My
lung function continued to decline over the weekend (I breath hard getting
dressed), so they have moved my next "clean out" bronchoscopy to
Tuesday, 3/25 from Thursday, 3/27. That will hopefully determine if I can wait
until the scheduled surgical bronchoscopy on 4/11 to do more debriding, or if
it must be moved up. If posts go suddenly dark, I'm probably back in the
hospital, but will resume when I can. But without the new lung, I doubt I'd
have been alive now, so I like to say I'm playing with House Money. I remain very
positive, have a great healthcare team and will fight all the way to make it
work. The Marines taught me a lot--but not how to quit. ~Bob
Malaria
Good graphic posted on my blog.
I'm Tired--the Energizer Bunny of Blog Posts
I suddenly had a flurry of 13 comments on this five-year-old
essay that went viral in 2009. Most were very positive, but I loved this one
from a tolerant, non-violent liberal: ""Wow... You are a sick,
twisted, evil human being with a black heart and soul. Saying things like that
- about killing pregnant women and children - even being a non-violent person,
I wish I could be in front of you right now so I can rip your throat out, you
sick bastard. I sound no better than you right now, I realize... but I would
LOVE to beat you to death with my bare hands." I have no idea what he's
talking about--I don't think I mentioned killing pregnant women and children in
the essay, except for those murdered by Islamists in the name of Allah. Liked this
comment too: " I'm guessing -
judging by the above post alone - that whatever previous posts that got deleted
were due to you being a touch crazy. No offense.
But that's what it seems, and I can only imagine
what the other posts, that god deleted, were like." There are over a 1,000
comments posted on "I'm Tired--guess he didn't notice there were other
pages of them. maybe because he's a touch stupid? I do delete Spam posts
advertising websites selling stuff, but not comment ones unless the language is
too foul, though I early blocked a fellow who tried to take over the blog,
posting a rant on every post I put up. But if God is deleting posts, as this
fellow says, I'm not about to question him. From the comments, I suspect they
read an edited version on the net, didn't bother to read the correct version
they posted comments on. ~Bob.
Another Old Jarhead Blog Post
I try to never miss a day checking on you and your blog. The
Nation could use a lot more people like you but by the time they realize the
need it might be too late. When I read your health issues I am reminded that at
70 I am fortunate that most of my problems can be treated with drugs. Keep
fighting and keep trusting. We are really lucky to live in a place where people
dedicate their lives to helping others through medicine and research. --Mike
G.
This well researched and extensively documented history,
published in 1976, presents a far more positive and uplifting view of black
people living under the evil of slavery than the current standard, and in my
view condescending and racist view of blacks, then and now, and that today's
pathologies in the black community are a result of slavery, which destroyed the
black family. Unfortunately, despite extensive, data-driven research, it has
failed to change the national understanding of slavery and blacks. I think this
is because there is great political value to the race-baiters and
big-government politicians in keeping the majority of black people convinced
they are eternally the victims of the legacy of slavery, and can only depend on
government programs and special preferences to get ahead or even get by,
because slavery has left them unable to compete with whites. It must be said
that Professor Gutman's research is often presented at tedious length, and the
history buff, as opposed to the working historian, may want to skip the
extensive pages of genealogies created from plantation and Freedmen's Bureau
records he uses to hammer home his points. But Gutman conclusively demonstrates
that, despite the evils of families being broken up by sale of a partner or
child, the vast majority of slaves lived in dual headed-households, that a
large majority formed long lasting marriages, that they formed kin networks
across plantation lines (similar to west African kin networks), that a majority
of slave children were named by their parents, often for a relative, living or
dead, and that a great many adopted surnames before the end of slavery, often
unknown to the slave-owner and not based on his name. He also demonstrates that
slaves had their own culture, that was not imitative of planter culture as
often assumed. For example, in slave culture, marrying blood cousins was taboo,
while it was widely practiced among the elite white planter class. Most slaves
were not promiscuous, living in the moment, unable to form personal bonds
because of slavery, as too many think today. They were a resilient and
adaptable people in the face of great headship and evil. Blacks, Gutman's
research shows, had a stronger family structure in 1866 than Americans of any
color have today. Most telling, the vast majority of slave children grew up in
dual-headed households, despite the breakup of many families by sale. And when
death or sale broke up a household, the children were very often taken in and
raised by kin or friends, despite how little they had. Contrast that with today
where 70% of black babies, about 50% of Latino babies and about 30% of white
babies are now non-marital births (and growing every year--whites are catching
up), which is highly correlated with poverty, poor education and behavioral
problems. Despite the extensive tables, the book also contains countless
personal and inspiring stories from the records and letters that would make you
weep. The one that stuck in my mind was a petition of recently-freed slaves to
the Freedmen's Bureau, asking for help dealing with the white landowners (who
weren't inclined to be over-generous with workers they used to
"own"!). These former slaves wrote that, "We are a working class of people." Would they consider
contemporary Americans, black or white, a "Working class of people"?
