Before you come out against illegals, think of the burritos!!!

Black Man's Bluetooth

Worldly Advice

Why do you think a girl would get a lower back tattoo that she will never see? It’s so you have something to look out while you’re doing her doggy style. She wants you to be visually entertained during sex; how thoughtful is that?!

DC Government is a joke: The ongoing church parking issue

Once again we see that politicans don't really care about residents in DC. On Sunday, Mayor Williams decided that there will be no enforcement of parking laws and that a "taskforce" should be established to study the issue. What issue and how much studying do you need? It should be clear that ticketing cars that are parked in cross walkes, in front of fire hydrates, or double parked is the way to go. Plus, the community already established a commission to study the church parking issue and came up with a plan that the Mayor is now just throwing away. Pathetic!!!

If the city wants to give churches a special place in society then just come right out and say it. Better yet lets cut out the middle man and turn this sorry a-s city into a theocracy.

Republican Party: Is it breaking apart?

This is a great article by Craig Shirley who discusses the reasons why many conservatives will be happy to see the Republican party fail. The Goldwater/Reagan wing of the Republican party has never truly won the war over who really controls the party. The liberal Rockefeller business camp has been a sore loser since 64 win they lost the Republican nomination to Goldwater. Ever since then its members have sat in waiting while Reagan came to dominate the party that they thought was rightfully theirs. Today we have a President who pretends to be a Reagan Republican when he more closely fits the Rockefeller model. Other Rockefeller Republicans still control most of the party even though they proclaim to carry the Reagan legacy. I say down with the Republican party and start over. Get rid of the tax and spend liberals and anyone else who doesn't want to enforce the law. Destroy the party and let the Democrats take over. They can't do any worse!

The immigration reform debate has highlighted a long-standing fissure in the GOP between the elitist Rockefeller business wing and the party's conservative populist base. Whether the two groups can continue to coexist and preserve the Republican majority is increasingly doubtful as conservatives begin to consider -- and in some cases cheer -- the possibility that the GOP may lose control of Congress this fall.

The two camps are deeply divided. The business elites are interested in a large supply of cheap labor and support unfettered immigration and open borders. The populist base supports legal immigration but is concerned about lawlessness on our border, national sovereignty and the real security threat posed by porous borders.

There is nothing new about this division. It is a 40-year-old fight that has its roots in the cultural, economic, regional and ideological differences between the two camps. Still, most conservatives felt that after the victory of Ronald Reagan and the Republican Revolution of 1994 their point was made and the country-clubbers would know their place. They were wrong. The Rockefeller wing is now attempting to reassert its control over the party and is openly hostile toward the Reagan populists who created the Republican majority in the first place.

Major Republicans have taken to attacking others within their own party as unsophisticated nativists. In a recent Wall Street Journal column, former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie warned populists to cease and desist from promoting "border enforcement first" legislation. "Anti-immigration rhetoric is a political siren song, and Republicans must resist its lure," he said. And in a recent editorial, the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol attacked populist Republicans for not recognizing the danger of "turning the GOP into an anti-immigration, Know-Nothing party."

Conservatives see this kind of rhetoric as inflammatory, anti-intellectual and offensive. Far from being driven by xenophobia and intolerance, conservative populists are motivated by a profound respect for the rule of law and by a patriotic regard for America's sovereignty and national security. Upholding the rule of law and protecting our country's borders is important to conservative populists and to most Americans.

To make their argument, some establishment Republicans are invoking Ronald Reagan's name. In fact, Reagan argued that it was our government's duty to "humanely regain control of our borders and thereby preserve the value of one of the most sacred possessions of our people: American citizenship." Reagan was pro-legal immigration, pro-patriotic assimilation and in step with other populist conservatives.

The Republican Party is now unraveling. Sept. 11, 2001, and the war on terrorism stanched a lot of wounds inside the party, but resentment is growing over steel tariffs, prescription drug benefits, a League of Nations mentality, the growth of government and harebrained spending, the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, the increasing regulation of political speech in the United States and endemic corruption. On top of all the scandals, it has just come to light that the RNC paid millions in legal bills to defend operative James Tobin, who was convicted with associates in an illegal phone-jamming scheme aimed at preventing New Hampshire Democrats from voting. In doing so, the GOP appears to sanction and institutionalize corruption within the party.

The elites in the GOP have never understood conservatives or Reagan; they've found both to be a bit tacky. They have always found the populists' commitment to values unsettling. To them, adherence to conservative principles was always less important than wealth and power.

Unfortunately, the GOP has lost its motivating ideals. The revolution of 1994 has been killed not by zeal but by a loss of faith in its own principles. The tragedy is not that we are faced with another fight for the soul of the Republican Party but that we have missed an opportunity to bring a new generation of Americans over to our point of view.

All agree that the Democrats are feckless and without a plan or agenda. But most Americans are now presented with a choice between two parties that are both addicted to power -- the Democrats to government power and Republicans to corporate and governmental power. Who speaks for Main Street Reaganism?

It was the populists under Reagan, and later under Newt Gingrich, who energized the party, gave voice to a maturing conservative ideology and swept Republicans into power. We would be imprudent and forgetful to disregard this. But it may be too late, because conservatives don't want to be part of the looming train wreck. They know that this is no longer Ronald Reagan's party.

Finally, a truthful statement

9th Circuit follow up comment

Just a thought but maybe the Supreme Court needs a special Reinhardt docket, where every case that he votes in the majority gets automatic expedited review, with the Supreme Court summarily reversing after 30 days unless someone pulls it off the docket.

The debate over homosexuality

I ran across this sentence in another blog that I sometimes view and I wanted to comment on it.

Homosexuality is an enduring status or quality; attacking "homosexuality" is indistinguishable from attacking homosexuals, just as attacking "being black" is indistinguishable from attacking black people.

Although I don't think homosexuality is an immoral sin and don't care what sexual perferences you may entertain, this phrase is one of those oft-repeated saying that means nothing. There are a lot of qualities that are enduring which people find immoral. To name one, pedophilia (no, I am not comparing homosexuals and pedophiles). But it does seem to be an enduring status or quality. It's hard to "cure" these sickos just as it's hard to convert a homosexual to a heterosexual. So what if a quality is enduring if that quality is immoral?

The difference, of course, is that some believe that homosexuality is amoral (as do I) and pedophila is immoral (as do I). It doesn't make any difference that each quality is enduring and resistant to change or remedy.

Let's not kid ourselves that the opprobrium assigned to homosexuality can be dissolved with hollow slogans like "Homosexuality is enduring, it's just like race!" to convince the public that homosexuals are not gross or immoral sinners, one must address the underlying morality of the act.

The 9th Circuit has validated the concept of "Freedom of speech for me but not for thee."

Thought anyone reading this blog might have some interest in at least knowing about this case. Becaically a kid wore an anti-gay t-shirt to school and was told to remove it. Case went to court and eventually got to the 9th Circuit. According to the majority (Justice Reinhardt...ugh), "derogatory and injurious remarks directed at students' minority status such as race, religion, and sexual orientation" -- which essentially means expressions of viewpoints that are hostile to certain races, religions, and sexual orientations -- are simply unprotected by the First Amendment in K-12 schools.

So by this ruling, the somewhat hip "Boys Suck" t-shirts would be protected (while they are a minority, our society has a past history of oppressing women) while a "Girls are stupid" shirt would be banned. As would some shirt making fun of someone for being fat. Or having glasses. That's just wildly illogical. But it's the 9th.

Civil Rights Act and Racial Preference

When the civil rights act was being debated in Congress in the 1960s southern senators opposed the bill because they said it would lead to a system of racial preferences. Most liberals regarded these senators as bigots (perhaps rightly so) and emphasized that they all were seeking was equal treatment under the law. Hubert Humphrey said he eat the bill if anyone determined it to legalize a racial preference. It seems that the southerners were right—the Act did lead to a system of racial preferences.

Global Warming: A Scientific Canard?

I am not sure if I believe all the dire predications or not, but seeing that the scientific community can't figure out what is going on I am going to hold off on take a side. Although I admit the Earth is getting warming, I wonder if this is simply a geological fluxuation rather than a permant man made symptom.

