So, let's rid ourselves of the ones who are!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
WE ARE NOT EQUAL
Contrary to what President Obama would have you believe, we are not equal. We may be created equal, but that is the end of that. Some people go to college, some drop out of high school; some become doctors or lawyers, some work on oil rigs; some encounter extensive health problems, others live to old age and die healthy. We could create an endless list of individual differences we acquire in life that make us “not equal.”
Some people end up being extensively wealthy and others end up without two coins to rub together. Our President would have us subscribe to his Socialist-Marxist ideology that says we must take from the rich and give to the poor until everyone is back to being equal. If he wants everyone to go back to being equal, we must return to our days of nativity; there will be no doctors, lawyers, oil workers, cops, or Presidents, for that matter. We will all do the same thing in life, whatever that might be, and we will acquire the same levels of wealth. If I have $10,000 in the bank, so will you and Obama. We will all wear the same khaki uniforms and march to the same drummers. We will have a universal state religion and all others will be banned.
Those are the objectives of the “social justice” and “economic justice” programs current being thrust upon us. Everything this administration is engaged in is focused on making us all equal in every respect.
How ludicrous can you get?
What they really mean to say, when they tell us about “equal social justice” and “equal economic justice” is that they have total control over every aspect of our lives and we have no control over any aspect. Anyone who tries to break that mold must be eliminated. Glenn Beck must be eliminated. I must be eliminated. Millions of Americans must be eliminated. You have three choices: (1) go along with the program, (2) leave the country, or (3) be eliminated. There are no other alternatives unless… you are willing to stand united, stand together shoulder-to-shoulder, arm-to-arm and deny them their objectives at every turn. Stop them in their tracks.
We are a nation of God-fearing people. We live according to religious teachings that are morally and ethically sound. These teachings are contrary to their objectives. They believe they have the rights to lie, cheat, steal, plunder and rape. In order to accomplish their objectives, one of the things they must do is to marginalize or take over religions. Nancy Pelosi, making no bones about it, recently started to tell religions what to preach and how to preach it. Obama operatives are already in contact with various religious leaders peddling their influence and exerting their “authorities.” You will soon be hearing about “equal social justice” and “equal economic justice” as being teachings of Christ or God; nowhere in any religious scriptures is there a call for total equality, because that cannot be achieved and it contrary to the spirit of man.
Obama and his henchmen may try and tell us that we need to be equal, but we need to rise up and rid ourselves of these demons in our midst. Judging by the polls and by the elections so far, we’re off to a good start. Let’s hope and pray that we still have the right to vote in this country in November; I’ll guarantee you that Obama has been reading the Hugo Chavez strategy on how to ignore a constitutional requirement for elections.
On the other hand, if we succeed in forcing them out and if we regain control of our country, is there going to be any money left to run it with? Don't blame me, I just posed the question.
Some people end up being extensively wealthy and others end up without two coins to rub together. Our President would have us subscribe to his Socialist-Marxist ideology that says we must take from the rich and give to the poor until everyone is back to being equal. If he wants everyone to go back to being equal, we must return to our days of nativity; there will be no doctors, lawyers, oil workers, cops, or Presidents, for that matter. We will all do the same thing in life, whatever that might be, and we will acquire the same levels of wealth. If I have $10,000 in the bank, so will you and Obama. We will all wear the same khaki uniforms and march to the same drummers. We will have a universal state religion and all others will be banned.
Those are the objectives of the “social justice” and “economic justice” programs current being thrust upon us. Everything this administration is engaged in is focused on making us all equal in every respect.
How ludicrous can you get?
What they really mean to say, when they tell us about “equal social justice” and “equal economic justice” is that they have total control over every aspect of our lives and we have no control over any aspect. Anyone who tries to break that mold must be eliminated. Glenn Beck must be eliminated. I must be eliminated. Millions of Americans must be eliminated. You have three choices: (1) go along with the program, (2) leave the country, or (3) be eliminated. There are no other alternatives unless… you are willing to stand united, stand together shoulder-to-shoulder, arm-to-arm and deny them their objectives at every turn. Stop them in their tracks.
