How the Republican National Committee helps promote terrorism!

Somewhere in this 24 hour newscyle, internet media connected world of ours there are many voices crying out speaking truth to power including yours truly. However, there are only a few in the corporate media who dare to pull back the curtain and expose some of the ugly truths about how those in power will use fear for political gain. A recent commercial put out by the Republican National committee is one such example that like an al Qaeda terrorists tape is using the same message of fear and terrorism to scare the American public. Keith Obermann shows the commercial for what it is in this special commentary on the MSNBC show Countdown. Exposing this act of pure political terrorism promoted by the Republican National committee.

From the hola suckers file!

The Washington Post has another one of those corporate news media tear jerker articles on illegal immigrants. This one is about children who cross the U.S. border illegally trying to reach their parents many who are here illegally too. Of course they don't pay their taxes but, are perfectly willing to cough up $6.000 to pay a coyote to smuggle their children across the border once again violating U.S. immigration law.
Meanwhile if they are caught by the border patrol they are coddled by Health and Human Services in shelters as this quote shows:
"The shelter in Nixon offers classes in English, math, carpentry and computer skills. The children get round - the - clock supervision, plus counseling, medical care and recreation -- even yoga classes and outings to bowling alleys or local football game pep rallies."

So let me get this straight. While middle class U.S. families struggle with day care costs, health insurance, school taxes the children of illegal immigrants get put into shelters paid for by U.S. taxpayers where they are fed. cloth, taught, have medical care provided and even go on field trips all at taxpayers expense. Hola suckers indeed!

The middle class taxpayers are the real pawns!

Chicago Sun columinst Mark Brown has a column that is almost laughable in it's defense of a Democratic candidate Tammy Duckworth's position on illegal immigration. Here are some of the more amusing quotes:

"You'd think Duckworth was from the Planet of Goo-Goo Liberals if you didn't realize she's backing the same proposal co-sponsored by Kennedy and Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who might be the GOP standard-bearer for president in two years. Or if you didn't know that the comprehensive Senate immigration package also follows the same general approach favored by one George W. Bush."

Yeah, Tammy Duckworth agrees with George Bush the President with such great ideas like invading Iraq! She also agrees with limo liberals like Ted (NIMBY) Kennedy. Not to mention John (so what if they violated the law) McCain! Duckworth's judgement should be questioned if she aligns herself with these pols on illegal immigration.

"The Senate's immigration plan, the one favored by Duckworth and McCain (and yes, Kennedy), also calls for tougher border measures, but would allow those 12 million illegal immigrants to stay in the country. "

Yes, what a position. Come in and break our immigration laws we'll let you just stick around.

"It would require them to register with the government and earn their legalized status by paying a fine, paying their taxes and learning English, among other requirements. "

Gee let's see you violated our laws did not pay taxes like the working middle class citizens do. But, you will pay a small fine (but, not back taxes and penatlies), you should learn English (in schools also subsidized by taxpayers) Sounds like a great deal but, not for U.S. taxpayers

"It would take 11 years to clear all the hurdles. "

Yep, all the while being subsidized by U.S taxpayers!

"You may consider that a form of amnesty."

Duh!

"A lot of people who have studied this issue, though, think that eventually Congress will adopt some version of the Senate approach, because it will have a much better chance to work in the long run than just cracking down."

Brown's and Duckworth's argument is lacking something major. Something that has not been done regarding the illegal immigration problem in the country. It's a word that McCain, Kennedy, Bush, Duckworth and Brown seem to have forgotten and that word is: ENFORCMENT! If the politicans and officals in Washington and columinst like Brown had understood the meaning of that word, Illegal Immigration would not be the issue in this and many other campaigns across the country.

Separation of church & state my butt!

Here's another example of the Catholic Church's hypocrisy when it comes to illegal immigration and the rule of law. They will ignore United States Immigration law when it suits them. But, when a town tries to enforce some law and order in the local community regarding illegal immigration the Catholic Church has no qualms in using the United States system of laws to fight towns trying to enforce immigration laws. As the quote below shows:

" The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis played a critical role in forming the legal team to fight Valley Park's law. The archdiocese helped more than 20 families relocate from the city and contacted lawyers to help them, spokesman Hector Molina said."

