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Monday, June 7, 2010

The Best Politicians Money Can Buy.

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=82942&catid=2
Are Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner trying to buy the election?

Of course they are trying to buy the election. In the grand tradition of corrupt politics, all politicians are used to buying their political office. Just ask former governor Rod Blagojevich about buying and selling political offices.

"Voters are electing people to represent themselves," he (Dave Levinthal with the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington D.C.) said. "Therefore, these candidates, no matter how much money they have, no matter how many movies they've made, still report to the people of California."

What a great sound bite. Spoken like a true politician. With not a word of truth in the whole statement.

A more honest statement would read that "fat cat politicians, with their million dollar slush funds, with their full pensions after one term in office, in their chauffeur driven cars report to the people of California, but they answer to the special interest groups that fund their campaigns". Is it possible that Meg Whitman or Steve Poizner will answer to the people? Sure it is. It is also possible that the sun won't rise in the east and that Barack Hussein Obama will finally tell the truth. It is just not very likely.

Even if you are willing to suspend your ability to think, and accept that Meg Whitman or Steve Poizner if elected will do what is best for California, you are forgetting one not so minor problem. All the rest of the politicians in Sacramento that are unwilling to balance the budget. Their time is better spent prohibiting teenage girls from getting nipple rings, deciding the price and kind of grocery bags available to shoppers (paper or plastic) or declaring war on Arizona.

Lest you think I am coming down too hard on California politicians, let me remind you of the Health Care Deform Bill recently passed in Washington District of Criminals (D.C.). When congress first tried to pass the bill, they had to bribe some of the politicians to vote for it. When the politicians realized that the senate would NOT pass the congressional bill, congress tried to pass the bill by pretending it had already passed and they were simply amending the bill. When that didn't work, and congress finally decided to accept the senat version of the Health Care Deform bill, the congressmen were assured that as a matter of public policy they could find out what the bill does by voting for the bill. Does this seem like politicians who are answering to their constituents? If so, why were so many democrats rushing to announce their retirement after the bill passed?

Saturday, June 5, 2010

California Lawmaker Paid To Skip Work.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bass-20100605,0,4785236,print.story
California lawmaker skips Capitol meetings but collects tax-free per diem payments
Since Karen Bass announced her bid for Congress in February, the former speaker of the state Assembly has been missing from the chamber she once led more than she has been there. Bass nonetheless continued to collect the tax-free per diem payments that lawmakers are given to cover expenses associated with attending legislative sessions.

What is wrong with this picture?

Nothing. Politicians as a general rule never do any useful work when in office. So not showing up for work and getting paid anyway is hardly out of line for a politician. And considering how corrupt and incompetent most politicians are, it is a good thing that they rarely show up for work, or the state of California would have gone bankrupt much sooner than it will.
On March 3, Bass stood on the steps of City Hall with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to announce his endorsement. Two weeks earlier, she was joined by a trio of City Council members — Eric Garcetti, Paul Krekorian and Tom LaBonge — to announce their backing.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is probably the perfect politician to endorse state Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has almost a perfect record of avoiding work. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is famous worldwide for being almost as unethical, corrupt, incompetent as any Mexican National or Chicago politician. So if Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is endorsing state Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, then I suspect we all know what kind of job she has been doing and will be doing if reelected.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Obama Proves That Corruption And Politics Do Mix.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-blagojevich-trial-politics-20100602,0,4829097,print.story
Blagojevich trial will spotlight worst elements of state's political culture

Even so, Barack Hussein Obama, as the criminal-in-chief of the United States, is putting a national and international spotlight on the worst elements of Illinois' political culture of corruption.

Barack Hussein Obama helped pass a stimulus bill that didn't stimulate the economy. Barack Hussein Obama helped pass a health care bill that is unhealthy for the citizens and the economy. When Barack Hussein Obama is not bowing down to foreign dictators, he is defending Muslim terrorists who are killing Americans. The trial of former Governor Rod Blagojevich will seem mild in comparison to what we are already seeing.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

When Is A Hit And Run Accident Not A Crime? When It Is Committed By A Cop!

