the twenty-first century, however, ice has been less likely to survive its trip through the southern part of the Beaufort Gyre. As a result, less Arctic sea ice has been able to pile up and form multi-year ice....

Why would the ice entering the Beaufort Gyre not form multi-year thickness?

This is an easy one.

You know this answer.

Freezing is 0 degrees centigrade. If the water the ice is floating in is a minuscule amount of temperature over 0 degrees centigrade will the ice continue to build in volume or decrease in volume. Because the ice becomes multi-year when it increases in volume. So, what is occurring with the Beaufort Gyre is MELTING. The LACK of multi-year ice formation is actually a melting of the 'ice swirls' and not 'formation' of an ice 'build up.' 

See. You knew it all along.

Now.

If the ice at the Beaufort Gyre is melting, what makes any sane climatologist think there will be energy to continue to change the temperature in the arctic air mass opposing Sandy to lower temperatures to counter the build up of heat in the water vapor to effect Sandy's velocity? 

If there is no coldness enough to form multi-year ice there sure as heck isn't any to impact a hurricane full of heat energy.

So, the velocity of Sandy depends completely on the exchange of heat from the equator affiliated with the Hudson Bay vortex and the heat of the ocean with the availability of water vapor. The availability of water vapor is excellent as we know 'near shore' storms always have sufficient water vapor in the troposphere because of the DROPLETS of water vapor created by water crashing against the shore.

Therefore, the potential for Sandy is as limited as the TEMPERATURE homogenous of the arctic air mass with the equatorial air mass rising with the Hudson Bay vortex.

Got that? 

Good.

At what stage is cancer diagnosed in a hospital emergency room?

Everyone knows it is more expensive in many ways to have non-emergency patients receive care in the ER. There are other dynamics at play. Below is an article from 2010 stating how the ER visits of non-emergency patients have gone up. 

That isn't the point. The point is when patients go to the ER for SYMPTOMATIC aches and pains, they are receiving care too late. There are many people that are diagnosed for the first time with cancer in the ER. Why? Because they haven't received regular check-ups, annual preventive tests and they postpone care for financial reasons.

I know for a fact this happens. I have witnessed patients facing 'end stage' cancer with their only diagnosis coming in the emergency room when they really weren't feeling good. 

Any idea what that does to a patient? To a family? The patient is already scared about the cost to begin with once he/she is admitted, but, to realize that as a family member he/she won't be contributing to the well being of the family, won't see the kids next Christmas morning, won't be there for graduation, weddings, etc. These are usually very hard working people. They work for the support of their families and all of a sudden life changes in an instant for everyone.

There is no treatment for a family facing devastation when their loved one is suddenly removed from their lives. It doesn't matter whether it is a man or woman they are the bread winners in the family. 

I AM SICK OF IT! 

The greed of Wall Street kills more than the uninsured every year. They kill people without insurance or lousy insurance with high deductibles unable to take care of themselves and their families. Either we believe our country is above sentencing people to death for the lack of SUFFICIENT health care or we don't. Either we hold our morality in esteem of human life or we don't.

Sure. ER visits are expensive. But. What is more expensive is supporting families when they lose their bread winner and have to rely on social programs their Congress likes to cut to the bone.

August 18, 2010

...According to a recent study by Press Ganey, (click here) the average length of stay in an American emergency room (ER) increased last year to more than four hours. Multiply that by the 123 million who use the ER each year, and it adds up to nearly 5 million hours spent waiting for care.

A big reason for the wait – up to 70 percent of ER visits are not for actual emergencies¹.

Paul Karazija, M.D., Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield chief medical officer, notes that using the ER for non-emergencies impacts the entire health care system. Patients waste time waiting in crowded hospitals, and money in the form of higher copays and deductibles Insurers pay larger bills, which impacts future insurance premiums.  And inappropriate use places a burden on already stretched doctors and hospitals, and may result in delays for patients who truly need emergency care.

The first step in seeking care in the appropriate setting is to understand the care continuum, which begins with a phone call to your health care provider, and ends with the hospital ER...

