The week in review

In Detroit, the UAW revoked parking privileges of Marine Reservists because some drive foreign cars and, Gasp! have Bush bumper stickers attached to their transportation. The Marine Commander, LtCol Joe Rutledge, correctly told the UAW to shove it. The UAW, no longer able to blackmail auto companies for unreasonably high pay and benefits, has seen its membership and work opportunities shrink over the years due to NAFTA and automation. If the petty UAW doesn’t want to support the Marines, and thereby the Nation, in a time of war screw ‘em. They can only expect further declines in membership with this kind of silliness. Except for an 87 BMW I bought in Germany last year to cruise the local strassen, I have never owned a foreign car and don’t plan to start because some dope at the UAW has booted the Marines out of his parking lot – others will. This is proof positive the only thing Libs are truly pro choice about is killing babies. Otherwise you cannot chose to own a gun especially a handgun, drive a large SUV – even an American made one, smoke in the restaurant that you own, build a house on your own private property or wear a fur coat. Yes, Libs are truly a tolerant crowd. Later, dopes at the UAW, under a hail of criticism, tried to backtrack when they allowed the Marines back in their parking lot. Too late, LtCol Rutledge has made other arrangements for his Leathernecks.

As noted several posts below, President Bush’s trip to Europe was opportunity for “Old” Europe to grow a backbone and get on board with restoring order in the chaotic Middle East. Others in the MSM characterized the trip as “fence mending” or “conciliatory”. Well proof positive that Lex was right and media bigs were WRONG are the appointments of fire-breathing, UN-bashing John Bolton as UN Ambassador and “neocon” Paul Wolfowitz to the World Bank. These are two of the most corrupt organizations in the world. They need to be taken up by the boot heel and shaken vigorously. Wails from the Libs, both foreign and domestic, indicate that Lex’s take on the President’s Euro tour was the correct one.

A FL court, a seedy husband and others for some mysterious reason want to starve Terri Schiavo to death. I don’t get it. This woman has loving family that is willing to care for her. Volunteer organizations have offered to bankroll the expense of sustaining her. I’m not sure I’d want to live like Terri. But I don’t know what’s in her mind and I sure as hell don’t want to be starved to death – ever. I would hope that the husband would simply cede his legal status to Terri’s family and get on with his life. Oh, and where are the candlelight vigils we see outside prisons when some piece of human debris is being sent to his maker? Shouldn’t these death penalty protesters be outside the hospital where Terri is? Criminals seem to get a more humane death than the one that the FL court is imposing on Terri.

A CA court has found that the state cannot prohibit gay marriage. Shocking! Shocking! Reps should be able to juxtapose this decision against Dems refusal to pass the President’s judicial nominations. I hate to see the current crop of Pols, on either sides of the aisle, mess with the Constitution. I don’t think any of them are capable of improving upon the founder’s original work. The answer is not an amendment to the Constitution. The answer is getting rid of activist judges. You cannot amend the Constitution fast enough to keep up with activist judges. If you did, the current 11 page document would have to be thousands of pages long. Bovine excrement judges/courts who consistently hand down bovine excrement decisions need to be held accountable by ELECTED officials. The only good thing about the current situation is that the Dems are threatening to shut down the government, which is what the conservatives have tried to do for 40 years - finally some bi-partisanship!