Classical Values :: More felonies, more felons!

It does seem that a whole lot of crimes are being "upgraded".

More felonies, more felons!: "I don't approve of trespassing (especially on occupied residential property), but traditionally it has long been considered a misdemeanor, and it was a bit startling to see evidence that it is becoming a felony.
Walk across a construction site, and lose the right to vote, as well as your Second Amendment rights, for the rest of your life?"

"EcoMoms" preach new nut-zone religion

Is an ignoramuse's mind a terrible thing to waste?

For ‘EcoMoms,’ Saving Earth Begins at Home - New York Times: “I used to feel anxiety,” said Kathy Miller, 49, an alliance member, recalling life before she started investigating weather-sensitive irrigation controls for her garden with nine growing zones. “Now I feel I’m doing something.”.....

“Activism can help counteract depression,” Ms. Buzzell added.

Sticking her nose into someone else's life sure does make some feel better....

Kilpatrick is pure scum!

And the news organizations that state "Kilpatrick, agreed to pay..." are liars!

The City of Detroit lost the suit.

The taxpayers of Michigan will pay it.

Just how stupid are we......?

Kilpatrick asks court to rule on secret documents "A jury ruled against the city in September, and despite vowing to appeal that decision, Kilpatrick agreed to pay $8.4 million to the plaintiffs and a third former officer who filed a separate lawsuit."

Snow days will reduce our children's "education".

But who cares about the kids, anyway....

Any guess as to the ekukatin' thak's gonna happen during the extra minutes of each school day?

Why do we allow this?

Snow days may extend school year: The state requires schools to provide 1,098 hours of instruction, but waives 30 of those hours for bad weather or such unavoidable circumstances as power outages.

Options for the district primarily are extending the length of remaining school days or adding an extra day onto the end of the year, Fazer said. He's hesitant to cut any time off of spring break because many families — and employees — already have made plans.

A 2006 Volvo is "high-end"?

Bid for doctor's mansion lower than minimum - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Outside, high-end autos lined the road: a 2008 Mercedes Benz, a 2006 Volvo, a silver Cadillac Escalade."

Group (of nearly 20!!) wants TV makers to take back old sets

"nearly 20 people"? and this is a news item?

Group wants TV makers to take back old sets - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "As nearly 20 people marched in downtown Ann Arbor Friday - some wearing cardboard TVs over their heads while pretending to be zombies - Greg Sobczynski led them in chants.
'Take my TV back!' the Ann Arbor man yelled as many of the marchers yelled back, 'Don't let it poison me.'"

Gadgets don't help cheaters prosper -

Let's see...
1. "research" says don't worry about cheating.
2. The "brave" folks at GVSU report a decline in "dishonesty cases".
3. There is technology available to find cheaters.
4. The technology isn't "popular" with GVSU instructors.
5. "Faculty members stress academic integrety".
Everything is fine on campus as long as conservatives are kept from tenure.....



Gadgets don't help cheaters prosper - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "Yet research indicates that cheating in high school and college isn't any more common today than it was 30 years ago.
........At Grand Valley State University, the number of 'dishonesty cases' reported to administrators has steadily declined, dropping from 57 three years ago to 40 last year. ...........Faculty members stress academic integrity, she said, and also have access to an online plagiarism detection service called Turnitin.com. The international database receives and catalogs about 100,000 student papers daily and scans each one for originality. But it's not very popular among GVSU instructors. Only 32 of them currently are using it."

CARPE DIEM: Recession Odds Falling on Intrade.com

Moneymen put their money where their future is.
Democrat politicians continue to preach fear.

CARPE DIEM: Recession Odds Falling on Intrade.com: "Recession odds have fallen by 12 points on Intrade.com over the last 4 weeks

(see chart above, click to enlarge)."

Human error?

Do the Clintons own The NY Post? Simple "human error" that she gets ALL the votes and no angst filled screams of disenfranchisement?

OBAMA ROBBED IN NY - New York Post: "'Some initial tallies had zeros, but it was most likely due to human error. Those were unofficial numbers, and no confirmed results have been released yet.'
In a predominantly black Brooklyn district for which Clinton was given credit for a 118-0 victory on Primary Night, the Board of Elections' latest figures indicate that she may not even come out the winner - Obama currently has 116 votes to her 118."

Does this mean the "culprit" is us and "we" should give them a bunch of our moolah?

I'm getting a painful feeling in my wallet..... am I just another greedy conservative paranoid?

KTVB.COM News Idaho News on Demand: "'The United States and the developed states as a whole are the countries that created the problem, caused the problem of climate change in the first place. In my view, that's what a culprit means,' he said in an interview this week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly debate on climate change."

CMU Promise is dead

Interesting they would promise that someone else would pay the bills (the Michigan taxpayers!) and call it the "CMU Promise".

And now that it's "dead" the taxpayers are the fault.

Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com: "The CMU Promise is no more.
The tuition guarantee remains in force through summer for everyone currently attending Central Michigan University.
The Board of Trustees today killed the promise for anyone enrolling for fall and later.
The promise, which CMU enacted in 2005, ensured that incoming freshmen and transfer students would pay a flat tuition rate for up to five years and the same room and board rates for two years"

Another Massacre At A "Gun Free Zone"

Can't anyone outside of the MSM and academia connect the gunshot dots?

Another Massacre At A "Gun Free Zone" College Campus KXNet.com North Dakota News: "At one time I was very against arming teachers or allowing qualified students to carry on campus. I’m not any more. These maniacs go to those schools KNOWING that their’s will be the only gun there - until police arrive. And that can take minutes."

Interesting headline from New York Times

Parent Shock: Children Are Not Décor - New York Times: "(In 2005, Ms. Gregory says in her book, 10 times as many women had their first child between age 35 and 39 as in 1975, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 13 times as many had their first between 40 and 44.)"

Imagine if her name was "Imus"?

Jane Fonda -- I Wasn't Into Cu*t! - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors


Special rules for "special" neurotics....
"Everyone is equal. Some of us are just more equal than others"

You go girl!

Gotta love the USMC sweatshirt on this doll!


Tim Blair

Fascists!

Maybe just "progressives?"

Thomas Sowell on Liberal Fascism on National Review Online: "This is the sort of book that challenges the fundamental assumptions of its time — and which, for that reason, is likely to be shunned rather than criticized."

You're too stupid to eat what you want!

Being Overweight May Raise Cancer Risk: "Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study."

And if your "healthcare" is "free government healthcare", then it is the government's interest to control your costly, expensive-to-the-taxpayer(government)-behavior".

Maybe Cuba is better for fatsos?

Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air!

Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air (With a Catch) - : "This plan has a minor hurdle, too; the electricity for driving the chemical processes, according to a white paper describing the overarching concept, would come from nuclear power."

Dang!

I thought "the power of change" would do the trick AND keep baby seals happy AND nuke free.....

Democrats pour on the campaign cash

Superdelegates get campaign cash - : "elected officials serving as superdelegates have received about $890,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years,' the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported today."

Imagine the MSM's angst if this was GOPer cash......

The MSM said the same thing about Fidel.....

Nicaraguan leader calls Obama's campaign 'revolutionary' : "President Daniel Ortega, who led the 1979 revolution in Nicaragua, says Barack Obama's presidential bid is a 'revolutionary' phenomenon in the United States.
'It's not to say that there is already a revolution under way in the U.S. ... but yes, they are laying the foundations for a revolutionary change,' the Sandinista leader said Wednesday night as he accepted an honorary doctorate from an engineering university.
Ortega led a Soviet-backed government that battled U.S.-supported Contra rebels before he lost power in a 1990 election. He returned to office last year via the ballot box."