Thursday, December 22, 2011

Butt cocaine kills


Here is a KMBC story that is too bizarre for me:


A South Carolina man's brother died after police said he was forced to eat cocaine hidden in his brother's backside (butt).
Both brothers were taken into custody on allegations they had drugs in their car.
But police told Charleston, S.C., TV station WCIV there were additional drugs hidden in 23-year-old Deangelo Mitchell's backside (butt).
Officers said Deangelo Mitchell convinced his brother, 20-year-old Wayne Mitchell, to swallow the ounce of cocaine to hide the evidence. He died soon afterward.
"It's sickening," North Charleston Police Chief Jon Zumalt told WCIV. "I got upset when I saw the thing. I was pretty shocked on it."
Deangelo Mitchell already bonded out of jail on the drug charge, but now police are looking for him again on charges of involuntary manslaughter.

Police struggle with false claims


 Overland Park, Kansas police were engaged in many days of searching for missing college student Aisha Khan, 19. Police now say she called and has been proclaimed "safe."  
Officer Brian Schnavel said that Khan was not abducted or held against her will and no criminal act occurred. How can the police know she is safe if she does not appear in person - a phone call is not enough. The police have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars looking for her, should the family pay the police department some compensation for the false claims? After all, police budgets are being cut back.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Republican Congress screws Americans

Republicans say cut the debt, yet increase budget costs again.
This time President Obama had requested a 1-year extension of middle-class citizen payroll tax cuts before the house holiday vacation. The house republicans wasted time in Congress. They went day-after-day discussing names for post offices and other buildings around the country. Some days they did not meet at all - just did an opening ceremony, then immediately recessed. The republicans spent days talking about religion in government and days talking about a wide array of other non-urgent issues. They purposefully left the payroll cut extension for the last days before the Christmas holiday, then they padded the payroll cut with other controversial issues, the Canada pipeline, hoping President Obama would reject it and the republicans could blame him for the financial hit across America. Wise to the republican tricks, President Obama said he would sign the bill. The Senate was not happy with the bill and passed a two month tax-cut extension. Now the incompetent house went to work to sock it to Americans by rejecting the Senate bill. The house claimed it would only pass a year-long payroll-cut extension (they could have done this in November), so republicans rejected the Senate bill and created a new one. Meanwhile, the senators went home for Christmas. So, no tax-cut extension and the republicans have caused everyone to have an automatic lower income beginning January 1st 2012.
Fear not, the republicans yell, we will do this in January, after we take our luxury holiday vacations. What the republicans fail to realize is not only will Americans have a lower income, but the government must spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, perhaps millions, in changing all of the accounting and payroll systems and notices for every employee. This is FINANCIAL WASTE caused by republicans playing stupid political games and failing to represent Americans - and American debt grows bigger.
We need a focused and competent Congress, not a bunch of Obama haters who will ruin every American for their selfish personal job goals. Yes, the republicans have jobs and could care less about the homeless and/or unemployed regular citizens. The republicans chant, if Obama supports it, we will fight it - regardless of what it is and the injury it will cause Americans, along with government excess, waste and fraud.
We voters must get these republican congressmen OUT in 2012, so we can save America and ensure our kids will be able to enjoy the American dream. Do you know that the US gives billions of dollars of financial aid to CHINA!! And from where does that money come from that we give regularly to China come????  CHINA!!!
Yes, America borrows the money from China, then gives billions back to China as aid - and American debt grows and Americans pay the loan and interest on the deficit. Maybe the republicans could schedule this topic on one of those many days that they get paid, but don't show up for work!!!
WE NEED A MUCH BETTER CONGRESS!!!!
STOP the repetitive TV sound bites, CUT HE DEFICIT and help AMERICANS!!!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Mit Romney...Corruption and FRAUD


I am shocked at the news that Mit Romney had 11 staffers pay $65 for their computer hard drives before he left the office of governor of Massachusetts. I also learned that he destroyed thousands of pages of documents before he left the state office. This is unimaginable!!!
After this news, Romney is definitely OUT!!!! Whomever took office after Romney had a right to see the papers and discussions that he would have to follow-up on after taking office.
The workers, who were not elected officials, had no right to have government information as their private property in their homes.
All I can see in this case is hiding of public information, corruption and fraud.
We need to take another look at Perry and other republican candidates. There are too many unethical people on the republican presidential candidate slate.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Rep Jeff Denham Leads The DC Fight Against Valley High Speed Rail


Rep Jeff  Denham Leads The DC Fight Against Valley High Speed Rail

Today congressional representative republican Jeff Denham led a 4 hour meeting in Washington, DC in his fight against high speed rail (HSR). As a state senator, Jeff Denham kept mass transit out of the central valley for the past ten years and, in his new position in Congress, he is determined to keep high speed rail out of the valley for the foreseeable future. Today many local leaders met in Washington, DC to discuss HSR. Denham argues HSR is too expensive and all the valley needs is a couple more lanes on highway 99. Denham has no clue as to the needs of the valley. HSR is needed for the students of UC Merced, for valley seniors and disabled (like our veterans) and for those looking to expand businesses and jobs.
Denham has decided to run for Congress in CD 10 (Turlock to Modesto) in 2012. We must get Denham out!!


Some of the issues I am most worried about include;
1) Funding - I believe the HSR will attract a lot of riders. But people will not use the HSR system if our elected officials have no confidence in it or they constantly talk about "it's too expensive to ride." We need to work out the riding costs so that poor valley residents can use the system and we need to elect people who can discuss all of the issues, but not drag the progressing project down, causing the valley to lose jobs, money, business, investors and an improved quality of life.
2) Excess costs - the costs are increasing on the project and we need to see who is being paid too much and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.
3) We need to keep the federal money spent in the US. If a lot of the federal funds are going into foreign pockets, then, I want to halt the project until we can get American vendors, specialists, etc. All of the materials must be made in the US, including the rail cars. I do not believe Americans will have confidence in  a China-made rail system.

There are other issues, but these are on the top of my list at this moment.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Gambler vs Slippery Dick


Romney screwed up in debate tonight by trying to force fellow candidate for president into $10,000 gambling wager over one of the presented issues. I don't think many people feel comfortable with the image of a big-time gambling president in charge of our money in the White House. Americans are looking for monetary common sense, fiscal conservatism, frugality, cut the waste, cut the spending, treat my tax money like royalty.

Romney also addressed sobriety and stability in defining why he is the best candidate for the Republicans. This comment was obviously a focusing point on Newt Gingrich's sordid past. When asked to describe how his childhood had influenced Gingrich as an adult, the speaker skipped over the issue and just mentioned his father was in the military and he moved around. Then, Gingrich referred to some of his shelter corporations which produce movies, books, and other things, headed, in name, by his wife and daughter.

Bachmann kept struggling for attention.

No real winners tonight. I would give negative points to Romney for gambling. I would give Gingrich the "Slippery Dick" award for skirting more interesting issues.

AAU ousts Robert Dodd accused of drugs,assault


Memphis, Tennessee , Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)
Two former basketball players allege Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) CEO and coach Robert “Bobby” Dodd assaulted and molested them as teens in hotel rooms, on road trips years ago, in the 1980s. Memphis police are investigating. The AAU is headquartered in Orlando, Florida
Robert “Bobby” Dodd age 63, has been CEO of AAU for over two decades and is a former YMCA director. It is said, Dodd was dismissed from the AAU in November 2011.

One accuser said, "Must have been 3 in the morning. I was dead asleep and I don't remember anything but waking up and he has his, he's trying to put his hand in my boxer shorts. And I jumped up straight out of the bed and he's not there, but he's laying on the floor next to me down by the bed. And of course I was freaked out," he told ESPN.
Asked how Dodd could have entered the hotel room, West said, "He had a key. He always somehow had a key to whatever room I was in."
West said he tried to find ways to keep Dodd out of his hotel room when they were at out-of-town basketball tournaments.
"I was afraid to even fall asleep when he was around. And it got to where I would barricade my door, if I had a hotel room, I would take the table and chairs and I'd block it all against the door," he told ESPN. "And it got to where he couldn't assault me, but he would push his way in the room and then end up, I'd see, I wouldn't see him, I would hear him, he'd lay at the floor of the bed masturbating. And you just lay there horrified. But you don't know what to do. What, are you going to blow the lid off of this at 14 years? All you want to do is pretend it didn't happen and not address it at all. You want to hide and bury it."
Asked what evidence he has, West said, "I'm the evidence. I'm not trying to gain anything out of it. It's not like, 'Oh, wow, here, let me go on national TV and humiliate myself and possibly embarrass my family and stuff so I can tell everybody this deep, dark secret that I've had.' The guy shouldn't be around kids any more."
West said Dodd abused him or tried to abuse him six times.

