Month: July 2009

The Sadly Obligatory "Jungle Monkey" Police officer posting

I really did not want to touch this story; because of it’s nature. But really you are most likely going to be shocked as to my opinion on this.

The Story Via the Boston Globe:

An officer in the Boston Police Department was suspended yesterday for allegedly writing a racially charged e-mail about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. to colleagues at the National Guard, a law enforcement official said. Mayor Thomas M. Menino compared the officer to a cancer and said he is “gone, g-o-n-e” from the force.


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Justin Barrett

Barrett, a 36-year-old who has been on the job for two years, was stripped of his gun and badge yesterday and faces a termination hearing in the next week, said police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. He has no previous disciplinary record, she said.

“Yesterday afternoon, Commissioner Davis was made aware that Officer Barrett was the author of correspondence which included racially charged language,” she said. “At that time, Commissioner Davis immediately stripped Officer Barrett of his gun and badge, and at this time we will be moving forward with the hearing process.”

Barrett will receive legal representation from Boston Police Patrolmen’s Assocation, the police officer’s union. A woman who answered the phone at the police association said that union president Thomas J. Nee was not available for comment, but said he would be releasing a statement this evening.

Barrett could not immediately be reached for comment.

You can read what the man wrote, by going right here. Of course, now the man is apologizing and saying he is not a racist and used a poor choice of words.  Not to be crude about it; but ya think? How about you never should have written the stupid e-mail in the first place and passed it around to your friends?  You moron.

Some of you were most likely thinking that I would come to the defense of this douche nozzle. Well, surprise. 🙄

I would not no more defend a person like this, than I would defend some person who robbed a bank and happened to be a police officer and a member of the National Guard. What this idiot forgot is this; Police Officers are servants of the people, not Masters. Some goes for National Guardsman, they are servants of the Government and by proxy the people of the state of Massachusetts. What this idiot did not only reflects bad on the city of Boston, but also on the National Guard. Does this man have the right to feel the way that he does? Yes. But does he have the right to espouse such hatred while  in the employment of the city of Boston and in the deployment of the National Guard? I am afraid that answer is no.  I am sorry, but racism is wrong; whether it is White on Black or Black on White; and yes there is both. The point is that it is still wrong and should not be tolerated by any City, State or Federal Government.

Quote of the Day

At the same time, there may be emotional and practical limits to public patience when confronted with the anti-white vibes of those whom the masses empowered. The public reaction to Obama’s statements about the police “behaving stupidly” in dealing with Gates made me think that while voters will put up with a leftist black president who pushes quotas, they don’t want him to show his true feelings too openly. Obama pushed the envelope, by taking the side of a mouthy race-hustler against an immaculately liberal white policeman and his black fellow-officer. What then happened indicates that some white people are suddenly beginning to wake up to political reality.

Blue Dogs cut a deal and run like hell

Well, I thought it was funny! 😉 😛

The Hill reports:

The Energy and Commerce Committee will resume its markup of healthcare legislation Wednesday afternoon under a deal between Blue Dogs and House leaders, but there will be no floor vote on the legislation before August.

Delaying a vote until after August was a key demand of the Blue Dogs, along with reducing the cost of the bill by $100 billion and allowing states to create health “co-ops” that would compete with the government-run “public option” and private insurers.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel was in the negotiations speaking for President Obama.

“We cut the cost of the bill, delayed a floor vote and ensured that the public option will not be forced on anyone,” said Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) who has led the negotiations for the Blue Dogs. “Members will have time to go home to talk to their constituents and actually read the bill.”

Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said he plans to finish the markup by Friday, the day Congress is scheduled to adjourn.“We cut the cost of the bill, delayed a floor vote and ensured that the public option will not be forced on anyone,” said Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) who has led the negotiations for the Blue Dogs. “Members will have time to go home to talk to their constituents and actually read the bill.”

Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said he plans to finish the markup by Friday, the day Congress is scheduled to adjourn.

“That is my expectation and hope,” Waxman said.

A couple things come to mind.  I am glad that the Blue Dogs talked the rest of those pinheads out of forcing people to take the public option; that bothered me greatly.  I figured that the “forcing someone” bit would never make it to the final bill.  Because the Democrats know that killing off Private industry, whatever it might be would not be in their best interests.  (Despite what Sean Hannity might say about that…. 😉 😛  )   Those people up on Capitol Hill might act dumb; at times, but in reality they know fully that private industry is the backbone of America.

This is not to say that there are not some far lefty socialists in the Democratic Party; there are plenty of them.  Only difference between those idiots and the Communists in Russia are the party name and the language accents.  However, I am happy to know that there are some moderates still in that party.  Now, do I think this bill will pass?  That is a good question.  I believe that there is going to be some push back, among the far left in the Democratic Party, especially from the netroots people who want a single payer health-care system.  Which I feel personally is an unreasonable goal, as I feel it would bankrupt the Nation.

I also know very well, that there is going to be a massive push by the far right types to kill this bill off entirely.  Whether they succeed or not, is another story.  It is important to note that the forcing language was stripped out and some state ran alternatives are being introduced.  Some still may not like this, but I tend to believe the wind will go out of sails of those who were fiercely opposed to the plan.

