Pity for Saddam? Think Again. And the koran? So What?

Oh, now Saddam is going to sue the Sun and Post for a picture of him in his skivvies (among others) released to the public yesterday. Please, cry me a river. And they say pictures of Saddam violate the Geneva Conventions? Oh, please. Liberals cry more about humiliation (e.g. underwear on prisoners head, picture of prisoners in their undies) than innocent individuals who were brutally decapitated by sawing their heads off by fanatical, wacko terrorists. Maybe Michael Moore need to visit this country called "Iraq" for a change?

And another thing, this koran incident, Newsweek is making this a big ado out of nothing knowing that this sort of thing would instigate violence among limp-wristed, overly sensitive fanatical Muslims. They knew this would happen and lied about the whole thing. Well, if the story weren't a lie then they wouldn't have retracted their story in the first place. Nuff said.

And there is a double standard when somebody does desescrate a copy of the Bible, koran, Talmud or other religious documents from around world in the United States as part of our freedom of expression (which is fine, we may shake our heads tho') by burning, spitting, tearing, crapping on, flushing it down the toilet or sewer, or whatever your heart desires. This is what makes America great. You should be so lucky. Whiners they are.

But, when it comes to the koran, they go into a frenzy demanding "death to America" or that New York City be bombed. And yet in their own countries they have very, very strick laws against desescrating the koran such as burning where penalties range from life sentences to death. Even for the act of displaying pictures, even if its fake, of a koran on fire on a computer will get you jail time. Or any other ways of desescrating the koran will they chase you down and kill you. Yet Liberals don't complain about this. Typical mindset.

I can do whatever I want if I want to express my opinion, including the koran, however I want. This is America. Stop wringing your hands in fear.

And for people who complain about the "lack of" freedom of speech or expression here in America, and complain they are a victim playing the professional victim? They whine about the treatment of Abu Ghraib prisoners? And Guatanamo Bay, too? Heck, even Saddam got better quarters than the soldiers guarding him. But Liberals hardly ever show any kind of support toward our own people and troops.

Liberals do everything in their power to make America weaker wringing their hands in fear because we're a superpower? And they're afraid that we might hurt our neighbors' feelings? Oh, please! You guys have absolutely NO SPINE! No wonder they want socialism. No wonder they want dumb down grades because kids not smart enough will feel "inferior." They're a bunch of limp-wristed, spineless, whiny bunch of yahoos.

You people are a bunch of effin

HYPOCRITICAL

IMBECILES!!


Weak. Weak. Weak. Weak.

You know who you are when you read this.

Move to Pakistan, India or any of the numerous fanatical Islamic countries, or Mexico or Canada, if you think America is so bad where many have died in wars and struggles to ensure that we get to enjoy our freedom in America.


Semper Fi!


Ok, back to our regularly scheduled program.

UPDATE: If you came here via Banjo's post then let it be known that Banjo is an idiot for twisting things about myself regarding human rights.  It's one thing when pictures of prisoners in underwear versus actual physical abuse and torture of prisoners to the point of sawing their heads off on video to be distributed through the internet. That makes him a moron who can't see the difference when it comes to respecting women's right who are abused daily in Islamic countries and sawing people heads off in delight by terrorists morons to that of those who got caught in a picture with his underwear on. Grow some balls, Banjo.

Can Clearplay Give Parental Controls On Political Hate Speech Seen In Movies? Sith Begone!

This "Sith" character I've been hearing about has been getting alot of attention in the blogosphere. The quote heard in the latest Star Wars movie - "Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" was heard as uttered from the Sith character's mouth while he hissed,

"If you're not with me, then you're my enemy,"

Nearly exacting the same quote on what President Bush said about the 9/11 in his September 20, 2001 Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People,

"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."

So, I guess that makes this Sith character a bonafide terrorist? A rhetorical question there. Sith said "enemy" while President Bush said "terrorists" at the end of their quote. I don't exactly see Sith as a peace-loving dude but would rather want to take over the world, even the galaxy where evil can truly reign to cause more suffering on the scale equivalent to beheading and torturing innocent people. President Bush want to enable people on the ability to protect themselves from tyranny and abuse. Something that Sith doesn't want to see that happening. And we see fans hooting in the movie theater hearing Sith's quote makes them terrorist sympathizers as well? Don't answer that one, either. It's just another rhetorical question there.

Now, this brings me to a company called Clearplay. ClearPlay has a device that works with any regular versions of movies (rented or owned) not altered. You then select which types of content (e.g. violence, language, sexual content) you want filtered while you watch. An ultimate Parental control device.

