An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
Morning Coffee 07/27/08
Tennesseans look to serve country by signing up for Border Patrol
Tennesseans came to the event for a variety of reasons, but many said their biggest motivation was service to America.
“I really would like to keep serving my country,” said Christian Peters, who spent six years stationed at Fort Campbell. “Border Patrol is a great way to do that. It’s also a good way to make a living.”
An agent’s starting salary generally falls between $36,000 and $46,000. Benefits include federal health insurance, life insurance and retirement and up to 25 percent additional pay in overtime.
Having more Border Patrol would be nice, IF they were allowed to do their job, and protect the country from the continuous invasion. You’ve got a lot a volunteers who are trying to do that, for no pay, and they are being vilified. Something is seriously wrong with THAT picture.
India leaders in appeal for calm
Ahmedabad was the scene of sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims in early 2002 which left hundreds dead.
On Saturday, 17 blasts within an hour struck residential areas, market places, public transport and hospitals.
It is thought the explosions were caused by crudely-made devices containing ball-bearings and other shrapnel, hidden in boxes and on bicycles.
Once again, the Religion of Pieces strikes. And Muslims wonder why a large number of people don’t buy into their “peace”?
Housing Bill Won’t ‘Perform Miracles’
Even as a huge bipartisan majority in the Senate voted yesterday to send a sprawling housing bill to the White House, economists, consumer advocates and other analysts said the package of programs for struggling homeowners and shaken mortgage lenders is unlikely to relieve the foreclosure crisis that is driving the nation toward recession.
“This is not the end of the housing crunch,” said Jared Bernstein, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. “Housing prices have already fallen 15 percent and they need to fall 10 percent more. This bill isn’t going to change that equation.”
Just one more “do nothing feel good” waste of taxpayer money! This is a Congress of very low expectations and lofty ideals. What a bunch of useless waste of good air.
Latest PA Libel Exposed: Israel Dispatches Anti-Arab Rats
According to the PA papers, the Israeli-Jerusalem rat is:
1. Immune to rat poison
2. Aggressive and larger than usual
3. Unafraid of cats and able to scare them away
4. Highly fertile, with females giving birth to 140 young rats a year, four times the normal average
5. Highly selective, as Jewish residents of Jerusalem apparently are not affected by these rats.
Where do they come up with this stuff? If there are rats, the PA might want to look at cleaning up their own filth, before accusing someone else of such stupidity.
Obama Says Overseas Trip Confirmed Foreign Policy Views
Barack Obama said Saturday that his weeklong trip to Europe and the Middle East only reinforced his foreign policy views, telling FOX News that his proposed troop withdrawal timetable and other military strategies will stay in place if he is elected president.
So, I guess he’s still a quitter, and will not stand up for American principles? If he wants to be president of the world, perhaps he should withdraw from THIS race, and move to where the socialists LOVE him. I’m sick of the pussification of the U.S.!
Relatives of televangelist prosper
While Copeland insists that his ministry complies with the law, independent tax experts who reviewed information obtained by the AP through interviews, church documents and public records have their doubts. The web of companies and non-profits tied to the televangelist calls the ministry’s integrity into question, they say.
“There are far too many relatives here,” said Frances Hill, a University of Miami law professor who specializes in nonprofit tax law. “There’s too much money sloshing around and too much of it sloshing around with people with overlapping affiliations and allegiances by either blood or friendship or just ties over the years. There are red flags all over these relationships.”
I’d be a lot more impressed with these type of “preachers” if they lived a modest life. Obviously, TV has done a lot of damage to the word “evangelical”. Egos tend to start getting in the way, and that’s NOT what we’re taught.
Muslims buy land for hub in Cordova
Hoping to give Muslims a stronger presence in Memphis, an Islamic group has taken the first step to build a sprawling community center in eastern Cordova.
The Memphis Islamic Center, a nonprofit organization formed nearly a year ago, has purchased 31 acres for $700,000 at Humphrey and Houston Levee.
Honestly, given the events in recent years, I’d rather there wasn’t a ‘hub’ so close. But then, I’m a bigot cuz I’d prefer not to see the possibility of bombs going off in Memphis.
Sweetened pensions beset Atlanta’s budget crisis
As Atlanta politicians address one of the biggest budget deficits in recent history, they frequently say high city employee pension costs are a major part of an economic storm buffeting the city.
But unlike the struggling economy or spiking health care costs, those pension increases weren’t caused by forces beyond the city’s control. The Atlanta City Council, with tacit approval from Mayor Shirley Franklin’s administration, made key decisions to sweeten pensions for city workers that have put Atlanta in a budgetary bind that will take years to escape. The City Council is just beginning to tackle a problem — more than $1 billion in uncovered future debts to the pension system — that it helped create.
Is it so difficult for gubmint employees to save for their own retirement, instead of putting the city on the verge of bankruptcy? We have a serious lack of grown ups in this country.
Dozens of Militants Die in Battle With Afghan Forces Near Pakistan Border
About 100 insurgents raided a government center Sunday near the border with Pakistan, and more than two dozen of the attackers were killed in the battle, authorities said. Two policemen also died.
American troops and aircraft assisted Afghan forces during the battle in Spera district of eastern Khost province, said provincial governor Arsallah Jamal.
The militants attacked the police guarding the district center from four directions before being pushed back, Jamal said. More than 50 militants died, while the rest fled into Pakistan, he said. Two policemen died and four were wounded.
Perhaps one way of curtailing the violence along the border would be to completely close the border. No one in, no one out. At least for a while. It appears the bad guys have free reign in the area.
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