Bailing out boy Bush

O' beautiful, for spacious skies

But now those skies are threatening

They're beating plowshares into swords

For this tired old man that we elected king

Armchair warriors often fail

And we've been poisoned by thse fairy tales

The lawyers clean up all the details

Since daddy had to lie

-Don Henley, The End of the Innocence

Well it looks like once again the Bush family is once again going to rely on close family friends to clear up the blunders of George W. Bush with the formation of the Iraq Study Group a "bipartisan" commission that is supposed to look at the U.S. options now that blundering bozo Bush has completely screwed up in Iraq. It is headed by James Baker the Texas lawyer who also led the legal effort to stop the vote counts in in the 2000 election that gave the Presidency to Bush.
Unfortunately, unlike the bailouts of George W's failed business dealings in the past. The stakes in Iraq are very high and have been for some time. Because this time the blunders of George W. Bush have resulted in the deaths of almost 3000 U.S. troops and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's and there's no way even guys like Baker can make that fact disappear.

Earthquakes and sea states

Hearing about the earthquake in Hawaii brings back a flood of memories for me and very pleasant ones at that. Several years ago I was sailing aboard a 50 foot sailboat around the Big Island during a vacation charter. We had decided to try and sail around the Northern tip of the island to see some of the scenic side on north east side. It would require us to sail all night to reach the area. I said I would help with the sailing and actually wound up doing most of it on a beautiful windy night. We sailed very close if not over the center of yesterday's quake. But, the memory for me was being at the helm of the boat at 3 am and suddenly feeling that I was not alone. Then in a few minutes I began to hear noises coming from around the boat. It was a few scary minutes before I figured out that the sounds were the breathing of a pod of dolphins that were swimming along the sailboat. Yes, I was certainly no longer alone on that dark night.

Eat this taxpayers!

The Washington Post has an excellent article on how we taxpayers are once again getting screwed. This time it concerns excess payments to farmers at taxpayer expense.
Here are some of the "money quotes:

"The result is that farmers often get paid twice by the government for the same disaster, once in subsidized insurance and then again in disaster assistance, a legal but controversial form of double-dipping, a Washington Post investigation found. Together, the programs have cost taxpayers nearly $24 billion since 2000."

"The government pays billions to help farmers buy cheap federal insurance, billions more to private insurance companies to help run the program and billions more to cover the riskiest claims. And on top of all that, it spends billions on disaster payments."

This kind of rip off should be enough to make any U.S. taxpayer sick and not because they've eaten spinach recently!

The Elephant in the room of Homeland Security

Ever wonder how all the illegals can can cross the U.S. border and end up hanging out on the street corners in your community. Republican House candidate Raj Peter Bhakta shows how it can be done and you won't believe your eyes or maybe you will. Click here to see the video.

Biting the hand of illegal immigration.

There was an article yesterday in the Washington Post by Blaine Harden which was about that sometime next week the population of the Umited States would reach 300 million. The headline says it all:
"America's Population Set to Top 300 MillionImmigration Fuels Much of Growth"

Some of the more interesting quotes:

"Hispanics from Latin America, by far the largest share of recent immigrants, are driving the natural increase here. On average, Hispanic women have one more child than non-Hispanic white women."

Which of course means more more education costs for middle class taxpayers. Here in New York State those costs are already costing taxpayers BILLIONS as this report shows:

"Based on estimates of the illegal immigrant population in New York and documented costs of K-12 schooling, New Yorkers spend more than $4.3 billion annually on education for the children of illegal immigrants. This estimate does not include programs for limited English students, remedial educational programs or breakfast and lunch programs available to students from low-income families. An estimated 11.7 percent of the K-12 public school students in New York are children of illegal aliens. "

Also in the article there is a lot of sugar coating and some very BIG if's. Here are some examples:

"So many middle-aged baby boomers who oppose immigration may be biting the hand that could feed them," Frey said.

May be? Hardly sounds like strong evidence for looking the other way on illegal immigration as so many in Washington are doing these days.

Here is another BIG IF quote buried in back of the article:

"This assumes, though, that immigrant children, especially Hispanics and blacks, will be educated well enough in American schools to find competitive jobs in the global economy."

and then there is this little hedge quote:

Hispanic and black children are between three and four times as likely to live in poverty as whites, so their growing numbers may not translate into growing national wealth. In addition, the divide between aging baby boomers in retirement and the younger workers who are supporting them with payroll taxes will have a racial, as well as a generational, dimension.
"Unless we can reduce age, racial and ethnic disparities in poverty," Jacobsen warns, "children from minority groups may be less able and less willing, as they grow up, to support the predominantly white elderly population."

Translation: Contrary to the the BS that George Bush, Ted Kennedy, John McCain and others who wave the pro-illegal immigrant banner are putting out. It looks like a net loss for U.S. taxpayers now and in the long run.

