Wasn’t Peggy a big supporter of hope and change?

Now, Peggy seems perplexed.

The president, as usual, acts as if all of this is totally unconnected to him. He’s shocked, it’s unacceptable, he’ll get to the bottom of it. He read about it in the papers, just like you.

But he is not unconnected, he is not a bystander. This is his administration. Those are his executive agencies. He runs the IRS and the Justice Department.

A president sets a mood, a tone. He establishes an atmosphere. If he is arrogant, arrogance spreads. If he is too partisan, too disrespecting of political adversaries, that spreads too. Presidents always undo themselves and then blame it on the third guy in the last row in the sleepy agency across town.

 

Since Judges Got Their Records Snagged, Will They Do Anything?

IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million medical records.

The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges.

 

Not In My Backyard

I understand.

Amid the grief that still envelops this community we have been forced to wrestle with the disturbing question of where the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who plotted the deaths of our friends and neighbors, will be buried.

Frankly we’d prefer that he join Osama bin Laden in a watery grave. But given that unlikely outcome the best alternative is to see his remains returned to Russia, where he was born, where his parents have chosen to return to live, and where he was a citizen at the time of his death.

Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday said, “This isn’t a state or federal issue, it’s the family’s issue.” And technically he’s right.

via Editorial: Ship terrorist ‘home’.

 

Freedom Is A Light For Which Many Men Have Died In Darkness

Bear with me for a week or so.  I won’t be posting much.  I have a graduation to attend in Philadelphia.  I’ll try to share more with you if I can just get the itsy bitsy phone to work so that I can post.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier lies within Washington Square, one of the five public parks drawn up by William Penn in his 1682 blueprint for Philadelphia. In 1954, the Washington Square Planning Committee decided to erect a memorial that honored both George Washington and an unknown soldier from the Revolutionary War.

 

Note To State Sen. Harriet L. Chandler & Peter Stefan

The US is under no obligation to find the rotting sob’s carcass a burial plot.  Quite frankly, if the family can pay for a second autopsy (wtf for?), let them figure it out.  I don’t even think anyone associated with Hoffa’s disappearance would take this on.

State Sen. Harriet L. Chandler, D-Worcester, said Uncle Sam needs to alleviate a Wochester funeral home’s onerous burden of having accepted Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s corpse on Friday after it was released by the state medical examiner.

Peter Stefan, owner of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors has told The Boston Herald his business has been beset by protesters since accepting the body, and he cannot book any new business until convincing a cemetery to provide a plot for the body.

It is unfortunate that Peter Stefan took the carcass to begin with.  What did he expect?  Cry me a river because many of us have the most microscopic violin when it comes to mass murderers.

via State senator wants feds’ help in finding gravesite for Boston bombing suspect.

 

And who sold guns to the Mexicans?

Barack and Eric did.

“Most of the guns used to commit violence here in Mexico come from the United States,” President Obama said during a speech at Mexico’s Anthropology Museum. “I think many of you know that in America, our Constitution guarantees our individual right to bear arms. And as president, I swore an oath to uphold that right, and I always will.”

“But at the same time, as I’ve said in the United States, I will continue to do everything in my power to pass common-sense reforms that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. That can save lives here in Mexico and back home in the United States. It’s the right thing to do,” Obama added.

via Obama Blames U.S. For Gun Violence In Mexico | RealClearPolitics.

 

You Go Collegno’s Pizzaria! Give Him A Taste Of His Own Medicine

Note:  The Daily Currant is a global satirical news blog.   This is satire.

Nanny Bloomberg should have gotten a calorie count slice imo, but this was okay too.

Bloomberg was having an informal working lunch with city comptroller John Liu at the time and was enraged by the embarrassing prohibition. The owners would not relent, however, and the pair were forced to decamp to another restaurant to finish their meal.

Witnesses say the situation unfolded when as the two were looking over budget documents, they realized they needed more food than originally ordered.

“Hey, could I get another pepperoni over here?” Bloomberg asked owner Antonio Benito.

“I’m sorry sir,” he replied, “we can’t do that. You’ve reached your personal slice limit.”

via Bloomberg Refused Second Slice of Pizza at Local Restaurant – The Daily Currant.