Friday, December 17, 2004
 AND
UPDATE ON THE HALL COUNTY LAND GRAB
Refer back to yesterday's Nealz
Nuze. I told you about an attempt by the Hall County Commission just
north of Atlanta to effectively rob a widow blind by stealing $2 million from
her. They were going to condemn her land and pay her $2 million less than
a private developer had already offered. Plus, they were going to take her
home in the deal. Well .. here's your update. The county is backing off. It won't
happen. The Hall County Commission voted yesterday to stop pursuing the
forced sale of Eleanor Brazell's land. A victory for the concept of
private property rights. HIP
HOP CHRISTMAS? This morning I heard Carol Costello (CNN) say that "hundreds of kids
will enjoy a Hip Hop Christmas in Atlanta." A Hip Hop
Christmas? What's that? Is the Easter Bunny going to cap Santa
Claus? SECRET
CIA PRISON? SO WHAT
 There
is a story out today that deep within the heavily guarded terrorist prison at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, there is a secret prison run by the CIA. The prison
is used to house and interrogate high-level detainees in the War on
Terror. Some of the guests in this prison include Al-Qaeda masterminds,
along with other prisoners who have knowledge of the Islamic terror group's
inner-workings.
So what's the problem? Beats me. The implication is that somehow
there is something wrong with the CIA having a secret prison. According to
various anti-American organizations, we're supposed to treat all prisoners the
same, allow visitors, offer free HBO and in general, be nice. Oh...and we
can't torture anybody, either. Oh really?
You see, the mere mention of torture might make more than a few of you squirm a
bit. But you have to consider the bigger picture. Right now, Al-Qaeda
has made it their stated goal to acquire and detonate a nuclear device in an
American city. They want to kill millions of innocent people. Now
imagine you're a CIA agent, and you have a captured member of Al-Qaeda sitting
in front of you. He knows where the bomb will go off, but he won't tell
you.
Might you consider a little gentle persuasion down at the secret prison? I
thought so. There's something to be said for letting the enemy set the
standards for treatment of prisoners, but it's not something we want anyone to
lose their heads over.
THE
PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR
Sam Morgan, who is the Principal at the Thurgood Marshall Academy, a charter
school in St. Louis, has
been placed on leave. And what did he do? He had the police
handcuff and arrest an unruly 5-year-old, in the hopes of trying to set the kid
straight. That's too bad. We need more principals like him.
The real disaster here is this little troublemaker's mother, a woman named Aroni
Rucker. She was quoted as saying "They put handcuffs on my baby.
That's for adults who murder and kill. He's 5. He's in kindergarten."
So what is her "baby" guilty of doing?
According to the principal, "This kid is heading for the Department of
Corrections at 5. He fights, strikes somebody practically every day on the bus.
He's a constant disruption." Doesn't sound much like an innocent
little 5-year-old Momma wants to make him out to be.
It used to be when a kid got in trouble at school, the kid was most concerned
about his parents not finding out. Now, because so-called parents don't
want to be the least bit criticized for their awful parenting skills and
disastrous offspring, their kid can do no wrong. This principal will
probably be fired for trying to turn this kid's life around.
Maybe we could use this principal somewhere else in the government. Come
to think of it, there is an opening at the Department of Homeland Security. Meanwhile ... I wonder why we haven't heard from the child's father?
BUSH
CONSIDERS SPENDING FREEZE
This could be momentous. The Associated Press is reporting that President
Bush is considering a spending freeze or actual cuts in domestic spending in
order to cut the deficit and reform Social Security. This would be the
first time in his presidency George Bush has shown the least bit of inclination
to slow or stop any spending at all.
The fastest way to eliminate the problem of the budget deficit and Social
Security would be to cut spending. The question is does anybody in either
party have what it takes to do it? Will the gimme generation and other
constituencies tolerate a reduction in handouts in order to balance the budget?
Probably not, but it will be fun watching the battle. Stay tuned. WEIGHT
& BALANCE LESSONS Lesson 2: 
Check in Monday for Lesson 3. READING ASSIGNMENTS A study finds that television
is overwhelmingly negative towards Christianity. Unbelievable. Scott
Peterson is receiving a steady flow of fan mail ... mostly of desperate
women. He killed his wife. He dismembered her. The tied a
cement anchor to her and dumped her and his unborn son into the bay. And
he's getting fan mail from women. Meanwhile, Amber Frey has signed her
book deal. There is a battle looming over the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be
Attorney General because of his famous memo authorizing torture. David
Limbaugh wonders why people are so quick to defend terrorists.
The creator of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads say Mary Beth Cahill's
assertion that she underestimated the impact of their ads is disingenuous.
The
real problem is The Poodle was never able to refute their claims.
Jimmy
Carter is going to supervise the Palestinian Authority's elections in
January. If the recent pattern is followed, expect the terrorists
candidate to pull out a decisive victory in a crooked election and for Jimmy to
say that everything's just fine.
The Washington D.C. city council is standing
their ground in the half a billion dollar giveaway of taxpayer's money to
Major League Baseball. Las Vegas Nationals, anyone?
Congress passed an entire intelligence bill that does nothing to confront the
problem of illegal immigration. William
F. Buckley writes that it is time to confront the problem.
Howard Dean is still pushing to be the leader of the Democratic National
Committee....and most Democrats aren't impressed. Some are downright
horrified at the thought. Robert
Novak has the details.
Looking to do a little reading over the holidays? Thomas
Sowell has some suggestions....perhaps a way to spend some of that Christmas
money, too.
It's that time of year.....people are trying to ban Christmas and remove all
Christian content from it. Charles
Krauthammer explains this annual event.
A lot of people are worried about the promise Franklin Roosevelt made with
Social Security. Jonah
Goldberg asks the question: who cares? It's time to get over FDR's
legacy.
Reactionary liberalism has taken over the left, and never will it be more on
display than it the coming fight over Social Security. Rich
Lowry takes a look at the Democratic playbook.
Man
cooks lover, then eats him for 3 days. Gillette to release vibrating
shaver for women. No comment. | 
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