News In Brief (And The Usual Opinionated Commentary)

Back from a tour of the South. Fighting the traffic in Atlanta for several days, a wedding in the mountains of Georgia, and some peaceful coexistence with nature in the North Carolina mountains have made Mr. and Mrs. Sunsett very tired. But here are a couple of things that I have found unfolding at the news desk upon my return:

Brazil's President Facing Mounting Criticism For Handling Of Honduras

He should be criticized, he should be openly castigated.

Lula is allowing a man who wanted to circumvent the Honduran constitution for the specific purpose of making himself dictator for life, to use the Brazilian embassy as headquarters for his subversion. If that's not enough, the Brazilian leader has allowed himself to be goaded into this by another man, who has already performed such a feat in Venezuela.

Remember when the the class agitator would coerce one of the more passive kids into doing something that he (himself) didn't have the guts to do, only to get the normally good kid in trouble?


Whoopi Steps In It...As Well As Rosie Did

First, Rosie finds a way to discredit the entire show, known as The View with her daily quips of stupidity. Now, her replacement seems to have found a knack for saying the stupidest things and getting away with it.

To say that she knows that Polanski didn't really commit rape indicates she was either there and has firsthand knowledge of the act in question, or she is shooting her mouth off about something she knows absolutely nothing about. I'd say it's the latter.

This was a 13-year old girl at the time. He entered a guilty plea to having sex with an underage minor, which meets the definition of Statutory RAPE. So, maybe Whoopi can do us all a service by drawing a distinction between the different kinds of rape, on an upcoming show. But I doubt it, because she obviously does not have the brains that God gave a tick.

Maybe she should consult her friend Oprah on this one.

How The Mighty Oaks Have Fallen

Here is a recent op-ed from Dan Carpenter, resident liberal hack writer for the Indy Star.

ACORN has not made enemies because it is running a prostitution ring.

ACORN did not become a prime-time guerrilla TV target because of vote fraud.

ACORN did not take both barrels from Congress because it's been ripping off taxpayers.

None of those rightwing raps has any substantiation beyond isolated instances, always open to dispute, always politically motivated and always prompting remedial action by the organization itself.

So why has ACORN been cast, by the reactionary media and its allied legislators, prosecutors and election officials, as a juggernaut of evil?

Because of the good it does.

You can read the rest of the piece, if you can stomach it. But if we have the ability to use the smallest amount of critical thinking skills, we can safely conclude that Dan is not able to analyze the fallacy in in his statement.

If his weak and faulty claim could be proven true, then, the Right Wing would have been gunning for groups like the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army, years ago. Carpenter does not want to accept the fact that ACORN is corrupt from the top levels on down.

He fails to persuade me. And I bet he doesn't persuade most of you, either.

Monday AM QB

Since I am writing this well in advance before the games have been played, I do not know who won. But by the time this is seen by all, the results will be in and we will all know. As poignant as this may sound, we'll just let this be an open thread for post-game smack talk, or distressed venting, whichever happens to be the case.

Did the Colts handle the Cardinals, the Pats stop the streaking Falcons? Did the Titans get their first win, did the Skins extend their streak to two?

Declare, if thou hast any understanding at all.

Another Blast From The Past

As I enjoy my time off, I thought I'd put up a tune that reveals my not so secret location:



My second stop will be revealed in this next one:



Enjoy.

Friday Funnies

Once again, sent to me by a friend via e-mail.
(Which means I am not responsible for content.)



Fall Classes for Women at
THE
ADULT LEARNING CENTER

REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED
by September 30, 2009
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NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL
OF THE LESSONS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM.


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Class 1
Up in Winter, Down in Summer - How to Adjust a Thermostat
Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 wks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hrs beginning at 7 PM.



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Class 2
Which Takes More Energy - Putting the Toilet Seat Down, or Bitching About It for 3 Hours?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturdays at noon for 2 hours.



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Class 3
Is It Possible To Drive Past a Wal-Mart Without Stopping?--Group Debate.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10 AM for 2 hours.



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Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between a Purse and a Suitcase--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2 PM for 3 weeks.



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Class 5
Curling Irons--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Bathroom Cabinet?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
at 7 PM



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Class 6
How to Ask Questions During Commercials and Be Quiet During the Program.
Help Line Support and Support Groups.
Meets 4 weeks, Fridays and Sundays, 7 PM



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Class 7
Can a Bath Be Taken Without 14 Different Kinds of Soaps and Shampoos?
Open Forum.
Monday at 8 PM, 2 hours.





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Class 8
Health Watch--They Make Medicine for PMS - USE IT!
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7 PM for 2 hours.



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Class 9
I Was Wrong and He Was Right!--Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6 PM, Location to be determined.



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Class 10
How to Parallel Park In Less Than 20 Minutes Without an Insurance Claim.
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturdays at noon, 2 hours.



