THE OTHER SHOE DROPS: Updates To Previous Posts
† Well-Chosen Words: Part IV (second item): When Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) opted to endorse Barack Obama (D-IL) over Hillary Clinton (D-NY) for the Dem presidential nomination, Clinton surrogate James Carville famously branded him a “Judas” because Bill Clinton “made” his career by appointing him U.N. ambassador and then to his cabinet as head of the U.S. Department of Energy. But
He had worked for
“I was loyal. But I don't think that loyalty is transferable to his wife. … You don't transfer loyalty to a dynasty.”
† Carrying The Torch For The “Genocide Olympics”:Neither German Chancellor Angela Merkel nor British PM Gordon Brown will be at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games in
† Freedom’s Just Another Word For Nothin’ Left To Lose: About two years ago,
Think about that as you recall all the MSM hand-wringing over that recent Pew Center on the States report noting that a record number of adults in the U.S. – 2.3 million, or more than one in 100 - is in jail or prison, at a cost of $50 billion a year to state governments and another $5 billion to the federal government $5 billion more. Sociologist James Q. Wilson, whose “broken windows” theory was a factor in making NYC habitable again, was forced to state the obvious – that putting criminals behind bars is not a bad thing – in an interview with The Washington Post: “The fact that we have a large prison population by itself is not a central problem because it has contributed to the extraordinary increase in public safety we have had in this country.” Still, that doesn’t stop people from arguing in favor of alternatives to incarceration – particularly for nonviolent offenders and those who are returned to prison because of parole violations. But then, the Italians already bought into this latest faddism regarding crime and punishment and look where it got them.
† Dan-o Lawsuit Bizzaro (second item): NY State Supreme Court Judicial Hearing Officer Ira Gammerman dismissed Dan Rather's claims against Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone, CBS President Leslie Moonves and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward in his $70 million breach of contract suit against the two corporations, because they acted within the scope of their employment when they demoted the disgraced “CBS Evening News” anchor after he narrated a “60 Minutes II” report two months before the 2004 presidential election based on forged documents claiming Bush slacked off his duties in the National Guard and failed to complete his service. The Associated Press reports that Gammerman is allowing Rather’s claims of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty to go forward because there were questions of fact to be decided at trial. “Rather says in his lawsuit that the defendants' actions - blaming him for a flawed report and then making him take the blame and apologize publicly - damaged his reputation and caused him significant financial loss.”
While I think that Obama doesn't deserve backing, Gov. Bill Richardson is free to endorse any candidate whom he pleases - political favors or not. It's good that he is not intimidated by The Clintons. Perhaps he realizes more about them than the rest of us think we know.
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