April 7, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
April 7 is … No Housework Day. A good day for Merry Maids.
According to some experts, Jesus died on this date in 30 AD. In 0030 Jesus was crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate, according to astronomer Schaefer).
Not to be outdone by Schaefer, on this date in 33 AD Jesus Christ was crucified and died, (according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington).
At least they agree that Jesus Christ existed and he died.
This is not good but we are not guilty by association. One of President Barack Obama's close friends has been arrested in Honolulu on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute. Robert "Bobby" Titcomb was one of four men arrested in an undercover sting operation late Monday and later released on $500 bail, according to Honolulu police.
The White House and President Obama are starting to play the finger-pointing, blame-game as it relates to the impending government shutdown. The Obama administration warned Wednesday that a federal shutdown would undermine the economic recovery, delay pay to U.S. troops fighting in three wars, slow the processing of tax returns and limit small business loans and government-backed mortgages during peak home buying season. The dire message, delivered two days before the federal government's spending authority expires, appeared aimed at jolting congressional Republicans into a budget compromise. Billions of dollars apart, congressional negotiators were working to strike a deal by Friday to avert a shutdown by setting spending limits through the end of September. The last such shutdown took place 15 years ago and lasted 21 days.
I think Washington and the children playing government should be concerned that if the government shuts down for an extended time, the voters will realize we can live without a full-time, over spending, wasteful federal government. The states will pick up any slack. Armageddon will not happen just because someone turns the lights out in Washington DC. What we are doing now is not working for the people that pay for it. Why not try to give the ‘states rights’ concept a try for a while? It could not be any worse unless you sponge off the federal government for a living.
Another campus shooting took place on Wednesday. A man was arrested in a deadly east Alabama shooting Wednesday after he walked up to reporters and told them he was the person police were seeking. The shooting at Southern Union Community College in Opelika killed a 63-year-old woman, wounded two women, ages 36 and 94, and injured a 4-year-old who was hit with flying glass.
Afterward, Opelika police said they were looking for 34-year-old Thomas Franklin May III. The man who surrendered to the media was driving a white Jeep Liberty with the same tag number police had been seeking. Reporters called 911 and within minutes, police arrived, handcuffed the man and led him away.
He appeared to be the same person in a photograph law enforcement distributed of May, but police wouldn't say if he was the main suspect. Photos and video from the scene showed a Toyota minivan with three windows shot out in a parking lot outside a building on campus. Student Quay Thomas said he heard nine shots. "It was terrifying," said the 17-year-old. "I wouldn't think anything like this would happen at a college campus." The victims' names were not immediately released. City spokeswoman Jan Gunter said officers were still trying to sort out details but believed the afternoon shooting was related to a dispute between a man and a woman. "Preliminarily they were pretty sure they knew who the shooter was and what the problem was," she said.
The school closed the campus for the rest of the day.
Afterward, Opelika police said they were looking for 34-year-old Thomas Franklin May III. The man who surrendered to the media was driving a white Jeep Liberty with the same tag number police had been seeking. Reporters called 911 and within minutes, police arrived, handcuffed the man and led him away.
He appeared to be the same person in a photograph law enforcement distributed of May, but police wouldn't say if he was the main suspect. Photos and video from the scene showed a Toyota minivan with three windows shot out in a parking lot outside a building on campus. Student Quay Thomas said he heard nine shots. "It was terrifying," said the 17-year-old. "I wouldn't think anything like this would happen at a college campus." The victims' names were not immediately released. City spokeswoman Jan Gunter said officers were still trying to sort out details but believed the afternoon shooting was related to a dispute between a man and a woman. "Preliminarily they were pretty sure they knew who the shooter was and what the problem was," she said.
The school closed the campus for the rest of the day.
We can get a handle on this problem by making this a federal crime punishable by death with a provision in the law the accused must be given a speedy trial within 120 days of the shooting or arrest, whichever is latest. Continuances will only be granted for extraordinary circumstances and only for thirty days. It is time to quit handling this situation with kid gloves. The new law would accomplish many things including giving the criminal a reason to kill himself rather than be put to death. That benefit alone saves millions of dollars per incident.
Today we should remember South Pacific. The Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein musical classic of love and war, South Pacific, unfolded on a lush tropical island swarming with Seabees, nurses, natives and coconut trees on this night in 1949. Actually, it was not a tropical island, but the stage of the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Ezio Pinza starred as the suave French plantation owner with a shady past and Mary Martin portrayed the bubbly, pretty, but naive Navy nurse. Mary Martin washed her hair a zillion times as she sang, I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair in 1,925 performances. Many of the 1950 Tony Awards went to the show and its producers, performers, director (Joshua Logan) and composers, nine statuettes in all. It also earned a Pulitzer Prize in the same year and in 1958 was made into a movie. South Pacific caused a lot of Happy Talk and this night, so many years ago, was certainly Some Enchanted Evening.
It’s nice to see how well NATO is doing in Libya without the expertise, knowledge, equipment, manpower and money of the United States. This is going to end up as an evasion not just a bombing mission. Either get in there and get it done or get the hell out of the area. Doesn’t anybody remember Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan? If we are going to fight then fight, let’s not just pussyfoot around. Pick the fights worth fighting you can win or stay out.
This is just the first salvo in the collapse of the Tea Party. Once this budget mess in Washington DC is over and the Tea Party is made to look like the naïve daydreamers they are their significance will sink further. Fox News and Glenn Beck announced Wednesday that Beck will "transition off of his daily program" later this year. In a joint news release, Fox News and Mercury Radio Arts, Beck's production company, said that they will "work together to develop and produce a variety of television projects for air on the Fox News Channel as well as content for other platforms including Fox News’ digital properties." Beck, the statement said, would "transition off of his daily program, the third highest rated in all of cable news, later this year." It is not clear what the programs will be, or how many of them there will be. Both Beck and Fox News have been publicly hinting that a split could be forthcoming. One month ago, the New York Times reported that Fox News was "contemplating life without" Beck. Later that month, Beck told his radio listeners that, no matter what happened, they would "continue to find each other." The announcement ends months of speculation about whether or not Beck would continue his Fox News show when his contract was up in December. Beck has drawn high ratings and huge attention to his time slot and to the channel, but he also became a lightning rod, drawing frequent and furious criticism for some of his statements and causing the often talked about tension behind the scenes at the network. Over 300 advertisers also stopped airing their commercials on Fox News during Beck's hour. Still, Beck's television show allowed him to increase his profile substantially. More than many other television hosts, Beck has a very large media empire of his own to fall back on. His radio show is the third-highest rated in the country, he has written many best-selling books, and has a large and devoted fan base. He is the only one that believes that. Fox does not fire a person at the top of his game or the ratings.
Music Chart Toppers over the years:
1945
1953 Pretend - Nat King Cole
1961 Blue Moon - The Marcels
1969 Dizzy - Tommy Roe
1977 Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Don’t Give Up on Us - David Soul THIS IS HUTCH FROM STARSKY AND HUTCH
Don’t Give Up on Us - David Soul THIS IS HUTCH FROM STARSKY AND HUTCH
1985 One More Night - Phil Collins
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