Hello Oil Suckers!

While North Korea and the page scandal dominate the news. Along comes this little item from Alaska. "BP said most of the production in the largest oilfield in the United States, Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, "
Once again the oil company BP is having bad luck with their oil facilities. What a coincidence! This time the blame is a power outage in Alaskan Prudhoe Bay oil field that knocked down the flow of oil from 350,000 barrels to 20,000 barrels. Hmmm, looks like this will be used to justify the oil and gas increases that will probably occur after the elections. This along with the cutbacks by OPEC will be part of the November surprise. Enjoy the low gas prices while they last oil suckers!

Forget North Korea here are the real threats to America!

While people here in Washington and the media go crazy over North Korea blowing up a nuclear bomb. Flying in under the radar were two more insidious threats to America. The two attacks occurred this past week on America were hardly noticed by many people. But, they did occur and they struck at the core of America and they were done by organizations whose primary focus is not aimed at our American values but, the interests of other countries.
One attack occurred at Columbia University when Jim Gilcrist one of the founders of the minuteman project was denied the ability to give a speech by pro illegal immigrant thugs who stormed the stage and refused to let him speak. They did not attack Mr. Gilchrist they attacked the basic concept of free speech that is one of the underpinnings of our American liberties.
Another less known but, equally hideous attack occurred on October 4th where historian, Tony Judt, who directs New York University's Remarque Institute was set to give a talk. But, an hour before Judt was to arrive, the Polish Consul General Krzysztof Kasprzyk canceled the talk. He said the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee had called and he quickly concluded Judt was too controversial. This was an attack not only on Mr. Judt's rights but, an attack on all our rights to free speech. Tony Judt comments on the cancellation should be a warning to everyone about how our basic values in the United States are under attack by these organizations:
"This is serious and frightening, and only in America -- not in Israel -- is this a problem," he said. "These are Jewish organizations that believe they should keep people who disagree with them on the Middle East away from anyone who might listen."
Both of these attacks on America and the concept of free speech occurred within the borders of the United States by organizations who are more concerned with other countries and not concerned with preserving our American rights to free speech and I think that makes these groups more dangerous to American liberties than North Korea.

Bozo Bush speaks again!

President Bush opened his mouth again on Friday on immigration here is some of the quotes from Bozo Bush:

"We must understand that you can't kick 12 million people out of your country _ that we must figure out a way to say to those that if you're lawful and if you've contributed to the United States of America, there is a way for you to eventually earn citizenship," -George W. Bush

No George you must understand that the 12 million are here illegally they are not here lawfully. They have broken the law and YOU as President have not enforced it! As far as kicking out the 12 million who have entered our country illegally. Yes you can! You do it the same way they came into the country 5, 10, 20, 30 at a time. Who says you can't do it except complete failures like yourself. Your "no can do" attitude on deporting illegal immigrant is unamericanly negative. After all which country put a man on the moon the United States or Mexico? Don't try to think to hard about that question George!

"Nobody in our land wants to grant automatic amnesty. But everybody in our land understands these people must be treated with respect and dignity," -George W. Bush

The illegals do not deserve the respect of the hard working middle class taxpayers of the United States because they have not respected our immigration laws. Just as you do not deserve the respect of the American citizens because of your FAILURE to secure our borders.

The Republican Congress crumbles again on border security

Once again the Republicans in Congress have crumbled and put our national security at risk and preformed a bait and switch on the American public. There was much made of the border fence bill passed by Congress earlier this week. But, as usual in Bushworld voters need to see what they do not what they say. Late Friday as reported in this story in the Washington Post the Republicans in Congress passed the ball to the Bush administration to let them choose how much of the border security fence should be built. Which means that we will continue to have porious borders as we have had throughout the entire Bush administration. How long before the American people get truly angry and vote against anyone Republican or Democrat who has FAILED to protect our borders and our communities from people who completly diregard our laws. As for me this registered Democrat will be doing my part this election day. I will be voting but, not for Hillary Clinton or Tim Bishop democrats both of whom I voted for in the past but, have failed to represent me and my neighbors on this important issue just as the Republican controlled congress has once again failed the country by passing this last minute piece of legislation that weakens our border security.

Republicans eating their own?.

