Obama - on track

President Obama returned recently from a very successful trip to Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Germany and France. Good job! We're at a new beginning with the Muslim world; we're insisting on reasonable accomodations from Israel and Palestine, no more settlements, two state solution, recognition of each other, no violence. Respects were paid at Normandy; well said, well done. A good solid nominee for the Supreme Court, and the beginning of a bi-partisan dialogue on health care reform. Well done, Mr. President, well done.

Tazer in Texas

Travis County, Texas, home to Austin (the state capitol). 3rd Precinct. Deputy Christopher Beize, an instructor, zaps a 73 year old woman. She was unhappy about being stopped for speeding (too bad), but she really got angry when Cowboy Beize bumps her toward the curb after he about ripped her out of her car. It's all on the video. She won't sign the ticket agreeing to show up for the court hearing. He threatens to zap her, and finally, he does.
Wouldn't you love to be her lawyer? This is a slam dunk!! Duputy dawg Beize is in deep dog do do over this one. And he's supposed to be the instructor ? If I were Travis County commissioner, I'd bench this boy, fast. I hope their insurance is paid up because they are going to lose this one for a big settlement. Who tazers a 73 year old great grandma? And Sgt Major Gary Griffin leaps to the defense: It was justified for this reason and that reason. My dear Sgt. Major Griffin, there is NO WAY you can justify zapping an old lady like that.

Tazers are a good idea gone bad. The cops just keep zapping the wrong people for the wrong reason. Travis County is so lucky grandma didn't have a heart attack or some other malady besides just being brutalized and traumatized by the local cowboy deputy dawg types. What idiots!!!!

God's Gift to Democrats: Cheney

How many votes do the Democrats add to their rosters every time Cheney opens his mouth? He's just absolutely the greatest gift the Democratic Party could ask for! Yes, he's insane; yes he gets out there and opens his big mouth and only confirms what we already know about him and the Bush administration: they were and are all nuts !!! 9/11 happened on their watch. They got us into two wars and have executed more of our loyal servicemen and women than anyone in history, let alone all the innocent civilians. They never did catch Bin Laden. Then they went to work on the economy and took it from a surplus to a depression! What genius! Count up the votes!

Supreme injustice

The Supreme Court got it wrong in denying the suit against Rumsfeld and the other guy for illegal arrest, restraint and torture. We are not people who torture. That's not who we are. Those responsible for illegal torture should be prosecuted. That includes Rumsfeld and the whole Bush administration. It needs to start with those at the top.

It's Always Something - Gilda Radner

Netanyaho says the Palestinians must accept Israel. He's right. If there is ever to be peace; if there is ever to be a Palestine state then they must accept Israel. I heard on NPR that a California professor (who happens to be Jewish) was taken to task for including in his class the thought (someone else's thought) that Israel is to Gaza as Nazi Germany was to the Polish ghetto. He further suggested that claims of antisemitism leveled at those who question Israel's motives and movements, those who have the audacity to question anything Israel does, is a poor attempt to stifle legitimate debate. I don't know. The question is there.

Neither side has ever sought a real peace. There is always a rocket or a bull-dozed house or an invasion. There is always violence from both sides. Leaders on both sides use peace as a political football.

Gilda was right: "It's always something."

Let's Face It

At Notre Dame, Obama got it right. He acknowledges that the two sides of the abortion issue will never be compatable.. but he encourages us to deal with it. Let's face it, he says, rather than simply ignore it. He's right.

No one is in favor of abortion. Those pro-choice folks out there are not in favor of abortion, they are in favor of the right to an abortion. Obama says lets reduce the number of undesirable pregnancies. One way to accomplish that is to encourage more education about contraception. The Roman Catholic church opposes contraception. They are wrong to do so and we should face that too. The Roman Catholic church does not run this country. Abstinace education doesn't work. Bush proved that. We need to give our young folks the information they need and the contraceptives they need to stop unwanted pregnancies.

Stem cell research is a good thing. Stem cell research using embryos is a good thing too. There are many frozen embryos that will be distroyed. It is right and proper and good for science to use them for stem cell research.

Case closed

Guns DO kill people

I heard that McCain in a speech said that the US need to curtail gun sales in the US to help stem the flow of guns into Mexico. McCain referred to the second amendment "right" to own guns. There is no such right. The right is extended to the states for their militia, national guard troops. There is no individual right and the supreme court has never ruled that there is.

Truth is, all hand guns and all assault weapons should be banned and confiscated. There is no need for them. All gun permits should be immediately revoked. The NRA is a terroist organization and should be disbanded. There.. that takes care of that.