To legalize or not to legalize. That is the question. Are people getting high now? Of course. Will they get high if it's legalized? Ditto. Are they more likely to get high once it's legalized? Probably. Why? Because we have an ethos in this country which says, "If something's legal, it must be good." Nevermind the laundry list of things which disputes that notion, but that's how the average American responds. One of the reasons that pot is "less harmful" than alcohol is that alcohol is more legal, increasing access to those who are stuck on stupid. While we can't outlaw stupidity, we can limit the avenues by which stupid people can do harm to others.
What exactly were those "series of deeply troubling incidents?" The only other one that the Ombudsman mentions is referring to Michelle Obama as Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress. While not exactly polite, two incidents does not equal a "series." Also, it seems that the two comments he made which were taken as right-wing in tenor are "deeply troubling" to NPR managment, but the 99.9% of his comments that are left-wing in tenor roll off NPR management like water off a duck's back.
I'm not surprised that NPR fired Juan Williams. With mutli-million dollar contributions from Soros, they can't have people who comment on Fox News contaminating their orthodoxy.
Now, I don't mind that NPR has a left-wing bias --no, it's not what "a lof of people think," it's the reality. What I mind is this more-tolerant-than-thou sanctimony that acts as though that, by virtue of being left-wing, they are more open-minded. The firing of Juan Williams demonstrates they are just intolerant as those they distance themselves from: Rush, Beck, Hannity.
What I also mind is that such indoctrination occurs on the paytaxers' dime. If I'm not allowed to use a voucher to teach my child in a Catholic school, NPR is not entitled to a voucher to indoctrinate a hatred of Catholicism and a love of Islam.
Speaking of Catholic, what if Williams was asked about how he feels when he sees a Catholic priest, in a Roman collar, sitting next to a child in an airplane? Would Williams had been fired if he expressed "nervousness" about that priest?
Too bad the Chargers didn't build a new stadium at this site. Say what you will about large sports stadia, it would be much better to look at than this eye sore, and probably better for the environment.
@mapplebe, good question. As I'm not an attorney, my opinion might not hold up in court, but here goes. Fingerprinting has met the scientific standard for credible sources; DNA matching is still relatively new. Also, fingerprinting is part of the booking process which a pro forma arrest warrant would make certain to include. Finally, fingerprints are things which are in plain sight. DNA usually involves internal extraction, unless the police can use trickery to capture your DNA from a volunteered source (eg. coffee cup).
I hate siding with the ACLU, given their opposition to the right to life and their opposition to the free speech of pro-lifers, but the ACLU is right. Unless the police can issue a warrant, it's an unlawful search. Someone who is charged with a felony is just that: charged. They are innocent until proven guilty. They have 5th Amendment protections. While I'm sure that they commented those other crimes, we have these protections against the overreaching hand of the State for a reason.
Now, once they're convicted, that's a different ballgame. They have been convicted and therefore lose most of their 5th Amendment protections.
And it still includes taxpayer funding of abortion. Good luck getting this past the voting bloc of pro-life Democrats and conservative Republicans. According to Rep. Stupak, he has enough in his voting bloc to vote down any bill which includes taxpayer funding of abortion.
@Angela Carone, not that I'm interesting in parsing catechism with you, but you say that you are a "born and raised Catholic." Leaving alone for the moment the shock of finding KPBS actually hiring someone who'd admit to that in public, what part of Sarah's trashing of our religion do you find funny?
I mean, you have seen her other work, mocking pro-lifers, right? You are pro-life, aren't you? After all, you're a "born and raised Catholic." Did you find that amusing as well?
I love it when Hollywood types tell the rest of us what WE should do to end world hunger.
Um, where's Sarah's house located? Is she sharing a studio apartment in Inglewood or does she enjoy the standard Hollywood Hills home enjoyed by so many of her "more sensitive than thou" collegues.
I volunteer handing out clothes to the homeless as part of a Catholic ministry. Anytime Sarah wants to come down from her ivory tower to get dirty with the people, give me a holler.
"We already have public ownership and most of us like it a lot. We have public schools and universities, public highways, Medicare/Medicaid, the V.A., the good old U.S. Postal Service, and Social Security."
First off, you're holding up public schools as something most of us like is a red herring. Most of us are stuck paying for incompetence of public schools with our tax dollars, and many of us, especially those of us in neighborhoods of color, would rather send our children to Catholic school, were not all of the tax money going to the public schools.
Public highways have become increasingly toll roads run by private companies, so that too is a straw man.
Medicaid and Medicare are routinely exploited for overpayment, to the point that even the left-leaning "60 Minutes" had to report on it.
The good old Postal Service has escalated postage rates so often that I'm stilling using stamps from 5 increases ago, and still they are running at a deficit.
As far as Social Security, what Social Security? This is FDR's ultimate Ponzi scheme that, because of the declining birth rate and rising abortion rate, there are no longer enough younger workers paying into the system in order to prop it up.
"When George W. Bush poured record amounts of money into government spending, there was no whisper that he was a socialist."
I guess you weren't following Citizen Voices back then on this very web site. There was plenty of socialism complaints from both the bloggers and the commenters. As well, none other than Glenn Beck complained that we can't have capitalism in times of proserity but socialism in times of decline. He was a different network back then, so that might be why you may not heard it. It was, nonetheless, far more than a whisper.
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Will Prop. 19 Cause You To Drive While Stoned?
To legalize or not to legalize. That is the question. Are people getting high now? Of course. Will they get high if it's legalized? Ditto. Are they more likely to get high once it's legalized? Probably. Why? Because we have an ethos in this country which says, "If something's legal, it must be good." Nevermind the laundry list of things which disputes that notion, but that's how the average American responds. One of the reasons that pot is "less harmful" than alcohol is that alcohol is more legal, increasing access to those who are stuck on stupid. While we can't outlaw stupidity, we can limit the avenues by which stupid people can do harm to others.