Global warming may not be as dramatic as some scientists have predicted.

Using temperature readings from the past 100 years, 1,000 computer simulations and the evidence left in ancient tree rings, Duke University scientists announced yesterday that "the magnitude of future global warming will likely fall well short of current highest predictions."

DHS Is going to get tough with Illegal Immigration

The apprehension on Wednesday of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants employed by a Houston-based pallet supply company, as well as the arrest of seven of its managers, represents the kickoff of a more aggressive federal immigration enforcement campaign intended to hold employers accountable for breaking the law, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today.

Saying the hiring by companies nationwide of millions of undocumented workers is often a form of organized crime, Mr. Chertoff, a former federal prosecutor, said the government will now attempt to combat the practice with techniques similar to those used to try to shut down the mob.

"We target those organizations, we use intelligence to define the scope of the organization, and then we use all of the tools we have — whether it's criminal enforcement or the immigration laws — to make sure we come down as hard as possible and break the back of those organizations," Mr. Chertoff said during a news conference at the headquarters of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division.

Mayor Williams gives himself more power than provided by law

There is an ongoing parking debate in the nation's capitol. Many city officials feel they don't have to enforce the law if they don't want to. Mayor Anthony Williams is the lastest to make such an assertation:

There's a zone of discretion for the executive...especially when it comes to something broad and systematic. I think it'd be wrong for me to say 'I'm walking down the street and I'm going to give you a parking ticket that I won't give you.' But as a matter of broad policy it's a different question.

So, the Mayor says he has a type of discretionary authority. Well, I would disagree. At the state level, legislative bodies do give governors the right to "fill in the details of legislation." The state executive uses his or her ordinance making power which is a type a of dicretionary authority but that is clearly limited to areas where the legislative body has given the executive such power.

In addition, in the wake of a natural disaster such as a flood or tornado, a mayor may declare an official state of emergency that empowers him or her to issue binding rules of behavior for a limited period of time. A curfew ordering persons to be off the street is an example of this. Although such orders are discretionary and the law of the land, they are limited, unusual, and termporary.

From what I can tell, neither the U.S. Congress or the D.C. City Council has given Mayor Williams any discretionary power when it comes to parking enforcement. His role is clear cut and defined not only by the law, but what the common law limits executive authorities to.

Director of National Intelligence: Another layer of bureaucracy?

I'm not too shocked to see that the House Intelligence Committee has finally come out and warned what I, and many other congressional experts said, when Congress created the director position.

In an April 6 report, the Intelligence Committee warned that Mr. Negroponte's office could end up not as a streamlined coordinator but as "another layer of large, unintended and unnecessary bureaucracy."

Adding bureaucracy might seem like a good idea (as it did with the Deparment of Homeland Security). Yet, when you actually get down to the practical operation of such a huge system, the lines of communication get cut off with so many layers and levels. America experienced this with FEMA after Katrina. It will again when the next terrorist attack occurs. Bureaucracy is a curse, not a blessing.

This quote by James Borden pretty much sums up what the DNI and DHS bring to the table: "Guidelines for Bureaucrats: 1. When in charge, ponder. 2. When in trouble, delegate. 3. When in doubt, mumble." Not too reassering.

First Black Senate Page

In 1965, New York Senator Jacob Javits sponsored Lawrence Wallace Bradford Jr. to be the United States Senate first black page. Mr. Bradford was a 16-year old honor student a New Lincoln School in New York City.

My x-mas gift has arrived

An 103 inch Plasma TV. I am in love.

Philips coming out with a DV Recorder that forces you to watch commericials

Awesome idea! Here is what one blog had to say about it:

Royal Philips is being a royal pain in the arse with a new technology to make TV watchers unable to skip commercials. Their recent patent filing indicates that broadcast flags would be inserted into commercials in order to allow supported TVs to disable channel changing during breaks. In addition, the flags would also be recognized by digital video recorders so viewers can’t fast forward even if they’ve seen the ads already. Great job on tapping into the consumer zeitgeist, Philips. Oh yeah, and we also hear you’re going to follow this patent up with one on telemarketing calls between 6 and 8PM. Good luck with that.

