Obama notes 'tragic' US past
"'I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged,' the Democratic presidential hopeful said.
'I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.'"
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
L.A. blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas
L.A. blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas
"The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.
The moratorium unanimously approved Tuesday is a bid to attract restaurants that offer healthier food choices to residents in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles.
Councilwoman Jan Perry says residents at five public meetings expressed concern with the proliferation of fast-food outlets in the community plagued by above-average rates of obesity."
"The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.
The moratorium unanimously approved Tuesday is a bid to attract restaurants that offer healthier food choices to residents in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles.
Councilwoman Jan Perry says residents at five public meetings expressed concern with the proliferation of fast-food outlets in the community plagued by above-average rates of obesity."
Snarky Huntress: 10 Blooms Hummingbirds Can't Refuse
Snarky Huntress
10 Blooms Hummingbirds Can't Refuse
I love hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds don't love me.
Ms Snarky may help Gordo with his affliction!
10 Blooms Hummingbirds Can't Refuse
I love hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds don't love me.
Ms Snarky may help Gordo with his affliction!
Gov. checks out Benton Harbor post-riot progress
Gov. checks out Benton Harbor post-riot progress
"Jennifer Granholm spoke at a church Tuesday morning and visited a development that features a Jack Nicklaus-designed public golf course.
The state promised after the rioting to kick off several new programs to provide area residents with more educational, job and housing opportunities."
No talk of new jobs and the booming downtown?
Give 'em a new golf course and the riots stop?
Maybe the French ought to try this.........?
"Jennifer Granholm spoke at a church Tuesday morning and visited a development that features a Jack Nicklaus-designed public golf course.
The state promised after the rioting to kick off several new programs to provide area residents with more educational, job and housing opportunities."
No talk of new jobs and the booming downtown?
Give 'em a new golf course and the riots stop?
Maybe the French ought to try this.........?
Another audit critical of Mich. child care program
Another audit critical of Mich. child care program
"For the second straight week, a state audit has been released criticizing Michigan's handling of child care for low-income families.
Auditor General Thomas McTavish said Tuesday the Michigan Department of Human Services potentially made $231 million in improper and in some cases fraudulent payments to day care providers."
So wrong on so many levels.
Why is the state in the daycare business?
It's obvious they can't provide an unecessary service without hundreds of millions of waste and fraud.
What is this program's total cost?
How much more $$$ are we taxpayers gonig to add to this disaster?
"For the second straight week, a state audit has been released criticizing Michigan's handling of child care for low-income families.
Auditor General Thomas McTavish said Tuesday the Michigan Department of Human Services potentially made $231 million in improper and in some cases fraudulent payments to day care providers."
So wrong on so many levels.
Why is the state in the daycare business?
It's obvious they can't provide an unecessary service without hundreds of millions of waste and fraud.
What is this program's total cost?
How much more $$$ are we taxpayers gonig to add to this disaster?
Fruitport Township passes support motion for casino
Fruitport Township passes support motion for casino
"The Fruitport Township clerk told 24 Hour News 8 there was a surprise move at Monday night's meeting to discuss a proposed casino on the property of the former Great Lakes Downs in Muskegon County's Fruitport Township.
A motion was passed to support the Little River Band of Ottawa Indian's proposal without any restrictions.
The meeting was scheduled to be informational but some board members were surprised that a motion was brought up for a vote."
I'm not for or against but ramming this thing through is starting to sound fishy.
"The Fruitport Township clerk told 24 Hour News 8 there was a surprise move at Monday night's meeting to discuss a proposed casino on the property of the former Great Lakes Downs in Muskegon County's Fruitport Township.
A motion was passed to support the Little River Band of Ottawa Indian's proposal without any restrictions.
The meeting was scheduled to be informational but some board members were surprised that a motion was brought up for a vote."
I'm not for or against but ramming this thing through is starting to sound fishy.
Developing oil shale is best choice
Developing oil shale is best choice
"Democrats control Congress, so Americans ought to be asking about their plan to lower gas prices. Let's hope their plan doesn't rest on solar, wind and geothermal, because planes, trains and automobiles don't run on electricity. They run on oil — mostly foreign oil — 97 percent of the time. Let's also hope the Democrats' plan doesn't rest on ethanol to break our dependence on foreign oil, because it can't."
"Democrats control Congress, so Americans ought to be asking about their plan to lower gas prices. Let's hope their plan doesn't rest on solar, wind and geothermal, because planes, trains and automobiles don't run on electricity. They run on oil — mostly foreign oil — 97 percent of the time. Let's also hope the Democrats' plan doesn't rest on ethanol to break our dependence on foreign oil, because it can't."
