The Breakfast Club - July 29, 2010

L-E headline: "Columbus man pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide * Matthews accused of killing Elizabeth Shingles while she was sitting on her porch" -- Once again, if the man is convicted, shouldn't he also be charged with lying to a judge?
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The (New Financial Regulation) law, signed last week by President Obama, exempts the SEC from disclosing records or information derived from "surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities." Given that the SEC is a regulatory body, the provision covers almost every action by the agency, lawyers say. Congress and federal agencies can request information, but the public cannot. -- Yeah, the "big Guy", potUS Nero-bama, is really looking after 'us'.
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Online headline: "Spain's Catalonia Bans Bullfighting in Vote" -- Ooops, my bad. Type was blurred and I thought it said California and California had banned Congressional debates.
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While the stretch of Veterans Parkway from 19th Street to River Road is always some sort of an eyesore, I do not know how reshaping the trees into half-trees and slingshots is an improvement. Surely there is a solution better than what's being done as we speak.
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Online headline/story: "Judge Blocks Parts of Arizona Immigration Law" * The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, " -- Excuse me! Name any other country that does not demand that all visitors have their passport/papers on them at all times! Even Mexico!
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With the judge in the Arizona Law trial saying the police cannot ask for ID papers, doesn't this mean if I get pulled over for speeding, I don't have to give the police office my driver's license or my insurance card/registration?
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What are the designers of "Volt" thinking? Perhaps I should say, 'not thinking'. Why doesn't the gasoline engine recharge the primary electric battery package when the gas engine kicks in?
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When Jeffrey Immelt was supporting potUS Nero-bama, he was the toast of the liberal media. Now that he's come to his senses, and regrets such support, Immelt is no longer on the liberal A-list and has lost his spotlight. Me, I'm on a permanent GE product boycott. Saw a neat retro-look coffee maker/percolator at Walmart's yesterday, then noted the GE tag, and left it where it was.
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Online story: "virtually all scientists who have discussed the situation seem puzzled how the worst oil spill in the history of the Gulf of Mexico could seem to simply disappear in a matter of days." -- Scientists and atheists do not, cannot, separate their limited visual powers with the reality of the higher power of our omnipotent God. God does not explain things to those who will not understand; they must learn to have faith in things they cannot see.
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Online story: "We are at war with al-Qaida," Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday, a day after President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the death of 78-year-old hostage Michel Germaneau. The humanitarian worker had been abducted April 20 or 22 in Niger by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, and was later taken to Mali, officials said. * The killers will "not go unpunished," Sarkozy said in unusually strong language, given France's habit of employing quiet cooperation with its regional allies" -- Now this a France potUS Nero-bama can emulate!
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L-E story: "DAHLONEGA, Ga. — A zedonk, an unusual cross between a donkey and a zebra, is attracting attention at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in north Georgia after being born there about a week ago. " -- ho-hum.... We have too many of these 'zedonks'... they are all over Washington, DC and the 50 state capitals, only we call them a 'rino' instead, Republican In Name Only.
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How can it be called an "Ethics Committee" if a person charged with violations can make a deal to avoid prosecution?
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L-E story: "WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that he does not know how many of his agents cheated on an important exam on the bureau’s policies, an embarrassing revelation that raises questions about whether the FBI knows its own rules for conducting surveillance on Americans." Hmmm.. wonder if the FBI has a Congressional equivalent of "The Ethics Committee" in which caught agents can work out a deal, too?
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There is a solution for letter writer Robert John White of Georgetown, Ga.; simply move to Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, China, or Korea. We'll look for your e-mail telling us where you are.....if it gets out of your new country.
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No matter how you try to interpret the law(s), there is no defense of teachers who prey on students.
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L-E headline: "Fed says recovery slows in some places " -- How can inert become slower?
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