Reading through this wonderful opinion piece, it’s abundantly clear how much more intellectually and morally evolved the founder of the NYC Muslim Center is compared to Palin and Beck.
It was gratifying to read that people in other countries were impressed with PO’s and Mr. Bloomberg’s defense of the Center.
Yikes! Watch out, mama grizzlies!!! Brian + Bear + Beer = well, I’m not sure what, but I’m pretty sure it could handle a pitbull with or without li(m)pstick . heh heh heh…
SKIP ALERT!
Posted this in response to a comment on another thread this morning, but it really belongs here on the OT.
I’m preparing for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, (5771 already!…how time flies…), which begins at sunset tonight. I acknowledge the “Dove Ministry’s” Constitutional Free Speech rights to burn books, though I find their actions ill-advised, fear-mongering, and hateful.
I Exercise my Free Speech right to denounce and condemn the book burners also. Too. You betcha.
Here’s a place to start: http://www.theshalomcenter.org/
L’Shanah Tovah, a sweet new year.
Tikkun Olam Shalom. Rebuilding/Repairing the World in Peace.
L’Chaim! To Life!
thatcrowwoman
Excellent link, thank you. Hearing that misinformed and thoughtless pastor immediately put me in mind of the book burnings in Germany. I also reading (but can’t remember the whole context) about book and art burning/destruction by the church in Michelangelo’s time.
I just don’t understand what has once again led some to be so intolerant and so uncharitable towards other human beings.
And mostly I don’t see how they miss that this exercise in free speech will accomplish nothing but has the potential to make things so much worse.
I’ll be praying for the pastor to find the compassion and love that is at the heart of the Christian beliefs he says he has.
Hello all. I am doing OK. A little tired after that whirl wind of funeral arrangements. Honestly, it went to fast. I wanted everyone to slow down so I could listen and remember what people were saying about my Dad. I miss him a lot. Especially since I had gotten in the habit of seeing him or calling him every day. I am sitting in my yard with all these beautiful flowers that I planted while he was sick and thinking of him. Dad had a wonderful sense of humor and would be very disappointed in me if I stopped planting and annoying the neighbors. So, thatcrowwoman, I’ll take you up on your offer of flamingos. I’m thinking I could move them around the yard.
My mom stopped by yesterday (she and Dad were divorced) and sat for a while in my outdoor living room. She is also behind me with regards to the flowers. I have lots of support and I want to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. It really has helped.
Glad you’re OK. I haven’t had to deal with my folks passing, they are in their late 80′s so I suppose sometime soon I will have to. It’s part of life, painful no doubt. The one thing I can count on is that when I kick the bucket (inevitable) it will be meaningless to me. I don’t mean to sound sarcastic or flip, but there are some things that can’t be avoided. We are our past (life comes from experience), and as far as others contributed to what we are, they should be celebrated.
Merrycricket …..wish i could see your gorgeous garden. yes. you have been thought about and warm sweet good wishes have been flying your way. you take it easy. O.K.?
I’m glad to hear that you are doing ok. My mom passed in 1996 and I still miss her.
Speaking of flamingos, we ended up with one of those plastic ones (a fund raiser thing) and decided to keep one of the three. It’s now in the backyard and once in a while we move it to a new location. My husband named it Fred.
{{{{{merrycricket}}}}}
PM me over in the forums with your address and flamingos will be winging our way “posthaste.” (If you’re not on the forums, you can email AKM and she can give you my email addy.)
My flamingos tend to wander around the yard, also, too. Some would call them tacky, but they crack me up every time I see them, and Grandma Shorty, of blessed memory, said, “If it makes you laugh out loud, it’s a blessing.” Hey, I’ll take all of ‘em…any of ‘em I find in front of me, eh?
merrycricket glad to hear things are going better and you can enjoy your beautiful flowers while thinking of your dad..Your parents may have been divorced but I would bet there were good times she could tell you about.a Marriage is never all bad nor all good.
City Kid You do keep us on the straight and narrow thanks.