Monday, July 28, 2008
quote of the day
"QUOTE OF THE DAY: If you like what Jennifer Granholm has done for Michigan, and what Kwame Kilpatrick is doing for Detroit, you'll love what Barack Obama is going to do to America."
Marketing pitch aims to end population drop in Holland
Marketing pitch aims to end population drop in Holland
"The City Council is expected to vote Aug. 6 on a proposal to spend $50,000 on the first phase of the campaign, which would include a Web site highlighting local neighborhoods and other benefits of living in the city.
Since the 2000 Census, Holland's population has fallen 3 percent,"
WOW!
A web site!
I guess taxes, city regulation, the decline of the school system, crime, home values declining, etc. are not the problem...
The problem is the city doesn't have a cool web site!
Meebee the problem is the city has idiots running the city?
"The City Council is expected to vote Aug. 6 on a proposal to spend $50,000 on the first phase of the campaign, which would include a Web site highlighting local neighborhoods and other benefits of living in the city.
Since the 2000 Census, Holland's population has fallen 3 percent,"
WOW!
A web site!
I guess taxes, city regulation, the decline of the school system, crime, home values declining, etc. are not the problem...
The problem is the city doesn't have a cool web site!
Meebee the problem is the city has idiots running the city?
Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views
Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views
"An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said
Monday."
Is it time to consider banning "liberal views"?
After all, if it saves just one life.........
"An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said
Monday."
Is it time to consider banning "liberal views"?
After all, if it saves just one life.........
Crime skyrockets in 1 county, plummets right next door
Crime skyrockets in 1 county, plummets right next door
"One of the wealthiest counties in America reports crime skyrocketing by 22 percent in the first quarter of 2008, while its neighbor saw crime plummet by 19.3 percent in the same time period – coinciding with a get-tough policy on illegal immigration."
"One of the wealthiest counties in America reports crime skyrocketing by 22 percent in the first quarter of 2008, while its neighbor saw crime plummet by 19.3 percent in the same time period – coinciding with a get-tough policy on illegal immigration."
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Neighbors: Accused shooter everyone's friend, hated Christianity
Neighbors: Accused shooter everyone's friend, hated Christianity
"The man accused of a mass church shooting this morning was described by his Powell neighbors as a helpful and kind man, but one who had issues with Christianity."
Wonder where that hate came from.......
"The man accused of a mass church shooting this morning was described by his Powell neighbors as a helpful and kind man, but one who had issues with Christianity."
Wonder where that hate came from.......
New Jersey Man Killed by Flying Cocktail Glass
New Jersey Man Killed by Flying Cocktail Glass
"Authorities say an 80-year-old New Jersey man died from injuries suffered when his wife hurled a cocktail glass and struck him in the head."
Isn't it time we banned "flying cocktail glasses"?
If it saves just one life.......?
"Authorities say an 80-year-old New Jersey man died from injuries suffered when his wife hurled a cocktail glass and struck him in the head."
Isn't it time we banned "flying cocktail glasses"?
If it saves just one life.......?
Man riding low-riding bicycle killed on Musketawa Trail
Man riding low-riding bicycle killed on Musketawa Trail
"A 55-year-old Grandville man was killed Sunday morning while riding his bike on the Musketawa Trail."
Isn't it time we considered closing Musketawa Trail?
Or at least making illegal those Rans Recumbent low-riding bicycles?
I mean, if it saves just ONE life............
"A 55-year-old Grandville man was killed Sunday morning while riding his bike on the Musketawa Trail."
Isn't it time we considered closing Musketawa Trail?
Or at least making illegal those Rans Recumbent low-riding bicycles?
I mean, if it saves just ONE life............
Thursday, July 24, 2008
SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!
SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!
"Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel"
"Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel"
U.S. schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs
U.S. schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs
"Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week."
Why not cut back to 1 day a week?
Isn't "mother earth" more important than kids?
"Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week."
Why not cut back to 1 day a week?
Isn't "mother earth" more important than kids?
Victor Davis Hanson on The Boomer Legacy
Victor Davis Hanson on The Boomer Legacy
"Barack Obama, a child during the ’60s, is imbued nonetheless with that decade’s “hope and change” messianic sermonizing. Now he wants a new mammoth government-funded “civilian national security force,” one “that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the Pentagon."
Wonderfully written.
Read it all.
"Barack Obama, a child during the ’60s, is imbued nonetheless with that decade’s “hope and change” messianic sermonizing. Now he wants a new mammoth government-funded “civilian national security force,” one “that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the Pentagon."
Wonderfully written.
Read it all.