Another accuser, whom ESPN did not identify, said Dodd gave him alcohol before taking him to a bedroom and touching him inappropriately.
"We were at his house and he provided us with some alcohol and, looking back on it now, I know for a fact that he put something in my, my drink that night, because the last thing that I can really remember was him carrying me into his bedroom and I can remember him, you know, touching me in ways that I, I didn't uh, I didn't want another man touching me," the accuser said.


It is not surprising that pedophiles go to where needy or confused kids are located - single parents, child care, schools, sports and correctional institutions. Pedophiles can often get the victims to keep quiet by providing the kids with drugs, alcohol, pornography or other things the kids do not want to discuss. All of society benefits when the victims can discuss the issues, seek counseling, and help get these pedophiles out of our systems and institutions.

The victims may deal with related issues for their entire lives. They may have problems with police and other authority figures. They may also become abusers and pedophiles. We need to identify those victims in need of psychological help.

Newt Gingrich: an ethical vacuum - Oliver Twist returns


Newt Gingrich defends his child education plan for poor children. Newt Gingrich stated he felt poor children grew up to be unemployed because they had no role models. Newt said the kids grew up in poverty because their parents had no jobs and the kids never learned what it was to go to work everyday. Newt said the poor kids needed to learn a work ethic and what it meant to go to work everyday. With this goal in mind, Newt Gingrich proposed that poor kids be put to work cleaning the floors and cleaning the bathrooms at schools...oh yeah, and painting the building.. HUH!!!!!
When the news media asked Newt if he was serious, Newt said he was. He said people are poor because they don't work, so the kids never see people going to work everyday and, hence, do not have a work ethic.
Newt is far out f touch with poor America? Poor is defined as people whose incomes fall below the US poverty level. There are many people who are employed, yet are poor. These are the working poor. They are only able to get hired to lower paying jobs. So, they go to work regularly, but barely make enough to pay their bills. For various reasons, they are stuck in poor neighborhoods. Often these people are younger adults, especially those with kids, and older adults who are disabled, ill or aged out of the job marketplace.
Children in the US are protected from hazardous material exposure which includes feces, and chemicals. Kids are also allotted shortened work days, so they can experience childhood. As an American citizen, I have some of my earned money taken every year by the government to get kids into schools daily and teach them about life and work. If the schools are not working, tear them down and send the kids elsewhere.
There are people who are poor financially, but are not poor in social conditions. So, many poor children grow up in great families and have the benefit of a healthy supportive environment. Newt did not grow up in poverty, but he was sodomized by a pedophile teacher as a youth, who he later married and with whom he fathered two children. Most would say Newt led a life of poverty in that he lived in a pedophile-based relationship for about 25 years and never learned regular American ethics, morals and mores.

Sandusky loose for holidays

After being charged by numerous past child associates of pedophilia, harassment and sodomy, Jerry Sandusky was finally arrested. The next day, he was able to post bail and was released to his home. The police in Pennsylvania say Sandusky will wear a monitor and was warned to stay away from kids and his accusers. So, Sandusky will wear an ankle monitor and be stuck in his house and basement, the place where he is accused of committing the illegal acts for many years in the first place. As I am informed, Sandusky's children are adopted and there are questions as to whether they were also victims. Will they be stuck in the house with DAD for Christmas??

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Where is Sarah?

Real new winner for the Republicans may be Sarah Palen. Now, she is starting to look good and smart. And you thought she was out. I can see her negotiating in the Middle East now.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Can Newt Gingrich Defend Marriage?


Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump had a lot to talk about since each had been married three times. But only Newt Gingrich is running for president, so I will only talk about Newt. (Newt and Donald did decide Donald will hire 11 poor children to become "apprentii." Newt had previously said poor children should be janitors at their schools and mop floors and clean toilets.)

Newt Gingrich met his first wife, Jackie Battley, while he was still in high school. Battley was his geometry teacher, and seven years his senior. (According to Gingrich's second wife Marianne Ginther, the age difference was actually nine years--Gingrich was 16 when the student-teacher courtship began). Their secret relationship included nighttime dalliances in the back of a car. The pair married in 1962, and had two children before splitting in February 1980. (So, Battley would have been a pedophile.) According to Esquire, Gingrich served Battley with divorce papers while she was in the hospital recovering from uterine cancer.

Gingrich met Marianne Ginther, the 28-year-old daughter of an Ohio mayor, at a political fundraiser in 1980. They began a relationship while Gingrich was still married to his first wife; he told Ginther that they were in marital counseling and considering divorce. Ginther met Newt's family that summer, and they married in August 1981, six months after his divorce from Battley was finalized. "He asked me to marry him way too early," Ginther told Esquire. "And he wasn't divorced yet. I should have known there was a problem." Their marriage was over by 1999, after Ginther had been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She was in Ohio visiting her mother for Mother's Day when Gingrich called, saying he needed to talk in person. She says she intuitively knew that he was having an affair (with his soon-to-be third wife, Callista Bisek).

Callista Bisek was working as a congressional aide when she met Gingrich. Gingrich and Callista married August 18, 2000. Callista was 34 and Gingrich was 57. Gingrich converted to Catholicism in March 2009 for his third wife. Along with his conversion, Newt formally requested that the Catholic Church nullify his marriage to Ginther.

Newt seems to burn out on his wives after 13 years and finds a new wife by 18 years into a marriage. With this pattern, Newt will be looking for a new wife by the time the 2012 elections roll around. I don't think this country can survive another Lewinsky situation dominating the news.

Can Newt really help with the Defense of Marriage platform issue? I don;t think so. With Newt, marriage is not a real serious thing.

Newt fraud - a criminal in the making?


Reporters reveal that Newt Gingrich shields his income by multiple corporations headed by his daughter and his wife. None of the income to these corporations are well-documented as to where the money is coming from, why it is being given, and how much is given. Newt Gingrich filed approximately $2.5 million of income, but did not include any of the $60,000 he claims he got per speech while influence-peddling his capital hill connections. The speech money went to one of his shielding corporations. Yet, Newt Gingrich states clearly in his speeches that he earned the speech money. Since Newt has a history of stealing public funds, including money meant for inner city minority kids and the congressional bank, Newt would be very dangerous with a lot of power and control in Washington, DC.
Who knows where Newt's daughter and his wife are sending these mysterious funds.
Newt wants to be president for Newt, not for middle-class or low-income Americans. Newt can't be trusted.

Newt Auditions For Donald Cronyism


Donald Trump will lead a panel for one of the Republican debates. It is like"The Apprentice." Who will Donald choose for the presidential job. And if Donald does not like any of the candidates and decides to become a third party candidate, does this mean the Republican candidates are "fired?"
If the Republican candidates are fired by Donald, can they come back and challenge the boss and king-pin decision-maker?
Others looking closely at Donald's hosting a debate are Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, Chris Matthews, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepard. Could talk show hosts become the new political heavyweight debate moderators?
Some say celebrity hosts can increase political viewership and TV ratings, as it did for Dancing With the Stars? What's next? It can go as far as your imagination.