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x841517670/Hit-and-run-officer-may-faces-more-charges
Hit-and-run officer may face more charges
(State's Attorney Kevin) Lyons recently spoke with the park district's police chief, Sylvester Bush, and said Reed's punishment was "insignificant enough to prompt a greater interest by me in considering additional charges. To avoid this, we have encouraged the chief to revisit his 'discipline,' if any, so far imposed."

What is wrong with hitting a vehicle with your vehicle (hit and run accident)? What is wrong with fleeing the scene (hit and run accident)? What is wrong with with lying to authorities about it afterwards? Evidently, if you work for Peoria Park District there is nothing wrong with this.

What is surprising about this case is NOT that local authorities refused to punish a government employee for committing a criminal act that non-government employees are not allowed to get away with. What is surprising about this case is that the state finds this such an appalling miscarriage of justice that it is stepping in to try to get some justice for the people of Illinois. Evidently, justice for the people of Illinois is something that Peoria Park District law enforcement agency evidently doesn't seem interested in.

I guess the moral of the story is, that if you want to commit a crime and get away with it, you need to be a government employee.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

100% Of Politicians Refuse To Act Responsibly Or Listen To The Voice Of The People.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0520-pot-poll-20100520,0,459933,print.story
49% of California voters back legalizing pot, poll finds
The poll, which surveyed 1,168 likely voters, found that 49% think marijuana use should be made legal, 48% do not and 3% do not know, suggesting that the proponents of the legalization measure will have to wage an expensive and persuasive campaign.

As Barack Hussein Obama and the rest of the democrats and democrat wannabes have shown, it doesn't matter how many people in the United States are for or against any issue, the politicians will always act contrary to the will and the best interests of the people.
"All the polls continue to show that voters remain interested in replacing a failed policy with a more honest, commonsense solution," said Dan Newman, a campaign spokesman.

And all the politicians have continued to show their contempt for the public by promoting and passing dishonest and nonsensical solutions to real and imagined problems.

The original marijuana laws were created based on the same kind of junk science that is in use today by the "Global Warming" junk scientists. By junk science, I mean outright deception and fraud. Today, any reputable (honest) scientist who has studied marijuana knows that occasional marijuana use is less harmful to the individual and society than occasional use of alcohol or tobacco (both of which are legal).

Back in the 1930s when the racist media and the racist politicians passed their insane anti-marijuana laws, very few people smoked marijuana. And of the few that did smoke marijuana, most were minorities. After passage of the anti-marijuana laws, a whole new law enforcement agency, complete with weapons and contempt for the citizens started operation.

Before the anti-marijuana laws, the United States had the smallest number of criminals, the smallest number of prisons and the smallest number of armed thugs watching their citizens of any country on the planet. After the passage and enforcement of the anti-marijuana laws, the United States boasts the largest number of criminals, the largest number of prisons, and the largest number of armed thugs who are above the law and able to destroy citizens lives as well as create contempt for the corrupt government that enforces an irrational law. In fact, with the current budget problems, the government has has chosen to release violent criminals rather than release non-violent marijuana smokers.

Before the anti-marijuana laws, marijuana was grown by small numbers of individual growers or by the individuals who smoked. After passage of the anti-marijuana laws, entire countries (Mexico, Columbia, ...) have devoted their whole economy to growing marijuana. In fact, if you look at the Forbes 500 wealthiest men, you will now find drug lords on that list.

So you don't need to be worried that the government will start taking a rational approach to the drug problem (or any other problem). You can rest assured that the government will continue to create any crisis that it can in their eternal quest to grab more power and to increase the size of government and to oppress the people that they claim to represent.