We are a nation of God-fearing people. We live according to religious teachings that are morally and ethically sound. These teachings are contrary to their objectives. They believe they have the rights to lie, cheat, steal, plunder and rape. In order to accomplish their objectives, one of the things they must do is to marginalize or take over religions. Nancy Pelosi, making no bones about it, recently started to tell religions what to preach and how to preach it. Obama operatives are already in contact with various religious leaders peddling their influence and exerting their “authorities.” You will soon be hearing about “equal social justice” and “equal economic justice” as being teachings of Christ or God; nowhere in any religious scriptures is there a call for total equality, because that cannot be achieved and it contrary to the spirit of man.
Obama and his henchmen may try and tell us that we need to be equal, but we need to rise up and rid ourselves of these demons in our midst. Judging by the polls and by the elections so far, we’re off to a good start. Let’s hope and pray that we still have the right to vote in this country in November; I’ll guarantee you that Obama has been reading the Hugo Chavez strategy on how to ignore a constitutional requirement for elections.
On the other hand, if we succeed in forcing them out and if we regain control of our country, is there going to be any money left to run it with? Don't blame me, I just posed the question.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
WHITE HOUSE LAUNCHES OFFENSIVE AGAINST FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
SPECIAL POST
The White House is engaging in a highly sophisticated control of the press. Attempts by a President to prevent negative news stories from getting published are not unprecedented. However, this far-reaching control of the President's message transcends all boundaries and appears to firmly place the stamp of Marxism on the White House agenda. White House aids have all but shut out the Press Corps from any meaningful dialogue; when the Press Corps has its daily briefings, they consist of dancing, dodging and ducking any questions of substance. The White House has banned any...any and all contact by the press with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan; an internal White House staffer did ask her some mundane questions and the interview was released in the trappings of authentic journalism.
There is growing evidence that White House "operatives" have been surfing the Internet and systematically scrubbing any and all material which contains any historical information regarding Obama's past associations or relative to current Czars and other close advisers. At the same time, the White House has apparently launched an offensive against all advertisers on the Glenn Beck Show, warning that their continued advertising will result in serious and dire consequences.
One needs to consider these events in the full context of what other actions have been taken by the Administration since Obama took office. When you look at it in that aspect, you can only reach one conclusion, and it is not pretty. Our country is being attacked from within. The ominous warnings that appeared on this blog and MY AMERICAN OPINION long before Obama was elected are coming true. Our country is in peril.
We have to do something about this and, at the rate progress is now being made by the Czars and other Administration officials, I'm beginning to think that the November 2010 elections may be our last free elections in this country. That's scary talk. While Obama and his henchmen are doing everything they can to drive us apart, racially, economically, socially, politically, religiously.... we must do just the opposite. We must stand together, shoulder to shoulder, arm to arm, and we must make every attempt to cut off the head of this ugly snake that is poisoning our country. We must stand united, because divided we will fail.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
POLITICAL BIG WIGS STUMPED OVER VOTE?
The Republicans have been salivating to no end over the prospect that they are going to reap major, major gains this year. Hannity and Rove have been predicting a Democrat slaughter like no other ever before in history. They have not, however, been reading my blogs. So, one more time, let me explain it to you knuckleheads.
We American citizens, the ones paying the way for all of the things that are wrong with this country, are tired of it. We’re tired of the double-talk, the lies, the disinformation, the misinformation, the relentless spending, the innuendo talk, the corruption, the ethics violations, the partying, the lobbying, the deal making… we’re just flat tired of all of the bullshit. This is not about Democrats vs. Republicans; it’s about us vs. them… the proletariat vs. the elitist Progressives. And, it’s about big government vs. our Constitution.
When it comes to the sad state our government is in, the Republicans are just as much to blame as the Democrats. And. As I’ve said countless times, if the Republicans want to have another chance to mend their ways, (they sure as hell blew their last chance), they need to show us some strong leadership and an undeniable commitment to our country. We have seen neither. The Republicans have weak leadership at the National Committee level. They have not come out with any solid commitments as to where they stand on anything. In our eyes, the only reason they made any noise at all about the health care debacle is because we, the rank and file, were flat ticked off about it.