Merry Christmas God


An unhappy Republican stated he was even unhappier because President Obama did not mention "God" in his speech. Well statesmen today, may not because they realize they are the leader of many different people with different names for "God." I know many who are often speaking of God, yet they are committing crimes or bigoted or controlled by money and hate. It is not the mentioning of God that is important, it is your everyday actions to your spouse, family, and community. If the words are not explicitly spelled out, look between the lines and look at the actions and life of the speaker. I can not think of a better family role model than the Obama family. Living in front of the world is difficult and living a daily godly life is even harder.
I remember when President Obama stated he was ending the war in Iraq. President Bush started the war looking for weapons after 9/11, and after no weapons were found, he continued the war for profit. Now, President Obama stated he was going to stop the killing on both sides. After he said those words, thousands of troops and military families yelled "Thank God!"
A child asked, is President Obama God? I said, no, but sometimes God works through President Obama. This Christmas most of our troops will be spending Christmas in the good 'ole USA. I hope everyone will hang "Welcome Home Troops, the war is over - Thank you for your service" ribbons and signs outside their homes. (Now here is a job for some needy artists - I haven't seen any for sale.)
If you are unhappy with President Obama and Michelle, wait until you hear about Newt Gingrich. Hold on to your hats and cover the kid's eyes and ears. I guess Newt thought it was godly to discuss divorce with his wife as she recovered from cancer surgery in the hospital.
Anyway - Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Feliz Navidad - I can add more, but some people will never be happy. God Bless you, and Peace on Earth...and let it begin with me.

Monday, December 05, 2011

Children's hospital food is good


There is a lot of attention to the food in the hospital of children's hospitals. The complaints are, in summary, no real healthy entrees. Since I have worked in many hospitals, I can attest that all of the hospitals I worked in had a wide selection of healthy and less-healthy foods In the public cafeteria you will find salads, fruit, soups, vegetables, juices, milks, etc. In addition, you will almost always find fried chicken, pastas, pizza, hot dogs, rice, ice cream, sodas, etc. Some also have grills for burgers, much like a university cafeteria.
A hospital, like a university, is a world of its own. Some employees work double shifts or overnights and might need a "special snack" to keep the energy up in the wee hours. Students can relate to that. Many employees bring their own food and only come to the cafeteria for certain items. There were periods when I regularly worked 36 hour shifts without ever seeing the light of day - my meals varied with my stress.
Visitors come to hospitals for a brief visit or may find they "live" in the hospital, next to a patient for months. Many of the people who visit the public cafeteria do not want "healthy " food. Many have eaten elsewhere and just visit the cafeteria for a snack. They want sweets and sodas. Many use the cafeteria for meetings. Many people in hospitals are dying and really have no interest in spending their last days counting calories and avoiding yummy favorite foods.
The world of the hospital and the hospital cafeteria is very complex. In universities and hospitals, the cafeteria just wants to meet everybody's wants. Workers, and most patients, don't want limited menus because they can't order out.
Hospitals have improved greatly over the years. The quality of hospital cafeteria food is much better because a lot of people did complain or avoid the cafeteria. Today, most cafeterias are cheery, bright, well-decorated, clean with varied layouts and a wide food selection. If employees are unhappy, most cafeteria services will adapt. Just as universities can't run on salads, yogurt and water, hospitals can't either.
If you want to better understand the complexity of a children's hospital, volunteer to read to the kids or deliver presents to the children and listen to their stories. These are not ordinary kids.

Child Suicide?


Our schools must do a much better job in monitoring and screening students for mental health disorders and suicidal ideation. I was struck by a story from Milwaukee, Wisconsin yesterday where a 10-year-old boy was found unresponsive and the media reported it appeared "the child took his own life."
Hopefully, the coroner's office will find evidence of what happened. This is so sad and I will follow-up on any additional information that may be disclosed. Our children are suffering and we can help. We must do better and ensure that the kids are getting help.
I hope this is not another case of child abuse or bullying.

EU Recession



France and Germany are heading for the same financial solutions as the US - cut spending and raise taxes to reduce the deficit. Germany is in better shape than France. The weaker EU countries; Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy are heading into recession with Greece and Italy leading the way. For the expanded story, see;
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/eurozone-third-quarter-gdp-suggests-bloc-is-sliding-into-recession/story-fnawdwo8-1226196247746

Drone gone


The Iranians say they have shot down and captured a US stealth drone. This drone, possibly a RQ-170, is super secret and can avoid detection.

The unmanned drone can scout the landscape for nuclear weapons. No pictures of the drone in Iranian hands or other evidence to prove the capture of the drone have emerged. Loss of the RQ-170 could leak secret technology to other countries, like China, which could have an opportunity to examine it closely.

The US did admit a drone went missing last week.

We will just have to wait for confirmation and, in the meantime, hope it's not the drone.

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Know the state bike laws


As the central valley starts to incorporate bicycles and other non-gasoline vehicles into the community, it is important to know the state laws for riding a bike.

http://www.cityofmerced.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=7254

Fresno State WASTES one- and- a- half million dollars on coach


Pat Hill, coach for Fresno State football, was fired today. Pat Hill has been coaching at Fresno State for 15 years, but the university says season ticket sales are down over 40% with revenues down. The record for the team this year is reported as 4 - 9. Many had been demanding the university get rid of Pat Hill all season long. This will be a costly firing. Pat Hill has 2 years remaining on his contract and he is due 80% of his salary. Pat Hill will get around $650,00 a year for the next two years, plus benefits. In addition, the university will have to hire behind the coach to fill the position.
I feel the people who continued Hill on the last contract and offered him such a ridiculously huge salary should also be fired for mismanagement of university funds. I feel the students should also vote as to how much the next coach will be paid, after all, they are getting hit with tuition increases to pay these exorbitant salaries.

Saturday, December 03, 2011

Madera California Seizes Private Property for Christmas

Eminent Domain for west Sixth Street in Madera. Madera just completed installing water meters costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now, the city council wants to tear up that same area and widen the street making West Fourth Street a 4 lane road, so cars can speed along. Madera City Council will have a hearing on Tuesday December 6, 2011 at 6:15 PM at 200 West Fourth Street about the land-snatching proceedings. All interested parties must be present, as this is the only hearing that will be held before the courts hand over the properties.

It is notable that the Madera city council has 2 bankers as members and this is reminiscent of the foreclosure snatching that has pulled the American economy down over the past 5 years.

Residents of the West Fourth Street area say if they can not stop the tearing up of their property, they want the area rezoned for professional offices or commercial C-1. The noise, traffic and accidents will increase. Family pets will be injured and killed by the fast-moving traffic. Air pollution will increase. Many people are fleeing Madera because the city has so many problems and the residents say at least they can make some income from their property once the city makes it less desirable for family residences if the area is appropriately rezoned.

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Newt Gingrich a scoundrel and rogue

Newt Gingrich says he was paid $60,000 per speech. Even though he had been speaker of the House during the Clinton / Lewinsky years, and gained a lot of publicity (Newt was also having lots of sex with various Washington groupies), Newt is not worth $60,000 per speech. Newt was influence-peddling and lobbying for private investors. He even accepted a $500,000 credit from Tiffanys to get Tiffanys business inside the DC beltway. He can not be trusted with our money. Newt Gingrich will sell-out in a minute if he can make a buck. Newt had been caught many times in the 1990's lying to cover up his greed and financial abuse of public funds. Newt was caught taking money intended for inner-city youth, and converting it for his private enrichment. Newt was caught writing over $100,000 in fake checks to the congressional bank. No, Newt Gingrich is an untrustworthy liar and, at this time in history, could bring America to its knees by funneling money abroad. Finally, for anyone who knows me, I am a defender of women. I can not forgive Newt for asking his wife for a divorce as she laid in a hospital dying of cancer, so her could marry his mistress. Newt is not loyal or a supporter - he thinks only of himself. For Newt, to hell with the wife, kids and vows ("in sickness and in health").

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Conrad Murray at Penn State and Syracuse University


Conrad Murray - Coach Jerry Sandusky - Coach Bernie Fine - Coach Paterno - Mrs Laurie Fine

The penalty phase of the Conrad Murray trial today for the death of Michael Jackson had some notes that bound Dr. Conrad Murray and the above named pedophilia defendants. Murray's attorneys stated that Dr.  Murray did a lot of good over his lifetime, and especially during the last eight years, where he was helping low-income people who had cardiac problems. Dr. Murray saved lives.