Back in April of this year President Bush signed the "Family Entertainment and Copyright Act," which creates an exemption in copyright laws to make sure companies selling filtering technology won't get sued out of existence.

However, movie companies were decrying this move.

Critics of the bill have argued it was aimed at helping one company, Utah-based ClearPlay Inc., whose technology is used in some DVD players. ClearPlay sells filters for hundreds of movies that can be added to such DVD players for $4.95 each month. Hollywood executives maintain that ClearPlay should pay them licensing fees for altering their creative efforts.

Ok. Now you're probably wondering where I'm getting at. Since Clearplay gives Parents or anybody else a control on contents in a DVD movie by selecting one of the filtering requirements (e.g. sex, language, violence) so that the whole family, for example, can watch and enjoy a movie without worrying about unnecesary or uncomfortable contents not conducive to a family setting. I'm thinking if Clearplay (or other similar companies) has a device with this kind of edit control, can certain political comments such as Sith's be able to be edited as well?

Now, I am not sure how many movies of the past, if any, inserted similar political comments such as Lucas did. Perhaps somebody more knowledgeable will contact me on this aspect.

Now, if a company/person can produce a Foxblocker device for stoopid people who have the inability to skip Foxnews cable, why not produce a device where anybody can have direct, piecemeal editorial control of any particular political comment said in a movie by deleting or skipping it? This is not about sitcoms or cable shows that have these anti-Bush themes to it where I can easily not watch it such as Whoopi's really dumb show (which, btw, bombed horribly last year). Sitcoms were used as avenues to express their distaste toward certain politicians (in this case, President Bush) or rant about Republican's idealogues for some time. Something that the Liberals have been trying, without much success (remember, John Kerry lost the election) and now enters blockbuster movies where directors or producers will want to insert certain political statements.

"As you go through history, I didn't think it was going to get quite this close. So it's just one of those recurring things," Lucas said at a Cannes news conference. "I hope this doesn't come true in our country."Maybe the film will waken people to the situation," Lucas joked.

This is the first big step since Hollyweird is a vastly Liberal-controlled entertainment landscape and will use every means to promote their backward political message via a movie character or plot. Socialism here we come. I'm sure this isn't something that's new in today's world of Hollyweird entertainment but seeing how tv/cable sitcoms have behaved in the past, subterfuge efforts to insert certain political statements in movie plots will become more prevalent on the big movie screens in the future as Hollyweird's way of political protest. Whatever happened to good ole' fashion and exciting movies without all of the political baggage? Liberals are getting desperate. Michael Moore failed in his 911 movie where Michael Moore probably single handidly helped President Bush win his re-election. Maybe the secret here today is to subconsciously promote this political message rather than the in-your-face type mentality. It certainly didn't work on Michael Moore's behalf. Thanks Mikey!

And so, all this thinking led me to write an email today to Clearplay regarding if the device may have someday in the future the ability to censor certain political comments or scenes out of the movie. Or if they have plans to somehow incorporate certain offensive political language as part of the language editing control that parents (or others) can have when viewing their personal, store bought DVD movies. Maybe Artificial Intelligence will do the job for us in the future?.......... Strike that one. Bad idea. Badddd.

I'll let you know if I get a response from Clearplay. Meanwhile, you can send an email to Clearplay regarding the ability to censor disruptive political overtures in a movie meant to entertain rather than a soapbox to espouse political views or rants that would interrupt the flow of the movie's entertainment value.

After all, America is the land where we don't have to listen to crapola. We can reserve the full right to edit such comments from movies or even cable shows someday. You have a choice on not to watch a movie by skipping it, watching the whole thing in its entirety or watch the edited version set by you.

That's called "freedom of choice."

When Will Howard Dean (and DNC) Ever Learn?

Looks like Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona steered clear of Howard "Screaming" Dean during his Arizona visit. And for a good reason, too. Howard Dean's just too ultra-liberal for the governor. Howard Dean is so far out left he's dipping his toes into the socialist water. And if you have forgotten what his scream sounded like, go here.

And yet dear old ignorant screaming Dean boasted about the first Hispanic mayor of Los Angles saying that the GOP cannot claim that kind of diversity among their roster of mayors or U.S. Senators. How conveniently he forgets about U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. And the final blow was that the GOP improved its standing with Latinos in the November vote.

With Howard Dean's comments ranging from his maniacal screams, flubs and slander charges, you can certainly picture him in the pink house.

His comments? You forgot already? Tsk.

"John Ashcroft is not a patriot." - Dean's unpatriotic.

"You think the Republican National Committee could get this many people of color in a single room? Only if they had the hotel staff in here." - Dean's a racist.

