THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST

TURKEY

Everyone who has studied 20th century world history knows about the holocaust of World War II, where millions of Jews were murdered by the Germans, but the first holocaust, and from which Winston Churchill coined the term, happened during WW I, where the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey) slaughtered 1.5 million Armenians. Although not as widely known, pictures of those atrocities exists too. Its even believed that Hitler took their example for his attempt to eliminate the Jews.

MOTOR COP IN PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE KILLED

CRASH

It seems to be a dangerous job being a motor cop in Bush's motorcades. In Albuquerque, NM. They were traveling at a high rate of speed when the motorcade turned into a underground garage. The motor cop lost control of his bike and ran into a tree. Less than a year ago another motorcycle cop died when the President was visiting Hickem field in Hawaii. At that time, three motorcycles collided when escorting the President across the Air Base.

GONZALES RESIGNS

GONZALES

After a year of defending his position and being investigated for the firing of several state attorneys, Alberto Gonzales has turned in his resignation. Already Bush is planing to put Michael Chartoff as Gonzales' replacement.

MICHAEL VICK PLEADS GUILTY

DOG FIGHTING

Michael Vick is going to take a plea of Conspiracy to commit gambling for his involvement in the dog fights that took place on his property. There maybe charges of cruelty to animals to add to the plea. Several dog carcasses were found on Vick's property as well as a fighting pen and evidence of torture of the dogs.

TALES FROM THE NURSING HOME

Karen Y. said...

^5 to you guys for opening the eyes of the inspectors. I hope everyone living there will benefit from your courage to speak up.

Thanks, but this place doesn't learn. As soon as the inspectors leave, they go back to their old ways. We were short staffed again last night. One day they will get it right.

NORTH AMERICAN BLOC-CON'T

Karen Y. said...

Sounds interesting. I'm wondering if it would be a feasible plan?? Is this something you are thinking or have you read this is what is on the agenda? I can't see the companies allowing same pay.

Maybe the companies won't want to do it, but it would stop jobs from leaving the US, and would definitely stop illegals from crossing over. Why come here when you get paid the same at home. And some of those jobs that they are sending to India could be filled by people like me or those coming back from the war. How hard is it to operate a call center? I did it for 3 yrs. And Americana's wouldn't be trusting their personal information to someone on foreign soil. Credit card companies, food stamp offices, and others are shipping their call centers to India.

CHINA FIGHTS BACK, CON'T

Karen Y. said...

Amen to Made in America! :)

I agree, Sam Walton, founder of Walmart is probably rolling in his grave because before he died, Walmart was promoting "Made in the USA" until an investigative reporter showed that shirts sold there were really made in Vietnam and the "Made in the USA" label was sown on in the USA.

I know back in the late 1800s, early 1900a, the US become isolationist and there is something to be said for that. American money stayed in the US. The stock market didn't crash until the US tried to help Germany rebuild its economy after WW I. That was when our money started leaving our shores for economic reasons and it hasn't stopped since.

ISLAMIC SCHOOL SET TO OPEN IN NYC, CON'T

Joe Janes said...

I think you're right in that some caution should be taken, but don't confuse the religion for the terrorists. Just like in America where there are extremists hijacking Christianity, there are extremists hijacking Islam. They don't represent the whole religious community.

True, but last year when there was a rash of Muslim suicide bombers blowing up bus loads of people in the middle east, one network news reported asked Muslims that have lived in the US most if not all of their lives and they said that they agreed with the bombers. That Muslms have the right to kill all infidels and infidels are those oppose the Muslim faith. And in England they showed that the Muslims used their "schools" to promote hatred. One thing about Enland though, they don't have religous tolerence written in their laws. So, after the bombings that took place over a year ago in London, England closed the Mosque and deported the Muslim rabbi who was behind the attacks. Here, because of our freedom of religion, the Gov't can't close a mosque or church, even if they were promoting violence. Now, there is a Hindu School that's opening in Atlanta, GA, and everyone seems happy about it.

HINDU

The Hindu religion dates back to over 3,000 BC and has had many different leaders. Hindus believe in achieving a higher power, or station in life. They believe that humans are on the lower end of that ladder. They believe that they reincarnate every time they die into another life form and will continue to do so until they achieve spiritual perfection, where they won't come back at all. And they believe all living creatures have the right to live. Unlike our Muslim "friends".