Nevertheless, the judge, Michael Pastor, threw the book at Murray stating although Murray did many wonderful things, his bad repetitive actions in the treatment of Michael Jackson and his lack of remorse, compounded by the many lies and hiding of evidence made Murray a very real and big danger to society.

I say this because the students and staff at Penn State University and the students and staff at Syracuse University seem to negate the sodomy and many harms created by these pedophiles against the young children, who were victims, and state the great way the perverts were able to coach teams and make money allow them to be above the law and able to abuse others at will. Many in the Penn State University and Syracuse University communities have no understanding of the ethical standards that are required by those who accept positions of responsibility, like doctors, attorneys, congressmen, parents, teachers and, yes, even coaches - even if they win and are rich. Predators watch kids closely and pounce on those who have family problems or who want to be a part of a group, like the team. The kids are groomed for extended periods of time, then the predator, having exerted his/her power, begins the crimes - over and over again.

I urge all who feel the victim children deserved the sodomy and those who feel the coaches should be allowed to have their sodomy and others abuses overlooked, to listen to the words of Judge Pastor today. I am sure some students at Penn State University and some at Syracuse University will want to become doctors someday. Listen to the words of the judge and apply it to your own situation. You, in the end, are not judged by the good things you did in the past, but by your on-going, intentional, repetitive bad behavior that injured, and in some cases, killed others- especially if there is no remorse, honesty, caring or evidence of change. Look at these victims and examine how you would feel if the victim was your child or your brother/ sister, or your mother. Child predators are a very real danger to society and the victims tend to have life-long problems..

Help cure this devilish cult of crime and silence and work towards making Penn State University, Syracuse University, our churches, and other places safe and healthy and fit for kids.

Humans on display in Paris


PARIS -- It's a queasy experience, viewing chained tribal dancers do a white man's bidding, or African women stripped and photographed to feed European curiosity.
Until just a few generations ago, this is how most white people learned about those with skin of a different shade. A new Paris exhibit examines how for centuries, colonizers plucked villagers from Africa, the Americas or the South Pacific and put them on display half a world away. The demeaning tradition shaped racist attitudes that linger today.

Curator Lilian Thuram, a former soccer star and now anti-racism advocate, hopes the exhibit at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris makes people question deep-held beliefs about the "other."

Newt Gingrich and Herbert Cain..VERY BAD HUSBANDS


I remember Newt Gingrich had problems similar or worse than candidate Herbert Cain with sex and adultery. I'm told Newt had four wives. So, I looked him up on the internet and I remember some of these stories. As we discuss the candidate Cain allegations, we need to discuss all of the adulterers. The allegations:


Quotes:

"We had oral sex. He prefers that modus operandi because then he can say, 'I never slept with her.'" - Anne Manning (who was also married at the time.)
"We would have won in 1974 if we could have kept him out of the office, screwing her [a young volunteer] on the desk." - Dot Crews, his campaign scheduler at the time
[In the book] "Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them", [I] "found frightening pieces that related to my own life." - Newt.
"I think you can write a psychological profile of me that says I found a way to immerse my insecurities in a cause large enough to justify whatever I wanted it to" - Newt, speaking to Gail Sheehy.
"She isn't young enough or pretty enough to be the President's wife." - Newt, on his first wife.
"I don't want him to be president and I don't think he should be." - Newt's wife Marianne.
"If the country today were to move to the left, Newt would sense it before it started happening and lead the way." - Dot Crews, his campaign scheduler throughout the 1970s.

Adultery:

Sex on the Desk - Oral Sex is More Easily DeniedSeveral newspapers are now reporting that Newt Gingrich is dating and basically living with Callista Bisek, a "willowy blond Congressional aide 23 years his junior." Biske, 33, has been spending nights at Gingrich's apartment near the Capitol and has her own key. In an amazing act of hypocrisy, Gingrich was apparently dating Bisek all during Clinton-Lewinsky adultery scandal, even as he proclaimed family values and bitterly criticized the President for his adultery.
Reporters and other Washington insiders have known about this relationship since 1994, even before Gingrich became Speaker of the House, but did not have any solid proof to report. In 1995, Vanity Fair magazine described Bisek as Gingrich's "frequent breakfast companion." Gingrich was married to Marianne Gingrich during all of that time, and just filed for divorce in August 1999.
Newt is apparently trying to create a new hybrid form, Christian adultery. According to MSNBC, Bisek sings in the National Shrine Choir, and Newt would often wait for her at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, listening to her sing while he read the Bible.
This is hardly the first time Newt has cheated, either. "It was common knowledge that Newt was involved with other women during his [first] marriage to Jackie. Maybe not on the level of John Kennedy. But he had girlfriends -- some serious, some trivial." -- Dot Crews, his campaign scheduler throughout the 70s. One woman, Anne Manning, has come forward and confirmed a relationship with him during the 1976 campaign. "We had oral sex. He prefers that modus operandi because then he can say, 'I never slept with her.'"
Kip Carter, his former campaign treasurer, was walking Newt's daughters back from a football game one day and cut across a driveway where he saw a car. "As I got to the car, I saw Newt in the passenger seat and one of the guys' wives with her head in his lap going up and down. Newt kind of turned and gave me this little-boy smile. Fortunately, Jackie Sue and Kathy were a lot younger and shorter then."

Family Values? Pressing Wife for Divorce in the Hospital:

"He walked out in the spring of 1980.... By September, I went into the hospital for my third surgery. The two girls came to see me, and said, "Daddy is downstairs. Could he come up?" When he got there, he wanted to discuss the terms of the divorce while I was recovering from my surgery." - Jackie, his first wife.

Dead-Beat Dad:

The hospital visit wasn't the end of it, either. Jackie had to take Newt to court to get him to contribute for bills, as utilities were about to be cut off.

Draft Dodger:

Though he relentlessly pushes military spending and talks like a bigtime hawk, Gingrich avoided the Vietnam War through a combination of student and family deferments. (He married one of his teachers at age 19).


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Sounds like Newt Gingrich will have to be eliminated too. Adultery while your wife is dying from cancer reminds me of Senator John Edwards having a baby by his girlfriend while Elizabeth was dying. God Bless you Elizabeth.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Welcome United States of EUROPE



The euro, the common EU currency, has been around for 12 years and things are not going well. Some say the EU "has 10 days at most" to avoid collapse. One proposed idea to solve the fiscal crisis would have countries cede some control over their budgets to a central European authority. YIPE!! Another United States.  The proposal calls for a fiscal union of the euro countries and the creation of a powerful common treasury.

Unlike the United States, which has centralized institutions in Washington for raising taxes and spending money, the euro nations have 17 independent treasuries with little oversight from Brussels, the headquarters of the EU.

Germany and France fearful of encountering increased problems from weaker countries, have promised to propose measures that will make the 17 euro countries operate under strict and enforceable rules, so that no single country can wreak continent-wide damage. Last week, Germany tried to auction $8 billion worth of its national bonds but it could persuade investors to buy only $5.2 billion. 


