As President Elect has stated he will close Guantanamo Bay, the question remains what will we do with all the confirmed terrorists who are being held there? Are they free to join their comrades in jihad against Americans, British, Jews, and the seekers of Liberty? The JDL has some more information on these bastards see http://www.adl.org/terrorism/symbols/lashkaretaiba.asp
Were the attacks on the World Trade Center an act of war? Juxtaposed against that incident what should one classify this week attack in Mumbai.
If this incident had occured in New York, should I read this man his miranda rights?, Should terrorist have all due process of the law and as such ” lawyer up” thwarting the best interest of the nation, and city to determine the nature, scope, personnel, weapons and plans of the group. Or if any other attacks are likely to take place.
This is a scary scary incident, and has the potential for replication. Law enforcement in this nation, state and city must immediately create elite units to combat this blitzkrieg form of terrorism. These police units must be of a commando nature and immediately conduct join training with special forces in the military. We are not prepared to deal with this. We need the best, brightest, in continuous physical training” to cope with future events of this nature and magnitude.
What defines an act of war and if an incident is an act of war should ha beaus corpus and due process of the law apply or do military tribunals have jurisdiction and venue over such acts. I was all for closing down Guantanemo Bay, now this and I wonder.
Today, I heard the news of riots in Iceland. Calls for the government to resign and attacks on a Police Facility after a protester was arrested.
The late great Justice Cardozo stated ” the harm that is reasonable to foresee defines the duty obligated”.
Iceland is a homogeneous nation, Caucasian blue eyed decedents of Vikings. They are peaceful and have one of the lowest crime rates in the world. They were renown as Fisherman and had no political agenda or platform on the world stage close to out nation. But now RIOTS because there banks collapsed and with it the entire well being of it’s citizens.
Today, Americans are greatly overextended last night I observed on television one of those ” get rid of your debt ” firms. They stated the average American has ” 8″ credit cards.
Here is reality, A home worth less today than yesterday, 8 credit cards, a mortgage and home equity loan,( had to have a granite kitchen top) car loans, ( had to have an Expedition) trips and cruises on credit cards, ( I’m entitled to a cruise) borrowing from pension and retirement funds, ( You can’t take it with you, ) student loans that are in the hundreds of dollars, medical bills, co payments and dental expenses. We are a nation built on debt and we have been living beyond our means.
We will have our riots and we will not play as nice as the Icelander’s.
The passage of Proposition 8 in California denying gay Americans the right to marry is the first fault line. Many in the gay community are shocked that the African American and Latino community did not support the effort for marital equality. This marginalization of civil rights will steadily increase with larger demonstrations. This will attract media attention and other groups will follow the tactic and groups will unite. The second fault line will be the undocumented alien community ” DAY LABORERS” as the economy contracts they will be without work not able to feed their families and taxing the non for profit ” activist” progressive community who will join them. The largely Latino immigrant community will be organized by the Catholic Church whose future is dependent upon the Latino community support. Lastly municipal workers will join as they have layoffs and are requested to take “pay cuts” because of a decreased tax base to the states.
Folks this will get scary. And the worst is yet to come.
David Bowie reflected on this in the 1974 with Young Americans, love from the Dick Cavett show, My how history repeats itself.
“Because of the potential to cause fear and damage public confidence” Metropolitan Police In England are declining an offer by elected officals to increase their department’s officers who are equipped with ” taser devices” see http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/25/met-london-police-taser-guns
The use of the taser has been the subject of controversy in the United States because of fatalities which have occurred during it’s use by law enforcement personnel. See the following link for a video back in 2004, and the controversy over the weapon continues.