EAR SURGERY

Dennis said...

Wow, it's a good thing you have a TV to watch. I'm glad you're doing ok.

I know you wrote this a while back, I had thought I responded to it. I'm not the only one who watching TV had helped. One woman credited the show er, with saving her life. It was back when one of the main doctors found out he had a brain tumor. He found out when during an emergency, he somehow bit his tonue. One of the nurses told him to stick it out for her to examine it and when he did, it went to the side, not straight out. She told him to do it again and again it when to one side. When they did a cat acan, they found a brain tumor. Okay, the woman saw that and noticed her tongue did the same thing. On the show the doctor died from the tumor, but the woman caught hers in time, thanks to that show.

ISLAMIC SCHOOL SET TO OPEN IN NYC

CONTROVERSIAL SCHOOL

The same religious group that tried to wipe NYC off the face of the earth in 2001 now is going to open a school in that same city. And no one seems concerned. NYC is where the last terror plot was interrupted, when a group planned to blow up the supply lines that feed jet fuel to JFK airport. This school will make it easier to train terrorist without them having to travel to the middle east. For some unexplainable reason, the US is bending over backward to help the Muslims.

NORTH AMERICAN BLOC

BLOC

Although President Bush Denys it, there is talk of forming a North American Bloc to rival the EU. Actually I thought NAFTA was the beginning of such movement. The three countries could share in the production of goods and services and there wouldn't be a need for illegal aliens. The same goods made here for a set price would be produced in Mexico at that same price. Mexicans wouldn't need to cross the border for better jobs and American companies who have factories outside our borders will have to pay their employees the same as if they were on our soil. Nike would have to pay the Vietnamese the same as they would American employees. No forced labor or sweat shops.

CHINA FIGHTS BACK

IMPORTS

After a host of problems with Chinese exports, they are fighting back claiming that there are problems with the soybeans they've been importing from the US. Melamine has been foud in dog food and other products from China and Mattel Toy company has had problems with lead in the paints used on their Fisher Price toys. Even toothpaste imported from China has been found to be contaminated.

I know to the companies, its all about the dollar, but if those items were manufactured here in the US, there might not have been contamination problems. American products should be made in America.

TWO CHARGES AGAINST INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DROPPED

ABU GRAHIB

Lt. Col. Steven Jordan, who headed the interrogation center, is so far the highest ranked officer brought up on charges of the abuse of detainees. The two charges that were dropped were, lying to investigators and obstruction of justice.

Jordan still faces charges of cruelty and maltreatment of detainees, disobeying a superior officer and failure to obey orders. These charges are in violation of the Code of Uniformed Military Justice.

Since the abuse was uncovered, seven members of the soldiers stationed there have been tried and sentenced on charges. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who was commander of the prison, said she never knew of the abuse. She was demoted in rank to Colonel in 2005.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO USED A CHURCH FOR SANCTUARY ARRESTED AND DEPORTED

DEPORTED

Elvira Arellano, 32, and her 8 yr old son had been using a church in Chicago for much of the past year for sanctuary to avoid deportation, was arrested over the weekend and deported. Arellano was ordered to be deported last year, but had become and advocate for illegals. She was deported once before, in 1997, but re-entered the country again illegally and was convicted of a felony of using a stolen social security card to obtain a job cleaning airliners.

Arellano wants to be compared to Rosa Parks, in her fight for justice, but Rosa Parks was not arrested on felony charges. And she didn't break the law several times. Plus, Rosa Parks was a citizen of the US.

TALES FROM THE NURSING HOME

Well, the nursing home has been shocked tonight. At least one state inspector came in after 7pm. finding section 1 with only one CNA. There is no telling how short staffed we really were tonight. The inspectors usually talk to me and Denise when they come through during the day and we've been telling them that we are always fully staffed during the day. If they want to catch the problems, its the night shift that is ALWAYS short staffed. As soon as the inspector walked in, the supervising nurse was on the phone trying to call people in. I don't know if she was successful or not.

