An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Morning Coffee 06/26/08
Gaza truce strained by rocket fire
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a makeshift rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, further straining a week-old truce as Israel kept border crossings into the Hamas-ruled territory closed.
Both sides traded blame for violations of the ceasefire Egypt brokered in hopes of furthering U.S.-backed peace talks that have shown little sign of progress.
Hey, Pallies! Here’s a clue! When the rockets are coming from YOUR side, YOU are to blame.
Carl Bailey, chief executive officer of Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, said the measure prevents a scheduled 10 percent cut to Medicare and TRICARE reimbursements for physicians and other health-care professionals.
“The benefit is that this will make the profession better to be in and probably attract more to it,” he said. “It’s a tremendous advantage for us to know that physicians are appropriately paid for the services they provide.”
Yes, physicians should be paid for the services they provide. However, I wonder if saying that guaranteed payment from the government is really a good reason to go into the profession.
Aussies told to leave Zimbabwe
“We strongly advise you not to travel to Zimbabwe at this time due to the high level of election-related violence in many areas, the high level of criminal activity, the absence of the rule of law, and deteriorating economic conditions which could lead to civil unrest at any time,” the advice says.
Honestly, I can’t imagine anyone would want to visit Zimbabwe right now. I’m sure there’s some beautiful scenery, but the idea of it being marred by blood and body parts isn’t all that appealing.
Louisiana vows to nullify child-rape ruling
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he will seek to enact laws that would invalidate Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the death penalty for raping a child.
“One thing is clear,” said Mr. Jindal, a Republican. “The five members of the court who issued the opinion do not share the same standards of decency as the people of Louisiana.”
Bless his heart….I just love this guy! He’s right, you know. The left does NOT share the same standards of decency as the majority of the whole country, not just Louisiana. A side note: I could get excited if Jindal was on the McFeingold ticket, but alas, Louisiana needs him right now. 
He’s the best thing that’s happened to them in YEARS!
Judge Rejects Bid to Let Police Check Immigration Status
A Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to end a longstanding police policy that prohibits officers from initiating contact with people for the sole purpose of learning their immigration status.
The policy has come under scrutiny in recent months after the killing of a high school football star, Jamiel Shaw Jr., who the police say was murdered by an illegal immigrant who is a member of a gang. The victim’s parents are seeking to have the policy overturned, and a city councilman has been seeking a similar change to the directive, known as Special Order 40.
I wonder which pro-ILLEGAL bunch bought and put him in their pocket? These people are breaking the law. They should be punished, removed from the country, and prevented, by all means necessary of returning without permission.
Bush Offers Carrots in Exchange for North Korea Nukes Declaration
Pledging “action for action,” President Bush on Thursday said North Korea has demonstrated a commitment to dismantling its nuclear weapons program and will be rewarded by being removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors and having trade sanctions lifted.
And of course, the little Chia Dictator would never lie, would he. “Trust, but verify.”
Racial slurs lead to arrest of La Vergne man
Though a noose has been hanging on the porch of Mark Winkler’s Smotherman Drive home for nearly two weeks, his actions toward a neighborhood handyman sent Julia Pinkston over the edge.
On Friday afternoon, Pinkston said Winkler waved around a gun and tried to sic his large white dog on Tim Taylor, who helps maintain rental properties for her in-laws, Brenda and Tommy Pinkston.
For nearly a year, she said, Winkler has called Taylor a racial slur as Taylor works in the yard or walks down the street.
“Mr. Taylor was walking through the neighborhood and Winkler started calling him the n-word, trying to get the dog on him. They (argued) back and forth. (Winkler) had his dog in one hand and his gun in the other and was waving it around. That was the last straw for me,” Julia Pinkston said. “Mr. Taylor hasn’t even been working since all this happened. He’s scared.”
Obviously, the headline is misleading. If all he did was spout his stupidity, I don’t think he would have been arrested. The Tennessean might want to have a chat with whoever comes up with their headlines, because way too many mislead about the actual content of their articles. I have a question for Pinkston: Did it ever occur to you to ask the man to stop harassing your employee? Why did you wait until the poor man was threatened with bodily harm to DO something?