Hail Caeser RUBIN as He Will Replace Caeser Paulson both Goldman Sachs Alumni
I can’t believe it $7.7 trillion in taxpayer money half of the entire economic output of the nation to be given in loans to ” save us” from the fraudulent crooks on Wall Street and in the financial and banking community. See;http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=arEE1iClqDrk&refer=home
I have previously posted on this financial crisis. I strongly oppose the financial bailouts primarliy because its taxpayer monies for private corporations, ( taxes are for the health safety and welfare of it’s citizens)
Lastly the non elected governmental Treasury officials Caeser Paulson under Bush and now Caesar Rubin under Obama have strong financial and economic ties to the bailed out firms. see http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/4142.html ( Rubin Selling Stock ) They are both part of Goldman Sachs which as far as I’m concenred is a greedy greedy firm. To see how Goldman and Citibank behave read today’s Wall Street Journal, they are all predator’s from the jurasic era. See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122748970896452051.html
Don’t you Recall how Goldman et al constantly threaten to leave New York City unless they get ” tax incentives and abatement’s?
These same bastards have New York and New Jersey fighting over them to locate in their respective states, and in the process, they deplete property taxes. see http://www.quantnet.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1424
Sadly, one of the Board of Directors of Citicorp is Robert Rubin, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rubin and now President Elect Obama is turning to this man as the economic guru. I mean are you kidding me he was at Harvard, Goldman and on Citicorps board of directors and he missed the red flags and drove Citicorp off the Cliff in gods name are they being picked and why are they not of the ethical fortitude to admit to conflicts of interest and as such rec-using themselves, and if they don’t why is Congress not intervening in this madness.
I mean can’t we all see it these guys and gals are all from the same country club oh yes their only difference they drive blue and red golf carts!
And of Course The Pet Shops Boys Knew This All along!
The above video was taken after President Elect Obama’s election. Williams burgh has become the South Village of New York, with a Bohemian edge last seen in the East Village and the infamous ” Tompkins Park Riots’. The New York Times and the Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward concluded that the Police were a major cause of the riots. Below is the video of the event and for some information on this event please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompkins_Square_Park_Police_Riot_(1988)
Tompkins Park, was in my opinion the last ” social uproar” in the City, fueled by a lack of affordable housing, gentrification, government inaction to Homelessness and the correlation with mental health, lack of police accountability and professionalism and the East Village as the last affordable ” cul de sac” for the critical art community in New York.
The Issue- Would an economic collapse with a deep recession and or depression cause major civil unrest and will new technology allow agenda driven and or radical activist / anarchists to further cripple society.
Am I joking, and I a gloom and doom depressive soul . Not at all the financial collapse and the economic tsunami resulting will be devastating and most folks are naively ignoring facts.
Apparently during discussions between Congress and the Bush Administration led by Caesar Paulson there came a point in the dialouge that Treasury Secretary Paulson warned of a depression and martial law. http://www.infowars.com/?p=6105
Martial Law is a draconian measure ” the suspension of civil authority” implemented during war occupation and periods of reconstruction. During such periods our normal process of due process of the law is removed and persons arrested are processed through the military tribunals and Habeas Corpus is suspended. See;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law
With today’s instant communications via cell phone, tweeter, texting, facebook, digg it and myspace, large groups can mass together very rapidly. As such , disorder can occur very quickly and in today’s still omnipresent ” terrorist threat” benevolent groups could be infiltrated and or targeted by this nations and the worlds liberty and freedom enemies.
If Social failures created the kindling for ” Haight Ashbury” in the 60’s and Tompkin Park in the 80″s an economic collapse will have its first civil unrest in Williams burgh Brooklyn, and the NYPD will have to be very careful in handling the social unrest caused by the villain’s on Wall Street.
The issue, should police, teachers, fireman and other public servants be able to enjoy first amendment freedom of speech protections when they engage in hate speech or conduct? A secondary issue is whether unions should support and give legal aid to members whose engage in hate conduct or behavior.