I know, I know, people who make up naughty limericks have a screw loose, but I couldn’t help my self.
There once was a lass from Wasilla
Whose IQ was less than a gorilla
She praised common sense
So Koch spared no expense
To hire this demented chinchilla
Crickets anyone? Last week’s poll showed the GOP leading dems by 10 points, this week’s has them tied. I have not seen this referenced in many MSM outlets. Gotta wonder why….
Bob Cesca always seems to say things the way I wish I could:
“Nate Silver wrote earlier that the previous Gallup poll showing a 10-point lead for the Republicans on the generic ballot was probably an outlier. You know the one. 51-41.
And it looks like he was exactly right.
The new Gallup poll shows a dead-heat 46-46. Which of course is terrible news for the Democrats. Somehow.”
“Via Kevin Drum, the new Washington Post poll shows across-the-board preference for the Democrats over the Republicans on everything from the economy to personal values. On the “deserve to be re-elected” question, Republicans are less deserving of re-election than Democrats.
But more people said they’re going to vote for Republicans anyway.
As Drum notes, it’s the economy. And I agree, but I would add that it’s also stupidity.”
I just read an article by Robert Creamer in HuffPo that says that the Dems will lose some seats in November, but the dire predictions about Republican takeover are premature and likely not accurate. He lists several reasons why the Republicans won’t win as many elections as some people are anticipating. I’ve been convinced that they have alienated so many groups of voters (African-Americans, LGBT, Latinos, immigrants, Muslims, lower income, unemployed, etc) that they have to depend on middle-class and wealthy, white, Christians to put them in office. And THAT is a shrinking demographic!
Creamer also made a good point about the rise of the right wingnuts:
“Voters cast their ballots for people – not concepts. One of the big advantages for Democrats this cycle is that many Republican nominees are politically inexperienced radical extremists whose views — once voters learn them — are completely outside of the mainstream of American politics. ”
I, for one, feel much better after reading the article!
OK, mudpeeps, time for action! As many of you know, I’m vegan, so this doesn’t affect me personally. Transgenic (genetically modified) salmon are about to be approved for aquaculture (fish farming), and this is one of many links where you can express your disapproval of this:
Thanks in advance for your participation. As we approach the New Year at sundown, I wish everyone on earth health and peace. Tikkun Olam Shalom is my daily prayer.
L’Shanah Tovah, Zyxomma.
*passing you the apples and honey, and offering my best virtual round challah (with dark and golden raisins, and lots of eggs and butter, also, too) to everyone here, with wishes for a sweet new year*
As for the pink flamingos, a long time ago I attended the Univ of Wisconsin in Madison for a year. On the first day of classes they covered the entire hill (that was the center of the campus) with thousands of plastic pink flamingos. I can still remember students studying, making out and doing various other legal (and some illegal) things amongst the flamingos. the student union took photos and had them made into postcards, T-shirts and posters that they sold. Proceeds went to the student union. Those flamingos were on balconies and in yards all over town the next day.
I was born at U Madison Hospital many moons ago…I’ll have to ask mama and daddy if they remember the great flamingo caper. Hadn’t heard that story before, but you never know what those badgers will get into!
I hope everyone in Alaska is painting huge “Worst Governor Ever” signs to welcome Palin and Beck. They are getting a lot of attention in the lower 48 so I would expect the nasty ole MSM will be there. It would be great to see the anti Palin/Beck people totally outnumber the loons. It would also be great to see some clever signs (wish I had a great suggestion but….) that counter Palin’s and Beck’s hijacking of the solemness of 9/11 for their personal gain.
Take a look at this post and be sure to read the few comments (and this is a conservative site!):
It is simply despicable that these two should profit from 9/11. The tickets to attend this embarassment cost from $73.75 to $225. Since we haven’t heard anything about the profits being donated to some deserving charity (unlike the rally in DC where Beck shouted it from the rooftops), it is likely that the money will go to lining their pockets.
And they have the b@lls to claim to be the driving force behind the effort to ‘restore honor’???
