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15 February 2014
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12 February 2014
Just my opinion...
History is going to see barack obama as an immature little pimp daddy. No more, no less.
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Birds of a feather...
Attorney General Eric Holder is
calling for an end to state laws that bar felons from voting, even after
they have served their sentences.
"By
perpetuating the stigma and isolation imposed on formerly incarcerated
individuals, these laws increase the likelihood they will commit future
crimes," Holder said Tuesday at a Washington, D.C., symposium on
sentencing laws.
Holder said the restrictions bar 5.8 million Americans from casting a ballot, including 2.2 million African-Americans.
"Nearly
one in 13 African-American adults are banned from voting because of
these laws. In three states -- Florida, Kentucky, and Virginia -- that
ratio climbs to one in five," he said.
Holder
called the laws a vestige of post-Civil War racial discrimination, with
a disproportionately high impact on minority communities.
The
laws were not intended to improve public safety but rather "to
stigmatize, shame, and shut out a person who had been found guilty of a
crime."
Justice
Department
figures say Florida's law has disenfranchised roughly 10 percent of the
population. Similar laws in Mississippi bar 8 percent of the population
from voting, the figures say.
Three
states -- Florida, Iowa, and Kentucky -- permanently disenfranchise
convicted felons, unless the government approves an individual request
to have rights restored. Eight others -- Alabama, Arizona, Delaware,
Mississippi, Nevada, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wyoming -- bar at least
some, though not all, convicted felons from voting.
In
most states, voting rights are restored after a sentence is served,
though some also require completing terms of probation or parole. Nearly
all states bar felons from voting while they remain in prison.
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11 February 2014
What if I don't like it...
I told my wife that I wanted a bottle of good Scotch. I picked this up off the shelf and looked at the price. I said to the missus "what if I don't like it?" She started laughing hysterically right there in the liquor aisle. People were looking at her, wondering if she was a crazy lady (she is, kinda). She said to me "is there such a thing as whisky you don't like?" I bought the bottle. (I don't really care for whiskey that tastes like JP4, so yes, there are whiskeys that I don't like)
It's good to know that I can still make her laugh out loud on occasion. We have been married for over 40 years. She has seen and heard all of it before, so it's hard to get a reaction like the one that question got.
I shared this picture with a friend in Idaho. He said "Good Combo, Glenfiddich and bullets:)"
He has a sharp eye.
I'll do what I want...
7 Times Obama Did 'Do Whatever I Want' During His Presidency
“I’m sure I’m not supposed to, but we’re breaking protocol here,” President Barack Obama told reporters during a visit to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home. “That’s the good thing about being president. I can do whatever I want.”
>>> Check Out: Obama: “I Can Do Whatever I Want”
Of course the president simply means he’s the ultimate VIP, free to explore parts of the estate that would be off limits to a typical tourist. But his words have a double meaning. As president, his attitude toward Congress has often been “I can do whatever I want.”
It doesn’t take long to find examples.
- Just yesterday, the President delayed implementation of Obamacare’s employer mandate for certain companies that meet certain conditions the administration suddenly made up. The law, of course, specifically orders those companies to provide coverage beginning this year.
- Last year, Obama had pushed back the deadline for all employers from 2014 to 2015.
- The administration has also waived work requirements in a congressionally-passed welfare program.
- When Congress declined (repeatedly) to pass the DREAM Act, the administration cited “prosecutorial discretion” when it instructed federal officials to stop enforcing federal immigration law against a certain group of people.
- In 2012, the Department of Justice announced that it would stop enforcing the Defense of Marriage Act or defending it from legal challenge, rather than asking lawmakers to repeal the law.
- The Department of Education offered waivers to large parts of the No Child Left Behind law, replacing them with Common Core standards that haven’t been passed by Congress.
- During his State of the Union address, Obama promised to use executive orders to go around Congress when he wants to.
Link to original article here.
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