3,029,465,088
1,977,567,488
The top number represents the approximate number of times John Sidney McCain’s heart has beat in his nearly 72 years.
The bottom number is that figure for Barack Hussein Obama, age 47 (almost).
Vice Presidents are very important.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The Politically Incorrect Piano
Each year young people from around the world meet to compete in the Bachauer Piano Competition aka the Gina Bachauer Young Artists and Junior Competitions. Here’s the list of entrants:
2008 Junior Competitors (Ages 11-13)
Cai, Stephanie (USA)
Chan, Karin (Canada)
Chang, Chia-Rui (Taiwan)
Chen, Cheng (China)
Dan, Aika (Japan)
Gao, YuTong (China)
Han, Anna (USA)
Huang, Hilda (USA)
Inoue, Hinako (Japan)
Izumi, Aoi (Japan)
Kawasaki, Maya (Japan)
Lee, Kyung A (Korea)
Li, George (USA)
Lin, Tami (Canada)
Lisiecki, Jan (Canada)
Mizumoto, Weston (USA)
Ozaki, Yui (Japan)
Park, Hyo-eun (South Korea)
Poon, Poony (USA)
Sham, Ching Toa Aristo (Hong Kong)
Song, Daniel (USA)
Sun, Qilin (China)
Sun, Yi Fan (China)
Tsuchida, Rieko (USA)
Vojtek, Jan (Czech Republic)
Wang, YiJia (China)
Weiyi, Le (USA)
Wianto, Nayaka Clarence (Indonesia)
Xu, Qi (China)
Xu, Zhi Ge (Angela) (China)
Yandi, Chen (China)
Zhang, Jiyuan (China)
Zhang, Sarina (USA)
2008 Young Artists Competitors (Ages 14-18)
Arai, Asami (Japan)
Cai, Yizheng (David) (China)
Chen, (Jenny) Yen-Yu (USA)
Cho, Joong-Hun (Korea)
Choi, Song (USA)
Chun, Yong Hoon (Korea)
Dmytrenko, Anna (USA)
Floril, Jonathan (Spain)
Gimre, Karsten (USA)
Hou, Kimberly (USA)
Huang, Nansong (China)
Kim, Minkyung (USA)
Kiyone, Marie (Japan)
Ko, David Yoshiaki (USA)
Kociuban, Julia (Poland)
Lazar, Ingmar Anthony (Germany)
Lee, Tony Dongyi (Russia)
Lie, Ning Yuen (China)
Moon, Page Young (USA)
Moshchuk, Ivan (USA)
Rana, Beatrice (Italy)
Tam, Kenric (USA)
Treutler, Annika Maria (Germany)
Tsang, Hin Yat Mozar (Hong Kong)
Vujadinovic, Sara (Serbia)
Woo, Naomi (Canada)
Yang, Song (USA)
Yao, Chengcheng (China)
Ye, Sijing (USA)
Zhang, Hao Tian (Tim) (Canada)
Did you notice anything about the names?
Now, the Wall Street Journal had an article the other day about the racial barrier in baseball. According to the report 29% of Major League Baseball Players are Latinos compared to only 5% of college players.
Something must be done, the politically correct NCAA tells us. These kids need access to the camps and travel teams so they can compete. They don’t seem to beef too much about the Black athletes dominating college basketball (59%) and football (47%).
Rick Majerus characterized the NCAA executives as the kind of guys who have to step out of the shower to take a leak. I like the imagery!
For those who simply must know more about the ethnicity of college baseball players, I suggest you study the ethnicity of high school drop out rates.
Meanwhile, I’m looking for that politically correct article about the unfairness of Asian musician dominance and what in the world are we going to do about it.
YoYo Mama, Bro!
By the way, 1st prize in the Junior Division was Ching Toa Aristo Sham (Hong Kong) and China-born Sijing Ye of the USA won the 14-18 year old division.