While running errands yesterday I saw a sign on a business that was going out of business. It said “so much for the Obama stimulus”. Being that it is a very red state I’m sure that they will get more business because of the sign. Remember here Republicans can do no wrong. Today it was posted about the business on one of the local blogs. Most of the comments are great, saying that the owners need to accept responsibility for their failing business and stop using excuses.
Wow, Miller et al think that unemployment insurance is sinister and think that spending money on the country’s infrastructure is wasteful but…spending money on the rich is just dandy. I kind of think that Donald Trump might be able to keep his lavish lifestyle while paying a pittance more in taxes don’t you?
Thanks for responding to my comment. No one on this site is talking about it and I find that very odd, to say the least.
Ok, I agree that Gross did not characterize AKM and Shannyn correctly….they are certainly not SP obsessed….and I love in particular AKM’s take on Alaskan politics.
However, I thought the article was good. Haven’t we waited for something like this? Without knowing the ins and outs, what are we to think?
I am thinking long and hard before pressing the submit button, but I am going to press it.
I must admit that I’m a bit Palin obsessed, mainly because I see the danger in her followers. If no one would listen to her I wouldn’t give her a passing thought. But these are difficult times and her form of demagoguery is dangerous.
I thought the article was good too. My only criticism is in some of the minor, almost nit picky things. While I understand that the author needed to paint a total picture of a woman who is disingenuous, I don’t care if she is a good tipper or not. I do, however, care if she treats people with respect. Plus I don’t care that she prefers Spanz girdles but I do care that she had someone else foot the bill for her under garments.
I also would have liked to have more in the way of her lies exposed, the big lies that truly expose her character. For instance, while the Bridge to Nowhere always rears its head (just like Putin), little is said about the money that actually made it into the State’s coffers.
The author has also come out swinging against his critics which, in my humble opinion, strengthens his claims.
Don’t understand why it wasn’t really discussed here either, and am glad he wrote it, defends it and hope some people in AK start talking on the record. The population there is three times the population of this city, and the DA had a warrant on the City Council members and other City employees:
“Ventura County Star
Mayor’s home searched in expanding DA probe of Oxnard
By Scott Hadly
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
In the ever-widening probe into possible misuse of public money and contract irregularities in Oxnard, Ventura County District Attorney investigators served a search warrant last week at Mayor Tom Holden’s home, according to a registry of search warrants.”
“Ventura County Star
Oxnard probe turns to private companies
By Scott Hadly
Originally published 01:43 p.m., September 1, 2010
Updated 06:28 p.m., September 1, 2010
The probe into possible malfeasance by Oxnard city officials is now focused on the role of private contractors.
Earlier this week, investigators with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office served three search warrants on two businesses that have had high profile contracts with the city.”
“Oxnard probe widens with more searches, subpoenas
By Scott Hadly
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Along with searching the homes of three top Oxnard officials on Friday, District Attorney investigators also searched the homes of two former city employees on the same night, The Star has learned.
While teams of investigators served search warrants at the homes of City Manager Ed Sotelo, Assistant City Manager Karen Burnham and City Councilman Andres Herrera, a handful of investigators also looked through the homes of former public works director Ken Ortega and former public works employee Juan Moreno, according to a registry of search warrants issued by the Ventura County Superior Court.
Herrera said last week that investigators left a list seven pages long noting items taken from his house. It’s uncertain what was taken from the other homes.
In addition to the searches, several Oxnard city employees received subpoenas Monday to testify before the Grand Jury, according to City Councilman Dean Maulhardt”
What is wrong with the scaredy cat people in AK? Aside from a possible Wasilla Drug Cartel run by the same guys killing people in Mexico, I don’t get it.
For those who love Montana’s Democratic Governor Schweitzer ~~ THIS is a man who has worked within fiscal budgets and used COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS!!
snip] The state of Montana has balanced its checkbook five years in a row with no tax increases, no cuts to education or other essential services, and with $327 million in cold hard cash left in the bank. The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, FOX News, MSNBC and CNN (among others) have all taken notice, describing our work as a national example of fiscal discipline.
