Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Russ Carroll said:

I got a ticket in the mail for a red light camera violation. The car is registered to me, but it's used by a family member. The photo is clearly not me, and the ticket say's if it's not you, tell us who it is.

I'm going to court instead and plead not guilty, which is clear from the evidence. If the judge asks me who it is, my response will be something like:

"With all respect, I'm here to defending myself against a violation I clearly did not do, not to accuse someone else of a crime. It strikes me as almost un American to be put in a position to accuse someone of a crime, or face a penalty myself. for something I have no knowledge of."

I despise red light cameras on GP, but this really does seem wrong to me.

Thoughts?

Jim Johnson said:

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-skeet-shooter-see-white-house-photo-180742548--politics.html

All of a sudden it is revealed and documented with a photograph that Obama is an avid skeet shooter when at Camp David. Surprise, Surprise.

Jim J

Herb York said:

http://youtu.be/NyYYgLzF6zU

Jim McSheehy said:

A detailed look at the ACA and what it means to Americans as we enter the brave new world:

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/02/03/obamacare-a-primer/

The IRS wins
Insurance companies win
Hospitals win

Guess who loses?

Jim Johnson said:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/06/own-gun-time-to-buy-violence-insurance-california-democrats-say/

Guns in the hands of criminals and the mentally/emotionally disturbed is a real problem. This proposed legislation is nothing more than a ploy from the Land of Fruits and Nuts to make it harder to legally own guns.

They are hypocrites. They are dragging their feet on what would certainly help reduce gun violence:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/05/california-faces-backlog-40000-weapons-in-hands-felons-mentally-ill/

Jim J

Rod Kaufman said:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_bn1#/video/us/2013/02/06/ac-kaye-la-illegal-gun.cnn
Let's use this as a model for every state...

Forrest Heinle said:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/07/colorado-democrats-want-gun-sellers-manufacturers-held-liable-for-crimes/

I know liberal Dems hate guns and gun manufacturers, no matter what lies they try to hide behind. I guess i should see this as refreshing in a sense. They're crawling out from behind the facade of civility and caring for the 2nd to just blatantly show their hatred for anyone that buys, sells or manufacturers a firearm.

Dave Snope said:

Because not hiring them is raaaacist. Wait, what? Are they telling us that criminals are black and hispanic? Isnt' that raaaacist? I say that they should start with themselves in government. The EEOC, the IRS, the DoJ, Interior, State, FCC, FDA, EPA, DMVs, etc., should all be required to hire criminals (Obama gets a pass since he's already been doing it). Lets get criminals to administer building permits and trash collection contracts and government pension funds and state lotteries. What could go wrong?

The Wall Street Journal reports:


Last April, the agency unveiled its "Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions," declaring that "criminal record exclusions have a disparate impact based on race and national origin."

Though blacks make up only 13% of the U.S. population, more blacks were arrested nationwide for robbery, murder and manslaughter in 2009 than whites, according to the FBI. The imprisonment rate for black men "was nearly 7 times higher than White men and almost 3 times higher than Hispanic men," notes the EEOC. These statistical disparities inspired the EEOC to rewrite the corporate hiring handbook to level the playing field between "protected groups" and the rest of the workforce.

. . .

If a background check discloses a criminal offense, the EEOC expects a company to do an intricate "individualized assessment" that will somehow prove that it has a "business necessity" not to hire the ex-offender (or that his offense disqualifies him for a specific job). Former EEOC General Counsel Donald Livingston, in testimony in December to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, warned that employers could be considered guilty of "race discrimination if they choose law abiding applicants over applicants with criminal convictions" unless they conduct a comprehensive analysis of the ex-offender's recent life history.

. . .

The EEOC's new regime leaves businesses in a Catch-22. As Todd McCracken of the National Small Business Association recently warned: "State and federal courts will allow potentially devastating tort lawsuits against businesses that hire felons who commit crimes at the workplace or in customers' homes. Yet the EEOC is threatening to launch lawsuits if they do not hire those same felons."

bob sharpe said:

Factual thread title:

"Obama Is Raging Against a Budget Crisis He Proposed and both Democrats and Republicans voted into law."

david elosser said:

Ford Motor Co, (which didn't take one penny in tax-payer bail-out money) is bringing jobs back from overseas:
http://www.dispatchmarketinginc.com/eNewsletters/DistributionDispatchHome/tabid/4857/ID/9830/Ford-bringing-engine-manufacturing-back-to-US.aspx

"Ford (which didn't take one penny in tax-payer bail-out money) announced this week that it would begin manufacturing EcoBoost engines for the North American market in Ohio."

They are moving the operations from Spain. "This move means 450 new manufacturing jobs for Cleveland."

According to the article, Ford (which didn't take one penny in tax-payer bail-out money) will be investing 6 billion dollars in US manufacturing over the next two years. Good news for Cleveland!

David E