it’s usually a good indication that these minor trifles will be done (or paid for) by someone other than the writer
When I hear words and phrases like "simple", "trivial" and "a small matter of" it's usually a good indication that these minor trifles will be done (or paid for) by someone other than the writer.
-- Henry Ford
Thedirt.com $11 Million Judgement for Libel and Slander Against Cincinnati Bengals Cheerleader Sarah Jones
An interesting story came to light last week. A website was ordered to pay $11 million for libel and slander in a default judgement. Based on court filings, in December 2009, TheDirtY.com (or its users, reports are unclear) posted that Sarah Jones and Bengal’s kicker Shayne Graham were having an affair and that Jones might have contracted "two venereal diseases." The original complaint is here (pdf). Links to the original documents are here.
Jones was informed of the post by Graham and filed suit in December 2009 and a
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?
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.
A standing military force with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.
A standing military force with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. James Madison
The Ruling Class versus the rest of us
A very interesting article if you are interested in reading about the goals of the politicians in Washington:
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the
Police deny photographer right to take pictures in public in Romford, UK
For the details, please see here, first they take your guns, then they take your rights.. When you cede control of your life to the socialist, fascist, power-hungry politicians, they want to control every part of your life, all for a good cause of course.
No one will know until this is actually in place how it works. Christopher Dodd on the Financial Overhaul bill
"No one will know until this is actually in place how it works. But we believe we've done something that has been needed for a long time." Democrat Senator Christopher Dodd on the Financial Overhaul bill, June 25, 2010
Let's get this straight. It is "a great moment," he is "proud to have been here," he's "done something that has been needed for a long time," BUT NO ONE WILL KNOW HOW IT WORKS UNTIL IT IS IN PLACE.
What were the voters of Connecticut thinking when the elected and re-elected a clown like Senator Dodd?
Did anyone actually READ THE BILL? After "20 messy, mind-numbing exhaustive hours" it certainly seems unlikely.
This from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, tax cheat, Christopher Dodd, mortgage fraudster, and Barney Frank, tax cheat. So, we're letting people who cheated on their taxes regulate the rest of us. No wonder things are bad.
Crist – a dishonest, unprincipled, power-hungry, lying, opportunist of a politician.
Crist complains it is "lonely" on the campaign trail and that his "friends" didn't support his change of party. A betraying politician and doesn't understand why. Crist's problems are multi-fold:
1. He lied to voters and his "friends" in the Republican party repeatedly in 2010. When it didn't look like he had a chance of winning, he broke his repeated promises. Now he doesn't understand why any one with an ounce of honesty and character wants anything to do with him? Well, that just adds STUPIDITY to Crist's flaws.
2. Crist ran on a party with principles based on freedom and then betrayed that. It shows Crist has one principle: POWER FOR HIMSELF. If he thinks that party is "too far right" it means that he is willing to sell out some of your freedom to gain power for himself instead of defending liberty. Who wants a politician who is more concerned with his own power than your freedom?
3. "Lonely"? Come on, be a man Charlie. Stop crying about the consequences of the choices you made. We elected someone who complains about being "lonely" on the campaign trail? Come on, how old is Charlie Crist? Four? Five?
4. Crist didn't leave because of principles, he left because he couldn't win. Hearing Crist talk about principles is like hearing Mao talk about his fondness for liberty. Why would ANYONE vote for someone who has NO PRINCIPLES? You will have no idea who you are voting for, except someone who will do what is best, best for himself that is.
Sorry, Charlie, Florida wants politicians who are (a) honest, (b) keep their word, and (c) are willing to fight for freedom, not power. Crist is none of those: he is an dishonest, unprincipled, power-hungry, lying, opportunist of a politician. And since he doesn't understand why he is unpopular after lying repeatedly to the citizens and voters of Florida, he must be stupid too.
A No Win Situation for Isreal
The point of the blockade crashers was exactly this - a no win situation for Israel.
1. If Israel keeps them offshore, the press is bad because the "peace activists" (who video shows had stun grenades and other weapons and used them to attack) will be described by the press as just want to help the terrorist organization who has as its charter the destruction of Israel.
2. Let them in, weapons get to the terrorists and the terrorists are emboldened.
3. Try to board and be attacked (update: see video below) and see how it escalates.
No matter what, Israel lost - which was the point of the challenges to the blockade - and the world press will only look superficially at the situation and buy the BS that is being sold them without looking at the reasons and ramifications. And even if 99% of the idiots on the boats were innocent they were being used by the 1%. Nukes and other WMDs surround Israel and Israel is supposed to let the terrorist supporters in or get closer?
The world will eventually pay for lack of stability and vision. Neville Chamberlain should have taught us the folly of appeasement.