"I think Tom DeLay ought to go back to Houston, where he can serve his jail sentence down there," - Dean's prejudicial.

"If Bill Clinton can be the first black president, I can be the first gay president. " - Dean is way too overly ambitious. Did he tell his wife?

"We Democrats don't pay enough attention to our core groups," - Dean's admittance despite being completely clueless to his past when he boasted about the Hispanic mayor of L.A.

And review the top 10 Howard Dean quotes (pre-February 5, 2005). I'm sure every Democrat absolutely adore and love Howard "Screamin" Dean that they'll follow him everywhere.




From the NY Post.


Well, you get the picture.


Howard Dean and DNC certainly do not study history. They want you to forget them.

Keep it coming Howie. Keep it coming and you'll be like Michael Moore who helped George Bush win the 2nd presidential term.


Keep...it....coming!

Twin Towers To Rise Again? The Phoenix Bird Complex.

Well, I have to admit. Donald Trump is right on this one. Rebuild the Twin Towers only this time,

The replacements would be at least 1,475-feet tall, more than 100 feet higher than their previous incarnations. The new North Tower would also boast a 383-foot communications mast.

"It's bigger, it's stronger and it's better than the previous World Trade Center, and it sets the right tone and the right attitude," Trump said, adding that some members of the public who had seen the model had been moved to tears.

............................


And yet this design would be an improvement over the old ones.

The Trump towers -- he promised not to attach his name to the buildings -- would employ a tube-within-a-tube design with improved fireproofing and larger stairwells.
Gardner said the structures would be able to withstand the kind of attacks that brought down the original towers on September 11, 2001 killing 2,479 people.

This would be an excellent way of saying "Up yours!" to those terrorists. I'm for it. Many people are for it, too. Among 3,483 respondents in a poll, 80% voted for the Twin Towers to be rebuilt, "stronger and mightier than ever."

DePaul University Professor Suspended Without A Hearing After Arguing With Pro-Palestinian Students At A Student Activities Fair On Middle East Issues

Well, FIRE's at it again. This time they are sticking up for a professor when DePaul University administrators simply didn't have the gonads to do so in the first place....protect academic freedom and discourse on campus, even if others disagree. In this case, it was the pro-Palestinian students who couldn't agree to disagree...including the administrators of DePaul University, too.

CHICAGO, May 18, 2005—DePaul University administrators have suspended Professor Thomas Klocek without a hearing after he engaged in an out-of-class argument with pro-Palestinian students at a student activities fair. When the students complained to administrators, Klocek was denied the rights that DePaul guarantees to professors accused of wrongdoing and immediately suspended. Statements from DePaul administrators indicate that Klocek was disciplined because of his harsh criticism of the students’ viewpoint, despite DePaul’s stated commitments to free speech and academic freedom.

“DePaul has unquestionably violated Professor Klocek’s due process rights, and the university did so because his statements were allegedly offensive,” commented David French, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which wrote to DePaul on Klocek’s behalf.

The incident in question occurred on September 15, 2004, when Professor Klocek engaged in conversation with students representing Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and United Muslims Moving Ahead (UMMA). According to the DePaulia student newspaper and other sources, during the debate, Klocek cited a Chicago Sun-Times article that quoted the general manager of the Al-Arabiya television network as saying, “It is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims.” A heated but strictly verbal argument ensued during which Klocek argued that a Christian viewpoint, in addition to Muslim or Jewish ones, should
be considered in discussing Israel and Palestine. According to Klocek, SJP and UMMA students (several of whom had gathered around Professor Klocek) made their own controversial statements comparing Israeli Jews to Nazis. The argument concluded when Klocek walked away from the SJP and UMMA tables and thumbed his chin at the students in what he believed to be an Italian hand gesture meaning “I’m outta here.”

The offended students complained to DePaul administrators, who moved quickly to punish Professor Klocek for his part in the argument. Klocek reports that on September 24, 2004, Dean of the School of New Learning Susanne Dumbleton informed him that the university had received letters of complaint from SJP and UMMA students and had met with the students and their faculty advisors the previous evening. Dumbleton immediately suspended Klocek with pay and ordered him to stay off campus. Klocek was never given a copy of the complaint letters, nor was he given a hearing or any other chance to face his accusers before his suspension.

Guess who the wimps, weenies and baby cryers are? I can tell you unequivocally it is not Klocek nor I.

McConnell Gets Kicked Out Of University Because Of Personal Beliefs

I thought I got your attention. And no, this is not about me even though my last name is McConnell. Nor am I related to this guy.