It's amazing what little nuggets you find when relaxing on a sailboat with a two day old copy of the New York Times. There was of course them item of Republican Congressman Foley's resignation and the blowback that is coming down on House Republican speaker Dennis Hastert. I found two separate items in the paper onboard that struck my curiosity. One was about how the story of Congressman Foley broke only two days after Bob Woodwards book about the Bush Administration's bungling of the war etc... The Foley story of course overshadowed the bad news about the war and the Bush bungling in the media.
But, what really struck me as curious is that Brian Ross at ABC News who broke the story was tipped off about Foley by someone in the Republican party. It seems there are some Republicans in Washington will do anything to divert the bad news about Iraq. They were not able to divert the journalistic dogs away from the bad news in Iraq so someone in the Republican party threw the media another piece of red meat (i.e. the Foley story) and dutifully the media ran off to eat it.

Living and dying on cable news

Even as the report that 15 American soldiers have died in Iraq since Saturday are out there and the American death toll is increasing . I tune into MSNBC and the have a five minute report on who the father might be of Anna Nicole Smith's baby. It looks like there will have to be another 9/11 before the news media wakes up to what is really important.

A close call.

Last week I was driving to the Ronkonkoma railroad station to get on a Long Island Rail Road train to New York. I was stopped at a traffic light at the corner of Patchogue Holbrook road and the Long Island Expressway. My car was in the right lane (in this lane one can either go straight or make a left turn). After the light changed I began to make a left turn when I was almost broadsided by a pickup truck for a landscape company containing two Hispanic guys. I guess they could not read the sign in their lane which read "LEFT TURN ONLY".

Locals succeed where the Federal Government fails!

When the local governments decide to enforce the laws it is amazing what happens. Especially, when it comes to finding illegal immigrants who are invading our local communities. The Washington Post has an article about how local Police departments are enforcing local laws and are catching hundreds of illegal immigrants who have broken our immigration laws too. They have been successful where the Federal Government has failed and continues to fail in rounding up the illegals coming into our communities.

Here is the money quote from the article:

"Mecklenburg County Sheriff Jim Pendergraph says there should be little sympathy for illegal immigrants caught by his program: They have already broken the law once by being here illegally, and then been arrested on suspicion of another crime.
"When any of them cross that border without proper documentation, they've violated the law -- however insignificant it may seem to some people," he said. "I've heard sad stories about folks wanting to come up here and have a better life and earn money for their family. I've arrested bank robbers who've had the same excuse." "

That's the proper attitude we need from our law enforcement officials but, more importantly it should also be the attitude of our Federal officials in Washington.

Documented Dollars

Fifty Four BILLION dollars a year! That's how much "documented" dollars are transferred to Mexico and South America by individuals in this country using the money transfer companies.

Tickle me stupid!

Once again I spent few days on my sailboat away from land and most media sources and internet devices. In my daily check in with news just to make sure we have not had another terrorist attack I heard several times a story on WCBS Newsradio about a new "hot" toy for Christmas. The new Tickle Me Elmo doll based on the Sesame Street character. The story almost made me throw the radio overboard. Stories of stupid parents fighting over Tickle Me Elmo dolls in the stores is not news. The stupidity of these people is.

How about closely watching our street corners Mr. Chertoff!

The Washington Post has a story with the title: U.S. to Closely Watch Boeing's Border Plan

Here's the amusing quote from the article:

"In announcing that Boeing had won the Secure Border Initiative Network (SBInet) contract, Chertoff emphasized that his department would call the shots and keep close watch on the company's progress."

If only the Department of Homeland Security would keep a close eye on the streets of towns across the U.S. where illegal immigrants flauntingly stand around looking for work after breaking our immigration laws. Or how about arresting the elite idiots like Mayor Mike Bloomberg of New York who openly announce that New York is a "sanctuary city" for illegals in clear violation of U.S. laws. But, he of course accepts Federal dollars to help pay for the services they use.

But, the money quote of the article comes from T. J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, which represents 11,000 agents who said:

"Surveillance technology can be useful if you have enough people on the ground to respond to it," he said. "But if you don't, you just have to file it away because you're too busy with the first 50 people that the cameras caught. It's not the solution to the illegal immigration problem. The solution is denying access to jobs so people don't come across in the first place."

Now there's a guy who truly understands what the problem is and the hundreds of millions that Homeland Security is throwing at Boeing will not fix that problem.

Gonzales & Bush want your liberty!

There was a story concerning Attorney General & George Bush's legal waterboy Alberto R(aza) Gonzales testimony about the need for a Federal Law to force Internet providers keep their customers internet surfing records. He asserted that Congress should require Internet providers because prosecutors needed them to fight "child pornography".

