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If This Happening Here, Where Else?

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Outrageous!!!!!

200 sex assault cases pass prosecution deadline before LAPD tested DNA kits

The cases are part of a backlog of 7,000 DNA kits that the department has not tested, according to an audit by City Controller Laura Chick. Police say they don’t have enough money.

By Richard Winton

October 21, 2008

[As many as 200 potential sexual assault cases have gone without prosecution because Los Angeles police officials failed to meet legal deadlines to test DNA evidence that might have identified a suspect, according to a city audit released Monday….]

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-dna21-2008oct21,0,3387972.story

This suggests that if you have been a rape victim and have not received notice of your rape kit testing, you, or someone to help you, should contact those in charge. MAKE AN ISSUE OF YOUR NEGLECT! DON’T BE VICTIMIZED TWICE!

This is outrageous too!

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One Thousand Cuts

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , on October 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Clearly I did not give out enough information on the Tee Shirt problem yesterday.

Dr. Socks over at the Reclusive Leftist has assembled a much better window on the problem HERE.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_slicing

 

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Melamine – 081020 – Australia

Posted in Children, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , on October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Australia recalls products in tainted milk scandal

The Associated PressPublished: October 20, 2008

[SYDNEY, Australia: Australian officials ordered the recall of a milk drink and cake brand after tests showed they were contaminated with melamine, bringing to six the number of Chinese-made products withdrawn in Australia following China’s tainted milk scandal.

A spokeswoman for Food Standards Australia New Zealand said Monday that Orion brand Tiramisu Italian Cake with Cheese Cream and Dali Yuan brand First Milk vanilla-flavored drink were recalled Friday after government tests revealed the Chinese-made products contained low levels of melamine, the industrial chemical that has sickened tens of thousands of Chinese children….]

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/20/asia/AS-Australia-Tainted-Milk.php

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ACORN in Harris County, Texas

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

– UPDATE –

My son in law informs me via Factcheck that ACORN volunteers are more likely paid $8 per hour.

Acorn tries to gather 20 signatures per person per day. Therefore, in the case of Harris County this would mean 10,800 rejected signatures were collected @ 20 per day for a sum of 540 days. Assume 8 hours per person at $8 per hour for a sum of $64 per day. $64 X 540 days equals $34,560 spent in Harris County for rejected signatures!

There are 254 counties in Texas.

Whether these monetary figures are close or not, they are worth closer review. The point is still that a 31% rejection figure is a very sloppy number. If voter registration is the only mission of ACORN, they are failing.

Read this article from Capitol Annex (CA) HERE.

Assume for the moment that ACORN has done nothing wrong in Harris County. Assume likewise, that Harris County also did nothing wrong. Let’s look as the figures reported in the above article from CA in another way. (more…)

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News on the Texas Two Step Meetings

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , , on October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

As I indicated in an earlier blog, I think these meetings can only be considered a skirmish in the battle to end caucuses. However, they are important in that they keep the spotlight on the subject. Democrats must make their views known. Reform alone is not enough!

Texas Dems considering changes in primary/caucus system

October 19, 2008 by End the Texas Two Step  

[ARLINGTON — Local Democratic voters called for reforming or abolishing the so-called Texas Two-Step at a hearing Friday, with several describing the well-attended precinct caucuses after the March primary as “chaotic” “discriminatory” and “corrupt.”…]

http://changethecaucus.org/?p=88

 

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Monday Ketchup – 081020

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »

A phoenix reborn? (more…)

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More on Colin Powell

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 19, 2008| 5 Comments »

Did you read Sugar’s blog yet? Read it HERE.

I want to reiterate that the Obama campaign has staged these endorsement events from the beginning, with a precision that modern engineering can only envy. (more…)

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Genie in a Box

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , on October 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Well, that was well planned, wasn’t it? Hey all you fence sitters, did it help? Course, you all know this has been under wraps since at least June. What’s Powell’s motive I wonder? Redemption? Vengeance? And/Or? 

Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, October 19, 2008

(10-19) 10:44 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) —

[Colin Powell, a Republican who was President Bush’s first secretary of state, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday and criticized the tone of Republican John McCain’s campaign.

The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said either candidate, both of them senators, is qualified to be commander in chief. But he said Obama is better suited to handle the nation’s economic problems as well as help improve its standing in the world….]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/19/politics/p063122D94.DTL

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Melamine – 081018 – USA

Posted in Children, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , on October 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Recall — Firm Press Release- Koala March King Cookies (more…)

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“The Nation” plays “Trick or Treat!”

Posted in Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 17, 2008| 3 Comments »

I live in a town with an air force base. As you might imagine, our town has a fair number of military personnel and retired military folk. Every day I drive down one of the main roads to get to my home. Along this avenue, behind the block wall fence, in one back yard, is a pair of poles sporting an American, and a POW/MIA flag. Since I moved here in 1995, those flags have been there, in resolute statement to the large mall across the way. (more…)

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