2008 Junior Competitors (Ages 11-13)
Cai, Stephanie (USA)
Chan, Karin (Canada)
Chang, Chia-Rui (Taiwan)
Chen, Cheng (China)
Dan, Aika (Japan)
Gao, YuTong (China)
Han, Anna (USA)
Huang, Hilda (USA)
Inoue, Hinako (Japan)
Izumi, Aoi (Japan)
Kawasaki, Maya (Japan)
Lee, Kyung A (Korea)
Li, George (USA)
Lin, Tami (Canada)
Lisiecki, Jan (Canada)
Mizumoto, Weston (USA)
Ozaki, Yui (Japan)
Park, Hyo-eun (South Korea)
Poon, Poony (USA)
Sham, Ching Toa Aristo (Hong Kong)
Song, Daniel (USA)
Sun, Qilin (China)
Sun, Yi Fan (China)
Tsuchida, Rieko (USA)
Vojtek, Jan (Czech Republic)
Wang, YiJia (China)
Weiyi, Le (USA)
Wianto, Nayaka Clarence (Indonesia)
Xu, Qi (China)
Xu, Zhi Ge (Angela) (China)
Yandi, Chen (China)
Zhang, Jiyuan (China)
Zhang, Sarina (USA)
2008 Young Artists Competitors (Ages 14-18)
Arai, Asami (Japan)
Cai, Yizheng (David) (China)
Chen, (Jenny) Yen-Yu (USA)
Cho, Joong-Hun (Korea)
Choi, Song (USA)
Chun, Yong Hoon (Korea)
Dmytrenko, Anna (USA)
Floril, Jonathan (Spain)
Gimre, Karsten (USA)
Hou, Kimberly (USA)
Huang, Nansong (China)
Kim, Minkyung (USA)
Kiyone, Marie (Japan)
Ko, David Yoshiaki (USA)
Kociuban, Julia (Poland)
Lazar, Ingmar Anthony (Germany)
Lee, Tony Dongyi (Russia)
Lie, Ning Yuen (China)
Moon, Page Young (USA)
Moshchuk, Ivan (USA)
Rana, Beatrice (Italy)
Tam, Kenric (USA)
Treutler, Annika Maria (Germany)
Tsang, Hin Yat Mozar (Hong Kong)
Vujadinovic, Sara (Serbia)
Woo, Naomi (Canada)
Yang, Song (USA)
Yao, Chengcheng (China)
Ye, Sijing (USA)
Zhang, Hao Tian (Tim) (Canada)
Did you notice anything about the names?
Now, the Wall Street Journal had an article the other day about the racial barrier in baseball. According to the report 29% of Major League Baseball Players are Latinos compared to only 5% of college players.
Something must be done, the politically correct NCAA tells us. These kids need access to the camps and travel teams so they can compete. They don’t seem to beef too much about the Black athletes dominating college basketball (59%) and football (47%).
Rick Majerus characterized the NCAA executives as the kind of guys who have to step out of the shower to take a leak. I like the imagery!
For those who simply must know more about the ethnicity of college baseball players, I suggest you study the ethnicity of high school drop out rates.
Meanwhile, I’m looking for that politically correct article about the unfairness of Asian musician dominance and what in the world are we going to do about it.
YoYo Mama, Bro!
By the way, 1st prize in the Junior Division was Ching Toa Aristo Sham (Hong Kong) and China-born Sijing Ye of the USA won the 14-18 year old division.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Anchors aweigh (er, away)?
The media braintrusts are all abuzz over the gun rights ruling by the Supreme Court. Most add the comment that Justice Roberts isn’t as moderate as he led people to believe.
Everyone agrees he’s been pretty quiet on this particular ruling, but he did vote with the conservatives.
Which brings up the writer of the opinion, Justice Scalia. His work was brilliant. He used a nice balance of amicus input, original language, and (here’s the most impressive part) original public meaning.
Now, if this had been the issue of citizenship at birth instead of gun control we could have had a change in the anchor baby ruling.
In order for this to work there will need to be a strong case brought before the court. They won’t take it just to stir the pot.
I’ve tried to think of what that case would look like. Perhaps a parental deportation/separation case. Or a death row situation where suddenly the inmate claims the rights of a Mexican citizen to prevent execution.
Or, like the Ark decision of 1898, simply someone who left the United States and tried to return as a citizen.
