The Mississippi Code of 1972 states



My question: I have no clue why this law in still on the books there. I know these laws, even in Mississippi, are never enforced but why not scrap them for good. They are a reminder of a harsh morality of a prior age where the court judged for your conduct in the bedroom.

From the Seattle Times

With the problems that we have as a nation, requires community-based solutions to solve. This rheortic was okay during the frontier days but we live in a complex and interdependent society today.

Glenn Beck knows this but instead wants to invoke imagery of a long, historic past that no longer exists. Individualism worked well in the frontier but now, everybody is dependent each other for survival. At then end of the day, the community working as a collective is far more efficient than a bunch of individuals competing againist each other.

At the end of the day, Social Darwinism does not accomplish the long-range interests of the society and it also does not achieve the long-term goals of the people who embrace it. Society is interdependent on each other and once we embrace this concept, we can overcome massive problems that we have. People like Beck are a cancer in this society because they emotionally manipulate people to believe that "fend for yourself" mentality is the best. In reality, it does achieve anything concrete and is a barrier on the road towards true

Republican Mike Heller is a mean man. From the Las Vegas Sun

Washington — Republican Rep. Dean Heller is emerging as Nevada’s newest frank-talking politician — one in a line of elected officials who speak their mind, political correctness be damned.

Consider his remarks last weekend at the Elko Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner when he wondered aloud if extending unemployment benefits is keeping people from finding work.

“Is the government now creating hobos?” Heller said, according to the Elko Daily Free Press.

Nevada, mind you, is a state with a 13 percent jobless rate.

It was not the first time that the congressman’s impolitic remarks pingponged around the blogosphere.

and there is more

"It’s a common view in Republican circles that the longer unemployed people receive unemployment checks, the longer they stay out of work.

“Benefits subsidize unemployment,” wrote James Sherk in a January memo for the conservative Heritage Foundation. “They reduce the need to search for new work and to make difficult choices — such as moving or switching industries — to begin a new job.”

Unemployment insurance provides for up to two years of benefits.

Maurice Emsellem, co-director of policy at the National Employment Law Project, said although it is true that studies show people remain out of work up to two weeks longer while on unemployment checks, that extra time helps them secure a better job — one with insurance, for example — rather than settle for the first thing that comes along."

At the end of the day, these guys state that you cannot find a job became a capitalist yourself. Start your own business. Become dependent on yourself and not others.

What happens if you have no funds and the banks do not provide investment capital to start a business? What happends if you cannot get the funding? Than, I am going to state that if subject condition exists than a social safety net is required. He should be made to answer this charge.

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Bush needs to learn to be brutally honest and admit his part for the transgressions that he did. Like every alcoholic, he never did the steps and he missed out on true recovery.

If he had works the steps, we would have never been led to the illegal war in Iraq. True recovery brings peace, hope, freedom, love.

As a recovered alcoholic with over 15 months of soberity, I choose the progressive path because the subject political philosphy agrees with the principle of the program.

He is the example why people need to do the steps and what becomes a person when they do not do the program.

This whole nation would have been better if George Bush went to AA meeting many years ago and stated "My name is George Bush and I am alcoholic". And did the steps and worked a good program, this country would be much greater shape.

I hear of weird weddings. However,getting married in a wrestling ring tops as a one of the odd locations that you can hold a wedding.

From ABC

"More than half (54 per cent) of women questioned in a survey thought rape victims should in some cases bear responsibility for their attack.

One in eight thought that dancing provocatively, flirtatious behaviour, or wearing revealing clothing made them partly to blame.

More women than men also thought that dressing sexily made the victim accountable for the assault.

The online poll of 1,061 men and women in London, called Wake Up To Rape, was carried out for Haven, which runs three sexual assault referral centres in the capital.

A fifth of the women said the victim was partly responsible if they went back to the assailant's house and a 10th said taking a drink from a stranger had unforeseen consequences.

Twenty per cent of women surveyed said they would not report a rape to police, with half of those citing shame or embarrassment as a reason.