The L.A. D.W.P. Promised To NOT Investigate Employees, And To Only Punish Employees That The Public Catches.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15118198
Los Angeles utility workers being fired for boozing on job
Beutner says the misconduct investigation continues against other employees shown on the CBS2 videotape.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has promised to punish any employee that anybody videotapes acting in an unprofessional or criminal fashion. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power explained that they will NOT be conducting any investigation of their own because their contract with the union prohibits them from doing so. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, in cooperation with the employees union is basically relying on the federal government policy of "don't ask, don't tell". And like all government policies, it makes no sense, and has no chance of success.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Pension Manager Charged With Planning Retirement.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050606383.html
California charges former pension officials with fraud
California's attorney general is suing two former officials from Calpers, the nation's largest public pension fund, alleging that they took kickbacks in exchange for a piece of the fund's lucrative investment portfolio.

Why is the State of California upset that the managers of a public pension fund were working towards their retirement plan?

These two men were simply doing what they were paid to do. Planning their retirement. Of course they were not as careful as most politicians are in concealing their criminal activity when acting against the best interest of the people they were supposed to be serving. But isn't that what all politicians do? Accept bribes and payoffs to do the work of special interest groups against the interest of the voters who elected them. So they are being unfairly penalized for doing what comes naturally to the political crowd they work for.

But there is no need to worry. I am sure there are plenty of convicted white collar criminals in prison and unconvicted criminals in politics who could easily put forth the same amount of care and due diligence as this dynamic duo did. So their jobs and bribes are not in any danger.

In fact, I am looking forward to this level of care and concern from the Health Care Deform fraud that the fraud-in-chief has perpetrated on the American public.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

A Bribe A Day Keeps The Bankruptcy Creditors Away.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bear-stearns-nothing-we-could-do-to-stop-failure-2010-05-05
Bear Stearns: Nothing we could do to stop failure

Actually there was plenty that Bear Stearns could have done to prevent their financial collapse.

Bear Stearns could have done what most businesses do that can't afford to bribe politicians. Bear Stearns could have run their business as if they cared about the business. Bear Stearns could have run their business as if they cared about the people that relied on them for financial help. Bear Stearns could have acted in an honest and honorable fashion. But no other Wall Street Wizards were acting in that fashion, so Bear Stearns knew they didn't need to. Unfortunately for Bear Stearns, they didn't contribute to Barack Hussein Obama's election campaign (which all the other big players did), and thus they were NOT ranked as too big to fail, but as to small to care about.

The moral to this story is that you can NEVER forget to bribe the politicians who demand money from you.

What Has The European Union Learned From Obama?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/business/06markets.html?src=mv
Euro Continues to Slip Along With Stock Indexes
The euro fell again Wednesday along with indexes in Europe and Asia as German policy makers pushed Parliament for quick passage of the Greek bailout, warning that failure to do so could set off a “chain reaction” of debt crises around the Continent.

Sound familiar? It should. This is the same rhetoric that Barack Hussein Obama and his minions and henchmen used to get the bailout / stimulus (welfare for the wealthy) package passed.

Now, after millions of lost businesses, lost jobs, and losing home ownership Barack Hussein Obama is busy running his Brainwash America Tour where he tries to explain how much worse the economy would be if the federal government hadn't paid back the contributors to his election campaign.

What Has The European Union Learned From Obama?

The European Union has learned that you can lie about what a piece of legislation actually does and still get it passed. The European Union has learned that you can stampede politicians into voting for a piece legislation that does the opposite of what the supporters claim it will do. The European Union has learned that after you pass the criminally fraudulent legislation that does the opposite of what the supporters claim it will do, you will not be punished for your criminal actions in getting your bill passed. The European Union has learned that once passed, nobody will try to repeal your fraudulent legislation. The European Union has learned that no matter how bad the economy is, you can always make it worse, and you will not suffer any consequences for doing it. The European Union has learned that Chicago style corrupt politics can work on the national level.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned. The S.E.C. Yanked While The Economy Tanked.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/04/did-porn-cause-the-financial-crisis/39414/
Did Porn Cause the Financial Crisis?
The above headline might seem like a joke. It isn't. Senior staffers at the Securities and Exchange Commission were surfing Internet pornography when they should have been policing the financial system. A deeply disturbing SEC memo to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) exposing this problem was reported Thursday night by ABC News.