When people from out-of-state ask me why Montana is doing so well, I say it’s because we’re running government like a ranch. [end snip
That’s not a beer – I know a beer when I see one. Happy 2nd day after Labor Day.
Oh what the heck – time for Da Yoopers, “Deer Camp:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6odjja0eO1Y
good thing i don’t drink lol
Better to see a beer with antlers than a pink elephant I suppose. hic
Maggie?
I’m Maggie…are you talking to ME?
Okay. That flipped my brain. Yes please, I’d like a dee–errr, bea—errr……
Oh crap–after my coffee I’ll just have a beer.
The Dutch word for “bear” is “beer”, so the joke is even more confusing if you speak Dutch (it took me a while to spot the antlers)
This is a wonderful op-ed about the Cordoba Initiative, written by its founder:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/opinion/08mosque.html?_r=1&hp
The hateful rhetoric of the Palin ilk need to read this. Sadly, if they do, I know they will find false fault with it and continue their ugly vitriol.
Reading through this wonderful opinion piece, it’s abundantly clear how much more intellectually and morally evolved the founder of the NYC Muslim Center is compared to Palin and Beck.
It was gratifying to read that people in other countries were impressed with PO’s and Mr. Bloomberg’s defense of the Center.
Great link. Thanks, OMG!
Yikes! Watch out, mama grizzlies!!! Brian + Bear + Beer = well, I’m not sure what, but I’m pretty sure it could handle a pitbull with or without li(m)pstick . heh heh heh…
SKIP ALERT!
Posted this in response to a comment on another thread this morning, but it really belongs here on the OT.
I’m preparing for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, (5771 already!…how time flies…), which begins at sunset tonight. I acknowledge the “Dove Ministry’s” Constitutional Free Speech rights to burn books, though I find their actions ill-advised, fear-mongering, and hateful.
I Exercise my Free Speech right to denounce and condemn the book burners also. Too. You betcha.
Here’s a place to start: http://www.theshalomcenter.org/
L’Shanah Tovah, a sweet new year.
Tikkun Olam Shalom. Rebuilding/Repairing the World in Peace.
L’Chaim! To Life!
thatcrowwoman
Copied this, because I would never get the spelling right and would offend fully half the world, and sending it right back to you with interest!
“L’Shanah Tovah, a sweet new year.
Tikkun Olam Shalom. Rebuilding/Repairing the World in Peace.
L’Chaim! To Life!”
Excellent link, thank you. Hearing that misinformed and thoughtless pastor immediately put me in mind of the book burnings in Germany. I also reading (but can’t remember the whole context) about book and art burning/destruction by the church in Michelangelo’s time.
I just don’t understand what has once again led some to be so intolerant and so uncharitable towards other human beings.
And mostly I don’t see how they miss that this exercise in free speech will accomplish nothing but has the potential to make things so much worse.
I’ll be praying for the pastor to find the compassion and love that is at the heart of the Christian beliefs he says he has.
May you and your family enjoy a peaceful and healthy New Year.
Hello all. I am doing OK. A little tired after that whirl wind of funeral arrangements. Honestly, it went to fast. I wanted everyone to slow down so I could listen and remember what people were saying about my Dad. I miss him a lot. Especially since I had gotten in the habit of seeing him or calling him every day. I am sitting in my yard with all these beautiful flowers that I planted while he was sick and thinking of him. Dad had a wonderful sense of humor and would be very disappointed in me if I stopped planting and annoying the neighbors. So, thatcrowwoman, I’ll take you up on your offer of flamingos. I’m thinking I could move them around the yard.
My mom stopped by yesterday (she and Dad were divorced) and sat for a while in my outdoor living room. She is also behind me with regards to the flowers. I have lots of support and I want to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. It really has helped.