One wonders if the blacks folks in slavery or immediately after abolition would
not feel contempt for our culture today for squandering what they longed and
labored to hard to obtain.
The
Ukraine
If you think KGB Agent Putin can be deterred, you probably
know nothing about the famine the Russian communists created in the Ukraine in
the 1930s, to suppress the area, at a cost of an estimated 14M lives (compared
to the 6M Jews murdered by the Nazis). Leftwing progressives denied it happened
until the truth came out after the collapse of the USSR--since then they just
ignore it, meaning that everyone knows about the Holocaust, though it is denied
by Muslims and Neo-Nazis, but few know about the Ukraine Famine.
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/ukraine_famine.htm
http://www.faminegenocide.com/resources/ukraine_famine.html
Russian forces storm
one of the last Ukrainian military outposts in Crimea
Excerpt: With a burst of automatic weapons fire and stun
grenades, Russian forces in armored personnel carriers on Saturday broke
through the walls of one of the last Ukrainian military outposts in Crimea , then quickly overpowered Ukrainian troops armed
only with sticks.
Going around the Internet, without
attribution, but interesting. ~Bob:
Let
me see if I have this right
Excerpt: Note: Thanks to the NSA Obama was able to tap
Vladimir Putin's phone. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act (and a brother
in law in the NSA) I was able to get a copy of one of Vlad's conversation. "Interesting!"
(Funny satire--but sadly probably very close to true. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Economic
growth is a miracle cure. For the last 50 years real income per person in the United States
has been growing at a rate of about 2.3% per year. Although that may not sound
like such a big deal, that small increase adds up year after year. So much so
that real incomes will actually double every 31 years. If we think of the average
year for child birth as being close to age 31, then income will double for
every generation. Let’s assume you are in an average income family earning
about $50,000 a year. If your children also earn an average income, by the time
they grow up and reach your age they will be earning $100,000 a year — and
that’s in current dollars. If your grandchildren follow the same trajectory, by
the time they reach your age they will be earning $200,000. That’s what Barrack
Obama calls rich. Your great grandchildren will earn $400,000 — which is enough
to put them in the top 1% of the income distribution, were they alive today!
(Dr. Goodman is right. But "Economic Growth" has a huge problem as an
anti-poverty program--it doesn't provide jobs for government bureaucrats and
union members who vote Democrat, and it rewards hard work and entrepreneurship,
not politically-favored Democrat constituencies. This is why progressive
government works against economic growth. I recommend subscribing to Dr.
Goodman's free blog and to the Daily Policy Digest at ncpa.org. ~Bob)
Excerpt: For the first time in almost a century, members of
the Massachusetts House of Representatives expelled one of their own Thursday,
casting out Rep. Carlos Henriquez following his conviction in a domestic
violence case.
Excerpt: It’s reassuring to see liberal Massachusetts
politicians upholding the moral standards we have come to expect
of them: :On January 15th, Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence supporter and
Massachusetts state representative Carlos Henriquez (D-5th Suffolk Dist.) was
sentenced to six months in jail for punching a woman who refused to have sex
with him." ... Just so long as he opposes firearms, we know that he is a
good person, even if he does punch women who don’t want to have sex with him.
If he were a Republican, on the other hand, Dems would finally have proof of
the mythical War on Women. (From February, but I missed it. Funny how
often those "non-violent leftists become violent. see the "I'm
Tired" post above. ~Bob.)
Geert
Wilders: Shooting the Messenger. By Mark Steyn
Excerpt:
Two years ago, I was asked to contribute a foreword to Geert Wilders' book, Marked For Death: Islam's War Against The West And Me,
which can be purchased through the SteynOnline bookstore, and helps keep my current legal battle afloat.
