Democrat Meltdown

There has been so much stuff happening with the Democrats since the Alito hearings, I just wonder if they are undergoing a nuclear meltdown. For instance:

Ray (there was a hurricane coming?) Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans, made a speech in which he stated thatNew Orleans should be rebuilt as an African-American city. Let's forget about the parsing of the "chocolate" reference - that is exactly what he said in this speech. How many "vanilla" and other foods & flavors did he offend? Of course, he backtracked like crazy. Doesn't exactly inspire me to visit New Orleans even after it's rebuilt...

Hillary Rodham Clinton (ugh - need to wipe the keyboard down after typing that name!) stated in her recent speech that the House is run like a plantation, denying full discussion of bills, procedural errors, and the like. First of all, her Party did the same things when they had control of the House AND the Senate. Second, to raise up the specter of slavery in front of a predominately Black crowd is playing the race card once again. Personally, I'm sick of it being played because all this causes is division and tension, not unity and tolerance that the Liberal Democrats keep saying that they champion. Again, HRC (better...) explained, backtracked, etc... away the inflammatory reference.

Al (I'm a tree-hugger and inventor of the Internet) Gore flamed the Bush administration for domestic spying, even though the Clinton-Gore administration did the exact same thing! Excuse me, but exactly what planet is he from again?

The bad behavior from the miscreants listed above can be explained by the following:

1. We Hate Bush.
2. We made fools of ourselves and our Party in the Alito hearings.
3. We really Hate Bush.
4. We are politicians, and it's our job to behave like idiots to get more votes for ourselves.
5. We Hate Bush so much we can't see straight and keep our lies in check.

One final news flash on bad Democrat behavior - Ted Kennedy has a love-child.

Excuse me, but I need to get some Pepto...

A Human Right - Gun Ownership

For those of you who are not convinced that firearms are useful for self defense and is a right guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment, check out this site: http://www.a-human-right.com/

For those of you who wondered what my definition of gun control is, read the following:

Gun Control is putting your rounds (bullets, for those of you in Rio Linda) on target and in the black. And I've been doing it since I was 5 years old.

Equal Diversity

I've debated for some time about this subject & posting it, but I feel it is appropriate to do so on this day. I do wonder what Martin Luther King would think about today's situation if he had not been killed. Please have the courtesy to read the entire post and understand the viewpoints before responding in the comments to flame me. Thank you.

Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrikan, and Al Sharpton all lament that their people are being mistreated, held back, discriminated against, and otherwise separated from their proper place in society. They constantly point to the "white oppressors" in government and business who stop at nothing to hold the minority back. Of course, they then pass the plate for funds to change the attitudes of business and change the laws to favor their people.

Their speech inflames and divides people along racial lines. How can anyone accept diversity with such hateful speech from the proponents of diversity? Unless, of course, they like to stir up the masses to line their own pockets...

How many times have you seen the above three in the slums or ghettos with their "people", with or without their legions of bodyguards? When was the last time that you heard of their organizations helping the victims of Katrina get back on their feet, or contribute or organize programs to help their people to better themselves to get themselves out of the desperate situations that they are in? How many "photo-ops" have featured any of the above? Damn few, if any, from what I've seen.

Their solution is to have the government take care of their people while they live the high life. And there is something fundamentally wrong with this - these three bitch & moan about the government mistreating minorities, and expect the government to take care of the same people that they are being accused of mistreating! What am I missing here?

To rely on the government for anything long-term is insanity at best and stupidity at worst. Government changes depending on who is elected and how much public opinion pushes the elected officials to make those changes. Politicians have no allegiances except to themselves. Further, government cannot make people change their attitudes about themselves, which is a greater hindrance to progress than anything else.

Here's a better solution for these three to consider: Stop the politicking and fundraisers, and turn your attention to changing the attitudes of the people you claim to represent. Aid them in finding solutions instead of assigning blame. Support getting the able-bodied off of Welfare, and find jobs, educational opportunities, and other positions that will improve their standard of living. Recognize the rapper/drug culture for what it is, a self-destructive blight upon your people, and kill it. Instill in these same people self-respect and self-control, the understanding of tolerance, and the fruits of social change will be forthcoming. You, the self-appointed leaders of your race/community must first demonstrate leadership before any positive changes can even be expected to occur.

Government sponsored quotas & regulations will not change people's attitudes toward diversity. All these will do is promote division, dissention, and resentment. I have noticed in recent years an increase of these attitudes. This is NOT what Martin Luther King had in mind.

His vision looked for the Negro people to stand side by side with the White people as equals, and to get there by self-sufficiency, not by a government mandate. He wanted his people to rise up to their potential, to stand on their own two feet, not by some law or subsidy. Patronage of the Negro was not his vision, but to join the human race as equals to any other ethnic group, to enjoy the fruits of hard labor through equal opportunity, and not through quotas. It is truly a travesty that his own people have hindered this vision instead of completing it.

