Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of Arizona
The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, .. that state "active drug and human smuggling area" and travelers may encounter "armed criminals and smuggling vehicles traveling at high rates of speed.". August 31, 2010
Border? Who needs a border?
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson steer scholarships to relatives
Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democrat ) has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers' causes.The recipients were ineligible under anti-nepotism rules of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, which provided the money. ...
For the full story see: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082910dntexcongress.2c049bb.html
Government can use GPS to Monitor you without warrant
Government can use GPS to Monitor you without a warrant.
"1984 may have come a bit later than predicted, but it's here at last. ... Some day, soon, we may wake up and find we're living in Oceania." Chief Judge Kozinski (Reagan appointee), dissenting against this horrendous decision.
Senator Baucus admits to not reading bills he votes on
“I don’t think you want me to waste my time to read every page of the health care bill. You know why? It’s statutory language. We hire experts.” Senator Max Baucus, Democrat, Montana, August 24, 2010
You are a disgrace to the title "Senator" and should be ashamed of yourself. Senator Baucus should resign.
Will McCain fool Arizona voters once again?
The headline AP "McCain, Tacking Right, Seeks Primary Victory" says all you need to know to understand Senator McCain. When you have no core values and no core principles, it is easy to "tack right." McCain is a duplicitous politician who is willing to change his views depending upon the direction of the wind in order to retain his power. The McCain voting record speaks for itself and it is foolish to think that "this time is different" and McCain won't turn into a RINO after the polls close today.
Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Obama wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don’t have to prove they are citizens.
"Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Obama wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don't have to prove they are citizens." ~ Ben Stein
Larry King’s replacement, Piers Morgan has Visa issues
British journalist and "America's Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan, who is widely thought to be King's replacement, is apparently having trouble obtaining a work visa. NYPost reports.
The easy solution for Piers Morgan:
1. Go to Mexico.
2. Cross the border
3. Work.
4. Claim anyone who asks for ID is "racist."
Problem solved.
North Carolina forensic lab ‘ignores, twists evidence’ according to
The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that at least in some cases that the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (NC SBI) lab has "ignored evidence" and "twist reports and court testimony when the trust threatened to undermine their cases." "At the bureau's crime lab, agents charged with using science to solve crimes have hidden test results or withheld notes that suggested the opposite of findings presented to the courts."
The police anywhere must be above reproach incidents like this impact individual defendants and the trust that police officers have to rely upon. The North Carolina SBI should be embarrassed and must take steps to immediately clean up the mess. Power corrupts. North Carolina SBI Officers that took part in this should be charged and in jail themselves. Behavior such as this is completely unacceptable. Read the full story.
In a somewhat related story, the science of DNA test statistics has come under scrutiny. In part, the article states:
"The DNA analyst who testified in Smith's trial said the chances of the DNA coming from someone other than Jackson were 1 in 95,000. But both the prosecution and the analyst's supervisor said the odds were more like 1 in 47. A later review of the evidence suggested that the chances of the second person's DNA coming from someone other than Jackson were closer to 1 in 13, while a different statistical method said the chance of seeing this evidence if the DNA came from Jackson is only twice that of the chance of seeing it if it came from someone else."
Racist Senator Harry Reid’s “tone darker” racist comments
"We are a nation of immigrants. So because the wave of immigrants we have now -- their skin's a tone darker than ours -- doesn't make it any different." Harry Reid, August 11, 2010
Not a single, solitary, new idea – Obama. The Best Idea is an old one, Freedom.
"They have not come up with a single, solitary, new idea to address the challenges of the American people." President Barack Obama, August 3, 2010
New ideas? Freedom is an old idea and it works. When the government gets too involved - as it has been for years - you end up with repeated crises like this. The best idea is an old one, FREEDOM.