Tag: Laws

Who’s The Crook?

They are all bums…..they are all liars………they are all crooks……and they are all corrupt…….you have heard this all before….no matter which party you lean to…..the other is all a bunch of crooks and liars……Personally, I have been saying it for at least 30 years….maybe more……but now……there is some validity to the accusations……….

Voters are more convinced than ever that most congressmen are crooks.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters now view most members of Congress as corrupt. That’s up seven points from June and the highest finding yet recorded. Just 29% think most members are not corrupt, and another 25% are not sure…

Similarly, a whopping 85% of voters think most members of Congress are more interested in helping their own careers than in helping other people. That’s a record high for surveys stretching back to early November 2006. Only seven percent (7%) believe most of the legislators are more interested in helping other…….

Could it be that the voter is just pissed at Washington….well, yes and no……I will tell you why I say yes…..

I recently wrote a piece about the insider trading being committed by members of Congress……..

Four university researchers examined 16,000 common stock transactions made by approximately 300 House representatives from 1985 to 2001, and found what they call “significant positive abnormal returns,” with portfolios based on congressional trades beating the market by about 6 percent annually.

What’s their secret? The report speculates, but does not conclude, it could have something to do with the ability members of Congress have to trade on non-public information or to vote their own pocketbooks — or both.

The researchers, Alan J. Ziobrowski of Georgia State University, James W. Boyd of Lindenwood University, Ping Cheng of Florida Atlantic University and Brigitte J. Ziobrowski of Augusta State University, noted that the circumstances are ripe for abuse.

“In the course of performing their normal duties, members of Congress have access to non-public information that could have a substantial impact on certain businesses, industries or the economy as a whole. If used as the basis for common stock transactions, such information could yield significant personal trading profits,” they wrote.

So members are getting rich trading on information that the rest of us do not…….that is illegal…it is called insider trading…..the SAME thing that Martha Stewart was convicted of doing…..so why has the media NOT made a bigger deal out of this…..I mean Wiener’s wiener was NOT illegal…insider trading is…..why is the justice dept not investigating?

And then there is the investments of the House majority leader, Eric Cantor….while what he is doing is NOT illegal….it is a conflict of interests with his duties as the majority leader…..

Debt ceiling negotiations were shut down by House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) last week. This raised renewed fears that the U.S. is on the verge of total credit default, and it raised a question as to whether Cantor – the GOP’s key operative in debt ceiling talks – has a “glaring” conflict of interest. According to Salon, Cantor may be fighting against government credit default in Congress, but he’s personally invested in a mutual fund that will “skyrocket” should default occur.

SO one of the so-called “geniuses” of the GOP is betting against the country as he negotiates the economy situation……is that about it?  And the media has not jumped on this story either….they had rather let Nancy Grace’s head explode or report on a runaway Chihuahua…than focus on the real problems with this country…..it is ruled by criminals and liars…..you would think the justice dept would be all over a report like this….you would think!

All this is sickening!  These people are corrupt and crooks and especially liars…..the sooner we find a way to replace these criminals the better….at this point I am open to anything for a real change…..

Are We A Country Of Legal Rights?

Daily Agitator

I am sure that this will get some people’s dander up….but keep in mind that I am NOT making a call on guilt or innocence…….

I was not gonna post anymore on the Anthony trial but since the media has turned this into a three ring circus….I feel I must!

We Americans are proud of our country especially because of our rights and freedoms, at least that is what we are told to be proud of daily, but (there seems to to always a but) there are times that I have a hard time understanding the thinking…..Americans are an emotional people, and at times act in a contrary way than what the Constitution and such say…….

By now everyone with hearing knows that Casey Anthony was been found not guilty of murder….my most appreciative thing about the trial was listening to Nancy Grace self destruct and her head explode at the verdict, that aside….I do not post too often on gossipy crap but this time I will make an exception……

People are all over the media saying what a travesty of justice has been done……of course these are all personal opinions….but look at from a legal point of view and leave the media induced emotionalism behind……the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a shadow of doubt…..is that not what our laws say…..innocent until proven guilty?  The prosecution did not prove its case on her guilt.  That should be enough for the citizens, but instead the media has turned this into a circus for the sake of ratings…..I am not voicing my opinion on whether she is guilty or not, my opinion is just that MINE, I am however saying that because were are a nation of laws and procedures and after a trial of her peers she was found to be not guilty and that should be enough for the people….the system worked the way it was designed to work…..

All the hysteria and emotions that have been poured out by the people is disgusting…….there have even been death threats and physical harm threats against the people on the jury because they did NOT find this person guilty……they did not act the way that the media wanted and so now we have every nut job being trotte3d out to a mic so we can hear what the media wants us to hear….this is unacceptable….if these dirt bags want to harm someone then go after the prosecution, because they did not make their case…..but leave the people on the jury alone…..

And why do all these people think Anthony is guilty?  Basically, because the media made the case against her few of the hysterical people were in the courtroom to hear the evidence so they are talking smack brought on by the media……

Like I said earlier, I am NOT making a judgment on the verdict or the guilt of the person…I am speaking from a purely analytical point of view…..my biggest bitch is that the media has the power to convict a person even before a trial and then has the power to question the verdict to the point that Americans go bat shit crazy and will possibly break the law…if so, where does that serve the public’s best interests?

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

AHHHHHHHHH!  The weekend and a short reprieve from the mundane crap that keeps me going…..politics and economics……sad that my life has come to that, huh?  Sad but for me……. exhilarating!

I am constantly looking for good examples of IRONY………

We all have our little bitches about the laws we have to live with daily….some hate the ones about weed….others hate traffic ones and some dislike the ones we have about drinking or sex or ….well whatever you feel that is unfair…..and then there are those that take top the streets in protest of a perceived unjust law….and this is one of those people…..

I found this article in Reuters……

A bare-headed motorcyclist riding in protest of New York state’s helmet law crashed, struck his head on the roadway and died from his injuries, state police said on Sunday.

Philip Contos, 55, was riding among a large group of motorcyclists staging an organized protest ride in western New York near Syracuse against the state law requiring all motorcyclists to wear helmets.

The Parish, New York, resident crashed on Saturday on Route 11 in Onondaga, New York, and was pronounced dead later at a local hospital, state Trooper Robert Jureller said.

“The doctor felt that the death could have been prevented if he simply had been wearing a helmet,” Jureller said. “He hit the brakes, lost control, was ejected and struck his head on the road. He suffered a skull fracture.”  (I want to thank a loyal reader, Phillip of Darklynoon(blogroll will get you to his blog) for bringing this to my attention.)

This may not have been the most effective way to protest………..My grandfather always said, “if you’re gonna be stupid you betta be tough” ……..I give props for his gumption but I do not think that he made the point he was trying for…..do you?

Boy, Is The Media Pissed!

For years I have been bitching about the media and how it has started driving news instead of reporting……the media faces do more editorializing than reporting…..and when they are caught with their drawers down….they get pissed!

And they are pissed now!

First, the news story of the abuse by DSK, you know that French dude that attacked a chamber maid, come to find out after a couple of months the case against him is falling apart….he may not be the pig that the media wanted him to be…I am not saying that he is NOT a pig but that the story driven by the media may be completely wrong….  It seems his accuser may not be telling the truth, the whole truth, so help her God!  The media got it wrong!

And by now everyone has heard the news that Casey Anthony was found Not Guilty of killing her child…..for months and years we were bombarded by the media with every minute detail of the evidence and lastly the long trial…..even to the point that news ceased to exist with the exception of her trial…..media drove this story for years….they had her convicted in the court of public opinion and now they were once again found with crap on their faces…..and the media is pissed!

I am NOT going to say that Anthony did not kill her child, just that in the eyes of the law she is Not Guilty….she may walk but for the rest of her life she will be linked to OJ….comparisons and such will forever dog her…thanx to the media she will FOREVER be guilty of killing her child…….please before everyone starts accusing me of whatever……I am NOT defending her in any way….just pointing out that the media has tried to convict 2 people in the last couple of years and has failed to do so…..the media is pissed!