Buying Marked For Death will also help Geert Wilders with his
latest legal difficulties. In today's edition of De Volksrant - which is Dutch for, er, The Folks' Rant - Jan Jaap de Ruiter has a column
called "Geert Wilders democratisch
bestrijden? Vergeet het maar" - or "Geert Wilders'
democratic battle? Fuhgeddaboutit". Minheer de Ruiter suggests that
Wilders' party has only one goal: "spreading the poison of
xenophobia" via "its message of hate and loathing".
Geert
Wilders Delenda Est! Posted By Baron Bodissey
Excerpt:
The political climate in the Netherlands surrounding Mr. Wilders now resembles
the demonization of Pym Fortuyn in the months leading up to his assassination
almost twelve years ago. In order to facilitate the permanent elimination of a
popular politician, any shame concerning his murder must first be removed from
popular culture. It’s not as if the major Dutch political parties
custom-ordered that video from a Muslim thug-rapper. “Kill Geert” is simply
part of the ubiquitous political atmosphere in the Netherlands
Doctor
Doom. By Mark Steyn
Excerpt: Dr Michael E Mann,
serial litigant and Mustafa Prize winner,
has a new column out, as he does every couple of days, called "Why Global Warming Will Cross a
Dangerous Threshold in 2036". The lads at MSNBC summarize it thus: "One Scientist Argues 2036
Could Be Point of No Return for Climate Disaster." I think he
means that, on its current pace, that's the year the DC court will deliver its
verdict in Mann vs Steyn. One can understand why he's concerned: If his
calculations are accurate, we have less time than you might think. "If his calculations are accurate"?
You're not questioning his science, are you? As for having "less time than
you might think", that rang a very faint and distant bell:
VIDEO:
Rappin' on Geert. Posted by Baron Bodissey
Excerpt: The video clip shows a man in a blond wig
representing the Dutch politician Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for
Freedom. The fake Geert is abducted by armed men and brought to Hozny, who
makes him kneel in front of an Islamic flag. The clip ends with a shot of
Wilders being executed.
Senate Could Destroy
the First Amendment Soon
Excerpt: Chuck Schumer – scion of the Left and senior
Senator from the Nanny State of New York -- believes that he and his comrades
in the Senate could be very close to derailing our freedom of speech… and he seems
to think this is a GOOD THING. Senator Schumer is spearheading an effort
to get a “media shield law” passed through Congress, and he believes that there
are now enough supporting members in the Senate to get the job done. Several
high profile Republicans seems ready to join the Democrats and liberal Independents
in an effort to pass new provisions to ensure that members of the press retain
their right to free speech/press.
The Insidious Effect
of Political Correctness
Excerpt: When I was in high school in Detroit , there was a great deal of emphasis
on clothing. As I became increasingly interested in fitting in with the “in
crowd,” fashion supplanted academic achievement in my hierarchy of importance.
My grades plummeted, and I became a person who was less pleasant and more
self-absorbed.
Tommy
Robinson: Case Adjourned Until July. Posted by Baron Bodissey
Excerpt:
As mentioned here on Wednesday,
Tommy Robinson, the former leader of the English Defence League, was summoned
to appear in court that day on charges related to his speech at an EDL demo in
Tower Hamlets last September. However, Tommy never made it to court — he refused to leave the prison where
he is currently held, since it would have meant being returned to a different
and more dangerous prison, where he would have been held in solitary
confinement.
A Federal Jury Speaks, and Academic Freedom Wins. By David French
Excerpt: Yesterday, in Greenville ,
N.C.
Why Obama Scares Me. By Mona Charen
Excerpt: The most febrile of George W. Bush haters liked to
claim during his tenure that the former president "scared" them.
There is far more reason to be frightened by President Barack Obama, because
fecklessness and inconstancy trigger wars.
Gunmen kill prominent
Iraqi cleric in Mosul
Excerpt: Unknown gunmen killed a cleric, who had taken a
stand against extremism and terrorism, at his home in southern Mosul , the Iraqi police in Ninawa province
said Wednesday (March 19th). (I just can't figure out why more moderate Muslims
don't speak out against the Islamists. ~Bob)
A Cambodian Spring Tsunami. By Michael Benge
Excerpt: Most of the major media recently missed a chance to
give democracy a boost, choosing instead to ignore events in Cambodia of
major significance. Millions of Cambodians overcame the horrors of the Khmer
Rouge genocide and their fear of the repressive Hun Sen regime, Khmer Rouge
holdovers, and turned out in en masse to vote for a coalition of
democratic opposition parties known as the CNRP (Cambodian National Rescue
Party) in last July’s elections. Unfortunately, the government-appointed
National Election Commission gave Hun Sen’s ruling party, the CPP (the
communist Cambodian Peoples Party) 68 parliamentary seats (still a loss of 22)
and the CNRP only 55. The CNRP claims that a free and fair election would have
given it 63 parliamentary seats, leaving just 60 for the CPP. Even so, the CNRP
did quite well in spite of being denied access to TV, radio and most print
media.
