Online story: "MIAMI -- A federal judge on Saturday granted a stay of execution for a convicted mass killer in Florida, who is mentally ill and was scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday. * U.S. District Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley granted the motion for a stay in the case of John Errol Ferguson, who was to be executed Tuesday after 34 years on Florida's death row. * "In order for the state to execute him, Mr. Ferguson must have a rational understanding of the reason for, and effect of, his execution," said Chris Handman, an attorney for Ferguson, in an emailed statement" -- The killer has 'dodged a bullet' for 34 years, what's rational about that for the families of the victims and the taxpayers footing Ferguson and his lawyers bills? How do judges rationalize that?

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Online story: "WASHINGTON -- Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is warning that military intervention in Syria by the major powers won't work. * In comments to be aired Sunday on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Annan says the situation in Syria is more complex than in Libya, and that military intervention could make things worse. * Annan was the special envoy to Syria until August, when he resigned after his peace plan failed." -- Kofi Annan's ideas and inactions don't work, didn't work, so now he's an expert at what will and won't work? Gimmee a break!

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The latest from barackobama.com: Not only does potUS Oblunderman keep breaking his promise of last week that he already has sent his last e-mail, now he's having a sale on all his campaign paraphernalia. Guess you could call it a 'going out of business sale'.

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What a humbling day for Auburn. Losing to 7-point favorite Vanderbilt by 4, but it wasn't an upset, so AU won with the points.

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From the 'another one bites the dust' department: Another green energy company, LG Chem in Michigan, given an Oblunderman $150,000,000.00 loan to produce batteries for the "VOLT' has produced none, and employees are sitting around the factory playing games until the money runs out and the company goes bankrupt. If the 'stim-YOU-LIE" loans were an 'investment of taxpayuer dollars', why hasn't potUS Oblunderman stepped in and shut the place down and retrieved what's left of 'our' investment?

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After reading up on the current plight of Detroit with its white flight, 50% population drop, 28% unemployment status, high influx of Mexican and Muslims, I finally understand the Chrysler ad byline, " Imported from Detroit".
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We're consuming ourselves. Of the $16 trillion in national debt, we, led by the Social Security 'fund' US Treasury bonds, own $12 trillion of that debt. Hey, why don't we seniors file a law suit to collect the funds Congress owes us!

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One of potUS Oblunderman's spinmeisters was equating Iowa's high corporate tax rate and low unemployment numbers as proof potUS Oblunderman's economic strategy is working. Of course, the fact enough people left Iowa looking for work elsewhere that Iowa lost a Congressional District lowers the out-of-job percentage.

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Passed on by a fellow BCer: "I love Christmas lights. They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together; half of them don't work, and the ones that do, aren't all that bright." -- Hopefully, after November 6th, we will have TWO reasons to say, "Merry Christmas".

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From the 'another legal system black-eye' department: "Macon -- A Macon judge who registered over the limit for alcohol during a roadside breath test will not face criminal charges. * Bibb County sheriff's deputies allowed Superior Court Judge Howard Simms to drive home September 22 after a breath test showed he was just over the legal limit. * The Telegraph of Macon reports that police didn't write a report or perform additional tests. * Bibb County Solicitor Otis Scarbary said he met wuth police to discuss the case. But he said there are no reports or statements. Sheriff Jerry Modena said additional reports and tests might have helped build a case. * Two deputies were reprimanded and suspended after the incident." -- "additional reports and tests MIGHThave helped build a case"? Wonder what 'plum duties'the to slapped-on-the-wrist deputies will receive in the future as payback?

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Karl Douglass makes a point today, but I'm not sure he understands his own ramifications. He writes: "For our community to begin wrestling with the very real challenges that face us collectively, we need to move past simple information-gathering and focus on developing knowledge that is based on fact. Until we do, we will continue to argue loudly across the breach and never do what is necessary to build a bridge. Without a bridge, neither side can help the other no matter from which direction the enemy ultimately comes." -- No bridge will connect us or allow us to cross as long as the building blocks of that bridge are built of racial trump cards. Is even Karl Douglass replacing such 'cards' with rock rather than sand?

To remind us, Walt Kelly summed it up succinctly: "We have met the enemy, and he is us."

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Hmmm, since most athletic programs are separate from the educational aspect of major football universities, why are donations that go directly to the athletic program to gain favorable season ticket allotment tax deductable?

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