Regardless of how you feel about Anthony, whether she is guilty or innocent, her life as she knew it is OVER!  Her options are very limited…..she will not be able to live a so-called “normal” life…..she will most likely make a porn tape, get involved with drugs and be dead within 5 years….so I guess that all those that have bought into her guilt will eventually have their revenge or as they call it…..JUSTICE.

Will the media learn from these two failures to control the story outcome?  Doubtful, they are like politicians…they do NOTHING wrong…it is not their responsibility to report news only!  They want to control the news not report it…..and now the media is pissed!

Divorcing? No Sex!

AH!  Zen!  My respite from the mind f*ck that is politics…..a couple of days to relax and  mentally refresh……

I bitch about the fact that the GOP, the party of smaller government , is spending a lot of political capital to inject the government into the middle of people’s lives, personal lives, that is…..Newser website has a good report on this type of intrusion….

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would forbid parents from having sex inside their homes while getting divorced. The bill is intended to reduce domestic violence and protect children until their parents’ divorce is finalized, supporters tell My Fox Boston. But critics aren’t comfortable with the idea of the government regulating parents’ sex lives. The state is also considering a separate bill that would end lifetime alimony, imposing the kind of payment caps already in effect in most states. Click here for the text of the bill.

I am sorry….but this is one of those things that falls into the category of “none of their f*cking business”!  And I do wish that conservs would let the tag line of small government go….there is NOTHING small about the proposals that these state reps are trying to do…..it is the nanny state that they accuse the Dems of constantly…they need to stay out of people’s bedrooms….there is NOTHING there they need to be concerned over!

The GOP is becoming more and more silly with each passing election…the only way they can win is to LIE and LIE heavily….but I enjoy seeing the party of small government shoot themselves in the dick….

Washington Needs A Civics Class

From the VOMITORIUM

The clowns that we have elected are in the process of debating (if you call appearances on cable as debating) how to get a budget without shutting down the government…..but as usual some politico just has toi say something stupid….this time it is the House majority whip, Eric Cantor……

House Republicans will introduce legislation, likely by the end of this week, that would make it so that if Congress is unable to come to an agreement over an operating budget, the GOP’s version would simply become law of the land.

Announced by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Wednesday, the legislation would make it so that “if the Senate fails to pass a measure before April 6, 2011 providing for the appropriations of the departments and agencies of the Government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, H.R. 1 (as passed by the House on February 19, 2011) becomes law.” The bill also stipulates that Members of Congress and the President will not get salary payments in the event of a shutdown or the U.S. debt limit being reached.

First of all…….WTF?  Did I miss something while I was asleep?  NOTHING and I repeat that for those that may have not been paying attention…..NOTHING becomes law without a vote in the House and a signature of the president……I think Cantor needs a “F” in Civics 101…..or maybe this what they want…..total control and no need for a process that has served us well in the past (unfortunately it is NOT working so well in the past 20 years)…….

An Imaginative Law Breaker

It is yet another Sunday and I have found more humor and absurd news to get away from the drudgery of politics and the economy……

We all have been stopped by a cop and tried to lie our way out of it…..wife is in the hospital or I suffer from diarrhea and had to get home quickly or I was tuning the radio and did not notice I was speeding……well you get the idea….but then there is this law breaker trying to talk his way out of an arrest……

unreasonablefaith.com/2011/03/05/dru……

Okay I have a joke to go along with this…..how does a nun have sex?  She dresses up like an alter boy!  (insert rim shot here)……

But She Asked To Be Raped

From the VOMITORIUM

I do not know if people have heard this story that occurred in Texas…..a 11 year old girl was gang raped by 18 boys ranging in age to the oldest described as a young adult male…..a horrendous crime under normal circumstances but a recent event to discuss the attack sank into a wealth of blaming the 11 year old for instigating the attacks…..

This from a report in the Houston Chronicle…….