But this one here smacks the king of all imbeciles where actions by officials of Le Moyne College expelled a graduate student, Scott McConnell, who was pursuing a masters in education and had a 3.78 GPA, for expressing his own academic freedom and had gotten an A- in a paper he wrote for class that got him expelled. In this case, McConnell was never given a due process. Le Moyne College thereby violated their own "academic freedom," now to become expensively laughable. In FIRE's Feburary 15, 2005 press release they stated that:

McConnell submitted as part of an assignment a paper expressing his personal views on classroom management, including various ideas for attaining a classroom environment that is “based upon strong discipline and hard work” and that allows “corporal punishment.” The paper received an “A-,” with his professor noting that his ideas were “interesting” and that she had shared the paper with the department chair, Cathy Leogrande. McConnell ultimately received an “A” as his final grade in the course.

Yet in January 2005, with no prior warning, Leogrande dismissed McConnell from Le Moyne. In the dismissal letter, Leogrande stated that she had reviewed McConnell’s grades for courses he took during the summer and fall semesters and had “discussed” his work with his professors. Leogrande wrote, “I have grave concerns regarding the mismatch between your personal beliefs regarding teaching and learning and the Le Moyne College program goals. Based on this data, I do not believe that you should continue in the Le Moyne [Master of Science for Teachers] Program.” At the time he was dismissed, McConnell had achieved a grade-point average of 3.78 for the fall semester and had received an “excellent” evaluation for his work in an actual classroom.

According to David Limbaugh,

FIRE's (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) president, David French, who told me, "This is one of the most brazen examples of censorship and summary expulsion for the expression of dissenting views I have ever seen."

McConnell has since filed a multi-million dollar suit against the college as outlined in FIRE's May 5, 2005 press release.

Sic 'em, McConnell!


Now, let's hope Gallaudet University won't become like this someday.

A Course on "How to be Gay" ?

Granted. This was a controversy started a few years ago on the campus University of Michigan where a course was offered to students on "How to Be Gay: Male Homosexuality and Initiation" - in the ENGLISH dept:

"It does not teach students to be homosexual," Mr. Halperin says in an interview. "Rather, it examines critically the odd notion that there are right and wrong ways to be gay, that homosexuality is not just a sexual practice or desire but a set of specific tastes in music, movies, and other cultural forms — a notion which is shared by straight and gay people alike.

Also as well on the exploration on camp, diva-worship, drag, interior design, muscle culture, taste, style and political activism.

Why can't people think for themselves rather than subscribing to today's "status quo"? Absolutely surreal. Robin Williams ought to be so proud.

Here's the pro-version's.

Here's the anti-version's.

sComm, Inc Received Their $1.3 Million NIH Award

Jason Curry, CEO of sComm, informed me via Yahoo IM while we chatted that,

"sComm, Inc just recently received $1.3 million in funding 3 weeks ago to develop a communication device that will enable FACE TO FACE communication for deaf and hard of hearing with hearing people. We are in the pre-development stage right now seeking contract manufacturers which we will be selecting to develop the final prototype. We should have a communication device ready for the public in 9 to 12 months."

I reported on sComm earlier in February about how sComm won the $1.3 million dollar NIH grant. The affirmation alone on this million dollar award shows that this company is a positive example of how empowerment can help other people help themselves. Jason Curry knows that a wall can stop you only if you let it. He's making sure the wall that separates deaf and hearing people will not be the case.

Jason Curry, who is deaf, signs and wears a cochlear implant ever since 2000. He is a known innovator and motivator whose positive energy encourages people to set their own goals to a higher standard for themselves. The simple power of transformation. The awesome power of greater independency.

Perhaps you have met Jason if you were at the National Training Conference that was held last week in Washington D.C. from May 9 - 11 where he attended sessions held by the Communication Service for the Deaf.

Look here on Kokonut Pundits for more news and direct information from Jason Curry regarding his company, sComm, and the device. And be sure to check out sComm's website where they'll be doing some updates.

Also, be sure to check out also a new website that came up in February of this year and its called Deaf Professional Network or DPN. It recently launched an e-newsletter. You can subscribe by going to the home page of their website.

Deaf Professional Network covers news, trends, technologies, laws, policy, education, lifestyles, and other issues related to the education and employment of deaf professionals and business owners.

Its founder and e-publisher is Stephen Hlibok, Ryan Malisweski is COO, Slemo Warigon heads Finance, Julie Bourne is Editor-in-Chief, Lindsay Dunn is a Contributing Writer, and Alicia Epstein is Advertising Coordinator.

