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November 07, 2005
What
is a "person" In modern America? What
PFAW means by 'far right" Terance Jeffrey recently published the above commentary. While it is obviously about the Alito nomination, that is not why I am writing about it today. This little article very carefully summarizes the situation this nation has gotten itself into regarding who is "entitled" to be treated as a person - and how courts have decided that all humans are NOT persons, in the name of "privacy rights." It is a doctrine that should be branded as evil by ANY lover of liberty, no matter what their religious convictions may be: the situation should be condemned by conservatives, liberals, right, left, as well as libertarians: only the tyrant and totalitarian could stomach such a thing. (Read the rest here)
Decisions,
Decisions Last week, I made a decision. I based it on fact and logic. It was, in fact, the right decision. But as it turned out, it wasn't the best decision. I spent the entire week regretting what I'd done and working to reverse it. Fortunately, it was a decision the effects of which could be reversed. Oh, it wasn't easy (which might be a good thing since the harder I had to work, the deeper the lesson sunk in), but it got done in the end. I tell you this not to give the impression that I rarely make mistakes (even my own mother knows better than that), but rather to illustrate the fact that even decisions made for the right reasons and with the best motivations in the world still might not represent good choices. (Read the rest here)
Jim
Crow Days For Men Rosa Parks, hailed as the mother of the modern Civil Rights movement, passed away last week at the age of 92. In an interview, Ms. Parks explained why she had refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus: "The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became." Thanks to her courage, many of the Jim Crow laws that dated back to the 1890s were eventually overturned. And as Americans reflected on how Rosa Parks' actions 50 years ago helped to restore the rights of Blacks, another recent report revealed how the constitutional rights of another segment in our society are being systematically eroded. (Read the rest here)
There's
Something About Harry I'm too old to fully understand the Harry Potter phenomena. I'd have to take the Wayback Machine to being 11 years old again to wholly comprehend it. Still, there is a part of me that is 11, so in some degree I do understand the appeal of the novels. I did read the first one, and found there was some magic and wonder in it. Talking werecats slinking around at night, and a flying motorcycle ridden by a good-natured biker who couldn't quite make it as a wizard? Good stuff; in some ways great. Parts of the novel are a nearly perfect fantasy, especially the opening scenes. In other ways, though, there are a lot of problems with the book. And I do mean a lot. (Read the rest here)
Our
Greatest Criminals Are Never Charged With Their Greatest Crimes Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has now relieved, for the moment at least, the suspense about where his prosecutorial finger was going to point. At Fitzgerald’s request, a grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby on five counts: one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of making false statements to FBI investigators, and two counts of perjury. The offenses for which Libby has been indicted pertain to the Bush administration’s efforts to smear and retaliate against its critics, in this case by exposing that one such critic, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, was married to then-covert CIA agent Valerie Plame. No indictment was handed up against the president’s right-hand man Karl Rove, but Fitzgerald says that he will continue his investigation, so Rove and others remain at risk of indictment later, most likely for the same sorts of offenses. (Read the rest here)
Bush
Peddling It is disquieting sensing the backpedaling on the part of some political observers who formerly blamed the Bush administration totally for its horrific failures. It would seem that only a short time ago these very same observers understood the basic aura, as well as the specific responsibilities of command and leadership conveyed to George W. Bush, whom they formerly so vociferously vilified for his egregious failures. Some of these former critics are now entertaining the possibility of President Bush’s innocence. His shortcomings, a depredating foreign policy fostering the gratuitous Iraqi War, as well as his actions and practices generating a growing international animosity towards America, are now being relegated to either his complete innocence or his vulnerability in relying and trusting those around him, suggesting that they took full advantage of his unsophisticated world view to routinely fool him into consistently making all the wrong moves. Such thinking is wrongheaded considering the two aspects of executive leadership. (Read the rest here)
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commentary on the news for 31 OCT to 4 NOV 2005 The
Home Front "Malfeasance"
cited in Katrina flooding Oh, the corruption rises to the surface and floats upon the waters - and smells worse than the sewage. This certainly seems more likely than claims that the things hadn't been designed properly. Ever driven on a Louisiana highway? Mama's Note: Don't need to drive in Louisiana. All you have to do is look at the average town in California ( probably most other states) and see how often roads must be repaired or replaced simply because no adequate drainage has been engineered (or built) so the road would drain instead of being washed away. Just remember that the frequent repair and replacement means job security for a lot of people, so it's no wonder they don't do anything to prevent it. They have full economic incentive to be inefficient and wasteful, and none to do the job right. All the people with their trust in government to "fix" things should take a long, hard look at this. (Read the rest here) (Two full pages!)
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