YEAH RIGHT! It is just a blatant attempt to undermine the liberty of the American people and taking away more of their privacy rights and giving more powers to Federal government and an administration that has already abused much of it's power. Congress should tell Gonzales and Bush to take a long walk off a short pier.

"This is a problem that requires federal legislation," Gonzales told the Senate Banking Committee. "We need information. Information helps us makes cases."

This is laughable especially from an administration that even refuses to tell the American people who was at a White House meeting were U.S. energy policy was formulated. Hey Alberto! You want information? Here's some information for you! There are hundreds of illegal immigrants hanging out on street corners in towns like Farmingville, Long Island who are in this country illegally. How about you go get them first before you come for the American peoples liberty and internet records!

Who will apologize for this!

"Canadian intelligence officials passed false warnings and bad information to American agents about a Muslim Canadian citizen, after which U.S. authorities secretly whisked him to Syria, where he was tortured, a judicial report found Monday."- Washington Post

The money quote however comes from Paul Cavalluzzo:
"The best one can say is that it was sheer incompetence. They did not appreciate the fact that the branding of someone as a 'target' or 'suspect' or 'Islamic extremist' to Americans in 2002 could lead to disastrous consequences."

Unfortunately, he was not talking about the Bush Administration only the Canadian officials who managed to put this innocent fellow on the on the CIA flight to meet his torturers.

Bloomberg for President 2008? How about Bloomberg in jail!

New Yorks billionare elitist mayor Mike Bloomberg seems to be testing the waters for an independent presidential bid in 2008. The problem for Bloomberg is if he won he would have to take an oath to preserve, protect and defend the United States. But, since he is already breaking U.S. law with his "sanctuary policy" for illegal immigrants who come to New York. The idea of President Bloomberg would be a disgrace since he has already shown such disregard for U.S. laws already.

Another nail in the coffin of America's middle class.

I have spent the past several days on a sailboat anchored in a cove on the North Shore of Long Island. It was peaceful and quiet and I spent more time listening to weather forecasts than news. Still a few things caught my attention on the newscasts I did hear. One was the Ford Motor Company announcement of offering buyouts for their entire blue collar workforce. It would certainly be another nail in the coffin for the mid west middle class workforce. Why is Ford cutting loose their longtime employees? The answer is because the Bush administration is making it easy for them to do so. There was supposed to be a scheduled meeting with big three U.S. automakers with the President this month but, was cancelled until after the November election. You know that won't be good for the consumer just like the secret energy meetings headed by Dick Cheney.
So how is this going to play out? Here's is my take.
1) Ford and the other big automakers get rid of their middle class workers.
2) Bush and the corporations jump on Republican Indiana congressman Mike Pence "compromise immigration" reform plan.
3) The automakers get a new cheap workforce using the Pence "Ellis Island Centers" funded by the corporations in unlimited numbers and the middle class taxpayers subsidize it all.

Dan Stein shows how this plan was in the works as early as last July:
"The Indiana congressman wants to privatize U.S. immigration policy, permitting big business to import unlimited cheap labor at the expense of U.S. workers and taxpayers. By doing so, we would reward the same special interests that have helped create the huge mess in which we now find ourselves."

Thanks to the buyouts and the Bush administrations immigration policy it sure looks like we will be saying goodbye to the Midwest middle class in the very near future. The workers will do ok with their buyouts but, their children won't have a good future finding a decent job.

September 11th 2006: A beautiful night...

I took a train from Washington D.C. to New York last night as I often do. It being September 11th and five years after the World Trade Center attacks I had one more reminder as the train headed to New York. After five years of traveling on Amtrak between Washington and New York I had gotten use to not seeing the World Trade Towers looming in lower Manhattan. But, last night they once again lit the powerful lights pointing straight up into the sky from where the two towers once stood. I have seen these lights before but, last night there was a cloud over the World Trade Center site. So instead of the lights fading off into the night sky they hit the cloud and illuminated it with a beautiful white glow. As the train traveled through the New Jersey meadowland it was quite majestic. I was thinking that I hope that the families who lost love ones in the towers where able to see the site because it might have given them some peace. It looked to me like heaven was being illuminated if only for one night and their loved ones might be looking down from the cloud.

September 11th 2001: A beautiful morning...

