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- The Almanac - Nov. 4 - Post Chronicle
- Another radical judge gets a lifetime appointment - American Thinker
- Weather: Nancy's Almanac - Omaha World-Herald
- Town - The Almanac Online
- Firefighter group reports election spending - The Almanac Online
| The Almanac - Nov. 4 - Post Chronicle Posted: 04 Nov 2009 05:02 AM PST Today is Wednesday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2009 with 57 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus, Mars, Saturn and Mercury. The evening stars are Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. They humorist Will Rogers in 1879; reporter Walter Cronkite in 1916; actors Art Carney in 1918, Martin Balsam in 1919 and Loretta Swit in 1937 (age 72); U.S. first lady Laura Bush in 1946 (age 63); controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in 1946; actors Markie Post in 1950 (age 59), Ralph Macchio ("The Karate Kid") in 1961 (age 48), and actor Matthew McConaughey and singer/actor/songwriter Sean "Puffy" Combs, both in 1969 (age 39). On this date in history: In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of ancient Egypt's child-king, Tutankhamen. In 1952, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president, ending 20 years of Democratic administrations. In 1956, Soviet forces entered Budapest to crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary. In 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking some 90 people hostage, 63 of them Americans. In 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th U.S. president in a landslide victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter. In 1991, Imelda Marcos, former first lady of the Philippines, returned home, ending more than five years of exile in the United States. In 1993, Canadian Liberal Party leader Jean Chretien was sworn in as prime minister. In 1994, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to withdraw the remaining 17,000 U.N. troops from Somalia by mid-March 1995. In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73, was assassinated by a Jewish extremist following a peace rally in Tel Aviv. In 2002, Roman Catholic Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston apologized for assigning priests who may have been sexually abusive to parishes where they continued to have access to children. In 2003, the elevation of a gay Episcopal priest to bishop prompted worldwide opposition, including a remark from a Kenya cleric, "The devil has clearly entered our church." In 2004, medical sources in Paris confirmed that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was brain dead. However, doctors denied they had removed Arafat from life support. Also in 2004, U.S. Army reservists and guardsmen in Iraq said they saw looters make off with truckload of explosives from al-Qaqaa after the fall of Baghdad. In 2005, protests turned violent at the Summit of the Americas in Argentina where demonstrators hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at security. However, thousands of protesters were peaceful during a meeting of 34 world leaders, including U.S. President George Bush. In 2006, six Arab nations -- Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates -- announced plans to pursue nuclear energy. In 2007, at least 92 arrests were reported in a Europe-wide child pornography network. In 2008, Barack Obama, a Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois, was elected the first Africa-American president of the United States, taking 338 electoral votes to 161 for Republican John McCain. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware became the new vice president. Also in 2008, California voters outlawed same-sex marriage again, overturning a May decision by the state supreme court that such couples have a constitutional right to wed. A thought for the day: humorist Will Rogers said, "My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower but they met the boat." (c) UPI This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| Another radical judge gets a lifetime appointment - American Thinker Posted: 04 Nov 2009 06:13 AM PST Underneath the radar screen, Barack Obama has continued his campaign to radically shift American policies and practices. A key target has been the judiciary branch of the government, nominally supposed to be an independent branch of the government that serves as one of the checks and balances. However, in the hands of Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, and a complaint Senate that confirms judicial appointments, the third branch has become merely an appendage of the Executive branch. While the spotlight was focused on Sonia Sotomayor, a quieter and stealthier takeover of the judicial system has been creeping ahead as one radical Federal judge after another is appointed and approved by the Senate. These judges have lifetime tenure and are able to interpret, enforce, and (in a sense) rewrite laws through evolving case law.
The latest battle is being waged over the nomination of David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Senate Democrats are proving once again that no judicial nominee is too extreme for them to stomach. A move seems to be afoot to open debate on the Senate floor this week on the nomination of David Hamilton of Indiana to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. This judge is a radical's radical.
Senator Jeff Sessions , the ranking Republican on the Judicary Committee, has sent a letter to fellow Senators on the Committee outlining his objections, as reported in this Washington Times editorial:
The senator first objected to Judge Hamilton's stated belief that judges should effectively amend the Constitution - "writing footnotes to the Constitution," the judge called it - through evolving case law. Second, Judge Hamilton has publicly and specifically embraced the president's "empathy standard," which even Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has now openly rejected. Third, Judge Hamilton in many cases has shown an extreme hostility against innocuous expressions of religion in the public square. Mr. Sessions noted, though, that Judge Hamilton's odd ruling in Hinrichs v. Bosma "prohibited prayers in the Indiana House of Representatives that expressly mentioned Jesus Christ ... yet he allowed prayers which mentioned Allah."
Fourth, Mr. Sessions pointed out that "lawyers in the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary describe Judge Hamilton as one of the most lenient judges in his district on criminal matters," including the case of a police officer who videotaped his own sexual encounters with two teenagers. The senator also objects to the judge's extreme actions in blocking an "informed consent" law on abortion. The judge also had no problem representing Indianapolis when it took over the property of a private business to benefit another private business - an abuse of the "eminent domain" power that is supposed to restrict such government takeovers to situations that directly benefit the public.
The Washington Times neglects to mention one fact about Hamilton. He is the nephew of former Congressman Lee Hamilton: a Republican who gave cover to Obama during the campaign regarding his foreign policy views. I have written about the close ties between Hamilton and Obama. Lee Hamilton has also praised a laudatory book about the Shiite terror group Hezbollah. So now, we can understand how his nephew seemingly favors Allah over Jesus in the public square.
