THE DAILY BLADE: Putting The Cart Before The Horse: Part III
The Perry County (AL) Commission voted to observe the second Monday in November as "The Barack Obama Day,” giving all 40 county employees a paid day off, reports The Associated Press:
The sponsoring commissioner, Albert Turner Jr., said the holiday is meant to highlight the Democratic president-elect's victory as a way to give people faith that difficult goals can be achieved.
Commissioner Brett Harrison (D) said Wednesday he voted against the resolution because of the holiday costs to the county, which has a $2.2 million annual payroll and is one of the poorest in the state. He said closing the courthouse would also idle some state employees.
Barack Hussein Obama* (second item) did achieve a difficult goal – but it was a personal goal, much like someone working two jobs to put himself through college. He has not actually achieved anything noteworthy yet as president-elect because he has no authority under the U.S. Constitution to do anything that could be thought of as an achievement.
BTW, while John McCain carried AL with 60 percent of the vote, most of Perry County’s 12,000 residents are black and Obama got 7 out of 10 votes countywide.
To read other posts in the “cart before the horse” series click here and here.
* It’s OK to use his middle name now; The New York Times says so.
The Stiletto Will Drink To That!
Today is the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment (AKA Prohibition). Some interesting trivia from Legal Times: Utah - of all places - was the 36th and final state needed to undo the misguided handiwork of the Temperance Movement, and when Prohibition ended the National Press Club was the very first place in Washington, D.C. where one could legally imbibe once again.
Add A Recovering Soldier To Your Christmas Card List
At this time of year, a well-meaning friend, family member or co-worker is likely to pass along an E-mail (s)he received from another well-meaning friend, family member or co-worker asking that you send a Christmas card to “A Recovering American Soldier” at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Acknowledging that “we are fortunate to be the recipients of a tremendous outpouring of concern for and appreciation of the Wounded Warriors in our care” Colonel Norvell V. Coots, Commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System, advises that the anonymous holiday E-mail campaign was not initiated by the medical center and that they lack “the facilities or staff to accept deliveries” of mail addressed to "Recovering Soldiers" or "Any Servicemember.”
Coots instead recommends The American Red Cross "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program, which will deliver your greetings to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen; to patients in military and veterans hospitals worldwide; and to veterans and family members of active duty personnel.
Send your cards to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
All cards must be postmarked by December 10th. Cards sent after that date will be returned to you.
The Stiletto Scoops “Best Of The Web Today” (Again)
Global warming skeptics … are called “deniers” and the media … ignores evidence suggesting that global warming could be a cyclical phenomenon … to create the false impression that the science is settled. It is not. … Scientific inquiry depends upon continually challenging hypotheses – no scientific finding is supposed to be considered “fact.” Stop people from asking the questions or dismiss research that doesn’t fit into the consensus, and you stop scientific progress and go down blind alleys.
- Global Warming Won’t Harm Great Tits, The Stiletto Blog, May 9, 2008
All scientific knowledge is tentative, subject to constant challenge by new hypotheses and new evidence. Keep this in mind every time a global warmist claims that the "scientific consensus" about "climate change" is unchallengeable.
- How Science Actually Works, “Best Of The Web Today,” December 3, 2008
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