DATE-5/23/05
The Filibuster
Lots of talk about this week’s implementation about the Filibuster “nuclear option”. Which is simply a rule change, don’t let the out of control rhetoric fool you.
Oh, and I saw Howard Dean on Meet the Press yesterday.
Please. This man does not have long. The only reason he was made chair of the DNC is because he threatened to run independently. With the left-wing kooks financed by drug dealing George Soros, well hey, the Dems need the money. Not that morals or the greater good should matter to our elected officials. It’s all about THEM.
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Sarah Lunde
Some recent information obtained by Journalists in Florida reveal that poor Sarah Lunde, the young girl recently murdered by her mother’s ex-boyfriend while her Mom was away, had a horrific life.
This poor child has a special place in heaven reserved for her.
LUNDE UPDATE
More than 1,000 pages of files from the state Department of Children & Families were released Tuesday detailing the family of Sarah Michelle Lunde and the background of David Lee Onstott, the convicted sex offender accused of trangling her.
Sarah's body was found April 16 in an abandoned fish pond near her family's mobile home in Ruskin. She was last seen April 9 after returning home from a church trip. Onstott had dated Sarah's mother, Kelly May, who divorced the girl's father, Richard Lunde, in 1997.
The reports released Tuesday date as far back as 1992, when the family lived in West Virginia.
In the girl's early days, the documents said, social workers reported she and her siblings were beaten and described the girl walking around for days at a time without a bath and in soiled clothes.
Documents allege that Richard Lunde beat his wife with a 2-by-4 while the children looked on. He also broke her ribs and injured her in other ways, the allegations said.
Sarah and her siblings allegedly were beaten on several occasions with belts, boards and fists.
In 1999, an anonymous caller reported that May and a boyfriend used drugs in front of the children. The caller also said the boyfriend was abusing the children, and that Sarah had been forced to sleep outside under a tree, according to the documents.
When state workers went to investigate, Sarah told them the boyfriend hit her 11 times with a belt the night before. Sarah was placed in foster care for a time.
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The Groene Murders
Kudos to the authorities in Idaho for keeping information close to the vest about the recent horrific murder of three people in Coeur D’Alene. This true crime is ongoing and two children remain missing.
Their mother, her boyfriend, and their 13 year old brother were found dead from a severe beating with a blunt object. This after being bound and tied.
We’ll keep a close eye on this case this week because it is certainly a strange one. And fingers crossed with prayers that those innocents are alive and well.
So far there’s little known about the crime. Though by me the Idaho investigators know way more than they’re telling. There are two children’s lives at stake here.
What little is known is that the couple hosted a Barbecue at their home on Sunday, May 15. The following day three of the five people who lived in the home were found bludgeoned and dead. Two people, the Groene children, are still missing.
One attendee to the barbecue has been grilled and submitted to a lie detector. He has since been released and deemed not involved in the crime by the investigators.
The key here is WHO else attended that barbecue. According to latest reports, all attendees have been contacted or voluntarily phoned in.
Look for something to break on this case soon.
From the AP
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- Detectives who questioned a man in the killings of three people ruled him out as a suspect Thursday and said they still had no idea where two children missing from the family's home were.
The man, Robert Roy Lutner, 33, of Hayden, voluntarily took and passed a polygraph test during a seven-hour interview with investigators, Kootenai County sheriff's Capt. Ben Wolfinger said. Lutner said he saw the three alive when he attended a "barbecue-type get-together" at their rural home Sunday night, less than 24 hours before the bodies were found.
"He had nothing to do with the death scene or the abduction of the children," Wolfinger said.
He was the last known visitor to the rural house where the victims, Brenda Kay Groene, 40; her 13-year-old son, Slade Vincent Groene; and her boyfriend, Mark McKenzie, 37, were discovered slain Monday evening.
County Coroner Dr. Robert West said Thursday the three were bludgeoned to death. He would not say when they died or what kind of weapon was used.
An Amber Alert had been issued Tuesday for Groene's missing children, Dylan Groene, 9, and Shasta, 8.
