It's Safe To Kill Anyone If You're A Cop

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The number of innocent people killed by cops continues to climb every year. Yet, it seems that fewer of them are being punished or even disciplined for it. An innocent, elderly grandmother is gunned down in her home while trying to defend herself from some gung-ho cops. Apologies? nah, no need for remorse. They were cops doing their jobs. Hey, they thought they were at the right house, so it's not their fault, right?

Today's story - some drunk guys coming home from a bachelor party at a strip club ram their car into an unmarked police minivan. Are the men ordered to exit their vehicle? Do any of the men inside the car pull out a weapon? Are there any shots fired at the police? NO. NO. and NO.

What does happen? Fifty rounds - yes, 50 rounds are fired, 21 hitting the car, killing the groom and injuring 2 others. Now, 2 children will grow up without their father's care, attention, and love. A woman will mourn the loss of her lover - soon to be husband - and become embittered toward the police. A community will further lose trust in the people sworn to protect them. Most likely, a police department will escape public scrutiny and accountability to the people that put food on the tables of the officers from that department. We need to bring an end to this abuse of power NOW. Personally, I would like to see demonstrations in the streets of every city across the United States calling for full accountability from law enforcement. No more blank checks to police departments who want to play Rambo. The sickness has to end, and we have to end it.

Funny Quotes in the News...

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Gotta love these quotes from today’s news…

My state’s senior U.S. Senator, Arlen Specter, said the following:

"And if Rumsfeld had been out, you bet it would have made a difference. I'd still be chairman of the Judiciary Committee."

Awww… should we throw Arlie a pity party? Too bad, so sad, Senator Specter… Here’s a tissue.

Then there is this quote from David Tovar, spokesman for Wal-Mart:

"We are deeply sorry that this happened, and we are in the process of pulling all of these T-shirts from our stores. Respect for the individual is a core value of our company and we would never have placed this T-shirt on our shelves had we known the origin and significance of this emblem."

Really? Respect for the individual is one of Wal-Mart's core values? Hmmm... He must be talking about a different Wal-Mart. The Wal-Mart that I know about keeps minorities from attaining positions of leadership within the company, does not offer an affordable health-care benefit to its employees, destroys the economies of rural communities, and has been known to purchase products manufactured in 3rd world sweat shops. Exactly WHO is the individual that they respect? Their CEO?

HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy

A documentary showing how DIEBOLD has cheated United States voters. Every U.S. citizen has a right and responsibility to view this video. If you care anything about securing our democracy for future generations, you need to see this. It is about an hour and twenty minutes long, but well worth the watch. You can view it in pieces on YouTube by clicking here.

How Does FOX Get Away With This?

FOX Network's O'Reilly obtains private information about abortions performed in Kansas after the state attorney general gained access to the information through a subpoena. If the attorney general or any of his staff turned over those records to O'Reilly, that is a greivous violation of the law.

Attorney General Phill Kline, a staunch abortion opponent, said that he subpoenaed the records in order to see if there was any evidence of rape or illegal abortions which had gone unreported. My guess is that this is more of a "witch hunt" aimed at Dr. George Tiller, the attending physician of the clinic from which the records were obtained. Whatever the situation, if those records were shared with anyone outside the court, Kline should be held responsible, and O'Reilly should be given his walking papers for accepting information which is so obviously private - information that never should never have been placed in his hands.

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Latest Casualty Totals From The War in Iraq

http://www.icasualties.org

Here are the latest figures:

Deaths: 2829
Non-mortal Casualties: 44,779

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Glenn Beck - Another Republican Mouthpiece

I was just watching an interview between Glenn Beck and Whitehouse Press Secretary, Tony Snow that was more like a conversation between frat buddies. The only things missing were the rag wool sweaters and the bottles of beer. They were joking around about how the Democrats have become "hecklers" and are lacking ideas on how to better manage the war and the economy. This is absolutely ridiculous. The reason that Republican candidates are being heckled is that they refuse to even hear opposing ideas. They refuse to debate the ideas being put forward by Democrats. The only thing the Republicans can do is take personal potshots at Democrats because Republicans have no defense for their current policies which are killing our soldiers, killing our Constitution and killing our economy.

