Protest Berkeley California And Mayor Tom Bates

I am calling on all people to protest the City of Berkeley in California. Why you may ask? Because of the blatant disrespect of the Marines operating in the city. The City Council has voted to tell the Marines their downtown recruiting station is not welcome and "if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome guests."

The have given Code Pink, the ultra Liberal anti war organization, a parking spot directly in front of the station and the right to protest there once a week for six months with a free sound permit. “I believe in the Code Pink cause. The Marines don't belong here, they shouldn't have come here, and they should leave," said Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates.

Because of this, I say that all people protest going to this Ultra Liberal city. Mayor Tom Bates should be recalled but you know that won’t happen. California has turned into a disgrace of America. If Bates thinks that we do not need the Marines he is mistaken.

Protest the city people. Don’t go there. Don’t shop there. Don’t let them get your money.

Obama most Liberal Senator in 07

This just in from Foxnews:

Barack Obama ranked as the most liberal senator of 2007, according to newly released National Journal ratings.

National Journal has tabulated the rankings of U.S. senators and representatives based on their votes for the last 27 years, and found that in 2007 both Obama and his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination Hillary Clinton shifted to the left in the run-up to the primaries.

Obama went from being the 10th-most-liberal senator in 2006 to the front of the line, while Clinton went from being the 32nd-most-liberal senator to the 16th-most-liberal last year.

Despite the bitterness pervading the campaign between Clinton and Obama, National Journal pointed out the two have very similar voting records. The year-in-review showed the two differed on just 10 of the 267 measure they both voted on.

The article said the two candidates were like “fraternal policy twins,” demonstrating only slight differences.

National Journal wrote that the two senators supported most measures to withdraw troops from Iraq and comprehensive immigration reform, and that they voted similarly when it came to health care, education, energy and other issues.
In response, Obama spokesman Bill Burton dismissed the use of labels like conservative and liberal.

“Only in Washington can you get falsely attacked for being like Reagan one week and labeled the most liberal the next,” he said. “The tendency of Washington to apply a misleading label to every person and idea is just one of the many things we need to change about how things operate inside the Beltway.

Like Reagan? You have got to be kidding me!!!

Edwards, Giuliani Drop Out. What's Next?

I could have told you that they would drop out after the Florida primary. I just didn't know who would win it. McCain and Clinton did.

Now its down to 4. Well, technically 5, but we wont count Huckabee.

Going into Super Tuesday we have Obama Vs. Clinton and McCain Vs. Romney.

I am hoping that we get a Clinton Vs. Romney ticket but I would guess that we end up with a Obama Vs. Romney.

Obama is going to be harder to beat then Clinton, especially for Romney. The Mormon factor comes in, but McCain will not have that problem. McCain is the most electable person of the four. He will pull Moderates and Independents, but have a harder time with Conservatives and Evangelicals. Now if he picks Huckabee as his running mate he will be a shoe in.

I am picking McCain / Huckabee as our next President / Vice President.

I could be wrong, you never know.

Clinton Vs. Obama

During yesterdays State of the Union address by President Bush, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were sitting 4 Senators apart. This doesn't seem like news but they never talked to each other.

Clinton even shook Ted Kennedy's hand, who was sitting next to Obama. This is after Kennedy gave his support to Obama, that Clinton really wanted.

With Bill Clinton going crazy on Obama and now Kennedy backing him, this is going to get interesting.

These candidates are going to pick each other apart. Hopefully the Republicans can keep it together during this process.

I find it hard to believe that either will get elected as President but you never know.

Christine Beatty Resigns

Christine Beatty announced, through her lawyer, that she will resign her position as Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's Chief of Staff. She has not formally submitted her resignation yet.

Is Kwame next? I highly doubt it. It would blow my mind if he does. He is to arrogant.

According to Kilpatricks general counsal, Sharon McPhail "I'd be awfully surprised if there are any criminal charges from what I'm hearing." "When the facts are known, this is going to be a blip on the screen of all the wonderful things that he's done for the city."

Sure it will Sharon.

Detroit Mayor Abused Power

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was using tax payer dollars to travel with his mistriss, chief of staff Christine Beatty.