The Soldier Voting Scandal
The Soldier Voting Scandal
"Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republican whip, on July 8 introduced a resolution demanding that the Defense Department better enable U.S. military personnel overseas to vote in the November elections. That act was followed by silence. Democrats normally leap on an opportunity to find fault with the Bush Pentagon. But not a single Democrat joined Blunt as a co-sponsor, and an all-Republican proposal cannot pass in the Democratic-controlled House."
This is disgusting.
This IS the democrat party today.
"Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republican whip, on July 8 introduced a resolution demanding that the Defense Department better enable U.S. military personnel overseas to vote in the November elections. That act was followed by silence. Democrats normally leap on an opportunity to find fault with the Bush Pentagon. But not a single Democrat joined Blunt as a co-sponsor, and an all-Republican proposal cannot pass in the Democratic-controlled House."
This is disgusting.
This IS the democrat party today.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Woman Charged With Assault After Trying to Make Allergic Neighbor Eat Peanut
Woman Charged With Assault After Trying to Make Allergic Neighbor Eat Peanut
Robyn Lee, 23, was riding in a car with Shanna Ferguson when she attempted to put a peanut in Ferguson's mouth,"
Robyn Lee, 23, was riding in a car with Shanna Ferguson when she attempted to put a peanut in Ferguson's mouth,"
$3 trillion USA budget!
Ten Thousand Commandments
"President George W. Bush’s federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009 proposed $3.107 trillion in discretionary, entitlement, and interest spending. This was the first-ever $3 trillion budget in the United States. Many other countries’ governments consume more of the national output than the government does, but in absolute terms, ours is the largest government on planet Earth. President Bush was also the first president to deliver a $2 trillion federal budget, as recently as 2002."
"President George W. Bush’s federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009 proposed $3.107 trillion in discretionary, entitlement, and interest spending. This was the first-ever $3 trillion budget in the United States. Many other countries’ governments consume more of the national output than the government does, but in absolute terms, ours is the largest government on planet Earth. President Bush was also the first president to deliver a $2 trillion federal budget, as recently as 2002."
DNC host's tax-free gas : Updates : The Rocky Mountain News
DNC host's tax-free gas "The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention has used the city's gas pumps to fill up and apparently avoided paying state and federal fuel taxes."
No gas-tax cut for "little people".
The political party of "The Queen of Mean", Leona Helmsly!
Dispicable hypocrites!
No gas-tax cut for "little people".
The political party of "The Queen of Mean", Leona Helmsly!
Dispicable hypocrites!
New York Times 2Q profit drops 82 percent
New York Times 2Q profit drops 82 percent: "New York Times Co. says its second-quarter earnings fell 82 percent from the year-ago quarter boosted by a one-time gain. Meanwhile, print advertising revenue continued to shrink."
heh....
heh....
Reeths-Puffer school board gives superintendent high marks
Reeths-Puffer school board gives superintendent high marks
"According to the board's evaluation, Cousins 'exceeds expectations' in all areas of job performance, including: Fiscal responsibility; leadership; judgment; communications; organizational development; professional development; motivation; decisiveness; and community relations."
Nice for the big teacher union members.Too bad there are no marks for "student education" or "learning" or.... horror, MEAP!!!
Not a word about "student achievement" or "taxpayers".
Same old, same old.....
Will the parents and taxpayers ever realize that the system is rigged totally for the big union and the little things like student scores, parental satisfaction and taxpayers aren't even mentioned?
Employers know the truth.
"According to the board's evaluation, Cousins 'exceeds expectations' in all areas of job performance, including: Fiscal responsibility; leadership; judgment; communications; organizational development; professional development; motivation; decisiveness; and community relations."
Nice for the big teacher union members.Too bad there are no marks for "student education" or "learning" or.... horror, MEAP!!!
Not a word about "student achievement" or "taxpayers".
Same old, same old.....
Will the parents and taxpayers ever realize that the system is rigged totally for the big union and the little things like student scores, parental satisfaction and taxpayers aren't even mentioned?
Employers know the truth.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com
Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com: "One Conventional Bomb Can Ruin Your Whole Day
We'll give you three guesses which political leader said this:
Throughout our history, America's confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor, to the threat of nuclear annihilation. Americans have adapted to the threats posed by an ever-changing world.
Hint: The speaker was born in Hawaii. Thinking that perhaps it was a transcription error, we checked the video, and sure enough, he actually said 'the bomb.' Could our speaker be mixing up Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima, or Nagasaki? In any case, it's perhaps the biggest Pearl Harbor goof since Sept. 7, 1988, when George H.W. Bush got the month of the attack wrong."
We'll give you three guesses which political leader said this:
Throughout our history, America's confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor, to the threat of nuclear annihilation. Americans have adapted to the threats posed by an ever-changing world.