As far as we are concerned, we want to replace every incumbent in office… to clean house and to send the message that we are taking our country back. Now, as Barry Goldwater would say, it’s time to “shit or get off the pot.” If the Republicans expect to make gains in Congress, they know what they need to do. The fact that they have not recognized our sincerity of purpose for what it is or stepped up to the plate just lends credence to the proposition that they are part of the problem.
WE did not create the national debt, the immigration problem, the economic mess, the energy crisis, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, the Health Care lie, TARP… We surely know who was in on all of this and we surely know that we are going to continue to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, elbow to elbow, until every last person in Washington who has had anything to do with this gross endangerment to our country has been removed.
If you want to make political hay out of it, you need to clean up your act big time and cut out the lap dances because the music is about to end.
We American citizens, the ones paying the way for all of the things that are wrong with this country, are tired of it. We’re tired of the double-talk, the lies, the disinformation, the misinformation, the relentless spending, the innuendo talk, the corruption, the ethics violations, the partying, the lobbying, the deal making… we’re just flat tired of all of the bullshit. This is not about Democrats vs. Republicans; it’s about us vs. them… the proletariat vs. the elitist Progressives. And, it’s about big government vs. our Constitution.
When it comes to the sad state our government is in, the Republicans are just as much to blame as the Democrats. And. As I’ve said countless times, if the Republicans want to have another chance to mend their ways, (they sure as hell blew their last chance), they need to show us some strong leadership and an undeniable commitment to our country. We have seen neither. The Republicans have weak leadership at the National Committee level. They have not come out with any solid commitments as to where they stand on anything. In our eyes, the only reason they made any noise at all about the health care debacle is because we, the rank and file, were flat ticked off about it.
As far as we are concerned, we want to replace every incumbent in office… to clean house and to send the message that we are taking our country back. Now, as Barry Goldwater would say, it’s time to “shit or get off the pot.” If the Republicans expect to make gains in Congress, they know what they need to do. The fact that they have not recognized our sincerity of purpose for what it is or stepped up to the plate just lends credence to the proposition that they are part of the problem.
WE did not create the national debt, the immigration problem, the economic mess, the energy crisis, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, the Health Care lie, TARP… We surely know who was in on all of this and we surely know that we are going to continue to stand together, shoulder to shoulder, elbow to elbow, until every last person in Washington who has had anything to do with this gross endangerment to our country has been removed.
If you want to make political hay out of it, you need to clean up your act big time and cut out the lap dances because the music is about to end.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
THE VERY REAL IMMIGRATION ISSUES
Whether you realize it or not, our immigration system is far more serious than it is being portrayed. For one thing, when the subject of immigration comes up, we immediately think of Mexicans splashing across what’s left of the Rio Grande. What we DON’T think about is a Pakistani coming into the country on a visa, applying for and obtaining U.S. citizenship, and blowing up Times Square. You see? The whole system is broken.
Do you think, perhaps, that the porous U.S. – Mexican border has only Mexicans going back and forth? A letter which follows points out that several copies of the Quran have been found along border crossings. Our immigration problem is a very real security issue. There is no reason that anyone should be allowed to come into this country except through a checkpoint such as U.S. Customs; yet, there is nothing to prevent anyone from walking across the U.S. – Mexican border, or the U.S. – Canadian border for that matter, with a nuke in their suitcase. And once they get 10 or more miles into the United States, they can easily blend into the population.
Read the following letter from an Arizona Senator. This is the fairest, most comprehensive article I've read on the subject. MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, ABC and the other media stations have it wrong--there's been a mass hysteria of disinformation from all of them. None of the media have taken the time to look at the bill along with its amendments. This Arizona State Senator has it right:
I don’t see how anyone can argue with Arizona’s right to defend itself after reading this.