Newsweak Lied; People Died
People killed at Abu Gharab-0
People killed because of Newsweek-17
What is it with these people? Do they just, what, make up stuff? Can anyone just phone up the Lamestream media with a story to tell? And so long as it reflects badly on our duly elected administration or the military, they'll take it?
Have you ever tried to flush a book down a toilet?
And what's with those Arabs? Do they think acting like children is going to impress us? Haven't we had a crucifix dunked in urine in our predominantly Christian majority pasts?
So I'm not blaming Newsweak for the deaths. Newsweak didn't actually kill anyone. And someone ought to tell the administration that if they think the American public is aghast at that Koran and the toilet story, hey, we're not. It is much ado about nothing out here in la la land where we carry this country on our backs.
I DO blame Newsweak for releasing an improperly sourced story.
This humble Blogger releases unsourced stories every day. Also much speculation and rumination. Very much opinion stuff.
The difference being, my modest publication says so in the masthead.
Although these partisan lamestream publications have to do is...same thing.
The NY Times would, for instance, have at its masthead:
"This newspaper's editorial board consists mainly of well-educated, diverse metrosexuals who are hip, cool and happening. We've got our fingers on the pulse of the nation right here in this city that never sleeps. We don't like the archaic Bush administration or any administration which strives to pull us away from the European system of elitism to which we aspire."
Like that.
From-ABCNEWS:
May 16, 2005 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newsweek on Monday retracted a report that claimed U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had desecrated the Koran, which triggered days of rioting in Afghanistan and other countries in which at least 16 people were killed.
"Based on what we know now, we are retracting our original story that an internal military investigation had uncovered Koran abuse at Guantanamo Bay," Newsweek Editor Mark Whitaker said in a statement.
The White House on Monday challenged the accuracy of Newsweek's May 9 report which was based on an anonymous source and said it had damaged the U.S. image overseas.
For a really good take on some unanswered Newsweak questions:
From Townhall.com-Marvin Olasky
-- Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff says no one "foresaw that a reference to the desecration of the Koran was going to create the kind of response that it did." Newsweek assistant managing editor Evan Thomas says Muslim reaction "came as something of a surprise" to the magazine's editors. But no one familiar with Islam was surprised: Ardent Muslims treat copies of the Quran reverently and never place it on the floor; desecrating the Quran in Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia is a capital crime. Why are national magazine editors so theologically illiterate?
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The Horror!
Somewhere on the web we came across this:
A senior Pentagon official has confirmed reports that female interrogators rubbed their bodies against the men, wore skimpy clothes, touched them provocatively and pretended to spread menstrual blood on them. The Newsweek item that triggered the violence also said the forthcoming report would describe "one woman who took off her top, rubbed her finger through a detainee's hair and sat on the detainee's lap."
We hear there are scores of AMERICAN men now signing up for this “torture”.
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One More Example of American Torture
I don’t know how many lawyers Saddam has but all week there’s been one of every nationality vowing to sue.
Below a pic of Saddam in his underwear. Only some Internet wisenheimer got it into his or her head to “adjust” the underwear a tad. Just a slight change in brand.
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Hillary’s Fundraisers in Legal Hot Water
This email came into my Ebox.
It’s from a Mr. Paul who, along with a Mr. Rosen and a few others, find themselves in the same situation as anyone who ever tried to aid King and Queen Clinton.
There is currently an interesting court case ongoing. Mr. Paul is asking for money in this plaintive email. For sure Hillary won’t help. She got what she wanted, lied and cheated on the same campaign finance laws that she helped enact, and she’s moving on.
Paul, Rosen, et al, will soon be in jail same as Webb Hubbell and Susan McDougal and many before them.
Hillary, meanwhile, is a Senator from New York.
My whistle-blowing since March 2001 has led not only to the criminal case against Rosen but also to a first-ever civil lawsuit against a senator and a president, Hillary and Bill Clinton, for fraud – for having reneged on the promises made to me to induce me to become Hillary’s largest contributor through three fund-raisers including the largest of her campaign, the Hollywood gala.
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Political Cartoon of the Week
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The Bachelor
And so the TV remote settled on the grand finale of The Bachelor. A reality show that would have a single fellow choosing from 25 women to ... Well I'm not really sure what happens after the "choice" is made.