Surely the same quality reasoning we saw displayed this week would overturn the nonsense of anchor baby citizenship. The current Court does offer a glimmer of hope.
Everyone agrees he’s been pretty quiet on this particular ruling, but he did vote with the conservatives.
Which brings up the writer of the opinion, Justice Scalia. His work was brilliant. He used a nice balance of amicus input, original language, and (here’s the most impressive part) original public meaning.
Now, if this had been the issue of citizenship at birth instead of gun control we could have had a change in the anchor baby ruling.
In order for this to work there will need to be a strong case brought before the court. They won’t take it just to stir the pot.
I’ve tried to think of what that case would look like. Perhaps a parental deportation/separation case. Or a death row situation where suddenly the inmate claims the rights of a Mexican citizen to prevent execution.
Or, like the Ark decision of 1898, simply someone who left the United States and tried to return as a citizen.
Surely the same quality reasoning we saw displayed this week would overturn the nonsense of anchor baby citizenship. The current Court does offer a glimmer of hope.
Hoosier wisdom
I got a call this morning (Saturday) from my old friend LB in Southern Indiana. It was a little early but I forgive him since they aren’t ever really sure what time it is in Indiana. They’ve got their own ideas about time zones. I flew into Evansville once and the flight attendant simply said, “The local time is 10 minutes past the hour. Don’t ask me which hour.”
Anyway, LB had been to the bank and had to tell me what happened in the teller window next to his. Two Hispanic men came up to the window. One served as translator as the other proceeded to try to cash TWO economic stimulus checks.
She was trying to figure out who the second check was for. The translator assured her it wasn’t his. BOTH checks were for his friend. And he produced TWO Social Security cards to prove it.
The teller asked him why he had two Social Security numbers and he explained that he had TWO jobs. Logical enough, right?
Well, here in Elgin he probably would have received his money and an invitation to open an account, oh and by the way, Illinois has a home loan program where illegal aliens are eligible to participate.
But this was Indiana. The teller ordered them out of the bank. Three cheers for the Hoosiers.
But there is more to this story. Two other fellows brought in their checks as well. They wired their money to Mexico. Gracias, Boosh.
Anyway, LB had been to the bank and had to tell me what happened in the teller window next to his. Two Hispanic men came up to the window. One served as translator as the other proceeded to try to cash TWO economic stimulus checks.
She was trying to figure out who the second check was for. The translator assured her it wasn’t his. BOTH checks were for his friend. And he produced TWO Social Security cards to prove it.
The teller asked him why he had two Social Security numbers and he explained that he had TWO jobs. Logical enough, right?
Well, here in Elgin he probably would have received his money and an invitation to open an account, oh and by the way, Illinois has a home loan program where illegal aliens are eligible to participate.
But this was Indiana. The teller ordered them out of the bank. Three cheers for the Hoosiers.
But there is more to this story. Two other fellows brought in their checks as well. They wired their money to Mexico. Gracias, Boosh.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Choices
A local perpetrator made an interesting comment in court on June 26. But first, a little bit about the crimes.
Evaristo Roa, age 24, a resident of Elgin’s swanky Gifford Park Historic District, was arrested because he has trouble discerning between what is his and what belongs to someone else. (Did I mention Evaristo is a Mexican citizen? I guess you can’t really blame the poor guy. Lots of people in this country don’t get the concept that the United States belongs to US, not THEM.)
So here are some of the charges against him:
4/11/2008 – Failure to appear to answer these charges:
Reckless driving
Driving on a suspended license
Possession of marijuana
Attempting to elude police
6/4/2008 – Theft from a locked car
Use of credit cards from that theft
6/6/2008 – Theft from a locked car
Use of credit cards from that theft
6/9/2008 – Theft from a truck
Use of credit cards from that theft
So, the judge at the bond call proceeds to read from her script that because Evaristo is not a citizen it is possible that he could be deported if he pleads guilty* or is found guilty of the charges.
Mr. Roa replies, “I would rather get deported. I don't want to be in jail for years.”
D’ya think, Evaristo?