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Limbaugh & Lauer - Twin Boneheads

Limbaugh & Lauer – 2 Boneheads in the Same Can

Is NBC trying to groom Lauer as some kind of serious conservative pundit? Now, that’s laughable. The man is not believable unless he is goofing off on camera. He needs to stick to the fluff of morning TV. And what was this comment about Limbaugh’s attack on Michael J. Fox?? “Didn’t Rush Limbaugh just say what a lot of people were privately thinking?” So, Lauer also thinks Fox was faking? This whole thing is going beyond ridiculous. Apparently, idiots like Limbaugh and Lauer think that people with Parkinson’s only have quick pulsating tremors like those evidenced in Katherine Hepburn’s case. These morons need to become educated on the disease before opening their mouths.

As for Limbaugh and his Exorbitant Incompetent Bovines network, they should be permanently put to pasture. Limbaugh has no credibility – at least not with intelligent people who weigh what others say against the facts. Perhaps that explains Rush’s audience – they do not want to put their minds to work.

WHEN WILL WE DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS?

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This is the greatest tragedy of George W. Bush's "War on Terror." -me

I very strongly urge you to visit this link to the 60 Minutes piece done by Scott Pelley. For the first time that I am aware, a prominent American TV journalist has documented the horror of Darfur. I ask the question in the title of when we will act as a nation to stop the murderous Sudan government from completing its quest to eliminate all non-Arabs in that country. As yet, there is no answer to that question. However, Mr. Pelley finds the answer to "why" we have not acted to stop the Sudanese. It is because this administration is in bed with the very people who began this genocide in Darfur. Hard to believe? - not when you know the facts. The leaders of Sudan are providing piecemeal information to our government about Al Quaeda and supposedly Osama bin Laden. Apparently, the Sudanese were hiding Mr. bin Laden previous to the 9/11 attacks in New York. So, now - in order to stay alive and in power - those who protected bin Laden are ratting him out. The problem is that we still do not have Mr. bin Laden and hundreds of thousands lay dead at the hands of the Sudanese because our government refuses to act. How many innocent people have to die for the sake of the Bush & Co. drive for more power? Six figures does not seem to have reached the mark. Mr. Bush must want to be the "million body man."

Power Is Shut Off Over One Cent - Netscape News

Power Is Shut Off Over One Cent - Netscape News

This is a sin... absolutely outrageous. CMS Energy Corporation should be fined heavily for this action. Leaving a senior citizen without power for 7 hours over a penny? Sick - it's just sick. Utility companies are monopolies, make ridiculous profits and have some of the worst customer service records. Why do we allow them to kick us around? The time has come to take a stand against this economic rape that is occurring at the hands of companies that supply our energy. They can interview as many energy company CEO's and run as many sappy stories on the oil companies as they want, but the media does not have me fooled. The folks in the lower 2/3 of this economy are being financially drained.

Sprint Local Switching Pains??

We are Sprint local service customers and have been since the days when they were a small rural telephone service provider called United Telephone Service. They have served our area well. Alas, they are now spinning off their local business to become a company called Embarq. I am sure that the purpose of the spinoff is to make it easy to sell that portion of the business. It may be simply coincidence but ever since the announcement of the switch to Embarq, my local telephone number (land line) has been crossed with a Sprint/Nextel company number. This has created some very interesting phone bills and some very strange calls at all hours, including calls from Sprint International operators asking if I will except collect calls that are originating from outside the U.S. We only know 1 person living outside the U.S. and he does not call us collect. This has been going on for 3 months or more and has become a cause of stress and frustration with us. If anyone has suggestions on what our next steps should be, we would appreciate the advice. There have been 3 "trouble tickets" placed and supposedly resolved on this issue, but the problem remains.