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Morning News: Shocking Shooting at Holocaust Museum
I think we were all shocked when we saw this headline flash across our screens yesterday: Shooting at the US Holocaust Museum. Even more shocking, the suspected shooter was an 88-year-old white supremacist that has done time for walking into a Federal Reserve Office with a gun, knife, and fake bomb and attempting to make a citizen’s arrest.
He killed a well-respected security guard, Stephen T. Johns, and sent tourists running for cover before being shot by another guard. As of this writing, he’s still being treated at George Washington University Hospital. I knew the nutcases were getting restless, but this? This horrified me.
This is nowhere near so tragic but makes me cranky nonetheless: the Obama administration opted not to attempt any serious limits on executive pay, although they did set some limits on CEO salaries for companies that received bailout funds. After reading an article recently that described deposed GM CEO Rick Wagoner hiding out weepily in his second home while autoworkers are worried about keeping their first modest one, just maybe we should entertain the possibility that these guys don’t need, you know, hundreds of times more than their average worker makes.
Speaking of the auto business, Chrysler finished its deal with Fiat yesterday, exiting from bankruptcy in the process. Thanks to the Supreme Court lifting a temporary stay, the company’s back in business, after a fashion.
As for those of us who just don’t like stupid, there’s some good news: Carrie Prejean, the anti-gay marriage Miss California, has been deposed. Anyone taking bets on the likelihood of the Playboy photo shoot by the end of the year?
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Twyla commented on Jun 11 09 at 4:43 pmCan somebody explain this to me? The Miss California girl stated her opinion in a kind way and everyone wants her throat? Am I missing something here? You can’t please everyone with anything you say. She said what more than half of California said with their votes in November. Does she just have to kiss Hollywood’s liberal ass to retain her crown? I must be missing something… I don’t follow Miss-anything pageants so I am sure I missed something worse than stating your opinion in a kind and factual way. She didn’t call anyone names or anything.
Marj commented on Jun 17 09 at 7:40 pmTo be honest, I think Miss California expressed a negative opinion in a stupid way (opposite marriage?). However, I don’t think that’s why she should have been deposed. She was not meeting her obligations as Miss America. It is well-known that during her tenure Miss America is required to go to certain events, and there is apparently some clause about not joining any political based groups during her tenure, which she did. So, yeah, I don’t like her, but not liking someone is not a good reason to fire them. Not doing the job you were “hired” to do, is a good reason to be fired.
Kaylee Lopez commented on Apr 29 10 at 8:35 amCarrie Prejean deserves to have her crown. She is beauiful and is also entitled to her own opinion about gays. ~-
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