Deaf professionals will surely appreciate any devices that will enhance their professional business, communication needs and the bottom line. sComm is certainly coming up with such a device to help people with hearing loss communicate more effectively and easily in the professional and business world that is largely a hearing population.

A Gang of Gay (Bi?) Murderers?

Here we may be witnessing a gang that sodomizes their victims before killing them. Who are these murderous gangs?

In the woods near Dallas, an innocent 21-year-old man was shot in the head, his remains eaten by animals. His pants were pulled down, and police suspect that he may have been sodomized.

A vicious gang they are, no doubt.

But there are other types of "gangs" of a different intention, nonetheless still serious.

Consider the radical homosexual agenda exposed in the Homosexual
Manifesto, authored by Michael Swift, published February 15, 1987 issue of the homosexual newspaper Gay Community News, and was reprinted in the 15-21 February 1987 Congressional Record: "We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all-male clubs, in your houses of Congress, wherevermen are with men together.

Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They will be recast in our image. They will come to crave and adore us. "The complete manifesto can be read at: <http://members.ll.net/chiliast/> following the link on the left to Homosexual Manifesto.

What a nutty world we're living in.

However, there are two issues regarding the sodomization of victims.

It's become a maxim that rape and other sex crimes are not about sex. They are about power. If Moyer did in fact abuse the unconscious girl, as Mitchell believed he did, that act would have had more to do with Moyer's desire to exert some control over the girl than any other desire he might have harbored. By the same token, experts contend, if Nestor battered Moyer's testicles with a club, forced him to sodomize himself with the club, and then carved a mark on his nipple, then that too was a sex crime that had little to do with sex.

Power? Fetish? Desire? Sexual exploitation? Who knows? Still, it's ugly.

Grover Furr: Worse than Ward Churchill

Just when I thought that nobody would be worse than Ward Churchill. Here comes Prof. Grover Furr and his absolutely looney teaching, if you call it that. A lobotomy job would do him good.

Senator Reid Borrowed "Loser" Comment From Senator Boxer?

Well, Senator Reid said that President Bush was a "loser" on May 6, 2005. The Democrats are increasingly becoming a "Party of Ideals" on making obnoxious and unprofessional display of courtesy toward the U.S. President. Republicans win when they lose out. The most likely source of the "loser" comment from Senator Reid goes to Senator Barbara Boxer. Her orignal "loser" comments started in her April 26, 2005 "news update". The "loser" comment was first displayed in bright red in her flash "news update" regarding President Bush' support for a Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts (that's "privatization" for you Liberal hacks). And clicking on the link will get to her report containing four more "loser" comments where she is taking an obvious but direct stab at President Bush as being the "loser" on the Social Security issue.

Expect more "loser" comments down the road from other Liberal hacks who have absolutely no respect for tradition on the Senate floor.

This is their "Party of Ideals" when they conjure up nasty words replete with overt disrespect toward their President along with their age old filibustering tradition of going against Judicial nominees picked by the President ever since 2003 breaking a 214 years tradition of a simple up-down vote for Judicial court nominees on the Senate floor for a simple majority vote win.

A real proud bunch of people who have little sense of value or respect who never heeded to the warnings from a Democrat Gov. of South Carolina who made his "Party of Ideals" comment in 2003, which as you already know by now, has obviously fell on deaf ears.

Governor Joe Erwin (D) said, “We have to get back to being a party of ideals people believe in.” It’s obvious the ideals it has become famous for in recent times haven’t helped attract winning numbers to the voting booth.

Guess who the winners are this time? Well, actually the Republicans have been the "Party of Ideals" ever since the days of Abraham Lincoln.

Marines In A Sandstorm in Iraq

My 22-year old nephew who is a Marine serving his 2nd tour of duty in Iraq sent me several pictures of the sandstorm that hit his camp unit somewhere in Iraq. Here's one picture. He's doing well with a few nearby mortar fire attempts. Their Black Hawk helicopters took them out.
Those dunderhead terrorists.

Don't mess with the Marines.

Semper Fi!



Tommorrow I'll add my piece about the BRAC closing that I wrote up during earlier today. Holloman AFB went unscathed but there's more. Stay tuned.

Gallaudet University Graduation Day - Reality Sets In

Congrats to the students of Gallaudet University who graduated today in Gallaudet University’s 136th Commencement Address.

I took a little time to watch the graduation via internet video today when it first came on but only watched it for several minutes. Not real exciting to watch but certainly exciting for those who graduated. Now, the shock comes next. They now face the real world outside of their protected little confines of Gallaudet University’s fenced-in, well policed campus. They'll soon realize that the real world can be quite not-so-friendly. Keep the faith and don't give up.