A meeting Thursday night that was billed as a way to discuss concerns some have about the investigation into a series of alleged sexual assaults on an 11-year-old girl turned into a forum that many used to blame the girl police contend is the victim of heinous attacks.Many who attended the meeting said they supported the group of men and boys who have been charged in the case. Supporters didn’t claim that the men and boys did not have sex with the young girl; instead they blamed the girl for the way she dressed or claimed she must have lied about her age — accusations that have drawn strong responses from those who note an 11-year-old cannot consent to sex and that it doesn’t matter how she was dressed.

For of all…….The age of consent in Texas is 17 and ignorance of a girl’s age is not a legal defense.

And now for the most tacky part…….gang raped an 11 year old…..come on morons…..what part of that excuse of the way she was dressed is sounds the most stupid?  How can anyone defend this action?  Nobody wants to be responsible for their actions……..these males are sex offenders, rapists, and should be treated as such…there is NO defense of their actions!

It’s Abortion Time Again

It is that time of the year again….when all politicians turn to the issue of abortion…..the Congress is trying to put it into all bills that come before them, GOP is trying to crush Planned Parenthood, as they did ACORN and are attacking unions, all this is an assault on any organization that would help the Dems politically….the GOP is trying desperately to destroy the base of the Democratic Party……

Enough of my diatribe on the political climate in the Country and Washington…..

As anyone knows who reads Info Ink, I do not normally write on emotional issues with the exception of some craziness…..abortion is one of those issues….personally, I am pro-life….but that is not my decision to make, whether to have an abortion or not…….this is a privacy issues to me and as such NO one has the right to stick their nose in anyone’s business…..to those mental midgets that want the government out of their business…that applies to this issue also….the government should be  all in or all out…….

With that said…it is onward to my point….

In Kansas there is a trial of an Attorney General of the state for the misuse of his office in a targeted attack on the people that went to a clinic of an assassinated abortion doctor, Tiller……it seems that this official used lies to obtained medical records and hotel registries and even had patients and family followed and put under observation…all because his is a pro-lifer…he is using his office for the pursuit of a personal agenda and NOT the business of the state……..his hearing is to determine if he did anything wrong and the possibility of a dis-bar-ment, if found guilty……

WAIT!  Being dis barred will be his greatest punishment?  He infringed on people’s right to privacy and their civil rights and he may be dis-barred?  Is it just me or is that just damn ludicrous?  What about the rights of the people…you know those damn silly things that the Constitution guarantees its citizens?

Here comes my big finish!  These people do NOT want a woman to have a choice in a pregnancy and when they get their way…they will be the same people that bitch about all those women on welfare that are having babies to game the system…..but yet they do not want these women to have a choice….

Will someone explain to these people just how flippin’ MORONIC they are!  I apologize….moronic is a strong word……instead I will use……. STUPID!

“The Hammer” Gets Hammered

Back in the early days of the 21st century, the speaker of the House Tom DeLay, was known as the “Hammer” because of his heavy handed treatment of others in Washington…….DeLay conspired with two associates to use his Texas-based political action committee to send $190,000 in corporate money in 2002 to an arm of the Washington-based Republican National Committee. The RNC then sent the same amount to seven Texas House candidates. Under Texas law, corporate money can’t go directly to political campaigns.

After many years of legal dancing and him dancing with the stars the trial has rendered a verdict……from Salon.com…….

A judge has ordered U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.

The sentence comes after a jury in November convicted DeLay on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. DeLay was once one of the most powerful men in U.S. politics, ascending to the No. 2 job in the House of Representatives.

Which is a slap on the hand….why?….he was looking at the possibility of a life sentence……will justice be done?  Not if lawyers have their way……

The Texas money laundering law is usually associated with drug dealers or white collar criminals, and Tom DeLay‘s defense attorneys say they will try to keep the former U.S. House majority leader out of prison with an appeal that focuses largely on questions about whether the law was ever intended to apply to election violations.Unlike in most money laundering cases, prosecutors argued he stood to benefit not financially but through political power.

The creative use of the statute — the first time it was ever applied in such a case — was key to his convictions on money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering charges.

Is it possible that a crook like DeLay will walk on money laundering charges?  You betcha!  Will justice be done here?  Not a chance, if the lawyers have their way………we will be watching!