(As published in the Daily Herald 6/27/08)
*- About this little disclaimer statement, I’ll just bet that the warning these judges read came about because some illegal alien perp got deported as a result of his guilty plea. Some immigration lawyer got him off because no one warned him that deportation was part of the deal for felons.
Evaristo Roa, age 24, a resident of Elgin’s swanky Gifford Park Historic District, was arrested because he has trouble discerning between what is his and what belongs to someone else. (Did I mention Evaristo is a Mexican citizen? I guess you can’t really blame the poor guy. Lots of people in this country don’t get the concept that the United States belongs to US, not THEM.)
So here are some of the charges against him:
4/11/2008 – Failure to appear to answer these charges:
Reckless driving
Driving on a suspended license
Possession of marijuana
Attempting to elude police
6/4/2008 – Theft from a locked car
Use of credit cards from that theft
6/6/2008 – Theft from a locked car
Use of credit cards from that theft
6/9/2008 – Theft from a truck
Use of credit cards from that theft
So, the judge at the bond call proceeds to read from her script that because Evaristo is not a citizen it is possible that he could be deported if he pleads guilty* or is found guilty of the charges.
Mr. Roa replies, “I would rather get deported. I don't want to be in jail for years.”
D’ya think, Evaristo?
(As published in the Daily Herald 6/27/08)
*- About this little disclaimer statement, I’ll just bet that the warning these judges read came about because some illegal alien perp got deported as a result of his guilty plea. Some immigration lawyer got him off because no one warned him that deportation was part of the deal for felons.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns
It looks like we’re going to need them. Read on.
Suspect in agent's death freed, won't be charged
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
7:06 a.m. June 26, 2008
A man jailed in Mexicali on suspicion of running down a Border Patrol agent in January, killing him, has been released without charges, it was reported yesterday.
The Attorney General's Office in Baja California confirmed to The Associated Press that Jesús Navarro Montes had been released from a Mexicali jail. No explanation for his release was given.
Navarro was arrested Jan. 22 by Mexican authorities. He was accused of driving a Hummer carrying drugs on Jan. 19 near Yuma, Ariz. Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar was placing spike strips on a road to stop the Hummer and a second vehicle when he was struck and killed, Border Patrol authorities said.
Mexican authorities alleged Navarro kept going, crossed into Mexico and gave the Hummer to accomplices.
(end of article)
Suspect in agent's death freed, won't be charged
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
7:06 a.m. June 26, 2008
A man jailed in Mexicali on suspicion of running down a Border Patrol agent in January, killing him, has been released without charges, it was reported yesterday.
The Attorney General's Office in Baja California confirmed to The Associated Press that Jesús Navarro Montes had been released from a Mexicali jail. No explanation for his release was given.
Navarro was arrested Jan. 22 by Mexican authorities. He was accused of driving a Hummer carrying drugs on Jan. 19 near Yuma, Ariz. Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar was placing spike strips on a road to stop the Hummer and a second vehicle when he was struck and killed, Border Patrol authorities said.
Mexican authorities alleged Navarro kept going, crossed into Mexico and gave the Hummer to accomplices.
(end of article)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Top secret - Obama's strategy
This arrived on my front porch last night, wrapped in brown paper. It is a copy of Obama's secret campaign strategy:
blah, blah, blah...a George Bush policy supported by John McCain...blah, blah, blah...which McCain will continue just like George Bush...blah, blah, blah...We've done this for eight years and we can't afford to let McCain continue to do for four more...blah, blah, blah...McCain is just like Bush...blah, blah, blah...Bush has failed, so will McCain by following the same path...blah, blah, blah...and a 100 year war in Iraq.
Coming to a stump near you. Listen for it.
blah, blah, blah...a George Bush policy supported by John McCain...blah, blah, blah...which McCain will continue just like George Bush...blah, blah, blah...We've done this for eight years and we can't afford to let McCain continue to do for four more...blah, blah, blah...McCain is just like Bush...blah, blah, blah...Bush has failed, so will McCain by following the same path...blah, blah, blah...and a 100 year war in Iraq.
Coming to a stump near you. Listen for it.
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