Ted Kennedy Hearings

Thinking about the previous post and having a drink in my hand (OK, on the table beside me...) can lead to some dangerous thoughts. What if our favorite Liberal Democrat was on the receiving end of the questions? Could you imagine what Teddy Kennedy would be asked if he was in Judge Alito's position? Here's my take on it:

"Thank you, Mr. Kennedy, for appearing before this inquisition, er, panel to answer questions pertaining to your suitability for sitting on the Supreme Court. As you have already been sworn in, please answer the following questions on your ethical ability & views truthfully and to the best of your ability:

1. Who was Mary Jo Kopechne?
2. Were you married at the time you knew Mary Jo Kopechne?
3. Did you have sexual relations with her as defined either by popular convention or by the Bill Clinton definition?
4. What happened that night in Chapaquitic?
5. Were you drinking that night?
6. Were you drunk?
7. Why were you driving?
8. Why did you leave that girl to die in a sinking car?
9. Why should you not be in a prison for drunken driving & vehicular manslaughter?
10. Have you ever been under the influence while in a Senate committee or on the Senate floor?
11. For the record, how many times have you been married?
12. For the record, have you ever lied, or knowingly stretched the truth in your testimony today or in hearings before any other committee?
13. Do you have an agenda? If so, what is it?

Thank you, Mr. Kennedy, for invoking your 5th Admendment rights. Please do not call us, we will call you. Please take care in leaving this chamber and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."

Alito Hearings

Heard on NPR(!) this morning that out of 11 hours of confirmation hearings, Judge Alito spent 1 1/2 hours answering questions. The other 8 1/2 was spent by the Senators posturing, preening, and otherwise getting as much face time as possible to show that "they care."

All that our illustrious Senators have shown is that they are direct decendents of the back end of a horse. For Ted Kennedy to question anyone's integrity is akin to the pot calling the kettle black. For Joe Biden to ramble on for a reported 11 minutes before asking a question is absolutely insane (or inane, depending on your point of view). If anything, they are proving out what I wrote in a previous post (find it here.)

Regardless of what is said in the hearings, unless Alito self-distructs, the votes will come down along party lines. For once, I would like to see our elected representatives throw out the party retoric and really do the job that they were elected to do.

Yeah, right...when pigs fly and Hell freezes over (not Hell, Michigan...)

Bad Formatting on Previous Posts

My apologies, everyone - it seems that some of the previous posts do not have the right punctuation when I changed the format of the blog. I will work on them as time permits so that the garbage is removed and the posts get back to being readable. In the meantime, let the blogging continue!

Delphi Part 3

Most of the news organizations covered the Delphi UAW picket line at the auto show. Surprisingly, they got most of the facts right.

But you know, there's a few facts that haven't really been published, at least with the usual fanfare. Here are a couple...

• Delphi lost over $5 billion last year. By one account, if the 30,000 workers earned an average of $27 an hour, that's only $1.685 billion in wages. This means that Delphi's managers through their mismanagement lost the company $3.315 billion. It doesn't seem that the worker's wages are the real problem here.
• I heard on the radio that one of Delphi's business assumptions was that the business volume from GM purchasing Delphi components would remain the same or increase through the years. That way, they could support the employee's pension and wage structure. What business model was this? From the School of Business Fantasy? This business model was a recipe for ultimate failure.

The biggest problem that everyone seems to have with this sad chapter in American business is that the executives get rewarded for screwing up the company, and the workers get nothing but the unemployment line.

Another New Look

Hello All:

Changed the look of the blog again. I know, I know - the damn engineer changed things again...

Please continue to read the blog & let me know what you think either on the comments or by an email. If you really like what is here, link this blog to yours and refer it off to your friends. If not, well...

Thanks!

No Justice

Heard this on the radio this afternoon & confirmed it here. A 34-year old man was sentenced to 60 days for repeatedly raping a 7-year old girl over a period of 4 years. The judge of the case stated that he no longer believed in punishment, and would rather have the offender undergo rehabilitation. Of course, the family of the girl (now 11) is heartbroken.

Exactly what is the criminal code? It prescribes punishments for criminal offenses, and is referred to by judges as a guideline for sentencing convicted criminals. It should not be overridden by a judge's beliefs. Obviously, the victim's rights were ignored by this miserable excuse of a human being, and justice for this little girl & the hell she went through were not considered.

There is a movement to remove this judge. GOOD!! The sooner you get rid of that miserable son of a female dog, the better. Little consolation to the family, though.

In the meantime, it's obvious that Burlington, Vermont is not a family friendly town.

Mining Disaster

By now, everyone knows that through some kind of accident, 12 miners died in a mine with over 200 safety violations. First and foremost, our condolences go out to the families and friends of those who died.

In many respects, mining is a dangerous occupation. No mine is totally safe just because of the terre is not always firma, and so many things can happen. Methane pockets, cave-ins, equipment failure, and other hazards abound. There has been a long history of safety improvements that has reduced the danger, but will never eliminate it. In contrast, 5000 miners in China lost their lives in mining accidents last year versus 23 in the United States.

Besides the faux pax of the mining company on relaying wrong information on the number of casualties, the focus of the investigation will center on the 208 safety violations. Now realize that a safety violation could be something as little as someone not wearing a hard hat to a faulty spark arrester on a loader to an improper procedure for clearing out an accumulation of methane in the mine. However, no details have been released just yet, but I'm sure that all the violations will be splashed all over the news.

The questions that I would have would be:

• If the violations were so numerous & severe, why was the mine not shut down by the mine inspectors?
• If there were serious safety concerns, why didn't the miners complain, or if they were represented by a Union, safety grievances filed with the company?
• And last, what caused the accident?

I'm sure that the news media and the attorneys will make the information known in the near future.