Is this what they mean when they say the government is "hard at work"? The S.E.C. is "exposing" their newest problem? Did the S.E.C. work "hand in glove" with the businesses they were supposed to oversee? Is the S.E.C. going to wash their hands of this problem?

When they make a movie of this, the federal government and the S.E.C. may think of this as their finest hour, but the movie industry is more likely to think of this as "Romancing The Hand".

Congress is investigating Goldman Sachs to determine how the economic meltdown happened. Don't expect to see congress investigating the S.E.C. to find out why the S.E.C. who was overseeing Goldman Sachs for years let them get away with causing the economic meltdown.

It is too bad that federal government employees are not responsible for their actions. I would think that getting paid $200,000 or more per year should get at least a barely competent employee. But these are government employees, so barely competent is best we can ever expect. And of course, none of these people will ever be punished for gross negligence or held responsible for what they did.

But any regulator who can be bribed with a subscription to an Internet porn site should be willing to work for the federal government for a heck of a lot less money than they are currently being paid.

If this is how the federal government oversees the economy, I think we know what to expect when the federal government oversees the health care industry.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Government Caught Lying. Promises To Create More Believable Lie Better In The Future.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/us-government-finally-admits-most-piracy-estimates-are-bogus.ars
US government finally admits most piracy estimates are bogus
In a new report out yesterday, the government's own internal watchdog took a close look at "efforts to quantify the economic effects of counterfeit and pirated goods." After examining all the data and consulting with numerous experts inside and outside of government, the Government Accountability Office concluded (PDF) that it is "difficult, if not impossible, to quantify the economy-wide impacts."

Gee. This is surprising. The government is once again caught lying to the public to defend the special interest groups that bribed the government to pass laws for the special interest groups.

Back in 1986, the rapacious movie and music industry decided that they needed more stringent laws to protect their excessive profits. They figured out that the best way to insure continued excessive profits, is to bribe senators and congressmen to pass legislation to protect their business model.

Since at that time, there was no problem with piracy, and no proof that a problem existed, the movie and music industry did what any good government agency would do. The movie and music industry lied. But the movie and music industry did a very bad job of lying. The movie and music industry didn't even bother making up phony studies. The movie and music industry just flat out lied about the consequences of piracy on the music and movie business. Maybe next time they should use the "Global Warming" scientists who also lie outrageously, but at least take the time to create phony reports that purport to show that research was actually done.

The government didn't care about the lies, because the only thing the government cares about is getting another excuse to increase the size of government. So the government spread these lies among the agencies that needed more ammunition for size increases.

Unfortunately, some misguided politicians who didn't realize how corrupt the government is, managed to get passed the "Freedom of Information Act". When private citizens questioned the piracy loss numbers, they kept requesting more and more information until the private citizens traced the fraudulent numbers back to their source. Which was made up numbers with no relationship to reality.

So all the government can do at this time is apologize for getting caught, and promise to lie more skillfully in the future.

Monday, April 19, 2010

What Is The Best Profession For Pedophiles?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/us/19abuse.html
Pediatrician Charged With Rape Was Once Cleared by Hospital
Officials at a hospital here say that they investigated a 1996 complaint against a pediatrician now charged with sexually abusing more than 100 patients, but that the doctor was cleared of any wrongdoing.

What is the best profession for a pedophile? Priest? Doctor?

In 1996, the Beebe Medical Center investigated a doctor accused of inappropriate behavior with patients. As with most internal investigations, the doctor was cleared of all wrong doing. Unfortunately for the doctor, the Beebe Medical Center was unable to prevent the local law enforcement agency investigating more complaints. And the local law enforcement agency is now prosecuting the doctor for more than 100 sexual attacks on children.

When the church finds out about a priest who rapes children, the church covers up the problem by moving the priest to another church. No matter how many times the priest is caught. There is always another church the priest can be moved to. And if the local law enforcement agencies start investigating, the church can always move the priest to another country where the priest can continue molesting children.