The finale of this series was mesmerizing. And boring. And totally not believable.
So why did I watch?
At some point during this three hour melodrama my mind literally removed itself from my body and began floating above my head. Because as the reality of the bachelor's dilemma and the drama of all the players involved sunk in, I simply had to watch to see how a)maudlin, b)unbelievable or c)ridiculous the show would become.
The Bachelor, a fellow named Charlie, was down to two final contestants: Sarah and Krisily. Since I haven't followed the show I'm not real familiar with Charlie except his brother is some sort of actor. As for Charlie, he seemed a likeable enough guy, kind of cute, a little bit on the goofy side.
Sarah and Krisily, Charlie's final two choices, seemed to be intelligent types; attractive and happening women with a grip on reality.
Which is why I have no idea why they allowed themselves to be put through the ordeal that Charlie and the show's producers put them through.
For Charlie couldn't make up his mind. He alleged he adored both of the finalists but would need extra time to decide.
Right then and there, under a more normal scenario and without benefit of television drama requirements, I'd have walked away from that situation immediately.
I mean if a guy can't make up his mind and has two ladies stringing along, and BOTH ladies know about it, well I'd be hightailing away from this bizarre scene toot de sweet.
Which is not to say that I'd expect ole Charlie, or his equivalent during this Grandmother Blogger's dating era, to follow me. Nope. I'd be walking away because if a guy can't make up his mind between two women I'd flip him the bird and tell him to have at the other one.
Because who needs it? I always said men are like a bus. You miss one, another one will soon come along.
This is also not to say my heart would not be broken. This Grandmother Blogger has fallen for many a fellow who did not fall back. But I'd rather have a broken heart and my pride than a whole boatload of hope. Over a guy? Ain't gonna happen.
The Wise I would also be scared out of my mind to get involved with a guy under these circumstances. If he can't make up his mind now who's to say he won't change it later? Boom, we get in an argument and he calls up the "other" woman. Who loved him enough to humiliate herself by awaiting the final "decision" and would likely welcome his back with open arms.
The show's producer made the final decision revelation an agonizing affair, bringing in the women's families, showing past tapes of Charlie with his two women, honing in on Charlie as he pined about the difficulty and pain he was experiencing with the choice.
I suppose it's all hype and part of the drama pumped up by this turn of events.
Charlie chose Sarah by the way. The rejected one, Krisily, took it bravely. Which I suspect was scripted. Couldn't have Krisily boo-hooing all over the TV causing the audience to hate Charlie.
And the show.
I didn't hate Charlie. He seemed sincere for the most part. I will always think that Krisily would have been better off wishing Charlie and Sarah good luck and walking away. Instead she pined and hoped that Charlie would choose her.
Then I suppose Krisily got a nice check in the mail for her drama.
American Idol
It's Vonzell, Bo or Carrie as of this writing.
By me they are all very talented and quite capable of being 2005's American Idol.
On the night of the final three, each contender sang three songs. One song was chosen by the Judges. One the contestants chose themselves. One was chosen by Clive Davis, chairman of the record company that will be marketing the records of the AI winners.
They all did fine. As well they should because by the time it rolls around to the final three the remaining contenders should be comfortable in their skin.
Bo did something brave. He sang a song with no accompaniment. Yes this is daring but frankly I was bored by the song. I imagine myself sitting in a nightclub and a singer comes out to belt out a tune with no backup band. Indeed it's a way to show off our vocal talents but fine entertainment it's not. Still, American Idol IS a contest and in contests and such we must do the brave that we stand out from the rest.
Carrie sang a wonderful song for her choice of the night. Then it is a song I adore and there was the surprise of Carrie not singing a country/western song as her tune.
The Air Supply song "Nothing At All" is not an easy tune to sing. Carrie belted it out, at one point reaching for a long note that was downright scary. I thought she made it happen. Simon thought she pushed it a hair too far.
Alas Vonzell was voted off the following night. But her career is far from over. She's talented, pretty and has a special space for her abilities.
My picks as of now:
2-Bo Bice
1-Carrie Underwood
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A Famous Mountain Sings
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