I’m an Arizona state senator. I want to explain SB1070, Arizona’s immigration bill, which I voted for and which was just signed by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Rancher Rob Krentz was shot to death on his ranch over a month ago and the shooter fled into Mexico. His family suspects a drug smuggler is responsible. I participated in a state Senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence that is, and has been, sweeping our border communities for years. From those hearings, we learned that:
– The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border have been terrorized by the Mexican drug cartels and human smugglers. One rancher testified that 300 to 1,200 people cross his ranch every day, vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles, cutting down his fences and leaving trash. He testified that in the last two years, he has found 17 bodies and, alarmingly, several copies of the Quran.
– Another rancher testified that drugs are brought across his ranch in a military-style operation, with guards armed to the teeth. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, a half-mile behind are the fully armed guards, a half-mile behind them are the drugs, and behind the drugs are more guards. This was not the only rancher we heard who talked about the drug trains.
– One man told of two border crossers who came on his property, one of them shot in the back and the other in the arm by drug runners who forced them to carry drugs and then shot them. They frequently hear gunfire at night and are afraid to leave their ranch for fear of what the smugglers will do to it.
The Border Patrol is not on the border. It has set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. The officers are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering.
The national media do not report on these stories because it conflicts with their perception of the illegal immigration issue, which is based on an assumption that all illegal immigrants are law-abiding landscapers, maids and day laborers. While this is true in many cases, it is also true that our federal and state prisons and county jails are full of a disproportionate number of illegal immigrants who are committing a disproportionate number of crimes.
The federal government has failed to do anything substantive to help border states like Arizona. We have been overrun by immigrants and, once they are here, the state has the burden of funding services that they use. With a $3.5 billion state budget deficit, we have many difficult decisions to make, and one of those decisions is that we don’t have the money to care for people who are not here legally.
This has to stop. The border can be secured. We have the technology, we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming into the country, and they must come in an organized manner – legally, so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country.
The national media has distorted, disfigured, and dismembered Senate Bill 1070 to the point that its reputation no longer bears any resemblance to what the bill actually does. Those who claim it is racist, or will foster a Nazi-state are themselves fostering unwarranted and irrational hysteria.
The fact is that Senate Bill 1070 merely makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally. It also explicitly prohibits law enforcement officials from solely considering race, color, or national origin in determining immigration status.
Many lawmakers who supported SB1070, including me, also support amnesty, but not until we secure the border. Failing to secure the border only moves us closer to some form of a North American Union with no borders and no national sovereignty. Many of those protesting SB1070 have called for just that.
Maybe it is too late to save America. Maybe we are not worthy of freedom anymore. But as an elected official, I must try to do what I can to protect our Constitutional Republic.
Living in America is not a right simply because you walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility. Freedom is not free.
We have a responsibility as Americans to get this problem fixed, right now. We need to examine our passport policy, our visa policy, our “anchor” policy, our border policies… all of these policies need to be reviewed not only from the aspect of cost to the taxpayer, but also from crime in the streets and our requirement to be secure from terrorism.
We are not to blame for these blaring and consistent failures to address vitally important issues. But, we certainly know who is, and all they need to be removed from their positions in November, Republican and Democrat alike.
Do you think, perhaps, that the porous U.S. – Mexican border has only Mexicans going back and forth? A letter which follows points out that several copies of the Quran have been found along border crossings. Our immigration problem is a very real security issue. There is no reason that anyone should be allowed to come into this country except through a checkpoint such as U.S. Customs; yet, there is nothing to prevent anyone from walking across the U.S. – Mexican border, or the U.S. – Canadian border for that matter, with a nuke in their suitcase. And once they get 10 or more miles into the United States, they can easily blend into the population.
Read the following letter from an Arizona Senator. This is the fairest, most comprehensive article I've read on the subject. MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNN, ABC and the other media stations have it wrong--there's been a mass hysteria of disinformation from all of them. None of the media have taken the time to look at the bill along with its amendments. This Arizona State Senator has it right:
I don’t see how anyone can argue with Arizona’s right to defend itself after reading this.