October 28, 2010 at 3:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Firing Juan
What exactly were those "series of deeply troubling incidents?" The only other one that the Ombudsman mentions is referring to Michelle Obama as Stokely Carmichael in a designer dress. While not exactly polite, two incidents does not equal a "series." Also, it seems that the two comments he made which were taken as right-wing in tenor are "deeply troubling" to NPR managment, but the 99.9% of his comments that are left-wing in tenor roll off NPR management like water off a duck's back.
October 26, 2010 at 8:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Firing Juan
I'm not surprised that NPR fired Juan Williams. With mutli-million dollar contributions from Soros, they can't have people who comment on Fox News contaminating their orthodoxy.
Now, I don't mind that NPR has a left-wing bias --no, it's not what "a lof of people think," it's the reality. What I mind is this more-tolerant-than-thou sanctimony that acts as though that, by virtue of being left-wing, they are more open-minded. The firing of Juan Williams demonstrates they are just intolerant as those they distance themselves from: Rush, Beck, Hannity.
What I also mind is that such indoctrination occurs on the paytaxers' dime. If I'm not allowed to use a voucher to teach my child in a Catholic school, NPR is not entitled to a voucher to indoctrinate a hatred of Catholicism and a love of Islam.
Speaking of Catholic, what if Williams was asked about how he feels when he sees a Catholic priest, in a Roman collar, sitting next to a child in an airplane? Would Williams had been fired if he expressed "nervousness" about that priest?
October 25, 2010 at 1:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
South Bay Power Plant Operators Want New Discharge Permit
Too bad the Chargers didn't build a new stadium at this site. Say what you will about large sports stadia, it would be much better to look at than this eye sore, and probably better for the environment.
July 7, 2010 at 1:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Non-Violent Criminals Are Linked, By DNA, To Violent Crimes
@mapplebe, good question. As I'm not an attorney, my opinion might not hold up in court, but here goes. Fingerprinting has met the scientific standard for credible sources; DNA matching is still relatively new. Also, fingerprinting is part of the booking process which a pro forma arrest warrant would make certain to include. Finally, fingerprints are things which are in plain sight. DNA usually involves internal extraction, unless the police can use trickery to capture your DNA from a volunteered source (eg. coffee cup).
July 6, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Non-Violent Criminals Are Linked, By DNA, To Violent Crimes
I hate siding with the ACLU, given their opposition to the right to life and their opposition to the free speech of pro-lifers, but the ACLU is right. Unless the police can issue a warrant, it's an unlawful search. Someone who is charged with a felony is just that: charged. They are innocent until proven guilty. They have 5th Amendment protections. While I'm sure that they commented those other crimes, we have these protections against the overreaching hand of the State for a reason.
Now, once they're convicted, that's a different ballgame. They have been convicted and therefore lose most of their 5th Amendment protections.
June 17, 2010 at 10:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Pelosi: New Health Care Bill Is 'Historic Moment'
And it still includes taxpayer funding of abortion. Good luck getting this past the voting bloc of pro-life Democrats and conservative Republicans. According to Rep. Stupak, he has enough in his voting bloc to vote down any bill which includes taxpayer funding of abortion.
October 29, 2009 at 11:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sarah Silverman Saves The World, One Vatican At A Time
@Angela Carone, not that I'm interesting in parsing catechism with you, but you say that you are a "born and raised Catholic." Leaving alone for the moment the shock of finding KPBS actually hiring someone who'd admit to that in public, what part of Sarah's trashing of our religion do you find funny?
I mean, you have seen her other work, mocking pro-lifers, right? You are pro-life, aren't you? After all, you're a "born and raised Catholic." Did you find that amusing as well?
October 29, 2009 at 11:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sarah Silverman Saves The World, One Vatican At A Time
I love it when Hollywood types tell the rest of us what WE should do to end world hunger.
Um, where's Sarah's house located? Is she sharing a studio apartment in Inglewood or does she enjoy the standard Hollywood Hills home enjoyed by so many of her "more sensitive than thou" collegues.
I volunteer handing out clothes to the homeless as part of a Catholic ministry. Anytime Sarah wants to come down from her ivory tower to get dirty with the people, give me a holler.
October 29, 2009 at 10:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Why Is Socialism Scary Again?
"We already have public ownership and most of us like it a lot. We have public schools and universities, public highways, Medicare/Medicaid, the V.A., the good old U.S. Postal Service, and Social Security."
First off, you're holding up public schools as something most of us like is a red herring. Most of us are stuck paying for incompetence of public schools with our tax dollars, and many of us, especially those of us in neighborhoods of color, would rather send our children to Catholic school, were not all of the tax money going to the public schools.
Public highways have become increasingly toll roads run by private companies, so that too is a straw man.
Medicaid and Medicare are routinely exploited for overpayment, to the point that even the left-leaning "60 Minutes" had to report on it.
The good old Postal Service has escalated postage rates so often that I'm stilling using stamps from 5 increases ago, and still they are running at a deficit.
As far as Social Security, what Social Security? This is FDR's ultimate Ponzi scheme that, because of the declining birth rate and rising abortion rate, there are no longer enough younger workers paying into the system in order to prop it up.
"When George W. Bush poured record amounts of money into government spending, there was no whisper that he was a socialist."
I guess you weren't following Citizen Voices back then on this very web site. There was plenty of socialism complaints from both the bloggers and the commenters. As well, none other than Glenn Beck complained that we can't have capitalism in times of proserity but socialism in times of decline. He was a different network back then, so that might be why you may not heard it. It was, nonetheless, far more than a whisper.
October 29, 2009 at 10:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )