Archive for March, 2006
Representative Cynthia McKinney (R) (D-GA) speaks at a news conference with actor Danny Glover (L) and singer Harry Belafonte after she had an altercation with a Capitol Hill police officer earlier in the week in Washington March 31, 2006. McKinney is waiting to learn if she will be charged for apparently striking an officer after she entered a House office building earlier this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: McKinney accuses Capitol Hill cop of racism
Rep. Cynthia McKinney on Friday declared herself the victim of a racist Capitol Hill police officer who her supporters said used excessive force when he stopped her from skirting a security checkpoint earlier this week.
“The whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me — a female, black congresswoman,” McKinney said at a news conference, abandoning the apologetic tone she struck earlier in the week.
BULL…..
This bitch should be charged with assault and prosecuted. And her colleague, Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald should be prosecuted for obstruction of justice.
AllahPundit over at M/M has MCKINNEY PLAYS THE RACE CARD
Capitol police are considering filing assault charges against the DeKalb County Democrat next week. But her lawyers said she was acting in self-defense when she struck the officer who tried to stop her.
“Cynthia McKinney, like thousands of average Americans across this country, is … a victim of the excessive use of force by law enforcement officials because of how she looks and the color of her skin,” said one of McKinney’s lawyers, James Myart Jr.
Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) speaks at a news conference after an altercation with a Capitol Hill police officer earlier in the week in Washington March 31, 2006. McKinney is waiting to learn if she will be charged for apparently striking an officer after she entered a House office building earlier this week unrecognized and did not stop when asked.
The Capitol police should file the charges and allow this MORON tell it to the judge.
And playing the “RACE CARD” is ludicrous.
But, then again, like Nancy Pelosi said, “It is NO BIG DEAL.”
But police union officials from across the country denounced McKinney’s tactics and said the officer involved — not McKinney — was the true victim.
“There was no excessive force here,” said Lou Cannon, president of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police, which represents Capitol officers. “If she’s trying to turn this into a racial issue, people should ask, ‘Why is she doing this?’ This is an insult to all police officers.”
This is an insult……
McKinney should RESIGN her seat in Congress or the House should throw her ASS out.
Stay tuned…..
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A video grab shows French President Jacques Chirac as he addresses the nation from the Elysee Palace in Paris, March 31, 2006, to explain how he aims to end weeks of strikes and huge demonstrations against the CPE First Job Contract, which critics say undermines job security for young workers. Chirac said on Friday he would sign a controversial youth job law despite weeks of protest against it, but promised amendments that would weaken two of its most disputed reforms.
ASSociated Press: Chirac Makes Some Concessions on Jobs Law
President Jacques Chirac said Friday he would press ahead with a contentious labor law making it easier to fire workers, but he offered some concessions in hopes of calming furious protests that led to nationwide strikes.
Chirac said he would reduce a trial period during which employees could be summarily dismissed from two years to one, and he would require employers to offer reasons for the dismissal.
So, Chirac capitulates and hangs Prime Minister Villepin out to dry. How typical of him. Ask Colin Powell.
Bordeaux II university students react in Bordeaux, southwest France, as French President Jacques Chirac delivers his speech on TV March 31, 2006. The students are protesting against a youth job plan based on a new employment contract which they say will increase job insecurity for the young and will not reduce unemployment. The new job contract, known as the CPE, would allow firms to hire people aged under 26 for a two-year trial period before offering them a permanent job.
And the changes, well, they pretty much gut the law into meaningless bloviation to the French business community.
In preserving the principle that workers under 26 would face a lack of job security, Chirac came down on the side of his prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, who has argued that businesses will welcome the added flexibility, encouraging hirings that will bring down France’s chronic youth unemployment rates.
The contested jobs law “can be an effective tool for employment,” Chirac said.
What a joke. The CPE is now worthless and do you think the socialists will be appeased?
The concessions appeared to anger, not appease, opponents of the law, who wanted it scrapped altogether.
“We don’t want to negotiate … we don’t want it at all,” Bruno Julliard, head of the largest students’ union, said on TF1 television. “The president had the chance to give a clear answer, which he didn’t do.”
The head of the Worker’s Force union, Jean-Claude Mailly, said strikes already planned for next Tuesday should go ahead.
A modified law “is not what was asked for,” he said.
Stay tuned for more bloody street demonstrations/protests…..
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Right Wing News (Via The Jawa Report): Answering 13 Frequently Asked Questions About Illegal Immigration
1) How many illegal aliens are there in the United States? Since they’re not here legally, there’s no way to do a precise count. Most estimates are in the 10-12 million range, but some people believe as few as 8 million illegal immigrants are here and others think the count may go as high as 20 million plus.
2) How do the American people feel about illegal immigration? Time and time again, across numerous polls, the American people have expressed displeasure with our lax border security and illegal immigration. Here’s some info on some of the more recent polling data from a column written yesterday by Tony Blankley….
READ IT ALL.
Send a copy to your favorite LEFTIE U.S. Senator – yes and the Republican ones too.
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From the Pirates Cove (via Michelle Malkin): Cynthia McKinney To Be Arrested?
Capitol Hill police are expected to seek an arrest warrant next week for Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, who was involved in a physical confrontation with a Capitol police officer Wednesday, police and legal authorities said Thursday.
Officially, the investigation of the incident, in which the DeKalb County Democrat allegedly struck a police officer who tried to stop her from going around a security checkpoint, is ongoing, said Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, spokeswoman for Capitol Hill police.
However, police have notified the federal prosecutor’s office in Washington that they will be seeking an arrest warrant after the investigation is complete next week, said police and legal authorities, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because the investigation was not yet complete.
Throw the Moron in jail and fine her heavily.
If Flap did this to a peace officer ……..
Oh! And by the way, McKinney has No regrets.
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Shahab-3 Missle
ASSociated Press: Iran Tests Missile Able to Avoid Radar
Iran on Friday successfully test-fired a missile that can avoid radar and hit several targets simultaneously, the airforce chief of the elite Revolutionary Guards said.
“Today, a remarkable goal of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s defence forces was realized with the successful test-firing of a new missile with greater technical and tactical capabilities than those previously produced,” Gen. Hossein Salami said on state-run television.
Salami said the Iranian-made missile, which he did not name, was test-fired as large military maneuvers began in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian sea.
And Iran has the chemical and biological warheads to attach to this new missle. Why do you think France announced their willingness to use their nuclear deterrence in defense of their foreign policy?
This announcement is meant to counter the United States annoucement yesterday of America’s 700 ton “bunker buster bomb” test scheduled in Nevada in June.
But, if Iran ever used chemical and/or biological weapons on Israel or United States troops in the Middle East, an American President would have no choice but to retailiate with strategic nuclear attacks on Iran’s military and Revolutionary Guards. Iran’s dead would be counted in the millions.
“This missile can simultaneously hit several targets, has near stealth capabilities with a high maneuverability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features,” Salami said.
The general said the range of the missile would depend on the weight of its warhead.
“It can avoid anti-missile missiles and strike the target,” he said.
The television screened a brief clip of the launch of the missile.
The Iranian warning is noted. And who has an anti-ballistic missle system – ISRAEL.
 Israel’s Arrow Missle
The “Point of No Return” is fast approaching to the United States and its allies, including Israel.
Can the “Winds of War” be blowing any harder?
Stay tuned as Iran’s military “manuvers’ continue in the Gulf.
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 The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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