I’m an Arizona state senator. I want to explain SB1070, Arizona’s immigration bill, which I voted for and which was just signed by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Rancher Rob Krentz was shot to death on his ranch over a month ago and the shooter fled into Mexico. His family suspects a drug smuggler is responsible. I participated in a state Senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence that is, and has been, sweeping our border communities for years. From those hearings, we learned that:
– The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border have been terrorized by the Mexican drug cartels and human smugglers. One rancher testified that 300 to 1,200 people cross his ranch every day, vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles, cutting down his fences and leaving trash. He testified that in the last two years, he has found 17 bodies and, alarmingly, several copies of the Quran.
– Another rancher testified that drugs are brought across his ranch in a military-style operation, with guards armed to the teeth. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, a half-mile behind are the fully armed guards, a half-mile behind them are the drugs, and behind the drugs are more guards. This was not the only rancher we heard who talked about the drug trains.
– One man told of two border crossers who came on his property, one of them shot in the back and the other in the arm by drug runners who forced them to carry drugs and then shot them. They frequently hear gunfire at night and are afraid to leave their ranch for fear of what the smugglers will do to it.
The Border Patrol is not on the border. It has set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. The officers are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering.
The national media do not report on these stories because it conflicts with their perception of the illegal immigration issue, which is based on an assumption that all illegal immigrants are law-abiding landscapers, maids and day laborers. While this is true in many cases, it is also true that our federal and state prisons and county jails are full of a disproportionate number of illegal immigrants who are committing a disproportionate number of crimes.
The federal government has failed to do anything substantive to help border states like Arizona. We have been overrun by immigrants and, once they are here, the state has the burden of funding services that they use. With a $3.5 billion state budget deficit, we have many difficult decisions to make, and one of those decisions is that we don’t have the money to care for people who are not here legally.
This has to stop. The border can be secured. We have the technology, we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming into the country, and they must come in an organized manner – legally, so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country.
The national media has distorted, disfigured, and dismembered Senate Bill 1070 to the point that its reputation no longer bears any resemblance to what the bill actually does. Those who claim it is racist, or will foster a Nazi-state are themselves fostering unwarranted and irrational hysteria.
The fact is that Senate Bill 1070 merely makes it a state crime to be in the United States illegally. It also explicitly prohibits law enforcement officials from solely considering race, color, or national origin in determining immigration status.
Many lawmakers who supported SB1070, including me, also support amnesty, but not until we secure the border. Failing to secure the border only moves us closer to some form of a North American Union with no borders and no national sovereignty. Many of those protesting SB1070 have called for just that.
Maybe it is too late to save America. Maybe we are not worthy of freedom anymore. But as an elected official, I must try to do what I can to protect our Constitutional Republic.
Living in America is not a right simply because you walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility. Freedom is not free.
(Sylvia Allen, a Republican from Snowflake, serves in the Arizona Senate.)
We have a responsibility as Americans to get this problem fixed, right now. We need to examine our passport policy, our visa policy, our “anchor” policy, our border policies… all of these policies need to be reviewed not only from the aspect of cost to the taxpayer, but also from crime in the streets and our requirement to be secure from terrorism.
We are not to blame for these blaring and consistent failures to address vitally important issues. But, we certainly know who is, and all they need to be removed from their positions in November, Republican and Democrat alike.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
WAS GULF TRAGEDY AN ACCIDENT, OR CAUSED BY GROSS NEGLIGENCE?
SPECIAL POST
Information barely being covered in any press or media outlet is that BP/ARCO had certain environmental responsibilities when drilling and operating in the Gulf that they did not meet. It has already been pointed out, albeit briefly, that a rubber-skirted boom is supposed to be on hand in order to provide an immediate response to such an incident. The boom surrounds the leak and pumps then skim the oil off the top. Where was the barge with that equipment, and where was the response crew? Is it true that they were told they were not needed because BP/ARCO had already sealed the well?