Justice Thomas dissent in Virginia v Black ( see http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/01-1107.ZD.html) is interesting reading and persuasive in this matter. The sum and substance in his dissent is that cross burning is a violent terrorist attack, as such void of any valuable indicia of protected speech. He sites that the public has a right to balance the physical safety of it’s citizens against a persons free speech rights. I agree, and in the present case a Trooper in a KKK costume is engaging in ” terror conduct” and as such should not enjoy any civil servant employment protections as he poses a possible threat against persons of colors, and especially African Americans.
I fully believe that a Police Officer, Trooper and or any other public servant wearing a racial hate groups garments is an act which should lead to their immediate dismissal. The reason ,the officers intentional racially charge act clearly indicate he will not act in a fair manner to people of color in his professional capacity. Tax payers don’t have to subsidize racist bigots, homophobes and anti Semites. Police officers are trained in the law and have to undergo sensitivity training before they are given a badge and gun. As such we have superior knowledge of the law and conduct which is insensitive, hostile and or discourteous to the rights of other. IN GENERAL POLICE SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF IMPARTIALITY IN THEIR ON DUTY AND OFF DUTY PERSONAL CONDUCT.
Intentionally, sending a picture of yourself dressed in the hateful robes of the KKK and doing so with the full knowledge that these A -holes savagely lynched African Americans is behavior grossly indifferent to society and an overt act of racial hatred. The governor was right to fire them.
Here is the chilling report “Numerous eye-witnesses say she was forced into a hole, buried up to her neck then pelted with stones until she died in front of more than 1,000 people last week.
Thank God Amnesty International is involved in the preliminary investigation into this modern day homicidal mob attack. That the Police in this nation and or the government has not arrested the perpetrators in this murder shocks me.
How can anyone with a brain belive that extreme religous beliefs are a positive force. How could 1000 people do nothing my GOD she is a child! Somalia is out of control Pirates on the high seas, Sharia law kiling little children. Here is the Amnesty link http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17927 Chilling , Brutal Savage Killers.
GM Brass Are Smoking Crack If They Think This Box Will Save Them.
I’m no automotive guru, and generally don’t write about non criminal , or real estate matters. However, I’ve been hoping Detroit can turn things around for the good of their employees and for the nation. One out of every 10 manufacturing jobs is automotive based. see; http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081103/AUTO01/811030343# Now I will readily admit that i try and be ” green” but I love muscle cars.
Recenly GM has requested nearly 25 billions dollars in Federal assistance for a possible take over of Chrylser. see http://www.newsweek.com/id/159536/page/1 Logically, that does not make sense to me as both companies really are not doing well. see http://blogs.businessweek.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/ 12234.1336412597 In fact the whole US automotive manufacturing business is on the ropes. Is this going to be the death of good ole made in the USA cars, I don’t know but they are in real dire straits. Some conservatives are opposing any measures. They argue that big unions, bad designs, poor managment and lack of vision and free market principles dictate they should sink or swim on their own. see http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTZiNmQ1YmQyZjRlNTVjNjllYjBkODdlZDZjNWQ0Zjc=
The Infinit G35 white hot sexy muscle.
I bought a 2005 Infiniti G35 coupe, ( and just paid it off last year) partly becaused i fell in love my High School 70’s with the Datsun 240Z. I guess this was my mid life crisis.
The photo on the left is what my High School Gym Teacher drove. I love it sleek, sexy, and racy.
Now you decide, but the below photo of a 70’s Camaro in my humble opinion is was awe inspiring , daring, riske, vogue , muscle stud. As they say in the Bronx maybe Im Old School, but the new line up from GM is not Kool. They have real design and imagination problems. Is it time for QUEER EYE FOR THE DETROIT GUYS
Even it’s sister the Trans Am became legendary and iconic in music when Bruce Springsteen in his Cadiallac Ranch song sang ” even Burt Reynolds in his black trans am all going to meet at the Cadiallac Ranch. I can’t see Kayne West or 50 cent celebrating the new camaro. Sad stuff. To see the whole line up see;http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081103/AUTO01/811030343#