Putin’s Growing Boot Print on the World’s Neck. By Marilyn Assenheim
http://girlsjustwannahaveguns.com/2014/03/putins-growing-boot-print-worlds-neck/#dGicmAhkR5Om9GsT.99
Excerpt: Vladimir Putin’s takeover in Crimea
remains in the forefront of the news. That is, unless commentary about illegal
butt-enhancing injections or belly-aching about FLOTUS and her daughters’
media-blackout Red China vacation (er…I mean “official visit to expand
Sino-American relations”) takes the spotlight.
Even Government Agrees Head Start is a Failure. Matt Mackowiak
Excerpt: In 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services commissioned a study to evaluate Head Start's effectiveness. The study
found that though the program had a "positive impact" on children's
experiences through the preschool years, "advantages children gained
during their Head Start and age 4 years yielded only a few statistically
significant differences in outcomes at the end of 1st grade for the sample as a
whole. Impacts at the end of kindergarten were scattered." Wait, only a
"few statistically significant differences," for $8,000 per child per
year? And this is what the government found! (Since the money mostly goes to
the Democrat faithful, they think it's a great success. ~Bob)
Excerpt: I can barely put 2 pieces of code together but I’ll
bet I could have made a website which enrolled at least one person at this
point. Well I could have hired someone anyway. Oregon couldn’t even do that.
Obamacare brings big
fees for drugs: ‘Where’s the affordable with this one?’ By Kelli Kennedy
Excerpt: Under the plan, her Celebrex would have cost $648 a
month until she met her $1,500 prescription deductible, followed by an $85
monthly co-pay. Mason is one of the many Americans with serious illnesses —
including cancer, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis — who are indeed
finding relatively low monthly premiums under President Obama’s law. But some
have been shocked at how much their prescriptions are costing as insurers
are sorting drug prices into a complex tier system and in some cases charging
co-insurance rates as high as 50 percent. That can leave patients on the hook
for thousands.
Obamacare Turns 4,
Just 1.4% of Uninsured Americans Covered. By Wynton Hall
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/23/Obamacare-Turns-4-Has-Covered-Just-1-4-of-Uninsured-Americans
Excerpt: Four years of Obamacare have produced health
insurance for just 1.4% of uninsured Americans. According to CNBC, of the 5 million people the
Obama administration claimshave
enrolled in Obamacare, just 715,000 are previously uninsured Americans who have
chosen and paid for new insurance. As the Washington
Post notes, there are 48.6 million uninsured Americans. That means
that after four years of being the law of the land, Obamacare--whose purported
purpose was to cover the uninsured--has provided coverage for just 1.4% of
uninsured Americans.
Excerpt: Where did Monirul Islam (pictured here) get the
idea that he could treat someone this way? Perhaps from the Qur’an and Sunnah:
Muhammad owned slaves, and the Qur’an takes the existence of slavery for
granted, even as it enjoins the freeing of slaves under certain circumstances,
such as the breaking of an oath: “Allah will not call you to account for what
is futile in your oaths, but He will call you to account for your deliberate
oaths: for expiation, feed ten indigent persons, on a scale of the average for
the food of your families; or clothe them; or give a slave his freedom” (5:89).
Paris Jewish teacher
has nose broken, swastika drawn on chest. Victim, who was wearing a kippah,
says assailants attacked him outside kosher restaurant, also cursed him in
Arabic.
Excerpt: He told police that the three men who attacked him
appeared to be of North African descent and were in their twenties. They
cornered him as he was exiting a kosher restaurant on Manin Street in Paris ’ 19th arrondissement, near the Gare du
Nord train station. They shouted “Death to the Jews” and called him “Dirty Jew”
in French and also shouted insults in Arabic which Richard did not understand,
the BNVCA report said.