Among the 10 countries who did not adopt the EU currency includes; Britain, Poland, and Sweden.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/28/international/i091441
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Native American Indians get more rights


(11-28) 11:11 PST Washington (AP) --
Ahead of a meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and hundreds of Native American leaders, the administration unveiled new rules for tribal lands that officials say will expedite home building and energy development.
The proposed changes — the first of its kind in 50 years — would open the door to badly-needed housing development on reservations, and for wind and solar energy projects that tribes have been eager to launch.
The plan gives Obama another boasting point for this week's meeting with leaders of the 565 federally-recognized tribes at the White House.
The president has appointed Native Americans to high level positions in his administration, signed laws to improve health care and law enforcement for Native Americans and resolved a long running lawsuit over royalties for minerals on tribal lands.
The Obama administration has held a number of meetings with tribes on the subject and provided draft proposals to leaders as the rules were being rewritten. Land on American Indian reservations cannot be bought and sold because it is held in trust by the federal government on behalf of the tribes. If a tribe or tribe member wants to build a house on it or use it for multifamily housing, a business or industry, the Interior Department must approve a "lease" of the land or mortgages.
The proposed changes would set time limits for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to approve such leases. Residential leases, subleases and mortgages would have to be approved in 30 days; leases for commercial or industrial development must be approved in 60 days. If the bureau does not meet the deadlines, leases would automatically be approved. Currently, there are no time limits.
The proposed rules apply only to land development and not to oil and gas and mining leases.
The administration has been pushing for renewable energy projects and working to advance solar and wind projects on public lands. It has given priority to 18 projects, including the Moapa Solar Project, which will be built mostly on Moapa Band of Paiutes tribal lands in Nevada.
Developing wind and solar energy projects has drawn interest from tribes around the country, Dossett said. Tribes can partner with companies and sell the energy produced back to power grids.
Willie said the changes should also help tribal members get mortgages more quickly. Under the current rules, government approval of mortgages can take two months to two years. With that kind of delay, getting the banking industry to see tribal members as a profitable market can be difficult, Willie said.
The rules will be open for public comment for 60 days beginning Tuesday. The administration also plans additional meetings with tribes on the proposed changes


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/28/national/a095132S23.DTL#ixzz1f3VK6rHb

Time for crabs_the edible ones


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The commercial Dungeness crab season officially began today after central California crab fishermen and seafood processors agreed this morning to a price of $2.25 per pound for the spindly crustaceans.
"We'll have crab on the market by Wednesday or Thursday," said Larry Collins, head of the San Francisco Crab Boat Owners Association. "Get your salt water boiling."

After a record catch in 2010, expectations are high for another strong year. Commercial crab fisherman last year hauled in about 19 million pounds, blowing previous records out of the water.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/28/BAQM1M16HB.DTL#ixzz1f3O3izXS

Rasheed Davis and Lawrence Taylor rape and pedophiles


Gloria Allred is representing Christina Fierro, now age 18 in a civil suit against Lawrence Taylor now age 52 for a 2010 rape of Fierro in 2010. Former New York Giants player Lawrence Taylor was slammed today with a federal sex trafficking lawsuit filed by Christina Fierro, who was forced to prostitute herself to Taylor in a New York motel room in 2010. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, alleges Taylor "forced himself" on a "slight teenager who was visibly injured, shaken and crying, but expressly told him she did not want to engage in sex and tried to push his enormous body off hers.".  After she was raped she was given $300. Pimp Rasheed Davis, also a former player, forced Fierro into the situation. Rasheed Davis is currently in the New York jail.
Here is what the girl had to say to the New York Post in 2010:

“I told him (Rasheed Davis) I wasn’t going to the hotel, and he said, ‘You’re f- – -ing this up, it’s $300,” the frightened Bronx girl, 16, said Rasheed Davis, 36, screamed at her early Thursday (2010).
“He hit me in the face, so I covered my face,” said Fierro.
“He told me to tell him my name is Carmen and I’m 19 years old,” she said. “He told me repeatedly and I had to repeat it back to him.”
When she arrived at hotel in Suffern, “the lights were off and [Taylor] didn’t see my face was bruised,” the girl recounted. “Lawrence Taylor asked me my age and I told him I was 19.”
She said she feared for her life if she didn’t have sex with Taylor. Taylor is age 51.
“If I didn’t go through with it, [Lawrence Taylor] would’ve called Rasheed Davis and there would have been consequences,” she said. “God knows what would’ve happened if I didn’t go through with it.”
On the drive back to The Bronx, the girl frantically text-messaged her uncle about the alleged assault and prostitution.
After getting the message, her uncle called 911 and cops were waiting at Rasheed Davis’ home to arrest him.

Lawrence Taylor was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999 and competed in ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." He had a highly publicized struggle with drug addiction and has had multiple legal run-ins since retiring from football. Based on the rape charges, Nutrisystem ended its endorsement deal with Taylor. In 2001, Taylor was convicted of possessing drug paraphernalia in New Jersey. The conviction stemmed from the September 1998 discovery in a hotel room of a butane torch and other materials commonly used to smoke crack.In 1996 and 1997, Lawrence Taylor was arrested in South Carolina and Florida on drug charges. In those cases, he either admitted his guilt or agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program. In 2000, Lawrence Taylor drew five years of federal probation for filing false tax returns and for tax evasion.

Police said the girl was reported missing by her family in March 2010 and had been staying with a 36-year-old parolee, Rasheed Davis, in the Bronx. The two met a few weeks ago at a Bronx bus stop, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.
"Rasheed Davis chats her up. She explains she doesn't have a place to stay. Davis provides one," police said. Davis then forced her to perform sexual favors for others, police said.
Early Thursday morning, Davis punched and kicked her, drove her to the hotel against her will and told her she had to have sex with Lawrence Taylor, police said. When she refused, Rasheed Davis handed her over to Lawrence Taylor, who sexually assaulted her. Lawrence Taylor paid her $300, which she gave to Rasheed Davis, her pimp, police said.
At some point, the girl sent text messages to her uncle spelling out what was happening. The uncle then went to the NYPD, Browne said.
Rasheed Davis was arrested on charges of unlawful imprisonment, assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He was sentenced in April 1994 to eight to 25 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter. He was paroled in March 2008.
Lawrence Taylor, 52, was initially criminally charged with statutory rape in the incident, but pleaded guilty in March 2011  to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. Lawrence Taylor, who now lives in Florida, was sentenced to six years probation.
The pimp, convicted killer Rasheed Davis, in August was sentenced to seven years in prison by a federal judge for the criminal case.




Democrats need to win in 2012

Democrat Barney Frank has announced he will not seek re-election to Congress in 2012. At age 71, his exit is mainly due to a huge number of new constituents being placed into his district after the realignment process. So far, 17 Democrats have announced they will not seek re-election. Only six Republicans have announced they are retiring. Democrats faced an uphill battle in 2012, needing to gain 25 additional seats to win a majority in the house. With the retirements, Democrats must work even harder to get enough House seats to influence legislation and, possibly, win a House majority.



Sunday, November 27, 2011

Bernie and Laurie Fine admit also pedophiles


Coach Bernie Fine and his wife, Laurie Fine, of Syracuse University, New York, jump on the pedophile bandwagon. A former student spoke up to support other allegations of pedophilia by Syracuse's coach Fine. As the story unfolds coach Fine's wife was also involved as a voyeur. Laurie Fine watched the child being molested through windows. She admits to watching through a basement window. She made no effort to stop the molestation. In fact, she was so stimulated by the molestation, she later had sex with the boy too.
I want the message loud and clear, that people who are in positions of trust with our children can never molest, sodomize, or adopt the kids as "lovers." This child was set up from his adolescence, or earlier, and groomed for the eventual molestation. He will now need mental health care for years, to help him deal with his situation. I am also appalled how these adults are also calling all of the kids who are revealing past molestations liars. This public abuse and humiliation makes it harder for other kids and adults to come forward. Let's face it, many of the kids who were abused probably had problems with authority figures in the future, including the police. Many of the molested kids drift into depression and anxiety disorders.
This cult of child molestation is still being uncovered and we need to show some compassion to those who were injured, abused and neglected.
Oh yeah, and coach Bernie Fine needs to be removed from the Hall of Fame immediately.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Afghanistan abuse of women