Hint: The speaker was born in Hawaii. Thinking that perhaps it was a transcription error, we checked the video, and sure enough, he actually said 'the bomb.' Could our speaker be mixing up Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima, or Nagasaki? In any case, it's perhaps the biggest Pearl Harbor goof since Sept. 7, 1988, when George H.W. Bush got the month of the attack wrong."
Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com
Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com: "Flint, of course, would claim that she was standing up for a principle--for, in the AP's words, 'the privacy rights of library patrons.' Have you noticed, though, how the people who assert this principle are never patrons but always librarians? We'd say this is really a case of status envy. Librarians want their 'profession' to be treated with the same respect society affords the practice of medicine or law. (We should note that people in our own line of work are vulnerable to the same criticism, as evidenced by this item on proposed shield laws.)
Here is a case in which police searching for a missing girl were forced to waste precious time because a bureaucrat, acting on her own authority, said 'Show me the paper' instead of 'How can I help?' Judith Flint is no heroine."
Here is a case in which police searching for a missing girl were forced to waste precious time because a bureaucrat, acting on her own authority, said 'Show me the paper' instead of 'How can I help?' Judith Flint is no heroine."
Police: Man operating riding lawnmower had blood alcohol level more than 5 times the legal limit
Police: Man operating riding lawnmower had blood alcohol level more than 5 times the legal limit
"The driver of riding lawnmower was so drunk -- more than five times the legal limit -- that he slumped over the wheel as it circled in an intersection before he fell to the ground and passed out"
I sure hope it wasn't an ozone action day!
"The driver of riding lawnmower was so drunk -- more than five times the legal limit -- that he slumped over the wheel as it circled in an intersection before he fell to the ground and passed out"
I sure hope it wasn't an ozone action day!
T. Boone Pickens' plan for your pocketbook: empty it!
Winningreen ENERGY Alert NO. 24
T. Boone Pickens’ plan for your pocketbook: empty it
By Tom Randall Date: July 21, 2008
Situation: Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is touting his grand new plan for energy independence: generate electricity with windmills thereby freeing natural gas to be used in vehicles instead of gasoline.
It is a scam. It would raise gas prices. Currently, when natural gas is used to generate electricity, it is almost exclusively in “peaker” plants — plants of relatively small capacity (usually about 250 megawatts) that can be turned on and off at short notice to boost output during peak demand periods. Baseload plants, which produce most of our electricity, are fired with less costly coal or nuclear energy but they must run almost continuously because they can’t be easily or economically stopped and restarted.
Generating large amounts of electricity with wind also requires natural gas peaker plants to take up the slack when the wind doesn't blow at the required speed to drive a wind turbine.
Therefore, for every 1,000 megawats of wind generation you would need four new natural-gas-fired peaker plants.
By Tom Randall Date: July 21, 2008
Situation: Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is touting his grand new plan for energy independence: generate electricity with windmills thereby freeing natural gas to be used in vehicles instead of gasoline.
It is a scam. It would raise gas prices. Currently, when natural gas is used to generate electricity, it is almost exclusively in “peaker” plants — plants of relatively small capacity (usually about 250 megawatts) that can be turned on and off at short notice to boost output during peak demand periods. Baseload plants, which produce most of our electricity, are fired with less costly coal or nuclear energy but they must run almost continuously because they can’t be easily or economically stopped and restarted.
Generating large amounts of electricity with wind also requires natural gas peaker plants to take up the slack when the wind doesn't blow at the required speed to drive a wind turbine.
Therefore, for every 1,000 megawats of wind generation you would need four new natural-gas-fired peaker plants.
This would require the U.S. to burn more natural gas, not less. Less would be available for non-electricity purposes, such as transportation and, particularly, home heating,
The increasing use of natural gas for electricity is one of the principal reasons your natural gas home heating costs have been skyrocketing in recent years. Pickens’ scheme would only increase this price spiral as environmentalists block increased gas supplies.
Response 1: Pickens, in his commercials and opinion pieces, fails to mention his extensive holdings in wind farms and natural gas. He does say that he has been an “oil man” most of this life. Well, now he’s a wind and gas man…’scuse the pun.
Response 2: The fact is wind and solar are not renewable resources. There is nothing we can do to renew them. They are capricious resources that must be regularly replaced by conventional energy.
Response 3: If Pickens were truly interested in clean abundant energy he would be touting genuinely clean coal-to- liquids technology and absolutely emission-free and nearly limitless recyclable nuclear energy.
Response 4: Pickens could also go back to being an oil man and break the grip of foreign producers by producing oil from shale where we have reserves greater than any country in the world located in just three western states.
Link: Read more about "Pitfalls in Pickens Plan" at: http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2008/07/10/pitfalls-in-the-pickens-plan/
Just like the ethanol scam.
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