Of course I remember that day. I was below deck on a 30 foot sailboat docked on the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan Island. It was a beautiful morning clear blue sky, no humidity and a fresh breeze out of the northwest. I remember thinking how that breeze would be great for the sail I had planned that morning heading east on Long Island Sound. I was stowing a few last minute items down below when I heard the first plane fly overhead. Thinking to myself that it that sounded pretty low. Then it hit the North Tower. I heard a bang and the boat shuddered almost like a small tremor. Poking my head up out of the cabin I saw a mushroom cloud of smoke drifting up the north side of the first tower.
I never did take that planned sail trip after that. The harbor was closed down nothing was allowed to move in or out. I came out of my retirement and spent the next month helping to restore the microwave communication systems that were lost when the World Trade towers collapsed. I saw both towers come down from a small dingy that I have onboard that I had rowed out into the Hudson River to get a better view of what was going on downstream. . I remember watching the towers come down. I particularly remember the North Tower how it came down like a candle burning it's way to the base. The cloud that bellowed up from around the towers was mesmerizing. Beautiful and frightening at the same time from my vantage point two miles up river. It truly was what our military leaders would refer to as "shock and awe"! After the towers came down I remember floating in the dingy on the river for a long time trying to make sense of it all and feeling all alone in the river.

It's no longer MILLER TIME!

In a true case of "Beer Can Politics" the folks at the Miller Brewing company are doing bed spins in trying to explain their giving $30,000 to organizers and planners of the marches this past weekend in support of illegal immigrants in the United States. Michelle Maliken has the full story:

"The Chicago Tribune reported that Miller had paid more than $30,000 for "a planning convention, materials and newspaper ads" connected to this weekend's "Immigrant Workers Justice Walk." Not so, Miller spokesman Peter J. Marino said.
"The money supported a recent convention on immigration issues in Chicago, which provided attendees with information on how to become legally naturalized citizens of the U.S.," he said.

Yes, it all depends on what the meaning of "finance" is. See, they didn't "finance" the march. They just helped pay for the planners to plan it, advertise it, and publicize it. And, oh yeah, they handed out information on how to get citizenship."

Mathew Romero, Romero said he wasn't worried that some opponents of illegal immigration would be upset at the company's support of "the free movement of people, labor, goods and services."

What Romero and Miller are saying that they support the breaking of U.S. immigration laws and their donation of $30,000 to groups who advocate for illegal immigrants is ok for them. In effect they support those who break our immigration laws. Americans should be outraged at the irresponsibility of this corporation and you can let them know at the following email addresses:

https://www.millertalk.com/emailmanager/millerbrewing/contact.aspx
media.relations@sabmiller.com
gary.leibowitz@sabmiller.com

You can also sign a boycott petition here.

And here is a list of Miller products you should not buy if you are outraged by this act of corporate irresponsibility:

Miller
Sharp's non-alcohol brew
Red Dog
Icehouse
Southpaw
Leinenkugel's
Henry Weinhard's
Hamm's
Olde English
Magnum Malt Liquor
Mickey's Malt Liquor
Milwaukee's Best
Foster's
Peroni Nastro Azzurro
Pilsner Urquell
Sheaf Stout
Sparks
High Gravity

And while we are at it now might be good time to be reminded about some other corporations working against the enforcement of our immigration laws here in the United States!

No better place!

My car inspection is over due by a few days so I needed to take it to a garage for inspection. I know I would have to leave it and walk home. But, then I was thinking about where else could I wait and not have to walk all the way back home and then walk back to the garage pick up the car in the anticipated rain expected this afternoon. The answer for me is my local Library. My library (The Middle Country Public Library) is one of the largest on Long Island. Though I have not spent much time there as I travel back and forth to Washington D.C. or am often out sailing on Long Island Sound. The Library is one of the few places where I feel I get my money's worth for the tax dollars I spend. Whether it is researching for a historical book I've been working on or just browsing for something to read or even blogging. The dollars I save by having it's resources so nearby and available are the reason why I never vote against the library budget. Now the school budget is another matter!

If at first you don't succeed...

If at first you don't succeed try and try again. Obviously, this drug dealing illegal immigrant believes this. Perhaps Homeland Security could learn a
thing or two about protecting our borders too. Seven times this guy was
deported and he still got back in time after time. He's the poster boy for
for how bad our border security really is.

Funny how things disappear when the White House gets involved!

Funny how things seem to disappear in Bushworld. People forget one of the first things George Bush did was void the presidential papers act that would have allowed the papers of a President to become public after twenty years. Well things get curisior and curisior as this dedacted National Archives report on the missing files of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (when he worked in the Reagan Administration) AFTER Bush's White House lawyers where allowed access to the files.