An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Morning Coffee 11/29/07
Giuliani, Romney Trade Jabs on Immigration
Mr. Giuliani, the front-runner in national polls, accused Mr. Romney of employing illegal immigrants at his home and running a “sanctuary mansion.” The testy personal exchange came after Mr. Romney said Mr. Giuliani had retained New York’s status as a sanctuary city while he was mayor.
I DVR’d the thing. Looks like I’m going to have to actually watch it. Might be quite entertaining, and I can fast forward. 
Dallas Cowboys fans wrestle with $100K price tag on seat rights
Mark Zable expected to pay a pretty price to continue his lifelong devotion to the Dallas Cowboys.
But what he got when he visited the Cowboys this week to hear the team’s sales pitch was severe sticker shock – $100,000 each for two personal seat licenses, a new feature that would allow him to buy tickets at the team’s new $1 billion stadium in Arlington. And those seats near Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ luxury box weren’t even for the priciest seat licenses in the new stadium – those go for $150,000.
“It takes a different kind of fan to afford these seats,” Mr. Zable said.
Gee, run off the ‘riffraff’ who can’t pay the steep prices, and what have ya got? Everybody sitting at home watching the game on their satellite tvs, where they can have many friends enjoy the festivities, have snacks at a reasonable price from the grocery store, and watch that billion dollar stadium empty out. Well, in a REAL world, with reasonable people, that’s what you’d have. Football fanatics don’t seem to live in the real world any more. sigh…. At least I can ‘pause’ the real action watching from home, for the necessary breaks, and ignore all the commercials.
CNN Allows Clinton Backer to Question GOP Candidates in YouTube Debate
A CNN host acknowledged the participation of a retired Army colonel linked to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a televised Republican debate Wednesday.
Keith Kerr of Santa Rosa, Calif., who revealed himself as gay, challenged the eight candidates via video message and on stage at the CNN/YouTube debate in Florida on the right of gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military.
The broadcast, however, failed to mention that Kerr, who served as a brigadier general in the reserves, is a member of a gay and lesbian steering committee for Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.
So, the Hildebeast is now planting questions for her opposition? Sheesh. I don’t care if the guy is gay, I appreciate his service to the country. This agenda pushing, however, is getting a bit tiresome.
IRS finds many faulty conservation easements
“The IRS has been working on said audits in Colorado for over two years now with no apparent end in sight,” Allard, a Loveland Republican, wrote Brown. “While I support investigation and enforcement of legitimate fraud, we must not unfairly target honest taxpayers, and Colorado’s reputation should not be tarnished.”
Hmmm….I wonder how much all this investigating is costing the taxpayers?
Former Illinois Rep. Hyde Dies
Former Rep. Henry Hyde, the Illinois Republican who steered the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and championed government restrictions on the funding of abortions, died Thursday. He was 83.
The death of the Illinois Republican was announced by House Minority Leader John Boehner’s office on Capitol Hill.
Mary Ann Schultz, a spokeswoman for Rush University Medical Center, said Hyde died Thursday at 3 a.m. CST at that hospital. There was no immediate word on the cause of his death, although Hyde underwent open-heart surgery in July.
Rest in peace. Prayers with the family.
Panel calls for easing law on open meetings
The new proposal, adopted Wednesday by a study committee formed by the General Assembly, allows up to three members to deliberate in private as long as they do not constitute a majority of whatever body they serve on. The proposal does not affect the General Assembly, which is exempt from the provisions.
Sen. Joe Haynes, a Goodlettsville Democrat, proposed the change, saying the current law is “not practical.”
He noted that a previous proposal would have allowed up to a quorum of members to meet in private. Depending on the size of the body, that could have been a dozen members or more.
When any politician wants to take public business behind closed doors, I tend to get a tad suspicious.
Is the net tightening on Nazi ‘Dr Death’?
If he is still alive, former SS medical officer Aribert Heim is 93 years old, but his age will not protect the alleged Nazi war criminal from justice, vows Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff.
I thought Mengele was ‘Dr. Death’. Why has South America been protecting these animals for so long anyway?
Man, 72, Fights Off Would-Be Robber
A 72-year-old man fought off a would-be robber who brandished a gun, wrecked his Christmas decorations, and allegedly had been sent by his nephew in search of jewelry and cash, police said.
“I don’t know how I got the power,” said the victim, Reinaldo Herrera.
Herrera was working on his outdoor Christmas light display Tuesday afternoon when Santos Zelaya, 21, followed him into his suburban home on Long Island and confronted him with what turned out to be a pellet gun, police said. Herrera believed it was a real firearm.
Way to go! Kick some thug butt!
Gay nuptials could bring tax gain to Md.
A booming wedding industry could swell Maryland’s budget by millions if gays were permitted to wed, according to a university report released yesterday.
The study, by UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, estimates that spending on gay nuptials could top $280 million the first three years, generating $14 million in tax revenue during that time.
Oh sure. Gain a few mil, and lose something priceless. What a trade off.
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