Sun 4 Jan 2009
The weekend has flown by and now we have to get ready for a full 5 day work week. Those 3 and 4 day work weeks can be habit forming. It is time to get back to work and get back to our full fledged discussions on arguewithmydad.com. The first news item that caught my eye was the Anchorage Daily News article that reports that the Alaska State Police and the Police Union are both claiming that the investigation into Levi Johnston’s mother’s alleged drug dealing was improperly delayed because of Levi’s future mother in law’s campaign for Vice President. Here is the link to that article: http://www.adn.com/politics/story/641997.html. I was completely surprised that Gov. Sarah Palin might actually be guilty of corruption by delaying the investigation. If the accusations are true, Palin and her administration applied pressure to delay the investigation. What were they worried about?
The next item I am sure will produce some interesting comments from some of our readers. It seems that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who was Obama’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, has resigned that appointment due to a pending investigation into allegations that some of Richardson’s donors won state contracts improperly. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28493919/. Take a look at the msnbc story and this discussion on Jonathan Turley’s blog, http://jonathanturley.org/2009/01/04/richardson-withdraws-under-cloud-of-investigation/, and let me hear what you think. I, for one, think that Richardson did the right thing. He resigned to take the spotlight off of the Obama administration, even though he has denied any wrongdoing. I will be interested in who his replacement will be for the Commerce Secretary position? Maybe Qman is preparing his resume to put his hat in the ring for Commerce!
This last story is one that just made me scream. It is reported by the Guardian newspaper in England, that an Israeli officer shot and killed a wounded Palestinian who was only 13 years old. Here is the link to the Guardian story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/24/israel. I first learned of the story on George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley’s blog. http://jonathanturley.org/2009/01/04/death-in-gaza-tape-reveals-how-israeli-captain-pursued-and-shot-to-death-a-fleeing-thirteen-year-old-girl/. According to the article, the girl was shot by an Israeli soldier and wounded her and then the murdering officer searched her out and shot her up to 17 times! He claims that it was his orders to kill anyone over 10 years old who moves. This story may upset some of you. It should disgust you. I think that the Israeli armed forces and this officer and his superiors should be brought up on more serious charges than were actually charged against the officer who murdered this little girl.
We have rested enough from the holidays. It is time to contact arguewithmydad.com and let everyone know what you think of these stories. I am chomping at the bit to get back into the swing of our enlightening debates. Let’s hear from you!