Glad you’re OK. I haven’t had to deal with my folks passing, they are in their late 80′s so I suppose sometime soon I will have to. It’s part of life, painful no doubt. The one thing I can count on is that when I kick the bucket (inevitable) it will be meaningless to me. I don’t mean to sound sarcastic or flip, but there are some things that can’t be avoided. We are our past (life comes from experience), and as far as others contributed to what we are, they should be celebrated.
Have been thinking about you, and sending you peace. Good on the flowers!
Merrycricket …..wish i could see your gorgeous garden. yes. you have been thought about and warm sweet good wishes have been flying your way. you take it easy. O.K.?
I’m glad to hear that you are doing ok. My mom passed in 1996 and I still miss her.
Speaking of flamingos, we ended up with one of those plastic ones (a fund raiser thing) and decided to keep one of the three. It’s now in the backyard and once in a while we move it to a new location. My husband named it Fred.
Thinking of you and holding you in a virtual hug.
Try to think of each of those flowers as a smile from your dad and he’ll always be with you, making your life a happier and prettier place.
{{{{{merrycricket}}}}}
PM me over in the forums with your address and flamingos will be winging our way “posthaste.” (If you’re not on the forums, you can email AKM and she can give you my email addy.)
My flamingos tend to wander around the yard, also, too.
Some would call them tacky, but they crack me up every time I see them, and Grandma Shorty, of blessed memory, said, “If it makes you laugh out loud, it’s a blessing.” Hey, I’ll take all of ‘em…any of ‘em I find in front of me, eh?
take good care of yourself
(((merrycricket))) I’m glad to hear you are doing ok. Sending positive thoughts your way.
merrycricket glad to hear things are going better and you can enjoy your beautiful flowers while thinking of your dad..Your parents may have been divorced but I would bet there were good times she could tell you about.a Marriage is never all bad nor all good.
City Kid You do keep us on the straight and narrow thanks.
I know, I know, people who make up naughty limericks have a screw loose, but I couldn’t help my self.
There once was a lass from Wasilla
Whose IQ was less than a gorilla
She praised common sense
So Koch spared no expense
To hire this demented chinchilla
Crickets anyone? Last week’s poll showed the GOP leading dems by 10 points, this week’s has them tied. I have not seen this referenced in many MSM outlets. Gotta wonder why….
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_09/025567.php
Bob Cesca always seems to say things the way I wish I could:
“Nate Silver wrote earlier that the previous Gallup poll showing a 10-point lead for the Republicans on the generic ballot was probably an outlier. You know the one. 51-41.
And it looks like he was exactly right.
The new Gallup poll shows a dead-heat 46-46. Which of course is terrible news for the Democrats. Somehow.”
“Via Kevin Drum, the new Washington Post poll shows across-the-board preference for the Democrats over the Republicans on everything from the economy to personal values. On the “deserve to be re-elected” question, Republicans are less deserving of re-election than Democrats.
But more people said they’re going to vote for Republicans anyway.
As Drum notes, it’s the economy. And I agree, but I would add that it’s also stupidity.”
I just read an article by Robert Creamer in HuffPo that says that the Dems will lose some seats in November, but the dire predictions about Republican takeover are premature and likely not accurate. He lists several reasons why the Republicans won’t win as many elections as some people are anticipating. I’ve been convinced that they have alienated so many groups of voters (African-Americans, LGBT, Latinos, immigrants, Muslims, lower income, unemployed, etc) that they have to depend on middle-class and wealthy, white, Christians to put them in office. And THAT is a shrinking demographic!
Creamer also made a good point about the rise of the right wingnuts:
“Voters cast their ballots for people – not concepts. One of the big advantages for Democrats this cycle is that many Republican nominees are politically inexperienced radical extremists whose views — once voters learn them — are completely outside of the mainstream of American politics. ”
I, for one, feel much better after reading the article!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/time-for-the-pundits-to-t_b_708721.html
OK, mudpeeps, time for action! As many of you know, I’m vegan, so this doesn’t affect me personally. Transgenic (genetically modified) salmon are about to be approved for aquaculture (fish farming), and this is one of many links where you can express your disapproval of this:
http://action.foe.org/frankenfish
Thanks in advance for your participation. As we approach the New Year at sundown, I wish everyone on earth health and peace. Tikkun Olam Shalom is my daily prayer.