So, if you are a pedophile looking for a career that provides you with the most opportunity of meeting and raping children (and getting away without being punished), then becoming a priest is the only reasonable choice.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Government Celebrates Increasing Joblessness.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1613414720100416
Some U.S. states find recovery hope in jobs data

Don't you just love the way the government lies to the public?

The government calculates the unemployment rate by the people who file for unemployment benefits. If you used to work as a highly paid skilled worker and you are now working as a fast food restaurant cook or cashier (even though you can't support yourself), you are no longer counted as unemployed. If you have given up hope and no longer look for work you are dropped from unemployment benefits and no longer counted as unemployed. If you are unemployed for too long and your benefits run out, the government no longer counts you as unemployed.

Thus the longer this great depression lasts, the more the unemployment rate drops. This gives the government the excuse it needs to claim that the economy is improving because the unemployment rate is dropping.

While on paper and in government statistics factories this may look good, I don't think this is the solution to unemployment that the average slave citizen of this country was hoping for.

World's Shortest Bicycle Lane.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7547129/Council-condemned-over-Britains-shortest-cycle-lane.html
Council condemned over 'Britain's shortest cycle lane'
A council has been condemned for wasting taxpayers’ money after it built a cycle lane just 8ft long.

Building a bicycle lane that is 8 feet long is the governments way of sending a clear message that all slaves citizens can understand.

- We are the government, and we will waste your money on any frivolous project we want to.

- There is no project so stupid that it will not get government approval.

- There is no shortage of funds for government boondoggles. That is what the slaves citizen taxpayers are for.

- There is no project the government will work on that will benefit the slaves citizens in any way, shape or form.

- There is no project so small that the government can't overspend to complete it.

- There is no project so small that can't be used to bribe special interest groups.

Proof positive that in order to work for the government and green light expensive, wasteful spending projects like this that have absolutely no useful function other that to waste money and bring ridicule down on government workers, you must be brain dead. No offense intended to zombies and others incapable of displaying brain activity.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Left Wing Takeover Of Country Is Inciting Right Wing Reaction.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/16/clinton-warns-tea-party-anger-incite-right-wing-extremism/
Bill Clinton Warns Tea Party Anger Could Incite Right-Wing Extremism
As usual, the left wing extremists must mis-characterize what is happening around them.

This news article quotes Bill Clinton (who seemed to think that the White House was his private hunting preserve for sex with subordinates) talking about something other than sex. So right off my B.S. detector is screaming at me to ignore everything he says. Right now, the only thing I might think that Bill Clinton is an expert on, and is capable of talking about, is as a spokesman for any porn actress or Tiger Woods.

The Bill Clinton starts off talking about the anger of the Tea Party movement without putting it into context. The justified anger of the Tea Party movement, is against the criminal take over the of United States by left wing extremists who hate American and are doing everything they can to subvert the constitution and the bill of rights. For those of you of you that think I am exaggerating, you might want to try reading a history book. This country was founded by people fleeing Europe and England that didn't want to be told how to pray who to pray to. The American revolution was caused because the government (England) felt that the rights of the government was more important than the rights of the people. If you think you have any rights, other than to pay higher taxes, you are sadly mistaken.

Like any good left wing extremist, Bill Clinton has no facts to back up his position, so he uses unfounded accusations to bolster his position. The Oaklahoma bomber has as much in common with the Tea Party movement, as the average burglar or robber does with Barack Hussein Obama's goal to redistribute the wealth from those that have it to those that don't.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

The California Senate Wants College Students To Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/12/AR2010041203411.html
Calif. bill requires home carbon monoxide monitors
Monitors that detect the odorless, lethal gas already are required in new homes. The bill would extend the requirement to all houses, apartments and condominiums meeting the requirement but would exempt college dorms at state colleges and universities.