When you drill, you pack special cement around the outer side of the casing at the top to prevent a blowout, where oil and gas pressure force their way up the outside of the casing and blow off the wellhead. It is possible that the company which provided that cap, (Haliburton), was misinformed by BP/ARCO (in an effort to cut costs?) as to the depth of the well and therefore poured too small a cement cap. Resulting pressure could blow that cap, destroy the automatic shutoff valves and create the resulting mess. Word seeming to support the possibility came late Friday that a huge methane bubble escaped from the wellhead and surfaced below the drilling rig, causing the instantaneous explosion and fire.
The White House was also slow to respond. Nine days passed before the Administration put into motion its emergency management response to the disaster. Although the President and Secretary of DHHS both insisted that the Administration was on top of things “from day one,” it was heard Friday and mostly unreported that BP/ARCO had called authorities and told them they had everything under control. That remark would tend to substantiate Obama’s early statement that the "experts," BP/ARCO, were on the scene and taking care of things.
Those who have followed BP/ARCO’s environmental and safety track record are very aware of its extremely poor performances, its stone-walling and its continued failure to meet its corporate responsibilities to the environment and to the countries where it operates. While accidents can and do happen, BP/ARCO’s accidents invariably involve negligence… usually gross negligence. Their CEO, Tony Hayward, bragged last year that, despite increased oil production in exotic deep waters, he had cut BP's costs by an extra one billion dollars a year. Was that all due to cutting safety corners? Does the fact that they were partners with Exxon in Alaska drilling operations when the Exxon Valdez ran aground tell you anything?
British Petroleum’s 1st Quarter profit in 2010 exceeded $6.1 billion. That’s $67 million per day operating profit. While three days worth of profits could more than adequately mitigate the remaining radioactive and other dangers at BP’s Yerington Anaconda Mine in Nevada, BP has continued to fight cleanup efforts every step of the way. In the meanwhile, downstream residents are facing increasing levels of uranium and arsenic in their domestic wells.
If I owned stock in BP/ARCO, I couldn’t bear to look at myself in the mirror every morning.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
This post will be a little shorter than usual, primarily because I had to rewrite it with limited time to do so. I had originally intended to lambast BP ARCO over their environmental record; it’s abominable, you know. Look it up on the Internet; search Google on “BP ARCO LAWSUIT” or “BP ARCO FINED” or along those lines. You’ll even eventually get a lead to their big oil deals with Iran. Check out www.yamsite.info
I had also considered tackling immigration and the failures of so many administrations which have failed to deal with the issue, going all of the way back at least 40 years.
Some other ideas had intrigued me, such as the relationships between a couple of major labor unions that are taking member’s hard-earned dues money and using it to undermine our government and our country.
But, a breath of good air has blown across the country and I would be remiss if I didn’t pause and recognize it as being something truly remarkable. I think that the New York City Police Department and the F.B.I. did a truly remarkable job in all aspects of the attempted Times Square bombing over the weekend. From the very moment that a street-side vendor tipped off a mounted policeman to a Nissan Pathfinder left running with its passenger compartment filled with smoke, to the capture and arrest of the admitted perpetrator as he was attempting to make his escape at Kennedy Airport… literally plucking him off the plane after it had left the gate… everyone involved knew what had to be done to identify and nail those responsible and they did it. Not only did they get the job done, but they did it within less than three days and that included rounding up accomplices in Pakistan.
I do disagree with Mayor Bloomberg and Eric Holder taking the credit for this. Bloomberg initially alluded that the guy who did it was probably some deranged and disgruntled American stirred up by bloggers and right-wing evildoers like the Tea Party. Holder grandstanded after the arrests started to come down as if he had personally been in the thick of things and was single-handedly responsible for the quick resolution.
The real applause belongs to the guy on the horse, the explosives experts, the fingerprint guy, and the VIN investigators… each and every one of the outstanding gum-shoe detectives who rolled up their sleeves and put the facts and clues together. Great job and, on behalf of Americans everywhere, thanks from the bottom of my heart.
I had also considered tackling immigration and the failures of so many administrations which have failed to deal with the issue, going all of the way back at least 40 years.
