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A story making local headlines in the Pittsburgh Area involves a thirteen year old girl walking out of a mall store with merchandise she did not pay for (aka stealing). As the 17 year old clerk follows her out of the store, the thief turns and beats and kicks her silly.
I don't think it will get much interest from Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton nor, will it command national news headlines.
After seeing this video I am more and more aware of how difficult it is not to stereotype. Keep in mind that this bruiser is only 13. Yes, 13.
I'm betting that that government check buys a lot of chips and candy. Sorry for that stereotype. Feel free to come up with an appropriate title for this video.
Recent reports indicate that the wife of John Murtha is being considered as a replacement for the long time Congressman.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10043/1035443-84.stm
What? Why? You have to be kidding. What makes her qualified? This shows how pathetic these political parties are. It's not about finding the best and most qualified replacement. No, it's about getting a familiar name out there on the ballot to insure they can keep the gravy train going. She may well be a nice lady and a great wife but, that in itself is not a reason to put her in such an important position. She slept with the guy and had his children but none of that matters in the course of being a top notch political representative. All the greed mongers in the Johnstown Democratic Machine want to do is have a Murtha in Congress. For god sake the lady just lost her husband and now there are those that want to, for selfish reasons, push her in to political office.
I know this sort of thing has happened before but regardless of which party it is, it is a stupidly ridiculous idea. How about we look for qualified candidates and urge them to run and not try to pass on a political office as if it were some form of noble title to be kept and passed on within a family. Haven't we had enough bad examples of this in our history? Power and influence passed on within a family for generations (aka Kennedys) flies directly in the face of the principles our nation was founded upon.
My guess is the weak minded people of Murtha's district will be glad to have her, as long as she can keep the massive pork coming.
John Murtha made no effort to hide his shameless work of bringing hundreds of millions of dollars of pork projects into his Johnstown area district . His claim that if he didn't take it, it would go elsewhere may have been true but, it shows a fundamental weakness in how our government operates in the modern era. Instead of looking at things from a national perspective, is it good for America, politicians like Murtha only think about their own local region. With all or most Congressmen thinking this way, it is no wonder our nation is in trouble. Building airports and roads and billion dollar underground tunnels (Pittsburgh) where they are not really needed is a national economic disaster in the making. The idea that funding any project you can get whether we need it or not, is putting another nail in our nations coffin.
Let me begin by saying how happy I am the Saints finally won a Super Bowl. Not many other teams deserve it after such a long wait. As a fan of the Steelers, I can relate to waiting over 40 years for a championship.
However, I don't think I can stand another comment on how this was done "for, because of, in-spite of, or as a result of Hurricane Katrina." I don't think I can stand another news story or TV segment regarding the Saints win, that ties the whole thing up with Katrina.
Yes, I know Katrina was devastating, Katrina was horrible and an awful disaster but, it was also five years ago already. It's time to move on and try to put that behind us. It's time for the media to talk about New Orleans without bringing Katrina into the mix. Enough is enough already.
I know better though, the media can't help themselves because it gives them another angle to write about, another gimmick to draw upon for their stories. In addition, I know from living near Pittsburgh, that the media can't talk about this city without referring to the "Steel Mills" or the reference to a "Blue Collar" town. For many of us in this region, you might as well talk about the dinosaurs. The demise of steel in this area was 30 ot 40 years ago already. Those of us that know History know all about that period already. Those that don't know it by now really don't care..
Congrats to the Saints, a great football team that won a championship this year because that's what they do. They play a game to win a championship because that is what all football teams try to do, not because a city was hit by a hurricane five years ago.