UN inspector: Syria probe ‘inconclusive’
Syria’s vice president said Wednesday his country allowed UN nuclear inspectors to visit a site in the remote eastern desert destroyed by IAF jets last year to prove that US allegations of a covert Syrian nuclear program were false.
Farouk al-Sharaa said however that the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors would not be allowed to probe beyond the Al Kibar site, despite a UN request to visit three other suspect locations.
Gee, a Numnut inspector? And they would never lie, would they. Of course they weren’t allowed anywhere else, for obvious reasons. The inspector might have to actually REPORT what he saw, and we wouldn’t want that, now would we. (insert sarcasm in appropriate places)
Amnesty International Tours Gitmo Cell as Proof of US Torture
Amnesty International USA brought a life-sized replica of a Guantanamo Bay prison cell to Washington on Wednesday. But amenities provided to prisoners — bedding, toiletries, a copy of the Koran and three meals a day — were nowhere mentioned.
Reality has nothing to do with these morons. Why let the truth get in the way of their “cause”? If they did, what would they do with their spare time? Get a job? Gracious sakes!
Enemies have reached the end of way: President
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Thursday said the enemies well know that their efforts have no effect on the Iranian nation’s will and that they have reached the end of the way.
President Ahmadinejad made the remark during an official ceremony to inaugurate Kermanshah Petrochemical Complex.
“We should make use of all domestic potentials to develop the country,” he said.
He cited progress of the Iranians as among main reasons behind enemies’ opposition to the nation, adding, the US decision to invade the region was in fact a kind of suicide but it accepted the risk with the aim of preventing progress of the Iranian nation.
The only ones preventing Mr. ‘Booboo from guiding his nation into the 21st century is Mr. ‘Booboo, and his cronies. Seems to me they’ve taken a whole lot of steps backwards: hanging children, suppressing women, etc. Oh, but then there’s that nuke thing isn’t there. They only direction they’re moving with that was is someone’s destruction. Hate to tell him this, but it WON’T be Israel that is destroyed!
Memphis police officer fired over beating of transgendered suspect
Woman’s lawyer wants sensitivity training for department
A Memphis Police officer caught on videotape beating a transgendered suspect was fired Wednesday after an administrative hearing.
The beating happened Feb.12 after officer Bridges McRae, 28, arrested Duanna Johnson on charges of prostitution. Another officer, James McSwain, was a new employee still on probation and was fired shortly after the beating.
Now, I’m not going to defend the guy, but I want to know, is the “woman” going to be charged with assault? From what I’ve seen of the video, he/she was doing a lot of kicking and slapping. Not sure if there should be charges, just wondering. Oh, and as for that headline? He can call himself anything he wants, but he’s NOT a woman!
Wells wants to negotiate a settlement with the city rather than file a lawsuit.
“If we file a lawsuit, then the only thing we can get is money,” Wells said. “We want officers to have sensitivity training and for the city to create a hate-crime law.”
“Sensitivity training” doesn’t change a person’s heart. And I call a large stinking pile of 
on that “hate crime law”! That opens a large can of worms they fail to see. All those preachers won’t be able to spout their vitriol from the pulpit. Also, it is about sucking money from the city, aka taxpayers!
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guaranteed payment from the government
My dad closed his private practice when the Medicare reimbursement for a simple office visit was less than the cost of office supplies used (if he discontinued seeing Medicare folks already in the practice, he could be jailed or have his license revoked). Now the old folks have to drive (or find someone to drive them) 20 miles to the county seat for an office visit–or, more likely, forgo simple visits altogether.
Anyone who tells you “guaranteed payment from the government” is awesome-blossom should see their primary-care doc to have their rectal-cranial inversion fixed.
There’ve been some links on Instapundit lately about this phenomenon in cities and coasts, too, so it’s not just those awful cracker assholes in Flyoverland getting screwed by the federal government’s “health care.”
@HeatherRadish:
What ever happened to “We reserve the right to refuse service!” concept? Jail? Dayum!
“….rectal-cranial inversion….”