What to do with Iran: The Russia, China, and Europe Problem

Russia, China, Europe, et al., want the US hobbled, and so are willing to go along with Iran, as they view the US and Israel as the main target. Russia and China, at least, will exhibit their well known restraint and respect for human rights as soon as Iran turns to bite them.

As to America's problems in the world, it is a demonstration of the truthfulness of Machiavelli's maxim. America in general, and the left specifically, want to be loved. When you are successful and powerful, it is hard to be loved, especially when you are supporting so many others and doing necessary work that they can not, highlighting their inferirority. No one responds well to having their faults demonstrated, and so the US is hated and will always be hated as long as it continues to succeed.

America's position in the world and foreign policy aims would be dramatically better served by a policy that aims to be feared rather than loved. Making it so that there are very, very serious and immediate consequences to baiting the US or opposing it would dramatically reduce the popularity of cheap anti-americanism. Rather than having it win you a German election, it should see serious questions about continued diplomatic relations, reduced or eliminated military co-operation, and a thorough review of all non-commercial interactions.

Important and necessary allies do not and would not stoop to these kinds of cheap tactics. It is almost guaranteed that only enemies, antipathetical neutrals, and vestigial allies for which there is no longer any reason or purpose for alliance would engage in such contact. The best examples of this are in Europe, where the reasons for tight alliances have been removed (Russians on the doorstep/ muscular Germans), and the states slack under the shadow of a remote and benevloent giant.

Rather than simple musings about closing German bases, the Bush administration should have publicly and immediately announced that it would be closing all German bases and repositioning forces. Alliances have a purpose, and should be ruthlessly pruned when their is no longer an immediate need, so that closeness does not make the heart grow colder.

Soviet Underground Submarine Base (Part 4)

Soviet Underground Submarine Base (Part 3)

Soviet Underground Submarine Base (Part 2)

Soviet Underground Submarine Base (Part 1)

Damn stupid bills!

And I thought all that was on the house!

Comedy Central did censure South Park

I am too lazy at the moment to provide a link, but it was reported that CC officials acknowledge censuring South Park out of fear of Muslim reaction. Isn't it great to be an American!

OSU librarian slapped with “sexual harassment” charge for recommending conservative books for freshmen

Officials at the Ohio State University are investigating an OSU Mansfield librarian for “sexual harassment” after he recommended four conservative books for a freshman reading program. ADF has demanded that OSU cease its frivolous investigation, yet the university is pressing forward, claiming that it takes the charges “seriously.”

“Universities are one of the most hostile places for Christians and conservatives in America,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel David French, who heads ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom. “It is shameful that OSU would investigate a Christian librarian for simply recommending books that are at odds with the prevailing politics of the university.”

Scott Savage, who serves as a reference librarian for the university, suggested four best-selling conservative books for freshman reading in his role as a member of OSU Mansfield’s First Year Reading Experience Committee. The four books he suggested were The Marketing of Evil by David Kupelian, The Professors by David Horowitz, Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis by Bat Ye’or, and It Takes a Family by Senator Rick Santorum. Savage made the recommendations after other committee members had suggested a series of books with a left-wing perspective, by authors such as Jimmy Carter and Maria Shriver.

Savage was put under “investigation” by OSU’s Office of Human Resources after three professors filed a complaint of discrimination and harassment against him, saying that the book suggestions made them feel “unsafe.” The complaint came after the OSU Mansfield faculty voted without dissent to file charges against Savage. The faculty later voted to allow the individual professors to file charges.

On March 28, ADF sent OSU officials a letter informing them of Savage’s constitutional rights. A copy of the letter can be read at www.telladf.org/UserDocs/OSUMansfieldletter.pdf. The university so far has declined to stop the investigation, saying in its response that it takes “any allegation of sexual harassment seriously.”

“The OSU Mansfield faculty is attempting to label a librarian as a ‘sexual harasser’ because they disagree with his book suggestions,” said French. “It is astonishing that an entire faculty would vote to launch a sexual harassment investigation because a librarian offered book suggestions in a committee whose purpose was to solicit such suggestions.”

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