I saw this coming a few months earlier seeing that 136th Commencement keynote speaker was going to be Dr. Oliver Sacks and began jotting down notes I've gathered from the internet for this posting because Dr. Oliver Sacks is a familiar name since I read a few of his books but it's nothing deafness related if you're asking. And now today is graduation day and it was time for me to put down what I've found.

Dr. Oliver Sacks is also notably well known in the field of Medicine as described in Gallaudet University's 13th Commencement page:

Dr. Sacks is a physician, writer, and clinical professor of neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

His book, Seeing Voices, focuses on American Sign Language and the conflicts between those who seek to teach people who are prelingually deaf to communicate via voice and lip reading, and those who maintain that sign language is by far a more effective method of communication.

His book also explains the remarkable impact of the 1988 Deaf President Now protest at Gallaudet on American deaf culture.

Dr. Sacks will also receive an honorary doctorate degree from the University.

What Gallaudet University does not tell you is that Dr. Oliver Sacks wrote numerous books including the famously known “Awakenings” that was made into a 1990 movie called the “Awakenings” with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

See also the New York Times newspaper article about Sacks’ “Awakenings.” Pesky free registration is required. It talks about the "Awakening" documentary where post-encephalitic patients are described in Oliver Sacks' book. That may be of interest of you since I already knew this since I've found the book and film quite engrossing and engaging. Medical oddities are my weakness and facination such as a 12-year old girl that has the size and looks of a 2 year old. Or visit Walter Reed Hospital Medical museum to find medical oddities such as a bone fragment from Abraham Lincoln - guess where it came from.

Even though Dr. Sacks is a professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York since 1965, it might interest you that Howard Dean graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York in 1978 receiving his MD degree.

What is the likelihood that Sacks and Dean met? Although Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York is not one of the top 10 Most Liberal Colleges, it is however located on the east coast where a majority of colleges and universities are known for their political liberal views.

I am, however, keeping my eye on Gallaudet University’s yearly keynote Commencement speakers. Looks like this year with Dr. Oliver Sacks probably put Gallaudet University’s closer to being one of the politically liberal colleges/universities in the United States.

Here’s one guy, Ilir Topalli, Ph.D, who is also a neuroscientist (and a rabid Liberal) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, who took the time to ask the question:

I'm sure you've all seen the electoral map. Indeed, many have been staring at it until bloodshot. It was so close. But how come it looks so RED? As a neuroscientist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, I thought, “Maybe a little research would clear things up.”

By the way, John Kerry lost if you have forgotten about it already. And, oh, an important milestone here, today marks 100 days since John Kerry promised, on national TV, to sign form SF-180 and release his military records. More here, too.

But I can’t say that Albert Einstein College is a rabidly liberal college anymore than I can say that Gallaudet University is. AEC probably have liberal tendencies just as Gallaudet University does. But I'm just reporting on what I’ve found interesting so don’t get your panties in a bunch here.

BTW, congrats to the graduates. The cold hard reality sets in. Now, start looking for a job or better yet continue with your college career and get your masters degree by investing in yourself for a better career and earning potential.

I know I did.

When the Daily Kos Get Their Pants Caught Down Along with cBS’ Interview of Ken Starr

Well, the Daily Kos has no pride. In fact, they must feel quite embarrassed to have a posting about the recent cBS interview of Ken Starr by which the producers (or whoever) directed the editing of the 20 minute interview of Ken Starr who took his comments way out of left field. Ken Starr never talked about the nuclear option but the judicial philosophy (ie filibustering) on judicial nominees.

This is what the Daily Kos reported:

It also took the "nuclear option" off the table, which even Ken Starr said yesterday was damaging to the Senate as an institution and "amounts to an assault on the judicial branch of government." This compromise would break the gridlock over these seven judges, and allow us to get back to doing the people's business.

The Daily Kos jumped at the seemingly rare opportunity to use Starr’s (he never addressed this) comment on the "nuclear option" (scary words created by Liberals that has nothing to do with nuclear bombs) by posting it in their May 10th, 2005 blog. But the discussion field for comments was mysteriously turned off on May 11 at 8:12 AM PDT.

Could it be that the Daily Kos caught wind of cBS criminal negligence in taking Ken Starr’s comment out of context? The Daily Kos leave many, many other comments on for discussion. Why turn the comments off regarding the talk on "nuclear option"?

