“Alongside my announcement last week that I will veto any budgetary earmarks that do not meet specific criteria, spending only recurring dollars on recurring expenditures is a great step forward to reforming our budget. Just because the money is there does not mean we have to spend it immediately – there is much to be said for planning for the future, a sentiment that our state has forgotten far too often.” - Bobbie Jindal
Good for him. We need more politicians willing to fight earmarks and fiscal irresponsibility.
JSOnline has a write up on local Christian singer/songwriter Chad James. Part of what makes Chad so special is that he has overcome the physical disability of being born without a left hand, and plays a guitar when he sings. I have met Chad when he played at a couple of events at our church, he is a great guy, and I am very happy to see him do well. Check out more of his music at www.chadjamesmusic.com.
Whatever the justification for McClellan’s tenure, he succeeded in showing that the inability to communicate and the incapacity to deal with the press artfully are not insurmountable obstacles to one’s dream of rising to the position of White House press secretary.
Todd A. Torok, 39, of Parma, is charged with attempted murder, felonious assault and aggravated robbery. Police said he has a nine-page rap sheet and has been arrested at least 36 times. (cleveland.com)
I am assuming that the attempted murder charge will be changed to murder now that Chevonne has died.
How is a man that has a nine page rap sheet on the streets to do this? Forget 3 strikes, this guy has gotten dozens!
“You have to avoid dealing with some of these guys with kid gloves,” Mason said. “In the case of Torok, he should have been whacked.”
That didn’t happen.
Former Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Ann Mannen sentenced Torok in 2006 to two years in prison, one of the lightest terms she could hand down to a career criminal. She said prosecutors did not object to the sentence.
He was released on probation after 17 months.
“I imposed the proper sentence at that time,” Mannen said. “For that crime, there was no indication that he committed any violence. There was no physical harm. (cleveland.com)
Another life snuffed out senselessly. A husband, daughter, and other family members left to grieve and wonder why.
Hug your loved ones, you never know how long you have. And teach them to defend themselves. Take them to the range and help them get a CCW permit if possible.
“Snuffy” Pfleger had this to say last weekend at Trinity United Church of Christ, the old haunt of Barack Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright:
Now, I am not going to argue that Hillary thinks she is entitled to the presidency, but being white is not high on the list of reasons. She may think she is entitled to it because she thinks it’s high time we had a woman as president, or because of Bill’s time, or whatever, but not because she is white.
And some of the success of the surge is that the goodwill of the Iranians-they decided in Basra when the fighting would end,they negotiated that cessation of hostilities-the Iranians. - Nancy Pelosi
Say what? And what did this good will include? No actual help or anything, just not hurting us as much. Maybe a more accurate statement would be: “one of the other benefits of the surge is that we showed Iran we were serious, and they cleaned up their act.”
At the Evening with Jonah Goldberg, I ran into a man with the group Gathering of Eagles. This is a group that works to protect war memorials and their grounds, and getting counter protesters out when groups are protesting the troops or the war.
I just got back from a talk by Jonah Goldberg (Liberal Fascism) put on by The Club For Growth Wisconsin. I got to meet Jonah, Owen from Boots & Sabers, a few WI politicians, and some other like minded people, and of course have my copy of Liberal Fascism signed (geeky, I know).
If you have a chance, I would recommend seeing Goldberg speak, he was funny and very informative. I also got a few good Quote of the Day quotes, including things like their are “People who think if you write it in an E-mail in ALL CAPS, it must be right”
His overall view of the presidential race seems to be a slight edge for Obama winning, but that McCain has a pretty good chance. Obama is easily flustered, makes a lot of “rookie” type mistakes, is not a uniting figure as he would like to portray, but is one of the most partisan figures in Washington. Personally I think McCain has a pretty good chance, especially after the rather bloody Democrat primary.
Safari’s spellchecker didn’t bark about using “thoughtcrime” in my last post… I wonder if this is the beginning of the implementation Newspeak (which it also accepted as a legitimate word)?
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