An Obama administration official has said this nomination is a signal about the types of judges the president wants. And we will hear very little about them - very little. Obama's reign will extend for many years after he leaves office as these judges are there for life. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| Weather: Nancy's Almanac - Omaha World-Herald Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:21 AM PST Nov. 4 * * * Nov. 3 * * * Nov. 2 * * * I can't answer the first three, but I'll do my best with this almanac to provide you with some daily weather wisdom. (The heart of winter -- late December into February -- is forecast to be warmer than normal, by the way.) With this morning's return to Standard Time, our clocks will be more in sync with the natural world. When the sun reaches its highest point in the sky today, also known as solar noon, clocks in Omaha will indicate that the time is eight minutes past noon. For Saturday's solar noon, those same clocks read 1:08 p.m. (Source: www.timeanddate.com and UNL ) If you've got a question about the weather, give me a call (444-1102) or drop me an e-mail (nancy.gaarder@owh.com). Nancy * * *
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| Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:37 AM PST Posted by Rob SIlano, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood, 17 hours ago Ms. Batti, once again you forgot me as you did when I submitted my letter to the editor last Tuesday and my e-mail to you last Friday. I also spent under the $1,000.00 limit and thank you Mr. Carpenter for your kind words of endorsement. Anyone who would like to read a copy of the letter to the Almanac can go to the www.smartvoter.org/silano and pull it up. or review below: Thanks all, Rob ______________________________________________________________________ Dear Editor, As a candidate that The Almanac chose not to endorse, I wish to address some errors in your endorsement article, as well as defects in your analysis underlying your endorsement. Your article begins by telling the voters that the race for three seats on the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board has boiled down to a contest between union-backed candidates and three others who might not favor granting firefighters an 11 percent pay increase over the next three years. As I have made clear on more than one occasion, I do not favor an 11 percent pay raise. If you review the debate hosted by the League of Women Voters at www.smartvoter.org, you will see that I suggested a possible starting point for the negotiations tied to the consumer price index of roughly 2% per year. Your article goes on to state that in your view, what the district needs now are board members who will take a much harder look at the rising costs of employee compensation, including retirement, and are willing to find ways to save in other areas, like adopting a two-tier retirement system and sharing some staff with nearby fire departments. If so, then I am the perfect candidate for the district. Retirement changes, including a two -tier system, and other innovative cost-cutting measures including possible consolidation have been the touchstone of my campaign. Moreover, I am the only candidate who has already saved the district over two million dollars by alerting the district to the need to respond to an Environmental Impact Report for proposed development in the district which would place a financial burden on the fire district. It would appear by your own definition; that I am exactly the candidate the district needs. Our district has needlessly spent almost another two million dollars on attorneys fees to continue a stalemate between the board and the firefighters union. Our district cannot afford to waste these precious resources over an unwillingness to communicate. It is time to reach a just and economically sustainable resolution. I pledge, as an outsider to this process, to find a workable, fair solution. It would appear that I fit every criteria for an endorsement from The Almanac except for the fact that I also have the endorsement of the Menlo Park Firefighters Association. It is a shame that The Alamanc views the Menlo Park Firefighters Association endorsement as a reason to withhold its own endorsement of me as a candidate. Let us hope the voters in the district are more open to the one candidate who will value common sense and common ground over such divisiveness. Sincerely, Rob Silano Candidate for Menlo Park Fire Protection Board ________________________________________________________________________ This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| Firefighter group reports election spending - The Almanac Online Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:22 AM PST Posted by Rob SIlano, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood, 17 hours ago Ms. Batti, once again you forgot me as you did when I submitted my letter to the editor last Tuesday and my e-mail to you last Friday. I also spent under the $1,000.00 limit and thank you Mr. Carpenter for your kind words of endorsement. Anyone who would like to read a copy of the letter to the Almanac can go to the www.smartvoter.org/silano and pull it up. or review below: Thanks all, Rob ______________________________________________________________________ Dear Editor, As a candidate that The Almanac chose not to endorse, I wish to address some errors in your endorsement article, as well as defects in your analysis underlying your endorsement. Your article begins by telling the voters that the race for three seats on the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board has boiled down to a contest between union-backed candidates and three others who might not favor granting firefighters an 11 percent pay increase over the next three years. As I have made clear on more than one occasion, I do not favor an 11 percent pay raise. If you review the debate hosted by the League of Women Voters at www.smartvoter.org, you will see that I suggested a possible starting point for the negotiations tied to the consumer price index of roughly 2% per year. Your article goes on to state that in your view, what the district needs now are board members who will take a much harder look at the rising costs of employee compensation, including retirement, and are willing to find ways to save in other areas, like adopting a two-tier retirement system and sharing some staff with nearby fire departments. If so, then I am the perfect candidate for the district. Retirement changes, including a two -tier system, and other innovative cost-cutting measures including possible consolidation have been the touchstone of my campaign. Moreover, I am the only candidate who has already saved the district over two million dollars by alerting the district to the need to respond to an Environmental Impact Report for proposed development in the district which would place a financial burden on the fire district. It would appear by your own definition; that I am exactly the candidate the district needs. Our district has needlessly spent almost another two million dollars on attorneys fees to continue a stalemate between the board and the firefighters union. Our district cannot afford to waste these precious resources over an unwillingness to communicate. It is time to reach a just and economically sustainable resolution. I pledge, as an outsider to this process, to find a workable, fair solution. It would appear that I fit every criteria for an endorsement from The Almanac except for the fact that I also have the endorsement of the Menlo Park Firefighters Association. It is a shame that The Alamanc views the Menlo Park Firefighters Association endorsement as a reason to withhold its own endorsement of me as a candidate. Let us hope the voters in the district are more open to the one candidate who will value common sense and common ground over such divisiveness. Sincerely, Rob Silano Candidate for Menlo Park Fire Protection Board ________________________________________________________________________ This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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