Little Green Football helps set the record straight where Power Line has this quote from an email sent by Kenn Starr to CBS News :

I sat on Saturday with Gloria Borger for 20 minutes approximately, had a wide ranging, on-camera discussion. In the piece that I have now seen, and which I gather has been lavishly quoted, CBS employed two snippets. The ‘radical departure from our history’ snippet was specifically addressed to the practice of invoking judicial philosophy as a grounds for voting against a qualified nominee of integrity and experience. I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong. I contrasted the current practice and that employed viciously against your father with what occurred during Ruth Ginsburg’s nomination process as numerous Republicans voted, rightly, to confirm a former ACLU staff worker. They disagreed with her positions as a lawyer but they voted — again rightly — to confirm her.

According to Powerline cBS refuses to hand over the 20-minute interview tape/transcript of Ken Starr to Ken Starr when he requested it.

To learn more about the whole "judicial philosophy" mess go here with FAQs.

And here are parting words from Rush Limbaugh in his radio talk today via his transcript about the whole cBS debacle and lies along with true Liberal weenies who are sucker for anything not true:

Why in the world would they take a guy who they despise and twist his words, take them out of context, as a means to hurt Republicans? The answer is: Because secretly they know he has integrity. They know he has credibility, and they know when they play this sound bite out of context that everybody is going to believe Ken Starr. "He said it! You gotta accept it!" It's not ultimate compliment to Starr in the sense of their impression of him, but it is the ultimate insult in terms of what they did. They actually fabricated essentially an opinion Starr has about the nuclear option that he doesn't hold, and they cut up the interview with him and they pieced it together in such a way as to make it look like he was talking about something that he was not discussing. He's like all of us. He thinks that this focus on judicial philosophy... This is an attack on Democrats. What Starr actually did was criticize Democrats. This business of judicial philosophy, deciding these seven nominees aren't worth it because of their judicial philosophy -- which is exactly what Bush has said, by the way. Bush said it's an argument over judicial philosophy, a code word, but Starr picks it up and says this argument over judicial philosophy is going to come back and boomerang against the Senate and they're going to regret it down the road. He was not saying that about the nuclear option. I wanted to pass this on to you and get it out there because to me it's huge. It is gigantic. It is. It is beyond irresponsible because it was done purposely. It can't be irresponsible and purposely done at the same time. Irresponsible would mean somebody wasn't paying attention. This is worse than irresponsible. It's dishonest. It's cheating. It's whatever you want to attach to it. But from now on I'm going to promise you anything comes from CBS, screw it. The first impression is going to be just like when I read the New York Times: Gee, what if that's true?

The cBS lollypop ship is going down along with the rest of the Liberal suckers who took the interview (for Pete’s sake, it’s cBS!) at face value. Even Rush knew something was wrong when he watched it but now he knows better. Don't trust cBS. That goes for the Daily Kos, too, if they can't be honest about the interview.
Watch it here on Google news on the latest cBS criminal debacle involving the Ken Starr interview by cBS.

Here’s another sucker website who believed in the cBS lie with one commenter making the correction.

PETA's Own Dirty Little Secrets

Check out this site, PETA Kills Animals, a non-profit organization bent on exposing PETA's lies. PETA has been known to be the animal extremist and cult group as they try and indoctrinate children and those easily-duped by the PETA's core "belief" on protecting animals...even fish.

Hooking a striped bass, says PETA, ought to be a crime.

Well, common sense completely thrown out of the door here. If I want to fish, I'll fish. Bait, hook, line and sinker. And I'll bring my machette so I can quickly lop off the head of this fish when I reel it in.

Read the story. PETA is nuts.

Why the Murderer of Major Gregory Stone's May Not Get the Death Penalty

The Air Force Times chimes in on an article of why Sgt. Akbar's murder of Air Force Major Gregory Stone and Army Captain Christopher Seifert may never get the death penalty.

The military hasn’t executed one of its own since 1961, while states have put scores of civilian killers to their deaths. Experts say the key difference in military justice is the role of the president, who unlike a governor, must take an active role in signing off when a service member gets the ultimate punishment.

“It is unique to the military justice system that there has to be an affirmative approval by the president of the United States,” said Eugene R. Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice in Washington. “Clearly, there’s no rush to judgment.”

Currently, there are five people on military death row, three whose cases are in the appeals process and two who are awaiting action from the president.

Fidell pointed out that even though current President Bush and past
President Clinton came from states that had active records of executions, neither have put their name to a military execution.

The last time that happened was in 1961 when President Kennedy signed off on the hanging of Army Pfc. John A. Bennett for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old Austrian girl.

And that was when the Cold War was "thawing" at a time when Austria was occupied by the Soviets. Imagine had the President not signed the death penalty? But oddly enough it was that Austria did not have the death penalty and the crime committed by Pfc. John A. Bennett never committed murder but attempted murder when he tried to drown the little girl in a drunken stupor.