A blessed and peaceful New Year to you and yours…
L’Shanah Tovah, Zyxomma.
*passing you the apples and honey, and offering my best virtual round challah (with dark and golden raisins, and lots of eggs and butter, also, too) to everyone here, with wishes for a sweet new year*
chortle… can’t resist…sounds like someone is gonna be on a low cholestral diet in a few days !!
A sweet New Year to all of my Jewish mudpups.
Merrycricket I am still thinking of you.
Bubbles, I am holding you in my heart as well.
As for the pink flamingos, a long time ago I attended the Univ of Wisconsin in Madison for a year. On the first day of classes they covered the entire hill (that was the center of the campus) with thousands of plastic pink flamingos. I can still remember students studying, making out and doing various other legal (and some illegal) things amongst the flamingos. the student union took photos and had them made into postcards, T-shirts and posters that they sold. Proceeds went to the student union. Those flamingos were on balconies and in yards all over town the next day.
hahahaha caw Caw! CAW!!!
I was born at U Madison Hospital many moons ago…I’ll have to ask mama and daddy if they remember the great flamingo caper. Hadn’t heard that story before, but you never know what those badgers will get into!
I hope everyone in Alaska is painting huge “Worst Governor Ever” signs to welcome Palin and Beck. They are getting a lot of attention in the lower 48 so I would expect the nasty ole MSM will be there. It would be great to see the anti Palin/Beck people totally outnumber the loons. It would also be great to see some clever signs (wish I had a great suggestion but….) that counter Palin’s and Beck’s hijacking of the solemness of 9/11 for their personal gain.
Take a look at this post and be sure to read the few comments (and this is a conservative site!):
http://www.frumforum.com/palin-beck-to-mark-911-anniversary-in-alaska
It is simply despicable that these two should profit from 9/11. The tickets to attend this embarassment cost from $73.75 to $225. Since we haven’t heard anything about the profits being donated to some deserving charity (unlike the rally in DC where Beck shouted it from the rooftops), it is likely that the money will go to lining their pockets.
And they have the b@lls to claim to be the driving force behind the effort to ‘restore honor’???
Take a look at this post about the Palin/Beck 9/11 exploitation:
http://firedoglake.com/2010/09/08/sarah-palin-and-glenn-beck-exploit-911-for-profit/
You mean signs about Peck & Bailin’?
I’ll be there with my sign:
“$75-$225 Stupidity Tax”
Another Republican governor begs for Stimulus cash after stomping his feet and crying that the bill was reckless:
http://www.frumforum.com/mr-pawlenty-goes-to-washington-for-medicaid-cash
While running errands yesterday I saw a sign on a business that was going out of business. It said “so much for the Obama stimulus”. Being that it is a very red state I’m sure that they will get more business because of the sign. Remember here Republicans can do no wrong. Today it was posted about the business on one of the local blogs. Most of the comments are great, saying that the owners need to accept responsibility for their failing business and stop using excuses.
Michael Joseph Gross Responds to Criticism of His Article on Sarah Palin.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/09/michael-joseph-gross-responds-to-criticism-of-his-article-on-sarah-palin.html
Basically, Gina Louden’s memories of that event were stretched!!!
Stretched like say a Spanx girdle?
Indeed!
Wow, Miller et al think that unemployment insurance is sinister and think that spending money on the country’s infrastructure is wasteful but…spending money on the rich is just dandy. I kind of think that Donald Trump might be able to keep his lavish lifestyle while paying a pittance more in taxes don’t you?
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/08/gop-bush-50/
I love this ad against Michelle Bachmann:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/09/dem-tarryl-clark-ad-real-jims-support-her-not-bachmann-video.php#more
Thanks for responding to my comment. No one on this site is talking about it and I find that very odd, to say the least.