In 2002, they went to Denver. According to the Mayors offical calander it said he was off Fishing. The Detroit Free Press found out that he charged the city for airfare and car rentals. He went with his Mistriss.

Some of the 14,000 text messages between the two show that the two of them were musing about other romantic getaway possibilities, including to Houston, West Virginia and "the islands."

This Mayor needs to step down.

This is from the Detroit Free Press:

The text messages cover two time periods -- September and October 2002, and April and May 2003. They were subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit brought by two former cops against the mayor and the city. The mayor settled the suit and another case for $8.4 million. Legal costs pushed the cost past $9 million.

The Free Press uncovered details of the Colorado trip by cross-referencing the text messages with city credit card records and a copy of Kilpatrick's appointment calendar.

On Oct. 24, 2002, the text messages show, Kilpatrick wrote to Beatty: "I just made my reservation."

Beatty responded: "You made it Denver? Leaving when and returning when?"

Kilpatrick: "Denver. Nov. 7th-8:57 flt Return Nov. 10th-11:25am flt arrive 4:11."

Beatty: "...Should I take the same flight?"

Kilpatrick: "Yes."

City credit card records and a flight itinerary for the mayor show Kilpatrick charged $283 on Oct. 25 for a round-trip flight to Denver on Northwest Airlines. Records indicate the mayor's police bodyguards -- at least one of whom accompanies the mayor on out-of-town business trips -- did not go to Denver.

The credit card records and a receipt from Hertz show that Kilpatrick rented a car in Denver to drive to Vail, about 90 miles away. The cost was $357.

A credit card statement shows the mayor used his city credit card to reserve a room at the Sonnenalp Resort, which TripAdvisor.com rates as the No. 1 hotel among the 35 in Vail. It is unclear how Kilpatrick paid for his room. Records show he initially put $336.49 on his city card, but received a credit Nov. 9. On the statement is a hand-written notation that says, "Paid for this there."

The charges match up with the mayor's appointment calendar, which shows that on Nov. 6, 2002, the day before the flight, the mayor had eight appointments. But from Nov. 7 through Nov. 10 -- a Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning -- the calendar simply says, "Hold for Mayor Gone Fishing!!!"

The calendar also shows that the mayor was scheduled to return on Sunday, Nov. 10, to deliver the keynote address at the United Negro College Fund Annual Alumni Council Dinner at Cobo Hall.

Mayoral spokesman James Canning said Saturday he did not know whether the mayor reimbursed the city for the rental car or airline ticket and he did not know the purpose of the trip. Canning would not say whether he had spoken to the mayor.

Obama Wins South Carolina With Black Support

Barack Obama won South Carolina. How? He took over 80 percent of the black vote. Blacks are going to vote for their own, not all of them but most.

If Obama thinks that he will take S.C. in the main election, in November, he is sadly mistaken. He will not pull the white vote there. It is a state where the Confederate flag still flies.

"The choice in this election is not between regions or religions or genders," Obama said in his victory speech Saturday night, delivered with mostly white supporters seated behind him. "It's not about rich versus poor, young versus old, and it is not about black versus white. It's about the past versus the future."

I wish this was true about voters but its not. The reason he won was because of the Blacks. It had nothing to do with what he said above.

Michigan Hunting License Fee Hike

Well the fee hike that Governor Granholm wanted seems to be averted. She will be back soon trying to raise taxes on a state that is in a recession. Here is what I received through email:

Thanks to the activism of NRA members, Michigan hunters were not saddled with outrageous hunting license fee increases in 2007. NRA stood alone in its battle against a proposal that would have raised license fees in Michigan. Legislation that was originally designed to double Michigan hunting license fees was defeated due to a lack of support.

Bureaucrats and other supporters of increasing hunting license fees predicted massive layoffs of conservation officers and public land closures, but when the final budget numbers for the year were revealed, the Department of Natural Resources had a balance of $10 million, and none of their dire predictions came to fruition!

NRA members are concerned that Michigan ranks last in the country in hunter retention, and continued attempts to price hunters out of the woods will only solidify the state’s dubious standing. Sportsmen already bear the burden of natural resources conservation, and the DNR’s short-sighted efforts to ignore other non-hunter, long term funding mechanisms is detrimental to Michigan’s hunting heritage.