Thank you, Egypt and Tunisia

Karim el-Azizi was one of the first identified in the attacks against our consulate. If Saudi Arabia can deal with them there is no reason why other sovereign nations cannot. No country in the region wants to be viewed as a terrorist haven. 

CBS/AP/ October 25, 2012, 2:52 PM

Egyptian security official (click here) says a man killed in a security ambush in a Cairo suburb is a Libyan national suspected of links to the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.

The official says authorities identified the suspect on Thursday as 35-year-old Karim el-Azizi. The official says a large number of explosives were found in his apartment including 15 rocket-propelled grenades and 195 hand grenades.

The official says that when security forces cordoned off the area late Wednesday, the suspect detonated a bomb and was found dead in the apartment.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

El-Azizi is the first suspect Egypt has linked to the Benghazi attack.

In Tunisia, suspect Ali Harzi was repatriated on Oct. 11 by authorities in Turkey, and a judge issued his arrest warrant, lawyer Ali Anwar told The Associated Press. He said his client was told by a judge Tuesday that he has been charged with "membership of a terrorist organization in a time of peace in another country."...

Unfortunately, all journalism is not responsible. There is coverage seeking to exploit the deaths of American citizens, including our Ambassador, for political fodder.

FOX should not do this. Evidently, they have recruited Mr. Woods, the father of one of the NAVY seals to become part of the exploitation. Mr. Woods has ar right to speak on his son's behalf, but, he wasn't there. And this is where I get annoyed. The hard truth of this reality is that if Tyron Woods had followed orders he might be alive today. Another reason involving a valiant Navy Seal in politics is ill considered. It may be that the CIA at the annex as surprised in regard to the attack because their own knowledge of the region was insufficient. 

...Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods (click here) was part of a small team who was at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When he and others heard the shots fired, they informed their higher-ups at the annex to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. Soon after, they were again told to "stand down."...

The families have enough pain with the loss of these men, there doesn't need to be anymore exploitation of their love for their families. FOX does this all the time and it is in the poorest of judgement.

When the State Department finishes its investigation it will unfortunate if the details don't reach the families first before the public has a chance to react. 

Murdoch's news circus continues to prove how completely they lack ethics and morality.

One of the commentators suggested he could have and would have averted any deaths by ordering jets from Italy to attack. 

Really?

What were they suppose to do, send in paratroopers in the dead of night without any intelligence to what was occurring. Maybe the jets could have run straifing runs to kill everyone in the area.

The idea families are at the mercy of these marketing experts is outrageous.

Sometimes these incidence don't have rhyme or reason. Sometimes they are just as horrible as the reality that comes out of them an the best the government can do is keep more people from being killed which might be why the CIA was told to stand down if indeed they were. 

Regardless, these men are heroes and nothing will diminish that, not even FOX News. They acted to save lives and protect American interests. 

I look forward to the completion of the State Department investigation. At least we know this was not an attack from the new Libyan government.

Texas politicians seek to end First Amendment Rights.

Observing anything is legal. Perhaps the only exception is minors peaking into a gentlemen's club.

Observing elections and REPORTING on them is a First Amendment Right. It is nothing short of journalism or the professional equivalent for publication in professional journals, anthropology.

State Dept: Texas can’t arrest international election observers (click here)

October 26, 2012 | 3:57 pm

...“I’m not going to get into any kind of hypothetical situations or predict where this is going to go other than to say we have every expectation that this will be worked out and to state the fact, which is that under U.S. law they are eligible for immunities,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. Reporters tried to get her to state explicitly that Texas could not arrest election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), but Nuland would only reiterate that OSCE observers have full immunity....

The reason foreign dignitaries are granted immunity is exampled in the ranting and threats of politicians in Texas. They are not inherent to our First Amendments, except, through treaties within the government. So, they are granted diplomatic immunity for occasions such as this. 

I just don't understand why Texans are so upset. What could they possibly observe? Maybe it is just more of that "Tough Talking Texas Rhetoric" they like in their politics.

Honestly. It is easy to see how the USA ended up in an unnecessary and illegal war. There is no sincere and meaningful communication taught in Texas. The bad habit must have come from acquired deafness of workers on the oil rigs.