Ok, I agree that Gross did not characterize AKM and Shannyn correctly….they are certainly not SP obsessed….and I love in particular AKM’s take on Alaskan politics.
However, I thought the article was good. Haven’t we waited for something like this? Without knowing the ins and outs, what are we to think?
I am thinking long and hard before pressing the submit button, but I am going to press it.
I must admit that I’m a bit Palin obsessed, mainly because I see the danger in her followers. If no one would listen to her I wouldn’t give her a passing thought. But these are difficult times and her form of demagoguery is dangerous.
I thought the article was good too. My only criticism is in some of the minor, almost nit picky things. While I understand that the author needed to paint a total picture of a woman who is disingenuous, I don’t care if she is a good tipper or not. I do, however, care if she treats people with respect. Plus I don’t care that she prefers Spanz girdles but I do care that she had someone else foot the bill for her under garments.
I also would have liked to have more in the way of her lies exposed, the big lies that truly expose her character. For instance, while the Bridge to Nowhere always rears its head (just like Putin), little is said about the money that actually made it into the State’s coffers.
The author has also come out swinging against his critics which, in my humble opinion, strengthens his claims.
I agree, and I think the PACs are worthy of further investigation.
{{{{{Irishgirl}}}}}
Press submit everwhen you want to!
DH Happy asked this afternoon, “$owah wears girdles?!! What are these Spanx of which you speak?”
Learn something new every day, eh?
Don’t understand why it wasn’t really discussed here either, and am glad he wrote it, defends it and hope some people in AK start talking on the record. The population there is three times the population of this city, and the DA had a warrant on the City Council members and other City employees:
“Ventura County Star
Mayor’s home searched in expanding DA probe of Oxnard
By Scott Hadly
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
In the ever-widening probe into possible misuse of public money and contract irregularities in Oxnard, Ventura County District Attorney investigators served a search warrant last week at Mayor Tom Holden’s home, according to a registry of search warrants.”
“Ventura County Star
Oxnard probe turns to private companies
By Scott Hadly
Originally published 01:43 p.m., September 1, 2010
Updated 06:28 p.m., September 1, 2010
The probe into possible malfeasance by Oxnard city officials is now focused on the role of private contractors.
Earlier this week, investigators with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office served three search warrants on two businesses that have had high profile contracts with the city.”
“Oxnard probe widens with more searches, subpoenas
By Scott Hadly
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Along with searching the homes of three top Oxnard officials on Friday, District Attorney investigators also searched the homes of two former city employees on the same night, The Star has learned.
While teams of investigators served search warrants at the homes of City Manager Ed Sotelo, Assistant City Manager Karen Burnham and City Councilman Andres Herrera, a handful of investigators also looked through the homes of former public works director Ken Ortega and former public works employee Juan Moreno, according to a registry of search warrants issued by the Ventura County Superior Court.
Herrera said last week that investigators left a list seven pages long noting items taken from his house. It’s uncertain what was taken from the other homes.
In addition to the searches, several Oxnard city employees received subpoenas Monday to testify before the Grand Jury, according to City Councilman Dean Maulhardt”
What is wrong with the scaredy cat people in AK? Aside from a possible Wasilla Drug Cartel run by the same guys killing people in Mexico, I don’t get it.
The article isn’t much but the comments (for the most part) are golden:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/41903.html
Ruh-Roh: http://www.adn.com/2010/09/08/1444903/murkowski-will-soon-launch-write.html
This should be interesting…
“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people”
As said by Heinrich Heine.
For those who love Montana’s Democratic Governor Schweitzer ~~ THIS is a man who has worked within fiscal budgets and used COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS!!
snip] The state of Montana has balanced its checkbook five years in a row with no tax increases, no cuts to education or other essential services, and with $327 million in cold hard cash left in the bank. The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, FOX News, MSNBC and CNN (among others) have all taken notice, describing our work as a national example of fiscal discipline.
When people from out-of-state ask me why Montana is doing so well, I say it’s because we’re running government like a ranch. [end snip
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