An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Morning Coffee 05/05/08
Tennessee hasn’t fixed all its fugitive problems
The highly publicized effort came six weeks after The Tennessean uncovered problems in the state’s system for tracking escapees. These problems, which included expired warrants, allowed more than 120 fugitives to dodge capture for years.
The state Correction Department has taken steps to better track warrants so they don’t expire. But a disconnect between state and local law enforcement agencies still hampers efforts to solve old escape cases.
Well, I should certainly hope they ‘taken steps’! BIG steps! Criminy!
Democrats lose footing for gains in November
“Saturday Night Live” veteran Al Franken should have had an easier run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota against an embattled Republican incumbent but is being dogged by $70,000 in unpaid taxes and is slipping in the polls — just one of the topsy-turvy races clouding Democrats’ expectations of big gains in November.
I would hope there are more reasons not to vote for a moonbat than just his tax problems. Perhaps people are starting to pay attention?
Obama faces big tests in North Carolina, Indiana
Democratic strategists believe Illinois Sen. Obama has weathered the worst month of his campaign as well as could be expected, given the attention over his former pastor’s racially charged rhetoric and his own comments that small-town Americans are bitter and cling to guns and religion.
“He has taken a real hit, no question about it,” said Democratic strategist Jim Duffy. “But he seems to be righting himself.”
There was no bigger hit than a publicity tour by his longtime preacher, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Which speaks volumes about HIS character! Honestly, I hope he falls flat on his face. This country doesn’t need the kind of “change” he’s spouting.
Clerk shoots at robber on West Side
A gas station clerk shot at a man who robbed the Liberty station at 7 a.m. at Clark Avenue and West 52nd Street.
The suspect ran off and was last seen in the 3000 block of West 51st Street, where patrolmen found a dollar bill on the ground.
I hope the company will pay for some range time. Next time shoot to kill…not just AT him. Save some tax dollars. 
Court rules in favor of T-shirt
A federal appeals court is upholding a student’s right to wear a T-shirt that promotes a Christian viewpoint on the issue of homosexuality.
One day after the pro-homosexual “Day of Silence” in 2007, administrators at Neuqua Valley, Illinois, High School ordered senior Heidi Zamecnik to cover the message “Be Happy, Not Gay” on her T-shirt — although students had been allowed to wear T-shirts with messages celebrating homosexuality the previous day.
Appeal Is Made to Bush To Save Arab Accused of Helping Israel
The case raises questions about the intentions of Prime Minister Abbas’s Fatah government in the West Bank. Mr. Sa’ad, a former member of the Palestinian Authority’s national security forces, is accused of providing the Israel Defense Forces with the whereabouts of four accused Palestinian terrorists Mr. Abbas’s regime was unwilling to hand over to the Israelis. In a court in Hebron he was convicted of being a collaborator. But cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on counterterrorism is a precondition under agreements for the relinquishment of land for a Palestinian Arab state. What’s more, the sentence against Mr. Sa’ad was meted out by a judge from Fatah, which is Mr. Abbas’s Palestinian faction and the one that Ms. Rice hopes her diplomacy will strengthen against Hamas, the Iranian-backed terrorists who now control Gaza.
“Sa’ad’s crime was simply reporting to Israeli authorities on the whereabouts of four fugitive Palestinian gunmen that the PA was unwilling to arrest,” the director of the Israel Law Center, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, writes in a letter that will be sent to Mr. Bush today. “Fortunately, the security services were able to utilize the information and take out the terrorists before they could unleash any further attacks on Israeli civilians. This operation saved the lives of scores of Israelis and other innocent victims. It is no different than the recent preventive American army attack on Al Qaeda terrorists in Somalia. However, for assisting in this operation, Sa’ad was arrested and sentenced to death by a Palestinian firing squad.”
So, this man is going to die for doing what the Pallies refused to do, (and saved lives), even though they had agreed to do it? The Pallies lie, rarely hold up their end of ANY agreement, and this is surprising?
Black backlash could hit Clinton
It spans the spectrum from moderate to militant, but it’s not difficult to tap into a potential backlash among African-American supporters of Barack Obama if superdelegates give the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton.
C’mon people! This isn’t about color. Get past that. If he was a conservative, with conservative values, I’d vote for him. But he isn’t! He is dangerous not just to one color or the other. He is dangerous for America! Period!
Warsaw: Jewish teens held captive
The three Brazilians – originally identified as Israelis – were pulled into a sixth-floor room of Warsaw’s Holiday Inn after 9 a.m. by a 23-year-old identified as Mohammad A., said police spokesman Mariusz Sokolowski.
Police stormed the room just before 10 a.m. and took the suspect into custody without incident, Sokolowski said. None of the captives was harmed, and police found no explosives.
Mohammad? Gee, wonder what the motive was? (insert massive sarcasm here)
