An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Morning Coffee 02/12/08
Police Arrest Several Suspects in Plot to Kill Muhammad Cartoonist
Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked an uproar in the Muslim world two years ago.
The arrests were made in pre-dawn raids in Aarhus, western Denmark, “to prevent a terror-related murder,” the police intelligence agency said. It did not say how many people were arrested nor did it mention which cartoonist was targeted.
Tell us again how Islam is a ‘religion of peace’? Sorry, didn’t quite catch that the other 10,000+ times.
Nashville couple sues blog, claims defamation
The anonymous blog, which lists its first post in September 2007, levies several accusations against the Swartzes, who live in Old Hickory Village. The lawsuit details an October post linking the Swartzes to fires set throughout the neighborhood last year.
“I believe in the First Amendment, but there are limits,” said Goodlettsville lawyer Charlie Sizemore, who represents the Swartzes.
Let’s face it, there are some out there using the ‘new’ media to do harm, not to inform, or express an opinion. This is not a good thing.
Partially mummified body found in AZ tub
A partially mummified body was found in a bathtub filled with dirt in an apartment that was stacked to the ceiling with garbage and human waste.
Owners of the small, standalone unit thought it had been abandoned in August, when rent stopped being paid, Phoenix police Sgt. Joel Tranter said Monday.
It took the owners 6 months to do anything? I’m going to take a wild stab and say this place isn’t exactly “on the right side of the tracks”. This is one weird story.
Pakistan nuclear staff go missing
Two employees of Pakistan’s atomic energy agency have been abducted in the country’s restive north-western region abutting the Afghan border, police say.
The technicians went missing on the same day as Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, was reportedly abducted in the same region.
I don’t think the bad guys are wanting to ‘convert’ said abductees. Gee, wonder what they’re after? (insert sarcasm here)
Feds to Unveil New Mortgage-Help Plan
At-risk borrowers with all types of mortgages, not just high-cost subprime loans, could be eligible for help under a new plan involving six big home lenders. The plan, called Project Lifeline, will be announced Tuesday by the Treasury Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, said a person familiar with the plan who confirmed earlier news reports about the plan but spoke on condition of anonymity because it had not yet been made public.
“At-risk borrowers”? Wouldn’t that be ANYONE who makes a loan. Let’s face it, we aren’t the most frugal folks, and borrowing money has turned into a way of life. Instead of using common sense, we spend money we don’t have. A vast majority are just one or two paychecks from the streets. Is it really the job of the federal gubmint to bail out those who made these loans? Umm….NO!
Illegal workers targeted in R.I.
In the past few weeks, state lawmakers and the governor have proposed a battery of measures targeting unauthorized workers, from expelling undocumented children from the state’s healthcare system to making English the official language to jailing business owners and landlords who harbor illegal workers.
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The increasingly vitriolic debate, playing out in coffee shops, on talk radio, and television, is dividing a state that has long taken pride in its immigrant roots. Lawmakers and angry taxpayers say the state is facing a $550 million budget deficit and cannot afford government services for illegal immigrants.
Wonder which side they consider ‘vitriolic’? The side that is for enforcing the law, or the side who is ok with spending MILLIONS on the lawbreakers.
For Clinton, Bid Hinges on Texas and Ohio
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers increasingly believe that, after a series of losses, she has been boxed into a must-win position in the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4, and she has begun reassuring anxious donors and superdelegates that the nomination is not slipping away from her, aides said on Monday.
What happened to the ‘inevitable’ crowning of the queen? 