The California Senate decided that as part of any advanced education, students should be afforded the opportunity to die of carbon monoxide poisoning. After all, college and university students don't pay taxes. College and university students are a drain on society because of their wasteful spending habits and reckless borrowing. With the State of California having the highest unemployment rate in the country, even if the college and university students could graduate, they wouldn't be able to get job to repay their student loans, so they would only end up on welfare. So it is no loss if the college and university students don't live to graduate.
Property owned or leased by the state, including California State University and community college campuses, the University of California or a local government agency would be exempt. Those college dorms are not part of the mandate because of the projected cost to the state for installing the monitors.

Funny, but the State of California seems to think that their inability to pay is a reasonable excuse to exempt them from a law that they want to enforce on a majority of the slaves citizens who are in equal or worse financial shape.

Then again, could it be simply that the State of California is not required to obey any laws that it makes for the slaves citizens?

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Let's Give All Politicians A Raise As We Watch California Sink In A Sea Of Debt.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-crane6-2010apr06,0,6247734.story
California's $500-billion pension time bomb
The staggering amount of unfunded debt stands to crowd out funding for many popular programs. Reform will take something sadly lacking in the Legislature: political courage.

The criminal political class has plenty of courage. They just hate to waste it on political reform. They are happier using it to defraud the public. Which is why the political class never met a raise they didn't like. Which is why our political class is now paid more than double what the same position in private business is paid. Which is why the political class does half the work the same position in private business does.
The state of California's real unfunded pension debt clocks in at more than $500 billion, nearly eight times greater than officially reported.

The State of California has been ripping off the public for more than a decade. How has the State of California been doing this? They have been knuckling under to the demands of the unions for higher wages and retirement benefits, without having to pay anything extra into the retirement plans. Like any good criminal enterprise, the State of California has been keeping two sets of books. One set of books they display to the slaves citizens which shows what a good job the State of California has been doing in spending the tax money and balancing the budget. The other set of books shows how the underhanded tactics and the unfunded debt incurred by the State of California are sinking the State in a sea of debt.
What can we do about this? For the promises already made, nothing. They are contractual, and because that $500 billion of debt must be paid, retirement costs will rise dramatically no matter what we do. But we can reduce the sizes of promises made to new employees and require full and truthful disclosure so that pension debt can never again be hidden.

Spoken like a true politician. Full of lies and misdirection. The political hacks all claim the problem can not be fixed. They continue to claim we need to raise taxes, and cut our spending and give political hacks and their beneficiaries a raise.

The political hacks, as usual, are 100% wrong. Instead of facing the problem like a gangster politician and claiming there is nothing that can be done to fix the problem, the gangsters politicians need to face the problem like a business. When a business faces bankruptcy, they don't demand every one in the vicinity to pay up or else? A business that can't meet it's costs closes down it's operations (including union contracts and pension benefits), and tells every one there is no more money and go elsewhere. You are out of luck.

Our current education system is the laughing stock of the world. When the State of California (which has the highest paid teachers in the country) determined that less than 50% of the students graduate with the ability to read and write, the State of California decided to stop giving exit exams that test the level of learning of graduates.

Our current criminal justice system is the laughing stock of the world. We don't have enough money to keep rapist and serial killers in prison. So we continue to pass more laws to jail jaywalkers and marijuana smokers and let the rapists and serial killers out of jail early without any oversight. And when the state provides oversight of rapists, they manage to ignore someone who raped and held a victim captive for almost 20 years.

So when I suggest that the State of California simply cancel all contracts, fire everyone, and close their doors, we will actually be no worse off than we are already. We would end up better off, because we could start over again, maybe with even less corruption than before.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Pope Cautioned Underage Boys To Stop Seducing Priests.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/7532643/Pope-will-not-be-intimidated-by-petty-gossip-over-sex-abuse-scandals.html
Pope will 'not be intimidated by petty gossip' over sex abuse scandals
Pope Benedict XVI began Holy Week on Sunday by suggesting in his Palm Sunday address that the Catholic Church would "not be intimidated" by the sex abuse scandals sweeping it.

The church has the right to fight for what it believes in against secular authority.

