Tuesday -- May 3, 2005
 IF A CRIME WAS COMMITTED ... PROSECUTE
 It seems that authorities have pretty much made
up their minds that Jennifer Wilbanks
did, indeed, commit a crime in her home
town of Duluth. If that's the case, then prosecute. People have sure
been prosecuted for a lot less.
I really feel bad for John Mason. He's
standing by his fiancee. In public, at least. He says he still loves
her, and he still wants to marry her. I respect him for saying that.
It's the proper thing to say on a nationwide television interview. You
don't want to sit there and tell that TV audience "Man, what a twit!
I'm sure glad she pulled this stunt before we got married instead of
after. Let some other man live with this mess ... I'm going
fishing." Instead, Mason says "Hey,
we all mess up. We all make mistakes." Good for him. Now
run, John. Run as fast as you can. You have no reason to believe
that this is going to get any better. A Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent interviewed
Jennifer Wilbanks. Did she say she was sorry? Nope. She boo-hooed
a little bit, but never said she was sorry. It's still all about
her. Look at me. I'm the poor runaway bride. Don't you feel
sorry for me? Cold? Yeah, I guess I do feel a bit cold
about all this. There are plenty of women out there who do find themselves
in real trouble, who are abducted. These are the ones who really
need help. Now the next time one of these women turns up missing people
are going to wonder if it's another runaway bride situation. Maybe some
people will get this idea and not show up to help search, maybe they won't help
with a reward fund. Who knows, maybe a law enforcement agency will hold
back just a little bit ... just enough to make a difference. Why?
Because Jennifer Wilbanks essentially said "screw you" to her fiancee,
his parents, her parents, 600 wedding guests, caterers, bridesmaids, groomsmen,
a pastor .. and who knows how many other people .. and just got on a bus and
headed for Las Vegas. Now we actually have people saying that there should
be no price to pay for this. Look ... if some poor sap can end up in jail
for smoking one marijuana joint in the privacy of his own living room, then this
lady can darn sure pay a fine and pick up some garbage along the roadside.
The Greyhound busses can beep in tribute as they drive by. THAT DARN GLOBAL WARMING By this time of year Atlanta should be enjoying
afternoon highs of around 80 degrees. The high today will be around
68. This global warming thing is getting out of control. ITALIANS DISPUTE FINDINGS
The
final report on the incident in Iraq that took the life of an Italian intelligence agent has come out, and things don't look too good for the Italians. Among the findings:
--U.S. Forces were never told the Italian intelligence agent was headed for the airport with communist journalist Giuliana Sgrena in the car.
--The car carrying Sgrena was approaching the checkpoint at around 50 miles an hour. Satellite images
suggest over 60 miles per hour.
--U.S. Forces were justified in shooting at the car, and nobody will be disciplined.
As you may well imagine, the
Italians don't like any of this one bit. They claim the U.S. was told that the car was heading for the airport, and blame us for a lack of coordination. Oh really...the only evidence of that was an Italian General who told an American Army Captain that Sgrena was on her way to the airport, but that it was best if no one knows. The Army Captain didn't tell anybody as instructed, and so nobody knew. Strike one.
Then there's the Italian lie about the rate of speed. They say they weren't speeding, but they were. The military report says they were going 50...CBS News reported that a satellite filmed the whole thing and the car was going over 60 miles an hour. They were speeding...and one thing's for sure, they weren't stopping. Again, their fault, not ours.
Strike two.
So what about the shooting? The road between Baghdad and the airport is the most dangerous one in Iraq. Military men and women have died on that road from car bombs, suicide bombers and everything else. The Italians had to have known this. When they didn't stop, they were shot at. That's how it works.
Strike three.
The Italians are trying to save face...saying the soldiers were "stressed" and other such nonsense.
Our guys did their jobs. Their guys didn't, and they paid a tragic price for it.
On the upside, at least they admitted the shooting wasn't deliberate. As if that were ever in question.
NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN THE TOILET
 Some interesting statistics out today....in the six-month period ending in March,
newspaper circulation has once again declined, down 1.9 percent. So what's the problem?
