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William D. Dannenmaier on Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:03:41 AM
Taliban’s second in command, Mullah Abul Ghani Baradah, has been captured in Pakistan. The article I read said he was talking. More importantly, was he read his Miranda rights? Has he been appointed a taxpayer paid lawyer?
“A Short Stay at Guantanamo Bay” by Michael Gerson was printed in Townhall.com (February 12). Because of weather, Mr. Gerson’s flight was forced to land at Guantanamo Bay and his observations during his short stay (overnight) are interesting. Most interesting to me was his story of a soldier, a guard at the hostel for killers, who hid his face when talking to television reporters. A guard, a soldier on duty, concealing his face from cameras because of the possibility of terrorist reprisal! It reminded me of my first thought when President Obama decided to try terrorist leaders before American juries in New York. How on earth will the government find a jury sufficiently willing or stupid to convict these proud killers? What person is going to put himself or herself and his or her entire family in danger of reprisal by saying “guilty.” During the days of prohibition people were afraid to testify against the gangs who only killed them, not their entire families. Obama and Holder may say these men will be brought to justice, but it won’t happen in an open court. Obama is so conciliatory to Muslim nations, is it possible he doesn’t want these killers convicted?
Senator Bayh of Indiana, respected by both Republicans and Democrats, has announced that he will not be a candidate for the Senate in 2010. He denounced the atmosphere, the lack of cooperation and respect for differing viewpoints. His own party, the Democratic Party, has controlled both houses of Congress for the past three years, with absolute control this past year along with the Presidency. Whom was he condemning?
My bride says she is tired of hearing Democrat politicians say that people want to pay fewer taxes but receive the same benefits. Her argument is that the truth is that people are tired of paying taxes for benefits they don’t receive or are given to others who haven’t paid any taxes.
I read that the ACORN’s national organization is dissolving and that it is being reorganized at state levels. Reading it reminded me of Hydra, the monster serpent in mythology which grew two heads for every one cut off. Only ACORN isn’t mythological.
The Obama government, our government, is building a new embassy in England. The budget is one billion dollars. Tax payers should not worry about this expenditure during the current economic crisis. The project will create many new jobs. In England.
Still on the job front: Nancy Pelosi, who must know what she is talking about as Speaker of the House, said that passage of the Obama health bill would create 4 million more jobs, 400,000 “almost immediately.” My first reaction, a normal one I believe, was to ask where she was going to find 400,000 new doctors and nurses “almost immediately.” Then I realized that she is correct. Obama Care would require offices in every city to oversee health care, an office at the state level to coordinate city offices and a federal office to establish rules and regulations to oversee the states. This bureaucracy would require at least 400,000 new bureaucrats. These would be supervisory, administrative, jobs and would be excellent. I expect the holders would receive at least as much pay as Michelle Obama’s personal assistants do, and at least three of them, if I recall correctly (it might me more) receive between a hundred and a hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year. Money for this could come from Medicare. Then the four million workers would have to be hired. They will be difficult to find as Chicago doesn’t have this many corrupt politicians, however ACORN is always available. Still, this would take time, which is why the increase in taxes to pay for the program doesn’t begin until after the next Presidential election. Obama Care is a job creation program! All it requires is more taxes.