24 April 2008
News and Comments - 04/24/08
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: What's News .
T H E 1 0 C O M M A N D M E N T S
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal,’ ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,’ and ‘Thou Shall Not Lie’ in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
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Jesse Says:
24 April 2008 at 12:49 am.
Yup, there they are blaming capitalism for the problem instead of globalism.
LatAm leaders in food price pact
Four Latin American leaders, meeting in Caracas, have agreed on a $100m (£50m) scheme to combat the impact of rising food prices on the region’s poor.
The presidents of Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela and Cuba’s vice-president also agreed on joint programmes to promote the development of agriculture.
Global food prices have risen in response to extra fuel costs and increased demand from India and China.
The summit also blamed a US push for increased production of biofuels.
Summit host, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, said the food crisis was “the biggest demonstration of the historic failure of the capitalist model”.
Cameron Says:
24 April 2008 at 6:11 am.
US sends starving Haitians back.
Haitian food crisis sending refugees to the sea
By Joseph Guyler Delva Wed Apr 23, 8:36 AM ET
MONTROUIS, Haiti (Reuters) - Acute hunger and the rising cost of living could send a new wave of boat people from Haiti, where rising food prices set off deadly riots two weeks ago and drove the prime minister from office, officials and analysts say.
In the small town of Montrouis, about 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, desperate Haitians say they will seize the first opportunity to take a boat toward the U.S. coast to escape the misery that plagues Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.
“I will leave with the next boat going to Miami because I can no longer resist this hunger,” Marcel Jonassaint, 34, told Reuters on Tuesday as he sat barefoot near the dock in Montrouis, throwing a handful of small rocks into the ocean.
“I have four children and I don’t have a job and everything is expensive, even for those who are working,” Jonassaint said. “So what do you want me to do?”
Montrouis is a coastal village, overlooking the island of La Gonave, reputed as a key launching point for migrant boats.
“I left earlier this year. Our boat was intercepted in the high seas, but I will try again,” said 29-year-old Rachel Chavanne. “I know some people, like a cousin of mine, who had a successful trip there.
“My turn will also come one day,” she said in her blue dress, with a smile on her face.
Haitian lawmakers fired Prime Minister Jacques Eduard Alexis earlier this month to quell anger over rising food prices that sparked violent protests in Haiti. At least six people died in a week of protests and looting.
RUSTIC VESSELS
The director for the country’s national migration office, Jeanne Bernard Pierre, said since the food crisis, her agency has received more repatriated Haitian boat people in a week than it used to receive in a month or more.
“We have received 212 repatriated last week, we have just received 227 and we are receiving 114 tomorrow,” Pierre told Reuters on Tuesday.
“It is clear that more boat people have been leaving the country and you should expect even more if they cannot find an alternative,” said Pierre, who urged the government and the international community to set up programs to ease the plight of the poorest and most vulnerable.
The U.S. Coast Guard has intercepted 972 Haitian migrants at sea since October 1, compared with 376 during the same period last year. But the numbers typically fluctuate and it’s impossible to link any spike in the numbers to any one event such as the recent food riots, Coast Guard Petty Officer Barry Bena said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080423/wl_nm/haiti_migrants_dc;_ylt=AppbR_OpLH.D3cPbpi_i3CdvaA8F
SGS Says:
24 April 2008 at 10:09 am.
Regarding the food crisis, I knew Congress mandated biofuel production, but I did not know this:
The food crisis was triggered in large part by a Congressional mandate that a fifth or more of the grain crop be used for ethanol.
This was pointed out by the American Thinker article which discuss if the remaining presidental candidates from both parties are addressing the REAL issues in America (sadly, the answer is no.)
Anyway, no wonder we are in a huge mess. At least 20% of our grains are designated to be producted into ethanol. We do not even have that much of room between the amount being grown vs the amount being consumed the past few years.
T. Fan Says:
24 April 2008 at 11:00 am.
SGS, why don’t we hear about that in the press? I know the MSM is somewhat controlled by politics but I wouldn’t think that would include something like this.
Matt Says:
24 April 2008 at 11:24 am.
Ugh! That is a book I won’t want to read. This guy craves the limelight. Maybe the book will help launch his acting career. What a clown.
Huckabee writing book on his failed presidential bid
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Two weeks after the next president is elected, Mike Huckabee will publish a book sharing details on his failed bid for the White House and offering his vision for remodeling the conservative movement.
Sentinel, a conservative imprint of Penguin Group (USA), said Wednesday it will publish the former Arkansas governor and one-time Republican presidential hopeful’s next book, to be released Nov. 18.
The book, not yet titled, will offer an insider’s view of Huckabee’s campaign and also offer his vision for the future, publishers said Wednesday.
“There’s going to be a lot of untold stories and untold anecdotes,” said Will Weisser, Sentinel’s associate publisher. “But the other part is the governor’s vision for the future of American politics and society and what should we be working towards? How does the (Republican) party become more unified?”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_el_pr/books_huckabee_2;_ylt=AudFlpoSy5ZfQc.N2W.jRc9h24cA
Carrie Says:
24 April 2008 at 11:40 am.
Yahoo, I’m done with finals.