Minneapolis Lesbian Police Chief Dons Hijab for “Hijab
Day.” By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: There’s nothing like a
lesbian feminist authority figure who boasts of being the first female police
chief in Minneapolis
donning a symbol of male ownership in a patriarchal tribal society to express
the deep schizophrenia of the left in its enthusiastic enabling of Islamists.
But I’m sure now that Janee donned the hijab, she thinks everything is going to
be okay. Spoiler
alert; it’s not. Two women accused of
having a lesbian relationship have been sentenced to death by a court in the
self-declared autonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia Minneapolis Del.
Oliver Stone: Jewish
control of the media is preventing free Holocaust debate
Excerpt: Outspoken Hollywood
director says new film aims to put Adolf Hitler, who he has called an 'easy
scapegoat' in the past, in his due historical context. Jewish control of the
media is preventing an open discussion of the Holocaust, prominent Hollywood
director Oliver Stone told the Sunday Times, adding that the U.S.
Jewish lobby was controlling Washington's foreign policy for years. (Wow, at
long last Oliver Stone has really jumped the rails and fallen into the Twilight
Zone. We need to understand Hitler and Stalin better? Far out, Dude!!! If there
were a Jewish control of the media, we would all be brainwashed about the
aggressiveness of the Arabs, instead of always hearing about the plight of the
Palestinians. And we need free Holocaust debate? Really, when we have the Nazi
records, kept so carefully about the extermination of peoples, Jews, Gypsies,
and those considered to be mental defectives? When we have the records of the
Nuremburg war crimes trials that went into detail on what they did? Stone is
really, truly gone mentally. It's sad, but I think his career is about to take
a bit of a dive. --Del. I beg to differ, Del. Stone was never on the rails. Has
always been a far left, anti-American [is that redundant?] jerk who made money
from really bad history. ~Bob)
Exclusive - Study: Obama Most Well-Traveled, Expensive
President In History Through Five Years. By Matthew Boyle
Excerpt: President Barack Obama has spent more time
traveling abroad than other U.S.
president in history at this point in their presidencies, according to a
forthcoming study from the National Taxpayer Union Foundation (NTUF) provided
exclusively to Breitbart News ahead of its public release. (Racist of them to
report rather than ignore facts. ~Bob)
The Marine Corps Is Doing Everything Right When It Comes To
Women In Combat. By Paul Szoldra
Excerpt: A test-based approach
makes sense as it could provide hard, empirical data that women can cut it in
fields like infantry and special operations; or conversely, if tests determine
that women can't cut it, the Marine Corps will have the evidence it needs to
demand a policy change. ... " I know that I can form a unit comprised of
100% men and it has the potential to be combat effective. So if women really
are fit for combat, shouldn’t I be able to make a unit composed of 100% women
and have the potential for combat effectiveness? If I’m trying to find a golden
ratio of women in a unit before it’s no longer combat effective, aren’t I
admitting from the start that having women in a unit will degrade its combat
effectiveness? If the goal of the military is still to fight and win wars,
isn’t pushing women into combat units counterproductive to this goal?"
(Maybe not everything right. Maybe just trying not to string the regiments out
on an exposed road to the Chinese despite the orders of the god-like power
above them. ~Bob. I have to say this is written in a most reasonable way,
basically let the women try out for various roles in combat units and wait to
see how it works out. If it does, recognize it and open the job to women. If it
doesn't work out, recognize it and bar women from taking that job. The question
is, will the PC-driven bureaucrats really watch over the trials, and slant the
results to make it seem the women have done OK when in fact they didn't quite. There
are a variety of ways to slant the tests and the results, and that is what
concerns me. We have to hope and pray that no PC practitioners get to
weigh the scales. Bottom line is that there are very significant contrasts
between male and female bodies, which leave women at a serious disadvantage
when it comes to critical physical capacities; and those contrasts pretty much
guarantee that women working with me in real combat will not be able to perform
some of the actions that are a normal part of combat. We've had more than
enough women who have been in or near combat testify about this, but the PC
maniacs just keep on pushing. Hopefully the Corps will not fall into the truly
disastrous mistake of putting women among the grunts. --Del )
Worth Reading : Wisconsin Success Story From
The Patriot Post
Damn Republicans--another tax cut for the poor coupled with
aid to technical education for the working class. (The Patriot Post is free and worth subscribing to.) ~Bob: Wisconsin
Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed into law today a $541 million tax cut
returning $406 million to state technical colleges to reduce their property
taxes. Another $98 million will go to low-income taxpayers, reducing the
state's lowest bracket from 4.4% to 4%. Walker
first proposed the rate cuts in January, and the last procedural hurdle for
passage was cleared this past week when the state Assembly passed the bill
61-35. That was fast. The bill's passage barely rated 10 lines in The New York
Times, which chose to bury the story deep inside the paper's A-section. Leftmedia
outlets have done all they can to keep the Wisconsin
success story out of the headlines as well. Walker, who survived a truly
vicious recall effort after taking on the state's unions a couple years ago,
has been behind a drive that has improved the state's economy, brought
accountability to the school system, and pushed the unemployment rate down to
6.1%, its lowest since 2008. A recent poll reports that 95% of business owners
in the state are optimistic about the future of the economy in Wisconsin.The story
of Wisconsin 's
recovery is one that Republicans around the country need to follow. Media
outlets that care about reporting the facts should take heed as well. Walker 's success has come
despite the attempts of leftists to block his efforts at every turn with
increasingly despicable methods. From shirking their legislative duties to
preventing a vote on Walker's reforms to bussing in union thugs during the
recall effort so as to shut down the capitol, Democrats have been merciless in
their attempts to prevent the pro-business, small-government model from
succeeding. They are particularly set on blocking it in the state that birthed
the "progressive" movement a century ago. Meanwhile, Walker 's Democrat opponent, Mary Burke, is
using her own underhanded tactics in an attempt to unseat the governor. She
released an ad claiming that the state's unemployment rate is rising, and when
she was called out on the blatant falsehood, she offered no regrets, saying in
effect that the ends justify the lies. She will have a tough time convincing
voters that Wisconsin
is in need of new leadership, so expect the lies and mischaracterizations to
keep on coming. That's the one tool that leftists know how to wield.
Green Card Holders Not Qualified for Medicare but Eligible
for Obamacare. By Dan Riehl
Excerpt: Green card holders who do not qualify for
Medicare will
qualify for Obamacare and any relevant federal subsidy. They may also
qualify for Medicaid, depending upon their location.
Gunmen kill 6 in
attack on Kenyan church. By Joseph Akwiri,
Excerpt: Gunmen killed six worshipers in a church near the
coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday, an attack of
the kind that Islamist militants have been carrying out in retaliation for Kenya ’s intervention in neighboring Somalia .
Excerpt: An Egyptian court sentenced to death on Monday 529
people accused of an attack on a police station that left one policeman dead,
in a mass trial that lasted only two sessions and raised an outcry from rights
activists.
The verdicts against the men, said to be supporters of
ousted President Mohammed Morsi, are subject to appeal and would likely be
overturned, rights lawyers said.
Nate Silver: GOP Has
60 Percent Chance to Take Senate in 2014
Excerpt: Nate Silver, aka the stats genius who correctly
predicted nearly
everything about the 2012 election, told ABC that things are looking
positive for the Republican's quest to retake the Senate. According to Silver,
Republicans could win as many as 11 seats.
New Obamacare Report Vindicates Cancer Patient Attacked as
Liar. By Guy Benson
I'm sure Harry Reid will apologize--and decent and honorable
person would...~Bob
Interesting: Philly DA Blows
the Whistle on Pennsylvania’s State AG: Why did the AG drop a
case that exposed Democratic corruption? By John Fund
Good for Williams, declining to play the race card in a
corruption case! ~Bob. Excerpt: Williams is upset that last year one of Kane’s
first acts in office was to decline to prosecute four Philadelphia state legislators and other
government officials. In a sting operation, all had been caught accepting cash
or Tiffany jewelry in exchange for votes or favors. Kane, who is white, has
defended herself, saying that the investigation was badly managed and tainted
by racism. She claims the criticism comes from what she calls the
“Good Ol’ Boys Club.” Williams, who is African American, has shot
back: “I have seen racism. I know what it looks like. This isn’t it.”
Excerpt: Americans should celebrate fracking. By unleashing
production of unconventional hydrocarbons, fracking has catapulted the U.S. from being
a has-been producer of oil to the world’s largest total supplier in 2013 when
we include natural gas liquids, biofuels, and crude oil. The U.S. produced around an average of 12.1 million
barrels a day of these liquids, 300,000 barrels a day more than Saudi Arabia and 1.6 million more than Russia ,
the previous leaders. (Well, fracking reduces energy costs for the poor and
working classes by producing more, less-expensive energy. [See next article.]
