An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
Morning Coffee 06/28/08 - Short Cup
Mexico planting tree ‘wall of life’ to protest border fence
The first of 400,000 trees are being planted to form a “green wall” in protest of the fence the U.S. is building along the border with Mexico.
The treeline eventually will stretch for 318 miles along the border between the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas.
Coahuila Gov. Humberto Moreira Valdes says “our wall is of life, and it competes with shame and hate.”
What an utter crock of crapola! If they were so into life, why are they coming here? Why don’t they create a life for themselves in the own country? Just one more, “If you want to protect your nation, you are a racist!” Hey, Mexico……
Since when do you get to have say on what we do with our borders? The “shame and hate” comes from those millions you can’t keep home!
Prominent Mississippi trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs expressed plenty of regret Friday, but it didn’t stop a federal judge from imposing maximum prison time under the plea agreement - five years.
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In March, Scruggs and Backstrom pleaded guilty to scheming to pay a judge $40,000 for a favorable ruling in a dispute over $26 million in legal fees from a mass settlement of Hurricane Katrina litigation. Circuit Judge Henry Lackey reported the bribery attempt by now-disbarred New Albany lawyer Timothy Balducci to federal authorities and worked undercover. Balducci was aiding Scruggs’ defense.
Even with the $250,000 fine slapped on, I don’t think it’s enough. Although, he will be paying for his own “room and board”, so that is a little better.
Cooper may have political immunity in breach
The question is whether Rep. Jim Cooper broke the law when he logged on to a Web site of a trade group he is accusing of wrongdoing.
And the answer is that he could have, but he may be protected from legal action because he is a member of Congress.
Members of Congress aren’t accountable for their actions? Just because someone gave him the password, doesn’t make it ok. If someone gives you the key to my back door, it doesn’t mean I’m ok with you coming in and snooping around my house!
Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate
The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation’s housing crisis.
Leaders in both parties have vowed to tackle those problems. Yet the Senate has been unable to move forward even when there is broad agreement about what to do.
How ’bout WE clean House! Any incumbent up for re-election is OUT! I don’t give a flip which party the supposedly represent! NONE of them are worth a damn! They’re all so busy, posturing for the cameras, they forget what WE hired them to do. Time to FIRE the lot of them!
US, root cause of all regional problems: Iran
Iranian envoy said on Saturday that the root cause of all regional problems is the discriminatory policy of the Western governments, particularly the US.
Addressing a group of Russian political experts, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, Gholamreza Ansari regretted that Israel enjoys the right of stockpiling nuclear weapons as a result of the US double-standard policies.
Uh, I’d say the biggest problem Iran has is that their head Nazi wants to destroy Israel, and any other western country. Y’all quit blowing people up, there wouldn’t be a problem.
Pakistan Launches Offensive Against Taliban Stronghold
Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched a major offensive against Taliban fighters threatening the main city in the country’s volatile northwest, officials said.
The offensive in the Khyber tribal region marked the first major military action Pakistan’s newly elected government has taken against the militants operating in the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.
Seems the Taliban is still making “friends”.
Mugabe ‘preparing to be sworn in’
Robert Mugabe is expected to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president on Sunday, after his victory in an election boycotted by the opposition candidate.
Government sources say Mr Mugabe won by a huge margin in the vote, which has been widely condemned as a sham.
What happened to those who didn’t vote for him?
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What happened to those who didn’t vote for him?
Hacked to death, burned alive, that sort of thing.
@HeatherRadish:
Just the norm, eh? sigh….