Sunday, September 5, 2010
Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit?
A sense of disappointment, bordering on betrayal, has been growing across the country, especially in moderate states like Indiana, where people now openly say they didn't quite understand the President they voted for in 2008. The fear most often expressed is that Obama is taking the country somewhere they don't want to go. "We bought what he said. He offered a lot of hope," says Fred Ferlic, an Obama voter and orthopedic surgeon in South Bend who has since soured on his choice. Ferlic talks about the messy compromises in health care reform, his sense of an inhospitable business climate and the growth of government spending under Obama. "He's trying to Europeanize us, and the Europeans are going the other way," continues Ferlic, a former Democratic campaign donor who plans to vote Republican this year. "The entire American spirit is being broken."
Some Say Hawaii Farm Too Big To Fail After Farmers Convicted of Human Trafficking
It pays to be rich and powerful. The laws don't apply like for everyone else:
Two prominent, popular brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human trafficking charges -- they pleaded guilty -- but two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison.
Dems run away from health care
A handful of House Democrats are making health care reform an election year issue — by running against it.
At least five of the 34 House Democrats who voted against their party’s health care reform bill are highlighting their “no” votes in ads back home. By contrast, party officials in Washington can’t identify a single House member who’s running an ad boasting of a “yes” vote — despite the fact that 219 House Democrats voted in favor of final passage in March.
'Republican Strategist' Calls Islam a "Joke"
GOP propagandist, Jack Burkman, appeared on MSNBC this morning and proceeded to use anti-Muslim hate speech. This is only the latest example of the Republicans using bigotry as a political strategy.
Tens of Millions of 'Missing' Girls
Tens of millions of 'missing' girls - CNN.com
Discrimination against women and girls takes a staggering toll around the world, says author Sheryl WuDunn. It leads to as many as 100 million fewer females than males in the world.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Mom of dead, 15 lb child force-fed her sleeping pills: source
Once again the system failed. The weakest in society should be the first to be protected. That isn't the case in America. This so-called parent should have been watched much earlier which should have lead to the removal of this child from the killer-mom's custody. Now it's too late.
Children should examined regularly to detect malnutrition and other forms of abuse before a child dies or is seriously abused.
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/home/~3/x-eIGT75HD0/2010-09-04_carlotta_pierce_mom_of_deadmalnourished_child_forcefed_child_sleeping_pills_pros.html
Children should examined regularly to detect malnutrition and other forms of abuse before a child dies or is seriously abused.
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/home/~3/x-eIGT75HD0/2010-09-04_carlotta_pierce_mom_of_deadmalnourished_child_forcefed_child_sleeping_pills_pros.html
Why We Need The Assault Weapons Ban
Guns are everywhere in America. They're even found by police when not even looking for them:
A Sutter County man arrested Friday "had the most firepower I've seen in a single location," a veteran law enforcement official said.And where are they obtained from. From gun dealers, of course. Even when those gun dealers are not supposed to be selling them. And assault weapons are finding their way to murderous drug gangs in Mexico:
The "appropriately named" Roger Eugene Gunn, 41, had 21 guns, many of them illegal assault weapons, when officers went to his home in the 1700 block of Edwards Lane to check on a marijuana garden, said Mike Hudson, commander of the Yuba-Sutter Narcotic and Gang Enforcement team.
Federal agents Thursday arrested a Salida man suspected of illegally selling guns, including assault weapons, at his east Modesto gun shop to undercover agents and others posing as Mexican citizens without identification.They are also finding their way into the hands of street gangs in the U.S.:
Robert John Ronning, 42, was arrested on suspicion of illegal gun sales, including the unlawful transfers of unregistered gun silencers and a machine gun, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento.
"Selling guns to unknown individuals, especially those without identification, is a dangerous business," U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner said in the news release. "Guns trafficked back to Mexico help fuel the cartels and perpetuate the violence over the border."
Two students were arrested Monday armed with assault weapons at the Oakland campus of Laney College on the first day of classes, Oakland police said.And what are these weapons used for? To shoot at the police:
Investigators said the two men with known gang ties had just come out of a class they attended when police moved in for the arrest.
Two men have been charged with attempted murder of a police officer after they allegedly shot and wounded two Chicago police officers during a search on the South Side, officials said.You would think the current President would be supportive of maintaining the ban on weapons that have devastated his hometown of Chicago. But he doesn't:
Not only will the White House not make good on candidate Obama's promise to revive the ban or Holder's announced decision to do so, it won't even talk about the assault weapons ban. Not a word. The reason is obvious: Obama and his aides don't want to spark a backlash from the NRA and voters who cling to their guns—especially as Democrats ride toward a difficult mid-term election.
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