TRAIN HITS TEEN WHILE TEXTING

TEEN

A teen in Elwood, Ohio was struck by a train while the teen was texting on his cell phone while crossing the tracks. The gate was down and the alarms were working as a south bound train passed, but unaware of a train coming from the other direction, the teen went around the gate and walked across the track when the north bound train struck him. He was knocked several feet and was unconscious, but came to without remembering being struck.

DEMOCRATS GIVE BUSH ADMINISTRATION MORE POWER

DOMESTIC SPYING

A Democratic Congress passed a bill that gives more power to the Bush Administration than they sought. It allows searches without warrants and allows the collection of business records. Under this new legislation, the FBI can collect the business records of a business here in the US if they suspect that the business is connected to someone outside the US.
As for wiretapping, the new law allows them to do what is called a "trap and trace." They can randomly "trap" certain phone calls, then trace them to identify calling patterns of those here in the US.

ABU GHRAIB

OFFICER

Finally an Intelligence Officer is being brought to trail for the abuse that took place at the Iraqi's infamous prison, Abu Ghraib. The abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war took place at the prison between September 17, 2003 to August 19, 2004. Since then several enlisted personnel have been tried but not until has an officer been brought up on charges; although all those tried had testified that they were just following orders.

NURSING HOME UPDATE, CON'T

Karen Y. said...

WOW! That is shocking. Did you lose any hearing?

Well, the doctor said that I had lost 10% of my hearing, but after seeing the damage done, he was shocked it was ONLY 10%. What he thought at first would be only a 45 minute surgery turned into a 3 hour surgery. He had to reconstruct the area behind my eardrum. He said he was glad I saw that show and kept pushing my doctor into sending me to an ENT specialist. Had I waited, the damage would have been worse and I might have lost all hearing in my left ear. But now he says I should hear fine with only a slight decrease on the left side.

FOOD SAFETY

CONSUMERS IN DANGER?

Right now the FDA is holding off on closing some of its field labs. That concerns some about the safety of our food supply but doesn't the USDA have overlapping responsibility as the FDA when it comes to food? After all, its the USDA that inspects the meat supply as well as most produce. I think we would be better served if the FDA concentrate on the drugs and the USDA concentrate on the food supply.

NURSING HOME UPDATE

I know I told you all about me having cellulitus and going to the hospital but I had to go back at the beginning of this month for surgery on my left ear.

It started when I saw last year on the discovery health channel about this guy whose ear would constantly pop like he was changing altitude. When he went to the doctor, they found a growth behind his eardrum that had ate its way through the mastoid bone to where part of his brain had slipped into his ear canal. Well, I had the popping and dizziness like he did, so I pushed my doctor to have me sent to an ENT specialist. Sure enough I had a similar grown behind my eardrum. Luckily for me, it had only made a tiny hole in the mastoid bone which the doctor repaired. So, now I'm doing better with no more popping in my ear and no dizzy spells. Sometimes it pays to watch tv.

NY GOVERNOR HAS TOY INSPECTORS RAID STORES

RECALL

Gov. Spitzer has order safety inspectors to go into stores in New York and pull all the toys that were made in China that toy manufacturer Mattel had promised to pull from store shelves. These toy were either painted with lead based paint or had small parts that could become a choking hazzard. Spitzer wanted these toys pulled and melted down.

O.J.'S BOOK

Karen Y. said...

The question is why it needed to be granted in the fist place. He owes them if my memory is correct.

The Goldman's won a wrongful death lawsuit, but because of the trial, O.J. lost all of his endorsements and job opportunities, so he hasn't been able to pay them the money he owes.

The he writes this book which is supposed to be fiction, detailing how he could have pulled of the murders on his own. Because of the "Son of Sam" law, no one can profit from the crimes they supposed to have committed, so the judge granted the Goldman's the rights to the book. That way if they decide to publish it, they would get the proceeds and possibly the amount of the judgement they were awarded in court.

Dennis said...

I think the judge was right in this ruling. Even though he was not convicted of the crime, you know he did it. He once said that he wouldn't stop until the real killer was caught, but it doesn't look like he is trying too hard.

No he isn't, and he wrote this book as a confession and he can't be convicted because he was already acquitted at trial. I've always said it was possible that he did it, it's just the police mishandled the crime scene before the coroner's dept took possession of the crime scene. Therefore any evidence found wouldn't be admissible in court.