I sit and watch as the political leaders here and in Washington play the "duh" game. Jindal blames Obama who blames BP and so on. Accidents happen and some, like the oil spill, are tragic. We have plenty of time down the road to figure out whose fault it was. Right now we need to deal with what is happening.
I agree with the President that BP has the best resources and knowledge to deal with the engineering required to stop the oil from gushing out. Where I disagree is that they can do this without someone overseeing the process. In a past life I was in the construction business. As a contractor I would sub out the work that had to be done eg plumbing, electrical etc. The professionals I hired were experts in their respective fields. So did that mean I took off on vacation and left the job to them, no I went every day checked on progress, cost etc. So Mr. President that is what is needed in the Gulf.
Mr. Jindal, get on the phone and request National Guard to help clean up, hire sanitation crews, make sure BP boats are out working every day. Stop whining Washington is doing nothing, because neither are you, except for running to the coast every time a camera appears.
Politicians of today are pathetic. If it was an election year you can bet there would be a parade of them wandering the beaches on the Gulf.
The fishing people on the Gulf have been to hell and back in recent years. Now they see their culture and families on the brink of extinction because everyone is spending time pointing at others.
Time to put someone in charge of cleaning up and getting this mess under control.
Here is my suggestion, instead of meetings on Capitol Hill, where eyes well with tears, every person in an elected position come down and fill a bag with the waste during the break. After all they are still collecting paychecks.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Another Appeal
Muhammad also claimed prosecutors withheld thousands of pages of documents that could have helped him, including ballistics reports, witness interviews and an FBI profiler's report that the shootings probably were the work of a lone gunman.
Muhammad also claimed prosecutors withheld thousands of pages of documents that could have helped him, including ballistics reports, witness interviews and an FBI profiler's report that the shootings probably were the work of a lone gunman.
Judge Roger Gregory wrote in the opinion that the court did not condone the state's actions, adding that the prosecution should err on the side of disclosure — especially when the defendant is facing a possible death sentence.
"Yet, at this stage of the criminal process, we deal only with actions that were clear violations of the Constitution. While not admirable, the Commonwealth's actions did not violate the Constitution," Gregory wrote.
"So not only was it improper, but it apparently was likely a violation of the constitution, just not a 'clear violation,'" he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "I'd call that affirming a death sentence on a technicality
Muhammad also claimed prosecutors withheld thousands of pages of documents that could have helped him, including ballistics reports, witness interviews and an FBI profiler's report that the shootings probably were the work of a lone gunman.
Judge Roger Gregory wrote in the opinion that the court did not condone the state's actions, adding that the prosecution should err on the side of disclosure — especially when the defendant is facing a possible death sentence.
"Yet, at this stage of the criminal process, we deal only with actions that were clear violations of the Constitution. While not admirable, the Commonwealth's actions did not violate the Constitution," Gregory wrote.
"So not only was it improper, but it apparently was likely a violation of the constitution, just not a 'clear violation,'" he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "I'd call that affirming a death sentence on a technicality
Something to think about
"You can release an innocent man from jail, but you can never release an innocent man from the grave."
It always strikes me as odd that the people who think the government isn't qualified to run a medical insurance system is somehow still all-knowing enough to put the correct people to death every single time.
If the fundamental driving principle behind modern conservatism is that most government is a horrible, doomed-to-fail albatross that needs to be fought and starved out of existence, how can they justify handing over the keys to the executioner's room to the very government they loathe?
Gov. Perry (Texas) then took his reaction into a realm that perhaps only he understands. He stated that even without proof of arson there was “clear and convincing, overwhelming evidence” in the court records he reviewed about the Willingham case which convinced him that “he [Willingham] was in fact the murderer of his [three] children.”
There was absolutely no evidence that the Willingham children had been beaten, stabbed, choked, or shot to death. All the evidence pointed to the fact that the children died by fire. The only issue in dispute from the very beginning was whether the fire that killed them was caused by arson.
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi
in Texas another murder convict has lost his appeal against the death penalty even though he has now proved that the prosecutor at his trial was having an affair with the judge. He will soon be executed – by lethal injection.
In Burdine's case, the jurors were urged to order his execution by a prosecutor who told them that sending this man to prison would be like setting a kid loose in a candy store. (Burdine is gay) In arguing for the death penalty, prosecutors told jurors
"sending a homosexual to the penitentiary certainly isn't a very bad punishment for a homosexual."
It always strikes me as odd that the people who think the government isn't qualified to run a medical insurance system is somehow still all-knowing enough to put the correct people to death every single time.
If the fundamental driving principle behind modern conservatism is that most government is a horrible, doomed-to-fail albatross that needs to be fought and starved out of existence, how can they justify handing over the keys to the executioner's room to the very government they loathe?
Gov. Perry (Texas) then took his reaction into a realm that perhaps only he understands. He stated that even without proof of arson there was “clear and convincing, overwhelming evidence” in the court records he reviewed about the Willingham case which convinced him that “he [Willingham] was in fact the murderer of his [three] children.”
There was absolutely no evidence that the Willingham children had been beaten, stabbed, choked, or shot to death. All the evidence pointed to the fact that the children died by fire. The only issue in dispute from the very beginning was whether the fire that killed them was caused by arson.
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi
in Texas another murder convict has lost his appeal against the death penalty even though he has now proved that the prosecutor at his trial was having an affair with the judge. He will soon be executed – by lethal injection.
In Burdine's case, the jurors were urged to order his execution by a prosecutor who told them that sending this man to prison would be like setting a kid loose in a candy store. (Burdine is gay) In arguing for the death penalty, prosecutors told jurors
"sending a homosexual to the penitentiary certainly isn't a very bad punishment for a homosexual."
Hijab
re the Hijab ban-While I am for freedom of religion, dress, sexuality etc I don't understand why it is ok for Muslim women to wear the Hijab in non Arabic countries but it is not ok for non Muslim women to walk around w/o covering in Arab countries. Seems to me its a double standard Muslims should be allowed to wear whatever they wish in any country but non Muslims have to obey Islamic law in their countries.
Appeals
(Texas) - the three-judge panel ruled that a sleeping lawyer could provide effective counsel as long as he did not doze during important parts of the trial. That opinion overturned a lower federal court ruling ordering a new trial or freedom for Mr. Burdine.
Today's ruling reinstated the lower court ruling and sent the case back to Texas, where prosecutors must decide whether to retry Mr. Burdine or free him.
Today's ruling reinstated the lower court ruling and sent the case back to Texas, where prosecutors must decide whether to retry Mr. Burdine or free him.
Quotes
In 1993, an absurdity of illogic and deep injustice condemned Herrera to death. Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote for the majority that federal capital trials “must rule only on procedural claims, not on errors of fact.” Rehnquist continued, saying that “actual innocence is not itself a constitutional claim.” And that once a person has been convicted in court, “the presumption of innocence disappears.”
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Harry Blackmun, a Nixon appointee and conservative justice, wrote “the execution of a person who can show that he is innocent comes perilously close to simple murder.”
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Harry Blackmun, a Nixon appointee and conservative justice, wrote “the execution of a person who can show that he is innocent comes perilously close to simple murder.”
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