Sounds like John F. Kennedy did this out of political reasons rather than by justification alone.

However, in Sgt Akbar's case, this was premeditated murder, and he did so successfully by killing two officers wounding several others. The death penalty is warranted and justified in this case.

But even if a military death sentence clears all the appeals, it then must go to the president, and an uncertain approval.

I believe President Bush will ensure to make an example of him on the fight against terrorism.

Cochlear Implant Helps Woman Succeed in Life

Here's a success story of a cochlear implant user who went from the unemployment line to full time job. The woman, Tammi Baglole, now works at a law firm in Charlottetown, Canada.

Who Would Want to Steal a Boy's Cochlear Implant?

Somebody is either real desperate or real dumb to steal another boy's cochlear implant.

A 15-year-old deaf boy's hearing device worth an estimated $10,000 was stolen at school Monday.

Anthony Rojas had taken the device off and placed it in his backpack during PE class at MacArthur High School when he discovered it was missing.

The mother is asking help for the return of the cochlear implant device. She cannot afford another $10,000 for a new cochlear implant device.

A New Earth Science Tool for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

There is a relatively new online library of Earth-system science resources for deaf and hard of hearing students to help keep them interested. The Digital Library for Earth System Education (www.dlese.org) fits the unique educational needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students because of its visual, conceptual, and interactive nature.

Low academic achievement by deaf and hard of hearing K-12 students is well known to educators, says Mangan. Only a third of teachers responsible for science instruction are certified to teach science, a situation that compounds the problem for deaf students and others with disabilities. DLESE aims to give both students and teachers access to reliable, up-to-date information. For deaf students, it's an added boon that they do not need to continually refocus their attention from their lesson to their teacher or interpreter and back again, says Mangan. Without the lag time needed for interpretation, they may keep the same pace as hearing students.

"Not much research has been done on the science education of deaf students," says Mangan, whose own hearing is impaired by a hereditary condition that began when she was a senior in college. A recent study by NSF showed that students with disabilities are more likely to drop out of high school. If they do make it to college, they are just as likely as students without disabilities to major in math or science.

Deaf students fare better when instruction is interactive and participatory. For example, says Mangan, they get involved when they conduct their own research, either on the Web or elsewhere, rather than "listening" to lectures through an interpreter. It's also known that deaf students tend to learn best using visuals.

Check it out. But now begs the question of how many of these deaf/hh high school students are readily prepared for a transition to a college or university setting.

Too many deaf students arrive in college even more ill-prepared than their hearing counterparts. Many deaf students—who I believe are misplaced in special education classes—have learned in their educational experience that it’s OK not to do homework, not to attend class, not to pay attention. They often don’t know how to work with an interpreter, don’t understand academic culture, or have sufficient time management skills. Their senior year in high school, rather than their freshman year in college, would be an ideal time to take a “College 101” course. The structure of their high school curriculum should encourage and reward greater independence. Deaf students are often held to lower standards than they can achieve. When they pursue the independence of college life, they are often ill-prepared.
Tom Moran,
Professor of English, San Diego Mesa College

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In my observation there are three areas that need to be “up to snuff” before thinking about coming to a university:

1) English language skills (reading and writing) at least above the 10th grade level,
2) math skills including mastery of both algebra and geometry, and
3) study skills.

Meeting challenges at the high school level force students to develop self-discipline.

Nina Treiman, Student Personnel Specialist, National Center on Deafness, Cal State Northridge

True. For those thinking of going to college or a university, get yourselves prepared. College, especially at the graduate level, is no easy task.

Three Deaf Teens Helping to Buck the Trend on Restaurant Ordering

Here's something that's changing for deaf people who must order their food either by writing it down or by pointing their fingers at the menu at restaurants or fast food places. Three teens describe the reality:

Typically, when deaf people go into restaurants, they need to write stuff down or communicate with a device. The students found some restaurants were not even willing to work with them.

“When I write it down on a piece of paper, most of the time, I will get the wrong order,” said Williams, a junior. “Some won’t even look at where I’m pointing on the menu,” Jacobson said.

“I feel really awkward,” said Klein, a sophomore. “I feel like a totally different person.”

However, the three deaf teens as part of their school project did a survey of surrounding restaurants and fast food places in terms of "deaf friendliness" by ranking them.

The three put together a project to change all that. They rated different places on how they were treated and also on other amenities, such as lighting or willingness to make gestures.

Now, as a result of their efforts the national chain TGI Friday’s is considering making the video mandatory for all of their 600 restaurants.

Good deeds do not go unheard.

Educate them! And not whine about it.