Some other ideas had intrigued me, such as the relationships between a couple of major labor unions that are taking member’s hard-earned dues money and using it to undermine our government and our country.
But, a breath of good air has blown across the country and I would be remiss if I didn’t pause and recognize it as being something truly remarkable. I think that the New York City Police Department and the F.B.I. did a truly remarkable job in all aspects of the attempted Times Square bombing over the weekend. From the very moment that a street-side vendor tipped off a mounted policeman to a Nissan Pathfinder left running with its passenger compartment filled with smoke, to the capture and arrest of the admitted perpetrator as he was attempting to make his escape at Kennedy Airport… literally plucking him off the plane after it had left the gate… everyone involved knew what had to be done to identify and nail those responsible and they did it. Not only did they get the job done, but they did it within less than three days and that included rounding up accomplices in Pakistan.
I do disagree with Mayor Bloomberg and Eric Holder taking the credit for this. Bloomberg initially alluded that the guy who did it was probably some deranged and disgruntled American stirred up by bloggers and right-wing evildoers like the Tea Party. Holder grandstanded after the arrests started to come down as if he had personally been in the thick of things and was single-handedly responsible for the quick resolution.
The real applause belongs to the guy on the horse, the explosives experts, the fingerprint guy, and the VIN investigators… each and every one of the outstanding gum-shoe detectives who rolled up their sleeves and put the facts and clues together. Great job and, on behalf of Americans everywhere, thanks from the bottom of my heart.
Monday, May 03, 2010
MANHOLE COVERS BLOW UP IN NEW YORK CITY
BREAKING NEWS POST
Manhole covers started blowing off in New York City around 2:20 PM EDT today, May 3rd. Initial reaction is that there is an electrical fire in underground tunnels and vaults. There is no indication at this point that these events are tied in to the weekend bombing attempt.
In the meanwhile, reports are coming out that the weekend bombing attempt DID involve international sources.
Manhole covers started blowing off in New York City around 2:20 PM EDT today, May 3rd. Initial reaction is that there is an electrical fire in underground tunnels and vaults. There is no indication at this point that these events are tied in to the weekend bombing attempt.
In the meanwhile, reports are coming out that the weekend bombing attempt DID involve international sources.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
NYC BOMB: TERRORISM? (UPDATE)
The news as of 3:30 PM EDT on Sunday, May 2nd, is pretty much the same. We now know that a shop manager initially saw the vehicle and notified a mounted policeman. We know that a Caucasian-appearing individual was looking at the vehicle from an alley while taking off an outer dark shirt and leaving a red shirt underneath; that he then immediately left the area. The white powder in the vehicle appears to be fertilizer. The bomb is said to have been assembled in an unsophisticated manner using MD-80 firecrackers as the primer.
I'm of the initial opinion that this is not the result of the "heated rhetoric" that President Obama claims may cause some radical extremist to do something "explosive;" neither of the shirts worn by the suspect bore the "S.E.I.U." logo.
I'm of the initial opinion that this is not the result of the "heated rhetoric" that President Obama claims may cause some radical extremist to do something "explosive;" neither of the shirts worn by the suspect bore the "S.E.I.U." logo.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
NYC BOMB: TERRORISM?
SPECIAL POST
A Nissan Pathfinder containing a white powder, propane and gasoline was discovered smoking in a crowded Times Square by an alert police officer at approximately 7:00 PM EDT on Saturday, May 1st. He also noted someone running from the vehicle; the officer immediately called for the bomb squad, as well as more police and fire response. Within a very short time, it was determined that the plates on the vehicle did not belong to that vehicle. The bomb squad determined that the bomb was intended to do a lot of damage and certainly would have killed people, had it gone off. Times Square was evacuated.
Although it was not officially called a terrorist act after seven hours into the investigation, it most certainly was and I do not think that the attempt was domestic in the generic sense of the word. I believe as of the time of this post that the plot involved foreign influence.
Counting the Christmas Day airline bomber, that's two very close terrorist acts that could have caused massive destruction and loss of life. We got lucky, but I don't know how much longer this run of luck will last under this President.
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