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Class 11
Learning to Live--How to Apply Brakes Without Throwing Passengers Through the Windshield.
Tuesdays at 7 PM, location to be determined



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Class 12
How to Shop by Yourself.
Meets 4 wks, Tuesdays and Thursdays for 2 hours beginning at 7 PM.



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Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy--Remembering To Take a List To The Store, Avoiding Separate Trips for Each Item Needed.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7 PM for 2 hours.



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Class 14
The Stove/Oven--What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6 PM, location to be determined.




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Upon completion of any of the above courses

diplomas will be issued to the survivors.

What Goes Around...

....surely does come back around, in due time.

Take a look at this story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

White supremacist groups say they want hate crime charges filed in the Belleville West bus attack case and are encouraging a protest.

Messages flashed across neo-Nazi and white supremacist websites today promoting an 11 a.m. protest on the Belleville courthouse grounds on Saturday.

“People in this town are rightfully angry at the double standard that we know how this would be working if the races were reversed,” wrote an announcement on the website for the National Socialist Movement, a white supremacist group. “We want to not only condemn these acts of violence, but also to try and persuade the state's attorney to file hate crime charges in this case.”

As despicable as I find this group to be, it just goes to show some things that very few people want to consider:

When Black Panthers are allowed to threaten voters at polling places and are allowed to go unprosecuted, when Al Sharpton can organize marches against authorities who hold six black kids that stomped on an innocent white kid in Louisiana, it should come as no surprise when there is pushback from the opposite end of the spectrum.

Once people wake up and realize that eons of slavery, and other forms of atrocities committed towards people of color, cannot be rectified by allowing black people (who commit the same kinds of unthinkable acts) to go without some kind of consequences for their actions. Once people understand that everyone needs to be held to the same standards, then we can have true justice for all.

Until then, we must be forced to endure this kind of response from putrid hate groups like this, or risk a backlash that no one wants to see. Once you allow one side to act out, the other side will respond. If you suppress/oppress one side over the other, there is no rule of law.

Between The Sublime And Overt

If you wonder where all your tax dollars are going in the public school systems, here is one shining example. Take a look at this video:



Folks, if this doesn't stop, it's all downhill. There has to be a point where we decide what we are going to be willing to tolerate.

You cannot mention God in classes, but you can deify a human being. You may think it's just a song, but it's a formal attempt at indoctrination and it's not subliminal.

Notice

Just a quick note to tell everyone that I will be out of town for a few days.

I have scheduled some short posts to automatically publish, so I hope you will check back fairly often and feel free to comment as you always do. I will be checking in and out from time to time. I may even respond to comments if time allows, so don't let my absence stop anyone from speaking their minds.

(And if anyone sees that little puke Cartman, tell him his mother is furious with him and for him to return home immediately or face an uncertain future.)

Thanks be to all, for your unwavering support.

Tuesday AM QB

Colts 27 - Dolphins 23

Miami dominated the time of possession, as is usually the case when the Colts lose. But this time, Manning made it count when he needed to. If you are an opposing team that has played well the entire game, it's critical that you do not leave him enough time to march the team down the field for the winning score.

Indy needed the win to stay on top of the division. Miami needed it worse. The Dolphins have had two heartbreaking losses now to open the season, which they didn't play too badly but not well enough to close out the games.

Next week I will be counting on Miami to beat the highly overrated SD Chargers, with their highly overrated QB Philip Rivers. The Colts will travel to Arizona, where they will have their hands full with Kurt Warner and company.

Monday AM QB

The Colts play Miami tonight. I probably won't watch much of it, because I am old and need my sleep in order to have the best mental acuity possible at work. I may write an addendum on the game, if I am able to catch some of it. Right now the focus is on getting ready to leave town in a couple of days.


Bears 17 - Steelers 14

I did catch most of this game. I think the surprise of the day, yesterday, was the Bears beating the Steelers. The field was sloppy from rain and the Steelers FG kicker wasn't able to connect on two occasions late in the game.

Another surprise is the way Cutler bounced back from a poor performance last week. He showed some real poise down the stretch. He got them into position for the game winning FG by Gould.

I know the Steelers miss Polamalu, but that should have been somewhat negated by the Bears' loss of Urlacher. The Bears didn't seem to miss him as much.


Jets 16 - Pats 9

Another shocker. I didn't see it, but it looks like the Jets defense is for real. The only question I have now is, will Sanchez replace Manning as Greg's whipping boy?


Ravens 31 - Chargers 26

It's always a great day, when SD loses. Once again, the boy-wonder punk Philip Rivers pads his stats (and gets accolades from the sports pundits for doing so). But the team gets a loss, which is why he is the most overrated QB in the league.

I am not a fan of the Ravens. But on this Sunday, I was.


Texans 34 - Titans 31

Tennessee 0-2? This is a shocker.

I saw the end of this one and it looked like a good game, albeit there was a lot of trash talking and some fisticuffs. But the real story here is more points by the Titans and they are 2-0, instead. Two close heartbreakers at the begiinng of the season is a big hole to be in, in this division.