Experts said the findings supported anecdotal evidence that a prevalent "blame culture" among women stopped them coming forward.

"Unfortunately, women have bought into the idea that sometimes the rape victim is to blame. Under no circumstances is a woman at fault for being raped," said Dr Jan Welch, clinical director at one of the Haven centres.

My comment: How cruel are these ladies. Men have to learn hold their hormones and when a woman says "no, it means "no".

I watching Book Tv and some old women about 75 years old starts rant about Sarah Palin is some great leader. Then she goes on how Obama is a looney liberal and does not support trips. Yada, Yada, Yada!

This women was the classic example of RNC talking points coming out to rest. The problem is that she is probably retired and has nothing better to do all day than watch Fix News. She does not know how to use a computer and fact check Fox News aganist actual reality. Therefore, she believes that Fox News is the only source of news around.

I believe she has fallen into the trap of being emotionally mainpulated by Roger Ailes and Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin might be not be the smartest person around, but I bet she is really good at emotionally manipulating people especially old, angry voters.

My problem with this group. They actually vote and show up for the RNC machine. And the youth vote would rather go play on X-Box or Facebook than actually challenging the RNC machine.


Oh, and Mike Malloy has some choice words for Sarah Palin in this Youtube clip

Maybe, the real reason why I listen to Malloy is that he says what I really think about Sarah Palin and he has better wording than I do for it.

I thought California is worst shape. After reading this article from the AP, I learned that Nevada is far worse off state than California.

At the end of the day, you cannot rely your economy on gambling. Real jobs from building a significant industrial based on high technology and alternative energies is the solution.

Thomm Hartmann has speaking about this issue a lot and I think Nevada based its on economy on a house of cards. It is economy is based on the bubble economy. Gambling and tourism are based on when people have wealth based on paper assets that really do not exist and end when the Ponzi scheme is over.

I have more hope my state than Nevada. I just do not how they are getting off this rut.

TPM reports that Tea-Baggers are not in the tea-partying business to make money.

In reality, these are people that have been indoctrinated with tradition and sense of patriotism. They feel that this patriotism is part of the American tradition.

The key thing that we understand is what "liberty" means. To have real dialouge with a teabagger, you got to have through discussion of the concepts of liberty and patriotism. You have to get them to define what "liberty" means and "patriotism" means,

I think it would be a very interesting discussion instead of try to resenting them. If they cannot precisely define what those concepts mean to them, you have a group of people who have emotionally manipulated by Fox News.

For the guys who know their stuff, I think really believe in concept of "every man for himself" instead of collective community that the left embraces. And that is what they are telling us progessives even though their self-interest is best-served by our society.

For some, the money means nothing. It is "freedom" that they trying to protect but, in reality that freedom is an illusion.

Easy! Assess a small surtax on each Federal Tax return and use the money from the surtax to have public-financed election. The revenues from the Surtax can only be used for the public-financed elections and Congress cannot use the money for any other program except for public-financed elections.

Make a rule that no group can run ads in the election unless it is from the campaign using public-funded election. People and corporations are not allowed to donate money to candiates. The only money that can be used in the election is money from the surtax. And then may the best candidate win.

Maybe, in a parallel universe, somebody is actually doing this.

I read this blog on a conservative website. It seems the blogger uses an heavy appeal to emotion and some of the comments engage in heavy reliance on redbaiting.

The blogger does not use reason or logic to foward his point. I have seen some liberterian blogs that well written and advance their point very well.

It seems that Teabaggers are group that relies on emotion. Corporations use appeal to emotions when they advertise a product. It seems that unions and other programs are "communist" and that they are bad.

In reality, their emotion drives them to illogical conclusions. They side with people that do not serve their interests. They believe that not being union provides them with "economic freedom" but in reality, that "economic freedom" is a myth.

