The Jed Report created a nice little video (below) discussing the extent to which John McCain is one rich MoFo! …and here we thought he was a poor guy trying to bilk taxpayers out of millions of dollars.
Prosecutors from the beautiful state of Minnesota have filed charges in Federal Court against a 19-year-old college kid who jokingly offered to sell his vote on eBay. Is it just me, or is the State of Minnesota wasting resources on this one? Surely, the prosecutors, having sat through three years of classes at some of our country’s top law schools, have developed some understanding of Americans’ sense of humor.
In the guy’s eBay post, he wrote:
“Good luck! You’re (sic) country depends on You!”
And the prosecutors for the State of Minnesota responded:
“We take it very seriously. Fundamentally, we believe it is wrong to sell your vote,” said John Aiken, a spokesman for the Minnesota prosecutor’s office. “There are people that have died for this country for our right to vote, and to take something that lightly, to say, ‘I can be bought.’
“It’s a real shame,” he said. “I can imagine the conversations being held in American Legion Clubs and VFWs about whether this is a joke or not.”
Anyone who can’t see the humor in a 19-year-old mockingly selling his vote should be put in the stocks for a day. Our country has sold out just about every value that we hold dear (i.e. honor, dignity, respect), sometimes all at once (see Iraq War). So I applaud this 19-year-old prick for getting those impotent lawyers’ dried up panties all in a bunch. Those damn prosecutors should take a look in the mirror and recognize the fickleness of what they are accomplishing - stamping out a timely joke with a jackhammer of fines and a jail sentence.
‘Holy Prostitutes’
A man is driving down a deserted stretch of highway when he notices a sign out of the corner of his eye….It reads:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
10 MILES
He thinks this is a figment of his imagination and drives on without second thought….
Soon he sees another sign which reads:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
5 MILES
Suddenly he begins to realize that these signs are for real and drives past a third sign saying:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION
NEXT RIGHT
His curiosity gets the best of him and he pulls into the drive. On the far side of the parking lot is a stone building with a small sign next to t he door reading:
SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
He climbs the steps and rings the bell. The door is answered by a nun in a long black habit who asks, ‘What may we do for you my son?’
He answers, ‘I saw your signs along the highway and was interested in possibly doing business….’
‘Very well my son. Please follow me.’ He is led through many winding passages and is soon quite disoriented. The nun stops at a closed door and tells the man, ‘Please knock on this door.’
He does so and another nun in a long habit, holding a tin cup answers the door… This nun instructs, ‘Please place $100 in the cup then go through the large wooden door at the end of the hallway..’
He puts $100 in the cup, eagerly trots down the hall and slips through the door pulling it shut behind him.
The door locks, and he finds himself back in the parking lot facing another sign:
GO IN PEACE.
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN SCREWED BY THE SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS!
The Atlanta Police Department has funneled millions of dollars of its budget into stopping a monthly peaceful bike ride called “Critical Mass“. Check out the video. What a waste of resources!
Oh, and in my hometown of Minneapolis, our overzealous police are involved in the same type of unruly behavior and wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. Check out this video from a Critical Mass bike ride that occurred last year in Minneapolis:
Below is a note I sent to Senator Barack Obama regarding his recent vote on the FISA bill that I wrote about a couple of days ago:
Senator Obama,
Your vote on the FISA bill, specifically regarding immunity for telecommunications companies in their quest to avoid responsibility in the handing over of millions of American’s data to the federal government, does not reflect kindly on you. In fact, it seems like you are bending over to the special interests and attempting to look strong on national defense.BUT, if anyone can make an argument that the this bill is ridiculous, it is you. That you did not do so is appalling and makes me want to vote for a 3rd party the upcoming election. If you will not stand up for our privacy and protect our private information from unreasonable government searches, I will vote for someone who will.
It’s too early to say for sure, but Nader is looking better and better…
Do you remember a couple of years ago when most of our “great” telecommunications company handed over all of our personal communication histories to the federal government? Well, the United States Senate voted yesterday to grant blanket, retroactive immunity to all of those corporations for such action. This is a slap in the face to anyone who values the Constitution of the United States and the liberties granted by the constitution.
Thankfully, the House didn’t include the retroactive immunity provision in their version of the bill, so there’s still time to email or call your Congresspeople. TAKE ACTION TO OPPOSE THIS BILL!
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
There was no warrant issued when the Bush Administration asked for all of our personal data from phone and internet operators. There was no probable cause, affirmation, or description of the things to be searched or seized. Clearly, the Bush Administration overstepped its legal boundaries. But more than that, our mighty corporate leaders, no doubt fixated on the almighty dollar, just handed over our personal data with no questions asked. The corporations should be punished punitively, and the CEOs and anyone else complicit in the giving away of our personal details should be prosecuted criminally.
It seems that at least one U.S. Senator doesn’t have his head up his ass. Check out this video of Russ Feingold opposing the bill in question. He says, “It’s a joke.” And he is right. Read a letter from Feingold and Sen. Chris Dodd to the Democratic Leadership.
Our two major party Presidential candidates have both given their unwavering support to this affront to our sacred Constitution. Both Barack Obama and John McCain flag-wavingly voted for the bill, and, in the process, have vindicated George W. Bush’s Constitutional power grab on the issue.
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