Kabul (CNN) -- The ordeal of Gulnaz did not simply begin and end with the physical attack of her rape. The rape began a years-long nightmare of further pain, culminating in an awful choice she must now make.
Even two years later, Gulnaz remembers the smell and state of her rapist's clothes when he came into the house when her mother left for a brief visit to the hospital.
"He had filthy clothes on as he does metal and construction work. When my mother went out, he came into my house and he closed doors and windows. I started screaming, but he shut me up by putting his hands on my mouth," she said.
The rapist was her cousin's husband.
After the attack, she hid what happened as long as she could. But soon she began vomiting in the mornings and showing signs of pregnancy. It was her attacker's child.
In Afghanistan, this brought her not sympathy, but prosecution. Aged just 19, she was found guilty by the courts of sex outside of marriage -- adultery -- and sentenced to twelve years in jail.
Now inside Kabul's Badam Bagh jail, she and her child are serving her sentence together.
I started screaming, but he shut me up by putting his hands on my mouth
Gulnaz
Sitting with the baby in her lap, her face carefully covered, she explains the only choice she has that would end her incarceration.
The only way around the dishonor of rape, or adultery in the eyes of Afghans, is to marry her attacker. This will, in the eyes of some, give her child a family and restore her honor.
Incredibly, this is something that Gulnaz is willing to do.
"I was asked if I wanted to start a new life by getting released, by marrying this man", she told CNN in an exclusive interview. "My answer was that one man dishonored me, and I want to stay with that man."
Tending to her daughter in the jail's cold, she added: "My daughter is a little innocent child. Who knew I would have a child in this way. A lot of people told me that after your daughter's born give it to someone else, but my aunt told me to keep her as proof of my innocence."
Gulnaz's choice is stark. Women in her situation are often killed for the shame their ordeal has brought the community. She is at risk, some say, from her attacker's family.
We found Gulnaz's convicted rapist in a jail across town. While he denied raping her, he agreed that she would likely be killed if she gets out of jail. But he insists that it will be her family, not his, that will kill her, "out of shame."
Whether threatened by his family or hers, for now, jail may be the safest place for her.
Shockingly, Gulnaz's case is common in Afghanistan.
CNN asked a spokesman for the prosecutor to comment on the case. The reply was that there were hundreds such cases and the office would need time to look into it.
I was asked if I wanted to start a new life by getting released, by marrying this man
Gulnaz
But Gulnaz's plight has found international attention because of a dispute between the European Union and a team of documentary makers hired to report on women's rights in Afghanistan.
The documentary makers filmed a lengthy report on Gulnaz and other women, showing her talking openly about her fate. They showed the film to the EU, who were paying for it as part of a project on female rights here. After viewing it, the EU decided to spike the project.
The EU said it was concerned about the safety of the women in the film: they could be identified and might face reprisals. The filmmakers however suspect -- citing an email leaked from the EU delegation -- that the EU might also be motivated by its sensitive relationship with Afghan justice institutions, since he film shows the Afghan justice system in a very unflattering light.
The leaked email says: "The delegation also has to consider its relations with [Afghan] Justice institutions in connection with the other work that it is doing in the sector."
The EU Ambassador to Afghanistan, Vygaudas Usackas, rejected any political motivation in asking for the film not to be shown.
"What I am concerned about is that situation of the women. About the security and well being, that's of paramount importance, the key criteria according to which I, as representative of the European Union will judge," said the ambassdor.
Under Afghan law, Gulnaz has been judged an adulterer. Despite the ongoing dispute over her story, her predicament has not changed. She faces the hideous choice of 12 years in jail or marriage to her rapist and risk death. It's a marriage she says she'll accept, so her child can continue to have a mother.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Congress fails AGAIN


How can America rise from the recession and decrease the deficit if the Congress, Democrats and Republicans, can not make any decisions? The congressional Republicans want to protect the wealthiest 2% of Americans and will not allow any increase of the multimillionaires and billionaires.
Now there will be $2 trillion dollars tax of automatic financial cuts of domestic and defense spending starting in 2014. Family financial supports will also end. This will be a hard hit and no one will be happy! Congress must talk and arrive at a balanced plan. By not acting and not making a decision , Congress has voted for tax increases for everyone, including the wealthiest. Everyone will pay $1,000 or more in taxes because of our dysfunctional Congress.
Today, Congress, as is the norm, is taking a holiday work break. Representing constituents in Congress is a voluntary position. If you can not do the job, you need to stop going to Congress and get another job or start a business in your local area to decrease unemployment.
The minute people get elected to Congress, they begin the political games and sell out the local interests in favor of high-paying lobbyists. We saw that with Jeff Denham's election. After he won, he went to Washington, DC and threw a private $250,000 party for Republicans and lobbyists, using money from the Central Valley - one of the poorest places in California.
Register to vote and vote them OUT!!!!!

Penn State investigation a farce FBI NOW


I have seen no evidence that the local Pennsylvania police are moving forward in a real investigation of the pedophiles leading Penn State. I have not seen any warrants served to confiscate all computers to evaluate for child pornography. Yes, I include the homes and offices of Paterno. I have not seen removal of all office things in the leadership offices on campus, and elsewhere for investigation. I have not heard anything about transportation of the minors to other locations. Have they checked the vacation areas of these sodomists?
I feel the FBI must step in immediately. I am sure these pedophiles are destroying mounds of evidence. were drugs used on the kids/ were the kids ployed with alcohol. Were date-rape drugs used. Are there pictures on the internet? Are there videos on Youtube or some of the international child porn sites?
We want a better investigation NOW!!!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

UC Davis abuses students roaches


I was shocked at how poorly UC Davis treated its own students when they decided to join the 99%ers protest.  On the news I saw the students sitting or crouched down on the ground as a large policeman carrying a large canister of orange mace walked along the student lines spraying them heavily with mace. he was very calm and "matter of fact." The students were only sitting. There was no aggressive movement (or any movement except to escape fumes). The students were coughing. I was taken back to the images of spraying roaches - something you hate and may fear. Does UC Davis consider their students roaches? As they totally disposable? It did not help when the head of the university said she would investigate in her thick German accent. This a throw back to the gassing of the Jews or the tear gassing and shooting of Blacks as they marched for equal rights in the 1960s.
Our universities must teach students how to stand for their beliefs. Gassing and other abuse is totally unacceptable. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!

These are our kids and our future leaders. I hope all will carry this memory as a reminder of the misuse of police force by "scary labels" put onto ordinary citizens. The officers falsely claimed they were afraid because they were "surrounded" by activists. Yes, the officer was walking past kids sitting on the ground, immobile, and the officer sprayed them like roaches. Sometimes people do not listen to commands, especially crowds, but macing our sons and daughters in this situation is unbelievable - this was not a prison riot.

Pennsylvania pedophile priests too

The TV news revealed today the the Catholic church was found guilty of on-going years of sodomy on boys about ten years ago. The church paid one boy who sued just under $2 million dollars. The church then sent the priests to different parishes.
It is amazing how cult-like this behavior continues underground. The boys are kept quiet. If we want better husbands ans fathers, we must stop the child abuse.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Penn State..another pedophile???

It has come out in the media that Penn State's Sandusky has hired an attorney who is also a pedophile.  The news reported Sandusky's attorney had impregnated a girl under age 18. WHAT IS GOING ON AT PENN STATE...and elsewhere??? Keep looking...this is going to get even more sordid.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Dr Conrad Murray and Michael Jackson - my view


Dr. Conrad Murray's continual denial of any culpability for Michael Jackson's death is ridiculous. It just shows how some people can create their own world and live totally is unreality. Yes, he must get away from patients. He has spent so many years blaming his patients for everything, he can not accept responsibility for his own improper actions and misconceptions. Every doctor must have the ability to admit mistakes and strive to do better.

First, Conrad Murray says he did not know Michael Jackson was a drug abuser. This is unbelievable. Everyone knew Jackson had some sort of drug problem. Just because Michael did not use the exact words, "I am a drug addict," can not erase the fact that Jackson just by demanding Propofol gave a statement (to anyone who worked with addicts) "I am definitely a drug addict." Jackson only wanted Murray because Jackson found he could be easily manipulated by money and access.

Murray gives a million reasons why he did not call 911. The truth is, his girlfriend was on his cell phone and he could have easily told her to call 911 because Michael was having a problem. No excuses - the 911call was a must because Murray was totally unprepared. As a cardiologist, Murray must have extra portable EKG machines and monitors in his office, yet none were used. This expertise is what Jackson was paying for. He did not want "crack house care." Murray never checked Jackson's medical history. Murray never did lab work, an EKG or chest x-ray. I knew the story would be bad after Murray said he applied lotion to Jackson's body after Jackson showered. This is very abnormal - especially for a cardiologist. Why did Jackson not apply his own lotion - too tired?