Maybe, the Tea-baggers are really that gullible and bought into lie. And they rely on emotion and that emotion makes them loud and draws attention. Therefore, the media listen to their emotional rants and raves and thinks there is a great angry mob. Their movement is really grassroots but it is foundation is based on bunch of illogical emotion and misconceptions about the idea of "economic freedom". For some members of the Tea Baggers, their anger borders an alcoholic resentment that only spirituality can solve like teaching the group the concept of unconditional love. If I catch one of these guys in the rooms of AA and they become my sponsee, I will turn them from an angry teabagger into progressive blue person that becomes a Burner.

In conclusion, the tea-baggers rely too heavily on appeal to emotion and have misguided anger that does little to solve their own problems. Instead of reading Glenn Beck's latest books, maybe they need to read Howard's Zinn - "People History of the United State".

From the Fort Meyers New Press

The conservative anti-tax, anti-spending, anti-status quo “Tea Party” mood of so many voters looks likely to cause an upset in Florida almost as remarkable as the one last week in Massachusetts.


With seven months to go before the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, right-wing upstart Marco Rubio of Miami has already caught and passed once-seemingly invincible Gov. Charlie Crist.


Rubio was 30 points behind when he entered the race; now he's even or slightly ahead.


With no big-name Democrat in the race, the Republican candidate will be the heavy favorite in November.

Crist’s moderate bipartisanship has turned into a big disadvantage with the Republican base, but an equally big problem is that he represents the status quo.
The energy this year is with the rebels.


Even some incumbents have caught the wave. Two-term incumbent Texas Gov. Rick Perry is leading U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Republican primary for governor, having erased her early lead by enthusiastically seeking Tea Party support.


Moderates like Crist should stop acting like deer in the Tea Party headlights. For one thing, they need to find the guts to speak out against just-say-no extremism.


The right government policies can help stimulate the economy and repair our deeply flawed system for paying for health care, problems for which the Tea Party has no answers.


We need those policies, and leaders with the courage to embrace and sell them.


My Comment: The Tea-Baggers are definitely angry and have the right to be angry. However, their anger is being target in the wrong directions and they believe that the free market is the solution to the problem

In reality, the free market will do little to solve their problem. It will actually make their problems worse.

Voting for the progressive candidate is their best solution. However, this group suffers from massive tunnel vision and is going to vote for Rubio over Crist.

Do you think that you are got get a raise in 2010.I will probably get a raise because I work for the feds. For the private sector and for certain state and local govenrments, this is not the case and people will have still have to endure pay freezes or wage decreases.

From the AP

"As aid masses in Haiti's devastated capital, time is running out in rural areas where the damage is no less severe. In Leogane, frustrated men gathered Saturday with machetes and clubs, ready to fight for a town they said the world has forgotten.

All along the cracked highway heading west from Port-au-Prince along the bay, people begged for help. "SOS," declared a sign near Leogane. "We don't understand why everything is going to Port-au-Prince, because Leogane was broken too."

That is putting it lightly.

Leogane's city center is a rubble pile spiderwebbed with fallen power lines, coastal Haiti re-landscaped as a post-apocalyptic film set. Two mass graves line the road to the capital, a few yellowed bodies thrown in to start a third.

At the corner of Rue La Croix and Pere Thevenot, a charming two-story built in 1922 that housed a pharmacy and a florist last week is a brickyard sepulcher for the couple who died trying to escape.

Blocks away a group of men gathered to defend a health clinic-turned-shelter against all comers: The local government, which wants to dig another mass grave there, criminals loosed from the capital's broken penitentiary, and looters as hungry as they are.

They said they do not want violence, but carried machetes, typical of this sugar-growing town, and clutched wooden pins and poles.

"There is no one in the police station. We haven't seen aid," said 28-year-old Philip Pierre, who manages a yogurt plant. "We are ready to die fighting if they don't listen to us."

Death has done brisk business here already, in a town where roaming Carnival bands were just getting in gear when the quake struck Tuesday, its epicenter just 12 miles (25 kms) to the east.

The stench emanating from rubble is intense, and among the residents' demands are the "big shovels" working in the capital to excavate bodies.

This is a sad tragedy and my heart goes out to the people. I guess the solution to the problem is that we all collectively take a week off from work and help rebuild the country.