More observations on today's news...

1.  See earlier comments on anti-religious hate crimes.  Muslims were celebrating the end of Ramadan in a Staten Island park--someone spread three packages of uncooked bacon around the park, with an anti-Muslim note.  Is this a hate crime?  My take: if it is a crime the crime is littering.  Is it anti-religious?  Definitely!!!

2.  Jeff Foxworthy has a new show--The Bible Challenge--don't know where it is seen, probably Fox network.  He gave 5 sample questions (Jonah, Babel) I missed one:  What did God use to create man.  Choices:  clay, dust, water, earth.  I chose clay--the answer was dust ("Ashes to ashes,dust to dust")--but all the editions that I have:  KJV, RSV, NIV, New English, American Standard--all list 'ground'.  I like Foxworthy's arguement for 'dust'

3.  California decided to help underwater mortgages by lowering the principal of the loan (up to $100,000 reduction in principal): banks to pay for half, the state the other half.  Banks refused, so state said they would pay 100%--but they only have enough Stimulus Fund Money to cover 50% so they have been told that the US government will pay for the other half--that's you and me, paying for California mortgages.  $100,000 is about the size of my mortgage--and yet I have to pay for someone to have that amount taken off of his principal.  How bout taking that amount off mine so I can own my house free and clear.  What's going on in California, David?

4.  NC Voter Integrity Project found that in Wake County more than 550 people were on the voters rolls that were probably not citizens and eligible to vote.  The Board of Elections chose 18 (don't know what criterion was used for the choices) and are holding meetings as we write this--but only to discuss the 18--not the 550.  In Wake, after the 2008 elections, three Democrats admitted they voted twice for Obama.  Gov. Perdue vetoed the Voter-ID, and the Dems in the NC House blocked the override.  In Miss, the head of the NAACP is in jail on 10 counts of voter fraud.   Who says we don't need voter ID?  The Democrats, the NAACP, and our Justice Department!  Do the math!

5.  The Detroit Sanitation Department has twice the number of employees than the city of Chicago  (Population: Chicago:  2.7 million;  Detroit: 707,000) based on amount of water processed.  Consultant group told Detroit they could save millions by reducing the force by 1/3.  Unions refused to go along.  (The Department has on its work force a horse shoer--yet it has no horses, nor horse shoes--and the Union refuses to allow Detroit to eliminate even that job--The Union actually said they need MORE employees to do the job.  No wonder Detroit is in trouble.  Can you say that this is a city run by the unions, not the people and their elected representatives.

6.  Last:  GOP nominee from Missouri Todd Akin:  THIS IS NOT A DEFENSE OF AKIN--HE SHOULD GO!! AND TODAY.  But he is being condemned for something he said.  What he said was stupid--and we don't need any more stupid people in Congress.  But I would like to compare what the reaction is to what people say versus what they do and the reactions of each party to each.  Think back  Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott lauded Strom Thurmond on his 100th birthday  He made reference to Strom's run for the Presidency on the Dixiecrat ticket (without naming it) and was roundly censured by both the GOP and the Dems. He went on an apology tour, but was still forced to resign as Majority Leader.  He won re-election (he was basically unapposed) but resigned from the Senate the next year.  In the meantime, the Democrat leader of Senate was Robert Byrd of West Virginia--a former leader of the KKK, and used the "N" word twice in a TV interview (he called himself the "N" word).  No condemnation, no apology tour.  Rep. Dan Crane (R, Ill) and Gerry Studds (D. Mass) were both caught having affairs with interns--Crane with a female, Studds  with a male.  Both were censured by the House--Crane faced the House as the censure was read--then did not run for re-election because of the scandal.  Studds turned his back on the House as the censure was read, received 2 standing ovations from the people of Mass at town meetings shortly after the censure and was re-elected 6 times.  He did not apologize for the affair: said it was consensual.  Mark Grayson (D,Fla) spoke on the House:  "GOP health care plan:  Don't get sick, if you do get sick, Die quickly"  no condemnation of this by Dems.  Mark Foley (R. Fla)  was caught sending sexually-explicit messages to former male interns (there was no proof of contact, just messages) He was forced to resign by the GOP leadership.  Anthony Weiner (D.NY) was caught sending sexually explicit photographs to females ( I think one was an intern)  He denied it saying the charges were false--then was caught in the lie and THEN he resigned. He now is thinking of running for mayor.  (by the way, his wife is the subject of Michelle Backman's charges of possible involvement of the Muslim Brotherhood in setting State department policy with Arab countries--she is Hillary Clinton's Chief of Staff; her mother, father, uncle and I believe her grandfather were high officials of the Muslim Brotherhood.)  Obama government not only has refused to investigate, but also has refused Freedon of Information request for documents giving her her clearances for her status.  John Corzine (Senator, later Governor D NJ)  ran an investment house that looted customer accounts of $2 Billion--a clear violation of the law--Holder's Justice Department is going to drop criminal charges.  WHY?  BilI Clinton had sex with an intern in the Oval Office, lied about it (in typical Obama practice, blamed a vast right-wing conspiracy) lied to the grand jury, then got caught in the lie was impeached  but defended by Dems (we shouldn't condemn someone for what they do in private--and one should always lie about extra-marital affairs to protect the family) I could go on, but this is too long already:  But here is the moral of the story (with the exception of Weiner) The Republicans get harsher penalties--many times imposed by theGOP itself--for what they say , than what happens to Dems for what they do ;   And the Dems can say anything they want without censure or reprimand.