Matt, I bet Huckabee wants to promote himself for president in 2012 by his book and I bet he takes nasty cracks at Mitt to try and keep him from a 2012 run for president.
Matt Says:
24 April 2008 at 11:51 am.
Carrie, I bet you are right about the book. Congratulations for finishing finals. I hope you have a fun summer.
SGS Says:
24 April 2008 at 12:09 pm.
Matt, you want to make bet on how many pages Huckabee will mention Romney? No money, of course. Just for fun. I’d say 10% of the pages in his book, however its size, will have some direct or indirect reference to Romney. But then….
Maybe it is a bad idea, as it will require us to get the book itself and check it out. Nah! No way I will ever touch it with a 10 foot pole! Forget the bet! 
Benjamin Says:
24 April 2008 at 12:23 pm.
Right, don’t even touch that book. The slime might not come off.
I was just reading an article about the FLDS situation and the disturbed woman who made the call. Instead of posting the article I decided to post a comment I thought was really good by an attorney:
Well, I hate to say told you so, but…. From the beginning I focused on the legally insufficient basis for the original search warrant of the ranch, i.e. one anonymous phone call, with no apparent effort made by TX authorities to corroborrate the complainant’s allegations. We knew within hours that Mr. Barlow was never in TX since 1977, and now authorities are admitting they had the cell phone number the anonymous call came from but did not request a subpoena to obtain the caller’s identity and location (which can be done in minutes with an Exigent Circumstance subpoena, a service provided by ALL cell and land line phone companies. Had TX researched the phone number, they would have identified Swinton and known she did not call from the ranch. Where’s the probable cause for the search then? Considering TX did NOTHING to verify the anonymous call or the location of the caller and the accused, it is legally problematic to now claim the search warrant was obtained in good faith and that CPS did what it did also in good faith. The ease with which TX authorities obtained and executed a search warrant should concern people of all faiths.
Sid Says:
24 April 2008 at 12:41 pm.
Benjamin, thanks for posting that comment. It makes a lot of sense. In something so heated and emotional it is best to stick to facts and the law and it seems pretty clear that Texas overstepped their bounds. This really is a slippery slope that will eventually come back to bite all us Christians who feel a bit of satisfaction seeing those polygs getting theirs.
Saddened Says:
24 April 2008 at 12:59 pm.
I agree Sid.
Cameron Says:
24 April 2008 at 1:04 pm.
In four years the country will probably be awake because hard realities will have set in. They will be ready to move past old prejudices and give Mitt the nod. Huckabee doesn’t have what it takes to handle real crises.
I wish we knew about this before. I don’t understand why Israel thought this info should be suppressed. It is better that the world knows they weren’t being aggressors for no good reason last year but were threatened by a nuclear facility in a country that wants them gone.
Congress getting evidence on suspected nuclear facility
By PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A top U.S. official says the Syrian nuclear reactor allegedly built with North Korean design help and destroyed last year by Israeli jets was within weeks or months of being functional.
The official says the facility was mostly completed but still needed significant testing before it could be declared operational. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/nkorea_syria
Pickles Says:
24 April 2008 at 3:04 pm.
Stumpy Stumpy where are you? I miss you!!!
Cameron Says:
24 April 2008 at 4:08 pm.
Hang in there Pickles, he’ll be back around. I bet he is either sick or on vacation. Or maybe he shot himself in the foot when he was shooting a jackrabbit or maybe his donkey kicked him and broke his leg or maybe Cat attacked him and chewed off his knees or maybe he is hiding under the table because we are scaring him so much or maybe he is spending way too much time at his still and laying out there dead drunk…or maybe just dead.
There, did I comfort you?
M.G. Says:
24 April 2008 at 4:12 pm.
Good grief Cameron, I don’t think that will comfort the girl. But it may comfort the rest of us because it looks like if Stumpy doesn’t come back you could take his place.
Mac Says:
24 April 2008 at 4:27 pm.
Maybe the ole stump man is like me and has spring fever. I’ve been doing a lot of outside jobs lately instead of office work so I can enjoy the weather.
Peter Says:
24 April 2008 at 5:04 pm.
Yeah sure, outside jobs to enjoy the weather. You’ve probably been planting thousands of potatoes so you won’t starve next fall right?
Cameron Says:
24 April 2008 at 5:12 pm.
Okay Peter, you asked for it. Since Stumpy isn’t around I’ll have to dish it out.
Peter, go suck an egg.
Joy Bischoff Says:
24 April 2008 at 8:06 pm.
Off topic from politics for a moment. We live in Nevada so I’ve been a little surprised at all the earthquakes lately.
RENO, Nev. - An earthquake has shaken buildings in downtown Reno, but there are no immediate reports of damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 4.1 quake hit just before 4 p.m. Thursday and was centered 4 miles west-northwest of Reno.
The survey says the quake followed smaller ones just beforehand. Several small quakes have been centered in the area in recent weeks.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_re_us/reno_earthquake
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