I am going to go over only the last actions of Murray on that sorrowful day. I will only cover the time starting from Murray consenting to give Propofol. The reports are that the oxygen tank in the room was empty and the rescue breathing apparatus was not in place. These was an oxygen mask on the floor, but no statements that the mask was ever used. So, before you give a medication that could cause a major problem, as a doctor, he had a duty to have all of the rescue apparatus assembled and working and the rescue medications out. Actually, there are a lot of people who get these important jobs, such as air control operators, who fall asleep when they are supposed to be monitoring a situation. So, Murray should have had a nurse in the room also for back-up and assistance, as needed. Watching a person sleep can be very boring and the mind can wander. Murray takes no medical notes for over two months. Murray never took Jackson's vital signs or a quick EKG. This is crazy and ridiculous. It is also illegal to secretly record patients. Consent was not given for the recording of Michael or for the medications and procedures..

Granted, Propofol is short acting, but we can not trust Murray's words as to what happened in the room. Only a crazy person would order gallons of Propofol over a few months for a single patient for poorly monitored daily bedroom IV administration.

Michael returned home at 1 o'clock AM from the Staples rehearsal. Murray admits Jackson looked "dead" before he gave him the Propofol ("like in Thriller"), yet no physical examination. Murray admitted he gave enough medication to Jackson  "to put an elephant to sleep" - before he gave the Propofol. Around 2 AM the drugs started -  valium, lorezapam, medazalam, versed and who knows what else.

Murray said he gave the IV Propofol, felt it had worn off, so he went to the bathroom and made a phone call. He never checked his breathing or heart. This is just crazy. If you must go to the bathroom, you go BEFORE you administer a drug. Jackson wants to sleep, the last thing he wants is to hear Murray jabbering on the phone to his girlfriend. No wonder Jackson had insomnia, the environment was totally non-conducive to sleep. Jackson never thought he would be abandoned. By the time Murray ambled back into the bedroom, still talking to a girlfriend, Jackson's heart rate was said to be 120 and Jackson was not breathing. All Jackson needed was respirations  Instead, Murray gives mouth-to-mouth, good only if you are a pedestrian and find someone unconscious - never used by medical professionals. Then, unbelievably, he gives chest compressions. This was the totally wrong thing to do, Michael had a heartbeat. By giving chest compressions, Murray stopped Jackson's heart. Now, probably with cracked ribs, Jackson is a total Code Blue and a few minutes from death. Still, only Murray is present and no respirations.

The remaining acts of calling a housekeeper, whose main concern was getting a smoothie in the refrigerator for Jackson,  for assistance and getting Jackson's scared son is an unbelievable scene to picture. Delaying getting all of the security officers to help and call 911 and more, is terrible, but too late. Jackson is dead. Murray tries to blame Security Officer Alverez for the emergency help delays. It is normal for a non-medical person to be shocked that his employer and mega-star is getting CPR in the bedroom and now Murray is demanding Alvarez give CPR, and call 911, and clean the room. Alvarez bears no fault.

Let's say there was a chance to save Jackson twenty minutes later. Murray reports to the emergency medical team that he witnessed Jackson "go down." To emergency responders, this means a heart attack, or similar event - NOT drug overdose. So, the emergency response team was treating for the wrong terminal event. They think he collapsed from a cardiac event in front of Murray after a stressful and long rehearsal. So, the emergency team is not fully treating the patient because Murray lied about how Jackson got into this situation.

Murray's denials are maddening. His claims are absurd. He had no knowledge or skills with addiction or neurology. He was used to treating low-income seniors for chronic heart problems. He was used to having patients die. He has no business getting involved as a physician with any other patients in the future.

Michael could never have completed this run of shows. He had been avoiding performances for years. Jackson looked terrible at his last child-abuse trial - thin, coming in his pajamas, getting assistance with walking and even going to a hospital. Murray had the ability to change the rehearsal schedule, as the doctor. Instead he worked against Michael by pushing him to persist with the schedule.

What killed Michael Jackson? Failure to plan for an emergency, poor medical care, multi-drug overload with the doctor distracted and abandoning the patient, rendering improper medical rescue care, failure to call 911 immediately, and abandoning care again as the doctor cleaned the room and ran for help (instead of the cell phone), and false reports to emergency rescuers as to the true medical situation.


Penn State leaders are pedophiles criminals


Jerry Sandusky used his charity, The Second Mile, which worked with abused boys, to find new victims. His acts were some of the worst acts a person can do to another. Each time he abused a child, he disguised himself as someone who cared and loved them. He was a successful role model who confirmed to the child that he was the type of child to be abused. He exerted his power, money, community trust to perform numerous abusive acts which will change these children forever. Schools are supposed to prepare kids for success. Penn State prepared these children for lives and legacy's of mental problems. If Penn State does not help kids, then Penn State should close and stop accepting public funds. Both the school and the charity are  responsible for the abuse these kids suffered for so many years. Some of the kids said there was inappropriate touching, but they, personally were not touched more intimately. Even these kids will have life long repercussions about not telling and about allowing the intimate touching to occur in the first place.
The students of Penn State failed a major life test when they rioted to keep these criminals in their educational positions. The students feel the kids are not important and sided with the rich and powerful. Even if the criminal is a friend, you must fulfill a general life duty and responsibility to protect kids and stop criminal activity. Even if the criminal can get you a great job in the future, you must side with protecting kids. The students of Penn State must learn this lesson before they enter the real world. Penn State should cancel all of the remaining games and require students to take ethics classes every year. The people worried about the cash say the university needs the money to fund other programs. I think to focus the Penn State community on the criminal and amoral issues the Penn State community must halt all activities and discuss the problem daily.
Everyone who touched the charity and the athletic persons involved must be immediately removed. This is an example that all of the Penn State students will remember for the rest of their lives. This must not be trivialized for anyone. We demand action. Penn State does take federal funds, so you and I are involved also, even if you do not live in Pennsylvania. Paterno did a lot of good in the past, but his failures will be his legacy. It is not OK to help some kids and allow others to be sacrificed and sodomized. Especially, when for Paterno, the effort to help the abused boys would have been so easy and minimal to do. So hard for the depressed abused kids, would have been so easy for Paterno. PaterNO = no father.
These kids should be given in their civil awards lifetime mental health care, free tutorial help, and full scholarships to the colleges of their choice for undergraduate and graduate schools, along with their financial awards.
This case points out boys are more frequently abused and sodomized than girls. Mothers are often looking for that male role model to help their sons with life issues. Mothers must be vigilant.

Friday, November 11, 2011

History of London:crime,unemployment


With the rise in population jobs were not always easy to find. In Tudor times there were thousands of people without jobs wandering around looking for work. There were also disabled beggars. There were also people who pretended to be mad or disabled in order to beg. Tudor governments tolerated people who were disabled begging. However they did not tolerate able-bodied people without jobs wandering around. They saw such 'sturdy vagabonds' as a threat to law and order.

Since the 14th century there had been laws against vagabonds but in 1530 a new law was passed. The old and disabled poor were to be given licences to beg. However anyone roaming without a job was tied to a cart in the nearest market town and whipped till they were bloody. They were then forced to return to the parish where they had been born or where they had lived for the last 3 years.

A law of 1536 was more severe. Vagabonds were whipped the first time. However for a second offence they part of their right ear was cut off (so they could be easily identified wherever they went). For a third offence they were hanged. However officers of the law were reluctant to carry out such draconian measures. A law of 1547 chided them for 'foolish pity and mercy'. Under this law anyone who roamed or loitered for 3 days without a job must offer to work for any employer for any wages he was willing to pay. If nobody would employ him then he must offer to work just for food and drink. If he did not do this then anyone could take him to the Justice of the Peace (local magistrate). The vagabond was then made that person's slave for 2 years. If he ran away during that time he was branded and made a slave for life. This terrible law was abolished in 1550. Once again flogging was made the punishment for vagrancy.

Furthermore every parish was commanded to build a workhouse for the old and disabled poor. They would be housed in the workhouse and made to do any work they were capable of.

However in 1572 the law was made more severe again. For a first offence a vagabond would be whipped and burned in the right ear with a red-hot iron. (Unless some kindly employer was willing to give him a job). For a second offence he would be hanged (again unless an employer gave him a job). For a third offence he would be hanged regardless.