Newspapers are dinosaurs. Why would you pay several hundred dollars a year to read something a day or two old that you can read instantaneously on the Internet? Chances are you probably wouldn't, which is why people are jumping ship.
I believe that Internet growth is one of the primary reasons for the demise of
newspapers. You also have to factor in government schools. With
every year that passes we have more young adults finishing their education (if
that's what you want to call it) and beginning their lives. Why would
these people want to subscribe to a newspaper if (a) they have no real
understanding of the significance of the stories that might be covered in that
paper; and (b) they can't read all that well anyway.
Then there is the case of media bias. Newspapers in this country are overwhelmingly liberal. They are staffed by liberal reporters and their Op-ed pages are stocked with liberal columnists and opinion. They endorse liberal Democrats for office. People are tired of it. Newspapers are learning the same lesson CNN is learning....people are onto their game and are looking for alternate, less-biased news sources.
Newspapers do have a few things going for them....you can't line the bird cage with the Internet or wrap fish in a cable news channel.
NATIONAL ID CARD?
Congress is pushing for restrictions on how states issue driver's licenses...in an attempt to stop them from being given out to illegal aliens. For some reason, some states are seeing fit to issue a driver's license to someone who is in this country illegally.
Is this a National ID Card? Is this the feared database, managed by the federal government, that would contain your identity and everything else? Not really. In fact, not even close. By the way, the Imperial Federal Government and the IRS already know who you are, where you live, how much money you make and everything about you. Sadly, a national ID card would only add a picture to everything they already know.
This new legislation, being added to an appropriations bill for Iraq, would make states require proof of citizenship, proof of an address and proof of a Social Security number before addressing a driver's license. The pro-illegal immigration forces don't like this one bit.
This has zero chance of succeeding...because for some reason, neither party wants to do anything about Illegal aliens. Now .. a question. Americans are making it
quite clear that they are fed up with the flood -- invasion, if you will, of
illegal aliens swarming across the border like so many rats. Are you fed
up enough to accept the idea of a national ID card? What if that ID card
contained no information other than your picture, your Social Security number
and your address? READING ASSIGNMENTS VOTE FOR NEAL!
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In
defense of smaller mammary glands. Don't yell at me .. I had to do
it. The story is so compelling. At least I didn't say
"breasts."
See Chris Matthews. Watch
Chris Matthews kiss Jane Fonda on her hindside ... repeatedly. I sure
hope he gargled after this one. We
need more judges like this. I'm sick and tired of hearing that
"thump thump" nonsense from cars with huge sound systems. Here's a first....a Mexican official wants to shut down the border between Mexico and the United
States...to cut down on the death toll of illegal aliens. Great idea!
On the subject of illegal immigration, Thomas Sowell makes a great point. He says
Social Security isn't the real third rail of American politics, it's illegal aliens.
A new report says that affirmative action does more harm than
good. Really...how long have we known this? The Cato Institute says the program actually doesn't even help minorities. Read on.
North Korea is hoping for a return to the Clinton-appeasing days. They're calling George Bush a world dictator and are going to wait for a friendlier administration. Apparently The Gargoyle had a lot of friends in the Clinton administration.
Speaking of North Korea, Condoleezza Rice told Pyongyang yesterday that the United States can "deter whatever the North Koreans are up
to." Time to start doing some deterring. The Wall Street Journal says that Bush
called the Democrats bluff on Social Security. Nonetheless, the
mainstream media will still portray Bush as losing big on this issue.
Remember the template. With all of the swirling ethics controversies, is Tom DeLay start to lose his grip on power in Washington? According to Robert Novak, not at all.
Rosie O'Donnell appeared on the Fox News Channel, and called President Bush a war
criminal. The Media Research Center has a full report.
David Limbaugh tells us that if you need an example of the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Democratic
party, he says you need look no further than the United States Senate, beginning with Hillary Clinton.
Are we in the middle of an economic slowdown? Not at all, says Larry Kudlow, who argues that the opposite is true. Morning Sickness: What's the hottest prom accessory this year?
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