While it appears NRA averted fee hikes in 2007, proponents will undoubtedly be back for more this year, so the fight is not over.

Encoded Ammunition

I just received info about this through email from the NRA. If this kind of Legislating ever came true, it would destroy the gun industry. This is exactly what gun banners want. You Democrats out there that say you support gun rights, you better look at your candidates.

In 2007, the sponsor of “encoded ammunition” legislation in Maryland urged lawmakers across the country to introduce the same kind of legislation in their states. This legislation would require ammunition manufacturers to engrave a serial number on “the base of the bullet and the inside of the cartridge casing of each round” of ammunition for popular sporting caliber center-fire rifles, all center-fire pistols, all .22 rimfire rifles and pistols, and all 12 gauge shotguns.

This “Encoded Ammunition” legislation essentially amounts to bullet and cartridge case registration. If enacted, it would mean forfeiture of currently owned ammunition; a separate registration for every box of new ammunition; outrageously expensive ammunition costs for police and private citizens alike; and a waste of taxpayer money that could be better spent on effective police programs.

This type of highly restrictive legislation has repeatedly been proven ineffective and is opposed by BATFE and most mainstream law enforcement organizations.

Super Bowl Ads

It looks like Fox will not allow political Super Bowl ads during the game this year.

I love it.

I do love politics but this is about football and having one night away from politics is pleasant. Would candidates run ads during them? I am sure they would but soon we will be bombarded with ads and wont be able to wait till the election it over.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy

It looks like to me that Kwame Kilpatrick, The hip hop mayor, will get off again. Kilpatrick has been a bad seed ever sense he entered office.

"The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office will conduct an independent investigation that will be fair, impartial and thorough," she said in brief remarks. She took no questions.

She took no questions? Why not? Are you scared what you are going to get asked?

Worthy said the newspaper accounts did not constitute evidence.

Hmm sounds a little fishy to me. The Detroit Free Press got a hold of 14,000 text messages which showed Kwame having an affair and firing Police over the matter.

She said her office will not be pressured by outside influences.

There is a huge racial divide here in Metro Detroit and this is why. This was a racial remark, saying that whites will not influence Blacks decision. Say what you want, but that is what that meant.

Three Little Pigs

Is the three little pigs offensive to Muslims?

Now if its name is "Three Little Cowboy Builders", does that make it offensive to builders?

The judges from a British Government Awards Competition thinks so. They have excluded the book from the competition for this.

One of the Judges says that it could cause cultural problems, because they are pigs. He does not recommend this to the Muslim community. He also asked if builders are pigs, or cowboys.

The book's creative director says the idea that using pigs in the story could be interpreted as racism is "like a slap in the face."

This book has already won an award from another educational competition.

This is political correctness runs wild! Its ludicrous, if it offends Muslims, then don't read it. Should we start burning these books like Nazis? Political correctness is like censorship, which leads to awful things. I fear that we are heading in that direction.

Is this the end for Obama, or is it a lie?

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Busted

It looks like Mayor Kilpatrick has been caught lying. Last summer during his Whisteblower lawsuit, Kilpatrick went on the stand and said, under oath, that he did not have an affair with Chief of Staff Christine Beatty. Beatty also went on the stand during this trial and said the same thing.

Of the 14,000 messages that the Detroit Free Press went through here are a few:

"I'm madly in love with you," Kilpatrick wrote on Oct. 3, 2002, according to the messages obtained by the Free Press, which published some of the information after a protracted legal battle with the city. The newspaper did not reveal who supplied the information.

"I hope you feel that way for a long time," Beatty replied to the mayor. "In case you haven't noticed, I am madly in love with you, too!"

On Oct. 16, 2002, Kilpatrick wrote Beatty: "I've been dreaming all day about having you all to myself for 3 days. Relaxing, laughing, talking, sleeping and making love."

This to me shows that Kilpatrick lied on the stand. Legal experts say that Kilpatrick and Beatty could face up to 15 years in prison for purgery. Will they? I doubt it.

Don't forget this whole story started with 2 police officers investigating Kilpatricks problems and were fired of fear of finding out this story.