In 1576 the law regarding the old and disabled was changed again. This time the parishes were ordered to supply them with materials like flax, hemp, wool and iron. They were to do any work they could in their own homes. Any old or disabled person who refused to work was sent to a House or Correction where conditions were very harsh.

However in 1597 the death penalty for vagrancy was abolished.

The history of poverty

TUDOR PUNISHMENTS

In the 16th century prison was seldom used as a punishment. Instead people were held in prison until trial then some physical punishment was meted out. Tudor punishments were simple but harsh. In the 16th century minor crimes were often punished by the pillory or the stocks. The pillory was a wooden frame on a pole with holes through which a person's head and hands were placed. The frame was then locked and the person was subjected to humiliation and ridicule. The stocks was a wooden frame with holes through which a person's feet were placed and they were humiliated in the same way. Other common Tudor punishments were flogging and branding with red hot irons.

More serious crimes were punished by death. Beheading was reserved for the wealthy. Ordinary people were usually hanged. (They were suspended with a rope round their neck until they were strangled to death).

In 1401 a law in England made burning the penalty for heresy. In the 16th century during the reign of Mary (1553-1558) nearly 300 Protestants were burned to death in England. Sometimes a person about to be burned was strangled with a rope first to spare them pain. In 1531 Henry VIII passed an act allowing poisoners to be boiled alive but the act was repealed after his death in 1547.

In Tudor England the punishment for treason was hanging, drawing and quartering. The person was drawn on a hurdle pulled by a horse to the place of execution. They were hanged (strangled by being suspended by a rope) but when they were still alive and sometimes conscious they were cut down. The executioner cut open their stomach and 'drew out' their entrails. Finally the person was beheaded and his body was cut into quarters.

Pimps, Johns, Prostitutes, Police in Spain


In 2003, Spain’s Institute of National Statistics (INE) showed that just over one in four Spanish men under the age of 49 had experienced sex with a prostitute – with one in fifteen having done so within the previous year.  This was backed up by Maribel Montano of the ruling PSOE party who claimed in 2007 that: ‘every day 1.5 million men pay for sex’ in Spain.  In fact, there are an estimated 300,000 prostitutes working in Spain possibly turning over around 40 billion Euros per year, which roughly equates to the country’s education budget.  For good reason, Spain is sometimes dubbed the ‘Brothel of Europe’.
Certainly, the openness and extent of prostitution can be a surprise to north Europeans who still cling to the myth of Spain as a prim and proper, old-fashioned, hard line, Catholic country.  This notion is swiftly dispelled as you drive at night along any main road out of a large town or city.  In the outskirts, and often close to industrial estates, you will come across brightly lit buildings that normally have a garish neon sign pronouncing ‘Club’.  These are brothels in all but name and house, sometimes, up to a hundred or more prostitutes.  Called Clubes de Alterne (socialising clubs) by the Spanish, their location and nature are openly known and tolerated by the police, authorities and local population.
The clubs, of course, vary hugely and span the whole spectrum of prostitution from its lowest depths to a brothel system that is reasonably fair and transparent within a deeply emotive industry.  At their worst, the Clubes de Alterne are controlled by criminal gangs who have trafficked women from Third World countries on the promise of conventional work.  Deprived of their passports and physically intimidated, the women are forced to work as prostitutes, whilst earning their bosses huge sums.  Indeed, the International Labour Organisation in 2005 calculated that a forced sex worker would earn 67,200 Euros a year in an industrialised country.

Yes, our security is at risk

The kidnapping of MLB player Wilson Ramos is an example of why allowing "special rich people" to bypass our elevated TSA screenings will not work. I am sure Ramos was told his family in Venezuela would be harmed if he does not help the gang who kidnapped him. He may even have had childhood dealings with current gang members. Who knows what really happened. He could have been a message for other players, that the gangs can successfully kidnap at will. Three other MLB baseball players from Venezuela have already had family members kidnapped. Will Ramos have to testify in court about hie kidnappers...and will he? In many countries, the police will aid the gangs for cash. Yes, we are less safe in the US - thanks Congress.
Below is an AP article on the kidnapping.
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CARACAS, VENEZUELA (AP)
Venezuelan police rescued Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos on Friday, two days after he was kidnapped, officials announced.


UNSAFE AT HOME
Ramos rescued, authorities say
Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said on state television that Ramos was ''safe and sound'' and that he was rescued by police. He said the circumstances weren't immediately clear.

Information Minister Andres Izarra initially reported the rescue via Twitter, saying Ramos was ''found alive by security forces in mountainous zone.''

Armed men seized Ramos at gunpoint Wednesday night outside his home in a working-class neighborhood in the city of Valencia. Authorities said Thursday that they had found a stolen SUV used by the kidnappers abandoned in a nearby town.

The abduction was the first known kidnapping of a major league baseball player in a country that has dozens of players on big league rosters in the US, and it brought a renewed focus on worsening violent crime in Venezuela.

Security has increasingly become a concern for Venezuelan players and their families as a wave of kidnappings has hit the wealthy as well as the middle class. Relatives of several Venezuelan major leaguers have previously been kidnapped for ransom, and in two cases have been killed.


INSIDE SCOOP
An american ballplayer talks to Jon Paul Morosi about his experience playing baseball in Venezeula.
Bodyguards typically shadow major leaguers when they return to their homeland to play in Venezuela's winter baseball league, but it was unclear what precautions, if any, Ramos was taking while at his family's home.

Major League Baseball officials said it was the first kidnapping of a major leaguer that they could recall.

Polls consistently say rampant crime is the top worry of Venezuelans. The country has one of the highest murder rates in Latin America, and the vast majority of crimes go unsolved. The number of kidnappings has soared in recent years.
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Fans in both Venezuela and Washington had held candlelight vigils and prayed for his safe release

Thursday, November 10, 2011

"Are We Less Safe"- Article


Here is an article which talks about how to bypass airline security. I discussed this in my "Are We Safe" article.

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Tired of waiting in line and taking off your shoes, coat and belt at airport security checkpoints?

If so, and if you are willing to answer some pre-flight questions, a new federal program to be added at Los Angeles International Airport next year will allow you to move more conveniently through the screening process.

The program is called PreCheck, and John S. Pistole, who heads the Transportation Security Administration, announced at a congressional hearing Wednesday that it will be expanded to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas in December and LAX and Minneapolis-St. Paul in early 2012.

At LAX, the program will initially be limited to American Airlines passengers, but it is expected to be expanded to other carriers serving U.S. cities.

PreCheck allows U.S. citizens and members of the federal "Trusted Traveler" program to be questioned by federal officials before domestic flights. If qualified, passengers become eligible for expedited screening at the terminal, TSA officials said.

"Because we know more about these passengers," Pistole said, "TSA PreCheck travelers are able to divest themselves of fewer items, which may include leaving on their shoes, jackets and light outerwear as they proceed through security screening."

Pistole, who addressed the Senate Commerce Committee, said PreCheck will allow the TSA to devote more resources to checking high-risk passengers and travelers the agency knows little about.

He said, however, that PreCheck travelers would still be subject to TSA's random searches and unpredictable security measures throughout the screening process.

At LAX on Wednesday, Monica Casperino said she has traveled from her home in Maui to Cancun, Virginia and Los Angeles this year with her two young children and all their gear. She knows the inconvenience of removing her kids' shoes at checkpoints and pushing their stroller through airport body scanners.

Expedited screening, Casperino said, would "give us more time and less stress."

In October, TSA began testing PreCheck at four airports across the country: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, Dallas/Fort Worth International and Miami International. American and Delta Airlines are participating.

TSA officials said about 45,000 passengers have gone through the process, and the initial experience has been favorable.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, (D-Calif.), a member of the Commerce Committee, welcomed the expansion of the program, saying it could help boost tourism in California at a time of high unemployment.

"In California," Boxer said, "the travel and tourism industry employs more than 800,000 Californians. A 2010 survey found that more than 60% of travelers would take two to three more trips a year if the hassles and screening could be reduced without compromising security."

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ricardo Lopez contributed to this report.

dan.weikel@latimes.com