I am just happy that they put the thing off till August and are actually are going to read the bill. That my friends is PROGRESS! 😀 😛 😉

Late Night at the PB Pub Presents….. John Coltrane

To be quite honest. I’ve never really “gotten” Jazz music. Some of it is nice and some of it is, well; Abstract.

Anyhow, I hope some of you enjoy it.

This is from 1965. John Coltrane Playing “Naima”

Some of you might have noticed the very funny typo in the title of the original posting. Writing like I’ve been in the damn pub too long! LOL!

Sullivan a Birther?!?!?!

Now I know I have seen everything now!

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (H/T to AllahPundit and Via Just one Minute)

But why are we supposed to rely on the testimony of Dr Fukino, whom I believe entirely. It is not my job as a journalist or yours as a citizen to take public officials on trust. They are not to be trusted, whoever they are. It is our job to demand all the evidence we want or need. I know the electronic record is legit. I have no doubt that Obama has every constitutional right to be president. I think the Birthers are nuts. But there is no reason on earth that the original cannot be retrieved and shown. Jon Klein and CNN were wrong, and I retract my apology of yesterday.

Obama promised total transparency. Where is it? Or will it arrive at the moment when he tackles the deficit, and withdraws from Iraq?

You know; as much as the pains me to say it. But Sullivan is absolutely right. This is not some run-of-the-mill Blogger. Sullivan is read and respected by many on the left; and I suspect there will be a releasing of the original long form, by this coming Friday, if not sooner.

Sullivan Goes on in another post:

So many readers are furious that I have dared to ask the president to show the original copy of his birth certificate. The reason for demanding it is the same reason for demanding basic medical records proving Sarah Palin is the biological mother of Trig.

Because it would make it go away and it’s easily done.

I’m tired of these public officials believing they have some right to privacy. They don’t. It’s the price of public office. If you don’t like it, don’t be president. And for goodness’ sake, don’t run for president on a platform of transparency.

Well put Mr. Sullivan.

Babe of the Day

That my friends is Debbee Keller. The Hill has more:

Age: 24
Hometown: Georgetown, Texas
Political party: Republican
Relationship status: Single

Debbee Keller could be right out of the movie “Varsity Blues.” She has brown hair that falls just below her shoulders and brown eyes to match; she dresses stylishly but would rather have a meal with her family than go shopping; and she won her hometown beauty contest at the age of 17.

As it happens, her hometown of Georgetown, Texas, was where “Varsity Blues” was filmed.

“We’re just a small town, where high school football is life,” says Keller, the press secretary for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.). “On a Friday night, if you drive a block away [from the high school] it would be dead, but the stadium was packed with everyone in town.”

Keller recently became a Washington Nationals baseball fan and liked to point out that, as of her interview with The Hill, the team hadn’t lost a game since she started cheering for them.

“I attribute a lot of their losses to the fact that when you go to a home game everyone’s rooting for the visiting team, so I’m going to turn that around,” Keller says. “I never cared about baseball before, but I have compassion for the Nats.”

Keller also volunteers through her church. Once a month she helps elderly people in Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood with work on their houses and yards.

One recent weekend she was in charge of stripping paint from the side of a house using a power-washer.

“I recently discovered that I’m very good with a power-washer,” Keller says. “I ended up getting soaking wet. But it was worth it, just to know you’re helping someone.”

I got one thing to say about Miss. Keller —- Oh.My.Goodness. As the legendary Jackie Gleason put it once, “Humna Humna Humna…..”

Powerwasher, getting all wet. Her in a Bikini. Oh Yeah, I could handle that. All day long.

Now if you’ll pardon me, I need to take a cold shower.

FacePalm of the Day

Looks like ol’ Lou Dobbs is at it again.

The left is trying to silence their opponents and their competitors in the public marketplace of ideas… One issue in which the ethnocentric issue groups have been trying to silence me is on the issue of illegal immigration. Many of those, if you will, have migrated to me here recently because I, even though I said I believe the President is a citizen of the United States, I don’t understand why he shouldn’t produce a birth certificate. My God, you’re talking about the third rail of American journalism, baby! That’s it. I’m not going to back off. […]

And teabagging queen Rachel Maddow over at MSNBC, she wanted another shot so apparently she twisted, she tried to twist my words. She ignored my statements on the issue. In other words, she was not being intellectually honest. Imagine that. […]

She lied. I never said I’m a ‘birther.’ I’m not. I don’t know how many times I’ve said, ‘Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States. Why not release your birth certificate?’ What is the big deal with saying that?

Uh, Lou? There’s no way possible that Rachel Maddow could be a “Tea Bagging Queen”. You see, it’s because she’s a lesbian. She doesn’t put guy’s Balls in her mouth. She likes to, uh, “Eat at the Y” or likes to do the muff dive. Right Idea; just the wrong set of organs.

Pretty Lady, just not much into guys. It’s a shame, good waste of pussy really, when you get down to it. I mean, that’s a really nice package. Problem is, it’s not accepting deliveries and that my friends is a human tragedy.

Comment policy change.

Folks, I was going to have the comment section set to where you had to register. But I kept getting the sign up bots. So, I discarded the idea. So, now no registering is required. Those who did sign up for accounts will be able to access them, and if you want to register for a signon name, you can. But it is not a requirement.

Just letting you know…