The church has the authority of God behind it. So if the church believes in protecting priests who are predators and pedophiles, than that must be God's will as well. So the parishioners and the public have no right to question God's will (or the churches). Keep in mind that when the church is protecting priests from secular law, it is not doing anything different than any other organization that polices its own members.

After all, the church does a lot of good work. So the rest of the people shouldn't be bothered by priests taking advantage of troubled people they are supposed to be helping. Just think of it as a small price to pay for the comfort and presence of God's representatives on earth.

The church should not allow the complaints from thousands of victims sway the church from doing what it knows is right.

Obama Hasn't Lost His Touch. He Still Picks Appointees Who Can't Stand Close Investigation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/us/politics/28tsa.html
Another T.S.A. Nominee Withdraws
The nominee, Maj. Gen. Robert A. Harding, a retired Army intelligence officer, pulled out of contention for director of the agency, the Transportation Security Administration, just two and a half weeks after Mr. Obama submitted his nomination. Mr. Obama’s first pick for the position also withdrew under fire this year, and the administration has not announced a third choice.

It must be tough to meet the exacting requirements to be a Barack Hussein Obama appointee.

You must on the surface look like you are qualified. But under the surface, you must have a past that won't stand up to scrutiny. Just like Barack Hussein Obama himself. But the main requirement to be a Barack Hussein Obama nominee, is the ability to believe that crime does pay, and that as a Barack Hussein Obama appointee you can get away with a shady past and a criminal future. If you meet these qualifications, then you too can be an accomplice to the machinations of Barack Hussein Obama.

Friday, March 26, 2010

D.W.P. Plans 37% Rate Hike To Cover Wage Increases, New Hires And Political Payoffs.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp-rates26-2010mar26,0,787576.story
DWP plans 37% rate hike over four years to cover cost increases
The L.A. utility's managers unveiled the plan as the council's Energy and Environment Committee debated the mayor's proposal to boost rates to pay for renewable energy.

Actually the city has NO plans for renewable energy.

The City of Los Angeles is facing bankruptcy for it's inefficient and corrupt way of doing business. But since the government can do no wrong, there is nothing to fix. So rather than reform the government to do a better job, the government is looking for ways to raise taxes. What better excuse is there to raise taxes then the fraud of "Global Warming". "Global Warming" is the perfect political scam. It is very easy to pretend to care that the global temperature is rising 1 degree over the next 100 years. No matter how outrageous the bribes and political payouts to benefactors the corrupt politicians make, they can always claim it is for the good of the planet. How can you argue with that? How can you disprove that?
Thursday's meeting took place an hour after former Vice President Al Gore appeared with Villaraigosa via satellite in support of the mayor's plan, which would help the mayor meet his goal of ensuring that the DWP secures at least 20% of its energy from renewable sources by Dec. 31.

In an effort to bankrupt the slaves citizens, the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa felt compelled to call on the aid of the Adolf Hitler of the Green Movement, former Vice President and current sleazeball Al Gore.

Al Gore speaking from his private mansion (which causes more "Global Warming" in a day than most homes do in a year) (evidently his personal jet was in the shop because it wasn't emitting enough pollutants), to tell the rest of us that we must reduce our carbon footprint so that he doesn't have to reduce his. And of course to tell us that government never wastes money, so that the daily tax increases which are destroying our economy are necessary to help the less fortunate than ourselves.
Villaraigosa has warned that the DWP would renege on a promise to have the utility send $73 million to the city's troubled general fund, which pays for basic services, if the first increase is not approved by March 31. That money is enough to pay for 1,000 jobs in a year when the city is pondering layoffs.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is having trouble keeping his story straight. As a self serving political parasite feeding on the life of the slaves citizens that is understandable. So when in one sentence Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa claims that the tax increase is for green projects, and in the next sentence Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says that the D.W.P. won't turn money over to the city to prevent bankruptcy, how can we possibly misunderstand his message.

His message, like all other politicians, is give me all you have, and I will spend it for you the way I think it should be spent.