A terrorist supporter, anti-Semite, tyrant, all-around jerk is coming to America to make sure the false story put out by the free press is corrected by a proper Iranian governmental authority.
We are allowing him in the US only because a treaty we signed requires us to. This of course is a case for getting the US out of the UN, but it is understandable, given how hard it is to rescind a treaty, that this has not happened yet.
The First Amendment means he can speak at Columbia University (e-mail) if they'll have him. The last I heard, Columbia University is welcoming him with open arms.
In a free country, it is also allowed to tell Columbia University how we feel about this. It is definitely within our rights to refuse to send our children there, to refuse to donate money there, and to refuse to support them in any way. You decide--is supporting Columbia University the same as supporting a terrorist?
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is Coming to America
Thursday, September 13, 2007
More bad cops
Rocio Palacios stopped to help an apparent woman in distress, with wife in car and daughter nearby getting a cup of hot chocolate. The woman in distress turned out to be an undercover officer and he was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. It took weeks before the charges were dropped and he still has his car impounded with a $4700 bill. I had pretty much written Larry Craig off as a bad liar, but if this is the way it works, maybe he is fully and completely innocent after all.
In a democracy, this only happens if society tolerates it--why do we tolerate it?
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Bad Cops--what-cha gonna do?
The vast majority of cops serve our citizens well, but sometimes a bad apple gets in the mix. A policeman has a lot of power--it is against the law, for example, to disobey an order from a policeman, or to resist arrest, or to run from the police. With great power comes great responsibility. We must ensure our cops are on the up-and-up. What this cop did should never be tolerated.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Earmarks....what earmarks? (login requried for WP link)
or, "a rose by any other name..."
While proclaiming spending bill to be earmark-free, Congressman Rahm Emanuel used his influence to get federal money to specific organizations by other means. The effect is the same as an earmark, it is just not called such.