It reduces carbon emissions by substituting natural gas for oil. It reduces our
trade deficit and money going to support terrorism by reducing energy imports.
OF COURSE the left hates it and fights it every inch of the way--can't have
anything that does this much good for America . ~Bob
Worth Reading
Excerpt: According to UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon, “Climate change harms the poor first and worst.” This
is true, because the poor are the most vulnerable and have the least resources
with which to adapt. But we often forget that current policies to address
global warming make energy much more costly, and that this harms the world’s
poor much more. Solar and wind power was subsidized
by $60 billion in 2012. This means that the world spent $60 billion more on
energy than was needed. And, because the total climate benefit was a paltry $1.4
billion, the subsidies essentially wasted $58.6 billion. Biofuels were
subsidized by another $19 billion, with essentially no climate benefit. All of
that money could have been used to improve health care, hire more teachers,
build better roads, or lower taxes.
Good News Buried in
Climate Change Report
Excerpt: The IPCC buried evidence in its latest report that
indicated good news about global warming, according to a new study from climate
scientist Nic Lewis and science writer Marcel Crok. The UN Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, released its Working Group I (WGI) report,
Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, in September 2013. The report
proclaimed a 95 percent certainty that humans were responsible for most global
warming since 1950. However, Lewis and Crok (who were expert reviewers of the
report) say the report hid certain findings related to climate sensitivity.
Red state residents
pay fewer taxes than blue state residents
Excerpt: The average American family pays nearly $7,000 in state
and local taxes in a given year, but the actual amounts vary wildly. A
Californian who lives on the western side of Lake Tahoe pays almost three times
more in state taxes than their neighbor on the Nevada side of the lake. Someone living in Portland , Ore. , pays more
than twice as much as a neighbor living across the Columbia River in Vancouver , Wash.
Excerpt: Okay, you knew it was going to happen sooner or
later. You knew it as soon as Obama gave away half of General Motors to the
labor unions and didn't ask for a penny from them. You knew you'd be screwed
with bailout losses, and you were...to the tune of $14 billion dollars. And you
knew those liberal-coddled UAW workers (yeah the ones that tried to unionize
the auto makers down south...and failed) would turn out products not fit for
the American highway. First, we had the grand failure of the Chevy Volt, even
after Obama used taxpayer money to pay for a third of it's $40,000 dollar price
tag, and you knew when they caught those auto workers drinking quarts of beer
and smoking pot on their lunch break that no good could come from this. So last
week we learned that twelve Americans have died, burned to cinders by exploding
ignition switches. And it wasn't isolated...now the new Obama chosen GM CEO has
announced a massive recall going back three or four years...all of this buried
until too may people just started exploding behind the wheel of a Chevy.
THIS Belongs on the
Cover of Rolling Stone
Excerpt: Evil people should be forced to see this and know
that they can’t win. Check it out: I’m usually not tremendously affected by
the news. I’ve been around for a while
and I’ve seen a lot of images come across my screen. But when I saw a photo
today of a little 8 year old girl smiling bravely while standing on her new
prosthetic leg, my eyes welled up when I realized it was Jane Richard, the
little girl who had her leg blown off while attending the Boston Marathon about
a year ago.
Obama Rewrites FOIA -
Doesn't Tell America
Excerpt: Last week several important battles were fought in
Obama's war on free speech. The Obama White House routinely bars news media
from meetings with foreign leaders and other events, then releases its own
photos of those events. But the remnants of what once was a free press in America are
meekly fighting back. The Associated Press reported last week, "The
presidents of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Associated
Press Media Editors have urged their members to stop using White House handout
photos and video, saying they amount to propaganda."
All charges dropped against registered sex offender
Excerpt: REGISTERED sex offender, Ali Jaffari, accused of
attempted child-stealing, has had all charges against him dropped after a
Magistrate told prosecutors he would have trouble finding Jaffari guilty. Magistrate
Ron Saines said if he was hearing the matter, he would have reasonable doubt,
citing ‘cultural differences’ as one factor, which would result in the charges
being dismissed. Jaffari, 35, an Afghan refugee, was convicted in Geelong
Magistrates’ Court on August 22, 2013, of indecently assaulting one boy and
attempting to indecently assault another. (Well ,if your child was sexually
assaulted, and you were a good liberal, you'd certainly want cultural
sensitivity to be taken into account, right? ~Bob)
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